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Campbell (1856). •004. IN .. ••••• ..-. . . ws PAP El ~~ ~~~' s r~~~o% 724 7 T. eIYSTAL PALACE--BURNS' CENTENARY. RU special arranzement, various Scottish Editions of S' SONGS and POEMS, with and without the Music. I,TuNE SHlLLlNG , upwards, will be on sale in the Centr al JllsePt on TUESDAY, and may be had of the agents, Messr s. a lston and Wright, 65, Paternoster-row. s Commaander :fly for the .e, 6, Capt. L C D ON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT LAisny'CITS, T. FORD-STREET and GREAT PORT - Thi s th e m agnificent building is NOW OPEN to the pub lic, for "A-LE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. l'he Ph otographic Establishment, Aviary, Conservatory, heal't Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh- Beyer al de l 'c i out, with Retirin Room attached, are replete in their Partments. o- The Britannia, naval 'cadet training ship, Capt. Robert Harris, is expected to leave the fitting basin . in the Portsmouth Dockyard on Monday next, preparatory to taking up moorings at Blockhouse Hole. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1859. No. 20,776. PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD• MEETING OF THE MEDICAL PRO- P ÜBLICATIONS. FESSION. ADMISSION FREE. .D R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, n aarke il ;: TZCHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay- Ltp,r i , Open daily (for Gentlemen only). Int er ,z - u-IiES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and Slo topics in connection with ANATOMY, PRY: "OGY, andPATHOLOGY (vide Prozrammes). r•R Admission ONE SHILLING. S NT . XAIIN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO- Auth a 4 Y °P MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the on the rewipt of twelve stamps. cirenino.Tlie:se it.'"xYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Pi cc adi 11 y. popular and celebrated rooms are open every that ~,Wlth R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted I)3r Lereat composer,- Mona. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. a.pZ , Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet attist 11 Player, performs nightly, with other talented ke". Selections from Rigoletto, Trovatore, La Traviata, ti rnots, R o b er t l e D i a bl e, an d th e new opera Martha. ten TIP,It. R. Biznell. Doors open at half-past 8, close utes before 12. Adinission, ls. to Promenade. Balls t " --- A 11 applications for the above band for Concerts and 1 4)Q /i l k ° be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the st, 1 1 °W ES • AND CUSHING'S GREAT xne nt. V r NITE 0 STATES CIRCUS.—A safe place of am_use it, he. , he ALHAMBRA. PALACE, Leicester-square,- 1, 4,1 b' e n constructed as a model of architecture, no accident The;nplybended. ag ilorning Performances are particularly recommen . ded A ant craime can be seen with the same effect as at night.' , 4 Cr u i:" , the wonder of the world.—The celebrated horse, 4; r ," will be exhibited in his subdued state, as tamed cd, ic Black Eao-le," the horse of beauty.—The kinie" Mules, " Pete Barney." - The Comic Panto th, entitled THE MISER OF BAGDAD, represented in I ,rele at each performance. BOXPA, 2s • Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private Children . 'under Nine years of age, half-price. • frfornifincs Daily at two andlalf-Past seven p.m. I_4 () ,„.XDON SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. yk:mrcE and s rld itEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF teld (,`, - ' 4 A,i GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors win be anib,,"„ k ule Company's offices, at the Waterloo-bridge Ston, 12.0,„.,, on THURSDAY, the 10th day of February, MA, at tep o ,rex: at noon, precisely, when the directors will submit a elar,7 l o n the affairs of the Company, a dividend be de acted and the general business of the Company will be trans the L Aotice is hereby further given; that at this meeting 1 411: 18 5 to this Company, from the. Salisbury and Yeovil a Y enTopany, of their undertaking, will be submitted Rkac,n,asideration and approval ; and also a proposal that _m -11,4° litho Lease of the Portsmouth Railway, alread_y au_thoo thi, cot_at undertaking should be transferred absolutely to VPllly similar terms. th i „ Notice ishereby further given, that at this meeting ob ada: l':! 11 be an election of four when Chartes Castle- Captain Charles Edward Mangles, M.P., Charles ,L.ortimer, Esq , and William Philip Snell, Esq., who ck.„.. .3' rotation at * this time, will offer themselves for re te'e'4l°,ll;al,lll George Best, Esq., of Ealtbury, n . ear Guildtbrd; lzii,ein:zialattner Booth, Esq., 1%1.P., ot Hoddington Hop:, 4 04 .!..Wyndham S. Portal, Esq., of Malshanger, Ephmim Snow, Esq., of Tredegar-squaye, ,ehest er : ; James Theobald, Esq., of Hyde Abbey, Win ilecaiii and William Vansittart, Esq., M. of Dover-street, candid 'Y ., have also given notice of their intention to become Th.. !des for election. DO9ks of the Company , for the transfer of stock and till will be clo se d f rom Thursday, t h e 27t h d ay o fJ antary , el4l,llnrsday, the 10th day of February, 1859, both days in- By Order. L. CRO3IBIE, Secretary. t oobridge Station, Jan, 20, 1850. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. ~OTiJanuary 10, 1859. ~T• e st IS IttHEM' Gtvrs, That the rate of In -mt. he Capital Stock of the Society, at the rate of 5 per cu rs ,yer, annum, to 31st December last, is now due, and in ( "fli of Payment at the Society's office, between the hours 1/2, St TIC; EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. • London, W.C. L A ," LIFE ASSURANCE ' OFFICE =- L , EET-STREET, LONDON, Ist January, 1859. ,Y0 , 17 T CE IS HEREBY - GIVEN, That a GENERAL the PRORIETRS fte LIFE AS- 11, -- `' , 4CE of P SOCIETY will be} eld, o at h the Soc LAW ietY's Office, tilaet.street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 2d day of Feb- DroPext, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the of No us of the Society's deed of settlement, for the purpose to:eceiving the Auditor's Annual Report of the Accounts of 14 Society, up to the 31st December, 1858; to elect two diree in the room of Richard Harrison, Esquire, and James Ut Esquire, both deceased, and one auditor in the room , F purposes. rederick Higgins, Esquir e , res i gne d ; an d f or Director to be chosen i n th e room of Richard Harrison, Op deceased, will remain in office until the 24th of June, t a p and the Director to b e ch osen i n th e room of James Val a„ee, Esq., deceased, will remain in office until the 2' of ; and the Auditor to be chosen in the room of Wit i,nl 11 of J Fredeuneric 1859 k Iliogins Esq., will remain in office until the -q. • By Order of the Directors: WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. t OA111) AND RESIDENCE. A Superior Homess offered to a Gentleman of steady habits, en tl.4ged during th e d a y , en- F ar k• Fora the by a family residing near Regent's- P: man coming to London for the first time Refer 'would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. ik ere nces to be exchanged. Address, J. P.,, Wright's '7, Granby-street, Ilampstead-rbad, LEIIETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. A I'l and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE h0,,,---17CE impart Meat, most exquisite relish to Steaks, ri eB " , and all Itoast Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur- N a t i a e nd Salad, and by its tonic an invigorating properties The - ztc , mach to perfectly digest the food. a eFit s:,f au T use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the g e l c r:gnard to health. Atrp et ' T the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch iegspi. -1- ;,caldon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also ty oth er -- Barclay and Sons, Messrs. 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FIFTY THOUSAND CURES „ been effected without Medicine, Inconvenience or expense of Indigestion (dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, ~,erYousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, ,enrai g i : Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, truPtions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, antiYsentery Hemorrhoids, Headache, Noises in th. alulseeaad, and Ears, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spas . ms Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, ,Pugh, Asthma; Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's I.`,'°lnplaints, are effectually removed by 1)1-1 BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring RE VALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty l'Z's Its cost in other remedies, and is, moreover, the best sailnt.tor iniant4 and invalids generally, as it never turns acid t,w.t!le weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal , diet, 11 1 'itipart s a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, anti restores p,7 'acuity of di s:-!_to ost enfeeme g d estion, and nervous and muscular energy to Z'„,,tl[e extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of a,tltude from invalids thus cured :—Cure 71of dyspep rtliantarom the I? , —ight Hon. the Lord Stuart de Deccies—" Dro siderable'eluin, County Waterford.—l have derived con and consider f rom Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, the publirs er it d " to yourselves and the nublic to authorise 19,832 . i i,;.l o n of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. Vo usness, "asYtiYears' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, net s , - ajelcness at the'T"' nu Barry's Bt"lae.' constipation, flatulency, spasp , , and vomiting, have been removed by Diu Norfolk." ex,collent Food. Maria Jolly, Worthara Ling., rear vous_ „ I s TaXl'no• Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of af,ro, Waltham Cross, Hefts, of extreme ner ness, Indigestion gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan -1.1,. Cure No. 48,314: Miss El ivibeth Yeoman, Gateacre, rear f i f :,e„rPool : of ten years' dysp ' epsia, and alt the horrors litiZycus Irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew lire, of con lir. :Pit, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34„:210. tailipn,-'npriand, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,219. , Cap- Ilan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 4-2,116. Major of (;, 1 , and kidney disease, and total prostration of strength S a n e No. 36,41, Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps;spasms, and 40 0 niitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea eih,,, ge ,bilitY. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumion. Hunt. Itlsq., barrister, of parsis. le 0.46270, "Mr. James Roberts of rim riet thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver ec- Toa;' . . e , m ent, partial deafness. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five 4,4 nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, troth which I have suffered great misery, and avhicli no me- Teine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured 7, Duharry'sFood in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181. net Barry's L ou d on Cure So. 4,208. " Eight year s ' h 7B Pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramp s, .spasms, and !tasea, have been effectually cured by Du Bin ry's health- Isr tc rip2; Food. Rev John W. Flavell, Riddlington Rec i t er ory, ianik. Cure No." 3,906. 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Both pills ointment are carefully peeked for all climates, at ls. 1441.. 94 , and 4s. (id. London agents : Hannay, 63, Oxford-at. . ttrer, IS3, Oxford-street, and may be ordered through all .edielue vendors. o' 11)11 BARRY'S PULMONIC COUGH BON BONS are a Z . e , saf, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness. ' i ja, and all affections of the lungs, throat. and or unrivalled filn boxes—ls. lid.. 2s. 9(1.; 4s. 6d. J. Sanger, 150, Xfo Durd„-street, London, and all Chemists. n ANTI-DIARRIKE AL BON BONS are a 1r cc-failing remedy for English cholera, bowel complaint, es "l "a, dysentery, &c. In boxes—ls. IYI.. 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. titnger, 110, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. ,BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, ." I NVALIDS, supersedes the dangers and expense of et nursing, as infants are easily reared with it, and it is the *tit and m ost 1%, I,..estible Food for the delicate and invalids of te, roet :„'O. In canisters, at 25., and 1 21 b 21s. The ., large e ca ge n n is t: ree of carrianv Barry Du Barry, and Co, 77, R , of • 04 Ye ld ' Pills, and all other Medicine for Inagestion (dys ivsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity, Palpita. .A,TI of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious ieadaohes olniness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhoea, Cough, in Consumption. Despondency, Spleen. &c. Send . e 2 a d. fle e m aps, and yen will 'receive flee by Post, a popi:r en , - :—" THE NATURAL REGENERATIONi . ' IGESTIVE ORGANS." Without pills, purgatives, bi„tnedicines of any kind, and without expense, s' b P y thtasant, and infallible means which 'saves 50 times its eost a"simple, her remedies ; adapted to the general reader. London; ter GilDert,;49, Paternoster-row, and tluVugli all 1 / 9 41 ere Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215., WINTER EVENINGS. By LEITCH RITCHIE. " Mr. Ritchie is an able - and agreeable writer. A volume of light, pleasant, and useful reading. We cordially commend these • Winter Evenings' to the public."—Chronicle. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. r 0 A./ . Arming, 11 , 4 iving Ive:Y 1 1 ,1 labs quite e charact er ' b press s o ail line of n atmeal an corn t at / marl , I a"alugg i i; a. ; red, A f )od demaT o s about 0 s, the t rjl an upiv .22s to 1 „ 0 56 4 35s to ..35s to • and prices 4d up• s 4d up• 6d up• 3 ld up- 2ths 2ths 2ths Zthx ths qrs qrs qrs qrs bout sic ndenc to e of 6 a n - Red g •ley 11s Ud sale. 1, and th ° s also about. t h e ent t. sa to Op 5d to per el ;or' )ss 77475-dhestar -dhestar aneashi re 3, 97 7e , 56 22/'" g — A lici. 4 4tei Ilam Market business 11 5- 16 Ll—E3st is but nd ther e i s . Th e esyste? fluid 15 bril 'an elas: f heat , ' rantag e9 every le Pills. noxiono ---••••° __-•-• w if e of ~badoCSI rk"" n-pa ,01.61100, 01 ,, the Mar) t son of Esql Meet LP, ° I sanin rsh llll3 ' Cower ener 4 Secr e t ' . age e Rev' woo, VpP e ' a , v. 11. * lat° • J NG, 112, ity ° Now ready, in 1 vol., 10s. 6d.,bound, . . . AWOMAN'S THOUGHTS about WOMEN• By the Author of " John Halifax, Gentleman." " A book of sound counsel—well written, true-hearted, and altogether practical."—Examiner. Hurst and - Blackett,Publishers,l3,Great Marlborough-street. This Day, PART 1., price 4s. To be completed in 15 Parts, ADICTIONARY of POLITICAL - ECONOMY. BIOGRAPHICAL, BIBLIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, and PRACTICAL. By HENRY DUNNING MACLEOD, Esq., Author of THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF BANKING. 2 Vols. 20s. THE ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. 3 Vol.. ills. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. Now publishing, MINISTER'S By Mrs. IL B. STOWE, Author of " Uncle Tom's Cabin." Orders received by all Booksellers in town and country; and at all the Railway Stations. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 47, Ludgate-hill. ►r II E WOOING, NEW WORK ON STRICTURE. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., TI 3E TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the --tMETITRA. With the Reasons why they so often appear Incurable. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded, demonstrating his success and explaining the cause of it. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers. is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. IEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858, with Nominations for 1859, is now published. W. Wright, Fuiwood's Rents, Holborn, London. NOTICE OF DIVIDEND BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON, S.W. The Warrants for the Half-yearly Interest, at the rate of 5 per Cent.' per Annum, on Deposit Accounts, to the 31st December, are ready for delivery, and payable daily between the hours of 10 and 4. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. 10th January, 1850., Prospectuses and Forms sent free on application. OINOPOLION TAVERN and HOTEL. Nos. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn, W.C. The Best Served Dinner in London for ls. 6d. A Succession of Joints from One till Seven o'Clock. Private and Smoking Rooms. TABLE D'ITOTE on SUNDAYS, at 5 o'clock, 2s. each THE WELLINGTON RESTAURANT, ST. JAMES'S-STREET, AND 160, PICCADILLY. Gentlemen visiting the Metropolis will find ample accom modation for dinners at this establishment. The arrange ments are varied and perrect, and the tariff of charges is ♦ery moderate. Private rooms for large or small parties may be engaged on application to the Superintendent. By Order. JAMES GOFTON, Superintendent. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, itND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers &c., &c. A OCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE .J which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish Sauces.—J. and C. COCKS, Reading, Sole Manufacturers. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub lished. price, free by post, Is. rrHE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work 1 on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious consequences from the me of. Mercuryi with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. .2ERRY and Co., Sur geons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, '2O, Warwick-lane, Prte-aoster-row ; Sanger, 160, Oxtord street ; and Gordon, 146, Leedenhall-street, - London. The CORDIAL BALM 67 Sy - RIA CUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic: its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate glee's, impo tency, barrenness, anddebilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of cases. Price lls. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves lls. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom mended for any of he varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, en largements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter sive, and its bweficial Influence on the system is undeniable. Price lls. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of lls. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea. gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. Gd., and 11s. per box. Sol by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart ley-Hooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63. Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and Harsant, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors throughout the United Kingdom t;--„ ORGANIC WEAKNESS—ITS CAUSES AND CURE. Just published (with an Appendix on the Curative Powers of Galvanic -Electricity), price Is., free by post for 13 stamps, SLF-PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise on NERVOUS DEBILITY and FUNCTIONAL WEAKNESS. more particularly in reference to the INFIR MITIES and DISORDERS of the GENERA.TIVE SYSTEM; tracing the Origin of these distressing afflictions to causes which vitiate the very fountains of Life and prematurely de stroy the vigour of Manhood. With Practical Observations on the Cure of these Diseases, and on the extraordinary re storative power of LOCAL GALVANISMin cases ofnervous prostration, muscular debility, and functional incapacity, when used in combination with the remedial agents so suc cessfully, employed by the Author during a practice of up wards of Twenty years. With descriptive Cases, numerous Engravings, Instructions, &c. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., `X, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Registered Licentiate of the London Society of Apothecaries, Doctor of Medicine of the University of Erlangen, Honorary Member of the London Hospital _Medical Society, &c. An erroneous impression exists that public announcements on these disorders emanate only from unqualified persons, but as the new Medical Act provides that none but registered practitioners shall assume any medical title, those that are legally qualified can readily be distinguished —a point of great importance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and skill are equally requisite. In the new edition of ' Sell-Preservation,' facts of para mount utility are brought together—facts appealing to the prudence of all who are suffering from affections which in volve the enfeeblement and ultimate loss of those powers without which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. In cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits, indiscri minate excesses, improper diet, hardship, or by injudicious treatment, the means o cure adopted by the author, in con junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery had been pronounced impossible. Published by the Author, price ls., or free by post for thir teen stamps, and may be had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-royv, London ; Westmacott, chemist, Market-street, Manchester; .T, Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; liaraclough, Fargate, Sheffield ; Rayner, High-street, Southampton ; W. 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It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unplea sant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re • moved, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired,-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe— opposite the - York Hotel s W. THE HOUSE OF LORDs AND LORD CARLISLE. The first civic banquet by the Lord Mayor of York was given in the Mansion-house of that city on Thursday evening. More than 100 gentlemen were present, including the Earl of Carlisle, Sir P. Fairbairn, and Mr. Westhead and Colonel Smyth, the city members. The usual loyal and several local toasts having been drunk, The LORD MAYOR gave " the House of Lords, and the Earl of Carlisle." (Cheers.) The Earl of CARLISLE, on rising, was greeted with loud cheers. The noble earl said,—The last time that I was within the civic precincts was on the occasion of celebrating the planting in their final resting-place of the guns that had been captured on the ramparts of Sepastopol. (Loud applause.) We had scarcely accomplished that purpose when we seemed to be watching for further echoes of cannon on the continent of Europe, and we have heard much of hostile preparations in the armies and arsenals of the world, though I trust that the impending cloud from which the storm seemed to burst has now, for the time at least, blown over. On the oc casion to which I have referred no one who was pre sent could certainly have laid it to the, charge of the inhabitants of York that they evinced any want of sympathy for the military prowess of their country men in arms ; but, if I rightly now interpet the public feeling, I think there would be an universal protest against the guilt of wantonly disturbing the peace of England. (Cheers.) And while I believe we shall all feel that we ought to maintain due pre caution and adequate preparation, at the same time I believe that we shall all wish to keep aloof as much and as long as we can from all interference in the bloody quarrel. (Applause.) Your lordship has been pleased to couple my name with the House of Lords, and I am glad to see that, whatever may be said here and there of that august body, their fel low-citizens, so far as I may judge from yourselves, do not appear disposed at least to exclude them from the equal feast. (Applause.), Your lordship has adverted to reflections that have been made on members of the aristocracy not having hitherto found themselves called upon to step forward in de fence of their rights and their position. The fact is, my lord, I do not think that they are under any apprehensiox that their death knell has yet rung. (Cheers.) When any real alarm shall arise I ven• ture to anticipate that they will, at all events, endeavour. to make a good fight of it for themselves. (Applause.) For their past services they are con tent to refer to the history of their country, and as long as the constitution remains, which must perish with them, inasmuch as they form an integral por tion of it, I feel every confidence that they will apply themselves with zeal and public spirit to the duties both of progress and conservation, for both alike devolve on them, as they devolve upon all men. (Hear, hear.) And when they cease to do this I shall no longer wish for their continuance. ' `The LORD MAYOR, in proposing " the City Mem bers," hoped that in the coming session they would not do anything to impair our good old constitution, and. that if we had reform we should have it without revolution, and have that which they all trusted would add to the pro sperity and stability of the country. (Applause.) But, however their representatives differed on matters of general public interest, he believed they had always acted cordially in watching over the welfare of the city, and, above all, they were united in opposing the principle of centralisation. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with loud cheers. Mr. J. P. B. WESTHEAD, M.P., returned thanks. He said he was reminded on this occasion how dif ficult was the task allotted to a member of Parlia ment in addressing a mixed company—gentlemen who differ conscientiously in opinion from each ether upon questions, of general politics. Not long since he saw an amusing and clever leader in the leading journal of the country on the members for Oxford being required, year after year, to partake of the festivity of the Ancient Druids of that city, those members being expected to accomplish the feat of cutting out a pound - of flesh without spilling a single drop of blood, without giving offence in any way. (Laughter and applause.) While he acknowledged that in that company it was difficult to enter generally upon politics without giving offence to some one, yet he thought there were points of great general interest to Englishmen in which they would agree. He, for one, was a lover of the constitution of the country, for, however he might differ from his hon. colleague in any vote he might hereafter give, it was not because he yielded to him in reverence and admiration and attachment to the British constitution. He believed there was not a country in the world that was better go verned than the country , in which we live. (Ap plause.) Reference had been made elsewhere to the constitution, and oxe gifted with great powers of eloquence seemed somewhat to disparage it, and to say—Who has seen the British constitution ? An answer to this question had been given by a member of the House of Commons, who was one of the most advanced of the Liberal party, and he said to his constituents that they had not seen it, but who did not feel the benefits of the British con stitution—(applause)—who did not live in the, midst of freedom, and who was there that did not move about where he listed through the length and breadth of the land ? (Applause.) Mr. Westhead also referred to the freedom of speech that is allowed in this country, so long as it offends not against the laws of Christian charity,, and one speaks no ill of his neighbour. Were not these great blessings, and where else to the same extent did they exist in the wide world besides this blessed land ? (Applause.) He should never be found wilfully and intentionally doing anything which would in the slightest degree impair our noble constitution. (Renewed applause.) He had no sympathy with those who take a pride and pleasure in disparaging what is noble in this land. (Hear, hear.) He had little sympathy with the man who would look on the glorious sun, and look only on its spots. (Applause.) There might be, and were in all things human, defects in certain parts of our con stitution, but were we not, from year to year, en deavouring to regulate and accommodate our laws and our institutions to the wants of the present time ? (Applause.) Speaking of those who sit in the high places of the earth, Mr. Westhead said, did they not see in the noble earl (Carlisle) on his left an example of one who, born in the high places of the earth, had filled up a. well his allotted space as if they had traced the channel of his life in some lower and inferior current ? (Applause.) He knew not how or in what way one so born and so edu cated could have more worthily filled the objects of his destiny than had the noble lord. (Applause.) The hon. member then spoke of Lord Chief Justice Cainpbell-:--the son of a Scotch minister at Cupar— as being worthy to take his place with the highest of the land. He next referred to the great name obtained by Lord Clyde in India, he being a man of obscure origin, and then to Lord Canning, re marking that he need not go further to show that at least in the. British peerage, whether they looked to the distant past or to the important present, there were men found there worthy to represent the interest and to care for the fortunes of his country. (Applause.) He did not sympathise for a moment with those who would set class against class. If they looked [through the length and breadth of the world, where was it that Eng lishmen had not been, and where had they not dis tinguished themselves? There was Havelock, Outram, and 'Wilson. all commoners, who came out gloriously in the hour of trial. And there was a man raised from the operative class, traversing, with noble and glorious purpose, the interior of the vast continent of Africa—Dr. Livingstone ; and if he took them into the regions of science or mecha nical or practical art, how many such men would they meet with—Watts, Arkwright, and Stephen son, and men of that stamp. Go where he would, and look where he might, he found in the various classes of his countrymen much to admire and com paratively little to condemn. (Applause.) They knew well that none set a more correct estimate upon the value of aristocratic position than the noble earl near him, and they knew that whatever distinction might be conferred on man, he will agree with the sentiment of a writer who declares that aristocracy of character is the true heraldry of man. (Applause.) He (Mr. Westhead) trusted that whatever changes might betide, or whatever might be the event s o f th e coming session of Parliament, the result would be not to impair, not to destroy the British constitution, but to widen its founda tions, to strengthen it in all its parts, that it might be handed down to distant posterity, and prove to them, what it had hitherto proved to us, one of the safest Governments which human skill and in genuity and wisdom, under the guidance of Provi dence, had ever contrived for the benefit of man. (Loud applause.) • Col. SMYTH, M.P., also responded, and declared himself opposed to interfering with foreign quarrels. At the same time he thought-the country craght to be prepared for every emergency, and that our shores, as well as British interests all over the world, ought to be well protected.- Reforms were very loudly talked of, but in his opinion. one of the most needful reforms was in the army and. navy. Among the toasts which suecteded . re those of " The Lord Mayor," " The Dean a*. Chapter," " The High Sheriff of Yorkshire," and " Sir P. Fairbairn." THE ITALIAN QUESTIOIV. (From the pally News.) , Now, if even, are the time and opportunity for the British Government and British diplomacy to exert themselves usefully in lessening the risk and danger of war in Europe from the state of Italy. Austria is at last thoroughly convinced that her domination in Italy can only be maintaind by an immense force of arms and at enormous expendi ture, the first necessities of which we F,ee in the augmentation to her Italian army of 3'J,000 men, and in an attempt about to be made to raise a loan of' £5,000,000 in England. On the other side, France, checked a little in her designs on behalf of Italy, nevertheless steadily prepitres for the future by a close alliance with Piedmont, which gives her almost as ready means of throwing troops into Italy as Austria possesses, by unostentatiously but seri ously collecting all the 2nateriel for a campaign, and by sending General Niel, thii ablest strategist in her service; to Turin, in the siiite of Prince Napoleon, there to. study and re - rt on the whole military position of Italy. Me While the r e i s a f pause in which calmly to conside the prospects of the future, a pause which afford on opening for the British Government to pla a magnanimous and disinterested part in the ser ce of :permanent and assured tranquillity. Hitherto the attitude of our Ca inet towards the French Government, when the It lian question has presented itself, has been that of .eserve, coldness, and mystery. Lord Derby and h colleagues have simply deprecated war, withou exhibiting any views, policy, or inclinations of t it own. During a great crisis in the affairs of Eur pc they have left. the most powerful Ally of Engl •nd in a state of ignOrance as to their wishes and ympathies ; ' and while avoiding any frank explan ion as to Italy, they have, we understand, produced the impression on the French Government that tl4 English Cabinet has largely influenced the com nications which have passed bstween France and ussia. The net result of those comm ications is, we believe, in brief this : —Prussi signifies that if whilst she would be p re p a red act in a spirit of strict neutrality should war on any assign able cause of a 3rave character arise between France and Austria, the Government of the Prince Regent would look not with indifference but with great anxiety on any unprovoked attack on Austria by France. This is of course a very natural position ' for a Power situated as Prussia is towards France to assume ; and it is, we may be sure, a chief cause of the hesitation which Europe has just witnessed in the conduct of France. Nevertheless, as its tendency is to throw the weight of Protestant Germany into the scale against Italy, it is calcu lated, while avoiding and averting present danger, to aggravate and embarrass hereafter a settlement of the Italian question on the only bases that will satisfy the necessities of the case, and also to en courage Austria to resist those alterations and ameliorations which the large interests of Europe require. Inasmuch, too, as this policy of Prussia is to a large extent ascribed to theXnglish Cabinet, it cannot conciliate and confirm thealliance between France and England, which has hitherto been the pride of both countries. Of course we shall be told that the policy of our Government has been guided by a desire of lessen ing the chances of immediate war ; and in this respect it may be very defensible, The thing has been done, and the result is seen innd felt, and we arc not going to open up a discussion as to whether a bolder and franker course wouloi not have been a wiser one. But since such a poli settles nothing and tends to separate England f mil France on a subject that must increase in gra ity and import ance, it can only be a temporar one. And the question, therefore, still remains , ; vhat permanent course England ought to pursue—lliether she ought to abandon, or, pyofess to abandoAll intere-it .in.- i the improvement of Italy, and lea 'e the differences which have manifested themselveo.between France and Austria to grow, and so remit 'the duration of peace to causes and influences which she does not affect or pretend to deal with for whether she would act more wisely in attempting to utilise the interval of silent preparation on either side through which we are now passing ? That, left entirely to itself, it will prove to be a mere suspension of hostile intentions, we may be perfectly assured. If we wanted any evidence of that, it is to be found in the famiiy connection now forming between the Courts of France and Pied mont—a connection on which, it is no secret, the Czar of Russia has warmly congratulated his rela tion (through the house of Wurtemberg), Prince Napoleon. That personage is a man of advanced opinions and strong will ; the interest he had al ready taken in the fate of Italy will, of course, be largely increased by his marriage with the Princess Clotilde of Savoy ; and the most casual observer of 1 French politics cannot of late have failed to remark that the influence of Prince Napoleon over the Em peror of the French (which is that of firm views over a wavering disposition) is powerfully increas ing. No doubt there are counter-influences at work in. the Empress Eugenie, the Bourse, and the Priests, who all deprecate active interference in Italy at present. But Prince Napoleon and the French Army, on the one side, have powerful odds in their favour against the more pacific inclinations of the other party, even overlooking altogether the per sonal danger to Louis Napoleon from Italian dis appointment Blaming, as we must the Emperor of the French for his recent capricious manifestations, which have given so terrible a shock to public confidence, it is quite certain that they indicate an interest in Italy which will not be abandoned. At present that inte rest may, we are disposed to believe, and not on light grounds, be regulated to the advantage of Europe, if England will only play a worthy part, and endeavour to form in conjunction with France some scheme for the amelioration of Italy. We are assured that there is a very strong desire on the part of Louis Napoleon personally to come to some understanding (and not in any violent sense) with England on fitting representations to be submitted to the Emperor of Austria, as to what the perma nent interests of Europe require in Italy. And we refer thus publicly to this disposition of the Em peror, that the full weight of responsibility as to the future may be thrown where it really rests— , on the Government of England. It will, no doubt, be replied that no representations having for their object the withdrawal of Italy from the domination of Austria have in them the element of success. But it is by no means certaiNthat an Italian kingdom to be formed in favour of the Arch _ . duke Maxim ilian, out of the easterly portion of the present possessions of Austria in Italy, would not afford a solution of this question, which would be acceptable to the moderate party in Italy, and to the House of Hapsburg., which can now only hope to retain Lombardy at sacrifices which she cannot afford to make. Of course such a kingdom would have to bo maintained without Austrian troops in Italy, and the safety of the Government must re pose on a national army. It is not possible to deny that in its recent diffi culties and embarrassments the Government of Vienna has exhibited some temper and prudence. Its language to France has been prudent, courteous, and even complaisant. Nor is that all. Its policy on questions unconnected with Italy has to a large extent been unusually conciliatory and yielding. It has given way before French objections to the ex• treme course it threatened to pursue in Servia ; and it indicates a disposition to adopt the views of the English and French Governments, as to the freedom of navigation of the Danube, which previously it stoutly resisted. These may, indeed, only be tem porary concessions made by Austria to avoid a rupture with France. But even if they are to be only so regarded, they encourage at least a hope that Austria would yield something substantial to the cause of Italian happiness and European tran quillity, if France and England could, in the spirit of their former amity and cordiality, agree on re presentations to be made to Austria of a wise and prudent kind. [AnvEnTrstmENT.l—Rarey's Hors* and Cattle Improv ing Food improves t o stamina, vigour, enduraice, and muscle of ill-conditioned or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. 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All imitators will be proceeded agaimit, Yesterday evening the first of a s er i es o f metro politan meetings of members of the ntbdical pro fession was held in the vestry hall of St. Pancras, for the purpose of securing an efficient system of registration under the act of the l as t sess i on o f Par liament, by which the new medical council, of which Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., is president, was con stituted. Dr. TUNNELEY, who was called to the chair, said the meeting had been called by a large number of medical practitioners who formed the London Me dical Itegistration Association, the chief object of which was to furnish to the council constituted under the recent act of Parliament, matter of a legal nature hi. reference to the qualifications of medical men who sought the confidence of the public. It was not necessary that the person who became acquainted with the information needful to be laid before the registrar of council should be come responsible for it, inasmuch as all he had to do was to lay it before the secretary of the associa tion, who would investigate the facts and lay them before the committee. Dr. LADD read a report, which stated that Dr. George Webster had been elected president ; that Dr. Brady, M.P., Mr. Propert, Mr. Ferguson, and other members of the profession, had consented to act as vice-presidents ; and that Mr. George Smith Brent, the deputy-coroner for Middlesex, would act as secretary. A vigilance committee had been ap pointed for the purpose of detecting persons who illegally acted as medical practitioners, and watch ing the operation of the New Medical Act. It was provided that any member of the society who prac tised anything but orthodox medicine should be called before this vigilance committee, and the result reported to the general committee. It was believed that the present system of registration adopted by the new council was loose and inefficient, and did not provide a proper security against the intrusion of improper persons into general practice. To pre vent illegal practice the committee recommended that the claim of any person to be registered should be attested by a credible witness. A representa tion to that effect had also been made to Sir Benjamin Brodie, the president of the council. Dr. Hawkins had been informed by the committee of 50 unqua lified persons who were at present in practice, a fact which it was hoped would be appreciated by the profession at large. It was hoped, moreover, that this information would lead to proceedings being adopted against prescribing chemists and other un qualified practitioners. The report having been received, Mr. RAWLING s moved a resolution which affirmed that the meeting, having heard of the progress made by the association, thoroughly acquiesced in its principles, and recommended it to the considera tion of the medical profession, not, only for its own sake, but for the interests of the public. Mr. NASH seconded the motion, which was sup ported by Mr. ADAMS, and carried unanimously. Dr. ROUTH moved the following resolution : "That in the opinion of this meeting it is highly desirable to augment the numbers and influence of the members of the London Medical Registration Association, so as to enable it to Effectually carry out its objects, and to give weight to its proceed ings with the medical council, and this meeting pledges itself to use every exertion to secure that end. • The speaker said he had no doubt that the number of fraudulent persons cheating the profes sion and doing injury tolhe public was upwards of a thousand. He believed that few persons knew of the number of black sheep by whom they were medically defrauded. Dr. HILLIER seconded the resolution, which was adopted. A large number of medical practitioners resident in the neighbourhood were enrolled members of the association, and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings. ItAILIVA.Y INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. The following is an abstract of the report of the directors, to be submitted to the meeting of pro prietors on Thursdaynext:-- • . _ _ " The accounts foithe half year, ending 31st Dec. last sholi;1 that the amount 'cif capital raised to the 31st Dec., 1858, is £1,169,020, consisting of—Mort gage debt, £1,781,485 ; debenture stock, £294,700; preference capital, £1,474,281 ; consolidated stock, £4,618,554. Total : £8,169,020. The total amount of capital expended during the past half year is £297,581, of which £109,195 is for plant for work- ing the West-end line ; plant, stations, &c., on the Lewes and Uckfield line ; the commutation of £4,000 per annum, being one moiety of the fixed annual .toll of £B,OOO, payable to the West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway Company, as explained in the last report ; and certain of the ad ditional works contemplated by the company's capital bill of last session. A further sum of £188,386 has been expended on new works in pro gress, as shown in the capital account. It is satis factory to the directors to be able to announce that a still further amount of the Pour per Cent. Deben ture Stock has been taken up during the past half year, the total amount issued at this date being £306,500. The demands made upon the directors for this stock have hitherto kept pace with their issuing powers, so that it has not been necessary to make any public announcement of their being pre pared to dispose of allotments. They to this op portunity, therefore, of reminding the shareholders that any amount of this stock which may be required to replace mortgage bonds falling due can be ob tained by them or by their friends who desire a first class security. " The gross revenue for the half year has been £447,423, showing an increase of £16,062 over the corresponding half year of 1857, and making the revenue of the year 1858 amount to £791,993, or £11,406 in excess of the previous year. Of this increase of £16,062, £10,356 arises in the coaching traffic, £1,071 in the goods traffic, and the remainder is chiefly the per tentage on the traffic of the West end and Crystal Palace line, retained by this com pany as the allowance for working the local traffic on that branch. The recovery from the commercial crisis of 1857, together with the general improve ment in trade, has caused the traffic , to resume its onward course; it has also been assisted by the opening of the Pimlico terminus for the traffie of the South Coast, and the directors' experience of the advantages already derived from the facility thus afforded to the piblic confirms their expecta tions of the still greater results which will attend the completion of the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway. These works are being rapidly pro ceeded with ; the most important is the bridge crossing the Thames, which is being carried on with great spirit, and the contractor has sanguine ex pectations that the whole will be completed before the time fixed, namely, the Ist of June, 1860. The working expenses of the past half-year are in excess of those of the corresponding half-year of 1857 ; this is accounted for by the cost of - working the main line trains over the West-end line, and also by that of working the local traffic on that line, ap pearing for the first time among the expenses. The proprietors will find at the credit of the revenue account the sum paid by the West-end company for this latter service, which, until the line was opened throughout, had been applied to meet the expenditure. A considerable cost has also been incurred in substantial repairs to the engine and carriage stock, which, perhaps, might be fairly considered as coming under the head of renewals ; on which account, however, the proper amount has been expended, six engines having been re placed or rebuilt at the cost of revenue during 1858. A sum of £2,408 has been expended in completing and improving the ballasting of that part of the Hastings line which was re-laid in the spring of 1858, and the cost has been placed to the debit of the. Permanent Way Improvement Account. The increased traffic left a larpr available balance, the directors have placed to the credit of that account the sum of £lO,OOO, instead of the £4,000 ordinarily so applied : the revenue of 1858 will thus have contri buted £13,000 towards its extinction, a result which cannot fail to be satisfactory to the proprietors. In order to satisfy the urgent wishes of the prin cipal landowners in the district traversed by the Shoreham, Henfield, and Horsham line, the direc tors have agreed to apply to Parliament for powers to make a deviation in the northern portion of that branch, which however will not increase the origi nally estimated cost. As regards the southern portion, the directors may state that the plans for carrying the line over the river Adur have now received the approval of the Admiralty, and the approach of the favourable season will enable the works to be commenced and rapidly proceeded with. The directors have taken the necessary steps for the promotion in Parliament of a bill to sanction this deviation, and they have availed themselves of that opportunity to apply for powers enabling the company to conclude the arrangements already sanctioned by the shareholders for the lease and purchase of Mid Sussex and the Lewes ttnd Uck , field Railways—to widen the Montpelier-road bridge, so as to give better access to, and improve the Brighton terminus—and to construct the short spur line at Norwood, in accordance with the or / rangements made with the Mid Kent Company, as • reported last half-year. The constant and heavy • expense incurred in maintaining the timber viaduct which carries the Horsham line across the Ilfield Mill-pond, renders it desirable to replace it with a solid embankment, and clauses for the purpose are also inserted in the bill. The proprietors will re collect that in the year 1856 powers were obtained by a new company to extend this company's Epsom line to Leatherhead. This line will shortly be ready for opening ; and the directors have entered into an arrangement to lease it with powers to purchase, at- any time within three years, for £40,000 of this company's five per cent. stock. The necessary steps have been taken to obtain Parliamentary sanction confirming this arrange ment, and also for a further extension of the line to Dorking. Various schemes appear likely to be brought under the consideration of Parlia ment in the approaching session, which will re ceive the careful attention of the directors. Several of the metropolitan railway companies appear to ap! prove highly of the site selected for the Victoria Terminus, and numerous schemes have been set on foot with a view to connect them with it. Among other projects of the present year, the directors have to notice two lines, promoted by independent parties, in continuation of the Mid-Sussex Railway, one extending from Petworth to Midhurst, and the other from Pulborough to Arundel and Littichamp ton. A line has also been promoted from the West end of London and Crystal Palace Railway at Bal ham, to join this company's railway at the new Norwood station ; it demands the support of the directors, because, if properly carried out, it will be the means of providing an improved ac2ess to the West-end, and will enable the constantly in creasing local traffic of the attractive district tra versed by the West-end of London and Crystal Palace line to be more efficiently worked by being separated from the main line trains. The directors regret to inform the proprietors that differences have arisen with the London and South-Western Railway Company, in consequence of that company not only having agreed in contravention of treaties and without the knowledge of this company, to take a lease of the Portsmouth Railway, but having subsequently refused to admit this company as joint parties to the arrangement. The directors have exerted their best powers, and offered liberal concessions, with a view to prevent a rupture ; and in the present state of the question, they trust that the proprietors will leave the matter in their hands. It may, however, be stated that on the 28th Dec., the South-Western Company took violent posses sion of this company's line at Havant, obstructed the passage of all the trains for about six hours, and forcibly attempted to carry the traffic of the Portsmouth Railway over this company's line be tween Havant and Hilsea Redoubt, before the terms and conditions of such user had been settled by the arbitrator, as required by the Portsmouth Railway Amendment Act, 1858, and notwithstanding pre vious notice from this company that, in the absence of those arrangements, such user could not be per mitted. This course enforcedthe necessity of obtain in g protection from the Court of Chancery. The award is now published, but the question of the right of the South-Western Company to carry the traffic of the Portsmouth Railway into the joint station at Portsmouth is still undecided. The proprietors may, however; rest assured that the directors are most reluctant to enter upon a contest, and that, in any step which it may become necessary to take, the interests of this eompany will be consulted and pro tected. The net amount at the credit of the revenue account, after providing for all preferential charges, is £164,831, out of which the directors recommend the payment of a dividend of 3,1 per cent. for the half-year, amounting to £161,649, leaving a balance to the credit of the current half-year of £3,182, and making the dividend for the year 1858 amount to 6 per cent. Three of the directors, namely, Leo Schuster, Chas. Lushington, and John Nix, Esqs., go out of office by rotation, and being eligible for re-election, offer themselves accordingly. One of the auditors, Jas. Reeves, Esq., retires by rotation, and being eligible for re-election will offer himself accordingly." TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. • Miles Opened.' 1. Rpciipts. -- - ---".,.: Bas y kart; - • - - ~...__....-A-......___,.., ~...., - 7 ...,..............,.....\ - 1859. 1858. 1859. • 1858. £ X. Ballymena and Port rush 35 35 - - Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 108 83 Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 1,115 1,098 Belfast and County Down 2O 17 383 • 2:13 Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 2,2b'9 2,066 Myth and Tyne 2O 13 686 1,017 Bristol and Exeter llB 117 5,292 4.914 Caledonian Ches.&Holyhead(with Mold) 94} 944 - - Cockermouth & Workington 81 8. 203 146 Cork and Bandon 9O 20 266 254 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6} ei 252 205 Deeside l7 17 2641 203 Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 1,148 1,115 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,426 1,444 Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 40} 401 1,247 1,189 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7} 17} 503 515 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31 1,030 743 East Anglian 671 671 842 826 E.Counties,Nrik.,&E.Union 489 489 23,013 22,406 East Kent l9l - 236 - E.Lancashire(in.lllackburn) 111 105 6,299 5,094 Edinburgh and Glasgow... 142 142 5,564 5,083 Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,063 2,949 Forth & Clyde Junction - - 261 227 Furness Glasgow & South-Western. 1835 ,1835 5,685 5,277 Great Northern 283 "283 21,896 22,312 Great North of Scotland Gt.Southn. & Westn.(lrhid ) 229 2031 5,891 5,689 Great Western 466 466 25,835 25,425 Hull and Holderness Inverness & Aberdeen June 57 15 552 - Irish South-Eastern 2s} 255 171 206 Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in. Kendal and Windermere) 1 100,- , 5,783 5,548 Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 299 29* 23,001 19,185 Limerick and Foynes 2 20-. 115. 101 Llanelly 4C: 35} 421 331 London & North-Western . 686. 647 60,665 53,818 London and Blacks all 5 SP. 1,289 1,250 London & South-Western . 289 270, 13,148 11,497 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast. 199 183!, 11,391 10,726 L'derry and Enniskillen ~. 60 60 762 705 Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. 42 40 990 812 Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh. 173.1 173 9,662 8,703 Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9 95 835 816 Maryport and Carlisle Midland . 5674 31,953 30,052 Midland Gt. Wes tn.of 1 rind. 177 177 3,919 3,930 Monkland 52 52 1,567 1,289 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,062 1,81.8 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 2,767 2,701 Newport,Abcrg.,& Hereford 50 43 1,359 1,003 North British (in. Dalkeith) 149 149 5,356 4,813 North Devon 35 35 343 327 North-Eastern 7251 720 29,742 28,596 North London 9 9 2,319 2,306 ' North Staffordshire 233 233 6,805 6,183 North-Western 461 464 - - N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 10} - - - Oxford, Wore., & Wolver 94 94 4,237 3,687 Peebles lB 18 172 158 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 2,078 1,448 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,488 3,440 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 291 29% 1,643 1,366 Shrewsbury and Chester Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 291 214 711 731 ' South Devon South-Eastern 3Ol 301:- 15,145 15,413 , South Wales l7l 171} 6,219 6,662 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 3,156 2,882 Stockton and Darlington • Taff Vale 53 38 4,062 2,616 : Ul s t er 36 36 1,679 1,348 ' Ulverstone and Lancaster T Vale of Neath 255 254 1,573 1,052 Warrington and Stockport l2 12 - - - Waterford and Kilkenny .31 31 201 288 4 % Waterford and Limerick ) West Cornwall 2 71 274 452 625 , W.II artlepool II arbr. & Rail 39 39 3,170 2,608 12 . 480 316 S Whitehaven .1., Yu rn t.ss Jun. 35 35 445 332 , W'haven,Cleator,&Eg,rmnt. 7 7 298 144 - I , OREION AND COLONIAL. I:l L .l a n ti k O e C ll t : i :r u n d r a o lD n R o t ter dam 52 8 :5:2 81 V Wliiteha pa i a i 52 1 Austrian Belgian Eastern Junction 2o 1,191 858 • Detroit and Milwattkie lB5l 140 1,344 847 , t Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada 879 8 1 9 7,633 9,05 C Great Indian Peninsula l3O 881 3,160 1,601 1 . Great Luxembourg 122 38 1,758 80C Great Western of Canada 294 283 6,740 8,09: g 1 embardo-Venetian 283 249 5,327 4,401 e Lyons and Geneva 142 107 3,252 1,91 t, ,f Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 284 176 6,596 5,074 Y 1 Antwerp ''' Maria Antonia' 2l 21 211 191 if Northern of France 574 574 43,368 38,891 e Norwegian Trunk 44 44 557 501 _ Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn B4l 781 61,512 47,901 . r Paris and Orleans 922 771 39,860 31,574 It Paris and Strasburg 979 791 • 38,691 28,6 f. Y Royal Danish 69 69 354 38- Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,263 1,07 , 1 1- Southern of France 777 577 13,522 9,034 h West Flanders W. and N.W. of France 716 594 30.566 23,71: 612714(34 : 22'6:219'1283 22'62576i 2,608 316 332 144 673 22,592 269 9,05 C 1,601 'BOO 8,095 4,409 1,919 5,076 199 38,891 47,908 31,576 28,641 1,074 9,030 .646 23,715 EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT GLASGOW.—On Monday a robbery, to the amount of upwards of £9OO, was reported at the Glasgow Police-office. The unfortunate, who is from Port Glasgow, stated that his partner in business had Jaanded over to him a sum of £928, which had been drawn Trom the National Bank at Greenock on Saturday for the purpose of wing a composition to the creditors of the firm. After receiving the money, he had allowed himself to be inveigled into a house of ill-fame in High-street, whero he was robbed of the whole of the money. Two men and a woman are in custody. [ADVERTISEMENTI—HoIIoway ' s Ointment and Pills. — looping Cough.—Every nurse thinks she knows a remedy for this complaint, but unfortunately the bills of mortality show them to be fallible. The late Dr. Thompson always recommended 'sufferers from hooping cough to be kelt warm, fed on a milk and :vegetable diet, and rubbed well on the spine and pit of the stomach with Holloway a Oint ment three times a day; wearing flannel next the skin. No treatment is so safe, speedy, and efficient, no case can resist it, and no ill consequences ever result from it. The cough continuing from habit after the disease declines, is readily and radically removed by Holloway's prepara tions, which act more like magic than medicine in every stage of this tiresome disease. The Curacoa, 31, screw, Capt. Thos. H. Mason, will leave the fitting basin in the Portsmouth Dockyard on Monday, and will s h or tly p rocee d t o New York. The lire, steam store vessel, Master Commander Pullen, arrived at Woolwich last evening from Portsmouth. The Diadem, 31, screw, will be taken from the King's Stairs Jetty, at Portsmouth, on Monday, and be placed in the steam basin for examination and repairs. The Liffey, 51, screw, Capt. George W. Preedy, anchored at Spithead yesterday morning, last from Portland Roads. The Perseverance, 8, iron screw troop frigate, Commander Edward R. Power, will leave the steam basin at Portsmouth Dockyard, on Monday, and prepare for the conveyance of troops to Malta. The Rhadamanthus, steam store vessel, Master Commander Sturdee, having undergone repairs to her keel, is now being re-coppered, and is ordered to be brought forward for service. The Brandon, hired steam vessel, taken up by the War Department, for the conveyance of mili tary stores to Constantinople, will leave the Thames for her destination to-morrow. We are informed that the vessels mentioned in The Sun of Thursday as having been chartered for the conveyance of troops to India have been en gaged merely for freight of miscellaneous stores, and not for troops. The screw•steam guardship of Coastguard, Rus sell, 60, Captain Wodehouse, went from Hamoaze on Thursday into Plymouth Sound, She is very short of hands. y. ` ; ' - 'l"fer . Majesty's ship SiinootaXiiiThAlider John M. Cooke, was still, we hear by th 3 mail which has just arrived, at Bombay, undergoing repairs. She was expected to leave towards the end of January with invalids for England. TRANSPORT OF SIEGE MORTARS.—Several expe riments have recently been carried out at this gar rison in order to test the practicability of moving heavy mortars with the same facility as guns. Some of the heaviest mortars with the mortar beds have been attached to gun carriages manufactured at the Royal Arsenal, and the utmost Tequisite amount of speed has been obtained with six horses over a rough road. ENGLISH TRAVELLERS AMONGST BRIGANDS. A letter from Rome of the 15th contains an ac count of another daring act of brigandage. It says : "The extension of railways in the dominions of his Holiness will present to travellers the advantage of approaching the Eternal City without being subject to the onslaughts of brigands as much as is, unfortunately, the case just now, when bad roads, tediots hills, and solitary wastes invite out laws to lay violent hands upon straggling vetturino vehicles or ponderous family carriages. " A specimen of this disagreeable kind of excite ment was experienced on Wednesday last by Mr. and Mrs. Robertson, who were travelling to Rome with post-horses, and had arrived ut their last day's journey, at the town of Viterbo, on the preceding evening. The postilion who drove them out of that town was probably in league with the robbers, for he was observed to pull up his horses at a lonely spot of the forest which covers the mountains of Viterbo, and immediately afterwards five men rushed out of the brushwood, armed with guns and the usual complement of small weapons, and wear ing black veils over their faces. These worthies lost no time in opening the carriage door, and were proceeding to drag out the travellers, commencing with the gentleman, but Mrs. Robertson, who has a perfect command of the Italian language, re proached them in such powerful terms for their audacity in venturing to lay violent hands upon a lady, that they finally desisted from their project of dragging her out also, and by that means she was able to preserve her jewel•box, upon which she sat whilst the brigands turned up the cushions, exa mined the pockets, and searched the interior of the carriage. Mrs. Robertson, with admirable presence mind, had received her husband's purse from him whilst he was being pulled out of the carriage, and had taken out the chief part of the gold it con tained, so that when it was handed over to tho brigands with its silver and,small change it was not worth much more than a couple of napoleons. "The robbers having made sure of Mr. Robert son's man-SeiVant and 'maid tiie latter being infinitely more alarmed than her mistress—pro- Veeded to undo the luggage on the imperial, but their scrutiny of that indispensable appendage to a travelling carriage was interrupted by the unwel come intelligence, communicated to them by Mrs. Robertson, to de effect that they had better be quick in their operations, as a party of gendarmes were at a short distance behind, and would soon appear in sight. This was perfectly true, as the travellers had passed the gendarmes a little time before, escorting a cartful of prisoners towards Rome. The net's of their vicinity rendered the brigands nervous ; they detached one of their number to a neighbouring eminence, to keep a look-out on the approaching enemy, and soon after abandoned their plunder on the high road, to seek the safer shade of the forest, leaving the well satisfied travellers to continue their journey to Rome, where they arrived the same evening with out further inconvenience, the attack having taken place about eight o'clock in the morning. • A report of the occurrence having been made to the British representative on the following day, Mr. Odo Russell proceeded to the Vatican to narrate the affair to Cardinal Antonelli. His eminence ex pressed his regret at the reappearance of brigand age so near the capital, and gave immediate orders for patrols of dragoons and gendarmes to be sent in search of the offenders." TILE DEATH OF BURNS. The following will be — interesting at the present moment. It is copied from the Glasgow Courier of Tuesday, 26th July, 1796 : On the 21st inst. died, at Dumfries, after a lin gering illness, the celebrated Robert Burns. His poetical compositions, distinguished equally by the force of native humour, by the warmth and tender ness of passion, and by the glowing touches of a descriptive pencil, will remain a lasting monument of the vigour and the versatility of a mind guided only by the lights of nature and the inspiration of genius. The public, to whose amusement he has so largely contributed, will learn with regret that his extraordinary endowments were accompanied with frailties which rendered him useless to himself and family. The last months of his short life were spent in sickness and indigence, and his widow, with five infant children, and th e h our ly expectation of a sixth, is now left without any resource but what she may hope from the regard due to the memory of her husband. A subscription for the widow and children of poor Burns is immediately to be set on foot, and there is little doubt of its being an ample one. FUNERAL OF ROBERT BURNS. Actuated by the regard which is due to the shade of such a genius, his remains were interred on Mon day last, the 25th July, with military honours and every suitable respect. The corpse having been previously conveyed to the Town Hall of Dumfries, remained there till the following ceremony took place :—The military there, consisting of the Cinque Port Cavalry, and the Angusshire Fencibles, hav ing handsomely tendered their services, lined the streets on both sides to the burial ground. The Royal Dumfries Volunteers, of which he was a mem ber—in uniform, with crape on their left arm, sup • ported the bier ; a party of that corps, appointed to perform the military obsequies, moving in slow, solemn time to the " Dead March in Saul," which was played by the military band—preceded in mournful array with arms reversed. The principal part of the inhabitants and neighbourhood, with a number of particular friends of the bard, from re mote parts, followed in procession ; the great bells of the churches tolling at intervals. Arrived at the churchyard-gate, the funeral party, according to the rules of that exercise, formed two lines, and leaned their heads on their firelocks, pointed to the ground. Through this space the corpse was carried. The party drew up alongside the grave, and, after the interment, fired three volleys over it. The whole ceremony presented a solemn, grand, and affecting spectacle, and accorded with the general regret for the loss of a man whose like we shall scarce see again. EPITAPH. "Consigned to earth, here rests the lifeless clay, Which once a vital spark from Heaven inspired; The lamp of genius shone full bright as day, Then left the world to mourn its light retired. While beams that splendid orb which lights the spheres— While mountain streams descend to swell the main— While changeful seasons mark the rolling years— Thy fame, 0 Burns, let Scotia still retain !" A LIVERPOOL PUBLICAN FINED FOR ►SELLING DRINK TO CIIILDREN.—A man named Nathan Caunce, a publican, carrying on business in Maddox street, Liverpool, was charged at the police-court, yesterday (Friday), with soiling drink to a number of boys and girls, contrary to the 5 and 6 Viet., c. 106, sec. 250. From the evidence adduced it appeared that a number of boys and girls were. found in. the prisoner's house lying on the floor and literally " der & drunk." The magistrate reprimanded the defendant se verely on his conduct, and fined him 20s. and costs in each ease. a