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I)U LARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD, tile REVALENTA ARABICA.—We find it to be ad 11, ,, 'tidily adapted to restore a healthy action of the stomach, 41 'rer, and bowels, and thereby to remove dyspepsia (Indig,es rn), habitual constipation. flatulency, d•arrhma, dysentery, "rrohsness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, teises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, 4 Y!teria, neuralgia , irritabilit y , sleeplessness, acidit• , ~ ramps, heartburn , hea dache, debility, despondency, ralnps, spasms, nausea and sick ness, sinking, fits, cough, lthma, bronchites, consumption, also children's COM- Vants, restoring, at about a penny per meal, perfect dives en, strong nerves. sound lungs. refreshing, sleep, and fURC- Znal regularity, without medicine. inconvenience or expen.e most disordered or enfeebled. Dr. Andrew tire, 31. D., :tt• $.; Dr. Shorland , Dr. Harvey , D r. Bri g ht, Dr. Campbell, . 'firmer. (From the Morning Post ) 111. LIVINGSTON'S EXPLORATIONS IN THE INTERIOR OF trsidA. —The indefatigable researches of Dr. Living ston avoistddenly made us acctivainted with one of the happiest keple in the world, of whose very existence little was hitherto known in civilised Europe gen erall y .— be province of Angola, Dr. Livingston writes in the " Jour bal of the Royal Geographical Society," possesses great fer tility and beauty, and its capabilities, both agriculturally and commercially, are of a very high order ; indeed, I do not fear eottradietion in asserting it to be the richest in Western Africa. The great scientific traveller, who spent 16 years bnieng this favoured people, has had ample opportunity of studying their physical and moral condition, and his details are most curious, They appear indeed to enjoy an Elysian ;elicits, requiring neither physic nor the physician, for Dr. Livingston found their stair of life to be the Revalenta Ara bia°, Food, which keeps them perfectly free from disease, " eon aumption, scrofula, cancer, Are., belly: scarcely heard of', and the arttall;ox and measles have not been known for twenty years. ' In England also the Revalenta Arabica has produced a wonderful improvement in the health of the people, remov ing cough, consumption, asthma, debility, indigestion (dys pepsia). constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, and restoring* the faculty of digestion, and nervous and mus cular energy to the most enfeebled, as proved by testimonials Prom the many thousand well known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means of cure had been tried in vain for many Years; and all hopes of recovery abandoned. We extract few expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured. Cure No. 71, of Dyspepsia , from the R i g ht Honourable the Lord Stuart de Decles : " I have derived considerable oe., !left from Du Barry's Revalenta Arahica Food. Stuart de reder—Cureears' indescribable agony ;ozn dyspepsia, nervousness, ; asthma, cough, constipation, z Ouleney, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, 3 0 ,e been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Wortham Ling, near Diss. Nortolk."—Cure No. 52,087: Lielcumarsbal the Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inflamma- Z e e of the stomach.—Cure No. 51,814: Baron de Polentz, I ,,creet of LaW,CIIIIII, of many years' horrible sufferings of - "e serves and an obstinate constipation. Cure No. General Baron de Zuluskowsky, of many w ears' fearful disorders of the digestive functions.—Cure 1 „.°.. 47,121 : Miss Elizabeth Jacobs of Nazing Vicarage, titres Cross. Herts, a cure of extreme nervousness ti,ou, gatherings. low s and nervous fancies.— ire No 48,314 : Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Li: u nool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of „ri'eus irritability. —Cure No, 18,216: Dr, Andrew Ure, of b,.attPation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210: Sltertand, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,212 : Cap- Allan, of epileptic fits.—Cure 42,118 ; Major Edie, of - ",..'ere:ement of the liver, and total prostration of strength' , - , are No. 3 5 ,418: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms. 4. 1 14 daily vomitings.—Cure No. 26,418: Dr. Harvey, of 6 , l „ncea and debility.—Cure No. 3.4,618 I Dr. lyurtzer, of ti:rumPtion.—Cure No. 32,880 William Hunt, t i - 'er. of paralysis.— Cure No. 44,270 : Mr. James Roberts,Roberts, i n mber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased spitting, of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 51,818: Mrs. Holze, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia t:,gestion), debility, irritability and nervousness. which had I,:inented her for 70 years.—cure No. 46,1;14 : Mr. Samuel Leteester, of two years' diarrhoea.—Cure. ' No. 52 412 : nowarrer Countess of' Castlestuart, C of many 5 years'ner- MI. irritability, bite and indigestion,Cure No. 4,812 : Miss i r ginla Zegtiers, cured of consumption, after her advinera had abandoned all hos recovery. V No. 1so: " Twenty-five years' nervousness, con 4,.2ation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have laZoirered great misery, and which no medicine could re le or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du I.4rry's F oo d lo a very short time. W. B, Reeves, 181 h e e et-air I.oadon,"No. 4,08 ; "Eight years' dyspepsia', NPirensnesa, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for efr? l , InY servant had consulted the advieo of twiny, have been 1;:nelly cured by Du Barry's health -restoring Food. I shall ItidePT to answer any inquiries. Rev. JolLn W. Flavell, su e l+tten Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836 : Three years' odYn nervousness, with pains in my lock and left arm, 4 4 general , which my vei miserab, b e radically r y rendered emoved by Du Barry' l s ife health-restsrin le g P e "- Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of h ops, Skibbereen." h. 00. 3,906 : Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene lp de biutY, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent God, nj Canisters : 11b. 2s. 0. 21b, 4s. 6d., , Ib. 405. Zile .rrettned quality: 51b. d. 225., 101 b. 3.35. 12111 The 101b., 225., 12 21 1 b., and Du carriage free on receipt of Post-ethce Order, by h :_7_Du Barry and Cr., 77, Re ,, ent-street, London ; Fort as;nilason, and Co.. 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch abi7 also at 63 and 150 Oxfordatrest,Strand, 4, Cheap "' 1 .011.d0n ; and through 01 o'rnow 0.4 0011115.1ta• By the same Author, DIGBY GRAND. Third Edition. ss. • GENERAL BOUNCE. Two Volumes, 15s. KATE COVENTRY. Third Edition. ss. THE INTERPRETER. 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SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence--The causes Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. SECTION Y. -The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practizel The above work is intended for the perusal of those who have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules of morality. In its pages facts of par amount utility are brought together, wholly divested ot tne delusions and incon sistencies so largely introduced into certain quasi medical publications given to the world gratis, under the guise of philanthropy, or as "acts of gratitude," by pretended clergy men and others, whose tamperiugs with the constitution are frequently followed by serious e,ouNiuences, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this com pany was held at Derby—Mr. S. Beale, M.P., in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. _ _ The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that some years ago it was agreed that £20,000 a-year should be set aside from revenue for the repairs of permanent way ; but in the last half year an addition had been made of £13,000 to that amount. The interest on the outlay for the Leices ter and Hitchin line had been paid out of revenue during the whole period the line was in course of construction. The cost of the horse and other stock as carriers had also been paid out of revenue. These were facts of which he deemed it necessary to inform the shareholders, so that if a time should arise of bad trade it might not be said that in a time of prosperity revenue was strained for divi dend. Of late years there had been a change in the management of railways, with an evident desire to consolidate the railway system. Perhaps this might not be bad in itself; but it rendered it all the more necessary that the directors should be watch ful, and take care that the Midland interest might not suffer, and that no unfair abstraction of traffic should take place. (Hear.) ' They had caused a comparison to be made between 1847 and their position this year; and he found that in the course of that time their mileage had extended 200 miles, yet it had taken the earnings of those 200 miles to replace the abstraction of passenger traffic made since 1847 by competing lines. Their goods traffic had, however, increased twice and a half; and their mineral traffic had increased threefold, so that, but for the abstraction of passenger traffic, the Midland dividend would be better than that of any other line in the kingdom. He alluded to a bill promoted by the London and North-Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, and other companies, which had been successfully opposed by this com pany last session, on account of its tendency to injure Midland interests. They were (he said) strong enough to maintain their ground, if with decision and firmness they looked to their position. They desired to be upon friendly terms with all their neighbours, but the maintenance of the integrity of the Midland system must depend on their power to help themselves ; that power the directors kept steadily in view. After alluding to the circumstances connected with the purchase of land in Agar-town for a goods station, he concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. HUTCHINSON, the deputy chairman, seconded the motion. Mr. GEE objected to the scheme to make the rail way from Rowsley to Buxton. Mr. HADLEY said that with economical manage ment a larger dividend might have been paid. The CHAIRMAN admitted that they might have paid a trifle more ; but instead of straining their balance to pay a large dividend, they preferred see ing their property in a firm position, satisfied that that was the best course for the shareholders. The motion for the adoption of the report, and the declaration of the dividend of L 3 per share on the old stocks, and the various dividends upon the other stocks, were also adopted unanimously. The consolidation of various stocks was autho rised; also the issue of 4 per cent. preferential stock to replace loans. The Chairman and Mr. Kendrick, the other re tiring director, were re-elected; and the proceed ings concluded with a Tote of thanks to the Board. NORTH-EASTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at York, Mr. H. S. Thompson, M.P., in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was one of the most favourable the directors had yet presented to the shareholders. The receipts had increased during the half-year, as compared with the corresponding half of 1859, by L 56,9453. Most of the branches of traffic showed a very gratifying increase, and the rolling stock and line we re i n a very efficient state. Th e p o licy of the comp an y was fully justified when it was borne in mind that during the past year, as com pared with the year 1862—the year before the amalgamation—they had paid to the Berwick share holders 41 per cent. as against 21, to the York shareholders 3 as against 2, and to the Leeds shareholders 21 per cent. as against nothing. This had not been a spasmodic but a steady increase, with the exception •f the year 1857, when they had a windfall, which raised the dividend beyond the usual level. He concluded with a few observa tions on the proposed amalgamation of the Hull and Holderness Railway. Mr. LEEMAN seconded the adoption of the report, and the resolution, after some conversation, was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN then moved formal resolutions declaring dividend on the Berwick c a pit a l stoc k at the a erate of 5+ per cent. per annum, and upon the Thirsk and,Malton stock at the rate of 4 per cent. 2. annum ; and up on th e L eeds per annum ; upon the York capital stock at the rate of 41 per cent. per The CHAIRMAN next proposed that the construe capital stock at the rate of p er cent. p er annum. tion of branch railways from Blaydon to Conside, to connect the Lanchester Valley Braneh with th e Newcastle and Carlisle Railway , near Blaydon, and gton,.rectors to pro near Conside, was expedient, and authorising with eeed with t e h Stocktonthe bills iann Parliamentd l a for that purpose. The resolution was adopted. The CHAIRMAN proposed a resolution approving the arrangement in reference to the wo rkingand Cilg'2 the directors amalgamation of the Hull and Holde r ness Company with this company. 111 carried. Mr. WHARTON seconded the motion, which was On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, Mr. Alderman Leeman, Mr. J. Hodgson, Mr. Alderman Seymour, Mr. S. Priestman, and Mr. Maclea, who retired by rotation, were re-elected directors, and Mr. Wylie was re-elected an auditor. The meeting having been made special, it was resolved that new stock in the company to the ex tent of £1,000,000 be created, with a guaranteed preferential dividend at the rate of £4 10s. per cent, per annum, to rank par/ passe with the other stock of the company. On the motion of the Hon. J. C. DUNDAS a vote of thanks was given to the chairman and directors, and the proceedings terminated. PRESENTATION TO DR. WATSON, OF THE GREAT EASTERN.—The officers of the Great Eastern steamship have presented Dr. Watson, who so nobly exerted himself to save the life of their late much-beloved commander, with a handsome pipe, beautifully mounted with silver, as a mark of respect and esteem fer his general character,. mid admiration of his conduct on the Qeeasion of the recent melancholy o,,ccui n t the river Itchen. A crowded meeting of the Council of the Lanca shire Reformers' Union was held yesterday after noon at Manchester to consider what steps should be taken in support of Mr. Gladstone's Budget. Among those present were Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Bazley, M.P., and many influential members of the Liberal party from various parts of the country. Mr. a WILSON, who presided, said he had never been much distinguished for praising Governments —(laughter)—but when he saw in the newspapers last Saturday that noble treaty with the signature of Richard Cobden—(cheers)—and read the state ment at the head of it, that the Governments of England and France were equally animated with the desire to increase the friendship and extend the commerce of the two nations, he was inclined to say, " God save the Queen !" (Cheers.) It was not long after Mr. Cobden's departure from tulle country before we heard something of those 'nego tiations now concluded, which he undertook to say would be of more benefit to the French as well as ourselves than all the negotiations of all our am bassadors for years previously. (Cheers.) He had no doubt that if, after 1848, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Gib son, and Mr. Bright had been m em b ers o f our Government,its administration would have been conducted on principles identical with the interests of all, from the Queen to the humblest of the people, and a great part of the foolish expenditure of that period would have been avoided. (Cheers.) Two months ago the people of the two countries appeared to be glaring at each other like tigers, eager for mutual destruction ; at present there seemed nothing but peace between them, and the continuance of it would be the natural result of this treaty. (Cheers.) Mr. Cobden's labours, how ever, would have been wasted if we had not had a Chancellor of the Exchequer alive to the necessi ties of the case. (Cheers.) We might go back to Sir Robert Peel for his equal, but certainly should not find his superior. Looking to all the difficulties to be met, and the numerous divi sions of the House of Commons, he believed there was no instance on record where a Chancellor of the Exchequer so nobly and fearlessly discharged his duties. Mr. J. HEYWOOD, late M.P., moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Cobden, M. Chevalier, and the asso ciated political economists of Paris, for their eminent services in the cause of free trade. Mr. HUGH MASON (Ashton) seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. H. AsHwoßni moved and Mr. RYLANDS seconded a resolution to the effect that the Budget was received with great pleasure by the meeting, who pledged themselves to give it their best sup port. ____ Mr. S. Pope, Mr. W. Harvey, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. I. C. Dyer, took exception to some of the details of the Budget, while approving highly the treaty with France, and desired that the meeting. should not bo committed to approve the measure in all respects. Mr. Dyer, especially, protested against this association being made the medium of confirm ing the Government in a system of exorbitant taxation. The CHAIRMAN suggested a modification of the resolution, to the effect that the Budget was ap proved, subject to such alterations of details as might hereafter appear desirable. In this form the resolution was passed by accla mation. Mr. JO/IN PLATT moved, and Mr. It STUART seconded, a resolution, desiring the holding of pub lic meetings throughout the country in support of the Treaty and the Budget. The motion having been agreed to, the chairman said this was but a preliminary meeting, and, the business before it being now concluded, it was open to any gentleman to suggest further proceedings. Mr. BRIGHT then rose, in answer to repeated calls, and spoke for about twenty minutes. He said he was of opinion the more the whole mat ter was examined the more they would be obliged to divide it into two parts, and, as the whole eonstitution of the world seemed to be of good and evil, so we might say of this financial scheme. So far as it referred to free trade it was, iu his opinion, unexceptionably good, and to be applauded ; but there was another branch of it to which Mr. Dyer referred, which was bad to the last degree, and ought to be condemned by everybody. He referred more particularly to the enormous increase in the military expenditure, which had been constantly augmenting since the year 1855. It must not be supposed, however, that this measure, because it was great, or because in its greatness it was mainly good, would easily pass the House of Commons. The real fact was, that the commercial treaty had been received with great coldness among those classes from whom our representatives were chiefly chosen. He hoped every man in the country who approved the mea sure would be earnest in making his approbation known. (Cheers.) SIB MICHAEL SEYMOUR AND LORD ELGIN. • The following letter appears in a contem porary : Sir,—ln a speech by Sir Michael Seymour in the House of Commons last night the following passage occurs : "But when a very agreeable writer, who had held an offi cial and confidential position by the side of the noble lord, the British Ambassador, in a work which bore au impress of something like authority, reflected on his character as Admi ral, and accused him of being slow and wanting in energy, and of having interfered with the policy of the noble lord, perhaps the house would permit him to ask why ihat hon. gentleman did not tell the whole story. 'that writer was in a Position to tell the whole story, but he did not do it; he had sought to poison the public mind in regard to the con duct of one who had striven to do his duty." As I believe I am the writer here alluded to, per haps you will allow me to answer the question of Sir Michael Seymour. In my account of the pro ceedings in the Gulf of Pecheli I did not tell the "whole story," partly feotu motives of delicacy towards Sir Michael Seyteiour, and partly because, in the confidential position which I held, I did not feel at liberty to allude to facts which did not ap pear in the published blue-book. The " whole story" is to be found in certain un published documents, containing an account of Sir Michael Seymour's proceedings, reflecting so little credit upon the conduct of that officer, that, so far from seeking to" poison the public mind" against him, I carefully abstained from referring to them. As, however, ho has now seen fit to make so grave a charge against me, I shall cause the whole of the suppressed papers to be moved for in the House of Commons, a few of which I see only are included in the motion of Sir Michael Seymour for to-night, in order that the public may have an op portunity of judging for themselves how far this charge is justified. The production of these papers may also be at tended with the incidental advantage of enabling us to underst a nd th e groun d s u pon whi c h the Ad miralty supports its officers, and better to appre ciate the precise import of Sir Michael Seymour's phrase, " that he owed a certain allegiance, not only to the Government, but the Admiralty whom he served." The only point in my narrative which reflects upon Sir Michael Seymour is in the mention of the great disappointment which we experienced in the North at the non-arrival of the gunboats at the time when they had been promised. In :his very lengthy statement he makes no at tempt to explain this. Sir Michael Seymour did, ' indeed, in his speech last night frankly avow that he entertained a totally different policy from Lord Elgin on the propriety of a demonstration in the North ; but, after having distinctly promised the ambassador his support with a fleet of these small craft, we had no reason to suppose that he would allow his private views to interfere with the engage ments into which he had entered. It must be observed that Lord Elgin's object in asking for gunboats was not to engage in hostile operations in the North, but by means of a prompt diplomatic movement (of a pacific character, but supported by an adequate force) towards the capi tal, to convince the Emperor of the necessity of sending a proper person to megotiate with him, and thereby to bring the distant and costly war in which we had been engaged to an early close upon terms consistent with the honour and commercial in terests of England. This policy, which had every prospect of success, and to which the representatives of the neutral Powers, America and Russia, had agreed to becom e p art i es, was ent i re l y foiled by ' the failure of Sir Michael Seymour to fulfil his engage ments. Had the four Powers reached Tien-tsin as originally intended, there is every reason to be lieve that a treaty would have been concluded at that point withoM bloodshed, and that it would have been followed by a friendly visit to Pekin. The gait/on opportunity was lost, and we are now suffering the consequences.—l am, sir, your obedt. servant, LAURENCE OLIPHANT. ' 4, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, Feb. 14. The Arothusa, 50, sa:ling frigate, has been navi gated from Devonport to Chatham, to be docked at the latter port for the purpose of being lengthened and converted into a 50 nun screw frigate, and fitted with engines of 500 horse-power. The Rhadamanthus, steam storeship, Master- Commander Sturdee, 'Arrived at Portsmouth yester day, with machinery., &c., for the Rinaldo, Sutlej, Duncan, and oth©r tips at that port. Thewater has ber,a again pumped out of the old ship-basin at Poe,smouth, and the men in the em ploy of the conr,.actors have resumed their work in lengthening Y . 03. 3, 4, and 5 docks, &c. The Coqu,:tte, 4, screw gun-vessel, C o mm an d er Hon. Fair‘erald A. Foley, at Portsmouth, will p a y off at tirat Port about Friday next. Iv o ",•knion are employed in laying down the blocks !O r'2eeive the keel of the Dryad, 51, screw frigate, I P. No. 4, slipway at Portsmouth yard. The greater portion of her keel and floor timbers are in course of preparation underneath the shed alongside the slipway. THE ARMY. The sth (Royal Irish) Lancers, under the corn nand of Lieut.-Col. Sullivan, will move from New ' bridge to Dublin as follows, for embarkation for Liverpool, on their way to the camp at Aldershot : —Two troops on Wednesday (this day) to arrive, and imbark next day ; two troops ma the 15th to arrive, and embark ou the 16th instant ; two troops on the 16th to arrive, and embark on the 17th ' • and two troops and head-quarters, being the last divi sion, on the 18th to arrive, and embark on the 20th instant. A draught of 50 men of the 30th Regiment will leave Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, to-day for Ports mouth, where they will embark on board the Irish steampacket for Dublin, on the way to the C urrag h. The detachment of th e 4th battalion of the Rifle Brigade, which has been under orders to embark at Portsmouth on the 20th instant, on board the In diana for Malta, has received counter orders, and will now proceed on that date by the mail steamer from Southampton. Orders have been received at the head-quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, directing the officers and men of the Royal En gineers composing the expedition intended to be despatched to New Zealand to be prepared to em bark on the 28th instant. Captain H. T. Siborne, R.E., in command of the A troop of the Royal Engineer Train, at Brompton barracks, Chatham, having been appointed to the staff of the Inspector-General of Fortifications, Horse-Guards, will be succeeded in his command of the troop by Captain R. W. Duff, R.E. THE NAVY _ESTIMATES. The Secretary of the Admiralty now informs us that, up to a certain point, " there is no difficulty in getting men." In other words, the ships actually in commission are " wholly manned," the number of seamen required for the current service of the fleet is complete, and, except for the supply of casualties, there is really no room for any consider able accession of strength. The pinch comes when we get to our reserves. The new force—the Royal Naval Reserve—from which so much was antici pated, " has certainly up to the present time not fulfilled the expectations which were raised." So we are now told upon the best authority; but the explanation of the failure is rather curious. The terms offered are sufficient—indeed, " very hand some," as the men themselves acknowledge ; but the very allurements of the bait only make them more • shy of taking it. Sailors, we are reminded, are " fine, noble, hearty creatures," but they have one remarkable quality. They are the most suspicious of mankind, and if there is one thing of which they are more suspicious than Reedier it is the Board of Admiralty. Accordingly, they believe they are going to be " kidnapped," " sent off to China," or entrapped, at any rate, into actual service without a minute's warning. The conse quence is that they will not enter for the reserve, although the supply is so abandant and the condi tions so acceptable that, if they could but be relieved of their misgivings, there is every reason to suppose they would " flock to the force." It is hard to deal with such suspicions, no doubt, and very unlucky that our Admiralty should have so bad a name ; but has everything-been done in the wayof assurance which might b e d one ? Si r Charles Napier remarked, that if the example were but sot by a few thousand men-of-war's men, the merchant seamen would promptly follow, and the reserve be speedily filled up. Sir J. Elphinstone, too, made an observation which seems exceedingly reasonable. The navy has neither recruiting officers nor recruiting offices. Even in Portsmouth itself there is Ito regular office for the enlistment of seamen; and how, then, are the advantages of the service to be popularly known ? Why should not some of the active petty officers of the navy take up the duties of recruiting sergeants for a time? The experiment could do no harm, and it is lamentable to see thousands of men standing aloof from a service which they would gladly enter if they did but appreciate its terms. The gist of the Estimates before the house is, that before the end of the year we shall have out of the means to be thus provided a force of 60 line of-battle ships and 46 frigates, besides a goodly array of smaller vessels, and 4 of the new iron cased rams or batteries. To man these vessels 85,000 seamen and marines will be held available, so that our 13 millions of money will for once pro duce a satisfactory return. Whether the same amount of strength might not be attainable at a less expense is another question, and one which we hope may some day be agreeably solved. At pre sent the duty of Government is perfectly simple, and Lord C. Paget expressed the opinion of the country in terms which nobody can impeach. "It is the wish," said he, " of the people of thi s na ti on that their navy s h ou ld be well and efficiently main tained; that the country should be under no alarm ; that, whatever might happen, the people might be able to say—' We are safe under the protection of our navy." To these assertions no one will demur, and that is why th ese E st i mates are freely voted. Most s'neerely do we hope that the obligations thus imposed upon us may be dimi nished in extent by a better understanding with our neighbours, and a more judicious economy of our means, but in the interval security and confi dence are cheaply purchased even at this enormous price.— limes. THE CONPTROLLER OF THE rr. Many of our readers will be surprised to sea by the Nary Estimates for 1860-61, which are just published, that there is no longer a Surveyor of the Navy. Her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon Sir B. W. Walker the title of Comptroller of the Navy. A■ the new name implies a more extended con trol than the old our, it is very likely that an ex tension of his duties and power are contemplated. The mere change of name is, however, an advantage both to Sir Baldwin Walker and the country. The title of Surveyor' leads people to imagine that the office is a mechanical one, and that the Surveyor claims to be a ship builder. On this account violent pamphlets are published, and pungent leading articles nre written to show the absurdity of making a sailor nLval architect to the English Government ; whereas Sir B. Walker has declared over and over again, both in public and in private, his entire inno cence of the art and mystery of ship construction, and has pointed to his professional assistants as his mechanical advisers. To them belongs the praise or blame due to Government naval construc tion. We suppose these gentlemen will receive titles expressive of this state of things, and that as Sir Baldwin Walker is now called, what he really is, or should be, comptroller of the depart ment over which he presides, they will have titles which will clearly show the professional charac ter of their positions, that we journalist■ may know whom to attack, and may not strike the wrong man . • The chief cause of the misapprehension which bas existed in the public mind about the pre cise character of the office of Surveyor of the Navy is, that until the appointment of Sir Wm. Symonds the Surveyors were shipwrights. The last Comptrolle r o f th e N avy was Si r B yam Martin, under whom were three professional surveyors—Mr. Tucker, Mr. Roberts, and Sir Robert Seppings. These three gentlemen were responsible for all the designs of ships, and the mechanical operations of the dockyards. The Comptroller was Chairman of the Navy Board, the Members of the Board being the heads of the ether Naval departments. His duties were therefore more extended than those now attaching to the office. Sir James Graham and his wise col leagues in office in 1832, thought fit to abolish these offices, and to entrust to a seaman without professional advisers, the whole responsibility of designing and constructing the ships of the Royal Navy. This was a task to which he felt himself unequal, but he would not avow it ; and although St. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Yesterday Martin Mitcheson, foreman in the employ of Messrs. Kirkaldy and Co., snip-painters and plumbers, in High-street, Wapping, surren dered with his bail before Mr. Yardley, at the Thames Police-court, to answer two summonses taken out by Mr. King, a solicitor, for taking part in the riot in the parish church of St. George's-in the-East, on the evening of Sunday the sth inst. The first summons charged the defendant that he did wilfully and of purpose, molest, disturb, and disquiet the Rev. Mr. Dove and the Rev. Mr. Stuart, the persons saying Divine Service in the parish church of St. George's-in-the-East. The se cond summons charged the defendant that he did wilfully and of pikrpose by open and overt words, act, and deed, maliciously and contemptuously mo lest and disturb the Rev. George Lee, the preacher duly authorised to preach in the parish church of St. George's-in -the-East. The proceedings were instituted under an old act of Parliament passed in the first year of the reign of Queen Mary, cap. 3, and entitled " An act against offending of Preachers and other Ministers in the Church." Mr. Won tner, solicitor, again conducted the pro secution on behalf of the Rev. Bryan King, the rector of St. George, and the curates; Mr. Cranch, solicitor, of London-street, Fenchurch-street, ap peared for the defendant. On the first hearing of the case evidence was given by three men, named Cain, Wood, and Ver non, that th e y were i n t h e most elevated seat of the north gallery, and saw the defendant in the second pew of the same gallery below them ; that while the lessons, prayers, and psalms were :being read, intoned and sung, the defend a nt was f requent l y stamping his feet, knocking the side of the pew he was in, and making other noises, and that while the Rev. Mr. Lee was preaching the sermon he shouted loudly and called out " No Popery, down with the Pope." Other evidence was given by Mr. Ffinch, a solicitor, of the fearful nature of the disturbance on the night of the sth inst. On the case being called on, Mr. Cranch said that, considering the terms of the act of Ist of May, under which his client was summoned, he thought the magistrate would not convict, unless it could be conclusively shown that Mr. Mitcheson was the man who was guilty of the offences charged in the summonses. ile was instructed the defendant was not the person, and he thought he should be able to prove that neither on the night of the sth, nor on any other occasion, had he misconducted him self in the Church, or caused any disturbance what over. Cain, Wood, and Verron, who were the witnesses for the prosecution, were then recalled, but only `Mood and Cain answered. Each of them Was subjected to a long examina tion. Amelia Hopkinson, a very intelligent girl, about 18 years of age, said—My father is a tallowchandler in Cannon-street-road, St. George. lam in the habit of going to St. George's Church. I was, on the evening of Sunday week, in the south gallery, right opposite to Mr. Mitcheson. I saw a man on the right-hand side of him making a noise, with one arm resting on the top of the gallery and the other waving about. He called out, " What have you done with your large cross ; take your altar down;" and "No Popery." I am sure it was not Mr. Mitchesen. I should know the man if I were to see him again. Cross-examined by Mr. Won tner—l go regularly to the church ; it is my parish chu rc h. I don't approve of the services, and my father don't ap prove of them. (Applause.) NO true Protestant can approve of the services and ceremonials in St. George's Church. I am a true Protestant. (Laugh ter from the Puseyites, and cries of "Hear, hear," from the opposite party.) Mr. Wontner—Why do you go to St. George's Church to hear services and witness ceremonials o which you cannot approve. Witness (sharply)—Listen, Mr. Solicitor, and I will :explain. (Hear, hear.) I went along with Mr. Alford to the church to see that no true Pro testant was persecuted when there was no occasion for it. It was every true Protestant's duty to do that. (Hear, hear, and applause.) I know that Mr. Mitcheson took no part in the disturbance whatever. Cain was recalled, and said he did not speak to the churchwarden or point out the defendant to him. Mr. Thompson, the senior churchwarden, said the defendant was certainly pointed out to him as one who had been making a noise and shouting be fore the service terminated. He spoke to the de• fendant and asked for his name and address which he readily gave him. He had not the least doubt the defendant was the man who was pointed out to him. He believed it was a friend of Mr. King, the solicitor, informed him that the defendant had mis conducted himsel f. Mr. George Williams, brass finisher, of Cannon street, St. George's, said,—l was in this court last Saturday, and hea r d the evidence of the three wit nesses for the prosecution, and heard them describe where they were seated and where the defendant was seated. People standing in the situation they described could not see the feet of people in the pew below. Mr. Joseph C. Clayton, public-house appraiser, of Alb4ny-house, Portland-street, Stepney, said,—l was in St. George's Church on Sunday week in the evening. I heard a disturbance in the north gal lery. A man was making a great deal of noise and shouting and gesticulating. The Rev. Mr. Lee's attention was called to him more particularly. Cross-examined—The man continued making a disturbance all the time the service was going on. The Rev. Mr. Lee's attention was directed to him very particularly indeed. I can't say who else made a disturbance. The defendant was not the man who was making a disturbance in the north gallery, and to whom the clergyman's attention was directed. Mr. Yardley, at the conclusion of the evidence, observed to Mr. Cranch that there was a great con flict of evidence which was not reconcileable. Mr. Cranch—The defendant will undertake not to go there again. Mr. Yardley said, had there been evidence to satisfy him, he would have put the Act in force ; but he was not satisfied that the case was proved by the witnesses, who, he believed, might have been mistaken. The evidence of the young woman who stated that she was a sincere Protestant was strongly in favour of the defendant, that he was not the person who caused the disturbance, and it was not at the afterpart that she came forward. When she saw Mr. Thompson speaking to the de fendant, it occurred to her that he (Mr. Thompson) thought the defendant was the man who caused the disturbance. That was a strong confirmation that she was right, and tended to throw a much greater doubt upon the identity. It was not at all impro bable that the witnesses for the prosecution were mistaken, and that amid the confusion they thought the defendant was the man. The three young men were not altogether clear in their evidence as to the relative positions. There was one particular fact, however, worthy of notice, and that was that the young woman saw the defendant take off his coat, which was not noticed by Cain, and which circumstance had great influence on his mind to show that the defendant was not the man. Nor did he observe what dress the defendant had on. that thought it most favourable to the defendant tha Cain did not see him take off his coat. Another f a ct to was that she said she saw him put his hand h his mouth. The defendant knew best_ was innocent or guilty. He hoped that h w e w e al % h u i e:r n h o e . cent. He wished it to be known that,if a case were clearly proved, he brought before him which would punish that person su w m a m a aril under the Act had stated Y on a former of Parliament of Mary, as be occasion. He hoped that, in . discharging the pri- . Boner, this would not be considered the triumph of a party. He discharged the defendant because he was not satisfied with the evidence for the pro secution. The deoision was received with a murmur of ap plause, which was immediately supp ressed by the ofacers of the court. Many of the principal inhabi tant of St. George's gave utterance to feelings of exultation on reaching the street, and a few were heard to s.ly Bryan King and his subordinate clergy and choristers should have no quiet in St. George's Church until they gave up the Tractarian services and ceremonials, ~ . ..jizt7zll- 4 1 g *i, , :}2:.4, .< .q . ,,t,, i ~..: \ v e. - .774 TUE SAN JUAN DIFFICUL .1.17-$44,P::.';,t..1','"1 •- - • 1,---. -- -'ol l e , ""' - kfroi The New York Herald of the Ist inst, p talikee.-,„,, 1 ~,,. l' 1 a summary of the report of the United State 44:4;;;' , '")/ p . cretary of War relative to the dispute bete r , Englaud:concerningand America the island of St 4-- k S, Juan. The report, which w ill b e corn amoicated by the President to the Senate, embraces a large mass of correspondence. After entering fully into the matter in dispute, and the settlement effected be tween General Scott and Governor Douglas, the • document concludes:— " The Bth of December found General Scott em barked on his return, having accomplished theob ject of his visit. Fi n di ng t h e British Governor en tertained no hostile purpose, he had reduced the American force at San Juen to -re comp: -.- of in fantry, retained solely for the protection of settlers, with the understanding that, in the same spirit, the larger of the British ships should be withdrawn. Accompanying the General's despatch of that date ii. 4 the correspondence which lid to this adjustment. From it we find that General Sszott proposed that, until the settlement of the question by the two Go vernments, the island should be occupied by two companies of foot troops, one of each nation, and that all disturbances should be dealt with by the authorities of the Government to which the offend ing party might belong. Governor Douglas replied that, having no instructions from his Government, and being unaquainted with its views, he could not undertake to embarrass its measures by agreeing to these terms, but suggested that all the troops should be withdrawn, and things restored to their former status by a joint civil occupation. But to this General Scott objected, in turn, on the ground that the civil magistrates on our part would be beyond the control of the executive. Finally, however, Genoral Scott directed the num ber of our troops to be reduced,. and the attitude of neutrality to be observed, as at first proposed by him to Governor Douglas, who, on being advised of these orders, issued corresponding instructions to the British officers. What could not have been ac complished by diplomacy was thus of by mutual action. Before taking his departure General Scott, believing that one of the first demands of the British Government would be General Harney's removal from the command of the military depart ment of Oregon, suggested to that officer' the pro priety of relieving the President from any possible embarrassment, by voluntarily withdrawing from that command. He accordingly authorised General Harney to proceed to St. Louis and assume the command of the Department of the West, giving hint, at the same time, leave to decline the order if he saw fit. General Harney saw fit. He declined complying with such an order, saying, 'I do not believe the President of the United States will be embarrassed by any action of the British Govern ment in reference to San Juan Island ' • nor can I suppose the Pre s id en t wou ld b e pl ease d to see me relinquish the command in any manner that does not plainly indicate his intentions towards the pub lic service.' Thus stands the affair. General Harney still remains in charge of the Department of the Pacific." THE IPEA:I7 - i_Elt THE PARKS. ROUS ACCIDENTS AND LOSS OF LIFE. Yesterday the various parks were visited by im mense numbers of skaters and sliders. We regret to say that a large number of accidents took place, resulting in the loss of one life. From an early hour of the morning the Humane Society's men, owing to the extremely dangerous condition of the ice upon the Serpentine, used every precaution, but, notwithstanding, before 12 o'clock there were upwards of 2,000 persons upon the ice. About half-past 2 o'clock Mr. Doyley, chief officer of the ship Clifton, lying in the East India 1)oek, was skating near the bridge, on the north side, when the ice gave way, and he was immersed in 10 feet of water. He was rescued by iceman Collard, and taken to the receiving -house. Shortly after th:s a gentleman named Hall, of 84, Florence-road, New-cross, fell through, and narrowly escaped being drowned. About 3 o'clock three men, named J. Cousins, J. Rigby, and T. Arrowsrnith, fell thraugh the ice near the south side. Deputy-Superintendent Murphy and several of the icemen went to th• rescue. At the same moment a gentleman, whose name was afterwards ascertained to he George Gard. of 24. Draycott. glace, Chelsea, was walking upon the ice with a friend named William Wood, and when about 100 yards from the shore Mr. Gard exclaimed, " The ice is giving," which was the fact, for in a few moments afterwards the unfortunate man sank, Mr. Wood having just time to escape. Weeden, one of the icemen, was soon on the spot, and threw in a hand line, but it failed to reach tho drowning man, who got under the ice and sank in about 11 feet of water. It was more than half an hour before the poor man was taken from the water, life beinc , then quite extinct. Every m e an s were attempted to restore animation by the medical offi cers at the receiving -house, but without avail. Tho body of the unfortunate deceased was afterwards removed to Mount-street dead-house, to await the coroner's inquest. Near the north bank two gen tlemen, whose names have not been ascertained, broke through the ice, and were rescued be De puty-Superintendent Murphy and iceman Knight, and conveyed to the receiving -house. A number of other accidents took place, but were not of so serious a nature as those mentioned. The ice presented a very dangerous appearance last evening, being broken in many places, and was by no means safe. The Round-pond was visited by about 3,000 skaters and sliders, and a large concourse of spec tators were on the banks ; several accidsnts oc curred. A young man named Richards was skating when he fell upon the ice, which gave way, and he became immersed, but was promptly rescued by one of the icemen. Two persons, whose names did not ' transpire, were also immersed, and when taken out were in such an exhausted state that they were at once taken to the receiving -house, where they re ceived every attention. About four o'clock the ice began to break up in some parts, and was in a bad condition. The ornamental water in St. James's-park was patronised by about 700 persons, but owing o f to the dangerous condition of the ice upwards persons met with accidents, and every one of the society's man in their exertions to save life became themselves immersed. At. one time there were about twenty-five persons in the water, and it reflects the greatest credit upon the society's men for the very prompt and energetic measures they took to rescue them. The ice was last evening about three parts broken up. In the Regent's -park there were about 3,000 skaters and sliders, and the sport was kept up with the utmost spirit, and fortunately without the slightest mishap. Mr. Superintendent Williams reports that on Monday night, according to Negretti and Zambra's patent, the glass was 24 degrees, and yesterday morning, at nine o ' c l oc k, 20 d egrees , at twe l ve o'clock, 34 degrees, and at six o'clock in the even ing it stood at 32. An accident, by which one life was lost, hap pened on Monday evening, on the lower pond at Hampstead, near the foot of Downshire hill. It appears that three young men were skating, when the ice gave way, and they were all immersed in deep water, and one of the party, a youth named Reeves, the son of a school teacher residing at Hampstead, was unfortunately drowned. Drags were brought without delay, but in spite of every effort to find the body, it had not been discovered up to a late hour yesterday morning. TILE AILTROPOLIT4N POLICE. The accounts of this force for the year 1859 were issued yesterday. The total sum received for the metropolitan police in the year was £515,467 4s. 3d. ; the total sum paid was £472,828 11s. 9d. Balances remained accordingly on Dec. 31 amount ing to £42,638 12s. 61 The receipts on account of the Police Superannuation Fund were £50,688 18s., the payments amounting to the same sum. The total sum paid by the " receiver" for the police courts was £61,465 2s. 5d., leaving a balance in his favour of £1,319 13s. 9d. During the year the fees, penalties and forfeitures le v i ed at the police courts and paid over by the magistrates' clerk to the receiver were-Bow -street, £596 17s 10d; Clerken well, £953 Os. 7d. ; Great Marlborough-street, £1,358 135.; Greenwich and Woolwich, £1,071 h . 17s. ; Hammers mith and Wandswor th , £7 9 6 7s. 10d. ; Lambeth , £BO5 16s. 2d. ; M arylebone, £BOO 9s, ; Southwar k, £702 £1,066 11 . 6d. ; Westminster, , Worship -street. £7BO ss. Amongst the ex p enses £ 9s 6 . 16 1d 5 . s ;. ;Wors Thames, ~ yearly to the chief magistrate ; £26 40 goes , oin salaries to 22 magistrates, at £3,200 eac h £7,508 16s. 10d. to 23 clerks, at salaries carv ing per annum ; and £4,232 18e• £75 to £ 5OO amongst 50 ushers, gaolers, messen gers, & c. On Jan. • 1 this year than were 16 superintendents in receipt of £250 a year; • one receivin g £44 0 and one £325. The ors were 172 in num b er ; three at 1; inspect 200 two at £175; f our at £l6B 6 s. ; one at per r 8 annum7s. five at £l5O ; 132 at £llB 6s. ; eight at £lOO 2s. ; and 17 at £Bl 18s. The sergeants were in all 648, viz. :-seven receiving £lO9 4s. ; eleven, £Bl 18s.; one, £76 145.; and six hundred and twent y-nine• £63 14s. The constables numbered 5,148, of whom four receive £7B yearly ; twenty-six, £72 10s. •, five £7O 4s. ; seven, £67 12s. ; two, £63 14s. ; throe, £s9s. 16s. ; one thousand four hundred and ninety nine, £54 125.; and three thousand six hundred and two, £49 Bs. The sergeants and constables receive also their clothing; coals, 401 b. weekly to each married man all the year, and 401 b. weekly to each single man during about eight months, and' 201 b. weekly during the remainder of the year. The total number of persons belonging to the fore. is 5,986.