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Mdme Lemmens Sher rington, Miss Louisa Van Noordeb, Herr Greebe (solo violinist to his Majesty the king of Holland), and Distin's Ventil Horn -Rand. Overtures, • Ruy 3lendelssohn ; ' William Tell , ' D Rossini ; Flute Solo, " rouet," Mr. A. Wells ; " Wedding Mendelssohn.—Onen at half-past 7, concert at 8. Carriages at 11. Boxes, Promenade. and Amphitheatre, is.; I : Dress Circle, 2s. 6d, ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. and 215., may e till 4. obtained of Mr. Nugent, at the Box-office, daily from 11 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1859. P---- 4D . STAMPED, 514. No. 21,051. PUBLICATIONS. (IREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. N•A CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.—Return Tickets issued on Friday, the 2.1 d December, and intermediate days, will be available until Wednesday, the 28th, inclusive. -N.B. On the Bristol and Exeter and South Devon lines Return Tickets are not available on Sundays. in most instances is likely to attain speedily to a rata of dividend considerably exceeding the mini mum interest guaranteed by the Government of India. When this occurs the shareholders in the several Indian undertakings will have every reason to congratulate themselves upon baying become connected with works which are already bringing about a vast improvement in our Eastern Empire." Shamrock, promoted ; James T. Page, second-class assistant-engineer of the Brunswick, promoted ; Simeon Lawton, second-class assistant-engineer of the Exmouth, promoted ; Charles Horner, acting second-class assistant-engineer of the Asia, pro moted ; W. Fedarb, acting second-class assistant engineer of the Growler, promoted ; Thomas S. Gissing, acting second-class assistant-engineer of the Wellington, promoted ; and Henry Knight, acting second-class assistant-engineer of the Vigi lant, promoted. MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW WORK. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., S E v EN Y E 3:13 , JULIA KAVANAGII, It S. Author of "Nathalle," " The Two Sicilies," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Col barn; 13, Great Marlborough-street. 21IE NAVY. _..._ ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE CIRCUS, Leicester-square. -- Immense success of the Won derful Educated performing Bull. DON JUAN. All those Who wish to witness the extraordinary feats achievedby this really surprising animal, should pay an early visit to the Alhambra, as the engagement of Dan Castello and the only performing Bull in the world 'will shortly terminate. TITTA - 14 %,,,VEN1NG, Monday, Dec. 12, last Appearance of the FIRE KING, or Italian Salamander.—The entire troupe of artistes, including Ella, Davis,, Richards, Dan Castello, Clementini, and Romeo, appear at both Representations daily. Morning at 2, Evening at half-past. 7.—Proprietor, Mr. T.M‘COLLUM. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-streei, Grand CASINO, open every Evening*, with the celebrated '1 41 14- Established 10 years. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ; Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half- Past 8, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad raission, Is. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn, formerly CASINO DE VENISE. - A OTICEDurin the CATTLE SHOW WEEK the doors of this msfrnificent and admirably conducted establishment Will be 'OPEN EVERY EVENING to the public for dancing at Half-past Seven. Operatic Selection at Eight. Admis sion, THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, ,„,, nizb Tiolborn, formerly CASINO DE VENISE 4,ms Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the °leZance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the perfection of its management is OPEN EVERY ~,Vr E NING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. iv• M. Packer, plays a nightly varied selection of the most Approved c:assical and modern music. Doors open at half past B. Overture at 9. Closing at 12 punctually. Admis sion, is. blt. KAHN'S MAGNIFICENT ANATO MICAL MUSEUM, Top of the - Haymarket (acknow ‘, edged by the whole of the Press to be the most useful and i nstructive of any in existence). is OPEN DAILY (for gentle- The n only),from 12 till 5, anAfrom 7 till 10. .A4inission, n ... ;ie Shilling. De5ef1pti7Z, ,, ..4 , ...00k gratis. Dr. KAHN'S popular Lectures on t , M.,'"Pliilosophy of Marriage," daily at tand 8 o'clock precisely. Smtianus.—Happy and Unhappy Unions, and their causes—Youthful Vices and Indiscretions, lind their results —Disqualifications for Marriage, and their 414 re—the Physiology of Reproduction—Self-inflicted Miseries ',...Sterility and its causes—How to secure Moral and Physical •ELps piness. N.IS —Dr. Kahn's Treatise on the above subjects. entitled The . Philosoph y of Marriage," ssnt post-free on receipt of 'Pelve stamps, direct from the Author, 17, Harley-street, ‘Avendish- square, W. VINEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's Goyernment.—CONDY'S PATENT PE CONCEN- LnATED MALT VlNEGAR,—Families, b U y u ß sing this de ' " 60 11 s Vinegar, Insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per , °Zia. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health Dr. rases.% of the Lancet" Commission. and others. Sold by the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsnled. Wholesale, 63, Rind William-street. London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d. • GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, 4 / 4 1 ) PRONOUNCED BY lIER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESSto be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &o. WOTHERSPOON & CO.. GLASGOW AND LONDOI' RESERVE FORCE of ROYAL NAVAL „ VOLUNTEERS. —Tier Majesty's Government having:, nth the sanction of Parliament, determined on establishing' 4erve Volunteer Force of Seamen trained to the Use of LPlns t THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, that any Seaman possess & the following. qualifications may be enrolled as a Royal N aval Volunteer in the Reserve Force, and will thereupon be %titled to the advantages and be subject to the obligations m entioned below : QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE RESERVE A. Volunteer must be a British subject. - He mu s t b e f r ee from infirmity. „ He must not be over thirty-five years of age. qße must within the ten years previous to his joining the serve have been five years at sea, one year of that time as .B. ADVANTAGES OF THE RESERVE. -ft. Volunteer will at once receive an annual payment or ouner of £B, payable quarterly. 2 . Re will,ifhe fulfils his obligations and is in the Reserve t he requisite time. receive a pension of not less than £l2 a 1 1 : 4 _rwhenever he becomes incapacitated from earnings livell- Td, or at sixty years of age if not previously incapacitated. Th .. Ile may elect either to take the whole pension himself, i t ; lo taka a smaller pension for himself during his life, and allow his wife a pension after his death, for the remainder et hr . fi l• e Re uje will not, on account of belonging, to the Reserve, for anv interest in any Friendly or Benefit Society. / H T, Histravelling expenses to and from the place of drill ", When necessary, he provided. r ". Re will, during drill, receive, in addition to the retaining t e h t. the same pay, victualling', and allowances as a seaman of • fleet according to his rating. Fre will, if called ont on actual service, receive the same ,aY. allowances, and victuals, and have the same prospect of trnotion and' prize money, as a continuous-service seaman I „„the fleet according to his rating. and he will, on joining, "eive the same clothing', bedding, and mess-traps. th . , Ile pens if wounded or injured in actual service, receive Came ion as a seaman in the navy of the same rating. L tre will be eligible to the Coastguard Service and Green .?„,l Rospital. may quit the Reserve. if not at the time called out actual service, at the end of every flve years. He may also Int it When not called ant on paying back the retainers he as r ti n ecei master, without payment. it he passes an examine -44'41 as a or mate, and :obtains bona fide employment Master or mate. OBLIGATIONS OF THE RESERVE. b ia Volunteer must attend drill for 28 dit eah year ;he b. Y o so, so far as the convenience of the public s service will ignlit. at a time and place convenient to himself; but he ttigot in any case take less than seven days' drill at any one to. ir e must not, without special permission, proceed on a eel that will occupy more than six months. re must appear.. before some Shipping Master once in sot i six months, unless he has leave to be abroad longer, to cilt , e must rep in every change of residence and employ seLrn order to earn a pension he must continue in the Re ag 1011 Z se he is physically competent to serve, and he 20 also have been in the force 15 years if engaged above 30, or % Wears if engaged under 30. In reckoning this time actual s l„.ee in, the fleet will count double. Na V olunteers may be called upon for actual service in the ho ; r : by Royal Proclamation. It is intended to exercise this the Na only whce en an the emergency requires a sudden increase in 6. For of country. th r ,:- Volunteer may in the first instance be called out for as years. If there is then actual war, and lie is then a c „,_ in one of her 3lajesty's ships, he may be required to I l ialcr two years longer; but for the additional two years 7. '",!1 receive 2d. a day additional pay. to „ v olunteers when on drill or actual service will be subject e v al discipline. se rv ‘ Volunteer who fails to fulfil the obligations of the Re oth forfeit his claim to retainer and pension, and if he Its a 8 7 join when called out for actual service may be treated „rsZg'ler or deserter from the Navy. - LIE ENROLMENT WILL COMMENCE ON IsT i JANUARY. 1860. litt a -nformatien and detailed conditions may be obtained tot t P e lPeation to the Shipping Master at any port in the %el IChig tom, or to the Officers of Customs in the Chan ,,,..._e&ands and Isle of Man. DI SQUALIFICATIONS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO k ew MARRIAGE. Edition, enlarged to 195 pages, illustrated by 100 Ana on Engravine - s on Steel, just published free by Post, „,ttPt of two Penny stamps, sent by Mimicus, direct 11 (1-0 - 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, „ 11 SILENT FRIEND: - Aedical Work, by a Physician, on indulgence, and wit h -ffirow, consequences from the use of Mercpry. tiou °l)B ervations on the obligations of marriage, and thr.ec ,., via for obting certain disqualificationscontaimng prescriPtion of a Lotion to prevent Infection. dietzTlie P roprietors of 'PERTLY'S justly celebrated Patent Me lt°, ya7, l ° , Ye confided their Prescriptions to a Physician of the -al of Erlangen, and Member of the Royal Col gewiii-',nrgeons of Eno - land (who is registe”ed under the ' l Xo' e uical Act) and attends daily at No. 19 Berners-street, fiqp-street, between the hours of 11 and 2, and from 5 till S 4eatt" excepted) to advise Patients on their Diseases and and thus add to the speedy certainty of Cure. MEDICAL ADVICE. El , l L VMERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary th,lember of the T ondon hospital Medical Society, M.D. u alversity of E ' rlano•en, &c., may be CONSULTED i arki t ; cases of Debility Norvousness, and the Socret In rotil s ' e ,s of Youth and Ma , turity, from Eleven till Two, and ' , X till Eight, at his residence, 13 1 , 37. BirD . FORD-SQUATIE, LONDON tero.j'Halrert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu `gtttieengravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, i r, ell wi SET,F-PRESETIVATION, iipti i h m 11 be sent tree, In a sealed envelope. by Vann, 31 It'ttl etas London or by the Author, to any address, for , Ps. v 7 8t CONTENTS. ..$ ZioN T , —The Physiolozy of the Genera E tive le o o r, G an en s. '`E'retp-i,"ol‘ IL —Puberty—Manhood - The e 3 ora era- Or,' 4: Ygi olosry—True and False Morality. Social, and Physical tl e htC l Llll.—Marrikze in its Moral, Qe ti of pl Iff? Expectancies and pp lntments—Advan gp„ ivsical Contrasts m an se d cu p rin sa i Healthy (LlTsnrinz. ° NZ " 117 .—Spermatorrhcca and . Impotence—The causes , 3t,„,`'itY in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. n ia l e t,t io). - 4 1 1 Zt i V t . 8 n -T n h t l e l e Vices t o a f l Sacuhdooglesn—eEr:affle-eftaas faculties i oe e a. rt . certain ppoerrt gtl Moral Discipline! • bilitv"l,9l, V I. —Treatment of Nervous and Generative De" I. 4 r ea i . p,Po laz t a e r n d c o e ns an s d peni S fi t a e a r — il , i r tr i — a Pano, - er r o , u s s TWelit',%..nt Medical, Dietetic, and micro. , I derived from Principles of A o utho ....._ , =ears' successful practice. rx ---, I-ITE I JNDRED POUNDS REWARD ON hi ,lin . CONVICTION. T. -- L 1 til - n "f ,, i ii d .• to I valids from spurious imitations of i"N'l,-4`4lY's i t t l iWlUable a TlEAl,Tll-RES . TORINO REVA 4 °ll itt, ,ARABICA FOOD led to an investigation, and. I,o3l_4 l cation in 1854 for protection, the o. BO Court of It. :11_1, a n‘ RlAlted an injunction oo r a e i s t t y ra o inin h Alfr l ed ' llooper of .£s'ooo, from selling 14":r , tici e ' r 7 , 15 T i nts .: underap , or being a colourable imitation of Du ti N ib tt Y 4 it t 7 a s t Vi m Irlb i el., of rhie,h we are the sole pro th';l4. 'MY, therefore, ' this is to give notice tliat.the above 1 , -, ,tip W ill be paid, upolconyth rm, to anyone giving i!if or -lull: n ell i t anY breach' of the ininnetion. An intelligent In 4 t c,Tit r t:, - 1ir,(14 no . admonition to shun all shopkeepers who ko" 110 -4P ' i mpositions. London: MBARRY DU BARRY it A 1411 SICKLY OR TT,T,-CONDTTIONED HORSES tci l ic l ll`y, Q ~... OR OTHER CATTLE. , 1110 - "p's 4 ~'' lORSF and CATTLE-TMPRON ING FOOD ' '1 —ti th - e fficiency, j ' vigour, endurance, and muscle of ill ti,k, i! li ,,, i _ O w (~alv , „s ‘ :l apparently . worn-out llorses, Cows, Bul short time it improves .114,Cl o pp,. .'‘! 6 "n r :;d an y d a.1 1 il l e . 7 . v 9ia . a d 30 per cent. RARE': ils - ' 7 , Iler;e and -- r• .- - - - 1 4 , -0 London. an .ln tins at 35., at ils., 14 1:, ; i, cas „ent 8 ,znai.ran • , roa 1 11. 0 4tig., b ls i l about 450 feeds, d . ; of about 1,000 feeds, 13. ear ria; cle d on ;cc ' . 41 . o f Vi l o . st-ofilee orders. The casks free 4'11, 4 2 NO MORE MEDICINE -414 I llr i gi t e 4 b /Pps_t, a popular treatise, sixty-four Pages, ph eti REGENERAI lON of the DIGESTIVE eit in j al lY 11l s. - ORnANS, without Medicine, 4, 14 ! 1.1.„ti0 ustratinz Tile effectual Cure, OR, Flatulency blip ' t Y - f) n (dysppsia), habitual ConstiPati Ityll 44 1 ,1tTifon of the I ieert. Vilti i eligh , A c s qes. Nervousness, 'l'orpidity c of the Liver, ilI i i 't Pin s I,irna, Consumption, D?spon en y, 4 e, Pleasant, ' 1 ilrzatives, or Medicine of any , 11 i l i ou snem d s' c ' e 1 6 1e p r l a e l e n p , e & b c i . - , L • ant, and infallible means; adapted to the gen e ral kind b a °11(1°11 ' Larry Du Barry & Co. 77, itegent-stree4 1 --;, INTERESTING CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Price 55., elegantly printed, bound, and illustrated, TOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN, forming a t.l VOLUME of HURST and BLACKETT'S STANDARD LIBRARY of CHEAP EDITIONS of POPULAR MODERN WORKS. Also, by the same Author, 55., bound and Illustrated, A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ABOUT WOMEN. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. CHEAP EDITION OF "GUIZOT'S OLIVER CROMWELL." Just ready, in crown Bvo, 55., THE LIFE OF OLIVER CROMWELL: By M. GUIZOT, Author of " History of Civilization." London : Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. CHEAP EDITION OF "QUITS." Immediately, in crown Bvo, wlth an Illustration, 55., U I T S By the Author of " The Initials." London: Ri3hard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF "WIDE WIDE WORLD," " QUEECHY." Immediately, Cheap Popular Edition, in small Svo, with an Illustration, half-a-crown, and Library Edition, in crown Bvo, with Six Illustrations, five shillings, BAYAND S E A L. By the Author of" Queechy," "Wide Wide World." London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NOTICE. THE CORNFIILL MAGAZINE. Edited by W. M. THACKERAY. No. 1 (for JANUARY, 1860) may be procure'd of all Book sellers and at the Railway Statiens on the 23d instant, Price ONE SHILLING, Illustrated. Advertisements will be received until the 16th instant. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Just published, price 2s.;:free by post, 2s. 4d., SPERMA T ORRFICS A. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. ON " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exag•gerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. Thess objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : IL Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. TNDIGESTION CURED at last by MEN- A. TIIANODYNK or Pain-relievinff Mint.—lt is now dis covered that the power of restoring health to the stomach depends upon the normal condition of that very sensitive pneumozastric nerve. The miseries of melancholy, despair, rheumatism, spasms, diarrhoea, piles, are removed by the use of menthanodyne ; irritability is allayed, sleep restored, pulsation rendered more equal, and man becomes more evenly enerfetic in his duties of life, and happv.—Sold by all medi cine vendors, and wholesale at J. CiItOSSMITEPS, 35, New gate-street, London. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every person having an interest in domestic or farm animals should obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical food, which will prove invaluable during the approaching season. For keeping horses in'good condition it is unequal led. Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their flesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find , great advantage in the increased quantity and improved qua lity of the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by it. A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by Testimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and A culturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing HS feeds (measures enclOsed), price 505., carriage paid to any Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders payable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Nowgate-street, London. N.B.—The public arecautioned against being imposed upon by worthless imitations. RUPTURES. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is allowed by upwards of 200 professional gentlemen to be the best for Hernia. It consists of a small and elastic pad, to which a lever is attached, and (instead of the usual steel spring) a soft bandage, fitting so closely as to avoid detection. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss forwarded by post, on the circumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. John White, 228, Piccadilly. Sinele Truss, 165.; 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. Double ditto, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, Is Bd. Post-office Orders to •John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. Maker of Elastic Stockings, Knee-caps, &c. CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED.— Dr. SCOTT'S 81L3017S ant LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from therecipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &o. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and Invigo rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, Is. 15d. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with "W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street,' engraved on the Government stamp, 3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal IL/College of Surgeon's, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Lang,nor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences. Has Just published, price is. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4. An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation - The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange: ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Wenn arrhagla (Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrham, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, Sze. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir regularities in Health ani Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Demoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. ITEALTIT, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATOREWEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &c. &c. To be had of Mann, 39. Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes. fee Half-a-Guinea. nu BARRY'S ItEVALENTA ARABICA CHOCOLATE POWDER, Contains the greatest amount of easily assimilated nourishment for strengthening delicate persons, children, and infants with weak stomachs, chest, or nerves, and, at 3-pence per meal, affords a delicious breakfast, lunch, or supper. It is the best dietetic homcepa thic preparation, and maybe eaten either alone or mixed with Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Admirably udapted to rear Infants with. In 'fins at is. Gd ; lib., 35.; 21b., ss. 9d. ; ilb., 12s. ; 121 b., 254. The 12th. forwarded carriage free, on receipt 4 Post-office nrddr. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; and through all Grocers and Chemists. :;'• NO MORE MEDICINE B MIT'S DELICIOUS HEALTH-RESTORING REV A LE NT A. Alt ABIC A. FOOD Cures elTectually Indiges tion (dyspepsia), constipation, flatulency, phlegm, nervousness, biliousness, liver complaints, hysteria, neuralgia, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, eruptions, impurities, irritability, low spirits, diarrhoea, dysentery, hemorrhoids, headache, noises in the head and ears, debility, diabetes, pains between the shoulders, despondency, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), sinking fits, cough, asthma, bronchitis, consumption, also Children's complaints. We extract a few out of 50,000 expressions of gratitude from nvalids thus cured : Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of many years' dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. "Fifty years' in describable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food," Maria Joly. Cure No. 53,816. Field Mar shall the Duke of Pluskow, of dyspepsia, constipation, ner vousness and liver complaints which had resisted all baths and medical treatment. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, i n digestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure o. 18,216. Dr. Andrew [lre, of constipation, dyspepsia, andnervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan, of epileptic tits. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Hervey, of diarrhoea and debility. Cure No. 29,628. Dr. Wurtzerof consumption. Cure N 0.46,270. Mr.. Tames Roberts. merchant, Frimley, Surrey, of 2,0 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 4,208. ' Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring, Food. Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Rectory, Nerfolk."—Cure No. 3,906, of thirteen years' cough, ndlgestion, and general debility. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth. Sold in canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. (id. •, 121 b. 225; Super refined quality, 51b. 225. ; 10Ib. 335. The 10Ib. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent - street , London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Pizteadilly ; also n.t 60. G . racechureli-street ; 330, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 49 and 60, Eishopsgate-street ; 105 and 63, Oxford street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road ; also "in Liverpool, at NiXODS, 1, Castle-street ; Leeds, Reinhai dt and Co. ;Dublin, Dr. Butler, Medical Hall; Blanchester, Sharp and Sootta Edinburgh, lialmca and Ge! a REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS CHEAP EXCUR SIONS to the NORTH. On FRIDAY, December 23, AN , EXCURSION " TRAIN will leave Paddington at 8 a.m. for OXFORD (Fares, lie and 5s Gd), Banbury (14s and 6s 6d), Leamington and Warwick ( 18 s and 8 s) , Birmingham (20s and Os Gd), West Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston (218 Gd and 10s), Wolverhampton (22s Gd and 10s 6d),: Wellington and Shrewsbury (27s Gd and 18s), Chester (33s and 15s), Birkenhead and Liverpool (37s and 17s); re turning on SATURDAY, December 31, from Liverpool (landing-stage), at 8.10 a.m:, and intermediate stations as per handbills. THE ECONOMIC LIFE ' ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. 'Established 1823. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the Profits divided every Filth Year. Assets amounting to £1,810,000. The Bonus additions in 1859 (which averaged £65 per Cent. on• the Premiums paid) amounted to 4175,000, the sum of .890,000 having been added as Bonus at previous Divisions. The Annual Income exceeds £260,000. ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. SPECIAL NOTICE.-BONUS OF 1804. Proposals for Assurance should be made before the Ist Tanuary, 1560, to entitle the Assured to Participation in the Division of Profits in 1861. IUETROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOpIETY. - 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W. Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments. Loans on real andpers_opajlecurity. l ' FERGUSON CAMRO UN, Manager. 'THE LONDON ASSURANCE, 7, Royal Exchange. 30th November, 1859. The Corporation of the London Assurance give notice to parties whose Lives are Assured in their Office, that no extra Premium will be charged to them on joining any Volunteer Corps for service in the United Kingdom, and that all Poli cies will be paid in full where death ensues in consequence of such service. JOHN LAURENCE, Secretary. r . IFE ASSURANCE. - ADVICE OFFICE , -1-4 No. 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill. LIFE POLICY HOLDERS and you WHO MEAN TO INSURE YOUR LIVES write to Messrs. DAVIES and Co. for their prospectus. It is to be had for asking for. It will show you how to convert your present Policy into a Jewel of intrinsic value. How to make that Policy, which now requires your constant care and watch fulness to save it from extinction, an INALIENABLE PRO PERTY, available for present use as well as future consolation. To study that prospectus, and act as' it directs, may be the means, when you are dead, or saving those who are dearest to you from insolvency and want. Proofs unfortunately are not wanting that such things have come to pass through the agency of a - policy of assurance. LIFE ASSURANCE.-LAPSED POLICIES. The holders of Lapsed Policies upon which five or more. premiums had been paid before forfeiture, are requested to make known their respective cases to Messrs. DAVIES and Co., Advice Office for Life Assurers, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill. Messrs. DAVIES and Co., advance money (at 5 per cent. per annum interest) to continue the premiums on policies in good offices. NEW HORTICULTURAL GARDEN AT KENSINGTON GORE.—The COUNCIL of the HOR TICULTURAL SOCIETY give notice, that the Fellows of the Society and their friends having already offered the Council more money . on Debenture Loan than the Council anticipate will be required, the Debenture List has been closed. -The List for Donations and Life Memberships is still open. LORD VALLETORT, M.P., AND MB. KENDALL, M.P., ON GENERAL POLITICS. At the Callington agricultural meeting on Thurs day, under the chairmanship of E. Collins, Esq., in responding to the toast, " Tbe Health of the Ear l of Mount-Edgcumbe, the Patron of the Society." The Viscount VALLETORT said, although his father was confined to his bed by severe illness, he took a deep interest in all that tended to the interest of the neighbourhood and the country; in proof of which he would refer to a letter to which reference had been made, in which his father called upon everyone to consider whether it was not their boun den duty in that neighbourhood to take part in the formation of a volunteer corps; Some time ago there was an idea_that peace would never again be broken among the civilised nations of Europe, that if a dis turbance did break out it would be amongst bar barous tribes; that idea had at once dispelled by what had taken place in Italy, though he hoped in the end that outbreak might work for the benefit of that country; it, however, proved that the idea that European peace was never to be again broken was utterly fallacious. The Emperor of France had stated his intentions towards England to be peace- able. If such was the case, for - ming those corps would be the way to maintain peace ; but if his intentions should not be peaceable, and the energy with which they were building transports in all the French ports to an extent never before known did not give them altogether an assurance of peace. then they ought to be prepared for every emer gency. According to the best opinions of those eminently qualified to judge, this country was open to attack at many points, and no place, perhaps was more assailable than Plymouth. France had the power, and many Frenchmen had the will to assail them if the Emperor led them on, and ought England to be so unprepared as to be at the will of one despotic man ? They ought to make invasion impracticable by putting the country into a proper state of defence, and how could they do that better than by forming volunteer corps. (Cheers.) It had been proposed in the Southern Division of East Cornwall to have an artillery corps of 100 men, but he was in London at the time, and from some cause or other the project failed, Probably people had not made up their minds on the matter; but volunteer corps have been formed from Scot land to the Land's End, and they could not do better than follow the example. Some might pre fer artillery, but if they could not obtain that they should certainly have rifle corps. Perhaps some parties were slow in coming forward, as they would have to go a considerable distance to drill, but that difficulty might be overcome by increasing the number of drill sergeants. Another reason was that it could not be expected in many cases that parties could provide their own equipments, but he thought they might soon get funds to purchase equipments for those who could not provide them for themselves. Government had already given half the rifles, and would probably, as soon as they had them give the remainder. Other parties thought that when the emergency arose then they would rise and meet it ; but that was an absurdity, for it was useless for any man to think of practising as a soldier who had not been properly trained thereto. By being thus prepared they would prevent all those miseries and disastrous events which always resulted from war. They might say if they raised a corps of 100 men that that would not bo much for the safety of the eountry ; but if every locality said the same what would become of the country if inva sion should take place ? He thought, moreover, this matter involved the honour and credit of the agri culturists themselves. Every other class almost had outstripped the agriculturists of that neigbourhood in this respect. He somewhat regretted the circum stances, as heretofore the yeomanry had been the chief strength of the county, and whose power had proved irresistible in time of danger. In replying to the " Health of the County Members," N. KENDALL, Esq., thanked the meeting on behalf of Mr. Roberts and himself for the honour which had been done them. The last speaker said that they always knew whore to find their representa tives. That might be very true, but as regarded politics he found it hard to say where he had been for the last five or six months. Free discussion was the order of the day in that place, and therefore it Nuts that he rejoiced to be among them. /At a recent meeting in another locality he had been called to order for touching so closely on politics : on that occasion he wished himself at Callington. (Cheers.) He was at Callington today, and he should do what he always had done—give his opinion on the pre sent state of politics in the House of Commons. As he had long since felt that he belonged to no party, he had the less difficulty in being perfectly unre served in the matter. They must not, however, think by that that he was not in heart as at first—a strong Conservative ; but, as he understood, there were now no Conservative leaders. Sir Robert Peel built up a strong and admirable Conservative party with the greatest possible care, but he destroyed that party, and now confidence in party had been lost. There had been time to ttaia up another party, but men seemed to have forsaken their principles for the love of power, and because of that love they had seen what had taken place so detrimental to the interests of the country, and had it not been for the independent men in the House of Commons—who seek for no power, who stood forth free and united to destroy the machinations of party—matters might have been still worse. He would for a moment turn to foreign politics; and perhaps there never was a time when so ninny topics engaged the minds of men. There were the India, China, and Italian ques tions, and a little matter over in America; and men seemed divided in opinion on almost every topic, But there was one subject in which all felt great anxiety. Who did not put the question, " How do we stand with France ?" Did they thipk the Prime Minister of England, the acknowledged best dip lomatist in the country, or Lord Cowley, had the slightest idea of their position with France ? He thought not. 'They know little of that mysterious impenetrable being, who always made up his mind before he acted, and then, tiger-like, sprang upon and made sure of his prey. They was a say ing that when a tiger had once tasted of human blood he would not descend to meaner food. It might be that the Emperor, having tasted of power, would not be satisfied with anything less than an increase of that power. Were he contented him self, he might not be able to control his army, espe cially now, when that army had been flushed with victory in the Crimea and in Italy, and anxious to avenge injuries neither forgiven nor forgotten. Their duty now was to trust to no man. (Cheers.) Their duty was to arm to the teeth ; not to be ex travagant with their navy in, the way they had been, but to spare no expense in making it effi cient. They sliould also do that which the noble lord had recommended them to do, viz., to join the volunteer corps, so that they might show front to the French and avoid invasion. How was it they were so unprepared, and that the French had crept up as they had by their side ? It was owing to that miserable party feeling. (A Voice—Free dis cussion.) He knew it was free discussion, and ex pected to be hit hard if he deserved it. Their I present condition was owing to the fact that they had pandered to the peace party—peace at any price; and the Conservatives had done the same thing, thrown themselves into the arms of the peace party, and now they find they had trusted to a broken reed, and had become pierced and deserted. As to the meeting next year, Lord Derby had stated at Liverpool that he intended to be magnanimous. He (Mr. Kendall) hoped he mightbe, as the ministry would have enough to do; and that he believed Lord Derby to be more magnanimous than Lord Palmerston. Lord 'Derby could afford to be mag nanimous, for though he was pressed on by a hungry party, still they were not half so hungry as those that were pressing on the noble member for Tiverton. (Laughter and cheers.) The hon. member then pro ceeded to say that there were two measures of im portance likely to come forward next session, if foreign matters were not too pressing—the Church Rates and the Reform Bill. The Church rate bill of Sir J. Trelawny the speaker characterised as a "robbery," but, notwithstanding, he much prefer red that to the bill proposed by Mr. Walpole. The latter would only have caused .disruption in the church, and he would rather have a robbery per petrated than have the peace of the church broken by ill-feeling between the members thereof. He highly eulogised the conduct of Sir J. Trelawny, but expressed a hope that they should make out a stronger case for continuing church rates than they did last session. As to the Reform Bill they must wait to see what it was, but he thought Lord J. Russell ought not to have opposed the second reading of Lord Derby's bill. having enlarged on this point, the speaker said he must now_touch on local matters. lie had had the honour of pre senting various petitions from the ratepayer's' of the county praying that they may have a voice in the county expenditure, and he had been asked to sup port the prayer of the petition. The speaker ob jected to an undue proportion of any class in the management of this matter, and proceeded at length to defend the county expenditure, contending that it was impossible a greater check could be exer cised upon it than was done at present. As to the County Asylum, of which he had been chairman for 20 years, a strict vigilance was also exercised over its expenditure, and if he could not prove to them that they were more economical in this respect than they were in any other county, then he would not be chairman next year; and having repelled some attacks which had been made upon him in reference to the management of the asylum and county gaol, he said lie should be happy to answer any question that might be proposed to him. In reply to a question as to what position the rating of mining duos now occupied, Mr. KENDALL said that in consequence of the death of Mr. M. Willyams, and the pressing busi ness which had come before Parliament, the matter had been delayed, but as soon as he saw a fair, chance of success he should urge the measure on. Mr. W. SNELL, a yeoman, adverting to the re marks of Col. Coryton and Lord Valletort, as to the volunteer corps, said that he had heard many theo ries broached for the purpose of accounting for the apathy of the yeomanry on the " volunteer" ques tion, and the one most generally received was that they lived in remote districts, and their ideas did not flow quite as fast as those of persons in towns ; that they were dull, and had a certain thickness of skull. (Laughter.) His theory, however, was, that being engaged in a more healthful occupation than those in towns, they had strong nerves, and their nerves had not been acted upon as those of towns people. (Cheers) He did not think there was occasion for half the panic which had taken place. He believed the people had been misled by the same party of the Manchester school who misled them in reference to the Corn-laws; that was the reason— and he had been pleased to see it—why such a panic had ensued, and the agriculturists had been uninfluenced thereby. He thought if they did jus tice to the agricultural interest they need not tear, but that the yeomanry of the country would io their duty. He also advocated the proper payment of the soldier. The speaker proceeded further to dilate on the state of military affairs mild the readiness of the yeomanry to do their duty. BAIL TVA Y INTELLIGEVCE. BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA. The half-yearly report of the directors of this company is as follows : "By the following extracts from the resolution of the Bombay Government the proprietors will be glad to learn that the long -vexed question of our approach to Bombay has been sa ti s f ac t o rily settled: The completion of these plans, and the estimates based on them, has established the following points in favour of the direct line from the Veturnee river, via Bassein, to Dhadur , as compared with the line adjoining the Great India P en i ns ula railway at Purseck :-1. The direct line will cost less ; 2. It is shorter by eight miles ; 3. It s curv es are few and easy, while those on the other line are many and sharp . ; 4. It mai n t a i ns the gradient of 1 in 503, which rules the line from Ahmeda bad to the Veturnee river, tire line presents a ruling pradient of 1 in 1 00. v while the alterna- These advantages appear to his lordship in council quite conclusive in favour of the direct line between the Veturnee river and the Dhadur station of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, and Government sanction the adoption of that line accordingly.' On the 3d. Oct. last 15 spans of the Nerbudda-bridge had been finished, and arrangements were in pro gress for the vigorous prosecution of the works. The following is an extract from Mr. Forde's re port on the subject 11. Every preparation is being made for the erection of the Taptee viaduct, position to say a w n i d th l e c o o n n fi s d id en er ee th ti a l t at l b a o n t t h n t o h w ese i nw,a, orks (the Taptee and Nerbudda) will be completed before next mon soon.' ' 12. The first iron bridge north of Broach will be ready iu a few days for an engine to cross, and I have sent up parties to commence all the •bridges between Broach and Baroda, in the hopes that they may be so far advanced before materials arrive for the Nerbudda as to'be able to have all the tackle at liberty for the latter work.' The progress reports of t works 0 3 r l k s s t e Aug., xee o executed, give th e f o ll ow i ng state mentz Between Surat and Ahmedabad, 143 miles. Of earthworks ~ brickwork and masonry 98 per cent. „ ballasting spread on line •19 per cent. „ fencing t • u • rvie . e . 4 ji 3 i7 pe ra r i c l e e n s. t. • • 4O per cent. ; 3 : f ß e lj e a e t r i sv t i n h e a N e v n u o e r S n k u t i N • a v t a y a n . e r t i i c c l i z .... .. ... d . ....... o . n . r . y . 487 per cent. per cent. In reference to the supplies of ir on mater i a l s, & c , from England, over 67,000 . tons of weight and mea surement have been shipped for Bombay up to the 19th Nov., 1859. The . directors regret to have to re port the loss of the ship Jessica,. with over 1,300 tons engines ; the risk of this company. four ballasting of our materials on . board, including four conversion of the fully paid-up however,fully t, which received August en last, the neces insured. By our Act of Parliament, stock were granted; t ss h har e ayr r e o pi y o a wo l fe a rt s sh se feo n r t c o ot hnmetphaenitli. into and in conformity . with its provisions in this re spect, a resolution will be submitted to the decision of the shareholders for the conversion or consolida tion into stock of such shares o f th e com p an y as shall have been fully paid up before the 31st Dec. inst. The directors cannot close their report with out adverting to those satisfactory symptoms of na tional improvement which are seen in India. Since the negotiation of the late loan by the Government the public have become better acqua i nte d w ith th e -vast resources of the rich territori es we posses s in India—resources whi▪ ch only require a few years of peace to be developed in an extraordinary manner. That loan is now dai▪ ly ri▪ sing in the estimation of the capitalists of this country; and they cannot examine into the securiti▪ es upon which it is based without feeling satisfied that the guaranteed stock of the Indian railway companies has become even more secure of receiving the stipulated interest, and The report of the effects of the experiments re cently made on the Trusty, 14, floating battery, with the new description of shot fired from the Armstrong guns at Shoeburyness having been laid before the Admiralty, orders have been received at Chatham for the floating battery to be thoroughly repaired, and the whole of the thick iron plates which were cracked and broken by the shot to bo replaced by wrought iron plates of a corresponding thickness. Mr. G. Cotsell, the master. blacksmith, has received orders to prepare the plates, which are to be made under his superintendence. The cost of repairing the brig Coquette, run into by the Vulcan, has been estimated at about £230, and the Admiralty have instructed the Admiral Superintendent at Devonport to have the repairs executed by contract at some merchant shipbuild ing yard. The paddlewheel steam storeship Dee, 4, Master Commander T. C. Pullen, from Woolwich, arrived on Friday at Plymouth, with boilers for the Jason. The steam tender Sprightly, G. Allen, master, from Portsmouth, arrived on Friday at Plymouth, with seamen gunners for the Conqueror and CentuTion. On Saturday she embarked supernumeraries,•and sailed for Portsmouth. The screw steamship Revenge. 91, was taken out of No. 3 dock at Keyham, at Plymouth, on Friday, and placed alongside the sheer hulk.; she is cop pered to the deepwater line. On Friday, while under tow of a steam-tug, and in charge of a pilot, the ship Albuera, belonging to Messrs. Dunbar, of London, ran foul of his Nether lands Majesty's screw steam corvette Citadel Van Antwerp, at anchor in Plymouth Sound. Part of the Albuera's channels was carried away, and she lost her main and foretop-gallant masts: The cor vette's flying jibboom and foretopsailyard were car ried away, and her catheads injured: The defects of the Citadel Van Antwerp were made good imme diately, and she sailed on Saturday for her destina tion. The Urgent, screw troopship, Commander 11: W. Hire, tested her new boilers in the steam basin on Saturday, and the result was perfectly satisfactory. The engines of the vessel are in excellent condition, and she is now fit to perform any service. On Monday (this day) she goes to the trial ground in Stokes Bay to try her speed, and will afterwards return into harbour to complete for service at the Cape of Good Hope and China. This vessel, in 15 days after her steaming into the basin, has had her old boilers taken out, her new ones with their mount- ingo, coal boxes, &c., took in and fitted, and steam up for testing them. Great credit is due to the offi cials of the department for their energetic exertions at a time when the ship's services are so much needed. he Bacchante, screw frigate in the steam basin at Portsmouth, got up steam on Friday for the test ing of her new machinery by the officers of the steam department. Her machinery is of 600-horse power, nominal, by Messrs. Maudslay, Sons, and Field, and she is the first vessel tested under the recent Admiralty order "to try all boilers, pipes, and all the parts of ngines p under water pressure, up to double tile amdunt of working pressure." The Bacchante was accordingly tried under a pressure of 401 b. to the square inch, and every part stood the test in a most satisfactory manner. Mr. G. Grandidier, Paymaster R.N., attached to the office of the Commander-in-Chief, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., at Portsmouth, has received the appointment of Secretary to Rear-Admiral Elliot, commander of the Channel Fleet. The Powerful, steam vessel, commanded by Cap tain Richards, in addition to a general cargo of war stores, has received, at the Royal Arsenal, two heavy siege train batteries of 68-pounder guns, with the usual siege train equipments, and will leave for China on Wednesday next. The Thunder, steam vessel, has left for Hong Kong, with a cargo of war and commissariat stores, and the Mauritius, N. 3, steam vessel, taken up by the War Depart ment, is ordered to ship a similar cargo for the same destination. The Ist and 2d batteries of the 4th Brigade Royal Artillery, having undergone a course of training with the Armstrong gun, will embark for China during the present month. Much activity now prevails in the royal carriage depart ment, in the manufacture of mortar-beds, it being intended to refit some of the mortar-boats for service in China. The authorities of Woolwich Arsenal have been apprised by the Secretary of State for War that their suggestion relative to their observance of a general holiday in the establishment from 10 a.m. on the Saturday preceding Ch r i s t mas d ay un til the following 'Wednesday morning has been approved, consequently the establishment will be closed during that period. The Commodore Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard has notified, for the informa tion of the artisans of the yard, that, with a view ofremedying the inconvenience other wise sustained, no one will be permitted to quit the service of the yard without giving 48 hours' clear notice, except under special circumstances or previous permission. Two additional batteries of Armstrong guns were on Friday proved at the Arsenal butt, 'Woolwich, by firing two rounds of heavy charges of powder and double shot, with perfect satisfaction as to the durability and. character of the guns; and two other batteries underwent the same ordeal on Sa turday, with the same result. They were subse quently removed in cases to the military store de partment, to be packed for immediate transmission by the overland route to China. The total number now ready for the expedition, and which will be despatched during the present week, amount to 30. Since the adoption of Sir W. Armstrong's inven tion by the Government, numerous competitors have entered the field, and the War Department has sanctioned the carrying out of experiments with various specimens of breech-loading rifled:ordnance, which are stated to possess great advantages over the Armstrong gun. On Friday last, a model gun, constructed upon principles invented by the head of a large engineering firm at Lambeth, was received at the Royal Arsenal, for examination, by the Ord nance Select Committee ; and a rifled gun, invented by Mr. Jeffery, of Stepney, which was forwarded to Woolwich about three months since, has been tested at Shoeburyness, and is said to have proved the most extraordinary weapon, in point of range and efficiency, yet introduced. Mr. Gosling, of Woolwich, also requests permission to test an in• vention which, he states, will much enhance the efficiency of the Armstrong gun. A number of heavy guns have recently been for warded from the Royal Arsenal for the coast de fences, and others, including rifled ordnance, are to be prepared for the some purpose. In addition to the extensive new works now in progress for the fortification of Dover, three new batteries are to be provided at Ramsgate, one of which will command the mouth of the harbonr. On Saturday Mr. J. Large, the Assistant-Sur veyor to the Navy, visited Chatham dockyard to make an inspection of those ships which are now in course of construction at that establishment. The assistant-surveyor, after transacting some official business with several of the heads of depart ments connected with the dockyard, proceeded with Mr. 0. W. Lang, the master-shipwright, and other officers of the yard, to inspect some of the ships on the stocks,—viz., the Atlas, 91, the Bulwark, 91, the Undaunted, 50, the Rattlesnake, 21, and the Orpheus, 21, all of which are to be fitted as screw steamers. He also visited the Rodney, 91, and the Severn, 51, both of which are in dock being con verted into screw steamers; and afterwards In spected the slips on which the Royal Oak and the Belvedere, two 91-gun line-of-battle screw steamers recently ordered by the Admiralty to be built at this dockyard, are to be constructed. After spend ing some time at the dockyard, the assistant-sur veyor, accompanied by Mr. Lang, was rowed out to the screw-frigate Ariadne, 26, Captain E. W. Vansittart, lying at Folly Point, which has been fitted at this dockyard. Mr. Large spent some time in making a thorough inspection of that vessel, the result of which was in the highest degree satisfac tory, the assistant-surveyor expressing his unquali fied approbation of the manner in which all her fit ments have been completed at this dockyard, and giving his opinion that she is not surpassed by any other frigate of her size and tonnage in the world. Several hundred shipwrights are now employed on board the Atlas, 91, the Rodney, 91, the Un daunted, 51, and the Severn, 51, at Chatham, in order that those vessels may be completed with the utmost despatch. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—J. W. Lowe, master, to be agent on board the Melbourne transport ; Edward Eckersley, second-class assistant-engineer of the THE ARMY. The strength of the force at present stationed in the camp at Colchcster,is about '2,500 of all ranks. At the half-yearly inspection made by Lieut.-Gen. Sir I. F. Lobe, Inspector-General of Infantry, the appearance presented by the troops was very cre ditable. Early iu the spring a draught of men will be forwarded from the camp for service in India. A detachment of the Loath Rifles arrived in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon, and proceeded to the lan ding-stage, where they embarked on board the steamer Falcon, for Cork. The detachment con sisted of eight officers—viz., Capts. Murray and Chaplin, Lieuts. Towneley and Cormick, Ensigns Smith and Kelly, Adjt. Billingham, and Paymas ter Burke; also 235 non-commissioned officers and privates, 24 women, 30 children, and four horses. A detachment, consisting of Capts. Smith,. Lang ton, and Murphy ; Lieuts. Lindsey, Standridge, and Stans ; Ensigns Mason and Burke; Surgeon Dickson, and 273 non-commissioned officers and privates, 23 women, and 27 children, embarked at Liverpool on board the Cormorant the previous Tuesday. A notification was on Saturday received at Wool wich of the intention of the Commander-in-Chief to increase the Regiment of Artillery from the present strength of 14 to 16 brigades, in addition to the already expressed design of mounting two extra batteries, to be horsed and manned with 18-pounder siege guns, to be attached to the depot brigade at Woolwich. ME HEAVY GALES OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER LAST. The unusual heavy gale or rather hurricane, of the night of the 24th of October last was unexam pled in its work of destruction in our maritime re cords. During the•whole of that day not a single casualty, with one trifling exception, occurred either on the shores or in the seas of the British Isles. When the Royal Charter recommenced her voyage from Queenstown on the morning of that day every one on board calculated, almost to a cer tainty, on a safe arrival at Liverpool before the evening closed ; indeed the noble ship was opposite Holyhead when the gale began to freshen up, and what subsequently happened to her and her unfor tunate crew and passengers has become "household words" in the homes of these islands. But perhaps it is not so generally known that during that aw ful night and following day 195 vessels were wrecked, 113 of them breaking into thousands of pieces, i with the loss of 684 of our fellow creatures , including those who perished from the Royal Charter. It is satisfactory to find, on the other side, that notwithstanding the fearful and terrific character of this now celebrated gale, 190 persons were saved from the wrecks by lifeboats, the rocket apparatus, and other means. • From the 20th to the 31st of October the total number of shipwrecks was 248, drowning 686 per sons, showing that only two men perished from the 52 wrecks that occurred between the 27th and the 31st of the month, and their crews, amounting to 126 men, were safely rescued from their perilous positions. On the Ist November, however, the gale again was most furioui ; 38 vessels were wrecked on this day, from which 29 persons were lost and 73 were saved, 31 having been rescued by lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution, and other bodies. The shipwrecks that took place from the 2d to the 9th November did not exceed the average rate of losses. But the summary of the whole work of destruction, from the 25th October to the 9th November, is distressing in the extreme to con template. It is as follows :—Total shipwrecks 325, total lives lost 748. It is gratifying to find that on these occasions 487 lives were rescued by life , boats and other means from the wrecks. It is only just we should acknowledge—and what place - more fitting ?—the noble assistance the National Lifeboat Institution, the Board of Trade, and local bodies have rendered in the cause of humanity on these disastrous occasions, for through their timely aid many of the men recordedC above as saved were snatched from death by their excellent boats and rocket apparatus. LAMENTABLE WRECK IN I)UNDRUM BAY.--- NEWCASTLE, CASTLEWELLAN, 6TH DEC., 1859.—0 n the night of the 4th inst., the Austrian brig Tiky ran on shore on the rocks off Tyrella, north side of Dundrum Bay. The NesNcaotle Lifeboat Institu tion, was launched a little before daylight, and got alongside the vessel about 10 a.m., which they found to be abandoned ; it was blowing a gale from S.W. at the time, with a heavy sea. The Coait Guard boat at Tyrella, iu trying to reach the vessel (before the lifeboat came) was capsized, and the boat's crew nearly drowned, having got on shore in a very exhausted state. It was found afterwards that the crew of the vessel had abandoned her in their own boat directly she struck, and being outside the broken water, they succeeded in getting off St. John's Point in the morning, where they tried to land, and in doing so their boat capsized ; six were drowned, and nine saved by the Coast Guard of St. John's Point station. Had the unfortunate fellows remained by the vessel they would have been all saved, as her masts held on and part of the hull was above water until twelve hours after the life boat reached her. LYTHAM, DEC. 6.--This morning intelligence was brought here by a fisherman that a vessel was lying sunk on the edge of Salthouse Bank, near the Ribble Lighthouse. The lifeboat of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was promptly launched, and proceeded off to the wreck, which was found to be lying sunk, with sails flying loose and in ribbons, but with no appearance of a crew. The lifeboat continued to hover about the vicinity of the wreck in the hope of discovering something of the crew, but she was compelled to return with out success to the shore, concluding that they had met a watering grave. In the meantime, however, it was discovered that the crew had succeeded in reaching the beach at the lighthouse, at midnight, after having had a very narrow escape, and been four hours exposed in their boat. TUE MAORI KING MOVEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND. On the first of this month a large gathering o natives took place at Waihenga, a small village situated on the right bank of the Ruainahanga River in the Wairarapa Valley. The chief Ngairo had erected a fine house, about 60 feet in length, by 13 in width, having hoarded sides and bark root', well ventilated, and ornamented in front with superb Maori carvings, well painted and decorated with the brightest plumes, the Huia, Pigeon, and Tui ; and surmounted with the e ffi gy of a Ma ori chief, elaborately tatooed, and holding in his up raised hand the badge of chieftainship—the Nero mere club. In this hall, Te Ngairo entertained to an a mple Maori feast about 400 of his race , and Wairarapa settlers with their wives and daughters, to the number of about 70. The tables w ere spread with clean white cloths and laid in true European style. The viands were undeniably good, and numerous w aiters seemed to emulate eac h other in their atten tions to their fair visitors. To prevent overcrowd ing, one party of guests were admitted at a time, who, when they were satisfied, moved out to make room for the next. The good-hearted old Ngairo was proud indeed of his white visitors, and justly so, as his tables were graced with the fairest flowers of the Wairarapa Valley. Capt. Smith was re quested to preside at their table, and our host apolo gised for the absence of wine, stating that it was in pursuance of a deliberate resolution of a me e ti ng of his people held a few days prior to the feast. b After the feast commenced the speeches, which continued with unabated animation till the follow ing morning. The chief topi c was th e " M aor i king Movement." Wi Tako came forward in the name of the king, but was met and strenuously op posed by Te Manihe t a, who is a man of consider able ability, and an eloquent Maori orator. Feast ing was the orde r of th e following day ; and as night came on, the speechifying was resumed. It was continued throughout the whole night with increased animation, and was finally closed on the third day. The attempt to establish the banner of the king proved an utter failure. Te Manihera, who stuck to his British colours, carried a large majority of the meeting with him; and another large party professed themselves neutral, thus re ducing the Kingitcs to a small minority. The most pleasing feature of the meeting was the cordiality which existed between the natives and the whites.—Australian Yesterday the morning service was attended by about 1,000 persons, and there was the usual de monstrations of disapprobation eq the part of the congregation. They "said" the responses in. a loud voice, _as on previous occasions. The Rev. Bryan King, the rector of the parish, read the legsons from the reading-desk. The service vas conducted by the Rev. Mr. Lowder, who afterwards preached the,sermon, at the commencement of which a num ber of persons rose and left the church, delaying the opening of the discourse for several minutes. ThiS is a " new feature," peculiar to the last two or three Sundays. Mr. Lowder abstained from turning ;to the cast, both at the beginning and the conclusion of his sermon, and thus the people were deprived of one of the leading in centives to that coughing and hissing by means of which they evince their disapproval of the practices of the priests. The congregation dispersed quietly, and there was no case wlich led to the intervention of the police. In the afternoon there was the usual crowd at the Litany service, and, for want of the same precau tions as were adopted last Sunday afternoon, to make the people take their seats in the pews, there was much greater confusion, and altogether the service passed off less satisfactorily. There was also much more coughing than last Sunday afternoon. The service was conducted by the Rev. C. F. Low der, assisted by the rector, and the reverend gentle men were well hissed at the conclusion of a service throughout the whole of which they had been vio lently and incessantly coughed at. The moment the service was ended a very large crowd rushed off to Gravel,lane, the scene of the late exploit with the police, and got across the bridge be fore they could be stopped. Here they waited with a patience worthy of a better cause. hut they were doomed to disappointment, for the Rev. Mr. Low der, for whom they were waiting, declined the honour of attentions more '' - ionstrative than flat tering, and availinc , him , ' a tolerably accurate e k acquaintance with the t tf-Ufares in the neigh bourhood, lie made a detour, y means of which he tr reached his destination without coming into contact with the gaping angry crowd. -It has been the practice of the parishioners to take possession of the choristers' stalls before the service began, and then to refuse to give them up when the procession entered. To avoid this annoyance the friends of the rector have been admitted, on several recent occasions, through the rectory, and placed in these seats before the doors of the church were opened to the public. When the priests and choristers entered in procession, the stalls were vacated by these parties— mostly strangers, by the way, for a sufficient number of parishioners favourable to the rector could not be fourid for that purpose—and the, choristers then occupied them in due form. But at last, the parishioners also gained early access' to the dese crated edifice, and thus discomfited the Puseyite party by occupying the disputed benches. But the rector, with his usual ingenuity, has found the means apparently of patting a stop toThis for the future, by allowing no one access to the church till he has filled these seats with his friends. The fol lowing letters—hardly in the tone, perhaps, to be expected of a clergyman of the Church of England returning to his church after a protracted indispo sition—will sufficiently explain the plan proposed : TILE RECTOR TO THE SEXTON. C 6 The Itectory, Dec. 10, 1859. _ _ _ "To Mr. Cooke, Sexton, " Dear Sir,—l must hereby inform you that if you open either of the gates of the churchyard, or the doors of the church, at the direction of any other person than myself, with whom alone the keys alike of the church and church yard are legally vested, I shall hold you responsible to an ecclesiastical court. "I am, yours fathfully, " BRYAN KING." TIIE RECTOR TO TILE SENIOR CHURCHWARDEN. " The Rectory, Dec. 10, 1850. " To Mr. Thompson, Churchw&rden. " Dear Sir,—l have been informed that you have had keys made for yourself, both of the churchyard gates and also of the church doors. I have taken counsel's opinion upon the subject, and beg to inform you that this act is distinctly illegal. I hereby request that you will not, di rectly or indirectly, interfere with the opening of the gates of thekhurchyard, or of the doors of the church. I, as rector, in whom alone the keys, both of the church and churchyard, are legally vested, will take care that the gates of the churchyard and the doors of the church are opened in sufficient time before the celebration of every service of the church. " I am, Sir, your faithful servant, " BRYAN KING." CHURCH-BATE DEFEAT AT CAMBERWELL. On Saturday a special court of petty sessions for the county of Surrey, was held at the National School-room, St. George's Camberwell, for the pur pose of disposing of about 500 summonses for non payment of church-rates, taken out by the church wardens of the district parish of St. George's, Cam berwell. The presidin ,, magistrates were Mr. R. A. Gray and Mr. Roberts, who were assisted by Mr. Stephoni, the vestry clerk. The first case called on was that of Mr. George Roberts, of Sussex-place, Old Kent road, who objected that the court had no jurisdic tion, inasmuch as that the act of Parliament re quired that the summonses should be served within six months of the making of the rate, while in the present instance a longer interval had elapsed, the rate having been made on the 18th April last, and the summonses having been issued only a few days since. After a brief consultation. Mr. Gray said—Your objection is fatal, Mr. Roberts. We must dismiss the summons. Mr. Roberts—Then I must ask you to grant me my expenses. Mr. Gray—That is very unusual in such a case, and I do not think it should be done, since there is clearly nothing frivolous or vexatious in the summons. Mr. Roberts—Not originally, perhaps, but I served notice upon the churchwardens two days ago that I objected upon this ground, and they had ample opportunity, therefore, to -withdraw the summons. I only ask it as a matter of principle, and I think I am clearly entitled to ss. for my time and trouble. Mr. Gray—Well, we will consider the matter. (After consulting.) As you served notice of objec tion upon the churchwardens we think you are entitled to your expenses, and we order payment accordingly. Mr. Jessie, one of the churchwardens, imme diately, and with great good humour, paid the 55., and the other cases were called on. A gentleman present, however, upon the part of the defendants generally, suggested that as the decision on the first case practically ruled all the summonses to be illegal, the court should formally dismiss them on the aggregate, so as to spare all further trouble, but the court said they thought it better to dispose of each case on its own merits. It was replied to this that as all the summonses were dated simultaneously they thought their merits were the same ; but the court persisted in taking the cases separately. 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