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play ed t, your voman. y for a n' COM- im for e could or she [eft the -street ing an rgeant ig that ouse of Thithe, V., Who en left, or, and of the ershop, taken tion he violent ) inten- Lfluence unlaW to the him by i corrc• [859. ave re 'elling- of his la the T inten ry year re it 10 oaa. !, 1859• b I have ess the lingten by his part of ►tertain to o ffer of the vn that placed liberal nber of Le insti ,BOT. Flsto 2 s Barley 2s to 34s 3s to 40 4 Os to 42 4 Os to 420 ansacted at is per supports cans are 8s t 0 .3 24 30s to 340 !8s to 31 4 LBs to 504 —s to • ann his a y e. s c this day Lest, all Lree, and ' realised 83 to 35 3 2s to 503 4s to 483 early all eek. The n, and it lino of 10 me. 5s to 28s N3s to 48 4 Os to 44s small of ouch the w sale at s. d„. v ~.17 —lB ..18 ..17 ..17 ..14 ..21 ..21 Lnal u )rt and ts, indi ion with kfort ; a are. In y, these tulence, e as the of these ,oint the or of the variably lty itself [mproV ice, and Horses, Luses no wurish corn or timo It attle by 77, Pic bout 42 , out 450 lid. per Orders. I offered will be t, May' der. , of th• onport, :ajor of -street, Blount !hurch, 6r Ber ) eldest roluf s- y'e-le e only -court, grave- Eng- Khan, tillery, ?orest, Char- nes IL -park sq., of t.m.'s LING, ). 112, aty of LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND-STREET- This magnificent building - is NOW OPEN to the public , for the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. - —.— The Photographic Establishment, 'Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their several departments. ADMISSION FREE. fKAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and interesting topics in connection with ANATOMY, PHY SIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY . (vide Programmes). Admission ONE SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON — THE PHILO SOPHY OP 'MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.' These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with R. L. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. Manager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, is. to Promenade. applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. TIOWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—A safe place of amuse tient—The ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square, hav ing been constructed as a model of architecture, no accident need he apprehended. The Morning Performances are particularly recommended, as the Pantomime can be seen with the same effect as at night. ELLA, the wonder of the world.—The celebrated horse, "Cruiser," will be exhibited in his subdued state, as tamed by Mr. Rarey.—" Black Eagle," the horse of beauty.—The educated mules, " Pete " and " Barney."-- The Comic Panto 'Mime, entitled THE MISER OF BAGDAD, represented in the circle at each performance. Pit, is.; Boxes, 28. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 58.; Private o llo a x n e e s ry , £2. d. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Two P o erformances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, REGXNT STREET," EVERY EVENING. C B REWER'S Magnificent PANORAMA of the AVE of KENTUCKY, the largest and most beautiful Cave in the world. —The FALLS of NIAGARA, in SUMMER and WIN TE R — the Niagara River—Lakes Ontario and Erie.— The NATURAL BRIDGE of VIRGINIA, 215 feet in height, 55 feet wide, and 93feeflong.—The Grand PRAIRIES of ILLINOIS ; the scene of a prairie on fire is beautiful beyond description. Many of the nobility, clergy, and gentry of England have seen the Panorama, and have accorded to it their most unqualified approbation. An interesting and de scriptive Lecture will be given during the Exhibition. Vocal and instrumental music by Mrs. Agrfes Hough.—Doors open at half-past Seven o'clock, curtain rises at Eight. Carriages may be ordered for ten o'clock.—Admission, stalls, 3s. ; un reserved seats, 2s. and is. Children, half-price to stalls and centre seats. Box-offiee open, where reserved seats may be secured, from 12 till 4 daily, SALE OP STORES AND THREE STACKS OF HAY. BY Order of the 'SECRETARY OF STATE for WAR.—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH, on THURS DAY, the 27th January, 1859, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, , ree iselY, the • following Stores :—Harness (old), Leather °ld), Serge, (old), Canvas (old), Wool (old), Great'Coats, Iron, ead Ash , as, J un k , Pil c h Cl ot h s, Cal i co Cap Covers, R ags, Weis, Canteens, Zinc, Hay, R ee d s , W oo d ( o ld). W3lay,l3q. viewed, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the three working ar- o previous to the sale, and Catalogues obtained at the ; at the Tower; and Royal Arsenal, 'Wool fice'wich. CONTRACT FOR RUM. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-house, 20th Jan., 1859. HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the DOFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED ,_-A.INCIDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO IdEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the 3d February next, at Half-past One o'clock. they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for su es pplying an tfo d rd delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stor at Dep. RUM .• .. 50,000 Gallons. • • When to be delivered—Half in three, weeks, and the re - Taainder in three weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the inni. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the tenders are opened, of contracting 'either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an Unlimited power of selection. The rum to be exempted from the Customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where it is lying. Samples of the rum to be sent in pinta for each import mark, and the average strength of each mark ex to be stated, and not an average of different marks or strengths of several imports, and any parcel of rum that Is found not to be of the same quality, mark, or average strength of the sample ten dered and accepted, will be rejected by the officers, The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not ac cepted, are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Contract has been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained at the said office or to the Officer conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool , or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular attention is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liver pool and B r i s t o l . o tender will be received after Half-past One o'clock on t endering, or an a the day of t rea t y, and it will not b e required that the party gent on his behalf, should attend at the ? ince on th e d ay o f C ontract, as the result of the o ff er received rotil person will be communicated to him and his pro posed sureties in writing .very tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Vimlraity, and bear in the left-hand corner the words `Ten-er i " Rum," and must also be delivered at Somerset house, 0 11 1 0 POLION TAVERN and MOTEL , 4 , 08. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn, W.C. c , T he Best Served Dinner in London for ls. 6 d. 011Ccession of Joints from One till Seven o'Clock. Private and Smoking Rooms. TABLE D'HOTE on SUNDAYS, at 5 o'clock, 2s. each. BQARD AND RESIDENCE. —"A Superior za p. er , yorpt is offered to a Gentleman of . steady habits, en- Pik urin g the day, by a family residing near Regent , s- Ud e , or a young man coming to London fbr the first time ,__eivould be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. -,7%!?rrences to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Wright's .1 " 1 . Y, Granby-street, Hampstead-road, N.W. TO THE .NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CH ARLES WATSON, M.D. Fellow and Honorary Vice-President of the Imperial African Institute of France, Corrcs. Member of the Medical Societies of Rouen and Peru, National Academy of Sciences Paris, &c. and late Resident Physician to the Bedford Dlspensary 27;Alfred-place, Bed foy:d-square, London, continues to issue, on receipt of six Stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." " Those about entering the Marriage State should peruse Dr. Watson's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on health and disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound Medical philosopher."—Critic. The true Guide to th ose who desire a speedy and private care."_ trniversity Magazine. The ' NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates the absurdity of the English mode of treating such com plaints, will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely aselindteeda y regain pristine health by adopting the means pre- Sun. MFGr Qualification, vide " Diplomas," and the " London cal Directory." FIFTY THOUSAND CURES Haw been effected without Medicine, inconvenience or expense ci!i. Indi gestion (dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, _ervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, r!euralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Er uptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, b Y se uterY, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Noises in the Head and Ears, Debiity, Despondency, orsCrmps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy at sea), Sinking Fits, C°ugh, Asthm a , B ronc hiti s , C onsum pti on , a l so Child ren ' s Complaints, are effectually removed by DU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, m which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and is, oreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured :—Cute No. 71, of dyspep sia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" Dro mana' a Pncluin, County Waterford.--I have derived con siderable °mat from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Digs, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Hefts, of extreme ner vousness, indige s ti on, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan cies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near 'Liverpool of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Shorland, tain Allan,nd,of dropsy andebility. Cure o. 36,212. Ca- of epileptic fits. Cure No. 4 9 ,116. N Major Ede, p of liver and kidney di sease, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey', of diarhoea and debility. C ure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,880. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts,timber-merchant, of Frim ley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement,ears' ner vo p tis a n rti es a s tio l , Cured eo ea n f a n t e i s p s a . n, No. 180. "Twenty-five y indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no me dicine could rem ove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." Cure So. 4,208. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoringyood. Rev. John W. Flavell, Riddling - ton Rectory, Norfolk.' Cure No. 3,905. "Thirteen years'cough, indiges tion, and general debilithave been removed by Du Barry's e xcellent Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. ; 21b. 4s. 6d.. 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. Super refined quality. 101 b., 3'351. The 101 b. and 121 b. can s toerserare forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office offe r iviasDu Barry and Co., 77, R egen t- stree t , L on don ; Fort e;2,eherniosnts, t and Co., 182 , Pi ccadilly, and through al l gr ocers n town' and country. Dr. PALLACE'S PILLS and OINTMENT are prepared e danger and iniury resulting from quack preparations upon scientific principles, without mercury, purify, regulate, and strene• en the system, and they effec tually dyspepsia (bad liver and stomach corn digestion i )' tion, a o r a prevent rs tl u e k s ed of fo th r bile, flatulency, co t n io s n ti s p ; a the Ointment heals sol?eas nts and all internal disorders ; and. buncles, chaps, pimples, =- B w e o a u s nds, ulcers, boils, burns, oaF and ointment are carefulli p 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. London agents : H eu a ls n lca n cl a lip y ru l a& 6 t 3 ec ,. g b a xf ßt O it r sh d!s 4i t idi . Sanger, 153; Oxford-street, and medicine vendors. may be ordered through all DU BARRY'S PULMONIC COUGH BON BONS are a nice, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness, asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and of unrivalled excellence. In boxes—ls. 10., 2s. 9d., 45. 6d. J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S ANTI-DIARRIREAL BON BONS a're a never-failing remedy for English cholera, bowel complaint, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c., &c. In boxes—is. 141, 2s. 9d., 45, 6d. J. Sanger,lso, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND INVALIDS, supersedes the dangers an d expense of 'vet nursing, as infants are easily reared with it, and it is the best and most digestible Food for the delicate and invalids of any age. In canisters, at 25., and 121 b 21s. The large canis ters free of carriage. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77 , Regent_ street, London. Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys pepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency, Acidity,_ Palpita tion of the H ear t , T orp i dity of the L i ver, bilious Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhoea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2d, in stamps, and you will 'receive free by Post, a popular Trea tise, 64 pages :—" THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS." Without pills, purgatives, or medicines of any kind and without expense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which :saves 50 times its cost • in other remedies ; adapted to the general reader. London: James gilbert,;l9, Paternioter-T9W, and throngb, all lexte ashen N°.20,778 PUBLICATIONS. CAPT. MAYNE REID'S NEW NOVEL. On Friday; Jan. 28, in 3 vols., with illustrations b y WEIR, 0 .0 E O L: A. By Capt. MAYNE REID, Author of "The Rifle Rangers, " &C. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. • Immediately, Vol. 1., in Crown Bvo, with Portrait of Fox in his youth, of LIFE OF CHARLES JAMES FOX. By the Right Hon. LORD 'JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. Cheaper Edition, with 143 Illustrations, 25., NATURAL PHILOSOPHY FOR BEGINNERS. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Third Edition, with numerous Illustrations, 35., EASY LESSONS IN • MECHANICS. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Second Edition,"9d. cloth, VIRST POETICAL READING • BOOK. By A: W. MACLEOD, Head Master of the Model Sthool, Royal Military Asylum. By the same. SECOND READING. BOOK. Fifth Edition. Bd. Landon : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. THE CENTENARY OF ROBERT BURNS. The festivals in connection with this interesting . event will be fully delineated and described in the " ILLUS TRATED LONDON NEWS" for Jan. 29, and Feb. 5. Office, 198, Strand. . Just published, price 25., by post free, 2 s. 4 d. , ON SPERMATORRHCEA. By F. B. COUBTENAY, M.R.C.S., and formerly . Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Stric tures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. • London : H. Bailliere, 210, Regent-street FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858, with Nominations for 1859, is now published. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn, London. A.D. 1720. - ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JonN WILLIAM LUBBOCK, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge. Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Edwd. MaxwellDaniell, Esq. Hon. Jno. T. Leslie Melville, William Davidson, Esq. Sir Jno. Henry Pelly, Bart. Thomas Dent, Esq. lion. Jose. W. Percy, M.P. Alexander Druce, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Regnld. F. Remington, Esq. Charles Farquharson, Esq. Charles"Rob:nson, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.• William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Christmas will expire on 9th January. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured, or 48 per cent. upon the Premiums paid. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premium# parable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. the future divisions of Profit will take place every Five years. Life. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. SPECIAL NOTICE. IN CASE OP DEATH occurring during the Thirty days allowed for payment of a Life Premium, and before such pay ment has been made, the Corporation hold themselves liable under thelPolicy, provided the Premium be subsequently paid on or before the thirtieth day from that upon which it became due. JOIIN A. HIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary_ ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, London. Established 1823. DIRECTORS. ROBERT BIDDULPH, Esq., Chairman. WILLIAM ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alfred Kingsford Barber, Esq. Rear-Admiral Robert Gor - Henry Barnett, Esq. don. The Right Hon. E. Pleydell Charles Morris, Esq. Bouverie, M.P. George Kettilby Rickards, Edward Charrington, Esq. Esq. Thomas Edgar, Esq. Augustus Keivel Stephen - Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, I son, Esq. Bart. TORS. John Howell, Esq. John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq. Henry Roberts, Esq. l I Richard Taylor, Esq. PHYSICIAN—WiIIiam Emanuel Page, M.D., Oxon, 11, Queen street, May-fair. . SURGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.C.S., No. 49, Dover street, Piccadilly. SOLICITOR—Henry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. AcTuAßy—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. ADVANTAGES. `I,IID' Mutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. The whole of the 'profits divided every Fifth Year. An accumulated Capital'of £1,695,000 During its existence the Society has paid in 1,540,000 Claims Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Po licies to the extent of The last Bonus, declared in 1854, averaged £67 per Cent, on the Premiums:paid, and amounted to Policies in force 7,621 240,000 The Annual Income exceeds In pursuance of the invariable practice of this Society, in the event of the Death of the Life Assured within the 15 days of grace, the Renewal Premium remaining unpaid, the Claim will be admitted, subject to the payment of such Premium. The next Division of Profits will be made in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December, 1659, will par ticipate in the Division of 1864. Prospectuses and full p ar ticulars may be obtained on appli cation to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. 890,000 ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTh TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub lished, price, free by post, ls. THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury : with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur geons. •Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxtord street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic : its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo tency, barrenness, anddebilities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of cases. Price 11s. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves Hs. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom mended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, en largements or the throat, tartan., and uvula: threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price Us. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of lls. • PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in either sex loran cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Us. per box. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart ley-Hooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67 St. Paul's -churchyard ; J. Sanger, • 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63. Oxford - street; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and Harsant, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors throughout the United Kingdom ORGANIC WEAKNESS-ITS CAUSES AND CURE, Just published (with an Appendix on the Curative Powers 01 Galvanic-Electricity), price Is., free by post for 13 stamps, SELF -PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise on NERVOUS DEBILITY and FUNCTIONAL WEAKNESS. more particularly in reference to the INFIR MITIES and - DISORDERS of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM; tracing the Origin of these distressing afflictions to causes which Titir.te the very fountains of Life and prematurely de stroy the vigour of Manhood. With Practical Observations on the Cure of these Diseases, and on the extraordinary re storative power of LOCAL GALVANISM in cases ofnervous prostration, muscular debility, and functional incapacity, when used in combination with the remedial agents so suc cessfully employed by the Author during a practice of up wards of Twenty years. With descriptive Cases, numerous EllgraVingS, Instructions, &c. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 7, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Registered Licentiate of the London Society of Apothecaries, Doctor of Medicine of the University of Erlangen, Honorary Member of the London Hospital'Medical Society, &c. An erroneous impression exists that public announcements on these disorders emanate only , from unqualified persons. but as the new Medical Act provides that none but,registered practitioners shall assume any medical title, thole that are legally qualified can readily be distinguished — a point of great importance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and skill are equally requisite. In the new edition of `Self-Preserv ation, facts of para mount utility are brought together—facts appealing to the v o prudence lvet t he those powers of en a f i e l e w bl h em o are ent s a uff nd er t i d n t Crimfartor lossaffec o t f ions which in volve which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. In cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits, indiscri minate excesses, improper diet, hardship , o r by injudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author, in con junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery had been pronounced impossible. Publishedby the Author, price Is., or free by post for thir teen stamps, and may be had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, London ; Westmacott, chemist, Market-street, Manchester ; J, Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraclough, Fargate, Sheffield ; Rayner, High-street, Southampton ; W. Love, Enoch-square, Glasgow; H. Powell, Westmoreland street, Dublin, or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his reoidence, 37, NAM-mare, Imam p gl /l G r *-Tair ." 41 ' AILN . • /111111111111100 \ )j) (C: voke. " 41 ." • ,;• d • 0 , • • ImA yz-4 tow , . r • tit - • Q + •= • ' * - 1 V 4- 4 ( • 0 s .. • —• •• , • - 1104010/4, telv•' ' ‘‘ e . ' 4 wol itorr- Ce 46' , A pp. a, v . . r PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. as many as 20 varieties of oranges, differing in colour, flavour, and size, and among them all there is not one that is not wholesome and agreeable to the taste. One of thcbestis that called cam du-nong, or orange-sugar ;it is odoriferous, about the size of the orange of Europe, but rather flattish in shape; the inside is of a yellowish red. colour. Another kind, • rather inferior to the above in quality, but still very good, is the cam-sen, or orange of Para dise. The skin and the inside are of a pale red. It has something of the stimulating sharpness of the lemon, but is milder and sweeter. The kind which is superior to all the others is the cam-tien, or King's orange, and it is in fact, reserved for the 'clic of the Sovereigp. There is no formal prohibi tion against the cultivation of this orange, but it is necessary to keep it secret, for if the tree were discovered the owner would be compelled to deliver up all its fruit to the Prince.. It is of the same form and size as the European fruit; the rind, which is green, and as fine as the thinnest silk, is almost transparent ; and the filaments of the inside, of a rose colour, can be seen through it. When it is opened it imparts a delightful odour to the room in which it has been eaten, and no fruit of the species has a more delicious flavour. THE GREAT ,EASTERN. The preparations necessary for fitting this noble, vessel for sea have at _last been, decided on ' and in the course of another fortnight or so an army of workmen will be busily engaged in all parts of the ship, inside and out. For various economical reasons it is considered that the work of finishing her in every respect shoUld be divided between three se parate contractors, and though the contracts have not-yet been finally entered into, there is but very little doubt but that this will be the course pursued. To one person will be entrusted the iron work still requisite in the hull and in the construction of the poop and masts, while separate contracts will pro vide for the rigging and sails and the cabin fittings and joiners' work. No money will be wasted in the mere frippery of decoration, though at the same time all the fittings will be of the best and most substantial kind and quite worthy the position which the ship must occupy, not only in England, but in the mercantile marine of the world. The design for the poop is complete in all its details. All of it will be constructed of iron, and some idea of its size may be gathered from the fact that the chief dining saloon, 120 feet long by 47 feet wide and 9 feet high under the beams, will be in that part of the vessel. There is to be a large number of bath-rooms allotted to each class of passengers, i all of which will be kept supplied with hot and cold fresh and salt water. The contractors are to commence their work on the 15th of February, and are bound under penalties to complete all in five months from that date. The long-expected first trial trip will therefore take place about the middle of Slily, when it is intended to run out from Wey mouth to the middle of the Atlantic and try the ship under all possible conditions of sail and steam. This short voyage will probably occupy about six days, for the lowest estimate yet made of her speed allows her 17 knots, or about 181 statute miles an hour, the speed of a Parliamentary train. What may be considered as the commencement of the work of fitting will be taken on Satur day next, when the large iron floatin g Derrick launched last autumn will be used for the purpose of hoisting in the main shaft of the paddle engines and the rudder. The former weighs no less than 40 tons, the latter 13, and each of these ponderous masses of iron work have been finished off with as much care and even neatness as if they were intended for the works of a clock. Both these will be deposited in the fore part of the vessel in order to assist in bringing her more down by the head when the blades of the screw are being fixed. The latter have not been attached to the screw bars, as in case of ice during the winter enough might have formed round them to have held such a mass of the loose pack as with the flow of the tide might have seriously endangered the ship. Trotman's anchors, by which she is now moored, would never, of course, have given way ; but the chains unquestionably might, and, once adrift, she would instantly, in the nautical phrase, " have taken charge of the whole river." So much has been truly said and written as to the importance of the Great Eastern in a mercan tile point of view that all have tacitly overlooked how, as a vessel of war, she would, to this country at least, be almost invaluable. In those ever recur ring estimates of our national resources with which two or three suchvessels as the Great Eastern could afford in time in war is never alluded to, because never suspected. Yct, in the construction of this unequalled vessel, and forming a noble model on which others may be built, our national resources have, we believe, received such a development as few at the first glance would perceive. The Great Eastern, however, would make the fastest, strongest, and most terrible of all war ships, if war instead of commerce were to be her destination. Her carrying power alone would be a most formidable element. Ten thousand fully-equipped soldiers, with all the requisite materiel, and even the due proportion. of staff and field officers' horses, could be trans ported at once to any point of need with greater convenience and in less than half the time now oc cupied by the fastest ships, as there would be no delay for coaling. If even the least sanguine ex pectations as to her speed are fulfilled she would be able to land a complete corps d'armee in India within 40 days from the time of her leaving Eng land, while her vast space on deck would afford a floating parade ground, on which recruits might be drilled to a tolerable state of efficiency, even while on the voyage. The ordinary delays of winds and currents would so little affect her gigantic steam power that the time of her arrival with such a force might be calculated upon to a single day. With such a rapidly moving fortress and camp always at the control of the Government the effect would be to economise, while it increased our war like resources, and, by reducing the distance to our furthest outposts by one-half, bring about precisely those results at sea which railways have already effected on land in military tactics. The difficulties of the present means of oceanic communication oblige the Government to maintain larger forces at all points of the empire than are actually requisite at one and the same time. With two or three such vessels as the Great Eastern such a necessity would be obviated for the future, and the Government would have increased strength even at a reduction of the present military establishments. Continental nations are well aware that the secret of England's weakness as a military Power is not so much due ' to the smallness of her army as in the necessity for its dispersion. Once show that the means already exist for obviating this necessity, and England's T) osition as a military empire, able in ten days to tra2sport an army of 30,000 men to any part of w ill be second to none on earth. The E po u li r tl P c ., t i results which would be certain to accrue train t h e Government having at its disposal such I ;puld be almost equally important. iat la then be, with a closely consolidated c wo s id s of ships em pire, the power of Grea Britain plus her colonies and dependencies. M. Lesseps might sink all the money in France in his Suez Canal , and Mr. Buch anan assert American morality and manifest destiny at the expense of poor Nicaragua. England need never strive about a right of way wizen her quickest and safest path would then lie over lier old tradi tional element. With fewer continental interests she would have a higher continental position, and could afford to leave the passage through Egypt to take care of itself when her own manufacturing skill said enterprise placed within her hands the means of passing by a safer, quicker, and a better path, and one above all in which none can follow her. Pro vided only that the question of the Great Eastern's speed be satisfactorily determined all the rest is a natur4 sequence, the end of which we can no more see now than from Stephenson's first locomotive could be predicated our present railway system. The revolution which a squadron of such vessels would effect in war would be as great as their results in commerce, and then we should for the first time really see steam doing for the ocean wh at it has already done for the land. THE SUN, LONDON, -TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1859. N OCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE J which is so highesteemed with Fish, Game , Ste aks Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish Sauces.—J. and C. COCKS, Reading, Sole Manufacturers. GLEN - FIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AJD PRONOUNCED BY lIER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers &c., &c. BURNS. - Among the many and sore troubles which em bittered Burns' decline, the sorest (by his own ac count) was the dread of an unfavourable posthu mous reputation. He apprehended that his faults would be the most conspicuous features of his character, as they were to himself at the.moment ; and that the world could not fully sympathise in his lofty democratic view of Man in Society. Never was a last estimate of self and one's kind more mis taken The veriest pedant and puppy, who dies pitying the world for the struggle' it will have to get on without him, is not more deluded in one direction than Burns was in the opposite. He was not irrational in his view, however, though wholly mistaken. Those who surrounded him were much engrossed with his faults towards the close of his life ; and his views and his opinions were treated by his employers, as well as others, with not only displeasure but contempt. It was intimated to him that " his business was to act, not to think." And this was said, not as a check upon political agita tion, or any extreme demonstration of any kind, but in reply to a statement of his views which had been drawn from him by accusation. He did not desire a republic in Great Britain, he said, because Britons have all the means of ra tional liberty and social welfare. He wished for no change in our form of government, but for a reform of the " system of corruption between the execu tive power and the representative part of the legis lature, which boded no good to our glorious con stitution, and which every patriotic Briton must wish to see amended." After this, his " superiors" could not denounce him as a republican, so they in formed him that his business was to act and not to think ; and he, valuing his thought, feared that there would be no sympathy with it or him after he was gone, and that he would be known by his infirmities, if at all. On this day, the centenary of his birth, the whole world that speaks or reads our language is rejoicing because he lived and thought, and told what he thought. The homage of united kingdoms, of clusters of colonies, and of several foreign nations is paid to his memory to-day. So much for his posthumous reputation. As to his being remembered by his faults, the most touching and glorious tribute of all is, perhaps, the teetotal celebration of the day. If he could but have fore known it in his hour of deepest remorse, what a solace would this have been !—what a pregnant reply to his worst misgivings ! There is to be a " tea banquet " in the Edinburgh Corn Exchange to-day, " under the auspices of the Total Abstinence Society." We hear it with gratitude and glee. So much for his being remembered only by his faults ! There could not have been a better conjunction between the date and public affairs than that which we witness. It could not have happened better as an express reply to Burns' yearning after sympathy in his aspirations for society. The festival would, no doubt, have been held under any condition of public affairs. The man binds us to him by so many ties that we should have been ready with our hom age in the midst of a war, or under a Pitt and Eldon Government, or under a return of the Stuarts, or under a Republic—whether amidst the deepest adversity, or in a condition without a care. The response of men's passions, sympathies, senti ments, to his song would have been loud and clear amids any turmoil of conflict, or merry-making in peace and prosperity. But there is a peculiar apti tude in the spirit of the hour for honouring Burns. His irrepressible thought about the mutual relations of men in society, and his clear view of the neces sity of making their representation in Parliament an honest one, are the very thought and the very view which our minds are now occupied with, and on which we are at present daily called upon to speak. So much for the sympathy which he dared not anticipate ! Far be it from us to dwell exclusively on the Poet's darkest hours, or on the controversies which embittered them. ben men talk of Burns they do not (except, very naturally, in the United States) consider whether he was a Republican, or a Whig, or a Tory. They think of the Cottar's Saturday Night, or of Highland Mary, or of Tam o'Shanter. They think of the dirge, the reaping-song, the war hymn, the prayer, and personal penitence. They think of the plea for the weak, and the rebuke of the haughty. They regard him as the poet, the lover, the mourner, the wit, the comrade, the sinner, the sufferer, rather than as the poli tician. Yet, the chief bond between him and ether men— the grand security for his possession of the sym pathies of all generations, is his estimate of Man as Man, under all conditions. Some may praise his " Republican boldness" of speech, and others, may exalt his generosity to wards the lowest and most helpless : his employers might call him dangerous, and his fine acquaint ance might caution him against noticing the vulgar: they have all agreed from the beginning, and all men will agree to the end, in feeling to their hearts' core his estimate of what is due to Man as Man. One morning he shook hands with a peasant on the Leith road, and talked with him some time, in the presence of a fop, who afterwards rebuked him for showing his friendship for a man dressed in home spun. " Why you fantastic gomeril," cried Burns, " it was not the grey coat, or the scone-bonnet, or the boot hose, that I spoke to, but the man that was in them :" and he proceded to de velop his view of the comparative quality of the three men who composed the group. His song, "Is there for honest poverty," is the expression of his daily habit of mind throughout his life. Tho rank is but the guinea stamp : The man's the gowd for a' that, is the doctrine and the sentiment by which he lived, and which made him the immortal poet he is. That song is certainly the most widely known of his pieces at present. Familiar as we all are with half a-hundred of his strains which range from lofty de voutness, through the whole series of affections and passions, to the mosthomely fun, we all feel that that song is the truest exponent of the man to the greatest number of his kind. Under the virtual cen sorship of his day, it was not permitted to be sung in the streets of our northern- towns—a strange fact to us now ! But it was sung in the reaping-field and in the cottage ; and now it is known by heart wherever our language is spoken and Lowland Scotch is read. He made no secret of his having achieved a personal discovery on the subject of that song. He said, " I remember in my ploughboy days, I could not conceive it possible that a noble lord could be a fool, or a godly man could be a knave. How ignorant ploughboys are !" In the same way, the high-born and the pious (self-called) could not, in those days, conceive of a peasant as being wise, or a poor man dignified. This song is an admonition as valuable for the one mistaken class as for the other ; and who can say how much it may have done towards bringing them into the happier understanding of our day ? One of Burns' long-standing regrets was that he could not enter Parliament. He had much to tell there, and much to ask ; and it might have been of advantage to us in several ways if he could have had the opportunity. That wish of his, and the rea sons for it, are natural recollections for us to-day, when we are in the midst of an enterprise to obtain a voice and a hearing in the House of Commons for men of Burns' class .He had perceived that, in our country, while there is no obstacle to' the entrance of the low-born rich into society, and into Parliament, there is great jealousy of the low-born who rise, or are qualified to rise, by other powers than that of wealth. The owners of boroughs in those days were great men, whether they were born in the mansion or the cottage ; but the poet, the scholar, the politi cian, was repressed by an insolent or a timid aristo cracy. Burns had keen reason to know this, and his craving for an opportunity of utterance in Par liament was a natural consequence. We live in an improved age, when there is a fairer field for desert, without any fatal inquisition into origin. We live, accordingly, under a growing necessity of admit ting to the representation men whom Burns would have called his equals before the law and the throne ; and whatever Burns said about the claims of such men is valuable to us, not only on this day, but on every other. • We have no right to appropriate it, however, without being clear as to what he meant by peasant life, when he asserted its claims. Its poverty was obvious enough. On this day hundred years, he tesdd did du f ttne into a f r e t d l hlse,owswttohhreamnt thisf l r i o e ma amongnd peasantl iis was born in a ricketty clayhovel, which was blown down oethr a nws .o few reßo na d rt days m th family would, like some of our country neighbours at this day, ask whose son the Prince of Wales is, or demand wages which will rise with the price of bread, or insist that the Queen should " do some ' thing" for everybody who is badly off. Burns had - a father who read with him, and a mother who Sing to him—sang songs which brought out the ioat . and patriot elements in him. The Scotch pea santry then were at least as intelligent as our shop keeping or best artisan class now,. When we see that our rural neighbours are. as intelligent, we shall delight in expressing their aspirations in Burns' words. Meantime,-the way is more open now than it was then, while we have not a pea an try capable of his ambition. When he died it was asked, in all simplicity, by those about his door, " And 'who will be our poet now ?" This need never be asked by . the peasantry of a later century. As sure as they rise into a capacity for seeing that The pith of sense and. pride of worth Are higher ranks than a' that, • and show their claim to equality before the law and the government—the answer will be, " Burns shall be your poet now."—Dyila . News. ITALY-PAST AND. PRESENT. It has probably occurred to more than one reader to inquire the source of that repugnance with which the Italians regard the dominion of Austria, seeing that for so many centuries/ a German Government has been the only Government known to them, and that the independent Italy of which patriots now talk never had any real existence. -If Italy had been denationalised and partitioned like Poland the case would be different, for everybody under stands the aspirations of the Poles, however im practicable they may consider them. But the Italians of Lombardy cannot appeal to any prece dents of modern history for their political inde pendence. They were not reduced to subjection by the sword, and the dominion of the Germans has certainly been naturalised as far as time and prescription can produce such a result. Where, then, lie the springs of that disquiet which for some years past has been so remarkable ? The answer will be found, we think, in the following con siderations. _ demands of the lonians, and we saw it exemplified in some of the disturbances ten years ago; but no statesman can say that he comprehends its true purport; or its true power. If it could be estab lished in actual ascendancy it would revolutionise Europe. The end might be for better or worse, but it would be revolution still. All we can say at present is, that the worst governed States of Italy are those under native Governments ; and if we revert from the facts of the present .time to the lessons of the past we search the pages of history in vain for any period'when Italy has shown itself capable of unity or independence.—Times. LIFE-BOAT EXPENSES. There is nothing offensive to the purest patriot ism in the rule of foreigners, as far as concerns the mere expression of that rule in the race of a reign ing family. As a matter of fact there is hardly a State in Europe where the reigning House has not been imputed from some other nation. In Eng land the Royal Family is German ; in Portugal it is German also ; in Spain itis French ; in Belgium it is German ;in Russia it is Danish ; Austria it came from Lorraine. To take a case still more applicable, the Kings of Naples are French by descent, and yet whatever charges might be brought against, their Government, it was never considered an unnational one. In Tuscany, again, the Archdukes are of Austrian birth, but that circumstance in itself was never held to derogate from their popularity. As far, therefore, as regards the mere dominion of strangers thus exercised there is no ground for complaint ; in fact, the inevitable contingencies of family succession must in the majority of instances bring such events to pass. But the Austrians never held Lombardy in that fashion. When they succeeded to the region of the Milanese the Duchy of Milan ceased to exist as an independent and substantive Power of Italy. 'hey did not make a German Prince Duke of lan, to continue the government as other dukes had done before him, but they attached the province to the general inheritance of the Austrian House and ruled it by a Viceroy. This system, by annihi lating the independence of the Ducal Court, brought the fact of foreign dominion honse to the population, and placed the Milanese visibly under the goiTrn ment of strangers. Still, nothing like the moaern spirit of opposition was then • experienced ; it is from the operation of events far more recent that the present animosities have sprung. The first occurrence which damaged the position of Austria in Italy was the acquisition of the terri tories of Venice at the close of the last war. Before that time she had been absorbing by various means sundry small States adjacent ; but the overthrow of the Venetian Repulic ultimately gave such extension to her Italian possessions that they covered the whole valley of the Po between the Ticino and the Adriatic. This arrangement not only magnified in all respects the obnoxious feature of German rule, but it destroyed the last vestige of ancient Italian government. Up to that period, whatever might have been the fate of the Italian Duehies. a large portion, at any rate, of Northern Italy was in pure Italian hands. As a specinien of polity the Republic of Venice had become so miserable a Government that M. Mazzini himself would probably not accept it in place of Austrian rule ; but still it was a native Government, and when it disappeared there was nothing but German dominion to be seen between the Gulf Venice and the frontier of Piedmont. A strange Government, therefore, in its least palatable form, was imposed on Northern Italy throughout almost its whole extent. Even this, however, though a very material cir cumstance, was not the chief cause of the unpopu larity to which the Austrians were soon exposed. Italy became suddenly imbued with ideas of " nationality"—ideas traceable entirely to opinions of our own generation. It might perhaps be affirmed that sentiments in some degree resembling these new views existed in Italy at a much earlier period. The old conflict between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines—though both names and both parties were purely German—probably covered some rising spirit of nationality, and it is certain that in the 16th century the dreadful sufferings ensuing on the contests between France and Spain for the possession of Italy did inspire more than one Italian statesman with the desire of expelling strangers from the Peninsula altogether. Such views, however, assumed a more permanent form after the French Revolution, until in our own age we have seen them put forward as the true basis of policy by which governments should be regulated. Something was due to the taste of freedom which nations obtained through the convulsions of the last war, and something also to the impression which the institutions of Napoleon left behind them. But, apart from all this, a spirit had arisen against' which no efforts on the part of the Aus trians could make any head. Their government, whether good or bad, was considered intolerable simply because it was the government of foreigners. The party whose extreme opinions may be taken to be represented by M. Mazzini did not construct their scheme of Italian independence on any prece dents of history or on any particular abuses of Austrian power. The spirit was a new spirit alto gether, as characteristic of the age as Socialism or Communism, and founded on nothing but the broad assumption that all nations ought to be united re publics, independent of all other nations. A certain party in Lombardy exchanged, or professed to exchange, these views for those of constitutionalism under the Crown of Sardinia, but this was not the direction in which aspirations for nationality first pointed, or which, in the end, they would probably take. Under the influence of these events the Austrian Government in Lombardy became unr.puidr in the extreme—less /rum tug uwn raults than from tho novel principles pervading Italian society. Nothing that the Austrians could do was acceptable or good, and this discontent itself necessarily made their rule more oppressive than it would otherwise have been. Left to themselves, and accepted in the Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom as they had formerly been in the Duchy of Milan, they might, in all like lihood, have made respectable governors. True they were foreigners, but for that matter there was nothing more unnaturalin German Counts descend ing from the Tyrol into Lombardy than in French Counts descending from Savoy into Piedmont, and no Lombard could recollect the time when his coun try had not owned more or less allegiance to a Ger man Sovereign. There was no reason why Northern Italy should not have been as well governed as it ever had been, except the resolution of Italians not to receive this service at the hands of Germans. And, when this antagonism had once been declared easy government was at an end. The opposition and restlessness of the Italians provoked stronger measures ; these measures called for greater forces, and greater forces brought in their train all the evils of conscription and taxation. Even withinthe last few years, however, the Austrians have made distinct efforts at conciliation, and have plainly ex pressed their desire of being good rulers if the Italians would but simpy accept their rule. From these remarks it will appear that the insurrectionary spirit it Lombardy is based less upon any actual or deeily-seated sense of oppres sion than upon theoretical views of " nationality." Beyond doubt that phrase points to certain great principles. It naturally excites the ire of Italians, when their thoughts lave been once turned into this channel, to see their country occupied by foreigners, their cities garrisoned by foreign troops, and all the privileges cf government exercised by people of another race. They do not, under such circum stances, derive nuch consolation from being told that they never :et succeeded in governing themselves, and that sombardy, at any rate, is better governed than either the Papal States or Naples under pure Italan rule. But it cannot be denied that as yet we hive seen no proof of what this new principle of " iationality" is really capable of accomplishing, W 4 see it caricatured in the During the past year the Royal National Life boat Institution has incurred the following ex penses on either additional new ,life-boat stations, or the replacing of old boats, 'transporting car riages and houses, by new ones :-Norfolk : Cromer, 276/. 16s. sd. ; Mundesley, 223/. 9s. sd. ; Bacton, 377/. 1 ls. 11d. ; Palling, 272/. 17s. 6d. ; Winterton, 400/. ss. 11d. ' • Yarmouth (two boats), 859/. 3s. s d. Suffolk: Lowestoft, . 153/. 14s. 6d. ; Southwold, 127/. 19s. ; Berwick, 73/. ; Boulmer, 73/. ; Alnmouth, • 41/. ; Whit burn, 2471. is. ; Hornsea, 44/. 12s. ; Exmouth, 1401. ls. Appledore, 44/. 12s. ;. Aberdovey, 138/. 3s. ld. ; Rhyl, 52/. 175.; Penmen 721. 155,• Fleet wood, 140/. 15..; Fraserburgh;2ssl. 9s. 2d.; lossie modth, 140/. ls. Ireland : Newcastle (County Down), "2821.' 7s. ;, Kilmore, 140! is. ; Dundalk, 191/. is. ; Carnsore, 187/. Bs. ; Tramore, 322/. 18s. 9d. ; Dungarvan. 1911. ls., and Ardmore, 81/. lls. sd. The institution has also expended .on the re pairs, stores, alterations and. inspection of its numerous life-boats, boat-houses, and transporting carriages, 2;7141. ss. 3d., making altogether a total of 8,2651. 3s. 9d. It has also granted 952/. as re wards to the crews of its life-boats and those of shore-boats, for saving 427 persons from 64 wrecks on our coasts. A most satisfactory result, and clearly showing how much has been accomplished by the well-directed efforts which the Life-boat Institution has brought to bear on this humane cause. This great and national work has, however, only been accomplished by involving the society in a debt of 3,047/., and an expenditute of 1,000/, from its small reserved capital. • Impelled by CN ery feel ing which we hold dear to save a fellow-creature from an appalling death by shipwreck, one would suppose that the National Life-boat Institution had claims which came home to the hearts of every one, and there pleaded for support and sympathy ; and most particularly does this apply to the United Kingdom, which is so much in debted for so large a portion of its greatness and prosperity to its hardy seamen. In respect, then, of the Life-boat Institition, its objects being so truly national and philanthropic, we do not hesi tate to recommend it earnestly, and on all occa sions, to the support of those who are able to render it. That help was never more needed than at present, when, through the extraordinary exertions the society has made within the past few years, it has 81 life-boats under its management. To main tain these boats in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. 'We feel assured, that after this plain statement of facts relative to one of our most useful societies, we shall soon have the pleasure to report a very large in crease to its permanent income. THE COMMERCL4L USES OF PHOTO- G.RAPIIY. In many businesses it is desirable to have accu rate patterns of the articles dealt in. To have those patterns engraved and printed would amount in some cases, where the article is low-priced and in tricate in design, to more money than it would be worth while to expend. Take, for example, designs in lace, embroidery, and similar things. Intricacy in pattern is no greater difficulty to the photo grapher than simplicity, and dealers in this de scription of goods might find it answer their pur pose to prepare illustrated catalogues of their patterns fbr transmission to customers. Gentlemen in the country could select for themselves as easy as they could examine a book the kind of piano forte or sideboard they require from their musical instrument maker or upholesterors. The utility of such catalogues to exporters to the colonies or foreign. countries is obvious at once ; in fact, the above propositions have already been adopted in the case of agricultural implements by some of the most eminent manufacturers of those articles. In taking outlines of coasts, the bearings and dis tances of landmarks necessary to be observed in entering harbours, representations of the form of lighthouses, beacons, &c., photography may be made a readily available means of contributing to the safety of life and property where shipping is con cerned. To the architect and railway engineer an easy and accurate mode of information as to the progress of his works is here given him. The merit of first employing photography for this pur pose is believed to be due to the late Emperor Nicholas of Russia, who by this means got his infor mation of the progress of the bridge of Kiew. On the occasion of a late accidental fall of some por tion of the works on a railway in progress of con struction, the contractor, who was obliged to set to work at once to repair the damage, took the pre caution, before he commenced operations, of having photographic representations of the ruins taken. In the law suit which in all probability , will result, what other evidence will supply the place of these truthful representations ? How much clearer will the matter be made to the jury by the inspection of these infallible records of the actual appearance of the damaged works than by the contradictory evidence of a dozen persons, all of whom most likely have a bias one way or the other! . . . Wills, settlements, deeds, conveyances, and other impor tant legal documents ought always to have photo graphic fac similes taken—reduced, if wished, to a microscopic minuteness, —and duplicate copies printed and lodged in separate - places of safeguard to mitigate, in some degree, the serious inconve nience and, loss which would be occasioned by a destruction, by fire or otherwise, of the original document. —The Photographic News. CO CHIN CHIN.d. We find the following in the .21.1oniteur de la Flotte:—Mgr. Retord, the indefatigable apostle of Christianity, continues to furnish us with interest ing information relative to Cochin China. In the last accounts received he states that the principal reproach made against the Roman Catholic religion is, that it does not prescribe veneration for deceased parents. In Cochin China this kind of worship is practised by giving a feast, at first every three days) then every five days, and afterwards every year. The new religion is also accused of having caused a terrible inundation, followed by a frightful famine. Mgr. Retord states that those persons who a little rice buried it in the earth, so that it might not be pillaged by those who were in want of food. In every village a number of persons abso lutely died of hunger, and those who were alive looked more like spectres than living beings. Al most all the villages are fortified like so many little citadels. They are surrounded by hedges Of thorny shrubs, and had trenches dug round, so as to protect them from brigands, who roamed about from place to place, setting fire to houses in the hopes of being able to steal food during the confu sion. In the midst of this misery, the Annamite King led a jovial life in his palace, but as he feared that the situation of his subjects might engender revolt, he issued various orders as to the measures to be adopted. Mandarins were requested to exhort the rich to curtail their expenses, and to send the superfluous rice in their granaries to market, and not to lend money at more than cent. per cent. in terest, in order not to complete the ruin of those who were in need. He also ordered new roads to be made, and fresh canals to be dug, in order to give employment to the labouring classes. A great part of the benefits which might have been pro duced by the execution of these orders were thwarted by the avarice and misconduct of the mandarins and their subordinates. Cargoes of rice arrived, which the king ordered to be sold at a reason able rate, but themandarms were bribed by the captains, who were authorised to sell at the famine prices. In consequence of the great agitation caused by the arrival of the French expedition a national guard was formed, designated by the pompous title of Huong-Dung (heroes of the country). In the pro vince of Siam-Dinh this force amounted to 60,000 men. These heroes, however, were suffering from the pangs of hunger, and they pillaged the places they were appointed to protect. Mgr. Retford states that the tortures applied by the Annamite mandarins, not only to rebels and Christians, but also to those from whom they wish to extort money or any other object which has excited their covet ousness, are of the most dreadful and barbarous kind, and he concludes byisaying that the present situar tion of two of the principal provinces of the country, at the gates of which the French and Spanish troops are now operating, may be summed up by the words, "famine and persecution." Cochin China produces 7 2 ____ (-7 1 ' . ..A, ~.,' •••\ '...`i 1 DESPERATE POACHINer - j e ttr- ilk ti, ; 4 ,a 4 l SOME_RSETSH `'" -- --- 1 ,...::::, / 1 , 4 : - :/ 4 41 i i e l l.f i *" .lt .._.-4---- . • :, , ,,, L. : V . ,/ A serious encounter with armed nit poaliers- 9 took place on Saturday last, in Pilton-wood, situate between Shepton Mallet and Glastonbury, one of the Somersetshire estates belonging to the Right Hon. Lord Portman, in which two young men, named Miell, sons of a farmer at Pilton, were fired at, and more or less injured. _ The preserves of Lord Portman, it appears, ex tend from the parish of Pylle some distance into the adjoining parish of Pilton, the gamekeeper, a man named Stickland, residing in Pylle. Mr. Mid., who preserves the game for the owner of an adjoin ing estate, had a mutual understanding with his lordship's gamekeeper that they were to protect the game for each other when necessary. About two o'clock on Saturday morning, Mr. Geo. Miell, jun., heard the report of several guns in Lord Port man's wood, and very near to his father's residence. He immediately told his father of it, and Mr. Miell at once got up, and, accompanied by his sons (Mr. George Miell and Mr. Albert Miell) proceeded to the wood. On arriving there Mr. George Miell went towards the upper side, leaving his younger brother and a boy, who came with them, watching from another point, whilst Mr. Miell went to the lower part of the wood. In a few minutes George Miell came upon the track of the poachers, three in number, who were going in the direction of the spot where his brother and the boy stood. H e quickened his pace, and soon reached the place where he had left his brother Albert, and then. turned round and confronted the poachers, who were armed with guns and bludgeons, and in the act of coming out of the wood. At this time the brothers Miell were about six or seven yards from the poachers, George standing a little in front of his brother Albert, and on seeing one of the poachers level his gun at them, the former (George Miell) sprang a little on one side just as it was fired ; the consequence was, that his younger brother received nearly the whole of the charge in his left side. At the same time George Miell, who carried his left arm in a sling, through injuries re ceived by the bursting of a gun some days before, was also wounded in the elbow. The poacher who fired the gun was identified by Mr. Miell as a labourer residing in the village of Pilton, named George Hill; but as soon as he noticed the effect of the charge, he jumped over a gate and ran away. Mr. George Miell then rushed at the other two, ono of whom levelled his piece, and swore with an oath he would " drill a hole in him" if he did not stand off. But young Miell, nothing daunted, went boldly at his antagonist, pushed the poacher's gun aside, and pulled the trigger, but the gun did not go off. The poacher then managed to get hold of the gun, and gave Miell a violent blow with the barrel over the head, causing the blood to flow copiously. A desperate struggle now ensued, and, not withstanding the injuries and loss of blood caused George Miell to feel faint, he valiantly closed with the poacher, took the gun from him, and held the fellow until his father arrived. The second poacher was then secured, and he was ascertained to be also a Pilton labourer, named Vinning. The prisoner was taken by Mr. Miell to his residence, and the third man (a brother of Hill) escaped, but he was subsequently captured, as well as George Hill, who fired the gun. The three prisoners have been examined before the magistrates, and remanded until the injured men are able to give evidence against them. As soon as possible Mr. Albert Miell was carried home, and surgical assistance obtained. It was found that he was severely wounded from the chest to the hip on the left side ; and there can be no doubt he would have been killed instantly but for the accidental circumstance of his having a large pipe -ease, containing a tobacco pipe, in the left breast pocket of his coat, where the main force of the charge took effect. The pipe was smashed to pieces, and the case completely riddled. The other brother, Mr. George Miell, received several shots in the left arm. Both the injured men are progressing favourably. HIGH SHERIFFS FOR 1859. The ceremony of pricking for High Sheriffs for England and Wales for the current year will take place before the Privy Council on Wednesday week next, the 2d instant. The proceedings are purely formal, and the list of High Sheriffs to succeed those now in office will be as follows : ENGLAND. BEDFOILDSIIIRE.—RichardKonguet Orlebar, Esq., of Hinwick House, near Wellingborough. BERESHIRE.—CharIes Philip Duffield, Esq., of Mare- ham Park, near Abingdon. - B UCE INGIIAMSHME.—Thomas Tyrwhitt Drake, Esq., of Sharedelves, near Amersham. CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HENTINODONSIIIRE.—JOhII Dunn Gardner, Esq., of Chatteris. CUMBERLAND. —L ord Muncaster, of Muncaster Castle. CrIESILIRE.—Arthur Henry Davenport, Esq., of Capes thorne, near Prestbury. DERBYSHIRE.—The Hon. Edward Keppell Wentworth Coke, of Longford. DEVONSHIRE.—John Henry Hippesley, Esq., of Sho brook Park, near Crediton. DORSETSHIRE. —Wm. Charles Lambert, Esq., of Knowle Cottage, near Corfe Castle. DURHAM.—Sir Wm. Aloyzius Clavering, Bart., of Greeneroft. ESSEX.—Champion Russell, Esq., of Upminster, near Romford. G L OUCESTERSHIRE. —John Coucher Dent, Esq., of Sudeley Castle, near Winchcombe. H E REFORDSHIRE. —John Jones, Esq., M.D., of Lang stone Court. near Ross. HERTFORDSHIRE. —Martin Hadsley Gosselin, of the Priory, Ware. KENT.—Sir Richard Tufton, Bart., of Hothfiald Place, near Maidstone. LEICESTERSHIRE.—Wm. Bosworth, Esq., of Charley. LINCOLNSHIRE.—CharIes Thomas Samuel Birch Rey nardson, Esq., of Holywell. MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Thomas Powell, Esq., of the Gaer, near Monmouth. NORFOLK.—Hambleton Francis Custanco, Esq., of Weston, near Ruphan. NORTHAMPTON SHIRE. —The Hon. Charles Henry Cust, of Arthingworth. NORTHUMBERL AND. —Henry Silvertop, Esq., of Min storacres. Sherbrooke, Esq., of Ox- NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . —Henry ton, near Southwell. Esq., Park. of Shotover OXFORDSH IRE. —George Gammee , E.—Edward Henry Cradock Monckton, RUTLANDSIIIR Esq., of Seaton, near Oakham. SHROPSHIRE.—CharIes Orlando Childe Pemberton, Esq., of Miilichope Park. SOMEIL SETSHI RE.—Edward Berkley Napier, Esq.l of East Pennard, near Shepton Mallet. STAFFORDSHIRE. —Su' Henry Delves Broughton, Bart., of Broughton Hall. SOUTHAMPTON (County of)..—Robert Vaughan Wynne Williams, Esq., of Appledurcombe, SuFroLK.—John George Sheppard, Esq of Compsey A l b, near Stonham. SURREY.—Sir Walter Rockliff Farquhar, Bart., of Poles den, near Leatherhead. SUSSEX.—William Henry Blaauw, Esq., of Beechlands, Newick, near Uckfield. WARWICKSHIRE.—Sir George Richard Philips, Bart., of Weston House, near Leamington. WESTMORELAND.—WiIIiam Moore, Esq., of Grimes hill, near Kirkby Lonsdale. WILTSHIRE.—Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., of Everleigh, near Ludgershall. WORCESTERSHIRE.—Francis Edward Williams, Esq., of Malvern Hall, near Solehull. YORKSHIRE.—WiIIiam Rookes Compton Stanafeld, of Esholt Hall, near Leeds. WALES. ANGLESEY. —Major - General Robert George Hughes, of Brynnddu. BRECONSHIRE.—John Maund, Esq., of Tymawr. CARNARYONSHIRE.—Lord Newborough, of Glinllifon Park. CARMARTHENSHIRE.—Isaa Horton, Esq., of Yid , near Llandovery. C ARD IGANSHIRE.—WiIIiam Price Lewes, Esq., of LlYs newydd, near Newcastle Emlyn. D ENBI GHSHIRE.—Thomas Lloyd Fitzhugh, o f pled Power, near Wrexham. of FLINTSHIRE.—PhiIip Pennant Pearson, Esq., fari_, near St. Asaph. G EA MORGANSHIRE.—Sir Ivor Bertie Guest, Bart., of Sully house, near Cardiff.of Berth MONTGOMERYSIIIRE.—EdWard Mo m Esq., Lloyd. h John Reve le y , Es q ., of s ar sfield Rossiter Cock- MERIONETHSIIIRE. — Hug B r y n ygwm House. Harries PriusuoxEsinnE.—George Augustus , Esq., o f Hilton. blin2E7BNaOrtS,olfDo r wlitorni.iilliam .7Z.4.1LW41' INTELLIGENCE. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the Exeminers on Standing Orders of both -g nu s° s of Parliament declared that in respect of the fol lowing r ailway bills the orders had been complied with : (Before Mr. Smith.) IlLsTEn.—To make a railway from Monaghan to Clones ; to subscribe £30,000 towards the construction of a line from Clones to Cavan. . Saturday I LEATHERHEAD AND DORKING.—To make a railway to ACCIDENT FROM CRINOLINE. SomewhatOn morning about half-past 11 o'clock, a seriousi Dorking.p accident occurred to a fashionably attired fema the foot of Anc i l j I NDEE "D li - e h s onse to Stratlimartine. EWTYLE.—To make a railway from ascending the steps leading from Tooley-street tolt the the Cl e o: DUNDALK AND ENNISKILLEN.—To make a railway from London-bridge. Tho lady in question hfaodotncaeaurgyhtreianched the top of the flight of steps,station to Umey, in the county of avantC to anwdhesnh she fell violently forward, front portion of her crinoline, and inflicting make a railway to the steam-packet quay at Dundalk. The striking her head against the iron railing by standing o Before she could a orders were not complied with in this case. no means slight cut upon the chin._ recover herself or any one go to her aid she rolleddown several of the (Before Mr. Frere.) steps, and was literally covered with mud. It was found, LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTRN.—TO make a railway however, with the exception of the cut on the chin, that the from the Richmond line at Barnes to the loop line of the victim of fashion had not received any material injury, and Windsor and Staines Railway, and to make other branch, s h e s peedily sought ref u g e in a cab and was driven off amidst railways. HERNE BAY AND FAVERSHAM.--TO make a railway the laughter of a g an g of j uveniles. SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM —Dur* the from Herne to Margate. • ing week LANCASTER AND C IS T mak • ARL LE.— 0 e a railway from ending January 22 the visitors have been as Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free 2 8 follows: —On the Hest Bank-station to Morecombe Bay, an to d authorise day and Tuesday, free evenings, 2,819 . days, , 74 ;on Mon- the amalgamation of the Lancaster and Preston and Kendal dents' days (admission to the public Ga. on the three stu- and Windermere Companies. dents' evening, Wednesday, 430.), 780 • one stu- WEST LONDON. —To i , ik- a railway across the river Total ' D "' - C tal , 6,903, From the Thames to the West End of London and Crystal Pala ce opening of the Mlthemn, 752,711. Railway, and to the South-Western Railway at Battersea. ` , EWSPA.PER • ;- ~ John at his