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THE-T-R-AVELLERS' , AND-MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, art: 42 and 43, Poultry, London. . _ With which is incorporated the business of THE ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1849, and Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. TRUSTEES. Matthew Marshall, Esq., (Bank of England.) William Smee, Esq.. (Bank of England). Ke:iyon S.. Parker, Esq., Q.C. Henry Blair Mayne, Esq. The business of the ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY having'been purchased by the TRAVELLERS' AND 31AntNE INSURANCE COMPANY, all the Policies of the late Company adopted under the Deed of Purchase are guaran teed and kept in force by the Travellers' and Marine In surance Company, upon precisely the same terms and con ditions under which they were originally issued. Total Policies issued Claims paid since 1819 £71,000 Annual income from Premiums (1857) Insurance effected azainst General Accidents, Railway Ac cidents, and Marine Risks ; either Fatal, Non-fatal, or both together ; with or without Medical expenses extra. For Proposal Forms, Prospectuses, and all other information, ripply to the Manager, at the Chief Office, or to any of the Company's local Agents. EDWARD SOLLY, Manager. 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, 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 JOHN WILLIAM LUBBOCK, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Edwd. Maxwell Daniell, Esq. lion. Jno. T. Leslie Melville, William Davidson, Esq. Sir Jno. Henry Telly, Bart. Thomas Dent, Esq. • lion. Joac. W. Percy, M.l'. Alexander Dntce, Esq. Alexander I'. Prevost, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Etllmann, Esq. Regnld. F. Remington, Esq. Ch arles' Fa rq tilt arson, Esq. Charles - Robinson, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau. Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq. Wrp. Tetlow Hibbert; Witham Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. . _ Medical Referee, SAMUEL SULLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Michaelmas will expire on 14th October. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantacreons 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 18 per cent. upon the Premiums paid. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The future divisions of Profit will take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. 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 'DALE. SPECIAL NOTICE. Life Policies effected during the 'present year on the parti cipating scale will entitle their holders to share in the divi sion of Profits at the end of the year 1860,„provided the assur ances continue in force. IN CASE OF 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 the Policy, provided the Premium be subsequently paid on or before the thirtieth day froth that upon which it became due, JOHN A. HIGIIAM, Actuary and Secretary. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. TNTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE -1- SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858. Established 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of race.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this Society to pay claims under policies of assurance, notwith standing the death of the assured occurring within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to the office before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. STOLES, Chairman. T HE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE •SURVIYORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, I DIRECTORS. • EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. W. Kenworthv Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church. Esq. Johd Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Symes, Esq. , F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO TIIF. BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blonde!, Esq. AUDITORS. Profes,:or Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. RaVord Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq.. F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford- TOW. The next glinquennii in May, 1860. Examples of Division of Profits will be declared onus up to May, 1835 : Bonus ha Permanent Policy Sum Bonus in ' addition Reduction taken Age. Assured. Cash. out in to Sum of Annual Assured. Premiums. £ £a. d. Xs. d. Xs. d. 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8 1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 32316 0 32 0 4 1815 59 !,000 232 18 0 156 13 0 16 6 0 1848 60 2,000 151 2 8 101 16 8 10 15 . 2 1851 35 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 I 67 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the International Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits arc divided amongst the assured every five years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Sinee its commencement the Society has paid in claims upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 112, Strand EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, 31. D., Fellow and Honorary Vice-President of the Imperial African Institute of France, Corti's. Mendwr of the Medical Societies of Rouen and Peru, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, &c., and late Resident Physlcial to the Bedford Dispensary. 27, Alfred-place, Bed ford-square. London. continues to issue. on rec Apt of six stamps, " T FIE 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. 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It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the s ting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, a nd may be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester square ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 61111 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar ; Calcutta —Messrs. C. an d J. Horrausjee. 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THE .LEADER, a Political and Literary Re view, Mercantile Journal, and Record of Joint-Stock Companies, Banks, Mines, Shipping, &c., of Saturday, the 25th instant, will contain a Special Report of the Paper read at the British Association, at Leeds, by F. G. I'. Neison, Esq., &c., &c., &c., on the "Diseases of the Army." Order of any newsvender. Offlcc,,No. 352, Strand, Lond - on, W.C. THE LEADER, a Political and Literary Re view, Mercantile Journal, and Record of Joint-Stock Companies, Banks, Mines, Shipping, Arc., of Saturday, the 25th instant, will contain a Special Report and Examination, with Original Remarks, on the " Trial of Scott and Dixon," relating to the Liverpool Borough Bank. Order of any news vender. Office, No. 352, Strand, London, W.C. vEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858. fart VIII., price 3d., will be published on the Ist of October. 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THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. LEEDS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON. The auspicious opening of the 28th annual meeting of the British Association, which has already been recorded has been followed up with continued success. The sectional meetings yesterday were well attended, and they are equally well attended to-day, while the conversazione held last night in the Music-hall was one of the most distin guished, as well as gay, assemblies ever seen in a provin cial town. There were nearly 2,000 persons present, in cluding the elite of the West Riding of Yorkshire, as well as most of the distinguished visitors now in Leeds. _ _ It is impossible to - notice more than a few of the papers read in the different sections yesterday. Dr. IVhewell presided in Section A, which was ap pointed for the consideration of mathematical and physical science. A communication, by Professor Siljestrom, was read by Mr. Earnshaw, " On the Constitution of Comets." A MEMBER suggested, as the result of his own observa tion, that comets might be merely electric fluids—a sort of phantasma from the aim's rays. He had made certain ex periments, in the course of which he had almost succeeded in realising the appearance of a comet. The Rev. E. Tnor.r.orn read a paper on " The Geology of a part of Lincolnshire hitherto unexplained." His remarks were confined to the coast near the Wash, and he said there was abundant evidence of the alternate submergence and elevation of a large part of the district within the human period, which he attributed to volcanic causes. ' Mr. PAGE mentioned instances of similar submergence and elevation of the coast of Scotland also within the human period. Professor On Ex, with reference to this part of the sub ject, said that, some time ago, ho was sent for to the North, to examine a fossilised tree, which had been found in digging the Jarrow dock, which bore undoubted evidence of having been cut by human hands. It was supposed to be a most important discovery, as showing the antiquity of the human race, and at first everything appeared satisfactory. On pro secuting his inquiries, however, ho learned that one of the navvies, not then on the works, was said to have discovered , a similar tree in another part of the dock, which ho cut to lay down a sleeper. The man was sent for and, on his arrival, he declared that the tree pointed out was the one he had cut. It was endeavoured to be explained that that was impossible, as the place had not been excavated before ; but, looking with supreme contempt upon the assembly of geologists and engineers, the man persisted in the identi fication of his own work, and exclaimed, " The top of the tree must be somewhere," upon which he (Professor Owen) offered half-a-crown to the first navvy who would prodnce it. Away ran half-a-dozen of them, and in a few minutes they returned with the top. This explained the mystery. The man had cut off the top with his spade to make way for a sleeper ; the stump afterwards got covered up with silt, and on being again uncovered it was supposed to be a great discovery. Never had he so narrow an escape from introducing a " new discovery" into science, and never had he a more fortunate escape. (Laughter, and " Hear.") The Rev. F. F. STATHAM read a paper " On the Geology of the Scilly Islands," in which he described their geologi , cal structure, their probable union at some geological period, the evidence afforded of their elevation and depression, and the effects of the sea upon the rocks. Mr. H. C. SORRY then read a paper "On the Currents present during the Deposition of the Carboniferous and Per mian Strata in South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire." Section E was devoted to geography and ethnology. Sir RODERICK MURCHNON, the president of the section, opened the proceedings with a brief speech. He read ex tracts from a long letter written to him by Dr. Livingstone, and dated the 24th of June last. The general tone of the letter was encouraging, and the principal subject mentioned in it was the river Zambese. It appeared that the antici pations that a great amount of fever would prevail on that river during the hot season had happily not been realised. During his six weeks' stay on the river not a single case of fever had occurred, and the Zambese had proved to be an exception to the generality of rivers in Africa. These state ments were confirmed in another letter which had been re ceived from the commander of one of the ships forming the expedition with which Dr. Livingstone went out. Dr. LLOYD said that, having merely been to the mouth of the Zambcse, he could not give any account, of his own knowledge, as to' the characteristics of the river, but he had no doubt that Dr. Livingstone's statements were true. The next paper read related to British North America, being entitled Notes on the Geography of British North America, more particularly British Columbia, Frazer River, &c." Dr. Norton Shaw, secretary to the Royal Geogra phical Society, was the author of it, and read it to the as sembly. It commenced by referring to the, exploration of the interior of North America, the first steps towards which Dr. Shaw attributed more to the French than to the Eng lish, the early Anglo-Saxon settlers in that country con fining their attention chiefly to agricultural pursuits. The essay proceeded to give anaccount of the:various discoveries which have been made in North America, alluding minutely to those made since the cession of Canada by France to Great Britain in 1763. He referred to the reward of £20,000 offered by the English Parliament in 1745 for the discovery of a north-west passage, and to the explorations stimulated by an organised association of the traders of Canada, under the name of the " North-West Company," whose right of trading, he observed, they not unreasonably supposed was altogether irrespective of the charter of the " Hudson Bay Company," since they existed before the cession of Canada to the English, and the King of England could not, of course, grant what did not belong to him. The paper next gave a succinct description of the geographical position of the Frazer River, the boundaries and limits of British North America, the mountains of the coast, called the Rocky Mountains, and British Columbia. Dr. Shaw gave interesting information also with reference to the cli mate of the country, the facilities of communication from one point to another, and the characteristics of the rivers and the mountains. Speaking of British Columbia, he said that the face of the country presented a succession of moun tain ridges, valleys, and plains, the more fertile districts lying, for the most part, between the Cascade mountains and the ocean. That portion of the country which lay be tween the Cascade mountains and the Pacific was subject to a remarkably equal temperature, the mean being about ' 54 degrees Fahrenheit. There were only about four months of winter, and all fruits and vegetable were as early as in Canada. In many respects the climate of the middle sec tion was less favourable; it was subject to droughts, and was warmer in summer and colder in winter. The air, however, was pure and healthy. The eastern section, ' under the snows of the Rocky Mountains, could not be ' praised for its climate. It was subject to great and sudden ' changes of temperature, occasionally going through all the gradations of summer, autumn, and winter in a single day, THORLEY'S FOOT) FOR CATTLE.- A- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious artiee of animal diet first made its appearance ; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about: Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a " perfect ba of bones." lie tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. Ile then bought some of Thorlev's food ; and he says the effect was wondeiful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, &c., the animals which carried off the hipliest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is sent post-free. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. ' indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Tmpurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Stitkin.• Fits, Cough. 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" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by int Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near hiss, Norfolk " Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of No zing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure ofextreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fan , eies. Cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. Andrew Tire, of con stipation. dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34.210. ')r. Shorland, of drops; and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46.116. Mawr Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 30,418. Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitins. Cure No. 2 6 , 418 . D r. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility. "Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Cure No. 32,830. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 40,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver de rangement, partial deafness. Cure No. ss.sia. Mrs. Hoize, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion), debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years. Cure No. 50,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indiges tion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suf fered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured br Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. 11. Reeves, 181, Eleet-street, London." ,co. 4.208. " Eight years dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had Consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev John W. Flavell, Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." 'No. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and let arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health. restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skib bereen." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen *years' cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol street Perth." 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I'., Wright's Dairy, Granby-street, Hampstead-road, N.W. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, Am., &c. GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street. Established 1796. The western section was well adapted for: agricultural operations. All kinds of grain could he produced in abun— dance,.and pears, apples, and all kinds "of vegetable, ;Town in England succeeded admirably. - The undulating surface of the hills was well wooded, bearing trees of verious kinds. The eastern section was favourably spoken of ; and in course of his remarks upon the Frazer River Dr. Shaw stated that it abounded in fish, as also did the - other rivers in the district. Geese, ducks, and waterfowl. were plenti ful in the spring and summer. In the western section of the country wild animals of various kinds were met with in great numbers. _ . Sir RODERICK MURCHISON said that he thought the subject of Dr. Shaw's paper was of great importance, espe— cially as very valuable auriferous deposits had lately been discovered along the chain of mountains connecting British North America with Russian America. With respect to tho physical geography of the district, they would, no doubt, receive additional information from Sir John Richardson, the companion of Franklin, with whose presenbe they were favoured, and Lord Goderich would probably advert to the briportatice of this region to Great Britain. ; - Sir JoHN Ricnannsox said that the facts given in Dr. Shaw's paper had evidently been collected with great care, but he thought that justice had scarcely been done to the Hudson's Bay Company. In speaking of the credit due to the Hudson's Bay Company he (Sir John) alluded particu larly to their treatment of the natives throughout Canada. Nowhere in North America was the red man to be found except in-that portion of the country which was under the management of- the Hudson's Bay Company. They had treated the Indians kindly, and had encouraged missiona ries to go among them, by whose instrumentality the greater portion of the natives had become Christians, and were springing up as a Christian. Community. He feared that the discovery of gold in the vicinity of the Frazer River would tend. to sweep the 'lndians from the face of the earth, as had been the general result of the influx of the white man into 'the territories of the red man. Un less the gold seekers conducted themselves orderly a long time would not &apt e before theywould war with the native,), Sir John Richardson mentioned one or two facts in reference to the climate of the country; and Lord •GODERICII next made some observations on the sub ject of the paper. He said he fully believed that that por tion of the British possessions which had been referred to was of great-political and national importance: He thought that a very considerable-portien of it was perfectly avail able for the purposes of colonisation, and might be culti vated with advantage. A committee of the House of Com mons, of which lie was a member, came to the conclusion, about 18 months ago, that the country on both aides of the Rocky Mountains, particularly westward of them, might be made in a short time available for colonisation. How to deal with the Indians was a very difficult question. No doubt, hitherto, wherever the red race had come into com munication with the white it had gradually diminished and disappeared, but he did not think that fact ought to debar the population of this country from colonising so large a portion of her possessions as was comprised in the territory under the government of the Hudson's Bay Company. The discovery of gold, however, had decided the question of colonisation. Many of the English people had already entered the country, and as it appeared from the highest authorities that the district was likely to yield a large supply of gold, no doubt the number of emigrants thither would largely increase, and a considerable population would . before long permanently settle there, and that country, which had been recently called British Columbia, would soon become a flourishing colony. His lordship said that the favourable situation of the country was increased from its contiguity to the United States, and he observed that some attention had been di rected to the practicability of constructing a line of railway through the whole of the British possessions in that part of the world, from Canada, over or through the Rocky Moun tains, to the Pacific. It was most important that the atten tion of the public should be directed to British Columbia, and that the best course should be taken to colonise it and develope its resources. He believed it was destined to be a very important part of our colonial empire. Professor TENNANT alluded to the difference in the value of the gold obtained in Australia and California and that which had been found in British Columbia. He said that Australian gold was - worth X-1 an ounce, Californian £3155., and that got from the Frazer River district £3 Ils. Ha strongly urged that attention should be directed to the im portance of procuring other metals besides gold, such as copper, tin, silver, which were frequently to be found in the ore from which gold was obtained, and which would prove equally as remunerative as what was generally con sidered the more precious metal. (Hear, hear.) Lieut.-Col. JAMES,' the superintendent of the Ordnance survey, gave an interesting statement of the steps which have been taken by the Government for the exploration of the new colony of Columbia. He expressed a belief that the men who were making that survey, by uniting the qualifications of the soldier aid the artificer, would be enabled to preserve order in the country, and also to assis in providing the necessary appliances for the establishmen of a new colony. (Hear, hear.) The discussion was closed by the CHAIRMAN observing that lie hoped that public attention would be aroused to the importance of the subject, and intimating that the question of a railway communication through the British territories in North America would form the subject of a paper to be read at a future meeting of the section. Mr. CLEMENTS R. Maiticilasi ' secretary of the Royal Hakluyt Society, then read to a diminished auditory a paper "On the Navigation of the Ucayalt, an affluent of the Amazon." The President, in thanking Mr. Markham for his contribution, remarked that it„was the result of that gentleman's own experience and observation rather than a reproduction of the writings of others. In Section F, which was for the consideration of subjects classed under the " Economic Science and Statistica l " after an opening address from the President, Mr. E. Baines, of Leeds. Dr. J. STRANG, of Glasgow, read a paper " On the Water Supply to Great Towns—its extent, cost, uses, and abuses." Mr. T. BAZLEY, of Manchester, read an interesting paper entitled, "Trade and Commerce, the Auxiliaries of Civilisation and Comfort." • Mr. W. NEW MARCH of London, addressed the section "On the History of Prices of 18.57 and 1858." He said that at the meeting of the British Association in Dublin last year a paper was read by him on a subject some what analogous to the paper he had to submit to the pre sent meeting. On that paper a discussion arose, and many of the opinions he had advanced were somewhat vehe mently contested. One of the statements he made a Dublin last year, and the statement probably which obtained the least amount of adhesion at that time, was to the effect that the high range of prices which was prevailing last year, as regarded nearly all classes of commodities, was a range of prices which had not been occasioned and which did not prevail in consequence of the large numerical addi tion made since 1848 to the quantity of the circulating me dium in the world, meaning by "circulating medium" metallic money, but was to be attributed in the largest de- ; gree and in the greatest number of instances to an excessive, and, he ventured to say at that time, a vicious application of capital and credit to speculation in commodities. (Hear, hear.) Since that statement was made events had taken place to winch he need not in the town of Leeds refer. Down to the present time there had been added from the new sources of supply—California and Australia—at least £230,000,000 sterling to the former stock, so that the addi tion was something like 40 per cent, It appeared to be a very startling doctrine to lay down at the end of seven years, during which an addition had been made of some thing like 40 or 50 per cent. to the amount of metallic money, prices were somewhat lower. These facts struck very much at the root of those doctrines which had been assumed as almost axiomatic as to the relation of the gold discoveries to the price of commodities. He should be. asked where this £230,000,000 of new gold had gone. It had been absorbed in increasing incomes, in increasing ex penditure, in increasing wages, in increasing commodities, and in increasing dealings. The effect of the new gold had been to apply a stimulus, of which he believed it was im possible to estimate the force, to all industrial enterprise, and the truth was that those enormous additions had little more than sufficed to meet the increased demand for metallic money on the part of the civilized portiion of the world. The results developed in this country and elsewhere by the crisis of last year resolved themselves into five con clusions ;—First, That throughout the United Kingdom, America, and the North of Europe, and throughout the great seats of commerce, there had been an excessive speculation in commodities, and likewise an excessive application of capital and credit to deal in those commodi ties, which were held by parties with a view to making a profit by resale within short periods. Second, That there had been excessive credit. Third, That there had been ex cessive advances by banks. Fourth, That there had been an excessive accumulation of deposits in banks. And it appeared in the fifth place, that one very striking feature in the crisis, not only in this. country but in America, had been the very high rate of interest allowed by banks upon money deposited with them on various conditions. He was dis posed to think that principally at the root of the mischief was the excessive application, through the medium of banks ,of quantitics'of floating- capital in the manner he had mentioned—nameTy, the dealing backwards and forwards in large quantities of commodities under the expectation of making a profit by the resale at short periods. He might be asked whether, after the gold discoveries which had taken place in 'Vancouver's Island and the un diminished amount of gold we were receiving from Aus tralia and California, it was not now certain that the time had come when fixed incomes would be affected? He was very much disposed to believe that taking the impetus which had been imparted already to the industrial organisa tion of the great commercial countries of the world—taking that in connexion with the strides that were making every day in the application of science, it would be found during the next few years, as it had been found during the last six or seven years, that the apprehensions of th ose p ersons who believed that fixed incomes would be affected would not be realised. Professor CAIRNES objected to some of the facts and to the principle of comparison adopted by Mr. Newmarch. Mr. R.M. Milnes and Mr. Nussey also made a few ob servations upon the paper. Mr. F. G. P. NEISON 7 of London, read an able paper en titled " An examination of i the y infiu . ence of overcrowding and density of population, n poducpig phthisis and dis eases some questionso f the re s pato r r organs, applied to th e so l u ti on o f discussed in the recent Report on th e Sani tary Commission of the Army . " In Section G, which was for the consideration of me chanical science. The PRESIDENT (Mr. W. Fairbairn, of Manchester) re viewed the progress of mechanical science in an elaborate address. In mechanical science and general engineering this country continues to maintain its high position. Mal leable iron, now applied to the construction of bridges, was capable of great development, and there was no span within the limit of 1,000 feet which might not be compassed by the hollow girder bridge. With respect to ste am nav i ga tion much remained to be done, with the object of giving uni forinity of strength and security of construction. The Leviathan, with all her misfortunes, was a magnificent specimen of naval arohitecture the cellular system so judi ciously introduced by Mr. Brunel being her great source of strength. He was so persuaded of the security of the prin ciple upon which she had been constructed that he had no doubt she would stand the test of being suspended upon the two extreme points of stem and stern with all her machi nery on board, or she might be poised upon a point in the middle, like a scale beam, without fracture or injury to the material of which she is composed. He expressed the hope that the necessary funds would be forthcoming to complete her equipment, and we should then see her dashing aside the surge of the Atlantic at a speed of 18 to 20 knots an . hour. In this country we have now 9,500 miles of rail ; way, and, taking at a rough calculation, one locomotive engine with a force of 200 horse power to every three U~~ -,' -,- /' _~-~ ~-. milet .of ,and asgttming each.;::, to -run 120 miles per day, we might thence calculate• the distance travelled over by trains to be equal to 380,000 miles per day, .or 138,000,000 miles per annum. To transport these trains required a force equivalent to 200,000 horses in constant 'operation throughout the year. Referring to manufactures, he nttribUted the depression existing in many branches to the disturbed state of India and China, and, with these exceptions, believed that the manufactures of this country were never in• a more flourishing condition. The iron trade, which had been similarly depressed, had witnessed many improvements, such as the improved pro cess by which malleable iron and steel were now produced, and the manufacture of steel bars and plates without the intervention of an intermediate and tedious process. A reference to the improved machinery now demanded for purposes of agriculture, and--to thee constimmation of tele graphic communication betwe€ri 'the-Old and'Neit World, terminated the address. - Mr. JAMES OLDHAM; C:E.; - Pull, read a paper elucula tory of a buoy, ealleta."GYeshamlbuov," which Iva stniended to record disasters at sea. During the last 15 years, ending with 18.57, there were wrecked, burnt, or missing 8,998 sailing vessels and 175 steam vessel s , gi v in g alofal of 9,173 vessels, or an average of 611 ships per annum. In 1857 there were 37,014 British registered vessels, of wliicfi 662 were lost, or at the rate of 1 . 78 per . cent. Ti remedy, in some measure, the dreadful suspense into wltichtoultitucles are thrown by ships missing, a gentleman Mr. _Gresham —proposed that every vessel should be - prdvlded with one or more copper buoys bearing her name and the port to which she belongs ' • that these buoys should also have an Admiralty mark and a Board of Trade num ber, and that each should be provided with a chamber with a small spring valve made to open outwards, and capable of resisting any pressure which should be used, for receiving letters, or even treasures, so that. if thh - ship were hist - the buoy would float off in safety, and the infOrznatiorLit con tained would be communicated to the parties interested by any ship which might pick it up. The buoy was intended to be made of strong copper, painted in bright red and white stripes; and to be fitted with a small bell and flag on the upper part. Mr. JOSEPH GLYNN, F.R.S., C.E., read a paper on the economy of water-power. He advocated the use of the horizontal wheels, in which the water drove round a fan with curved vanes having a vertical itti4, and revolving in an iron ease—the water escaping at the centre. This adap tation economised water, and gave power equal to that of an overshot wheel. Professor RANKIN expressed his opinion that horizontal water-wheels might be more largely , used, and Mr. ROBERTS and the President of the Section concurred. Mr. G. RENNIE, C.E., read an interesting paper on the construction of floating and fixed batteries. The essay was illustrated by models. Captain FISHBOURNE was of opinion that with such an extreme weight of iron it would be impracticable to build seagoing ships. The rapidity of the motion of the Aga memnon, when she had the cable on board, had the effect of nearly disintegrating the ship, and she must have had an enormous strain upon her when she suffered in the way that had been already publicly described. The principle advo cated by Mr. Rennie could only, he was afraid, be used in exceptional cases. Captain BLARELEY expressed a similar opinion. Mr. Smmr, C.E., thought that if wood or some other similar substance could be built over the iron shell of the vessel it would preserve the ship from guns of ordinary construction. Mr. SCOTT RUSSELL said the question before the section was one of some difficulty. The French Government were carrying on a series of experiments, as were also the English Engnliosthat Government lir at prew were se e n Government, but although he had been informed of the communicate them. The he was experiments adopting a very wise and judicious course ; they were ma king their experiments now before they built their ships. n to ature comm of tu The point with which, as mechanical men, they had to do, was, whether wooden vessels of war were equal to the work of iron vessels. If the English Government found that war ships would be more advantageously constructed with shot proof sides and otherwise protected with iron, then he had no doubt that engineers and shipbuilders would be found who would both get the material and construct the vessel in a proper manner. (Hear, hear.) And he was also of opinion that it was possible to make ships with shot-proof sides which would have also good weatherly qualities. After some further discussion the CHAIRMAN, in sum ming up, said that the Admiralty, some 15 years ago, had decided against iron ships in consequence of the experiments they then made. An excellent paper " On the Performance of Steamves sels the Functions of the Screw, and the Relation of its Diameter mid Pitch to the Form of the Vessel," by Vice- Admiral Moorsom, was next read by the secretary, Mr. Wright, in the absence of the gallant admiral. The memo randum was one of a purely technical character, and as the subject has been referred to a committee of the association, on which are Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. Napier, Professor Rankin, and other eminent authorities, there is no doubt that it will receive that careful and particular consideration to which its importance entitles it. Mr. C. F. Witirwonrii illustrated his recent improve ments in railway signals by two very pretty models. One of those represented a line of rails in the neighbourhood of a station with the distant signal. By slightly inclining a particular pair of rails, and fixing a communication between them and the signals, the train announces itself as soon as it passes over the permanent way, and the signal, exhibited for the information of succeeding engine drivers, announces that a train has just passed, and that it would be dangerous for them to continue their journey until the obstruction is removed. Mr. Whitworth also exhibited a model of a railway signal intended to be attended by an ordinary sig nal man. The new principle in it was the use of a wheel instead of a lever. This wheel, like the wheel of a vessel, moved the arms of the signal, and registered the fact of its having done so, by ringing a bell both at the station and at the wheel itself. In misty weather, consequently, the sig nal man would be perfectly aware when he had discharged his duty and when the proper signal was displayed. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ,--......._____, ~...---....--_, • 1858. 1857. 1858. 1857. , ---.--- r X X Ballymena and Portrush... 35 35 - - Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 102 115 Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 1,108 1,236 Belfast and County Down l7 17 - - Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 2,911 2,998 Blyth and Tyne 2O 13 1,720 1,543 Bristol and Exeter llB 117 7,537 7,06 Caledonian Ches.&Holyltead(witliMold) 94 94 8 , 217 8,7 14 Cockermouth& Workington 8 8. - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 261 289 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 294 301 Deeside .„, l7 17 343 26.1 Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 1 , 324 1.052 Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,701 1,983 Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 40k 401 2,063 2,016 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 630 648 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,088 1,085 11.:Vitigi!!FiiNrIk.,,k7E.Union 489 61 18 6 9 74 26 1 ,8 0(. 9 1 .1 2!,?14 1.3 7 East Kent • - 191 ..„. _ E.Lancashire(in.Blackburn) . 111 105 7 .'-l r ' 7,N61 • Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Pertli,& Dundee 78 • 78 3,537 3,555 Forth & Clyde Junction - _ Furness 22 . •22 - - Glasgow & South-Western lBll' 18.31 7,016 7,313 Great Northern 283 283. 26,790 24,655 Great North of Scotland Gt.Soutlin. &Westn.(lrlnd ) 229 2031 • 6,591 7,508 Great Western 466 466 32,931 31,568 hull and Holderness - - Inverness & Aberdeen June 52 15 • - - Irish South-Eastern - 251 2.51 - - Killarney Junction - - Lancaster and Carlisle (in Kendal and Windermere) 1001 1001 8,023 8,003 Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 2991 299 28,075 28,464 Limerick and Foynes 26- 20 . 174 - 150 Llanelly 46- 35- 552 546 London & North-Western London and Blackwall . 5 4 - 5 . 1.534 1,524 '. - London & S ou th-Western . 289 s 270. 18,616 17,006 Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast. 1021 183 18,8'J7 18,637 L'derry and Enniskillen Loud., Tilbury, & Southend. 421 40 2,307 2,024 !Ilan., 91 & Lincolnsh. 1731 1734 11,014 11861 Mane') i. S.Jun.& Alt rinch am 91 91 1,123 1,638 3.laryport and Carlisle Midland Midland G t.Westn. of land 177 177 4,129 4,279 Monklaud - - Monmotithsh. Bail. & Canal 44 44 - - Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 - - Newport,Aberg.,& Hereford 50 43 1,305 1,153 North British (in. Dalkeith) 149 149 5,821 5,818 North Devon 35 35 564 573 North-Eastern 72 54 720 41,022* 42,534 t North London 9 , 9 2,479 2,432 North Staffordshire 233 233 0,701 7,447 North-Western 461 461 1,051 1,112 N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 10 - - • - Oxford, Wore., & Wolver 9l 91 4,748 4,780 Peebles lB 18 - - St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 - - Scottish Central 5O 50 3,364 3,348 Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,485* 3,510 t Shrewsbury & Birmingham 291 291 1,816 1,816 Shrewsbury and Chester 4B 48 2,996 3,468 Shrewsbury & Hereford Shropshire Union 291 29 937 878 South Devon South-Eastern 3Oll 301, 26,024 24,766 South Wales l7ll 171' 7,067 8,276 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 2,818 3,172 Stockton and Darlington Tall Vale ~ Ulster Ulveratone and Lancaster Vale of Neath 251 251 1,701 1,827 Warrington and Stockport l2 . 12 - - Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 351 425 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 271 271 716 719 W.Hartlepoolliarbr.&Rall 39 39 3,719 3,612 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 487 450 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 35 461 492 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt 7 7 302 284 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 1,111 1,150 Austrian 727 673 33,363 33,214 Belgian Eastern Junction.: 261 261 306 295 1 , , 7, 8 729 41 1 3 , , 0:1 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie l5/1 100 B,no 10,070 1,929 1,536 Dutch Rhenish lffit 1 0 81 3,789 3,640 Grand Trunk of Canada 849 849 9,691 9,797 a C : a A n l a i d e a a n . t 20 21 : 284 8 2 1 1 2 1 ; 8 3 761 Great Indian Peninsula l3O 881 1144 1,143 Great Luxembourg . 283 249 10,772 8,508 . 5,581 3,290 LGre at omb Lombardo-Veneti an MariaLyons3c i,dri and Madrid, Antonia' ta or 11giao. Geneva s sit 438 447 Northern of France 574 574 48,011 45,9'25 Norwegian Trunk - - - - Paris, Lyons,•& Mediterrn.. 781 781 71,173 63,236 Paris and Orleans . 857 771 48,72.0 44,729 Paris and Strasburg, Royal Danish • 69 69 570 f,19 Sambre and Meuse CS 68 1,112 1,45 Southe. nof France 621 577 17,341 111E7 West Flanders - 886 W. and N.W. of France.. , 621 594 41,820 39,785 .* Estimated. t Actual. FATAL ACCIDENT TO PRINCE GHIKA AT PARIS. —On Wednesday evening the Wallachian Prince Ghika, who has been staying at Paris lately, was thrown out of his phaeton at the Rond Point, in the Champ Elysees, the horses having started o ff i n a fright, and fell upon his head. li • was carried into an apothecary's shop, and promptly attended to, but he died almost immediately. FROM • THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 24. The Earl of Malmesbury, her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received a note from M. Tan de Weyer, Belgian Minister at this Court, dated the 21st instant, stating, that henceforward passports granted by her Majesty's Government to British subjects proceeding to the . corttimnt, by way of Belgium, will not require the for mality of being countersigned by any Belgian diplomatic or Consular agent in this country. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 23. Notice.is hereby given, that the Earl of Malinesbury has appointed -George Grant Francin,:Esq., to be Agent at Swansea for the issue of Foreign-office Passports. • • WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 24. 2d :Regiment of Dragoon Guard --Sergeant-Major Jas. Rii ell, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Riding Maker, vice Kirke, deceased. ' 3cl Light DkagoonsCornet Reginald Piffard to be Lieute -mut, by purchase, vice Fawcett, promoted. 9th Light' Dragoons—Thomas Similes, Esq., late Chief Paymaster of the Turkish Contingent, to be Paymaster, vice Ratcliff, placed upon half-pay. Royal - :Artillery—Lieut. Thomas Bland Strange to be Second Captain, vice Earle, deceased. To be Paymasters in -trie Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers—Charles • Wilkinson, Gent. ; Edward Gibbs, Gent. 3d.lieginient of Foot—Assistant-Snrgeon James Wilson, MIK from the Staff to be Assistant-Surgeon. . Bth Foot—Lieut. Forster Longfield to be Captain, by pur chaSe, vice Martin, who retires. lOtk.Foot—Robert Blakeney Mitchell, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Grant, promoted in the 16th Foot. 13th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—Andrew Charles Cminingham, Gent., vie°. Henzell, promoted ; Win. James Hall, Gent., vice Starr, who resigns. 16th Foot—The promotion of Ensign C. H. Newbatt, from the 10th Foot, to a Lieutenancy, without purchase, as stated in the Gazette of 7th September, 1858, has been cancelled. 224 Foot—Ensign Win Busfeild, from the 50th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 23d Foot —The second Chr'stian name of Ensign Jones, appointed, without purchase, on the 4th June, 1858, is Palmer. 24th Foot-- , -'Ensign H. B. Church to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Lieutenant R. P. Fox to be Adjutant; Lieu tenant A. T. Jones_to be Instructor of Musketry. 28th Foot--R. B. Singer, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wade, promoted. 29th Foot—R. Berkeley, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Bacon, promoted. 30th Foot—Lieut. H. C. Singleton to be Captain ' by pur chase, vice Litton, who retires ; Ensign M. D. Steven son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Singleton. 37th Foot--C. E. King, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Mason, promoted. 39th Foot—Lieut. E. Gatty to be Instructor of Musketry. 48th Foot—Brevet-Colonel Edward Geo. Walpole Keppel, from half-pay 'Unattached, to be Major, vice Chapman, promoted ; Brevet-Major Robert Blakeney to be Major, by purchase, vice Keppel, who retires ; Lieutenant H. F. Brooke to be Captain, by purchase, vice Blakeney. 49th Foot—John Jamieson Russell Russell, Gent., to be Ensi g n, without purchase, vice Hill, appointed to the 70th Foot. 51st Foot—Ensign Henry Steuart Tompson to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Brigstocke, promoted ; Arthur Shaen Carter, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Oliver, promoted. 56th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Cathcart Boyd, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Knox, pro moted on the Staff. 60th Foot—Major W. Butler to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Spence, deceased ; Brevet-Major Sir E. F. Campbell, Bart., to be Major, without purchase, vice Butler ; Lieutenant G. Hare to be Captain, without purchase, vice Sir E. F. Campbell, Bart. ; Ensign F. A. Campbell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hare. 65th Foot—Lieut. John Owen Jones Priestley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Marsh, teho retires ; Ensign Falcon Peter Leonard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Priestley. _ _ , . - 67th Foot—Lieut. R. E. Barry to be Captain, by purchase, Nice D'Arcy, who retires ; Ensign Chas. William Creyke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barry. 70th Foot—Ensign W. H. Ralston to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Travers, promoted in the 17th Foot ; Ensign John: Bedlam to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Crozier, promoted in the 18th Foot ; Norman Hus kisson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ralston. , 83rd Foot—Lieut. John Sprot to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Cooper, deceased ; Lieut. Richard Thomas Sweeny to be Captain, without purchase, vice Nott, de ceased ; Ensign Frederick Karslake to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Sweeny. 88th Foot—Lieutenant Edgar Edward Austin to be Adju tant, vice Evans, who resigns the Adjutancy only. 89th Foot—Richard Nathan Hubbersty, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, vice Warburton, deceased. 98th Foot—Lieutenant William Henry Joseph Lance to be Instructor of Muskestry, vice Griffin, appointed to act as Adjutant to an Eurasian Corps. 99th Foot—Quartermaster -Sergeant John Johnston to be Quartermaster, vice Brown, who retires on half-pay; the second Christian name of Ensign Ffolliott, appointed by purchase on the 7th Sept., is man, and not Homar, as previously stated. 100th Foot—Ensign Frederick Morris to be Instructor of Musketry. _ _ . Rifle Brin,ide—Enai A. A...A.,,jiinloch to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moore, promoted. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Charles Hamilton Roddy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bews, who re tires ; Ensign 1. A. Stewart, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Roddy; Frederick Chenevix Baldwin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Daniell, appointed to the 75th Foot. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Ensign Charles Henry Marillier to be Instructor of Musketry. Royal Canadian Rifles—Capt. K. M. Moffatt to be Major, by purchase, vice Seton, who retires. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon Francis Walter Knox, from the 56th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of tho Second Class, vice John Grogan, M. 8., placed on half-pay. BREVET. Lieut.-Colonel C. Cameron Shute, of the 6th Dragoons, having completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct., 1851. Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Patrick Gordon, 11th Bengal Na tive Infantry, to be Colonel in the Army. ADMIRALTY, Atra. 11. CORPS OP ROYAL MARINES. Captain and Brevet-Major Gallway Byng Payne to be Lieut.-Colonel, vice Langford, retired on full pay. First Lieut. George Bazalgette to be Captain, vice Payne, promoted First Lieut. Edward Gough MeCullum to be Captain, vice Lillicrap, retired on full pay. Second Lieutenant Henry Towry Miles Cooper to be First Lieutenant, vice Bazalgette, promoted. Second Lieutenant Frederick Edward Molyneaux St. John to be First, Lieutenant, vice M'Callum, promoted. C:ININSIA.A.ONS 610 NED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Royal Monmouthshire Miilitia,-William Allanay, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Bucks (King's Own) Militia—Ensign John Wood to be Lieutenant, lice Russell, deceased; John Stratton Fuller, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Itoworth, resigned. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 21. The Lord Chancellor has appointed James Campbell, of. Clymouth, in the county of Devon, Gentleman, to be a Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery in England. -- - , . 1 _ _ /7 =-• - - 1 ..i-44 4 r 1 1,4, k. - . ii, Vele,' 4.nu • . 4 ,-, . - , ,,..„.. i it ',,, ,_ s • ,'\ tpAiogiP vt..." --7- Tre - '1: ''' . l • , ._. , , , i 3 t, _.... , .„. ~ ~• „: ,404, 1 . - 1 , -.-4$ ~,,___.• 1 4110 • - ' --' ‘: ' '' S 'a' ' , ' _- .. - '• - ~.1 - -••,•,\.', , - 4 t1i c,..... 1 . 111r1111111 k.. I' - - e , ,„ la „_,_,,,,,,...,..„____,.,,,, ~,.....„,_,:z. r€,,,,,„,.i.v,,,..,„.._":.,,,.„4,,,,,,,_ ,1k - ..,,.... -I .. . ...,„ g. , • . , /, ‘ , l A,- , , .., . - . , 01T. - , ..v _ *...._.„. , 41 ... . + - . Arem..................... .. _ HIE STLONDON, N, SATURDAY ' EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25 1858. - - PRICE 4 D . s' • • . . . . . BANKRUPTS. Wm. Stubbings Wells, butcher, Hertford, to surrender Oct. It, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Henry Waller, scrivener, John-street, Adelphi, Oct. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Redman, stuff manufacturer, Bradford, Oct. 5 and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. William Barrett, plumber, Halifax, Oct. 12, and Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Stephen Constantine Galatti, insurance broker, Liver pool, Oct. 7 and 29, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. James M'Lean, contractor, Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow James Douglas, saddler, Kirkcudbright. James Mackie, grocer, Newton, Mearns. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 21st day of Sept., 1858, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 2Bs 3 4 1 d Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 29s ld Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies —s Od Average price of the two foregoing 2Bs 41d. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Weetuesday, the 22d day of September, 1858: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £32,881,305 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 18,406,305 Silver Bullion .... £32,881,305 BANKING DEPARTMINT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu tal £14,553,000 rities (including Rest - Public Deposits (in- nutty) £10,980,881 chiding Exche- Other Securities .. 15,227,068 quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- . Gold and Silver mis s loners of Na- Coin 727,760 tional Debt, and. Dividend Ac counts) 8,740,684 Other Deposits 12,049,489 Seven Day and other Bills 759,401 £32,881,30.5 £39,800,862 I Di. 111 Dated the 23d day of Septem' 39,800,862 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. tber, 1858. PRIZE MONEY, Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Sept. 23. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, mu_ marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the di s t r ibution of proceeds arising from th e Greek brig Pane ghia di Rhombri, captured on the 27th Nov., 1855, by her Majesty's ship Dauntless, will commence on Monday, the 4th Oct., 185.5, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the "Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somer set-house." The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : Flag share ....XlOl 0 8 Second class.... 40 9 0 Third class .... 32 7 2 Fourth Class.... 20 16 0 Fifth Class „ , 11 11 2 Sixth C1a55...... £lO 8 0 Seventh Class.... 6 18 8 Eighth Class... 30 4 Ninth Class 2 6 3 Tenth Class 1 3 1 ~/% \ POISONING An inque.t, of which kei : el cui adjournments, was coneliglei tol on the body of Charles Hill, whose death is proved for have z ----- 'eifilted froniThe aantinistration of arsenic: The deceased IN ms a young man of intemperate and dis so l u t e habits, asad on the evening of Monday, the 13th i ns t., visited severa l publichouses, at which he treated a number of girls of the town. He afterwards vent to the house of. a girl named Harriet Ritchins, who was prei,s,nant by him, and there fell asleep. On awaking he vomited twice, and was taken to his own house by Ititehins. The next morning the deceased was again seized with vomiting, and complained of pain in the stomach. Mr. Furze, a surgeon, was called in, and administered a powder, which, however, the deceased did not retain, and at half-past 10 he died. Having been on the day previously in his usual health, his mother caused an inquest to be held, and two girls named Ellen Coles and Maria Swift, in whose company he was last seen drinking, and Harriet Ititchins, the girl before mentioned, were taken into custody. • The following evidence was adduced yesterday : Jane Hill, of Union-place, mother of the deceased, deposed that her son was 23 years of age in Aug. last. He was a mason's labourer, unmarried. Ile was in perfect health on the day before his death, which took place on Tuesday the 14th inst. He re turned home on Monday night at a late hour and went to bed. Witness continued—H e threw himself on my bed. when he came in, and I went into his bed. I thought he was the worse for liquor. I got up the next morning at 6 o'clock and found my son still in bed. I did not then see that there was any thing the matter with him. I went out to work, and about halfpast 9 o'clock my little girl came f or me, and in consequence of what she tod me I has tened home. I found him very ill, and asked him if he was fit to die. He appeared to me as a dying man. He had vomited a great deal, and there was froth about his mouth. His legs were naked, and cold and white, like those of a dying man. At that time I had no suspicion of anything wrong. I ran to Mr. Furze, a medical man in the neighbourhood, and he returned and saw my son, and gave him a powder, which he took. My son complained of very great pain in his stomach and head. • He said to my daughter that if he got over this he would never drink again. He died about half-past 10 in the morning. I afterwards showed his body to Dr. W. 11 Herapath. I may havec said soon after his death that my son had poisoned himself ; and I heard Mr. Furze say that he appeared as a person who had been poisoned. He threw up the powder that was given him. The contents of the utensil were thrown away. At that time I had no suspi cion of my son having been poisoned. Dr. W. B. Ilerapath was the next witness. He deposed—l first saw the body of the deceased on Thursday, the 16th inst. It was shown me by hi s mother. 'there were no external marks of violence. I discovered nothing to account for death by a simple post mortem examination of the body until I opened the stomach, when I found immense in flammation of the mucous membrane, chiefly over the lesser curvature of the stomach. It contained about 3oz. of fluid matter, chiefly, apparently, tea, and some solid matter. The solid matter, examined. by the microscope, gave evidence of vegetable mat ter, uncooked starch, and sand. The vegetable matter was too much altered by the process of di estion to enable me to ascertain from what plant it had been derived. I ascertained satisfactorily by the microscope that no vegetable substance had been the cause of death. The fluid and the solid part of the contents of the stomach both showed traces of arsenic when treated by Reinsch's pro cess. I here produce some copper gauze, covered with metallic arsenic, produced from the fluid con tents of the stomach; and also a ring of arsenious acid, produced by heating sonic of the copper gauze already shown. The solid matter left undissolved by the water gave evidence of similar arsenical contamination, and showed the presence of arsenic in minute quantity. I then treated the tissue cf the stomach in the same way, and obtained un doubted evidence of a much larger quantity of crys tals of arsenious acid, of which I produce specimens. I have since found traces of arsenic in the blood, in the serum effused in the cavity of the chest, and in the tissue of the liver. I have examined all myre agents and found that they are free from arsenic, so that the arsenic produced must have been present in the body of the deceased; and it is my opinion that he died from the effects of arsenic, admi nistered in the solid form, and. readily soluble— probably arsenious acid, or white arsenic. Butler's vermin 'killer contains such a substance, slightly coloured by some extraneous matter, the character of which I cannot at present say. There is another vermin killer also containing arsenic. I should say the arsenic in this case was a small dose, and must have been swallowed. some hours before death. The principal part was probably ejected by vomiting. The presence of whole uncooked starch grains I think a strong point, because it might have been the substance with which the arsenic was originally mixed. Starch is usually found in the stomach. Itcinsch's test is the most ready test ; it acts- inde pendently of organic matter, and therefore is the one principally used. It requires fewer precautions in its employment. It is merely a means of obtain ing the arsenious acid in a concentrated form quickly, and prepares the way for other tests, which are the distinguishing characteristics of arsenic. I have carefully tested all the tests I employed, and am satisfied that they were free from arsenic. The symptoms described and the post mortem examina tion fully coincide with the idea that arsenic was the cause of death. Ruth Morgan, wife of Philip Morgan, of 2, Union-place, labourer, knew the deceased, and saw him the evening before his death ; he was then ap parently well. Saw him again the following morn ing, about half-past 9 o'clock ; he was then appa rently dying. He complained of pain in his chest. His sister, Mrs. Martin, was sitting by him holding his head. He was vomiting ; his feet were very cold. Mr. Furze, the surgeon, came, and said he was dying. Witness remained there till he died, which was at about half-past 10 o'clock. Nothing was said about any one having poisoned him, or of his having poisoned himeelf. What he vomited wns neo7ly nll froth. Joan»aThawkins,of 1, Union-place, widow, who was present during the laA illness of the deceased, confirmed the evidence of the last witness. Ann Ritchins, mother of one of the girls in custody, deposed that the deceased came to her house on the evening before his death. He had been drinking, and appeared merry. While he was there he went asleep for about half-an • hour, and when he awoke he was sick twice. Witness thought it arose from the drink he had been taking. Her daughter saw him home. While at her house he sent for a quart of beer, but did not drink any of it. A number of witnesses were then called, who were in company with the deceased the evening before his death at various public-houses. They all swore that there was no ill-feeling manifested towards him by any person, and that they had no reason to suspect that he received any ill-treatment from any one in whose company he was. The coroner stated that through the activity of the police he had been furnished with a list of 92 other witnesses who had seen the deceased the day before his death, but he believed that their evidence would not throw any further light upon the case. The three girls who were last seen in company with the deceased, and who had been ordered to be detained in custody, should be called before the jury, and after hearing this evidence it would be for them to decide whether they would adjourn the inquiry, or return their verdict upon the testimony which was before them. At the request of the mother of the deceased, his sister, Mary Ann Martin, was called. She deposed that he had heard her brother sav he would never have the girl Harriet Ritchins. * She saw him go into a public house with her on the night before his death, about 11 o'clock. At that time he was quite lively, and was dancing about with Harriet Ritchins. The next morning about half-past 8 o'clock (wit ness continued) I heard of his being ill, and went to him ; he complainel of pain in his stomach, and told me to send for a doctor. After repeating in substance the evidence given by the mother of the deceased, witness added :—I had no reason to think at the time of his death that he had been poisoned; I think now that he was poisoned, but cannot point to any one as having been likely to have poisoned him. I don't think he was likely to have done it himself. No paper containing the remains of poison or anything of that sort has been found upon the premises. _ _ _ - Mrs. O'Reilly, a lodger in the house occupied by the deceased's mother, was next called at Mrs. Hill's request, but her evidence was immaterial. Mrs. Hill recalled, stated that her son was very irregular in money matters, and that she frequently reproved him for it. From this circumstance, and the girl being in the family-way, whom he said he never would carry, he might have de'troyed him self. He was very weak in some things. Sh e had no suspicion of any one having il'- .vill towards her son. He was subject to fits when young, which had partially affected his head. After hearing this evidence, the coroner asked. the jury. whether they wished to have any more witnesses called, or whether they desired an ad journment. The foreman, after cm - mulling with his fellows, stated that they were unanimous in finding that the deceased died from the effec's of arsenic, but how or by whom administered there was no evi dence to slow. The three girls who had been in custody were then liberated, and the inquiry terminated. 11WSPA.PER . 4. si , I , 4fttw ataiii4z) ,te !asoOs jai* Xvi- Iris.' 'I a 1,