The Sun. — London, England, 1858-09-07 00:00:00

Wl,llll BEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. effig-AP gXCURSION _to _Oxford, Banbury, Learning ton, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Shrewsbnry, Llangollen , - "A Chester, Birkenhead, Liverpool, Ao., from Paddington, on ItIONDAY, September 1.3, at 7a.m., returning on Satu rda y , the 18th, from Liverpool (Landing . Stage) at 8.30 a.m., and In termediate stations as per handbills. Pares- 4 0xford, 6s. 6d. and 45.. - Banbury, Ss. and 58. ; Leamington or Warwick, 10s. 6 (1. and 6s. ; Ilirmingham,l2s. and 7s. ; Westbromw ich, Wed ilesburY, or-Bilstou, 19s. 6d. and 7s. 6d. ; Wolverhatopton, 13s. an d 88 . ; Wellington or Shrewsbury , 17 s. and i n s. ; Llan g ollen likaid or Chester, 188. 6d. and lls. ; Birkenhead o r Liver p ool, 21 s. and 12s. 6d. Children under 12, half-price. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RATLWAY.—NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE GOODS TRAFFIC. The Public are informed that the general Goods Traffic of Make, Stone, Leek, Cong,leton, Macclesfield, and Buralem , a nd all TOWII9 on the North-Staffordshire Railway, are received at !Anden, Raydon-square, and at all the London and North- Western Goods Offices in London. Rates and other particulars may be obtained at the Com- Goods Offices in London, and at all the Offices of their ~g ents, Messrs. Pickford and Co. ; and at Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, who hive made extensive arrangements, from Prom pt collection and delivery in London, and in the Towns named above. _ - By order. MARK HUISH, General Manager, Easton Station, London, August, 1858. PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL ._ TO-NlGHT . —Polvgraphic-hall, King William - street , ,'aring-cross.—TWO 'TOURS OF ILLUSION. — For One i lontli Only, previous to Professor Frikell's departure on a Provincial tour. Every evening at 8 ; Saturday afternoons 4 t 3 . Private boxes, one guinea; box stalls , ss. ; orchestra stalls, 38. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls.—Places may be tented at the Polygraphic-hall , from 11 till 5, and at Mr. 3 ritchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ADELAIDE GALLERY CASINO, Lowther v Arcade, St ran d.—The above ROOMS are OPEN EVERY ENING. The celebrated band of the Argyll Rooms will kiay, by particular desire, se l ec tions from Il Trovatore, La raviat a and Rigoletto. Conductor, Mons. A. LAMOTTE. Krincipal cornet-a-piston, M. Bouloourt. Leader, Mr. Charles all. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission, I 8. R, KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay . Market). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES by Dr. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on eportant and interesting topics in connection with ANA '"3[l7, PHYSIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Pro. grammes). Admission ONE SHILLING. ' T)R. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO eOpHY OF MARRIAGE, Sc., sent post free, direct from the author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. AiIiANIBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. The best Ventilated and Coolest Building . in Europe.— I,easees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing. E n tire Change of Per formance. Madame DELAVANTI will make a Grand Ascent on a portion of the Atlantic Telegraph Wire to the Dome of the Alhambra Palace, being one hundred feet in height, find two hundred feet in length, a feat never attempted by any other artiste. WALLETT'S celebrated CIRCUS COMPANI Extraordinary and brilliant success of the unrivalled Troupe Of Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes and splendid Stud of Horses. Two Performanceg daily. Midday Entertainment at half-past 2 ; Evening at 8 o'clock. Private boxes, £2 _; stalls, ss. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fees for booking places. Children under 9 years of age, half-price. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. Director, Mr. R. Duffell. Open, wet or dry, EVERY ..,. 4 VENING. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, OCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERTS by unrivalled. C ° , l l . On the Ballet Stage; Mr. G. Thompson in his extra ordinary evolutionsun the Spanish Franca. In the Cirque Imperial, Mr. James Robinson, the great American bare back rider (who has been engaged for 12 nights more), Madame Blanche (the equestrian magnet) and the Decanter Equilibrist, Will appear every evening, in conjunction with the new eques trian company, under the direction of her Majesty's Clown, Croueste. Illuminations and Fireworks of unequalled brilliancy, surpassing every other exhibition in the met ro p olis. Wonderful rope ascent. Dancing on the Leviathan Platform at 9, and after the fireworks. Hours of Admission from Mon "ay to Friday, at 7 o'clock. On Saturdays at 3—the Military Bands at 4. A maypole dance on the ballet stage, and country dances on the leviathan platform, by Chapino's talented troupe, until 6, when the usual performances com mence. Admission, ls. ; children, Gd. Open on Sundays for promenade ; refreshment tickets, 6d. On MONDAY, September 13th, GRAND ILLUMINATION GALA for the benefit of Mr. DUFFELL. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. —Triumphant success of the New Equestrian COM tally under the ,direction of her Ma j est y 's Clown, H. ROuEsTE, Mr. JAMES ROBINSON, the Great American bare back rider, and Madame BLANCHE, the equestrian magnet, EVERY EVENING. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.- It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article 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, a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. He then bought some of Thorley's food ; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and In the course of a few weeks had P:ained no less than 1.•.! stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham. Cardiff, &c., the animals which carried off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor f ood 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 thoAe who have tried it. All parties-teerested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77,. N ewga te-street, London for a pamphlet which is sent p ost-free.- CONTRACTS FOR SALT BEEF AND SA LTWORK. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, • Somerset house, July 30. MIS. TirE' CO MMISSIONERS for Executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the rutted Kingdom of Creat - Britain and Ireland, do llerehy give Notice, That on Tit .Y, the 30th Sept. next, at half-past I o'clock, they really to treat with such persons us- may be willing to Co ACT for Supplying and Delivering into her Midestv's V ict milling Stores at the mule r-mention ed Ports, the following, quantities of SALT MEAT, of the cure of any country, and all of the cure of the presen season, -viz Navy Beef. Navy Pork. - Tierces. Brls. Tierces. Brie. Deptford 4,500 6,500 9,500 4,700 Gosport Plymouth l,OOO 1,500 1,500 800 Eaulbowlitte Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the tenders are opened, of contracting, either for the whole, or for such such part thereof only as th e y ma y deem fit, or for a gre quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power Of selection. A, separate tender m ust be g iven for the Beef and a separate tender for Pork, and every tender must specify where the Pleat is intended to he cured. Persons tendering' for more than one port must giye a sepa rate tender for each port. The Beef and POrk to be delivered into the respective stores as follows, viz. :---one-third of each quantity for each place in' the :list of January, 1859 ; another third thereof by the 15th day of March, 1859 ; and time remainder thereof by the :10th day of April 1.81: ) , or any trr(>9ter portion. or the whole, at any earlier period, if preferred by the phrty tendering, and to be ptid for by bills payable in oveti days front and alter the fp.- 6pc.etive tlats thoe•ol. ' Parties tendviing de,irea io take ,p,,liti otit i;- th at 6 h e Use of wooden - hoops is abolished, and that IRON HOOPS Only will be required for the casks, in accordance with the conditions of the revised form of contract. A form of the tender may be obtained, and the conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular attention is called, may be seen at this Office ; at the Victualling, Yards at Gos port and Plymouth ; or by applying to the Agent Victualler - at Ilaulbowline ; or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Cus ! toms at Bristol, Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry ; or to the Secretary to the Postmaster-General at Dublin ; or to the Commander conducting, the Packet Seryiee at Liver pool ; or to the Resident Agent for Transports at Leith. No tender will be admitted for a less quantity than 100 tierces or 100 barrels. No tender will be received after half-past 1 o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this office, as the result of the offer received Isom each person will be communicated to him and his pro ' Posed sureties. in writing. • Bills in payment for any beef or pork delivered into her Majesty's Stores will be sent to parties upon transmitting the usual certificates of receipt. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad miralty, and bear in the left-hand corner of the envelope the words " Tender for Salt Meat," and " Comptroller for Vic tualling ;" and must also be delivered at Somerset House. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipatio n, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Com p laints, Hy, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation , Hea rtburn, Eruptions, Impurities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache, Debility,. Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at seal, Sinking Fits, Cough. Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, effectually removed by TU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALF,NTA ARATIIC% FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and ini - alids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stoniach,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 :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" I have (revived con siderable benefit 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. 49,33-2. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, aathma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling% near Dist, Norfolk." Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Hazing Vicarage. Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure ofextreme ner- Vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits. and n ervous fan - eie,s, Cure.N0.48, 3 1 4 . Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia. and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 18,210. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con nervous irritability. Cure No. 34.210. stipatlou, osl3 9 Plia , Dr. Shorland. of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 30, 9 1 4 . Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46,116. Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 30,418. Rev. Jr. Minster. of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings. Cure No. 20,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,025. Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Care No. 32,830. Wm. Hunt, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr.. Tames Roberts. wood merchant, Frimley, ot thirty years' diseased lungs. spitting of blood, liver de ranisemout, partial deafness. Cure No. 58.R10. Mrs. 'Mize, aged 107 years', of dyspersia(indig,estion), debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented Lei ce st her for 70 yeartwos. years Cure No. 50,814. Mr. Samuel LIIXtOII, er, of ' diarrhoea. Cure No. 521,12. 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' nervousnesa, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suf fered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or telieve, have been effectaally cured by Du Barry's Food in a very abort time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." No. " Eight years' dyspepsia, nemousness, debility, with Bfarapft. spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually eared by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall he happy to answer any inquiries. Rev John W. Ylavt4t, Riddlington Rectory, Norfolk." INo. 32,836. "Three Years' eXedSSIVe nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, sad cseneral debility, wqich rendered my life very miserable, bus been radically removed by Du Ilarry's health restoring . Food. AleX, Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skib bereen." Cure No, :1,001,, "Thirteen years' cough, indiges tion. and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol . street Perth." Important Caution aga inst the fearful danger of spurious imitations : The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." Suitably packed for all climates, and with all instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21 b. , 4 s. Cd. ; 121 b., 225. Su 335. per re lined quality 11b., Os. ; 21b., lls. ; 51 b ., 22s ; 101 b., The 101 b. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriage free, on re eetnt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum, Mason. and Co., purveyors to her 3 laiesty, Is 2, Piccadilly ; .Tames Well, 4n, Sloane-street ; also • t6O, Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430 . a nd 451, Strand ; 94, heapside ; and 60, :Bleboinate•street , f4i, 150, and 1981 °Word-street, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1858. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO being 70 feet high and 48 feet by 45 wide. It is separated from the large hall by a glass screen. In the centre of the vestibule stands the colossal statue, in white marble, of Queen Victoria. The Great Hall is -entered from the vestibule, and, whether viewed in relation its size, the har mony of its proportions, or the extreme beauty of its decorations, it is one of the noblest public rooms in the country. Its dimensions are 161 feet long by 72 feet wide and 75 feet high, giving, as will be seen from the following table, a greater area than that of almost any other provincial hall : Feet • Feet Feet long. wide. high. Westminster-hall 228 66 .. 92 Liverpool St. George's-hall 169 .. 74 • . 75 Leeds Town-hall l6l .. 72 • . 75 Bradford St. George's-hall Birmingham Town-hall Durham Castle Liverpool Concert-hall London Guildhall 153 .. 50 .. 55 London Exeter-hall l3O .. 72 .. London Euston-sq. Station-hall 125 .. 61 .. 60 With the exception of a small balcony over the entrance at the south end, the room is without gal leries, and the general effect is considerably en hanced by . the uninterrupted view thus obtained of the entire hall. It is enriched with ornament in relief and in colour in an almost lavish manner, every portion being more or less decorated. The sides of the hall are divided into five bays 'by com posite Corinthian columns and pilasters in imitation of Rosso Antico, with gilt bronze capitals and bases, standing upon a surbase inlaid with rare specimens of marbles. The inter-columns (or wall spaces be tween the columns) are'of a pale green colour, bor dered with a rich fret ornamental margin. The' columns and pilasters support an enriched entabla ture, which, likehe sarhase, -also runs entirely round the hall. From this entablature springs the fine circular ceiling, which is divided into five bays, corresponding - with - the columns, each bay being subdivided into five compound panels, highly orna mented with foliage, in relief and Coloured. The hall is lighted by 10 semicircular windows imme diately above the entablature, and at the springing of the ceiling. Projecting from the keystones are rams' heads, from which are suspended. 'lO of the most superb cut-glass chandeliers by Osler, specially made for the hall. The north end is formed - by a huge semicircular alcove, in which stand the orchestra and the noble organ, built by Gray and Davison, The case for this instrument was designed by Mr. Brodick, the architect of the hall, and it is, as we have said, one of the finest and 'most elabo rate of its kind in England. With all its domes and spires it seems a very cathedral of harmony. The ornamental portions are entirely of wood, and executed in . a highly satisfactory manner. The pipes are burnished and diapered in gold, the wood work being either gilded or of polished wainscot. On the top are four figures and the Leeds arms, standing in bold relief against the deep azure back ground of the cove, powdered with stars. In the second recessof the large hall on the right, on entering, is the statue of the late Mr. Udward Baines. It is in statuary. marble and of colossal size, and at the same time simple and dignified, the figure being represented as in the act of addressing an assembly. The whole of the coloured decorations in the large hall and vestibule have been executed by Mr. John Crace at the cost of £1,600. On the west side of the hall'are two large refresh ment-rooms, and on the opposite side anti and cloak-rooms, communicating with the side or car riage entrance of the hall. Rpturning to the vestibule, and taking the corri dor to the left on leaving the large hall, we come to the Council Chamber, which is 50 feet by 40 feet, and 35 feet in height. It. is lighted in the 'day time by a coloured glass skylight, and at night by four the d T ( l t i e e co i;o a o t i i i o i n i s s h h i a g y h e l3 f , o r t n l a l ment gilt u c t i present been left out, there not being time to com plete them before the inauguration. Continuing on the east corridor, we pass several large and lofty rooms, appropriated for the offices of the borough survevor and other officials, after which we come to the 'Nisi Prins Court, a lofty and well ventilated apartment 50 feet by 45 feet. Attached to it are several rooms for witnesses, counsellors, and other persons. At the opposite side or corner of the building, and connected with this court by a large vestibule, is the Crown Court, of the same size, and precisely similar in its arrange- . • ment and enrichments to the Civil Court. The fittings of this court have been completed. It is einmected with - the priatit--'on the basement, by a stone , staircase from the dock. There are immedi ately contiguous many large and commodious rooms intended for the use of officials. Leaving this and continuing the route along the west corridor, we conic to the Borough Court, which is 50 feet. by 40 feet, and 40 feet in height. Like the Council Chamber, it is lighted by a skylight in the centre. The fittings in this court have also been completed. It has a communication with the police establishment in the basement by means of an iron staircase from the clock. Adjoining, and in some instances communicating with it arc several rooms for the magistrates, their clerk, the chief of police, &c. Returning to the door by which we entered, and taking the corridor to the right, we have im mediately before us the south vestibule, the corri dors and the vestibules thus completing the entire circuit of the building, the large hall being in the centre. They are well lighted by the several windows opening' upon them. end, are fitted. with gas pendants fin' night. • At each corner of the corridor [here is a hand some-staircase leading to the first floor, which is planned on precisely the same arrangement as the ground floor, the courts alone being excepted. The rooms in the centre part of the east front on this floor are appropriated as reception rooms for the mayor, and are connected with folding doors, so that, if requisite, a hundred guests can with com fort sit down to dine at one time. The cost of the whole building has been within l T O h O, e oo Nli O rtl.l,o heaveb o r b o e u e g n th a e n p d t piallio•esiitt painful i a n l f l u t l h a e n t x r e y s aroundin with regard to the weather, which has certainly been such as to warrant the most unfavourable sur mises. During Saturday it rained heavily, and was cold and otherwise miserable. Sunday it was still worse ; and to-day, though there has been no rain, there has been such a master. of menacing clouds that confidence in to-morrow is as far from being .estored as ever. LEEDS. LEEDS, TUESDAY EVENING. Her Majesty and the royal family reached this dace at a quarter-past six o'clock, and their recep tion, we need scarcely say, was of the most enthu siastic and gratifying character. The journey of nearly 300 miles from Gosport was so admirably performed throughout as to leave scarcely any fact worth recording save the remarkable and gratifying proof the royal progress afforded of the accuracy with which the network of railways, now intersect ing every part of this country, can be traversed at any moment when circumstances may require it. The Mayor, with the chief members of the cor poration, met her Majesty upon her arrival. , A royal salute was fired from a batter y of artillery at the station, under Lieuten ant-Colonel Kennedy, and the guard of honour was formed of the 22nd Regiment from Manchester. Before leaving the station her Majesty caused to be conveyed to the. directors of the Great Northern railway her thanks for the great attention which had been shown to her comfort and convenience on the journey. The railway throughout; with scarcely an exception, was certainly in capital condition, and the smooth and easy passage of the train, at rates of very high speed, reflects great credit upon the skill and watchfulness of Mr. Brydon, resident engineer of the company, who himself was among the officers accompanying the train. The general direction of the journey was super intended by Mr. Seymour Clarke, who accompanied her Majesty to-day from Gosport to Leeds, and will go forward to-morrow with the reyal party to Banchory, on her further progress northward. Immediately after' the arrival her Majesty . pro ceeds to Woodsley-house, the residence of the Mayor, which has been entirely given up by Mr. Fairbairn for the use of her Majesty during her brief stay in Leeds. This house is situated in the suburbs, on a gently . rising eminence overlooking the town. The exterior is handsome though unpre tending looking in all, save the very massive and richly decorated cast-iron gates which open on a short carriage way to the entrance. It is quite a sight to see the reverential interest with which this house is now regarded. Hundreds of ,the good folks of Leeds remain outside it all day long, and happy are those who can jam their heads between the open work of the iron gates aforesaid, and so gaze upon the gravel walk beyond. Had it been the home of her Majesty from infancy it could not excite a deeper interest than now apparently attaches to it, even before she has as much as seen the spot. In the mind's eye of the Leeds populace we are sure that Buckingham Palace has become a place of little import when compared with Woods ley-house. Inside, however, for its size the house is one of the most complete and richly decorated mansions in this part of the kingdom. The whole building was redecorated last winter, and it is evident at a glance that money has been lavished upon it with an unsparing hand. The dining-room is one of the most perfect little bijous in the Italian style we have seen. In the drawing-room. one is at a loss which most to admire, the magnificence of the details or the perfect harmony and good taste of the whole. The vestibule and hall, too, are ex ceedingly well-proportioned, furnished with the most excellent taste, and adorned with some noble specimens of the English school of painting. Cer tainly neither at Stoneleigh Abbey, nor even ,at Worslev-hall were the preparations at all compara . gs s i . l : i t l e . ble to those which have evidently been made for „11arine In- her Majesty - at •Woodsley-house. The grounds _.., terms and con , issued. round the house are varied and beautiful, and iu the most exquisite order. In rear of the house the 3000 - - .£ 0, 71,000 guard of honour will occupy tents on an open space -.-.... of ground. - One of the most interestinn , of the many inci dents which will occur in her Majesty's route to the Town-hall is her inspection of some 18,000 children of the Free and Sunday Schools on Woodhouse Moor. This monster gathering of juveniles will of course welcome her with " God save the Queen," and signal boards will be worked so as to insure good time throughout the entire mass. The effect is likely to be very fine. In our yesterday's im prcssion we gave a brief and necessarily hasty ac count of the Town-hall as it appeared from a cur-1 sory view. We now give it, with its chief dimen sions, ill more particular detail and more worthy of the noble building. The whole hall covers an area of some 17,000 square yards, with a fine open space in front and sides. The site was purchased for £9,000, and though at first rather low in relation to other parts of the town, the situation being very central, the difficulty of level was soon got rid of by throwing up the platform or mound of earth on which the hall now stands. The external form of the edifice is that of a paral lelogram, being 250 feet long by 200 feet in breadth, ' and its general appearance, from the approach to the main front, is imposing in the extreme. Stand ing on an elevated platform, it is surrounded by Corinthian columns and pilasters, supporting rich entablature and.balustrade, sltege flier about 70 feet in height. The large hall, which is the chief tea- ture of the building, rises out of the centre of the quadrangle to the height of 92 feet from the ground, and at each of the four corners is an orna mental turret, 12 feet square by 106 in height, the four containing the smoke and ventilating flues connected with the various courts and. rooms. The south, or principal facade, is approached by a handsome flight of 20 steps, 110 feet in length, and has a deeply recessed - portico of 12 columns, 10 of them being in front, and two recessed. This cannot fail to command attention and admiration by its grandeur and the harmony of its composition. In the centre of this facade, and adjoining the south end of the large hall, rises the dome, which will, when completed, be 225 feet in height. That part of it immediately in sight above the roof is com posed of a square die, ornamented with panels and mouldings, upon which rest 20 Corinthian columns, also forming a square, with entablature and balus trade complete, haying a corresponding number of pilasters behind the columns, forming the inn er wall. This portion forms the belfry, and is as high, as it is intended to be carried until after the meet ing of the British Association, when the works will be resumed and carried about 80 feet higher, and will then contain a clock, now being made by Dent, to have four illuminated dials, 13 feet in diameter. Above this commences the dome proper, which will be covered with lead and surmounted by a stone lantern finial. The two sides and north end of the building are somewhat similar to the south front, excepting that THE ROYAL PROGRESS. the columns and pilasters which surround them are .. Her Majesty and; the Prince Consort, accom near to the walls, and the inter-columns, or spaces panied by the Princess Alice and the Princess between them, have two tiers of circular-headed islelena left Osborne at a quarter past 8 o'clock windows. yesterday morning for Leeds, and embarked at There are several entrances to the building on Cowes on board the Fairy. The Royal suite con each side, and at the.north end; but the principal sisted of Lady Churchill, the Hon. H. Stopford, Sir entrance is under the south portico, and consists of C. Phipps, General Grey, and Lieut.-Col. Ponsonby. a large archway, 32 feet high by . 21 feet wide. The The ships at Spith ead, consistin g of the Victor Em lower part contains three - splendid doors, composed manuel, 91, screw ; the Archer, 14, screw ; the of highly ornamented wrought and east iron work, Racer 11, screw; and the Russian steam corvette glazed. The tympanum or crown of the arch has Bazan, manned yards, and saluted on her Majesty's - been filled. with an emblematic group of figures , and passing. The Royal party were received on their the panels are elaborately carved. The group placed. arrival at the Clarence -yard, Gosport, by Admiral of Honour from the Royal immediately over the three doors leading , to the Sir G. F. Seymour, Rear -Admiral the Hon. G. vestibule represents Leeds in its commercial and Grey, Major-General Sir J. Y. Scarlett, and Staff; industrial character, fostering and encouraging the Captain Hastings, C.B. ; and Captain G. Seymour, arts and!' sciences. The central figure, which is almost colossal, is that of a female, having in the Marines. At the railway station there were in at- C. 8., with outstretched right hand a wreath, and in the left tendance the Hon. R. Dutton, M.P:, Mr. Chaplin, ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. distaff.thethe right • On New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated and Music, with the lyre and pipe, a faun's head and South-Western Railway, and Mr. S. Clarke, the by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub- wreath of flowers in the background, and also a a Guard general manager of the Great Northern, under Milled, price, free by post, ls. r figureof Industrylooking towards the principalfigure, whose direction the s p ecial tra in throughout the T HE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical W ork an hands d holding in her samples of textile fabrics. entire line of rai lwa y was placed. Large numbers on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from Industryre , ff., presented as seated on a bale of goods the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injuriousof persons had assembled to witness the departure consequences from the use of Mercury: with observations on and resting her arm on an anvil, surrounded byvarious of the train,andtheir loyalty found vent in repeated the obligations of marria , re, and directions for obviating CO.- implements of trade. On the left are also two tarn disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co.', Sur- „ cheering. The train arrived at Basingstoke at a n• goons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen, fi n representing the Fine Arts and the few minutes before 11 o'clock, and there stopped for 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row ; Sanger, NO, Oxford- other Science, each of which is iropr a p p . ately typi- a few moments to take in water. Her Majesty had street ; and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both fled. The'panels forming the architrave to the arch on this occasion determined not to pass through the sexes to "renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is and spanning the group are tastefully carved with streets of London, and accordingly on arriving purely balsamic: its power in reinvigorating the frame in all • at various devices, selected from the arms of the cases of nervotni and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo- town, the Falcon junction of the South-Western Rail way tency, barrenness, anddebil i ties arising from venereal excesses, with scroll ornaments, &c. The centre panel con- the train crossed over the Richmond branch to the has been demonstrated by its unvarying, sucess in thousands of twins the • scales of justice , surrounded with palm Kew p roceedin g junction, by Wandswo r th, Putney branches. The large panels on each side of the Barnes, and Chis wick to Kew, where it a r rived at a w hich saves lls. , cas es. Price lls. per bottle, or four qUantities in one for 335., ' The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE - ESSENCE, an entrance doorways are filled in with bold and quarter past 12. All this portion of the journey was anti-svphilitie remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom mended for any of the varied forms - of secondary symptoms, classic Scrolls and. foliage, in the ofeach .. centre of accomplished most satisfactorily, the train having such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, en- which is a child bearing the fleece, having beneath arrived. at each station in succession with the most largements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely the fasces and other emblems of Power and Justice, exemplary nctuality. This was ascertained pu . by deter sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. and above the caduceus of Mercury. telegraphic signals Railwaysen to the head-quarters of the Price lls. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of lls. The interior of the building is characterised by pEu i l y , s pITRIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute anSouth-Western y - Company by each station effcttlatremed in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, almost unequalled adaptation to the various mum- master as eon as he hadprovided for the departure stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. l'rice 28. ed., eipal and judicial purposes it is intended to sub- of the train from his particular locality, and the 4s. M., and 11s. per box. Sold by Panic , .. 1 Church• 78, Gracechurch-strect, City ; Bart- it in several important • serve, besides which is line was kept as clear as the necessities of the case ley-Hooper, 43, Ri n g Wilham-stree! (four doors from London- portions marked by ornamentation of the highest demanded, in order that the Royal train might bridge); G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; IN. Sutton and Co., 10, BOW- style of excellence. The principal entrance opens not be impeded. in its course. Prince Alfred churchyard ; w. Edwards, 6i. St. Paul's-cluirehyard ; J. • Sallow, 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, (;3, into a vestibule of very fineproportions, with a accompanied her Majesty to Kew, where the Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding. 4, Cheapside ; Prout and domed ceiling, supported by four arches an e fluted Prince of Wales met the Queen, and their Royal Harsant, 229 .Strand, and all medical vendors throughout pilasters of the composite order, the apartment Ili 1 a l ter the departure of the ' g IlleS-eSI train, pro the United 41)449m nd LIFE ASSURANCE ibard-street, London, E.C. ITORS. RENS, Esq., Chairman. Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. , Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq, GUARDIAN FIRE ai COMPANY, No. 11, Lon] DIREC HENRY HULSE BEI JOHN G. HUBBARD, John Dixon, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart., M.P. Sir Walter Ti. Farquhar, Bart., Thomas Hankev, Esq., M.P. John Harvey, Esq. John Labodchere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.' • AUDITORS. Lewis Lloyd, jun. ' Esq. I Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq John Henry Smith, Esq. Thos. Tollernach, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. Life Department. —Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to future insurers four fifths of the profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a low rate of premium without participation of profits. The next division of profits will be declared in June, 18GO, when all participating policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the profits. At the 5 divisions of profits ma de b y this Company, the total reversionary bonuses added to the policies have exceeded £013,000. At the last valuation, at Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in force amounted to upwards of ,E 4,240,000, the income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than .-C•200,000. and the Life As surance Fund (independent of the guaranteed capital) exceeded £1,700,000. Foreigm Risks.—The extra premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the States of America, have been materially reduced. Invalid Livees.—Persons who are not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their lives at the tabular pre miums may have their lives insured at extra premiums. Loans . granted on lite policies to the extent of their values, provided such policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under £5O. Assignments of Policies.—Written ;notices of, received and registered. Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for policy stamps. Fire Department.—insurances are effected upon every de scription of property, at moderate rates. are admitted by this Losses caused by explosion of gp Company. LEEDS, MONDAY. Her Majesty and theltoyal family arrived here at six o'clock. All well. Thousands of people throng the streets. Her Majesty was most enthusiastically received. Leeds is inundated with visitors from all parts. The weather is unfavourable, and threatens rain. seeded to the White Lodge, Richmond Park. Mr. Walpole also joined her Majesty at Kew, as the N Secretary t iOffunSythte fine, The West Coast of America is exciting the i n a n d a t t l e a n r g d e a nncuem. numbers f morning wa.s beautifully fine, and large numbers of persons had congregated along the line for the purpose of greatest attention. Panama has become a great a few moments at Kew, the Royal train started p acket p ort. It is the Southampton of the Pacific. catching a glimpse of the Queen. After a delay of again, and passing Acton, Willesden, and Kilburn, The Straits of Magellan are likely to be a consider ran into the Camden goods station, Camden-road, able thoroughfare ; English an d Am eric an fleets and thence to the King's-cross goods station, where a considerable number of persons had been allowed, are stationed on the coast. By the last accounts a through the courtesy of the authorities, to witness station, Mr. E. B. Denison, M.P., the chairman, to protect English interests there ; another portion the Royal departure. There were present at the portion of the former was moving down on Peru, Col. _Buncombe, M.P. Major Pack, Mr. Ainswick, stores • and a third portion was about proceeding and other directors, the police arrangements beino- Neither her Majesty nor any of the Royal partywas moving up to British Columbia, with naval to other ' parts of the coast, collecting specie. United under the direction of Mr. Inspector Williams. States troops are passing over the Isthmus of left their carriages at this point. The engine was shunted, and another having been supplied, the the English military engineers - are crossing the Panama on their way to Oregon and California ; train moved away from London amid the cheers of Isthmus on their way to Vancouver's Island. A the assemblage. break their journey northwards at Peterborough, The announcement that the Royal family would . considerable European emigration, chiefly from Ger- The 3 has been going on for years to Southern course diffused the most lively satisfaction amongfor the purpose of taking luncheon, as a matter of In Ch a i n li. -, The richest silver mines in the world are on the citizens. This being, we believe, the first occa7-- the:south-western coast of America, and the richest gold mines in the world are on the north-western sion on which so distineished an honour had been coast. On the western . coast also are the most conferred upon the ancient city, preparations were valuable manure deposits to be found on the globe. made to give due eclat to so important an event. Newspapers in the 'English language are now pub- Through the Marquis of Exeter.the local authori- lished in Chili, Peru, Panama, Mexico, California, ties made application for permission to present an and Vancouver's Island. Mail steamers will most address to her Majesty demonstrative of their probably soon cross the Pacific to and from Panama. loyalty, and on Saturday a reply favourable to this Everything indicates increased trade and a vast request was received. The morning being heauti,. increase of the population of the American coast fully fine, notwithstanding the heavy ram which bor de rin g on the Pacific Ocean. Alread y there is fell on the prOvious night, the numerous trains a considerable trading intercourse between Australia arriving at Peterborough : brought a large influx of and South Western America ;an extensive emigra visitors, and the city presented quite a holiday tion is going oa:tiona Minato the'Chinchas and San appearance. The Great Northern Railway station Francisco, and the-South Sea whale fishery is an was literally besieged, and a variety of cunning important and extensive branch of commerce. i expedients were resorted to by anxious strangers At the p resent time there is a ackets running from Panama to Valparaiso twice line of British mail to obtain a momentary glimpse of the elegant 1 suite of apartments shortly to be occupied a month, and calling at fifteen ports. The distance by the Queen. Such alterations had been made of their mail route is 2,718 miles, and the annual on the west or down side of the station subsidy is £25,000. There is also an`American line as to afford separate suites of room s for her of mail packets running fortnightly between Majesty and her attendants. The spacious refresh - Panama and San Francisco. They touch at eleven ment room was prepared for the luncheon. The ports. The length of their mail route is 4 , 200 superintendence of the furnishing a nd decorations miles, and the subsidy. is about £70,000 per annum. was confided to Messrs. Holland and So n, uphol _ The postage derived from this line of mail packets sterers, of London ; and by the liberal i ty o f ' Mr . is already upwards of £40,0 00 a year. This line of Percival, proprietor of the Great Northern Hotel, steamers has conveyed 175,000 passengers to Cali aided by the railway company , the whole was fornia, and brought 200,000,00 0 dols. worth of gold - carried on in such an . admirable manner as could thence to Panama. For four years this company not fail to please the - Royal party. The furniture have paid a dividend of 1 2 per cent., and they pay - was of the most costly and elegant. description, the Vanderbilt, the leviathan shipowner of America, a d u _ large sum eYery year to prevent his placing oppo decorations were chaste and beautiful , and a pr sion of the choicest flowers, tastefully arranged, sition steamers on their line. - There is also a line of diffused . their perfume through the apartments. mail p ackets runnin g between Panama and Central The west platform , where the illustrious visitors America. were to alight, was carpeted with scarlet cloth, a n d It is unfortunate that there are so few convenient the wall was covered with evergreens and flowers, h a multitude of flags . and banners ; means of getting from the Atlantic to the Pacific. interspersed with. A railroad from east to west through the United garlands depending from the roof. On either side States, of the draperied doorway through which the Royal '. or through our own North American pro winces, which would be the nearest way to British party were to pass were the letters " V." and " A." Columbia, will not be accomplished for many years ingeniously worked in dahlias , the entrance being to come. The Straits of Magellan are too far south surmounted by the Royal arms in white and gold. to be of very great service in reaching the northern The railway company did their utmost to provide coast of America or for crossin g the Pacific. The accommodation for a considerable number of spec- route by them to Vancouver's Island is only 1,500 tators by the erection of temporary platforms on miles nearer than that by Cape Horn, The most n both sides of the station , the bookstalls being northerly of the Central American routes to the removed for the purpose. Long before the time at , Pacific, the Tehuantepec, will never be a favourite which the Royal train was due ( 2 . 37 ) these plat - one, in consequence of the dangerous northern forms were crowded with a gaily dressed throng, winds so often met with in the Mexican Gulf. The chiefly consisting of ladies , and every spo t coin _ Nicaraguan route is not at present used, because of the disturbed state of the district and the disputes_. with the Government who own 'the territory in mending a view of the station had its occupant s. The Marquis of Exeter, as Lord Steward of the Household, was in attendance to receive her which the Nicaragua Lake is situated. The only Majesty -. and many of the nobility and ge ntry of useful route now is the railway across the Isth- the neighbourhood, together with the Bishop of mus of Panama, and although not so near a route Peterborough and a large body of the clergy , were to the gold diggings in British North America also present. by many hundreds of miles as a more northern Precisely at the time named the Royal train , passage across Central America, it perhaps forms statements of SirE. Lytton to the deputation about which consisted of eight carriages, rolled majes- the shortest cut of any to Australia. From the tically into the station ; a brass band, which occu pied a gallery crossing the line, plavino• " Rule the Australian mail service, from the fact that the Britannia," b'ells ringing, and the people ''clieering directors of the Royal Mail Company have had an and waving hats and handkerchiefs. Altogether a interview with the Colonial Secretary about estab , more animating scene has seldom been witnessed at lispinga mail communication to Vancouver's Island Peterborough and the Queen was evidently and Australia from Panama, and from the inade gratified with her loyal reception. Before her Tuley of the present line of American steamers from Majesty left the Royal carriage time Maiquis of Panama to San Francisco to accommodate the tide of emigration now flowing to Frazer's River, it is Exeter introduced the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam, packets will M.P., who presented the following address, which probable that a line of British mail was most graciously received : run -alon g the northern coast of the acific to Bri- May it please your Majesty, — We, your tish Columbia, and also across the great ocean to - Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the inagis- New Zealand and *Australia_ • Such ines will not trates of the liberty, improvement commissioners, only be of incalculable service to British North clergy, high bailiff, and inhabitants of Peterborough America and our Australasian colonies, but they and its vicinity, desire to approach your Majesty will immensely promote British interests in the On this auspicious occasion with a hcarttiAt ex prcs- Pacific. France has obtained a footing in Tahiti, sion of our devotion to your Majesty's throne, per- and the United States at the Sandwich Islands. son and flunily. 'jWe are justly proud of time high position which, The South Sea whale fishing employs at present a greater amountof American than English shipping, under your Majesty's enlightened rule, our cowl- vet the great South Sea has an abiding interest fo try occupies in the scale of nations. We regard England. T r The mighty and tranquil - ocean that with becoming respect and admiration the noble rolls between America and New Holland has attributes and generous sympathies which so richly scarcely yet been properly explored. It has always adorn our gracious Sovereign, and add lustre even been ll:favourite field for English missionary and to a British crown ; and we view with lively gra fi_ maritime enterprise. 'rime beautiful isles of the tilde the bright example set before us in every r a t _ Pacific would perhaps furnish many products of the tion of domestic life by your Majesty and your Royal Consort. vegetable kingdom which could be transplanted and become useful fcir manufactures or for human 4 ln the great achievements of your Majesty's food. Owyhee,ll4.rromanga, and Pitcairn are classic reign we see, not only triumphs 0. / arms nusnr- spots with Englishmen. At the first place our passed ill the annals of martial England, but blood- i greatest navigator, Cook - met his death. At rite Ic , ; vi(l ories of -science and art, without ;t Dreeedelit.: :;evond. AVillittms , met with his. martyrdom. Tin.- in ages past, Ulla tO tai emn without P , tritlif'l for I third 'spot is associated. \A ith the mo,t romantic centuries to come. ' rautiny and adventure in the history of navigatich, " The future historian of great Britain will asso- and was connected with an attempt to transplant date the name of Queen Victoria with an epoch of the bread-fruit tree of the South Sea islands to our freedom, light, and progress ; in our minds and West India colonies. . hearts it is intimately blended with the dearest in- The great difficulty in establishing a steam packet terests of country and of home. communication with our distant gold fields has " Cordially, then, yet in all humility, we welcome been, and will continue to be , the h i g h p rice of coal your Majesty to this ancient city, with a fervent and seamen's wages. This may be considered more wish and prayer that your way may be prosperous than anything else the real secret of the failure and that you may long enjoy every earthly bless- of all our attempts to carry mails to Australia. ex big, not the least of which, we are persuaded, in One of these defects could be remedied by an your Majesty's estimation, 'is the - love of your tcnsive employment of Lasears in manning the mail people." steamers on the eastern route between India and Her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the Australia, and of natives of the South Seas, such as two Princesses, then alighted., and entered the the New Zealanders, in manning the mail packets apartment prepared for them, where an elegant on the western route between Australia and Pa collation had been provided. At five minutes past name. The cost of fuel would be immensely re -3 o'clock the Royal party again appeared upon the duced if in screw steamers the propeller could be platform, and her Majesty was escorted to the lifted with facility. How to do so in large steamers Royal carriage, and shortly afterwards the train is, at the present time, one of the most important moved slowly away, amid the acclamations of the problems in shipbuilding and practical mechanics. multitude. The screw steamer at present loses one-half its value simply because its propeller in monster ships can not be lifted or feathered, and it consequently has to be continually at work, no matter how favour able the wind is for sails, consuming a vast amount of fuel unnecessarily, for if not in motion it acts as an enormous drag on the speed of the ship. Should the Royal Mail Company undertake the establishment of a monthly ma il p acket communi cation to Australia and V ancou ver's Island, the whole length of their mail routes will be about 50,000 miles, with about 50 stopping places, and a million nautical miles. their ships will run over e ver y y ear upwards of PROSPECTS OF A WESTERN ROUTE TO AUSTRALIA. MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON AND THE WORKATEY AT BUSDE.RLAXD BRIDGE. The workmen employed at Sunderland-bridge presented Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., and his brother engineers, with an address, on the occasion of his visit to Sunderland in company with the members of the Institute of Mechanical Engi neers. The following is a copy :—" Gentlemen, — We, the workmen employed upon Sunderland bridge, beg to welcome the engineers of England, whose works have made this country of ours famed over the habitable globe. The bridge, when com pleted, we trust, will be both an ornament to the borough of Sunderland and a lasting monument of the skill of practical engineering. We also trust our labours, so far as they have progressed, will meet with your approbation, and are proud of this opportunity being afforded us of testifying our ad miration of the eminent men who compose the In stitute of Mechanical Engineers." Mr. STEPUENSON, in reply, said—There are no members of society for whom I have a higher re spect than for industrious and intelligent workmen. It is to them that the engineer is indebted for the full and efficient realisation of his conceptions, which, however good they may be, must largely de pend upon the skill of the workmen for their suc cess. The progress made in the higher branches of engineering during the last 30 years may be attri buted in a great degree to the improved skill and intelligence of the workmen. The advance of me chanical science, and its application to with useful pur poses, h w a T e c which been 3-ou exe cuteda epaioisdesalsmouswtithaltwhaeyesomPfolil'at I cannot refer to a better example in proof of this than the bridge upon which we are now standing. hand- i l e i a nwdoworking the cla skill se T si li g e ne a d lt . era: i f on t s he an ei d igh il i lo e lPn er rc , °o\ t 'ue herefore, had even de soadmaitratbhleytcinairer3'N'vhhlge-n the original bridge was de signed the bridge as it is now intended to be made, his mental labour would have been vain and useless, for there was not sufficient skilled labour in the country to realise such an idea. I merely take this bridge as an appropriate example on the present occasion, because it is a work you are now carrying out under my own direction ; but it is only neces sary to look around, and we meet everywhere with engineer ing works to which the remarks. I have rust made apply in the strictest manner, and reflec tion on such subjects teaches us to feel that skilled labour is the great fulcrum upon which all our social progress depends, and that the success of this is just in proportion to the skill of the labour brought to bear upon the great works so thickly scattered throughout our country.—Netccastle Daily Chronicle. WRECK OF EARQUE ALICE OF NORTH SHIELDS. ---t-ZTAfBAY, AUGUST 4. ' The barque Alice, Captain Pearson, of North Shields, which left Aden on the 4th of July for Bombay, with a larg e cons ig nment of ordnance s tores for Government , c onsistin g of g un p owder and am munition, got aground on the coast, near the village of Coorla, about e i g ht miles south o f Ali baugh, on the night of Thursday, July 15. The only passengers on board were Sergt. Macdonald, of the Ordnance Department, with his wife and four children, and a foreigner, a medical man by profession. The ship was approaching the harbour, and it appears that the captain mistook a landmark on the coast for the Colaba Lighthouse, towards which ho accordingly steered. The weather was very hazy, which rendered the land quite invisible, and the captain was not aware of the danger until the ship struck. On seeing how matters stood he immediately secured the ship and cast anchor, intending to move out to sea in the morning. On the approach of dawn a furious gale set in, which rendered it impossible to extriaite the ship from her perilous position, and it was accordingly resolved to land the passengers. A boat was pre pared, and the European passengers, with the native lasears on board, were placed in her, and rowed ashore•by four of the crew. This was accom plished without any misadvmture, and Sergeant Macdonald, leaving his family- at the spot, made the best of his way to Bombay to procure assistance and report the circumstance to the authorities. Atter a wearisome journey to Mal idwa, on the oppo site side of the harbour, where he arrived in a famished condition, he embarked in the Government boat that plies from there daily, ar 0. reached Bombay ,wi on the 18th. Captain Pearson hod in the mean time, after securing the ship as m u ch as possible , come on shore with the despatch, .3s for Government, and arrived in Bombay late the n ie evening. The ship having gone to pieces, 1: 4 1/e c rew, with Mr s . Macdonald and family, returrod to Bombay on the 21st July, having lost all they pcc ssed. No. 20,658 PUBLICATIONS. NOTICE, MARY HOWITT'S •NEW STORY, " TRUST AND TRIAL," • • Will be ready immediately. In 1 vol., with illustrations, 10s. Gd. bound. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL.—Now ready. EVA DESMOND ; or Mutation. 3 Vols. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 6i, Cornhill. 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In Chancery.—" Re Clapperton, deceased, Smith v. Watts." Leasehold Public House with valuable Reversion thereto at the expiration of nine years, Two Dwelling-houses adjoin ing, and a Leasehold Ground-rent of £5O per annum. MESSRS. GREEN and SON will , pursuant to -01 an order made in the above cause, SELL by AUC TION, at Garrrway's Coffee-house, 'Change Alley, Cornhill, on TUESDAY, September 21st, 1858, at 12 for 1 o'clock, pre cisely, in lots, a LEASEHOLD PUBLIC HOUSE known as the Rose and Crown, situate at the corner of White Lion street and Turk's-row, Chelsea, leading to the Chelsea New Bridge, in a direct line from Sloane-street, a first-rate and commanding situation for business, let on lease for an unex pired term of nine years, at the low ground rent of £5O per annum, held (with the houses adjoining) direct from the Earl of Cadogan, for 26 years from Christmas, 1858, at a ground rent of £3O, giving a valuable reversion for 17 years, when a large premium may be secured ; also a Shop and premises No. 3, White Lion r street, Chelsea, let at £2O per annum ; a Dwelling-house, No. 2, Turk's-row, Chelsea, let at £3O ; and a Leasehold Ground-rent of £5O per annum, for 26 years from Christmas, 1858, amply secured on twelve dwelling-houses in Turk's-row, White Lion-street, Chelsea, producing a rental of about £250 per annum. May be viewed by permission of the tenants. Particulars had (gratis) of Messrs. Crossley and Burn, solicitors, 34, Lombard-street ; of Messrs. W. and R. W. Baker, solicitors, 3, Crosby-square, Bishopsgate-street; at Garraway's ; and of the auctioneers, St. Michael's-house, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill. T HE TRAVELLERS' AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, and 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 Since, Esq., (Bank of England). Kenyon S. Parker, Esq., Q.C. Henry Blair Mayne, Esq. The business of the ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY having been purchased by the TRAVELLERS' AND 'MARINE 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 precis4.4y the same terms and con ditions under 'Mitch they_ were originally issued. Total Policies issued Clai►us paid since 18,10 .£71,000 Annual income front Premiums (1857) Insurance ell'ected against General Accidents, Railway Ac cidents, :n►d Marine Risks ; either Fatal, Non-fatal, or both together ; with or without Medical expenses extra. For Proposal Forms, Prospectuses, and all other information, apply to the Manager, at the Chief Office, or• to any of the :Conipany's local Agents. EDWARD SOMA', Managei 7, tank-buildings, Lothbary, London. Q,UN• LIFE. ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. lkJ The Profits alias Society will be divided in future, Quinquennially instead of Septennially ; and Policies will participate at each division, after three annual payments of premium have been made, instead of five as heretofore. Policies effected now, or before Midsummer, lsoo, will par ticipate in four-fifths, or SO per cent., of the profits at the next division in January, 1803, according to the conditions con tained in the Society's Prospectus. • The Premiums required by this Society for insuring young lives are lower than in many other old established Offices, and Insurers are full• protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. l'olicy Stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES lIENIIY LIDDEIt DALE, Actuary. FIFTH DIVISION OF PROFITS.: ORTH Biting" INSURANCE COMPANY. :Estabuoied 1809. Incorporated by Koval ('harter. President—His Grace the Duke of 114 )X.RE RO Sir l'E'l' F Il L IE , Alderman, Chairman. JO H N I. ( LENNIE Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Rorraaaile, Esq. .inbn Connell, Esq. Archibald Cockburn, Esq. Sorthall Laurie, Esq. r. it"rielnird, Esq. Charles James E,q., . Solicitor —Alexander Dobie, Esq., Latins:cc- Capital of One Million —accumulating Premium Fund c c;;;;i,000. Revenue front Life Premiums alone £ll 6,070, annually in creasing. Niue-tenths or Ninety per cent. of the profits are septennially • divided among the insurers on the participating scale of Pre miums. All Profit Policies effected daring the current. year will share in the Profits of Seven Years, and will secure a larger Bonus at every future division of Profits. The Bonus accumulatians at last investigation ranged from 25 to 70 per cent. on the RO Premiums paid. 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STAMPED, SD, LiNSPAPE - Kr ---. ) 41:n 7 ' The - The opening of the n y the Emperor of the _ of the English to "come 4 f l 7 n 1 1 7 - _A#l , ll- ed our members of Parliament `ll,.ertsiTC-coun trymen with an opportunity , lvti" tlieniselv( of their opinions relative to the progressive naval and military works going at Cherbourg for the last hundred years. We have according,•lybeen favoured with statements made at public meetings by gen tlemen who have seldom much to say in their places, but who have come out rather strongly on their return from Cherbourg. and blown the war trumpet in rather an alarming manner, telling their gaping audiences that the French could send down and. _ ship off 100,000 men " at a moment's notice, as it were." These alarmists wish us to believe that these Cherbourg works are a menace to England. No such thing ! These works are constructed en tirely for defence of the public esiablislunents, which have been in progress for the last 80 years, and in order to prevent for the future a recurrence • of what happened in 1758. The French have not a single natural and safe ,place of anchorage and shelter for either merchant ships or, men-of-war along their north coast from Ushant to Calais ; and it was necessary that the very indifferent bay of Cherbourg should be sheltered by a breakwater. The little streams that fall into the bay are barely sufficient to supply the place with fresh water ; there arc no sheltered inlets whatever in the bay ; the commercial and military basins had to be dug out of the solid earth, and when once dug out they required defensive works, without any reference whatever to aggressive war with England. If aggressive works are sought for, they may be found on the rocky and insignificant island of Alderney, where an expensive breakwater is in progress, to form a little half-sheltered rocky bay on the north east side of the island, where a few small war steamers might find very equivocal shelter from the sea and protection from forts recently built. These works we regard as very questionable ; they were not intended to protect file interests or trade of the 1,200 poor islanders, but to prepare a place from which might issue a war steamer to pounce upon the small coasters creeping along the French coast between Alderney and Cape de la Hogue. Cher bourg is the only naval station on the north coast of France, and is, after all that has been said, inferior to either Portsmouth or Ply mouth. At Cherbourg the imperial establish ments are all in close proximity, and within the same lines—namely, the dockyard, steam factories:, victualling and ordnance departments, medical hos pitals, barracks, ropery, &c., and they have, as has been correctly reported, three floating docks, with an area of 52 acres English ; but they have no river, no creeks, no place whatever where ships might be laid up in ordinary, and swing round, exposing their sides to sun and air. When Mr. Lindsay told his collier friends how large the Cherbourg docks were he might, as an Englishman, and a merchant too, have added that the imperial docks at Cherbourg were only equal to one-eighth the dock accommoda tion at Liverpool, prepared by private companies. If, unfortunately, we should have a war with France, we need not fear anything from Cherbourg, if we keep up our wooden walls and employ the resources we possess. Plymouth or Portsmouth have each far greater facilities for aggressive war than Cherbourg, and our establishments here are more efficient and extensive, but separate and under different superin tendence. We have, in separate, localities, the dock yard, steam-yard, victualling-yard, gun-wharf or yard, powder-mills and magazines at Bull Point, and the naval and military in Stonehouse-oreek. Again, we have barracks in Devonport, Plymouth, and Stonchouse ; a citadel and forts, &c. ; we have, too, a breakwater and reservoirs of fresh water, and we have unrivalled inner, deep, and shelteredwater for our ships. The sea-frontage walls of Devonport dockyard and victualling-yards extend into the Hamoaze, and receive ships alongside at low water of spring tides ; and for an extent of 1 , 500 feet from Froward Point to North Corner, ships of the line lie alongside the yard afloat at low water. Now, although the ships at Cherbourg, when in basin, lie afloat at low water, they cannot go in or out at all times of the tide, simply for this reason—that the water in the bay is 12 or 15 feet more shallow than the water in , the artificial basins. The bay is sandy and bottom, rocky ; therefore can not be dug out and kept permanently deep. The jetty, running out from the town and com mercial docks, is about 1,800 feet long, but the outer end on which the lighthouse is built dries at low water of spring tides. Mr. Lindsay and ether members of the ‘‘lfouse" would have done well to consider the physicareondition of Cherbourg before they attempted to !Tighten us " out of our propriety.' The English do not require such exten sive basins at their dockyards, because their dock yards are on the shores' ofcleep and sheltered inner waters. liamoaze is our great natural basin of some 650 acres of deep water—deever even than Plymouth Sound. Portsmouth has similar but not equal - advantages; so has Sheerness, Chatham, Woolwich, Deptford, Pembroke, Cork. Malta, &e. The French naval ports in the Bay of Biscay—viz., Brest, L'Orient, and Rochefort, have very fair water accommodation, and arc less liable to attack than Cherbourg would be, if less strongly fortified. We, in England, naturally take to the water ; everybody gets afloat in some way or other, for pleasure, profit, or necessity. The French prelim the land. Here we have pleasure boats of every shape, size, and form ; but in France few delight in boating. No French pleasure boats of any kind were seen at Cherbouro. '' , and the reason probably was, that if a shoemaker, grocer, or tradesman of any kind were to amuse himself in boating, yacht ing, or fishing, some busy official might get him enrolled for 'the Imperial naval conscription, and thus place before his mind's eye the dangers at sea and the risks of a foreign prison. The French people know very well tlult it is best renwin t..t peace. and foAer friendly b 17;.,Y M' lON NE.I.R. tos FOUR KILLED AND SEVEN INJURED. (From the Manchester Guardian.) On Saturday morning, about a quarter after six, o'clock, a frightful explosion occurred at the mill of Mr. Samuel Almond, woollen manufacturer, in the village of Gilderstone, near Leeds. The ex plosion scattered destruction around in every direc tion to life and property. As soon as the confusion had subsided, and the sufferers were collected and examined, it was found that four persons had been killed on the spot, and seven others very seriously injured. The following are their names : Dead.—John -Bradley, aged 18, the fireman, whose act was the immediate cause of the explo sion. George Woffingtdn, a boy of 14 yea rs . Sarah Halliday, aged 22,. Alice Wright, aged 21. Injured.—The following persons were most of them severely injured : —James Almond. Martha Robshaw : this unfortunate woman was far ad vanced in pregnancy, and there is but very little hope of her recovery. John Gregson. Caroline Gregson, who is stated to be in 4 dangerous con dition. Mary Ann Thompson. Jane Halliday, a fracture of the leg and other injuries ; she is the sister of Sarah Halliday, who was killed. Jane Collinson. The body of John Bradley, the engine-man or fireman, was found in a horrible condition in a field, 150 yards from the mill. In its flight, it had come in contact with a stone wall, at a distance of 140 yards from the mill, with such force t hat a p ortion of the wall was thrown down. Parts of the skull, the brains, &c., were found scattered about in the field, and the body in its flight had been denuded of clothing. Amongst other effects of the explosion, a room in which several young women were working was thrown down, causing two of the deaths recorded. Considerable portions of the mill and of the adja cent pottery of Mr. E. Ackroyd were also blown down. Portions of the boiler, with bricks, stones, flags, timber, iron, &c., were found in all directions and at distances of 200 to 30OYards from the boiler- seat. Three men were loading a cart in the yard at the time of the explosion. The cart was smashed and. the horse killed, as well as a pig that was near ; but all the men escaped without severe injury. As to the cause of this catastrophe, we fear it is but too obvious. It seems that during the night the steam was got up, or kept up, and that the boiler was for several hours left in the charge of a mere lad, to fire up, &c. Bradley, the regular en gineer, a young man of 18, who appears to have been very ignorant and unfit for such duties, came about six o'clock in the morning, and sent the lad home. Bradley, upon looking at the boiler, was amazed to find that some of the plates were red hot. Knowing no better, and desiring to cool them with out delay, he at once turned on a quantity of cold water. Of course, the explosion followed instan taneously, and the wretched youth fell amongst the victims of his gross ignorance. , On Saturday eve nin g a coroner's jury was im pannelled, and, after the bodies had been identified, so as to enable the coroner to issue his warrant for their interment, the inquiry was adjourned to Friday next. Some excitement was occasioned in the literary wor ld by the sudden subpension from the Messenger of Paul d'lvoi, the charming and witty chronicler of that paper. The offence for which he thus incurred punishment was merely that of declaring that the enthusiasm created by the Emperors a ppearance in Brittany was exclusively expe rienced oy the journalists. The meanness of the order which was immediately issued to all the papers to refuse employ ment to the indiscreet chronicler has been loudly reprobated by all parties, and to such extent that the interdiction bas been defied, and Paul d'lvoi is himself again.—Court Journal. !al, 3orn neW fine TRY last best 48 • 4 8 $ , 45$ . . . . • . '_. . - - - Fun' ball ',oyi“ Ye of DIU fe Of hire, the f the Llore9 bitw neN • "CP the tern 3 ,drP' of 1.7 a bei otg,' ;h ire, 130- tray P °ll rNO 11` 2 , of ty