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dell ible if Awful ies a hand, e, not idneso !,s hTid 1 tice to operly I. 110 a con s than r were t upon .tainlyr le had osition latter. ey for )elievo Bering umber Lg such B, jun., ay for there father s., and lay for ice hio it than renti•ce he fine. or the 1 issue, )eint" 14 a mee k pric e. ts mprov" )quentq, es tend. Y this dAf BarleYo, change 4 scareeti 7s to 3% 6s to Os to 3 °' 2s to 43 0 7s to 460 lance of and vr l4 , qr supply'? Bead le till& upwo," Is to 3 1 4 's to 4 f," Is to Ay, 4 4 Is to 1, steall e l tmu = -.''''' mute s 4 10 NV lid xife 01 7 birt, , 3r, ill° orge ,street, la rris , =go t Luare. hurch , Ser' igadier on big imerof des► entioll .-road) gr. .1 JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA, GREAT GLOBE. -DIORAMAS of JAPAN, CHINA, and INDIA.— Adinhsion to the whole building, One Shilling.—GßEAT GLOBE, Leicester-square. Open from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT . CIRCUS,_OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND- STREET. This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the public,, for the SALE, of all kindt of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. The Photographic Establishment, Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their several departments. ADMISSION FREE. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.- ' PATRON-H.R. HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CON _ _ NOTlCE.—Arrangements having been made for the per fect safety of Visitors, this Institution is now RE-OPENED to the public. CHILDE'S PHANTASMAGORIA, the ISSOLVING VIEWS .of DON QUIXOTE, HARP PER i''ORMANCE by FnEmc- CHATTERTON, Esq., and all the CHRISTMAS LECTURES and.ENTERTAINMENTS. The FIRST DISTRIBUTION of the GIFTS for the ~,"uveniles from the WHEEL' of FORTUNATUS will take v'ace on WEDNESDAY, the 12th inst. R. I. LONG-BOTTOM, Managing Director. BARNUM'S THIRD and LAST ADDRESS 4---A on " MONEY-MAKING and HUMBUG," at ST. Jr ES'S HALL, FRIDAY, Jan. 14. Owing to the great Vecess of his two previous entertainments." Mr. P. T. BAR in compliance with public request, repeat his Ad dress, with Anecdotes, Experiences, and Pictorial Illustra tn'llk Open at 7, commence at 8. Carriages for a q gauarter 'O.—Stalls, 3s. ; balcony, 2s. ; body of the hall and llery, 18. Tickets at Chappell's, Milchell's, Cramer and Beale's, Jul. e n's, Keith's, 48, Chcapside, and at the Hall. "Mr. Barnum is one of the most entertaining lecturers that W g e i r addressed an audience on a theme universally Intel ble."—From the Times, December 30. • " Mr. Barnum last night repeated his entertainments at St. J ames's Hall to a very crowded audience, who entered very heartily into the mass of American jokes, which excited much byClause. The hour named for commencing was eight o'clock , ut though we reached the hall at a quarter before that hour , we could not obtain a seat where it was possible to see or hear w ell." —Morning Herald, January 7. ST. JAMES'S HALL.--Mr. P. T. Barnum last night re teated his entertainment with increased felicity and effect. -uhe hall was exceedingly full, and in the most prominent Positions th e num b er o f ladies present was a fact which could not fail to elicit general remark. The principal points and anecdotes were received with enthusiastic approval, and Ihe Impression conveyed throughout was one highly complimen tary and flattering to the talent and experience of the leo mrer."—Daily Telegraph, January 7. Similar encomiums have appeared in all the daily and most of- the weekly papers. Three Thousand One Hundred and Eleven Persons were present at Mr. Barnum's Second Address on the 6th January, a large portion of whom were ladies. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBOIJRNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay !narket). Open daily (for Gentlemen only). LECTURES at Four and Eight o'clock, on important and i nteresting topics in connection with ANATOMY, PHY SIOLOGY, and PATHOLOGY (vide Prosrrammes). Admission ONE SHILLING. alt. KAHN'S RR NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO CTRY OF MAIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the labor, on the receipt of twelve stamps. ARGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. ev en These popular and celebrated rooms are open every th at ng,with R. It. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by I..ead e r!? . .t composer, Mons. AntonyLamoteof eo P r a n r e it a a r li satto r n Uh p a l r a l y e e s r, H all. p rons. B n o L u o. lc t our i t the celebrated h 1 with talented 11 un .2 8 . Selections from Rigoletto, 1 Trovatore, La Traviata, it a l;Z • nots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. ton minutes Bignell. Door! open at half-past 8, close 1 alli.—All before 12. Admisston, ls. to Promenade. All applications for the above band for Concerts and i toorn , s t . o be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the 11 0 WES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNTED STATES CIRCUS.—A afe lace of amuse in;,'.4l.—Thel ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leiceste p r-square, hav ' b een constructed as a model of architecture, no accident used be apprehended. .2e Morning. Performances are particularly recommended, , 11 Pantoniime can be seen with the same effect as at night. ;ALA, the wonder of the world.—The celebrated horse, ~i ' ‘Alliser," will be exhibited in his subdued state, as tamed .3r Mr. Rarey.—" Black Eagle," the horse of beauty.—The educated mules, " Pete " and " Barney." The Comic Panto- Tme, entitl e d THE MISER OF BAGDAD , represen t e d i n e circle at each performance. fit, is. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private . ""es, X 2. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d. Two Performances Daily at two and half-past seven p.m. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. Janua 10, 1859. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the Half- ry yearly In terest on the Capital Stock of the Society, at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum, to 31st December last, is now due, and in course of payment at the Society's office, between the hours of 11 and 3. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. A LBERT LIFE ASSURANCE AND GUARANTEE COMPANY. 7, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Half-yearly DIVIDEND, to the 31st ultimo, after the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, will be in course of payment to the Shareholders on and after the 10th January instant. HENRY WILLIAM SMITH, Actuary and Secretary. Bth January, 1850. FIE ECONOMIC LIFE . ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridcre-street, London. • Established 1823. DIRECTORS. ROBERT BIDDULPH, Esq., Chairman. "WILLIAM ROUTH, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Alf red Kingsford Barber, Esq. R ear -Ad m i ra l R o b er t G or - TO,r,Y Barnett, Esc. don. ht 11°.n: E. Pleydell Charles Morris, Esq. 31P George Kettilby Rickards, Edward Charrington Es Thomas Edgar, Esq., Esq. Augustus Keppel Stephen • Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, son, Esq. Bart. AUD: TORS. John Howell, Esq. John Gilliam Stilwell, Esq. Ilenry Roberts, Esq. I Richard Taylor, Esq. Pl aYslClAN—William Emanuel Page, M.D., Oxon, 11, Queen street, May-fair. SU RGEON—Benjamin Travers, Esq., F.R.C.S., No. 49, Dover street, Piccadilly. So Lictron—Fienry Young, Esq., 12, Essex-street, Strand. AcTuAßY—James John Downes, Esq., F.R.A.S. ADVANTAGES. 11Tutual Assurance. The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System. T Ahne whole of the jorofits . divided every Fifth Year. e clunulated Capital of £1,695,000 Ch na' its existence the Society has paid in it, la l s i v e rssionary Bonuses have been added to Po- 1,540,000 ex h ,, to the e x t en t o f 890,000 p"t Bonus, declared in 1854, averaged £67 er Cent, on Premiu ms paid, and amounted 397,000 oliCies ..... . force ************** 7,621 The Ann ual Income exceeds 240,000 th e Pursuance of the invariable practice of this Society, in ~ ,e event of the Death of the Life Assured within the 15 days ° lt exace, the Renewal Premium remaining" unpaid, the Claim Will be admitted, subject to the payment of such Premium. The next Division of Profits will be made in 1859. Assurances effected prior to 31st December, 1859, will par ticiPprate in the ivision of 1861. ospectuses D and full particulars may be obtained on appli cation to ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. 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"Twenty-five Years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no me dicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured liq" Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves,lBl, Fleet-street, London." Cure So. 4,208. " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barr y 's health restoring Food. Rev. John 'W. Flavell, Riddlington Rectory N orfolk." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years'coug•h, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." s Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. PI canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. •, 21b. 4s. 6d. ; 51b., lls. • 121 b., 225. Super refined quality. 10Ib., 3'3s. The 101 b. and 121 b. canis ters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office Order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Recent-street, London ; Fort hum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly, and through all groce ra and chemists in town and country. Dr. PALL ACE'S PILLS and OINTMENT are prepared upon scientific principles, without mercury, to prevent the danger and injury resulting from quack preparations ; they Purify, regulate, and strengthen the system, and cure effec tually dyspepsia (bad digestion), bile, flatulenc nstiation, liver and stomach complaints and all internal disorders; and the Ointment heals sores, wounds, ulcers, boils, burns, car buncles, chaps, pimples, diseases of the scalp, &c. Both pills and ointment are carefully packed for all climates, at is. 2s. 9d., and 4s. Gd. London agents : Hannay, 63, Oxford-st. Sanger, 153, Oxford-street, and may be ordered through all • Medicine vendors. DU BARRY'S PULMONTC COUGH BON BONS are a nice, safe, and effectual remedy for coughs, colds, hoarseness. asthma, and all affections of the lungs, throat, and of unrivalled ;?xcellence. In boxes—ls. lid., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J. Sanger, 150, Oxford -street, London, and all Chemists. DU BARRY'S ANTI-DIARRIVE AL BON BONS are a never-failing remedy for English cholera, bowel complaint, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c., &c. In boxes—ls. IW., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d. J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street, London, and all Chemists. DIT BARRY'S FOOD FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND INVALIDS, supersedes the dangers and expense of wet nursing, as infants are easily reared with it, and it is the best and most digestible Food for the delicate and invalids of ITI Y age. In canisters, at 25., and 121 b 21s. The large canis ters free of carriage. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77, Regent street, London. Avoid Pills, and all other Medicine for Indigestion (dys - Pepsin), habitual Constipation, Flatulency , Acidity , Palpita tion of the Heart, Torpidity of the Liver, bilious Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debility, Diarrhcea, Cough, Asthma, Consumption. Despondency, Spleen, &c. Send 2d. 11l stamps, and you will receive free by Post. a popular Tree rite,•64 pages :—" THE NATURAL REGENERATION OF t; DIGESTIVE ORGANS." Without pills, purgatives, (:r medicines of any kind, and without expense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which 'saves 60 times its cost l a n other remedies ; adted to the general reader. London: a ‘l n e 6 Gilbert, 48, ' Patera oater-row, and through all book. s 'sum. NG N°. 20,766. PUBLICATIONS. MISS PARDOE'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols., 215., bound, EPISODES OF FRENCH HISTORY. By MISS PARDOE. Author of " The Life of Marie de Medicis," " Louis XIV.," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY AND H.R.H. THE PRINCE CONSORT. Now ready, 28th. Edition, in 1 vol., with the Arms 'beautifully engraved, handsomely bound, with gilt edges, 31s. 6d., LODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1859. CORRECTED BY THE NOBILITY. " The readiest, the most useful, and exactest of modern works on the subject,—Spectator. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CCXXI. Will be published on Monday Next. CONTENTS. I. Help's Spanish Conquest in America. 11. Life Assurance. 111. The Church Rate Question. IV. The Roman Catacombs. V. The Hudson's Bay Territory. VI. Lord Liverpool's Administration till 1822. VII. Library of the British Museum. VIII. Life and Organisation. IX. History and Prospects of Parliamentary Reform. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. Just published, price 25., by post free, 2s. 4d., ty\T - SPET,MA'rORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S., and formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Stric tures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to l'ree these questions from the Professional Fallecies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by 'which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. FEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858, with Nominations for 1859, is now published. W. Wright, Fuiwood's Rents,. Holborn. London. THE OPERA • COLONNADE HOTEL COMPANY (Limited). Charles-street, Haymarket (late Feuillade's), London, S.W. Capital, £25,000, in 5,000 shares of £5 each. Deposit 10s. per Share on application, and £2 per share on allotment. The alterations and furnishing are being proceeded with and the HOTEL will be OPENED in FEBRUARY. Applications for the REMAINING SHARES, Prospectuses, Szc., may be made, for a LIMITED PERIOD, to the secretary, at the Hotel ; the solicitors, Messrs. Prichard and Collette, 57, Lincoln's-inn-fields, W.C. ; to the brokers, Messrs. Samuel Hill and Son, 3, Copthall-buildings, Bank, E.C. ; or at the tem porary offices of the Company, 152, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, E.C. T. R. COMYN, Secretary. CONTRACT FOR ELM TIMBER. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 31st Dec., 1858. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the Ist February, 1859, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for sup plying her Majesty's Dockyards with 4,000 Loads of ENGLISH ELM TIMBER, felled between the middle of November last and the end of February next, and to be de livered (at prices including all carriage and other expenses) by the 30th November, 1859. Tenders may be made for the supply of any one or more of the yards, or for the whole of them. A form of the tender, showing the distribution and condi tions of the contract may be obtained at this office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten der for Elm Timber," and must be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of £1 per Load for the due performance of the Contract. — 7" O INOPOLION TAVERN and HOTEL. Nos. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn, W.C. The Best Served Dinner in London for is. 6d. A Succession of Joints from One till Seven o'Clock. Private'and Smoking - ,Rooms. TABLE D'HOTE on SUNDAYS, at 5 o'clock, 2s. each. THE WELLINGTON RESTAURANT, ST. JAMES'S -STREET, AND 160, PICCADILLY. Gentlemen visiting the Metropolis will find ample accom modation for dinners at this establishment. The arrange ments are varied and perfect, and the tariff of charges is very moderate. Private rooms for large or small parties may be engaged on application to the Superintendent. By Order. JAMES GOFTON, Superintendent. 27th November, 1858. CIOCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, .J which is so highly' esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled ror general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish Sauces.— J. and C. COCKS, Reading, Sole Manufacturers. COALS. -18s. 6(I. per ton, Der ire ; Clay Cross, 218. ; Silkstone, 21s. ; our Best a ow 235. for cash. Care should be taken to address to T. NES, Ma nager, Northern and Eastern Railway Coal-offices, 32, Great Marlborough-street, Regent-street, W. ; or, 127, Albany street, Regent's-park, N.W. FRENCH FAILURE, LYON, FRANCE. QOWERBY, TATTON, AND CO., having /,--/ purchased for cash, at a discount of Bs. 4id, in the pound, the whole of the Rich and Distinguished Stock of SILKS, of Lyon manufacture, amounting to 1,250,000 francs, the same is now being cleared at the Customs, and will be offered for public sale on our premises, WEobitsDAYnext, 12th January, 1859.-272 and 274, Regent-circus ; 111, 112, Oxford-street, W. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, TJSED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, A.ND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers. Grocers &c., &c. BOARD AND RESIDENCE. A Superior Home is offered to a Gentleman of s beady habits, en gaged during the day, by a family residing near Regent's- Park. For a young man coming to London for the first time tlds would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. Referenees to be exchanged. Address, J. P., Wright's Dairy, Granby-street, Hampstead-road, N.W. APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. - LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE -IA SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat , Gravies, exquisite Game, Soup, Cur ries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safeguard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also ty Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers In sauce. N. R.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS " are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub lished price, free by post, is. THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work On the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulTence, infection, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury : with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur geons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold by J. Allen,' 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic: its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo tency, barrenness, anddebiliti es arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of cases. Price lls. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves lls. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom mended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, en largements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price lls. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of lls. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in either sex forall cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6(1., and lls. per box. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart ley-Hooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow churchyard ; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and Dietrichsen, 63. Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ' • Prout and Harsant, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors throughout the United Kingdom THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published; price is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, SELF -PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Phy siology of Marriage in its social, moral, and physical rela tions. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life witb.in Life," and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with numerous engravings and cases. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Hono rary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Li centiate of Apothecaries Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fear ful consequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, particularly recommended degradation in Manhood, and prematurt. decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusalis of their to persons entertaining secret doubts physical condi tion, and who are conscious o f having hazarded the health happiness, and privileges to which every human ben% is en titled. 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 sting 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. 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After some preliminary evidence, he gave the following circumstantial account of the part Of the affray in side f oe the looked d d which he was engaged :—" I heard a dog bark and hare scream. The sounds came from th direction of the Brogdale Plantation, and I called the atten tion the d n e dLGi back, tteldedaeGnsdatioNovrteshnetwnoise. 00 t h d l e V a s e n i all d d lo ha Middle Galop s Pl an t a ti on . Wh en we came t o th e over into the Brogdale seedsfield, and we caught sight of three or four men in the field, along the woodside. We saw another man in the corner of the seedsfield nearest to Little Galops ; we stepped over a low-cut hedge into the seedsfield. We had not got far over the fence before some of the poachers cried out, 'Come on, you —, you shall have it to night; we are fettled for you.' We had no dogs with us, and their dogs came running up to us, and round about us: I think there would be six or seven dogs. Jex told them to call their dogs in, and they made answer that they would not. lex then said he would shoot the dogs, and the poachers replied that they would shoot him if he did. One dog came very near to Jex, and he shot it. I believe another barrel was fired. at this time from the poachers' side at Geddes. A man, who was standing a little to the right of me, threw a heavy stone at me, which caught me at the back of the ear, and gave me a very hard blow. The blow cut me at the back of the ear, and gave •me a very hard blow: The stone cut me, and blood began to flow. • I afterwards found that it was -a stone which gave me one of my severe wounds. Several • stones. were thrown by the ,poachers. Two hit me, but did not.injnre me. Some of the poachers then made an attempt to rush in upon Jcx, and I went towards him to help him. They got round Jex and the, and I received a very severe blow on the back of the head with something very heavy; it was not a stone, but I cannot say exactly what it was. I, believe eight men were then surrounding us. The blow brought me down on my knees, but before that I heard several blows struck, though I did not see them. I could see the sticks coming backwards, but not the blows. I knew they were aimed at Jex, because he was on my left hand. I then got up, but had not been long up before I was knocked down again. I think it was with a bludgeon. The second time I fell I remained on the ground, and the poachers beat me ; that is as far as I can recollect of the affray. I have been ill ever since, and this is the first day I have been out in the neigh bourhood since. The last time I saw Jex he was holding up his gun with both hands to ward off a blow. The last I saw of Geddes he was about 30 yards to the right of me, and there were some men about him. I had heard Geddes shoot a dog some where behind my back." The witness, on being requested to look at the prisoners, did so, and pointing with his stick to Franklin, said, " He is one I can recollect." Of M'Grath, who stood second, he said, " He is very much like one." John son was standing on the other side of Franklin, and • on Robinson looking closely at him, he said, " I think he is the man who threw the flintstone at me." He then pointed his stick at Marshall, and said, " That is one." The last man he noticed was Thompson, and he remarked, " I think he has the • appearance of one." The witness added that there were 11 or 12 poachers present, eight of whom surrounded him and Jex. Marshall and Thompson had not previously been identified. Some other unimportant evidence was offered, after which one of the prisoners, named Smith, who had surrendered on bail, was discharged, and the magistrates inti mated that bail would probably be accepted for Robson. The " confession" which it was supposed one of the prisoners had made, amounts to nothing more than a long rambling story about his personal feeling, and an assertion that the gun which shot the under keeper Geddes went off accidentally. PRICE 4P. STAMPED, SD. THE NA VY. It is rumoured in naval circles that the Govern ment have it in contemplation to make a consider able augmentation in the Channel squadron by the addition of 12 sail of the line. The greatest activity prevails in all the dockyards in hastening forward the completion of those line-of-battle ships which have been on the stocks several years,most of which are nearly completed, in order that they may be commissioned and made ready for sea. During the present year several first-class screw steamers will be launched at Portsmouth, Chatham, Devonport, and Pembroke, when other line-of-battle ships are to be immediately laid down on the same slips. The screw steamer Scotia, of Greenock, of 1,020 tons, Capt. Bell, arrived at Falmouth on Saturday, in ballast, from the Havannah and Savannah. This vessel about 17 months ago took out to India the head-quarters of the 72d Highlanders, and then proceeded to China, where she embarked a cargo of coe!lies and took them to Cuba. Owing to the de pression of freights at Havannah, and the high port charges she could not succeed in obtaining a cargo either there or at Savannah, where she touched on her homeward voyage. Her Majesty's screw steam transport Urgent it is expected will proceed to Waterford about the 20th inst., and there embark the Tipperary Militia. Artillery, for service in the different forts on the Gosport side of Portsmouth Harbour. The Bloomer troopship, Captain Smith, sailed from. Spithead at 11 a.m. yesterday for Bombay and Kurrachee. Captain the Hon. J. Drummond, Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, recently appointed Commodore and Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, and. at pre sent on leave of absence, yesterday visited the establishment, and conferred with the- authorities, for the purpose of making arrangements prelimi nary to his assuming office. Rear-Admiral Smart and the members composing the Dockyard Economical Committee at Woolwich yesterday assembled in the pay-office belonging to the factory and investigated the system of book keeping practised in that department. After a thorough inspection of the books and offices they expressed their approbation of the ready and effi cient method now in force for the payment of the men, as well as the efficiency perceptible through out the offices. . _ Her Majesty's paddlewheel sloop Alecto, Com mander J. Hunt, was yesterday morning ordered to be paid off at Woolwich on Saturday next. THE ARMY. It is arranged that the following lectures shall be given during the winter to the men quartered in the camp at Shorneliffe :—Jan. 13, " Remi niscences of Brazil," by the Rev. E. G. Parker, Chaplain to the Forces ; Jan. 20, " The Geology of our Coast," by Mr. Mackinson, of Hy the ; Jan. 27, " Zigzags, or Travels in Switzerland," by the Rev. T. R. Maynard, of Dover ; Feb. 3, " Eminent Me chanics," by Capt. Noble, R.E. ; Feb. 10, " The Druids," by the Rev. J. Young, Presbyterian Chap lain ; Feb. 17, " China and the Chinese," by Mr. C. W. Clift, Superintending Schoolmaster ; Feb. 24, " The Wonders of Human Folly," by Mr. Runcie man, Schoolmaster 100t • h Regt. ; March 3, "On Astronomy," by the Rev. J. D'Arcy Preston, As sistant-Chaplain ; March 10, "Travels in Spain," by Major Ewart, R.E. ; March 17, " Amicable Ceremonies of Various Nations," by Mr. E. G. Hildyard, Army Schoolmaster. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1859. THE USURPATION OF TITLES IN FRANCE. The following is a translation of the report to the Emperor Napoleon, on the re-establishment of penalties against the usurpation of titles and dis ment of the members to the Council of the Seal for Titles. I am, with profound respot, Sire, your Majesty's most devoted servant and most loyal subject, The Keeper of the Seals, Minister Secretary of State to the Department of Justice, E. DE ROYER. The foregoing report.is accompanied by the decree which establishes the Council of Seal of Titles, a sort of Heraldic College, and nominates the members of that council. foes were equally solicitous to learn what language the wary but enterprising Ministers of Piedmont would put into the mouth of their sovereign. After the long protracted suspense in which the affairs of Italy had lain, people in general would have been content to wait with solicitude, but with calmness, for the announcements that might be made on the day appointed for the opening of the Legislative session at Turin. Some days previously they had been startled, however by the authoritative utter ance of expressions which, if they meant anything, seemed to be a forestalling by a greater Power of the policy about to be adopted and avowed by the lesser state.. The abrupt and laconic declaration of the French Emperor was interpreted generally as a prelude of war. The Funds fell ; diplomacy became hysterical ; negotiators looked indignant at the interruption of their unfinished task; and an ambiguous note appeared in the Moniteur designed to adjourn panic sine die, and requesting all discreet and loyal believers in Imperialism to set down the escapade of the Ist January in what the Dutch would call " their Forget Book." But the disinterested patriotism of the Bourse is not so easily reassured ; and the memories of men are even more prone to disobedience than their convictions or their consciences. .Public curiosity could not be coaxed to sleep by the softest notes of the Guides. The Sardinian Parliament was summoned to meet upon the 10th inst.; and in its presence it would be impossible to play fast and loose with the great issues of peace and war, and Italian independence of Austrian domination universally believed to be depending. To do M. Cavour justice he has not attempted to elude the great responsibility of his position, as chief adviser of a confiding and courageous King. For some years he has deemed it his duty to dis suade his countrymen and their Soirereign from anticipating what they and he - believed to be their destiny. He has been content to incur distrust at home at the hands of the impetuous and unreason able, because he would not rashly risk all of good already achieved and of glory hereafter to be won, in a desperate struggle with one of the greatest military powers in existence. He was equally un moved by the ceaseless complaints of foreign diplo macy at the studied reserve he perseveringly main tained. Neither Count Buol, M. Manteuffel, nor Lord Malmesbury could lure him or his colleagues into the rash avowal of warlike purposes on the one hand, or into momentary paltering with the hopes of Italy on the other. He felt that the best if not the last chance for freedom in the Peninsula during the present generation had been given him in charge; and that compared with the duty of wisely exercising that sacred trust all other duties were and ought to be subordinate. He could not be unconscious that the character of the youthful Monarch whom he served rendered him at once peculiarly fitted in many respects to play the part of a Royal liberator, and at the same time rendered him peculiarly liable to be led away to his ruin by injudicious or insincere counsellors. Victor Emanuel is neither an ambitious politician nor a military genius. Is it too much to say it is fortu nate for himself and his country that he is neither? The role which ten years ago he was suddenly called on to undertake is that of a constitutional Sovereign With a small hereditary realm in possession and with greatly extended territories in expectancy. Had he been either a diplomatist or a strategist, he would probably have tried long since to realise by anticipation what could only come to him safely and lastingly by way of reversion ; and he would have infallibly lost, in the attempt even that which he seems to have. Lombardy and Venetia were not to be won by him at any time during the last ten years by any use of either arts or arms. Until in the ful ness of time he should have proved himself thoroughly trustworthy as a constitutional King, it was not to be expected that millions of people who had never owed allegiance to the House of Savoy would cordially turn to him as a deliverer. It is in finitely to the honour of the Lombardo-Venetians, that amid all their sufferings under Austrian rule they should have been slow to do so. By his very forbearance, blended with unswerving firmness, the priceless conviction has at length grown up in Italian hearts that Victor Emanuel is thoroughly loyal—a man whom no temptation will induce to renounce the claim of his country to indigexous rule, but who cherishes no dreams of personal aggrandise ment incompatible with the will or the interest of that country. In a word, he has by a faultless po litical reign of ten years' duration, satisfied his neighbours that he is a safe man and a fit man to be trusted with extended power, and that he will never try to seize it, but wait until they summon him to confer it on him. One thing only was wanting, and that is now wanting no longer. It was necessary that the gal lant King of Sardinia should tell the people of Italy who dwell beyond his frontiers that he was prepared to look all eventualities in the face. and to accept the noble but perilous liabilities they might impose with out hesitation and without fear. " The future," said the King, in his speech of yesterday, "cannot fail to to be fortunate, because the policy of Piedmont is based on justice and love of its country's liberty. Piedmont is small, but great in the councils of Europe, on account of the principles it represents and the sympathies it inspires. It respects treaties, but is not insensible to Italy's cry of anguish." What is this but a simple though dignified answer to the inarticulate prayer for deliverance which all men have heard of late from the lips of an exaspe rated and oppressed people ? It is as though M. Cavour had advised his Sovereign to say to the Courts and Cabinets of Europe, to his own Parlia ment and army, and above all to the multitudes who writhe beneath a hated foreign yoke :—" If you want me, I am ready ; if I arm, it shall not be said I do so for any unrighteous or unworthy pur pose ; other rights or powers I seek and will have none, but those which I now exercise as a constitu tional King ; by the letter of treaties, so long as the status quo exists, I will scrupulously ab ide, because I am a King ; but to the cry of a nations grief and agony I do not pretend to be insensible, for Italy is my country, and I have the feelings, the in stincts, and the obligations of a man." Well might Victor Emanuel close his soul-stirring address with the significant words, " Let us resolutely await the decrees of Providence." tinctions : Sire,—ln re-establishing penal regulations against those who usurp titles and assume without right distinctions of honour, the law of May 28, 1858,has restored to titles legitimately acquired their real importance and their claims upon the respect of the public. In a country and under a rule, where the hum blest citizen, by his personal merit, can attain the highest positions, the law ought 'openly to protect whatever represents the reward of merit and the honour of families. True and intelligent equality consists, not in proscribing distinctions, but in per mitting them to be accessible for all that rise by courage, dignity of conduct, or brilliancy of service. The new law ought to be carried into strict but enlightened execution. Your Majesty has desired to put an end to abuses, to reach fraud and charlatanism, to bring back order into the civil state, to restore in short to public dis tinctions the character and repute that only pertain to truth. But you had no desire to interfere with acquired rights or to disturb legitimate possessions which only ask for the means of causing themselveS to be acknowledged and regulated. • The questions connected with the transmission of titles in families, the proving of dispitted qualifica tions, the confirmation or recognition of ancient titles, the scrutiny, should it be made, into new titles; are numerous and delicate. It is proper that no guarantee in the way of inquiry and evidence should be wanting for their solution. I have the honour of• submitting for your Majesty ' s approval the draft of a decree ,discussed in the Council of State, and providing for the re-creation of the Council of the Seal for Titles. Created by the second statute of March 1, 1808, the Council of the Seal for Titlei consisted, under the presidency of the Arch-Chanceller of the Em pire, of three senators, two councillors of state, one attorney-general, one secretary-general, and trea surer. (Decree of March 27, 1808, Art. 7.) An ordinance of July 15, 1815, replaced it by a commit- tee presided over by the keeper of the seals, which was itself suppressed on Oct. 31, 1830. A part of the attributes of the council and of the committee of the seal referred to the formation of entails according to primogeniture, and to the ma nagement of property set apart for their formation. Under the control of the law of March 12, 1835, which suppressed such fee tails for the future, these attributes can at the present time be applicable alone to whatever concerns transitory questions and the entails still extant. But the changes that have been undergone by the laws touching titles and names have created situations respecting which the deliberations and advice of a special council will be usefully called into play. In this point of view it has appeared neces sary to amplify the attributes of the old council of the seal, to bring them into accord with the existing laws, and to give generally to the keeper of the seals the right of submitting to the scrutiny of the new council all difficulties connected with this subject. Such is the object of the articles 5,6, and 7 in the draft. What, for instance, in looking at a law that no longer authorises the creation of entails, will be the fate of those titles that were only to become here ditary on condition of the estate being entailed ? tiVliat will be in future the rules to be observed ;or the verification of titles and their transmission ,o families? In what order, what limits, on what conditions, will the father's title secure a title to his sons ? Will it be. proper to sanction the rules laid down by the decree of June 4, 1809 (art. 5), and by the ordinance of Aug. 25, 1817 (art. 12) ? With regard to periods preceding the year 1789, in default of a regular act of scrutiny, acknowledg ment or authorisation, the production of which is not always possible, will there be no means of con ferring on the council of the seal the power of enlarging the circle of proofs and of admitting, according to circumstances, as a justification of one's right to the title or name submitted to its scrutiny, a possession proved by acts of public officials, or by historical documents ? An ordinance of Jan. 31, 1819, not inserted in the Bulletin des Lois, submits in France to the pre vious authorisation of your Majesty the using of titles confessed by foreign sovereigns. Ought not these regulations to be restored, and again put seriously into execution ? Those are questions which stand over, but the solution of which cannot be long postponed, when we consider the new text of the article 259 in the penal code. In devoting itself to its work systema tically, and to the complete study of the facts, the council of the seal will collect the elementary matter, and will assist in preparing the bases of your Majesty's decisions. Petitions sent in for change or addition of name continue to be subject to the forms traced out by the law of the 11th Germinal in the year 11. The autho risations of this nature are granted by your Majesty under the form of the regulations for the public administration (art. 5). The Council of the State for Titles may nevertheless be consulted on the changes or additions, that might have the stamp of a qualification conferring honour or emolument, and which would come under the category of facts pro vided for by the article 259 of the penal code. By the terms of the 7th article in the law of the 11th Germinal of the year 11, every one having a right to do so may, within the space of one year, dating from the insertion in the Bulletin des Lois, prosecute the repeal of the decree that has autho rised a change of name, or an addition to the same. To maintain intact more efficaciously this right of third parties, the 9th article in the draft of the decree requires that the petition for change of name, or for addition thereto, shall be previously inserted, in the form of an excerpt, in the 3loniteur and in other journals therein specified. No sanction of the petition can ensue before three months after the date of the insertions. This regulation merely confirms, by giving to it a more obligatory and solemn form, an administra tive rule created by two decisions of the Minister of Justice on the 26th of Oct., 1815, and the 10th of April, 1818. (See Moniteur of Oct. 26, 1815, and April 10, 1818.) But if it be necessary and just to apply without exception this rule to all parties demanding permis sion to take in future a name they never bore, and by which they are not known, this necessity may appear less absolute when the decree of authorisa tion now solicited, and which itself will not be definitive until after the lapse of one year, ought not to interfere save for the purpose of legalising a name honourably borne for a long period, accepted by the public, inscribed in official acts or made illus trious by important services. The insertion of the petition for the sole purpose of informing third parties, has then no longer the same interest, and might in certain cases be attended with more incon venience than advantage. These considerations, joined to the peculiar treatment always enjoined by transitory situations, have dic tated the construction of article 10, by virtue of which the keeper of the seal, by and with the ad vice of the council of seals, may dispense with the insertions prescribed by the 10th article, where the petitions are based on old possession, or when it is notorious and consecrated by important services. Nevertheless, the Council of State has thought that, however circumscribed this faculty might be, it ought to be, like the requirements it is intended to satisfy, of an essentially transitory nature. The council has limited its duration to a period of two years, dating from the promulgation of the decree Three senators and two councillors of state w enter, as in 1808, into the composition of the Colin , cil. Your Majesty has moreover permitsed that two members of the Court of Appeal should be called to form part of it. Your exalted magistracy, Sire, will worthily respond to this new appeal made to its devotedness and intelligence. It has likewis e appeared right to introduce into the Council of the Seal three masters of requests, who according to the law of their institution will have a deliberative voice in the affairs, of which they will have to make the report, and a consultative voice in the others. Lastly, auditors to the Council of State may be attached to the Council of the Seal. The law of January 29, 1831, definitively regu lating the budget of 1828, suppressed the receiving office of the seal. The droits that used to be paid into that office are now levied direct by the public treasury. So long as this legislative regulation shall not have been modified, it will not be possible to create a treasurer of the seal. The petitions brought before the Council of thi Seal will have to pass through the office of the referendaries to the Seal. Should your Majesty deign to approve the draft of the decree, the text of which is below, I shall have the honour to take your orders for the appoint- THE KING OF SARDINIA'S SPEECH. (From the Times.) This is a moment of suspense, when the words of Sovereigns arc substantive events. The opening of the Sardinian Chambers has been expected with an anxiety in no respect warranted by the power or intrinsic importance of that kingdom. But we all hoped to read in the speech of the King of Sardinia some gloss upon the words of the Emperor of the French, and some indication of the policy to be pursued by France towards Austria. If Sardinia shows a determination to break the public peace it can only be in the conviction, more or less well founded, that France is prepared to protect her in her enterprise. Sardinia defying Austria would be as , a •pigmy provoking a giant.. So insensate a policy is not to be attributed to any sane Govern ment. However incautious, or even intemperate, the King may sometimes have appeared, there is strong evidence that he has upon this occasion only spoken so much as was permitted him to speak. It is even currently reported that the draught of the document was carefully settled at Paris, and that the paper went back to Turin much modified in tone. We may take it that the speech just de livered by the King of Sardinia is a speech which has the approval of the Emperor of the French. Regarding it in this light it is not so peaceful in its tone as the friends of tranquillity might desire. It would be a temperate and moderate speech for the King who not long ago told his officers that they might prepare for active service in the spring, but it is not reassuring if we are to read it in connection with those words spoken on New Year's-day, and with the ambiguousexplana tion put forth in the 3loniteur. " The political horizon is not clear," says the Sardinian Sove reign. In what quarter, then, broods the storm? What European Power threatens the independence of the King's subjects ? Do the inhabitants of Lombardy seek to annex Piedmont in the interest of their Austrian masters? Or does the Army of Occupation at Milan cast eyes of covetousness upon Turin or Genoa ? Whence comes the storm which Sardinia fears, or who holds that future which Sardinia " awaits with firmness ?" The Power that is determined upon a quarrel need not look far out and sweep the horizon for indications of an enemy. If it were the wish of Sardinia only to hold her own, her small horizon is clear enough. But we are told that she looks not for a secure, but for a fortunate future. " Her policy is based on justice and love of its country's liberty." This should be a strictly defensive policy, unless the King of Sardinia interprets the word " country" in a sense different from that placed upon it by the treaties he professes to respect. If by the word " country" he means Italy, then, indeed, we under stand what that policy must be which is based on a love of Italian liberty. Such a policy which would rule all Italy from Turin. It is a policy which wouldmake Milan, and Florence, and Naples, and even Rome herself, departmental cities, send ing Deputies to a metropolis which is scarcely more Italian than Nice or Toulon. This might tend to the expansion of the liberty of Italy ; it might mitigate the stringency of the Bourbon tyranny in Naples ; it might infuse some energy into the anile burlesque of Government that obtains in the States of the Church ; it might, per- haps, improve, although this is rather doubt ful, the present condition of Tuscany ; but is it possible to compass ?—is it a project so capable of realisation as to be worth a general European war ? Is it possible that it could be rea lised by the agency of France and Russia; and, if it were realised, could it last? Would Austria endure it ? Would Rome for a moment listen to it ? It would rather reduce ,Italy to the state in which that Peninsula was when iEneas landed on its shores. It would only produce a chaos out of which the battling elements should eventually make new combinations. We might consent to go back to the days of our boyhood, when, with our heads full of Livy and our hearts full of Horace, we remembered the glories of the Republic, and drank in the volup tuous literature of the early empire. But the key note of all that sentiment was Rome, not Turin. Eighteen hundred years is a long period, even in the history of Italy. Wave after wave of different families of the great human kind have advanced, with more or less force, upon that interesting soil, and have, to a greater or less depth, covered the whole surface of what was once a nation—even as the debris of ages have buried the old Forum and have choked up Ostium. In Italy's best days her nationality was never pure. Since then great Powers have risen and have fallen, and there are traditions, far more recent and more powerful than those of the Empire, which divide Venice from Genoa and Naples from Turin almost as distinctly as Milan from Vienna. It is not enough to over come the great improbability that France and Russia are honestly desirous to create a great con stitutional Power ; we must go further—we must believe that the fragments of races which never yet were united should now unite under a distant and scarcely recognised Italian Power ; and that Rome should be content with a nationality under the rule of Transalpine Gaul. Every Englishman has sym • pathies with Italy. As the King of Sardinia says in the speech upon which we Are now commenting— " Piedmont is great in the Councils of Europe on account of the principles it represents and the sym pathies it inspires ; " but our sympathies must be a little under the control of our reason. England will never by act or counsel interfere to impede any effort that may be made towards the over throw of the evil Government that now afflicts Italy ; but we may and must regret to see the ge neral peace of Europe broken for projects which appear to savour only of ambition and to tend only to strengthen despotism. We cannot see the end; but we can see enough to feel convinced that what the Emperors of France and Russia wish cannot be what we should wish. _ " Let us," says the King of Sardinia, " resolu _ely await the decrees of Providence." Therei s small philosophy in this. Resolutely or irreso lutely, we must equally be governed by those decrees. Some small parson, when he advertises that he is about to preach, is so condescending as to interpolate by the words " Deo volente" a licence to Providence to interfere with the arrangement. We have always thought that this reservation would be very ridiculous if it were not rather impious. The question, however, is, not what Providence may decree, for that we cannot fathom, but what steps the King of Sardinia is about to take within the limits of his own human free will. We must, acting upon the assumption that he is a sane man, believe that he will do nothing except so far as he is supported by France ; and we must further believe that France will not go beyond a menace, unless she is supported by Russia. But Russia is not impatient for war ; she has at pre sent internal troubles to distract her councils, and, whatever strength of hatred there may be in her recent grudge against Austria, it is scarcely suffi cient to induce her to break up the absolute sove reignties of Europe into hostile Powers, and to destroy their force by internecine conflict. But, whatever may be the policy of France or the tendencies of Russia, or the ambition of Piedmont, our course of action is plain. We have only to look on and watch the result. In a period of profound peace, and at a time when armed force is irresis tible, and is arrayed under the command of abso lute Sovereigns, any insurrection for merely popular objects is obviously absurd. He must be a very shallow dupe who can suppose that the great military Powers are about to fight for the restora tion of long-lost liberties and long-lost nationalities. There can be no reason that we should spend one coin or waste one life to support the Popedom, or to protect the throne of the King of Naples, or to continue the hard and unnatural rule of the Aus trians in Lombardy. It is barely possible that any change in Italy can be for the worse. It is scarcely likely that any change produced by France and Russia can be for the better. This is not the help, nor are these the defenders, we have looked for. We live in days in which we are asked to believe in strange things, but it is too great a demand upon human credulity to ask our faith in s a Tory Ministry shaping a democratic Reform Bill, and an alliance of despotic Sovereigns in building up a constitutional monarchy. (From the Daily News. The speech of Victor Emanuel to the Sardinian Chambers has been looked for with a degree of in terest amounting almost to anxiety in every capital of Europe. At a juncture so critical, friends and A CHANCERY VICTIM. At the Leicester Quarter Sessions, the other day, the report of the visiting justices referred to a most extraordinary case, in which a poor woman, who had been engaged in a chancery suit, was the vic tim. She had been detained in gaol for several months on account of the non-delivery of certain papers which her attorney had neglected to deliver over, when he ceased to act because all her money was expended. The magistrates regarded the case as a scandalously cruel one ; but they did not see that the court could do anything further than had been done already. The deputy-clerk of the peace has since addressed aletter to .a Leicester paper, de tailing the circumstances. He Istated that the poor woman was advanced in years, a widow, having children and grandchildren. She was sent to prison for not obeying an order of the Court of Chancery, directing her to deposit in court certain title deeds and other documents for the inspection of the attorney on the other side. When she re ceived a paper directing her to leave the documents with the clerk of records, she thought all that was necessary was to tell the person bringing the order, that she had none of them, as they were all with her ' attorney. A few day after this she was taken into custody, and as there were no other female prisoners in the debtors' ward of Leicester gaol, she was of necessity placed in solitary confinement. The deputy clerk states that the plaintiff's attorney knew perfectly well that the papers were not in the prisoner's possession ; and appeals were made in vain to the prisoner's attorney that somethin g should be done for her release. August, Septem ber, and October had passed away ; and in Novem ber the plaintiffs attorney obtained, under counsel's opinion, an order on the prisoner's attorney to give up the title deeds, other papers, of no value, being left in. his possession. But still the old woman re mained in gaol, "in such a state of mental anguish as was pitiable to witness." In December the visit ing magistrates took the matter up, and placed it in the hands of the deputy clerk of the peace. He firmly believes " that a little longer imprisonment would have sent her to the lunatic asylum." The plaintiff's a ttorney now denied responsibility in the case ; he knew the other attorney had the papers, and it was his fault that the poor woman had been kept in gaol a day. The prisoner's attorney pro fessed to have given up all interest in her case, and said he had written to her to desire her to employ some one else. He promised that the remaining documents should at once be sent to London. This was done, and the poor woman was at length re leased. She had been in prison for upwards of four calendar it onths.—Manchester Guardian. CITY OF LONDON HOSPITAL FOR' DISEASES OF THE CREST, VICTORIA-PARK.—The number of patients relieved at this institution during last week was 941, of which 141 were new cases. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. Yesterday evening a meeting of the fellows of the Royal Geographical Society was held in Burlington House—the president, Sir R. Murchison, in the chair. The first paper announced was " otes on the Zambesi Expedition, from the journal of Mr. Baines, communicated by Dr. Livingstone." It was introduced by the reading of a letter from Dr. Livingstone to the president, a portion of which has already been published, in which Dr. Living stone described the enthusiastic reception given to him by the natives who had accompanied his former expedition, and mentioned the general condition of the people, and. their treatment by the Portuguese authorities. Though these accounts are less unfa vourable than the one given in a preceding letter, which was read by Sir Roderick Murchison at the last meeting of the British Association, they noticed the unsatisfactory relations between the natives and the Portuguese as still continuing. The enmity of the natives had not, however, extended to the Eng lish, the name of an Englishman being a passport to their favour. Dr. Livingstone mentioned that good coal had been received on board their steam boat, and that in the absence of coal lignum vitae and other valuable hard woods had been consumed as fuel. Mr. Baines's journal described the difficul ties encountered in navigating the river from the rocks and want of water, and he mentioned the various astronomical and meteorological observa tions which had been made by himself and other members of the expedition ; but neither he nor Dr. Livingstone entered into any further description of the produce of the country, nor did they, mention any advances having been made in opening. com merce. At the conclusion of the reading of Mr. Baines's paper, a very animated discussion arose on the pro bable value of the territory on the banks of the Zambesi. Mr. Laird and Mr. M'Leod spoke strongly in favour of the vegetable products of that part of Africa. The latter, who has recently returned from Mozambique, where he was British Consul, has brought with him several specimens of different kinds of wood which he considers will prove of great value in ship-building. Some of the trees fitted for that purpose, he said, are from 40 to 60 feet high, and afford timber four and even six feet square. He spoke of the luxuriance of the vegeta tion, and said that wheat might be grown there in sufficient quantity to supply the whole of Southern Africa. Mr. Crawford, on the other hand denied the possibility of growing wheat. under the tropics, except at an elevation of 4,000 or 5,000 feet. when the temperature became European ; and as to the timber, he questioned whether any trees grew near the banks of the Zambesi that could be available for ship building. Mr. M'Queen, in opposition to Mr. Crawford, maintained that good wheat can be grown even at the Equator, and as to cotton, there was proof that it was grown abundantly in all parts of Africa, and had been so 3,000 years ago. Colonel Sykes, in confirmation of Mr. AlQueen, stated that at Guzerat he had seen an extensive track of coun try cultivated with wheat, which is of such excel lent quality, and contains so large a proportion of gluten, that the Manchester manufacturers prefer it to all other wheat for finishing their cotton goods. He expressed his hope that Dr. Livingstone's expedition would prove successful, and said he had no doubt that filo accounts given of the fertility of the soil and of the capabilities of the country were quite correct. Mr. SQUIER, of the United States, next read a paper giving an account of the Lake Tojoa or Taulche, in Central America. This lake lies nearly midway across the isthmus south of the Bay of Honduras, and it possesses the remarkable pecu liarity of having 10 outlets, nine of which are sub terranean, and only one of them is an open river course. The lake is about 25 miles long and eight miles wide, and it has not been previously marked in any maps. It is surrounded by mountains that rise 5,000 feet above the level of the sea. The special interest attached to Mr. Squier's paper arose from the circumstance that the maps which accompanied it traces a line of railway across the isthmus which offers some peculiar advantages. The map of th at part of Central America exhibited the mountain chain as broken up in various directions, through which chasms the line for the railway was traced. The summit-level would be 2,900 feet high, but it would be a continuous ascent to that point, and the gradients would in no part be steeper than 60 feet in a mile, which is much less than many of the important railways in the United States. Colonel SYKES observed, that one great advanr tage of the proposed line from the Bay of Honduras would be, that it would pass through the territory of only one Government, which rendered it prefer able to anv other proposed communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. 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A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. The Washington correspondent of the New York Tribune, in a letter dated Dec. 19, says :—The ac count of the affray between Messrs. English and Montgomery, given by the Washington Star, and telegraphed to the New York evening papers on Saturday, is pronounced by Montgomery incorrect and one-sided; His statement as given to me yes terday, shortly after the occurrence, is as follows : " I have not spoken to English this session or taken any notice of him when we met, as we have occasionally. The reason is, that he made a speech to the crowd who serenaded him on the night of the passage of his bill, in which he said he had associ 7 ated with me other anti-Lecompton Democrats only to find out our plans and defeat us. From that time I have looked upon him as a treacherous spy and an unfit associate for gentlemen. At noon to-day I was walking down Pennsylvania-avenue, and had just passed Willard's and crossed Fourteenth-street, when I saw English coming toward me, holding out his hand, saying, How do you do, Mr. Mont gomery I" " I made no answer, but passed on without any sign of recognition. I had walked a few steps when I received from behind a very violent blow on the left side of my head, given with such force as for a moment to stagger and confuse me. " I had not the least idea who or what had struck me, but on turning round I saw Engligh with a large cane which he held in both hands, and from the position in which he stood, and the direction of the blow, he must have so hold it when he struck me. He exclaimed— " G—d &,--n you, I'll teach you to insult me in that way.' " He stepped backward quickly as he spoke. I rushed at him, and was about to close with him, when he drew a cane from a sword and presented it at me. As I had no weapon of any kind, I stepped off the side walk and picked up a piece of brick, which I threw at him, hitting him on the leg. He kept retreating, and before I could find another missile, he had got to such a distance that it was useless to pursue him." Two persons, Wm. Couch and Dallier Cox, wit nessed the affair. I have seen a statement,made and signed by Couch, which confirms Montgomery's statement in every particular. Couch say::-- " Mr. English spoke, saying, How are you, Mr. Montgomery ?' Montgomery neither spoke nor paid any attention to this salutation, but passed on down the avenue. Mr. English stepped after him a few steps, and struck him from behind with his cane a very heavy blow on the side of the head. Montgomery turned on him. English stepped back and drew his sword cane, as though about to stab Montgomery with it. \ Montgomery stepped back into the avenue, and caught up a piece of brick. English was running when Montgomery threw the brick and •hit him on the heel or lower part of the leg. Montgomery went back for another stone, and English ran rapidly away up Four teenth-street. When Montgomery came back, Enq lish had run a half-square, and was beyond Ins reach. We were the only persons close by. We saw and heard all that passed. Montgomery did not speak until after he was struck." Daniel Cox fully con oborates Couch's statement, but says I shall add that Mr. Montgomery was unarmed, and that Mr. English held a cane in both hands, and struck with great force." Thomas Reed Keever, a hackman and grocer, who was standing on the opposite corner and saw the later part of the affray, corroborates those wit- nesses. Montgomery went immediately. to a magistrate, and made a charge of assault against English, who been templehae e instead e killed. of has been held to bail. Montg omer y 's face was badl y bruised by the blow, wh ich caused blood to flow profusely. 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