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SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Ge nerative De bin tY—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practice 4 The above work i s i n t en d e d f o r the perusal of those w ho have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules brought together, wholly divested of tne delusions and incon sistencies and Pauanthropy, or as acles so largely introduced into certain quasi medical ~publications given to the world gratis, under the guise of "acts of gratitude," by pretended clergy onaers, whose tamperings with the constitution are itrequeutlY followed by serious consequences!! VICTORIA, VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, MAY 9. I am sorry to have to communicate the unto ward fact that our old friend General Harney is still determined that he and we shall not con tinue good neighbours. He denies our right to a j tint military occupation of the celebrated Island of San Juan, where, as I mentioned the other day, our authorities had posted a body of soldiers equal in number to the American forces on the island, with the " object of protecting British interests and with a view to joint occupation." The General still wishes to have things all his own way or to foment a quarrel, and now says our men are there on sufferance, and reasserts the sole sovereignty of America over the disputed island. To enable you to understand the actual state of the matt .1. I must revert to the period of. General Scott's visit to these parts - on his mission of peace. General Scott proposed, " without prejudice to the claim of either nation to the sovereignty of the en tire island, that each (nation) shall occupy a sepa rate portion of the island by a detachment, &c., not exceeding 100 men, with their appropriate arms only, for the equal protection of their respec tive countrymen," &c. To this proposition Gover nor Douglas could not agree, as he had no autho rity, and had not even heard from his own Govern ment since he had communicated the facts of Ge neral Harney's " occupation" and assumption of sole sovereignty ; but the Governor proposed the re-establishment of the status of the island by the withdrawal of the American forces from the menac ing position they occupied and " joint civil occu pation." General Scott opposed to this proposal a legal objection, that a civil magistrate placed " on neutral territory" could not be subjected to the proper control of the President or of the army." This was in fact the General's objection, and I may remark that it strikes a legal mind with some force, considering all the circumstances of the position at the time. The General, however, seeing his way to the solution of the then existing difficulties only through the medium of a joint military occupation, renawed his proposal, and furnished the Governor with a carefully written plan or project for carrying his views into execution. Still, the Governor felt himself compelled to decline " without the sanction and express instructions of his Government," in a letter dated the 3d of November. Two days after wards General Scott writes that, feeling confident, from the assurance in his Excellency's letter, that there was no intention to dislodge by force the United States' troops on the island, " and being per fectly persuaded that from the very cordial rela tions which now happily subsist between the United States and Great Britain," no instructions need be expected from the English Government of a hostile character, he does not hesitate at once to order the American troops to be reduced to one de tachment. On the very day of the date of this let ter of General Scott, the sth of November, he, with military promptitude and to evince his earnest de sire for continuing friendly relations, as well as to show his confidence in the pacific intentions of our Government, issued an order for the removal of all the troops except Captain Hunt's company. General Scott also gave very prudent orders to the officer left in command of this company. He told him, for his instruction and guidance, that he was to remember that " the sovereignty of the island was still in dispute, and that British subjects had equal rights with American citizens on the island." He furnished him with copies of his com munications to the Governor of Vancouver's Island, and Expressed his wish that he should follow their spirit in the execution of the delicate and import ant trust confided to him, having full " confidence in your intelligence, discretion, and in (what is of equal importance in this case) your courtesies." The General's instructions were followed. Captain Hunt remained with his company, encamped at the southern end of the island ; and it is only bare jus tice here to observe that General Scott could not have been more happy in his choice of an officer. Captain llunt is a man of unusual intelligence, mild and unassuming manners, and very gentleman like in his deportment. All impartial judges say he executed his " delicate trust" admirably and just as a gentleman and an officer should—testimony which my own acquaintance with him enables me to corroborate. Late in March last Admiral Baynes, acting in concert with the Governor, and on orders from the Government, sent a force of marines equal to that of the United States, then under Captain Hunt, to the north end of the island, " with only their appro priate arms," where they are encamped at a dis tance of about 15 miles from the American camp. It is proper to state that great courtesy was ob served towards the American officer in command on the occasion of our men being sent to thaisland. Nothing like disguise or mystery was practised. Captain Hunt was apprised of the Admiral's in tention.to land his marines before they were l an d e d, and a copy of the instructions to the officer who commanded them was sent to him. The object of sending our men to the island was, as I have already said, to protect British interests, and with the view to a joint military occupation, just as General Scott proposed. Mntual civilities and courtesies passed very fre quently between the American officers and the Eng lish ; they amused themselves together, became good friends, and got on very well. The men, taking the cue from their officers, also " frater nized, and the last news I heard from our camp before the untoward circumstances alluded to in the first part of this letter occurred reported that the English soldiers had just paid a friendly visit to the American camp, and that the visit passed off very agreeably to all-parties. A little time back I was informed that General Harney intended to remove Captain Hunt, because he was "too partial to the English." Some of the squatters, who prowl about the island, didn't like it. The captain had "English proclivities," which shocked their nice feelings of nationality, and they had reported their grievances to General Harney, and with the desired effect. It may be as well to mention, as it is necessary•to a correct appreciation of the present position of affairs, that Capt. Pickett was the officer who first "occupied" the island last year, and who made pro clamation that it was sole American territory, and encouraged squatters to "settle" on it, and who was destined by General Scott to be left, after his own departure for Washington, in San Juan in charge of the American forces ; but on a sugges tion, it is said, of the British authorities, the Gene ral saw fit to change the order, and substituted Cap tain Hunt for Capt. Pickett. I should be sorry to utter a word derogatory to Capt. Pickett as an officer. He executed a difficult, although not a dangerous, mission with some ad dress; but it is notorious that his sentiments are rabidly anti-English and prejudiced if his own countrymen do not belie him. He is universally called a Harneyite in contradistinction to the other officers who were stationed with him, and who were all opposed to Gen. Harney's insane proceedings. Gen. Scott exhibited much good sense in his man agement of a troublesome business, and rhave no doubt he had very satisfactory reason for removing Capt. Pickett from San Juan, and placing him where he could not do much harm. I have no doubt he thought his presence on the island incompatible with his own objects in framing his "project for a temporary settlement of the troubles then surround ing him." One ofhis objects was to avoid every thing which could " hurt English pride or prejudice English interests," and another was to encourage a course of action which would "soothe past irrita tions and prevent any local conflict." Most cer tainly Captain Hunt was more eligible to secure both objects than Captain Pickett. The objects of the prudent and conciliatory Gen. Scott are not those of the reckless and implacable Gen. Harney, however. Captain Hunt is not the man for his work but Captain Pickett is, and so he removes the former and replaces the latter in com mand. This occurred last week. The change is e the ohcaeffibacdeneci geroidiscourtesyofficer . tlanxiousi o tonations, b 0 t v l ominous. It is an indignity to General Scott, and e hi ! n o b een uapetr ce , t all E h e n y t g h l t i i for in anotherth the command had n ; 0 t a and e i n f took 0 1 ks a ntuoo ac- companied, as it now appears it is, with a reversal of General Scott's orders as to the status of the island and of British rights thereon, I should have been spared the trouble of criticising it, and of in ficting upon you a long letter upon a subject very disßagutreGeaebnleeratol Harney me. rney has assumed positions of so grave a character that I feel compelled to draw the m Pi o cl s kri t e p ti s i a n t o day officialt t o e fi n t wi t s in th o riue ch t t o them. ihoens(o r instructs o r der) him t t o Cap o fu rn t s i h n to the has re c English ereceived, e officer Admiral General ir alß on t Harney re Lis, e he island, yanadss whicher tasserts t fh that ht the Ae d has minfor mationrnaol authority (" instructions") to accept " a joint occu pation," or to offer one. He has no orders or in structions from General Scott "to grant a joint military occupation of San Juan Island with British troops, nor has any authority been delegated by the Government of the United States to him to offer or accept such occupation of that island." The offer of General Scott to Governor Douglas was declined for the reasons I have already given, and as "no arrangement has been made since to renew it, within the knowledge" of General Harney, he considers " that transaction' concluded." His offi cer cannot, therefore, treat our forces on the basis of a joint occupation, Ilad not General Harney gone beyond this de claration and set up obje4ionable assumptions, I should be free to admit that we might allow him to give his own interpretation, to the question, and to consider our " occupation" a separate and indepen dent occupation, and not a joint one, just as he pleased. It is General Harney's sentiments upon the impor tant question of our rights which I desire to refute; but, before attempting to do so, I must; in the first place, in fairness to the General, admit that it is open to him to take objection—a technical objection —to a "joint occupation," if his Government has not intimated to him that such a step has been agreed to since the period of General Scott's depar ture from this coast ; for the -latter established no such occupation while here, as I have already shown. In former letters I spoke rather decidedly in op position to such a course on our part ; and when the subject of sending our soldiers to San Juan was first talked of I endeavoured to ascertain if an agree ment or convention for a joint occupation had been entered into between the two Governments, but I could not learn that any intelligent arrangement of the sort had been made. Coupling the inertness of our own Government in this instance with their culpable oversight in not insisting - upon the restora tion of the status of the island before entering upon a discussion of the subject-matter in dispute, and then demanding General Harney's recall, I felt a strong repugnance to our so-called joint occupation, and foresaw the affair was slowly drifting into a " mess," and that complications would surely fol low the irresolution and want of prescience ex• hibited by the English Ministry. If they had taken the position that our claim to the island was as good as that of the United States, and that they put soldiers on it because it suited their purpose, this course would be quite warranted under such a claim, so long as we did not interfere with the American soldiers ; but how any sane man can satisfy him self that a "joint military occupation" can be esta blished on disputed territory without an arrange ment, agreement, or convention first entered into by the claimants I really cannot conceive. I stated in a former letter some of the inconveniences of our course, and need not repeat them. General Har ney's objection is just such an one as our Govern ment ought to have foreseen and provided against. The agreement should have been made in Washing ton or London, and care should have been taken that he had been notified of it. It is to be hoped the oversight will be rectified without delay, for the General feels that he has all the power he had before General Scott came out, and he is disposed to use it without much discretion. So much for the General's first proposition. His second is far less tenable. According to his construction of our position, we " were permitted to land troops on our assurance that no attempt would be made to dislodge by force the United States' troops." "Permitted to land troops" on territory which General Scott, in a letter to him written from head-quarters on the 9th of November last, "wishes it to be remembered that the sovereignty of is still in dispute between the two Governments; and until definitely settled by them, that British sub jects have equal rights with American citizens therein (i.e., on the island)," is rather a cool re minder of his condescension. One feels curious to know what General Harney would have done if he could have prevented our 83 Marines from landing, instead of kindly " permitting" them to land, and to occupy a small corner of an island never claimed in sole and entire sovereignty . by his own Govern ment. He then — instructs his officers to be very civil to our officers, and to do all in his power to " establish a practical solution of the present mis understandings." What the " misunderstandings" are none of us here know. I . fear. they are sha dows of coming events that the General knows more of than he _chooses to tell at present. Evi dently he is brewing mischief. His next postulate is positively outrageous, and if he is allowed to maintain it serious results may follow. He lays down the law thus:—Congress ei tablished the territorial-Government of Washing ton ; the Legislature of that territory, by an Act for the division of its surface, included the island of San Juan in the newly-formed county of Whateom. I believe this same free and easy Legislature " included" all the islands of the Hu.° Archipelago in its counties, a fact which goes to show that it was rather covetous, as Great Britain then claimed and still clai:ns them all. This act of appropriation, the General says, was duly submitted to Congress and and has not been disapproved—probably because Congress overlooked the breach of the Tenth Com mandment upon which it was founded. However this may have been, the General has satisfied him self that this Act is " the law of the land" in San Juan—ergo, the island is American territory. Hav ing settled the title by this cogent mode of reason ing, the General explains to his officer in command the duties incumbent upon him. He is to acknow• ledge and respect "the civil jurisdiction of Washing ton territory in the discharge of his duties on San Juan ;" and this ominous warning is given for our especial edification, namely, " That any attempt of the British Commander to ignore this right of the territory will be followed by deplorable results out of his (General Harney's) power to control." The authority of Washington terri tory over the island is reiterated, and provision is made for cases involving British interests, when the British officer in command is to be notified to enable him to propose some arrangement satisfac tory to his instructions as well as those of the civil officer Gf Washington territory on the island (a justice of peace, I suppose). In case of disagree ment of these parties (i. e., the American civil officer and the British military officer), no action is to be taken until the case shall have been referred to Admiral Baynes and the Governor of Washington territory respectively. This rigmarole of bad English really means that General Harney assumes the entire sovereignty of the island to be in the United States. British sub jects are to be tried by the civil officer of " Wash ington territory in Whatcom county." What the British officer will find his duty to be by the power the General confers upon him "to propose some arrangement" I think rather puzzling; or to what extent Admiral Baynes will feel justified in acting in conjunction with his colleague the Governor of Washington I really cannot guess, unless he will promptly decline to have anything to do with him, which is most likely, should such a " reference" be made to him. Both the Admiral and the British officer in command in San Juan will have a whole some dread of actions for false imprisonment and other cognate proceedings, which will make them cautious in touching "cases," or in conjunction with American judges. I have no fears on this head, for no British subjects are allowed, or rather none are encouraged, to settle upon the island in the present conjuncture. As the island was in 1855, when Mr. Marcy fixed its status, so it has ever since continued, and so it is now, in so far as British subjects are concerned. We never dis turbed the status for one instant. General Harney's assumption that, because Washington territory —a dependency of the United States—took a fancy to annex (to " include" is the term) the Island of San Juan ill her county of Whatcom, this foolish act could affect the title of another nation claiming the island is too absurd to be worth the trouble of refuting it. To show the man's perverseness, however, I will quo te General Scott's sentiments upon this very question of the pretensions of Washington territory to civil jurisdiction over the island. Answering on the 9th of November last a letter of Governor Douglas's, he says,— g, l am pleased to liarn that her Majesty's authorities will be enjoined to abstain from any acts a interference or of e xclusive jurisdiction in respect to American citizens until the question of title is settled. In the same spirit I had earlier determined to instruct our commanding officer on the island to allow no person claiming to be a functionary of Washington territory to interfere with any British sub ject residing, or happening to be on th e same i s l an d , wh i le t shall remain in dispute bet Ween our respective Govern ments?' This letter was sent (in copy) to G enera l H arney for his information and guidance, by direction of General Scott, on the day of its date—the 9th of complet e ly h e acts i n November last yet see how opposition to his instructions. Finally, whatever may be sail for G enera l H arney in extenuation of his conduct in ig nor i ng our r i ght to a joint military occupatio . n, there can b e no ex cuse. for his assumption of sovereignty in direct opposition to his instructions from th e C omman d er in-Chief, and in flagrant disregard of the sentiments of the President himself, who wrote to him, through the Secretary at War, after he had heard of his having ordered military possession to be taken of the island, that "in cases respecting territory in dispute between friendly nations it i s usua l to su ff er the status of the parties to remain until the dispute is terminated one way or the othe r; an d thi s more especially while the question is pending for decision before a joint commission of the two Governments." And the President goes on to direct his course towards the British authorities, and to assure them that possession was not taken " with any view of prejudging the question in dispute, or retaining the island, should the question be finally decided against the United States." The expression of all such reasonable r.bnd just sentiments is lost on General Harney. He is bent upon bringing about a con fli c t if h e can, and i f he is left muc longer in command here he will in all probability succeed. Tbis last movement of his I believe to be preliminary to some other. lle has n.ot yet developed his plan of operations. I believe the local authorities will not take any notice of his instructions to his own officer, and, if . nothing happens on his part to provoke a collision, certainly we shall not pave the way for one. The greatest risk is that a British subject may be sub jected to some injustice which may compel the inter ference of the Admiral ; or that an - American may, on purpose, by some act of aggression about the British camp, give a plausible cause of interference to American officer. I have every confidence in the Admiral's prudence, judgment, and discretion, whatever contingency may arise. But still this is an opportune occasion to urge upon the Government the necessity there is for their making some decisive arrangement with the United States' Government for preserving the peace of the two nations pending the adjustment of the question of title to the island. It is equally opportune to state for the information of our own Government, or to refresh their memory if they know the fact, that General Scott, when on his way home, wrote to General Harney, reminding him that he had before suggested to him a change of residence, adding his very natural expectation of the course of the Govern ment. He says, " Another motive has just occurred to me for renewing the subject; I have no doubt that one of the preliminary demands which will be made by the British Government upon ours in con nection with your occupation of the island of St. Juan will be your removal from your present com mand." Really one feels tempted to say that General Scott had a nicer and more just sense of what was due to the British Government and people than the British Government had of its own dignity. We have the three following ships in harbour:— Her Majesty's ship Ganges, 80 guns, sailing line of-battle ship, 750 men, carrying the flag of Rear- Admiral Baynes, C. 8., Captain Fultord. Her Majesty's screw corvette Satellite, 21, Captain Pre vost, 400-horse power, armament 20 8 inch 61 cwt. guns, and 1 8-inch 95 cwt. traversing gun ; 260 men. Her Majesty's screw frigate Topaze, 51, 30 8-inch 65 cwt. guns on the main deck, 20 32- pounder 56 cwt. guns, and one 8-inch 95, cwt. tra versing gun on upper deck, 600-horse power, 667 men, Captain the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer. The Plumper, Captain Richards is still away surveying in Johnson's Straits. The Alert is on her way to this port from the South Coast. The Clio, which was expected, has gone to Panama. The two gunboats which left England for this place were detained on service in the River Plate. It is to be hoped they will be forwarded. They are really wanted for service in Fraser's River and on the coast of British Colum bia. They are the most suitable class of vessels for these waters in various ways. Talking on the subject of our naval forces in this quarter reminds me that the Imperial Government sent orders some six months ago to have a powder magazine built for the use of the squadron, &c.—a wise and proper mea3ure, and very necessary, even if its only advantage would be to save our ships of war being occasionally converted into floating ma gazines, as they now are, and must be, in carrying large supplies of gunpowder from Valparaiso to this place, and in keeping it on board, in store, after arrival, for want of a place of deposit. A site was selected for the magazine several months back, but nothing further has been done. The site fixed upon is a small island in the inner waters of Esquimalt harbour, convenient to the an chorage of the ships of war, and opposite to which land can be obtained, on the shore, if required for Government purposes. The island chosen is said to be well adapted for a magazine in all respects. It is the property of the Puget Soand Agricultural Company, in London, who, I know, make no ob jection to its surrender. There is also another is- , land a liitic higher up the harbour (or bay), be longing to the nation, which can at any time be appropriated for national purposes, and which is said to be also eligible for a magazine, with a Go vernment reserve of land on the shore opposite to it, at the head of the harbour, so that there is no difficulty as to a site. Neither is there any diffi culty or imr,ediment as to the wa y s an d means o f defraying die expense ; while, since the period of the selection, Sappers and Miners from New West minster could have been employed on or about the structure, and so, I have no doubt, could some of the men of the ships of war who have had nothing to do beyond their routine duties. But, with all these facilities, nothing has been done beyond the bare selection,—the work of an hour or two's pleasant cruise of a fine morning in the end of January or beginning of February. The matter appears to have gone to sleep on the shelves of the " Circumlocution"-office. Now, this neglect and delay are—for many rea sons well-known to and appreciated by the autho rities, but which I need not here descant upon — most culpable and without excuse. Necessity calls for prompt action, but "circumlocution" demands procrastination, and circumlocution will carry the day, unless the Government rouses it from its slumbers. A report is whispered that the cause of the delay arises from a desire to place the head-quarters of the squadron in Burrard's Inlet on the coast of British Columbia, and that private interest, par tiality, or fancy operate to influence this desire. I do not endorse this report, because I cannot vouch for its accuracy, and I exonerate the Admiral from blame ; but, whatever the reason of the delay, it is a bad reason. It is true that if all that is required for a naval station be so much water for so many ships to float and to anchor in, and so many acres of ground for docks in a wilderness, these essentials are obtainable in Burrard's Inlet, which is about five miles across [the country from New Westminster. But, as the naval station placed in that locality involves the navigation of a portion of the Straits of Fuca, of the whole of the Canal de Haro (under the guns of the American batteries if San Juan be given up), together with the crossing of the Gulf of Georgia, often a tempestuous sea, as well as the other inland waters which intervene between Burrard's Inlet awl Esquimalt and the ocean, all of which navigation would be an addi tion to a voyage long enough already, and which would be avoided by leaving the squadron to ren dezvous at Esquimalt, where the ships now lie, most competent judges prefer Esquimalt for the head-quarters of the squadron. Esquimalt is near the ocean, easily accessible by day and night now that a lighthouse is placed at its en trance. It has good anchorage in Royal-bay, just outside, where a fleet could ride. Besides these conveniences, it possesses great facilities for fortifi cations over every other harbour in the Pacific Ocean. It could be made impregnable at less cost than any other harbour in these seas could be ren dered partially secure ; and it is well situated for supplying ships to defend the entrance into the Straits of Fuca—a measure to the accomplishment of which " Port San Juan," situated on Vancouver's Island, near the entrance, possesses important faci lities in having a good harbour three miles long and capable of anchoring a fleet in safety. From this port one or two ships could blockade the en trance, and make Fuca's Straits a British lake, while Esquimalt is close at hand to afford supplies and all necessary assistance. While these are some of the advantages of Esqui malt, let us glance at the disadvantages and incon veniences of making Burrard's Inlet the head quarters. The tedious navigation to and fro between Esqui malt and the inlet I have already mentioned. There is also the additional expense of provisioning the squadron. At Victoria the men-of-war get all they want., and at Esquimalt itself there is a bakery which supplies them with biscuit. The Admiral's communications with. England would be delayed considerably if he were ou the coast of British Co lumbia. Shut up in the inlet the squadron would be out of the way, and distant from the points in the Straits of Fuca, where its sorvices must always be most needed. Vancou:•er's Island will be the point of attack, if an attack is made on one of these colo nies by any hostile Power, as it must be secured to make the continent tenable if taken, so that if Bur rard's Inlet were made the naval station it would involve this anomaly—that while the head-quarters were over there, the ships would always be sta tioned here. The naval station must be at Esqui malt. But, to return from this digression to the subject of the powder magazine, I trust the Imperial Go vernment will inquire why the execution of its orders have been so improperly neglected, 'and will not permit further trifling with so important a matter. We were gratified with the proof of in- MAY 10. The mail frdm San Francisco is in, and 'I am very happy to learn brings intelligence of the two gunboats destined for this place. When the British mail steamer was leaving Valparaiso Bay for Panama the gunboats were going into Valparaiso. accompanied by her Majesty's screw frigate Ter magant, which came from Rio in charge of them. This wps about the 15th March, so that they are expected to arrive here (all three) by the begin ning of June, Victoria grows steadily in substantial brick and stone buildings. Land is very high and in tolerable demand, and matters generally wear a thriving aspect. From the mines the news was never better. 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"The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. At home for consultation, :daily, from 10 till 3 and 6 to 5. Sundays, 10 to 1 POLAND. We have received the following from Warsaw : " The Russian Government, whose system always remains unchanged, has for some time given signs of resuming its former position of intimidation. Its attempts against the Roman Catholic religion increase in severity ; its police has again become aggravating ; its employts have resumed their insolent airs ; its passports are no longer to be obtained with facility ; and the Government places obstacles in the way of every thing that may tend to develop the prosperity of the country. " The Agricultural Society of Warsaw, which some years ago was established with the sanction of the Government, and now numbers 4,000 mem bers, has since its formation infused a fresh spirit of industry and morality into all classes, and en deavoured to facilitate and regulate the great re form of the emancipation of the serfs. Lithuania and Ukraine have also applied for permission to establish agricultural societies. Local banks are being organised, for the purpose of circulating capital and facilitating the operations of industry and commerce. The Government seemed to look with no eye of disfavour on this quiet and orderly movement, whose object was in no sense a political one. " Things were in this state, when suddenly Prince Gortchakoff issued an order prohibiting the formation of provincial agricultural meetings. These meetings were to superintend the execution of the improvements recommended by the Central Society, to examine into the political utility of new processes and machimes, and to set on foot exhibitions of agricultural implements, and the Prince Gortchakoff decreed that the prizes given by the society should be distributed by employes, and that no more exhibitions, horse-races, &c., will be permitted to take place in future. This is a fatal blow to the society, for it carries with it a de privation of the power of individual action. " The same restrictions will be imposed upon the agricultural societies of Lithuania and Ukraine, the sanction for whose establishment has hitherto been withheld by the Government. In the king dom of Poland, however, the provincial meetings are so dose's entwined with the customs and wants of the country, that the inhabitants have unani mously decided on disobeying the order in ques tion. Some anxiety has been felt for the conse quences of this event." The following news has been received from Vienna : " S Jule negotiations, or rather conversations, have, as you are aware, taken place at St. PeterAurg with reference to the Eastern question. There is some talk of a complete partition of European Turkey, and consequent re-arrangement of the map of Europe. Whether there has been any question of Poland I am not prepared to say ; but the second son of the Queen of England has been pointed out as a can didate for the throne of Poland. The Cabinet htra does not look upon this question unfavourably. It will even be partial to it when it knows what it will get in exchange for Galicia. The need of an intermediate state between Austria and Russia makes itself daily mere and more felt. " The Emperoi. Francis Joseph seems to be fully alive to the infamy of the partition of Poland, and the difficulties which it brought on Austria. He has recently expressed himself very clearly on this point. Much difficulty is experienced in regulating the internal affairs of the empire. The Hungarians are still very suspicious as to the intentions of the Government. There is also a want of unity in the Ministry. Each puts in execution his own ideas in his department. The influence of Count Goluchovrski increases every day. He has at least courage enough to take the initiative. " l'ublic feeling in Galicia has undergone no sen sible change : it is still anti-Austrian. The Poles wish for independence, neither more nor less ; but they arc ready to accept any modification of their wishes so long as they will attain their final object. For, on the other hand, the feeling against Russia is violent in the extreme. This is even perceptible among the masses of the population to such a degree, that it would be easy to raise an army of 50,000 peasants, armed with scythes, against the Russians. But, I repeat it, they will submit to a great deal in order to arrive at the end they so much desire ; for, above all, since the last measures of the Government of St. Petersburg, the word Russia hos become a synonym for persecution and, even more, of slavery." SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING ME AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Law Amendment Society was held last night at the rooms, Waterloo-place—Mr. Cookson in the chair. LAW OF LUNACY. Mr. EDGAR, in bringing up the report of the Lunacy Law Committee, explained that a former report from the same body had some weeks since been brought before the society, but had been sent back to them for re-considefation, as it dealt with psychological and social questions, and so exceeded the order of reference. The present report dealt solely with the legal features of the question. He then proceeded to read the report, which repeated the recommendations of a former committee with respect to an early judicial inquiry, the vesting of the patient's property in an official committee, the increased inspection of private asylums, pay wards in public asylums, the visitation of clergymen, and the registration of keepers and attendants; and it further recommended that no person should be im prisoned unless on a medical certificate signed by two qualified medical men (one at least verifying his statement on oath), and countersigned by a ma gistrate, a copy to be furnished to the alleged lunatic himself; that greater facilities should be afforded for having all such cases judicially inquired into; that private asylums should be visited once a month; that the visits of friends should be encouraged ; that all Chancery lunatics should have the same advantage ; that the masters in lunacy should act in the satne manner as the cbielclerks in the Court of Chancery ; that the official committee bhould take the charge of all ,property, and have punt powers with the committee of the person ; that all pauper patients requiring restraint should be (nu ; tine , i in public asylturv= ; and that the two existing machineries he fused into one board. • Admiral SAUMAREZ said he approved of almost all the rccomo.endations of the committee, but he regretted that it did not go farther into the ques tion, and deal not only with private lunatics, but also with those classed as convict and pauper lunatics. _ value After a long discussion in reference to the of medical certificates, and the conduct of proprie tors of private asylums, in which Mr. Blundell, Mr. Elliot, Mr. Hastings, and 11Ir. Percival t oo k part, the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. The exact number of Volunteers under arms in Hyde Park on Saturday was, according to the official re turns, 18,4';0, of which number the metropolitan corps sup • plied 13,226, and Lord Elgin, _ tow Ain harbour of Galle. The lives o: board and the mails were saved, but beyond thii-the,,calci mity seems to have been complete. We are in, formed by telegraph that the Malabar parted her hawsers in a gale of wind, bumped heavily age.iust the rocks, and went ashore on the sand. Nobody who knows the harbour of Gafle will be surprised at such an occurrence, Except on the land side, it is open to every wind that - blows. inasmuch as on two other sides—the fourth being to seaward—the land is so low . as not to protection against any wind. Nearly every c that sweeps over the I n dian Ocean, th en , can drive with full force against any craft wilich may be lying in this deceitful harbour. It is, no doubt, vast enough in apparent extent, b.l.t the very appearance of extent is treacherous. Thee water is so 'shallow round the harbour that only a boat of the very lightest draught can even approach the shore, except towards the town. The strength of the wind in these seas is at times tremendous, and nothing, sav e th e i n t erpos i t i on o f a cape, or hill, or other natural defence of the like kind, would enable a vessel to ride out a gale in security. Even with our experience of last autumn as to what the power of the elements may be when fairly roused to fury, we have but a scant notion of an Indian typhoon. But at certain seasons of the year these typhoons constantly occur, and one wou ld suppose that even selfish considerations would impel Government de partments and steamship companies to select proper spots for their coaling harbours. At one time yam are sending out troops, and upon their punctual arrival may depend the fortune of a campaign; at another you are bringing these tr oo p s home again, sick and disabled, and every motive of policy as well as humanity would suggest the propriety of taking every precaution for their safety; again, a third time you may be sending out ambassadors charged with the conduct of important negotia tions, sometimes treasure, and always the mails. It needs, however, no great argument to show that the communications between England and India must be even more carefully guarded than between any two other points of the empire. Now, Ceylon must remain a halfway house or a plat ref call mainly for coaling purposes, and if there were no option but to send the steamers into the harbour of Gallo there would be no blame attached to any body. It does so happen, however, that at Trin comalee, on the other side of the island, there is a most excellent harbour, which possesses nearly all the advantages in which Galle is deficient. It is very true that some time back the Ave, with the wounded of Lucknow on board her, was thrown away near Trincomalee, but you would not say that Holyhead, whatever may be its defects, is an unsafe harbour because the captain of a steamer had run his ship ashore on the Isle of Man. There may be reasons of which we are not aware why Trincomalee should not be chosen as the harbour of Ceylon. If so, let those who are most competent to offer opinions upon such a point tell us what they are. In the present state of our information, it appears the height of perverseness to prefer a place which looks like an open roadstead, and where vessels are exposed to all the fury of the elements, to a harbour which appears to contain in itself all the conditions of safety. It is curious enough that our West Indian Steam ship Company seems to follow the example of the Peninsular and Oriental in this respect, though in another quarter of the globe. They make St. Thomas's the centre of their postal system, and although in the harbour of St. Thomas's vessels are not exposed to the same danger from the winds and sea as at Galle, yet there is a peculiar curse upon the place, which renders it as obnoxious to seamen as the most stormy quarter of the ocean. St. Thomas's, indeed, possesses many natural and some artificial conveniences ; but it has one terrible fault —at one season of the year men cannot enter the harbour and live, and at all seasons it is a pro foundly unhealthy place. The yellow fever has chosen it for its head-quarters —so has the West India Mail Company. The consequence is that when Yellow Jack is in full vigour —and he very frequently is in full vigour at St. Thomas's—happy is that ship which leaves the harbour after the slightest possible delay with only a moderate loss of life and without carrying away amongst her crew the seeds of destruction, which will burst forth in full vitality long after the ship has got away from this great marine pesthouse. 'the British island of Antigua lies near at hand, which has all the natural advan tages of St. Thomas's in situation, and we belicve in all other respects, and which is as healthy as the other island is notorious for its pestilential propez tics. 'Thy , home of Yellow Jack, which owns allegi ance to the Crown of Denmark, is chosen in place of the island of Antigua, which is a 13ritish posses sion and which has no yellow few'', or, if any, only according to the usual measure of tropical climates not MI bra It hily situated. However, we are not call ing atteut ion to day so much to the erroneous choice of St. T:l,unas's on thelVest India station as to that of the ha: hour of Galle, when another port on the opposite side of Ceylon is ready to receive the company's ships, and not to entice them to their de struction. The Peninsular and Oriental Company have been unfortunate of late in.their Eastern ven tures. First, there was the Ava, which was lost off Trincomalee by mere carelessness; then there was the Alma, which was run upon a coral reef in the Red Sea by the negligence and miscalculation of the officer of the watch ; and now here we have tin - Malabar blown ashore in Gallo harbour, becaust her hawsers would not stand the stress of the storm or rather because she was taken into a harbou' which should never have have received a vessel such value at all.- 1 imes. THE CO2IIIII7TEE ON PRECEDENTS. We believe we may announce that the collision between the Lords and the Commons which was to be, and which was to lead to the extermination or subjection of the former anomalous body, has been averted. The very numerous committee of two-and-twenty, we are told, succeeded:in resolving itself into two parties, under two chiefs, who both prepared reports. Mr. Walpole prepared one, giving a quiet history of the precedents, and say ing very much what has been said before. Bound to truth, he was unable to import much variety into a theme which was simply a question as to matters of fact. A counter•report was prepared by Mr. Bright, with the assistance, it is said, of a constitutional adviser of great celebrity in small circles. This went into the very depths end heights of the question, and, of course, concluded that the House of Lords had done what it had no right to do, and that the House of Commons should set the decision of the Lords at nought. This might be very excellent advice if the object were to bring things to the speediest possible issue, at whatever cost; and we can easily imagine gentle men very happy to ride the storm that might be got up on such an occasion. These two reports were laid before the committee, which had thus to choose between history and science, between dry matter of fact and ardent opinion. Some members of the committee could not agree with Mr Bright's report, yet stood so much in awe of its explosive tendency that they proposed a compromise— a third report, which should amalgamate the two gauges. Eventually, however, the two rival reports were put to the vote, when Mr. Bright succeeded in obtaining, in addition to his own vote, for his report, those of Mr. Gladstone and Lord John Russell. The former of these gentlemen was concerned in the subject-matter of the difference-- the repeal of the Paper Duty—and the latter was tolerably safe to take the widest interpretation of popular right and the narrowest of constitutional Privilege. The whole trio, therefore, were too deeply pledged for their agreement to form any novelty or have any weight. The remainder of the committee agreed to Mr. Walpole's report. There can be little doubt as to the course to be . taken by the house. The three dissentients will have . hearing, and will recommend and deliver spee speeches. e t s b . eir own report, amplified into three g ood They illustrated and embellished. w ill he we ll su pported . , and the constitutional ques tion will e The house, ho l % a v r e g y e e l i : , will be content with letting the minority have their say o u t. I t w i ll a d opt M r . Walpole's report, with, pos s ibl y , a qu i e t pro test against the late decision of th e L or d s being construedinto a new precedent. The effect of this will be that the Howie of Commons will probably bewarr.s for the halve how it exposes itself to the chance of being i.nubbcd by the Lorde. On the recent occasion it its certainly aid something to pro voke own fate. The next time it sends up to the I- olds a bill for the repeal of a productive tax it will take care that the passing of the measure shall lwt be egnivalent to the infliction of a serious Mn. MAI STONE, High-street, Bloomsbury.— Opbt halrnie Hospital, Charing-cross. 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