The Sun. — London, England, 1860-02-28 00:00:00

- - , y 2- c - ;2 _ ) 11 411 1 , , .. :4: !' • /1 • t. „). - 1-11 A 1.,' i t a i / at 4 •• Ve • > 1 7 7 . .7 z ; 16- " , :•. 4 . . 1 , -• • • •= 1.4, ~ ...440 0„ lb -17 L, ArIE n „ ~/ o , 0• ,1 Ak e , • Z` 'l ' 4 / • Set?' 4 ROIT ..... THE QUEEN'S HOTEL COMPANY, Upper Norwood (Limited). Capital, £50,000 in 5,000 Shares of £lO each. Formed under the Act of Parliament, passed in July, 1856, which expressly limits the liability of Shareholders to the Amount of their Shares. - t'r 'c'pj~pE Vie. / 07' -----:i -,, ) • , t7 i 4 .. 4 : . • din g rents, tolls, duty, & ../, lititzi .. , Y4 , ,„-...t.•' ~..f. ' 4 ____ _Th lebruary 19, 1860, amounted il-441,419th„9,7f`a ' V £38,589 for the cox resr-onaing tkenc4c4.-.1860::'' Ili& proportion of the South Junerion'ye-ttinfii;Ver '" e ( to this company from J mulry 1 fie r •Febirna r 9 amounted to £3,349, ai against X:3,096 for the cor responding period of 1839, and the expense,s to X 1,547, as against £1,702. ~- V-' V a DIRECTORS. FREDERICK HETLEY, Esq., Westow-hill, Upper Nor. wood, Chairman. Albert Edmund Farley, Esq., 79, Great Tower-street, anc Stcckwell, James Franks, Esq., 14, Little Tower-street, and Upper Nor wood. Charles Ritchie, Esq., Upper Tulse-hlll. Captain Welch, Upper Norwood. P. It. d e la Trehonnais, Esq., Oak-villa, Norwood. BANIZERS.—Messrs. Hankey, Fenchurch-street. Soucrrou.—Richard Peek, Esq., (Peek and Downing,) 10, Basinghall-street. BROKERS.—Messrs. Price and Brown, 4, Change-alley. SECRETARY.—George Fasson, Esq. EV PUBLICATIONS. THE OPPONENTS of CHURCH-RATES are urged everywhere immediately to petition both Houses of Parliament to pass SIR JOHN TUE LAWNY'S BILL for ENTIRE ABOLITION. TIM CALCUTTA ,AND /ILYA .HAILS, tivity to that which on the wi-----;-0177...—5ms displayed during the year 1850. Rice in this market .maiu tAins the value set - upon it at date of our last issue. We do not expect relief to any extent for at least two months. Common report speaks of large quan tities held by farmers in the interior, but this is extremely doubtful, and should it be the case, and great destitution and famine ensue, the local man darins would not be long in opening the granaries rather than run the risk of civil commotion. Cot ton continues its downward course. Bombay is fully 1 dollar per picul lower in this market than at date of our last issue. Yarn is quite neglected, even at reduced quotations. 16 to 24 are quoted 90 dollars t0"95 dollars ; 28 t o 32 , dols. 110 to dol s . 115 ; 38 to 42, dols. 135 to dols. 138. The stock here is considerable, being esti mated at 1,500 bales.—Grey shirtings do not exhibit the decline which might have been anticipated. Sales have been made at prices current last mail, but the supplies are almost exhausted.—White shirtings are nominally the same, as are also T-cloths and fancy goods. We do not hear of any tr ansactions,—Woollens are Mooed in price.. --Lead has ()hanged hands at dols. 7 50.—Bar iron exhibits a decline of about 15c.—Nail rods are still in de mand, considerable parcels having changed hands at dols. 3 50 t o d o l s. 3 70.—Tin plates quoted dols. 6 40 .—Quicksilvor is lower dols. 2, present price being dols. 64.—Opium ; During the past fortnight little- business has been done in drug, and trans action; have been principally for the northern ports. Patna remains the same as at last ma il, v i z., d olt 770 to dols. 772 50. Benares scarce, and quoted same as Patna. Malwa dull, and has fallen dols. 60 in price. To-day's (Jan. 14) quotations are dols. 600. For Turkey there is no demand.-7-Freights aro decidedly better. 'Charters for cargoes from Siam to this port bp" been dialed at 35c. A cargo of coals transhipped jlere for. Shatskhaeh been taken at d o l s . 4 per The improvement appears likely to continue for a time at least and until the running engagements of ships on the coast expire. —Exchange is firm, at quotations current last mail. Bank bills, 4s. 9d. ; first-class credits, 4s. - 91 d. ; and documentary paper, 4s. 92d. Bombay and Cal cutta rates, 226 rs. and 227 rs. respectively, are almost nominal. Bar silver, 8 per amt., and Sycee, 52 per cent. premium. Gold leaf, dots. 23 10 per tael. VICTORIA STATION AND PIMLICO. The report of the directors states that, not NN ith standing the difficulties which the strike of last autumn at one time interposed, the works of the line and bridge are now so far advanced as to leave no doubt of their completion by the , ppointed time. Ample station accommodation will be provided by the opening of the line, while the construction of the permanent building is proceeded with. Ap. plication is being made to Parliament in the pre sent session for the purpose of authorising amalga mation with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company. The shares of the Vic toria Station Company gill, on the passing of the act; become lirighton 5 per cent. preference stock, bearing interest from the Ist, of Juue next, and the Victoria Company will be dissolved. Mr. J. Fow ler, the engineer, reports the progress of the works by Mr. Keik, the contractor, as being in ever y re spect highly satisfactory. The caital to the 31 st o f December showed that p £6B3,oBB Recount hat). been received, and £676,301 expende4. The balance at the banker's amounted to £5,460, and the Great Western Company had paid £1,500 in respect of extra works for the broad gunge, Now ready, in post Bvo, ICs. 6c1., THE SEASON TICKET. 4 London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Forms of petition, with all the requisite instructions, may be obtained of the undersigned. Communications from persons willing to co-operate are requested. We have received by the overland mail advices and papers from Calcutta to Jan. 24, and from Hong- Kong to Jan. 14. The Calcutta papers contain no general intelli gence in addition to that brought by the last Bom bay mail. Speaking of Commercial matters, "Trade (says the Calcutta Englishman), continues alto gether fiat, and with no promise of better improve ment. Looking at the prices reported from home, and those quoted herein our Price Current, sane men, accustomed to old modes of business, look with wonder upon what is being done here ; wonder as to how buyers see hope of return. In these days of enlightened trading, how creditors are to be met is quite besides the question. Money it will be seen is less accessible; already the Bombay banks have raised their rates, and owing to the large purchases of paper for England, Calcutta has followed their example, with prospects of a further advance. The only branch of commerce in which there is any real improvement is in freights, owing to the tonnage taken up'for transport of the China expedition, and the rice going forward for Mauritius," The following commercial notes are from the same journal t--_ PRODUCE 'MARKETS.—We have no new feature to report this mail. The advance in frieghts and exchange has as yet had no visible effect on the value of goods. Raw silk sells at extreme rates. Indigo has advanced in value. Sugar nothing doing. Saltpetre in small supply, and higher. Jute dull and drooping. Lac dye and shell-lac higher, and the latter in excellent demand. Oil seeds very firm. IMPORT MARKET.—The improvement mentioned in the last report was increasing during the first few days of the lastfortnight, but lately the market, influenced by the great tightness of money in the bazaar, and the very high rates of interest charged by : the native bankers, became gradually dull an d quiet,_aad consequently prices of most descriptions of piece goods are one to two annas per Piece lower. The Bank of Bengal increased its rate of interest 1 per cent, all round, and there is every probability that this state of things will be ma i n t a i ne d f or t h e present. Yarns sh are in the general dulness of the market, and they have lost some of the last im provement. Metals firm, but little doing. JOINT-STOCK SHARES. —The share market con tinues buoyant, notwithstanding the bank rates of interest and discount have been increased 1 per cent. Several transactions have taken place since our last issue. The India General and Dock shares con tinue the favourite investments. The latter, it is understood, will pay 24 per cent, dividend at their half•yearly general meeting called for this day. In Ganges shares there is not much doing; we make our quotations in reference to the late alteration in the scrip certificates from 1,4'00 to 500 each. Steam Tug shares are dull and in no demand. Bengal Bank shares have changed hands at 5,975, and Bonded Warehouse shares at 355. For Dock shares 860 have been offered and refused. Assam Tea shares are held firmly, and the shares of the new companiei lately started in Cachar are in good favour and sought after. -GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.—Ia consequence of the advanced rates charged for money by the Bank of Bengal and other banks, the value of the Five and-a-Half per Cents. and Five per Cents. was quoted at fully half per cent. lower; this brought buyers into the market for European account, and a large amount of both denominations changed hands. The Five per Cents, will be' convented into Five-and-a-Half. These sales have given firmness to the market, but sellers are ready to sell at 96 for Five-and-a-Half per Cents, and from 92 to 921 for the Five per Cents. There is nothing doing in the Four per Cents. MONEY MARKET.—Money continues in deinand in the bazaar, especialy amongst the piece goods dealers and the opium speculators. Upon Government Securities it can be obtained at the banks at from 6 to 8 per cent., but as their reserve is greatly diminished we may look for higher rates. The large amounts paying into the Treasury for the conversion of the 5 per Cents. is rapidly filling up the 5.1 per Cent. Loan, much to the satisfaction of Government, who have been able to redeem the Treasury drafts, upon which they had obtained a loan from the Bank of Bengal. EXCHANGE.—For some days after the departure of the last mail exchange on London kept steady at previous rates, but a pressure of credit and do anent bills on the market enabled buyers to ob tain higher rates far both bank and mercantile bills, and they close for this mail at 2-0: to 2-11 for bank bills, 2.11 to 2-1 3-16 for credits, and 2-1 to 2-11 for dccumentary. On China the rate has averaged Rs. 223 per dols. 100. On Bombay thirty-day bank bills have sold at par. their extreme in so as t o ride over the water rather than plough through it, and the first glance at their fine lines shows that they are built for and must attain great speed ; in fact, they look to other boats what a race horse seems among ordinary horses, and if Messrs. Bolton and Watt only do as much for the engines as Mr. Laird has done for the hulls of the vessels which will quit his yard, the Ulster, Munster, and Con naught ought to be the fastest vessels yet known on the sea. The speed at which these vessels are intended to fly over the water through a narrow channel, where there is a chance of collision with passing ships, has rendered it advisable that they should all be built of unusual strength. They are accordingly constructed of the finest iron plates, bound together in every possible way by cross beams and angular stringers, and part of the deck is formed of broad girders, which extend all round the ship, and give to the whole fabric immense strength. In addition to this the vessel is com pletely subdivided by nine water-tight compart ments, passing from deck to keel, two of which in sulate the engine and hoilerroons from each other. The deck is entirely flush, and will be broken by no obstruction save the entrances to the cabins. Ali the ships will, of coarse, have handsome suites of This Company has been formed under the Limited Liability Act for the purpose orthe purchase and enlargement of the Queen's Hotel at Upper Norwood. The celebrated and well-earned reputation of the manage ment of this Hotel, for many years, together with its admir able situation—remarkable alike for the beauty of the scenery and the purity of the air—have rendered it the favourite resort of numerous and distinguished visitors. The immediate vicinity of the Crystal Palace has added to its attractions as a residence, while, at the same time, the bracing character of the Surrey hills, amongst which it is placed, strongly recommends it to those seeking it for the purposes of health ; indeed, the character of the-Hotel is so u:dely known that it is not necessary to enlarge further on its advantages as a profitable investment. The Hotel was oritrnally projected, and has since been con ducted by the present proprietor ; but that gentleman's other avocations, together with the increasing, business of the Hotel, and the necessity for its enlargement, have now induced him to relinquish the sole management of the undertaking. ; he atill retains, however, a large pecuniary interest as a share holder, and the board will have the advantage of his experi ence and assistance as a director. The property, comprising the hotel, which at present con tains 140 rooms, with extensive stables (sufficient for 80 horses), ample carriage room, and pleasure and kitchen gardens, and every necessary accommodation, has been carefully surveyed, and its value ascertained by an experienced valuer ; and it • has been secured to the Company on what the directors be lieve to be advantageous terms. The capital of £50,000, after providing for the payment of the purchase-money, will leave amply sufficient means for effecting the imp'ovements and extensions which are con templated (estimated at least at 50 additional rooms), and the directors are confident that these extensions will very mate rially increase the profits—at present considerable. In conclusion, the directors draw attention to the important fact that the undertaking possesses this great advantage, that the shareholders will at once enter into possession of an esta blished business, yielding already a handsome return. Two auditors will be appointed to audit the accounts, which will be accessible for the examination of the shareholders. Application for shares in the annexed form may be made at . the offices of the Company at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Nor wood, and to the brokers of the Company, Messrs. Price and Brown, 4, Change-alley. A sum of £1 per share must be lodged at the bankers on appli cation for the shares, and £llos., making up the first instalment of 42 10s. per share, must be paid on allotment. The remaining £7 10s. will be payable in three equal quarterly instalments. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Queen's Hotel Company, Upper Nor wood (Limited). C mtlemen,—Having paid to your bankers, Messrs. Mulkey, the sum of , I hereby request that you will allot me shares of £lO each in The Q }eon's Hotel Company, tipper Nor Wood (Limited), and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any smaller number which you may allot to me, to pay £1 10s. further per share on allotment, and the remain fag calls, amounting to £7 10s. per share, when the same shal become due, and to execute the Articles of Association of th Company at such time and in such manner as you may appoin I am. gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Profession or business (if any) Place of business (if any) Date NEW WORK BY DR. DORAN. Now ready, in post Eyo, w ith au Ill us t rat i on, 12s. 6d., L IVES OF THE PRINCES OF WALES, From Edward of Carnarvon to Albert of Windsor. By Dr. DORAN, Author of " Lives of the Queens of England." London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. J. CARVELL WILLIAMS, 2, Serjeants' Inn, Fleet-street, London, aREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. NOTICE FOR MARCH, 1860. ALTERATION OF EXPRESS TRAINS. The Scotch Express Train, now leaving King's Cross at 9.20, morning, will be despatched at 9.0, calling about 20 minutes earlier at all stations, and reaching Leeds at 2.15 ; Xork, at £.O, and Edinburgh at 8.0, evening. The Manchester Express Train, leaving King's Cross at 10.0, morning, will be continued into Yorkshire, reaching Leeds at 3 0, afternoon. The Up Express Train, now leaving Bradford at 3.25, and Leeds at 4.0, afternoon, will start from Bradford at 3.10, and Leeds at 3.45, reaching King's Cross at 9.30 evening. This train will not run from Halifax. . PRESENT AND PAST CONDITION OF HUNGARY. Now ready, in past 8t o, 11s., HUNG AR Y, from 1848 to 1860. By BARTHOLOMEW DE SZEMERE, Late Minister of the Interior and President of the Council of Ministers in Hungary. " Pro Deo, Patrift et Libertate." London : Riehlid Bentley, New Burlington-street. A new Express Train will be despatched from Halifax at 4.10, Bradford at 4.35, and Leeds at 5.5 afternoon, joining the Manchester Express at Retfold. and reaching King's-cross at 10.15 evening. NEW WORK, EDITED BY DR. CUMMING. . Now ready, in crown Bvo, 7s. 6d., THE AMERICAN PASTOR IN EUROPE. By the Rev. Dr. CROSS. _ Edited by. the Rev. Dr. CUMMIYG. London : Richard Bentley, New Bur ington-street. For further and consequent alterations on the Main and Branch Lines, see the Time Tables of the Company, dated the Ist of March, 1840. SEYMOUR CLARICE, General Manager. King-cross Station, 27th Feb., 1860. • CRYSTAL PALACE DISTRICT CAS COMPANY. The directors in their report state that the .build ing operations were for a short time retarded by the " builders' strike," but a temporary- • inconve- Dienes only has resulted 'therefroin. During the ensuing year the directors anticipate that a further moderate outlay will be required for the extension of mains in the district., and the total completion of the works, and to meet this outlay they propose that proprietors holding the £2 paid shares should have:the option of paying those shares in full. The profits on the halfyear are £l, - 539, out of which the directors recomna c t*l a dividend atter the rate of 6 pei'eent. per_enuuniVand the appropriation of the remainder,- to write off preliminary expf nses, £100 ; Parliamentary expenses, £100; laud account, £100; and carry over the balance, £74. The capital account shows that £49,297 hnd been expended. Tilt- revenue account for the half-year en di ng Dee e t n [ i , r S 110 d thsr £7,192 had been received, and i:5,60 ti expended, if - living, with £45 from the preceding account, a batting; of £1,339. Just published, third edition, price 2s. Gd., post free for 32 stamps, ON SYPHILITIC ERUPTIONS, ULCERS, and other Secondary Symptoms, with Suggestions on the safe and effective use of Mercury. Illustrated by Cases. By THo dAS HursT, 1 0 .11.C.5., Surgeon to the Dispensary for Diseases of the Skin. vj ETROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND LT-I- GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W. Life Assurance. Annuities.Rndowments and Loans. • F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. cabins fore and aft, with a chief saloon aft 60 feet long by 18 wide, and 10 feet high. The berths are separated from the saloons by longitudinal bulk heads, and all of them are wide, lofty, and well ventilated, and altogether may be said to be de signed to afford all the luxuries which can be afforded by any mode of sea travel. On Saturday, as we havisaid, the first of these fine vessels, the Ulster, was launched front Mr. Laird's yard at Birkenhead, in the presence of a munerous attendance of ladies and gentlemen. In the interval, which elapsed before the ship was started the visitors, occupied. themselves is Mr: Laird's 'work*, which, for completeness, extent, and value of plant, are not to be surpassed by any building-yard in the kingdom. Vessels in every stage of construction or repair crowded the dry docks, from colossal screw merchantmen down to a tiny paddleboat ; the latter a pleasure yacht, building for one of the up -country Kings of the African tribes. There are almost acres of steam machinery going all at once, and one of the highest and most powerful double cranes that was ever built stands in the centre of the yard, almost capable in the immense circle over which it acts of depositing its weight of 50 tons in any part of it. Some idea may be formed of the extent of the works when we say that within the last few years nearly 250 vessels have been launched from them, of an aggregate tonnage of 100,000 tons, and some 2 0,000-horse power. Precisely at 12 o'clock the Marquis and Marchioness of Chandos took their places on the raised platform at the bows of the vessel. Her ladyship named the Ulster in the usual manner, and then, by a peculiar apparatus, actually launched the vessel itself by cutting a sate cord which communicated with the machinery em ployed to knock away the dog shores. The motion of the vessel at first was slow, but it soon began rapidly to increase till it plunged out with the rapidity of an arrow into the Mersey. Yet, in spite of the great " way" on the vessel, and the strength of the tide, t wo light Trotman anchor s bro ug h t her up within almost her own length from the shore. Her appearance in the water was as light and as beautiful as can well be conceived. The trial of speed, on which the success of the whole of the new line of boats will, of course, depend, is to take place in about two months hence, and, we need scarcely say, is looked forward to with deep interest by all connected with the advancement of our large sea going steamers. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE CIItCUS, Leicester-square. Two Performances Daily—Morn ing at Two ; Evening, at Half-past Seven. The only Eques trian Establishment now open in London. THIS DAY, TUESDAY, Feb. 28th, the entire troupe of artistes, with several important additions will appear in a brilliant series of Equestrian and Gymnastic Performances. London : T. Richards, 37, Great Queen-street. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 58., by post free, ss. 6c1., ON THE SUCCESSFU r, TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most siinn'e means. • By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Sttictures of the Urethra, r of 315 1 to 400 Per CIHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, .J King. William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon don.—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday Morning at 3 o'clock. Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall from 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end'Box-office, St. .James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. J. W. RAINOR. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional lite, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenav has given supply ample evidence of his mat discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture. and of the scientific principles upon which their management is sounded. By his systematic management zn immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is aaained, and fu'ure mischief prevented. The work we can most unresezvedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private gamy of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 18.58. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand CASINO, open every Evening', with the celebrated Band. Established 10 years. Conductwl by Mons. Lamotte ; principal cornet-a-piston, M. Bonleourt Doors open at half past 8, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad mission, Is. -• 1 • 8 I 4• 90 o• LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH COM PANY. The half -yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. R. Taylor in the chair. The report stated that of the first call of £ . l per share £10,740 had been paid, leaving only £l6O un paid. The capital paid up amounted to £21,320. Th.,, works had so far been completed within the original estimates. The further cost of construction, accord ing to the plan determined on, would not exceed £0:000. Agreements had bl en concluded with the Commercial Dock Company for the transmission of messages on the business of that company, at au annual rental, and with the London Dock Company flir the transmission of messages for their cus tomers, between Mincing -lane and the London Docks, at reduced rates, the Dock Company pay ing an additional sum upon each message, so luaus mit ted. A mutually advantageoui arrangement had been made with the Astronomer Royal for the hourly transmission to the comp Any of Greenwich mean time. This would enakle the direetorsto coin nicate the time to every part of London, so that while by this means they inci•eased the revenue of the company, they would also be promoting the interests of horological science. The directors hoped by the cultivation of friendly relations with existing telegraph companies to render this com pany useful to them in collecting and delivering their provincial and foreign messages. The opening on the lst of February last several stations, and the business done up to the present time augured well for the eventual success of the company. Mr. E. TTER, the engineer, stated in his report that the new lines completed during the past half year comprise extensions to Kingsland, Mile-end, London Docks, Greenwich, Clapham, Camden t9wn, and Highbury. The length of line com pleted consisted of two miles underground, and 101 ; miles over houses ; lines contracted for in progreci, but not completed under ground half a mile, over house 20 miles. In progress by the engineer, llf miles over house, making, with 22i miles previ ously completed, 671 miles. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the re port, which was seconded and adopted. It was stated negotiations were pending with the Post office authorities for connecting the various post-offices in London, and arrangements would also be made to connect the police offices with Scotland-yard. The directors had applied to the the different insurance societies with the view of establishing communication between the fire en gine statioto THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, TIIGH HOLM !tN, This Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the perfection of its management is OPEN EVERY EVENING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selection of the mast approved classical and modern musts. Doors open at half past R. Overture at 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One Shilling. CANTON.— Tea is extremely dull and inactive. The teamen are firm in their demands, which, are as firmly rejected by shippers. The only settle ments of congou reported are two chops, leaving a stock of 46 chops available to buyers. At this season there is generally a decline in prices, but teamen appear so confident of the near approach of the termination of the shipping season that all at tempts to obtain a concession of rates has signally failed. Scented teas are also very scarce. Silk is far above prices which will enable buyers to operate for the home market. The quantity available is extremely small, and operations are on an insigni ficant scale for India. BURROWS AND CO Wholesale Wine Mer chants, LIVERPOOL. stores Lime -street. Offices 54, Duke-street. The Proprietors beg most respectfully to call the attention 1 the trade, noblemen, clergy, &c., and the public in general, .o their extensive stock of Choice Wires, of rare vintages. BURROWS ard Co. are not disposed to comment upon the purity of their wines, which is daily most laudably acknow ledged by the public and eminent medical men of all coun tries, as the increasing patronage of the highest families in the I.md is a sufficient guarantee. They beg to call particular attention to their pure Tonic Wines, as being so valuable to Invalids and persons of weak stomachs. A sample case, containing three full-sized wine bottles, will be forwarded to any address on receipt of P. 0.0. for 6s. id., or a dozen for 245. t is a well-known fact that impure and adulterated wines are the greatest foes to health, producing acidity in the stomach, and debilitating the d gestive organs, while pure wines will accelerate the digestive powers, invigorating, strengthening-, and beating the nervous system. • Their Tonic Wine is admitted to be most essential to in valids, both old and young, and should never be absent from the homes of the weak and sickly. Its properties are duly cknowledged and appreciated by the leading men of the aculty, both at home and abroad. To prevent imposition each bottle is sealed with the name of the firm. All orders to be made payable to HENRY BURROWS. L ONDON ard PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Provisionally Incorporated pursuant to the Joint-Stock Com panies Act, 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110. Capital Stock, ONE MILLION in 50.000 Shares of £2O each (with power to increase to Two Million). Deposit 2s. per Share, £1 Vs. on allotment, and £2 in Three Months. DR. ATIN'S MAGNIFICENT ANATO MICAL MUSEUM, Top of the Haymarket (acknow 'edged by the whole of the Press to be the most useful and nstructive of any in existence), is OPEN DAILY (for gentle men only), from 12 till 5, and from 7 till 10. Admission, One Shilling. Descriptive handbook gratis. Dr. KAHN'S Popular Lectures on the " Philosophy of Marriage," daily at and 8 o'clock precisely. SYLLABUS.—Happy and Unhappy Onions, and their causes—Youthful Vices and Indiscretions. +nd their results —Disqualifications for Marriage, and their mre—the Physiology of Reproduction—Self-inflicted Miseries -Sterility and its causes—How to secure Moral and Physical Happiness. N.l3.—Dr. Kahn's Treatise on the above subjects, entitled 'The Philosophy of Marriage," sent post-free on receipt of twelve stamps, direct front the Author, 17, Lllarley-street, Cavendish- square, W. A clause in the deed of settlement especially provides that every policy issued shall distinctly bear on the lace of it that the capital and property of the Company shall alone be an swerable for the settlement of its claims and engagements, and that no shareholder shall be liable beyond the amount of his or her share or shares in the capital stock of the Company. DIRECTORS. SIIANGILtE.—Dates are to Gth January, up to which day nothing had occurred to indicate we were about to commence a war, upon the result of which, as far as we may judge, the existence of the Tartar dynasty in China depends. The " Tonnage Dues" question has been settled by an order from, the result of an appeal to, the Empertm The Im perial Commissioner had not only been instructed to place shipping of all nations under what we call the "most favoured nation clause," as regards the question at issue, but, "in order to show extra kind ness to all nations, and that justice may be carried to the utmost extent," he orders a drawback, or return of dues, to the extent of one mace per ton, to all vessels, British or otherwise, which may have cleared under the old rate since the 24th of Novem ber. If this edict is really an Imperial one, it is heaping coals of fire on our head. The arrivals 1 from England had been very numerous. The Potosi, Illimani, Gem of the Nith, Clarendon, Medina, and Westburn, had all arrived, but notwithstanding the market was bare of goods no activity was displayed on the part of buyers, who were much engaged in clearing parcels which they had purchased to ar rive, and little business was anticipated before the New Year. Gray shirtings had changed hands at rdi od prices; 6i to 7 catty goods did not com mand more than from taels 1 9 5 to taels 2 2 0, which exhibits a decline of about 5 mace on prices current last mail. White skirtings maintained their value. T-cloths were in fair request, at, for 41 to 51 catty goods, taels 1 2 0 to taels 1 5 0. Fanny goons were not much called for, but never theless were well held, and consequently main tained their previous value. Woollens of all kinds, with the exception of well assorted long ells, were lower. These goods could not be quoted lower. oh 3 CHAIRMAN—AdmiraI Sir HENRY LEEKE, K.C.8., K.H., M. P., 23, Ovington-square. George Bragiuton, Esq, Barker and Shipowner, Torrington. James Laming, Esq, Director of the London and County Bank. James Nugent Daniell, Esq, Chairman of the Blackwall Rail way Company. Mark Whitwill, Esq (Firm of Mark Whitwill and Son, Mer chants and Shipowners), Bristol. John Averay Jones, Esq (Firm of Jones and Nash, Timber Men - haute and Shipowners), Bristol. Charles Wells, Esq (Firm of Bremer, Wells, and Co., Merchants and Shipowners), Hull. Henry T. Watson, Esq (Firm of H. T. Watson and Co., Ship owners), Hull, Grimsby, and Goole. Henry Fox, Esq (Firm of Fox, Bromham, and Lewis, Mer chants and Shipowners), London and Liverpool. Ingram Chapman, Esq, Director of United General Gas Com pany Frederick John Price Esq (Firm of Price and Co., Merchants), Tower-street. Thomas Cotterell, Esq., Eaton-square, late Sheriffof London and Middlesex. With power to add to their number. _ UNDERWRITER. _ _ _ 'duo .26 'TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'s Strong rough "Domestic" Black at 3s. 2d. per lb.-2G, Cornhill, Lon don. E.C. .5 'duo 'due .26 I F YOU DESIRE GOOD HEALT H SMOKE AROMATIC HERB TOBACCO prepared only by WILLIAM GRIMSTONE. and swallow your spittle, which will then strengthen your digestive organsi 'Sold in square packets, 3d. per oz., 3s. Gd. per lb. The smoke equals Oriental pastilles. Or, if your sight or hearing is bad, take GEMSTONE'S HERBACEOUS EYE SNUFF. Sold in tinfoil packets, Gd. per oz., or in lib. or 21b. jars. Or, do you want a new growth of Human Hair? GE MS TONE'S AROMATIC REGENER ATOR Is the only article that will give it you. It is sold in triangulir bottles, with pamphlet of real testimonials, 45.. 75., and lls. (this size contains four of the 4s. size), by post, 125., and in cludes postage, Arc. Family cases containing five, 118.; bottles, .£2 4s. The above are produced at the If erbary from herbs, flowers, and roots. All letters to William Grimstoue, London Depot, 52, High-street, Bloomsbury; and by all respectable merchants and traders. TEA STRACHAN and CO.'s Fine "Inter. mediate" Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon. don. E.C. TEA. STRACHAN and Co.'s Matchless " Drawing. Room" Black at 4a. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London. E.C. RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC COMPANIES. fIOCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE, 1 ...1 which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks, Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats. and unrivallai for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish Sauces.—J. and C. COCKS Reading, Sole Manufacturers. SOUTH WALES. The half-yearly meeting of this company was bald on Friday, at the Great Western Hotel, Pad dingtou ; Mr. C. R. Talbot, M.P. in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, adverted to the differences that existed b( tween the board and: the directors of the Great Western Railway Company as to the interpretation of the award made some time ago by Captain Galton, in reference to the - working of the South Wales Railway by the Great Western Company. It appeared that the auditors of both companies had expressed their opinion that the existing agree ment between the great Western and South Wales Company ought to be cancelled and the South Wales line worked separately. Losses and mis understandings arose to the Great Western Com pany from the lease, and, owing to the interminable complication of the accounts involved in its work ing, it was thought by the auditors that it would be better to get rid of it altogether, being disadvan tageous to both companies. Resolutions were passed adopting the report, de claring a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum for the past half-year, expressing an opinion that the present agreement was injurious to the interest of the company, and that it would be de sirable, with a view to the mutual interests of both companies, that it should be put an end to, re-elect ing the four retiring directors, and also the retir ing auditor. Negotiations are pendi - ng - ToTeCtiWil;e services of one of this most experienced Underwriters in London. BANKERS—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street. STOCKBROKERS. George E. Seymour, Esq, Throgmorton-street. Messrs. Crosley Brothers, 30, Cornhill. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Crosley and Burn, 34, Lombard-street SECRETARY P.lO TEM—Henry E. Warren, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 79, LOMBARD-STREET, London, E.C. DECAYED TEETH AND TOOTHACHE.- HOWARD'S ENAMEL for stopping decayed teeth. however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It remains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary, and arresting the decay. Sold by all medicine vendors, Price ls. CURE CURE. - LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC KJ BALSAM . . without confining the bowels or affecting; the bead, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs. colds, confirmed eases of asthma and consumption. It frequently cures per sons whom the fa laity pronounce incurable. admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption it 3 effectA are truly beneficial. Persons de prived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may .!epend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Pre pared only and sold by W. Lambert,• chemist, 20, Jermyn street, Haymarket, and by all druggists, in bottles, 13;d., 3d. and 4s. dd. each. Be particular and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balslin. William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street is engraved on the stamp. The Company is established for effecting the General In surance of Shipping and Cargoes, and also the Insurance of Bullion, Passengers' Baggage, and effects and to provide more immediate facilities for transacting business at the prin cipal ports of the United Kingdom than have hitherto been adopted by institutions of this kind. The Directors on publishing the Prospectus of the London and Provincial Marine Insurance Company, announce that a considerable number of shares has already been subscribed for by some of the principal merchants and shipowners in the ♦arious ports of the United Kingdom, whereby future policy business will be greatly influenced. The value of Marine Insurance, as an investment, is shown in a very striking manner by the following statistics : VALUE OP SHARES IN MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Paid. Present price. The Alliance £25 0 0 ..£6O 0 0 Indemnity (£5 13s 6d, increased by bonuses to) 5O 0 0 170 0 0 London Marine (Al 5, increased by bonuses to) Royal Exchange 100 0 0 .. 300 0 0 Application for shares, in the usual form, will receive im mediate attention, but no application will be taken into con sideration unless a deposit of 2s per share be paid into the Company's bankers, to be allowed in payment of the first call, or returned in the event of shares not being allotted. All communications on the business of the office to be ad dressed to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Com pany 79. Lombard-street, London, E.C. ()RESENTS.— ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of anew and el , gant assortment of VA SES, Figures. Group ~ Candlesticks. Obelisks. Inks hinds, beautiful inlaid Tab': s. Paper weights, &c., in I rattan, Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Maiesty, 149, Stand, W.C.. London. Me. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate 'he irteresting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2. 5, 10. 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAI;r, at 149, Strand, W.C. Just Published, in 1 vol., Bvo. with numerous Anatomical Plates, post free, on receipt of six penny stamps, VITA VITALIS. - A NEW MEDICAL WORK on the NATURE, TREATMENT and CURE of SPERMATOMICEA, and other URINO - GENITAL DISEASES, and consequent.exhaustion of the NERVOUS SYSTEM. cause' by the errors of Man in youth and age, producing a degeneracy of MENTAL and PHYSICAL STRENGTH . , terminating in debil , tv of the eenerative or fans and INCAPACITY FOR MARRIED LIFE, shelving why these Diseases so often appear incurable when in reality they can be effectually removed by the most simple means, toxother with the Author's remedies for preventing in 'ection. CHINA. (From the China Mail of Tan. 11.) The London mail of the 26th Novembelarrived here on the 12th init. 'ETV MAIL BOATS' FOR HOLYHEAD. The retiring directors were re-elected. The meeting was then made special, and the di rectors were authorised to extend the wires of th• company beyond the radius of four miles from Charing-cross, and within a radius of twelve miles for fire and police purposes only. GL ENFIELD PATENT STARCH . USED IN TIIE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be. THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As Inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. WOTHERSPOON & CC.. GLASGOW AND LONDON T BY A PHYSICIAN, km, Fa. (registered under the New Medical Act). Address. Medieus, 19, 'Berners-street, Oxford btreet, London. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwlck-lane, Pater noster-row, and all Booksellers in Town and Country. TILE DOUBLE MURDER AT BOLTON UPDX-REA RN E. NO MORE MEDICINE Yon HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), DEBILITY, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RESTORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD.— Certificate No. 36,418.—1 n our practice we have been enabled to appreciate the virtues of Du Barry's Food. In its effect on chronic dyspepsia (indigestior), nervousness, constipation, diarrhoea, on bilious and liver complaints. cough, astbm i, de bility, and incipient consumption, we find it the safest remedy. —Dr. Ure, M.D., F.R.S., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Shor land, Dr. Campbell. Du Barry's Food cures effectually—Acidity, asthma bilious ness, blood to Ihe head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, ca tarrh, colds, congestion. constipation, consumption. eramps, cough, debility, despondency, diarrhoea, distension, dizziness, dropsy, drowsiness, dysentery, dyspepsia (indigestion), erup tions exhaustion, fevers, epileptic fits, flatulency. gout, ha bitual constination, headache, heartburn, haemorrhoids, hys teria, impurities. indigestion (dyspepsia,) Irritability, irrita tion of kidneys and bladder. liver complaints, loss of memory, low spirits, nausea and sickness, nervousness, nervous fan cies, neuralgia, noises in the ear, pains between the shoul ders,'palpitation, partial paralysis, pli'egm, pulmonary com plaints, rheumatism, scrofula. sinking, sleeplessness. sore throat, spasms, tightness across the cheat. At about one penny per meal, it effectually cures the above, also children's complaints, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. It does not turn acid nor interfere with a liberal diet but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of many thous ind cures : Cure No. 55,816, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syder stone,Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk : "In all cases of in digestion, and particularly where the liver is affected, !consider it the best of all remedies. -James T. Campbell." Cure No. 71, of Dyspepsia, 'from the Right Honourable the Lord Stuart de Decies : "I have deiived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Itevalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de Decies."—Cure No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescr:bable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness. asthma. couo'h, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Da Barry's excellent Food. Maria Joiv. Wortham Ling, near Dias, NoKolk."—Cure No. 52,087. Field-Marshal the Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inflamma. tion of the stomach.—Cure No. 51.614: Baron de Polent; Prefect of Langenau, of many years' horrible sufferings of the rerves and an obstinate tonstipation. Cure No. 47,121 : Miss Elizabeth Jacobs of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts. a cure of extreme nervousness indigestion, gatherings. low Writs. ard nervous fancies.-- Cure No 48,314: Miss Elizrbeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Li' verpool: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia and all the horrors of nervous irritability. -Cure No. 18.216: Dr, Andrew Ure, of constipation. dysnersia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210: Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36.212: Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits.—Core 42,116; Major Edie. of enlargement of the live.% and total prostration of strength Cure No. 36.418: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings.—Cure No. 26.418: Dr. Harvey, of diarrhoea ard debility.—Cure. No. 30,618: Dr. Wurtzer of consumntlon.—Cure No. 32.880: William Hurt. Esn., Bar rister. of paralysis.—Cure No. 46.27`0: Me. James Roberts, timber merchant, of FrimleY, Surrey, 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver clerangement, partial deafness.—Cure No. 46.8!4: M.. Samuel Laxton. Lei cester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure. No. 52 612 : The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' ner vous irritability, bile and irdigestion, • Cure No. 54.812: Miss Virginia Zeguees, cured of consumntion, after her medi cal advisers hail ahardored all - hopes of recovery.— Cure No. 130: "Twenty-five years' rervsusress, con stipation, indigestion, and debility. front which I 11: - ve suffered great misery, ard which ro medicine could re move or relieve, have been effectually cued by Du Barry's Food in a very short time, W. B. Beeves. 181, Fleet-street, London."—No. 4,208: Fight years' dvspepsia, !nryousness. debility. 17ith cramps, spasms. and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of men se have peen b effectually cured be hap". t Da Barry's health-restoring Food. shall o answer any inquiries. Rev. Join Flavell. Rectory, Norfolk. " No . 32.836 Three Years' and general debii' with excessive nervousness has been rad easitlyuarrimoved -.y which pains in my neck and left arm, r b ir v e D er tt e Food Alex, ni Barry's vf e l i v e7lt v itTr i e s s e t r o a r b i e g' A r:hdencos of Ross, Skinereen." - rat debility, have b Cure No. 3,006 : Thir . t:e .! een years' cone h, ir digestion. and gene- Food,n removed by D u Barry's excellent In Canisters: llb. 2s. 0 6., 21b, 4s. 6,1., 121 b, 225., 241 b. 40s. Fuperrellued uality : 5 1 b. 225,, 101 b. 338. The 10th., lelb., and ge fr,eeni:ireeipt of Post-ofilee Order. by 241 b. canisters carriage Barry Du Barry and C.. street, London Fort num, Alum, and Co., 182 PiecaitlV roneeerst.ar Strand, 4, Cheap street also at 63 and 150 , 0xford_ str ' side. London and through all Send a penny stamp and you will recsl a v c e hemists ' it re f)1 0 Invalid's O•en Guide. or " NATIJaem, /0 : : post free, the PERFECT lIKALTIL" without Medicine, b v B r" saves fit ty sleep. and fuggitin°n' sant, economical, and unfailing means, W ei c l e nil e , nlea 7 times its cost in other remedies, restoring perfect cough, asthma, strong nerves, sound lungs, refreshing Fegularity to the most enfeebled, and removing effectually ? ' al digestion (dyspepsia 1, 'debility, nervousness , incipient consumption, dropsy, constipation. flatulency, diar rhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers. sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessnes s , acidity, palpitation, heartburn headache, despondency, cramps, spasms, nausea, and sickness, sinking fit. , bronchi tis, also Children's mraplaints.—,9. N. Barry, 77, Regent street London. MEDICAL FRIEND AND MARRIAGE GUIDE. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. —Sent free en receipt of two stamps, for postage, &c., by Dr. RAPKEY,27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London, W. C., " THE GUIDE TO SELY-CURT:. ,, " Tile first lean of the day in these complaints."—Medical Review. " Those about entering the Marriage State should peruse he Author's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on health and disease reflects mnuch credit upon him as a sound edical philosopher."—Critic. The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private •ure."—University Mazazine. " The NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates the absurdity of the English mode of treating such com plaints, will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means pre entecl."—Evening Star. CAUTION.—As a duty due to the profession and the public generally, Dr. Rapkey advises all persons !min?: doubts of the legal qualifications of their medical attendant, or parties whom they may be about consulting, to procure from the Royal College of S urgeons, London, the Official List of Registered Members, price Is., or Dr. R. will, on receipt o! the price in stamps, gladly assi s t and protect the afflicted public by forwarding the same 3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W. NEAR THE PANTHEON. DR. CULVERWELL, Member of th e R oya l College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, I ncapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Dera ngements of en b :e t - - - s h , Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences, Ifael Just published, price le. ; by pod, 13 stamps,: 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and orkfinal Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition ot, and 'Remedy far, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, HALF. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia Mono' rh(na), Spermatorrhcea, tmn )teney, and all Diseases ol the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &MI FEMALE. The PhysiolorT, and Anatomy of Women— Functional Ir regularities in Health an i Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and 'removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy 9ffspring. Also, o. 1. HEALTH, ITAPPI NESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. - LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments health y OS And oth.n. Matches. Sterility Removed, and, Ilealthy Off spring secured., No. S. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPEInfATORKTREA, Tt►eir Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions: and Cure by Cauterisations, Gairanim, &e. Sze. &a To be had of Mann. 39, CorniVil and the Authors. Advice to the Working' Classes. fee half-a-Guinea. ITE R DIC e A gi L st tD e I t ;IC I E. s A LA'IIIERT Member of-the Lond on Ilosoital Medical Soci o et n y o ,3 ra L r D Y . f the University of Erlangen, t'e., may i fnd e en the eONT llla on all cases of Debility, Nervous nes Secret In firmities of Thuth and M a t ur i ty, tren :' ) Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residene.c, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'3lert has just published, Price Sixpence morons Engravings and Cases. wNe Edition of ' with nn his Work, E L PRE SE RVA T lON, which will be sent free, in a sealed envelope, by 3lann, 39 Cornhill, London, or by f'!e Author. for Eight stamps. CONTENT. SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generativ e O rgans. t tn en ts— Advan- and Physical SECTION 11.-Puberty- -Manhood -The M orale of Genera lye Physiolocy—True and False Morality, its M D O :al p Social,o ite S l E a c t 1 1 O I n O s N — I I a l. x l I n n e r r c s and n tages of Physical Contrasts in securing Ilealthy Offsoritig SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhma and Impotence—The causes of Sterility in botO Sexes—Selt-inflicted 3fiseries, SECTION Y. -The Vices of Sehoo's—Effeets of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general facel ties. SECTION VL.—.Treatment of Nervous rnd Generative De bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various Hazardous Specifies —The Author's Principles of Treatment; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practice The above work is intended for the perusal of those who have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules of morality. In its pages facts of par imount utility are brought together, wholly divested of tne delusions and incon sistencies so largely introduced into certain quasi medical publications given to the world gratis, under the guise of Philanthropy, or as "acts pt gratitude,' , by pretended clergy men and others, whose tamperino with the constitution are frequently followed by serious con Sequences. EETH REPLAC 711 D.-DECAY .M TEETH RESTORED. Mr. A. ESKELL, Surgeon Dentist, supplies patented Incorrolible Teeth without extracting Teeth or stumps, on his never-failing and painless principle of Self-adhesion, rendering detection impossible. Articula tion and mastication guaranteed. Decayed Teeth render. d insensible to pain, ana stopped with his Oeeoplastic Enamel —of the same colour as the Teeth, permanently useful, and lasting unchanged for years (a most important discovery in Dental Science !). Loose Teeth fastened, &c. Hours, Ten to Six. Consultation free. Charges strictly moderate, 314, REGENT-STREET (opposite the Polytechnic), and Ben nett's-hill, Birmingham. " Argus," of the Post, says that a novel plan of sweating horses, by means of a Turkish bath, has been just invented by Mr. Gordon, well known in the hunting world of Northamptonshire. It is as efficacious for putting muscle on them, and doing away with the necessity of sweating, as the bath from which the idea is taken is for restoring the energies of fox-hunters, men much in the saddle, or those who are too much occupied with business to take plenty of exercise. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—:I[r. Benson, Ludgate-bill, has just published anew illustrated pamphlet en watches (free by past for two stamps). It should be read by all who are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important informa tion as to—What watch to buy ! where to buy it ! and how to use it! [AD VERTISEMENT.]—Notice.—In consequence of Messrs. Lawes and Morton having just commenced MO with opposi tion similar to that which they previously advanced, and wish ing to do those gentlemen every justice, Mr. Thorley is induced to enlarge his coming pamphlet, making it 64 pages instead of 32- showing beyond doubt that their observations on the tI i nmEd Aei gs Deb: etEi considered on rl r i s vBi E l e i illeiEur ri T s, yur . so-called " Concentrated Cattle Food," and so-called "feeding statistics," are without foundation ; that the itothamsted experiment was not made with his food, and consequently that this complete failure must either be through mismanage ment or from buying the Condiment at the wrong shop. The first impression of One Hundred Thousand Copies will be ready about the first day of March, and may be had post free on receipt of Three Stamps, on application to Joseph Thorley, the Inventor and sole Proprietor of " Thorley's Food for Cattle," 77, Newgate-street, London ; 21, Broadway, New York. United States; Mr. J. W. Thorley, Melbourne; Vic toria ; Mr. Alfred Burt, hiibtfl_ehiahlo S ldiuig y iasgo d e; ii n hcit betoee celebrated teitoba N iryaTta e , 8:8 1 dheepros aul:ola,dgBi South ilenbamdtner ne W sdnbteotoo a nsfir l inl e t: na s eaote ; nyvihln a ces; n rmno d tmtai: nh—k o e doe f . all his agents throughout the United Kingdom.—Feb. 2,1860. that by simple inattention and neglect they often end moat pit of stomach and liver, and you will at once perceive the change for the better in your digestion, spirits, appe tite,tive, strength, and energy. The improvement, though it m ay be gradual, will be thorough and lasting. They pre serve from a recurrence of the malady. Holloway's Pills will be found to purify , the blood, and give healthy action to every organ, and his Ointment beneficially influences the stnill;Ttlis_urorfitchieal haencdtide,eepthsetrcuocntusurmes.p FADVERTT • cr Revalenta A 1i - good Barry ' s delicious health -restoring ra . ,arestores sound lungs, perfect digestion,. refreshing. sleep and ner vousthe dyspectic, the emaciate(,. and the debilitatkxl, Du ruinous expenses incurred by medicines, through annoyances, and distant climes. We quote a few of cod liver oil. or visits to and muscular energy withou: any..of th_e_un,certa.inties, Cure No. 39,618—Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption. Care No. cures effected by this delicious food. 54,812—Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured econsumption, after the many thousand - her medical advisers had (thaw oned all hopes of recovery. Du Barry's eacel general debilLy have been removed by street Perth. Cure N o . le-it Food. Jan- es Porter Atho.• I (1 ' St. Wchael, Paris, Cure No. 3,9o6—Thirteen years' cough. indigestion, an d 51,618—Miss Gallard, 17, Rue du Gran attendant, . td when, as a last resource, her f a th er g a v e her Du (tied, and given up 'o , her medical n a i_c a la nt, two sisters had Barry's Revalenta was in the last stage o ' consump. in o a . w AraMca, and in about three months .he was perfectly free c from cough, expectoration, nocturnal p rs - Pirations, and disease, and every other symptom of this dreadful Jis now- perfectly well. Cure No. 46,270—Mr.ames Roberts, timber merchant, o' thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of bl oo d, li ver d erangemen t, par tial deafness. C ure N o . 52 , 087—Fi e ld-M ars h a l Duke_ . of Plusknow, o f gas t r i c i n fl amma ti on o f th e s tomach En tins, at ls, 6d.; 11b., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 9d. ; 51b., 125.; 121 b., 265. The 101 b. and 121 b, tins carriage free, on receipt of post office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182. Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Graceehuech-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 15% Ox -ford street; 330 and. 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bis opsgate street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin. Bewley 'and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co. ; at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew • at Manchester, Sharp and Scott; at York, Raimos, Blanchard, and Co.; at South ampton, Randall and 13014; No further intelligence has arrived from Japan announcing any change in the state of matters there; but it is confidently hoped that the firm attitude assumed by Mr. Consul General Alcock will have the effeet both of reassuring the Japanese Government and of checking the improprieties of the British residents who have behaved in such a manner as to cause the partial stoppage of trade. It is due to the commercial community of China to mention that it has very generally condemned their conduct. It is difficult to obtain information as to what is going on in the Japanese ports, but there appears to be very good grounds for the warnings held out by Mr. Oliphant and others against the expectation of any great and sudden extension of British trade from the opening of these ports. When first opened there were a number of curious articles presented in the market which gave something to do, and the pur chase of gold coins afforded a most profitable trade ; but the real commercial question in regard to Japan —viz., how far it is willing to take our manufac tures and can give us raw produce—vet remains to be solved. The question as to how far Japan may be able to supply us with coal is about to be inves tigated by Lieutenant Malcolm, It. who has Shanghae for Nagasaki for that purpose. The Minister of the United States at Yedo lies clic' -lly communicated that lie has obtained a pledge from the Japanese Government that the treaty of Yedo will be carried out in its integrity, and that, more particularly, Japanese produce may be freely tur chased, and all Japanese articles may be exported without limit, except rice, wheat, copper coin, and uncoined Japanese gold and silver. The quarter t o be occupied by foreigners will also be settled imme diately. From Shanghae the only news of importance is that the Chinese Government has given the coup de grace to the gratuitous supposition that it means to ignore the American treaty which was ratified at Peh-tang. Not content with allowing that treaty to come in force, and opening the new porte of Swatow and Taiwan, it has extended the provisions of the American treaty to the English and other treaty powers. Ho, the Impel lel commissioner, has been authorised by the Emperor to direct that the tonnage dues at the various open ports be levied at the reduced rate of four mace per ton, as secured by the DCNN American treaty, and has even given directions for the granting drawbacks for the extra mace which may have been paid by British and other ships since the 24th of November, when the new treaty came in force. There was a report among the Chinese that llwashana one of the Imperial commissioners who signed Lord Elgin's treaty, had been put to death, but. it has not been authenticated. Another ship has left for the British West Indies, with Chinese emigrants, among whom there were the large propertion of 115 women, 37 boys, 20 girls, and 11 infants. A third vessel will very soon be despatched; it is likely that wary more emigrants will come forward after the Chinese New Year, which falls on the 23d instant ; and the success of this tcheme is now set beyond doubt so far as China is concerned. Mr. Gingell, the newly -appointed consul at Amoy, wnere he was sic?-consul before his recent visit to England, has entered upon his duties at that port, relieving Mr. M. C. Morrison, who ap pears to have won high respect and regard at Amoy. Of local matters there is absolutely nothing on record —not even a fire or a libel case, COMMERCIAL SUMMARY, HONG - liONG,__.l3osi•less in general could not be much worse than it is et the present time at all the ports open to foreign trade. Rice alone :s firm, most articles of import are lower P n d heaNy of sale, and in merry instances quite neglected. A large amount of the depression is attributable to the near approach of the Chinese New Year (23d instant), by which date it is " China custom" for every man to have his house set in order, his business transac tions reduced to the smallest possibl e compass, his liabilities discharged as far as practicable, and he himself prepared to inaugurate the new year a new man. The turn of the year, and the holidays over, may see a partial revival to business, but we fear some time will elapse before We enjoy similar ac- The design and erection of the Britannia Tubu• lar Bridge was not only a gigantic engineering triumph, but a work which marked the commence ment of a new epoch in this country, when every thing was to be made subordinate to the economy of time in our means of internal communication. Quick travelling was the first object, and as long as that was secured expense was often but too little regarded. The Britannia-bridge was erected at a cost of some .E 600,000 or £BOO,OOO sterling to save a delay of h tlf an hour on a 12 hours' jour ney from London to Dublin, and this bridge, with the Saltash Viaduct and others, became types of a class of works which overcame at any cost the most stupendous engineering difficulties to gain a few minutes on 300 miles, or save a passenger the trouble of carrying his carnet bag from one lug gage van to another 100 yarns distant. The Lou: don and North-Western Railway Company, with the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, have been foremost in their efforts to secure all the facilities which engineering skill and money could accomplish, and of which, as we have said, the Menai-bridge is so striking an example. To cross these straits in two minutes, and to lose two hours by inferior steamboats in crossing the larger straits which separa'e Holyhead from Dublin, was, of course, not to be thought of, and thus the Menai bridge principle, as we may call it, was pushed to its utmost in order to secure the fastest seagoing steamers in the world. During the whole history of the rise and progress of fast s t eams hi ps —f rom the time that the Royal Sovereign was built for the station in 1821 till the Caradoc and Banshee were sent forth to eclipse everything in sp e ed, an d so o n down to the present day, the packets between Holyhead end Dublin have always been considered to number among them the best and fastest steamers in the world. Such a reputation, how ever, can only be gained and maintained by the most incessant vigilance and the most rapid adop tion as to form and means of locomotion which the progress of eiti_cr naval architecture or steam machinery can supply. The boats of the Caradoc and Banshee class were an improvement on all which had gone before, as much as the Eblana and Prince Arthur vessels improved on these again. The time for further progress in these latter ht s again arrived, and another step in ad vance is about to be taken, which will place on the Holyhead station such boats as it is confidently expected s ill surpass, both in speed and power, any which have yet been attempted. Some idea may be formed of their capacity when we state that the four new vessels which are building—the Ulster, Munster, Connaught, and Leinster--will each be upwards of 2,000 tons' burden, 350 feet in length, and propelled by 800-horse power at a rate of speed contracted to be not less than 18 knots an hour. But for the gigantic increase which is made almost monthly in the sped and seagoing capabilities of our ocean steamers, such dimensions and such power and speed might well be thought extraordinary in packets intended for a run of 61 miles. They are likely to be among the steam wonders of the next 12 months, by which time there are certain to be some that will equal them, the number of which will continue to increase till the mail service must in time take another well considered step, and pass ahead of all as heretofore. Three of these splendid vessels are being or are nearly built by Messrs. Laird and Sons at Birker head, and the four.li by Samuda and Co., on the Thames. The first, the Ulster, was launched by the Marchioness of Chan dos from 11r. Laird's yard on Saturday last; the second vessel', with )'iat building in London, will be sent afloat about the end of next month, and the last from Birkenhead in April next. Tre dimen sions of the Ulster, which was launched on Satur day, were—length extreme, 350 feet; depth of hold 20 feet ; width, f: ", feet ; draught of water, 12 to 13 feet ; tonnage, 2,:300; nominal horse power, 750; estimated average of speed, 20 miles an hour. The engines are to be oscillating, and will be supplied by Bolton and Watt, and the paddlewheels are, of course, to be fitted with feathering floats. Mr. Laird has adopted his wave-line principles in the form of the hulls of these vessels, and, like other cele brated fast-going steamers which have been launched from his yard, all the three Holyhead packets have a considerable spring in the keel forward, and some slight rise aft. Both the entrance and stern of the packets are exquisitely fine, the former to a great extent reminding the spectator of the bows of the Great Eastern. All the packets are, for - • TAFF VALE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Bristol on Tuesday—Mr. J. Poole in the ehair. The report stated that out of the balance of work ing the directors were enabled to declare a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum for the half year ending on the 31st of December last on the ordinary stock and shares of the company, payable on the 7th of March. The sum of £1,500, instead of £750, was placed to the credit of the deprecia. tion fund. The new line for avoiding the curve of the Aberdare line had been opened for traffic. The viaduct at Pontypridd was completed. The report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum was declared. BOSTON, SLEAFORD, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the Ruston Hotel, Mr. H. Ingram, M.P., m the chair. The CularnmAN, in moving the adoption •f the report, expressed his disappointment at the result of the workin.r; he thought, however, there was a probability of having an export trade in coals with France, and a gradual increase in the traffic re ceipts. In reply to questions, it was stated that the Great Northern Railway Company wor k e d the line for 50 per cent. of the gross receipts, paying all rates and taxes, and maintaining the line ' handing over the other 50 per cent, t o the company, Thediree tor4 had expend e d £lO,OOO oie than they re ceived, but the call s in arrear amounted . to £6,000, and when paid would reduce the deficiency to £4,000. Resolutions were passed adopting th e re p or t, de claring the di v id en d of 3s. 3d. per share, re-electing the retiring directors and auditor, and voting thanks to the chairman. NORTH AND SOUTH-WESTERN JUNCTION. At the half -yearly meeting of this company, held yesterday at the Euston-square station, Mr. H. Tootal in the chair ; resolutions were passed adopting the report, declaring a dividend at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum for the past half year, re-electing Mr. Creed and Mr. Hill the retir ing directors, and also Mr. Cobb, the retiring auditor. EXETER AND EXMOUTH. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Exmouth on Saturday—Mr. J. H. W. Ayles bury, the chairman, presided. The report of the directors stated that a consi derable amount had been expended for land, works, &c., and all Olarges on the company for preliminary expenses had been liqu;dated. The present balance in favour of the company was £1,788. The direc tors proposed at once to raise £16,000 on deben tures of five years' years date, at a reasonable rate of interest, and were prepared to accept sums of not less than £lOO on the security referred to. The report of Mr. Errington, the engineer, stated that about one mile of p ermane nt way been laid , and he believed that, with due diligence on the part of the contractor, the li ne w ould be opened in the summer simultaneously with the Topsham branch of the L'wdon and South-Western ltillway. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the satis factory position of the company, and stated that he had received assurances from the contractor to the effect that the line would be ready for traffic on the Ist of July next. Mr. G..DOWN seconded the motion, and it was carried unanimously. The retiring directors were reelected, an d the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MANCHESTER, SHEFFI ELD, AND LIN COLNSHIRE. The total expenses of this company's railways Little more than three years agu the murder of an aged couple, attended with circumstances of great atrocity, was perpetrated in the rural and secluded village of Bolton-upon-Dearne. On the night of the 4th of December, 1856, it will be re- . . membered that Luke White, an aged person, who was the village postmaster, and kept a small druggist's shop, a:d was a local preacher, while apparently engaged in preparing his sermon for the following Sunday, heard some one come to his shop door, and on going to see what was wanted he was knocked down and ratillessly murdered. His wife, hearing a noise in the shop, appeared, while going along the passa ge l ea di ng from the house into the shop to see what was the matter, to have been met and also murdered, both bodies bring ng ix i t a tietd a i a 3vil,.aerrge\relo. i:tipoolvisible, ec o ,e f sa h d the uittir b o l f oot i l o i b l ic t . h ry e ihi'aur:iutin°g"wb the was enshrouded in the most i i m i p e enetrable myste r y. andAltl Although h every tw b ig y h C b o ou lole i l g eobbo effort superintendents was of sliognhstteasbtul clue early, e 0 a u i l i d d b large n rewards (, p fl e e i r e .p e d .. , divi sionsnot h o e r trators of the horrid crime, and the coroner's in quest, after sitting for a considerablz time, was obliged to return an open verdict. The only per son, to whom the finger of suspicion pointed was White, the village constable, but no object could be shown nor could the slightest evidence be ad duced to in any way connect him with the dreadful deed; but, on the contrary, it was shown that the deceased had been one of his warmest supporters, and had that day been engaged in getting up a memorial to Colonel Cobbe in &your of White being permanently stationed in the village. However, nothing coming to light, White left the village, and has since been living to some extent as a sus pected man in his native town of Barnsley, in anxious expectation that something would turn up to unravel the mystery, and to restore him to the position he had formerly held in the estimation of the world. Recently, however, we are glad to say, circumstances have transpired which are likely to throw some light upon the tragedy. On the day the murder was committed a hawker was said to have been in the village of Bolton, vending car a and small wares, but no clue could be obtained to him afterwards, nor could he in any way be eon orof the West con nected with the commission of t he dee d. During the past week an Irish hawker, who is said t o b e a underoing six years' penal servitude Ports mouth, has made certain s t ateme nts to a companion relative to the a ff a ir. These were communicated t o the Governor of the ga o l in which superintendent lie at is Pts under going his imprison ment, and information has s i nce b e en forwarded to Mr. Astwosd, Riding constabulary at D oncaster, who has long exerted himself to out understand, b interviewt theai n a tragedy. Mr. Astwood, we has been to - Portsmouth, and h a d an hawker, who has Pointedd i d u theinitoyint u p r a d r et commit rieesd, stating that, although he him se lf the murder, he was i n the house wbeng couple were lying dead on the floor. The names of the perpetrators have not vet been mile() known, ntheaitnhemr.hhaats nature of the confessicn fu they stand he conbita::slee t been l stated, although we u;der participilti :n in the y mexurodneeir.a, te , s rb l e V in hi o te Ft l a 'e c t o i l; e a .i n n y . (luit . i4 :i-o. e 11.',n made forsome days, and infor mation of the filets having been communicated to lhe Secrt tary of State, we are informed warrants ' . have already been issued for the removal of the prisoner from Portsmouth to York , and for the apprehension of the parries crimiriated. The hawker has given some particulars as 10 the articles he was selling in the village at the time, and the persons to whom he sold them ; and the police are now making inquiries with a view to the affair be ing unravelled. The matter is exciting the greatest interest in the district, and it is 14oped that the mystery in which the tragedy has s , j long. been en• - eloped will soon be cleared away. ree ey, for ew ic- 60„ Its nd .w- ~_~