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[Acres t 5 0 0 5 19 5 4 0 0 7 6 4 0 15 1 1 3 1 8 4 0 0 .0 19 4 ,0 0 0 s 2 4 k 3 1 8 3mpatil , 1859, 75 13 4 Do 0 0 )4 0 0 17 18 11 4A 15 ii ----- 138 8 2 ____.---.• 138 8 2 upply of demand , .at week. kttende a r ;aneralli lo doubt; and, sau DRURY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— The Lessee has great pleasure in announcing that this National Theatre is open nightly with the greatest panto mimic company in the world—Harry Boleno, Dickey Flex more, Tom Matthews, Izzy Deulin, Milano, St. Maine, Tanner, Beckingham, Signori Nicole, Maria, Gratzany, Timberley, Guardany, Lieco, Diagony, and Co., Miss Sharpe and Madame Boleno, and hopes to receive his old friends who have so kindly patronised him for the last seven years. Mr. E. T. Smith begs to inform his friends and patrons that he was the first public caterer who gave Morning performances of pantomime, which he has con tinued on Wednesdays during the run of the pantomimes for the last seven years. His brother managers, with their usual consideration and courtesy, have invariably fixed on other days of the week for their morning representations. Mr. E. T. Smith has therefore much pleasure in announcing that Old Drury will be open every Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from Boxing Day till further notice, for a morn ing performance of the pantomime, with the first pantomi mic company in London. Notice. —The Fifth Morning Performance on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 2 o'clock, to be continued every Wednesday till further notice. The re duced prices, as usual at this theatre, viz. :—Upper gallery, 6d. ; lower gallery, ls. ; pit and upper boxes, 2s. ; first circle, 2s. 6d. ; dress circle, 4s. ; stalls, ss. ; private boxes, to contain two persons, 10s. 6d. ; ditto, four persons, £1 ls., £1 lls. 6d., and two guineas. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 precisely. Tickets and places may be se cured, from 10 till 5 daily, at the Box-office of the Theatre, under the superintendence of Mr. C. Nugent, late of her Majesty's Theatre ; of Hammond (late Jullien), 214, Regent -street ; Mitchell, Ebers, Chappell and Co., Bond street; Cramer and Co., Regent-street ; Leader and Cock, Bond -street; Sams, St. James's-street; Keith, Prowse, and Co., Cheapside ; and of all librarians and music-sellers. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform IN AND OUT OF PLACE, for the purpose of intro ducing Miss Julia Daly, the American comic actress, to an English audience, when she will sustain six characters, in which she will introduce the song, by Charles Nilcot, of "My Lover was a sailor boy." Letty Duster (a Stage-struck Chambermaid), Miss Julia Daly ; Paddy 0' Splutter (from Ireland, after a place with the song "Trust to Luck"), Miss Julia Daly; (a French Opera-singer,with the Tyrolean air, " On mountain high," with guitar accom- Paniment). Miss Julia Daly; Mdlle. Tip-ti-toe (a Dan sense with burlesque polka), Miss Julia Daly ; Mynheer - Von Hannibal Slipipesfundeniclepupisocks, Miss Julia Daly; Sally Sackerapple (a Yankee Girl, ready for any ace), with th e song an d dance of " Ind e p e nd ence D a y"), lace), Julia Daly ; Etiquette, Mr. Tilbury ; Clod, Mr. Tem pleton. After which, will be presented, on the usual scale of magnitude and magnificence the new grand, original, Magical, comical, histoical, pastoral pantomime, fo u ndd on the old English story of the name, and entitled JACK AND THE BEANSTALK ,• or, Harlequin Leap-year, and the Merry P ran k s o f th e f oo d Little People. The new and splendid Scenery, with novel effects, by William Bever . ley, assisted by Messrs. Brew, Craven, Gompertz, W. Brow, irc. The extensive machinery by Mr. J. Tucker and as. aistants. The tricks, properties ' changes, and transforma lions by Mr. Needh am, assisted by Mr. Glindon, &c. The masks, allegorical devices, and designs by Dyk-wyn-kyn, the celebrated artist in pantomimic physiognomy. The over taro and whole of the music, partly founded on Old English Melodies, composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. Tully. The Christmas Chimes Waltz, Kcenig's Last Waltz. The fairies' Haunt, and Volunteer March Galop, published by liammond (late Jullien), 214, Regent-street. The Comic Scene s by Mr. Bolen and Mr. Flexmore. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. Blau cajd, author of Drury - lane Pantomimes of " Hudibras," ‘ Humming Top," "Jack and Jill," "Seven Ages of Man," S aw , , e Horner," Jack Hoer," " Robin Hood," &c. The gas p Leo Saw," by Mr. Hinckley. The costumes by Mr. . 41 _,dller and Miss. Dickenson. The whole arranged and tuuilced under the direction of Mr. Robert Roxby. Ynopsis of the principal scenery and incidents :—The At- El osphere—Forty-five miles above the surface of the earth -- Remarkable Appearance of the Weather in her Aurora- Borealis Car. The Weather embodied on this occasion by Miss Mason; Heat and Cold (her attendants), Miss Faren -heit and Miss Reaumur ; Snow, Hail, Sleet, Mist, Rein, and Dew (her aerial agents), Masters and Misses White, Brown Black, Gray, Drizzle, and Mizzle ; Old Moore, Mr. Fox Seellaruin ; Zadkiel, Mr. Gee-lb e' ; Hannay, Mr. U. Tility ; Pocket Almanack, Mr. Giltedge ; Illustrated Alma- Ilack, Mr. D. Sign; Nautical Almanack, Mr. A. One. January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December— Messra. Slippy, Drippy, Nippy, Showery, Flowery, Bowery, ▪ °PPY, Croppy, Poppy, Wheezey, Sneezey, and Freezy. - meaty-ninth of February (his first appearance these four 3 ' 6 ars), Mr. Bissextile ; Twelfth Night, Mr. Sweetcake ; Plough Monday, Mr. Yokel ; St. Valentine, Mr. Billy Doo ; Shrove Tuesday, Mr. Pancake •, St. David's-day, Mr. T affY St. Patrick's, Mr. 0' Whak ; Lady-day, Miss Wantrent ; All Fool's-day, Mr. Makegame ; Easter Mon day, Mr, Holyday ; Whit Monday, Mr. Picnic; Longest VaY, Mr. ShortnightSwithin, Mr. Heavywet ; the uog Days, Masters Bark, Yelp, Snap, and Growl ; St. Partridge, Mr. Popabit ; Michaelmas-day, Mr. Greengoose ; t. Crispin, Mr. Cobler ; Fifth of November, Mr. Guido F awkes; Lord Mayor's Day, Mr. C. T. Guy; Shortest Day, Mr. Longnight. The Don John in Jack Land. Jack Cade. 401 11 Frost, Jack Straw, Jack and Jill, Jack Horner, Jack ' Sprat, Jack-the-Giant-Killer, and Jack-and-the-Bean turn,y a number of Jacks, who have kindly consented to up to make a good game. Mystic innovation, incanta wort and general evaporation. January.—Jack's Cottage And ' Wintry Landscape in Devonshire. Jack (the Hero of the famous history), Mr. W. Templeton ; Goody Greyshoes (his supposed Mother), Tom Matthews ; Rose (betrothed , to Jack, afterwards Columbine), Madame Boleno ; Petti fogger (a Limb of the Law), Mr. Blacksheep ; Sheriff's Officer, Mr. Grabham ; Schoolboys, Masters Hopscotch, Whiptop, Leapfrog, Hockey, Snowball, and High Barbaree. aho Mystification, the Agitation, and the Visitation. Feb ,' t Uty —Grotto of the Pisses—Prism, Queen of the Pixies lr "Good Little People," Miss Helen Howard; Crystal- Fine, her principal attendant, Miss Grace Darley: Ballet t‘knastique, by Mlle. Molarcha, Balbo, and upwards of 100 141'1 ) ,Ilees and ladies of the ballot. March.—A Breezy hilph. The calf by an offspring of the performing bull ; Pler tt "kk exchanges his calf for the seed of a legurninous pr o b„,. , alld puts his best foot foremost, raising the wind. The ke e ,g'lon, the altercation, and the inflatation. s k v - '4ell Garden—Early Dawn. Pixey pas d' Arresoir—The t e ",, a tic Movement—The Growth of the Beanstalk. Note b e ia." - --A lapse of a month is supposed to take place Zi . :t 3 ell Jack's ascent and his arrival at the summit. apculation, the elevation, and the ejaculation. tle,'"'" -- The Gates of the Giant's Castle. Fairy of I/,; Karp, Miss Thirlwall ; Fairy of the Golden t o n+ Miss Brown ; Fee-Fo-Fum, the Giant, Mr. Lang en;, the Giant's Baby, Master Toddler. The Retaliation, ier Illation ' and Congratulation. June—The Good Fairy d er Fl ora l Home. The animation, illumination, resplen lit decoration, and brilliant transformation. Harlequins, I,l,raere Milano and St. Maine; Clowns, Harry Boleno and I:xlr:tore ; Pantaloons, Messrs. G. Tanner and Becking el; Columbines Madame Boleno and Miss Sharpe ; d:Lrtes' Signors Nicole, Maria, Gratzany, Timberley, Guar (et Lieco, Diagony, and Co. July.—Marine-pade. t, 3 2 1 en0, Tanner, Milano, Deulin, and Mine. Boleno.) Visi ~+ Atesers. Slouce, Douce, Dip, Flounder, and Flatfish— Messrs. Gammon, Pulhard, and Keep-em-out isika atives)--Lodging-house Keepers, Messrs. Nailem, Knobble, and Collarall—The Talking Fish, Mlle. le e — L'eua—Household Brigade, and the Marine-parade Vo lee'cre,_ by Mesdames Anna Maria Jane Duster, Disherup, Whopsy, Topsy, Pout, Pest, Pert, and Prettylips, • 40 more British Maidens—Un-sea-sonable Weather the Sea-side—A regular Seu-wester Squally and tWly t oo -4 , Want a Boat, yer Honour P—Fine Day for ' A a il — Only 2s. 6d. per Hour—Splendid Time for Fishing $,,,•"• good Day's Sport, One Whiting and Tc'o Eels between H e „ - ' 6 ' - -A Bath Chap in a Bath Chair—Arrival 0f ... elMadlle. if a l- ena at the Seaside for the Benefit of her ealth— sPPY Meeting with her lost-lost Parents—lntroduction to i t G uardians—Clown and Pantaloon obtain two very Airy °Onations, and both appear Suited. Character pas Pape,y by he Harlequin and Columbine. " My . Pretty Look A"' a far" —Strong Opposition—A Division in the Family— _ severe Struggle, which terminates in quite an 'Arm-less TraY—The Aid of the Force Required—The Force is forced 7, take charge of an Armless Female in Distress—Fresh I,, rriv a l3 —The Town Full—Lodgings at an Enormous No nh um—A.dnam and Martin, house agents, in a Fix — more Room—The Quarterly Review—How to Settle F • 41 a Tax C o ll ector— Th e F renc h I nvas i on —Rifl eme n % --- The Letter—The Result—Clown's Domestic Corps R ens S!ight" Charge by Rail, and a Grand Review of the eh old Tro o p s b y G enera l B o l eno , moun t e d on hi s Fi er y burin teed " Buceph a l us ," the Largest Horse in the world. t their evo. „eh the whole of the Brigade will go through B all ieraciltieens concluding with their wonderful science of Auguet.... e v ee i eflevasion and retreat of the Freuch dale. (Fl axt , n tlagess and Mansion of the Marque! of _Hower- Clown turner-D.lre Sharp ) Pas C "t , J. Beckingham, St. Maine, Deulin man—Count Extravaganti) and Miss • hc i asteu , Met Aragon, Harlequin and Columbine. , F a . eg hio a n Y a g ble an a ' rr igi l Y s_ days—Mirth, Merriment, and Music— & French breakfast versus an Eng h Dinner —Music helps digestion, so Clown volunteers a song —Song, n ugi—Song, . " Chapter of Cl owns ." Flexmore. A great Cl Provisions —And a Gre a t F a ll in other ways—How C lown " sets the table in a roar." The Chair and the Vice- C hair—Pantaloon gets slightly elevated—All in Hot mater—The old man in the Cold Water Butt Clown gets him out again—The:V illage Belle—Which Clown don't feel much inclined to Ring—Comic Pas Trois, by Flexmore, Sr, anSt. aine—Tricks upon Travellers—Clown 'Tula a b ha ert p h al ittle M too hot for him—a Row on the Pro ?illses, and General Confusion. September —As we were 1 1 1759 (Slow). A Street in London (a hundred years ago). (do Ague, Tanner, Milano, Deulin, and Mme. Boleno). Pas l'ameination Diablique, by Harlequin and Columbine. Right Constable, Mr. Dosey Dogberry—Watchmen, Messrs. "floozy, Boosey, B aw ly, P a lly, H aw l ey , an d Co.—Pro treror of the Lottery Office, Mr. Dish—Mailcoachman and R umble, Messrs. Crawl and Creepalong—Passengers, Messrs. Grumble, Gapey, and Goslowly—Horse Patrols— erir;tl,l Chairman—Lamplighter—The Public, &c., by a lot d Fog Lies. Th e (Ifood Old Times—.£3o,ooo at one draw <3/4.11 Lottery —Harlequin ery_ Harlecmin a lucky holder—Short Pockets Long Faces —Quick Travelling in the Olden Time— he Royal Mail—London ee York in Six Days " Dei lent& —The Saucy Sally Margate Hoy—Calling at li!wesend (weather permitting) --Partridge Shooting at 41_1110m:1—Hare Shooting Extraor,snary—"Hark 'tis olL'r e :: li i e ghtwatch"—He " goes his lonely round"—" Past 8 l,.."eir, and a Moonlight Night"—Boxed af:d Boxed out— n Nap-hero —How our Hours were 1(6;.,t —A Row Old " Row of Houses make a change for the betiZt —The 18, 59 a,11.i Now Watch—Past and Present. As We ai - e la Ev,,,„',,aat). A Street in London in the Present Day'. B e 7 ""ing New, even the Moon—" The Light of other le six as Faded" —Fast Times and Fast Lines—To York I- lours—Advertising Times—lndicators—A Walk- Advertisement—A Light-headed Gentleman—Two A s rlY Gals —A Move in the Right Direction— • r ike, but no th St lc than Twelve—A Prolific Cake 0 er 0 11,, 1 t! Boleno's Perambulating Indicator—Every ov"ls own Advertiser—Too much of a Good Thing— tlear ° a"—" I shan't—A Burning Shame—the Bobbys L ees e e street of a ll " Li g ht Ch arac t ers "—" P u t ou t the e e l r , Put ou t th e L i ght, and then " — O n we go to th e Il ee k l i a cTtil. October—A Kentish Hop-garden (Flexmore, ek z jgnarn, St. Maine, and Miss Sharp). Pas Bosquette e arcm , , , ~I _la,rlequin and Columbine . . A Hop, Skip, and a 'w e d ..' l O hero we are—Clown Picks his Pops, and after tre..l rockets them—" All among the Barley"—Mischief Br ewery — Clown m a k es th e Malt-star--A well-known "rY—A strew , brewing (Bruin) Pantaloon wants a Rorrocieli,,,b_at clown. elves him butt--I likes a good drop of re cte r, 2 "'r, I does —A barrel, versus a barrel organ—Clown' s (L ai r , of teaching anybody to dance—Hopping extraor- Peri e r e Y ; C lown makes a little porter stout and hale—A B ee ' a ' row and a general " Haynau" skirmish with the N °ers, Clown a d raber—Fog Har 'em and n endue-antaloo. ve are l e i becom Clown and Pantaloon he Sprite's reign is over, and the Audience be t iZt.o,..t.hink that it is time to miz ' zle ; but stop, there is "'mug more yet—. " Pray, remember the fifth of November, " Lc < G unpowder Tr eason an d Pl o t ; I know no reason why Gunpowder Treason .„,4zie Should ever b e f orgot 1 " ' " enlbcr—The Merry Halls of Happy Old Christmas No. 21,090. "Christmas cometh but once a Year, when ho brings forth jollity." " Then rest ye merry gentlefolk and send ye all good cheer. " A pocket full o' money, and a cellar full o' beer.' " Vide Old Carols. Mr. Charles Dillon, the great public favourite, will appear here on Monday, the 6th of February. Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7. Stage manager, Mr. Robert Roxby. Parties at a distance, by address ing Mr. Nugent, box-office, with a Post• office order, will meet with attention. THEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITII.—JACK ET LA TIGE DE FE Sous to regne du grand Alfred vivait une pauvre femme qui avait a peine de quoi supporter sa miserable existence et cello de son jeune garcon. Elle avait en vain essaye d'ameliorer son sort, car dans ea qu'elle entrepronait tout tournait centre elle. Cet enfant, qu'elle ainaait tent, etait loin de la consoler par son zele et sa conduit° ; semblable a beaucoup d'enfans de son age it preferait le jeu a tout. Un jour sa bonne mere lui dit, lea larmes aux yeux, " Jack, it ne sous rest° plus rien que notre vache, et it faut nous on de faire ou perir de faim." Jack partit done pour le marche, et pour rendre son voyage plus agreable se mit a chanter toutes aortas de chansons, jusqu'a ce qu'il ent roncentre un bcuchor qui l'aborda d'un air fort amical. Cet homme avait son plan, et it songeait a le mettre a execution tandisque tous deux poursui vaient leur route en devisant de choses et d' autres. Ca mechant homme fit si hien qu'il persuada au pauvre Jack de lui vendre sa yache pour quelques feces de la plus bril lento couleur. Jack, qui n'en savait pas plus long, se laissa attraper, et croyant avoir fait une excellente affaire it re tourna chez sa mere. Lorsque sa pauvre mere wit quel tristo raarche it avait conclu elle prit toutes les feces et lui dit, "Est cola, mechant enfant, le tour qui se deceit at de toi ? Tous mes seine, toute mon affection ne pouvaient ils t'inspirer un peu de bon sans ? Qui voudrait s'imaginer qu'un enfant tel quo tol, si malin lorsqu'il s'agit de faire quelque drCle de tour, serait assez sot que d'abandonner notre vache, notre derniere ressource, pour une peignee do fe.ves Ce disant elle alla jeter lea li,ves dans un plant de choux, et envtrya Jack toucher sans souper. Le lendemain matin Jack vit avec surprise que les feces evident en une seule nuit pris racins et era d'une maniere vraiment extra ordinaire. Il courut chercher sa mere et l'amena pres d'un tige de feve qui avait certainoment les dimensions d'un arbre dont la cime se perdait dans les nuages. La bonne femme resta toute ebahie, et se perdait en conjectures sur la croi- Hance subite d'une telle tige de feve. Quanta Jack, s'etant assure de la solidite de la tige it resolut do griniperjusqu'en haut, dans l'esperance d'avoir plus de chance dans cette entreprise que dans la premiere. Sa mere ne le vit pas monter sans eprouver quiques craintes ; mais Jack la rassura. " Chore maman" lui ditil 'j'ai le presentiment que cette tentative tournera a notre avantage, ainsi ne vou s tour mentez pas; j'ai du courage et de Pactivite, et je crois que le moment est venue de vous pro uver que so su i s un b on fil s. " Apses it en quelue temps it att e i gn it I a c i me d e Parbre . il en etait temp s , car sex j am b es et a i en t f at i gu e es et sex mains n'avalent plus la force de le soutenir. II apergut alorsune contree triste et de ser t e . II y a b or d a , s ' ass it, e t se mit a reflechir. BientCt apres parut uno fee couverte de vetements magnifiques et entouree d'une lumiere resplen dissante. Elle lui adressa la parole avec bente et lui dit, "Mon enfant, it fau partir a I'instant pour oiler punir l'ogre qui est votre ennemi le plus inveter6. C'est lei qui a tue votre pore, et s'il vous a epergne ainsi quo votre mero c'est sous la condition qu'elle ne revelerait jamais ce qu'elle sait. Les richesses de votre pore sont cachees dans le cha teau de Pogre. Ainsi done suivez mon conseil, partez et allez ace chateau." Ilse mit de suite en route et atteignit avant la nuit le caste chateau de geants. Il frappe 'a la porte, et vit bientot avec la plus grande surprise une femme de proportions monstrueuses, dout les gros yeux fixes eus sent suffit pour donner la chaire de poule. Cependant, inal gre sa laideur, elle n'avait pas un air refrogne, et elle sourit en regardant Jack. Le pauvre gargon essaya de balbutier quelques mots, qu'elle interrompit en lui demandant, d'une voix assez semblable au bruit d'un gong, ce qu'il voulait a cotta heure avancee. Jack reprit un peu de courage en so rappelante ce que lui avait dit la fee. Il la salua avec beau coup de respect, et apres e'etre excuse d'avoir frappe si fort a la porte it la Aria instamment de lui donner un inore s eau de pain et un abri pour Ia unit. " Vous no saves, guere, mon cher pe it, cc qua vous demandez. Je suis la femme du grand ogre a qui ce chateau appartient, et qui eonque y entre doit y laisser la vie. Mais je vois avec peine que vous etes tres fatigue, et je n'aurai pas la cruaute de vous chasser. Venez avec tuoi ; j'essaierai de vous cacher dans mon grand chaudren. Mais no l'oubliez pas it faut que vous soyez parti avant la pointe du jour." Jack entendit bientOt I'ogre qui rentrait, et qui d'un ton bourru demandait qu'on lui appestat son souper. Il appela ensuite sa poule, et lui commands de poudre quelques aerie d'or; ensuit i 1 s'eadormit, et se mit a render. Le bruit qu'il fasait ressemblait au tonnerre. Alors Jack s'auentura a passer un pert la tete hors du chaudron et vit ces ceufs si brillants, qui n'etaient pas loin de sa portee. Tout a coup it prit son courago a deux mains, s'elanoa hors du cbaudron, empocbales ceufs d'or et avant attire very lui la poule it s'en empara et s'enfuit. II retrouva bientOt son enorme tige de feve et descendit sans pierre un seule moment. Sa mere, qui le croyait perdu, fut enchantee de le revoir, mais ne put contenir sa joie en voyant son cher Jack Bestir de sa poehe sa provision d'ceufs d'or. Il lui reunite. comment it s'en etait empare, et avec quel empres sement it les lui await apportes. "Le geant," continua-t-il, " s'eveilla, et se mit a courir apres moi pour ravoir sa poulo favorite ; mais mes jambes vailaient mieux que lea siennes, aussi suisje descendu do la tige sans lever les yeux, do pour du monstro arme de sa massue." Jack s'enapressa de clercher une maison commode et bien improvisionnee pour samere ; puis l'amour des aventures lui fit penser a la fameuse tige de feve, et it so decide a tenter une autro ex cursion. Ilse deguisa, et to jour suivant i 1 grimpa leste ment a la cime de la tige et penetra adroitmement juaqu'a dans la chateau de l'ogre. Cette-fois ci it s'empera de la belle harpe du geant ; la harpe s'ecria " Maitre4maitre! Mais Jack gagna son arbre au plus cite, et avec l'aide des bonnes fees it s'esquiva avec l'instrumedt, sans avoir eta atteint par Pogre, qui le poursuivait armed d'une grosse pierre. kat trop vif et trop agile pour se laisser prendre. Le geaut le voyant echapper a sa poursuite voulut aussi profiter de la tige de feve et se mit a descendre avec precaution. Mais Jack, qui etait arrive tres vita en bas, ally chancier uno hache, et en quelques coups it coupe la tige par sa base, de sorte que Pogre tomba a terse roide mort. 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In its pages facts of par mount utility are brought together, wholly divested of tue 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 of gratitud-2," by pretended clergy men and others, whose tamperings with the constitution are frequently followed by serious consequences. - • -Ai( • - :43 ,4 -• , r _ . , $f 0 0 ,0 ap p • : -3 5 ;•!#)-i''' 11146 -/' alt ifri. -I , fl- ..fpm ✓ . ' • . • A , L'inow . , iPa'• . /F) ' "i -.• .• 4', 4 'zee - qhf,.„..\_, 0 _ azi'V • RO T. "'At P R ICE 4D. STAMPED, SD. quence of this trifling deficiency the guns so made at Woolwich mostly burst in proving. Low Moor was courteously invited to impart its secret, which Low Moor, with the utmost sagacity and prudence, as courteously declined to do. So the Government set to work to analyse ores, &c., with a view to dis cover a secret of manufacturing skill, and much of which was also mainly due to the peculiar coal used at Low Moor works, which made' their cast ings almost equal to the best charcoal iron. It is needless to say how utterly the attempt to pierce this secret by merely analysing the iron failed, and, the factory being at last discovered to be nothing more than a most costly and unproductive experi ment, the Government very wisely determined to put an end to it at once. The gun foundry accord.. ingly disappeared from among the large items in our army estimates, and the whole place was given over to Sir William Armstrong. Under his care, and backed by the zealous sup port of the permanent heads of the War-office, the whole of the immense plant and machinery, steam hammers, turning lathes and boring machines were at once converted at small expense to assist in the various processes by which the Armstrong gun is brought to perfection. So carefully and economi call v_ . ,_has this been done that eve r y s i ng l e p or ti on o f the machinery is now converted to its new purpose at the cost of only a.few thousand pounds. Thus then, as we have said, with this old plant renewed, Woolwich ought this year to turn out at the least 1,000 heavy Armstrong guns and Elswick 650—an immense addition (when the range and accuracy of this formidiable artillery are considered) to the de fences of the country. In the meantime the War office is turning its attention towards devising sonic method by which the immense store of old iron ord nance may be utilized to a certain extent by rifling them after the manner of the French. How the French have managed to succeed in this process it is difficult to say, inasmuch as all the guns that have been rifled in England (and they have been rifled after every known conceivable plan) have all, without a single exception, burst before their ex perimental trials were concluded. These repeated mishaps turned the attention of inventors in another direction, and it was sought to devise some method to strengthen the cast-iron muzzle-loading guns now lying in thousands in all our arsenals, so as to enable them to bear rifling, and the immense addi tional shock created by the increased resistance to the projection of the conical shot. To this end a number of cast-iron guns of the ordinary size have been hooped round with rings of wrought-iron, shrur kon while hot. The effect of these two inches of wrought-iron outside the cast has been literally to increase the strenth of the gun more than four fold. Thus, a 96 cwt. 68-pounder from Low Moor not unfrequently br'aks at the proof charge of 281 b. of powder and one shot. A gun of exactly the same size and weight, only partly constructed with hoops of wrought-iron, bears a 281 b. charge of powder, and blows out a long iron roller weighing no less than five cwt. without bursting, and when they have burst under this tremendous test it has always been exactly at the spot where an opening or fissure was left between the wrought-iron hoops in rolling them in. There experiments have led the Government to require certain results from all inventions for rifling our common iron ord nance, such as strength, comparative lightness, accuracy in aim, and length of range, though the latter is very wisely placed far subordinate in im portance to accuracy. There are now six new in ventions under the consideration of the War office, which all profess to attain, and which all do more or less attain, these essential conditions—viz., a gun of Sir William Armstrong, one by Comman der Scott, R.N., ono by Mr. Whit‘Aorth, one by Mr. Lancaster, one by Mr. Bashley Brittain, and one by Mr. Jeffries. Which will be the invention eventually chosen we, of course, cannot pretend to struggle ugg th l eo rests t is betweeng generally e r i‘ a l r y . l understood h tii t an a d t th e s ir William. The former gentleman has himself in vented a breech-loading cannon which for strength, simplicity, range, and accuracy is said to surpass even the Armstrong ; but this point will be set at rest in a few days, when a public trial of the gun will be made near Liverpool. But, whatever plan is adopted for the conversion of the iron ordnance into rifled cannon, it is known that it must be based upon the principle of hooping it with wrought-iron. The War-office, therefore, is taking time by the forelock, and, pending the de cision as to which of the many plans is best, is erecting a splendid range of foundries at Woolwich, for the purpose of working in the wrought-iron bands, while a large number of lathes have been constructed to be ready to proceed at once in turn ing the shot or shell, which, of course, will be of wrought-iron, and made with mathematical accu racy as to size. All these efforts are very praise worthy on the score of economy, and also as intended rapidly to place at the disposal of the country a large store of the most formidable kind of guns. But it is a more than doubtful question how far these cast iron guns are capable of being rifled at all, and it is well known that even with the addition of strength ening hoops only the solid 68's and long 32-pounders can be so treated. There should be no mistake on this head—that we, for the sake of a little economy in working up these old guns, should produce an inferior article at a very superior price. The gun must be above those suspicions of bursting which so unpleasantly attach to all cast-iron guns which have hitherto been thus tinkered, else our soldiers and sailors will be more afraid of their own ordnance than of the enemies'. Of these two greatest breach-loading guns which have yet been constructed—those of Armstrong and Whitworth—the latter, it is said, cannot be burst, while it is certain that no one has ever yet succeeded in bursting the former. So immense, indeed, is the strength of the Armstrong gun, that a piece of iron cut from it at any part bears a tensile strain of no less than thirty-three tons to the square inch. It i a s nd a gun which,otmere if such strength economy as this an dwhich consumptionis re q tiired, of a large store of very s econd-rate material is the only object in view, it is doubtful that we may get. The IN ar-office may depend on one thing—that the only great danger they have to avoid is making anything approaching to a second-rate weapon from merely economical motives, no matter how great the inducement or how reasonable the hopes of bettor results. Let them seek only to attain the best weapon which can be obtained under the cir cumstances, and both the public and our naval and military service are sure to be satisfied. Judging of the future by the past, and looking to the im mense results the War-office has already achieved with the Armstrong gun, the matter may be con sidered to be in the best train, and we have not the least doubt but that the decision it arrives at will be one which the country and the services will en dorse. A few weeks will at the latest determine what kind of rifled cannon, in addition to the Arm strong, will be used, whe n our rea d ers may d epend on having early and accurat e i n f orma ti on on t h e whole subject. The attention of the public cannot be too often or too strongly directed to this ques tion of the improvement o f our ordnance--a ques tion not inferior in national importance to the volunteer movement which this journal has done so much to originate and forward. 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The article which appeared in our columns of Tuesday last merely described the routine of pro cesses followed in perfecting the manufacture of this remarkable engine of modern warfare. But the public, in order to appreciate the value of the in vention fully, have yet to learn somewhat of its relative weight, cost, range, accuracy, and the rate at which it can be produced compared with the old-fashioned, smooth-bored artillery—in short, all its essential qualities as a working gun. These qualities, of course, are the main facts of import ance connected with ordnance of every kind; in formation, therefore, concerning them may not be without interest at a time when the indefatigable activity of the War-office is bringing about a scien tific revolution even in our old muzzle-loading artillery. Now, as to the rate at which the Arm strong guns can be produced, it has been already stated that the , Government, 10 months ago, pledged itself that the united exertions of the fac tories at Elswick and Woolwich should enable them to complete 100 guns within the last year. Before the close of 1859 upwards of 100 guns had been completed at Woolwich alone, where the work has been so constantly and so successfully urged for ward that the rate of manufacture has risen from 5 to 23 gunsper week. Up to the present time 113 12- pounder field guns are already finished there, and in all 220 are more or less advanced towards com pletion. All of these are 12-pounders, but as be tween Elswick and Woolwich a sufficient number of guns of this calibre has either been already manu factured or is nearly finished to re-arm the whole of our field batteries, no more of this size are to be made, and both factories will in future concentrate their efforts on heavy, or at least much h eav i er ordnance. Suppo s ing Woolwich to be able to con tinue at its present rate of 23 a week, we ought to have from this source alone upwards of 1,100 of the new guns before the close of the present year. Allowing for the delay consequent upon the heavy forging of the 25, 40, 70, and 100-pounder guns, such as are now soon to be begun, still Woolwich ought, and we have not the least doubt will, complete its 1,000 guns before next Christmas. From Sir W. Armstrong's own works at Elswick, in addition to a few heavy guns, two complete 12-pounder field batteries have been sent to China, with 21 12-pounder guns for boat service, for which from their extreme lightness they are most admirably suited. In addition to this 40 12- pounder guns for the field batteries are ready and only waiting to be forwarded to Woolwich for mounting. Two 40-pounder guns are being made per day ; while the manufacture of the heavy ord nance has commenced with a 100-pcunder, 10 feet 6 inches, gun, which is expected to obtain a range of 61 miles. Like Woolwich, the Elswick works have risen also in their rate of production, from about three," per week to 14, and there is no doubt but that at a pinch, even with their present staffs, Elswick and Woolwich could easily :turn out 40 completed guns each week. To double or even to quadruple this weekly num ber the War-office would simply have to increase the machinery employed in every stage of the ma nufacture, which might so be extended to an almost unlimited amount. The rate of production at Wool wich is one gun for every three and a half w or ki ng hours, and on e f or eac h four and a half hours at Elswick. At both places, however, a single gun, from the time the rolling of the No. 1 coils com mences till the finished piece is proved and passed examination, requires from six to seven weeks of constant and skilful labour. A great deal has been both said and written as to the expense of the Armstrong gun, which, it has been urged, is so excessive as almost to preclude its general adop tion throughout the services. Such reports are quite unfounded. It is, and always will be, an expensive process to supersede an immense amount of comparatively new artillery merely to substitute in its place a more efficient weapon ; but this is a tax always entailed on progress in any branch of manufacture. Guns of all kinds, no matter whether cast iron, an Armstrong, or a - Whitworth, are manufactured solely to attain certain essential results, and the piece which attains these in the greatest proportion must of necessity always prove the most economical in the end. But, setting aside this obvious truism, the Armstrong gun is in every point of view, except, perhaps, that of mere first cost, the cheapest weapon that has yet been produced. Thus an ordi nary 12-pounder field battery gun costs, in metal and labour, about £2OO. Its utmost really accurate range is 1,400 yards ; its weight is 19 cwt., requir ing six horses to draw it in the field. It is capable of firing 800 rounds of shot under favourable circum stances, after which number, if it survives so long, it is always condemned and broken up, realising about half its cost as gun metal. The Armstrong 12-pounder gua costs about £250; its aim is accu rate at much more than 5,000 yards ; its weight is only 8 cwt., and it therefore only requires four horses to move it with the utmost rapidity. Some of those already made have actually fired upwards of 3,500 rounds of shot and shell, and are still new guns. For the number of shots in proportion to the cost of the gun, the old muzzle-loader cost ss. for every dis charge, the Armstrong only ls. 3d., though the former is ineffectual at three-quarters of a mile, and the latter unerring at two. The chief and most important saving, however, is in the smaller number of men it requires to work it, and, above all, in the saving of horse labour. Only those who have seen the difficulty with which artillery is transported with an army can properly appreciate the import ance of reducing this the most formidable of all its many impedimenta. While still retaining the same strength the Armstrong gun could easily be reduced to almost half the weight at which it is now manu factured but there are limits to the amount of light ness which is desirable in these guns. The back ward recoil of the gun is in exact proportion to the velocity and force with which the shot leaves the breech, and even the 8 cwt. 12-pounder " kicks" to an extent that may render it necessary to strengthen considerably the present form of carriages for field artillery. It may sound strange to our readers, though it is nevertheless strictly true, that up to the present time Sir W. Armstrong has not manufactured any gun with a view of attaining a long range. The range of all the guns on this principle is of course immense, but Sir William's main and almost only object has been to secure perfect accuracy of aim. That this is attained, to an extent almost incre dible to those who have not seen the practice with it, is now admitted even by old artillery officers — the very last and most reluctant to confess that the gun was worth anything at all, or that a civilian could know much more than the difference between the breech and the muzzle of a cannon. Yet, in spite of this unfavourable opinion, so loudly pronounced at one time, the gunners who are used to the Armstrong declare that with it they would undertake never once to miss a man at a mile ! At one of the factories a strip of board is shown, 22in. long by 9in. broad, which, when the gunners were practising, was whitened over and put up as a target at a distance of three-quarters of a mile. Though only just visible at this great range, it was hit three times in four shots. At the Elswick works at Newcastle, a 100-pounder, about 11 feet in length, is being manufactured with almost the ex press view of attaining a long range. This piece, it is anticipated, will have an effective range over six miles and a half. All these tremendous results, it must be remembered, too, aro accomplished with little more than one-half the charge of powder used with the present muzzle-loading cannon. This is due not only to the size of the shot itself, which al lows no windage, and so receives the whole explo sive force of the powder, but to the peculiar mode and pitch of the rifling. The Armstrong shot is of course conical, and about 21 diameters in length. At the shoulder of tl'e cone is a ring of lead dove tailed into the iron, and a similar one at the base. These are both made about 1-16th of an inch larger than the diameter of the bore of the gun, so that the finest lines of the rifling arc fi led up, and no windage whatever takes place. With an ordinary muzzle-loading 32-pounder, weighing 56 cwt., it requires 101 b. of powder to hit at 3,000 yards' dis tance. An Armstrong 32-pounder, weighing 20 cwt., only takes 51b. of powder to send its ball nearly 10,000 yards. About this time twelvemonths the Government had a very large factory at Woolwich for the pur pose of casting the ordinary iron guns, which had previously been mostly obtained from private firms, more particularly from the Low Moor and Gospel Oak works, the guns from which were always con sidered the very best. Misled by false economy, the Government in an evil hour undertook to com pete with the private trade, and of course, they did so with precisely the same result that has always attended such competition in this country, from the time of Elizabeth's monoplies down to the present day. £90,000 was spent in erecting a factory at Woolwich, which was opened amid a tremend ous flourish of trumpets as to what it would accomplish. But at the very outset the Government factory found, to its dismay, that it was not in possession of the secret of mixing iron used by the Low Moor people in making their guns, and that in conse- BURROWS AND CO., Wholesale Wine Mer chants, LIVERPOOL. 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NO MORE MEDICINE. DU BARRY'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD, the REVA LENTA ARABICA.—We find it to be ad mirably adapted to restore a healthy action of the stomach, liver, and bowels, and thereby to remove dyspepsia (Indiges tion), habitual constipation, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidit , palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility, despaudency, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, sinking, fits, cough, asthma, bronchites, consumption, also children's com plaints, restoring, at about a penny per meal, perfect diges tion, strong nerves. sound lunqs. refreshing sleep, and func tional regularity, without medicine, inconvenience or expense to the most disordered or enfeebled. Dr. Andrew tire, 3f.D., F.R.S., Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Wurzer. -.......--. (From the Morning Post ) DR. LIVINGSTON'S EXPLORATIONS IN TIIE INTERIOR OF AFRICA.—The indefatigable researches of Dr. Livingston have suddenly made us accquainted with one of the happiest people in the world, of whose very existence little was hitherto known in eivilised Europe generally. — The province of Angola, Dr. Livingston writes in the " Jour nal of the Royal Geographical Society," possesses great fer tility and beauty, and its capabilities, both agriculturally and commercially, are of a very high order ; indeed, I do not fear contradiction in asserting it to be the richest in Western Africa. The great scientific traveller, who spent 16 years among this favoured people, has had ample opportunity of studying their physical and moral condition, and his details are most curious, They a pp ear i n d ee d to enjoy an Elysian felicity, requiring neither physic nor the physician, for Dr. Livingston found their staff of life to be the Revalenta Ara bica Food, which keeps them perfectly free from disease, "con sumption, scrofula, cancer, &c., being scarcely heard of, and the small-pox and measl es h ave no t b een k n own for twenty years. ' In England also the Revalenta Arabica has produced a wonderful improvement in the health of the people, remov ing cough, oonsui n pti on, ast h ma, d e bi l i ty, i n di ges tion (dys i,epsia), constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, and restoring the faculty of digestion, and nervous and mus cular energy to the m o s t en f eebled, as proved by testimonials from the many thousand well known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical dirt, after all other means of cure had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of reco ver y a b an d one d. We extract ~ few expressions of gratitude from invalids thus cured. Cure No. r ., 1, of Dyspepsi a , f rom the R i g ht Honourable the Lord Stuart de Deeles : " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de Decies."—Cure No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dy s pepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the s t omac h an d vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Dips, Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087: Field-Marshal the Duke , of I luskow, of a gastric inflamma tion of the stomach.—Cure No. 51,614: Baron de. I'olentz, Prefect of Langenau, of many years' horrible sufferings of the nerves and an obstinate Constipation. Cure No. 18,721: General Baron de Zuluskowsky, of m any years' fearful disord ers of the digestive functions.—Cure No. 47,121 : Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Na z i ng Vi carage , Waltham Cros , , Yields, a cur . e . of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure No 43,314: Miss Elizabeth A eoman, Gate acre, 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, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34 ; 210: Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—. Cure No. 3 . 6,212 . : •Cap tain Allan, of epileptic tits.—Cure 42,116 ; 'Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength. —Cure No. 3 %418 : Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, e and daily vomitins.—Cure No. 26,418: Dr. larvey, of . diarrhoea and debility.—Cure No. 39,618 : Dr. ‘TiFtzer, of consumption.—Cure No. 32,880: William Hunt, Esq., Bar rister, of paralysis. - Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, timber-merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement , partial deafness. —Cure No. 51,816 : Mrs. Holze, aged 1 07 years, of (13 , spepsia (indigestion), debility, irritability and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years.—Cure No. 46,814: Mr. Samuel Cure• . ..4e)• 5 - ) 612 • Laxton, Leicester, of two yeariediarrhma.— • • -., • The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' ner vous irritability, bile and indigestion, Cure No. 54,812: Miss Virginia Zegueis, cured of consumption, after her medi cal advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery.— Cure No. 180: "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could re move or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London."—No. 4,218: " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, d •bility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's-health-restoring rood. I shall be Kapp - to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavell. Ridlingten Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836: " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains In my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." - Cure No. 3,906: Thirteen years' cough, indigestion. and gene . ral debility, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food, In Canisters : 11b. 2s. 9d., 21b, 45. 6d., 121 b. 225., 241 b. 40s. Superrenned quality : 51b. 225., 101 b. 335. The 10Ib., 121 b., and 241 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of Post-office Older, by 1 Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, lIe;. - :•ent-street, London ; Fort num, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch street ; also at 63 and 150 Oxford-street, 330, Strand, 4, Cheap picle,Loodort ; sad thrgii,4l Nil grocers and Oculists. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 3 vols., with illustrations, W 0 O P-It ANGER S, By Captain MAYNE REID. (From the French of Luis de Bellemare.) " The Wood-Rangers' has the undoubted Mayne Reid stamp. It will please all readers, and contains all the ele ments of a great success."—Herald. ' Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. FRASER'S MAGAZINE for FEBRUARY, 1860. 28. 6d., CONTAINS Concerning Giving Up and COining Down. By A. K. 11. B. The Battle-fields of 1859. The 'Old Corrector.' Representation in Practice and in Theory. By Thomas Hare. Holinby House. By G. J. Whyte Melville, Author of • Digby Grand.' Part XIV. Franklin's Fate and the Voyage of the Fox.' Points of View. The Idler in the Hague. Wheat and Tares. A Tale. Part 11. The United States through English Eyes. The Literary Suburb of the Eighteenth Century. Chapter 11. Why not the Lords too? London: John W. Parker and Son, West-strand, W.C. STATE OF 22ADE. LEICESTER, JAN. 25.—There continues to be a good business doing in most descriptions of hosiery for the period of the year. The market is buoyant, and there is perfect confidence among the manu facturers. Future prospects are of an encouraging nature. At Loughborough and Hinckley there is a fair amount of business doing. Spinners are well employed, and yarns continue firm, without auy disposition to recede in value. Wools are making high prices. NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 25.—There is no improve ment in the lace trade, and many branches con tinue as dull as they were b e f ore Christmas ; in others, however, there is rather more doing, and engaged,and th e state. A t there is every rea sona bl e prospec t of a thorough revival very shortly. Th ere are a four tolerable orders for plain goo d s i n th e market. The fancy trade is yet very d u ll. In the silk branch there is but little impro veme nt to note. There is a good el 'a y eto iy amount of business doing in the hosiery tr a d e, u ti i a an de y departments being in being a Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mansfield , and other hosi er y districts, trade is in a healthy state, ya rns are f i rm, and make higher prices. In si lk no material change. entirely TIIE CLERICAL BIGAMIST AT LEEDS.—At the Leeds Town-hall, on Monday, the Rev. Henry Lloyd Biekerstaffe was again brought up on a charge of bigamy. On being charged in the usual form, the prisoner said he had no defence to make, except that he wished to expedite the course of justice rather than retard it. He was com mitted to takz, his trial at the next York assizes. EIVS PAP E R P., - t, .. , 4-- , ~,.., ,4 ...„ . ri „ ...,,, 4 ,„ 2HE NAY k , . p , - ,-- .1 :Al X tr, _s-z i m: , The launching of the Prince of 't•YeL3l4.l,:re:s"C-. i.ar I three-decker, took place at Portsmoutfiyest-eFday with the most complete success. For :some daps previous the weather had been unpropitious in the extreme, and yesterday morning broke dark and lowering, Ifith a cold N.N.W. wind, promising little pleasure to the visitors at the launeh. As the morning wore en the sky became clearer, with glimpses of sunshine, and as enthusiasm on such occasions never flags with the inhabitants at Ports -1 mouth some thousands of people had assembled on every point whence a view of the proceedings could be obtained by the time the ship was launched. Among those present on the platform erected under the bows of the vessel were—Admiral W. Bowles C. 8., Rear-Admiral th e Hon. G. Grey, with Flag-Lieuts. Robinson and Swinburn ; Cap tains Farquhar and Hamilton ; Commanders his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, Cater, &e. ; her Serene Highness the Princess of Leiningen and Miss Bowles ; his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, &c. The band of her Majesty's ship Victory was in attendance, and played a variety of airs during the proceedings pre liminary to the launching of the vessel. At 12 25 the master builder, Mr. Abethell, placed the bottle i of wise, which was suspended in the usual manner, in the hands of the Princess of Leiningen, who broke it against the ship's bows amid the cheering of all present, and the christening of the Prince of Wales was complete. The workmen immediately commenced splitting away the blocks remaining under the ship's keel, and at 12 30 the cord being cut which held suspended the pigs of ballast, these descended in their channels and liberated the vessel from the dogshores. A few minutes more and she began to move, gliding easily into the water, ac companied by cheering from the crowd of people present, and the strains of the National Anthem from the Victory's band. The ship was no sooner clear of the shed under which she had been con• structed, than flag:t Iffs rose as if by magic from her decks, displaying the Royal Standard, the Ad miralty Ensign, and the Union Jack. A bower an • cher checked her further progress astern, acd being taken in tow by steamtugs, she was berthed for the present alongside the Victorious hulk, in the har bour, and will be placed in the steam basin next spring tides, for the purpose of docking and receiv ing her machinery, &c. The Prince of Wale% was laid down on the 10th of June, 1848, from designs approved by the then Surveyor of the Navy, Sir Wm. Symonds, and intended for a sailing three decker. It wt.s, however, subsequently determined that, with several others then on the stocks, she should undergo considerable alterations, necessary to adapt her to the " screw;" and for this purpose she was cut asunder amidships and lengthened about 50 feet; her stern was also lengthened as ranch as was necessary to enable her to receive her outer stern-post for her screw-shafting and rudder. The figure-head is a bust of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and has been executed by Messrs. llellyer, of Cosham and Southampton. The followinglare her principal dimensions, description of armament, engines, &e. : Feet. in. Length, extreme retween perpendiculars 252 0 Ditto, keel for tonnage .. .. 213 31 Breadth, extreme .. 60 2 Ditto, for tannage 69 4 .. Ditto, moulded 58 6 Depth in hold • • • • 25 Gt Height of figure-head from keel .. 60 9 Ditto of taihail from keel .. 64 9 Burdens in tons .. 3,994 Tier propelling power consists of a pair of 400-horse powtr (nominal) trunk engines, by Messrs. Pena and Sono. Armament—Upper Deck . one 68 pounder, 95 cwt., pivot gun, 10 feet long, and 20 22 pounders, 25 cwt 6 feet long. Main Deck :38 32-pounders, 42 cwt., 8 feet long. Middle Deck : 30 32-pounders, 56 cwt., 9 feet 6 inches long, and 6 8-inch onus, 65 cwt., 9 feat long. Lower Deck : 26 32-pounders, 56 cwt., 9 feet' 6 inches long, and 10 8-inch guns, 65 c w t., 9 f ee t l ong, The Royal Frederick, 91 screw, nearly complete for launching in N 0.2 shed at Portsmouth, had her name changed yesterday to the Frederick William, in compliment to his Royal Highness Prince Fre derick William of Prussia. The measles have broken out among the crew of the flag-ship Royal Albert, 121, in Plymouth Sound. Several officers and men have been sent ashore to the Naval Hospital. The paddlewheel steam-sloop Virago. 6, Com mander Montagu B. Dunn, left Plymouth Sound on Tuesday afternoon, with supernumeraries for the fleet at Portland. The Devonport dockyard lighter Ifameaze, Wm. Webber master, having encountered a heavy gale, put into Padstow on Sunday, with sails split, boats stove, and ballast shifted. Capt. K. Barnard, of the screw steamship Nile, 90, at Plymouth, is obtaining hands expeditiously. Fifty A.B.'s entered on Sunday and 30 on Tuesday on board the flagship Impregnable. Topgallantmasts were sent up on Tuesday on board the screw steam-ship Revenge, 90, at Ply mouth. It is reported at Pembroke that Capt. Ramsay, superintendent of the dockyard there, will be one of the 24 captains to be made Admirals, and that Capt. Tatham, commanding Milford district, will be his successor. Letters dated Gibraltar, Jan. 13, have been re ceived at Plymouth from her Majesty's screw steam-ship Caesar, 90, Capt. T. H. Mason. The gale just passed had been so severe that it was ne cessary to have three anchors down in the Bay and to keep steam up, so as to be prepared for any con tingency. After it had passed, two days were oc cupied in clearing the cables, which were much twisted by the storm. While superintending this duty her master, Mr. Brehaut, received a fracture of the leg, so severe that it became necessary to have him conveyed ashore to the hospital. It is stated that the condition of the boilers of the Ctesar will not admit of her continuing on a foreign station 12 months longer. The Orion is ordered to Malta. Lieut. John P. F. Grant, belonging to the screw steam coastguard-ship Ajax, GO, Capt. John M'Boyd, has been appointed additional Lieut. to the screw steam-frigate Chesapeake, 51, Rear-Admiral James Hope, C. 8., on the China station. Lieut. Grant goes out passenger from Woolwich in the hired steam-transport K hersonese. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander C. D. Buckley, to the Forte ; Commander G. H. Parkin, to the Hannibal ; Commander Y. Baker, to the Orion ; Lieut. H. T. Gunanaell, to the Wellington ; Lieut. R. H. N. Moly neux, to the St. Jean d'Acre ; Lieut. C. Jenkins and Lieut. A. Markham, to the Emerald; Lieut. C. J. Rowley, to the Nile; H. T. Ellis, master, to the Caesar; W. F. Rose, second master, to the Banshee; E. Hinvest, second master, to the Perseverance ; W. J. Lewis, assistant-surgeon, to the Nile; P. T. Pendleton, promoted to second-class assistant-sur geon in the Greyhound; W. A. Stewart, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, as super numerary ; F. R. H. Yorke, midshipman, to the Emerald ; J. F. Barns, master's assistant, to the Prometheus ; G. Sh am bl er , p a y mas t er additional, to the Castor; IL M. D. Wilson, assistant-paymaster, to the Nile ; and IL J. Gardner, assistant-clerk ad ditional to the Nile. SPERMATOR,RHCEA. By F. 13. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the N Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., Cure of Strictures of the 'Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense ♦few of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. vi R. and MRS. GERMAN REED, TO-NIGHT, .I.YI and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at R. THURSDAY and SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, at 3, will give their NEW CHARACTERS and SONGS, in their Popular Illustrations from Real Lite, " OUR HOME ClR curt'," and " SEA-SIDE STUDIES." Admission, Is., 28., Stalls, as., secured at the Gallery, and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. IROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE CIRCUS, Leicester-square. Two Performances Daily. The Educated Bull DON JUAN, will shortly lease. The Comic Harlequinade must soon be withdrawn. TH [S DAY, all new Scenes in the a renst, and the entire troupe of artistes will appear in a brilliant series of Equestrian and Gym nastic Performances. Morning Exhibition (especially re commended) at Two; Evening, at Half-past Seven. Proprietor Mr. T. M'COLLUM. k RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill -street, Grand CASTNO, open every Evening, with the celebrated [land. Established 10 yeas s. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ; principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half past 8, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad mission, le. T HE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, HOLBORN, This Establishment, pre-emineutly 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. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selection of the moat approved classical and modern musts. Doors open at half past R. Overture at 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One ...... N.11.--Mr. W. M. Packer's grand annual benefit Bal Masque (positively the only one this year) is fixed for Thursday, 23d February. D. KAHN'S MAGNIFICENT ANATO MICAL MUSEUM, Top of the Haymarket (acknow ledged by the whole of the Press to be the most useful and instructive 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 3 and 8 o'clock precisely. SYLLABUs.—Happy and Unhappy Unions, and their causes—Youthful Vices and Indiscretions, and their results -Disqualifications for Marriage, and their cure—the Physiology of Reproduction -Self-Inflicted Miseries -Sterility and its causes—How to secure Moral and Physical Happiness. N.ll.—Dr. Kahn's Treatise on the above subjects, entitled "The Philosophy of Marriage," sera post-free on receipt of twelve stumps, direct from the Axthor, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, PURE RE-CARBONATED FLUID MAG NESIA (Patent).—As one of the Chellical Directors of the processes recently patented for re-carbonating and satu rating the FLUID MAGNESIA of Sir JAMES MURRAY, M.D., I can testify that, as perfected at his London Works (Mr. Linder's, 104, Strand), it forms a sparkling, agreeable, and most effective antacid ; and, when taken with the Acidu lated Syrup, a gentle aperient. It will also be found useful in the uric acid deposits, so common in cases of Rheumatism, Gout, and Gravel. ARTHUR. HILL HASSALL, M.D. Analyst of "The La cet" Sanatory Commission, An ther of "Adulterations Detected," " The Urine in Health and Disease," &c. Wimpole-street, 20th Jan., 1860. u r LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, &ND 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, Gropers, &C., As. WOTHERSPOON & CO., GLASGOW AND LOIODOR THE ARMY. The Woolwich division of Royal Marine Light Infantry was yesterday paraded in the Barrack square before Col. Stransham, Commandant, and the officers belonging to the battalion, for the pur pose of witnessing the p resen t a ti on o f g ratuities .us and medals for good con d uc t an d services to Serg. L oc k, Colo S ‘eiritorm m Private Corp, wh o h ave serve d faithfullyawir: and the corps upwards of 21 years. The Commandant, after inspecting the men, pronounced sive and appropri a t e re marks relative_ some impres to the honour about to be aw ar d e d by command of the Lords of the Admiralty. The three m en were called to th e front, the two non commissioned officers being 15 each and a s il ver pre sented with a bounty of medal, the medals being attached their b reasts by Lieut. and A Naylor. ilie Commandant having informed t. the recipients th a t i t gave him great s atisfaction to reward the good conduct of those under his comraand, and th at he hoped they to enjoy th e h onour, they retired to might live long the line, and the troops were dismissed to quarters. The whole of the Government establishments, barracks, hospitals, forts, and other buildings at Chatham and Rcelicster have been surveyed by direction of the authorities of the War Department, with the view of being fairly and equitably assessed to the pool and other parochial rates, from which all the Guvernmcatt establishments have hitherto pleaded exemption. It is understood that as soon as the returns of the surveyors appointed have been received the authorities will enter into an arrange flint with the palish officers and other public bodies at Chatham and Rochester for being assessed, the Crown thus taking its share of the local burdens. The intention of the Government to disband a portion, if not the whole, of the militia regiments is now placed beyond all doubt, and the first to be disembodied will be the 3d West York Militia, at present stationed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sun derland, which is under orders to proceed at once to Doncaster, the depot of the regiment. It is ex pected that the corps, which consists of 10 compa. Dies of 93 men, exclusive of the band, will arrive in Doncaster e a r ly ne x t wee k, and, as soon as th e necessary steps shall have been taken, the whole will be disembodied. ry • ' '~