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• e • z 1 .vas- ~z~ ~~ —_ ~t ~ \ . ` ~`~ ~ v 1 LTV"! H*. '~ ss-Ost , _ „ A l .14,4 ta.VI • 34 - 4 1 . 4 14" q 8 Ci‘ 4. r . 41 1 st A tR , Y 7: - „.. I ' S • - • -c.2' - _ _ - ) V.ll-',R -41 Si' ;13 :1 , fr i -1— ~..,...r,„.• ~i .. ~ v THE P ÜBLIC iLE- ,::: 11 , ) 14., \ • The public health is now in tha It, ••• ,-- ~,,,,6,...— " : ' 1 1:::44‘ which it usually exhibits in London (44. , 7, - —,:. '-: - : '. ' 7' 4 . i , The deaths in London, which had ""'' '4. -, '- • ' 1 b II in August, and above 1,000 in the fit fA declined last week (ending Saturday, 8044 - --:*. i'. ' the ten years 1848-57 the average nUmbar ot ihsrirt theS weeks corresponding with last week was 1, bat hen the deaths from cholera in two epidemics within the aeries are withdrawn from the calculation, it will be found that the rate of mortality that prevailed in the period now spe cified would produce about 1,100 deaths in the present in creased population: and if: -41A.r . s from the 'present return t....„ - --- :.- . :a z i less than that number by 150. On reference to the tables the great and increasing mor tality from scarlatina will be observed as an exception to their favourable character. The deaths from this disease, which were 85 in a week in the early part of August, have increased almost continuously, and l as t week they were 125. Another child has died front it at 19, Theobald-street, Newington, in addition to three mentioned in the last re turn ; the four deaths have occurred in one family within eight days. Two children died on the 21th from diphtheria in a family in Islington; and two from scarlatina on the 17th in a family at 1, Thames-street, Greenwich, where the house is stated to be "unwholesome." Four deaths from scarlatina are recorded in the sub-district of St. John, St. George-in-the-East, and six in Greenwich West. Cholera was fatal to two men, aged severally 66 years, on the 20th, and to a womanaged 26 years on the 19th. Only one per son, a woman, included in the present returns, had attained the age of 90 years. Last week the births of 839 boys and 818 girls (in all 1,6,57 children) were r eg i s t ere d in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1848-57 the average number was 1,531. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1858. No. 20,677. PRICE 4 D • STAMPED, 5D UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, CONVOCATION. PUBLICATIONS. nd county of Ayr, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Gibson, late minister thereof. had the Advantage of the counsel and co-operation of slr. Bright, the engineer to the Magnetic Com paey, whose experience, previously gained on the subterranean system of wires tauter his care, em bracing a mileage more extended than that of any other which the world affords, was, on all points, of the utmost value to me." No doubt it would have been better had he availed himself at a later period of such practical advice as tele graphists of longer and mon) widely extended knowledge could give him. 'The facts scarcely require any comment. lie would have done well to confine his cacoethes scribenGN to the matter in dispute between himself and the company with out seeking to make himself a character by de tracting from the merits of a work in which he has borne no part. _ _ _ _ _ _ to the general object of all will ho evidence against the prisoners in custody. Mr. Sleigh—Your law is perfectly correct, but your premises do not support it. These are matters referring to some one else, and mentioned in a letter written by Riky. Mr. Wontncr—And found on Thurgood. Mr. Christie—Riky also told me that Thurgood was going into partnership with Meade, and that the Union Bank of London were Meade's agents. I saw Meade at the same time, and he said he would not close his transaction until he saw how I closed the one with Thurgood. The witness was subjected to cross-examination by Mr. Sleigh and the prisoner Riky, but nothing particular was elicited. Police-constable Brock, 167, said—l took the pri soners into custody yesterday, at 47, Moorgate street. I found on Riky 4d., and on Thurgood three £lO Bank of England notes, £1 Os. 93d., a duplicate for a gold watch, chain, and ring,pledged on the 23d Sept., and a County Court order of the 22d Sept., ordering the amount of £4 14s. to be paid by instalments. Among his letters I found the one produced, addressed to him by Riky. Thur good told me at the station that he was a surgeon, but I did not hear the conversation between him , and Mr. Christie. The latter did not tell me the charge before he gave them into custody. He did not tell me that if he could not make an arrange ment with the people he was going to see he should give them into custody. I was on duty on my beat when T wao fet^'led to take them. AMEETING OF CONVOCATION is hereby convened, to be held at Burlington , House on WEli- NESDAY, Nov. 10, at 1 o'clock p.m., to nominate a list of three persons for the purpose of being submitted to her Ma jesty for selection therefrom of a Fellow of the University. Members of Convocation desirous of proposing Candidates are requested to forward their Nominations to the Registrar on or before Wednesday, Oct. 27th, in order that they may be included in the Circular and Voting-paper which will then be issued, • The following Graduates are qualified as Members of Con vocation : namely, all Doctors of Laws, Doctors of Medicine, and Masters of Arts, all Bachelors of Laws and Bachelors of Medicine of two years' standing, and all Bachelors of Arts of three years' standing. MRS. THOMSON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., FAULTS ON BOTH SIDES. By MRS. THOMSON, Author of "Anne Boleyu," Sze. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, SEPT. 27. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations' have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her. ➢iajesty's Consul at Kertch, report ing that all vessels arriving from the ports of the North Coast of Africa, and from Malta, will be required to per form quarantine at Theodosia, there being no quarantine establishment at the port of Kertch. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOw ready, in 1 vol., with Illustrations, 108. Gd. bound, MARY .HOWITVS- NEW STORY, " TRUST AND TRIAL," The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Syria, reporting that all vessels arriving at that port from the un dermentioned places will be subjected to a quarantine as follows ; By order of the Senate, WILLIAM B. CAlt PFISTER, M.D., Registrar, Burlington House, W., September 28, 1858. From the Danish. Hurst and !Hackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great 3larlborough-street. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. Second Edition, Post Octavo, 9s. GUY LIVINGSTONE ; OR THOROUGH• London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. Vaa.sels and c aro. Passngers. Tripolta (li , and ry), ltarßarba Morocco, Ceuta, 15 days. 21 days. Ma Gibra Egypt 2O days. 31 days. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, enclos ing copy of a Portuguese, Royal Decree, prolonging for three years, the period during which machinery for the manufacture of the products of the sugar cane may be im ported, free from duty, into the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo. CONVOCATION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ADJOURNED MEETING of CONVOCATION will be held at Burlington House on WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, at 1 o'clock p.m., when the new Regulations of the Senate re specting Degrees will be communicated; and the following business will be brought forward The Report of the Committee appointed on the 4th May ; - The appointment of a Clerk of Convocation ; The Nomination of OLT° persons for one of the vacant Fellowships. Members of Convocation not receiving the Report of the Committee are requested to apply for it to Mr. Moore, at Bur ling-ton-House. . PEIST'S RACING RECORD for 1858. Part VIII., price 3d., will be published on the Ist of October. The Record, containing a complete calendar of Sport in England, Ireland, and Scotland, in 1857, and nomi nations for 1858, may be had, price two shillings. W. Wright, Fulwood's Rents, Holborn. ANALYSIS OP METROPOLITAN WATERS The waters supplied to the metropolis have been exa mined during the month of August by Dr. R. D. Thomson, F.R.S., of St. Thomas's Hospital, who has found their com position to be as exhibited in the subsequent table. It will be observed that the amount of impurity in each water is less than in any previous month of the year, in consequen ce of the greater dryness of the period to w hi c h the analyses refer. A comparison of the present with former tables will show.how far the condition of the waters is improving. For the sake of comparison, the composition of Glasgow waters is appended. The inhabitants of that city are not satisfied with the Clyde supply, although much pnrcr than that of the Thames, and the water of a Highland lake, approach ing distilled water in purity, will soon flow into the city by gravitation. NO MORE PILLS nor any other MEDICINE for Indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatu lency, Acidity, Palpitation of the heart, Torpidity of the Liver, Bilious Ikadache, Nervousness, biliousness, General Dibility, Diarrhoea., Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen. &c. Scud 2 penny stamps. and von will receive post free, pages, the people's edition ot "PE LIFE( IT IIEA It RESTORED," without pills, purgatives, or medicines of any kind, and with out expense, by a simple, pleasant, and infallible means which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, adapted to the general reader. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Chemistry, Dr. Aitdrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Campbell,-, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurtzer, Dr. Ingram, and many thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been re.: stored by it after all other means nf cure had failed. • London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, and through all Booksellers in Town and Country. Members desirous of proposing a Candidate for the Clerk ship are requested to forwArli their Nomination to the Chair man of Convocation on or before Wed,e,day, Oct. 271 - 11, in order that it may be included in the Circular and Voting paper which will then be issued. Members desirous of bringing fdrward any business are requested to give notice thereof to the Chairman on or before the same date in order that it may be stated in the Circular. CHARLES JAMES FOSTER, LL.D., ' Chairman of Convocation. Burlington House, W., September gB.llciB. • The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of 'Privy Council for Trade and Plantations, have received in formation, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affair.:, that an official Notification has been issued by the Russian Government, - warning masters of vessels visiting the southern ports of Russia - of the inconvenience to which they may expose themselves by neglecting to be furnished with proper Consular Certificates of Health. The Right Honourable-the Loi•dß -of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Constll at Lisbon, report ing that all vessels arriving from brazil, atilt- having had yellow fever on board, will be subjected to a quarantine of eight days, and will be admitted into the port of Lisbon on the condition only that eight days shall, have elapsed since the cessation of the last case. HANWELL COLLEGE SCHOOL, MIDDLE. SEX. 31ICTIAELMAS TERM, OCTOBER 4th. . ,~ THE EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY, in the absence of direct info;_nation from their ou a Cor respondent, can only rely on that received through Russia, and will consequently continue their extraordinarily low quotations of 2s. per lb., for Black, Green, or Mixed Teas, in alb. bags ; and Colfee, in the Berry, at 11d. per lb.—Ware homes, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. GEORGE HOBSON begs to call the attention of Gentlemen to his New Autumnal Trousers, 21s. to 255. Also his New Partridge Mixture Shooting Coats. Excellence with Economy. GEORGE HOBSON. 57, Lombard-street. Established 1790. • - B OARD AND RESIDENCE. A Superior Home is offered to a Gentleman of steady habits, en mid gagei during` the day, b, , • a family residing near Regent's- Park. For a young man coming to London for the first time ;aid this would be found a desirable residence. Terms moderate. References to be exchanged. Address, J. I'., Wright's t• tO Dairy, Granby-street, Hampatead-road, N.W. .ttst did PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL.— aid A- TO-NIGHT.—POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William street, Charing-cross.—TWO HOURS OF ILLUSION.—For . One Month only, previous to Professor Frikell's departure on aer a provincial tour. Every evening at 8 ; Sattirday.afternoons lys at 3. Private boxes, one guinea; box stalls, s s. ; orchestra stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, Is.—Places may be ie 7 s secured at the Polygraphic-hall, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ssii, the A DELAIDE GALLERY CASINO, Lowther 10- -Ex. Arcade, Strand.—The above ROOMS are OPEN EVERY EVENING. The celebrated band of the Argyll Rooms will th , d play, by particular desire, selections from Il Trovatore, La Traviata, and Rigoletto. Conductor, Mona. A. LAMOTTE. ) a r Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Leader, Mr. Charles Hall. Doors open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission, ::T ? ls. I a d 11 L. .1) R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, ri )- 3, TICIIBOURNE-STREET (Opposite the Hay • market). Open daily (for. Gentlemen only). Lk: t, LECTURES by Dr. SEXTON at Four and Eight o'clock, on ANA f' 0 important and interesting topics in connection with ANA TOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and _PATHOLOGY (vide Pro t s 0 grammes). . L - i d Admission ONE .SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILO ' 0 • , SOPHY OF MARRIAGE, &c., sent post free, direct from the u t . Author, on the receipt of twelve stamps. a.i t i kLHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. (The best Ventilated Building in Europe.) he , Lessees, Messrs. Howes and Cushing. , I.J i WALLETT'S GREAT EQUESTRIAN COMPANY Are still in their zenith of attraction—novelty . trips the heels Ci! C oZ novelty. Senora DELAVANTI in her incretlible and ( 1 ) terrific Ascent on the Atlantic Telegraph Wire, is daily and nightly hailed with cheers; Wallett, the Queen's Jester; iii; Pastor, the Star Rider of America; Julia Tournaire, Cook, the wonderful Delavanti Family, llerr Footit, &c., appear at i 1 - each Exhibition. • TWO PERFORMANCES EACH DAY, t:t 3 : Commencing at Half-past Two and Eight o'clock, p.m. IC-... , Admission—Private boxes, £1 10s. to £2los. each ; stalls , )1e • ss. ; reserved scats, ss. ; second boxes, 2s. ; pit, Is. ; gallery, (3d. Box-office open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. No fees for booking places. Children under 0, half-price. 11/3 t r 3 ' I', - -714 QY A L,,..;„fi,&R,D EN S, -LI) --Director, Mr..,lCiffiffiT.t.---IrXTVPSION OF THE • • SUMMER SEASON FOR ONE WEEK MORE, by special desire.—THlS EVENING (Wednesday) Concert in the Handel • Orchestra, supported by Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. I'. Cord, Messrs. P. Corn, Russell Grover, C. Sloman, Elijah Taylor, • and Master Haydn Cord. On the Ballet stage, Mr. G. Tompson, will go through his wonderful evolutions.— Mr. NI. James Robinson, i the Great American bare back rider, will appear in the Cirque Imperial, in conjunction with the ir. talented Company of Equestrians (including - Madame Blanche, P . ' the Equestrian Magnet), under the direction of her Majesty's i):1 Clown, 11. Croueste.—Splendid Illuminations.—Brilliant Py rotechnic Displays.—Dancing before and after the fireworks. t' I' i —Two Bands.—Open every evening, wet or .dry, from Monday D f to Friday , at Seven ; Saturdays a:Three. Military Bands th. at Four.—Maypole and waltz dances by Chapino's Troupe until Six, when the usual entertainments commence.—Admis le Mon. One Shilling; Children, Sixpence. Open on Sunday te at Five ; refreshment ticket, 6d. it, FIFTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. )tri 1V ORTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY. e- -LI 'Established 1309. Incotporated by Royal Charter. President—His Grace the Duke of ROXBURGHE, K.T. e, Sir I'ETER LAURIE; Alderman, Chairman. ~ le JOHN I. GLENNIE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. 7d William Borradaile, Esq. John Connell, Esq. re 1 Archibald Cockburn, Esq. 1.. e P. Sorthall Laurie, Esq. 1, R. P. I'richard, Esq. Charles James Knowles, Esq., Q.C. • it i Solicitor—Alexander Dobie, Esq., Lancaster-place. Df Canital of One Million —nee mula Zing Premium Fund X 634,000. Bevenue_from Life Premiums alone £116,030, annually in- Df i creasing. it Nine-tenths or Ninety per cent. of the profits are septennially divided among the insurers on the participating scale of Pre te miums. it All Profit Policies effected during the current year as 11l share ft in the Profits of Seven Years, and will secure a larger Bonus atevei y future division of Profits. S, The Bonus ammelations at last investigation ranged from 25 to 70 per cent. on the Premiums paid. , ROBERT STRACHAN, Secretary. Le 4, Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London, E.C. . ti. NTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE le I -11-- SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25 ' 1858. Established 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of ir ( r 0 -.—lt always has been, and still is, the practice of this to Sticiety to pay claims tinder policies of assurance, notwith -3e standing the death of the assured occurring - within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided a payment thereof be made, or notice of the death be given to IT the office before the expiration of such days of grace. a . • For the Court of Directors, 1- E. S. SYMES, Chairman. • , T H E INTERNATIONAL LIFE )- , ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13 i ' ' 112, Strand, London. ig Empowered by Act of Parliament. for LIFE ASSURANCE d. SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. l— DIRECTORS. 1 1 EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. LS W. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. i Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church. Esq. I Johd Moss, Esq. • .S John Elliotson, 31.D.,Cantab., 1 John Symes, Esq. F.R.S. 1 Joseph Thompson, Esq. . SECRETARY TO TILE BOARD. e Alexander Tiichardson, Esq. O . • • CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. ✓ Augustus Blonde', Esq. AUDITORS. 1 !.- Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford ✓ Young. s MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. e , , J. Elliotson, 31. D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. Acrumair.'rs,_ W. S. B. Woolhouse, Sag., FAVA.S.-, F.5.5.,-.1,4.. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolltouse, Esq. 1 ' .. BANEERS. Messrs: Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. , SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford- ! TOW. I - - .The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared a in May, 1860. ) Examples of Bonus up to May, 1835 : r a Policy Sum Bonus in Bonus in Permanent 1 addition taken Age. Assured. Cash. Reduction to Sum of Annual s out in Assured. Premiums. . • . ;.---- t £ £s. d. £s. d. £s. d. 1838 55 3,000 86,717 - 7 428 1 4 56 3 8 1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 323 16 0 32 0 4 , i 1815 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1848 60 2,000 131 2 8 10.316 8 10 15 2 s 1831 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 The following.; are amongst the advantages offered by the International Life Assurance Society:— , The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits arc divided amongst the assured every five 3,-ear,l. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. . , EDMOND S. SKIES, Chairman 142. Strand, London, Y.C. ON PHYSICAL DISQUA LW IC AT lONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pa. , -es, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just pub lished, price, free by post, ls. TUE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury : with observations on the obligations of marriage, and directions for obviating cer tain disqualifications. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Sur geons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). Sold byJ. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row; Sanger, 160, Oxford street; and Gordon, 116, Leadeuhall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in both sexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic: its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impo tency, barrenness, anddebili ties arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying sucess in thousands of cases. Price lls. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves 11 a. The CONCEN TR XTED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recom mended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, en - lar , •ements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. Its action is purely deter sive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price lls. and Ms. per bottle, also a saving of lls. PER EtY'S PURIFYING SI'ECIFIC PILLS constitute an effectual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. Od.. and lls. per box. Sold by Daniel Church. 7S, Gracechurch-street, City ; Bart ley-Hooper, 43. King William-street (four doors from London bridge) ; G. F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow churchyard ; W. Edwards, 07. St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford Street ; Hannay and D:etrichsen, 63. Oxford-street ; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Prout and llarsant, 229 Strand, and all medical vendors throughout the United Kingdom. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN TIIE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Me dicine, Vienna, _ _ _ _ _ _ . Nos. 1,2, and 3, prepare .I in the form of a lozeng,e, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, Rre.. adapted for both sexes. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RELAXA TION, SPERMATORRHCE A, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too lon residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and viour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in ' the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood : and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MARRIAGE, they are effectu ally subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESE I MAR NO. 11. effectually, in the short space of ltree days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and awravated forms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR NO. M. . . „. is fly? . ;tea t ^Teat Continental Remedy for Syphlis and Secon d Iry Symptoms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Erupt,ons, removing and expelliog in its course all corruptions and impurities from the vital stream, - as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration, through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable de struction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sar saparilla in the world cannot restore. Pric..elts., free by post, Is. Bd.extra to any part of the kingdom ; or four c ases i n one for 335., by post 3 s. 2 d. ext ra, whic saves lls., and in £5 cases, whereby there is a saving of £1 12s. Sold by Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch-street, City; Bartlett Hooper, 43, King Wil liam-street (four, doors from London-bridge); Watts, 17, ; Strand ;- Prout, 229, Strand ; Hannay, 63, Oxford- s tre e t Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, St. Paul's Churchyard. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Medical Work, price ls. post free, illustrated with 100 engravings, containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c. It gives instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are pre vented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhoea and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and the examination of the spermatoza by the newly-con structed microscope, with powerful lenses. The Author may be consulted daily according . to the rules in the Book. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, raternooter-row, and from all agents for_the sale.Of Triesemar.7, GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. CONTRACT FOR SHIP CHANDLERS' GOODS. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 25th Sept., 1858. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 12th October next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing- to Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards at Deptford. Woolwich, Chatham,. Sheerness, and I'ortsmouth, with SHIP CHANDLERS' GOODS, under a Contract for twelve months certain, and afterwards until the expiration of three months' warning. Patterns and samples of the articles may be seen, and a form of the Tender, a' schedule of the articles, and the conditions of the Contract obtained at the said office. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the wori.s " Tender for ," and must be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a Letter signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tender ing, in the Sum of £5OO, for the due performance of the Contract. CONTRACTS FOR SA LT BEEF. AND S tLT PORK. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, July 30, 1858. THE COMMISSIONERS for Executing. thi office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingcom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby give Notice, That on THURSDAY, the 30th Sept. next, at half-past 1 o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for Supplying and Deliverina into her Majesty's Victualing Stores at the under-mentioned torts, the following quantities of SALT MEAT, e the cure of any country, and all of the cure of the present season, viz. Navy Beef. Navy Pork. Tierces. Brie. Tierces. Ties. Deptford 4,500 6,500 9,500 4,700 Gosport Plymouth l,OOO 1,500 1,500 800 500 750 .... 1,000 500 Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the tenders arc opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. A separate teader mast be given for the Beef and a separate tender for Pork, and 'every tender must specify where the meat is intended to be cured. l'ersons tendering for more than one port must give a sepa rate tender for each port. The Beef and Poil to lye delivered into the respectiveatores as follows, viz.:—one-third of each quantity fir each place by the 31st of:January, 1859; almflier third thereof by the /sth (lay of March, 1859 ; and the remainder thereof by the 30th day of April 1859, or any greater portion, or the whole, at any earlier period, if preferred by the party tendering, and to be paid for by bills payable in seven (Lys from and atter the re spective dates thereof. Parties tendering are desired to take special notice that the use of wooden hoops is abolished, and that IRON HOOPS only will be required for the casks, in accordance with the conditions of the revised form of contract. A form of the tender may be obtained, and the conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular attention is called, mar be seen at this Office ; at the Victualling Yards at Gos port and Plymouth ; or by anplying to the Agent Victualler at Ilaulbowline ; or to the Collectors of her Majest'r's Cue toms at Bristol, Limeeck, Belfast, Waterford, and Sewry ; or to the Secretary to the Postmaster-General at Dublin ; or to the Commander conducting the Packet Service at Liver pool ; or to the Resident Agent for Transports at Leith. . No tender will be admitted for a less quantity than ICO tierces or 100 barrels. No tender will be received after half-past 1 o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this office, as the result of the oXer received from each person will be communicated to him and his pro posed sureties in writing. Bills in payment for any beef or pork delivered into her Majesty's Storea will be sent to parties upon transmitting the usual certificates of receipt. Every tender must he addressed to the Secretary of the Ad miralty, and bear in the left-hand corner of the envelope the words " Tender for Salt Meat," and " Comptroller for Vic tualling;" and must also be delivered at Somerset House. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. CHARLES WATSON, M. 1)., Fellow and Honorary Vice-President of the Imperial African Institute of France, Corres. Member of the Medical Societies of Rouen and Peru, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, &c., and late Resident Physician to the Bedford Dispensary, 27, Alfred-place, Bed ford-square, London. continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, "TILE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." "'Those about entering the Marriage State should peruse Dr. Watson's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on health end disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound medical philosopher."—Critic. " The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and ptivato crre."—University Magazine. " The 'NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates the absurdity of the English mode of treating such corn plaiW s, will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means pre sented.''—Evening Srn. For Qualification, vide " Diplomas," and the " London Medical Direci:ory." NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Nervousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Impurities. Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Hemorrhoids, Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during' pregnancy or at sea), SinkinT Fits. Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints, effectually removed by DU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of mratitude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right lion. the Lord Stuart de Decies—" I have derived con siderable benefit from Drt Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the isublication of these lines. Stuart de Decies." Cure No. 19,332. " Fitly years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ner vousness, astltMa, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling. near hiss, Norfolk " Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of Nazing, Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Huts, a cure ofextreme ner vousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous f an eA:s. Cure No. 48,31 i. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors ofnervons irritability. Cure No. 18,2 la. Dr. Andrew Ure, of con stipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. Cure No. 34.210. ')r. Shorland, of dropsy and debility. Cure No. 36,212. Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits. Cure No. 46.116. Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver, 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 diarhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wnrtzer, of consumption. ( - ire No. 32,830. Wm. Mint, Esq., barrister, of paralysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant, Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs. spitting of blood, liver de rangetnent, partial deafness. Cure No. 58,810. Mrs. Hoize, aged 107 years, of dyspepsia (indigestion), debility, irritability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for 70 years. Cure No. 311,811. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612. The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and' indiges- Hon. Cure No. 54,81i'. Miss Virginia Zegners, cured of con gumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery. Cure No. 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility,from which I have suf fered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been efTectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Pleet-street, London." 4,205. "Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility. with era , np: "^"-1. 6 , which my servant had consulted the advice of many, bra , l eTeetnally cured by Du Barry's health-restoring food. I shill he happy to answer any inquiries. Rev John W. Flavell, Riddliugton 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, Skib bereen." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years' cough, indiges tion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol street Perth." Important Caution against the fearful danger of spurious imitations : The Vice-Chancellor Sir Tl'illiarn Page Wood granted a , trounction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooner Nevi'le, for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." Suitably packed for all climates, and with all instructions. in canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 121 b., 225. Super re fined quality 11b.. 6s. ; 21b., Ils. ; 'fib., 225; 10Ib., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. canisters are forwarded carriaere free, on re , ;Apt of Post-office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street, London ; Fortnum,. Mason, and Co.. purveyors to hay INJestv. 182, Piccadilly; James Well, In, Sloane-street; also at 60, `Gracechurch-street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ; 91. ohnanside and 60, Bichopsgate•street , 63, 130, and D 3, Osigclltreet. APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur ries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce:is the best safeguard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch street, London, and GS, Broad-street, 'Worcester ; also ty MesArs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and merchants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. • THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.— It is only a short time since this singularly efficacious article of animal diet first made its appearance; and already its celebrity is world-wide. It has been a subject of wonder, and has puzzled many a brain to explain how this has been brought about. Yet when we are acquainted with a few facts concerning the food, our wonder will cease. A few days since, a gentleman wrote, stating that he had a horse which was a " perfect bag of bones." He tried all kinds of things to get the animal into condition, but in vain. lie then bought some of Thorley's food; and he says the effect was wonderful. The horse rapidly grew fat, and in the course of a few weeks had gained no less than 12 stones. Again we find at the late agri cultural shows at Birmingham, Cardiff, Am, the animals which earned off the highest prizes had been partly fed with Thor ley's food for cattle. Such facts speak for themselves, and we are forced to the conclusion that its celebrity arises solely from its own intrinsic merits, and the great demand for it can proceed alone from the good opinion and testimony of those who have tried it. All parties interested in horses and cattle will do well to apply to 77, Newgate-street, London, for a pamphlet which is seat post-free. ROME AND FRASCATI RAILWAY CO MPAN Y. - The Half-year's Interest on the Bonds of this Company, Nos. 1 to 120, due on the 22d of September and Ist of October, 1858, will be paid at the Agency of the Banque Generale Suisse, 2, Royal Exchange Buildings ; or at the Succursale of the same Bank, 30, Ilue Louis le Grand, Paris. By Order, F. FRIELIORATII, Manager of the London Agency of the Banque Generale Suisse. LONDON & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. -1--A CHEAP EXCURSION from LONDON to HUDDERS FIELD, MANCHESTER, and LIVERPOOL, on Saturday, October 2, returning on Wednesday, October 11. DOWN TRAIN, OCT. 2. RETURN TRAIN, OCT. 0. a.m. H.M. London (Euston Stat.)dep. 9.20 Batley dep. 9.30 p.m. Dewsbury Warrington Liverpool Stockport Manchester Staley Bridge „ 3.45 Manchester Greenfield Marsden „ 4.15 Liverpool - '- -'„ 10.35 Huddersfield „ 4.30 Warrington Dewsbury - „ . 4.50 London (Euston Stat.) " p.m. Batley FARES FOR THE DOUBLE JOURNEY. Covered Carriages. Ist Class. _ _ To Liverpool To Manchester and other Stations los. The tickeis are not transferable, and arc only available by the above Trains. Particulars may be had at any of the Company's offices, or tickets and bills at the office of Mr. Marcus, Crosby-hall chambers, Bishopsgate-street, City. By order. Euston Station, Sept. 22,1858. CHINA. OFFICIAL DESPATCH. (From the London Gazette of last Evening.) ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 27. With reference to the despatches from Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's ships and vessels on the East India station, dated the 21st May last, inserted in the Supplement to the London Gazette of the 27th July, 18.58, the following de spatch has been also received from Sir Michael Seymour, by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Coromandel, at Tientsin, June 1, 1858. Sir,—Owing to the short time I had to prepare my de spatches, after the capture of the forts at the mou th o f the Pei-Ho, I omitted to inform the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that the Cormorant, the leading ship at the attack, had to force and break a heavy boom of bamboo cables drawn across the channel, upon which the fire of the enemy was concentrated ; a descrip tion of the boom is inclosed. I should also have men tioned the essential services rendered by Captain Rode rick Dew, in her Majesty's steam gun vessel Nimrod, the fire from her formidable broadside having mainly contri buted to destroy a sand bto• battery of 19 gains, upsetting nearly every gun in the work. I enclose a statement of the troops in the batteries, trans lated by the Rev. Mr. Martin, from muster rolls picked up in the forts, amounting to 3,200. This is independent of the large encampments of troops which were in rear of the position.—l have, &c., (Signed) M. SEYMOUR, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. Secretary of the Admiralty, London. H.M.S. Cormorant, River Pei-Ho, May 21. Sir —I have the honour to inform you that, in obedience to orders received from you to examine into the size and description of the cables stretched across the rivers which the ship under your command had to force her way through, under a heavy fire from the batteries on both sides of the river, the first set of cables were seven in num ber, made of 9-inch bamboo rope, and buoyed the whole way across the river with spars of - about 19-inch, and moored with Chinese anchors. - The second set of cables, about 200 yards north of the first set, were of the same size and description as the first. —I have, &c. (Signed) W. H. FAWCKNER, Master Commanding Hesper. Commander Saumarez, H.M.S. Cormorant. A Summary of Chinese Troops at the Southern Battery at the mouth of the Pei-Ho, from a Paper picked up on the day of the Battle : Old Fort.—Total of all the battalions 885, distributed as follows : Haikow Battalion Ho Koo Battalion B5 Ho Kien Battalion Tientsin Regiment 2OO Middle Fort.—Total of all the battalions 1034, distributed as follows : Left and Marine Battalions 3OO Ho Kien, 2 Levies 197 . He Kow Battalion Militia Trained Band.. Southern Fort.—Total 628, distributed as follows : Left Battalion 3OO Woo Kwan l5O (Cetera desunt.) A roll picked up upon the north bank gives the number of troops at the North Bank Fort as 353. A woimded man met with at this place gave the total at all the batteries as 3,200. . (Signed) W.A. P. MARTIN. FROM THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAE WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 28.. The Queen has been graciously pleased to make and ordain a special statute of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, for appointing the Earl of Elgin, K.T., her Ma jesty's High Commissioner and Plenipotentiary on a Special Mission to the Emperor of China, to be an Extra Member of the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Crosi, of the said Order. Her Majesty has also bezn graciously pleased to give orders lir the appointment of— Captain William Cornwallis Aldham, R.N., Captain George William Preedy, R.N., and The Hon. Frederick . William Adolphus Bruce, her Ma jesty's Agent and Consul-General in Egypt, to be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or companions, of the said Most Honourable Order. DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint P. F. Little, and B. Robinson, Esqrs., to be Assistant Judges of the Supreme Court of the Island of Newfoundland ; and George J. Hogsett, Esq., to be Attorney-General, and John Haward, Esq., to be Solicitor-General, for the said Island. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Young, Esq., to be Attorney-General, and Wm. Swabey, Esq., tobe Registrar of Deeds and Keeper of Plans, for the Island of Prince Edward. • WHITEHALL, SEPT. 28. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Wm. Mungall to the church and parish of Barr, in the presbyter WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 28. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Andrew Spittall, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Phipps, deceased. ADMIRALTY, SEPT.. 14. Corpg of ItOyal Marines—Gentleman Cadet Edward Ellice Hill to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia— Ensign John Wood Younghusband to be Lieutenant ; En sign John Paris Bradshaw to be Lieutenant. Royal Wiltshire Militia—Walter Long, Gent., to be En sign, vice Sadler, resigned. Royal Montgomery Rifles —Clement Arthur Thurston, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lloyd, appointed to the 2d West India Regiment. Galloway Rifle Regiment of Militia—James Wm. Stuart, Esq., to be Ensign. BANKRUPTS. William Smith, gas meter manufacturer Greyhound yard, Smithfield, to surrender, Oct. 7 and Nov. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Richard Hen y Hamlen, tanner, Cardiff, Oct. 8 and Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Charles Garton, maltster, Bristol, Oct. 8, and Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Thomas Goodsell Biles, draper, Bath, Oct. .8 and Nov. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. William Lawson, surgeon, Howland-street, Fitzroy square' Oct. 13, at half-past two, and Nov. 16, at twel ve , a t the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Allardyce (deceased), merchant, Aberdeen. Henry Lawrie, clothier, Edinburgh. James Low, sen,, farmer, Clatt, Aberdeenshire. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. (From the Mechanics' Magazine.) Mr. Whitehouse, the late electrician to the At lantic Telegraph Company, considers that he has a grievance against the directors, on account of his services having been dispensed with. It is an un fortunate affair that any bickering should arise at such a critical period, though of very little interest, except so far as the great object in view—the re pairing of the present cable, or the successful lay ing and working of another—is concerned ;he has evidently been, to say the least, .very imprudent. Mr. Whitehouse has also taken occasion to pen a long history of the under taking, which would be very interesting and valuable but for the vanity, jealousy, and animus against his colleagues, who have been more successfil than himself, pervading the whole statement, which places him in a very unenviable light in the eyes of all who consider candour and sincerity to be necessary attributes of a. really scientific man. It is clear froth - the lienitaient Alit" he wishes to ignore the wi.rk of those with whom he co-operated in the projection of the Atlantic line as much as possible, and his narrative of the first establishment of the company, and the experiments which preceded it, can only . be accepted with some deductions from his own share, and from the import ance of his labours as chronicled by himself, and some additional prominence to the exertions of others who contributed in reality far more to the inaugura tion and carrying out of the project. Mr. Brett, Sir Charles Bright, and Mr. Field, who were co-promoters with him of the original company, are put aside as much as possible, and it appears that everything that was done rightly was done by himself or at his suggestion, while it is equally manifest that he had no part in anything that is open to censure. We are to believe, for instance, that he thought the experiments which took place at the Magnetic Telegraph-offi ce i n Old Broad-street, in 1856, insufficient that the results were incontinently published_ and that, if he had carried out his own wishes, they would have been repeated again and again before he would have regarded them as a guide in so great an operation. Yet Mr. White house, in a letter published in the .iithenmunz, Oct. 11, 1856, speaks of this experiment as " the most triumphant success," as a " matter of fact proof," and considers it a sufficient test to put an end to all doubt as to the . validity of his previous theories, which Professor W. Thompson had doubted ; he was also a party as a promoter of the company to letters written at the time by Professor Morse, and published with the prospectus, which had as their basis the experiment in question. We should not have felt called upon to offer so severe a comment upon Mr. Whitehouse's mani festo but for the ungenerous and invidious attack, of which lie has made it the cloak upon the engi neering department, the dangers and discomforts of which he has avoided, and of which his own nar rative shows him to be entirely ignorant. Nothing has been d one the r e according to his taste, although the result of the engineer's work has been that the cable has been laid, and signals stronger than those passed through it when on shore at Kevham received at Valentia from New foundland, while he has in his own department met with little success in turning those signals to ac count. He criticises the machinery which was made with the advice and co-operation - of some of the first engineers of the day, by one of th e mos t celebrated mechanical firms in London, and which has done its work most satisfactorily, accord ing to the testimony of the engineers on board both ships. lie is apparently forgetful, or un able to believe that those eminent men whose lives have been devoted to the study - and - practice of en gineering arc more likely to know how a machine should be constructed for a given purpose than him self, who, two years since, was gaining his liveli hood as a surgeon in a provincial town, who appears since that time to have disappointed everybody with whom he has been engaged, and finally to have become bitterly disappointed himself. Another source of cavilling against the engineer of the company is, that the rough weather made the ship go faster than it otherwise would hare been allowed to do, and that this greatly re lieved the strain upon the cable, and made it.unne cessary to use so much break power as would have otherwise been called for, and hence that some of the credit ascribed to the engineer is not his due, but the result of the good fortune which he en countered in meeting with bad weather. Can there ever have been before so childish an ex hibition of petty spite and jealousy as this ? It is as little worthy of serious Criticism as other parts of the document which are couched in a simi lar strain ; but it is right to recall remembrance to the fact that Sir Charles Bright's calculations as regard speed appear to have been pretty nearly carried out, for in a pamphlet published by the directors of the company in July, 1857, before the departure of the expedition of last year, his antici pation of the rate at which it was desirable the pay ing-out vessels should move is fixed at from four to five miles per hour, and the actual run by the Agamemnon this year of 815 miles was made as nearly as possible at the average rate of five miles per hour, the rate of the Niagara being very nearly the same. Mr. Whitehouse also endeavours, in an indi rect manner, to disparage the benefits which he gained from becoming associated with one of his partners who had much experience in the con struction and working of telegraphs, at a time when his own knowledge was altogether confined to theory ; but, in an article which he communi cated to the Engine3r of Jan. 23, 1857, and after wards reprinted himself, he tells a very different tale. Ile there says ;—" In these experiments I The report of Mr. Varley, the (electrician to the Electric Telegraph Company (who has recently been consulted by the Atlantic Company, together with Professor Thompson, Mr. Edward Bright, Mr. Henley, and others practically versed in tele graphic matters), places the fault at about 270 statute miles distant in the cable, from which must be deducted 22 per cent. for slack, to give the dis tance to be run by a steamer in reaching it. He also states, from the data of testing prior to the departure of the expedition to lay the cable, that there was then a serious fault in it (which Nust have escaped the notice of the late electrician or the company, in whose department the proper electrical condition and insulation of the conductor was), in addition to the defect ,alyn-c-mentioned, which has since supervened.' He further condemns the employment of such intense currents as have been passed into the cable since its subineigence by 'Mr. Whitehouse's appa ratus, which he considers may not improbably have injured its insulation. " If these opinions are correct (and we believe that the power of the currents used is held by those who have the greatest experience in the testing and working of telegraphic wires in this country to be sufficient to account for the impaired insula tion of the line), it is of the utmost importance that the greatest possible care should be exerted with all future undertakings of the kind to seek for and ob tain the best possible advice of a practical kind from the very outset of their operations. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--& t. 28. GUILDHALL.—John Riky, described as a general agent, of 3, Gipsy-terrace, Haverstock park, and Edward Thurgood, a surgeon, of 2, Albert-terrace Camden-town, were placed at the bar before Alderman Sidney, charged with con spiring with others not in custody to defraud Messrs. Christie and Co., of Duke-street, Liver pool, of goods to the amount of £3OO by means of false pretences. Mr. Wontner appeared for the prosecution, and. Mr. Sleigh defended Thurgood. Riky was un defended. Mr. Wontner said—This is a case of some pecu liarity, but at the same time of considerable import ance, and we seek to prosecute the persons at the bar for conspiracy to defraud a merchant of Liver pool by palming off upon him persons of beggarly means as opulent merchants of London,to induce him to make large consignments of Scotch whisky to them on the same terms as he would to the most respectable traders. I shall have some difficulty in completing the case, inasmuch as my client resides in Liver pool, where he has loft all the necessary documents to establish the present charge. But I think I shall be able to show that this is as gross a conspiracy as ever was concocted. Mr. Christie is a spirit mer chant, in an extensive way of business, and some time ago he advertised for an agent in London, as he had a large connection with distillers, and there fore required a more extensive connection to dispose of the whisky consigned to him. Riky applied, and was subsequently engaged as sub-agent in London, and he, when asked for security, replied that he could not give it, but that Mr. Christie might rely upon his introducing none but the most respectable wholesale merchants of London, and security would therefore be unnecessary. This was in the early pert of August last, and soon after an order for a quarter cask of whisky, value £lB, was given in Thurgood's name, which was forwarded in the ordi nary course, Riky having informed Mr. Christie that Thurgood was a merchant of great respecta bility. Thres other orders for goods to the amount of ,elf,O, EVA 1280 followed in such quick sucee,ss sion that it raised Mr. Christie's suspicions. He ac cordingly hurried up to London after the £2BO con signment, and made inquiries at the Swiiu Ga zette office, the result of which was that he found Thurgood, the respectable merchant, occupying a mean lodging at Camden-town as a surgeon. I shall not go into other cases in which the accounts were larger than that for £2BO, but I may state that the purchasers were introduced by Riky, and they were all companions and friends of Thurgood. Indepen dently of these circumstances it will be found that Thurgood had pledged his watch the day these goods arrived, and on the day previous he had been ordered to pay a debt of £4 by small instalments. The charge does not rest entirely on these facts, but that which is most important is a letter found on Thurgood in Riky's handwriting, referring to the transactions with the prosecutor in very equivocal terms. Mr. Charles Cook Christie was then sworn and said—l am a spirit broker and general distillery agent, of No. 9, Duke-street, Liverpool. I receive large consignments from the g - feat distillers in Scotland, and I have a general agent in London. Messrs. Oldfield and Co., of Philpot-lane, are my agents. In July last I wanted a sub-agent to effect sales with the large wholesale houses in London, and engaged Riky in that capacity. I saw him at Anderton's Hotel, in Fleet-street, when he told me he was connected with some of the principal whole sale spirit-merchants, and that he could dispose of about 400 puncheons a year to respectable persons. He said he would have nothing to do with the col lecting of the money, as I was to forward to pur chasers direct, and my bankers might collect the money. I asked him for security, but he said he could not get it then. He also said I might rely on his being a respectable man, and that he had ex pectations of from £20,000 to £25,000 shortly by the death of an old lady in very bad health who was a relative of his wife's, and that his wife was the nearest heir to the property. I agreed to allow Riky a commission of 5 per cent. and one-third of the profit upon all sales effected by him to respect able houses. I wished him to act under Mr. Old field, so that inquiries might be made into the re spectability of persons introduced by him, but he objected, and said he would have nothing to do with the business if Mr. Oldfield was allowed to look after it. I returned to Liverpool, and the first order I received was for a quarter-cask (30 gallons) of whisky, valued at £lB, which I forwarded as di rected to Thurgood. I received three other orders. In consequence of an order I received I consigned 20 casks of Glenlivat whisky, value £2BO, to 'I hur good, but before delivering them .I _ sent up and made inquiries which induced me to come to London im mediately and stop the delivety of the 20 casks. I arrived on Friday last, and saw Riky at Mr. Old field's office, and asked him what Thurgood's posi tion was and what were his means. He said, to his certain knowledge he was worth from £3,000 to X 4,000, and that he had large expectations which could not be diverted from him. He said he alluded to Thurgood's wife's connexions. He said Thurgood married a Miss Howlett, whose father kept the Marquis of Camden public-house in Camden-town, which belonged to Mr. Howlett, and had lately been sold for £3,000. I asked Riky what was the total amount of Howlett's pro perty, and he said it was £15,000, and that his daughter would have the whole of it at his death. I asked him why Thurgood did not live with his wife, and he Said the fact was Howlett had dis played a partiality for his servant, and that his daughter resided with him to see that he did not make over any of the property to this servant. I went to Thurgood's lodgings, at Camden-town, but found no appearance of business of any kind being carried on there. I saw both prisoners yesterday, and Thurgood asked me about the whisky lying in bond. I told Thurgood he could not have the whisky unless he paid cash or gave undoubted secu rity. He said I could not have money, and asked give. I said I wo u ld t a k e what security he should either property or undoubted personal security. He promised to think over it, and made an appoint ment to meet me at 47; INlZiorgatL-st-... it 23'elc,e1:. I saw Thurgood at 47, Mooroate-street, and a per son whom I supposed was Wells, his solicitor, told me that Thur g ood had plenty of property, and in sisted on my delivering the whisky I had consigned to him I refused, and he said he would compel me. Riky was also present. Th e lett er f oun d on Thur good is in Riky's writing, and the Mr. Meade re ferred to in that letter was represented by Riky as a New York banker, to whom I also. sold 45 pun cheons of whisky. Mr. Sleigh—These are matters that do not con cern Thurgood, and I must therefore object to any reference being made to them. Mr. ,Wontner—This is a charge of general con spiracy, and the acts of any other persons tending Mr. Sleigh—lt is a fact, sir, that Thurgood is a surgeon, that he has married a lady of property, and that he has himself good expectations ; but if you think there is any case at present to justify a remand, or course those matters will be the subject of further inquiry. Alderman Sidney said it appeared extraordinary to him that Riky, after promising to sell to none but wholesale spirit-merchants, should seek out a surgeon to enter into such extensive dealings. It was quite clear that considerable misrepresentation had been made by Riky, and that Thurgood had participated in it, and under these circumstances he had no difficulty in remanding the case for further inquiry. Mr. Sleigh—l hope, sir, you will take moderate bail for Thurgood. Alderman Sidney—l never deviate from the cus tom of the Court in such cases, and should not therefore make an exception in this instance, but that I feel I should not be justified in refusing bail at this stage of the investigation. The actual amount of goods "obtained is not very great, but the fraud, as alleged, is of too serious a character and too important to the commercial world to be treated simply as a question of amount. I shall therefore require the prisoners to enter into their own recog nisances of £lOO each, and two sureties of X5O each. The prisoners were, then remanded for a week, it being understood that 24 hours' notice of bail should be given. WORSHIP-STREET. Anne Williams, a swarthy middle-aged woman, who refused to give any address, was charged before Mr. Hammill with the following fraud : Jeannette Myers, a pretty young woman, who gave her evidence with an ingenuous style and can dour which showed her to be just such a subject as a person like the prisoner would wish to deal with, said-1 am in the service of a gentleman named Collyer, residing in the Rectory-road, West Hack ney, and while at the street door between 9 and 10 this morning was accosted by this woman (the prisoner), who came up and asked me if there was any china wanted mending ; I told her there was not, so far as I knew, and then she said, " Well, would you like to have your fortune told ; it's worth hearing ?" I thought I should like to have that, but did n•t know what to do, as there was one of the young gentlemen at home, and, as I did not like to take her into the front p usage, I asked her to go round to the back gate, and I would there let her into the kitchen. Mr. Hammill—You are a country girl, are you not ? Did she ask you where you came from ? Witness—Oh, yes, shc asked me where I belonged to, and I said I came from Poole, in Dorsetshire ; and she said, " La, how singular ! why, I was mar ried there.' Mr. Hammill—And that gave you confidence in her, and you became acquainted directly ? Witness—Yes, sir, we did. I asked her if she was a gipsv, and she said. that she.was not, but was the seventh ' daughter of a seventh daughter, and would truthfully tell me my destiny if I crossed her hand with threepence. Mr. Hammill—And what was your destiny—arc you to marry an emperor ? Witness—Oh dear no, Sir, not that ; she said I was born to be very lucky, be a wife and a mother in less than two years, have a sovereign given to me on the 24th of next month, and have an excel lent situation. Mr. Hammill-L-Ah, I thought that marriage was coming. And have you not a good situation now ? Witness—Oh, yes, sir, it is a very good one. Mr. Hammill—Well, then, you see she was wrong at starting. And what else did she do ? I suppose she went through some mysterious ceremony? Witness—Oh, yes, sir ; she put a small bottle into my hand and told me to squeeze it as hard as I could while she unfolded my destiny ; and I did squeeze it. I asked what was in the bottle, and she said dragon's blood; and after I had squeezed if she took the bottle from me and dropped one single drop into the fire, and I saw it fall. It did not blaze up, and she said. " That's one good sign, for if you were a good-for-nothing girl it would be sure to blaze." She then carefully corked the bottle and put it in her pocket, and said the next thing to be done was to get together a sovereign's worth or clothes, as near as possible, and wrap them up into a bundle, either in paper or an old rag—the heavier the bundle was the better—and that she must take it into the churchyard, throw some grave mould over it, and bless it, and that I must watch her into the churchyard, where she sat for hours reading and studying every night, and that I should then see her come back with the bundle. I accordingly went upstairs, picked out two of my dresses, a shawl, and two pairs of boots, which I thought must be worth pore than a pound, and after wrapping them up in a tablecloth I handed them to her to take to the churchyard; but on running up stairs and looking out of the - window, I saw her turning away from West Hackney Church, instead of going to it, which surprised me, but she looked up and saw me, I think, and then she turned to wards the church. I watched after her, but she did not go into the churchyard, or I must have seen her ; but somehow she disappeared all of a sudden. and I then became frightened that I should not get my things back. I therefore ran out of the house as fast as I could, and asked some people I met if they had seen a woman go by with a bundle, and one man advised me to go to the Kingsland Police station, and tell the police immediately. I accord ingly went to the station and told the gentleman there, and after I had got home some time the police came and told me they had got the woman in custody, and that I must go there. Mr. Hammill (to the prisoner)—Well, what have you to say to all this ? Prisontr—Why, that she hat me a few old clothes, that's all ; I had no bottle in my hand ; it's A Police-sergeant—Numerous complaints have been made against some woman for frauds of this kind, and the prisoner exactly answers the de scription given of that won. an. Mr. Hammill—Very well ; I shall remand her. SOUTHWARK.--After the usual night charges had. been disposed of, William Hill, 33, a tick - porter attached to the Borough Market, and resid ing at No. 2, Little Suffolk-street, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with causing the death of Maria Hill, his mother, by striking her on the head with his fist. Thomas Tee, a boiler-maker, residing at No. 34, Lant-street, Southwark, said that on Saturday night last, between 7 and 8 o'clock, he keard a disturb ance close to where he lived, and on proceeding to the spot to see what was the matter he perceived the prisoner and his mother quarrelling, and they were both drunk. The prisoner struck her on tho head with his fist, and she fell down insensible, and almost immediately afterwards expired. Mr. Lle wellyn arrived a moment after that, but his assist ance was not required, as she was quite &al M.. a.tked whether the prisoner had anything in his hind at the time ? 'Witness replied in the negative. The blow wtv: inflicted WithiliS fist. Police-constable 68 M said his attention was called to the spot, and there he saw the woman lying dead. There was a black mark on the fore head, evidently caused by a blow. Mr. Burchlim asked whether the coroner had held the inquest on the body ? The constable replied in the negative. Cook, the coroner's officer, had summoned a jury to sit that afternoon. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said it was quite an accident. Mr. Burch= remanded him until Monday next. Total Organic Impurity Impurity per gal. per gal. Grs., Gr0.,0r 2 . Distilled water 0•0 0 . 0 Clyde, present supply at Glasgow Loch Katrine, new supply to Glasgow 2 . 1.1 0•80 Thames Companies :—Chelsea Southwark l 6 -00 Ftai - Lambeth - IZ-40 1 lin Grand Junction West Middlesex Other Companies:—East I, 11111011 New River Kent GO 1•88 This table exhibits the amount of foreign matter con tained in each gallon of water expressedin degrees or grains. The samples were all taken from main pipes. ' - At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.942 in. On four days the mean daily average was above 30 in. The readings varied from 29.49 to 30.42. in. The mean temperature of the week was 58 . 6 deg., which is 3.2 deg. above the ave rage of the same week in 43 years. The highest point of the thermometer in the shade was attained on Wednesday, and was 72.2 deg. ; the lowest was 41.5 deg., and was observed on Saturday ; the range of the week was therefore 301 deg. and the mean daily range was 16 deg. The difference be tween the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 82. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames wa562.6. On the first four days the wind blew generally from the N.E. On Thursday, when it was in the south, the pre:sure on the square foot rose to 91b. and the amount of horizon tal movement w as 215 miles The rain, nearly all of which fell on Sunday, the 19th, amounted to o'2o in. • COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-SEPT. 28. There was a fair attendance of dealers, and rather more inquiry for fine old wheat at the prices current on Tuesday last, but for inferior descriptions the sale was very slow, at a decline of Id to 2d per bushel, while new Irish was quite neglected, and 2d to 3d lower. Flour was very difficult to quit, and we quote a decline of is per sack and barrel. New oats and oatmeal were quite unsaleable, although freely offered at a reduction of Id to 2d per 451 b and 2s to 2s 6cl per load. Old oats very scarce, at late rates, but oatmeal could.have been bought at is per load decline. Beans 6d to is per qr cheaper, with a slow sale - Indian corn met w ith but very little inquiry, and we reiuce our quotations fully 6d per qr. SHEFFIELD-SEPT. 28. An average supply of wheat, good samples realising fully last week's prices, but inferior qualities easier to buy, though not quotably lower. Beans 6d per load (2s 4d per qr.) lower. Flour without change. The hay-market was well supplied, and trade dull. White wheat, new, 17s to 20s Red do. l7s to 18s Old white l6s to 21s Red do los to 18s Barley, malting 33s to 36s Barley, grinding 29s to Ws Oats, old, 12st —s to - New do 2 is to 27* Beans.. 40s to 46s Peas.. 4os to Hs LEEDS-SEPT. 28. The wheat trade has ruled dull throughout the week, and must be quoted is per qr. lower to-day than on Tues day last. Barley is also very difficult to quit, with the ex ception of the finest samples, which command higher rates. No alteration in the price of oats and beam. Averages for the week : Wheat - 4,057 qrs., at 45s 4 1 0 Barley ......... 1,280 „ 37s 81d Oats 2.52 „ 27s fld Beans ll3 ~ ... ...... 48S 4.1c1 l'ea.. Rye 27 o 35s 50 Arrivals this week : Wheat Oats Barley Beans Rapeseed Linseed 2,393 qrs. 73 :1.12 197 BRISTOL-SEPT. 28. Farmers' supplies of wheat large ; trade dull, at a decline of from is to 2s per qr. ; foreign neglected, prices nominal. Barley meets with less inquiry, with the turn in favour of the buyer. Oats pressed on the market at lower rates. Beans and peas each Gd to is per qr. cheaper. Flour almost unsaleable, except in merest retail. Oatmeal down at 6d to is per cwt. Butter still in limited demand, at about late rates. THE CONGRESS AT BRUSSELS.—This Congress, which is to begin its sittings on the 27th inst., appears to excite great interest on the Continent, but we do not hear of any steps having yet been taken to ensure a representa tion of Great Britain, althoUgh the subjects to be discussed are of great importance to both authors and publishers. A deputation, • consisting of publishers both of books and music, booksellers, stationers, lithographists, and lawyers, has been nominated in Paris to attend ; and a room in an hotel near the place of meeting has been placed at their ser vice, where all the requirements for correspondence, &c., will be prepared for them. The dramatic authors and com posers of Paris also send a deputation. The Booksellers' Protection Society of Holland has commissioned fern- of its members to attend ; awl we understawl that altogether more than four hundred gentlemen are expected to be pro sent at the Congress ; so that there is every prospect of the subject selected being carefully and judiciously discussed. The real interests of all the civilised nations of the world are so completely at ins on the subject of copyright that good only can arise from full discussion; and it will be matter for regret if conclusions should be 'come to by so many able and experienced men without their having pre sentel to them, in any fern, the views of Britishpublishcrs and authors, or the interests of those being represented on the occasion. Curiously enough, a poem on the subject is announced for publicitlon, by M. de Saint-Germain.— Publishers Circular. Loss OF A SCHOONER IN THE FIRTH OF FORTH. —On Thursday night last, a schooner belonging to Burnt island was wrecked off Granton under circumstances which are partly enveloried in a mystery. From the information we have received it appears that the vessel, which was loaded with pig inn, and was bound, we are told, for New castle, left Burntisland on th e n i g ht i n ques ti on, w hi c h , it will be remcmbsred, was very dark and stormy, the rain pouring down in torrents, and the wind blowing hard. No thing fulther was heard of the schooner till next morning, when some people at G ran t on Pi er o b se rved two masts rising out of the water beside the breakwater, the hull of the vessel being buried in the deep. It would seem that the storm had proved too much for her, and driven her on the breakwater, so that she had sought to take Granton har bour, and, in the darkness, had struck upon the break water, sn I thus became the wreck which she was. At first it Was rumoured that the crew five or six in number, had been all lost; but it has since. been stated that they were enabled to save themselves. 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