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ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the FIFTH HALF YEARLY MEETING of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, on THURSDAY, the 20th day of Decem ber instant, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon precisely. By Order. JOHN MATHEWSON, Secretary. 9, Billiter-street, London, Dec. 5, 1860. those who are low in the social scale for the posses sion of political power, for, being erroneous in prin- ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. The Handsomest and best proportioned rooms in Europe, are open for CONCERTS and DANCING, Conducted by the Well-known artiste Mons. ANTONY LAMOTTE, of Parisian celOrity. M. Boulcourt, the greatest Cornet player in'this country, plays solos nightly. Doors open at half-past Seven. Dancing at Nine o'clock. Admission, One Shilling. N.B.—A magnificent Smoking and Reading-room is added to this establishmeit. CATS AND PARLIE'S EMBLEMS BY LEIGHTON. 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ROOMS, High Holborn.—The Best Entertainment in London —ln consequence of the great influx of strangers to the Me tropolis during the CAT rLE SHOW, and the kind patron age the establishment always receives on this occasion, the oncert will commence at half-past Seven, and Dancing con tinue one hoer later than usual. The Smoking and Refresh ment Saloons are most commodious, especial regard being paid to the comfort of the visitors. and the Reading-room is well supplied with English and Foreign Journals. Mr. W. M. Packer's celebrated Band will perform Overtures and Selections from the standard Operas, and a choice programme of dance music. The Wines and Refreshments are of the very first class. Admission, is. MR. J. T. NORRIS, 31. P. Fr) R. A BING bON, THE CANADIAN RED RIVER AND ASSINNIBOINE AND SASKATCHEWAN EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS. Just published, in 2 vols. Bvo. with 20 whole-page Chromo xylographs, 76 Woodouts, 3 Maps topographical and geo logical, 4 Plans, and a sheet of Profiles of the Country explored, price 425. cloth. NARRATIVE of the CANADIAN RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION of 1857, and of the ASSINNIBOINE and SASKATCHEWAN EXPLOR ING EXPEDITION of 1858. By HENRY YOULE HIND, F.R.G.S., Professor of Chemistry and Geology in the University of Trinity Cpllege, Toronto ; in charge of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Expedition. Loudon : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. ON PUBLIC' AFFAIRS. CATTLE SHOW and SMITHFIELD CLUB. EVANS'S MAGNIFICENT MUSIC and SUPPER ROOMS.—Gentlemen visiting London during the Cattle Show Week are invited to the above world-known Institu- tion, now regarded so for its respectability and the meeting place of the gentlemen of the country. Commencing every evening at eight o'clock. MEMORIAL TO THE LATE GENERAL Slit WYLLIAM NAPIER, K.C.R. At a Meeting lield at the Royal United Service Institu tion on the Bth May, 1860, His Royal highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., G.C.8., in the chair, It was proposed by his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., and seconded by the Earl of Ellenborough, G.C.8., That t.ne late General Sir William Napier, as a soldier and a trtilitary histot ian, merited the admiration and grati tude of his country. Propty:ed by General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.8., and seconded by General Sir Thomas Brotherton, That he immortalised the glorious deeds of our Army in Spain, Portugal, and France, by his history of the war in those countries—a history that no true soldier can read with out instruction and advantage, and without being in spired by the heroic sentiments and spirit-stirring language of the author. Proposed by General Sir Robert Gardiner, G.C.B , and seconded by Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, • Bart., G.C.8., That a subscription be immediately opened for the erec tion of a statue to the memory of the chivalrous soldier and unsurpassed military historian. A. LAWRIE, Hon. See. COMMITTEE. His Royal Highness the DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, tCG., G.C.B. His Grace the Duke of Somerset. His Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle. His Grace the Duke. of Leinster. His Grace the Duce of Wellington, K.G. The Earl De Gr a y and Ripon The Earl of Ellenborough, G.C.B. The Viscoun:c Palmerston, K.G., G.C.B. Field-Marr;hal Viscount Combermere, G.C. B. Field - Marshal Lord Seaton, G.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. the Earl of Lucan, K.C.B. General Lord Clyde, G.C.B. The Right Hon. Lord John Russell. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart. 'General Sir John Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. General Sir Hew Ross, G.C.B. General Sir George Brown, G.C.B. General Sir Robert Gardiner, G.C.B. General Sir James Ferguson, G.C.B. General Sir Thom as Brotherton, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.B. Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir John Aitchison, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Rowan, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Shaw Kennedy, C.B. Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Sir Charles Gore, K.C.B, Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Wetherell, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Frederick Love, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Rnollys. Lieut.-GE-i t , Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Cator, C.B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. It. Clayton, Bart. Als J or-Gen. Sir Richard Airey, K.C.B. Major -Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Saarlett, K.C.B. - Major-Gen. Sir Harry Jones, K.C.B. Major-Gen. Wylde, C.B. The Chaplain-Gen. of the Forces. Lieut.-Gen. Beatson, K.S.F. Major-Gen. Watkins. Major-Gen. Willoughby, C.B. Colonel Sir John M. Wilson, C. 8., K.H. Colonel the Hon. James Lindsay, M.P. Colonel Sir Duncan MaeiDougall, K.C.F. Colonel Pitt Kennedy. Colonel Harding, C.B. Colonel Harvey. Captain Claxton R.N.. Lieut.-Colonel George, Hall. Major Gavin, M.P. George Jones, Es sq. I Royal Academy. Andrew Lawrie, "A Captain Burgess (With power to add to their number.) SUBSCRIPTIONS. Ths Royal High.ness the Duke of Cambridge .. £25 0 0 Colonel Pitt K.ennedy General Sir J.ohn Atkinson, K.C.B. .. 10 0 0 General Sir Robert Gardiner, G.C.B. .. 25 0 0 Colonel Si7t Johri M. Wilson, C. 8., K.H. 5 0 0 General Sir Je., • hn Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. 5 0 0 tieut - rie'aeral Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.B. 5 0 0 Lieut.-General Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.B. .. 5 0 0 Captain Claxton, R.N. .. .. 20 0 0 The Widow of Major W. H. Jackson .. 1 1 0 Sir Duncan 'MacDougall .. 20 0 0 Captain. Frederick Robertson 1 1 0 Itajor-G eneral Wylde, C.B. .. 5 5 0 The Earl of Ellenborough .. 20 0 0 Rix Gt.ace the Duke of Somerset .. .. 25 0 0 Ilir Grace the Duke of Leinster • • • • 10 0 0 F ield -Marshal Lord Seaton, G.C.B. .. 20 0 0 Mai•-Gen. the Hon. Sir J. Yorke Scarlett,K.C.B. 50 0 0 Gen. the Right Hon. Sir G. Brown, G.C.8.,K.H. 10 0 0 Colonel P. Macdougall .. 25 0 0 General Sir Thomas Brotherton, K.C.B. .. 20 0 0 lienry Bruce, Esq" M.P. .. .. 25 0 0 Colonel Rathbone 10 10 0 3,ieutenant-General Sir W. Rowan, K.C.B. .. 10 10 0 lieutenant-General J. S. Kennedy, C.B. .. 10 0 0 General Sir James Ferguson, G.C.B. .. 10 0 0 Andrew Lawrie, Esq. .. 10 10 0 Lieutenant -General Sir W. B. Clayton, Bart. 15 0 0 I.4attpnant-General eater, C.B. • • • • 50 0 P. V. Ind, Esq., late 75th Regiment 1 1 0 Captain John Norton, late 34th Regiment .. 1 0 0 Mrs. Butt .. 5 0 0 D. Perston, Esq., M.D., h.-p. 13th Lt. Dragoons 1 1 0 Major -General Freer .. 1 1 0 Colonel J. W. Fitzmayor, C. 8., and Sundry Officers, R.A. .. 210 0 Lord de Grey and Ripon .. .. 25 0 0 Officers and Sergeants of 63d Regiment .. 85 6 Lieutenant-General H. Brooke, 88th Foot .. 5 0 0 Maj..A. Wombwell, Depot Battalion, Winchester 5 0 0 Colonel Horton .. • • • • •• •• 10 0 Colonel Car e y, 18th R o y a l Irish 1 0 0 Colonel Bainbridge .. 2 0 0 __Officers Ist B a tt a li on 22d Regiment .. 46 18 0 Major-G enera l Cameron C.B. .• • • • • 5 0 0 General Si r H. D oug l as , Bart., G.C.8., G.C.H. 10 0 0 Major -General Dupuis, R.A. • • •.• 22 0 Lent-General Sir J. F. Love, K.C.8., K.H. 5 0 0 °Meers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Pri vates 2d Battalion 6th Foot .. • • • • 416 0 Lieutenant - Colonel Anderson, 22d Regiment 1 0 0 -Ur. Hoskins, F.R. S., Deputy-Inspector-General 1 0 0 R„e v. D, Dob r ie • • • • 10 0 Lieutenant-Colonel Hall, Durham Artillery, subscription of Officers and Non-Commts sioned Officers .. • • • • • • ' 12 8 6 Colonel Shadwell, 98th Foot •• •• 22 0 S. stern, Esq, .. 1 0 0 G. Drummond, Esq., late Rifle Brigade .. 10 0 From Assistant Adjutant-General's Office, Manchester .. •• 0 4 0 •• •• subscription of Officers, Non-commissioned Offi cers, and Men let Battalion 9th Foot.. 7 1 5 Mubert Hutchings, 'Esq. 2 2 0 •• •• •• Subscription of Officers and Men, lst Battalion 10th Foot 4 12 4 •• •• •• •• •• Major Deshon, 24 Depot Battalion, Chatham .. 5 0 0 Messrs. T. and W. Boone .. 5 0 0 John Aldridpre, Esq. • • .. 50 0 1 4ajor D. G. Freer, late 43d Regiment • • 2 2 0 Sir Charles R. M'Grigor, 'Bart. .. 10 10 0 The Right 'Hon. Sidney Herbert .. .. 10 0 0 Lieut.-Cr;lonel Brown, 4th Light Dragoons .. 1 0 0 ijeut.- general Beatson, K 5.F... 5 0 0 ,'"ia.icrr Gavin, M.P. .. .. 5 0 0 44 . 1 erat.-Colonel Hort, the Officers, Non-commis sioned Officers, and Privates of 36th Regiment 24 7 2 Colonel Jeffreys C. 8., the Officers, Non-com missioned Officers, and Privates, sth Depot Battalion, Parkhurst .. • . 36 4 Fortescue, Esq... • • • • • • • • 010 0 Lieut.-Colonel George Hall, Durham Artillery 5 0 0 Lieut,. General Si r George Wetherall , K.C. B . 5 0 0 Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart. .. .. 50 0 Right Hon. L or d J o h n Russell .. • • • • 50 0 Lieut.-G en . th e H on. Si r Ch a rles Gore, K.C.B. 10 0 0 Captain 1 0 0 Wilson, 55th Regiment.. • • " 50 0 A lajor-General Sir H. D. Jones, K.C.B. • • General Sir H. Rose, Royal Artillery, 4 9 6 G.C.B. 5 0 0 Sundry O ffi cers , R oya l Engineers .. • • Dr, Andrew Ferguson, Inspector •General of Hospitals .. 2 2 0 Colonel Willoughby •• •• •• •• 2 2 0 Lieutenant-Colonel Daly • • 1 1 0 Major-General Watki ns .. • • 50 0 General Sir John Bell, G.C.B. 5 0 0 Rev. Edward Coleridge .. 5 0 0 Captain Burgess 0 10 0 Ills Grace the Duke of Newcastle .. .. 10 9 0 Lieutenant-General Macintosh, K.H. .. 10 0 0 Colonel Brock . • • • • • .. 10 0 Lieutenant-General Sir W. G. Moore, K.C.B. 20 0 0 Anonymous.. • • • • • • .. 25 0 0 John Carrick Moore, Esq .. 5 0 0 Lieutenant-General Knollys •• •• •• 33 0 %eneral Sir W. Gomm, .. 10 0 0 ,Gilleral Sir E. Blakeney, G.C.8., G.C.H. .. 6 0 0 L ti itknenant-General Sir H. D. Jones, K.C.8... 6 0 0 4/ ". R. P. Graves • • .. .. 2 0 0 Countess of Mount Edgcumbe 1 0 0 Viscount, Chabot .. .. 5 0 0 . k .„ ). • S. Soden, of Bath, late 7 9 th .. 5 0 0 - "en-Commissioned Officers and Privates of ~...1 6 th Depot Battalion .. .. 3 3 3 tiis Grace the Duke of Richmond .. 20 0 0 Lieutenant-General Sir W. Codrington, K.C.B. 10 0 0 S ubscription of Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of Army Hospital Corps 1 9 6 General Lord Clyde, G.C.B. 20 0 0 Major O'Leary, late 55th Regiment .. 2 0 0 ~„.Rev. Peter Carey .. .. • • • • • • 10 0 ''''ea-Commissioned Officers and Men, 39th Re g i men t ~ .. ••12 16 6 Colonel Kelly, and officers 34th Regiment .. 3 5 0 Colonel E. R. Hill.. .. • . .. 50 0 colonel Harvey 2 5 2 0 0 0 John Rolt, Esq. • • • • • • • • • • facers N . C. Officers, and Privates 43d Regt 21 2 3 'llbscri'tion from 13th Light Infantry.. .. 512 1 S ubscri p tion from 64th Regiment .. 44 0 ,G,eor ge 5 0 0 Jones, Esq., R.A... •C. Officers ' and Men, 2d Battalion 15th Foot 116 8 S, 1 0 0 Stoney, 53d Regiment.. .. • • • • c aptain O'Neil, 20th Regiment .. • • • • 10 0 , 'Mcera, N.C. Officers and Privates, 33d Regt. 1 2 0 6 Officers, N.C. Officers ,' and Privates, 52d Regt. 7 2 8 s!iergeants, 2d Battalion 22d Regiment 1 14 6 fficers, N.C. Officers. and Privates, lat Bat talion tat Royal Regiment •• •• •• 24 0 9 1 Beers 71st Regiment .. • • • • .. 10 10 0 Officers, N.C. Officers and Privates 31st Regt. 9 9 2 s ubscription from 82d ' Regiment ° lteers, N.C. Officers, and Privates 91st Regt. 16 13 0 Subscriptions are received by— ....esers. Cox and Co., Craig's-court, Charing-cross. Meagre. Drummond, Charing-cross. NI. Charles It. McGrigor, Bart., and W. McGrigor, Esq., 1 7 Charles-street, St. James's-square. T he Secretary of the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall. !he City Bank, Threadneedle-street, L on don, and Andrew Lawrie, Esq., 10, Charles-street, St. James's square, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, to whom com- Munications are invited. Ltati on , 28th;lievembA., 18 LA6O. .wßrz, Hon. Secretary. er servant. , 3ter Legb the family Anthoel the name. E'er Lela.' the age Of 11 dry quail' met a bettor ited. Ther• Leh the saw. were shown, ...528 to 5 81 ...388 to 400 ..26s to 30 1 Hiller. market, aWI 52s to 569; rood suppli 30s to 3 0 oats, 210 to I—new, 3211 3s to 50s pe r 6s to 50s pet t fair attend' rm, and the ms rates fo r d late r ate' , ea" scarce, 24s to 329 ~.52s to 6 8 —8 to •-•: flour, 4410 one, with S at, 56s to 7 0 Tate sale fot. L2s per qr. 56s to 5001 lr 20 atone. y, for whiell e best sato' nod;rate for le to 2s er ..24s to 3 24 ..488 to NI 52s to 551 Dec. 19. ) Dec. 13. , Jan. 5. Dec. ---. Deo. --. Overdue. Jan. 1. Dec. 19. Dec. 13. Dec. 10. Dec. 19. Dec. 13. Dec. 10. Dec. 5. Dec. 11 Dec. 29' Dec. 10. Dec. 10. Dec. 1 1 . Dec. 1 2 . D ec . 10. Dec. 14. 'a desidera' Iresented t°, vin g force ° ts, and des, adapted to ea it no ole V. Benson , nt enlarge" more coo ' St. Paul a ' 1 and s ilver Le looney' 0 enson amotint ' rated Pam every co g, post to ao .e Countooo Shanklin, R.N., O f s rk, Bucks, the pari sli second soll ondon, t‘ l , 9 , , Esq. Dotusburli ood, ['enui, °' r, Lana' tt, wife of Dulwich' liddletoop 1, PintieY, la, eldest i c h in onsit . IUNG, of 2, Stran d ' LiddiCoo' This Day is published, in Bvo., price 125., THE GREATEST of the PLANTAGENETS : An Historical Memoir. By EDMUND CLIFFORD. Few col our English writers have d one j us ti ce to the high intellr,ct and largeness of heart o f Ki ng Ed war d th e Fi rs t , nor to tb k practical wisdom app aren t i n every act an d dec i s i on of thir, great founder of the English Constitution. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. In the January Number will be commenced THE CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER : An Historical Romance. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. Illustrated by John Gilbert. To be continued Monthly until Completion. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Just published, price ls., new edition, by post 14 stamps, THE SCIENCE OF LIFE : o r , H ow t o Li ve , and What to Live For ; Explanatory of the Mysteries of Man's Existence, and the various Phenomena of Life. With Instructions for Securing Health and Strength ; and Remarks on the Treatment of Disorders incidental to Seden tary Life. _ _ By a PHYSICIAN of 20 years' practice. - - CONTENTS.—The Physical Education of Early Life—The Art of Prolonging Life—The Theory of Digestion—The Stomach and its Difficulties—The Cultivation of the Affec- tions and Regulation of the Passions—Nervous Disorders, dc. d&c. London : Mann. 39, Cornhill, and all Booksellers. 'IIHE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S I. " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. A New Edition of T HE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE. By JOSEPH KHAN, Graduate in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, In the Royal and Imperial Universities of Vienna, Erlangen, &c. &c. This popular work (which has been translated into four different languages) has now gone through forty-one Editions of 10,000 each, and is designed to impart accurate knowledge on subjects which involve the means of securing moral and physical happiness. Price One Shilling, or free by post (in an envelope) for eighteen stamps. J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row ; or from the Author's Address, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, W. CONTRACT FOR HALF BOOTS FOR THE ROYAL MARINES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 10th December, 1860. r HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the -I- OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 27th instant, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD, all such quantities of HALF BOOTS, as shall from time to time be demanded, for the use of the Royal Marines, under a contract for twelve months certain, and further until the expiration of three months' warning. Patterns of the Half Boots may be seen at the Marine Office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock No Tender will be received unless made on the Printed Form provided for the purpose ; and which may be obtained on ap plication to this Department. Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of the conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen in the said Department. No Tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty ; and It will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer re ceived from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Ten der for Ralf Boots ," and must also be delivered at Somerset hoase, signed by two responsib:e persons, engaging to be (tome bound with the person tendering in the sum of £5OO for the due performance of this Contract. CURTIS ON MANHOOD -NEW EDITION : k MEDICAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS AND GENERA- TPTE DISEASES. rust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates. in a sealed envelope, price is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- Y' MATURE DECLINE with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street. Piccadilly, London. :CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological 'tructure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Speranatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications )f Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhtea and Syphilis. The Rook concludes with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. -------- REVIEWS ON THE WORK. • • " Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," tad March, 1856. "The author has conferred . a great boon by pu bli sh i ng th i s little work, in which is desc ribed the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. old age. 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Mr. Smith feels it scarcely necessary to add, that he has gone to enormous expense in making the Palace of the Alhambra a giant specimen of good taste and of public com— fort. The whole of the building has been altered, and the designs carried out under the superintendence of Mr. William Beverley, of her Majesty's Theatre, and at'the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane. The Proscenium and Paintings in the Dome have been executed by the celebrated artists, Messrs. Denson and Sons. The decorations by Mr. Hurwitz, of Southampton street, Strand. In thanking the Public for the gracious sup port previously conferred on him, Mr. SMITH respectfully submits to their patronage an unparalleled example of his energy, expenditure, and zeal. Refreshments, the most recherche, at a moderate tariff. Admission, SIXPENCE Commence at Seven o'clock. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn•road, Patron The QUEEN. 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Sold In tinfoil pack ages, 6d. per oz. ; canisters, Bd., is. 3d., or in jars 2 oz., 4 oz., 8 oz., lbs. upwards at Bs. per lb. for export, under the authority of the Lords of the Treasury, and Medical authority. Or should you be a smoker, leave it off, it renders your hand un steady. If you must smoke, smoke GRIMSTONE'S ARO MATIC HERB TOBACCO. This will strengthen your nerves ; by swallowing your spittle it increases the appetite. The smoke equal. Oriental pastules. Sold in square, green packets with red label, at 3d. per oz., 3s. 6d. per lb. GRIM STONE'S HAIR REGENERATOR is the only article that will produce whiskers, moustaches, eye brows, or cause anew growth of human hair upon those p arts nature intends this ornament of the human figure. It is sold in triangular bottles, and inclosed in the 77th edition of the pamphlet full of testimonials from ladies and gentlemen. Real addresses, 45., 75., and lls., this size contains four of the 4s. size, All letters to William Grimstone, herbalist, London Depot, 52, High-street, Bloomsbury; and lay Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Farringdon-street, and all other respectable dealers A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. GIVEN AWAY. TWENTY THOUSAND COPIES of a Medical Book, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers. HENRY SMITH, Doctor of Medicine of the Royal University of Jena, will send, post free, secure from observa tion, on receipt of a directed envelope, enclosing' two stamps, the " WARNING VOICE," a new medical work on the most effectual cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, dm., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain direstions for perfect restora tion to health and vigour. Address, Dr. HENRY SMITH, 8, Burton-crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. Also, by the same Author, WOMAN AND HER DISEASES, a Treatise describing their Symptoms,Causes, and Treatment,with Cases, free by post on receipt of seven stamps, contains a mass of information indispensable to those for whom it is written. Address, Dr. HENRY SMITH, 8, Burton-crescent, Tavistock -square, London, W.C. I. GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. DR. R. CULVERWELL, Member of the Roy a l .I_ , College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo hecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as bove, on all eases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Less of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive :indul gences Has Just published, price Is. ; by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation - The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatmen Land Cure. Also, an Exposition ot. and Remedy tor, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagla Gonorrhcea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &O.! FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— ['heir Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory Ind Symptoms of :Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : I heir Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Love And other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off- spring secured. No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRHCEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, Ate. &c. &c. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornbill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes tee Half-a-Guinea. (SPECIAL NOTICE.) Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as above). "SANITAS If vELICITAS." Just published, 71st thous cud , price Is., post free for 13 stamps, sold by Mann, 39, Car nhill, London ; or direct from the Author. DR. LA'MERT on the Treatment and cure of NERVOUS and PHYSICAL DEBILITY, resulting from pernicious habits contractedin Youth, excesses in Man hood, or residence in Tropical Climates. With Cases and En gravings from Life, representing the various Organs in Health and Disease. The extensive circulation of this work may be attributed in great measure to the fact that the Author is the only duly qualified and legally registered Practitioner who for 20 years has made the Diseases arising usually from Imprudence the peculiar objects of his attention. The im pediments which so often either prohibit wedlock, or embitter and render it a state of misery, by disappointing its fondest hopes and marring its highest objects, are, though varied in form, closely analog,rous in reality. The mischief may arise in nocently, from deleterious influences devolved from the necessities of position—from circumstances which occurred years before the sufferers were born, from accident or the in fluence of tropical climates, but chiefly from Self-incurred Afflictions, dating b ac k , in too numerous instances, to a period long preceding th a t at which reason could be matured by ex perience. A professional prejudice, which happily is now fast disap pearing, though it still lingers with no little obstinacy in some of the more antiquated medical schools, for a long time almost ignored the morbid affections comprised under the general designation "Nervous and Physical Debility," though these affections are probably more destructive and widely pre valent than any others. The consequence of so important a department of pathology being neglected is, that sufferers from the infirmities in question, virtually repelled from consultation with prac titioners of standing. and character, are thus liable to fall into the hands of unqualified Ampiries, sometimes assuming titles whose names are not to be found 1 Register ( w h ere b y they i ncu r serious l ega l whose ignorant m e ddli ng w ith the treatment of oiP t n h fen e lt-i s ahl e lleYt c is a lk s es' ee:asdlcs a and Surgeons,render these disorders a standing reproach to the medical profession. Those who may have a suspicion that any of the observations here made have peculiar applica tion to thernselveii , may consider that cases are indeed rare entby permanent content. Dr. La'lllert. causes in which practised science cannot fully realise long - deferred of mutual reproach, and replace hopes s ic Honorary Member of the London Hos pital Medical Society , S ic., i s the only legally qualified regis tered practitioner who , for 20 years, has devoted his attention to the treatment of these di sorders. At home for Oonsulta reemmbovitete all rm tation daily, from 10 till ; s and from 6 till 8. 87, BNDFORL, SQUARE. LONDON, On Tuesday last the members of the Abingdon Philanthropic Institution held their annual dinner, at the Queen's Arms Hotel, on which occasion the health of Mr. Norris, the representative of the borough, was drunk amidst the greatest enthu siasm. On the applause subsiding— Mr. NORRIS rose, and after some preliminary remarks on the object and usefulness of the institu tion, said—l think my experience as a member of the House of Commons justifies me in speaking of that assembly with some authority, and I venture to say that, taken in the aggregate, it is a body of gentlemen who are actuated by the highest sentiments of honour, and the warmest love of their country and their kind, and notwithstanding all the severe newspaper critics have written in the way of censure and condemnation—notwithstand ing its shortcomings in some particulars, it does, in my opinion, represent in a most remarkable degree the interests, the opinions, and the feelings of this great country. (Hear.) Parliament has been accused by some of too much talking, of wasting time in debates which had no practical result. I do not deny that the charge is in some measure true, but I submit that the error is on the safe side. Too much debate is better than too little. The house punished itself, and not the country, by a long session and late sittings, which were a tax on the patient endurance and pliysical strength of the members; whilst their effect on the couxtry was to preserve it from unconsidered measures and hasty legislation. For my own part, I believe that full discussion in Parliament serves to inform the popu lar mind and to settle and consolidate public opinion. With a national expenditure of more than 70 millions it would be impossible for any Minister of either party so equitably to adjust the taxation of the country as to satisfy all classes of her Majesty's subjects—impossible to make the pressure so equal as to prevent complaints of an undue share of the public burdens ; and if a Govern ment could be found that could raise such a sum without a murmur, the task of distributing the patronage incident to its expenditure, without creating some measure of discontent, would be an impossibility. Yet I am bold to say that in the appointments and patronage connected with the administration of law and justice, in the various departments of the Civil Service, in the Church, and in the two great branches of the national defences, viz., the Army and Navy, there is, criticise these appointments as we may, a remarkable degree of justice and purity; and, grumble as we always do, yet taking into consideration the purity which marks the administration of law and justice, and distin• guishes the affairs of State in this country, and looking at the degree of public liberty and reli gious freedom, there is not one amongst us whose heart does not burn within him with national pride that he was born a Briton. (Cheers.) To return to the history of the past session. We passed many public acts and a large number of private bills, all of them of the utmost importance to the commercial interests of the country, so that our proceedings did not all end in idle talk. (Cheers.) I believe the general tendency of our legislation and our discussions was to create a better feeling with France than before subsisted, whilst we laid down and established as a national maxim that principle of non-interference in foreign States, where the people were struggling to achieve their national liberty. Perhaps some may say, " Yes, hilt you did not pass the Bankruptcy Bill." On an average 35 per cent. of the assets of the bankrupts' estates throughout the country is absorbed by the expenses of administration, and this is a grievous wrong to the commercial and trading commu nity. My explanation is, that this bill is only withdrawn until the coming session—pres sure of time was the sole reason. It had some 459 clauses in it, and before we got through a hundred of them there was a clear intimation from the law lords that they would not take it up unless sent to their house in the then current week. In this state Sir Richard Bethell (undoubtedly the greatest man of his day) had no alternative but to delay it until the next session ; and seeing that all the great lawyers on both sides of the house, and all the great commercial interests in the country are favourable to it, there can be no doubt of its passing next session. (Hear.) Perhaps others may say, " You did not pass a Reform Bill, and the talk on the Reform Bill delayed the Bankruptcy Bill." Well it seems the fate of Reform Bills to get strangled or put aside in some other unnatural way. Lord John Russell's bill of 1852, which proposed the political matrimony of little country towns with old parlia mentary boroughs, had to be withdrawn because the parties interested "forbid the banns." His bill of 1854 met a similar fate. The Tory bill of 1859, conceived in the spirit of party tactics, and opposed to all the traditions of its authors, was intended to cut the ground from under the Whigs, and to de stroy their old party cry of Reform. Disraeli said to the Whigs, " You have no right to a monopoly of the professions of a reform policy, we are Liberal Conservatives,and we will be Reformers. But his bill was soon killed in a party conflict, and was cast into the limbo of unaccomplished acts, side by side with its two elder brothers of the Russell parentage. Lord John Russell promised that he would try his hand again, he fulfilled his promise, bat failed in his object. (Hear.) I will not say his bill was strangled or otherwise violently dealt with, but I must submit that he delivered it in a cold and unimpassioned manner to the house, that the house received it without a cheer, and that the country looked upon it with indifference; there were no meetings to support it, no enthusiasm in its favour. It had to bear a great quantity of small talk, whereof it died ; it slept itself away, its complaint was inanition. The defeat of that bill was brought about by many causes, not neces sarily akin to each other, but all conspiring to produce the same result. The attitude of France was regarded, I will not say with fear, but what next would happen was a matter of soli citude and anxiety to every person in the country. (Cheers.) The state of our national defences, the question of our foreign policy, and the spirit mani fested by working men in trades' unions and in strikes, absorbed the general attention, and left neither time nor opportunity for the public to re gard and discuss the question of Reform. If a man were occupied in his own household, debating and settling some matters of difference between the mem bers of his own family, and heard in the midst of a discussion, bordering perhaps on strife, some noisy disturbance in the street, threatening by its violence to invade the sanctity of his dwelling, he would naturally enough drop all questions of individual domestic grievances, and there would, be a family compact to resist the aggression expected from without. (Hear.) And so it was with the country. Instead of considering questions of internal policy, every man's thoughts were of national safety, and a system of voluntary association to defend our national rights and liberties. Another great reason why the question of Reform had lost ground in the public mind was the promulgation of the doctrine that in equalities in social life resulted from political causes. Such a doctrine was calculated to unfit ciple and wrong in fact, it is an - evil in its tenden cies and its consequences. (Hear, hear.) It does not follow that because to be denied political power, produces no social disadvantages, that therefore there is no need for its extension, but it does follow that any man who reckons on the possession of the franchise as a means of advancing his social position has within himself the very element which is turned to account by corruption, and is sure to become its victim, either in some mitigated form in relation to his customers or his trade, or the un blushing condition of an open bribe. Instead there fore, of teaching the working man that he has some thing to gain for himself by acquiring the franchise, his political education should be that it is a trust to be exercised in the service of his country, and solely with a view to the good government of the people. (Cheers.) Take as an illustration the case of the Tower Hamlets; suppose a man who never had a vote for that borough obtained one to-mor row, he would obtain the twenty thousandth part of a right to elect two members, who consti tute the three-hundred-and-twenty-ninth part of one branch of the Legislature ; and, if the fran chise were further extended, his fractional propor tion of political power would become even smaller. HoW could this minute portion of political autho rity advance• his social position ? (Cheers.) You will understand that I am not arguing in defence of what has been done, or speculating upon what might be done, I am only giving you my reflections upon the facts and circumstances as they occurred. I will not even venture to say what ought in future to be done, nor to predict who will next take it:up. The question of any great organic change does not depend on the opinions of the Ministers or the will of Parliament, but is entirely in the hands of the people. (Loud cheers.) But change or no change, refgrm or no reform, I exult in the thought that England surpasses every other country in progress, prosperity, and contentment, and enjoys such a full measure of public liberty and religious freedom that she is at once the envy and admiration of sur rounding States. (Hear, hear.) The zeal of the Italian in his recent struggle for nationality has been fired by the hope of obtaining a constitutional Government like our own, and the inspiration of English liberty roused even the indolent Neapoli tans to shake off the tyrant who oppressed them. The officers of state in Central Italy kept their position only by the presence of foreign armies. The Sicilians were taking arms in aid of Italian nationality. Prussia was full of dynastic tyranny, and desired that the great European Powers should unite and interfere to put down the struggling Italians. Prussia favoured this idea to the extent of debating the matter in a conference at Warsaw, but the plot was ultimately abandoned. All this occupied the public mind, and called off the atten tion of the people from any considerations as to the manner in which the question of reform had been disposed of; the future only can disclose when next it will be brought before Parliament and the country. TIIE ROBBERY BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. The news of the robbery committed by the Go vernment of Mexico on the property of the bond holders placed under the security of the seal of the British Legation, and deposited in the same house, will, it may be assumed, supposing it to be confirmed, settle all doubt as to the course which our authorities will now adopt. The affair stands thus :—The Mexican debt contracted in this country amounts to £10,241,650. After many previous sacrifices the bondholders agreed in 1850 to accept the reduced rate of interest of 3 per cent., and as an inducement they received a mortgage of 25 per cent. of the import and 5 per cent. of the export duties. These payments were to be made under certain regulations in the various ports, and to be remitted to the Bank of England for distribution under the cognizance of the Mexican Financial Agency in London. Up to January, 1854, the dividends were paid by this means, but since that time the country has been a political pande monium, and the collections at all points have been lessened by open obstruction or covert fraud, and often suspended, in violation of every legal and international principle, on the plea of temporary exigency. Still some occasional payments were made, and about three years back a visit to Vera Cruz and Tampico by her Majesty's ship Basilisk frightened the party in possession of those ports into a recognition of their liabilities. But at this period Vera Cruz and Tampico were held by the forces of Juarez, who claims to be Constitutional President, while the Government of Mexico was that of the Ecclesiastical party, represented by Miramon, and recognized by the diplomatic repre sentatives of all the foreign Powers, Juarez, even up to the present time, never having been recog nized by any foreign Government, with the excep tion of that of the United States. Hence, although we could compel some kind of respect to our claims at places where a naval demonstration was practi cable, it was found difficult to protect, not merely the property, but the lives, of our people resident at the capital. In this state of affairs a contin gency arose which has led to the result now an nounced. The Juarez party at Vera Cruz, while admitting their liability to pay the stipulated pro portion of the Customs' dues, urged, with perfect truth, that from the scarcity of dollars it would be almost impracticable for them to disburse the amounts in specie. They could get draughts on Mexico:drawn by the Vera Cruz importers on their mercantile correspondents in that city, but this was the only shape in which they could offer payment. These bills were accordingly taken and sent to Mexico for collection in specie. The silver thus obtained was duly boxed up from time to time, each box receiving the seal of the British Legation, and being deposited in a strong room ap propriated especially for the purpose in a residence jointly occupied by Messrs. Schmidt, the bankers employed to collect the bills, and the British Mi nister. Gradually the slim accumulated to £173,000, or more than the equivalent of a half-yearly divi dend, and Mr. Whitehead, the agent of the bond holders in Mexico, wa s excee di ng l y anx i ous t o rem it it to this country. Such remittances, however, can be made only under formal escort, and during the past two or three years only two conductas have left the city of Mexico for Vera Cruz, and in neither of these cases did the British Minister think the prospect of security sufficient to warrant Mr. Whitehead in availing himself of it. That gentle man therefore very properly refused to assume the risk, seeing that if a robbery should be effected on the road the Mexican Government would say, on the one hand, that they had afforded all the pro tection in their power, while the British Minister, on the other, might point to the fact that his recom mendation had been wilfully disregarded and his protection set at nought. Thus matters remained until October last, when the atrocities of Miramon became so frightful and his disregard of all inter national reclamations so complete, that Mr. Mathew the British Minister, resolved to cease intercourse with him by withdrawing to Jalapa. The bond holders' money was then left to the protection of Mr. Glennie, the British Consul, and it was an nounced that, notwithstanding the departure of Mr. Mathew. the Mexican Government " would afford every protection to the persons and property of her Majesty's subjects!' The next news, received about a week back, was to the effect that General Miramon had resigned, and that General Robles had succeeded to the Presidency. Th is p ers onage last summer distinguished himself by taking £B,OOO in cash and bills from one of the conductas which left the city of Mexico, and there was consequently little reason to augur that he would respect either the British authorities or British property. Accord ingly the telegram now received, that under his sway the British Legation has been robbed of the entire amount deposited there, can not create much surprise. Indeed, the pro bability is that the resignation of Miramon was merely arranged in order to allow Robles, who had no character to lose, to consum mate this transaction. To the bondholders, how ever, the event need cause no disquiet. The act was performed by the Mexican Government, the premiseS of the British Legation have been violated, the sanctity of its seal disregarded, and the private property of British subjects plundered in the manner most insulting to their Government and country. No nation can maintain its place in the world that would submit to such acts, and from this moment it may be considered that the Juarez party will receive from all sources such support as will enable them to establish some degree of order throughout the Republic, and not only to make the full reparation that will be exacted, but also to furnish guarantees for the future. In January next the amount of arrears due to the bondholders will comprise 14:half-yearly dividends, representing a total of £2l per cent., and immediately on the re establishment of any central authority, some pro visi•n must be made for these, either in the shape of direct payment or an adequate funding. The deputy-chairman of the Committee of Mexi can Bondholders went yesterday afternoon to obtain an interview at the Foreign -office. - ,• The Committee of Alexi - can Bondholders have not received any advices by the present New York mail. The Mexican accounts yesterday by the Ameri can steamer confirm the capture of Guadalaxara by the Juarez forces—a success greater than any other that could have been gained short of the occupation of the capital. This statement, however, together with that of the robbery of the British Legation, comes via New Orleans, and both therefore should be received with considerable reserve. FATAL SHIPWRECK. One of the severest storms that have occurred here for some time commenced on the evening of Friday last week, and continued with little abatement until Tuesday. Though little damage has been done in town, or even in the country districts, yet our islands have more than their usual average of casualties by sea to record. The wind blew strong from E. to S.E., and the sea around was lashed up to tremendous fury. No steamer or boat of course ventured out, so that up till Wednesday morning we were cut off from our usual supply of intelli gence furnished by the post and packets. During the course of Monday, however, painful news dropped in of a vessel having been seen to the south-west of Copinshay, apparently in a state of great distress. On the morning of that day it ap pears the inhabitants of the peninsula of Deerness descried a sail, which, as it gradually became more visible, appeared evidently to be making for the land. At this time the wisest course for the vessel would have been, whenever it came in sight of the shore to leeward, to run for Holm Sound, or to go round the reef of Copinshay, and so to make for one of the natural harbours lying to the north. Neither of these courses, however, did she adopt, but, on the contrary, stood straight towards the shore, and, as the sea was rolling in in heavy masses from the German Ocean, in a short time she was borne so far inward as to be quite embayed. Her fate now became inevitable. By no way whatever was there the smallest opening of escape for the unfortunate vessel, and but little hope could remain in the breasts of the spectators of saving the crew, though numbers of people had by this time reached the shore, anxious, if possible, to render every assistance in their power. Nearer and nearer the vessel came, and signals were made by those on shore for the ship to steer for the sand of Dennisgoe—the only place where they had the smallest expectation of doing anything for the unhappy crew. No notice, however, was taken of the signals, and it is probable from the great quantity of spray that was flying about that they were not seen or not pro perly understood. Instead of making to the spot signaled out the ship still continued nor course to the southward, and a little after one o'clock in the day approached very near to the rocks to the west of Stembister, and, notwithstanding everything that was now done by the crew to bear off, was in a short time within the boiling surge, and help lessly tossed 'about by the raging tempest. Here she struggled for a while, until one huge wave seized, and, as with giant's ~r asp, bore her right upon one of the outlying rocks in which the coast abounds, Having been frightfully shattered by the shock she was yet again driven back, and, as if the work of destruction was not yet complete, was borne by a second wave once more upon the same rock, and the next instant the sea appeared strewn with the broken fragments. All this took place not more than the ship's own length from the face of the cliff, which would be here about 90 or 100 feet in height ; and so terrible was the force with which she came on that staves of casks were actually thrown right up to the top of the precipice. By the men above the crew were distinctly seen on board, but not the smallest assistance could be rendered, the only duty the people on shore could render being that of appearing as mournful spectators of the melancholy catastrophe. The ship's name is not yet known, but the cargo seems to have con sisted of linseed, which, from part of the wreck that has come on shore, appears to have been shipped at Riga by Thomas Renny and Co. Of this cargo not a particle has been saved, and of the whole wreck itself scarcely so much, has yet been gathered as will realise a few pounds in value. Several ar ticles have been picked up, and among them a bungee, bearing upon it the words N. and Daniel," and from this probably the name may bediscovered. A private signal has also been found marked " R 87," and bearing the Russian merchantman's co lours in the corner. Nothing further has as yet been found to afford a clue to the name of the ill-fated ship, but from all that has been ga thered it is believed she is a foreigner. Mr. Baikie, agent for Lloyd's, and a Custom-house officer were on the spot soon after the vessel struck, and have taken possession of the part of the wreck that was found, On Wednesday afternoon, about four o'clock, the bodies of two of the crew were picked up on the beach below Stembister, in the parish of St. Andrew, about half a mile from the spot where the vessel struck, and the same evening Constable M'Kay found the bodies of four more, the whole number found being thus, up to the present time, six. They all appear - to have been stout men, apparently between 30 and 40 years of age, with the exception of one, which appears to be the body of a youth of about 17. The features of all are so much disfigured that it would be vain to look for anything in them which could in any way lead to the identification of the bodies. Certain ornaments, however, found on their persons may yet assist in this result, On the third finger of the right hand of one of the men (a tall dark-haired man) there was found a ring, on the inside of which are en graved, as with a needle, the letters " H. 8., 1860," but there was no other mark on his person or cloth ing which can possibly lead to his identification. On the third finger of the left hand of another was found a plain gold ring, without, however, any special mark either on the clothes or person which__ could serve to mark him out to his friends. From the appearance of these two it is believed that one was the captain, and the other the mate 4 ill fated vessel. On the left fore-arm of a third of the bodies were the letters "L. P. IL - • " roughly pricked out in blue ink ; and on the left-fore arm of a fourth a cross resting on a ea n rt, on which are J., i German text, pricked the letters ‘ and directly below the ‘ Tile-art is the figure of a woman dressed. Over th e cross is also pricked th e form of an anchor. N one of the others cont a i ne d any special marks which could lead to their identi fication. All the bodies w ere i nterred in the churchyard of H olm yesterday aftern oon. Th e rings before-mentioned have been taken possession of by the Procurator-Fiscal, from whom the friends of the deceased will receive them, on it being dis covered who they are. Of themselves they aro of little value, but they may, neverth e l ess , b e hi g hly valued by the friends and relations of the deceased. --Orcodian, Dec. 8. 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DUBLIN, 7'BllSt: Mok NINO. The editor of the Southern Rep r (Cori . t), who was himself a _L:member of the Irish 34 - ev o - lut ionary party in 1848, and suffered soma months' incarceration under the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act in that year, thus gives his opinion with irespect to the late Repeal demonstration at the RotunAda:— "We ourselves worked zealously and earnestly for the restoration of the Irish Legislature. We did not shrink from its advocacy while t here sea med a hope or chance of its attainment , and we 116 ver lowered the flag we fought under till th e ' field w. as irrevocably lost. When it was lost — when , in th, e quiet security of victory, the conqueror was in a. ture position to smile at impotent braggadocio and empty defiance, we sought to save our countrymen from indulging in these last degradations of the defeated. Men who had shrunk from the strife when danger was impending, who had skulked and trimmed, and hesitated when there was risk to run, began, with the currish instincts of their tribe, to bark and snarl when all was ove.r. But, conscious of its melancholy position, shrinking, let us trust, from the deep humiliation of mockiusg by a sham agitation its own bygone earnestness, the country allowed Repeal to die gradually out, an d the traders in patriotism had to invent some new devices to win popularity and influence. These have served their hour, and are now worn thread-. bare. Tenant right is used up ; and, in the utter' destitution of ideas, there are found some men now ' who dare to drag forward the question of nationality again for their selfish purposes—to stick up over the penny show box where they perform their -rub • gar antics the consecrated though fallen standard. of their country. " To enter into any argument with a view of di 0- monstrating that the proposed revival of the agiti t.- tion for nationality is a wretched farce would b. preposterous. We need but po int to the meeting . Universal Ireland stands there r e p resented by Tht 3 'O'Donoghne, Mr. J. F. Maguire , a nd the ghost— we presume—of Mr. O'Neill Daunt , for of the gen tleman himself we do not remember to have heard::for ten years past ! These men—substance or shadow—are to do the work which O'Connell, Davis, Meagher, Dillon, O'Brien, Mitchel, backed by the fervour of two-thirds of the Irish people, not merely failed, but miserably failed to , do. One might smile at the folly, if ene were not Astounded at the effrontery, of these new leaders. But the effrontery is too much to smile at. That three or four insignificant persons should take on tht niselves to enact parts immeasurably above their abilities may be simply la ug hable; but that men who have been the system a ti c rev il e rs and slanderers o. f those most conspicuous for patriotism and public -virtue in other lands, men who have been the apologists of every crowned and seeptred scoundrel wlrie ha s earned a special reputation for his hatred of libtert.T and savage vindictiveness towards its advocatekl— that such men should offer themselves as leaders' in a struggle professing to have liberty for its ob ject is really unendurable. The manacle would be still on the noblest limbs in Europe,, the lash uplifted in the hands of the vilest tyrants, if the Rotunda patriots could have had their prayers but heard. And yet they dare to prate of liberty ; they dare to rant of nationhood. When they can point to any land on the earth's wide surface in which liberty and nationhood have been gained by empty braggarts and by selfish charlatans, we may believe in the possibility of their success. But, till we have had some such loca lity indicated, we shall regard this national revival. as the most pitiable imposture of the day." THE FLOODS L4ST WEEK. LOSS OF LIFE. The provincial papers of Saturday record serious damage done in various parts of the countfy by the heavy rain and consequent floods of last weac._ On Friday, the river Ribble overflowed it s banks at Preston. The rains had so seriously affected the embankments of a deep cutting near Galgate, on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, that two men were stationed to watch them. On Thursday night a slide of many tons of earth did occur, and com pletely blocked up the line, preventing its drainage, and a deep lake was soon thus accumulated. A new mansion, at present being built by the Duke of Buccleuch for his steward, Mr. Edward Wadham, at Millwood, near Dalton, fell down on Monday, in consequence of the rains having flooded the cellars and washed away the foundations of the building. In the neighbourhood of Todmorden the rivers swelled to a great height on Thursday evening. The one which runs through the Burnley Valley rose to a height never witnessed before. At Gandy Bridge the pressure of the water forced down about six anis of the wall, when the stream rushed into the turnpike road, covering the cricket field, part of the churchyard, and the road as far as Omervel's factory, with one sheet of water. In some of the streets in Cobden the water was two yards high, some of the houses being full. It was Friday night before some of the tenants got free of their unwelcome visitor- In the Macclesfield district damage was done on Thursday night. The dyehouse of Messrs. Ham mond, in Sutton, was flooded to a considerable ex tent, and some silk and dyeing apparatus were under water. The Bollin rose to an unusual height, overflowing its banks in many places, while the stream which rushed rapidly past the angle of the new factory in the Lower Heys, made its way into the building to the depth of several feet. At Presbury, the water got into the cottages. In Butley, portions of hedgerows were washed down, and part of Henbury Park was inundated. From further south the accounts are not less serious. We have already recorded a fatal accident, occasioned by the flood, which resulted in the death of a Worcestershire clergyman. In Herefordshire, there are great floods on the W . ye, the Lugg, and the Monnow, and some con siderable destruction of property has taken place ; and a contemporary states that the embankments of the Worcester and Hereford Railway have sunk' several inches during the recent heavy rains, and that the excavators have been obliged to suspend operations, not being able to work more than two or three days in the week. On Friday, the Ludlow mail coach on its way to Worcester, could not come beyond Eastham, owing to the flood. A cor respondent writes :—" The Severn and its tributa ries have risen to a height seldom known before, and flooded the surrounding country. At Lye mill, about three miles from Bridgenoith, a stream called the Marbrook became a perfect torrent on. Friday last. In its course it hurried with it the mill- dam connected with the premises of Mr. Elcock, farmer and miller. The lower rooms of the mill and adjacent buildings were submerged to a depth of five or six feet. At Tuckford, another stream called the Corvebrook, had also swelled i nto the dimensions of a wide river ; and here at sad calamity occurred. on Thursday night. Arr. Bloke ley, an extensive farmer, was on his way home from Ludlow to Tuckford on that evening ; and having arrived at the margin of the stream , where it was fordable when at its u sual height, h e rode his horse into it. When about half way acro ss the force of the current bore the animal from its feet, and both horso and rider were w hirled down the stream. Mr. Blokeley clung to the animal for some time, seevderthe accident—to and energetic endeavours were made by some of his °rewanch, were vain, for in a short time the horse and rider became separated. s h e i r m v . a nts Theirwli efforts, w' t h n o ° w s . The animal managed to struggle to land, but Mr. Blokeley was swept away, and up to the present time his body has not been recovered." extende t d i Notice has been given by time for receiving tenders for the Treasury that the e fro g gu a ranteed n h t: r e loan s d day , 2 fo o r 'c j l am ock ai in ca thhalle beenafternoon of Friday, Dec. 21. The arrangements for the introduction of the D of ec £ . sf r, to New Turkish Loan in Paris and London are understood to be nearly complete ' securi ty hypothecated by the The contract comprises available. IMPORTANT pnses the principal resources of the em p ire that were left SALE OF SHAWLS, CLOAKS, SILKS, AND FANCY DRESSES.—Owing to great increase of busi ness, Messrs. Farmer and Rogers are compelled to make extensive alterations in their promises, previous to the approaching spring season ; they have, in consequence, determined to sell the whole of their magnificent stock at nearly half-price. The sale will commence this day, the 11th of December, and will last about a month. The stock consists of India shawls, China shawls, French shawls, Paisley shawls, Norwich shawls, and every description of fancy-trimmed shawl for autumn and winter wear ; hand some velvet cloaks, real seal-skin cloaks, imitation seal skin cloaks in a variety of shades, cloth cloaks in all colours, beautifully-trimmed Zonave jackets, and a superb variety of elegant opera-cloaks. Rich silk and fancy dresses at nearly one-third the original price. Every article will be marked in plain figures.—The Great Shawl and Cloak E mpor ium, 171, 17 3 , l 175, Regent - street, W.—(Advt.) GEMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Copy of a letter t o W . G r i it is b e u E t ' j cl us . justice I should h a itehall'March 8, 1854.--Sir,—l think offer my acknowledg ments to youfor the gre at benefit I have derived from your medicated eye snuff. Its aet ion on the membrane of the nose, causin g the lachrymal glands to discharge in a manner tr uly' sur prising, and by that means so cleanse the cornea, that my , and performed their wont ed eyes became healthy, strong duties in a manner that I have not known the blessing o f mcto try m y a o n u y r for six years. Surgeon G. J. Guthrie, Esq Elt S., re commended thanks eye sn t u o ff h i ii i n r i e f for r' thoismygoig an op eration. sugges tion. Thanks to your invention that under operation will not be necessary. Sir, you have mypermiss ion to make this known in any manner you may t hink b obedient servant, 'J. B. LACHFIELD. est.—l am, sir, your send to the Thatched House Tavern,—S Be pleased to 4e. 6d. and two 2s. 9d. canister St. James's-street, a in the parcel for the enclosed a 8. You can send the change rtereign,—J. B. B." P U_BLICA.TI NS. MR. THORNBURY'S NEW WORK. 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