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BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. tIEALTH WITHOUT MEDICINE. Being i o n the only Sovereign and unf a ili ng R eme dy f or Indi , Constipation. Nervousness, Debility, Torpidity of Co Liver, Headache, Bilio usness, D espondency, Low Spirits, pets, Asthma, and Incipient Consumption. ull particulars sent to any address on receipt of two tr t4 PB, by Mr. KEARSLEY, 23, Kentish-town -road, Lon ", N.W. 4 most efficacious ,,3 r i e e rAc c d a y; e r v t i h ew ose diseases extant, a 11°°11 to the aicte b::rbis invaluable discovery has attainel a world-wide cele to",Y, bei ng of inestimable val ue, an d most admirably adapted r emove those maladies which tend to embitter 11 e, and gorten its duration."—Scalpel. w,„ l _` The unprecedented success of this remedy is without ; this is demonstrated by the innumerable cures 4ee ted."—Medical Journal. I I v t tPTIMES.—BT ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. RITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERrEt:TED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT V‘ultllTlON 13 OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of I,, W ° dred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective iZention in the curative treatment of if ERNI A. 141 Use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, ,uere avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the NIT(Y, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the - Rain Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease c loseness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn tir : ,4 4 g sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the 0 8 , which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the dr- S;Ttererioe of the body, two inches below the hips, being Mt to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. 4 4 Single Truss, 16a., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. ..Doublo Truss, 31s. 6.1., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, ls Bd. Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 10d. o st-ofrice Orders to be made payable to John White, Post ce, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ti LAST IC' STOCKIN GS, lENEE-CAPS, &a, for Varicose Vei ns an d all oases of poZ,Vtuess and Swelling of the Legs, Sprain s , & o . They are likrs, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on %.,110 ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 61, 7s. 6d., lOs., to 16s. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 226. Piccadilly. ILOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, In ' . u erm in the Immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail ll us, s-cross. T, P atron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. ivsh Hospital, foundel in the year 1828, the first to estab the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without Detd de laY and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly (le tt-. eat for support on voluntary oontributions and legacies A 4 rOftsurds relief to a large number of in-pa•tentS, and, in Sit t ‘„'an tq this, the average number of atten lance of the 6 00 0 'ate sick has for a con,iderable period averaged between 1 1 , and 4,000 weekly. btee Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the ea, ralent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of the :,,,_ llllo g several hundred more beds, had the Committee 'lttisite funds to maintain them. 114 ntri butions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Has 1 , 0 . Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; ttm-guond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; 'Terries and Co. ; Ransom Baref-'O.; Prescott, Grote, and Co, ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; .4). . 11 3' and Co. ; W Mains, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gnr ‘4 • 1 Nisbet aud Co. , Berners-rtreet ;T. d arned and • —.l'Prpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD SMITH. Secretary. rtiRESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another \v •-•ati Q° to Ulf. 12 now"in operation. Last year no fewer b, a4 t of b toor, friendless, young females were rejected irom of the UNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have th e e nt away in five years. Here are brief details of a few Olost recent cases: ,Y. „aged 16, fallen, mother dead, deserted by her father. . 1 2, 1, aged /3, homeles4, both parents dead. a:I)" a Zed. 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother ;%. Il' aged 15, fallen, mother dead. a ' c z e d 15, fallen, mother dead, K' kied 16, fallen, both parents dead. *.&l. aged 14, hnmeless, deserted by her parents. .u. 1i" aged 17, fallen, both parents dead ft. o r , aged a 7, fallen, both parents dead. g o. ed 18, fallen, father dead. _a..ed 18, fallen, both parents (lead, .61 11 nged 17 • A., fen, both parents dead. e wedged 17, fallen. both parents dead. 1 5, fallen, both parents dead. puns g ia Horne the Committee wish to form would be for aA'e b een 1 4 2 !Qmost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who titrib li 7. , t astray from the path of virtue. —.--"- s4.ltay ;aajoras Will be rewired gratefully by the Secretary, aixd n per, R 5, Queen . street Cheapsidc; or by Messrs 1.,e, obard-street. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Dra w i ng - room , Lib rar y, N. 5 aad Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, neautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabar, t Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine. ralogist to her llaiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS , Di ENE RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geolog y; they will greatly facilitate tie interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE- R A.LOGT is given by Mr.TENNANT,F.G.S., at 149. Strand. ONDON must have a Gentleman's SUPPER and MUSIC ROOM " EVAN'S " after Alfred ellon's Concerts. . W.NAFIAN'S LL RA WHISKY v. COGNAC This oelearated Old IRISH N WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pare, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. „aoid in Bottles, S s . sd , a t th e R etail houses in London; by "' l3 Agents in the principal tow n s i n E ng l an d ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Itlnahan's LL Whlaky." nUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 181 0), 14, RUSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of 420 to MOO, to be repaid by instalments extending over Lione, two, or three years. The large C ipital of this A.ssocia ou enables it to complete its transactions without delay. inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bills ..",iscounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a olrected stamped envelope. h Ous e by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. Ivy OF HAVANA AND MATANZAS RAILROAD (in the Island of Cuba). Zoaa of £400,-000 sterling, in Bonds of £lOO, bearing in terest at 7 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly in London. AGENTS. In London—Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. In Ha - Vana—The Bank of Commerce, Francis Fesser, Esq., Manager. This "Company was formed in 1857, obtained its conces- Con the same year, and in 1861 the main road was corn- Dieted from Regis, in the Bay of Havana, to Matanzas, a distance of 54 miles. Since then branch lines of considerable value have been c onstructed. The cost of construction to this date is £1,056,000 ; of this sum £448,000 was raised upon shares subscribed in the island. £25Q,000 was raised in London, in 1861, by a first mort gage loan, bearing 7 per cent. interest, and repayable by . t he operation of a sinking of £25,000 per annum, com- Inencmg 1867, which will redeem the entire loan in 1876. £lOO,OOO was similarly raised i n 1863 f or th e cons t ruct i on of two branch roads, secured by a second mortgage on the road, and guaranteed by the Bank of Commerce, repayable by the operation of a sinking fund of £4,000 per annum, ktiNZamencingl in 1873. A. considerable portion of the remainder of the capital been supplied from time to time out of the earnings of the road. The results of the undertaking have been very satisfac tory, and show the following returns :- 1862 Gross receipts £100,700 - 1863 71 17 ._ 1864 And 1865 gross receipts from January to June £93,000 Against same period, 1864 82,000 The Bay . of Havana and Matanzas Rail roa d C ompany bas now effected the purchase of the Coliseo Railroad, Nulling from Matanzas to Bemba, a distance of 35 miles, a I r ery valuable road, and of immense importance to the Bay of Havana and Matanzas Company, inasmuch as it is in direct junction with that road at Matanzas, traversing a district rich in sugar produce ; and being connected at Bemba with the Cardenas and Jucaro Railroad, becomes a section of the central road of the island, which will very shortly reach Villa Clara by the completion of the Car denas an d J ucaro . The returns of the traffic of the Coliseo Railroad are as follows 1860 Gross receipts £49,100 1862 l7 II 4 ,200 And the returns of 1865, from Jan. to 20th 71 May...£49,000 'Against 1864, same time 45,000 ~.To co m pl e t e thi s purc h ase, the Bay of Havana and Matanzas Company desire to raise a loan in London of 44 00,000, bearing interest at 7 per cent. p er annum, ablepay half-yearly an London. As security for this loan, the Bay of Havana and Matan -5r Railroad Company will effect a first mortgage on the ‘"oliseo Railroad, its rolling stock, appurtenances, and all trPerties ; an roan a mortgage on the Bay of Havana and atanzas Railand its branches, subject only to the existing mortgages of £350,000, of which the first mort gage of £250,000 will be paid off entirely in 1876, by the e Peration of the sinking fund which commences in 1867. The property thus mortgaged is as follows : The Coliseo Railroad to be purchased out of the proceeds of this loan, producing a gross revenue in 1864 of £71,200. The Bay of Havana and Matanzas Railroad and its b ranches, costing £1,056,000, producing a gross revenue in 1 864 of £143,000 (subject only to the above-mentioned b lortgages). It will be noticed that the revenue of the Bay of Havana a nd Matanzas, as we ll as th a t o f th e C o li seo R a il roa d , h as for some years been steadily increasing at the rate of 20 per ce nt. per annum, and it is beyond a doubt that the amalga kation of the two roads, by a natural increase of traffic and a large saving of expenditure i n th e a d m i n i s t ra ti on, w ill 'educe a far larger revenue, a n d ma y b e f a i r l y es ti ma t e d sr the coming year at £250,000 gross, or fully £lOO,OOO n et revenue. For the repayment of this loan a sinking fund is ar tatiged for, whereby £20,000 is to be paid off annually, either by the purchase of bonds or public drawing, its ope ration to commence in 1877, by which time the first mort gage loan of £250,000 will be entirely redeemed. , The Bond s will b e i ssue d i n sums of .£lOO, and bear in- • !erest coupons, payable 10th J une an d 10th D ecem b er, at t he counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder and Co. The first coupon will be payable 10th June next. t, ows The subscription price is 90 per c en t., p aya bl e as fol- £5 on application. 25 on allotment. 80 ^^ on 10th November. _ £3O Os. _ . Less 0 14s. interest at 7 per cent. per annum upon previous inst a l men t s . 2 9 6s on 10th December. Interest at 5 per cent, per annum will be allo we d f or pre e43lnent of any of the instalments. Application for an allotment to be made to Messrs. J. HENRY SCHRODER and Co., 145, Leadenhall-street ; ° I . to the Brokers— Messrs. LAURENCE, SON, and PEARCE. No. 7, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street. Leadenhall-street, London, Sept. 7, 1865. tAY OF HAVANA AND MATANZAS RAILWAY (in the Island of Cuba). Loan of £400,000 Sterling. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the SITBSCRIP "ON LISTS for the above Loan will CLOSE on WED NESDAY NEXT, the 20th inst., at 12 o'clock. J. HENRY SCHRODER and CO. 145, Leadenhall-street, London, Sept. 16, 1865. A / ADAM RACHEL'S ROYAL ARABIAN TOILET OP BEAUTY comprises all the choice ttl,e,liaacies which render the hair, teeth, and complexion beau ."lll. beyond comparison, and gives a soft, youthful bboming PPearance to persons however far advanced in years. The public are cautioned against all persons who are vending Fangerous and ppurious compounds in imitation of the beau— tiful art of which she is the only proiessor.--47A, New Bond- Street. No. 22,853. MISS KING'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, i n 3 vo l s., THE LADY OF WINBURNE, By ALICE KING, Author of "Eveline," &I "This novel possesses a deep and abiding interest, and wit be certain of a large number:of readers."—Observer. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE NEW NOVEL BY ➢IR. W. G. WILLS, AUTHOR OF "THE WIFE'S EVIDENCE," &C. This Day, in 3 vols., at all Libraries,' DAVID CHANTREY. John Maxwell an 1 Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY MR. MORTIMER COLLINS. This day, in 3 vols., at all Libraries, H 0 IS THE HEIR? Y (Reprinted from the "Dublin University Magazine.") John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY MR. HAZLITT. This day, in 3 vole., at all Libraries, OPHY L A URIE. " This novel is one of the most promising works of fiction that we have seen for a considerable period."--Stan dard. "It is very rarely that we meet with a story of greater force and power."—Bell's Messenger. John Maxwell & Co., 122, Fleet-street. Sold by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., price 7d., in cloth 13d. a New Work on the Teeth, entitled PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES FOR US. By A. ESRELL. Grosvenor-street, W. " From the great success of the previous work on Dental Surgery by the same author we anticipate the above will be read with avidity by all classes who are interested in discri minating between pure and meretricious dentistry." John C. Clements, Little Pulteney-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., LIFE: Its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena. By LEO H. GRINDON. The Publisher begs to announce the issue of the Third Edition of the above popular work in sixpenny monthly parts. Parts I. to IX. now ready. The work can be had complete, in cloth, price Os. 6d. 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Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. T DEFRIES and SONS ; el • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, £1 18s. 6d. I DEFRIES and SONS. T., • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-oTREET. TABLE GLASS. CHINA, and EARTHENWARE. CLUB, MESS, and FURNISHING ORDERS for the above • GOODS promptly executed. JDEFRIES and SONS supply D es i gns an d • Pattern Books Free. Works•—LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. HOME for LITTLE for the Reception, from Outcast and Destitute Boys, under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT 13 VICE-PRE Stephen Cave, Esq., M: P. Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Samuel Morley, Esq. BOYS, Tottenham, N. i all parts of the Kingdom, of And those verging on crime, lANBURY, Esq., ;SIDENTS. Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. Abel Smith, Esq., M,P. LTTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. Rev. H. M'Sorley. I Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gedge. I Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. Mr. E. J. Tabru m . Mr. Francis Lycett. I Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. H. Willane, Esq., 78. Basinghall-street. E.O Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Suffolk-street, Pall-Mall East, S.W. Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard- COMM: street, ge, The mode of admission to the Maine is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years of age. With the view 1 o secure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of eadh case,. as care ful y investi ga t e d b y th e C omm i ttee , and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take in the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 100, and the Committee would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait for the necessary subscriptions. The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they ask—is it right to make a widow and her family paupers for lire because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs wild in the streets and is beyond her control? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not 11^1p her to put one of them into a Home. but that they must ail go into " the house ?" Is it doing the best we can for the little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it doing to others as we would they should do unto us that when these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to " run away," none of us show d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming " Am I my brother's keeper ?" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent from the police statistics, which show that in London alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too young to punish, though not too young to learn the beginnings of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of sell-rell ance and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State. The Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of society. The daily routine of the Institution presents all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to school work—reading, and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, .with occasional lessons in objects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work.. As they must all, and that at a very early period in life, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. Sot he after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white I aper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c'othes, &c. Some waist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots, knives, &c. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Forms of application for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary - , ► CZ.,e,/z,z - , d•=-4 • , a.. , Vt* t'i3 s te yy.k r CITO I • At e - •)V • • • Pio OP Aim , g. itt - • .• • • t, - o +t Ar . ,! At a'Att. " " ( .; "---; "°' " • trOIV.j; ,Os re; 'a/ ‘ 4.1 •.* ••-- • e 1 ' 4!, Aar - • s •; ..,„ 4 - "4 .0 11 . d , T 1 • • =.• 7. 4 7_ % 10 , 1 7. Y ) n O, koy i , • , IE PRO •`" ; TEETH, 2s. 6d. each.—ESKELL and SONS' improvements in the construction of ARTIFICIAL T ii.ETH enable them to make and fit in from One to a Set, in a few hours, without springs or wires, and without ex tractions, upon the principle of self-adhesion, painless and perfect. Guaranteed, or no fee accepted. Sets, .£2 ; stop pings, 2s. 6d.; extractions, ls. ; and the same moderate fixed prices throughout. Punctuality in all appointments, and constant daily attendance from Nine to Eight o'clock. '1 heir Treatise on the Teeth, with printed terms, and all consulta tions free, on application to ESKELL and SONS, 13, borne-street, Quadrant. N o t e th e a dd ress. Tich- SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 11011 E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon Champpeys I R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M-P -TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy mid Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service ' and provides a home fre e o f expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, andt o enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully receiv by the bankers, Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH. See. British Association for the Advancement of Science. BIRMINGII" Friday. The members of the Association : before dispersing to their homes in all parts of the kingdom, yesterday made a series of excursions to Dudley and South Staffordshire, to exa mine the geological feat tires of the district and inspect its great manufacturing establishments. Nearly 1000 persons in all took part in these trips, a large proportion of the number being ladies. The whole of the excursionists, headed by the President and Sir Roderick Murchison, left Birmingham by the London and North-Western Rail way shortly before 9 a.m., and arrived at Dudley in about three quarters of an hour. They were there received by Mr. F. Smith, the Mayor, and other gentlemen, and immediately escorted through the shady avenue that winds round the base of the precipitous Castle-hill to the entrance of the famous limestone caverns, which were specially illuminated for the occasion by order of Lord Dudley, the proprietor of the grounds. The way to this subterranean region lay down a small flight of stone steps. On entering, the eye of the visitor met the word " Welcome," traced in luminous characters with oil lamps. A band of music preceded the party, and they had advanced but a few paces under ground when a scene of singular grandeur burst upon their view. A long vista of magnificent chambers and galleries, high arched and vaulted like a colossal crypt, was revealed to their delighted gaze by the light of 10,000 candles and nu merous coloured lamps, the strange weird beauty of the spectacle being enhanced by the reflection of the conti nuous rows of lights in the dark waters of a canal a mile in length, which runs along the lower side of the caverns, and used to afford the miner a convenient mode of trans porting the excavated material to the pit's mouth. This Acherontic stream was fenced off for the protection of the visitors, who, notwithstanding the innumerable glowworm-like lights that twinkled along both sides of the uneven and sometimes narrow path by which they groped their way into the cavernous recesses, might easily have missed their footing, and perhaps have needed the friendly aid of the dark boatman who could be discerned paddling about and putting the finishing touch to the illu minations as the bewildered visitors invaded his murky do main. The caverns appeared to be divided into three distinct galleries, parted from each other by jagged edged columns and huge masses of dark limestone rock. The lowest gal lery of all, through which the canal runs, is the grandest and gloomiest. The second runs parallel to the first, and is /, %Iz2 PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd.' Cattle Disease. MEETING OF THE CATTLE TRADE ASSO CIATION. A meeting of cattle salesmen was held yesterday, at Mr. Rudkin's, Salutation Tavern, Nowgate-street, when an association was formed under the title of the Foreign Cattle Trade Association, and Mr. Charles Hicks was elected chairman of the association for tho year ensuing. A meeting of salesmen was held in the same place some time since, when a committee was appointed to' obtain in formation as to tho nature and outbreak of the cattle disease. The secretary of that committee, Mr. IRWIN, now re ported that they had met from time to time, and particular attention had been bestowed on the cargoes of cattle from Revel, in which they had received much assistance from Messrs. Honck and Baker, who were personally connected with the importation. It was proved to the satisfaction of the committee that the cattle in question were shipped at Revel in a state of perfect health, were in the same condi tion on their arrival in England, and that no case of infec tion could in any manner be ascribed to any part of this cargo. Having made the preliminary inquiries, the com mittee applied to Sir G. Grey to receive a deputation for the purpose of discussing the question of the origin of the disease and the means best adapted'to repress it. The deputation having been appointed for the 19th, was on that day received by Mr. Waddington, and during an interview of about two hours the matters were fully discussed in the presence of Professor Symonds and Mr. Helps, secretary of the Privy Council, during which time the views of the committee were most courteously received by Mr. Waddington. The effect of the interview had been that relations of a satisfactory character had been established with the Government, which the committee believed would prove of great eventual ser vice to the trade. In addition to frequent communications with the Home Government, the committee, in the interest of the general body, had addressed itself to the Russian and French authorities, requesting assistance to substantiate facts in the interest of the foreign cattle trade, and to cor rect errors which bad been made for want of more practical information. The committee having thus opened a sphere of usefulness, in laying down the honour which had been entrusted to it, hoped the Foreign Cattle Trade Association would follow out and improve the opportunity, and they had no doubt but that a combined action of all members of the trade would not fail to place the commerce in foreign cattle upon a certain and satisfactory foundation. The report having been received, Mr. Bjewster was appointed deputy-chairman. NEWSPAPER' , • it remained in the country a long 6d. Now it will be the object of the second phase o file existence of your commission to prevent the evil fro vtaking root, and lin gering, as heretofore, and to set motion all possible means to hinder all recurrence and refartvof the ; evil.be members of your commission lastly consiatt it th i bir d'etty, before separating, to indicate to the Imperial Government the general measures of public health without which a me tropolis so large, and in such constant communication with countries which have the fatal privilege of spreading or engendering epidemic diseases, would be at every moment exposed to imminent perils. The intelligence of your highness will guide us in this last duty. Many praise worthy and laudable acts of devotion have been stated to your commission during the painful crisis we have just passed, which it will hereafter bring under the no tice of your highness. But it would be wanting in its most sacred duty if, before terminating its present re port, it omitted to pay a just tribute of sincere and warm acknowledgment to the indefatigable activity, the zeal, and the wisdom of its honoured president, Mehemed Dein Pasha, Minister of Police. This high functionary has from morning till night, and at every hour of the day, afforded his personal aid, and that of his administration. His ex ample and counsels have been a constant and valuable sup port to us. The commission has, at the same time, great satisfaction in calling to mind the constant zeal of the 3lust6char of the Police, Remzi Effendi, who has assisted at many of the most laborious meetings ; and the remark able readiness, good will, and intelligent energy of the commander-in -chief of the gendarmerie, Mustapha Pasha. But the commission cannot sufficiently praise the perse vering devotion, the indefatigable zeal, the conduct, and the intelligence shown by the police force—that excellent " k • body which does so much honour to its chiefs." 'ORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES -FRIDAY. The last day of Doncaster was as successful as any of ,he " off " days in point of attendance, though it was an evident relief to all when the racing was concluded. The enervating nature of the weather during the week, and the feverish excitement prior to the St. Leger, have rendered the Doncaster week one of the most exhausting of the sea son. The sun was even more powerful than on any of the previous days of the meeting, as the heat came pouring down, as it were, and almost suffocated the " ring." The programme for the final day contained eight events for decision, but a walk over for the Sweepstakes of 200 soya, over the St. Leger Course, by Archimedes, reduced the actual sport to seven races. It was imagined that Gladia teur would be unopposed for the Doncaster Stakes, but Mr. Chaplin determined to run Breadalbane. It was then ar ranged between Count Lagrange and Mr. Chaplin that Gladiateur should walk over and the stakes be divided; but a third candidate appearing in Reginella, the numbers were hoisted for a race. Gladiateur carried a penalty of 101 b for his victories, and some infatuated individuals imagined this would give Breadalbane a chance ; but although making a semblance of a race at the distance, he was in difficulties immediately the Frenchman increased the pace, and the Leger winner won in a canter by three lengths, amidst great cheering from the Tykes, who are positively enthu siastic in their admiration for Gladiateur. Ten went to the post for the Town Plato, and Lord Douglas and Gulnara were equal favourites at 4 to 1, while Salliet was in great demand at 6 to 1; but the favourites were all out of it at the distance, and the issue was left to Blue Mantle and Effie. Capt. Lane's horse seemed to have all the best of it, but would not struggle a yard when called on by Daley, and Effie won by a length. Nineteen of the forty-three on the card for the Nursery went to the post, Crown Prince, Raunds, and Staghound being warm favourites. Sweet Anne was also supported at prices down to 9 to 1, and cut ting down her opponents 200 yards from home, she can tered in a winner three lengths in front of Crown Prince. The talent laid odds of 6 to 5 on Trapeze agst White Duck in the Park Hill Stakes, but Lord Glasgow's filly won cleverly by three-quarters of a length. The Scurry Stakes produced an exciting race between Lady Abbess and Lady Sophie, the latter winning cleverly by half a length. The Cup resultedin a match between Ackworth and Hippolyta, odds being paid on the Marquis of Hasting's representative, who won after a splendid race by a length and a half. The following are details of the running : The Don Stakes of 50 soya. each, h. ft. for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst. 101 b.; filles, Bst 71b. Last mile. 8 subs. Lord Stamford's Archimedes, Bst 101 b (Carroll) 1 Lord Falmouth's Reginella, Bst 71b (T. French) 2 Betting-100 to 15 on Archimedes. The non-favourite made the running to the Red House, where she was headed by Archimedes, who won in a canter by three-quarters of a length. The Doncaster Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b. ; certain winners extra ; the owner of the second horse to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Last mile and a half. 73 subs. Count F. Lagrange's Gladiateur, 9st 61b (in. 10 lb ex.) (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. W. I'Anson's Breadalbane, Bst 101 b (Custance) 2 Lord Falmouth's Reginella, list 61b (T. French) 3 Betting-5 to lon Gladiateur. They were together for a few strides, when Breadalbane took a clear lead, Gladiateur going on second, and Regi nella last ; the Frenchman, however, soon being eased dropped astern, and a mile from home Reginella forced the pace and on sufferance took a long lead, which she held till within a quarter of a mile from home, when she retired beaten, and Gladiatur and Breadalbane came on into the straight close together. At the distance Grimshaw let out the Frenchman, who at once quitted Mr. Chaplin's horse and won easily by three lengths ; Reginella was a bad third. The Town Plate (Handicap) of 100 soya, for three-yr-olds and upwards. Red House in. Mr. Jackson's Effie, 4_ yrs, Bst 21b (Whiteley 1 Captain L ane ' s Blue Mantle, 5 yrs, Bst 81b (J. D a l e y 2 Mr. J. St e ph enson ' s Salliet, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Morris 3 Mr. T. Thellusson's Lord Douglas, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b The following also ran :—M (Fordham) 4 olly Carew, Little Gentle man, Gulnara, Gazza Ladra, Cadiz, and Fair Melrose. Betting--4 to 1 each agst Gulnara and Lord Douglas, 6 to 1 agst Salliet, 10 to 1 each agst Blue Mantle, Cadiz, and Molly Carew, 12 to 1 each agst Fair Melrose and Little Gentleman, and 100 to 8 agst Effie. A committee of ten gentlemen was then elected to draw up a code of rules to be presented at a future meeting of the association. Mr. John Irwin, of 1 and 2, Fenchurch-street, was ap pointed secretary, and The proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the secretary. The Cholera in Constantinople, (From the Levant Herald.) Though the hope of the total disappearance of this epidemic has not been literally realised, the return of the capital to convalesence is, perhaps, as rapid as can be reasonably expected. The decrease in the mortality during the week has been relatively much greater than that of the previous seven days, and, with continued improvement in the temperature, the absolute exhaustion of the malady may now—if no unforeseen cause of its revival intervene—be re garded as certain within the interval between this and our next publication. A statement of the death l returns of the week will best show how great has been the falling-off in the mortality as compared with the numbei in our last report. On the 30th, the official reckoning was 33 ; on the 31st, 25 ; on Sept. 1, 17 ; for the 2d, 19 ; for the 3d, 16 ; and for the 4th, 9. But for the relaxation of the rigid veto against the sale of certain kinds of green fruit, and the consequent over-consumption of grapes, there is reason to believe that even this last small return would have dwindled down to a solitary case or two, of which examples may probably still be expected for ten days or a fortnight to come, like the last straggling shots on the outskirts of a battle field, long after the main carnage is over. That the evil, however, is now virtually past is testified by perhaps higher authority than that of these officia returns. The birds, which of every kind, from the sparrow to the sea gull and kite, absolutely disap peared from the capital within a week after the outbreak of the disease, have, during the past week, nearly all come back. This singular incident of the visitation appears to have escaped general notice ; but the fact that these feathered health-inspectors are again amongst us is conclu sive as to the returning salubrity of the atmosphere. From the provinces the news is equally favourable. The official reports from Smyrna, Salonica, Varna, Kustendjie, and Trebizond, tell of the rapid abate ment of the malady at all these points, and warrant hope of its entire disappearance from the whole within the next 10 or 15 days. This happy poverty of incident in connection with the epidemic during the week gives us room to notice an absurd corres pondence which has been foisted on the Times, and through it on Galignani, by the credulous friends of some local English observer, who is described by his sponsor as " a resident whose avocations pre vented his leaving the spot at which he had been stationed. This (continues the correspondent) was in the midst of the pestilence, and in close proximity to the hospitals recently established by the Govern ment. He professes himself to have been an obser ver uninfluenced by the panic almost universally prevalent, and the statements he makes are, there fore, untinged with the excitement which fear pro duces." Some extracts are then given, and the article concludes as follows :—" Detailed contradic tion of such statements as these would be waste of space, but to place our contemporary on its guard against further stuff of the kind, we may briefly characterise the whole as a tissue of the most absurd exaggeration. The writer may have meant it for a study' after Defoe or Boccacio, but he should at least have kept within the decent range of the facts. The visitation has been bad enough—as our own columns have honestly testified—but at no time has its ravages been half so horrible as this courageous young gentleman would have his anxious friends at home believe." In view of the now proximate disappearance of the epidemic, and of the consequent close of its present functions, the Medical Commission has ad dressed the following report to the Grand Vizier On the 16th of last July your highness, the illustrious interpreter of the noble intentions of our a ugus t S overeign, ap p o inted the Extraordinary Commission of Public Health, and as signed it the duty of comb a ti ng b y all possible means the pest which had invaded the capit a l. Y our comm i ssion, during the six weeks just elapsed, h as occup i e d i tse lf i n conquering the disease by measures for the public health, undertaken on a large scale; by the most advisable preven tive measures ; by the establishment of houses of refuge, oafmbdulomianccielyhospitals, &c. ; by the organisation of a service assistance ; in short, by all the means of which the utility, under such circumstances, is undoubted. These measures preserved the healthy, relieved the suffer ing, saved many from being victims, and re-established the courage of the population by theirresults. All the measures ta ken by your commission during the first period of its action have received the high approval of your highness. They will be forthwith brought to the notice of Europe and of the scientific world, as well as the results obtained, to the glory of our august Sovereign and of his enlightened Go vernment. Meanwhile your commission considers itself happy to be able at present to inform your highness that the epidemic, combated in spite of its extreme virulence, driven back step by step, is in full retreat from all its posi tions. In a short time the last trace of its odious pre sence will have disappeared from our beautiful capital The relieved people will bless the inexhaustible benevo lence of its powerful monarch. Your commission finds itself on the point of entering on a new period of its existence, much more important than the former, and much more difficult to bring to a successful issue. Before entering upon it, all the members of the com mission feel the necessity of informing your highness that, up to the present time simple instruments of the will of your highness, they have throughout endeavoured to be come imbued with your unconquerable energy. Your high intelligence and your sure penetration have been their guides in this painful struggle. We attribute the success of the measures of the commission solely to your highness, for more than once, exposed to hostile and unjust criticism, w e should have abandoned the struggle but for the generous The disinclination of Blue Mantle to approach his horses caused some delay at the post, but upon the flag being lowered the lot got away on good terms, Salliet having Gazza Ladra and Gulnara as her immediate followers, at once made play, the next division being headed by Blue Mantle and Effie till reaching the bend, where Gazza Ladra gave way, and Salliet at the distance was joined by Effie, and Blue Mantle, who ran as soft as usual, - being de feated by a length ; Salliet finished third, a neck in the rear of Captain Lane's horse, Lord Douglas close up was fourth, Gulnara a good fifth, Molly Carew and Gazza Ladra next, Cadiz last a long way in the rear. The Nursery Plate (handicap) of 200 soya, for 2-yr-olds. Last mile. Marquis of Hastings' Sweet Anne, 7 st 71 b (J. Grimshaw 1 B Lord Westmoreland's Crown Prince, 8 t 101 b ...(G oa t er 2 Mr. Wallace's Shamrock, 6st 81b ( Kenyon 3 The following also ran :—Raunds, Queen Mary, Marco Spada, Miss Williams, The Czar, Haphazard, Cecrops, Hawkswell, Terror, Diadem, Strathfieldsaye, Staghound, Violent, Gold Pen, Royal Tartan, and Polka. Betting-5 to 1 agst Crown Prince, 6to 1 each apt Staghound and Raunds, 9 to 1 agst Sweet Anne, 10 to 1 each agst Royal Tart an an d Haphazard, 100 to 6 each agst Czar and Strathfi e ld saye, 2() to 1 agst Queen Mary, to 1 agst Polk a . and 25 Shamrock jumped off with the lead, followed by Raunds, Gold Pen, Marco Spada, Sweet Anne, and Staghound. These composed the front division to the Red House ; Sweet Anne, Crown Prince, Shamrock, and Raunds draw ing away abreast from these points to the distance, where Sweet Anne quitted her opponents and won in a canter by three lengths; a similar distance separating second and third ; Queen Mary and Raunds ran a dead heat for fourth place, a head in the rear of Shamrock; Royal Tartan, Terror, and Hawkswell were nest; the last two being Staghound and Violent. The Park-hill Stakes of 50 sovs each, h ft, for three-yr olds ; fillies, Bst 101 b; certain winners extra; the owner of the second to receive 100 sovs. St. Leger Course. Lord Glasgow's White Duck, Bst 101 b ......... (Custance) 1 Mr. E. Brayley's Trapeze, Bst 101 b (Cannon) 2 Betting: 6 to 5 on Trapeze. They ran in close company at a slow pace to the T.Y.C. post, where Trapeze took up the running, but upon en tering the straight was joined by White Duck, who came out at the centre of the stand enclosure, and won cleverly by three parts of a length. The Scurry Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds and upwards ; weight for age, with sell ing allowances. Red House in. 5 furlongs 152 yards. 7 subs. Lord Westmoreland's Lady Sophie, 2 yrs, sst 111 b WO (Kenon Mr. Robert Osborne na Lady Abb ess , 5 y rs , Bst 71b (.£ y 50 1 (Whiteley 2 1 Marquis of Hastings' Sisyphus, 3 yrs, 7A 10113 V5O (J. Grimshaw 3 Betting opened at 6 to 4 on but closed at 5 to 4 agst Sisyphus ; 2 to 1 agst either of the others. Lady Abbess made play into the straight, where Sisyphus was beaten, and Lord Westmoreland's filly challenging Lady Abbess at the commencement of the enclosure, won by half a length; three lengths separated the second and third. The winner was bought in for 265 guineas. Mr. Osborne claimed Sisyphus, and the Marquis of Hastings Lady Abbess. The Doncaster Cup, value 300 sovs ; three-yr-olds, 7st ; four, Bst 51b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b; certain penalties and allow ances. Cup Course, about two miles and five furlongs. Marquis of Hastings' Ackwortb, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Fordhana) 1 Baron Rothschild's Hippolyta, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Daley) 2 . ) Betting. -6 to son Ackworth. support of your highness and the powerful enoura gement which at different times you have affordad us through the agency of our vice-president. No one is ignorant that the scourge under which we have groaned for two mon th s has for the fourth time visited our capital, and that on each of its former appearances, though its virulence was much less, They ran together till reaching the distance, when Hip polyta seemed to have the best of the struggle, which was close and exciting till half way up the enclosure, 'where • Hippolyta tired, and Ackworth drawing away, won cle verly by a length and a half. A Sweepstakes of 200 sous each, h ft, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 51b; the winner of the Derby or St. Leger to carry 71b extra. Lord Stamford's Archimedes, Bst 101 b ~,..,(Carroll) w,o, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1865 GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone. Dull Care," every evening at & A Day Performance, Saturday, at 3. " The most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide the Press. Admission, is. 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The caverns are nearly a mile in extent, but the excursionists contented themselves with penetrating scarcelyone half this distance. A halt having been made in a spacious chamber—where the - lofty rock showed the peculiar slab-like stratification of the supdrincumbent rock to groat advantage. Professor PHILLIPS took up his position on a jutting ledge overhanging the dark canal, where a temporary ros trum had been placed, and addressed a few words to the assemblage. Ho .said that the hill in the interior of the rocky base of which they were standing was not always the property of the Dudley family. It belonged in former times to an ancient, numerous, and distinguished family, from which it had descended lineally to a gentleman now by his side, who had of right taken possession of the old "King dom of Siluria." (Cheers and laughter.) " Therefore," ex claimed the President, "0! chief of Siluria, 'rightful de scendant of the trilobites, deign to tell us something of your ancestral domain." (Cheers and laughter.) Sir RODERICK MURCHISON, thus invoked, said it was 16 years since he had last . addressed an assemblage in those caverns, when he had on his right M. Drouyn de Lhuys, then the first Ambassador of lhb second French Republic, and now Prime Minister of the second French Empire. That distinguished statesman on that memorable occasion made his first speech to the English people in their own tongue through the same speaking trumpet which he now held in his own hand, and which he would now use him self if his hearers thought he could not otherwise make himself audible. (No, no, and laughter, amid which Sir Roderick laid aside the instrument.) M. Drouyn de Lhuys told his audience that he had then seen both the inside and the outside of England, and that he really could not say with which of the two he was most gratified. (Cheers and laughter.) Sir Roderick then proceeded to relate how he had discovered "the Kingdom of Siluria" in the strata lying under Montgomery, Radnor, and Salop ; how he had verified it in Germany, Norway, Sweden, and beyond the Ural Mountains; how, in admiration of the gallant Carac tacus, the ancient King of the Silurian race, he had adopted the name of Siluria for his geological discoveries in their district ; and how in Dudley the strata, upheaved as it was among the coal-measures, was broken and dislo cated, probably by volcanic action, being made up of com plete disjecta ntembra. Yet it was, nevertheless, surpass ingly rich in the fossils of Siluria—perhaps presenting to the geologists more perfect specimens than ;.the rocks of any other region. He then explained the " dipping" of the rocks on either side of the caverns, observing that through their being " tilted up" man was enabled to delve among them almost without cost or trouble, and to obtain a supply of limestone that was practically inexhaustible. Sir Roderick next referred to the proba bility of fresh coal-measures existing in that neighbour hood. There was, he said, no natural connexion between the Dudley limestone and coal. The Dudley limestone was part of his Silurian kingdom, and in no part of that king dom was there or could there be any coal which was formed from decayed vegetation. The Silurian rocks were far be neath the coal-measures. The Old Red Sandstone or Permian of South Staffordshire had been confused with the New Red Sandstone, whereas the two were perfectly distinct and greatly separated. As to their future supplies of coal, his firm belief was that under all the rocks mapped as Permian around that coalfield they would find thickeror thinner coal. Twenty years ago he came to the conclusion, not upon mere theory, but after observation, that there was coal under the Permian, and that it could be found at a depth of 600 or 700 feet at the most. Not only so, but he had induced Lord Dartmouth to sink for it, and that nobleman found it two miles away from the edge of what was called the coalfield, and two miles nearer to Birmingham than any existing coalpit. The coal found there was not a thin, worthless seam, but the 10-yard coal; and although Lord Dartmouth was obliged to cease working it because the people of West bromwich did not like to find their houses sinking beneath them (a laugh), the fact remained that there was an untold store of coal lying under the Old Red Sandstone. Three cheers having been given for the King of Siluria, the visitors threaded their way out of the caverns, and ascended the Castle-hill. While toiling under a blazing sun up this acclivity they,could not help contrasting regretfully the cool'atmosphere of the grottoes they had just left with that of the sultry upper air. Most of the party, however, climbed the narrow winding staircase leading to the parapet of the keep, of which only two turreted round towers and the connecting wall between them now remain to tell the tale of its ancient grandeur. From the parapet what once must have been a splendid prospect is commanded; but no landscape can retain more than half its natural charms that is encroached upon by the "black country," of which this is the very centre. The excursionists now divided off into several separate sections, one of which went to inspect the ironworks and collieries at Tipton ; another to visit Cannock Chase ; an other to be conducted over the Bessemer steel works of Messrs. Lloyd, Foster, and Co., and other establishments at Wednesbury ; another to Stourbridge, to see the glassworks at Amblecote, and the ironworks of Mr. W. 0. Foster, ; another to Round Oak, to visit the ironworks of Lord Dudley ; and another to Oldbury and Westbromwich, to witness certain specialities in " puddling" at the works of the Eagle Company. The section led by the President and Sir Roderick Mur chison adhered throughout the day to a geological pro gramme. From the Castle-yard they bent their steps towards the Wren's-nest, a hill about a mile and a half from Dudley, which derives its name from its peculiar conformation, having a curious nest-like hollow on its summit. Taking a hurried glance at the Priory ruins on their way, they speedily reached the hill, which is chiefly remarkable for its lime stone caverns. Picturesque and scientifically interesting as these are, however, they are but secondary to those under Dudley-castle, already described. They have been dug downwards from the surface, and vast openings, clad with verdure towards their summit, admit the broad daylight into their rocky recesses. Under one of their finest arches the President's party mustered to hear a brief lecture on the geology of the district, illustrated with diagrams, deli vered by the Mayor of Dudley. This discourse concluded, some of the savans went in search of fossils, and considered themselves particularly fortunate if they found a tiny tri lobite the size of a pea. The good folks of Dudley know the value of these primreval relics, and have by this time tolerably well denuded their rocks of their best and most accessible specimens, so that many a zealous geologist whose hammering yielded but small results was fain to buy with money what he could not win by labour if he desired to carry away some trophy of his visit to these regions. The party then returned to Dudley and inspected a rich mineralogical and geologic.al collection displayed in the local museum. By the liberality of the Mayor and a committee of his townsmen, who seemed bent on giving the savans a perfect ovation, an excellent dinner was provided for them in the large hall of the Mechanics' Institute. His worship pre sided, and, after the usual introductory toasts, proposed " the Health of the President of the British Association," expressing the delight which the people of that district felt in entertaining such distinguished men of science. The toast was drunk with enthusiasm. Professor PHILLIPS returned thanks and warmly ac knowledged the kindness which he and his fello w excur sionists had received from the peeple of Dudley. Alderman COCHRANE gave "the Health of Sir R. Mur chison," and expressed the satisfaction with which, after the rather desponding tone adopted by Mr. Jukes on the subject, of their future supplies of coal in the Midland Counties, he had listened to the reassuring language held to them that day by so pre-eminent a geologist as " the King of Siluria." Sir. R. MURCHISON, in acknowledging the compliment, spoke very feelingly of his respect and affection for the Pre sident of the British Association. He and Professor Phillips, he said, were joint founders of that association, which had now attained such influence and popularity, and he might, he thought, look upon himself and his friend Professor Phillips as a sort of Siamese twins. (Cheers and laughter.) Reverting to a subject which lay near to the heart of the Dudley folks—viz., their future coal supply—he said that some persons had gone away from Mr. Juke's lecture with the impression—an erroneous one, he thought —that Mr. Jukes wished to dissuade them from boring through the red sandstone in search of coal. They might rely upon it that immediately under the great mass of red sandstone—the lower or old red sandstone of his own Silurian system, and called Permian—and particularly under the old red sand stone which surrounded the immediate Dudley district, they would in future find great and productive coal-fields. (Cheers.) Sir Roderick spoke of the pleasure with which he had listened to the lecture delivered by his worship—the first chief magistrate chosen by Dudley since its recent in corporation as a municipality—observing that at Bath last year the Association found a model Mayor, at Birmingham this year it found a perfect Mayor,and that day it had found themost perfect Mayor of all—viz., one who was himself a geologist. (Cheers and laughter.) The health of the Mayor was drunk with the greatest cordiality, and, in returning thanks, his Worship remarked that he did not see why Mayors, who had some reputation for turtle, should not have a reputation for trilobites as well. (Laughter and cheers.) " The Health of the Foreign Visitors," proposed by the Bev. C. Evans, of Birmingham, and responded to by Signor de Negri, wound up the list of toasts, and the excursionists shortly afterwards returned to Birmingham. The arrangements for the day, which' to all parties passed off most pleasantly, were made by the South Staffordshire Local Committee of the Association, and reflected the greatest credit on their management and liberality. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST SOMERSET. The report states that the traffic returns for the half-year ending June 30 last shows a very slight increase over the amount received in the correspond ing half of last year. The gross earnings amounted to £3,153, which, after deducting the fixed sum of £1,032 applicable for interest on debenture debtand rent charges, leaves £1,272, or 60 per cent. of the balance to the Great Western Ca,mpany, and £B4B or 40 per cent., to this company. Out of this sum the directors advise that a dividend be declared on the preference shares at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, leaving the remainder to go towards the liquidation of the balance due to the bankers on income accounts. They propose the con tinued application of such dividend towards the liquidation of the liabilities on capital account, and to credit the account to each preference shareholder with the amount of his dividend, for which a prefe rence share shall be issued in his name when the sum so credited shall amount to £lO. The capitalaccount shows a total receipt of £156,104, and a total ex penditure of £148,263, leaving a balance of £2,159 due to bankers. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. The report of the directors states that the gross . receipts for the half-year ending June 30 amounted to £122,374, against £106,249 for the correspond ing half of 1864, showing an increase of £16,125. The net earnings for the past half-year amounted to £64,656, against £55,222 for the same half of last year, showing an increase of £9,434. Not withstanding the utmost economy it had not been possible to keep the working expenses below 47f per cent. of the gross receipts, including the payment of £1,557 for hire of foreign waggons, owing to a deficiency in the company's rolling stock. The rate of wages and the price paid for fuel and other articles of daily consumption were higher than dur ing the corresponding period of 1864. There had been an addition of £90,000 miles to the train mile age, involving an extra expense of £2,280. The average cost per train mile, including repairs, was 11id. The permanent way and rolling stock had been maintained in good repair. The increase of traffic had rendered indispensable a considerable augmentation of engines and waggons, as well as of siding and other station accommodation. The ex pectations expressed in the last report relative to the development of the traffic had been amply realised. The directors had every reason to believe that, large as was the increase, the traffic would yet exhibit a much greater development. The opening of the Ourthe line, by which the coal basin of Liege would be placed in direct communication with the indus trial parts of France, formed a further and very important element in the prospects, now so en couraging, of the Great Luxembourg company. Since the last report upwards of eight miles had been entirely completed and opened for traffic. The directors anticipated that the line would be ready for opening throughout at an early period of next year. The net earnings of the canal amounted to £705. After deducting £35,701 for interest and reimbursement of obligations, there remained a balance of £27,649, out of which the directors pro posed to declare a dividend of ss. 6d. per share, and to apply £1,049 towards the repayment of £15,535, advanced by the Belgian Government as guarantee of interest on the line from Namur to Arlon. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Mlles Opened. Zecelpte. Railways. 1865. 1864. 1865 1864 £ z Belfast and N. Counties 9)l 991 2,110 2.0 !1 Belfast and County Down.... 441 44 651 605 Blyth and Tyne . 28 28 2,496 1,922 Bristol and Exeter l2ll 1211 7,709 7,479 Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB 408 27 699 27,2.6 Cambrian l3O 121 2,813 2.197 Cockermouth K & Penrlth .. 311 - 490 Cockermouth and Workin Cork and Bandon 2O 20 ___ __ Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 81 - - - Cork and Youghal Cornwall 651 651 2,007 2.001 Deeside l7 17 189 474 Dublin & Belfast Junction ... Dublin and Drogheda 75 75 2,004 1.680 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd lO6 911 3,906 3.020 Forth and Clyde Junction - - Furness, &o 6O 5) 3,774 3,2E1 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrik.,&E.Union Great Northern 404 365 40,149 38,289 Great North of Scotland 991 991 2,986 3. - eoo ot. Northn. & Westn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 867 566 qt.Soutbn. & Westn.(lrlnd.) 3871 8871 10,285 9.052 Great Western l2BO 1236 77,626 75,131 Hull & Hornsea Highland ... 246 246 4,696 4,461 Irish North-Western 145 145 1,814 1,638 Lancashire& Yorkshire 403 403 44.922 41.690 Limerick and Ennis.. 241 241 216 193 Limerick and Foynes 261 261 146 121' Llanelly 461 161 732 7z9 Llynvi Valley London & North-Western London and Blackwall 6l 51 2,165 2,016 London & South-Western Loud. Brighton, &B. Coast 272 2671 26, 74 23,489 London, Chatham, ,lz Dover; 1134 127 1 13,880 12,2 4 all Metiopolitan Extension (12 114 j 2,650 2,345 Do. Kent L oast I Lou., Tilbury, & Southend 61an.,Sheffielci, & Lincolnsh Manch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9 91 1,:,92 1.649 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan 3/ 31 2,627 2,•,22 Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6721 641 63,937 51,419 Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind 2601 2601 6,077 5.244 llionmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,680 2,703 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee N-Eastern and Stock. & Danl 11944 North London 9 North Staffordshire 258 Pembroke and Tenby lll Rhymney l9l Scottish North-Eastern l3B Somerset and Dorset 66 South Devon South- E astern 315 484 898 6561 11601 27,700 26.251 73,295 70.138 L 3,6 0 3,0 8 8,2 0 8.554 163 130 902 953 5,990 5,666 1,175 954 5.703 1,940 31,490 29.974 0,009 5,779 2,774 2.378 236 230 79i 305 ... Taff Vale . .61 Ulster ... .. 1051 Vale of Clwyd. . . lO Waterford and Kilkenny 3l Waterford and Limerick 77 W'haven,Cleatorot Egrmnt lO Whitchaven Junction l3 Whitehaven & Furness Jun 35 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern Junction 261 Bombay, Baroda, & Cen. India 306 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 Dutch Rhenish lOBl Eastern of Franc* Eastern Bengal East Indian .... llO5 Grand Trunk of Canada 1377 Great Central of Belgium 285 Great Indian Peninsula 590 Great Luxembourg l3l Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 Madras 571 Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 6BO Northern of Canada ... ..... Northern of France 728 Norwegian Trunk Ottoman Paris, Lyons. & Mediterrn 1967 Paris and Orleans 1616 Recife and San Francisco. &c 771 Scinde lO5 Do. Punjab, ezo 253 South Austrian, dra 2307 Southern of France i23 Victoria Welland West ,t N-Wn. of France 1051 516 iiB7 1,%65 1,507 689 667 1,103 975 911 917 13,579 42,000 373 298 356 294 4,289 2,593 7,627 6,799 6,276 5,622 80,962 69,712 ;2,032 1,313 25,139 23,443 25,021 22,091 7,: 82 6,227 15,029 6,783 5,985 5,027 L 652 465 15,348 12,083 6,42 6,370 17,742 19,195 - - 70,781 63,670 -.- 1784 481 147,840 130,329 1611 78,859 72, 095880 77i 813 105 - 32 1.3 4 808 1527 81.397 54,856 770 33,599 34,326 196 9,858 1,8.788 25 - 95 66 , 229 57,658 VACCINATION.--Sir,—See Medical Times of Sa turday, 9th inst., page 277, where it appears as a fact "that more than 60 per cent. of the patients admitted with smallpox at the London Smallpox Hospital last year had boon previously vaccinated. So much for Jenner and A NTI - VACCINATOR. VACCINATO R . his vaccination.—Yours, &C., TIIE POTATO DISEASE.—The potato disease is computed to have destroyed half the crop i n the neighbourhood of Spalding. A Boston report states, how ever, that in that part of Lincolnshire the disease is very partial in its effects. Rocks and Regents are nearly all bad in some districts, while flukes and seedlings are generally well spoken of. There is a good supply of potatoes about Godmanchester; unfortunately, however, the disease prevails to some extent, and increases its ravages the longer the roots are kept in the ground. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-llolloxvay' s Pills and Ointment.— Be not Deceived.—There is a giant marching onwards from the East who threatens to invade our prosperous country— his name is Cholera, and his cohorts consist of Impurity, Irregularity, Debility, and Despondency. Each of these provocatives of this dire disease may be overcome without danger by Holloway's remedies, provided they be resorted to without delay the moment listlessness, looseness, fever ishness, or pain betrays disordered action. The "direc tions" will enable the least cultivated to treat successfully and subdue completely these warning symptoms of cholera. When confidence in Holloway's preparations has once been established, each believer in their virtues will humanely recommend them to his acquaintances, that none may fool ishly harbdur the foe's friends within his own fortress. 4 ,