The Sun. — London, England, 1866-06-14 00:00:00

THE PRUSSIAN ARMY. (From the Times' Military Correspondent.) JUTENBOGI, June 10. The prospect of war with Austria is undoubtedly not regarded with much favour by the Prussian arr ay. There is little enthusiasm and small desire for the military glory which is_to be gained in a con test against fellow-Germans, even among the troops —while the mind of the people at large dwells much less upon the advantages of a successful war than upon the death wounds and devastation which must always accompany it. Many hearts are very heavy this Sunday in Prussia, the thoughts of many of tke j soldiers in the front are naturally di rected homewards on this day, which, of all days in the week, peculiarly has domestic associations, and in every Prussian town and village, from the hilly banks of the Rhine to the plains of the Vistula, sad women are offering up the ir anxious prayer; for those - whom they fear never t o see again, an are hoping almost against hope for tidings that may tell of peace. 'The system on whi ch this army is recruited and organised makes the bond w hich ti es the Prus sian soldier to his home stronger than in any other service. Each corps d'armee is raised from one par ticular province, in which it is always quartered d ur i n g peace. Every regiment belongs to a certain town or district, from which it is never moved ex cept to take the field for active service. The reserve troops and the Landwehr, who have to fill up the corps to the increased numbers necessary in the time of war, all belong to the same province, and in the case Of the Landwehr are for the most part mem bers during peace of the artisan or agricultural classes. Not that military service is limited to these alone, for every man, with very few exceptions, in the year in which he attains the age of 20, is liable to be draughted into the army, and no substitute will be accepted in his stead. When a corps is placed on a war footing the immediate effect is to give a cevere blow to the industry of the province from v d2ich it is levied, and when it marches to take the field large numbers of the respectable male popula tion have to leave their homes. Many of the men called out are married and have young families en tirely dependent upon them for support; they them selves have, perhaps, never before made a long journey from their homes, so that in addition to the heart-weariness naturally consequent upon leaving those dear to them dependent upon an uncertain destiny, they have to exchange the quiet of their own country homes for the strange bustle and noise of the camp of an army about to take the field. Yet, with every inducement to shirk his military duty, a Prussian soldier has hardly ever been known to fail in his performance of it. The idea of not appearing at headquarters when summoned to be there does not so much as enter the mind of the highest or lowest qonscript, and is unknown to the oldest Landwehr man who has a well-grown family equally with the youngestrecruit. It is these Land wehr men who are justly considered in Prussia to be the very best troops in the kingdom, nor is it sur prising that they shouldbe so, for although foreigners of tells su ppose them to be mere country levies called out hastily in time of war, theyare, in reality, after a f ew weeks' practice the best drilled men in the army. Ali of them have, with very slight exceptions, served three years in the active army, two years in the reserve, and have been called out annually fora regular course of training. All are in the prime of life, and although they want the well set-up figure of the British Dragoon or the jaunty air of the French Voltigeur, there is a real workmanlike lock about them which seems to augur unflinching courage and unwearying perseverance. When first called up for regular service they have much the same look as our English county yeomen ; their uniforms do not appear to sit quite easily upon them ; there is a su perabundance of black silk stock visible above the collar of the coat, and the apparent desire to assimi late as much as possible their forage caps to Balmoral bonnets, which seems topervade all bucolic soldiery. In common with all the Prussian troops, they have, however, a power of marching superior to almost any army in Europe. Thenatives of the agricultural districts of this kingdom, accustomed from child hood to wear either no shoe, or one with a hard un bending sole, have their feet so hardened that, al though they are so badly shod that it would be bar barity to give such boots to any other troops, sore feet are unknown among them in the longest march. What a drag this infliction is upon the movements of a marching column those know well who have seen troops start upon a march when not seasoned to it, and by them the value of this Prussian pecu liarity will be duly appreciated. In consequence of the concentration of the army in Silesia round Furstenstein, the Prussian army, watching the Saxon frontier, has intrenched its posi tion further towards its_ left, and the headquarters of Prince Frederic Charles, who commands it, are now at a small town near Gorlitz. The plan of the Austrian campaign seems to be as yet shrouded in the most impenetrable secrecy. The Kaiser is sup posed to be to-day at Olmutz, in Moravia, where it is expected he will be met by General Benedek. This position of the Austrian headquarters threatens equally Silesia and Saxony ; it is assumed here for certain that the Austrians will strike the first blow, but whether by an advance into Silesia, a dash upon Berlin through Saxony, or an attempt against the Rhine Provinces, no one can pretend to say. The Prussians are in low spirits, and speak with no confi dence of the issue of the strife ; many of the inha bitants of Berlin have already reconciled themselves to the possibility of seeing their capital in the hands of the enemy, and their army driven behind the Oder —but although prepared for the worst they do not despond, they are animated by an indomitable sense of duty, their stout honest hearts swell with indig nation at the idea of seeing the Slavonian and Croatian battalions of Austria enter Brandenburg, and they are determined that if - Benedek attempts to win Berlin, either success or failure shall cost him dear. The King of Prussia is supposed to be about to leave Berlin for the headquarters of the army on Tuesday. To-morrow will, it is supposed, be fraught with great events. Some high Austrian official is to be sent to convo k e the Holstein Estates, and it is supposed that if th e poruimians interfere to prevent the convocation, or t assembled, the Austrian separate tro the Estates when once set in ot.ompsin Bohemia and Moravia will be at on Austria s h o uld monopolise the Governmaen. Why ntofHolstein m since the Convention of Gaste • , which could al one give her legal claim to it, has been declared null and void, it is for politician s to determin e. Soldiers only see that, if war does break out between then two German giants, the struggle will be bitter and bloody. Whatever success the House of Hapsburg may gain in such an internecine war will barely repay it for the great sacrifices it must make, and the heavy losses it must sustain before it can humble its northern rival ; for the Prussian soldiery are pre pared to struggle stoutly and to die hard for their King and fatherland. It is an error, but not an un common onein England, to suppose that the Prussian Monarch is unpopular among his people. The popu lace of Berlin do, without doubt , much dislike the present Minis_ i Ministry, and part of the odium his Ministry has co eds reflected upon the King himself. In the country districts , if they may be judged from the representatives of their feelings they send to the ranks et the army, such sentiments have not penetrated. The on ey still look on their Monarch affection, with a kindly regard dintrust to him their full confidence ; they still red friend, and he still addm po dren ." --Jews .as their werful them ( as " chil be staring us i n Were the war which now seems t) the face to be waged with a vat rY which had no com mon ties of family or of ton gue' the enthusiasm of the army wou ld be difficult t o restrain 7 as the people of Pruss ia cannot for get thattheßbijets a t i s i e % is a German Emp eror, and that man y of his subjects are of common ki n with themselves. But wh en e w has once begun and blood has oncebeen spilt such k: dred ties will be quickly forgotten ; the white uniform of the Empire will, in the popular mind, be asso ciated only with the plundering Slavonian and Croa tian battalions, and it will soon be forgotten that the Austrian ranks contain any levies other than these detested foreigners. The south-eastern portion of the province of Silesia is not occupied by Prussian troops ; the con figuration of the country prevents troops being col lected in that corner without the certainty of their being cut off from the rest of the kingdom by an Austrian advance from Olmutz. It is now asserted that, in the event of Saxony becoming the battle-field, Silesia will be entirely evacuated by the Prussians. This report is probably very much exaggerated. If the Austrians advance through Saxony the Prussian corps in the field in Silesia will without doubt be brought up to concen trate with the troops under Prince Charles ; but it is extremely improbable that the Silesian fortresses will be sacrificed without sieges. On the contrary, provisions are being collected in them in case of such an attack, and they will probably be held to cover as long as possible the extensive network of railways which runs through the richest province of Prussia, and which has immense strategical importance. The Saxon army, about 25,000 strong, is now concentrated on the Elbe at a short distance below Dresden. With its excell en t cava l ry an d ce l e b ra t e d jagers, it will form a valuable auxiliary corps to General Benedek's army, if Saxony should, as is anticipated, declare in favour of Austria, and allow the troops of the Empire a free passage through her territory. Although a large number of workmen in Berlin are out of work, and demonstrations have been made with the object of forcing the authorities to find work for the masses who without labour must starve, it has been prudently decided by the Prussian War office to make no attempt to fortify the capital. If the army in the field is not strong enough to cover the city no works to defend it with any hope of suc cess could be thrown up in the time which will be allowed, and the existence of fortifications or an attempt at resistance might only justify pillage in the event of the city falling into the hands of the enemy. Spandau, where a small arms manufactory, a powder mill, and an artillery workshop are situate, is, however, being strengthened. This step maybe regarded either as an indication that the Pru ssi a n leaders do not regard with much confidence the possibility of a successful defence of the frontier, or merely as a useful precaution in case a cavalry raid should be directed against the Elbe. If a disaster does occur to the Prussian arms it will not be due to a want of forethought in the arrangements for the supply of provisions and of hospital comforts to the combatants. Each corps d'armee is accompanied by a strong military train, in which are included 166 waggons for the trans port of provisions and a field bakery to supply the troops with fresh bread. Besides these the military train of every corps has also three corps hospitals, three division hospitals, and a company of sick bearers. The duty of the last, w h o are prov i ded with ev ery contrivance invented which can aid their good cause, is to go under fire and carry the wounded to the rear. This is an arrangement which is to be re commended not upon humane grounds alone, but also because it save s com b atants t h e necess i ty of quitting their ranks to carry their wounded com rades to the rear. The heat has much increased to-day, and it is to be feared that the change may increase the sickness which always makes its appearance among large masses of troops in the open field ; as yet, fortunately, no cases of cholera have been reported from the army, but the close vicinity of this disease at Alten burg makes people look with apprehension on any marked change in the weather. Sickness and wounds are, however, both well provided against ; and if all the arrangements which have been made for the wel fare of the soldiers can only be carried out in thefield, the troops ought to enter upon the campaign under most favourable circumstances with regard to their supplies. Nor is it only their necessities that have been carefully provided for ; the Prussian regulations allow a very liberal scale of baggage waggons to follow an army in the field, so that small reserves of clothing and materials for the repair of uniforms are always within reach of every regiment. With all these precautions, and with fine weather, the army will not suffer much hardship if the cam paign goes favourably ; a hurried retreat might de range all calculations, but such a calamity is ono of the misfortunes of war, which all men know is pos sible, but in which none wish to be impaated. IREL AND. ÜBLIN, June 13. The Court of Queen's Bench has given' judgment unanimously in the case of " The Queen v. Colour- Sergeant M'Carthy," refusing the writ applied for by Mr. Butt, Q.C., to stay the proceedings of the Court-martial, and decided that it was the proper tribunal to try the case, and had acted within its jurisdiction. There were, therefore, no grounds for the application. The Judges were the Chief Justice, O'Brien, and Fitzgerald. There are no fresh cases of cattle plague reported from the North. The Ulster Observer states that the farmers in the infected district persist in denying that the disease which has appeared is rinderpest. Dr. White, the city coroner, resumed the inquiry into the cases of the victims of the late fire yester day, in the theatre of the Mechanics' Institute, Lower Abbey-street. The jury having answered to their names, the Coroner stated that Mr. Heron, Q.C., appeared, by the instructions of the Attorney- General, to assist in this inquiry. They might look on him in the light of an assessor. Mr. Devitt ap peared on behalf of the Corporation, Mr. O'Hara on behalf of Mr. Strahan, Mr. Coffey on behalf of Mr. Delany, and Mr. Hone on behalf of the Ballast Board. Mr. Heron, Mr. Devitt, and Mr. O'Hara each said a few words, stating that their object was simply to assist the Coroner in getting at the facts of the case, without blaming or defending any par ties. The first witness examined was Mr. William Williams, hatmaker, who ccupied the shop of N 0.19, and in whose premises the fire was supposed to have originated. He deposed that he had, besides the front shop, a parlour and a cellar, which he used as a workshop. He had occupied these premises about six years, residing elsewhere. He left the shop at 20 minutes past 8 on Thursday evening to . attend a meeting of the Natural History Society at the Royal Irish Academy ; but, being rather early, he saun tered along, and went to see some stock to be sold by auction next day at Mr. Glennon's, South Frede rick-street. He ultimately went to the Academy house, and remained there till half-past 9, when Prof. Haughton came in and said there was a fire in Westmoreland-street. He then came out, met his son, and saw the house in flames. The materials of his trade are inflammable—spirits of wine, shel lac, and calico. There was a pint of the spirit and about two stone weight of shellac. He used a stove in which he burnt coal and coke. There was a great draught when he left, and the fire, if not put out, would be exhausted in 20 minutes. His son Edward wupenttbe keys.down , locked the workshop, and brought him There was woodwork in contact with, the stone ou t s id e the bricks. The stock was small, I but there were shelves and fixtures. If the fire got at the hats they would curred in his workshop go abloikuet li a g y h e t a n r i n a g n . d a A b a fl if r e a o g c o - , but it was soon put ou t b y Mr. Delany's people, and hiscl airn was only £7 or £B. It occurred through his son's carelessness in lighting_ h a piece of paper. W He was then insured f or £2oo.he discovered the fire he went about and spoke to Mr. Delany. They might imagine his state of mind. He then be came wearied, and went home about 11 o'clock. He did not render anyassistance. The partitionbetween his shop and Mr. Delany's was of wood and paper. There was but one stair, and Mr. Delany had to go down to the basement story, in order to get from his shop to the upper story. Edward Williams cor roborated his father's testimony, and said he left all right in the workshop on the evening in question. The fire was nearly out. There was a number of hat boxes piled in the shop. There was no possibility bilit T y n o e f a spark getting to where the naphtha was. origin of the former fire was not discovered. Stuf fing birds was a part of his father's business. Alex. Williams, another son, engaged with his fatherin the business, deposed that the former fire occurred onaS V aturday night, and his father did not hear of it till Mo n d ay morning. Ile did business as a natu ralist.sey-streeNt, m. Conry, a co ll ege por t er , o f 16, evidenceAngle gaavtreeetat the as to the failure of the fire brigade. not 10 S i time, a o e n w , y o9 's ol ph' theyeeo lo u o w p s cl e e ke r e t m a t o h s ra e s eN a v t t i emhn than usual in the There Were s thing but sm o k e in Mr. D. Told the pe o pl e i n the window he was. When the fire-escape came the ladder was too short. Then there was 4 tremendous screech from the people in the window. A second ladder was brought, but it broke. He only saw two fire brigademen with the first escape. After the ladder broke he went into the Ballast-office, but did nothing more, as nothing could be done. From the time he spoke to the people in the window until he was told the people had escaped he should say three quarters of an hour had elapsed. About 30 or 35 minutes elapsed from the time he had first spoken to the people in the window until the ladder broke. Only a couple of minutes elapsed from the time the escape was put to the window until the ladder broke. The second escape remained against the insurance com pany's premises for 15 to 20 minutes before it was removed. The lifting up of the ladder belonging to the first escape occupied several minutes, and there was no one to pull at the rope but himself. The people disappeared from the window at the time the ladder broke. There was then great smoke, and he could not see them, but it seemed to him by the shriek as if they gave up all hope, and he saw no thing of them after that. The Coroner said that, as the funeral of the un fortunate people destroyed was to take place the following morning, as a means of expressing their sympathy with their relatives, they had decided not to sit again till Thursday at 12 o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT EASTERN. A Wharncliffe meeting of this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern ; Mr. C. H. Turner in the chair. The CILURMAN said they would recollect that at a former meeting it was stated that the borrowing powers of the company had been exceeded by £500,000 ; they were now strictly within their bor rowing powers, and he and his colleagues would take good care in future that the company should keep within those powers. The SOLICITOR read the heads of a bill to autho rize the company to make certain railways, and to purchase certain lands and buildings for station purposes, to alter levels of their Ramsey branch and part of one of their metropolitan branches be tween Hanger-lane and West-Green-road. A SHAREHOLDER suggested that if the company were paying rates above 10 per cent. to any finance company their own shareholders would be glad to lend them money at rates between 6 and 10 per cent. The CHAIRMAN said, although the present Board had inherited great difficulties from the late Board, he was happy to say they had not bad a farthing from a finance company. Since the last meeting traffic agreements had been made with the Midland and Great Northern Railway Companies which would not give one company an advantage over the other ; and he trusted the result would be mutually bene ficial. In reply to a question he stated that the share capital required for the bill would be £76,000, with usual borrowing powers. The penalty for non-com pletion of works would be £5O a day, instead of as formerly stopping their dividend until the works were completed and opened for traffic. The bill was approved. The SOLICITOR read the heads of a bill to autho rise the company to make certain railways to con nect their system with the Alexandra Palace, in the parish of Tottenham. The CHAIRMAN explained that it would form part of the company's metropolitan extensions, and he hoped it was the: last bill they would require for that purpose. The share capital would be £111,780, with the usual borrowing powers. After a strong expression by some of the share holders against subscribing any more money towards rubbishing bills, the motion approving the second bill was carried unanimously. The next was a bill to dissolve and re-incorporate the Muswell-hill Estate Company (Limited), with powers to make certain railways over their estate for giving access thereto from neighbouring railways, and to enter into arrangements for the use thereof. The bill was approved. Several bills promoted by other companies were then approved, relating to the East Norfolk, the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea, the Dagenham Dock, the Thetford and Watton, the East London Eastern Extension, the Lynn and Sutton-bridge and the Spalding and Bourn, the North. Metropolitan, the Wensum Valley, the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction, towards which the Great Eastern was to subscribe a further sum of £33,300, and the Mid land a like sum ; the South Essex to make a line to Pitsea ; and a bill for the construction of fish wharves and tramways at Great Yarmouth. Resolutions were also passed sanctioning traffic and other agreements with the Ely, Haddenham, and Sutton ; the West Norfolk ; the Saffron Wal den ; and the Wivenhoe and Brightlingsea Railway Companies. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. SOUTH-EASTERN. The gross traffic receipts on this company's line for the four weeks ending 19th of May amounted to £92,088, from which was deducted £2,586 for col lecting and delivering goods, &c., leaving £89,502. To this was added £2,198 for rents and sundries, and £4,287 for steam-packet service, making the total receipts £95,987. The expenditure, including rates, taxes, tolls, Government duty, and expenses of steam-packet service, amounted to £51,818, leaving a net sum of £44,169. The total receipts of the 15 weeks and three days ending as above amounted to £346,371, and the expenditure to £211,330, leaving a net sum of £135,041. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE'IMING, JUNE 14, 1866. The Duke of Edinburgh at Salters' Hall. Last evening the honorary freedom of the ancient Company of salters, one of the 12 principal guilds of the City, was presentedto the Duke of Edinburgh, and his royal highness was aLerwards entertained at dinner, with a distinguished company, at their cor porate hall in St. Swithin's-line. The prince, with his suite, arrived at the hall at half-past 6 o'clock, and shortly afterwards, at a Court specially convened for the purpose, his royal highness received the free dom, in pursuance of a unanimous resolution of the governing body of the company passed on March 15th, to the effect that being anxious to evince their devoted loyalty and attachment to her most graci ous Majesty the Queen and her illustrious family, and desirous also of marking their feelings of esteem for his Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert Duke of Edinburgh, they offered to his royal highness the freedom and livery of their ancient and loyal com pany. The guests who had been invited to dine with his royal highness were afterwards presented to the prince. Among them were the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Marquis Townshend, the Earl of Leven, the Earl of Verulam, the Earl of Cork, Lord Charles Russell, Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., the Bishop of Derry, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M.P., Mr. Hanbury, M.P., General Sir John Burgoyne, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral Codrington, Lieut.-Colonel Cavendish, Rear-Admiral Wellesley, Col. Erskine, Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Mr. H. L. Holland, Governor of the Bank of England; the Lord Pro vost of Edinburgh, Sir Win. Ferguson, Sir James Duke, Admiral Copeland, Mr. IL W. Eaton, M.P., Mr. Peter Northhall Laurie, Mr. Osgood Hanbury, Mr. H. S. Thornton, Mr. Alderman anti Sheriff Gibbons, Mr. R. N. Fowler, Mr. John Simon, Al derman J. Lawrence, Col. Fraser, and the Prime Wardens and Masters of the city companies. The casket in which the freedom was contained is of gold, enriched with the Royal arms, and the sup porters and arms of the companyin silver, thewhole being supported by a plinth of malachite. It is in the Italian style, oval in form, and very richly and delicately worked. It is designed and manufactured by Mr. Stephen Smith, of Duke-street, Lincoln's inn-fields (the company's silversmith), and was very greatly admired. Two enamelled shields bear the Prince's ducal coronet and cipher, and the following inscription : PRESENTED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SALTERS, LONDON, TO H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH, E.G., K.T. WITH THE FREEDOM AND LIVERY OF THE COMPANY, WEDNESDAY, 13TH JUNE, 1866. FREDERICK LE GROS CLARK, ESQ., MASTER. WILLIAM WESTON, ESQ., WARDENS. THOMAS HICKS, ESQ., The MASTER (Mr. F. Le Gros Clark), in present ing the freedom, said :—May it please your Royal Highness,—On a recent auspicious occasion the freedom of this great city was presented to your Royal Highness, and now, by a similar act of con descension, we are permitted to offer for your acceptance the freedom and livery of this loyal and ancient company. Although the chief original design of these guilds, that of mutual protection in the pursuit of special crafts and callings, is now ob solete, still one distinctive feature survives, which I am sure has the cordial sympathy of your royal highness. I refer to the shelter and assistance afforded to our suffering brethren, whom misfortune has compelled to be thus dependent, besides the dis tribution of charity through numberless other channels. I speak of these occasions as auspicious, for I cannot but view any act by which Royalty is brought into direct association with the commercial interests and municipal privileges of our common country as calculated to foster that mutual confi dence and esteem which constitute an important bulwark of our happy Constitution. In presenting you with the freedom and admitting you to the livery of this Salters' Company, I would ask your royal highness to accept at the same time an expres sion of our sincere appreciation of your condescen sion, of our devoted loyalty and warm attachment to her most gracious Majesty, and of our earnest prayers for your Royal Highness's lasting happiness and welfare. At the banquet held later in the evening, after the customary loyal toasts had been duly honoured, the Master proposed " The Health of their new member the Duke of Edinburgh," which was drank with acclamation. His ROYAL HIGHNESS, acknowledging the com pliment, said he thanked them very heartily for the manner in which they had drank his health, and for the kindly welcome they had given him. It had afforded him the greatest pleasure to receive the freedom of their ancient company, and although that was one of the last entertainments which had been so kindly given him in the city of London it was the the first to which he was invited. (Cheers.) He also thanked them kindly for the very handsome memento with which they had presented the free dom of the company, and said he should always re member with pleasure the evening he had spent with them. (Cheers.) The MASTER then gave in succession " The Houses of Lords and Commons," coupling with the first toast the name of the Marquis Townshend. Speak ing of the House of l Commons, he said he associated with the toast the name of a gentleman who for commanding eloquence, for logical acumen, for sparkling wit, and for felicity of illustration, but, above all, for a manly independence of character— (cheers)—was one of its greatest ornaments—the Right Hon. Robert Lowe. (Renewed cheers.) Mr. LOWE, on rising to respond to the compli pliment, was hailed with enthusiastic cheers. The toast, he said, was one to which any Englishman might well be proud to respond. The English House of Commons was an institution unique in the history of the world. If they would measure the benefits it had conferred on this country they must form an estimate of the present state of things, be.: cause the House of Commons had drawn to itself the greater part of the powers of Government, and in the history of the country they saw the traces of its work. They knew the happy state which on the whole the country now enjoyed, and that while all Europe was in a state of anarchy, we remained, unprovoked and unmolested, in a state of profound peace, not because we were disposed to submit to insult, but because we did wrong to none and no one was disposed to do wrong to us. We saw the work of reformation and improvement going steadily forward and the amount of public spirit and of liberty which prevailed. He thought, too, we had no reason to be ashamed of the intellectual abilities the house had displayed. (Cheers.) It was the pride of the House of Commons that its discussions were not merely listened to with interest, but were read with pleasure and with profit not only all over this kingdom, but all over the world, and that they not only formed the public opinion of this country, but tended to accelerate the progress of nations towards a higher state of civilisation. He humbly tendered them his thanks for drinking to the existing House of Commons. Of that body it was premature to say anything, for it had only been a few months in session ; but this he thought they would say of it, that it was not wanting in courage. (Laughter.) They had ad dressed them se l ves t o t h e H erc ulean task of their own improvement, and had said that, finding the house, with the consent of all men, a good and excellent institution, they would so deal with it as to leave it good and excellent. —that finding it en titled to the admiration of the world they would make it more entitled to its admiration. (A laugh.) If they succeeded in the task, they would not only be entitled to the gratitude of the country, but he would say to the admiration and astonishment of all nations. (Laughter.) But there was another view of the question. Let us hope we might not leave the inherita nce t o our posterity worse than we found it, but let us, in such changes as we might think it necessary to introduce, take care not lose the substance. He thanked them for the honour they had done to the popular branch of the Legislature, and if it should become more popular he hoped it would not cease to be what he believed it was at present —a faithful representation of the feelings, wishes, and aspirations of the British people. (Loud c h eers .) The Duke of Edi n b urg h, w ith his suite, took his departure shortly after 10 o'clock. Balloon Ascent for Scientific Purposes. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —During the series of experiments by means of balloons, for the British Association, none had been made in the month of May. It was therefore necessary, if possible, to secure a series. H. E. Westcar, Esq., of the Royal Horse Guards, kindly offered the use of his balloon, he undertaking the management of the ascent, in order to leave me as free as possible for observing. The balloon left Windsor at 6.14 p.m., the tem perature of the air at the time being 58 deg., and 58 deg. 5 min. at Greenwich Observatory. The tem perature at once declined, and was 35 deg at 7 hours 4 min., at the height of one mile, and at Green wich it was at this time 56 deg. 9 min; at 7 hours 18 min., at the height of 6,100 feet, the temperature was 29i deg., and at Greenwich 56 deg. On turning to descend the temperature increased, and was 32 deg. at the height of one mile, being about 3 deg. less than at the same elevation 20 minutes before. The temperature then steadily in creased to 54 deg. at 8 hours 8 min., at the height of 300 feet above the sea level, but much less than that above the ground, but also about 3 deg. less than at the same elevation on descending. Shortly before this the sun had set, and we now discharged ballast freely, and should have seen the sun again had not clouds collected. The temperature again declined on ascending, but less rapidly than before ; at the height of one mile the temperature was 38 deg., and at 6,200 feet was 341 deg., being 5 deg. higher than at the same height before sunset. At Greenwich at this time (8 hours 22 min.) the temperature was 54f deg. On descending the temperature increased to 54 deg. at the height of 900 feet above the sea, at 600 feet it was 52 deg. 7 min., and on the ground, but still at the height of 300 feet above the sea, it was 501 deg. At Greenwich at this time it was 52 deg. At Greenwich the air was dry, with three grains of water in a cubic foot, but at Windsor, near the level of the Thames, it was damp with 41 grains of moisture in a cubic foot. On ascending the air at first became drier, but at the height of one mile was saturated, and very nearly saturated at the same height after sunset. At this height there was a sensible moisture, both before and after sunset. At all times during the ascent, whether the sun shone upon either a plane transparaent bulb or a dull blackened bulb thermometer, the reading was very little in excess of the shaded bulb, and was generally the same even when the sun felt sensibly warm to ourselves. This double ascent—the one before and the other after sunset--necessarily kept us in the air for an hour and a half after the sun had set, and when we came to the ground at 9.30, near South Bognor, there was no one near to assist. We therefore pro ceeded to pack the balloon ourselves, and prepared to pass the night in the car. After some time, how ever, William Townsend, a shepherd, came to attend some sheep, and we ultimately left the balloon in the field, and passed the remainder of the night in his cottage, at about half a mile distant. The two ascents—the one before and the other after sunset—are unique, and, the results being directly comparable, are very valuable. They con firm the fact of a nocturnal rising temperature. The safety lamp was burning all the time, thus enabling me to read the instruments after dark. I believe this to be the first ascent for scientific pur poses since that of Messrs. Biot and Gay Lussac in 1804, in which the management of the balloon was undertaken by the experimentalists themselves. The path of the balloon was at first over Windsor Great Park, or nearly due south, then a little east of south, nearly over Woking at 7.43 ; west of Guildford at 8.2, moving at the time a little west of south, so over Petworth to Mr. Tickner's farm about five miles from Pulborough at half-past nine. At heights exceeding 2,000 feet the direction of the wind was N. by W. ; at the height of one mile the air was nearly calm, and at elevations below 2,000 feet the direction of the wind was N. by E. At Greenwich the direction was throughout N. by E., and the anemometer registered 35 miles in the 31 hours we were in the balloon. My attention was wholly directed to the instru ments ; Mr. Westcar's mostly to the balloon, fre quently, however, reading the several instruments, particularly those with their bulbs exposed to the sun, and he also noted many things on the earth which I could not, and which I hope he will describe himself. No instrument was injured in the descent. —I am, sir, yours, &c., Blackheath, June 13, 1866. JAMES GLAISIIER. Naval and Military Intelligence. The Pearl, screw corvette, 400-horse power, Cap tain Ross, made her official trial of speed over the measured mile in Stokes Bay, Portsmouth, on Tues day morning, previously to sailing on foreign ser vice. The ship was complete in all her stores for sea, with 260 tons of coal in her bunkers, and drew 16ft. 9in. of water forward and 20ft. sin. aft. The principal results were as follows :—Six runs with full boiler power-11.380, 10.526, 12.162, 9.625, 12.543, and 9.426 knots ; mean speed of the ship with full boiler power, 10.856 knots ; steam pres sure in boilers, 211 b.; vacuum, 24in. and 25in. The maximum number of the engines' revolutions was 57, and the minimum number 56. The total num ber made throughout the six runs was 1,868. Two runs made with half-boiler power gave respectively 10465 and 8.413 knots ; the mean speed being 9.439. In testing the turning powers of the ship by circling to starboard and port the half circles were made in respectively 2min. 25sec., 2min. 38sec., 2min. 45sec., and 2min. 39sec. ; the full circle being completed in smin. 37sec., smin. Bsec., smin. 35sec., and smin. 40sec. The Pearl, at the close of her trial, was again anchored at Spithead, where she was afterwards inspected by the Port-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief, Sir Thomas Pasley. Letters received from her Majesty's ship Sala mander, Commander G. W. S. Wares, dated at sea, April 1, state that the ship was then on her way to the extreme north of the Australian coast to make a survey there of a bay and a portion of the adjacent cost-line. All were well on board. The Severn, 35, screw frigate, 2,767 tons, 500- horse power, Commodore:Frederick B. Montesor, returned to Sheerness from the East Indies station, was on Tuesday paid out of commission by Capt. W. K. Hall, superintendent of Sheerness dockyard The paying off commenced at 7 o'clock a.m., and was concluded at 7.50 a.m., the crew consisting of 510 officers and men. The following gratuities were awarded :—James Burleigh, quartermaster, £l5 ; William Robinson, leading stoker, £lO ; George Adkin and Samuel Brass, privates in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, £5 each. The crew have been granted seven weeks' leave, and as the ship was commissioned at Plymouth, and a large number of the men belonged to that port, the paddle-wheel vessel Medusa was in readiness to take them there. A great number, however, left Sheer ness by special train immediately after being paid off. The half-yearly examination of engineers, en gineer students, and shipwright apprentices in Sheer ness dockyard was commenced on Monday morning and concluded on Tuesday by the Rev. Dr. Woolley, Director of Education to the Admiralty. There were three engineers, 40 engineer students, and 9 shipwright apprentices, who were examined in the following subjects :—Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, statics, dynamics, hydrostatics, differential and in tegral calculus, English composition, grammar, chemistry, steam, elementary physics, English his tory, and French. The depot of the 9Gth Regiment, numbering three officers, seven sergeants, four drummers, and 206 rank and file, with 33 women and children, the whole under the command of Capt. J. M. Kirk wood, left Gravesend yesterday for Colchester, having disembarked at Tilbury from the Lady Wode house steamer, which conveyed them from Dublin. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander W. H. Blake, to the Falcon, vice Owen ; Commander D. G. Davidson, to the Griffon ; Lieut. George R. Donkin, to the Dauntless ; Sub-Lieut. James H. Corfe, to the Terrible; Robert Mangle, surgeon, to the Cumber land • John J. Comerford, assist-surg., to the Griffin; William Lovely, assist. paymaster in charge, to the Griffon ; and Archibald Court, assist. pay master, to the Cumberland. ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN. The receipts on this company's railway for the third week in May amounted to £19,551, against £16,066 in the corresponding period last year, show ing an increase of £3,485, making the total receipts from the Ist of January to the 23d of May £337,184, against £275,237 for the same period of 1865, showing an increase of £61,947. RAILWAY BILLS. In the C Committee of the House of Lords, yes terday, the London and North-Western (New Lines) Bill was again heard and adjourned. In the Painted Chamber the Metropolitan (Ad ditional POwers) Bill was reported for the Queen's consent, with special amendments. In group 3 of the House of Commons, the London, Chatham, and Dover (London, Lewes, and Brighton) Bill was again heard and adjourned, In Group 14, the preamble of the Midland (Branches, &c.) Bill was proved. In Group 16, the preambles of the Swansea and Clydach, the Vale of Llangollen, Llangollen and Corwen, &c., and the Swansea Vales were proved. The preamble of the Swansea Union Bill was nega tived. In Group 17 the Vale of Neath (Transfer), the Brecon and Llandovery Junction, and the Rhymney Bills were heard and adjourned. In Group iBA, the preamble of the Caledonian (Edinburgh Station) Recommitted Bill was proved. CRYSTAL PALACE. The report of the directors states that so far the present year had been successful. Not only had there been a considerable increase in the attendance of visitors as compared with any previous year, but the season ticket receipts had materially increased over the large amount in hand at the corresponding period in 1865. It was clear that, notwithstanding the recent commercial depression and the unsettled s m ta a t t e er o ia f u ritics, the prospects of this company had improved. A small portion only of this improvement could be attributed to the opening of the new high-level railway, and the recent issue of the guinea railway season ticket of the Chatham and Dover Railway Company. The directors were of opinion that the increase in the number of visi tors was mainly due to the greater vigilance in seiz ing every opportunity of keeping the Crystal Palace prominently and favourably before the public. The directors expressed their gratification at the satis factory condition of the park and gardens, which were becoming more beautiful with each successive season. The directors strongly recommend to the proprietors that a permanent and suitable residence for the occupation of the general manager for the time being should be erected on the company's land as near as possible to the building. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—This evening the House of Commons will be invited to return to the consideration of the County Franchise. There are only two nights in the week—Mondays and Thursdays—which the Government can claim as their own, and even on tbese they are liable to be forestalled by any private member, who may move the adjournment of the house as a pretext for discussing whatever subject he thinks more important than reform. As for any fractions of the off nights, the Chancellor of the Exchequer declared, when e first brought on the Franchise Bill, that he expected no such boon, and he has not been disappointed. Subjects of great interest engross the hours given up to independent members. Fenianisin and Coal, the Reciprocity Treaty and the Danubian Principalities, Fire In surance and the National Gallery, have each its turn, and sometimes the debate has to be adjourned. Meanwhile, the Reform Bill itself lies helpless and lumbering, like the Great Northern goods train broken down in Welwyn Tunnel. Other bills which ought to be making progress have followed the track of their predecessor and been smashed against it. The Bankruptcy Bill, the Irish Land Bill, the Terminable Annuities Bill, and half a dozen more are huddled together at the back of Reform, and the engine-driver in chief, in danger behind and before, begins to suspect that it would be best to uncouple his engine from the trucks which he has not force enough to drag along, and leave them to their fate. The time has come for the Government and the House of Commons to recognise the position they are in, and to understand distinctly what each other means. The day of secret assurances has gone by. What are the facts of the present situation ? The House of Commons has gone into Committee on the Representation of the People Bill, and has ap proved as the limiting annual value of property which shall qualify occupiers as county voters ; but it has not yet decided whether the £l4 shall be £l4 of rateable or of clear annual value. That is the first point to be decided to-night, and we may ex pect to see it discussed with renewed vigour after the publication of the county electoral statistics, which appeared on Monday. When it is finally settled, and the minor question disposed of, as to whether it shall be necessary for the occupier to hold all the property which gives him his qualifica tion of one and the same landlord, the house will have to proceed to the consideration of the Occupa tion Franchise in boroughs. The points involved in the Borough Franchise question are even more numerous and intricate than those of the County Franchise. Lord Dunkellin gave notice on Tues day evening of his intention to move that rateable, and not annual letting, value be the ground of qualification. Mr. Bovill proposes the adoption of £8 instead of £7 as the limit. Mr. Walpole will recommend that the direct payment of rates by the occupier shall be maintained as a necessary con dition of qualifying as a voter. We do not dwell upon the arguments in favour of these proposals— some of which are undoubtedly of great weight —because they will all be enforced in their regular order in the House of Commons. It is sufficient now to notice such propositions as pend ing, and to remember that they by no means ex haust the amendments which will be proposed to the Franchise part of the bill. Mr. Sandford and Mr. Yorke are in favour of reducing the franchise in the larger boroughs only, differing, however, in their definition of a large borough. One member - proposes to reduce the qualification of the lodger franchise from £lO to £7, and another Liberal metropolitan representative, disregarding Mr. Glad stone's refined distinction between lodgings let with and without " the use of the kitchen fire," would make the rental of £lO sufficient, whatever items it covered. The Savings-bank Franchise is the sub ject of amendments, hostile and friendly, and as to the Dockyard men the Chancellor of the Exchequer himself now proposes to save the privileges of those who are on the register, while Mr. Charles Buxton is in favour of enfranchising all the officers of the Customs and Inland Revenue Departments who have been hitherto disqualified from becoming elec tors. On the other hand, there is a suggestion on the notice book for putting an end to the class of freemen electors, saving the rights of those who are now voters and may be said to have vested inte rests. The prospects of the Franchise portion of the bill are disheartening, but it is plain that we cannot ccnfine our attention to that portion. If one thing be more certain than another about the Reform Bill, it is the resolution of the House of Commons not to sanction incomplete proposals. The Government, recognising this resolution, have fused their two bills, and they cannot, in honour, abandon either half of the consolidated measure. The Redistribution portion is, however, in a state of helpless confusion. Mr. Gladstone declared, in the debate on Captain Hayter's amend ment, that the Government scheme of grouping was open to reconsideration, and it would seem as if every member for a borough proposed to be grouped had since taken the hint and put on the notice paper his own notions of the best plan of dealing with the borough he repre sents. The most ingenious combinations are sug gested, as may be im.:tginel when every man does what is right in his own eyes. The fervour of grouping; has even caught some members whose seats are not threatened. Sir George Stucley sits for Barnstaple, a place whose character, indeed, is sufficiently well known, but which, as its population exceeds 10,000, the most daring Reformer has not proposed to deprive of any of its privileges. Sir George, however, looks ahead, and so comes for ward himself to suggest that Bideford and Ilfra combe be added to Barnstaple. The enfranchising proposals of the Government are as much attacked as their disfranchising scheme. The plan of giving a third member to populous counties and towns will be opposed by Sir Rainald Knightley, who would subdivide counties, and by Mr. Sclater-Booth ; and, on the other hand, Mr. Walter Morrison's suggestion for cumulative voting in three-cornered constituencies has been endorsed by Mr. Lowe, who has put a similar notice on the Notice Book. Some of the towns proposed to be enfranchised repudiate the boundaries devised for them by the Government, and others which are not included in the enfran chising scheme insist that they have better claims than those which are. We think no one who is free from the disturbing influence of personal interest or feeling imagines that a Reform Bill can be pushed much further this year ; but, as it must be brought in again next session, it is worth while to examine the causes of the present failure. It cannot be denied that the Opposition has been obstructive, but its success has been rendered possible mainly through the errors of the Government. The Government have not commanded the respect of the House in dealing with Reform. They lost caste at the outset by consenting to the " dodge" recommended by Mr. Bright. The language of some of the most pro minent members of the Cabinet further impressed their hearers with the belief that they had failed to consider, much less to master, the difficulties of the question. No later than Monday night Mr. Gladstone insisted upon the fitness of the men who would be enfranchised by a £l4 rental qualifica tion, as if the character of the constituency in which they are to be enrolled could be left out of conside ration ; and the objection raised on the same occa sion against the distinction between urban and rural voters, as unknown to the Constitution, betrayed an equal misapprehension of the elements of Re form. We do not approve the sharp line of demar cation Mr. Disraeli has attempted to draw between town and country voters, but it is absurd to sup pose that all the objects of the Constitution can be found categorically stated in so many distinct pro positions in the Statute Book. It is a matter of fact that there are different classes and interests in the country, and that it is an object of Reform to secure due representation for all of them, just as they are in some sort all represented now. We are sorry to lose the opportunity of carrying a Reform - Bill now, but it is consolatory to think that if Re form lapses this session, the Government will have the recess in which to reconsider the question, and we may well hope that by next year they will have thoroughly digested it, and have prepared a coin , plete scheme which may meet - with general accep tance. HERALD.—The prospects of metropolitan art were never very brilliant, but the interesting debate which Mr. Beresford Hope raised upon them a night or two ago leaves the subject in a more forlorn condition than we have been accustomed to find it in for several years. After so many discussions and decisions it seems that everything is as little settled and undecided as ever. If there be any progress making in the debate at all it is that we may have to-morrow or the next day to redebate all that we have already discussed and reconsider all that we have already decided. We do not yet know whether the Royal Academy will house itself in Burlington house or near the South Kensington Museum. It is not yet settled whether the National Gallery shall be a new one, or an extension of what we have. And the suggestion of Mr. Hope and several of the other members is that it might be quite as well to reopen the whole subject, and on one side perhaps send the gallery into Piccadilly, and on the other reinitiate the academicians to re main where they are. In fact, the committee of taste of the house in 1866 is at issue on points of taste with the house of 1865 ; and the discussion of Friday evening may be taken as feeling the pulse of new members on the delicate question how far they may be up to the mark of a new decision on the subject. Though the members who propose this indelicate censure on their predecessor might reasonably have been asked to have ma d e out a very conclusive case, it does not appear they have any case at all. As regards the gallery, the only • so.-- -- argument for preferring Piccadilly is the fun. ►at Burlington House being already a national property might be adapted for it at a less expense than will be incurred by the erections in Charing-cross. Not, therefore, is it certain that the ultimate cost might not be equal, or if unequal that the difference may not be compensated by the superiority of site. ;t tb Archaeological Association. Yesterday evening the last meeting of the session of the members of this association was held in their rooms in Sackville-street--Mr. J. Wright in the chair. Mr. Overall brought before the notice of the meeting an enormous earthen jar, discovered at 3 depth of 10ft. from the surface in Old Broad-street, City, and now preserved in the Guildhall Oral. It is three feet high and nine feet in circumference, and was found under a house that was 200 Year n , old. It has four loop handles on the shoulder, and Mr. Cuming produced a Chinese jar with the sole number of handles similarly placed, but expressed his belief that the Broad-street jar came from Spain' and had been used for the exportation of fruit. Mr. SYEII C UMING read a paper on " Hand aut lets," tracing the use of this peculiar talisman from a remote period down to the present day. Its earliest use was traced to Egypt, and the paper was inns" trated by the exhibition of examples discovered in tombs at Thebes, among which were a clenche d , hand of gilded terracotta, an extended one ca rve° , in bone, and conjoined fingers of stone and colo ured glass. Little hands of blue glass worn by the Mah n ; medans were exhibited, and mention was mad e e ; the practice of wearing round the neck a well-drie u finger, cut from the corpse of a Jew or a Christian' as a cure for the ague. The " hand of glory,"_ , the potent talisman of ancient burglars, was described, and Mr. Cuming then proceeded to notic e the amulets of Europe, of which several examples wer e produced, one of which was found in the cave of tbe Sybil at Cumx ; and another, a splendid one of rock crystal, from the collection of Lord Boston. Mr. E. RORERTS described a number of gra nd plans of Finchale Priory, near Durham, explaining the several parts of the conventual establishment' and he produced from the Coming collection a sto ne that formedpart of the capital of one of the columns' Mr. Gordon Hills and the Rev. Mackenzie WBl - also stated their opinion respecting the coniew tual arrangements, and the latter pointed out many resemblances between Finchale Priory and We s minster Abbey. shor t The Rev. MACKENZIE WALCOT also read a but interesting notice, contributed by Canon 1 181 : 1 ; greaves of Peterborough, of the Church of Ba ldeu :o the tower of which, hesaid, was one of the firsts towers of any church built in England, and sv .; constructed to imitate wood, of which materia l they had previously been made. ree Mr. J. T. Irvine transmitted an account of se monumental effigies found in Cerne Abbey, Pe re , e ero shire, of which there are but few remains ; an d tL ' ni were suspended round the room some rubbing Irnisa remarkable brasses in Essex, contributed by Hartshorne, which were explained by Mr. Reh e , i ii The CHAIRMAN, in adjourning the meeting of N ovember, announced that the annual congrd the association will be held at Hastings at the en of August. COUNTRY MARKETS. NE WCAS TLE-ON-T YNE—TUESDAY. mat At our market to-day there was a small supply of fro from the growers and coastwise, but a good arrival ,00, abroad. A good demand was experienced, and 8 ' ad business was dine in both English and foreign, at nn vance of fully is per qr on the rates of this'claY 00 . Barley more inquired after at late prices. Malt Was i , ea as Oats were the turn dearer, with a good clearance. L os er. and peas were unchanged. Flour was is per sack ;',.`1 1 00 The average prices of British grain for the wee'nr, been—wheat, 49s 9d ; oats, 29s 7d ; barley, — s Per MONMOUTHSHIRE—TUESDAY. I With The attendance at the various markets was goo. , the an average supply of home-grown wheat, for which farmers asked mere money. Foreign firm. nt red, The following are the average quotations: — w 3cl; 5s 6d to 5s 9d per bushel ; inferior ditto, 5 s O d to u'i.io(lA white, 6s to Gs 3d ; malting barley, 38s to 42s per (IT; g 269; ing ditto, 27s to 325 . ; beans, 44s ; white oats, 24 s nd to black ditto, 23s Gd to 24s dd. LYNN—TUESDAY. .0 The supply of wheat was moderate, and ther e if ' fair demand, at the full rates of last week. Tho of barley was very short and the demand middling, at 'Lot late rates. Oats at extreme rates. Beans were in 1 3 `" of sers. 110' New lle wheat, 42s to 46s ; new red, 41s to 445; old,vr.c. for Ms to 53s ; old red, 49s to Ms per 3 6 stone. Bo le e ct, malting, 37s to 40s ; secondary, 33s to 35 5. Oats,olleas, 24s to 2is per 24 stone. Beans, small, 43s to 465. 36s to 40s per 28 stone. SALISBURY.—T UESDAY. „ so d fro 9l The followin„o- are the quotations :—Wheat rea o 403 38s to 52s ; barley, 35s to 42s 22s to 32s • bea ° ' Tg • oats , 7 to to 525; and peas, 42s to 50s Per qr. Tares, from 6 ' 12d. 6d per bushel ; Best bread, 1.3 d ; household ditto, per 81 loaf. Flour, 34s to 38s per sack. ULL.—T UESDAY English old white 11 wheat, 52s to 54s ;. old red, 485 ' ° o to ' ss• Barley, English, 36s to 375. Oats, Russian, 24s ~.0 403 Beans, new English, 43s to 445. -Peas, English Do' ' to 41s Od ; grinding, 40s to 41s Od per 36 stone. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. „. J. s. d. 1 7 Walls End Hetton lB 6 West Hartley .........11 3 Hutton Lyons 16 6 Kepier Grange......:: 1/ 9 6 Walls End Haswell 18 6 Cassop_ .. 6 0 - Braddyell's Hetton 17 9 Pen§her ••• 1 - South Hetton Tees Southee u l 1 g o h e K H . 0 . •• 1 8 ! 0 06 ' Harton Fraraviellgate l6 9 South Hartlepool ...... Ships at market, 39 ; sold, 35. ",jlt9,„ °l [ADVERTISEMENT.] -That the fearful annual tan r v" a y v"' 61,0 0 young children and delicate persons of all agticiacs• arrested, if, instead of flying blindly to pills and 01 7,,,5e which, though apparently relieving the patient, '; e offir reality no other tendency than that of increasing udoos4 and with it the dangor of life, we were simplY t ° B , t „. u e Dle, B to increase the vital force by imparting new and In e trow vpon which the harmonious development of the Wh o , o I; depends, has been successfully proved by Du Bar r / od lids' and Infants' Food, the Revalenta Arabic% 00 10/I t thousands of cures annually. It yields three times 1 10 4 1 0 easily assimilated nourishment as the best nte at a ' r, A pt i children it is the best substitute for human Routh, physician to the Samaritan Hospital for v , y i " Children-the best authority on such matters -in li 4fe able publication on Food, says-Amongst the vegew• sitfu, stances, th,it which comes closest to milk in its cortP:d, Hof is, without doubt, Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica F7oryle eb t aining both phosphoric acid in abundance a nd cb' e Rbi potassium ; it also includes casein, the same prin ei e , O re ; is found in milk in its constituent parts. No wondted fore, that under its influence many children ai l A ec deb i itr t atrophy (wasting away of the body), and m ark e grely have completely recovered. I have given it with irofn m i 4 i advantage in such cases ; and se far as I malin cl ,, own experience, practice fully carries out wrllpote;ps from a knowledge of its composition, led us to an2'2o, 2oa, In tins, 11b, 2s 9d ; 21b, 4s 6d ; 51b, 11 $ ; 12113%. 140dt; 10s.-Barry Du Barry and Co., No. 7 7 , Regent-street live, also Phillips, tea dealers, King William-stre e t op ags ai at 61, Gracechurch-street ;4, Cheapside ; 49, $01• 11 0, street Within ; 63, 150, and 298, Oxford-street ; u ad; , 0 0 54, Upper Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-co , r t ; i o ; Oa, Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Nottin..- eroce, Brothers, 65, High-street ; and Stubbs , Queell o3 01 0 John's-wood, London; and all respectable grc er° whim-Beware of spurious imitations. Births. ,1,0 0 11 CROW-On the 12th inst. at at Field House, - f Otlla Sussex, the wife of James B. Crow, Esq., ° f ie' Kent, of a son. NORTON -On the 12th inst., at Lichfield Ilollsof 00' o park, Syderthaso, the wife of J. Norton, Bscl -I ,_„ o aces TURNER-On the 12th inst., at 22, Ilamilton a ter.,o John's-wood, the wife of H. J. Turner, a a aino„ RivAz-On the 12th inst., at 4, Shrewsbury-roach wife of V. C. do Rivaz, Esq., of a son. Marriages. nor ore p3i ll BunNIEY-Row}-On the 9th inst., at St , t° 1" lin, Hardin Burnley, Esq., 6 th Dragoon (xtr,„,.;:of Isadore, oldest daughter of John Itorre, aer eD ' cross, D.L„ county Wexford. at 1411 . - tatif cls ' NAr lER-BuDDICOM- On the 12th inSils_,oo Flintshire, Edward Napier Captain fitil v o r ' d lods , son of Major the Hon. C. Napier, of 13. v ton, to Martho Louise, eldest daughter com, Esq., of Penbedw Hall, Flintshire. . V 044 Deaths. „ w ale, BENDLE-On the 12th inst., at Carlisle, Re r bt , '„ - ' n . e d 7 4 . solicitor, and Treasurer of County Cou lorgo,Strv- GitLSWORTHY-On the 12th inst., at 52, _ u _ o d 75- f ol.' Portman-square, Silas Galswolmtheyie, 0 17 , ' sh : i b ir e : r il r es : ILiscocK -On the 12th inst., at 12, Deed 6 5 r ot' • po j loway, N., Charles Hancock, Escl , a g , 2 05 0 PAUL-On the 11th inst., a Es o ' vmuayr,ea, aged 82. General Thomas 11 11::: , : ey., th SMITH-On the 10th inst., at Walt .„ 7 4, Rev. G. Smith, D.D., of Edinburgh-, _gy r . p rose, $ l 9 SMITH-Oneap a ged 63. 0 , l ;5. ton,R t . TWINE-On the 9th inst., Mrs. Twine, I London/ 9'ge keith, widow of the late W. Twine , 0 , 6 ,0, N 1 h s e m l i t2ht,hEisqn „ a t Shaftesbu-y be, London .: Strand, in the Precinct of the 1.T637 Middlegea.-Thursday, Jtule 14, 1° 112, Pri n S te t d ra an n Strand, PublishedPliater, -s.tby-TV411:;:11`1:311:010:ti Ct