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(1. ~ 20 0 ~ 19 9 ~ 19 3 ~ 19 6 ~ 19 3 ~ 18 0 .. 19 3 18 9 18 0 18 3 1 18 0 18 6 Beau- as not a ;ounty is •s in tho , nly four Pills.-- ng down ;3, when reatened, 3 healing giving d to this. )st angry swelling) )oth pain personal he use of legs, en- care, the) uards, of the wife uare, tho s . Robert Chester+ eet, Pim a. Chick, )ornival!- Frederic Torquay, ienrY 6t* 17 wen. sterskiret .r. Adara ,dmirall Watford/ Change- • Da NO I'l ;owity e--mac KINATIAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. 'g ode :rated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest ERRNCII BRANDY, Puiv, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Bold Indlottles, 3e. &1., at the Retail Douses in London; by ste Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale 8. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Rinahan'iLL Whisky." MARSEILLES EXTENSION RAILWAY and LAND COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under " The Companies Act of 1862." Capital £lOO,OOO, in 20,000 Shares of £2O each, 7 ,000 of which have already been subscribed for in England anci France. 3,000 will be reserved for issue as Paid-up Shares. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum is guaran teed to be paid by the Contractors on the capital called up during the construction of the works. X 1 per Share to be paid on Application, and £4 on Allot ment. Future calls not to exceed £5 per Share, nor to be made at intervals of less than throe months. DIRECTORS. LONDON. William Lee, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and County Bank. James Childs, Esq., Roehampton, Director of the East London Railway Company. Charles. E. Newbon, Esq., Director of the General Irri gration Company of France. The Hon. A. C. Hobart, Berkeley-square, Director of the Russian Iron Works Company. Hugh H. L. A.stley, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Director of the City Offices Company. J. Pennington Legh, Esq., Brighton, and linutsford, Cheshire. Clarence I. Collier, Esq., Norfolk-street, Park-lane. PARIS. M. Le Comte Clary, Senateur, Rue d'Aumale. M. Jules Talabot, Boulevard des Italiens. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Nowbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane, Lombard street. BANKERS. The imperial Bank, Lothbury. BROKERS. Messrs. Robins, Barber, and Dailey, Threadneedle-street. ENGINEER. Geo. Berkley,. Esq., 24, Great George-street, Westminster. - SECRETARY (PUO H. P. Ilakewill, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 4A, Alderman's-walk, New Broad-street. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The objects of the company are, first, to construct a rail- Way, about nine miles in length , from the " Old Port" of Marseilles to Podestat, to afford increased facilities for the commerce and manufaCtures of the town and port ; secondly, to acquire land on both sides of the line throughout its length for building and other purposes, to which great vialue will be given by the construction of the railway. The reputation of Marseilles as the first maritime city of France is well known, second only to Paris in population and wealth ; its position and capabilities give it the com mand of French commerce in the Mediterranean. Within the last ten years Marseilles has been placed in direct railway communication with Paris and all parts of France. Magnificent docks and warehouses havebeen con structed; but great and rapid as those new works have been they are still far behind the requirements of its ever-in creasing trade. The old quarters of the town are being demolished to make room for handsome streetsandpublic buildings. The Population thus displaced are driven to the suburbs, more especially towards the south, where the lands of the Corn pany are situate. The proposed railway, after leaving the port and town of 300,000 inhabitants, will pass through the southern suburb, which contains a population of 50,000, and follow the v a ll e y t o th e sea , at the "Madrague de Montredon," from thence it will be continued for three miles along the coast to Podestat, affording sitesfor the erection of factories, With access to the sea, and direct railway communication with the town and port, and with the Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean lines, by a junction with the proposed new branch of the latter to the " Place Castellano." The Company have contracted for the purchase of about 1,200,000 square metres of land (about 300 English acres) Situate on both sides of the pro . s sed railway, between the town and the " Madrague de ontredon ;" 140,099etres of which will be required for the construction or - the line and stations, leaving 1,060,000 metres to be sold for the erection of first-class residences. It has been estimated that on the completion of the rail way the whole of this land will be readily sold at the price of at least 20 francs per metre, at which rate it will produce 2 1,200,000 francs, or .0348,000. The Company have also contracted for the purchase of a very large tract of ground beyond the "Madrague de Mon tredon," through which the railway will pass to Podestat. The average cash cost to the Company of the land above referred to is only sff. per metre, including the houses already built thereon, and including also upwards of 10,000,000 metres of land (about 2,500 acres) on the coast lino for three miles beyond the proposed terminus at Podestat, which will thus be acquired by the Company !Yee of cost, and which will be made available at some future time by an extension of the railway and the forma tion of roads. 1 Prospectus and Forms of Applications for Shares may be bad of the Secretary, at the offices, of the Com pany, or of the Bankers, Brokers, and Solicitors ; but no application will be entertained unless the deposit of £1 for share on the number applied for has been duly paid to liLsompany's bankers. In the e vent of no allotment being in, to the applicant, the deposit will be promptly returned in full. THE MARSEILLES EXTENSION RAIL WAYA_ AND LAND COMPANY (Limited). The SHARE LIST of this Company will be CLOSED for London on SATURDAY NEXT, the sth inst., and for the Country on MONDAY NEXT, the 7th inst. H. P. HAKEWILL, Secretary. August 1, 1865. A CCIDENTAL and MARINE INSURANCE CORPORATION (Limited). To be Incorporated under " The Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his Shares. Capital £2,000,000, in 80,000 Shares of £25 each. First Issue, 40,000 Shares. £1 per Share to be paid on Application, and £4 on Allot ment. No further Call is contemplated. DIRECTORS. Stephen Cave, Esq. (Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Cave, and Cave), Threadneedle-street. Alfred Smee, Esq., F.R.S., Chairman of the Accidental Death Insurance Company. J• G. B. Lawrell, Esq., .. S. Kennedy Esq Directors of the Accidental E. -Ndward Death Insurance Company. William Tabor, Esq., Chairman of the Gresham Life Assurance Society, and Director of the Imperial Bank (Limited). Geo. Lowe, Esq., C.E., Directors of the Gresham George . Tyler, Esq., r Life Assurance Society. n Fredeck Doulton, Esq., M.P., Metropolitan Board of Works. George Smith, Esq. (Messrs. George Smith and Co.), 86, Tower-street. J. G. Tollemache Sinclair, Esq., The Mount, Upper Nor wood, and Thurso Castle, N.B. BANKERS. London and County Bank, and all its Branches. Messrs. Prescott, Grote, Cave, and Cave, Threadneedle street. The Consolidated Bank, Manchester. The Bank of Liverpool, and Messrs. Barred and Co, (limited), Liverpooli__ SOLICITOR. F. P. Chappell, Esq., 26, Golden-square. S. Messrs. Mullen, Marshall, ) R andbo., 3, Lombard-street. SECRETARY. John White Oram. HEAD OFFICE-7, Bank-buildings. MARINE DEPARTMENT-2 1 , Threadneedle-street. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed to take over tho busi ness of the Accidental Death Insurance Company—the existing constitution and capital of which are now found to be inconvenient and inadequate to its recently largely extended operations. That Company (empowered by special Acts of Parlia ment, 15 Vic., c. 56, and 22 and 23 Vic., c. 22) was founded in 1849, with a nominal capital of X 250,000, in 50,000 shares of £5 each, of which 20,000 have been issued. The following statement, embracing the amount of Premiums since the commencement of the Company, shows tho pro gressive and steadily increasing nature of its operations:— Date ............................. Signature .................... By order, J. W. GRAM, SecreturY , 7 ) Back - buildingB, Loudon, July 28,1865. THE ACCIDENTAL BRANCH. 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 The accounts of the recently formed Marine Insurance Companies, w hich have exhibited goo d dividends and she wa prospects of great value, leave no doubt on the minds of the Directors that at any rate equal success will attend the efforts of the Corporation in this direction. The B ervices of a gentleman of experience have been secured as Underwriter. The extensive machinery of agents (of which there are between 4,000 and 5,000) is in full work, and is of great value —indeed the directors confid en tly believe that all t r hat is required to secure a rapid in crease in the existing business is a proper adaptation of modern requirements as regards capital and position. . Applications for Shares, accompanied by a remittance 'or the A „. ( ,--- s i , pu L., may be made to the Bankers, Brokers, and to the Secretary at the Chief Office, on the accompanying form. ACCIDENTAL AND MARINE INSURANCE CORPORATION (Limited). FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES (To be retained by the Bankers.) To the Directors of the Accidental Marine Insurance Cor poration (Limited), 7, Bank-buildings, E.C. Gentleifien,— Raving paid to your Bankers the sum of , being a deposit of £1 per Share on Shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you 'i l l allot me that number ; and I agree to accept such to or any less number you may allot to me, and I agree ' 9 Pay the sum of £4 per Share on allotment ; and I au thorise you to insert my name on the Register of Members for the number of Shares allotted to me. Name in full Address Profession ACCIDENTAL and MARINE INSURANCE CORPORATION (Limited). co llo further APPLICATIONS for S HARES in this TPallY will be received after TH URSDAY NEXT, the Ca°l August, for London, and FRID AY, the 4th, for the untry. t THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1865. N°. 22,813 T HE MASSA CARRARA MARBLE CO:IPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the LTST of APPLI CATIONS for SHARES in this Company will be REPT OPEN until THURSDAY NEX V, the 3d of August. By order, JOHN LLOYD, Secretary and Manager. Offices, 33, King,-street, Cl,e4ps'lle, July 31, 1865. • NEW NOVEL, EDITED BY THE AUTHOR OF "MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS." Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole T HE PEMBERTON FAMILY. Edited by The Author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Cattle Plague. mitted. Of the 931 under his charge the Roman Catholic chaplain says :—" Many, I may say most of them, have been committed several times since January. I have frequently found women of this class who have been in gaol 30, 40, 50, and even 60 times, yet they were not more than 26 or 27 years of age." At Manchester there is no Roman Catholic or Dissenting chaplain, bUE "'prisoners who do not be long to the Established ChurCh are visited by a minister of their own denomination when they de sire it." At Preston, " a Roman Catholic minister has lately been appointed ; all other denomina tions," says the inspector, " accept the ministra tions of the Church of England chaplain." At the Salford House of Correction there is a Church of England chaplain, and " prisoners who do not be long to the Established Church see a minister of their own persuasion when they wish to do so." From Lincoln county gaol the report is that " No special provision is made for the instruction of pri soners who do not belong to the Established Church ; but those prisoners who desire it are allowed to see a minister of their own persuasion." At the city gaol of Lincoln it is reported that pri soners who are not members of the Established Church seldom avail themselves of the permission to see a minister of their own denomination. A very similar account is given of the state of things at Berwick-on-Tweed :—" Ministers of all denomina tions have free access to the prisoners of their own persuasion ; but, with the exception of occasional visits from the Roman Catholic priest, they do not avail themselves of the rule on this subject." • Yesterday evening a meeting of the metropolitan cow keepers was convened by Mr. T. P. Dexter, chairman of the London Cowkeepers' Association, at the Marylebone Institution, Edward-street, Portman-square, to consider what measures should be adopted with reference to the prevailing malady which has been recently imported into London. The meeting took place at 8 o'clock, and there was a highly respectable attendance of about 250. WHAT A STUPID FELLOW YOU ARE to bite off the end of your Cigar. when you can buy one of " BUTCH ER'S PATENT KEY-RING CIGAR NIPPERS" for a Penny. S,AI everywhere. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vote.. LIFE : Its Nature, Varieties, and Phenomena. By LSO R. 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 6s. 6d. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful b t he n•utifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, an source long afterwards, we may rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea sant memories." —Sun. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. The principal feature in the evening's proceedings was a clover and interesting address delivered by Professor Gamgee late of Edinburgh, now head of the new Veterinary College at Chelsea. Ho spoke fluently at considerable length, and subsequently answered various questions that were put to him throughout the evening. Ho described the disease as a catarrhal affection, producing iu the blood an impurity which had a tendency to work itself outward in every direction, and any exhalation, even thmugh the pores of the skin, of an animal . affected with the iiague was, he said, highly in fectious. This disease the vast majority of cases, incurable. An animal attacked by it might succumb in two or three days, or might last a week or more ; but he was generally doomed from the outset. The origin of the plague was infected foreign cattle brought to Islington Cattle market. Sound cattle coming in contact with them then caught the malady, and in their turn transmitted it to others, so that it was spreading in a rapidly widening circle. It had been but just a month in this country, yet even in that short time he.galculated that nearly 2,000 cattle must have suffered. It *as much to be regretted that prompt measures for its medication were not taken on its first appearance. He shed how, though we had anti dotes for mineral, we had none for animal poisons of the. blood, and therefore it was rather to prevention than to cure that attention should be ateected in caseslike that under dis-_ cussion. All beasts that were evidently affected should bo killed, or, at least, at once and effectually separated from all healthy animals. The Professor explained to the meeting that in similar cases in France, Austria, Prussia, and else where on the continent immediate steps were taken by Go vernment to surround, isolate, and extinguish the infliction in each locality in which it appeared—if possible before it had time to spread. There were veterinary inspectors, on whose reports diseased beasts were slaughtered, and their owners indemnified by Government. The British Govern ment had no acts of Parliament which enabled them to adopt the same measures ; but, even if they had, he doubted whether our English way of " helping ourselves" was not the best in most cases of difficulty. He compared the cattle plague to the cotton famine, which he said, it might quite equal in its magnitude as a national calamity. He feared that many thousands of cattle would be lost, and he thought the country should come forward for its own and the cattle-owners' sakes, as it did for the Lancashire people. - He went on to show that although the cattle plague was not contagious to human beings, yet that in directly it might produce typhus and other fevers and diseases, because, after a lengthened period of bad or in sufficient food in any country, the people of that country were sure to suffer in health. There was no cattle disease better known than this. So far from being new, it had existed for centuries. In 1747 thousands of cattle perished, or were destroyed, the Government compensating their owners. This, however, had to be discontinued on account of the numerous frauds committed. Mr. Gamgee alluded next to the sheep smallpox in North Wiltshire in 1862. He showed how, as long as farmers concealed the illness of their sheep, the disease spread with great rapidity ; but when they subscribed to pay for the destruction of all that were diseased, and thus encouraged each other to speak the truth, the sheep smallpox was put an end to in three weeks. It would be more difficult to bring the cattle plague to a termination, but the same course was the proper one to pursue. The cow-owners should put their shoulders to the wheel at once, form a provisional com mittee, and take steps to carry out the most advisable measures. He said he had a staff of clover men about him in the new college which was to be opened at Chelsea next week, and that they would all give their services gratuitously to the sufferers in the present emergency. An elderly man—a cowkeeper—was in favour of direct and immediate Government interference. But it was objected that visiting inspectors would carry the contagion from shed to shed in their clothes. This was denied by Mr. Gamgee, who instanced the little fear we had of our medi cal mon, though they went all day long among patients having all sorts of ailments. A veterinary surgeon f rom Northampton advocated homce opathic treatment for the cattle disease, and spoke of the success of Mr. Lord, principal veterinary surgeon at Canter bury cavalry depot, in:the application of that treatment to a disease in horses, which he said resembled the cattle plague. A gentleman said the magistrates were holding extra :tensing days, so that new cattle sheds might be at once VIUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incirporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), i 4, itIJ3S - ELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security, in sums of £2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over one, two, or three years. The large C vital of this Associa tion enables it to complete Its transactions without delay. No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observe 1. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent tree on receipt of a directed stamped envelop 3. The Associ ition also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the bbrrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. Cloth, price 2s. 6d., AHANDBOOK for the MAN of BUSINESS, applicable to ail Departments of Commercial Engage- menu. - - London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, B.C. R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY. will appear in their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William Brough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. Alter which. Mr. John Parry will give a few Memoranda from his Musi cal Note Book, entitled "RECOLLECTIONS," vocal and instrumentaL Every Evening', except Saturday, at 8. A MORNING REPRESENTATION every Wednesday and Saturday, at 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA TION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, la. and Is. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, ss. Stalls may be secured (without lee) in advance at the Gallery. Extra cloth, price 55.. CEPTICISM AND SPIRITUALISM. The experiences of a Sceptic. By the Authoress of " AURELIA." London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. SELF-INSTRUCTION IN SPELLING. THE ~ ESSENTIALS OF SPELLING is admirably adapted to aid adults whose early education has been neglected. in mastering the difficulties of English Orthography, without a teacher. Sent post free for 12 stamps. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. At the Nottingham borough gaol there is no special provision for prisoners not of the Established Church, but " they willingly attend the services in chapel, and receive instructions from the chaplain, although they are aware that they may see a minis ter of their own denomination if they wish it." In the county gaol of Staffordshire the Roman Catholic priest visits prisoners of that denomina tion, and performs service in the school-room on Friday. Other prisoners may also see a minister of their own religious persuasion when they desire it. A Roman Catholic minister has been appointed for the county gaol of Wakefield to attend prisoners of that denomination, and the chapel in the old prison has been fitted up for their religious services. The reports from the Scottish prisons nearly all state that prisoners not members of the Established Church are allowed to see their own ministers if they wish it. No special provision appears in any case to be made for their instruction. The chaplain of Stirling prison says :—" I cannot recollect one instance in which a prisoner objected to receive my counsel on the ground that I was of a different per suasion from himself." licensed for the separation of diseased animals. A Wiltshire sheep farmer corroborated all that Mr. Gam gee had said about the sheep small-pox, and the favourable results that followed the course taken, and strenuously re commended openness and above-board dealing among the cattle-owners. One of the vice-presidents of the new veterinary college spoke warmly in favour of Professor Gamgee, who he said was not a Scotchmau, but an Englishman, and much better here than in Edinburgh. lie also prdtnised every assistance that he and his fellow founders of the new college could give, and offered their office at 48, Pall-mall, for the use of the provisional committee. They will hold a meeting there to-morrow. A cordial vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, Mr. Dexter, and the meeting broko up at about half-past 10 o'clock. !..4111-21v7;:11N477.,...\'':11,91i1("'. . . , . • -• . • ; . 1 s „ op , tit+ . AO 1 3 N.- 'ld \ DIE t 't:' it•datt aferido 4 t 4 ' 5 "Nr - -4.- 4' PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. of 90 tons. All the massive rods which form its outside covering are carefully galvanised,io protect them from the rust which so soon consumes the stoutest iron wire when laid in shallow seas. This portion of the line was manufactured by Mr. Hen ley, the maker of the Persian Gulf cable. Mr. Henley himself, as one of the mos t exper i enced cable-layers; volunteered his aid at Foilhommerun Bay, and gave most efficient assistance in submerg ing this ponderous rope from Valentia out to sea. The Armenian Bookworm. O n Wednesday last, writes the Paris correspondent of the Times, were borne from the church of St. Eugene, in the Rue du Conservatoire, to their last resting-place, the remains of a man who for nearly 40 years had been one of the notables of that por tion of the Parisian population who inhabit the Faubourg Poissonniere, or who frequent the Biblio theque Imperiale in the Rue Richelieu. I allude to the Armenian, Kasangian, commonly called the " Armenien de la Bibliotheque, who had been for so long the constant visitor to that treasury of learn ing that he came to be considered as one of its fixtures. Librarians, attendants, porters, as well as habitues, were in consternation when, on mis sing him from his familiar place in the reading room, they were told that he was no more ; for they had seemed to regard him as almost exempt from the law of mortality. His age could only be guessed at. Persons who have hardly missed a day at the library for 30 years affirm that the Armenian looked as old when they first knew him as he did up to the last moment. The punc tuality of his attendance in the library was some what wonderful. It was even said that when the timepieces of the establishment got out of order they were regulated on his appearance. It is certain that the last stroke of 10 still rung in the ears when his well-known person was seen at the entrance. He was tall, lank, narrow chested, with thin legs, terminating in feet of pro digious size. His neck was long as a crane's, scraggy, and always bare. He had a horror of neckcloths of every description, and he had for years tried to induce the employes of the establish ment, with whom he was a great favourite, to dis card their cravats. His features were long, ema ciated, and pale, though it is not known that he was ever seriously ill. His costume consisted of a loose black stuff robe, like a dressing gown, with wide sleeves, open in front, and reaching half-way be low his knees, a vest and pantaloons made in the Turkish fashion, and bound round at the waist with a sash. His headdress used to be a little green calotte, like that worn by the clergy ; to this, however, he lately added a hat made of black stuff. When passing before the office where the walking-canes and umbrellas are deposited, he mechanically nodded his head to the left by way of salute, and to the porte r 's lodge on the right, whether there was any one there or not. He then strode on to the fountain in the court, which the hospitality of the establishment keeps always supplied for the thirsty, who refresh themselves by means of a tin goblet fastened by a chain. If the sun shone brightly he would stand for a few minutes to warm himself in its beams, but when the weather was cold and snow covered the ground he mounted at once to the large and well-warmed reading-room. It was not often that the attendants were there before him, but if they were they received the same mute salute as he moved on straight to the shelves in front of the central desk to take down the volumes which he had left there the previous evening. His place at the table was the same he had always held. Everybody seemed to admit his right to it, just as, I believe, the usage of the House of Commons allows to a member who has once received its thanks for some great public service. He declined the aid of any one who offered to help him in taking down his heavy folios, but acknowledged their courtesy with a nod and a melancholy smile. The works the Armenian generally asked for were very rare. Indeed, they became more so, for they were seldom out of his hands ; and though the BibliotNque Mt- pe'rige is, perhaps, the richest collection on the Con tinent, he has been heard to complain of its poverty. Half hid behind the rampart of huge tomes, he used to set himself to his daily task—the compilation of an Arabic Dictionary,—which to him was one of love, and which, I believe, he left unfinished after so many years' labour. It is said he applied some few years back for a subsidy of 30,000 f to enable him to publish it, but without effect. His mode of existence was the simplest ; his wants were the fewest possible, and such as they were he supplied them by giving lessons in Arabic early in the morning and late in the evening, at the moderate cost of a franc a lesson. His pupils were not numer ous, but he devoted to them all the time he spared from his studies in the library and his brief repose. He was never seen, I believe, at any place of public amusement, seldom out of his beat, and I doubt whether he knew more of modern Paris than the part which is comprised between the Faubourg Poissonniere, where he occupied.a small room in the fifth story, and the Church of the Madeleine. held little communication out of doors with any but the employe's of the Bibliotkeque, and those he fre quently had recourse to for information about the books he wanted. Besides his theory on the inutility, or rather the disadvantage, of wearing neckcloths, he had another on the decay of man, which he maintained as identical with that of trees. Man, as life ad vances, becomes bald, just as the tree loses its leaves. His limbs lose- their vigour, just as the branches lose their sap and wither at the extre mities. The human skin loses its moisture, grows dry and shrivelled, just as the trunk of the tree grows discoloured and par ched, and life withdraws from the roots, when it perishes utterly. For a year or two before his death the theory ap peared to be realised with Kasangian. It was re marked that he worked every week more slowly, and that his work fatigued him more and more. Before this be used occasionally to lean back in his chair, hi s s pectacles thrown u p to his forehead, his pen stuck behind his hear, and with his hands crossed on one of the thickest of the folios before him, slumber for an hour. But of late the siesta grew more frequent and longer, and when he entered or left the reading room his movements were slow and hesitating. The last time he was seen in the old-familiar chair was this day week, when he drank from the foun tain, read, wrote, and slumbered as usual. His absence on Monday excited attention. On inquiry at his lodgings it was found that at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning he had an attack of apoplexy, from which he never rallied. He died in the course of the same day, seemingly without pain, and as calm as if he had dropped asleep among his beloved folios in the library. Of his age or of the earliest period of his life little certain is known. It is said that he first came to Europe with the French army on its return from Egypt in 1800, and he was then a priest. If so, he must have been close upon 90, though he looked, notwithstanding his emaciated figure, 20 years younger. CAST OF PAITCHARD'S HEAD.—The cast taken of the head of the murderer for the Phrenological Museum of Edinburgh gives a very different impression of the cerebral development from what one gets from the portraits, or even from having seen the man himself. Ms baldness concealed the deficiency in the intellectual part of the brain, by mak ing the fdrehead appear larger than it in reality is. The fact was found to be that the animal part of the brain was fully four-fifths of the whole; as an eminent phrenologist expressed it, the skull was bestial. The same gentleman remarked that he had only known ono head of a sane per son to equal it in its unfavourable development. The organ of amativeness was imme nse ly large, and also that of love of approbation. A request was made to have the brain for scientific purposes, it being an opinion on thepart of some that the quality as well as the size and form of the brain has something to do with natural disposition. This reque st was declined, on the ground that it is opposed to the modern act, which forbids the - dissection of the bodies of malefactors. —Daily Ret'kw, ~" r 1 1 ' " 0 x 1r 0 R D 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). _ "- - - • SIXTY-SIX, by J.. Offenbach, performed by Misses Russell. Barrie. Walmesley. Tyrell ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn. Husk, Green. and Mons. 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MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar. Baker-street. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re -embellished. The whole of the an cient Court Dresses of the most costly description, faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de scription. selected from the first houses in Paris and London. and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view. A life-size Model of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the base assassin of the late President Lincoln, is also to be seen. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Booms, Sixpence. xi. A T THE COUNCIL CHAMBER , WHITE HALL, the24th day of July, iesS, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Present—Lord President, Sir George Grey, Bart., Mr. Milner Gibson. Whereas by an act passed in the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of her present Majesty's reign, intituled " An Act to prevent until the Ist day of September, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the spreading of contagious or infectious disorders among sheep, cattle, and other animals," and which has since been from time to time continued by divers subsequent acts, it is (amongst other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for the Lords and others of her Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them from time to time to make such orders and regulations as to them may seem necessary, for the purpose of prohibiting or regulating the removal to or from such parts or places as they may de signate in such order or orders, of sheep, cattle, horses, swine, or other animals, or of meat, skins, hides, horns, hoofs, or other part of any animals, or of hay, straw, fodder, or other articles likely to propagate infection ; and also for the purpose of putrefying any yard, stable, outhouse, or other place, or any waggons, carts, carriages, or other vehicles; and also for the purpose of directing how any animals dying in a diseased state, or any animals, parts of animals, or other things seized under the provisions of this act, are to be disposed of ; and also for the pur pose of causing notices to be given of the appearance of any disorder among sheep, cattle, or other animals, and to make any other orders or regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of the said act, and again to revoke, alter, or vary any such orders or regulations •, and that all provisions for any of the purposes aforesaid in any such order or orders contained shall have the like force and effect as if the same had been inserted in the said act ; and that all persons offending against the said act shall for each and every offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £2O, or such smaller sum as the said Lords or others of her Majesty's Privy Council may in any such case by such order direct. And whereas a contagious orinfectious disorder, of which the nature is at present uncertain, has lately appeared, and now prevails among cattle within the metropolis and in the neighbourhood thereof, and it is expedient to take measures for preventing such disorder from spreading. Now, therefore, the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Coun cil do hereby, by virtue and in exorcise of the powers given by the said recited act, and by the several acts continuing the same aforesaid, order as follows :- 1. If at the date of the publication of this order in the "London Gazette" there shall bo any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or ox labouring under any contagious or infectious disorder in the possession or custody of any cowkeeper, dairyman, or dairywoman, or of any milkman or milkwoman, or vendor or purveyor of milk, or of any dealer in cattle whatsoever within the City of London or within the limits of the metropolitan police district, or if at any time hereafter, while this present order shall continue in force and unre roked, any cow, heifer, bull, bullock, or ox, being in the possession or custody of any such per son as aforesaid within the said City of London or within the metropolitan police district, shall be seized or attacked with, or be found labouring or suffering under, any such contagious or infectious disorder, notice of the existence of such disorder, or of the first appearance of such dis order in or among the cattle belonging to or in custody of any such person as aforesaid, shall immediately thereupon be given by the person in whose possession or custody such diseased animals or animal shall be, to the clerk of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council in waiting at the office of her Majesty's Privy Council at Whitehall, in the county of Middlesex ; and it shall be lawful for the said clerk of her Majesty's Privy Council, and for all such persons as shall by writing under his hand authorise in that behalf thereupon, and at all reasonable times there after, to inspect or examine all or any such diseased ani mals or animal, and to report to the Lords of her Majesty's Privy Council all such information and particulars as to the nature or character of such disorder as may seem to him expedient for the purpose of enabling proper regula tions to be made for preventing or checking the further propagation and increase of such disorder. 2. 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The discussions on the Prison Ministers Bill give some interest to the reports of the inspectors of prisons on the subject of religious instruction within the walls of the borough and county gaols. From the reports of the inspectors for the northern dis trict just issued, we take the following extracts : The report from Chester county gaol states " The chaplain performs the usual daily and weekly services, and assembles the prisoners three times a week for religious instruction ; examines and ad monishes prisoners on a d m ission and discharge ; visits the sick daily ; superintends the schools and the distribution of books to the prisoners. The schoolmaster and schoolmistress give instruction to the prisoners daily, both in class and in their cells. Prisoners who do not belong to the Established Church have ample opportunities for seeing a mini ster of their own denomination." At the Chester city gaol there is no schoolmaster ; and the chaplain observes :—" Not much has been done in the school for the last 12 mouths, owing to the large number of prisoners requiring the entire attention of all the officers." There is a sufficient supply of books. The Roman Catholic priest attends occasionally to visit prisoners of that denomination. At Carlisle the number of Roman Catholic pri soners is small ; they are visited by a minister of their own denomination when they desire it. Other prisoners of a religious persuasion differing from the Established Church receive instruction from the chaplain and schoolmaster. At Derby a Roman Catholic minister visits the prison weekly, and sees all prisoners of his denomi nation who desire to see him. At Kirkdale, the county prison of Lacashire, a room has been fitted up for the services of the 1 Roman Catholic Church, and a chaplain has been appointed to give religious instruction to the pri soners of that denomination. At Lancaster Castle a Roman Catholic minister visits the prisoners of that persuasion who desire it. Prisoners of all other denominations attend the prison chapel. At the Liverpool borough gaol there is a Roman ...... ____ _ Catholic chaplain, an extract o f w h ose report i s given. He says :—" The syste m a d op t e d h ere, i n conformity with the Prison Ministers Act has worked admirably, and given general satisfaction. For this 1 have to express my gratitude to the governor and chaplain, who arranged the details to carry out the spirit of the act, and who have in their daily intercourse shown towards me the greatest kindness and courtesy. I feel deeply interested in the work in which I am engaged, and so far the results of my labours have afforded me much con solation. In referring to the total number of com mitments for the year, it will be found that 3,083 Roman Catholic females %were committed, against 1,812. Protestants, thus giving a majority of 1,271. Liverpool affords few openings for female labour in proportion to its population, so that the destitute and friendless girl is readily allured into the path of crime. A large seaport like this not only attracts, but it becomes the general refuge of the vicious and fallen. The number of Catholic prosti titutes is so great, and the means of helping those who wish to abandon the streets so limited, that I give the numbers in full." From the figures given by the rev. gentleman, it appears that, in the months from January to September, 605 Protestants, and 931 Romanists of the class in question were col T DEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW . ROOMS. 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITECRAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from their Late 11 Establishment, 147, ROUNDSDITC. CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs, tor the Dining and Drawing-room, either tor Gas or Candle. DEFRIES and SONS, 1 6 and 17 J • COMMERCIAL -STREET. PETROLEUM LAMPS (f andor Indi WA LL LIGHTS, MIRRORS a). 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Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. TORN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY 0 TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the enamel from decay. and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price ls. 6d.-12, Three King-court, Lombard street. London. A SCOTCH VERSION OF THE ROAD MURDER. — An Edinburgh paper writes :—The house at Road hall was too evidently entirely isolated from all around it. It was not on visiting terms with its neighbours, or its 1 neighbours, we should say, with it. For a long time pre viola to the murder of Francis Saville Kent, the place, one would say, was haunted. The story, we believe, was a simple one. At a time when the late Mrs. Kent, the mother of Constance, was a hopeless invalid, Mr. Kent, in the course of his factory inspection, saw the present Mrs. Kent and loved her. She was then a mill girl of extraor dinary personal attractions; and Mr. Kent placed her at a boarding-school for a period which proved too brief, and afterwards introduced her, while only half-educated her self, as governess in his own family. The girls Kent, we need hardly say, despised her; but the two elder had the good sense to conceal or control their contempt. Not so this unhappy Constance. She herself was better informed on most points than her so-called governess—whom im mediately on her mother's death, her father presented as stepmother. Her elder sisters had the same feeling, but they, unlike herself, had the prudence or piety to disguise it. She came into the family a half-educated mill-girl ; the mother was still lying sick ; by and by the mother died; and now the mill-girl suddenly became the second Mrs. Kent, a stepmother ; the whole thing was abundantly clear. Constance alone rebelled. Constance, we believe, had rebelled against this kind of thing all along. Of the last days of her mother we know nothing, beyond the single fact that they were consoled by the woman who had already been fixed upon as her successor, and who took her place at the head of the family immediately on the demise of the mother. Then a child was born. The second mar riage became a prolific one. And Constance had the im prudence to revile. The punishment inflicted by her stepmother was to perform the menial offices of the house hold. One day, we are informed, she was ordered to scrub out the nursery - , and, on refusing, was lashed with a horse whip until what is called "broken in." She got on her knees, with her back in livid welts, and washed out the nursery floor ; but that very night tha child was removed, and shoved, with its throat cut, down the privy. This, ' we believe, is all. Miss Constance Kent says she herself did it, and we have no roam to doubt her word. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH, No news has yet reached London as to the cause of the last abrupt break-down of the cable, and of its prompt repair within so short a time. Yet, among electricians and electrical engineers well used to all _ _ . the sudden casualties incident to cable laying, very little doubt is expressed as to how the accident arose, and still less as to its having been most thoroughly repaired. It will be recollected that, when the first fault was occasioned by the stray piece of wire, the Great Eastern was 90 miles from land, and in 300 fathoms water. This mishap, however, only caused defective insulation, and that of so slight a charac ter as not to be discovered till nearly 11 miles of the wire had been paid out and it had been nearly two hours under water. Yet, to haul this amount of cable back, cut out the faulty piece, make a new splice, &c., occupied nearly 24 hours, the wire itself being only raised from its depth of 300 fathoms at the rate of rather less than half a mile an hour, six hours being consumed in getting on board the 1 miles. The accident which occurred on Saturday was totally different. It was not defective insulation which was then discovered at Valentia, but, as the telegram said, a total loss of insulation ; in other words, either the copper conductor was stripped of an its outside protection, and was communicating with the water, or the cable had been cut or coin- pletely broken. The Admiralty charts of the bottom of the Atlantic—charts constructed from soundings _ _ _ especially made to forward this great undertaking —show by the distance from land that the Great Eastern was then in 1,800 fathoms water, or, allowing for slack, a little more than two miles o rope was stretching from her stern to the bottom of the ocean. The enormous pressure and friction of the water on the saturated outer hemp covering of the line at its depth would render it a difficult matter to wind in this two miles' length, if it could be done at all, in less than 12 hours. It is almost certain, however, that it could not have been done at all had the cable been so injured as to leave its conductor bare—an injury that would at least take off two-thirds of the rope's strength. That such a fault could not have occurred is gene rally considered as sufficiently evidenced by the fact that the fault, whatever it was, was repaired in little more than half the time it would have taken to haul back the cable, supposing the accident to have occurred to the portion submerged, and even close at hand. It is therefore conjectured, with the utmost appearance of probability, that the fault was caused by a " kink" having been seen to pass into the pay ing-out machine, and the vessel was instantly stop ped, the kink extracted, the piece cut out, and a new splice made. It is certainly worthy of attention that this theory is borne out by the fact that the time consumed in repairing the accident—which is known by the cessation of signals—is almost to a minute the time that would be required to make and test such a splice on board the Great Eastern. Those in charge, then, knowing that all was right behind them, and that time was of vital importance, would not be likely to waste it by putting the severed end of the wire in communication with the instruments at Valentia, while the electricians at the latter sta tion could send no response to their signals through a cut cable, but, on the contrary, there was a total loss of insulation. The intelligence we publish from the Great Eastern to-day is more hopeful for the success of the under taking than appears on the mere face of it ; 900 miles have been paid out, which means not only that the. after tank, which kept her so heavily down by the stern and so seriously impeded her speed, is empty, but that the passage of the cable from the stern tank to that forward has been successfully accomplished, and the end is now fast lightening also. The after most tank held 830 miles of cable and 400 tons of water. By this time, therefore, it vacant, good length will have been taken out of theoarwndarad tank, which only contained 700 miles. Inround num bers, the vessel has now expended n tons makes adiff eren ce of 11 inches in he r immer sion , cable and water and 2 000 tons of coal. Every 1,000 so that, counting the consumption of stores, &c.,the Great Eastern is now six feet higher out of the water than she was at starting, in perfect trim to enable all the engines to do their work fairly, and keep the vessel'scourse against almost any weather she is likely to meet. That the latter has as yet been singu larly mild is shown by the small amount of slack paid out. As high as 25 per cent. is a usual allow ance for rough weather, but up to the present the Great Eastern has not exceeded 12. This ought to bring her on the coast of Newfoundland with only 1,900 miles paid out, leaving still 400 miles of cable on board to complete another submarine link wanted there. Our description of the shore end of the cable was so worded as to convey an impression that it was a continuous taper from its thickest part at Valentia out to where it terminated in its great est depth at 100 fathoms. This is not so. The cable is of a uniform thickness of 2f inches throughout its entire length of 27 miles. At the sea end of this length there are 500 yards of rapid tapering till it ends in being the size of the main deep-seat portion of the cable. This shore end is the strongest and heaviest ever constructed, weighing upwards of 20 tons a mile, and being equal to a breaXing strain ~~..r // Discovery of Ancient iluinaxi Itemaing. - -+-- On Friday forenoon the Rev. Mr. Greenwell, of Durham Cathedral ; the Rev. Mr. Bigge, Stam fordharn ; and Dr. Embleton, Beadnell, Northum berland; along with Mr. John Hilson, manufac turer (members of- the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club), made some excavations on Murray's Green, Jedburgh, one of the party having expressed a strong desire to obtain a human skull of a remote period, and this being the likeliest place, from its contiguity to the abbey, the fact that a Roman urn containing bones had been found in the vicinity of the abbey in this direction, and from the fact that when a drain was lately cut across the green, a number of stone slabs and human bones were come upon by the workmen, the party were not disap pointed. On one of the workmen shovelling the earth from a stone coffin (the edges of which were before visible, as is also another to the south of it) nothing interesting was turned up, which may be accounted for by nearly two feet of earth having been taken off the surface sone time ago, and which would probably be interfered with at that time. Another spot was tried, and when about two feet from the surface the workman's pick struck on something hard, which proved to be the top of a stone coffin. This stone or slab which had either been halved from the weight of earth upon it, or more probably had been broken when being lifted to allow of additional sepulture, having been care fully removed, and th e ear th w hi c h h a d acc umulated under it having been carefully drawn away, three human skulls were exposed, all of which were well preserved, but unfortunately one of them had been struck with the pick. The skulls were found face downwards, all of which were lifted, and being in a good state of preservation, were taken pos session of by the gentleman who had mainly instituted the search. Wishing to ascertain the sex, the pick and shovel were applied, when it was found that only one entire body had been interred, stated by Dr. Embleton to be that of a male of middle size, with crooked spine ; and as the two other skulls were much smal ler, they were supposed to be those of females. The body lay with the head towards the abbey, lying directly east and west, said to be a sign that the ground had been used as a burying place by the ancient British Christians. While the workmen wqre clearing the earth off the body, a boar's tusk was found on the right side, and about the place where the feet had lain was found the perfect lower jaw only, with a fine set of teeth, of a person seem ingly much younger, from its size, than those at the other end of the coffin, from which we infer its hav ing been used as a sort of family cyst. Two oxi dised large metal nails, having broad heads like those used by slaters, with wood sticking to them, were also found, thereby suggesting the use of a wooden coffin which might have contained the body of the person whose lower jaw was found intact, and placed inside the larger one containing the entire body and two skulls—the nails being found near by the lower jaw. On the north side of this place, about five yards apart, the workmen came upon another body lying in the same direction, but with the face upwards about a foot and a half from the surface. This one seemed not to have been in a coffin, as there was nothing of the kind discernible ; and out of the place where this was found a small brass linked chain was turned out, which had small pieces of oxidised metal attached to both ends. An other spot was tried in the forenoon, nearer Mr. John Hilson's house, and about four yards distant from the place the three skulls were lying side by side, and the earth on being dug about a foot and thrown out showed that interments had there also been made at an early period from the large quanti ties of human bones, teeth, and charcoal, which had been employed in burning the bodies before being in terred. The search was continued in the afternoon on stone cysts on the side of the road at Abbey Brae—the edges of these, like the one first tried, being visible—and on the other spots on the green, but with the exception of human bones being ex posed, nothing else was come upon. Extraordinary Scene at a Funeral. Among our notices of deaths on Saturday (says the Bir mingham Post) appeared the name of Mr. Joseph Abbott, who, after living 65 years in this town, emigrated to Sand hurst, in the colony of Victoria, Australia, and recently died there. The proceedings at his funeral, which appear to have been of a strange unseemly character, are thus de scribed by a colonial paper ;—" Yesterday afternoon the mortal remains of the late Mr. J. Abbott were buried at the White Hills Cemetery. The funeral was attended by a con siderable number of Sandhurst citizens, among whom the deceased, even at his advanced age, had made many friends, by his simplicity of character, good heart, and sound sense. We regret to say that the funeral was not allowed to take place in that quiet, grave, and decorous manner befitting the occasion. Priestly intolerance and sectarian differences which cause such dissensions in the world on this occasion chose the graveyard itself as the scene for exhibition. It appeared that the grave in which the remains of the de ceased were to be interred was situated in the Church of England portion of. the cemetery, by the side of the grave of his deceased wife. Mr. J. H. Abbott, their son, had purchased this portion of the ground at the death of his mother, as a family burying place. The deceased belonged to the Baptist persuasion, and the clergyman chosen to officiate on the occasion was the Rev. Mr. Taylor, who was accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Fletcher, of the Congregationalists. At the sexton's residence, where the hoarse stopped, the mourners, to their astonishment, wero confronted by an apparition in white, which turned out to be the Rev. Mr. Stephens, Church of England clergy. man, arrayed in a surplice. Ho stated that, as the deceased was to be buried in the Church of England portion of the cemetery, it was his intention to read the burial service. He had a duty to perform ; and, although it gave him pain to act in this way, he would discharge it. He refused to have anything to say to Dissenting preachers (this to the Rev. Mr. Taylor), and in answer to the Rev. Mr. Fletcher told him he was always interfering where he had no busi ness. Mr J. H. Abbott requested him, as he had madehis protest; not to interfere any further—that his father did not belong to the Church of England, and that the ground he was to be buried in had been bought and paid for. If it was a question of the fee, that should be paid to save any further wrangle. Several remonstrances were made by others among the mourners ; but the rev. gentleman replied that he would discharge his duty, and that it was no ques tion of fees, and began in a somewhat excited manner to recite the beautiful words, lam the Resurrection and the Life,' &c. The effect upon the spectators may be ima gined. The incongruous association of sectarian rancour and dissension, and a forcible intrusion of unasked and distasteful services, with the language of Christ, struck al/ with sorrow and disgust. The whole thing was a solemn. mockery, and the very words Whoso believeth in me shall have eternal life,' sounded like a special rebuke to this wretched display of sectarianism. The funeral pro cession moved on without paying any attention to the reverend gentleman, who, however, marched in front, re. peating the usual words, and at the grave went through. the service, nearly all the mourners retiring until he had finished and taken his departure, followed by the sexton. Then the gentlemen present drew near the grave, ,nto which the coffin had previously been lowered, and the Rev. Mr. Taylor read the burial service in use among those of his persuasion, concluding with a prayer. The mourners then retired, and thus ended a funeral ceremony charm. tensed by a scene which would be discreditable to an un-. civilised people. We trust that this community will not again be scandalised by a recurrence of it. We may mantle= that although the Rev. Mr. Stephens claimed to have the right to read the burial service over the body within the precincts of the church of England portion, yet he proceededr to exercise it before he came to the ground." THE PRINCESS DAGMAR AND THE LADIES OP RUSSIA.—The following interesting letter has just been addressed by the Princess Dagmar to the Empresa of Russia, in acknowledging a present to the Princess by the ladies of St. Petersburg and Moscow "Bern: July 8, 1865.—Madam, — Ouly a few eks back my prayers to the Almighty were being joined with those from so many Russian hearts for the preservation of the life of the Grand Duke, heir of Russia, my beloved affianced husband. It has pleased Divine Providence to decide otherwise, and snatch from our affection, him who would have boon the source of our happiness. By the gracious intermediation of your Majesty that general feeling of profound grief has just been expressed to me on the part of the ladies of St. Petersburg and Moscow, bytha precious gifts of a cross and a Bible. It is to your Majes ty's maternal heart that I venture to confide the sincere expression of a deep-felt gratitude which takes tts origin in a sentiment of grief shared by so many, and which will never be effaced. This Holy Bible and sacred cross will always remind me that Russia, which country has become so dear to me, seeks her strength and her consolation in the words of the Almighty, and bears with faith and resigns tion the cross which Heaven imposes on her. May those ladies accept my affectionate thanks for the Christian con solation which they have kindly offered me. I pray to God to hear my prayers for the Emperor, for yourself, madam, and for Russia. Believe me to be most faithful and devoted to your Inaperittl Majesty.-.-DsomAa." 0Rti..... GLASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and CHANDELIER SHOW ROOMS. Notico of Removal in consequence of the late Fire. )rms, riev- razil, rem- J 1