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ith ign r ley 'ee, ITINAHAN'S LL RANDY WHISKY v. COGNAC B. Ttlia ode nrated Old IRI it! WEIISKY rivals the finest FRRNCII BRANDY. It is Pure, Mild. Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Hinahan's LL Whisky." MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1810) 14, RUSSE I.L-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 tpital of this Associa tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay. No mquiry or office fees. and strict secrecy observe 1. Bills Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a directed stamped The Associ ttion also lends Money for the purchase of a house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on terms most advantageous to the borrower. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. MINERALOG Y.-KING'S COLLEGE, London. —Professor TENNANT, F. ELS., will deliver a CuURSE of LECTURES on MINERALOGY, with a view to facilitate the s'udy of GEOLOGY and the applica tion of mineral substances in the ARTS. The Lectures will c , mm , nce on FRIDAY, Oct. 6, at 9 a.m.. and will he con tinued on each succeeding Wedne,day and Friday, at the same hour, until Christmas. Fee, £2 2s. Another COURSE of LECTURES on MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY will be given on Wednesday Evenings from 8 to 9. These beg n Oct. 11, and will be continued until Easter, 1866. Fee, £1 lla. 6d, R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPNNY. Established 1821. No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. REDUCTION OF FIRE INSURANCE DUTY. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. Total Invested Fund. upwards of £2,73C,000. Total Income upwards of £315,000. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES which expire at MICR A ELMAS must be RENEWED within Fifteen Days at this Offic., or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. All Insurances now have the benefit of the Reduced Duty of is. 6d. per cent. For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com pany's Agents, or to T. TALLEItACIIE, Secrefary. T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited), Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of this Company will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on TUESDAI , the 24th October next, at One o'clock p.m., precisely, for the purpose of reedy ng the Directors' and Audit )rs' Report and Balance-sheet, and for declaring a Dividend. The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Saturday, the 21st, to Saturday, the 28th October, both days inclusive. By order of the Court of Directors, ALFRED LOWE, Secretary. Nos. 17 and 18, Cornhill, London, Sept. 29, 1865. T HE CREDIT FONCIER AND MOBILIER OF ENGLAND (Limited). Capital FOUR MILLIONS, in 200,000 Shares of £2O each. Capital Subscribed 100,001 Shares (first Issue) Z 2,000,000 Capital paid up thereon £5 per share. 500,000 Reserve Fund Dividend Reserve Fund DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. JAMES STUART WORTLEY, Governor. JAMES LEVICK, Esq., Merchant, King's Arms-yard, Deputy- JAMES NUGENT DANIELL, Esq., Chair- Governors, man of the Alliance Bank (Limited), James Childs. Esq., London. Alexander Dunbar, Esq.. Old Broal-street, London. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and Co.), Londnn. William Harrison, Esq. (Messrs. Young*, Harrison, and Bevan), Director of the Thames and Mersey, Insurance Company. Richard Stuart Lane, Esq. (Messrs. Lane, Hankey, and Co.), London. Charles E. Newbon, Esq.. London. Henry Pownall. Esq. J.P , Russell-squarz, London. Joseph Mackrill Smith, Esq. (Messrs. Macklin Smith and Co.), Old Broad-street M. P.,, London. Edward Warner, Esq London. Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., Managing Director. BANKERS. The Azra and 3lasterman's Bank (Limited). Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. The National Bank, London, Dublin, and its l'A'anches in Ireland. The Alliance Bank (Limited), London, Liverpool, and Han cheater. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., Nicholas-lane, B.C. SECRETARY. Alfred Lowe, Esq. ()faces, 17 and 18, Cornhill, London. BOARD and RESIDENCE.—CIiff House, near Warrior-sq ra uare, St. Leonards-on-Sea ar, two minutes' walk from the Pa de. Address, Mrs. Richdson, as above. WINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having been recently opened and fitted with requisites for the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr. 110I31tAGON, announces that he has transferred his Estab lishment from Birmingham to the above desirable residence, easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour and a-half by the London and North-Western line, and fifty Minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on a sandy soil, and commanding an extensive and pleasing prospect, are garden, meadow, plantation, and recreation grounds. For terms and forms of admission address the proprietor. SAUCE. —LEA and PERRINS' wo IteE , TE RSII IRE SAUCE. This deliciouA condiment, pzonounced by connoisseurs "THE ONLY GOOD SNUCE," Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS. The public are respectfully ca boned azainst worthless imitations, and should see that Lea and erring' names are on wrapper, label, bottle, and s'opper. ASK for L and PERRINS' SAUCE. Sold wholesale and for export by the Propr . etors, "Wor cester: Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and Sons, London, ttc. &o.; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. STARCH 'MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. G.LENFIELD PATENT STARCH, Used in the Royal Laundry,. AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &c. &c. I VOTIIERSPOON and CO., Glasgow and London. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 11E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, CornhilL PATRON —The QUEEN. TRU STEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis I Maude, The Rev. Canon Champ ne y s R.N Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. • TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bev lnstitution is d an, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. esigned to supply a great national want, viz., an as yl um for the orphari daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi'g applications through the recent storms and loss f life at sea, and: o enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully receiv by the bankers, Messrs Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lornbard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH. See. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G President—Fits Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and .ies It aff, , rds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the Destitute sick has for a con .iderable period averaged between 8,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises o f thi s H ospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received b 7 the Treasurer, Edward M as • terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; Mso by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; !Terries and Co. ; Ransom and Cu. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co . ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W lliams, Deacon, and Co.. Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co- , Berners-street ; I. Barned and Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from to till 5. STANFORD shtlTll. Secretary. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. DU BARRY'S d e li c i ous h ea lth-restoring In va lid s ' and Infants' F oo d , THE REVALENTA ARABICA, yields three ti mes as ranch assimilating and strengthening no urishment as the b es t meat. and restores perfect digestion, or strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the most disordered . enfeebled —removing speedkly and effectually indigestion (aysrensiaN, cough, asthma, consumption, habitual sore constipa tion, diarrheas, all gastric derangements, haemorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, the throats. diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in he d and ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, erruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, p alpi tati on, heartburn, headache debility, dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and si c k ness even in pregnancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula tightness of the chest, pains in th e pit of the stomach and between the shoulders. It is the most diges tible of all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all complaiats. We quote a few out of 6 2, 0 01 Cures : —Cure No. 58,216, of th e Marchiones s d e Brehtn, of seven years' liver complain*, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability. with a ner vous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleepless ness, and the moat intolerable nervous agitation. Cure No. 71, of dyspepsi a , f rom the Right Hon. the Lord St uar t d e haves, Lord Li eu t enant of the county of Waterford : —1 de rived much benefit from your excellent food.— Stuart de Denies, Dromann, Cappoquin, county Waterford. Cure No. 54,816, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, syder- HA •ne Itec`ory, near Fakenham, Norfolk.—ln all cases ot aulgestion, and particularly when the liver is more than usually affected, I consider it the best of all remedies. It re guhtes the bile, tinhaeiclilvve hisatonue ad m i t of and makes it flow in oises which would not mercury in any shape, In short, a healthy flow of se of its earliest and best symptoms. You can Bottu m gentlernep „a you please of this communication.— I am. 1te0,1,11, a l nes T. Campbell. Cure No. 5?,4 2.—Bridge n . ,„Fa,eY, Surre y. — Thirty-three years' diseased lungs, the ~of olcod, liver derangement, deafness, singing in rough, fv....constipation, debility, shortness of breath, and lungs, 1iv%,?, / ? e a_ removed by your Revalenta Arabica. My In perfect, 94!_ k ach, head, and ears are all right, my hear- UM'S. —Jam, rivoy recovery is a mar el to all my frquaint- Of fifty yoars' •, nerts, Timber Nlerchant. Cure No. 49,8'12. ness. asrhma. col udgetzribable agony from dyspepsia, new .us ness, and vomiting_erstipation, flatulency, spasms, sick- No. 47,121.—Mi5s Elizabariht Jacob,Jol ot Lynn, Norfolk. Cure indigestion, :gatherbar, et i - 8, of and nervous Cure No 56,814.—Mr,,:niZTLF3pirits, and nervous fancies. diarrrcea. The Food is sold ,axt on , Leieester, of two years' Su p e r -re canisters. 11b., Is 9d ; 21b., 4s 6d ; 21b., 218.; 241 b., 40. • 21b, 2s ; Mb., 22s ; 1011 1 , 3 . 1 7,. 171;reefined quality, lb., 64. ; o_lolb., 21b., and 241 b. canisters, c irriage free on receip t g winianist.rer, London ; also Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Re g of Order, by Phillips, Tea Dealers, 8. Kin , fi i i 3 re l t ; likewise at 8 3 3 p s zate-street fil Grace hurch-street; 4, Cheapside, 49 Within ; 6h, 50, and 298, Oxford-street • Strand ; 54, 'Upper Baker-street; 03, Tottenham-court-roaa street, Islington, N. ; Ilarvey, Notting-hill ; Close firtjogeerr, 65, nigh-street ; and Stubbs, Queen's-terrace, St. John'ss- Woad, London ; and all rrspe 'table Grocers and Chemists.-- Beware of spurIOUS imita• ions. `'--~ ~~~ No. 22,869. Now ready, at all the Lib rar i es , i n 3 vo ls., THE LADY OF WINBURNE. 13y ALICE KING, Author of "Eveline," &c. " This work is much better than either of the author's for mer stories, pleasant as they were. Miss King gives us in this book a very interesting plot, and kee;:s the interest alive with a well-sustained wybtery. It Miss King can go on im provin" at the rate evidenced by The Lady of Winburne,' a day will come when she will not want troops of readers."— Examiner. Eurst and Blackett,l3, Great Marlborough-street. Sold by Simpkin, Mar hall, and Co., price 74., in cloth 13d., a New Work on the Teeth, entitled PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES FOR US. by A. E:,:IiELL. Grosvenor-street, W. " From the great success of the previous work on Dental Surgery by the same uthor we anticipate the above will be read with avidity by all classes who are interested in discri minating between pure and meretricious dentistry." John C. Clements, Little Pultency-street. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1865. GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD of MAGIC, Second Sight, and " Begone, Dull Care," every evening at 8. A Day Performance, Saturday, at 3. " The most varied entertainment in the metropolis." —Vide the Press. Admission, ls. PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON. — Farewell season. —World of Magic. Second Sight, and the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre deric (the great) 3laccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic, and character actor. ILIREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic, ac., in his original entertainment, "Begone, Dull Care," "Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 2s ; reserved seats, is. ; stalls, is. ; at Ur. Austin's office, St. James's hall, 28, Piccadilly. A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—The only original and veritable legitimate CHRISTY MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining all the specialties and old favourites who originally created the reputation of the Company. Fauteuils, 55.; stalls, Is ; unreserved seats, 28. ; gallery. Is. Tickets at Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.—Manager, Mr. Frederick Burgess. GLASS, CHINA, EARTHENWARE, and CHANDELIER a HOW ROOMS. Notice of Removal In consequence of the late Fire. JDEFRIES and SONS' Temporary SHOW • ROOMS. 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITECFIAPEL, Five Minutes' walk from their Late Establishment, 147, HOUNDSDITCH. HEOXF O 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, Ellen Reid, Ma dame Maria; and Miss Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Husk, Evans, W. Williams, and Senora Tivoli and Spagnoli, with full Band and Chorus. CRYSTAL and BRONZED CHANDELIERS, New Designs, for the Dining and Drawing-room, either for Gas or Candle. _ ___ T DEFRIES and 16 and 17, • COMMERCIAL -STREET. PETROLEUM LAMPS and WALL LIGHTS, MIRRORS (for India). T DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, tl • COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. DEF RIES and SONS, • 16 and 17 ,COMMERCIAL-ST REEL ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, £1 18s. 6d. I - DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. TABLE GLASS, CHINA, and EARTHENWARE. CLUB, MESS, and FURNISHING ORDERS for the above GOODS promptly executed. J -- - - DEFRIES and SONS supply Designs and • Pattern Books Free. Works—LONDON and BIRMINGHAM. SWEET OPOPONA X, PIESSE and LUBIN'S new Perfume.—OPOPO "AX is a native flower of Mexico of rare fragrance. This scent, and a thousand others for choice, 'Zs. 6d. and ss. each. Sold by all fashionable chemists and perfumers.— Laboratory of Flowers, 2, New Bond-street, London. TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY 'Jr TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth powder ; gives the teeth a pearl ti hlteness, protects the enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to the the breath. Price is. 61-12, Three King-court, Lombard street, London. OSBORNE'S D R. CULVERWELL'S GRAND TURKISH BATHS, 3, Great Marlborough-street, 3 doors from Poland-street, Ladies every Monday. Gentlemen all other days, 2s. each ; 15, One Guinea. Also opposite the Post-office, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand MADAME RACHEL'S Matchless ROYAL ARABIAN TOILET OF BEAUTY gives youth and beauty, grace and elegance, to persons wrinkled, scared, or aged, as on the grea trial (Rachel v. Carnagie) it was then proved beyond a doubt that Rachel was an is the sole pro fessor of the beautiful art of which her name stands the marvel of the age. All other persons presuming to style themselves enamellers, and who are vending injurious and destruct ye compounds in imitation , commit a gross fraud on the public. —47 A., New Bond-street. RUPTURES. —BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S 1110 C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFEtITED AND EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT :XIiIBITIONB OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to oe the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of 11 ERNI A. File use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its affects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the ,ody, while the requisite resistin g power is supplied by the Iloc-Main Pad and Pate n t Lever , fitting with so much ease nd closeness that it cannot; be detected, and may be wore /firing sleep. A descriptive circular may lie had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the air iumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being -eta to the naanufucturer, Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Balle►, Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au bans. Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and the Misses TESSY and SARA GIINNISS. - NO LICE.—The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated, Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of the most agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. The Classical Ballet, entitled THE BRIDAL of BEAUTY, in which the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS will apoear THIS EVENING. The HUNGARIANS— The Brothers and Sister KIRALFI will have the honour of introducing their National Dances in ea stume every evening. Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. KO KO RI KO. This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole talent of the establishment. ------ Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall, Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans, Mons. Alex andre, mimic, and the Sisters Dashwood, their first appear ance. _ Director, Mr. F. Jongma.ne. All visitors to London at this season should see the above entertainment. SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,. and Dining-room, consi s tin g o f a new and eiegant ass l ort ment of VASES, Figure s , G roups, C an dl es ti c k s , Obehsks,u k. stands, heautiful inlaid T a bl es, P aper we i g ht s, & C ., in Pali!.n , Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, _ 4Ol Imported and manufact ure d b y J AMES TENNANT, AIL"' ralogist to her Ilaiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, II INERALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly fudlitate the interesting study of DIINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINId- RkLOGY is given by 111 .r.TENNANT,F.G.S., at 149. Strand. HOME for LITTLE BOYS, Tottenham, N. for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime. under 10 years of age. President—ROßEßT HANBURY, Esq., M.P, VICE-PRESIDENTS. Stephen Cave, Esq., M.P. Si r S . M . Peto, Bart., M.P. 1 Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Samuel Morley, Esq. COMMITTEE. Mr Alex. Anderson. I Rev. H. M`Sorley. Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. MaxwelL Mr. A. D. Chapman. I Mr. Alfred Short. Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. George Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. Mr. Francis Lyeett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull. Treasurer—W. 11. Willans, Esq., 78, Basinghall-street. E.O Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, 16, Suffolk-street, P4ll-Mall East, S.W Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard street. E.C. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton and the Hon. H. Cowper at Tring. Yesterday the 24th annual meeting of the Tring Agricultural Association was held in the grounds attached to the Royal Hotel, Tring Station, which attracted a considerable number of the agriculturists and the gentry. There was a show for an unusu ally valuable collection of prizes, competition running over a great variety of subjects, ranging from the best cultivated farm at one end of the scale, to the production of the railway porters' gardens at the other, the interval being filled up with prizes for ploughboy matches ; exhibitions of sheep in all their varieties of condition and many varieties of breed ; an exhibition of swine, in few varieties of breed and none of condition, obesity being common to all ; mangold wurtzel, turnips, turnip-cutters, and ploughs ; and last of all, but really by no means the least in importance, that selfsame horticultural display madebytwo or more of the porters employed at the station, and having allotted to them a small piece of the wayside waste as an amusement and at traction in their frequent but minutely separated intervals of leisure. One of these exhibited Scotch kale, Brussels sprouts, savoys, onions, small salad, potatoes,turnips in several varieties, radishes in five, celery in several, vegetable marrow, pumpkins, and some other articles which memory at the time of writing does not recall. Another porter had a similar display. The judges having discharged their duties, The dinner took place in the large room of the inn. Mr. F. J. Moore, of Woodcock-hill, presided, having among his supporters the Right Hon. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M.P., the Hon. H. Cowper, M.P., Alderman Copeland, M.P., Sir Astley Cooper, Bart., Mr. R. Bright, the Rev. Jas. Williams, Sir J. H. Seymour, Bart., &c. The re past was an excellent one; and an abundance of venison and game was sent by Earl Brownlow, the Earl of Lonsdale, and the Rev. Mr. Williams, of Tring Park, to the provider of the dinner. On the removal of the cloth the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given. In returning thanks for " The Volunteers," Captain LONGMAN drew attention to the altered circumstances brought about by the volunteer move ment in England. The Swiss, he said, were for merly considered the best shots in the world ; now adays they came to Wimbledon, and after two days' competition they had to pack up their traps and leave without doing anything. (Laughter.) Sir ASTLEY COOPER proposed the " Health of the County Members," which was received with loud cheers. 31[ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.- Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. practical imposture for a layman, a non-professional man, to profess to be wiser in the matter than those who have devoted their lives to a study of cattle diseases. But I have observed with regard to these remedies that the best authorities agree as to pre ventives. All say that a copious use of vinegar, part internally and part externally, washing the mouths and .nostrils of the animals, is most efficacious. We have also been told that in cases where rock salt has been largely given to cattle the disease has not been attended with fatal results. When infection has made itself apparent we have found two modes resorted to of combatting the atmo spheric infection, the first by the constant use of chlorine, the second by having recourse to the prac tice of large bonfires. The other day at Marseilles cholera broke out, and the people immediately had recourse to large fires ; and the result has been published by the authorities, that from the time that they had recourse to those large fires the bills of mortality had largely and rapidly decreased. Beyond this we have no data to go upon ; and we must resign ourselves to the hope that medical science will not long remain in the dark as it is at present. It is idle to suppose that our only safe guard is in the indiscriminate slaughter of animals having the symptoms of the disease. To add famine to pestilence is surely not that which would entitle us to call Government our protector, or to accept science as our guide. (Hear.) The most sovereign remedies in human suffering are popularly called " kill or cure ;" but this, it seems, is " all kill" and "no cure." I have too much confidence in the scientific skill which characterises the age in which we live to believe that this state of ignorance can long last, and I say that the worst counsel in affliction is that which advises us to despair. (Hear.) The right hon. baronet proceeded to say that the steps to be taken to remedy the cattle disease must be left to Government, and recommended the Local Cattle Disease Insurance Company, and then re turned thanks for the honour bestowed on him. Mr. COWPER briefly addressed the meeting, ex pressing his concurrence in the rule which forbad the introduction of politics at their meetings, and thanking the electors and inhabitants of the county for the kindly manner in which he had always been received. NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of the ancient 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. The meeting after this became convivial in the ordinary sense of the term. Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and CONSTANCE KENT are now added. Open from 11 a.m. tilllo p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly.—G RAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO MENADE is No W OPEN for the Season. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTI. Manager, Mons. GRENET. The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent Composers. Donn open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12 o'clock. Sir BULWER LYrrON rose, and was most enthu siastically cheered. When the applause had sub sided the right hon. baronet proceeded—Mr. Chair man and Gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to QPANISTI FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDaO EL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d, ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d..• sent free for 54, 84, and 141 stimps.—AL EX. ROSS, 248, 1E4;11 Holborn, London. Experiments with Torpedo Shells, Yesterday a series of experiments of some inte rest in connection with the new appliances of naval warfare took place, in the presence of the Duke of 33TONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROS . i'S CIIIROPO. 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ROSS, 248, High KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DES f ROYING POWDER.—FIeas in Dogs, Poultry, &c., are instantly destroyed, as also Bugs, Beetles, and every other Insect, by this Powder, which is quite harmless to animal life ; sportsmen particularly will, therefore, find it invaluable. The original importer, THOS. KEATING, 79, St Paus's Churchyard, London. In packets, ls., 2s. 6d., and 4s 6d each. Per post, ls. packet for 12 stamps; and 2s. 6d. packet for 36 stamps. be present amongst you on this occasion, and in the non-political sense adverted to by my hon. friend Sir Astley Cooper. He does, indeed, slightly re mind us that the last time my hon. colleague and myself were here it was in the relation of rival can didates ; but we must both rejoice to find to-day that the tables are turned upon our constituents, and that is they, and not we, who on this occasion are rival candidates for the prizes of honourable am bition. (Hear.) Permit me to observe that we too can be more liberal minded towards you than you were towards us, because we can cordially congra tulate the successful candidate, and sincerely sympa thise with the defeated candidate, without pausing to inquire if he be Whig, Tory, or Radical. (Laughter.) Gentlemen, it is the great charm of these meetings that we so readily lay aside all the acerbities of political feeling, and meet as friends and neighbours around those whom a little time ago we might regard as excited opponents ; and if ever there was a time in which this suspension of party feeling might be natural it is in this holiday interval, before the meeting of Parliament, at a time of pro found peace abroad, and when, whatever difference there might exist amongst us as to the policy that should be adopted at home, those differences, so far as we can foresee, do not appear likely to be of a nature to create any great degree of bitterness amongst such Englishmen as I see to-day, who I am convinced are equally proud of their country and equally accustomed to unite their different no tions of what may be best for popular freedom with a regard to the necessary safeguards of a constitu tion. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I had much plea sure in looking at your exhibition to-day. Of course the part of Hamlet was left out of the show —(laughter)—the stock were not there. (Hear, hear.) But what I did see reflects great credit on all parties concerned. Everybody must agree that it was With regard to th a remarkably rea r fine exliie pigs,bition of roots. (Hear, hear.) in my part of the county, in the exhibition the other day at Hertford, Ido not remember to have seen a black pig. I think they were all white pigs. Now we come to the other extreme ; and I think I shall be able to give to my friends in the north of Hertfordshire a good account of the Berkshire pigs I have seen to-day. In fact, I saw two sows, I think they were twins, as handsome as I think Providence will permit sows to be. (Laughter.) Nor can I omit a passing word with regard to the sheep. Our rev. friend who has spoken with so much eloquence and feeling (alluding to a pun perpetrated by a rev. gentleman in returning thanks for the clergy), said the exhibition looked a l ns i e t en t i l gt e sheepish. hobutrhitsn I take that as a compliment to the neighbouring sheep. (Laught er .) A n d I believe there are pre go back they w ill b e a bl e to fi n d Mr. Di srae li, a nd t o of tellthe him cot s twhooaeitocdeuh i a an s snt i y o n o f sße v u e c r k a s l , a g u e d n l e h m o p e e n w f h r o e n m t h t h e y e d distinguished th e Down have d beenfa moruese received here with enthusiastic welcome, and have gained a triumphant success. (Laughter.) But, whatever may h have vvee contrived that theavte useful s deficiency teofu- dl to-day y t animal o o have f calledou r an own w unusually c un a s i n t l a( e ll l a s h yu fi o g w you n exhibition hh order butw we o of s flatter r c e r e returned, t ourselves beings ich man—(laugh ter) —of r o ) r —e Membersof innocent,toht of Parliament a and ldefsonsro intelli gent, these Before called lle I l " bovine" and ovine." (L a (Laughter.) ter . ) ar gent, races, which in the Latinised language of the pass from this part of the subject, with regard to our meetings and exhibitions, allow me respectfully to make a suggestion, or rather r epeat that which I threw out at Hertford the other newspapers day, and which was received there with considerable favour ; and that is, why we cannot contrive on stated occasions —I thought once in two years —perhaps it might . be still oftene r — un ite the various societies in this county at present meeting for agricultural purposes. It is clear that we should have more numerous attendances, more extensive exhibitions of stock and implements, competition on a more extensive area. (Hear, hear.) I now ap proach with pain and reluctance the subject which is on all our minds—l mean the great calamity of the cattle plague. I know it is a subject upon which the wisest man must hesitate before pro nouncing a very decided opinion as to the ori g in of the disease, as to its nature, and still more would he hesitate before pronouncing what was the most e ff ec ti v e remedy. As to the origin of the disease, we find that our Government is at variance with the French Government, I believe with almost every other Government on the Continent, which Govern ments are pretty well united in ascribing the origin to Russia, a theory which has many authorities in its favour in many countries. With regard to the nature of the disease we have contradictory opinions. We were first told that it was a kind of typhus, and that it affected only horned cattle ; now we know that it affects also sheep, and that sheep and horned cattle can communicate the disease the one to the other. Mr. Tattersall even says that horses are susceptible to the disease. Professor Gamgee, who is an authority, says that that is quite a mistake ; that horses are not, and cannot be, susceptible to the same form of disease. We have, then, these various authorities on the subject, and it would be a she progress of the late gigantic conflict in America. XTOTHING DIPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA &MARE LL A.. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 12, Three King-court, Lombard-street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respect fully o ff er to the public this t r uly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes • it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. 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. The mode of admission to th . e House is twofold, Ist. By election of the subscribers. Boys thus admitted are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till they are 11 years o. age. 'With the view t o secure the election of the most deserving cases, the Committe have from the first discouraged canvas sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers. The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to those most eligible for free admission. This Home was opened in April, 1864. It was designed to take ta the little ones whose charact r and circumstances disqualify them for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender age precludes their admission to the Refuges. Such are those who, from neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose parents may have at one time or other received parish relief, and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose Parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who train their children in the same path. Such are those whose evil associations have already had their painful effect, and must lead them to a life of crime and misery. There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of age to 10. There is room for nearly 10:,, and the Committee would joyfully see th e H ome fill e d at once; they only wait cannotfor e uT t ba h st e aent n ohc e meu c e ssm s opi p flt a est r necessary dem fteou rewl themselveshen o subscriptions. hnsatvre aibne e d e; na t n o adl plead for r ja f dn o those who mg r t to tted th , etcblery ask—is it right to make a widow and her family paupers for lite because one of them (the y naughty boy of the tam ly) runs wild in the streets and is beond her control ? Is it kind to tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not help her to put one of them into a Hom tb e f;b bu s t t that they must t t h e e nr h p o b u s s n e ? t ' o ' se l n s d it b d bu oin t g o the workhorse. canwe for the doing to others as we would they should do unto is that when it l a i l t i ti g e n d i e n sTi;U these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into n the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to " run away," none of us shell' d be found to care for th em, to speak a kindly word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe th , -m ? Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, Passing by on the other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's keeper?" The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi dent from the police statistics, which show that i n L ondon alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of acre, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too young to punish, though not too young to learn the beginnin gs of crime. On the other hand, there are numbers who, but for the tiniely help afforded by such an Institution, otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli ance and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State. '1 he Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established to rescue the little ones, to save them from the p rison on the one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour to make them useful members of' society. The daily routine of the Institution pr-sents all the fea tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. T he lit tle ones are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals, their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement, and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every morning is devoted to scho,l work—reading, and writing, and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional lessons in objects and other subjects. But they are also trained to work. As they must all. and that at a very early period in lite, earn their living by the sweat of their brow, they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after noons are occupied with various industrial occupations— making brown paper bags for bankers, and white i aper bags for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mending the c othes, &c. Some assist the master in the garden, digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots, knives, Ave. In this way it is sought to fit them for an active working life. 2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance. All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any time as soon as approved by the Committee, Elections of children to be adiaitted free will take plane as frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will admit, till the Home is full; they will then. be held periodi cally Forms of spplication for the admission of children may be had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary, THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another home to iho 12 now in operation. s Last ye eaecr no fewer wanthan 4 0 5 f 5 F p u o N or D , s fr a i n en d d r l o e o s m s, , y m ound in f g em a total n e t 3,087, who have been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few we t r erj ted Irom of the most recent cases: F. v., aged 16, Mien, mother dead, deserted by her father. M. A. F., aged 13, homeles., both parents dead. A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother i. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead, A 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead. H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents, M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. C. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead. E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead, S. 8., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead. S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead. The new home the Committee wish to form would be for young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who have been led astray from the path of virtue. Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary, Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street. Cheapside; or by Messrs Barclay and Co., Lombard-street. DELAYING A TRAIN.—On Tuesday the Gains borough magistrates fined a farmer named Fowler £7 10s., including costs, for a breach of the byelaws of the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. He came to the station drunk, and assaulted the station-master at Gainsborough. After the assault, he went down the line, and a train had to bo delayed until he could be discovered. He was found lying near a bridge, quite close to the rails, in such a position that had the train been allowed to go on he must have been killed. He had even then to be forcibly held back while the train passed. A GAOL WARDER STABBED AY A PRISONER AT HULL.—On Monday at the Leeds Town-hall, Joseph Webster, a prisoner now undergoing a sentence of 18 months, in Armley Gaol, was charged with stabbing War der Walker. It would appear that Walker had to report the prisoner a fortnight ago, for whistling during service in the chapel. and for the offence Webster was sentenced" to three days' solitary confinement. Yesterday morning, as Walker was engaged in watching the prisoners in chapel, Webster rushed upon him, and stabbed him in the right ar m, with his carpet-weaving knife. The prisoner at tempted a second blow, using the words to the officer, 4, you —, murder you," but two prisoners who were marching behind him seized his arm until further assist ance arrived. The knife was found to have been recently sharpened, and pointed at the end. Walker's wound was found to be an inch long, and extending down to the bone. The prisoner, upon being duly cautioned, said--" I have nothing to say, only that Mr. Walker re p or t e d me f or whistling, and I did not whistle. When the warders took me down into the cell they knocked me about, and kicked me against the wall. There were four of them, and they did it for four or five minutes to me." The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions, on the charge of un lawfully wounding. .44 vt , :.-- • :•:,' 4"-. • ‘.4 , c , i -,.--, •,4e. - • •;;, k \ x'j, is ta s * 10r , ' , ..) 4 4 'I ' • (L'----- 1 , 5...if)10 , is• ' 53 ! • • i,t;—' . /-.) , ,_. 1/ ' . • • ~... ,...., I `••••4 6 , ) , .0. , .:, • . \ A. AO ‘l "*. 'VI - '• -: - t .. 1 4' , ~- r'' 2. s ' - •-• .•',..44m tsr -‘_ . ...,i' 1 1' ~, It , ...,-' . ,'i t• -44 :•.. .0 , ~. (-- , i * •:i T- , .. ! I _ 0 . - ~ ..k ~,.. i, .0.4 , "..IW-,--W .411 ir ,•• •,,, ~ , , 4, , , ,- ' • ' * N''`‘ r eF t *N •:- :" , 4 ,-, ,• ). AbilliM- ~,- ••IA - • .., ~.. 11-4 • ~/ . _.. , - .„. . . -- ' •••• 1..." t. ~....' . •.. _.:771,t4, '.- , .4 111 11tik,. `, , ••=;\4l _ET ' "-ai1McX• 7 ,....- t 1 4 611; , tl., , , , ,'\_ ~- --, _-. „.. ‘, 4 1 111 " . 11' •••=eoPremrPre 4' 4 ' DIE i ' .T 4 it.. 4, 1 . 1 -‘ 16 ,- -5 ~,,•-•=••'' ' - -D72,01.T. # tit -,- Ni; - '71,-' . ' - ''' -.' 4 - _ The invention which was tried yesterday, with the aid and sanction of the Lords of the Admiralty, is due to the skill of Mr. Wood, an officer of the United States' Navy, in conjunction with that of Mr. G. W. Beardslee, another American gentleman, who is now in this country, and who personally superin tended these experiments. Mr. Beardslee had been engaged at Chatham for about a week previous in making the necessary preparations, and on Satur day last he deposited one of his large test torpe- does in the mud and sand off Gillingham Point, in the Medway, at the entrance to Chatham harbour, there to remain until yesterday in readiness fur demonstrating that prolonged submersion would not impair its explosive force. Near the same spot lay moored the hull of the Terpsichore, an old wooden 18 gun sloop of some 500 tons burden, which the Admiralty had placed at Mr. Beardslee's dis posal, as a sort of corpus vile, upon which he might work his will; and not far off again from this devoted craft were ranged at intervals several specimens of torpedoes of varying destructive power, the efficacy of which was to be tested by less costly as well as less practical operations than the blowing up of an actual man-of-war. It should be explained that the tor pedoes used yesterday were of two kinds, the one called " electrical buoyants," and the other " percus sion," these respective names indicating the agency by which the explosion of the shell is produced. , They were in both cases formed of hollow water- tight cylinders, made of wrought iron, and varied in size and power. The largest were constructed to receive a charge of 4401 b. of powder, and the smallest for a charge of 681 b., the former b e i ng 9ft. or 10ft. _ . long, and lft. in diameter, while the latter were no above a third of that length, though of nearly an equal diameter. To each torpedo, or shell, a cylin drical float is attached to give it buoyancy ; and when it is desired to submerge the shell to any par ticular depth before firing it, the rope connecting the two can be easily untied and adjusted. The morning being very foggy, there was consi derable doubt for some time whether the trials would come off that day ; but the sky clearing about noon, and the sun shining out with all that unclouded brightness for which the weather during the last few weeks has been so remarkable, it was determined that the operations should proceed. This decision, however, was arrived at at an hour when the tide was ebbing fast—a circumstance somewhat unfa vourable for the full effect of the intended experi ments. It was about 2 o'clock when the Admiralty yacht Wildfire, having his Grace the First Lord and a distinguished party on board, steamed from the dockyard pier for the scene of action, about a couple of miles distant, and situate in the broadest and prettiest part of the Medway. Having taken up an excellent position for view ing the experiments at a few hundred yards from the barge on which Mr. Beardslee and his assistants -were stationed with their electrical ap paratus for igniting the shells, the signal was given for commencing. At a spot indicated by a pole bearing a red flag had lain submerged 15 feet deep in the bed of the stream, as already stated, since last Saturday, one of the largest-sized torpe does, charged with 4401 b. of powder. A boat's crew was despatched from the operator's barge to establish electrical communication with this sunken shell. This preliminary completed, and the train all ready for firing, in an instant there rose from the placid bosom of the river high into the air a large column of water, in shape and action much resembling those great waterspouts occasionally witnessed by sailors in mid-ocean, and to which, though very beautiful to look upon, they do their best to g iv e a wide berth. The splendid v olumes of snow- white feathery spray soared quickly to a hei g ht of little p o a e w n e e less than 200 feet, and then fell g entl y again in ex quisitely g racefulm drlreminded leaving no theytrieaansetpeoeocft forciblythemselvesof vortexof awhich d i s swbehindlh i l d e they thatsave the slowlye river h ad expandingbeen stirredcircle of bubbling, b i u t b s b l 1 : I n v g e s , t depfoamingdepths. Thewater,greatthe y spectacle u d u fountains of Sydenham, but was of course b up ri o e n fer a d m o u r c a h gran d T e h r e sc o a x l p e l , o a s n io d n n of ec t e h ss e ar n il e y xt o l f ar f g a e r torpedo produced effects but slightly different from those just described, except that it was accompanied by a far more deafening report, that fragments of the cylinder were sent spinning high above the top most wreaths of delicate, feathery spray, and that the rare beauty of the too transient display more strongly contrasted with the after turbidness of the seething waters. Several other experiments of a similar nature followed, the only variation in their results being that sometimes the huge bodies of water tossed up were thrown laterally and diago nally rather than in a vertical direction, and con sequently produced wider circles of foam and mud than their predecessors. It is needless to say that any one of these powerful explosions must have proved most dangerous, if not absolutely fatal, to any even of our largest ships of war which might have come within their influence. But the most interesting experiment of the day PRICE 4d., STAMPED sd.' still remained to be performed. We, of course, allude to the proposed blowing up of the Terpsichore, which was destined soon to executequite as fantastic, though not as happy, a movement as any associated with her name. Being, however, a vessel literally without a history, never having once been put in commission since the day she was brought from the private yard at Blackwall where she was built to rot in the Medway like so many of her companions, there is little room for the indulgence of sentiment, about her ignoble doom. Yesterday, with the full leave and licence of our Board of Admiralty, our " Ame rican cousin," in friendship, not in wrath, played the part of her executioner ; and in the opinion of not a few of the spectators many more vessels of her class might, with advantage to the public, be handed over to the same inglorious fate. Useless in life, their death might at least promote the ends of science. But let us hasten to describe more particularly the mode in which she at all events made a nominal gap in our Navy List. Two 75-pounder torpedoes having been placed at a depth of some 7ft. below her keel, towards her bows, and the signal given for trans mitting the electric spark to their contents, a dull report is suddenly heard, accompanied with a visible upheaving and convulsive quivering of her whole frame. Simultaneously there is a loud and painful clanking and rattling of chains, as though every ounce of iron on board felt the death-agony ; cascades of water thrown on to her deck by the force of the explosion are seen rushing out again from her scuppers ; and in much less time than it takes to tell the tale—for the whole thing is an affair of seconds—the Terpsichore is unmistakably settling forwards. In another moment her stern stands up at an acute angle, and her bow sinks deeper and deeper. Not a fragment, however, of her timbers, is seen to be detached from the rest of her bulk, not a splinter has been shot up into the air or has fallen off into the water, and she appears to be doing down bodily. The mischief she has received would seem to be a broken back ; for she still con tinues to go down by the head, until in about five minutes from her first premonitory groan she lies fast aground in the Medway mud on an even keel, with the tide, now down to three-quarters ebb, up to within a few inches of her port-holes. There is not now enough water entirely to drown her, or she would infallibly be engulfed; but she is irretrievably wrecked, and the rising tide will in a few hours not leave a solitary trace of her visible. She will have to be raised by lighters and beached, so as not to obstruct the navigation. Some of the uninitiated spectators were perhaps a little disappointed because there was not a more showy and, so to speak, thea trical denouement. They had expected possibly to see the devoted craft shivered to atoms, and a thou sand fragments flying swiftly through the air. But the torpedoes did their fatal work without any such superfluous parade; and it requires no great powers of imagination to call up before the mind's eye the terrible scene of confusion and despair which such a sudden stroke would create in a ship of war equipped and manned for actual service. Hardly a soul on board, one should think, could in that case have been saved. It appears pretty plain that vessels of war would find a channel or river planted with these treache rous implements very awkward navigation, as by running foul of one of them that is fired by percus sion they might at any moment experience the fate of the Terpsichore. With regard, however, to boats going in under an enemy's fleet and quietly depo siting these destructive explosives there, it could hardly be done at all if a sharp look out were kept, except under cover of a dense fog or a dark night and it seems tolerably clear that under such drawl stances the operation would be about as hazardous to the assailants as to the assailed. After the catastrophe the Admiralty yacht steamed round the sunken hull to make a closer inspection, and after one or two minor experiments the party returned to Chatham. The public will doubtless await with considerable interest the pub lication of an official report of the experiments. There were many practical and scientific gentlemen present to witness the operations, and among them were Sir Charles Talbot, Admiral of the Nore ; Sir Robert Walpole, Commandant of the Garrison at Chatham ; Capt. Stewart, Superintendent of the Dockyard ; Col. Boxer, from Woolwich, &c. 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Postage 6d. JOHN WRITE. Manufacturer, 228, PicaadißT. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice, from Four to l‘ine p.m., at 28. 6d., 3s 6d., 4s. 6d and 7s. each. ELEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS, for Ladies and Families. Prices on the "Carte" moderate. Private Rooms tor Large or Small Partier. Reading, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms. BREAKFASTS and LUNCHEONS. D. CAMERON. Entrances-160, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street. Alpine Tourists. (Prom a Correspondent of the Times.) BEAU RIVAGE, LABE LEMAN, OCt. 1. It happens to us after an Alpine tour as at the close of the more earnest and momentous journey of life. With health and wealth we are apt to go at too great a rate, but we are equally sure to look back at our course with regret, and to rue the con sequences of our excessive speed. There is some thing depressing in our first descent from a high mountain region. It is a coming down in life. We miss the elastic air, the commanding view, the vast solitude, the silence made audible by the incessant yet unobtrusive music of wind and wave. Alone with Nature in her loftiest array of beauty, we have enjoyed a few days of unalloyed bliss ; and when we come to the end we wonder why those days were so few, what it was that brought us down with such precipitance, that prevented our linger ing about spots with which we' fell so madly in love at first sight. But all this repining comes too late. It is in the nature of all mountain travellers to live fast. It is a race from co/ to col, from Zermatt to Aosta, from Courmayeur to Chamouni, and on to the end of the chapter. It is, in too many instances, a task which fashion imposes ; a duty to be got rid of with as little loss of time as a stout pair of legs and a long purse can contrive. It is easier to devour the Alps than to digest them. Most tourists come, conquer, but do not see. gg Where have you been to-day, Bob ?"—such is the conversation current at the Riffleburg. " tin to the Weiss Thor." " Well, and how did you like it ? Had you a view ?" " Hum ! haw I Let me see. I say, George, hadn't we a view ?" " Why, not much of an one," puts in George : "on the Italian side it was just a mass of mist, but the sky was clear on the side of Switzerland." " All I know is it was tough work, all over ice and snow, and so let us look after our supper." That may, after all, be only an extreme case, and there are certainly many to whom the Alps afford as much pleasure as toil. Some of the Alpine Club men bring all the resources of art and science to bear on their summer enjoyment. Their books, descrip tive of the great European chain, geologically, hydro graphically, &c., are read with interest at home and abroad. Their sketches of the panoramas from the Crammont or the Becca di Nona decorate the dining-room walls of the hotels of Courmayeur and Aosta. For all that, however, the men who tarry on any spot more than one evening and one morn ing may be set down as exceptions. With the gene rality every day has its appointed task, and all their ingenuity consists in contriving to do the business of two days in one. The English travell er t a k es along with him a good stock of money, justly look ing it as the best of alpenstocks. Wherever,he can ride he calls for horses or mules ; along carriage roads_he goes upon wheels. He may well wish to achieve the whole round of Switzerland, but that is no reason why he should go over the whole of it on foot. Even when walking a knapsack is irksome to him ; he thinks, not withoutreason, that he does quite enough if he carries himself. Hence is John Bull so popular among guides, carriers, and horse hirers, who see so much more of his cash than of that of his neighbours. All ho is chary of is time, and by ~u ~ c dint of his own brave sinews and of the sinews of war in his pocket he certainly contrives to " do" a great deal, no matter whether he enjoys or actually sees in proportion. Your German tourist, on the other hand, is more consistent, patient, methodical. He does the busi- ness thoroughly ; he has laid his plans beforehand, before he quitted Halle or Heidelberg. He reckons days, gulden and kreutzer ; he sets out on foot, as a general rule ; shoulders his wallet, and brandishes his orthodox piked staff. He has no occasion for carriers. He has his knapsack ; °inflict bona :itta secum portat. He seldom troubles guides ; his trust is in his Belpetch or Baedeker, who describe every path and by-path with surprising accuracy and even tedious minuteness, lead him " five minutes to the right, then three to the left, then over the brook, and across the grove," till they bring him to the village for a halt, tell him where the Deutsche Gasthof is to be found, with his beloved Schincken, and genial Baierische bier, his Kreu,z Zeitang and Kiadderdatsch. Notwithstanding the well-hnown . sentimentality of the Teutonic character, one im A y doubt whether the Alps can be seen to the 'acst advantage in this plodding way ; whether tir, t t iu cessantmarch, that constant burden on the s%oulders, all that dust and heat, and beer and tol-Jacco, and scanty linen, and sore feet, have n 0.6 a crushing effect on the nerves, deadening the very sense of the beautiful. I have met a great many of these worthy pilgrims, generally in couples, like Fran ciscans in olden times, and the dull, vacant, fagged look with which they stared at us and exchanged a friendly " Guten tag," as we pushed past them on our saddles or in our einspanner, convinced me that there was little room left in their souls for any other sensation than that of painful toil, and that they were mere martyrs to au idea, carrying a principle to those extremes which border on absur dity. The Germans play on the Alps the same part they have assigned to themselves in every walk of science, art, or literature. They do the heavy work —do it from choice or earnest conviction. Nor is this the case of the race between the hare and the tortoise. When the time comes for a really ardu ous ascent, where all men are brought on a level and must betake themselves to their natural means of locomotion, to their mettle and bottom, then the walking powers of the jaded German by the side of those of the fresh, well fed, and appointed English man bear the same proportions as the lumbering pace of a pack-horse to the dashing action of a iirst rate hunter. Look to the Alpine exploits of the last score or two of years, you will find that Mount Blanc, Monte Rosa, the Jungfrau, Wetterhorn, &c., have almost invariably been achieved by the racing Briton, not by the painstaking Teuton. But if taking matters easy were the best way of seeing Switzerland, then the beau ideal of a traveller would be your Italian lounger. He comes across his great mountain barrier, generally over the St. Gothard or Simplon, boxed up in the in terior of a diligence, crowded to suffocation, espe cially in a year in which the cholera scares him away from the dear haunts of his noisome city. Down he comes on Lucerne., Geneva, or Zurich, as if his mission were to the cities, not to the moun tains of Switzerland. Down he sits at the tables before his beloved Café du Lac, sipping iced lemonade, gazing at the mountains, and indulging small but endless talk with his fellow-traveller, commenting on the rich head of hair, neat ankle, and satin skin of the English or Yankee girl tripping past him. To that bench and that table he is nailed from morning to late at night, or if he looks for diversion, he seeks it at the barber's shop, where he goes through his scanty toilet rites; or on the steps of his hotel, where he gets his boots blacked. It is not that he would, enervated as he is supposed to be, lack energy or even physical strength for manly exertion. I know a young Neapolitan who has been up Monte Rosa. Another achieved Mount Cervin the other day. It is with the Italian a matter of Cui Bono ? Something like Asiatic indolence lurks about these descendants of the Pelasgic race. Ex traordinary stimulus is required to rouse an Italian into unusual exertion. The normal state of exist ence is for him rest and leisure, and idle drink and drowsy talk. He does not like toil nor court peril for its own sake, not he. The mountains look as well—nay, look better—seen from base to summit than from top to bottom. The Italian carries but little linen with him, and he requires a change of shirt every time a walk brings the dew of heat and fatigue on his brow. Mountain climbing may be all very well in deep winter, but in the dog days I Bah ! Si .ea tutto in acqua ! Si soda come bestic ! Your Frenchman exhibits a somewhat different temperament from his Greco-Latin cousin. Am bition, the point of honour, will allow him no rest. His nature goads him to imitation, easily roused into emulation. He must keep on equal terms with his neighbour, excel him if lie can. He tears him self for a week or two from the glitter of the Boulevards, from the roulette and the sirens of Baden. You have him in full bloom at Bale and Lucerne. His tourist's costume is unexceptionable. It has cost him time and thought, and long consultations with ,his tailor. The Frenchman of this class is a peculiar being, a mixture of tho Anglomaniac and the Anglophobist. Ire apes those he hates. He is great on the race-ground ; reads Le Sport; suns himself in the light of Count Lagrange's triumphs. Like Napoleon at Waterloo, he closes his fist, and exclaims, " Nous les tenons, ces Anglais!" On his first reaching Lucerne he makes a dash at the Righi, storms it au premier abord, as Porsena, King of the Rasena, took the Janiculum, on the first onset. There is no end to his noise and gesticulation on the platform at the Kulm. In good wind, well braced, and put in high spirits by that easy success, he is "up to anything." He has high courage and dashing impetuosity, no doubt, and for a short spell you may expect from him any great deed. He takes the first icy pass or snowy peak that is described to him as worthy a brave man's trial. Up at it he goes as he would at a Parisian barricade. Fire and quicksilver are to him instead of sound bone and muscle. He keeps pace with the stoutest John Bull, or, may be, even distances him ; but with that first victory he is satisfied. He comes down to Interlaken or Chamouni with a shrug and a sneer. He has been on the Alps ; there is nothing in them ; there are some scores of such snowhills as the one he has topped, and there is only one Boule vard des Italiens in the world. When people talk to him again of peaks, passes, and glaciers he will say, "Je figs la. Connu ! Sont-ils ennuyeux, ces 'ouristes!" Such are some of the specimens of Alpine travel lers that I have happened to come across a s the y crowded together at one of these many Hotels des Quatre Nations." There are other varieties, such as the Spaniard, less enterprising even than the Ita lian ; the Yankee, more bent on doing, more at a loss what to do, than the Briton ; the Russian, a cross between English energy and German drudging laboriousness. Then ther e aro the wo men of all these different races ; the En g lish ladie s , very nearly outnumbering, often outdoing, sometimes disdain fully dispensing with, their gentlemen; the Ger man frauen, a deadweight round their husbands' nec k s, a ffectionate, sentimental, given to ejacu lations and clasping of hands ; the French dames, espzegle, curious, loquacious, nzoqueuses ; the Italian signoras, bilious, out of sorts, subdued, out of their element ; then swarms of boys and girls, in everybody's way, always on the brink of precipices, with breathless nurses and grumbling flunkeys pre tending to try to keep them out of mischief. Family parties on the high mountains are chiefly English and Germans. But your French and Italians go about unencumbered. Their " impediments " are either left at home, or made to tarry behind at those great nurseries of hotels at Interlaken, Thun, Lucerne, or Lake Leman, where the noiseis dinning and the confusion bewildering. 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