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,_ t -\ // -~ C~ NEWSP..A.PE 'ernmo :its is man •1411 , - - 4'44, bad m• even - the worms 11 ROYAL SURREY GARDENS COR PAN'Z (Limited). All persons having any claim or demand against thisComf any are requested to forward the amount thereof to the Offices of th io CC PanY, Penton-place, Walworth, on or before Saturday, the • No vember, 1856. By order. WILLIAM ELLIS, Secre LAI y. 30th October, 1856. FRIEND of the CLERGY CORPORATIO N, for allowing Pensions, not exceeding 401. per annum, to the Widows and Orphan unmarried Daughters of Clergymen of the Established Church, and for affording temporary assistance to net :es- Wong Clergymen and their families, throughout England, Wales,, :and Ireland. The next ELECTION of PEN3IONERS will take place at the Louden Tavern, Bishopsgato-street, on TUESDAY, November 25 - tlh, 1856, at 12 o'clock precisely; The Rev. JOSEPH BROWN. M.A. in the chair. The Report of the Proceedings of the Corporation during the past year, the balance-sheet, list of subscribers and pensioners, &c., m .ay dohsd at the Offices, 4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar - square, wh ere nations and subscriptions will be thankfully received. The Rev. JOs'E PH BROWN, M.A , 7 Hon. The Rev. JOHN EDMUND COX, M.A., F.5.A.,1 Secs.. HENRY BRAMALL, Secretary. (N o . 20,084.) LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1856. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5-B. PUBLICATIONS. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. Naval and Military Intelligence. Spirit of the Public Journals. This day, price 3d. (or post free, 4d.), No. IX. cf A MANUAL •of BRITISH BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS. By 11. T. STAINTON, Author of "June: a Book for the Country in Summer Time." London : John Tan Voorst, I, Paternoster-TOW ; and to be had of all Booksellers and news agents. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY". The ALTERATION OF TRAINS for NOVEMBE R, 1856. _ne 6.50 a.m. Ch eap T ra i n from Paddington will be aocelerati d '", i r w h eetl Slough and Banbury. e 2 P.m. Train from Paddington will be accelerated between cot and Birmingham. 7111, 8.20 p m. Train from slough to Taplow will be discontinued. b e 5 e 7 .10 a.m. Pp Train from Reading will start at 7.25, and will minutes earlier at intermediate stations. _ 11 5 a m. Up Train from Cheltenham will start at 10.55, and The 5 minutes earlier at intermediate statio ns as far as Swindon. 516 p.m. Up Train from Birmingham will start at 5.15 p.n a., coxfo Zi i 11 be 20 minutes earlier at intermediate stations a s fa r as Th e tar a.m. Down Cheap Train on Sundays w il l he accelerated as Swindon. STAINES, WOKINGHAM, and READING , and LONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAYS. 4 CHEAP FAST TRAIN from READING to Waterloo-brK ge Stet 0' LONDON, will leave Readinz at 8.15 a.m. daily ((Sunda vs n ex ot p e D e ted), commencing on Saturday, Ist November next, till furtb er FARO —ltEepura To Loxnow. First Class. Secor d Class. Single Journey.• ...... . • ... 4s. .1 ag• Tick . els will also be issued those fares FROM LONDON to RE ADING, by a Train leaving'aterloo-bridge Station at 7.45 p.m. daily (Sundays excepted). First Class. Second Class. Double Journey ........ Os. I 4s. 6d, / real Reading, available to return from Waterloo-bridge Station at to return or 7.45 p.m. the same d a y, or if i s sued on Saturday, availabl e return by any Train up to Monday in , lusive. Double Journey Ticked s at those fares will also be issued from Lotidonto Reading on Saturdays by the 4.40 or 7.45 p.m. frains fro _M Waterloo-bridge Station, available to return from Reading by any Train 11D to Monday inclusive. hose Tickets will be available at Reading and London, but at no other station, and only by the Trains above-mentioned. •Ily order. 'Wa terloo-bridge Station, 28th October, 1856. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES an d GENF RAL LIFE AASURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. TRUSTEES. Rt.llu Spencer 11. Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq.,M P. I Henry Peter F u ll er, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 3 3 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. SUN 'LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN POUR-FIFTHS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained In the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives Rre lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample ruarantee fund, in addition to the accuwulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. . Policy stampspaid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedlo-street, Loadon, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. To LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Seas on , ‘...._ Genuine YARMOUTH BLOATERS These highly '"7".•rded delic ac i es f orwar d e d t o a ll parts , on rece i pt of the amount .. ." under, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order : • 100 prime .. Cs. Od. 100 especially selected.... Bs. 4d. Package included. 50 ditto .... 4s. 6d. ..bend full and pl a i n di rec ti ons, county, and nearest station. Ad - eal, THOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. BALE OF PROVISIOvS, &c., (T DEP i FORD. ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, 29th October, 1856. P r RE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Ir eland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on 1111111.4 DAY, the 13th ;°:-deelnntbNevrillnext, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the Captain Superin- Put up to Sale, in her Majesty's Victualling Yard at Dept u'rd, Peveral Lots of Army, Navy, Victualling, Medical, and Trans ;i,Dnet S tores. consisting of Salt Meat, Biscuit, Compressed Vege ables, reserved Potatoes, soup and Bouilll, Coffee, Pepper, Rice, Casks, Y ard. Tanks, Clothing, Bedding, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said i-er Personss o f a wishi dmission for that ng to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent note purpose. T Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the od. GREY HAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL COLOUR with ease, safety, and certainty, by the PATENT 04LVA.NIC COMBS and BRUSHE4, which are els', an unfailing oternedy for nervous headache and all neuralgic affections. Illus rted pamphlets," Wh y H a i r b ecomes Grey, and its Remedy, " gratis, by post for four stamps. Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic affections are perfectly eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Brushes, the most safe, , imple, and efficient galvanic instruments extant patro tiled by the faculty. Offices : —F. M. HERRING, 32, Basinghall street. Agents :—Child. South Gallery, Crystal Palace ; Savory and Moore ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bpnd-street ; Godfrey and Cooke, Conduit- Street ; Hendrie, 12, Tickbome-street ; Twinberrow, 2, Edwards. street, Portman-square ; Saunders, 315 a, Winter, 205, and Kennedy, 166 , Oxford-street ; Ross, 119, Bishopsgate-street ; Rimmell, Ger rard -street, Soho; Worn, 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, 1, Moles- W orth -street, Dublin. Sold by all chemists and perfumers of repute. MIL HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street. has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so Perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Price is. I%d. and 2s. 9d. ner box - This efflux for This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long - tried y h ealth, and the blood, so very essential for the foundation good - "lth. and zorrecting all disorders of the s tomach and bowels. Two or three doses Will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. T he stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of heat iver, bow e l s , and kidneys will rapidly take p l a ce ; and renewed I. e th will be the quick result of taking this medic i ne , according to It_ directions accompanying each box. For FEMALES these Pills are truly excellent, removing all ols tstructions the distressing Headache so very prevalent with the se x, De pression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches , i nPles, and Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy, juvenile bloom to the complexion. Drowsiness ren ew; of a P ull Habit, who are subject to Headache, Giddiness, blro:siness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of 0 to the head, should never be without them, as many danger -42' Yrnptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. an,t They aro an excellent aperient, create appetite, relieve languor, _,nvigorate the spirits, and it taken after indulgence at table they ''"KIY restore the system to its natural state of repose. ld by Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand, London, and all v en d or s c. o ' 4,Tn edielne. NATIONAL GUARANTEED rirt MANURE COMPANY .(Limited). Inco rporated under 19 and 20 Viet., c. 47, Limiting the Lia. bility of Shareholders. Capital, £lOO,OOO in 50,000 Shares of £2 each. Deposit, Ten Shillings per Share. The object 'is to supply the agricultural community with baa vr , nur es, consisting of organic substances, which will be uaranteed" by this company to contain a certain per tent age of nitro ge n, am m o nia, soluble phosphates, s ili ca t es, and other fertilisers, so essential to the growth of the crops. TRUSTEES. C olonel Willi m Petrie Waugh, Branksea Castle, Dorset. J ohn Evans, Esq. (Evans, Lcseher, and Evans, Bartholomew close, London, and Evans, Sons, and Co., Hanover-street, Liverpool). Robert John Lattey, Esq., Erin-house, St. John's-wood, and Cregg, County of Galway, Ireland. DIRECTORS. The Hon. Rowland Winn, 20, Wilton-street, Belgra.ve-square. William Bush, Esq., Royal Circus, Bath, Mayor of Bath. Thomas Burbidge, Esq. (Burgoyne and Burbidge), 31, Throg morton-strect. Peter Carstairs, Esq., 4, 'Upper Montague street, Russel-sq. J. Cnwin Clarke, Esq., 23, Hornton street, Kensington. T. W. Fleming, Esq., Stoneham Park, Southampton. Samuel Bamford Hamer, Esq., Dale Side, Helmsley, York. lire. John Brown, Esq., Cross-lane, Tower.street. David M'Birney, Esq. (M'Birney, Collis, and Co., merchants, Ashton Quay, Dublin. William Slarke, Esq., Cricklewood, Middlesex. Lieut.. Colonel Thorpe, Manor House, Leaden, Colchester. AUDITORS, R. Hodson, Esq., 15, Aclam•street, Adelphi, C. IL Cooke, Esq,, 14, 'Whitehall-place. Sir John Lubbock, Bart., and Co., Mansion House street, City, London and Eastern Banking Corporation, Cannon.st„ City, Mess SOLICITORS. Ts. Humphreys and Knight, Spital-square, Bishopsgate street. Worthington Evans, Esq., 72, Coleman-street, City. BROKERS—Messrs. Crosley (Brothers), 30, Cornhill, th RESIDENT CHEMIST, U. Read, Esq., late Pupil and Assistant to Professor Way. SECRETARY—George Gorham La m b , E sq. TEMPORARY OFFICES-77, King William-street, City. This Company is incorporated under the 19th and 20th Vic. 417 , which limits the liability of the shareholders to the amo unt of their subscriptions. The objects of the Company are stated above, based hive been made on carefully prep are d data, on the transactions of two companies, which she that ef°ll 454 the manufacture and sale of 20,01t0 tons of manure a r Profit of 43,000 wiil bo realised. T r company has purchased the works of twer manure cora nios in full operation, one in the North of England, the oth er I,ondon, whose respective businesses have been carried on - : l ,2essfully for some years past. The testimonials of numerous ,6,,uoniturists who have used these manures with the most be eaoial effects,are l • at the company's offices for in. sPeetion. lying each large portion of the shares are already subscribed for, and fr,aPplication for the remainder must be made in the annexed 41, accompanied by a remittance or a banker's receipt for 10s. 1 7 1 ! share deposit on the number applied for, without which a pplications will be reeive. Should a less übr be 1 .: 40 d than applied for,c the d amount paid in excnessm w e ill be perarned forthwith, with the Allotment Letter. Five tancent. interest will be allowed on all calls paid in ad i2Applications in the annexed forms for the remaining shares Old. be addressed to the Secretarv, or Mess: s. Crosley, '°thl:.'rs, Brokers, 30, Cornhill. London, October, 1850. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. I 'o the' National Guaranteed Manure Company (Limited.) ~ Gentlemen,— Having p a id i n t o th e hands of encl ban o '" leers, th e s of £ , th e receipt for which I s e Zf You, I request you to allot me share 3, il2 each, in the Company, and I herebagree to accept ray° sa ble. or any less number you may allot to me, and to the- future calls thereon. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full ............... . ...................... Residence ................................ Profession or ................... ihte4 'Reference , .................................. day of ,186 , Third Thousand of No. TIM now ready. STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., riSHE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL IL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all its Varieties and Complications, with Observations on the Use and /Volum of Instruments in the Treatment of Diseases of the Urethra. T.he whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. CO URTENAY, M.R.C.S. E. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. MOM, ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—Th e a b ove e l egan ooms are nosy open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's eelebtated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this ashiouable place of resort has been entirely redeporated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion One Shilling. D B. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, '4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open' (for Gentlemen idY) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models nd preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in ealth and disease, the race of men, Sec. Lectures delivered at 12, , and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and iighly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery 0 , Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. QALLE YOUSDFN, 315, O x f or d- s t ree t ( ten doors from Regent-circus).—On WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5, and following evenings.—VALENTINE VOINDEN, the great Poly. national Mimic, has th e h onour of announcing to the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, that he will appear on the above and follow! , g evenings in his Original Entertaimnent, THE UNITY OF NATIONS, given for 300 nights at the Rotunda, Dublin. See opinions of the press, list or patrons, published songs, programmes, &c. Reserved seats, 3s. second seats, 25.; back do., is. Reserved seats and family tickets may be had at the rooms. Doers open at half-past 7; enter tainment to commence at 8. CANTERBIJRY HALL, Westminster-road. —OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following company of l'opular Op eras, Vocalists are engaged for the p er f ormance of Selections from all the Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz.:— Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel!, and Miss Summers; fir. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghman 3, R. Grover. T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Cowie; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corti ; Mr. Sam cioweli and E Mackney. Pia noforte, Harrovvay, harrnon'tum, J. Caulfield, jun. ; direc tor, Mr. T. Caulfield. Commence at se - reu o'clock precisely. Sappers, &e., until twelve o'clock. 110YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no ecommendation is required. During the past month the frjllowing nutter received the benefits ,f this Charity, either as out or in-door p ents, on their personal pplication : Week ending 7th Sept. 1,841 Ditto 14th Sept •• •• •• •• 1,895 Ditto 21st Sept... . ..... • • 1,784 Ditto 2Fsth 5ept......... • • 1,780 nth and 30th Sept."... 787 Total in Sept. of which 3,846 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat. ment) having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. _ The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, early elected from the 'general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in Janus ry. A Board is held every Thursday, at o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not en dowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and leg acies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., 111 .P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts .nd Co.; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.:; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Bar 'clay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overei id, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman :and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for thetlestitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OVEN. M.A., Chairman. 21 2 0 MILNER'S .HOLDFAST and FIRE RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourising), with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 1840-51-54 and 1455, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PHOENIX 2120) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE STREET, City. Circulars free by post. I NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE F O MEDICINE. atent Office seal of Grim t Britain. Dip lome d'Ecole de Pharmacia Pharmacien de Paris_ Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. 1,. 2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, levold of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. old in tiln cases, diviiirA into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Ricord, &c., &c. TRIESEMA.rt No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION,. SPERMA.TORREICES, and all the distressing onsequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in bot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual trength and vigo'av to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enieY na eat of health and the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may Of. the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. dectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates al l , traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated orms, Gicef.s, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pairs of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi an d Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the .urn of the. 'health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR No. is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. - Lt also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutane kris Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions P ntl impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expell it with the insensible perspiration thror.gh the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a nevtx-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately he English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable dastruc ion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in he world cannot restore. P rice Ils., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves I Is., and in 5/. •as es, whereby there is a saving of Id. 12s. To be had wholesale and retail in London, of Derby and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street ; Front. 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Oatord-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical work, price Is., post free, beautifully illustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, Sc. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful resalts from early abuse, gonorrhea, and syphilis, and the beget - Its arising from the chemical tests and examination of the spermatoza, by the author's newly-constructed microscope, with powerful lenses.—Piper and Co., 23, Paternoster row; and from all agents for the sale of "Trlesemar." SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE OREEN- WIC.H RAILWAY. An accident resulting in serious injury to several per sons occurred on Tuesday evening on the Greenwich branch of the North Kent Railway, arising from some defect in the nelf• acting points, just outside the Green wich station, The 8.35 p.m. train from London on Thursday night ran as usnal into the Greenwich down platform, and started on the return journey for London at 9.5 p.m. In the ordinary course this train should have crossed on to the up line by th e self-acting points, but owing to some 4; emporary defect i n th ese po i nts the train', instead of crossing on to the up line, continued its course up tb.e down line, and on arriving within 150 yards of the Deptford station, came into violent collision with the 8 50 p.m. down train from London, then running from Deptford into Greenwich. Happily neither of the trains were at full speed or the consequences must have been awful. The force of the concussion wag so great that several carriages were shattered, and almost all the passengers severely shaken or other wise hurt. The drivers and stokers of both engines are more or less severely injured, and several passengers have received fractures and contusions of a serious dm racter. The driver of the up train, William Watson, was not seriously injured, having escaped with severe , contusions on the sight arm, and some flesh wounds about the face. His stoker, a man n ame d C as tl es , was so terrifi e d a t t h e moment f the collision that he jumped clear over the parapet, a depth of 25 feet, into the street below, sustaining bad injuries on the pelvis, and being otherwise so much hurt as to necessitate his immediate removal to the hospital. James Ward, driver of the down train, was terribly maimed, having sustained a compound fracture of the lower jaw and a severe scalp wound, in addition to which his nose is split. John Barker, his stoker, is suffering from concussion of the brain and contusions on the head. Both these men are also in St. Thomas's Hospital. It has been stated that almost all the passengers in both trains suffered from the shock. Intelligence was despatched to St. Thomas's Hospital requesting that every preparation might be made to re ctive a number of patients, and when the sufferers arrived, Mr. Snow, senior surgeon, with the medical (I liners, was in waiting to attend upon them. A num ber of persons who were only slightly shaken and bruised received such restorative attention as their :cases (de manded and departed ; while those suffering from more serious casualties were conveyed at once to the accident ward, where the following, in addition to the railway employes above noted, still remain : compound fracture of the left leg. Mr. Robert Summers, lighterman, of Cottage-row, Bermondsey, severe wound on skull over the right orbit, and compound fracture of the nasal and frontal bones. Henry Snell, of 15, B ritannia-street. Gray's-inn-road, contusion of the back of neck. Thomas Button, deck labourer, of 22, New-street, mo,op—gate, contusion of chest. Mr. Buyekinek is au American citizen, and was On the point of sailing from England by the Persia. He is progressing favourably, and being a youn g mau, will, it is hoped, soon b e able to undergo r emova l . Mr. Summer 's case is more doubtful, his age approach ing 60. Neither of the other cases in the hospital are supposed to be serious, excepting perhaps those of the engine driver, and Castles, the stoker. In addition to those removed to the hospital, casualties occurrei to Mrs. Edwards Roberts, of Blackheath ; Mrs. Elizabeth Price, of Bridge-street, Greenwich ; and Mr. William Lloyd, of Greenwich, All _these were removed to their own homes, SCINDE. The following report has been issued by the directors of the Seinde Railway Company, in anticipation of the meeting appointed to be held on the 4th November : " The first half-yearly general meeting has been convened in conformity with the act of incorporation of the company. " The directors have the satisfaction to report that since their last meeting with the proprietors such an addition has been made to the staff of the resident engineer as to enable him to complete the survey of the country through which the line is to pass, and that they have - recently re ceived, through their agent in India, the resident engineer's report, accompanied by plans and sections in reference to various surveys prosecuted at the requisition of the Bom bay Government. "The directors await the decision of the authorities as to the selection of the exact route the line should take from Kurrachee to Hydrabad, to enable them to proceed with the construction of the railway. " In their first report the directors announced that they had contracted for 30 miles of permanent way material, the shipment of which is nearly completed. Contracts have also been entered into upon favourable terms for the material for a further 30 miles of railway. "The importance of having improied means of commu nication along the valley of the Indus is every day, becom ing snore apparent. Sir Justin Sheil, late British ambas sador in Persia, has recently advocated the great political advantages to be derived from a railway running the whole length of the left bank of the Indus.' " For commercial and social as well as state purposes the improvement of the transit along this ancient line of communication has become a necessity. • " Holding as we do the Indus from Cashmere to the sea, we have a power which, if well understood and wisely improved, puts us in possession of the key to the whole commerce of Central Asia, which cannot be pursued witter out adding to the proapefity and productiveness of our new territories* (Scinde and the Punjaub). "The resources of modern science judiciously applied to this line of communication would be of inestimable benefit to our own provinces, and the enterprising European mer chants now resident at Kurrachee would soon afford a medium for extensive shipments from the Punjaub and provinces to the north-west of Delhi, and the distribution of our manufactures to the remotest valleys of Affghanistan as far as Herat, and in Balkh, Mira.. and Bokhara. " The local authorities, especially Mr. Bartle Frere, the commissioner in Scinde, and Sir John Lawrence, the chief commissioner of the Punjaub, concur in the necessity of affording to the provinces drained by the Indus and its tri butaries a free access to their port of shipment. The latter of these distinguished gentlemen, in a recent despatch to the Government of India, makes the following forcible re mark"! : " • Indeed these two essentials, viz., the railroad and the steamers, may be said with truth to be the crying wants of the Punjaub in the department of public works. These pro vided, the commerce and produce of these territories will be turned to their due course, viz., the Indus and its feeders, and to their natural outlet, viz., the port of Kurr ac h ee . " For the railroad the face of Doab offers an unusual equality of surface, while it possesses few or none of the requisite resources for metalling a road. For the rivers, it were preferable, instead of improving the navigable stream, to concentrate all efforts on the provision of powerful steamers of the smallest possible draught. The chief com missioner, while deprecating any general extension of the public works department of the Punjaub for the present, would yet beg most earnestly to press these cardinal objects on the attention of the Government. He believes that, if carried out, they would effect more for the development of the resources of these territories than any other work, or number of works, that could be devised.' " A railway from Mooltan to Lahore and Umritssr would not only afford an outlet to the impeded traffic of the Pun jaub and neighbouring territories, bat would of necessity greatly enhance the importance and value of the line from Kurrachee to Hydrabad. Scinde and the Panjaub (in cluding the state under control) cover an area of 130,000 square miles, with a population of nearly 25,000,00. The flower of the European and native army occupies these provinces, and numbers 70,000 men, more than 15,C33 of whom are Europeans. " This board having received official information that the views long entertained by them, as to the best mode of in troducing improved means of transit along the line of the Indus had been approved by the local authorities, they addressed to the C our t o f Di rec t ors o f th e H on . East India Company the following letter &hide Railway Company, Gresham House, Old Broad-street, March 14, 1856. " Sir,---The directors haying received a communication under date the 26th Jan., from their agent i n I n di a , sub mitting for the sanction of this board, in compliance with the suggestion of the Government of Bombay, a proposal that surveys should be made by the Scinde Railway Com pany (enclosure 2), with a view to the extension of theline of railway towards Lahore, and enclosing correspondence with the Government authorities relating thereto, as noted in the margin, copies and extracts of the same being an nexed for the information of the honourable court, " 2. lam requested on behalf of this company to state their readiness to undertake the nece-sary surveys of the line from Mooltan to Lahore and Umritser, under the direction of the Government consulting engineer, should it be the pleasure of the Court to have them proceed ed with, and that all the expenses occasioned by the surveys should be placed to a separate account, and be ap propriated hereafter according to the arrangement that may be ultimately entered into. " 3. Should. the Hon. Court concur in the views ex pressed by the commissioner in Scinde (enclosure 1), the chief commissioner of the Punjaub (enclosure 7), and the Government of Bombay (enclosure 2). as to the great im portance of the extension of, improved means of transit along the Valley of the Indus, this board is of opinion that, instead of making a through communication by means of a railway between Kurrachee and Lakore, as appears to be recommended by the agent and resident engineer of the company, in their letters (enclosures 3 and 4), that the pre sent is a favourable opportunity for introducing the econo mical and easily established system of communication com bining steam transit by land with steam transit by water, so long advocated by their chairman. " 4. For instance, the lower portion of th e li ne f rom Kurrachee Hydrabad, by the railway already sanc tioned, which will avoid the dangers and delays of the Delta, from Hydrabad to Mooltan by steamers of improved construction, resuming the railway from Mooltan to La hore and Irmritier. " A reference to the letters (enclosures 6 and 7), from the commissioner in Scinde and the chief commissioner of the Punjaub, will show that these views are approved of by the local authorities.—l have the honour to be, &c., " (Signed) " W. P. ANDREW, Ch a i rman. ' Sir James C. Melvill, K.C.B. &c.' "The directors h ave th e satisfaction to report that the East India Company have authorised the survey of the country between Mooltan, Lahore, and Ulnritser, by this company, in conformity with which a so:perintending engi neer of ability and experience, with a care f u ll y -selected staff of six enginc3rs, left Engle; for India on 4th Sept. graication in The directors a ro have pp rot, fal of he t if conduct of statin J Mr. . their Ne vcoiT'l‘deliahland entire Warren, the ag: - .4t and representative of the compa n y in India." A HERO IN HUMBLE Lin, (From the Glasgow Times.) Heroism is not confined to the army and navy. It is to be met with in every rank and condition of life. The phy sician who risks his existence in tending the victims of a soldier who shares a charge or who leads a f deadly epidemic is as brave, and possibly more o s r o lo , r th n a bp n o th e e the ewbi with h a t m e n a p b i a f t e h s s . tations of courage and of endurance under trial which are c o o r m di m na e r r y ce w_a w lk e s m o e f e s t oc o i c e c t a y s o E f ven trade in and the lon iti al t l worthy of the highest honour and are really entitled to the years ago, when the writer of this was a boy, there li v e d in appellation of heroism. But to our tale. Abou t 25 or 30 the eastern part of the city of Glasgow a young man named James Lambert. He was a cottowspinner by trade,but what rendered him remarkable then, and what calls for ou r spe cial notice at present, was his excellence as a swimme r and diver. Among the thousands who frequented the Spring boat`rds, the " Dominie's Hole," or the Peat Bog on the Clyde, " when summer days were fine," there was non e who could rival Jamie Lambert. In the water ho was as mach athome as a duck. Over the surface he glided with a facility which was really astonishing, while he could fathom the deepest pool or cross the river under water from side to side with ease. Again and again we have seen him go down and remain so long under the surface that we really held our breath in fear lest he should never emerge ; bat far away the indomitable Lambert was sure to make his appearance. With us boys he was naturally a great fa vourite. In youth we love the daring and the heroic, and on Lambert, the peerless swimmer, we looked with mingled awe and admiration. Not was it only for his superiority in swimming and diving that James Lambert claimed our re spect ; many a life he saved from the Clyde. Whenever the cry was got np that some one was drowning, there was Lambert ready to plunge in to the rescue. Many a sore struggle has he had with death in the channel of our native river when the grip of the dying was upon him, yet ?seldom did he fail in his efforts. Often and often have we seen him go down to grope in the deep brown waters for the corpses of those who had perished, and manya cold and pallid body has he brought to the surface. One day a poor old woman, while washing onthe Green, had occasion to go to the Clyde for water, and while dipping her stoup lost her balance and , was precipitated into the river. For a short time she floated, but at length she went down. At this moment Lambert , appeared on the spot. He was shown about the place where the old woman had sunk, and, without a moment's hesita tion, plunged in clothes and all, and at once succeeded in bringing her ashore. The poor old creature was quite insen sible, but after a short time she was restored to conscious ness. On coming again, as it were, into existence, she ex claimed. " Whare's th e man that saved my life; let mo see the man that took me oot." Lambert who was standing at hand, said, " Here I a m , au ld wife, and I am glad to see you coming round." The poor old creature was profuse in her exclamations of gratitude, and called down any amount of blessings upon her preserver. At length she cried—" Ob, man, I'm a puir auld body; I've naething in the warld, amaist, but my washin' boyne, but I'll sell it before t'e'll gang unrewarded." Lambert, who was then a working cotton spinner, declined, of course to deprive the old woman of her " boyne," and, slippi ng a small sum into her hand, told her to purchase a little comfort for her exhausted body. We give this simply as an instance of our hero's actions. To enumerate all his doings in that way, how ever, would occupy too much of our space and of the went out under a drowning f e reader's patience. Suffice it t o say , t h at spring, summer, withll ow - , rota autumn J a mes Lambert w as ever ready to lend his sex-. vices to those who were perishing ; an d we know tha't on moreo ropere t t i h ed au ro o u n b e d o t cc i a s s b io o n dy, ho to ev e d n r a, , creature. The great event of his life, however, occurred on the evening of the 14th of December, 1831. On that even ing, about half-past 7 o'clock, the ferry-boat which then conveyed the mill-workers of Messrs. Sommerville and Co. from the south to the north side of the river, opposite the Humane Society-house, Glasgow-green, was ovor-crowded. No fewer than 20 persons, mostly women, were crammed into the boat, when another person stepped on the gun wale. The consequence was that the boat was overturned, audits unfortunate occupants were plunged screaming into the cold and turbid water. Larqbert fortunately happened Win ih the tout at Oat time. At 0110 he dragged two or hree of the women ashore. Agais he plunged in and rescued another couple of the poor girls, and landed them in safety ; and still ag a i n an d aga i n h a p l unge d i n t o th e i cy water on his mission of mercy, until at length he was fairly exhausted and fell almost fainting on the bank. Only three of the girls—namely, Jean ant Martha Hart (two sisters), and Anne Whitelaw, were downed. Twenty-five individuals were submerged on thatdreary winter night, and, principally owing to the efforts & Lambert, only three were lost. Said we not truly that he was a hero—ay, one of the noblest stamp ? and surely wel, is he entitled to the respect and gratitude of his fillow-citzens. Some 25 years have elapsed sine( that night, and the memory of its hero has—unless, `pirhaps, in some few minds—passed aw a y. James Lambert, however, is still alive. His residence is in Main-street, Bridgeton, Glasgow. In the course of the intervening periol he has been unfor tunately deprived of his sight, and wiat a misfortune that is to a poor w or ki ng man any one may conceive. He is, of course, unable to do anything for his own support, or that of his wife and children. He is, indeed, in a great mea sure dependent on their efforts for i scanty livelihood. Under these circumstances, we realb think that James Lambert has a decided claim upon tie generosity of his fellow-men. He is now waxing old and we think it will be a disgrace to his country if such a Lan be permitted to go down the hill amid the evils of extreme poverty and want. There is no lack of c h ar it y among us, so d e fi c i enc y in the appreciation of genuine heroism, and we feel persuaded that his case only requires to be known to bring forth a handsome recognition of his past service& 1 In conclusion, we may men ti on a little anecdote of Mr. Lambert, which tends to sh ow th a t th e anc ient spirit is not dead in the swimme r of other days, D u ring one day last summer, as is his wont, h e was tiling a walk round, the green under the guid ance o f a li t tl e d aug hter. When he was passing the "Domini e ' s H o l e " a ' cr y was raised that . a boy was drowning. Lambert heard the cry, and, blind as he was, he became excited, eomMettd-?"vll4fkil, clothes,_and..te-the -nonsfernatica ot" tle gui e, was iiiepaiing to leap into the water with the intention of help ing the drowning boy. "T e ll me where he is," he ex claimed, " tell me where he is, and I'll do my best." The screams of the little girl attracted the attention of the passers-by, and by main force they restrained him from the rash purpose which he contemplated. The boy was drowned ; but if it had pleased Providence to spare the sight of James Lambert it would assuredly have been other wise. Let us give honour, then, to whom honour is due, and extend a helping hand to the poor man in his darkness, who, if he had been blessed with sight, would have cheer fully assisted any one of us if the waters had been gather ing o'er our heads. We have recently been giving honour to those who have dared a bloody death on the field of war ; let us not forget those who have shown equal bravery on a less conspicuous but not less honourable field. THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE ON MECIANIOS' INSTITUTIONS. The Duke of Newcastle attended a soiree of the Ret. ford Working Man's Institution on Monday evening, and, in the course of an address to the persons present, said he need not say with what pleasure he had hailed the formation of the Retford Working Men's Associa tion, but he might be forgiven if he reflected that only one short week ago he sat in that very room by the side of his friend Mr. Granville Vernon, for the purpose of per forming their duties to their sovereign and their country, in the trial of prisoners, and in passing sentence upon those who had departed from the paths of virtue and violated the laws of their country. It was for them to consider, therefore, what had induced the commision of these crimes, and what might prevent their recurrence ' • and he could not help thinking that societies lik e th e one hewas now addressing were, to say the least of it, advanc ing a step in the right direction, by diverting the atten tion of the labouring classes into healthier and purer chan nels. He therefore felt it unnecessary on the present occasion to dilate upon the advantages derivable from societies of this nature, and he was consequently at a loss for suitable topics to speak upon. Thirty years ago a general opinion prevailed, and it was believed that socie ties of a kindred nature to the present one would lower the tone of the people, would be detrimental to the gene ral interests of the country, and would tend to sap the minds of the labouring classes from the principles of re ligion, and expose them to the designs of men who would lead them from the duty which they owed to their king and their country. He did not participate in these old fashioned notions he thought by being well carried out they would make risen more peaceful and contented. Eminent men had considered that they would contribute to the spread of deism and irreligion, but he thought they would have a contrary effect. With the labourer in his vocation mental exercise was but little developed, and instead of reading be indulged in opposite pursuits. Bat this and similar societies had a different tendency ; the knowledge they would attain there would eradicate such propensities, and must ultimately raise their nioral cha racter to a far higher standing. In some instances me chanics' institutions had been regarded with jealousy, and the promoters of them had been disappointed in their results. It struck him that one defect in them was that they were deficient of elementary education. When -children left school at the age of 10 or 11 years a large gap in their education intervened, and when they arrived at adolescence they generally bad lost the advan tages of reading and writing which they had obtained in their early life, which was a great evil, and existed to a very great extent.'They must excuse him in saying that their town did not stand in the position in which it ought with regard to education. Five years ago it was resolved to erect a new national school and to improve the infant school, but hitherto nothing had been done in eitter case, and he was afraid, therefore, they were now beginning at the wrong end. If they did nut sow the seed properly and attend properly to the raw taaterial they might ex pect seed of an opposite description had been deposited in the minds of the juvenile part of the population. Another cause of the failure in the establishment of me chanics' institutions was the attempt to introduce into them too much of the arts and sciences—too great efforts were made to defend the outward shield, and but little' attention paid to matters of more general utility. He (the Duke) thought that Shakspere and other works of a similar kind might be studied, but his advice was to study historical works—he did not mean the elaborate works of Hume and Smollett, but the current events of every-day life, which would be better understood and more advantageous. The institution to be properly managed must be worked by working men themselves ; it might be fostered and partially supported by the gen try of the town and neighbourhood, but the working wan was his own best judge in a general* was' and did not like to be kept in leading strings. He did not like to be trammelled by the rigid rules of coercion, but liked to act and think for himself. He agreed, therefore, with the constitution of this association, which allowed one half of its committee to be constituted of working men, and it would be their own fault if its obiects were not properly a n d success f u ll y carr i e d ou t. In aoc , ent times our ancestors boasted largely of eleemosynary gifts, and at several of the large houses in the country the way farer had presented to him a glass of good beer and a loaf of hie a I, but in course of time it was found oat that every one that passed that way s t aye d an d par t o ok. The re• medy for this was sought and found in weakening the beer and lessening the loaf, so tbat afterwards very few stopped there. Now, by this simile he did not wish them either to weaken the beer or lessen the loaf of education, but to keep their institution what it ought to be—a good and useful institution for the working classes. Great stress had been laid on the giving of lectures, which were well enough in their way, but were liable to abuse. It was a great mistake to attempt to put in the seed of knowledge before the mind was plogghed to re ceive it. By lectures ideas might be instilled into the mind not altogether of a desirable nature, whereas by the study of books the working m an wou ld seek out the proper objects of his choice, and must profit thereby. Of lectures, however, there were two classes —one, that of the itinerant lecturers, of whom he could speak with little respect, as they were going up and down the country merely to serve their own ends by what is called "cramming" their audiences with what was neither good in itself aor could be profitable to those who might hear them ; of the second class, however, he should speak with the greatest respect, and that was of those gentlemen who came forward to give lectures to these soc ieties, at the earnest request of their respective mem bers, not as finished or as masterpieces of science, but as p ehl be e dh had do previously s all l y stated ; and he must came to what be mus t consider a partial system of elementa r y instruction. During the present year he had been req uested to give lectures i n su various places, but had invitations on the inevitable conclusion th at, after all, boo ks are the most efficient instructors a nd the best adapted f or the promotion of useful knowledge tdhe been groundsouenodms the one he was now addressing, and of all oth ers o f a kindred nature. We were no w living in an ag e o f c h eap books and of good books , and it was in the power of any person, on the payment of a few pence per year, to secure to himself the advantages which such ch eap an d good literature afforded . In towns like Retford, how ever, the same facilities were not afforded in this respect as in such places as Manchester, where their libraries extended to several thousands of volumes. Still h e was happy to bear that the Working Men's Associati on a t Retford had a lending library, which he hop e d wou ld so on extend itself, so that its various members might have an opportunity of not only reading for and to th em selves, but extend the same privilege to the various members of their family. The noble duke then referred to the saying of Napoleon Bonaparte, that much of the future conduct of a man depended greatly upon h i s mother ; if this were true, and there could b e no doubt of it, those lending libraries must be of th e greatest i u tility, for in affording netruction and good a d v i ce to a mo ther it was imparting it to a whole f am il y. His Grace then concluded b y remarking that he had thought it necessary to dilate at some length upon the benefits to good hush ands could not , and goo d be derived from r eadin g useful works, which fall to male men good Christians ; it tended to civilise and Christi an i se al l o f those around the domestic hearth, and would no t tend to sap, but to encourag e religious knowledge, without which all our other knowledge was but as dr oss . Ti me was when men were ex altie g their ancestors, but the time had now arrived when every man ought to exalt himself ; and he hoped the members of the association he was addressing would prosecute the good work they had so worthily begun, and thereb y slake their thirst at the true fountain of kno wledg e. (Loud and continued cheering.) The sailing vessels Sultana and Culloden left Liverpool yesterday for. Portsmouth, whence they are to take de tachmontA of the German liogion to Alga By. A. letter from Bombay, dated Oct. 3, gives the follow ing authentic information relative to the preparation of the naval part of the expedition intended for Persia : " We are very busy, and our days fully occupied in fitting out an expedition for the Persian Gulf. nis a formidable armament, and will include (followers and all), 11,000 men and 1,209 . horses (exclusive of seamen and marines), 30 transports, 15 steamers of war, four of them carryi ng t en 68- po unders and four from 2 to 4 ditto ; two sloops ot 18 a2-pounders ; two schooners of 2 guns each, 25 cwt. 32-pounders ; 10 heavy gunboats, carrying two 7i inch howitzers each. It is not settled who is to command this powerful fleet, but there is no doubt that the Government here will wish Rear-Admiral Sir H. Leeke to take it ; and right well it will be for the result, we all think, if he does. A more energetic man or gallant officer never was shelved by the Home Admiralty. What a farce is the fact that, while Sir Henry has been most actively and indefati gably engaged for some years as Commander-in-Chief of the whole Indian navy, and at work with unflagging zeal day and night, when necessary, in the discharge of him duties, he stands on the list of the Royal Navy as an admiral unfit to be actively employed in that service ! Our dockyard and 'harbour show an amount of efficiency and activity none at home ever surpassed." Her Majesty's 'ship Shannon, 51, Captain W. Peel, C. 8., was swung for the adjustment of her compasses in Portsmouth barbotir yesterday. The Lady Valiant, Typhoon, and Coeur de Lion, trans ports, left Portsmouth yesterday for Deptford to dis charge stores. Or Her Majesty's shipLMeiibHp. L lll3 , ,. itewet - C.B irshipping her provisions ancritores. The Prince of Wales, Capt. Nolan, from New Zealand, landed yesterday at Portsmouth, for the use of the Go vernment, two spars of Sauri pine of the most extraor dinary proportions ever brought to this country—viz., 100 feet in length and 341 inches diameter, without a knot ! They will most likely become masts for the Queen's state yacht. The sailing transpoit Rajahetan, Capt. Atkinson, ar rived at Spithead yesterday from Constantinople, with part of the Renkioi Hospital ironwork, &c., and stores from the same establishment ; also as passengers—Major Chads, ot the 64th Regiment, and Mrs. Clads ; Staff- Surgeon Carolan, Assist.-Surgeon Brunton, 19 men of the Army Works Corps, 23 men of the Land Transport'. Corps, 2 men of the 28th Regiment, and 1 sergeant major of the 64th Regiment. She landed the above men and officers at Portsmouth yesterday, and then proceeded to Woolwich to unload the stores. The paying off of the crew of the screw steamship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Capt. George St. V. King, has been postponed to the 6th inst., by which time all her stores will be discharged. It is now determined to place her with the steam reserve. The Mozander, 44, Capt. Bail lie, will be paid off on the same day. The screw steam gunvessel, Surprise, 4, from Ports mouth, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, and went up Hamoaze to be paid off. The frigate Flora, 49, in Hamoaze, is ordered to be brought forward for commission. She was towed from her moorings to the Devonport Dockyard on Tuesday. The frigate Eagle, 50, having had her copper examined and repaired, was taken out of dock at Devonport on Tuesday, and is now making preparations to be put in commission. The Foudroyant, 78, was warped from her moorings in Hamoaze on Thursday to the Devonport dockyard, and was yesterday placed in the basin dock. The screw steamship Cornwallis, 60, was placed in Keyham basin, Plymouth, on Thursday, to have defects made good. The screw steam-corvette Satellite, 21, was warped to the sheer hulk in Hamoaze on Thursday to receive a fan. His Prussian Majesty's steam-corvette Dantzic left Plymouth on Thursday morning. The screw steamship Jura takes on board men of vari ous regiments, their wives and children, at Liverpool to day, and will sail fo r C or k, w h e re others will embark, and she will proceed to Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu. Among the cabin passengers are Uol. Denny (71st) and wife, Major Trevor (14th) and wife, Capt. Gore (3d), Rev. D. Preston, assistant-chaplain, Dr: Stockwell, Staff Surgeon Dr. Leach (71st), Dr. Teller, and Dr. Todd. On the °evasion of paying off her Majesty's sloop Daring, 12, Corn. G. J. Napier, at Chatham, Colour- Sergeant E. Harris, who was in charge of the Royal Marines Serving on board, was presented by the crew with a handsome silver lever watch in consideration of the high character he bore while serving on board that vessel during a period of more than four years. He was also presented by the Royal Marines with a silver snuff-box, both testimonials bearing a suitable inscription. Colour-sergeant Harris has been 25 years in the service, and is decorated with the Syria medal. He also wears a Turkish honour. General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-Gene. ral of Fortifications, during his recent tour of inspection at Chatham Garrison visited the casemate barracks, which are occupied by the convalescent invalids, who remain there until discharged, the object of his visit being to ascertain the desirableness of carrying out some extensive improvements which are intended to be made in order to render those barracks more comfort able for the troops quartered in them. This has been found to be absolutely necessary for the health and comfort of the troops, and although several improve ments have been made in airing, lighting, and ventilat ing these barracks, yet there still remains much to be done before they can be pronounced comfortable quar ters for the soldier. The pensioners, having gone through the usual prelimi nary drills and exercises at Woolwich, were yesterday morning reviewed by Colonel Alexander Murray Tulloch, military superintendent. The collective numbers forming the Woolwich and Deptford division consist of 506 hale, able-bodied men—namely, Woolwich 416 and Deptford 90, all of whom, with but one exception, were in attend ance. At ten o'clock they marched to the riding-house, and were shortly afterwards joined by Colonel Tulloch, Col. Forbes, and officer, and Major Warde, field-adju tant. The men were drawn up in lines, which the colonel inspected with the minutest attention, questioning each individually, and inquiring if he had any complaint to prefer. At 12 o'clock the men, preceded by the drams and fifes of the corps, were marched back to the parade ground, the rain having partially ceased, where they formed into double rank, and were put through a series of platoon exercises. The officers of the Royal Artillery were present in considerable numbers, together with a goodly array of civilian; many of whom expressed their admiration of the precision with which the men went through the ma noeuvres. Having been supplied with 10 rounds of blank cartridge, they filed past and proceeded to the Common. Arrived on the review grcund, the Colonel took his station at the Flagstaff, when the whole body marched past in slow and quick time, formed line, and retired in columns of subdivisions from both flanks, in rear of the centre ; again formed line upon the two centre subdivisions and . commenced file firing from left to right, advanced in double column of subdivisions and repeated the firing. They afterwards formed into square, when they were addressed by the Colonel, who informed them that he wa3 sorry the weather did not permit him to carry out the inspection which he had intended, and which would have given him much satisfaction. He should, however, in justice to them remark that in his circuit through the kingdom he had nowhere been gra tified with the thorough discipline in any corps of Pen sioners equal to that of the Woolwich and Deptford divi sion. He was informed, too, that during the course of drills only one man had been absent in default. This was an example which he should be very happy to find fol lo wed by the other divisions. The men thereupon raised their caps, and gave one simultaneous cheer, which was twice repeated, with cries of " Long life to the brave Col. Tulloch." They were then marched back to the parade-ground, whence they retired to their homes. The men residing in Woolwich are all exclusively employed in the departments of the Royal Arsenal. • Her Majesty's steamer Dee arrived at Woolwich yes terday morning from Scotland, and is to enter the outer basin of the dockyard to load with steam machinery for the western yards. The following appointments wore made yesterday at the Admiralty . Lieut. G. V. Phillips, to the Edinburgh ; Lieut. John Reid, to the Coastguard service ; and Lieut. R, Deane, to the Majestic. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLessss.--Messrs. S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes possess such extra ordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly.—'fne Royal Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, nowly-invente d, very small , powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 i miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power. Newly-constrz:ted Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute o coy - pation— can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons'can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses opt of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever tan be, produced. Being of the same c olour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at c hurch and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant se nsation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle. totreet. Madilly t Obseno—fqpQato the Yak li9tol, (From the Morning Post,) The recent Indian mail announced that, although preparations are continued on a large scale for an expedition to the Persian Gulf, it is the general im pression —not merely among the public at large, but in the best informed official circles—that the Shah will yield at once to the demonstration that is being organised, and that not a single transport will thus be required to leave the harbour of Bombay. We regret that nothing decisive has yet occurred, as far as we are aware, on the European side to con firm so pleasing an anticipation. Ferroukh Khan, the Shah's Ambassador —upon whose mission a cer tain stress has been laid in diplomatic circles, as affording the probable means of a pacific solution of the difficulty—has arrived in Constantinople ; but up to the present time, as we learn by advices from the Turkish capital, his deputation has been wholly inoperative. The British Minister, indeed, finding the Persian to be unprepared to concede on the part of his Government the first indispensable point—namely, the unconditional withdrawal of the Shah's forces from Herat—has, it is said, very properly refused to enter on any negotiations what ever, or even to admit the astonished Envoy to an audience. It remains to be Yen whether the En voy, frustrated in this first attempt to gain time by negotiation, will still persevere in carrying his protest to the foot of the Emperor at Paris, or whe ther, disabused at Constantinople of the hope . Frenclr inteiference in his favour, he - win itttfrer' employ his influence in persuading the Shah to sub mit at once to the English demands. It would be flattering, no doubt, to the pride of the French nation to be referred to as an arbiter in the quar rel between England and Persia ; and, in so far as may regard the questions of politic it law or diplomatic etiquette involved in the present mis understanding, we can see no objection to the employment of the mediatory offices of our ally ; but the question of Herat is one which ad mits of no compromise and requires no arbitra tion. It concerns England, and England only. It is, moreover, of such importance to India that the • British Government is determined to settle it, and to keep the settlement of it in its owl hands ; and we thus earnestly trust that, amid the jealousies and intrigues which now distract Constantinople, M. Thouvenel may not be tempted to hold out to Ferroukh Khan any hopes of French support in discussing the Perso-Affghan relations, as those hopes would infallibly prove delusive, and would have no other end than to precipitate the evils of war, which they would seem destined to avert. It has been stated that M. Bouree, the French Minister to the Court of Persia, who quitted Tehe ran on Ist Sept., on leave of absence to Europe, has been directed to return to his post, for the express purpose of counselling the Shah to yield to our demands, and thus to save his territory from invasion ; and, if this be true, we may still enter tain a reasonable hope of a pacific settlement. At any rate, it is upon the cordial understanding of the French and English Governments, in regard to the Persian question, that the best chance of peace depends ; for we cannot doubt that the di plomatic efforts of Russia will be exerted against us, not merely because it is to her advantage that Herat should become a Persian dependency, where she would be authorised by existing treaties to esta blish a consul and his staff, but also because it must be equally to her advantage that the British invasion of the south of Persia should be carried out, and the country should thus be weakened, if not dismembered. In the meantime the fate of Herat itself still trembles in the balance. In June last, Esau Khan, the Governor of the town, estimated the provisions which he held in store at six months' supply ; but authentic accounts, we understand, have been re cently received, hich state that all the ordinary provisions were exhausted by the beginning of Sep tember, and that from that date the garrison had been compelled to subsist upon horse-flesh, of which, moreover, there was but a very limited supply procurable. The Persian general, it thus seems, imitating the example of Mouravieff at Kars, had converted the siege into a blockade, and was quietly awaiting the day when decimated by famine, and desparing of relief, the helpless Affghan garrison would, at any rate, be driven to capitulate, if not forced to sur render at discretion. Certain portions of the press both of England and India, convinced of the urgent necessity of saving Herat from capture, and doubtful of the efficacy of demonstration, or even of invasion in the south of Persia, have complained' of the lukewarm ness of the Indian authorities in not sending forth Dost Mahomed Khan at once to the rescue ; but such writers can know but little of the real state of Affghan politics. So far from being able to ad vance on Herat, Dost Mahomed Khan has in reality great difficulty in maintaining his position at Candahar. He has to contend in the first place with the great mass of the Parsee population, who are to a man favourable to Persia, and who around Candahar are equal to the Affghans in numbers, while they surpass them in, wealth, industry, and intelligence. In the second place, he is fiercely opposed by the partisans of Kohendil Khan's family which he has supplanted—these partisans compris ing the whole strength of the Candahar Baruckzyes and most of the influential men throughout the province. And, in the third place, his British alli ance has rendered him unpopular among the Doora nees in general, and aid which he might receive from India, either in arms, money, or possibly in officers, would be viewed by these powerful nobles with the u'atost distrust. The Dooranees, no doubt as a body, are intensely hostile to Persia, but they could hardly be induced to march four hundred miles, from Candahar to Herat, to attack the force of the Shah—not, it must be borne in mind, for any additional object, inasmuch as Herat having never come under the dominion of any member of the family of Paindeh Khan, has no community of feeling with Candahar and Cabul —but merely at the bidding of a Power whom they detest even more than they detest the Persians, and in furtherance of a policy which they would neither appreciate nor even understand. The assistance which we are about to furnish to Dost Mahomed Khan, according to the Indian papers, may be of use in enabling him to consolidate his power at Candahar ; but if we expect that he is to save Herat, or to retake it from the Persians, or even to protect its independence after we have oompellei the Shah to withdraw his forces, we are leaning on a broken reed. It is highly probable that Herat has fallen ore this ; it is almost certain that it must fall before the anniversary of the fall of Kars ; but it is equally certain, unless the peace of Europe should be dis turbed, that the measures which we are now taking in the Persian Gulf will compel the Shah's forces again to evacuate the place (after committing pro bably the most frightful cruelties ou the Affghan garrison). The means to be adopted for insuring the future independence of the principality is a far more obscure, though not a less important, matter for consideration. It is a matter which will have to be regulated rather through Teheran than through Candahar and Cabul, owing to the implacable jealousy of the Affghans, and which will tax to the utmost the diplomatic ability of our Representative at the Court of the Shah. ( From the Times.) Ancient mythology is full of the ignoble terrors with which the race of Titans inspired the Olym pian deities. These deities themselves were but an upstart race, who had usurped the thrones of elder and more genuine godheads, so it was not without the lessons of experience, as-well as some prickings of conscience, that they saw demigods, the offspring of their own frailties, rising from earth to heaven. These monstrous beings grew some of them a cubic a-day, and' exhibited a cor responding precocity of genius and ambition. As sailing the higher powers by piolence and by fraud, they inflicted injuries on the dignity of Olympus from which it cannot be said even yet to have re covered. So their Majesties determined to abate the nuisance before it should got the mastery over them. Accordingly, besides the exhibition of a systematic jealousy, some of these formidable beings they destroyed with lightning, others they chained to snowy crags, or buried under burning ' volcanoes ; some they sent below at once, others they condemned to a succession of labours requir ing more than human strength and ingenuity. .The history is by no means t o t h e i r cre dit, but it is instructive, for the circumstances have been con tinually repeated, and the same parts acted over again in every age. There is at this moment before our eyes an example which might compare with the story of any earth-born Titan of old. We live in a metropolis which for the rapidity of its growth, for its huge dimensions, for its energy and its en terprise, certainly has no match among the crea tures of time. Its increase baffles calculation. The map bought last year is now obsolete , and one that still looks new is an antiquarian curiosity. The inhabitants already outnumber several king doms, yet they are still more remarkable for their ., wealth and enterprise. Our annual increase is population of 4 gnat city, What is to be done - e 4t.10.14. with Such a monster ? It wants govt how shall it be governed ? A great c. evil; and, do what we will, we must bad to predominate—bad morals, bad bad condition, bad air, bad water, int, bad everything. Nevertheless, is incurably bad must be governed, and it is the more it wants government. Even the Titans we speak of called for discipline, sand had it. Yet the difficulty is the same whether these 2,500,000 people govern themselves or are brought directly under the Imperial Gov(rament. Hitherto , everything has been left to the smallest of chances. Wherever there was an old rag of jurisdiction, a half obsolete court, a corporation, a ward, a bo rough, a parish, a district, a liberty, a trust, a commission, an institution, a board, or anything that possessed or could claim ten yards of hikl l ... way or as many miles of watercourse, it was per mitted to stand its ground and fight its way with its thousand or more rivals. It was wholly im possible that anything great could be done in this chaos of petty institutions, which, like the wars of the Heptarchy, might be compared to the battles of kites and crows. Successive Governments ap- - pear to have enjoyed a confusion and a consequent disorder which did not touch their comfort, which secured them from a rival legislature at their doors, and left them at liberty for those foreign aid colonial affairs which have been the more con genial employment of most British statesmen. At length the discovery was made that the wel fare of the metropolis ought not to bo sacrifi ce d t o imaginary apprehensions, and attempts have accor dingly been made at a common municipal govern ment. These attempts have elided for the present in the Metropolitan Board of Works, which, advanced as it may seem-in comparison with its predecessors, bears about the same proportion to a municipality as the most uncouth, misshapen monster, in the lak e a t Syde- - of the ii--* creatik and at little , pia electi. is as mixed as that of higher bodies, and its dis cussions, among occasional indications of jobbery, show some sense and information, together with some violations of good temper and good manners., It is'experimental in the limited range of its sul ~ jects, almost strictly confined to the paving, ligl watering, and arterial drainage and sewerage, and the health of the metropolis. On this point the best that can be said of it is that it h.a.s, dis cussed most, if not all, of the current plans of ar terial sewerage ' • but, if it has come to no furnclu sion yet, it must be said there never was a more difficult engineering problem. It is experimental in its powers ; .it can only raise a certain amount of money ; it is liable to have its mess ures voted by the Government Board of Works, which appa rently examines them at its leisure, and in one in stance certainly has taken a month to pronounce a veto that only needed a day. Though the metro polis is especially excepted from the jurisdiction of the General Board of Health, yet it cannot but feel the influence of that body. The) Board of Health, indeed, has not much of what is usually called power, and enjoys but a shady sort of exist ence. It makes suggestions, pursues inquiries, sanctions, affiliates, and communicates with local boards, and concocts Parliamentary bills, which are generally shelved from one session to another. Be tween these three Boards there is naturally some confusion in the public mind. They are, however, easily distinguishable. The Board of Health thinks; the Metropolitan Board of Works talks; the Govern ment Board of Works does. This is no necessary disparagement of the two former, since there is a time for all things, and thoughts and words may sometimes be better even than deeds. The Go vernment Board of Works may be said to be of the masculine gender, the Board of Health feminine, the Metropolitan Board of Works neuter. As a cor respondent observed the other day, the first is under the energetic monarchy of Sir Benjamin Hall, and the last a republic under the mild presi dency of Mr. Thwaites, while the Board of Health seems to possess as yet a highly Platonic constitu tion. It is the experimental body, the Metropolitan Board of Works, that just now one feels the most interest about. It cannot rest as it is, for thus far it has been little more than a debating society. The question is, can it ever be anything else ? What will it develops into ? Will it dwindle and expire into the similitude of the Board of Health ? Will it talk till its talk is no more reported ? Will it advise, project, and prepare bills that never pass? Or will it be fairly conquered, subjugated, and finally absorbed by the Government Board of Works, that now holds the rod over it ? Or, without any change in its relations to other boards, will it nevertheless acquire the habits of business and the new powers requisite for larger operations and for a more regular plan of proceeding ? We are disposed to view its present embarrassments with the utmost indulgence. An assemblage of ordinary tradesmen set to convey the drainage of this huge metropolis out to salt water are not to be judged harshly if they talk before they act ; and when one reads of high, low, and middle levels, tunnels under the Thames, iron tubular drains a dozen miles long, sewerage lifts of many hundred horse power, storm vents, and all sorts of ope rations above, below, and between, one is only too glad not to be a member of this over tasked company. But it is quite evident that they must settle into something more like a governing body if they would escape rude interference. What would the House of Commons be without her Majesty's Ministers, and its own copious code of standing orders ? When the Re formed Parliament met five and twenty years ago its enemies predicted the wildest disorder, simply from the want of congruity and continuity in its materials, as compared with the old House. There was some confusion. Yet the conduct of the new House soon elicited the admiration even of preju diced critics. The new members were, many of them, at least men of business ; they bowed to the standing orders ; and as for measures, there was a matured policy and a prolific budget of bills in the archives of the Whig Opposition. So they got over their first awkwardness and went to work, doing, however, by no means too much. The Me tropolitan Board of Works, as it appears to us, has its destiny in its own hands. If it proves itself equal to business and worthy of confidence, it will most probably be intrusted with more work and larger powers. Parliament is not quite the dog in the manger that it seems to be. It is not from choice that it monopolises so much business and then leaves it undone. It would gladly commit what it could to other bodies if it could trust them, and such a body the Metropolitan Board of Works may finally become. THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. MALTA, OW. 25. Intelligence continues to pour in from surrounding and more distant countries which felt the earthiluake on the night of the 11th and morning of the 12th instant. It seems to have been more sensibly felt in the interior than in the seaport towns of the neighbouring islands of Sicily. In Naples the shocks were severe and of long duration, and so likewise in Calabria ; but it appears to have been generated in Asia Minor or Syria, as, in deed, has been generally the case when phenomena of this nature having any degree of intensity have been felt in Malta ; with which countries, rather than with the nearer land of Si c ily, M a l ta in this respect corres ponds. At Rhodes the shock was felt at 2.40 a.m. on the 12th, and was so violent that 50 houses and the celebrated tower are reported to have been razed to the ground in the town, and many others seriously while the village of Trianda is in ruins, with a deplor able loss of life. Alexandria also felt it, and in Cairo there have been casualties from falling houses and mosque_ . minarets. The duration of the shock throughout Egypt is reported to have averaged 75 seconds, the time agrees with Malta. The Austrian Lloyd's steamers d de felt it though distant fully 50 miles from injured, t_ E s il h o e had' ern , * so severely that all on board though English steamer, bound to Alexandria . l s from this last and Malta, at a distance of 300 miles shock that she on some new submarine formation. ThfreemSt.LAivenrdpreenwl mentioned port, got so strained by masts, and bale goods sprung a leak, lost one of her hold..t:I I :Ilia has p e h n e g n in o e m r ;, s inns of wind, heavy were T h e pitched varied into natural the quake, ts in the offiing, to rains, and waterspouts thunder-storms, d its annals, and cannot but be sub jected, are unexampled extensive volcanic and volcanico. in rief space of a week, been lightnina:offrcieoxintroewmuhteieohhf the bowels of the earth to attributed recently, and to within m es e t x h o e inn b ga l van i c ac ti o n going . the island. writer in the Malta Mediterraneo thus An eccentric the eastward, generating currents to the westward of concludes Le and successivethunderstorms and of the earthqua his article on the successive after speaking of heavy rains : ""The atmosphere, in a word, p a id b ack to Malta w ith interest without funding or capitali sa ti on the heavy loan it had received, also through Malta, of eleetria fluid from the volcano, just as Malta had restored its owndebt on the same account. The sum res t ore d w ill b e emeated-in the new formations consequent on the suppreas i o4 of the volcanic action. The residue remain• ing to Malta will be invested in the winter vegetation and next year's crops." BRYN MALTA COLLIERY.—WR3ETHAM, Oct. 30.—The inquest on the victims of the inundation was formally opened on Tuesday last, but the inquiry into the cause of the accident will not be proceeded with until next week, in order to enable the Government Inspector to examine the mine before it takes place. All the bodies have by this time been recovered and buritd, after having been hewed by the jury, Inh.aln, does] the higher animals of the living ion; Its character is eminently experimental, at such. it has not lasted long ,endugh,sud'Xione - - -Rs enqugb . o,9 be co4dfAned, fo,rit t e expetuneitalja T.Wf_titiktit , and all but democratical. 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