The Sun. — London, England, 1856-08-12 00:00:00

lia7ll THE ENGLISH LAKES.—The HOLLINS and LOWTHER HOTEL, GR 4 SMF.RE.—This beautiful and favourite resort of Tourists and Visitors to the Lake District is now open for the accommodation of the public. The above house and Establishment will be found worthy of notice, being conducted on economical principles, and in the centre of the Lake District ; the views from which cannot be equalled. The Mountains behind the house may be cscended through the Plantations belonging to the Proprietor, in about twenty minutes from whence may also be seen sine different Lakes and " arns, as also most of the notable Mounta.'ns in the locality, with Morecombe Bay in tile distance, which most of the guide books have emitted to mention. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at 8 o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings at 3. Sta' Ts. 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, ls.—Ezyptian Hall, Piccadilly. PRINCE'S CLUB.—RACQUET and TENNIS COURTS, Hans-place. Belgrave-square. - Gentlemen desirot s of becoming members are requested to communicate with the secre tary, at the club, wilt) will furnish every information. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-,quare.—Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 tin 10, containing upwircls of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. Kelm, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. LAST WEEK BUT ONE IN LONDON. W. G S. IZT WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. everyTO-NI evening, oea at 8 ment has received novel additions, and v and T Visual, h eabove °v including te nar entertain ment Loco-Joko-ilotive Lyric, tntitled OFF BY THE TRAIN, illustrated by numerous changes, facial, lingual, and cor oreal. Mr. W. S. Woodin as Mrs. Florence, in the " Yankee Girl," with the songs of Bobbing around," and " Polly, won't you try me, oh !"—Polygraphic-hall, Ring William-street, Charing-cross. ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE.—DaiIy, is.—Every evening, the new Fairy Ballet entitled, The Vine Dressers of Como ; also, a grand Divertissement. In the Cirque, 3PCullum, the American wonder, and other equestrian artistes of celebrity. Dancing to the Great Cremorne Band—Fireworks — Illuminations, &c. Wednesday next, August 13th, Day and Night Galo and Last Balloon Ascent. On this occasion the eminent Drum and Fife Band, from Leeds, consisting of nearly Forty Performers, will execute various favourite airs from our most admired composers (their first and , mly appearance in London.) Tuesday and Wednes day, August 19 and 20, Grand Show of Dahlias, Iloliyhocks, &c. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.—JIJLLIEN'S CONCERT THIS EVENING (Tuesday).— Immense success •f the Zouave Qqadrille, in which are introduced the Zouave Clarions df the Ist and 2d Regiment of the Imperial Guard, whose permission from the French authorities positively expires on September 5. Madame Rodersdorff every evening, vocal and instrumental soloist— Colossal Pictures of Constantinople and the Alps—Turkish Kiosk and Illuminated Terrace—Enormous Glacier and Fairy Caverns—Bril liant Pyrotechnic Display and Emblematical Tableau. Admission Is. On SATURDAY, August 23, a GRAN!) MORNING CONCERT, commencing at 2 o'clock. Admission Is. To-morrow (WEDNES DAY, Aueust 13, a MENDELSSOHN NIGHT. Seats in the Music Hall and Fire Work Balcony (including admission to gardens), 2s. 6d., may be secured at the Gardens, and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.-JULLIEN'S CONCERTS EVERY EVENING —GRAND MORNING CONCER P on SATURDAY, August 23. —lt having been represented to the Directors that a large number of influential families resident within railway distance are unabl, to avail themselves of the attrac tions of the Gardens. on account of the early departure of the trains, it is respectfully announced that a GRAND MORNING CONCERT will take pla 'e on SATURDAY, August 23, in which all the most successful pieces performed since the commencement of M. Jullien's Concerts will be introduced. Concert at 2 o'clock. Admission, Is. • ROYAL SURREY GARDEN S.—The London General Omnibus Company will run Omnibuses from Kingsland Gate and Highbury station to the Royal Surrey Gardens, at half-past 5 o'clock daily, returning from the Gardens as soon as the amusements are over. Fare to or from the Gardens, Gd. each. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. —OPEN t VERY EVENING.—The celebrated HUNGA RIAN BAND, under the direction of Herr KALOZDY, will perform every Evening at 9 and 11 o'clock, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment The following company of talented Vocalists are permanently engaged for he performance of Selections from all the Popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz. :—M is J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and Iss Pears° ; Sam Cowell, Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, %V. Melling, Barker, Russell Grover. and P. Corrie ; Masters E. Con nell, Austin, and Bennett , and Mr. T. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. J. Harroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterloo-place, London. Ca ital, 100,0001. TRUSTEES. Rt.Hn. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M P. Henry Peter Fuller, E. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its bra , :ches. N.B. The bonus declared ,t the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent, on all the premiums paid. F, FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. .)1 90 MILNERS' HOLDFAST and FIRE - RESISTING S &FES (non-conducting and vapour:sing) with all the improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 1840-51-54 and 1•55, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Ssfe is secure. THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PLICENIX (212.) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete an 1 extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool. LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE STREET, City. Circulars tree by post. NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE THE DIRECTORS of the NATIONAL ASSURANCE and INYES cmEsr Associa I'ION invite attention to the New System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Association, viz., that of allowing Interest on all Premiums paid, instead of the remote and uncertain system of Bonuses usually adopted. By this plan the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly increasing annual income during life, as well as the payment of the sum assured to his representatives at his death. Tables of Rates specially adapted to this system of Assurance may be obtained at the Office of the Company, 3, Pa 1-mall East, or for warded free on application. PETER 3f ORRISON, Managing Director. GREAT -WESTERN RAILWAY.— NO rICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Com pany will be held, pursuant to act of Parliament, in Bristol, at the Bristol Station, on FRIDAY, the 15th day of August next, for the general purposes of business. The chair will be taken at.l o'clock precisely x n AIMING CON, Chairman. JOHN" WM. MILES. Deputy-Chairman. The Transfer 'Books will be closed on the Ist day of August, and Will not be opened until after the said half•yearly general meeting on the 15th day of August. London Terminus, Paddington, 17th July, 1856. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. TOURISTS' TICKETS, COMMENCING IST RINE, AND TERMINATING 30ITI - ;EPTEMBEft, 1856, NORTH WALES. Tickets, available for THREE WEEK, enabling the holder to stop at Rhyl, Conway, Bangor, Caernarvon, and Holyhead, either going or returning, are issued at the following fares by the through trains. The First-class Tickets are available by any train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class carriages attached. Ist Class. 2d Class. London to Holyhead and back. .£3 10 0 .... £2 10 0 Oxford Peterborough ' to ditto and back 210 0 .... 115 0 Birmingham to ditto and back 2 0 0 .... 110 0 Wolverhampton to ditto and back ll5 0 .... 1 7 0 To TYR LAKES OF WESTMORELAND AND CUMBERLAND Tickets, available for THREE WEEKS, to the above Lakes, are IFsued at the followin; Fares by the through Trains. The First class Tickets are available by any train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class carriages attached :- Ist Class. 2d Class. London to Windermere and back £3 10 0 .... .£2 10 0 Oxford to ditto and back 215 0 .... 2 0 0 Peterborough Birmingham to ditto and back .. • • 2 5 0 .... 115 0 Wolverhampton . To THE FAVOURITE LANCASHIRE WATERING PLACES, LYTIWI, BLACKPOOL, FLEETWOOD, OE SOUTHPORT. Tickets, available for WIRE E %V E EICS, are issued by the ordinary trains of the Company. The First-Class are available by any train, and the Second by such as have second-class carriages attaelied. Ist Class. 2d Class. From London ...... ..•• • • £3 0 0.. • • £2 5 0 „ Oxford 2 5 0 .... 1 15 0 „ Peterborough 1 „ Birmingham 7 15 0 .... 1 8 0 Wolverhampton S From Fleetwood Royal Mail Steamer sails every evening (Sunday excepted) for Belfast, and Weekly Excursion Tickets are issued at the Steam Packet Office for Belfast, Armagh, the Giant's Causeway, and back. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—Reduction in Price. —HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., Wine and teer NTerchants, 5%, Pall-Mall, are now delivering the March Brewings of the above celebrated Ale, in Casks of 18 Gallons at 335. each. Also ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE, Imperial Pints at 55., Imperial Half-pints, for Luncheon, 3s. 5%, Pall-mall, June 13, 1856. EXCURSIONS TO THE SEA SIDE, Tickets, available for TWENTY-EIGHT DAY =, are issued by the Ordinary trains of the Company. The First-Class are available by any train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class car riages attached, to Harrovrgate, Scarborough, Whitby, Filey, or Bridlington. HAlefto WGATE and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 435. ; second Class, 325. 6d. SCARBOROUGH and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. Second Class, 355. WIIITBY and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; Se cond Class, 3.55. FILEY and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; Second Class, 355. BRIDLIN'CiTON and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 515.; Second Class, 355. These Tickets are not transferable, nor will they be available for the Return Journey unless they have been endorsed at the Booking office of the Station on the day of returning. Passengers to all the above places. except Harrowgate, are at liberty to break the journey by remaining one night at York, either going or returning. IRISH TOURIST TWEETS. Available for ONE MONTH, will be issued at the following prices :- Ist Class. 2d Class. From London .••.• • • • • • £6 10 0 .... £..5 5 0 „ Oxford 515 0 .... 415 0 „ Birmingham, Leamington, and Coventry . 5 0 .... 4 5 0 And from the other principal stations at proportionate fares. These tickets (which in no case are transferable) will be available for One Month from the date of issue. They will enable the Holders to proceed to Chester, thence to Bangor, Holyhead, and Dublin, from Dublin to Cork, situate on the picturesque River Lee, and within ten miles of the celebrated Harbour, Dockyard, and Naval station of Queenstown (Cove) ; from Cork back to Mallow, and thence by the Killarney Junction Railway to the far-famed LAKES OF KILLARNEY. The Tourist can remain as long as convenient to himself at Chester, Bangor (for the inspection of the Britannia 'Tubular Bridge), Holy bead, Dublin, Cork, and Killarney ; the only condition being, that his return to the Station at which he took his ticket must be not later than One Month from the date of his departure therefrom. Supplemental Tickets for CONNEMARA. GLENGARIFFE, the GIANT'S CAUSEWAY, and other places of interesr, are issued at Reduced Fares to Visitors holding " Irish Tourist Tickets." General Manager's Office, Euston Station, June, 1856. A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Ore= Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacia Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIES'E MAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in tha waistcoat pocket sold in tin cares, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallernand, Roux, Ricord, &c., & c . T RIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, PERMATORRHCEA, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, Indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual Strength and vigour to thousands of lebilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health i+nd the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery ! TRIESE3IAR No. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated forms. Gleets, Stricturesgrritation of the Bladder. Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, ana those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion or the population. TRIESEMAR No. is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expell it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that class of di. orders which unfortunately the English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable destruF tion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot restore. Price I Is., or four cases in one for 335., which saves 11s., and in 5/. cases, whereby there is a saving of 1/. 12s. To be had wh lesale and retail in London, of Johnsen, 68, Cornhill; Bonney and Co., 63, Ox ford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxford -street ; R. li. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester; IL Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgati , Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 51 , Lord. street, Liverpool ; bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Winnall bookseller, Sigh-otreet,BirMin'am. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. T _EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE L SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, Ind by Its tonic and Invigorating properties enables the stomach to , erfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, Condon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay Ind Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and riser 'haute, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. gbard against imitatioms, see that the names of "LEA aid PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. A RE YOU GOING TO THE HIGHLANDS, unrivalled for scenery, famous in story and song, to visit the land of Sir Colin Campbell and the Highland Briga fe ? If s make a note to call at (when in the Capital of the beautiful North) mACDOITGALL'S WAREHOUSE, High-street, Inverness. There only can the varied products of the Highlands, natural and industrial, be seen. In his extensive rooms MacnouGALL has gathered together all the best productions of the Highland looms, in TWEEDS, TAR TANS, LINSEYS, PLAIDS, SHAWLS, DRESSE , , the favourite HIGHLAND CLOAK, FLORA. MACDONALD ditto, &c., &c., with the best Native J E WELLERY, CAIRNGOR MS, PEARLS, Ike ; the pretty products of the Skye, Lewes, and Gairloch Looms and Knitting Needles ; the Home-made. Undyed PLAIDS of Ord, Suther land, and Aroch ; the SNUFF-HCLXBA, COUPS, BICKERS of the cuiloden Carvers, &c. Side by side with all this he has placed all the necessary clothing of every description for Deer Stalking, Grouse Shooting, and for Tourists, &c. Visitors to his rooms can at once compare the varied products of the Three Kingdoms. D. MACDOUGALL, Inverness. pOURISTS and TRAVELLERS ex p ose d t o -11_ the scorching rays of the sun, and heated particles of dust will find ROWLANDS' KALYDOR a most refreshing preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of languor and reaxation, a'laying all heat and irritability, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity and healthful state of the skin. Freckles, Tan, Spots, Pimples, Flushes, and Discoloration fly before its application, and give place to delicate clearness with the glow of beauty anl of bloom. In cases of sunburn or f tinge of Insects its virtues have long been acknowledged. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. ROIVLANDS' MACASiAR OIL. A delightfully fragrant and• transparent preparation, and, as an Invigorator and purifier, beyond all precedent. The Prices are 3s. Ed., 75., family bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d., and double that size, 21s. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, compounded of the rarest and most fragrant exotics. It bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, frees them from tartar, and Imparts to the gums a healthy firmness, and to the breath a grateful sweetness and purity. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Sold by A. Rowland and Sons, 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. N O . 20,014.) PUBLICATIONS. Just published, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portraits, THE DUKE of BUCKINGHAM'S MEMOIRS of the COURT of ENGLAND during the REGENCY. From Original Family Documents. "Invaluable, as showing the true light in which many of the stir ring events of the Regency are to be viewed." --Literary Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough -street. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE For AUGUST is now ready. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. The Third Edition. Just Published, price i s. , b y post, free, is. 6d . ON TRUE as FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Piekford is known to English readers by his frequent practi eat contributions to German medical literature. This is the first tine, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any sther equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com ,iaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would Oe saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of 'use importance, though it is that which the quacks most pr!za— ,mob money --This volume is well. qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat nent upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, I kely to do mach good."—Medleal Circular. London: H. Rabiere, 219, itegent-street. R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet ,v 4 street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI ICIAL TE ETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be disLinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or ecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. • his method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful - peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is uaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and usefig in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home front ten till five. QCHWEPP'S MALVERN SELTZER WATER.—Having leased the Holy Well Spring at Malvern, renowned for its purity, T S and Co. can now produce a SELTZER WATER with all the Chemical and Medicinal Properties which have rendered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue' manufac ,urhic, SODA, MAGNESIA, anl POTASS WATERS ari d LEMON ADE,' at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. Every Bottle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures. GREY HAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL COLOUR with ease. safety. and, certainty, by the PATENT GALVANIC COMBS and BRUSHE , , wnich are ale • an unfailing remedy for nervous headache and all neuralgic affections. Illus trated pamphlets," Why Hair becomes Grey, and its Remedy," gratis, or by post for four stamps. Neuralgia, and 411 Rheumatic affect!, ns are perfectly eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Brushes, the most safe, -imnle, and efficient galvanic instruments extant : patro• nised by the faculty. Ofßces : —F. M. HERRING, 32, Basingliall• street. Agents :—Child, South Gallery, Crystal Palace ; Savory and Moore ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-street ; Godfrey and Co ,ke, Conduit street ; Hendrie, 12, Tickborne-street ; Twinberrow, 2, Edwards street, Portman-square ; Saunders, 315 a, Winter. 205, and Kennedy, 166, Oxford-street ; Ross, 119, Bishopsgate-street ; 'mine% Ger rard-street, Soho ; Worn. 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, I, Moles worth-street, Dublin. Sold by all chemists and perfumers of repute. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, AuG. 10. Mr. W. R. Portal, from Abingdon School, and Mr. G. Sbeffiield, of University College, have been elected scholars of Pembroke College. Among the successful candidates for the India Civil Service appointments are the following members of this University :—Mr. Ileurtley Newnham, of Balliol Col lege (No. 10) ; Mr. Wyllie, of Trinity College (No. 11); Mr. Falcon, of Queen's College (No. 16) ; and Mr. Richey, of Exeter College (No. 19). There were, we believe, only seven Oxford candidates. SHEFFIELD AND ITS MANUFACTURES.—A. very inter eating ceremony took place at Sheffield on Friday lass The gold medal of honour awarded at the Paris Exhibi tion to the town, for the excellence of its manufac tures, was presented by the Mayor to the Master Cutler and the Company, in pursuance of the wishes of the ex hibitors. The ceremony took place at the Cutlers' Hail, when the mayor addressing the Master Cutler observed that the two great Industrial Exhibitions at London and Paris had raised Sheffield to a higher position among manufacturing towns than it had ever attained before, a greater number of medals being awarded at the latter to individual exhibitors of Sheffield than to those of any other town, while the approbation of the jurors was still more marked by the presentation of the gold medal of honour to the place itself. The very dis tinguished position it has thus attained would not soon be forgotten by the manufacturing world. The Master Cutler in reply said that the Corporation of Cutlers fully appreciated the honour done them by depositing this marked distinction of the Emperor of the French on the trade of the town in their hands. That medal would always be regarded asiindicating the very high rank in which the manufactures of the locality were placed. They had obtained the honour by the superior excellence of their productions, and he was quite sure that the men of Sheffield would not allow, in years to come, that ex cellence to be diminished. He asserted with coefidence that at the present time Sheffield stood unequalled in the whole world for the very great superiority of its manu factures. Important branches of their industry were said to have been entirely unrepresented at the Paris Exhibi tion, while others were so meagrely illustrated as to con duce to erroneous impressions. It was imperative to keep this fact in view, since if, by the neglect or supineness on the part of those engaged in manufactures in Sheffield to exhibit at a time so important to the manufacturing and commercial interests of this country, any erroneous im pression should be created of the decline of its manufac tures, it was important that such misapprehensions should be corrected. Many' causes might tend to pre vent exhibition. Some manufacturers might not wish all their newest designs displayed, while others might have as much business on hand as they could attend to, which had recently been the case in Sheffield. There had no doubt been great improvements within the past few years in the manufactures of France and other countries, but they had been unable to cope with Sheffield, and if he knew his fellow•townsmen aright, they would con tinue to improve as heretofore, and with the inherent in dustry proverbial to English manufacturers, maintain the rank and position they had achieved. Mr. Dunn, one -of the local commissioners, said he had been engaged in the cutlery trade very many years, and as far as he could judge, the tendency of that manufacture was upwards, both in the appearance of the article manufactured and its quality. He Was Satisfied that the material of the articles manufactured in Sheffield now was as good as that employed 30 years ago, while the workmanship was better; and Mr. Wilson Overend; the other commissioner, stated that of 53 firma who had exhibited no less than 45 obtained medals or honourable mention. The gold medal which was exhibited to the meeting is very handsome and massive. It hag been mounted in the centre of a plate of silver, and enclosed in an ebony frame. It is profusely ornamented, and bears an inscription stating that it was awarded to the town of Sheffield for the excellence of its manufactures di-played at the Exhibition of All Nations, at Paris, and that it was received from the heeds of the Emperor of the French, by Mr. Fawcett, the Mayor, and presented by the exhibitors to the Cutlers' Company. ':~'. 2 / 3 7 - J - 1 ' ,i_ ifx / 1/7.1 e 6.//‘' ) r ~-/ ,• / .. , ' • , . , ~ 1 ti. 1 ti ti r iin 1 ' it 4 l- , • -11 1 '' ' ;, 51 , :i I ,: i r . ,;;;Ai 111 k A ^:, eS , 1, r , .. 1 ) 11 : 101 \-- • c : 7 . 1l: :-41 : t : '' ..... ,ii3O,. Q . al : i - 3t4 t;A:11411:174i„ ~...' -.„, ~ / i,l 4: I - ..,;:.--' , • , \---.:L .-.... '4 , •?; ' . j '' 3 ' , ''' 1 40 ' ' , 0 ,- '''' ,A,,,. 4 ' -- l4k 4, Ei . lin+ ' - 0 1 . EU .' . ,_ 4Z, , :Ai , .... ' ,- .,,,,,,e.N-1+ pRorT. ~,•• ~,, - [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• York Tribune furnishes sonic additional informa tion touching this affair. He writes " But, unfortunately for the cause of ' law and order,' and the peace and prosperity of the State, David S. Terry, one of the justices of the Supreme Court—whose residence, family, and business are in this city—would go to Francisco to regulate the Vigilants, or help to organise forces to put them down. Arms were sent from this city by Governor Johnson to the State militia at San Francisco. The Vigilante heard of it by telegraph as soon as they were shipped. A detachment of Vigilant police was ordered to cruise in the Bay of San Pablo or the Bay of Suisun to capture the sailing craft in which they were stowed. The arms were cap tured, and the United States' Marshal, M'Duffie, the gambler, who was appointed by Pierce at the command of Weller—for Herbert denies for him self and Denver all connection therewith—arrested Mr. Durkee, the leader of the Vigilant boarding party, on a charge of piracy. Durkee has been exa mined before the United States District Judge Hoffman, and held to bail in the sum of $25,000. It was thought at one time that the Vigilante would rescue, or attempt to rescue, Durkee from the custody of the United States' Marshal, and thus bring that body into direct collision with the Federal forces, but no attempt of the kind was made. As a kind of retaliation, the Vigilants sent their marshal, Mr. Hopkins, to arrest Ruben Mc lony, a well-known time-serving politiican of San Francisco, who had charge of the State arms when Durkee seized them. Hopkins went alone, and found Molony in the office of the navy agent, Dr. Asbe, Judge Terry, and one or two others were there also. Bopkins told his errand, but Molony refused to go with him, as Terry, Ache, and others volunteered,t9,_ defend him. Hopkins then left to gain assistance, and, soon after, Mo lony, Terry, Ache,. and the others, armed with double-barrelled guns, knives, and ,pistols, sallied forth into the street and pushed for the armoury of the San Francisco Blues, where they hoped to gain and might command protection. While on their way thither they were overtaken by Hopkins and his posse, consisting of five men, which was just equal to the number of Molony's guard. Terry was in the rear. Hopkins was pushing by him, when Terry placed his double gun horizontally iu front of Hipkins to prevent his progress. Hop kins wrested it from him, pistols were fired, but no one was hit by the balls, nor was the firing done by either of the principals in this affray. Terry finding his gun gone, drew his bowie-knife and struck Hopkins on the left side of the neck, be tween the spine and carotid artery. The wound made was some four inches deep and an inch and a half wide, the point of the knife entering the wind pipe. The news of this assault spread like a praire fire in a gale , the great bell on the Vigilant Com mittee rooms was tapped for the first time since the commencement of the Revolution ; the whole town was in wild excitement ; merchants left their stores unlocked, masons dropped their trowels, draymen with loaded drays conveying goods from the ships to the warehouses, or from the stores to the steam-boats, unharnessed on the instant in the streets, and mounted their horses to join the Committee's cavalry. Where all was peace and quietude a moment before, all now was bustle and amaroment, and from every quarter of the city all classes and conditions, armed and on foot or on horseback, were impetuously rushing towards the head-quarters of the Committee to await and execute its orders. Terry, Molony, and that party, in the meantime made their way unmolested to the armoury of the Blues, and there raised the barri cades or closed the doors to all but friends. They were hardly in, however, before the Vigilants in immense numbers surrounded the building, and placed sentinels on all the entrances thereto, with orders to let no man out until the will of the Ex ecutive Committee could be ascertained. Soma of the Vigilante, thinking Hopkins had been killed on the spot, were clamorous to obtain possession of Terry, and sacrifice him on the spot. In this state of things, and while the whole city, as it were, was collecting around the armoury, Dr. Ashe, the navy agent, appeared at one of the second-storey windows, and informed the excited multitude that Terry was in the building, and would not attempt to make his escape. He also requested that a messenger should be sent to the Executive Com m mittee, and ask a delegation from that body to come to the armoury, in order that they might agree on the terms on which Terry would be sur rendered. It was ascertained that Terry was willing to give himself up to the committee, pro vided that body would pledge itself to protect him from the fury of the rabble. The courier was de spatched, and in 10 minutes returned with a note, ordering Terry to give him himself up, and the military in the building to deliver up their arms and render themselves prisoners, or in 15 minutes the Committee would commence firing on it. Two large cannon were hauled in front, were loaded, and the burning torch placed in the hands of the cannoneer. Not a word was spoken by either party ; there were 5,000 armed Vigilante, in the building, the time had just expired, and the doors were opened from the inside. Terry, Ashe, and Molony gave themselves up, were placed in car riages, and under a strong guard were escorted to the rooms of the Committee. The State soldiers were then made to bring down their arms,. which were soon uncapped, placed on drays, and escorted to the armoary of the Vigilante. The military were offered their freedom if they would swear not to take up arms against the Vigilante. This they refused to do, and were made prisoners, but most of them were released in a few days after. The Committee also went to the armoury of an other military company—the only remaining one in that city that had not disbanded rather than hold themselves in readiness uncle; the Governor's pro- clamation, demanded their arms, which they at once received, and took them prisoners also. The committee then sent for Major-General Volney E. Howard, who was commanding in San Fran cisco. He made haste to obey their summons, and while on his way to their rooms the Vigilants had to take possession to save him from the fury of the people whom he had exasperated by his very fool ish behaviour and ungentlemanly language. So thus in 40 minutes after Ter r y struck Hopkins, although the city was quiet at the time, and nearly all the people engaged in their avocations, the Vigilants had arisen, like the followers of Roderick Dhu, out of the earth, and captured the State Government, generals, soldiers, guns and ammuni tion, without the firing of a single shot. It was certainly the best-concerted military movement of modern times. Although most of these men were raw recruits, many of whom never shouldered a musket before, the agility of their movements and decision would put to blush many an army of regu • lars. It is true the first shot would have created consternation in their ranks, but their numbers and enthusiasm would soon have prevailed over the State forces. And now the State is without a musket o r a so ldi er to b ear ono. Th e G overnor is on his haunches, and cannot move, nor does he in tend to. He is up here quietly reposing in the bosom of his f am il y , lik e M r . Mi c awber, waiting for something to turn up.' His power and his glory have d e p ar t e d. I m b ec il e at first, he hasin creased in i m b ec ility. H e t rea ted with the trai tors, as he called them, till they out-generalled him, and now they laugh him to scorn. Had ex- Governor Bigler been here holding the reins of Go vernment in his bands this would have never been. If he could not have done otherwise he would have made them a speech so plausible, pathetic, fervent, and patriotic, that he himself would have surrounded the whole committee, and captured the affections of every man of them. Hopkins was stabbed on the '2.2d of June, and he still lives, although his physicians entertain no solid hope of his recovery. Day by day has he be en s i n ki ng t i ll the public look for his death any hour. Terry is in prison, shut out from all corresp on d ence, even w i th his wife, and it is everywhere believed that if Hopkins dies from the effects of the wound Terry will be hung. In fact, from a l e tt er o f T erry ' s pu b l i shed on the 2d inst., he seems to expect this. But it is not doubted that whether Hopkins dies or lives, Terry will be banished the State. It is almost certain that be will not again be allowed to sit on the su preme bench." The committee had taken forcible possession of the armoury of the Marion Rifles, which was the rendezvous of " the law and order party." The place was surrounded by over 1,000 of the com mittee men in arms, with three or four pieces of ordnance planted in front of it. Before this for midable array it soon capitulated, and all the arms it contained were seized, together with about 100 prisoners of war. The latter, however, were soon released from custody. The committee had also seized a quantity of Government arms which had been sent to San Francisco for the law and order party, on board a schooner. The governor re mained at Sacramento, and it was stated that he would make no more attempts to destroy th e func tions of the Vigilance Committee. The ge nera l commanding thState forces had retired and ren dered his report to the executive of a n i ne ff ect i ve campaign. The courts continued to hold their re gular sessions in San Francisco, and the law was said to be more respected than over before. The / 1 ' ' LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1856. THE BEPORT OF THE CHELSEA COAL MISSION. (Front the Examiner.) The public took very little interest in the frivolous inquiry at Chelsea, and they take as little in the report containing its valueless results. That report, with the evidence, is now before us ; but we have little to add to what we observed last week upon the subject. Had the statements of the commissioners in the Crimea been ever so untrustworthy, it is obvious they were not to be shaken by the investigations of any possible commission sitting in London. It was not a case of two courts of equal competence and authority investigating the same matters, using the same means to arrive at truth, and entitled to equal respect and credit ; but, independently of this consideration, the public were satisfied on the whole, not without reason, with the information col lected by Sir John and Colonel Telloch, corrobo rated as it was by the entire stream of correspondence from the scene of mismanagement and havoc. At all events, the public convictions were not to be disturbed by the counter-statements of the very parties implicated, a description of defence which, except in the hall of Chelsea Hospital, was never admitted by any court assuming the name of justice. The report bef re no, therefore, carries as little weight as any document of the kind ever pOsseseed, e ren were we to forget how favourably to the accused the tribunal was constituted, and the purpose it was notoriously intended to serve. The Chelsea inquiry would never have been heard of, hut that Government, having rained rewards and employments upon some incapable men, were anxious to invalidate as far as possible the evidence that condemned the givers no less than the receivers of un• deserved public honour,. Before, however, we take the final leave of a subject as discreditable to our rulers at home as to the authors of our disasters abroad, let us offer a few comments upon what is called the acquittal by the second batch of com missioners of the personages who appeared at their bar. Save in the case of Commissary General Filder, we do not find that the position of these officers have been at all improved by the report. The Chelsea Commissioners, indeed, declare themselves satisfied that Lord Lucan and Sir R. Airey used every exertion to meet the difficulties they had respectively to contend with, and are not justly chargeable with mismanagement and neglect ; but what their particula r exer ti ons were are unluckiy not set forth ; what they managed well we are still ignorant of; what they did not do, what they did not manage, still remains all the public is acquainted with. If Lord Lucan, for instance, did his best to save the horses of his brigade, if he did anything to save them, why are we not told what it was that he did ? The Land Transport service did something by the ex periment of pitting, the Sappers and Miners did some thing also, by making the best use of such slender resources as they had ;'but as to what Lieut.-Gen. Lord Lucan did we are still as much in the dark as ever, ex cept that he snapped at a subordinate officer who made a suggestion, probably the best that his emergency ad mitted a The commissioners tell us that "Col. Griffiths does not appear to have ever contemplated erecting any shelter, but merely digging a drain in front and rear." Perhaps so ; but this was contemplating something, this was at least thinking, this was showing himself a superior animal to the helpless horses, as well as to the equally helpless Lieut.-General. Lord Lucan can cavil at the exertions of others glibly enough ; he gave the com missioners his valuable opinion upon pits, which he said "might more appropriately be called graves." Even if graves they were, they were surely as becoming graves for our horses as the maws of the Crimean vultures, to which his lordship, in his taste for graves, gave the practical preference. The commissioners speak slightingly of the few men who, like Col. Griffiths, exerc i se d t h e i r i ntellects in the terrible emergencies of the period ; their sympathies are manifestly not with British officers who think ; Lord Lucan and his fellows had the considerable advantage of being tried not only by their professional, but their intel lectual peers. For Sir R. Airey, the Quartermaster-General, what did he do? What case did he establish to justify the hon ours heaped upon him ? We cannot find that, beyond making formal requisitions, at which he seems to have been expert enough, he did anything whatever that night reasonably have been expected fri,m an officer in his high command, and who, as the Times has well remarked, was up to the day of sailing military secretary to the Commander-in-Chief—a post that gave him the amplest opportunity of knowing all the probable wants and defi ciences of the artny, Sir Richard Airey was in a posi tion to have known beforehand the probable deficiencies of the service in the several articles of bedding, mothing, tenting, and butting. It ho was ignorant of the state of things, he was unfit for the post tie held at home ; if be was aware of it, he must have known the futility of his orders and requisitions. But when were some of his requisitions despatched ? " With reference to tents." say the commissioners, "it appears that Sir Richard sent home a large requisition in consequence of the destruc tion of tents and marquees in the storm of the 14th of Nov. This order was not complied with until the May following." Storms were never dreamed of, it seems, in the Crimea—the stormiest climate in the globe, as every schoolboy knows. After the tempest lags the requisi tion for the tents. The steed is stolen—lock thestable door ! This was the providence of the Quarter master- General. The tents of course did not arrive for months. Disease and death are the results. Yet what is the con clusion drawn by the commissioners ? " Therefore," says the Report, " the Quartermaster-General's depart ment is completely exonerated from all blame on this head." How forcibly are we not reminded at every step of this miserable narrative of Mr. Grate's remarks upon the fatal expedition to Sicily under Nicias :—" Some times petty trifling, sometimes apathy and inaction, sometimes presumptuous neglect, sometimes obstinate blindness even to urgent and obvious necessities, will be found operative at every step, whereby this fatal arma ment sinks down from exuberant efficiency into the last depths of aggregate ruin and individual misery." Neither in Lord Cardigan's case nor in Col. Gordon's do the commissioners pronounce the same general for mula of acquittal as in Lord Lucan's and Sir Richard Airey's. Lord Cardigan's complaint was— " That the commissioners had charged him with hav ing contributed to the ultimate inefficiency of the Light Brigade by his refusal to adopt a suggestion which, in the opinion of the commissioners, was calculated to im prove the condition of the brigade—viz., the sending the troop horses down to Balaklava for forage." Two suggestions to this effect had been made to Lord Cardigan, the state of the roads rendering it impossible for the Commissariat to transport the forage in question. The matter is thus stated in the Crimean Repert, with his Lordship's refusal to comply with either suggestion, and the natural results : "This proposition appears to have been brought speci ally under the notice of Lord Cardigan by Lieut.-Col, Mayon, Assistant•Quartermaster-General of Cavalry, who states that his lordship declined to accede to it, as he had previously done when a similar proposition was made to him to send the horses down for hay before that supply failed. "Tee whole brigade remained in this state till the 2d of December, when it waR directed to return to its pre vious position, but by that time the horses were reduced to such a state from starvation that they could no longer bear the weight of their riders ; they had to be led down, many were left on the ground in a dying state, and of the remainder 17 died on the toad before they could reach their former station—a distance of only about six miles." Lord Cardigan's frivolous defence is as follows :—First, he thought it uncertain whether the supplies were to be obtained. But the Commissariat officers bad certifies the fact. What becomes, then, of Lord Cardigan's uncer tainty ? 2dly, he thought that the journey to fetch the hay and barley would. have caused a greater loss of horses than actually occurred frem insufficiency of sup plies. This is what Lord Cardigan calls thinking. It mar vellously resembles not thinking. The proposition was made before the horses were exhausted to such a degree as to make a journey of seven miles so formidable; and, the seven miles performed, the horses would have been fed, and further exhaustion prevented. 3dly, there were military reasons for not reducing the number of horses at the position of Inkerman, and Lord Raglan's orders on the subject were positive. This is the most absurd alle gation of all. Military reasons for retaining at Inkerman, or anywhere else, horses in a state of famine. For mili tary purposes, of what use could they have been ? And if useful for military purposes, they could not have been too weak to go to Balaklava. This is a depth even below Lord Raglan. But mark how one little fact demolishes this poor defence from the foundation ? If the reasons h weree subject should military, and Lo r d R ag l an ' s ordets posi tive, have been brought under Lord Raglan's notice. W as this done ? The commissioners report " there is no evidence to show that Lord Raglan's attention was particularly called to the proposal of the Assistant•Commissary-General that the horses should be sent to Balaklava. Whit steps, therefore, might have been taken had that proposal been brought under his lordship's notice can now be only matter of conjecture." The commissioners did well after this to abstain from a positive opinion in favour of the Earl of Cardigan's ca pabilities. We have said that the case t,f Mr. Filder is the only one which is improved in consequence of the inquiry at Chelsea. The Co mmissary -General seems to have shown (subject, of course, to future discussion) that the Treasury was the department really to blame for the miscarriages which have hitherto been laid at his door. It would appear, among other points, that the incomparable arrangement of sending out the green coffee was due to the sagacity of the officials of White hall ; and—what is of st ill more importance to Mr. Filder's case—he seems to hav e succeeded in shift ing upon the same domestic au th orities respon sibilitythe ; for the deficiency of forage, to which as he ex plained, "step by step all oth e r d e fi c i en cieswere mainly attributable." The Treasury will, of course, claim to be heard upon this subject, so that at present it would be unjust to pursue it further. We have, indeed, already exhausted our space, and have only room to quot e th e j ust am i eloquent observations with which the Times has dis missed the subject of our Crimean misfortunes from the province of journalism to that of history :-- " We need not speak of Lords Lucan and Cardigan, and of General Airey's appropriate adjutant, Colonel Gordon. It is wonderful to find to what men the dosti nies of a nation can be confided. The matter is now pro bably discussed for the last time. The Crimean war must now be left to the historian, and the officers who have just been exonerated by the Chelsea Board are beyond any other justice than that which follow from the They of their cou n t rymen now an d h erea f ter . They will wear their orders, and their rank and titles, won amid so much desolation, will be blazoned in'the face of the world, for of that courage which boldly faces shame they have no lack. But from the verdict of history they cannot escape. They may well hope that obscurity will cover their names, and they may not share the immor tality of Mack and Whitelocke ;.but if the democrat wishes to enlarge on the worthlessness of titles, orders, and distinctions, he will for many a year be able to point his moral by showing how they have been bestowed on Lucan and Cardigan, Airey and Gordon." most say providential—that they should be enabled most unexpectedly to bring forward evidence of the most positive - character in corroboration of the Scriptures. He added that he had never found.one poiut of disagree ment with the Scripture, except in the question of num bers, where they could not be sure that the Hebrew text was correct. A vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer. CHELTENHAM, Mom:JAY. The business of the association was resumed to-day with renewed ardour. The weather wag pleasant and the attendance in the various sectional departments was good. All the Sections met at the College at eleven o'clock, and the reading of papers occupied until between three and four. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. CHELTENHAM, SATURDAY NIGHT. The attendance at the different sectional meetings at the college was not so good this morning, and it will be ssen from the following list of papers read in each sec tion that only four out of the seven met to-day. SECTION A. — Mathematical and Physical Science.— R. Mallet—Provisional Report on Observations with the Seisometer. Dr. Whewell—On the Reasons for de scribing the Moon's Motion as a Motion about her Axis. J. Symons—On Phenomena recently discovered in the Moon. Twinning_Models to illustrate a new me• thod of teaching Perspective. Professor Hennessy —On the Physical Structure of the Earth. —Maxwell—On an Instrument to illustrate Poinsot's Theory of Rotation S. T Graves—On the Congruence nx = n x I(mod.p) p being a prime number. SECTION B. — Chemicalkicilioa—This section did not meet to.day, on account of the excursion to Cirencester. SECTION C.—Geology.—Rev, P. 'B. Brodie, M.A., F.G.S.—On some new species of Lias Corals. Rev. P. B. Brodie, M.A., F.G.S.—On a new species of Poll cipes in the inferior Oolite. Professor Hennessy—On the Relative Distribution of Land and Water as affect ing Climate at different Geological Epochs. J. W. Salter, F.G.S.—On the Great Pterygotus, "Seraphim," of Scotland. R. Etheridge, F.R.S.E.—On the position of the (Lias or Triaa) Bone Bed, geologically and pale ontologically considered. M. Moggridge.—On the Time required for the Formation of " Rolled Stones." H. C. Sorby—Description of a Working Model to illus trate the Formation of Drift Bedding (a kind of false structificatinn). E. Vivian, M.A.—Researches in Kent's Cavern, Torquay, with the original MS. Memoir of its first opening, by the late Rev. Joba M'Every (long sup posed to have been lost), and the Report of the Sub- Committee of the Torquay Natural History Society. Capt. Woodall.—On the Evidence of a Reef of Lower Lias Rock, extending from Robin Hood's Bay to the neighbourhood of Flamborough Head. Lieut. Ayton, Bombay Artillery—On Gold in India, SECTION D.—Zoology and Botany, including Physi ology.—This section did not meet to-day, on account of the excursion to Cirencester. SECTION E.—Geography and Etbnology.—This sec tion did not meet to-day, on account of the excursion to Cirencester. SECTION F. —Economic Science , and Statistics.—W. M. Tartt, M.S.A.—On some Statistics bearing upon the Relations existing between Poverty and Crime. Richard Beamisb, F.R.S.—On the Statistics of Chel- tenham. Edward Clibbon—On the Tendency of Euro pean Races to become Extinct in the United States. R. Thomson Jopling—On the Mortality among Officers of the British Army in the East. The Rev. C. H. Bromby, M.A.—Suggestions on the People's Education. Pro fessor Richard Hussey Walsh—A. Deduction from the Statistics of Crime for the last Ten Years. SECTION G.—Mechanical Science.—Dr. Green —On a New Railway Break, invented by M. Sioco, of Paris. James Thompson, C.E.—Report on the Measurement of Water, by Weir Boards. G. Rennie, F.R.S.—On the Development of Heat by the Agitation of Fluids. EXCURSION TO CIRENCESTER. Notwithstanding the gloomy aspect of the weather nearly 200 ladies and gentlemen started at 9 o'clock by a special train on the Great Western line for Cheltenham. The distance by road is about 15 miles, and by rail up the beautiful Stroud valley more than double the dis tance. The objects of inspection at Cirencester were the Royal Agricultural College and the Rciman remains which have been discovered here, and for the reception of which a building has been expressly built by Earl Bathurst. The college is an imposing structure, situate about a mile from the town of Cirencester, and adjoins the magnificent park and woods of Earl Bathurst. The principal front is 190 feet long, and it includes a large dining hall, library, museum, lecture theatre, laborato ries, elms rooms, private studies, kitchens, and servants' offices, with apartments for the resident professors, dor mitories, &c. There are about 100 students. The farm buildings, &c., are of the most modern construction. The town of Cirencester itself was originally a British city, called Caer Cori, from its position on the small I River Corm, now called the Churn. The Roman name was Corinium ; and, as it stood at the intersection of the Fusseway with the Ermin and Ikenild-streets I it became a town of considerable importance, and was regarded as the capital of the Dobuni. Vestiges of the Roman vallum and rampart are still visible, and a fine collection of Roman remains have been excavated, and are now deposited in a building erected especially for their reception by BAH Bathurst. These consist of a beautiful .asselatecl pavement, discovered in the town of Cirencester itself about six years ago, besides nu. merous articles of domestic use and ornament, brooches, armlets, knives, spear heads, steelyards, compasses, keys, &c., of bronze, of exquisite'workmanship. In ivory a❑d bone are many curious objects, such as salt spoons, pins, bodkins, knife-handles, &c., with articles in glass, as Leads, vases, bottles, &c. There is also a large collec tion of pottery, some of which is most elaborately and elegantly ornamented. Besides these, several sculptured tombstones, fragments of architecture, &c., and the private collections of individuals in the neighbourhood, were for the occasion added to the museum. The rain ceased about midday, so that the party was enabled to walk out and enjoy the excursion. COLONEL MIR U. lINLINSON . S LECTURE. Last night one of the most gay and brilliant assem blages of the learned and fashionab:e ever brought toge ther in Cheltenham met at the College to hear Colonel (late Major) Sir H. Rawlinson lecture on ,Leent disco veries in Assyria and Babylonia, with the results of cunei form research up to the present time. This was the best attended meeting of the series up to this time. Half-past 3 was the hour fixed for the opening of the proceedings, but before 3 o'clock the room was crowded to the doors. Sir H. RereiNsox said the subject was one which it would be impossible t 3 compress in one lecture, and therefore he would only take up the salient points. First, he proceeded to explain what cuneiform inscrip tions were, and then showed how they were to be deci phered. The learned traveller gave a moat interesting account of his visits to Ecbatana, and his daring and successful attempts to scale the heights of Basuton, on which were—in spots supposed to be inaccessible—sets of inscriptions in Persian, the Medean (as it was called, though really Scyteien), and the Babylonian characters. Having got paper c ists of these inscriptions, the next test was to compare the Persian with the Babylonian version. He soon found the Babylonian the most difficult. The writing was not alphabetical, but idio graphic. Arbitrary signs were used to express sound. The number of characters in the Babylonian was 360 or 370, independent of what they had been accustomed to call idiographic signs. He described the process by which he had arrived at a knowledge of these ancient writings, and how coetemporancou s research had been made by Dr. Hinck in Ireland, and by certain conti nental literati, who had arrived at the same translation as himself, thus confirming his views. He then came to the result. The greatest value of these results of cunei form investigation was the particular reference to Scrip ture history. Up to the investigation of cuneiform in scriptions there had been no means of testing the histori. cal history of the Scriptures. They found the same names in the same order, and the events described the same, but with some difference in colouring, as the As Syrians were not likely to record their own defeat. There were three periods of cuneiform character. First, the Chaldean period ; two, the Assyrian ; and three, the Babylonian, and he explained the history of each period, with the kings ruling in each. He also gave an interest ing account of his discovery of two cylinders in an anci ent building, which cylinders bore inscriptions supposed to have been written by Nebuchadnezzar (in the cylin ders "Nabu-kadun-uzzer''). In conclusion, be pole ted out the value of these discoveries, through which they were able to fill up approximately a history of 1,000 or 1,500 years, which before were entirely blank ; an d they were also enabled to verify Scripture. At a tiw e when the German school was attacking the authorit y of the ' Scriptures he thought it most fortunate—he 'might al. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. By the royal mail steam-ship Niagara, Captain Leitch, we have advices from New York to the 29th ult. She has brought 371,332 dollars in specie on freight. Among the passengers is Mrs. H. B. Stowe, of " Uncle Tom's Cabin" notoriety. The Indian has arrived at Quebec, the Arabia at Halifax, and the Ericsson at New York. In the Senate, a bill amending the diplomatic and consular system had been passed, and a resolu tion, calling on the President to, communicate whatever information he might have respecting affairs in California with reference to the operations of the San Francisco Viiitance Cortrinittes, and whether application had been made by the Gover nor of that State for aid in enforcing the laws, was adopted. A petition from Commodore Vanderbilt, that a contract he made with him for carrying the mail between New York and Southampton, had been presented. A bill was also intro duced authorising a contract for monthly trips between the two ports for ten years, at 16,680 dollars the round trip, the service to be increased to semi-monthly trips if considered necessary, In the House of Representatives, Mr. Sharman's amendment to the Army Appropriation Bill was adopted, and the bill, as amended, passed. The amendment, it will be recollected, provides for the practical suspension of the alleged laws of the Kan sas Legislative Assembly, until Congress shall de clare whether those laws were passed by a Legis lature chosen in conformity with the organic law. It also recommends the disarming of the militia, and the recall of the United States army, but makes it, the duty of the President to use military force to preserve the peace, suppress insurrection, repel invasion, and protect the persons and property of the citizens of the territory against unlawful search and seizure on the highways of Missouri and else where. Mr. Dunn, of Indiana, moved a substitute to the bill annulling certain acts of the Kansas Legislature, &c., which was agreed to. The bill was passed by a vote of 88 to 74. It re-organises the territory, provides for the restoration of the Missouri restriction, prohibits test oaths, and all cruel and unusual punishments, and provides for the release of persons confined for political offences, and for the dismissal of all the prosecutions now pending. The Washington correspondent of the New York Courier and Inquirer alludes to a remarkable charge made by a Buchananite organ against the British Chancellor of the Exchequer. He writes : " The Pennsylvanian, the central Buchanan or gan, proclaims the truly humiliating fact, that the Chancellor of the British Exchequer has subscribed $lOO,OOO for the use of the Fremont and Dayton Clubs, as a means of securing the success of the Re publicans, and thereby of breaking up the union of these States. This financial transaction must be considered important and gratifying for several reasons. In the first place, every well informed politician knows that the lower order of democratic scribblers and slang-whangers never begin to shout, 'We are sold to the British ! 'Beware of British gold !' and other shrieks of that character, until they have become entirely despe rate, and have lost all rational expectation of suc cess. The country always takes heart when demo cracy begins to brawl 'Bribery and corruption , ' and to re j oi ce i n th e prospect t h at t h e w h o l e tr ib e I of bloodsuckers are to be driven from the doors of the public treasury. Again , if the British Govern ment has really begu n t o hip gold to aid in Fre mont's election, the tide of exchange will turn ; and the golden flood will set to and not from Wall, State, and Chestnut-streets. Money will become abundant and business brisk ; and all sorts of stocks will go up except Buchanan stock, already the poorest stock in the market. It will be remem bered by all who participated in the memorable contest of 1840, that the Van Buren men kept up pretty well until the British gold began pouring into the coffers of their opponents, and then they acknowledged there was no use in struggling against fate and the British Whigs.' The conse quence of their despair was, that ' Van was a used up man' before the canvass was half over, and that he came out at last with 60 votes out of 275. This shows the irresistible power of British gold. On that occasion the British gold was bought to buy Democrats with, who brought good prices at first, but before the close of the business season became a mere drug, and could be had for asking. The same thing will be witnessed again. It is a great mistake to suppose that only $lOO,OOO has been subscribed, but this arises from the inexperience in money matters of the vigilant Democrats, who have ferreted out this transaction. The truth is that the whole of the last loan of 5,000,0001. was authorised as an electioneering fund to aid the Re publican candidate. Nor will the bargain be a bad one for the British. For it is understood that, if the Colonel shall be elected, he is to abolish slavery in South Carolina, and send all the emancipated negroes to the British West India Colonies, as ap prenticed and indented labourers, at $5O per head, thus enriching himself at the same time that he plays into the hands of the British Abolition. ists, who are planning the extirpation of slavery all over the world !' A dissolution of the Union would follow of course, for how could the Union exist after the negroes were gone ?" A commercial treaty had ben agreed to between the Venezuelan and United States' Governments. Another of those fearful accidents so frequent in the United States had occurred to the steam-boat Empire, while on her voyage from Fall River to Boston, by which seven persons were killed and a large number maimed and mutilated. When near Point Ladish the starboard boiler of the vessel burst, driving the steam through the furnace, and through the blower-box, and into the engine-room, and between the decks, destroying or scalding severely all whom it encountered. Most of the pas sengers had retired to their berths, and when the explosion occurred men, women, and children, seizing their life preservers, rushed into the cabin in their night-dresses in the greatest consternation, imagining that the vessel was on fire, and giving vent to their fears in loud shouts and screams. In -a few seconds the body of steam filled the saloons, and the frantic passengers rushed wildly to and fro through the suffocating vapour seeking to reach the open air, and making confusion worse confounded. The cries of the wounded were heard above the ' din, and added to the horrors of the situation. The captain promptly caused the engine to be stop ped, and, assisted by those of the passengers who had escaped injury, endeavoured to alleviate the sufferings of the injured and dying. With all ten derness and despatch the wounded were picked up and taken to the saloon, and although no medical man was on board to advise, they did what they could to ease their sufferings. Oil, flour, and cot ton were applied to scalded parts, and other means lof relief were resorted to. It was feared that a large proportion of those who are scalded would die, as many of them had inhaled the burning steam. The wounded presented a terrible spectacle. Every spot upon which the steam had struck was scalded so severely that the skin peeled off at the touch. An investigation into the cause of the accident was to be held. Mr. Herbert had been acquitted of the murder of Keating, the waiter. The decision had created much comment and indignation. The Illinois had arrived at New York with the Californian mails, and 1,649,896 dols. in specie. The Committee of Vigilance were always in session. They con tinued to expel from the city all the rogues who had for a long time past infested it. On the 24th of June the excitement in regard to the move ments of the committee, which had been lulled almost into acquiescence, was revived by one of their number being stabbed in the street by David S. Terry, one of the judges of the Supreme Court of California, while the said member of the com mittee was attempting to arrest a notorious charac ter. Judge Terry was immediately arrested, and taken to Fort Vigilance, as the rooms of the com mittee are called, where, at last accounts, he was undergoing a 'trial. The San Francisco correspondent of the New 01~~~v ~~~, iS PAPE R 44;:N7e• : n.„ ..6 . accounts from the mining regi ons co neff,J6 1,1:02-. .651 favourable, and the crops generally w*e.itHaitled' good, although in some section s the \iraishopppiio:‘, had been very destructive. The Crescent City _Herald has a report Tof ag s encounter on the 11th of June, betw4ll 260 . Indians of the Shasta Costes, Macinootoon3 0, Tututnees, Joshua, Tlqua tril 0,, and the nompany of volunteers under Captain Beltzo, 41 in number, who had the day before killed six Indians on:their march down the river, and company G of the regc. lar troops, under Captain Anger, numbering about 60. The regulars were on the north, and the volun teers on the south side of the river. The regulars commenced the fight about 12 o'clock, killed six Indians, and drove the "balance" into and across the river, when the volunteers received them; and, after half an hour's fighting, completely routed them, killing 24 and t a ki ng s i x pr i soners. Beside the above there were 50 Indians drowned and • missing; at least such is the report of the Indians themselves. The Indians had previously fortified themselves in a position about six miles below where the fight came off, but had removed to the position where they were found, thinking it a stronger one. The volunteers burnt at both of the positions spoken of some 60 houses, most of them strongly built of logs. The regulars lost no. men ; the vo lunteers had two men wounded, and one killed, named Bray. Several other less sanguinary fights are also re ported. Boston bad been the scene of a fire destructive to life and property. A Boston paper describes the Catastrophe as follows : " The fire commenced in.the grocery and liquor store of Cornelius Doherty, No. 324, North-street, where an attendant was turning out some camphine for a customer who was smoking a Cigar. The va pour of the camphine communicated with the lighted cigar, and the whole of the fluid was ignited. The roomvvas instantly filled with flame, and the persons present narrowly escaped a severe burning. An alarm of ' Fire 1' was immediately sounded, and the fire department was quickly on the ground. Before any of the engines arrived, however, the store and its contents the contents being principally inflammable liquids were thoroughly on _fire. The adjoining apart ments and the rooms above were soon in ablaze, and the occupants of the building had begun to remove their furniture. With frightful rapidity the fire spread from room to room, and to the neighbouring buildings. A scene of the wildest confusion was presented. Tables, chairs, and crockery were hurried indiscriminately from the windows ; women and children put their heads out of the windows screaming for help ; firemen were running in every direction, and the fire was raging with unchecked rapidity. The building in which the fire originated—Jefferson Block—was a five storey brick building, and occupied by some 40 Irish families. These families were all driven into the street without being able to save anything except the clothes on their backs. Several women, to save themselves from the flames, which hemmed them in on all sides, jumped from the windows into the street. One woman was instantly killed by this means, and another was injured so that she subse quently died. Quite a number, however, escaped unhurt. One woman jumped from the third storey. struck the pavement with her feet. and without stopping to ask any questions ran off at full speed. Another woman got out of the fourth storey and dropped from the windowsill of the third storey, which she grasped with her hands—then dropped to the second storey, and finally to the pavement. She was unhurt. The high brick building adjoin ing the Jefferson Block, on the corner of North and Clark-streets, was partially burnt, the walls and a portion of the flooring only being left. About 4 o'clock some firemen bad put up end were• ascending a ladder, when the chimney fell. pros trating the ladder and all who were on it, killing one of the firemen and severely bruising several others. One woman jumped from the fourth storey of Jefferson Block into the street, and was in stantly killed. Nearly every bone in her body was broken. Mrs. Margaret Sweeney jumped out of a third storey window, and broke her right arm and oneleg. She was taken to theMassachusettsGeneral Hospital. A woman named Donovan was seen in an intoxicated state in one of the upper rooms shortly before the fire, and not since. It is supposed that her body was one of those subsequently found among the ruins. About half-past four o'clock, the progress of the fire being stayed, search. was begun among the ruins for the bodies of those who wore missing, and who might not have had time to escape from the burning building before its walls fell. The first body found was apparently that of a boy of 12 or 14 years of age. The corpse was horribly mangled and charred, so that recognition was impossible. This body was found near the corner of the building nearest to the Barber estate, and about two feet from the street wall. The fire men continued a search in the same place, and in the course of an hour four more bodies were ex humed, all burned to crisp, and awfully mangled. Two of these bodies appeared to be those of women, and one that of a young boy. The fourth one was but a remnant of a human form, and no idea could be formed as to its age or sex. It has been ascer tained, by close examination th a t a b a b e was in the arms of one of the women exhumed from the ruins. The deathly embrace was so strong that the pre sence of the child was not discovered till after the bodies had been conveyed to the station-house." The 17th Regiment made a triumphal entry into Quebec on the 25th ult. It is stated in the advices from Central America that the union between Guatemala, San Salvador, Honduras, and Costa Rica, against Walker's Go vernment was complete, and that a portion of the Guatemalan army had marched to the Nicaraguan frontier. Guatemala, it was said, led the van, notwithstanding her financial embarrassments. A large lot of treasure had been shipp e d f or E ng land, via Aspin wall, from Santa Martha and other places. The Pacific steam-ship Santiago had met with a dangerous accident on her late trip to Panama, which was caused in consequence of the neglect of the South Pacific coast by the respective Govern ments. Advices from Greytown report that Walker had been inaugurated as President. Rivas still held possession of the town of Leon. Much sickness prevailed among Walker's troops, and desertions were frequent. Letter; from Mexico announce the suppression of a conspiracy at Puebla to restore Santa Anna to power. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH, VIA. HALIFAX. NEW YORK, EVENING, JULY 31. The steamer Washington arrived here yesterday. The tone of our money-market to-day is firm. Sterling exchange dull at 9 3 to 10. Cotton un changed and mark e t dull. Quotations of flour are advanced 121 c. to 18c., wheat advanced 5c., and corn 2c. since the Ng,ara sailed. NEW ORLEANS, EVENING, JULY 30. Sales of cotton to-day 1,600 bales ; middling Orleans quoted 102 c. The New York money-market remained un changed, first-class paper readily selling at 7 to 8 per cent. The stock-market was more buoyant and prices better with the exception of Missouri Sixes. Exchange on England was in moderate de mand at 1091 to 109 per cent. ; France, sf. 15c. to sf. 182 c. For cotton the demand had been con fined to the daily wants of spinners. Holders were indifferent about selling, and prices remained un changed. The accounts of the crops were promising. Flour, on receipt of the Persia's news, had advanced 15c. to 25c. per barrel ; but, with the exception of the better grades, had again been lowered. The sales of pork were to a moderate extent and lower, at $2O 12e. for m ess , an d $l7 25 c. t o $l7 37 c . f or prime. Beef was dull. Cut meats in limited in quiry, declined 82c. to 9e. for shoulders, and 9/c. to 10c. for hams. Bacon, scarce. Lard, advanced. Butter, better. Spirits of turpentine, firmer. Freights lower to Liverpool. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY. —Yesterday the admissions on payment were 11,510; ditto by season tickets, 352 ; total visitors, 11,362. The Military Tribunal of Paris on Saturday tried a soldier, named Hanquin, of the 39th Regiment, for stealing an English Crimean medal, the property of a comrade, named Aude . " One day , " said Aude, who spoke with a strong Gascon accent, " in brush ing my uniform I perceived that my Victoria had disappeared in the night. And it was that Norman there who stole it, and I found it on his breast ! " I'm a Norman, it is true," said Hanquin, " but you are an impudent Gascon to say that I took your medal. How could you know that it was yours ? yDidou This medaltheQuee n of England have on e mad e expressly for r is mine—l found it, after having lost my own ; and it is absurd for you to pretend to recognise it, for all the Crimean medals are sisters 1" "Monsieur le President," observed Aude with a chuckle, " the Normans have the reputation of being very cunning, but they can't do a Gascon ! Do me the favour, sir, to examine the medal!" And taking it up, with a grand gesture he presented it to the an president, sid o e i mnt,oacry. t ke thesame time turning to the accused with " I see nothing particular in it," said the president after inspecting the medal. " Look here, sir," cried Aude triumphantly, point ing to the arm of the figure on the reverse of the medal, " look here ! What do you see ? The name of Aude ! I scratched it myself with a needle 1" " The name certainly is there," said the president on looking more closely at the medal; "and it is no doubt a proof that the medal is yours. Come, prisoer, you must confess that you took the medal !" n " I did not steal it, sir I" said the Norman, much abashed; " I found it, and as to my great regret I bad lost my own, I saw no harm in taking it." The tribunal declared him guilty of robbery, and sentenced Lim to a ye r's sonment. , iiii "7 .~