The Sun. — London, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

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The ground is black, with well-carved gilded letters, and in the centre of each letter is a small carved star ; she is supposed to be laden with oats, as a good many grains are washed on shore. This after noon the wind has changed to the north-west, end the sea is fast falling, so that the fishermen will be able to get to her by sea in the morning if she holds together so long. ORIENTAL GENERAL CARRIERS. THE ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM COMPANY (Limited), Under subsidy from the Indian Government. Capital .£500,C00. This Company acts as general carriers both by land and 'water, and as general forwarding agents throughout the East. They receive goods in England for transmission to different Points of India, whether on the Coast or in the interior ; they convey goods - by railway. by steamboat or other available tn:ans, from one part of * lndia to another; and they receive gsoods at the different stations in India, for transmission to -E nAand. Th e y f orward both by the Cape and Overland routes, as shipp ers may desire • ' and parcels or merchandise entrusted to them, w h et h er in India or in England, will be copyeyed to their destinations at the Lwest possible charge, without further trouble to the shipper or c 'nsignee, without Pe present risks of detention, and without requiring the in- Leryention of any other agency. For tariff of rates, and all other necessary information, ap- Pl gist the Company's Offices, 9, Billiter-street, London, or 2, Q:,,tes-terrace, Southampton, or to the Company's Agents " A " me different stations in the Esst. A number of these , 7encies have been already established, and the others are oere,g formed as speedily as ro , sible. tion lie following arc some o f t h e ex i st i ng or proposed sta s : Agra. Ferozepore. Moultan. Alunednuggur. Ffitteygl t ur. Nee:finch. • Allygltur. Fv zabad. Nynee Tall. Allahab a d . Olt A zeepore. P a t na . Assam. Gwalior. I'eshawur. At tock. llydrabad (Scinde). Poenalt, Paroda. Kurrachee. Rajmahal: Pareil ly , I c w hore. Ranl Pindee. Penares Landour. Sattara. Rombay. Loodheana. Seh wan. CalmCacutta. I.ucknow. Shik arpore pore. C Mahabuleshwur. Simla. ommereolly. Meerut. Sukkur. Dacca. AI irzapore. Tatta. Delhi. troorshedabad. ‘ Urnritsur. " t__Tifie arr angements for the Mad ras Pr es id ency are no t ma ' 'd, but will be announced when completed. --------____ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEIN ING, NOVEMBER 19, 1861. N°. 21,649. .4d. STAMPED ....sd. REFORM CONFERENCE. What right had decaying towns to the same elec toral influence as energetic ones ? a n d would thriv ing and strong constituencies submit any longer to be linked to dead bodies? During ftt e 30 years that the Reform Bill had been in operation the popula tion had increased as nothing in vaniparison with the increase ie the mental and more.] improvement of the people. He did not say all working men were educated ; the barons signed Magna Charta with a cross ; but a man might ha've good ter inciples in him without being educated. He had tal ;en interest in the well-being of working men, and he knew they were qualified to vote, because they were industrious and moral, loyal and patriotic. con sidered that mu tual intolerance had hi - 13 the great ob struction to the cause of re but. be appealed to all for co-operation, as far could go, in carry ing out those principles w ' been enunciated by great constitutional au' ,of former ages. by the present Government, proposing a £lO franchise for counties and a £6 franchise for boroughs. It was introduced feebly, and without any apparent earnestness; and, as its authors did not even pretend that they staked their position as a Government on its success, it had to encounter not only the opposition of its own open foes, but the hostility of some whose professions on the hustings arc liberal, but who rather retard than urge forward any liberal measures in Parliament. enormous foundations on which a massive super structure is to be raised. Upwards of half-a-million bricks have already been used in laying the base ment wall on a thick concrete bottom extending in turn to a great depth; This battery will be built of sufficient strength to defy attack from any kind of artillery. Some idea of the durability and strength of the old Half-moon Battery, which is in course of demolition to make way for the new struc ture, may be inferred when it is stated that above two millions of bricks from the intuer portion have already been removed, leaving about an equal number still undisturbed. The erection of the superstructure of the new fortifications will con stitute a separate contract, tenders for which will shortly be received at the War-office. Although at the commencement of the un dertaking it was thought that t bree years would elapse before this portion of the line of defences would be completed, sanguine hopes are now en tertained that by this period next year the case mated portion of the battery will be so far advanced as to be ready for the reception of its Armstrong guns. The erection of the formidable batteries on the opposite shore is progressing, notwithstanding the almost insurmountable difficulties which the contractors have had to contend against during the progress of the undertaking. The principal battery in this line of defences will command the channel of the approach to the Medway and bear on the entrance to the Thames. It will be placed on a very commanding position in the spit of the Isle of Grain, the guns having the range .ef rather.more than three-fourths of a circle. The second battery will be built further west, nearly facing Sheerness dock yard, on the western aide of the recently-erected martello tower, which will require to be removed, as the site on which it stands intercepts the range of the flank guns of the new fortifications, prevent ing their being used if required for the purposes of defence. The cost of the two batteries is estimated at £BO,OOO. YUBLICATION LEEDS, MONDAY AFTERNOON. MISS KAVANAGH'S NEW WORK. On Friday, Nov. 2?, in 2 vols., 215., bound , F RENCH WOMEN OF LETTERS. By JULIA KAVANAGH, Author of "..\ athalie," "Adele," dm This day, in the Civil Court of the Town-hall of this borough, a conference on Parliamentary Re form commenced its sittings. It was held under the auspices of the Leeds Working Men's Parliamen tary Reform Association. Delegates attended from various associations in different parts of the coun try, but the greater portion of the delegates were from Yorkshire and Lancashire towns, and most of them were appointed at meetings of extreme Libe rals, held for the especial purpose, and represented the meetings which elected them rather than any reform - association. The number of persons de legated to attend the meeting was upwards of 180, and about two •thirds of that number were present shortly after the commencement of the proceedings, including Mr. E. Baines, M.P., Mr. W. E. Forster, M.P., and Mr. Barnes, M.P. A little before 12 o'clock at noon the proceedings were opened by Mr. FINNIE (a journeyman compositor), the president of the Leeds Working Men's Parlia mentary Reform Association, who said that the great object for which the conference was held was to show that working men were not so indifferent to the question of reform as had been so freely repre sented. He said at first it was intended this should only be a Yorkshire conference, bat now it was to be a meeting of men from all parts of the country, 20 or 30 having that morning intimated their in tention to be present, in addition to 162 who had before promised. Mr. G. Wilson, of Manchester, should , have opened the meeting as chairman of the conference, but it was reported by gentlemeti who had arrived from Manchester that Mr. Wilson had started with them and they had lost him on the way. Until he should make his appearance, Hurst and.Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. " The existing. constituencies, with all the disadvantages of small and dependent boroughs and nomination counties, returned a majority, at the general election in 1859, pledged to Reform to the extent proposed in the Government Bill. But Reform to any extent, if hated by the Tory party, is at least not welcome to some of the Whigs; and in the ab sence of dangerous manifestations of impatience on the part of the people, and with an Administration not believed to be zealous even for its own measure, Parliament thought it as safe as it was pleasant to forget its solemn pledges, and to disregard the just expectations of the nation. Npw ready, in 2 vols; Bvo., with Portrait and Charts, Vs., bowed, TAE LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF A DMIRAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, K.C.B. From his Private Papers. By MAJOR-GENERAL ELIi,IIS NAPIER. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SHIELDS, Nov. 18. There has been a delightful change in the weather within the past 21 hours upon our coast, and there is every prospect that before to-morrow evening the north-east ports will be cleared of the large fleet cf vessels which have been accumulating during the past 10 days. The wind is from the N.W,, and the day is clear and bright on land, though rathar foggy at sea. Yesterday afternoon a handsome new steamship, the Morpeth, built by Messrs. Mit chell and Co., of Low Walker, for the New Hunter River Company, sailed from the Tyne for Sydney, N.S.W., but a couple of steamers and a sailing ves sel only left with her by the same tide. This morn ing, however, about 20 vessels took their departure from the Tyne, among which was the Tom John Taylor, large iron screw collier, drawing 161 feet of water. The tides are good, and though there is about three feet of sea upon the bar, it is anticipated that all sailing vessels Wow- 1A feet of water will get to sea this afternoon, so that a very animated sight may be expected to be witnessed. The Welsh brig Albion was got off the Herd Sand yesterday and brought into port. Ono of the local papers to-day states that about 6 o'clock yesterday morning a very vivid flash of lightning, or a fiery aeorlite, was observed. It appeared to fall into the Tyne. There was no report of thunder, but the wind had changed a few minutes previously, and at the time the snow was falling densely. This Day, New and Cheaper Edition, One Volume, Cs., HOPES AND FEARS ; or, Scenes from the Life of a Spinster. By the Author of " The Heir of Redclyffe," "Heartsease," &c. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. " The position is this,—The Queen has admittel your case. Statesmen, the most eminent of every party, have admitted it. The existing constituencies have admitted it. The House of Commons has admitted it, for it read a second time, without a division, the Bill of 1860. What, then, is wanting to your success, so far as that measure grants your claim ? Nothing is wanting but your own earnest resolu tion, manifested during a few months of political discussion. ' " I speak to the great unenfranchised class, and especially to those resident in towns and villages. You have an organi sation, more or less complete, almost everywhere. Cannot this organisation, for a single year, be made an instrument for your political deliverance? Is good or bad govern ment of no consequence to the millions who toil ? Is re presentati la good in every country but in this ? I know how opinion has grown, and that accident and combination only are wanting to make it an omnipotent force on this question. Accident rarely fails a good cause, and combina tion is a weapon tliat may become invincible in your hands. Your correspondence with the unenfranchised throughout the country will show you how ready your countrymen are to help you. TO BE DISPOSE!) OF, an O LD O I L PA INTING of the BtUITONS and SAXONS, with Carved Frame. Size, 4 feetlby 4 feet 10 inches. To be seen 03, applying to W. A,,, 12, Atill-lane, Toeley-street, London. This Day, Bvo, price 165., the Second Volume of the H ISTORY OF CIVILISATION IN ENGLAND. By HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE. Containing the Bietory of Civilisation in Spain and Scotland. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. The meeting was subseq Hickes, of Leeds ; Mr. It. Mr Alderman Baldwin, of L. Dodds, of Hull ; Mr. St Whitehead, of Bradford ; ter ; Mr. Smith, of York ; bury ; Mr. Hickes, of Livt Newcastle; Mr.- W. E. Fol Neild, of Oldham ; Mr. Jas. ter ; Mr. J. R. Cooper,. of herd, of Rochdale. addressed by Mr. , of Manchester ; "ng ham ; Mr. H. Manchester ; Mr Jew, of Manches- Walker, of Dews- Mr. G. Cowan, of ; Mr. John )041, of Manches ter; Mr. Shep- MR AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT HOME," ,At Tier Majesty's Concert R oom, H aymar k et, On M ONDAY, November 25, an i Every Evening except Saturday. Saturday Afternoon at 3. - . "REMINISCENCESEigh Cha" Part 1. "The Romance." P art 2. t "The pters. Reality." Price of Admission :—Dress Stalls, ss. ; Dress Circle, 4s, ; Vi rst Circle, 3s. ; A rea, 2 s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Private Boxes, 41 1 5 . No extra charge for booking. Private boxes, stalls, • r.ot Places may be sec ure d a t the Box-o ffi ce, which is open ally from 10 till 4, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond -street. This Day, Second Edition. Derny Bvo., es., CONSIDERATIONS on REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. By JOHN STUART' MILL. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. Price 6d., or post free for 7 stamps, _ ITNSOUNDNESS OF INDIAN GUARAN v TEES, shown in a Letter to MUIILL SLA.UGHTER, Esq., Secretary of the Stock Exchange. By IL TEBIPLE nuitte.aftErS. - ..fauant ann cv., a, Are AiR. ROBIN, Chu Or iginal FitENCTI WIZARD. REAPPEAR in his Soirees Fantastique. -.6 the X GYPTIAN lIALL (which has been coTroot t , anlY and ele gantly refitted throughout), on th e 'lt November, and fol lowing Evenings, at 8 (Saturday excepted), with an entire new series of Magical Illusions and Scientific Experiments, Bever exhibited before a London audience. Balcony, ss. ; eserved stall chairs, 3s. ; area, 25.; gallery, 18 - Children under 10 half-price. Morning Performances Wednesdays and Saturdays at half-past 2. Tickets may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street ; theprincipal Libraries and Musicsellers ; and at the Hall. C. READE'S NEW WORM—SECOND EDITION. Just out, In 4 vols., I its. 6d., THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH. The Era—The characters (male) are the Hero, a Burgo master, a Cross-bowman, a Giant with a treble voice, a Dwarf with a bass voice, several Monks, good, bad, and in different, a Mediaeval Beggar, a Pope, a Physician, an Alder man, a Professional Assassin, a Cure, an Italian Painter, Thieves, Robbers, &c. " I would advise you to call upon them in every town and every trade. They will seo that the hour is come. And, while you manfully assert your right to free citizen ship in your own country, there will not be wanting those in claimes not now excluded to take you by the hand in a real fellowship r and to work cordially with you to throw down a barrier which is as personally insulting to your selves as it is injurious to the country. " Wishing you every succesi,in:the work you have under taken, I am, fours very truly. " JOHN BRIGHT. "Mr. Matthew Laurence, Seoretary to the Council of United Trades, Glasgow." ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS !!- The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission Is.- 3 lana!,Y,er, M. P. Grenet. . . WALKER'SNewNEEDLEg.—ThesePatent --a-x• Needles have a ridge to open the cloth in front of the eye and a groove beyond, into which the threA. falls in sew ing without the slightest drag. The eyes are l arge an d eas ily threaded. tho Samples of 100 post free from dealers for 12 stamps. Queen's Works, Alcestor, and 47, Gresham-street, London. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. PIENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous •Lufferers a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE _W ARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A ; 1 . 141 ml work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of to S Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike ,0 Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, itc., which, if Zglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature eath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health a nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob !ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, Burton 'Tea cent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. brt• BRIGHT'S APHRODISION.- _ The GREAT CHEMICAL COMBINATION o f Phos ;nnis, Quinine, Iron, and other invigorating ingredients, is T t : ev er - failinv,Remedy for Spermatorrhcea, and all Diseases e Reproductive System. m.A single course of this invalu ig ~ e pration insures health, strength, and manly rigour inn repa every stage of life. Price lls. per bottle, or four Ils. bottles xs °4e, 335 . ; and in eases 'containing three 335. bottles, for „ s at a savin of £1 12s DR. BRIGHT'S THREE DAYS' CURE ; the most speedy Quintessence known. The BUCHU GLOBULES, containing the .-tlintessence of Copaiba, Cubebs, Buchu, &c., at once cure, without the posalbility of failure, Gonorrhtea, obstinate Gleet, Stricture &c., immediately subduing all inflammatory action; " i eased n sugar, free from taste or smelL Price lls. ; by Pest 12s. 6d. Prepared and sold at the Laboratoyy, 44A, Maddox-etreet, tteczent-street W. (opposite the side of St. George's Church), -London where also may be had the new medical work, en titled "Nervous Exhaustion," on Physical Disqualification and Impediments to Marriage, 275 pages. Price 2s. 6d. ; by post, ?s. tod. ; abridged edition ls., by post 14 stamps, All communications and Post-Office Orders fo be addressed to IZalph Bright. The above medicines have been confided to a Registered Physician, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng land, who may bo daily consulted fronill to 4. O YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT R. INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). Founded in 1824.-,Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONrnm—ller Most Gracious ;majesty Inc queen. rRESIDENT — Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northurn berland, K.G., F.R.S. CH AIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V. P., Chair man of Lloyd's. DEPETTY-CriAinmAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. APPEAL. the Committee of Management have to st a t e th a t, d ur i n g Pe Past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ing to £6, '•55 is. on the following Life-boat stations : ~. ENGLAND. Llandudno, Carnarvonshire. eiewbiggin, Northumberland. Southport, Lancashire. PaltbUrn, Yorkshire. Lytham, ~ Filet', Cumberland. Silloth, Cal stor, Norfolk. SCOTLAND. Aldborough, Suffolk. tfar,gate, Kent. Ayr, Ayrshire. Irvine, ' Cl'aimer, Rantyre, 'Argyleshire. Selsey, Viresi Sussex. Buckle, Banffshire. Grange, Isle of Wight. Banff, ” Brooke, St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. Pen zance Cornwall. itt. Ives, ' North Berwick, Iladdinp,lon shire. Wquay '' IRELAND. , ~, ,TlN;ltarth, Cla morganshire. Portrush, Antrim. ...Landwyn, Anglesey. Tyrella, Dundrum Bay. :dt. _ T he Institutio n h as a l so expended on the repa i rs, stores, e rations, and i nspect i on of its numerous Life-boats, Boat ruses, and T ransporting-carriages, £3,63?. 19. ; and £1,550 or exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether a total of £11.441. bepurng, the past year the Li-boats of the Institution have en i n , drumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Wrecked Vessels '— Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .. _ .. .. 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow . .. .. .. 9 Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. .. .. 5 Schooner Catherine, of Newry Barque Niao-ara, of Shields .. .. .. .. 11 A Barge of Teignmouth •• •• .• • 2 Brig - George and James, of London .. .. 8 Brig- Zephyr, of Whitby .. •• •• • •• 6 Coble Honour, of Cullercoats •• •• • 3 Schooner Eliz ~ of North Shields .. • • .. 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool •• •• •• 15 Urigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth .. .. .. 9 S Tack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. .. .. 2 Brig; Scotia, of Sunderland .. .. • • • • 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. • • • • 6 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. • • •• 5 Brig Ann, of Myth .. .. .. .. .. 8 Sloop Hope, of Dublin • • •• •• 3 Schoener Druid, of Aberystwyth .• • • • • . 5 ,, Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. • • •• " Schooner William Keith, o f Carnarvon .. .. 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby •• •• 5 Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. • • 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhave n .. .. • • • • 9 Rochester Schooner Admiral Rood, of .. .. 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dund e e . .. 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn . Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. .. • • .. 11 Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. .. .. 6 Brirrantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn , Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. .. 7 Total .. -210 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has toted £OOB Bs. 4d. as re xards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore -boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons aaved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United Ringdom. I t l u rin4 the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti -12 on have al so been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of vie following Vessels Brig Lovely Welly, of Seabam Brigantine Nugget of Bid, ford .• •• •• Schooner Prosp ct, of Berwick • •• •• Sloop Thomas a n d Jane, of St. Ives • •• • • A Fishing-boat o f W hitburn .. • • Brig Arethusa, of Blyth •• •• •• S chooner Dewi Wy n , o f Portmadoc •• •• .• •• • • Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris • ** • • S chooner nilliam, of M orecam b e • • ** Smack Gipsy, of Newry • S chooner Margaret Anne, of Preston • • . • • • • • • Brig New Draper, of Whitehaveu • • S chooner William, of Liverpool .. • • • • Lugger Ni m rod, of Castletown •- • . Brig Providence, of Shields . • • trig Mayflower, of Newcastle • .• Schooner Vill age Ma i d, of Fleetwood Itarque Guy ma, of Glasgow .. •.. • •• • 1141 g Roman Emp ress , o f Shi e ld s • • Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxide Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Fianna French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese .. Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belf , st •• GO •• Sc' ooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven Brig St. Michel, of Marans Spanish Barque Primers de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. Schooner Ilurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) Brig Anne. of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) • Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and crew) • • • •• •• Da. quo Frederick, of Dublin .. Barque Peace, of London .. 6 .. 1 .. 2 Total ..200 The public cannot but sympathise with the vizorous efforts how being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at 111 e present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Fifteen Life-boats under its management, for the maintenance of which, In a state of thorough efficiency. large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. Donations and Annual scriptions willbe thankfully re- Zred by Messrs. Willis Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street ; Messrs. Coutts and Co. 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herries, - ,',.arquhar, and Co., 1 St. Jacne4's-street, London ;by a 1 Richard Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary, Ijichard Lewis, Eeq., at the 'office of the Institution, 14, ttolit-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. . 11, Yments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders.. ei t ' r 7e(l), to Messrs. W Ms, Percival, and Co., or to the been- Females—The Heroine, a Flemish Painter, a Busybody, a Domestic, a Female Dandy, a Roman Matron, an Italian Princess, an angelic Cripple. Among the more Dramatic Scenes are : The Lovers' Meet inc —The Duke's Banquet—A Mystery—A Struggle v fth a Leopard—The Hero rescued from a high Tower by means of an Arrow—The Bloodhound—A Man Hunt—Suffocated by his Sweetheart, and saved by his Foe—A Walk from Hol land to Venice—A desperate Fight with a She-bear—The Crowded Gibbet—On the Rhine—ln the Rhine—The Siege in a Bedchamber —Seven to Two—The Assassin's living Hand pinned to the Door—The Colossal Robber spitted on two Swords—Mediaeval Justice-1 he Dead Man's Meal— Servant to a Beggar, and Master to a Count—The Robber's Mill—The Fatal Bed—Strange Escape by the Sails of a Mill —The MedinvalShipwreok—Executions in Rome—The Fatal Letter—The Goddess of Beauty a Boy—The Suicide baffled by the Assassin—The Ordeal by Cold Water—The Preaching Friar—Meeting, of the Living and the Dead—The Mediwval Curse—Wife and no Wife —The Hermit's Cave—Strange Meeting of the Hermit and his Wife—The Wife's Repulse— Meeting of the Hermit and his Child—The Wife's Victory— The Plague—The Cross of Wood Ashes—The Lover's United, to part no more. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS , " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINOLPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ew . perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. "Aiixiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published. Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT o f V STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. Byhis systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street. Just published, price 2s. 6d. each, by post 2s. 10d.. A TREATISE on DISEASES of the RECTUM, BY ROBERT J. 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THE CASE BOOK': 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIIMA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and urn oy t , auterisations,Galvanivin, &c. &a To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhilt ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes fee Half-a-Guinea. (SPECIAL NOTICE.) Or. Culverwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as stove.) Alderman BROWN, of Bradford, took the chair, and expressed his gratitude to the working men for making such an effort in the cause of reform. He hoped the occasion would lead to a union among the most intelligent of the working men in this country, for if the cause of reform must succeed the working men themselves must be the foundation of that success. (Applause.) Messrs.Hickes and Geves, of Leeds,were appointed secretaries, together with Mr. Derry, of Birming• ham, and Mr. Cowan, of Newcastle-on-Tyne. A business committee was chosen, consisting of the following persons ;—Messrs. Hickes, Sugden, Derry, Cowan, Cooper, Hanson, Alderman Baldwin (Birmingham), Walker, and Alderman Brown. The committee having retired for the despatch of busi ness, Mr. FINNIE read letters of apology for non-atten dance from the Earl of Carlisle, Earl Russell, Lord Londesborough, Sir J. V. B. Johnstone, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Earl de Grey and Ripon, Mr. H. Cosham, of Bristol, D. M‘Laren, of Edinburgh, Mr. Tillott, of Norwich, Mr. Stansfeld, M.P., Sir C. Woad, M.P., Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam, Mr. G. Had field, M.P., Mr. It. Palmer, Solicitor-General, Mr. Brown, M.P., Mr. Vyner, M.P., Mr. Greenwood, M.P., Mr. W. Aldain, Mr. Clay, M.P., Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Schwann, Mr. Westhead, M.P„ and Mr. Whitehurst, vice-chairman of the Ballot Society. The letter from Earl Russell was as follows :- 4 , Foreign-office, Oct. 29. " Sir,—Earl Russell has desired me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th inst., thanking him for his answer to your previous communication, and expressing a hope that he would give a further reply, showing how far the proposed reform conference proceedings met with his sympathy; and in reply I am to say that his opinions on the subject of parliamentary reform are ajready well known and do not require to be repeated. But he is convinced that any expression of the wishes of the working men ought to be entirely spontaneous, and not to be elicited by any outward encouragement from Ministers of the Crown--I have, &c." Mr. Cobden excused himself on the ground of its being necessary for him to abstain from addressing public meetings for some time to come, with a view to avoid the recurrence of the bronchial attack from which he has been lately suffering. Mr. J. Bright wrote : " Rochdale, Nov. 4. "Dear Sir,—l am glad to hear of your progress in the ar rangements for the reform conference. It is unfortunately, however, fixed for a time when it will be most inconvenient if not indeed quite impossible, for me to be present at it. "I have engagements for the whole of the week, begin ning on the 18th inst., and particularly for the 18th and 19th inst., engagements which are so depending one upon another that I cannot well put them by. "I do not think it important that I should be with you. No one will doubt that I shall willingly give any assistance in my power to further the object you are seeking to pro mote, and it will give me great pleasure to hear that you have an influential gathering, and that the movement you are commencing is taken up with spirit by the population of the country, and especially by the people of Yorkshire and Lancashire. '' 'Wishing you all the success you can desire, and thank ing you for your labours in the good cause, I am, &c., " JOHN BRIGHT." Mr. G. WILSON, of Manchester, then delivered what may be considered the inaugural address. He said the reproach had often gone forth that no effort was made to assist the working classes in obtaining an extension of the franchise. He would not discuss that point, but say that long ago he had made up his mind that until the working classes themselves offered to aid and co-operate with those who were anxious to promote their interests and success, it would be in vain to carry on any agitation on the question of reform, Self-dependence was the basis of action in this life, and the moment the people felt their self-dependence in this question that moment they were on the way to obtain that which was their right. The working men of Leeds, he rejoiced to say, bad cast away all that reproach, so far as they were concerned. The question they were met to consider had engaged a great deal of attention already, and the present state of the representation of this country was what no man could support in his conscience. On making a division of the people into voters and non-voters they presented two very great inequalities. At present the voting power of the country was 1,221,000, 950,000 being in Eng• land, 101,000 in Ireland, and 170,003 in Scotland. If each of these voters represented a family of five there would be six millions who would be directly or indirectly interested in the election of members, but taking the population of the United Kingdom in 1861, exclusive of the Isle of Man and the Chan nel Islands, at 29,000,000, there would remain 23,500,000 unaccounted for, who had no more con nexion with, and were no more recognised in the election of Parliamentary representatives than a foreigner. Of those, at least six or seven millions grown-uppr se d people, six-sevenths who h a n fo the ionfgy young voting, ung and wer e who com men of the country_ But the present distribution of electoral districts he considered of still more importance. In Thetford, a place of 4,000 people, two members were returned by 216 voters, and each of those members had as much power in Par liament Bai n es, who rep resen t e d 7 , 00 0 or 8,000 voters. Mr. He m ght be told this w as an ex treme case, but he found 24 members returned by in witlh2 a townss whereas 12 oth er population of 205,970, constituencies, v o t eretu r nedrs the same number of members. He would advise the advocates of a redistribution of seats not to cease for one moment from their exer tions. The counties most injured by the exist ing state of things were Lancashire and the West Riding. These two constituencies returned4s mem bere, although their population was equal to that of 18 counties which sent 167 members to Parliament. It might be said population should not be taken into account, but he maintained that property and population went together, and that in the two cases he alluded to they were synonymous. (Applause.) He then gave some statistics showing the dispropor tionate number of representatives of Lancashire and the West Riding, considering the increase of popu lation, and asked if, in the face of such facts, re formers were prepared to endorse the present ar rangement of electoral districts ? Was it not time to declare aloud that all such inequalities should cease? The great feature otthe ion was, whether the conference should e ions in favour of manhood suffrage, univen •age; household suffrage, or a £6 franchise, with vote by ballot, triennial or annual : cents, and equal electoral districts. . The ma., of the speakers appeared to hold nearly the Le of those prin ciples, but many of them - cc Led that the con ference should support a me, of Parliamentary ' reform of itliss..extensive cl ir. Mr. BAlNEiliFpfpssed his ion that the day Ave measure of p fo a r r p li a a s m si e n n g ta a gr ryit ea e t fo a r n m d c h o m a d I td away, but he thought Reform was still to Ad by bit and bit., The first object was to get 1 franchise lowered; ' and then other things would \w, 'Ho thought at present there was no eh; obtaining house hold suffrage. He had just . Mr : Forster how many members he thought in present HOuse-Of . Commons would vote for IL ld suffrage.- He replied, " Perhaps 15." He Baines) - ie c i, _ " Would there not 25?" 'Mr. ester said, "" Cer tainly not." A £6'franthise ild increase the borough constituencies 50 per ~ In conclusion, he expressed his willingness to ng forward again his Bill of last Session, if desirable: -. He counselled that the members' of the confetence should sink their indivldual differences, but retain their own opinions, uniting in declaring themselves in favour of such a measure as was likely to obtain the assent of the Legislature. Mr. BARNES, M.P., said that his opinion was that in the present House of Commons there was not so strong a feeling in favour of household suffrage and vote by ballot as there was in the Parliament elected in 1852. He in stanced the question of Church-rates, too, as tested by what had taken place in the late Session as one on which the feeling of the House of Com mons was not so liberal as formerly. He said he had lately been at Birmingham and Liverpool, and at both places he found even among pro fessing Liberals that there was not that affection for further Parliamentary Reform. People thought the Reformers, such as Mr. Bright, were going too far. In conclusion, he advised that there should be a united effort to procure a Reform Bill. But nothing to compromise principle. He expressed himself in favour of a £ti franchise for both counties and boroughs. There would be no inconsistency in uniting to support such a bill as that brought in by Mr. Baines, and at the same time for individuals to petition Parliament for manhood suffrage, for such conduct would help on such a bill. He was glad he was present at so intelligent a conference, and he would do all in his power, both in and out of Par liament, to get an efficient Reform Bill enacted. Mr. Orrell, of Bolton ; Mr. Willis, of Ackworth ; Mr. Plante, of Liverpool; Alderman Pocking, of Salford ; Mr. W. Chadwick, of Arksey ; Mr. Snow don, of Halifax ; Mr. Robson, of Leeds ; and Mr. Fleming, of Leeds, addressed the meeting in suc cession. In reply to Mr. Cowan, Mr. BAINES said he meant a £6 rental, and not a £6 rating in his bill, for the latter would be equivalent to an £8 rental, and a £6 rental was what Lord John Russell pro posed in his last bill. The CHAIRMAN said, if nothing was done which would exclude the co-operation of certain Reform associations, the objects of the conference would be half accomplished. He recommended after this another conference should be held before the meet ing of Parliament, and then delegates should be authorised to operate in London. The question should be put directly to the Government whether they intended bringing forward a Reform Bill or not this session. If a negative answer was returned, then steps should be taken for bringing forward an independent measure. Mr Baines, M.P., Mr. Barnes, Mr. Forster, M.P., Mr. Smith, of York, Mr. Dodson, of Hull, and Mr. Hobson, were added to the business committee, who were instructed to bring in a definite proposition on the subject of Reform. The first day's sitting of the conference termi nated at 7 10 p.m. The conference will assemble again to-morrow (Tuesday) and will conclude with a demonstrative meeting in the evening. The following letter was received on Friday from Mr. Bright, M.P., by the Secretary of the Glasgow Council of United Trades : " Rochdale, Nov. 13, 1861. t 4 Dear Sir,—l have received your letter with much plea sure, and I need not tell you that I regard your movement as most important and most wise. It is now nearly three years since, on more than one occasion, I advised the unen franchised classes to take the course which your Council has now adopted, a course which, if followed by the trades' organisation throughout the country, cannot fail to bring about a speedy concession of the suffrage to a very consider able number of those to whom, up to this time, it has been denied. " At this moment there are at least six millions of men in the United Kingdom who have no more political power, through any sy stem of representation, than they would have if they were inhabitants of Russia or Austria ; they are more in number than all the men in the new Italian king dom, and they are purposely excluded from every political franchise in a country which professes a groat anxiety for the establishment of representative institutions in other lands. " Up to ne year 1832, the year of the Reform Bill, the Government of England was entirely in the hands of the territorial aristocracy. They formed, as they still form, the House of Lords ; and in the House of Commons they were supreme through the influence of rotten boroughs. The Reform Bill destroyed many rotten of the boroughs, and gave a limited suffrage, and a number of seats to populous towns ; it also increased the numbers of county members, confirming the power of that branch of the representation in the hands of the territorial proprietors by extending the county franchise mainly to the occupying tenants of farms without affording to them the security of the ballot. "Looking at the Reform Bill in the most favourable light, it left many boroughs whose population is too small to secure their independence; it continued a distzibution of seats without any regard to industry, wealth, or population and while it cut off several channels by which working men' enfranchised themselves as freemen in boroughs, it effec tually barred them out fawn the new franchises it created by the high range of rental in counties and boroughs which it fixed as the line below which the right of voting should not be permitted to descend. " Nearly 30 years have passed since the Reform Bill be came law, and it is, I think, universally felt that the arrangement then made can no longer bo defended or main tained. Three Whig Governments, one Coalition Govern ment, and one Tory Government have within the last ten years admitted this. The Queen has admitted it by express declarations in several speeches to Parliament, and by con senting to the introduc ion of Government bills proposing to extend the franchise to £lO occupiers in counties, and to ,E 6 occupiers in boroughs. "Last year, in the session of 1860, a bill was brought in tic. He con si litherto been r reform, but : far as they cot s which glad li authOi es a t )seguett ad R. C 4 r, ( a, of 18 min '. Sto,', of A 1; Mr' : obsc Irk ; 14 We iverp. IYI3 Fors - M Jas. 1 • wo( L of M`` hes' the di:lssiot xpress . :•inia :vernal ' ;"ffra Oise, c'", led ual p. ame e majo '',,y , of y the t . ole !m - cou 1 .11ed ), meas eof . ye cha , ; ter. ;13. his .‘ illicit] compr, , v ! en s i i had • -sed ill to • - had get th , fran you'd .:; low. chanc , •f ob just ns . 7 d MI ght in :, p t . ( Or houzi: told ' Ho j: r. - Mr. ; orste lthise " ould 50 per int. t .news to ring , if it , as IHE NAVY. The Black Prince, screw, iron-plated frigate, in charge of Commander Stokes, Second Master At tendant of Portsmouth Dockyard, arrived at Spit head yesterday morning from Greenock, whence she sailed at 2 p.m. on Saturday. She anchored at Spithead at 10 30 a.m. The weather was fine throughout the passage. The ship steered remark ably well, answering the slightest touch of her helm, and the speed attained on the passage, as will be seen by the time given above, was as satisfactory as could be desired. Messrs. John and John D. Napier, the builders of the ship, and Mr. T. Penn, of the firm of Messrs. Penn and Sons, the builders of the engines, were on board. The preliminary light draught trial of the Black Prince will take place at the measured mile in Stokes Bay to-day, under the superintendence of Captain H. Broad head, commanding H.M.S. Asia and the reserve at that port. The Octavia, 51, screw, converted frigate, got up steam alongside Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday, and worked her engines some time at half speed. She will go out to Spithead to-day for a preliminary run, and to-morrow, weather permitting, will make her official trip at the measured mile. The Phaeton, 51, screw, Captain E. Tatham, ac cording to present arrangements, will have her necessary work completed by the shipwright de partment of Portsmouth to-morrow, on which day she is expected to leave for Mexico. The Osborne, paddle yacht, Master Compander George K. Bower, arrived at Portsmouth at noon yesterday, on her return from attendance upon the Grand Duke and Duchess Constantine of Russia. The Hero, 89, screw, Capt. Ryder, and the Edgar, 89, screw, Captain George P. Mends, have both bent sails in Portsmouth harbour. The first named goes out to Spithead to-day, and the last (expected) to-morrow. The paddlewheel steam sloop Medea,G,Commander D. Preston, left Plymouth on Thursday for Halifax, A board of naval officers has been recently appointed at Sheerness, to investigate and report to the Admiralty upon the merits of a new code of night signals by three lights, invented by Mr. Edward Hawthorne, rigger. in Sheerness Dockyard. The first trial, of this invention took place on Monday last, in the presence of Vice-Ad miral W. J. Hope Johnstone, his Staff, and the members of the board, when signals were passed to and from the Admiral's signal station on shore and the flagship in the harbour with the greatest facility and ease. The trial was pronounced highly suc cessful: •Mr. Hawthorne has also invented a new code of day signals. Reports having been circulated that the Virago, Commander Hope Johnstone, had been wrecked on her passage from Sheerness to Queenstown during the late severe gales, we have the pleasure to report that the ship arrived safe at her destination, al though she had to bear up twice for shelter from the fury of the weather. A letter has been received at Sheerness from one of her officers since her arri val at Queenstown. The Lord Dalhousie, sailing transport, which put into Sheerness some days ago to await the arrival of 140 convicts from the convict establishment at Chatham, left the Nore for Gibraltar on Saturday. The vessel had been detained at Sheerness several days owing to the roughness of the weather. Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham Dockyard for a number of additional joiners' ap prentices to be entered at that establishment. The Wellesley, 74, having shipped three smaller masts than those originally on board, was yesterday removed from the sheer hulk and towed up the harbour at Chatham to her former moorings oppo site the anchor wharf, where she will complete fitting for a training ship for boys, The screw steamship Bombay, 81, 800 horse power, fitting at Chatham for the second-class steam re serve, is under orders to proceed, as soon as the work of fitting her has been completed, from her moorings at Folly-point to join the steam reserve under the command of Capt. Schomberg. Two of her large anchors, each weighing 95 cwt., together with a quantity of chain cable, have been received on board from the Welsh firm of Brown and Len nox. The Bombay has been fitted with the patent ventilating apparatus recently introduced into several of her Majesty's ships for ventilating her engine -rooms and magazines. At her recent trial trip the engines worked very satisfactorily; the vessel obtaining an average of 10 knots per hour. Notwithstanding the comparatively short period which has elapsed since orders were given for the construction of the batteries and fortifications at the entrance to the Medway, for the protection of Chat ham and Sheerness, very considerable progress has been made by the several contractors engaged in the undertaking. The works connected with the batteries at Folly-point, and on the promontory north-east of Pinope-reach, a short distance below Chatham Dockyard, are being prosecuted with vigour. Theso batteries will have a complete cJin wind of a most important part of the Medway, that at Folly-point hating an extensive range east ward, and being capable of engaging any vessel rounding the headland of Darnet ness, while the guns of the latter will have a direct bearing to the westward, towards Chatham, crossing their fire with the armament mounted at Folly -point. The works lower down the river, Which are so placed as to have a complete command of the entire estuary of the Medway, are also making good progress. The rriacipal battery at this point will be the powerful casetnated fort at Garrison-point, on the south-cast side of the river, which is already in a very forward state so far as the first portion of the contract is concerned, comprising as it does the The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Mr. F. S. Knowles has been nominated to a naval cadetship; S. H. Kaggs, acting assistant-surgeon, to the Algiers ; R. C, Ray mond, second master, to the Hawke, for the Larli F. A. Johnston, second master, to the St. Vincent, for the Sealark ; R. A. Cumming, paymaster, to/ the Castor, for the Brilliant; and P. J. Mould, assistant clerk, to the Revenge. THE A.RIIII, The H troop of the Royal Horse Brigade, in command of Lieut.-Col. Smith and Major Johnson, marched into garrison at Woolwich, on Sunday from India, having landed at the East India Docks from the Earl of Hardwicke. Serg.-Major-Dresdale, Royal Marine Light In fantry, has received his discharge at Woolwich, - on a pension of 2s. 6d. per day, after a service of 29 years, during 20 of which ho held the post of Serg. and Serg.-Major. In addition to the annuity, he has been presented with a gratuity of £l5, and a medal for good conduct and long and faithful ser vice. Yesterday detachments of the Ist battalion Ist Royals, Ist battalion 6th, and 66th Regiment, ar rived at Chatham garrison from Colchester, to undergo medical inspection, in order to ascertain their fitness or otherwise for further service. After the men had been medically inspected six of the number were admitted into Fort Pitt Hospital, and the remainder sent to St Mary's invalid establish ment. With the sanction of Major-General Eyre, a sub scription has been set on foot among the non-com missioned officers at Chatham towards the funds for the erection of the soldiers' institute, which will shortly be opened at that garrison. The .sth company of Royal Engineers, which has been placed under orders to proceed on foreign service, is now going through a complete course of drill prior to its embarkation. The company will be raised to its full complement of 100 men of all ranks from the depot companies at headquarters. THE WEATHER AND THE GALES. GREAT YARMOUTH, SUNDAY NIGHT. Of the fleet of fishing vessels caught in the gale of Wednesday and Thursday last, the absence of which had caused serious apprehension, the greater number came in yesterday and to-day. Intelligence has been received of others, so that at present, of the 200 or 300 vessels at sea, there are not more than about 30 loggers and smacks unaccounted for. It need scarcely be said that their appearance is now hourly looked for with much anxiety. The effects of the gale are reported as having been disastrous. Most of the boats which had shot their nets had to cut adrift from them when the wind shifted suddenly on Thursday morning, so jeopardised were they by being entanged in them by the cross seas, which ran with terrific violence in the height of the gale. The destruction of nets from this cause has been unprecedented, as scarcely a boat was out which has not suffered more or less. Other boats have in addition had spars carried away, bulwarks washed in, or been driven from their mooring ground with loss of anchors and chains. As a set of nets alone cost £2OO, it is feared that the fishing interest will suffer considerably, especi ally as the season has been till now anything but remunerative. The vessels which had lain to were more fortunate, as next day they had a very suc cessful haul, nearly 100 lasts (1,000,000 fish) having been delivered at the quay on Saturday. The violence of the storm scattered the fleet in all directions. Some of the smacks which are engaged in the fresh fishing have not been able to get in till what they had taken had become worthless ; others have been carried to the opposite coast, where seve ral luggers have also discharged. A telegram has been received here to-day of a Yarmouth smack having been towed into the Texel, with loss of all hand, and a master reports having fallen in with a derelict at sea, of the crew ofwhich nothing is known. The crew of the brig John, of Shields, from Har tlepool for London with coals, Williams, master, were received yesterday into the Sailors' Home, having been landed here by the bark Pearl, of Whitby, from Hartlepool for Dieppe, with coals. The master reports that in the gale of Thursday afternoon, while off the Humber, the wind blowing a hurricane from N,N.E., the 'weather thick, with rain, ho was struck by a tremendous sea, which car ried away bulwarks, stanchions, &c., and made a clean sweep of the main deck, wh ich was stove in. The brig began to make water rapidly,and to q the men t being exhausted at the p um p , wer e obliged her in, the longboat, and were afterwards picked up by the Pearl. Since Thursday the weather has been fine, 'with s harp frosts during t he last two nights, and this morning the ground is covered with snow. A frost has also set in this evening. YORKSHIRE. Early on Saturday m orn i ng snow recommenced falling in heavy showers, the high moors having very great drifts, and the roads being buried. In attempting to cross in the direction of Egton during the night a gentleman nearly lost Lis life, being found i l uite exhausted and unable to speak. A farmer leaving Farndale also found a beggar woman on the road in a similar condition. The cold wcs intense. The rivers of the vast district draining to the Ouse and Humber have all overflowed, and many thousand acres of grass lands are rendered useless to the farmer till spring by the deposition of mud. On Sunday snow fell all day. FILEY, Nov. 17. About half past 7 this morning, during a storm from the north-east, a large schooner was observed in a most perilous position, having Danish colours flying , half-mast high, as a signal of distress. A The heavy gales of Wednesday and Thursday appear to have raged with even greater fury on the ic.o ntinental shores of the North Sea and tho Baltic than on the English coast. It was only yesterday that it was known the storm had proved so disastrous on the opposite coast. Among the more serious of the many wrecks which were re ported yesterday is the total loss of the Lion steam ship, 1,400 tons, trading between Hull and St. Petersburg, which took place near Ostergarn, on the island of Gothland, in the Baltic. She was one of many steamers which were ordered out of Cron stadt on Thursday in consequence of winter setting in. The telegram states that the ship is a total wreck, but that the crew were saved. It is believed that in her course up the Baltic she fell in with the dreadful weather, and went ashore. She was a fine first class vessel of 330 horse power. She was to have brought a general cargo of Russian merchan dise, but it is not known whether she had time to ship a large stock of tallow which was consigned to her. If she had shipped it her loss will involve a very considerable amount. The ship and cargo were partly insured at Lloyd's. On the coast near Texel and Terschelling some 15 vessels are reported to have been lost. A large Norwegian bark, called the Jason, Capt. Bessesen, bound to Antwerp from Alexandria, was stranded near Texel. The only one on board who was saved was the pilot. The whole of the crew were drowned, and the ship and cargo totally lost. A large Russian bark, called the Halcyon, bound to London from Jacobstadt, was wrecked, having been blown ashore by the gale. *he crew were saved, A Prussian schooner, called the Vorwaarts, laden with barley, bound to Wis beach, was stranded, and several of the unfortunate were drowned. The ship and cargo are telegraphed to be lost. Among the other vessels which are re ported to have been blown ashore by the storm on the same reach of coast are the schooner Pax, from, Dieppe for Newcastle ; the Danish schooner Staats raad, from Horsens for Gibraltar; and the Emma Elisa (Prussian), from Dublin for Pillau. A cata logue of disasters has been communicated from tieligoland, Cuxhaven, and other places near the mouth of the Elbe, where the storm is described as having been very severe. The schooner Calumet, bound to England, was totally lost near Nieuen. The Prussian schooner Cito, from Limerick for Memel, was stranded at a point called Nie. The crew were fortunately preserved. The telegraphic advices from the Hague also furnish long lists of casualties resulting from the recent severe weather. Several ships are stated to have been stranded. The Blue Jacket, Capt. Hargrave, from Antwerp for Ipswich, which was blown up the coast by the gale, went ashore at Loodsuinen, and two or three of the crew are stated to have perished. Similar accounts have been received from more northern ports, and it is feared that the full extent of mischief occa sioned by the gales is yet to be learnt. SHIPPTh G DISASTERS. Yesterday was one of great excitement at Lloyd's —almost equal to that witnessed when the loss of the Royal Charter was announced. This was mainly attributed to the heavy list of losses or casualties telegraphed from the various continental ports along the northern coasts of Europe during the terrible gales on Thursday and Friday last, and which at the close of the room represented no fewer than 66 losses, but, with one exception, it was diffi cult to ascertain to what extent the underwriters were sufferers. The exception was the loss of an other Baltic steamer;theLion, a fine first-class steam ship, upwards of 1,200 tons burden. She was one of several ordered out of Cronstadt last Wednesday, when the ice began to accumulate in the gulf. There were large consignments of tallow waiting at St. Petersburg to be shipped by her, but whether she took any on board has not yet transpired. The telegram received yesterday announcing her loss is dated Wisby, on the island of Gotland, and it re presented the wreck to have occurred at Ostergarn. The ship was partly insured in the room, and the remainder among the marine offices. The non-ar rival of the North Briton, Canadian steamer, from Montreal and Quebec, now due several days, also caused great anxiety. In the early part of the morning a telegram was received from Lloyd's agent at Londonderry, reporting several shipping disasters at Boston, from which it was inferred by some of the officials that the news must have been brought by one of the two overdue Canadian steamers, and accordingly an entry was made in the arrival-bcok that " steamer had arrived at Londonderry, from Quebec." This announcement led to the san guine hope that it was the North Briton, and the inquiries became so numerous towards the afternoon that the committee directed a telegraphic message to their agent at Londonderry for information. About three o'clock an answer was returned that no steamer had arrived there, and that the shipping news telegraphed had come by the Baltimore steamer on Saturday. As may be supposed, this led to an advance in her premiums fi ern 10, 15, to 20 guineas. The extent of business done au her, however, was lintittd. The ship Mantilla), from Liverpool fur Montreal, was stated to 1: v totally lost on the sth inst., in Boston Bay, by a large sacrifice of life. a att e tu brideced The bar silver brought by the West India steamer per ounce, showing an ad has been disposed of a t 61d. vance of id• proper f n or t e he th sl e :in p . [ADvnitrisEmENT.]—lielloway's Ointment and rills.— Measles, Children's Diseases. —Early measures are ur gently required to keep within moderation the first symp inpsretvheentesruiptstiornecseodifnugll:„bee toms of measles. When the fever first appears, Holloway's Ointment should be rubbed twice a day, at least, up on fi le throat and chest. 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