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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION.—On SATURDAY, Sept. 7, an EN - eursion Train will leave Paddington at 3.35 p.m., and Reading at 4.4 n p m., for CIRENCES l'E't and ST HOUD 128. :.nd 68.1, Glouce,ter and CI. eltenham (148. and 75.), Ross and Hereford (16s. and Bs.), returning at 5.0 p.m. on Mon day, wept. 9. CREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. --CHEAP EXCURSION.—On SUNDAY, oeptember an EXCURSION TRAIN \via leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., and heading at 8.50 a.m., for CHIPPENIIAM and BATH (Os. and 55.), and BRIaTOL (10s. and 65.), returning the same day. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ST. GILES'S FAIR, OXFORD. On MONDAY, September 9, a CHEAP EXCURSION TRA.IN will le we PADDINGTON, at 8 a.m., and Reading . at 9.10 a m., for OXFORD, returning the same day. at 9.15 p.m. Fares—from Paddington, 68. 6d. and 45.; from Read ing„ss. and :is. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ELEVEN DAYS' EXCURSION t 3 the WEST of ENGLAND. - On TUESDAY. the 10th of September, an Excursion Train will leave PADDINGTON at 8 a.m., and Reading at o.lii a.m., for Weston-super-Mare, Highbridge, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton, Exeter, Barnstaple (for Ilfracombe), Bideford, Starcro-s, DKwlfsh, Teignmouth, Newton, Torquay, Paignton, Brixham-road (tor Dartmouth), Totnes, Eingsbridge-road, and Plymouth ; returning on Saturday. September 21, from Plymouth, at 6 a.m. Passengers will also be booked by this Train to Truro, Penzance, and other stations on the Cornwall Railways, proceeding from Plymouth on the following day, and returning to Plymouth on the 20th of September. For fares and full particulars see handb Ils. R 0 SAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE ESERVATION . OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Inoorperated by Royal Clurter). Founded in 18!4.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions. PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PRESIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K. G., F. R. S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Fact., M.P., F.R.S., V.?., Chair man of Lloyd's. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and Foreign Shipping Society. • APPEAL. The Committee of Management"llllve to state that, during the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ing to £6, 58 ls. on the following Life-boat stations:— ENGLAND. Newbiggin, Northumberland. Saltburn, Yorkshire. Filey, Cal stor, ISorfolk. Aldborough, Suffolk. Margate, Kent. Walmer,. Selsey, West Sussex. Grange, Isle of Wight. Brooke, 11 Penzance, CornwalL St. Ives, 11 Newquay, „ Penarth, Glamorganshire. I Portrush, Antrim. Llandwyn, Anglesey. Tyrella, Dundrum Bay. The Institution has alsO expended on the repairs, stores, alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-boats, Boat houses, and Transpoiting-carriages, £3,632 19 , . ; and £1,550 for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats —making altogether a total of £11,441. During the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following wrecked Vessels : Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Wiper, of Ulverstone Prig Pallas, of Shields .. .. • • Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow • • • Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. Schooner ratherine, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields A Berge of Teicmmouth .• Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Hononr, of Cullercoats Schooner Eliz of North Shields .. Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmoulh S ack Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunder land .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth • • Sloop Hope, of Dublin • • • . • • Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth • • Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis • .. Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. • • Schooner Admiral Hood, of Roche , ter Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn Brig Prodroma, of -tockton Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. Brigantine Liana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. Llandudno, Carnarvonshire. Southport, Lancashire. Lytham, Silloth, Cumberland. SCOTLAND. Ayr, Ayrshire. Irvine, „ Kantyre, Argyleshire. Buckle, Banffshire. Banff. St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. North Berwick, Haddington shire. .. a .. o .. 4 .. 11 .. 2 .. 6 .. 3 .. 7 .. 15 .. 5 .. 5 .. 8 .. 5 .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 - 3 .. 9 .. 6 .. 5 .. 7 Total -210 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £9 8 Bs. 4d. as re • ards. It has also granted rewards amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, making total of 455 persons saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United Eingdom. Durini the present year (1861), the Life-boats of the Insti• tution have also been instrumental in rescuing tie Crews 01 the following Vessels : Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bi i ford .. Schooner Prosp ct, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and •T me, of St. Ives • A Fi-hing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth Schooner Dewi Wvn, of Portmadoc Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris Schooner William, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry •• • • Schooner , argaret Anne, of Preston Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven Schooner William, of Liverpool .. 3 ugger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Sch over Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guy na, of Glasgow .. Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spirid one, of Galaxide Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast • • •• Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. Schooner Orezon, of Stonehaven Brig St. Michel, of Marans Spanish Barque Primera de Tonierigo (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. Schooner Hiverall, of Penzace (saved vessel and crew) .. 8 - 5 .. 3 .. 8 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 .. 17 .. 4 .. 4 .. 8 Total ..181 The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorom efforts now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the 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. a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. Donations and Annual -11 scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by 11( ssrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard street ; m essrs. Coutts and ('o., 50, Strand ; Messrs. Berries, Faronhqr. and Co., 1 , St. Jame 4's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers 4 n the United Kingdom ; and loy the Secretary, chard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C. Payments may be made b Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. W llis, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered consti'ution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes The time required to cure the most inveterate case is tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to Irarry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Pr. Rilord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at its., or four quantities in one for 335.. and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co. Dr. Ricord's Sole Agent in London is Prout, Patent Medi eine Warehouse, 229, Strand (seven doors west of Temple bar). (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) DR. LAWERT on NERVOUS and PHYSICAL EBILIY, resulting from rnicious bits con- tracted in Youth excesses in Manhood, or residence in Troni cal Climates. With Cases and Engravino-s from Life. Li•entiate of :.he Roya Colleee of Physicians, Edinburnh ; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, Arc. The 81st Edition. CONTENTS. Section I.—The Physiology of th Generative ns. Section 1 T. — Puherty—Manhoed— e The Morale Or ofGenerative Physiolooy True and False Morality. Section , rriage in its Social and Physical Relations— P anpy and Unhappy Unions -How to secure Healthy Off spring. Section IV.—Touthful Abuse—The Secret Cause of Nervous DPbility, Impotence in Man, and Sterility in Man and - Woman. Section V. — Spermatorrhcea, or Chronic Impotence: its His tory, Causes, and Moral Consequences—The Sterility of tie. The cbjeet of this treatise is to furnish she reader with in formation of the most useful kind, and which every man should be acquainted with, on the physi , logy of the repro ductive oreans, and on the nature and peculiarities of those ./ 1 3'8104 functions n which the satisfactory fulfilment of the .il?ligations of Marria , se depends. The work is not filled elucidraa 'with ysterious and intricate theories, remove intended to a arm te the effects of imprudence, to unfounded di cate , t r e d, where there is real cause for apprehension, to in snd the course by which complete recovery can be effected, health seleure:ervation of functional, physical, and nervous Price i s d • idioist free for 1, or in a sealed envelope, 20 stamps, by consulted dail 3 9, Cornhill ;or the Author, who may be Bedford-squa4 tin 2, and from 6 to 8, at hie residence, 37, DR. CURTiip it MEDICAL RsB 44 PICAL WORK, MANHOOD : EATIVE DEBILITY, &c. NERVOUS AND anloN SPERMATORRHCE4I, Sin a the 15 price AuctAhtsfor old by all Booksellers, and in a sealed envelope, ip:fsfed, with numerous plates, sent post paid, by the 12 stomp s, VI ANHOOD : the 'V I MATURE DECLINE alt sEtAand CURE of PRE lor rerfect Restoration to Helth as.4with Plain Directions Corms, 15, Albennarle-street, pi "`i ccadiliAur' By Dr. J. L. CONTENTS: , ondon. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Structure and Functions o f the Re p r oductive 0* r °l °g l Cal CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Sperrnatorrhosa and Int . Early Vicious Indulgences : Dangers of Neglect, —Potence; CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Dis c/mum of Marriage; whether rosulting from Youthful ~nications Follies of Maturity', the Effects of Climate, or loreZ;)ione, the CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the moder n Treatme nt . of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and iuterestiog saes, to which is add e d the Author's recipe of a preventpr e Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. 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The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir rezularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage — Their Expectancies and Disappointments—TM Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms a Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; °it Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. ILOVE : r heir Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love nd other Matches. Sterility' Removed, and Healthy Oft; Wine named.: No. I. THE CASE BOOB': 100 Cases of SPERMATORRHCEA. Their Cauies, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and 'ire 1?) k Auterisations, Galvanism, obe had of Mann, ?.9, Cornhi ; and the Authors. Al vioe to the Working Classes fee Half-a-Guinea. (SPECIAL NOTICE. Dr. Culverwell is the only legally qua lified medical practi tioner living of that name, ab OTO• and can he consulted (only av • :2 I 4 P s : D THE C / • / • - r ( • •Ct zii • „ . , • • tk• - '73.:• v.s",_' ci,_ z 1,4 N•rre' • , 2 :4„ t / a A e tu th p e pll ou o t f h !otton )1,49, cm-E•A tte k" \ 9' \ * , 04 44 0 , 4' 4 9- :) .6 ;4110*tl . fi) • • ~, 4 , ---1113-.13 2 T 1 1 1 3 e e e i f l o foll owing li s v T e letter .ll y B e U2 r PN : P u :O •, t, 0/ 9, 14. ... 41F • 4 , 7 11- Jaw I W... , 111 ,„„,, • , ;(. lat ~1, F, 3. 40 4 p • • A ,fm.4 • •.; ;. • L•Y 4 • t• ,• ik , ~ ........... • , s • n, .... sat TIA trleans, July 29. ~/?~--~ 7 ~t ~-r -' "My dear General,—You R Pill see by the papers hat the factors and isisuran.ce offices of this city, well as their constituents : , the planters, are in favour of holding back their crops from market and so long as the war and bloct:ade continues. The planters entire r n e their erep c e o f t t un cotton, i pay for it f a serious inva sion of th e cotton zone s h ou ld t a k e pl ace . I think it w ou ld b e we ll f or th e G overomen t t o purchase will the n Treasury notes of denominations of 5 dols. and upwards. The cotton could be held back at the plantations—the planter receiving from the Go vernment half the amount o f 't y storage. The staple could thus be held by the Government at small risk and charge, without the intervention of agents or office holders, and the Treasury notes thus issued would at once enter into general cir culation, the banks as well as individuals receiv ing them in payment of debts and in the general operations of trade. This, for obvious reasons, would be a powerful means of bringing the war ta a close, and the cotton afterwards sold would be the ba xis of redemption of the Treasury notes. At all eveuts the universal sentiment is that not a bale of cotton should be suffered to be sent to markets outside o f the Confederate States until their sovereignty and independence has been recognised by France, Eng land, Spain, and the Unites States, and peace re stored upon just and honourable terms. " The reintegration of the Union is an impossi bility, and the sooner the statesmen of Europe and the United States understand this and appreciate the power of the Confederate States to assert, phy sically and morally, and for ever to maintain, their iudependence and sovereignty, the sooner they will be impelled to yield to the necessity of securing peace, and the restoration of affairs to their natural condition. This is a growing sentiment amongst Conservative men in the North and West, outside the walls of Washington. Pisysistence in an oppo site course by the Federal executive and Congress cannot long be maintained, nor be acquiesced in by France and England, for the process would be too exhaustive of the vital interests of the former, and too damaging to the commerce and manufactures of the latter. " France and England cannot remain neutral in the war, and the very moment they pass from a state of neutrality they must assume, by an inevit able consequence, one of hostility towards the United States, as the power waging a war of con quest alike in its intent and nature impolitic, unjust, and damaging to the interests of the world—impo litic, because impossible, as.one of subjugation and for reintegration ; unjust, because opposing the in defeasible right of a people to change their govern ment and political relations—a right acknowledged by England in the case of the thirteen colonies, as acknowledged by Europe in the case of France, Naples, and Rome ; a right, indeed, as old as that of civil government, and without which the change from despotic to free government could never have been made, and without which the latter could not be maintained. They who deny these prepositions aim at once at the subversion of civil government, for which they would substitute the government of the sword. " That persistence in the war by the North must be damaging to the great commercial and manufacturing interests of the world, no one, I think, will deny. Ordinary wars would produce this effect ; how much greater must the disastrous effects be when trade, manufactures, agriculture, and navigation are paralysed, and reaction prevented by the South, acting in self-defer ce, and holding firmly in its grasp the great national basis upon which, in a great degree, all those interests are founded, and when the paralysis threatens especially to be fatal to the cotton manufacturers of England, France, Spain, and the United States. . " The crops everywhere are beginning to burst forth in abundance. Corn, cotton, sugar, and the minor products were never more promising. Never were a people more blessed on this score, and they will gratefully offer the fruits for the support of freedom and right in which they are engaged. The people throughout the land have an abiding faith in the wisdom of the Confederate Congress, and in the eminent ability, patriotism, and firmness of President Davis, his cabinet and general. Our cause mast triumph, and such a people deserve that it should. " Wm. H. CIIASF. "Hon. T. Morton, of Florida, Richmond, Va." PRICIII ....... .4d. STAMPED ....sd. national reproach to us that we have permitted our own fields to be uncultivated, and that our spinners and manufacturers have been driven by necessity to consume the produce of slavery. Lacking the means of communication and of irrigation, the re bources of the East Indies remain in much the same dormant condition in which they have been for 2,000 years. But higher prospects are opening in that great dependency—tailways are being con structed, canals formed, river navigation improved, and works of irrigation proceeded with. One great defect is, however, retained with perverse tenacity. The tenure of land is obstructive alike to the rights of individual ownership, and to its effective cultiva tion. Without doing the slightest wrong to the holders of any land, its equitable transfer might be sanctioned, and a landed proprietary as influential as in our country might be established. Let our fee-simple system be adopted there, and a wealth producing revolution will be the result.. Small sup plies of cotton as good as that obtained from New Orleans are now received from India, and the cotton of this vast dependency is certainly improving. But whilst from a combidation of circumstances, the ryot of India is only paid 12s. per acre for his crop of cotton, and the American cultivator can obtain £l2, the energy and capability of the former cannot be developed. Supposing efforts to be made com mensurate with increased difficulties, all the common cottons, or '75 per cent. of the consumption of Great Britain, might be obtained frbm India in a couple of years. Protection to sugar destroyed the culti vation of cotton in the West Indies ; and the spirit less and apathetic conduct of the owners of a large part of the property of these islands has prevented the renewal of exertions which could scarcely fail being very profitable. Mingled free and slave labour supplies of cotton come from South America. But the Brazilian GovernmerA appears to be sincere in its desire to emancipate the negro. From Egypt the supply of cotton may increase, but there the withering influence of the despot retards its ex tended cultivation, though the spirited, energetic, and successful enterprise of Mehemet Ali is an ex ample deserving the attention of better men. He in troduced agricultural industry into his vice-royalty, and founded a fountain of wealth,whence flow millions of annual income to the advantage of Egypt. For all the finer, higher, and better classes of cotton from New Orleans, Brazil, and, Egypt, to the most beau tiful Sea Island, Queensland in Australia might quickly afford all the requisite supplies. That ter ritory alone, besides sustaining the population of Europe, could easily be . made to produce all the cot ton now consumed in the world ; but so sweeping a change and enlarged production need not be dilated upon, the facts being only referred to as illustrating the powers of the colons . To prove the possibility of immense and immediate supplies of cotton being grown in Queensland with comparatively little dif ficulty, we must recollect that the present yearly consumption of cotton in the United Kingdom is 2,500,000 bags. Now, the negro labour to raise this quantity of cotton would be one man for every 10 bags ; but for ploughing, harrowing, ginning, and packing horse or mule labour is of course employed in aid ; and in spring and harvest time for weeding, gathering, and cleaning, women and children might afford their help. For that production of cotton 250,000 men only would be required ; and supposing the women, the young and the children to be 750,000 more, the total would thus be one million of human beings to ensure the whole supply of the cotton now consumed by us. Such a population could be obtained in China, in the East Indies, or in Southern Ger many. On whom must we depend for emancipation of our industry? The governing power has an in tense interest in the employment and prosperity of the labouring classes. Capitalists generally help themselves, but the labourer is a dependent being. Government must set its house in order. Land grants for beneficial purposes should be free, faci lities afforded for emigration, public works pro moted, and prosperity will follow in the trade. Capitalists, merchants, and manufacturers, whose investments are largely embarked in the cotton trade, have duties .devolving upon them, and they ought not to assume that the commerce of their country, the labourers, and the markets are crea tions for their sole benefit, for with their advantages and privileges the duties which they owe their coun try cannot be dispensed with. These bodies are known to have large investments in foreign rail ways, in the cultivation of sugar and other pro ducts, and in many dubious securities, but in the cultivation of the staple raw material of their own pursuits they have not ventured to embark. Last year the cotton trade contributed to capital and labour 50 million pounds sterling ; and in the last 50 years the aggregate re ward has been 1,000 millions. Surely from these treasures might be spared some pittance of capital to free the negro and to ensure still greater prosperity to industry. Sup posing the Government of our country to be willing to make all the preliminary arrangements which will contribute to the security and profit of capital invested in cotton growing, the clear duty of the class referred to will be to enter upon investments with no niggard hand, and for their encouragement it may be stated that very recently an extensive Louisiana cotton planter has asserted that he could grow cotton at 3d. per lb. which is now worth 9d. per lb. in Liverpool, and of course he has had to buy his labourers and afterwards to sustain them. The confessed profit is 200 per cent. ; but in all sobriety of judgment cotton-growing would afford 100 per cent. of recompense. Upon this subject the warning voice has been long and often heard, and the present embarrassment in cotton supplies has been anticipated. Having, therefore, been fore warned, may this great and world•benefiting in dustry be forearmed. Mr. Alderman NEELD then read a paper contain ing an account of the prices of printing cloth and upland cotton from 1812 to 1800. A discussion followed, professedly on the two papers, but which wholly related to the former. Col. SYKES, M.P., said it was a mistake to sup pose that there was any difficulty with regard to landed tenure in India. The cultivator, as long as he paid the land tax, had a right to cultivate his land as he liked, and recently the tax had been fixed for a period of 30 years. It must be remembered that Government could not produce cotton ; it must be i produced by the cultivator, and it was a question of price with him. If he could cultivate sugar or any other product with greater profit cotton could be than cotton he would certainly do so. produced in India i n any quantity, but it. was a question of pr i ce . Queensland had been spoken of, but it was a desert. There were only some 20,000 or 30,000 inhabitants. It could also be grown to a great extent on the West Coast of Africa, and there was a society called the African Aid Society, which was promoting the cultivation of cotton in that district. EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL IN FRANCE. On the 27th of May last, at six o'clock in the morning, a poor old woman, named Champfort, who was milking her cows in her stable, was struck down. suddenly by two blows from behind. She fell, shrieking for aid, but managed to turn round and recognise her murderer. It was a young man, ag!d 20, Leopold Parisot, who had come to her the Twe vious day to ask for work, and had been at once a O mitted to her table. The murderer was soon arreste d ; but suspicions ware excited that Parisot had acco sa plices in his crime, and on August 24 five persons were brought up at the Court of Assizes de l'Aube. These were, first, Leopold Parisot ; second, Marie Rosalie Dornon, wife of a' butcher named Virey; Marie Jeanne Champfort, wife of a farmer named Garnier, and the two husbands. It came out on i'a vestigation that the woman Gamier was an object of terror to all the inhabitants of her district from her irregular life and revengeful character. It was found also that she had been prosecuted for procuring abortion and robbery. The evidence went to show that the woman Garnier and her husband had offered Leopold Parisot a sum of money to murder the poor old woman, their mother. In his previous examina tion Parisot at first denied the crime, but ultimately confessed his guilt. According to the charge the woman Gamier had contemplated the crime for some time, and had proposed it to several people, amongst others to a servant named Henault, with whom she maintained an adulterous connection •, on his refusal, she applied to the two Vireys, and they got Parisot to consent to do the murder for a consi deration. Parisot himself had been formerly con victed of robbery. After his release from prison he went to the house of the Vireys, and was at last persuaded to commit the crime by the woman Virey, with whom ho was on terms of improper in timacy. Whilst he was hesitating, on the very day of the murder, Virey came to him with a bottle of brandy, made him drunk, and directed him to kill the old woman. On examination Parisot said, " I got into the house by the garden. I had no arms. I took up a large stake. The woman Champfort was in her stable milking. I struck her twice on the back of her head and she fell. Her fall shocked me so I could not do any more, and I ran away." On being cross-questioned as to the complicity of the Vireys, he persisted in the assertion that all he had stated respecting them was true. The Vireys and the Garniers denied the charge. M. Pierre Urbaine Simonneau, priest at Cur rangy, gave the .following evidence :—" Early in 1860 Madame Champfort came to me to apprise me of her intention to bequeath part of her fortune to the Church. I asked her to reflect, reminding ber that she had a daughter and a grandson. Ste said, ' My daughter shall have not hin g from me; she has dishonoured me; she even tried to strangle ande,but for her father would have done so.' The day of the crime a person said to me, 'lt is not e day wonderful; she has been sold and paid for some time.' On the 3d June following Madame Champ tort told me that she had acquainted her daughter with her determination to disinherit her, and she said, ' She did not kill me then ; but mind, sir, I shall not die a natural death.' " Isidore Henault, in the service of the Garniers, sevienratilma times te assisted deposed as follows :—" For D o me y ears I have been on terms with in M e a a d rr a y m in e g G e a u rVe h r e , r aa vw dielhs ofave vengeance. She had conceived a violent hatred against her mother, becaase she wished to disinherit her. Several times she spoke to me about killing her, and offered me I,ooof. to do it. One day during the fair at Euxy, she took me with her to her mo ther's house, and had with her a rope to strangle her with. 'We were to throw her in the well, and , put her sabots by the side to make believe she had I committed suicide. On reaching the house I refused to enter and went off." A woman named Richard was the next witness. She said—" One day the woman Virey brought the woman Garnier to my house. After a little conversa tion the latter said to me that I passed for a wise wo man, and that if I could find some means to cause her mother's death she would pay me well. The next h day she came again. She told me t hat her mother wished to disinherit her , and that she would g Y give me I,ooof. if I could get rid of her. Some daa ou y s - : afterwards she took me into t he counting i She of the Vireys. Her husband waefoPre_7 r 2 00 n 0f. if I offered to write me out a the i to give ' Be quick, mere Richard, fo_r h s e ca i rn 0 e to me several of the do '' would kill her mother. Whencihluee.rsefguse_: l i g she said, everything to the priest. the jury returned a get me to kill her t a e i n o t d n h , at she had gone her mother.times afterwards to d t e o loilb t d r e y rna : She also r t mother with a rope, but that she had been preven . p. After an hour Leopold self to strangle he of g uilty againstA Parisot, the ted by the barking verdict Garnier, y ner, and the woman Vi re y, a c quitting the . , the husbands of the two latter. The President condemned the woman Garnier to the punishnient of death, and ordered that she should be conducted to the place of execution en chemise, with her feet bare, and her head ' covered with a black veil. Parisot and the woman Virey are condemned to hard labour for lifejury - . The signed a petition recommending the qoma,n Garnier to mercy. Mr. H. Ashworth, Mr. Malcolm Ross, Mr. E. Ashworth, Mr. Gregson, and Mr. Napier also joined in the discussion, which turned principally upon the subject of land tenure in India. At the con clusion a vote of thanks, on the motion of Colonel Sykes, was given to Mr. Bazley and Mr. Alderman Neeld for their papers. A paper was then read by Dr. STRANG on the altered condition of the embroidery manufacture of Scotland and Ireland since 1857. Mr. H. ASTIWORTH read a paper on the connexion of the improvements in cotton bleaching with im provements in the condition of the factory popula- tion. Professor ROGERS, M.A., read a paper on prices in England from 1582 to 1620, and the effect of the American discoveries upon them during that period. ACCOMMODATION OF THE CORN TRADE AT BIR KEN HEAD.—The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board at their weekly meeting held yesterday, agreed to construct new corn warehouses at Birkenhead at an estimated cost of about £60,000, exclusive of the internal machinery. These ware houses when completed will provide storage for 100,000 quarters of grain. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1861. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street , Hay market, IS NOW OPEN for the Season EVERY EVENING, under the direction of Monsieu r BouLcouur principal Cornet-a-piston and Conductor. The music will be selected from Verdi, neyerbeer, Rossini, Flotow, Balfe, and other eminent Composers. During the recess these well known Rooms have been entirely RE-DECORATED and IMPROVED by Messrs. H. T. SMITH and assistants. The new Chandeliers by M. Benjamin. Admission; One Shilling. —All the new Music to be had at the office, No. 7, Great Windmill-street. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn. This brilliant and favourite Ball Room IS NOW OPENED FOR THE SEASON. During the recess the entire buildinff has been re-decorated, and many impor ant additions and alterations effected conducive to the comfort of the visitors. The celebrated Band, under the able direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, will perform Over tures and Selections from the latest Operas, &c., with the newest and cho cost dan e music. New Selections from the Rose of Castille, Der Frieschutz, Robin Hood, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Heine Top ,z. La Circassienne (never per formed in England), I a Sancioiere, Redowa, New Champagne Galop, &c.—Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, ls. THE NAVY The preparation of the ironwork for the Achilles, 50, which has been in progress for several weeks past, having considerably advanced, a commence ment has at length been made in the construction of that vessel in the second dock at Chatham, where the first portion of the keel was successfully laid down yesterday afternoon. Although a great deal of apparent delay in building the Achilles has taken place, this has arisen solely in consequence of this having been the first iron ship to be built at Chat ham, which necessitated the building of large addi• tional workshops and factories, together with the erection of powerful engines and machinery, none of which were required in the ordinary shipbuilding operations at that establishment. All the prelimi nary operations have at length been got over. The work will now be carried on uninterruptedly until the vessel is qompleted, which it is anticipated will be in less than two years. As many as 1,000 hands are to be employed •on her, and as fast as good mechanics offer themselves at the doekyard they are engaged. The screw gunboats Rose, Traveller, Escort, Raven, Amelia, Blazer, and Grinder, comprising the first division of the reserve at Portsmouth, have commenced landing their smooth bore guns along side the gunwharf, each receiving in return, as her permanent armament, one 100-pounder and one 40- pounder Armstrongs. The horse-power (nominal) of their engines is 60 each vessel. The Vigilant, 6, screw despatch vessel, is ordered to be advanced from the second to the first class re serve at Portsmouth, to fill up the vacancy caused by the commission of the Pelican, 17, screw. The War Department transport Petrel landed at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, yesterday, 250 cases of the 100-pounder Armstrong shells, together with other stores, from Woolwich. The Petrel after wards commenced shipping a 100-pounder Arm strong gun and 20 8-inch 60cwt. cast iron guns for the Orpheus, 21. The following appointments were made yesterday at tne Admiralty :—Lieut. R. Sterne, to the Royal Adelaide; Sub-Lieuts. B. Moore and A. J. Erring ton, to the Malacca; J. L. Heare and M. R. M. Griffiths, midshipmen, to the Malacca ; G. 0. Moore, H. Bridger, and G. C E. Lockhart, midshipmen, to the Pelican ; A. R. Kerr, midshipman, to the Doris; F. H. Haygarth, naval cadet, to the Orestes ; T. Bowen, master, to the Cumberland, for the Phaeton; J. Richards, second maste r , promoted to master ; T. e Fkin.s Martin,masstesrsis-assist., t o th e P e li can ; E. J. Jackson, to the M a l acca ; E. L e wis, g the Cumberland, fo r th e R osar i o; S. engineer, eon r„ master's-assist., atostee-a Matthews, engineer, to the Pelican, in lieu of chief engineer; J. Fielden, first-class assist-engineer, to the Pelican ; W. Ash, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, for the Blazer; S. Judd, second-class assist.-engineer, to the Geyser, vice Fielden ; G. Y th ; e Pe!ica n ; IV. B. Rock, e F er o , s t t o er t , he se l c m on p d : e Duncan, second class assist.-le%nr.g J. r c i l e a u ss se a , ss a i s st. s -a u n p g e i r : ar e u e m r, e t r o IV. J. Robinson, J. Flintoff, and W. H. Keats, acting second-class assist.-engineers, to the Impe and J. Adamson, act to the Pelican. irniogussee,conasd-csluapsesrassist.-engineer, TILE . 4 RMY. The following official circular has just been issued 'rom the War-office, by direction of the Secretary of State for War : " It being necessary that the greatest possible care should be taken for the preservation of the bores of cast-iron guns, the Secrctary of State for War desires that in future all land service guns, which are in stations where they are - • rarely, if ever, exercised at sea service, guns which are in cabins and sick bays, together with all guns in store, are to have their bores lacquered or painted, as lacquer may not always be available, and care taken that they are in a proper state. -- "It is not considered necessary that guns which are in constant use should be lacquered in the same manner as those above referred to, but it is desirable that they should be occasionally coated in the interior, near the muzzle, to preserve them from corrosion. " It is to be understood that the foregoing rules do not prevent any relaxation of the usual precautions now ob- served in regard to the preservation.of cast iron ordnance. - " ALEX. TuLLox, Director of Ordnance." The troops stationed in Portsmouth garrison were brigaded on Southsea-common at 3 p.m. yesterday under the command of Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet C. 8., Lieut.• Governor of the garrison, and com manding the South-West District. The force on the ground comprised the 2d Mounted Battery of the 4th Brigade of Royal Artillery, under Col. Turner, consisting of 6 officers, 94 men, 80 horses, and six 12 pounder Armstrong guns; the Ist Battalion 2d (Queen's) Regiment, Col. Addison, 20 officers and 573 men ; the Ist Battalion sth (Northumberland Fusileers) Regiment, Col. ;Masters, C. 8., 19 officers and 445 men ; the 2d Battalion 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment, Col. J. Borrow, 15 officers and 543 men ; the Ist Battalion 24th Regiment, Col. E. Woodhouse, 24 officers and 381 men ; the 49th Regiment, Col. Edwards, C. 8., 12 officers an& 336 men ; the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Col. Andersen, 30 officers and 687 men. There was a total on the ground of 6 guns, S 0 borses, and 3,190 men. The troops marched past in slow and quick time, and then went through a series of evolutions, which were fol lowed by a fruitless attempt to prevent the landing of an enemy, and subsequent retreat of the whole force under the walls of the fortress. The most effective part of the spectacle was the formation of squares in eschellon, with the guns on the right. The 23d company of Royal Engineers, under the command of Lieut.-Col. G. Graham, V.C., was yes terday placed under orders to proceed, on the 9th inst., from Chatham to Shorncliffe, to relieve the 34th (Capt. Gordon's) company, which wilt join at headquarters the same day. The 34th company, after completing its course of fieldwork and rifle instruction, will embark for Bermuda, there to re lieve the 26th company, which returns home, having completed its period of foreign service. The headquarters of the 10th Hussars, Lieut.- Col V. Baker, Adjt. 0. R. Slacke, and other officers, with the troops of the regiment stationed at Nor wich, left that city on Wednesday for York and Leeds. A farewell concert was given by the band of the regiment of St. Andrew's-hall, Norwich, on the previous Friday evening. A detachment of the 32d Regiment has arrived at Gosport, from Aldershot, for duty at Hasler and Fort Monkton. Four companies of the 73d, under the command of Capt. Spencer Henslowe, have arrived at Plymouth from Chatham, to join the ser vice companies of the regiment. A detachment of the Second Brigade Royal Artil lery, consisting of 4 officers and 56 men, under the command of Capt. E. Taswell, has left Dover for duty at No. 1 battery, Dungeness. Two batteries of the Ninth Brigade Royal Artillery from the Camp at Shorncliffe, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Knox, have been engaged in several days' practice with Armstrong guns on the warren at New Rom ney. The second battery of the Eighth Brigade Royal Artillery, commanded by Capt. Elgee, has left Aldershot for the western district. The new school of musketry at Fleetwood will soon be in active operation, the staff of the establish ment, which includes several officers from Hythe, having arrived. Hut barracks for the men are to be constructed close to the practice range. The site, including a fine building erected as an hotel, was purchased by the Government of Sir P. Hesketh Fleetwood for £22,000. This structure will be ap propriated for the office rs ' quarters, and the large ballroom will be used as a l ec t ure h a ll. Th e ra nge, which is being rapidl y fine sand discharge of The e brought into a complete state, is situate near th e sea , th e s it e b e ing either of time-expired men, as well as of those who, from long service in India, China, and the colonies,, have been rendered unfit for further service, still continues at Chatham. Yesterday no less than 84 non-commissioned officers and men of various cavalry and infantry regiments. all of wham had previously undergone an examination by the A VISIT TO PARIS. The rays has the following curious story :—" As a police patrol was two nights back going its rounds in the neigh bourhood of the Pantheon, it found a man, attired in a most extraordinary way, lying on a stone bench at a porte cochere. His hair had been covered with some clammy substance, over which copper filings had been sprinkled, so that it was stiff and brilliant ; feathers had been stuck in it, to form a sort of diadem; his face was daubed with paint of different colours; he had on a necklace formed of corks cut round, and covered with gilt paper; his shirt was worn over his clothes, and was ornamented with ara besques in red paint ; his trowsers were raised so as to leave his legs bare, and the legs, as also his neck and hands, were painted of a chocolate colour. Near him was a bundle containing his stockings, cravat, coat, &c. He was fast asleep, and, on being awakened, manifested Vie greatest astonishment at finding himself in such a place and in such a guise. Being taken to the nearest guardhouse, and questioned, he stated that he was a well-to-do farmer in the department of the Aisne, and had long been tormented with a desire to see Faris. Having collected a sum of money, he had come to the capital for the Emperor's fete, and remained there ever since. The day before he was found so strangely accoutred he went to the Jardin des Plantes, and sat down on a bench to rest himself. Shortly after a young man of gentlemanly appearance, who was reading a book, seated himself by his side. They got into conversation, and . he related to the young man what he had seen in Paris, but expressed great regret that he had not been able to fall in with the Siamese Ambassadors. " How lucky it is that we have met 1" cried the young man. " The Ambassadors are this very evening to visit a naval surgeon of my acquaintance, who cured their/ Queen of the hooping cough : and if you like I will take you to his house 1" The farmer at first hesitated to accept the stran ger's offer, but the latter pressed him so courteously that he consented. An appointment to meet in the evening in the Place du Pantheon, was made, and both the farmer and the young man were punctual. The latter led the coun tryman up and down several obscure streets, and then en tered a house in which there was concierge. In one apart ment to which he was introduced the farmer found several young men drinking and smoking, and he was induced to drink with them. After a while he was shown through a hole in the door several persons male and female dressed in strange costumes, and was told that they were the ambas sadors and their wives, but that he could not to be admitted to them unless he would consent to have certain changes made in his dress. He at first refused, but at last after being well plied with wine, submitted. His toilette having been completed he was introduced to the ambassadors. They courteously entered into a conversation with him through an interpreter, and then insisted that he should partake of their refreshments. What he ate, he said, was very strange, and what he drank still more so. At last the Ambassadors notified that they were so pleased with him that they would decorate him with the Order of the White Elephant; but they said, that in accordance with the custom of their country, ho must first chase one of them down stairs, and succeed in catching him. He math) no objection, and one of the ambassadors rushed down stairs, and the farmer pursued. But on reaching the bottom, the outer door was suddenly opened, and he was pushed out; the door was then closed on him, and a moment after a bundle containing the articles of dress ho had taken off was dropped from a window. He knocked loudly at the door, but received no reply. He therefore went away and walked about until overcome with fatigue and the, fumes of drink, he sat down to rest. He soon fell asleep, and remained so until found by the police. After he had told this singular story he was made to count his money. He said that not a sou had been taken from him. It was thus clear that he had only been made the victim of a practical hoax, and it is thought likely that the perpetrators of it were students." PERSECUTION. The Minister of Justice in Belgium, M. Tesch, has, says the Brussels journ tls, been made the victim of a singular piece of persecution. He some time ago dismissed aM. Mastricau from the post of clerk to the judge de paix at Brussels, and the dismissed official having money and time to spare, resolved to be avenged. M. Teach, having obtained leave of absence, proceeded to Ostend. On entering a rail way carriage he wds followed by M. Mastricau, who, after bowing politely, seated himself by his side. To the hotel at Ostend at which the Minister put up, M. Mastricau also went; when the Minister bathed in the sea he saw M. Mastricau doing the same at a few yards from him ; if he took a walk on the dyke, Mastricau was seen to follow him ; when he visited the casino, there he found his pur suer ; in short, wherever he went the discharged clerk either met or followed him. At last M. Tesch became seriously alarmed lest his persecutor should commit violence, and at his request M. Mastricau was placed under the surveillance of a police officer and a gendarme. But to be constantly followed by those two men seemed not to annoy Mastricau in the least, and he continued as before to throw himself constantly in M. Tench's way, and to salute him pro foundly, afterwards bowing with the utmost politeness both to the policeman and the gendarme. At length the perse cution to which the Minister was subjected became known in the town, and excited much amusement among the visitors. Whenever M. Tesch appeared, with Mastricau in attendance, and the latter followed by the gendarme and policeman, the visitors wished to see the fun, and formed lines for them to pass through, at the same time laugh ing loudly. A few days back, M. Mastricau, whilst pursuing his victim, took it into his head to salute the people on either side of him ; this increased their amusement, and they raised loud cheers. M. Tesch, who, as may be supposed, was greatly irritated, hurried away to escape, but Mastricau kept close to him, and the crowd fol lowed ; the Minister at last fairly took to his heels, but Mastricau ran likewise—the gendarme and policeman fol lowing, and the crowd after them. Eventually, amidst shouts of laughter, the Ministersought refuge in the Casino. In the dead of night he left for Baden, but to his horror and dismay, the first person he saw on entering the conversation room after his arrival, was M. Mastricau, who, hat in hand and smiling agreeably, saluted him with great gravity. The Brussels journals go no further with the story. THE MURDER IN DEAN FOREST.—On Monday , the four men charged with the murder of Samuel Beard, a sergeant in the Gloucestershire Constabulary stationed in Dean Forest—Thomas Cooper, George Cooper, Thomas Gwilliam, and Richard Roberts—were brought up before the magistrates of the district of Littledean Prison. Our readers will remember that at the coroner's inquest two of the men accused described the whole of the particulars con nected with the man's death, but the public will be surprised to hear that, notwithstanding all that has been made public, and that the clergyman of the parish and another person in no way connected in the case, were allowed to be present, the reporters were ordered to withdraw. Our correspondent at Gloucester adds:—" The four prisoners, strongly guarded, were brought to the County Prison this morning, and I have ascertained that they have all been committed for wil ful murder, and that little, if any, additional evidence Was given before the magistrates."— Western Daily Press. ROYAL ORTHOPcEDIC HOSPITAL.—The half-yearly court of the governors of this institution for the treatment of club-foot, spinal, and other deformities, was held yester day at the hospital, Oxford-street; Mr. Quarles Harris in the chair. The report, which was read by the secretary, gave a satisfactory account of the progress of the institution, and showed that 27,812 persons had been relieved by it since its formation, of whom 1,105 were received during the past year. Many of the patients were 50 years old and up wards, and some afflicted in almost every limb, and al though a perfect cure could not be effected in every in stance, all derived material benefit, and several of them were successfully treated after enduring severe and even helpless deformity for many years. In younger patients the cures in ordinary cases have been most complete, some who a few years ago entered the wards of the hospital crip pled pauper boys now serving as sailors and soldiers, while in the case of very young children the treatment adopted is the means of 'preventing as well as curing deformities, of which there are thousands of instances. Although the re. ceipts have increased during the prist year, the expenses have been very considerable, as various improvements have been made in the building, &c., and the funds are inade quate for the reception of upwards of 200 applicants, who are waiting to be admitted to the wards, and whose cases are every day becoming more difficult of cure the longer they have to wait. Several liberal donations have been re • ceived by the committee in furtherance of their efforts to pay off a portion of the mortgage debt. The report having been adopted, and some further business of a mere formal character transacted, a vote of thanks was passed to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. medical staff at Fort Pitt, and had subsequently been inspected by the Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital, left St. Mary's Barracks and received their fall discharge from the service. At the same time 30 men of different corps, who had been sent up to Chatham to be discharged, left the invalid establishment and proceeded to their various depots, the examination of them having satisfied the autho rities that they were fit for further military service. The dismantling of the forts and batteries at Chatham by the removal of the old and worn-out guns with which many of the works are defended, is being proceeded with by the party of Royal Artillery under the direction of the master-gunner of the garrison. The guns and howitzers, as they are dismounted, are returned into the Ordnance stories, from which they will not be again issued. Yesterday the Royal Artillery completed the re moval of the 24-pounder guns from the top of the casemates at St. Mary's, most of which have been lying there for a great number of years, without ever firing so much as a blank cartridge. The small 18-pounders, with which the old tower battery at Prince's-bridge, Gillingham, built in the reign of Charles 1., was armed, have also been removed. None of the batteries or forts thus dismounted will be again armed, the new line of fortifications about to be commenced at Chatham, as well as those building mid-distant between Chatham and the Nore, being considered amply sufficient for the pro tection of the dockyard and garrison should any hostile attempt be made upon them. The Royal Artillery are expected to be occupied about a fort night longer in dismounting the guns at Chatham, so great is the number that have become perfectly useless. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. This morning the various sections met at the Royal Institution, the Free Trade Hall, 0 wen's Col lege, the Mechanics' Institution, and the Sweden borgian schools. SECTION F.—ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND STATISTICS. This section met in the Assembly Room of the Free Trade Hall. Lord Monteagle, one of the vice presidents of the section, took the chair, in the ab sence of Professor Newmarch, the president, from illness, and in consequence the inaugural address of the president was not delivered. Mr. T. BAZLEY, M.P., read a paper on the cotton trade, of which the following is an abstract :—A century ago the population of Manchester was less than 30,000, while now it is 350,000 ; and as a centre of business it influences and contributes to the wel fare and prosperity of at least three times that num ber of human beings. Manufacturing population began slowly to afford by band labour Profit to those who had entered upon it. " Manchester cotton" had, obtained a celebrity in Europe, but in reality these goods were mixed fabrics sold under that designa tion, for at the time referred to Indian muslins,White and printed, the pure production of cotton alone, were in great repute. Almost simultaneously Watt gave available power to the steam engine; Har greaves, Arkwright, and Crompton invented their spinning machines ; the power-loom was the result of Dr. Cartwright's genius; the fly•shuttle came from Kay, of Bury ; Heatheote's genius contributed the wonderfnl mechanism by which lace was essen tially taken from hand labour by the novel power of water or steam, and Nixon originated calico printing in the vicinity of London. Supplies of raw cotton had been procured from the Levant, and from the British East and West Indies; but by a singular coincidence, whilst Crompton was engaged with his invention and maturing the spinning mule at the Hall in the Wood near Bolton, Seabrook, an Anglo-Saxon in South Caro lina conceived the possibility of successfully growin g cotton in the States of America. He attempted and succeeded. He obtained his experimental seed from the Bahama Islands, and availing himself of the negro labour left as the legacy of Great Britain he introduced into his country an agricultural in dustry, which has only been surpassed by the trade dependent upon it in this country. With the auxi liaries already mentioned, the people of Manchester and the neighbourhood commenced the career which has resulted in the amazing increase of their numbers and of their wealth. Yet there were diffi culties to be surmounted. The roads of Lancashire had not been much changed from those formed by our Roman conquerors. The Duke of Bridgewater constructed a canal, opening a water communica tion between Manchester and Liverpool, and at the same time opened out the coal mines of Worsley. During the last 50 years upwards of 20 billion pounds weight of cotton from all sources have been consumed in Great Britain, and the value would be probably not less than seven hundred and fifty millions sterling; and on a fair computation has yielded a profit of not less than a thousand millions pounds sterling to the people of the United King dom within that period. The wonder is that so large a supply of cotton could be procured from that one source, the United States. During the last year the consumption of cotton in Great Britain was 85 per cent. from the United States, 8 per cent. from other foreign sources, and 7 per cent. from British terri tory. With the growth of this industry, five mil lions of our population have become directly and indirectly dependent upon it fur their subsistence. The present position of the trade is most pre carious and dangerous. Existing stocks and prospective supplies of cotton may enable the mills to be worked till the spring of next year at moderately full time, but afterwards un less supplies be received from the United States, independent sources can only furnish the means of keeping the mills at work little more than one day in the week. That the cotton trade should have rested chiefly upon the one supply of the States of America for its very means of existence every good and wise man has deplored, but that, to produce that supply, the portion of the human family which is most defenceless should be held in the degradation of slavery is abhorrent to the feel ings of the righteous, the humane, and benevolent. In the suppression of slavery a great moral triumph has been achieved by this country, but from that benevolent act an evil has arisen in the attempts to extinguish the slave trade. Most extensively to suppress slavery will be to supersede the necessity for the labour of the slave. The cost of Great Bri tain's fleet to suppress slavery, besides the loss of many lives, amounts to little less than one million pounds sterling per annum. Probably half that sum would offer as effectual a barrier to slavery as the whole of it, and if the other had been or could be devoted in aid of agricultural products by negro labour, the vile system of slavery might be speedily terminated. Of the commercial policy of the United States censures can scarcely be too severe. In the Northern States protection prevails, and the people of the South have been compelled to pay extrava gant and monopolist prices for the manufactures produced by their own agricultural labour, and which, in the form of cotton, has been relieved in this country from every tax. The North has robbed the South by unjust exactions, and the South has robbed the negro of life and liberty. Partial and unjust government has at length reaped the fruit of convulsion, and for which unjust policy had sown the seed. In addition to these grave reasons, which mainly affect the morality of the States, this coun try has been paying a tribute of five million pounds sterling per annum to those States in excess of the price at which cotton could be remuneratively pro duced and sold. With the convulsion which exists in America, with the adverse commercial policy dominant there, and with the inhuman system of slavery which prevails in the cotton-producing districts, what are the duties which devolve upon our governing and mercantile classes? With the East and West Indies, with tracts in South-east and West Africa, and with land in Australia as extensive as Europe, capable of growing cotton from the lowest to the highest qualities, it is a COOL AND REFRESHING TOILETTE REQUISIT —Oldridge's Ba'm of Columbia is the most certain remedy for restoring and strengthening the hair. By it whiskers and m .ustaches are produced and beautified. 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