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ANNUITIES NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION, THE SUN, LONDON, TUEDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1861. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 17 Vic., cap. 43. N°. 21,595. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. ESTABLISHED A.D. 1844. IMMEDIATE ANNUITIES granted on very favourable tcrms. PUBLICATIONS. THE FO.RTIFICATIONB AT PORTLAND. to be built at Spithead. This idea, however, has very wisely been abandoned. Apart from its stupen dous expense (it would cost nothing short of a mil lion), it would as a defensive work be utterly super fluous and unnecessary. When the present and intended works are all carried out, Portland and Weymouth will be as strong in their way as Gibral tar, and additional towers of this expensive kind would be as truly works of supererogation as if it was proposed to cover Gibraltar itself with 4-inch plates of iron. What has and will be done is not only enough to render Portland harbour secure, but abso lutely invulnerable from sea and land. The inhabi tants of Weymouth might now sleep secure, even if Cherbourg was only seven miles distant from them instead of 70. entrance to the Thames in the utmost possible state of security. The passage of the river during the progress of the works is efficiently protected by the iron floating batteries /Etna and Thunderbolt, both of which are armed with guns of the heaviest calibre, and anchored in such positions that they command the Lower Hope and Gravesend Reaches. Owing to the difficulty experienced in preparing the foun dations, caused by the shifting nature of the soil, the works have hitherto proceeded but slowly, and it is probable that fully two years will elapse be fore the new fortifications are completed and the batteries re-armed. The foundation stone of new barracks for the Ist Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia has been laid in the parade-ground of the headquarters of the regiment at Newend, Hampstead, and the work is steadily progressing. The Tables for Reversionary and Deferred Annuities a rc particularly deserving of attention, whether regarded as a means of providing for a particular individual, or as a re source against the casualties of age and the uncertainties of health and fortune. WEYMOUTH, SEPT. 16. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of' the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus 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." PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses sent free on application. CREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —CHEAP EXCURSION to BATH and BRI iTOL.— On SATURDAY, September 21, an EXCURSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 6.10 p.m., and Reading at 7.40 p.m., for CHIPPENHAM and BATH (fares, 12s. and 65.), and BRISTOL (14s. and 75.), returning at 5.30 p.m. on Mon day, Sept. 23. Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of 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, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION. —On SUNDAY, Sept. 22, an Excursion Train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., and Reading at 8.50 a.m., for CIRENCESTER and ST ROIUD (9s. and 55.), and Gloucester and Cheltenham (10s. and 65.), returning the same evening. And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. PORTLAND BREAKWATER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.- DONCASTER RACES.—DAY TICKETS issued from London (K'ng's-cross), and other stations where they may usually be obtained, to Doncaster, on the 16th,17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th, will be available for return on any day up to and including Saturday, 21st September. Fares from Lon don to Doncaster and Back :-Ist Class, 41s. 6d. ; 2d Class, 31s. 6d. SPECIAL MAINS, by whl able, will leave Doncaster for p.m. on Frkday, 20th, and at September. L - ti 'CO ti 0 z c) s--- c - : wi) : . m. f 0 to 0, p . 0 g C. IND 51 pl , •- . . v .. . p ...- 0 ict, It ig J'' fl• cx 1,7 • • o . is 2 V 04 I- 00 N a tg • 0 t 14 PP 20 V 40 to :i0 ►'` gi ,s.,' co if gr ~. J.- . 0 , 1 chr, r. 4 6 , ":4 V ~:, 0, Pv ,-. 5 to rs,•R. •• 0 c 4 • .., sz, ;;;'' ED: F 3 0 8 PI 0 Sr E. c. :11 Prs . oig n .8 P ~,Fr (eh these tickets will be avail- London (King's-cross), at 5.15 11.15 a.m. on Saturday, 21st 10 PSC )". tz; 5 a° • IV On Wednesday, 18th September, the Great St. Leger Day, and on Friday, the 20th September. the Cup Day, Cheap Ex cursion Trains will be despatched from London (King's-cross Station), at 6.0 a.m. for Doncaster, arriving at 11.0 a.m., and returning from Doncaster each day at 6.30 p.m. F are f or the Double Journey, in closed carriages, los. Horses may be sent on any week day by the Trains leaving King's-cross at 6.30 7.40 a.m., and 12.0 noon, or 1.45 p.m., and on Sundays at 7.30 a.m. A Special Train for the conveyance of Horses will leave Doncaster at 10.0 a.m, on Saturday, 21st, for King's-cross and other stations. • For further particulars see bills to be obtained at King's cross, the Receiving Offices in London, and at the stations in the country. SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. London, Kings-cross Station, Sept., 1861. TREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.- TOURISTY TICKETS, at Merin Fares, available for One Calendar Month, are issued from King's-cross Station, asunder:— Fares for the Double Journey. Closed Ist Class. 2d Class. Carriages s. d. s. d. s. d. 110 6 .... 79 6 .... 40 0 113 0 .... 82 0 .... 42 0 118 6 .... 87 0 .... 44 0 120 0 .... 90 0 .... 44 0 To Edinburgh and back To '4lasgow and back To Stirhng and back To Dunkeld or Perth and back To Dundee, Forfar, Brechin, Montrose, Arbroath, or 120 0 .... 90 0 .... 46 G Aberdeen and back To Scarborough,Whitby.Red car, Fite Bridlington on 51 0 35 0 I vi 4 h , s.-nfiea and bank To Harrogat. b 44 To Isle of Man an d b ack 70 0 .... 50 - 0 Passengers wishing to stay longer than one calendar month at Scarborough, Whitby, Redcar, Filey, Bridlington, With ernsea, or Harrogate, can do so on payment of a small addi tional per-tentage, For further particulars, see Programmes, to be obtained at King's-cross Station, and all the Receiving Offices in London, and at the Stations in the country.' SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager London, King's-cross Station, Sept., 1861. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS will leave London (King's-cross Station), on SATURDAY, 21st September, re turning on Wednesday, 25th September, as under At 7.30 a.m. for Fares for the Double Journey. Ist Class. Clos 'd Car. Boston 16s. 0d... Bs. Od. Lincoln ... 18s. 0d... Os. Od. Honicastle Louth .... Gt. Grime- 225. Od. —lls. Od. by At 10.20 a.m. for Newark 15s. Od. .. 7s. 6d. Leeds .... Sheffield .. 20s. Od. ..10s. Od. I Bradford .. Barnsley.. I Halifax,,,} 20s. Od. ..10s. Od. Doncaster lBs. Od. .. 9 s . Od. York Wakefield ..20s. Od. ..10s. Od. Hull ...... 255. Od. ..12s. 6d. CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS will also leave London (King's-cross Station), at 10.0 a.m , for HUDDERSFIELD, STALEYB RIDGE, OLDHAM , MANCHESTER, and LIVERPOOL. Fares for the Double Journey. ?"-- fl st Class. Clos 'd Car. Peterboro' Stamford.. 1 14s . Od. • • 7s . Od. Grantham 15s. Od. .. 7s. 6d. Spalding. • ) „„ Holbeach . "°' vu * • • Bs. vuh Fares for the Double Journey. First C1a55.......... 21s. Closed Carriages.. 12s. 6d. On SATURDAY 28th September, returning on ly on Wed nesday, 2d O c t o b er. On SA.TURDAY, 12th October, returning only on Wednes day, 16th October. And for the same stations—Fares for the Double Journey. First C1a55.......... 375. I Closed Carriages..., 17s. On SATURDAY, 203 th September, returning either on Sa turday, 12th, or Wednesday, 16th October. On WEDNESDAY-, 2d October, returning either on Satur day, 12th October, or on Wednesday, 16th October. CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS will leave LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, STALEYBRIGDE, OL DRAM, and HiTDDERSF i ELD, for LONDON, on the 28th September, and 2d and 12th October, at similar Fares to the above. Tickets for the Trains from London may be obtained on the two previous days to the running of each train, at King's cross Station ; Angel-street, St. Martin's-le-Grand; 32, Regent's-c'rcus ; an d 264 , H o lb orn ; and on the morning of the running of each Train at King's-cross Station only. An early application for them is particularly requested. Further particulars given in Bills, to be obtained at King's.- cross, and principal stations, or at any of the Company's Re ceiving Offices in London. SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager. London, King's-cross Station, September, 1861. RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TETE GREAT Exfuntmobi OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to ' , e the most effective invention in the curative treatment of 11 ERN I A. The use of a steel sprin, so often hurtf u l i n it s ff ec t s, is here avoided— a so ft landage being worn round the I.ody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may t.e had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufwturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. Bd. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 64. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, B,re., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs . Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 75. 6d., 10s., and 165. each. Postage 6d. JOAN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228,Ticeadilly. S, GREAT MAR LBOROUGH -STREET, W. , NB " THE PANTHEON. D R. CULVE RWELL, Member of the Royal il College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwiferr, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted dai y (only) as above, on all eases of Nervous Debility, Languor, IneapacitL Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangemen of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive 'indul k WOW ILO Just published, price Is. ; by post, 12 stamps. la sealed, No. 4, An entire new and orizinal Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation isease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. —The Oritrin of D If() Exposition of. and Remedy tor, all Urinary Derange m ^ni: n and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. , ' The modern trea tment of Syphilis, Stricture. Blennorthwia Gonorrhoea), Spermatorrhma, Impotency and all Di the Urinary Organs, with Prescription, Acc.l sew s of FEMALE. The Physiolozy and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir re zulatitles in Health and Sickness —Choice in 'Marriage-- Their Expectancies and Disappointments — The Cause and Itmoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousneis, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion; No. 2. !LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, an d Disappointments; Love nd . other Matches. Sterility' Removed, and Healthy Off pr.ing secured. No. J. THE CASE BOOK': 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIFEA, Their CauAes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and uy uauterisations, Galvanism. &o. &c. Sze. - ro be had of 3.l,min, 39, Cornhfli : and the Authors. Ad v th the Working Classes fee Half-s-Gninea; (SPECIAL NOTICE.) Dr. Culvarwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (Only 119 a ode). ti ri 0 0 C) 0 t 7) al 0-3 54 , 5 _ __ : a . O ! to : -FL e cra , ab r, kgg C .0; 1 .:, N , p 4- ig 0, t 5 1° ts, c F o 0 . , co .••• IEI vr .ij Pr • 1: , co c.„ , c, P tz . ig ,s,R° " 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 binds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his 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 valuab contribution, both to the general and p ro f ess i ona l rea d er , and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street. 1 HOS VITAL. The Medical Session k.A commences in October. The INTRODUCTORY AD DRESS will be given by W. 01l I .ING, F.R.S., on Tuesday, the Ist of October, at Two o'clock. MEDICAL OFFICERS. Physicians—G. H. Barlow, M.D. ; Owen Rees, M.D., F.R.S. ; W. W. Gull, M.D. Assistant Physicians—S. 0. Habershon, M.D. ; S. Wilke, M.D. ; F. W. Pavy, M.D. Surgeons—Edward Cock, Esq. ; John Hilton, Esq., F.R.S. ; John Birkett, Esq. Agntatitnt gurp,oon. - Alfred Poland, Esq. ; Cooper Forster, Esq. ; T. Bryant. Esq. Obstetric Physician Henry Oldham, M.D. Assistant 4 )bstetric Physic an—Braxton Hicks, M.D. Surgeon Dentists—T. Bell, Esq., F.R.S. ; J. Salter, Esq. Surgeon of the Eye Infirmary—John F. France, Esq. LECTURERS.—WINTER SESSION. Medicine—Owen Rees, M.D., F.R.S. ; W. W. Gull, M.D. Surgery—John Hilton, Esq., F. R.S. ; John Birkett, Esq. Anatomy—Alfred Poland, Esq. ; Cooper Forster, Esq. Physii,logy—F. W. Pavy, M.D. hemistry —Alfred Taylor, M.D., F.R.S. Experimental Philosophy—Arthur Durham, Esq. Demonstrations on Anatomy—Arthur Durham, Esq., and Walter Moxon, M.B. Demonstrations on Morbid Anatomy—S. Wilke, M.D. LECTURERS.—SUMMER SESSION. Demonstrations on Cutaneous Diseases—W. W. Gull, M.D. Medicil Jurisprudence —A. Taylor, M.D., F.R.S. Materia Medica—S. 0. Habershon, M.D. Midwifery—H. Oldham, M.D. Ophthalmic Surgery—J. France, Esq. Pathology —S. Walks, M.D. Comparative Anatomy—F. W. Pavy, M.D. ;W. Moxon, Botany—C. Johnson, Esq. Practical Chemistry—W. Odling, M. 8., F.R.S. Demonstrations on Manipulative and Operative Surgery—T. Bryant, Esq. Gentlemen desirous of becoming students must give satis factory testimony as t their education and conduct. They are required to pay £4O for the first year, £lO for the second year, and £lO for every succeeding year of attendance, or £lOO in one payment entitles a student to a Perpetual Ticket. Dressers, Clinical Clerks, Ward Clerks, Obstetric Residents, and Dressers in the Eye Wards, are selected according to merit from those students who have attended a sec rnd year. A Resident House-surgeon is appointed every six months from those students who have obtained the College Diploma. Six Scholarships, varying in value from £25 to £lO each, will be awarded at the close of each Summer session, for general proficiency. Two Gold Medals will be given by the Treasurer—One for Medicine, and One for Surgery. A Voluntary Examina ion will take place at entrance, in Elementary Classics, and Mathematics. The three first Can didates will receive respectively £25, £2O, £l5. Several of the Lecturers hav't vacancies for Resident Pri vate Pupils. Mr. Stocker, Apothecary to Guy's Hospital, will enter students, and give any further information required. Guy's Hospital, July, 1861. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market, IS NOW OPEN for the Season EVERY EVENING, under the direction of Monsieur BOULCOURT 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 I VIPROVED 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. QPANISH AND PORTUGUESE WINES. PORTS—Montero, 6s. per gallon, 15s. per dozen. Priorato, San Vicente. and Almanza, Bs. 64. per gallon, 20s. per dozen. Alto Douro, 'Os. 6d. per gallon, 21s. per dozen, to 19s. 6d. per p.er dozen. Val de Pt nas. Os. and 245. per dozen. StleasttlEb—uorm, an, very - pale soft light Wine, 6s. per gallon, 15s. per dozen. X( rezano, Bs. 6d. per gallon, 20s. per dozen. Other qualities, 245. to 48s. ~er dozen. Price per dozen includes bottles and packages. List, with full particulars, free on application. Spanish Peninsula Wine Company, 14, Barge-yard Chambers, Bucklersbury. ADVOWSON.—PREEHOLDS UPTON AND ROTHERS THORPE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, in a cause of Donaldson v. Fairfax, with the anprobation of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, in Five Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at the George Hot« 1, Northampton, on SATURDAY, the 26th day ot Octo ber. 1561. at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, very valuable Freehold Estates, situate at Upton and Rothersthorpe, in the county of Northampton, consisting of 374 Acres of Land, Water Mill. and the perpetual Advowson and Right of Pre sentation to the V carage of Rothersthorpe, part of the Estates of the late Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet. Particulars and condi ions of sale, with plan, may be had gratis of Messrs. King and M'Millin, No. 4, Danes-inn, St. Clement's, Strand, London, solic tors ; at the George Hotel, Northampton ; the Swan Hotel, Bedford ; the George Hotel, Huntingdon ; the Royal Hotel, Kettering ; the Angel Hotel, Market Harborough ; the Spread Eagle, Rueby ; the White Hart Hotel, Leicester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington ; and of the Auctioneers, Pitsford, near Northampton. • EDWD. WEATHERALL, Chief Clerk. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—Her Majesty the QUEEN. President—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. • This Hospital relieves distress in its most helpless shape, that of disease aggravated by destitution. With more ade quate funds the Weekly Board could make immediately avail able 500 beds for the relief of the large mass of suffering in this metropolis. Its present resources, supplied entirely by the Voluntary Contributions of the Public, enable it to afford, in addition to its fn-patients, effective Medical Assistance to an average exceeding 2,000 Out-patients weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.;• Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; and at the Hospital. J. B. OWEN, M.A„ Chairman of the Weekly Board. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. liENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has Just published, for the benefit of Nervous , ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of NTemory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike , o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature -fpg.fh = With plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free secure from ob 4ervation, to any addres s , uu ■ ca,c4,4, of ,iirpm•ed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton •rescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN I FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constPntion, 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 marry, 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. Dr. Rhord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at Vs., 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. Rioord's Sole Agent in London is Prout, Patent Medi cine Warehouse, 229, Strand (seven doors west of Temple bar). (Entered at Stationers' Hall) DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : mF,DTCAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRFICE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. ust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Verfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. B Dr. J. L. Calms, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London.y CONTENTS : INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological , tructure and Functicns of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Canses of Sperrnatorrhcea and Impotence; 'arly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion: ' o ` tiCitarbties REVIEWS OF THE WORK. h in oli the i h a a n n h de p o d young and otkulx—vaisunanbldeawy Times," :i( 1 March, 1856 . "l t ` t T e h w e o a r t i k t , h in or w h h a i s ch co i n s f d err es e e d lib a e g d r t e h a e t boon by of byptuhbolissehdiniLathseiss which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."--... Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and xcesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann. 89, Cornhill. LlQUrd of Ccuultation.-10 to 3 and 6 to 8 i_SULIdaYO,IO till 2. The breakwater at Portland, though a most im portant national work, is far from being the only one which is progressing there. The fortifications on land equal in magnitude the works at sea, while both show the importance which will in future be attached to this harbour as a great naval station and depot. It is almost unnecessary to say that these great lines of fortifications are not intended for the protection of the breakwater. A break water once made protects itself, Such a work is, in fact, indestructible by either friend or foe, and whatever ruins the celebrated New Zealander may stand upon to complete his sketches they assuredly will not be the rains of breakwaters, which will even then be in as good repair as if they expected the honour of the visit. Neither, it is to be pre sumed, are the great works now in progress in tended to protect the squadrons of men-of-war in the harbour, which will be perfectly well able to take care of themselves. There is, in fact, nothing positively or publicly known yet as to the object with which the fortifications' are being built; but, from the extent of the works and the positions they command, there is only one inference to be drawn from their erection, and that is that they are meant to protect the dockyard that will in course of time be formed at Portland. The greatest, strongest, and most unassailable of the forts is that now construct ing on the Verne—a height which, like La Roche, at Cherbourg, dominates all around it for miles. This is to be the citadel. The Verne, as it is called, ia a position of such great natural strength, espe cially on the side that overlooks the breakwater and sea, that a few guns of position in earthworks on its rugged heights would be ample protection for the harbour against anything that fleets could do. But such improvised defences would be wholly exposed in their rear, and at the mercy of any small body of men who could effect a landing on the south of the island. When, therefore, the fortifica tions at Portland were decided on it was deter mined to make the Verne the key of the position, and to construct a fort as nearly approaching to impregnable as ditches, walls, earthworks, and guns could ever make it. The Verne is at the extreme northern end of the island of Portland, and over looking the harbour and breakwater. It is a trian gular-shaped piece of ground of little over 40 acres in extent, on the summit of three or four very steep rounded hills, which rise to a height of some 500 feet above the level of the sea. These hills, though steep, are by no means inaccessible, except on the north side, where for a length of rather less than one-third of the circumference of the Verne, they are almost perpendicular, so that defences on that side are not needed. Prom the south-east and south are the only directions from which it would be even possible for a regular besieging army to make any approaches. But the nature of the ground here is so rugged and difficult—so broken up by quarries, and strewn with rough, loose stone and irregular gaps, that it is taking an almost extreme view of the case to say the fortress is even assailable on these points. An attack, however, if made by a regular besieging army, could have but one result, for natu rally in these directions the strength of the fortress is concentrated, and the guns over the casemated barracks rise to a height which commands every knoll and mound far and near. One of the great defences of the Verne is the dry ditch, which completely encircles the whole work, except on the north side we have mentioned, where the scarped cliff renders it both impossible and un necessary. The ditch is one of the greatest works of the kind ever undertaken round any ancient or mo dern fortification. Its floor continues round the works at an elevation of 368 feet above the level of the sea; its length is rather over three-quarters of a mile; its depth is 80 feet, and its width 100. Up wards of 1,500,"00 tons of stone had to be blasted away to form it. In some parts, as at the angles of the fortress, its width is nearly 200 feet, and where there is a rise in the surface of the ground above there is sometimes a sheer perpendi cular depth from the terreplein of the batteries to the floor of the ditch of more than 130 feet. It is perhaps needless to say that such a colossal force as this is almost unnecessary, and would not have been carried out, but that the stone excavated in its formation was wanted for the breakwater. A dry, perpendicular ditch of 40 feet deep, by 50 feet 'wide, would have been of unusual dimensions, and more than sufficient to protect the Verne from assault. But the Government wanted cheap stone for the breakwater, and, as that from the ditch round the Verne was already paid for, they naturally took as much as they could get, and in so doing made the fosse of the gigantic proportions we have stated. No good idea can be got of this enormous excava tion till the visitor descends to the floor of the ditch, and so traverses the length of this grim arti ficial ravine. The sections of the geological strata which form the -singular Island of Portland are shown on the smooth rocky walls of the ditch with beautiful distinctness, and what is also most curious is that at regular intervals of 25 or 30 yards, and commencing about 20 feet below the surface, are a series of vertical " faults" or gaps, about two feet wide, which, as far as can be judged, traverse the whole substrata of the island from north to south. All these in the sides of the ditch are to be filled up with solid masonry. In them have been found a number of the bones and horns of the reindeer so I beautifully preserved that it is difficult to believe they can be more than 50 years old. Here, also, were found some of the ancient British flint-heads for arrows, and an ancient British gold coin in as fine a state of preservation, and with its figures in as high relief as on the day when it was struck. The ditch, as we have said, commences on the east sea face of the works over the harbour, and con tinues round them to the cliff, where it ends, having on its outer edge there only a descent of abuut 30 feet perpendicular. But at this end the ground is almost too steep outside to allow access to it. There are two angles of the works from which the garrison can enfilade the whole of this fosse with grape and musketry, and on these are built, jutting out from the main fort, two bas tionettes, the troops in which can sweep it with their fire at all points. With s uc h a t remen d ous art ifi c i a l ravine for the assailants to cross, the aid of a very few guns would suffice to make the Verne im pregnable; yet it is intended to carry no less than 150 pieces of the heaviest ordnance on its walls and curtains. It is quite unnecessary to say, even if it were jud o i r c t io a u r s, where there are to be Armstron gs, s, where cupolas for filling the shells with tninswecahraiesti e °nets:hi: DC threoilotrol.afamat armament modernnn i n ecshta i sm r itoos o h fensannuntheffiwgaewcurth gunnery it r nlnso e aet fur naces War -office pfacvsaaaitclnnralegttmmetw that thatai han f lkl o ette r l top: hi it. The keebarlkseiaTkci thesef n hiit si2geel after this red hotnone hrannidtinde-s return for their pound. Inside the Verne casemated barracks are being built, which if needed can accommodate a garrison of 3,000 men—the number required to defend the works in the event of a regular siege. These bar• racks, like the ditch, and a great part of the works on the Verne, are the result of convict labour. One range of barracks has been built by regular free masons and bricklayers, but there is not the faintest difference discernible in .the quality of their work and that of the convicts. The same, or even more, may be said of the carpenters' work. The casemated barracks are beautifully built. There is nothing more difficult in these domestic fortresses, if we may so call them, than to keep them free from damp, and give a proper allowance of light and air without interfering with the security of the inmates. These almost irreconcilable conditions have been admir ably fulfilled at the Verne. The wide skylights over the doors give ample light, a raised floor secures the soldiers against damp, while a corridor, running the whole length of the back of the easemates, and H i.."......w.. , m. communicating by broad pipes with the fosse out side, not only gives ventilation, but a very consi derable draught, when the wind blows, as it Is always blowing, over the heights of the Verne. The roofs of these barracks are, of course, bomb• proof. They are made of solid brick arches nearly four feet thick, over which, again, is a layer of concrete and asphalt two feet thick, and over all eight feet thick of solid made earth. Apart from the two ranges of barracks is an hospital simi larly built, and protected with detached storehouses which are also shot and shell proof. There are five expense magazines, each to contain 100 barrels of powder, with one reserve store that will hold about 3,000 barrels, enough, in all, for incessant firing from all the guns for three or four months. All these are protected, in addition to their massive walls of solid masonry, with an outer covering of earth 18 feet in thickness. On the south-east face of the works there is a double flank—an upper and lower —which sweep down the valley leading to the little village of Fortune's Well. It was at one time thought possible that the fortress might be shelled with comparative impunity by a mortar-vessel in the inlet in which this valley ends. The precautions therefore taken against this eventuality are on much the same scale as is shown in the size of the dry ditch; and on this face of the fortress there are to be no less than three tiers of heavy guns, the lower a regular casemated granite battery, faced with earth; the two upper tiers mounted at embrasures on dwarf traversing platforms. All the stonework of these defences is to be faced with earth of the same thickness as if they were ordinary earthworks. The Verne has no water supply of its own within the ditch of the fortress. All attempts to procure the supply by boring have been vain. Tanks are therefore formed for the collection cf rainwater be neath the casemates, and, in addition to these, three reserve tanks have been sunk in the rock, 80 feet long by 56 feet wide. BTick arches and a thick covering of earth close these in completely. Each of them holds a three months supply of water for the garrison, at the rate of two gallons per man a day. These tanks are to be kept, like the re serve magazines, always full, hut never used till the emergency of a State siege arises. The ordinary daily supply is drawn from Chene, a little village about three miles from the Verne, where there is an ample supply, which is pumped by a 30-horse power engine, through underground pipes, into the fort. This engine -house is only vulnerable to a stray shot from the sea, so bomb proof walls and roof are covering it in on all sides. By this engine, in case of a siege being imminent, not only the reserve tanks on the Verne could be filled to their utmost, but all the rain-water tanks as well. This would give a year's supply to the garrison, exclusive of the rainwater which would fall during that time. Beneath the north-east face of the fort, and under the scarped cliff overlooking the harbour, are a line of works called the East Weir Batteries. These, on a small scale, very much resemble the chain of earthworks which were thrown upon the heights of Balaklava. They are cut in the steep slope of the hills towards the water, at elevations varying from 50 to 150 feet above the sea. There are to be eight of these batteries in all, and of this number five are already completed and armed. They are earthworks of the most solid description, with ditches in front, and the usual expense and reserve magazines, and bomb-proof places to pro tect the men against the effects of a vertical fire. The rear of each work is left open, for they rest almost on the steep precipitous heights of the Verne above, the garrison of which could effectually protect them by volleys of musketry against any attempt to take them by a coup de main. Each of these batteries will mount from 6 to 12 guns or mortars of the largest kind, about 60 in all ; and quiet and inoffensive as their neat green lines of parapet and glaeis appear from the water, looking at first as if it was intended to lay out the heights of the Verne in terrace gardens, these massive bat teries of the East Weir would be quite as formid able to ships attempting to enter the harbour as the great works of the Verne itself. From their varied elevation every part of the harbour both within and without the breakwater is under their com mand, and, like the Verne, they can cover with their fire the circular fort on the north end, from which in a straight line they are only about one mile distant—very little more than point-blank range for a long Armstrong. These batteries may be considered as among the outworks of the Verne, of which there are to be many. Thus a regular glacis will be thrown up all round the outer edge of the Verne ditch, and beyond this on the south, south-east, and south-west faces will be five smaller batteries sweeping the various ap proaches up to the north end of the island. These, of course, would after a time have to be abandoned before a regular besieging army, but, though given up, they would be worthless to the assailants, as half the guns of the Verne citadel will look down into them. The two main outworks will be at Easton and Weston on either side of the island, and distant about a mile from the citadel. These will be very strong works mounting about 30 or more guns each, and the positions chosen for them are so strong and so commanding that their reduction by a regular siege would be necessary before anything could be attempted against the Verne itself. These outworks, however, are not yet begun, and it will be two years before even the Verne itself is completed. Five of the East Wier batteries are finished, and have their guns in, though not mounted, and their shot and shell in store. They only want powder to be ready for instant action, and this necessary could be given to them from the guardship Colossus in a single hour, if wanted. These are the main features connected with the progressing or intended defences on the island of Portland. Like all other strong places, however, these works have their weak points, about which we need not have the smallest hesitation in speak ing, for the danger is now seen, and will be effectu ally guarded against. It is no less than this—that an enemy's mortar•boat, keeping to the true northern extremity of Chesil-bank, could throw shells over it into the harbour and docks( when built) with compa rative impunity. It is true that some of the guns of the Verne command the sea face along this bank, but Sir William Armstrong himself would shake his head if he was told his guns were to engage at up wards of three miles with a small gunboat always on the move, and shifting its range. This trifling deficiency in the defences has, however, been fore seen, and a remedy will be applied which will make any enemy's vessel give Chesil-bank a very wide offing indeed. The northern extremity of Portland Roads is bounded by a high ridge or spit of land called the Nothe, which, running out into the sea for some half mile or more, separates Portland pro per from the beautiful bay of Weymouth. On the sea extremity of this Nothe a very powerful fort is being erected. Its armament is not yet decided on, but it will be both numerous and heavy, probably carrying in all not less than GO guns and mortars. This headland is now being faced with stone of im mense thickness to a height of 50 feet above the water. In many parts there will be double tiers of ordnance, though none will be placed in casemate batteries. Here, as at the Verne, all store-houses, hospitals, and buildings for the garrison will be bombproof. This work is distant about two miles and three-quarters from the East Weir batteries, three miles from the heights of the Verne, and about a mile and a half from the circular fort on the north end of the breakwater —all distances well within range of the long Armstrongs. On any hostile squadron or fleet bold or unlucky enough to enter the harbour all the works could concentrate a fire of upwards of 200 gune of the heaviest description, and all so elevated as to be practically out of reach of the guns of a fleet. It was at one time suggested to form a breakwater island about a mile from the north fort to be built on the extremity of the pre. sent breakwater, and on this island to erect another circular granite fort of three tiers of guns, like that Sir,—ln the notice of these works contained in The Times of to-day it is stated that the progress has been mainly owing to my system of laying out the works. As this remark may be considered to apply to the principle of construction by means of a timber stage I will ask you to allow me space to say that this method of construction originated with the late Mr. Rendel. I am, Sir, yours obediently, JOHN COODE. Engineer's-office, Portland, Sept. 14. THE NAVY.. Valetta, Sept. 9.—Her Majesty's gunboat Assur ance, 4, Lieut. Luard commanding (Com. Aynsley being again in hospital from a severe attack of rheumatism), took her departure on the night of the 7th inst., after the arrival of the overland mail from Marseilles, with despatches for Vice-Admiral Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8., and a mail for the fleet at Naples. She took up as passengers Captain Dudgeon and Captain Vesey, both of the 22d Regi ment, stationed at this garrisA. The sloop Scourge, 6, Capt. W. J. Jones, having on board Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Codrington, K.C.8., and staff, left port the following day for Gibraltar, and is to touch at Algiers and several of the Spanish portsin the Mediterranean. Her Majesty's gunboat Surprise, 4 guns, Corn. W. W. Whyte, arrived on the Bth inst., under sail from Plymouth 24 days, and Gibraltar, 12. This vessel and the Wanderer, which had started from England and put back, are to relieve the Mohawk and Assurance, of the same class. On the same day arrived the French transport Sevre, Capt. Oli vier, from Alexandria, with 178 seamen on board, for Toulon. She left the same night. Her Majesty's ships in port are the receiving ship Hibernia (flag of Rear-Admiral H. J. Codrington, C. 8.) ; San s pareil, 70; Melpomene, 51 ; Medina, 4; Mohawk, 4; Surprise, 4; and tug Hearty. The Rangoon; having on board a section of the Malta and Alexan dria telegraphic cable, is still in port, the Malacca with the other section not having yet made her ap, pearance. The cable is undergoing daily tests. The screw steamer Renown, 89, Capt. Arthur Forbes, was placed alongside the dockyard at Devon port yesterday morning to be dismantled. Her crew will be paid off shortly. The sailing yachts, tenders to the guardships in Plymouth and the other ports, are ordered to be put out of commission, where necessary steamers will be substituted. The screw steam gunvesael Arrow was removed yesterday from her moorings in Hamoaze, and placed in No. 4 dock at Devonport, to have her copper stripped off preparatory to her being sold out of the service. The Supply screw storeship, Master Commander Balliston, sailed from St. Helen's Roads, where she had previously put in from the Channel for shelter from rough weather, at 8 a.m. yesterday with storm, &c., from the Mediterranean. The Juno, 26, sailing frigate, at Portsmouth, has been purchased by the authorities at Scotland-yard from the Admiralty, and will be fitted for the recep tion of the " water police" in Portsmouth harbour. Their present quarters, the Champion, sailing sloop, built in Portsmouth in 1824, from designs by Capt. Hayes, R.N., will be handed over to the dockyard authorities, and broken up in dock. The fitting of Jones's target at Portsmouth for renewed trials with the Armstrong gun has been completed, its face now occupying a vertical posi tion, and its bed being placed at an angle from the deck of the Griper, supported by stout timber props which are in turn strengthened by a number of massive iron knees, to enable it to withstand in its new position the hammering to which it will be subjected from the Armstrong 100-pounder. The trial, it is expected, will take place in the presence of the Iron-plate Committee. The following, out of 29 candidates, have passed their examination on board H.M.S. Victory, at Portsmouth, as assist.-clerks Bowles, W. A. Kilner, 'B. H. E. Drayson, F. Smith, P: J. Mould, E. B. D. Iffanger, H. Aylen, F. Robert, J. Tatlock, and W. W. Gibbard. The following appointments were made yester terday at the Admiralty :—T.Pounds, master, to the Medea ; R. P. Pardon, midshipman, to the Aboukir ; J. Wotton, paymaster, to the Medea; Alfred Boys assist.-paymaster, to the Victory ; and W. H. E. Mitchell, assist: paymaster, to the Medea. THE ARM]. The selection of an encamping ground for troops on the march between the Camp at Aldershott and Portsmouth has not yet been finally decided on, the piece of ground surveyed in the first instance, and situate at Gravel-hill, near the village of Horndean, being found deficient in the required supply of water. For this reason it is very probable that an other site will be chosen. A squadron of the sth Lancers, under the com mand of Capt. Boyd, has left the permanent bar racks at Aldershott for Woolwich. The head-quar ters of the regiment will leave Aldershott in the course of next week, and will be succeeded by the 12th Lancers, a detachment of which will arrive to morrow from York, under the command of Captain Jary. On Saturday and yesterday troops of the sth Dragoon Guards left Aldershott for Norwich and Ipswich, and the remainder of the regiment will take the same route to-day and to-morrow. The sth Dragoon Guards are under the command of Lieut.-Col. the Hon. S. J. G. Calthorpe. Some comprehensive drainage works are being carried out at Cove-common, where there has been an encampment for some time, formed in connexion with the camp at Aldershott. The plans were ar ranged by Col. Simmons, R.E., and Lieut. Bailey, R.E. Several officers of the 45th Regiment are superintending the works, which are being executed by a working party of the 45th Regiment, com prising 360 non-commissioned officers and men. A reservoir, five acres in extent, is being formed, which will provide bathing accommodation for troops en camped on the common, and also secure horses a watering-place. The works have already produced a beneficial effect, and it is expected that their cost, about £l,OOO, will be saved in five years, as £2O per month is now paid for each cavalry regiment now using the water of the Basingstoke Canal. The whole of the guns belonging to the old forti fications at Coalhouse Point and Shornmeade, on the Essex and Kentish sides of the Thames, have now been dismounted, but no order has yet been given for their removal to either Chatham or Woolwich. The guns and carriages have been placed on wooden and iron skidding. The shot and shell have been deposited in the magazines. The heavier portions of the old armament will be remounted on the minor positions of the new batteries, but the principal lines of defence will be armed with 100- pounder and 40 -pounder Armstrong guns. The new works are being rebuilt, with every improve ment that modern ingenuity in the science of forti fication has hitherto devised, so as to place the THE ARMIES OF EUROPE. In the course of the season just concluded a lec ture on "The Armed Forces of Europe" was de livered at the United Service Institution, by Capt. Petrie, of her Majesty's 14th Regiment, employed on the Topographical Staff. The subject is one so full of interest, and so con stantly discussed, that we willingly avail ourselves of Capt. Petrie's great carefulness and research, for the means of supplying our readers with informa tion which they would otherwise find it difficult to obtain at all, or, if it were obtained, it would fail to possess such a character of authenticity as obvi ously distinguishes the statements which we now reproduce : AUSTRIA. The war-establishment of the Austrian army, according to the organisation that came into force in April 1860, is as follows : Men. Guns. 309 Battalions of Infantry .. .. 437,964 41 Regiments of Cavalry .. 60,110 136 Batteries of Artillery .. 27,176 1,088 2 Regiments of Engineers 7,460 6 Regiments Pioneers 6,858 24 Squadrons Train .. .. 18,204 10 Companies Sanitary Corps .. 2,550 Staff Corps, Corps of Adjutants, and General Staff.. .. .. 3,889 Total regular army .. .. .. 564,211 Volunteer Corps organised in 1859 .. 30,000 Depots and Reserves of all Arms .. .. 103,751 Gendarmerie. Police, Veterans, &c. .. 40,382 Grand total of forces .. .. .. 738,344 1,088 PRUSSIA. Infantry—Guard, 9 regiments .. .. 28,674 Line, 72 regiments .. .. 229,392 Jager, 10 battalions .. 10,480 Total .. .. .. .. .. 268,546 Cavalry-48 regiments • • • . • • 36,768 Feld Jager and Etaff orderlies .. 902 Total .. . • • . .. • • 37,670 Artillery-9 regiments .. 41,292 1,228 Pioneers, train, &c. .. 11,971 Total field troops .. .. .. 359,479 Depots and Ersatz troops .. .. .. 98,487 216 Landwehr and garrison troops, &c. .. 261,126 Grand total of forces .. .. .. 719,092 1,444 RUSSIA. The army of Russia is so complicated in its organisation that there would be considerable difficulty in making an exact analysis of it; but the numbers have been ascertained with sufficient accuracy to be on the present reduced esta blishment about 850,000 men. Of these the active army numbers 520,523 men, and 1,160 guns; the rest are com posed of disciplined Cossacks and of Irregular troops. FRANCE. The Infantry consists of -103 Regiments of the Line, each having three active battalions and one depot battalion. 20 Battalions of Chasseurs. 3 Regiments of Zouaves. 2 , of Foreign Infantry. 2 Battalions' of African Light Infantry. 3 Regiments of Turcos, or Tirailleurs Algtriens. The Artillery includes -4 Regiments of Horse Artillery, with 192 guns. 10 „ of Mounted „ with 600 „ 10 Batteries of Foot „ with 60 ~ 1 Regiment of Pontooners. 6 Squadrons Train ;—giving a total of 38,767 men, 37,954 horses, 852 guns. This is in addition to 15,000 men, garrison artillery, and the depots, artificers, &c. The total number of guns that can be brought into thefield, including the Imperial Guard, is 942, all of which are of brass and rifled. The Imperial Guard forms a complete corps d'arma in itself. It is composed as follows :- 1 regiment of Gendarmerie. 7 Regiments of Grenadiers and Voltigeurs. 1 Regiment of Chasseurs. 1 Squadron of Gendarmerie a Cheval. 6 Regiments of Cavalry. 15 batteries of Artillery. 2 Companies of Pontooneers. 2 Companies of Engineers. 4 Companies of Train. Its total establishment is -38,060 men, 13,447 horses. 90 gun. The official returns on the Ist Jan. 1860, gave the total number of available men as follows : Troops in France .. .. .. 398,559 71 Algeria .. .. 83,782 77 North Italy .. .. 55,281 71 Rome • • • • 7,904 71 China.. .. .. 5,468 Total under arras .. 550,994 Men on oonge .. .. • • 64,471 Reserve .. .. .. .. 11,017 , errand total .. .. 626,482 GREAT BRITAIN. Men. Horses. Guns. Regular troops .of all arms 218,971 30,072 366 British local aux] colonial troops .. .. 18,249 248 Foreign & colou ed troops chiefly in Ind .. 218,043 58 Military police i n India .. 79,k64 _ Grand .to tal .. 534,527 30,072 672 Of these there a; re in the United Kingdom — Men. Guns Infantry—Guards, seven battalions 6,297 Line, 3t .. 33,105 Total .. .. .. .. 39,402 Cavalry —Life and: Horse Guards, 3 regi men I s 1,311 Dragoo: Ls, tte., 16 regiments .. 10,560 Total , .. 11,871 „ , • . Ile ell Artillery—Horse, 6 batteries .. 1,200 36 Field, !,23 5,060 138 Garris 01 a, 39 .. $ • 4,680 Total .. .. It • .. .. 10,940 174 Engineers .. 2,316 M ilitary Train .. • . 1,830 Hospital Corpe 609 Commissariat, Stal T Corps .. 300 Grand total of E active forces .. 67,268 174 Besides there ar e the depot establishments— Infantry— -Line, 1 N depots.. 24,770 Cavalry-- 9 „ .. 296 Artillery .. • • • • 2,975 'otal df ;pots GI .. 28,141 RESERVES AVAILABLE FOR THE DEFENCE:OF THE KING DOM IN CASE OF WAR, Y ension . ers .. .. .. 14,768 IV. Mids. 45,000 N 'coma nry , 16,080 I .rich Constabulary .. 12,392 I do tulteers . , .. 140,000 Total .. .. .. 228,240 THE .Iql EhIAI E SCHOOL OF ART.—We understand ----- that t e 0 - h- ,ueen has chosen a de si g n for a lace flounce by a student d : the above school to be exhibited at thy:, Inter national 1 Oshibition of 1862. We hope that manufacturers will folk W OO good an example. PRESTON, H th a e n b h u a l m le w w h o o u a n t d M 'e a9ffe o'clockr ay . yesterday We are sorry to announce the death of Colonel a sHe itrnoohalf-past prevaileds crowded, e hde,ofoccurrence.thcelolrr t throughoutehc :fit public s i ri o morning. Crofton and Captain Hanham from the effects of sli hice M b eon s r ) eat Y peid AFTERNOON. were , Great excitement has leading to the e this morning much magisterial inquiry would take place • in the County Court-house , This, however, Was not the case, as the examination, which was purely of ft prelimi nary and formal character, took place in the Go vernor's-office in the gaol before Dr. Broughton, one of the county magistrates. o iT.Un rhinoefgt evening;so t n re e e x t p s i r ed and about. Adjutant half past being the tow n i n expectationa n d neighbourhood btyo t ril h e a rci t oyva t et h re e ) Lieut.-Col. Hugh Denis Crofton served in the Crimean campaign. He was present and took part in the various engagements that took place in 1851- 55. At the battle of the Alma he commanded the 20th Regiment, and at the battle of Inkerman, where he was severely wounded and had a horse shot under him, he commanded one of the wings of the British army. For these services he has been honourably mentioned in the despatches of the Commander-in-Chief, and, in addition to a medal and three clasps, has been decorated with the French order of the Legion of Honour, and by the Sultan with the fifth cross of the Medjidie. lie was highly respected in his profession as an able and ac complished officer, and beloved by the men under his command. We are sorry to add that he has left a wife and family to mourn his untimely death. Adjutant and Capt. Hanham has also seen much service. He took part in the Sutlej campaign of 1845-6, was wounded at the battle of Moodkee, and was also present at the battles of Ferozeshah and Sobraon. For these services he had received a edal and clasps. The murderous deed was perpetrated under the lowing circumstances :—The name of the mur derer is Patrick M•Cafferay, a young man between 19 and 20 years of age, a native of Preston, but of Irish parentage, and who enlisted in the 32d Regi oAbmfie e‘rtenhoatefffiabout hrai parents.l yd,r l ew 2 n h m wo o hw n ooa t hn h s as on nee g i o ondb . gut l at tysi obtained oeb p nds p ee a e c : R ude r eae s nys that stll tyaolast askedahs kwe n eeudemi icbar -1., rack-yardw was s ordered nleen h no a ef v t soets the ebt a hutc obtain i e tinl d dht rehetheir had ,ra adnn considerableaddmofen o s. done so a ats n nho n di sooytnhal neglect name i e na , m a t and eo d esf he had obeyed these instructions, h e answere d w i t h o h sfu e ol was on Saturday morning sentenced to Sedoatinasty con finementee to the barracks for 14 days, M'Cafferay after receiving the sentence retired to his own room, which is on the K passage, or west side of the infan try auarters. He took down his rifle and borrowed a piece of oiled cloth from a comrade, with which he cleaned it. He then went into an adjoining passage, and it is supposed that he there loaded the rifle. Shortly afterwards the snapping of a percussion cap was heard, and, though this was contrary to orders, little notice was taken of the matter, it being sup posed that some soldier had done it for amusement or to try the cleanness of his piece. Immediately, however, M'Cafferay was seen to kneel at the win dow of his room and fire his piece. Major Coils was at the time in his room at the north end of the barrack-square, and on hearing the report, presum ing there was something wrong, looked out at his window, and saw Col. Crofton and Capt. Hanham standing in the centre of the square, and immedi ately Col. Crofton threw up both hands and called out " Oh, lam shot !" Major Coils then ran down to the assistance of the colonel, and on arriving at the spot found that Capt. Hanham was bleeding from the left side and leaning on another officer. Major Coils placed his left arm around the colonel's waist, the colonel putting his right arm around his neck. The colonel was assisted to his quarters,whera he said "I am done for--I am shot through the lungs." A bullet-hole was afterwards found in the lower part of the chest. Medical assistance was immediately procured, Dr. Donald and Dr. Clark, the regimental surgeons, and Dr. Hammond, of Preston, rendering every assistance. Upon examination it was found that the ball had struck Colonel Crofton in his left side. It had passed completely through the left lung and oat at his right side. It then appears to have struck Capt. Hanham, who was walking arm in arm with the colonel. It passed through his left arm and settled in the back near the spine. It was after wards extracted by the medical gentlemen, and some hopes were entertained that the life of the adjutant might be saved. M'Cafferay was arrested immediately after firing the shot. He gave up his rifle to a sergeant, remarking that he had not in tended to hit the colonel. He was afterwards handed over to the civil authorities, and was removed in charge of Mr. Superintendent Green, of the county constabulary, to the Preston House of Correction. Since his confinement he appears not to have realised the fearful position in which he is placed. In a conversation with Colonel Martin, the Gover nor of the gaol, he remarked that he did not intend to hit Colonel Crofton, but only to injure Captain Hanham. He expressed a hope that, as he had no intention of shooting the Colonel, they would let him go, or he would not mind being transported. At the inquiry this morning the prisoner was brought before Dr. Broughton, several gentlemen being in attendance. The prisoner, who is a light complexioned and slightly-built young man, once or twice during the examination exhibited some little emotion, but scarcely seemed to be cognizant of the enormity of his offence. A few minutes after 11 o'clock Superintendent Green entered the room and said he thought the inquiry would have to be postponed, as the principal witnesses were detained at the barracks, and Adjutant Hanham was then in a dying state. Dr. Broughton—Under those circumstances I will simply examine Major Coils and remand the pri soner. Major Robert Stacy Colls, the 32d Regiment, was then examined. He said,—On Saturday last, about half-past 11 o'clock, I:was writing in my room at Fulwood Barracks, Preston, when I heard the re port of a rifle outside. I felt there was something wrong, and I jumped up and ran to the window, which looked out on the barrack-square. I saw the late Colonel Crofton and Captain Hanham standing in the centre of the square. Just as I looked out Colonel Crofton threw up both hands and called out "Oh! I am shot r• i immediately ran down to him, and on coming up I saw Captaie Hanham bleeding from the left side, and leaning upon an officer. I ran up to the Colonel and placed my left arm round his waist, and he put his right arm round my neck. With another officer I assisted him to his quarters. He said to me, "I am done for ;I am shot through the lungs," and asked who did it. On reaching his quarters I placed him in an easy chair and stripped him, and found the bullet hole in the lower part of the chest. That is all I know. The prisoner declined to ask this witness any questions. Superintendent Green sworn, He said—On Satur day last from information I received, I, in company , with Chief-constable Capt. Elgee, proceeded to Ful wood Barracks, and, after being informed that Col. Crofton and Capt. Hanham had been shot, I went to the lock-up attached to the guardroom. I asked the prisoner his name, and he told me it was M'Caf feray. I told him I took him into custody for shoot ing at Col. Hugh Denis Crofton and Capt. John Hanham, with intent to murder. He said, " I did not intend to murder them." I then brought him in company with two constables to the House of intendsCca o a r pd r Captain." e a c , tn to h d a shoote n r o e, t the afterwardsai nu nt e h n ed ivthenColonel, t o e f buttstatedr tbackti et h Cot toohcl Colonel h the an t pet he did o:bnu. barracks,t nt t Hh o ee and the place was pointed out to m officers were walking. Therewassom e e blood thei oo e dupon the ground. I measured the distance thence to where the man fired from, and found it to be 65 yards. From information I have received Col. Crofton is dead, and Capt. Hanham is unable to attend. Prisoner had no question to ask the witness, and no reason to give why he should not be remanded. The inquiry was then adjourned until 12 o'clock on Wednesday next. The inquest was to take place at 5 o'clock this afternoon before Mr. Myres, coroner; INTREPID CONDUCT OF Mr. MACFARLANE, MO' TER, R.N.—A very gallant act was performed in the Sierra Leone river by Mr. Macfarlane, master, R.N., while se . rv . : ing in the Isis, storeihip. On the 29th July a boatswa i n ' s mate, namen Campbelton, fell overboard. The tide _ ' known to with great rapidity, and the river is well Imtln wn to be swarming with sharks. Campbslton having onio oil skin coat and leggings was unable to use any and along.. save himself; and although a boat mann ed wans, all seemed to have side, and 40 er 50 men were looking on, this crisis Mr. Macfarlane lost their presence of mind. jumped overboard and Ordering some gratings A cry from on board said, " lie is to be tthrlyoadwnvainncteod tthootlawearteesrc,Aueht.e _ swam towards the man; but before he could reach him the jmusant hunaddedrißyaPoPeu,6"retton which Mr. Macfarlane dived and succeed ed in catc hing hold of the collar of the man's coat, and supported him until a boat arrived to their assistance. ake n a o n n d board is the n o w s hip, i o p n , but The animation w w a s a s i n a s te lengthn sibl e w restored,hen t board the Archer, on his way to England. This is the eighth life which Mr. Macfarlane has saved from drowning, but his gallant humanity has been hitherto oticed,—United Service Gazettc. 7: 3 8 rD 5 A • Qi 0 . 5 3 5 8 pr • 0 5 , 0