The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-01 00:00:00

- . ROYAL SURREY GARDENS COMPANY* (Limited). • 4111 Persons having any claim or demand against this Company are requested to forward the amount thereof to the Offices o f the Corn pane, - Penton-place, Walworth,a - or or before Saturday, the Bth No voliaber, 1856. . By order. WILLIAM ELLIS, Secretary. _ 3 oth October, 1856. FRIEND' of the CLERGY CORPORATION, vr for allowing Pensions, not exceeding 407 . p er annum, to the i d'vva and Orphan unmarried Daughters of Clergymen of the r. vt s , t , a , ni .reland s'hed Church, and for affording tcm -, orary assistance to neces lergyrien and their families, throug hout En g land, Wales, and alle o next ELECTION of PEN TONERS ,111 take place at the n Tavern, Bishops rate-street, on TUESDAY, November 25th, 0 6, at 12 o'clock precisely; l'he Rev JosErn BROWN- V.A. in the chair. The Report of the rroceeoings of fhe Corp Tation during the past the balance-sheet, list of subscribers and pensioners, &c., may du : ,at the Offices, 4, St. Martin'place, Trafalgar-square, where ti °us and sinscriptions will be thankfully received. The Rev. JOSEPH BROWN, NI.A., Hon. The Hey. JOHN EDMUND COX, M.A., F.S.A.,j Sees. HENRY BrtImALL, Secretary. C-E-REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ALTEBATION OF Tlt.UNs for NOVEMBER, 855. Ti le t , ' ) . 00 a.m. Cheap Train from Paddington will be accelerated between Slonah and Banbury. Dld e . 2 P.m. Train from Paddington will be accelerated bettreen Tb and Birmingham. Th e .! l • 2 , 0 P m. Train from slough to Taplow will be discontinued. 13 5 4 ° a en. cp rrain from Heading will start at 7.25, and will ha ll earlier at intermediate stathais. .„ 11 sam. U p T ra i n f ro m Cheltenham will start a t 10 . 55, a n d 5 minutes earlier at intermediate stations as tar as Swindon. and " 5 P.m. Up Train from Birmingham will start at 5.15 pan., oxford will be 20 minutes earlier at intermediate stations as far as Th e 134 a.m. Down Cheap Train on Sundays will be accelerated as as Swindon. • t. STAINE§, WOKINGHAIVI, and READING; op LO'CDON - and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAYS. Rati o TAP FAST TRAIN from RFADING to Waterloo -bridge ex e ,4 l , , ONDON',"Nvill leave 'Re° (Una' at 8.15 a.m daily (Sundays Ileti c `;! u), commencing on Saturday, Ist November next, till further FARES—READING TO LONDON. First CUBS. Seco , d Class. _ Single .Tottrney • csets will also be issued at those f.res FRIm LONDON to 4 DING, by Train leaving Wate r loo -bridge -tation at 7.45 p.m. daily unday9 excepted). First Class. Second Class. Double journey ...... ** •• • • 6s. 4s. 6d, `, 1.°111 Reading, available to return from Waterloo-bridge Station t t , 4 . 4 0 or 7.45 m. the same day, or if issued on Saturday , available ret urn by any p. Train up to Monday in lusive. Lond on Journey Ticke's at those fares vrill also be issued from n'- ,, wn to Reading on Saturdays by the 4.40 or 7.45 p.m. Trains from W aterloo-bridge Station, available to return from Reading by ".2:_ Tr ain un to Monday inclusive T hose Ticly•t s will he available at Reading and London, but at no other station, and only by the Trains above-mentioned. W aterloo-bridge Station, Et outer. 28t1TOctober, 185'3. •-• ETR op LITAN COUNTIES and "EN "I' TAFF, A. UR4NCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterlco-place, London. Cargill', 100,0001. [tn. n• S PenePr IL NValpole M.P.Richard Spooner, Esq., 31 P. henry Peter Fuller, E' E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Asaurancn busine q s . s transacted in all its branches. N•IL The bonus declared at the last division 01 profits averaged , 3 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FE FM CSON CA MIIOUX, Manager. SUN •LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATF. IN P OUR-FIFT'IS, or RO per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, a ccording to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other oltl-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the accut..nlated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stampspaid by the Office. P rospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, "don, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. T o LOVERS of FlSH.—Fifth Season.— Genuine YARMOUTH BLOATERA These highly- Z.,slyted delicacies forwarded to all parts. on receipt of the amount "Our, in penny postage stamps, or Post-office order 100 prime ..... ... • • .. • • 65. Od. 100 especially selected.... Ss. 4d. Package Included. 50 ditto 4s. 6d. ci re B . e nd full and plain directions, coun ty, an d neares t station. Ad THOMAS LETTES, Jun., Fish Curer, Great Yarmouth. SALE OF PROVISION'S, Sic., kT DEP I FORD. ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET -PLACE, 29th October, 1356. Pri Commissioners for Exec u ti ng th e Office of Ireland, .„, _ Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom ot Great Britain do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURADAY, the 13th end next, at 11 o'clo c k i n th e f orenoon, the Capt a in Superin 44ent will put up t o S a l e, i n her Majesty ' s Victualling Yard at Dept ,. r s everal Lots of Army, N av y, Vi c t ua lli ng, M e di ca l , and Trans r!!!ort gtores, consisting of Salt Meat, Biscuit, Compre sse d V ege ' a bl es, ;!reserv e d Potatoes, Soup and Bondi!, Coffee, Pepper, Rice, Casks, aarvcies, Tanks, Clothing, Bedding, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent 40t notes of admission for that purpose. Cat alogues and Conditions of Sale m a y h e h a d h ere and at the 4 am. REy HAIR RESTORED to its ORIGINAL A A c ; „ COLOUR with ease, safety, certainty, by the PATENT r`"ArANC COMBS and BRUSHEand wnich are als • an unfailing : t `nledy for nervous headache and all neuralgic affections. Illus ated pamphlets, " Why Hair becomes Grey, and its Re , edy," gratis, r by post for four stamps. Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic affect' , us : r e perfectly eradicated by the Patent Galvanic Flesh Brushes, the bloat safe, Simple, and efficient galvanic instruments extant : patro '4Bed by the faculty. 0111ces :—F. M. HERRING, 32, Basinghall street. Agents :—Child, South Gallery, Crystal Palace ; Savory and Moore ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond-street ; Godfrey and Cooke, Conduit- L t reet ; Hendrie, 12, Tiehborne-street ; Tvrinberrow, 2, Edwards iireet, Portman-square ; Saunders, 315 )3, Winter, 205, and Kennedy , 166, Oxford-street ; Ross, 119, Bishopsgate-street ; Rimmell, Ger rard -street Soho; Worn, 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, 1, Molec- ItO rth-street, Dublin. Sold by all chemists and perfumers of repute. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- RR,street.has introduced an entirely new d escr i p ti on o f ARTI TOTAL TEETII,IIxed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so I,erfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to he distinguished from , i he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or ZaY, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. Method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful °Aeration, and will support and preserve teeth that are tee loose, and is gliaranteed to restore articulation an mastication. Decayed th Zlidered sound and useful in mastication..-52, ation.—.s2, Fleet-str y eet. At tine from ten till live. pRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Th Price Is. 13,A. and 2s. 9d. Der box Nrif excellent Family Pill is a medicine o f long-tried efficacy for the foundon of good Lealt s h in ag nd the, orrecti n blood, g so all very disorders essenaloffo the om stach a and bowels. ti r three doses will convince the afflicted o , its salutary effects. lth action of !'tornach will speedily regain its strength ; li ver,.bowels, and kidneys will rapidly take a pla h c e e a ; and ' renewed thYttl will be the quick result of taking this medicine, accorthno to directions accompanying each box. F EMALES these Pills arc truly excellent, removing all oh- Neu De n , - "s, the distressing Headache so very prevalent with the sex, fission of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, ta o "_ l 'es, and Sallowness of the :Ain, and give a healthy, juvenile to the complexion. broZ." 3 of a ull Habit, who are subject to Headache, Giddiness, bk,,,,,' o ness, and Singing in the Ears, arising from too great a flow of ou - s 7 t the head, should never be without them, as many danger : T h 3 7 l3 l l toms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. ,7 . are an excellent aperient, create appetite, relieve languor, ,rninTylgorate the spirits, and it taken after indulgence at table they S 11restore the system to its natural state of repose of by Prout and Harsant, 229, Strand, Lonoon, and all vendors Nedieine. THE NATIONAL GUARANTEED MANUOPAN (Limited heorporated un RE der 19 and C 20 M Viet., c. Y 47, Limiting the Lia bility of Shareholders. ' 441 , £100,009 in 50,000 Shares of £2 each. Deposit, Ten Shillings per Share. T he object *is to su ores pply the agricultural community te with eonsistins• of organic substances, which will be Uaaranteed" by co this company tocontain a certain per rit age of nit rogen, ammonia, solu b le phosphates, silicates, 44 (1 other fertilisers, so essential to the growth of the crops. Jo TRUSTEES. on el Willi m Petrie Waugh, Branksea Castle, Dorset. John Evans, E sq. (Evans, Lescher, and Evans, Bartholomew, el ° s o, Lond on, an d Evans, Sons, and Co,, Hanover-street, .., oLivbererpool). t John Lattey, Esq., Erin-house, St. John's-wood, and Gregg, County of Galway, Ireland. Th e is DIRECTORS. !sou. RoWland Winn, 20, Wilton-street, Belgrave-square. Bush, Esq , Royal Circus, Bath, Mayor of Bath. Thomas Eurbid,ge, Esq. (Eurgoyne and 13urbidge), 31, Throg , Morton -street. ,t'eter Carstairs, Esq., 4, Upner Mo ntague -street Russel-sq. Enwin Clarke, Esq., 23, Hornton Street, Kensington. W. Fleming, Esq., Stoneham Park, Southampton. Samuel Bamford Hamer, Esq., Dale Side, Helmsley, York- John Brown, Esq., Cross-lane, Tower street. David M'Birney, Esq. (NPBirney, Collis, and Co., merchants, Ashton Quay, Dublin. William Slarke, Esq., Crieklewoocl, Middlesex. Lieut.-Colonel Thorpe, Manor House, Leyden, Colchester. AUDITORS. R. Hodson Esq., 15, Adam street, Adelphi. C. H. Cooke, Esq., 14, Whitehall-place. Sir EANKEits. John Lubbock, Bart., and Co., Mansion House-street, City. London and Eastern Banking Corporation, Cannon-st., City. SOLI CITORS. b lesses. Humphreys and Knight, Spit a l- square, Dishopsgate street. Worthington Evans, Esq., 72, Coleman-street, Cit BROKERS — Messrs. Cr os l ey (Brothers), 30, coi.,y' RESIDENT CREMIST, W. 11. Read, Esq., late Pupil and Assistant to Professor W a y. SECRETARY—George Gorham Lamb, , Esq pro te TEMPORARY OFFICES-77, King is City. rn. t his Company is incorporated und er th e 19th and 20th Vi e P S: 47 , which limits the liability of th e shai eholders to the " t heunt o f th e i r su b scr i p ti ons. T he objects of the Company aro stated above. b C alculatio ns h ive b een made on carefull y prepared data, , B ed on th e t ransac ti ons o f t wo com p an i es , w h ich show that ( ltt the manufacture and sale of 2 . ' a r Profit of 43,00.1wiil be realised. 0,010 tons o f manure a This company has purchased tho works of two manure corn in full operation, ono in the North or. England, the other 44 London whose respective businesses have . been carried on s tldee ssfully for some ears st. The testimonials of numerous ;niculturi twho 1 used these manures with the most be ss "'Qat effects are lying at the company's offices for in. s peeti on. mergeEaA portion of th e s h ares are a l rea d y subscribed for, and folciplication for th e rema i nder must be made in the annexed Der a e companied by a re m itt ance or a banker ' s rece ipt f or lOs. , 1 aiare deposi , on the n um b er applied for, w ith ou t w hi c h all al)plications will be received. Should a lees number be ;, t,l than applied for, the amount paid in es.cess will be p',l.lrned forthwith, with the Allotment Letter. Five_ N.;!:',o7rit. interest will be allowed. on all calls paid in ad ,ll,7p.lleations in the annexed forms for the remaining shares / . 0 "" t , 1 ,, be addressed to the Secretary, or Messss, Cosies , 1,„%r". 'Brokers, 30, Cornhill. 'aLlen, October, ISSO. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the National Guaranteed Manure Company (Limited.) ~ entleraen,— Having paid into the hands f 'to bankers, the sum of X , the receipt for which I et f le k i°Be You, I request you to allot me shares, ( t ' ,6: eaoh, in the Company, and I hereby agree to accept Pay - '''llle, or any less number you may allot to me, and to the future calls thereon. I aril, Gentlemen, Name in full ................................. Residence .................... . 04 Profession or calling At......tea Ai. ' Reference ,„ ......... ........................ ~ ...... . ..... dap of a 180 . C: 0 . 20 (i 84,) PUBLICATIONS. This day, price 3d. (er post free, 4d.), No. IL of - - A . MANUAL of BRITISH BUTTERFLIES and By 11. T. STAINTON, . . Author of "June : a Book for the Country in Summer Time." London: John Tan Voorst, 1, Paternoster-row; and to be had of all Booksellers and news agents. Third Thouiand of No. VIII. now ready. STRICTURE •F THE URETHRA. The Second Editlou, just published, price 55., THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETER k, in all its Varieties and Complications, with Observations on the Use and A hose of Instruments in the reatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice. liy F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S, E. London: 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. A LW ILL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above elegan toorns are now open every evening for the winter season, with I.atircnt's celebrated Orch es t ra. P r i nc i pal Cornet-a-piston, M. ioulconrt. The Proprietor begs to inform the ptiblic that th's ashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion une DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL . MUSEUM, 4, Coveirtry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen 1 3) from 10 till 10, containing upw-trds of one thousand models r:(1 preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in alth and disease, the race of men, &e. Lectures delivered at 12, . and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and ighly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery iy Dr. Kaux, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. QALLE YOUSDEN 5 315, Oxford-street (t en doors from Regent-circus).—On WEDNESDAY, Nov. 5, and following evenings. —VALENTINE VOINDEN, the great Poly national Mimic, has the honour of announcing to the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy, that be will appear on the above and following evenings in his Original Entertainment, THE - UNITY OF NATIONS, given for 300 nights at the Rotunda, Dublin.. flee opiniliis of the press, list of patrons, published son4s, programmes, &c. Reserved seats, 3s . second seats, 2s. ; back do., Is. Reserved seats and family tickets may be had at the rooms. Doors open at half-past 7; enter tainment to commence at S. O.4NTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. N-1 —OPEN h VERY EVKNING.—The following company of Vocalists are ngaged for the performance of Selections from all the Popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Glees, Duets, &c., viz. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. 'aulfield, Miss Itrunell, and Miss Summers ; , fr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover. T. Raino, T. Farrant, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, and P. Corrie ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and Corri ; Mr. Sam Cowell and E. Mackney. Pia. noforte, Harroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; direc tor, Mr. T. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no ecommendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits , f this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal pplication : Week ending 7th Sept. Ditto 14th Sept. ••..•• • • • • 1,895 Ditto 21st Sept..... • • • • 1,784 Ditto 28th Sept..— • • 1,780 29th and 30th Sept 787 Total in Sept. ...... •. 8,087 of which 3,846 were uew cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. _ _ . The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every • Thursday, at ► o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hosphal is net endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, winch are received by the Treasurer, fan Niasterman, Esq., 31 P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payr ^. 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., Ber riers-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. 21 2° MILNER'S HOLDFAST and FIRE RESISTING SAFES (non-conducting and vapourislng), with all the Improvements, under their Quadruple Patents of 'BlO-51-54 and 1455, including their Gunpowder Proof Solid Lock and Door (without which no Safe is secure). THE STRONGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST SAFEGUARD EXTANT. MILNERS' PMENIX (212 ,, ) SAFE WORKS, LIVERPOOL, the most complete and extensive in the world. Show-rooms, 6 and 8, Lord-street, Liverpool LONDON DEPOT, 47A, MOORGATE STREET, City. Circulars tree by post. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF D. 'atent Office S ea l o f Great BritMEain. IClNEDiplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESE MAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, levoid of taste or sm e ll , and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. -old in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, s PERMATORRIREA, and all the distressing ' onsequences arising from early abuse. indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual trength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood ; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR RIAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., ~f tectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated orms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubcbs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the t ail' of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR No. 111., is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel' it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-failing remedy for that clans of disorders which unfortunately lie English Physician treats with Mercury, tothe inevitable dvstruc ion of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world, cannot restore. Price 11 s., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves I Is., and in 5/. oases, whereby there is a saving of 11. I 2s. To be had wholesale and retail in London, of Derby and Gordon, 140, Leadenhall-street; Front, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Sanger, 150, Oxford-strect. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical work, price Is., post free, beautifully illustrated with 100 engravings, and containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, and syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and examinrtion of the spermatoaa, by the author's newly-constructed microicope, with powerful lenses.—Piper and Co., 23, Paternoster row ; and from all agents for the sale of "Triesemar." SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON THE GREEN WICH RAILWAY. An accident resulting in serious injury to several per sons occurred on Tuesday evening on the Greenwich branch of the North Kent Railway, arising from some defect in the self•acting points, just Waldo the Green wich station. The 8.35 p.m. train from Lor ..don on Thursday night ran as usual into the Green-Wich down platform, and started on the return jer.rney for London at 9.5 p.m. In the ordinary course, this train should have crossed on to the up line by t i ne self-acting points, but owing to some temporary (iefect iu those points the train, instead of crossing on 'co the up line, continued its course up the down and on arriving within 150 yards of the Deptford station, Caine into violent collision with the 8 50 p•'.n. down train from London, then running from Deptford into Greenwich. Happily neither of the trams were at full speed or the consequences must have been awful. The force of the concussion was so great that several carriages were shattered, and almost all the passengers severely shaken or other- Rise hurt. The drivers and stokers of both Engines are more or less severely injured, and several passengers have received fractures and contusions of a serious cha ractix. The driver of the up train, William Watson, was not seriously injured, having escaped with severs c3r.itnsions cn the right arm, anti some flesh wounds about the face. His stoker, a man named Castles, was so terrified at the moment of the collision that he jumped cloar over the parapet, a depth of 25 feet, into the street below, sustaining bad injuries on the pelvis, and being otherwise so much hurt as to necessitate his immediate removal to the hospital. James Ward, driver of the down train, was terribly maimed, having sustained a compound fracture of the lower jaw and a severe scalp wound, in addition to which his nose is split. John Barker, his stoker, is suffering from concussion of the brain and contusions on the head. Both these men are also in St. Thomas's Hospital. It has been stated that almost all the passengers in both trains suffered from the shock. requ est i ng t h at every preparat . n m Intelligence was despatched to St. i,, T h h t o b m e as m ' s a ri de os to pit r a e l the the sufferers medi c al offi , was i n wa i t i ng t o a tt en d u pon them. A. nin ceive a number of patients, and w arrived, Mr. Sn ow , sen i or sur geon, with her of persons who were only slightly shaken and bruised cers u 'e i n th received such restorative attention as their ;cases ide roanded and departed ; while those suffering from mdre serious casualties were conveyed at once to the accident ward, where the followinc, in addition to the railway Mr. George Duy crapiovs above noted, stieremain : compound fracture of the left le Mr. Robert Somme • g, Cottage-row, ckinck-, solicitor, of New York, rs, lighterman, of . Bermondsey, severe wound on skull over the right orbit, and compound fracture of the nasal and frontal bones. Henry Snell, of 15, Br itannia -street, Gray's-inn-road, contusion of th e b ack of neck. Thomas Butt on , d ock labourer, of 22, Bishomate, contusion of chest. Mr. Dayckinck is an American citizen, and was en th e point of sailing from England by the Persia. He is progressing favourably, a n d, being a young man, will, is hoped, soon be able to undergo removal. New-street, Mr. Summer's case is more doubtful, his age approach ing 60. Neither of the other cases in the hospital are supposed to be serious, excepting perhaps those, of Ward, the engine driver, and Castles, the stoker. In addition to those removed to the hospital, casualties occurred to Mrs. Edwards Roberts, of Blackheath i Mrs. Elizabeth Price, of Bridg e - street, Greenwich ; and Mr. Willi a m Lloyd, of Greenwich, Ail th ese wer e removed to their own honaß. ►~~ Ott , - • z rri p • t , _ . 41111111 ett4t, •• - • ens t -1 / 4 4 3 1%) A \ tl ,-- At.t,tieve • ."4 ar - • • • • ,• - 6 „ • /4' 0111110.- - 2' ' .#; - S - • 041 , 1 -0) .--• : e k, - 2‘," . DR011. , ..' • rip ... 4) —7 n 44/2„ : 6 - 7 -0- I / 2 Ar with such a monster ? It wants government, yet how shall it be governed ? A great city is a great evil ; and, do what we will, we must expect the bad to predominate—bad morals, bad manners, a bad condition, bad air, bad water, bad manage- n - ent, bad everything. Nevertheless, even what is incurably bad must be governed, and the worse it is the more it wants government. E d h ven ad th it e . - 1. - I - , Titans we speak of called for discipline, and Yet the difficulty is the same whether these 2 ,500,000 people govern themselves or are brought directly under the Imperial Government. Hitherto everything has been left to the smallest of chances. Wherever there was an old rag of jurisdiction, a half ob so l e t e court, a corpora ti on , a ward, a Lo. rough, a parish, a district, a liberty, a trust, a commission, an institution, a board, or anything that possessed or could claim ten yards of high. way or as many miles of watercourse, it was per mitted. to stand its ground and fight its way with its thousand or more rivals. It was wholly im possible that anything great could he done in this chaos of petty institutions, which, like the wars of the Heptarchy, might be compared to the battles of kites and crows. S uccess i ve Governments ap. pear to have enjoyed a confusion and a consequent disorder which did not touch their comfort, which secured them from a rival legislature at their doors, and left them at liberty for those foreign aid colonial affairs which have been the mere con genial employment of most British statesmen. At length the discovery was made that the wel- e4i4 fare of the metropolis ought not mp naltetobets hsaacrrieficaeccleotro. imaginary apprehensions, n dingly been made at a common municipal go vern . ment. These attempts have ended for the present in the Metropolitan Board of Works, which, advanced .as it may seem in comparison with its predecessors, bears about the same proportion to a municipality am the most uncouth, misshapen monster, in Cr) lake at Sydenham, does! the higher animals of the living creation. Its character is eminently experimental, and as such it has not lasted long enough, and done little enough, to be condemned for au utter failure. It is experimental in its constitution, which is elective, and all but democratical. Its composition [PRICE 4D.. STAMPED 515.. Spirit of the Public Journals. friroin, the Morning Post,) The recent Indian mail announced that, although preparations are continued on a large scale for an expedition to the Persian Gulf, it is the general im pression —not merely among the public at large, but in the best informed official circles—that the Shah will yield at once to the demonstration that is being organised, and that not a single transport will thus be required to leave the harbour of Bombay. We regret that nothing decisive has yet occurred, as far as we are aware, on the European side to con firm so pleasing an anticipation. Ferroukh Khan, the Shah's Ambassador —upon whose mission a cer tam stress has been laid in diplomatic circles, as affording the probable means of a pacific solution of the difficulty—has arrived in Constantinople ; but up to the present time, as we learn by advices from the Turkish capital, his deputation has been wholly inoperative. The British Minister, indeed, finding the Persian to be unprepared to concede on the part of his Government the first indispensable point—namely, the unconditional withdrawal of the Shah's forces from Herat—has, it is said, very properly refused to enter on any negotiation s what ever, or even to admit the astonished Envoy to an audience s It remains to be sen whether the En voy, frustrated in this first attempt to gain time by negotiation, will still persevere in carrying hi s protest to the foot of the Emperor at Paris, or whe ther, disabused at Constantinople of the hope of French interference in his favour, he will rather employ his influence in persuading the Shah to sub mit at once to the English demands. It Would be flattering, no doubt, to the pride of the French nation to be referred to as an arbiter in the quar rel between England and Persia; and, in so far as may regard the questions of politlc sl law or diplomatic etiquette involved in the present mis understanding, we can see no objection to the employment of the mediatory offices of our ally ; but the question of Herat is one which ad mits of no compromise and requires no arbitra tion. It concerns England, and England only. It is, moreover, of such importance to India that the British Government is determined to settle it, and to keep the settlement of it in its owfs hands ; and we thus earnestly trust that, amid the jealousies and intrigues which now distract Constantinople, M. Thouvenel may not be tempted to hold out to Ferroukh Khan any hopes of French support in discussing the Perso-Affghan relations, as those hopes would infallibly prove delusive, and would have no other end than to precipitate the evils of war, which they would seem destined to avert. It has been stated that M. Bouree, the French Minister to the Court of Persia, who quitted Tehe ran on Ist Sept. ' on leave of absence to Eu ro p e , has been directed to return to his post, for the express purpose of counselling the Shah to yield to our demands, and thus to save his territory from invasion ; and, if this bo true, we may still enter tain a reasonable hope of a pacific settlement. At any rate, it is upon the cordial understanding of the French and English Governments, in regard to the Persian question, that the best chance of peace depends ; for we cannot doubt that the di plomatic efforts of Russia will be exerted against us, not merely because it is to her advantage that Herat should become a Persian dependency, where she would be authorised by existing treaties to esta blish a consul and his staff, but also because it must be equally to her advantage that the British invasion of the south of Persia should be carried out, and the country should thus be weakened, if not dismembered. In the meantime the fate of Herat itself still trembles in the balance. In June last, Esau Khan, the Governor of the town, estimated the provisions which he held in store at six months' supply ; but authentic accounts, we understand, have been re cently received, which; state that all the ordinary provisions were exhausted by the beginning of Sep tember, and that from that date the garrison had been compelled to subsist upon horse-flesh, of which, moreover, there was but a very limited supply procurable. The Persian general, it thus seems, imitating the example of Mouravieff at Kars, had converted the siege into a blockade, and was quietly awaiting the day when decimated by famine, and desparing of relief, the helpless Affghan garrison would, at any rate, be driven to capitulate,' if not forced to sur render at discretion. is as mixed as that of higher bodies, and its dis cussions, among' occasional indications of jobbery, show some sense and information, together with some violations of good temper and good manners. It is experimental in the limited range of its sub jects, almost strictly confined to the paving, light 'watering, and arte r i a l d ra i nage and sewerage, and the health of the metropolis. On this point the best that can be said of it is that it has dis cussed most, if not all, of the current plans of ar. terial sewerage ; but, if it has come to no conclu sion yet, it must be said there never was a more difficult engineering problem. It is experimental in its powers ; it can only raise a certain amount of money ; it is liable to have its measures voted by the Government Board of Works, which appa rently examines them at its leisure, and in one in stance certainly has taken a month to pronounce a veto tkat only needed a day. Though the metro polis is especially excepted from the jurisdiction of the General Board of Health, yet it cannot but feel the influence of that body. The Board of Health, indeed, has not much of what is usually called power, and enjoys but a shady sort of exist ence. It makes suggestions, pursues inquiries, sanctions, affiliates, and communicates with local boards, and concocts Parliamentary bills, which are generally shelved from one session to another. Be tween these three Boards there is naturally some confusion in the public mind. They are, however, easily distinguishable. The Board of Health thinks; the Metropolitan Board of Works talks; the Govern ment Board of Works does. This is no necessary disparagement of the two former, since there is a time for all thins, and thoughts and words may sometimes be better even than deeds. The Go vernment Board of Works may be said to be of the masculine gender, the Board of Health feminine, the Metropolitan Board of Works neuter. As a cor respondent observed the other day, the first is under the energetic monarchy of Sir Benjamin Hall, and the last a republic under the mild presi dency of Mr. Thwaites, while the Board of Health seems to possess as yet a highly Platonic constitu tion. 14416:.4 . 1011111111§ It is tl.e experimental body, the Metropolitan Board of Works, that just now ono feels the most interest about. It cannot rest as it is, for thus far it has been little more than a debating society. The question is, can it ever bo anything else ? What will it develope into ? Will it dwindle and expire into the similitude of the Board of Health ? Will it talk till its talk is no more reported ? Will it advise, project, and prepare bills that never pass? Or will it be fairly conquered, subjugated, and finally absorbed by the Government Board of Works, that now holds the rod over it ? Or, without any change in its relations to other boards, will it nevertheless acquire the habits of business and the new powers requisite for larger . operations and for a more regular plan of proceeding ? We are disposed to view its present embarrassments with the utmost indulgence. An assemblage of ordinary tradesmen set to convey the drainage of this huge metropolis out to salt water are not to be judged harshly if they talk before they act; and when ono roads of high, low, and middle levels, tunnels under the Thames, non tubular drains a dozen miles long, sewerage lifts of many hundred horse power, storm vents, and all sorts of ope rations above, below, and between, one is only too glad not to be a member of this over tasked company. But it is quite evident that they must settle into something more like a governing body if they would escape rude interference. What would the House of Commons be without her Majesty's Ministers, and its own, copious code of standing orders ? When the Re formed Parliament met five and twenty years ago. its enemies predicted the wildest disorder, simply from the want of congruity and continuity in its materials, as compared with the old House. There was some confusion. Yet the conduct of the new House soon elicited the admiration even of preju diced critics. The new members were, many of them, at least men of business ; they bowed to the standing orders ; and as for measures, there was a matured policy and a prolific budget of bills in the archives of the Whig Opposition. So they got over their first awkwardness and went to work, doing, however, by no means too much. The Me tropolitan Board of Works, as it appears to us, has its destiny in its own hands. If it proves itself equal to business and worthy of confidence, it will most probably be intrusted with more work and larger powers. Parliament is not quite the dog in the manger that it seems to be. It is not from choice that it monopolises so much business and then leaves it undone. It would gladly commit what it could to other bodies if it could trust them, and cinch a body the Metropolitan Board of Work% may finally become. Certain portions of the press both of England and India, convinced of the urgent necessity of saving Herat from capture, and doubtful of the , efficacy of demonstration, or even of invasion in the south of Persia, have complained of the lukewarm ness of the Indian authorities in not sending forth Dost Mahomed Khan at once to the rescue ; but such writers can know but little of the real state of Affghan politics. So far from being able to ad vance on Herat, Dost Mahomed Khan has in reality great difficulty in maintaining his position at Candahar. He has to contend in the first place with the great mass of the Parsee population, who are to a man favourable to Persia, and who around Candahar are equal to the Affghans in numbers, while they surpass them in wealth, industry, and intelligence. In the second place, he is fiercely opposed by the partisans of Kohendil Khan's family , which he has supplanted—these partisans compris ing the whole strength of the Candahar Baruckzyes and most of the influential men throughout the province. And, in the third place, his British alli ance has rendered him unpopular among the Doora nees in general, and aid which he might receive from India, either in arms, money, or possibly in officers, would be viewed by these powerful nobles with the utmost distrust. The Dooranees, no doubt as a body, are intensely hostile to Persia, but they could hardly be induced to march four hundred miles, from Candahar to Herat, to attack the force of the Shah—not, it must be borne in mind, for any additional object, inasmuch as Herat having never come under the dominion of any member of the family of Paindeh Khan, has no community of feeling with Candahar and Cabul —but merely at the bidding of a Power whom they detest even more than they detest the Persians, and in furtherance of a policy which they would neither appreciate nor even understand. The assistance which we are about to furnish to Dost Mahomed Khan, according to the Indian papers, may be- of use in enabling him to consolidate his power at ' Candahar ; but if we expect that he is to save Herat, or to retake it from the Persians; or even to protect its independence after we have oompelle d the Shah to withdrew his forces, we are leaning on a broken reed. THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. It is highly probable that Herat has fallen ere this; it is almost certain that it must fall before the anniversary of the fall of Kars ; but it is equally certain, unless the peace of Europe should be dis turbed, that the measures which we aro now taking in the Persian Gulf will compel the Shah's forces again to evacuate the place (after committing pro bably the most frightful cruelties on the Affghan garrison). The means to be adopted for insuring the future independence of the principality is a far more obscure, though not a less important, matter for consideration. It is a matter which will have to be regulated rather through Teheran than through Candahar and Cabul, owing to the implacable jealousy of the Affghan9, and which will tax to the utmost the diplomatic ability of our Representative at the Court of the Shah. , O 25. Intelligence continues t o pour iu MAL fr TA s omsuer ounding and more distant countries which felt the earthquake on the night of the 11th and morning of the 12th instant. It seems to have been more sensibly felt in the interior than in the seaport towns of the neighbouring islands of Sicily. In Naples the shocks were severe and of _long duration, and so likewise in Calabria ; but it appears to have boen generated in Asia Minor or Syria, as, in deed, has been generally the case when phenomena of this nature having any degree of intensity have been felt in Malta ; with which countries, rather than si itk the nearer land of Sicily, Malta in this respect corres ponds. At Rhodes the shock was felt at 2.40 Lin. on the 12th, and was so violent that 50 houses and the celebrated tower are reported to have been razed to the ground in the town, and many others seriously while the village of Trianda is in ruins, with a deplor able loss of life. Alexandria also felt it, and in Cairo there have been casualties from falling houses and mosque minarets. The duration of the shock throughout Egypt rees is reported to have averaged 75 seconds, the time A ag driap with Malta. The Austrian Lloyd's steamerdes felt it though distant fully 50 miles from injared, on some new submar,ine formation. Alexandria from Liverpool English steamer, bound to . so severely that all on board thoughtTltshhheee slit.adAstitdrrueekw mentioned port, got so strained by the and Malta, at a distance of 300_ and bale goods sprung a leak, lost one of her ra M from out of the hold. were pitched into the engineroo of extreme heat, earth quake, thunder-storms, Malta b n the ofEing, to which a s rains, and waterspouts i brief space of a week, been sub jected, h e e st e w a a r earth to recently, and within the brief its annals, and cannot but be are unexampled extensive volcanic and volcanico• lightning, squalls of wind, heavy attributed to most . t generating the eastward, the island. on in i currents r t r h e e n b ts " t ' o e i s the of writer in the Malta illediterraneo thus article on the weather, after speaking of concludes his galvanic action going e ? successive thunderstorms arid of earthquake and the heavy rains : "Theatmosphere, in a word, paid back to Malta with without f . ' ndin or interest a g capitalisation the heavy An eccentric loan it had received, also Varough Malta, of electric flaid from the volcano, just as Malta h a d restored i ts own debt on the same account. The sum restored will be invested in the new formations consequent on the suppression of the volcani c ac ti on. The residue remain ing to Malta will be invested in the winter vegetation and next year's crops." (From the Times.) Ancient mythology is full of the ignoble terrors with which the race of Titans inspired the Olym pian deities. These deities themselves were but an upstart race, who had usurped the thrones of elder and more genuine godheads, so it was not without the lessons of experience, as well as some prickings of conscience, that they saw demigods, the offspring of their own frailties, rising from earth to heaven. Liese monstrous beings grew some of them a cubic a-day, and exhibited a cor responding precocity of genius and ambition. As sailing the higher powers by violence and by fraud, they inflicted injuries on the dignity of Olympus from which it) cannot be said even yet to have re covered. So their Majesties determined to abate the nuisance before it should get the mastery over them. Accordingly, besides the exhibition of a systematic jealousy, some of these formidable beings they destroyed with lightning, others they chained to snowy crags, or buried under burning volcanoes ; sonie they sent below at once, others they condemned to a succession of labours requir ing more than human strength and ingenuity. The history is by no means to their credit, but it is instructive, for the circumstances have been con tinually repeated, and the same parts acted over again in every age. There is at this moment before our eyes an example which might compare with the story of any earth-born Titan of old. We live in a metropolis which for the rapidity of its growth, for its huge dimensions, for its energy and its en terprise, certainly has no match among the crea tures of time. Its increase baffles calculation. The map bought last year is now obsolete, and one that still l o oks new is an antiquarian curiosity. The inhabitants already outnumber several king doms, yet they are still mole remarkable for their wealth and enterprise.s Our. What ito be done annual increase ls the - Population of a. gro.t city. BRYN MALLY COLLIERY.—WRRICHA3I, Oct. 30.—The inquest on the victims of the inundation was formally opened on Tuesday last, but, the inquiry into the cause of the accident will not be proceeded with until nest week, in order to enable the Government Inspector to examine the mine before it takes place. All the bodies have by this time b een recovere d an d b u ri t d, after havi ng been viewed by the jury. LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1856. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SCINDE,, The following report has been issued by the directors of the Scinde Railway Company, in anticipation of the meeting appointed to be held on the 4th November : " The first half-yearly genoral meeting has been convened in conformity with the act of incorporation of the company. "The directors laave the satisfaction to report that since their last meeting with the proprietors such an addition has been made to the staff of the resident engineer as to enable him to complete the survey of the country through which the line is to pass, and that they have recently re ceived, through their agent in India, the resident engineer's report, accompanied by plans and sections in reference to various surveys prosecuted at the requisition of the Bom bay Government. The directors await the decision of the authorities as to the selection of the exact route the line should take from Kurrachee to Hydrabad, to enable them to proceed with the construction of the railway. " In their first report the directors announced that they had contracted for 30 miles of permanent way material, the shipment of whiCh is nearly completed. Contracts have also been entered into upon favourable terms for the material for a further 30 miles of railway. . " The importance of having improved moans of commu nication along the valley of the Indus is every day becom ing more apparent. Sir Justin Sheil, late British ambas sador in Persia, has recently advocated the great political advantages to be derived from `a railway running the whole length of the left bank of the Indus.' " ?or commercial and social as well as state purposes the improvement of the transit along this ancient line of communication has become a necessity. " Holding as we do the Indus from Cashmere to the sea, we have a power which, if `well understood and wisely improved, puts nl , in possession of the key t o th e w h o l e Central commerce of Ceal Asia, which cannot be pursued with out adding to the prosperity and prodU c ti veness o f our new territories* (Scinde and the Punjaub. "The resources of modern science judiciously applied to this line of communication worth' be of inestimable benefit to our own provinces, and the enterprising European mer chants now resident at Kirrachee would soon afford a medium for extensive shipments from the Punjaub and provinces to the north-west of Delhi, and the distribution of our manufactures to the remotest valleys of Affghanistan as far as Herat, and in Balkh, Khiva. and Bokhara. " The local authorities, especially Mr. Bartle Frere, the commissioner in Scinde, and Sir John Lawrence, the chief commissioner of the Punjaub, concur in the necessity of affording to the provinces drained by the Indus and its tri butaries a free access to their port of shipment. The latter of these distinguished gentlemen, in a recent despatch to the Government of India, makes the following forcible re aaarta " • Indeed these two essentials, viz., the railroad an d th e steamers, may be said with truth to be the crying wants of the Punjaub iu the department of public works. These pro vided, the commerce and produce of these territories will be turned to their due course, viz., the Indus and its fenders, and to their natural outlet, viz., the port of Kurrachee. " For the railroad the face of the Doab offers au unusual equality of surface, while it possesses few or none of the requisite resources for metalling a road. For the rivers, it were preferable, instead of improving the navigable stream, to concentrate all efforts on the provision of powerful steamers of the smallest possible draught. The chief com missioner, while deprecating any general extension of the public works department of the Punjaub for the present, would yet beg most earnestly to press these cardinal objects on the attention of the Government. He believes that, if carried out, they would effect more for the development of the resources of those territories than any other work, or number of works, that could be devised.' " A railway from Mooltan to Lahore and Umritser would not only afford an outlet to the impeded traffic of the Pun jaub and neighbouring territories, but would of necessity greatly enhance the importance and value of the line from Kurrachee to Hydrabad. Scinde and the Puirje„ n b (i n . eluding the state under control) cover an aree of 130,000 square miles, with a population of nearly 2 ,M0,000. The flower of the European and native ale," provinces, and numbers 70,000 me r, more occupies these than 15,000 of whom are Europeans. "This board having 1- ,-- recei7ed official information that the views long entertained y them, as to the best mode of in troducing improved Indus had been - inean9 of transit along the lino of the approved by the local authorities, they addressed to I : ne C ourt o f Di rec t ors o f t h e H on. E as t C°lln'clic following letter : 11Y Scinde Railway Company, Gresham House, Old Broad.street, March 11, 1856. t ` directors having received a communication under date the 26th Jan., from their agent in India, sub mitting for the sanction of this board, in compliance with the suggestion of the Government of Bombay, a proposal that surveys should be made by the Scinde Railway Com pany (enclosure 2), with a view to the extension of tholino of railway towards Lahore, and enclosing correspondence with the Government authoritie s relating thereto, as noted in the margin, copies and extracts of the same being an nexed for the information of the honourable court, " 2. I am requested on behalf of this company to state their readiness to undertake the necessary surveys of the lino from Mooltan to Lahore and Ururitsor, under the direction of the Government consulting engineer, should it be the pleasure of the Court to have them proceed ed with, and that all the expenses occasioned by the surveys should be placed to a separate account, and be ap propriated hereafter according to the arrangement that may be ultimately entered into. "' 3. Should the Hon. Court concur in the views ex pressed by the commissioner in Scinde (enclosure 1), the chief commissioner of the Punjaub (enclosure 7), and the Government of Bombay (enclosure 2), as to the great im portance of the extension of improved means of transit along the Valley of the Indus, this board is of opinion that, instead of making a through communication by means of a railway between Kurrachee and Lahore, as appears to be recommended by the agent and resident engineer of the company, in their letters (enclosures 3 and 4), that the pre sent is a favourable opportunity for introducing the econo mical and easily established system of communication com bining steam transit by land with steam transit by water, so long advocated by their chairman. " 4. For instance, the lower portion of the line from Kurrachee to Hydrabad, by the railway already sanc tioned, which will avoid the dangers and delays of the Delta, from Hydrabad to Mooltan oy steamers of improved construction, resuming the re.ilway from Mooltau to La hore and Umritser. " A reference to O A letters (enclosures 6 and 7), from the commissioner . o Scindo and the chief commissioner of the Punjaub, show that these views are approved of by the local authorities.—l have the honour to be, &c., ' (Signed) " W. P. ANDREW, Chairman.' " Sir James C. Melvill, "The directors have the satisfaction to report that the East India Company have authorised the survey of the country between Mooltan, Lahore, and Uniritser, by this company, in conformity with which a superintending engi neer of ability and experience, with a carefully-selected staff of six engineers, left England for India on 4th Sept. " The directors have much gratification in stating their cordial and entire approval of the eonduet of Mr. J. Ne ville Warren, the agent alai representative of the company in India." A HERO IN HUMBLE LIFE, (From the Glasgow Times.) be met with in every rank and condition o the victims of a phy sician who risks his existence in tending Heroism is not confined to the army aild f n l a if v e y ..Th l e t isio leads a forlorn hope. soldier who shares a charge or who the beaten paths Even in the ordinary walks of society — in deadly epidemic is as brave, and possibly more so , than the manifes tations of courage and of enduranceu entitled to the worthy of the highest honour and are reall y About 25 or 30 of trade and commerce—we meet occasinondaelrlytrwiailthwhicharel' d ' years ago, when the writer of this was boy, . young man named appellation of heroism. But to our tal a e. the eastern part of the city of Glasgow a for our spe cialrendered him remarkable then, and what calls erand there rye in a w s a a s c h o ti excellencestonspin 1i er jam notice e s L am a b t ert.lle present, w Peat Bog on the young man named James Lambert. Hewasa cotton.spinnerbytrade,bllt what rendered him remarkable thou, and what calls for our spe cial notice at present, was his excellence as t a r a s d wt e i , h , me b u t Spring boards, the " Dominie's Hole," or the none diver. Among the thousands who frequented In SPrin._"" who could rival Jamie Lambert. In the water he withwas as Clyde, " when summer days were fine," there was as much athome as a duck. Over the surface he glided a facility which was really astonishing, while he could fathom the deepest pool or cross the river under water from side to side with ease. Again and again we have seen him go down and remain so long underthe surface that we really held our breath in fear lest he should never emerge ; bnt far away the indomitable Lambert was sure to make his appearance. With us boys he was naturally a great fa vourite. In youth we love the daring and the heroic, and on Lambert, the peerlessswimmer, we looked with mingled awe and admiration. Nor was it only for his superiority in swimming and diving that James Lambert claimed our re spect ; many a life ho saved from the Clyde. Whenever the cry was got up that some one was drowning, there was Lambert ready to plunge in to the rescue. 111,any a sore struggle has he had with death in the channel of our native river when the grip of the dying was upon him, yet seldom did he fail in his efforts. Often and often have we seen him go down to grope in the deep brown waters for the corpses of those who had perished, and many a cold and pallid body has ho brought to the surface. One day a poor old woman, while washing onthe Green, had occasion to go to the Clyde for water, and while dipping her stoup lost her balance and was precipitated into the river. Fora short time she floated, bat at length she went down. At this moment Lambert appeared on the spot. He was shown about the place where the old woman had sunk, and, without a moment's hesita tion, plunged in clothes and all, and at once succeeded in bringing her ashore. The poor old creature was quite insen sible, but after a short time she was restored to conscious- , ness. On co m i ng again, as it were, into existence, she ex claimed. f° Where's th e man that saved my life; let me see the man that t oo k me oot. " Lambert, who was standing at hand, said, " Here I am , auld wifo, and I am glad to see h v et t !x g at r i o o u n n s d o f .' g ' ra T t h i teupdcz and call d t udroewwnaasnpyra amount n e co c m l a i m n of blessings up on h er preserver. At length she cried—" Oh, man, I'm a puir auld b o d y; I ' ve needling in the wand , amaist, but my washin' b o y ne, b ut I ' ll sell it before yell gang unrewarded." L am b ert, who was then a working .o cotton spinner, declined, of course to depriv e of her " boyne," and, slipping a small sum into her hand, told her to purchase a little comfort for her exhensted. body. We give this simply as an instance of our hero's actions. To enumerate all his doings in that way, how ever, would occupy too much of our space and of the reader's patience. Suffice it to say, th a t Spring, summer, and autumn James Lambert was over ready to lend his ser vices to those who were perishing ; and we know that on more than one occasion he even went under the ice, with a rope tied round his body, to drag out a drowning fellow creature. The great event of his life, however, occurred on the evening of the 14th of December, 1831. On that even ing, about half-past 7 o'clock, the ferry-boat which then conveyed the mill-workers of Messrs. Sonanserville and Co. from the south to the north side of the river, opposite the Humane Society-house, Glasgow-green, was overcrowded. No fewer than 20 persons, mostly women, were cramped into -tbe boat, when another person stepped on the gun wale. The consequence was that the boat was overturned, and its unfortunate occupants were plunged screaming into the cold and turbid - water. Lambert fortunately happened to be in the )44 .t the time. At once he dragged two or kreo of the women ashore. Again he plunged in and rescued another couple of the poor girls, and landed them in safety ; and still again and again ho plunged into the icy water on his inis=ion of mercy, until at length he was fairly exhausted and fell almost fainting on the bank. Only three of the i I b" s— namelY, Jean and Martha Hart (two sisters), an d Anne Whitelaw, were drowned. Twenty-five individuals were submerged on that dreary winter night, and, principally owing to the etlorts of Lambert, only three were lost. Said we not truly that he was a hero—ay, one of the noblest stamp ? and surely well is he entitled to the • respect and gratitude of his fellow-citizens. Some 25 years have .elapsed since that night, and the memory of its hero has—unless, perhaps, in some few minds—passed away. James Lambert, however, is still alive. His residence is in Main-street, Bridgeton, Glasgow. Iu the course of the intervening period helm been unfor tunately deprived of his sight, and what a misfortune that is to a poor working man any ono may conceive. He is, of course, unable to do anything for his own support, or that of his wife and children. He is, indeed, in a great mea sure dependent on th e i r efforts for a scanty livelihood. Under these circumstances, w e really think that James Lambert has a decided claim upon the generosity of his fellow-men. He is n ow waxing old, and we think it will be a disgrace to his country if such a man be permitted to go down the hill am id th e ev il s of extreme poverty and want. There is no lack of charity among us, no deficiency in Ike appreciation of genuin e heroism, and we feel persuaded that his case only requires to be known to bring forth a handsome recognition of his past services. In conclusion, 've may mention a little anecdote of Mr. Lambert, which 4 tends to show that the ancient spirit is not dead in the swimmer of other days. During one day last summer, as is his wont, h e was taking a walk round the green under the guidance of a little daughter. When he was passing the "Dominie's Hole" a cry was raised that a boy was drowning. Lambert heard the cry, and, blind as he was, he became excited, c ommence d throwing off his clothes, and, to the consternation of his little guide, was preparing to leap into the wat er w ith the intention of help log the drowning boy. " Tell me where he is," he ex claimed, " tell me where he is, and I'll do my best." The screams of the little girl attracted the attention of the passersby, and by main force they iestrained him from the rash purpose which ho contemplated. The boy was drowned ; but if it had pleased Providence to spare the sight of James Lambert it would assuredly have been other wise. Lot us give honour, then, to whom honour is duo, and extend a h e lpi ng h an d t o the poor man ie his darkness, who, if he had been blessed with sight, would have cheer fully assisted any one of us if the waters had been gather ing o'er our heads. We have recently been giving honour to those who have dared a bloody death on the field of war ; let us not forget those who have shown equal bravery on a less conspicuous but not less honourable field, THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE ON MECHANICS' INSTITUTIONS. The Duke of Newcastle attended a soiree of the Ret• ford Working Man's Institution on Monday evening, and, in the course of an address to the persons present, said he need not say with what pleasure he had hailed the formation of the Retford Working Men's Associa tion, but he might be forgiven if he reflected that only one short week ago he sat in that very room by the side of his friend Mr. Granville Vernon, for the purpose of per forming their duties to their sovereign and their country, in the trial of prisoners, and in passing sentence upon those who had departed from the paths of virtue and violated the laws of their country. It was for them to consider, therefore, what had induced the eommision of these crimes, and what might prevent their recurrence ; and he could not help thinking that societies like the one hewas now addressing were, to say the least of it, advanc ing a step in the right direction, by divertinc , the atten tion of the lab Au ing classes into healthier and purer chan nds. le therefore felt it unnecessary on the present occasion to dilate upon the advantages derivable from societies of this nature, and he was consequently at a loss for suitable topics to speak upon. Thirty years ago a general opinion prevailed, and it was believed that socie ties of a kindred nature to the present one wo u ld lower the tone of the people, would be detrimental to the gene ral interests of the counimp, and would tend to sap the minds of the labouring classes Irons the principles of re ligion, and expose them to the designs of men who would lead them from the duty which they owed to their king and their country. He did not participate in these old fashioned nations : he thought by being well carried out they would make seen more peaceful and contented. Eminent men had considered that they would contribute to the spread of deism and irreligion, but he thought they would have a contrary effect. With the labourer in his vocation mental exercise was but little developed, and instead of reading be indulged in opposite pursuits. But this and similar societies bad a different tendency ; the knowledge they would attain there would eradicate such propensities, and must ultimately raise their moral cha racter to a far higher standing. In some instances me chanics' institutions had been regarded with jealousy, and the promoters of them had been disappointed in their results. It struck him that one defect in them was that they were deficient of elementary education. When children left school at the age of 10 or 11 years a large gap in their education intervened, and when they arrived at adolescence they generally had lost the advan tages of reading and writing which they had obtained in their early life, which was a great evil, and existed to a very great extent. They must excuse him in saying that their town did not stand in the position in which it ought with regard to education. Five years ago it was resolved to erect a new national school and to improve the infant school, but hitherto nothing had been done in eitt.or case, and he was afraid, therefore, they were now beginning at the wrong end. If they did net sow the seed properly and attend properly to the raw material they might ex pect seed of an opposite description had been deposited Another cause c in a minds institutions e o o f f t t h h ewe failure juveniletheiaittthpart establishment introduce population. aroednutcoef imnteo. n h a t ni e h them too much of the arts and sciences—too great efforts were made to defend the outward shield, and but little attention paid to matters of more general utility. He (the Duke) thought that Shakspere and other works of a similar kind might be studied, but his advice was to study historical works—he did not mean the elaborate works of Hume and Smollett, but the current events of every-day life, which would be better understood and more advantageous. The institution to be properly managed must be worked by working men themselves ; it might be fostered and partially supported by the gen try of the town and neighbourhood, but the working man was his own best judge in a general way and did not like to be kept in leading strings. He did not like to be trammelled by the rigid rules of coercion, but liked to act and think for himself. He agreed, therefore, with the constitution of this association, which allowed one half of its committee to be constituted of working men, and it would be their own fault if its objects were not properly and successfully carried out. in aacieot times our ancestors boasted largely of eleemosynary gifts, and at several of the large houses in the country the way farer had presented to him a glass of good beer and a loaf of bral, but in course of time it was found out that. every one that passed that way stayed and partook. The re medy for this was sought and found in weakening the beer and lessening the loaf, so that afterwards very few stopped there. Now, by this simile he did not wish them either to weaken the beer or lessen the loaf of education, but to keep their institution what it ought to be—a good and useful institution for the working classes. Great stress had been laid on the giving of lectures, which were well enough in their way, but were liable to abuse. It was a great mistake to attempt to put in tho seed of knowledge before the mind was ploughed to re ceive it. By lectures ideas might be instilled into the mind not altogether of a desirable nature, whereas by the study of books the working man would seek out the proper objects of his choice, and must profit thereby. Of lectures, however, there were two classes—one, that of the itinerant lecturers, of 'whom he could speak with little respect, as they were going up and down the country merely to serve their own ends by what is called "cramming" their audiences with what was neither good in itself nor could be profitable to those who might hear them ; of the second class, however, he should speak with the greatest respect, and that was of those gentlemen who came forward to give lectures to these societies, at the earnest request of their respective mem bers, not as finished or as masterpieces of science, but as a partial system of elementary instruction. During the present year he had been requested to give lectures in various place', ou • t had been comp elled to refuse all such invitations on the grounds he bad previously stated ; and he must come to what he mus boot consider the inevitable conclusion that, a all,books are the most efficient instructors and the best adapted for the promotion of useful knowledge in associations like the one he was now addressing, and of all others of a kindred nature. We were now living in an age of cheap books and of good books, and it was in the power of any person, on the payment of a few pence per year, to secure to himself the advantages which such cheap and good literature afforded. In towns like Retford, how ever, the same facilities were not afforded in this respect as in such places as Manchester, where their libraries extended to several thousands of volumes.. Still he was happy to hear that the Working Men's Association at Retford had a lending library, which be hoped would soon extend itself, so that its various members might have an opportunity of nut only reading for and to theinselyee, but extend the same privilege to the various members of their family. The noble duke then referred to the saying of Napoleon Bonapat te, that much of the future eencluet of a man depended greatly upon his mother ; if this were true, and there could be no doubt of it, those lending libraries must be of the greatest utility, for in affording instruction and good advice to a mother it was imparting it to a whole family. His (3-rece then concluded by remarking that he had thought i t necessar y to dilate at some length upon the benefit.; to be derivefrom d useful works, which cou ld no t reading fail to make men good reel, good husbands, and good Christians ; it tended to civilise end Christia,uise all of those eroe;id the domestic hearth, and would not tend to sap, but ,to encourage religious knowledge, without which all our other knowledge was but as dross. Time was when men were exalting their ancestors, but the time had now arrived w hen ever y man ought to exalt infused; and ' he hoped the m embers of t he association he was addressing would prosecute the good work they bad so worthily begun, and thereby slake their thirst at the true fountain of knowledge. (Laud and continued cheering.) The sailing vessels Sultana and Culloden left Liverpool -yesterday for .Portsmouth, whence they are to take ile taclanawau of tfie German legion to Algoa-)34y. Naval and Military Inteiligence. 1 A. letter from Bombay, dated Oct. 3, gives the follow ing authentic inf, rmation relative to the preparation of the naval part of the expedition intended for Persia : "We are very busy, and our days fully occupied in fitting out an expedition for the Persian Gulf. It is a form:dable armament, and will include (followers and all), 11,000 men and 1,200 horses (exclusive of seamen and marines), 30 transports, 15 steamers of war, four of them carrying ten 68-pounders and four from 2 to 4 ditto ; two sloops of 18 32-pounders ; two schooners of 2 guns each, 25 cwt. 32-pounders ; 10 heavy gunboats, carrying two '7, , 1 inch howitzers each. It is not settled who is to command this powerful fleet, but there is no doubt that the Government here will wish Rear-Admiral Sir H. Leeke to take it ; and right well it will be for the result, we all think, if he does. A more energetic man or gallant officer never was shelved by the Horne Admiralty. What a farce is the fact that, while Sir Henry has been most actively and indefati gably engaged for some years as Commander-in-Chief of the whole Indian navy, and at work with unflagging zeal day and night, when necessary, in the discharge of his duties, he stands on the list of the Royal Navy as an admiral unfit to be actively employed in that service ! Our dockyard and harbour show an amount of efficiency and activity none at home ever surpassed." Her Majesty's ship Shannon, 51, Captain W. Peel, C. 8., was swung for the adjustment of her compasses in Portsmouth 1, arbour yesterday. The Lady Valiant, Typhoon, and Cosur de Lion, trans ports, left Portsmouth yesterday fur Deptford to dis charge stores. Her Majesty's ship Raleigh, 50, Cotn. the Hon. Hy. Keppel, C.B , is shipping her provisions and stores. The Prince of Wales, Capt. Nolan, from New Zealand, landed yesterday at Portsmouth, for the use of the Go vernment, two spars of Kauri pine of the most extraor dinary proportions ever brought to this country—viz., 100 feet in length and 34,1 inches diameter, without a knot ! They will most likely become masts for the Queen's state yacht. The sailing transport Rajahstan, Capt. Atkinson, ar rive 1 at Spithead yesterday from Constantinople, with part of the Renkioi Hospital ironwork, &c., and stores from the same establishment ; also as passengers—Major Chads, of the 64th Regiment, and Mrs. Chade ; Staff- Surgeon Carolan, Assist.-Surgeon Brunton, 19 men of the Army Works Corps, 23 men of the Land Transport Corps, 2 men of the 28th Regiment, and 1 sergeant major of the 64th Regiment. She landed the above men and officers at Portsmouth yesterday, and then proceeded to Woolwich to unload the stores. The paying off of the crew of the screw steamship St. Jean d'Acte, 101, Capt. George St. V. King, has been postponed to the Gth inst., by which time all her stores will be discharged. It is now determined to place her with the steam reserve. The Almander, 44, Capt. Bail lie, will be paid off on the same day. The screw steam gunvessel, Surprise, 4, from Ports mouth, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday, and went up Hamoaze to be paid off. The frigate Flora, 40, in Hamoaze, is ordered to be brought forward for commission. She was towed from her moorings to the Devonport Dockyard on Tuesday. The frigate Eagle, 50, having had her copper examined and repaired, was taken out of dock at Devonport on Tuesday, and is now making preparations to be put in commission. The Foudroyant, 78, was warped from her moorings in Hamoazo on Thursday to the Devonport dockyard, and was yesterday placed in the basin dock. Tho screw steamship Cornwallis, 60, was placed in Keyham basin, Plymouth, on Thursday, to have defects made good. The screw steam-corvette Satellite, 21, was warped to the sheer hulk in Hamoaze on Thursday to receive a fan. His Prussian Majesty's steam-corvette Dantzic left Plymouth on Thursday morning. The screw steamship Jura takes on board men of vari ous regiments, their wives and children, at Liverpool to day, and will sail for Cork, where others will embark, and she will proceed to Gibraltar, Malta, and Corfu. Among the cabin passengers are Col. Denny (71st) and wife, Major Trevor (14th) and wife, Capt. Gore (4i), Rev. D. Preston, assistant-chaplain, Dr. Stockwell, Staff Surgeon, Dr. Leach (71st), Dr. Termer, and Dr. Todd. On the occasion of paying off her Majesty's sloop Daring, 12, Com. G. J. Napier, at Chatham, Colour- Sergeant E. Harris, who was in charge of the Royal Marines serving on board, was presented by the crew with a handsome silver lever watch in consideration of the high character he bore while serving on board that vessel during a period of more than four years. He was also presented by the Royal Marines with a silver snuff-box, both testimonialsbearing a suitable inscriptioi. Colour-sergeant Harris has bee❑ '2►s years in the service, and is decorated with the Syria medal. He also sears a Turkish honour. General Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-Gene ral of Fortifications, during his recent tour of inspection at Chatham Garrison visited the casemate barracks, which are occupied by the convalescent lnvalido, who remain there until discharged, the object of his visit being to ascertain the desirableness of carrying out some extensive improvements which are intended to be made in order to render those barracks snore comfort able for the troops quartered in them. This has been found to be absolutely necessary for the health and comfort of the troops, and although several improve ments have been made in airing, lighting, and ventilat ing these barracks, yet there still remains much to be done before they can be pronounced comfortable quar ters for the soldier. The pensioners, having gone through the usual prelimi nary drills and exercises at Woolwich, were yesterday morning reviewed by Colonel Alexander Murray Tulloch, military superintendent. The collective numbers forming the Woolwich and Deptford division consist of 506 hale, able-bodied men—namely, Woolwich 416 and Deptford 90, all of whom, with but one exception, were in attend ance. At ten o'clock they marched to the riding-house, and were shortly afterwards joined by Colonel Tulloch, Col. Forbes, and officer, and Major Warde, field-adju tant. The men were drawn up in lines, which the colonel inspected with the minutest attention, questioning each individually, and inquiring if he had any complaint to prefer. At 12 o'clock the men, preceded by the drums and fifes of the corps, were marched back to the parade ground, the rare having partially ceased, where they formed into double rank, and were put through a series of platoon exercises. The officers of the Royal Artillery were present in considerable numbers, together with a goodly array of civilians, many of whom expressed their admiration of the precision with which the men went through the ma noeuvres. Having been supplied with 10 rounds of blank cartridge, they filed past and proceeded to the Common. Arrived on the review ground, the Colonel took his station at the Flagstaff, when the whole body marched past in slow and quick time, formed line, and retired in columns of subdivisions from both flanks, in rear of the centre ; agai❑ formed line upon the two centre subdivisions and commenced file firing from left to right, advanced in double column of subdivisions and repeated the firing. They afterwards formed into square, when they were addressed by the Colonel, who informed them that he was sorry the weather did not permit him to carry out the inspection which he had intended, and which would have given him much satisfaction. He should, however, in justice to them remark that in his circuit through the kingdom he had nowhere been g ra• tined with the thorough discipline in any corps of Pen- ' sioners equal to that of the Woolwich and Deptford divi sion. lie was informed, too, that during the course of drills only one man had been absent in default. 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