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GIaEAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —CHEAP EXCURSION. —On SUNDAY, October 20, an Excursion Train will leave PADDINGTON .at 8.45 for Reading (fares, ss. 6d., Is., and 35.), Theale and Aldermaston (65., is. 6e1., and 3s. Woolhampton, Thatch am, Newbury, Kintbury, and llu ogerford (6s. 6d., 55., and 3s. WO, l'angbourne, Goring, and I Vallingtord Road (Cs. and 3s. 6d.), C ulham, Abi4g 4 don, and OY lord (Ce. 6d and is.), return ing th c same day 07.15 p.m. fr oiri Oxford, and other stations as' per bills. ANK O F DEPOSIT. - (Estabrished A.D. 1844.) 'No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Pro gpeetuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on ap plicatton. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. IEIE INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA T The Directors are prepared to receive applications for DEBI?. 'NTURES, at par, bearing . interest at 5 per cent. per annum t, guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India in Councl 1. The Debentures ,re for five years, and may be renewed for a forth er term of five years, at the same rate of interest 'the Debentures may be converted into Indus Steam Flotilla Capital Stock at the option of the holder. TIIOMAS BURNELL, Secretary. Indus Steam Flotilla Office, Gresham House, 011 Broad-street, Sept. 25, 1851. ' CONTRACT FOR ITALIAN HEMP. Department of the Storekeope!.. General of the Navy, Somerset Place, 11,111 Oct., 1861. t I[IHE COMMISSIONERS - Tor EXECUTING the 07FICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED ICING . DO3l of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the .'29th inst., s.t Two o'Clock, they win. be ready to great with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for sv.pplyiug ITALIAN HEMP, to be d elivered at her Majesty's Dock Yards. according to a distrib ut ion, which, with a Form of the Tender, may be seen at the said Office. No 'Tender will be received . after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left -hand corner the words " Ten der for Italian Hemp ;" and must also be delivered at Somerset -place. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. TENDERS will be received at this Officii"iiifii Noon on Monday, November 4, 1861, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, from December 1,1861, to May 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty, 's Land Forces at ALDERSHOT CAM P, And within the Comrdand. Separate Tenders are required for I'lour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Condition A of Contract m a y b e ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. Ten ders on the printed Form'', must be properly filled up, and signed, and delivered at 'thi s office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside' 'Tender for Commissariat Sup plies," and no Tender will 1.10 noticed unless made on Forms obtained from this Office. (Signed) ALFRED SALWEY, Deputy Commissary General. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACT. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. QEALED TENDERS will be received at this ► Office until Noon on Thursday, November 7 next, from persono who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of PAILLASSE STRAW, AND STRA W FOR ROYAL • ENGINNER SERVICE, in such quantities as may be required from Ist December, 1861, I,x) 30th November, 1862, for the use of Her Majesty's Land Forces stationed at ALDERSHOT CAMP, and within the Command. Primted Forms of Tender, together with the Conditiona of Contr act, may be obtained on application at this Office be tweeff the hours of Ten and Four o'clock, where every infor mation which may be required on the subject will be furnished. The Tenders must be made on the Printed Forms, which should be properly filled up and signed, and delivered under sealed invelope at the above-mentioned office, marked outside •` render for Army Supplies," before noon on the 7th proximo. No Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from the Office. (Signed) ALFRED SELWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. TENDERS will be Itreceived at this Office until Noon on Monday, November 4 next, from Persons who may be willing to r;oler into Contracts to Supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, in such quantities DA may be required, from December 1,1861, *0 May 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces sta tioned at ALDERSHOT CAMP, And within the Command, Forms of Tender, and Conditions of Contract, may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be prorerly filled up and signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside "Tender for Flour for Hospital Bread," and nn Tender will Ize noticed unless made on Farms obtained from, this Office. (Signed) ALFRED SELWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. AT CE.-LEA AND PERRINS b4g, to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." - - - *** Sold "Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester ; Messrs. Cuossm and TILAcKwEr.r.., London, &c. &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS ' (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of H ERNI A. 'The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, ds here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting,* power is supplied by the lloc-Main Pad and Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be 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 gent to the manufacturer, Mr. WIIITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, 1s Bd. A.n Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, ;Foot ,office, Pier illy. triLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., 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., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228,"Piccadilly. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOITS SUFFERERS. 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London b RALPH BRIGHT, M.D., Member of the Royal College of 'Su y rgeons, England, Licenti ate of the Ro y al College of 'physicians, author of Edinburgh, &c., &e. ; "NERVOUS EXHAUSTION, " tithsemarvellous a nd ewe, with an Essay on Seminology , sho win g .. restorative powers of the newly-discovered end wonderful reAs phosphorus medy known universally as the so the exhausted in a state of nature illumines the darkness, uropertlireasme revives when impregnated with its electrical abridged editionttitiii Price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. 10d. the author (44A. post 14 stamps, from the residence of from 11 to 4, fo x-Mee c t), where he may be daily con sulted,ure of the above diseases, to which he has, for a lengthened period, devoted his exclusive attention. DR. 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The Book concludes with numcrouS varied and interesting sees, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. . REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 53d Narch, 1856. 4. The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of' those diseases 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 an d sympathising manner on the various disqualifications snd impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. 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Dr. Cnivertvell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can b 4 consulted (only as AMC.) N°. 21,621. PUBLICATIONS, Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., COUNT y SOCIETY. " Verit6 sans reur." "We can promise the reader a rich treat from the perusal of this novel, The talent maniterited is unquestionable."— Me.csenr;a. Karst and Blackctt, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CCXXXII. Was published YESTERDAY. CONTENTS. Lord Macaulay's History of England, Vol. V. Montalembert's Monks of the West. Lavergne's Agriculture of France. (rDonoglitie's Memoirs of the O'Briens. Cunningliam's Church History of Scotland. The Story of Burnt Njal. English Jurisprudence. Thiers' Revolution of the Hundred Pays. The Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Dr. Hessey's Bampton Lectures. The Disunion of America. Note on Education Minute. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. Just published, a new edition, with additions, pricess., cloth, FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY. Dy Dr. DICKSON. Contents : Chronometry of Life in Health and Disease—Unity of Disease—Medical Systems—Chrono thermal System—Homoeopathic and Hydropathic Systems -- Legitimate Medicine, so called its plagiarisms and veranta tions—Alleged Change in the Type of Disease—Blood-letting and Count Cavour —London Medical Practice its corruptions and collusions—&a., &e. London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-court ; and all Booksellers. VI. VII, VIII. Ix. Just published, price 25., tree by post, 2s. 4d., SPERMATORRIICEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. ON " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner,"—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street: A RGYLL ROOM S.—Great success of the RUSSIAN VALSE, by Laurent, played every Night at 11 o'clock.—Series of NEW DANCE MUSIC this week Conductor and principal Cornet, M. Boulcourt ; Manager, P . ' Grenet.. Admission Is. Selections : Troratore, Massaniello, Fra Dlavalo, Martha, Crown Diamonds. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—Tler Majesty the QUEEN. President—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, MG. 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 In-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. ; .Tones Loyd and Ce. ; Parclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; liasterman and Co. ; and at the Hospital. J. B. OWES, 11t.A,, Chairman of the Weekly Board. ADVOWSON.-FREBHOLDS 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 approbation of Vice-Chancellor Hindersley, in Five Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at the George Hotel, Northampton, on SATURDAY, the 26th day of Octo ber, 1861. 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 Hill. and the perpetual A dvowson and Right of Pre sentation to the V carage of Rotherstborpe, part of the Estates of the late Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet. Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be had gratis of Messrs. King and M`Millin, No. 4, Danes-inn, St. Clement's, Strand, London, solicitors ; 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, Rugby ; the White Hart Hotel, Leicester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington ; and of the Auctioneers. Pitsford, near Northampton. EDWD. WEATHERALL, Chief Clerk. 8, GROSVENOR-STREET. GROSVENOR-SQUARE.- ALL CONSULTATIONS FREE. ARTIFICIAL TEETH on a NEW and IM PROVED PRINCIPLE, at TEN SHILLINGS EACH. TOOTH (Including all charges.) . Mr. ESKELL'S PATE TED INVENTION (protected by, her Majesty's Royal Seal, July, 1860), for adapting• Arti ficial Teeth, from one to a complete set, by Self-Adhesion, are fixed without springs or fastening, without pain or ex traction, restore perfect articulation and mastication, ren dering detection impossible, and last a lifetime. "Unrivalled for its utilityand economy."--)forning Post. "An admirable contrivance for remedying the defects of nature, without requiring new sets of teeth."—Sun. Decayed Teeth Stopped, Loose Teeth Fastened. Discoloured Teeth Restored, &c. Constant Daily pittance at 8, Grosvenor street, Grosvernor-square, London ; Old Steine, Brighton; Bennett's-hill, Birmingham T HE REGENERATING LOZENGE MEDICAL SCIENCE has brought to light a new and successful mode of administering remedies for spermatic regeneration, contained in a simple lozenge. known in tropical climates and throughout the world as TnE TitrEsmAn. The therapeutic properties of the re generating lozenge promote those albuminous and fibrinous secretions, which have the well-known power of at snce re producing and enriching the fecundating fluid, when dete riorated from its natural consistency. In cases where ex cesses have been blindly yielded to, from almost uncontroll able impulse, a single course of this invaluable medicine will at once restore the ebbing powers, and re-energise the whole of the muscular and nervous system ; there is no stage,how ever advanced, but immediate relief will he experienced, in suring health and manly vigour to the debilitated and ex hausted. The Triesmar can be taken at the will of the patient, being a simple regenerating lozenge, agreeable to the palate, and unattended with any personal inconvenience. Those purchasing the above medicine will derive the additional ad vantage of medical advice, either personally or by letter (without fee), from a member of the Royal College of Sur geons, England, and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, who is registered under the new Medical Act, has devoted his exclusive studies to the above diseases, and is the discoverer of this great remedy. Post office orders to be made payable to William Medicus, and ad dressed to No. 19, Rerners-street, Oxford-street, London, W. (next door to the Foreign Library), where the resident physi cian attends daily to give advice, between the hours of 11 and 4 o'clock. The medicine may be obtained, securely packed and free from observation, as above. Prices 11s. per case, or four cases in one 335., effecting a saving of lls., and in £5 cases, saving £1 12s. EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL DISCOVERY. Extract from the "Medical Circular," Nov. 16, 1859 : " We have observed with much pleasure an important dis covery in the grinding of spectacle lenses by Mr. Bernard Davis, optician. They arc superior to any others ; and from their peculiar transparency can be easily adapted to any sight, avoiding all strain to the vision. We have no doubt that the most imperfect eyes may be surprisingly assisted by this novel discovery." Country residents suited with the greatest accuracy by B tatfinr age.' List of Prices:—Fine steel frames, with real Brazil pebbles, 7s. 6d. ; ditto, very finest frames, 10s. 6d. ; - Mb, With best niasses,ts. 6d., 4s. 6d., ss. 6d. ; patent panto -freopfc..for_the clergy or public speakers, to look over without removing, with pebbles, 12s. 6d., 10s. 6d. ; with best glasses, 4s. 6d., 66:77i.4idet solid- gold, 20s. per pair. Mciftkes V,PTLAAD DAVIS, 430, Euston-road, London, e 06thilinlanstitutions. ELgSOUPES—By the application of the improved lenses, Mr. D. can guarantee his - telescopes as being of the highest power and at half the usual charges, viz. : —Small pocket telescopes, to define 5 miles, 10s. 6d. ; ditto, 10 miles, 21s. ; ditto, and showing all the heavenly bodies, 42s.—size, from &inches to 6 inches long. ' MICROSCOPES with the Improved lenses.—Student com pound achromatic microscopes, with three powers and every necessary, 635. and 848. in mahogany cabinets ; compound mi croscopes, with one strong power, mag,nifying 5,000 times iieenossss.tra6uryde.i;imodnaistgutohtf, hoer g e powers, 12a. 6d. ; ditto, with every ne us2oe,oolfertoe4seoo,ooopes, 2 fr l e s e ., 3 w o i a tii 4 e 2s a . ch Pnnte instru ment. Opera and Field Glasses of the highest power, at 158., 215., 305., 4Cs. MAGIC LANTHORNS AND DISSOLVING VIEWS. Descriptive Catalogues for 2 stamps.—Post-office Orders payable. Euston-square, Bernard Davis, optician, 430, Eus ton-road, near regent's-park, London. V.> • . -1 - ) s --- . • L "(.._____) i ( 1 ,_ -(___9 --t.---C.--t-- - ./e -4-- .t.,,,r6.,..„„ . t • , ~. - —...—. . . ...c . . , 513 , „...,„ „„, ~,.t ...... - - ----. cat • 3.1":4 ... ... ' ''',.." ' . • ...c: :•—• :I• s ' , ( -.-.... - t• .., ' '1 1 '14 " 4' t . Of' ;." 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The following summary of Calcutta intelligence is from the / If/a-kart& of Sept. 9 : " Our latest English news is to the 3d August. We have had very little news to write of since our last. We are glad to say that we have not heard so much of cholera and sickness from our up country correspondents, so that wo may hope the worst has passed, not, however, without depriving us of at least the strength of a whole regiment of English soldiers. Government has appointed a commission to visit the places where the disease chiefly raged, but we do not anticipate much result from their labours. We find the English press re joicing over the treaty which is to put an end to French African slavery by substituting our coolies for the slaves - , - but we feel that here we are suffer ing a severe loss from the abstraction of our labour. In Calcutta there are coolie agents for the West Indies, the Mauritius, and now for Bourbon, all competing against the tea planters of Assam and Cachar for the Boonooahs or Dangurs, the hill men of Chota Nan pore and other wild countries, who make the best labourers on plantations. The de mand is much greater than the supply, and we certainly think that it is very bad policy to rob our own labour market in order to supply the French. " A few evenings ago we had the first political dinner we remember in Calcutta. It was given by the Trades' Association, who had invited a number of guests of all classes. In the speeches the prin cipal topics agitating our political atmosphere at present were touched upon, and the loud applause which followed the allusions to the judges of the Supreme Court, and Sir Mordaunt Wells in parti cular, and to the determination to secure publicity of the debates of the new Legislative Council, showed how strongly the European portion of the public feel upon those points. Indeed the associa tion, especially the Landholders' and Commercial, are rising fast into powers in the state. "The failure of the indigo crop and the indigo rebellion seems to have set loose a good deal of that capital which formerly sought investment in factories. At any rate it is certain that a great many concerns will be entirely closed and aban doned next season. We do not know if this can account for the avidity with which the shares of two large tea companies which have of late been launched in our market have been taken up. It is certain, however, that tea planting in Assam and Cachar is no longer an experiment, but a cer tain and most profitable investment, whatever may be the case in other parts of India, and we doubt not that it will yearly attract more capital, until those jungles shall become as populous as Kishna ghur has been made within the last thirty years by indigo." We read in the Friend of India:—" Cholera continues among the English troops at Lahore. It has made its appearance at Benares and Nussera bad. At a large public meeting of the natives of Calcutta, a memorial to Sir Charles Wood. has been adopted, condemning the conduct of Sir Mordaunt Wells for his frequent and indiscriminate attacks on the natives. This has called forth a counter address to the judge from the Maharajah of Bard wan and the leading merchants and tradesmen of Calcutta'. A bill to tax the cultivation of tobacco in Bengal has been introduced into the Legislative Council. An act has been passed enabling the three presidency banks to undertake the management of the new currency notes, as soon as they are received in India, and to undertake several of the duties hitherto conducted by the Government treasuries. Rain has continued to fall heavily throughout the country. " The existence of .the Legislative Council of India is fast drawing to a close. Established by Lord Dalhousie in its present form in 1854, it will probably sit for the last time to-day. Sir Barnes Peacock, to whom it has owed most of its unde niable efficiency, is really ill. The members for Madras, Bombay, and the North-West Provinces, are eager to be on the wing, Sir Bartle Frere's con tinued labours make him look forward anxiously to a holiday, and there is a general disposition at once to break up. The Council, however, has done its work, and it is not likely that a massacre of the innocents will signalise its extinction, on the same extensive scale as that which marks the hurried close of each session of parliament. The great Penal Code has long been law, and the corresponding Code of Criminal Procedure has now been com pleted, so that India will come under a new body of criminal law and procedure and new high courts at once on Ist January next. The Civil Pro cedure Code has been amended, and all that is now wanted to make Indian jurisprudence in theory superior to that of any other country is a body of civil law, the compilation of which, for so many different races and creeds, will tax the powers of the most eminent jurists whom England and India can furnish." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, SEM. 7. PRODUCE MARKET.—We have not much change to report in this market. Leading staples have been in tolerably fair demand, and prices well supported. In some instances even an advance has ruled. IMPORT MARKET.—The demand that is usual before the Doorga Poojah holidays has set in, and prices of most staples show a slight advance on former quotations. Pre sent rates, however, are still generally unremunerative to importers, and it is difficult for the dealers to realise the grave position in which Manchester stands with regard to the future supply of cotton, when they see our large im ports, and many houses not unwilling to move off present stocks in the prospect of full supplies arriving later en. Doubtless, if American hostilities continue, a higher range of prices must ultimately be established to correspond with the high rates that must be paid for cotton, but there are no indications of any rapid advance in the meantime, as there is very little buying for up-country, and purchases for lower Bengal for consumption during the holidays will soon be over. would appear that a movement is on foot to have gas introduced into the settlement. The action's of the Shanghae Chamber of Commerce in the Customs question has been closely followed up by, that of, Hong Kong, but sufficient time has not elapsed. to ascertain the sentiments of her Majesty's Plenii )o tentiary on the subject. It is impossible, boweVer, to exaggerate the importance of a speedy dctisr ruination of all, the matters at issue between the foreign trader and the Chinese Custom-house. The former complains of undue exactions on the part of the Custom-house officials, and of vexatious and unnecessary delay, in the transaction of business,, which, as time is mon e y t o th e t ra d er mo re than to most other men, is:fully equivalent to actual pecu niary loss. It is a great pity that this should be the 'case, and that an institution meant to do good should be in the hands of managers who are fast: rendering it mischievous. It would appear that English victories in China are rapidly being avenged, now that the weapons are changed from the sword to the abacus, and the theatre' Of war shifted from the field to the counting-house. Chinese skill is now fully equal to English,. and 'the issue of this contest is scarcely doubtful ;" so quickly has the day of retribution arrived. Local matters go owssmoothly.. .C_Ortain cases against several of the police constiblerWlTersbere charged with extortion have fallen to the ground. The Chamber of Commerce has published a " state ment" on the present working of the Chinese Cus tom -house system ; its tenor is condemnatory of the working of the system, so far as the inquiries have extended. The statement is offered as " a first in stalment of the reform which seems most practicable and best adapted to existing circumstances." The temperature has continued to be mild for this season of the year ; a few smart showers of rain have fallen during the fortnight. CHINA MARKET. (Front the china Mail.) • The Pekin arrived here 21st instant, bringing the mails of 10th July from England. The Shanghae portion was duly forwarded on the 23d per Men, and the Amoy and Fuhchau letters the same day per Azoff. There has been no variation from the dull monotony which has characterised. trade at all the ports of trade for some time past, if we ex cept Tien-tsin, where, latterly, a little more life has been shown. The quantity of complaints of Mandarin rapacity, rebel excesses, and customs extortion, would, if committed to paper, form an imposing retrospect of what native and foreign traders in China do, or are supposed to suffer. FrOM the Gulf of Petchelee there are no new features of interest. At Tien-tsin considerable sales of heavy grey goods had been made, but at a reduction on prices previou ly currant. The prospects for business were, however, very fair. Shanghae dates are to the 18th inst. The mail of 26th June, from London, had been delivered in Shanghao in 41 days' time. Business in general was dull, the demand being prinCipally for Tien-twin, and confined to heavy grey goods and white shirtings of fine quality. IMPORTS.—The deliveries of grey shirtings for the foft-;; night amount to about 53,000 pieces. Quotations for light goods were unaltered, and were all but nominal for medium and heavy cloth; they exhibited a decline. White shirtings were much as at date of last advices. T cloths were a shade lower. ExronTs—Tea : Black—Arrivals continued from Han kow, the quantity variously estimated from 9,000 to 11,500 chests, the latter figure probably nearest the mark. Of these about 2,500 chests have bten shipped direct for Eng land, and 7,000 chests been placed on the market, leaving a very fair profit on prices paid at Hankow. Green :In con i,sththme s s p to e c o k ple at st t il h l a interfering d wi ac cumulatedth to 12,000 chests. the n export en c e o f fromthen a N t v n e g p CII O SlLK—Holders remained firm, buyers exhibiting equal determination not to operate. The stock in dealers' hands was heavy, and in the face of gloomy accounts from Europe business was limited. TONNAGE—The arrivals from England comprised-10th, Wagoola ; 15th, Solent and Spirit of the Deep, the only de parture for England being the Egean, on Bth inst. , There were loading for England, Assyrian, Ballarat, Charlotte Ann, Margaret, Dundas, Pegaps, Polmaise, Queen Bee, Queen of the Ocean, Raleigh, and Wynaud. For local and coast employ there was a fair demand for vessels of small and moderate dimensions for foreign use, but for ships of large capacity there was little if any demand. The treaty of Tientsin is, as far as the coasting trade is concerned, fast becoming a dead letter. It is by that compact provided that this trade shall be open to Europeans,-but no provision was made to protect native charterers from being squeezed on the discharge of their cargoes, which then pass from under the protecting flag to the paternal care of the mandarins. Wo do not see how this can be remedied, as it is clearly without our province to interfere with the internal affairs of the empire, unless British interests are directly assailed. The Chinese officials set up a plea, and with great truth, that foreign vessels are driving all the native craft out of the trade, and that they must protect the jankrnen. CANTON—There has been more activity in the Canton market in imports as well as exports since the departure of last mail. The angry feeling against the Custom-house con tinues to occupy the mind of foreigners as well as natives. IMPORTS—The clearances of yarn amount to 850 bales, at previa:as quotations. There is a better feeling in grey shirt lugs, and increased settlements have resulted therefrom. 10,000 pieces have gone into consumption at rather better prices. The demand for white shirtings noticed in our last has ceased, and it is impossible to effect sales, except at a very considerable reduction. EXPORTS—At the date of our last the stock of Congou amounted to 36 chops. Since then very little, if indeed any, fresh arrivals have taken place. The settlements during the interval have been 10 chops Oonam, at Tls. 241 to 28; and 6 chops Oypack, at Tls. 29i to 34, leaving 14 chops in stock. There are not any transactions to report in Souchong, Oolong, flowery Pekoe, or Pekoe capers, of which sorts the stock continues very light. In country greens the sales do not amount to more than 400 half-chests of all kinds, at following rates :—Gunpowder, &c., Tls. 35 to 41 ; Dyson, Tls. 38 to 40 ; and Young 'Tyson, Tls. 26 to 26. Canton packed teas continue in fair demand. 500 half chests Congou have passed at Tls 25 ; 8,500 boxes scented orange pekoe, Tls 22 to 31; 6,500 boxes scented Capers, Tls 161 to 21; 500 packages gunpowder, Tls 15 ; 250 half chests Oolong, Tls 16; and 250 chef3ts 'Tyson, skin, at Tls 15. AUSTRALIA. VICTORIA. We have aLvices from Melbourne to August 24. The great event of the month had been the elec. tions, which had resulted in the return of a large majority of supporters of Mr. Heales. The Minister is said to have doubled the number of his supporters. The Argus, dissatisfied with the result, says :—The new assembly will contain scarcely more than a half of the old members, and in personnel will be something worse than the last. Among:its losses are to be reckoned some of the ablest and most distinguished of our Victorian statesmen, such as Mr. Wood, the ex-Attorney- General; Mr. Michie, Dr. Evans, and Mr. Higin botham, while in their places we have some of the least reputable characters in our community. A careful scrutiny of the returns gives a majority of two or three to the Ministry, but it is believed that several who have won their elections by accepting the Ministerial programme, are only waiting a con venient opportunity for desertion. This success of Ministers is due, not to any change of opinion as to their personal merits, but to their having manufac tured in the interval between their first condemna tion by the house and their appeal to the country a policy of the most ultra-radical and democratic character—a policy which was never heard of be fore from Mr. Heales, and to all the principal points of which he and his colleagues had hitherto offerednative v t ehe industry—payment ua siopposition.ntreyd— five a leading e ma de T inn h tg e new of ef aturMinisterialo members—repeals p o te etfeatures pro gramme na o to f the gold export duty—reform of the Upper House—and the occupation licences. On none of these points had there been any contest in the assembly between the Ministry and the Opposition; and it is contended, therefore, that the appeal to the country has been taken on false issues, and that the result in no way affects the vote arrived at by the majority of the late house, nor does it justify the action of the Governor in giving Mr. Heales the privilege of dissolution. 'Me Melbourne Herald remarks on the same sub measure na t ural that f popular Ministers should jeet: I s strive r wasivet:fwcionurtshe b the largest support by making their programme exceedingly ut liberal. Nor have they been unsuccessful. The 1 results of the elections do undoubtedly show a very material increase in the number of Ministerial sup porters. They show, moreoyer, A sweeping change; CHINA. We have advices from Hong Kong to Aug. 28, and from Shanghae to Aug. 17. The following is from the Overland China Mail: The news from Pekin is, as usual, a little uncer tain. Some accounts report the Emperor to be ill— probably wishing so to explain his long absence from the capital; other reports say that ho intends returning in October. The Shantung rebels seem to have been kept well in check during the .past fortnight. The temperature at Pekin has been so high as 106 in the shade ; the nights were cool. From the three northern ports there is very little news; at none of them does trade appear to have got into a normal condition. Some of the troops are being withdrawn from Tien-tsin. New-chwang, although by every account situated in a large pro ducing district, has not yet done much in the way of trade. With regard to Chefoo—or rather Yen tae, which is the part occupied as a foreign settle ment—it may be considered as one of the most pro mising ports in China. It possesses an excellent harbour, and the country all around it is of the most beautiful description, only to be surpassed by some of the best Japanese scenery. The climate is pleasant and healthy, and the place altogether has exceeded the highest expectations that were formed regard ing it. The news from the Yang-tze river is confined to the fact that trade at Hankow is improving. There has been no fresh movement of the rebels during the past fortnight ; it is not unlikely that they are gathering themselves up for an effort. Mr. Consul Medhurst has issued a notification warning British subjects against the slightest breach of neutrality, and referring to the Manilla having, some time ago, drawn upon herself the fire of the Imperialists whil e engaged in landing a passenger at Ngan-ching. The Consul cannot afford protection to vessels so attacked, and he warns all against the danger they incur by any such breach of neutrality. From Slastighße there is little news to record. It OCTOBER 17, 1861," both in the composition and the political tenden cies of the Lower House. We mentioned in our previous summary that the opposition party objected to the Governor's granting a di sso l u ti o n, on the ground of its being both an imexpedientnnd an t ub. constitutional step. They professed themselves per fectly willing to stand the is sae of an apwal, to the country on that point. But when ,The tap.. peel actually came to be made, they found that the people would not listen to any ±scussionbi a purely abstract qticstion, and a question, moreover, which had been already practically settled by the disso lution itself. The popular call was for a definite programme of measures of a liberal and progressive character. But the opposition was not prepared with 'anything of the kind. They were not a United and compact party' with a distinctive policy and an effective organigation, but only a chance collected body acting together on , a single occasion. Here the Ministerial party had immensely the ad vantage of them. Again, the opposition " went•to . the country" mainly, if not exclusively, to reverse the Governor's decree of dissolution and to turn out the Ministry. The other side went with an exceed ingly taking programme of popular measures, and with boundless promises of benefits to come. That the latter, Ocnad, under these circumstances, be - strikingly successful as compared with their oppo nctats is not at all to be wondered at. This is the simple and sufficient explanation of the general re sults the late elections. There had been a serious strike, attended with violence, t the works on Government railways. STEW SOUTH WALES. •Advices front Sydney are to the 21st of Septem bor. The most important relate to the political excitement arising out of the fatal disturbance at the Burrangong gold-field. The following account of these occurrences ie from the Sydney Morning Herald : Almost the only event which has called forth any degree of political excitement during the past month &is been the fatal disturbance at the Burrangong gold-field. The police force assembled there being insufficient to meet an anticipated attack from the rioters, the military were sent up ; and although a collision was loudly threatened, and by some appre- hended, a number of arrests were made without the slightest resistance. The only action taken by the diggers was to hold meetings to draw up a petition to the Governor, praying for an official inquiry into the circumstances of the collision, and to appoint delegates to present the petition to the Governor. These proceedings were to some extent seconded by a handful of people in Sydney, who, by means of wilful and barefaced misrepresentations of the case, made an attempt to excite a public sympathy for . the rioters. Obviously for this purpose, but osten sibly with the view of considering the Chinese immigration, a public meeting was convened, and nawithstanding the glaring fact that the disturb ances at Burrangong were the result of a savage and entirely unprovoked assault by the Europeans upon the Chinese, the speakers, several of whom were members of the Assembly, directed their com plaints at the unfortunate Itlongolians as the cause of the : disturbance, and indulged freely in all those &lie and wanton. vilifications of the Chinese which are so immensely popular with large numbers of the working and illiterate classes. The delegates sent with the petition from the diggers were recognised as having been mixed up with the rioters, and Sir S. Young refused to receive them, but promised that their petition if forwarded should be laid before the Executive Council. A second public meeting was held for the purpose of urging on the Government to suspend the operations of the military until an in quiry should. have been made into the circumstances of the collision. The two delegates were present, and made speeches, partly justifying the conduct of the rioters; and by the others the conduct of the governor, in refusing to see them, was denounced as unconstitutional. To show the malignant hatred o the CLinese, shared in common with the rioters o Burrangong, by the majority of those present at the meeting—when a speaker rose to denounce the ruf fianly attack upon the Chinese,•he was assailed with hooting and yelling, and was not allowed a hearing. Torpy—one of the delegates, and who was a publi can at Burrangong--was, on the morning of the meeting, arrested on a charge of being concerned in the riots, and was allowed bail for his appearance be fore the magistrates at Burrangong, where he has since been discharged, owing to the departure from the gold-field of those who were prepared to give evidence against him. The deputation appointed at the meeting waited upon the Governor with the petition, but were very plainly informed by his ex cellency that the circumstances did not justify his suspension of the ordinary operation of the law, and that the judicial tribunals would afford them all the inquiry that 'they desired. No other proceedings have since 'been taken, and the attempt to arouse public sympathy on behalf pf the diggers has been a ludicrous failure. The statements they furnished with regard to the collision, impugning the truth of the official reports, have been proved to have been so entirely mendacious and exaggerated, that their cause has become utterly contemptible, and most of those who at first took it up warmly, believing there had been some injustice, have since abandoned it in disgust. The public at large were not misled by these per versions ; they saw at once that the assemblage of a company of armed men in front of the camp, demand ing the release of prisoners, was only the prelimi uary to the attempt to rescue them. It was no less obvious that, whether the Riot Act had been read or not, or whether the police or the diggers fired first was of little consequence, and that the troopers were justified in the vigorous steps they took to disperse the rioters. All the evidence that has been given respecting the occurrences has served to con firm and justify that opinion. The recent proceedings at the gold-fields have afforded proof, if such had been needed, that the animosity which is entertained by a large class against the Chinese, and which has been freely pandered to by the touters for popularity in the Assembly, is the result not of any actual experience of the immorality or the offensive habits of that people, but of the selfish and indefensible prejudice against them. As those who entertain this senti ment are more noisy and demonstrative than others whose intelligence and social position better entitle them to be heard, it is likely that some measure of a prohibitory character with regard to the Chinese may be forced on the legislature. The elections that had taken place since the Par liament was prorogued had somewhat affected the relative strength of parties in the Assembly, the return of Mr. Forster, of Mr. Holt, and of Mr. Faw cett affording valuable accessions to the Opposition. The Ministerial party is numerically strong, but it is only in two or three leading questions that the support of any large proportion of these can be relied on, and it is not at all unlikely that upon the announcement of their financial or their educational policy many of their uncertain supporters may turn against them, and assist to put them out. The Land Bill and the Legislative Council Bill were to be introduced early in the session, and would probably be quick l y p assed with little altera tion by the Assembly. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (From the Argus of August 24.) The excitement and bustle of the general election have interfered in no small degree with the buKiness of the month, as much on account cf the issues involved as from the valuable time lost to the producing and commercial interests of the colony, and absorbed in the political struggles of the various constituencies. The mail steamship Salsotte arrived ill Hull' 'c 3D-J ou , the morning of tho iota the tmglisit mails of 2Gth June. The heads of intelligence reached Xelbourne during the afternoon of the 9th inst., by telegrph from Adelaide. The commercial news was no t consid red very cheering. The high rates of discount ruling in London and. the decline in Consols were canvassed with tegard to A ti3eir poWie effot on the prim of our railway oecurities, PRICE 4d. STAMPED sd. 1 and to the reaction which any important important change!would be likely to prodirce here. ' rt 'is now arranged that theififst quarter of the one million sterling reserved for Colonial :is sue is to be pined, on the market so coon as the necessary Tornis are complete, in debentures ranging in vane from to. 100. 1 This issu&'wi Ibo Mira:dieters , abs Orbed; 104 any 'derangement to' &lr monetary system, by the in vestment of trust and othermoneys. , The average aggregate of the sums held by the courts of law, by GoVernment4e-- parltinents, And' other t public 'bodies, and which are.at r pre.- ; sentlunproductive, will be found to be fully equal to the demands to be made by the pnblic i exchequer. There has been for many months past a steady and con tinuons want in this Market 'of some . secure inveStment . ,.not :liable to the rapid and heavy fluctuations to which 'joint stock enterprises are subjected in so speculative a market adthis has been, and is still to some,exteni. For the past , tiv to deposits heldby the &Mks have been steadily increasing.' The average amount - held by thwnine brinksi iF now £BOO,OOO more than it was ! at the same period of 1859; at the same time the note circulation his decreased, while the stOcki of coin and bullion have been larger. " There have been several meetings of importance among, the joint-steck.companies. The 17th half -yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Victoria was held on the 7th, hist. The report was read by the chairman,' the Hon. H. end unanimously adopted The balance,sheet showed that the net profits for the half-year .amounted .to £35,334 4s. Bd., which it was proposed to apportion as follow :—To dividend, at -10 per cent. per annum; 'X25,030 ; to reservSl fund, £5,00 ; to bank preniises, creditbr aecount, , £4,000; balance, £334,45. Bd. The reserve fund amounts t0L'90,04. The total sum now standing to the credit of the' bank pre. • ra . , • , ises account was £8,500. The" produce of the gold fields continues to 'be steadily maintained to the average 9f last year. This is borne out by the shipments of the metal for the year, not,vithstand • ing that the escorts convey a . different impresSion. Up to -the close vilest meek the shipnients amounted to 1,223-JO7- oz., or 50 tons 19 cwt. 3 qr. 7 oz. troy, of the value, at £4 per ounce, of £4,894;828, against, for the arrespending , period of last tear, 1,243,120 oz., or 51 tons 15 cwt. 3 qr. !:18 lb, 4 oz.; of the value,. at the same rate, of L 4,972,480 .1 There have to be added to the shipments of the current year 40,000 oz. already weighed for the Roxburgh Castle, and'3s,ooo oz. for the mail steamship Benares, bringing the total for the year up to 1,298,707 oz., or 54 tone 2 cwt. 1 qr. 7 oz. The discrepancy between the. shipments and the escort returns arises from the parcels sent down by private hand. Conimunidation with the gold-fields is now so re gularand safe by coach, that this means of conveyance is more fkequently availed of than formerly, when the una', finished, roads were liable to be rendered impassable by any heavy rainfall. The escorts for this week have amounted to 33,4931 oz. against 34,720 oz. for the corresponding period of last year. The prices of alluvial and quartz gold on the gold-fields continue to 'be quoted - at rates based on £3 14s. 3d. for standard; at which buyers are numerous. This, with free carriage to Melbourne, and the export duty of 2s. 6d. per ounce, brings the cost on board, ship to £3 16s. 9d. per ounce, exclusivei of chargei. The - markets during the month have been altogether under a cloud, Country.busines.s, as is usual at this (the rainy) season of the year; is slack, owing to the increased rftesof cartage, but this alone is' not sufficient to account for the, depression at present existing. For a considerable period we have , had to report low prices and great ince tiVity ; and it cannot be denied that, while trade has been gradually becoming more limited' in 'extent, imports have been ; sustained lieyond the existing requirements eflour population. ,The imports are now coming to hand at' the same ratio Per head as was the case when the colonists, generally, had larger means, and were led to spend , them the more readily because of the many opportunities for money-me,king which were in every man's path. • • t • -7' 4 "TITE KING OP 'HOLLAND. A correspondent writing from Compiegne on Sun day morning says :—" The King of Holland arrived here yesterday at half-past in the afternoon. His Majesty, had rather a long journey of it, having left the Hague at half-past 2in the morning. The royal train reached Cologne at 9, and the station of Jeu mont, oh the French frontier, at half-past 2, where the imperial train was in Waiting to carry him on. Col. Faye, the Marquis de Coriegliano, and the Mar quis de Caux received his Majesty at the-frontier. M. Lightenvelt, the Dutch Minister at Paris, and M. Berg de Middelburg, Councillor of Legation, were also in attendance there. The King was mom- panied by M. de Kock, Chamberlain ; Gen. Lynden Count Shouckaert de Schanburg, and Baron Damon. ceau, aides-de-camp ; Capt. Van Capellen, of the navy ; and M. Vollenh oven , Burgomaster of Amster dam. Count de Sartiges, the French Minister at the Hague, was also with his Majesty . At a quarter-past 5 the Emperor, in the uniform of a general officer, and wearing the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Oaken Crown, arrived at the railway station at Compiegne, accompanied by Generals Fleury and Molard, his Aides. de-Camp, and General Cl6ram bault. The Imperial train arrived in ten minutes after. King William 111., a fine looking man, and wearing his full beard, was in military uniform with the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. The two Sovereigns, after having shaken hands in the most cordial manner, presented to each other the persons who accompanied them. The King and the Emperor then entered alone one of the carriages and four in waiting, and, escorted by a detachment of the Guides, left for the Palace. General Cleram bault and Baron de Bourgoing were on horseback on either side. The crowd which had assembled cheered their Majesties loudly. The Empress and the Prince Imperial, with the Princess Mathilde and the Princess Anna Murat, were in waiting under the Grand Vestibule. Her Majesty wore a blue dress, and the Prince the uniform of a Grena dier of the Guard. The King, in alighting from the carriage, kissed her Majesty's hand and also em braced the young Prince. The Cent Gardes and the Zonaves were drawn up in the Cour d'Honneur, and a detachment of the former were stationed on the steps of the grand staircase. After the first salutations the King offered his arm to the Empress, and the party ascended to the apartments.- To the. evening there was a grand dinner, to which the following guests were invited :—Princess Mathilde, with her Lady and Chevalier of Honour ; Prince Joachim Murat, Princess Anna Murat and her Gouvernante ; Marshal Bandon, M. de Foreade La Roquette, M. Delangle, M. Jiouland, Count de Chasseloup-Laubat, and Count Walewski, Ministers of War, Finance, Justice, Public Instruction, and State ; M. Magne, Minister without Portfolio ; M. Baroche, President of the Council of State ; Marshal Vaillant, Grand Marshal of the Palace ; M. Thou venel, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Marshal IVlag nan, Duke de Bassano, Duke and Duchess de Cam baceres, PrincesS , d'Essling, Countess Walewski, Madame Bruat, Gen. and Madame Fleury, Baron and Baroness Tascher de La Pagerie, Marquis de Conegliano, Baron and Baronese de Bourgoing, Baron and Baroness de Pierres, Dr. and Madame Conneati, Baron de Mentbrun, M. Hulot, Colonel Verly, of the Cent. Gardes; Madame de Saulcy, Gen. Mollard, and Count and Ccuntess d e Monte bello. This day there is to be a ,p romenade in the forest, and on Monday a stag hunt, a grand dinner at 7 o'clock, the euree hysetnotraethlin. ght o a n t 9T,uaensadaay thefter the io eEmperor to wards a theatrical re p r King wilt acco m p any Paris, when the two Sovereigns will dine at the Tuileries. On Wednesday a shooting excursion is to take place at Versailles, and a breakfast in the forest. The Emperor will return to Compiegne in the evening and the King to Paris, where his Majesty will re main two days." William 111., Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Limburg, was born on Feb. 19, 1817. The King of Holland is the eldest son of King William 11. and Anna Paulowna, sis ter of the late Emperor Nicholas, and succeeded his father on the 17th March, 1849, His Majesty mar ried, in 1839, Princess Sophia Frederica Matilda, daughter of William 1., King of Wurtemberg. The Progres de Oise of the 12th says ; " Since the departure of the King of Prussia from Compiegne the Emperor, the Ettipre- , (4" the Prince Imperial have talcce atternoon an excursion in west. On Thursday their Ma jesties went with M. de Roucy to Etienne, near Pierrefonds, to visit the vestiges of antiquitie covered by that gentleman. On Friday tlae E ms. press, accompanied only by sonic persona; of her household, went to Paris, and returned in the even ing. The Emperor this mor nin g . shot in the pre serye§ of the,forest, near 13,pyol4su. ' ((--/er , it. LUMA 8 ©iv TUB- AfirzsrAN TU. LL PASSY: On this subject M. Dumaslast week reaa a highly interesting paper to tho Aeademy ,of. Sciences, in which he gave a history of the undertaking and of' difficulties with which the engineer, M. Kind, has had to contend. The idea of boring this well originated : with the pecessity. of ,proyiding ; pure and. wholesome water for the population of Paris, which. in a sh or t ti me b a d increased frena 420004 souls to 1,7 . 00,000, thus materially augmenting thecauses of infection to whichlhe.wateraof the Seine are ne- Celiee:iilY Sillei6e - t.e'; Paris rests , upon a stratum of chalk, about 546 .iiiietres in (enth., covered with ,about 50 metres of various etrate. of tertiary soil, eeeray 50 metres of marl or ,and itself resting s lay, which , is iu eontaut -with the-green sands frova the'evell deriveS its supply. They encueS4faileoriiitt etlie 7 litterelead established tho 'fact/that the water ivhich these:sat] ds received from localities at a distance , -from-Paris might be made to rise to the surface, rind • even to 30 or 40 metres above. But the eiperiment had only been tried for bares not exceedinga diameter of from 20 to 30 cert - tithetrees, supply of from 2,000 to 4,000 cubic metres of water per day. M. Kind came for ,vrard with an efidr to bore a well of a character of 60 centimetres, yielding .13,300 cubic metres at on altitude of 25metres above the highest point of the /MS &Boulogne.. Though litniting his promises to thy yield above, stated, he declared his conviction that it would reeeh 39,606 metres, an assertion which "most engineers considered exaggerated, deeming it highly improbable that an increase in thb diameter would increase the supply'. 'On Dee. -23,-1854, the works were reserved on, and the spot chosen in the neighbourhood of the Bois -de Bou logne, where the high temperature of the expected. 'Column Of water might be turned to account. But the_enterprise was fraught with_ difficulties which r rmiret} Vie unflinching perseverance of M. Kind iti - &etentne, although out of the 5871 metres which constitute the depth of. the-new well there were .scarcely 30 offering any serious obstaele, and these were situated the,clay either above or low the ,ahallt stratum.,, Mare1e,3.1,.1557, the bore had already reached 528 metres, and water wee hourly expected, when suddenly the tube of sheet iron which supported the clay was crushed by its pres -ethee—ateet- depth of only 30 metres from the top: This accident it took nearly three years to repair ; a.shitft of ,the depth 9f .5 . 3,1-,enetres had to be dug eloSe to the bore, througleall the-most dangerous strata; and lined partly with sheet and partly with cast iron: and masonry: hit diameter was three metres throughout the two-thirds of its depth, and. 1.70 for the rest. It was a Work of extreme diffi culty. Cast-iron tubes, of the,thickness of 35 milli- , metres (four-fifths of an inch) were starred or cracked in-all-directions, as if they were mere glass. More than once the Workmen refused to risk their lives in this work. and the city, engineers 'had to set the example of perional ,courage. ,This stupendous ' labour was not brought to an end before the 13th December, 1859. The old orifice was then cleared, and the boring recomMenCed, and continued without any farther accident to the - depth of 550 metres, when the tube, composed of wood strongly hooped with iron, and ending in a bronze pipe, two metres of which were fitted into the wood, the remaining twelve metres being free, stuck fast in such a way as to render all further progress nearly hopeless. However, M. Elie de Beaumont having, upon a mature examination of the specimens brought up by the borer,` declared water to be close at hand, it was resolved that the bore should be continued with a small diameter, to be afterwards enlarged if neces sary. Water was found for the first time at 577-1 metres, but, as we know, remained a few metres)ee low the level of the orifice. A second tube of sheet iron 70 centimetres in diameter, two in thickness, and 52 metres in length, 12 of which were loopholed in order to let the water pass, wee sunk and soon stopped on the clay.' The borings was now resumed, to attain the largest diameter, until the 24th of September last, when M. Kind Saw not only his Promise fulfilled, but even his hopes to a certain ex tent realised. The bronze tube has remained where it was, but the concentric one of sheet-iron has sunk to 530 metres, M: Dumas here quotes M. Michal, Ihspector-General of the works of the city, who has arranged in a table the relative variations' experi enced up . to the 2d inst. in the yield of the two wells of Passy and. Grenelle ; but on this score we have a later ' account stating that the decrease in the latter does not eiCeed one-fourth of its yield prior to the 25th ult. On the 2d inst. that ':of the well at Passe? was 20,600 cubic metres in 24 houra. 111.. Dumas attributes the diminution of the yield at Grenelle to a diminution of pressure, and is inclined to believe that when the tube at Passy shall have been brought to its normal altitude of 7a metres above the level of the sea, the yield at Grenelle will again rise to its former figure or nearly so. M. Elie de Beaumont has ascertained that the strata traversed at Passy are nearly the same as those met with at Grenelle. As to the chemical nature of the water at Passy, it seems, until farther analysis, to be nearly the same as that of Grenelle; the temperature is also the same—viz., 28 degrees centigrade. Whether other wells may be bored elsewhere in Paris without injury to the two exist ing ones, is a question which experience alone can decide. Tho well of Passy has cost nearly 1,000,000 f., and will yield water sufficient for the wants of 500,000 bah abitants.— PERSECUIION FOR CONSCIENCE SAKE. Last evening a numerously-attended public meeting was held iu Fetter-lane Chapel, for the purpose of protesting against, and denouncing the conduct or', a bench of Berkshire magistrates, who some weeks prosecuted and fined a ploughboy of the name of Charles Winkworth, of Beedon, because he would not attend the parish church at the bid ding of his master, the boy being a Protestant Dis senter. The Rev. G. C. HARPER, the minister of the chapel, presided, and stated that when this case was first heard of through the newspapers it was consi dered by most people, especially 'by those about London, to be a hoax, and that the newspapers had been taken advantage of. But that .was not so, for it soon turned out to be real, and it was only one of a class which a parcel of country magistrates were determined to lay held of for the purpose of sup porting, as they,considered, the Established Church by coercing the consciences of Dissteritere by fine and imprisonment. This young mate Witikworth was a ploughboy, in the service of a-farmers at Bee don, in Berkshire. He was asked by his master to attend the Established Church, but the young man, being of a religious turn of mind, had bees' in the habit of attending a dissenting place of worship, and liked the form of worship at that place better than that of the Established Church, and refused to do so. The consequence was that on the application of his master he was taken, before the bench of ma gistrates and fined by them for his obstinate contu macy. Ono would think, on readVng these few facts, that they were living in Rome and not in England. (Hear.) It was generally thought the days had gone by when such a thing could be done, and that the old act of Elizabeth laud become obsolete, but a state of matters; was displayed here which showed that it was not. He saw in the large meeting before him an omen for good, for while the young man now on re to the platform had no great name or standin g commend him to their notice, they saw that be neath his smock frock a great principl e of reli g ious liberty existed, and had to he'vindicated, and their presence there showed that they were determined. to do so. (Chews) Th e R ev , jossmi DREW, of Newbury, next ad dressed the meeting, and stated that, having exa mined; intd Har p er personally, he could corroborate an tha t Jr.p had stated. The fine imposed was 55., and 4s. 6d. costs, which he had to pay out of 4s. a week ; and it was only by the interposition of a kind-hearted individual, who paid the fine, that he was saved the degradation of being sent to prison, which, if the fine had not been paid, he most assuredly would have been. Mr. STEVENSON then moved a resolution to the effect, that, considering the character and spirit of this prosecution, the present meeting is of opinion that . the time has come when the question raised by such prosecution should be thoroughly discussed, and, with such a view, a public meeting of the friends of liberty should be convened in London with as little delay as possible. • Mr. CHAMBERS having seconded the motion, it was put from the chair, and carried with much. applause. The boy, the subject of the prosecution; Was pre sent on the platform, and created much interest. H 6 was in his smock-frock and rustic clothing, but his clean and tidy and healthy aspect made him.= object of much interest. It is intended to s end hi m home again to his native place, and orde_r_.to dm o so a liberal collection was madep. n ip behalf. 'l 43 . vrn in the district as a shre w d ''country parish in the NVeSti of Scotland He got many a visit by pe rsona A ruling eldej ert _o kri c ' w- - y,wittd man , wauk ho liked a banter, or to hear a good joke, Three young students gave him a call in order to have a little amuse ment at the elder's expense. On approaching him, one of them saluted him; Well, Father Abraham, how aro you t o -clay "You ars,wrong,” said the other, "this is cld Father Isaac ;" " Tuts;'.said the third, " you aro both mis taken; this is' old F ; ather' hcob." David loOked at the yOung men, and in his ovra,iviey, m oied, ;" I am neither old Father Abraham,,nor oldMat t licK,lsaac, nor old Father Jacob, but I am Saul, the son of ' Kish, seeking his father's asses, and lo ! I've found thred'e' them.",-;Roniniscenccs o f Scottish Life aniFiaracter, _ ' ' • • frilE• -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. Grossnaith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. , -- 1 ..I 1