The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-14 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- CHEAP EXCURSION to ATH and —On SATURDAY Oct. 18th, a Train will leave Paddington ßßlSTOL at 6.45 p.m., returning the following Monday morning, from Bristol at 7 o'c'ock, and Bath at 7.30. Fares—Bath, 9s. and 55.; Bristol, Ms. and Cs. Children under 12 half•price. One small article of luggage only allowed. G REAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-- CIIE .I.l' EXCURSION to Reading, Theale, Alderma ton, Woolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, Kintbury. HungPrford, Pang bourne, Didcot, Abingdon, and Oxford. —On SUNDAY, Oct. 19th, a Train will leave Paddington at 9.30 a.m., returning on the same day from Abingdon. Oxford, and llungerford at 8.30 p.m., aud inter , mediate stations as per hand-bills. FARES. Read'ng and Pang,bou - ne— .. • • ..... ........ Theale., Aldermaston, Woolhampton, Thatcham, Newbury, Kintbury, and Dungerford •• • 6s. Od. .. 3s. 6u Dideot, Abingdon, and Oxford .......,...... fis. fid. .. 4s. Oct Children under 12 half-price. Ne luggage al'ovred. ss. Od. 3s. Od ETRO P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and LVJ. GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent- Etreet, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. TRIISTEYS. Rt. Fin. Spencer 11. Walpole,M.p. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Yansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last divigon of profits averaged 33 per cent, on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. TURKISH BISCUITS. tAir ESSRS. FULLER and HORSEY are in _7ll strutted by Messrs. Coventry, Sheppard, and Co. to' SELL by AUCTION, at Garraway's, on Friday, Oct. 17, at 12 for 1, 500 tons of TURKISH BISCUIT, returned from the Crimea The bis cuit is sound and in good condition, and will be sold in lots to suit the convenience of purchasers. Samples may be had at•the office of Messrs. Coventry, Sheppard, and Co. ; or of Fuller and Horsey, By AUTHORITY of the FRENCH CONSUL GENERAL.—lmpor tant SALE of FRENCH COMMISSARIAT SURPLUS STORES, consisting of Preserved Boiled Beef, principally of English, Scotch, and Irish Planufacture, in tin canisters of about 61b, and packed in wooden boxes, containin_e 12 tins in each. MR. ALEXANDER COOKE has been honoured with instructions to SELL by AUCTION, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing lane, on MONDAY, Oct. 20, at ..12 prednely, several parcels of the above description of PROVI MONS, composed of the manufacture of the following , rell-known firms, viz. ; Messrs. HENRY POWELL and SONS, Messrs. JOHN M'CALL and CO., j London. Mesas. JOHN MOIR and SON, Messrs. D. HOGARTH and CO., I Aberdeen. Messrs. JOHN DILLON and CO., Leith. The fact of the beef having been manufactured in this country under inspection, especially for the use of the troops in the Crimea, where it gave the highest satisfaction, will be an additional assurance of superior quality ; and as the process of securing insures its keeping Perfectly good for any lergth of time, being cooked in the tins, which are securely soldered up, thereby retaining all the nutriment of the meat, renders it in every respect suitable either for home con sumption or exportation. The attention of boards of guardians and managers of charitable institutions is particularly directed to this advertisement. Packages included in the purchase. Every oppor tunity will be offered to test the excellent quality of the beef for Sale, and which only requires to be more gem rally known to the Public, when it will be as highly appreciated as it has been for many Years past in the colonies, where large quantities are annually ex ported, also by emigrants, and for ships' use. The number of days allowed for inspection will also enable buyers from distant parts of the United Kingdom personally to satisfy themselves of its many advantages and economy in consumption, being solid meat and free from bone, and ready for immediate use without any additional Cooking. May be inspected six days previous to the sale at Nicholson's Warehouse, Pudding-lane, Lower Thames-street; and Beale's Wharf, Mill-lane, Tooley-street. Catalogues to be had at the respec tive Wharves; the Commercial Sale-rooms; Jerusalem, (3arraway's, Baltic, and Corn Exchange Coffee-houses ; and at the office of the Auctioneer, 2, Old Tri ity-house, Water-lane, Tower-street. Also at the News-rooms of the principal Outports i , • i t. , . ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Pounded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application! alone; no L'• , recommendation is required. vk , During the past mouth the following numb er rece i ve d t he benefits i of this Charity, either as oat or inrdoor patients, on thclir personal a PPllcation:— , ; Week ending 7th Sept 1,841 Ditto 14th Sept.•• .. •••• • • . 1,89 5 Ditto 21st Sept Ditto 28th Sept.... .• .. 1,780 26111 and 30th Sept 787 in . ..... • •. • ...8,087 • of 'which 3,846 were new Total cases, Sept the . remainder (still under treat nlent) having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat ithe aid of t he Public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, Yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, When any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at an times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependents on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ranson} and Co.; P rescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and C.; Denison and Co. ;. Wiams. b eacoir, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney,o and Co. ; Nisbet an 4 C0., 11i Ber pers-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients wilt be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A.. Chairman. ARGYLL ROOMS.—LAURENT'S CASINO , Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The aboye elegsn Looms are now open every evening for the winter season, with lattrent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. toulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that this fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doers open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion One Shilling. R. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, ~ 4, Coveutrystreet, Leicester-square. —Open (for Gentlemen &L. , 0111 7) than 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thouSaild models and preparat.ions, illustrating every part of the human frame merlins health and disease, the race of Men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12. 2. and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN, at i p.m. precisely. Admission, One Shilling. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. —OPEN EVERY EVENING. —The celebrated HUNGA RIAN BAND, under the direction of Herr KALozor, will perform every Evening at 9 and 11 o'clock, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment. The following company of talented Vocalists are Permanently engaged for the performance of Selections from all the Popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., via.:—firs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and Miss Pearse ; Sam Cowell, J. Caulfield, Herr F. Joughmans. S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. 11 :..„ e lling. Barker, Russell Grover, and P. Corrie ; Masters E. Con- Austin, and Bennett, and Mr. T. Hackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Harroway, B.A. harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. 0 • Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., Until twelve o'clock. MR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has an entire new descrition 11 CIAL TEETH ,fixed introduced without springs, w ly ires, or ligat p ures. of They FO Rerfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from Tthe original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or uaY, and will b e f oun d very superior to any teeth ever before used. guus method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful Peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is g u aranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At 11 ° 11 1e from ten till five. GREY HAIR RESTORED t o it s ORIGIN A L 4E4 COLOUR with ease, safety, and ce r t a i n ty, b y th e P ATEN T IAINANIC COMBS and BRUSIIE- , , which are alsl an unfailing etnedy for nervous headache and all neuralgic affections. Illus. 'rated pamphlets, " Why Hair becomes Grey, and its Rem edy," zratis, °r by post for four stamps. Neuralgia, and all Rheumatic affections are Perfectly eradicated by the Patent G a l van i c Fl es h Brushes, the tiost safe, imple, and efficient galvanic in s t rumen t s ex t ant : patro hised by the faculty. OfficesHERRING, 32; Savory and , Basingll tureet. Agents :—Child, South Gallery, Crystal Palace ha Mo ore ; Atkinson, 24, Old B on d- s t reet ; G odfrey and Cooke, Conduit street ; Rendrie, 12, Tickborne-street ; Tvrinberrow, 2, Edwards street, Portman-square ; Saunders, 315 a, Winter, 205, and Kennedy, I°6. Oxford -street ; Ross, 119, Bishopsgate-street ; Rimmell, Ger rard-street, Soho; Worn, 17, Dawson-street, and Birch, 1, Moles- Wor th -street, Dublin. Sold by all chemists and perfumers of repute. pRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH. Price Is. 114 d. and 2,1. 9d. per box_ t„ rifYi This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for ng the blood, so very essential for the foundation of good and correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels. ;;Ze or th ree doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects. e stomach will speedily regain Its strength ; a healthy action of he liver, b owe l s , and kidneys will rapidly take place; and renewed V.ealth will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to "le directions accompanying each box. tßt F or FEMALES these Pill s are truly excellent, remov i ng all ob gletions, the distressing Headach e so 'very prevalent with the sex, riePressioan n of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, 41 Ples. d Sallowness of the Skin, and give a healthy, juvenile ' - 'nenni to the complexion. Persons of a r ull Habit, who are subject to Headache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, blood and Singin,g in the Ears, arising from too great a ow danger-o to the head, should never be without them, as many "IsYnaptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use. They are an excellent aperient, create appetite, relieve languor, ' i nd invigorate the spirits, and it taken after indulgence at table they cinickly restore the system to its natural state of repose. Sold by Front and Harsant, 229, Strand, London, and all vendors Of medicine. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, 58. 6d. , ON TRUE a z FALSE SPERMA.TORLHUA, with distinishing Real Sufferersthe und Vi er ew this of disease, gu and ctin Correg of widespread e Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford Is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This Is the first time, he Informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-mcdi cal reader. We trust his may not be the last, if he shall !.acct any other equally fl agrant evil which it niay be in his pc-m, el to cor-- t.”—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Fri,.nd,' are me rcilessly e xposed; and it this book could find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would N saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize-- Much money...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the eanpirical system of treating Spermatorrho3a, and to place the treat s upon a more rational and hysilogical basis. It is, th ere f ore, ikeby to do much g00d." 7 -li , ledic p al Ciorcular. PRINCE'S CLUB.-4 ACQIjET and TENNIS COURTS, H ans - place , Belgrave-square.— The Racquet Courts oft his Club are NOW OPEN, comprising three close and two open courts. Gentlemen desirous of becoming members are requested to forward their names to the secretary, at the club. By order. R. CLEMENTS, Secretary. Sand T. GILI3 . ERT, No. 4, Copthall-buildi ngs, e back of the Bank of england, London, beg to inform the public that they allow a DISCOUNT of 2d. In the SHILLING off all Books, Magazines, Periodicals, Quarterly Reviews, Almanacks, Pocket Books, Diaries, Maps. Prints, &c. The rate of postage is 2d. for each j lb. Music supplied at a Discount of 4d. in the Is., post free, and detailed prospectuses sent post free to all applicants. N.B. All Goods warranted perfect In every respect, and precisely the same as if the full price were paid.—Copy the address. London: H. Haien), 219..1Ce-g-ent-strAet, A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien do Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. I, 2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried In the waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., Ste. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, rPERMATORRIREA, and all the distressing c onsequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength 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 , BidGE, they are effe c t ua ll y subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEM AR e ffectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of gonorrhcea, both in its mild and aggravated icrrns, Glects, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. is the TRIESEMAR No. 111., 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 expell it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and fs a n ever-failing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately the Enghsh Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable elestruc tion of the patient's constitution, and Which all the Earsaparilla in the world cannot restore. Price I Is., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves lls., and in Si. cases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 12s. To be had wholesale and retail in London, of Johnson, 68, Cornhill; -- a I MaY and Co., 63, Ox lord-street ; Sanger, 150, O x f or d- s t ree t ;R. H. In g h am M arket - street, Manch es t er; H. Bradbury, bookseller' druggist, 46, , Dennsgate, Bolton , J. Priestly, chemist, 51, Lord-street, TA — verPool ; Powell, bn i okseltreelerJ • , t 15. Westmoreland-street Dublin ; W innall. bookseller, .4.0-s Birmingham SALE BY AUCTION. FREEHOLDS—GLOUCESTERSHIRE. TO BE SOLD, pusuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made by his Honour the Master of the Rolls, in a cause of " Sparks v. Restal," by Auction, in 23 Lots, by Mr. Charles Furber, on the 30th and 31st OCTOBER, valuable FREEHOLD LAND and PROPERTY, situate in Oakridge, Oak ridge Lynch, Trillies, Hay Wedge, Battlescombe, Watercombs, Tun "ley, and ticcaridge, all in the parish of Bisley, near Stroud, toge ther with the timber growing thereon. A pew in Risley Church, also Mortgage Bonds on the Tolls of Stroud and Chalford Turnpike Road, and a Freehold Muse, situate in Park-street, Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester. As to the BISLEY ESTATES— At the George Inn, Bisley, Gloucestershire, on Thursday, 30th October, 1856, in 22 Lots. As to the FREEHOLD DWELLING HOUSE at Cirencester— At the Rain Inn, Dyer-street, Cirencester, on Friday, 31st Octo ber, 1856. in One Lot. The Sale to commence on each day at 2 for 3 o'clock In the after noon, precise time. The various properties may be viewed and particulars, with con ditions of sale, obtained 14 days before the sale, at the Ram Inn, Cirencester; the Reform Tavern, Chalferd ; the George Inn, Ris ley; the Bricklayers' Arms Inn, Daneway ; the George Inn, Stroud; the Butchers' Arms, Oakridge Lynch ; of Messrs. Chubb, Deane, and Chubb, solicitors, South-square, Gray's-inn, London; Messrs. Trinder and Eyre, solicitors, 1, John-street, Bedford-row, London; of Messrs. Lewis, Wood, and Street, solicitors, Raymond buildings, Gray's-in n , London ; ef E. Mitchell, Esq., solicitor; Stroud ; of Messrs. Mullings and Co., solicitors, Cirencester; and at the auctioneers, in Warwick -court, Gray's-inn, London. CHUBB, DEANE, and CHUBB, Plaintiff's Solicitors. _.____. RIENTALO INLAND STEAM COMPANY (Limited). For establishing Steam Navia tion on the Rivers o f I ndia. g Capital 250,000/. in 25,000 Shares of 101. each, with power to increase it to 1,0 00,000/.—Deposit 10s. per Share. TRUSTEES. JAMES ALLAN, Esq.' Managing Director of the Penins u l ar and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The Honourable W. WILBERFORCE Man, Esq., late Deputy- Governor of Bengal. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. W. WILBERFORCE BIRD, Esq., late Dep.-Governor of Bengal. Captain BOLD, K.T.S., Belvidere Villa, Millbrook, near Southampton. HARRY BoRRADAILE, Esq., late Civil Service, Bombay. Jomi BOURNE Esq., late o f M essrs . J o h n B ourne and Co. Lieut.-General JOIIN BRIGGS, Madras Army, late Political Agent in Candeish, and officiating Resident at Nagpore. Colonel A. COTTON, late Chief Engineer of Madras. Capt. COTTON, R.N., Alport House, Whitechurch, Salop. Major-General EL ' ICRINS . .ON bate Chief Engineer of Bc an b a y. MONTAGUE GORE, tsq., South Audley-street, Grosvenor. square. Lieut.-Col. GRIMES, Hon. E.1.C.5 7 lately stationed at Nagpore. CAA. C. H. HirrcumsoN, Hon. E.1.C.5., Asst. Civ. Eng Godavery.. Col. Arwsta, Lass, C. 8., Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, late Engineer of the Kistnah Irrigation Works. Ci. MAY, Esq. (Messrs. May, Mathewson, and Co.), London and Calcutta. Colonel the Hon. R. T. ROWLEY, 47, Berkeley-square. (With power to add to their number.) MANAGING DIRECTOR—JOHN BOURNE, Esq., late of Messrs. John Bourne and Co., Glasgow and Greenock. EsaINEER—JAMES KENNEDY, Esq., late of Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, Liverpool. SOLICITOR—HENRY R. HILL, Esq., 23, Throgmorton-street. BANKERS—Messrs. WILLIAMS, Eszecom, and CO. SECRETARY--JOHN MATHEWSON, Esq. Offices, 9 Billiter-street, London. This company is established for two reasons—first, because it is wanted ; and second, because it will pay. India wants cheap means of conveyance for her produce; water conveyance is cheaper than any possible mode of conveyance by land ; and ten thousand miles of this cheap water conveyance will be afforded by the great rivers when properly navigated by steam. The last dividend of the Ganges Steam Company was 48 per cent. per annum, and the latest returns of a Navigation Com pany on the Godavery was 55 per cent. The field, however, is far too large to be adequately filled by local effort, and an English Company is necessary, which, with adequate capital, will render available the resources of European science. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the offices, 9, Billitcr-street, London. RETURN OF THE COURT FROM SCOTLAND. The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal family and suite will, as has already been stated in The Sun, return from Balmoral to Edinburgh on Wednesday next, pass ing the night at Holyrood Palace, and proceeding to Windsor on the following morning. Her Majesty has again selected the North-Eastern and Great Northern route, and the state carriages belonging to the latter crunpany were forwarded to Banchory on Saturday. The Royal train will be arranged in the following order, engine, break-van ; first-class carriage, containing servants ; first-class carriage, containing pages and other attendants ; family carriage, containing ladies of the suite ; Royal saloon, containing the Princes ; Royal saloon, containing her Majesty and Prince Albert ; Royal saloon, containing the Princesses ; family car nage, containing the gentlemen of the suite ; first ciastz carriage, containing the directors in attendance; carriage truck, conveying the Queen's lourgon ; car nage truck, containing the dresser's carriage ; last break van. The time-bill regulating the' progress of the Royal ' train from Banchory to Edinburgh, and thence to Ycsk has yet not been issued. The journey from York to London will be accomplished as follows :—The Royal travellers, after partaking of luncheon at York, will leave that station at 1.3 E p m. on Thursday, and the train will pass Copmanthorpe at 1.41, Bolton Percy at 1.47, Ulleskelf at 1.49, Church Fenton Junction at 1.52, Sherburn, at 1.55, Milford Junction at 1.57, Burton Salmon at 2.1, Knottingley Junction at 2.5, Womersley at 2.12, Norton at 2.15, Askern at 2.19, Arksey at 2.24, arriving at Doncaster at 2.33. Here there will be a stoppage of five minutes to change the engine. The train will start again at 2.38, passing Rossington at 2.39, Bawtry at 2.43, Scroohy at 2.46, Rantkill at 2.49, Sutton at 2 52, reaching Rotford at 2 . 57 . Alter a pause of f our minutes for the engine to take in water the train will proceed on its course, passim Tuxford at 3.9, Carlton at 3.16, Newark at 325, Claypole at 3 . 31, Hougham at 3.36, entering Grantham station at 3.43, and remaining there for four minutes for the engine to take in wate r . R esum i ng Great Pouton journey the Rc o y n a i l ng t t r o a r : trav ellers will attaining pa ss Peter borough Pouton at 3.5 2 , Corby at 3.58, Little B ytham at 4.5, The engine will be a ga i n changed 29,m minutes es tr w ai i o ll be allowed. Leaving Etisend at ineat 4. 4 2 . 4 1 . 0, at this point, an that operation for r a w tio h n at 4 which five will pass Holme at 4.39, and get delay of to to Hu ntingdo n at 4.54, wh ere th e re will be an other mi nutespasse forat 5 the . engine . s ee ngti. xt s n e e to o , tak a e t i s n .B water. Sandy dßig. gleewade at 5.23, Arsley at 5.30, reaching Hitchen at 5 38, to when take h i n threeen water. Stevenage wil w b e i l allowed hei as s f e o d r a t t h e 5. 4 en gine 7: Welwy n at 5,56 , -Hatfield at 6. 3 , Potter 's -bar at 6.11, Barnet at 6.16, Colney-hatch at 6.20, Hornsey at 6.24, and London will be attained at 6.30. The train will not stop at the ticket platform, Hollo. way, but w ill run into the goods station, Kings-cross, where a North London engine will be in waiting to take the train on to Windsor. The same precautions as were adopted for insurieg the safety and pu nctua li ty of the Royal train when her Ma jesty went to Scotland will be enforced on her return. A pilot engine will follow the train at an interval of 10 minutes, under special regulations. The danger signals will be exhibited at each station for 10 minutes after the passing of the train. The line is to be kept perfectly clear for half an hour before the train is due. The cord communication between guard and engine driver will be used. The Royal saloo n will be provided with a semaphore signal, and a man will be stationed on the tendsr to keep a constant look out. The train will con vey its own lampmen, fitters, greasers, &c. Gatekeepers and platelayers are instructed to keep a good look out, with a view to prevent any unnecessary detention of the train. (No. 20,06-4.) PUBLICATIONS. Second Edit •l, now ready, LAKE NGA MI • or, Explorations an d Disdoveries during Four Years' Wanderings in South-Western Africa. By CHARLES JOHN ANDERSSON. Royal Bvo , with Map and 50 Illustrations of Sporting Adventures, Subjects of Natural History, &C., 305., handsomely bound. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough -street. To be had at all the libraries, in 3 vols., IODERN SOCIETY in ROME. it By J. It. BEBTE, Esq., Author of" The Wabash." " This work is singularly interesting. 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'THE LITERARIUM of Wednesday, Oct. 15, 11_ a Weekly Journal of Education, Literature, Science, and Art, price 4d., will contain—Dr. Humphreys' Lecture to the Working Classes at the Cheltenham Athenamat—Sethos : a Romance, after the style of the Abbil Terasson—The Queen s University in Ireland— The granting of Degrees—Photographs of Sir 13. C. Brodie and E. ./1. Bally, RA., by Messrs. Maull and Polyblank—Literature, Baby lon the Great, &e.-14thematles—The Rev. J. F. Denham, M.A., F.R.S., on the Character of St. Paul—University and Educational Intelligence—Correspondence. The LITEHARIITM is published every Wednesday, at 131, Fleet street, and may be had of all booksellers and newsmen. 1---/ 1 11 11, 1111:Tirt‘: . ...-- / ...,---- • .? ".i , , 9 „.-, '‘'' (-- ----n:27 ' ./ „/ / / • ~, , -"/ -' , L.-- / r PR / A c C-1 .4 . A r l i i '' -(- 4 '' 14 :. --- --- , , _ - ..::t-, :.;,-,,,,,, ...:..._ , .;.; , ~.,kw*, , 411 111 --- ---.---- ~.---- --1- . 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We prin te d yesterday a resume of the reports which are current upon the subject. This must be taken simply as an ex parte statement, and therefore as much as such a statement is worth. One of the young officers whose name, is to be brought before the public had already distinguished himself in the annals of practical joking. Lord Ernest Vane Tempest—for it is the hero of the Windsor Theatre who has recently been endeavour leg to cover himself with fresh glory at Brighton — has just b een p l ace d un d er arrest, and with him a certain C ornet Bi rt and a L i eut. Winstauley, whos e names are as yet un k nown to fams. There is so little of imagination or invention in the tricks of these overgrown schoolboys that we can scarcely. hope So gea.i4 7 th e curiosity of the public by a reci tal of their enormities. It is ju s t th e o ld s t ory o f breaking into b e d rooms at night, throwing the patient's clothes i n t o water, pouring water into his bed, shaving the h a i r , whisker, and moustache on one rideof his bead, so as to convert him into an and w ar —i n f act, j ust what o em cc b u lm r e red a ef ea yea p ro e r e two ago at Windsor and Canter bury. This time, -to be sure, there has been no mock duel ; but, as a set-off, there was a new tric which may be called the pa r e-trick, pl aye d o ff the other day at Brighton. The young officer who a firmly strapp e d was marked out as the subject of thi s p l easantry was forced into a chair and down in it, a na pkin was tied under hi 3 chin, and when be was in that positionr pap w as t h rust i into his mo u th w ith a , spoon . Young rioters, it seems, must have studied the manipulations of nurses with peculiar zeal. They had oh. served that when infants refused their food the ladies who are most deeply versed in the mysteries of nursing are in the habit of slapping the backs of their i n t erest i ng c h arges, and of accompanying these slaps with cries which seem to stimulate the Powers of deglutition. Thissystera.waa imitated mn theteate.of the Dragoon-baby who had been fas tened in the chair at Brighton the other day. We read " th a t h e was fed with pap, and, on resisting, was slapped behind, and treated in every respect like an infant." It may, perhaps, also be estce ned something of a novelty in the annals of practical joking, as understood at military messes, that in the case of another young officer who had been marked out by his associates as a fit subject for forcible ridicule they stole some of his clothes, with them dressed up a mannikin in the resemblance of their companion in arms, and suspended it by the neck from a dome in the barracks. These are the only two points of novelty in the recent transac tions at Brighton which appear to deserve particu lar notice. Nothing is alleged to the prejudice of the young gentlemen who have been the victims of these cruel absUrdities but that they refused to join in the pranks and bear's-play of their comrades. The late L or d H arding° in the last years of his life set his face very determinedly against the sys tem of practical joking. It is true that it was not until he bad been stimulated into forcible action by the indignation which had been so generally add vehemently expressed on the subject of the Windsor Court-martial that he was roused to ex ertion. The point of honour with the military authorities seems to be to show that they-are in dependent of public opinion. This is called pre serving the army from the " dictation " of civilians, and redounds' greatly to the honour and glory of the advocates of the theory, who, we may remark, are chiefly- composed of fus.sy old Generals, who maunder about " anonymous " writers, and think themselves at liberty, so far as the press is con cerned, to violate all the decencies of society. We question, however, if the system would be main tained if its professors could at all appreciate the amount of disgrace and ridicule they bring upon that which should be a no bl e profession. When civilians stand by and see such a mockery of justice as that which took place in the case of Lieutenant Perry at Winds or , or th e f arce at Ch e l sea Hospital the other day, an amount of contempt for military men and military a d m i n i s t ra ti on i s arouse d which will one day most surely make itself felt. Mean while it operates to bring the military character into discredit amid to lower the prestige of every officer who wears the British uniform. With the ap pointment of theDuko of Cambridge as Commander in • Chief, we hope, for the sake of the army, to see an end of those absurd and mischievous traditions of military rule. He has entered upon his adminis tration with clean hands ; let him avoid the counsels of the self-opinionated old gentlemen who would persuade him to disconnect the ideas of military and of ordinary justice. Whenever an offence or a crime is brought under the notice of the Commander-in-Chief—whether—ft he committed by officer or by private—let his simple rescript be "Fiatjusfitia," and let justice be rendered at once in the broad light of day, without mystery and without prejudice. If what the advo cates of our present military system tell us be true, they have everything to gain, nothing to lose, by the utmost amount of publicity. We are informed by them that the young officers who disgrace them selves and their profession by the perpetration of these practical jokes are infinitely few in number— that they constitute but a small percentage even of the younger officers. Why, then, allow wealthy and titled libertines to bully a young man of a different disposition out of a regiment, and thus ruin his military career for ever ? Above all things avoid secrecy in these inquiries. No one supposes . that th e 28 ,000,000 of people who con. statute the population of the British isles aro habi tual pickpockets because a certain number of per sons are openly condemned for the commission of that offence every year. If they were tried in secret, and before judges whose first principle it was to set the opinion of the public at defiance, it may be that sp ecu l a ti on would run in the other direc tion. P" (72 STA M " D- r 40 . 1. 9' 1" the present c ;ssion. If that could be done he should be happy to renr ler them every assistance. The CHAII 431 AN was of opinion that they would not have time to survey and prepare plans for more than one street, to emable them to go to Parliament in the present session. Mr. cormiNsoN said if tho plan of Mr. Doulton was adopted it •would be most disastrous to the borough of Southwark. It would be necessary to carry it by viaduct from London-bridge to the Borough Market, and would be most inju rions to the inhabitants of that district. Several m embers said that there was no plan by Mr. Doulton befi are the board. Mr. SEEMY said he was most desirous that something should be done in the present session. .He was most desirous Mit the point of discharge should be settled from Southwark -bridge -road to London-bridge. Mr. DOULTON said he was as desirous as any one that Union-street. should be widened ; but the question was, whethfr the present was the proper time to do it. He did not think that they could carry out both schemes in time, and therefore he was in favour of the original motion. Mr. LESLIE believed the whole of this mancouvrirg was only with a desire to thr ow th e matter over for the present session, as they would have Pntt's vinegar -works to deal with in the first instance, Apsley Pe llatt's glass works in the second, the Phoenix Gas -works in the third, and the Borough-market in the fourth. The time for giving notiass was close at hand, and the whole desire was to throw the subject over for the present year. They t p h r u o s po p s u e t d t t h o e e w r h ec o t le a th v in iad g ,uupcot nnsetaiirts_Lo(nhdeaorn)-r_baidngde,maannyd of those present well.knew that the thing could not be done. The amendment having been negatived, Mr. Doulton's motion was put, "That the committee be instructed to prepare a 'plan and estimatFa__of a new line of street, comrameing at, or a's near Its piacticable, opposite 'ti e entrance to the Sonth-Eastew Railway, and terminate in Blaelifriars-road, in the line of Stamford-street. The motion was then put by the CHAIRMAN, when there appeared— For the motion Against it 16 Majority -LlO NEW STREET EROM CRANBOURNE-STREET TO COVENT GARDEN. Mr. FEW brought forward this subject, and quoted a letter received a short time since from the Chief Commis sioner of Works, in which Sir Benjamin Hall said that, as a considerable sum was in hand, and as the Duke of Bedford had given his assent to the plan, he placed the matter in the hands of this board to carry it out. If they declined to do so he would give the necessary no tices, and hrina a bill into Parliament in the coming session. Mr. Few urged the importance of early con sidering this question to the district which he repre sented, and said that the Duke of Bedford had offered to contribute 15,0001. to the expense, or about one-third of the total met estimated by their superintending ar chitect. He concluded by moving "That the plan re ported by the committee of works and improvements for the . formation of a new street between Cranbonrne-street and Leicester-square and Bing-street, Covent-garden, be approved by this board." Mr. DALTON seconded the motion, and in support of it said that Parliament had already endorsed the scheme, and had provided the funds to carry it out. Mr. CRELLIX said he should move an amendment that the question be deferred until the board had the whole plans for the iniprovement of London before it. Mr. R. TAYLOR said they could get at the improve. ment now proposed at a very small expense ; and al though the (Mr. Taylor) was a younger man than him, he thought if they waited for the plan for the improve ment of all London to be brought forward, he should never live to see the present proposed improvement car riedlout. Therefore, he did hope that the plan proposed by Mr. Few would be adopted. Mr. BIDOOOD was sorry to disturb his friend's mind as to the unanimity that would be come to upon this question. The plan now proposed was quite unworthy of being called a metropolitan improvement, and led to nowhere but Covent-garden market. As it would bene fit no persons but those engaged in and living about that market, he considered that if this alteration was to be made the Duke of Bedford ought to pay the whole of the expense. He contended that they were not justified in spending the ratepayers' money on any such object, for the Duke of Bedford took care to put bars across the public streets, so that there should not be a public thoroughfare ; and if this money was spent, it would be on a private and not a public property. Mr. Or also opposed the motion, and considered, if it was carried out, it ought to be entirely at the ex pense of the Duke of Bedford, for it was a small and peddling improvement, and unworthy of being executed at the ratepayers' expense. Mr. D'IrFANGER was surprised at some of the objec tions now taken, and thought that if they had any value in them they ought to have - 13 - eerntated in the first in• stance, and that the plan ought not to have been re• ferred to the committee. It was said that this was a very small plan, but that appeared to him to be rather a reason why they should carry it out. He hoped there would not be that desire to throw cold water upon everything, for if that was to be the the case, instead of being a "Metropolitan Board of Works," they would be called a board of do-nothings. He should be very sorry if that board did nothing, and hoped that the plan would be adopted. Mr. TURNER was in favour of the motion, as it would not be at the expense of the ratepayers, but of the Dake of Bedford and the Government. Mr. IlAwirics opposed the motion as a useless expendi. ture of the public money. The CHAIRMAN then put the question, when there appeared— For the motion Against it 3 Majority —8 Mr. R. TAYLOR then moved "That the proper steps be forthwith taken for making application to Parlia ment in the ensuing session for the necessary powers to carry out the proposed improvements, and that the chairman be requested to employ such draughtsmen and others as may be needed by the architect to make the necessary preliminaries." Mr. FEW seconded the motion, which was put and agreed to. past fiv e o ' c l oc k The board adjourned at 10 minutes After all, the judges of the land contrive to get through a good deal of business in the year in the broad light o f d a y, an d t o g i ve genera l sa t i sfaction. Whenever cases are tried before them, the press— that nightmare of General officers—preserves a religious silence, because we are all aware th a t th ey will do their duty. It is because there is a feeling ab: oad of a diametrically opposite kind with regard to military tribunals that their proceedings ordi narily excite clamour and discontent. They are not trusted, and hence the public attention is keenly alive to their proceedings. A change of policy an their part would soon lull to rest all this jealousy and suspicion. At present th e rece i ved opinion is that the morality of a military tribunal is lower than that of any other judicial board in the king dom. Let us hope that the Duke of Cambridge will introduco'ehanges in the military administration in this particular, for it closely concerns the honour of the profession of which he is the recognised chief. To pass from this more general view of the case to the particular instance now before us, can there be any thing more lowering in the public estimation to the younger officers of the army than this system of practical joking ? The Duke of Cambridge, who has an extensive experience of the usages of foreign services, must be well aware that, had such an affair as the one which has recently occurred at Brighton happened in any regiment in the employ ment of France, Austria, or Prussia, the unfortu nate young man who had been the subject - of the practical joke could not have remained in the ser vice unless he had successively met and slain every one of the officers who had so grievously insulted him. We doubt if any minor wound would have been held sufficient to atone for the offence ; but at least the offended officer must have challenged his assailants to mortal combat, and risked his owls life to purge his honour. Now, we have no wish to tee the army turned into a school for duellists, but at least let it not be a cockpit for unmannerly schoolboys. Blows and practical jokes are not for those who have arrived at man's estate, be they soldiers or civilians. Rough play begets rough 1 31 a) and there is an end of all dignity and self-respect. Should the charges against Lord Ernest Vane Tem pesttweirl and ne ot h b i e s associates allowed t proved,be remain a w d e a y trust long t e h r a in they tbye —Times. Du Barry's delicious I [AnvigarrsExtENT.]-IVe quote a few more of the extraordi consumption and Debility: ne effected by y Food of Indi • nervousness, constipa tion, cures without medicine health-restoring Revalenta Arabica . 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LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1856. ..11 - OCKING DEATH OF THE HON. BERTRAM WODEHOUSE. EXETER, OCT. 13. An inquest was held at the Acland Arms, St. Sid well's, Exeter, on Saturday, b e f ore M r . W. . Hooper, comber, on the body of a gentleman, who, from certain documents found in his possession, and other circum stances, appears to be the Hon. Bertram Wodehouse, uncle of Lord Wodehouse, the English amba-sador at the Court of Russia. The facts, as detailed in evidence, are of an exceedingly painful character. It appeared that the deceased, who was described as a tall gentleman, wearing a moustache, and having the appearance of a military man - , arrived in Exeter on Thursday evening, the 3d instant, by train, and went to the New London Inn. He was then under the influence of drink. He slept there for several nights, and during the whole time he was at the inn he was intoxicated. In corsequence of this the landlord, Mr. Pratt, sent him his bill, and suggested the propriety of his taking private lodgings. On the Sunday evening pre vious to this he entered the Free Church in a state of intoxication, and was turned out by the sexton. On leaving the London Inn he hired John Richards, one of the porters, to convey his luggage to another hotel, but when be arrived at the door he refused to enter, and ultimately agreed with Richards to take lodgings at his house. He went there on Tuesday last. He was then drunk, and during the same night he consumed a quan-• city of pale brandy. The following day he ordered a bottle of brandy, and drank about a pint of it. Richards, " fearing that he was killing himself," took away the brandy, and put it in a drawer, but he insisted on having it again, and asked Mrs. Richards t‘how she dared" to remove it. He "drank some tnori3 that night, and the next day he ordered six bottles (quarts) of Allsopp's bit ter ale, the whole of which he drank, together with the brandy which wasieft on the previous night, and a small quantity more from another bottle, which he ordered to be fetched on that day. On each evening be took "composing draughts" and effervescent powders, which were procured for him at a druggist's shop in the neigh bourhood. He kept his bed all the time, and only ate two basins of soup and some arrow -root. On Friday, at 1 o'clock in the morning, deceased called Richards, and on going into his bedroom he saw him stagger from the door and fall over a chair. He immediately got up again, and when Richards asked if he should assist him, the deceased said, "No, it's all right. I'm not hurt." Richards then gave him some water, and about an hour and a half afterwards deceased called again and requested to be supplied with a basin of tea. It was procured for him, and he then commenced retching • Richards, asked if he should call in a me di ca l man, to which deceased re plied, "No I will not ha ve a d oc t or ; I d on ' t like doc tors—anything but that." At 7 o'clock the same morn ing he bad some more tea, and at half-past 9 sent for another half-dozen bottles of bitter ale, and drank a por tion of one bottle. About 10 minutes after this Mrs. Richards went to deceased again, when he appeared very faint. He asked for some carbonate of soda, and when she was getting it he fell back on the pillow, cast up his eyes, and opened his mouth. Mrs. Richards then sent for Mr. Hunt, a surgeon., I During the progress of the inquiry the, Coroner read I the following note, which was found in deceased's pockets : "T. H. Wodehouse presents his compliments to the Hon. Bertram Wodehouse, and begs to hand him 451. as requested. Messrs. C. and •Co. have received 88/. 16s. Bd. only from Lord Wodehouse, so there will be a draught less than 15/. due in the last mouth of the quar ter.-29, Cornhill, Sept. 4, 1856." In reply to a telegraphic communication which Richards sent to the Hon. Henry Wodehouse, Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor square, London, apprising him of the death of the deceased, the following arrived dur ing the inquest : " Procure a shell ; some one will come down on Mon day. Write full particulars to R. C.—From Raikes Currie, Hytbe, Kent." Mr. Hunt, surgeon, stated that he was called to the deceased about 1 o'clock on Friday. He was then in bed, with a bottle of ale, partly drunk, in his hand, of which he occasionally partook. Deceased was not unconscious. Witness attempted to take the bottle from him, but he would not give it up. Deceased was pulseless ; his legs and arms were quite cold, and he was evidently in a dying state. When witness told him he would in all probability die he exclaimed, " Oh, no, not so bad as that !" He applied a mustard poultice over the heart, and tried other means, but deceased never rallied. He continually asked for bitter beer and brandy and soda. Witness succeeded in taking the bottle from deceased, and the last thing he did was to raise himself on his elbow and ask for cold water. Witness gave him a little; and he the n f e ll b ac k an d di e d . W itness con sidered that deceased died from exhaustion, consequent upon excessive drinking and his not taking ale animal food." The Coroner, in summing n p, sa id th ere cou ld be •nd doubt that deceased was the Hon. Bertram Wodehouse, the uncle of the present Lord Wodehouse our ambassador at the Court of Russia. In tracing the peerage he found that the Hon. B. Wodehouse was dea&ibed as a military officer ; that he waq born in April, 1813, and was conse quently 43 years old. Deceased would appear to be the fourth son of John Wodehouse, the second baronet, and uncle of the present L or d Wodehouse. It would also ap pear from the letter before him that his Lordship had been in the habit of making deceased a half-yearly allow ance, which, however, seemed to have been paid him quarterly by Mr. Woodhouse, of London, who was, he understood, an army agent. The jury returned a verdict of " Died from exhaustion, consequent on excessive drinking." FRENCH SYMPATHY WITH THE ITALIANS. The following placard has been secretly posted in various quarters of Paris : "To THE ITALIAN PEOPLE.—INSURRECTION IS THE HOLIEST OF DUTIES. " July 14, August 10, February 24, January 12, March 22, February 9 "Brothers and Friends, — Honour . to you who have not been crushed by your many oppressors—who have not been discouraged by the most cruel deception ! It is now centuries since the spirit of evil fell upon Italy, as the noblest prey it could devour, clutching you in its two talons—Papacy and empire. For centuries this spirit has sucked your blood, and striven to poison your soul with its pestiferous breath. But your soul is immortal ! That priest who returned to Rome through a smoking breach—that Bourbon in whose bosom beats the heart of Tiberius —those Austrian ravens that croak upon the harmonious banks of the Adige, all know and feel, and tremble at the knowledge that intelligence and life has not abandoned their vic tim. They all feel that the soil of Italy quivers under their accursed feet, and that there are there undaunted giants, such as were found formerly in the mountains of heroic Sicily. The blood of the martyrs has but ferti lised your soil. You possess courage, intelligence, and constancy, and you have that experience which is bought by long misfortune. You want but one thing—arms ! You shall have them. You must have thorn. Already you you have appealed to the true children of Italy. Every one of them has offered his mite, so that those who shall first have the honour to proclaim your eman cipation may find ready to their hands the instruments wherewith to carry on the holy war. Our hearts have leaped with joy at the news come to us across the Alps that you are secretly storing up your first muskets while waiting for the day of your deliverance. We also desire to come to your aid and take part in your fraternal union. Receive, brothers , and friends, the produce of the French Subscription ; receive it not only as a proof of sympathy, but also as an offering of gratitude ; for you are setting a great and useful example—that of ex treme constancy under the weight of extreme oppression ; and it is, perhaps, from you that th e s p ar k w ill p rocee d which is destined to reanimate the world. No nation has suffered more than Italy ; and none, if there be justice upon earth, will have a prouder place among re generate nations. " For the people and students of Paris, "THE COMMITTEE." THE CHINESE REBELLION. Since our last issue the news from the interior has be come more and more alarming to the Iroperialiste, whose armies are retiring before the rebels in the direction of Soo-chow. Last week the position of the Imperial forces was reported to be thatthe General in Chief Eleang-yung Occupied Tan-yang, while his advanced guard under Chang - kwoh-leang was at Ken-yang. This week Ileaeg yang is reported to have fallen back ou Chang-chow, and Ch aag-kwoh-leang to have retired to Tan-yang ; leaving the former position of the Imperialists at Kew hwa-sang, where Keih fell into the hands of the rebels, and the whole of the ground between Chin-keang and Nankin open to them. In the western part of Keang-soo the cities of lieu-yung, Leih-pang, and Leih-shwuy are certainly occupied by the rebels, while the mandarins in these placesare either decapitated or fled. To these may be added E-hing, which has been taken by the rebels, who are said to be spreading themselves over the Tae-hoo, and Tung-ting-san, hut lately the resort of European tourists. Since penning the above the news has just reached us that the rebels took possession of Tan-yang ou Sunday, the 6th July. This' brings them into closer proximity to Soo-'how, and the chances are that in a short time the contending parties will be engaged in a deadlystruggle for that capital of the province, and the outlet of commerce for Shanghai. Reang-yun g has already re tired to Woo-scib, which is only about 30 miles from Soo-chow. The richer inhabitants of Soo -chow bad pre viously removed to Tungting-san' where th ey are l i kely to fall directly i n t o th e h an d s of the insurgents. We understand that the Canton people about Shanghai are enlisting volunteers to go to assist in the war, but which side they will take is uncertain. One thing is certain, that the movers in the business haven warrant from the Government, and from the character of the parties engaged the chances are that they will rather aid than repress insurrection. We have also heard that the fleet of 40 sail of junks which some time ago went up the Yang-tse-kiang, un d er th e Chi nese N elson, threatening to take everything, is now cooped up between Chin keang and Nankin, unable to pass the batteries at either place, without powder and without provisions.7-North aka Herald,. J 12. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A:special meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, further to c o nsi d er the r eport of the committee of works and improvements, pursuant to the references by , the b board on th e su bj ec t o f s t re et improvements in outh mark, and a new street from King-street, Covent-garden, towards Coventry-street, recommending for the conside ration of the bo a rd a new line of street, commencing near the Town Hall, Southwark, and extending to the point of intersection of Vine-street with the York-road ; and also recommending for the consideration of the board anew line of street' extending from Cranbourne-street, Leicester•square, to King-street, Covent-garden; and also to consider the following motion, notice of which has been given by Mr. Irvine, on the 22d September : To submit plans and suggestions for the formation and improvement of certain thoroughfares in the boroughs of Southwark and Lambeth, and to move that the conside ration thereof be referred to a select committee. The report of the committee was as follows : "Your committee have to report that, in pursuance of the resolution of the board of the 28th March last (No. 13), referrin g t o th em t h e memor i a l f rom S ou th wor k , respecting street improvements in that locality, together with the report of the finance committee, presented to the board on that day, explaining, for the information of the board, what funds exist for effecting improvements in Southwark, and the trusts upon which such funds are held, they have directed their attention to the several matters referred to in the memorial and report, and have examined various schemes which have from time to time been proposed for the promotion of a new line of thorough. fare, for facilitating the traffic between the High-street, Southwark, and the West-end of the metropolis, and on a full consideration of the subject, have arrived at the conclusion that the line of street which presents the greatest advantages is that which commences near the Town Hall, Southwark, and extends to the point of inter section of Vine-street with the York-road, and is shown upon the plan submitted with this report, and they ac cordingly beg to recommend the same for the considera tion of the board. "Your committee subjoin an estimate of the cost o such new street, prepared by the superintending archi tact. " Your committee have also to report that the resolu tion of the board of the 13th June, 1856, having directed that the subject of the formation of a new street between Cranbourne•street, Leicester-square, King-street, Co vent-garden, be referred to the superintending architect for a report to be made to this commission, the superin tending architect has laid before your committee a plan, showing a new line of street between the points in ques tion, with the following estimate of the cost : " Estimate of the cost of forming a new street from the corner of St. Martin's-lane and Long-acre, to King _ . _ _ street, Covent-garden, as proposed by Mr. Pennethorne, and referred to in the Seventh Report of the Metropolis Improvement Commissioners :-- " OUTLAY. Purchases of property, goodwills, &c £82,337 10 per cent, for contingencies 500 feet run of sewer, paving, &c. Total . £91,820 " RETURN. By sale of ground rents, 760 feet £45,600 By sale of old materials 1,200 24-6,800 Net cost " And your committee beg to submit such plan for the consideration of the board. (Signed) J. THWAITES. " CHARLES ATKINS, " FRANCIS CHALMERS." The' estimate for making this new street in the Bo rough is given in detail in an appendix from which it makes a total of 895,1041., and the return (net cost) from property resold, &c., is set down at 263,3101., and Government grant, 90,000/. • making a total of 173,3101. The Superintending Arc hitect, Mr. MARRABLE, in reply to numerous questions, stated that he fully coin cided in the recommendations of the committee ; in fact, it was his own recommendation. It was true that the new street, 80 feet in width, would open in a street only 50 feet in width. He did not propose to alter the level of a single crossing, and eventually the new street might be made to communicate with the West-end, by crossing over Hungerford-bridge (converted into a road bridge), and terminating in Northumberland-street ; but this was only a suggestion. The proposed street would be a perfectly straight one, and this appeared to him very de sirable. He knew that the Hungerford-bridge Company had long had it in contemplation to convert the bridge into a road bridge. Mr. DREW was in favour of St. Thomas-street as a starting-point in place of the Town-hall. Mr. COLLINSON said that a new street bad been looked upon with great interest _by theinhabitants of the Bo rough, and called attention to the fact that the second act of Parliament had appropriated 30,0001. to a new communication from Westminster to Southwark, not mentioning Stamford-street, as the first appropriation act did. If the new line of street were constructed very close to the Thames, it would be a viaduct blocking out light and air from the inhabitants of the low-lying dis trict. The speaker (Mr. Collinson) then proceeded to 0)0 ir the ine.nvenience of opening into York street, as bad been proposed, and which seemed to meet with some degree of favour, and remarked that the board ought to take care that they would not leave a greater nuisance in Southwark than they had found in it. There would be this advantage in commencing atthe Town-hall, namely, that they could proceed as they wished westward at a level, but where should they terminate the street! Stamford-street was evidently not contemplated by the act of parliament. But he did not think that it was necessary to go to the York-road, and was in favour of terminating the street in Waterloo-road at the corner of Stamford-street. Ano ther objection to the plan was that it crossed the Water loo-road near the railway station. The hon. member then specified some other slight objections to the recom mendation of the committee, but on the whole was in favour of the plan. He moved "That a new line of communication be opened from Southwark and West minster Bridges, and that the commencement be at the Town Hall, Southwark." Mr. FEW seconded the motion, for the purpose of having the question discussed. Mr. DOULTON protested against the proposition of the committee. Their plan seemed to him a most prepos terous one. The public and the House of Commons, and he hoped the board likewise, would not give their sanction to any half measure, and it was precisely upon this ground that he opposed the plan. It would bring the traffic of a street of 80 feet in width into a street of 60 feet for 700 feet. He would move as an amendment —" That the architect be directed to prepare a plan and estimates for a new line of street, commencing as nearly as possible at the South-Eastern Railway stations, and terminating opposite Stamford-street." Mr. SAVAGE seconded the amendment. They should not throw away so valuable a street as Stamford -street. Mr. BIDGOOD strenuously opposed the amendment. If they were anxious to start from the point nearest to London-bridge, he thought they would find that the nearest was the one indicated by the architect. In his opinion Westminster Bridge was doomed, and they would see a new bridge erected very much nearer Charing-cross than the present one. Mr. CRELLIN spoke in favour of having the com mencement of the new street as nigh as possible to the South-Eastern Railway termini. Mr. Deputy HARRISON said he would vote for the amendment, but would prefer having the matter again referred to the committee, in order that they might state their opinion on the connection of the new street with Wellington.street, inasmuch as he thought the expres sion in the amendment, "as nearly as possible," was ambiguous. This, he fully admitted, would involve some delay, which, however , he thought wo u ld p rove salu tary. The line specified in the amendment would indi cate their future progress, and it was almost as much as the public could expect of the board during one cession of parliament. The CHAIRMAN observed that if the board made an order to-day for the superintending architect to survey the line, and directed the committee to assist in the pre paration, there would be still time enough to got the no tices out for next session. (Hear.) Mr. OFFER would vote for referring the matter back again to the committee, in order that they might exa- . mine all the plans which bad only been before the archi tect ; but after such an examination he was convinced that the committee would express a preference for the plans of the superintending architect. Mr. Fitw reminded the board that the plan of the architect was the one which had the approval of the go vernment, Mr. TAYLOR read a quotation from the blue-book, which, he argued, showed that the government were in favour of making use of Stamford-street. Several other hon. members having expressed their opinions in favour of the amendment in qualified terms, Mr. CoLustsosi said, under the present circumstances, he would withdraw his motion. (Hear.) The amendment of Mr. Doulton having now become the original motion, Mr. WRIGHT, whilst acknowledging that there ex isted a necessity for a new street from Stamford-street to London-bridge, would yet move the following amend ment which ho apprehended was not opposed in principle to the motion :—" That the consideration of the report of the committee be adjourned, and that they be em powered to instruct the architect to prepare a plan and estimate of a street from Stamford-street to London bridge, and from the New cut to High-street, and Jay the opinion before the board." In his opinion Union street cught to be widened. • ?dr. WiLmatsoN seconded this amendment. Mr. DIFFANGER suggested that Mr. Taylor's plan should he referred to the committee. Mr. TURNER opposed the amendment, which, if car ried, would encumber the proceedings of the committee. Mr. IRVINE wade certain suggestions, and said that he had prepared plans by which all the Southwark iin proveruents could, he thought, be carried out at the cost of the proposed plan. Mr. D. HARRISON hoped the board would refer the plans of Mr. Irvine, as well as the others, to the com mittee. For the amendment, 11 ' • against it, 12. Kr, H. L. TAYL OR sa id they must give the usual no. tices so as to enable them to proceed to Parliament IA THE EARL OF CARDIGAN-MR. G. S. BUCK, M.P. • , TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUE. Sir,—On my retu rn t o . D u blin, sifter an absence of some days on duty in different parts of Ireland, I find a letter from M r . Buck, Whiofilib,:s'been copied into all the newspapers of the day,. and-which better appears to me to be a th e - me o f i gnorance, presurnat49n, and slander. I conside r that B;iiirs'Condiict in this matter bas been disg race f u l, an d en wostby 014118 position as a gentle' man and a member of Parliampat--- r I consider also that'rifles 61rerect a . gross insult to It is, ther e f ore , my intpappn i to t held . 12( i' me with Out th e s li g ht estp provo d al iei t .': further com munication with hi m . " 9.4obet, This individu a l has nowithmtifled hi mself Some of M r . B uc k' a a t iserit l o i n h owe ver, requiring to be refuted, I must requeetyp this letter. q good as publish with a low slanderer, whese statemeets—rotated no doubt by some person muc h a b ove h i s own position in society—were the origin of all those falsehoods which have been launched at me, for it is well known that not one word was ever said on the subject in the Crimea for niany months after the battle of Balaklava, cr until those calumnies were invented in England and,santorit to the East. 411 These calumnies met with no encouragement from the respectable portion of the press. it was therefore unneces sary for me to tr ea t th em ot h erw i se th a n with silence and contempt. But it i s diff erent when a person in Mr. Buck's position, and w hi c h is mutiny occupied by a gentleman, thinks proper, at a publicrelinner, to make offensive allu sions highly derogatory toniy reputation as a soldier. Thedoirfectth.e rimes "and personal:, er al allus:o .soth.. i . to e, made he so art made by that individual at Torrington, hew c o relation to the obser vationsfully tries to conned' hiriiW'A - That newspaper did not reflect, and never has re flected, upon my conduct in leading the charge of the Light Cavalry at Balaklays. What the Times newspaper alluded•to as a "falsificaticn of history" was, the praise of Lord Raglan as the commander in chief of the army. This is a matter of opinion ; but it would not prevent my again'stating my respect for the memory of that dis tinguished commander, and the high opinion I have ever entertained of his qualifications as a general. Mr. Buck then refers to the loss of horses on the heights of Inkerman, but considering that the whole of this matter has recently been thoroughly investigated by order of the Government, and that I and my brother officers implicated have been relieved from all blame, I have only to observe that Mr. Buck's opinion on the subject is an infamous and disgusting slander. With regard to being on board my yacht, the com mander in chief was well aware that I was too ill to live in camp, and he preferred my sleeping on board to my leaving the army. I consider, therefore, that I had sufficient authority for my conduct. It was from sleep ing on board this yacht that, on the 25th of October, 1854, by order of My Superior officer on the spot, I placed myself at the head of the Light Cavalry Brigade to attack the Russian batteries. Of my conduct on that occasion the following report was made' by the General Commandin g in Chief :—"The order was obeyed in the most spirited and gallant man ner. - Lord. Cardigan charged with the utmost vigour, and attacked aattery which •was firing upon the ad vancing squadreas, and having passed bey on d it engage d the Russian c,avaliy in the rear," &c. And by the lieu tenant general commanding the cavalry division : " This attack was of a very daring and difficult nature, and was led by Major General the Earl of Cardigan in a most gallant and intrepid manner." • Arid now I have to state in the most positive terms that after entering the battery all rallying was utterly impracticable. Cavalry cannot rally with an immensely superior force of cavalry in their front, and two batteries playing upon their right and left rear, in addition to the fire of a large body of riflemen. • In such a position troops must either advance or re tire. In advancing beyond a certain pointall would have been destroyed. In my last letter to Mr. Buck I de scribed what occurred to myself until the period of our entering the battery, I stated that, advancing at a charging pace through obstacles which one horse might pass, but a line of troops could not well follow, I came alone upon a large force of Russian cavalry ; that I was attacked by two Cossacks in front, slightly wounded, and nearly unhorsed. I have now to add that an at tempt was made by several more Cossacks to surround me, but I defended myself and got clear of them. Mean time the line that bad followed into the battery were gallantly doing their duty by cutting down and lancing the gunners, and in surmounting the many difficulties on account of the guns, ammunition waggons, and other obstacles of the advance. Many did advance imme diately afterwards in different directions, and gallantly did their utmost. For myself, having to retire from the position which I have described, I considered it my duty to retreat at a slow pace, and I have fortunately two witassemtwprOomthaft- 11111'0156=-41X., Major- General Sir James - S z oiaditt and his orderly, who, being in advance of the Heavy Brigade down the hill, would testify to the truth of pry. statement. It is fortunate that T should have two witnowww, if necessary, to pro teat me against the malignant slanders of Messrs. Buck and Ryan. During the time I have alluded to numbers of the brigade were retreating, and many were shot down by the Russian riflemen in my immediate neighbourhood, and immediately afterwards all the brigade were retreat ing, after having rallied in the only way in which troops could rally under such circumstance : viz., going about and retreating ; and in doing so they very properly retired at the same pace as they had ad vanced. The usual manner to rally is to reform. In this case it would have been certain destruction to all. Mr. Buck then referred to the trial of Captain Wa then and its consequences, and whom, in order to enhance the general truth of his statements, he names a distinguished officer, although at that time never having left the barracks of the United Kingdom. Considering that the whole of the subject was brought before Parliament more than 20 years since, and that on the motion of the late Sir Wm.. Molesworth, there was, in a full Rouse of Commons, a majority of 8 to 1 in my favour that I then went to India, and 'ganging back the 11th Light Dragoons (afterwards Iltilsars), commanded them for 18 years, such a reference can only be designated as mean, paltry, and despicable. In the course of this and other letters I have given a full account of all that occurred in the Light Cavalry charge at Balaklava, the subject of which is clearly the main object of attack with such slanderers as Messrs. Buck and Ryan. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, Dublin, Oct. 11, 1856. CARDIGAN. P.S.—I wish to correct an error in my detailed re port of the officers engaged in, the charge of Light Ca valry at Balaklava, having inadvertently omitted the name of Lieut. Chadwick, the adjutant of the 17th Lancers. This officer went forward with some men after entering the battery, when his horse was killed, and he was himself wounded, taken prisoner, and kept a year in captivity. I feel that it is not fair to leave out the name of any officer engaged in that desperate attack. A IiORRIBLE ASSASSINATION. One of those revolting assassinations at which the heart sickens, and which have become so common, in these days enormity, was committed in this co un t y n the 26th ult. The victims were M r . A. E. Moore, and a lov e l y orp h an girl, years o nighto hisofwi theie, old, who was, by adoption, one of the family. They had just seated themselves at the supper table in the entry of their house, when the assassin, coolly fixing a rest for his gun by propping a board between the two stems of althea 20 steps from the table, and in full view of his unsuspecting victims, discharged at them a double barrelled gun. At the first fire Moore fell. His wife, who sat on his left, exclaimed, "Lord, have mercy I" and at that instant received the contents of a second gun, fired in quick succession. She fell instantly, and the orphan girl, who was seated on Moore's right, and between Mr. Moore and the assassin, sprang into the house and called for camphor, but before the servant could get to her she was dead. Mr. Moore received three shots in the head and' four in the right side of the chest. Ilis arm above the elbow was much s h a tt ere d and the hand shot through. He lived a few minutes, but never spoke. Mrs. Moore received four shots in the face, and never seemed to have breathed after she fell. A single shot struck the young girl a little to the left of the spine, passed through the h eart, and, coming out at.the left nipple, lodged in her clothes. I have this shot in my possession ; it is evidently a slug. Mr. M 000 ref herwasthe moste x s an w Mrs. arivm io intelligent,.hoeraer warmhearted , , n amiable, o pe r Worthy c iti zen, Among s womanly,superior, and benevo lent or. with ou t children herself, she had shown the go o d ness of tier nature in adopting from among the indigent three home less orphans, on whom she not only . lavished all the care and kindness of a mother, but by will has left them (now but two—a young lady 16 and a boy 14 years) most of her large estate. —Marion (Texas) Correspondent of the New Orleans Delta. ATTEMPTED DOUBLE .MURDER AT LIVERPOOL—A 1 the police-court this morning a miserable -looking man named Thomas Willetts, 4 barber, formerly living in Liverpool, but latterly residing in Manchester, was charged with attempting to murder his w if e an d a man name Fisher. The wife said she had been married to the prisoner 14 or 15 year, and during that period she had had several warrants against him for illusage. About 12 months ago he left her, and he was subsequently re ported to bjdead. lii August, however, she had heard that he was at Manchester, and she went there anc: f oun d hi m living with another worna,r,. He did not come back with her. She had latterly been living in a cellar in Tarleton-street, Everton. On Saturday night she was serving a customer with a bottle of ginger beer, when the prisoner entered. His hat was slouched over his eyes, and she did not know him. He went round the counter, and she said, "Eh, Sir!" He repeated her wor d s mock ingly, laid bold of ber, and commenced jobbi ng h er throat T with a pocket knife. young prisonerman (Wm. Fisher) went to her assistance,and the also out him about the throat and chest. Inspector Doug a l, an d offi cer 477, afterwards came and apprehended th e pr i soner, kie who said, be was sorry he had not got the job done, and cut his own throat too. The wounds, which were fortunately not serious, were dressed at the dispenssry. The prisoner was committed for trial , —Liverpool Albion. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of public business. The newly-elected Sheriffs for London and Middlesex, Messrs. Mechi and Keats, took their seats in the court for the first time since their accession to office. Mr. Alderman Hale, the newly-elected Alderman, was sworn into office, and after having received the con gratulations of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen present took his seat. TAX ON THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY. The LORD MAYOR—Before the gentlemen of the ward of Coleman-street retire I may take this opportunity of stating that by recent regulations of the corporation all fees ou admission for freedoms have been entirely abro gated, and they therefore hope to Fee all the citizen in habitants of this metropolis enrolling themselves at Guildhall, as entitled to the franchise, and taking part in all ward elections, so that every inhabitant of the City who is on the Parliamentary register will also be on the burgess roll of the corporation, and voting as free citizens at all elections in their respective wards. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WOODTHORPE read a lengthy report detailing the proceedings of the corporation on the occasion of their septennial visit to Ole jurisdiction of the City in the Thames and Medway on the 6th of August last. Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY presented a petition to the Court complaining of fraud perpetrated by a broker upon a person with whose money he had been intrusted. The broker, who was not in attendance, was ordered to be summoned to appear at the next Court. The Court adjourned. We are informed that Colonel Gordon, R.E., C. 8., A.D.C. to the Queen, will appear in to-day's or Friday's Gazette as being made Deputy Adjutant-General to the Corps of Royal Engineers, in succession to Colonel Matson, who has retired with the honorary rank of major general. ROBBERY OF PICTURES FROM THE EARL OF SUFFOLK'S GAALERY.—lnformation has been received by the police authorities in Great Scotland-yard of an extensive rob bery of valuable paintings, which took place under cir cumstances of a mysterious and extraordinary nature at Charlton-park, near Wiltshire, the seat of the Earl of Suffolk, on the night of Friday last. The thieves con trived to obtain admission to the picture gallery, and adroitly took from their frames some valuable paintings, doubtless for the purpose of more convenient removal and to avoid recognition. The pi ctures stolen are a " Virgin and Child," by Leonardo da Vinci ; •two Land scapes, by Gaspiir Poussin ; " A Virgin and Child," by Procaecini ; "Lo Rabottsur," by Aniball Caracci " Head of our Saviour," by Guido ; " The Nativity," by Guido ; a Sea-piece, by Vandervelde • " Interior of a DUtch House," by Van der Heythin ; and "A View of Tivoli," by Poussin. Tha police lost co time in circu lating amongst the picture dealers and pawnbrokers in formation of the robbery, with a description of the pie- ures. A Contrartisotr..FßENCH AND ENGLISH —ln all that relates to social refinement the artists of Paris are im measurably our supericri, The exceeding gracefulness of French design, as applied to costume, is especially re. meikable, while the attempts at similar representations in this country ananunt to neither more nor less than an outrage on taste. Of this there is an obvious proof in the beautiful Parisian designs for mantles, &c., executed for the Messrs. Jay, and which serve as illustrations of tlitir attractive annual display of costumes. These en• gravings, it may be remarked, are distributed, gratis, on application at the LoadonGeneral Mourning Warehor s 247, 249, 251, Regent street. On inspecting them it will be found that art and fashion were never more inti mately combined. To ladies resident in the country these desig ns w ill b e f oun d o f extreme va lue. In the baronial hall they will 'convey a much more accurate idea of the various articles of dress than any verbal description,