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r~~~ . • ~....---. • r rITE ENGLISH LAKES.—The HOT_,LINS • tit and LOWTHER EIi)TEL, GR SNIF,TZE —Ti tis beautito , and favourite resort of Tourists n 1 Visitors to the Lake District is now open for the accommodation or he ; - üblie. The above house and Estahli,liment will be found worthy of notice, being conducted on economical principles, and In the centre of the Lake District ; the views from which cannot be equalled. The Mountains behind the house may be ascended through the Plantations belonging to the Proprietor, in about twe my minutes from whence may also be seen Nine different Lakes an d faros, as also most of the notable Mountans in tha locality, with Morecombe Bay in the distance, which most of the guide books nave omitted to Mention. WIDOW LADY, possessing a thorong,h knowleige of D ,mestic Management, is most des , .Tous of an engagement as Companion to a Lady. or to .uperlittend f; ,- ie Family •f a Widower or Elderly'Gentleman.—Address C. G., 4, Trinity street, Blackheath-hill, Blackheath, Kent. MADAME TEISSATJD'S EXHIB ITION, Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-square.—A full- ength Por trait Mor'el of WILLIAM PAL NI ER is now added to the I :zhibition Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, G.% Open from 1! in the m ()ming till 10 in the evening. ARGYLL ROONIS.-LA °RENT'S CA.S.IN4), Great Windmill-street, list mtrita.—The alx , ve elegan Rooms are now open every evening ror the winter scauil. The Proprietor begs to inform the public tbat tha f shion4ble pace e f resort has been redecorated under the sole directions of Mr. Bull, of Great Queen-street, 1. - ncoln's-inn-fic , !ds. The doorst open at holt- Past eight, commence at nine. Admi.sion (Inc DR. KAHN'S ANATONTICA.L MIISIITJM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models and preparations, illust:ating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2 , and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, ; and a. new and . highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in cour se o f ' deliver y by Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. Admission, Oae ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.-JULLIEN'S CONCERTS EVERY ETE NI N G in the Colossal Concert gall.—Continuation of the Magnificent Decorations (by Mr. Palmer) for the Guards' Dinner for a few days.—Grand Selection, 11 Pro vatore, received nightly with rapturous applause—Solos by Hughes. Lavigne, and Koenig—National Song, by Mr. Tedder—Magnificent Views of Constantinople and the Alps, by Danson—Southby's brilliant Pyrotechnic Display and Emblematic Tableaa.—Admission, ls.• Concert at 7. Fireworks quarter before 10.—A Grand Mi litary Fete in a few days. Madrigal Night every Friday. C ANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road. V --OPEN EVERY EVENING=.—The celebrated 1-11.7Ne4A- ItliAN BAND, under the direction of Herr KALOZDY, will perform ~.every Evening at 9 and 1 1 o'clock , in addit i on t o the usu.al Vocal xntertainment. The following company o: talented Voemlists are Permanently engaged for the perfornrince of Selections from all the Popular Opera., Madrigals, Choruses, Duets, &c., viz.:--Mrs. J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel, Miss Sommers, and Miss Pearse ; Sara Cowell, Mr. J. Caulfield, Herr F. longhmans S. Jones, T. Farrant, W. Melling, Barker. Russell Grover. anti P. Corrie ; Masters E. Con te 11 , Austin, and Bennett , and Mr. T. Mackney . Pianoforte, Mr. J. liarroway, R.A. , harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun. ; director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. GEITERA.L SCREW STEAM-SHIPPING COMP kNY. The shareholders are hereby informed that the Ballot upon the resolution," That this Company be dissolved," will be open 9AILT Until further notice, from 12 to 4 o'clock, at the Offices of the Corn- Puny, 27, Cannon-street. By order. 28th August, 1856. J. L. O'BEIRNE, Secretary. TOWER.-SALE OF STORES. BY order of the Secretary of State for War.- r To be Sold. by public auction, in the Tower, on TUESDAY, 9 tll September, 1856, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely. the following STORES, lying at the Victoria (London) Docks, viz. : Tin Wa• e Rugs Buffalo robes Tools, various Caps, Fur Ssheepskin coals Clothing Boots Waterproof coats Blankets Great coats, and Miscellaneous articles., Also _ . Medical Surveyors Stores, consisting of preserved meats, soups, ve- Netables, milk, soap, ale, porter, essence of beef, cocoa and milk, &c. May be viewed at the Victoria Docks, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the three days previous to sale, awl catalogues had at the War Depart tient, Pall-mall, the Tower, and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on pay- Inent of 6d. each, which will be allowed to purchasers. No person will be admikted to view the lots, or into the sale room, Without a catalogue. SALE OF STORES. ItY order of the Secretary of State for War.— To be sold, by public auction, in the Royal Arsenal, Wool- Wick, on MONDAY, the 15th September, 1856, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the following STORES, viz. : Har ness Shovels Serge cuttings Blankets Sheep skins Waggons Leather Clothing Carts Lead ashes Grease Nails and miscellaneous a ,- ticles. May be viewed from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the three working days Drevious to the cale, and catalogues bad at the War Department, Pall-mall, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, and the Tower. THE LEVANT MINERAL COMPANY.- Limited.—Captt2l 250,0001, in 25,000 shares of 101. each (With power to increase), 41. per share only to be called up at pre lent —Temporary office, 2, New Broad-street. DIRECTORS. Sir Baldwin W. Walker, Bart, K.C.B. A. H. Layard, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Ottoman Bank. Charles Bell, Esq , DIre::lor of the Ottoman Bank. Philip Anstruther, Esq , Di, ector of the Bank of Egypt. Captain James Atkinson, Junior United Service Club. G. B. Carr, Esq , Esq., Laurence Pountney-place. F. W. Calvert. Esq , H.B.M Consul, Dardanelles. J. P. Giustiniani, Esq., St. Mary-axe. BANKERS. Lcndon—Me - srs. Hankey, Fenchurch-street. Constantinople and Smyrna—The Ottoman Bank. 801 1cItors—Messrs. Birch un, Dalrymple, and Drake, 4G, Parliament- street. trokers —Messrs. Laurence. Son, and Pearce. Anc' lon Matt ; Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 39, Lothbury. Commercial agent—James Davidson,Esq. (Davidson and Co.), 2, e _ Weibrook. Secretary—E. J. Cole, Esq. Among the most important of the resources of Turkey and the Levant may be ranked their mineral productions. Extensive mines of coal, iron, chromate o; iron, lead, coppe", and other minerals are known to exiet, the working of which, it prudently conducted, can het fail to promote the commercial relations between England and the East of Europe, and to produce highly satisfactory results to those investing their capital in the undertaking. For the purpose of developing these resources it is proposed to form a company under the Joint-Stock Company's Act, 1856, limit log the liability of the shareholders to the amount of their subscrip tions. It has been considered desirable that the operations of the cora- Daily should be gradual, commencing with undertakings which pre vious experience has demonstrated as offering a safe investment With highly remunerative results. With this view the promoters have made provielenal agreements With parties enjoying exclusive privileges, conceded by the Sultan and the Greek Government, for the supply of emery stone, an article of known importance and increasing consumption. Under the Sul tan's Firman the Company will hive the privilege of worldly; the mines at Scalanova in Asia Minor, and, under contract with the Creek Government, those at Naxos, as well as in all other parts of the Empire mad Kingdom. The annual consumption of Emery stone in Europe was calculated tom years since at 3,010 tons. Recent investigations, by persons in timate with the trade, have, however led to the conclusion that the above is an under estimate ; and, looking to the increased manufac ture and use of plate glass, machinery, steel, and other substances, for the polishing of which Emery stone is necessary, the demand may rests mably be expected largely to increase. In order to simplify tee operations of the proposed Company as tench as possible, the Promoters have made a further provisional ar rangement with competent parties to extral, the Dir ery stone from the mines, and deliver, at fixei prices, such quantity as the Company %or desire at Smyrna, where it will he handed over to the Company's agent for shipment to Europe, or elsewhere. The Provisional Directors have had eleorate details submitted to their consideration based upon the existing demand and supply of Emery, and having carefully investigated the subject, aided by gen tlemen practically acquainted with the trade, they have satisfied themselves of the soundness of the proposed undertaking, and the prospect which it holds out of very profitable returns for the capital invested. 1 he.,e details will be submitted, on application at the Offices, to any parties desiteng, to take a substential interest in the Undertaking*, and fully warrant the provisional directors in s ethic that from this source alone dividends at the rate of 10 per cent. may be calculated upon, even for the first twilve months, with progres- Sive increase in future years. No increase of ca led-up capital, beyond the AI. per share payable Upon allotment, will he made, except with the concurrence of the shareholders at a general meeting convened for the purpose of con sidering whether the operations of the company stale be enlareed. Official forms of applications for shares may be obtained from the brokers, or the Secretary, at the offices of the proposed company, No. 2, New Broad-street. THE BRITISH STEAM FISHERIES COM PANY (LINIITED.)—JapitAI 100,0001., in 10,000 shares of YU. each. Deposit 11. per share on allotment. Calls of not exceed ing 3/. each, and at intervals ( f not less then three months. (With Power to increase the capital ) DIRECTORS. JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK, Esq., M.P., Chairman. Sir CLAUDE CRP. de CRESPIGNY, Bart., Wickham-place, - Essex, Deputy-Chairman. Thomas Allan, Esq., Adelphi •terrace, Strand. Robert Buncome, Esq., Thornhill-square. London. John Cridland, Esq., Rochester-ro id, 11( gent's-park, and Wel Wood-house, Ayrshire. D. Stewart Dykes, Esq., Grove-hill, Fast Dulwich, and Deptford. James Gregg, Esq., Westbourne-park-villas, BayswaLer. Henry Boddington Webster, Esq., Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor- Square, and Biddleston-park, Backs. Secretary—Duncan Mactauchlan, r sq. Solicitors—Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, Throgmorton-street: Engineer—T. B. Winter, E.%1 , 28, Moorgate-strcet. Bankers —The City Bank, Threadneedle-street. Brokers—ln London, Walter G. Taunton, Esq., 26, Birchin-lane ;in Edinburgh, Messrs. Allan and Dunlop, 4. St. Andrew's-square. .Auditors—Henry Lloyd Morgan, Esq., Langbourn-chambers, Fen church- street ; Henry res, Esq.. 45, Cornhill. Factor in London—Mr. Janice E. Smnders, 105, Upper Thames- Factor street. Offices—County-c ) ambers. 14, Cornhlll, London. PROSPV.CTIJA. The progress and Impro'rement of the British fisheries are a na tional object, in which all class, s of the community aro interes t ed. The wealth and ener,ies of the United Kingdom are, in other chan nels, rapidly developing our great industrial resource;, but our fisheries remain in the same state in which they were tw centuries ago. Our increasing population requires that every means that art and science can devise should be adopted, in order to procure the necessaries of life as abundantly and cheaply as possible; but, though it is well known that the seas which surround the Briti.li Isles teem with abundance of fish, yet the supply of that article of food is always uncertain, and its price, generally high, is ofen ex ewbitant. _ _ . _ The British Fisheries, if conducted on a proper system, and on a scale of sufficient magnitude, are capable of yielding an abundant supply of wholesome food. There is no branch of our national in dustry to which steam-power can be more advantageously and pro fitably applied. Fishing banks as yet untouched, because they could not be reached by the present sailing craft employed in the trade, may, by means of steam power, be made available for a vastly increased and more regular supply of fish. Hitherto our fisheries have been prosecuted only by the coast fisherman in sailing vessels at part'cular seasons; and the principal part of the fish caught has been cured for exp 'rt, or sent to London, where the demand may be said to be almost unlimited. By the adoption of steam power, the regular and daily supply of this article of food, in the freshest state, would be extended to the principal ports in the United Kingdom, to be thence conveyed by rail to the cities and towns of the interior. It is admitted by the trade that the quantity of fish is not half of that which might be sold, provided the supply were regular. It is, therefore, proposed to establish the British Steam Fisheries Com pany, for the purpose of combining capital with skill, and, by means of welled steam-vessels, to develope in a manner that has never lieen attempted before the inexhaustiple resources of the sea, and to con vey the fish caught or purchased with speed and regularity to the best markets. As a commercial enterprise this company presents undoubted ad vantages; and, while it will give constant employment to a great many seamen and boys, in addition to those already engaged in the tradt,lt is calculated that it will, after defraying every expense, se cure to the shareholders a return of from 20 to 25 per cent. on the capital expended. ' The Directors propose to commence with a capital of 100,000 7 ., In shares of 101. each (with power to increase), and to place steamers at the different ports on the coasts of England and Scotland, nearest to the fishing banks in the North Sea, and afterwards to extend the operations of the company to foreign fisheries, as the success of the undertaking may justify. All sales of fish being for cash, a dividend can be paid quarterly. Applications for shares to be made in the annexe i form, addressed to the Directors of the British Steam Fisheries Company (limited), at their offices, County-chambers, I I, Cornhill, London ; or to the brokers of the company, Walter G. Taunton, rsq , 26, Itirchin-lane, London; and Messrs. Allan and Dunlop, bt. Amirew's-square, Edinburgh. The deposit of I/. per share is to be paid to the bankers, or at the offices of the company upon allotment, for which a voucher will be given. Form of Application for Shares. To the Directors of the British Seam Fisheries Company (limited). Gentlemen,-- I request that you will allot me shares of 101. each in the ahove-named company, and I heresy agree to aecept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to p iy the calls thereon at the appointed times, and to execute all necessary documents when required to do 33. I am Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name . Profession or occupati n Place of-Residence • . Place of Business, if any..... • ...... Late r. 2. n eap, 03c a li at 50s so ICET- - * f 16 stops ° g 0.1. to 111 , J. • f meal, ° ' I Tb" li 1 1 * --.3 011 1 --II old Sa l a tOratioo part, An a nd be r. Fr iCl4 ; werei to 39 0 1 rapetf ; bade' e j to 36g rket , 19 ..... ..... ... 19 6 ..... ....... 190 • : 19 ....... 6 ... ... 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LIFE; "A really amusing novel ; most certainly one of the best works of its class produced this season."—Observer. "The book has among. its merits the invaluable one of being thoroughly readable."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. INVALUABLE to THOSE WHO HAVE GARDENS, POULTRY, - - or BEES. A New Volume will commence in October. A Specimen Number free for Four ,tamps. 1 THE COTTAGE GARDENER and POULTRY CHRONICLE, Pullished weekly, price 3d., containing 24 pages of seasonable and practical information on Rural and Household Mat lets. _ _ _ also, by the Editors of the "Cottage Gardener," a ;reties of Rural Manuals, viz.:— gardening, price 3d. I Allotment Farming, price 3d. Beekeeping, price 4d. I Greenhouses, price 6d. The four above-named, free by post, for Is. 6d. Cottage Gardener Office, 20, raternostor-row, and all booksellers. BANK of L O N D O N. (Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Capital, 600,0001. HEAD BANKING-HousE Threadneedle-street. CIIAIIING-SROSS BRANCH-450, West Strand. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CLIAIRMAN.—Sir JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart., M.P., 25, Park•lane, and Maresfleld-park, --ussex. `ICE-CHAIRMAN.—JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq. (Frith, Sands, and Co.), Austin-friars. John Edmund Anderdon, Esq., Devonshire-terrace, Hyde-park. olonel ElQey, II E.1.C.5., Bank House, Acton. Thomas Gooch, Esq. (Gooch and Cousens, Landon-wal'), Brixton Rise. _ _ Jeremiah Greatorex, Esq. (Bra lbury, Greatorex, and Co., Alder manbury), Spring 11111 House, Upper Clapton. Alexander Constantine lonides, Esq. (Firm of lonides, Sgouta, and Co., Graceehurch-street), Tuise-hill. Charles Joyce,. E7q. (Firm of Charles Joyce and Co., Moorgate street), Gloucester-gardens, Hyde-park. Thomas Luce, Esq., M.P., King-street, St. James's, and Maims bury, Wilts. Henry Morris, Esq., late of the Madras Civil Service, 25, Mark lane, City. Sir Henry Muggeridge, Alderman of London, St. Andrew's-hill, City, and .-treatham common, Surrey. Alfred Wilson, Esq. (Vcnables, Wilson, and Tiler, Queenhlthe), Firgrove, Weybridge, Surrey. TERMS OF BUSINESS. Current accounts made Up to the 10th of June and the 31st of De cemb r in each year, and interest allots ed on the balances. DEPOSIT Accouturs.—The rate of interest allowed on money placed on deposit at three days' notice of withdrawal is 1 per ce&it per annum under the Bank of England rate of discount for first-class rising and falling therewith. The A4ency of Country and Foreign Banks, whether joint-stock or private, is undertaken. Circular Notes and Letters of Credit issued for all parts of Eu rope and elsewhere. Purchases and Sales of Stock, Shares, and other securities effected. Dividends received for customers without charge. A.DYANTAGES OFFERED TO CUSTOMERS BY THE BANK OF LONDON. 1. FROFlT.—Receiving a fixed rate of interest on their balances, the customers participate in the profits without incurring the risk of partnership. 2. SEM:UM—A. capital of 600,0001., of which 300,0001. is paid up and invested. This capital, or any portion thereof, cannot be with drawn. Further security is afforded by four hundred partners, whose liability is not limited to the amount of the capital or of their respective shares. 3. PUBLICITY.—The assets and liabilities of the Bank are published monthly in the " Gazette." Auditors to examine the accounts are appoiut , d by the shareholders. full account of the position of the Bank, attested by the Auditors, must be published at least once iq every year. 4. SECRECY.—WhiIe complete publicity as regards the position of the Bank is provided for, the pecuniary affairs of the customers are protected by declarations of secrecy executed by the Directors, Manager, and the officers of every grade. MATTHEW MARSHALL, jun., Manager. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary. 1/1 R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet _ street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI: FICIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so erfectly resemb'e the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or lecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. his method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful ,peration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is intranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful In mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At . lome from ten till five. IT you are Bald, or your Hair is Thin, pray use ALEX. ROSS'S C ANTHARIDES OIL, which causes the Hair to grow on bald places, produces luxuriant Whiskers and Mous tachios ; it has been approved of by the highest authority, and is most beneficial in all cases of thin hair. Sold from 3s. 6d. ; forwarded for stamps, sent free, twelve extra. ALEX. ROSS'S CHARGES for Dyelag the Hair permanently a light brown, dark brown, or black— whiskers from Is., gentlemen's hair from 55., ladies' from 7s. 6d. The dye being a clear liquid it is simply necessary to damp the hair with a comb or brush, when a perfect colour is prodaced without injury to the skin. Sold from 3s. 6d. ; sent free for 51 stamps. II AIR DESTROYER, a depilatory for removing effectually Superfluous Hair from the Face, Neck, Arms, and Hands, without injuring the skin. A. R. will warrant t not to injure the skin in the smallest degree, and the hair to be entirely destroyed.—Sold from 3s. 6d. ; forwarded tor stamps, free by post, eight extra. Alex. Ross, No. 1, Little Queen-street, High Holborn. ESTABLISHED 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. Empowered bySpecial Act of Parliament, 4 Vict., cap. 9. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by 'Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANIAER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, with or NI , ith: tit Participation in Profits. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN FOUR-FIFTHS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, ccording to tile conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives are lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stampspaid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any or the Agents or the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. NEW SYSTEM OF LIFE ASSURANCE. rip HE DIRECTORS of the NATION AL ASSURANCE and INVESTMENT ASSOCIA 'ION inv:te attention to the New System of Life Assurance exclusively adopted by this Association, viz., that of allowing Interest on all Premiums paid, instead of the remote and uncertain system of Bonuses usury adopted. - By this plan the Policyholder will secure to himself a constantly increasing annual income during lire, as well as the payment of the sum assrred to his representatives at his death. Tables of Rates specially adapted to this system of Asurance may be obtained at the Office of the Company, 3, Pa 1-mall East, or for warded free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. NORWOOD GREEN, MIDDLESEX. P _.„__ O BE SOLD, by Auction , p urs uant to Orders of the High C ourt of Chancery , in seven Lo ts , by Messrs. WI NATANLEY, the persons appoi nt, d b y the Court for t he purpose , at the ' notion Mart, Barthol me w-lanr, in the City of London, on TUFSDAY, the 21st day of October, 1856, A very eligible FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATE, tithe fr e, and (as to the greater par) Land-tax redeemed, d-11411tfully situate at Norwood Green, between Brent'ovol and Southall, In the Count. of Middle ex, ten miles from London, and only a short dis tance from the flanwell and Southall stations on the Great Western Rai way—ine tiding a Villa Re , ilenc e, with Coach-house and Stabling, Kitchen Garden. and Meaco w Land, centaining altogether alp - 4a 18 acres Al o, sundry Messua_ges and Cottages, capital Farm Buildings, Sc.c , and several enclosures of .Arable and Meadow Land, dcdrable Bulling sites, &c , the whole comprising about 116 acres, and having a considere le frontage to the high road. May b. yie , ted by cards, which, with particulars and conditions of sale, may be obtained o' Messrs. Blake, Tylee, and Tyl , e, solid- tors, No. 14, Essex-street, Strand ;of essrs. idsdale and Crad dock, solicitors, No 5, Gray's-inn-square; Messrs. i4metlley, Rogers, and Jull, solicitors, No. 41, Jermyn--treet; Messrs. Gosling and Girdlestone, solicitors, No. 1, Gray' s -I n a-square ; and of Messrs. Winstanley, No. 10, Paternoster-row. Dated this 22d day of August, 1856. T"RISTS and TRAVELLERS exposed to the scorching rays of the sun, and heated particles of dust will flncl ROWLANDS' KALYDOR most refreshing preparation for the Complexion, dispelling the cloud of languor and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity and healthful state of the skin. Freckles, Tan, Spots, Pimples. Flushes, and Discoloration fly hefore its application, and give place to delicate clearness with the ,low of beauty an,' of bloom. In cases of sunburn or stings of ,nsects its Nlrtues have long been acknowledged. Price 4s 6d. and Ss. 6d. per bottle. ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL. A delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation, and, as an invigorator and purifier, beyond all precedent. The Prices are 3s. Gd., 75., family bottles (equal to four small), lOs. 6d., and double that size. 21s. ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, compounded of the rarest and most fragrant exotics. It bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, frees them from tartar, and imparts to the gums a healthy firmness, and to the breath a grateful sweetness and purity. Price 2s. 9d. per box. _ _ _ Sold by A. Rowland and ions, 20, Batton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office geal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacia Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESENI AR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket old in tin cafes, divided into separate doses, as administered by valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, SPE RMATORREICE A, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexurl strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are no w in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR RAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEM AR No. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days completely and entirely eradicates all trace 3 of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated forms. Gloets, Strictures, Irritation or 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. TRIESEMAR No. 111., for Syphilis and Secondary Symp acertain cure for Sc irvy, Scrofula, and all removing and expelli ng i n i ts course a ll corru p- Ctiosunat thes. en a gle ts a attlCsrouponcottiinonsietisin, constitutes s : Remedy corrup tions and impurities from the vial 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 is a never-failing remedy for that class of dig orders which unfortunately the English Phystian treats with Mercury, tothe inevitable destruc• tion of the patient's constitution, and which all the Earsaparida in the world cannot restore. 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It - , -.- . 4 "" 1.1' , ,- -..,„ ~_....' 4 ,1 1,09 , , - - 3:' , C --- ..;:',. , fr. 49 N ~z.z. • _cmit , s.) , _ c olk f.v. , „, -, 5,,, . ----_:-, . \\.\ -.- 4 N.- . .„ •'x co_ hi, ~..... 1 ,0,, , ,,.., y , ~,,1 , , , ,z ;ir . in. er ,it. - 3.4. ^ i RorT.4 \ 3SIY ' - 1) 1 EII,^ A ,A.,• a eAoiy,,,,; • .„..1.• ~, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1856. MP. ROEBUCK AT SHEFFIELD. SHEFYIELD, SEPT. 3. This evening at half-past seven o'clock, a crowded and influential meeting of the constituents of Mr. Roebuck took place in the Music-hall, the object being to present him with a testimonial for the services he has conferred upon the country by his conduct in Parliament both be fore and during the late war. The large hall was crowded in every part, and on the platform we noticed the Master Cutler (Mr. Mappin), the Master Cutler elect (Mr. Wostenhohne), Mr. Phillips, Sir Arnold Knight, Aldermen Dunn, Floole, and Barker, and various other influential gentlemen. On the entrance of the hon. member he was greeted with great and general cheering. The MATOP. (Mr. W. Fisher) having taken the chair, opened the proceedings with the fo?lowing address :—Gen tlemen, fellow-townsmen,—l feel very proud in having the opportunity of meeting you on so interesting an occa sion as the present. Your worthy member has represented our borough in Parliament for about seven years, and I be lieve that during that time the inhabitants generally have had much cause to be satisfied with his conduct. There are some who have differed with Mr. Roebuck upon vari ous topics, and yet at the same time all must have admired the consistency, the perseverance, the independence which at all times have characterised his conduct. The cautious but firm way in which be has expressed his opinions, the determined manlier in which he has pursued everything that he has undertaken, the manner in which he has met his constituency, and the mode in which he has answered all questions that were put tp him—the fearless and can did manner in which he has done all this, has recommend ed itself to the inhabitants of Sheffield generally. (Cheers.) I feel persuaded that great confidence is reposed in him— a confidence which is manifested in the testimonial we are met to-night to present to him. He is well worthy of the honour that is intended to be conferred upon him. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) The amount of that testimonial is not to be considered as a recompence for his services —(cries of " hoar, hear," and chcers)—but it is to be regarded as a manifestation of the grateful feeling that exists on the part of Sheffield, and of many individuals through out the country, towards Mr. Roebuck for his con duct generally. (Loud cheers.) I have heard persons, who differ from Mr. Roebuck in political opinions, remark that the House of Commons never ought to have been without his presence for the length of time that he was not there. (Cheers.) I must say I was somewhat astonished when I heard that expression, but it showed that those individuals had a high opinion of Mr. Roebuck, though they differed from him. (Applause.) The conduct of Mr. Roebuck during the recent inquiry into the state of the army before Sebast2ol—his determination to pursue that inquiry in the face f difficulties, opposition, and ob loquy, must have commended itself to your warmest ap proval. (Loud cheers.) And although the result of that inquiry was not so beneficial as many hoped it would be, yet that it brought to light a great number of important facts, which will have a very important influence on the future of our army, lam quite satisfied. (Applause.) I am sure you will with me feel very glad that Mr. Roe buck's health is re-established to a very great extent ; that the blessing of Providence is attending the means which have been used to that end, and that we are now nermitted to see him in a better state of health than he has been in for some time. (Cheers.) I shall not detain you further, but shall now call upon William Fisher, jun., Esq., our late respected mayor, and chairman of the Roe buck testimonial committee, to present the testimonial. (Loud applause.) W. FISHER, jun., Esq.— Mr. Mayor and gentlemen,— About twelve months ago a meeting was held in Sheffield, for the purpose of recognising the Parliamentary services of Mr. Roebuck, extending over upwards of twenty years, and also of securing for this borough some permanent memorial of his connection with it. (Loud applause.) Mr. Mayor, as you have well said, we do not seek to rewrrd Mr. Roebuck for his services—his national services. I be- lieve he ha 3, in the gratitude and confidence of his fellow countrymen, and that he will have in the admiration and respect of posterity, a sufficient reward for his labours. (Cheers.) As a satisfaction to our owp feelings, we got up the testimonial to him, not as a member for the borough of Sheffield, or any other borough—not as a member of the liberal party, or as a member of any other political party of the state, but as a faithful, fearless, and able member of the Parliament of England—(cheers)—a man whose voice is always heard with effect when the honour or in terests of England are perilled by the undertakings of any government or any party. We have done this, Mr. Mayor, by subscriptions, which have ben given by men of every class and every party in this borough—by subscriptions which have been volunteered from his fellow members of Parliament of every section of politics, an his fellow countrymen in different parts of the country. (Cheers.) We have thus secured the means for procuring for the town of Sheffield a permanent memorial of the honourable connexion which has subsisted, and which I hope will loog subsist, between him and this borough. (Chews.) We have had from him good service, and whilst on our part it has been honourable to us, wo have respected his independence. (Cheers.) And I am happy to say that our excellent treasurer, th• Master Cutler, after providing for this memorial, has a surplus in had of eleven hundi •,l guineas, which I am requested by the subscribers to ask Mr. Roebuck to accept, with their best wishes for his health and happiness and continuance amongst us. (Pro tracted cheering.) lam also requested to ask Mr. Roe buck to sit for his portrait, which, when finished, is in tended to be placed iu some public hall in Sheffield, to which the future inhabitants may point with pride, as a memorial of our connexion with such a man as we now have in our representative of Sheffield. (Prolonged cheer ing.) Mr. Fisher then made the presentation. Mr. ROEBUCK then rose, which was the signal for pro xacted cheering. Silence having been restored, ho said : - Mr. Mayor and gentlemen—l have to thank Mr. Fisher for the manner in which he has discharged his trust, and you for the way in which you have expressed your opi nion of the humble individual who now addresses you. I have a bad subject for discussion, for it is difficult for a man to say anything of himself ; nor would I attempt it, but that I think I may draw a moral from the tale I am about to unfold. What, unconnected as I am with the great parties in the State, has recommended me to your notice ? lam unconnected with the great f tmilies of the kingdom, undistinguished by wealth, unknown to fame. (Cries of " No, no.") Yes, I say ; for when I began I was unknown to fame. (Cheers.) Others have commenced life possessing these advantages ; t had none to aid me ; still I have won the approbation of my fellow-countrymen. Proud am I to have done so ; but I ask myself what have been the means ? It is not talent, it is not name ; it is not wealth; but it is steadfastness in the path which I chalked out for myself. In 1332 I had prepared mysel f for public life. I had then formed my opinions. I com mitted them to paper, and I printed them, and to them I now adhere. (Cheers.) That which I said in 1332 I say now. It is my thorough steadfast adherence to the prin ciples which I then expressed which won for me the ap probation of my countrymen. (Cheers.) Now, let me point out to you some of the peculiar circumstances that have attended my career, political and public as it has been. Going into Parliament unknown, unsupported, and only recommended by that zealous friend of the people— the late Mr. Joseph Hume--(cheers) —I determined not to ally myself to either of the great parties that then divided the State and the kingdom. I saw then predominant in power the great Whig party of the realm, and on the opposi tion benches I saw diminished in number, cowed in spirit, but still powerful in their hold upon the country, the groat Tory party of England. To neither the one nor the other, though I might then be said to be a young man and a poli tical adventurer, did I determine to adhere. I was neither Whig nor Tory, but went into the House of Commons deter mined to advocate that which I believed to be for the good of the people. To that rule I have adhered, and no man can say now that lam either Whig or Tory. Other men, greater in intellect than myself, have gone into the House of Commons, but have invariably joined one party or the other. They have won for themselves power and consi deration, but it has been by sinking the individual in the party to which they swore allegiance. I have succumbed to neither, but have represented the people of England, and thus have won my way through the House of Com mons. And, above all, I hold it to be my greatest pride that I have not pandered to the people, but have opposed the popular voice whenever I have thought that voice wrong, just as I have opposed the Whig or Tory 'party when I have thought them wrong. Still, in spite of the antagonistic rule I have laid down and followed, I am here to-night one of the most striking instances of the reward attending steadfastness- Now, then, I say, having this vantage ground, can, any further good be done? I think there can; and I w4l tell you how. I believe, if God be good enough to give me health and strength, I can obtain further benefits for this country. I have now passed very nearly a quarter of a century in the House of Commons, and I have found that a very small knot of earnest men acting together in that house can produce an enormous influence on the Legislature of the country. The point I have attained enables me, not as a leader, but as an humble worker, to gather a party in that house who will act without reference to either of the great political parties of the realm. (Cheers.) may appear presumptuous in me, but I will toll you what is in my mind upon the present occasion. I have beef asked to become chair man of the Administrative Reform Association of London, and I have endeavoured to impress on the gentlemen who asked me that if they want to work for the benefit of the country they must work through the House of Commons. For this purpose I hope to be able to gather a few member Ito work for the benefit of the people alone, and by thi means so to influence tho Legislature that it shall influence the Ministry. I hope that in so doing we shall place before ourselves some great piint to be attained. At this moment you must all be aware that there is in the country a certain apathy about political matters. When I began political life all the world was alive about the Reform Bill. I recol- lect being carried, as it were,4Onthe shoulders of the people in opposition . both t o Whi g an d Tory upon th a t oc- . 02 ion. Bit now, if an angel of light were to come down with a reform bill in this hand, I believe the people in this country would receive him—not indeed with disgust, but with apathy, and would say, " That is not what we re quire at present." What is it, then, that you require? I will tell you. You have seen England within the last two years engaged in a dreadful struggle with one of the great powers of Europe. You have sent from your shores an army of gallant men such as England never sent from its shores before. That army you heard was dwindling away after victories such as usually distinguish the English soldier. Yon saw that there came upon him all the evils of the cli• mate—of want, of misery, and yon heard a fearful tale of horrors respecting the misery of the army before Sebasto pol. You asked—Why did this cccur ? I will tell you why. Because the Govdrnment of this country was composed of men sought only in the ranks of the two great parties of the State. The aristocracy governed the country, and they go verned it ill. Now, I say that what you desire is to see that all the powers of the State be well administered. You cannot obtain this except through the House of Commons, and whit I would press upon the minds of the people is, that the only hope of reforming the administration of the country is through reforming the Commons House of Parliament. To this point my earliest endeavours were directed, and ;my endeavours will still be to the same end, but they will not be so direct. The Administrative Roform Association admits, I believe, of an appeal—if I may so express myself—to the opinions of the people apon this important matter, and, I believe, that through them we may be enabled to make a reform in the administration of this country by reforming Parliament. Some time ago when that body was first collected together there was a be lief that they could attain their end widibut at all affecting the House of Cummons. I who have passed my life in that House, who have seen its influence upon the government of this country, believe that nothing can be done but through it. My endeavour, therefore, through you, will be to in fluence that House, that the house in its turn shall influence the Administration. Well, then, we must begin with you, gentlemen ; it is not simply the House of Commons, it is the constituencies of the kingdom that want reforming. (Hear.) Let me say a word about yourselves. You are called upon by the law of England, it is said once in seven years, but practically much oftener, to elect members of Parliament. Whom do you elect? I judge by the re sult. "Oh !" but lam told, " the people of this country don't elect Parliament; it is only a select body of the people who do so." (Hear, hear.) That may be so, but that Se• lect body is a very apt representative of the whole, and if they he not capable of electing men who ought to represent you, I very much fear that the people themselves will be at fault in that matter. Now, what occurs ? I can speak from observation, and I speak of a town, a manufacturing town, a new borough, called into esistence by the Reform Bill. I will tell you what has occurred under my own observa tion. You have returned men to Praliament who, the mo ment they have got up to London, have forgotten you. I don't speak of Sheffield, but I am speaking of the consti tuencies of this country, for I don't wish to point to any individual town, more especially to Sheffield, with which I am now connected, which I represent, and in which I have many intimate friends. Ido not therefore apply what I am now saying to Sheffield, but it does apply generally 1 to the constituencies of the manufacturing interest. You have chosen men who have gone to Parliament, and the moment they haVe entered it they have been overwhelmed —they have been utterly destroyed, as it were, by the in fluences to which they have been subjected. Mr. So-and-so and his wife go to London • he desires to go into society, and Mrs. So-and-so takes her place as the wife of a member of Parliament. I recollect a story which affordsa strong il lustration of the influenceof society on members of Parlia ment. When Lord Melbourne's administration was coming to an end, the majorities it could obtain were very small, and any man who stood out, who had scruplesat that time became of importance, and there are certain men who can not obtain importance in any other way. (Laughter.) Those men suddenly found themselves beset with scruples, not knowing which way to vote. Thereupon they were immediately fastened by the whippers-in, as they are called, of the party. (Laughter.) There was one gen- tleman who came from the manufacturing districts, who was suddenly beset with scruples. When coming events cast their shadows before, which was wittily said after a majority of 4 in favour of the ministry—when coming events showed that they were going out, he discovered that his vote was a matter of the very greatest importance, and he gave the whipper-in to understand that he was unde cided how he was to vote. That was a very significant symptom, and the whipper-in knew what it meant, and immediately set about to see how he could gain Mr. So and-so's vote; and how do yon think he gained it? By offering him a place? No, that was not his weak point; but by sending him an invitation to the Queen's ball. (Laughter.) The man from that time was quiet ; he was bound to the party, and accordingly helped to swell the majority from 4to 5. But does not that show the social influence brought to bear upon the House of Commons? You do not know that house as well as I do, and I confi dently say that the only way to test any men is to send him to that house. I have seen men blustering on the hustings very violently, who told the people what they were going to do, who, when they came to that house, were like sucking-doves. (Laughter.) Their roar became a most mellifluous chant, and they would do anything to gain the good wishes an good feeling of that house. They were no longer your representatives, they represented only their own feelings and wishes, and were the subjects and slaves of the aristocratic element of the house. I would beg you in your individual voting capacity to bear that in mind. Choose such men as are, not rampant on the hustings, but able to resist all the temptations that will beset them when they go into the House of Commons. Iti s a very difficult part they have to play—a game that requires great coerage such as you rarely find to enable a man to withstand the tempta tions. It is not oven a man intellectually en lowed who can do it always, for I have seen men of the very first ability suc cumb to the social influenc es of England. I have known men, before whose intellect I would bow to-night or to-morrow, who have been the slaves of the aristocratic domination of this country, and I would ask you, in your individual ca pacity as voters, to point out that man. I now speak not only to you but to every voter in the kingdom who is not only enabled by his voice to advocate your opinions, but by the steadfastness of his principles to resist those tempta tions to which he will be subjected. (Hear.) There are many questioLs that will rise up iu the coming time. We aro now in the condition described, I recollect, in a vary popular novel called " Laurie Todd," where some men are represented in a boat going down a river. The Yankee says : " I don't like this almighty stillness." The river ran rapidly, it ran smoothly, but the Yankee foresaw what was coming, namely, that there was a little way ahead a cataract down which they would immediately descend, and he sai 1, " I don't like this almighty stillness. I say at the present time I don't like this almighty stillness." We are far too quiet ; for I believe that we are on the very preci pice of goat changes both abroad and at home. (Hear, hear.) I cannot believe that mankind, having arrrived at that point of civilisation and education at which it has, Europe can long remain subjected to the despotism which now overwhelms it. (Loud cheers.) God forbid that the struggles of mankind since 1739 should issue only in the base despotism I now see overshadowing Europe. I be lieve in nekind will rise up, and I hope that they will do so. (Cheers.) I hope they will rise up egainst the despotism that now weighs them down; but in so rising they will impel it much for themselves, and at the same time do much for you ; for be assured that no revolution can take place in Europe but will find somewhat of an echo, and exercho an influence, in England. Not that we are not a happy people. We are unlike the rest of Europe ; hors puolie opinion reigns supreme. (Cheers.) In Europe can you find the Times newspaper? No. Can you find a plain speaking man ? No. Should not Ibe shut up to-morrow ? (Hear, hoar, and cheers.) Well, then, what is good for England is good for Europe. (Hoar, hear.) I believe that the great mission of England is to perpetuate, not only its generous institutions, but the opinions of its people. We are the reigning people of the European continent, and I will be bold to say that the opinions we entertain, the ex ample we set to all surrounding nations, will have its effect, and that they will point to England and will say, why can't we be like Eoglishmen ? And they can be so. (Hear, hear.) The Italian, the Frenchman, the German, the Hungarian, the Bohemian, the Polo—all cal be like Englishmen. (Cheers ) I believe, gentlemen, that the time is coming when the great nationalities of Europe will rise Up as one man against the oppressive despotisms which now weigh them down. Bo you prepared for that change. You may set an example to the world at large by your steadfastness in well-doing, by your obedience to the law, by your self government; showing that liberty is safety, and that the only safety for mankind is through liberty. (Cheers) I have detained you too long. (Cries of " No, no.") I had to return y ou m y t hanks far your kindness to me, but the theme has led me on. (Hear, hear.) I have told you what I foresee. I may be wrong as a pro phet, but you cannot be wrong in adhering to the advice which I give you to keep your eyes open; to be watchful of the conduct of the Government, to show yourselves worthy of your free institutions, to be obedient to the law, to send those to make laws who are worthy to make them, to be in all things what you have been ever since I have known you, to be free men. (Cheers.) And with this I can promise you that as long as God shall give me health, I will do as I have done hitherto, fearlessly follow ing out that which I believe to be for your interest, re gardless of all party or personal consideration. The hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst the cheers of the meet ing, which having subside d, ho rose a gain and said that he had one duty more to perform, which was to render his thanks to the Mayor, and to ask the meeting to thank him for presiding. The vote of thanks to the Mayor having been freely ac corded, that gentleman returned thanks in a brief address, and the meeting separated with three clynrs for Mr. Roe buck. A CHEAT OF A PROTERB.—We beg to state that the proverb " Lightly come lightly go," does not apply to the gout, nor to one's mother-in-law, nor to the rheu matism, nor to freckles, nor to a light sovereign ; for all these plagues come lightly enough, and yet there is the greatest difficulty in getting them to go. FATAL LEAP BY A CLERGYMAN.--On Tuesday last a gloom was cast over the society of St. Peter's College, Cambridge,. by a taegraphic message which bad been received from Paris, to the eff , ct that the Rev. Wm. Nind, M.A., senior fellow of the college, had met with an accident which resulted in his death. Mr. Nind bad been spending a part of the long vacation in Paris, and Monday LiF , ht the Hotel du Mon4e, where he was stay ing, caught fire; an alarm was immediately given, and Mr. Nind, fearing that be could not escape by the passage and staircase, which were in flames, threw open his b-d• room window and jumped out into the street below. His fall was observed by severalof the lookers on, but before medical aid could be procured life was extinct. Mr. lite(' was highly respected throughout the university, and had held some of its highest offices. He graduated in 1832, the same year as Dr. Cookson, the present master of the college, and was placed 17th in the mathematical tripoi3. He had filled the office of Senior Procter and Examiner. We hear that a subscription has already been set on foot amongst the fellows of the college for the purpose of erecting a tablet in the college chapel to hic memory. AUSTRALIA. By the arrival of the Kent we have received files of papers from Melbourne to the 10th of June, and from Sydney to the 7th of Juno. The Kent left Port Philip on the 11th of June, and has brought 83,000 ounces of gold in freight, besides a quantity in private hands, and nearly 200 passengers. On her passage the Kent spoke the following vessels : July 22, in lat. 29 deg. S., British ship Sea, standing to Aug. 6, in lat. 12 deg. N., British ship Joseph Fletcher, long. 26 deg. W., the the S.E. long. 29 deg. W., the from 1 oudon towards New Zealand. - Aug. 14, in lat. 27 deg. N., long. 40 W., the British bark Surat. Aug. 23, in lat. 40 deg. N., long. 31 deg. W., the British bark Corsair's Bride, from Algoa Bay, and the Dutch bark Cortgene, from Batavia. Aug 24, in lat. 40 deg. N., long. 23 deg. W., a large four-wasted ship steering west. Aug. 26, in lat. 43 deg. N., long. 23 deg. W., the brigantine Gem, of Jersey, from Figuera to wards Newfoundland. We take the following from the summary in the Melbourne Argus of. June 9 :-- 'THE COLONY OF VICTORIA. " The mail by the Joseph Tarratt closes at 5.30 this after noon, and that by the Kent at 11.45 to morrow morning ; and although the interval since the Royal Charter left is short, and there is not much additional to report, the un certainty of another opportunity equally good induces us to compile a brief summary of our condition and progress for transmission by vessels, one of which is second in re putation to none among the racers of the deep. "THE GOLD. _ _ _ " The weekly escort returns continue to show that the yield of our goldfields this year is greatly in excess of that of last year. The escorts have brought from Mount Alexander and Bendigo, 17,828 oz. ; Ballarat, including Geelong, 15,917 ; Ovens, 12,149 ; Fiery Creek, 3,896 ; Maryborough, 3,027 ; Wrer, 1,609 ; Avoca, ],012 ; Daisy Hill, 723; Mount Blackwood, 224; amount this week, 56,385; and year, 1,241,982 . 0 z. Gold shipped in 1856, 1,388,538 oz ; per Athelstan to Calcutta, 3,950; per Clutha to ditto, 10,751 ; per City of Sydney to Sydney, 2,536 ; total, 1,405,775 oz. ; or 58 tons 11 cwt. 1 qr. 221 b. 11 oz., at 80s. ' 5,623,1001. " We have had, since the Royal Charter sailed, another of those instances of individual success which are occa sionally occurring on crur gold fields. A party of three miners, working in the Black Creek, at Tarradale, at a depth of about 12 feet from the surface came upon a solid lump of gold, weighing 541 b., with about 80 ounces of smaller nuggets in close proximity. The total value taken from the claim was a little under 3,0001. "The gold-fields lately discovered on the Nicholson river in the Gipps Land district are being steadily worked. The gold has recently been submitted to assay by Mr. Birkmyre, the assay master to the Port Phillip and Colonial Gold Company, and the result is reported as fol lows : " ' Gold from the Nicholson River, Gipps Land, melted and assayed for the Union Bank of Australia, Melbourne. Before melting, 7oz. sdwt. After melting. - oz. dwt. gr. Ingot, No. 23 Scraps 2 6 Loss per cent, 1.9. Assay, 2:3 carats 2c. gr. Mint value in London £l 3s. 2d. per oz. " A correspondent supplies us with returns of the pro ceeds of 12 parcels of quartz from Anderson's Creek, a gold field 16 miles from Melbournd. The parcels weighed in the aggregate 30/ tons, from which 443 ounces of gold were obtained. Our correspondent writes as follows : "Permit me to give you a few details about various par cels of quartz from Anderson's Creek. which have been crushed from time to time at the Port Philip Foundry, by Dr. Otway's patented crushing mill, and retorted in the usual manner. The following parcels have comp through my hands, and therefore I can speak as to the correctness of the results : ton. cwt. qr. oz. dwt. Anderson's Creek 1 17 0 yield 11 5 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 30 15 1 „ 413 10 " At the older fields the systematic washing of the soil and the quartz mining are being steadily prosecuted. The difference in the quantities sent down weekly is not to be taken as an indication of any increase or decrease in the yield. In truth it rather shows the prosperity of the great body of the miners; who hold or realise as the mar ket varies. " The following is a list of the ships that have sailed hence with gold since the let of April : Date of Ship. Destination. Ounces. Sailing. —. April 8.. • • • iinrocl ••• • • „ 10 .. • • awrence .. • • „ 15 .... , Tew Great Britain „ 16 , rancis Ilcrity „ 25.... Earl of Sefton • ....... Liverpool •• • • .... 37,764 25.... 13allarat •• ••• • • • •• •• [Bong Kong, vial 2,555 ft Singapore .... j „ 25.... fhomas Ann Coe •• •• London •• • • ........ 2,017 „ 25 .• .. ;By of Manchester .. Bombay •• . ...... •.. 4,703 „ 30.... kr ratoon A pear .. •. iingapore • ......... 524 May 2.. • • Myer Lang ..... ... Liverpool .......... 59,265 „ 15.... lacer* of England ...• lion Kong „ 19.... 6alem .. •• • • ...... .. Bombay .. • • „ 21 •• .. *Miner Castle ...... London ...... .• • • 43,007 ~ 21.... Royal Charter. .. •• .... Liverpool • ... .. 173,346 June 5.... kthel5tan...... • „ 5.... Cluther•.•... 4,, -- ---- 7 - / "".--......../ - - Y 4 ...., ks \ '''.% ''',-,-- • ,„. •":' : , . " POPULATION. "The monthly returns of the Immigration Board, so far as they are completed, give the following as the additions by sea since that period : Arrived. Departed. Net Increase. January 3,994 2,557 1,437 February March... April 12,789 8,317 4,472 " In the month of May, the official return for which is not yet published, the balance of immigration over emi gration was about 1,601 " TRADE AND COMMERCE. " Notwithstanding that trade is in a groat measure sus pended, in consequence of the continuance of wet weather and the all but impassable state of the roads, the present condition of the trade and commerce of the colony is one of undoubted health. The imports of late have been in excess of the demani for consumption, but they have been in the main of a description that will not suffer deprecia tion from being stored until a more active demand sets in, or until an interval of dry weather so far improves the roads as to admit of communication with the several inland centres of our mining population. We may repeat that never at the same perio I of the year have the stocks of the country shopkeepers been so light as they are at this present season, and that, although trade during the next three months cannot be expected to be very active, yet the increasing consumption of a ' well-to.do' mining population will he sure to secure a fair amount of business to importers. The first impression produced by the pacific news brought by the Champion of the Seas was that prices of imported goods would have to give ws,y before the pro spects of increased speculation consequent on the with drawal of large sums of money from prosecution of the war. This uneasy feeling has not, however, produced any depressing effects. It is believed that with the restoration of peace a reaction will be imparted to emigration; and that the experience of 1853 will not be lost on shippers, who will be cautious of again pouring in upon the Aus tralian colonies goods in excess of the increasing consum ing powers of their inhabitants. " The general tone is, therefore, one of confidence. The resources of the colony have shown a wonderful elasticity. The deficiency of 400,003/. in the revenue which the Go vernment were forced to meet by advances from the banks has gradually disappeared, and the Government will have at their credit a surplus of nearly double that amount when they meet the Legislature of the colony, soon about to be ass3mbled for the first time under the new constitu tion. " In actual progress the producing interests are making steady strides ; maieufactories are springing up, not only in and about the capital, but also on the goldfields, for the purpose of supplying articles which have hitherto been imported ; soap-works, candle-works, flour-mills, and breweries are being established wherever consumption calls for them. The land is being opened up for cultivation, a greater breadth than ever being laid down in wheat and other cereals, and dairy farming is extensively carried on. When immigration once more sets in the country will ab sorb with ease any number that is likely to arrive. " We subjoin comparative table of the imports and ex ports at the port of Melbourne of the quantities of dutiable articles for consumption and of other matte rs connected . with our commerce : "IMPORTS AND EXPORTS AT THE PORT OF MELEOURNE Imports in the year 1856 up to the 31st of May Exports in the year Iz-56 up to the 31st of May.............. ..••••••• 25,216,106 6,850,981 Balance of exports over imports during the current year 1,634,87,5 NEW SOUTH WALES. We take the following from the ,Fydney Morning Herald of the 7th of June : " The following notication appears in the Government Gazette : " Colonial Secretary's-office, Sydney, June 6, 1856. " His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to the offices mentioned in connection with their respective names : " The Hon. Stuart Alexander Donaldson, Esq., to be Coloaial Secretary and Registrar of Records of New South Wales. " The Hon. William Montagu Manning, Esq., to be Attorney-General of New South Wales. " The lion. John Bayley Darvall, Esq., to be Solicitor General of New South Wales. " The Hon. Thomas Holt, Esq., to be Colonial Trea surer and Collector of Internal Revenue of New South Wales. " The Hon. George Robert Nicholas, Esq., to be Auditor- General of New South Wales. " By Lis Excellency's command. " STUART A. DONALDSON, Colonial Secretary." " Colonial Secretary's-office, Sydney, June 6, 1856. !` Focellonoy the GoToraor-Genoral diroots it to bo ~~. ~~ {PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5.5. notified that in conformity with the provisions of the CJn s titution Act of the colony the following gentlemen h bye been released, upon political grounds, from the several wilco 3 mentioned in connection with their respective names, viz : " Edward Deas Thomson, Esq., C. 8., from the office of Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Records. " John Hubert Plunkett, Esq•, from the office of Attor i ney-General. William Montagu Manning, Esq., from the office of Solicitor-General. ry " Campbell Drummond Riddell, Esq., from the office of Colonial Treasurer and Collector of the Internal Re venue ; and " Francis Lewis Shaw Merewether, Esq., from the office of Auditor• General. " By his Excellency's command. " STUART A. DONALDSON, Colonial Secretary." " Sydney, June 6. " The amount of gold issued by the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the week ended to-day has been 20,000 half-sovereigns. " The amount of gold dust imported into the same esta blishment during the week for the purpose of coinage has been 1,698 ounces. " The western escort arrived this morning at the Colo nial Treasury, and delivered the following quantities of gold :—From Sofala, 372 oz. 15 dwts. 6 grs. ; Tambaroora, 2j2 oz. 9 dwts. ; Avisford, 447 oz. 11 dwts. 6 grs. Total, 1,112 oz. 15 dwts. 12 gig. " A moderate amount of business has been transacted in the share market this week. The principal sales have been in the shares of the Australian Joint-Stock Bank, at W., and Bank of New South Wales, at 35/, per share. " Debentures remain firm, at 95 and 98, according to the currency. "The flour market is dull, and without alteration in price. Fine flour is quoted 25/. per ton, seconds 231. The rates of the Chili Flour Company are the same. "Liquids.: , —ln spirits there have been no transactions of importance to notice. The market is firm, and holders are not disposed to sell, except at an advance. Brandy, 13s. 61. to 14s. ; rum, 300. p., ss. 61 to ss. 94. Good wines are in demand, more partici:dory port, which is scarce. Bottled beer and porter remain firm at last quotations. " Drapery.—The market is overstocked. We have had several extensive sales this week, and the result cahnot be considered satisfactory. " The Primula and Scotia, which sailed from London in February, have not yet arrived. " PRODUCE CIRCULAR. "The result of the London February wool sales having become known has had the effect of strengthening the market and creating a demand on this side, and a rise of fully hi. to 2d. per pound was established on the wools offered for sale this day. It would be well to draw atten tion to the causes of the rise in the London market, which are twofold-1, The attendance of numerous foreig❑ buyers and the lowness of stocks in the hands of manu facturers, both in England and on the continent ; and 2, the important fact that there has been no period when the wool and woollen trades were in a more satisfactory and healthy state. There is no accumulation of stocks, and consequently manufacturers have been enabled to increase the price of their fabrics even in a greater degree than the cost of wool. The belief, therefore, is that wool is one of the staples likely to maintain its value. "The tallow•market has been inactive during the past week, the transactions being confined to purchases on ac count of the trade, and for shipment to Melbourne and New Zealand. Offers have been made of several parcels for shipment to South America, but holders have not accepted them. The English market entirely depends upon politics, which tend towards peace ; yet there are few who would be surprised if the negotiations were to fail, in which case tallow must advance in price. Again, if peace —so much to be desired—takes place, it is doubtful if the market would be materially affected when the lowness of stocks is considered, the requirements for the continent, and last, not least, the accumulation supposed to be in Russia and the neutral ports is ascertained to be far less than has been stated. " Sheepskins remain firm. "Hides.—The market well supplied, and prices fully maintained. "Shank bones, horns, and hoofs have been sold at an advance on last sales. " Stocks and Stations.—The favourable result of the February wool sales has had the effect of increasing the demand for shcap properties, and good stations, not over stocked, would meet with ready purchasers at advanced prices. In store sheep and cattle there is nothing ding, as parties are awaiting the result of large flocks and herds, now en route to Melbourne, before making fresh purposes. " For cattle, of prima quality, there is a demand at from Ti. to 8/. Inferior cattle are selling at 31. 10s. to 41. 4s. "MELBOURNE MARKETS. "The market has been well supplied lately, and former prices have barely been maintainel. Prime bullocks, 151. to 181. ; good ditto, 71. to 101. ; inferior, N. to Cl. ; wetbers, 13s. to 19s. " Freights. —To London—Wool, Id. per lb. ; hides, 255. per ton ; tallow, 655. to 70s. par ton ; oil, 80s. per tun ; gold, per cent, by sailing vessels ; by steamer. " Exchange on London—Bank draughts, 3 per cent. pm.; private bills (with produce hypothecated) 1 to 2 per cent. if drawn against tallow, wool, or gold. PRICES CURRENT. WOOL. x. d. s. d. Superior clips Fair to good 1 4 1 5.j Low to middling 1 3 1 5 Grease , Locks, pieces, broken wool, &c. H indwashed Scoured TALLOW. Beef Mutton £ s. 4. £ N. (1. .. 37 0 0 to 39 0 0 .. 39 10 0 44 0 0 Station tallow 34 0 0 - 45 0 0 Hides, each 07 6 - 0 15 0 00- 0 0 7 MORT AND CO., Brokers. Pitt-street, Sydney, June 5, 1856. Wages have been gradually rising for months past, and they are now as follows :- With rations-Married couples, without, families, from 751. to 901. per annum ' • ditto with families, 551 . to 651. ditto; gardeners', 50/. to 601. ditto ; grooms, 401. to 501. ditto ; stockkeepers, 601. to 701. ditto ; shepherds, 351. to 501. ditto ; hutkeepers, 251. to 30'. ditto ; general farm servants, 1/. ss. per week ; threshing and cleaning,ls. per bushel ; haycuttiog, 9s. per ton ; bullock-drivers on the road, 30s. per week ; ditto, on stations, 255. ditto ; men cooks, 7ul. to 90'. per annum ; female ditto, 301. to 451. ditto ; thorough-female servants, 251. to 301. ditto ; house maids, 201. to 261. ditto ; laundresses, .30/. to 351. ditto ; nursemaids, 151. to 201. ditto. The following aro consi• dered the standard weekly rations-121bs. beef or mutton, 101bs. flour, Ms. sugar, 4 lb. tea. Without rations--Compositors, is. 43. per thousand ; ditto by the week, V. 4s. ; pressmen, 41. 4s. to 41. 10s. ditto; carpenters, 12s. to 14s. per day ; masons, Hs. to 16s. ditto ; plasterers, 14e. to 16s. ditto ; bricklayers, 14s. to 16s. ditto ; blacksmiths, 16s ditto ; quarrymen, 103. to 12s. ditto ; woodEplitters and fencers, ss. to 7s. per ton; fencing by the rod, material to split only, Os. ; labourers on the roads, Os. to 103. per day-wood, water, and tents found. Sheepskins, per lb BESSEMER'S PROCESS OF IRON MANUFACTURE. It appears somewhat inconsistent, until chemistry steps in and explains the mystery, that notwithstanding the enormous amount of iron extracted from British ore, Briton is still obliged to import iron in considerable quantities from Russia and Sweden when any especial purity is required. The explanation is simply this —our country is rich in coal and its derivative coke, and Sweden and Russia aro rich in wood charcoal. Coke is a very impure fuel, and charcoal is very pure ; hence, though we produce cast iron, which is only another term for impure iron, readily enough, the problem of turning out good malleable iron in large quantities, by means of coke or coal, is not a little difficult. Now, looking at the impurities which exist in cast ,iron, and by the presence of which it differs from wrought iron, we learn that they are combustible, and the processes of iron manufacture adopted for the conversion of cast into wrought iron have reference to burning these combustible impurities away. Hitherto, until Mr. Bessemer devised his pr.). ce=s, the combustible materials in question did not ad mit of being burned away without the addition of other combustibles, either coke, coal, or wood charcoal, as the case might be. The new proce.sa depends for its efficiency on the well-known chemical tact that many substances, though actually in a chemical sense combustible, can only be made to burn when a liberal supply o f a supporter of combustion is furnished. Mr. Bessemer, therefore, takes a quantity of molten cast iron, and by transmitting through it a liberal supply of at mospheric air, _sets up a process of combustion at the expense of the contained impurities, and by following out this operation to the end, it is as sumed that all extraneous combustible matter will be burned away. There can be no doubt concerning the beauty of the theory on which the process is founded there can be no doubt of the actual demonstration of the fact that impure molten iron thus treated is purified readily to a considerable extent. This we consider de monstrated by the production of the result which Mr. Bessemer calls semi-steel. But is it demonstrated that the final remnant of impurities can be removed by a con tinuation of the process I We think not. Without stating that it cannot be done, there are difficulties in the way which suggest themselves to the mind of the chemist, and cause him to look with Borne anxiety to the final issue. The fact must net he concealed, that the efficiency of Mr, Bessetner's process carried out to the final issue of making iron absolutely, or even com mercially pure, depends on the maintenance of a condi tion of such amount of fluidity that the atmospheric air injected shall readily penetrate the mass and bubble through it. Is this condition susceptible of being effi clently maintained to the very end ? Every one conver sant with the properties of iron must be aware of the cir• =mimic° that in proportion to its purity so is it, infusibility ; therefore the air injected by Mr. Bessemer's process will have to find its way through a molten mass which continually assumes a condition of greater solidity. We would ba far from desirous of damping the energy of an inventor, of denying the theoretical beauty of the invention, or its practical competence, so far as demonstration has already been made ; neverthe less, would it not be well for the inventor to test the final issue of his process.by reference t 3 the quality and quantity of the iron purified to the furthest compe tence of the process ? If, indeed, not to say it n she• mically pure, but iron commercially pure, to the extent of the best Swedish er Russian, be capable of production as the result of the new process, the consequences of the di scover y w ill be gigantic ~~ /~~~!~ NEB SPAPErt • <--.X.NI i i p i t - `s I 7 y~S 0 47;- In consequence of the order that has been given -••• , ,kiza i tzlf6.,:i:;- the Secretary of State for War that the whole of the ha married non-commissioned officers and private soldiers ' 11 S belonging to regiments and depots at the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, shall be supplied with separate rooms, apart from the unmarried soldiers, some exten sive alterations and improvements are in progress at Chatham. The whole of the quarters now occupied by the officers now belonging to Chatham Batracks, form ing the Terrace, at the Provisional Battalion, are to be given e s for the use of the pay sergeants and sergeants of the depots at Chatham, each of whom will be sup plied with two rooms. This alteration has been made by order of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief, who, on the occasion of his recent visit to Chatham, directed that, instead of new buildings being erected fur the married non-commissioned officeis, they should take possession of the officers' present quai tore, an order hav ing also been given for a large suite of buildings near the fortifications at Prince Henry's Bastion, to be occupied exclusively by the officers belonging to the Provisional Battalion. The 7th Hussars have left York for Northampton, their ultimate destination being the camp at Aldershott or the barracks at Dorchester. The following movements have taken place in the camp at the Curragh :—Lieutenant-General Sir Richard and lady England have arrived at the Curragh, and Major-General Shirley, who has taken command of the second brigade ; Major Mann has been appointed his Brigade Major. Colonel Bedford, 69th Rifles, commar da the first brigade until the arrival of Major-General Gough, from Belfast. Lieutenant-Colonel Morris, 17th Lancers, has joined and assumed the duty of Assistant- Adjutant General. Deputy-Inspector of Hospitals, Dr. Cruickshank, has been appointed Principal Medical Officer, vice Dr. Clarke, ordered to Dublin. The Rev. Mr. Hudson is appointed Presbyterian Minister here. Major Bewes is appointed Inspector of Musketry. Great attention is paid to this branch of the service ; practice goes on from morning till evening. One captain, one subaltern, and 100 of the Scots Greys have arrived. The detachment of artillery has been ordered to Athlone, keying Captain Purvis in command. The First Brigade—let Royals, ZBth, and 56th Regi ments ; the Second Brigade-18th, 51st, 94th, and 18th are at the Curragh. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, to the Raleigh ; Lieutenant T. B. Cellinson, to command the Bustard, vice Lieutenant Viscount Gilford ; Lieutenant T. C. Bruce, to the Miranda ; Lieutenant J. G. Goodenough, Lieutenant Viscount Gilford, Lieutenant his Serene Highness Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, and Lieutenant J. S. Graham, to the Raleigh; John Hayden, Midship• man, to the Conflict; J. R. Majendie, Naval Cadet, t o the Cressy ; and Daniel M'D. Jago, Master, to the Raleigh. The Wasp, 13-gun screw steam-iloop, Command. r Stirling, left Sheerness on Wednesday last, at 10 a.m., on a trial trip, under the superintendence of Mr. George Blaxland, civil engineer, of the dockyard here. After proceeding a short distance it was found that steam could not be procured to bring the engines up near her proper maximum, for want of sufficient draught in the engine-room and stokeholes. Throughout the day's trial they could not procure more than 421 b. pressure, giving a speed of 4 knots and 3-I Oths. The only altereative now left (as proposed by Mr. Blaxland) is to lengthen the funnel, and introduce blast locks in the stokehole to increase the draught in the funnel. Her engines worked most satisfactorily when there was steam enough gene rated to keep them in action: s The Eurotas steam-frigate, on her way to England, put into Gibraltar on the 24th of August for coals, and was to sail for Portsmouth on the 26th. She has been obliged to depend on her sails for the most part, on ac count of the leaky state of the boilers. There was a good deal of fever on board when she first entered the Mediterranean, but she is now quite healthy. The screw steam-ship Sanspareil, 70, Captain Astley, C. Key, was placed in dock at Devonport on Monday. The crew of the iron screw steam store-ship Hima laya, Captain Benjamin P. Priest, were paid off at Devonport on Monday. She is to be recommissioned. The dismantling of the screw steam-frigate Liffey, 51, and the screw steam-csrvette Satellite, 21, was com menced at Devonport on Wednesday. The Warrior convictsship, at Woolwich, having been found in an extreme state of decay, it has been judged desirable to commence forthwith the removal of a por tion of the inmates. Major Stewart, of the 92d High landers, who has received the appointment of Deputy Governor of the consolidated establishment at Chatham, will assume the duties of bispost on the 15th inst., and will on that day proceed, in charge of 100 convicts from the Warrior, to the newly-erected prison at Chatham. No further change will take place until the let of Octo ber, when, most probabiy, a greater numb er w ill b e transferred. The removal of the invalids will not take place for the present. The governor and the chaplain will continue to occupy the Warrior until the final ar rangements are completed. The collective number on board the hulks is at present 668, namely—the War rior, 353 ; and the Defence, 315. Captain Buller is constituted governor of the new establishment, with a salary (According to the official estimate) of 5001. per annum, to be annually increased 151. Lieutenant Byrne, governor of the Defence, and Captain Keyte, the deputy, have received an announcement that their services will not be required after the dissolutian of the estata ishment at Woolwich. A number of the warders will retire on the superannuation list. The Rev. Mr. Marsh, chaplain of the Warrior, is to be retained for the esta blishment at Chatham, and will be assisted in his duties by a second clergymar, who i to join on the 15th inst. from Dartmouth. A number of free labourers have been hired to replace the convicts in the dockyard. Her Majesty's ship Raleigh, 50-gen sailing-frigate, was commissioned yesterday, at Portsmouth, by Captaia the Hen. H. Keppel, C. 8., to carry his broad pendant to the East India and China station. rZ , TaI and Inteiligencte, IRELAND. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. THE DUBLIN CRIMEAN BANQUET. The managing committee are making energetic exertions to render this ovation worthy of the occa sion. Circulars have been despatched to almost every influential person in Ireland, with a view of obtaining support and pecuniary assis!aTice. The general meeting is to be held on Monday in the Round-room of the Mansion-house, and a large at tendance is confidently expected. There are, it is calculated, about 4,000 soldiers on the Irish estab lishment in possession of the Crimean medal, but of these it is estimated about 2,000, or one-half only, would be enabled to assemble in Dublin, and, calculating the expense of each man at ss.—tho same sum as was allowed in London for the Guards —5 )0/. would cover the actual expense of the din ing part of the programme, and au additional 1001. or so ought, surely, to cover the contingencies inci dent to the occasion. It would be strange, indeed, if in this the land of tributes and testimonials, en thusiasm rightly directed failed in the effort to raise this insignificant sum towards a demonstra tion at which men of all creeds and parti( a might for once mingle together without an apparent chance of discord. THE HARVEST. The following is extracted from the monthly ag ricultural report of the Derry Journal, and applies to the state and prospects of the harvest in the north-western counties generally : "The harvest is now sufficiently advancul to give a pretty correct notion of the produce of the cereal crops. Wheat will be sadly deficient in the northern counties. The nearer it approached to maturity the more arp irent became the blighting affects which the moist atmosphere of the past summer had upon it. It may be safely stated that. the 80,000 additional acres which his Excellency tl e Lord-Lieutenant recently_Etated to be under this crop in Ireland, as compared with last year, will not bring up the produce of wheat to the superabundance of that sea son. The few samples which have appeared in the mar ket, look very ill, and the crop is universally spoken of ai wanting a third of an average yield. Oat;, on the other hand, were never better, both in quantity and qua lity ; and from the high price which they command, and the fact that this is the staple grain crop in Ulster, the farmers will, in all probability, have another profitable season from their cornfields. Potatoes will fall very short of last year's produce. The growth has ceased at too early a stage, so that, even taking it for granted that those now in the ground will keep good, which is still very doubtful, we should want a third or a fourth of last year's quantity. There were, however, more po tatoes produced in 1855 in the north of Ireland than were required for tte legitimate use to which they are usually applied ; and large quantities were consumed by cattle in tke spring of this year. As usual at this season, various opinions have been exprrs ed during the last two or three weeks respecting them ; but, judging of the effects of the di-ea , e this year, and from the course it has taken in other seasons, we believe the crop will be likely to turn out equal to that of 1852, 1853, or 1854, but very much less than the crop of 1855. In the counties of Derry and Donegal there isno great want of hands for harvest-work, nor are the waves so very high as they are stated to be in some other parts of the king. dom. There is, however, ample employment, and a fair day's pay for a fair day's wor k." NATAL ACCIDENT. The Limerick Chronicle of yesterday announces the death by drowning of Mr. James Barry, of Rockfield, a magistrate of the county, and one of the largest land agents in the south of Ireland. Tris MOORS AND FORESTS.—The accounts fr?ltt ra llt: moor* zontinue to show a great Julio -6 off in the of birds. It is now certain that the season is a failure so far as grouse are concerned. We mentioned last week that!accounts , from Perthshire spoke of an average sea son in that county. Caithness also seems to be an excep tion to the rule of failure which seems to characterise the season in all other parts of Scotland. It is said that, in addition to the wetness of the weather and other causes for the scarcity of birds, their numbers have been sadly thinned by tape worm. The forests continue to yield excellent sport.—lnvernese Advertiser. . - WEIGHING BREAD.—At the Devizes petty sessions recently, Samuel Strong, a baker, of Allcannings, was ' summoned by Mr. Superintendent Wolfe fur delivering bread from a waggon without being provided with weight and scales, agreeable to the act. The defendant was convicted in. the mitigated pen alt y of 10a., And. 9s. costs, the bench observing that, on the recurrenc e o f a similar case, the full p e nalty of 61. would be Rath Chronicic. *„ , , Allll