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eta NEWSPAPER 4 14 4 1 , 4 • 44 `, 4 / /of , , , p fril T rei f ; - k. 49 4 • '47 - • 144 ; ~. DUIJIAS . ON THE ARTES'IA.N WELL • ; • . (ICI • 34e 4 T PUSSY. 9 1 1: • •L'.l ~ , , . , • , . . • ` • j• , A • J / -- 0 . • R OTT. _ • , , , • 90 iAI, %0 , ..... CY) I i GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. --CHEAP EXCURSION.—On SUNDAY, October 20, an Excursion Train will leave PADDINGTON at 8.45 a.m. for Reading (fares, ss. 6d., 45., and 35.), Theale an d Aldermaston (Gs., is. 6d., and 3s. d.), Woolhampton, Thatch am, Newbury, Kintbury, and ifuncrerford (6s. 6d._, is., and 3s. 61), rang,bourne, Goring, and Wallingford Road (6s. and 3s. 6d.), Culham, Abingdon, and Oxford (es. 6d and 45.), return ing the same day at 7.15 p.m. from Oxford, and other stations as per bills. On this subject M. Dumas last week read a highly interesting paper to the Academy of Sciences, in hich he gave a history of the undertaking and of difficulties with which the engineer, N. Kind, .had to contend. The idea of boring this well , gmated with ,th6.necessity of providing pure and wholesome water for the population of Paris, which M a short time had increased from 1,200,000 souls t 4 1,700,.000, thus . materially augmenting the causes of infection to which the waters of the Seine are ne itl?Qt.he green sands from derives its supply. The c asarily subject. Paris' rests upon a stratum of c alk, about 500 metres . .in depth, covered with a out 50 metres of various strata of tertiary soil, t metres of marl or Act that the water which these . sand . s received from successful atlandYi elhtws ethilifiee rhewsise 1 boring ininga r Contact o oG f nr t e h n e el nearlylwc latter localities at a distance from Paris might he ma d e to r• the h s or; :THE SUN, LONDON, THIMSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER', 17, 1861. N°. 21,621. PRICE ........Id. STAMPED ....sd. BANK OF DEPOSIT. '(Established A.D. 1844.) 'No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on application. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. s on objected the to both in the coMposition :and th e p o liti ca l tenden cies of the Lower House . W e men ti one d i n our previous the Governor's ummar t h granting t thi opposition a dissolution, ground' of its being both an inexpedient and an un constitutional step. They professed themselves per fectly willing.to stand the issue of an appeal to the country on that point. But when the appeal actually came to be made, they found that the people would not listen to any discussion of a purely abstract question, and a question, moreover, which had been already practically settled by the disso lution itself. The popular call was for a definite programme of measures of a liberal and progressive character. :But the opposition was not prepared with anything of the kind. They were not a united and compact party with a distinctive policy and an effective organisation, but -only a chance collected body acting together on a single occasion. Here the Ministerial party had immensely the ad vantage of them. Again, the opposition " went to the country" mainly, if not exclusively, to reverse the Governor's decree of dissolution and to turn out the Ministry. The other side went with an exceed ingly taking programme of popular measures, and with boundless promises of benefits to come. That the latter should, under these circumstances, be strikingly successful as compared with their oppo nents is not at all to be wondered at. This is the simple and sufficient explanation of the general re sults of the late elections. and to the reaction which any important change would be likely to produce here. It is now arranged that the first quarter of the one million sterling reserved for colonial is sue is to be placed on the market so soon as the necessary farms are complete, in debentures ranging in value from £lO to £lOO. This issue will be immediately absorbed, with out any derangement to our monetary system, by the in vestment of trust and other moneys. The average aggregate of the sums held by the courts of law, by Government de partments, and other public bodies, and which are at pre sent unproductive, will be found to be fully equal to the demands to be made by the public exchequer. There has been for many months past a steady and con tinuous want in this market of some secure investment, not liable to the rapid and heavy fluctuations to which joint stock enterprises are subjected in so speculative a market as this has been, and is still to some extent. For the past two years the deposits held by the banks have been steadily increasing. The average amount held by the nine banks is now £BOO,OOO more than it was at the same period of 1859 ; at the same time the note circulation has decreased, while the stocks of coin and bullion have been larger. There have been several meetings of importance among the joint-stock companies. The 17th half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the Bank of Victoria was held on the 7th inst. The report was read by the chairman, the Hon. H. Miller, and unanimously adopted. The balanoe-sheet showed that the net profits for the half-year amounted to £35,334 As. Bd., which it was proposed to apportion as follow —To dividend, at 10 per cent. per annum, £25,000; to reserve fund, £5,000 ; to bank premises, creditor account, £5,000 ; balance, £334 4s. Bd. The reserve fund amounts t0£90,030. The total sum now standing to the credit of the bank pre mises account was £8,600. P U BLICATION S. INDIA. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., C "NT Y SOCIETY. " Verite sans Peur." "We can promise the reader a rich treat from the perusal of this novel. The talent manifest ed is unquestionable."— Met.senger. Burst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The following summary of Calcutta intelligence is from the Ifurkaru of Sept. 9 : " Our latest English news is to the 3d August. We have had very little news to write of since our last. We are glad to say that we have not heard so much of cholera and sickness from our up country correspondents, so that we may hope the worst has passed, not, however, without depriving us of at least the strength of a whole 'regiment of English soldiers. Government has appointed a commission to visit the places where the disease chiefly raged, but we do not anticipate much result from their labours, We find the English press re joicing over the treaty which is to put an end to French African slavery by substituting our coolies for the slaves, but we feel that here we are suffer ing a severe loss from the abstraction of our labour. In Calcutta there are coolie agents for the West Indies, the Mauritius, and now for Bourbon, all competing against the tea planters of Assam and eachar for the Boonooahs or Dangurs, the hill men of Chota Nagpore and other wild countries, who make the best labourers on plantations. The de mand is much greater than the supply, and we certainly think that it is very bad policy to rob our own labour market in order to supply the THE INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA The Directors are prepared to receive applications for DEBENTURES, at par, bearing interest at 5 per cent. ver annum, guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India in Council. The Debentures are for five years, and may be renewed for a further term of five years, at the same rate of interest. The Debentures may be converted into Indus Steam Flotilla Capital Stock at the option of the holder. T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CCXXXII. Was publishcfl YESTERDAY. T FIOMAS BURNELL, Secretary. Indus Steam Flotilla Office, Gresham House, Old Broad-street ; Sept. 25, 1861. CONTENTS. I. Lord Macaulay's History of England, Vol. V. IL Mentalembert's Monks of the West. 111. Lavergne's Agriculture of France. IV. O'Donog,hue's Memoirs of the O'Bnens. V. Cunniugham's Church History of Scotland. VI. The Story of Burnt Njal. VII. English Jurisprudence. VIII. Thiers' Revolution of the Hundred Days. IX. The Works of rlizabeth Barrett Browning. X. Dr. Hessey's Bampton Lectures. XI. The Disunion of America. Note on Education Minute. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. CONTRACT FOR ITALIAN lIE3IP. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset Place, 15th Oct., 1861. 'PIE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the ',Oth inst., at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying ITALIAN HEMP, to be delivered at her Majesty's Dock Yards. according to a distribution, which, with a Form of the Tender, may be seen at the said Office. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten der for Italian Hemp ;" and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. Just published, a new edition, with additions, price 58., cloth, FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY. Dy Dr. DICKSON. Contents : Chronometry of Life in Health and Disease—Unity of Disease—Medical Systems—Chrono thermal System—Homceopathic and Hydropntuic Systems Legitimate Medicine, so called : its plaffiarisms and veranta tions—Alleged Change in the Type of Disease—Blood - letting and Count Cavour—Loudon Medical Practice : its corruptions and collusions—Arm, London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., Stationers'-court ; and all Booksellers. There had been a serious strike, attended with violence, at the works on Government railways. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. TENDERS will be received at this Office until Noon on Monday, November 4, 1861, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, from December 1,1861, to May 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces at ALDERSHOT CAMP, And within the Command. Separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. Tenders on the printed Forms must be properly filled up, and signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside "Tender for Comm , ssariat Sup plies," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from this Office. (Signed) ALFRED SALWEY, Deputy Commissary General. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACT. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10, 1861. CJEALED TENDERS will be received at this Office until Noon on Thursday, November 7 next, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of PAILLASSE STRAW, AND STRAW FOR ROYAL ENGINNER SERVICE, in such quantities as may be required from Ist December, 1861, to 30th November, 1862, for the use of Her Majesty's Land Forces stationed at ALDERSHOT CAMP, and within the Command. Printed Forms of Tender, together with the Conditions of Contract, may be obtained on application at this Office be tween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock, where every infor mation which may be required on the subject will be Inrnished. The Tenders must be made on the Printed Forms, which should be properly filled up and signed, and delivered under sealed invelope at the above-mentioned office, marked outside " render for Army Supplies," before noon on the 7th proximo. No Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from the Office. (Signed) ALFRED SELWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. V. R.—ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot, October 10. 1861. TENDERS will be Recei ve d at this O ffi ce until Noon on Monday, November 4 next, from Persona who may be willing to enter into Contracts to Supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD, in such quantities as may be required, from December 1, 1861, to May 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces sta. 'Honed it ALDERSHOT CAMP, And within the Command. Forms of Tender, and Conditions of Contract, may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be prorerly filled up , and signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve lope, marked on the outside "Tender for Flour for Hospital Bread," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained from this Office. (Signed) ALFRED SELWEY, Deputy Commissary-General. 54ZAUCR EPA. AND PERRTArg KJ beg to caution the 'Public against Spurious Imitations of nicir world-renowed WO-ItCESTERSHIRE SAUCE, Purchasers should ASg VOtt LEA AND PERRINS' S E, Free:Lou:iced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." * 4 * Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester ; Meesrs. CROSSE and BLAcKwea.e., London, &c. &c., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. RIIPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. 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The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting saes, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—"Sun da y Times," 23d March, 1856. •The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases w hich produce decline in youth or more frequently premu old age. Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathising, manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater- noster-row; Muni, ad, Cornhill. Sours Qt Conult4tim—).o to 3 and 0 to 5 ;Auntlaph,lo till 2 THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bust ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grosemitlfo "Government upon First Prin ciples. French. " A few evenings ago we had the first political dinner we remember in Calcutta. It was given by the Trades' Association, who had invited a number of guests of all classes. In the speeches the prin cipal topics agitating our political atmosphere at present were touched upon, and the loud applause which followed the allusions to the judges of the Supreme Court, and Sir Mordaunt Wells in parti cular, and to the determination to secure publicity of the debates of the new Legislative Council, showed how strongly the Eurepean portion of the public feel upon these points. Indeed the associa tion, especially the Landholders' and Commercial, are rising fast into powers in the state. " The failure of the indigo crop and the indigo rebellion seems to have set loose a good deal of that capital which formerly sought investment in factories. At any rate it is certain that a great many concerns will be entirely closed and aban doned next season. We do not know if this can account for the avidity with which the shares of two large tea companies which have of late been launched in our market have been taken up. It is certain, however, that tea planting in Assam and Cachar is no longer an experiment, but a cer tain and most profitable investment, whatever may be the case in other parts of India, and we doubt not that it will yearly attract more capital, until those jungles shall become as populous as Kishna , ghur has been made within the last thirty years by indigo." We read in the Friend of India:--" Cholera continues among the English troops at Lahore. It has made its appearance at Benares and Nussera bad. At a large public meeting of the natives of Calcutta, a memorial to Sir Charles Wood has been adopted, condemning the conduct of Sir Mordaunt Wells for his frequent and indiscriminate attacks on the natives. This has called forth a counter address to the judge from the Maharajah of Bard wan and the leading merchants and tradesmen of Calcutta. A bill to tax the cultivation of tobacco in Bengal has been introduced into the Legislative Council. An act has been passed enabling the three presidency banks to undertake the management of the new currency notes, as soon as they are received in India, and to undertake several of the duties hitherto conducted by the Government treasuries. Rain has continued to fall heavily throughout the country. "The existence of ithe Legislative Council of India is fast drawing to a close. Established by Lord Dalhousie in its present form in 1854, it will probably sit for the last time to-day. Sir Barnes Peacock, to whom it has owed most of its unde niable efficiency, is really ill. The members for Madras, Bombay, and the North-West Provinces, are eager to be on the wing, Sir Bartle Frere's con tinued labours make him look forward anxiously to a holiday, and there is a general disposition at once to break up. The Council, however, has done its work, and it is not likely that a massacre of the innocents will signalise its extinction, on the same extensive scale as that which marks the hurried close of each session of parliament. The great Penal Code has long been law, and the corresponding Code of Criminal Procedure has now been com pleted, so that India will come under a new body of criminal law and procedure and new high courts at once on Ist January next. The Civil Pro cedure Code has been amended, and all that is now wanted to make Indian jurisprudence in theory superior to that of any other country is a body of civil law, the compilation of which, for so many different races and creeds, will tax the powers of the most eminent jurists whom England and India can furnish." COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, SEPT. 7, PRODUCE MAitxET.—We have not much change to report in this market. Leading staples have been in tolerably fair demand, and prices well supported. In some instances even an advance has ruled. IMPORT MARKET.—The demand that is usual before the Doorga Poojah holidays has set in, and prices of most staples show a slight advance on former quotations. Pre sent rates, however, are still generally unremunerative to importers, and it is difficult for the dealers to realise the grave position in which Manchester stands with regard to the future supply of cotton, when they see our large im ports, and many houses not unwilling to move off present stocks in the prospect of full supplies arriving later on. Doubtless, if American hostilities continue, a higher range of prices must ultimately be established to correspond with the high rates that must be paid for cotton, but there are no indications of any rapid advance in the meantime, as there is very little buying for up-country, and purchases for lower Bengal for consumption during the holidays will soon be over. would appear that a movement is on foot to have gas introduced into the settlement. The action of the Shanghae Chamber of Commerce in the Customs question has been closely followed, up by that of Hong Kong, but sufficient time has, not elapsed to ascertain the sentiments of her M. tjesty's Plenipo tentiary on the subject. It is impo Fsible, however, to exaggerate the importance of a . speedy deter mination of all the matters at issue between the foreign trader and the Chinese ()trek .m-house. The former complains of undue exaction;; on the part of the. Custom-house officials, and of vexatious and unnecessary delay in the transactic m of business, which,' as time is money to the tradcr more than to most other men, is fully equivalent 'to actual pecu niary loss. It is a great . pity that this should be the case, and that an institution me ant to do good should be"in the hands of managers who are fast rendering it mischievous. It would appear that English victories in China are rapidly being avenged, now that the weapons are changed from the sword to the abacus, and the theatre of war shifted from the field to the counting-house. Chinese skill is now fully equal to English, and the issue of this contest is scarcely doubtful ; so quickly has the day of retribution arrived. Local matters go on smoothly. Certain cases against several of the police consts.bles who were charged with extortion have fallen to the ground. The Chamber of Commerce has published a " state ment" on the present working of the Chinese Cus tom-house system; its tenor is condemnatory of the working of the system, so far as the inquiries have extended. The statement is offered as " a first in stalment of the reform which seems most practicable and best adapted to existing circumstances." The temperature has continued to be mild for this season of the year ; a few smart showers of rain have fallen during the fortnight. CHINA MARKET. (Front the Chine Mail.) The Pekin arrived here 21st instant, bringing the mails of 10th July from England. The Shanghae portion was duly forwarded on the 23d per Aden, and the Amoy and Fuhchau letters the same day per Azoff. There has been no variation from the dull monotony which has characterised trade at all the ports of trade for some time past, if we ex cept Tien-tsin, where, latterly, a little more life has been shown. The quantity of complaints of Mandarin rapacity, rebel excesses, and customs extortion, would, if committed to paper, form an imposing retrospect of what native and foreign traders in Chins do, or are supposed to suffer. From the Gulf of Petchelee there are no new features of interest. At Tien-tsin considerable sales of heavy grey goods had been made, but at a reduction on prices previouly current. The prospects for business were, however, very fair. Shanghae dates are to the 18th inst. The mail of 26th June, from Louden, hod been delivered in Shanghae in 41 days' time. Business is general was dull, the demand being principally for Tien-tsin, and confined to heavy grey goods and white shirtings cf fine quality. IMPORTS.—The deliveries of grey shirtings for the fort night amount to about 53,000 pieces. Quotations for light goods were unalterel, and were all but nominal for medium and heavy cloth ; they exhibited a decline. White shirtings were much as at date of last advices. T cloths were a shade lower. ExponTs—Tea : Black—Arrivals continued from Han kow, the quantity variously estimated from 9,000 to 11,500 chests, the latter igure probably nearest the mark. Of these about 2,500 chests have been shipped direct for Eng land, and 7,000 chests been placed on the market, leaving a very fair profit on prices paid at Hankow. Green :In con sequence of the naive customs people still interfering with the export from Ningpo, the stock at that place had ac cumulated to 12,000 chests. SlLK—Holders remained firm, buyers exhibiting equal determination not to operate. The stock in dealers' hands was heavy, and in the face of gloomy accounts from Europe business was limited. TONNAGE—The arrivals from England comprised-10th, Wagoola ; 15th, Solent and Spirit of the Deep, the only de parture for England being the Egean, on Bth inst. There were loading for England, Assyrian, Ballarat, Charlotte Ann, Margaret, Dundas, Pegasus, Polmaise, Queen Bee, Queen of the Ocean, Raleigh, and Wynaud. For local and coast employ there was a fair demand for vessels of small and moderate dimensions for foreign use, but for ships of large capacity there was little if any demand. Tho treaty of Tientsin is, as far as the coasting trade is concerned, fast becoming a dead letter. It is by that compact provided that this trade shall be open to Europeans, but no provision was made to protect native charterers from being squeezed on the discharge of their cargoes, which then pass from under the protecting flag to the paternal care of the mandarins. We do not see how this can be remedied, as it is clearly without our province to interfere with the internal affairs of the empire, unless British interests are directly assailed. The Chinese officials set up a plea, and with great truth, that foreign vessels are driving all the native craft out of the trade, and that they must protect the junkmen. CANTON—There has been more activity in the Canton market in imports as well as exports since the departure of last mail. The angry feeling against the Custom-house con tinues to occupy the mind of foreigners as well as natives. ImronTs—The clearances of yarn amount to 850 bales, at previous quotations. There is a better feeling in grey shirt ings, and increased settlements have resulted therefrom. 10,000 pieces have gone into consumption at rather bettor prices. The demand for white shirtings noticed in our last has ceased, and it is impossible to effect sales, except at a very considerable reduction. EXPORTS—At the date of our last the stock of Congou amounted to 36 chops. Since then very little, if indeed any, fresh arrivals have taken place. The settlements during the interval have been 16 chops Oonam, at Tls. 242 to 28; and 6 chops Oypack, at Tls. 291 to 34, leaving 14 chops in stock. There aro not anytransactiona to report in Souchong, Oolong, flowery Pekoe, or Pekoe capers, of which sorts the stock continues very light. In country greens the sales do not amount to more than 400 half chests of all kinds, at following rates :—Gunpowder, Tls. 35 to 41; Hymn, Tls. 38 to 40; and Young Hyson, Tls. 26 to 26. Canton packed teas continue in fair demand. 500 half chests Congou have passed at Tls 25 ; 8,500 boxes scented orange pekoe, Tls 22 to 31; 6,500 boxes scented Capers, Tls 16} to 21; 500 packages gunpowder, Tls 15 ; 250 half chests Oolong, Tls 16; and 250 chests Hyson, skin, at Tls 15. AUSTRALIA. VICTORIA. We have sivices from Melbourne to August 21 The great event of the month had been the elec tions, which had resulted in the return of a largo majority of supporters of Mr. Heales. The Minister is said to have doubled the number of his supporters. The Argus, dissatisfied with the result, says :—The new assembly will contain scarcely more than a half of the old members, and in personnel will be something worse than the last. Among its losses are to be reckoned some of the ablest and most distinguished of our Victorian statesmen, such as Mr. Wood, the ex-Attorney- General; Mr. Michie, Dr. Evans, and Mr. Higin botham, while in their places we have some of the least reputable characters in our community. A careful scrutiny of the returns gives a majority of two or three to the Ministry, but it is believed that several who have won their .elections by accepting the Ministerial programme, are only waiting a con venient opportunity for desertion. This success of Ministers is due, not to any change of opinion as to their personal merits, but to their having manufac tured in the interval between their first condemns- tion by the house and their appeal to the country a policy of the most ultra-radical and democratic character—a policy which was never hoard of be fore from Mr. Heales, and to all the principal points of which he and his colleagues had hitherto offered their opposition. The new Ministerial pro gramme contained five lead in g features—protection to native industry—payment of members—repeal of the gold export duty—reform of the Upper House—and the occupation licences. On none of these points had there been any contest in the assembly between the Ministry and the Opposition; and it is contended, therefore, that the appeal to the country has been taken on false issues, and that the result in no way affects the vote arrived at by the majority of the late house, nor does it justify the action of the Governor in giving Mr. Heales the privilege of dissolution. The Melbourne Herald remarks on the same sub- ject:—lt was of course but natural that Ministers should strive to win the largest measure of popular support by making their programme exceedingly ' liberal. Nor have they been unsuccessful. The results of the elections do undoubtedly show a very material increase in the number of Ministerial sup portero. They show, moreover, a sweeping change NEW SOUTH WALES. Advices from Sydney are to the 21st of Septem ber. The most important relate to the political excitement arising out of the fatal disturbance at the Burrangong gold-field. The following account of these occurrences is from the Sydney Morning Herald : Almost the only event which has called forth any degree of political excitement during the past month has been the fatal disturbance at the Burrangong gold-field. The police force assembled there being Insufficient to meet an anticipated attack from the rioters, the military were sent up; and although a collision was loudly threatened, and by some appre hended, a number of arrests were made without the slightest resistance. The only action taken by the diggers was to hold meetings to draw up a petition to the Governor, praying for an official inquiry into the circumstances ofthe collision, and to appoint delegates to present the petition to the Governor. These proceedings were to some extent seconded by a handful of people in Sydney, who, by means of . .. wilful and barefaced misrepresentations of the case, made an attempt to excite a public sympathy for the rioters. Obviously for this purpose, but osten- sibly with the view of considering the Chinese immigration, a public meeting was convened, and notwithstanding the glaring fact that the disturb- ances at Burrangong were the result of a savage and entirely unprovoked assault by the Europeans upon the Chinese, the speakers, several of whom were members of the Assembly, directed their com plaints at the unfortunate Mongolians as the cause of the disturbance, and indulged freely in all those false and wanton vilifications of the Chinese which are so immensely popular with large numbers of the working and illiterate classes. The delegates sent with the petition from the diggers were recognised as having been mixed up with the rioters, and Sir J. Young refused to receive them, but promised that their petition if forwarded should be laid before the Executive Council. A second public meeting was held for the purpose of urging on the Government to suspend the operations of the military until an in quiry should have been made into the circumstances of the collision. The two delegates were present, and made speeches, partly justifying the conduct of the rioters; and by the others the conduct of the governor, in refusing to see them, was denounced as unconstitutional. To show the malignant hatred of the Chinese, shared in common with the rioters of Burrangong, by the majority of those present at the meeting—when a speaker rose to denounce the ruf fianly attack upon the Chinese, he was assailed with hooting and yelling, and was not allowed a hearing. Torpy—one of the delegates, and who was a publi can at Burrangong—was, on the morning of the meeting, arrested on a charge of being concerned in the riots, and was allo wed bail for his appearance be fore the magistrates at Burrangong, where he has since been discharged, owing to the departure from the gold-field of those who were prepared to give evidence against him. The deputation appointed at the meeting waited upon the Governor with the petition, but were very plainly informed by his ex cellency that the circumstances did not justify his suspension of the ordinary operation of the law, and that the judicial tribunals would afford them all the inquiry that they desired. No other proceedings have since been taken, and the attempt to arouse public sympathy on behalf of the diggers has been a ludicrous failure. The statements they furnished with regard to the collision, impugning the truth of the official reports, have been proved to have been so entirely mendacious and exaggerated, that their cause has become utterly contemptible, and most of those who at first took it up warmly, believing there had been come injustice, have since abandoned it in disgust. The public at large were not misled by these per. versions ; they saw at once that the assemblage of a company of armed men in front of the camp, demand ing the release of prisoners, was only the prelimi nary to the attempt to rescue them. It was no less obvious that, whether the Riot Act had been read or not, or whether the police or the diggers fired first was of little consequence, and that the troopers were justified in the vigore - zs steps they took to disperse the rioters. All the evidence that has been given respecting the occurrences has served to con firm and justify that opinion. The recent proceedings at the gold-fields have afforded proof, if such had been needed, that the animosity which is entertained by a large class against the Chinese, and which has been freely pandered to by the touters for popularity in the Assembly, is the result not of any actual experience of the immorality or the offensive habits of that people, but of the se:fish and indefensible prejudice against them. As those who entertain this senti ment are more noisy and demonstrative than otlierz whose intelligence and social position better entitle them to be heard, it is likely that some measure of a prohibitory character with regard to the Chinese may be forced on the legislature. The elections that had taken place since the Par liament was prorogued had somewhat affected thq relative strength of parties in the Assembly, the . return of Mr. Forster, of Mr. Holt , and of Mr. Pau l cett affording valuable accessions to the Oppositicini The Ministerial party is numerically strong, but 4 is only in two or three leading questions that th support of any large proportion of these can b relied on, and it is not at all unlikely that upon th announcement of their financial or their educationa policy many of their uncertain supporters ma ,urn against them, and assist to put them out. The Land Bill and the Legislative Council Bil were to be introduced early in the session, anoi would probably be quickly passed with littl e a lt era tion by the Assembly. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (From the Argus of August 24.) The excitement and bustle of the general election have interfered in no small degree with the business of the month as much on account of the issues involved as from th, valuable time lost to the producing and commercial interest of the colony, and absorbed in the political struggles of th various constituencies. The mail steamship Balsette arrived in Hobson's Bay o the morning of the: 10th inst., with the English mails 26th June. The heads of intelligence reached Melbou during the afternoon of the 9th inst., by telegraph fro 1 Adelaide. The commercial news was not considered very cheering. The high rates of ' discount ruling 'in London and the decline in Consols wore canvassed with regard to their probable effect on the prices of QUX railway 60011,rities, The produce of the gold fields continues to be steadily maintained to the average of last year. This is borne out by the shipments of the metal for the year, not withstand ing that the escorts convey a different impression. Up t o the close of last week the shipments amounted to 1,223,707 oz., or 50 tons 19 cwt. 3 qr. 7 oz. troy, of the value, at £4 per ounce, of £4,894,828, against, for the corresponding period of last year, 1,243,120 oz., or 51 tons 15 cwt. 3 qr. 18 lb. 4 oz., of the value, at the same rate, of £4,972,480. There have to be added to the shipments of the current year 40,000 oz. already weighed for the Roxburgh Castle, and 35,000 os. for the mail steamship Benares, bringing the total for the year up to 1,298,707 oz., or 54 tons 2 cwt. 1 qr. 7 oz. The discrepancy between the shipments and the escort returns arises from the parcels sent down by private hand. Communication with the gold-fields is now so re gular and safe by coach, that this means of conveyance is more frequently availed of than formerly, when the =- finished roads were liable to be rendered impassable by any heavy rainfall. The escorts for this week have amounted to 33,4231 oz. against 34,720 oz. for the corresponding period of last year. The prices of alluvial and quartz gold on the gold-fields continue to be quoted at rates based on £3 14s. 3d. for standard, at which buyers are numerous. This, with free carriage to Melbourne, aid the export duty of 2s. 6d. per ounce, brings the cost on board ship to 165. 9d. per ounce, exclusive of charges. The markets during the month have been altogether under a cloud, Country business, as is usual at this (the rainy) season of the year, is slack, owing to the increased rates of cartage, but this alone is not sufficient to account for the depression at present existing. For a considerable period we have had to report low prices and great inac tivity; and it cannot be denied that, while trade has been gradually becoming more limited in extent, imports have been sustained beyond the existing requirements of our population. The imports are now coming to hand at the same ratio per head as was the case when the colonists, generally, had larger means, and were led to spend them the more readily because of the many opportunities for money-making which were in every man's path. Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., ON SPERMATORRIICE A. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street: A RGY LL ROOM S.—Great success of the 11 RUSSIAN VALSE, by Laurent. played every Night at 11 o'clock.—Series of NEW DANCE DIUSIC this week Conductor and principal Cornet, M. Boulcourt ; Mana9:,er, Grenet. Admission ls. Selections : Trovatore, Massaniello , Fra Diavalo, Martha, Crown Diamonds. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—Her Majesty the QUEEN. President—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This Hospital relieves distress in its most helpless shape, that of disease aggravated by destitution. With more ade quate funds the Weekly Board could make immediately avail able 500 beds for the relief of the large mass of suffering in this metropolis. Its present resources, supplied entirely by the Voluntary Contributions of the Public, enable it to afford, in addition to its In-patients, effective Medical Assistance to an average exceeding 2,000 Out-patients weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, an& Co.;• Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., I3erners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. J. B..OWEN, Chairman of the Weekly Board. ADVOWSON.-FREEHOLDS UPTON AND RDTHERS- THORPE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. T° BR SOLD, pursuant to an Orde r of the High Court of Chancery, in a cause of Donaldson v. Fairfax, with the approbation of Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, in Five Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at the George Hotel, Northampton, on SATURDAY, the 26th day of Octo ber, 1861, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon, very valuable Freehold Estates, situate at Upton and Rothersthorpe, in the county of Northampton, consisting of 374 Acres of Land, Water Mill, and the perpetual Advowson and Right of Pre sentation to the Vicarage of Rothersthome, part of the Estates of the late Sir Thomas Samwell, Baronet. Particulars and conditions of sale, with plan, may be had gratis of Messrs. Kim , Ana No. 4. Danes-inn, St. London, solicitors ; at the George hotel, Northampton ; the Swan Hotel, Bedford ; the George Hotel, Huntingdon ; the Royal Hotel, Kettering ; the Angel Hotel, Market Harboroug,h ; the Spread Eagle, Rugby ; the White Hart Hotel, Leicester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington.; and of the Auctioneers, Pitsford, near Northampton. EDWD. WEATHERALL, Chief Clerk. 8, GROSVEREET, G OSVENO SQUARE.— 71- ALL CONSULTATIONS FREE. RTIFICIAL TEETH on a NEW and IM ' PROVED PRINCIPLE, at TEN SHILLINGS EACH TOOTH (including all charges.) Mr. ESKELL'S PATENTED INVENTION (protected by her Majesty's Royal Seal, July, 1860), for adapting Arti ficial Teeth, from one to a complete set, by Self-Adhesion, are fixed without springs or fastening, without pain or ex traction, restore perfect articulation and mastication, ren dering detection impossible, and last a lifetime. "Unrivalled for its utilityand economy."—Morning Post. "An admirable contrivance f'or remedying the defects of nature, without requiring new sets of teeth."—Sun. Decayed Teeth Stopped, Loose Teeth Fastened, Discoloured Teeth Restored, &c. Constant Daily Attance at 8, Grosvenor street, Grosvernor-square, London; Old Steine, Brighton; Bennett's-hill, Birmingham THE REGENERATING LOZENGE.- MEDICAL SCIENCE has brought to light a new and successful mode of administering remedies for spermatic regeneration, contained in a simple lozenge, known in tropical climates and throughout the world as THE TRIESMAR. The therapeutic properties of the re generating lozenge promote those albuminous and fibrinous secretions, which have the well-known power of at ence re producing and enriching the fecundating fluid, when dete riorated from its natural consistency. In cases where ex cesses have been blindly yielded to, trom almost uncontroll able impulse, a single course of this invaluable medicine will at once restore the ebbing powers, and re-energise the whole of the muscular and nervous system ; there is no stag-e,how ever advanced, but immediate relief will be experienced, in suring health and manly vigour to the debilitated and ex hausted. The Triesmar can be taken at the will of the patient, being a simple regenerating lozenge, agreeable to the palate, and unattended with any . personal inconvenience. Those purchasing the above medicine will derive the additional ad vantage of medical advice, either personally or by letter (without fee), from a member of the Royal College of Sur geons, England, and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, who is registered under the now Medical Act, has devoted his exclusive stutlies to the above diseases, and is the discoverer of this great remedy. Post office orders to be made payable to William Medicus, and ad dressed to No. 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, W. (next door to the Foreign Library), where the resident physi cian attends daily to give advice, between tho hours of 11 and 4 o'clock. The medicine may be obtained, securely packed and free from observation, as above. Prices lls. per case, or four cases in one 338., effecting a saving of 1.15., and in £5 cases, saving £ll2s. EXTRAORDINARY OPTICAL DISCOVERY. Extract from the "Medical Circular," Nov. 10, 1859 : "We have observed with much pleasure an important dis covery in the grinding of spectacle lenses by Mr. Bernard Davis, optician. They are superior to any others ; and from their peculiar transparency can be easily adapted to any sight, avoiding all strain to the vision. We have no doubt that the most imperfect eyes may be surprisingly assisted by this novel discove ry.' Country residents suited with the greatest accuracy by stating age. List of Prices:—Fine steel frames, with real Brazil pebbles. 7s. 6d. ; ditti, very finest frames, 105. 6d. ; ditto, with best glasses, 3s. tid., 4s. 6d., ss. 6d. ; patent panto scopic, for the clergy or public speakers, to look over without removing, with pebbles, 12s. 6d., 10s. 6d. ; with best glasses, 4s. 6d., 65., 7s. 6d. ; solid cold, 20s. per pair. Address, BERNARD DAVIS, 430, Euston-road, London, Optician to the Opthalmic Institutions. TELESCOPES—By the application of the improved lenses, Mr. D. can guarantee his telescopes as being of the highest power and at half the usual charges, viz. : —Small pocket telescopes, to define 5 miles, 10s. 6d. ' • ditto, 10 miles, 215. ; ditto, and showing all the heavenly bodies, 42s.—size, from 4 inches to 0 inches long'. MICROSCOPES with the improved lenses.—Student com pound achromatic microscopes, with three powers and every necessary, 635. and 84s. in mahogany cabinets ; compound mi croscopes, with one strong power, magnifying 5,000 times 10s. 6d. ; ditto, three powers, 12s. 6d. ; ditto, with every ne cessary, magnifying 20,000 to 40,000, 215., 30s , 425. Printed instructions how to use microscopes free with each instru ment. Opera and Field Glasses of the highest power, at 155., 215., 305., 4 0 s. MAGIC LANTHORNS AND DISSOLVING VIEWS. Descriptive Catalogues for 2 stamps.—Post-office Orders payable. Euston-square, Bernard Davis, optician, 430, Eus ton-road, near Regent's-park, London. 3, GREAT MARLTBOE PANTHEON. ROUGH-STREET, W. NEAR H DR : CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on all cases of Nerv ous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, -emanating from early and :excessive lindul enoes, Has Just published, pri s l ed, ' by post, 1: aline; 18 s No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and AnatMny of our Generation —The Origin of Disease —Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Sy - phillp, Stricture, 7lcnnorrh&gla ororrhcna), Sperinz.tcrthwa, Impvtency, and all Din)INS of ' he Urinary Organs, with Prescript' SW.I . _ FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Funotional Ir- Teuhttities in health and Siekness—Choiee in Marriage — Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH. HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Incligesllo2. No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, TT —a , ppiness, and Disappointmentm ; Love nd other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off piing seoured.', CASE . THE BOOK': 109 Cases of SPERMATORMICEA; Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and (;arc uy'uantelisations, Galvanism, dm. &e. &o. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the (SPI , ,CIAL NOTICE.) Dr. Culverwell Is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as above.) CHINA. We have advices from Hong Kong to Aug. 28, and from Shanghae to Aug. 17. The following is from the Overland China Mail The news from Pekin is, as usual, a little uncer• tain. Some accounts report the Emperor to be ill— probably wishing so to explain his long absence from the capital; other reports say that he intends returning in October. The Shantung rebels seem to have been kept well in check during the past fortnight. The temperature at Pekin has been so high as 106 in the shade ; the nights were cool. From the three northern ports there is very little none norma o l f co th n e d m does trade ition.som appear eofthetro t o o p h s a a v r e e ng b e e o i wt n is g n;th w ata withdrawn from Tien-tsin. New-chwang, although by every account s it ua t e d i n a l arge pro ducing district, has not yet done much in the way of trade. With regard to Chefoo—or rather Yen tae, which is the part occupied as a foreign settle ment—it may be considered as one of the most pro mising ports in China. It possesses an excellent harbour, and the country all around it is of the most beautiful description, only to be surpassed by some of the best Japanese scenery. The climate is pleasant and healthy, and the place altogether has exceeded the highest expectations that were formed regard ing it. The news from the Yang-tze river is confined to the fact that trade at llankow is improving. There has been no fresh movement of the rebels during the past fortnight ; it is not unlikely that they are gathering themselves up for an effort. Mr. Consul Medhurst has issued a notification warning British subjects against the slightest breach of neutrality, and referring to the Manilla having, some time ago, drawn upon herself the fire of the Imperialists while engaged in landing a passenger at Ngan-ching. The Consul cannot afford protection to vessels so attacked, and he warns all against the danger they incur by any such breach of neutrality. From shanghae there is little news to record, It THE KING OF HOLLAND. A correspondent writing from Compiegne on Sun day morning says :—" The King of Holland arrived here yesterday at half-past 5 in the afternoon. His Majesty had rather a long journey of it, having left the Hague at half-past 2in the morning. The royal .rain reached Cologne at 9, and the station of Jen• mont, on the French frontier, at half-past 2, where the imperial train was in waiting to carry him on. Col. FavC, the Marquis de Conegliano, and the Mar quis de Caul received his Majesty at the frontier. M. Lightenvelt, the Dutch Minister at Paris, and M. Berg de Middelburg, Councillor of Legation, were also in attendance there. The King was accom panied by M. de Kock, Chamberlain ; Gen. Lynden, Count Shouckaert de Schanburg,and Baron Dumon- ccau, aides de-camp ; Capt. Van Capellen, of the navy ; and M. Vollenhoven, Biugemaster of Amster- dam. Count de Sartiges, the French Minister at the Hague, was also with his Majesty. At a quarter•past 5 the Emperor, in the uniform of a general officer, and wearing the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Oaken Crown, arrived at the railway station at Compiegne, accompanied by Generals Fleury and Molard, his Aides de-Camp, and General Cleram bault. The Imperial train arrived in ten minutes after. King William 111., a fine looking man, and wearing his full beard, was in military uniform with the Grand Cordon of the Legion of Honour. The two Sovereigns, after having shaken hands in the most cordial manner, presented to each other the persons who accompanied them. The King and the Emperor then entered alone one of the carriages and four in waiting, and, escorted by a detachment of the Guides, left for the Palace. General Claam bault and Baron de Bourgoing were on horseback on either side. The crowd which had assembled cheered their Majesties loudly. The Empress and the Prince Imperial, with the Princess Mathilde and the Princess Anna Murat, were in waiting under the Grand Vestibule. Her Majesty wore a blue dress, and the Prince the uniform of a Grena dier of the Guard. The King, in alighting from the carriage, kissed her Majesty's hand and also em braced the young Prince. The Cent Gardes and the Zouaves were drawn up in the Cour d'Honneur, and a detachment of the former were stationed on the steps of the grand staircase. After the first salutations the King offered his arm to the Empress, and the party ascended to the apartments. In the! evening there was a grand dinner, to which the, following guests were invited :--Princess Mathilde,' with her Lady and Chevalier of Honour ; Prineel Joachim Murat, Princess Anna Murat and her. Gouvernante ; Marshal Randon, M. de Foreade La Roquette, M. Delangle, M. Rouland, Count de Chasseloup-Laubat, and Count Walewski, Ministers! of War, Finance, Justice, Public Instruction, and; State ; M. Magne, Minister without Portfolio; M. I Baroche, President of the Council of State ; Marshals ' Valliant, Grind Marshal of the Palace ; M. Thou-1 venel, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Marshal Mag-i nan, Duke de Bassar.o, Duke and Duchess de Cam baceres, Princess d'Essling, Countess Walewski, Madame Brunt, Gen. and Madame Fleury, Baron ' and Baroness Tascher de La Pagerie, Marquis de Conegliano, Baron and Baroness de Bourgoing, Baron and Baroness de Pierres, Dr. and Madame Conneau, Baron de Montbrun, nulot, Colonel 4 Veriv, of the Cent. Gardes; Madame de ulcy,l Gen. Mollard, and Count and Countess de Monte bello. This day there is to be a promenade in the forest, and on' Monday a stag hunt, a grand dinner at 7 o'clock, the euree by torch light at 9, and after wards a theatrical representatipaoetnr.tchi.eotounuTpiluaererisisde,sa.y when't () h n e Kn the fw w e i S u s ev r e c re in ign a s nY wi t l h l e d E in m e Wednesday a shooting excursion is to take place at Versailles, and a breakfast in the forest. The Emperor will return to Compiegne in the evening and the King to Paris, where his Majesty will re main two days." William 111., Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, Duke of Limburg, was born on Feb. 19, 1817. The King of Holland is the eldest son of King William 11. and Anna Paulowna, ter of the late Emperor Nicholas, and succeeded his father on the 17th March, 1849, His Majesty mar. ried, in 1839, Princess Sophia Frederica Matilda, daughter of William 1., King of Wurtemberg. The Progres de Oise of the 12th says ; " Since the departure of the King of Per-...ra from Compiegne the Emperor. tlac Bmpress, and the Prince Imr .riat nave taken every afternoon an excursion in the forest. On Thursday their Mai jesties went with M. de Roucy to Etienne, near ' Pierrefonds, to visit the vestiges of antiquities did,- covered by that gentleman. On Friday the f E h al e ; press, accompanied only by seine pers ons . o bvusphold, went to Paris, even ing.andretrsnhcodtlinntthheepre The Emperor this morning serves of the forest, near Itoyalheu.' n t - ied et f r o e r s a t b s o e ve t . o B t u h t e thsuerfeaxepee and l e even bores not exceeding a diameter of from 20 to 30 Tl:I th aa to o n 1 3 y d or ee 4 tn cen timetres, yielding a supply of from 2,000 to 4,0'30 cubic metres of water per day. M. Kind came for ward with an offer to bore a well of a diameter of 60 centimetres, yielding 13,300 cubic metres at an altitude of 25 metres above the highest point of the Bois de Boulogne. Though limiting his promises to the yield above stated, he declared his conviction that it would reach 39,600 metres, an assertion which most engineers considered exaggerated, deeming it highly improbable that an increase in the diameter would increase the supply. On Dec. 23, 1854, the works were resolved on, and the spot chosen in the neighbourhood of the Bois de Bou logne, where the high temperature of the expected column of water might be turned to aeeeunt: But the enterprise was fraught with difficulties which required the unflinching perseverance of M. Kind to overcome, although out of the 5871 metres.which constitute the depth of the new well there were scarcely 30 offering any serious obstacle, and these were situated iu the clay either above or below the chalk stratum. On March 31, 1857, the bore had already reached 528 metres, and water was hourly expected, when suddenly the tube of sheet iron which supported the clay was crushed by its pres sure at a depth of only 30 metres from the top: This accident it took nearly three years to repair ; a shaft of the depth of 53 metres had to be dug close to the bore, through all the most dangerous strata, and lined partly with sheet and partly with cast iron and masonry. Its diameter was three metres throughout the two-thirds of its depth, and 1.70 for the rest. It was a work of extreme diffi culty. Cast-iron tubes, of the thickness of 35 _milli metres (four-fifths of an inch) were starred or cracked in all directions, as if they were mere glass. More than once the workmen refused to risk their lives in this work, and the city engineers 'hadie set the example of personal courage. This stupendous labour was not brought to an end before the 13th December, 1859. The old orifice was then cleared, and the boring recommenced, and continiicel without any further accident to the depth of 550 metres, when the tube, composed of wood strain' hooped 'with iren, and ending in a bronze pipe, two metres of which were fitted into the wood, the remaining twelve metres being free, stuck fast in such a way as to render all further progress nearly hopeless. However, M. Elie de Beaumont having, upon a mature examination of the specimens brought up by the borer, declared Neater to be close at hand, it was resolved that the - bore should be continued with. a small diameter, to be afterwards enlarged if neces sary. Water was foutid for the first time at 577 t metres, but, as we know, remained a few metres;be low the level of the orifice. A_secend tubeorsheet iron 70 centimetres in diameter, two in thickness, and 52 metres in length, 12 of which were loopholed in order to let the water pass, was sunk and soon stopped on the clay. The boring was now resumed, to attain the largest diameter, until the 24th of September last, when M. Kind saw not only his promise fulfilled, but even his hopes to a certain ex tent realised. The bronze tube has remained where it was, but the concentric one of sheet-iron has sunk to 530 metres, M. Dumas here quotes M. Michel, Inspector-General of the works of the city, who has arranged in a table the, relative variations experi enced up to the 2d inst. in the yield of the two wells of Passy and Grenelle; but on this scare we have a later account stating that the decrease in the lattei does not exceed one-fourth of its yield prior to the 25th ult. On the 2d inst. that of the well at Passy was 20,000 cubic metres in 24 hours. M. Dumas attributes the diminution of the yield at Grenelle to a diminution of pressure, and is inclined to believe that when the tube at Passy shall have been brought to its normal altitude of 7t metres above the level of the -sea, the yield at Grenelle will again rise to its former figure or nearly so. M. Elie de Beaumont has ascertained that the strata traversed at Passy are nearly the eame as those met with at Grenelle. As to the chemical nature of the water at Passy, it seems, until further analysis, to be nearly the same as that of Grenelle; the temperature is also the same—viz., 28 &grecs centigrade. Whether other wells may be bored elsewhere in Paris without injury to the two exist ing ones,is a question which experience alone can decide. The well of Passy has costnearly 1,000,000 f., an d will y ield water sufficient for the wants of 500,000 inhabitants.— Gatignani: PERSECUTION FOR CONSCIENCE SAAB. Last evening a numerously-attended public meeting was held in Fetter-lane Chapel, for the purpose of protesting against, and denouncing the conduct of, a bench of Berkshire magistrates, who some weeks prosecuted and fined a ploughboy of the name of Charles Winkworth, of Beedon, because he would not attend the parish church at the bid ding of his master, the boy being a Protestant Dis senter. The Rev. G. C. HARPER, the minister of the chapel, presided, and stated that when this case was first heard of through the newspapers it was consi dered by most people, especially by those about London, to be a hoax, and that the newspapers had been taken advantage of. But that was not so, for it soon turned out to be real, and it was only one of a class which a parcel of country magistrates were determined to lay hold of for the purpose of sup porting, as they considered, the Established Church by coercing the consciences of Dissenters by fine and imprisonment. This youne•. man Winkworth was a ploughboy, in service of a farmer at Bee don, in Berkshire. He was asked by his master to attend the Established Church, but the young man, being of a religious turn of mind, had been in the habit of attending a dissenting place of worship, and liked the form of worship at that place better than that of the Established Church, and refused to do so. The consequence was that on the application of his master he was taken before the bench of ma gistrates and fined by them for his obstinate contu macy. One would think, on reading these few facts, that they were living in Rome and not in England. (Hear.) It was generallythought the days had gone by when such a thing could he done, and that .the old act of Elizabeth had become obsolete, but a state of matters was displayed here which showed that it was not. 'He saw in the large meeting before him an omen for good, for while the young man now on the platform had no great name or standing to re commend him to their notice, they saw that be neath his smock frock a great principle of religious liberty existed, and had to be vindicated, and their presence there showed „pat they were determined to do so. (Cheers.) The Rev. JOSEPH DREW, of Newbury, next ad dressed the meeting, and stated that, having exa mined into the case personally, he could corroborate all that Mr. Harper had stated. The fine imposed was 55., and 4s. 6d. costs, which he had to pay out of 4s. a week ; and it was only by the interposition of a kind-hearted individual, who paid the fine, that he was saved the degradation of being sent to prison, which, if the fine had not been paid, he most assuredly would have been. Mr. STEVENSON then moved a resolution to the effect that, considering the character and spirit of this prosecution, the present meeting is of opinion that the time has come when the question raised by such prosecution should be thoroughly discussed, and, with such a view, a public meeting of the friends of liberty should be convened in London with as little delay as possible. Mr. CHAMBERS having seconded the motion, it was put from the chair, and carried with much applause. The boy, the subject of the prosecution, was pre sent on the platform, and created much interest. He was in his smock-frock and rustic clothing, but his clean and tidy and healthy aspect made to pin' object of much interest. It is intende d t :rd se e n r to do home again to his native place, and . so a liberal collection was nisie on his behalf. joke.distri etTahsraushyroeLvds A ruling elx,, of . a country parish in the west He got many a visit by persons call in order to have a little who like of Sarso- d ' ° a stu d e nts gm amuse ment at the elder's expense. On approaching him, one of a nd r co .dy-w .e itt h e i d m m a an. Nblaisitewr,eollr k to no h w ea n r a m go t o h d e them saluted him, " Well, Father Abraham, how are you to=day ?" " You are wrong," said th e other, " this is old F a ther Isaac ;" " Tuts," said the third, " you are both mis taken; this is old Father Jacob." David looked at the young men, and in his own way replied, " I am neither old Father Abraham, nor old Father Isaae; l iior old Father Jacob, but I am Saul, the son,of Kish, seeking his father's asses, and to I I've found three o' them,"-2Zoniniscences lof Scottish Zffe «nl Character.