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(Registered provisionally, and intended to be incorporated under the statute 7 and 8 V ict., cap. 110.) . . Ca Atal, £2,500,000, in 50,000 shares of £5O each, of which it is intended to call up only £5 per share. Preliminary deposit, £1 per share on application, and £1 upon allotment. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Henry Wm. Peek, Esq. (Peek Brothers and Co.), Chairman. Henry Trower,Esq.(Trow era and Lawson),Deputy-Chairman. Charles Curling (Charles Curling and Co.) Henry Ghinn, Esq., late of Victoria, 39, Eaton-svare. Nehemiah Griffiths, Esq. (N. Griffiths, Tate, and Fisher). Samuel Hanson, Esq. (Samuel Hanson and Son). George Harker, jun., Esq. (G. Harker and Co.) Smith Harrison, Esq. (Harrisons and Crosfleld). DaTid Hart, Esq. (Lemon Hart and Son). Francis Hicks, Esq. (Thomas and Francis Hi^lcs). John Hodgson, Esq. (Grant, Hodgson, and Co.) John Humphery, jun., Esq. (Humphery and Son). William Leask. 1. sq., Eastcheap. Lee Esq., M.P. (Lee, Son, and Smith.) Mr. Sheriff Lusk (A. Lusk and Co.) leseph Underwood, Esq. ( Hills and Underwood.) ohn Hemp Welch, Esq. (Orlando Jones and Co.) John Robert Thomson, jun., (J. R. Thomson and Co.) Moss Joshua (Joshua Brothers and Co.) (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. The London and County Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane. 'BROKER. George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, Throgmortou-street. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 34, Gracechurch-street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. The Committee of Merchants, Brokers, and others appoin lei at a Public Meeting, held at the Mansion House, on the 25th July, 1861, to consult with the combined Fire Insurance Offices relative to the re-adjustment of their greatly increased rates of insurance, have decided upon the establishment of an i ndependent Company. P(?vrerful support has been already obtained from the vari ous interests represented at that Meeting, and a Provis ional Board has been formed from leading commercial houses, and others, who, by their influence and extensive co nnections, at once secure to thin Company a large amount of profitable business. The first principles of the Company will be the establish ment of an equitable classification of risks , as regard s both Merchandiseand Warehouses, and more liberal arrangements than are now obtainable upon Floating and Short-time Poli cies. A Scale of Rates will be adopted which, while fully re munerative, shall be sufficiently moderate to encourage a universal habit of insurance. It is intended to reserve a Percentage of Profits for perio dical division amongst Insurers. The Company will undertake the Insurance of Houses and !heir contents at equitable rates, this class of business having long proved a large source of profit to the existing offices. The Company will be strictly independen t in its o p erations, ,a,_nd, in pursuance of the comprehensive p rinci p le on which Lae Board has been cmstituted, will address itself to every class of Insurers. The principle of Limited Liability will be extended to all - nsurances effected with the Company, by the introduction of the usual cause limiting the amount of each Shareholder's r esoonsibility. Power will be taken in the Deed of Settlement (with the consent of a Meeting of Shareholders) to extend the opera tions of the Company to Life and Marine business, should it hereafter be thought desirable to do so. It is intended to call up £5 per Share only, of which a de- Posit of £1 will be paid on application; Zinn allotment, and £1 at intervals of three, six, and nine months. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained of George E. Seymour, Esq., 38, Throgmorton-street, the Broker of the Company ; or of the Solicitors ; or at the Temporary Offices of the Company. A deposit of Li upon eaeh Share applied for must be paid to the Company '3 Bankers previously to the Application being sent in. This sum will be returned if no allotment is made to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Directors of the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of X , I hereby request you to allot ma Shares of X. 50 each in the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company, and I herby agree to accept such Shares, or any smaller number, that may be allotted to me ; and to pay the further sum of X 1 per Share upon allotment, and to sign the Deed of settle ment of the Company when required. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Address in full ..... Date Received the 1861, on account of the Provisiona l Directors of the Commercial Union Fire Insurance Company, from the sum of being the deposit made in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus on an application for an allotment of Shares in the under - taking. GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE POLICIES. THE CONSOLS ASSOCIATION, 429, STRAND, LONDON. 1 . Provides the Security of Consols for its Policies. 2. It lends, or returns to Insurers ON DEMAND at any time, about one-half of all Premiums Paid. Undoubted Security for Money with a liberal Rate of Inte rest. Ihe Association possesses a Large Capital. subscribed by several Hundreds of Shareholders. Full information may be obtained on ap dication to THOMAS H. BAYLIS, Managing Director. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. The lamentable failures in the Life Assurance world, re sulting from reckless management, which have recently been broudit to light through the medium of the public press, ex hibit the necessity of careful selection in effecting an assur ance, especially on the part of the trading and industrial community. The Annuil Income of the Provident Clerks' Association is D14,000 The Accumulated Fund is 160,000 wholly invested in Government and real securities in the names of the following Trustees, viz.:— TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. I Win. George Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Baron L. de 'Rothschild, M.P. The balance-sheets are open to all, and may be obtained on application at the Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, or of the agents. WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. 15, Moorgate-street, August 1, 1861. N ORWICH UNIONOCIETY FIRE INSURANCE S. Instituted 1808. SECRETARY—Sir Samuel Bignold. The whole of the profits divided with the assured. Ample security offered by an accumulated Capit d of £2,000,000. One-half of the first five annual premiums may remain as a permanent charge upon policies granted for the whole du ration of life. The income of the Society is upwards of £237,000. The amount insured is upwards of £5,078,000. Since its commencement 32,7 0 0 policies have been issued, and £5,666,555 paid to the representatives of 6,854 deceased members. The bonuses may be applied at the optim of the assured as follows : As a bonus added to the policy, or the amount may be re ceived at once—that Is, its cash value—or it may be applied in reduction of the future annual premium. The rates of premium are lower than those of some offices by nearly 10 per cent., a benefit itself equivalent to an annual bonus. iFor prospectuses apply atl the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, Blackfriars, London. 11 - "ULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD. - Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and iver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, slizziness of the eyes, &e. For habitual costiveness, as a fa mily aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they create appente, promote digestion, and r,trergthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved on the stamp. -MEDICAL ADVICE. Dr. LA'MERT, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. England, L.R.S.A., &c., may be Confidentially CONSULTED on the Functional Derangements of the Xervous and Reproductive System, daily at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON. Dr. La'Mert is the only qualified practitioner on the Medial Register who has exclusively devoted his atten tion to the treatment of se t nes ho physical infirmities prevent which m ilitate against the happiness of Married Lite, or the contraction of engagements which constitute the most cherished objects of existence. Dr. La'Mert's Treatise on "Self-preservation." published by Mann, bookseller, 39, Cornhill, price is., post free for 13, or sealed, for 20 stamps, contains much useful information regarding the moral, social, and physical obligations of mar riage, with simple and efficacious instructions for the resto ration of health, vigour , and all the dignified pr heroga ti abits ves or of Manhood, when lost or impaired by pernicious ,excess. The work will be found totally free trom those ex aggerated and alarming statements contained in the host of pretended medical publications by unqualified persons, pro fessing to treat on these important subjects. 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The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus , ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price 58. by post free, ss. ed. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRIMA; ` , ..1 with the View to the Correction-of wide-spread Errors i relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bnility of t he Generative system, or S exual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct." —London Medical Gazette. "The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no othe b r oject than to fill their own purses. The diff er ence between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady." -3ledical Circular. "We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter." — Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Just published, 132 pages, illustrated with cases. in a neat 12m0., price Is., or post free for 18 stamps, The Third Edition of MANLY VIGOUR; the Art of Preserving, Improving, and Recovering It. With Practical Remarks on Spermatorrhcea, Seminal Weakness, and Nervous Debility, Impotence. Barrenness, Sterility, and all other Disorders of the Generative Organisa tion in Males and Females. Likewise a chapter on Venereal Diseases, interspersed with clear instructions for self manscement and prescriptions for cure, and for ensuring the blessings of wedded happiness, and restoration to the privi leges of health and vigour. From this work it will be seen that none need'despair, but all may look forward confidently to permanent recovery. By Dr. A. F. HENERY. London : Published by the Author, Medical Institution, 53, Dorset-street, Manchester square, W. IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF HORSES.- After long experience, deep researches into chymistlY, by the aid of costly machinery , I have discovered the means whereby oats, beans, and oilcake may be entirely dispensed with in the feeding of horses and cattle. I have now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian corn, linseed, &c., at £l6 per ton, which is equal in value to £24 worth of oats, beans, or any other feeding material in the market. Two quarts of this compound meal, weighing 31bs., at the cost of 5d., mixed with a peck of chopped hay, is a feed far a draught horse, and superior in every respect to three quarterns of oats, costing nd. 14 barrels weigh net 1 ton 1 cwt., at 16s. per cwt., £l6 16s. net cash, free, delivered by my own waggons to any station in London. Nothing less than 21 cwt. sold at the manufactory, and orders must be accom panied with cheques crossed, made payable to the inventor, JOSEPH THORLEY. Steam Mills, Caledonian-road, King's-cross, April 8, 1861. Single barrels, weighing 1/ cwt., may be had for 308., at 77, Newgate-street, City, or of any of my accredited Agents in the country. THORLEY'S CONDIME N TA L FOOD (mixed with crushed Oats, &c.) for My Ilorses.—Read Admiral Rons on the English Racehorse. 40s. per barrel, containing 448 feeds. TIIORLEY'S CONDIMENT for My Co ws Increasing the quantity and enriching the quality Milk. 40s. per barrel. THORLEY'S COMPOUND for My Sheep. Sold in barrels, containing 448 feeds, with measure cnolosed, and carriage paid to any railway station in the ingdom, TH ORLEY for My Pigs• 40s. per barrel. TIIORLEY'S GLEANER i s Published every Monday in time for post, and contains forty Columns of valuable information, including Mark-lane Report, Agri cultural and Sporting intelligence up to time of going to press. Price One Penny. Order of any Newsvendor.-7 7 , Newgate-street, City. 8, GROSVENO R- ST REET, GROSVENOR- QUARE.— ALL CONSULTATIONS FREE. 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Constant Daily Attance at 8, Grosvenor streeth , Grosvernor-square, London ;Old Stine, Brighton; Bennett's-hill, Birmingham At certain moments, since the commencement of Parliamentary labours, incidents, it is true, may have arisen which seemed not in accord with a calm and moderate discussion of the different bills pro pesed by the King's Government, of the wants and wishes of the country, and of the principles of in ternational policy. But in such a great and rapid change of things and destinies, and in the con course of such different elements in the accomplish ment of the deliverance of the country; in the midst of the fears awakened by foreign intrigues which fomented and still foment the most brutal and violent passions in certain provinces ; with the fact before our eyes of foreign occupation, which still weighs as a threat on one of the most tormented and glorious provinces of the peninsula► we mast pot be surprised that some minds more ardent and less initiated into the rules of political life have sometimes allowed themselves to be carried away by counsels which were neither prudent nor expedient. Nevertheless, these incidents, the natural but transitory effect of a transitory state of things, have never been sufficiently powerful to shake the confi dence of the citizens in their government, either within the Chamber or elsewhere, and they never have ended in dangerous resolutions. The proof of these reflections we have touched upon becomes evident from the series of parliamentary acts and the 83 laws voted during the first period of the legislative session—laws the principal of which it may not be useless to mention here. The deputies of the nation have considered it their first duty and first thought solemnly to confirm the plebiscite of the people by awarding the crown of Italy to the august prince whose loyalty and mili tary courage had so powerfully contributed to secure universal sympathy to the destinies of our country, and to produce the happy events which have made Italy what she now is. In unanimously voting the law by which Victor Emmanuel assumes the title of King of Italy, the parliament has given a guaran tee to monarchical Europe, and enabled the govern ment to assume among civilised nations the place which is due to Italy, by notifying to foreign cabi nets the formation of the new kingdom, and succes sively obtaining from them the recognition of that kingdom. The laws relative to the arming of the nation have been equally fruitful in political results. Beside the measures relating to the levies of land and sea forces, the parliament has, in the law which extends the institution of the active National Guard, sanctioned one of the most efficacious arguments for the defence of the country and the preservation of order at home. armed, and strong, will be convinced of our right to possess altogether our territory, and will find a guarantee of repose and peace by favouring the restoration of the part which is wanting to us; for we are convinced that Europe, in learn ing to know us better, will become persuaded that we, a people essentially catholic, understand better than any other the true interests of the Church when we ask her to divest herself of the feudal rights which a barbarous age gave her, and which are incompatible with civilisation, offering her i❑ exchange independence and full and entire liberty in the exercise of her holy ministry, and the grali tude and respect of a regenerated nation. We well know that old Europe still looks upon us with a distrustful eye, and that she reproaches us with the disturbances which sadden the southern provinces, and the uncertainty of our internal organisation. But Europe knows the old origin of those disturb ances ; she has, in the Congress of Paris, stigmatised the depraved system which corrupted and debased that people. We are now sure that in the sun of liberty their generous instinct will assume new vigour, and that Italy will derive her most reliable support precisely from those facts which now con stitute our greatest internal dangers. We will neither attempt to conceal or affect to diminish their importance ; but we beg that the old causes which produced them, and the present instigations which perpetuate them by misusing a generous protection granted for the noblest purposes, may be taken into consideration ; we wish it to be remarked that no nation has ever seen four different systems of go vernment fall, and constituted its unity with fewer commotions in so short a time. Thus the examples of civil wisdom and virtue given by the Parliament are a pledge of the political ma turity of the nation, of which it is the legitimate and faithful representative, and must inspire a just and entire confidence in the regular process of national institutions. What now remains to be done is, that the parts now united in a whole may form a well organised and well-constituted body, in which life, proceeding from a powerful and unique impulsion, spreads through all the members in. an equal man ner, so as to give them movement and vigour. The Government is preparing for this important work so as to be in a position, in the next session, to call for the counsel and the authority of the Parlia ment therein. Meanwhile credit has supplied ample aliment for the necessary vitality ; but we must now take advantage of it to revive the sources of national wealth, and establish by an equitable system of taxation the indispensable ba lance of the income and expenditure of the State. Italy must be completed, and no sacrifice for that end will appear too great for Italians. The spectacle of our nation, of the marvellous moderation of that people, which has just risen to an independent life of its own, must persuade every impartial mind that Italy, left to herself, freed from all the external dangers which still threaten her, put in possession of all the conditions necessary for her existence, will be, as our august King expressed his conviction in opening the first Italian Parliament, a guarantee of order and peace for Europe, a powerful agent of universal civilise- tion. I authorise you, sir, to make of this despatch whatever use you may think most likely to benefit our country. _ RICASOLI, President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs. NORTH ITALI. A letter from Turin, dated August 9, says : Six-and-twenty degrees above zero in the Conti• grade thermometer—how much does that come to in the Fahrenheit scale ? That lam not able to tell you, but I can give you my word that it makes a very respectable summer-heat—so glorious a heat, indeed, that it seems to absorb all human faculties, and allow a man no leisure or inclination to write, talk, or think about anything but it. The climate of Piedmont, and to a great extent of ail the Subalpine region to the north of the Po, enjoys a more than Swiss climate for nine months, and a more than Italian climate for the remaining three. From late September or early October to the close of June, and even part of July, it is all Alpine mist and heavy cloud, drenching, incessant rain, close, nipping frost, and lingering snow—a succession of bad weather which might remind one of England were it not for its more steady in clemency. The weather is less inconstant, the atmosphere calmer, the sky, when swept by winds or heavy showers, far brighter—indeed, un- , utterably deep and pure; the transition seasons are, in spite of the fickleness of the elements and fre quent terrific thunderstorms, more enjoyable ; but the three winter and the three summer months make England a paradise if contrasted with this Little Siberia and Little Liberia of the Po valley. We have here Neapolitans and Sicilians by the score, men in love with Turin and Piedmont, but who are panting and dropping from heat as if the country they came from were Finland or Spitz bergen, and they had just issued forth from their three months' winter night, passing from the moon light at the Pole to the vertical sun at the Equator. From Turin to Naples, or Malta, or Tunis, or, for that matter, from Genoa, the distance is not great, but the moment you step a score or so of miles inland, the moment you place the Appenine wall between you and the ever-fanning sea-breezes, you are at the mercy of a sun that is still fiercely and intensely Italian, and forsaken by that Providence which girt all Italy with the refreshing breath of the Mediterranean wave. The summer is short here, as I already hinted, because gigantic vapours cling to the crest of the Alps, and rise higher and higher, all through May, June, and July, the hotter the sun darts its rays at them, and the streams from the mountain glaciers flow more copious and beautiful, the finrcer the air from this reeking Lombard furnace wafts up to them ; and all the plain and the hillside is flooded, and the country blooms, and the meadows thrivp, under the glare that would blight and parch them ; and the night is chill, the morning cool, and the evening damp ; and the sunbeams have to struggle for hours before they break through the gauze-like curtain of mist, before they rob the grass and foliage of their glitter ing dew diamonds. The North gives long and stout battle to the summer god in this Subalpine region, and never falls away from the field without a series of final skirmishes in the shape of sharp deluging thunderstorms ; but at last the dog-days (sol-lione, as it is called here) set in ; the sun carries the victory, the faint white haze which lingered in the air clears off, the sky assumes its deep transparent Italian hues, the mountains are stripped of the rolling, swelling, and shifting phan tasmagory of their heavy clouds, their peaks rear themselves up in the sky with distinct outlines, as if carved out of the firmament ; the :lower ridges stand forth in bold relief, one above another, like so many stage decorations ; you can co . unt every cliff and bluff; the distance of fifty or aunty miles hardly dims an object before your eyes, through the medium of this thoroughly dried, painfully rarefied atmosphere. For eight or ten or twelve weeks the sky is as limpid and radiant as any where in Ital y , more so than anywhere else in the world. But if summer brings its fiery beauty to the north of Italy, it leaves behind the sweet land and sea breezes which temper its ardour in the south. We here boxed in between the Alps and the Apennines ; those sweet verdant hills of Superga, hem us in up to the very walls of the first houses of Turin. Down from the North there is never a breath ; from the South at times a hot furnace blast of sciroceo ; but for long, long hours, morning, noon, and night, we have dead, stagnant air, stifling us in our very beds. Turin is an open town, less a town than any town in the world, with wide open streets, all straight, at right angles, all open to the country, a ll green at the end, all ready to welcome any Whiff of air V IS EWSPAPER that Provide send ; but nii;:ig.ri l lo. !' • -*..\,.a. 'i\ax..‘a, people dra selves along at ft ~.snatlTTa, Trr,, \t,.;7.: areder the porticoes, the coolest spcSt, and:Willifrial'i:e miles out of the way to avoid a sunup : ei.,,gats - Jig :44 it ',,, i ;,4 - ' tel...il< twenty yards' length. Step from shan'to l giff a '?1, and the fiery glare swallows you up, •ralair'' 4 3 :tfre` - - ---; /... you feel as if you had plunged into a caldat4, a a, S your eyes are blinded, every pore in your skin tingles, all your poor brain is in a blaze. Linger on the Place d'Armes till 8 or 9 o'clock in the even ing ; over all that vast level-place, from all that lofty mountain circle, there is not as much wind as a bird would raise by flapping its wings, Go back to-morrow to the same spot, at five, at four, any time before sunrise, and earth and sky are still equally unmoved, equally immovable. The granite bench you sit upon preserves still the latent glow from yesterday's sun, the huge blocks of houses in your rear still radiate yesterday's heat. Ana to day's heat will add to yesterday's and the day's be fore ; layer upou layer, the heavy air will weigil upon us, till, as the Italians say, the heat will burst (crepa it caldo), and the seasons, which seem to be at a standstill, will go their round again. Meanwhile how do people live under these trying atmospheric circumstances ? Why, to bear the heat is business enough for most men. They drag them selves, I said, at their own snail's pace, under the porticoes; 101 l upon stools before the cafe shop door, they call for mote ice and iced water, and talk of the blessings of ont-of-town existence. Out of town all is not paradise, either ; there are musty, fusty railway carriages, slow diligences, roads with the dust fathoms deep, an aggravation of misery in all endless varieties. The luckiest mortals run up to the hills and lakes, to the hydropathic establish.• meats at Pesio, Oropa, the baths of Valdieri, the rugged homes of Viu, the sea watering places at Sestri or Spezia. But the very sea, that tideless inland sea, has no coolness, and the valleys are hotter than the plain. Summer will reach up to the very Alpine summit, though it be but for a short spell, and then our fugitives must go further back from the Italian to the Swiss Alps, often froth an oven to a furnace, from the frying-pan into the fire. I crossed Mont Cenis a few days ago, and we had no relief by night. I drove from Como, over Varese, to Laveno, across the leafy, humid, luxu riant region, from laiirtcr lake. Tawas up at day break, sat out till late - at night, girt the air never caoled. It is God's pleasure that the Italians should swelter in heat for a time, and I have no doubt it is intended for their good. So far as my experience goes, I think excessive heat greatly beneficial to the human frame. It must be fought, I believe, by the same weapons by which cold is overcome—by strong, manly exertion. If I give in to it, like most of my neighbours, I am soon languid, listless, and so utterly prostrate as hardly to have strength to lift the cooling ice to my lips ; but if I drink no ice, eschew water, take my meals regularly without consulting appetite, then move about at my usual brisk pace, take the sunny or the shady side of the street indifferently—if I determine not only not to mind but to despise the heat and defy it, a new life seems to rise within me. Nor am Iby any means an excep tion, or only in so far that my battling with the summer is matter of choice with me ; but I see men splitting stones along the sunny highway, I see carters walking stoutly beside their teams, I see troops, both foot and horse, marching across the Piazza d'Armi at their wonted pace. They seem, all of them, as strong and merry as in De cember, only a little more flushed; and one may wager they are all healthier for being somewhat leaner and lighter. The Bersaglieri were at drill yesterday in their usual ground fully an hour before. sunset. The whole plain between the trees that bound the Piazza d'Armi and the Alps was ones great ,fiery cload of dust raised by their thun dering feet. There is not one blade o: grass on the Piazza d'Armi but is burnt up to tinder ; but the fields beyond are under water at their owner's pleasure, and the dust seems only to enrich their soil and intensify their green. Between this and the Alps the drought can do little or no mi sc hi e f. Would it were so on the other side of the Po, along the Apennines, everywhere else in Italy ! There the Indian corn is withering; the grapes are stunted in their growth, the earth is cracking, w ad the fountains are drying up. The Riviera of 0 enoa is all white and hoary with dust, as other to ad s are with snow in the winter time. The priests put up endless prayers for rain ; tiler are sure to get it—if they wait. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly _Return.) It is satisfactory to find that in last week (end ing Saturday, the 10th inst.) there was a decrease in the mortality of London, as compared with that of two previous weeks. In the third week of Jul' the deaths were 1,171; in the two following tl.,ev rose to 1,207 and 1,225 respectively ; last w.reeii they again declined to 1,172. The mean tempera ture of the air has been above 60 deg. in ea c h o f t h e last nine weeks, with the exception. of the first week in July, when it was 59.7 deg. Last week it was as high as 64.4 deg. The average number of deaths, as derived from the returns of corresponding weeks in the 10 years 1851-60, is raised to a certain extent by the cholera that prevailed in this month in 1854. If the deaths from the epidemic of that year are excluded, and the average corrected for increase of popula tion, it will be seen that the number returned for last week is less by about 60 than that obtained by calculation. Diarrhoea was fatal last week in 177 cases, of which 161 occurred to children , chiefly mfe.nts. Cholera or choleraic diarrhoea was als o fatal in 13 cases, 6 of which occurred to children less than 3 years of age. A female servant, aged 37 years, died at 56, Packingten-street, Islington, of " diarrhoea (two days), true c holera ( one day) I a chaser-master, 57 years, at 8, W oo dbridge-street North, Clerken well, from what is described as genuine spasmodic cholera (45 hours). There were 11 de a th s f rom di arr hoea in Islington , 6 in the sub-dist r i ct Ch e l sea South, 5 in that of. Christ Church, Mary I ebone in Somers-town, sin St. Leonard, Shored itch, 5' 4 in Poplar, 7 in St. Peter, Walworth. Typhus exhibits an increase, f or th e d ea th s re ferred to it, which hardly excee d e d 20 i n the two previous weeks, rose to 43. Of t h ese , 5 were re turned in the sub-district Haggerstone West. The son of a general labourer, aged 5 yea-rs, died at 18, John's-place, Grange- roa d, B ermo n&s'ay, of " scarla tinamahgna (13 days) ;" and it ifi r e ported by the medical attendant that four children were suffering from the complaint in a room about 10 feet square, which is used for all purpose% Two widows are returned as having died at the ages of 96 and 98 years respectively. The husband of the elder of the two women, who was a coal whipper at Bluegate-fields, St. George-in-tlie-Eastf died 12 days before his wife, at the age of f)1. i Last week the birth of 881 boys and 878, g irls, n all 1,759 chilren, were register ed in London. In the ton corresponding weeks of the years average number was 1,577. 18.51-60 the At the Royal. Observatory, Greenwich,, .the mean height of the barometer in the week NV as 2 0 in. The readings rose to 29'95 in. on Tuiesday and Saturday, and fell to 29-53 in. on Thursday. The me an temperature of the air in the wee h: was 64.4 deg., which is 2.5 (leg. above the aver tige of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature rose to 66.1 deg. on Mouday, and 68.2 deg. oil Saturday, which are respectively 4.1 deg. and 64 deg. above th e averages. 'The greatest elevation of the thermo meter in the shade was 81.3 deg. on S a t ur d a y ; the lowest night temperature was 50.7 deg. on Wednesday. The range of temperature on Wednes day was 27.6 deg ; on Thursday it was on ly 11.9 deg. The mean daily range was 21.2 deg. T he greatest heat in the sun was 135 deg. on Monday. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 65.3 deg. 'nit difference between the mean t dew-point temp erature an d a i r temperature was i.l m deg. The —eau degree of hu midit y of the air was 80, complete saturation being represented by 100. The general direction of the wind d was south-west. Rain fell to the amount of 0.32 in., nearly all of it on Thursraay. A brilliant meteor was observed at 9h. 5% 3 . p. m . on Tuesday ; meteors were also ob served on T ayhursd , Friday, and Saturday. are CONSUMPTION OF SPIRITS.--A Parliamentary return just issued shows that the quantity of spirits charged with duty for home consumption fell from 28,661,674 g allons in 1859 to 26,863,361 in 1860. In that year the duty on home-made spirits was raised to 10s., and the de crease in the quantity was in these, and almost •wholly in Ireland and Scotland. The quantity of British spirits charged with duty for home consumption wa5:3,729,026 gallons in 1859, a n d 21,338,448 in 1860. In the - f irst three 5 months of the present year the quantity of b.ome-made spirits used for home consumption was only 4, 6 7 0 0 7 gallons, GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSIO to the S-SIDE. —On SA TURDAY, Aug. 17, an Ex N cursion Train will eave PAD DINGTON at 2.15 p.m., and READING at 3.20 p.m. for Melksham, Trowbridge, Westbury, and Frome (10s. and 65.), Bruton, Castle Carey, and Yeovil (11s. and 75.), Maiden New ton, Bridport, Dorchester, and Weymouth (12i. at and Bs.), re turning from Weymouth on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 4.15 p.m., as per bills. CREAT WESTER N RAILWAY. On SUNDAY, August 18, an EXCU RSION TRAIN will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., and Reading' at 8.50 nd a.m., RlS for CHIPPENHAM and BATH (Fares, 9s. and 55.), a B TOL (10s. and 65.), returning the same day. CIREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- ‘-A NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the next HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held, pursuant to Act of rarliament, in London, at the Paddington Station, on FRIDAY, the 16th day of August next, for the gene ral purposes of business. The chair will be taken at 1 o'clock precisely. SHELBURNE, Chairman. BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman. The Transfer Books will be Closed on the Ist day of August, and will not be opened until after the said Half-yearly Gene ral Meeting on the 16th August. London Terminus, Paddington, July 18, 1861. AYLESBURY AND BUCKINGHAM RAIL WAY COMPANY.—Notice is hereby given, that the next ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of this Company will be held at the Magistrates' Chamber, in Aylesbury, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day of August instant, at One oVock in the afternoon, for the pur pose of transacting the general business of the Company. BUCKINGHAM & CHANDOS, Chairman. J. G. ROWE, Secretary. Aylesbury, 13th August, 1881. V. R.—TOWER.—SALE OF STORES. BY Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE for WAR—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, in the Tower, on TUESDAY, the 20th of August, 1861, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, the following Stores : Great Coats and Cloaks, Clothing (various), Bedding, Ac coutrements, Leather Sandalls, Sabots, Iron Bedsteads, Marquees and Tents, Tarpaulins, Rags, Canvas, Sm., Tools, Old Iron, Steel, and Miscellaneous Articles. May be viewed at the Tower from 10 to 4 o'clock. the Three Working Days previous to the Day of Sale, and Cata logues may be had at the War-office, Pall - mall; the Tower; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. PROMENADE CONCERTS, COVENT GARDEN. —"Playgoers sup at Evans'."—Athenteum. NATTONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn.—This brilliant and favourite Ball Room IS NOW OPENED FOR THE SEASON. During the recess the entire building has been re-decorated, and many important additions and alterations effected conducive to the comfort of the visitors. The celebrated Band, under the able direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, will perform Over tures and Selections from the latest Operas, &c., with the newest and choicest dance music. New Selections from the Rose of Castille, Der Frieschutz, Robin Hood, Un Ballo in Maschera, La Heine Topaz. La Circassienne (never per formed in England), La Sanciniere, Redowa, New Champagne Galop, &c•—Doors open at half-past B.—Admission, is. COOL AND REFRESHING TOILETTE REQUISITE. Oldridge's Balm of Columbia is the most certain remedy for restoring and strengthening the hair. By it whiskers and moustaches are produced and beautified. Ladies will find it especially valuable, as the most delicate head-dress or bonnet can be worn without fear ofo soiling. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and ils. C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand. "(EATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY ING POWDER.—This Powder is quite harmless t animal life, but is unrivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Emmets, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitoes, Moths in Furs, and every other species of insects in all stages of metamorphosis. Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing fleas in theT dogs, m also ladies for the r pet dogs. and sprinkled about the nests of poultry, it will be found ex tremely efficacious in exterminating those insects with which they are usually Infested. It is perfectly harmless in as it its nature, and may be applie d without any apprehension, has no qualities deleterious to animal life. So d in Packets is., 2 s. 6 d.. and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14, or treble size, int. 36 postage stamps, by TnomAS KEAT MG, Chemist. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, E C. Take notice, each genuine picket bears the above name and address. rOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED t? CAPSULES.—Copaiba and Cubeba are doubtless the best remedies, but these drugs are ot a repulsive taste and odour, and occasion colicky pains, nausea, and gastric dis turbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in rendering these valu able therapeutic agents perfectly innocuous by increasing in his Copahine all tne curative properties. This preparation has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine, after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different Lon don hospitals. viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's. and St. Bartholo mew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland. and Legros Clark.—" Lancet," Nov. 6 and Dec. 10, 1857. The Copahine. which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days, either in recent or chronic diseases. 100 capsules, 4s. 6d. ; post free, ss. 2d. Post-office order required; at J. JOZEAirS, French Chemist, 42, Haymarket, London ; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris ; and all the most important Chemists. THE INDIAN ARMY. (From the Gazette of last night.) NOTICE. INDIA-OFFICE, Aim. 12. In the General Order of the Governor-General of India,* dated the 10th of April last, republished in the London Gazette of the 28th of May, 1861, it was stated that the posi tinn and claims of the Field-officers of the Indian armies now unemployed, or for whom it may be difficult to find suitable employment under the new system, were under consideration. It has now been determined by the Secretary of State for India in Council that annuities, at the following rates, shall be offered on retirement to the Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors es they stand regimentally in the cavalry and in fantry of the three Presidencies, in addition to the pensions to which they may be entitled under the regulations of the service, viz. : CAVALRY.—LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. BENGAL.—Per Annum. Ist .. £550 sth .. £3OO Bth .. £250 2d 450 6th 280 9th .. 2.50 3d .. 400 7th .. 260 10th .. 250 4th .. 350 - - MADRAS.—Per Annum. Ist .. £550 4th .. £3OO 7th .. £250 2d • . 450 sth 280 Bth .. 250 3d .. 350 6th 250 BOMBAY.—Per Annum. Ist .. £5OO 2d .. £3OO 3d .. £250 Any number of Lieutenant-Colonels in excess of the establishment, in consequence of the promotion of Lieu tenant-Colonels to be Major-Generals, will receive the pen sion of the junior in the above list. The Regimental Lieutenant-Colonels of Infantry will be divided into groups, as shown in the following table ; an annuity of the same amount being allotted to every officer of each group :- 1 INFANTRY.—LIEUTENANT -COLONELS. !By post, ls., THE MEDICAL CONFIDANT on Midwifery, Number in Number in 1 Number in other l- of for for for er Parielingneenntesy,pecthueuaDristaoppLoiandtimesentsFeinmalMeaorrbiastgreu,ctainond Number each Group each Group I each Group Amount Pills, ss. a box, post free. Address, Dr. Scott, 17, Adam- Group. Bengal. Madras. Bombay. Annum. street, S rand, London (since 1838). Consultations. 10 till 5. --- --- 1 5 3 2 £550 2 5 4 2 500 GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFER ER S . 3 5 3 2 450 'HENRY SMITH, M.D.,of the University of 4 5 1 4 2 400 5 5 3 2 350 Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous 6 5 2 300 sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work , TH E 7 5 a 2 280 sufferers, WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (1 20 pages). A 8 5 4 2 280 medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss o f 9 10 7 4 250 Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion , Dislike 1 0 10 9 4 250 to Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re- 11 10 7 4 200 taxation. Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if 1 12 10 9 7 200 —___— GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous , zufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re taxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity. and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob -ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope end two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. • The groups have been formed with reference to the esta blished number of Lieut.-Colonels of Infantry in the several Presidencies, as they stand for succession to Colonel's allowance. Any number of Lieut.-Colonels in excess of that ests• blishment in consequence of the promotion of Lieut. Colonels to be Major-Generals, will receive the pension a the last group. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED I N FOITR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising - from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple). failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst vr. muurd's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11s., or four quantities in one for 338., and may be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Front and Co. Dr. Ricord's Sole Agent in London is Prout, Patent Medi tine Warehouse, 229, Strand (seven doors west of Temple bar). MAJORS. The Regimental Majors of Cavalry and Infantry of each Presidency will be thrown together into one list, according to regimental seniority, and will b e divided into four groups as nearly equal as possible; every member of each group to receive the offer of annuities according to the following scale in addition to any pensions to which they may be en titled under the regulations of the service : Per annum Ist Division will be eligible to receive £2OO 2 d ~ 7 /7 •• .. 180 ou 1 /1 • • • . 160 150 4th If .. .. ... Nominal rolls of the Field-officers of Cavalry and Infan try as they stand on the effective lists of Lieutenant -Colo nels and Majors regimentally, on the Ist of October next, according to the official returns of the Adjutants-General of the three Presidencies, will be prepared and published by the Government of India as soon after that date as possible. In these rolls the Lieutenant -Colonels and Majors will be grouped according to the principles exhibited in the preced ing scales ; and it will be announced that they will be per mitted to retire with the annuities placed opposite their respective names, provided their applications are received by their respective Governments prior to the 15th of Decem ber next. . . It is to be clearly understood that the annuity granted to' each officer will be that due to his position in the nominal rolls above specified, and that no change whatever in that position, or in the annuity assigned to him, will be admitted as a consequence of any casualty that may occur or become known at the Adjutant-General's-office after the Ist of October, 1861. All retirements under this scheme will date from the 31st of December next, and the promotions arising therefrom will take effect from the Ist of January, 1862. The promo tions will be carried out on the following principle : The names (printed in italics) of such of the Lieutenant- Colonels as retire under the conditions now offered will re main on the list, for the purpose of regulating the succession to Colonel and to Colonel's allowance. Thus, should the senior regimental Lieut.-Colonel at either Presidency retire on the annuity now to be offered his name will remain on -...,..................1.1111111111MM10NN11M * Paragraph 63. (Entered at Stationers' rialL) DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD A. MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHCE ' NER VOUS AND GENERA TIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price lc, Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain i ns Direct for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. CUaTia, 15, Alberniarle-Stred, PiCeadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the E ff ects of Climate , or Infection. C HAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OP THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly , valuable work, Times 1111 should be in the hands o f y oun g and old."—" Sunday , 23d March, 1856. "The author has con ferred a g reat boon b y publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualificatio ns 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; Mann, 29, Cornhill. Hour, vi Consultation-10 tv 3 and 6to 8 ;.§uutlaiot 1 0 til l 2' EDN , DA VEN the Est until his death, or until a casualty shall occur among the regimental Colonels, in either of which cases his name will be removed, no promotion being made in his room. On another casualty occurring among the regimental Colonels, should the name then at the bead of the list of Lieutenant - Colonels be that of an officer who has not accepted the an nuity, he will succeed, as usual, to the Colonel's allowance, and promotions will be made in succession. The promotion in succession to the Lieut.-Colonels who retire under this scheme will be made in the proportion of one to every two of such retirements ; on the other hand, every vacancy created among the Majors will be followed by promotion in the usual course. Should the number of Regimental Field-officers retiring on these terms fall short of 300 in the three Presidencies, the Government of India will be authorized to offer an nuities of £l2O per annum, in addition to the pensions to which they may be entitled, to so many of the Regimental Captains of the three Presidencies as may suffice to make up that number, the offer to them to be madein succession according to length of service, reckoning from the date of the first commission, and to be cmfined to those of or above 25 years' service. The Regimental Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors of the Cavalry and Infantry who have elected for service with the new Line Regiments or in the Staff Corps will have the option of retiring upon the terms now offered. It is to be distinctly understood that this is a final arrange ment, and that no further proposals connected with schemes for the retirement of officers of the Indian Service will be entertained. Officers of the Indian Armies on furlough in this coun try desirous of retiring from the service on the terms now offered should address their applications to the Secretary to Government, in the Military Department, of the Presi dency to which they belong. NOTICE. INDIA-OFFICE, AUGUST 12. In consequence of some misapprehensions being under stood to exist as to the interpretation of the 98th paragraph of the General Order of the Governor-General of India, dated 10th April last, quoted in the margin,t it is notified, for general information, that, upon a reconsideration of the order, and of the instructions upon which it was based, her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council has pointed out to the Government of India that all officers whom that Government may not consider fit for employment are to be dealt with under clause 7 of the Staff Corps Warrant, but that another rule must be laid down and followed in the case of officers who are perfectly fit for employment, but who, from circumstances of one kind or another, may be out of employment; for example, those who, in consequence of having overstayed the prescribed limit of absence, with re tention of appointment, may find themselves on their return to India out of employment. Such officers, on their return to India, will be placed on the rate of pay specified for their respective ranks in the Staff Warrant, for officers while required to remain in India —and they will retain this rate of pay for a year, before the expiration of which period it is expected an opportunity will have arisen for placing them in some suitable appointment. Should no opportunity occur within the year of placing a perfectly qualified officer, returning from furlough, in a situation suited to him, the Governments in India will be authorised to continue the Indian rate of pay until a suit able opening can be found for his employment. Officers will not be placed on half .pay except under the operation of one or other of the two clauses 7 and 10 of the Staff Corps Warrant. The Government of India have been directed to modify the 98th paragraph of the General Order accordingly. t Officers of the Staff Corps under the rank of Major-Gene ral whom the Governments of India may not see fit to employ in any capacity, will not be allowed to draw pay for more tnan four years, of which one year may be on the Indian scale, and three years on the scale fixed for officers " out of India," after which period they will be placed on half-pay, or on pension, according to the scale of their rank, if entitled thereto. THE KINGDOM OF ITALY. The Circular addressed by Baron Ricasoli to the representatives of Italy at the various Courts of Eu rope, which was referred to in a recent telegram, is as follows : _ _ TURIN, July 3 Sir,—The Parliament has just terminated the first part of its laborious session, by adjourning till the approaching autumn. In its bosom have sat for the first time the representatives of nearly all the populations of Italy. Thanks to its decisions the unity of Italy has passed from the domain of ideas to that of facts, and has begun to develop itself in the political, econo mic, and administrative order. It is consequently my duty to call the attention of the representatives of the Government in foreign countries to the la bours of the two Chambers, and to furnish them with the means of making known to Europe the legislative debates of the new kingdom. In the first place, you will please to remark the spirit in which the elections were made. In the provinces, which lately formed independent States, and had scarcely entered on a situation altogether new, still wanting the experience of the liberties which they were called to enjoy, those elections were accomplished with the utmost regularity and perfect order. This will appear still more significa tive if we reflect that the provinces most recently united, as the Marches and Umbria, were threatened by the Pontifical troops, and were in fact attacked by them on several points precisely at the moment of the elections. If we consider further, the Neapo litan and Sicilian provinces not only were exposed to the same menaces, but also felt the effects of a powerful political agitation, while their territories were not delivered from the remnants of the fallen dominations, since the fallen King still continued to resist in Gaeta, at the head of a considerable corps of troops, and the taking of Messina had not been attempted. In spite of this situation, the new provinces which now form the greater part of the kingdom, though they lived uncertain of the future, elected their de puties freely and regularly, and not one was found among them representing the opinions or interests of the fallen governments ; and you have seen by the parliamentary discussions and votes that the whole tenor of the Opposition was to excite the Government to precipitate the course of events, with a view to complete the independence and unity of Italy, in stead of returning to the past ; an example, perhaps, unique in history, and which demonstrates how uni versal and profound in the hearts of all Italians is the sentiment of nationality ; since in all other countries where revolution has carried to the throne a new dynasty in room of the one which has been hurled from it, the trace of the latter has never been effaced in the national representation, and in all Parliaments, with the exception of that of Italy,the partisans of the fallen princes have found a place under the name of Legitimists. You will not fail to remark that our new deputies, convoked for the first time from different parts of Italy, who, in consequence of their political and economical organisation, had hitherto remained strangers one to the other, have immediately found themselves in accord on fundamental ideas, and only a very slight degree of opposition has mani fested itself when measures were brought forward tending to strengthen the right of the nation, or to support that right. It is, moreover, well to remark that the Opposition, small in number as it was, did not endeavour to impede these measures, but on the contrary sought to carry them beyond the bounds which political prudence would not allow to be exceeded without rendering them ineffectual or dangerous. The novelty of the state of things in which the provinces of Italy found themselves placed, the va riety of the situations in the midst of which they had hitherto existed, gave rise to repeated interpel lations which, if they appeared superstitious to some persons, had nevertheless this utility, that they enabled the deputies to know each other better, and to facilitate the fusion of the different countries into one. These interpellations, besides, which concerned the policy of the Government, afforded the Parliament the opportunity of declaring in the most solemn manner the right of the nation, and the King's Go vernment that of manifesting its intentions as to the means of completing the enterprise already con ducted so near its end. You, sir, already know these intentions. You know that the changes in persons which have taken place in the cabinet, in consequence of the painful and deplored loss of Count Cavour, have not caused any modification in the policy inaugurated and car ried out by him with so much honour to himself and bo much advantage to Italy; that he Wae the The Italians have not forgotten the solemn words which our august and generous ally ad dressed to them on touching the soil of liberated Lombardy : "Be all soldiers to-day, that you may to-morrow be the free citizens of a great nation." For military service forms citizens to temperance and discipline, gives them the conscious ness of their own dignity and strength, and ren ders them familiar with all those manly and austere virtues which are necessary to the exercise and preservation of liberty. Moreover, if good armies are indispensable for the defence of the precious acquisitions of the nation, by the confidence with which a well-armed people inspires its friends, and the respect which it imposes upon enemies, they are also a powerful means of obtaining pacific triumphs; or else, when, notwithstanding our en deavours, peace is disturbed, these armies serve to render a perturbation, which we would not have provoked, less durable and less fatal to the general interests cf Europe. The laws relating to the unification of the public debt belong as much to the political as to the eco nomical order of things. To unify the various sys tems of debts which we have inherited from the small states into which, unfortunately, the penin sula has, until now, been divided; to attract the interests of the creditors of the state towards the centre of national life, and provide for the future of the nation while respecting individual rights, have been the object which Parliament had in view in adopting the financial measures proposed by the King's Government. The spectacle of the ardour of Italian and foreign capitalists in offering the means of realising the loans voted by the Cham bers sufficiently proves that this object has been attained. You know, sir, that though only 764,000,000 lire were demanded by the Government, more than 1,000,000,000 lire were offered, and the result of the public subscription is not yet. known. That is a fact to which I, with pleasure, tali the atten tion of the King's ministers abroad. It proves that the kingdom of Italy has been able to create itself credit for the future, by respecting, with the most rigorous justice, the obligations contracted in the past. It is the most splendid proof that could be given that the events which have just taken place in Italy are more than a revolution—that they are the restoration of regular and normal order. The Parliament has also provided for the develop ment of the economic resources of the country by giving its sanction to the bills presented by the Ministry of Public Works relative to the prompt execution of a vast network of railways. To promote among all classes of society, by the stimulant of labour, wealth, and public morality ; to excite the augmentation of national capital by the powerful co-operation of foreign capital; to remove the ob stacles which distance and the configuration of the Peninsula oppose to the rapid fraternisation of all the inhabitants—such are the results which the Government hopes to be able to obtain in a short time by the energetic impulsion given to public works. In order clearly to understand the importance of this subject, it will be sufficient to say that in addi tion to the works of the arsenal of La Spezzia, 2,700 kilometres of railway (the kilometre is five eighths of a mile) have been concluded; that they are to be completed in from a year and a half to eight years; and that the execution of them will cost about 750,000,000 lire, of which about 290,000,000 lire are to be supplied by the Govern ment, in addition to the guarantee accorded by the contract. This summary exposition will suffice to make known that the Parliament, in the first part of the present session, has not only provided for the most urgent wants, but also for the most important and most fruitful interests of the country. And now, if we cast a glance on the path in which we have hitherto walked, and if we measure it with the grandeur of events, it seems to me that we have the right to feel great satisfaction. But if we cast our eyes on the road we have still to go, we see that it is rough, difficult, fall of snares and perils. We are not, however, alarmed at it, and we venture to repeat with just pride that Italy has been made one. Yes, Italy is created, although part of Italy is still under the power of the foreigner ; for we are certain that Europe, seeing us well organised, well veritable exponent of the conscience of the nation ; and that his enterprise was based on solid founda tions, as his death itself has proved. The country, the Parliament, and the Goverament, in receiving as a great calamity the news of the death of this illustrious statesman, felt at the same time the ne cessity of uniting themselves more closely, in order not to allow their forces to be scattered, and Italy deprived, though only just created, of one of her firmest defenders, displayed all her vigorous vitality by supporting the dolorous trial without any dis couragement. _ _ And if you will be kind enough to remark that the greatest part of the legislative measures of the Parliament has been accomplished since the death of that eminent statesman—if you will beside con sider the object of the principal bills voted, and the immense majority of the suffrages which approved of them, you will easily understand that we can affirm that his intentions have been efficaciously carried out by the accord of the Parliament and the Government. PRICE.. ..... .4d. STAMP: 321