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BURTON" on each Carriage. 162, Regent-street, July 14, 1856. AWIDOW LADY, possessing a thorough knowledge of Domestic Management, is desirous of obtaining " 1 illgagement as Companion to a Lady, or to superintend the family of a Widower ; or she would undertake the household arrange :n(lllß of an elderly or invalid Lady or Gentleman.--Address, C. G., Mr. Powell's, 4, Trinity-street, Blackheath-hill, Blackheath. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . RAIL W A Y MPANY. ...NT TICE IS HEREBY CO GIVEN, that the next ORDINARY ' ll kLF-YEARLY MEETING of the Proprietors in the Buckingham shit. Railway Company will beheld at the Euston Station, London, on FRIDAY, the 15th of August, 1856, at II o'clock a.m. By order of the Board. HARRY VERNEY, Chairman. The nooks kept for the Registration of Transfers of Stock will he Closed on the 4th of August, and will remain so nail after the meeting. Offices of the Company, Euston•StatiOn, London, July 19, 1856. P,REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. 4 CHEAP EXCURSION TO SOUTH WALES , on SA 'MY It 'AY. July 26. from Paddington at 8 a in , returning on the 2d Au MO. from Milford Haven at 7 a.m. and intermediate stations as per hand-bills. Fares there ant back—Ntilford Haven and Joh•sston, 1, ' 59 . and 23m. ; Havertordwest. 335. and 235. ; Narbeth-road (for [ ... e nbY), 32e. and 225. ; Carmarthen, 31e. and 21s. • I.lanelly, 30s. and 20 s.; Swansea, 28s. and I9s. ; Neatb, 27i. and 18e.; Port Talbot, 25 g. and 175.; Bridgend , 245. and 165.; Cardiff, 21.9. and I6s. ; New- Port, u s. a n d 145.; Chepstow, 20.5. and Us. Tickets not transferable. and only available for the excursion trains. Children under 12 half price. • GREAT WEST ERN RAILWAY.-- v ., TOURISTS' TICKETS (Great Western. Ueref u r d, and South m ales Railways) available for Three Weeks from the day of hate. These Tickets will be issued until the 15th October, at l'addingtol, Oxford, or Leamington, over the Great Western Lines, via Moms ter, to Ross and Hereford, and over the South Wales Line, to Millord Raven, and back, with the liberty to stop at Ross, lilereferd, Chep stow. Neath, and Carmarthen. FARts. I st Class. 2,1 Class. From tendon and back.... • • .. £3 10 £2 10 ~ Leamington and do .• .. ••.. .• 2 15 2 0 °word and d 0... •••••• • • • • • • 2 I° •• • • 1 15 Tourists' Tickets are available by any train, but are not trans ferable. and they do not entitle the holder to travel twice in the same direction over any portion of the lines of railway. ONDON anct,-bl OUT 11-W ES T ERN - RAILWAY. TOURISTS' TICKETS, COMMENCING IST JUNE, 14.1.3 TERMINATING 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1856. NORTH WALES. Tickets, available for THREE WEEKS, enabling the holder to stop at Rbyl, Conway, Bangor, Caernazyon, and Holyhead, either piing or returning, are issued at the following fares by the throngh trains. The First-class Tickets are available by any train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class carriages attached. Ist Class. 2d Class. London to Holyhead and back...... £3 10 0 .... £2 10 0 Oxford to ditto and back.... 210 0 1 15 0 Peterborough Illrmingbatn to ditto and back...... 2 0 0 1 10 0 Wolverhampton to ditto and back...• 115 0 .... 1 7 0 To pun LAKES OF WESTMORELAND AND CUMBERLAND. Tickets, available for THREE WEEKS, to the above Lakes. arc issued at the following Fares by the through • Trains. The Ffrst class Tickets are available by any train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class carriages attached :- Ist Ci.iss. 2d Class. London to Windermere and back.... £3 10 0 .... £2 10 0 Oxford Peterboroaeh to ditto and back.... 215 0 .... 2 0 0 Birmingham to ditto and back .. •• .. 2 5 0 .... 115 0 Wolverhampton ....... 2 0 0 .... 112 0 (N o . 19,995.) PUBLICATIONS. NEW NOVEL EY THE AUTHOR OF 44 TUE DISCIPLINE • s OF LIFE." Now ready at all the librarit s, in 2 vols., 215., fr H E YOUNG LORD. By the Author of" The Discipline of Life," "(Nitro Abbey," Scc. Hurst and Blaekett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. GENERAL SIR WILLIAM FENWICK WILLIAMS, K.C,11., M.P. On Wednesday next, in post Syn., with Portraits of Genera Williams and Col. Lake. 10s. Cal., R N U vicithAanPAcTcolunt jt T he Y illock l ade of Kitr RUSSIA; Including the Letters of Gen Sir Penwick Nillluns, &c., &c. By COL. ATW ELL LAKE, C.D. London: Richard Bentley, Publisher In Ordinary to her Majesty. NEW :gOVEL BY CHARLES READE. " :lust ready, in :4 vols., IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. A Novel. By CHARLES READE, Author of "Christie Johnstone," " Pe; Woffin4t.on:" Loudon : Richard Bentley, New Darlington-street. Complete in One Volume, Imperial Folio, a New and Enlarged • Edition of T HE PHYSICAL ATLAS OF NATURAL PHENOMENA. By ALEX. KEITH &c. Consisting of Thirty-Ave largo and Seven small Plates, printed in Colours; and one hundred and forty-five pages of Demeriptions,ulth Index containing upwards of 16,000 References. Half-bound 10 morocco, price 121. 12s. • William Blackwood and Sons. Edinburgh and London. TO THE FAVOURITE LANCASHIRE WATERING PLACES, LYTIRM, BLACKPOOL, FLEETWOOD, OR SOUTHPORT. 'rickets, available for TITRE E WEEKS, are issued by the ordinary trains of the Company. The First-Class are available by any train, and the Second by such as have second-class carriages attached._ From London Ist Class. 2d Class. • • ..... •• • .£3 0 0 .... £2 5 0 ... Oxford 2 5 0 1 15 0 Peterborongh 1 Birmingham 2 Wolverhampton .$ ' • • ... Prom Fleetwood Royal Mail Steamer sails every evening (Snndav e xcepted) for Belfast, and Weekly Excursion Tickets are issued at The Steam Packet Office for Belfast, Armagh, the Giant's Causeway, and back. EXCURSIONS TO THE SEA SIDE. ~, . ,~. v ; ~, .:,. , F - ~ 'Sq~J ,` - It 4 •• sd. Tickets. available for TWENTY-EIGHT DAY 4, are issued by the ordinary trains of the Company. The First-Class are available by any train, and the Second by such trains as have second-class car riages attached, to Harrowgate, Scarborough, Whitby; Flley, or Bridlington. ARROVVCIATE and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 435. ; Second Class, 325. tid. SCARBOROUGH and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 513 . ; Second Clan, 351. wHITRY and Back, for each Passenger —First Class, 51s. ; Se cond Class, 355. FRAY and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; Seeond Class, 355. BRIDLINGTON and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51 5.; Second Class, 35 5 . These Tickets are not transferable, nor will they be available for the Return Journey unless they have been endorsed at the Booking oflce of the St a ti on on the day of returning. Passengers t o a ll th e abovelby Places, except Ilarrowgite. are at liberty to break the journey rematniug one night at York, either going or returning. IRISH TOURIST TICKETS. Available for ONE MONTII, will be issued at the following prices : Ist Class. 2d Class. Prom T.0n,b ) .. 4 .......... ..... £6 10 0 .... X 5 5 0 5 15 0 .... 4 15 0 " B irmingham, Leamingion:a . nd Coventry. • • And from the other principal stations at proportionate fares. for One tickets (which in no case' are transferable) will he available Month from the date of issue. They will enable the holders proceed to.Ohe-Ater,iltenc9_ to llangor, llolyheall, and Dublin. from Dublin to (ork, situate' on th© pieliffEinue - itiver 1.06. atilt - Within ten miles of the celebrated Harbour, Dockyard. and Naval Station of Queenstown (Cove) ; from Cork back to Mallow, and thence by the Killarney Junction Railway to the far-fzinied LAKES OF KILLARNEY. The Tourist can remain as long as convenient to himself at Chester, ,Bangor (for the inspection of the Britannia Tubular Bridge), Holy . "ad, Dublin, Cork, and Killarney ; the only condition being, that his return to the Station at which he tcok his ticket must be not later titan One Month from the date of his departure therefrom. Supplemental Tickets for CONNEMARA, GLENGARIFFE, the GIANT'S CALNEWAY. and other places of interest, are issued at Itedliced Fares to Visitors holding " Irish Tourist Tickets." General Manager's Office, Euston Station, June, 1856. SITTINGBOURNE and SHEERNESS RAILWAY COMPANY. IncorporatedBo,oool 8, in ,000 Shares of Parliament 10/. each. Deposit 21, per Share. DIRECTORS. Right Hon. STEPHEN RUMBOLD LUSHINGTON, Nor ton Court, Kent, Chairman. L. S. Magnus, Esq., Chatham, and 3, Adelaide place, Lon don-bridge, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director. Edward Henry Banks, Esq., Sheppy Court, Sheerness. Frederick Leese, Esq., Neat's Court, Minster, Sheppy'. Richard Comyn, Esq., Queenborough, and 31, Lincoln's-inn. fields, London. Ca p t ain Dumergue, 12, Craven-hill, Bayswater, London. ,3 ANK ER.s—GIyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, London, ENOINTER—J. C. Birkinshaw, Esq. BR SOLICITOR—James Ward, Esq., Sheerness. • • O -Ul t" — Or. S. Herbert, Esq., 73, Old Broad-street, London. SECRETARY—S. J. Breeze, Esq. Tem porarY Offices— 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge ; and High-street, Queenborough, Sheppy. This company has been formed for the purpose of affording railway accommodation to the Island of Sheppy, and at the same time of improvin g the ordinary communication between it and th e ma i n l an d of Kent, by the erection of a bridge for the common traffic. The railway, seven miles and one furlong in length, will Commence at a junction with the East Kent line at Sitting bourne, and passing through Milton to the present Ferry over the Swale, where the bridge is to be erected, will continue thence through Queenborough to its termination near her Majesty's dockyard at Sheerness. There will be no tunnel, nor work of engineering difficulty, and the lino will pass over a country with most favourable gradients. The esti mated Cost of the works, stations, bridge, land, and preli minary expenses is 84,000/., and the directors have made such agreement s with Messrs. Jackson and Beane, the eminent contractors, as will ensure the completion of the whole un . dertaking at that estimate, and within 18 months its com mencement, by which time the East Kent Railway will bo opened to Canterbury. The Act of Parliament has been obtained with the consent of all owners and occupiers of the laud through which the line will pass, and the expenses of a Parliamentary :contest, usually so destructive to future profits, have thus been hal). pily avoided. In consideration also of the facilities to be af forded to the ordinary road traffic by the bridge Parliament has consented to a free transfer to this Company of all the rights, privileges, and property now belonging to the wardens and jury of the King's Ferry. These concessions include a free public-house, a toll-house, about 225 acres of land, and many i ights which will materially tend to the prosperity of the Company. The inconsiderable length oi the line to be constructed is by no moans commensurate with the magnitude of the ob jects it seeks to accomplish, sovue of which are of great national importance. An inspection of the map will at once show that it is tho last couvecting link betweep all the great Government dockyards and arsenals, and that it will supply ready access to the fortifications which command the mouths of the Thames and Medway, and which are, in fact, the bul warks towards the sea of the metropolis itself. It 'Will , cou nect the fertile Island of Sheppy with the main land. of Kent, and open au easy communication between Sheerness and Can terbury, Deal and Dover, on the one hand, and. London, Chatham, Maidstone, Woolwich, Aldershot, Portsmouth, and Plymouth on the ether ; and it will form part of. a direct r aute to the Continent from the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex, via Southend. The Island of Sheppy is itself rich in agricultural produce of all kinds, and in/the valuable oyster beds on its shores ; it contains numerous villages * , and the towns of Queenborough and Sheerness, the latter already a place of much importance from its well-known naval arsenal and dockyard,•destined, from the additional works in pi:ogress, to become the principal naval station in the kingdom;- it possesses many beautiful sites facing the German Ocean, and enlivened by the con tinual stream of shipping entering and leaving the river, which await only the means of ready iccess, and the facilities thoy are certain to create, to become very favourite resorts 'of the denizens of the metropolis in pursuit of either health or pleasure. • Irrespective, however, of the traffic which every railway is found to originate, sufficient already exists, in connection with other advantages indicated above, to hold out, upon a -careful computation, the promise of an annual dividend of 10 per cent. on the capital to be expended; and the Directors con fidently submit that the very moderate cost per mile of the works, the almost total absence of preliminary expenses, the locality of the railway itself, and the prospective traffic to arise from its formation, afford reasonable and safe grounds for the belief that their expectations of profit will be fully realised. A considerable portion of the shares is already subscribed for, and application for the remainder may be addressed to the Directors of the Sittinghourne and Sheerness Railway Company, 3, Adelaide-place, London -bridge ; or to G . S . Herbert, Esq., broker to the Company, 73, Old Broad - street; but no appli ca ti on w ill b e en t er tained unless a deposit of 1 03. fur each share applied for be previously M ade with Messrs. Glyn, Mills, an d Co. bankers, 67, Lombard - st reet, London ; Messrs. Valiance and Co. baukers, Sitti ng bourne ; Messrs. Day and Nicholson, bankers, Rochester ; Messrs. Hammond and Co., bankers, Canterbury ; Messrs. Hilton and Co., bankers, Feversham ; or with Mr. S., J. Breeze, at the Company's office, High-street, Queenborough. Forms of application far shares and copies of the prospec tus may be had at the Company's office, 3, Adelaide-place, Londot%-bridgo; or of G. 8, Herbert, Esq., 73 Old Woad trot. a i 'f. • be 41( 1,, a , the ndish - serte► Lo ic;fe e drew e 00Y sn. ho 1O 'elan° , z.C.S.• leJical ,bsoci g ' . yrs,. son of Lieli t " . L.C.S. I, hiss id wil- , La"- )lING I4 v iy Of LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, J ULY 21, 1856. PRINCE'S CLUB.—RA.CQUET and TENNIS: co URI'S, Mans.place. Belgrave-square.—Tbe Acquet Courts of this Cub will be completed and oeEs for PLAY on Monday, the 28th inst. Centime / desirous of becoming members are requested to communicate vitli the secretary, at the club, who nillfurnish every information. A LBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, Waterloo-place, • Notice is hereby given, that the lIA.LF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 30th ultimo, after the rate of seven per cent. tier annumovill be In COURSE. of PAYMENT to the Shateholders on and after the 10th July instant. WILLIAM SMITH, Actuary and Secretary. 9th July, 1856. T" GENERAL LIFE . mad FIRE MALMO:CM COMPANY, NOTICE TS:tummy GIVEN, That the 'Thirty-sixth 11 ALP YE A RLY 1) IVIDE N D, at tike rate of Six per cent., declared ou the 16th instant, is payable t..) the Shareholders, at the °dice of the Com pany, 62, King Willtun-street, London-bridge, between the hours of ten and four. By order of the Board. _ July 19, 1856. .. THOMAS rim E, Secretary. 111 Q OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. 1 Patron-1 tic QUEEN. 9d Founded 1828. All poor persons are admitted patients on their.orrn application alone ; no Governor's letter is required. During the past month the folio wing number of sOck poor received the benefit s of this Charity, either as oat or In-door patients, on their personal application:— Week ending 7th Juno •• ...... 2,402 Ditto 14th June.. . Ditto 21st 2,324 Ditto 28th June . 2,132 - Oat. and 30th Jane...... . 50l Total in 9.645 of which 3,246 were, new cases, thi remapider (still under treat ment) having been ajimittekpreviously. Heavy ex petites-are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is In the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subseAbers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev{ J. IL Owen, Chairman), to conduct the .business, when any subscriber uriYattenll. flo_slittausett. the - B OI M b eing at all times desirous of receiving suggesions or giving explanation.' Tho Hospital is not endowed. but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; 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, and Co. ; Overend, Gurnee, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Mastesman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received.. By order. J. B. OMEN, Chaplain. THE ROYAL CHARTER. ME. MECHI'S AGREcuLTURA r, GATHER-1 ING AT TIPTRV, _LULL. The system,of high farming which has been pursued by Mr. Mechi for so many years utsder the most unfavour able circumstances has prove4 4 4o sniinently successful that those who looked upon hi, ' arts with considerable doubt are obliged to admit: 'tt he has struck out a 1 path which the agricultnristsd do well to follow, so far as their means will enVfe. them to do so. The garden-like appearaece of Mr. Ms'elsi's farm, in the cell- tre of an. almost barren clayesrelistrict, excites the admi ration of all those who have the pleasure of paying it a visit, and is an astonishing proof of, the improvements , which may be effected by a judicious employment of la• boor and capital. The drops produced on this model farm are most luxuriant, and present a striking contrast to those grown in the immediate beigkbeurhood. And if his method of culture renders the land increasingly prolific his mode of attracting visitors is equally successful, for year by year his "agrrcultriral gatherings" are mere numerously attended, both British and foreign deeming it a privilege to bo allowed to inspect the iodustrial ope• rations of a gentleman whose efforts to promote the in terests ef azricujture have gainird for him an almost Eu ropean reputation. 'Thenumber of visitors on the present occasion exceeded 600, the grater number of whom went ' down by special train from the Shoreditch station ; but the clore of the Royal Agricultural Society's; meeting on the previous evening induced so Oral of the most dietin• guished colonial and foreign agriculturists, who had as sembled at Chelmsford, to take advantage of the oppor tunity to examine Mr. Mechi's improvements, and at the same time to partake of his hospitality. ' Amongst, the distinguished eirests wo observed :—M. le Comte de K.ergorley, Le Couut Charles de Bosiille, M. Robiou de la Trehourrais, Col. Sykes, Chairman East India Company ; the Hon. Mr: Oemeron Sir J. Mike, - Aid., 'M.P., Herbert Ingrain, E'' .. ,n. 1 )., Hon. M. Camphell,.D. Waddington, ER P., T. Challis, Esft., Md.. ? .11.1.P.,..T.SLCIAtak - ;.. . . 1%, ,, W. William ,--4 , i‘..,4„„ -y.„. M.P., W. Tite, Esq., M.R,W. Cubits, Esq., Aid., M. 1"., E. Ball, Esq., M.P., Mr. Se - rgeant Glover, Rev. Sir J. P. Wood, Bart., Sir C. D. Crossley, A. Crossley, Sheriff Elect, Arcedekne, Esq., Hi eh Sheriff of Suf folk, Prof. P. L. Sin:tamed, Prof. Pepper, Dr. L. A. Ritterbrandt, Dr. S. Smith, the Von. Archdeacon Bur ney. J. Cooke, Esq., Mayor of Manch es t e r ; J. G. Ap pold, F.R.S., J. Wyld i Esq., J. Wood, Esq., G. Pye, Esq., D. W. Harvey, Esq., J. Payne, Esq., F. Hobbs, Esq., R. Morley, Col. Western, Capt. W. Peel, R.N., F. Smedley, Esq., High Bailiff of Westminster, Mr. Ald. and Sheriff Rose, Mr. Ald. Sidney, Mr. Ald. Finnis, W. Pritchard, Esq., High Bailiff of Southwark, F. Keats, Esq., Sheriff Elect; It. Itausorne, Esq., E. Hopkins, W. Chance, Esq. Birmingham, S. Morley, Esq., G. W. K. Potter Secondary of London; T. li. Baylis, Esq., B. T. B. Gibbs,Esq.,F. Crisp, Esq.,T. Glover, Esq ,H. Lake,Esq., J. li'arrance, Esq., T. Harris, Esq., Rev. Dr. Booth, President of the Society of Arts ; Rev. T. Demises, Rev. R. Whittington, Rev. C. Mackenzie, Rev. H. B. Burney, Rev. E. Sydney, N.A., It iv. G. Wilkins, Rev. C. Davis, Rev. C. Marshall, Rev. B. C. Sangar, Rev. T. Henderson, Rev. D. Moore, &c. The guests, preceded by Mr. Mechi, made a minute inL spection of the farm, which consists 'of 170 acres, the whole of which has been thoroughly drained by means of 3-inch iron pipes, laid two feet deep, the cost of which was about 41. ss. per acre, but at the present time the cost would be about 61. per acre, in consequence of the increase which has taken place in the cost of iron. These pipes extend a distance of about two miles. Behind the farm buildings a large tank has been constructed, which receives all the sewage and animal matter. The liquid thus obtained is forced through pipes into the centre of each field by means of an engine of six horse power, and is then distributed over the surface by irrigating jets whiCh throw out about 80 gallrns par minute; and the supply is such as to aff.mrd 60,000 gal lons per day. In the event of the supply being short, guano is thrown into the tank for the purpose of increas ing the quantity. The farm will support 400 sheep and 30 bullocks ; and four horses and a pony are employed for farming purposes. But, in addition to those animals, Mr. Mechi keeps two other horses for his private use. Having given this general description of the farm, we may mention a few details which were given by Mr. Mechi in the course of the perambulation which took place. From one field of Italian rye grass three crops have bacn taken during the present year, and a fourth crop is rapidly progreirsing. "In reply to a question as to Whether the cattle would eat the grass readily after the liquid manure had been applied, Mr. Mechi replied that they would feed upon it in the course of five or six hours. One field which had been laid down in rye grass for two years was' put down with turnips in the following year, and in the • succeeding year was sown with wheat, the produce being from five and a half to six quarters per acre. In another field seven good crops of wheat have been raised in 14 years, and this in the least improved part of the farm, the field being only rented by Mr. Mechi. We observed one field'of wheat which looked most luxuriant,•the result of a manure recently discovered by. Dr. Ritterbrandt, and Mr. Bower, of Leeds. The manure is formed of the corn- mon clinker of coals ground to a flue powder, mixed with sulphuric acid and animal matter. The cost of the article is abo'st Si. per ton, and the quantity used per acre is from 3to 4 ewe It has been applied to some extent in Yorkshire, and the result of experiments show that it hag eradicated the potato disease, which arises from the want of a sufficient supply of potash, which is found in couriderable quantities in this new manure, and the dis coverers are sanguine that it will have an equally bene ficial effect in curing the disease which, in some quar ters, has manifested itself in the vine. Another field which was visited has produced ten quarters of wheat per acre for the last two years. This field was ,manured with guano at the rate of 2 cwt. per acre, and Mr. Mechi obser ve d th a t a l thoug h it was p er haps hardly right to use land in such a manner, the prices had been very tempting. In another field of wheat the 'estimated produce issix quarters peracre. -The field last year yielded from 30 to 40 tons per acre of marigold- wurtzel. Another wheat field, which last year was in beans, and which was manured with guano and liquid manure, will yield about six quarters per acre. In one field, which last year, was sown with wheat, w e o b serve d a fine crop of beans. This field has received no solid manure for four years, but has been treated entirely with liquid manure. A field of barley promises a produce of something like 8 qrs. per acre. Last year it was planted with mangold-wurtzel, and has re ceived no manure except the leaves which were ploughed in. The quantity of wheat generally sown in is about 41 pecks per acre, and the average proituce of 70 acres has been 5 qrs. short of a bushel per acre. A steam thrashing machliie, a patent expanding plough, (several drills, awl a variety of other agricultural implements were oPen to inspection and excited consider. able interest. One gentleman exhibited two loaves made of equal proportions of flour and mangold-wurtzel, the taste of which was by no means unpalatable. Having concluded the inspection of the farm, the company assembled in a spacious marquee to partake of the entertainment which had been provided for them under the superintendence of Messrs. Bathe a id Funge, of the London Tavern, At the conclusion of the repast, at which Mr. Mechi presided, he proposed "the Health of her Majesty, Prince Albeit, and the rest of the Royal Family," which was drunk with the usual honours. Mr. MECIII then said ho had a toast which wodld ap peal to their warmest feelings. They would not have been so comfortably situated on the present occasion if a lot of hungry Russiaes had the power of appropriating to their own use the geed things if which they had just partaken. (Laughter) And what had prevented the Russians from doing so but our gallant army and navy. (Cheers.) It was a remarkable but a proud fact for Old England, that although our troops were half starved and half clad from neglect, it did not quench the r spirit and that love of home which encouraged them to fight even in the fangs and jaws of death. (Cheers.) He begged to :give ," The Army and Navy," coupling the toast with the names of Colonel Sykos and Captain Peel. (Loud 'cheers.) Colonel SYKES said that, as an old soldier of some fifty years' standing, he waa somewhat out of place in re sponding to such a toast ; but he might be allowed to say that -there never was a period in the history of the country in which the pluck of the British soldier had been manifested in a, more remarkable manner than during the last two years. (Cheers.) lie had heard Sir John Burgoyne, who commanded in the trenches, say that the 10,000 men there employed had performed the duty of 50,000. (Cheers.) After the heroism and bravery which the army had displayed, they were en titled is the thanks and gratitude of the cbuntry. (Cheers.) Captain PEEL, RN., felt 'much gratified that the health of his profession had been received with so much good feeling, and tha t his n ame had been associated with the toast. He felt the compliment the more deeply be conscious that in the late war. cause he was painfully they could point to no greet naval achievements.. Ho had served in the trenc hes before Sebastopol, and could say, on betelf of the Naval Brigade, that no body of liken had ever displayed greater courage at their' guns, greater contempt for death, or more love of fighting. (Laughter.) Such men only only required good officers to lead them on, awl they would achieve victories as great as any which had distinguished them in days of old. (Loud cheers.) The Count DE KERGORLEY, in proposing "Success to. agriculture, British and foreign," said ho had great plea sure in expressing his sense of the admiration which the examination of English agriculture had produced in his mind. There was a time when the 'introduction into England of an ounce of French or Getmati bread, or butter or meat, would have been considered dangerous to the welfare of English society. That time had passed away, and the English a g riculturist of the second part of the 19th cen tur y did not fear any competition whatever. The English people now consumed a very large quantity of French and German bread and meat, — and looking at the crop which they bad examined that morning, and knowing the crops which were produced throughout the country, they must be convinced that English agriculturists had nothing to fear from foreign competition. The late campaign bad shown that the two nations of England and France could enter into a cor dial alliance, and his countrymen present joined most heartily in sentiments of sympathy and admiration of the English army and people. England and France had shown that when they determined that the peace of the world should be maintained, it was not in the power of any sovereign, not even the Emperor of AU the Rosales, to disturb it. Ho hoped the union and sympathy be tween the two nations would be eternal, and that hene.r forth they would be rivals only in the field of friendly compet►tion. He begged to couple with the toast the names of Mr. Fisher Hobbs and the Hon. Mr. Cameron. Mr.. FISHER HOBBS returned thanks. _ _ The Hon. Mr. CAMERON did not see why a Canadian, who was as much an Eugli-!roan as any on, present. should be called upon to speak to the:toast of " Foreign" agriculture. Mr. MEorir—Foreign and Colonial. (Cheers and I atiah ter.) The Hon. Mr. CAMERON WAS glad that the toast bad been amended, ebecause the colonista were Englishmen. and not foreigners in any sense of the word. (Cheers ) When the late war broke out, the Canadians offered to the English Government their hands and hearts, amid when the Government would not allow them to ',end over moue, they did the next hest thing they cw:ld they'sent over the means to succour the wounded, tli.) afflicted, and the distressed, and they felt ahat if the war should con tinue, their country, whichis a garden —a country which, when the soil was first broken up produced crops like those which they had,this - day witnessed—a country con taining a deposit of leaves for a thousand years which made a bed so rich that it would tiro N corn for twenty years—they felt that if the ports of the Baltic were shut against this country their own blood on the other side of - the Atlantic would feed them—that those who had sprung from them who were their breth ren in language, in heart, in sentiment, and feeling, were ready to Send over such supplies as might be necessliry to meet the wants of the people of England. Col. SYKES then proposed ado) health of the Chairman, whose name as an agriculturist was distinguish-2a not only in England but in foreign countries. (Cheers.) Mr. Mechi had laid out his Wiley on infertile land, and was entitled to the thanks of the community far the success , ful efforts which he hail made to render it productive. lie was:suri !Ivory . ono present would cordially join in ushit~4,l4i viortliy heat ...avert satoaeke„_*l l llpr4j eats lihich lie lied in view, Alltrid-endelienriefo carry con• viction to the minds of the farmers of the benefit to be derived from the application of science to the common pursuits of life. (Loud cheers ) Mr. MEOW, who was lewdly cheered, responded to the toast. He said if he were a vain man the way in which the toast had been received would spoil him. (Laughter.) • He was not actuated by any personal vanity in endea vouring to show how much land could be improved by skilful cultivation. The great question to be consi dered Was, whether the British stomach was to be filled so as to enable it to maintain its independence. (Laugh. ter.) It was a very serious affair that of the stomach. Just imagine what would be the result of giving a fort night's holiday to the,British stomach. (Laughter.) It was very easy to laugh, but every now and then the country bad been on the verge of scarcity. Wheat had been at 201. a load, which was a war price. Why was wheat dear? Why was food dear when the corn markets of all parts of the world were open to this country ? Be cause England had not done her duty. Without referring to anything which he himself bad done, he was pre pared to say unflinchingly that if all the lands of Eng land were cultivated as well as his own farm, and a va riety of others which he could name, there would net only be food enough but to spare. without any foreign importation whatever. (Cheers.) He did not make this statement without authority, hut on a consideration of the acreage of the country. He thought Mr. Cameron would have told them that while England has no agri cultural statistics, Canada, (hat young mid almost un taught country, possesses the most accurate statistics of every bushel of corn that is produced there. It was a very hard thing to get over old prejudices. He believed that the agricultural fear which prevailed in this country relative to a disclosure of their affairs was a perfect phan tom. It was impossible to do away with the farmers of England, or to keep them humbled. Increased intelli gence gave them increased power. They ought not to be afraid of lettingithe world know they are making a profit, because if they were to declare themselves bankrupt no body would believe them. (Cheers and .laughter.). Ile saw around him a mass of wealth and intelligence which convinced him that agriculture could not remain in its present state. (Hear.) That influential meeting was actuated.by a spirit of progression, the full develop ment of which would render the country stronger and more wealthy. (Cheers.) There were all sorts of doc tors present, and he wished that be could find out a physic that would cure prejudice. (Laughter.) That complaint was not confined to agriculture, and he begged his friends around him not to consider themselves the only class who were labouring under prejudice. Al one time it was said that steam-boats and gas would never answer—that railways were impossible—and that the electric telegraph was inadnesz. ,This . was 'a proof that the complaint of prejudice was not an agricultural corn 'plaint only. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Why was the land of England poorer than it ought to be 1 Be. cause they were always taking from the land that which was never brought back again. When that which came from the land,. and which found its way into the me tropolis, .and into the great towns and cities of the empire, was sent • baik in another shape; the land would be no longer poor. (Hear, hear.) There was no reason to despair of improvements in agriculture, when the steam-engine and the steam-plough were at work in the fields. .(Cheers.) He foresaw that the present system of agriculture was destined to undergo a complete change. " Forward" was now the English agriculturist's term. They meant to go forward—they intended to speed more money—to have less acres ors, their farms, or, if not, they would borrow money to lay out upon thorn, and find it a good investment. There would be twice as many farmers in the course of fifty years, and how could they obtaia farms unless the pre sent ones were cut in half and improved ? (Cheers.) Associations were now formed to take everybody's money out of everybody's pocket. But where were agricultural improvement companies to be found ? Was it because the agriculturist was too proud ? When im provements were recommended, it was asked, " Where is the money to come from ?" But the agriculturists had never asked for it. They chose rather to have an area of acres,. which were proud acres, than to lay out sufficient money upon those acres to improve them. In conclusion be begged' to express the pleasure which he felt in seeing such a numerous and influ ential assemblage, and hoped that he should be spared many years to give them a hearty welcome. (Loud cheers.) "The Labouring Classes," "The Ladies," and some other toasts were then given, after which the visitors proceeded to witness the operations of the steam plough. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOlfTil-WESTERN. In addition to the ordinary business of this company on the 7th proximo it is proposed to submit for the con sideration of the shareholders the creation and disposal of p debenture stock to be applied in liquidation of the corn; any's existing debenture debt ; the leasing. jointly with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, of the Wimbledon and Croydon Railway ; and the conclusion of arrangements for working and maintaining the intended branch railways to Lytnington, Blandford, and Salisbury market, when completed by their respective proprietors. The number of miles run during the half-year by the engines was 1,270,976, of which 924,385 miles were run by the trains, and 346,591 miles by the engines in pilot ing, shunting, marshalling, and running empty. The average weight of coke consumed per mile was 23 . 091 b. The cost a alterations, lroactoiomnos,tivaeupdo‘NiTurpproervetim•aeinn improvements. e was i,b. ll: o B s 3 t 3d o ., f including 2147 d. for repairs, and 1 . 016 J. for renewals. The expenses of the carriage and wagon department per train mile were 3'0891, inc u:iing 2.437 d. for re pmaintaining the company's permanent way, works, and stations was at the rate of 1591. 163. 11d..per mile for the halfyear, of which 241. 17s. 91. was fur additions t v on en .s t 9 s. 6 pe T r h e u en za o c f h t in h g e re t e ra a r pt e s, a ch n a d rg t e he s amountedag n o d ods i m tr P a r i traffic e charges to 22.397 per cent. of the receipts. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND `YOLVER• HAMPTON. A. special meeting of the Worcester Chamber of Com merce was held at Worcester on Friday, Mr. E. Evans in the chair, to consider the propriety of expressing the concurrence of the 'chamber in an application made to thedirectors of this company by the resident shareholders for 'adopting Worcester as the head-quartera for trans acting the general business of the company in future. It-was stated that the Guildhall would be placed at the use of the company when required, and, after discussing the matter, a resolution in favour of the proposition was unanimously adopted. KENDAL AND WINDERMERE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Thursday at Kendal ; Mr. J. Whitwell in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the income of the company, including rents, during the past half-year, shows an increase over the same period in 1855 of 4451., and although, from the high rates of inte- rest on loans, there has been an increased payment of 1261., yet, as the expenditure under the heads of loco m3tive and passenger charges snd permanent way shows a decrease of 551., the directors are able to exhibit a balance of net profits of 681/. on the half•year as com pared with 2411. in 1855. There was no decrease in the number of miles run by the company's trains. The directors suggested that a dividend of 34. per share for the half•year, amounting to 6701., be declared, leaving a balance of 11/. Out of the gross profits of the past 12 months, amounting to 2,3231. (equivalent to lle. per share), they propose to divide only 83., leaving a surplus on the year of 6101. towards the purchase of a new engine. It may be satisfactory to the shareholders' to know that the very detailed accounts kept of the working expenses of the line prove that the employment by the company of its own engines is a prudent, and, as compared with the tenders to perform the duty made by other parties, a very economical proceeding. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, resolutions were passed adopting the report, and declaring a dividend of 33. per 251. share. Messrs. Whitwall and Davy, the retiring directors, were re-elccted, and also Mr. P. Kennedy, the retiring auditor. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to 1 the chairman. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIM. Sir, —Conceiving that your readers may feel interested to learn further particulars of the late run of the Royal Charter to Melbourne, I have the honour to enclose a short abstract of the log anti a later from the Rev. Dr. Scoresby to myself. I shall feel obliged and gratified if you .can find room for Dr. Scoresby's letter in your columns.—l remain, sir, your most obedient servant, SA ML. BRIGHT, Chairman of the Liverpool and Australian Company. Liverpool, July 17. "Royal Charter, Hobson's-bay, Port Philip, April 23, 1856. "My dear Sir,—Though Capt. Boyce will have corn municated to-you officially the interesting and gratifying results, under the'Divine blessing, of this first passage of the Royal Charter to Australia, yet I hope it will not be without satisfaction to you in Bearing from another source something of the performance and behaviour of this admirable ship. "As to the speed and progress of the ship you will be abundantly informed by the, perusal of the captain's abstract of the log. It, however, may be noted as some thing remarkable in nautical history, because, in most particulars to which I refer, unprecedented (so far as my information enables me to judge), _that in 29 days from Plymouth we bad passed through the tropics and trade winds, and reached the latitude of 35 deg. south ;: that in 40 days we had made a distance (notwithstanding unusually light and short trades) of about 8,000 miles, or 200 miles a day ;—that in 50 days out we had made good, in the usual and best track of progress, a distance of above 11,000 miles, or more than half the circum ference of the globe. At the conclusion of the 58th day the wind failed us, and became scant, or considerably against us, but our auxiliary steam then came into ad mirable play, enabling us to reach this port within a period unprecedentedly short. "In ono part of our voyage, in a period of 12 days consecutively, the Royal Charter made 3,522 miles of distance by the lov, or 292 miles per day ;: or, taking strictly the extent of longitude accomplished within the time, the distance' in geographical miles came out as 3,430 or 286 miles a day. In the particular run re• ferred to we had to contend with the disadvantage of gale after gale of no ordinary severity (a cyclone of hur ricane fury), and with the difficulty fromthe extra erdinary prevalence of crass seas and waves of 30 tO 40' feet in height and upwards, which rendered the com passes so unsteady that steering with_any precision was utterly impracticable. "The qualities of the Itlyal Charter under the se verest of all trials-- -encountering the transit of an Indian. Ocean cyclone while scudding before it, and the tremen dous seas referred to—have been proved to be of the highest order ; her buoyancy, liveliness, ease of action in the crossest and most tremendous seas, while the pos session of that extraordinary quality of all but intelligent efforts and yieldings for the avoidance of the assaults of the lofty breaking peaks of the sea, were as astonish ing as they were admirable. I may add that the capa bilities have not yet been fully developed. " As to my magnetical objects— a particular account of my compass experiments haVing been made to the Compass Committee—it may suffice here to state in gene ral terms that while, for a considerable period, the adjusted compasses performed remarkably well, and subsequently did not change (because of their central position in the ship, the wooden masts, and other favourable arrangements) so much as usual; yet they followed the general course, especially the binnacle compass, which deviated first easterly, on a southerly course, and then westerly, on a north easterly course, about one and a half points. "In regard to the adoption of the principle of auxili ary steam power in the Royal Charter the experience of this passage has been most satisfactory—l may say con clusively favourable ; and, while it aided us in our first outset in passing the equinoctial belt of calms, the calms and light variables elsewhere, and in our approach to and entrance of Port Philip in the most admirable and effective manner, the small consumption of coal renders it evident'tbat this appliance and power are obtained at a cost of space so moderate as to render the principle at once satisfactory and compensating. " Congratulating you and the Liverpool and Austra lian Navigation Company on this first great success of their plan and enterprise, and trusting that, under a continuance of the Divine blessing, the return voyage may be propitious and satisfactory, 1 remain, dear sirs, yours very faithfully, " \VM. SCORESBY. " Mr. Bright." MICTIV.P3LITAN IMPROVEMENTS. —During the past and present week the surveyors, under the direction of the superintending architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works, have been actively engaged in preparing surveys for the new fines of streets projected to be carrieti into effect from places adjacent to the terminus of the South- Western Railway to the Town-ball in the Borough, and from Leicester-square to King-street, In order to open a better approach into and through Covent-garden-market which, among the series of improvements intended forth with to be carried into effect by the commissioners', ap pear to be the first most likely now to be brought into execution. The Southwark line, as originally proposed, was an extension of Staniford-street, through Great Guildford-street, Sumner-street, to Castle-street, at which point an opening will he formed into the Borough High street, adjacent to the Town-hall. Although this course is nearly parallel with the river, it w ill now most probably be abandoned on account of its interference with the valu able properties of Messrs. Barclay and Messrs. Potts, the Borough-market, &c., which, by this route, could not pos sibly be avoided ; therefore a line in another direction has been projected, which is now under survey. The altered plan will commence nearly opposite to the ter minus of the South:Western Railway, and passing John street, the open greuud by Brad-street, Waterloo-road, will cross Jane-street and the Blackfriare-bridge-road opposite George-street, passing down that street to Dyer's-buildings an I the Grove, Guildford-street, which will he crossed near -New-street, and, continuing by Castle-street, will enter the Borough High-street near the Town hall, at the point as originally proposed. By this course Messrs. Potts' vinegar-grounds and Messrs. ... ofthe low neighbourhood Barclays'brewery will be altogether avoided, near e a a n r d wte m a ue rg k A NEW A ND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SC IENCE OF MEDICINE. loo•road and adjacent to the Grove in Great Guildford tfOrotohl e t h n e e w directi street loading il i(ih f t r i t: um surveyorsCo v e n t -ed ) a e , l 7 l e - Patent °Mee Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecele de Pharmacie street and Grovel-lane will he entirely &eared away. In on A Pharmaclen de Paris. Imperial College of Med Line, MIMS. _ adapted, will appear that the course proposed will ex- devoid of E tart A e R or N sm o. el i l, Valpeau, Lallemand, Rena, Ricord, &c., &c. • old in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by 2 a , n a d n c d a 1 3 1 , be Prepared earr ie d I inn the he form wa, s t o c t o l t lozenge.pket relation market, it . tend in a straight line from King-street to the corner of rrRIESEMAR No. I. is a Remedy for RE-, Leicester-square, taking down the north side of New- LAXAT iON, ,- PERMATORRIHE A, and all the distre ssin g s treet and St. Martin's-coutt, passing Bear-street, and consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too entering Leicester-square by pulling down the tavern at long residence in hot donates. It lots restored bodily and seated strength and vigour to thousands of (lebilitated iudividuals who are i endon the eastern side and the . the adjoining houses, now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; an_ but leaving the entrance to Cranhourn-street unaltered whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for DIAlt- 1 and exactly as it stands at present. This line will have WAGE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery eventually to be regarded comparatively with the diago- TRIEBEIIeR No. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely nal line which is proposed, with a like object in view, eradicates all traces of annotrheea, both in its mild and aggravated to proceed from the corner of Kiug-street, through Rose ories;meets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non - ret ention of ' l Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidn-ys, and those disorders which street , to the corner ot St . _ • Martin s- ane and Long-acre, Copaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote f or, to the opposite the eastern end of Cranbaurn and Newport rain of the health of a vast portion of the population. streets. The direct line will interfere very considerably TRIE3EMAR No. 111., ~ w ith the property of the Marquis of Salisbury, who has is the great Continental Rene dy for Syphilis and Secondary EIYIne" tms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scary, Scrotula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup- costly and expensive, on account of the description of thong and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the property interfered. with, as well as of the width of the virus of disease, and expell it with the insensible perspiration through the m e di um of th e p or es of the skin and mine, and is a 40 feet required for the now street, in pursuance of the never-failing remedy for that class of di order, which unfortunately order of the commissioners, whereas the .diagonal line the English Physician treats with Merenry, tone in destruc - vi ,• l ,, a remove all that property dilapidated near Rose tem of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot restore. the , street, which is now only a nuisance to tl •hb neig our price I Is., or four cases in one for 335„ which saves 1 Is., and in 5/. hood , and likewise be considerably the least expensive cases, whereby there is a saving of I/. 12s. To be had wholesale and in its execution: The formation of this line of street retail in London, of Johnson, 68, Cornhill; Ilaenay and Co.. 639 Ox- will be further aided and facilitated by the fact that his ford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxf or d- s t reet ; R . 11 . I ng h am , druggist, 40, Market-street, Manchester; 11. Bradbury, bookseller, Deanseate, Grace the Duke of Bedford has agreed to advance and Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 51, Lord-street, Liverpool ; Powell, - contribute no leas a sum than 15,000/. should the last bookseller, 15, W est i norelatel-Street, Dublin ; winnall, Im kli c licr ' ' described line be ultimately a d opted.—Bu ilding PT - siinitreet, Birmingham, CIVI. . .. • PURSUANT to au Order o f the ugh Court of Chancery, made in a cause. ThMaas Shepherd, plaintiff. John Peirse Kennard and ~there, defendants, the crelitors of THOMAS SIIEVUERD, late of Newington-terrace, In the county of Surrey, Esquire, who died in or about the month of May, 1853, are, by their solicitors, on or before the 19th day of August, 1856, to coin', In and prove their Debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancelier Sir Richard Torin Kinders!ey, No. 3, Stone -buildings, Lincoln's-Inn, Middlesex, or, In default thereof, piey will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Ordcr. Friday. the 221 day of August, 1856, at Twelve o'cloct at noon at the said Chimbers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 12111 day of July, 1856. CHAS. PUG'', Chief Clerk. JAM ES 1100 K E it, Solicitor for Plaintiff, ft Bartlett's•buildings. you arty Bahl, or your ITair is 'filth, pray use ALEX. ROWS C INTILARIDE4 OIL, which c tuses the Bair to grow on bald places, produces luxuriant Whiskers and Mous tachios; it has beet approved of by the highest authority. and rded is most ost henelcial in all cases of thin hair. Sold from Ts Gl. ; forwa stamps, sent tree, twelve extra. ALEX.. ROSi'S CHARGES for Dyeilg the Hair permanently a light brown, dark brown, or black — whiskers from Is., gentlemen's hair (rem 55., ladies' from 73.6 d. The (lye bein ! a clear lig& d it is shnply necessary to damp the hair with a comb or rit-h whe a perfet colou is produced without injury to the skin. b Sold , from n 33. c ; sent free for 51 stamps. If Alit DESTi. OVER, a depilatory Gir remove ng effectually Superfluous 1-lair from the Tice, Neck, Arms, and Hands, without injuring the skin. A. R. will warrant t not to injure the skin in the smallest degree. and the hair to he entirely destroycl—So:d from 33.Ge1. ; forwar,led , or stamps, free by post, eight extra. A. Ross, O. 1, Little Queen-street, Iligh ifolitorn. On the 31st July will be published 0 T 11 W E L L: A POFllki. By W. EDMONDSTOUNE AYTOIJN, D.C.L., oftLuil x ,i„ ljap Scottish In One Volume, OrOwa Octavo. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburjli awl Lon don. On the 31st July will be published, Vol. I. of FAISSAYS, CRITICAL and IMAGINAT IV E . Contributed to " Blackwood's Magazine" By PROFES , OR WILSON. In continuation of the Uniform Edition of his Works. E *lied by his Son-in-law, PRoEcssos FERNIER. Vols. I. to IV. are published, con taining the " Noctes AnOrcAanm," with Glossary and Index, price 245. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. This day is published, TSK E T C H E R. By the Rev. :MEIN EAGLES, M.A., Oxon. Originally published in " Blackwood's Magazine." In One Volume, post Bvo, price 10s. 6d. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Just Published, fcap. Bvo., 15 Illustrations, price 55.. ATRIP to the GERMAN SPAS and toVICEI Y ; _ with an Essay on the Nature and 'Uses of Mineral Waters, aee. By JOHN ALDRIDGE, M.D., M.R.T.A. " Detre( light'y written, will afford amusement as well as informa tion to the reader."—Literary Gazette. "There is always a charm about first impressions that, ceteris paribus, invests the record of them with pleasing interest. The purchasers of this book have a pleasure of this sort in store for them, It they have not enjoyed it already, the writer being an intelligent, cheerful, and unaffected guide, and saying what he has to say as if he meant it."—Sun. "As it is, this Trip to the German Spas' is a delightful sketch of a very pleasant tour."—Freeman's Journal. Dublin : M'Glashan and Gill, 50, Upper Sackville-street London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. ALBERT SMITEt'S MONT BLANC , ; A TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at g o'clock, tind Tuesday, Thursday, and ,aturd.tv Mornings at 3. stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. RGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Pritrzipal Cornet a Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at S. Admission One Shilling. El. l o aurent's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS. - VHS DAY (Monday), the Gardens open at Twelve; Concert at Six. —JULLIEN'g CONCERTS.—Mme. Gassier every evt fling, the Colossal Music•hall. giKantic Picture of Constantinopld, Stalactite 'Cavern, and gorgeous display of Fireworks. The first Vocal and Instrumental talent every evening this week.—Admission, Is. TR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. To- - t4tort-r and every eyenintr, at S. Box-oft - Wennen from II till 5. The 'hove entertainment has received novel additions, Vocal and Visual, including it New Lutio-Joko-motive Lyric. entitled OFF BY THE CRAIN, illustrated by numerous changes, facial, lingual, find corporeal. Mr. W. S. Woolin its Mrs. Florence, in the "Yankee Girl," with the songs of " il‘ibbing around," and " l'olly, won't 3 oil try me, ch —Polygraphic-hall. King William-street, Charing-cross. IAR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-vquare.—Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 till 10, containing upwirds of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &e. Lectures delivered at 12, ?, and 'Alf-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly -interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. KAHN, at 4 p.m. precisely. AdmiSsion, One GORDON CUMMING, the LION SLAYER, will be AT HOME in his Encampment, surrounded by the spoils d trophies of is untmg achievements, and give his new and popular ENTKRTA h IN h MENT. illustrstive of his EXPLOITS and A DVENTUR F S :n SOUTII AFR , C A ~ v ery eve; 1 ig (Saturday excepted) at 8 o'clock. A Morning representation every Saturday at 3. Dam by Mr. Marries Wilson. Admission, Is. and 25.; stalls (which may be taken daily between 11 and 4 without extra charge), 35.-232, Piccadilly. ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE.- Open daily (One Shilling). with an unlimited programme of amusements. Tuesday and Wednesday. July 22d and 23d, Day and Night Fetes in aid of the Building Fund of the Butchers' Charitable Institution. On these occasions a Plain Dress Ball will be held in the spacious pavilion, Ashburphant•park, adjoining Cremorne, re cently the site of the great Amercan fhwer show Gi eat Pyrotechnic Displays from the Elver Esplanade. O n Wednesday, at half•past 6, a Balloon Ascent. Seats in the car may be obtained upon applica- Concerts, 8:c , &c. Thursday. July applica tion the Gardens. Day Performance in the Cirque Oriental, com kite Be l? a r ll ni t n :f Mr. T. B. Simpson, for lin 3na. e i n s cal appointed t 4 e d o ' f c o l r o mense preparations are being made. Pre;essional artistes of every description required. whole of these extensive grounds are open for Promenade on Sunday. Table d'llote at SIX, 2s. Gd. each. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminstor-road. —orEN . IVCiiY EV Wit NG —The celebrated HUNGA RIAN' BAND, under the direction of llerr KALOZDY, will per'orm every Evening at 9 and 11 o'cl. ck, in addition to the usual Vocal Entertainment The p fo'lowing comany of talented Vocalists are rerma n en tly engaged for he perform ince of Selections nom all th e Popular 0pe , 311, Ma irigals Choruses, Duets, &c., viz. :—M , s J. Caulfield, Miss Brunel, Ntisi Sommers, and kdss Pearse Mr. .1. Caulfield, Herr F. iongltinaus S. Jones, T. Farrant, .1. Matts, NV. Melling. Barker, Russell drover. and P. Carrie ; Nlasters E. Con nell, Austin, and Bennett ; Mr. It. dilation, Mr. C. Sloman, and Mr. T. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr.. J. llarroway, R.A.. harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun ; &rector , Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at seven o'ciock precisely. Suppers , &c., until twelve o'clock. [PRIG' 4D• STAMPED SD• HAM_P,'S'TEAD-TIEAT I I , Sir Thomas M. Wilson has little right to complain that his twentieth attempt to supersede the will under which he iholds his estate at and about Hampstead has been defeated. by the House of Corn woes. It is possible that ho .may look upon himself as a highly oppressed person;,but the real fact is, that by the law of England he merely has a right to a particular property under certain con ditions, and not otherwise. We grant that such a conclusion is aggravating, but so it is. Many a , ; eui ; walks down Regent-street, or saunters among the avenues of brick and mortar which represent the Dadfordproperty in London, and fancies that the estate is one which would be admirably adapted to his desires and capacities ; but then ho is not the landlord •of Regent-street, nor the Duke of. Bedford. The simple fact is that the property , belongs to somebody else. Now, it must be espe cially annoying to have a partial interest in a valu able property, and to be debarred by some legal difficulty from the fruition of a far more consider able fortune ; the proverb, " Half a loaf is better than no bread," applies exactly to Sir T. M. Wilson's case. His immediate predecessor be queatljed to him the Hampstead.-heath estate, but without licence to build upon it. The precise. value of the bequest has been referred to the deci sion of the most competent judges in England, and: those learned personages have decided that he has no bUilding powers on a certain portion of his estate. It is natural enough that a person in this situation should seek to escape from the limitations of his position, but law and justice aro clearly against him. blik T. M. Wilson has no more right to claim buildilfg-poweq. over Hampstead-heath than the first begtat ivlid"meetOxim in kis-morpa ing walk has a right to claim Sir T. M.' Wilson's actual interest in the property. This being his strict legal position, our next object should natu rally be to inquire if there are any particular cir cumstances in the case which should impel us, on grounds of public policy, to concede to this gentleman greater powers than. those which the law allows him. Why should we defeat the condi tions, expressed or implied, of the testator's will t Why should we enable the life tenant to cover Hampstead-heath with brick and mortar ? If this were done, a great injury would ibe inflicted upon the metropolis, which we should do our utmost to avert. It is now many years since Sir T. M. Wil son commenced the series of efforts the last of _which was defeated on Friday night in the House of :Commons. The blocking up of Hampstead heath has been tried directly—it has been tried by a side-wind—it has been pressed upon Parliament, it has been referred to the judges—but, in what ever form it has been brought, either before Par liament or the great legal authorities, it has been invariably defeated. The result of Friday night last will probably be taken as conclusive, even by so pertinacious a gladiator in his cause as Sir T. M. Wilson. Where his action ceases, however, the action of the public should begin. During the lifetime of the present tenant the question is no doubt set at rest, but the hands of his successors are free. In a few years time, when Sir T. M. Wilson has passed away, those who come after us will•most certainly see the pleasant Heath of Hampstead . covered with Belvedere-cot tages and Paradise-rows, unless we take timely order in the matter. We may make for the public a reasonably good bargain if we grapple with the question in time, and it is our object to-day, as it has been our object throughout, to su g gest that such would be the proper issue of the dispute. Sir T. M. 'Wilson should be liberally dealt with. There is no reason why he should bo called upon to sacrifice his estate for the benefit of the public. The most zealous agitator against the enclosure of Hampstead-heath would, no doubt, think he was doing a very handsome thing if he laid down 101. or 201: towards the object of securing this place of recreation for the smoke-dried .Londoners —why should Sir T. M. Wilson do more ? The House of Commons has done its part by excluding him from the operation of the Settled Estates Bill, so that he neither is, nor ever can hope to be, in a position to drive a hard bargain with the public on his own. account, and it seems therefore but rea sonable that the public should deal with him upon reasonable terms. What is the real value of Hampstead-heath ? It would be of great advantage to the Londoners to make the acquisition of the estate. It would be of great advantage to the ne tuml tenant-to. tlispoae of his interest in it. Surely, under these conditions we might come to terms which would be acceptable to either side. There would be no great difficulty in the course of next session in obtaining an act which should provide the requisite funds, if in the interval , some reason able scheme of sale could be devised which would conciliate the interests of all parties concerned, There never was a case in which fairness was more compulsory both on purchaser and vendor. If, on. the one band, we can consign Sir T. M. Wilson to the solitary pleasures of the dog in the manger, he, on the other, may rest tranquilly on his oars, with the perfect conviction that his successor will bo in a position to exact a very severe retribution for his defeat.—Times. METROPOLITAN BRIDGES. The present condition of the bridges over the river Thames within the limits of London affords _ _ _ an apt illustration of the manner in which affairs are managed in England. Had any continental Government possessed the power of exacting from the ratepayers such sums as are easily obtainable in England, no doubt the course of tho metropoli tan river would have been encumbered with struc tures of the most magnificent description, all toll free. •We manage our affairs differently in this country, and, however much we may be of opinion that the presentinstance constitutes an exceptional case, we ought, perhaps, in strictness to rejoice that public works, which in countries less free than our own are executed and paid for to order, here become the subjects of individual enter prise. Waterloo and Southwark bridges would in Paris have been Government works—that is, they would have been executed in the most costly manner, and the French people would have been called upon for the amount. Here they are the property of private associations, and it fairly becomes a question, if companies could be induced to undertake such works upon the under standing that their rights were to determine at the end of a given period—say 20, 30, 50 years—if such a system woull not be the more correct ono. This plan, however, has not been worked out among ourselves, and the consequence is that the toll bridges remain as permanent obstacles iu the way of future improvements. The want of a free bridge, for example, between Blackfriars and London bridges is most severely felt, but the Southwark bridge Company refuse to sell at any reasonable rate. At the same time, it is felt that the instant the existence of Southwark-bridge was ignored and a fresh structure undertaken the value of the pro perty would be depreciated to an extent which would render the purchase easy of completion, and then we should have two bridges where only ono was wanted. Thus it happens that all improve ment is stopped, that negotiations drag on, and the public convenience is neglected, or lost sight of altogether. For the moment we would call at tion to the upper part of the stream, whore the question is presented to us apparently free from the complication of tolls. How long are we to be deprived of the convenience of a new bridge in front of the now Houses of Parliament ? Old West minster-bridge has long been hoarded up, and the little boys who used to flatten their noses against the planking when the new bridge was first under taken have long since grown up to man's estate ; but still the Eleusinian mystery of Westminster bridge is not unveiled to the profane eye, and, except to a very few, the existence of a new West minster-bridge is entirely unknown. In truth, it cannot be said to exist. We have just received the copy of a report presented to the First Commissioner of Public Works by Messrs. Reudel and Simpson, civil engineers, on the new "Westminster-bridge. It would be idle for us to go through the technical detail of the amount of work actually accomplished. The only clear result obtained is that the present condition of the works is most unsatisfactory, either with reference to the amount of money expended, or to the period of time elapsed since the business was first undertaken. From the best estimate the two gentlemen named could form, it seems that the first half of the bridg e may be made ready for traffic within 18 months from the resumption of operations. "On the supposition that the arches of the old bridge, and so many of its piers and their foundations as interfere with those of the new one, are entirely cleared away in 18 months from the opening of the first section of the new bridge, which we think is the least time that so difficult and tedious an operation could be performed in without the aid of cofferdams, then we consider that the whole of the new bridge might be completed in two years and a-half from such re moval of the old one. Such is the opinion of the engineers, upon the presumption that all their re ' quisitious are °Quilted with, and that the works A., ,---- IL.}-7-;', , ~--,/, / 7 / -' ..- ~- ,- /si 7 - art 0" uted 6 die in diem. a supposition, we need scarcely say, which will hardly ' be borne out hy the event. _ Five years hence we shall .probably be engaged, as we are at the 'Present motnont, in lamenting over an unbridged Than:be:at one of the most critical points of the stream. Wlich we come next to consider the question of eipeme; - 1 - V6 find . that the sum at which the bridge was origfndfl contracted for by Mr. Mare was 206,438/.--•=4" which some extras must be added, making the total cost 224,223/. Already there has been sta, ~,.' \\l4 \ 1 1 / 4 s. AN • effective expenditure of a trifle more than 55,00(ti. towards the construction of the bridge, leaving to- .__ •. . L ' . - . be:expended upon it, according to its estimated cost, , :7 something. more than 169,090/. Tue engineers '-• consulted are not, however, of opinion that the ...- . bridge can be completed for that sum, but reckon. .' 40,0001. as a probable addition to the original.' estimate. With respect to the cost of suitable ap proaches it appears that we must reckon for pro-' perty ou the Middlesex side 232,0001., and on the Surrey side 152,0001., making together a sum of 384',000/. Messrs. Rondel and Simpson, however, carefully guard themselves from the imputation of offering an estimate with any degree of accuracy, so that, in all probability, any ono of our readers who ' ' should double their estimated addition to the ex penses already resolved upon would not. be far from the truth. This is but a sorry account of our new bridge at Westminster, but nothing better was to be exp acted from the manner in which it was underttiken. FrOm the - very first the original seheme.Atias:,enn. denmed by well-nigh every engineer who was cap able of offering au opinion upon the subject. Next, the contract was handed over to Mr. Mare, who. _; '7 1 . ,c-,4 circumstances at . the time, according to pub ' .4- port, were not such as to justify any .. : 'Seat denco in the result of his industri, • .i ertakino. The works have been stoKed, a . _iffears that : ~..,00, ,, in the opinion of the examining e•'.. trio wor ~ . .. : sneers has been conducted upon- .prince ' s • faulty, and, if completed upb e• 'plan, offers no promise of stability. -I'Ve lutist refer the reader to the report itself for the technical reasons upon which this conclusion is grounded. "We are of opinion," say these gentlemen, " tir, !- the saving of the cost of a trinpc • r bridge .ot , • :0‘ Foti , -.ent, 'omr -- atk '' - ' . de, de 'risk, , - -f• ~>~ and the first in such close proximity to tlie old bridge." They recommend rather that a new bridge should be built in the immediate neighbourhood, and that it should be of a permanent rather than it temporary character. The cost of sue* a bridge between the Jiorseferry-road, on the Middlesex side, and Church-street, Lambeth, would be about 240,0001., and it might be completed in four years. The engineers enter into various calculations to show how the bulk of this expense might be reco vered on savings in the construction of the bridge at Westminster, if it were determined to make a second bridge. Such is the substance otthis re port, which, as far as Westminster-bridge is con cerned, is unsatisfactory enough, yet such as might have been foreseen when this unprofitable work was first taken in hand.—Times. FRIGHTFUL AFFRAY AT ALDERSHOT. MORE FRUITS OF GERMANISM. The intelligence which we communicated on Sa turday—and to which we are enabled to add some new facts to-day—relative to the sanguinary affray which took place at Aldershot on the previous day, between our own soldiers and the Gorman Legion —has excited a feeling of deep and general indig nation in the public mind. A grosser or more gratuitous outrage was never perpetrated than that which was committed on the brave English soldiers. who had just' returned from the Crimea, by the German Legion who were stationed at the same place. It is not pretended even by these mercen aries themselves that the British soldiers gave them any provocation. The attack made by the German cut-throats at so much per diem was the most un warrantable that could be conceived. Not one of them had ever been in battle, and their only grohnd of quarrel with our troops was that the latter had distinguished themselves in the Crimea, and bore on their breasts medals commemorative of their valour. This jealousy of the distinction which onr brave soldiers had earned for themselves in the field of battle with the Russian foe could only have been felt by the low, 'worthless persons—the offscouriugs of Germany—who constitute the German Legion. Our readers will rem ainloer the frequency and energy with which we opposed the proposal to enrol this Legion of German mercenaries, when it was first brought before Parliament. We dwelt with much em phasis on the fact, that they would seriously en danger our own liberties, by their presence in this country,; but badly as we thought of them,• wo nnrit confess that we were not prepared for such an unprovoked and murderous attack on our sol diers as that which we had to record on Saturday. But out of evil, it is to be hoped, will come good. The German Legion was the offspring of Germanism at Court, and that Germanism at Court has prevented the disenrolment of that band of mercenaries, though the voice of the nation called aloud for it. Not only were they retained in this country by the German influence behind the Throne, but our gallant soldiers from the Crimea, the men who bad so bravely fought their country's battles, were insulted by having these Germans stationed along with them. Our noble troops felt themselves to be disgraced by being brought into contact with these worthless and wretched foreign mercenaries, but still they could not help them selves. Now, however, our troops will get rid for ever of the hated presence of a set of hired. Ge rman cut-throats. And not only they, but the country also ; for there will be suoh an expression of popular indignation at their conduct as- will laugh to scorn all the efforts and influence of his Royal Highness to retain them any longer on the shores of England. They will forthwith, one and all, be ordered ignominiously back to their own country.—Morning Advertiser. THE BISLIOPS OF LONDON AND DURHAM. On Saturday was issued a return, pursuant to an ad dress of the House of Lords, dated 17th July, 1556, ler copies of all correspondence which has passed between her Majesty's Government and the Lords Bishops of Lon• don and Durham, touching the resignation by them o their sees. The correspondence is as follows : The Lord Bishop of London to Viscount Palmerston. Fulham Pa'ace, 18th June, 1856, My dear Lord,-1 think it proper to communicate to your lordship my desire, on account of continued illness, if allowed by law, to resign the bishopric of London, upon being secured the enjoyment during my life of a clear annuity of six thousand pounds. If this proposal should he approved by your lordship, I trust that you will take proper measures for oarrying it into effect.—l have the honour to be, my dear lord, your lordship's very faithful servant, (Signed) C. J. LONDON. Thu Viscount Palmerston to the Bishop of London. Piccadilly, June 19, 1556. My dear Lord,—l have to acknowledge the eonOuti nication of your wishes to resign your see, on the condi tions mentioned by you, and I will take steps to carry your wishes into effect.—My dear lord, yours faithfully, (Signed) PALMERSTON. The Lord Bishop of Durham to Viscount Palmerston. 4, Upper Portland-place, June 21, 1856. My Lord,—ln consequence of the great failure of my sight, and other infirmities incident to a very advanced ag e, I ant anxious, if allowed by law, to be relieved trona the fatigue and responsibility of the high office which I have now enjoyed for the last 20 years. As I shall re• linquish a very much larger income, I ant persuaded that your lordship will not consider the annual allow ance of 4,5001. per annum as by any means unreasonable. Upon the as prance that this will be granted, I shall be ready to resign the bishopric of Durham on any day not eat her than the Ist of August. I could have wished to havo named a later day, for I ' fear it will not be in my power to complete arrangements for leaving Auckland at so early a day ; but Lord Chi• cheater informed me that it might be inconvenient to the Government, I therefore acquiesced, in the confidence that I should not be hurried unnecessarily, and it may possibly be desirable that my successor, whoever he may be, should have an opportunity of conferring with me before I leave Auckland upon the state of the diocese.— I have the honour to be, niy lord, your most , obedient servant, (Signed) E. D unLm. The Lora Bishop of London to Viscount Palmerston. Fulham Palace, 23d June, 1856. My dear Lord, —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your lordship's letter of the 19th instant, and to express my obligation for your prompt acquies cence is my proposal.—l remain , my dear lord, your very faithful servant, C. LONDON. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—To-morrow, the Royal Mail ship Mermaid, Captain Devey, will sail hence for Melbourne, with the bi-monthly mitile, a' valuable cargo of fine goods and a full compliment of passengers. Let ters and papers intended for her should Le posted in Liverpool before 10 30 a.m. ; with s fee • of Id. until 11 a.m. ; with a fee of 3d. until 11 30 la.mb.i and at the Landing-stage, with an extra fee of le. each, until 12 30 p.m. The next ship of this line will be the White Star, which will sail on the 20th proximo, for Melbourne, with the English mails of that date. The Royal Mail ship Ocean Chief, Captain T. J. Tobin, of the "Black Bah' line, sails for Melbourne with the mails on the sth proximo. She is rapidly filling with passengers and ,cargo. The Eagle, belonging to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. will sail hence for Melbourne on the 24th. 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