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Incorporated by Royal Charter and Special Acts of Parliament. Ac cumulated and Invested Funds Annual Revenue 422,401 FIRE DEPARTMENT. suran'es gran tel both at Home and in Foreign Countries on the most liberal terms. ;ter reet, No. 22,223. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1863, STAMPED The Austrian Note to RussiEl% arses LIFE DEPARTMENT. Every facility offered to Insurers. Ninety per Cent. of the Profits divided among the Insurers On the particip ting principle. The new Life business , ransacted in 1862 as follows : Policies. Am runt In ured. Premiums. 1,037 £763,334 £23.641 0 0 Forms of Proposal and every infor:nation will be furnished en application at the Now ready at all the L braries, in 3 vols., L ADY EMILY PONSONBY'S NEW NOV EL, "MARY LYNDszAY." "'Mary Lyndsay' is the best written and most interesting of the author's works."—Morniig Post. " An original and graceful story."—John Bull. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Cardinal Wiseman on Self-Culture. degree of mental power he might stop and examine some object and fix it upon his memory. With re spect to the eye, that would be observation; to the mind, it would be reflection. When thoughts were passing through a man's mind, be might consider some one of them rather singular and reflect upon it, and thus arrest the current of thought, and fix upon something distant which would occupy his mind in future years, and lead to something useful and practical. That was the second step. But there was a third, and a higher, and more important one. A man might- not be satisfied with a passing view of an object, but desire to know something more about it. never bring a single grape out of the elm, and never form a self-sustaining stock for the vine. They re ceived the same nourishment, but they created what was given to them into a different substance. And so, two daughters growing up together, two sons going to the same college on the same day, would be as different as possible from each other, and no power of exterior culture would make them the same. The aim ought to be not to make them exactly alike, but to make them both useful and good. His EMINENCE then proceeded to the con sideration of imagination and memory. Imagi nation consisted in the faculty of receiving pictures in the mind—receiving them from without or even creating them within, although t hat created within would generally be found re ferable to something from without. Thought and language corresponded with one another. Imagi nation corresponded with painting—the mind saw the whole picture before it. But no two people imagined in the same way or had objects impressed upon them in the same way. Imagination had the power of producing pictures in the mind, but in every instance at a different angle, so that each con templated it at a different point. Speaking practi cally, there were two forms of imagination, each of which ought to be watched over and corrected; the one was excess, the other was deficiency. The ex cess came very much from the mind running away with the reflective power, and strength was required to pull it back. As to deficiency, unless a person was called upon to use his imagination for useful purposes, it did not matter much whether his ima gination was weak or strong. Imagination might be cultivated by the contemplation of nature, by the contemplation of art, and by reading that which was sound and good. --- Vaval and Military Intelligence. FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAI:a, Sevt. 17. EOUTHAMPTON, Thursday. THE NAVY. The Europe of to-day publishes the full neat of the despatch addressed by Count Rechbevg to Count Thun, at St. Petersburg, under date the .ILsth of August. This despatch is as follows: You already know the text of the despatch of Prince Gortschakoff which H. de Balabine read to me, and of which he handed me a copy, on the 17th 0 1 July. As I have made you aware, the Imperial Government deeply regrets that Russia has not replied in a more satic factory manner to the overtures made 11 Austria, in con cert with France and Great Britain, at St. Petersburg. Prince Gortschakoff adheres in fact but vaguely to the six points proposed as the bases of negotiations. He con tests the expediency of proceeding to their immediate appli cation before the complete restoration of material der. The Vice-Chancellor appears to believe that the sole (lit , cussion of those bases might hinder the carrying into execution of the mearures for the re-establishment of the authcz ity of the Government in Poland. The co-operation of the Fe wers would import to the resolutions which would be adopted the character of an interference in the domoNtie affairs of Rus sia, which the Cabinet of St. Petersburg would not be ing to admit. Court of Russia refuses, therefore, to accept a conference of the eight Powers signing the Gene- , ral Act of the Vienna Congress. Considering the general principles mentioned in this act as foreign to the question, the Russian Government would only consent to a direct understanding with the Courts of Austria and Prussia in order to put the respective position of their Polish possessions (to which the stipulations of 1815 extend) in harmony with the present requirements and the progress of the age. Prince Gortschakoff observes, also, that this mode of action would be in conformity with the course pursued in 1815. The Imperial Government must state that it differ s with the Russian Government upon the majority of these points. In the first place, we believe that it would be, on the contrary, most urgent at once to attempt a work of conci liation so necessary for the general interest. Ig of Pan ,ha v -1 .his night densely crowded, Cardinal W session of the undertaken ?o inaugurate the 34 th The great hall of the Hartley Institution tio a w h a a s y l i a n s g t dPolytechnic institution, lnstitution occupiedthe b b cia in byan address sub ject of self-culture. Mr. SR. , ththeepresi nogr, and in a brief address introduced his Eminenc e, who was re ceived with great cordiality. te Cardinal WisEatax, when the cheering had sub-, sided, commenced his address, the delivery of which o o c f c w u p h ie i c pied t upwards imeh e w o two a f s list e h n o e u d r s t , o d w u i rin g the with the h whole greatest attention. He said he nad selected the subject of self-culture as one perfectly in unison with the object for which the institution was founded,—to enable those who joined such a noble foundation to ac quire learning for themselves, to form their own minds, and to improve those faculties which they individually possessed. The tendency and aim of his address would be not to excite ambition or the aim at distinction, not to stimulate extraordinary energies to induce men whom Providence has placed in a humble sphere of life.to make their way from it, and rise higher and higher, perhaps with fruitless aim constantly held before them. He was not about to show how individuals had risen from even the lowest ranks of society by industry, honesty, and self-reliance to the very highest dig nities. That was not his aim, for this reason—there was not one in ten thousand who could possibly succeed in so high a mark ; and for one who did succeed there were hundreds and thousands whose ambition had been over-excited, and whose hearts had been broken in early youth in attempting to arrive at that for which they were never destined, and there were others who had consumed a long age in murmuring impatience and discon tented with themselves and others because they thought they had been dealt with unjustly by society in not having achieved their mistaken ob. ject. No; he wished to make everyone feel that it was in his power to make such a position in society as would make him honoured, respected, revered by all around him, and respected by himself—to show how a man may work through a long life without being raised a step in that social position in which his lot is cast, and yet hold up his head among the noblest and the best, not in supercilious pride, not in overbearing ambition, but in the con sciousness that his heart has also been true to its duties, that his conduct has been unblemished—so so that he might walk with his head erect, except in those moments when it must be bowed down before that higher and better power which has given him those gifts which he has assiduously cultivated. He felt it due to himself to say—and he was sure all present would agree with him— that if he excluded from his address those sub limer aims, those nobler motives, those stronger incentives to righteousness and to virtue which ought to influence man in his whole career, it was not because he undervalued them, or that he wished by silence to exclude them. The meeting was a scientific and social meeting, and while he reserved to himself the fulness of his own convictions, and his sense of the propriety of such thoughts being before all men, he was sure ho should be excused for making what might be considered a moral end perhaps a worldly discourse. He had spoken of self culture being the object of such institutions as the present. It was, in fact, the essence of all educa tion. Education supposed to be given to a passive and unresisting object by any amount of external pres sure that might be applied to it was a mere fully. A certain amount of information might be poured into the ears and understanding of a man, but he was not thereby educated. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steamvessel Bloodhound, from the West Coast of Africa, paid off at Woolwich on Tuesday, was yesterday hauled out of basin and placed in ordinary ; and the Speed well, built last year at Deptford Dockyard, and commissioned by Commander Cottarn, was yester day docked at Woolwich, in preparation for her first service on the West Coast of Africa. THE PIPE VERSUS HUMBUG. Just public lied, one penny, 32 pages, Svo., APOPULAR HIST( qtICAL. l'A tISTICAL, RATIONAL, and 31 EPICAL DEFENCE ot the PIPE; or, the Use and Abuse of Tobacco. One of the cheapest, complett st, ar;d best Puhl cations on the question.' London : The Newsagents' Publishing Company, 147, Fleet street ; Berger, Ilolywell-street—Six copies posted for six stamps ; one copy, two stamps —Address "Editor," 7,Wolsey r( ad, Stoke Newington. Lai rs nit g in of and igh,." LONDON OFFICES : 58, Thresdneedle-street. SI West-end Office B, Waterloo-Place, Pall-mall. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. The business of t'e Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty raid to Government for the year 1862 was £ 85 ,P62, and the amount insured on farming stock, X10,c86,332. The steam storsahip Dee, Masi.er Commander Raytrond, yesterday discharged the remainder of her cargo at Woolwich, under the outer shears at the river wharf, and proceeded to Deptford to ship machinery at Messrs. Penn's wharf for the Western yards. The store transport Rosabund, having shipped 16 12-pounder guns, carriages, and equipments from Woolwich Arsenal for the Royal Artillery batteries stationed at Quebec and Montreal, yesterday sailed for her destination. not F A bonus of three-fifths of the profi's periodically made to Parties Insuring, who have thus„from time to time, received sums amount. 11 f.! in the arrarmate to £40,000; and the Society able to a future 1 3 ow holds a large lies rve appli T U E 0 X F OR D R, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, wiil be performed Operatic Selections from Sir Henry R. i , ishop's T rIE SLAVE and Halevy's MUSKETEERS (first time in England). Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Ellison, Messrs. Green, Bernardi, Huish, ctn., with full band and chorus. OBSERVATION AND CONTEMPLATION. For instance, in looking for the first time at the ruins at Netley Abbey he saw all that could be seen in passing by. That was observation. It occurred to his mind that if ever he passed that way again he would make an examination into its architecture, and try to make out its history, having previously gathered such information as he might be able to do from books treating on the subject. That would be a very dif ferent degree of observation from either of the first, and might be calved contemplation. That would be seeing in the highest sense. Exactly the same thing took place with regard to the mind. A man might say, "I wish to cultivate my powers of thought. I am not satisfied with dwelling for a few minutes on a thought which invitee my attention ; here is a great question on which a thoughtful and earnest man cannot remain satisfied in ignorance and' will study it." For this purpose he would collect the necessary materials and exercise the varied powers of his mind and memory and rtasoning, until he came to a solemn and well-matured decision how he ought to think and act. That was the course of thought, the operation of the mind corresponding exactly with the third operation of the sense of sight, and this analogy brought forward all the pro cesses of which thought was capable. The first and simplest power of thought meant little or no self culture, except by the application of those degrees of it which followed. jean. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. ours,. ty. For pro pectuses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. dras Conductor, Mr. F. Jonzhmans. Flute Solos by Drew Dean dm Comic, by UNSWORTII ("or any oLber man "), Eugene, W. Randall, A. Lloyd, anti George Hodson. Als , a Pei formance by Herr S 'HAL KENBACFI on his wonderful inst ument, the PIANO oRCHEbTitS, contain ing a full ba,id of 40 instruments. The HALL h .s just been newly Decorated and Ventilated, and is one of the most Beautiful in the Metropolis. Open at R o'. lock. Admission, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. i ett P st; by o get 1. the I. hold T" ROYAL INSURANCE COM PANY, ItEAD OFFIrES, 29, Lornbard-at'oet, London, and Royal Inturance buildings. Liverpoel. Total Annrial Revenue exceeds £300,0 0, Aocanaula'ted Funds i n h and over 1000,000. The Racoon, screw steam corvette, Capt. Count Gleichen, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, and anchored at Spithead. She is now only waiting the arrival of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, prior to sailing on another cruise. The Osborne paddle wheel steam yacht, Master- Commander G. K. Bower, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Stokes Bay for a trial of her machinery and her new paddle wheels, under the superintendence of Commander Brett and other officials of the Steam Reserve. The trial was considered satisfactory. The Pioneer, screw,!Acting-Commander Robin son, will be paid off alongside Portsmouth Dock yard on Saturday. The court-martial on one of the engineers and two of the crew will be held to-day on board the flagship Victory. The undermentioned gentlemen were yesterday nominated to the naval cadetships :—Henry M'A. Cutfield, Thos. A. Houston Boswell, and Thomas M'Gil!„ t'icost mth ? Chairman in Liverpool: CUARLES TURNER, Msq,,M.P. Chairman in London: WILLIA3I WAINWRIGHT, Esq. C ANT ERBURY HALL " GTIOS r."--In order to *ratify the curiosity of nightly-increasing, crowds, Mr. C. MORTON has transferred the representation of Pro fessor Pt pper mid Henry Dirks, Esq.'s, world-famed spectral Illusion," THE GHOST," from the ricture Gallery to the Concert Hall, where a new and el gant stage is erected, affording a more ample view of the Illusion from Stalls, Bal cony, and b (..f the Hall. He has also arranged for Mr. A. Silvester to give (with all that gentleman's latest im provements and effects), REPRESENTATIONS EACH EVENING, at Ten o'clock. tat no 3iind &bout EX RACES FROM THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1862. The Directors of the Royal Insurance Company are now called upon to make their accus t ome d per i o di ca l R e port at the Meeting of its Shareholders. The Directors haveFIRE BRANCH.cIose . as p.easingly as unexpectedly, at the o the year, to announce, fo , the first time, thst the Fire Premiums have not only reached, but exceed L. 100,000. a n T v h e e rn h m i g e h nt c ß om et r u a ni ra s ti o v l p ep u o t s y ition held by the Royal in the The profit of the b us i ness of i t s h a e g. y i e in ar i e u x ll ce y e maintained.ds consider ably the amount realised in the preced.ng year, and in fact sur passes that of any year, with but two exceptions, sine the commencement of thi Office, the balance to the credit on account of Breit_otri island F ore ign Insurances being £ 45 , 107 10 s. s c l : , and eif h its. Ameri can l h Od. which is kept sepa l ' ar klY, £11,097 business, up ndant hang aptain. L when All the other Musicat and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &o. ; Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, Arthur Lloyd, George Hodson, &c. In availing herself of the legal and disinterested concur rence offered by Austria, France, and Great Britain, the Court of Russia secures the most powerful means of success in causing ideas of moderation to prevail in Poland, and thus laying the foundation of a durable peace. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. Th, se elPvant Rooms are NOW OPEN for the Winter Season. They have been entirely redecorated. THE CARDINAL'S TRIBUTE TO ENGLISH POETRY. Take poetry, for instance. No country possessed such an unbroken series of good poets, from Shakspeare to Tennyson, as England, and the character of that class of literature was most wholesome. But he should not recommend the cultivation of the imagination by the reading of novels, many of which were founded on false sen timents and had an immoral tendency. With re spect to memory, this was a power which varied more than any other in different people ; but it could be cultivated successfully with respect to things which we ought to remember and desired to remember. It might be encouraged and strengthened by reflection, by dwelling upon events and occur rences which were worth knowing, and mastering them, and treasuring them up in our thoughts, and by securing principles and attaching 'facts to the memory, not caring too much for mere details, which might easily be obtained. While trying to cultivate scientific, historical, and artistic tastes, there were other courses which would bring more help to self-culture than any of these. Biographies and narratives of travels acted better upon self culture of the mind than any other class of works. His Eminence next adverted to the manner of em ploying our powers to the acquisition of learning from without, observing that the first thin to study was the bent of the mind, and then to ascertain its peculiar methods. Musical Director, Mons. Jullien, of mo , ster concerts cele brity. The band , s selected from the Cry-tal Palace, the Italian Operas, and the Household Troops of her Majesty. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Admission, is. Manager—M. GRENET. to the The LIFE BRANCH. very gratifying duty now falls upon the Directors to state the sum assured on n w policies for fhe year 1562 exceeds even that of the year 1861 by £lBO,OOO, and has arrived ,L the alm os t unexamp l e d amoun t for a single year of ;.4i,427 on 1,498 new p o li c i es issued. Until within the last 'w Veers it is beiieved that such a sum acsured as that which ha s just been announced as the iesult of one year's business IVOR all but unheard of. T his Portion of the Company's business has been carefully 'Watched, and cannot fail to give much satisfaction to the Ittlareholder, as well as no small encourageme n t for the t ,, re t o the participating life assurer. Evidence of continued care in the selection of lives is amply afforded by a statement of the number rejected. These have amounted to 311 for the year, on which the aggregate sam proposed for as sur awe *mounts to 43.281. Various degrees of ineligibility have led to these lives being declined. No small number of the Assurance Companies of the day record their accepted lives annually at a sum not much, if at all, exceeding those which the Royal has declared as inadmis sit le in a single year from deterioration of some kind or another. If, to complete their review, the Directors now advert briefly to the United Kingdom, they have to announce that in Fire Business s progress has been undoubtedly more id than that of any other Company established either in tond.in or elsewhere, except when amalgamations have taken Place. The returns of elqty have proved this. In Life, the amount of New Policies already reported make all other evidence needless. The Directors conclude their present Report with the expression of an opinion that the prospects of the Royal suranea Company were never bri.4hter, and of a consequent hope, tended on a grateful remembrance of the past, that the future may untold for it a sphere of still greater roavni tude, combini , g distinguished commercial success to the Office with a le gthened career of usefulness and protection to the pubilc. PET?CY M. - WOVE, Manager and Actuary. JOHN B. JO,HNSTON, Secretary in London. aid he Lnging d have The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Hngo L. Pearson to the Pelorns ; Lieut. Frederick W. Inglefield to the Duke of Wellington; Lieut. Wm. Walsh to the Cornwallis ; John A. Lodge, engineer, to the Fis gard, to the Hydra ; John King (a) and W. Hawksley, assist-engineers, to the Fitgard, for the Hydra; J. H. Duckham, master's assistant, for dis posal; Chas. Topping, John B. Sams, and Edwin A. Lang, assist-clerks, additional, to the Fisgard ; E, W. C. Mackay and A. T. T. Wise, assist.-clerks, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernumeraries ; and Thos. Grey, assist..clerk, additional, to the Cumberland. 11,0YAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The GHOST ! The Polish Giantess, Countess Demolnth, will be introduced in the Ghost Illusion this Week—The beautiful FAIRY FOUNTAIN—Grand Divertissement by Twenty young Ladies—Operatic Selections, by Ai iss M'Gregor, Mr. Albert. Vernon Rigby, and Signor Georgini—Band and horus of 60 Performers. DAY-DREAMING. There was nothing more dangerous than the habit which the indulgence in the first pro cess of thought, unchecked and unguided, might produce. A person left to the mere suc• cession of day-dreams, thought succeeding thought, with curious connexion, but without men tal analysis, would lose hours and hours of his time in mere vain, vague, roving ideas, which instead of fructifying in his heart would rot there and corrupt it. An illustration of this unchecked progress of thought might be found in the story of the merchant of Bagdad, whose dreams ended in the destruction of his precious porcelain. There were men who, not gaining the power of constraining their thoughts and arresting them at the proper time, had been led into the day-dream of everythir;g excepting their duty, neglecting what they ought to have done, and consequently coming to misery and ruin. The first lesson, therefore, to be learnt in mental culture was to gain the power over the ordinary course of thought by applying what he had termed reflection—the arresting and checking out of the procession of thoughts those not worthy to be dwelt upon, and checking them immediately. in him r had t the First appearance of - RAPHAEL DE SOLLAR. the Infant Tenor, and LANGLOIS VELOCIMAN, the Great Indian Juggler, THIS DAY (MONDAY). for a dopt a , 3 snr 'tc his ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Great Musical Attraction —lmmense success of SIGNOR ICOSIA, the eminent Violinist, who will appear E very Evening. THE ARMY. entle• ESTABLISHED 1833. BOWDEN'S IE RATED GINGER BEER , i n glass or stone bottles, warranted to keep good twelve months. Lemonade, Soda-water, votass, Seltzer, and every description of Mineral Waters.—Manulactory, No. 3, White Hart-street, Drury-lane, W.C. , I've ttw I'll Major.-General W. F. Forster, K.H., Military Secretary to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam bridge, resumed his duties at the Horse Guards on Wednesday last, after a few weeks' leave of absence. Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, in continuation of his half-yearly inspection of the garrison district of Woolwich, yesterday went down to Purfleet in the Admiralty yacht Vivid, accompanied by the garri son staff, and inspected the 7th Division of the Coast Brigade Royal Artillery, stationed there, iu command of C3pt. Scott. The Light Infantry Division of Royal Marines, stationed at Wool with, were yesterday brigaded on Woolwich Common, in the presence of Colonel Rodney, Assistant-Adjutant-General, and the staff of the Inspector-General's department, The whole of the division were drawn out and formed in three battalions, in chief command of Col. Mit chell, the respective battalions being commanded by Col. Travers, C. 8., second commandant, Lieat.-Col. Marriott, and Lieut.-Col. Sather. The duties of brigade-major were performed by Capt, Bunce. The troops assembled at half-past 1 in heavy march ing order, to the number of 1,200 men, and went through the evolutions of a brigade field day, dis playing as usual an amount of drill equal to that of any corps in her Majesty's service. The recruits and undisciplined men recently returned from foreign service afloat went through a course of exercises on the barrack parade, A general inspection end field day was held on Southsea Common yesterday afternoon, Lord W. Paulett. commanding the South-Vt r est District, be ing the inspecting officer. L InUet y they d, and PAGE'S BRICK, TILE, AND PIPE 3IACHINE%; for hand, horse, or s t eam rower, are the most simple and efficient extant.—Ful. particulars and prices obtained of the makers, E. Page and Co., Laurence Pountney place, Laurence Pountney-hill, Cannon-street, E.C., where they may be seen in operation daily. client . The ricitieS PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE A S MONEY PROMPTLY ADVANCED by a Private Gentleman upon FURNITURE (without removal'. Leasehold an.l Freehold Property, or Reversious, i LC., in sums from £2O to £.soo.—Mr. Howard, 18, Queen street, Cheapside. PURITY OF THOUGHT. ,yance. beg to wa ter Good Estalished 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Barin'z M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Ile.nkey, Esq., M.P. I l Baron L. de Rothschild, Mutual I ;if Assurance for all classes. Phis Association hai now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total SW', of .£1,500 000 T. he Annual Income is .. £51,000 'Ph- Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 20, 00 It has paid in Claims .. .• 1140 The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members Three divisions have slrea'y been made when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the policies - Dec. 31, 1847 '852 „ 18:1 .. 1 F,14 makinz the total bonus additions, £91,600. .onuses ma:, , be received in nish or appli. 1 to the reduc floe of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addi•i,n to the of cy. Attontio., is esp.cially Invited to the system of free or pairl - policies introduced by this Association, by which the sserifice so often submitted to on the relincy , ishment of pc icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. THE GERM OF MONOMANIA. TO Persons in WANT of MONEY (in Town or Country). —A GENTLEMAN is willing to MAKI+I A DVANCES of CAS tl, without delay, to respectable person = (rnalo or tom a , e), on their own security. The utmost secrecy can be elied on. —Apply (II by letter enc'ose tour stamps) to kv., et ~►tr. Robertson's, Accountant, to , li 4 ngWilqam-street, London -bridge, E.C.—Money advanced on Dock Wat rants. o eB' DR. SrOTT'S BILMUS AND LIVER FILIS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre .,red without any mercurial ingredient, trout the recipe oi coat, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who offer from bilious ,nd iver complaints, indigestion, wind, pasms, giddiness, .izziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier )1 the blood, they -.re truly excellent; mild in their opera ,ion and grateful to he stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, sharing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. 10., and three times tho quantity in ono, 2e. 9d. Be sure to oak tor pr. Scott's bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square yreen package, with " William Lambert." engraved on the stamp. .. £',400 only be last Fri- 11:500 .. 23 200 .. 56,500 ASSISTING NATURE. dance of ad prices dull, and —mixed KEATING'S PERSIAN INSECT DESTROY LNG PO WDER, for which a Prize Medal was awarded to the Producer at the International Exhibition, 1562 This Powder is quite harmle ss t o an mal life, but' is un rivalled in destroying Fleas, Bugs, Flies, Cockroaches, Beetles, Gnats, Mosquitos, lioths in furs, and every other species of Insect. a: better. 36 atone• M to 30 9 per 21 WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, Moorgate-street, E.C., Aug 1, 1563. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Es tablished by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. 1, 11 "rY Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. ~,obert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. 11 9 1,1 1 Garret Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. ,_ark Currie Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. X',illiarn Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. ;lornas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. il'exander Drue,e, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Dr e clk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Erlc . Carrington Smith, Esq. jaersdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltan, Esq. ot.. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph S omes, Es q ., M.P. OP nr-Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.' William Wallace, Esq. 'a. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. ' Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SamtrEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. ~PIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this N-orperation on advantageous terms. .fl the Life Department, assurances are granted . with par "elPation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such Participation. tlh,e Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has avera g ed ' - ; : trlY 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums l'aj able by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. T he divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Lu n y sum not e xcee ding This Corporation affords to the Assured — Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital zto c k . The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex- I T e rioncie of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. t ir Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve / 1 „e Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the ''Led Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, 2d September, 1883. TENDERS will he r ece i ve d et this office, un til noon, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th September, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contract for the supply of FORAGE. in such quantities as may be required, from "st November, 1863. to 3 st Ortuber, 18 64, for the use of Her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the com mend Contract may be ob- Forms of Tender and Condit'ons of tained on an lication st this offire, by letter or in person, betwe( n the hours of ten and four o'clock. The Ten ters must be properly filled up and atoned, and delivered at this off e (under closed envelop e , Markt(' on the outside Tenser for race 'l, no T. nder will he noti ce d unloss made on forms obtained frum this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. HENRY B. MORSE, Deputy Commissary-General. ARMY CONTRACTS. TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12 o'clock noon on the 3d of October, from persons who 14 aY be Willing to enter into Contracts to supply FORAGE AND PAILLAgSE STRAW, 1%11 Such quantities - s ma y be reqsired, for the use of Her laiesty's Land F orces stationed in the following places, from tat November, 1863, to 31st October, 1E64 : • KensinFgtoortn,GE. Regent 1. Hyd e -p ar k, 2. Hounslow and 's park, and Horse nd Kneller Hall 3. Hampton Court. 4. Windsor. 6. BriAton. 6. Sandhurst. 7. Enfield. PAILLASSE STRAW. 1. Brornpton * House. Hyde-park, and liensincrton. 2. Regent'a-park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street Chelsea, a g rr to a n ek att s , dt.George, Barracks. 4 3 : W Ne e w lli li n George's Barracks. 5. The Tower. 6. Hounslow and Kneller 7. Hampton Court. S. Windsor. 9. Brighton, with Coast F or t s from Newhav ham. c 4 to Shore -10. Croydon. Separate Tenders must be made for Forage and fo r lasse Straw for each of the above-mentioned Stations ail racks as groupe and numbered. °l ' tar- Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract ma tattled on appl.cation at this office, by letter o r in per be ai oh ; , between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled op and sizned, and no Tender will be noticed unl ess d e l ivered at the under-mentioned'' face, under closed envelope (marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies ''), before 12 °'a lb noon on the 3d October next. (Signed) W. T. POWER, Comral6ear7.General ...,s.,.',,..lllinissary-General's ()face, -- "ltrePt, Spring-srardens , °llq ° ll l 6, 1 w 10th SePt , , 1863' demand to 17s Od to 19s 6d to 18s Od to 20s 0 , 1 to 17s 6 d to 6s Od to 32s Od to aSs Od A to 270" to wheat' 36 stone; er 38 st. ; 3r qr. for 1, but the 7e a shade d. 8. d ‘ ; 0 to --- " 0 to 1 3 0 6 0 to 2 6 ~ 6 to 1 4 " 0 to 20 1 0 to 28 0 . Sept. 18' .Oct. 13. . Oct. 5. , Sept. 2 7 L. Sept. . Sept. :Sept. 18 ' .Sept. 1 8 . .Sept. 27. , Sept. kept. 20. 6. Sept. I ','; :Sept. 2 v• .Oct. 1. :Sept. 24, t. Sept. 18. .Oct. 10. Sept. 24. . Sept. 28. Sept. 28. , Mrs. T. wickshires y, the wife Kent, the Pancra s tam-streets 1, AOliCitOr, I °Ol ll6lW , .ow, and "If t he eldest Haddillg' sex, BC' Id Alexand er , g-hill, inP Cheadle , L Howard, I, PhiIVO Chas. 0' ' Rl' „ 2 ; ice 1 0 * Mi e CoVstY 'Sportsmen will find this an invaluable remedy for destroy ing Fleas in their Dogs, as also Ladies for their Pet Dogs. Being the original importer of this now invaluable article, which has found so great a sale that it has tempted other. to vend a so-called article, the public are therefore cautioned to observe that the packets of the Genuine Powder bear the autograph of THOMAS KEATING Sold in packets, ls., Is. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each, or post free for 14 or 36 postage stamps, by Thomas Keating, chemist, 79, St. Paul's-churchyard, London, E.C. CELEBRATION of the TERCENTENARY of the BIRTH of SHAKSPE ARE, at Stratford-upon- Avon. The Tercentenary Committee (of which Sir Robert N. C. Hamilton, Bart., K.C.8., is Chairman) are now receiv ing SUBSCRIPTIONS, and they may also be paid to the account of the Tercentenary Committee, at the Stourbridge and Kidderminster or Warwick and Leamington Banks, Greenway, Barwi c k ; Stratfor d - upon-Avon; Messrs. Greenway, Smith, and or their london agents, Messrs. Smith, Payn e , an d Co , Messrs. Hanburys and Co., or Messrs. Glyn and Co., bankers, London. The Tercentenary Committee, in submitting the subscrip tion list to the nation most earnestly appeal to the admirers of Shakspea re for their aid and assistance. The Committee rest their claims upon the ground that Stratford is not only the birthplace of Shakspeare, but the centre of attraction to all admirers of the great Poet's works, and that it was his home, the town he loved, and where he lived and died. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President —The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, Treasurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of zovernors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fe llow -creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out - patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to et , able them daily present themselves. to sdmit and relieve th e di stressing cases that Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.: Glyn and Co. ; w M Co., Jones Loyd and Co. ; B arclay and Co. ; Denison and ame, Deacon, and C o. ; reverend , Gurney, and Cndo. ; i athe Nsbet Hospital and . Co. ; Messrs. J. B arned and Co., Liverpool STANFORD S. SMITH S ecretar a. RONAL NATIONAL LIFE-BO A T INSTITUTION (I n corporated by Royal Charter). P ATno w E ss—Her Most Gracious Majesty th e Queen. ) BEHDENT—Vice-Aclme G al , t F h . e ß D .s u . ke 'of Northu m b erland, CrtAmmAx—Thos Baring, '. sq., M.P., F .R.s. v.p. , ;EPUTY-CIIAIRILAN—Thomf;6 Chapman, Esq., F.h.s., v.p . P... - t'PEA L. The Committee of :Tianagement have to state that, since ,be beginning, of th.,e year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat lllspatitution has expended £32,00 on various Lifeboat Estab nents p ll ttie Coasts of Eng , and. Scotland. and Ireland. goc i i h e e t numb,ee of lives saved by the Life-boats of the or 41.,"rad other means, since its formation, is 12,800; Tr A u spo a expended £67, ,•1 6,48 ,--41 services 82 Gold Medals , 718 Silver Medals, and ion in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu has i s The ot 123 Lifebo cortimr-eari iages, and Boat-houses. 00 on Life-boats, Life-boat the gener n Zittee desire to express their grateful sense of British mild, B ,,uPnert which they have received from the income, the n y Y 13° has enabled t i i g y .arintx the past few years, a support which rests on them t e : -- to establish their present magnificent fleet Deeply sen s ibta on the shores of the United Kingdom state, and i however, of the great responsibility that • elaixttain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient boats. whi I, carer?ro Practised in the management of their effected by a large and permanent annual coun'aymen to aid 4a,rneatly appeal to all classes of their great and truly natiou'aT In upholding and perpetuating so The Committee g - rnt f a work. tributions: — e ullY acknowledge the following eon- Fier Majesty the Queen £ s. d Campbell. the Hon. Mrs. G. • • annual 50 0 0 Clerk. Colonel, R.A. .. • • .. annual 50 0 .. .. .: • • annual 10 0 .. annual 1 1 0 Contra and Co. Messrs., Bankers :* 0 • • 4th deu 10 0 0 C E 'u ri r e r , ie L , don. • Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., Lea ' Fenwick, • • Id don. 25 0 0 G. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran sporting' Carriaie ••• •• •• don Harvey, Rev. G. U. and . airs. • • '' • • 250 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry , B art. .. .... • 30 0 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • •.• • • • • don. 15 15 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .... Stirling, Col. Sir Antho n y , 8.C.1 . .. • • 3 0 0 annual 2 0 0 Thomi a, Lady, Weston - supe r-blare, colle cted by her Ladyship .. • • • • • ' • • • • 16 16 0 Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .• • • annual 50 0 Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re- Pred by tho Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, eercival. and CO. 76, Lombard -street ; Messrs. Coutts and t,„_' , 50 , Strand; N'lessrs. Berries, Farquhar. and Co., 16, st. a n d res's•street, London ; by a I the Collectors of Customs Rfchilankers in the Unitedliingdom; and by the Secretary j n i m e •rd Lewis ; Esq., at the Office of the betittgiOn, /f, 44 : 1 qeet, Adolphi, London, W.C;._: No one believed that of healing consisted in the application of mere external remedies. The art of curing recognised the healing in the vital power. It existed in the constitution, in the frame, and the object of medicine was to bring forth those latent curative powers of nature which had to act in a given way. Although outward appliances might assist indi rectly, the main object was to stimulate and assist those latent powers given by nature, and the cure, so to speak, wisely aided and seconded, was in our selves. And so, with respect to the mind, lectures, and conversazinnes, and libraries and museums were all ends to education. But the true, the real edu cation was that which was performed within, and which none but the individual himself could perform for himself. Self-culture might be divided into three distinct ranges or spheres, and had to be applied— first, to the intellectual powers; secondly, to the power of acquisition—th e power o f aggregat i ng what is without to our own minds; and thirdly, to the cultivation of the moral powers. These three powers were distinct. The first—cultivation of the intellectual powers—had little or no aid from with out. That was a work from within. Each man must cultivate his own intellect, his power of judg ment, his power of acting through the operation on the operations of his own mind. The second—the power of acquisition—was of a mixed character. It was the power of bringing into oar minds and under the judgment of the intellect that which was pre pared by others, and which we did rot ourselves make, and which was not within us. It was mixed; there was the double operation, the acting upon ma terials which we had not naturally within our reach through the means of the faculties within us. The third power, again, was of a mixed c h aracter — t h at portion of our being which, w hil e it h as to be cultivated also within, yet has its action without, because from that come forth duties and obligations which reach those that are without our selves; so that one is purely inward, the second is partly exterior through its objects ; the third is partly exterior through its aims. Beginning with the intellectual powers, they were subject to a triple subdivision. TROT: GHT--.T/kiAGINATION.--31EMORY. Z here was, first, the power of thought, and what immediately depended upon it ; an d then came the imagination and the memory. Upon the two latter points his remarks would be very short, because the principles Which h e was about to lay down were embodied i n the first point, on which he wished f u ll y to open his mind. He did not intend to go into any metaphysical definitions or explanations of the power of thought, believing that he could make his meaning more clear by comparison and by illustra tion. He would take the sense of sig.tt as the one parallel to thought in the mind, and trace its opera tion. The eye A BEAUTIFUL COMPARISON. was never satiated, never satisfied with seeing - W hatever the mult i pl i c i ty o f o bj e cts, they held n o pl ace, but were coutinua l ly c h ang ing If we walked i nto the country alone by a pleasant. path there w as not an instant in which we did no t see something—the trees, the cottages, the distant mountains—as we moved the head and inclined it in a different angle, as We moved the pupil of the eye, every possible change relation a n t o d y the et a o l u l t w t h a e r s a e objects ebjecte p w r e e took place in our bodily a n n ei d ng t h e p r e r e w s c a n s t e n d o t t a c m : h in t) e n e y t c w . i t h E o a x t e sr e c s e o n t l m t y e e l e p e t iocwt connected, the u i t r h thought; We were never a moment without think ing. Even while reading a book the re was a tra i n of ontrol. One thought suc cee d e d another, thought passing through the mind o ver wh i ch it ex ercised no c more linked, more united by the power of associ a ti on than the objects that met the eye. That corresponded exactly to the action of the eye. It would be exceed ingly difficult to render an account of the thoughts passing through the mind during the day. B ut there was another power—the power of arresting thought, and there commenced the self -command necessary for self-culture. A man might pass a whole day never distinctly distinguishing any ob ject with his eye; but by exerci6ng a certain He wished especially to impress on those who cared for the cultivation of their own minds the necessity of making use of this pro cess, which might be described as the second pro cess of thought. It was necessary at once to check anything that was luxuriant, that did not tend to produce fruit, that tended as it almost always did to some amount of eccentricity. The moment a fa vourite thought began to haunt the mind, when it returned again and again with new vigour, and the mind took a pleasure in dwelling upon it, it shou d he checked without a moment's hesitation and cut away; and a man having acquired a control over his thoughts, over his mind, would at once deter mine that the idea should not dwell in his mind. Otherwise it might be the beginning of a thousand monomanias. Indulgence in such ideas was the way in which they became fixed in the mind. They returned again and again. He was not speaking of moral consequences, but of intel lectual consequences. There was not a more serious impediment to self-culture than that of allowing a dominant thought to assume a propor tion to the rest of the faculties which was not in proportion with its own value. Of this there was no question, and he might lay it down as a certain intellectual result, and say never allow what might be considered a favourite idea, or fancy, or imagin ing, to dwell for any length of time in the mind. THE SEED OF INSANITY. It had been said, and he believed with truth, that there was hardly a mind so strong as not to have within it the possible seed of insanity, and that seed might be found in this form—a single idea, without any reason to account for its taking possession of the mind, might go on developing until it became a sort of morbid feeling, resulting in the manner which he had indicated. There was a third and greater application of the mental power. It con sisted in not merely being able to arrest thought, to dwell upon it, but in being able to etudy the principles and earnest thoughts which were within the mind—being able to have the power of directing all the energies of the mind to their so:ution and explanation, and so to treasure up within ourselves the principle drawn from sound and solid reflection. SPEAK ONLY WHAT YOU THINK AND 33ELIEVE. He would not go ::nto detail, but the ap plication was this. There was nothing more common Van for persons to like to dispute — to discuss a subject, to provoke by the earnestness with whin they pursue a paradox and answered every objection and difficulty raised against them, and then oay it is all a joke—it was done by way of trying my E kill against yours. A man ought never to take a put which he did not believe. Inward truth `,illness was as necessary to the formation of a sound moral character as was exterior truthfulness. He would say, never maintain a thing that you do not believe—never dispute a principle for disputa tion's sake—never consider it a mere recreation to be warring on the side of falsehood. or immorality, or anything that is wrong. Heknew one instance in which the fondness for disputation and discussion had led to the person who did not believe in his cause bringing the other over and converting him to a falsehood. Such a course of proceeding was a serious moral offence. The mind ought in everything to be accustomed to form a just judgment. If it became accustomed to loose ideas of truth and falsehood, what would be the result when it had to pronounce a stern judgment on it salf, to overcome temptation, and when everything depended upon that uprightness of mind which was able, from long practice and constant training, on na occasion to swerve by a hairsbreadth on ono side or the other ? That the training of the mind must be by the individual was self-evi dent. No two persons thought and felt alike. THE ELM AND THE VINE. lie would illustrate his meaning by refer ring to a wail-known fact, although it might be re garded as rather commonplace. From the earliest ages poets and agriculturists had considered two trees as intimately united together•—the elm and the vine; and those who had visited the beautiful plains and valleys of Italy must have been struck by the loving group and their verdure and fruitfulness. The elm grew up a stately tree. The vine crept up by its s id e , a miserable sapling, without vigour or strength, unable to sustain itself. The one tree lent strength, the other gave beauty. They were born together, their roots were mingled almost inseparably beneath the soil, they lived upon the same f oo d,th ey sucked up nourishment from the same ground, they drank the same dew and the same rains from hea ven. And yet no skill, no power could make them the same. The husbandman might trim and prune "a "rich the wit unwh es he &mod, he Would A person growing up ought to train his mind so that he should not fall into any thing intellectually immoral. He would lay it down as a fundamental principle that every thought partook in guilt of the nature of the action to which it naturally led or tended, and therefore if the ultimate end of anything in the mind would be wrong morally, wrong in action, that thought so immoral must be pursued with greater vigour and animosity than any thougitt that was loose and foolish, and ought to he at once eradicated. The greatest crimes were often com mitted in two different ways. The first was em bodied in the little proverb, " Opportunity makes the thief." A man might have been strictly honest until the opportunity of committing a crime pre sented itself to his mind, As an illustration of this he might mention a case which occurred in London some years ago, when a most respectable lady and gentleman were murdered in the night. The clue was sn simple that the perpetrator of the murder was instantly arrested. He bad stolen nothing, and had been on the best possible terms with his master and mistress. Before his execution he stated how the murder had been committed. He said, " As I was cleaning the plate in the pantry, knowing there was a staircase that led directly to the master's room, the idea suddenly flashed through my mind how easy it would be to assassinate them, and I went upstairs and committed the crime." There was the opportunity, and there was not the power of moral control. Another way which led to the commission of crime was allowing a thought to grow for years and years, until it ripened into a monomania, when it might have been checked by resistance in the first instance. CLOSING REMARKS. In conclusion, His EMINENCE observed that the result of all this training of the intellect was the formation of character. A man ought not to be too solicitous about the forma tion of character. He could not form it. Character must grow. It must be the result of many circum stances. If there was one thing of which men were more ambitious than another it was what was com monly called " character"—" He is a man of charac • ter." Now, what did that mean ? A man of firmness, a man of determination, a man who would carry through his projects—that was a character the most envied. But experience had taught the truth—that the firmness of small minds was obstinacy, while the firmness of great minds was perseverance in the midst of difficulties, resembling the course taken by the water springing from a fountain high up in the Alps, which after overcoming every obstacle becomes a great river, end eventually finds its way into the mighty ocean. At the conclusion of the address a cordial vote of thanks was given to his EMINENCE, who in acknow ledging the compliment said he should be happy at all times to render his assistance in promoting the interests of the institution. The French Consul at Pernambuco has sent to the Societe d'Acclimatation, a number of animals, among which are a royal vulture, a guaras, or flamingo, two Brazilian golden pheasants, an electric fish or torpedo, and two large aras (birds of the parrot tribe), male and female. One of the latter was last year the unconscious cause of a useful discovery. Having ono day thought pro per to pick off the inflammable matter from a quantity of Lucifer matches, it was soon seized with violent convulsions. The Consul, its master, guessing the cause, forced a spoon ful of mixture of water and arnica, or leopard's bane, down its throat. As this remedy seemed to produce a good effect, it was repeated for several days, and so conscious was the bird of its bencficznt effects, that it at length used to come and ask for it of its own accord. At the end of a week it was perfectly cured. The Jardin d'Acclimitation has also received a Chinese rose-tree, the flowers of which change their colour three times a-day. FAST LTVING._The present age lives only for the minute. Railway guards and omnibus conduc. tors have not the sole monopoly of the expression " Hurry up." The poor little baby of 1863 is made to recognise it, and allowed short time for growing aLd learning. It is to be taught precocious habits of personal cleanliness, at what cost soever to its health, lest some trouble be else incureed by the lazy nurse. Young girls must shorten the excellent period of doll-playing to become miniature belles, and marry early. Young boys must smoke early, thus forfeiting a gradual steady vigour, and using perfected for sham manli ness. Young ladies must go through their education with a hop-skip-and-a-jump celerity which is sate in all cases to ensure superficiality. Everything must be abbreviated, cut short, and curtailed. Nobody has any time for anything, and so prematurely old age comes on ; end, looking with weary eyes over the back-track of time, its travellers see many a quiet shady spot where they wish they bad stopped to rest, instead of galloping at break-neck speed along life's dusty highway.— Fanny Fern. The flowers in Covent-garden surpass these of every ether county, for the reason that every improvement in their cul ture is instantly adopted. From the same cause Herring's magnetic brushes and combs surpass every other means for restoring grey hair to its original colour, and curing the most inveterate cases of neuralgia and nervous headache. They do this with almost undeviating certainty. N.8.-..Counter felts are beipg made,. Offtete, 32, 13aEip c ;hali7Etreet, London• The Annamite Ambassadors. The illoniteur gives some further interesting particulars respecting the Annamite ambassadors, and particularly de scribes their stay at Toulon :—" The Annamites, who are the people of the extreme East, most advanced in naval constructions, examined with much interest all that was shown to them. Our immense supply of cannon of all sizes, and particularly the armoury, excited their astonish ment. Although it is in general very difficult to detect any expression of feeling in the countenances of the natives of the East, yet the novelty of such a spectacle more than once was seen to strike them with amazement. The nume rous sailors composing the crews of the line of-battle ships, all in full dress, made a deep impression on the first ambas sador, and it was on this subject that he asked the greater number of questions. The first vessel visited by the am bassadors in the roadstead was the Imperial yacht the Aigle. They were evidently deeply impressed by the honour done them, and several times expressed their gra titude towards the Emperor of the French. They would not allow the mandarins of their suite to go below, and themselves abstained with much delicacy from entering the private cabins of their Majesties. The ambassadors during their journey from Marseilles to Paris, constantly took notes of all they saw, and what particularly struck them was the highly cultivated appear ance of the country. So long a panorama of variously cul tivated ground excited their a dmiration."—The Patric adds some further details of the manners and customs of these " distinguished strangers" ; it says :—" Before describing the impression produced upon these Asiatics by the aspect of our civilisation, we may mention that the spectators who beheld them on their arrival were not overwhelmed with admiration at their personal appearance, which is of a cha racter inferior to that of the late Japanese ambassadors, or the more than simple attire attire of their numerous attend ants. These representatives of the yellow race have been immensely flattered by the illustrated journals which have published their portraits. They are generally small and thin, with long black hair, which they do not shave off like the Chinese; their eyes and teeth are also black. For the latter they use a die partly composed of co pp eras which pro duces that appearance. By them it is considered a mark of beauty ; to heighten it they chew betel-nuts, and rub their teeth several times a day with tobacco. The three ambassa dors wear silk dresses ornamented with gold threads,and carry almost perpetually in their hands an ivory sti c k, which is an insignia of thei r rank. The stick, in fact, plays a great part in the customs of the country. With a bamboo rod the officers and persons of their suite make their inferiors understand what they mean. Contrary to the Japanese, , w ho were remarkable for the profusion of jewellery which they wore, the Annamites wear only a few rings- The clothes cf the inferiors consists of simple robes of very thin material. On arriving in France they did not even abandon their national usage of going barefooted, the mandarins alone wearing silk stockings and Chinese shoes, the upper part of which are of stout cloth ; the soles are nearly two inches thick. Their stockings are embroidered with curious fantastical figures. Black, which is considered an aristo cratic, and at the same time a national colour in Cochin- China, predominates in their costume, The cotton-hand kerchief with which the inferiors cover their heads aro of this colour. The head-dress worn by the chiefs is of a more pretentious character. It is a sort of a double cardboard hat, covered with black silk, and garnished with figures and gold rosettes. These natives, accustomed to a temperature of more than 100 degrees Fahrenheit, shivered with the cold on their arrival in Paris, having nothing on beyond their thin robes, fastened round the waist with a cord. The officers charged to accompany them immediately ' proposed to provide them with a dress more suitable to the climate of the French capital, but there were certain diffi culties to be overcome. In Cochin China shoes (as before stated) aro au article of luxury and a mark of distinction. The ambassador was perfectly willing that, warm clothing should be provided for his soldiers and servants, but on the subject of shoes he was inflexible. It was explained to him - that the wearing of shoes form no part of the ceremonial in France, and that the pavement was dangerous to the health, but he only gave way on the condition that a difference should be observed in the making of the shoes, and that those of the inferiors should bo less handsome than the others. Among the parsons composing their suite is a young man, a native of Cochin China, of very agreeable 1 countenance, and the only one among those Asiatics pos sensing the slightest pretensions to good manners. He . speaks four ialigtogep, and is Pccutirly fluent in French The organs of the most extreme parties may reject as in sufficient the programme recommended by the three Powers; but it would be an error to believe that there are in such a case but two parties to be considered—on the one side the Government occupied in suppressing the insurrection, and on the other the chiefs of the insurgents fomenting disorder and raising the most extravagant pretensions. Outside these two eamps there is a great floating maser that would be content to see the security of persons and property placed under the protection of a just and beneficent Administration. In gaining the confidence of this portion of the population, Russia would make a great stride towards the pacification of the country. Prince Gortschakoff points out, as one of the principal obstacles to all atterepts at conciliation, the moral encou ragement which the most insensate aspirations of the in surrection draw from the hope of an active foreign inter vention from without. It is true that events in Poland have, excited a lively sympathy in Europe. This sympathy has been mani fested in almost every State where national represen tation exists. Such manifestation, added even to the material assistance which the insurgents have been able to receive from neighbouring States notwithstanding the strict surveillance Of the Government, do not, how ever, constitute the only obstacle to the re-establish ment of order in Poland. If the insurrection, as Prince Gortschakoff says, has concentrated all its efforts in the kingdom of Poland, it is because it has found there a favourable ground on which it was casT to call up well founded grievances, and where there existed causes for discontent, the removal of which is precisely what we ad vise. If the Court of Russia had taken more into account the engagements entered into in 1772 and 1815 in favour of the maintenance of religious liberty and of the motional in stitutions, the agitation from without would not so easily have provoked these troubles, the frequent recurrence of which disturbs, not without reason, the neighbouring coun tries and the whole of Europe. Neither do we very well cooprehend the objections offered by Prince Gortschakoff against the reassembling of a formal conference called to discuss the affairs of Poland. From the moment that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg admits that the other Powers have the right of interpreting the sense of certain stipulations concerning the kingdom of Poland, it implicitly recognises by such admistion that these same Powers have a right of examination, ieuding them to make their opinion heard upon the execution \of measures which are only the direct consequence of these stipulations. We cannot discover in the participaticn of the eight Powers signing the acts of Vienna, or in deliVerations upon the condition of the kingdom of Poland the ciraracter of a direct interference in the interior affairs of RussiLl, since it is evident that the Treaty of Vienna places his kincdom in a special position, very different from that of the proevinces of the Russian Empire. We do not see, then, what, from Prince Gortschakofl's poinfof view, renders unaccept able to Russia the assembling of a conference of the eight Pow era. 'We have already protested against the int erpretation wltich the Cabinet of St. Petersburg seemed to give in this resp ect to a passage of our despatch of the 18th June. Th e Imperial Cabinet then only stated an elementary truth. It is clear, in fact, that the assembling of a conference with the object of negotiating with Russia becomes impos sible, if the party most directly interested, that with whom it is precisely necessary to negotiate, declines to appear. But we did not wish to be understood to indicate by this reserve that we should approve the refusal of Russia to take part in a conference. As regards the proposal of a direct undertaking between Austria, Prussia, and Russia, the Imperial Government could not, as far as it is concerned, regard this combination as admissible. We can only repeat here, on this head,that the concert established between the Cabinets of Vienna, London, and Paris, with the view of facilitating a pacific solution of the Polish question, forms between these three Cabinets a bond from which Austria cannot now disongage herself to negotiate separately with Russia and Prussia. We have besides been obliged to repel the assimilation which this proposal appeared to establish between the terri tories purely and simply incorporated with the Austrian Em pire, and the portion of ancient Poland constituted in 1815 into a State united to the Empire of Russia, but enjoying a distinct Administration. The Emperor, our august master. has - not hesitated to spontaneously endow his Polish possessions with institu tions in harmony with present necessities and the progress of the age. For its part the Imperial Government had Lot, therefore, to concert on this subject with the frontier G,overnments, and the measures which it recommended to Rawls were not in contradiction with the example which it has set in its own dominions. We further hasten to note with satisfaction the declara tion contained in the despatch of the 15th (27th) of July, read to Ina by M. de Knorring, in which Prince Gort scha koff protests against the interpretation which we put 14011 his proposition. In fact it appears to me that the precedent of 1815 cal.. not be successfully applied to existing circumstances,for the Powers who signed the Acts of Vienna had not at that; period the title to intervene in the Polish question which they now claim, and which originates precisely in those very Acts. In thus communicating our v!ews to Prince Gortschakoff there still remains an imperious duty for us to fulfil. It is to call his most serious attention to the gravity of the situa tion and the responsibilities which it throws upon Russia. Austria, France, and Great Britain have pointed out the urgency of putting an end to a deplorable state of affairs full of danger to Europe; they have at the same time indicated the means which it appeared to them ought to be employed to arrive at this end, and they have offered their concurrence to attain it more surely. If Russia does not do everything in her power to second the moderate and conciliatory intentions of these three Powers, if sho does not follow the path pointed out to her by amicable counsels, she exposes herself to the seriou2 consequences to which a prolongation of the disturbances iv. Poland may lead. Idesire you, Count, to read this despatch to Prince Gorts• chakoff, and leave with hips a copy of the same. —Receive r Sze., RECIII3E.IIO. A BARONET'S DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILD Ig THE POLICE CELLS.—On Monday the Glesgov., police apprehended a woman, named Margaret Lindsay or Cowan, on a charge of uttcriitg base win. when she was brought to the police office on this charge, two detective officers went to her lodgings in Alison-street, with the view of making further inquiries regarding her. In the course of their investigation they discovered, in the possession of h t e mother, who occupied the same lodgings, two pawn ticket- - one for a table-cloth and the other for a sheet pledged by her, while they were the property of their land lady. The owner, unaware of this transaction until this discovery, at once committed her to the (Ayers. Her name is Phillis Pet tes, or Lindsay, (laughter of the late Sir W:u- Fettes, Bart., who, it is said, omitted to make a suitable provision for her in his will, when at ranging for the endow ment of an hospital at Comely Bank. The trusties on Sir Willianes estate, however, gave her au allowance from the funds under their control; but it is said that after the de cease of the late Lord Rutherfurd this was discontinued. At length, after enduring several privations, and disposing of all her marketable property, she, in a state of utter desti. tution, pledged these articles for a few coppers. She pled guilty to the charge, and was sentenced to 30 days impriv sonment,—.Yora