The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-29 00:00:00

TPRRSONS SEEKING LANDED ESTATES, TOWN AND Ourr , ;TTIX RESIDENCES, FREE HOLD AND LE AS E MI. D INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER, UM'S G EN E RA LL Y T throe o BE HA D G RATIS , a t th e principal Railway Boo k s t a ll s the kin.? dom. or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and IT. Lumley's "PREF: PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of lauded and house prop er ti es now i n the market, from The nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIFS wishing to Sell or Let can em place the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords by sending the particulars of their pperties to the /Elate , nrn mees, 67, Chancery-lane London, properties , London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, 'here the property is of an eliblechara - ter, thereby avoid- Inr: the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon teniences. THERE as NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur- Chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Laud Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. COMMERCIAL OMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN, Winner, Middle ex. PATRON—II.R.H. the PRINCE OF WALES, PRESIDENT R. C. L. BEVAN. Esq. „,A , General Halt -Yearly Court was held at the London - ,lavern this day, Dec. 28, 1863, Geo. Moore, Esq., Treasurer, an the chair, when an Election of fourteen chi;dren, seven lioYs and s ven girls, took place, The following is the result Of the p3ll: Boys. UNSUCCESSFUL. B infell. . 'lement La Mark. C. A. it 2Ol 179 Poweß, F. W Bickley, J. 11. 1 i 0 Andrew., J. H 122 Potter, F. J lO7 Panton, Thos. H 75 Anthony, Gerald Claridixe, N. A. Hartley, G. N. It 23 Freeman, G. A 7 GIRLS. SUCCESSFUL. Cooper, Prank Harry 543 Marsh tll, Wm Compton, Freak Chas 390 Relnington, Herbert " 81 hento n , Fredk.. •••• • • " 2 cam; bell, Ed. Jas 315 L Otter, Clemeut Philliss, Isabella, K 699 Bouts, Cecill% Mary 416 Bas-les, Flor• nee M 4Ol Worsfold, Emily Bolton, I sa b e ll a l B filler, Florence 321 Ryder, Emily E 295 HI Swann, S. R. Hurley, F. Louisa .. Walker, Eliza C. Smith, Harriet E 99 Bernard, Agnes 36 NRY LENDON, Secretary. Offices, 76, Cheapside. E.C., Dec. 28, 1863. N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. This Co ppany is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for Mercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced leak of rates. Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle- G UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CCRTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman Ifenry Hulse Berens, Esq., G. J. Shaw Lefevre,'Esq.,M.P. henry Bonham Carter, Esq. !John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Batt Henry Norman, Esq. -Tames Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. .Tohn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. William Steven, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUD: Lewis Loyd, Esq. 1 Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary 1 Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—IINDER THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In surers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lire Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, 'ndependent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. _ . _ FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at home and abroad at mode rate rates. No expense is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be yond the paymmt of the Annual Premium and Duty, when lbe Premium amounts to ss. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire 'at Christmas must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's— street, corner of Pall-Mall ; or with the Company's Age nts throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Applf cation for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to the Secretary. T HE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). (The Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing . _ . ....... _ _ the name of the Company.) To be incorporated und:r "The Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O. First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit on application £1 per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. George Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con stable', Cannon-street. George Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great t. Helen's. Nit . am Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. "tn. lf , Arthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander M'Arthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street. P. J. Sargood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargoed, King, and Sargood), London and Melbourne. Th' mas Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos AYres and River Plate Bank. 'antes Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and „e 0 ). Gutter-lane. 'Ruch Fraser sandeman, Esq. * Richd. Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & Co. * Sanauel Baker, Esq. * Committee of Management. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. BROKERS. James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mart, Bartholomew - lane. Messrs. Sandeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. Offices—No. 4, Abehurch-lane. PROSPECTUS. In forming this Company the Directors have secured the to-operatinn of Messrs. Sandeman and Co., of Abchurch-lane. Whose well-known and lone-established business it is the abject of this Company to take up and develope. The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary discount busines.. The terms on which the business of Messrs. 9andeman and Co. has been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating a profit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital £he Company will take possession of the premises now oc cupied by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the Ist day of January, and the business of the Company will commence from that day. No promotion money has or will be paid, and the expenses 'will be strictly confined to the necessary payments. Prospectuses and forms of applications for shares may be nb thud at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and of the Solicitors. In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will 0e returned in full: should a less number of shares be al lotted than are applied for, the depasit will be made avail able thwardg the payment on allotment, and the balance, if uny, returned to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Consolidated Discount Company (Eimited). Gentlemen,--Tfaving paid to your Bankers the snm of I request you to allot me shares in the ConsolidAed Discount Company (Limited), and I hereby 421 'ee to become a member of the Society, and. to accept such 'hares, or any less number that may be allotted to me; and —members L r equest you to place my name on the Register Gl* , 44 respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full Address Usual signature • Date CONSOLIDATED P (Limited). ISCOUNT COMPANY be received after WED NOTICE IS II EREBY GIVEN, that no APPLICATION! ior sqA RES in this Compa y will IsTEz.,DA next, the 30th instant. By order. l'"11 )°1,1 9 Offices, 4. Abchurch-lane, E.O , --------- Dec. 24, 1863. ---- IIF.. SSRS. BOTT. JACKSON, AND Co ' year. 3 e l 3' arr LuZdon and le C OMMISSIONS on all races throughout Westrainste;?„„ rt ee,_ guaranteed. Remittances% at Camber well-park --", Post-.ffice Orders payable N.B.—Betting mi tu _ anc rp r Ac ate g r o loo Cup. °tout the Address—BoTT stores, George-street, Caraterwl N ell-park, London. "Man of the World" Wine IF THIS SHOULD M EET THE E YE Of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indiostion, or Biliousness, take PAGE W OODCOCKS WIND Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling molt. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. and 2s. 9d. ; or free pest for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. PILLS. pRiZE MEDAL —INTERNATI ON AL IBIT lON, 1862. ------ ....xt, FRANCIS TITCRxi Iv :Vied 17?0.) To the Que en : CO., Wax Chandlers, otc. , "., (Esta a b d r the PI ince of Wales. The Jurors' Report on testifies to he excellence of thtud Church Candles, in 1862, Manufacture. quality of Messrs. Tuckers' A distinguished Difrnitary, in a lett er Tucker and Co.. on the subject of addressed to Francis WAX CANDLES with 11, 4 „. says:— ':TED WICKS, " I have found them fully equal to the , mendation 'which you gave them, and can sincerely, h i mend them to the clergy for the use of the alti r *tn, recom- Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2 4 Ordinary quality .. 04: per lb. Per lb. VEGETA BLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Beet quality .. • • • • • • • • ls• sd. Second qualit „ .. i s , 34 . 14i . y .1.1. Third y• • • • • • ls. id. pe r a Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds In value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.. a, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishinlnt in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. TEETH. —Mr. ESKELL'S INVENTION in fallowing construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the artvantaaes :—A set o f t eeth, of excellent work baansuiP and mechanism, can be m ade and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without Pain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without 'wires or fastenings, and adapt thems elves so p erfectl y to the gums,that they a , e (lige immoveable, except at the option °t the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad- Just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury , are always refill, and will last a lif e time. Comfort guaranteed. Tres explaining Mr. Eskea's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. aPection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor street Ito am. lid-street, W ; andat 39, Demett's-hill, 131 - show ices of e !so a dull s 39s s 390 • 41s s 36s • --s • 390 ;s 408 , —5 8 38° market eat le, change . 811' 1 : ' U. .2v n • g• )eo' all. 4 ,7 )ec.`' . an. 11 6. all. 4. ran. 2. ran. 0/ )e0.4"• Jan 1• 10. Fan. fan• 14 ' )ec• 29' Deo. 29. -_ _-. _ -- . 1 de•psr k ' the wits the goo. ce, I /Wg' Ei, eon• linburgtt cherlP A o '' t ; e cotiv Vriter to D i A jor V. ii• moo' „ ar C. I, "'65. ag ed r Ken S 7 , fit B en N ig th e7 ;b)'l , l ' .1 t DH .No' :loot/, , No. 22,311. THE SUN, LONDON, TUEDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1863, 171, URNITURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLooncLonT, CARMAGE-FREE to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class goods at second-class prices. Tenas peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLEItGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- N [SR are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ilbistratedby4lo admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on, the following - revised scale _ _ WHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. English and other neutral vessels will not go there to run the risk of annoyances similar to what we had to contend with. system of ventilation is in operation, all such causes of disease must be prevented or removed. In ships destined for tropical service it must be invaluable, bath for the com fort and health of the crews and passengers. Dr. Edmonds, now surgeon of the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth, was surgeon of the St. Jean d'Acre in the Mediterranean during her last commission, and it was probably the experience acquired in that sickly ship which led to the discovery of these obvious means of removing endemic causes of disaaso from ships generally. In the St. Jean d'Aere malaria was clearly traced to arise from decaying matters lodged in the timber spaces, the injurious effects being aggravated by the usual deficient ventilation of the sleeping deck. The result was that a large proportion of her ship's company were invalided for pulmenic diseases and cachesia, with many deaths during one short commission on a healthy station. ii!NAHAN'S LL IVIII&KY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at We, at the Jime of our capture, had been at anchor exactly twelve weeks, and had been boarded several times by American vessels of war. On the 3d of October the same vessel that sent us here, the 'Virginia, boarded us and saw all my papers, and also the cargo fore and aft, the hold about half discharged then ; he left ma on that date apparently satisfied, and then a month after (sth Novem ber) he seizes us for having brought contraband of war, which, when he could have satisfied himself of the contents, it was not worth his while, as he expressed himself, and appeared to be quite satisfied that we had on board nothing but harmless and legal merchandise. The mail closes tihis day and leaves weekly for New York. I shall write you every mail, and trusting that all will end well, I am, with best respects, yours very truly, (Signed) JOHN READ, Master barque Science, of Waterford. Mr. John Angel. 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable information to all requiring househ )1d furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborouot, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, /iTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the WELLINGTON is CLOSED for repairs, &c., and will be RE-OPENED on TIIURSDAY, the 31st December next, at 5 o'clock p.m, By order, JOHN' CATES, Manager. The Wellington, Vt. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly, W. December 25, 1863. THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public, at a small advance on wholesale prices, with every description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, Cash. THE VINTAGE COMIDA SHERRY .. at 18s. per doz. THE VINTAGE CH A.MPAGNE.. ...... „ 275. „ THE VINTAGE CLARET l's. Naval and Military Intelligence. MRS. MUTER'S TRAVELS. Now re , dy, in 2 vols., 215., TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER'S WIFE IN INDIA, CHINA, AND NEW ZEALAND. By Mrs. MUTER, wife of Lieutenant- Colonel D. D. MUTER, 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. THE NAVY. The orders given by the Admiralty for the Bellerophon target, recently tested at Shoeburyness, to be repaired under the superintendence of Mr. Buskoombe, one of the foremen at Chatham dockyard, under whose direction it was constructed, have been countermanded, and it will consequently be allowed to remain in its present condition until subsequent instructions have been received. Arrangements have been entered into by the Lords of the Admiralty with the proprietors of the Medway Company's steamers for two of their vessels—the City of Rochester and the Alma—to be employed, in conjunction with the steam tender Adder, in conveying the Mechanics and work people employed on the iron frigate Achilles to and from the dockyard at Chatham to Gillingham, where the Achilles is being completed for sea. By this arrangement 1,340 of the workmen can be conveyed to and from the dcckyard at the same time—namely, 560 in the Adder, 400 in the City of Rochester, and 380 in the Alma. During the time the Achilles is stationed at Gillingham, Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Yule, M.D., of the Cumberland, 24, is to be in constant attendance for the purpose of giving immediate attention to any of the workmen who may meet with an accident. The screw gunboat Charger, 2, 60 horse power, attached to the first division of the Chatham steam reserve, having completed her experimental trials with the Curtis steering screw with which she has been fitted, a report has been made by the dcckyard officials, under whose superintend ence the trials took place, on the result of the experiments. The iron paddlewheel steam tender Locust, employed on harbour service between Chatham and Sheerness, is ordered to have one side of her bottoms coated with Peacock's com • position, by way of expeziment. An investigation has taken place at Chatham dockyard by order of the Lords of the Admiralty into the circum stances attending the accident which occurred to the iron frigate Achilles, on the occasion of her being floated out of dock on Wednesday night, an account of which was given in The Sun. The decision of the Lords of the Admiralty upon the facts laid before them is not yet known, but it is understood in the dockyard that the official who was re sponsible for the proper management of the ship will be re moved from his appointment, and granted a superannua tion allowance. THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. Medical and Clerical Testimonials, together with the Illus trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price List, post free on application. Four Dozen Wire sent Carriage Free. UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF HER MAJESTY. Now ready, Thirty-third Edition, 1 vol., with the Arms beau tifully engraved, handsome y bound, gilt edges, 31s 6d., L ODGE'S PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1864. 14, Bloomsbury-street, 4 doors south of New Oxford-street. Corrected by the Nobility. "The.2eadiest, the most aseful,--satdmetaebeet of"nta works on the subject."—Spectator. Hurat and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street Now ready, in 2 vols., 2is., MEMOIRS OF JANE CAMERON, FEMALE CONVICT. By a PRISON MATRON. " A faithful chronicle of a woman's fall and rescue. It is a book that ought to be widely read."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street NOTIC E.—MEADOWLEIGH, the New Novel, by the Author of' "The Ladies of Bever Hollow," is now ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d.; free by post, 7d. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, la. 6d. H OR THAN D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hlll. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS. -7 Mr. WETIIERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTISES in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity. Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun try cases economically conducted. N.B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex pense. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS ,PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, 18 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the floc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. NOTICE. —CHARLES READE'S Great Story of " HARD CASH " is now Ready, in 3 Volumes, post Bvo., cloth, 31s. 6d., and may be obtained at any Library or Bookseller in the Kingdom. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate lm. UNIFORM 'WITH " THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE." This day, Never before Published, price 25., Mr. Oliver W. Lauf:, who for upwards of five years past has held the responsible position of master shipbuilder at Chatham dockyard, has tendered his resignation to the Lords of the Admiralty, and yesterday ceased to perform the duties in connection with his office. Some three or four months since Mr. Lang placed his resignation in the hands of the Admiralty, and requested to be relieved of his appoint ment, but at the express desire of their Lordships he con tinued to discharge the duties connected with the office of master shipwright at Chatham until the completion and un docking of the iron frigate Achilles. During the time Mr. Lang has been at the head of the shipbuilding department at Chatham several of our largest and best vessels of war have been constructed, equipped, and despatched to sea under his superintendence, including the Royal Oak and the Achilles. SECItET SERVICE; Or, The &collections of a City Detective. London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (now ready) commences a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled— THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Author of "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady Audley's Secret," .tc., 4 to. Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF SACKVILLE CHASE." In the January Number (now ready) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE commences THE MAN IN CHAINS. By C. J. COLLINS. London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. Bd. Postage, ls. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, is. 101 Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post. office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c, for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on *ire an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6c1., 108., to 16s. eadh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228. Piccadilly. The Seizure of the Barque Science by the Federal. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN, Sir,—We beg to enclose for your information copy of a letter received by the owner of the barque Science, from the captain, relative to the seizure of that vessel by the Federals, at Matamoras.—We are, Sir, yours respectfully, JAMES T. BENNET and WAKE. 77, Cornhill, Dec. 28. THOXF O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop ; also, from LA FORZA DEL DES LlNO—Verdi; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses :Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, Ac. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS. the cele brated English Violinist. New Orleans, Nov. 28, 1863. Dear Sir,—l expect the news of our seizure by the Americans has arrived home before this; but this is the first opportunity I have to write you since our arrival here, and in fact since I wrote you from Matamoros per the Labuan. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutchens son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. I will now endeavour to give you some idea of our pre sent situation. We did not complete the discharge of out ward cargo until the 23d of October, and on the sth N ovem ber we had on board 344 bales of cotton and about 30 cwt. of copper, and had been three days on demurrage. We wanted about 200 bales more of cotton, and should in all probability have sailed for Liverpool in about a fortnight or so; The weather was sometimes such that lighters did not pass the bar for ten days at a time, and as the season advanced it would have been worse. The It resistible, 80, screw steam line-ofbattle ship, 2,642 tons, 400 horse power, belonging to the third divisien of the Sheerness steam reserve, was taken into dock at Sheer ness yesterday, to be brought forward and fitted for com mission as a Coastguard vessel. The Cumberland, 24, guardship of the steam reserve squadron at Sheerness and in the river Medway, Capt. W. K, Hall, C. 8., commanding, is ordered to be paid off at Sheern , ss on Thursday next, after having been in commis sion since October, 1859. She will ba recommissioned on the following day, resume her duties at Sheerness with the same officers and crew, and be provided with an entire set of new books. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Admiralty instructions have been received by the autho rities at Sheerness that the Rhadmanthus paddlewheel storeship, 813 tons, 220 horse power, is to be removed from Woolwich to that port, there to be taken to pieces and com pletely broken up. The Medusa, paddlewheel vessel, 889 tons, 312 horse power, Master Commanding John H. Allard, sailed from Sheerness yesterday, in accordance with Admiralty orders, for the mouth of the Texel, to relieve the Lively gunboat, said to be on shore at that place. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir G. R. Lambert, 1i.C.8„ Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, received his promotion to the rank of Admiral on Monday, when he hoisted his flag, blue at the main, on board her Majesty's ship Formidable, stationed at Sheerness. Admiral Lambert obtained the rank of Captain on the Bth Aug., 1825; of Rear-Admiral on the 21st Jan., 1854; and of Vice-Admiral on the 18th Dec,, 1858. It is reported that he will leave Sheerness at the end of February next, and that he will be succeeded by Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, S.C.B. The Alberta, new paddlewheel steam yacht, built for the use of her Majesty, went out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday morning for a trial of her speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broadhead, of her Majesty's ship Asia, and commanding the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth, and other officials of the Steam Reserve and dockyard. On arriving at the measured mile the yacht was turned to an even keel at seven feet draught of water, and made two circles—first, with helm at starboard, in 2 min 44 sec ; the other, with helm at port, in 2 min 54 sec. She proceeded to run the measured mile and made two runs, realizing an average speed of 15 . 24 knots when her port paddlewheel became defective, and she was obliged to return into harbour. The damage appears to be considerable, and it will take aurae time before it can be made good. The engines of the Alberta, 160-horse power nominal, are from Messrs. Penn and Sons, who were repre sented at the trial by Mr. Matthews. There was also on board the yacht during the trial Captain the Prince of Leiningen, of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The Octavia, screw steam frigate, was placed in No. mission. dock yesterday afternoon, to be brought forward for corn Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "T "GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce that, throuzh the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is nut the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux, to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best writers. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the "white" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly replaced by others. The pages of Shakspere and the elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &C., will. in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c, Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. On the sth Nov., at 10 a.m., the captain of the United States gunboat Virginia came on board and demanded to see my papers, log-books, cargo-books, and in faci every docu ment that was on board the ship. After examining them he told me he should detain the Science for having brought con traband of war ; he retained my papers, but gave me a re ceipt for them. I then told him we had brought no contra band of war ; that the whole of our cargo was landed in a Mexican port, and that I protested against his detaining the ship, and should hold him, together with his government, responsible for all losses that might arise through his de tention of my ship. Ho then returned to his ship, leaving an officer in charge, and about noon, same day, he sent on board four armed men, and removed six of the crew of the Science to the Virginia, leaving me, the mate, cook, and one o. s. The next day, the bar being passable, I asked him to allow me to go on shore, which he granted, and I went. On getting on shore I found that the communication to Matamoras was interrupted, the governor that morning had been shot, and the city had changed their rulers, so that I could not see the consul. However, I saw my consignee, who gave me a letter for Captain Brown, of the Virginia, in which he stated that he was the consignee of the Science, and the sole owner of her outward cargo; that he had brought no contraband, and what she had brought, as could be proved by the Mexican authorities, was still in store at Matamoras, and that the United States consul at Matamo ras, or any person appointed by him were quite at liberty to inspect the cargo of the Science at any time they wished, and satisfy themselves that it was nothing but what was represented. He also stated that the cotton on board the Science was the property of Mexican merchants, and had passed through the MexicanCuston3-house, paying the usual export dues ; that the United States consul at Matamoras had granted certificates bearing the consular seal to that effect, and in fact that Captain Brown, of the Virginia, had no right to detain the Science, and that he should hold him, together with his Government, responsible for all losses that might arise through the detention of the ship. He, after reading this letter, and hearing all I had to say, replied that he was determined on sending the Science to New Orleans, to ge th er w ith th e b r i gs V o l an t an d D as hing Wave, and schooner same M day.ata m or as , Nothingal i further ßritish captured, occurr ed an d detained on the until the 11th, when he sent the remainder of his prize crew on board, and on the 12th we sailed for this place, where we arrived on the 25th, having been detained several days in the river for steam. Immediately on our arrival here I was allowed to go and see the consul, and brought before the prize commissioner, who put to me on oath 43 questions. I thoaght it best to answer them, and did so to the extent of my knowledge, when I was told I could go where I liked, and that 1, together with the remainder of the crew, which were still on board, must quit the ship— where we went was no business of theirs, we might starve if we liked. 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An important part of Dr. Edmonds's ventilating appa ratus has been fitted to the Royal Sovereign cupola-ship at Portsmouth, in which, by a simple arrangement, from 300 to 350 natural channels actually existing in every large ship have been made available for the ventilation of the ship's bilges and the timber spaces. This is done, by connecting these latter into a long air shaft on each side of the ship, through which a draught is created by communicating it by a cross shaft into the funnel. The efficacy of this plan has been already tested in the Royal Sovereign, a very slight increase of temperature in the funnel sufficing to draw a current of air through the air shafts, and necessarily through the whole framework of the ship from the bilges, which, passing into the funnel, is carried high into the open air. Shipowners view this mode of ventilation with great favour, as it promises to prevent dry rot by the free circu lation of air which it creates over the interior timber surfaces, a desideratum which has hitherto baffled the skill of scientific men to accomplish. Even those who advocate the substitution of iron for timber in their construction of ships must admit that while we have timber ships it is not wise to neglect taking the best means to preserve them— but another part of the invention included in the patent is peculiarly adapted even to iron steam-ships, and consists of air channe l s which are made to form part of the deck itself and d act. imme di a t e ly below it. These are either united with the previ ous ly described air shafts or ventilated separately— both alike by exhaustion of foul air—but in wooden ships these maybe dispensed with, although highly useful. Those who have been a voyage to India or the colonies have un pleasan t re collections of the foulness of the air and close ness betwee n the decks and in the cabins, from bilge effluvia being ven t e d into them through the open timber spaces, where can be no excuse for this nuisance continuing, as the means for preventing it are, by means of this inven tion, made easy of adoption, and applicable to all ships, as any of the ordina r y methods of venti lation can be used in connection with it where the funnel draught is not available. Those destructive fevers which frequently occur and cause such ravages in our ships of war serving in the tropics, if they are not caused, are often, doubtless, aggravated by nalarieus influences arising within the ship, fomented into fatal activity by a high temperature, and the more insidious but equally itveterate forms of disease, such as occurred in the St. Jean d'Acrd and Cressy, described in Pr. Bryson's statistical report on the hL'.'` ll th of the navy just published, were, in the opinion of the medic,;!• Ortlcers of these ships, to be attributed to similar agencies, When Ph E cim°l4s's • I, together with the crew, then went to the consul, who sent the crew to a place (boarding house), and I, with the captain of the Yolant, of Jersey, are staying in the house of a widow woman, with whose family we take our meals. Yesterday I saw the consul, who recommended me to go and engage Mr. Briggs, an English lawyer here, a very able man (so he says), to take up our case, and defend it in the Prize Court. I did so, and noted my protest, which will be forwarded to Lord Lyons at Washington. I do not think there is a chance of their being able to condemn the ship, and the greatest difficulty will be to be able to make them pay damages ; it will, I expect, become another affair for the Government to take up. The expenses here will be heavy, without possibility of avoiding them, and I hope I shall be considered by the owners of the Science to have done right in anything I may have to do. To await instructions from you from England would not answer, as the case may be finished before they could arrive here. To obtain money I shall require a letter of credit, I ex , pect, If you think it well to send me one you will no doubt do so. I need not say how sorry lam this affair should have taken place; but the absence of an English man of war enables the Yankees to annoy the English or other neutral vessels as much as they please, as the trade to Matamoras is as eyesore to them, and they want to, make A 00 that • I!! • . „ P. \: 4 4' o w • . , , r b. 41, ;- 411 1C\ Ig x . 41* IP .10 .Y 0 i I4III A 11 4 M11.,..Jq 5 .:„ Rorr „ •\'‘' ..2"1 ce . Dl* 45.,71 4 , ; ;ions, addressed to the Registrar-General by Dr, Acland, the Regius Professor of Medicine in the University of Oxford, in reference to the fever in that city, and in the region extending over the Thames Basin. It appears that there were two cases of typhoid fever in Worcester College which were registered. The site of the college is low and not well- dra ined, but these defects apply to the whole PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ....sd. city. There is no systematic drainage, and the whole subsoil is iofiArated with fill from cu,spnois and connected with the establishment, The loss of eggs while the operations connected with distribution of the fora was being conducted was only 22,000—a mere trifle in such a large quantity. The total number of eggs provided for the season 1860-61 was 14,726,160, of which 131 per cent, were lost, 591 per cent. distributed, and 27 per cent. retained at head-quarters. When we consider the enormous repro ductive power of all kinds of fish we have no cause to think this distribution of ova large. A female salmon yields her eggs by the thousand for every pound of her weight. The carp, the trout, the perch, and all other kinds are equally prolific, and give their eggs in tens of thousands. other reservoirs of putrescent matter. The evil is too great and ramified to be cured by local improve- Twenty-fourth Annual Report of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England. runt, and Dr. Acland assigns this as a reason why the inhabitant are apparently so indifferent, they dzeming it useless to engage in minor plains which would fail through inadequacy. He, therefore, advises, "that the drainage of the whole Themes valley above Teddington lock ought io be in the hands of a Government commission." This is even a gaander scheme than the rnetropolian drainage now being effected, though it really forms a part of he conserved in it, for unless the upper Thames The annual budget of the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer is of very inferior interest to the annual report of the Registrar-General, though the former is looked forward to with much livelier expectation than the latter, for the popular mind attaches itself more earnestly to pounds, shillings, and pence than to the health and strength of those by whom the revenue is contributed. We never hear any gene ral complaint of too much money, but there are constant regrets at an imputed excess of popula tion. A deficiency of coin is regarded as a national calamity, but a decline in the numbers of the people is considered a blessing by a certain school of political philosophers. There are financiers who think that machinery, which neither eats nor drinks, and never rebels, is a more favourable in strument to civilised society than labour, which re quires food and clothing, and is apt to grow sedi tious. These condemn early marriages, and preach up the doctrine of moral restraint; and some of the more heartless among thein have not hesitated to include epidemics and other causes of early mortality among the list of desirable agencies rather to be allowed free scope than to be prevented. However, this class is happily becoming extinct, and public opinion has most strongly decided in favour of sani tary reform. Men have learned the obvious truth, for a long time concealed, that if everyf mouth is a consumer every hand is a producer, and that of all taxes the fever tax is the more severe. Free trade, though still a doctrine to be realised—for it only yet exists in a narrowly exceptional form—has taught that the whole human race, however scattered on the surface of the globe, form one co-operative society, and this truth will be universally recog nised when each nation can get rid of its local prejudices and jealousies. Then it will be acknow ledged that the health of the people is as worthy of the solicitude of Government as the cultivation of the soil and the improvement of machinery. The Anglo-Saxon family have proved themselves vigorously prolific in offspring, for while we have populated distant regions, and thus founded future empires, we have been adding a million souls to the mother country in each quinquennial period. We read in the report that "in 1836-40 the popu lation was rising through its 16th million; in 1841-45, through its 17th; in 1846-50, through its 18th; in 1851-55, through its 19th; and in 1856-60, through its 20th million. In the middle of 1861 it is estimated to have reached 20,110,496. The English registration now comprehends within its scope a population greater by the present popu lations of London and the three Ridings of York ahire combined than it was when the 'national system was established in 1837." After such a statement we cease to wonder at the enormous extension of the builded area of the metropolis and the enlargement of the principal provincial towns. It is very certain that we have not become poorer by the process, nor has our self-sustaining power shown any sign of diminution. Where it will end is one of those speculative theories into which we are not called upon to enter, and it would be a mere waste of time to indulge in barren conjectures. We can trace back the querulous tone of over-population, over-production, and over-trad ing, and the lachrymose whine over colossal cities, to the reign of Elizabeth, and we may safely leave the future to provide for itself. purity the lower Thames must be foul with constant descending filth. Under proper regulations each town on its banks would divert its sewage from the river. It is true that some drainage works have been during many years in pregress on the upper Thames and its tributaries, bat they have not been prosecuted on any concerted plan. There can be u o doubt that th e g i gan ti c w orks superintended by U r . Bazalgette will conduce moat powerfully to th e health of London, but his labours cannot be coni. plete if, from the higher grounds, the Thames be tween the bridges is liable to daily invasiort by corrupt waters, which poison the supplies of the water companies. Dr. Acland insists that the ele ... The present report refers to the year 1861, and is confined to England, in which there were 163,706 marriages. Of these 130,699 were solem nised according to the rites of the Church of Eng land; and for one married after licence five were married after banns. There were only 16 cases of special licence. A fact well worthy of notice is that, " although the eleventh division (Monmouthshire and Wales) does not contain half the population of London, there are 710 religious buildings regis tered for marriages in that division, while in Lon don there are but 309. Cheshire and Lancashire have little more than the population of London, but the registered buildings in these counties are twice as numerous as those of the metropolis." It ments of disease are conveyed in water, though the distance may not be accurately known. He also thinks that " the soil modifies in a high degree the effects of the surface waters." There are other evils from impure water which cannot be expressed in the death rate, because they do not actually extin enrtohderecftov 'therefore fatal iu rguish life; these are ;' feebtet3t9yvona irdian _ vitt. , e scence, distreis, and discomfort incalculabl e ." Of course all thes h e y a e r io e el fa o t r al ie t o el r e i b o o tu u e r l , as a d p powerto power, bei national tp wealth. , may be interesting to our fair readers to know that there were more than twin as many marriages between widowers and spinsters as between bache lors and widows ; the respective numbers were 15,067 and 7,034. There were, however, more widows married by widowers than by bachelors. In the marriages of minors the softer sex predo minated in the ratio of three to one. The exact On the Bth April, 1861, - When the census wa s taken, the population of London was 2,803,989. If we t a k e th e diff ere nce between th e two last censuse s as the guide to calculation, it Would appear that the daily increase to the population of London is 121 souls; but its natural increase, thil ) is the excess of births , Over deitths, was about' 72 only; thus it received daily lin immigrant population of 50 who settled permanently. Here is a fertile text for those speculative " and' ingenious statisti6 cians who anticipate the future, and extend or limit the builded area of eitiea according to thei# fancy, their hopes, and their . .,fears: Of course much depends on the sanitaiy state_ of localities; fever, the offspring of overcrowdbienr!, andandimrhorlfeeit and influenzaventilation,r smite their thrisandsapidly thin thins numbers, and tens`' of thousands. But, as in the' past`2o years so in time to come, that increased regard for hum* life whiai, attends civilisation is riot likely to f a il, and there fore it may be presumed that-population tinue to increase. But much ,yet remains to bi-da' ne in the direction of preventive measures. The-sbl pts must be widened and better cleansed, till rivers purified, and the dwellings of the poorer clieses proved in accommodation ; though the great* of all reforms must be effected by individuals them selves, in strictly adhering to habits of temperance,- the great conservator of life and health. An appendix to the report of Dr. Farr is moss valuable in a medical point of view. It refers . to the public health in 1861. He shows that since 1832 there has been an unusual prevalence of diami: hoes, passing into cholera or dysentery, and in:,1861, , these diseases killed more'pan .20,000 .die,rsons,t while fever immolated more.- than 15,44,0'"nctims: Dr. Farr confirms the views -c ef , Dr. ,% water, soiled by impure admi4ures, being one,!o, th© vehicles of disease. Ho•"4y . s :—" The eva'At",' worms and the seeds of various'.'diseases are thus diffused among children; whkle :greWrapahers Or' men and women in the prime of life also suffesr i often die of the maladies whibii are the inevitable, consequences of violations .of natural,, laws." Dr., Farr also refers incidentally but , significantly to the sewage.pf towns, and .shfuts tc, be a part of the, economy of nature to resiore to the land, the source of food, the refuse arising from it after consumption. In common with all other natural laws its viola. tion is attended with heavy and certain penalties, for not only does subsistence frequently fail in con sequence, but putrid dirt, through its accumulation, generates pestilence. numbers were 31,927 to 10,415. These early espousals largely predominated in the country, for in London the proportion was small, This has been referred to the mode of living in the metro polis; but others attribute it to the dearness of house accommodation, which is adverse to matrimony. The marriage register becomes a test of elemen tary education, from which it appears that 26,333 men and women were unable to attest their signa tures in writing. However, there has been an im provement in the last 20 years, since the mark sig natures have fallen from 41 per cent. in marriages, at which they stood in 1841, to 30 per cent, in 1861; of 100 men and 100 women, 75 of the former and 6 5 of the latter wrote their names in the registers. In this educational test London is superior to all other parts of England in regard to both sexes. Of those whomarry in London, 89 men in 100 and 82 women can sign their names. In several English counties the proportion of men similarly qualified sinks to 70 per cent. In the Welsh division, wh i c h includes Mon mouthshire, it falls to 60 and 65 per cent. As a general rule, the north is better educated than the south, and it may be mentioned as a fact, perhap s unexpected by many readers, that the women • Lancashire are not better educated than th e women in North Wales. If we take the marriage signa ture wo men in Sussex, Berkshi re . Her as tfo the rdsh teat , the,tsse R x, Suffolk, and Norfolk, and a few other co unties are better e d uca ted lv h n eont w spec d than the 'men. the indefatigable industry no w manifested in the Sunday schools we may con fidently expect that in the next twenty s year , an d even in less time, there riages without written si gnatures. In be few mar - In 1861 the births of 696406 children were registered. The birth rat e cent. of Was 3.461 per the population, or one birth to 29 persons living. The males were to the females in the proportion of 104.6 to 100. This must be taken as an average, for there wer e fr om the rule. local divergences Thus in Itutlandshire the rate of boys was 110 to 100 girls • in Q 99 9 to 100. It uemersetshire it fell • is a curious fact that more children are always born in the fi a t si x than in the las t six months of the year. O f those born out of wedlock the average is 6 . 3 per cent. In London the proportion of the ille gitimate is lowest, being only 4.4 per cent.; inCum berland it was highest, or 11.2 per cent. The pro portion of boys born oat of wedlock compared to those born in wedlock is higher in relation to girls. Speaking generally, and without reference to the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate, the birth rate is below the average in districts adjoining the metropolis. It is lowest in North Wales, or 2.953 ; and highest in Warwickshire, 3.69 ; in Lancashire, 3.77 ; but reaches its maximum in Staf fordshire and Durham, where it is 4.02 and 4.03. The death rate was 435,114. Of the male popu. lation the rate was 2.268, of the female 2.063. In 1861 England was generally healthy, and mortality below the average in each quarter. Annexed to the report are some valuable chaerva • Dr. Farr refers to Dr. Murchison's book on the " Fevers of Great • Britain," and divides those which are well known, and capable of exact defini tion, into the three distinct heads of typhus, typhinia, and typhoid, or typhia. These are chiefly generated by overcrowding, and are often diffused by infection. Of typhus, 21 in 100 cases die in ;the London Fever Hospital, but second at. tacks are very rare. Typhinia is a form of relaps ing fever. The patient attacked by it, after being apparently recovered at the end of seven days, is again prostrated on the fourteenth day; the fever, epidemic, and infectious, prevails in time of famine. It is generally fatal in the ratio of one case out of 49. Typhoid, or typhia, is endemic in c h ar acter, and its presence may be know n b y : the er uption of rose spots on the akin. Ia the London Fever Hos pital 19 cases in 100 terminate fatally. It attacks the young, but rarely recurs a second time. Filth and the exhalations arising from it generate this preventibledisease . thisd scourge, greatly - We ll tiing-houses, has induced us to e nter on these details The prevalence cleanliness n f as warnings to the working classes, who cannot be too much on their guard against its insidious approaches in close and unventilated neighbourhoods. In 1861 there died in London of fever 1 77 , 0 persons, but the ave rage of deaths from this cause is • larger i n t h e whole kingdom. The chief fields cover Metropolitan f e ve r Shoreditch, Whit ec i, Mile-end, Pop. wipe] 'Ste ney, lar, and Berm e/I ,l Be 1 P . tal i s in Islington, where the deaths Y. The hosp i tal but they are not due to Islington, are registere d , the patients b eing sent to it from all parts of London,Quitting th e lis and entering the pro vinces in quest me tropo lis etro r p °Portsea Island and Alver stoke, Po rts mouth of fever, d'Oosport, the great seats of militarynavaland power, are described as fatal fever . di str i cts; nor . for healthiness imam t evilMs a p c palarreputat ion , . p . the Itchen Valley to Winches - ever travelled up ter. Abinc don wa s another centre, from which it spread to Windsor and Eton. It was typhoid which of the lamented Prince Alber t. The . er . t. deprived thecountry. . The range of mortality in the 12 years ending in 1861, from fever, was from 6.63 to 10.41 in 10,000 persons. Diphtheria is a comparatively new form of dis ease, and on its first appearance its trued character w as only recognised by the ablest medical practi tioners, it being generally confounded with putrid sore throat and scarlatina. This epidemic was at its height in 1869, and his since slowly subsided. It is chiefly fatal to the young. "In seven years 1553 adults died of the disease at 25 and upwards; under that age 28,216 died." The ravages of scar latina are chiefly felt in the coal districts of the north of England, and it is recommended that the cause should be investigated. Small-pox is said now to exist "by sufferance." The legislature has provided for the protection of helpless children by vaccination,which is either neglected or inefficiently performed, but where the blame lies it s eems to be impossible to determine. Another fatal diseas e e which entirely depends on individual free will, is alcoholism, described as " slow poisonia by spirits." It not only kills, but those who vive its insidious attacks are s ure t en feebledsur- in body and mind. 0 become The annual mortality from derangement of the t a renducpli nevnairri.eondia. in respiratory organs is peculiarly f atal. 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The art of fish breeding has been extensively practised in France during the last 20 years, and has recently been brought to a focus in the esta blishment constructed for the reception and distri bution of fish ova at Huningue, near Basle, on the Rhine. The artificial system of spawning fish by hand manipulation) owes its success to th 3 fact of the fecundation of fish eggs being an external act—in other words, the roe of the female is not fecundated by the milt of the male fish till after it has been deposited in its watery bed. An observ 2 ant fisherman of the department of La Bresse, in the Vosges, was the first in France to discern that the natural principle of fish fecundation could be easily imitated, and so be turned to profitable ac count in the pursuit of his business. Joseph Remy, the re•discoverer of pisciculture, was an unlettered peasant, and therefore unac6 quainted with the fact that fish-breeding had been practised in Chir a from the remotest times with such success as to make fish one of the cheapest luxuries of that great country, or that the art was known in its utmost perfection in the classic days of Italy. Nor was he aware that one Gottlieb had practised in Germany a century before him, and most likely he was even ignorant of the salmon breeding experiments of Mr. Shaw at Drumlanrig Castle in the years 1837-9. Remy, so far as the breeding of fish for commercial purposes is con- cerned, is undoubtedly entitled to all the praise of an original discoverer, and his own narrative of how he came to try the artificial system is explanatory of what is still a grievance and a misfortune—viz., the growing scarcity of our fresh water fishes : Remy, knowing how enormously prolific all kinds of fish naturally are, most of them yielding their eggs by tens of thousands, could not understand how they were yearly becoming less plentiful, but setting his eyes to observe and his wits to work out the question, he found-Ist, that immense proportion of the ova was never properly fecun dated; 2, that even if all the eggs obtained the benefit :of the milt, a vast proportion never came to life from being deposited in places where they were ultimately bereft of water, that others were eaten by waterfowl, or devoured by other fishes, and a proportion swept away to the sea, and so lost for ever. Then, again, Remy found out that however large a proportion of the eggs might ripen, and so become fish, a high percentage of these never became of any food value, as they were killed in their infancy by juvenile anglers, or preyed upon by larger fishes. There fore Remy soon saw that the best way to increase the sup ply was by obtaining the eggs and protecting the young fish till they were able to take care of themselves. Having arrived at these conclusions, R emy set to work to col:ect in the various rivers of his native district the spawn of such fish as could most readily be obtained ; these were hatched into life and protected and fed while young. But, not contented with this laborious plan, Remy was wont to watch for and obtain the gravid fish, and so acquire the ova, in what we may term wholesale quantities by the system of artificial spawning. Having assumed M. Gehin as a partner in his art, his experiments were largely ex tended, and were early crowned with a success far beyond what he ever anticipated, as was speedily demonstrated in the constantly increasing fish supply of his native streams. Messrs. Gehin and Remy were at once rewarded with a sum of money, and a handsome bronze medal was unanimously voted to them by the Societd dEmulation des Vosges. Be sides these rewards, the fishermen we re handsome ly noticed in 1849, in a paper communicated by Dr. Hese, of Epinal, to the Academy of Sciences at Paris, which at once fixed public attention on the art of pieciculture,and attracted to it the patronage of the French Government, whose first act, it is proper to say, was to reward and employ the two fisher men whose names we have mentioned. After the matter was taken in band by the Government the spread of pisciculture was rapid. It would take up far too much space to detail minutely what has been accom plished in the art of fish breeding in the fresh water streams of France; suffice it to say that at present no stream need be without a plentiful supply of fish, as any quantity of eggs can be obtained from the establishment at Huningue for the mere asking, and from that source many of t h e rivers are now leaping with fish. Indeed, we know from information supplied at Huningue that the annual distribu tion of fish eggs is numbered by millions, the quantity of ova supplied last year to various applicants was over 17,000,000, some of which came to England and were de posited in the river Thames. Much of the success of this artificial culture of fish in France must be attributed to the great personal interest taken in the advancement of the art by Professor Coate, of the Institute. It is not too much to say that he has re created the French fisheries, both in the fresh waters and in the sea. He has made several voyages and explorations to distant places in order to study the best modes of improving the fisheries, and to his enthusiasm is dne a great portion of the success which has attended the spread of pisciculture. His " Voyage of Exploration" is a most interesting work; it has been printed under the auspices of the French Go vernment, and contains a very detailed account of the eel fishery of Comacchio, the mussel beds in the Bay of Aiguil lon, and the green oyster grounds of Marennes. A year or two ago might be seen in the College of France an appa ratus, contained in a marvellously small space—a space about 16ft, square, which was capable of hatching 150,000 salmon eggs. The ponds at Stormontfield for the breeding of salmon are constructed to hold about double that quan tity of ova, but even that number cannot be hatched annu ally, because there was only one reception pond; and, as is well known, a portion of the salmon in every hatching re, quire to be two years in the pond before being sent to sea. An immense deal, however, can be done in fish hatching in a small space. Ample evidence of this may be had at the Etablissement de Pisciculture, near Basle. The boxes con taining the eggs are there arranged in pyramids groups, the water flowing from the one on the top to those beneath it ; and, of course, flooding all the eggs which are nicely disposed on little glass gratings or frames. This establishment does not breed any fish, except for the purposes of study and acclimatizing—it is more a depot for the collection and distribution of eggs. Fish eggs when first deposited by the fish will not bear to be much handled or carried to a great distance ; carefully packed in wet moss they may be sent a day's journey, hence the necessity for having the piscicultural establishment at the boundary of the two countries—i. e,, France and Switzerland, the greater proportion of the eggs being obtained from the latter coun ery. They are collected by agents in the lakes and streams of Switzerland, and paid for at so much per thousand by the authorities. The various buildings at Huningue were specially erected by M. Coumes, the chief engineer of the Rhine, for the purposes of pisciculture, and they are admirably adapted for their work, The series of egg boxes are well supplied with a constant stream of water, of which there is a large supply, both from a spring in the grounds and from the Rhine itself. A series of little streams at the back of the buildings contain Rhine salmon and river and lake trout, in various stages of growth—that is, from the age of a few weeks to four years; and it is interesting to watch their habits as they are fed by their keeper. The total cost of erecting the suite of buildings at Huningue was little over £ll,OOO, and the annual charge is about £2,000. A few figures will show what has been achieved at Huningue in the distribution of ova during years. The winter operations of the season 1860-167. 1761, the last two begun on October 20, 1860, and finished on March speciesvarious of fish distributed from Ilunin the orabre che lake and salmon trouts, the Rhine salmon, gue were the comm great s ecies the valier, and the fera. Of the firs t five of these p ma at total quantity of ova provided hau b pr cent. perished nearly 6,000,000, of whic h about during the period of incubation. Of the remainder about 3,500,000 wore forwa rded to different parts of the con tinent, and a little more than 500,000 were retain e d quantity f o r experiment at the establishment. •Tbe of ova despatched from Hlillingllo in the season of 1860.61 was sent in reply to 278 demands from establish meats scattered over 70 departments of France, and there were 20 demands from establishments in other parts of Europe, principally in Belgium, Switzerland, Bavaria, and Wirtemburg. The hatching of the fera is carried on sepa rately from that of other species. Ihe operations connected with the distribution of the fera occupied a period of 46 days, commencing on the 14th November, The quantity of ova of the fera forwarded far exceeds that of the other five species taken together, and for the season of 1860.61 is esti • mated at close upon 9,000,000 of eggs, of wh ich 5,573,000, or 62 per cent., was distrib u t e d as a b o ve, while upwa rds of 3,000,000, or '3B per cent,, were retained for the experiments ~~~;. oais • out' hood I dis- a re ) clis- It the et to• Lined• lly ls a gain 32 0 38 0 , 386 366 front oleo. ces of 1, but an , 6 ; -, \