The Sun. — London, England, 1854-09-15 00:00:00

MONT 8LAN0...-NOTICE.—The FINAL REPRESENTATIONS this SEASON will take place on Friday Evening . Saturday Morning And Saturday Evening Being the LAST NIGHT of the SEASON, on which occasion Mr. ALBERT SMITH will specially ADDRESS the AUDIENCE. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. 9rITRIUSH EXHIBITION and MUSEUM, ST. GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner, Piccadily, OPEN DAILY, from Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it closes at Six. Admission, 2s. 6d. ; children, is. 6d ; Saturdays, ss. ; children 2s. 6d. Family Tickets for five, 10s. Schools admitted at Ralf - Price. Herr Kalozdy and his Band are enga4ed, and will per form Daily, from Twelve till five. Mr. J. Osborne Williams will Preside at the Grand Pianoforte during the evening. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, The a (Lessee, Cum. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, T Fulham-road), bove Rooms are now OPEN FOR UE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with L AURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, Pair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by H. Laurent , the following Waltzes —La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Wil kins and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. The SIXTH of the MONDAY EVENING COURSE of LEC TURES to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES will be given on the 18th inst., by Mr. JOHNS: the Subject—The CENTRE of GRAVITY. LECTURES by Dr. SCOFFERN, on the DESTRUCTIVE CHEMI CAL RESOURCES of MODERN WARFARE. NATURE PRINTING, by Dr. BACIZHOFFNER. EXHIBITION of DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, in Addition to all the Daily LECTURES, OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, &c., &c., &c. A BAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal Italian Opera. " The Gas-lighting byJouN LESLIE, Esq. S 0 UTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.- PLEASURE EXCURSIONS DAILY to those attractive places, WINDSOR, HAMPTON COURT, RICHMOND, KEW, &c., &c., at Low Fares. First and Second Class Return Tickets, at Single Fares (with the addition of A, small booking fee), are issued on Saturdays and Sundays, at Waterloo and Vauxhall Stations, to Windsor and to all Stations below Woking. These tickets cast only be received at the station for which they are issued, and are available for Return by any Ordi nary Train until the following Monday, inclusive. By order. - ARCHD SCOTT, Traffic Manager, 'Waterloo Station, July, 1854. ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.- SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—By the Excursion Trains every SUNDAY Morning at 7.45 from Waterloo Station, THROUGH RETURN TICKE,TR are issued to the ISLE OP WIGHT, via SOH kMPTON, for COWES, or PORTSMOUTH, for RYDE. Pares: —Closed Carriages, Bs.; Seated Open Carriages, 55., which Include all pier dues and steamboat fares, but not conveyance between the railway stations and piers. The Return Tickets from Ityde will not be available via Cowes and Southampton, nor those from Cowes via Ryde and Portsmouth. THROUGHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and RYDE, via P ORTSMOUTH, PORTSEA, end GOSPORT, available for Four Days, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at following fares, 'which include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class, 36, . 85. ; 2d Class, 275.8 d. Single Journey Fares—lst Class, 205.6 d.; 25 Class, 15s. 6d. ARCUD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station, July, 1854. LONDON AND MANCHESTER GLASS COMPANY. WORKS—Sutton, near St. Helen's, Lancashire. OFFICES-30, Brown-street, Mathibester. 9th September, 1554. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. That the NINTH ORDINARY 3E ETING of the Shareholders will be held in the Offices of the c 4 ~_°mPany, 30, Brown street, Manchester, on FRIDAY, the 221 Sep leather, .84, at Twelve o'clock at Noon. , The Register of T rans f ers will be Closed from the 12th to the 22d instant inclusive. By order of the Board. HENRY ROBINSON, Secretary. UNITY FIRE and UNITY GENERAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION. Chief Offices, 40, Pall-mall, London, GentleM September 14, 1854. on,lor Tree SHAREHOLDERS AND INSURERS. have the pleasure to announce to you that on gaturday next, the Kith instant, an advertisement, occupying many columns, tropne will be inserted i o the " Times," and other London morning' of object of which is, to place before the public an exeosi za,._ the principles of these two Associations, together with the attention.til i'"B i'isnaddresses of a large number of the Shareholders, To Portant proceeding I am desirous of dr iwing your special Sher A circular from this office will be despatched to the it has holdere on this subject ; but, lest the circular might miscarry, thebeen deemed desirable to address you through the columns of 'ese Press. It i e toe t a i h , areTi n st m , now bordering* upon two years since the Unity Fire Associa zxgbusinese. At this period last year we close the issued 500,000 shares, obtaine I the full sitbecrio- On xi th f°r "r capital, and effected 4 277 policies insuring 2,393 9941. ,„ e 24th of September the great advertisement, which attracted and attention of the whole country, was inserted in the " Tim s" aun ct h her morning journals. The immediate effect was to arouse ne `e an amount of attention as It may safely be affirmed no ,Adver e.7eMerit ev er b efore succeeded in attrac ti n g, and effect oa the tukSution tar excee led the very highest exeeetatious th it bad eu format of it. Notwithstanding the immeivity of the erourie forY,the array of names p ro d uc ed such confl !sure that the demand afters was greatly increased ; and in November, only mix e c os s the appearance of the advertisement, we created an in a'ased capital with th e i ssue of 1,000,0 0 new shares at cent. pe e the Premium. Of th ese ne e s har e s, 116,090 have ben ismed, anti Premium received amounts to more than 10,0001., showing a troll' to the Association of nearly 501. per diem since the Ist of Z eo ary. The proprietary, already increased some thousands, is mine day by ilay more widely diffused. In the the three quarters immediately succeeding the a pp earance of is ot r e at advertisement, we issued 8,246 policies insur i ng 5,985,633 '. 8, 48 n t, in 21 months, 12.523 p slides hid been issued insuring while the business for six months from Christmas showed an average of 30,0001. per diem, 175,0001. per week, or upwards of 000,00ge a..year. .... B neh results, gratifyi ng a s they must be, should be stimulants to LlTreaseti exertions ; and the Direct° . s feel bound to pursue a course whio /1 has been attended with so much benefit to the Associations ree which they preside. The Unity Associations have enormous i u o nprecedented proprietaries, but nevertheless they look to the f,°_N for the appreci a ti on o f th e i r pr i nc ipl es , a n d to that un limited Lejot for the exte ns i on o f th e i r b us i ness. Th e pu bli c m i n d must b e untied of the p r i nc i p l es o f the Unity, of t-e advantages it offers to i n surers of the extent ot its resources. of the perfect security it affords, "a of the large amount of support it has already received. It must be in your memory that, on a former occasion, a vast deal Nvas s a ie,by the agents of rival institutions respecting the policy of the Course pursued by the Unity, and an uneasy feeling was attempted to be created in the minds of the shareholders that the management was Pursuing an extravagant course, adverse to the pecuniary interests of the shareholders. It may have occurred, however, to some or the shareholders, that the extraordinary anxiety for their interests ex- Press e d by the agents of rival companies —which had been most un- Le nin 1 in their attempts to injure the Association—was not above OUS a llaPicion. Ws not usual for rivals to be s o anxious for the welfare Of their competitor, and you may well look with distrust upon advice °olo .ine from such quarters. If ot her com p anies have any interest at . m our Association, it is in its downfall, and they certainly will 'oeP silence, rather than volunteer advice, when they see us pursue J og a course which they fancy leads to destruction. There may, however, be those who. unacquainted with the philo sophy of advertising, might be inclined to doubt the prudence of the "wrse adopted, and to such I would address a few words of explana ti-ee „ d e,„ ° e euppone that an ordinary adve rtisement were to appear in your local pa p er s —Liverpool, for example — for 12 mo uths ; sloe would consider, and naturally, such advertising necessary for I).llblicity ,Peal , seeing that ou there are numberless insurers and a great pub ic to ai to. Y would not think that course extravaeant The t x-Penditure of the money would excite no surprise. No " friendly w arning" would reach your eel' of the reckless expenditure of the management. Shareholders in M a t ehester, Nottingham, Bir mingham, Leeds, Eastern Counties, Hampshire, and in the west, w ould think with y ou . But what would be the result ? In d oin g I l ia, we should have expended, in 12 monthS, 30,0001.! And for what? As it created ne surprise hi the mind of the Shareholders, 10 it would have aroused no attention with the pubic. But we t penl, in one day, a thirtieth" part of the money, and in the roadsheets of the great metropolitan press, whose eirculatone are Prescribed by th e boundaries of the world only , we exh ibit In one e oar progress, position, and principles. It is the concentration, ' Et as only to be obtained, which startles and most effectua ll y attracts P l lblic attention.lto soliciting your attentive perusal of the advertisement of the mineral instant, I cou ld j us t re mark that the principles of the Uni t y Assurance Association, and the benefits which wid accrue to li re assurers in that institution, you will aDo find there explained. i The int erests of the two associations are now so identified , that it h e s ee , sca rcely possible to take any step with reg ard to the one without eadvertise ment-`utting the other. Last year the expense of the lar g e advertise t was bor ne by th e U n ity Fire Association alone. Now the ex -1,4 n se le divided in p ro portion between the two associations. Th is is o °f. the many advantages which will be derived by the two asso- Ilona acting in concert. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient servant, THDMAS 11. B NYLTS, Managing Director. JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for the PRESERVATION of POTATOES, SEEDS , &c _eva lu able discovery, for which Letters Patent have been obtained , is Vresult of fourteen ye re' study and experiments in the preserva a_, of vegetable matters. It imparts health and vigour to he Plaots seeds subjected to its a. tion, and effectually prevents the 2,7TATO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, " FUNGAL DISEASES, and the attacks of INSECTS and VEIL hIX, and further recommends itself to the termer, th • planter, and e Public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its 41) DlicatIon. It is sold by all seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, two, three, and four pounds each, with instructions for its use, dud parties , r equiring larger quantities for their own us e or for ex p ortitien, can be Supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Mr. Jacki , on. the Patentee, 18, Cannon-street, London -bridge, wiser , the article is always on sale, and the fullest particulars and directions fur its use Can be obtained. RIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole d o Pharmacie de Parls, and the Imoerial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcoa, and Exhaustion of the System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health Of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which Unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destraction of the patient's constitution, and which all the Sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, 2, and 3, aro alike devoid of taste or smell, tend of all nauseating qualities. They may 110 on the toilet table Without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at Ifs. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided Into :!,I')arate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lalleman.l, Roux, &C.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John -17-'21,68 Cornhill ; Hannay and Co. , 63, O xford- st ree t; and San g er, )., Oxford-street. ',TUB SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. ',list published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30 stamps, NERVOUS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper nlatorrhcea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more :lecessful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative 4 Y a l.t er n, obtained by the use of the Microsecaolpe rouse indaetnedetineffgecatnodf ..guishing, by urinary examinat ion, the r ▪ cr y variety of complaint, whether arisin g from solitary habits, L „'"`cesses, accid en t, or climate, followed by practica rem f a l r m k p s u , f l o ss u a n n ci c e: `' , n twenty y ears ' e xperience in the treatment l o Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Sperm aterrhosa, &c. To which . ' l re added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, 4 ,,," on the dang e r ous rem edies advocated by various w riters on these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37 , BEDFORD-SQUARE ' L " o ctor of Medici ne M atr i cu l ate d M em ber of theU O niv N er D sity O o N' f E ,din burn, Honorary ' Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, & 2.• &C. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con- Rooltlences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man d,Goand premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their Physical condition, and who are conscious of haying hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatail men should know, that there are rrinciples of personal management which cannot be violated without te u rrlng grievous penalties, and when wisdom an d regre t succee d heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties m ay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, the bow th e ev i l and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, a t there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional deran gement to which the timely aid of sciecce cannot apply a cure , - 1 Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive Practi ce in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have Unf ortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant e '? l Pirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to pl ace aith in their pretensions. ...ITERVOIIS DEBILITY may be had, price 2e, of Messrs. Piper, tdrothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford -street ; Z t ne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Comhill ; or ,free by post for r d stamps' to any address from the Author's residence, 37, Bed .la - h e ar-. -- o._ tiu itz:for consultotion.daly from Eleven till Two, and from t. ~~ No. 19,336.] PUBLICATIONS Just ready, in 2 vols. post Bro., LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF AUSTRALIAN By Mrs. CL ACY, Author of " A Lady's Vita to the Gold Diggings." LIFE Hurst and Blackett, publishers, successors to 116iriGolburn, 13, Great Marlborough -street. In the pres., in leap. PTO., THE ENGLISH PRISONERS IN RUSSIA; being a Personal Narrative of tha FIRST LIEUT. of H.M.S. TIGER ; together with an account of his Journey in Russia, and of his Interview with the Emperor Nicholas and the Principal Person ages iu the Empire By ALFRED ROYER, Lieut., R.N. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Just published, price Is., by post, Is. 6d., - - - . AUTUMN SUPPLEMENT TO RUFF'S GUIDE TO THE TURF for 1854, containing a Calendar of the Races past, up to the end of August—Horses Indexed, their Pedigrees—Performances of the Two-Year-Olds—Entries for the Derby and Oaks, 1855—Nominations for September and October Princpal Derby Lets, &c., &c. London: Piper, Stephenson, and Spence, 23, Paternoster-rovr. LIFE ASSURANCE. MOST IMPORTANT BENEFIT EVER YET OFFERED NY THE UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT ^ LIFE ASSOClATlON.—Established 1849. Persons insured for Life, who have paid three yearly premiums and upwards, can receive back their money, less the premium for the risk incurred during the time they were insured on surrender of the policy. EXAMPLE. A B, aged 35, pays 141. 3s 9d. a-year for Life for 5001, and at the end of seven years wishes to drop his Policy—he will at this time have paid 991. 6s. 3d., and for the surrender of the Policy he would in other offices get a very little, if anything, and the premiums would consequently be lost. The Directors of the Universal Provident, feeling this to be a great hardship and a positive obstacle to the adoption of Life Assurance by all classes, have adopted the equitable principle of deducting the pre mium for the time the risk has been incurred from the premiums paid, and returning the balance to the parties, thus making a profit themselves without any risk. In the example above the insurance for 5001. for the time would have been 9/. 9s. 7d. per annum, or 66/. 7s. Id.; this deducted from 991. 6s. 3d. leaves 321. 19s. 2d. to be returned. The advantage of this principle is peculiarly applicable when Policies are taken out to cover Loans. • Diseased lives and lives rejected by other offices taken. C. W. BEVAN, Managing Director. E. P. ROWSELL, Secretary. OFFICES-52, King William•street, City. N.l3.—Agents wanted throughout the kingdom. Liberal Commis. s ions. CONTRACT FOR RUM. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset llou ie, 11th September, 1854. . , THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on WEDNESDAY, the 20th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing io contract for suPplying, and delivering into her Majesty's Victuailing Stores at Deptford, delivered em re a nder in 3 i Gallons. Half in 3Wwheeenkst,o be e d RUM .......... 5,003 weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any and aso to unlimited power of selec!inn. The Ruin to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties tendering are to state where it is lying. Tenders will be received from any firm for any portion of the total quantity not le s th•in 2,000 gallons . . . Samples of the Num to be sent in pints for each import mark, and the averaze strength of each mark ex to be stated, and not an avarice of cifferent marks or strengths of several imports, and any parcel of Rum that is found not to b of the s Line quality, mark, or average strength of the sample tendered ani accepted will be rejected by the officers. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to he taken away by them immediately after the con tracts hive been decide!. No tender sill be received unless made on the printed form pro- sided for the purpose, and which m , y be obtained on application at the said Office, or to Commander Bev's, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised comtracts, to which particular atten tion is c.:Ped, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received atter One o'clock or. the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of con tract, a+ the resuit of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him in writing. Ev,ry tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Ram," and must also be delivered at S merset house. ALLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE in Bottles, genuine and in fine condition, as recommended for 1n v31,-,s and the Tab .e by Beaori LIEBIG The undersigned has always a supply at his Stores of the finest quality and character. Apyly to NATHAN' 'L EASTLY, Wine, Beer, and Brandy Merchant, 132, Upper Thames-street. THE eIIOLER A!!! Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia. CREW'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by the Col lege of Physicians and the London Board of Health. The Cheapest and Strongest CHLORIDE of ZINC. Quirts, 25., Pints, Is., Half pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists, Druggists, and ihipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end, London. N.B.—CRE WS'S CHLORIDE of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and finer preparation.—Medical Circular. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSUMP TION, BRONCHITIS, ASTHMA, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, and all SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain ing all its most active and esgential principles—effecting a cure much more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent medical men, and supplied to the leading hospitals or Europe. Half pint bottles, 2s. 6d.; pints, 4s. 9d., IMPERIAL MEASURE. - Wholesale and Retail depot, INSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. Four Half-pint Bottles sent (carriage paid) to any part of England on receipt of a remittance of Ten Shillings. PATENT SELF- A.DJUSTING TRUSSES. SALMON, ODY, & CO., most respectfully in form thp Public, that their PATENT SELF'-ADJUSTING TRUSSES afford more ease and security for the relief of HERNIA than any other instrument for the purpose. They will answer for right or left side, requiring no under-strap or any galling Bandage. Persons in the country are requested to send the circumference of the Body one inch below the Hips. CAUTION.—As many mercenary Druggists are vending an inferior article, Purchasers are requ .sled to observe, that SAL EON, ODY, & CO., 292, Strand, London, is marked upon the Leather Case. Sold by one or more Druggists in every City and Principal Town in the. United Kingdom. GR AVESEND STAR PACICETS. No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers. NOTICE.—D tY TICKETS are i.sued upon the Gravesend Star Packets, available for return by them ,r by the Lon ion and Tilbury Railway; the Return Tickets by the Raiiway will also be available for return by the Star Packets. The Packets ',ill at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting). FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DAYS. SUNDATI 7y. 856 11% 114 Ay„ Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchureh-street Station to all part every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WHARF. BLA-CKIviLL, on the arrivi lowing Trains from the Fenehurch-street Stati, Terrace Pier of London al of the fol ion. W E'ER i) A YR. SUNDAYS. o ...1 , a ..,-.., 14 .... 4 1 en• -. 1 ai ‘,, . z . "5: Fen- 4 , Y. - . _;••• ! nr..h 5 -E.' ''' P., church 55. ... - a 1 , irect, •4 8 z al S 3 Street , t 4 ) '' ' 4 ' 8 8 z ___ _ 9 q lOl4 1 04 11% -- —•— 11 12% _ 1 g 2q —7 214 4 M Ski *3 m 5 6,4 614 . Passages marked * are direct To or from Gravesend and London.-- , „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Wools Between Gravesend and Intermediate Pie , BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, se. Three Months, 21. Os.; to be bad of the Packets; or of Air. Monk, Terrace Pier, C Sept. 5, 1554. Fore Cabin. Saloon. .... 10d. .. Is. 2d. wish Bd. .. Os. 10d. ,rs.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. .Os.; Six Months, 3/. Os.; e Collectors on board the 3ravesend. - THE NEW PALETO T.- 7n the vast number of new inventions which E. MOSES and SOS have had the pleasure of submitting to their patrons and the public, the Paletot which they have just introduced possesses a most prominent place; it is the article of Attire regere I for the season by all classes, and is a pioneer of the richest and most novel stiles for the ensuing Autumn in the preparation of which E. Mons and Son are uniting all the forces of Commerce, Skill, Experience, and Capital. This Paletot is the most ingeniously contrived garment which has been invented, and is the result of mathematical observa tion and great experience in the art of designing and Cutting Dress. It has been the object of E. Moses and Son to produce a paragon in this description of Attire, which they have placed within the reach of all classes, its price being 255. This article may be worn as Coat or Overcoat, and it is the most gentlemanly and the most comfort able garment ever presented. E. MOSES and SON are Merchant Tailors and Clothiers on the largest scale and on the most practical princ'ples. They are manu facturers of Shirts with the most elaborate embroidery, and in plain, useful, and comfortable styles. They are Hosiers for Ladies and Gentlemen in all stations and in all parts of the world. They are Hatters and Boot and Shoemakers, and their productions are the most fashionable and the cheapest. They are Wholesale Clothiers, Hosiers, and Outfitters, and their Goods are the best, the most suitable, and to Merchants, Captains, and Emigrants they are the most profitable articles which can be shipped. Full Lists of Outfits for ladies and gentlemen, with ship-sailing uformation (gratis) on application, or post free. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, havint learned that the untradesman-like falsely od of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ♦NY OTHER HOUSE IN OE OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church. all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, rargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Amtralla. Merchant Tailors , Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it win be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money win be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure ment, &c., &c., may be had On application, or post-free. Id l'on parle Francais. Qui si parla Italian. icier opriclis alp POiatilh. Aqua Ia Obla gipaue. 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NOTICE OF SALE.—Any person desirous of purchasing and removing from the Royal Arsenal forthwith en accumulation of surplus Shavings, Sawdust, and small pieces of Wood and Chips mixed therewith (being the excess which the present contractor has failed to clear away) are requested immediately to send in prepaid sealed Tenders for the same to the Storekeeper's Office in the RJytl Arsenal, viz , Nixed Shavings, Sawdust, at Small pieces of Wood and Chips, at per cart loath per waggon load To be removL d by the contrac - or in his own carts and waggons or barges, assistance being afforded by the Storekeeper's Department to load the same, where information on the subject may be obtained. By order of the Board. C. POIUNAND, pro Secretary. Office of Ordnance, 12th Sept., 1854. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. The following despatches have been received at the Admiralty : Her Majesty's &dear/I-ship Phoenix, at Four Island Point, Jaly 9, 1854. Sir,--Three days back I despatched by the Diligence to England a letter, containing an account of our pro ceedings up to that date (a duplicate of which I now en close). The opportunity that will shortly offer of send ing by a Danish vessel a further itatement enables me to give their lordships some information with reference to the coal deposits on the island of Disco, which I think will be found interesting as regards the utility, but doubly so as geological data. With the Talbot in tow, we parted company from the Diligence at 6 p.m. of the sth inst., and last sighted her standing, with a fresh wind from the eastward, down the coast. We reached the harbour of Jacob's Haven at 5.30 a.m. of the following day, but found it so thickly beset with heavy ice from the neighbouring glacier that it was with much difficulty we succeeded in getting suf ficiently near to the hospital to land the Esquimaux alluded to in my letter of the sth inst., and whose pre carious condition rendered it advisable be should be con veyed there. Ultimately the doctor came off in a whale boat, and thus was enabled to communicate with our surgeon ; the necessity of our landing was, therefore, avoided, and so we proceeded immediately to Skandsen on the island of Disco, as shown i i Rink's chart, a trac ing of which I enclose. The principal officer of the Danish Government in North Greenland, Mr. Obric, has kindly accompanied me on this visit to these coal dis tricts, and through him I have been' enabled to commu nicate freely with the natives along the coast, and thus obtain much useful information. Skandsen was reached at 3 p.m. on the 6th, and landing we soon found the spot that had been previously worked by the Danes. A speci men of the coal found here (and which is in a strata cropping out of the bank on the beach, covered only by light clayey sand), is forwarded through the courtesy of Mr. Obric, in a box, addressed to the care of English consul at Copenhagen —this is marked No. 1, Skandsen —as well as some of those superincumbent soil. The vein varied from 1 foot to 4 feet six inches in depth, but as a far superior specimen of coal for steaming purposes has been since met with, I shall not trouble their lord ships with further particulars of this spot, excepting that good holding ground in from eight to ten fathoms was found off this coal strata, though exposed to the south erly winds, at which time a heavy sea sets right upon the shore. A wooden-house was erected some years ago, but it is now uninhabited. It would form, how ever, good shelter for . a party collecting coal, which could be shipped in fine weather, or during northerly winds, when the sea is perfectly smooth. Leaving Skandsen at 5.30 p.m., we then proceeded towards Ritenbenk, for the purpose of communicating with a Danisk barque that arrived the previous day, and which afforded us European intelligence twelve days !Ater than our own. The captain of the vessel, when acquainted by Mr. Obric with the object of the expedition, gave me 781 b. of potatoes, which I have added to our stock of vege tables for the Arctic squadron. We passed inside the small islands, as seen in the track chart enclosed, and observed an extensive loom and Rilliwake rookery, where thousands of birds and eggs might readily be obtained. I learn that a still larger rookery is situated at Niakomak Nms, an island a little to the northward. I paid a visit to the governor of Ritenbenk, whom I bad previously known as governor at Lievely. The vessels were kept under way in the meantime, and by eight a.m. of the 7th we were well clear of the small islands that lie near the settlement. A strong breeze from the northward prevented our reaching Atanekerdluk before five p.m. Here we found excellent sheltered harbours, the northmost one for ves sels during southerly winds, and the other affording capital shelter with north winds, and with very good stiff clay holding ground ; we came into 23 fathoms, and rode out the gale, which was doubtless putting the Dili gence well through Davis' Straits. Shortly after anchoring I landed with a party of officers from both vessels, for the purpose of visiting a petrified forest, reported by the Esquimaux, but which had never been previously visited by any European excepting Mr. Rink. Here, at a measured elevation of 1,084 feet above the level of the sea, we found extensive remains of petrified trees, though nearly entirely embedded in sandstone clay. The specimens collected were in all stages of petri faction; some charred into coal. That this has been a forest of considerable extent, and that the species of tree was, doubtless, what now only exists in a far more temperate climate, is beautifully illustrated by the widely-scattered specimens found of petrified leaves, iden tifying the lime, birch, fir, and some sorts of ferns. To the geologist this cannot fail to be a source of the great est interest, and must be viewed by all as a matter for great speculation. A small piece of amber was found, and I succeeded, though with much difficulty, in reaching a spot at the edge of the cliff, where a portion of the semi-petrified tree still stood at an angle of 45 deg., and sloping towards the north—the hill upon which the forest is situated facing the south. This tree was about the size of a man's body in girth, and .four feet of it stood exposed. A small portion is sent, marked A. Some pieces of coal found in the neighbourhood are also forwarded. I defer sending a more detailed account of the geological formation of the land at this spot, as being more suitable for a paper to the geological societies than for an official letter to my Lords Commissioners. I will, therefore, only add that the commencement of what is known as greenstone, sandstone, clay slate, and trap formation was clearly de fined at a spot a short distance from our anchorage, and where it was met by the gneiss and granite of other periods. At seven o'clock on the following morning our anchor was tripped, and we steamed across the Waigattet to wards Ritenbenk Rullud. On landing I soon found an extensive strata, extending, as far as my own observa tion went, for more than a mile along the coast. This vein is from three to six feet in depth, and of a species known in England as " a nthracite." Considering there could be no better, proof of its available position and means of obtaining it, I ordered all the quarter boats of the two vessels on shore for the purpose of taking a load, and, though it had to be broken out from the bank and put into the boats, which had then to pull off to the ship,•which was lying to under steam at a distance from the shore varying from three-quarters to a mile, we nevertheless got off upwards of 12 tons in four hours, and this working only the boats' crews at the strata in different spats, and themselves loading and carrying off each m a ki ng three or four has be en use d s i nce, and their tisr p s foundin nw that of boats gopoe dr alongside,quality The a ; coal to is I spoke n of by some of our men, who are accustomed to the .coal trade, as being worth 35s a ton. A copy of the engineer's report is in closed herewith. There seems no limit to the quantity that might be obtained, and at high-water it may positively be thrown into the boat (a distance of four feet) from the bed in which it is deposited. The shore ground gradually slopes from 3 fathoms to 20 (about a mile distant), and a ship can lie in fine weather within 200 yards of the beach. A sample of this coal is forwarded, as well as a portion of the clay upon which it is embedded. The superincum bent stratum is composed of a sort of black land (similar to that we have in Scotland), immediately upon the coal stratum, and a clayey sand above that ; this is perfectly loose, and can be cleared away with the greatest facility, leaving a table of coal running level with the shore, and perhaps five feet above high-water mark. Large blocks were broken out, more than three men could lift. The coal stratum inclines to the north-east, at a very small angle. It is not to be supposed we have hit at first upon the best kind to be found for steaming purposes, but it has been proved to be very useful mixed with our quick burning patent fuel ; and, when a jet of steam is applied, as used now for many of the Mediterranean steamers, which burn anthracite coal (and which this most resembles), a great and more rapid combustion is obtained. The two harbours on the northern shore of the Wai gattet are off Alanekerclluk, and within 15 miles, and would be always available for a ship coaling at this spot, as she could find shelter from either a northe r l y or southerly gale, the only wi n ds that blow with any fury in this strait. On Sunday, the 9th, at 10 a.m., we anchored at Four Island Point, to await the clearing of the fog and the cessation of a strong south wind, which prevented our approaching the south-east coast of Hareten, or Rare Island, a spot said to have much coal. The harbour at Noursoak, or Four Island Point, is small and dangerous for large vessels to enter. We found, however, secure anchorage in a bight about a mile to the southward of the settlement, with 15 to 20 fathoms of water, sand, and mud. Since the above was written we wade an attempt on the morning of the 10th to get over to Hare Island, but a heavy southerly gale prevented our reaching the point at which the coal is said to exist. We bore up for our previous anchorage at sour Island Point at noon, and the wind still continuing, I shall probably proceed to the northwward without further delay, thobgh when we sailed from Lievely we, - were seven days in advance of last year's date, and with.. 36 tons more coal on board. Since the engineer's report was drawn up, they have made further experiments with the Ritenbenk coal, and have found it in specific gravity equal to Welsh ; for four hours they kept one fire continually charged with it, and finding its combustion was good for two hours after employing the Disco coal unmixed for the whole six fires, and report that it answered well, keeping steam, and that the combustion was perfect, with com paratively no smoke, and without any cinders, a residue of white ash and clinker only remaining. As far as the last experiments have gone this coal is as economical as the Welsh. July 12.—Bad weather has detained the expedition at this anchorage since our return from the attempt to reach Hare Island. Ido not consider that any time has been lost, since we learn that a fortnight ago all was solid ice, as far as the eye could reach in all direc tions from this spot. 9 a.m.—We are now getting under way in a calm, to proceed north, and expect to fall in with the ice in 24 hours. I intend, if possible, to communicate at Prooen and Upernavik for the purpose of obtaining dogs and an Esquimaux driver.—l am, sir, your most obedient humble servant, E, A. brounELD, Captain. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Phcenix, off Hare Island, Baffin Bay, July 10. __ _ Sir,—ln accordance with your directions relative to our report as to the qualities of the coal supplied by •you to her Majesty's ship' Phoenix, we respectfully beg to state that, so far as we have had an opportunity of testing its capabilities for marine steam purposes, we are of opinion it will, in well-proportioned boilers, when mixed equally with Welsh coal or patent fuel, meet all the demands of the marine steam-engine. Further, from the slight trials we have made of it burning alone, we believe it to be in every respect a most useful fuel, and capable of generating sufficient steam for at least a mild degree of expansion ; the pro portion of ash and clinker is greater than in Scotch coals generally, but produces less smoke.—We have, &c., C. RENWICK, Chief Engineer. P. G. LAMBERT, Assistant-Engineer, Ist class. Captain Inglefield, R.N., her Majesty's ship Phoenix. LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. The following extracts from the correspondence of a man who gave up a good situation of 3001. a-year to go to the diggings give a lively picture of the ups and downs of life in Australia : MELBOURNE, April 13.—1 am once more in this city; driven to it by continued ill-fortune at the diggings. For the last six months I have been floundering about on the confines of desperation, working like a horse, and existing God knows how !—and how I am to exist for the future is still (a great puzzle. I have been knocking about the country everywhere, but the fiend ill-fortune has taken me under herspectal protection, and dogged my heels so closely that I have been unable, even since I came here, to obtain any, the meanest, employment. I am now on the eve of Good Friday, obliged to retire into the bush, and there to exist, as best I can, until the holydays are over, my means being quite exhausted, and I am unable to "raise the wind" anyhow, even for a few days.. But I shall get over it, as I have got over other as bad fixes during the above period, and will write to you again shortly, when I feel a little more comfortable. I have not the heart to write to --, but if any inquiries are made you can simply state that I am quite well, and have come L here on account of my ill success at the diggings. May 19.—1 wrote to you on the 13th ult. At thattime my exchequer was so low that I was, as I told you, obliged to go and pass the Easterholydays in the bush. Since thenfor tune has played so .many queer pranks upon me in such rapid succession that I can hardly yet take them for a reality. I will, however, endeavour to give you a rapid account of what has occurred to me during this short, but eventful period. After I had finished my let ter to you of tho 13th ult., I took nay carpet-bag to an old acquaintance to get it stored for a while, until I could look out for em ployment. On my going to him, whom I had not seen for a twelvemonth previous, of couse numerous inquiries were made on both sides as to how the "world wagged " with us. I frankly confessed that it was very "hard cheese" with me. and that I would freely take anything I could get to keep me afloat. I said nothing about the state of my purse, nor that I had been forced to go and "hide my diminished head" in the bush during the holydays ; but told him I was going in search of employment up the country. This brought about a conversation as to the sort of situation I had been accustomed to at home. Upon my informing him, he said, " Why our governors (storemen) are in want of a clerk ; if you like, I will go and speak to Mr. -- on the subject." " But," says I " look at my dross (I was in dig ger's weeds), I cannot appear before him in this raiment: , •` Never mind your dress," he replied, " Mr. was obliged to go a-shepherding when he came to the colony, and can therefore the more easily understand your case.' , •`AII right," says I ; " go and pave the way for my ap pearance before him." Go ho did, and in a few minutes I was in the presence of Mr. --. The interview was very short. He eyed me most closely from head to foot with a look of astonishment, I supposed, or rather inferred, from my impudence in applying for the situation in such attire ; asked what I had been doing since I came to the colony, my employment at home, &c., and then told me they would consider about it, and let me know in a few days. I concluded that this interview in my digging attire had made a damping impression to my prejudice, but I de cided on remaining in town for a short time to hear the result. Nothing came of it after waiting for nearly a week ; I therefore left, and passed the next night in the bush, a few miles from town, with little to satisfy the cravings of the inward man. Next day, starvation staring me in the face, I parted with my faithful old dog, Rattler, who has been, as I told you before, my constant companion ever since I came to this colony, for three sovereigns only, and then turned my nose the road towards the interior in search of work, but could obtain none. Three days after wards I found myself at Castlemaine, and now determined on going to the Avoca diggings to see my brother and tell him how I was situated. In two days more I reached that place, with only a few shillings in my pocket. He, like a brother, came forward at once and offered me a receipt for 25 oz. of gold, deposited with the commissioner at Bendigo and gave me 2/. to see me to that place. I did not want so much, but he insisted on it, so I took it and left the same evening for Bendigo. I made six miles that night, and about 30 miles the next day brought mo to the crossing place on the Loddon River, about 12 miles from Castle maine, when a heavy thunderstorm was impending, which obliged me to halt and put up at a pseudo-refreshment tent for the night, contrary to my usual practice when travelling in this country in any reasonable weather. I generally light a fire in the bush, and rig up a " mi-mi" of boughs, and avoid these accommodation places by the road-side, as they are known throughout the diggings for their bad repute, with very few exceptions. Well, it was here that I met with an adventure which nearly cost my life. I cannot go into full details—that must be loft for a long winter evening's tale by a cosy fireside, if ever I am spared to enjoy that comfort again. This refreshment place was a den of bushrangers and robbers, they managed to hocus me in a glass of soda-water, but, thank God, the dose had been got up by an inexperienced hand, and to this fact alone do I attribute my safety and ultimate escape from these scoundrels. The dose, instead of stupifying me, as they undoubtedly intended, only excited my brain. The moment I felt its effects I bolted out of the place, between 10 and 11 o'clock at night, with only my shirt and trowsers on, and ran into the bush as fast as my le , s would carry me, in order to save my life ; the villains pursued me on horseback, but the swiftness of my flight, the darkness of the night, and afterwards, by what I can not but think was a special interposition of Providence in directing my course, the voice of a bird—the " maw-paw," or Australian cuckoo—saved me. The effects of the drug produced on my imagination were most extraordinary ; I was under the influence of a very strange feeling for six hours afterwards—not like that of drink ; I cannot describe it. I was perfectly conscious of everything, Yet could fix no object steadily in my eye ; every thing seemed as reflected through a mirror ; I got over the ground so light and airily, if you can comprehend me, that though my body felt keenly the cold morning air, and the pricks and scratches of the stones and brushwood upon my feet, it seemed as if tenanted by something supernatural, which lifted me above the things of the earth, and divested me of fatigue—l cannot toll you how. My brain must have been in a very strange state from the effects of the drug, for, although 'his bird, the maw-paw, undoubtedly accompanied me for miles, yet the most curious part is, that I interpreted its sayings into directions which way I was to run, Szc.a---l-lfoolf• instance, "going astray , " " follow that star," " s t op, ” " rest," " look up," " follow the star again," &e., which I imagined I heard as plainly and as clearly as any tiong I ever head in my life, and which I implicitly fol lowed, putting myself entirely under the protection and guidance of this voice. Next morning I found that this bird had led me through the bush, over ranges and galleys for a distanee of coven yr eight miles, in 4 straighter line [PRICE SD. than it was possible I could have gone over this unknown ground in broad daylight. Next morning at daybreak I found I was in the township of Muckleford, about five miles from Castlemaine, where I related what had hap pened to me, and claimed protection from the villains who would be prowling about the road in search of me—their I creed being "Dead men tell no tales." I was told there were no police nearer than Castlemaine, and that many robberies had been heard of lately at the very same place. They gave me a pair of old shoes, and furnished me with a breakfast. While I was partaking of it, who should pass the door of the house but ono of the gang of scoundrels on his way from Castlemaine, and, from the direction he was taking, it was clear that he must have been prow ling about the road all the night, or got on to where Is i a s w him before daylight. I f e lt qu it e sure h e was looking after me, and if he had met me on th e roa d my li fe would have been sacrificed. I had l e ft a ll nay "swag"behi n d me when I bolted out of the robbe r ' s t en t, an d was anx i ous to get it back, and on arrival at Castl ema i ne I app li e d t o th e police magistrate to assist me, and sen d some t roopers t o arrest the vagabonds, but was polit e ly i n f orme d th a t , although he had heard a great deal of these fellowe' na deeds, he could not assist me. Finding I could get no re dress, I went on to Bendigo, and ordered the gold to be sent down by escort to town, and returned there myself with all haste. I there found that Mr. -- had been in quiring of my old acquaintance for me, and I was to be set to work to bring up the stock-book, and, if I suited, I was to be taken on as shipping clerk, and to display my abilities in this schoolboy's work. I had seen the same day that Mr. -- was advertising for a book-keeper, and, finding it was likely to be a first-rate berth, I told my ac quaintanco I should apply for it. He furnished me with pen, ink, and paper, and I sat down and penned an appli cation accordingly. Next morning I got my trunk, rigged myself out in a civilised manner, and then delivered my letter in person. Mr. -- read it, looked at me and smiled, asked to see my testimonials, then asked me a few questions about them, and at once offered to take me on at 3001. per annum to begin with, promising to increase that sum if I continued in his employment and gave satis faction. I accepted the offer and took my seat in the office instanter, thinking myself lucky in obtaining the situation so easily and unexpectedly. In a few months it will be worth 4001. per annum ; indeed, I could get that sum now, but I prefer waiting awhile before I ask for it, and until I get more knowledge of the business transactions of this city. I have now given you a history of my ups and downs in Victioria, extending over a period of only three weeks, and I leave you to judge if they have not been of a very varied and uncommon character. The fact is, a man may as well be without his head as without coney here, and is far better at home. If I had a few hundred pounds to start me with, I would not be the servant of any one, for, altered as things are here of late, I would soon be on the high road to fortune. I have hitherto followed gold digging on the plan of " something or nothing," in hopes of dropping on something, but nothing has been my lot. 11l health for more than six weeks was the cause of my be- ' ing "stumped out" on Campbell's Creek, where I was worklig quite alone. THE WAR. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Her Majesty's steamers Dauntless and Stromboli re turned to Portsmouth yesterday from Brest, where they left the Russian prisoners out of the St. Vincent, from Bomarsund. The Stromboli moved her powder, and steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday. The Daunt less will go into harbour to-day. The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master• Commander Petley, sailed yesterday afternoon for Woolwich. The Sphinx goes to the Black Sea. The Vefredo steam-vessel undocked yesterday afternoon, and the Fire Queen steam-vessel hauled in the vacant dock to have her bottom cleaned. APPOINTMENT. Lieutenant Henry F. Alaillop (1847), at present corn. manding the Royal Charlotte revenue vessel, has been ap. pointed to command the Snake screw-steam despatch gun boat. PROMOTIONS. Second Masters W. C. Pyper, Frank Inglis, R. P. T. Simpson, and Alexander Brown, promoted to the rank of master. Lieutenant J. A. Shears, to be commander; H. F. Di. Willop to be Lieutenant-Commander of H.X.S. Snake. THE GUN-BOATS. The Lynx, screw steam despatch gun-boat, Lieutenant- Commander Luce, was taken out of the basin at Wool wich at half•past 5 aim. yesterday, and at 5 minutes past 6 left for Greenhithe to have her compasses adjusted, and take on board from Purfleet her powder and live shells; her shot, both solid and grape, the latter consisting of fifteen 3-pounder shot, covered with tarred sail-cloth, and attached to an 8-inch iron wadding for each charge of the 68-pounder Lancaster's oval guns having been taken on board previously at Woolwich. Tho stokers employed in the Lynx being new hands and inexperienced in the manner of getting up proper fires in the furnaces, and keeping them in good condition, had great difficulty in getting up the steam while proceeding down the river, and it was only while passing the measured mile at Long Reach that the fires became more brisk, and the engines rau up from B', - ; to 100 revolutions per minute, that she attained greater speed, and although the full power of steam she is capable of using was not raised, she ran the measured mile in five minutes 10 seconds, or at the rate of 11.613 knots per hour, the tide being slack and the wind ahead. The engines worked well, and it is evident she will make fully an average speed of 11 knots per hour with the greates ease. She will leave Greenhithe to-day for Devonport and the Black Sea. The Snake is now having her engines of 160 horse-power put on board, at John Penn and Sons' establishment, at Deptford, and will be ready to be brought down to Wool wich on Monday next, where she is to be fitted and com pleted. PROMOTION FOR BALTIC SERVICE. The public and the service will be gratified to hear of the promotien of Lieutenant Offley M. Crewe Read (1846) to the rank of commander. It will be recollected that this officer was the first who was wounded in the Baltic, and was strongly recommended for advancement by Capt. (Nemesis) Hall, whose first lieutenant he was, in the gallant attack at Ekness, and in which he lost an eye. THE PROBLEM. Yesterday Mr. Jones, the High Marshal to the Court of Admiralty, made proclamation on the Royal Exchange that within 20 days the vessel Problem, of which J. Bro beck was late the master, captured by her Majesty's ship Cruizer, attempting to break the blockade of the Gulf of Finland, would be declared a lawful prize and sold for the benefit of the captors. HER MAJESTY'S NEW STEAM-YACHT THE WINDSOR CASTLE. 7 -- Durin g the recent visit of Mr. Watts, Assistant-Suiveyor of the Navy, to Pembroke-yard, arrangements were made for accelerating the completion of this paragon of naval construction, so as to insure her being ready for launching by next January. The following are some of the principal dimensions of this beautiful craft :—Extreme length, 340 feet; length between perpendiculars, 300 feet; breadth extreme, 401 feet; tonnage, 2,330 tons; engines, GOO horse power (paddle). ARRIVAL OF THE POLYPHEMUS. The Polyphemus, 6, paddle-wheel sloop, Commander Phillips, arrived at Portsmouth from the coast of Africa on Wednesday, to be paid off. She left Ascension on the 30th of July, at which time the Scourge, 6, paddle•sloop, Commodore Adams, Commander-in-chief of the squadron, and the Tortoise, 12, Captain Aitchen, were the only men of-war there. She reports the Ferret, 8, Commander M`Donald, having taken a prize in one of the rivers to the northward of Sierra Leone. Lieutenant J. Packwood, of the Tortoise, has come to England in the Polyphemus, which discharged her powder at Spithead yesterday, pre paratory to steaming into Portsmouth harbour to be put out of commission. PROVISION FOR THE WIVES AND CHILDREN OF THE EXPEDITIONARY ARMY. Arrangements are being made at the Casemate Barracks, St. Mary's, Brompton, near Chatham, for the reception of the wives and children of the soldiers serving in the expe ditionary army in Turkey. The rooms taken up for their use, and which are now being whitewashed, &c., by the Board of Ordnance, are capable of accommodating from 300 to 400 persons ; the number of women reported coming are close on 300; they are expected at Chatham on Friday next, as they have left Malta by a steamer ; as soon as each of their cases can be inquired into by a Chelsea board of officers, and the parishes to which they belong can be as certained, they will be forwarded free of expense. MILITARY. The reserve of the 71st Light Infantry is ordered home from Canada. It will land at Portsmouth, and proceed to Canterbury. The depot of the 65th Regiment will move from Wey mouth to Jersey. The service companies in New Zealand are to be augmented to 1,000 strong. The service companies of the 58th Regiment are ordered home from New Zealand. The depot moves from Jersey to Weymouth. The 15th Hussars, now stationed at Exeter, were in spected by General Sir Joseph Thackwell, as locum tenens for the Duke of Cambridge, Inspector-General of Cavalry, on Wednesday. THE STAFF AT HEAD QUARTERS.—CoIoneI Kelly, lately of the Staff at Chatham, has been appointed head of the Recruiting Department in London, in room of the late lamented Major-General Bushe, who was carried off by the prevailing epidemic. He has already entered upon the duties of the office. 60TH RIFLES.-A party of this corps left London by the Great Northern line, yesterday, for Huntingdon, for the purpose of drilling the county militia about to be called out. This is a Rifle Corps, under the command of the Earl of Sandwich; Viscount Mandeville is major and second in command. The staff is being filled up. HIGHLAND COSTIIME.-A strange dress for the Highland regiments has been decided upon. The kilt will be retained in the regiments already wearing it, but the tunic or frock is to contain in front a quantity of cloth shaped as flaps. Upnor Castle, near Rochester, with the magazine, are ' sing prepared to receive the powder and military stores 'rom the Baltic fleet on its arrival. The old French prison at Milbay has been fitted up for Russian prisoners, and has been handed over by the Ord nance authorities to the Board of Admiralty. ELSINORE, Sept. 10.—The steam gun-boat Wrangler passed here on the 7th inst. southwards ; and the French steamer Reine Hortense arrived here the same evening, and after coaling in these roads, proceeded southward ou the 9th inst. The French frigate Vengeance left these roads on the 9th inst., going northward. Sept. 11, 7 a.m.—The French war-steamer Asmodie, with three British trans ports in tow, likewise with troops, is just now going north wards. EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM DROWNING.—On Wed nesday morning (says the Chelmsford Chronicle) David Cheek, four years old, son of Charles Cheek, labour er , residing on Kelvedon-road, near Coggleshall, by some means fell down a well, which is used to supply the cot tages in that locality with water. Fortunately, a neigh bour soon after went for a pail of water, and while in the act of winding it up she thought it unusually heavy, when on looking into the well, to her astonishment she saw the little fellow clinging to the pail, his face covered with blood. He reached the top, but became so exhausted that he was obliged to loosen his hold, and he again fell to the bottom. A labourer, named Rootkin, descended and rescued the little fellow, and he is going on fayour ably. LETTER OF PRINCE CZARTORYSKI TO THE POLES. The following letter has been addressed by Prince Czartoryski to his countrymen : "My dear Fellow-countrymen, —After various deceitful misfortunes, after hard and, perhaps, necessary trials, Di vine Providence, as it seems, satisfied with the manner in which we have borne the past, is now disposed to restore to us His protection. " Events which human wisdom had not foreseen, which it would have tried to prevent, have unexpectedly arisen, and may entirely change the situation of Europe. " The great Powers, some of whom had put their hand to our destruction—while the others have permitted A— are now brought to acknowledge the fatal results to Europe of the partition of Poland, and to consider how much se curity and what advantages her re-establishment would procure. " Poland, without her name being yet pronounced, pre sents herself, imposes herself by the force of things, on the thoughts of nations, of the Cabinets and statesmen of Europe. . _ " continual witness of these grave circumstances, and in a position to appreciate them near, guardian of your interests abroad and interpreter of your intentions, I have resolved, my dear countrymen, to address you the follow ing advice:— "All the Polish nation in the vast provinces which form our country is, above all, unanimously desirous of national independence. All Poles, whatever opinions th e y h o ld, agree in acknowledgi ng that if, according to the designs of Providence, they are called upon to take a part in the con test, an energetic and so to say, a military Government, will be necessary as long as that contest shall last. " This sovereign and unanimous decision, the funda mental proof of our national vitality and the bond of our common union, excludes from admission any party who would disturb our unanimity by the premature discussion of the form of government which that party would urge upon the country for acceptance. " Independence once conquered, the nation alone would have the right to decide on the form of her government, and would spontaneously feel the propriety of taking into account the advice of friendly Powers. "The emigration, more free in its movements, and not bound to equal reserve, will take care not to embarrass the national will. Its only mission is to watch and to be de voted abroad to the interests of the country as long as that country is in fetters ; and as soon as they are, if it please God, shaken off, to obey the impulse of the nation. "It is said, dear fellow-countrymen, that you have made everywhere a conspiracy of tranquillity and wisdom. Strive to justify, to merit that accusation. " Receive the overtures made to you from whatever quarter they come; but before you put entire faith in them, before you proceed to any spontaneous act, ask—re quire real guarantees. "These will be real when the Powers, or any one of them, shall have declared that independent Poland shall be strong and exist in her own right for the well-being of Europe ; when that Power shall be occupied with the for mation of a national army, under Polish chiefs, employing, with that view, the Polish soldiers who fill the ranks of contending armies. Then, but then only, run forward and re-unite yourselves from all parts ; declare loudly that you will no longer kill one another ; march like one man to the deliverance of your country, and against him who would oppose the decrees of justice and the voice of Europe. " The Poles have been too often deceived in their hopes, too often they haves aen promises lightly listened to vanish in smoke ; too often have they put themselves forward on the first appearance of what seemed a favourable chance, and, victims of this confidence, they have only gathered increasing calamities from their f ac ilit y i n f o ll ow i ng t h e impulse of others. t' Preserve in every part of our country your now prudent and calm attitude ; wait for events. It is the advice given you by all the sincere friends of Poland. The patient tranquillity which at present reigns in Poland proceeds not from inanition or from deatli; it is, on the contrary, a proof of wisdom and prudence, the sign of life and of the inward strength of the nation, that knows how to re strain herself, to show greater energy when the moment shall come to develope her might. " Follow, my countrymen, that line of conduct which will preserve you from the greatest of misfortunes, that of intestine divisions—o r a t l eas t w h atever fate God 'destines to you, which will shelter you against increased calamities. "The providential concurrence of the events hitherto accomplished must fortify and augment your faith in Di vine bounty and justice. It will, perhaps, be through our country, that unf oreseen b y h erse lf or any one e l se th e balance Will be definitively inclined in unravelling the present crisis. " Receive, - dear compatriots , the expression of the ardent wishes whichr form, in concert with you, for our unhappy country.—Your faithful and devoted compa- ,riot; Paris, Aug. 2G." "A. CZARTORYSKI: SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sift,--A letter from a shareholder, claiming for me the merit of the introduction of the electric telegraph on the South• Eastern Railway, and a reply signed " Walker," have appeared in several of the daily papers. - It is duo to Mr. Charles V. Walker, the able and scientific manager of the telegraph on the South- Eastern Railway, who does not appear to be the author of the letter signed by a Mr. Walker, and whose name is not mentioned in either communication, to state that the degree of certainty and perfect action which has enabled the electric telegraph to be used as a pro tection from accidents is, in a great measure, to be at tributed to the improvement introduced by that gentle man, and to his able management of this invention when in its infancy. The electric telegraph, which is un d en i a bl y the greatest invention of the present ce n t ury, i s not the re sult of a single mental effort, or of a single individual, and accordingly there are many who are entitled to a share in this beautiful result, a brief mention of whom may not be uninteresting to your readers. The first important step to renderavailablefor making signals the known power of conveying electricity by' metal wires was that of Oersted, who, in 1819, discovered that magnetic needles were deflected by the passage of a current of electricity through a wire parallel to and surrounding them. We had thus the main requisition of the present needle telegraph ; butit was found that the action was so feeble that a needle would not be deflected by a wire, the battery of which was at a considerable distance, a difficulty which was overcome by Schweigg,er, who foUnd that the deflecting power of the current was multiplied, and its sensibility most increased, by passing a great number of times round the needle a wire thoroughly in sulated by a covering of silk thread. At the period of Oersted's valuable discovery, Arago detected another law, which furnished a separate method by which electricity might be made to convey messages, viz., that th e e l ectr i c current had the power of impart rL ing m agnet i sm to iron and steel, and shortly afterwardslctic r Mr. St urgeon, of Woolwich, invented the magnet, by coi li ng copper in connection round a pi ece o f soft iron. This is th e p r i nc i p l e o f act i on in t h e electre-magneticf above 12,000 o telegr a ph, w hi ch i s worked to the extent pith t irB a t b electric battery, miles in America. The power of d e fl ec ti ng a nee dle thus kno wn as ear l y as 1820, and in to render it available a s a telegraph 11723 an electricity experiment was made by Pro fessor Barlow, of Wo o l w i c h, on 1,000 g 4 4 41 deflect the t w h i e rewho failed in obtaining su ffi c i en t p o wer toe fl needle, d it remained for Wheatstone and Cooko to oyeroome f_•(-- • // , • / =•• ~' ~ ;~ =~~ G - :'~. r V t--- ..... . ....„'..k.,„,___ and in July of the these difficulties with the assistance of Schweigget) ank-.. Arnn)Te's inventions, and those gentlemenlii 1837 took .natent for a needle instrument, Aear it was laid down between Euston-square and ".. , ainden-town stations, and although a pp arently success ful it was or d ere d to be again removed. ,The baffled, but not disheartened inventors, sues ceeded, however, in having in 1839 an experimental length on the Great Western Railway from London to Slough ; but here it remained for some years without exciting public attention, and was considered a failure by the two most important railways in the kingdom, while the Government had previously, in reply to an application, stated that " the telegraph was of no use in time of peace, and that the Semaphore in time of war answered all the required purposes." In 1844 I examined carefully its action on the Great Western Railway, in order to form a judgment of how far it admitted of certain action, and was not liable to interruption ; and being satisfied on these points I re commended its adoption on the South-Eastern Railway, when I was the principal engineer, and described, in addition to its advantages of safety, that of the economy which would arise from the saving in pilot engines, plant, &0., and my recommendation was carried into effect ; and without claiming any merit to myself beyond pointing out its advantages, I confidently believed that had not the South-Eastern directors adopted it, and had they placed the invention in the hands of a less able and scientific manager than Mr. C. V. Walker, it alight still have been years before the electric telegraph had arrived at its present perfection and extensive appli cation, or even before capital could have been raised to 25 c arrY out the T e l egrap h C ompany , w hi c h h as now above ,000 miles of wire. tythtrits With reference to the submarine telegraph my claims are equally humble, and consist simply in recommending lilityrand4athe directors m o ake experiments . to test its practice- The great difficulty advantages.overcome insu lation of thewires, Which was accomplished by Mr. Wal ker who succeeded in send ingsubmarine messaes by vitt& was the perfect percha wire at Folkestone befor e the wa g scabl proposed ; and it is therefore the more to be re g retted by the South-Eastern Rail wa y t h at the submarine telegraph has fallen into other hands, from the effect it would have exercised cm the continental traffic ; an d it i s t o b e equally regretted th a t an arrangement was not made with the Submarine Company when they had first esta blished the water communication, and before they had obtained the power to extend it on land from Dover 4e London—an arrangement which would bamlaben mu tually advantageous to both companies. I accompanied the expedition to lay the submarine cable as a visitor only, and was no less delighted at the end of that anxious day to be able, in a gale of wind, to send a message to England, than were Mr. Wollaston and Mr. Crampton, the engineers ; but I have not in tended to imply for an instant that the successful result of that difficult operation was otherwise than due alone to these gentlemen. It will be satisfactory to me, and is, I think, due to the engineers above-mentioned, that you should publish this communication. PETER W. BARLOW. 26, Great George-street, Westminster, Sept. 14. THE AUSTRIANS IN WALLACHIA. (From the Daily News.) The officers of the Austrian army of occupation in Wallachia are conducting themselves at Bucha rest with the same insolent brutality which they have for years been excercising at the expense of the inhabitants of the Lombardo-Venetian terri tories. The letter of our corresponlent at Bucha rest, which we published yesterday, contained an account of their intolerably overbearing demeanour, in so far as the Turkish Government was concerned. The letter from the same gentleman, which we pub lish to-day, contains an account of their treatment of private individuals. The magnanimous General Popovitch performs a prominent part in the drama. This gallant hero, who in 1848 saved his skin by surrendering to a much inferior force under Guyon, and quietly rema i n i ng a prisoner to the end of the war, is now displaying his valour at the expense of the lodging -house keepers and ladies of Bucharest. Because au unfortunate house owner, whose apartments have pleased him, refuses to unlock the rooms of two lodgers who are in the country, and give them up to the Austrian general, Popovitch al mos t b eats the doors off their hinges. If he ultimately gained admission— a matter still in doubt—it is to be hoped the absent lodgers ob tained a good account of the property they had left behind them under lock and key. Popovitch did not come off so scathless in his attempt to insult a lady of Bucharest upon whom he wished to quarter some of his staff. Omer Pacha in terfered ; told the Austrian hero in the plainest language what he thought of his conduct; and Po povitch apologised. In so doing he acted in ser vile imitation of his Commander-in -Chief. General Hess advanced towards Bucharest, distributing right and left handfulls of a proclamation, in which he ordered the Wallachian authorities to apply to his aide-de-camp for instructions in everything. Omer Pacha protested against this order, repre senting to Feldzeugmeiste r Hess that as general of a friendly army of occupation he had nothing to do with the civil government of Wallachia, which was vested in him, Omer Paella. The Feldzeug moister apologised ; vowed he h a d no i ntention to encroach up on the jurisdiction of the Pacha ; and, to prove this, showed the proclamation in the original German, where the Wallachian authorities were only instructed to apply to his Adjutant in all things connected with the Austrian troops. It was curious that this important mission in the Walla chian translation was never discovered till after Omer Pacha had remonstrated. The apology of General Popovitch was an equally tardy and un gracious compliance with a broad hint from Omer Pacha. Will Feldzeugmeister Hess and General Popovitch be equally amenable to the rebukes of the Paella after the Austrian army of occupation has been concentrated around Bucharest ? They are both trying how far they may venture to go ; and in future the amount of their power will be the exact measure of the insolence of the one in his intercourse with the Turkish authori ties, and of the brutality of the other in his inter course with the non -official Wallachians of every rank, age, and sex. The spirit of Radetzky, the oppressor of Italy, animates Hess ; the spirit of Haynau, the woman-flogger, has migrated into Popovitch. The Government of Vienna already regards the Danubian Principalities as equally its own property in perpetuity with Venice and:Lom bardy. It is governing the new acquisition in the same spirit that it has ruled the old. By the con vention of the 14th of June last the Porte has bound itself to admit the advance of Austrian troops into the Principalities, and to allow them to remain there until a new special convention regu lating their retreat has been concluded between the Austrian and Turkish Governments. The Aus trians having taken the precaution to prevent their being forcibly expelled from Wallachia and Mol davia, are already beginning to show their deter mination to act there not as friendly allies, but as masters. They will take upon them an authority they are not entitled to, like Feldzeugmeister Hess in his proclamation ; they will continuo to act as if their authority were real if not resisted ; if op posed, they will laugh the matter oft as a mistake, but repeat the experiment on the first opportunity ; and they will end by carrying their point. The fate of the Porte in regard to the Danubian Principalities is the exact counterpart of the fate of one of the animal heroes of an sEsopian fable. The horse begged the huntsman to avenge it on its enemythe stag. The huntsman consented, on condi tion that the horse would take a bridle in its mouth, and a saddle on its back, and allow him to mount neoatsileyxa it for the chase. Th e h orse consented, but when the stag was kill e d, an d t h e chase was at an end, amryalle n l ot is SO the horseman ref use d t o di smount. The friendly g et ot i r n id a o l f l s a t i a i w . as T a h n e en p e a li s ul t in ze parts ; what historical or mythical parallel The huntsman really helped to kil l the sta ever g ; the is ? Austrians have had no hand in beating b ac k th e Russians. The hor se had n othing but its ow n folly to thank for its subjection to the h un t sman . Wh en the Turks are groaning under the infliction of Austrian friendship they can turn round upon the Government of England, and say, "It was your advice that brought us into this scrape." On the 10th of June Lord Stratford de Redcliffe wrote to the Earl of Clarendo n , in relation to the conven tion bet ween Austria and Turkey : "In reply . to an application f rom Reschid Pacha, I have advised a simple acceptance of the Austrian draft. On the 22d of June Lord Clarendon replied to Lord Stratford de Redcliffe—" I have to acquaint your Excel lency that her Majesty's Government approve the the Turkish in advisingcourse which you adopted of treaty." Her e are Alinisters to accept the draft hands both their hands—the of England's F ore i gn b at Constan tinople—to Minister and of England's A m as a er the confession that the occup a t ion of is Walla,chia by the Austrians their work. Th e effect of that occupation has already been t o para lyse and strike despondency to th e h eart of Omer c:,a , • to disorganise his army b y de prfving him of his best—his only reliable offi ers ; to subject the Wallachians, men an d women, to the brutalities of men bred in the schools of Radetzky and Haynau ; and to consign to Aus trian fortresses and dungeons the residue of the Hungarian patriots who have not yet been hanged, shot, or imprisoned in Austria, and have not found refuge in England or America. And all these consequences must have been fore seen by ministers and diplomatists who have been long conversant with the Austrian Government. This wretched transaction is a terrible stain on the escutcheon of England • it is as bad as t h e national breach of faith t o Sicily and Genoa in the earlier part of the century. To take arms against Russia in order to wrest Moldavia and Wallachia from its grasp, and then to play those provinces into the hands of Austria, is one of the most degrading farces recorded in history. 7 ,!.- r , J: . 1 ~~ N „ 'rime ,~