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LICENSED VICTUALLERS' MUTUAL DEFENCE ASSOCIATION. —•RAND FETE at CRE- IantNE, THIS DAY, in aid of the funds of the above Association. The public are earnestly requested to te , tity their disapprobation of the recent legislative iaterference with their rational enjoyment, by giving their attendance at Cremorne this evening, when every effort will be made to make a public duty a personal pleasure. Tickets, Is. each, may be had of the Stewards and Committee. Doors open at Three. ClREMORNE.—Adraission, ONE SHILLING. fRURSDAY.—The MILLION FETE. GREAT— ATTRAC TION.—The programme of the amusements this day is arrange i upon the most liberal scale, and will be found commensurate with the importance of the object for which the Fete is held—viz., the Repeal of the Beer Bill. Doors open at Three. The Rural Dances will commence at Five ; the appropriately and purposely composed Comic Songs at Six ; Ballet at Eight ; general Dancing at Nine ; Dogs and Monkeys at intervals; Cirque Oriental at Ttn ; Grand Tableaux and Pyrotechnic Illuminative Devices at Eleven. For minute particulars see special bills. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LA.cra'prr, Onslow-house, .Fulham-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LA TRENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople QuadriPe, sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by H. Laurent, the following Waltzes —La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi kins and his Dinah. Admission, I. 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 SEVENTH of the MONDAY EVENING COURSE of LEC TURES to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES will be given on the 25th inst., by Dr. BACIIHOF FNER, being his second Lecture on ELEC TRICITY, illustrated with brilliant experiments. LECTURES by Dr. SCOFFERN, on the DESTRUCTIVE CHEMI CAL RESOURCES of MODERN WARFARE. NATURE PRINTING, by Dr. BACEIHOFFNEE. EXHIBITION of DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, in addition to all the Daily LECTURES, OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, &c.,&c., A BAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. %VAUD of the Royal Italian Opera. The Gas-lighting byJOIIN LESLIE, Esq. REAT-IN ESTERN RAILWAY. -CHEAP EXCURSION to BATH and BRISTOL.—A Train will leave Paddington on Sundry, September 24th, at 7 45 a.m., for Ba•h and Bri-tol, and will return the same evening, at 6.30 p.m., frum Bristol, and 7 p.m. from Bath. Fares—Bristol, 10s. and fis.; Bath, 9s and ss. Tickets nriy be previously obtained at the Great Western Booking Offices, 27, King- , treet, Cheapside; 63, Bridge-road, Lam beth; 351, Oxford-street; 269, Strand ; and at the Paddington Station. 61 REAT WESTERN RAILWAY. mk. I TEN DAYS' EXCURSION to the WEST of ENGLAND. — On THURSD kY, Sept. 28th. an EXIIURSION TRAIN (the last of the season) will cave PADDINGTON at 8 a.m., for PLYMOUTH, calling at Weiton Super-Mare, Bridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton Ito id, Dawlish, Tpignmouth, Torquay, Totites, and Kings will return from Plymouth on Saturday, Oct. 7th, at 6.30 • . a.nt. BARES THERE AND BACK. First Closed Class. Carriages. Weston-Super-Mare or Bridgewater 20s. .. 13s. Taunton or Tiverton Road •• . 225. •• I ss. Exeter -• • ..... •• ••••• • • • . 245. .. 16s. Starcrnss, Dawlish, or Telgnmouth.. 255. • • 17s. Torquay or Totnes •••• .. • 275. • • '- Plymouth or Kingsbridge .. ••.. .. 30s. CHILDREN under 12 years of age, HALF-PRICE. The Excursion tickets are not transferable, and are only available for the Excursion Trains. "1 ickets may be previouslpontained at 27, Ring-street, Cheapside ; 63, Bridge-road, Lambeth; 351, Oxford street; 269, Strand; and at the Paddington Station. Further part , culars will be given in handbills, which may be had at any 01 the above places, LIFE ASSURANCE. THOS? IMPORTANT, BENEFIT EVER YET OFFERED BY Tire , UNIVERSAL PROVIDENT LIFE ASSOCIA ['lON.—Established 1849. Persons insured for Life, who have paid three yearly promiums ! ,1, 1 upwards, can receive baett their money, less the premium for the risk incurred during the time they were insured on surrender of the policy EXAMPLE. B, aged 35, pays 141. 3s 9d. a-year for Life for 5001, and at the end of seven yews wishes to drop his Policy —he will at this time have paid 991. Gs. 3d., and f , r 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, teeling tills to be a great hardship and a positive obstacle to the adop , ion of Life Assu rance b y all classes, have adopted the c quitable principle ol deducting the pre ',limn for the time the risk has been incurred front the premiums pant, and returning the balance to the parties, thus making a p rofit r ieMselves without any risk. In the example above the Insu raoce for 5001. for the time would have been 91. 9s 7d. per annum, or 6tl. 7 B- 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.B.—Agents wanted throughout the kingdom. Liberal Commis sions. DANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. PARTIES desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the Plan of this Institution, by which a high rate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on application. ESTABLISHED 1837. URITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vic., Cap. 9. BRITANNIA AITTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by tier 3fajesty's Royal Letters Patent. , COLONEL RoseaT ALEXANDEIt, Blackheath-park, Chairnian. Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, with or Without Participation in Profits. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. I, Princes street, Bank, London. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital. 110,0001., fal.y subscribed. CHAIRmAN—KE ti YON S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. DEPUTY•CIIAIRMAN—Ifenry Blair Mayne, Esq. Accidents on Hallways, fatal and non-fatal, insured against, either by single or aonoal premiums, at very moderate rates. Inqu , re at 7, Bank. buildings, Lothbury. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. Accidents by Sea, Fire, ordinary Travelling, or from any other cause, insured against Weekly payments, together with medical expenses, immediately awarded in case of any accident whatever, which may prevent the insured from following his usual occupation. Inquire at 7, Bank buildings, Lothbury. A CCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY. WAR. RISKS either by Land or Sea, or in the face of the Enemy, INSURED AGAINST. Xo personal attendance or medical examination required. Pr('soectuses and further information can be had on application at the Company's Offices, or of any of their Agents. By order. WM. YOUNG, Secretary. 7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury. AVESEND STAR PACKETS. N . . ether Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers. ,N OTICE.—DIX TICKETS are lesued upon the Gravesend Star u ”kets, available for return by them or by the Lou ion and Tilbury F i lwaY; the Return Tickets by the Railway will also be available for return by th e St ar P a ckets. 'he Packets eall at the Piers as underlined (weather permi FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND WEEK DAYS, Terrace Pier S(i 111/ Q ty4 Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WiLtRF, BL A.CKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. ____________WeEß Da . SUNDAYS. g c Fen-n r c 1 - 1 1 i *‘:'' I 1), Fen- S . 13' t ' Street r - 0 church 8 ci . 4 4- 0 . Street ' 7 8 = 5 0' ~.. C. 4 P-, o ~ ...... . . _ _ .... _ -- - - - - - - 91 4 - 1 014 - - 10 14 ..... 1 N - _ -"_ 11 12 --.— 2% % 1 14— _ 2 % _ 4 _ _ 3 14 *514 _ 6% 6y, Passages marked * are run direct. 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By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 3 7, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &e. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man• hood, and 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 having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, , that there is scaraely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an ex t ens i ve practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have • unfortunately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant empirics, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place aith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper, Brothers, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; II annay, 63, Oxford -street ; • Horne, 19, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or free hy post tot thirty stamps, to any address from the Author's residence, 37., Bed. • ford-square. At home tbr censultation daiAy from Eleven till Two, and from ibita Mighty, . c 44. L. 4... _ s4:11: SUNDAY , Time No. 19,341.] PUBLICATIONS. CHEAP EDITIO One V N OF , price 4s CAX cloth TONS, ON SEPT. 30Th. InVol lettered. T H E - 0 A X T O N S. By Sir E. BITLWER LYT"TON. Also, just ready, in Two Vols., price Bs.. c!oth letter 'd. MY NOVr.L. By Si- Edward Bulwer Lytton, 11,.rt., M.P. " This edition is.printed uniform with, and completes the Standard Edition of Sir Edward Bulwer Ly tton's,Newtls and romances." London : George Routledge and Co., 2, Farringdon-street. INTERESTING NEW HISTORICAL WORK. Now ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits, price 21s. bound, T HE QUEENS BEFORE THE CONQUEST. By Mrs. MAT CHEW BALL. "These volumes open up a new and interestingpage of history to the maj , rity of readers. What Miss Strickland has achieved for English Queens since the Norman era has been accomplished by Mrs. Hall on behalf of the royal ladies who, as wives of Salton Kings, have hi- - dm:need the destinies of Britain, and the pleasure and instruction which the work will afford will be enhanced by its being in a great measure unexpected."—Sunday Times. Published for H. Colburn, by his Successors, Hurst and Blackett, NOW READY, THE FORTIETH THOUSAND. Price One Shilling, in boards, for by post for Eighteen Stamps, SOYER'S SHILLING COOKERY for the PEOPLE. " One of the most extraordinary successes in literature has been achieved by the publication of this work, upwards of 3' 000 copies having been sold in ten days. The united press and the general voice of the public have vied with each other in extolling its merits. It should be i❑ every house in the land ; by following its advice you will every week save more than it can be purchased for, and our emphatic advice to every one is, —BUY IT; IT WILL BE THE BEST SHILLING YOU EVER LAID OUT." London : George Routledge and Co., Farringdon-street. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of ‘hancery, made in a cause, \VARNER a..ain,t GUN- I ii.ORPE, all persons claiming to be Creditors of Lieutenant-Colonel James Gunthorpe, late of ConnatNht-terran, in the Parish of Pal- Oingtoti, In the County of Middlesex, who died in or about the month ofJuly, 185', are, by ttieir Solicitors, on or before the at day of No vember, 1854, to come in and prove their clams at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Kinderzley, at 3, stone-buildimis, Lincoln s-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said order. Monday, the 13th day of Novem ber, 1854, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claLns. Dated this 25th day of July, 854. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. LE E & PE MBE ft rON, 43, Lincoln's-inn-fields. NOTICE. —ANTWERP via , HARWICH.— The departure of the " AQUILA," advertised to leave Ha - - wielt after the arrival of to-morrow (Friday) evcriines ma , l train from ilisnopsgate Station, is POSTPONED UNTIL SATURDAY, the 23d, after the arrival of that night's mail train, and tae departure henceforward, will be every Satu day, instead of Frid t*. North of Europe Steam Navigation Company's Oakes, 84, King- Nilliatn-street, Sept. 21, 1854. iIHE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, October 4; , 854. —The General Screw Steam shippinz Com pany's screw steam -ship ARGO," 1,850 tons, 300-horse power, t4eorge Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her alajes , y' ,, Mails for adellide, Port-Philip, and Bydn , y, on ,i 7 ednesday the 4th October, 1854, at Tw o'clock p m. punctually. The " Argo," one of the fastest ships afloat, is justly celeb•ated for her last passage to Australia, having made the run cut in h 4 days, and home within the same period. She is also the first steam-ship that returned to England 'via Cape H •rn, thus accomplishing a voyage round the world in 128 days. The vessels forming the superb fleet of screw , tearners of this Company, of which this ship is one, are well known for the punctuality and s, , eed with •=hich their voyages are performed No expense has been spared in their construction, and the accommo dations which they flier to the pu lic are unsurpas ed if equalled, by any ships afloat. Rates of Passage nloney var 3, according to the a ccommodation required, from 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars as to di and Passage may be had at the Company's Officer, .7, Cannon-street, London. TRIESEIIA.R, protected by Royal Letter Patent or England, and secured by the Set , s of the Ecole de Ptiarmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIEAEIf tit, No. 1, Sit remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhom, and Exhaustion of the ky stern. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, eTectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Canivi and Cubebs lave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRiESRMIR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIE'N'EMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, And of all nauseating qualities. They may Ile on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into separate doses, as administered by Valpeau, Lalleman4, Roux, &c., &c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John ston, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic' and invigorating properties enables the stomach to pertectly dige4t the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the praprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 6S, Broad-street, Worcester also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London; and generally by the p'incipal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PE RRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. DR. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSUMP TION. BRONCIIETIS. AST UTA, GOD 0, RHEUMATISM, and all ;;L7IIOFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain ing all its twist active and es , ential 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 ME \ SURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, ANSAR, HARFORD, and CO., 77, Strand. Four Half-pint Bottles sent (carriace paid) to any part' or England on receipt of a remittance of Ten Shillings. E MOSES and SON, Merchant and Manufac . . • tunng Tailors, Hatters, Hosiers, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Makers, General Outfitters for all stations in the Army and Navy, Ladies' Habits and Livery Manufacturers, and Who'esale Clothiers for all parts of the world, most respectfully acquaint their friends. patrons, and the public, teat their preparations for the ensuing autumn are on a scale of unprecedented novelty, extent, and mag nificence. Their new Paletot, for which they claim the exclusive right of invention, combines excellences as an article of gentlemanly attire which are highly appreciated, the peculiarity of the cut insures rs comfortable fit, and the superiority of the workmanship renders it the most useful and the most fashionable dress of the season. 'The price charged by E. Moses and SON being only 255., renders this Paletot one of the best illustrations of economy in attire which was ever given. The Hat, Cap, and Hosiery, also the Ladies' and Children's Dress Departments, are provided sy:th the novelties, elegances, and corn forts of Fashionable and seasonable Clothing ; the most rigid regard is p rid to the quality and finish of the goods, and in every instance the lowest possible price is charged. That section of E. Moses and Sosi's Establishment appropriated to shirts, also that exclusively for Ladies' Underclothing, are each fur nished with the best and oh tapest articles ev. , r presented ; the most elegantly embroidered goods, and the most comfortable and service able articles for Ladies. Gentlemen and Families are charged the most economical prices. The Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Department secures great advantages to Merchants, Captains, Shippers, and Emigrants ; and small or large investments prove very profitable in any part 0' the world. spE. NOTICE.—The Establishments will be Closed the whole day Satard ty. Sept. 23, re-opening as usual on Monday morn ing, Se , t. 25, at 7 o'cicsek. C )SES and SON regret having to guard the p't lie against imposition, hc.vins , learned that the untradesman.like olof " 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 ANY ()TIM HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : Lodm City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84, 35, an 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. Bradtord (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-streets Sheffield Branch, 30, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Merchant Tailo:s. Clothiers, Hatters, Rosters, ruiners, Boot and • Shoe Makers, and General Oatflttors for Ladies and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT. —Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, trom which no abatement can be made. Tito Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, untitled.. The Echo of Public Opi nion,"oentascinci.n,g full lists of prices, our system self-measure rnay be had on application, or post-free. Qui si parla Itaaano. Aqua ask habla Espano. Hier spricht man Deutsch l'on pane Francais. etlt THE OTTOMAN BANK. us by the A T V h e recd The following i n the Inotesa i i s d c e o m Co m n s u t n a i n c t a i: e z o ci p 1 t e (,: In the month of Aprilmperial Ma founders of the Ottoman.lßalanskt year, his jaensctiy commercial theSultan high h i s e solicitude m p fre , for eig the financial o isue a finnan granting, to a comp merchants, the privilege of founding an Ottoman bank any . of twelve bankers and Sultan, in at Constantinople. portant project, and we then publish We, at that period, informed theed tphuebelhiefeoffatrhriasnigme: ments. • , The poltical complications that sprasntgatuep and which subsequently induced a o s f oo w n a a rr f a te re ri checked the execution of this project. The founders, however, continued to foster the hope o f being en t to realise, on the restoration of peace, an d at no distant future time, this useful financial institution ; and at their request, the imperial government consent ed to their keeping the imperial firman in their hands for a reason able time, and to their postponing the project for a f season. Unfortunately, these hopes of the foun ders o the Ottoman Bank have been dissipated in prop ortion to the serious turn taken by events, and as the return of of peace became more uncertain. From that moment they took the resolution not to prolong uselessly the un certainty of the situation, which the kindness of the im perial government had ic.rmitted them to' keep. In consequence, on the 31st of July (Aug. 12) all the founders of the bank presented themselves in a body at the residence of his Highness the Grand Vizier, and returned to his hands the said imperial firman that had been granted to them, and likewise made their final re nunciation of the privileges that formed its object, ex pressing at the same time to his highness their lively regret at not having been able to profit by the benevolent intention of his Imperial Majesty towards the establish ment of a financial institution of such great utility for the general interests of the empire. Constantinople, August 17 (29), 1854. THE WAR PRISON AT LEWES.—The arrangements for the reception of prisoners of war at the gaol are nearly complete, and it is expected that they will arrive in the course of the week. The prison guard, consist ing of a body of pensioners, with a sergeant and corpo ral, having already arrived.—Brighton Exanitner. 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Staff Assistant-Surgeon Tit terton, attached to the 15th depot, at Londonderry, has been ordered to proceed immediately to London for em barkation for Turkey —a civil practitioner to do the duties of the medical department. KILKENNY, Sept. 20.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Kellett left Kilkenny on the 16th inst. for London, en route for the East, and Surgeon Kearns, of the Kilkenny Dispensary, has been appointed to the medical charge of the troops in this garrison. Major-General Eden, C. 8., who has been appointed to succeed Lieutenant-General M`Donald in the command of the Kilkenny Military District, visited our city on Saturday, for the purpose of making arrangements for his future residence here. General Eden will assume the command from the Ist October. Captain A. M`Donald, 92d Regiment, eldest son of Lieut.-General 111`Donald, has been appointed aide-de-camp to General Pennefather, in Turkey. CONDUCT OF AUSTRIA. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Algiers, 91, Capt in Talbut, was placed in dock rt Keyham on Tuesday. She is to be supplied with a new screw propeller, and her repairs aro to be executed with all despatch. The Curacoa, 31, screw, Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hastings, had her steam up in the factory basin at Portsmouth yes terday to test the work'ng of her engines. The Malacca, 14, screw, Captain Farquhar, is quite out of the shipwrights' hands at Portsmouth, but is still in dock waiting the repair of her screw-gear. The Sphinx, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Wilmot, is now complete at Portsmouth, and will be ready to leave for the Black Sea to-morrow. _ _ Although the course which the Austrian Government has pursued with reference to the quarrel now pending in the East has obviously been dictated by an exclusive solicitude for the interests of,that empire, it will not be the first time that the subtlety of the C tbinet of Vienna has overreached itself and placed tho State in consider. able difficulties. Upon the outbreak of this war there was one broad intelligible course for the States of Ger.. many to pursue, which we never ceased to recommend to them, ai much for their own safety and dignity as for the general interests of Europe, and for the speedy restora tion of peace. They had acknowledged as strongly as France and England the injustice and illegality of the demands of Russia and of the seizure of the Principali ties ; they had been parties- to the first attempt to settle the dispute by negotiation, and they had only to perse vere in the European policy of the Western Powers. But, when other States more powerful or more sincere than Prussia and Austria began to prepare for action, they 'confined themselves to protocols and demonstra tions, and to this hour they are endeavouring to take advantage of battles which others may fight, and of victories which others may win. It is not our province to determine how far this policy is consistent with the dignity of the chief States and Sovereigns of Central Europe or with the expectations raised by their own de clarations ; for in matters of national dignity and of na tional good faith our standard is not that of Vienna and Berlin. But we undertake, without much'difficulty, to show that the position in which Austria has placed herself by these combinations, refinements, and half-mea sures is perilous and insecure, and must ere long become altogether untenable. For this purpose we shall suc cessively consider her relations with Russia, with Tur key, with Germany, and with the Western POwers, and we think it will appear that in attempting to keep well with all parties she has incurred some risk of 'uniting parties against her. The relations of Austria with Russia are clearly de scribed in Count Nesselrode's Note of the 26th vf August, in which he rejected the last Austrian propo sals. The Chancellor of the Empire declares that in retiring from the Principalities, out of consideration for the wishes of Austria and of Germany, Russia had con fidently hoped that Austria would cease to' make com mon cause with the Western Powers-for the avowed object of reducing the strength and influence of the Rtissian empire. But how was she disappointed when she found that the next step of Austria was to give her assent to the ulterior conditions of the Western Powers —conditions invoiving the abrogation of all former trea ties, the destruction of all the Russian naval establish ments, and the restriction of the power of Russia in the Black Sea, and to bind herself to treat on no other con ditions ! Russia therefore complains that she has ob tained from Austria no compensation for the sacrifice she affects to have made; but that, at the very moment when her troops are leaving the Principalities, the Ca binet of Vienna enters into closer and ne,re extensive engagements with the other belligerent powers, her ene mies. Can any Austrian statesman doubt that this lan guage conceals, under an affected moderation, a deep sense of the injury which Austria has already done to Russia by paralyzing her right arm in this war, by com pelling her to drop and disgorge her booty, and by driv ing her once more across the Pruth ? By occupying the Principalities herself in the name of the Sultan Austria has rendered her offence still more palpable in the eyes of Russia, and at any other moment the immediate an swer from St. Petersburg would have been a declaration of war. What is the language of the Russian party in speaking of Austria ? It has tenfold the bitterness of their hostility to France or even to ourselves. What has been the position of Count Esterhazy at St. Petersburg for the last few weeks ? Every attempt has been made to insult and annoy him ; yet be remains at his post, although it had been positively stated by the Austrian Cabinet that the rejection of the last terms would be followed by his recal. We entertain no doubt of the sincerity of this dissension between Austria and Russia, for it is widened by fear on one side and by resentment on the other : and if peace were restored to lilerrow between the Western Powers and Russia, Aus tria would be the next victim of that 'mighty empire which coils like some leviathan round its prey, con demning every neighbouring State to do its bidding, or to perish in its folds. Austria, however, has attempted to assert her inde pendence by allying herself to belligerent Powers, while she herself remains at peace, and even by moving her armies across her own frontiers, without becoming a party to the war. That certainly is the most original and anomalous position ever occupied by any State ; for a country allied with a hostile power for military pur poses becomes hostile ; and before such a State is. suf fered to take a part in military operations its allies are entitled to claim some proof that their enemies and their objects are the same. Such, however, was and still is the nature of the relations between Austria and Turkey as regulated by the Convention of the 10th of June—a treaty between a belligerent and a non-belli gerent power, by virtue of which the non-belligerent has entered into possession of the principal territory in dis pute. It is true that the movements of the Austrian troops into the Principalities have been constantly com bined with the staff of Orner Pasha, and that the Turks and Wallachians have not ceased to guard their posi tions, and to advance upon the retreat of the Rus sians. We trust that Omar Pasha will be able to continuo his operations with vigour along the fron tier, so as at least to prevent the withdrawal of the Russian forces from Bessarabia to the interior. But can anything be more absurd and unusual than the position of the Austrian troops serving as the basis of an army engaged in active operations in which they take no part, and occupying a country in which all necessity for their presence ended at the moment they entered it ? The Turkish Government deservedly attaches the greatett importance to the maintenance of the best relations with Austria, which is the real bulwark of the Ottoman empire. The treaty which permitted Austria to enter the Principalities was a strong proof of the confidence and amity of the Porte ; but some incidents have already marked this occupation which may give rise to different feelings. We shall not enter at length into the complicated relations of Austria with Germany, but it is notorious that very wide differences have arisen between the Cabinet of Vienna and that of Berlin, and that no union of purpose is to be traced in the proceedings of the Frankfort Diet. The petty Governments, being all more or less under Russian influence, have leagued themselves against every display of energy on the part of Austria ; Prussiahas abetted their factious resistance, and where the Court of Vienna hoped for national sup port it has been thwarted by incessant jealousies and divisions. It has, therefore, damaged its influence with the Confederation by an attempt to infuse energy into that decrepit body, and it has damaged its influence with the people at large by allowing its policy and intentions to be defeated by these miserable intrigues. One course might have conciliated the, Governments—the other would have satisfied the nation ; but the Austrian Ca binet has first alarmed the German Goverments by its energetic preparations for war, and then disappointed the whole manhood of Germany by declining to use tkem. A'great many seamen have volunteered at the Royal naval rendezvous for service in the Black Sea fleet. Advices were received yesterday under date Smyrna, Aug. 30. The French war steamer Chaptal had arrived with 7 Greek pirates captured at the Isle of Saros, sup posed to be those implicated in the destruction of the trans port found at Paros. The frigate Melampus is ordered from Pembroke to Ply mouth, with Mr. Brown and the party of riggers who navigated the Madagascar to the former port. Twenty-five seamen from the Impregnable, and 25 from the Royal William, were draughted, on Saturday, on board the Indefatigable, at Plymouth. Shipwrights have completed laying the keel of the Liffey, 50, building in No. 3 slip in the Devonport dock yard, and have commenced laying the floors. Letters, dated Sept. 3, have been received at Devonport from the Belleisle hospital-ship. She was to sail on the 4th for England. The depot of the 34th Regiment was appointed to arrive by the North Mail at Plymouth on Wednesday. The French war steamer Brandon, with troops from the Baltic, left the Downs on Tuesday afternoon for Cher bourg. THE CAMP AT BOULOGNE. The troops at Honvault are now busily engaged in making the military road along the sands to the camp, ordered by the Emperor before his departure. It will be a great . convenience, not only to the soldiers, but to the town of BOulogne, when completed, and, from the number of hands employed, this cannot occupy any great length of time: Not, howevertthat the work done is carried on with any extraordinary vigour by the men, for, to speak candidly, they seem to have no idea how to use the spade and the pickaxe with effect. An English " navvy ' would look down with supreme con tempt upon the united labours of half-a-dozen such, and, as for their tools and wheelbarrows, he would not pro bably consider them too big for his children. However bad the implements we have sent with our army to the East, they must be. infinitely auperior to those in the French service, and our troops must be vastly better and more energetic hands at the construction of field works, if the mode in which the new military road at Boulogne is being executed is to be taken as a specimen. Yet the French soldier can work quickly and well in many ways. A company of 100 strong will provide it self with the requisite complement of huts, such as are used in the different camps, in 10 days ; and one'regi ment, the 12th Light Infantry, completed all these, at Wimereu;, in less than two months. Many other ex amples might be given of the rapidity with which, in the French service, the lighter descriptions of labour are executed ; and it should always be borne in mind that soldiers in France are constantly engaged in occupations which, if proposed to ours, would either he found im possible, or would create a mutiny as infra dig. As nstances of this, it may be mentioned that an order from the Emperor has alone prevented the decoration of the camps round Boulogne as at Satory ; that many of the regiments indulge in the luxury of a neatly-constructed sun-dial, with a turf pedestal ; that the interior fittings of the huts and tents show many ingenious contri vances for shelves and pegs on which to stow away accoutrements ; and that it is no unusual thing to see an artist soldier, as is at present the case at Wimereux, with a band of assistant comrades modelling au image of the Virgin for the chapel. As another illustration of the tree use made in this country of the soldiers' services, a public hail cannot take place in the town of Boulogne without having sentinels placed round the room. The French army performs unhesitatingly among its other duties many of those which, with us, belong to the police, and which would, therefore, be regarded as dero gatory to the military character. In some respects they remind one of our sappers, always ready to turn their hands to any work which the Government required to be executed-, and who seem always to be more skilled la bourers than soldiers. It is, perhaps, in some degree this character of the army in France which detracts from the mechanical perfection and precision of its discipline, for the same result is observable to a certain extent in our sappers. Being a small body, the inconvenience is little felt with the latter, but when it extends through out the entire force it becomes serious indeed ; one con sequence is, that when critical movements have to be executed in the face of an enemy, a degree of confusion arises which must be highly objectionable, and no one could help observing the other day at Marquise moments when, with dense columns deploying into line or form ing square, a sudden charge of cavalry or a well-di rected cannonade might have proved the most disastrous effects. It would appear that drill is very little attended to'; that recruits, instead of being handed over to a non commissioned officer for careful training, are left to be broken in by the junior officers of each company, and that they are turned out as available for active service with a rapidity which would quite shock the notions of our martinets. No one who has paid frequent visits to the different camps around Boulogne can fail to have observed the great absence of bodies of men going through their parade exercises and evolutions, At Chobham, with fielddays twice and three times a week, this was of constant occurrence ; but here, when such a thing is seen, it usually turns out upon inquiry to be a punishment for misconduct. . In considering the effective characterof French troops next to the want of that precise and splendid discipline which distinguishes our own army, we notice the ex treme and objectionable youthfulness of a very large , pro portion of the ths me h n ut i h u oy e s a — ch a r n e d gi i t f ne t n h t e — ir t h h o e d y ie a s re w n er o e t m en or even youths , s trong enough to stand the load which they have to and constancy of h fi a rm ve n t e o ss endu . re, it is impos sible mind—the attribute of manhood—which, above all things, of f such tender years the weight theirUpon lads o carry that and they the can fat i g h 'l a e v e they y t injurious knap sacks and other equipments must have a very things, is an essential quality for the field of battle. 1 heavily burdened on the march French soldier is less the contrary, with less physical strength than ours ; on his load is greater, and though comparisons effect, for it . is . quite a mistake to suppose that the to bear it, made in this respect unfavo urable to the hßarvi:ish been service, they would certainly not be borne out high leather of the cir cumstances. The choking effect especially during stock worn by the British soldier has, it is ° hot weather, placed him at a disadvantage, and . be yonddupon a fair trial, conducted under precisely similar dispute that greater attention to convenience and comfort combined with a con siderableto the load actually put upon his back, it even now, as satisfactory to know that he is a less encumbered man is c om fort reduction d c u l c n t t i l o ) i n n g i n h t i h m e bulk fnaY and weight of his kit, but than his comra de of the French service. I am assured o n the march in very hot weather , French regi• ments that suffer dreadfully, and one instance has been men tioned to me in which a battalion setting out from Paris nearly 800 strong reached BoulOgne with on l y 200 m e n. InAlgeria great latitude is allowed as to clothing , •es pecially in leaving t hethroat a nd c hest ex p osed, and the experience which a large portion of the French troops now serving in the East acquired there has no doubt, been found useful i n Turkey. It f urnishes, how ever, a striking and sad example of the difficulties which surround warfare, and of the impossibility of finding equipments suitable to every variety of circumstance, that those troops, sleeping at night in their small, loa Arab tents, should. have suffered so frightfully from cholera. Whatever the objections to our bell tents may be, they must be far safer to use when epidemic disease is prevalent. A point of some interest to the military system of both countries, which the camps round Boulogne afford an opportunity of alluding to, is that, with the excep tion of the vivandiere, no women are allowed to accom pany French regiments. She is generally the wife of some deserving man in the ranks, who, as a reward of his good conduct, has the canteen, in the management of which she assists him. A near view of the fille du regiment is almost as destructive to the operative romance thrown around her as the fact that she is not a femme sole. Cockney visitors to Boulogne during their holydays have been sorely perplexed at finding illusions borrowed from the well-known prints of the music shops rudely destroyed by these facts. On the other hand, they have been able to produce startling effect upon the minds of French military men by relating how many women English regiments sent out to the East have taken with them. Whatever be the gallantry of the nation, the French army is certainly far eclipsed by our in that respect. Every one remembers the pro vision made at Chobham for the wives of the soldiers, the great public subscription for the families of those who have gone to fight our battles in Turkey, and the announcements which have appeared from to time of the number of women, and even children, which the trans port ships took out as a part of their freight. In the French service all this is obviated by a rule requiring that every officer and soldier, before he obtains permis sion to marry, shall produce proof that his wife has a sufficient income of her own to prevent her becoming a burden upon him. What would the fair sex in Eng land say to so stern and mercenary a decree ? The distribution of honours, such as medals and the Cross of the Legion of Honour, constitutes a peculiarity in the French army which seems worth pointing out. These marks of distinction are awarded with great libe rality, yet they seem much prized by the recipients, apparently because they are received on special grounds in each case. It is objected to our service that we give medals indiscriminately to all who have been under fire, or, if special honours are awarded, they are given only to those already in high position, while acts of devotion or merit on the part of subordinates remain unrecog nised. It certainly is an agreeable thing to see non commissioned officers, and even privates, distinguished from their fellows by a badge calculated to excite emu lation ; and, if the military profession still looks to such rewards, there seems no good reason against the French mode of conferring them. With reference to the mess arrangements of the French officers, it may, perhaps, be useful to point out wherein they differ from us. In our service the practice is for all the officers of a regiment to mess together, the colonel taking the head of the table at dinner. In theirs, only officers of the same rank mess together, the senior presiding. A good deal may be said in favour of the one plan or the other, but undoubtedly the expensive style of living which prevails in [our army, and which practically tends to exclude all but men of wealth from 'molding commissions in it, should induce those who are mnxious for a reform to look with interest at every point in that interior economy of the military profession in France which enables officers, upon very slend er mean s, to preserve the appearance and bearing of gentlemen. While, therefore, this ill-defined system has left Austria at variance with Russia, in perplexity with Turkey, and on doubtful terms with the rest of Germany it has also had the effect of largely increasing the dis trust of the Western States. Austria has no power whatever over their movements, which were not sus pended for a single day to meet her convenience, and she will exercise no influence over their future intentions until her own are perfectly clear. Hitherto she has proposed every successive measure in which she had taken part with us. The Conference of Vienna and its protocols, the quadruple convention which Prussia declined to ac cept in March last, the separate treaties with Prussia and with the Porte, the terms of negotiation last offered to Russia, and even an offensive and defensive treaty be tween Austria, France, and England, which was on the point of signature when the Russians announced that the Principalities should at once be evacuated, were the successive and consistent steps of Count Buol's policy. These were accompanied by enormous military and financial preparations for war. Every preliminary mea sure had been deliberately and gradually taken ; nothing remained to be done but to give effect to the last resolu tions of this long-suffering, much-enduring policy. Russia declared that the terms which Austria made the sine qua non of peace were utterly inadmissible, and could give rise to no further discussion, but that the basis of future negotiations must be settled by the fortune of war. And it was at this extreme point that the Emperor Francis Joseph and his Ministers dis covered that, after • all, they had no casus belli against the author of these calamities, whose encroachments they had repelled, and whose ascendancy in the Black Sea and on the Danube they had declared to be incon sistent with the independence of Turkey and the balance of power ! Such a decision at this moment did un doubtedly occasion great surprise to those who were acquainted with the extent of Austria's preparations and the language of her assurances ; and, although it can produce no effect upon the great expedition in which the Allied Powers are now engaged, it gives them the right to require of Austria, at a suitable and not distant time, a more precise and positive explanation of her definitive intentions, for her present course of policy is calculated only to prolong and extend the evils of war, and to embroil her with those very States whose cause she bad thus far adopted.—Times. COMPELLING THEM TO COME IN.—The Rev. W F. Vance, incumbent of Coseley, has the last three weeks descended the coal pits of Lord Ward, H. B. Whitehouse, Esq., and the Messrs. Bagnall, at the dinner hour of the men, and preached to them. The rev. gentleman in formed them that asp hey neglected to come to church to hear the gospel message, he would bring the church to them; The number generally present, it is said, is about 60 men. It is gratifying to add that, so pleased Were the men with this attention, that they invited the rev. gentleman again to visit them, which he promised to do in succession, as he means to descend all the pits in his district. The rev' gentleman, on being remon sptlrieadtznegdm thatEwAßi Au t hug hisA. on 1l life eA h IlewLBWdas was of ro g .f 9— e 2n r 3To l of r.ma such o3rc: f rond importancet. u h; n e d eo e t h r r t rr a ee k tsehp i n aow g nn , de eri thenke r - s poor man's life.—Wolverhampton Chronicle. ending last year, 8111.. 16s. lid. 'TRIAL OF THE COLOSSUS. Colossus, SO, screw, Captain Spencer Robinson, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning at ten o'clock. The order was made from the flag-ship to annul saluting, so that the compliment was dispensed with. She went out of harbour in beautiful style, and at the rate of nine knots, her excellent ship's band on passing the vic tory striking up " Rule Britannia," and then " Cheer, boys, cheer." The effect was great from the shore, where thousands had congregated to view the departure of this extremely handsome and most perfect two-decked screw line-of-battle ship. Several elegantly-dressed female graced the poop on this occasion, anxious to witness her performance through Spithead. There were also several scientific gentlemen and officers of both services present. There was nothing, however, to be observed on this occa sion more than has hitherto been made known to the pub lic. Penn and Co.'s new trunk engines, represented by Mr. Hartrey, who was present, performed their customary revolutions with that exactness that we have been ac customed to witness. There was another matter we paid most particular attention to, and of more importance than the public are aware of—we mean the telegraphic commu nication between the-poop and the 'engine-room. This in vention of Captain William Crispin, of her Majesty's yacht, does him infinite credit. We watched the exact working of it on every occasion of the order being given to to ahead, full speed, stop her, back her, &c. Alongside Captain Crispin's dial plate and telegraphic communication was Mr. Bonney's gutta percha tubing, and on every occa sion that a signal was made through the telegraphic wires, the same question was repeated by the tube, and an an swer returned stating its correctness. Commander Johnson worked the two communications for his own satisfaction, as well as that for the Admiralty, to whom his official report must be most highly satisfactory. Colossus, after taking sundry turns at Spithead, let go her anchor, where she remains to complete her complement and await orders. During the time of her evolutions the beautiful ship's band played several melodies, under the able direction of the band-master, who, we understand, has been engaged from one of our crack cavalry regiments. APPOINTMENTS. Surgeon—J. ➢lacleod (1847), to the Furious, 16, steam frigate, at Portsmouth. Clerks' Assistants F. H. Chown, to the Harrier, 16, screw steam ship, at Portsmouth ; G. B. Ferry, to the Victory, 101, flag ship, at Portsmouth ; and D. Yeoman, to the Impregnable, 104, flagship at Devonport. THE TRANSPORT SHIPS. The Vifredo, hired steam transport, was to have em barked detachments of troops yesterday at Portsmouth Dockyard for the Black Sea, but so much confusion seemed to prevail as to how accommodation was to be provided for them on board that it is questionable whether the troops have yet embarked. She is ordered to take out the following officers and troops :—Lieut.-Colonel Wood, Coldstream Guards ; Brigade Major Ellison and Dr. Reed, of the Grenadier Guards ; Purveyor-in-Chief Wriford ; and Purveyors' Clerks Pightt, Hugger, and Willan, with detachments of the 79th and BSth Regiments, consisting of four officers and 150 men, which arrived from Winchester at Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday for Turkey. Since the foregoing was known, a message has been received at Ports mouth, from the Ordnance-office, stating that the stores not taken by the Vifredo may be transferred to her Ma jesty's steam sloops Sphinx and Stromboli, both which vessels are refitting in Portsmouth harbour to proceed to the Crimea. Rear-Admiral Superintendent Martin and a board of officers held a survey on the Vifredo yesterday afternoon, the result of which was, that it was found, on measurement of the cargo in and waiting to be shipped, that there would not be accommodation for the troops, 100 of whom will be transferred to other vessels. The Gomelza, hired sailing transport, has been taken up ;o convoy the remainder of the 34th Foot from Portsmouth ,o Corfu. The Alipore, No. 8, transport, having discharged the cargo of old shot and shells she brought home from Malta, left Woolwich yesterday, and went up the river to Deptford. SHOT AND SHELL FOR THE BLACK SEA. The Salamander paddle-wheel steam -sloop, Commander B. P. Priest, has been loaded at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, with shot and shells for service in the war in the East. She will leave the Royal Arsenal at an early hour to-morrow for the Mediterranean and Black Sea station. THE HAMMOCKS OF THE ROYAL WILLIAM. The whole of the hammocks used by the Russian pri soners while on board the Royal William were on Satur day last placed in the kiln in the dockyard, where they were kept in hot water till Monday, and, on being taken out, were taken to the sail green, where they were all well scrubbed previous to being returned into store. DEPARTURE OF THE LYNX. The steam gun - boat Lynx, Commander Lure, having completed her stores a nd taken a mail on board, has pro ceeded to join the fleet in the Black Sea. COURT-MARTIAL. A court-martial was held on board her Majesty's fillip Victory, at Portsmouth, yesterday, to try John Dray, a seaman, on the following charges :-1. For having, on the 13th of September, on board her Majesty's sloop Hornet, refused to obey the orders of Lieutenant Bush, senior lieu tenant of the said sloop. 2. For having behaved in a mutinous manner towards Lieutenant Bush, by rushing up to him and using violent language, and threatening to knock his head off. 3. For having, on the same day, offered to draw a cutlas upon Lieutenant Bush, and " let daylight through him." The Court, after hearing the evidence in support of the charges, and what the prisoner had to allege in his defence, declared the charges fully proved, and adjudged the prisoner to receive 50 lashes and two years' imprisonment with hard labour, and to be mulcted of all pay and allowances due to him. DUBLIN, SEPT. 20. The following communication has been received from the Horse Guards in reply to a memorial of the gentry of Kilkenny, praying that Lieut.-Genoral Ili`Donald may be continued in command of that district : Horse Guards, Aug. 29. Sir, —I am directed by the General Commanding-in- Chief to acknotvledge the receipt of the memorial which you transmitted to him, very numerously signed by the magistrates and gentlemen of the county of Kilkenny, re questing that Lieut.-General Al`nonald may be continued pthe command of that district notwithstanding re his recent romotion. Vi s count Hardinge desires me to quest you will assure those gentlemen that it is very gratifying to him to receive this proof of the estimation in which the services of Lieut.-General M`Donald are held in a part of the country where ho has been so long in command. His lordship regrets, however, that he does not feel at liberty to accede to the wishes of the memorialists by recommend ing her Majesty that Lieut.-General M`Donald should be eZained on the staff at Kilkenny after the let of October a s his promo tion to the rank of lieutenant- g eneral rne:llt, acco rding to the r ules of the service, necessaril y re- Move him from that command.—l have the honour to be, sir, your most obedient humble servant, C. yonxE. To John Greene, Esq., M.P. s e pt.l9.—Lieutenant-Colonel Lockhart joined th ß e hEeLaF(AI-SciTt;arters of the 92d depot, at Belfast, on Satur day last, from Gibraltar, and proceeded yesterday on a fortnight's leave of absence. The additional number of men required to make up the draft now at Cork awaiting .~,,i ~~ [PRICE SD. BOARD OF HEALTH.-CJIOLERA AND CASTOR OIL. The following is the result of an investigation of the treatment of cholera by castor oil, communicated to the president of the Gene• 'Board of -Wealth by the Medical Council : The medical counm. the General Board of Health appointed a committee to consider and report upon the treatment of cholera by castor oil. The committee con sisted of Dr. Paris, Dr. Babingtoa, Dr. Tweedie, Dr. B.vly, and Mr. Ward. The following repert of the com mittee was received and approved by the c.7rincil. The committee having read Dr. Johnson's letter to the President of the Board of Health, together with its enclosures, found on an examination of Dr. Johnson's cases, that eleven of them were cases of cholera in a state of collapse, of which six were fatal. Five other cas( sof cholera did not pass into a state of complete collapse ; these terminated in recovery. Three cases of choler ale diarrhcea also recovered. Mr. Ward communicated the experience of Mr. to the effect that he had treated three cases of chol(ra, with castor oil, according to the recommendation of Dr. Johnson, and that they had all proved fatal ; one in six, one in seven, and one in ten hours ; also the experience of Mr. --, who treated five cases of cholera with cas= tor oil, all of which proved fatal ; and of Mr. --, who treated with castor oil one case of cholera, which termi nated fatally in eight hours. A letter from Mr. - to Mr. Ward was also read reporting four cases of cholera treated by him with cas tor oil. In one of these cases the treatment was begun half an hour after the commencement of the attack, and was continued for fifteen hours, when the case terminated fatally. The three other cases were those of children of seven, five, and two years of age respectively. They were not seen at first, cholera in them passed into secondary fever, whiCh proved fatal in all. Read a letter from Mr. - to Mr. Ward, reporting that be had treated with castor-oil five- cases, which all proved fatal. . _ . Dr. -, a member of the committee, reported two cases of cholera, which had been perseveringly treated with castor oil, and which were both fatal. Dr. --'s report of seven cases of developed cholera treated with castor oil at -- Hospital, was read. Six proved fatal, and one continued in a state of amendment, which had commenced prior to the employment of castor oil. Dr. - could perceive no good effect from the employment of the oil, and considered that by its exhibition the good effect of other remedies was lost. A letter was read stating that castor oil had not been tried in -- Hospital in cases of cholera. A letter from the Medical Registrar of -- Hospital stated that in commencing cholera one or two doses of castor oil did not prevent severe symptoms from setting in. Of six cases of developed cholera treated with castor oil, four were fatal, and two recovered ; the two re coveries were mild, one of them especially so. The oil passed unchanged, apparently without acting on the intestines. Dr. -, of - Hospital, reported nine cases of cholera treated by castor oil and tincture of capsicum, winch all proved fatal. One case of recovery, in which only three doses of the oil with capsicum were taken, and one still under treatment. His report gave an ac count of eight cases treated by castor oil alone ; six proved fatal, one is in a hopeless condition, and one is passing into secondary fever. A letter from Mr. -, apothecary of - Hospital, gave an account of the treatment of two cases of cholera by castor oil ; both cases were fatal. A letter was read from the Medical Registrar of the - Hospital, giving an elaborate account of 15 cases of cholera treated with castor oil in that institution ; of the 15 cases, 8 were fatal, 1 remains under treatment, 6 ter minated in recovery ; but in 4 of these there appeared on their admission every probability of the patients re covering. A letter from Mr. -, of - Hospital, was also read, reporting 7 cases treated according to Dr. John son's method, with castor oil. Of these 5 proved fatal ; one lies in a critical condition, in consecutive fever ; and one was getting worse, until the oil was discontinued, but is now well. ' A letter from one of the visiting physicians of Hospital, who reports that 16 patients—averaging about 25 years old, were treated by castor oil for cholera ; 10 proved fatal; one had relapse, but is convalescent ; one had, relapse, and is still under treatment ; and four had permanently recovered. A letter from Mr. —, of --- Hospital, report that the castor oil treatment has been adepted in seven cases. In six of these deaths ensued, whilst in the seventh ease the patient recovered, but there was de. cided improvement from the use of several doses of iron before the castor oil was commenced. Abstract of the above cases : Mr. -, of - Hospital, 2 cases, 2 fatal. Mr. -, of - Hospital, 3 cases, 3 fatal. Mr. -, of - Hospital, 6 cases, 6 fatal. Mr. -, of -Hos pital, 1 case, 1 fatal. Mr. -, of - Hospital, 4 cases, 4 fatal: Mr. -, of -- Hospital, 5 cases, 5 fatal. Dr. -, of -, 2 cases, 2 fatal. Dr. - of 7 cases, 6 fatal, 1 recovered ; amendment before taking the oil. Dr. -, of -, 6 cases, 4 fatal, 2 recovered ; both mild. Dr. -, of ---, 8 cases, 6 fatal, 2 still under treatment ; one in hopeless state, one in consecutive fever. Mr. --, of -, 7 cases, 5 fatal, 1 recovered, 1 still under treat ment ; one in consecutive fever. Dr. -, sixteen cases, 10 fatal, 4 recovered, 2 still under treat ment ; one }Ad relapse, one still under treatment. Mr.-, of --, 7 cases, 6 fatal, one recovered ; in an incipient state before the oil was taken. Mr. -, of --, 15 cases, 8 fatal, 6 recovered, 1 still under treat ment. Total, 89 cases, 68 fatal, 15 recovered, 6 still under treatment. Cases treated at Hospital, with castor oil and tincture of capsicum-11 cases, 9 fatal, 1 recovered, 1 still under treatment. From the above extract, the details of which have been carefully investigated by the committee, it appears that in 89 cases of cholera treated by 14 different prac titioners with castor oil, on the plan recommended by Dr. Johnson, 68 were fatal, recovery having occurred only in 15 cases, while the six remaining cases are still under treatment. The above treatment having been laid before the council, and approved by them, it was resolved that the same be communicated to the President of the General Board of Health. (Signed) JOHN AYRTOF PARIS, Chairman. B. G. BABINGTON. A. TwEEDIE. WILLIAM BAYLY. W. B. WARD. Whitehall, Sept. 20, 1854. The medical council of the Board of Health having been requested by the president to prepare any formula that the board might make public for use, in case of premonitory diarrhoea, before the arrival of medical aid, the following resolution was agreed to : " That the medical council think it, as a rule, dan gerous for non-medical persons to resort to the use of drugs without medical advice, and especially they de precate the extensive use of opiates, on the one band, and on the other hand of a p er i en t s , suc h as cas tor oil and salts. ":The medical council, moreover, deem it impossible to prescribe a remedy which would be appropriately or even safely taken by all persons suffering from diarrhoea. They are of opinion that the paper called ' Precau tions against Cholera' contains instructions for all the measures which the public, unadvised, should adopt ; but they suggest that the heads of families should con sult their usual medical attendants as to the measures to be taken in cases of emergency, and that the medical officers appointed by boards of guardians and other pa rish authorities should take care to give the same infor mation to persons of the poorer classes." PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA. 1. Apply for medicine immediately to stop looseness of the bowels, or it may bring on cholera; 2. Do not take any strong opening medicine without medical ad vice ; 3. Beware of drink, for excess in beer, wine, or spirits is likely to be followed by cholera ; 4. Drink no water which has not been boiled, and avoid that which is not quite clear and well-tasted ; 5. Avoid eating meat that is tainted, decayed or unripe fruit, and stale fish or raw vegetables. Cooked vegetables, or ripe and cooked fruit, in moderation, are a neces sary part of diet at all times ; 6. Avoid fasting too long ; be moderate at meals ; 7. Avoid great fatig ue , and getting heated and then chilled ; 8. Avoid getting wet, or remaining in wet clothes ; 9. Keep yourself clean, and your body and feet as dry and as warm as your means and occupation will permit ; 10. Keep your rooms well cleaned and lime-washed, remove all dirt and impurities immediately ; 11. Keep your windows open as much as possible to admit fresh air, and, if necessary, use chloride of lime or zinc to remove any offensive smells ; 12. If there are any dust or dirt heaps, foul drains, bad smells, or other nuisances in the house or neighbourhood, make - complaint without delay to the local authorities having legal power to remove them, or if there be no such authorities, or if you do not know who they are, complain to the board of guardians. CRYSTAL PALACE, Sept. 20.—SHILLING DAT.—Ad mission at the doors, 5,390; admission by season tickets, 392 ; total, 5,782. LANCASHIRE AND PRESTON JUNCTION RAILWAY.— The report of the directors of this company recommends a dividend of 2/. Bs. 10(1. per old share, of 325. 4d: per three-quarter share, of 12e. 10d. per quarter share, of 4r. 3d. per twelfth share, and ls. 3d. per new 11/. ss. share , upon which 2/. has been paid. The dividend on the whole shar es i s a t th e rate of 5-15 per cent., and on t whole of th e s h are cap i tal entitled to dividend o f 5 per i cent, for th e h a lf- year, or at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum. STRIKING THEIR COLOURS.—We have heard that on her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, passing the Forfar Railway station on Friday, en r oute for the nor th, that the m ag i s t ra t es an d t own counc il, being refused admittance to the platform, gave immediate ord er to lower a flag whi c h had been planted at the railway build ings in honour of the visit, to mark their estimation of the slight cast upon the authorities in not allowing them to look upon Royalty.—Scotch Paper. J.. %j/G RAILWAY INITLLIGENC.I4. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINIK2LN- _ SHIRE. A meeting of the 10/. preference and No. -1 quartbr shareholders, and afterwards a special general meeting of the shareholders in this company, took place yester day at the Corn Exchange, Manchester ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Yarborough presiding. Both meetings were held for the purpose of receiving the report of the com mittee of preference sharehojders, appointed on the 2d of August last, to consider the question of the arrears of interest. - The recommendations of the report have already appeared in The Sun. The attendance of proprietors was not so - Urge as has been usual on previous occasions. Lord YARBOROUGH, in opening the proceedings, said the committee of preference shareholders appointed on the 2d August last, who had every right to the confi dence of the proprietary, both on account of their per sonal position and their very large stake in this concern, had decided to recommend the capitalisation of the ar rears, at such amount as they shall stand on the 31st December, 1555, by the issue of a 31 per cent. prefer ence stock, to bear dividend from the let January, 1856. They had also reported a suggestion, that an option should be given to issue, at an agreed rate, the for feited and unhand stock of the company to such parties as might prefer it. The question presented so many argument eonpti opinion n t itw could as exist.ha r hardly y likely Representations an entire proprietors, who were of opinion that 3 4 per cent , stock concurrence points b e for e n ar made to the directors by some of the original e r n e p t i r t e l s e e d n f t o e d ro m n e o i re v t e i h n a l n ie t n h o e f p f rere their ra n r c r e ea shareholders rsTbn but th e were direo. h u rg eo 1d e r the efr a t n o n r e s , p ta a sntnhoeyo of u t r n g e e d te u po n p t r h o e p p os lfe , adopt ion b y the or i g i na l s h are holders. The committee re w n o c u e l d sli s a Z had gone very carefully into the question, and therefore thortirectors - would earnestly recommend the proprie tors to consider the matter as amicably and equitably settled, and to arm the board with powers to proceed to Parliam en t accordingly. In conclusion h e wou ld move the adopti on of the report of the committee of preference shareholders, and that the directors be requested , to refer it to a general meeting of shareholders for confir mation, and to authorise their obtaining powers to carry out the same by act of Parliament. Mr. CHAPMAN, the deputy resolution, which was i mmediately p ut rma; n and carried by a hands b e ing large majority, about ten h held up for the The business o the preference ut "Y —chai sharehol s d e e c r o s' d m ed eet t i h n i meeting negative. having been concluded, This meeting was made seeoial—fer 44 ____ • ." - ole of the report of the of the committee the pref erenei onekiseatice sh holders, and took place about an hour after the conclu sion of the previous one. Lord YAEBOROUGH said that at the meeting just closed the directors bad received the sanction of the holders of the preference shares to the recommendations of the committee appointed on the 2d of August. There were some, as he had already observed, who thought that a 3i per cent. stock was more than an equivalent for the preference arrears ; but the directors thought it was a question, not of per cent., but of uniting toge ther all classes of the proprietary in order to get the thing settled, so that there might be an end to all differ ences of opinion among the shareholders as to what should be done with the arrears, and to agree to a mea sure which would give the holders of those arrears a saleable property in exchange for one which had no value in the market. He would now move that the report of the committee of preference shareholders, dated 31st August last, which had been approved by the preference shareholders at a meeting held that day, be confirmed, and that the directors be authorised to carry out the same by application to Parliament. Mr. CHAPMAN seconded the resolution. Mr. CARR moved, as an amendment, that the ques tion of capitalising the arrears be deferred for twelve months, that the shareholders might have an opportu nity of seeing the benefit to be derived from the late arrangements with the London and North-Western Company. Mr. CORFE seconded the amendment. The amendment was ace ndingly put, and six hands only were held up in its favour, the original motion being carried by a large majority, with loud applause. The proceedings concluded with the passing of votes of thanks to Lord Yarborough and the directors, and to the committee of preference shareholders. - RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Sept. 10, 1854 £19,849 7 9 Corresponding week last year LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Sept. 17, 1854 £21,769 9 9 Corresponding week last year CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—Trade return for the week ending Sept. 17, 1854 £6,696 18 1 Corresponding week last year 6,039 18 7 Decrease in 1854 £656 19 6 WHY NO NEW MATERIALS ARE USED IN PAPER MAKING IN ENGLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—is a paper manufacturer I have been more amused than instructed by the different suggestions in the papers of articles suitable for making paper. Making experiments is usually a thankless if not costly business, and when we have to pay a duty of .200 to 300 per cent. on the nsw material to the Government, in the shape of excise, when made into paper, what possible induce ment have paper makers to try them I The capital re quired to meet the lion's share demanded by the inland revenue, and the vexatious rules, and ruinous penalties, for infraction required under a barbarous and antiquated code, have had one sure and certain effect, that of con fining the trade to a number comparatively few. Their reasoning is naturally this—the public must have paper, and are using it faster than ever. Rags are scarce and dear, let them pay the increased price necessary. And as the duty does not stop consumption from increasing, the process is being carried into effect in an accelerating ratio. The same causes that have sent prices up so much will raise them still higher. Yet it is perfectly true that the material necessary for making paper is in existence to any extent, and only requires to be developed. They have found this out in countries where the trade is free and enterprise rife, viz., the United States. In that country the consumption of paper is just four times as large as our own per head, and may be put down at 300,000,000 lbs. annually. Manu• facturers have recourse to substances scarcely knows here, and straw is employed, strengthened with stronger fibre, for thin and thick woven papers, as well as fo mixing with white paper pulp. The waste from palm leaf manufactures, swamp canes, wcod shavings, and other materials are employed in making paper, and the quantity of white paper is made more abundant by brown being employed for many purposes it is not employed for here ; such as envelopes and thin wrapping papers. The material for making brown papers is, and will be always, more abundant than those for white paper. But white paper, or paper nearly white; is used largely for wrap ping purposes in this country, and all the material that will whiten, and which is put into such paper, is 'taken away from that species of paper in which white ness is indispensable, and makes it dearer. If the duty cannot be taken entirely from paper, a great and beneficial change would be produced by allow ing all coloured and tinted papers whatever to be free. Then the enterprise of the manufacturer would be free to try experiments without the certainty that now exists of heavy loss. At any rate, he could sell the new made article at the price of manufacture, without duty. Be sides which, substances now very abundant, and useless for white paper, would make good tinted writing and envelope paper, and having no duty to pay would be much cheaper, thus soon coming into favour. Much good would be done by such a step, but, until the Chinese shoe of the paper duty is taken off, the trade of paper making cannot, as the Americans say, "go ahead." I name the paper manufacture in America from recent and practical experience among paper-mills there. Sti mulated by the reports of Messrs. Whitworth and Wallis, I visited the States to see how they managed mills there. I was completely taken by surprise at the advanced state of the trade in every department, up to the finest writing and drawing papers. Every improve ment that had been invented in our own country is in universal operation there. The elastic state of the ma nufacture arising from a constantly increasing demand, the free communication between one man and another on all matters connected with machinery, the intelli gence of the workers, and, above all, freedom from any legislative regulations or impediments, all combine to produce a state of the highest prosperity. It is true that the raw material is becoming as scarce there as it is here, and is, besides, 20 per cent. dearer ; but fresh sources of supply. are being opened, which promise to be inexhaustible. I myself saw and have specimens of an excellent quality of printing paper, made from the cane brake found on the banks of the great rivers there, under a very simple process. Should the plan be carried out, there will be no scarcity of material in America. The short suppl y f elt in England has been made still shorter by the large export of rags to the United States. uor Besides taking this supply, the Americanst use e y _ O l 3 their own consumption material we the ge of our same purpose, from sheer want v ofkn improvement business. Nor will there be an- greattid its shackles are till there is new blood in the trade, a entirely removed,—l am, itc• can o n w o led A PAPER MAKER. HARROWING ACCIDENT. —An accident of a frightfu nature occurred on Friday, at the cotton factory of Me•lsrs Thomas Kyle and Sons, Cowcaddens-street, in e3:ufdoayarteeyealloas:stnt o, the back of the works, in volving a terrible mutilation of Christina Colquhoun, a was s S e h m e p h l a o d ye o d n a ly s fasnan dg e ew. had incautiously fi a g o n , newe younge venturedte-opetrhi into womant w oo o an r n k Fa o rr n o ei d f a T as u 2 yi among the machinery, while it was in motion, and her clothes got entangle d with two wheels connect ' n g a hori ziintal with a perpendicular shaft, whereby she was d „, ,; ,,ed in among the machinery. The engineer in stantly rushed to the spot, and endeavoured to extricate her. at the same time crying to those inside to stop the engine ; but it would appear that they were unable to de so, and he had to run and stop it himself, by which time the poor woman was dreadfully mangled, both her legs being literally torn off above the knees, and one of her arms wrenched from her body. She was conveyed to the infirmary, although she was not expected to live. From all we can learn it appears that the unfortunate woman bad no occasion to be near the machinery at ally and the melancholy result offers another warning to Sit who would rashly venture into such places, females, whose loose dress is so liable to place especially reclilLelY in jeopardy.—Glasgcric Herald. ) 4, T.1.4"-T S; _44 9