The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-25 00:00:00

FURNUTRE. CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORaOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in regardleps o* amount or distance, First class Clergymen c lo ,tads at seclteclas's 'prices. Terms peculiaff yDeral to and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select fro m displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every ar , icle warranted. CL IiGYM EN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR '€(1)011 are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and • are publishino• an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illnstrated by 410 I l mirable engravings of every description of Furniture and e dsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gi atis and Post-free on application. This costly work also contains co mplete estimates for furnishing on the following r e v ised kale : - • - A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-ro,med ditto n , A Twelve-roomed rEtto 10 gtther with a trice List of purified bedding, and a mass 4 )1 valuable information to all requiring - household furniture, earpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Cler,r2y l'ae!l and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, C hichester. Bury, Ety, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, I Vells, Oxford, Brioliton, Gainsborou , h, 111,trgate. Kidder bilnster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, stables, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, l'eterborouLrh, St. David's, Wrexham and above 500 other places in all parts of Great 33r!tain. COB BETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, THE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). (The Directors reserve to hemsell es the right of changing the name of the Company.) 70 be incorporated under "The Companies Act,1862," by Which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of sharez. Capital £1,000,000, In 20,000 Shares of £5O. VIM issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit on application £l per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 per share, and at inter ,als of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £2O per share. DIRECTORS. George Walter Constable, Esq. (Messrs. Henderson and Con stable, Cannon-street. George Denny, Esq. (Messrs. George Denny and Co.), Great St. Helen's. Gilliam Little, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railway. Wm. 31• Arthur, Esq. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander 31'Arthur, Australian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street. '. J. Sargood, Esq. (Messrs. Sargoed, Kin;, and Sargood), „, London and Melbourne. 41 1 mas Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos Ayres mad River Plate Bank, James Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and _ Co.), Gutter-lane. 'Hugh Fraser Sandeman, Esq. *Riehd. Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & Co. * Samuel Baker, Esq. * Committee of Management. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. BROKERS. James Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mart, Bartholomew-lane. Messrs. S.,andeman and Dobree, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings. Offices—No. 4. Abchurch:lane. l'4l-Oi3PECTITS. - in forming this Company the Directors have secured the w - nperation of M srs sin Hies Sandeman and Co.. of Abchurch-lane whose well-known and lone-established business it is the object of this Company to take up and develope. The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary discount business. The terms on which the business of Messrs. Sandeman and Co. has been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating a profit of at least 10 per cent. per annum on the paid-up capital. The Company will take possession of the premises now oc cupied by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the Ist day of January, and the business of the Company will commence from that day. No promotion money has or will be paid, and the expenses will be strictly confined to the necessary payments. Prospectuses and forms of applications for shares may be chained at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and of the Solicit:Jr& In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will be returned in full should a less number of shares be al lotted than are applied for, the depleit will be made avail able towards the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Consolidated Discount Company (Limited). Gentlemen,—llaving paid to your Bankers the sum of I request you to allot me shares in the ConSolithaed Discount Company (Limited), and I hereby agree Id become a member of the Society, and to met; acc such shares, or :‘tay less number that may be allotted to and Ihares, request you ,0 place my name on the Register of Members la respect of the shares allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full . Address .. Usual signature Date CONSOLIDATED DI.?COUNT COMPANY (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that no APPLICATIONS for sHA,RES in this Compa.ty will be received after WED. NESDAY next, the 30th instant. By order. Temporary Offices, 4, Abchurch-lane, E.O , Dec. 24, 1863. NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT.—SPECIAL NOTICE. This Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for Mercantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced Beale of rates. Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle - Street. IMPERIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY No. 1, Old Broad-street, London, E.C. Instituted 1820. HENRY DAVIDSON, Esq., Chairman. EDWARD HENRY CHAPMAN, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Insurances effected before the 31st January, MIL will be entitled to Three Years' Additions in the Profits to be de clared in 1866. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY. NOTICE. —CHRISTMAS RENEWALS. Mercantile and Dock Insurances at the reduced rates. The business of the Company exceeds £70,000,000. The duty paid to G overnment for the year 1862 was 17:35,062, and the amount insured on farming stock, 1.0,086,332. A bonus of three-fifths of t he profi's periodically made to Turtles insuring, who have thus, from time to time, received sums amounting in the aggregate to £llO,OOO ; and the Society now holds a large Reserve applimble to a future Bonus. The rates of premium are in no case higher than those 'Charged by the other principal offices making no returns to their insurers. For prozpectilses apply at the Society's Offices, Surrey street, Norwich ; aria 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, Black friars, E.C. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY THE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE, GENERAL POST.OFFICE, VAR, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNM ENT DEPARTMENTS. T HE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS I S N LONDON. BENRY WICKHAM WICKFIAM, Esq., M.P., Chairman. 'John Cheetham, Esq., Staleybridge. aohn. Field, Esq. W ar nford-court, City. Charles Forster, 'Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq , Bath. Renry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton -place, St. John's-wood. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury. -John Hedgine, Esq., Cavendish Club. -James Edward M'ronnell, Esq., Wolverton. C. W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton-place, Behcravia. Ri c h ar d Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of ......Cust,ms, Bomb y. -ti• Wickham Wickham, Esq. M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq , aresham Club, and Canonbury. J. P. Brown-Westhead, Esq., M.P. for York. Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank- Lllz and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, -municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal. and every information May be obtained from the Chief Offices, 2 Edinburgh,Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London ; and 39, GEorge-street, A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Ch s.rter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIR. L IFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal ,i'xchange, London. Branch Office, 29, O G CTAVIUS WIGRAM, E 4, Pall-mall. G overnor. 7 , n _E PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., .- üb-Governor. ' 1 . 11 1 , T lizrzny PELLY, Bart., Deputy- Deputy-.. Bararreatitact a-Rt-tl';'''B,s';:gq. ITe 1., Robert,nDIRECTORS. orG—ainbrtdEr. v - I Wilmot Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Mark Currie Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. William Davidson,s' 1, 481 ' Henry Nelson, Esq. Thomas Dent, E., —sq. Hon. Josceline W. Percy. Alexander DruceA Charles Robinson, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlrnannsc, Es,,. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Ri ve rsdale W. Grenien, :pi; Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. 1' obi.. Amadeus Heath, 10,,; - % William Soltau, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, 17,„ ( , (1 . : Joseph Somes, Esq. M.P. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, SAME , Ijilliam Wallace, isq. it Sor.r.fr, Esq., F.R.S. Medical Referee, t haa. Baring Young, Esq. NOTICE.- The usual fifteen FIRE PREMIU3IS falling d ua l a ri allowed for payment of 9th (Tannery. Christmas will expire on FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES ma forporatlen on advantag eous terms, y be effected with this Insurances against Fire on Mcrchandlie in the docks and Warehouses in the Port of London ar e accepted at the late reduced rates of Pif , Minni• FAR MING-STOCIC.- -- N ° e xtra charge is m a d e for the use of a Steam Thrashing M a elne. The Reversionary Batts on British Life Polici es h a s ave raged nearly 2 per cent. per annum o n t h e awn assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits —with, exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A mum. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. Gray's-inn-road R OYAL TR l F te Northern Rail way' in the immet., a ~,.. HOSPITAL.vici oftheG reat Terminus, liing's-7 \ '"" Patron—Her Most Grac 4 . o -ns AiaJesty the Q UEEN. f WALE 4 ,1C.G *he Prince . 'V ice -Patron—His Royal Hi h . g ness . ,rt-CLEUCH, E.G. President—His Grace the Duke ot B. ' -,,,, Treasurer—Edward Masterman, 1,—..: . ( or a d. The numerous and urgent appeals of the si:k poor - - +h e mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty ot . affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged ' t..) treat as out-patients many distres.ing cases which. with more ~,e adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the ware, s. -"-" Premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 5 00 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by ;the 'Treasurer, Edward Has. erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also 9.7 Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and ; Ransom and Cu. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.: Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Blayne, Deacon, and Co. ; 9verend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners - street ; lasterman and Co. ; L Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, iron 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SUITE Secretary. A m ild, e was a w heat. 3 k were ;riot' ; . 5 to 3is ;s to 34 !s to 265 , to 'eat was te rates, sprit fc . A 3 lo ot ! 6 sW ne ! o s , s t, f o r r 4r• old? "18 : 2 0 2o 0 ... :19 0 ::.19 . . : 2 1 0 9 0 ::5 9 ▪ •.1•19 0 • 8 3 1 7 ▪ 7 g ••18 ,- 9-1 - Dec. 18 ' Jan 1 -"- Jan. 40. Dec. 1 ' .I)ee.." 'Dec. 21. Jan. ~4 ; Dec. hi , Dec. 21. ,Dgc. 2 , „ 1 " Jan. 7,', 1 Dec. `, l. Dec. 2 ' " :D ec • '2l ~Dec. Jan 1 ,; • Jan. 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T HE On Tuesday next, in post Bvo., 10s. ed., C RISTMAS AT OLD COURT. By the Author of "Richelieu in Love." Richard Bentley, New Burlingtan• street. LAND IN VICTORIA. Price 2d. with, and Id. without Map; postage, id. extra, THE LAND LAW of VICTORIA (Australia). By the Hon. GAVANDU FFY, Minister of Public Lands. London : W. H. Smith and Son, 186, Strand, and 21, Lower Sackville-street, Dublin ; to be had at all their Railway Book Stalls ; and at Mr. G. Street's Colonial Newspaper Office, 30, Cornhill, E.C. NOTICE. —CHARLES READE'S Great Story of " HARD CASH " is now Ready. in 3 Volumes, post Bvo., cloth, 31s. 6d., and may be obtained at any Library or Bookseller In the Kingdom. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate hill. NEW ENGLISH DICTIONARY. Just published, with above 800 Engraving on Wood, in one large vol. surer royal Bvo., cloth, 255., THE COMPR EHENSIVE ENGLISH DICTIONARY —Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Ety mological. By Join/ OGILVIE, LL.D.. Edit , rof the Imperial Dictionary. The pronunciation by Richard Cull, F.S.A. The work may be had also with Eighteen Supplementary Engravings on Steel, 30s. Blackie and Son, 44, Paternoster-row. London; and sold by all Booksellers. T HE TEETH, as Supplied by NATURE and Preserved by ART. By M. C. ROGERS, M.R.C.S., Surgeon-Dentist. London: 18, New Burlington-street, W. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." - Jug published, B 0 OK OF B E A U T Y. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at VA, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d. LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the recent heavy gales some of the toats of the Royal Na•ional Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi lus, of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17; schooner Northern Lights, of Preston, 4 • pilot boat, of St. Ives, 7 ; schooner Anion, of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy, of Drogheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque Marietta, of Lisbon, 1; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ' • Tenby fishing boat, 3; and barque Providenc e, o f Dantzie,7. Total lives saved, 55. The liteboats also assisted in bringing safely into port, with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian brig Camog - lino, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, of Whitby, the schooner Guilia, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were not ultimately required. The amount of reward p id for all these services was £216. The Committee of the Institution earnestly Al' PEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable 'hem to meet the con tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 lif eb )at estab lishments. Contributions are receiv. d by all the London and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. r 11) PERSONS SEEKING LANDED 1 ESTATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER LIES GENERALLY — TO BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railwav Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Resister affords, by sending the partictears of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chars: ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. THERE IS NO CHARGE 'neared, unless a tenant or pur• chaser is introduced throueh Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. NESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cull Address—Borr and JACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling, merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. ,nd 2s. lid. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. ALGERIAN ONYX MARBLE. - Messrs. HOWELL, JAMES, and CO., respectfully solicit an inspection of their Onyx Salon, which contains upwards of 1,00) objects, consisting of Clock Candelabra, Lamps,Vases, Jardinieres, Inkstands, Pen-trays, and a variety of smaller articles of taste, at moderate prices. This beautiful marble is perfectly translucent, bears a very fine polish, presents a diversity of pleasing tints, and can be fumed or chiselled into any form necessary for utility or ornament.- 5 , 7,9, Regent-street, Pall-mall. TEETH, —Mr. EMU-ILL'S INVENTION in the construction of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the following advantages :—A set of teeth, of excellent work manship and mechanism, can be made and fitted with the most perfect accuracy and success, in a few hours, without pain or extraction of stumps, a nd to answer all the purposes of mastication and articulation. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to Injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations ree.—,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett B's-hill, Bir mingham. pRIZE ME D A L -INTERNATI ONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER .4 CO., Wax Chandlers, etc., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dig - nitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, recom mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Fi n est quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb O r dinary quality .. • • .. 2,. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality • • .. Ss. sd. per lb. Second quality is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .• • • ..' is. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO, 8, South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax. Candles for the use of the Altar. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street., London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in**sit bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the " ' Nrder, and from individuals of undoubted respecta highest he seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell bility, may - -• appointed Perfumers to her Roy a l High and co. have bee , . . Tales. nes s the Princess of LIVER BILIOUS AND ------- DR. SCOTT'S PILLS. —A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. -cott, of Bromley, Tent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and dyer complaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, giddiness, dizziness ol the eyes, &O. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three timed the quantity in one, 25. 9d, Be sure to ask for Dr. stamp. Bilious and Liver Fills. The genu ine are a square green package, with " William Lambertengraved on the NO CURE NO PAY. — The Pre—eminent success FLEXIBLE BLT, novel in principle a nd action, 1, sale attending the use of KERSHAW'S VOL:I`_;AtIhC Ee cure of nerv ous an d m uscular affections, admits of its being made dependen• upon verified efficacy. A new Belt can be bad on trial for a month, free of charge, for rheumatism , neuralgia, sciatic a , epilepsy, nervous debility, paralysis, lumbago, tic doloureux, bronct.ial cough, asthma, spasms, sprains, indigestion, inactive liver, Azc. By the mild continu ous electric current evolved, exhausted vital eneroy is ellec- Wally restored. Prices, ss. to 15s. each ; for extreme cases, according to size and power. Testimonials sent free.—Depot, 11, Crooked -lane, King William-street, City. orprpignES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S lOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AIM EXHIBITED IN TILE GREAT I,xniBITIONS OF 1351 AND 1662), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to tie the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of II E R fleas, •The twe of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its -434 Y, WWlhilichot4eanenroegiu: ' S hem avoided —a soft bandage being worn round the M r: e ss -21tain Pael a" site resisting power is supplied by the Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease end closeines that . it knot be detected, and may be worn t inting sleep, 4. deseripavg circular may be had, and the 4 '41 to at fi)hvarcied by post, on the cir mmlerenee , 1 the , tiotO inches bciow t 49 hips, being 3citt to the manat eat - • urer, Air. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. L4O:C, 18 . A Single Truss, 16a„ 21a., 265. 6d., and 31s. Rd. Posk,- Doublo Truss, 318 . 6 d.. 425, and 525. 6d. Postage, &n Umbilical Truse, 425. and 62a. 64. Postage, Is. 10d. Post-Otnee Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT _ - ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEECAPS, .to., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &a They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lire an ordinary stocking. Price 48. 6d., 75. 6d., 105., to 168. each. Postage 6d. JOSH MILTS, Ilsnulsoturer, US, rioaatuu7. g ?, 0 ~.,. ~ ,z, • •• i a k t, la - • • - ;4 '• ss A ; ( 7 „ 1 6 * 31 " ?.. A tip ,u • e ' 1 1 11 :7(111 *l:l4llkir • , ME SUN, LONDoN, FRIDAY EVENING DECEMBER 25, 1863. IZINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRIS II WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very *Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Sd., at the Retail houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns )0 England ; or wholesale at Naval and Military Intelligence. to two causes. Yesterday there was a dead calm, while on the previous day there was a strong breeze, and yesterday also, an increased number of revolutions was got out of the engines as compared with the revolutions on Wednesday's trial. The speed trials having been concluded, the ship was next tested in making circles with half-boiler power with the following results :—Helm hard a-starboard, angle of rudder 281 deg, turns of wheel 4, half circle made in 3 min 3 sec ; full circle made in in 6 min 28 sec ; revolutions of engines, 44 to 38; helm hard a-port, angle of rudder 221 deg, turns of wheel 3, half circle made in 3 min 39 sec; full do, 8 min 34 sec; and revolutions of engines, 46 to 44. The starting gear of the engines was severely tested yesterday, and worked in the most satisfactory manner. The engines were stopped dead from the time of giving the order in ten seconds; started ahead again in ten seconds, and started c a n s t g e i r n n e e i infive fleeted credit on the eminent firm that constructed them , e s e ll e e e m e tdesr. did T h r t ( h m e g i r h owuotr work the two a m d a a n y n s e ' r trials t t r h e e_ -1! -- THE NAVY. As stated in The Sun of yesterday, the attempts made at noon on Wednesday to launch the iron frigate Achilles were unsuccessful, in consequence of the tide not rising sufficiently high in the dock to float a vessel of her tonnage and dimensions. Shortly after 11 o'clock p,m., she was found to be afloat, and, after waiting some short time longer for the tide to rise sufficiently high to enable her to clear the blocks, Mr. Lang, the master-shipbuilder, gave direc tions for her to be hauled out of the dock in which she has been constructed into the harbour. Five steamers, which had been in waiting some hours with their steam up, im mediately took her in tow ; and, the capstans being at the same time manned, the Achilles was successfully floated out of dock into the stream. As soon as she had cleared the dock a mishap occurred which created the greatest alarm for the safety of the ship. Near the entrance of the dock there is a bank of mud and sand, and in consequence of the length of the time the Achilles has been in dock, and the impossibility of removing the caisson this bank had in creased in extent, At the moment the Achilles cleared the dock the tide, which at that part of the harbour is always of great force, caught her broadside, and forced her round on the sandbank, where she grounded. At this time the tide had ceased flowing, and the most lively fears were en tertained that with a falling tide it would be impossible to ease her off. Notwithstanding the united exertions of the five steamers, the Achilles at first defied all attempts to move her, and it was only by the exertions of several hun dred men, who manned the capstans in the floating shear hulk in the middle of the harbour, and the full steaming of the tugs, that she was ultimately got safely off the bank and moored alongside the Chatham hulk. Toe Achilles is the first of the large iron vessels, destined hereafter to take a conspicuous part in our future navy, which has been built at a Royal dockyard—the whole of the squadron of ironclads now afloat, including the Minotaur, Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, Sec., having been built for the (government ail private establishment. This' experi ment, therefore, on the'part of the Admiralty of construct ing iron vessels at the public dockyards is watched with the keenest interest. Notwithstanding all that has been said to the contrary, the Achilles has been built more expedi tiously—everything taken into consideration— than any of the squadron of ironclads which have preceded her. The order for building the Achilles, together with the sheer draught and drawings, arrived at Chatham dockyard in the month of April, 1861. It was not, however, until the Sep tember following that the first iron plate for the vessel was laid in the dock, the interval between having been taken up in preparing and fixing the enormous machines required for bending, slotting, and otherwise preparing the armour plates and other portions of the iron work for a ship of the dimen sions of the Achilles—not a single machine for iron ship building being at that time in the dockyard, Shortly after the commencement of the Achilles active operations on that vessel were in a measure suspended, in consequence of an order from the Admiralty for the construction of the iron clad frigate Royal Oak, which was built, completed, fully equipped, and sent to sea from Chatham in 18 months. The first armour plate was bolted to the sides of the Achilles on the sth February last, and since then she has received up wards of 1,200 tons of armour plating, the Achilles being the first iron vessel launched with the whole of her armour plating complete from stem to stern. The dimensions of the Achilles are slightly in excess of the Warrior, while her length is only a few feet below that of the Minotaur, re cently launched from the yard of thel hames Ironwork Com pany. She is 385 ft 9in in length, 581 t 31in in breadth of beam, and her burden is 6,080 tons. Instead of being covered with armour plating only on her broadsides, as is the case with the Warrior, Black Prince, and Defence, the Achilles carries her shield plates right round the ship, from stem to stern, the total number of armour plates bolted to her sides being 336. Notwithstanding the additional 500 tons of plat ing she carries, as compared with the Warrior, she has a light, buoyant appearance in the water, and although a dis placement is calculated at nearly 10,000 tons, her launching draught was only 20ft and a few inches. The whole of her broadside plates are 41in in thickness, and are of rolled iron, from the Parkgate Works, Yorkshire. Towards the stem and stern the plates have a tapering form, until a minimum thickness of 2 lin is obtained. The plates under the counter and buttock are of this thickness, and were manufactured by Messrs. John Brown and Co., Atlas Works, Sheffield. The operation of bending the plates to fit this portion of the exterior of the frigate was attended with considerable diffi culty, in consequence of the peculiar shape of the rounded stern, and taxed the skill and ingenuity of all concerned. For a length of 200 ft on each broadside the armour plates are carried up to the floor of the fighting or weather deck, An armour plated bulkhead, one of which is placed fore and aft, runs across the gun deck, and consequently encloses this portion of the vessel, in which nearly the whole of the guns are placed, as a shot Fred battery, the armour bulkhead preventing the fire irom an enemy's guns raking the vessel fore and aft. On each side, fore and aft of the armour bulk heads, the armour plates are only required to be carried as high as the floor of the main deck. The Achilles is pierced to carry 46 guns on her main deck, with four Armstrong pivots fore and aft on her weather deck, but it is probable that her armament will not exceed, in the aggregate, 34 guns.. Her port sills, which are enclosed with gun metal lids, are very small, their dimensions being 3ft Bin. by lft llin. On the inside they are embrasured, which will enable the guns to have a play of at least 90 deg. in each direction. At her load draught of water her port sills will be 9ft Sin above the water. The Achilles is constructed with two hori zontal keels overlapping each other,with avertical keel 3ft 6in in depth, and a box keelson, 2ft 6in deep above the water tight bottom. This form of construction, while it lessens the chance of accidents to her bottom,will also enable water ballast to be added so as to alter the vessel to any trim,should that hereafter be necessary. The Achilles is constructed on a two -feet flatter section than the Warrior, which enables her engines and boilers to be placed lower in the vessel. This will very materially lessen any attempts to roll, which will be still further prevented by two bilge keels, 12ft apart, running the whole length of her broadsides, on each side of the hull. In solidity of parts and strength of materials the Achilles is believed to surpass every iron ship yet con structed, no expense either of time, labour, or outlay having been spared by the Admiralty to render her in all respects perfect. In proof of the enormous strength with which every portion of the mass of iron and timber which form her hull have been put together it may be mentioned that on being launched the most accurate tests failed to detect any " break," even to the minute fraction of an inch, in her. For a length of 220 ft, her sides are 3ft lin in thick ness, which is made up of 14m of iron rib-framing, the iron skin plates three-quarters of an inch in thickness at the stoutest part, 18in of teak timber planking, and finally the 41in armour-plates. In the remaining portions of the stem and stern the thickness of the sides gradually lessens, until a minimum thickness of lft llin of iron and teak is ob tained. The large iron ribs are each 3ft Bin apart, and be tween these are numerous smaller frames, the whole of which are riveted to the vertical keel. Binding the whole together in one solid mass of iron work are 12 longitudinals, r e means of t f he th v e e i s r s o el n . Additi on al strength is also obtained entire by s d i e x ck on be e a a m ch s, s w id h e ich ru c n a n r i r n y g the iron deck plates. On the main deck the beams are lft 4in in thickness, on the lower deck lft 3in, and on the upper deck 121 in. All the decks are ex - ceedingly lofty, the height from the lower deck to the main deck being 9ft 2in, deducting breadth of deck beams, that from the main to the upper deck 7ft 10in, and the height from the floor to the lower deck beams 21ft. At present it is undecided whether she will be fitted with a rifle tower on her upper deck. In order to move such an enormous mass through the water at a speed of at least 14 knots, equal to 16 statute miles per hour, the Achilles is to be supplied with engines of 1,250 (nominal) horse power; but, in reality, capable of being worked up to double that torce. Her engines are being now fitted on board by Messrs. John Penn and Sons. Her screw is four-bladed, and in consequence of there being no screw-well to the Achilles it will not be possible to lift the propeller during the time the vessel is not under steam. She will be fitted with four masts, and, as these are intended to be square-rigged, the Achilles will spread an enormous extent of canvas to the wind, although it is pro bable that her rig will detract from her steaming qualities as much as a knot an hour. There is stowage on board for about 1,000 tons of coals, which will be about sufficient for 10 days' consumption, constant steaming. The stem of the Achilles projects but a short distance beneath the water, so that it is not probable she will ever be re , ed as a steam ram. Shortly before the top of the flood yesterday the Achilles was taken in tow by the Adder, Bustler, Locust, Monkey, and Sheerness steamers, and removed to the moorings pre pared for her near Folly Point, at the entrance to the har bour. With eight men at the wheel she was found to answer her helm quickly, and altogether was es manageable as a vessel of ordinary dimensions. The Achilles is to be pre pared for sea with all despatch, but at least four months will elapse before she will be ready to hoist the pennant. The iron frigate Hector completed her official trials at Portsmouth yesterday, and to a certain extent redeemed her character for speed, which was considerably damaged by the result of her full •power trial on Wednesday. Owing to the speed attained on that day being only 11.448 knots, and therefore under the stipulated contract speed of 11.75 knots, it became necessary to give her a second trial at full power, and four runs were accordingly taken at the mile as a com mencement of yesterday's trial. The mean speed given by these runs was 11.843 knots—a gain of 1-10ths of a knot over that exhibited on the previous day, an d j us t e nough to meet the contract rate of speed. The four runs with half boiler power which followed on the full power runs gave the ship a speed of 9 . 782 knots —a result as satisfactory as the increase of speed with full power. In her half-power rate of speed, however, the Hector is also behind the Royal Oak, the lat • ter ship having realised with half-power 10.140, knots. The increase i& the lector's speed yesterday way be assigned 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. ()hserve the Red Seal, Pink Labe], and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." NoncE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the WELLINGTON is CLOSED for repairs, &c., and will be RE-OPENED on THURSDAY, the 31st December next, at 5 o'clock p.m, By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, t. James's-street. Entrance, 60, Piccadilly, W. December 25, 1863. HE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public, at a small advance on wholesale Tces, with every description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, ;ash. THE VINTAGE COMIDA. SHERRY .. at 18s. per doz. THE VINTAGE CH AMPAGNE.. ...... „ 275. „ THE VINTAGE CLARET • , 1 a. 9, THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. „ Medical and Clerical Testimonials, together with the Illus trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price List, post free on application. Four Dozen Wire sent Carriage Free. and if the Hector is not a 12-knot ship the fault lies in the form of her hull, and not in her machinery. There can be doubt that another half knot might have been added to the Hector's speed had she sat more by the stern, but there exists an almost insuperable difficulty in the way of bring ing her further down by the stern at the present draught of water in her heavy and overhanging buttocks. We have drawn comparisons between the speed attained by the Hec • tor and Royal Oak, both ships being equal in tonnage and horse power, and if their respective draughts of water on their day of trial is examined, it will be found the Royal Oak was trimmed considerably more by the stern than the Hector. The draught of water of the Royal Oak forward was 23ft bin; aft, 25ft 7in. The draught of water of the Hector was, forward, 24ft liin ; aft, 25it 4in. The Royal Oak was in commission on the day of het trial, and had,therefore, all her seagoing weights on board. The Hector has yet to be commissioned and receive her crew, her provisions, am munitiun, and a quantity of sundry stores. She will, there fore, be still deeper in the water when she goes to sea than she is at present. As, however, she had a large number of shipwrights and mechanics at work on board her during lier trials these men, with their tools, may be taken as re presenting half the weight of her crew. The ship returned into Portsmouth harbour on concluding her trials, and again made fast alongside the dockyard. The 31st inst is the date fixed for the completion of bar outfit by the ship wrights' department. During the 9 months she has lain at Portsmouth an immense amount of work has been done on board under the supervision of the master shipwright, Mr. Cradock, and all has been done well and regardless of cost. The Mutine, 17 guns, corvette, Commander William Graham, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Pacific, and received orders to proceed to Woolwich to dismantle and pay out of commission. She brought home 18 military and naval invalids, who were transfered to her Majesty's ship Victory by the Pigmy steam tender. The Mutine was expected to sail from Spithead for the Thames last evening. 14, Bloomsbury-street, 4 d ,ors south of New Oxford-street. T" E 0 XFOR D, R, OXFORD STREET, W. TO-MORROW, will be performed Selections from the rollowing Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, and CLARA, the MAID of MILAN, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DES I INO— Verdi ; by the following talented artistes . —Misses Russell, Townley, Fitz Henry, W almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Also, Solos on the Violin by VIOPTI COLLINS, the celebrated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the marvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Herr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. - Comedy, by UNSWORTH ("or any other man "), Eugene, W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, and the marvel lous Gymnast, J. Henderson. In rehearsal, and will be produced on Christmas Eve, sup ported by the entire company, a new and original ('antati, entitled King Christmas," written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and composed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Yesterday the shipwrights at the dockyard commenced laying the keel of Mr. Reed's new ironcased frigate Lord Warden, which is to be constructed beneath No. 7 shed. The following are the principal dimensions of the Lord Warden :—Length between the perpendiculars, 280 ft length of keel for tonnage, 233 ft Ilia; extreme breadth, 59ft tin; breadth for tonnage, 58ft ; depth in hold, 20ft 9in. The dockyard and the whole of the naval establishments at Chatham were closed yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock,and business will not be again resumed until Monday morning, the time being up by the men working ovt.r hours. The finding of the general court-martial recently held at the Royal Marine Barracks, Forton, on Capt. W. Cosser, Paymaster of the Portsmouth Division, on charges of frau dulently appropriating about £7OO of the public money in trusted to his charge, having been confirmed at the Admi ralty, was yesterday promulgated at the head-quarters of the division. Capt. Cosser is cashiered, and his sureties are ordered to refund the sum mentioned. Two more gunboats are to be built at Sydney, New South Wales, for the service of the New Zealand Government. Admiral Sir William F.Martin, K.C.8., has been awarded a good service pension, vacant by the death of Admiral Sir Henry W. Bruce, K.C.B. Lieut. J. P. Cheyne has been appointed one of the Limits. of the Royal Hospital, Plymouth, vice Malone, deceased. The following appointments have been made at the Ad miralty :—Commander John 0. Hopkins, to the Royal Oak; Lieut. Alfred A. Hanson, to the Tamar; Robert Jackson, master, to the Lyra; John H. Pellay, naval cadet, to the Royal Oak; Horace G. Baker, naval cadet, to the Gibraltar ; Francis J. L. 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EXTRAORDINARY OCEAN STEAMING.--The late extraordinary passage of the Inman Company's steamer City of New York, commanded by Capt. Kennedy, has created quite a sensation in nautical circles in Liver pool, and the abstract of her log, which was posted in the Liverpool Exchange Newsroom on Tuesday, was a source of interest during the day. The distance travelled each day by tb.e City of New York was so great and so regular throughout the passage, that we consider a synopsis of the log worthy of perusal :—From the day (12th inst.) she left Sandy Hook, until noon the following day she steamed 254 miles; on the 14th, 330 miles; 15th, 320 miles; 16th, 306 miles; 17th, 311 miles; 18th, 321 miles; 19th, 323 miles; 20th, 318 miles ; 21st (to Fastnel Rock), 254 miles--arriving at Queenstown at 11.30 a.m. of that day. The mean time of the run from New York to Queenstown is tight days nineteen hours, being the fastest ever made by any screw steamer. 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M r Holl has the gold medal for an histo r i ca l painting, "Abraham Preparing for ' 4 4erifice of his Son,' the silver medal, and two other the ,-- and a prize of books. prizes. Mr. Bu: ottained the gold medal for a group in P . A. Hunt, to My G. travelling arbsetru, ssciulvlperturme,edtoatetwheerrewigthiveansetho o l is a i r r s h A i to g r ,9. B. Long, to Mr Smith, to Mr E. Evans, tp Mr J. B. Grahame, to Mr A, E, / F i . u s lr . e p ad o y tt , e t r o . an allowance of £lOO, was awarded to Mr T. H. Watson, . for au arcUitectUral drawing. MrA CB. studentship, for one year, with JILES JANIN AS A FEIULLETONIST—aceording to Mr. Kirwau's estimate of him in" Modern France." —There is, as it appears to us, in everything that he has written, what has been well characterised a marivaudage de bas stage.'' He seems always to wish to be saying things uncommonly fine, witty, and clever, and to be fully per suaded that it is his duty not only to write, but to think, differently from other people. To accomplish this, he per forms all sorts of mental gyrations and contortions, all sorts of grey-goose antics. Sometimes he is seized with a forced gaiety, which is, after all, but an abortive and lugubrious hilarity; anon he assumes a melancholy which, if not sickly and sentimental, is put on as a mask to suit the occasion. Jules Janin is just the man who, for effect—to use the phrase of Curran—" would teach his tears to flow deco rously down his cheeks; who would writhe with grace and groan with melody." He has sought the pretty, as Lon ginus sought the sublime. He delights in in para doxes, which he presents to you in ten differentathn robe sometimes all rude and naked ; sometimes withtnhedi, with of gauze ; sometimes painted, powdered, anc seldom deficient flounce and furbelow to match. Janin is mincing airs and in delicate irony, but is always full of But in his gallon graces, and an esprit a-la-mode de Paris. rth " of bread after of sugared sack,:there is but a hdpo h , teh he pours forth all. In the stream of pet phrases:w tenuity of idea. His style might there is a tinyness if not a saving to the Jiebats be stereotyped. It would be a great to have certain fond familiar words always set up, standing, ingenious fashions; in case. Scores and scores of times, speaking of debutantes he has said "Pauvre joine fille aux joues roses aux mains blanches elle si pure elle Ei candide." Would he deecribe an age or an epoch, here are his words ;—" Ce X.VIIIa siecle en manchette, en dentelles, en talons rouges, en velours, en paillettes, aveo cos ranches, son rouge, ce XVIIIe siecle si farde o si corumpu," &C. This carillon of elic-clack, this fredon—to use a musical term—of phrases ; this fioritura of variations and doubles, called by musicians follia di Spagna," is very contemptible ; but it has had great vogue; for the object of this writer is more to amuse than inform the reader, , more to be playful than profound, more to, be satirical than solid or satisfying. It is therefore no marvel that Janin has many admirers and many imita toro, and is the rage of men, women, and children. PRICE STAMPED --bd. CRIME AND HYPOTHETICAL MADNESS. The defence set up for Mr. Townley in the painful trial which terminated last Saturday at Derby in his conviction for the murder of Miss Goodwin, practically amounts (says the spectator) to this—The prisoner's grandmother had a brother of whose ten children five were insane, and another brother one of whose children was insane ; also his grand father had a sister who committed suicide, and a first cou- sin who died in a lunatic asylum. Hence, there is reason to suspect that what is called the germs of insanity were in the prisoner's constitution, and likely to be called into action by any unusual excitement, This excitement occurred when Miss Goodwin broke off her engagement with him in order to marry another, and it took the form of a defined theory that a young lady in engaging herself to a man becomes his " property" in the strictest sense of the term —property which he has a right to rescue, even at the cost of her life, from the hands of another—just as he would have a right to shoot his own horse if a highwayman were making off with it. On this theory the prisoner not only acted, but took his stand after the murder as ethically un- assailable, refusing entirely to admit his guilt, and assert ing that both he and the murdered girl were much happier for this fatal close to her departure from the contract. " I am far more happy now I have done it, and I trust she is." And finally, after some months of imprisonment, this ex. citement took the well-defined and familiar form of belief in an organised conspiracy against his (the prisoner's) happi ness and life, which is one of the commonest of all symp toms of both temporary and permanent nervous disease. This is, we believe, the whole of the ease for Mr. Townley's mental derangement ; first, a presumptive case is brought forward to show that there were physical causes at work far from unlikely to produce it; then it is shown that, at least as a result of the imprison ment, nervous disease and illusion had probably t been produced, whence an in ference is su gg ested t hat the murder, which might other wise have been due eithg to criminal but sane perversity of the will, or to tte absolute dominance of Mr. Townley's intellect by notions which left his will no moral choice, no power of resistance in the matter, was, in fact, due to the latter cause, which implies of course irresponsibility; and this conclusion is supported by the self-possession with which, in the first moment of the mur der, Mr. Townley justified his deed. We suspect that the only point in this case which at all affects the public imagination, is the proof that both in the prisoner's grandfather's and in his grandfather's family the tendency to insanity did, in fact, show itself decidedly. The other evidence, which is extremely shadowy at best, would only show that the excitement of the crime, of the suspense of awaiting a trial for life, and of the melancholy incidents of the imprisonment, had slightly strained a nervous sys tem never very tough or sound. But the vague physical ideas which we attach t;) "hereditary seeds of insanity" are to common minds much more impressive. They sug gest the existence of something like organic fungi in the corners of the intellect which a momentary shock may stimulate into sudden vitality till the whole framework of the mind is unroofed—just as the tenderest plant pushing up from the crevice in a wall will often rend the timbers and unroof the masonry of the most solid building. Moreover, the term " seeds of insanity" takes advantage of our absolute incapacity to test the motive forces of any other mind, and appears to suggest an easy explanation (though it really only apologises for not suggesting any) of eccentric actions that would otherwise puzzle and baffle ordinary men. Instead of thinking any more of the unintelligible action before us, we think of the equally unintelligible actions of the per - petrator's grandfather, and having got the unintelligility two generations back, we feel absolved from the duty of interpretation. But the truth is, that to prove a possibility of hereditary disease can only be of any value to the argument, where it can be shown that that hereditary disease, if really active, would account better for the facts of the case than any more ordinary hypothesis. If a man were subject to hereditary consumption, no physician would take that as the explana tion of an actual ophthalmia or rheumatism. This is alawys forgotten with reference to violent actions like murder, which, it is assumed, are more intelligible if supposed to spring from a vague general cause like " hereditary in sanity," than from an ordinary special cause like jealous passion and the theories which passion engenders in a brooding mind. Now,where hereditary:insanityreallyabsolves from responsibility for violence, it is, we conceive, usually more easy to verify than any other moral cause of violence. It may lead to violence in three ways—by generally weaken ing the moral judgment to a point obviously far below that of average common sense, so as to leave little intellectual moral control. Next, hereditary insanity may either render a man blind to a whole class of real impressions which affect other people, or, what is the same thing, the victim of a whole class of false and delirous impressions which do not affect other people, so as in either case to justify violence, if only the world as it presents itself to the mind of the patient were the world as it is, and, therefore, so as to exculpate him iu his blindness or his delirium for using it. Finally, without disturbing a man's intellect directly, it may subject him to periodic maniacal impulses, which intoxicate for the moment like a draught of spirits, and drive him on to specific ends. In the first case, there must be a general decay of the whole mental powers, and that cannot very well happen with out ample warning and plenty of subsidiary evidence. 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Individuals who have telt the approaches of this disorder have been known to take precautions against themselves; they have warned their wives and children to escape from within their reach till the paroxysm shall have subsided. Among the verities of insane impulse there is none that butt , r characterises the nature of this deplorable affection than the homicidal impulse." Well indeed may Equirol ask " What, then, is this terrible disease which, mocking the sweetest feelings of existence, drives a man to the violation of the most sacred laws of nature, and impels him to kill his fellow -creature—to destroy the persons dearest to him The miserable victim of disease does not attempt to reason before he commits the murder ; and at the time he is not actuated by any passion or by any motive, but is instantly driven to the commission of the crime. A husband kills wife whom he tenderly loves, the father a son that is the most dear to him, and a mother her nursing babe. This phenomenon could not t a k e p l ace w i thout a d m i tt i ng th e total suspension of all intelligence, of all moral sensibility of all will." It is evident, then, that the legal definition of insanity and that which is based upon the actual disease itself are at variance, The former does not recognise insanity without delusion; the latter admits a form of insanity in, which there is no delusion, in which the understanding is unclouded, but in which, nevertheless, the will is under the influence of a disordered, uncontrollable, irresistible impulse, which impels the individual affected to the destruction of human. lire. 'The occurrence of this form of insanity is a s , su sta- i i s its power over the Willis irresistible. Its duration is equally short, and seldom extends beyond the period of the commis sion of the act to which it impels. The persons subject to this form of insanity are generally those in whom the here ditary predisposition to this disease exists ; and it is fre quently followed by insanity of a more easily recognised type and of a more permanent character. Is it not then. strange that this form of insanity, which is so well known both to continental and to English medical psychologists, is as yet unrecognised by our laws ? That such is the case is evident from the above quotation from the learned Baron's charge to the jury. Ought, then, human life to rest upon so limited, and, as has been shown, so incorrect a view of twhich b psyc hologistsiejust st ot teh nr w e will ae declare that it ought insanity asie—stthhaa P t t thefollrd l m e l a oN i vcf cannotail a an te i r l fse u d n b t y il i d t el r u e s c i ° o g n: but by the peculiarities abov e named. If c easy to show apply that these th e factsgreatt the cse probability oo fa sffe Townley,iseuthraitn f t t u t • h il e l be a g m oment he inflicted the fatal w ound he W from i n sane impulse. This probability i s at least supported by e ns evidence quite as strong as that which was adduced for the sanity of the man. By nature he was predisposed to in sanity, which only required an exciting cause to render that which was already dormant in his mind palpable in the commission of some overt act. A man of his mental con stitution would feel more deeply than an ordinary m i nd, and his impressions would, from their intensity, he calcu lated to overpower an intellect endowed with such peculiar susceptibilities, Ar , 7•44 . 4Wgi•Coe , C> WS 1. ), 1P.E,11 a condition that he acted upon an imaginary existiaja things as if those things were real." ' Now, this legal definition is not the definition whirVier4,...4,.., dical psychologists deduce from the forms of insant; ,t_4„ ; % " come under their notice. There is a form of insular ' /TN t+, !; , this legal definition does not touch, but which is never, less of frequent occurrence, and which irresistibly impels f victim t o th e comm i ss i on of acts apparently of outrage ti murder. This species of insanity is termed by the French medical psychologists " naanie sans delire," and by the Eng lish "instinctive madness or insane impulse." According to Esquirol, "Itis in some respects a different affection from that which has been designated moral insanity," By Pritchard it is regarded as _ Hence we see his intense love for Miss Goodwin, and his excessive grief on the night of the 15th of August, after receiving her letter putting an end to their engagement. The continued distress of mind which he suffered from this date until tie 21st of August—the sleepless nights which he paefted in this interval of time, the loss of food, the taking of 'morphia and of spirits, which would induce a condition of brain favourable to the accession of insanity, the inter view with Miss Goodwin, and the learning from her own lips that another had supplanted him in her affections — were exciting causes, which at length, suddenly and at once, developed the insane impulse which impelled him to the fatal attack. At that moment his intelligence, his will, and his moral sensibility wers in as complete abeyance as ever were those of the most confirmed maniac. That he went to Wigwell without the intention of murdering Miss Goodwin is admitted by the counsel for the prosecution in the following remarks:— " He (Mr. Roden) never suggested that the prisoner went to Wigwell with the intention of committing the murder. He was, on the contrary, bound to say that there was no evidence of any such intention, and he had no doubt the idea never occurred to the prisoner until after he found his hopes were disappointed." Here, then, is an admission on the part of the prosecu tion that there was no premeditation to comtn 4 t murder— and this view receives a large share of confirmation from the fact that Townley took with him to Wigwell the letters which he had at various times received from Miss Goodwin, with, no doubt, the intention to return them to her, should she insist upon the termination of the engagement which had hitherto existed between them. Had he meditated murder, there would have been no ne cessit yto carry with him those letters to the person whom he was intending to kill. It is evident when he left home to visit Miss Goodwin he had no such intention—that the im pulse to destroy her arose suddenly and at once during his interview with her, and that it was instantly obeyed. It is fair to presume that during that interview he learnt for the first time that she loved another ; that the alleged interfer ence of her grandfather was merely an ex cuse to hide her motives ; and that she was about to be lost to him for ever. A mind constituted like his, and already mor bidl y excit e d by the anxiety, by the loss of rest and food , and also by the congestion of the brain produced by the takin g of m orphia. and of spirits during the last six days , c ould not withstan d the shock of this sudden realisation o f his worst fears, Re instantly gave way under the crus hin g intelligence he had which ession led t o Miss of his mind spent itself in the on ,w g, ithohuet was irresistibly with ou t rresistibly j t u h s e t c r o e n ce sc iv io c u d s , n a e n e d s in of this rig di h c t on and ti w on r on impelled to what, if comm itted in sane state o f mind, would have been a most foul and deliberate m ur d er. The temporary insanity which commission thus took of the ss act. Goodwin's death. Be f or e the breath possession had lett h er body his consciousness returned, commi act, he instantly employed himself in st anching the blood which flowed f rom the wound he an, d and, recognising the dan ger o f hi s had made, and in thus endeavouring to the utmost of his power to save the life of her whom he so dearly loved. This was not the act of a deliberate murderer. It was that of a man suddenly bereft of reason, and who was for the time being entirely under the influence of an insane i mpulse. Ought such a man to , be Bent to the scaffold ? The law in its present defective state, with delusion as its only test for insanity, may say " Yes;" but medical psy chologists will not endorse the assertion. The form of in sanity which impelled Townley to kill Miss Goodwin has already been followed by a more palpable and a more per manent form. of that disease. This result is but the con firmation of what I have previously stated that " insane impulse" is frequently followed by insanity of a more recognisable and lasting character. It was affirmed in evi dence by Dr. Forbes Winslow that on the 18th of Novem ber, and again on the night beforo the trial, he examined Towni e - y , and that on both occasions he found him to be affected by undoubted moral insanity, What, then, is the duty of the Government under these circumstances ? To consign the criminal to the hands of the executioner without a further investigation of his case ? Certainly not. Such a step would no doubt be legal justice ; but in the estimation,. of medical psychologists it would be little short of legal murder. Let full and ample justice be done to all parties concerned concerned in this peculiar tragedy. This can only be ren dered by the appointment by Government of a medical commission to inquire into the facts of the case, to examine. mind Townley, and•to report upon the probable state of and u his on his at the moment of his attack upon his vi!)nttymt, ing A h short of mental condition at the present part on y I am, Sir, your obedient servant, of London, Memb er C. BLACK, M.D., University of Lond on, of the Royal Col le g e of Physicians College of Surgeons, Fellow of the Royal moderate wholesome to use. These advantages have in price, and general preference. It is sold in packets by G ove rnor-General of Alge r i a h as addressed 2,280 Agents. The letter to the Chamber of Commerce of Oran on the that body to the Emperor, r b a y ilway from Oran to Saint psurabij,einctgotfhtahte theapplicationworks f m t a n d e e Denis du Sig might be commenced as soon as possible. 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To persons unacquainted with insanity in its different forms, and who judge from their own point of view of the act of the unhappy man who killed Miss Goodwin, the verdict at which the jury arrived will appear to be the only just and proper one to which the evidence could lead, But to medical men, whose duty it is to study insanity, and who know the various forms under which that disease ma nifests itself, as also the many difficulties of diagnosis which occasionally surround some of these forms, the verdict of jury will be by no means so satisfactory. According to the light which they had upon the subject their verdict was true and honest ; but it appears to me that the light was insuffi cient to guide them to a proper knowledge of the state of Townley's mind at the moment he inflicted the wounds which led to Miss Goodwin's death. For the just and proper appreciation of his state of mind at the moment in quo ti°l not only were the facts of the case, as detailed by wit nesses, necessary, but it was required of the counsetlhfeor the e prosecution that he should not mislead the jury upon question of the influence of the hereditary taintinofg insanity, 3 a too ex and of the judge that he should not, by elusive definition of insanity in his charg© and ig nore one form of that disease which frequentlyPtiothe jury, That the counsel for irresis tibly leady to the destruction of life. influence of the the prosecution did notunderstan dt _ o wn_ey is afflicted, a nd here ditarye taint of insanity with which " -t that he therefore misled the jury upon this very important question, is evident from the following remarks in his reply e s for the defence : ess called were to show that the to the evidence of the wan insanity, " The first two witnessessubject to hereditary_ family of the prisoner were was a victim to that alit f and that the prisoner himselfat certain persons, not lineal ion. ances tors,But they only proved t had been under but collateral relatives,lt the influence waa not his father or mother,or of insanity more or leas. er or grandmother, but a sister of his grand his grandfather d cousin. That m other and a second proved nothing,because that insanity, so far from being hereditary, was not in the fam ily at all. To produce hereditary insanity it must be clear that the lineal ancestors were afflicted." N o w, the doctrine laid down in the above quotation from t he counsel's speech for the prosecution is utterly inconsis tent with known facts, and with the universally received opinion of the medical profession. If Townley's grand mother's sister was affected with hereditary insanity, his grandmother, too, inherited the same taint, although she might never have manifested any symptoms whatever of insanity. If, then, the grandmother inherited this heredi tary predisposition, Townley himself would, through his own mother, be certain to inherit the same predisposition, although in a less degree, in consequence of the influence of that parent who was not thus predisposed to insanity. Once in the constitut ion,the hereditary predisposition to insanity, like that of tubercle, of cancer, and of other hereditary dis eases, is invariably and in every instance transmitted to the i offspring. The hereditary predisposition may, and does i n thousands of instances, lie dormant in the system for want of sufficiently exciting causes to call it ma n i fest i n to a.nt existence. In Townley's grandmother the hereditary t g causes existed, but, owing to the absence of exciting itself in suffi ciently strong to call it forth, it never manifested d iraenction of the jury confirmed insanity, It was, then, a . ni n is ora the influence of on the part of the prosecution toTig That taint is strongly in hereditary taint in the prisoner. is proved beyond ques tion from his maternal side, a, cases 0 ,, insanity nave oe. tion or doubt, by the fact that 11 c I curred in his mother's , As to the definition of the learned judg e , i n charging the jury, said ; "That which th e la w called an insane mind was a mi n d which was under delusions—that was,a person whos e m i n d was diseased, an d who supposed a state of things to e x i s t which does n ot exist, and whose diseased mind was in such 1 ,~ I I