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

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Lumley's FREE PROPERTY rtEcisTER," 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 or PROPERTIES whaling to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity th a t th e medium of this Resister !Fords, by sending the particu'ars of their properties to the tstate Offices 67 " Chanc , ry-lane, London, as the M essrs. L umley can in' most cases introduce immediate customers, "here the property is of :In eligible character , thereby avoid in, the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon- Veniences. Timm: IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or put- Chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 87, Chancery-lane, London. CONENIERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOL 1)i for ORPHAN and NECESSITOUS CHILDREN , nner, Middle ex. _ PATRON—H.II.H. the PRINCE OF WALES. PRESIDENT —R. C. L. BEVAN. Esq. A General Half-Yearly Court was held at the Lo ndon :cavern this day, Dec. 28, 180, Geo. Moore, Esq., Treasurer , In the chair, when an Election of fourteen ehi,dren, seven 130 Y8 and s ven girls, took place, The following is the result Of the poll: BOYS. SUCCESSFUL. Cooper, Frank Harry h. 13 karshall, Wm Compton, Freak Chas 390 ''''nlington, Herbert 381 Shenton, Fredk— • • •• •. • • ' 332 t ., l aropbell, Ed. Jas 3 1 5 porter, Clement UNSUCCESSFUL. 278 B ,nfell. lement 201 La Mark. C. A. R 179 Powell, F. W 110 Biekley, J. H Andrew, J. H 122 Potter, F. J lO7 PantOn, Thos. H. 75 Anthony, Gerald Claridge, N. A. Hartley, G. N. R 23 Freeman, G. A 7 ILS. Thinips, Isabella, X. .• • • 699 Nuts, Cecilit Mary...... 443 Bayles, Flor• nce M...... 401 Worsfold, Emily ........ 399 Bolton, Isabella ........ 360 killer, Florence ........ 3 . 1 Ryder, Emily E.......... 295 UE - Swann, S. R. Hurley, F. Louisa .. 283 B'a'ker, Eliza C. Smith, Harriet E 99 Bernard, Agnes 36 ;NRY LENDON, Secretary. Deo. 28, 1863. Offices, 76, Cheapside, E.C., N ORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. FIRE DEPARTMENT. —SPECIAL NOTICE. Company is now prepared to ISSUE POLICIES for oLereantile Insurances in the Port of London at the reduced scale of rates. Particulars may be had at the Offices, 28, Threadneedle °Wet. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. No. 11, Lombard -street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARVIIAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. lARLES WILLIAM CCItTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman tlenry Hulse Berens, Esq., i G.... 1 -, Shaw Lefevre,'Esq.,M.F. -usury Bonham Carter, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. ' Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. S' Ir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. .Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. , 'nhn G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. William Steven, Esq. Predk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vig,ne, Esq. as. AIID: Lewis Loyd, Esq. 1 Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting, Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Sarni. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PnovisioNs OF AN Acr OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In mirers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. • Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in (cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing Bonuses , thereon, amounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. FIRE DEPARTMENT. —Insurances are effected upon e'rory description of property at home and abroad at mode rate rates. No expense is incurred in effecting a new Insurance be yond the payment of the Annual Premium and Duty, when the Premium amounts to ss. Claims liberally and promptly settled. NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN, that FIRE Policies which expire it Christmas must be re newed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's street, corner of Pall-Mall ;or with the C om p an y 's A g ents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Application for Prospectuses and Agencies to be made to the secretary. T HE CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT COMPANY (Limited). (The Directors reserve to hemselves the right of changing the name of the Company.) To be incorporated under " The Companies Act, 1862," by which the Liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of share; Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O. First issue, 10,000 shares. Deposit on application £1 per share, and £2 on allotment. No future call to exceed £5 per share, and at inter nls 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. NVI Th lliam Litt s le, Esq., Director of the Cape Town Railw a y . iv In. M'A r th ur, E s q. (of the firm of Wm. and Alexander M'Artb u r, Aus t ra lian Merchants), 46, Moorgate-street. F. J. Sargo o d, Esq (Messrs. Sargoed, and Sargood), London and Melbourne. Ill' mas Shepherd Richardson, Esq., Director of the Buenos Ayres and River Plate Bank, James Thompson, Esq. (Messrs. Le Gros Thompson and CO' Gutter-lane. s Hugti Fraser Sandeman, Esq. *Ricbd . _Manners Sanderson, Esq. Messrs. Sandeman & Co. * Samuel Baker. Esq. committee of Mana?;ement. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank. SOL: faTORS. Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick. BROKERS. Mee Shepherd, Esq., Auction Mart , Ba rtholomew -lane. Messrs. Eandeman and Dobree, 2, Roya l Exchange -buildings Offices—No. 4, Abchurch-lane. PROSPECTUS. In forming this Company the Directors have secured the %°-operation of Messrs. Sandeman and Co., of Abchurch - lane whose well-known and lon,-established business it is the inject of this Company to take up and develope. The Company will conduct all the operations of ordinary discount business. Co.haser on which the business of Messrs. Sandeman and , been purchased justify the Directors in anticipating a Profit of at least 10 per cent per annum on the paid-up Capital. rhe Company will take possession of the premises now oc ",. Pied by Messrs. Sandeman and Co., as from the Ist day of "..anuary, 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 cli'ainrd at the Offices of the Company, of the Brokers, and of the Solicitors. In the event of no allotment being made the deposits will be returned in full c should a less number of shares be al lotted than are applied for, the deplsit will be made avail able toward■ the payment on allotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. FOII3I OF APPLVATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Consolida.ed Discount Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your Bankers the sum of I request you to allot me shares in the Consolidated Discount Company (Limited), And I hereby ag.ree to become a member of the S ociety, and to accept such shares, or any less number that may he allotted to e ; and I request you to share my name on the Register Szem in respect of the s allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant. Name in full Address Usual signature •••••••. l`,. CONSOLIDATED DISCOUNT (Limited). ICATIONS NO - ri ~ _ CI. IS TIFREBYthat no A GIVEN, PPL tha COMPANY 1,4.11 A RES in this Compauy will be '-zDAT next, the 30th instant. Te a , By order. "rarr Offices, 4, Abchurch-lane, E.O received after WED' ---, Dec. 24, 1863. -------= MESSRS . T. JACKSON, AND Co. execute cost JT year. Market price BSI s London ana Westminster Bank, guaranteed. Remittance . 1 b at Camber well-park. Post...Mee Orders paya e I ONS on all races throughout N.B.—Betting on the waterloo Cu ghout the Address—Borr and JAcksoN De 'll- k, par London. Stores, George-street, c am . rv'm Man of the World" Wine IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE °f. any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach Ind i ge stion, oj 33iliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK' S 'WIND PIL L ' . Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. " I d 2s. 9d. ; or tree by Chemist post for 14 or 33 s t a mps from Page D . Woodcock, - DRIZE MP.I) A L —INTERNATI —'--- ONA L ::::B ne z d rr i l i; O e N, 1862. P FRANCIS TUCKER i t W pf a i x nee Ch of an vir dl a e l r e s s: &C., " To the (Estabish ed 17?0.) The Jurors' Report on Pira,.. testifies to he excellence of —thane d Church Candles , in 1862 _; quality of Messrs. Tuckers manufacture. lett er add re ssed to Francis WICKS, sull.,eoanDtihge' s ita ubjec i t n o a f Tucker dis and C i W A X CANDLES with says : PLATTED " I have found them fully equal elfh„ which you gave them, and can since in namendation them to the clergy for the use of the alti r y,cn, recom mend Finest quality, with Platted Wicks, patented.. 28. Ordinary quality • • .• 2. ed : per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture o f Nv Per lb. az. Is. sd. per lb Best quality second quality ls. 3d. p er if,' Third quail y • • • • • is. ld. per lb: Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKERS ND Co., 8, South Molton - st reet. Grosveno--uare. Manuf actory -1730). Kensington (Established `The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax. Candles for the use of the Altar. TEETH. —Mr. ESA ELL'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 Vain or extraction of stumps, and to answer all the purposes 'of mastication and articulat ion. They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly tot the g le n" , that they al e quite immoveab le, exce p t at the opion ft 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. Esketrs Patent, &c., free for 7 stamps. inspection of specimens and consultations free.-B,Grosvenor !ltre et, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-la, Bir atum. -. No. 22,311. EIURNIIIIRE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTFI, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in he kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. CLEi.GYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- N SII are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illastrated by 410 admirable engravings of every description of Furniture and Bedsteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gt atis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale : A Six-roomed Parsonage An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto A Twelve-roomed ditto l9l 11 0 Together with a ?rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valnable information to all requiring househ)ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborouzli, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, staines, Dorking, St. Alban's. Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 590 other places in all parts of Great Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1863. viTHERE CAN WE MEET AFTER THE PANTOMIMES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', CoTent-garden. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRI 311 WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It h Pine, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd,, at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the WELLINGTON is CLOSED for repairs, &c., and will be RE-OPENED on THURSDAY, the 3lst December next, at 5 o'clock p.m, By order, JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, fit. James's-street. Entrance, 60, Piccadilly, W. December 25, 1863. THE VINTAGE WINE COMPANY Supply the Public, at a small advance on wholesale prices, with every description of Wines and Spirits. Terms, Cash. THE VINTAGE COMMA SHERRY at 118 s. per doz. THE VINTAGE CHAMPAGNE „ 275. „ THE VINTAGE CLARET ........ „ Vs. „ THE VINTAGE PORT from 20s. Medical and Clericil Testimonials, together with the Illus trated Vintage Almanac, containing full detailed Price List, post free on application. Four Dozen Wine sent Carriage Free. 14, Bloomsbury-street, 4 doors south of New Oxford-street. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. _ SHORTITAND.-PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC MANUAL. Free by post, is. 6d. H 0 R THAN D.-"PITMAN'S PHONO GRAP.HY forms an exceedingly efficient—probably the MOST efficient—system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland HilL London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. QOllO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL 0 BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and Houses to be disposel of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho, W. Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. BANKRUPTCY AND COMPOSITIONS.- Mr. WETHERFIELD, Solicitor, 35, Moorgate-street, City, PRACTISES in COURT, and effects PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS with creditors, without publicity. Charges, the lowest possible, payable by instalments. Coun try cases economically conducted. N.B.—DEBTS recovered on commission, free of law costs. Divorce and Probate business conducted at moderate ex pense. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT ExHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to De the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Roe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease .ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. - - A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, le. A Double Truss, 318. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is M. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. led. TEMPLE BAR MAGAZINE. In the January Number (now ready) commences a New Novel, to be continued Monthly, entitled—. THE DOCTOR'S WIFE. By Author of "John Marchmont's Legacy," "Lady Audley's Secret," &c., &c. Office of Temple Bar, 122, Fleet-street, London. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELAST IC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all oases of 'Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &a They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 168. eadh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228. Piccadilly. NEW NOVEL BY AUTHOR OF " SACKVILLE CHASE." In the January Number (now ready) of the ST. JAMES'S MAGAZINE commences THE MAN IN CHAINS. By C. J. COLLINS. London : Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Seizure of the Barque Science by the Engliuh and other neutral vessels will not go there to run the risk or annoyances similar to what we had to ontend with. TH E OXFOR D, A, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS - EVENING, will be performed Selections from the iollowing Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DESTINO—Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes,—Misses 'Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, 11 , .Imsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Solos on the Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated 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, George Hutehen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establshment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. "THE GHOST CLUB" at the CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MO RTON is enabled to announce that, through the medium of Professor Pepper's World of Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly held at the CAN TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re peopling of the Haunted Houses of London; but, through the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient) pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux , to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some of the teachings or pleasantries of the best writers. At pre sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South, and the " White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation, receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be rapidly replace Iby others. The pages of Shakspere and the elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &c., will, in turns, furnish subjects for illustration. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual, including, Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E. Marshall, and George Hutchenson. 113 OYAL ALHAMBRA.—Great Treat during ti the Christmas HoIidays.—FRANCONPS CIRQUE IMPERIAL.—This, the only thoroughly organised Circus Company in London, comprises the first artistes, selected from the best known Continental Troupes, including Male and Female Equestrians, Gymnasts, Acrobats, and Clowns. The Stud consists of highly-trained Trick and Menage Horses, unrivalled in any establishment in Europe. Crowded audiences nightly attend this splendid entertainment, now renewed with unwonted splendour. Enthusiastic reception of M. Jules Perez, from Madrid. the greatest Bare-backed Rider ever seen, whose wonderful performances create a pro found sensation. Second week of Professor Case, the Slack Wire Performer, of World-wide Renown, Arthur and Ber trand, the most amusing and marvellous of Clowns, together with a host of varied talent a'l unequalled in their respective spheres. Morning Performances Daily, during the ensuing Christmas Week, at Two o'Clcek ; Evening, at Half-past Seven. Admission —Reserved seats, Bs.; Stalls and Balcony, 2s. ; Pit and Promenade, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. Private boxes, to hold six persons, 21s. We, at the time of our capture, had been at anchor exactly twelve weeks, and had been boarded several times by American vessels of war. On the 3d of October the same vessel that sent us here, the Virginia, boarded us and saw all my papers, and also the cargo fore and aft, the hold about half discharged then; he left me on that date apparently satisfied, and then a month after (sth Novem ber) he seizes us for having brought contraband of war, which, when he could have satisfied himself of the contents, it was not worth his while, as he expressed himself, and appeared to be quite satisfied that we had on board nothing but harmless and legal merchandise, The mail closes this day and leaves weekly for New York. I shall write you every mail, and trusting that all will end well, I am, with best respects, yours very truly, (Signed) JOHN READ, Master barque Science, of Waterford. Mr. John Angel. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The orders given by the Admiralty for the Bellerophon target, recently tested at Shoeburyness, to be repaired under the superintendence of Mr. Buskcombe, one of the foremen at Chatham dockyard, under whose direction it was constructed, have been countermanded, and it will consequently be allowed to remain in its present condition until subsequent instructions have been received. Arrangements have been entered into by the Lords of the Admiralty with the proprietors of the Medway Company's steamers for two of their vessels—the City of Rochester and the Alma—to be employed, in conjunction with the steam tender Adder, in conveying the mechanics and work people employed on the iron frigate , &hiller to and from the dockyard at Chatham to Gillingham, where the Achilles is being completed for sea. By this arrangement 1,340 of the workmen can be conveyed to and from the dockyard at the same time—namely, 560 in the Adder, 400 in the City of Rochester, and 380 in the Alma. During the time the Achilles is stationed at Gillingham, Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Yule, M.D., of the Cumberland, 24, is to be in constant attendance for the purpose of giving Immediate attention to any of the workmen who may meet with an accident. The screw gunboat Charger, 2, 60 horse power, attached to the first division of the Chatham steam reserve, having completed her experimental trials with the Curtis steering screw with which she has been fitted, a report has been made by the dockyard officials, under whose superintend ence the trials took place, an the result of the experiments. The iron paddlewheel steam tender Locust, employed on harbour service between Chatham and Sheerness, is ordered to have one side of her bottoms coated with Peacock's corn • position, by way of expel iment. An investigation has taken place at Chatham dockyard by order of the Lords of the Admiralty into the circum stances attending the accident which occurred to the iron frigate Achilles, on the occasion of her being floated out of dock on Wednesday night, an account of which was given in The Sun. The decision of the Lords of the Admiralty upon the facts laid before them is not yet known, but it is understood in the dockyard that the official who was re sponsible for the proper management of the ship will be re moved from his appointment, and granted a superannua tion allowance. Mr. Oliver W. Lang, who for upwards of five years past has held the responsible position of master shipbuilder at Chatham dockyard, has tendered his resignation to the Lords of the Admiralty, and yesterday ceased to perform the duties in connection with his office. Some three or four months since Mr. Lang placed his resignation in the hands of the Admiralty, and requested to be relieved of his appoint ment, but at the express desire of their Lordships he con tinued to discharge the duties connected with the office of master shipwright at Chatham until the completion and un docking of the iron frigate Achilles. During the time Mr. Lang has been at the head of the shipbuilding department at Chatham several of our largest and best vessels of war have been constructed, equipped, and despatched to sea under his superintendence, including the Royal Oak and the Achilles. system of ventilation is in operation, all such causes of disease must be prevented or removed. In ships destined for tropical service it must be invaluable, both for the com fort and health of the crews and passengers. Dr. Edmonds, now surgeon of the Victory flag-ship at Portsmouth, was surgeon of the St. Jean d'Acre in the Mediterranean dur in r her last commission, and it was probably the experience acquired in that sickly ship which led to the discovery of these obvious means of removing endemic causes of disease from ships generally. In the St. Jean d'Acre malaria was clearly traced to arise from decaying matters lodged in the timber spaces, the injurious effects being aggravated by the usual deficient ventilation of the sleeping deck. The result was that a large proportion of her ship's company were invalided for pulmonic diseases and. cachesia, with many deaths during one short commission on a healthy station. The Irresistible, 80, screw steam line-of-battle ship, 2,642 tons, 400 horse power, belonging to the third divisien of the Sheerness steam reserve, was taken into dock at Sheer ness yesterday, to be brought forward and fitted for com mission as a Coastguard vessel. The Cumberland, 24, guardship of the steam reserve squadron at Sheerness and in the river Medway, Capt. W. K, Hall, C. 13., commanding, is ordered to be paid off at Sheerness on Thursday next, after having been in commis sion since October, 1859. She will be recommissioned on the following day, resume her duties at Sheerness with the same officers and crew, and be provided with an entire set Federals. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—We beg to enclose for your information copy of a letter received by the owner of the barque Science, from the captain, relative to the seizure of that vessel by the Federals, at Matamoras.—Wa are, Sir, yours respectfully, JAMES T. BENNET and WAKE. 77, Cornhill, Dec. 28. of new books. Admiralty instructions have been received by the autho rities at Sheerness that the Rhadmanthus paddlewheel storeship, 813 tons, 220 horse power, is to be removed from Woolwich to that port, there to be taken to pieces and com pletely broken up. The Medusa, paddlewheel vessel, 889 tons, 312 horse New Orleans, Nov. 28, 1863. Dear Sir,—l expect the news of our seizuro by the Americans has arrived home before this ; but this is the first opportunity I have to write you since our arrival here, and in fact since I wrote you from Matamoros per the Labuan. I will now endeavour to give you some idea of our pre sent situation. We did not complete the discharge of out ward cargo until the 23d of October, and on the sth Novem ber we had on board 344 bales of cotton and about 30 cwt. of copper, and had been three days on demurrage. We wanted about 200 bales more of cotton, and should in all probability have sailed for Liverpool in about a fortnight or so. The weather was sometimes such that lighters did not pass the bar for ten days at a time, and as the season advanced it would have been worse. _ On the sth Nov., at 10 a.m., the captain of the United States gunboat Virginia came on board and demanded to see my papers, log-books, cargo-books, and in feu every docu ment that was on board the ship. After examining them he told me he should detain the Science for having brought con traband of war ; he retained my papers, but gave me a re ceipt for them. I then told him we had brought no contra band of war ; that the whole of our cargo was landed in a Mexican port, and that I protested against his detaining the ship, and should hold him, together with his government, responsible for all losses that might arise through his de tention of my ship. He then returned to his ship, leaving an officer in charge, and about noon, same day, he sent on board four armed men, and removed six of the crew of the Science to the Virginia, leaving me, the mate, cook, and one o. s. The next day, the bar being passable, I asked him to allow me to go on shore, which he granted, and I went. On getting on shore I found that the communication to Matamoras was interrupted, the governor that morning had been shot, and the city had changed their rulers, so that I could not see the consul. However, I saw my consignee, who gave me a letter for Captain Brown, of the Virginia, in which he stated that he was the consignee of the Science, and the sole owner of her outward cargo; that he had brought no contraband, and what she had brought, as could be proved by the Mexican authorities, was still in store at Matamoras, and that the United States consul at Matamo ras, or any person appointed by him were quite at liberty to inspect the cargo of the Science at any time they wished, and satisfy themselves that it was nothing but what was represented. He also stated that the cotton on board the Science was the property of Mexican merchants, and had passed through the Mexican Custom-house, pa 3 ing the usual export dues; that the United States consul at Matamoras had granted certificates bearing the consular seal to that effect, and in fact that Captain Brown, of the Virginia, had no right to detain the Science, and that he should hold him, together with his Government, responsible for all losses that might arise through the detention of the ship. He, after reading this letter, and hearing all I had to say, ROYAL • ALHAMBRA. - JULES PEREZ EVERY EVENING at the ALHAMBRA. OYAL ALHAMBRA.-MORNING P ER . 1_1.) FORMANCES EVERY DAY at Two, at the ALHAM BRA, during the CHRISTMAS WEEK. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued nightly at the above elegant rooms. Admission ls. Conductor—M. JULLIEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, King, M'Kenney, Sloman, Progratski, Baker, &c. Manager, M. GRENET. power, Master Commanding John H. Allard, sailed from . . - Sheerness yesterday, in accordance with Admiralty orders, for the mouth of the Texel, to relieve the Lively gunboat, said to be on shore at that place. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir G. R. Lambert, K.C.B„ Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, received his promotion to the rank of Admiral on Monday, when he hoisted his flag, blue at the main, on board her Majesty's ship Formidable, stationed at Sheerness. Admiral Lambert obtained the rank of Captain on the Bth Aug., 1825 ; of Rear-Admiral on the 21st Jan., 1854; and of Vice-Admiral on the 18th Dec,, 1858. It is reported that he will leave Sheerness at the end of February next, and that he will be succeeded by Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, The Alberta, new paddlewheel steam yacht, built for the use of her Majesty, went out of Portsmouth harbour yes terday morning for a trial of her speed at the measured mile in Stokes Bay, under the superintendence of Capt. H. Broadhead, of her Majesty's ship Asia, and commanding the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth, and other officials of the Steam Reserve and dockyard. On arriving at the measured mile the yacht was turned to an even keel at seven feet draught of water, and made two circles—first, with helm at starboard, in 2 min 44 sec ; the other, with helm at port, in 2 min 54 sec. She proceeded to run the measured mile and made two runs, realizing an average speed of 15.24 knots when her port paddlewheel became defective, and she was obliged to return into harbour. The damage appears to be considerable, and it will take same time before it can be made good. The engines of the Alberta, 160-horse power nominal, are from Messrs. Penn and Sons, who were repre sented at the trial by Mr. Matthews. There was also on board the yacht during the trial Captain the Prince of Leiningen, of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. The Octavia, screw steam frigate, was placed in No. 5 dock yesterday afternoon, to be brought forward for com mission. replied that he was determined on sending the Science to New Orleans, together with the brigs Volant and Dashing Wave, and schooner Matamoras, all British, captured and detained on the same day. Nothing further occurred until the 11th, when he sent the remainder of his prize crew on board, and on the 12th we sailed for this place, where we arrived on the 25th, having been detained several days in the river for steam. Immediately on our arrival here I was allowed to go and see the consul, and brought before the prize commissioner, who put to me on oath 43 questions. I thoaght it best to answer them, and did so to the extent of my knowledge, when I was told I could go where I liked, and that 1, together with the remainder of the crew, which were still on board, must quit the ship-- where we went was no business of theirs, we might starve if we liked. I, together with the crew, then went to the consul, who sent the crew to a place (boarding house), and I, with the captain of the Volant, of Jersey, are staying in the house of a widow woman, with whose family we take our meals. Yesterday I saw the consul, who recommended me to go and engage Mr. Briggs, an English lawyer here, a very able man (so he says), to take up our case, and defend it in the Prize Court. I did so, und noted my protest, which will be forwarded to Lord Lyons at Washington. I do not think there is a chance of their being able to condemn the ship, and the greatest difficulty will be to be able to make them pay damages ; it will, I expect, become another affair for the Government to take up. The expenses here will be heavy, without possibility of avoiding them, and I hope I shall be considered by the owners of the Science to have done right in anything I may have to do. To await instructions from you from England would not answer, as the case may be finished before they could arrive here. _ _ _ 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 till 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs ; Bushman and Wife ; Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shane - , the Siamese Twins ; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Pre parations, &c. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder, and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir cassian Bloom. Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair, teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be had only at hladame RACHEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, where she can be consulted daily. All communications are strictly confidential. Her Majesty's steam sloop Mutine (Capt. Graham, pro. meted yesterday to post rank) was taken into basin a Woolwich to commence stripping. The whole of the ship's company on leave of absence yesterday returned to their duties. Capt. Graham has been promoted in testimony of ventilation Sovereign much valuable service over . a period of 22 years. The steam store ship Supply, Master-Commander Bowden, yesterday went to Deptford, from Woolwich, to load with victualling stores for the Mediterranean. existing in every large ship An important part of Dr. Edmonds's ventilating appa ratustdteumrtrhaianaldto a long air shaft on each side of the ship, cupola - ship ship'sat channels timberh aavnani lealsbspl actually c for the t This is done by connecting Portsmouth, in which, by a simple arrangement, from 300 has been fitted to the aoy h a e l have t bt ° hi e 3 gg s e : e been a n an a t l through which a draught is created by communicating it by a cross shaft into the funnel. The efficacy of this plan has been already tested in the Royal Sovereign, a very slight increase of temperature in the funnel s ufficing to draw a current of air t hrou g h the air shafts, and necessarily through the whole framework of the ship f rom t h e bil ges , which, passing into the funnel, is carried hi g h i nto th e o p en air. Shipowne rs view this mode of ventilation with great favour, as it promises to prevent dry rot by the free c ircu lation of air which it creates over th e i n t er i or ti m ber sur f ac es, a desideratum which has hith erto b a ffl e d t h e s kill o f scientific men to accomplish. Even th ose w h o a d vo c a t e the su bstitution of iron for timber in th e i r cons tructi o n of ; hip s must admit that while we have timber ships it is not wise to neglect taking the best means to preserve them— but another part of the invention included i n th e p a t en t i s pecu liarly adapted even to iron steam-ships, and consists of air channels which are made to form part of the deck itself and act immediately below it. These are either united with the previously described air shafts or ventilated separately— both alike by ex haustion of foul air—but in woode n s hi ps t h es e maybe dispensed with, although highly useful. Those who have been a voyage to India or the colonies have un pleasant re collections of the foulness of the air and close ness between the decks and in the cabins, from bilge effluvia being vented into them through the open timber spaces, there can be no excuse . for this nuisance continuing, as th e means for preventing it are, by means of this inven tion, made easy of ado p` ion, and applicable to all ships, as any of the ordinary methods of ventilation can be used in connection with it where the funnel draught is not available. Those destructive fevers which fre quen tly occur and cause such ravages in our ships of war serv i n g in the tropics, if they are not caused, are often, doubtless, aggravate d b y malar i ous influences arising within the ship, fomented into fatal activity by a high temperature, and the more insidious but equally inveterate forms of disease, such as occurred in the St. J can d'Acre and Cressy, described in Dr. 13ryson's statisti ca l report on the health of the navy just published, were, i n the opinion of the medical officers of these ships, • to be attributed tooirailar agencies, When pr, Ethuondeo ____ NO CUREn.ltitohePuAseY.oTTKhLPLei-AeimrisnenvtosLuTeAcelscs FLEXIBLE RUen BdinYlLT, novel in principle and action, in the cure 01 nervous and muscular affections, admits of its sale b eing made dependent upon verified efficacy. 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STAMPED ....sd. connected with the establishment. The loss of eggs while the operations connected with distribution of the fera was being conducted was only 22,000—a mere trifle in such a large quantity. The total number of eggs provided for the season 1860-61 was 14,726,1G0, of which 131 per cent. were lost, 591 per cent. distributed, and 27 per cent, retained at head-quarters. When we consider the enormous repro ductive power of all kinds of fish we have no cause to think this distribution of ova large. A female salmon yields her eggs by the thousand for every pound of her weight. The carp, the trout, the perch, and all other kinds are equally prolific, and give their eggs in tens of thousands. Twenty-fourth Annual Report of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England. The annual budget of the Chancellor of the Ex.. chequer is of very inferior interest to the annual report of the Registrar-General, though the former is looked forward to with much livelier expectation than the latter, for the popular mind attaches itself more earnestly to pounds, shillings, and pence than to the health and strength of those by whom the tions, addressed to the Registrar-General by Dr. Arland, the Regius Professor of Medicine in the revenue is contributed. We never hear any gene- University of Oxford, in reference to the fever in that city, and in the region extending over the Thames Basin. It appears that there were two cases of typhoid fever in Worcester College which were ral complaint of too much money, bat there are constant regrets at an imputed excess of popula tion. A deficiency of coin is regarded as a national calamity, but a decline in the numbers of the registered. The site of the college is low and not well-drained, but these defects apply to the whole city. There is no systematic drainage, and the whole subsoil is infiltrated with filth from cesspools and other reservoirs of putrescent matter. people is considered a blessing by a certain school of political philosophers. There are financiers who think that machinery, which neither eats nor drinks, and never rebels, is a more favourable in strument to civilised society than labour, which re grow sedi quires food and clothing, and is apt to tious. These condemn earlyiturriages,and-p rean h up the doctrine of moral restraint; and some of the more heartless among them have not hesitated to include epidemics and other causes of early mortality among the list of desirable agencies rather to be allowed free scope than to be prevented. However, this class is happily becoming extinct, and public opinion has most strongly decided in favour of sani tary reform. Men have learned the obvious truth, for a long time concealed, that if every mouth is a consumer every hand is a producer, and that of all taxes the fever tax is the more severe. Free trade, though still a doctrine to be realised—for it only yet exists in a narrowly exceptional form—has taught that the whole human race, however scattered on the surface of the globe, form one co-operative society, and this truth will be universally recog nised when each nation can get rid of its local prejudices and jealousies. Then it will be acknow ledged that the health of the people is ,as worthy of the solicitude of Government as the cultivation of the soil and the improvement of machinery. The Anglo-Saxon family have proved themselves vigorously prolific in offspring, for while we have populated distant regions, and thus founded future empires, we have been adding a million souls to the mother country in each quinquennial period. The evil ;s We read in the report that "in 1836-40 the popu lation was rising through its 16th million; in 1841-45, through its 17th; in 1846-50, through its 18th ; in 1851-55, through its 19th ; and in 1856-60, through its 20th million. In the middle of 1861 it is estimated to have reached 20,110,496. The English registration now comprehends within its scope a population greater by the present popu lations of London and the three Ridings of York- too great and ran - lit - lad to be carea by local improve- meut, and Dr. Acland assigns this as a reason wily the inhabitants are apparently so indifferent, they deeming it useless to engage in minor plans which would fail through inkdequacv. therefore, advisca, that the drainage of the whole Thames valley above Teddington leek ought to be in gm hands of a Government commission." This is even ahire combined than it was when the ''nations . a gaander scheme than the metropolian drainage now being effected, though it really forms a part of it, for unless the upper Thames be conserved in purity the lower Thames must be foul with const int descending filth. Under proper regulations each town on its banks would divert its sewage from th e river. It is true that some drainage works have been during many years in progress on the upp er Thames and its tributaries, but they have not been prosecuted on any concerted plan. There can be n o doubt that the gigantic works superintended by M r. Bazalgette will conduce most powerfully to the health of London, but his labours cannot be cum•, plete if, from the higher grounds, the Thames be tween the. bridges is liable to daily invasion by corrupt waters., which poison the supplies of the water companies. Dr. Acland insists that the ele system was established in 1837." After such a statement we cease to wonder at the enormous extensim of the builded area of the metropolis and the enlargement of the principal provincial towns. It is very certain that we have not become poorer by the process, nor has our self-sustaining power shown any sign of diminution. Where it will end is one of those speculative theories into which we are not called upon to enter, and it would be a mere waste of time to indulge in barren conjectures. We can trace back the querulous tone of over-population, over-production, and over-trad ing, and the lachrymose whine over colossal cities, to the reign of Elizabeth, and we may safely leave 1 , the future to provide for itself. ments of disease are conveyed in water, though the distance may not be accurately known. He also thinks that " the soil modifies in a high degree the effects of the surface waters." There are other evils . . _ impure water which cannot b e expressed in power, incalcul a bl e ." Of course tardy conval— c wer, fmtrho e d e ath rate, because they do not actually extin guish 1ife34115,,1,3aF9 ‘!gable ..! isttrheitl' anediscomlort are fatal to labo ur as a productive e c sti s :C :l l . l, power, be it physical or intellectual, and therefore fatal to national wealth. On the the 8t op 1861, when the census was taken, of London was 2,80 3,989. p h April, ulati on If we take the difference between the two last censuses as the guide to calculation, it would appear that the daily increase to the population of London is 121 souls; bat its natural increase, that is the excess of births over deaths, was about 72 only; thus it received daily an immigrant population of 50 who settled permanently. Here is a fertile text for those s p e culative and ingenious statisti cians who anticip ate the future, and extend or l m im uc it h th d e ep b en u d il s de o d n a t r h e e a of fancy, their hopes, and sanitary state of localities; t h ci e t i i r es fe a a c r e s o:din i s f to co t u h r e s ir e fever, the offspring of overcrowding and imperfect numbers, a a n n d d t c e h n o s l e ra o f rapid ly amite their thousands thins va t h ne o nd n t i s il a na n fit idnosen.n, But, influenza l e e a r n s li n fe in w t h i rch e to come, that increased regard for h a attends civilisation is not likely to fail, and there fore it may be presumed that population will con tinue to increase. But much yet remains to be done in the direction of preventive measures. The streets must be widened and better cleansed, the rivers purified, and the dwellings of the poorer classes ire proved in accommodation ; though the greatest of all reforms must be effected by individuals them selves, in strictly adhering to habits of temperance, the great conservator of life and health. An appendix to the report of Dr. F&rr is most valuable in a medical point of view. It refers to the public health in 1861. He shows that since 1832 there has been an unusual prevalence of diarr- hces, passing into cholera or dysentery, and in 1861, these diseases killed more than 20,000 persona, while fever immolated more than 15,440 victims. Dr. Farr confirms the views of Dr. Acland as to water, soiled by impure admixtures, being one of the vehicles of disease. He says :—" The ova of worms and the seeds of various diseases are thus diffused among children ; while great numbers of men and women in the prime of life also suffer, and often die of the maladies which are the inevitable consequences of violations of natural laws." Dr. Farr also refers incidentally but significantly to the sewage of towns, and shows it to be a part of the economy of nature to restore to the land, the source of food, the refuse arising from it after consumption. In common with all other natural laws its viola.- The present report refers to the year 1861, and is confined to England, in which there were 163,706 marriages. Of these 130,699 were solem nised according to the rites of the Church of Eng land; and for one married after licence five were married after banns. There were only 16 cases of special licence. A fact well worthy of notice is that, " although the eleventh division (Monmouthshire and Wales) does not contain half the population of London, there are 710 religious buildings regis tered for marriages in that division, while in Lon don there are but 309. Cheshire and Lancashire have little more than the population of London, but the registered buildings in these counties are twice as numerous as those of the metropolis." It may be interesting to our fair readers to know that there were more than twice as many marriages between widowers and spinsters as between bache lors and widows ; the respective numbers were 15,067 and 7,034. There were, however, more widows married by widowers than by bachelors. In the marriages of minors the softer sex predo minated in the ratio of three to one. The exact numbers were 31,927 to 10,415. These early espousals largely predominated in the country, for in London the proportion was small. This has been referred to the mode of living in the metro polis; but others attribute it to the dearness of house accommodation, which is adverse to matrimony. The marriage register becomes a test of elemen tary education, from which it appears that 26,333 men and women were unable to attest their signa tures in writing. However, there has been an im provement in the last 20 years, since the mark sig natures have fallen from 41 per cent. in marriages, at which they stood in 1841, to 30 per cent.h llB6l of 100 men and 100 women, 75 of the former and 65 of the latter wrote their names in the registers. In this educational test London is superior to all other parts of England in regard to both sexes. Of those who marry in London, 89 men in 100 and 82 w omen can sign their names. In several Engli sh counties the proportion of men similarly qualified s inks to7mn. 70 o per cent. In the Welsh division, which incl udes mouthshire, it falls to 60 and 65 per cent. As a te t general rule, the north is b etter educated than the south, and it may be mentioned as a fact, perh a p s unexpectedaaeashire areby ma not better en i n L in North Wales. I f we take i the marriag e signa ture ny rea d e rs , educa d that than he the wom en women ffo , and as the test , th e women n Sussex, Berkshire. Hertfordshire , E ssex, Su lk Norfolk, and a few other cou nties not specified, are better educated than the men. W t h e hen we consider indefatigable industry now manifested in the Sunday schools we ma y confidently expect that in the next twenty Years an d even in less titne ' there 'will be few . mar riages without written signatures. In 1861 the births 69 13 f 6 406 children were registered. The birth rate wa s 3.461 per cent. . of one birth to 29 p ers ons ng. The males were to t h e prop or tion of females in the 104.6 to 100. Thi s a s an average, must be taken for there we re from the rule. lo ca l divergences This in was 110 to utlandshire the rate of boy s 100 girls • 99 9 to 100. It , In Somersetshire it fell • is a curious f fact that more children are always born in the first six than in the last six months of the Year. Of those born out of wedlock the average is 6,3 per cent. In London the proportion of the ille gitimate is lowest, being only 4.4 per cent.; inCum or per cent. The pro berland it was high est, portion of boys b ur n out of wedlock compared to those born in wedlock is higher in relation to girls. Speaking g ener ally, and without reference to the distinction b e tween legitimate and illegitimate, the birth rate is below the average in districts adjoining the metropolis. It is lowest in North Wales, or 2.953; and highest in Warwickshire, 3.69 ; in Lancashire, 3.77 ; but reaches its maximum in Staf fordshire and Durham, where it is 4.02 and 4.03. The death rate was 435,114. Of the male popu lation the rate was 2.268, of th e f em ale 2.063. In 1861 England was generally healthy, and mortality below the average in each quarter. Annexed to the report are some valuable cbservas tion is attended with heavy and certain penalties, for not only does subsistence frequently fail in con sequence, but putrid dirt, through its accumulation, generates pestilence. Dr. Farr refers to Dr. Murchison's book on the " Fevers of Great Britain," and divides those which are well known, and capable of exact defini tion, into the three distinct heads of typhus, typhinia, and typhoid, or typhia. These are chiefly generated by overcrowding, and are often diffused by infection. Of typhus, 21 in 100 cases die in :the London Fever Hospital, but second at. tacks are very rare. Typhinia is a form of relaps ing fever. The patient attacked by it, after being apparently recovered at the end of seven days, i s again prostrated on the fourteenth day; the fever, epidemic, and infectious, prevails in time of famin e . It is generally fatal in the ratio of one case out of 49. Typhoid, or typhia, is endemic in charact er, and its presence may be known by the eru ption of rose spots on the skin. Ia the London F ever Hos pital 19 cases in 100 terminate fatally, It , attacks the young, but rarely recurs a secon d time. Filth and the exhalations arising from it generate this disease. The prevalence of this sco urge, greatly preven tible by cleanliness in dwellin ...houses, has i n duced us to en ter on the se details a s warnings to the working classes, who cannot be too much on their guard against its insidious approaches in close and unventilated neighbourhoods. In 1861 there 1 di e d in London of fever ,- ave rage of deaths from this cause is larger in the whol e The kingdom. metropolitan fever fields cover Shoreditch, Whit ec h i Mile-end, Pop lar,ap_e ? Stepney, and Bermon6 s is Islington, in where the d eat h s Y' The hospital registered —but they are not due to Islington are being sent to it from all parts o f ' the patients London, Quittin • and entering the pro stokes the metropolis vin es • e--- in quest of fever, Portsea Island and Alver stoke, Portsmouth and GOSpOrt, the great seats of military and naval po wer, are described as fatal f ever districts; nor was the Isle of Wight, whi c h en., ever travelled enjoys a popularr e p utation for healthiness, exempt. rup the lichen Valley to Winches ter. Abingdon was another centre, from which it r and Eton. It was typhoid which spread to Win-8° ofthe lamented P • Albert. The mortalitythecounLry Prince in lbert. The range of 1861, from fever, was from 6.63 to 10.41 in 10,000 persons. . Diphtheria 's a comparatively new form of dis ease, and on its first appearance its true: character w as only recognised by the ablest medical practi ' tioners, it being generally confounded with putrid sore throat and scarlatina. This epidemic was at its height in 1859, and has since slowly subsided. It is chiefly fatal to the young. "In seven years 1553 adults died of the disease at 25 and upwards; under that age 28,216 died." The ravages of scar latina are chiefly felt in the coal districts of the north of England, and it is recommended that the Icause should be investigated. Small-pox is said now to exist "by sufferance." The legislature has provided for the protection of helpless child ren b y vaccination, which is either neglected or inefficie t f,... performed, ' but where the blame lies it seem s h be -J impossible to determine. Another fatal disease: which entirely depends on individual free isease alcoholism, described as " slow • will , i s , spirits." It not only kills, but those polsoniag by sur vive its insidious attacks are c who en feebled in body and mind. sure to become The annual mortality from de respiratory organs is peculiarly ttalrangement of the most dangerous are bronchi.is„aA. Of these the pneumonia. appeals that the latter has not much varied in cnia. It the last ten years, but Within the same period the former has increased f rom 1- 0.3 to 09 86 Thou chitis is chiefly fatal t o the i o , l(1 4 3, pne umonia to the young. From both these inflamm a tions inations girls are is Tern more free than b o y s. It r em arkable how many meet their deaths from burns and scalds, and burns have increased in recent nears. Even superficial skin injuries from these causes, followed by sick ness, are frequently fatal after many wee k s . These are Popularly ascribed, in the majority of cases, to accidents, but the more correct term would be carelessness. 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London : Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet-street. FISH CULTURE IN FRANCE. The art of fish breeding has been extensively practised in France during the last 20 years, and has recently been brought to a focus in the esta blishment constructed for the reception and distri bution of fish ova at Huningue, near Basle, on the Rhine. The artificial system of spawning fish (i,e., by hand manipulation) owes its success to th 3 fact of the fecundation of fish eggs being an external act—in other words, the roe of the female is not fecundated by the milt of the male fish till after it has been deposited in its watery bed. An observ- ant fisherman of the department of La Bresse, in the Vosges, was the first in France to discern that .he natural principle of fish fecundation could be easily imitated, and so be turned to profitable ac- count in the pursuit of his business. Joseph Remy, the re•discoverer of pisciculture, was an unlettered peasant, and therefore unac% qnainted with the fact that fish-breeding had been practised in China from the remotest times with such success as to make fish one of the cheapest luxuries of that great country, or that the art was known in its utmost perfection in the classic days of Italy. Nor was he aware that one Gottlieb had practised in Germany a century before him, and most likely he was even ignorant of the salmon breeding experiments of Mr. Shaw at Drumlanrig Castle in the years 1837-9. Remy, so far as the breeding of fish for commercial purposes is con cerned, is undoubtedly entitled to all the praise of an original discoverer, and his own narrative of how he came to try the artificial system is explanatory of what is still a grievance and a misfortune—viz,, the growing scarcity of our fresh water fishes : Remy, knowing how enormously prolific all kinds of fish naturally are, most of them yielding their eggs by tens of thousands, could not understand how they were yearly becoming less plentiful, but setting his eyes to observe and his wits to work out the question, he found—let, that immense proportion of the ova was never properly fecuh dated ; 2, that even if all the eggs obtained the benefit ;of the milt, a vast proportion never came to life from being deposited in places where they were ultimately bereft of water, that others were eaten by waterfowl, or devoured by other fishes, and a proportion swept away to the sea, and so lost for ever. Then, again, Remy found out that however large a proportion of the eggs might ripen, and so become fish, a high percentage of these never became of any food value, as they were killed in their infancy by juvenile anglers, or preyed upon by larger fishes. There fore Remy soon saw that the best way to increase the sup ply was by obtaining the eggs and protecting the young fish till they were able to take care of themselves. Having arrived at these conclusions, Remy set to work to collect in the various rivers of his native district the spawn of such fish as could most readily be obtained ; these were hatched into life and protected and fed while young. But, not contented with this laborious plan, R emy was wont to watch for and obtain the gravid fish, and so acquire the ova, in what we may term wholesale quantities by the system of artificial spawning. Having assumed M. Gehin as a partner in his art, his experiments were largely ex tended, and were early crowned with a success far beyond what he ever anticipated, as was speedily demonstrated in the constantly increasing fish supply of his native streams. Messrs. Gehin and Remy were at once rewarded with a sum of money, and a handsome bronze medal was unanimously voted to them by the Societd dEmulation des Vosges. Be sides these rewards, the fishermen were handsomely no ti ced in 1849, in a paper communicated by Dr. Haxo, of Epinal, to the Academy of Sciences at Paris, which at once fixed public attention on the art of pisciculture,and attracted to it the patronage of the French Government, whose first act, it is proper to say, was to reward and employ the two fisher men whose names we have mentioned. After the matter was taken in hand by the Government the spread of pisciculture was rapid. It would take up tar too much space to detail minutely what has been accom plished in the art of fish breeding in the fresh water streams of France ; suffice it to say that at present no stream need be without a plentiful supply of fish, as any quantity of eggs can be obtained from the establishment at Huningue for the mere asking, and from that source many of the rivers are now leaping with fish. Indeed, we know from information supplied at Huningue that the annual distribu tion of fish eggs is numbered by m illions, the quantity of ova supplied last year to variou s a pp licants was over 17,000,000, some of which came to England and were de posited in the river Thames. Much of the success of this artificial culture of fish in France must be attributed to the great personal interest taken in the advancement of the art by Professor Coate, of the Institute. It is not too much to say that he has re greeted the French fisheries, both in the fresh waters and in the sea. He has made several voyages and explorations to distant places in order to study the best modes of improving the fisheries, and to his enthusiasm is due a great portion of the success which has attended the spread of pisciculture. His " Voyage of Exploration" is a most interesting work; it has been printed under the auspices of the French Go vernment, and contains a very detailed account of the eel fishery of Comacchio, the mussel beds in the Bay of Aiguil lon, and the green oyster grounds of Marennes. A year or two ago might be seen in the College of France an appa ratus, contained in a marvellously small space--a space about 16ft, square, which was capable of hatching 150,000 salmon eggs. The ponds at Stormontfield for the breeding of salmon are constructed to hold about double that quan tity of ova, but even that number cannot be hatched annu ally, because there was only one reception pond ; and, as is well known, a portion of the salmon in every hatching re, quire to be two years in the pond before being sent to sea • An immense deal, however, can be done in fish hatching in a small space. Ample evidence of this may be had at the Etablissement de Pisciculture, near Basle. The boxes con taining the eggs are there arranged in pyramids groups, the water flowing from the one on the top to those beneath it; and, of course, flooding all the eggs which are nicely disposed on little glass gratings or frames. This establishment does not breed any fish, except for the purposes of study and acclimatizing—it is more a depot for the collection and distribution of eggs. Fish eggs when first deposited by the fish will not bear to be much handled or carried to a great distance ; carefully packed in wet moss they may be sent a day's journey, hence the necessity for having the piscicultural establishment at the boundary of the two countries—i. e., France and Switzerland, the greater proportion of the eggs being obtained from the latter coun ery. They are collected by agents in the lakes and streams of Switzerland, and paid for at so much per thousand by the authorities. The various buildings at Huningue were specially erected by M. Coumes, the chief engineer of the Rhine, for the purposes of pisciculture, and they are admirably adapted for their work. The series of egg boxes are well supplied with a constant stream of water, of which there is a large supply, both from a spring in the grounds and from the Rhine itself. A series of little streams at the back of the buildings contain Rhine salmon and river and lake trout, in various stages of growth—that is, from the age of a few weeks to four years; and it is interesting to watch their habits as they are fed by their keeper. The total cost of erecting the suite of buildings at Huningue was little over £ll,OOO, and the annual charge is about £2,000. A few figures will show what has been achieved at Huningue in the distribution of ova during the last two years. The winter operations of the season 1860-611w8e67 begun on October 20, 1860, and finished on M arch 17, ec es , thus occupying a period of 159 days. T he variousonsp of fish distributed from Huningue were theta m mmbrogerneet a lake and salmon trouts, the Rhine salmon, yeller, and the fern. Of the firs t five of these species the total quantity of ova provide d has been estimated at nearly 6,000,000, of which about 34 per cent. perished during the period of incubation. Of the remainder ab out 3,500,000 were forwarded to different parts of the con. tinent, and a little more than 500,060 were retained for experiment at the establishment. The quantity of ova despatched from Huningue in the season of 1860-61 was sent in reply to 278 demands from establish ments scattered over 70 departments of France, and there were 29 demands from establishments in other parts of Europe, principally in Belgium, Switzerland, Bavaria, and Wirteraburg. The hatching of the fera is carried on sepa rately from that of other species. Ihe operati • ons connected with the distribution of the fera occupied a period of 46 days, commencing on the 14th November. 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