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STRAND MUS ICK HALL MUSICK AT EIGHT O'CLOCK. COMICK AT TEN O'CLOCK. EVERY EVENING, THE GREAT VANCE AT lIALF-PAST TEN. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness (Sze. 2s. 9d.; by post for 40 st tmps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, Lumen. NIADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY : established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker_ GALLERY b il l A r ADDITION. A full length portrait model of trojaCOLTY D 1 , LA POMMERAIS, the Poisoner, taken fr oni t e original photograph, by Mons. Ti iu quart, of Paris, .A..u ndt .r, Is now add e d to t h e Ch am b er o f Physionerny. (11 . eatrt ee,lB .; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, °Dell frora 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10, ' _ A--,-,L ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. , Sole Proprietor E. It. BIGNELL. lii rinfl' the week, d • .g r duc us , c, seiec a t il WI furth l e r r r n d o i t s ice, in addition to the popular Operas, Il ovatore, Traviats, R ° l7. s ol f e r t o t m 9, &,(. ; Meyerbeer's Etoile du Ruguenot . 4 aUnering, pai , L . ; Alelothes of the Forest, Valse, Guy Conductor—L. CURTI. Doors open at half-past S.—Admission, One Shilling. JAl:nap:m-3Z GRENET. 11 i ll SINES SE S.—Mr. ANDREW HIND'S Containing 500 Businesses, Premiss, Partnerships, Gratis. Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. or I'IC ES"—CORNEIt OF LITTLE CARTEL-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. CAPITAL INVESTMENT. nearly Equal to p IT E RE En 0 LD. —M r. ANDREW HIND has for disposal axesLlC- ROUSE, with House and Shop adjoi, n o. _ anipten, prodiring £75 per annum ; t nants payin,.all Creasing s alue ol property in the neighbourhood rapidly 1,( ; hrld for a term of 903 years at a ground-rent of ; lowest price £B o o.—Further partieul•ra and cards to is."rue, f, ‘ „at the Estate Agency Offices, corner of Little Carter- Paul's, PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, ~ W ithout husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, a„ en 'T In every county in England, 105 6d per cwt. ; one cw t . cwt. barley or anv meal. Delivered free in Lou -ItStabUsl 1858.—TflOMAS PE&ECE, Manager, o 66, 'Ant- street, Southwark. EET H. IMPROVED MECHANICAL - skill ha D ENT'S TRY.—Professional a biliti es an d great art i stic ve been most successfully combined in the proluction of ValAue n I'IPICIAL T li:ET11 upon a new principl e . Th e rea l of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by cmsulting Mr. ALBERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury, whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial Means, and which are so perfectly efficient. T EE T IL—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The exclusive of Grosvenor-right to this Patent was secured to Mr. street, Grosvenor-square, by bar Ma jesty's Royal seal (July 17, 180), and can only be procured at his residence, whe e specimens may be seen, and every infor mation can be obtained. Under this Patent, A rtificial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender gums ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. C onsultations free. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Mr. Eskell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in pr' . luting artificial teeth, and so constructing them that they las. their Purpose a lifetime. . . . The process has been patented, and promises to be most valuable."—Court Journal, August 4,1860. to"A surprising' novelty in the adaptation of a r tifi c i a l t ee th the gura by a patented p r i nc i p l e, wh i ch secures the most Perfect aid, combined with the gTeatest ease and agreeable appearance." —Morning Advertiser, August 9, 1860. Decayed teeth stopped, &a. T erms s t r i ctly moderate. 8, Gro svenor -street, Bond-street. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- ( othperfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and ghly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. 1 f or " equals the properties and qualities of the Soap co. 01 e,„,ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases „ittaneous affections or rheumatism. int'ire.rtumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatam for the liarr, e Odou. cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable c ,„?‘- ‘ ll , 4 - 41, Preparations may be had at the central depot, aiirt Bon.g,exit-stre London,and at Messrs. Newbery son, .darelay and Sons, Edwards, Keating, Sangter and Inoo. a l , o7e aunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and test:- s tre e on a plication. I,sent Fdinbar , h—Mr. John 31`Kay, chemist, 119, 'toyAt FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail- Way Terminus, King's-cross. P atron—ller Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Pico-Patron —His Royal Highness the Prince of WALE f,K.G President —His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. T reasurer—Edward Masterman, E sq. 'then umerous and urgent appeals of th e sick poor for ad tailssion compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged to treat as out-patients many distressing cases which, with more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The beds. premises of the h osp i tal arc capa b le of containing 500 The hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the 't reasurer, Edward Masterinan, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by M essrs. Coutts a n d C o. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and 0.; Ransom and Cu. • Prescott, G rote, and Co. ; Smith, nlYne, and Co. ; Glyn mid Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay v d er Co. ; Denison and Co. ; tv iliams, Deacon, and Co.; Maste ", Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street t , ,„ rman and Co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at "' ' 4o6 l 3 ital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. 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They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. MANUFACTORY AND SIIO W-ROOMS, 147, Houndsditch. RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, v end Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine• ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. - , Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly I acilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CIIOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE R A.LOG IC is given by Mr. TENNAN r, at 149. Strand . . W.C. PRIZE MED A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, 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, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. 25. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb. Second quality ls. 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 Holton-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, A GUA AMARELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOS N ELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Peri umors 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 Amarell a 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 coiour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, ifs. 61 Testimonials from art istes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princes s ci Wales. DR. 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This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i. Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by ate Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, I.ONDON, W. _Cnserye the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded 71,..inahan's LL Whisky." CITY OFFICES COMPANY (LIMITED). — vv 'CI; IS HEREBY GI V N, That the DIREC -VpiS of the CITY OFFIC! S COMPANY (Limited) have this day made a Ca lof £2 10s. per Share on the Shares of he (7 ompany, payable at The Agra nnti Masterman's.liank Neholas-lane, on or before Trrults DAY, the 2lth of November nest; and Interest, at 'he rate of 10 per cent., 'Will be charged on all Calls not then paid. By order of the Board, G. W. BEN WELL, Secretary. Irth October, 1864. Na—No Transfer of Shares, upon which the Call has not been paid, will be registered. ES 1837. BRITANNIA TA LIFE BLISHED ASSURANCE COMPANY. 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Queen Insurance Buildings, Gracechurch-street, London, E.C. _ At the ANNUAL MEETING of the Proprietors, held at .I.dqverpriol on the 27th October, 1864, BERNARD HALL, Chairman of the Company, in the chair, the D irectors Report for th e year stated : That the Fi re Premiums for the year amounted to £10 1 , 085 _ an over the preceding year of 30,785 - 1 3 .352 Life Policies ere issued for 205,088 Thattug an increase Premiums the recedinrr year of 57.508 the New Life 6,371 were Being an increase over the preceding year 0f.... 2,421 T Income hat the Life 23,531 And that upwards of 1 6 v 3 a p s er cent. of the entire Net Thatmiums was add e d t o th e Lif e Fund. the Subscribed Capital was increased t 0.... 1,876,720 That at th 4 Paid- up Capital was increased to ...... . 187,67! That after providing for all outstanding Claims, Iw t} P. Eire Reserve would stand at 1 1 4 ,312 " a mng the Funds in hand, after providing for the Dividend 343,413 ven tion the paid up as declared Capital. of 2s. per Share , being 1 0 per J. MONCRIEFF WILSON, General Manager. JOHN E. LEYLAND, Secretary. HE SOLDIER'S LEGACY.—Mr. GERMAN entitl ItE p RDS New Opera di Camera TO-NIGHT, at Eight, llaclaed -lIE SOLDIER'S LEGACY, composed Py qt.* A. 'whi c h r g. n, Esq., and written by John Oxenford, h r a A w • in is , poo l: R. Henderson M Whiflln, , 'and Imnr, will permission o by the kind t the New Opera Coln anstai appear. Concluding with TOO MANY COOKS, 11. Re' ned h v AT if ...ass D'Este Finlayson, Mr. J. A. Shaw, and 14: —“n•—ROYAL GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, stall ,ent-street. Unreserved seats, is., 2s. ; stalls, 3s. ; ch airs, 58... -----______ ' may be secured in advance without ie?. T ii R ol . OXFORD, Th e - —PO R D STREET, W. Tu Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company Country) E"N Y), ORPHEE ING. (limited). will be nroduced (..ixth time in this MA THE FATELLO, MA AUX ENFERS, by Offenbach. RTHA, LA TROVATvgRz.E and Misses Rusell, Fitz- (t 0 ,by the following, Artistes, Wit augmented Rana fe nry,Walmsley Tyrrell, &c. J Chorus cond , t db' M F Joncrhmans. m r. j A ~,,,,. , u... e y r. . ),, fOrrn an l'' AS ON HANES, the Champion skater, in his per v c , , on the Drawing Room Skates, of Quadrilles, arsoviennes aze- N - Bw ° EUGENE, W. Randall, , _ ItTII (or any other man), , 4 .. IN ash LE P E TIT err Hermann, and Mdlle. Cava ho. B LONDIN. Admissi on bees, 10s. 4 . -Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private ...._._ CANTERBURY HALL. Triumphant Success of Pit! ~..11,nder the title of Prince Perfume and Princess Bouquet far to be seen at the Canterbury Hall a Magic Spectacle _d_r t ranscending in poetry of conception, b auty and in ?-:ei'lulty of arrangement, scenic effect, and brilliancy of HIM Arid colour any former ap , lication (even at this Hall) of the le k , own as the OPTICAL ILLUSION. in this last tillective display of scenic a r t an d o f b r illi A nt choreographic and statuesque grouping will be found pictures surpas,ing ' 3 ne of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra- V aiZanza—Sr e "THE SHIPWRECK," "THE PHANTOM co mBA l'," and " HIE CURTAIN OF FIRE." The "Illusive Sketch," which is the centre of these corns eaten s, is by Mr. W. F. Vandervell ; the overture and inci dental music by Willem Vandervell. _ _ Prince Perfume, Mrs. William Randall. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). QTRAND MUSICK HALL. ►,_. PROMENADE CONCERTS EVERY EVENING. With a full Band of Forty Performers. Conductor, Mr. F Kingsbury. Vocalists s. Wilks, Moll(loff, and Mayer. Instrumentalists: —Violin, Signor Giovalkni Adelmann ; Cornet, M. Dutiem ; Pianoforte, M. Mattci, Pi.inist to his Maje3ty the Kin:;,. of Italy, Admission, is. ; Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, 2s. Com . rence at 'Eight. N°. 22,577. Now ready, in 2 vols , Bvo., with Portrait, 308., H.E HON. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS. " There is a large 'fund of amusement , in these volumes. The details of the author's life are replete with much that is interesting. A book so brimf al of anecdote cannot but be successtul."—Athenteum. " This work contains a great deal of amusing matter, and that it will create a sensation in a sensation age no one can doubt. Mr. Berkeley can write delightfully when he pleases. His volumes will, of course, be extensively read, nod as a literary venture may be pronounced a success."—Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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ROSS'S CANTIIABIDES OIL, which f.peedily produces whi,kers and th!ekens hair. 3s. 6d ; sent free fors4 stAnps.— ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn, London. Essay an Hair, Id. ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, is.; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 3s. ed., or 54 stamp. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or co stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 218, high llolborn, London. , -. • : :: :) .. 1:' 7: • . P- r e eta .-- ':•••:;=•:- ~',.. The EmperoY( af,_:-.l7fee - 7 .P . "'...'s 44,,7. -,. , 1 , ......._ ...... ~,i, ....,_. , .-- „J.. -r4 . sig• %,`,.- i ' ''''':" ; . ' ' !W•* . t ,ke ' sl4t. ._...•• .. j! :if 1 . s . - i. , '-..-4444 ~.--4,.. - ' ' - ..` . .. , • . '. ''. . A.,, , .... , : o as. ,_--. . . . . 1 r f • .f. , ' ... .011V8 d il b ... , . . 44414 ., ii . IL . .. Ma,' • rr... .... . '..., , L a :k. ' 1 I ....., 4, , ' , ~.::. . 1 0 : 2 :' .. PI r e 4, ‘‘il in' lA A ~ ..11 - 1; ~, , ktlq_ , ',:elirimil. , ce .1,, ' ~ .. 1,,,5k a I :j.„1. , ~iiiM .",', . 1 .:- . ,% , ~...,, •, *- ...">-' 1' --i - -:' ?,' " D IE S '4 l '4 t".......". . l''' :-T,. -16 " '' #i*.l!" ' -.men ' - 0 1 ;.• -- 4111a< x , A r, STAMPED'....Sd. The president then proceeded again to interrogate the prisoner at great length relative to the events which immediately preceded and followed her hus band's death, especi a lly w ith regar d t o a l e tt er in which she sa id—" I am a w i c k e d adultress, and the assas s in o f my hus wwroimttaenn,bayn her, bind." She replied that the above words were written in a moment of despair; they did not mean that she was her husband's actual murderer, but that the grief and trouble her conduct had caused him contributed to shorten his life. The reading of the letter containing the above phrase produced a painful impression in court, and secmed to over whelm the male pris,:tier with astonishment. The court then adjourned, At the opening of the sitting next morning (28th) several witnesses gave evidence as to the mental state of the female prisoner, from which it appeared that she was very excitable and subject to halluci. nations, and that she often fancied voices from unk seen persons were addressing her. A report from Dr, Schaerer, physician of the Berne Lunatic Asy lum, was read, in which he expressed an opinion that she ought to be carefully watched, as she might attempt suicide. At this stage of the pro• ceedings Madame Trumpy looked wildly up and exclaimed, " I still hear voices telling me to com mit suicide ; they say that they will only be silent when I shall have returned to my room to kill my self." Dr. Schaeder, another physician of the Berne Lunatic Asylum, gave evidence to the same effect as Dr. Schaerer's, and added that when he conversed with the prisoner she had often stopped short to reply to these imaginary voices. Other testimony having been given, the case was adjourned. 'SPAPER ) 7 \ \ A r I , ' : V - T . :3;1 7 3 S-..'';:..-:13 11:1:Ni ;7' ; Galignani's Messenger of 11beidai1ontais the following narrative of the movements of the Empe rors subsequent to Friday last : " The Emperor Napoleon on Friday, after the review, went to Villefranche, to visit the Russian frigates and the Aigle. The former fired a salute, and their bands played the air of Queen Hortense. His Majesty at the dinner at the Villa Peillion was seated between the Emperor and Empress of Russis. The Emperors in the evening went to the theatre, where a grand representation was given. Their Mt,jesties were in plain clothes ; Alexander IL wearing the grPnd cordon of the Legion of Honour, and Napoleon HI. the order of St. Andrew. The Emperor of the French entered the box a little in advance, the orchestra playing the air of Queen Hortense. When the Emperor Alexander appeared the National Hymn of Russia was given. The st:.to of the railway between Nice and Toul"n, owir.g to the waters, was such as to make it doubtful whefter the journey could be effected by land, but a number of men having worked all night the way was reu4 ed passable, and tl:e Emperor of the French left Nice at eight on Saturday morning, and arrived at kalfspast twelve at the Toulon Station, where he was received by the Minister of Marine, with whom he proceeded immediately to the arsenal. The crowd assembled in all the streets through which his Ma jesty passed received him with the loudest acclama tions. The Emperor was met at the dockyard by Vice Admiral Viscount de Chabannes, the Maritime Prefect, and Vice Admiral Count Bouet-Willaumez, commander in chief of the experimental squadron. His Majesty, after passing along the front of the line of Marines drawn up on either side, visited succeesively the ironclad frigate La Provence, now being completed in one of the docks, the saw mills, the building yard of Mourillon, and the Belliqueuse and Taurean steam rams, the plans and models of which were presented to the Emperor by M. du Puy de Lome, direc tor of naval constructions. From the port his Majesty embarked and went on board the admiral's ship, the Solferino, where the officers of the other vessels had assembled to be presented, As soon as they had returned on board their respective ships a signal was made for the squadron to get under weigh. The Solferino, on reaching the offing, dis charged her guns while under iull steam, and after all the other' vessels had gone through a similar manoeuvre the squadron returned to its anchorage. At five o'clock the Emperor left the Solferino, and landing at the arsenal, returned to the Maritime Prefecture. In the evening there was a grand ban quet, at which the principal civil and military authorities were present. His Majesty left yestera day morning by railway for Marseilles, where he arrived at half-past eleven. After proceeding, without any escort and in the midst of an immense crowd, to the docks, the port, the new prefecture, and other public establishments, his Majesty vi ent THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, ItiOVEMBER 2, 1864. 1, -- URN I CURE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the 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. CLERGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- S ISII are respectfully informed that Messrs. 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He did net know how to state it in a way which should not still leave it a perfectly self-evi- dent truth, and ho almost desired that the practice of an. dent disputation should be revived, and that some good member of council of the institute would stand up and sup- port the opposite tenet, in order to give him a chance of saying something. (Laughter.) However, he supposed there lay in this simply the statement that good and useful reading; whether for youths or adults, is always a means of education, and he should take it so—that our educa tion goes on by means of our reading after the original fountains from which we derive it cease for us to flow, What did they mean by useful reading ? In a church insti tute they did not mean by useful reading that which would help them in their trade or profession, that was legitimate reading, but it was not the highest use to which reading c3uld tend. He took it that useful study was that which enlarged their sympathy for their fellow-creatures over the whole world, and which enlarged their knowledge of the world as it was governed by God. The kind of rough defini tion would include, of course, all history, from the great works which hava become classical in our libraries and on our shelves down to the newspaper of the current day ; it would include all scientific inquiry, and it would not exclude well-chosen works of fiction; and, glancing over the list of periodicals which that institution patronised, he saw that they took a large and liberal view of the purposes of instruc tion, and that there were something like 50 periodicals de voted to different branches, including all the subjects he had mentioned. He thought this was right. He did not think that a great institution like that, set up in one of the great centres of industry, should take too confined and restricted a view of what reading might safely be put into the hands of its members, and if for no other reason, for this above all, that there was at the present day such a spirit of inquiry and improvement that if an institution like this attempted to shut out from any of its legitimate channels that spirit of inquiry, then the institution would cease to cover all the ground, and beside it some secular institution would be sure to grow up, (Hear, hear.) In order better to understand what usoful reading was, he thought he might venture to look at what was useless reading; and he supposed if in- stitutionb of this kind were not to guide and supply the want that working men would ba likely to fall in, no doubt, with the newspaper for one thing, and also for another with thoso stimulating narratives which went now by the which took the gloomy side, would also, to a certain extent, be false ; that was to say, there was good and evil mingled in the world. But though neither one view or the other is perfectly true, when they came to the kind of practical truth with which they had t't deal, then he said the favour able view of society and of :van's nature was the view which helped them most in practice, and it, and not the other, had truth on its side, Depend upon it, they were able if they would to draw out much that was good from those around them, much that was good in their own minds, and there was nothing so sure to crush, and dwarf, and wither them, as the belief that nothing good would come, and that they could achieve nothing gcoi for themselves and see nothing good springing up around them. It was from the opposite spirit that institutions like this arose, II ; took it that the duty of every one of them was to consider his own mind, to regard it as a great trust given him by God. There was no greater mistake for a man to make than to say, "My education is finished." It was never Snii,hed. They were being taught by every day, by every book they read, even though they did not agree with it; taught by every social influence brought to bear upon them, and by every opportunity of good when they made use of it. Their education never ended, and therefore when an institute like that prepared for its members a large amount of intellectual food and recreation it did well. It was pointing out to its members the duty of cultivating themselves to the highest, It provided the proper means of cultivation, and thereby kept reminding them to make a practical use of those powers which God had given them. They might depend on it that whatever was done by the school was carried on by the book and the library, and both by the healthy food supplied and the noxious poison it kept out, they were doing good to the body politic and to the members of the Church of Christ. (Loud applause.) Artillery Experiments at Portsmouth. The great cause of" Whitworth v. Armstrong" entered upon a new phase on Monday in the com mencement of the trial of the three 70-pounder rifled guns at Portsmouth, which have been con structed on the plans of Sir William Armstrong and Mr Whit worth for competitive trial as naval ser vice guns. Two of these weapons have been fur nished by Sir William Armstrong, one being on the wedge breech-loading, and the other on the shunt muzzle-loading principle. The third gun is Mr Whitworth's, on his ordinary muzzle-loading prin. ciple, but it is fired from a rear vent leading to the centre of the cartridge through a paper tube. The members of the Commission appointed to superintend and report upon the trials, which it is, perhaps, necessary to state here are _ merely a con tinuation of those which have already occupied their attention at Shoeburyness, arrived at Ports• mouth by the early train from London yesterday morning, and immediately embarked on board the gunnery ship Excellent, Captain Astley, C. Key, C. 8., on the port battery of which ship the three guns were mounted, and whence the trials were to commence. of the gun's crew, and a fouling in the wedge grooves. Changing the man's number at the gun and washing out the grooves at once remedied the defect, and caused the gun to work with its former freedom. The firing results with the 68-pounder smooth. bore and the three rifled guns yesterday was as follows : Eight-inch (05 cwt.) smooth-bore gun, indepen dent firing, 1,800 yards range, lolb charge of powder, hollow shot ; number of rounds fired, 20; time occu pied in firing, 14 min. 4 sec. Quick firing—Number of rounds fired, 20; time occupied in firing. 9 min. 5 sees. Whitworth rifled 70-pounder gun, rear-vent, in-. dependent firing, 2,600 yards range, 101 b charge of powder; number of rounds fired, 12; time occupied in firing, 8 min. Wedge Armstrong rifle gun, independent firing, 2,600 yards range, 91b charge of powder; number of rounds fired, 12; time occupied in firing, 6 min. 45 sec. Armstrong shunt rifled gun, independent firing, 2,600 yards range, 1911) charge of powder; number of rounds fired, 12 ; time in firing, 9 min. 56 sec. The shunt and wedge Armstrong guns the men of the Excellent have been for some time accuse tomed to. Mr Whitworth's gun with its rear vent was a perfect stranger to them, and the first three or four - rounds were fired in consequence more slowly than they would have been had the men firer previously from the gun, however short the number of rounds might have been, and as a proof of this there was a very marked decrease in the time between each gun during the last six rounds of the 12 fired. somewhat barbarous term of " sensational stories." These sensational stories wero talcs which aimed at this effect simply—ot exciting in the mind some deep feeling of overwrought interest by the means of some terrible passion or crime, They went to persuade people that in almost every cne of the well-ordered houses of their neigh bours there was a skeleton shut up in some cupboard ; that their comfortable and easy-looking neighbour had in his breast a secret story which he was always going about trying to conceal; that there was something about a real will re gistered in Dectors' , commo: s, and a false will that at some proper moment would tumble out of some broken bureau, and bring about the denouement which the author wished to achieve. (Laughter.) This was the sort of food supplied in every kind of publication, from the penny story up to mach larger and more important works. For those who had no particular object in what they read no doubt these had a great attraction. Ho would show them what was one cause of that attraction. In the first place, they professed to give a deeper insight into our social system—of course, it was much deeper than anybody by his own observation could possibly discover. (Laughter.) They taught them not to trust to appearances—that there was behind a great world of crime, wickedness, and misery to which they alone pos sessed the key. Now, it was this claim to superior truth that gave them their first attraction ; they satisfied a certain kind of spirit of inquiry. He would show them presently that in point of truth they entirely failed; because, sup posing that these histories of great crimes had some founda tion, they would be at least a very one-sided view of human nature. There was a much larger chapter of homely sym pathies—of pious mothers training little children, of secret prayers offered up to God in the silence of night for those children, of hints and helps to duty strewn in the paths of these children continually—all this was altogether lost sight of and left out of the account, because it was not sufficiently stimulating iu its nature, and they were left to believe that the world—bad, no doubt, it was—was a mere welter of crime, misery, and confusion, and that the historian could find nothing else to record. This style of reading was tho roughly false and dangerous for another reason—on account of what he would call its fatalism. Always they would observe is this kind of fiction some great passion was supposed to take possession of a man; it was love, or jealousy, or what not, and it was enough to state that the man was stricken by this passion to be sure that his destruction was settled be forehand by the writer of the fiction, and that there was no possibility of escape. If he was not greatly mistaken, this tone had greatly reacted upon society itself, and in some of the great crimes perpetrated ho seemed to see the in fluence of this kind of feeling. There sprung up in the mind of an ill-regulated young man some great trial from one of these great passions, and he had been told, or had learnt in those his models, that he could not possibly be escaped from, and so he gave himself up to it, and ended his career by a crime which in reality was more terrible than the writer of the fiction had ventured to conceive. And it was also false because of its associating crime with a certain grand strength. It was some great and strong or beautiful person who was the hero or hereoine of one of those tales of horror. Something had passed which in itself was horrible, but which they were expected not to abhor, because it was associated with qualities they were apt to admire. Could they suppose anything more dangerous to the young and to the weak and half-fallen than the con templation of this kind of creation of the writer P It was entirely false. Some of them had read that day the con clusion of one of those tragedies in the conviction of a most miserable man for a most atrocious murder. But there, he thought there was indeed a moral, for in the first place de tection had fallen upon guilt, and in the second place they had had laid before them the weakness and the contemptible folly and misery of such a crime as that of which they had read the history. It would bo found invariably, he might say, that crime was the offspring of a broken nature, not of a nature in its strength. (Hear.) He had conversed himself with persons who had had the opportunity of ob serving the criminal classes, and their testimony was that nothing so destroyed physical and mental power as a course of crime. A man lived a life of dissipation—he lived the life of a hunted beast, and the consequence was that before four or five years were over—he was speaking what he had been told by some of those who had actually observed it— he sank under it and disappeared—that was to say, he died. He (the Archbishop) had now shown, and he had taken some pains to ground himself in the facts, what was the ex citing literature which was thrust into the hands of the humbler members of the social body. Dapend upon it, it did the utmost amount of harm. But there was to be ga thered from this what was the better mode of study men might practice. He would venture on a small touch of phi losophy. Bishop Butler told him that the sympathies upon which the writer of fiction worked were given by the Al mighty Creator for practical ends and objects. " The first time," he said, " we witness a calamity or hear of one we aro strongly moved, and the proper result of that strong emo tion is that we should do something to succour and help the suffering that moves on. It is in the nature of things that the next repetition of that kind of spectacle will move us less, and the next less still, until at last the mere emotion will almost disappear ; but if we have used it rightly, as the emotion disappears the habit of doing the thing that the emotion was to prompt will have grown up in its stead." So, the emotions were given us for a practical end, and, apart from any other bad result whatever, he was sure that the working constantly upon people's emotions, without giving them the opportunity to put in practice what the emotion suggested, was itself a great evil, because it wore the man out in the finer part of him, and he was, so to speak, jaded and palled, and unfit to do the thing which he was intended by his Maker to do. (Applause.) And so ho took it the object of all education was really practical, and he believed that in order to be practical they must take not a gloomy view of human nature, but rather a hopeful view. A perfectly philanthropical view—an optimist view of human society.-would no doubt be false, A. pessimist view The Swiss Poisoning Case. The Court of Assizes of Berne was occupied dur mg the remainder of the sitting of the 25th with the continuation of the interrogatory of the prisoner Demme, relative to the events preceding Trumpy's death. He stated that the patient, being in great pain on Sunday night, requested him to administer chloro form, which he did with favourable results. At six on Monday morning he took leave of Trumpy, who thanked him fervently for his attentions during the night. He returned in the evening, and found Trumpy in a high fever and almost delirious. He gave him some quinine in wine and water. Trumpy _ - remarked that it was very bitter, but that he had already taken a powder still more bitter. At the patient's urgent entreaty he again consented to stop all night. On first entering the room he saw a bottle on the table by the bed-side, and in reply to his in quiry, Trumpy said it contained bad sherry. About 3 o'clock ho left the sick room for a few moments, and on his return Trumpy remarked, in tones which particularly struck him, " Now, I shall get some sleep, Demme." He perceived that Trumpy had drunk the pretended sherry. He blamed him se verely for drinking it, but Trumpy replied that he only wished for death, and that ho felt it was near at hand; And 83 it proved, for soon after he ex pired. Though he did not think 60 at the time, it was now his (prisoner's) conviction that Trumpy had realised his long-meditated project of suicide by poison. Soon after his death three members of the Trumpy family arrived at Wahren, and he (pris Boner) proposed a post-mortem examination that he might be able to give a proper certificate as to tho cause of death for the satisfaction of the assurance companies in which Trampy had insured his life. This proposal WAS accepted, and, after making the examination, he gave a certificate attributing Trumpy's death to apoplexy. The President here read a letter addressed to the Pretcet of Berne by Mme. Trumpy when the judicial investigation was commenced, in which she spoke of the family a: rangements that were to follow the prisoner's mar riage with Mdlle. Flora Trumpy, and which the prosecution considered to have been written in concert with Demme for the purpose of frustrating the ends of juitice. The prisoner denied that he had dictated the letter, but admitted that he had made a few corrections in it. At the commencement of the sitting of the 26th, the President interrogated the prisoner on several points of his statements made the day before, espes cially with regard to his projected marriage with Mdlle. Trumpy. Ha asked how it came to pass that the proposed marriage was a secret to every- body, although, according to Madame Trumpy'a letter, it had been entertained for nearly a year. The prisoner replied that he could not account for that fact. The President then asked him to ex plain the cause of the difference between his first and second statements as to the cause of Trumpy's death. The prisoner said that when he gave his first opinion he had not sufficient ground for stating that Trumpy had taken strychnine, and he therefore attributed his death to natural causes. The President next interrogated the pri soner on many minor points of hie explanationsa and the court was occupied to the close of the sitting of the 26th with the continuation of the interroga tory. The President's questions chiefly related to a number of anonymous letters which the prosecu tion supposed to have emanated from the prisoner or his friends, and to have been intended to mislead the officials charged with the investigation. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the letters, and his counsel protested against the manner in which the President conducted the interrogatory. .The Presi dent handed the letters to the jury, who seemed to think them of no importance, and declined to put any questions to the prisoner respecting them. At the commencement of the sitting of the 27th the female prisoner Trump; was introduced, and in reply to the President's questions made a state ment of which the following is the substance : She was aware of the crime laid to her charge, and was confident her innocence would be established. Her marriage with M. Trumpy, who was two years her senior, took place in 1846. They had one child, Flora Trumpy. The first years of their wedded life were tolerably happy, and she assisted her husband in his business for some time, but subsequently ceased to do so, owing to his having become ill. tempered and violent under the vexation caused by unsuccessful speculations. At one time her husband was extremely jealous, and treated her in the most brutal manner, but for some years preceding 1862 they had lived on better terms. She first knew Dr. Demme in 1861, when he attended her during an illness, but their intimate acquaintance did not commence till 1862, after her husband, in conse quence of % quarrel about a servant, had thrown a decanter (not a lamp, as stated in the indictment) at her head while at table, and knocked out one of her eyes. In the beginning of the present year her husband was suffering from a painful disease, the nature of which she did not know, and was attended by a person connected with a military hospital. She advised him to consult a duly qualified physician, and he, of his own accord, called in Dr Demme. This was about a fortnight before her husband's death. He took tohis bed on Saturday, Feb.l3. Dr. Demme never told her what was her husband's disease. On the night before his death she saw the doctor give her husband medicine in a glass, and beard him say," Take this, it will do you good." At the moment her husband expired she was reclining on a sofa in his bedroom. She confessed that her intimate relations with Dr. Demme were continued after her husband's decease. The prisoner was next interrogated as to what occurred during their jour ney in the Levant, and related a scene which took place at Corfu when she refused to drink a glass of some mixture offered to her by her husband. In reply to the president's question relative to this scene at Corfu, the prisoner stated that she could not affirm her husband wished to poison her, but that she refused to drink the mixture he offered be cause she thought it looked suspicious. She was not aware that her husband had bought poison at Constantinople, but such a thing was possible, as he often went out accompanied only by a dragoman. vv The members of the committee comprised Major. General Lumley, Inspector General of Infantry, President ; Major-General Taylor, Inspector-Gene ral of Artillery; Colonel Ormsby, R.A.; Captain Wilson, Royal Navy ; Colonel Simmonds, R.E,; Captain Singer, Royal Navy ; Major Young, R.A.; Professor Pole, F.R.S.; and Major Dyer, Secre. tary. Mr Whitworth and Viscount Torrington were present as representing the Whitworth Ordnance Company, a❑d Captain Noble and Mr Rendall re presented the Elswick Ordnance Company. The programme of the committee provided in the first instance for 120 rounds to be fired from each gun, from on board the Excellent, 60 rounds to be independent firing, at 2,600 yards range, each gun to do its best at the target ; and 66 rounds to be quick firing, as though firing point blank at an en gaged enemy, time to be taken in both instahces. In the quick firing the gun not to be laid on any target, but a sufficient amount of elevation to be given to prevent the chat ce of an awkward ricochet, and training enough to keep the flight of the shot in as straight a line with the target as necessary to keep it clear of other objects. The wedge gun to be fired with a 91b charge of powder, the shunt gun and Mr Whitworth's muzzle-loader to be fired with each a 10Ib charge. The non-arrival of the cart• ridges for Mr Whitworth's gun from Woolwich effectually debarred it from all share in the day's firing, which was thus confined to Sir William Armstrong's two guns. These latter indeed only fired 80 out of their 120 rounds each, owing to the state of the tide, and they will therefore recom mence the firing of their allotted quota this morn ing in company with Mr Whitworth's gun, the ammunition for which it is presumed will have reached her Majesty's ship Excellent in t:me for second day's trial, if it could not got theee in time for the first day. It only remains to give a plain record of the firing yesterday with the two Arm strong guns, any comparison between them andMr Whitworth's guns being necessarily deferred until the first course of firing has been completed by all three guns. These results yesterday were as fol lows : INDEPENDENT FIRING. Description Number of Time, of Gun. Rounds, m• S. Shunt 2O Wedge Wedge .... Shunt .. 20 QUICK FIRING. Description Number of Time. of Gun. - Rounds. m. s, Wedge Shunt .... 20 Wedge 1... 20 _ Shunt There are three circumstances remarkable . in these returns. One is the remarkably short time in which the wedge gun fired its second 20 rounds at its course of independent firing (10 min. 23 sec.), the practice being exceedingly accurate; the equally hproportion, with which its first course short quick rttl m fi e : in ing (9 min. 20 sec.) was made ; and the co mparatively lengthened period (13 min. 15 sec.) it took to complete its second course of 20 rounds at quick firing. The cause of this difference ap peared to lie in the working of the wedges at the breech, partly owing to the want of tact in the seaman whose number at the gun gave him the duty of hauling the wedge into position in closing the breech to receive the key-bolt. It might, at the same time, be owing to a slight disarrangement of the key-bolt, or fouling of the wedge face or the end of the tube upon which it closes. An intended after-examination would, however, discover the cause of the delay, which, slight in nature as it must have been, yet sufficiently delayed the work ing of the'gun as to give the great difference in the time noted in firing of 20 rounds. Firing was resumed on board her Majesty's ship Excellent, at Portsmouth, yesterday, with the 70 pounder Armstrong and Whitworth rifled naval service guns, under the superintendence of the spec i a l c ommittee, Captain Astley C. Key, C. 8., thefiring as on the previous day. The committee's programme was somewhat departed conducting from, owing to the non-arrival of the Whitworth ammunition from Woolwich, and the firing, which was intended to have commenced at 10 a.m., did ordinary3op.m" with 40 rounds of smoothbore eight eni nh o co t ht o pgfeur no:the6sw t.), until 01 to afford the committee a means of comparing the time occupied in landing the ordinary smooth-bore gun of the navy against the improved rifled guns under trial. Prior to the firicg from the 68. pounders being concluded 12 cartridges had been forwarded to the Excellent for the Whitworth gun from the Priddy's-hard magazines, where they had been spe. cially prepared for the purpose, in the absence of the expected supply from Woolwich, and it was de cided to fire 12 rounds of independent firing from each of the rifled guns, and recommence on the morrow, if the Whitworth cartridges should by that time have come to hand. It is necessary to state here that any fault attaching to the non-supply of these cartridges rests entirely with the authorities at Woolwich, and not with Mr Whitworth. The difficulty experienced in closing the breach of the wedge gun in the first day's firing (Monday) • was owing, as was anticipated at the time the firing was going on, to a want of tact oa the part of one HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The Registrar-General's return shows that the deaths in London, which were less than 1,400 weekly in the seven weeks subsequent to the last week in August, rose to 1,409 in that which ended last Saturn day. The average number of deaths in the forty% third week of ten years, 1851.63 is, with a correc• tion for increase of population, 1,199. In the present return there is therefore an excess of 210 deaths above the estimated number. The deaths occurring under 20 years of age, which had been below 700 in the previous weeks, rose to 771 last week. The deaths frem atrophy and debility rose from 48 to 77 in the last two weeks. Those from pneumonia increased from 119 to 138. Bronchitis, which was fatal in 105 cases in the previous week, was returned in 150 last week—and the cases that occurred under 20 years of age were respectively 49 and 85. The deaths from phthisis rose from 139 to 155. The mortality from scarlatina has increased lately—it amounted is the week to 95 deaths, of which 7 occurred in Westminster, 8 in Pancras, 5 in the South Hackney sub-district, 8 in Shoreditch, 4 in the subdistrict of St. George, Camberwell, 11 in the Greenwich district, which comprises Dept to visit King Leopold of Belgium, who was to leave this morning for Nice to visit the Empress of Rus' sia. The Emperor afterwards visited in succession the Boulevard Dugommier, the new Rue de Noalles, the Rue Imperiale, the cathedral, and the Hotel Dieu. Such were the crowds that followed the Emperor's carriage that his Majesty was at one moment obliged to halt and acknowledge the enthug siastic cheering of the people. When the Emperor, much moved by this cordial reception, stood upright in his carriage to salute the crowd, the cheering became deafening. The Emperor listened with great attention to a petition presented to him by the body of porters (porte-fail), and shook hands at the end with their syndic. His Majesty left at half-past one by the ordinary train, the Imperial railway car riages being left for the Emperor of Russia. On leaving Marseilles his Majesty was accompa nied as far as Arles by M. de Maupas and Ge• neral d'Aurelle de Paladines. The Emperor reached Lyons at half-past eight, and was welcomed with the same enthusiasm as at Marseilles. His Majesty was received at the station by Marshal Uanrol, , 2rt, and proceeded through the densely crowded streets tol,the Hotel deVille ; where M. Chevrean, prefect of the 'none, was awaiting his arrival. In the even• ing all the principal authorities of the city—eccle siastical, civil, and military—dined wio). his Majesty, The Emperor was to review the troops this morning at ten, as already mentioned, and to leave for Paris at noon. "The Emperor of Russia yesterday received the prefect authorities of Nice. His Mcjesty was to leave in the evening for St Petersburg via Germany ." Preston Rifle Corps. The annual contest of the Preston Volunteer Rifle Corps was commenced on Saturday, and con cluded on Monday evening at the new range near Longridge, Captain Stephens officiated as umpire, and Lieutenant Ascroft had charge of the shooting parties. The weather was favourable. The contest was opened with shooting for the officers' prizes. There were 60 entries. The ranges were at 200, 300, and 400 yards. Each competitor had, as during the subsequent contests, five shots at. each range. Those who did not get eight points for the officers' prizes in the first round were disquali fied. The first prize, £3, was won by Colour Sere geant Bell, who scored 40 in the aggregate—the second, £2, by Corporal Whittle, who scored 31— the third and fourth, £2 5a., were divided between Private Holden and Sergeant Singleton, who tied at 30 each—Private Sefton won the fifth prize, 163., by scoring 29—the sixth, 125., was won with 27 by Private Chippendall—the seventh and eighth prizes, 158., were divided between Sergeant Loy and Sergeant Major Sowrey, who scored 27 each— Corporal Mason won the ninth 55., with 26 points — Sergeant Hindle the 10th, 2s. 61, with 26—and Private Brooks the 11th, 2s. 6d., with 25—and Corporal Naylor the 12th,t2s. 6d., with 24. Major Goodair gave the next prize, £5, which was con tested for. There were 60 entries, and the ranges being 200 and 400 yards. The first prize £2, was won by Sergeant Loy, who scored 32—the second, £l, by Sergeant Hindle, who got 27—the third, 10s, by Private Fletcher, who scored 25 — Private Holden and Colour Sergeant Bell divided the fourth and fifth prizes, 14s each, scoring 24-- the sixth, 4s, was won by Private Chippendall, who scored 24—Sergeant Sharpie, with a score of 24, got the seventh prize, 3s—Private Worthington the eighth, 2s 6d, with 22—Corporal Mason and Prie vete Fox divided the ninth and tenth, ss, each score ing 21—the 11th prize was won by Corporal Nay lor with a score of 21. This concluded Saturday's shooting. The proceedings commenced on Monday with shooting for a silver challenge cup, given by Sir T. G. Hesketh. M.P.—X2 103 was added to the prize. There were 33 entries. R an g es, 200, 400, and 600 yards. The cup and £2 10s were won by Sergeant Loy, who scored 43. The second prize, an Enfield rifle, was won by Corporal Naylor, who scored 34—the third prize, was won with ascore of 32 by Sergt. Bell—Private W, Crook won the fourth, 10s, scoring 32. A silver cup given by Lieut. Clarke was the next head prize ; the second ben t c h u e p t g h t i v rd en , Bs b 6 yMr Johnson, atfourthand fi g f o t l h d and , silverss. Range 400 yards. There were 16 competitors. The prizes were given to those who could put in most points, any position, in three minutes. The prizes were won in the following order—First, Sergt. Single ton, 16 points—second, Private W. Crook, 15— third, Sergt. Smith, 14—fourth, Sergt..M4jor Sow 4 rey, 13—fifth, Corporal Wright, 10. A ladies' purse was afterwards shot for at 250 and 530 yards range. There were 24 entries. Sergt. Singleton won the prize by scoring 27. A couple of sweepstakes were next shot for at ranges of 400 and 650 yards re. spectively. The first was won by Sergt. 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Of 79 deaths from typhus, there were as many as 18 returned in the Greenwich district, and 4in Plumstead, The two oldest persons registered as having died in the week were a man aged 94 years, and a woman aged 102. The centenarian was the widow of a farmer, and died on the 18th October, at 9, Nottingham-court, St. Giles. Lsst week the births of 1,044 boys and 987 girls in a11;2,031 children, were registered in London. The ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851-63 the average number (corrected) was 1.926. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'25 in, The reading was 2800 in on Sunday, and rose to 29 . 65 in on Saturday, The mean temperature of the air in the week was 50 . 6 deg, which is 3.1 deg above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr Glaisher). The lowest night temperature was 37.9 deg on ruesday. The highest day temperature was 60 2 deg on Friday. The range of tem perature in the week was therefore 223 deg. The mean daily range was 12 dog. The daily range, which was 20.6 deg on Monday, was only 5.5 on Thursday, The diurnal range was small on four days. The difference between the mean dewpoint temperature and air temperature was 3.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 88, com plete saturation being represented by 100. The daily humi dity varied from 79 93. The wind blew from S.W. and N.B. The rain in the week was o'4sin, most of which fell on Thursday morning. The mean of the highest tem peratures of the water of the Thames was 52.8 deg; that of the lowest was 501 deg. _ _ During the week ending Oct, 29, 115 births (those of GO boys and 55 girls) and 123 deaths (those of 52 males and 71 females) were registered within the municipal boundaries of Dublin. Its population in 1861 was 254,808, and ex tended over 3,808 statute acres. _ _ The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr Glatter, were 313 in the week ending Oct. 22, when the mean temperature was 481 deg, that at Greenwich having been 531 deg. Westminster, St. Margaret—At the workhouse, on Oct. 18, a jobbing man, aged 68, very destitute, general dropsy. Islington, East—At 140, Essex. street, on Oct. 22, the daughter of a pastrycook, aged 11 years, inpaction of a plumstone in the appendix vermiformis. Post mortal). Inquest. Sc. Giles, South—At 9, Nottingham-court, on Oct. 18, the widow of a farmer, aged 102 years, decay from age. Informant states that 102 years was the correct age of the deceased, and that she retained possession of all her faculties, and amused herself principally with needlework. She was 30 years since unable to see without spectacles, but latterly could not see with them. The Yarmouth Beachmen and the Lifeboa The following is the report of the Yarmouth branch of the National Lifeboat Institution of the meetings of the local committee held at Yarmouth on the 24th and 31st ult., to consider the conduct of the Yarmouth beaohmen, in re fusing to man the lifeboat of the National Institution on the 19th ult. It will be seen from the report that the beach men allowed the ill feeling which unfortunately exists amongst them towards the steamtugs to interfere with their duty in manning the lifeboat, whose special and noblest vo cation is to save life. "On Sunday, the 16th inst., about 9 o'clock in the morning, the steamship Ontario, of 2,880 tons burthen. register, Brookling master, on a voyage from New castle to Alexandria with coals, grounded on liasborough Sand. Six steamtugs belonging to this port were sent to the assistance of the vessel, and agreements were made under which the steamtugs were to receive £2,400 in case they succeeded in getting the ship off the sand. The steamtugs were employed for this purpose on the 17th, 18th, and 19th October,but without success. On the latter day the weather, which had previously been moderate, assumed a threatening appearance, and in the afternoon all the steamtugs except one left the vessel on Hasborough Sand, and returned to the harbour. The superintendent agent for Lloyd's having ascertained that the crew of the vessel were left on board her (and also the labourers employed) became alarmed for their safety, and he and myself went down to the beach about 10 p.m., and saw the boatmen who had undertaken to work the lifeboat, and told them the danger in which it was believed the men on board the steam ship were in, and requested them to launch the lifeboat and proceed to their assistance. They positively refused to do so, stating that the steam tugs had all the cream of employment, and they were only asked to do the rough work. Endeavours were then made to obtain a volunteer crew, but without success, and consequently the lifeboat did not go off, there being only three or four men willing to go. The crew of the Gorleston private lifeboat were then sent for, and on their arrival they refused to go off unless they were paid £lOO for two boats, but ultimately they agreed to go off for £lOO, which sum it was agreed should be paid them if they remained by the vessel and saved the crew. The Gorleston boat was then launched and proceeded to Hasborough Sand, but did not like the look of it, and returned to harbour without effecting anything, It appears that the labourers on board the steam sbip were taken off by the Caistor lifeboat at between 4 and 5 o'clock p.m. of the 19th inst., but the officers and crew preferred to remain on board all night, and that the next morning the crow left the steam ship at about 8 o'clock in one of the ship's lifeboats, and got on board the steamtugs, the captain and officers still refusing to leave her, but ulti mately they did so in another of the ship's boats. Tho steamer has since become a complete wreck. A meeting of the Yarmouth Lifeboat Committee took place on the 24th inst., at which the men in charge of the lifeboat here were requested to attend but did not do so, and the committee ad journed for a week. Another meeting took place this day, at which a letter which I had sent to each co m p an y o f b oa tmen, asking them if they were disposed to work the lifeboat perma nently without changing as heretofore,was read. None of the boatmen attended the meeting, but informed the committee that the men had told me that they would have nothing more to do with the large lifeboat, but that two of thecom pantes were willing to work the surf or small lifeboat. — MATTHEW BUTCHER, 110 i. Secretary, Yarmouth and Caistor Branch, Oct. 31. To the Secretary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.l