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1 LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms , Jut_ (.1..e354:44. CILAS. -C. LAURENT ' Oaalow-boatie, -Fulham-road), the above itooras are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S . CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka, pair Star Waltz, and Overlanl Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; also, by H. tanrent , the following WaltzQs -La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi tins and his Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Daacing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT. The SEVENTH of the MONDAY EVENING COURSE of LEC TURES to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES will be given on the 2Ath net., by Dr. BACHHOFFNER, being his second Lecture on ELEC TRICITY, illustrated with brilliant experiments. LECTURES by Dr. SCOFFEEN, on the DESTRUCTIVE CHEMI CAL RESOURCES of MODERN WARFARE. NATURE PRINTING, by Dr. BACHIIoFPNER. EXHIBITION of DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED CASCADE, in siddition to all the Daily LECTURES, OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS, PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, &c.,&c., &c. A BAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal 'Latin Opera. The Gas-lighting by. Touts LnBl.ll, Esq. SOII T 11-WESTtRN RAILWAY.- PLEASURE EXCURSIONS DAILY to those attractive Places, WINDSOR, HAMPTON COURT, RICHMOND, KEW, &c., &e., at Low Fares, First and Second Class Return Tickets, at Single Fares (with the addition of a small booking fee), are issued on Saturdays and Sundays, at Waterloo and Vauxhall Stations, to Windsor and to all Stations below Woking. These tickets can only be received at the station for which they are issued, and are available fo r Return by any Ordi nary Train until the following Monday, inclusive. By order. ARCHD SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station, July, 1854. ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EX CURSIONS.- SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —By the Excursion Trains nary SUNDAY Morning at 7 . 45 from Waterloo Station, THROUGH RETURN TICKETS are issued to the ISLE OF WIGHT, via SOUTHAMPTON, for COWES, or PORTSMOUTH, for RYDE. Fares:--Closed Carriages, Bs. ; Seated Open Carriages, 55., which include all pier dues and steamboat fares, but not conveyance between the railway stations and piers. The Return Tickets from Ryde will not be available via Cowes and Southampton, nor those from Cowes via Ryde and Portsmouth. THROUGHOUT TICKETS betwixt LONDON and RYDE. via PORTSMOUTH, PORTSE A, and GOSPORT, available for Four Days, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at follbwing fares, which include all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class, 365. Bd. ;2d Class, 275.8 d. Single Journey Fares-Ist Class, 203.6 d.; 2d Class, 15s. 6d. ARCHD. SCOTT; Traffic Manager. Waterloo Station, July, 1854. tyHE CHOLERA. and LIFE ASSURANCE.— • To PERSONS of LIMITED INCOME. — On a former o cc asion, when ' is country was rsited with the fearful scourge of Cholera, the 3 1 :lr , etortot the PROVIDENT CL ERKs' A AsU RA NC E ASAOCIA , . . lON earnestly ea led attention to the danger of neglecting the easy ,: r,. , , ,, ',,, end certali prevision for a bereaved family which Life, Assurance ' t•'''',...___ . 3dr Obirit inJUsuy cases their ispiseet was? lisftened "fo,. Dad numbers ~S welltbribyssaved from. having their sorrows increased by the pri , Vatican of want and poverty. On the present occasion they again . desire strongly to urge upon those especially whose income dies with "ern the Imperative necessity and even duty of making such provi lion. To all classes the above Association offers every advantage ' 'which an Assurance (Mice can afford, while to clerks its benefits are both important and exclusive ; not less than forty aged clerks and widows be•ng already in receipt of annult es varyin, from 151. r o 351. _a - Year each from the PROVIDENT CLERKS' BENEVOLENT F UND. Any information as to the progress of the Association, its • t ales of assurance. &c , may be obtained of the agents, or at the chief office, 15, Moorgate-street, London. By order of the Board. • WM. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary. •• ___ SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, London. slurtE OF PROFIT INCREASED FROM ONE-HALF TO FOUR-FIFTHS. policies effected with this Society after Midsummer, 1850, and re hlaining force at each Septennial period of division, will PARTI-I ATE IN FOUR-FIFTHS of the Net Profits l of the Society acorn -4g after Midsummer. 1850, in proportio n to their contributions to fa„", e Profits, and according to the conditions contained in the — etY's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives __ te lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers ( - 4 fully protected from all risk by an a m p le g uarantee fund, in ad s._ m to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of rerniums. Policy Stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Offic e in Threadneedle-street, Londo n , • or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. ALLSOPP'S INDIA PALE ALE in B ottles, Ostia genuine and in fine condition, as recommended for In and the Tab eby BARON LIMO The undersigned has " A ays a supply at his Stores of the finest quality and character. Ii'PPIY to NATEIANI EASTLY, Wine, Beer , and Br and y Au erchant, 132, Upper Thames-street. TFIE CHOLER A!!! ~.,. Prevented by the destruction o f all noxious effluvia. " E CVS'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by the Col e of Physicians and the London Board of Health. The Cheapest ..t 11 . 11 . 1 Strongest CHLORIDE of ZI C. Quirts, 25., Pints , Is. , Half- Vt; 6d. Sold by all Chemists, Drug 4ists, and Shipping Agents, and At Commercial Wharf, Mile-end , Lon don. • 11 . - 0 RE WS'S CtILORID E of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and filler preparation.—Medical Circular. JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for _ the PRESERVATION of PO TATOES, SEEDS, &c.—This g 6 uable discovery, for which Lette rs Patent have been obtained, is . ti result of fourteen ye re' study and ex p eriments in the preserve on of vegetable matters. It impa r ts health and vigour to the Plants , 4 ". seeds subjected to its action, and effectually prevents the 'OTATO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT, V....FUNGAL DINE ASES, and the attacks of INSECTS and VER -4,`,N, and further recommends itself to the tanner, the planter, and t he Public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its APPlicatl on. It is sold by all seedemen and Chemists, in packets of one, two, three, and four pnunds each, with instructions for its use, and parties f3equiring larger quantities for their own use or for exportation, can supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Mr. Jackson, the A.:atentee, 18, Cannon-street, London -brid g e, where the article is ti . tways on sale, and the fullest particulars and directions for its use can be obtained. R. DE JONGH'S LIGHT BROWN COD 411k4LIVER OlL.—The most effectual remedy for CONSUMP ,• B RONC RITIS. AST f MA, GOU r, RREUMA.TISM, and all SCROFULOUS COMPLAINTS. Pure and unadulterated, contain ing all its most active and es=ential princinies—ertecting a cure much more rapidly than any other kind. Prescribed by the most eminent medicnl men. and supplied to the leading hospitals or Europe. Half- Vint bottics,2s. 6d. ; pints, 4s 9d., IMPERIAL ME 4SURE. Wholesale and Retail depot, ANSAR, HARPORD, and CO., 77, Strand. *** Four Half-pint Bottles sent (carriaze aid) to any part of England on receipt of a remittance of Ten Shilplings. TIIRIESEMA.R, protected by Royal Letters - 1 11- Patent or England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de rilarmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TREE SE If AR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhma, and Exhaustion of the Syst em. • TRIESEMAR, No. 2, 6 freetually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely have aU traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cube b s "ave so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TR! ESE IgAR, No. 3, R n la fo , - -e treat Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which tt rtunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in rtable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the TaParilla in the world cannot remove. 4RIE.;EMAtt, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, ...,„ of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table without their use being suspected. Bold in tin cases at Its. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into l e r r ate doses, as administered by Valpeau, lexllemand, Roux, B ‘•c•—'l%) be had virholesale and Retail in London of Robert John atis,s2 ",?, 68 , Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, v, Oxford -street. AVESEND STAR ACKET. No other Packets call at the Greenh't S he and Purfleet Piers. 41, Packets call At the Piers as underl , ned (weather permitting'. FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. WEEK DATES, SUNDAYS Terre co Pier ' IS4 B„ Time 7% BY.. 11% l% ) 31,4 birect Trains from the Boats marked t O unibu■es from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London ivrY quarter of an hour. /314, WrIABF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol lowing Trains from the Fenelinrch-street Station. WEAK DAYS. SUNDAYS. 11 - a 5 - 4'• cc hur chch F u e r n ch troet 'FA Street 8 4. 6. 8 - - , • 10 • 1214 —1% 1. 214 4 —3% 5,4 5 tV4 —6% Passages marked 1, are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. or Prom Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. Is. 2d. utzwxGfav,esend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. TO or from Gravesend and London-- ,a Gravesend and Blackwall or Wool , Qtrtween Gravesend and Intermediate Piei TICKETS.—Tweive Months, 5, wizree Months, 21 .t0 be had of th( Icketa; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, ( _Sept. 19th. 1P54- in direct. Fore Cabi •• 10d. vieh Bd. 6cl. . Os.; Six Mo e Collectors o aravesend. Saloon. Is. 2d. . Os. lOd. . Os. Bd. rnths, 3/. Os. ; DU board the 'RE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY, 7t published, price 25., illustrated with cases ; free by post for 30 E - It V 0 lI g stamps, DEBILITY; the Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper rrucea, with Practical Observations on a safer and more Sl e a c t e , sfal mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative “-in, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and ev m a - ra hgut4 hing, by urinary examination, the real .ause and effect of h -- J variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits, ees, accident, or climate followed by practical remarks, founded Isler a , tWe nt Years' experienCe in the treatment of Impuissance, — ne Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &c. To which e , Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre- R a nd ," n ary hints on the evils emanating from empirical practice, these", ll the dangerous re . medies advocated by various writers on 'mPrtant disorders by SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. 27 , beet. EDFORDSQUARE, LONDON, t a ." l. ,ef Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin. 'zn, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, The of Apothecaries' Hall, London, loc., &u. he eSsontial object of this treatise is to point out the fearfai con- W h ua nces resulti ng f rom certa i n i rregu l a rities, and excesses,o ia Le o d "e produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man e and premature decay at ages of Life, than, ad perhaps, any Mr class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is t , l recomended to persons entertaining secret doubts of the h physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded ehtiti e al ea. th, happiness, and privil eges t o w hi c h ev ery human being is It is ab zolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are i n ,,, ciPles of personal management which cannot he violated without oaring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed n ia3 , e yday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties and h be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, 4 , _ ow the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, ', 4 '", s et there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional r a lrgement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. 4 has for a series of years been engaged In an extensive ;Z o mee in tie treatment of these delicate complaints, whi c h h ave 4, ,a4 i tl natelY been too generally confided to the care of ignorant aZX ea the'r preter,, who inflicsiot great injury on those who are induced to pla ce in ns. of Messrs. Piper, NERVO ITS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, igtuerl, and Co., 23, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxfo-strea.t , f a r 1 9, Leicester-squ Ire; Mann, 39, Cornbill ;or tree .y post foi s tamPZl, to any address from the Authcr's residence, 37., Bed • 4 square. .ax b orn , ib r .91441AltatiOn daily from ,Ileyon till Tiro, and fr om 4 in psk!luipit, !, . , , Tl . MOSES and SON, Merchant and Manufac turing Tailors, Hatters, Hosiers, Shu 4. and Boot and Shoe Makers, General Outfitters for all stations in the Army and Navy, Ladies' Habits and Livery M.,nufacuirers, and Who'esale Clothb rs for alt parts of the world, most respectfully acquaint their friends. patrons, and the public, t' at their preparations for the emu ng autionn are on a scale of unprecedented novelty, extent, and mag nificence. _ _ Their new Paletot, for which they claim the exclusive right 'of invention, combines excellences as an article of gentlemanly attire which are highly appreciated, the peculiarity of the cut insures a comfortable lit, and the superiority of the workmanship tenders it the most useful.and the most fashionable dress of the season. The price charged by E. MOSES and Son being only 255., renders this Paletot one of the best illustrations of economy in attire which was ever given. The Hat, Cap, and Hosiery, also the Ladies' and Children's Dress Departments, are provided with the novelties, elegances, and com forts of Fashionable and reasonable Clothing ; the most rigid regard is paid to the quality and finish of the goods, and in every instance the lowerit possible price is charged. That section of E. MOSES and SON'S Establishment appropriated to shirts, also that exclusively for Ladies' Underclothing, are each fur nished with the best and cheapest articles ever presented ; the most elegantly embroidered goods, and the most comfortable and service able articles for Ladies. Gentlemen and Families are charged the most eco mmical prices. The Wholesale Clothing, Shirt, and Boot and Shoe Department secures great advantages to Merchants, Captains, Shippers, and Emigrants ; and small or large investments prove very profitable in any part or the world. t•iPE• NOTICE.—The Establishments will be Closed the whole day Saturday. Sept. 23, re-opening as ustial cu Hondas , morn ing, Seat 25, at 7 o'clock. C A.IITION. —E. 5105 ES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, havint learned that the untradesman-like t h Deh o.t of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern, has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR ouT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157 Mnories, 84, 85, and 86, Aldgate. opposite the Church, all communicat i ng. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart-street, all commuicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. shetlield Branch, 36. Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. flatters, f rs o , r afiroleerss,anFdurcierienrtsl,ereont. and Merchant Shoe ivaker o Clothiers, d . 6e C n i e o ral ier s, EOutfitters I NIPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be edA,,olrg,oiofdpsraerfeermreadikedtheinmploainneyfigwurillesr the e e l t o u w rn es ed t exchanged The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset untrtgollemdesiwitfahtdiiceitr.no abatement can be made. on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public ta Opi nion" lists of prices , ou r s y stem et self - measure ment,,nion' B,cocn.,&inei.n,gmv be had on application , o r p ost- Ici l'on parle Fr ancais. Qui si parla Italian.. Hier spricht man Deutsch Aqua sa habla Espana. DEFENSIVE PREPARATIONS IN ZETLAND.—The Zetland correspondent of the John o'Groat Journal says that on Tuesday, the 29th ult., the Queen, Ordnance sloop, ar rived in Zetland, having on board some 32 and 18- pounders, with a fresh supply of mortars, shells, powder, balls, and other munitions of war. Twelve new guns have been placed in Fort Charlotte, and the old favourite bellums removed. The musty d powder, rusty balls, and o ld cannons are to be convey to Woolwich.—Banf shire Journal. , C S a e p p t t a . 2 i n 1 . s — t r T i b h i a t e r r d S v e t a d t o e s ff ' stet u l l i A g li a P te " S i.r an T J h a u c r i sndtaoy, p ex t c h h e an river ged tm thi s s p in or o t rn la in st g, nightfrom where, after salutes with the platform batter y . The San Jacinto left Boston, anchoring, and e m s e h she exchanged Boston on the 3cl inst., and is bound to the Baltic, whither, after coaling and taking in provisions at South ampton, she will take her departure in a few days, for the purpose of watching the operations of the allied fleets. The San Jacinto is a fine screw steamer, of about 1,800 tons burden, and 400-horse power, and carries 10 guns, two of which are heavy traversing guns to throw 68- pounder shot •r shell, and weigh 12,0001b5. each, the others being broadside 68-pounder Paixham guns. The officers and crew number 267 souls. So soon as the ice closes in the Baltic, the San Jacinto will return, via Southampton, to the West Indies, but she is expected to form one of a numerous squadron of observation to be sent to the Baltic next spring, in case the allied Powers should then find it necessary to undertake im portant operations against Russia. FIRE IN THE WORCESTER CORN MARKET.—At half past two o'clock on Wednesday morning a policeman in the county force passing up Silver-street, from the rail way station, saw flames bursting out of one of the side ow w n i e n o d s windows a hw premises of hned form house oft h et the occupiedCorn-marketconer of b y M Silver-street, i n v the r Hartland, s troeother onbaker, a the Ho h raised an alarm, which awoke the inm a t es — v i z . Mr. Hartland and his wife and child, who wer e all " soundly sleeping in the room immediately over that in which the fire was raging. He managed to make good hie escape by the front part of the house, which is very a lar ge l r oomy, and to bring his wife and child there also, and they were got out of the window by means of the fire escape, which was speedily procured from the station house. In about two hours the fire was entirely ex tinguished.— Worehe,ster Chronicle. FATAL RESULTS OF DRUNKENNESS.—A drunken man set fire with his pipe, a few nights ago, to a quantity of straw in the village of Ploun4our, department of the Finistere. The wind carried, the flames to the thatched ' roof of an adjacent house ; and they afterwards spread from house to house with fearful rapidity. The Giornale di Roma gives an encouraging account of the state of the silk trade in the Pontifical States. The quantity of cocoons sold in the markets of Ancona, Jesi, and Osomo, has been greatly superior this year to j that mold in 185$, but the price was lower. No . 19,342. PUBLICATIONS. SEBASTOPOL, THE CRIMEA, AND CRONSTADT. Now ready, in 1 vol. post Bvo., Reatly bound, price 7s. 6d., MR. SCOTT'S NEW WORK on the CRIMEA, SE B ASTO vOL, the CRIMEA, and CRONSTADT. Comprising Travels through Russia, with a Voyage down the Volga to Astrachan, and a Tour through Crim Tartar'''. By CHARLES HENRY SCOTT. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. To NERVOUS SUFFERERS.—A RETIRED CLERGYMAN having been restored to health in a few days, after many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known to others the means of cure. He will, therefore, send free, on receiving a stamped envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre scription used. Direct the Rev. E. Douglass, 18, Holland-street, Brixton, London. NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. DIRECTORS. Chairman—SAMUEL HAYHI7RST LUCAS, Esq. Deputy-Chairman—CHAßLES LUSHINGTON, Esq. John Bradbury, Esq. Robert M. Holborn, Esq. Thomas Castle, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq., M.P. William Miller Christy, Esq. Robert Sheppard, Esq. Edward Crowley, Esq. William Tyler, Esq. John Feltham, Esq. Charles Whetham, Esq. Charles Gilpin, Esq. PHYSICIANS. J. T. Conquest, M.D., F.L.S. I Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. • TRUSTEES. John Feltham, Esq I Samuel 11. Lucas, Esq. Robert Ingham, Esq.; M.P. Charles Lushington, Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co., and Bank Of England, SOLICITOR -Sc ptimus Davidson, Esq. C 0 N lIL TING ACTT) ART—Charl-s•AnsPll, ESQ., F.R.S. Extracts from the Report of the Directors for 1853 " The Directors con;ratul4tr their fellow-m. mbers on the very grati fying result of the recently com detect Quinquennial Investigation of the assets and liabilities of the Institution, by which It appears that, on the 20th.bloyeinher, 185 t, after providing for the present value of *all the habil ties in the Life Assurance Department, a surplus re naaine 1 of 242,6271. Os. Od., which has been duly apportioned as heretofore. "1 he reductions range from 5 to 89 rer cent. on the original Annual Premiums, acc ,, rding to the age of the party and the time the Policy has been in force; and the Bonuses vary in like manner, from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums paid during the last five years. " The total amount of the reductions per annum for the ensuing five years is 33,345/. 17s. 2d The Bonuses assigned to those policies on which the original pre miums continue to la, paid amount to 89,8801 ss. Od. ; this, together with Bonuses apportioned at former divisions, makes an aggregate addition to the sums assured by the Policies in force of 126,5641. " Notwithstanding the great reduction of Prem . mns, the net annual income arising from 12,326 existing Policies is 163,9121. 7 . Id.; this rum, with the interest on invested capital, viz , 37,298/. 7s. 3d., ehows a total annual income of 201,2101. i 4s. 4d." The amount of Capital exceeds ONE MILLION STERLING. iltembers, whose premiums fall due on the Ist July are reminded that they must be paid within 30 days from that date. Prospectuses and all other information may be obtained on appli cation to the Office. June 24, 1854. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSIJR ANCE SOCIETY, No. 26, Cornhill, London. Established in 1838. DIRECTORS. A. Campbell Barclay, Esq. I John Moss, Esq. Charles Bennett, Esq. I Thomas Nicoll, Esq. Hugh Croft, Esq. E. S. Symes, M D. John Elliotson, F.R.S. J. Leander Starr, Esq. Thos. Colley Grattan, Esq. I Clement Tabor, Esq. Joseph Thompson, I , sq. MANAGING DIRECTORS. J. Leander Starr, Esq. (Generai),l Chas. Bennett, Esq. (Financial). , AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R. s., and Professor John Radford Toting. MEDICAL EXAMINERS. J. Elliotson, M.D., F.R S., 37. Conduit-street. E. S. Symea, M.D., 33, Davies-street, Berkeley-STMTS. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolliouse, Esq , F.S.S.a4c. ♦SSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woo'house, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 56, Lombard-street. SOLICITOR. C. Evens, Esq., 61, Moorgate-street. Total number of Policies granted from December, 1852, to December, 1853-1,194. 'Under the following heads are briefly enumerated the leading principles of this Society : OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. 1. A Life, Assurance may be effected either by One Paymeat, or by an Annual Premium. 2. Policies may be effected wren or without the privilege of withdrawing one-half of the Annual Payments. If with out this privilege, the rates are lower. 3. A Life Assurance may be effected on the life of another, on Joint Lives or Survivorships. 4. Annuities, Immediate, Deferred, or Contingent, will be granted; also Endowments for Children. 5. Naval and Military Men, not in active foreign service, as sure I without extra charge, and allowed to go abroad with out forfeiture of Policy, on payment of an extra Premium, according to climate. In the event of the Assured (when on the Withdrawal System) not requiring to continue the Policy, on its surrender one-half the annual payments will be returned by way of purchase of his interest therein. By this means, apprehension of great pecuniary loss and doubt as to the intrinsic transferable value of each Policy is re moved. its cash value being fixed and determined beforehand by the Society at one-half the annual premiums paid thereon : a vast class of society will thereby be admitted ; and every indivilual, while steadily pursuing one object—a provision for his family at death— will have, by the plan of this Society, a door open to his savings, which will never be closed against his wants or his use. Prospectuses, Report of last Annual Meeting, Forms of Proposals for Assurance. and every descr.ption of necessary Blank Forms, with Tables of Rates, and full information on all points, furnished, on ap plication at 26, Ccirnhill, or at any of the Company's Agencies. 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' ' , .....,c,,..4.:,,01. ,.. 4! . .. ,,,, ~,,,-„,,,,-. —,.......,..-,. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1854. THE WAR. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. reduced and published observations of the Greenwich, Poulkova, Edinburgh,Oxford, and Cambridge observatories, and the recently completed catalogue of 12,000 stars ob served and reduced by the indefatigable astronomer of Hamburg, Mr. Charles Rumker, together with numerous incidentai determinations of the places of comparison stars in the' Astronomische Machrichten.' "To complete the present account of the state of Stellar Astronomy, mention should be made of two volumes re cently published by Mr. Cooper, containing the approxi mate places arranged in order of Right Ascension of 30,186 elliptic stars from the 9th to the 12th magnitude, of which only a very small number had been previously observed. The observations were made with the Markree Equatorial, and have been print e d a t th e expense of her Majesty's Government. " The determination of differences of longitude by gal vanic signals is an astronomical matter of great practical importance. This method, employed first in America,was introduced into England by the Astronomer Royal, and has been applied to the determination in succession of the differences of longitude between the Greenwich Observa tory, and the observatories of Cambridge, Edinburgh, ' Brussels, and Paris. In the first and last instances results have been published which prove the perfect success and accuracy of the method. Mr. Airy, on recently announc ing in the public papers the completion of the operation between the Greenwich and Paris observatories, justly re marks that such an experiment could no t have been made without the assistance afforded by commercial enterprise, and that commercial enterprise is in turn honoured by the aid thus rendered to science. In the summer of last year, Professor Encke, following the example set in England, determined successfully, by galvanic signals; the difference of longitude between Berlin and Frankfort-on-the -Maine. " Galvanisn has also been applied to astronomical pur poses in other ways. The method of observing transits by the intervention of a galvanic circle (just put in practice in America), in which only sight and touch are employed, and counting is not required, is now in operation at the Greenwich Observatory. It is found to be attended with more labour than the old method, but it is free from errors to which the other method is liable ; it lays claim to general acceptance. At Greenwich, also, the galvanic cir cuit is most usefully employed in maintaining the move ments of distant sympathetic clocks, and in dropping time signal balls. A ball is dropped every day at Deal by a galvanic current from the Royal Observatory. " Some anxiety was felt by astronomers respecting the continuation of that most indispensable publication, and 'Astronomische Machrichten,' after the decease of the edi tor, Mr. Petersen, in February last. This has been dis pelled by a recent announcement that the King of Den mark has resolved to maintain the Altona Observatory, and, in connexion with that, the editorship of that work. The ' Astronomical Journal,' an American publication of the same kind, undertaken by a young astronomer and mathe matician, Mr. Gould, for the especial information of his countrymen, has reached the and of volume three, and will, it is hoped, be continued. " Generally, it may be said of astronomy, at the present time, that it is prosecuted zealously and extensively, active observations being now more numerous than ever, and that the interests of the science are promoted as well by private enterprise as by the aid of governments. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Royal Albert is receiving her shot of all descriptions by Ordnance hoys. --She will go out of the basin at Sheer ness to-morrow. Captain the Hon. Keith Stewart (1842), at present in command of the Termagant, 24, screw steam-frigate, is appointed to command the Nankin, 50, at Chatham. The Nankin was designed by Mr. Lang, master shipwright at Pembroke Dockyard, and built at Woolwich, and has now been commissioned for the first time. SfHer Majesty's steamers Dauntless and Sphinx, both under orders for the Black Sea, are expected to leave Portsmouth to-morrow ; they carry out a large quantity of stores and ammunition,. The Hornet, 14, screw, Commander Forsyth, went to Spithead yesterday, and it is reported will sail on Sunday for the China station, calling at the Cape. MEETING AT LIVERPOOL. The twenty-fourth meeting of the British Association was formally opened at St. George's Hall, on Wednesday afternoon, when the general committee sat for the arrange ment of preliminary business; Wm. HOPKINS, Esq., ex president in the chair. Colonel SABINE, secretary, read a lengthy report from the Parliamentary Committee, detailing their proceedings and enclosing a correspondence between Lord Wrottesley and the Earl of Aberdeen on the subject of pensions. The Kew Committee report was also read and adopted, after which the following list of officers of the different sections was confirmed : The following gentlemen were named the committee of recommendation : G. G. Stokes, Dr. Whewell, M.A.M.A., F.R.S.F.R.S.,m. Hop- Luc. Prof. Ely,D Rev. Cam. ; the Dean of kins, Esq., W. H. Miller, M.D., F.R.S., P ro f. Chem. King's Coll., Lon. ; Dr. Faraday, Dr. Roget, Edward Forbes, F.R.S., Prof. Nat. Hist. Ran., G. B. Greenough, Professor Balfour, C. Babington, Sir R. I. Murchison, M.A., G.C.St.S., F.R.S., Sir R. Inglis, Thomas Tooke, F.R.S., Colonel Sykes, John Scott Russell, M.A., F.R.S., and Mr. Fairbairn. Her Majesty's ships Tyne and Black Prince sailed from the Downs yesterday, going westward. The crew of the Horatio were paid down to the 30th of June last, yesterday, by the staff of the Chatham Pay office, who arrived here in the Chatham pay-yacht. The crew of the Valorous are absent on leave. The Va lorous being a Devonport ship, this boon has been granted them by the Admiralty, to enable them to visit their The following gentlemen were named as officers of sec• tions : Section A.—Mathematical and Physical Science.—Pre sident : G. G. Stokes, M.A., F.R.S., Luc. Prof. Camb. Vice-Presidents : The Very Rev. the Dean of Ely, F.A.S.; Rev. Dr. Lloyd, F.R.S. ; Rev. Dr. Booth, F.R.S. ; Rev. Prof. Walker, F.R.S. ; Rev. Dr. Whewell, F.R.S. ; Rev. Prof. Powell, Prof. Staveley, P. C. Ad ams , Esq. Secre taries : Prof. John Tyndall, Ph. D F.R.S. ;G. Hale Puckle, M.A. ; J. Hartnup, Esq., F.R.A.S. Section B.—Chemical Science.---President : W. H. Miller, M.D., F.R.S., Prof. Chem. King's Coll., Lond. Vice-Presidents : Dr. Andrews, M.R.F.A., Belfast • Dr. Daubeny, F.R.S. ; Prof. Mahon, Prof. T r aill, R. iVar rington, Esq. Secretaries ; Robert Hunt, F.R.S.; Dr. Edwards. Section C.—Geology.—President : Edward Forbes, F.R.S., Prof. Nat. Hist. Edin. Vice-Presidents : Rev. Prof. Sedgar, F.R.S. ; Rev. Mr. Griffith ; CoL Edward Portlock, F.R.S. ; James Smith, Esq., ; J. B. Greenough, Esq. Secretaries : John Cunningham,F.G.S.; J. W. Ormerod, M.A. ; J. W. Woodall, B.A. Section D.—Zoology and Botany, including Physiology. —President : Prof. Balfour. Vico-Presidents : Win. Car penter, M.D., F. R.S. • Charles Burlington, Esq., F.R.S. ; Prof. T. Huxley, ; Sir W. Pardine, Bart, Secre taries : Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S. ; Isaac Byerley, Esq. Section E.—Geography and Ethnology.—President : Sir R. I. Murchison, M.A., G.C.St.S., F.R.S. Vice-Presi dents : Colonel Chesney, F.R.S. ; Captain Fitzroy, R.N. ; Robert Latham ; Sir R. Inglis, Bart. homes. The Hanaibal has been taken into No. 3 dry dock, at Sheerness, for some slight leakages aft, connected with the screw propeller, and with some of the feed pipes forward; she has been making about 16 inches every 24 hours of late. The Sinbad, J. Follett in command, arrived at Sheer ness yesterday from Devonport, with stores for the Royal Albert, aid proceeded to — Chitham. The Duck, James Weal commander, arrived at Sheer ness yesterday from Portsmouth, with stores for the Royal Albert, &c., and is discharging in the basin. Her Majesty's steamers Hecht and Driver left Elsinore on the 16th of September with a large quantity of provi sions, and proceeded southward to join the fleet under Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic. Commodore Grey has struck his burgee, and with it his fourth or commodore's stripe of gold lace, preparatory to something better. Geography.—Secretaries i -- NOrton Shaw, M.D., Sec. Roy. Geog. Sec. Ethnology : Richard Cull, Sec. Eth. Society ; Dr. Ihno, Liverpool. Section F.- - Statistics.—President : Thomas Tooke, F.R.S. Vice-Presidents : Colonel Sykes, F.A.S. ; William Brown, Esq., M.P. ; Richard M. Milnes, Esq., M.P., Secretaries : William Newtnarch, Esq. ; Edward Cheshire, Esq. i • Dr. Duncan, Liverpool; J. T. Damon. Section G.—Mechanical Science.—President : John Scott Russ6ll, M.A., F.R.S. Vice Presidents : William Fairbairn, F.R.S.; James Nasmyth, F.R.S.; Thomas Webster, F.R.S. Secretaries : James Oldham, Esq., C.E. ; John Grantham, Esq., C.E., Liverpool. The Inaugural Address was delivered by the President, the Earl of Harrowby, in the Philharmonic Hall, on Wed nesday evening, before a large assemblage of members of the association. Shortly after the appointed hour (S p.m.), Lord Harrowby came upon the platform, accom panied by the Earl of Derby, Lord Wrottesley, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Hon. Mr. Liddell, M.P., the Dean of Ely, the Mayor of Liverpool (J. B. Lloyd, Esq.), the High Sheriff, and other gentlemen. Colonel SABINE then came forward, and said—Ladies and gentlemen, we will now commence, if you please, the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the British Association. The president of the last year, Mr. Hopkins, is in the chair, and he will be sacceeded by Lord Harrowby as the presi dent of the next. (Applause). Mr. HOPKINS then came forward, and in brief terms expressed his sense of the honour which had been conferred on him in his holding the presidency of the association during the past year, and concluded by congratulating the association in having for their president during the ensuing year a nobleman so distinguished and so respected as the Earl of Harrowby. (Applause.) Lord HARROWBY then arose, and was received with loud and prolonged applause. His lordship said—l cannot pro ceed to the main portion of my address without expressing in a very few words my deep sense of the kind manner in which my name has been introduced to your notice by my distinguished prededessor. He has used expressions in regard to me which I feel myself to be disentitled to, at the same time that I am quite aware there are many old associations within the walls of Liverpool which may well incline you to listen indulgently to what he has said. (Loud and renewed applause.) It has not been my habit much to enter on those fields of discussion. It has not been my habit much to prepare considerately what I should address to my audience, still less to write out at full length what I have to say ; at the same time, considering the nature of the subject and the habit of this association, I have thought it fittirg to pursue a course which is, per haps, not very congenial to my habits. I hope, therefore, ladies and gentlemen, that you will deign some indulgence to one who appears before you for the first time as an author. (Laughter and applause.) His lordship then pro ceeded to read the following ADDRESS. " J. CHALLIS. " Cambridge Observatory, Sept. 14, 1854." You will have observed that Professor Challis speaks of the activity of private enterprise in the cause of astrono my ; and can I, in this place, pass over the labours of a L asse lls, of the enlightened public spirit of the corpora ' tion of this town, which, stimulated by our visit in the year 1837, has now for some years maintained an excel lent and well provided observatory, under the able manage ment of Mr. Hartnup, who has not only conferred great benefits on the navigation of the place by the regulation of its chronometers, but great honour upon the institution by the general services which he has rendered to meteo rological as well as astronomical science. Mr. Hartnup's improvements in the chronometer, by which the errors arising from variations of temperature are either corrected or estimated and allowed for, have been of the greatest value. In the words of a report of the council of the Royal Astronomical Society, "It is found experimen tally that when a captain will apply the rate thus cor rected for temperature the performance of chronometers is much improved ;" and in regard to the importance of the subject to the practical interests of navigation, I would take the liberty of quoting further, "There are risks at sea against which no foresight can provide ; but loss from defective compasses, or ill-regulated chronometers, should be treated as a crime ; since common sense and common care will secure the efficacy of both these instruments. It is to be feared that life and property to a large amount are yearly sacrificed for want of a little elententary knowledge, and a small amount of precaution on the part of our seamen, who neglect the safeguards furnished by modern science." You may remember, that at the period of your last meet ing, arrangements with Government were in progress for the construction of a reflecting telescope of four-feet aper ture, which should bring to bear upon the nebula, and other starry phenomena, of the southern hemisphere, a far higher power than that to which they had been sub mitted by Sir John Herschell. You will regret to hear that, although the estimate was not objected to by the Government, it has not yet been submitted to Parliament. We must make soma allowance for the pre-occupations of war. The labours of your Kew committee are carried on with unabated assiduity and extending usefulness. You will, perhaps, forgive me for taking the liberty of urging upon you the importance of continuing to them an unabated, if not an enlarged, support. By giving accuracy to the various implements of observation, the thermometer,the barometer, and the standard weights and measures, they are doing a work of incalculable benefit to science in general, in this and in other countries. At this moment they have in their hands for verification and adjustment one thousand thermometers and fifty barometers for the navy of the United States, as well as 500 thermometers and 60 barome ters for our own Board of Trade, the instruments which aro supplied in ordinary commerce being found to be sub ject to error to an extraordinary degree. At the sugges tion of Sir John Herschell they have also undertaken, by the photographic process, to secure a daily record of the appearance of the sun's disc, with a view of ascertaining, by a comparison of the spots upon its surface, their places, size, and forms, whether any relation can be established between their variations and other phenomena. The Council of the Royal Society has supplied the funds, and the instrument is in course of completion. The same beau tiful invention, which seems likely to promote the interests of science, in many branches at least, as much as those of art, is employed, under the able direction of the commit tee, and of Mr. Welsh, the curator, to record, by a self acting process, something similar to that of the anemome ter, the variation in the earth's magnetism. But I will not pretend to anticipate the results of the careful and ex tended study of this subject by our able associate, Colonel Sabine, who has been kind enough to promise that we shall hear them from his own mouth in one of our evening meet ings. Neither will I anticipate the report of my learned and distinguished predecessor in this chair, Mr. Hopkins, on the subject to which he called the attention of the as sociation at its last meeting, and on which, in conjunction with Mr. Fairbairn and Mr. Joule, ho has been engaged in a series of experiments. I allude to the effects of pres sure on the temperature of fusion, a problem of great im portance, as bearing on the internal condition of our planet. When I first set myself to the task of preparing to ad dress you on the present occasion, my impulse was to begin with an apology for appearing before you in so prominent a position—for assuming apparently a station in the world of science, for which I had no pretensions. On second thoughts, however, it appeared better—more respectful, in fact —having consented, though with unfeigned reluctance to accept the office, to say no more on that head, but to discharge its duties as best I might. This, however, I must ask of you, not to expect from me what you have had from many of my predecessors—a luminous review of the state of physical science, a recital of its recent various triumphs, and suggestions for their further extension— that I should in the words of the poet, though in a different sen se—" Allure to brighter worlds, and point the way." Though I have been no indifferent spectator of the rapid and triumphant march of science which, within the last 50 years, has been extending and enrichingthe old domains of knowledge, and planting, as it were, new colonies in hitherto unexplored and untrodden regions, yet I have been only a spectator—my avocations have been less with the propeyties of matter than with the busy concerns of men ; and if I attempted now to assume, for the first time the philosophic garb, I am afraid that the awkwardness of my gait would soon betray me. There are, however, some points of high and general interest, which, in a meeting like the present, cannot be entirely neglected, and in re gard to which the kiudnessof friends has supplied me with some matter not unworthy of being submitted to your no tice. How, fur instance, in the land of Newton, and in the greatest seaport of the world, should I neglect astro nomy? And here Professor Challis has been good enough to furnish me with a statement of its present condition and recent progress, which, with your permission, I will lay before you. NOTES ON THE PRESENT STATE OF ASTRONOMY. [MEMORANDUM BY PROFESSOR CHALLIS.] Since the meeting of the British Association last year, four planets and four comets have been discovered. Three of the new planets were found at Mr. Bishop's observatory, two by Mr. Hind, and one by Mr. Maith. The last was also discovered the following night at the Oxford obser vatory—another of the many instances presented by astro nomy of independent discoveries made nearly simulta neously. The fourth planet was found at the observatory of Bilk, near Dusseldorf, by Mr. It. Luther, an astronomer distinguished by having already discovered two planets. Of the comets, one was discovered at Berlin, two at Got tingen, and the fourth was seen very generally with the naked eye at the end of last March. None of them have been identified with preceding comets. The large number of planets and comets discovered of late years, while it evinces the diligence of astronomers, has at the same time brought additional labourers into the field of astronomical science, and contributed mitterially to its extension. The demand for observations created by these discoveries has been met by renewed activity in ex isting observatories, and has led to the establishment, by public or private means, of new observatories. For instance, an observatory was founded in the course of last year by a private individual at Olmntz, in Moravia, and is now actively at work on this class of observations. Various such instances have occurred wit,hin a few years. In addition to the advantages just stated, the observations called for by the discovery of new bodies of the solar system, have drawn attention to the state of the stellar astronomy, and been the means of improving this funda mental part of the science. The following are a few words on the existing state of Stellar Astronomy, so far as regards catalogues of stars. Subsequently to the formation of the older catalogues of bright stars, astronomers turned their attention to observations in zones, or otherwise of smaller stars, to the ninth magnitude inclusive. Lalande, Lacaille, ' Bessel, Argelander, and Lamont, are the chief labourers in this class of observations. Buttheseobservations, unreduced and uncatalogued, are c om p arativel y of li ttle value. The British Association did great service to astronomers by re ducing into catalogues the observations of Lalande and Lacaille. A catalogue of part of Bessel's zones has been published'at St. Petersburg, and a catalogue of part of Argelander's zones at Vienna. Lamont's zones have also been reduced in part by himself. The catalogue of 8377 stars, published by the British Association in 1845, is founded mainly on the older catalogues, but contains, also, stars to the seventh magnitude inclusive, observed onse only by Lalande or Lacaille. The places of the stars in this catalogue are, consequently, not uniformly trust worthy ; but as the authorities for the places are indicated the astronomer is not misled by the circumstance. The above are the catalogues which are principally used in the observations of the small planets and the comets. This class of observations must generally be made by means of stars as fixed points of reference. The observer selects a star from a catalogue, either for the purpose of finding the moving body, or for comparing its position with that of the star; but, from the imperfection of the catalogue, it sometimes happens that no star is found in the place indi eated by it, and in most cases, unless the star's place has been determined by repeated meridian observations, it is not sufficiently accurate for final reference of the position of the planet or comet. In catalogues reduced from zone observations, the star's right ascension generally depends on a single transit across a single wire, and its declination on a single bisection. This being the case, astronomers have begun to feel the necessity of using the catalogue pieces of stars provisionally, in reducing their observations, and of obtaining afterwards accurate places by meridian A report of the committee of the Institute of France, consisting of MM. Lionville, Lame, and Elie de Beaumont, on the subject of a theory of earthquakes, has been trans mitted to me for the use of the association. From a care ful discussion of several thousands of these phenomena, which have been recorded between the yearslBjl and 1851, and a comparison of the periods at which they occurred with the position of the moon in relation to the earth, the learned professor, M. Perrey, of Dijon, would infer that earthquakes may possibly be the result of an action of at traction exercised by that body on the supposed fluid cen tre of our globe, somewhat similar to that which she exer cises on the waters of the ocean, and the report to the com mittee of the institute is so far favourable that, at their instance, the institute have granted funds to enable the learned professor to continue his researches. You will re collect how often the attention of the association has been drawn to the subject by the observations of Mr. Milne and of Mr. Mallet, which latter are still going on; and that the ac cumulating facts are still waiting for a theory to explain them. On Geology. —I am sorry for the slightness of my ac quaintance with so captivating as well as so practical a study. I have nothing to report, save that the increasing scarcity of ironstone and coal is driving the practical men to have greater respect for a science which enables them to form a very sound conjecture where such minerals are likely to be found, and to come to something like an absolute certainty as to where they are not. When the questions begin to be asked, " Is there a square mile in all the coal- fields of Britain unoccupied by the mines?"—" Of its 5000 square miles of visible coal tract, how much remains un touched? "it is time, indeed, to listen to that science which has taught us so successfully in the hands of a Marchison, a Phillips, and others, where further resources for the sup ply of this, the life of Britain, is to be found. I need hardly tell you of the services which meteorology may be expected to render to practical life, and perhaps there is no better instance of the value of the accumula tion of facts, though in themselves apparentl y of small im portance, and having apparently little connexion with each other. What, apparently, can be less subject to rule and law, oven to a proverb, than the changeful wind and the trea cherous wave ? Yet, even here, observation and compari son have done some good work for science and for man, and are about to do more. You are all aware that the Ameri can Government have now for some years, at the instance and under the direction of Lieutenant Maury, been collect ing from the mercantile vessels at that nation observations of certain phenomena at sea, such as winds, tides, currents, and temperature of the ocean ; and that the results, di gested into charts and books, have already been the means of adding speed and safety to their voyages in an extraor dinary degree. You are aware that application was made to our Govern ment to co-operate in this great work of common benefit to every mercantile nation, and that the subject was brought before Parliament by one of our vice-presidents, Lord Wrottesley, in a speech which he has since published, and which I would commend to every one's perusal who doubts of the importance of this branch of science to the interests of commerce and navigation. You are perhaps aware that the Government has agreed to the proposal, and has cr ea t e d a special department for the purpose in connection with the Board of Trade, placing it under the management of perhaps the one man best fitted to carry it out with energy and success—my friend Captain Fitzroy ; one not less ' known on the banks of the Mersey by old associations than on the genets' fields of maritime science. Conceiving that this was a subject of special interest to the place of our present meeting, and that for such an object it was desir able as public ly and as widely as possible to solicit the co. operation of all who are connected with the commerce of the country, I have asked Captain Fitzroy to communicate to me the present condition of the question ; and he has kindly furnished me, not officially, with the following memoranda, which, with your permission, I will read observations. " It will be seen by this statement that by the observa tions of the small phnete, and of comets, materials are gradually accumulating for the formation of a more accu rate and more extensive catalogue of stars than any hi therto published. The British Association would add greatly to the benefits it has already conferred on astrono mical science, by promoting the publication, when sufficient materials can be collected, of a general catalogue of all stars to the ninth magnitude inclusive, which have been repeatedly observed with meridian instruments. The modem pourceo at prooent available for such A work are the THE TRANSPORT SHIPS. The Columbo, No. 110 transport, came up the river yes terday on her return from the Baltic, and remained nearly an hour opposite Woolwich, for the purpose of having some telegraphic communications transmitted from the Commodore Superintendent's-office to the Admiralty. The portion of the crew who came on shore gave an exciting description of the storming of Bomarsund, where they were within range of the guns near the place where the Pene lope went on shore. The redhot shot from the forts were often very near to, although not directed against the Co lumbo, but at the Penelope. Had the authorities known that the Columbo had 500 kegs of gunpowder on board, they would not have thought her an insignificant vessel, not worth firing at. The Rubicon, No. 38 transport, arrived yesterday and brought-up off the Woolwich dockyard. She has brought home 28 women and children from the seat of war in the East. The women and children are to be sent to Chat. ham, and they will be forwarded by the Paymaster at Chatham to their respective destinations. The 108 women and 118 children, who had previously arrived at Chatham, have all been forwarded by the Paymaster of Invalids of that garrison to their homes. The Prince, screw steam transport-ship, now off the Royal Arsenal, brought home and has landed three brass field service guns, and 13 cases of muskets and small arms taken at Bomarsund. The Indus transport, which sailed from Southampton on Wednesday with the Indian mails, took out a large quantity of roasted coffee and medical stores for the army in Turkey. DEPARTURE OF THE VIFREDO. The Vifredo hired steam transport left Portsmouth yes terday morning for Varna. She took out the whole of the troops specified in The Sun. This vessel was taken up by the Admiralty, was examined, approved, and fitted at Deptford, to take stores and troops to the Black Sea. It is not the fault of those belonging to the vessel that the confusion and over-calculation of her capacity arose. The authorities at Deptford put what Government stores on board they thought proper, mad despatched her to Ports mouth to fill up ; on arrival at Portsmouth, Irish provi sions and bread were put on board, and the time was fixed to embark the troops and baggage, in addition to which, at the last moment, forty tons of ordnance stores were taken to the dockyard to be shipped, but could not be taken on board, the ship being already full of cargo; they were, accordingly, left for some other conveyance. The whole of the troops were then taken on board, agreeably to contract; none were left behind or transferred to other ships. There was no confusion on the part of the ship's officers or company ; on the contrary, everything was taken according to charter. SAFETY OF THE NIMROD. Advi'es were received yesterday from Stockholm, under date Sept. 15, announcing that the British transport Nim- rod, 112, reported to have gone down in the Baltic, had arrived in safety at that port. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. The Russian and Finnish officers on parole at Sheerness were ordered on the 20th to assemble at the Clarence Inn to receive their subsistence money, due up to that day. The paymaster and the commander, in the presence of Major Gahn (as senior officer here), attended to the pay ment, and they all appeared much gratified at receiving the allowance granted them by the Admiralty. Yesterday Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore visited the prisoners of the Jewish persuasion in both ships, and each of the Jewesses received ss. and the Jews 10s. each, to en able them to keep their coming holiday in every respect in accordance with their religious duties. Cabins had been previous:y set apart for them during their holiday by the commander of the Devonshire, and every facility was offered for their performing all their wonted religious cere- monies. Lady Montefiore presented the prisoners, through the respective commanders, 5/. each. Dr. Hahn, missionary to the British and Foreign Sailors' Society, and Mr. Cox, from the Merchant Seamen's Bible Society, have paid a second visit to Sheerness ; the former has been distributing religious publications in various lan guages, and the latter the Holy Scriptures. The prisoners have expressed the greatest gratitude to both these gentlemen for their unremitting attention to them as regards their spiritual welfare. The officers on parole on shore have given Mr. Hahn their assistance in every way possible. Mr. Hahn, being able to converse with the prisoners in three different languages, has had a very warm vote of*thanks from the officers for his kind and gentle manly conduct towards the prisoners. Captain Beck, of the Russian bark Carl, was granted his parole yesterday and came on shore. He being a merchant captain has no subsistence money allowed him. His mate signed his parole yesterday and came on shore, he preferring day parole for want of funds to reside on shore. His parole, on similar terms to Captain Beck's, was offered him. One of the women on board.the Devonshire was confined of a fine boy a few days since. She was attended by the surgeon of that ship, and is doing well, all necessary com forts administered to her by order of the commander of the Devonshire. NIGHT ATTACK AT CHATHAM. It has been decided that a grand night attack will take place on tho night of Wednesday, the 27th inst., on the new works erected on the lines at Chatham, opposite New Brompton, under the direction of Captain It'Kerfie, Royal Engineers, who has taken great pains in instructing the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men under his command in the art of field fortifications. ITISCELLANEOTJS. The Fairy Royal steam-yacht, Master-Commander Welch, steamed from Osborne yesterday afternoon, with the Duchess of Kent and the juvenile Royal family on board, round Spithead and Portsmouth Harbour. The Colossus and Hornet at Spithead, the flag-ships Victory and St. Vincent, and all the other vessels in harbour hoisted masthead flags as their Royal Highnesses steamed past, and the Victory manned yards. Yesterday the High Marshal of the Admiralty gave no tice on the Royal Exchange that within 20 days the Court of Admiralty would proceed to condemn the Dutch vessel Minima, of which W. von Poelman was late the master, a lawful prize to her Majesty's ship Archer, Captain Heath_ her cargo, will be sold for the benefit co°fttl'eacnaapshtores,. The Minima was taken trying to break the blockade of Riga. The gun carriage which was torn.to pieces by the burst ing of the 56-pounder gun of 98 cwt. at Shoeburyness has been brought up to Woolwich, and is now at the Royal Arsenal. A number of men sent home on claiming their discharge, and also invalids, arrived at Gravesend, in the Hampshire on Saturday last, with the right wing of the 94th Regi ment. Several of the men discharged from regiments i serving in the Bengal presidency would have volunteered I for active service if they had been allowed to do so. The Parlamento of Turin, of the 17th, states that Chevalier Bonelli has started the idea of having a Uni versal Exhibition at Turin in 1e57, and that it meets with great favour them. MEMORANDUM I. The maritime commerce of nations having spread over the world to an unprecedented extent, and competition having arrived at such a point that the value of cargoes and the profits of enterprise depend more than ever on the length and nature of voyages, it has become a question of the greatest import:um to deterrqihe the best try for IPRICE SD. ships to follow, in order to make the quickest as well a the safest passages. The employment of steamers, in such numbers—the general endeavour to keep as near the direct line between two places (the arc of a great circle) as the intervening land, currents, and winds will show—and the improvements in navigation, now so prevalent, have caused a demandfor more p rec i se and readily available ' information respect ing all frequented parts of the oceans. Not only is greater accuracy of detail required, but much more concentration and arrangement of very valuable though now scattered information. Besides which, instrumental errors have vitiatedtoo many results, and have prevented the greater portion of the meteorological observations hitherto made at sea from being consider e d b e tt er than approximations. "It is one o f th e chief points of a seaman ' s duty, " said the well-known Basil Hall, " to know where to find a fair wind, and where to fall in with a favourable current ;" but, with the means at present accessible, the knowledge of such matters can only be acquired by years of toil and actual experience, excepting only in the greater thorough. fares of the oceans, which are well known. Wind and current charts have been published of late years, chiefly based o n th e great work of the United States 'Government, at the suggestion of, and superintended by, Lieutenant Maury; and by studying such charts and directions, navigators have been enabled to shorten their passages materially. In many cases as much as ono-fourth, in some one-third of the time or distance previously employed. Much had been collected and written about the winds and currents by Rennell, Capper, Reid, Redfield, Thom, Piddington, and others, but general attention was not attracted to the subj ec t, h owever i mportant to a maritimei country, till the publi ca ti on o f Li eutenant Maury 's admi rable observations. Encouraged by the practical results obtained, and in duced by the ju s t arguments o f that off i cer, the principal maritime powers sent duly qualified persons to assist at the conference held a t B russe l s l ast year, on the subject of meteorology at sea. The report of that conference was laid before Parlia ment, and the first direct result of it was a vote of money for the purchase of instruments, and discussion of obser vations. All the valuable meteorological data which had been collected at the Admiralty, and all that can be obtained elsewhere, will be tabulated and discussed in this new de partment of the Board of Trade, in addition to the con tinually accruing and more exact data to ba furnished in future. A very large number of ships, chiefly American, are now engaged in o b serva ti ons ; st i mulated b y the advice, and aided by the documents so liberally furnished by the - United States Government, at the instance of Lieutenant Maury, whose labours have been incessant. Not only does that Government offer directions and charts, gratis, to American ships, but also to those of our nation, in accordance with certain easy and just con ditions. In this country, the Government, through the Board of Trade, will supply a certain number of ships which are going on distant voyages with " abstract logs" (or meteo rological registers), and instruments, gratis, in order to assist effectively in carrying out this important national undertaking. In the preface to slate edition of Johnston's " Wind and Current Charts," published last June, at Edinburgh, Dr. Buist says :—" It has been shown that Lieut. Maury's charts and sailing directions have shortened the voyages of American ships by about a third. If the voyages of those to and from India were shortened by no more than a tenth, it would secure a saving in freightage alone of 250,0001. annually. " Estimating the freights of vessels trading from Europe with distant ports at 20,000,0001. a year, a saving of a tenth would be about 2,000,0001.. and every day that is lost in . bringing the arrangements for the accomplishment of this into operation occasions a sacrifice to the shipping interest of about 6,00 C/., without taking any account of the war navies of the world." It is obvious v that , by making a passage in less time, there is not only a saving of expense to the merchant, the ship-owner, and the insurer, but a great diminution of the risk from fatal maladies ; as instead of losing time, if not lives, in unhealthy localities, heavy rains, or calms with oppressive heat, a ship properly navigated may be speed ing on her way under favourable circumstances. There is no reason of an insuperable nature why every part of the sea should not be known as well as the land, if not indeed better than the land, generally speaking, because more accessible and less varied in character. Changes in the atmosphere, over the ocean, as well as on the land, are so intimately connected w ith e l ectr i c agency (of coursein cluding magnetism), that all seamen are interested by such matters, and the facts which they register become valuable to philosophers. Meteorological information collected at the Board of Trade will be discussed with the twofold object in view, of aiding navigators, or making navigation easier, as well as more certain ; amassing a collection of accurate, and well digested observations for the future use of men of science. MEMORANDUM 11. As soon as the estimate for meteorological expenses had passed, steps were taken to organise a new branch depart. ment at tho Board of Trade. On the Ist of August, Captain Fitzroy was appointed to execute the duties of this new office, referring to Dr. Lyon Playfair, of the department of science and art, and to Ad miral Beechey,Fof the marine department for such assis tance as they could render. As soon as registers and instruments are ready, and en office prepared, Captain Fitzroy will be assisted by four or five persons, whose duties will be superintended. It is expected that several ships will be supplied with "abstract logs" (meteorological registers) and instruments in October, and that the office will bo in full work next November. The Admiralty have ordered all the records in the Hy drographical Office to be placed at the disposal of the Board of Trade for a sufficient time. All other documents to which Government has access will be similarly available, and the archives of the India House may likewise be searched. There will be no want of materials, though not such as would have been obtained by using better instru ments on a systematic plan. Captain Fitzroy ventures to think that the documents hitherto presented by Lieut. Maury present too much de tail to the seamen's eye; that they have not been ade• quately condensed ; and therefore are not, practically, so useful as is generally supposed. His instructions, or sailing directions (the real condensed results of his elaborate and indefatigable researches), have effected the actual benefits attained by mariners. Reflecting on this evil, which increasing information would not tend to diminish, Captain Fitzroy proposes to collect all data, reduced and meaned (or averaged) in a number of conveniently arranged tabular books, from which, at a subsequent period, diagrams, charts, and " meteorological dictionaries," or records, will be compiled, so that, by turni ng t o th e latitude andlongitude, all in formation about that locality may be obtained at once, and distinctly. I cannot doubt the spirited merchants and shipowners of England will not be slow to follow the example of their brethren in the United States, and will lend their heartiest assistance to a work so useful. Great facilities will be afforded them in the way of instruments of tested accu racy ; and the increasing number of scientific seamen, which is resulting from the local institutions of education, and the system of examination of masters and mates for certificates, will furnish them with observers in every part of the ocean fit to be intrusted with such instruments and skilful in their use. Let not the practical man think lightly of such matters when he is reminded of the great services of the barometer in forewarning of the coming storm, that the ascertained temperature of the sea which his ship is traversing will inform her master whether he is engaged in one current or another, and announce to him the ap proach of the dangerous iceberg which is not discoverable by any other means. I will now, with your permission, proceed to the consi deration of some other departments of our work, such as geography, ethnography, and statistics, which are more connected with my own pursuits, which, affected as they are by the character of man, the uncertainties of his will, the accidents o f hi s physical' and moral nature, and thus being less the subject of direct and pure experiment—seems at first sight to be hardly reducible to those fixed laws which it is the object of science to investigate and ascer tain. For these reasons, indeed, among others, these branches of study formed at first no part of the scheme of the British Association, and there was some doubt about their subsequent admission. Nevertheless, I rejoice that they were so admitted. The apprehension that they must introduce the spirit of party into our proceedings has been most, honourably disap pointed ; and, as one who, in the capacity of a member of the Legislature, have to act from time to time on the sub ject of some of their inquiries, I cannot but express my gratitude for the assistance which they have afforded, both by informing and forming the public mind on many im portant questions ; and, above all for the lesson they have taught on the importance of testing by a patient collection and impartial discussion of the facts ; in a word, for having imparted the spirit of science into what, in the largest sense of the word, may be called politics, instead of importing the spirit of politics in its narrower sense into science. What is more important than to rescue questions of this nature, such as finance and political economy, for in stance, in some degree at least, from the domain of party contention ? And how can we better contribute to that desirable result than by discussing the carefully collected facts in a scientific spirit on an arena, within which no party passion is excited, no party allegiance is acknow ledged, no party victory has to be lost or won, and when men are at liberty to convince and be convinced without risking a charge of trea c h ery or a c h ange of ministry as the consequence ? But, in fact, these studies could not fairly have been excluded from our peripatetio university of science. Who shall separate political altogether from the influ ences of physical geography, or ethnology from physiology, or the destinies of man upon this globe from the study of his physical nature ? By its employment of the doctrine of probabilities one branch of statistics is brought into imme diate contact with the higher mathematics, andthe actuary is thus enabled to extract certainty in the gross out of un certainty in the detail, and to provide man with the means of securing himself against some of the worst contingencies to which his life and property are exposed. In fact, sta tistics themselves are the introduction of the principle of induction into the investigation of the affairs of human life, an operation which requires the exercise of at least the same philosophical qualities as other sciences. It is not enough in any case merely to collect facts and reduce them into a tabular form. They must be analysed as well as compared ; the accompanying circumstances must be studied (which is more difficult in moral than in materiial investigations), that we may be sure that we are—that is to say, in reality calling the same things by the sa names—treating of the same facts under the same circum stances ; and all disturbing influences must be becarefully got at eliminated before any such pure experiment cand satisfae as can fairly be considered to have establishe d . 11 i others. tory conclusion. In some cases this is easier th an and steam- In an age of gas and steam, of steam-eng i n es, torsobs, the im portance of railroad' and telegraphs, and pke A is r„ t r uism, a of science is no longer questioned commonplace. Th e d eman d s o f sciences the favourite t oo severe t o make it lik e l y th at i t should ever b study o f th e many. In art and lit e rature the mind of the a student is often comp ara ti ve ly p , vs, state of almost in pre pared for him by pueixe enjoyment o f the boortt -.--= %:-:'G ~~ ✓G / ~/ others ; in those of science the student Inuit work hard tot his intellectual fare. He cannot throw up his oars And let his little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph and partake the gale, but he must tug at the oar himself, and take his full share in the labour by which his progress is to b e made. The noble lord, a ft er we l com i ng the British Association for the Promotion of Science to the halls of Liverpool, resumed his seat. The noble president, on resuming his seat, was loudly applauded. The Earl of DERBY said,—Ladies and gentlemen—for I doubt not that I am about to address upon this occasion many scientific ladies as wellas many scientific gentlemen; but I hope, for the purpose of obtaining a sympathising audience, that I shall, in the few words I am about to offer to you, have the satisfaction of addressing many of both sexes, who, like my se lf, h ave no pretensions to scienoe. (Laughter.) My noble friend, in the commencement-of his address to you this evening, has said that he had departed from his ordinary custom, which was, not to consider well beforehand what he was about to say, but that he had felt, upon this occasion, that it was necessary to deviate froin that practice, and to put down in writing the observations he in tended to make to you. My practice on ordinary occasions is similar to that of my noble friend, but if I had desired it I certainly have had no opportunity of deviating from that practice on the present occasion, inasm uc h as , h av i ng availed myself of the hospitality of the Mayor, I found, for the first time, on entering this room, that I was ex pected on such an occasion as this to address an assembly such as that I see before me. The few words, therefore, that I shall now address to you are the fruits of no premedita tion, but are the spontaneous expression of the feelings But never was any one called upon to obligation ee fulfil an i N tt v h ‘v i chhi which h stronglyhis privateeu te feelingsr t a a t t a h n e d p s r e e n s e s n e torf duty and inclina tion so perfectly and entirely concurred, as in my case on the present occasion, when called upon to propose to you a v ote of thanks to the new president of the British Association. (Cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen,—l have had the happiness of knowing my noble friend from a very early (period of life ; I was his contemporary at college. where I formed an intimacy which I am satisfied will never terminate but with our lives ; I was there witness of his honourable exertions in the field which leads to aca demical distinction; and I was witness to the proud snecese which attended those exertions. My noble friend mr haps hav e f orgotten the circumstance himself ; bu t I pe re member well that among those who en j o y e d his friendship antdhoant: as knowing he then his s, o iolintfee for and intima c y, it was a matter of ob servat i on no t unm i xe d with some friendly alarm s going up fo r h onours, abstained f rom w i t h drawing himself from society that they entertained great a p pre h ensions of his taking matters too easily to enabl e hi m to o b tain the success to which he was w in a ten o t looking forward. Those anticipations and alarms were dis sipated. My noble friend applied himself steadily, but not exclusively, to the prosecution of his studies, without. to use a technical word, cramming" for a few months , and he obtained th a t resu l t which is always sure to be ob: tamed by perseverance, coupled with the talent of m y noble friend—h e o bt a i ne d double first class at the univer sity. (Applause.) My noble friend's subsequent care er you know far better than I do—at least, you know it as well, and you have been more intimately connected with him. Here he meets you as an old acquaintance, as an old friend, with whom, and for whom, he has fought many battles. (Cheers.) You have been witness to his assiduous devotion to public business ; you have been aware of the attention he has always given to the practical concerns which interested you. Those who have known the assi duity and attention and devotion which he has brought to bear on his public services will not doubt that upon the new career he has this day entered, he will distinguish him self, and do honour to the association of which he has this day become the president. You will feel, also, that it is a proud day for Liverpool which witnesses, not only the open ing of the magnificent hall which has been inaugurated this week, but which witnesses the assemblage here of the British Association for the Advancement of Science ; and which witnesses, also, the inauguration of the association under the presidency of my noble friend, long the honoured member, and who, I am sure, will continue to be the honoured friend of the town and neighbourhood of Liver pool. (Cheers.) Gentlemen—l beg pardon, ladies and gentlemen—(a laugh) --of the merits of mynoble friend's ad dress there are few persons in this town less competent to judge than myself. (A laugh.) I, unfortunately, belong to the earlier period in which science was cultivated as a branch of education ; and in scientific matters I must con fess myself entirely ignorant. The Earl of HARROWBY—You belong, then, to the pre. scientific school. (A laugh.) The Earl of DERBY—As my noble friend says, we talk about the pro-Adamite, varied with the pre-Raphaelite— the time I belong to is the pre-scientific period of educa tion. (Loud laughter.) And, gentlemen—ladies and gentle men—if lam aware of my own deficiencies, lam not the less sensible to the value of that of which we had not the advantage in earlier days. I rejoice with all here to see throughout the length and breadth of this land, and more especially in this great commercial town and neighbour hood, science taking its place by the side of industrial oc cupation, elevating, encouraging, supporting, and giving strength to the industrial pursuits of the people. (Cheers.) There is one point, however, in which my noble friend did injustice to the philosophers and scientific men I seearound him. He said — Plsilosophia laud atur d (1,1.9 d—" Philo sophy is praised and starves" ; that scientific men miss the luxuries of life; that they have no reward, except what the exercise of philosophy brings ; that the luxuries of life are the last things which a scientific man can desire. (A. laugh.) I don't agree with myinoble friend. (Great latighter.) I have recently had the satisfaction of meeting many very scientific men at the hospitable table of our worthy mayor, and without the slightest wish to detract from their devotion to the cause of science, I venture to say that they are not altogether indifferent to the good things of this world. (Increased laughter.) Long may they enjoy them all ; long may the town of Liverpool have the means of extending the hospitality which it offers at pre sent to all comers ; and long may it be honoured with such worthy visitors as the members of the British Association. (Cheers.) Ladies and gentlemen, I don't pretend, as I said before, to judge of the merits of my noble friend's speech; but I must be permitted to say a single word, not in refer ence to the various topics upon which my noble friend has . touched—topics of th e u t most importance, and topics ex tending over a range o f sc i ence of the most' varied and ex tensive character —but merely upon one point as to the practical bearing of the association which has now hon oured our town by a visit, as it is honoured by the recep tion it has met with here. My noble friend, in the earlier portion of his address, spoke a b ou t h av i ng a multitude of faots, but th a t he wanted a theory to support them. I apprehend the opposite is the more ordinary course —that gentlemen find a =altitude of theories, but that they have a difficulty in finding facts to support them. (Laughter.) I only hope th a t i n t h e course of the obse rvations offered this evening my noble friend has started some very hetero dox opinions, which will furnish matter for an extensive, though not angry controversy; because in matters of science more than anything else there should be no feelings of auger. " Tantame animis coelestibus ins?" • and depend upon it that, in matters of science, the greater amount of controversy the surer do you elicit truth. Therefore, I hope that my noble friend, in the course of the evening, has expressed opinions that will call forth great controversy and great discussion, and which will lead to great difference of opinion. But the main point remains untouched ; and that is, the purport and object of this association for the promotion and diffusion of science. It is not to enounce abstract dogmas. (Hear. ) It is not the enunciation of abstract business. It is not the mere development of the fruits of patient industry and of long attention to some particular science, which are to Le brought crudely before the notice of an admiring, but to a great extent, an ignorant public ; but the object of this association is to show, and practically to prove, how science is to be brought to bear on all the ordinary trans actions of life—how science is to increase and improve the commerce, the knowledge, the happiness, the physical commerce, the physical comforts, the physical enjoyments, and, still more, the mental enjoyments of mankind, under all circumstances and in all situations of life. In this great town you have unbounded and constantly increasing wealth. For the means of further increasing that wealth you are indebted in every branch to one or other of the de partments of science; and the object of the association which is now beforeyou is to bring together practical facts, and the observations of the most experienced and the most scientific men, not for the purpose of accumulatingnnfruit ful and useless knowledge, but for the purpose of bringing that knowledge to bear on the practical advantage, the happinesss, the advancement, and the improvement of the social, moral, and mental condition, as well as the natural condition of the whole of their. fellow - countrymen. To such an association this town, least of all, can be indif ferent ; and happy and proud am I t o see this town and county, with whi c h I have been so closely connected, and in whichl take, and alwaysshall take, the deepest and most affectionate interest, welcome as they have done, appreciate as they ought t o do and receive with th e h onour which is due, the visits of such' men as compose the British Association —(hear)--a welcome mingled with feelings of respect to the character, and of attachment to the person of my noble friend—(hear)—with feelings also of respect for the high position which he now occupies, by this evening's election, of President of the British Assooiation for the forthcoming year. (Cheers.) Ladies and genil.3men, forgive me for having said a single word to take up your time `upon the present occasion ; but I am sure you will feel with me that we should be greatly neglecting our duty, not less to the association than to our own feelings of private friendship and personal regard, and to the sense which, I am sure, you entertain of services rendered to this town, if we did not welco me, i n th e most distinguished manner, this visit of my noble friend the Earl of Harrowhy, congratulate him on his election, and thank him for his address. (Cheers.) Sir C. LYELL seconded the moti by acclamation, and the proceedingson, Which w as carr i e d terminated. Intelligence COLLlSlONw.tasNrDecLeiovsesa a o t P Cues ' _ terday of a most fearful collision iipE IN THE °Yd h ' which resulted in th e founderingrly savinintghetaookeunrspeleafo,yes-is the Channel off th e S tart an barque, called th e Oceanus, Capt. of T a N iarg orbe e ck, and the on Tuesday morning, loss of one of her crew. The unfortunate ship was from Akyab, laden with upwards of 500 tons of rice, and was bound to Amsterdam. ATTORNEYS AS BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. -0/1 Mon day, at a meeting of the Portsmouth Town Council, the following resolution was adopted :—"That the Lord Chancellor be respectfully solicited to consider the ap plication of this council of the 16th of August last, to insert the name of the present mayor and chief magi strate in the commission of the peace for this borough, f magistrate." t? N A TURALISTS. —A short time ago, Jas. on the ground that an atto rne y is not dis q ua lified by law from acting as a chi A FACT FOR took four young rabbits, which h M e a h rs a n d a f l o l, unaoinn °f Beight°n' in the field to his nest cottage, and one at a time, by a cat. t a he floor. The young strangers were placed the m . of her natural offspring. a ppears t 3 have transferred her affection to the She newly-adopted, and they, in turn, seem to reciprocate yhaafdteiz-tariodtsetoakdeenpraiwveady, INTERRUPTION OF A PEACE MEETING AT NEATH.—A. rneeting • of the Peace Society, held in the Town-hall, Neath, on the 15th inst., adopted the following resolu tion :—" That this meeting emphatically disclaims and eondemns the conduct and proceedings of certain parties hPsehuresrstyi kindness. who, in the Town-hall of Neath, on the 21st of July last, under the specious guise of l oya lt y, i nterrupted and prevented Mr. stokes, the agent of the London Pea e Society, from lecturing on th e p r i nc i p l es o f peace,be; inciting a mob to create a di s t ur b ance. BRIGHTON LEVEL has b ecome o f l a t e a very b us y not edifying g scene, every Sunday afternoon, 1 (like those represent e d in V w s ' e t; several rair, an " preachers in the old print s i n the "Pilgrim's Prog ress'? l address yarious group s o f listeners or scoffers. - - G C,. '