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MUMIP•ria..! COUNTRY COTTAGE for a PERMANENCY. WANTED, by Lady day or Midsummer, on any of the South-Eastern branches, within twenty miles of London and three of a station; containing at least two good sitting and four or five bed rooms, with chaise-house and stable attached. An old-fashioned Manor or Farm-house would nit, and a small quantity of pasture land desirable, though not essential. A retired situ +ton not ob jected to, but a dry soil and good water indispensable. Address, with full particulars, to M. T. Y., 33, Brydges-street, Covent-garden. LONDON Si- SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. FOREIGN TRAFFIC.-SPECIAL NOTICE. From and after Ist JANUARY, 1854, the existing THROUGH RATES for Goods Traffic be•wixt London and Paris, and betwixt Paris and the Channel Islands, will be DISCONTINUED. Goods will be conveyed, as heretofore, betwixt London and Havre, and betwixt Havre and the Channel Islands, at reduced through rates, which include all charges from t he Q aa y at Havre to London, or to the Channel Islafids, the amount of Customs' Duty and Marine Insurance excepted. Goods will be conveyed betwixt Loition and Havre three times a Week, each way, as heretofore. For particulars of through rates, and all other 'informstion, apply in London, to Mr. SIMKI N, 53, .1; ing Willia.fu-str , et, City; in Soutb.mpton, to Mr. WA't KISS, Railway-station ; in Havre, to lir. GILLS, 5, Hue-di-la-Gaffe. (By order) Anc 1 I). SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Railway-office, London, Dee. 24, 1853. 1 - 10RNWALL RAILWAY. NOTL'E OF CALL. Sixth Call--21. per 201. Share—making 121. paid up. NOTICE IS HER rBY GIVEN, That the Directors of the CORN WALL R A IL WAY COM PAN Y have this day made a CAM: of 21. per 201. share upon the respee;ve t•hareliolders in the said C-mpany, have appointed ouch Call to be iJa.l.l on the Ftly day of January next, to either of the nnlermentioned Bankers. wittily : Messrs. GLYN, Ai P.L .,4 , and ay, Lombard-stree , , Messrs. PRAEDS and Co., Fle,A-street, Lond,ri. Messrs. TWEEDY, WILLIAMS, and Co., Truro, Falmouth, and Redruth, Cornwall, and the several ShAreholders in the said Company are hereby re quired to pay such Call .Otid::ii. By order of the Directors, W A. H. BOND, Secretary. Dated Truro, Nov. 11, 1853. Interest at the rite of 36 per cent. on Calls paid un will be allowed from the date of payment, free of income-tax. All interest will cea e from the rte.., ~f the call being made raya ble, on the whole amount paid up, until the said call be paid ; and a charge of 41 per cent. will he ma :e by the Bankers on the unpaid call for the time the said call remains in arreer. N•B —The interest due to the 29th September last is in course of •payment. _AI:TRENT' S CASINO, AItUYLE ROOAIS, - ALA .-(LeSSee. CILAS. C. LAURENT, OriSIOW-11012Se, i11k.18.111-road) The - above 'Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON. . and will continue open every evening, with L WREN T's CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and teradnate at half-past 11. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.A. PRI NCE ALBERT. MAGVIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURF.S. - preoarA pressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris, f.xh.bited on a surtace 35 feet by 28, with an ENTIRELY N i , AV" SERIES of DIS=DLVING VIEWS, daily at a Quarter past Four. LECTURES by Dr. BACHOFFNER on WILICIN'S'S NEW PATENT UNEVERSiL ELECTKEI TELEG.:APfI. LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS- TION, with Brilliant Experiments. LAST FORTNIGHT of an HISTORICAL and MUSICAT, LEC TURE, illustrated with DISSOLVING.-CENERY, entitled "The ROAD, the RIVER, and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPEYTER, E'q., assisted by Miss Blanche Yonne, every eveain,;, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. Open Mornincs and Evenings. Ad nission, Is ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, half-price. itir R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, kvj including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON, TO-NIGIIT (WE DNE4DAY), and EVERT EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and Thursday and Saturday Mornings, at Two. Stalls, 33., which can be taken at the box office every day from 11 to d; area, 25.; gallery, Is —Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. EXPORTERS to AUSTRALIA, EAST IN DIES, CAPE, &c.—Genuine YARMOUTH BLO k i'ERS.— For terms apply to THOMAS LETT'S, Fish Merchant, Great Yarmouth. ATKINSON and COMPANY, CABINET IIiANUFACTURERS, UMOLST ER ERA, and CARPET WNREHOUSEMEN. 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster bridge-road, Lambeth, London. • • ATKINSON and COMPANY, DRAPERS, SILK MERCERS, LACEMEN, &e., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75, Westminster-bridge-road, Lambeth, London.—ShawLi, Furs. Mantles, Family Mourning. &c. LADIES' (D'HIVER) COSTUME DU BAL, GALON I'ASSE'‘IrNrEIIIE FLOUNCING, in Gold and Silver Ornament on various Coloured Tarlatans and other fight Fabrics. TileSe i res,es, FO ,hic;hlv approved in Paris, and all the F.wning Parties of the beau monde, may now be seen during' the Selling Off at this Establishment. Some of the less lavishly decorated will he sold at Eighteen Shil lings the Dress, but it most he recollected that will he less than half the real value, sod the saimo remark will apply to t e Silks, Shawls, Mantles, and Family Linen, wlt'eh, through the retirement from business of Mr. Merrett, must be sold immediately. WARWICK HOUSE, 142 and 144, Regent-street, PRYING INTO THE FUTURE. Young L,dies Ore not the only persons who have wi.hed to pry into the mysterious volume of the future, for Alexander hineed his enthu siasm on similar circumstances. It may be iunocent enough to' amuse ourselves with the prospect of reaping a gollen harvest from dreams of hope; but in these days of practical aff tire, and business in earnest, every one has a right to expect " Value for V-ilue." The matter of fact realities of Oise 'thousand Elgi t Hundred. and Fifty-Three are possibly the best interpreters of the events of 1854, for we may all take the credit to oufeelves of being able to tell what 'we already.know; and the fortunes of the future may ',every well calculated by the successes of the peet, end it is even possible that our expectations may be surpassed in the onward pro: ress of busi ness, that the bright prospects of the future be rendered more satis factory in reality, than they were in the representations of imagina tion. It is one of the most amiable features se the human race, that every individual Laity, Gentleman, or Child should possess an am ' bition to excite an influeece in the circle higher than that in which they move and, it is Dress in Style, Neatne-s and Excellence, which : forms the primary chain to this social elevation. Taking steps which no other tradesman ever ventured to ascend. and holding a position on an eminence which none but themselves could occupy, E. e` OSES AND ewe have the greatest pleasure in in viting their friends and the public to "pry into the future," and to compare the advantages of the past, with the certainties of what Must follow ; they have long suppsrted the title universally bestowed on them of being the largest Merchant Teets, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe al akers, and Outfitters in the World, they • have extended the benefits of new styles and artistic des gas to all classes, with the precision employed on the manufacture of attire Ur the peer, they have prepared suitable dress for the artisan, labourer, and emigre - mt. The progress of refinement, the improve mehts of manufacture, the revelations of science, and the influence • Of capital, they have exercised to the fullest extent in rendering their production , the most novel, the most comfortable, the most fashionable, and the cheapest which can be obtained. The business of E. MOSES AND Sox has' the speed of the railway, with none of its accidents—the correctness of art, wi -boat any of its imperfections—the regularity of time, but free from its obliterations -the universality of light, but nev , r tuhject to a periodical eclipse —and well has the public repaid the diligence, skill, and assiduity which has been displayed by E. MOSES AND sore, by unprecedented patronage of the City and west-end Establishments, and their branches at Sheffield and Bradford in Yorkshire, 'For E. Moses AND Sore to say they-thank their patrons and the Public, would be a very inefficient way of dismissing the favours they have to acknuwled. e, they cherish an indisso.uble remembrance of the unnumbered instances of public approba ion, expressed both in favour of their system of Business. and of the articles they have had the pleasureof presenting to all classes during the past year, an they are determined to give a most Businesslike expression to their grateful recognition of these favours by provi4ing every thine in the several departments of their gigantic business, infin tely better and cheaper than it is possible for others to de Elite/site on another Year under circumstances so encouraging, E. MOSES AND SON have' briefly to state, that Ladies will find the most varied and magnificent assortment of Dress at their Establishment ; and Hosiery Goods for Ladies, Gen tlemen, and Children, distinguished by unparalleled novelty, elegance, Utility, tied cheapness. The Nobleman, Sian of Business, or Mechanic, will still be pro- Vided with the most fashionable, most seasonable, and the cheapest Attire, either Ready-made or to Order, Merchants. : hipper', Captains, Emigrants, or Sailors, will con tinue to derive the highest advantages from transactions at the Es tablishment of E. "loses and SON; the former, from the vastness, suitability, and cheapness of the Wholesale Stock, and the latter frem the completeness of their Outfitting Business, which applies to, every , service Military or Naval—to every pro,ession and occupation to all the necessities of any voyage, and to every exigency of a foreign climate. The most stupendous success in London and the provinces is not the only record wkch E. MOSES and sON have to make of the cast Year. A new west. , having been created for commercial enterprise by Australian geld discoveries, E. MOSES and SON have identified their business with our antipodes, by opening a munificent store in Melbourne—this is another aux liary to their gigantic trade, and puts them in constant communication with that colony -(to which, as Well as other parts) they have outfitted ',credible numbers, and are UllY prepared to outfit thousands more with tar greeter advantages n the quality, suitability, and cheapness of the goods. In conclusion, the wide world's population will possess still furteer facilities of being furnished with the hes', m-st artistic, most fashion able, most comfortable, and ttse cheapest goods, at the establishment of E. Moss .and tore, at its branches, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart-street, London; and Fargete, Sheffield ; also, Bridge-street, Bradford, Yorkshire. In an impartial and accurate review of their business prosperity at home and abroad, on a just cilculetion of the benefits derived freer it by countless thousands, and anticipating those advantages becoming still more extensive, E. el ores awl SON Most cordially and ardently wish all their patrons and everybody, "A HAPPY NEW YEAR!" ON THE SECRET CAITStEst Op' SELF-ACQUIRED PLISERLEs AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE stf-ENT FRIEND, In Six Languageo--Fittieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY POE PREVENT/ON OF DIBEAST.,4 • illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 2 00 Pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 5,,, 6d., in stamps, T HE S ILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions fo r .t h e use of the preventii e l o ti on , f o l. lowed by observations en Marriage, and the di squalifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. PERRY and CO.. Consulting Surgeons. 19, B erners-street, Oxford -23, Paternoster insdo,Coxo"ford-strect ; Gor street, London. Published by Sherwood a street ; W. Sutton, 10, Paternoster row, and sold by HannaY, 63, u..rringdon-st and Sanger, don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, - Bow Church-yard; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; .R. Johnson, 68, c orn h ili. PAST I. treats of the anatomy and physiology .of the reproluctiv Organs, and Is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing Mental and bodily weakness, nervous exciteinen vi t, n agid generative I ncapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory ti j ngra infectlon, either in ' PART 111, treats of the diseases resulting iroul, the directions for P r imary //r secondary form, and contains explicit their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings, PAST IV,. contains a Remedy for, the Prevention of Disease by a sirtple application, by which the danger of infbction is obviated. PART V. is devoted to th e cons id era tion of marriage and Its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF ItYRI %CUM is exchisively eniPr i : . d in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &'+., 11 ' a per bottle. Th e Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary . arraPtons eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. Per bottle. Perry's I , lrifying Specific Pills. 2 , . 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 is. Per box, a certain remedy for 'gonorrhcea, sleet, stricture, and I.ironic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation tee, if by letter, .‘. on A minute detail et the case is required : age, habts, and pOBl - _ in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establist arn i on a ly, by which the fee, If., is saved. Messrs. l'erry, Surgeons, Lon don. ttendai•ce, tally, at 19, Derners-street ., Oxford.street, Lon- Ei r 4Loiri Eleven 11 Two. and 1. tee to Eight; on Sar.:r..!:7 %1 om 7 m One. • Just SECOND EDITTON.—WITH ADDITIONS. pulished, Sec.., in cloth, price ss. by p-st 6 d; 4() E & FALSE SPEkMATORRHCLA, thein View to the Co r r ec ti on of w id e - s p rea d Errors relation to t he Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the G ineratiTe System. -1r Sexual Ilypochondeasis. Translated from 1)r. Plekforu - f he German of Dr. PICHFORD Cal ' k nnwn to Eugli7h readers ny St e f req uent ;Tacti to tie G.:, ,r rnan medic:At literature This is the urtt ‘eat t!r. .?' ir '' Qr 7, aderessed hifrisel to the nOn-Illed' - ether equally ~ 1 te t 48nist thtt'itniy not be the if he ' h a ll tetect an y flagrant evil which ft may be in 1;, ewer to correct." —London Medical Gazette, m aY 30, 1451. The tribe of 'Quiet Sympa hisers; and • Medical Friends;are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book could and its Way int o t h e hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved mach needless suffering ut Ley and mind, and what is of Owls importance, though it is that whi ch the quacks most pr i ze — TY‘..!!ell This volume. is well qualifie. to 1 - it an ena to e tern of treating Spertnntoz-rh,, a, ar v i to plac.. the treat neta more rational and physio'.ogt,l It Is, therefore ilkulY to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. London: 11. Balliere, 213, Iteztut-street. 19,119.] This day, one vol. Bvo., 20 5., DANTE-THE DIVINE COMEDY : THE INFERNO, PURGATORY and PARADISE. A literal Verse Translation. By FREDERICK POLL3CK, Esq., with Fifty Illu,,trations by (;eorge Scharr; Jun. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Now ready, at all the Libraries, THE SLAVE SON. By Mrs. WILLIAM NOY WILKINS. Post Bvo., 9s. 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LARDNER'S MUSEUM of SCIENCE and ART ; a Miscellany of instruct , ve awl Amusing Trac on :he Physical Sciences. and on their tiPPlicaiion to the Uses of Lit, the work will be published at One Penny, in Weekly Numbers Sixteen Pages, large 121n0., printed on good paper, a clear type. and illustrated, when necessary, by Engravings on Wood; also, Monthly Parts, price Fivepence, in a Wrapper: and in Quarterk . Yolumes, neatly bound, price One Shilling and Sixpence. The following subjects will form Early Numbers of the Work: — The Planets, are they Inhabited The Sun and Moon. Globes? Latitudes and Longitudes. TotitilTr Falratletilft4MOUntliriTt, Sreviar9Plavtfa.,,, Physical Science. The Eye and Sight, Weather Prognostics. The Ear and Hearing. The Tides. Thunder and Lightning. Locomotion by Land and Water Light. in the United States. • The Obsolete Elements—Air The Elects is Telegraph. Earth, Fire, and Water. Lunar Influences. Anecdotes of the Arts —No. I. th , Cometary Influences. Pot , er's Art. Eclipses. (Stars. The Plurality of Worlds. Meteoric Stones and Shooting tondon : Walton and Maberly, Paternoster-row. rpper Gower-street : and lvy-lane, T HE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CCI. Will I:e pub.ishe 1 on Wednesday next. CONTENTS, 1. Lord John Russell's Memorials of Mr. For, and the Bucking ham Papers. 2. The Blind : their Works and Ways. 3. Public Works in the Presidency of Madras. 4. Ecclesiastical Economy. 5. f:,!ucation for the Rich and Poor. 6. Thackeray's Works. 7. The Machinery of Parliamentary Legislation. 8. The Ottoman Empire. London : Lew,;man and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. HANWELL COLLEGE & PREPARATORY SCHOOL. The Vacation K ill close on the 21st. "Harwell College, conducted by Dr. Emerton, is fully sustainira , the high character it has acquired. We find that former pupils Hanwell College have been either hign wranglers or first-cla , s mci. of our Universities during the present year ; and tiis is the twentietl insiance of SUCC,SA at Sanaiurst or Addisc:.mbe we have had to record within a short period." - Prospectuses may be had on application to the Principal, the Rev. Dr. EMERTON, Hartwell, Mid ;lesex NEW PATRIOTIC SONG —" Up with the itandard of England." Written by EDWARD FARMER. Composed by GEORGE SIMPSON. Beautifully illustrated in fon,' c, lours. Price 2s. €d , free for stamps. "A fine bold patriotic some. truly characteristic and national in its sentiment ; as a song for the times it 11. ts no equal." Jewell and Letchford, 17, Soho-square. MITE LAST WEEK BUT THREE.-DR. 1 KHA N' - ANATOM WM, MUSEU M. Portland Gallery, Regent street, opposite the Polytechnic.—Open for Gentlemen daily at the u , ual hours, exce3i ,- g on Wednesdays and Fridays, from Two b Fire, during which hours Ladies only are admitted. Explanation:- for Gentlemen by Dr. Leach, and for Ladies by Mrs. Leach. Ad mission, Is. a' EOLOGYand MINER A.LOGY.—Elementary N . Collect' ns, wYch will gnatly facilivitc the study of thes. , interesting branches of science, cart be had at 2. 5, 10, 20, 50, to guineas each. of J. TE Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149. Strand, London. Mr Tenna9t gives Private Instruction ln Mine ralcgy and Geology. RNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM. T.IBRARY, and DINT consisting of a grea variety of vases, figures, groups, inkstands, candlesticks, inlaid tAi4es,& - ..., in Derbyshire spar, marble, Italian alabaster, bronze. &c., manufactured and imported by J. TESSINC, 149, Str. , nd. 1.0!,d0n. AVINTER OVER-COATS and CAPES Reduced Charges. One of the largest stocks iis London of superior riarrnents, thorough'y Waterpoot ; also of ditto for Youths, at W. 13ERDOE'S, 96, New Bond-street, and 69, Cornhill, only. PURSSELL'S TWELFTH CAKES, from ss. to 5 Guineas each ; Bride 'sites I to 10 Guineas ; Dessert Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee, Madeira, School, and Savoy Cakes, Swiss air! French Pound Cakes, Is. Gd. per lb. ; Swiss and Italian Pastry, Is. to 3s. per do,. ; 15 sots of A!mond Cakes, Ratiflars, ann Maccaroons, 2s. per 111. ; Rout Cakes. 3s. per lb.: Mixed Cakes, Is. Gd per lb. ; Mixed Biscuits, Is. 2d. per lb.; Biscuits in bags or boxes, 14 for Is., vtz., Arrowroot, Brown, Digestive, Milk, Ab , rnethy, Ger man Cuddy o- Captain's Biscuits, Mince Pies, 4s to Gs. per doz. ; Jellies and .ours, 4s per qt.; Creams and Ices, Gs. per qt.; Mad, Dishe,, Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls, Bonbons, GermAi Trees and Ornaments, Preserved Fruits, for Dessert, as sold in Path, from 2s. 61. per bottle- Caution.—Jolut R. Pursell, 16'i, Regent street, and 20 Ludgate-hill, only. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University o' Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous' and generative system. :•esulting from juvenile irregularities andiexcessea, which have pro limed more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience. in the treatment of these diseases bas proved that there are in exi , :• mice secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes II existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervons Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and theit endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. it is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there art principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed. and how the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functions derangement to•which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure DOCTOR, LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified ,rhysician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has hat' the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been ampb rewarded by the great success 'that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirate,' publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those whe Wive been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and front Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11,, and advice and medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on • SELF TRERERVATION:. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous am' Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-colored engravings, and des crtbing in detail the various disorders resulting frost secret habits and exces.scs. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct deseription of their cases, and may be had, price 25 6d, in English. French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Pipe, Brothers and Co., 2a, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street Mann, 39, Cornhill • Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or fret by post for forty-two; stamps, to any address from the Author's resie d cure, 37, BETWORD.SQIIARE Lotemo SAN FRANCISCO. —Madame Ida Pfeiffer thus writes of St. Francisco, under date October 30, 1853 :—" The city of Francisco certainly ranges with the great wonders of the world, but it is not a wonder to charm or en chant. No less than six times in the course of five years it was destroyed by fire, yet it looks as magnificent as it it had never suffered by that element. It lies mostly on . sand-hills, which are covered with houses and huts up to their summits. The centre of the city consists of an artificial piece of tolerably flat ground, produced by fill ing up the bay with sand to the extent of one-third of an English mile. Here you would see a bustle as in the city of the English metropolis—where is a driving, rid ing, running, a haste and hurry as in a disturbed ant hill. Houses of brick are built in an incredibly short time, so that streets are often not recognised after a month or two. While in the luxury and splendour which is to be seen in the interior of the houses, San Francisco rivals London and Paris—the filth without and the state of the streets generally far exceed Con stantinople. These, forming as they do the common receptacle for all kinds of rubbish and filth, are, In the first instance, covered with a layer of dust and sand, upon which may he seen heaps of broken boxes and casks, crockery and bottles, cast-off cloth, linen and old shoes, together with the dead bodies of dogs and rats. To walk through the streets is a punishment, and to extend your walk to the country around so much an additional punishment —your legs soon becoming fa tigued by the deep sand, and your eyes not the less so by v i ewin g the monotonou s dreary landscape. The bay, it must be owned, is fine, and imposing by the great number of vessels from all parts of the world ; to which I must also add, that in the rainy season, as I am told, the whole country assumes quite a diff h e i r s e s n eo t aos a oe s nr p eb e d c ei t g , n i s t beautiful b e ing then richly cl ea adi tyu na l green sward This ard and v pro fuse]y w ith many ~ a few months hence." BIDDING BY TELEGRAPH. --A striking illustration of the cosmopolitan uses to which the electric telegraph may be applied, and of the extent to which it may be rendered practically useful t o bu y ers and sellers ami the tjhuestsaolcectu)frraedvesfo,eritbh3e: fit t a i u m e e tio t n o e oeruirii gknowledge.profession, n , has r. Jackson, auctioneer, of Whitehaven, at the Albion Hotel, tat Thethe tim tl e, ac n tounaelloyf ro th a e d b e i h dd ie er h s id w di h n o g w b as y in el egr Glasgow !gentlemant in question did not become the ultimate.purch in consequence of any telegraphic c ontretemps,' but solely from his declining to lhd so high as the party to tp whorl, the vessel was ultimately Journal of Auctions. k uu cked down.— V /7 / ,„--' FREE .• (4111 - 1 . 1 ast $ f// ' 7‘ , ) and its • -• ••. - •-•-• . , -• zt, . • ..„ Irr : „.1 1 ,- .. •, - a s ' A rx*' - . A!' •e• L~ .***• 4 4 -‘' .1*- _ 0 ( • / ••' „ • . • z` YG _ '• , f "1 -44 2 5 . - : 4.41 4- ;; Ark' l-rg rz. , I A. r 40, z • g . 1 ,1 tt 0. 03, • 1 4,, ".e, )7 - tth; • • [ PRIOE SD. sea wall of the South Devon Railroad, and - Mr. Mar gary, engineer on the line, speedily proceeded to the vessel with some of his men, two of whom, Eli Pike and Tucker, following his example, went into the sea at the risk of their lives, and succeeded in throwing on board a lead, to which was attached a line and a rope. Four of the crew tied the rope round them in succession, and were hauled ashore ; the fifth, William Pile, of Woodbury, unfortunately perished. The Friends (a very old vessel) went to pieces immediately. Mr. Mansfield, of Teignmouth, was ready with a volunteer crew to take the lifeboat round, but she could not be got over the bar, in consequence of the severity of the weather. The merchant-ship St. Hilda, Kirby, of Liverpool, from Manilla for London, out 178 days, put into Ply mouth Sound last evening, with loss of main and mizen mast, pump disabled, and crew much exhausted. Oct. 25, spoke the Robert Stephenson, from Algoa Bay for London ; Dec. 27, the Hudson, front Mauritius for Lon don, out 133 days. She reported having passed, on the 20th, a vessel with mainmast, mizentopmast, and fore topsail-yard gene, decks swept, and no appearance of any one on board. January 1, passed a brigantine under jurymasts, having lost her foremast and mainmast, head bulwarks, rails, &c. SHEERNESS, JAN. 3. The Cressy, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship, Captain Richard L. Warren, has this day been placed under the masting shears in the fitting-basin, for the purpose of being masted. She is to be masted and rigged as a second-class line-of-battle ship. The extreme circum ference of her mainmast is 10 feet. Her standing rig ging is all ready to be sent over the mastheads imme diately the masts are stepped. She will be out of the master-shipwright's department, as it regards her hull fitments, in the early part of next month. The following officers have taken up their commissions, and joined this ship :—Lieutenant—Nicholas E. B. Tournour (28th Sept., 1849) ; Chaplain—John Gurney (10th Feb., 1853), from the Leopard, 18 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at Portsmouth ; Clerk—W. H. Stevens, from the Water loo, 120 guns, flag-ship at this port. The Majestic, 80 guns, new screw steam-ship.—This ship has received all her engine machinery on board, and immediately the Cressy is masted the boilers of the Ma jestic will be put into their places, when a large number of engineers, boilermakers, &c., will be set on to com plete the setting up of her engines and getting her ready for sea. The Monarch, 84 guns, guard-ship of ordinary, Captain Charles Hope.—On the paying-off of this ship on Friday last, and recommissioning her on the following day (as reported), only such seamen as had served their three years were actually paid off • other seamen who had joined under the new Admiralty regulations for con tinuous service, and such as had not completed their three years, were paid down and transferred from the old to the new commission on this ship's books. • The new contract for the supply of vegetables to the fleet in the Medway has been taken here by Mr. Aaron Brown, potato salesman, residing at this place, in con sequence of which a daily supply of fresh vegetables can be obtained for the use of the crews of all ships in com mission at this port—an advantage not hitherto enjoyed for many years past at this place. On many former occasions surveys have been called, and vegetables con demned on such surveys and destroyed ; this has caused great inconvenience to the service, which, by the present conditions of the contract now entered into by Mr. Aaron Brown, is not likely to occur here again. WOOLWICH, JAN. 3. APPOINTMENTS. Henry Braxton (1846), at present serving in the Cro codile, 8, receiving ship, off the Tower of London, is appointed Clerk-in-Charge of that ship. Clerks. —Edwin Harris (1851), from the St. George, 120, guard-ship of ordinary at Devonport, to the Eurya lus, 50, screw steam-frigate at Chatham ; John T.Wells, to the St. George ; Richard Munday (1850), from the Impregnable flag-ship at Devonport, to the Pique, 40, at Devonport ; W. H. Turner, to the Impregnable ; F. G. Pearn, to the Neptune, 120, guard-ship of ordinary at Portsmouth. TRADE PRERHOD/LAND ,500112 1 night a meeting of/the inhabitants of Carat f er : f vicinity was h et at the Greyhoundl ind-road, Old Kent-road, for the putpoist hearing statement of the plans and proceedings of tire Free Trade Freehold Land Society. The estates pos.. sessed by the society consists of two very attractive ones, ' val . - , situate at Camberwell and Anerley. The hour fixed for the commencement of the proceed ings having arrived, Mr. GIAISON proposed that Dr. Leonard do take th• chair. Mr. COLEMAN begged leave to second the motion. It having been put to the meeting, and declared carried, Dr. LEONARD, in taking the chair, said he did not in tend, in opening the proceedings of the evening, to occupy the attention of the meeting for any length of time, as he would be followed by a gentleman who would place before them the claims of the society in a fax more attractive form than be could. It was perfectly well known to most of them that freehold land societies had now taken a posi tion that the most sanguine supporter could hardly have expected. Lately an important movement had taken place, which all and every one would hail with pleasure and delight. Societies like the one on whose behalf Ire appeared that evening tended in a great degree to foster habits of frugality, and all who had the good of their fellowmen at heart would be greatly rejoiced at such a result. There was no political object to be worked out, but all, of every shade of political opinion, were invited to join and participate in the benefits to be derived by joining so successful, and deservedly so, a society as the Free Trade Freehold Land Society. He would not further detain them, but at once call upon Mr. Smith to address them. (Cheers.) Mr. SMITE( ' on rising to address the meeting, was cor dially received, said, although the origin of freehold land societies was of recent date, their advantages were well understood and appreciated. Seven years ago, the founder of them, James Taylor, of Birmingham, and a friend met at a coffee-house in Birmingham, and there drew up a report, and forwarded it to the editor of a newspaper in that town, with a polite request that he would insert it in his journal. That gentleman not only inserted the communication, but called attention to the importance of the subject by a leading article, and results that Taylor and his friend least expected followed. When he (Mr. Smith) first became acquainted with Taylor, who through drunkenness had become greatly reduced, he had saved a little money, and become exceedingly anxious to pro cure a freehold home. On receiving the abstract of the title, he made the observation that it was as long as his arm and as thick as his leg—(laughter) —and on its perusal discovered that he had paid five shillings a yard for land which had cost the seller but five pence. This fact first gave rise to the present idea, that by co-operation pur chases of large tracts of land might be effected wholesale, and distributed among the purchasers at the original cost ; in other words, that which had been acquired wholesale might be retailed at the wholesale price. Among other societies, he would mention two, to illus trate the success of the movement, namely, the Na tional, now one of the - most flourishing, in the first year made but little progress. The success by this society had not proceeded far before it was found necessary to establish the Conservative Land Society, to counteract the success of the Radical societies. At the present time the political part of freehold land societies was falling into disuetude ; the franchise was not so much sought after, as it was perfectly well known to all that by the aid of societies like the Free Trade Freehold Land Society —open to all creeds of political opinion— that, as a matter of right, followed the acquisition of a share. The priority principle, which was the first put forth, was found, after a short time, not to answer the expectations of those who were at first its most decided advocates. The National Society put forth two plans the ballot and the paid-up shares. This was also objected to, and it was now found that the system that received most favour with the great majority was the ballot, the seniority, and the paid-up principles combined. That was the plan adopted by the Free Trade Freehold Land Society. (Cheers.) The advantages held forth by savings banks had been thought to be of the best aid most solid description ; yet, when he mentioned the case of the Rochdale Savings Bank and the Cuffy-street Savings Bank in Dublin, he thought that the security held forth by freehold land societies was by far to be preferred. (Cheers.) There was no fear of nearly all the funds of freehold land societies being irrecoverably lost. With respect to building societies, be (Mr. Smith) thought they were not for one moment to be compared to freehold societies. In the latter, every man on entering knew what he would get. He did not think he could say so much for the former. For the early rights in this society fifty pounds had been offered as a premium and refused. There was no fear of any one losing by joining this society ; all were prizes, and, unlike lotteries, there were no blanks. (Cheers.) As for the moral influence exercised by 'mei°. ties like the one he had the honour to be connected with, he would mention the fact, that when Mr. Stevens, the inspector of police at Birmingham, was examined before a committee of the House of Commons, he, in answer to questions put to him, stated that they tended to diminish drunkenness, and also created habits of say ing and temperance not known of before their introduc tion. (Cheers.) The progress made by freehold land societies had been most extraordinary—indeed, the Messrs. Chambers, in the last number of their publica tion, declared it to be quite a mania. The success at tained by the most successful freehold land societies had been eclipsed by theirs, for in the short space of four months—the date of their foundation was the 15th of August, 1853—they 'had had 2,080 shares taken up. (Cheers.) No society, he could truly say, had done so much in so short a time. Economy was carefully studied in everything connected with the it. There was no party bias. Conservatives and Radicals were not in fluenced by the:directors ; indeed they considered it de rogatory even to attempt to interfere with the free exer cise of the franchise acquired through this society. (Loud cheers.) They had had !a ballot for seniority, but the directors, to show their disinterestedness, had submitted to throw their early acquired rights into the wheel, and some of them now stood far down the list ; and, judging from the premiums offered for early rights, he might with truth say, by so doing one gentleman had lost 2501., another 5001. The first ballot for rights would take place on the 30th, in which all shares would participate. He Mr. (Smith) would feel great pleasure in answering any question any gentleman might feel disposed to put to him, as it was their greatest wish that everything connected with the Free Trade Freehold Land Society should be examined and inquired into. He begged to thank the meeting for the attention with which they had listened to him. Mr. Smith then resumed his seat amidst loud applause. Mr. GIMSON then rose to propose the first resolution. He said that after the clear, able, and lucid statement they had heard from Mr. Smith, he thought he s hould be only trespassing on their patience if he attempted to address them at any length. He fully confirmed every thing that Mr. Smith had stated with respect to the prices offered as premiums for the early rights. To enter into the principles of the Free Trade Freehold Land Society would take a longer time than he thought the meeting would feel disposed to allow him ; but this he would say, that it was their earnest wish and desire to raise the position of the shareholders in the social scale. (Cheers.) The resolution he had the pleasure of moving was to the following effect—" That Freehold Land Societies have been proved, by experience, to be a safe and profitable investment, advancing the interests of the community generally, and of the industrious classes in particular." Mr. BARRETT briefly seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN having put it to the meeting, declared it carried unanimously. Mr. HUNT, in rising to propose the second resolution, said, in moving the resolution he held in his hand, he had intended to have laid before the meeting a brief statement of the present position and future prospects of the society, but that ground had been gone over with such ability by Mr. Smith, that he would read the words of the second resolution ; but before doing so he sincerely declared that the Free Trade Freehold Land Society was what its name implied—honest, open, and free. (Cheers.) The resolution was as follows :--"That the Free Trade Freehold Laud Society is worthy of sup port from the success that has marked its progress, the principles on which it is based, and for having purchased two very desirable estates, one of which is situate in the immediate neighbourhood, for distribution among its members." Mr. KIPLING seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, and, like the preceding, declared it carried nem. con. Mr. GIMSON proposed, and Mr. HUNT seconded, a vote of thanks to Dr. Leonard, for his conduct in the chair. It having being carried, The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said it afforded him the highest gratification to have a ssisted at a, meet ing having such noble and disinterested objectsin view. He begged sincerely to thank them for the kindness they had conferred upon him. The proceedings, which were of the most satis factory description, then terminated. GRAIN IN BELGIUM.—The importation of wheat during the last year in Belgium amounted to 106,530,656 kilogrammes, while the exportation did not exceed 11,298,577 kilogrammes. / ' ~;. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 4, 1854. THE CHINESE REBELLION. :FROM THE BISHOP OF VICTORIA'S CHARGE, AT SHANGHAE, OCT. 20, 1853.) We have arrived at an important era of Protestant missions in China. Unwilling to count our converts by the doubtful measure of promiscuous baptisms, we have in past times chosen rather to await the descent of God the Holy Spirit upon our work than to build a spiritual fabric on the rotten foundation of a barren formalism. We were often asked—" Where are the proofs of suc cess or the signs of progress in Protestant missions ? Rome with her fourteen bishops, her eighty-four Euro pem missionaries, her 135 native priests, her fourteen colleges and seminaries, her 326 churches and chapels, and her estimate of 315,000 baptised converts, counts her children in every province. Where are those who form the beginnings of the Protestant Christian Church in China ?" We had a reply which, while it satisfied the student of missionary records of the past, awakened no sympathy in unfriendly minds. It has been a distin guishing principle of Protestant missions in China to give a pre-eminent honour to the inspired word of God. The translation and circulation of the Holy Scriptures have from the commencement of the present century oc cupied a prominent place in the attention and labour of Protestant missionary societies. Unable to point to numerous instances of positive submission to the holy restraints of the Gospel, we nevertheless.trusted in the Divine promise, and patiently abided God's time. We looked forward in faith to the results of a wide-spread moral impression, assured that the seeds of scriptural truth, sown widely and sinking deeply into the minds of the people, would hereafter, under the vivNing power of God's Holy Spirit, become pregnant with life, produce a harvest of joy, and bring forth the fruits of a spiritual influence in the hearts and lives of the people. And now at length a sudden gleam of hope streaks the horizon, and the dawn of a brighter day succeeds to our lark and dreary night of depression. The Holy Scrip and the Christian books distributed in past years Along the coast—and especially in the province of Can: ton—have at length, as messengers of mercy, winge4 their flight into the far interior, and given an impulse to t movement which appears likely to issue in the most remarkable revolution of modern times. Numerous, doubtless, have been the unknown channels through which a wide-extended moral impression has been communicated to the distant localities of the inte rior. But at the present time, and in the absence of ,iiore intimate access to the insurgent army, the only known facts refer to the circumstances under which the insurgent chief arrived at his knowledge of Christiap truth. Twenty years ago a native preacher who no* survives, Leang Afa, distributed several thousand copies of a Christian book composed by himself, and containing lengthened extracts from the Bible in the form of Scrip ture lessons, interspersed with his own summary of Chris tian doctrine. In the journals of the late Dr. Morrison, the first Protestant missionary to China, there occur no tices of this Christian native having disposed of largi) numbers of this and other books among the crowds at tracted to the city of Canton on the occasion of the prO vincial examination for literary degrees. According to information recently supplied by a relative of the insur gent chief who visited Hong Kong, it appears that in the year 1834 one scholar, destined in all probability to fulfil a conspicuous part in the history of the empire, received from an aged man, whose evident description points tb no other than Leang Afi, a copy of the above-men tioned work, entitled " Keuen She Leung Yen"—Good Words for Exhorting the Age. He took with him to his distant home these first elements of Christian truth, and pondered over the important doctrines which they contained. Seven years ago the same native returned to Canton, and, as an inquirer after Christianity, becamb for two months an inmate in the house of an American missionary. Partially enlightened as to the Christian re,- ligion, and before he was admitted to Christian baptism, he retired to his native district in the interior. The dreame of his excited brain during a period of sickness und& which he laboured after his first acquaintance with Chris tianity, appear to have' been.mistaken for a personal re velation from God. He communicates Christian doc trines to others ; and the number of Christian professors multiplies. In the strength of awakening earnestness, they decry and denounce the idolatry of their neighbours. The sect attracts the notice of the magistrates. Perse cution essays its power ; resistance follows ; and at length t collision ensues. What, at first, was a mere local rising, in many of its adherents engendered perhaps more by civil discontent than by religious fervour, growl 3 at length to a formidable rebellion. The infusion of a religious element imparts an energy and vigour to the inoeement for which the usual impossibility of the native wind rendered us unprepared. The corruption and weakness of the native Government and the popular hatred of the dominant Manchow Tartars strengthen the insurrection and lend wings to its progress. The pro ject is conceived of expelling and exterminating their vlancliow oppressors, and of building up on the ruins of the Tartar dynasty the Church of Christ and the king dom of God. The political considerations arising from these events I shall speedily leave. Whether Louis Napoleon at the bidding of the French priesthood may interpose the power of a foreign fleet and to seek to crush a rising power, which in the first burst of iconoclastic zeal has demolished alike Romish images and Buddhist idols,; or whether the,Russian Czar may pour down from Sibe rian Tartary his hordes of fierce invaders to arrest the ehariot-wheels of revolution and prop up the cause of Chinese despotism ; or whether the downfall of the Manchow Tartars may be arrested or delayed by intes tine divisions in the insurgent force, are contingencies of the future, big with weighty results to the world, and calculated to affect the whole history of missions in the East. Anxious reflections are also sometimes awakened in reference to the great commercial Powers of the West. If Britain, inconvenienced by the diminution of the large duties upon the import of tea, or alarmed at the more permanent injury to her Indian revenue through the ex clusion of opium by the rival dynasty, should hereafter he tempted to interpose her powerful arm, or if, bribed by promises of extended privileges which the passing away of their hour of danger would lead the faithless Manchows, as heretofire, to evade and elude, she should hereafter employ the resources of a joint foreign inter vention 'to restore the sinking fortunes of the Imperial ists—then it may confidently be predicted that the civili sation of this vast empire will be hopelessly postponed, and the conversion of this people to Christianity will (to ill human view) be indefinitely delayed. In such a de plorable event, this remarkable race—possessing within their territory all the resources needful for. great strides in material civilisation, and exhibiting in their national character moral and intellectual traits capable of giving them a leading place among Asiatic empires---will be trampled hopelessly in the dust, and the pmans of Man chow triumph will be the melancholy dirge of a vast nation having her liberties entombed amongst the dead, and sinking into thelowest depths of political annihilation. All present hope of China's elevation in the scale of nations, morally, politically, and socially, appears to centre around that little army of imperfectly-enlightened religious warriors who now hold the ancient capital of the empire, and before whose irresistible prowess the forces of the former conquerors of China have been un able to stand in a single conflict of arms.. • With the religious aspect of this native movement we are more intimately concerned. And here it is needful to exercise a prudential caution, neither expecting too touch of matured Christianity on the one hand, nor identifying Protestant missions with it too indiscrimi natingly on the other. The rebel leaders are evidently men in earnest. Their unsparing destruction of idols — shocking the minds of the common people generally, Ind, of the female population universally—would be im politic in men with less lofty aims than those of a re formation of the national religion, and strikingly exhibits their own belief in their Divine mission to extirpate image-worship and to propagate the knowledge of the one true God. Their compulsory prohibition of opium moking and their threatened exclusion of this contra band article from the country, preclude the supposition of their being actuated by a selfish and calculating policy, bringing them into danger of eventual collision with foreigners, as well as pledging them to an onslaught on the most cherished sensual habits of their countrymen. They appear to be animated with all the religious fer vour which inspired Mahomet in his course of victory, and to, be tinctured with the austere morality which soured and incensed the Puritans against their dissolute adversaries. To expect from men of whom we have as yet no certain knowledge that any of them have been baptized who have no spiritual teachers whose knowledge of Christianity is derived more from the Old Testament than the New—whose views of reli gious zeal and political propagandism appear to be drawn rather from the warlike example of Joshua at the head of the armies of Israel than from the writings and sufferings of Paul, the apostle of Jesus Christ—to expect from such a body of men a perfect exhibition of the gentle, forgiving spirit of the Gospel, and a full harvest of the fruits of the spirit of holiness, is to niea sure them prematurely by the standard of well-iustructed Christians, and to apply to them the rule of long-estab lished Christian communities. Amid all the error, the enthusiasm, the fanaticism, and the intolerance which are perceptible among them, they have given forth, in their public manifestoes to the reading population of China, sentiments and views of moral and religious truth such as have never before sounded in the ears of this people. It is a mark of no inconsiderable progress in this people to find the former half of the book of Genesis, as translated by the late Dr. Gutzlaff, republished in the insurgent host and bearing the imprimatur of T'hae ping-wang as emperor : the words " Volume the First" leading to the supposition that other portions of the sacred record have been published or are in the course of publication. It is no slight event in the history of the world to find a Chinese claimant of imperial dignity taking up the work of the British and Foreign Bible Society and publishing the Holy Scriptures for his followers. The "" New Calendar of the T'hae-ping dynasty" pro claims to the people of China—hitherto the dupes of necromancers or the slaves of good and evil omens, and of lucky and unlucky days—that prayer for the Divine blessing sanctifies every day as alike for tunate : " Whoever truly venerates our heavenly Father, the supreme Lord and great God, is under the protection of Heaven and can engage in his duties whensover thinks proper. Every season, therefore, may be con- I sidered as prosperous and favourable. During the season of drought we have of late wit nessed around this city propitiatory offerings to the " Dragon-Prince of the Eastern Sea," sanctioned and commanded by the rulers as a means of obtaining rain. But the " Imperial declaration of T'hae-ping-wang," a document said to be written by the leader of the rebel lion himself—thus assails the prevalent superstition : " In later ages we have had unprincipled men falsely declaring that the Dragon of the Eastern Sea can pro duce rain ; whereas this Dragon of the Eastern Sea is nothing more than a transformation of the King of Hades. This King of Hades is no other than the old serpent, the Devil, who transforms himself in a variety of ways, to deceive and entrap the souls of men." In their published comment on the Ten Command ments, the thoughts and intents of the heart are recog nised as among the spiritual requirements of God's law. " Lustful imaginations"—" amorous glances"—" libidi nous songs"—and their common incentive the "smoking of foreign tobacco" (opium) —are among the enumerated ways of transgressing the Seventh Commandment. An acknowledgment of the universal prevalence of sin seems to be shadowed forth in the following extract from "the book of religious precepts of the T'hae-ping dynasty:" " Who has ever lived in the world without offending against the commands of Heaven ? But until this time no one has known how to obtain deliverance from sin. Now, however, the great God has made a gracious com munication to man, and from henceforth whosoever re pents of his sins in the presence of the great God (Shang-te), and avoids worshipping depraved spirits (Shin), practising perverse things, or transgressing the Divine commands, may ascend to heaven and enjoy hap piness for thousands and myriads of years in pleasure and delight, with dignity and honour, world without end." Then, again, obscurely and inadequately as the Di vinity and Atonement of Christ are sometimes alluded to throughout their writings, we may recognise in the following passages a groundwork of essential truth, on which the glorious superstructure of that doctrine in all its full proportions and completeness may be )built by the foreign missionary instructor. The " Ode for Youth," intended to be committed to memory by every child in the insurgent camp—and in the event of their triumph, probably by the child of every official through out the empire—contains the following lines on— " REVERENCE TO JESUS. " Jesus, his first-born Son, Was in former times sent by God ; He willingly gave his life to redeem us from sin : Of a truth his merits are pre-eminent. His cross was hard to bear, The sorrowing clouds obscured th e sun ; The adorable Son, the honoured of Heaven, Died for you children of men. After His resurrection, He ascended to Heaven, Resplendent in glory, He wields authority supreme. In Him we know that we may trust, To secure salvation and ascend to Heaven." Still more wonderful is the clear exhibition of the way of salvation and redemption through Christ in the following—" A prayer for a penitent sinner." Among the multitude of those who have been familiarised from infancy with the doctrine of Christianity, how largo a portion would probably state their view of salvation less clearly ! "I thine unworthy son (or daughter) kneeling down upon the ground, with a true heart repent of my sins, and pray thee the great God (Shang-te) our heavenly Father, of thine infinite goodness and mercy, to forgive my former ignorance and frequent transgressions of the Divine commands ; earnestly beseeching Thee of thy great favour, to pardon all my former sins, and enable me to repent and l( ad a new life, so that my soul may ascend to heaven. May I from henceforth sincerely repent and forsake my evil ways, not worshipping corrupt spirits (Shin) nor practising perverse things, but obeying Thy divine commands. I also earnestly pray Thee, the great God our heavenly Father, constantly to bestow on me Thy Holy Spirit and change my wicked heart. Never again allow me to be deceived by malignant demons ; but perpetually regarding me with favour:for, ever deliver me from the evil one. And every day bestowing on me food and clothing, exempt me from calamity and woe, granting me tranquility in the present world and the enjoyment of endless happiness in heaven ; through the merits of our Saviour and heavenly brother the Lord Jesus, who redeemed us from sin. I also pray the great God our Father who is in heaven, that His will may be done on earth as it'is in heaven. That Thou wouldest look down and grant this request, is my heart's sincere desire." In this extract from " the book of religious precepts of the T'hae-ping-wang dynasty" we have a clear recog nition of the guilt of sin, the duty of repentance, the atonement of Jesus Christ, the need of a new heart, and the work of the Holy Spiri,, in renewing and purifying the soul for heaven. The Emperors of China have been remarkable for their absurd claim of extravagant titles and relationships in heaven. The rival Emperor declares that Wang (King) and not Shing (Holy) nor Te (Emperor or Potentate) belongs to him ; for the latter term belongs only to the great Supreme Being (Shang-te) ; " The great, He is God (Te). The monarchs of this world may be called kings, and that is all." "The great God (Shang Te), our heavenly Father and supremo Lord, in omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent, the Supreme over all. There is not an individual who is not produced and cherished by Him. He is Shang (Supreme). He is Te (Potentate). Besides the great God (Shang-te) our heavenly Father and supreme Lord, there is one who can be called Shang, and no one who can be called Te. Therefore, from henceforth, all you soldiers and officers may designate us your Lord, and that is all. You must not call me Supreme, lest you should encroach upon the designation of our heavenly Father. Our heavenly Father is our holy Father, and our celestial elder brother is our holy Lord the Saviour of the world. Hence, our heavenly Father and our celestial elder Brother alone are holy ; and from hence forth all you soldiers may designate us your Lord, and that is all ; but you must not call me holy, lest you encroach upon the designation of our heavenly Father and celestial elder Brother." In the plenitude of Imperial pride, the " Son of Heaven" has from ancient times claimed alone as the high priest of the nation the honour of making special offerings to the One Supreme Being, and sacrificing at the winter solstice at the round hillock. The chief of the rival dynasty restores to the sons of Han their just right, and gives to all the children of men equality in the sight of God. " Those whose minds have been deluded by the devil object and say, that the great God is only to be wor shipped by sovereign princes. But we wish you to know that the great God (Shange-te) is the universal Father of all men throughout the world. Sovereigns are those of his children whom He clothes with power, but the good are those of his children who must re semble Him." The national exclusiveness and pride of China has hitherto debarred her from intercommunication with foreign countries. On this point, again, we may per ceive the inculcation of sentiments, which, if prevailing generally among this people, would speedily throw down the barriers which have so long isolated them from Christendom, and bring them into the great brotherhood of Christian nations. I nstead of term i ng f ore i gners " barbarians," the pretender to the Imperial throne enjoins his followers to r ecogn i se th em as "b re th ren " un der the protection of the same true God. "The great God is the universal Father of all men throughout the world. China, which is near to us, is o verned and regulated by the same God ; foreign n a ti o ns, which are far awa__, y are under the same rule. Again— " Foreign nations, though far removed, are protected and cared for by the One great God ; and China, which is so near, is under the same gracious care. There are many men in the world, b ut they are all our brethren ; there are many women in the world, but they are all our sisters." The usual objection of the Chinese against Christianity has been that it is the religion of foreigners. The in surgent edicts reply to this taunt by declaring that China once acknowledged the ta ' 3 ‘e of patriarchal tradition , and that when the Chin ese "knew G o d, th e y glorified him, not as God," nor " retained God in their knowledge." (Romans i., 21-28.) tg some also say, erroneously, that to worship the great God (Shang-te) is to imitate foreigners ; not re membering that China has her histories, which are open to investigation. From the time of Pwan-koo" (the first man of whom the Chinese speak) "down to the period of the three dynasties, both princes and people honoured and . worshipped the great God (Shang-te).' "The fact is, that according to the histories of both the Chinese andforeien nations, the important duty of worship ping the great God, in the early ages of the world several thousand years ago, was alike p ract i se d b ot h b y Chi nese I and foreigners. But the various foreign nations in the west have practised this duty up to the present time, I while the Chinese only practised it up to the Tsin and Han dynasties ; since which time they have erroneously followed the devil's ways, and allowed themselves to be deceived by the sing of Hades. Now, however, the great God, out of compassion to the children of men, has displayed his great power and delivered men from the machinations of the evil one, causing them to retrace their steps, and again to practise th e grea t d u ty w hi c h I was performed of old. But strange customs and superstitious rites have been reported as observed by these i m p er f ec tl y en li g ht ene d men. Apparently borrowing the institution of She w bread from the Jewish tabernacle, or transferring to the service of the true God their f ormer P agan mo d es o f honouring their false gods, they place triple offerings of food before each of the Three Persons of the Trinity. There occur in their published books statements of a per sonal communication with the Almighty, and claims of a new and special revelation, which may render the fu ture course of their foreign missionary instructors one of difficulty and danger. With all due abatements on ac count of the suspicious channel of hostile authorities through which many of their excesses have been reported, they nevertheless appear to pursue their Tartar oppres sors with all the sanguinary destruction which was wreaked by the Israelites under Joshua of old, as the al)- ; pointed executioners of God's judicial wrath, upon the na tions of Canaan. The waters of the Yang-tze-kiang have floated upon their bosom the scattered and drifted wreck of thousands of broken idols. The temples have been demo lished, the emblems of superstition have been expelled, and in cases ofresistance the priests have been put to the sword. The first principles of civil and religious freedom and of constitutional government have yet to be imbibed from the same fountain source whence they gained their knowledge of the more prominent truths of the Bible. The national polygamy of China seems as yet to have received no check; and like the Israelitish monarchs of old, the insurgent chiefs appear to have a plurality of wives. They make an external submission to Christi anity a condition of adherence to their cause ; and all the evil consequences of such a compulsory profession may be expected to prevail, in the hypocrisy or fanati cism of many among their multitude. The various styles of writing observable in their books, and the extravagant pretensions proclaimed in some of their edicts, lead to the conclusion that probably two classes of Christian professors are to be found in the movement—sincere en thusiasts, on the one hand, impelled by a conviction of their divine mission to extirpate false religion from the empire, and political adventurers, on the other hand, less palpably under the influence of religious motives, and willing to employ the arts of kingcraft or the pious frauds of a middle-ago Christianity for overawing the multitude and banishing treachery from the host. Many facts, however, which have been ascertained respecting them, exclude the supposition that such adherents as the latter class form a general specimen of the religious character of the insurgents. The lawless rabble of mem bers of the Triad Society—who have recently risen against the local authorities and captured the cities of Shanghae and Amoy, and whom we hase seen to be addicted to the practice of idol worship and opium smoking—are in no way to be confounded or identified with the character and cause of Thae-ping-wang. They have endeavoured to conciliate foreigners in this city by hoisting the flag of T'hae-ping-wang, and by issuing a copy of one of his religious proclamations. But it is a mere device intended to excite foreign sympathy. A recent visitor, an American medical missionary, relates of the insurgent forces within the city ofChin-keang, that among them the Sabbath was kept holy (although by an astronomical error in their calendar, they kept as such the seventh instead of the first day of the week)—public religious services were regularly held—appointed offi cers, like Cromwell's generals of old, preached to the troops—and the general signs of order, morality, and decorum prevailed. At each dawn of day, the rebel garrison assembled for prayer in the various military guard-houses--and there, to the sound of native music, they sang hymns, chants, and doxologies to the Trinity, all kneeling devoutly in prayer to the Almighty. Could we hope that even a small proportion of this vast mul titude operates as a leaven of religious sincerity, to give a Christian character to the general mass, it would be a spectacle partaking of the sublime, to witness tens of thousands of native patriots banded together for a great political and religious end ; and, where a little while ago idolatry reigned uncontrolled, to hear doxologies of praise and hymns of prayer ascending to the one true God through the one Saviour of mankind. Ere long the true character of this movement will be o frompt o n b a l c s s d e r d v o i n e n w m . en I t a n a t n h d e a m n e t a h n e t n i t m i n e a t w j e d e udge only facts ; and such a mingled aspect leaves opposite impressions on the mind—much that is hopeful combined with not a little that is dubious and unsound. While there is much that should render us indisposed to raise unduly the hopes of the Christian Church at home—to sound the notes of premature triumph—or to identify the continued stability of Protestant missions with the fortunes of the T'hae-ping dynasty, we may leave both sidesosaf the picture—its lights and shadows—its bright colours and its sombre hues—its hopeful features and its dangerous aspects, to the careful, observing mind ; premising only that it requires a more than human foresight —it be longs only to the secret counsels of Him whose over ruling providence will assuredly direct the result—to know and to predict in which direction the religious bearings of this question may terminate. The mere political problem seems likely soon to be solved; and the dynasty of the Manchow Tartars is apparently fall ing or fallen to rise no more.—The Record. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. REAR-ADMIRAL CORRY'S SQUADRON. A letter from Lisbon, dated the 28th December, says : —"There has been an unfortunate affair here, of which I will endeavour to give the leading particulars. On Saturday (24th) the fleet, consisting of the Prince Re gent (flag), Duke of Wellington, St. Jean d'Acre, Im perieuse, Arrogant, Tribune, Desperate, Amphion, Valorous, and Cruiser, started under sail alone for a cruise, intending to go as far as Vigo. The wind was foul and unsteady, and the tide ebbing. The St. Jean d'Acre was outside, but, not being ready, was not to start at the moment. Thinking herself in the way, she was moving towards the south shorn to leave room for the others. At this moment, with the tide and current running like a mill-race (from the late heavy rains), the wind failed ; the Cruiser missed her stays, and was only saved by an anchor when within a hand's breadth of the shore. The Desperate also missed stays, and was swept down upon the St. Jean d'Acre in a moment, and im paled upon her bowsprit. I thought she would have been turned over by the force of the tide under the St. Jean d'Acre's stern. By great good fortune their anchors held when they were close to the shore ; these two and the Valorous got steam up, and, with the Cruiser, at last extricated the un happy Desperate, with the loss of mainmast, and all the superincumbent rigging, mizentop:nast, great in jury to topsides, upper deck beams, and various other damages, but no harm done to the engine. ' While this was going on the flag-ship nearly got on board one of the frigates, lost an anchor (for which boats have been creep ing ever since), and got round only when her keel touched (or did not, for it is a vigorously disputed point) the ground. By this time the Duke of Wellington, which works like a Cowes yacht, was well out, but the Admiral made the recall and signalled to anchor, and the cruise is deferred sine die. The Portuguese, as usual, were most attentive in sending assistance and offering the resources of their dockyards, but I doubt their find ing a spar, or the resources of the fleet being able to do more than put the Desperate in a temporary state of efficiency. A court of inquiry was held on board the Duke of Wellington by the Commodore, Captains Wat son and Yelverton, and no blame was attached to any one. Miraculously and mercifully, no one was killed. A man fell from the mainyard of the Valorous, struck the side, and fell overboard—killed ; he was buried on shore. Next day (Christmas -day) a man fell down the flag-ship's hatchway and was killed ; he was also buried on shore. The Valorous and Desperate, being the last manned, are the smartest ; the Duke of Wellington and Imperieuse give promise of being in very good order. The flag-ship has rather fallen off since she changed her commander. The St. Jean d'Acre lost her jibboom with other trifling damages, and has gone to-day on a month's cruise by herself, at the end of which she will call at Gibraltar for provisions and return here." PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 3. The Dauntless, 33, screw, Captain A. P. Ryder.—This powerful screw frigate, " true to her name," went out of harbour at 11 a.m., in the face of a gale of wind from E.S.E., to prove her powers at the measured mile, hav ing Capt. the Hon. F. T. Pelham on board. It was feared at first that, owing to the driving snow-storm it would be utterly impossible to sight the marks at Stoke's Bay. Keen eyes overcame this apparent difficulty, and her runs were as follow : With and against the Tide. With ... ... 10.084 ~6 43 . Against ... . . ... 5.202 ' With and against the Tide. With .11.285 ~,,7 Against ... 4.220 ' Thus showing that even with her old boilers, in the face of a gale of wind, she is equal to nearly eight knots an hour. We cou'cl have wished to have seen carried out what we submitted many months since, that this power ful frigate should have new boilers to do her justice, when we feel satisfied she would have accomplished 11. However, patching up is the order of the day. The Daunt less's draft forward is 15 feet 10 inches, and aft, 17 feet 4 inches. Her steam would not enable her to go full power. First Step of Expansion. Revolutions ... ... 29 Barometer ... 27 Steam ... 8 lb. Fair Wind. Revolutions ... ... 26 Barometer ... 27 Steam ... 8 lb. Foul Wind. No hot bearings. Very little priming. Temperature. Engine-room behind cylinder ... 68 deg. Starting place ... 68 deg. Stokehole forward ... ... 60 deg. ~ aft 64 deg. The Dauntless returned into harbour at four p.m., with every one on board drenched to the skin and glad to get ashore. The Conflict, 8, screw sloop, is ordered to sail to-mor row for Devonport, to join the steam reserve. Her steam was got up to-day to try her engines. Spithead has not been visible at any time during the day, owing to a continuous fall of snow. We are requested to state that the Medea, whose narrow escape from total loss on the Lincolnshire coast we lately described, was, at the time of her running aground, in charge of the pilot, who will be brought to a court-martial. The Medea is ordered round to Ports mouth to be docked. PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY EVENING. A very severe gale from east north east sprang up last night, and has caused the total loss of two schooners near Dawlish. The Atalanta, of Exeter, coal-laden, was wrecked on Exmouth Bar. Crew saved. The Friends, of Exeter, with 110 tons of coal, from Hartlepool, struck a sandbank called the Poles, and, having sprung a leak, her master, Henry Dalley, with the hope of saving the lives of the crew, ran her ashore on a beach half-a-mile east of Dawlish about 7 o'clock this morning, when the sea was very high and the tide had two hours to rise. She lay about 40 yards from the PROMOTIONS. Commander George A. Bedford (1843), borne on the books of the Fisgard flag-ship of Woolwich for surveying service, to the rank of captain. Lieutenant William H. Church (1838), also borne on the books of the Fisgard for surveying service, to the rank of commander. The name of Captain C. G. E. Patey (1846), who was injured by the falling of a block when in command of the Amphion screw steam-frigate, was inadvertently omitted from the list of officers who received their certificates after a course of study of steam at the factory at Wool wich dockyard during the last three months. Captain Patey was fifth in order of merit, or between Comman der Morrish and Commander Harston. Commodore John Shepherd having struck his broad pendant, and gone on leave for a few days, Lieutenant Robert Robertson, of the steam reserve, has taken the duties afloat, and Mr. M'Donald, master-attendant, the duties of the dockyard. A singular occurrence took place about three o'clock this morning, owing, it is supposed, to the freezing of one of the self-acting valves of the caisson in the east dry dock, in which the Firefly steam-vessel was docked for repair. The pressure of the floating ice, while the tide was rising at that hour, literally lifted the caisson out of its place, and floated it up the river until it grounded a little beyond the slip on which the Royal Albert, 131, screw steam-ship, has been built. The Fire fly, like a phantom ship, floated out of dock, without any person on board, and entered the river where she fortunately took the ground alongside the wharf wall, without much damage being done. The scene was only witnessed by one of the privates of the Royal Marines, and one of the constables on duty, the latter having had a narrow escape from being carried into the river, as he was crossing the caisson when it rose, and had barely time to jump off it oa the wharf wall as it floated into the river. The river pre sents a singular spectacle to-day, owing to the great quantity of floating ice passing up and down with the tide, and the whole of the shores on both sides, are covered at low water with numberless miniature ice bergs grounded on the mud, the greater part of which are floated again'when the tide rises. The Prometheus steam-sloop, which was at moorings in the river, has been taken into the basin to-day to secure her from injury by the floating ice, and the Black Eagle, Master-Commander John E. Petley, has been taken from the stream to strong moorings alongside the wharf wall. The Fisgard has also bad her moorings strengthened, and every precaution has been taken to prevent any injury to the vessels afloat in the stream. The Banshee steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Louis R. Reynolds, will proceed round to Portsmouth as soon as she is ready for sea, and will be paid wages in advance at that port. Captain Brock, appointed to the Britannia, 120, flagship on the Mediterranean sta tion, and at present in the Bosphorus, will take a pas sage in the Banshee to Malta, and then proceed to the Britannia on his surveying duties, for which pur pose she has been appointed. Several other officers take passage in the Banshee for Constantinople. DEATH OF CAPTAIN JOHN STODDART.—Captain John Stoddart (1825), on the retired list of 1846, and the next but one in seniority for his flag rank, died at Ash ford, Kent, on the fist ult. This gallant officer served 17 years afloat, chiefly during the war. Ile entered the navy 1797, and in the Adamant, 50, with the Tre mendous, 74, assisted in driving the French frigate, La Preneuse, on shore, under a heavy fire from the bat teries of Port Louis, Isle of France. He was made a lieutenant in ISO 4. In the Melampus, 36, he assisted in capturing two brigs and a Spanish privateer, the Hydra, 28. In company with the Bellislo he assisted in the destruction, off Cape Henry, of the French, 74, L'lmpetueux. In the Canopus, 84, in 1309, he wit nessed the self-destruction, off Cape Cette, of the ships of the line Robuste and Lion. As commander of the Stromboli, bomb, he actively co-operated with the Catalonian patriots, and assisted at the capture of the Fort of St. Phillippe. He also commanded the Crocus and Primrose sloops, but has not been afloat since he was posted. A SNAKE IN A FIX..—A Texas correspondent of a New York paper gives the following snake story ; " One night my wife and myself were awakened by a noise from the shelf which contained our small store of crockery, followed by a crash which showed that a great portion of our cups and plates had been flung on the floor. Springing up to discover the author of this attack upon china,' I found a large snake in a somewhat un pleasant fix.' He had crawled upon the shelf, attracted by a number of eggs which were scattered about. One of these he had swallowed, and in order to get at the next, he had put his head and a portion of his body through the handle of a jug which h appene d to stand be tween the coveted delicacies. The h an dl e was j ust open enough to let his body, in its natural state, slip cleverly through, but a not . sufficient to l e t i t pass when puffed out by the egg. this position he had swallowed the second egg. His snakeship thus found himself unable to advance or retreat ; and in floundering about to es cape from this novel s t oc k h a d caused the accident which had aroused us. I, gof course, 'proceeded at once to execute summar A justice up on th e i n t er l o p er , b u t th e eggs which he had swallowed were a dead loss." CHEAP EDITION OF THE LIVES OF THE QUEENS. — The first volume of the cheap edition of Miss Strickland's celebrated work "The Live's of the Queens of England," is just publi s h e d, h an d some l y b oun d an d em belli s h e d with Fourteen Portraits. The work will be completed in eight monthly volumes at 7s. 6d. each. The price of the present issue will doubtless place "The Lives of the Queens" in the hands of thousands of purchasers, by whom the former editions were unattainable. "These volumes, as the Macs observes, "have the fascination of romance united to the integrity of history. The work is written by a lady of considerable learning, indefati gable industry, and careful judgment. All these quali fications for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting to all. The whole work should be read by all who are anxious for informa tion. It is a lucid arrangement of facts, derived from authentic sources, exhibiting a combination of industry, learning, judgment, and impartiality not often met with in biographers of crowned heads." 1 1