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NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cernhi)l, L ondon. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. CHARLES AUCHESTER; DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT iloN. B. DISRAELI, PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 4. Is now ready at a] the Libraries, in 3 vole, `Charles Aueheiter is a memorial of that brilliant genius Men l•solin, in which act is cleverly blended with fiction, and incident a. d sehtiment are neatly combined. Every t,ne who has any re ird for he memory of Mendelss .hn will read these volumes." — Messenger. Hurst and Blackett Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, l3i 11 1 4 .,Nit OF DEPOSIT) p . ~ St. Martin's-place Trafa'oar-square London. kilartioes d esirous of Investing ' ''ici . n ajar; requested ' to examine the - u. With perfect sec Obtai nn , tliis Institution b if' , arl Y ty l . v tca a h.gh Rate of Interest may be Interest payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. P rospectuses free on application. ROYAL BRITISH BANK NEW SHARES. lilt arn:-The applicatio:.B for New Shares having greatly exceeded hav e ;71 1 nt of New Stock, the areetors hereby give notice the' t °f v,„',-us ma d the Llst, and regret they cannot allot to the full eaten 3 :7 IN fide applications already made. in Bast, 1853, RD. PADDISON, Secretary. IRELAND.—For SALE, with immediate pos *4Y, t e r t i,' CAERRA DOUSE, near Foynes H. rhour at d I{ail surtgr-0.. tort, acre, of grass and arable land, kin g a u ,, n ,, cl and lawn fronting the river. The house co. talus thre D z. ~,e,0., and has tnents, ..."`` and principal bed-ro^M. wat'r closet, servants' apart walled garden, plea commodious ' Aabling and offices. Addres-, W,, .Nlr. NI onow's Library, Dubin. lIIR -R- A r.. . --- " - u'u-'l'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, I'ottia_oo_‘llsisting of more than 700 AI, al,la, 1.4 NOW OP I-:N, at ,i t' , ; exe,,,T,.(l_alery, gent-street, opposite the Polytechnic, ta tr r iV - .. l naY. from 11 till 5, and from 7 till 10, for gentlemen ioi will )L ap o Flock cvery ,, _ , . clove at,Y_': however, me Morning Exhibition Sro gentlemen e , when Ladies only will be admitted ui.b . ' s m o'cl..ck. te kh. 4tl " i s far gentlemen ty 1;r. Leach, and for ladies by airs. ...------_,_ Admi , sion—One . h.lling. retur n ,_otvenine, Sep In CIN T BLANC will CLOSE on SATURDAY Wili t, 10, ',NI Re-onen Nit. ALBERT' SRI .I . l'S Slept the Continent. During the present w,ek the En . te , tant , 41 1, ° 'cing t ' e o g i , v en Every Fvenin at 8 and Tut sday ard ;. , atura3, .411, pi-eci.ll7-3,c.10ek. Stalls, 3s. ; 4 Area, Is ; Gallery, la.—Egyptian 1441aRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, The S h o r v ' e 'sce, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-housc, Fulham 1 oad).— O" e R '' )1118 will an. now OPEN FOR THE SIo.IASON. Dap 4.l,Ebit continue open every evening, with LAURENT ;t.TEB BAND. Admiscion Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ` o connnence at 9 o'cloCk, and ter boats at 11 , 1 c-pant 11. A,'IAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PA TRON —H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. "IT ??' °f the LECTURjai " THE THAM ,. .S." The SECOND Nit it s ° ,, an H ISTORICAL LECTURE on "THE THAMES,' ,aBsis ted ' h uarae to its Estuar by GEORGE DUCKLA NI), pry., n'O . Lig,, Ml ss Blanche Younge, y with NEW SO , OS and NEW "uel ,TENERY, on Tuesda3s and Fridays ac four o'clock, '' v ening except Saturday at jun. J. H. Pepper, Esq.: On Pllol`r GRAPFIY, with ilornivas and Ev, nings By Dr. Bachhoffner :On EL . HO-GILDING and 411 d The LANCA Wfir r BiP En" G• q r edP l REWING MACHINE txhibited in .• Use ( qn ° 7 li ngs and Evenings. Idmission, Is.; Schools, and er --n Years of Half-Priee• titTTLIC DRAWING FOR NINETY-FIVE IStPf h tITS OF (1110 ICE —N . ext DN -:S ,the he Sewnth 4, -1 '411. - 7 45 R, at the FRP F 'ALL, the Tenth l'ubbc ,c)N*slirityPriority,of Se'ect'on '' o ' Lots on , t , e , , Estates bouvlit for v. kTIVE LAND sOcIE Y 1 a place n ; ~V n i scount .'l4tY-17, the Chair Lii thi3 oc asion tte Lirge iber of the echar. S will be drawn. and Forty-eight will be also ilaced Riuhts of ernority of 14 . 1 ember ship. All peitiOnS ' , fore f ' ...st ‘,„. e number is placed in the wheel on or betore the kap t ,„ ' be entitled to th advaut,ges of t th , s drawing.—For "e 8 and Sh.,rei :ip,dy to utlle es, 32 orf C HARLE atre. t,t, aid, London. WIS GRUNEISON, Secretary. A e,,,,q,,,,,ll. h ..A..y o p ee T is lt he l.T i ,N y K gi. RAILWAY of CANADA. TRU NK Lt r i e Lvv _ A v y e‘i t ,. u tl A i it 111. Holders of Shares in the 1 :'A NY of CANADA, who are (li t )f i PaYin g .0 advance on )e Debentures allotted to them, tt -tea bei ty to do o the en' ati .11 f their Scrip Cer fl t},4llsuche„ssts• G yn, Mills, & No. 67, Lombard : street. h :" (1. -plt3lnents wlll bear inter st at the rate of ‘, per cent. from - `' ,1 1 4 0 5 - s ° „,',PaYMent, and the Certiflc.des will be exchangal for De "'len the same are received from Canada. °te e BY order of the Board. WM. CHAPMAN. 9f the orand Trunk Railway Co. of Canada, Lead enhall-street, 3d Sept , 1853. SALE OF OLD STORES AT GOSPORT• ADMIRALTY, SO NI ERS ET-F LACE, C OMMISSIONERS 3d Septemoer, 1853. e for Executing the 2,.; oft a of Lord High Ad of the nited K:ni.cl . , , m of 81 " , k la sta " n " t Ireland, do hereby miral notice, U that on TUESDAY, Oreat the 4, 1 ;4 to s 0 12 o'clock at noon, the CApts. n-itup •rintende: t will zt the Royal Clar.atce Victualling Yard at Gosi,oit, at o , s ot OLD STORES, conAisiii,g or serviceable Tongaes, Old Bals, Piimasters' Necessaries, Books, Cooperage P. 8, Ste & fo r ~rstias C., all lying in the said Yard notes „, - Mug to view the lots must apply to the Superintendent ission for that ply pose -4(1. "es and conditions of sale may be had here and at the t01i„,+. 14 ---- -------_____,. .ler FOR TE killS OF HORSES FOR PORTSMOUTH. l ) epartment of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, r i l lit ei Somerset -place, September 2, 1853 ..,0 • • ltk i 1.,, rd }I ramissioners for executing the Office of ti,, Ir eland, _la% Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Within De ,„,. 7 th i n ,,. - u 0 HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THEM) kY, b oe haat One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with Fuch '3'ttra „aY be wiling t, C on tract for supplying Her Majesty's r ortsrnouth with Majesty's 'ler k ,„ 1"(11 11 nf TEAMS OF HORSES. ;th y k - ill b e -- the Tendcr may be seen at the said Office. No Ten 44 th '' nott received after One o'cl,wk on the day of treaty, nor T will D Qrised rd unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly krery te 1, Writing. , 4 bear in k ier must be addressed to the Secretary of the Adm•rally, ,Leit!',lisi, also left-hand corner the words " Tender for T.- , ms," 40 1 ,7 , 81 2 : 180 be delivered at Soincr.et-place, accompanied by a er;'4 sighed by Two responsible persona , engaging to become ‘er n ,,,,,'... , the person tenderipg, in the sum of 5001., for the due ' , .........7 e '' Of the Contract. . ---....... oy - 0, is Tht'll,'S AROMATIC MUSTARD.— k i t i ! k r ti --3 Pure and delicious pr..; aration may ww be h id in s,all I,el: e use of Faratias. 01 most Grocers ial tirui , is in the Ikii,:w es ;, Bl4 o moos tioyer's ssteeined , , , auces and 13c11 , , 11 ; , ws q ,-e of his sole Agents, ,_•.RO.-1., and i•LAcION h 1.1., 21, are. _ 1 0k_ SECURITY TO EMPLOYERS. " 4 0ta r i e _ v izi _ _ of Pubic Institutions, Clerks, Station Masters, Rail. I • l l .: 7 2llicia.s, Bankers' Clerks, Travellers, rind Others. bi, 1, 41 '. * -18 LIFE ASSURANCE and GUARAN ,,„_ • h 3, ~ ' 4 '7 „:- kAIIIIPANY, 32, Ludgate-hill, London. Incorporated ' 4l 8 Victoria, cap. 110. (1, AttL, HONORARY PRESIDENTS. Esq , NI P. Dartmouth-house,Westminster KERS4AW, Esq., M.l'., Stockport. t 14 ,4 TRUSTEES. 441 b, lier Aßder Douglas, Esq., 11, Q.itzen,quare. J alit e . : s .Z Moore, Esq., Endsl..ig-street, T.ivistock.square. ." 18 bet, Esq., Berners-street, Oxford-treet. i l/ a•s t , 41" AN—The Hon. Francis Villiers, Wrkeler square. 1414 1 n, TI,-„"" t , i kmAN --James :\' id, Esq., Charing-cross. h at t h e - i es Company aft a,ls guarautee to persons requiring t e N - L b Y it,lnest the‘jim Pos , iblera'e si,d oivi- es ibur-titlis of b ty the profit!. ly PoPUlar o riociple of mu ;na to public It - 4 04.`" e IYeemiums Instead tore eing a tax upon honesty, be. %atts_ ..l. l lB of saving , s Fns 78. 6d. g u ari w " ;ri's t No Charge for stamps or extra "qata t ; ll allowance made it% tle guarantte premium, where a Li fe and guarantee re combine°. f.. 7 4 1thi s saran LIFE .IS , IURANC , . - ce, annuities, and endowments. Payments taken V tiit bli rdu Well as quartkrly, &,'. Polices indiT V utae, save in taiba...the fraud Arrangeme,i 8 ' call be Male with Ors office to pre -`114,--elita Policy where the afk.ured is unable, from temporary to keep up the payments. H. B. SHERIDAN, Manager. . i . -----......._ " ( tD4 j . Y. b YOUTH AND NI ATURIT ,4‘I _ . Rs, LONDON,I 11 ,. AL ADVICE ON THE SECRE I' INFIRMITIEi OF 1),.. F iAt, "clor n t „re. LA'MERT 37. tin iversi i y o e d c oo Hospital Medical 'entb - ;„' e dleine and Ma ' tric t ated Ment' . . r_ f the BEDFORD. , U k 4 '''eletuyit• honorary Member of the Lo li London, kc., ae. 0 ttictl e of Apothecaries ' Ball, ~ o r, consulted pers and generative sys ~ rit'itill:llf,'",ioua disorders of the nervous . , es which have pro by letter, te o in n hi; s e l a ril n i r i ee"ljuvent le i rregmari ties a o n n d a e l x l . c y k 4, e etly s t erY in youth, degradationotherclassperhapsexperience treat in manhood, andP o l t. 'em dt a s. - Long that th , e are in extz ia t r , e sec ro , atent of these diseases has rovedPa an., disappointed hopes in bets3tento,`Jauses of self-acquired miseries sgetl,lity,,,afrat•ecable to certain and Unfruitful M t a h r eir , taif oo l itip, As e ,,us:orrns of Insanity,'titr Ronal Weakness, and perme t r h s a l p ia py bits, to which Nery ri .. li, • rendio'e3 ! Local and , Cons lin. ‘!, itt, aeations owe their almost . nti h r o e a o ld rig kn in aw Inr',,clutos*.tttely necessary that all men s d regret succeed h ,rtevous I when wisdom an tb u'rn i ,, ~...u. Personal management which cannot be violat,-,d succeed penalties day b e Yday penalties, am that there are Io H,I tir, a riittioaft in considerate self-P ss may be remove 1 , that ~'"°,' th, ed, how the sting of their bit how these , be avoided, and above all, , dulgence, tle ra gisr, b, evil and its con- equenc es may , -inn „nay or functional .44 hern 'ean 'elY any degree of . Physic: l i . been engaged into` 0 1 ., to which the timely ad of science c y a a nnot apply a cure I,i si k ti n eate`n,l.A•isd E icea for a long series f ysician who, recardless of tbta, a nd t ' s i ve prac in the treatment of these delicate corn n„ e ta,,. the only legally qualified blie press, to direct fit e olifie s '' and envy of the ti pocritical and mock- m.;dest, n'ntin o ttc'e.,e, through the medium of the pu grade of society is o, Ili agile enormous evils, trom which no he g has been amply has had trs.a.rderi h_'et'ng thii dertartment of confided to the ca r Zinen r ‘ . 4 ttlitie :.rest success that has attended his efforts in the tamiti3 inicitlatie'e "'ea' which are •t°° generally who, with their pirated pi their eati o ,.. tied and ignorant eintnric.s, _ on those who i iirl 1.,,,,., 4aaurned foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues ', beq, ~tit nostrums, have inflicted serious injury Ri x .tionlo`,.4lced to place faith in their pretensions. ot till i ,..., tor In ec mstlitation daily from and e d, iein,:,---. An letters must contain the fee of if., and advice seven till Two, and.from sh o ` t la can he forwardd to any iniiials or addre i s t s. pr. LA'MERT i ' li d thatifre th at patsents wishing to consu AMe 4 v tain a copy of his work on , lON. 4rt.'nrii`' Treatise on i easene in ea 141,---ty,illustiAted°.b.Y fifty-coloured . engr a ving ecret h ' abits and ss . etail the various disorders re•sill this/ Iron s t in the correct iit on B _ E .., i ." P 2i Pßgi oty i ' l ‘,., V f Ai N l i and Nerv a o l u t s t s a ri s t! i„,TlAtio n The Perusal of this treatise will assis 6( , 2s I in English, it,. - gch, g 'if their cues and may be had, Prim f mossrs. 1' per ~xisetithhers ortllntl,',ll, Dutch, Italian, or 4 1 , n r ,, 3 9, c o „„'",_,•• 23, Paterno.,ter - row;,:..... ma ket ; or free ii,n; -', for fr,"-Jmil ' Stone, Tdchborne-street, it-a) the Author's rem. -e e. 7. R"rtY•two stamps to any addrer from German, 63, - Oxford-street "r°kh- SkttlAßE: LONDON. ktSs b ., TARE NOTICE ! '"' R. & L. p FAIRY & ( il. i'.ls „,.... A T 19 .„ CONSULTED AS USUAL, lONDON, atut SECRE T , KSEERS-STREET, OXFORD•STREET, -' aitISEBIE CONTINUE TO BE CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SI I..ENT FRIEND. k b _ Con. r , In Six Lan guaes—Fiftieth Edition. sstrobta -31sTING TUE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE , . s _ _ 14,, by One Bandied Anatomical Coloured Engravina. a n " tditt o Cases. from the n• enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 641., by post, lit siLZ;.ablishinent, 3ii. 6d. in stamps. eke-es t„theeznaustionlndph p l , FRIEND, a Medical Work , ced by prodL ~„,14= illdnigence, the conLscrualendceeesa4 o i l , t t, a ti c e h s a y a s , t e o m , ' the abuse ol 1 ',.. t w. 4 b ; :ith directions for the use of the preventive lotion, tol l, on 4,,nt it."Zvationa on Marriage, and the disqualifications wh i l, i s,ettity „„.,.I_l.ttstrated by.loo Coloured Engravings. By R. o an i t ati .. 4,0 t, 1...0`;,70nt-:0,, Consulting Burgeons, 19, Berners-st reef, , x te l ,.. ( i on , N sow 1.) Published by Sherwood and Co.. 23 I atei nos . n o • i4G, t 0..., Y liatinaY, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford - street; i, 1 i" Ciniroh:uenhall-street ; 95, Eurrim,don-street ; W. Sfitton, .1 ART / t reatsd ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ;II Jolinson, 68, Conduit. trga os, , of the anatomy and Coloured s. r4geio.':_tr.,eitts of' the consequences resulting from excessive ti ntai ,•tnru their larnentable effects on the system, i roducing 'aPact b'dilY Weakness, nervnus excitment, and generative r,,P_ Ait T 6.,ridlt ustrated by 10 Explanator) Engravings. .pri`l•teatats of the disea,es resulting from Infection, either iu . 4..1' r. ...,.econciary form, and contains explicit directions fot 1.1! trestlea, This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav p e anglicati ai ," Alet by - uai • • contains a Reinedy for the Prevention of Disease by a 1 , 1. 4 kr v . i s „,.(__! by which the danger of infection is obviated. i t i:, cans ei 0 ,' . 7 , 0, 8 I to tlie consideration of m , rriage and its duties. uJect, o , . , unproductive union are also considered, and the whole Tar " e altY and • .h. - emtb,. ~ Philosophically inquired . into. ),--_. ti.erv o „., _ ,-. ~k 1.11,1 or Slitiecum is exclusively employed in tree ;ogle, 1 7: and sexual debility, impotence, ice., Its and 335. per se3;nedyt for concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti -syphilitic 14 4 toits, , inirlf Ying the blood in cases' of infection, secondary ~, tie, ,__l_klptions, and the abuse of mercury, I Is. and 335. per d e r °' "rrY 8 the Specific Pills. 2s. 9d , 4s. 6d., an l trol i i,, , a certain r I onorrhcea. glt et, stricture, slid tl, A : - __rinan„ rtnion o er t e h t y b " ad or ,, g r i n att,4 Which the fee. II " Consuitation tee, if by l ' etter, 01l i n iesoientn,tte detail et theecase is r ' eqUired : age, habits, and posi sn.e4t only b Y * si. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish is saved. Messrs. I 'erry, surgeon. 1 11,Zrolli ra: n .,, e e. datlY, at 19, Bet ners-street, Oxford street, Lou. . 4 % ch ie. '4ll Two, and Five to Eight; on 6unday from 0, • this w e e ; a t Lee' i s nt sc o p ny elcer th ° enea $ 4l. Id for lint the day, be er tcocoorclinkte'3 a, 1 Ti ding r '' t t iyto iigher. a 0 0 rs an tr io; lb., rely to Loabs, t , per 0,), O a t° d itto ISs 44 'o s Pt; 0,1 to oti; 3 7(1 3 t e os °3 0 a to, pi riab aP e 115 vino j 0 n Lr,%" t. f IC ° deal °f , o re The re n m yll° V 113C' t n i)O ell his 110 a brid lar k et !"' La, 5. " L o '., 1 3 ....... ...... - 1; 1 3 6 „ ..... • 1 , 2;) , •• • • " . ": 53 6 6 .•• • • • " . ..... " 2'. 1 ) 1 • •• • ‘,•'•% ..... .." 6 ••'''.. , e ite • • .2,3 Efo tleY " as bee,ll,o3er A• v ier gotittr pO t Wa g • p c tuat, l : ; P i o; ho 11' 1 1 tark el C P 10 5 eS$ •04 o p , oes ,orbs 10 0 ' / ' •• -.;., s ;:i;D t pbF~ • , •• 9 05 , 3 is 0, 0 0 El 0 ; ~ ( I ,L • 0 0 poi`. o~~ ~e~+~ olfe 01'1 the 1;1'1 iv oirsc'e a(10• glis he st r , of 11 01 '” f El tting l 0' r of, 19 . fisa ~.- . 0.0 t o jo g e po i, lejl;,10° •'' t l 6 ..1 6#. . I pt• 111 .mi g. Great M arlborough•street. TO LITERARY MEN. —To be' Sold, a MONTHLY PERIODIC 0., of a popular character, capable of being' advantageously w.nted by a Lite , ary Man. APPLY to Messrs. THO and CHURCHILL, 14, Catherine -street, strand. YDE ROYAL REGATTA.—LONDON and -IL la) ' , OUT 11-W 1 , 1 , ERN ItAlr. WA Y.—EX 'URSION from LON - - . !oN to PORTSMOUTH and SOP' i HAMPTON. A Special Train w'll leave Waterloo Station at 7.15 a.m., oa THURSDA Y, th e n Bth e:.tember, to pr6ceed to Portsmouth an d Southampton; returning from Portsmouth at 7.30 p.m., and Southampton at 8.0 p.m., the Awe day FARES THERE AND BACK. Seated Open Carriages -3s. ; Closed Carrlages-6s. Gd. ARCHIBALD SCOTT, Traffic Manager Waterloo Station, Aug. 31, 1853. ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—WARWICK RACES, on the 6th and 7th Sep ember.—An EXCUR=ION TRAIN for LEAMINGTON w l ll leave Euston Station, on the above days, at 8.55 a.m., returning from Lea mington in the event g at 7 33. FARES FOB. THE DOUBLE JOURNEY. First Class. I Covered Can iages. 10s. 6d. 6s. To ioq,..a , te allowed. By order. eneral Manager's Office, Bu,tun 6tation, Sept. 2, 1853, WARWICK RACES, on the 6th and 7th sPT E MBER,— GREAT -WEST E RAILWAY. —On the above days the Expre-s ['rain leaving Pa dington at 9.15 a.m. w 11 sto, at Warwick at about 12 noon, and :he tip Express ,froin 13 rmingham will also call at Warwick at 6.50 p.m., arrivin2 at Pad diut :n at 9.25 p.m., for the convenience of parties attending the Races. An Excursion Train will also leave Paddington on th se days at i 30 a.m. for Warwic , calling at Wading at 7.30 a.m., Oxford at 8.20 a.m., and Banbury at 9.5 a.m. ; returning from Warwick in the evening at 7.45, tor Banbury, Oxford, Itea,din, and Paddington. FARES THERE AND BACK. First elass. Closed Carriages. From Paddington ... los. 6d. .... 6s. Od. Fr in "e ding .... • 7s. d. •• .. 4s. 6d. From Oxford.. • ... • • • • ss. Od. •• .. 3s. Od. Fro,. Banbury • ..... •• • • ...... 3s. Od. 2s. Od. The ttec-course is in the immediate vicinity of the railway sta tion. No luzgage a'l ,wc'd by the Excursion Train. Paddington station, August 26. REAT WESTERN RAILWA Y._ W CHEAP EXCURSION TO BATH AND BRISTOL. — Oa SUNDAY, 11th ~ e ptember, au Excursion Train will lease Pad dngtiin at 7.45 a.m., for Bath and Bristol returning the same even ing, from Bristol at 6.2) p m., and Bath at 7.0 p.m. FARES THERE AND !iACK. First Class. Closed Carriages. • • Bristol ....• • . •• • • .......... 10s. • • • • 6s. Tickets, which are not trans,erable, and are only available for the Excursion Train, may he obtained previously at 27, King•s' reel, CO , upside ; 269, Strand ; and 25, Regent-street (corner of Jermyn- street). Passengers having luggage can ouly be conveyed at the ordinary fares. Paddington Station, Sept. Ist, 1853. cIREWS'S CHLORIDE OF ZI NC, the beg and Cbea,est Disinfec;ing Flud for the purific.diin on of Ship's Holds, Cesspools, Mains, Water-closets, &c. ; the Dis f,ction of sick R. outs, Clothing, Linen, and tor the Prevention of Contagion. Wort& of Z'nc, as the best D:sinfccting and purifying agent, is now egablished beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harmless In its application and innoxious n Lself. the bi'h pace ;,t which it h,. hithert be,n has prey cn,cii it , !errl use; to obviate this obst , le to ;ts unlve7sel ap Pcdition as a dis n'ecting and narifying agent, the present manufacturer, who was many years with Sir W. liurnett's C mpmy, has arri•rl d to , upp'y the pubic with colleen trat.-d (7hlord. , of Zinc in its grew" p —lty and at the lowest price. It Is s , 1 by a t he:ni , ts aud Agents in the United Ki dem, in I mper . al Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. each, and in larger ves , Rls at 'is. per t;allon. Each Bottle will be accompanied with instructions for its dilution and use. Conce , trated Chloride of Zinc in use may be diluted with kCO times its mantity of water. 0 •ders executed by the Sole Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bush-lane, Cannon-street. Manufactured at 11. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile End, London. COUGH, CONSUMPTION, SPITTING of BLOOD' NIGHT SWEATS, and FEVERS.—lmmediate relief is effected by PASC.'oE'S CONCENTRATED COUGH and CONSUMPTION MIXTURE, in all affections of the throat, chest, luiigs. &c. In all cases of cough. hoarseness, wheezing, (Inman breathing, Eze., I owever inveterate, this highly-successful remedy will be found the only medicine upon which entire !chance can be pla-ed. It is also very valuable in the febrile affections of children In all BILIOUS DISORDERS, liver complaints, indigestion in all it, forms, heada , ihes, loss of appetite. &c., PASCOE'S INFALLIBLE GI.OBULEs will effect a redical cure, as proved by numberless tes timonials. Prepared only by the proprietors, Henry and Co., with - o t w hose sign tore across the Government stamp none is genuine. To ho o t iu (i through Barclay, Sutton, Sanger, &c., or any re p, c:oble i.e vendor, in bottles at is. I lid., 2e. 9d., and 4s. 6d. each. Wholesale depot, Boheinia-place, Hackney. le successful results of the last Half 4 .'entury have pr.)ved bayou question that ROWLAIM'S MACASSA.It OIL possesses sin g larly nourishing pow rs in the growth, restoration, and itnt,rovement of the H .man Hair, and when every other speAtie has tail d This celebrated Oil is nfiw universally ac'.nowledged to be the cheapest, and superior to a'l other preparations for the Hair. It events it from faling off o turning grey—s-rengthens weak hair - reduces a thick and luxuriant growth— cleanses it from Scurf handri IT—and makes it beautiful y colt, curly, cud glossy. it, opera, inn in cases of balJness is pecal'..rly active; ant In t"u growth ~ 1 WHISKERS, EvEsaows. and MUSTACHIOS, IC Is unfailing in its stimulative operation. For Children it is especially recommended, as forinimr the basis of a beathhul bead of a:4 rendering the u •e of the fine-c mb unnecessary 'ln dres,ing the her no,hing can equ , 1 its effect, renderinz the hair so admirably of t at it will lie in ,ny direction, ami imparting a transcendan, lustre —Price 35.-6. i. and 7s. ; Family Bottles (equal to tour small), 10s. 6d.; and double th,rt s ze, 21s. CAUTION 1 —On tit, wrapper of mit Bottle are the words, Row- LAND 3\l ACASSAR OIL, in two lines. The same are eneraven on th back of the wrapper aearly 1,500 times, containing 29,028 letters :old by A RowLAND & SONS, 20, Hatton Garden, London; and by all Chemists and i'erfumers. QURGEON HENRY HAMILTON, Twenty ht Sears in London practice, will REMOVE any CASE of a tRI VATE NATURE before charge be made for medicine. In female cumpiaiuts requiring prac•ical wotessional sk,ll, Surgeon Ha 'Alton will guarantee a successful issue, or no expense will 1:w incurred by the patient. Medicine can be sent •to any part of the aim, securely pack,d, on receipt of particulars. Ladies and gen tlemen consulting I* , letter must encluse the usual fee, when they wll he tr •ate.l with by return of post. Hours fur persepial visits f. m Ten till Four, and from -ix till Nine daily. - Address, No. 3. lOW William-strtet, Strand, London. Medicine to country pa tients, If. BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following testibuonial is another proul of the great effi cacy of this medicine : " 157, New Bond-street, London, October 12, 1850. " Sir,—ln acquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex perienced by taking rsLA I R'S GO (7T and RHEUMATIC PILLS. l'feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly affected. "About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout ui my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va riety of climate, having served in Canada in the 19th Dragoons, and in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. I always pro :aired the best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by those who know some thing of this disease. " It was during one of those paroxyms, between twelve and thir teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I bost no time iti procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity •he pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect health. "From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis p.rva approaching, I have Instant recourse to this medicine, which to Otte is so valuable, than: were it not that the days of raw:ic hays teased, I should certainly attribute the relict I obtain to that cause. ti oreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf ered, but on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR'S PILLS towards its improvement. "I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result bas always been of the most gratifying character. " I am, Sir, yours respectfully, " GARRE FOSTER GILL. • "To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand." For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tici-dolo reux, &c., &c ,BLAI ";'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury, opium, or any other .:angerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and ter ra• phiity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and all respectable Medicine Vendors. Pr ce 2a. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GuLIT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe that ' Thomas Prout, 229, Strand. London," is impressed upon the Government Stamp. IMMEDIATE and RESERVE.—For immediate Use the Attire presented .by E. MOSES and Son is unparalleled it style, fashion, elegance, ne ttne - is, and durability; it is specially uited to the purposes of Excursionists anti Travellers, hei,,g the most truistic in cat and make, the most accomplished finish, and may be tad in waterproof materials at very economical prices. Sporting Gentlemen may immediately °Nein the most novel and ashionahle styles of Costume at the Establishment of E. MOSES and , ost, or at their West-end Bra , :ch. For this season their Sporting Dress is cut and m de on principles of art, only known at their cele Sr tied Establishment ; its fit is more correct and the garments afford mote ear,e to the wearer than any obtained 4,ewhere ; the harges tor dress to measure or ready-made are considerably lower ihan at any other house. There may he a temporary reserve of autumnal weather ; but E. MOSES and SON have ready for i:spei,tion every novelty in materials thetr ensuing autumn. These are selec.ed from every manufactory, Stitt h and Foreign, and are calculated to create an unprecedented traction in all eine! , s of society ; the novelty, superior quality, and heapness of the Goods will be immediately appreciated. Ihe Wholesale Clothing and Outfitting Department at E. MOSES Ind SON'S is as much distin-uished IT superior quality andaepthn. he i ap : t ess as the Goods are for their un aralleled suitability. e it erchan: s. zna , l migrants, may make the most elegible investm, nts n Goods which produce the great• - st amount of profit in any colony. Full lists of Outfits for Ladies ant Gentlemen, with ship sailing of triaation, may be had on application, or post free to any part of he kingdom. WANTED, several first-rate assistants in the ready made and iespoke departments —two to take the place of shop walkers. Apply ky letter, stating last situation. and SON regret having to guard the CalaeiAihet against o.rdi°. Being no gs ' N i t t co ( i ) o S n n i : ; h: e a t v o i d n z w l i e t h a n t t h e e d i r t h E a s t t a t b h l e t s h u t n a d ti e " s m or a n . e s :he same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have E ts !N a s o f R o 0 7 8 LONDON, tiO CON e N i E e X e l p O t N th W e l i T r London City E,tablishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 44,45, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. own l r l 2 . °E. t T tl I b E i l a s h g m " e7, London West-end Branoh, 50(1,507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, Hart -street, all communicating. Bradford (Yoritthire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-Street. Aedield Branch, 36, aratte, Colonial Branch, Melbou ne, Austra l ia. Merchant tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe 11 alter, and General Outfitters for 1. adles and Gentlemen. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will es be hel returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figUr, westo price, trom which ne abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays. when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, "The Herald of the Seasons," containing full lists of prices, our system of self measurement, facts relative to Australia, advice to tanl , ,ratos,:kc., may be had on application, or post-free to any part of the kingdom: - Aha ' Uniabac fort t year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. Ica I'uu pane Francais. Mier spricht man Deutsch. Qui si parla Italian. Aqua se babla Espanol lIERTS.-THE TRING GROVE ESTATE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to a Decree of the High Court of ( ~,ancery, made in the causes " Lake v. Currie," Lake v. O'Hara, and Lake v. Currie, with the approbation of Sir Richard forin Kin derelci , Knight, one of the Vice-Chaiicellors of the said Court, by mr. Wiliam Brown, at the Auction Mart, Bartholomew-lane London, on 1 UESDAY, the sixth day of September, 1853, at Twelve o'clock at noon, The important and very eligible Freehold and Copyhold Estates of the late Viscount Lake, col,prising Four Capital Farms, with suit able Himesteads, containing together nearly 600 acres most delight ully situate, in the vicinity of the Tring Station, on the London and North- Western hallway, 31 miles from London and 7 from Ayles bury. This invaluable p operty will be offered in nine lots. Th, Grove Park Farm, with the walled Kitchen ;arden and ornament ally timbered Park; rarm House and Agricultural Buildings abut ting upon the Town of Tring wit norm one lot, presenting numerous eligible sites for building first-class houses. The Tring Grove Farm, comprising nearly 300 acres of first-rate Arable and Pasture Land, with Homestead and Labourers' Cottages thereon, extending to within a short distance of the railway, will form another lot. The Little Tring Farm of 40 acres, the Puttanham Farm of 112 acres, and some other small fortions of the property at Tring Grove and Wig- ginton, will be sold in separate lots. Particulars of the Property, with Plans and Conditions of Sale, may be had at the Auction Mart, at the Royal Hotel, Tring Staton, at the Swan Inn, Leighton Buzzard, the George Inn, Aylesbury, and the Rose and Crown Inn, Hemel, Hempstead ; of Alfred Jones, Esq., Solicitor, No. 15, Sise-lane, City ; of Messrs. Currie, Woodgate, and W iliams, Solicitors, 32, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; and at the offices 01 Mr. William Brown, Auctioneer, Tri g. DISCIPLINE AND MANAGEMENT OF CONVICT PRISONS. (Continued from The Sun of Aug. 29.) THE CONVICT QUESTION. 6. FEMALES. In the foregoing calculations I have, generally, speaking, excluded females, for whom there has existed separate ac commodation at Millbank, which has not been included in the general returns, but the females in Ireland are included. The number annually sentenced to transportation cannot be ascertained from any returns to which I have access ; but those who have been received at Millbank prison, after an average detention of about six months, have been em barked with tickets of leave for Van Diemen's Land. An average number of 450 have been sent out annually from Great Britain on this plan, and about 400 from Ire land, making a total of 850. Assuming sentences of imprisonment to be substituted for transportation in the case of females, I conceive they might be subjected to a few months' separate confinement, according to circumstances, and then be employed in mo dified association at suitable industrial occupations, for periods proportioned to their respective sentences. If the present average number of 450 were sentenced to various periods of imprisonment, and an average of about 21 to 3 years were taken as data, accommodation for about 1,000, in addition to that which now exists, would be found sufficient. Under your lordship's authority, the prison at Brixton, formerly belonginc , to the county of Surrey, has been pur chased for 13,0004 and the additions and alterations which are now in progress will render it capable of accommodating from 700 to 800 females. Any excess above this number may probably be conveniently provided for in county pri sons. The cost of an assumed maximum number of 1,200 fe males, might, therefore, be taken as follows Maintenance at 201 Deduct earnings of 1,200 females, at say 41 Total net cost of 1,200 females £24,000 4,800 In the event of any large number of well-conducted con yids being selected for conditional pardons, and embarked for Western Australia, or any other colony, I think it would be desirable that a proportion of females should from time to time be selected for the same destination, and that this point should be specially provided for in any ar rangements that may be made for affording a colony the advantage of convict labour. This plan would be calcu lated to reduce the amount of accommodation required at home. 7. DISPOSAL OF CONVICTS. The foregoing explanation of the present system of dis cipline atmanagement to which convicts are subjected in this country, whilst undergoing the first and second periods of probationary discipline, will, I trust, have sa tisfied your lordship that the measures which have been adopted are generally calculated both to deter and reform. The real difficulties in the solution of the convict ques tion commence on the termination of the penal discipline, when it becomes necessary to release the prisoners from direct control. A ticket of leave in Van Diemen's Land or Western Australia, has hitherto fulfilled several objects, and proved of the greatest advantage and convenience to almost all the parties concerned. The liberated prisoner has been placed in a sphere where he would have the op portunity of doing well for himself—the mother country has been relieved from all anxiety as to his future career ; and the colonies, however much they might object, on principle, to receive the refuse of a population, have un questionably de - Hved great and permanent benefits. The discontinuance of transportation to Van Diemen's Land will, however, close the main outlet by which these advantages have been hitherto secured. It may be said that we have only to send convicts to some other colony, or to found a fresh one, for the purpose of continuing the system. In taking a practical view, however, of the means of obtaining all that is required, it will be apparent that it is only in a settled, prosperous colony, that there exists the means of absorbing the labour of a convict, whether under the modified freedom of a ticket-of-leave, or when he receives his pardon, or is released on expiration of his sentence. On this point, the only question that arises is, whether any colony so circumstanced, is willing to receive the con victs on the same conditions as Van Diemen's Land. If no such colony can be fonnd, it remains to be considered whe ther, with a view to combine the deterring effects of trans portation with the future disposal of the convict, any fresh penal colony could be founded. If a settled colony urges objections which are admitted by the mother country, there remain only the alternatives of founding fresh colonies which wiil receive them, or releasing them at home, where, if really dangerous to society, they can be more effectually controlled than any where else. The objection to a purely penal colony is, that the same difficulty which is now under consideration will be sure to arise on the expiration of the sentence. If the neighbour ing colonies will not willingly receive such a class of convicts, the mother country will be obliged to fetch them home, or otherwise dispose of them as is now done in the case of the convicts at Bermuda, Gibraltar, and Norfolk Island. In considering the alternative, however, of releasing them at home, our own past experience is not, after all, so very discouraging. It must be remembored that until a very recent period all convicts under sentence of transpor tion for seven years were indiscriminately sent to the hulks, where it is notorious they were placed in circum stances that could not fail to be in the highest degree de- moralising. After this course of training, they were, very generally, released with a free pardon at expiration of about one half the period of their respective sentences. The number so released was very considerable. In the years from 1843 to 1847, there were discharged by free pardon ns less than 3,450 so circumstanced. There can be no doubt that the greater proportion of them, if not originally bad, had be come so, and, generally speaking, more dangerous than men who had been subject to a better discipline. There could have been little chance of any such obtaining employment by their own exertion, and no steps were taken by others to obtain it for them ' • and yet, though it might fairly have been anticipated that the consequences of such periodical additions to the criminal population would be seriously felt, so far as I have been able to ascertain, no material effect was produced. Since the subject of convict discipline has engaged the anxious attention of the Government, and ameliorations have been introduced, which would render the release of certain classes of criminals in this country comparatively harmless, there have existed great facilities for the dispo sal of all convicts in the colonies with tickets of leave. This has rendered unnecessary the consideration of any measures calculated to remedy the evils which might naturally have been expected from the former practice of granting free pardons after a course of training in the hulks. CONDITIONAL PARDONS AND OTHER MEANS. The change introduced of late years into the convict prisons, and experience of the favourable effects which have been produced on the general character of the con victs by an improved discipline, confirm the opinion I ex pressed in my third repOrt for 1C49, that— " Looking to my own experience, and to the opinion of others who have had better opportunity of j udging, I do not hesitate to express my conviction, that it would be quite possible, without detriment to the public interests, mate rially to reduce the number of convicts to be annually sent abroad, by granting conditional pardons to the best con ducted men, after periods of confinement proportioned to their respective sentences, on showing that they had the means of earning their livelihood, or obtaining securities for their good conduct." In the event of its becoming necessary to dispose of con victs on discharge in this country, I would further venture some of the restrictions giving more o a ld in er ea o n f s a of ticket-of-leave effectualt o enforcedr e peat securityi t u ll e th s e u gos colonies iioens the on n h u a bt t l h, public, holder might be advantageously applied to a convict receiving a conditional pardon in this country • and that the system of demanding su reties for good behaviour might be more extencnsively acted upon. It is impassible to state the precise operation of such measures, or the extent to which they might be applied, but if the very worst characters were imprisoned for the whole term of life, or during their respective sentences, at some penal establishment at home, or in Gibraltar, or Bermuda ; others disposed of by tickets-of-leaven in Western Australia ; others released with conditional par dons, or encouraged to emigrate ; and a portion drafted into companies of labourers under military discipline, as suggested further on, I believe that no sensible inconve nience could possibly be experienced. My opinion is founded partly on a general knowledge of the character of the convicts, the reformatory effects of the moral and industrial training to which they are subjected, and the means that would exist of dealing with individuals according to character and circumstances. My convictions also rest on a consideration of how very small is the pro portionm morala j or i t t y r a i o n f i n c o. r i d m u i r n in w fi i n t h e o m u e t n t of this proscribed race when compared with the a n their who, a any r o a t d u v r a n n e t d a g l e o o e f upon the country ' after their imprisonment, to commence agaih their career of crime. An abstract of one of the valuable returns compiled by Mr. Redgrave will illustrate my meaninc , I have given it owing in the Appendix, page 120, but the f o ll • is the sub stance of it. In 1851 there were tried in England and Wales 27,960 offenders, divided into classes as follow s : Ist Class. Offences against the person, including murder, attempts to mu r d er, man slaughter, rapes, assaults, &c. 2,1 Offences against property, committed with violence, including burglary, as saults with intent to rob, m • miming letters to extort money 2,21 F 3d „ Offences against property, committed without violence, including cattle and horse-stealing, larceny, receiving stolen goods, Btc. ........................... 21,906 4th „ Malicious offences against property, in chiding arson, killing and maiming catt1e.......................................... 30 sth „ Forgery and offences against the cur - 808 rency ......................................... 6th „ Other offences not included in the Above 663 classes Totals 27,900 Of the above numbers, 2,895 were sentenced to various periods of transportation ; 18,695 were imprisoned, fined, &e., and 6,359 were acquitted. From the number sen tenced to transportation must be deducted one-third, as having been disposed of in various ways in this country, so that not more than 2,030 out of the 27,960 offenders were actually transported. It is further deserving of re mark, that of this number only 379 wore under sentence for more than 10 years, just one i n 70 o f th e total number. To the gross total of ? 27,960 offenders, as shown in the abstract, Middlesex, including London, contributed as fol lows : Ist Class 2d 3d „ 4th „ sth „ Gth „ 333 188 3,138 Total 3,974 Of the above number 422 were sentenced to various periods of transportation, 2,810 were imprisoned, fined , &c., and 742 were acquitted. D e d uc ti ng one-third from the 422 sentenced to transportation, leaves only about 280 actually sent abroad. It appears from the above figures that not more than one in 14 of those who are tried in the course of a year are sent abroad. It cannot be denied that there is far greater danger to be apprehended from the release of the remainder who are returned upon society; and yet this 'circumstance appears to be altogether overlooked. My impression is, that, if 1,000 prisoners who had un dergone an average period of 4 years' corrective discipline and industrial training ware released in this country, they would not do so much mischief to society in a given time as another 1,030 taken indiscriminately from among those who are discharged at the gates of some of our large prisons, from which as many as from 8,000 to 10,000 are released iu the course of 12 months. In former times, when convicts were confined in hulks, it would have been otherwise, but circumstances are alto gether changed. From the foregoing considerations, I am led to the conclu sion that the extensive change of system, which has been an der consideration, is•not likely to entail any sensible inconve nience; ant I am supported in my opinion by the views of the commissioners of Pentonville, recorded in their sixth report, signed by the Earls of Devon, Chichester, and Har rowby, Sir W. Molesworth, and others, &c. They say— " We conclude these general observations by a remark suggested by the joint consideration of the favourable and unfavourable circumstances in those reports. " These appear to us to demonstrate, that whilst the dis cipline and instruction at Pentonville have not in all cases prevented the exiles from relapsing into crime when ex posed to severe trials and demoralising associations, by far the greater part of them have become useful and valuable servants, superior, we are told, to the average of free emi- grants. " We regard this view of the subject as highly encourag ing, for it seems to prove that if this system were generally introduced, a large portion of our convicts would be quali fied, on their discharge, to occupy an honest position in 'their own or any other country ; and it so, we believe that, under ordinary circumstances, there would seldom be wanting motives of self-interest and benevolence to afford them that employment which would enable them to be come useful and exemplary members of society." It is a great though a very common mistake to regard all who receiv ) a sentence of transportation as being irre claimably bad, and as being of one class, and sunk 4o the same depth of moral turpitude. The fact is not so. There is every shade of difference in character, as well as in the circumstances of temptation under which their crimes may have been committed. The experience of all who have the best opportunities of judging will, I am satisfied, coincide with the opinion of the House of Commons, 1850, as expressed in the following resolution : " That the committee concurs with some of the most ex perienced witnesses that have been examined, in the opinion that a great majority of convicted prisoners are open to the same good motives and good impulses which influence other human beings, and therefore, that a system of encourage ment to good conduct, and endeavours to inspire feelings of self-respect, self-reliance, and hopefulness for the future, which have been tried in some of our largest establish ments, ought to be adopted, so far as it is practicable, without impairing the penal and del erring character essen tial to any system of imprisonment." FORMATION OF COMPANIES OF LABOURERS UNDER MILITARY DISCIPLINE. In considering the means of disposing of men who have gone through a proportion of the imprisonment that may have been awarded, and are eligible for conditional par- dons, the formation of a corps of labourers under military discipline for service in the West Indies, or in Africa, or in other of the colonies, is not undeserving of attention. The moral results of the present system of discipline are such as to remove all doubt as to obtaining good and effi cient service from a body of men selected for such a pur pose. My view wot.ld be to carry out certain minimum periods of probationary discipline, as at present. When the men might have become eligible for a ticket of leave, the re maining terms of their sentences should be commuted into service as military labourers. As they would all have been trained to certain trades, such a corps would be invaluable in colonies where labour was high, as th e men might be employed at their respective trades and occupations in the same manner as the Royal Sappers and Miners and the late Royal Staff Corps. There would be great objections to their taking duty with the regular troops, but the same objections might not possibly hold good with regard to W es t India regiments. It would, however, be an object not to degrade them by the name of a "condemned regiment," but to adopt mea sures for rendering them thoroughly efficient. By means of military discipline a more efficient control would be maintained over all who were so disposed of, than under any other plan yet tried, and I should not hesitate to re commend their services being applied relieve regular troops, or be otherwise whereverusefu they might Whilston this subject I cannot but advert to an objec tion which was urged at a recent period, w hen the possi bility of an invasion was talked o f, an d which, if the num ber of convicts were increased, would have grea ter force. It was held by some to be dangerous toha - ve large masses of convicts assembled at Portland and in our dockyards and arsenals, and being required to offer an opinion upon the subject, my experience of the character of the men enabled me to state, that out of 6,0a0 men w h o were then under sentence, 4,000 could b e p ro d uced who might be re lied upon to go wherever they were ordered, and to be as serviceable in the field as others who had an equal tim e for drill and exercise. Furth er re fl ection has not caused any change in that opinion. TICKETS OF LEAVE IN DARBADOES. Sir W. Colebrooke, Governor of Bar badoes, who has brought his great ability and exp er i ence to bear on this point, thus adverts to the operation of a system of tickets of leave in that island. His Excellency states in a dispatch to Earl Grey, dated June 9, 1851: "Of the number of those discharged with tickets of leave under the Act (13 Vic., c. good 2 conduct, and du e to me of their industry and recom mitted for any offence, and th e gran t of good-con t, then none have been reports made good-con duct badges to prisoners has tended further to encourage orderly behaviour in the gaol. " The success during the last two years of the act for granting tickets of leave has proved that, under a reforma tory system of prison discipline, by which incentives to good conduct are held out to prisoners, it is practicable, with the assistance of the magistrat es , aided by a rural constabulary, to guard ag ains t the renewal of bad habits, in which discharged prisoners are exposed in populous places ; and adverting to the difficulties attending the de portation of convicts, arising from the reluctance of other communities to receive them as such, it is important to have ascertained that they can be corrected and controlled at home, although in many cases their voluntary emigra tion may be afterwards encouraged with advantage to themselves and the public. " One effect of a reformatory system of discipline in pri sons acting on the habits of convicts, and holding out to them the means and motives for improving their own cha racters, may be expected to be the removal of the popular objection to employing them - when discharged with favour able testimonials of their conduct from the prison authori ties, a nd especially when withdrawn from the influence of evil associations by the surveillance exercised over, them as holders of ' tickets of leave ;' nor is it improbable that the reluctance to receive them as emigrants, in other commu nities where labour is in greater request, would yield to acknowledge that they had been previously restored to so ciety, without a renewal of their depraved habits and asso ciations." 8. MEASURES FOR ASSISTING DISCHARGED PRISONERS. In my second report, published in 1847, 1 observed that the difficulties inherent in the treatment of juvenile crimi nals were " increased by the consideration that it is of no use instructing criminal children, unless they are provided for in some way on discharge." The same observation is equally true as regards adult prisoners ; for it is too been oeoeb vious to need remark , th at, however they may have led by the reflection which has been forcad upon them in confinement, sincerely to deplore their past career of crime and to form good resolutions for the future, or with what ever dread of a prison, the stern discipline to which they have been subjected, may have inspired them, it is vain to expect they will be able to avoid a repetition of their offences, unless they can obtain the means of subsistence on discharge. What chance will they stand in the struggle against the pressure of wants which cannot be postponed, unless they receive some help in their search for employ ment ? ose have b een f orme d , Several establishments for th is p ur p amongst which are the Philanthropic Society, w hi c h now carries on its operations at Red-hill, Reigate, that for fe males at Camden-town, one in Great Smith-street, West minster, and a few others. The application of hundreds for admission into the last-mentioned institution under circum stances that preclude all doubt of the sincerity of their desire to abandon criminal courses, or at least to try the effect of a change, have been unsuccessful because of its scanty funds; and it is well known that some have been compelled to resort to their former pursuits. Private individuals, too, have in the most praiseworthy manner exerted themselves in this useful and Christian field of action ; and conspicuous amongst them is Mr. Wright, of Manchester, through whose sole instrumenta lity upwards of 150 prisoners have after their discharge procured situations. How rich the harvest of reward that has followed his endeavours may be gathered from the fact that, out of all these cases, he has heard of but one relapse. These voluntary efforts of benevolent persons are, how ever, wholly insufficient to meet the necessities of the case, and can accomplish but a very small portion of what is re quired. They have indicated the void in our social ar rangements which requires to be fill de, and the great suc cess of the existing institutions proves their utility, and I'4 - the urgent necessity, under present circumstances, for in• creasing their number. If only on the low ground of financial expediency, Go vernment would do well to second and stimulate these humane efforts. Many a man, whether from having been brought to see the errors of his way, or, from the dread of punishment, would gladly avoid again coming within the grasp of the law, if it wore in his power to maintain him self by honest industry. Without friends, or the means of employment, what are they to do? That question de mands an answer. Sir W. Colebrooke well remarked, on a recent occasion of laying the first stone of a new prison in Barbadoes, that— " There is a duty which society owes to the discharged prisoner, which, until of late years, may have been too much neglected in all countri es . The taint of critao is not readily removed, and the difficulty of re g aining a place in society, when once forfeited, has caused but too many to relapse into evil associations. Some interposition is there fore needed in the way of prevention, and by placing them for a time under the surveillance of the magistrate, and in situations remote from temptation, they are better enabled to regain a respectable position ; and examples may be ad duced where this has been followed by decided reforma tion. " We should deceive ourselves, however, if we were to regard the subject as one in which there aro not great diffi culties to surmount, but which, for the sake of society, it is not the less our duty to encounter with a resolution to overcome them." Within a few years there may probably be 9,000 to 10,00'J convicts undergoing imprisonment in this country, and perhaps 2,000 to be annually discharged on completion of their sentences. Of this number it may reasonably be anticipated that a large propor::_on will do well for themselves, if only afforded very moderate pecuniary assistance. They may have friends or property, or a trade requiring but little capital to fall back upon, but very many will require the active hand of benevolence, or a comprehensive scheme under the control of the Government, for giving them some measure of assistance until they can provide for themselves. With respect to emigrants, many would gladly avail themselves of being placed in circumstances to go away, some of them from a feeling that in returning home they would disgrace their friends, others from a desire of change andhoße of making a fresh start in life. The ;lass requiring assistance in this country would pro bably be most difficult to deal with ; but, if they ware re leased with conditional,and not free pardons, and some sys tematic efforts were made to enable them to meet the diffi culties of their position, I should confidently expect a nt h more favourable result than might be generally antici pa ed. Rather than leave them to their fate, and to the ch4nce of the Government being again burdened with the cost of a trial, and other attendant evils, I believe it would be 'desirable to retain the services, on public works, of such we - co nducted convicts as could not readily find employ meit. They might receive rations and clothing, to be paid foil out of moderate wages. It would be an object to afford every possible facility for their dispersion, as demands for their services arose, or opportunity offered. Their stay would be voluntary, and, from being accustomed to obe dience and discipline, there would be little difficulty in maintaining good order. This suggestion is the same in principle with that pro posed in a letter addressed by me to Sir George Grey, in October, 1849, with reference to the employment of con victs on remote works in Western Australia, from which thifollowing is an extract : . On the important point of the means of employment, I would state my opinion that, though it would be quite practicable to execute any colonial work that might be re quired in the immediate vicinity of the penal establish meht, I see no ground for hoping for a favourable result in the application of convict labour at a distance. " I conceive, therefore, that the execution of the pro jected road by such labour should not be attempted. Any off rt to maintain discipline among a body of convicts in a rei ote situation, where no effective means of control can be sta.blished, must of necessity fail, as regards the moral object. l i Authority, duly supported, will induce submission, but, when authority cannot be exercised with effect, an tagpnism and resietance take the place of submission. In order to avoid the many difficulties and evils which may be anticipated, if anything of the character of a penal garg be established, and, at the same time, to accomplish the object of having the road of 60 miles in length made at a reasonable cost to the colonial or home Government, the principle of the convict system now in operation might, I think, under the favourable circumstances of the colonies, be extended in the following manner : " I would propose that the men on discharge from the penal establishment should be required to undergo a further state of probation before they should be permitted to engage in private service, or enter upon the full advan tages conferred by a ticket of leave. During this period of comparative freedom they should be obliged to execute a certain amount of work for the Government in such places as might be determined. " I: would not propose they should be confined, or be under any kind of penal coercion. If they misconducted themselves in any way their probationary ticket of leave would be withdrawn, and they would only entitle them selves to release from the restrictions imposed by properly executing the work assigned to them, and by having con formed to such rules for their guidance as might have been deeined necessary. " The work executed might be measured and the valve placed to their credit, to be afterwards applied in further. ance of the object of the Government and for the benefit of the men. This probationary period would appear to offer the most favourable opportunities for bringing into effect the regulations established by Earl Grey with reference to the repayment, by a ticket-of-leave holder, of the cost of his 'passage previous to his obtaining a conditional pardon. " If the men were encouraged by the work being esti mated at its full value, and that they received weekly, in addition to rations, a small proportionate amount of their earnings, to be expended at discretion, I have little doubt it would prove a powerful stimulus to exertion, if, as there appears reason to believe, it would be an object to them to obtain their pardon, with a view to remove from the colony. " The period of gaining this indulgence might be regu lated with reference to the demand for labour and other circumstances, so as to avoid having a greater number of ticket-of-leave holders on the Government works, or in private service, than were required. " With reference to the execution of the work, facilities should be afforded to the men for building huts in conve- Tient situations ; a limited amount of bedding should be allowed ; they should receive rations at a fixed price, and be enabled, on the certificate of the superintending officer, to purchase provisions and clothing from the commissariat to a limited extent, proportionate to their earnings. "In fact, the system would be similar to that in operation, in executing a sub-contract on a railway; each party would virtually have a small contract to perform, but there would exist stronger inducements to exertion and good conduct, and greater fear of the consequences of misconduct, than can be brought to bear on free labour ; or, if it were prac ticable to let the execution of the road to a contractor, and afford him the means of obtaining the required labour, it would in seine measure relieve the Government, from responsibility, and bring into play the vigilant super intendence of persons watching their own interests. In such case, however, the governor should retain strong powers for protecting the interests of the men, which might otherwise be prejudiced by the cupidity of a con tractor, who would have different objects from those of the Government." _ _ _ The instructions given by Earl Grey to Sir W. Deni son, with a view of carrying out the same principle in Van Diemen's Land, are given in his lordship's dispatch of 25th July, 1850, from which the following is an ex- tact : " But if this rule of requiring newly-arrived convicts to take up their abode in the more• remote districts is to be adhered to, it will, I am aware, be necessary to adopt some means by which employment in these districts may be insured to the convicts who are required to remain in them ' • and I will proceed to detail to you the measures which I propose should be adopted with this view, and for the purpose of enforcing the regular payment by convicts holding tickets of leave of the sums charged against them. I have already said that, for the latter purpose, no such convict is to be allowed to pass from under the immediate charge of the Government until he shall have entered into a contract to serve for not less than a year some private employer, who will be responsible for paying to the Govern ment the required deduction from his wages, but convicts holding tickets of leave, who have been guilty of no mis conduct, and remain under the charge of the Govern ment only because they are unable to obtain private employment, are not to be subject to coercion in the gangs. The system I propose to adopt with regard to them is, that they should be employed by the Govern ment in such useful labour as can be found for them, that credit should be allowed , them at the full rate of wages, obtainable in private service for the value of the work they may perform (which should invariably be task-work); but that, instead of being paid in money, they should receive such supplies as they might choose to draw for (including a reasonable proportion of tobacco and other articles, which may rather be termed luxuries than necessaries), the cost of these supplies being charged against them, and the balance of their earnings being credited to them in reduc tion of their debt to the Government. " Assistance should be given to convicts placed in this situation, to provide themselves with huts in situations convenient for their labour, and, so long as they should continue to come regularly to their work, for the same number of hours as are usually expected from free la baurers, and to conduct themselves with regularity and propriety, no restraint should be placed upon their freedom of action during the remainder of their time. Of course, any attempt to leave the district in which they are placed, or a failure to come regularly to their work , o r to exert themselves during the hours of labour with proper industry, should be immediately met by withdrawing their tickets of leave for a longer or a shorter time, according h to the e degree of their misconduct, and by placing themin probation gangs, subject to the same discipline as other convicts who, are in that situation." The Earl of Chichester, in his evidence before referredrethese lect committee on prison discipline, in incidentally to an intermediate stage of probat H io i n s , l p ur r d e : viously to the final discharge of the prisoner. ship observed : " Experience has, I think, proved that those systems of prison discipline which are based solely or e i s an a t t o i n al the theory of reformation, have failed in both re quisitions of a penal institution ; I means n they db ey o h u av t e failed to reform as well as to deter. There is, of the I; much truth in what has been advance d b y some humane advocates of these systems, but their principles and their reasoning apply to a state of things mos desirable in itself, as an intermediate stage between onethatisstrictly pen a l and entire liberation, but which neither the present con dition of our penal establishments nor of our criminal code is qualified to admit." COST OF LAND IN LIVERPOOL AND M ANCHESTER.— The trustees of the Liverpo ol Docks, having occasion to purchase 23,836 square yards of land for increased ac commodation of the docks, had to pay for it 11.25. 114 d. per squire yard, or a total of 33,1.13/. O ne th ousan d square yards required for t he erection of a warehouse in Manchester last week fetched 101. per equare'yard, or a total of 10,0001. The Contest, 12, Commander the Hon. J. W. S. Spencer, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, from the East India and China station, to be paid off. She sailed from Trincomalee on the 15th of May, and the Cape of Good Hope on the 10th of July. No news from the latter colony. She brought home Lieutenant W. C. F. Wilson, promoted from the Winchester ' flag ship • Mr. Harvey, surgeon (late of the Sphynx) ; Mr . I - Cave, clerk ; arid Mr. Daniels, naval cadet ; and seven invalids, all from the Winchester, and other invalids from the squadron. On her way home from the Cape the Contest spoke the following ships :--The Hebe, from Cork to Calcutta, with troops on the 31st of July, in fat, 2 13 30 S., long. 19 2 , .) W. ; the Adele, French barque, from Macassar to Marseilles, on the 2d of Aug., in lat. 1 29 N. long. 22 30 W., 164 days out ; exchanged colours with an English brig, in lat. 31 19 N. , long. 32 32 W., on the 17th of Aug. ; the Teviot steamer, from Southampton to the West Indies, 11 days out, on the 19th of Aug. in lat. 33 40 45 N., long. 32 05 15 W. ; on the 24th'of Aug., in lat. 39 49 N., long. 27 34 W., exchanged numbers with the English steamer Thames, bound to the West Indies ; on the Ist of Sept. spoke the Red Gauntlet, and on the 2d her Majesty's ship Lon don. Having been three years and three quarters in commission, the Contest (one of White's justlycelebrated sailing brigs) will now. be paid off at this port, and her commander most probably raised to post rank on the visit of the Lords of the Admiralty this week. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., the Port Admiral, returned from Torquay on Friday night. The Rhadamanthus steam troop-ship, Master Com mander Belam, arrived yeste r d a y morn i ng w i t h M a j or Young's company of Royal Artillery, from Jersey. She embarked Captain Elliott's company of Royal Artillery, from Portsmouth yesterday, and left with them last night for Devunport. The Sprightly, ten**7l4- Victory-, Master Caluteamder, Allen, hauled into dock to-day, to examine her bottom, and which was found to be exceedingly foul and covered with weed and barnacles, which had impeded her pro gress more than a knot an hour, although it is not many months since she was in dock to have her copper cleaned. She will haul out on Monday. Tire Rolla, 6, naval apprentices' instruction-brig, Lieut.- Commander Fenwick, came into harbour this morning, from her weekly Channel cruise. The Dauntless, 24, screw-frigate, was taken into the steam basin out of dock on Friday, and is to be got ready for re-commissioning forthwith, it is said, by semi official report, to relieve the Penelope, as the flag-ship on the western coast of Africa station. We give this just as we have heard it, and as it is reported in the local paper of this day, but assuredly such a wanton dis regard of consequences cannot be entertained in high quarters for a moment. The Dauntless has already proved the coffin of one-third of her ship's company on the West India station, and now to talk of re-commis sioning her so soon after her return from that sickly region to send her to the professedly most unhealthy station under the pennant seems to us so horrible that we trust some official contradiction will be given to the rumour. Mr. Rawson, the head master of the School for Royal Naval Shipwright Apprentices in this dockyard, has been appointed the successor of Dr. Woolley, in direct ing the mathematical studies of the school of mathe matics and naval construction, the Rev. Dr. Woolley having been appointed Admiralty Inspector of all the Dockyard Schools. Professor Rawson is a gentleman of acknowledged reputation in mathematical science, and his appointment is looked upon with satisfaction by all who desire to see those improvements in naval archi tecture still further developed which have distinguished the surveyorship of the navy of Sir Baldwin Walker. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, is at Cowes. He will embark to-morrow morning early in the steam-yacht Fire Queen, Master-Commander Paul, for this port. The fine frigate-built Indiaman Prince of Wales sails from Spithead this evening for India full of passengers and merchandise. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 3. Her Majesty's frigate Dindalus, 20, Captain George G. Wellesley, which arrived here on Monday from the Pacific, and sailed the same day for Portsmouth to land her dollars, after being detained by wind and fog at Spithead, returned to the Sound to-day. It seems strange, now that Plymouth has complete railway and telegraphic communication with the metropolis, that the nation could not be saved the detention and risk of the voyage, and the expense of a week's pay and provisions for the crew of this frigate. Private merchants and ship owners manage such affairs differently. In June last, when the steam-ship Sarah Sands arrived from the dig gings, although she was bound to and went on to Lon don, all her gold was landed here and sent up by rail way. The Dmdalus has discharged her powder and shell, and goes up harbour on Monday to be paieoff. Two fine emigration ships arrived yesterday, and sailed to-day for the colonies. The Waterloo, Captain Greene, has above 900 tons of manufactured goods, ale, spirits, &c., and 35 passengers ; she anchored in the Sound about 5 p.m. on Friday, and departed about 4 p.m. on Saturday for Sydney. The Anglesea, Captain Thorn, has about 800 tons of general cargo, 35 cabin, and 60 steerage passengers ; she anchored at 9 p.m. on Friday, and left 20 minutes after the Waterloo for Port Philip and Sydney. Both these ships, through the agent, Mr. J. B. Wilcocks, have in the short interval been amply provided with live stock, sheep, pigs, poultry, and other stores, and have embarked their pas sengers, among whom are many experienced colonists, who selected Plymouth as their port of embarkation. The Waterloo, which belongs to Messrs. Dunbar, left the port September 26, 1852, and reached Sydney Jan. 1, 1853-98 days. She started from Sydney on the return on the sth of March, and arrived home June 12 -99 days, having accomplished the voyage out and home in eight months and a-half. The Anglesea belongs to Messrs. Green. She was noted immediately at the period of her first departure as being five times as long as she is broad. The Anglesea left Plymouth on the Ist of September, and arrived at Port Philip in 94 days. She occupied 100 days in the return, with 29,000 ounces of gold, and arrived on the 17th of June. On this, her first voyage, it was found that too much reli ance had been placed on the fineness of her lines, and that not sufficient canvass had been allowed. Since then she has been newly masted and rigged, her yards are more square, and her canvas has been increased nearly one-third. This alteration has greatly increased her sailing qualities ; she left the Downs at 2 p.m. on Monday, against a strong head wind, in company with an American liner, which she beat by 23 hours on the passage only to Portsmouth. SEPTEMBER 4. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Rhadamanthus, Mas ter-Commander Belam, which left Portsmouth on Wed nesday for the Channel Islands, arrived here this morn ing, at 11, with artillerymen, in exchange for those on duty at Devonport. At noon to-day a paddle-wheel bark-rigged man-of-war, apparently homeward bound, was observed under steam inside the Eddystone at 12.30 ; when near the Mewstone she set her fore and aft canvass, the wind having veered from north-east to north. SHEERNESS, SEPT. 3. The Cyclops steam-transport, Mr. Charles Pope, mas ter commander pro tern., from Woolwich, was taken into the fitting-basin with the boilers and machinery for the Cressy, 80, screw steamship this day. The Netherlands ship Jan Hendrik, H. de Jong com mander, was put out of the basin, and left here for Lon don in tow of the steam-tug Perseverance at 6 a.m. this day. from the Ajax to the London, 90, at Portsmouth. Clerk George N. Warren (1847), from the Ajax to the St. Jean d'Acre, 101, screw steam-ship, at Ports mouth. The Vivid mail steam-packet, Captain Smithett, after conveying the members of the Board of Admiralty on their official visit to the naval ports from Chatham to Sheerness, on Thursday last, remained in attendance at the latter port, and on Friday morning proceeded with their lordships to Harwich to inspect the harbour of refuge constructing there, an d passed Woolwich on afternoon, with the Admiralty flag at her mast ' head, on her way up to Blackwall, where their lordships landed, and returned to the Admiralty. The Vivid again passed Woolwich about half an hour afterwards, and held on for Dover, to resume her duties at that station. The Royal Artillery fired the large guns re cently mounted on the fortifications at Dover for the protection of the harbour of refuge at the time their I,,rdships were visiting it, and they were perfectly satis fied with the result, the shot in every instance falling far to seaward, beyond the outer works of the harbour. Vise-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., Rear-Admiral M. F. F. Berkeley, C. 8., Lords of the Admiralty, and Mr. Ralph Osborne, M.P., First Secretary of the Ad miralty, remained on duty at Whitehall, while Sir James Oratiam, Rear-Admiral R. S. Dundas, C. 8., Captain Alexander Milne, and the lion. Win. Francis Cowper, M.P., Lords of the Admiralty, and Captain William A. B, Hamilton, R.N., Second Secretary of the Admiralty, proceeded on the official visit to the dockyards on the Thames and Medway. THE ROYAL ALBERT, 131, SCREW STEAM-SHIP. The figurehead, a splendid and gigantic bust of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was brought down the river on Wednesday last from Blackwall, where it was carved by Mr. Hellyer, and the various pieces of which the figure will be composed are now lying under the bow of that splendid screw steam-ship preparatory to being put up in the proper position. Some idea may be formed of the large proportions of the figurehead when it is stated that the carved and finished head is three feet in diameter, and, although the figure is only a bust of his Royal Highness, it is 17 feet long. HARWICH, SEPT. 2. Sir James Graham, First Lord, Admiral Dundas, and the Hon. W. Cowper, Lords of the Admiralty, and Sir John Burgoyne, Inspector-General of the Fortifications, Arrived in onr y hirbour .this pornin,AB 0 90 04, the Vivid, Commander Smithett, - from Sheerira, rich they must have left at a very early hour. After a sur vey of the shipyard and premises which belong to the Government, the party went up to the redoubt along with Major Moulsworth, R.E., and on their return were attended by Mr. Walker and Mr. Cooper, the engineers, and Mr. Lee, the contractor, in examini n g the p ro g r ess of th e improvements, by which, when they shall be com pleted, the capability of our fine harbour will be much increased. The Trinity-house superintendent was in at tendance to inform their lordships as to the different buoys and lights near the entrance of the harbour. Their lordships after war d s crossed t h e h ar b our to Landguard Fort, which th ey v i s i ted, and then returne d t o th e Vivid, which immediately started for the river. DEATH OF CAPTAIN SIR W. C. H. BURNABY, BART. —The death of thi s gallant officer has been repprted. Sir William Crisp Hood Burnaby was only son oT the late Sir William Chaloner Burnaby, Bart., by Eliza beth, second daught er o f C r i sp Molyneux, Esq., of Gar boldesham, county Norfolk, and grandson of Admiral Sir William Burnaby, Bart., who successively held the chief command on the Leeward Islands and Jamaica stations, and died in 1777. He succeeded his father as third baronet, in 1794. He entered the Royal Naval Academy in 1803, and embarked Oct. 11, 1806, as mid shipman, on board the Montagu, 74, Captain Robert Waller Otway, with whom, on proceeding to the Medi terranean, he assisted at the evacuation of Scylla, under a smart fire from the enemy on the Calabrian shore, and was afterwards actively employed in co-operating with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, where he witnessed the capture of the fortress of Rosas. In Nov. 3, 1809, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and under Captain Hatton, in the Port Mahon, took part in many warm encounters with the American enemy, particularly on the 20th of the following June, when, we believe, he contributed, in company with the Narcissus and Barrosa frigates, to the complete discomfiture, at the entrance of Norfolk river, of 15 gun-boats, that had been dis patched for the express purpose of capturing the Junon, after an action of three hours, during which the latter had two men killed and three wounded. He was pro moted, May 26, 1814, to the command of the Ardent prison-ship at Bermuda, and since May, 1816, when that vessel was placed out of commission, has been un employed. Sir William Burnaby married May 2, 1818, the widow of Joseph Wood, Esq., of Bermuda. IRON LIGHTHOUSES. An interesting illustration of the extended purposes to which iron is applied in the present day was lately given at Messrs. H. and M. Grissell's Regent a Canal Iron Works. A cast-iron lighthouse ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty was lighted up for inspec tion. The tower and internal fittings were manufac tured by Messrs. Grissell, the lantern and light appa ratus by Mr. W. C. Wilkins, of Long-acre. The light house is understood to be intended for the Falkland Islands, and a similar one is constructing for Jamaica, while another was sent some time ago to Bermuda. The form of the present lighthouse is that of a frus trum of a cone, having a height of 47 feet from the base to the balcony floor, and a diameter of 14 feet at the base and 9 feet' at the top of the tower, where the plates forming the balcony floor project beyond the body of the tower, and form a parapet around the outside of the lantern, the parapet being supported by 18 orna mental cast-iron brackets fixed to the shell of the tower. Around the outer edge of the balcony floor a flange 4 inches deep is formed, which shields the connec tion of the ornamental brackets with the balcony floor, and the whole forms a circular abacus 15 feet in diameter as a capital to the tower. The shell of the tower consists of 60 concentric plates 1 inch thick, with flanges on the inside 4 inches wide, having holes to admit i-inch bolts, drilled every 6 inches apart, both in the horizontal and vertical flanges. In the centre of the tower a cast-iron column is fixed for support ing the lighting apparatus of the Messrs. Wilkins, of Long-acre, being a catoptric system of the second class. having 15 improved argand lamps placed in the foci of silver-plated and highly polished paraboloidal reflectors, illuminating an arc of 225 degrees of the horizon ; upon this column pockets are cast to receive the T iron joists, which support the two floors of wrought-iron chequered plates, there being an aperture in the floor to allow of sufficient headway up each staircase. The staircase con sists of two stringings of wrought-iron, 5 .inches wide and A inch thick, having pieces of 3-inch angle iron rivetted on the inside, to which are bolted the oak treads ; to each step there is an iron balluster Ouch diameter, and fixed at the top to a wrought-iron hand rail 4 inch wide and 1 inch thick ; the staircases wind helically around the inside of the shell of the tower, and bolted at the top to the T iron joists which support the floor. There are three rooms in the tower, the first having a height of 16 feet 1 inch ; the second, 15 feet 8 inches ; and the third, 15 feet 3 inches from floor to floor of each room respectively. In each room there are four windows, having a strong oak case ment each, 16 inches square and 1A inch thick, glazed with polished plate glass 9i inches square. The en trance to the tower is by means of a doorway formed plates, having . a in the centre of one of the concentric strong oak door opening outwards, as also do the.wm ahighhatv:onfglal diameter dows The oflanternthe corners is feet to the caves of the lantern roof, which terminates form rm feet o f over the in a cowl of peculiar construction. On the summit . of the roof a conical pipe is fixed, in the inside of which is the foot step or pivot and the guide for the rod of the arrow van e , and fixed to the rod of the vane is a large holl ow ball, having the conical pipe inserted into it on the un derside, the ball being free to swing round th e pip e ; t h e hollow ball is fixed to this vertical rod of the vane, and is perforated on that side next to the feather of the arrow, so that the heated air and gases from the bur ners may always rush through the perforations into the partial vacuity created behind tue ball by the force of the wind. The total height from the base of the tower to the top of the vane is 67 feet 6 inches ; the heig ht from the base to the ce n t re o f t h e system of lights is 55 feet ; the total weight o f t ower an d lantern inclusive is nearly 50 tons. DEVONPORT, SEPT. 4. The Daedalus, 20, Capt. Wellesley, returned to this port yesterday t d - from Portsmouth, where she was sent to land her freight, at an expens e to the country of a week's pay and provisions to officers and crew, as the freight m ight have been landed here , and forwarded by rail with equal facility to that afforded at the eastern port. The Leander, 50, Capt. St. Vincent King, discharged BATTERSEA-PARK AND IMPROVEMENTS. The Com her powder yesterday, preparatory to coming into har bour to refit for general service. missioners of W oo d s an d W orks having settled with all the parties claiming compensation, the area of the pro- The Prussian corvette Dantzic, Capt. Indebeton, has arrived from the North Sea, havin g been out for the P osed p ark has been cleared, with the exception of the purpose of trying her capabilities of steam power, and British Fla g b eer - s h op an d a f ew sma ll t enemen t s , w hi c h ! w for carrying her heavy armament , which consists of 12 will be forthwith p u ll e d d own . Th e sum allowed to M r s 68-pounders on the upper deck, four guns weighing 95 Wright, widow of the late proprietor of the Red House, cwt., four weighing 60 cwt., and four weighing 52 cwt. was 11,0001. The construction of the Suspension-bridge, each. Her engines are made by Mr. Scott Russell, who ' which had been stopped for some months, has been re• attended the trial. H er t onnage is 1,100 tons ; her en- sumed. In addition to these important improvements gines are nominally 400-horse power, capable of working the Commissioners of Works have directed their sur up to 1,200-horse power. Her armament has been sup- veyor I to proceed with the Thames embankment, ex plied by Mr. Ferguson, of London. She was built at Batter , tending on the Middlesex side of the river, from Dantzic, from English lines, and in her past trials has sea to Vauxhall-bridge, about 400 feet of which has beenmar k proved herself to be everything that can b e d es i re d as a already formed. The embankment is to be 80 and uet man-of-war, and a first-class going ves se l un d er steam e • and the elevation will be 4 feet above high -fee power. She has done with steam po wer a l one, un d er The river wall will be of highly-temp favourable circumstances, 12 2 10 k no t s c l ean o ff t h e ' granite openings, and an internal shield of i concrete. s 100,000/ to thenorthern a very superior and ingenious style. Her rigging is setalready been. com up by Mr. Scott Russell's screw plates. These plates Suspension-bridge. On the Surrey side a v umber of detached villa residences have give more advantages than any other plates yet designed, menced * as a boy can do the work when required without aapp ea rs that from 1845 there chance of deranging them. In fact, in every depart- PUBLIC-HOUSES.—From a return to parliament which was on Friday published it 51,567 signatures, Fo ment of the fitment of hull and rigging she is complete. have been 182 petitio o n f s, with Commons, praying that a law Her topmasts, being fidded with the double wedge fide, rented to the Ho o use can be sent down at a moment's notice. She has been drinks, during the whole of hibit the sale o might be passfedinttoxicclaotisengall public houses, and to pro supplied with coals from the Government depot, Forti tude. Her entire crew consists of 196 officers and men.with 612 802 signatures. Sunday. For the decrease of intemperance 3,063 peti * d' She has a first-rate crew. Her officers visite the dock- tions had been presented, , HEREFORD RAILWAY. yard here ; most of them speak very good English, and O PE NING or THEthe NEWPORT o AND . o pening of the Newport, Aberga have been most courteously received by the Captain- —The da for Herefo rd has been definitely fixed Superintendent Charles Hope, R.N. The Royal George venny, and was a source of great attraction to them, and they very for the 4th of _.October, when a single line of rail w ill b e properly say the Dantzic is a Royal George in minia- 1 opened for traßi c. ture. She leaves here to-morrow morning for Ports - DOW LAIS IRON w ORES . —We are happy to state that mouth and Constantinople, calling at Gibraltar and the colliers of this place, after being out six weeks on Malta. Capt. Indebeton and a portion of the officers strike, resumed their work on 'Wednesday. Thi s r e s ult dined at the admiral's house last evening. was brought about chiefly through the interference of 1 the shopkeepers, whose interests were materially affected by the strike. A. donation was offered to every collier who should return to his employment within a given time, and the expedient had the desired effeete—Times• WOOLWICH, SEPT. 3. APPOINTMENTS. Master John Tucker (b) (1841), formerly serving in .