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'7 i_ -''' a NiWo- ~ 11 i l i : sr9 .- , 1 - r• Z%, viii' .1- 4 -A 0 14 0.. •, , -'`:'-\.\- _,,- .....,:- ,„ , - .., . . 0 , 4 ., DIE .....---?,,.-_-,--.= _ ' 7 4 1 //1 8,1,*„, tin, V . -- Wthr tyg4:f ''''' It 01 T'' 7' '', yil ______i_ BA INK OF VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA..- The issue a t ONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK aro prepare d t o 30 d a ,their Read Offi ce i n Loth ury, Letters of Credit, and Bill!iat and u 37: Si l ,it, up , ni the Bank of Vi c t or i a, M elbourne, I ort Philip, charg e * .be Br anc h es of that Bank at Geelong and Bel:ast, at a Di 2 per Cent. s; gb.; J. W. GILP,ART, General Manager. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 12, 1853. zp, PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of Her that ORDNANCIE do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, tie 2 they Will SELL by AUCTION, at the Tower, on TUESDAY, oL 0i , 1 , 1 ILI I St. at 11 o' c l oc k i n the forenoon precisely, sundry L ots o f -Rip D Sr° RES, consisting* of Great Coats, verge Cuttings, Bolts, hu B ter Bars, Smith's el ows, West India Does, Files, V22P_ Per. teel. Iron, Tools of a ll sorts, an d var i ous oth e r articles; ,!Yrt , ?le of which may be viewed at the Tower, four days previous ;Me hsle (Sunday excepted), ft - cm 10 till 4 o'clock, upon applica io the Principal Storekeeper's Office at that place, wlire ea a- Zogt ues of the Lots and conditions of the Sale wi 1 be delivered to P !rsons Witt may apply for the same. By order of the Board, J. WOOD, for the Secretary. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1853. 10 ( 1 ,e erg° 1, 1113' No. 19,027.] rpm.. SD. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, 011S10W-house, Fulham•road). The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, and will continue open every evening, with LA.URENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter hinate at half-past 11. " THE PRESS" of this day, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, contains, among others, articles on The Impending War in the East—The Hop Harvest—Christianity in the United States—The Cholera and the Sanitary Laws—" Brigade" Morality, Legal Punishment, and Prison Discipline—Lord Brougham's Law Reform ; also Sk , :tclies of Radicals (No. a)—An Imaginary Hansard—The Age of Dross Mr. Gladstone and the First of Sep tember—Lord Aberdeen's Pictures—To Conservative Liberals— Reviews of Charles Delmer, Bruce's Classic and Historic Portraits, The Genius of Goethe (Second Notice), National Education, The London Quarterly Review, Literary notices. &c., &C. " The Press" is published ev..ry Saturday, at the Office, No 110, Strand, price 6d. May be had of all Newsmen, and at the Rath , ay stations. —Money orders when sent direct to the Office, -to be made payable to Mr. ALFRED lye. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF THE GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, SIR CHARLES ADAM, K.C.B. Although the service has been prepared for many days to receive the intelligence of the death of the respected and distinguished Governor of Greenwich Hospital, Ad miral of the White, Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., the gal lant veteran having been seriously ill ever since the death of his brother, Sir Frederick, the general, all ranks and classes will nevertheless regret the passing away from mortality of another of those links of the living history of the late glorious war, which connected the days of Nelson, Howe, and Jervis with those modern " piping times of peace." As stated in " O'Byrne's Geography:"— " Sir Charles Adam, born Oct. 6, 1780, was the son of the late Right Hon. William Adam, of Blair-Adam, county Kinross, Lord Chief Commissioner of the Scotch Jury Court, by Eleanor, second uaughter of Charles, tenth Lord Elphinstone, brother of the late• General Sir Frederick Adam, G.C.8., G.C.M.G., late colonel of the 21st Foot, Governor of the lonian Islands, and Governor of Madras, and nephew of Admiral Lord Keith. GT~AND TRUNK RAILWAY of CANADA. Gl b . Noti ce is hereby riven that the Holders of Slut. es in the de, TRUNK RAILWAY 001 i'ANY. of CANADA, who are will a, of payi,g up in advance on the P ehentures allotted to them, eat, . 1e a' liberty to do a on ihe presen' ation of their Scrip Certifi j,si NI tsars. Glyn, al &Co , No. M", Lon) bard-si rect. the. 4. leh P yments will hear inte , ,st, at the rate of 6 per cent. from belti; and are reettied the cler; il,,eates from Canadl. will be exchanged for De ree s wh P en then same By order of the 'lapard. WE. CLUBMAN. b~ceof the Grad Trunk Ra.ilway Co. ofCanada, 2, Leadenhall-strect, 3d Sept., 1853. ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON —II.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. CI LANG' of the LECTURE on " TII E THAM FS." The SECOND PINT of an ms - rofficAL LECTURE on "THE THAMES," from its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE BUCELAND, 'sq., assisted by 'Miss ll , anehe Yonne. with NEW SO , GS and NEW S , OLV I NG -C EN ERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock, and eve , y Evening except Saturday at Is ine. LEctmtEs.—By J H. Pepper, Esq.: On PHOTOGRAPHY, with Illustrations, Mornings and Evenings. By Pr. Bachhoffner ELECTRO-GILDING and SILVERING. The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE exhibited in Use and explained Daily. open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and hildren under Ten years of age Half-price. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE, in Casks of 18 Gal lons, 305.; and in full sized Bottles, Imperial Measure only, by winch the Public gain one-third — Quart 5................• • • .. • • • • ...... Bs. per dozen. Half-pints • • .. •• •• 35. ~ Supplied, in the highest state of perfection, by lIARRIIiGTON PARKER, BEER MERCHANT, 5%, Pall-Mall. . u e sci , 1.19 e , 90 is LONDON and MANCHESTER GLASS COlllANY.—Works. Sutton, heir St. Helens, Lancashire. — offices. 30, Brown-street, Manchester, 9th Sept., 11553 —NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, 'that the EIGHTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEET ING of the Shareholders will be held in the Offices of the Company, 30, Brown-street, Manchester, on FRIDAY, the 23d day of Septem ber, 1853, at Twelve o'clock at noon. The Register of Transfers will be closed from the 12th to the 23d September inclusive. By order of the Board, HENRY ROBINSON, Secretary. THE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATE comparing the lIU.s+AN FRAME to a TREE, and thus establishing the truth of the Hygeian system of medicine introduced by JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist, may be had of all the agents for the sale of Morison's Fills throughout the country, and also at the British Col lege of Health, New road, London, price 3d. plain, or 6d. coloured. All searchers after health are requested to at• entively consider the above important plate. Plaster busts of the Hygeist may also be had of the agents, price Is. 6d. each. oe,! r bora; Pe 4 5i 0 4 ol )B, ot . r m 641 o e, to s t) 41 ' s w o - 0 , to ' , s n o s i m - IS 3 6- 40 ° 0 g 40 oa; ae DA ' ~031° ct 0 0 # 0 0 - do, ,oft , I fee' rov ..'" i 0 •• 7 0 ..''' 10 115 e e La D IN ' or bu t s& h is F 35 3 bl Ira" . .. __e. " el o ii . Cor3* tio 13, 001 )s'(i°'rila ° , S et a iec °l ' slt' ale , el l° . l NW! ; a rn , ale" 0 orl‘" .--,' T O, 1 11 o f AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. THE SILENT FRIEND. UCCA and PISTOJA RAILWAY COM pr • PANY is hereby given, the /01; c o _ 1 1 GALL I of 1/. per Share on the e Preference Shares in that this n`,ParlY will fall due on ,iONDAY, the 19th instant, and that the 7e is to be paid at tl' Banking House of Messrs. Strahan, Paul, 217, Strand. be 1 -e l'anke ra' hoceiP ts to-ether with the Share Certificates, must , eft at th e N ew Off ce; of the Company, 33, Cannon-street, City, ordertaytCorn that the receipt endorsed on the Certificates may be signed b _ he Agent o f th e Co any. Interest at the rate of 5/. per Cent. per annum will be charged u pon all Calls ut3t paid on the 19th instant. K. MACKENZIE, Agent to the Company. 33 Canno 'd-street, City, Sept. 10, 1853. l* „ In. case of non-paym en t o f th e Calls on any o f th e Sh ares for " na Ya after the 19th instant, sach Shares will 11.,„, by the constitu -' of the Company, become forfeited. SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAIL- Ziesw, in itY —Sareholders who hve to theirrespect Meeting holden at froth London Tavern on Tuesday, the 1 ith instant, or were absent that Meeting, are hereby informed that they can, nevertheless, Ze:rd their votes in favour of the amended offer mde b the Great 11,,4.e_rn Railway Company, to :pay 31 per c a, nt. g y guaranteed i s r.mEl, with half of th e surp l us prof i ts of ,the said line from the or January, 1854. /12. 46- bee r. retary ot tbt COmpany will be Iti attendance at the Lon- Tavern, Bisimpsgate-street. London, between the hours of 10 WI 4, d a i ly, ut,til Monde., the 19th Instant, tor the purpose of re l'ing votes, after which day the poll will be declared. BY Order of the Shareholders' Independent *Committee. GEORGE WOOLCO ff, Secretary. C°ratnittee Room, London Tavern, llishopigate-street, September, 15, 1853. SIIREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, 12 , Buckingham -street, Adelphi, London, September 15, 1853. Bideei nunittee of Independent Shareholders have to annouce that cent, rs desirous or accepting the Great Western offer 031 per to 4 .ttni halt surplus profits, and who have entrusted their proxies let eBB,B . Geach and Scott, may revoke the same by Addressing a in the blowing form, to the 'lecretary of the Company To Tho s. H a ll , Esq., Secretary, Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway, Sir 28, Great George-street, Westminster. pr e = y, : xi oeg to withdraw, and request that you will cancel my Pro in favour of Messrs. Geach and , -cott, for the k eetiti glo of the Company, held on the 14th of September, or any b h „.. nMent thereof, also for the Meeting to be holden at Shrews so—ivoll the 2 ist of September, being desirous of accepting the offer 45 by the Great Western Railway Company. I am, sir, your obedient servant, Signature of Shareholder .. • • • • .• • • By order, GEORGE WOOLCOTT, Secretary. WiREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, 1 , 11 _ 12 , Buckingham-street, Adelphi, London, Sept. 16, 1853. ih tt Z_Conimittee of Independent Shareholders do Hereby Notify, 7:ettfero,Waies have this da3 been forwarded to the Proprietors, with tle t , e 7 3 to obtaut their support in favour of the undermenti ned who will will undertake to support an agreement with the Great the and Railway Company, to secure 34 per cent. and half surplus the and to propose six new and independent Sharehol lets to fill leggy n ac anael ancles which will be created at the ensuing Half - year l y Meet- E ' JAM t,.LMMACK, of Dunstan Hill, Wolverhamp ton. 8 CULVER WELL, Esq., of No 50, Wine-street, Bristol. , BAKER, Esq., of Longford House, Cheltenham. lo wt. —e Proxies will be used at the Meetings to be holden as fol- Dr:Sept. 21, 1853. at the Lion Hotel, Shrewsbury, at 12 o' clock at , wiselyo; Sept. 3 , , 1853, at the London Tavern , Bisho p s g ate-street, 'clock precisely. areliolders are earnestly solicited to transmit their Proxies, otit delay, to the Secretary of the Company at Wolverhampton. By order of the Committee, GEORGE WOOLCOTT, Secretary. * -- -- , Lne Committee sit daily at the Lo ndon Tavern, Bishops gate-street, where blank Proxies and every information may be TO the SHAREHOLDERS of the SHREWS BURY and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—We beg to call to ur particular attention to the im p ortance of the subjects to be ..e , ussed at the MEETING to be held at the Lion Hotel, Shrews , on Wednesday next , the 21st first., at Twelve o'clock. 1 - That meeting has been called to determine whether or not your ..Company is to be charged with the entire costs of the late Chancery Proceedings instituted by M:ssrs. Scott, Geach, Webster, and others, Including, amon gst oth,r terms, very heavy fees paid by the London and N or m-Western agents to the Solicitor-General and others, not- Withstanding the fact that Sir William Page Wood refused to grant the injunction prayed for, or any order upon the motion. 2. Whether or not all the large and every-day increasing costs and expenses yet to be incurred by the same parties, under the ad vice of their numerous staff of legal advisers, are also to be defrayed out of the funds of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Com pany, and disputes are to be renewel merely for the advantage of the London and North-Western Company, to your prejudice. 3. 1% he.her or not, under the disguise of a desire to expose those s _ wl , l o have resisted the London and North-Western Company, y o u 4 1 , in fact, render the late offer of a g u ar an t ee d di v id en d o f th e Gr eat Western Railway Company of 39 p er ce nt., with hale sur pl us Profits, abortive, and release that Company, by legal warfare and ex penses to which they will not assent, from an obligation to te -sAtet such debts or claims on your Company. If You deprecate a'l further expense and litigation as we do, and de sire to work harmoniously with your natural allies, the Shrews bury and Ch ester an d G r eat Western Comp inies, do not fail to attend the meeting at Shrewsbury in person; or, if this be 'mprac ate:table, o sign a proxy, and post it, directed to the Secretary of the revvsbury and Bit a,ingham Company at Wolverhampton, in favour of Messrs. Dimmack, Raker, and Culverwell, who s*ill support the ~ ! rz sr e h e nt : ient for amalgamation with the Great Western, and oppose legal proceedings, and who are pledged to propose six new 4.4', i ndependent Directois at the meeting on the 21st inst. By order of the Committee, GEItRGE WOOLCOTT, Sec. 12 , Buckingham street, Strand, London, Sept. 16, 1853. erLI , E AT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TO SOUTH WALES. 1.2 t MONDAY, September 19, an EXCURSION TR AIN will iZr; Paddington at 8 o'clock A.m., for Carmarthen, calling at Chep -I.l4wPort, Cardiff, Brithend. Port Talbot, Neath, Swansea, Nr c 'A S e a nd Pembrey, and also at the following Stations on the do: of Neath Railway, Resolven, Glyn Neath, 111rWairl, and Aver oz returning to Paddington from the above stations on WED. t I) AY, the 28th September. The Public will thus have an eaajtunity of visiting Tintern Abbey, thever Wye Vale of Neath. , and Chepstow Th e I t 5 8 well as the 31agrificent Scenery of the da, i ,•xrursion will be the last which will take place to South Wales — .ll the present season. Fares There and Back. Abe First Class. Closed Car. ,„ 15a, lls. 6d. 11 1 .1,Port or Cardiff .. 17s. • . 12s. 6d. )/,„le,end or Port Talbot .. .. 20s. 16s. 6d. Win or Swansea 225. • . 17s. 6d. kzk t i nealli?.taiPembrey .• :: • . 255. • • 20s. Od. 285. 225. 6d. e, n on G the Vale, lvn-Neath of Nea, Hirw th Ra il way .. 255. 20s. Od. Aber _ Tt in „ •Ex ct ro Tickets are not transferable, and are only a v a ilable for the atrettralon Trains. They may be p re viously obtained at 27, King- Cheapside ; 269, Strand ; 25. Regent-street, corner of Jer kuti:treet; and at the Paddington Station, where ha ndbills of ,„ may be obtained. ....,Zuolgton Station, Sept. 1, 1853. To THE LADIES.—The powerful influence Yea r of the sun on the skin and complexion at this period of the beat: p ai ls tor increased attention in preserving their delicacy and e 'bieo‘ i ' s The most pleasing and effectual specific for this desirable 14ealth-- d ROWLANDS' KA LY DOR, " ervedl a a ppit _ y established in Royal and public favour and estimation. , :ation neutralises the effects of atmosphere, and induces that action of the minute secretory vessels of the skin, by which * ▪ Pet s `.,;:r3' and beauty are so essentially promoted. Freckles, Tan. of ;`,:unples, and Discolourations are eradicated by the application ktre.._la-yalydor, and give place to a healthy clearness and trans- C 1 4 1,7.. of complexion. Ladies travelling or taking out-door exer nlotid n or . , find it diffuse a E,:atecul and refreshing feeling, dispelling the %El l angour and relaxation, allaying all heat and irritability, elo atie jnediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restore d Ihnes city and healthful state of the skin. In cases of sun - burn , it n t .d e„ insects, or incidental inflammation, its virtues have long uetti e 7 e nsively been acknowledged.—Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per of• A •'rtotz %e n h • ine words "Rowlands' Kalydor " are on the wrapp er .. gar ntle and their signature, " A Rowland and Sons, 20, Hat `•;ittia...l;en• London," in red ink at foot. Sold by them and by and Perfumers. az, , e -u-420J'S COPA.HINE-MEGE, or Saccharatt, ' , te es ‘PstrLEs sfun , approved by the French College of Physicians, and etem agedis in the Paris and London Hospitals. and Ceort by them to be the best remedy for the cure of (Meet, and Leucorrhoeal Discharges. on an average of ..1 11 be f Y i ee " Lancet " of 6th Nov., 1852, an extract from which Gt r j "rwarded immediately on application). —Prepared and sold (I ?ze ttil, 13 eau, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London ; and r harmacien. 161, Rue Montmartre, Paris ; at Liverpool, M. th e ➢and 1 00 1 /0. 4 „„ Abraham, chemists, Bold-street ; and the principal ranee, England, and the Colonies. Price of bottle of - Ru h , 6d.• 50 do., 2s. 9d., with diree'ions, and stamp with. Gabriel'Jozeau printed thereon. TAKE NOTICE! I°BBYIS. R. & L. PERRY & CO. CONTINUE TO BE Olt TAEAT 19 ~ CONSULTED AS USUAL, L ON DON , , Ja MINIM-STREET, OXFORD-STREET, cir,CRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED MISERIES In Six LanguagFiftieth Edi. euXTA INING THE REMEDY es— FOR PREVENTION tion OF DISER!E rated by On e H un d re d A na t om i ca l C o l oure d Engraving s and - Cases. Editsou, =aged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the , 3s. 6d. ps Vitt SILENT Establishment FRIEND, in a stam Medical Work on 'kee fti the e xhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by hatr,.ve i ndulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abase of Ate .._ lO 3e,V. With directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol e " 7 o bservations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which tp.4 l t it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. and CO. Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford tog 11,ondon. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster (loll, I 4 4 201 6 by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gor laow 6161. Lea denhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, syr„,uh - Yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. i• treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive 1 ,- rld is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. dtil g 4 r 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in aaent,,"ce, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing I„ ‘'ettpa ct .. . bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative , PA", ,Y. Illustrated by 10 Explanator3 Engravings. Lhe p ri ,„'lL treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in Ihei."arY or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for 4%. treatment, This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- Po ahem,' , I V• contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a p„._aPplication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Th e 'ar of evoted to the consideration of marriage and Its duties. ikThieetuse.s unproductive union are also considered, and the whole rirr critically and philosophically inquired into. aDIAL Herat SYRIACIIM is exclusively employed in trea ,bottle ",, g ua and sexual debility, impotence, &e., 11s, and 335. per e/fie c i,. ',le Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic is... 3lU Ptor%' °r Purifying the blood in cases of infection, secondary Aerie e ruptions and the abuse of mercury, 1 is. and 335. per bo x, 4-err ysPurifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 1 ls. e hr, certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and lion iau certain of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, detail et the case is required : t age, habits, and post- ent ' o „ . a, etY• 5/. Packets with advice, to be had at the Establish doe - ,, 7 „1 1, Y Which the fee, 1/. is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, ' R u r l . r, - th `ndanee tlaily, at 19, Berners - street, Oxford-street, Lon t°o-011;31e.vena Two, and Five to Eight; on Sunday from INING INVESTMENT.—Mr. JOHN S. LANE, Mining Agent 32, Poultry, London. offers his services to parties wishing to embark in Minin g enterprise, to aid them in the selection of the soundest as well as the most pro mising unlertaking,s. At the present time, when depreciation has probably gone to the farthest extent, and when so many safe and valuable shares are so much below their intrinsic value, an invest ment would doubtless be attended by immense profits as soon as a re-action takes place, which may be near at hand. All instructions promptly attended to. IMPORTANT TO HOUSEWIVES. No MORE DRESSES, &C., DESTROYED IN THE WASHING. CREWS'S RINSING LIQUID Restores them to their Original Freshness, Fixing ti:e Colours in all kinds of Fabrics—simple in its application—and very inexpensive TWENTY DROPS sufficient for ONE GALLON of ater. Sold by all Chemists and Oilmen, at 9d. per bottle, Agents—Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bush-lane, Cannon-street. Manufactured at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end, London. N ICOLL'S AUTUMNAL PATTERNS aro NOW READY. EXCELLENCE and ECONOMY combined, as illustrated by the well• known Patent YALE 1 OT, at Two Guineas. In England, France, or Germany, the best talent, workmanship, and materials are secured by H. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cernhill, London. GOOD INVESTMENT.-Mr. T. W. LOADY, Mining Sharebroker, of Penzance, Cornwall, is no in Town for short time, for the purpose of putting capitalists into legitimate and Dividend Mines, some of which pay from 15 to 20 per cent. Pos sessing a local knowb dge of t ornish Mines, he is enabled to make a good -election ; which, after some trouble and difficulty, he flatters himself he has dome, and from which he trusts the public may derive much benefit. 27, Bury-street, St. James's. SIR WILLIAM BURNETT'S DISINFECT -INO FLUID. —The best Concentrated " Chloride of Zinc."— Great Reduction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented by Sir W. Burnett, M.D . F.R S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &e. ; the prevention of Contagion ; the preservat of Animal Matter from Putrescence; the purification of Bilgewater, Cesspools, Drains, Water Closets. &c , are now so well known to the public as to render comment unneccssary. Sold at the Office, 18, Cannon-street, City, London, and by Che mists, Shipping Agents, and others throughout the United Kingdcm, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 25. 6d.; in Pints at Is. 3d.; in Half- Pints at 9d.; and in bulk at 65. per Gallon. CAUTION.—BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.—The only genuine Disinfectitur Fluid is seri ed over the cork with the inscription, " Sir Wm. Burnett's Disinfecting Fluid," and accomparled with nume rous Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for its use. GEORGE REEVES, 3,4, and 5, POPE'S HEAD ALLEY, 19, CORNIIILL, LONDON, (nearly opposite the south Entrance to the Royal Exchange), being determined to supply the Public with the very best WINES and SPIRITS, at the lowest remunerating prices, begs to submit the Sol lowing list for their consideration:— WINES. Good Draught Ports and Sherries ••.. • • .... 249. per dozen. Superior ditto (second to none) Very line Old Crusted Port, 4 years In 80tt1e.... 425. per dozen. Fine Old z•herry, Pale or Brown 42s. per dozen. SPIRITS. Gin of the finest Quality, 9s. 6d., 10s. Bd., and 12s. per gallon. Fine Old Jamaica Rums, 10s. 8d„ 125., and I6s. per gallon. GlenliYet and Campbelton Whiskies, imported direct, 5 years old, and 5 over proof, 20s. per gallon. G. 11. having purchased, preylous to the rise, 50 Hogsheads of Martell's Pale and Brown Brandies, 4 and 5 years old, feels disposed to offer them at the Original erices, taking no advantage of the 3s. advance in the markets. Finest Pale Champagne • . 28s. per gallon. Coloured ditto .............. Dis. per gallon. Hampers charged Is. per dozen, and bottles 2s. per dozen. ItENIITTANCES in all cases to be made in advance, by Post office Order, or by Cheque payable in London. OUGH, CONSUMPTION, SPITTING of .) BLOOD, NIGHT SWEATS, and FEVERS.—lmmediate relief is effected by PASCoE'S CONCENTRATED COUGH and CONSUMPTION MIXTURE, in all affections of the throat, chest, lungs, &c. In all cases of cough. hoarseness, wheezing, diftietPt breathing, &c., however inveterate, this highly-successful remedy wi'l be found the only medicine upon which entire reliance can be placed. It is also very valuable in the febrile affections of children In all BILIOUS DISORDERS, liver complaints, indigestion in all its forms, headaches, loss of appetite, &c., PASCOE'S INFALLIBLE GLOBULES will effect a radical cure, as proved by numberless tes- . . thnonials. 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A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis, on application. Ici I'on perle Francais. Qui si parla Italiano. Bier spricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habit , Espanol 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 of 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, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which h ave pro duced 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 has proved that there are in t... ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitftil Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without i ncu rring 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 functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure 1 DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a lon g series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only hypocriticalulified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is tree. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply treatment rewarded byof theset h e great r e e a a a t e s a u , c has to 0 g attended enerai l his efforts t i o n the who, with their pirated which ar e care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, have inflicted ser ious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and medicines can he 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-PRESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may be had, Price 2s 6d, in English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster - row ; Hannay , I Mann, 39, C orn hill ; St or ie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free by Post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rest deuce, 37, 8$1)101D-IQUABZ, LOMPoN. ' 63, Oxford-street ; THE LAWS OF CHOLERA. It may be right to premise that the observations which are to follow the above title are not intended to be limited to a strictly logical definition of the laws of cholera, and that we shall feel at liberty not only to advert to any facts we may find it necessary to chronicle for the purpose of showing how those laws have developed themselves, but ,also to cligrenu little from time to time, in order to bring to the subject sundry contributions by which it may be enriched. We ask leave to use' our title somewhat like the x of the algebraist, and to declare its value when we arrive at the close of our process. _ _ Until the month of February, 1852, we are not in a position to show that cholera had its laws—at least, we could not furnish anything amounting to their digest and exposition. At the first appear ance of the epidemic in this country, in 1832, and for many subsequent years, it was a subject com pletely shrowded in mystery ; its nature was not understood, its movements were a riddle, and its proper treatment, even among the most scientific and experienced, was unknown. Of late years the magic wand of science has been drawing its circle around this angel of death, and, if we had a popu lation ready to obey her voice, we should enjoy something like an immunity from the sufferings and the deaths which we have with a Turkish fatality considered inevitable. We say February, 1852, for it was at that date that we were furnished with a complete history of cholera in England—a history both natural and chronological of the epidemic, from its first appear ance down to the close of 1849. We refer to the " Report of the Mortality of Cholera in England in 1848-9, presented by the Registrar-General to Sir George Grey, the Secretary for the Home Depart ment." That document did not appear until two years after the epidemic had passed over us, and, great as was the temptation to notice it for the in valuable information it presented, we abstained from entering into the subject from an unwilling ness to revive a distressing topic, and from a con viction that a year or two would bring up the pain ful subject again. This document we shall now use as our textbook in the discussion on which we are about to enter, and it will be our object, departing somewhat from its order and method, to give our readers the benefit of that extensive induction of which it is the record. The Registrar-General having confided the duty of framing a complete history of the late epidemic to Mr. William Farr, that gentleman proceeded to his work with the scientific ardour for which he is distinguished, and, aided by his able assistants, he rendered available for his purpose the vast piles of returns which fill the Registrar's-office, taking ad vantage, also, of the new population returns " to determine accurately the mortality of the districts of London and of the country in which the disease had been most fatal." To show the value which may be claimed for the deductions that are to follow, it may be well, in the first place, to notice the materials from which they are drawn, and which consist of a list of every case of death from cholera and diarrhoea in 1848-9, transcribed from the registration volumes, the whole forming a large mass of manuscript, which contains the particulars of 72,180 deaths. " The list of persons who died of the two diseases in 1848-9 would fill an octavo volume of about 2,500 pages." The report, instead of presenting a death register, contains the abstracts and salient facts relating to each locality in a condensed form. By means of the ample tables with which we aro fur nished we can trace " the march of the epidemic through every country day by day," and that " through 17,000,000 of people settled over a wide extent of country in all the various ccircumstances of life." Aided by the ingenuity of his assailants, the author of this report has been enabled to record the daily progress of the cholera mortality in a number of diagrams, which tell their tale to the eye of the observer in such a manner as greatly to assist him in arriving at results and make him almost inde pendent of the tables of figures given to assist his more minute inquiries. We have a "Map of England, shaded to show the prevalence of cholera in the several districts during the epidemic of 1849," whereon the relatives degrees of mortality are expressed by the darkness of the shading. In this map, in Hull, where the mor tality was 237 in 10,000 inhabitants, the shade is darkest ; in. Guildford, in Surrey, where the mor tality was 5 in 10,000, the shading is imperceptible. This faithful sheet presents mournful patches of black, beginning northwards, on the east coast, at Ainwick, and going round to Newcastle-on-Tyne and Sunderland, Stockton, Sculcoates, Wisbeach, the whole valley of the Thames from Rochfore and Sheppey, several miles above Brentford ; then Brighton, Southampton, Plymouth, and the neigh bourhood, Bridgewater, Bristol, Swansea. Bridgend Cardiff and Newport, Liverpool, and Cockermouth, while in the interior the funereal hue falls heavily on Leeds, Gainsborough, Nant witch, Newcastle under-Lyne, Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Brom wich, Dudley, and Stourbridge, Coventry, Hitchin, Hertford, and Salisbury. An admirably executed diagram, very much re sembling that made by the Corps of Engineers to record the attendance at the Great Exhibition, gives the deaths from cholera and diarrhoea on each day of the year 1849, with the meteorological phe nomena registered at Greenwich on the correspond ing days, so that on inspection the student can learn, in reference to any given day during that year, the number of deaths from either disease, the temperature, the quantity of rain that fell, the di rection of the wind, and the weight of the atmos phere, and, like the well-known diagram to which we have referred, giving the appearance of a needle shaped mountain, throwing up its loftiest pinnacle to indicate the day on which the numbers attained their maximum. _ In the same way another diagram shows the deaths from cholera in 11 divisions of England ; another gives the temperature and mortality of London for every week for the last 11 years, shown by circular figures. This is followed by a set of circular diagrams representing the Plagues of Lon don, and showing the weekly deaths in the years 1593, 1603, 1625, 1636, 1665. These elaborate diagrams, the extended tables by which they are followed, and the body of " Notes on Cholera," furn.ished by the various local regis trars, form the apparatus which has been employed to work out one of the most interesting problems to which the labours of a scientic mind could be directed. How that problem has been worked, the solution given, and its practical uses, are subjects to which we deem it most important at this period to call public attention, as we intend in our further observations, and from which it will be seen that the use made of these materials is worthy of their great value and importance.—Times. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT ON WINDERMERE.—On Tues day afternoon, about five o'clock, as two young gentle menlight were rowing r o o r w w in h g erry fro,mth e Waterhea d boat suddenly dd down ly capsized,t he lake inan and before any assi s t ance cou ld b e r endered, the hapless youths had sunk t o r i se no more a li v e. The accident suen took place at Ecclerig Crag, about 20 yards from land, and in eight feet depth of water. They were on their way to join a party at Miss Marriot's, of the Abbey, Windermere. Half-an-hour elapsed before the bodies were recovered. They were immediately removed to the Low-wood Hotel, and medical aid procured from Ambleside and Bowness. Every means were made use of for some hours to bring about resuscitation, but without avail, A coron er ' s i nquest took place on Wed nesday forenoon, when it was stated that the young men were seen in the light skiff, stripped as rowers, full of life and frolic, sometimes standing up in the boat, and then heedlessly jerking themselves down, and throwing their legs over its side. Their names were Thicknesse, aged 23, only son of the member for Wigan, and Woodcock, 21, son of the eminent banker of that town. A verdict of " Accidentally drowned" was re c turned. • ( From the Daily News.) A leading topic at the Agricultural Meetings now taking place all over the country, is the ex tension of the use of machinery in agriculture. There is every reason why it should be so. The inventors of new machines are in the state of natural exaltation which is characteristic of in ventors, and always interesting and agreeable in the eyes cf bystanders. The purchasers of new implements aro delighted with the fresh facilities they have obtained. And all farmers have some thing to say at present about the rise of wages and the scarcity of labour. When the poor labourers of Dorsetshire and Wiltshire are plucking up spirit to demand more than six or seven shillings a week they somehow sustained life upon, and ambitiously soar to the ideal of ten or twelve, the great day of machinery has certainly arrived. In the manu facturing world it is a notorious fact that every great labour-savin g invention within this century has been directly duo to a strike for wages. In the rural world, emigration is answering the pur pose of strikes, where it does not immediately pro- I duce them. The Irish reapers now failing us, the workhouses having been emptied of the able-bodied, so that the old men l e ft are not enou gh to draw the water, and weed th e grass - gro wn yards, the demand for labour-savi ng i mp l emen t s is more pres sing from season to seas on . Th e m aker of a par ticular scarifier, who sold a b ou t 150 in a year, five years ago, now sells between 800 and 900. A ma nufacturer of steam engines now sells 150 in a year, the demand being 15 five years s i n ce. Others re port that they sell fourfold, fivefold, eightfold what was required three or four years ago ; and the increase in the less costly implements is great in proportion ; and the complaints of inability to execute orders fast enough are so many that there is no doubt of a continued extension for a long time to come. Side by side with these statements, we have still complaints of the backwardness of the farmers. Whole districts are pointed out where the work of tillage goes on just in the same way as in the time of our fathers; the old wooden plough, with an ab surd team and set of human attendants ; the old miry ways about the farm 2 • the hand-hoeing, the threshing with the flail, the mowing with the scythe ; the long exposure of the hay ; the waste of every kind in reaping, and so forth. And at agricultural meetings now, there is always a speaker who points out the undeniable advantages of dozens and scores of implements, and hopes to live to see the day when every farmer will, as a matter of course, supply himself with a complete set of labour-saving machinery. It is wonderful that no one of the yet unsupplied farmers does not get up and read to the meeting a list of prices of imple ments, and then ask—if such a question were still needful—how farmers are to buy such costly affairs. The steam-engine costs 5001. to begin with, if the farm is large enough to make it, according to current notions, worth while. The drill for such a farm costs 401. ; rollers from 11/. to 18/. ; a reaping machine from 17/. to 201., and so on. Now if, after all this outlay, such ma chines as Samuelson's digger are to be added, the farmer may well ask where the capital is to come from. He must go on paying for human labour from week to week because he is really unable to pur chase labour in its concentrated form. He must do the best he can with his land according to the old methods, for he cannot wait for the increased productiveness which would ensue from improved methods. He has eyes, like other people, and can see what the advantages of high farming with first rate apparatus can produce ; but he cannot pre tend to compete with it. He must do the best he can, and let himself be outstripped, because he cannot help it. He is the handloom weaver to the power-loom manufacturer; and he must put up with the lot of the small capitalists in the pre sence of the large one. Such is the farmer's plea. Can we admit it and rest upon it ? Must we be satisfied with it ? We must remember that circumstances have changed since agricultural machinery began to at tract much attention. Our workhouses were then full in winter, and the rates were a serious burden to the farmer. Together with the machinery, the number of labourers was growing ; and the imme diate consequence, though not the ultimate, was likely to be that as much as was saved by the use of machinery, might have to be spent in the maintenance of displaced labourers. The case is radically altered by the draining away of labourers by emigration. What is saved from poor-rates will be paid away in increased wages, with such a further probable demand, that the farmers must incur, it is believed, an expenditure which will very soon exceed what the most costly machinery could take out of their capital. Taking the whole kingdom together it has been computed that the saving in poor rates and the anticipated reduction in the price of guano, would pay the interest of the capital invested in so much machinery as would compensate for the attraction of labour. Now, is there no way in which the advantages of the general use of machinery can be secured ? Gentle men at agricultural meetings hope to see every farm stocked with a complete set ; and a multitude of farmers respond that it will never be done in their day—that the thing is an impossibility. Is there no way of reconciling the difficulty? In every other leading business of life, men are finding out the economy of association. Gentlemen began with their club-houses, many years ago, and now artisans are feeling the benefit of the principle and method in their model lodging-houses, their baths and wash-houses, and wherever the experi ment has been fairly tried of making a complete and first-rate apparatus answer the need of num bers, instead of a very poor and defective appara tus being supplied to each of a multitude who have the same want. A system of gas lighting gives 'Lco each room of a vast mansion an all-sufficient light at less cost than the old farthing candle ; and the clothes of a whole parish may now be washed, dried, and ironed by an American apparatus for a fraction of the cost, in money and time, that for merly half cleansed the apparel of a single court ful of people. What is there in agricultural ap paratus that need exclude it from the economy of association ? Why should not there be depots of it, whence it might be let out on hire ? Most implements are abundantly moveable, and therefore loanable, and all may be made moveable. The obvious difficulty is that the same instrument is wanted by everybody nearly at the same time ; but there is some margin left—a difference, per haps, of three weeks between the earliest and latest ploughing or sowing, or mowing or reaping, in the same district. And there is, besides, the main virtue of machinery to be considered—the speed of its operation. By the new digging machine ' an acre of soil has been turned into a seed-bed in eighty minutes. Of course this speed facilitates the process of lending ; and it is clear that a small number of machines may supply a much greater number of cultivators, even in regard to those pri mary processes which depend upon season and weather. The margin is much broader for those secondary acts which may be done one day as well as another—threshing, chaff-cutting, cake -crushing, and even scarifying and hoeing. From th e mere aspect of the case, combined with expe r i ence of what has been done in other lines of human action, it seems almost certain that there will be, ere long, centres of agricultural machinery, whence farmers may derive what aid they need in i ts season, and where, no doubt, great fortune s wi ll be made by machinists, or some intermediate class which will presently rise up, and offer its services to p er f ec t the connexion between the tillers of the soil and the makers of their tools. The first adventurers who planted magazines in the Hanse towns and the ports of Italy and England a few centuries ago rose to be the chiefs of a new social and political interest ; and some great function, or at least great fortune, may be reserved for those who w in , by establishing magazines of labour, facilitate the ap plication of mechanical resource s to the producti on of human food. If this were done now, and th e trade in guano were extended, we might presently add to the prosperity of the farmers as a class, and England. increase enormously the growth of food in THE LATE SIR C. J. NAPIER.—In reply to the letter of condolence from the Masons of Portsmouth to the lady of the late Lieut.-General Sir C. J. Napier, G.C.8., on the death of that distinguished man and be loved brother of the Order, Sir W. Napier -writes as follows :—" Oaklands, September 8, 1853.—Gentlemen, —The widow of the late Sir C. Napier is unable, from the weight of affliction, to do more than return, th roug h me, her grateful thanks for the address of condolence you have presented on her bereavement. The sympathy of friends is always assuaging to grief, b u t when that sympathy comes with such public testimony to the worth of the lost subject, it is as alleviating as human feeling under such a blow can be sensible of. Gentlemen, to Lady Napier's thanks permit ma to add an expression f grateful sentiments for all th e famil y o f one whom y o u have described as a virtuous and great man.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant, W. NAPIER, Lieutenant-General. — To R. W. Ford, R. G. F. Smith, and J. U. Owen, Esqs., and the Brethren of the Masonic Lodges of the Borough of Portlmoutb." " This officer entered the navy Dec. 15, 1790, as cap tain's servant on board the Royal Charlotte yacht, Capt. Sir Hyde Parker, lying at Deptford; and on removing in 1793 to the Robust, 74, commanded by his uncle, the Hon.Geo.Keith Elphinstone, was present as midshipman at the investment and subsequent evacuation of Toulon. In the Glory, 98, Capt. John Elphinstone, which ship he next joined, Mr. Adam bore a warm part in Lord Howe's action, June 1, 1794. He appears to have been thus suc cessively transferred to the Barfleur, 98, and Monarch, 74, bearing each the flag of his relative, the Hon. Sir G. K. Elphinstone, whose official approbation he elicited for his signal services as acting lieutenant in command of the Squib, gun-brig, at the carrying of the important pass of Maysenbergh, during the operations which led to the surrender of the Cape oTGOod 'Hope in 1795. In Octo ber of the latter year, being appointed acting lieutenant of the Victorious, 74 , Captain Wm. Clark, he proceeded to the East Indies, and on Sept. 9, 1796, participated, in company with the Arrogant, 74, in a long conflict of nearly four hours with six heavy French frigates under M. Sercey, which terminated in the separation of the combatants, after each had been much crippled, and the Victorious occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 57, including her captain, wounded. Mr. Adam, whom we subsequently find officiating as acting commander and ' captain, from August, 1796, to August, 1797, of the Swift, sloop, and Carysfort, frigate, was at length, on his return to England in the Polyphemus, 64, Captain Geo. Lumsdaine, confirmed to a lieutenantcy, Feb. 8, 1798, in his old ship the Barfleur, Captain James R. Dacres. On May 16 following he obtained official command of the Falcon, fire-ship, but was soon afterwards transferred to the Albatross, 18, and ordered with dispatches to the Cape of Good Hope, whence he ultimately accompanied an expedition sent to the Red Sea for the purpose of inter cepting the French in their meditated descent on India. Being advanced to the command, June 12, 1799, of La Sybille, of 48 guns and 300 men, Captain Adam while in that ship assisted in the capture and destruction, Aug. 23, 1800, of 5 Dutch armed vessels and 22 merchantmen in Batavia roads ; made prize in October following of 24 Dutch prows, four of which mounted 6 guns each ; and on Au gus t 19, 1801, off Mahe, the principal of the Seychelle Islands, took, with the loss of only two men killed and a midshipman slightly wounded, after a gal lant action of 20 minutes, amidst rocks and shoals, and under fire from a battery on shore, the French frigate La Chiffonne, of 42 guns and 296 men, of whom 23 were killed and 30 wounded. On arriving with his trophy at Madras he was presented by the Insurance Company at that place with an elegant sword, valued at 200 guineas, and the merchants at Calcutta also subscribed to him a sword and a piece of plate. Having at length returned to England, and been appointed to the com mand, May 23, 1803, of La Chiffonne, which had been added to the navy as a 36-gun frigate, Captain Adam cruised with success in the North Sea and Channel until the summer of 1805, and on June 10, in that year, with the Falcon, sloop, Clinker, gun-brig, and Frances, armed cutter, under his orders, after a chase of nine hours, during which the British suffered some loss from the incessant fire of the forts along shore, drove under the batteries of Fecamp a division of the French flotilla, consisting of 2 corvettes and 15 gun-vessels, carrying in all 51 guns, 4 eight-inch mortars, and 3 field-pieces, ac companied by 14 transports. While next in command, from August 27, 1805, to April 6, 1810, of the Resist ance, 38, he witnessed Sir John Warren's capture, March 13, 1806, of the Marengo, 80, flag-ship of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule ; brought a con siderable quantity of freight home from Vera Cruz in February, 1807 ; took, December 27 following, L'Aigle, privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men ; conveyed a large body of general officers to the coast of Portugal in 1808 ; afterwards bore the late King of the French from Port Mahon to Palermo ; and was otherwise actively and , usefully employed. On removing from the Resistance to the Invincible, 74, Captain Adam commenced a series of very effectual co-operations with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, where, and on other parts of the coast of Spain, he carried on for a considerable time the duties of senior officer, and greatly annoyed the enemy. In particular, at the defence of Tarragona, in May and June, 1811, he highly distinguished himself under Sir Edward Codrington ; and, in May, 1812, he directed with characteristic zeal and ability the operations which led to the capture of the town of Al meria, where the castle of San Elmo, situated upon an almost inaccessible rock, and all the sea defences and batteries which protected the anchorage of the place, were blown up. In June, 1813, after a siege of five days, Captain Adam took, with the assistance of Lieut.- Colonel Prevost, of the 67th Regiment, the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer, near Tortosa, armed with 12 pieces of ordnance, including 2-ten inch mortars and 2 howitzers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men. He likewise while in the same ship acquired the appro val of Sir Edward Pellew, the commander-in-chief, and of the Board of Admiralty, for the successful manner in which he conducted an important negotiation with the Dey of Algiers, having for its object a cessation of the depredations which had been for some time carried on by that potentate on the subjects of the Spanish govern ment. Shortly after the paying off of the Invincible, Captain Adam on May 16, 1814, assumed the special and temporary command of the Impregnable, 98, bear ing the flag of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, in which ship he landed the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia at Dover, on the evening of the 6th of June, and was afterwards present at the grand naval review held at Spithead. He left the Impregnable on the 29th of the latter month, but was nominated, on the 15th of December following, acting captain of the Royal Sovereign, yacht, in which he continued until Feb. 7, 1816. Being re-appointed to that vessel, July 20, 1821, he accompanied George IV. in his visits to Ireland and Scotland, and was occasionally engaged in attendance on other royal personages. He was superseded in the Royal Sovereign on his promotion t o fla g ran k, M ay 27, 1825 ; and attaining the rank of vice-admiral Jan. 10, 1837, was subsequently employed as commander-in chief in North America and the West Indies, with his flag on board the Illustrious, 72, from August 17, 1841, until May, 1845. _ _ "Sir Charles Adam was nominated a K.C.8., Jan. 10, 1835. He represented in Parliament from 1831 to 1841 the conjoined counties of Clackmannan and Kin ross ; was First Naval Lord of the Admiralty from April, 1835, until August, 1841 ; obtained the lord lieu tenantcy of Kinross April 1, 1839 ; was appointed in 1840 one of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House. He married, on the 14th of October, 1822, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Patrick Brydone, 'Esq., and sister of the Countess of Minto." On the accession of Lord John Russell to power, in 1846, Sir Charles Adam was again offered, and once more accepted, the post of First Naval Lord of the Ad miralty, under the late Lord Auckland ; but on the death of Sir Robert Stopford he was appointed, July 23, 1847, to the governorship of Greenwich Hospital. In all positions of life, private or public, domestic or official, Sir Charles Adam was always most amiable and most estimable. He possessed great kindness of heart, and the warmest and most charitable feelings. He was not a rich man, but, nevertheless, his bounty was fully proportionate to his means, whilst his name and good offices, as well as his purse, were readily given to the promotion and advancement of the public charities and institutions of his profession. The inmates of Green wich Hospital will unaffectedly deplore the old governor's loss ; for he laboured most earnestly and most success- fully to improve the habits, condition, and comforts of j the venerable pensioners. The distinguished deceased, w e believe, has left only , one son--a barrister-at-law. His second son, one of the most promising youths in the service, was lost with Cap tain Hewett and the officers and crew of the surveying brig Fairy, off Lowestoft. The remains of Sir Charles Adam will rest with those of his gallant predecessors in the hospital chapel vault. By the decease of Sir Charles Adam, the following promotions take place : To be Admiral of the Blue.—Vice-Admiral of the Red admiral of theHawker,rd h wit ce the Earl of Dundona ld, to be admiral e. To be Vice. Admiral of the Blue.—Rear-Admiral ' e. B .' Seymour, li. K. C b e . B. vice, admiral d l nfAtrhtheuwr,hiCte.,Bv.,inveicseirßaowles. F. G.C.H., Commander-in -Chief in the West Indies, to be 1 vice-admiral of the red. To be Rear Admiral of the Blue.—Ca p tain Lord 1 Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.H. (Dec. 24, 1824), Com modoret at Squadron,Malta, vice tn b e C r . e a ß r ... Houston Stewart, superintendent of her Majesty's Yacht admiral of the white ; vic e Gordon Thomas Falcon, to be rear-admiral of the red. To be R ear -Admirals. —Captains James Montague (July 17, 1824), Thomas Prickett (August 20, 1824), and Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott (Oct. 11, 1824), on the retired list, promoted under the order in council of 1846, without increase of pay. By the promotion of Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence an appointment of naval aide-de-camp to the Queen is relin quished, as also the command in chief of h er M a j esty ' s yacht squadron, arid Captain John M. Laws (1833), becomes a senior captain on the 14s. 6d. list ; and Capt. C. A. Barlow (1841), on the 12s. 6d. half-pay list. Rear-Admiral Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the son of our late sailor-king, William IV., has been in active ser vice ever since he entered the nayy, except for ea inter 7 val of two years. He was born Feb. 18, 1802, is uncle of the present Earl of Munster, brother of Lord Augus tus Fitzclarence, rector of Maple Durham, county of Oxford ; and brother-in-law of Lord De Lisle and Dud ley, Lieut.-Colonel Charles Fox, of the Grenadier Guards, the Earl of Errol, Lord John Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, Captain R.N., and Viscount Falkland. " His lordship entered the navy May 26, 1814, as first-class volunteer, on board the Impregnable, 98, Cap tains Hon. Henry Blackwood and Charles Adam, bear ing the flag of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cla rence, in which ship he shortly afterwards escorted the Allied Sovereigns from Calais to Dover. He then, as midshipman, joined the Newcastle, 50, Captain Lord G. Stuart, on the North American station ; on his return whence, in 1815, he proceeded to the Mediterranean in the Tagus, 38, Captain J. W. D. Dundas, and there con tinued to serve on board the Rochfort, 80, flag ship, of Sir Thomas F. Fremantle, and Glasgow, 50, Captain Hon. A. Maitland, until the receipt of his first conunis- Sion, bearing date April 23, 1821. He joined Oct. 22 following, the Euryalus, 42, Captain Augustus William James Clifford, fitting for the station last mentioned, and attaining the rank of commander, May 17, 1823, was next appointed, Dec. 26, in the same year, and Feb. 28, 1824, to the Brisk sloop, and Redwing, 18, on the North Sea Station. Captain Fitzclarence, who acquired his present rank, Dec. 24, 1824, was subsequently appointed -Feb. 9, 1826, to the Ariadn e , 26, in the Mediterra nean ; July 2, 1827, to the Challenger, 28, in which frigate he brought home the Earl of Dalhousie, late Governor-General of Canada, and then visited Lisbon ; and August 28, 1828, to the Pallas, 42, employed in conveying the latter nobleman and the Bishop of Calcutta from Portsmouth to Bengal, General Viscount Comber mere from India home and Colon e l Pox from Halifax. Since July 22, 1830, his lordship has been in uninter rupted command of the Royal George and Victoria and Albert yachts. "tfe was appointed Groom of the Robes to William IV., July 24, 1830 • granted, M a y 24, 18 31, the title and precedency of the younger son of a marquis ; nomi nated a G.C.H. Feb. 24, 1832 ; and created a Lord of the Bedchamber in Ordinary Jan. 5, 1833." PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 16. The Edinburgh, 58, screw gunnery ship, Captain Hewlett, left Spithead last evening, at sunset, on a cruise. The Barracouta, paddle-sloop, Commander George Parker, was undocked to-day, after purification by Mr. Hay ; and the Encounter, screw, 14, Capt. O'Callaghan, was hauled in to have some defects repaired. In Harbour—The Victory, Neptune, Excellent, Vic toria and Albert, Barracouta, Stromboli, Fairy, Elfin, Sprightly, Fire Queen, Ceres, Fanny, Portsmouth, and Echo. In Dock—The Nelson, 120 ; Princess Royal, 90 ; Al fred, 50 ; Encounter, 14 ; Scourge, 6 ; Growler, 6 ; and Harpy, 2. _ _ In the Steam Basin—The Dauntless, 24; Dragon, 6; Gladiator, 6 ; Geyser, 6 ; and Sphynx, 6. On the Stocks—The Marlborough, 131 ; Prince of Wales, 120 ; Royal Sovereign, 120 ; and Royal Frede rick, 116. At Spithead—The Prussian corvette Amazone only. The fitting basin has been drained, and is being cleared of deposit. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 16. The Lords of the Admiralty commenced their duties, at 9.30 yesterday morning, by inspecting the police force of the Devonport Dockyard, under the command of Lieu tenant T. Williams, R.N. They then proceeded in the Commodore's barge to the Banshee, and, steaming into the Sound, landed on the lighthouse steps, at the west end of the breakwater. The members present were—Sir James Graham, Admiral Dundas, Captain Milne, and Captain O'Brien ; Colonel Greene, Mr. Walker, civil engineer, and Mr. Cooper, civil engineer. Their Lord ships were accompanied by Commodore Superinten dent Michael Seymour and Mr. Thompson, Queen's Harbour-master, and were received on landing by Mr. Stuart, superintendent of the breakwater. This gentle man had performed the same duty 20 years previously for the First Lord, who greeted him most cordially. Their lordships went into the lighthouse, where the en gineers exhibited several plans and models of different parts of the works, and then commenced their inspec tion by examining the south buttress at the west end, which is being strengthened. Proceeding along the breakwater, their attention was called to the mode adopted for securing the outer parts where they have been disturbed by storms, in two places on the western arm, and one on the eastern arm. This is done by dovetailing large blocks of granite, horizontally and ver tically, on what is termed the " toe of the foundation." Their lordships, notwithstanding the heavy rain, passed along the whole extent of this wonderful structure, nearly a mile, and after minutely examining every por tion, descended into the commodore's barge, at the inner part of the east end, and were pulled outside, where they had a full and satisfactory view of the powerful resistance given by the breakwater to a considerable sea which was then rolling against it. Embarking again in the Banshee, they returned to the dockyard at 12.30, and proceeded to their quarters, at Moorshead's Royal Hotel, where a board was formed for the dispatch of business. At 3 p.m. they went on board the new screw steam ship St. Jean d'Acre, 100 guns, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, in Harnoaze, and steani being up, she cast off and made an experimental trip into the Sound, with top gallantyards across. Since the last experiment 100 tons of provisions have been sent to this ship from the Royal William Victualling-yard, and 100 tons of water have been discharged from her. She is to be supplied with the patent distilling apparatus. Their Lordships dined with Commodore Superinten dent Michael Seymour yesterday. To-day they will probably inspect the Royal William Victualling-yard, the Royal Marine Barracks, and the Naval Hospital, after which they dine with Major-General Sir Harry Smith, Commander of the Forces in the Western Dis trict, and patronise a ball at St. George's-hall, Stone house, in favour of the Female Orphan Asylum. On Saturday they give a dinner to the heads of the public departments. It is reported here that the steam-sloop Medea, 6, Commander John C. Baily, which was commissioned only in December last, is ordered home to Spithead to be paid off. Lieutenant Thomas D. Williams, the First Lieutenant, between whom and Commander Baily an exchange of courts-martial took place, has been removed from the Medea, by Admiral Sir George Seymour, into the flag-ship Cumberland, 70, Captain George H. Seymour. The General Screw Steam Shipping Company's mail packet Lady Jocelyn, Captain Benson, sailed yesterday afternoon for the Cape, Mauritius, and Calcutta. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 16. APPOINTMENTS. Mates.—Henry Berkeley (1853), from the Queen, 116, to the Desperate screw steam sloop, at Devonport ; John A. F. Luttrell (1853), to the Arab, 12, sloop, at Chatham. Acting Mate.—Hastings St. John de Robeck (1853), from the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship at Sheerness, to the Philomel, 8, sloop, at Devonport. Second Master.—William G. Aldrich (1849), from the Imaum, 72, receiving•ship, at Jamaica. Masters'-Assistants.—Arthur Morphy, to the Strom boli steam sloop, at Portsmouth ; F. C. Piper, to the Dolphin, 3, brigantine, at Sheerness ; E. C. Roberts, to the President, 50, fitting at Chatham as flagship for the Pacific station. The following is the ultimate decision arrived at rela tive to the intended alteration to be made on the Royal Victoria and Albert steam yacht :—She is to have her present engines of 430-horse power taken out, and will then be lengthened 65 feet ; she will afterwards be fitted with oscillating engines, by John Penn and Son, of 600- horse power, and new paddle-wheels on the feathering principle ; and the requisite alterations are to be made with all possible dispatch. THE CHANNEL FLEET IN CORK. The Cork, Constitution. of Thursday contains the fol lowing intelligence respecting the Channel Fleet : " Her Majesty's Channel Fleet steamed out of Bantry Bay on Tuesday, but up to a late hour last night it had not arrived in Queenstown. The London, 90, which forms part of Admiral Corry's squadron, arrived in Queenstown at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, and at 11 the follow ing (yesterday) morning, the local harbour-master (Mr. Verling) received orders to direct all vessels in the har bour to fall in, and to allow space for anchorage of the fleet when they should arrive. These orders were at tended to ; but as yet no further message has been re ceived." , The Cork Reporter says :—" The London, 90 guns, arrived in the harbour on Tuesday evening, but though the other ships had put to sea, none had reached Queens town till this morning. The Imperieuse and another have just come in, and all are expected before night:" The inhabitants of Cork are making all the necessary preparations to give the Lords of the Admiralty a cor dial and hearty welcome to their city. Their lordships are to be entertained at a public banquet, and it is in tended to present an address to Sir James Graham. The Cork Constitution states, that a subscription will be set on foot during the presence of the Channel Fleet in that harbour, the proceeds to be applied to the " Sailors' Home," about being established in Queenstown. THE POTATO IN IRELAND.—SeveraI letters received in the course of Thursday from various quarters of the country speak rather despondingly of the progress of the potato disease. It was not, of course, ever expected that the produce of this year would altogether escape the ravages of the old blight, and even still there is good reason to believe that the crop had reached such a state of maturity before the bad symptoms had appeared as to justify the opinion that the greater portion will be ultimately saved. It is said that the poor man's potato, the " lumper," has, as usual, suffered most. — Times' Dublin Correspondent. A RAPACIOUS BEAR.—A showman, four days ago, took a bear to Biarritz, department of the Basses- Pyrenees ' with the intenti on o f ma ki ng it d ance for money. He fastened it up in a stable in the night, but by some means the animal escaped, and took to flight. A general battue waa organised, but the only trace that could be discovered of the bear was that he had killed and eaten great part of ow ass near Anglete spector Field, it will be remembered, was not put int the witness box during th e f amous trial at the ?). G oucester Assizes, when "Tom Provis," of Warminster, attempted to prove that he was Sir Richard Smyth, of Ashton Court ; and it has been said that the public thus lost an interesting tale. But though the officer might have told the facts of his search alter the truth, the bye play by which they were obtained would have been kept out of sight, if possible ; while the clue which led to the detection of the conspiracy would have been concealed under the phrase "from information received." The writer of this article is in a position to lift the veil which gives the interest of mystery to the case ; and, though the following narrative may diminish Mr. Field's repu tation for wonderful sagacity, it will show that he is a man of great shrewdness, coolness, patience, and perse verance. When the fictitious baronet first made himself known, the parties assailed were taken by surprise, as well they might be, his story being a pure fiction. They knew nothing of him—who he was, what he was, or where he Caine from ; and, in a word, were quite at a loss what to do. The fictitious baronet's story, how ever, began gradually to leak out, and it came to the ears of the Smyth family that he described himself as the offspring of a concealed marriage, who had been brought up in boyhood under the name of Provis. This was the state of their knowledge when Mr. Field's services were retained. Having been made acquainted with this solitary fact, which was one of the supports of the fic titious baronet's case, in his hands it became the mas ter-key to the conspiracy. Scratching his ear when he was instructed, or rather not instructed, by the solici tors of the family, he said, "Well, we'll see what can be done," and immediately set to work in his own pecu liar way. Taking nothing for granted, his first step was to ascertain whether Provis was a myth, and, if not, who Provis was. He searched all the directories relating to all parts of England, and found many Provises ; but England is a wide place, and at first he was quite at a fault as to the right one. In the mean time the fictitious baronet's story continued to transpire bit by bit, and Warminster was mentioned as the place in which had spent his childhood. To Warminster Mr. Field went, and, in a quiet, incidental way, made inquiries. The Provises, he found, had disappeared, but there was an old woman living in the outskirts of the town who was in some way related to them. Now it would never have done for Mr. Field to go to the old lady in propria persona ;if he had questioned her about family matters, without say ing who he was, she would have repulsed him for an impertinent fellow; while, if he had said he was a "de tective," the old woman would have been very cautious in what she had said, and, perhaps have been frightened out of her wits. Mr. Field, therefore, assumed a character which might win the old woman's heart, and thus enable him to extract its inmost secrets. He ap peared at her gate one day, an invalid, broken down by bodily sickness, brought on by family trouble, who had come to Warminster for the benefit of the Wiltshire air. The old lady was fond of a gossip ; and she was highly pleased with the sick visitor—he was such a nice, civil, well-behaved gentleman ; while he, in turn, was delighted, for the old lady reminded him so much of his mother I Indeed he was, (so said he,) so much struck by t he rehouse ad heresemblance that h e s h ould like to lodge in the old ly's house during his stay—it would remind him so much of o ld t i mes. The old lady said s h e h a d never taken a lodger before —it was quite out of her way— think for, thanks be, she could do Withou t it ; she did y n — ot think elle could accommodate him u well enough • but there—if he would take it in the rough, and live 's she lived, why she did not mind taking in him for a week or so. Mr. Field soon installed himself in the cottage, and those who know him will not wender that he was also soon installed in his landlady's good graces. He chatted with her about the news of the place, not forgetting the famous Warminster onions ; told her many funny things, and quite won her heart, when, on going to bed at night, he said that he had not felt so comfortable for many years. The old lady, of course, with the curiosity proverbial of the sex, and prudenti a l i n a l andlady, wished to know w h o and what her lodger was ; and he was only too glad to tell her, in a friendly way. He had had, he said, a bad family, who had been the plague of his life, and reduced him to his present condition. Ah ! she could feel for him—so true it is " a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind " for she had had family trou bles too. "Why," she exclaimed, " one of our family Tom Provis, is the greatest rascal living." And now the detective seeing " land a head," set about reaching it. He should like some tea, he said, and fetching from his room a half a pound of the best gunpowder, which— thoughtful man—he had brought from London with him, he asked her to make a "nice dish," and hoped she would join him. The invitation was accepted with pleasure, and as the tea-leaves opened, so did the old lady's heart ; indeed she said it did her good to tell her troubles to one who had gone through so much himself. " That rascal," she declared, "had ill-used his father, disgraced his friends, gone under a false name, and was always in some mischief or other." Our visitor, for the benefit of the Wiltshire air, now became troubled with pains in his stomach ; he was subject to them, he said, and al ways carried a little gin in his box for a remedy. Would the old lady just put on the kettle and make the water warm? Would she mix it for him ? Would she take a little drop with him, as his mother used to do ? Won by these gradual approaches to a little dissipation, of course she would do anything to please him ; and as her talkativeness increased, Torn Provis became a greater rascal than ever. Why, she had In.ard say that he had been in some gaol for horse stealing. He had also married the aunt of a man named Ingram, and served her very badly, but who Ingram was, or what he was, or where he was, she knew no more than the dead. In this way the old lady went on talking until the clock struck ten, when, with many a "de•iry me," at being up so late, she went to bed. The next morning Mr. Field having taken a walk, returned to the c , ,ttage much disturbed. He had received letters, of course, calling him home on unpleasant business, and must fore go the benefit of the Wiltshire air, much to his annoy ance, and it need scarce l y b e added, the regret of his old friend. The next thing to be done was to discover Ingram. Mr. Field returned to London, set several persons to work about the Ingrams in town and country, but for some time without success. Back he went to Warminster ; picked up a vague story that Ingram had something to do with a gaol in Somerset ; posted off to Taunton, where he heard that there was one Ingram employed at the Bath gaol ; and, coming to Bath, lighted on the very man he was searching for. From Ingram be learnt much more concerning Torn Provis, and Bath now became the sphere of his labours, While Mr. Field pursued his inquiries here, Ingram took an opportunity of throwing himself in the way of Sir Richard, who had taken up his residence at the Priory, Clifton ; a mutual recognition ensued, and Ingram re ceived an invitation to tea with the great man. Sir Richard, however, sometime afterward called at the Bath gaol, and requested Ingram as a particular favour, to know nothing about him, should questions be asked. In the meantime, Mr. Field had ascertained that Provis had been married at St. Michael's Church, in his pro per name, in the presence of Ingrtm's father ; and that he had kept a school here. He now sought for some persons who had known Provis ; a local schoolmaster, a pupil, and some others, were traced, and a precious story they told about him. In the year 1815, it ap peared, Provis had been charged with feloniously assaulting one of his pupils ; the magistrates had committ e d hi m f o r trial, but liberated hi m on bail ; and he then absconded, leaving his bondsmen in the lurch. Proof of this at once sought ; the papers in the magistrate's office at the Guildhall were disinterred from the dust in which • they had lain for nearly forty y eaand the offi c i a l years Provis documents relating to the found "Why, this beats proceedingsagainst cock-fightingrexcl a i me d F w rel e d, on seeing the proof that Provis was rea l ly a great rogue, and, therefore, all the less likely to be the gen tleman he said he was ; and satisfied that the g ame was all up with " Sir Richard," Mr. Field added, " Well, now I'll go to dinner. These documents we may here state, would have been used against Provis on the trial if he had not been condemned out of his own mouth, P. George, Esq., the Town Clerk, having been sub poenaed to produce them. We need not detail the rest of the story, how the fabrication of the family seals was exposed by the maker having read in the newspaper the first day's proceedings at the trial—how the family Bible was subsequently traced, by the same means to the bookseller who had sold it to Provis—as these things are already known to the public. Our object is simply to show how Provis was traced through his career in this neighbourhood. Mr. Field, it will be seen, arrived at a great result through very simple means ; and we have no doubt that many persons will think they could have done as well as he—now they have been shown the way. The officer's skill consists in hitting out the way. The value of the facts collected by Mr. Field, it may be observed, consisted not so much in proving that Provis had been a scoundrel, but in in con tradicting th e s t or y w hi c h h e gave o f his career. For instance, if he were keeping school in Bath, 1815, as be was, h e cou ld no t h ave b een t rave lli ng on the conti been. nent with Lord Knox, as he declared he had We may mention as a proof of Provis's audaci ty, that, some years after absconding from under the name of Dr. Smith, and g a ve tures. He lived in a cottage on Sio n - hi ll, that some Bath,ave series of lee he returned but fell into deep distress. It was, indeed, s op al pable, of the neighbours compassionately family with food ; while other persons, fur nishe d a subscription believing thatnd his family heis was a man of education and talent, made for him. Before he left Bath, we believe his real cha racter began to be known ; at a llev w e h n o ts, h n a o d th h i e n f g rie m nde or d e was seen of him by any of t h o se him, until he appeared in the ssize Court at Glouces ter. One of his benefactors, anen Sir est Richard eemedlerg came yman in , happening to be in the court when to look round, he was recognised witli m. a a n r ios_t polite h bow, and a condescending sweep of the Chronicle. A FREE FIGHT. —The following is a description of a free fight in Western Virginia, as related by one of the eye-witnesses thereof. Premising that there Was but one blow struck, in answer to an interrogatory as to who was hit, the narrator replies :—" I reckon he was from low down on Guyan, somewhar. Jes as they war jam ,'n a chap rode up on a claybank b oss —l reckon he was Messinger stock, a scrowgin anemil, a leetle blind o' both eyes—a peeit-looking chap enough—an' when he got fernent the place, says he, 'ls this a free fight ;' and they told him it war. Well,' says he, Bitting off an' hitching his ole claybank to a swinging limb, count me in !' He hadn't more'n got it out, afore some one fetched him a lick, an' he drapt. H. riz dreckly with some defichulty, and see he, 'ls this free fight an' they told him it war. ' see he , unhitchin' his boss, and puttin' his left leg over the back leather, count me out !' an' then he marveled."—New York Tribune,