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First Section. ivrtbscericE I HEREBY GIVEN, That the HALF-YEARLY bev, 18 1 E, ST, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, to the 3 1 st Decem be on the Capital paid upon the Shares of this CompanY, will payable t and a r t a the Company's Offices, 84, King Will on d elis es of sha er the 2d January, 1a54. It is necessary that the Certificates be left two clear days for examination, Br.c., previously to tag the Warrants for the interest due. GEORGE GRENFELL GLYN, Chairman. Lon C. MOLLER, Secretary. ddon, Dee. 15, 1853. 11°YAL DANISH RAILWAY.--First Section. Ier:P.IIRD CA 1.1, of 3/. per Share, making 12/ paid.—Notice the 2 f i Civen, That the Third. Call of 31. per Share wiU be due on si January, 3854. • at ti lreh , dders will be required to deposit their Certificates of Shares the2.;PfUces of the Company, 84, King William•street, on and after Call L " instant, between the Ours of Ten and Two o'clock, when .a to „ et ter will be delivered. Upon production of the Banker's Re wir,_.• at the Offices of the Company the Certificates will be returned, B ":_the Call endorsed thereon as paid. wp,“_ireholders are reminded that interest at tt e rate of 5 per cent. " charged on all Calls in arrear after the 2d January, 1854. 1 5th Dec., IGBSRGE ORENFELL GLYN, Chairman. London C. M LLER, Secretary. LONDO N & SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. FOREIGN TRAFFIC.—SPECIAL NOTICE. il?itioEnt and after Ist JANUARY. 1854, the existing THU° I:IGIi ri3 8 for Goods Traffic be•wist Londen and Paris, and betwixt and the Channel islands, will he DISCONTINUED. suar be as will be conveyed. as heretofore, betwixt London and Havre, rates twixt Havre and the Channel Islands, at reduced through or to ',plith include all charges from the Quay at Havre to London, b u „ le C hannel Islands the amount of Customs' Duty and Marine ourence excepted. Ir ee da Wil achl be convey e d b e t w i x t London and Havre three times a e 1 n •or aY, as hereofore. Lo Particulars of throu t gh rates, and all ether information, apply Pout h , ilii Gn, to Mr. - SIMKIN, 53, King William-street, City ; 2401)thn, to Mr. WATKINS, Ratlway-station ; in Havre, to OILt -5, Rue-de-la-Gaffe. (My order) ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. -.....Z7 4 3'-office, London, Deo. 24, 1853. PIE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON F IRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Capital, £2,000,000. Established in 1836. Empowered by Acts of Parliam?nt. 37 . C astle.street, Liverpool ; and 20 and 21, Poultry, London. hutZ tl es Whose Fire Policies with this Cothpany expire on the 25 th t kale are respectfully reminded that receipts for the renewal of be found at the Head Offices in Liverpool and London, and the eilands of the respective Agents and those who, preferring the an ee '"Y offered by this Company, may de•tire to remove their insur 14,!_tre informed that no expense will be Incurred by such removal. the the LIFE DEP RTMENT, peculiar advantages are afforded XewZ 4ir ed, RESIDENCE IN THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BEING AL- I% the 'WITHOUT EXTRA PREMIUM, and great facilities are afforded Payment of renewal premiums through the several agencies Mout the Colonies. Ar n eles Issued free of stamp duty. SFn,3 i ties, immediate or deferred. her particulars may be had on application. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary, London. — .Luber, 1853. CONT RACTS FOR RAISINS, SUGAR, TEA, AND TOBACCO. belaartment or the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, 23d Dec., 1853. rir RE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom o f Great Britain ,14;kreland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 2th p erse u arY, 1854, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Into 2' l as may be willimg to Contract for supplying a nd deliverin g t he uer majesty's Victualling Stores at GOSPORT and PLYMOUTH U ndermentioned articles, viz.:— • To be delivered at I 'When to be delivered . ..---------- • . Gosport. Plymouth. ItAte , 4 1'78 (Eleme, Va ,t tia, Chesme, or any Tons. To ri 12 One-half of each in otber description )..... 8 mle month, and the /4 / I kli ••••• —.. ••••.• 60 5) , ' remainder in one Tt k lbs. , . month afterwards, (Congou)..„ „.. • • 20,000 .. • • or earlier if v,— pre- Tons. Tons. ' ferred by the party ois te e 15 10 tendering. articles clos to he exempted from the Customs Duties. 4 t.:TiSr tender will be received for a less quantity of Raisins than sof Sugar than 10 tons—of Tea theta 4,000 lbs.—and of Tobacco fan 6 tons. l e f sa mples of the Raisins (not less than 6 lbs.), of the Sugar (not Vs than 4 lbs.), of the Tea (not less than 2 lbs. from the Bonded d u ar ellouse), and of the Tobacco (not less than 2 lbs.), must be pro- Z 1 by the parties tendering. kr : us samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted 4 _' requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con.- ..acts have been decided. conditions of the revised coatracts, to which particular atten ao s called, may be seen at the said office, at the victualling yards . o ., o " o sPort and Plymouth,"at the office ofCommander Bevis, at Liver- I, a n d of the Co . lector o f C us t om , a t Bristol. No tender win be 01 ei,r, atter One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed ess g the party attends, or an agent for him , duly aut h orised in flrritin. very tender must be addressed to the Secretary‘ forattd d must also be delivered at S , itrierset-place, ani those for Raisins, tiger, and Tea must be accompanied by a letter signed by a respon "le rerson, engaging to become b iund with the person tendering, the sum of 201. per cent. on the , value, for the due performance of the contracts. OYSTERS—TO EPIC (TRES' QUEENBOROUGH and FA VERSHAM NATIVE OYSTERS. Ti. e most acceptable Present at this season of the year is a Barre 4f the best NATIVE OYSTERS, which are to be obtained at SCOTT'S ? t 'elebrated OYSTER WA.REEIOUSE, 18, Coventry•street, Piccadilly, t 4. 6d.per Barrel, warranted to weigh 141bs. ANEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH. MR, HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52, FLEET-STREW', has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW w . if 'k-RIpTiON of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, w 'es. or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth, ii hot to be distinguished from the or•ginals by the closest observer ; kgwill never change colour or deca y , ant will be found superior to teeth ever before used. This method does not require the ex lion of roots, or any painful operation, and will supp)rt and pre 7r_ye te e th that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation 11°' Mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mas. 52, FLEET-STREET.—It home from Ten till Five. MOST CERTAIN PREVENTION OF CHOLERA YET DISCOVERED. FURTHER GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICE. CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID is the Best and Cheapest for tbe purification of Dwelling-houses. t i a llies, Dog Kennels, Ship's Bolds, Cesspools, Drains, Vs , ater :ets. Btc. • the Disinfection of Sick Rooms, Clothing, Linen, lifor the Preventron of Contagion. Tie extraor,lina:7 power of this Disinfecting and purifying is now acknowledged, and its use recommended by the College 'bysicians. Unlike the action of many other Disinfectants, it d estroys all noxious smells, and is itself scentless. The manufactu ;Z. having destroyed a monopolyfostemd by the false assumption of Zue title of a patent, has to warn the public against all spurious nitations. Each Bottle of Crews's Disinfecting Fluid contains a r i sely concentrated solution of Chloride of Zinc. which may be Red for use with 200 times its bulk of water. Vide Instructions a ig utripanying each bottle. lt is sold by a ll Che_nists and Shipping Agents in the United King .,Lin Imperial Quarts at 2s. ; in pints, is. ; half pints, at 6d., and , 41 rger vessels at ss. per Gallon. Agents—Ale,ssrs. Drew, Heyward, and Barron, Bash-lane, Can .:in -street. ,Manufactured at H. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf , Mile End, tendon. G. It AVESEND STA It PACKETS. 11 0 Other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Parfleet Piers. 4:4 ° Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting • FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. SUNDAYS , WE K DIM Terrace l i Pier. Time , Xtrect Trains fra uranibuses from eve, quarter of a en the Boats marked t Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London n hour. lI RUNSWICIC lowing Ti BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol. rains from the Fenchurch-street Station. WERX DA YS SUNDAY'S. `'• 4, 2_, ,- 4 .... 5 . ... ~,l'en- 1.- % f.,.., ' a T.• Fen- , 1 ; .p ° ' :a t ,,," 0 . tultrch , 6. % - 6 iii P., church o .:.:- ca f i 2 , 1:1 l' 'treet. '...g . .).- a , 72. Street. 4 a 4 ~,, 0 -4 6 4 914 _ _... 9 10% _ _ 11 12 14 3 K __ 314 _ 5 ,_5 larked * are ran direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. ro or Prom Gravesend and 10d. .. IR. 2d. i; Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d. Betty Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. . 1 ,2 30 A.T TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5.. Os. •, Six Months, W. Os.; rekee Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the kets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. Xoy. 17, 1R53. Passages MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF lien YOUTH AND MATURITY. n_ --• SAMUEL LA'DIERT, 37, BEDFORD - SQUA R E , LONDON, ottor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the Univers it y of Minburgh Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medi cal Ai (*)ci cd.3 7 . Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Sec., &c. AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on re ., ‘ , the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, ai" ti bit from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro turcV More misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema e de caY at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of 1: 1 Ws known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience t _ the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist.- ae_exne!:trsitec;,et causes of self -acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in D —ce, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous various terms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitfhl Marri endless ImPotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their , modifications owe their almost entire origin. Dr/ ' le absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are in r„,?, les of personal management which cannot be violated without the heyday grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed ._ limey of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties Z ay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, the how the evil and its con-equene es may be avoided, and above all, 4er t ther e . .s scarcely any de-ree of physical infirmity or fbnctional t gernent to which the tl ' meiy aid of science cannot apply a cure. in s ' el 'Oß LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged r4.lt/1 extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate coin fts. and is the only legally qualified rhysician who, regardless litho taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had ELiconladence, through the medium of the public press, to direct fr ee nti° b to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is rew • a In selecting thl4 department of practice, he has been amply trea.rded of the great success that has attended his efforts in the e _ ' , nerd of these cases,' which are too generally confided to the ~.." of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their virtues their assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended, virtues 1 4 ‘ 41 , 7 ,„ I ,r Patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who .7 been induced to place faith in their pretensions. st ; c tt ti h , ome fo consultation da fro Eleve till Two, and from tuedi tilt Eight . r All letters must c il o y ntain m the fee o n f It., and advice and It Tn es can be forwarded to any initials or address. I T , v — a desirable that patien wishing to consult Dr. LAWEET uld first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION Generative Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and eri Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des exeinssbi detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and , e a ef r ; oetrhi Z erstj: • bpa T i ll .d e stt p , erusal of this treatise will assist in the correct r Terich ell of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Per lc ur ___and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford - street; by 1 p Hornbill ; Stolle, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free 4 4 ,,,,._ . for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rest ''''° WTI BSDIOND-RIJAIN LONDON. '7% t 914 11% 1 1 / 4 ,, 31, 5 , esell 21, Ss, -s • 00 1 buyer 4 ,T 5 ar vall , LDS Al 37, thel at It 4 5 9 ; 3 , 0 0 per •Jb' °4, 211 , , I%rort l rzi" ,:-I(j' i kol Satin I I irdays No. 19,115.] On Friday nest will be published, in post Bvo. A . DEFENCE of tho " ECLIPSE of FAITH," XX. by its Anther Being a Rejoinder to Professor Newman's " Reply ;" with an Examinationof that Gentleman's Criticisms on the " hloral Perfectien of Christ" *. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. Published this day, ip ldino., price One Shilling, MRLTAMAFCNTAARY A 'REFOItS-IfBPinFiABß3lCandElBB32,ocnorrePetAedltt; - Forming the Fifty-second Part of the " Traveller's H I mself Library." Immediately, the Fifty-third Fart, price Oche THE RUSSIANS of the SOUTH. By SHIRLEY BROOKS. London : Lollolari, Brown, Green, and Longrnans. • On Friday, Jan. 6, 1854, will be Published, in fcap. Bvo., 70HRAB ; or, a Midsummer Day's Dream ; LA and other Poems. By WILLIAM THOMAS THORNTON, Author of An Essay on Over -Population, a Piea for Peasant Proprietors," Scc.. ' London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. vv The January Number. commencing the Hundredth Volume, and containing a great variety of important and interesting articles, is Published this day. Also, the January Number of AINSWORTH'S MAGAZINE. Chapman and Mali, 193, Piccadilly. On Jan. 2 will be published, price Is., No. I. of GEORGE CRITIKSHANK'S MAGAZINE. Conducted by FRANK E. SMEDLEY (Frank Fairlegh), atd Illustrated by GEORGE CRIIIIESRANK. David Bogue, Fleet-street. BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONERS OF THE AD MI. Now ready, price 2s. 6d., THE NAUTICAL AL3I4NIC and. ASTRO NOXICAT. EPHEMERIS for I 857; with a Supplement, containing Ephemerides of all the newly-discovered Planets for 1854. "The Nautical Almanac" for 1854, '55, and '56, may still be had. John Murray, (Publisher to the Admiralty), Albemarle. street. WORKS BY EDWARD JESSE, Ez‘Q. Now Ready, JESSE'S COUNTRY LIFE. Third Edition. Fcap. Bvo. 6s. It. JESSE'S NATURAL HISTORY. Seventh Edition. Feap, 8•Vo. 6s. 111. JESSE'S FAVOURITE HAUNTS. With 20 Woodcuts. Post Svo. 12s. - • John Murray, Albemarle-street. Now ready, 2d Edition, with additions. Portraits. 2 vols. 8 vo., 305., MEMO IRS AND CORRESPONDENCE of FRANCIS HORNER. Edited by his brother, LEONARD HORNER. Jolla Murray, Albemarle•Btreet. Just published, Bvo., In cloth, price 5 5. , by post free G s. THE PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREAT MENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all it- Varie ties and Complications. With Practical Observations on the Use and Abase of Urethral Instruments. The whole illustrated by numerous cases, showing that this disease may be successfully treated by means at once simple and safe, even in its most inveterate and apparently intractable forms By F. B. COURTEN M R.C.S.E. "We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture during the last 20 years has equalled, if indeed it has not surpassed, that of any of his contemporaries, and we know of no man to whose care we would with greater , confidence entrust the treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circular, July 27, 1853. H. Ilailliere, 219, Regent-street. RELIEF FROA INCOME TAX. THE Board of Management of the PROVI DENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION call the attention of the public to the 54th section of this Act, which allows an abatement of the Tax in respect of Premiums on Life Assurance, and in addi tion thereto this Association offers the following important advan tages : All Policies may be made absolutely payable to the WIDOW, WIDOWER, or CHILDREN of the Assured, by which the Expense of LEGACY and PROBATE DUTY is SAVED, and the Assurance under any circumstances SECURED to the person or persons for whom it was effected. The COST Of POLICY STAMPS Is PAID by the ASSOCIATION, SO that the Premium is the only charge to which Assurers are subjected. NINE-TENTHS of the PROFITS are divided every five years amongst the Assured of three years' standing, and the Association has already appropriated upwards of 15,0001. in Reversionary Bonuses. Leans are granted to the full extent of the value of the Policy. All Policies are indisputable, except in cases of absolute fraud. Clerks Assuring with this Association have the option of being Members of the Benevolent Fund, from which they may, in case of need, derive very great advantages. ' By order of the Board. PHILIP HENRY BYRNE, Secretary. 42, Moorgate-street, London, Dec. 1, 1853. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. R OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. FIRST EXHIBITION of PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES MAGNI FIED about 40,n00 times on the Disc, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of DIS4OLVING VIEWS. LECTURES by Dr. BLCAOFFNER on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS- TION, with Brilliant Experiments. An HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE, illustrated with DISSOLVING SCENERY, entitled " The ROAD, the RIVER. and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq.. assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, daily at a Quarter to Four, and every evening, except Saturday, at Nine o'clock. - - - • Open Mornines and Evenings. Admission, Is. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, Half-price, ,f 1 EOLOGYand MlNERALOGY.—Elementary 'A 1i Collect Lets, which will greatly facilitate the study of these interesting branches of science, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each, of J. TENANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant gives Private Instruction in Mine ral.gy and Geology. ORNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM, LIBRARY, and DINIIIG-ROOM, consisting of a great variety of vases, figures, groups, inkstands, candlesticks, inlaid tables,Derbyshire spar, marble, Italian alabaster, bronze, &c., manufactured and imported by J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, London. COSMOS INSTITUTE.—The Registration of this Society being now completed, and notice of the applica tion to Parliament for extended powers having been duly given, Shares win now be issued, on personal or written application, and on the production of the Banker's receipt. , STANLEY, President. Cosmos Institute, 87, St. James's-street. CHRISTMAS INVITATIONS. —No wh• po.sesses a spark of becoming pride would accept of an invitation to a Christmas party without observing the etiquette of the season by an adoption of befitting costume. L. lIYAWS Full Tess for Gentlemen comprises all the most recent Novelties in Dress Coats, Surtout Coats. Trousers, and Fancy Vests, and is sold at prices which bring it within the means of all classes of purchasers. L. lIYAM, Tailor, Cthier, and General Outfitter, 36, Gracech lourch-street, City. TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN and OTHERS. —A Gentleman of first-class character and abilities is required as Inspector of the Provincial Branches of an established Public Company. 'As the duties will be responsible, a liberal salary will be given. It is requested that no pers n will apply who is not possessed of h eh business qu ilifications. great energy, and experi. ence. Applications to be made by letter, addressed to A. 8., 81, Cheapside. stating full particulars as to previous employment, which will be treated as confidential. DELETERIOUS CON FECTIONARY. —Many children having been poisoned by eating the ornaments ot; twelfth cakes, in consequence of the general use of mineral colours by confectioners, Messrs. PUESSELL, 78, Cornhill, near the Ex change, have introduced an entirely novel method of DECORATING their CAKES with FRENCH RON BONS, &c., of delicious flavour ; the colours, being prepared solely from vents bles, are quite harmless. Ornamented cakes of even' variety, suitable for country presents, new year's gifts, &c. A great variety of fancy French and Swiss pastry, mince pies, &c.—Messrs. Parsee% 78, Cornhill, near the Ex change only. A MERRY CHRISTMAS and CHRISTMAS FEATIVITIES.—Good cheer, smiling faces, warm-hearted wishes, visits, balls, amusements, everything pleasing—variety tri umphing over monotony, pushing the dull system of things entirely out of practice, and helping every one to be merry and cheerful. All observers of the preparations made for Christmas festivities by E. Mons and Sox will easily understand how this is accomplished. There is not anything more necessary to cheerfulness than first-rate Attire, and that presented by E. Moses and Son exhibits greater ex cellence and variety than on any previous season. For the festive season E. Moses and Son have rendered their gigantic commercial resources available for every one, the best and cheapest articles of Attire being offered for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children. The variety in Overcoats and Winter Clothing is produced by an extraordinary association of skill and experience, which has selected the most fashionable and durable materials, and fashioned them to the most celebrated habiliments of the age. The variety in Dress for Christmas parties entirely surpasses description ; every material in which taste and fashion is conspicuous is made into the most mag nificent attire ever witnessed. Juvenile Attire is rendered universally attractive by new modes of cutting, making, and Trimming ; many new styles are introduced as distinguished or fashion and comfort, as the Goods are for Durability and economy. The New Stock in the Ladies Dress Department comprehends all the Novelties in the World, and Hosiery Goods for Ladies and Gen tlemen the richest and cheapest articles ever offered. Varietyls the charm of Christmas Parties, but it was never so magnificently provided as this year by E. Moses and Son, and in presenting the best and cheapest articles of Dress to all classes, they I wish their Friends, Patrons, and the Public " A Merry Christmas." CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with 'heir Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have No CONNEXION WITH AK7 (MIER HOUSE IN OZ OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 44,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. 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Aqua e habla Espaeo SIT.COND EDITION.—WITH ADDITIONS. Just published, Syo., in cloth, price 55., by post tree, be. Gd. tk IN TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRWEA, with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors , n relation to the Troatmeat and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the loerative System, 1r Sexual Hypoehondrimis. Translated from 'be German of Dr. FICKFORD Dr. Plaice '.ll known to English readers by his frequent practi cel contributions to Carman medical literature. This is the Sint t:rne. he informs us, that be has addressed himself to the non-me/li la) reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall •ietect anv other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his ~o wer to correct." —London Medical ilazette, May 30, 1851. 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Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. THE SEAT OF WAR ON THE DANUBE. _,,-___ It may be premised that what is termed the general valley of the Danube is naturally divided into four hasini by .. .chains of mountains, which suc cessively become detatched, extend away to the right and left, then meet and enclose the valley of the Danube in three different places, force the river to change its bed, and to pass over four vast slopes. The third of these great enclosures is formed by the junction 'of the Veliki-Balkan and the eastern Carpathians, in the direction of Orsova, the point where the Danube issues from the Aus trian dominions, and rolls away on its course to the Ottoman territory.' It is at this point that its fourth basin commences, which only terminates in the Black Sea. To the north extend the chain of the Carpathians and the successive heights which rise between the Pruth and the Dneister, and to the south of the - Veliki and the vast chain of the Balkans. The fourth basin through which the noble river rolls its huge volume of waters, swelled by many navigable streams to the Euxine, comprises the whole of Bulgaria on the south, Wallachia and Moldavia on the north, and a por tion of Bessarabia. While yet the Danube waters the Hungarian plains its bed is generally regular, deep, without torrents, and is intersected by many islets ; its banks are mostly low, and its width in some places from two and a half to three Eng lish miles. But when it approaches Orsova, where the Carpathians and the Balkans approach, it becomes completely changed ; it struggles through that _formidable barrier 3 flin.sT r itiwlf with the fury of a vast torrent through the gigantic walls of granite which 'close in upon it ; it returns on itself, coils and winds, as if in convulsive rage against the rocks and shallows which bar its passage ; and where it cannot undermine these adamantine barriers, lifts its waters and -dashes in fury over them. Some of these whirlpools and rapids are passed by the hardy natives of the mountains in small boats in certain spots ; but the steamerswhich navigate the stream thus far from Vienna there ar rest their course, and the merchandise with which they are laden is transported on the backs of men and animals through a road cut in the rocks, from Orsova for some miles done to Kladova, while the tortured river passes away to the east. The spot where it is thus strangled, as it were, is known by the name of the Iron Gate, or the Gate of Trajan. New Orsova, in the Servian territory, is situate in an isle of the Danube. It forms nearly a rect angle, and is defended on the right bank by Fort St. Elizabeth. It was taken by the Austrians in 1789. Kladova, a little to the south, is also a Servian town ; and, like most of the small towns near the Danube, is encased by an earthern ram part, with a ditch, and pallisades of oak sufficiently strong to resist all but cannon shot. Kladova was taken by the Russians in 1829. To the north, and not far from Tchernetz, are the remains of Trajan's bridge, originally of 20 arches, but of which five only remain, and which was flung across the river when it measured more than 3,000 feet in width. 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Yet in both in stances it is a point of honour, and little else than point of honour, which has created a deep hostility between two mighty Powers, and led to a pro tracted and still unfinished mixture or negotiation and war. In both cases it is a long-standing, deep-seated, quarrel—a war of classes, in which the difficulty is not so much the question imme diately at issue as ancient prejudice and supposed rivalry of interests. Strange to say, Lord Palmer ston, who might with more propriety have been invoked as the arbiter between the ambitious Rus sian and the high-minded Turk, and who, in that capacity, would doubtless have carried all the arts and delays of negotiation to a still greater length than we now see, has been invited to assist at the settlement of our domestic feud. The turn-outs of Lancashire have submitted their case to him, in the hope of eliciting a favourable response from the oracle of the Home-office. The response has been given tardily, yet fully, and, though courteous to all, is by no means ambiguous. If any thing, it is rather too philosophical for an official document. Lord Palmerston favours the opera tives with a chapter of political economy, inter mixed with a homily on peace and forbearance. The operatives should go away better Christians and sounder philosophers, but if they are not much improved in either point it is no more than we ex pect. They are not in a condition to listen to ar gument just now. There is nothing, indeed, in Lord Palmerston's letter that is not trite and familiar to every full-grown operative, though pas sion has long rendered him proof against its just influence. His Lordship, as if he were trying, with his usual sleights of diplomacy, to induce two nations to forget their quarrel, and- surrender themselves to a maze of negotiation and an inter minable series of protocols, urges a silent and gra dual action of general causes, in equitably adjust ing, from time to time, the proper rates of the money reward for labour. He can scarcely doubt that, by forbearance on both sides, and by mu tual and - reciprocal good feeling, ie proper ar rangements might generally be effected. To be sure, as his Lordship says, the workmen might, meanwhile be subjected to undue privations, just as at this moment, while the friendly Powers ere interfering for Turkey, she is losing her fleet and her thousands by actual war. But, as half a war is better than a whole war, so Lord Palmerston thinks any discussion, however tedious, however it may try the patience and fortitude of the operative, is better than. a strike or a lock-out, which consigns .a whole population, not to low wages, but to none at all. Berza-Palanka, a fortified town, and there receives the waters of the Timok, which comes up from the south, and separates Servia from Bulgaria. The Danube then rolls through a vast plain, but still bears the impress of its previous struggle, for it rolls rapidly, but not tumultuously, along. It grows wider and wider, and its waters are inter spersed with isles, which are covered with brush wood. It next reaches Widdin, a considerable town, with a population of about 26,000, and a garrison of 8,000 or 10,000 men. Widdin is one of the important fortified places of the military line of the Danube. It covers the approaches of Servia, Commands Little Wallachia, the defiles of Transylvania, and, above all, the opening of the road which leads through Nissa and Sophia on to A.drianople. Its form is an irregular pentagon ; it is strongly bastioned, possess a fortified castle, with two redoubts in the islands, and its defences are completed by an extensive marsh. It was before the walls of Widdin that the Turks were defeated by the Imperialists in 1689 ; and it was under cover of its guns that the Ottoman army effected its passage to Kalafat, which is on the left bank, and established' itself in Little Wal lachia. Below Widdin the river makes a bend, and then flows on to the east, and waters on it right bank Argul-Grad, Loin, Zibroul-Palanka, and Orova, all situate at the confluence 'of the streams which come up from Veliki-Balkan on the south, and at the points where the right bank be comes lower and ceases to command the left. These towns present no serious means of defence, but are sufficient 'to annoy an enemy crossing the stream. The Danube flows on to the east with some wind ings till it reaches the town of Nicopolis, which was founded by Trajan. Nicopolis is an import ant place, owing to its position at the point where the Oswa enters the Danube, and to its being al most right opposite to the Aluta, which also enters it on the Wallachian side. Its population is 10,000, and its garrison between 2,000 and 3,000 men. It has been strongly fortified by Omar Pasha. Oppo site, on the Wallachian bank of the river, is the town of Turna, which served formerly as its tete du-pont, until it was dismantled by the Russians in 1828. It was by that tete-du-pont that the Turks used to penetrate into the valley of the Aluta, while Nicopolis covered the route to the Balkans, and which leads by the defile of Gabrova. It was taken by the Russians in 1810, and again in 1829. The ground near it has been the scene of many battles. After Nicopolisthe Danube reaches Sistova,where it is large and &Op enough to bear vessels of 500 tons burden. Its population is estimated at about 12,000. Sistova has a wall flanked with towers, and a castle; but it is of secondary . importance. It'wa.s taken and dismantled by the Russians in 1810. From Widdin to Sistova, the Danube flows from west to east without many or considerable wind ings ; but at Sistova it makes a northern direction. In its gradual course upwards it reaches Rustchuk, one of the three most important places of the line of the Danube. It is situate at the confluence of the Kara-hom f at the extreme point of the great route from Russia to Constantinople by Vassy, and Bucharest in Lower Wallachia, and of the two prin cipal routes of the Balkans, those of Gabrova and Shumla. Rustchuk has a fortified castle, which commands the town and the river, and has been re cently fortified. Its population is 30,000, and its present garrison abotit 7,000. In front of Rust clink, and on the left bank is Giurgevo, a Walla chian town, which was formerly its tete-du-pont, and which layed a great part in most of the wars between the Russians and Turks. It was dismantled by the latter in 1828. From the Danube, which up to Rustchuk had flowed regularly in one bed, issue at this point several streams, which inundate the country for eight or ten miles distant. The last slopes of the Bulgarian mountains dip down towards one bank, while the other is bounded by patches of low marshy soil, cut up by other vagrant streams, or by pools of stagnant water, interspersed with islets covered with brushwood or with thick reed grass. The river, however , soon a g ain g athers itself into one undivided stream, and rolls on to Turtukai, situate opposite the point where the Argisch, flowing down from Wallachia, enters the Danube. Turtukai which, owing to its important position, has been regularly fortified, connects the two important towns of Rustchuk and Silistria ; and it is, moreover, between these two towns that both banks of the Danube are equally low, and pre sents the points where its passage is without diffi culty. Opposite to Turtukai, and about a mile and a half from the left bank, is the Wa.llachian village of Oltenitza. It was there that in 1810, and again in 1829, the Russians passed the Danube. At the commencement of the war they were also in force there, when the Turks boldly crossed the river and beat them. Silestria is the next place of importance which the Danube waters in its gradually northward course. It is situate at the extremity of the prin cipalpsclwase7uanstat3ltteigiurma,oaol ancnreusadrstuipesoalcaofncsenoe: extensive t h . ist oelneal barracks,nl proportion and, after id: 0 , deaenaden b or la y tn a oob b nt S yi l hg e t h se l itscarriesirhmimei evg l p a eoeon:l wut fortifications,aissannalsisctasetaan ordin ary. pre sent annt. NEW CEMETEY FOR ISLINGTON.—Last night an Ma -111 1829. Rustchuk t • the angles of a triangle which forms, as it were, the , is ria, and Shumla aro at citadel of that part of the oarru T ti havu,ertrwthiseaihdlßevtaaieltnkr again n i eg t sa o s, n. r y which j t e o u n r , n w ed as ve h s e t l r a y meeting in th e parisho f th e parish ehu reh o feSnt. theM a ry,l subjectsli ge 2 authorising o 0001 . fni. the ee purchase Burial B a o n a d r d otherto borrow expens e stheef the em newof cemetry at Finehley. The Rev. D. Wilson, the vicar, lies g r aT ide b na e av t ny e a, e between so twahiaesits towards a a h u te b hn e e presided. Mr. Waller's resolution was that the sum but still above-mentioned be authorised to be borrowed, repayable in twenty annual instalments , and the ame ndment moved out branches, the most considerable o f w hi c h i s by Mr. Lewis, that arrangements may be made with n . • orcincoa, 50 miles, but at a distance of from 15 to which flows along the parent stream for existing Cemetry Companies for the burial of paupers more than 20 ; after which it unites with it by various chan ments, and that the subject be referred back to the and that other persons be left to make their own arrange - Burial Board. A long discussion took place, and on a nels, forming marshy islets show of hands being taken the numbers were declared whole of the left bank of the —so much so that the Danube up to Hirsova to be for the amendment, 63 ; against the amendment, is impracticable. The river then passes to Rassova, 41 ; majority for the amendment, 22. A poll of the a small fortified town, defended in front by impas parish was then demanded, and arranged to take place sable marshes. At Ws spot, it is said that the on Monday and Tuesday next. Danube, in times now remote, continued unvary- We believe the truth to be very much as Lord Palmerston puts it. The operatives, at all events, have been much too precipitate in their recourse to the last appeal, and do not take sufficient pains to find those common grounds on which the difference might be settled, not merely once or twice, but for good. The present result has undeniably proved the workpeople to be in the wrong, inasmuch as the declining course of trade shows that the mas ters could not have carried on up to this time a high rate of production at the same wages as heretofore. In order to obtain a sale for their stock, low as it is, they are obliged to submit to a large reduction, and this reduction they must distribute over the expenses of the manufacture, particularly on wages, as the most reducible item. Had there been no strike, long ere this the masters would have been obliged to reduce wages or have recourse to half time. Nobody at this moment can fail to see the truth' of this. Now, had the operatives al-' lowed themselves to be warned on this point, which was, indeed, foreseen—or, at least, thought highly probable before the commencement of the strike— it is hardly credible that they would have com mitted so suicidal an act as to insist on a rise of wages at the very time when it was no longer com patible with profit to continue the existing rates. As it is, the operatives have been unwittingly playing into the hands of their masters ; for, though the latter did at first lose by the suspension of work, they are losing no longer, for it is very doubtful whether the mills, once closed by the strike, could now re-open with benefit to their owners, even if the operatives were so disposed. The same result almost invariably follows all schisms between the belly and the members. The members suffer the soonest, the worst, and the longest. It is possible that the blame does not lie wholly with the operative. The manufacturer is at the head of the commercial community ; he is the captain, the pilot of the vessel, the chief of this great battle of industry, the king of this busy industrial realm. But, why are there some men with more head, more authority, more moral force than others, if they are not to use those gifts for the good of mankind, and exhibit a wise, righteous, and potent pro-eminence in public dis cussions ? Much may still be done, doubtless, to repair the long neglects of the past and bring mas ters and men into reasonable communication with one another. To the fact of those long neglects we owe the present strike and the credulous and ignorant character of our working population. If, instead of the quarrel being pushed to an ex tremity at once, it had been referred to something like free and friendly discussion, with a view to bringing out all the facts of the question, we are inclined to think that at this moment the opera tives of Lancashire, instead of holding out for higher wages, would have been submitting with a very good grace to lower. It would, of course, have been greatly to their advantge to do so, as no loss they could have suf fered would have come near what they have brought on themselves by four months of idleness. The particular ways and means for effecting this ami cable adjustment of difference is a question of ex treme nicety, which time alone can solve ; but, doubtless, much may be done by a wish to agree c —by a proper sense of the mutual obligations of master and man, and, above all, by a res olute de termination not ' to be managed and overruled by designing agitators, who are busiest when others nate clients are starving. are unemployed, and best paid when th eir unfortu gb its w u e t s t t h e r a n t icourseec m to e bloc c s k t e e n d d u j e p , b i n y l t o h n e g B a e c u k . i ra S n e i a le , s from which it is only se p ara t e d a b out 50 or 60 monntllantt. At in gsandbanks,ita itnow sssor and was forced atlla to n v s e e n e t l s z a turnsnew sharply to the north, and traverses a space of 80 leagues before it empties itself into the Euxine. In the time of the Romans a wall and ditch, which extended for 50 miles, from Rassova, to the sea, re pelled the invasions of the Dacian, and of that bar rier, the Valium Trajani, traces may still be seen. A canal which would unite the Danube with the Black Sea at that spot was once projected, and re cently plans have been furnished of a railroad, which would make Rassova the station for vessels descending the Danube. The mighty stream after quitting Rassova once more quits its bed, and scatters it waters, which flow along a low soil cut up into a maze of marshes. In this .state it reaches Rirsova, which is defended by a fortified castle, and has a garrison of about 2,000 men. This place was taken by the Russians in 1809 and 1828. Though small, it is of considerable importance from its position on the very spot where the Berchicha, returns to the Danube, and the river itself resumes its course. It covers the points where a passage might be effected in the Dobrouscha: The Dobrouscha is the rec tangular peninsula comprised between the Danube, from Rassova to the mouth of the Kilia, Trajan's Valium, and the Black Sea. It is in many parts inundated, but has good pasturage for the excel lent horses which constitute the sole wealth of the Tartars who inhabit it. If the Danube be then passed, the routes by Varna and Shumla to Con stantinople are open to an enemy. After Hirsova, the Danube again loses itself in many streams, and thus scattered reaches Mathine, a town protected by two fortified castles and a wall, and which has now a garrison of about 4;000 men. Its importance in 1809 and 1828 was considerable, as its tete-du-pont was the Wallachian Brailow, though separated from it by four or five acres of the river, about four or five miles in breadth. In the latter year it was dismantled by the Russians., By means of it Wallachial was turned, and the entry into Moldavia secured ; and it covered the Lower Danube and the Dobrouscha. It was many times besieged, as the Russians could not venture beyond the Danube with such a place in their rear. Below Bmilow the Danube again recovers its single bed, and flows on to Galatz, which is on the left bank and near the confluence of the Sereth ;—it is the only port Moldavia possesses on the river. Once more the waters are divided ; but the Danube reaches its highest northern point at Reni, where it resumes its original direction from west to east. It passes through a district almost entirely inun dated, and it hurries on its way through vast lakes. It is again confined nearly to one bed before it reaches Isaktchi, where hostilities were commenced iu the present war by the attack made .n the place by the Russians. With a fortified castle, and a garrison of about 1,500 men, Isaktoni is but a post of observation on the embouchures of the river. The same may be said of Toultcha, which is the last fortified place held by the Turks ox the Danube, and which has a garrison of 1,200 men. Above Toultcha the river is divided into a great many arms ; the three most important of which form a vast delta, which belongs in great part to Russia. The first division of the delta begins at the island of Tchatal, where the Danube separates into two large branches—the first of which, called the Kilia, takes a northern direction, and reaches Ismail and Kilia, both taken by the Turks from the Russians, and which now command the whole of the delta of the Danube. In former times Ismail was for the Turks 0, position of the same importance as Brailow. Its capture by assault, under Suwarrow, in 1790, when 35,000 of the inhabitants were involved in a general - massacre, has been celebrated in prose and poetry. The Kilia, divided and subdivided into several branches, is scarcely navigable • at its mouth the water is from four to seven feeedeep. The second branch is the Sulina, which flows to the south-east, and is divided into the two streams St. George and Dunavitz—the lat ter, more to the southward, flows into the maritime lake of Rassien. The Sulina is easy of navigation, it is from 400 to 600 feet in width, it ought to be 18 to 22 feet. in depth, and flows in an undivided channel to the sea. The St. George branch is about 30 feet deep, but its mouth is almost entirely blocked up with sand. The Dunavitz is not navi gable. The mouths of the Danube extend over 70 miles of coast. The delta is formed ,of isles Tchatal and Leti, between the Kilia and the 'Sulina, of the Isle St. George, between the Sulina and the St. George, and of the Isle Portitza between St. George and the Dunavitz. This last only is possessed by the Turks, all the rest belong to the Russians, who intentionally or through negligence, have since the recent quarrel with the Porte, allowed the sand to accumulate at the mouth of Sulina so as to do in calculable injury to the navigation of the most im portant river of Europe. The whole of the delta, with the exception of the Island of Portitza, which is a mass of sand, is neither thinly populated nor poorly cultivated. The Danube being thus traced in its varied course from Orsova, where it issues from its rocky belt to roll its waters through the vast territory whose eastern boundary is the Euxine, it may be added that in this, its fourth basin, its passage, though a difficult operation by reason of the many isles, the marshy soil of the banks, and the sudden and frequent inundations, is generally successful, owing to the immense line 'which an enemy is forced to guard. The passage from the left to the, right bank is especially difficult, from the fact of the former being almost throughout commanded by the latter, and the want of fortified positions and bridge-heads to protect such difficult operations. The spots considered by the Russians as the least dangerous or uncertain for crossing are Braova, near the confluence of the Timok, the en virons of Widdin, the confluence of the Schyl, isles near that of the Alnta, Flamounda near Nicopolis, the ground, contiguous to Giurgevo and. llirsova, and Brailow, Galatz, and Isaktchi. The Russians have passed in all these places, but they have never advanced far into Bulgaria, or towards the Bal kans' without being first masters of the forts of the Danube ; and before these they have invariably encountered long and formidable resistance. At the time the Turks were in possession of the tetes-du-pont of Turna, Giurgevo, Brailow, and Ismail, they easily commanded all the left bank of the Danube, which was constantly open to them ; and the stream, crowned by 18 fortresses, covered in front by the Dneister and the Pruth, defended in the rear by the Balkans and the forts which pro tected its defiles, formed a magnificent offensive line. It is, however, now so weakened by the dismantling of the tetes-du-pont by the possession of the mouths of the river by Russia, not to s'eak of the semi-independence of Wallachia and Mol davia, that it is merely one of defence.—Times. MILITARY FUNERAL OF A CLERGYMAN.—A singular tribute of esteem was paid by the soldiers of the House hold Brigade to the memory of a clergyman, whose death took place at Windsor on the 17th inst.--the Rev. John Hawtroy, vicar of Kingston Seymour, who had in the early part of his life been in the thniDrago ongenlgyintimatedmilitaryhpi e proceeded e G wt eh u i ei entd a hi r erg d aaws s re , i ar a ,. . s n orot d amnol for some time teaching aeal gentleman, past, the hn d t elg cortegeue e r m i bs n tay g ena Ica presenting temporary hooserfeydnti his son, the Rev. Stephen Hawtrey, one of the masters of Eton, had preached and lectured at the military church of the Holy Trinity, in the borough of Windsor, that they lastth their appreciation tribute te o i rega regard the lli fha tc o o n o irs m d i spiritual n t f m hh a dt m h ea si os d e i d sr l gratifyingisyeot to e df the t h officers, cemeteryffic er s deceased in tafotulEton be t allowedmilitary as follows to uniformparticipate: :.—Mutes o u f t the s i e; the funeral ceremony. This being promptly acceded n the hearse, drawn by four horses, with ten of the non -Ist Life Guards, walking at each side, by whom the coffin was afterwards borne to the grave ; four-morn'ing coaches contai n i ng th e relatives and friends of the deceased, followed by 16 of the non-commissi oned officers and 1 privates of the 2d Life Guards, from Regent's Park Barracks, who, at their own request, formed a deputation from this regiment. The service was performed by th e R ev , the Provost of Eton, cousin Ai this ost a o n f c t i ehnet shops seat in the closed, ye ars . of the deceased, whose family has been connected with memory of the deceased, whose a mark of respect to the me.m . ., versal esteem. A tablet to his memory will be erected in the military church by the voluntary subscriptions of the soldiers of the Household Brigade. the congregation e o ga t t h io e nass e i n b callingl e d i n —On whose piety and amiable disposition had gained him uni versal a certain burgh to the northward of the parish church of minister f parish r ilo learningclEinEeoNf upwardsGp procession ss A i o n o e f w i 1 were . this, was disturbed _ EXTRAORDINARY aloud to his assistant. He was at the time conducting the service, and had proceeded so far as to give out the Sunday, th .et l u l rb th ec i i ii b s y ta t n h ty e text, when he was ordered to desist, and como down from the pulpit : on which a portion of the congregation rose and went out. The cause of this was the minister's desire to conduct that particular part of the service himself, which the assistant would not allow. On Wed nesday, which was observed as a fast day, a somewhat similar scene took place in the church, a part of the congregation rising and going out when the minister en tered the pulpit, —Aberdeen Free Press. [PRICE SD. A SETTLER'S LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. The following interesting letter has just been re ceived from Victoria, in Australia. The writer is Mr. Henry Edwards, a son of the respected soli citor of the same name, at Ross, in Hereford shire " Merrivale ' Merri Merri Creek, Melbourne, Sept. 15. " We landed in Australia on the 22d of June, after a very delightful voyage of 88 days—a voyage which I greatly enjoyed, and to which I shall always re fer with great pleasure. Three months passed at sea with the same wide waste of waters' always around you ; the same face every day before your eyes, and one unvarying mode of life continued day after day, may be monotonous, but they bring to a mind at all capable of receiving beautiful impres sions thoughts and feelings which cannot easily pass away. The sight of lands with the names of which we have been frmiliar from our very infancy, but which have existed in our minds only as a far-off vision, the numberless strange birds and the ' wonders of the deep,' the gorgeous sunsets, and the no less beautiful moonlit skics,—all afforded me much food for reflection, and upon the many objects of deep interest which our voyage presented to me I shall long dwell with much real satis faction. On my arrival here I inquired for my brother, and on the day after my landin g I was so happy as once more, after four years' separation, to press his honest hand and to be greeted by his old and cheerful smile. I need not tell you how much delight this union has occasioned us both. You well know how deeply attached to each other we have e ver b een, ad you - will easily understand how many a laugh and many a cry we had, what • tales there were to tell, what news to communicate, what plans to con,over for the &tame, whet bright, ensiles we were to,build, np and what sweet remembrances *We had to recall to each other other of the happy days passed so pleasantly long ago in merry England. I am happy to tell you that he is situated in a very nice farm on the banks of a rather pretty creek about 8 miles from Melbourne, and that he is doing and likely to do very well. Farming is a most profitable occupation in this country, and I have arrived at a very opportune time for William, as many occasions call him frequently away from home, and he has been long wanting some one to superintend matters in his absence. He has assured me over and over again that had I been here three years ago we should both have been rich men now. I have learnt to drive bullocks, to plough, and divers other such accomplish ments which are available here. I find lam able to do mu eh harder work than I anticipated, and let me assure you this is the very place in which men must labour if they intend to succeed. It is very likely that in the course of a few months or so we shall open a store, either in town or at the diggings, which I shall take charge of. People hero do not care what they do in an honest way to get money, and even since I have been here I have met many gentlemen of good families and superior education engaged about what in England would be regarded as menial occupations. Still, do not fancy that we cannot find any time to enjoy ourselves. We do so as far as our circumstances will allow us to do, and, by greasing the wheels of Time's chariot, we manage to make it run on merrily with its burden, We take our guns on a day when we have little else to do and enjoy some sport, or wander off among the forests of gum trees in pursuit of plants and insects, which, as you know, always possessed for me such ' lasting charms. Our house is a tolerably large and comfortable one. Will's wife is a good, kind, intel lectual woman, and his little boy one of the sweetest children I ever saw. You will, therefore, easily believe that we are happy together. We only want a few of the treasured friends of home around us to complete our comfort, and a glimpse now and then of the busier world among which you are moving. This is a strange country. I can call it truly the land of liberty,' but not the land of grandeur and of beauty.' The district for many miles around Mel bourne is (with here and there exceptions) either in the shape of farms or vast arid plains, one unbounded forest of gum trees and a few other tall shrubs. Near the town, and, in fact, for 12 or 14 miles' distance, every way the country is somewhat thickly populated, and small townships are springing up every week around us. As you advance further towards the interior you find fewer houses and more of the bush or primeval forest, as it existed before the white man set his foot upon the shores. There are few hills, and, conse quently, few scenes which would strike the beholder as being at all beautiful, when compared with the lovely valleys and mountains of the old countries. The bush itself is everywhere the ulnae, the trees all of the same character, and presenting but very few distinct species. They are mostly ill grown and shedding their bark, instead of their leaevs, have a very curious ap pearance. There is no underwood of any kind whatever, but thousands of strange and beautiful plants spring up in the sward under our feet, rendering the country one of deep interest to one, like myself, an enthusiast in botanical pursuits. "The siving is now coming on, and every day as I walk along I meet with some treasure or other, most of which my brother is able to name for me ; with the warm days, too, swarms of insects of the brightest colours and most singular forms appear, and at every step you take upon a stony bank you startle sonic little lizard which has been basking in the sun, and darts like lightning from the gaze of the' intruder. Snakes, too, many of them venomous, are numerous, but as yet I have not made acquaintance with any of them, nor do I much desire an introduction. In the gum trees about our house hundreds of those curious little animals—the opossum—are found ; they appear only at night, and we frequently amuse ourselves, when the moon is bright, by shooting them for the sakel of their skins, which are much valued for rugs and coats. "The curious duck-billed platypus is found in our creek in the summer in considerable quantities, and loads of quail and wild ducks a r e a l wa y s t o b e h a d by dint of a little of that exertion which is always so pleasing to the sportsman. The birds of the colony possess great attractions for me. I have taught myself to skin pretty well since I have been here, and have already managed " to get between 40 and 50 species. Parrots of the most brilliant plumage are so common that I have frequently brought home from 20 to 30 in my pockets, the work of one afternoon's slaughter. They are delicious eating, and when well-cooked are a perfect treat. I often think, when I shoot a parrot, how glad may of my friends in England would be to have him for a pet. The lemon-crested cockatoo, also, which is so often kept in England in cages, is extremely abundant in the sum mer season, and is very destructive, to the crops, doing more harm than the rooks at home. They are very wary rascals and have made me very often in an unamiable humour. I have seen some thousands since I have been here, but have never been so fortunate as to kill a single bird. A flock of them have taken a great fancy to a patch of barley which has been recently sown near the house. They generally make their attack upon it in the morning, and my first act for the last few days has con stantly been to seize my gun and rush outside. lam sure to find my friends, the cockatoos, at their feast, but they never allow me to get nearer to them than about 150 yards. I put a couple of bullets among them yes terday morning, but only frightened them away. I still hope in a day or two to make an example of some one of them, and, if I do, I think I may be tempted to forego the pleasure of skinning him, and hang him up in the field instead, as a wa rn i ng to future depredators. We went last week to a range of hills on the River Plenty, about 30 miles from Melbourne, to cut down poles for fences, and from this journey I got some fresh ideas of the Australian productions. "We went in a new district, or a new geological for mation, and consequently found new birds, new p lants ' and new insects. We were out three days from home, as we had our b u ll oc k - d rays with us, and t h e b u ll oc ks are but slow travellers. lam beginning thoroughly to enjoy the somewhat rough life peculiar to and think, i n ti me, I shall make a very g I h a ll then post thisood bus fhtenhei:. let man. the country, I go into t own a b out once a.week, and frequently oftener. I hope to b e there to-morrow with Will, to dine with is old friend, M a j or Davidson- s ter. Melbourne, for its age , is a most wonderful place. It is tole ra bl y we ll , tho ug" i rregularly built ; the streets badly paved, and the shops very g oo d i n d ee d • Wide awake straight and w ide, though awa ke hats, high boots, red and blue shirts, long beard, V and short pipes are common though the in n ts of Melbourne itself dress ex actly as peoP.- , in price, but I believe are on the all kinds are very Put to much inconvenience some ti mes decline. W e are d little to which • enable to procure things by not being in England w e have been accustomed, but, lik e th e eels, eve b ec ome used to it. "Gold is still being found in prodigious quantities, and it i s more than likely that by the time this reaches you I shall have joined the hand of diggers, for the sake of seeingwhat the diggings ar e lik e more th an w ith an y thought of realising a rapid fortune. If we can manage it, Will and myself will go together for two or three months, by which time our crops will be fit to cut, and we shall return home. You shall hear of our doings there, if we go. A new Lieutenant-Governor is ex pected daily here, though we know not who he is to be. Latrobe is not popular among the masses. It is said that he truckles too much to the Government at home, but it is my opinion that no human being would please the whole of the colonists. We shall see whet his suc cessor may turn out. " If you know of any one who thinks of coming out here, tell him that he must be prepared to endure priva i tions and hardships which at home he has never dreamt of ; that he must work as hard as any day labourer if he wishes to succeed ; that he will come among a lot, of men, for the most part very low in the intellectual stan dard, bent entirely upon making money, and selfish to the worst degree ; that he must rid his mind of the idea of a pleasure trip ; that the climate of Australia is not what it has been painted, but that it is bitterly cold and wet in the winter, and burning hot in the summer ; that employment, except in such occupations as carpenters, farm servants, bullock drivers, blacksmiths, &c., is very scarce ; that gold is not found upon the surface of the ground, and is only to be obtained by much and labo rious toil ; that many of the comforts of civilised life must be dispensed with, and, in short, that if he is well settled at home, with anything like a good prospect be fore him for the future, he had better stay, unless he may have a capital of 3001, or 4001. and can make up his mind to endure hardships, in which case, with a little CHRISTMAS WEEK. %F R. ALBERT SMITH will give his ASCENT LTA, of MONT BLANC TO-NIGHT (FRIDAY), and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday) at Two and Eight o'Clock, during the week. Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. e, all I/ 7___— (noifledge of business I:sitters and plenty 1 patience and perseverance, he must make a rtu . We have three or four newspapers in Mel e, all of which — enjoy a lar g e c i rc ul a ti on , b u t th e A rgas is the chief ......... 7 This is conducted by a very clever fellow, a Mr. Wilson—an old friend of my brother—a thorough de mocrat, and a great enemy of Latrobe. Some of the leading articles are first-rate specimens of writing. We have three churches and chapels of all kinds, one theatre, four banks, a large and convenient post-office, recently much improved in its arrangements, a custom house, hospital, lunatic asylum, Government-offices, large gaols, supreme courts, county courts, mechanics' institutions, reading rooms, libraries, &c.—and all this the growth of less than 18 years. I have not yet visited the theatre, but I shall do so very soon ; and it may be that I may yet 'fret my my hour' upon a Melbourne stage. The actors are well paid here. A Mr. and Mrs. Stark, of America, who have been playing here a short time, got 601. per week, and I am told that they were not first-rate. If I try my powers I shall be able to give you more definite information on the subject. It may answer your purpose to come out here on an en gagement, but do not think of it until you hear from me on the matter. Who knows but we may don the sock and buskin again together, in the city of Melbourne? You have heard, I dare say, of the lattiattack upon the gold escort on their way from the diggings. It was a desperate affair. Crime is on the decrease in the colony ; but the settlers have been much alarmed by the news that the convicts from Norfolk Island are to be sent to Van Diemen's Land, in which case many of them, who are the vilest wretches upon earth, will, beyond all doubt, escape to this colony, and thus add to our number of vagabonds, of whom we have enough and to spare. " I do not, however, think the country so bad as it-is represented to be. Much exaggeration has been abroad with regard to the state of society. Life and property are in little or no danger here. William and myself fre quently ride from Melbourne out here long after dark, and never think of carrying arms. A great number of . lies are circulated at home about the colony. Many of the 4 extracts from private letters' are all ' bosh.' "I find my sheet is drawing to a close , and a young opossum, a great pet of mine, is crawling about my back, bitin g my hair and ears, and preventing my w r iti ng w ith comfort. I will, therefore, my dear Dick, only earnestly ' ask of you to give me a line as often as you possibly can, ' as I assure you nothing will give me greater pleasure than to know you are well and happy. Shake hands with one and all of my old friends for me, and heartly `,lviith.them i God speed.' - I would enumerate them, bat I have not space to say all the kind things my heart feels 64 H . E. ,, towards them all. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DUNDEE AND ARBROATH. The half -yearly meeting of this company was held at Dundee on Wednesday, Mr. G. Armistead, chairman of directors, in the chair. The report stated, that the balance from the last half year amounted to 9091., and the gross revenue for the half-year to 15,1561., making together 16,0651. The working and other expenses amounted to 8,437/. leaving 7,6281. From this s um was d educted 9281. towards 7 re laying the line, and 1,6671. for interest on 5 per cent. guaranteed stock, leaving a net surplus of 5,033/. Out of the sum the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of 34 per cent. per annum (or 1i per cent. for the half-year) ending the 31st of October last, on the 251. shares, which will amount to 3,4001., and leave a balance of undivided profits of 1,5331. to be carried to the credit of next half-year. The increase of revenue for the half-year over the corresponding period of last year amounted to 9711., and the increase of working expenses during the same period to 6571. Certain mis understandings regarding traffic arrangements had existed between them and some neighbouring lines, which for the time produced considerable inconve nience, but the directors are happy to state that these differences are now adjusted, and amicable relations established in a manner which is satisfactory to them, and which they have no doubt will be advantageous to the company. The station at Arbroath for the accom modation of passengers, has been completed, and con siderable progress has been made in that part of the works designed for the accommodation of goods. Resolutions were passed approving the dividends re commended in the report, and a vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings. • SOUTH WALES. On Wednesday a succession of fetes inaugurated the opening of the extension of this railway from Carmar then fto Haverfordwest. A special train, conveying a great number of visitors, was despatched from Swansea at 8.45 a.m., and at every station on the line received large additions. Upon its arrival at Carmarthen it passed, by a bridge of iron, across the river Toney from the old to the new line amid loud cheers and ether marks of enthusiasm. At St. Clair's the first station upon the extension, the Portreeve of the corporation presented an address of congratulation to the chairman and directors ; triumphal arches, garlands, and various devices, testified to the enthusiasm of the inhabitants. Upon the arrival of the train at Haverfordwest, the Mayor and other members of the corporation received the directors and the other visitors. A procession was then formed of the corporation, the members of the Odd Fellows Society, the brethren of the Ancient Druid Lodge, and the inhabitants generally, to the Shire-hall, where addreQses were presented to the Chairman of the South Wales Railway (Mr. Talbot) from the Corpora• Lion and Odd Fellows Society, to which he briefly and appropriately returned thanks. The new portion of the line, which is about 30 miles in length, is carried through a great number of cuttings, which, although of no very great length or depth, yet from their rocky nature must have proved great diffi culties in the way of the completion of the line. The gradients, too, are numerou s , a lth oug h t h e greatest does not exceed 1 in SO. There is one tunnel of about 76 yards long. The line, for the most part, runs parallel with the course of the old Roman road. After the presentation of the addresses, the procession was reformed, and returned to the station house, where a dejcuncr, got up in princely style, without regard to expense, was provided by the mayor for his guests and visitors. He had hospitably invited to it the directors of the South Wales, Great Western, and Vale of Neath Railways, the directors of the Auitralian Direct, Aus tralian via Panama, and General Screw Steam Packet Companies, the Corpoi ations of Haverfordwest, Swansea, Carmarthen, Cardigan, Newport, Pembroke, and Tenby, and the Lords Li eu t enan t, an d members f the town, &c. The Mayor occupied the chair, over which was placed the plume of the • Prince of Wales. There were on the dais Lord Emlyn, M.P., Mr. Talbot, M.P., Mr. J. H. Phillips, M.P., M r. I saac Butt, M.P., the Hon. Mr. Yelverton, Admiral Ward, the Hon. Captain Plun kett, Captain Buckley, Mr. Saunders, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Davies, the Dean of St. David's, and several other gentlemen. Grace having been said by Dr. Lewellyn, about 1,000 guests sat down. Several toasts were given and responded to, and the whole affair concluded satisfactorily. EAZFERN COUNTIES AMALGAMATION.--The arnalga• illation of this company's system with that of the Eastern Unio n and Norfolk comes into operation on Monday next. SWANSEA AND LOUGHOR MINERAL JUNCTION. —0 n requisition to the Mayor, a meeting has just bee n h e ld at Swansea, in promotion of the proposed li ne , w hi c h i s intended to be 12 miles long, with branches to the mi neral districts, and to the docks n,,w being constructed at Swansea. The estimated cost of the undertaking is 80,0001., and the Duko of Beaufort, who is an extensive landowner on the route, has given a general intimation that the line is in accordance with his views. EXETER AND EXMOUTH.--A meeting has be en h e ld a t Exmouth to promote this tine, at which it was stated that in order to construct the railway at a cost of 8,0001. per mile, a sum of 76,0001. would be secured, and that as there was no likelihood of Exmouth and its district having a railway, through the instrumentality of the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, or South Devon, the inhabitants proposed to promote it themselves. FORTH AND CLYDE JUNCTION.—The works for this line are to be commenced on the 12th of January. PANASI.I.—It is stated that great exertions are being made to complete this railway as soon as possible. One great difficulty has been overcome in completing the viaduct over the Chagres river; and it is expected the whole line will be completed by next June. Arrange ments will be made early in the ensuing year for the speedy conveyance of passengers from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean by this route. HULL. AND HOLDERNESS.—It appears that the works on this line are progressing satisfactorily, and it is ex pected that the lino will be opened for traffic in May next. The engineer estimates that the cost of the line will not exceed 100,0001., exclusive of the hotel at Withernsea. The length of the line is 18 miles, and the cost will average about 5,6001. per mile. The autho rised capital of the company is 120,0001. in shares, and 33,0001. on loan, together 153,0001. The engineer has offered to lease the line at a rent equivalent to five per cent. on its cost. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RE, TURN. GLASGOW AND SOUTH-W*IERN RA lLWAY.—Traffia re. turn for the week ending Dec. 24, 1853 ......... 2 4 638 15 11 , Corresponding week last year ..................... 4,110 18 11 Increase in 1853., £527 17 0 SUICIDE FROM A WlN DOW.—Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr. Langham, in the board-room of Charing cross Hospital, on Wm. Hartley, aged 44, a fish sales man, residing in p hoenix -street, Soho, who precipitated himself from a w i ndow. It appeared that the deceased believed that he was entitled to some property which was to be mortgaged, and he was frequently in a state of great excitement from fancying that he was deprived of its possession. On Saturday night, the 10th inst., he was in the kitchen of the house where he resided, when he was under the impression that he had seen a ghost the previous day, and asked for a cleaver, with which he said he intended to cut it to pieces should it come. He then observed that the room was on fire, and that he saw the smoke coming through theifloor. A female with whom he lived endeavoured to persuade him to the con trary, but he became so outrageous that she left him and remained in the area all night. The next forenoon he suddenly rushed out of the house exclaiming " Murder and thieves." He proceeded up Crown-street, and en tered the house No. 21. He passed by a female, the occupier of the shop, ran up the stairs, and forced open the door of the se con d fl oor, i nto which he went, flinging down a lad in the room. He then went to the window, from which he dropped into the street. He was taken up and conveyed to the Charing-cross Hospital, where he was found to have hurt his scalp and had received other injuries, which terminated in inflammation of the lungs, and led to his death on Christmas day.—Verdict, "Temporary insanity." _~ a .~ ~. m O M I'Y - - n the 6 JO 7 •n for S 4 11 0 onSin atollefi ' 59 6d. na. al, 1 : ) (1 : an dlle om' ). id 01). Third. Ss °a _. 03 0. 44 : 33 ; .35 p .35 0 .27 0 .25 •3 4 °0 tit of tea °' as ,1 7 en , 10' • Ji ° e' rl e/6 Isl' .t• 0" to tll 11° Art . 21,,. 96 • go ;a oi e ~iAll • •