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Blackwell, C.E., Notice Is Hereby Given, that all persons desirous of Communicating with those gentlemen upon the subject may direct letters, plans, &c., to them, at their office, No. 29, Great George-street, Westminster, on or before 28th February next. The following conditions most be observed : All communications to contain the names and addresses of the parties forwarding them, and to be written on half sheets of foolscap paper, on one side only, with two-inch margin on the left. If plans are sent in, those plans which are district plans must be on a scale of not less than fbur inches to the mile. Sections of lines of drainage, present and proposed, to be on a Scale of 20 feet to an inch vertical, ant not less than 4 inches to a mile horizontal, and to have the gradients marked on them in all Cases, with the heights in feet and inches at every chine of gradient. A blue line to denote Trinity high water mark to be shown on all sections. Drawings of works must be on a scale of one-eighth of an inch to a foot. 29, Great George-street, Westminster, Jan.'lo, 1857. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the BOOKS in which TRANSFERS of STOCK and SHARES of this Company are registered will tie CLOSED on FR iDIY, the 23d inst , asd that all transfer deeds for registration must be deposited in this lice on or before that day to entitle Proprietors to the forthcoming Dividend. H. BOOTH, CHAS. E. hITEWAIIT,I Secretaries. Office, Boston Station, January 10, 1857. By order. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY: —TO RAILWAY CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS.—The Directors are desirous of receiving Tenders for Widening the Railway between Primro,e-hill Tunnel and Willesden Station. Parties desirous of tendering may inspect the drawings and spe cifications, and obtain a statement of the quantities, at the Engi neer's Office, Elston Station, on Monday, January 19, between the hours of .10 and 4 o'clock. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the Secretary, at this Office, to be Bent in on or before Wednesday, 28th January, at 10 o'clock a.m The Directors do not bind themselves to accept Axe lowest tender. By order. CHAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. Secretary's Office, Jan. 7, 1857. A LBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 11, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND to the 31st ultimo, after the rate of Seven per cent. per annum, will be in COURSE of PAYMENT to the Shareholders on and after the 12th January instant. Bth January, 1857. HENRY WILLIAM SMITH, Actuary and Secretary LAW LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet-street, let January, 1857. Notice is Hereby Given, that a GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the Law Life Assurance Soc!ety will be hold at the Society's Office, Fleet street, London, on MONDAY, the 2d day of February next, at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provi sions of the Society's Deed of Settlement for the purpose of receiv ing the Auditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the 31st December last; to elect a Trustee in the room of the late Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Com mon Pleas, deceased ; and for general purposes. By order of the Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. UNION ASSURANCE SOCIETY (FIRE, LIFE, and ANNIJITD 5). ♦.D. 1714. Cornhill, and 70, Baker-street, London. College-green, Dublin. --- Gronengen-street, Hamburg. Exchange-street West, and Titheharn-street, Liverpool. North Nelson-street, k dinburgh. Instituted in the reign of Queen Anne, A n 1714, with large Invested Fands. Dr/LECTORS. Btc. CnArsKAN—JOHN RE m INGTON MILLS, Esq. DItPUTT-CHAIRMAN—HENRY ALDWIN SOAMES, Esq. James Bentley, Esq. John Paynter, Esq. Thomas Bodley, Esq. John Rogers, Esq. Daniel Britten, Esq. Henry Rutt, Esq. Nicholas charrington, Esq. George Spencer Smith, Esq. S. Preston Child, Esq. ltichd . llorsman Solly, Esq. William Gilpin, Esq. W. Foster White, I. sq. Thomas Lewis, Esq. Samuel Wilson, Esq., Atd. Thomas Mills, Esq., M.P. Stephen Wilson, Esq. John Morley, Esq, LIFE. Reduced rates for young and middle ages, with guarantee of a company in existence upwards of 140 years, and a large accumulated capital. The last Bonus (1855) gave additions to policies varying from 25 to 78 per cent. on the previous seven years' premiums Lower rates, without profits. Two-thirds only of the premiums may be paid until death. Decreasing and increasing rates of premium, and half-yearly or quarterly. Medical fees allowed. FIRE. Insurances at the usual rates, and profits returned on policies taken out for seven years by p ompt payment. Lo-ses occasioned by ex plosion of gas made g o o d. Th e offices close on Saturdays at two o'clock. excepting in the fifteen days after each quarter-day. Insurances now expiring must be paid on or before the 9th Janu ary, at the office in London, or of the respective agents. WILLIAM R. LEWIS, Secretary. TN the matter of the Joint-stock Companies Wiading-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the l'rotestant Life and Fire Insurance Association: By direction of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, the Judge of the High Court ofChancery to whose Court this matter is attached, and by whose order the winding-up of the above-named association is proceeding, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That His Honour purposes, on MONDAY, the nineteenth day of January, 1857, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at his chambers, No. 3, Ston - :- buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, to proceed to make a Call upon all the Contributories of the said Association, and the said Judge purposes that such call shall be for Four Pounds Ten Shil lings per share. All parties interested are entitled to attead at such day, hour, and place, to offer objections to such call. Dated this 2d day of Januaty, 1857. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. WILLIAM KINSEY, Solicitor for Alfred Ainger, the Official Manager, 9, Bloomsbury-place. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH SALE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, London, January, 1857. FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, on MONDAY, Jan. 19, TUESDAY, 20th, WEDNESDAY, 21Ft, THURSDAY, 22d, FRIDAY, 23d, and MON- DAY, 26th, at twelve at noon precisely, the following GOODS for home consumption, viz.:— . , Agate Ornaments, Berlin Embroidery, Bags, Brushes, Books, Brandy, Cambric Handkerchiefs, embroidered ; Clocks, brass, black, bronze, and ormoulu, Coffee, Cordials, Cotton Articles, Elastic Web bing; Embroidery or Needlework, Habits, Sleeves, Collars ; Furni ture, viz., Chest of Drawers, Tables, Cabinets, Chairs, Ice. ; Flowers (artificial); Geneva, Gloves, Hair (pig's), Hair Guards, Hat Linings, Ivory Ornaments'and Brooches ; Jewellery (mock), viz., Bracelets, Brooches, Pins, Chains, &c.; Lace Articles; Leather A rticles, viz., Harness, Saddles, Boots and Shoes; Mats (table), Needles, Org n, Opera Glasses and Optical Instruments, Paper, Pipe Stems, Perfumed Spirits, Picture Mouldings, Portemonnaies, &c.; Prints. Rum, Regan, Saccades, &c.; Shawls (wove) ; Spirits, plain and mixed, Silk Manu factures, viz., Velvet, Braid, Vestments, Canvas, Trimmings, China Gauze, &c.; Sugar, Tallow, Tapestry, Tea, Timber, Toys, a Vessel, Watches (Gold and Silver), Water (Mineral), Waterproof Clothing, Wine, and various other Goods. For Exportation or for Home Consumption, on payment of the Duties:—Books, Sugar, Spirits, Tea. Wiae, and other Goods. For Exportation only :—Sweetened Spirits, &c. For the benefit of the Crown :—lron, Rope, Canvas, Sugar, Spirits, Wine, &c. The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Cus tom-house, and Cox's-quay, Thames-street; at the London, St. Katha rine, East and West India Docks ; Tobacco Ground ; and Gordon's Sail Loft, Princes-stairs, Rotherhithe ; on Thursday, the 15th, Friday, the 16th, and •Saturday, the 17th of January, from Ten in the morning until Three in the afternoon, and en the days of sale from Tea in the minting until Twelve at neon. Take Notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be delivered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Receiver-General after Two •'Clock in the afternoon. and that on the days of sale money will not be received by the Receiver-General after eleven o'clock in the fore noon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-house, Thames-street, price one shilling each. CANCER HOSPITAL, Londo n an d W es t • Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Ficcadilly.—This Institu tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Ont-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage Its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar ' Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick Poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendati.n is required, of this Charity. either Durin g the Past month the following number received the benefits application:— they as out or in-deor patients, on their personal Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th November 2,043 Ditto 21st November ...• • • 1,972 Ditto 28th November 2,309 29th And 30th November... T of which 2,775 were n ew in November • cases, th e •. 8 ' 747 went) having been admitt e d previowdyremainder (still under treat , The clergy of all denominatio patients, , ns have unlimited access to the H eav y expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, theref ore, earnestly entreat the aiclof the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list. of subscribers, at the .annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the basi n, , when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutta and Co.;Drummond and Co.; Herries and Co. ; R ansom and Co. ; Prescott, i Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Gly n and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d;fEedicoeliendee, Vienna. Pharm cie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the lozenge,formofapeee. t devoid of taste o r sme ll , an d can b e carr i e d in the waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into senarate doses, as administered by Valpean, Lallemand, Roux, 11100 rd, &c., &c. TRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, SPERMATORRWEA, and all the distressingartoo "nse quences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses,. lo ng residence in hot climates. it bas restored bodily and sexual are " n `f,,nath and 'vigour n to thousands of debilitated individuals who . the enleyrnent of health and the Functions of Manhood; and lu A nver may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR '"X, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. eile et „,.„ TRIESEMAR No. 11., - ..Y. in the short space of three days, tr4alea tes all for ma ,„ . traces of Gonorrhcea, both in its mild and aggravated completely and entirely Zieta, Strictures, Irritation oi the Bladder, Non-retention of con, d ; l ‘...kla of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which lulu ot-tf i V,U_ nbebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the - uealth of a vast portion of the population. Is the gre a t cow., TRIESEM.A.R No. 111., toms. Cutaneo It ab le co ',Atal Remedy fer Syphilis and Secondary Symp tionss tru__nestitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrotula, and all and ir n , o P r lL ns, removing and expelling in its course all corrup the Virus of muse, from the viMl stream, as altogether to eradicate thrOugh the and expel it with the insensible perspiration failing rem ed ni never- of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a the English Physitlnk:r %at class of disorders which unfortunately Bon of the patient's w r ests with Mercury, to the inevitable destrue titution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the worl d cannot restore, which saves Its., and jo r 51 Price Ils„ or four cases in one for 335„ To be had wholesale and ;eras, whereby there is a saving of I/. 12s. 140, Leadenball-street; Prout, 2 1 2 11 London, of Derby a n d G or d on , ford-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxfords y 9 t! e Strand ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox ringdon-street ; Sutler and gad et; Barclay and S on , 97 , F ar - Paul's Churchyard. i ng, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, St. .......„. HUMAN FRAILTY ; a popular Medical ilinstrated with 100 engravings, work, price is., post free, beautifully and containing the opinions of Valpeau. Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, impediments from entering into the married &c. It gives copious instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are prevented by early abuse, gonorrhoea, state, also showing the dreadful resalts from and syphilis , and the benefits arising from the chemical t ests and examination of the spermatoza, by the author's nowlY-constructed t 9 W; NW trent all agents far the Isle of" These .. 23 , microscope, with powerful lenses,---Piper and C° mar .3 Paternoster endteisset;iptsio2n, f F A l n e e T t i: street,has3lßHOWAßD, s introducedaunrg eon -Dentist, new r ICIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so :Trfectly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from , he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or Jecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. ['his method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At borne from ten till five. No. 20,145.) PUBLICATIONS. NOTICE. THE NEW NOVEL, WILD FLOWER," by the Author of " The House of Elmore," in 3 vols., is pub lished this day, and may be had at all the Libraries. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough street. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER. By Capt. BROOK J. KNIGHT. ' The General's Daughter' is a lively, dashing tale, with broadly masked characters, and more than the average number o' startling Incidents found in novels of the class. Captain Knight tas the art of telling a tale with cleverness and effest."—Literary Gasette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers,suceessors to Henry Colburn. Now ready, 1 yol., with Illustrations, 10s. 6d., bound, - PEN AND PENCIL PICTURES. By THOMAS HOOD. '• In his ' Pen and Pencil Pictures' Mr. Thomas H)od, the younger, adds t the agreeable reading proper to the season, pleasant prose and facile verse. The book earns for itself a welcome, and the author does not altogether rely for acceptance on the fact that he inherits from his father a name that is as the name of a dear household friend in English ears."—Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great 51alborough-street. SUITABLE FOR A PRESENT. Just published, in crown Bvo., price 6s. cloth extra, TMMORTELLES from CHARLES DICKENS _ A Selection of Extracts from his Woks, and Essays on them by ICH. John Moxon, 28, Maddox• street, Regent-street. Just published, Price 6d.,by post, 7d., . - - - pUSEYISM . in a FOG. Efolp.Flower Show in. Belgravia, or Puseyism at a Discoifnt. The Bishop of Ox ford's Reception in Belgravia. The Perilous Crisis. Jesuits in the Church of England. Charles Westerton, Hvde-park-corner. ILLUSTRATED BY CROWQUILL AND LEICIL Wlllbe ready in a few days, price Is. each, HE COMIC COCKER; Showinghow things may be managed without the troublesome at of Arithmetic. Illustrated by ALFRED Csowunim.. 75 Engravings. COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. Illustrated by LEECH. Above 50 Engravings. Full of drollery. London : Ward and Lock, and all Booksellers. This day published, price ss. Gd., cloth, the FOURTEENTH VOLUME of HOUSEHOLD WORDS. Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS. The Num• bers, Parts, and Volume are always on sale ; and a General Index has been prepared to the First Ten Volumes, which are also sold bound together in Five, handsome cloth, price 21. its. Office, 16, Wellington-street North, Strand. Sold everywhere. The Second Edition, just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., 7 TRICTIJRE OF THE URETHRA. THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRICTURE of the URETHRA, in all its Varieties and Compli cations, with Observations on the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the T reatment of Diseases of the Urethra. The whole Illustrated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of Twor..y Years' extensive and successful Practice. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E. "We know of no man to whose care we would sooner Intrust the treatment of a severe stricture"—Medical Circular. London: H. Bliiiere, 219, Regent-street. 3 R ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLAN C, BADEN, up the RHINE. and PARIS, is NOW OPEN EVERY EVENING (except Saturday) at 8 o'clock.—Stalls, 3s. area, Is. ; gallery, Is. Stalls can be secured at the box office, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, every day between eleven ant four, with out any extra charge. The Morning Representations take place every Tuesday and ~aturday, at Three o'clock. MR- W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and virious Novelties, Tocal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except qaturday) at Eight A MORN ING PERFOR MANC E every SATURDAY, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Polygraphic-hall. King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. RCTYLL ROOMS.-LAITRENT'S CASINI Great Windmill-street, St. James's.—The above clegan rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with aurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. 'culcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that th s fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the r , cess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion tMe IAR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-sguare.—Open (for Gentlemen nly) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models nd preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in , ealth and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, , 4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and tighly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery , y Dr. KAHN, at a quarter past 8 p.m. precisely. Admission, One shilling. Catalogues containing Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan 'gratis). GORDON CUMMING, the LION HUNTER, will be AT HOME In his Encampment, surrounded by the polls and trophies of his achievements, and give his popular ENTER TAINMENT, describing his ADVENTURES In the Interior of SOUTH AFRIC A, every evening throughout the week, at 8 o'clock • A SPECIAL AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE en SATURDAY, at Three o'clock. Several important ad ,Itions and embellishments have been made to the Hunts - 'sM useum, and three new views—illustra tive of Ostrich Hunting an the Karoo, the Death of the Giraffe. and Vultures on their Ptey in the Desert—painted by Samuel Hodson, added to the series of Dioramic Scenes. The Lion Hunter's native Bushmen will appear incidental to the Entertaiinment. Piano by Mr. Hardee Wilson. Admission, Is.; area, 25.; stalls (which may be taken daily between eleven and four), 35.-232, Piccadilly. CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The KENTISH-TOWN %TE, York-road, wilt be allotted at the Offices, No. 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, N. C., on THURSDAY, the t2d inst. A Public Meeting, to explain the mode of allotment and the general working of the Society, will take place next Thurs day evening at Eight o'clock, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Junction place, Kentish-town, at which Viscount Rarielagh, Lord Alfred Churchill. and U. Pownall, Esn., of the Executive Committee, and the chief officers of the Society, will attend. For plans of the Estate, with prices of the plots, from 50!. up to 1,0001. per plot, and prospec tuses, apply to CHARLES LEWIS GRIJNEISEN", Secretary. INVESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive Mines will be found !n the Fourth Edition of BRITISH MINES CONSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by H. MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.S., F.S.S., price 3s. 6d. ; by post. 4s. Mr. MURCHISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of BRITISH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the dividends paid, & c. The Review for the quarter and the year ending 31st Dec. last con tains a Map of the Camborne district, price It. "The book will be found extremely valuable." " A valuable little book."—Globe. " A valuable guide to havestors."—lierapath. "A useful little volume."—Morning Herald. "Of great value to capitalists."—Sunderland Times " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find ro better and safer instructor titan Mr. Murchison."—Leeds Times. " One of the most valuable mining publications which has come under our notice, and contains more information than any other on the subject of which it treats."—Derby Telegraph. " To those who wish to invest capital in British Mines, this work Is of the first importance."—Welshman. This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles ; it '—Obsel ver. Is, in truth, an excellent guide."—Plymouth Journal. Copies of the above publications can be obtained at Mr. Murchison's offices, 117, liishopsgate-street Within, London ; and reliable infor mation and advice will be given at any time to those who may re quire IL ALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and kJ BURTON ALES. BREWERY—BURTON-ON-TRENT. SroaEs:— L0ND0N............ LIVERPOOL .. • ...... y -street. MANCHESTER ..... SHEFFIELD l2, George-street. BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL.. .. DUBLIN EDINBURGH .. ...... GLASGOW St. Vincent-place. These Ales, in Casks of Eighteen Gallons and upwards, and in ottle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by Its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to Perfectly digest the food. The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fcrichurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA and PERRIN'S" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. T HE exuberance of the feelings, amid scenes of gaiety, induces the fair and youthful to shine to advantage under the gaze of many friends, and therefore to devote especial attention to the duties of the toilet. It is at this festive season that ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, For creating and sustaining a luxuriant head of hair; ROWLANDS' KALYDOR, For rendering the skin soft, fair, and blooming ; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, or Pearl Dentifrice, F pearl - like whiteness t o the teeth, are called into In ercer imparting t sedr r e t q in ui g si t tion, to the attainment of those personal advantages so universally sought for and admired, Beware of spurious imitations ! ! The only genuine of each bears tho name of 4. Rowlands" preceding that of the article on the wrapper or and by Chemists Sold by A. Ro wland and Sons, 20, Batton-garden, L on d on, Chemists and Perfumers. abandoned c t i heir Among the lower orders of Paris h i a t v i: patron saint, St. Genevieve,. must the city, since she allowed her neuva i ne to be interruptedl by the murder of the archbishop. The superstt augur ill for the year 1857 from that circurnstancomnB THE LATE GALES. —The destruction of shippi ng i c , ro perty on the Durham and Northumberland coast, - occasioned by the late gale, bas been very great. Abov 30 vessels are ashore on the line of coast lying between the Tees and the Tweed. Above 50 seamen have been drowned by vessels foundering at sea within the same area. The gale was very fearful in the neighbourhood of Sunderland on Sunday. Several of the small craft employed in conveying iron ore from Whitby to the Tyne have been lost with their crews • and the loss of life by vessels foundering on the coast between Lowestoft and Berwick will exceed 100 persons. The Northumberland coast in the neighbourhood of the Coquet and the Fern Islands felt the storm, which was the most violent and destructive experienced for miny years. LONDON MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1857. LORD A. VA NE TEMPEST ON THE LATE GV AR. On Wednesday evening Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest , 11. P. for this county, delivered an address before the mem. hers of the Durham Athenaeum, the subject being " Recol lections of the late War." There was a very numerous and fashionable attendance, and Professor Chevallier occupied the chair. Lord A. VANE TEMPEST, after some few preliminary observations upon the vastness of the subject he had un dertaken to discuss, and the expression of his fears that ho hnuld not be able to do full justice to the magnitude of the task, proceeded to say that he was not one of those who were permitted at the commencement of the Russian cam paign, to take part in the expedition to the Crimea. Al though he made application to be allowed to join the gal lant band who in 1854 left the shores of thisc onntry to en gage against a powerful foe, he found that the claims of senior officers were preferred to his, and it was not until Oct., 1835, that he was enabled to leave this country to join his regiment at the seat of war. It was not his fortune to be present at the glorious struggle of the Alma ; it was flat his fortune to take part in the gallant but mournful achievement at Balahlava ; nor was he permitted to be present at the memorable engagement on the heights of Inkerman, where 8,500 British soldiers withstood, for 3 hours, 40,000 of the best disciplined troops in Russia, and where the brigade to which he belonged greatly dis tinguished themselves by their intrepidity and valour (Loud cheers). It was his misfortune to find the British army almost destitute of clothing and provisions, covering, or shelter, to!support the privations and hardships of the terrib'e winter that ensued. Against those unexampled hardships and struggles they bore up with the most heroic fortitude, and he could give them the evidence of an eye-witness as to the sufferings they endured. In doing so, he should not furnish them with mere retrospective opinions, but would, with their permission, occasionally refer to letters written at the time, some in despondency, some in the height of misery, and some in hope that the war would ultimately terminate in a manner which would slcure to the allies all those objects for which hostili ties were commenced. Before doing so, however, he would briefly advert to those causes which had led to the war, which, in the language of an eminent states man had proved so disastrous to Europe and led to the destruction of human life at tho rate of a thousand per day. In .the year 1851, our ally, Louis Napoleon, then the President of (the French republic, claimed from the Sultan of Turkey certain privileges in behalf of the Latin Church. Those demands were enforced by threats of the presence of the French fleet in the Dardanelles. The Sultan, alarmed by those threats, conceded the demand made upon him, and Russia, feeling jealous of the privi leges granted to the Latin Church, determined to enforce similar demands on behalf of the Greek Church. The Sultan hoped to satisfy his two powerful applicants, and certain concessions were made which it was thought set tled the question respecting the Holy places. In March, 1853, however, Prince Menschikoff arrived on his memor able mission at Constantinople, and the spirit which he evinced showed that his designs were anything but of a pacific or conciliatory character. Matters continued in dispute till the sth of May, when the Prince made his ul timatum to the Sultan, the effect of granting which would have been to place 12,000,000 of the Sultan's subjects under the Emperor of Russia, and virtually to reduce Turkey to the position of a dependency of the Czar. This ultimatum was refused, and Prince Menschikoff left Constantinople. On June 27 the Russian armies crossed the Pruth, and the two-headed eagle swooped down upon its prey, while England and the other European Powers stood aloof, and Turkey was left unaided to cope with her powerful enemy. His lordship then proceeded to comment upon the gallant achievements of the Turks at Oltenitza and other places, and then went on to speak of the abortive ►ttempt which was made to terminate existing differences at the first Vienna conference. A note was concocted which it was thought would effect a satisfactory settlement of the question at issue, but the Turkish Minister finding that, according to the Russian interpretation of the note, it would fully secure the demands of the Czar, he, con trary to the advice of the allies, advised the Sultan to reject it. Turkey for a time was left to struggle with Russia, and in October application was made for the allied fleets in the Black Sea, but they were only sent to the Dar danelles, where they engaged in innocent pastimes at the time when the Turkish fleet was destroyed at Sinope. The Russians obtained various successes until they came before Silistria, which was defended with the utmost gallantry, and ultimately, by the attitude taken by Austria, the troops of the Czar were compelled to raise the siege on the 22d June. On the 11th March, 1854, the Queen led out the first division of the Baltic fleet, unprovided with gunboats, and when (it was now admitted) the only attack could have been made upon Cronstadt with any hope of success. In the early part of that year, the British troops were sent out, and in the month of June instructions were issued by the English Government for an expedition to the Crimea. In. September a landing was effected with most perfect success ; and on the 20th of that month the memorable battle of the Alma was fought. It would be needless to dwell upon the heroism displayed by the English and French armies on that occasion; suffice it to say, that the formidable position which Prince Menschikoff boastingly asserted he would hold for three weeks was carried in the space of three hours by the invincible gallantry and deter mination of the allied forces. After the battle, the allied armies marched upon Sebastopol. Unfortunately, how ever, the number of wounded and the want of sufficient transports prevented them from making a forward move ment immediately after the engagement, and the delay that took place gave the Russians an opportunity of sinking their ships at the mouth of the harbour, and preventing the entrance of tho allied fleets. This, of course, necessitated some other movement on the part of the allies, which led to the adoption of a flank march on Balaklava, where they arrived in October, and on the 17th the first bombardment of Sebastopol began. His lordship here made a digression from his narrative, and proceeded to animadvert upon statements made by a Staff Officer, in a work recently pub lished, entitled "Realities of: the Crimean War." He condemned [the indiscreet praises which he had lavished upon Lord Raglan's abilities as a commander, and disputed many of his alleged facts ; and especially he denied the accuracy of the statement that in December, 1854, the troops had begun to hut themselves, and that Lord Raglan was frequently seen in the camps. The lee terer spoke in terms of reprobation of the deficiencies ex• hibited by the staff, by the home authorities, and by the commissariat department, and remarked that the intense sufferings which the army had to undergo from the rigour of the Crimean winter obtained little alleviation, except what was furnished from private resources through the medium of the Times fund. After some further criticisms on the " Staff's Officer's " views, which he characterised as partial, narrow, and unreliable, his lordship proceeded t • quote from letters which he had written home from the seat of war. His personal recollections had reference es pecially to the sufferings of the troops, who, without means of roasting and grinding their coffee, without fresh meat or fuel, died by thousands of scurvy and dysentery. No effort of imagination could enable them to conceive the amount of privation and misery which the troops endured . The officers, badly off as they were, did not suffer so much as the men, as they were enabled to procure the necessa ries of existence at enormous prices ; but the rank and file, with their green coffee, salt pork, biscuits, and no fuel but the roots they were enabled to dig with much la borious effort, were in a most deplorable condition. As a proof that Lord Raglan seldom visited the camp, he men tioned that it was some time before the British commander became acquainted with the fact that green coffee berries wore served out to the men, but when he did discover it he severely took the head of the commissariat to task on the matter. Lord A. Vane Tempest then went on to ob serve that he was of opinion that many of the disasters which the army met with occurred by the army being sent to the Crimea at so late a period of the year, and without sufficient forethought and previous arrangement being exercised. Three great evils, after the landing, he consi dered to be the issuing of green coffee, salt pork, and the deprivation of bread, and he believed that all these might have been averted by a moderate amount of energy and forethought on the part of the authorities. With regard to the coffee, there would have been no difficulty in pre• paring and roasting and crushing it at Balaklava, where there was plenty of fuel, and there was no reason why the British troops should not have been provided with bread as well as the French. Numbers of steam vessels were lying idle in Balaklava which might have been employed in fetching fresh meat from the shores along the Black Sea ; and he mentioned, as a proof of the want of energy, fore thought, or arrangement, which characterised all the de partments excepting the regimental department, that he saw one vessel bearing the misnomer of " the Propeller," which to his certain knowledge was never propelled for two months ; and that was at the time when the army was gradually melting away for the want of those neces saries which the most ordinary care might have supplied to them. His lordship next made some incidental allu sions to the Foreign Enlistment Bill, and contrasted the difference with w hi c h th e G overn ment had behaved toward s fmf footirlheh. rmietiiegarn, withers a n l i B l l. theirpe per man, own a plotcountrymen, of lau laud furnish ing i thesh in g the former Cape, and a fre e greatest brought passage emergency,too u t t hei r a n standard awdischargingwith h scarcelye m anyany of the o mo ment clothes upo n th e i r b acks, or a penny in their pockets. This was a system not very likely to fill the ranks of our army proee e a d t e t d h et tot time a o r f k o u u r p o g a r e t at he e s d t u n t e i e e ds of . H h i i s s o l w o rd snbhaitpt battalion in the Crimea, and observed that they had only 700 men to perform the trench duty of 2,000, and he quoted from one of his own letters, written at that period, an observation to the effect that, if the Russians had attacked their works at that time, he should have been anxious for the result. Other letters which he read gave accounts of the Russian entry into their advanced parallel, and he mentioned an in stance of the adroit coolness of 3. Russian spy, who walked through the batteries on the left, and, when questioned as ohis business, he stated himself to be a medical officer at tached to the 3d division. His lordship next alluded to the unfairness of the French, who left the British armies to perform the greatest portion of the trench work. When the armies landed in the Crimea the British army amounted to 24,000 men, and the French to 20,000, and each army ook up ground in front of Sebastopol according to their numbtrs. The French received constant reinforcements until their numbers far exceeded the British, and repeated applications were made to them to take some of our ground, but they uniformly refused, even when theirarmy amounted to 68,000 men, whilst the available British force was not above 12,000 strong. These matters went on until the railway was nearly completed; and at last the French con sented to help our army and take some of our ground. Lord Raglan wished them to take ground to the left at tack, but they refused and wished to take ground to the right, which the British commander, from the weakened state of his forces, was at length reluctantly obliged o con cede, and the French thus robbed them of their birthright. (Applause.) Lord Adolphus here read a letter, written by him on the 19th of Feb., expressive of his regret that the Luglish troops were obliged to give up ground which they had held so long, and at such an enormous sacrifice of life, and in this epistle was the following observation :—" If Sebastopol is ever to be taken, the French will get the chief credit, as it is now admitted that the Malakhoff, the ground in front of which we have held so long, is the key to the Russian position." His lordship then noticed the gallant attack of the Zouavesan the outworks of the Ma melon, which was repulsed with a loss of 200 men and 16 officers, killed and wounded. The Zouaves were furious that they were not led on to a second attack, and it was not known to this day why a second attack was not made. Lord Raglan offered the services of an English division, which was, however, declined. The next letter contained an account of the sortie made by the Russians on the 26th of March, when poor Capt. Vicars was killed. Other let ters contained accounts of the second bombardment, and of the successful attack on the Russian rifle pits, which were carried at the point of the bayonet. In the latter engagement he was sorry' to say Colonel Egerton, an accomplished soldier, who led the attack, was killed! In subsequent letters Lord Vane adverted to a circum stance that wanted satisfactory solution, which was, that an artillery officer, at the bombardment, received orders not to fire to the fullest extent of his force, but only to fire six shots an hour. He refused to obey this injunc tion, unless under the hand of Lord Raglan himself. The reason why an assault had not been made after that bom bardment had never been explained, but it was said to arise from an indisposition on the part of the French. His lordship next read a letter alluding to the sailing of the expedition to Kertch, and remarked upon the cir cumstance that the expedition should have been delayed so long when the Duke of Newcastle had recommended it as early as June, 1854. The next letter had reference •to the appointment of General Pelissier to the command of the French troops, and the subsequent attacks which led to the taking of the Mamelon, after a heavy loss. This engagement, of which Lord Adolphus was an eye witness, he very graphically described. The English attack on the rifle pits was equally successful, but the losses in killed and wounded both on the part of the French and English were very considerable. His lordship next gave an account, of the unsuccessful assault on Sebastopol on the 18th of June, when the fire from the double-shotted gnus of the Russians was most terrific, and made fearful carnage amongst our gallant troops. Having adverted to the loss of two of his intimate personal friends, the adju tant of the regiment and Captain Drummond, the former •f whom was shot in an advanced parallel, and the latter killed by a shell in the trenches, his lordship next adverted to the gallant engagement of the Tchernaya, or the battle of the Traktir, where the gallant Piedinontese greatly dis tinguished themselves, and three times repulsed the despe , rate attacks of the enemy. Lord Vane at length came to the final bombardment and grand assault on Sebastopol. The French gained by a surprise the Malakoff, but did not prove so fortunate on their attack on the left. Five times they attacked the Little Redan with the greatest vigour and intrepidity, and five times they were repulsed. The English, on the signal being given, assaulted the Great Redan, which they entered in the midst of a terrific fire, but, in consequence of the supports not being sent up, to gether with the formidable nature of the work, and the desperate resistance made by the Russians, they were un able to hold it. Arrangements were made for a second attack on the following morning, but it was discovered that the enemy had retreated, and they found that the attack had been a work of supererogation, as the Malakoff, as formerly conjectured, commanded the whole. It had since been stated that the attack was of the greatest im portance to the success of the general assault, as by draw ing off the Russian forces it enabled the French to establish themselves inside the Malakoff, and that, in point of fact, the assault of the English was but a feint. As Englishmen, we could not but feel mortified at the loss of 2,000 b. ave men in killed and wounded, and if it was necessary for the final success of the attack on the fortresses, the French ought to have taken their share of the feint, and the Eng- . lish shared in the glory, of the success. (Applause.) It was believed that this was proposed by General Simpson, but was not consented to on the part of th e French, and, therefore, this was another instacce of ro bbin g us of our birthright. (Applause.) Instead of saying that the French attacked the Malakoff, on the Bth of September, with success, and that the English attacked the great Redan, and failed, it ought to have been that the allies attacked five places and carried one, and that by a surprise, for the French got into the Malakoff with a loss of 25 men. General Pelissier gave, to his mind, a very gratifying de scription of the English attack on that occasion, and which was in striking contrast with the disparaging accounts that had been given by our own countrymen. He said, " the same causes which frustrated our endeavours on other points militated against the attack of our brave allies on the Redan, notwithstanding their courage and valour.' , (Applause.) The French gallantly attempted to carry the little Redan, and two other points on the left, at all of which they failed; but he (Lord Vane) never read any re mark made by the public prints in France in this matter, but all shared equally in the glory of the success on the Malakoff, and he thought it very unpatriotic on the part of English writers—men from their position exercising great influence—to decry and depreciate the courage of the British troops, not only in the eyes of their own countrymen, but in the estimation of the whole of Europe. (Applause.) His Lordship then briefly adverted to the subsequent events which occurred after the fall of Sebas topol, and concluded by presenting to the members of the Athenaeum an inkstand formed of a small round shot, raised on a marble slab, surrounded with minie rifle balls, together with a curious painting, which had been taken from the city of Sebastopol. His Lordship resumed his seat amidst considerable applause. The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote of thanks to Lord A. Vane Tempest for his interesting address, which was ac corded to him by acclamation. Lord A. V. TEMPEST briefly acknowledged the compli ment. Earl VANE next proposed a vote of thanks to the Chair man, to whose extensive scientific attainments he grace fully adverted. Professor CHEVALLIER briefly responded, and the pro ceedings terminated. THE GALES. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. it The gales of wind which have been so prevalent of late have caused almost daily arrivals at this port of distressed merchant vessels. On Friday night consi derable alarm was excited by a large merchant-ship firing guns and burning blue lights for assistance. The paddle. frigate Retribution, Captain Barker, at Spithead, an• swered the signals and repeated them to the dockyard, and at the same time sent out her boats and men to the distressed ship, which was found to be the Sabrina, Fox, master, from London to Melbourne, calling at South ampton for. emigrants. In coining up to Spithead she got on shore on the Dean Sand. Admiral Superinten dent Martin at once sent out the dockyard tugs Echo and Comet, with Flag Lieu'enant Malcombe, Assist ant Master Attendant Tonkin, Mr. Jones, pilot, and a large supply of hawsers, gear, &c. These tugs were out till one o'clock in the morning, when they returned, having towed the Sabrina off and anchored her at the Motherbauk. Fortunately she sustained little damage. In order to ascertain the exact position of the ship, the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, sent out the Sprightly, stbamer, and she brought back the gratifying information that no further assistance was required. Fears are entertained as to the fate of a collier, the Fearful, belonging to Mr. Byeriey, of this port. She has been assent for a fortnight, and not a word has been heard of or from her. She was a fine strong ship. LOWESTOFT, JAN. 9. At about 3.30 p.m., on the sth inst., the wind being then NE., in a most severe snow storm, a brig on the Newcombe made signal cf distress by a flag in the rig. ging. The Lowestoft life boat was immediately launched and went off to, the brig, and having been enabled to anchor to windward of her dropped down upon her stern, and succeeded ia_taking on board half her crew, when in a tremendOus squall the cable of the life beat parted, but having taken a strong rope from the brig as a guy, the crew were enabled to hold till the remainder of the crew were got on board with the exception of the master who, when striving to get into the boat, was washed overboard, and was with considerable difficulty recovered and hauled into her in a senseless condition, After having more than once disappeared in the sea. Tne life-bnat's crew then immediately ran for the harbour, in order the more expeditiously to land the crew and the master, as the latter had since be had been taken into the life-boat scarcely shown any signs of lite. By the prompt and unwearied exertions of a surgeon and his assistant, on the master's landing, they succeeded ultimately in his resuscitation. The brig was the Tennant of Stockton, 220 tons burden, with a cargo' of timber, from Dantzic to London, and a crew of eight hands. Nothing could exceed the zeal and hardihood of the life-boat's crew, in cluding the gallant. Captain Joachim, R.N., who was with them throughout the trying occa•ion in the severe snow-storm, as well as of the willing aid of the people on the beach in launching the life-boat. Tnii life-coat is in connection with the National Lite-Boat Institution, the life-boats of which society have been successful during the last week in saving the lives of about 60 persons from shipwreck. The crew of the aboVe life boat will receive, as usual, a liberal reward from the National Life-Boat Institution for their meritorious services. TllB LATE COUNT DE SALVANDY. The Count de Chamboid addressed the following letter to M. Pugeot, late French Minister to the United States, on hearing of the death of the Coun . de Salvandy " VENICE, DEc. 25, 1856. "On arriving at Venice, I learnt, sir, the death of Count de Salvandy, and I cannot lose a moment in charging you to be, under those lamentable circum. stances, the interpreter to Madame de Salvandy of my sympathies and my p rofound re gret. Nobody more than myselftets d w ea s nst ande, he a esteemed o that goo y man—so intelligent, so ed. I h ave no t f org otten 17 : 21 : 9ra c tr a ht me to see me with you at Wiesbaden, while he brought me the frank talented,that a e e n d s w who,ho4 and noble assurance of his entire d evo t e d ness , offered me the assistance of his zeal and of his constant efforts to prepare the way for that desired reconciliation which has since been so fortunately accomplished, and which France has a right to look upon at present as one of the firmest guarantees for the future. Tho s e are good and loyal services which, united with other recollections of his life so honourable and his death so Christian, will render his m emory ever precious an d dear. Say so on my part to his family and to his numerous friends. May they find in that reflection some relief to their just affliction ! " I am alWays in the hopes that I shall soon have the pleasure of seeing yon. lam anxious to he able to renew verbally the expressions of my entire esteem and wy very sincere affection. " EIENRI." There has been a great increase in the importation of cocoa. From January to November 7,024,027 lb. were imported. A RAILWAY GUARD KILLED.—A few days ago the guard of a luggage train, named James Woodbury, met with a fatal accident at the Ilkeston Junction, eight miles from Nottingham. Woodbury was stepping on to the break before the train had stopped, when from some cause or other it was jerked, and the man was pitched over. Ile was frightfully mutilated, and died soon after I his removal to the Nottingham General Hospital. THE LOSS OF THE NORTHERN BELLE. Several cheques and sums of money were trans mitted to Mr. Lang, of Broadstairs, for the boatmen who saved the crew of the Northorn Belle from a watery grave ; and Mr. B. B. Campbell, American consul in London, invites American residents in London to give similar expression to their gratitude. Mr. Croskey, the United States consul at Southampton, subscribes 501. The names of the brave fellows are published, and are as follows :-- Crew of the Mary White : John Castle, Geo. Castle, Win. Hiller, jun., Robt. Miller, Jas. Rowe, Geo. Empt age, Edward Emptage. This boat saved seven hands. Crew of the Culiner White on her first trip to the wreck. John Cowell, Win. Wales, Jethrow Miller, John Sand well, Geo. Emptage, Thos. Holborn, Wm. Ralph, Robt, Gilbert, Robt. Parker. Saved 14 hands. Crew of the Culmer White on her second trip to save the captain and pilot—John Cowell, Wm. Wales, Jethrow Miller, Jerry Walker, Fred. Lawrence, Thomas Sandwell, Robert Simpson, James Bere, Robert Parker, Geo Emptage, Alfred Emptage. "These men," writes Mr. Lang, " were notlabouring under any species of excitement when they engaged in the perilous duty which they performed so nobly and so well. Under the impression that these men would never return—the impression of all who witnessed their departure from the shore—l watched their countenances closely. There was nothing approaching bravado in their demeanour—nothing to give a spectator an idea that they were about to engage in a matter of life or death to themselves and the crew of the ship clinging to the fore rigging of the Northern Belle. They had no hope of a decoration,' or of pecuniary reward when, with the coolness of manner and a calmness of mind which contrasted strongly with the energy of their movements, they 'stripped to their shirts' and bounded into the Mary White and the Culmer White to storm batteries of billows far more appalling to the human mind than batteries surmounted by cannon and bristling with bayonets. There could be no question about the heroism of these men." One of the subscribers is a lady " whose husband crossed the Channel on the night of the sth inst., and when off the outer edge of the Goodwin at daybreak next morning was within so short a distance of the Northern Belle as to hear cries from those still clinging to the wreck, himself expecting each moment that the steamer in which he crossed .ould not outlive the violence of the storm." THE Loss OF THE VIOLET MAIL PACKET. — LIST OP THE SOPFERERS.—The following is an offioial list of the names of the unhappy crew of the Violet, which was wrecked :—Captain Edmund Lyne, corn mander, left a wife, no family ; Mr. James Paul, chief officer, wife, one child ; Mr. Henry Putman, second officer, wife, two children ; Mr. George Dike, engineer, wife, seven children ; Alexander Smart, carpenter, wile, two children ; George Freeman, boatswain, wife, sever, children ; Henry Fox seamen, wife, three chit- dren ; James White, seaman, wife, one child ; Samuel Laslatt, seamen, wife, no family ; Jamei Harber, sea man, wife, •ue child ; Nathaniel Harmer, stoker, wife, two children ; Samuel Sharpe, stoker, wife, no family ; Joh❑ Shillatoe, stoker, wife, two children ; William Patrick, stoker, wife, two Ulildren ; Stephen Penny, steward, wife, two children ; Penny, cabin boy ; Win. Crofts, ship boy ; Mr. Mortleman, Post-office guard, wife, and ten children. In all, 16 widows and 42 children have been left unprovided for by this sad caL;mity. The name of the only passenger has not ye 4 been ascertained. The company estimate their loss at 14,0001. The violet was only insured for 4,0001. THE MURDER OF A WIFE AT MERTHYR. The inquest on the body of Gwenllian Lewis, respect ing whose murder some particulars have already ap peared in The Sun, was resumed on Friday afternoon. The inquiry excited great public interest, both on ac count of the circumstances which had been previously disclosed, and from the fact that it had become generally known that the husband of the deceased woman at tempted suicide on the previous evening. This'attempt at self-destruction was of a novel and determined cha racter. On being conveyed to the station house on Thursday the prisoner, John Lewis, was searched, and deprived of everything with which it was supposed pos sible that he could inflict any injury upon himself. In the course of the evening, however, he contrived to get out a stay nail, which was used to to support one of the fixtures of the cell in which he was confined, and having worked the head of it into the wall so as to present the point towards him; he ran his head violently against it, apparently with the hope of being thus able to terminate his existence. It so happened that the nail not being firmly secured in the wall gave way at the first blow, in• flitting a wound bn the scalp, but without materially in juring the skull. Foiled in this attempt at suicide, Lewis then took the stay nail and made a de-pertve attempt to force it into his bowels ; but the instrument not being very sharp did not prove fatal, but caused the wretshed man such pain that he fainted. Mr. Superintendent Wrenn, who had from the first deemed it prudent to keep a frequent watch upon the prisoner, soon afterwards found him in a state of insensibility, and, having admi nistered some restoratives immediatelysent for Mr. Dy ke, surgeon, who was promptly in attendance, and who used further means for Lewis's recovery. At the inquest on Friday a great change was observable in the appearance and conduct of the prisoner. Instead of displaying the indifference amounting to hardihood which he had before manifested, he seemed to regard the proceedings with anxiety, and more than once shed tears. The circumstantial evidence adduced was very strong .1 Mr. John Morgan, to whom the deceased had been housekeeper for three years, deposed that she was in good health when he left his home about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 4th inst. On hi s r e t urn , a t a bout 11 o'clock, he let himself in with a latchkey, but not finding his night candle placed as usual he rang the bell. A s no one answered he went into the passage, when the prisoner called out " Please come to me." On going down into the kitchen, and seeing the deceased lying on the floor, he said, " How is this John ?" The prisoner replied, " I don't know, indeed. I knocked at the fr. nt door many times and tried to get into the house, but I was obliged to go over the wall into the field, and force open the back door, and when I returned 1 found rey wife at the bottom of the stairs in her blood, as you now see her." Witness sent immediately for Mr. Dyke, bur g eoi? , and also for Mr. Superintendent Wrenn. On exa mining the premises it was found that the back door had been forced open. The deceased was a very . steady woman, but . the prisoner was occasionally addicted to drunkenness. Mr. Dyke, surgeon, having restated the injuries found upon the person of the deceased, described the condition in which the premises were found by him when he was called in. Besides a quantity of recent blood stains observed on the kitchen stairs and wall, witness noticed that a quantity of lime from the wall at the side of !the stairs had been knocked off, as though a struggle had taken place. The prisoner was intoxi cated at the ;time, and on his face -there was a recent [PRICE 4D. STAMPED sfl! scratch. The prisoner asked whether there were any injuries on the legs of his wife, and, on being answered in the negative, he made a statement that the deceased had some time previously fallen down stairs by acci (lent, Mr. Superintendent Wrenn having given a similar account to that of Mr. Dyke of the appearance presented by the premises on being called in, added that, on asking the prisoner if he knew whether any one had been in the house, he said, " A man named Ezekiel was here in the morning, and he went out with me to the Miners' Arms about 12 o'clock. Vie had some beer together; and I came home ab ut half-pa-t 2 I had some dinn , r, but did not eat it all. My wife told we she had been to the Peit-office with some letters. I naked ber for a shilling, but she was not vey willing to give it, and scolded me for having been drinking ; but at last she gave me a half-sovereign, and made me promise to bring hack the change. I then went out and changed the half-sovereign, and had two quar►ts of beer. I then went to the Plymouth Arms, where I spent 6d." He stated further that he came home at about 7 o'clock, and finding he could not gain admission he stayed about for some time, and then forced the door, when be found his wife lying at the foot of the stairs all over blood. He then moved her into the kitchen, and called to Mr. Morgan as soon as he came in. No money being found on the person of prisoner, he explained this circumstance by saying that as he was knocking at, the door a girl came up to him and took it out of his pocket. Ezekiel Jones, the man referred to in the statement made by the prisoner, contradicted his assertion as to his wife having given him a half-sovereign ; and other witnesses were also examined, who e testimony was in direct opposition to the account given by Lewis of the manlier in which he eecupied himself on the day in ques tion. At the close of the evidence the prisoner made a rambling stat-merit, after which the coroner summed up, and the jury, after a deliberation of about a quarter of an hii.tr, returned a verdict of "'Wilful Marsy. against John Lewis," who was thereupon committed for trial: DESTRUCTION OF THE ROYAL NAVAL FEMALE' SCHOOL. RICHMOND, SUNDAY• The fine old mansion on Richmond-green known as Hope-house, and tenanted for several years past by the Royal School for the Education of Daughters of Naval Officers, was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The premises have been unoccupied since July last, when the pupils of the Naval School were removed to St. Margaret's, formerly the beautiful residence of the Earl of Kilmorey, on the Middlesex shore of the river, opposite Richmond, but now one of the newly-acquired estates of the Conservative Land Society. A short time since negotiations were opened for purchasing the re mainder of the lease by the promoters of the new Cavalry College, just established under the presidency of Viscount Comberwere, the former site of which at R ieharnpton had proved too small for the proposed objects of the in stitution. These negotiations were so far completed, that the mansion and grounds had been handed over to the promoters of the Cavalry College, who for some two or three weeks have occupied it permissively, for the purpose of Effecting necessary repairs and alterations, the actual tenancy being arrange] to commence from Lady-day next. The Me-srs. Lovell, of London, were the contractors to w hom the repairs were entrusted ,and they have had a large staff of workmen employed in decorating the interior for some days past. The college having been advertised to open tor business on the Ist of February, the op-rations of the wor' men have been expedited by working early and late, and charco sl fires have been burned in several of the rooms for the purpose of drying the fresh paint. The workmen left off yeateiday at four o'clock, and the premises were left untended from that hour. At half past 5 o'clock this morning, Mr. Warren, a respectable wine merchant,residingin Duke.street,a narrow thorough fare running from Richmond High-street to the Green, whose house overlooks the side front of the mansion de stroyed, fancied he heard an unusual noise in the street, and on jumping out of bed to ascertain what it was he observed lames issuing from several of the windows. Mr. Warren, without waiting to make his toilet, drew on a pair' of trousers, and ran off to the chief officer of the Richmond fire brigade, Mr. Simmons, whom he aroused, and then hastened on to the police station, where he was also the first to give intimation of the fire. Inspector M'lntyre, of the V division, on ascertaining the extent of the conflagration, now distinctly ♦isible by the reflection of the lames, first despatched a mounted patrol officer to London to summon the en gines of the brigade establishment, and then got together all the officers of the district, for the pur pose of aiding in extinguishing the fire. There are two engines at Richmond supported by the parisb, and a sort of amateur brigade estp.blishment of six fficers, who, without being paid any fixed salary, are accorded a kind of eleemosynary reward in the event of their services being required. Those men were quickly upon the spot Nith both engines, but their uselulness was paralysed for nearly two hours by an almost total want of water. It will, perhaps, scarcely be credited that in the large and wealthy town of Richmond, with its narrow streets and densely crowded population, and boasting a special water company for the supply of its inhabitants, no fire main exists; and although plugs are numerous in all parts of the town in the event of fire, the only water obtain able from them is derived from the ordinary service pipes of the town. Even this supply fails one day in each week, and upon every day at sunset ; so that, if a fire breaks out on any Thursday, or between sunset and 6 o'clock in the morning of any other day, no water is obtainable until the Engineer of the Richmond Water Company has ignited his fires and got up the steam necessary to set his pumps in motion. The fire this morning occurring before 6 o'clock, as a matter of course no water was procurable from the service mains, and all that Mr. Sim mons and his amateur staff could do was to pump all the wells in the neighbourhood dry, a proceeding involving incmen4e labour with a very small result, in so far : s reducing the ravages of the fire was concerned. The turticock was among the first upon the spot, and all the plugs were speedily opened, but water there was none, and accordingly the honest fellow has tesed off to the waterworks under Richmond-bill to rouse the engineer, who was quietly enjoying him self in the arms of Morpheus. On being roused he bestirred him-elf, and in about an hour the pumps were in motion, and all the cisterns in Richmond were speedily overflowing. What waste water remained in the pipes was now at the service of the engines, and Mr. Simmons and his gallant little brigade worked away manfully, as far as the supply would allow. But the flames at this time had gained too great head to be stayed by the limited means at command, and shortly after 7 o'clock it was clear no prtion of the mansion could he saved. The attention of the firemen was therefore chiefly directed to keeping the outbuildings and surrounding property well saturated with water, and in this judicious proceeding the Rich mond men were assisted by the brigade from Kingston, who arrived with the town engine, drawn by four post horses, at a quarter after 7 o'clock. The mounted patrol despatched to London galloped to Wandsworth, and then sent on a fresh man to London, who gave notice of the fire at the Brigade and Wet of England Fire-engine Stations. The letter was fi.st on the rJad, and after a journey of indne difficulty, owing to the heavy state of Lice roads, drove into Richmond shortly after 8 o'clock. Mr. Henderson, foreman of the Southwark division Of the Fire Brigade, who had lost a few minutes in fruitless endeavour to obtain four post-horses, arrived soon after Mr. Connorton, and both engines were speedily at work: The miserable effect of the paltry economy which leaves so vast a neighbourhood almost unpro tected against fire was now again apparent, the Lon don engines with their superior power speedily absorbing the whole supply of water. The flames, however, bad now nearly exhausted themselves, and the whole in terior of the mansion having been destroyed, the fire was easily prevented from extending, and before ten o'clock it was confined almost exclusively to the smouldering ruins in the basement. The catastrophe has occasioned great excitement in the town, chiefly owing to the want of water above alluded to ; hut, apart from this, much regret is felt at the destruction of one of the finest old decorated man sions with which this neighbourhood abounds. As t , ) the origin of the fire, no doubt whatever exists that it must have occurred through the culpable care lessness of the workmen in leaving charcoal fires burning without any person to attend them. The mansion and premises are insured in the Sun and L'hcenix fire offices. Mr. Superintendent Fenn, of the V Division, rode over from Wandsworth at an early hour, on receiving intelli g,mce of the fire, and personally directed the police officers en duty. Captain Barrow, late 17th Lancers, the resident com mandant of the new Cavalry College, and several other officers of the institution, visited t he ruins this morning; and it is gratifying to be enabled to state that the un fortunate destruction of the house will not materially interfere with the proposed opening of the college, as its promoters will, during the rebuilding, either tak e premise's in the imme diate vicinity or occupy their pre sent house at Roehampton. C OAL STATISTICS. — Th e following particulars of the import ation o f coals into London b y ships, railways, awl canals during the past year, compared with 1855, have beet , c , w wiled by Mr. J. R. Scott, Registrar of the Coal Market, London : Ships. Tons. Seabon te—ln 1856 n 1855 Increase llO 103,016 Tong. cwt. By Railway; and Canals—ln 1856 1,271,700 4 In 1855 1,161,086 0 Increase 110,614 4 Total importation of coals by ships, rail ways, and canals in 1856 4,391,584 4 The entries of ships by the principal factors during the year were—Hill, Wood, and Hughes, 2,188 ; Smith, Scurfield, and Co., 966 • Dixon, Harris, and Angier, 954 ; Marshall, P age , an d Co., 817 ; H. Taylor, 714 ; S. Clarke, 517 ; William Milnes and Co., 499 ; Charle ton and Watson, 377 ; F. D. Lambert, 315 ; Miller and Potter, 227 ; and by Fenwick, Laroche, and Stobart, 205. t .FTr SPAPE R (From the Spectator.) tp*e.. It was in 1707, in the midst of the War of Suc eterel that the House of Brandenburg became seized an , ejeC+eeri fee, ee f sessed of the Principality of Neuchatel. The depth 14:key the Duchess of Nemours, the last of the House of tok - 1 . gueville, threw the Principality, so to speak, into chant'`-a S eery. There wero several claimants, but the chief were e the King of Prussi, who c:aimecl from ouraWilliam 111., and the Duke of drleans. At that time the allies were the anted all the men they could ob tain from Prtiseee . ederick 1., greedy of territory, honours, and European standing, was open to a bribe, and the allies exerting their infloenca, and the King opening his pursestring and showering gold among the chief men of Neuchatel, Marlborough succeeded in ob. brining a Prussian contingent, and Frederick became Prince of Neuchatel. But how he got it, what amount of sovereignty he obtained, how he used his power, these are questions having only an archmelogical inte rest ; for Frederick William IV. does not, or rather did not, hold princedom under the title deed, of Frederick I. The claims of the house of Hohenzollern to Neucha tel are of a more modern date ; they are not ancient rights ; their foundations are no older than 1815 ; for in 1806 the Emperor Napoleon obtained a legal cession of the fief from the Kin; of Prussia, whose army he routed at Jena ; and gave the principality to one of his generals —Marshal Berthier. For seven years the Marshal en j .yed his prince loin ; but in 1813 the fortune of war changed; Napoleon fell back upon France, and his troops with him ; Neucbatel passed into the bands of the allies, and Prussia put in her claim at the Congress of Vienna. The claim was reluctantly allowed. The King of Prussia was not, however, allowed to establish himself as Prince of Neuchatel without conditions. Successively the Congress refused to admit Neuchatel as part of the dominions of Prussia into the German Bund, to allow the King to isolate the canton from Switzerland, to become an ally of the canton of Berne. The Congress had other views. They were determined to make Switzerland a powerful neutral State, and they resolved to round her fr litter on the side of France with the canton of Neucha tel. As regards Switzerland this was their primary aim. First in order came the incorporation of the canton in the Confederation—that was essential ; next, the grant of the suzsrainty to the King of Prussia—that was second ary and non-essential. By this arrangement the King acquired a limited, not an 'absolute, sovereignty in the sZi7: : :77"Liree canton. Thus, While he bad lo6al - eitetftive pewee;- e"' t eree- nominated the Governor and the judges, had a veto on tne acts of the Legislative bodies, Red drew a tribute from the revenues of the State, the Helvetic Confedera tion alone could declare war, make peace, negotiate treaties of commerce, and raise a contingent of troops in the canton for, Federal purposes. The inhabitants of Neuchatel were thee subjected to a double allegiance— to their Prince and to the Federation. This double relation had long before 1848 become a grievance. It reached a climax in 1847, when the Prince forbad the canton to take part in the war against the Sonderbund —a veto which his subjects neither respected nor obeyed —and when, towards toe close of that 3ear, he proposed that Europe should hold a kind of congress at Neuchatel to deliberate respecting an intervention in Swiss affairs he forfeite I the slight hold he bad over the majority of his Swiss subjects. It was not strange, therefore, that in the revolutionary fever of 184 b the people of Neucbatel should be able by pacific means to repudiate the sove reignty of Prussia, and proclaim the canton a free and independent member of the swiss Confederation. The question may be asked, why did the Helvetic Government acknowledge the new constitution of Neu chatel ? It had no other course. Prussian sovereignty over Neuchatel is recognised in no document signed by Switzerland. Neuchatel entered the Bund as a " sovereign" canton. By the act of union, which determined the relations of the canton principality witk the Federation, it was provided that the lat tsr should recognise exclusively the Government re-iding at Neuchatel ;" the object of the stipula tion being to exclude the King of Prussia, as such, from all author' y in the Federation. So far as Neuchatel, therefore, was affected by the treaty of Vienna and the acts to which it gave rise, Neuchatel I stood exactly in the same position as England, France, Belgium, or any other country. It had the) imprescrip tible right—a right so freely used in France—of chang ing at pleasure its form of govezninent ; and the Federal authorities of Switzerland, it was expressly stipulated, were to recognise no Government but the resident Government of Neuchatel. No doubt the King of Prus sia protests l ; and in 1852, taking advantage of the advent of a Tory Ministry in England, and his position in the councils of Europe, he induced France, England Austria, and Russia to sign the protocol of London re cognising his claims. This was an extraordinary step to take, especially as in 1848 the European Governments had recognised the new Swiss constitution, -and, of course, tee change in the state of Neuchatel. The King of Prussia, however, was not in a position to enforce his claims by arms ; and he allowed four years to settle over the protocol of London 'without action, thereby strengthening the Swiss side of the case. It was not until the insurrection of last September had been suppressed and the insurgents imprisoned that he moved in the matter, and so intemperately conducted his case as to bring the two Governments on the verge of war. It will be seen !rein this plan statement that the status quo satisfies the larger and more important purpose Of she treaty of Vienna in the disposal of Neuchatel, and is in accordance with the desires of the people of that cant in. Europe is not in the least degree benefited by the presence of the sovereignty of Prussia in Neuchatel; the Prussian monarchy is not injured by its absence; wnile the Swiss republic is positively benefited by the incorporation of the canton under its Federal constitu tion, and Europe is benefited by the homogeneity of Switzerland. In the presence of facts like these it would be idle to talk of the violation of the treaty of Vienna—still more idle when we remember that Russia has systematically violated the treaty by her absorption of Poland ; that Au,tria has violated the treaty by the suppression of the Republic of Cracow ; that France has violated the treaty by selecting Bonaparte for Emperor ; and that a distinct violation of the treaty was consummate,' when Belgium was cut off from Holland. So far as the people of Neuchatel are concerned they have as good a right as the people of F rance' to change their form of government. The Prince of Neuchatel is precisely in the same position towards the canton and the confederation as the Count de Chambord or the Count de Paris towards France. His rights have been extinguished in the same manner that their rights were extinguished. The sovereignty of a Bonaparte in France is a violation of the solemn compacts of 1815, when Prussia, with others, bound herself to use force for the exclusion of Napoleon Bonaparte and his family from supreme power in France. Yet Prussia not only per mits, but recognise, this violation of European treaties. If the Prince of Neuchatel were not King of Prussia he would probably he as helpless and as incapable of dis turbing Europe as the Count de Chambord or the Count de Paris. Plain men would settle the dispute in five minutes. There are two things to uphold—the integrity of Swits zerland as a neutral State, and the right of a people " to select their own form of government and to regulate their domestic affairs ;"' and these two things would be upheld if the King of Prussia were induced to surrender his parchment claims simultaneously with the surrender of(the rebel prisoners. Such is the arrangement to which the Swiss would agree, and which would be a reasonable settlement of the question. ThE DRAT IVESTERV RAILWAY SPA At this station a very large amount of building is in pros gress (in the way of additions to the enormous establish mew), from the designs of Mr Brunel, • the eminent engineer. Among the most prominent of them is a new goods station, the platform portion of which is 520 feet in length, with an average width of about 30 feet. The roof is of corrugated iron, and supported by iron columns, from which spring segmentai arches, roofed in with glass and slate. At the eastern end of this large plat form is a wire house of irregular plan, the length of which is 150 feet, and its greatest width 90 feet. This ware house has a height ot four storeys, the ground floor being 17 feet in height, the first 11 feet, and the second and third floors 9 test each. These floors are constructed of wood, some of the beaussof which are of three and others of two thick , esses, bolted t o g ether, the whole being sup porte vertically by a series of 38 iron stanchions of grea strength, winch traverse the whole of the floors from the ba,ement to the roof. The floors are composed of boards IA inch iu thickness, and tied together by whataretec ni cail t i called iron tongues. Tue ground floor and also those of the platform are composed of 2i incti battens, resting o n very strongplating, saturated in creosote for effec tualteeredtn De we, deep, indd; containing sa t s ta, light o nlaer eg a ne i d aavi e nna v dt e ee n 2rno e ut l rat e .emn g e a kot i ,u l a t st i 4bt n hf, d dte e sign. At preservation.. The roof of the warehouse is com d posed ° n a g : bi n e northern r 3f o t e f ti fee e i . y i other,on; llength and r for Or supply ot the establishment, including the hy draulic crane , , of which there are 36 in ail on the outer ?lattorm and interior of the warehouse, besides two lifts+ in the interior of the structure worked by the same means. The whole of the windows have iron lintels, sahes, &c., and everything about the building is con structed with the greatest regard to strength an d dura bility. ;wine very largo workshops are also now nearly completed, extending td a length of 300 ft. ; the upper one to be used as a carriage trimming shop, being 34 ft. 6 in. wide, and the lower one, which is appropriated to repairing and painting carriages, being 81 feet 6 niches in width. These lower shops are 400 feet in length, In addition to these there is also the Queen's car riage shed, which is 42 feet long by 32 feet 6 inches wide ; this shed is finished in a s omewhat su p erior manner, being roofed with iron girders, arched between and plastered, and heated with Perkins's hot water ap paratus, with a view to the p reservat i on of its contents, as a preventive of damp. In this portion of the vast area occupied by the company new clerks' offices and stores have been erected, together with carpenters' shops- Adjoining to these a range of offices has been built, on the ground floor of which are strong rooms, constructed pn the most subs tantial principles, and fireproof t!ckleso pricting and eta wping offices, police-office, offices for the resici.ent engineers and their assistants;n. over these a sparl 'ens board-room, 77 feet long d rooms when to it, so that it mrZy be divided . into thrueiere large space Mr. John Jay, the b not used for general n ne.etings, which q feet wide, whit has , temporary cross partitions attached Ireesneld-street-north' City-road, has the cot of a clerk ot the works, Mr. Bertram being grass, and Mr. Robert R°w e ld„t e ngineer, the whole orpervision of Mr. Brunel, th. being under the general s 7 ny. .....Buieding News. itract for the the works now in pros chief engineer of the coropit 110