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MONT BLANC TO-NIGHT. at 8, and TO-MORROW AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock. HRISTY%3 MINSTRELS and the CHRIST ..MASS HOLIDAYS.—Tha "CHRISTY'S" 'will appear in Twelve Ent rtaininenti this Week. Commencinr, Every Afternoon at 3 Yfor this week only), eat at the usual hour, s, Every EvenLig, Introducing their Choicest Gems.—Prices, 3s. 2s. and Is. JULLIEN BURLESQUE NIGHTLY. PROFESSOR .WILJALBA FRIKELL, Physician to their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Russia.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—PHYSICAL and NATURAL MAGIC, without the aid of any Apparatus.-TIVO HOURS OF ILLUSIONS.—Saturday Afternoons at 3,-and Every Evening at 8 . Stalls, 55.: 3alepny St' , lls, 45.; BOXCS, 35,; Pit, 25.; Gallery, la ; . Private Boxes, two guineas: one guinea and a-, - talf, and one guinea. --Places to be secured at Mr. Ifitchell's, Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. NOTICE. —PRoFEssonWILJ ALBA FRIK ELL has the honour to announce that having been COMMANDED TO rEttFORM AT WIND:OR CASTLE. there will be NO PER rORNEANCE tWa Evening, THURSDAY, December 31st.—St. James's Theatre. CASINO DE VENISE.—Thii Eeablishmsnt will he kept open an hour or two later than uau:il on THURSDAY NEXT, 31st Dec„ to WELCO3IE IN THE NEW TEAR. A DELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—Great success of N. Lamo'te's llave'ock Schottische. and Grand Fantasia from "II Trovatore," an I the ' ,. eor Caledonian Quadrille by Charles Hill. Principal cornet-a-piston. M Boulco , rt. Open every evening at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. The Argyll Band is to be engaged for private Balls. —R.'R. VIONELL, Ma nager. DR. 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PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOC IA TlON.—Eatiblished 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. - I Win. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L.N". de Rothschild,M.P. TREISCREIt OF Till BINEVOLENTFUND. —John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. Accumulated fund .. • • • • ........ £05,000 Annual Income— ... ...... 27,000 This Association °frets every advantage to all classes desirous o fissuring. A Benevolent Fund is attached exclusively for clerks. W3f. THOS. LINFOIID, Secretary. 15, Itoorgate-street, December, 1857. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSUR INCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. Zmpowerel by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR -VIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, etc. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D. Chairman. Wm. Renworthy Browne, Esq. 1 Henry J. HoOgson, Esq. Samuel King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq. F.S.ALS. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, le.lt..,2lndlrofessor J. Radford Yogng. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elllotson, Cantab , S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., E.R.A.S., F.S.S., &C. ♦SSISTANT ACTUARY. Parker Woolhouse, Esq. RANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. rit/L 1,11 Ulta• Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowellfre, Bedford-row. The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared In ItaY, 18G0. Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Policy taken out in ...n Itt4t, Age Sum • I Assured. 'ermanent 'tenon of lual Pre tarn. s. 3 8 1838 1841, 1845 1848 18151 55 3,000 49 4,1390 59 9,000 60 2,000 55 2,800 Is 2 7 7 The following are amongst the 'advantages offered by the Inter %Clonal Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in MS. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every LIVe years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted I° °be hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. __Since its commencement the Society has paid in_claims upwards mihree hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair man, 142, Strand. .2_42, Strand. London, W.O ;EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. FIRISTMAS PRESENTS.—The exuberance of the feelings amid scenes of gaiety induces the fair an g u thful to shi ne t o a d v antage under the gaze of many friends, and It is to devote increased attention to the duties of the Toilet. at this festive season that RO W LANDS' AUXILIARIES OF HEALTH AND BEAUTY are more than usually essential, viz., Por ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, -parting a transcendant lustre to the Hair, and sustaining it in decorative charm. W LAN DS ' L V DR ni krts a radiant bloom to the Chee K A k, and a de l icacy and softness to the Hands, Arms, and ieck; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, OE PEARL DENTRIFICE, teetOIVE OR the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. The Pat ronage of Royalty throughout Europe, their general use by :fik and fashion, and the universally k nown e ffi cacy o fth eFe al tic:es .5 them a celebrity unp ralleled, and render them peculiarly ELEGANT AND SEASONABLE PRESENTS. SOLD BY A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-garden, London; and by Chemists and Perfumers. ** BEWARE OF SPURIOUS IMITATIONS ! ! I ARETIRED PHYSICIAN, whose sands of life have nearly run ou t, di scovere d w hil e I n th e E as t I n di es Certain cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds, an d General. Debility. The remedy was discovered by him when Is only child, a daughter, was given up to die. He had heard .9 11 Ich of the wonderful restorative and healing qualities of prepare ions Lint Made from the East India Hemp, and the thoucht occurred to that he might make a remedy for his child. He studied hard, and succeeded in realising his wishes. His child was cured, and is now alive and well. He has since administered the wonderful re medy to thousands of sufferers in all parts of the world, and he has never failed in making them comptetely healthy and happy. Wishing to do as much good aspossible, he will send to such of his afflicted fellow beings as request it, this r , dye, with fall and explicit direc tions for makint it up and successfully using it. He requires each applicant to enclose him six stamps —one to he returned as postage on the recipe, and the remainder to be applied to the payment of this d dvertisernent: Address to H. James, 11. D., 14, Cecil-street, Strand. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CITRES (si ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, „, ll Y s terla, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrheas, Acidity, Palpitation, la eartbur a. Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com plaints U ate e ff ected by ) BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA ALAIIICA FOOD, which restores health without purging, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids gene ra ll 9, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and Muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to Yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these lines. Stuart de Decies."— Can No. 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, eonstipation, flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Dn Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Northam L lg. near Digs, Norfolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs. of Hazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner vsarness, indigestion, gatherings, Sow spirits, and nervous fancies. — cure No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Oateacre, near Liver : a cure of ten yeet 'a dyspepsia, and the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Cure No 18,z16. Dr. Andrew ITre of constipation, dyspep fila, ervons irritahrity. Cure No. 31,210. Dr. Sherland of dropsy and Cehility. Cure No. 36,212. C a pt a i n A llan of epileptic fits. Cure No. 42,116 Major Edits of enlargement of th e li ver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of me, and daily vomitings, Cure. N o . 26, 4 1 8. Dr. Hai, vey of diarrhma cramps, sPas-- and debility. Cure No. 39,628. D r. Wurtzer of consumptiun. C ure No. 32,883. William Hunts, Es q ., b arr i ster, 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood me rc h an t , of thirty years disease ( i of paralysis. Cafe No spitting of blood, liver dera ngemen t , pal tial deafness. Cure P. 4 ,814. Mr. Samuel Legion, Leicester, of two yens' dial rhcea. Cure No 52,612. The Dowager Countess Ages ne rvous irritability, bile, and iodi gestion. Cure No. 54,812. of Castleatuart, of guesss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con. gumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes co recovery. Cure No, 180. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been ise. W. R. efteetnally mired h 3 Du D erry ' s F oo d i n a bort „.• , -I NTE Ei tim g t years' dis- Beeves, 181, Fleet-street, Lo n d on. " O. ,I,uo. pepsin, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and which my servant had consulted th e a d v i ce o f man y , have been n_ for ausea, effectually cured by Du Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. J o h n Fl ave ll, flidling,ton Rec tory, Norfolk." No. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness with pains in Illy neck and left aria, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Di Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. St uart, Archdeacon of Ras ,. Skibbereen." Cure No. 3,906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spu r i ous imita tation 8: The Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injunc tion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville fel imitating "Du Barry's Revalents. Arabica Food." , " " Suitably packed for all climates, and with toll instructions. I, canisters, 11b 25 9d ; 21b 4s 6d ; 5113 lls , 121 b 225. The 121 h car ;gage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry anc Co.. 77. Regent-street, London; Fortnum, Nfason, and Co., pm veyors to her itajosty, 182, Piccadilly; also at 60, Gracechurc.. street ; 3ao, 430, and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 119, BlShOpagate e treat; and 150 end 158 Word-street . Now publishing, price two shillings, bound in cloth,- E'EIST'S RACING RECORD.. Edited by ALREItd FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the " Sunday 'Vines," and Re porter of Sporting Intelligence to the London Daily Papers. In addition other useful information; it will contain a complete Record of the Racing arid B teeplechise Sew:in in England, Ireland, and Scotland rrom the Ist of January up to the dgy,of• publication, Derhy Lots fur 185 . 3: and Nominations for all the Principal Races for next year ; forming one of dhe roost 'copious works of reference ever published. W. Wright, sporting printer and publisher, Fulwood's Rents, Hol born, London. RESS AND FROCK COATS of 'Superfine Black Cloth, 2t. 15s Od. to Three Guineas. Dress Black Trowsers, 11. ss. Od. A. , ehoice Selection in Dress Walsteoatings. Excellene with Economy. GEORGE HOB SON, Fashionable Pallor, • . 57 Lombard-street. ) u BARRY'S CELEBILLTEII INFANTS' root.. for DELIC •TE INFANTS. CIIILMEN, and IN v A T.los. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet-nursing, is more eand digested, and imparts more healthfal nourimhment than Wilk ; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless scrofula, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of 'he system and sound sleep in tared. Many respectable families who have reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred to, and a copy of their Testimonials may he had free on forwarding a stamped and addressed envelope to 'tarry Da !tarry and Co., I'7, Regent-street. London Prices: —ln Canisters, Is.; 25.; and 121 b. at 21.. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on r •celnt of Post Office Order. ON PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. Ne' and improved Edition. enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by peat, Is., . . T HE SILENT FRIEND : A Alnlical Work on the physical exhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indulgence, infection, and the injurious conse vences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain dlsqualifica wi CO., Surgeons. Consultations t e a r s usual (see page 197). _ lions. By R. and L. PlisoßlditYbyanjd. noster-row; Sanger, 160. Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM Is employed in bothsexes to renovate he impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic; Its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate sleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi lities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price 1 Is. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves 1 I s. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of the varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the skin, blotches on the head and face, enlargements of the throat, tonsils, and uvula ; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, &c. its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price 115. and 335. per bottle. also a saving of it s. PF • s RRY" PURI FYING SPECIFIC PILLS constitute an effec- !nal remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, Meet, stricture, and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 43. 6d ,an 1 I Is. per box. Sold by Dan i e l Church, 78, Gracech urch-s treet , City; Bartlett Il oo per, 43, King William-street (four doors from London Bridge) ; F. Watts, 17, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard; PanP s - c h u rchyard; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford- CW ,t . r . ,, E t d ; w i a f r t d u s i4 6 v 7, an ,l Dietrichsen , 63, Oxford-street; Butler and II Jr:ling, 4, Chea.side ; Trout and flarsant, 229, Strand ; and all medicine vendors hroughoist the United Kicgdem. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Just pullshe,i, or( is., post tree, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, SELF-PRESERVATION. —A M edical Treatise on the Functio ns and Disorders of the Generative System, De, resuing and on the cure of Nervous an Physical rom vicious habits scqulred during the the critical pass age fr om yo lt uth to Manhood, with practical observations on the Physiology or Mar tian in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life,' and its advantages in detecting, by urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these omplalnts, ith numerous engravings and cases., BY SAMUEL LA'MEI{T, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Seciety, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man other class of dis, t ase k n ow n toamodern pathologists. its perusal prticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of phys cal cenditlon, and who are conscious of having hazarded twelth, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that t here are rinelpies of personal management which cannot be violated with ut incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret sue eed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be above all, removed, and how the evil and its conse q uences may be avoided, and, :hat there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional lerangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 201 Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and may he had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Horne, 19, Leicester-square ; Gordon, 146, Lcadenhall-street or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from I I till 2, and from fi till 8, at his residence, 37 Bedford-square, London. The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky. Loll Bazaar ; C ticutta—Messrs. C. and J. ilormusjee, Apollo-street ; Bombay- Cir •olator °Mee ; Madras—Motussilite Office Ara Dodsworth; Colombo. Cev'on s and of all '.oohs; hers throughout the Colonies, [ADTERTISIWENT.i—The indefatigable researches of Dr. Li v ingstone have suddenly made us acquainted with one of the happiest people in the world, of w hose very existence little was hitherto known in civilised Europe generally. In their ailments they never have recourse to cod liver oil, and they are equally independent of physic and the physician, for Dr. Livingston found their staff of life to be the Revalenta Arabica Food, which keeps them perfectly free from disease, " consumption, scrofula, cancer, &c., having been scarcely heard of, and the smallpox and measles have not been known for 20 years." In England also the Revalenta Arabica has pro duced a wonderful improvement in the health of the people, removing cough, consumption, asthma, debility, indigestion, (dyspepsia) constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints, and restoring the faculty of digestion, and nervous muscular energy to the most enfeebled, as proved by testi monials from the celArated Professor of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ' • Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Casticstuart, and 50,000 other well known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means of cure had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery abandoned. Its effect on the progress of population is most favourable as exhibited by the Registrar-General,show log for Loudon an average of 1,780 weekly births against a mortality of 1,200, leavingahappy gain of 580, or near 50 per cent. in favour of progress ; a result most cheering to all classes, as it opens a fair prospect . that by the moro general use of Du Barry's Re valenta Arabica Food the Europeans will soon enjoy the same freed m from disease as the West Africans. It is sold in canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b,, 4s, 6d, ; 51b., 22 5 . Tho 121 b. carriage fre e, on receipt of post-office Order— Barry Du Barry and C o . , 77, Regent-street ; Fort nurn,Masc,n ; an 6 d 3 Co. and , 1 1 5 S ( 2 ); Piccadilly; Abbis, 60, Grace church-st ree t Oxford -greet ; 330 an d 430, ftand o London. Bonus in Perm addition Bonns in Re uc to Sum :Cash. Annul Assured. mii £ s. d. s. d. a 67 17 7 424 1 4 56 749 4 0 025 W. o 42 232'18 0 150 15 0 in 154 2 8 103 16 L 10 1 120 17 0 72 14 6 6 t T (N,. 20,444.) PUBLICATIO Li S. . Now ready, at all the L brarics, in 1 vol., 6d. A N S. Dy the Author of "MARGARET MAITLAND," " A very pleasing and charming story—the productioa of a gifted writer."—Sun. " We cordially recommend this attractive book to our readers."— John Bull. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, usccessors to Henry Colburn. INTERESTING PRESENT. Now ready, in 1 vol., price 108. 6d. round, kl R. TUPPER'S NEW WORK " RI DES AND REVERIES OF iESOP SMITH." By MARTIN FAEQUFIAIt TUPPER, " The 'Rides and Reveries' will add considerably to the reputa tion of M r. Tupper. The volume may serve as a suitable companion to his ' Proverbial Philosophy '''-o,server. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW STORY BY SHIRLEY BROOKS. This day, price one sinning. No. I. (to be completed in Twelve onthly Numbers), of THE GORDIAN KNOT. By iIIIRLEY BROOKS, Author of " Aspen Court." With Illustrations by Tenniel. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MR. 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On Ist January, No. IX., New Series, price 3s. Gd., T HE JOURNAL of PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. Edited by FORBES WINSLOW, M.D., D.C.L., Oxon. CONTENTS. 1. Body ♦. Mind. 2. The Indian Rebellion in ft 3 Moral and Psychological Aspects. 3. The Asylums of Italy, Germany and France. 4. The Condition of the Insane. 5. Pathology of Insanity. G. Intemperance considered as a, form of Mental Disorder. 7. On the Treatment of Insanity in Julius Hospital, Wurz burg. 8. Phantasmaia. 9. Homicide In Insanity, • • 10. The Juridical . Soolety, and the Cilmlntil Responsibility of the Insane. - • • • 11. 7he.late Sanmeljuke, Esq., of York. Lomion: John Churchill, New Burlington-street. ?,, t.,,,, ir_ t . : --- - -- - .... _ . ; . ..... , _ 1 .1 -..• LI t j • 1 4111: 11 t -,.,.. • Y:. - 11;;•, • - • - A •13 - 4 41, . *„. , ,::- 7 :47,. ': • --: ' , • ` fl '-'4,-.::::/z1411--•::::.::'-'4, 4 .4%., ‘, J111"- . , i. ": : \,, '' ,. r . " .3 : t 17 , ,, 1 z, •%• Q , ::, - "321P 7 4.160 : "14- .. --27:1141117 7 1 •• : : -All' . 7 1. - ' 44 ''.41., - + k I,oil iiit;ttait, i f• ' " ss -iv -- at i. " P.-1. .•-,,,,, . A - '''''N . : ;A , , • ' ..-,, . s " °l7 :_. ; 1 kz... . c . y —°1741144- '4 -. . # ~..- -- -- t ILLk L - .. 7, .71r. if —,. 4 •"7r ,7T • - .. 1. - or/ :I) , cc.i. , ,, -, 1 EI cian "i„,, Jr / :, 4 •- , ..,.. , . ::- .1 ii i , ; il, — : : - -: .. • 111111111 - . I:LIZ bp::: :: - .7 - • ,, r ... - ..,. _4l-.... ~,,4::,•,f , ! , 1 _ -, , ,, , F 4 „v•1iftip... .ai• • ofc,• ' ~;‘, --,.- -" • iiiii/I -41141 _ : ~,, - ' $1•4• 1 / 4 'a -"--- ____ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 1857. PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1857. [*** The dates under which each item appears are those of the impression publishing the intelligence, and not those on which the several events referred to occurred.] JANUARY. 1. Railway accident : Three horses Hied and one dangerously injured, by a coal train running into the horse van, near Hayford Railway station. Sisk, the woul.l.be assassin of the Duke of Wel lington, in 1830, died in Bethlehem Hospital. Roms.notf Menechikoff, the Russian pilot, died in Greenwich Hospital, aged 86. 2. Dover murders : Execution of the murderer of Maria and Caroline Back—Dedia Redanies—at Maid. stone. 8. John Britton, F.S.A., the celebratad antiquary, died, aged 86. 6. Dreadful gale in the Channel. 7. Many marine disasters during snow storms, loss of packet ship Nev York, &c. Assassination of the Archbishop of Paris, by Verger. 8. Mr. Brotherton, M.P., died of apoplexy. Submarine cable across the Channel, accident to, during the late gales. Vi let mail steam packet lost, with every soul on board. Wreck of the Northern Belle, American barque, Ste. 9. Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., M.P., died. 14. Rochester Bridge, demolition of the old, by the Real Digir eery. 15. Shipwreck of the Royal mail steam-packet Tyne. 16. Great bullion robbery : conviction of Pearce, Bur gess, and Teeter. 17. Wreck of the Briton steamer. Wreck of the American ship Kilby on the Good win Sailds. Great Northern Railway frauds : Leop,ll Red path sentenced to transportation for life. Kent tried as accomplice, and acquitted. 19. Mutiny in the Mersey. 20. Smithfield, second great meeting of the unem ployed in Holjbead Harbour, great blasting operations at, to the extent of many hundreds of thousands of tons. 21. Banquet given by the Queen of Gude to the chair ma❑ and directors of the East I❑dia Company. Duke of Rutland, K.G., died. 22. Wreck of the Lloyd's steamer Asia. -- Royal British Bank : Petition of Humphrey Brown, M.P., in bankruptcy. Lambeth double murder : Confession of the pri soner, Martha Bacon. Murder on the high seas, committal of Hugh Orr for, at Plymouth. 23. Miss Nightingale's visit to Haslar and Portsmouth Hospitals. 24. Terrific gales in the Mersey. Bank of Ireland, fire at the. 28. Baron Alderson died. Princess de Lieven at Paris. 30. Bushire captured by the British troops. -- Australia : Frightful tragedy in her Majesty's 40th lt,giment—three officers shot, one killed immedi ately, by Ensign Periefather, who afterNards killed himself. 31. Verger executed at Paris for the assassination of the Archbishop of Paris. Common Sergeant of London, T. Chambers, elected. FEBRUARY. 3. Imperial Parliament opened this day by Royal Commission. 17. French Chambers, opening of the, by the Empe• ror of the French. • 21. Colliery accident. near Batasley, 170 lives lost. 23. Ellesmere, the Earl of, died. • Harewodd, the Earl of,•died. 24. "Tabernacle," Tottenham-court-road, burnt down. 27. Terrific conflagration in Whitechapel. • Ship wreck : Loss of the St.. Andrew screw steamer, with cargo valued at 100,0001 , off Latakia. 28. Great fire in Bishopegate-street. MARCH. 3. Railway accident : Eastern Counties—Dreadful explosion of fog signals ; several lives lost. 5. Persia, treaty of peace with, signed at Paris. 10. The Speaker of the House' of Commons (Shaw Lefevre) intimated to the house his intention to resign at the close of the Parliament, 11. Terrific fire in Whitefriars, at the Government Stamp factory ; 30,0001. damage done. 13. rue Ty❑e steamer stranded/ on the Kicveredge Lodge on the 12th bfd - anuary, floating into Southarnp . ton amidst great rejoicings. 16. Chinese rebellion. The Eastern Prince declared that the Bible should be substituted for the sacred books of Confucianism as the text book in the public service examinations. 20. Charter House Schools (St. Thomas's), opening of the, by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. 21. Palmerston, Loth, grand political barquet to, at the Mansion House. Dissolution of Parliament this day. 20. Royal British Bank : Re-examination of Mr. Es daile ; extraordinary disclosure , . 27. General elections commenced. Nomination of candidates for the City of London, &•.„ APRIL. 2. Murder of Lieut, Carroll, 44th Regiment, at Deal. Verdict of Wilful Murder against Samuel Baker. Royal British Bank: Exami na ti on of. Mr.. Apsley Pellatt ; extraordinary disclosures. Lambeth : Debtruction of Darby'B great firework factory. 4. Kidderminster election rioters brought before the magistrates for an assault on Mr. Lowe, M.P. 9. Royal British Bank disclosures. Examination of the Hon. Mr. Stapleton, M.P. 11. Covent-garden. Fall of five houses in Russell place, attended with loss of lives. 13. Hounslow Powder mills, dreadful explosion at. 14. Her Majesty : Birth of a princess. 15. Murder in the Caledonian-road, committal of Tripp for. 17. Shipwreck : Wonderful escape of the Martin Luther ; many lives lost in a huricane ; the ship towed into Plymouth by the Tagus, Peninsular and Oriental steamer. African traveller, Dr. Vogel, intelligence received of the murder of. 24. Legion of Honour—France : Nominati, n of offi cers, non-commissioned officers, and privates in the English army to the rank of officers of the orle-. 27. Launch of the Roy:4l Sovereign, of 101 guns, at Portsmouth. 30. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester died. The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived at Marseilles. MAY. 1. Imperial Parliament, meeting of the new. Election of Speaker. 4. British Museum. The new reading-room opened to the private view of distinguished personages. 6. Art Treasures of the "United Kingdom Exhibition at Manchester formslly opened by H.R.H. Prince Albert. 7. Salford : Inauguration of the Queeb's Statue in Peel Park, Salford, by his Royal Highness Prince Albert. 8. Imperial Parliament, the new, formally opened by her Majesty's Speech (by commission). 9. Funeral of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. 15. Rail way accident : Derry and Enniskillen—A man killed by the mail train running over his legs. Acquittal of Bacon and his wife, tried for the murder of their children. 16. Secondary Punishments Bill, great meeting at the Mansion House in reference to Sir Geo. Grey'R. General Sir James MacDonnel, G.C.8., colonel of the 71st Foot, death of. 20. Henry Kemble, late M.P. for East Surrey died. 23. Princess Royal: Debate in the House of Commons on marriage portion or settlement for her Royal Highness. 26. Joseph Somes, Australian passenger ship, destruc- tion of the, by fire ; crew saved. 27. Fraudulent Trustees : Text of bal introduced into parliament respecting. 14. India: Mutiny of native troops • continued assassinations of European officers and their families. Prince Frederick William of Prussia : Presenta- tion of the freedom of the City to. 16. Indian mutiny in : Massacre at Delhi. 17. The King of the Bdgians' visit to Manchester. 18 Branger died in Paris. 21. Duke of Wellington's monument in St. Paul's ; Exhibition of designs for, in Westminster Hall. 23. The Emperor of the French; plot to assassinate. Attempted, assassinatfon in the Queen's Bench Poison. 24. Execution of Michael Crawley for the murder of his wife at Chelmsford.. 27. Conviction of Bacon at Lincoln assizes for poison ing his mother, • 31. Transatlantic telegraph: Arrival of the Agamem- non at Queenstown, &c. India, mutiny in : Panic at Calcutta ; Delhi in possession of the rebels ; further spread of the mutiny. AUGUST. 1. India, mutiny and revolt in : Particulars of horrible massacres, &c. 3. Muntz, M.P, Mr. E. F., di e d. Chinese fl ee t destroyed ; operations at Canton. 5. Indian mutinies :.Outbreak at Benares; continued assassinations of Europeans, &c. 7. India : a form Of prayer issued by the Bishop of London far our countrymen in the East. 10. Spol'en, trial of, for the murder of Mr. Little, commenced. 11. Departure of the Emperor and Empress of the French from Osborne. 13. Spollen, acquittal of, on the charge of the murder of Mr. Little (Broadstone murder). 14. Transatlantic cable: Accident to ; nearly 300 miles of cable lost. 15. Transatlantic cable : Return of the squadron. India, mutiny in: Further details. 17. Hydrostatic propeller; the invention of Mr. Ste phens, of Southampton. 19. Lady Lyttelton diet): 22. De &hi, trial of, torttn attempted murder in the Queen's Bench Prison. African travellers, Vogel and Maguire, assassina tion of. Indian mutiny : Deaths of General Barnard and Sir H. Lawrence. Loss of the Transit steamer. 24. Surrey Gardens Company : Meeting at the Court of Bankruptcy respecting, and meeting at Walworth. 27. Indian mutiny : Defeat of the rebels at Lucknow and Sealkote. 29. Peiliament prorogued by Royal commission. James Matt, IMP., died. 31. In lia, mutiny in : Battle at Agra ; massacre at Cawnp , re, &c. SEPTEMBER. 3. Royal Albert Bridge to span the Tamar : Raising end floatirg of the first tube. 4. Middlesex Election : The Hon. Geo. Henry Chas. Byng returned without opposition. 5. Sardinian war medals, official list of recipients of the. 10, China, Admiral's Koppel's exploits in. Henderson, K.H., K C., Lieut,•General G. A., death of 11. Mediterranean telegraph : Successful layirg of the cable. Prince of Wales's visit to Cainouni : Intelligence of his Royal Highness. 12. Medijdie : The order of the official.listof persons upon whom co n f erre d. 14. Execution of Captain Rogers, at Kirkdale, for the murder of a seaman on board his ship. 16. Lima, assassination of the British Minister at. 17. Indian mutiny : Havelock's marvellous victories ; various successes of European troops ; new mutinies at Dtuapore, &c. 21. Indian mutiny : Temporary retreat of General Havelock to Cawnpore ; intelligence from various places. 24. Royal British Bank in Bankruptcy :—Meeting for examination of the directors. 28. Fast-:ay—Proclamation for a day of national humiliation, fasting, and prayer, on 7th proximo. 29. Indian mutiny : Government Dispatches—Delhi not taken ; Nana Sahib before Lucknow ; distress:of the besieged ; General Havelock waiting for reinforcements ; several defeats of the rebels ; extension of the mutiny. 30. Havelock, C. 8., Colonel Henry, promoted to the rank of major-general in the army, for his operations in India. Allen, Rear Admiral John, died. Humiliation-day —Form of prayer to be need, published. OCTOBER. 1. Stnttgardt—Meeting ofthe Emperorof the Frei* and the Emperor of Russia, &e. •, • Indian mutiny—Overland mail dispatches , re ceived. 5. Humiliation Day, the Jews' service for the, . 6. Esrl Fitzwilliam died. 7. Fast-day and day of national humiliation, 9. Russian frigate lost, 526 souls on board. 10. Waterloo Bridge, discovery of the mutilated hotly. 12 Irdian mutiny : Ninth victory of Gen. Havelock. Forthr mutinies. 26. New York, commercial panic at. Suspension of specie payments by the banks. Indian mutiny : Delhi taken with the loss of 600 men, including 40 officers ; loss of the native troops immense. Waterloo-bridge tragedy : Verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons unknown. 30. Siam, arrival of the Princes of. 31. General Cavaignac, death of. NOVEMBER. 4. Great Eastern steam ship partly launched, and named " The Le v i a th an ;" terrible accident occurred to five men. 5. Cambridge, H.R.H. the Duke of : Presentation of the freedom of the City of London to, together with a magnificent sword. Banquet at the Mansion House afterwards. Mr. Mackay, death of : The " B tilie Nicol Jarvie" of Sir 'Walter Scott. 9. Commercial failures in Liverpool, &c. Loss of the English ship Frances ; 20 lives lost. 12. Indian Mutiny . Confirmation of reiief of Luck now ; capture of Delhi ; deaths of Generals Niu'aolson and Neill ; c a pt ure of the " King of D e lhi" and his chief wife ; his sons and a grandson shot. 13. Commercial Panic : Important communication from the government to the directors of the Bank of England, authorising an increased issue of bank-notes. Bank crisis in Scotland. 20. Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, deputation from, refused the assistance sought for from the Bank of England of 100,0001., to sustain the firm. 21. Frightful explosion at Mayence. 23. Royal British Bank, proceedings in the Court of Queen's Bench against the directors. DECEMBER. 1. Polish revolution, 27th anniversary of, celebrated ; the 29th of November, having fallen on a Sunday. 3. Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P., death of. 8. Commercial failures, &c. 12. Worcester Bank failure. 17. The Jeuffosse remarkable trial at Evreuz. 19. Koenig, the celebrated cornet-a-piston player, died 24. Lucknow relieved by Sir Culin Campbell, &c. — Brilliant succession of victories by the several officers in command. 26. Dowager Countess Nelson died at Paris on the 22d inst. 28. Rear-Admiral Edward Le Cras Thornborougb, died. 28. Captain Sir Alexander Dixie, Bart., R.N., died. 29. Earl Spencer, K.G., died. CHRISTMAS DINNER.—On Tuesday Miss Burdett Coutts gave an excellent dinner to 300 poor parishioners of St. Stephen's, Westminster. Miss Coutts addressed the poor people with a few kind words of advice and encouragement. RIOT WITH THE MILITIA..—On Friday night several soldiers of the regiment of the Staffordshire Militia, at present stationed in the Castle of Edinburgh, appear to have been drinking in a publichouse in the Cowgate at the foot of Blair-street, and a fracas ensued among them and several civilians who had assembled there. A very large crowd speedily collected, and information of the disturbance having been sent to the Castle a picket of about a dczen men, under a sergeant, was despatched to the spot, but by the time they arrived the disturbance seems to have been over. A crowd of many hundreds of people, however, still thronged Blair-street ; and in com ing up that street, after having been in the Cewgate, some of the men belonging to the picket attacked a mechanic, and following him into one of the stairs lead. ing to the South Bridge, threw him down, and struck him with their belts and feet. His cries brought Lieut. Milligan of the city police' to his aid. The moment he appeared some of the crowd called out that he was a police ifficer, on which the picket, leaving the other man, at tacked Mr. Milligan, and, dra wing their bayonets, stabbed bim in the head in several places ; fortunately, however, the cuts are not serious. A young man, named Hugh Bald, who interfered to protect Mr. Milligan, was also set upon, but both escaped with comparatively slight injuries. Oa Monday the various Parties connected with the above fray, consisting of J o h n Sh er att, John Tacker You ng , Th omas L aw l ess, (rather an appro priate na me ), and :limes Killeau, a ll pr ivate soldiers in the Staffordshire Militia, and S o l omon Day, Lance- Sergeant, w ere b roug h t b efore the police b ar, an d remitted to a higher court. We'are glad to learn that Lieut. Milligan is recovering, though slowly, froisa the effects of his injuries. Fortunately, the wounds are only flesh cuts, and, although severe enough, are not likely to be attended with dangerous consequences. In addition to the cuts on the head, Mr. Milligan has sus tained sever a l severe b ru i ses a b out his arms ; and, to show the dast ar dly na t ure o f t h e attack, we may state that, on inspe c ti on , it i s f oun d t h at his top-coat in more than one place has be en pi erce d b y a b ayonet. We trust that the result of th e t r i a l o f th e l i ve parties a b ove: named will be such as, i n some measure, to insure th e citizens against the outrages of armed men, whose duty it ought to be to protect instead of endangering the lives of the inhabitants.—Scotties Prem. MERCANTILE MORALITY. (From the Atlas.) The close of a year is the season for retrospects. The merchant makes up his books--the tradesman sends in his accounts, and the householder reviews the effects of his expenses on his yearly income through the medium of his Christmas bills. When we greet our readers again, it will be to wish them a happy new year. This week, then, just a word on one of the lessons, at least, which the occurrences of the one fast passing away teach us, before we bid it good bye for ever. Though the subject to which we would call attention has, to sensitive minds, been thrown into shade by the monster convulsion and harrowing scenes of the Indian mutiny, it touches our national prosperity not one whit the less closely. Every class of society is busy with schemes to correct the errors which caned that disaster. India is to be evangelised—its Government reformed— its great resources to be turned to good acconnt, and to God's glory. Would that the subject of which we are about to speak would teach us a similar lesson—one nearer home. Our children will assuredly have reason to regret it some day if it does no'. The last few months have proved to demonstration that the standard of our mercantile morality has stiff-zed a fall, which has fiat(' far-seeing persons with dismay. It is not merely the gigantic failures as failures, which have recently occurred, that indicate thie. The loss of such sums as two millions of money on the whole transactions of the Western Bank of Scotland—the stoppage of the great firm of De Wolf and Ca. for 200,000/., showing 2a in the pound for its creditors— the Eastern Banking Corporation swindle, in which a single shareholder contrived to absorb 243,0001. (more than two-thirds of the paid-up capital)--t lie failures of the Liverpool Borough and the Northumberland and Durham Banks—awful as they are, as instances of reck less trading, and disastrous as,tbay bate .turned out :to. the thousands whom they have - brought to ruin and thrown out of work, would be comparatively harmless in their national effects, were it not for the almost hope• less - want of principle with which these falls have been attended, anA which bas been exhibited in attempts to bolster rome of them up when falling, and to palliate or hush up practices which led to their fall after they had gone. It is to thi s t a i n t o f disinkenuotisness running through the, whole mercantile system, and from which', we fear houses still standing and of hi g h p os it 7on canno t be held free, that we desire to call attention. Take the Western Bank of Scotland. But a few weeks ago, after that concern stopped pay wen", the most powerful influence which wealth and position could sup ply was brought into the field to uphold it, integrity, or; as the Times expresses it, " to restore an equilibrium in the affairs of the company." To what extent the public were deceived by these representations, we knOw not. This week it was announced that "every penny em barked in it by the shareholders is hopelessly gone ;" and it is difficult to see how the parties who thus came forward could all of them have been ignorant of the fact Another illustration of this painful truth was furnished some little time back, when reports were rife of the approaching failure of o:iver, of Liverpo 1. In that case another firm took up ►he cugela in behalf of the slandered house, and caused a ❑otice to be posted on the Exchange, denouncing the wanton calumny. The firm thus defended was insolvent at the time I Tne same circumstance is recorded of another house, of which mm eminent London firm were the. champions, with a like result, suggesting .the unfortunate concluiion,. that in the case of falling concerns it is not difficult to find ot'.er houses of good repgte to uphold their cregitt while' they are tottering, and to alliate or onc•al their raiscondaCt when they have gone. It is the principle of these pro ceeding.t, which is a naoonal:calatnity, .not the failures thernselveg, which, , as -tho Tines proves ih its Morley Article on Monday, can make 4he country neither richer nor po9rer. . So lima for firms. Our . national characler, alas I in this respect, as displayed by' individuals, does n`ot . sh * O9r.. a shade better. The - peeulationii of , Mr. Stephens, the. manager of the. Eastern BankingCoeporation, in his fiye, partner,hipi purchased with the funds of the company, or in' the little 'transaction where ha b l ught the 'shares of a third party with the money of the blank, soil Plaoed". them to his own account, seceiykng the dividends . hima . self, are not excused. by.ear-Anerged ia-theisint miscon duct -of- himself and the directors, in-4,he.r corporate., capacity':' He is an 'instance of the commercialdepravity which has this y ea r show - U . if — self in such vigour among individuals also, and. which should 1.-ring a blush to .very honest English nierChant's cheek. Such an instance also is Mr. J. C. Taylor, 'expelled this week from 'the Stock Exchange for using telegrams in4propetly obtained from the T,:l4;r&ph-office, for the purposes of speculalion Thatwe. .." ' • Such, also, though in a srnalle;degree, is the case of that bank clerk at Croydon, wh, gambled also on 'Change, and whose transactions, after the not unrom- mon gradations of despondency and brandy, ended in that awful murder of Ids nearest and dearest r , latives, so recently before the public. Such, also—And we men tion this case because its denouement has come upon us while the ink of this article is yet wet—such, also, is the case of Mr. Stevens, the broker, wh' so strangely charged a Mr. Silby last week before the Lord Mayor. Kay had instructed him to sell some description of stock fur him and to buy other—and when that was done, demanded the balance which the latter held in his hand, amounting to some 3001. Instead of giving this up, although it is admitted that there was no under- standing that he was to retain the larger sum, Mr. Stevens would only give him a cheque for some 341., and a few of the shares, proceeding, in a great hurry. to pay in the rest of the money to his own banker'e. Not very wisely, but, as it seems to us, not unnaturally, Mr. Kilby, seeing his money disposed of in this rattier sum mary fashion, made a bold move for the recovery of his property by trying to snatch it from the other's hands. - For this he was given into custody for attempting to steal his own property. Of course, Mr. Kilby was honourably discharged ; but the result so weighe I upon an excitable temperament, that in the course of this week he put an end to - his Exibtence. The term to be applied to the conduct of the stock broker, which resoltf , d in this tragical end, we leave our readers to determine. These cases, joined to the daily reports from the police courts of embezzlements by clerks, robberies from masters, gross frauds by bankrupts on their credi ditors, make up that black list which every Englishman should lay to his heart at this season. It will go far to show hien that there is something besides misgovernment and revolt to be lamented in that year, which history will hereafter mark as the year of the Indian mutiny. JUNE. 2. Marshal Radetsky, death of, at Milan. 8. Royal British Bank : Government legal proceed ings commenced against directors, &c. 9. India, Mutiny in : First intelligence of mutiny at Meerut ; 3d Cavalry in open mutiny, disturbances at Utnballah, &e. 10. North-Western Railway : Terrific conflagration at the Camden Town goods station. 13. Royal British Bank : Capture of Humphrty Brown. 17. Baptism of ber Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice at Buckingham Palace. 20. Royal British Bank : Arrest of Cameron, the manager, at Lausanne. 22. Powder-mills at Hounslow, fatal explosion at the. Viscountess Eversley died. Transatlantic cable, arrival of the Niagara frigate for the reception of the. 23. Chingford : Murder of Mrs. White. 25 Lor I Alvanley died. 27 Victoria Cros', distribution of the (Order of Valour), to soldiers and sailors by her Majesty in Hyde-park. 29. Indian mutiny, express intelligence of mutiny of native troops and horrible massacre of Europeans ; son of the Einpelor of Delhi proclaimed ; Delhi plundered to the extent of 1,000,0001. sterling, &c. JULY. 1. Vintry Ward, election of Mr. Gabriel as alder man of. 2. The Duke of Marlborough died. Remarkable trial of Miss Smith, in Edinburgb, for murder. 3. Earl of Mornington died. 8. Gold robbery of 2,000 sovereigns on board the America, on clearing the Victoria (London) Docks. Princel Napoleon, visit of; arrival at Falmouth. 9. The Niger : Total loss of the African Royal mail ,; team ship. 10. Madeline Smith : Conclusion of trial of, for the murder of P. E. L'Angelier ; not guilty in reference to ntent to murder ; not proven on the other counts. 13. Mutiny in India : Further disaffection of troops ; death of General Anson ; battle fought before Delhi. STATE OF THE RIVER THAMES. A copy of the reoent report of Mr. Gurney to the First Commissioner of Works on the state of the Thames has been printed by order of Par lament. It is dated the ad of November last, and explains the means proposed by Mr. Gurnee) for preventing a further pollu tion of the river and the atmosphere around the Hon ses of Parliament during the construction of any system of drainage that may be carried out. Sewage from the drains may be divided into three parts—the liquid, solid, and gaseous, or soluble, inso luble, and aeriform. It is a vulgar error to suppose that the solid or insoluble sewage fiats on the surface of the water, or " fleets up and down with the tide." On the contrary, its specific gravity is as much as 1 . 325, it will sink one foot per minute in still water or slow currents, and precipitate (or ratber . deposit) in stronger currents, moving in parallel lines ; at a greater rate than 170 feet per minute, it will not precipitate (or de posit), the force of convolution then being greater than, and consequently overcoming the force of gravitation. Mr. Gurney gives an interesting account of his experi ments with the insoluble sewage taken from the river which were made in August, the month of least water. The quantity of sewage retained in the Thames seems to be a ruling or constant quantity ; the river is never choked up, nor is it ever clean ; and the most filthy part of the stream lies between Hungerford and the Peniten tiary at Millbank, this being mainly occasioned by two retrogades, the one outside the Speaker's residence, the other at Hungerford. The liquid and soluble sewage is carried away by excess of the downcast, but some part hangs about in the cesspools. The rate of solution of solid sewage after maceration in the "river bas not yet been ascertained, but it is estimated that generally one filth will be dissolved after a week's maceration. Mr. Gurney, in fine, recommends :that all the retro grades and brattice cesspools be destroyed—that all the obstructions to the uniform flow of the river at low water be removed—that the pr ejections along shore be rounded off, and the hollows filled up ; that the serrated edges of the river at low water be made plain and continued along the whole line of low-water mark ; that the width of the water way at the loweet ebb be not more than 140 yards from side to side, so that the river may not only run in au uniform current, but at a minimum rate of 225 feet per minute, and that from low-water mark upwards the beach be so con structed that the shore may rise at an angle of about three or four degrees with the horizon, or, in r oat-making parlance, of not less than 1 in 16, to facilitate the fall of the sewage into the bed of the river. The cost of this arrangement will not be so great as •,vould at first sight appear, and the navigation of the river would he im proved by it. As regards gaseous or aeriform sewage, a most deadly poison, Mr. Gurney suggests the destruc tion of the retrograde, the pioper trapping of the mouths of the sewers, and the combustion of the noxious gases. The former failures to burn the sewage gases at Brussels and here were not in principle, but in practice, the in terference of the mass of atmospheric air over that of the gases not having been taken into account. It is shown that carburetted hydrogen, and, in fact, all the elements of combustion, whether gaseous or not, require to be brought up to a very high temperature before they will ignite, and it is obvious that so to raise the temperature when the gas of the sewage is so mixed up with a large mass of atmospheric air is very difficult. A different apparatus, to meet the conditions, must be constructed before success can be attained. [PRICK 40. STAMPED 5D .] NAVAL AND MILITA RY INTELLIGENCE. The following circular, dated Deo. 23, bas been is• sued from the recruiting department, Horse Guards : " Until further orders the approval of recruits by in specting field officers of distracts is to be considered final ; commanding officers and surgeons of regiments continuing, as at present, to make any remarks upon the attestation of a recruit before signing that document. " All recruits objected to by a commanding officer will be brought before the General officer at the first inspection after joining. "Inspecting field-officers must well consider the re sponsibility devolving upon them in consequence of this arrangement, and his Royal Highne.s the General Com manding-in-Chief impresses upon them the necessity of their paying the greatest attention to the examination of recruiis, and to the strictest caution being oberved in sending such men only to regiments as are eligible in point of age, height, and strength, as required by regu lation. Recruits will receive the balance of their bounty, viz., 1/, 10s., on joining their corps, as at present." In consequence of the great number of troops, who have recently joined the Indian depots at Chatham barracks it has been found necessary to remove the 29,11 depot at Brompton barracks. At a late hour on Tuesday evening upwards of 120 recruits arrived at the garrison from the various re cruiting districts for the purpose of joining the In dian depots attached to the Ist, 2d, and 3d bAtta lions. A large quantity of sui'able warm clothing hay ng been forwarded to Chatham, to be distributed among the wives and children of those troops who are now serving in India, the first distribution was made yes'eralay at the Gun-wharf, adjoining Chatham dockyard, under the direction of Mr. T. Jones, principal storekeeper, when a large num ber• of women and children were each presented with articles of clothing. In addition to the wives and children of the .troops of the line ,t,149§.0 pf,t_4 4 9,,,810yA En.iine.er.3_Aa_d the Medical **AM* eisci riffelitivettvilitratiti•tikittAti dittevima allowed to-the wife of each soldier 'during the absence of her lusbetzd ip India is 6d. per diem. ~.,. The S Ostia, -Capt. Slfialik, lillotigifig. to Messrs. •Dtinbari of bondon, with, i ,CrovetiaviOnt ,- .stores for litirlAckee, embarked 30 men belotging to the 94th R ttiiimiT et Plymouth ori'MimdayViiitirilie next I da sailerlf4r her destinatiDn. 17,, ; ,, Vr 44 ,iP eti,Mojesty's State yacht Victos . kkmitii,Vberp, - . 1 1 Capt. the . ,llen. J. Denman, is bein repainted : and.' '1 bbitighdd externally arid internal' foYtltetifieVa? I Piee iore.Of conveying the Princess . _oyaOkiiii:•the P i t. nee,of.prnssia to Antwerp en r44e;to-P,russia of r their wiptials. She is ordered tOII4 ready lilt iol th lttlil,Pr6xitno, and she - will after thatdate vie cetldlrtm. Portsmouth to the Thames.l ..Lt, i 8 - ei , petted that Gr i avesenil will be the port of embarca tion for the Royal pair, as the length of the yacht will render her naviv,ation of the slikt reaches of the Thames above Gravesend a troublesothe task. It is expected that her Majesty will appoint Capt. Denman a commodore of the first class, as in the case of the late Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence. The engines, dEc ' of the Royal yacht Fairy, Mr. Welch master in charge, and the Elfin, Mr. Alfred Banis ter], inasler in charge, are also being repaired, as they will f o m members of the 'Royal squadron. The steam frigates Diadem and Curacoa, 32, Cap-. tAns Moo rsorn C. 8., and Ma,on, and all other steam 'ships available at the time, will form motntberstof .the Royal equadr.m, wheh will be commanded= in !chief .by the lion. Joseph Denman.., It. is ,e -pectted that the Royal visitors to 4o g ilindlni ca. Pr' ssia on the auspicious occasion will he f e nded at . ' Po tsmouth front Pripsian men-of-wai.vessers.--- , 1 •.• hp Niet.ry, 104, Captain G.H. Pennoue,q.B. unieigoin-e thorough repair in dock .at 'Ports: 'idokitth,--wiil be paid off this day and - feConamissitined 'to-inotrow. hy..Capt. Seymour, with Co'inuftaiid' ef• J. Q. 'Bick*d and t le same other offie ,- ra)1411:04ff• t ' .4 TheiCaly . Oso, 18, Capt tin F.' B. IVllivttiessol . vicav tikilai gted for set at Chatham, is ercliked to' re t *into -4h° dock now occupied by the. Vnitts, 4 o,= to tlio.uryose of having defects made g0pd.,.,. The. II 115 is il ea: ly broken . up, and will be etitifely ti en to pieces . -th;s week. The Iladciianld, 42, 1 4fi he tken into dock to be br_okeu .npan;soon ,as: th Oislyp i so has completed repairs. ~ -, , „ , ii.A.dmiralty order ha{ been rece ived by °sit. G. piOlds ICI i th, C. 8.,: suprintendent 'et "Chatham Dolckyard,: permitting the 9flicers and mint belong. ing to the Royal Dockyard ;Brigade to nautili their unif3rms on the brigade being "disbauded.:... The stops, , arms, 3,l4.iccoutromen iB. %re to3iillitiled into store forthwith, and a considerable quanti y has already been received at Chathtm. Thl Adju tants are to be placed on half-pay, and the Ser geant-Majors and drill sergeants who are doing duty as dockyard police-cons Wlles, will be d . s.:hirged as soon as the brigade stores, arms, he., have been returned. Mr. John J. Brown, master, lato of the Aga memnon, took up his commission and joined the Renown on Monday, at Sheerness vice Mr. _ _ Roberts, Master, appointed to the IlluStrious. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty yesterd.ty : Masters—W. J. B. Hilliard, to the Royal William ; C. J. A. Noddall, to the Fisgard. Assistant-Surgeon—Croft G. Symons, to the Viper. THE MILITIA. Her Majesty's steam-s'oop Vulcan, 6, -Com mander Seccombe, called at Falmouth on Monday last and landed the headquarters of tho Waterford Artillery Regiment of Militia, who are to garrison Pendennis-castle. The Vulcan embarked them at Queenstown, and took on the remainder of the corps to Plymouth for duty at that place. THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF THREE LIVLS AT BIe.TIINAL GREEN. ALLEOED ARSON - ADJOURNED CORONER'S INQUEST -SPECIAL VERDICT. Yesterday, at noon, Mr. William Baker, the coroner, resumed the adjourned inquest at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Bonner's-road, Victoria Park, respecting the deaths of John Metcalf, aged fifty-two years, Ann Metcalf, aged forty-eight years, and Julia Maria Metcalf, aged seven yews, who perished at the late 6ro on the premises of Mr. Jas. Alfred Harman, silk fringe manufacturer, of No. 27, Anchor-street, near the terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway, Shoreditch. The inquest-room was again densely crowded by persons anxious to hear the proceedings, which created the utmost interest. Mr. Sleigh attended for the accused (Mr. Har man), and Mr. Roberts was present on the part of the Liverpool and London Fire Insurance Inspector Dendy and Inspector Wakeford, with Sergeant Egerton, of the H division, were in at tendance on the authority of the Metropolitan Police Commissioners. The jury having answered to their names, The Coroner asked Mr. Vaughan, the summon ing officer, whether there was any additional evi dence in the case, and being answered iu the nega tive, he proceeded to sum up the whole of the voluminous testimony adduced ou the two previous occasions, after which he sa;d the jury could hear any statement which Mr. Harman thought proper to make, if his solicitor (Mr. Sleigh) thought pro per, but under the peculiar circumstances of the case he (the Coroner) thought Mr. Harman had better not make any. Mr. Sleigh was of a similar opinion. The Coroner, after a few preliminary observa tions, remarked at great length on the varioas points of the case, and begged of the jury to dismiss from their minds any idle reports which they might have heard, and give a free expressionof their opinion upon the evidence which they had heard. The case as affecting Mr. Harman, fafled in all its material portions, and he (the coroner) was of opinion that no one could be so wretchedly or miserably cruel as to commit such an act, for if they did the party would be guilty of wilful murder. The un fortunate calamity might have arisen by accident through the gas or from some other cause over which there was no control. If there was a doubt in their minds give the party accused the benefit of it. The inquest-room was subsequently cleared of stringers, and the jury were locked up in consulta tion ab Jut an hour, whm the court was again opened, and the foreman announced that they had nnanimously agreel to the following special ver dict : " That the deceased persons, whilst in a certain house, then awl there on fire, were, by the noxious vapour and smoke, and the flames issuing from the said fire, suffocated, of which they then and there died, but how or by what means the said fire was caused there was no evidence to satisfy the jury; but they could not separate without recommending a careful division of the respective duties of the fire-engine keeper and the escape keeper, so that the engine keeper should be able to give the greatest assistance in cases of fire, an d t h e y also express their satisfaction at the conduct of the police and fire brigade, and Barton, the Royal Society's escape man, on the occasion in question." Mr. Harman, who was in the inqUest-room, upon hearing the verdict, said—" Gentlemen of the jury, I am innocent of the charge brought against me." The proceedings then terminated. vEIV-S PAPE ~ , .i. -• , max d f / ec) ea e leae. _ e re ..4 . 7 %\ SLAVE .11UNTING:YrY ' IND-14 . .\,t, —............._ " . 1 ... ' A i : -„ , z44.4if ,- .- ._, A : correspondent of the - New York 2r24 '' . -,-- - '''Z Allow me to lay before your readers briefly-th- s'''e y a m ", a very remarkable fugitive case .which has4estecloked re- 4 7,'"`S' the capital of our state. The name of the-alle is ged Iggi• s, .', Ai . 4 .11. tive is " West," or `r Weston Weston „ and his claimant or • Austin W. Vallandingham, of Frankfort, Kentucky. The negro left Kentucky four or five years ago, having 'r escaped from the service of his master while hired out by hian as a fireman on a steamboat, which repeatedly landed on the Indiana and Idinois side of the river, and I y which he insisted he 'became free. He finally took rp • has abode at Naples, in Illinois, and was caught there by one Elis, as the agent of the claimant, assisted by George Vallandinghana, his son. They put him in irons, and brought him through Indianopolis on their way south, when the coloured people procured counsel and took them, on habeas corpus, before Judge Wallace, of the Marion Common Pleas, who discharged the negro because his captors bad no certificate. for his removal, obtained from a competent officer, on proof first made that he owed service and had escaped, as required by the act of Congress of 1850. He was immediately arrested by the Marshal on a warrant issued by Corn. missioner Rea, upon the affidavit of the said Ellis, and taken before the Commissioner for the bearing of the case. The counsel for the negro (Messrs. Ellsworth and ' Colby, Cobern, and George W. Julian), moved to quash ' the warrant, because the affidavit did not show that the fugitive, at the date of the alleged offence, was the slave of his claimant, and because the power of ' attorney under which the agent acted was not authenti cated according to the fugitive slave law. These objec tions clearly entitled the negro to his discharge from - • custody, but the Commissioner overruled the motion, and declared that he would feel bound to .hear the case, as the fugitive and his claimant were both present, if there were no legal papers on file. The counsel for the negro then filed an affidavit made by him that be was a free man, by landing on the soil, : •with his master's consent ; that he had never returned to his service, and that he could prove these facts if a reasonable time were given him to procure his testimony on the Ohio river, giving the names of his witnesses. The Commissioner refused the continuance declaring that this fugitive bad no right under the law of 1850 to • any evidence on his behalf, and that hie -duty was to bear the case in an ex parte and summary way on the claim of the master. The poor fellow was then forced into trial. The claimant bad been sent for and was present. He swore that the negro was his slave; that he bought him in -:840 of the Graham e4ate, and took a bill of sale' at him, which he bad left at home, that he had owined him ever since his purchase, &c. The counsel for Anleoobjected . 1- 4) .his testimony tbn. bill ofsalenet,., . , . .. ldeklArstherallitisisbasof ‘batlisYZ,-.- . g pe Commissioner overruled 'ttie objection, and . pekiiiittecr ''''' - '' ---' -,.: ' h:m, his eon, Mr. Ellis, and two other witnesses, to . T' retail any amount of hearsay and secondary evidence, much of it being mere rumour and neighbourhood tra- ! dition, tbui trampling down the well-settled rules by . which courts are guided 'in the investigation of °antics- ' : verted facts. The evidence, however, disclosed the fact ' that the negra had landed on free territory with his matter's consent ;.and excluding what was palpably in adrbiesible there was 'not sufficient proof to have war ranted anyjostice of the Peace in Indiana in rendering juderipeet for the recovery of a mule in replevin, or his - valit e in an action oUtrover. But the C enrnissioner made out his certificate for the removal of 'lCis'vietine e 'agd Armed the claimant with a posse to guard higiatepon 'which a habeas corpus was --. served upon 'the Marshal, requiring him to have the fugitive before Judge g . Wallace to sh ow b y what authority ho restrained him of his liberty. .. The substance of the- Marshal's return was that ho 'held him by virtue of the certificate of the Cern- rnisai finer for his removal as a fugitive from the service • and labour of the claimant. The negro answered under oath, denying all the material facts set forth in the cer- . tifieate of the Commissibuir," - and .drug, as his counsel supposed,: L aming' the Cleniaantaipori 'the proof of them before t'ho'State Judge ; hat he (Jeage Wallace) decided ' that, whatever` the'ecifidhat.of the Cemmissioner might ' ha e been, he could not 0 - behind his certificate, an d : 'the the Ststtrtittet no power to protect-anyone thus - vill non victimiseat. 'flitch*, takeeecetching ip,lndiana, an, so egfleld A Cl96 : lll . l34claSteet abont e IO day e. pro ducing a iateu,se e .exieement during it ? p an tip uance , _sec d thr ,ateting ht - tunes . to e;fin ,ripen revolt against tEta corestituted authorities. " 7 ' .. e .. .. ' 4 He 4 flnuarleiger wlti alie pEOple of Inc:liaise ilia of the T m Free Staies tatnalfsubmit to a law which tolerates and 7 ' encourages liiich - thatili;eee - lii7 -- have deisceihicll -7- "Hosv - muhle 'longer Acill 'Oa e' Republica = editors anti' 'PAW- ‘, ciaas deal alletheiteilenianciatialf itiankiticatia. vies, wheneelbe . Birder al gtdater Vlllanite,arr being - r enacted on' 6'4 :171w nAbbeciehil, ..47.3". ." , ~.: ::*ra " .• 'IP " 7 t '' ` - ,-. 'z. ; i...' t: ! .;,:.•;‘,.7`,...: A. * , * A.-", , a 1 e i*t 'A. , : ** 6 A. •-• e ',',.' ' , -t itETIREMENT OF MR. JUSTICE CB • El . tSWELEYeater- • 4 dayi a noticeslaval itinithit:,"d Aslbe 341.1gestiettinilbers that • Mr Justice Cresewefl would a tt en d t o a transact . business ''s ' on riday next.' .In a short titne..Nist lorclahip wilt retire ''i . frort , the Comet of Commgaeljtse i tieetake his seat in the '• ' r • - nee Prolisteeaurt. ..., e ,' 1 ',..1* ~,,:i late LATE FATAL Ad' ' - :* . Nieest Twestie&-Vhe . adjlurried incigetOitin the e laie 7se'of the se e tairsonga, . ; killed by the exploei(4,9filies e leei er of A -7 ' e Unitas ~-(- ) chisr illt ing-Imachiron the farm ioremisec, et r. itidgkl, of ti Thlrn, moor-ends, near Thorne, Yorkshire, on thallaja e e, ulat was resumed at the White Hart Inn, at that t aw as on Tr-dity ', , f3incet the last inquiry, anethe# of-leir. , . . i .: it w r tlit'swiv ilfeeire lied -ttliikitrictimelittWbtilpin- 4 -1 , 4 cujurieglitreetAliti at the accidint: A. thml . ton, named • / Thomas, aged 8 years, was also much injured, but he is recovering, All the bodies of the perroes killed were dreadfuly mutilated, especially that of Henry Ridgill, who was shockingly scalded from the head to the abdo men, he having stood facing the side of the engine when the explosion occurred. He was bl iwn 24 yards from the spot, and not 1.5 yards, hi stated in the last re port. The jury having been formally resworn, so as to inclnie the case of II •nry Ridgill in the present investi gation, the former evidence was read over, and the fol. lowing additional facts were elicited :--The witness Fox, weo et the last inquiry explained the state of the engine, just before the explosion took place, now said that there was very little water in the engine, and that the steam was blowing off, but not much could escape owing to the safe'y-valve being too tightly screwed down. George Wright, farm labourer of Tuorne, who had lived with the deceased proprietor of the thrashing-machine (John eon) five years, but had left his service about three weeks before the accident, said the latter always considered hinasel competent to manage the engine, but he (witness) did not. Johnson used to drive the engine at random, and sometimes put more pressure on than the index could indicate. Wituess bad sag the deceased tie a piece of stick to the valve, to act as a lever, so as to obtain more pressure. Witness used to remonstrate with him for dein; this, but deceased al ways insisted that he knew better how to work the engine than witness did. There was a water-gauge on the engine, but it had got stopped up nod did not act. The fireber was repaired about last harvest, and nine new tub is wi r , put in the boiler. Mr. Isaac Dodds, engineer at the Ilelmes Works, Ro. theram, said be had examined the remains ofthe exploded boiler. The casing which enclo •ed the firebox appeared to be the part torn off by the exploslor. The firebox itselt sae in good sound condition, and the outside plate was perfectly sound—it was a quarter of an inch thick. The boiler, firebox, and tubes appeared to have been in excellent working condition, and were little worse for wear. There was no sign of leakage ; the iron was very good, and the boiler altogether was very creditably made. The safety-valve was small, but the witness did not think if it had been larger that the accident would have been prevented. The evidence of the previous witnesses quite confirmed the opinion he bad formed on examining the boiler, which was that the accident arose entirely from an excess of pressure. Before be heard the evidence he ha I arrived at the conclusion that the safety-valve must have been sticking, or have been purposely fastened down. Judging from the perfect state of the fire box and the plate at the top of it, he did not consider that the accident arose from overheating ; there was evidently water in the boiler at the time of the accident.. I was impossible to say what amount of pressure there was on at the time of the accident, because the safety valve was screwed down to such an extent that it no longer deserved the name it bore. This class of engine generally exploded either at starting or at the first letting off of steam, for when the engine was not working the water was more at rest than when there was an escape of steam, and consequently the instant the steam was turned on the water became agitated, a greater genera tion of steam was produced, and a sort of recoil occurred at the place where the steam was impeded in its escape. The present st n le of engine was as good as could be pro duced. This particular engine was well made, but it had been seriously neglected. A safer engine could be produced if the maker was not limited to weight. The accident vim occasioned by mismanagement. The management of high-pressure engines is now so simple that it can be understood by almost anybody, and no doubt Johnson thought he knew sufficiently well how to work his, but unfortunately he did not, and hence this accident. The best way to avoid such calamities was to employ competent persons periodically to inspect the boilers, sad never to trust the machines to incompetent hands. In answer to questions from the jury, Mr. Dodds said he did not think it wise to move an engine when the steam was up, as was done in this case, although if there was no excess of pressure it might not do much harm. It would be well to let the persons who examined these engines also examine the persons who had the manage ment of them, and he would recommend that these engines should have their full complement of fittings— such as water-guages, &c., it being unsafe to trust to guage-taps alone, for they could not be depended upon. He also recommended the use of auxiliary safety -valves which cadd not be tampered with, ordinary valves being provided for the use of the driver, and a fixed one which should be beyond his nmtrol.. The coroner (Mr, W. Marra tt), in summing up the evidence, sa id said it was a gnestion wh e th er the attention of the Legislature ought, not to be directed to these accidents with steam engines, view as the iuspectiou of ree u t i o re t n h c e e adoption of some meacs of boilers, the existence of the full complement of fittings, and the competency of the persons intrusted with en• gives. The jury then re tired, and after a short con eultetion returned the following verdict :--" We find that the deceased, Thomas Johnson, Frederick Maud, Christopher Ridgill, and Henry Ridgill were accidentally killed by the explosion of the boiler of a steam thrashing machine, caused by undue pressure resulting from the incompetency and mismanagement of the said Thomas Johneoni deceased. And the jury sugg es t t o th e coroner that be should represent to the Secretary of State and other authorities the necessity of Government or other inspectors being appointed to institute periodical inspec tions of agricultural steam thrashing machines and the competency of their attendants." The coroner promised to comply with this request as soon as possible and the proceedings then terminated • no