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OBSERVAI: CONS ON THE TREATMENT OF SPERMATOER-
HCEA D'Y CAUTERIZATION; its Inefficiency and Danger.

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BY F. B. .00IIRTENAY,
" Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Those who complain host loudly are those only who know not
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UE OF
IN A UTGBUERA
LATET I O IVSIORF
ROBERTTLIE pit
ET
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A ceremony peculiarly interesting in its character took
place at TamwOrth on Friday—the inaugutation of a
statue to the memory of one of the greatest of Eng-
land's statesmen in the town which he had for so long a
period represented, and near which he for the greater
part of his life resided. We have no time to dwell upon
the details of a ceremony which brought to witness it all
the gentry from the surrounding district, large numbers
of persons from the neighbouring manufacturing town
of Birmingham, and in which the mayor and corpora.
tion, several members of ,the family of the late Sir
Robert Peel, and other persons of distinctisn took part.
Suffice it to say that in front of the old Town-hall at
Tamworth, on a massive granite pedestal, there now
stands a majestic statue of the second Sir Robert Peel—
of him for whom a nation mourned.
The statue, which is in bronze, is a very striking like-
ness of the Right Hon. Baronet; the size is 8 feet 4
inches; the attitude is good, and the peculiarity of
feature which characterised Sir Robert is well developed.
The artist is Mr. Matthew Noble, who has certainly
done the fullest justice to the great work entrusted to
him.

At two o'clock in the afternoon the final ceremony of
inauguration took place in the open air, opposite to the
statue. On the platform were Sir Charles Clarke, the
mayor and corporation of Tamworth,Sir Robert Peel,
Mr. Fred. Peel, M.P., Captain Townshend, M.P., Cap-
tain Peel, C. H. Bracehridge, Evq., of Atherstone-hall,
and a number of other persons of distinction in the neigh-
bourhood.
Sir CHARLES CLARKE stepped forward and said_
Ladies and gentleman, the occasion which brings us
together this day must he looked upon as ono of a mourn-
ful character; but the blow having been struck, it is our
duty to submit, not to question the will of Him who
orders, and who expects to be obeyed. Many of you are
not unaware of what took place here after the death of the
late Sir Robert Peel; to such" as are not I may perhaps
be that as soon as possible alter in.
tel I i permittedg
e n reachedo al
t say that
f the death of our good friend steps
were taken
with a view to carry out some design, such
as would enable us in a suiteble manner to mark
our respect. for the memory of the great spirit who
had been snatched from us. A certain number of us
met in the Town-hall, and the result,
_was a deter-
mination to erect a monument to Sir Robert Peep,
memory. The question that next presented itself
was, what that monument should be; the first thing
that suggested itself was a column—the next was a
statue; now, it appeared to the committee that a Column
was best suited to perpetuate events, but that a statue
was the best memorial 01 an individual, and we deter-
mined on a statue accordingly. Well, then, the next
question that presented itself for consideration was the
place of erection. Hint's Hill, a short distance from iste
town, was a favourite site with some, as the statue
might Se seen from a distance; others wished that the
statue should always be in the presence of those who
respected and loved the man; and this feeling prepon-
derated, and the statue was erected here, in the market-
place of Tamworth, opposite to that Town-hall frem
which his eloquence had so often rung and charmed, not
only the hearts of his hearers, but by his good sense
enchained their understandings.—(Hear, hear.) Words
occupy buf, a small-space—they are born, they live for a
briet time, and their echoes" as briefly die away. Actions
remain—the test of a public man's sincerity, and of
the
amount of good or evil he effects for his fellow-creatures.
—(Cheers.) The next question that presented itself for our
consideration was the material to be employed for the
statue; if this had been an Italian clime, or the statue a,
roofed edifice, Carrara marble would have been eels
ployed; but in this case there were substantial reasons
why a more durable material should be used; we wished
that the statue should be in the open air, of such a ma-
terial as, to stand the wear of the boisterous elements-..a
type of those boisterous elements -which he encountered
is the House of Commons, where the eloquence of the
late Sir Robert Peel shone forth for so many years with
such distinguished lustre, and obtained world wide—such lasting 'reutation. iiThere he Such
Webl resolved then
OR what is called a bronzy statue, capable of
standing all weathers—the rainstorm eamudemh thassunshine,
alike typical of him whose charactemr and
Lion bad withstood every shock, and who wwasoaelirkeepute' the
glory of his country—the ornament of the Hoe
Commons—and the friend of his neighbour (0 s°
of
e_ beers )
The Hon. Baronet next described the largo '
competition
which had taken place for the execution of the mono_-
ment in this town; into it entered the celebra.e
Behnes, to whom was awarded 301. for the second best'd
design, the glory of executing the statue having, de_
volved, after mature deliberation by the committee, upon.
Mr. Noble. Well, ladies, and gentlemen (continued Si;
Charles) the work is executed—there he stands; let
him be exposed. (The covering was instantly removed
from the statue, and in it was presented, almost life-like
the late Sir Robert Peel. It is a wonderful likeness, unci
for several minutes the audience gazed on it silently,,
and, as might be seen, sorrowfully.) Sir ch,tfies
Clarke went on to describe the peculiarity of the site,
the face being turned, as it seemed to the reporter,
N.W. by N. First (he said), the blow had been Struck
which laid Sir Robert Peel low, and called upon hint for
that debt which all must pay; the world was then to
him nothing—ha bad been to it everything; and by the
statue the first of four positions was represented: his
back was turned on the great assembly in which he
played for so many years so conspicuous a part, the
Sense of Commons; lot us hope that he has found a home
in heaven. On the debt of the statue was the church
in which he worshipped;, on the left, in the ili.eance,
was the magnificent palaoe which ho built, and which
he lived not long to inhabit; whilst, lastly, his fate was
turned to' the district where ho was burn—to that
county where the wealth of his father was honestly am
honourably obtained.—(Cheers.) In conclusieie Sir
Charles Clarke finally presented to the Meeor of Tam-
worth thO statue of Sir Robert Peel. He es irged him to
F'i3tebt it us ho would a neiglibour and a friend in eldri-
ltit he asked this froth. oucees teee• mayors, and from
a
the town of T
amwc,rth; he charged them to protect the
statue o 1 the great Sir Rebert Peel as an erudite! scholar,
as
an accomplished gentleman, as an able and • ambitious
Member, of Pathan:, d the town to pro:Cc
thastattie of Sir %mt. arge
NI and a religiou,
man; of on© a Robert Peel as a, go,
tnorow. hly attached to the town to which
and to whoth he and u they had been thoroughly attached,
aud 'he had little doubt,-the nchar e would
be fully appreciated and he
said,
that
t._ g
(Cheers.)
The Myron (W. Kni carried into. flea
ce u
g, Esq.)g t
sentences, accepted tne trushtt, and pledged himselfra to -site
that the charge of Sir Charles Clarke was fully and
kindly remembered. Ilb •'Led I worship feelingly Te o

the private excellences of the lahrSir Robert Peel; and,
in conclusion. said_ , •
, - -
" So flourishes and fadeemajestic man.'
After this formal Proceeding, he company retired
to
tha _Town-h3tv where some 3fo persons—the
proportion being ladies sortie
OF nn elegant &jean?
served up by Mr. Rhodes, .of the King's Arms How ;
Sir Charles Clarke again presided.
Sir C. CLARKE (who had beea Sir Robert's physician),
with kindly allusions to the domestic) life of Sir Robert
Peel, gave Ihe toast "To his tni • " which was drunk
memory,"
in solemn silence.
- -
The Mayon of Tazrworale next gave a toast, ".The
good health of Sir Robert Peel' d the embers of_hiil
A 111 m
family."larger
Sir ROBERT PEEL briefly and with great feeling *et
knowledged the-compliment thus paid to his family; and
in promising to_ convey thq expression of that comPli-
men% to his mother,-Lady Peel,.who was abroad, he said
that he knew she would bedee ly affected, and that for
the moment she :night be, overc ine in her sense of grae
tcation at the• kindness evin don this occasion, as
must, indeed, all who bore the, name of Peel and who
possessed any claims of kindred He expressed his sa7
ttsfaction_ at seeing the state© paced in Tamworth mar-
ket place—a spotimvocably
public career and political renown.--( Applause.) 'inc
Hon. Baronet proposed " The health of Sir C. Clarke'
,2
Sir CfranaEs acknowledged the compliment briefly,
and, proposed- the health of the Mayor of Tamwortb;
associated with his father"!
which his Worship as briefly-ae owledged.
Air. FREDERICK PEEL, M.P -who was received in a
most affectionately cordial ma er, in a most eloquent;
feeling, and thoughtful speech
artist employed 'in executing th stue, Mr. Noble, ex-
pressing his leesconipt ome of he dtfficulties an artist
must always encounter in the e eavour to catch the
soul and the spirit of the origital in conveying by the
aid of the pencil anti the chisel the' subject to canvas or
He spoke feelingly of his illustrious father's
. sat the health of the
popular institutions, aiud of his sympathy
a d the pro,perity of ttio humbler elay.es
and expres-sed his sttisLetion that not only
()ettf.hColi-eroughout the country, his labours, his princi-
it
his public conduct were fudy appreciated.
A. BRACERAIDGE afterwards addressed the
ph,wa4thoiejeimrttissmhe,
re,
jaab.tybcdttatl.
assembly, chiefly in praise of the excellence of the statue;
and after Mr. Noble and Mr.
dispersed. Hanwell had respectively
pareturned thanks for their healthy being drank, the com-
ct',
They dispersed to even a pleasanter scene. Sir Bo=
bert Peel had kindly thrown open. his grounds and
his house and fine gallery of pictores to the public,
whither the people flocked to view and admire the
flee taste of the late Sir Robert in getting toge-
ther se fine a collection of his most celebrated contem-
poraries.
But no time is left to U 3 to speak of Drayton Manor
or its contents; in the coal evening the people reveren-
tially wended, their way to Drayton Bassett, where Sir
Robert lies buried, and tearfully-they looked-on his
tomb. His school and-form-fellow's grave at Hueknell
Torkard, or Erskine'a in the remote county of Linlith-
gow, are now no More drearily situated than is that
of the great Sir Hobert Peel. But he is remem-
bered, and his memory will be cherished by English-
men when those who assailed him and his policy are
forgotten. - . '

list of Mani:siva France will give additional force to
the claims of those to whose military support Louis Ns-
poleoti is so deeply indebted. It was, however, already
contemplated that the names of the new Marshals would
be declared on the 15th of Augtist, and this event will
render their proinotion- more easy and natural, for there
are now but four French Marsala-1n existence, of whom
Jerome Bonaparte is one, and two more are disqualified
for service • by old age;
swept awa As , political proscription has
y the most prominent and worthy candidates
for these appAntrnants, and -as time accustoms men to-
any caprices of fortune, we shall probably see General-
sc. Arnaud and General aistellade in the highest rack
of the Finch _

MARSHAL EXCELMANS.
The deplorable accident which has terminated the life
of Marshel Excelmans depriVei the French army of al-
most the last of that illustrious generation of soldiers
who wen their first laurels under the eyes of the Em-
peror Napoleon, and held' the rank of general in the
divisions of the Imperial army. Whatever others may
have had to say or to unsay en the events which have
restored a member of the Bonaparte family to supreme
power in France, General Excelmans had a right to act
upon his well known and undeeiating fidelity to the
Imperial cause. He was the officer who first rallied his
division after the battle of Waterloo, and it was he who
marched upon Paris, and checked the advance of the
Prussians by the brilliant skirmish at Versailles, which
was the last incident of the war. During the Restora-
tion no man was more susp;:cted or persecuted than Ex-
celmans. Ile weis tried on one occasion by court-martial,
on suspicion of keeping up a treasonable correspondence
with Murat, who was still King of Naples at that
time, this charge being only supported by a letter of
civility which was seized by the French police in the
private papers of Lord Oxford, as he was passing
through France. He was subsequently banished from
France altogether, withont trial, and resided for some
time in the Grand Duchy of Nassau. Even after he had
permission to return to hie native country, and was
raised to the dignity of a Peer of France by Louis Phi-
lippe, he did not hold the high military appointments or
receive the first military honours to which he was emi-
nently entitled by the length and brilliancy of his ser-
vices. It remained for the nephew of the Emperor to
confer the staff of a Marshal of France on this venerable
but vigorous survivor of the Imperial armies; and -ac-
cordingly the first nomination to this high honour which
Louis Napoleon had it in his power to bestow was very
properly given to General Excelmans. His "'miss"
as a General of Division bore date the Bth of Sept., 1812;
and General Harispe is his only surviving senior officer
of that rank in the whole army.
Marshal Excelmans was born on the 13th of
Novem-
ber, 1775, at Bar-le-Due, in that martial province of
France which Louis Napoleon'
has just traversed' lie
joined the army very young, and distinguished himself
in the 3d battalion of the Meuse under the orders of Lit.
neral Oudinot in 1799. Shortly afterwards he was a
teched to the person of Murat as his aide-de-car,
their intimacy continued
_almost uninterrutethy untild
the close of Joachim Pdurat's adventurous and ill-starred
career. At the opening of the campstign of Austerlitzf
and
he displayed extraordinary bravery
Wertingen, previous to the capitulation of Ulna. The
Austrians at the affair hoe
Austrians were at dinner in a hamlet in advance o
Wertingen when the advance of the French was their
an-
nounced. They sprang on their horses and rallied men, whose fire checked the advance of the enewY• At
of
this moment Excelmans, than a mere captain "- la
bonouo_
Dragoons, galloped up; and his share in the of that day is thus -recorded by the the Empire:—" He dis Mounted, with 200 Dragoons
who bad volunteered, and, dashing forward
s came.l
8 cur I lat arts
theiroo.
cat bines in haled, they cleared the spot of those who h,
hivistiotrbianonsf
copied it. Fresh detachments of Dragoon the meantime; the Austrians were pressed
closer; they were followed into Wertingen bYhen3-
French, who passed through the town, and found t
h tta•
selves before a rising ground, with nine Austrian ease lions formed into one square, not extended, basins.
and deep, and with artillery and cavalry on the !,!y,
The gallant Exeelmans, without a moment's at'''
hi horse
charged the square, and in the shock had --sb -his
killed under him. Colonel Meaupetit was hilledY the
side. Notwithstanding the vigour of the attack,feat
compact mass remained unbroleen. -At length, and
made his appearance with his masses of cavairY2.
Murat
Lennes with the Grenadiers of Oudinot. A Lances
charged the enemy with his squadrons; an"d in the
led his Grenadiers" on the herder of a wood fn
distance to cut off the retreat of the Austrians.
2,000 prisoners, several pieces of cannon,w Who had and
some flags were captured. Lames
and Murat,
enemy seen Excelaanas actually on the point of the roan the
bayonets, commissioned him to convey to Napo a taken
news of the first success obtained, and the
flaguwirth
from the enemy. The Emperor received at Douai the
the young end brilliant officer, promoted hi.rasienia in
L• gion of Honour, and delivered to him the In; ro aive
the presence of the whole 'of the staff, in "dale °riled in
greater distinction to the first recompense
this war."
. of waged°
He fought his way to the rank of General r '
, pa in the
on the field of Eylau, and shortly afterwards No'
with Murat to. Spain, where he was eallyYthe Royal
sent
nefarious plot of Bayonne, and conveYe'eot without
Family of Spain out of their dominions, "
ions retreat.
rware-•
some difficulty in covering their ignotnin ee and
Ha-
-1 he not been taken prisoner shortly stooral Ex-
detained for , three years in &gland,
rlier to the
"mans would probably have risen I exchanged
highest rank in the army. But be wansign of Ras-
ii"l 1811, soon enough to serve in Lb° °nem:lora], as we
sla, and obtained the rank of Lieutenant- dey after the
have said, • the - , with
e in September, 1812, on"
be served
battle of Moscow. In this capacitY e Silesia in the
ability in the campaigns of Saxony et ; himself in the
following years; especially distingtli9u4, placed at the
cempaign of 1814, during which bet wG6 aare Lie also
head of the cavalry of the Imperial at Waterloo, and,
commanded the 2d division of cavalry
atoe° to the tact
as Napoleon attached the greatest isaP
~, those officers and intelligence, as well as braverY, ts'e, a higher coin-
whom he he especially selected for that arm,
I abilities of Ge-
neral could not have been paid 10 i the battle he was
Coral Exeeknani. After the loss of of
almost the only officer in command,aye the scattered
retained his
Tee marched to-
legions of France who appears to 13
judgnaeut and to have done his duty°. ee
of the capital, if
wards -I.eris to support the resistanec
war
was over, he
any was made; hut, finding that the war a, his submiesien
retired to Clermont-Ferrant and son' L"
to the Bins.
to have terminated
s
generation
His active life may thus be said
before he was 40 years of age, and "Ihtehre Court and
of ore
•-•— s'•
-a ,prang up to wear the ta"utrll()elecion of Louis
the honours of the army. Bat the (Ad age. He was
Nal)()lsuit found him still in a vig? n of Honour by the 3PPeioted Chancellor of the %git9-to ed and 3d of Prior:., is ia August, 1849; and 7-'• Ell, 6.:3 and the Bouip-
camber last, when the Chetahs
to cru,h with irresistible
verde were lined with troOPs -(1 the iieerties ef Frhee,
kren the resistance: of Fists all; „gaged in ;c:Turing to
ttlsrshal Excolezees was ae'i"f)'(- iristY.
11°F,G°7erbilleat the suPPrt et'fi the
best of those isho fob
0 was as a man nne of 1-I's fortunes, for he was
hewed la the train cf Napolcoe
wit without ostentation, and
hout ieordinate ambition,
queen! to his eeterest
without avarice. lee ea 3 fondly a' • ..,„ssibk to see his
r
domestic coaneeiens,and it
iciT., I:he age, or to vsateh
tall war-beaten torM,
1:%1 resolute eountenan'eliog,
Joao 15 something re
fitly ben:
re cognizing tbs.; stamp
of a soliier and a gentleman.
b pt termination of such a
cuaerly melancholy in the abrupt
on a summer's evening
eireer by the stumble of a
ride from Seires to Breteuihls t
it is still more remark-
role how many ot the c3IOP. "L m
s in sears of Napoleon,
-ul who est:Reed-in early perils of innumerable bat-
tle,life the
vuheer accidente.
hale died at last by 1-11°I° e,
It i& itnhable that the van—', 4 tlius created in the

pEr,ec:.
takenOF
I-7-77-------7
npArdwGpaearation
Ph ril:gshireCie:sfisUresorft'ftTshtalies celebrated
on Friday afternoon in the
intendedd. 'to bring forth the
hitherto
into a greater pro-
fcryl osu r o of--the - t exhibited.he World'sT hi
s
eiees stone, which was the THE Kiiii--r-Nooß. -
The
than they have
hibition of 1851, attracted,
year gnu] elm it, expressionois:a tfhe mul:itteles who last
somewhat dim radiatce of its lustre,qdisuPpoietment at the
expectations enterenined from the high
not fulfilling the
which had been given of the Mountain nlgh ti en descriptions
which many beholders held to ee of Light—a title
appointment having come to the kannaisnomer. This dise
whose possession it had passed; suggestedowledge of those into
if practical; of greeting such alteration the desirability,
the diamond as would' remove the
admitted hi the shape of
oriental cuttingoo which it had be
defects of the
original proprietors. With
this
view,
thsubjsc.ted by its
rious scientific gentlethen were taken! snedoonions of va-
having been expressed as t
-0 the
possibilityof Cutting-
the gem withouOccurring a great risk of itsd ; estruct.on.
Professor pennant and Mr. Mitchell
requested to examine and report upon the
especially
actiea---
bility of the suggested improvemeni! The See
gentlemen accordingly prepared a scientific
report, - rein
they admitted the improvement which the w '
reposed
alteration in shape would anct upon the Kohp
that any -i-Neer,
but expreseed fears t lateral cutting would
end Inger its integrity. It was then determined to sub-
mit the matter to the opinions of practical lapidaries;
and with that view the Crown jewellers, Messrs.` Gar-
rard, of Panton,Street; Haymarket, were instructed to
obtain a report from competent persons versed
in diamond cutting. Those gentlemen thereupon
consulted Messrs. M. -and -E. Coster, of Amsterdam
(the diamond cutting trade having been entirely lost to
this country), who,
_while admitting the accuracy of the
fears expressed in the rep9rt,of Professor Tennant and
Mr. Mitchell, nevertheleis -were- of "opinion that the
dangers were oat so-formidable as to prevent the- in-
tended operation 'from being safely effected,
provided
the necessary skill of superior artists was-
.opinion
employed. This was sufficiently encourag-
' to induce an order for the- preparation-of the
mg
requisite machinery to be erected upon the premises of
Messrs.airrard, and accordingly a small steam-engine
of from two to four-horse power was erected, under the-
direction of Mr. Joshua Field, of the firm of
Mandalay, Field, and Sons, which was on Friday after-
noon for the first time put into practical operation. His-
Grace the Duke of Wellington h„ing._
manifested great
interest in'the precious gem, so associated with the land
of the East, where his first, and not least glorious, lau=
eels were won, attended several times
e during the pro-
gress of the preparations, and on Friday honoured the
establishment in_question with his presence, to personally
assist in the commencement of the delicate operation
about to take place, this being the largest diamond
cut in Europe for at least and century. His Grace
was received by_ the Messrs:. Garrard, and the lioh-
Noor having been embedded in lead, with the excep-
tion of one small salient angle intended to be at
submitted to the, cutting operation first, his Grace placed
the gem upon the scafre-,an horizontal wheel revolving
with almost incalculable Velocity--whereby the ex-
posed angle was removed by the friction, and the
first facet of the new, euttiog was .effected. This,
the first step -in the operation, forms but a small
item of progress, as it is expected that the work, under
the hands of the two Dutch artists to whom it has been
entrusted, will occepy a period of some Menthe, it be-.
ins, as may be conceived, a 'work df great delicacy, in-
volving an Equal amount of skill and care. The Roh•i-
Noor is intended to be converted into in oval, brilliant,
and the two smaller diamonds which accompeny-;
it are
to be similarly treated as pendants. The present weight
of the principal gem is 186 carats, and the process now
in course of progress will not, it is anticipated, diminish
in any material degree its weight, while it will largely
increase its value, and develdpe its beauties. Some con,

wrsation took place respecting the doubts imputed to
have been cast by Sir D. Brewbter upon the identity of
the Koh-i-Noor; but the general opinion amongst those
best accisinted with the subject appeared to be, that it
was impossible for Dhuleep Singh to have palmed off a
fictitious diamond, when his constantly wearing it on
state occasions must have rendered it perfectly familiar
to thousands r, ho would instantly have detected any
attempt at aubsitution. The more probable assumption
was stuted to be, that the weight of the Mountain of
Light had been more Orientale somewhat exaggerated.
We regret to add, that Mr. Sebastian Garrard,
in superintending the erection of the machinery, bad
the misfortune to fall through an aperture in the floor,
thereby breaking ono of the small bones of his leg ; an
accident which prevented his being present on Friday
last.

The brief historical sketch of this celebrated diamond
is as follows:—The Koh-i-Noor was found in the mines
of Golconda, and was presented by the Viceroy of the
Deccan to the Great Mogul, from whose successors it
was taken by Nadir Shah. On the assassination of
Nadir Shah, it
;;was seized, with his treasury, by
his general, Ahnfeed Shah, the abdalee, who took it
to his native country, Affghanistati, of which he became
the sovereign. Ills descendant, Shah Sooja, when
obliged to fly his country, took it with him, and throw-
ing himself upon the protection of nunjept Singh, Was,
by a little torture skilfully applied to the mind and body,
made to surrender it to his gpnerous host. On Runjeet's
death it was inherited by DnulPep Singh. and on the late
revolt and defeat of the Seilths was yielded to the
British Crown by special clause is the treaty then con-
cluded.

A SCENE OF HORROR OFF BRIGHTON.
On Monday evening, as twilight was slowly deep-
ening into night, the idlers upon our cliffs were seized
with the livliest emotions of tear and terror. Every-
where they might be wren gathering in groups, con-
versing in anxious and hurried tones, and all directing
their gaze, with painful intensity, towards an ob-
ject just visible on the verge of tho horizon westward.
In ih st direction were dimly to be discerned rising clouds
of smske, and a red glare reflected on the still waters.
At first this appearance was scarcely perceptible ; but
it became momentarily more vivid, the smoke thicker,
the flame brighter, and then there ran from one end
of the cliff to the other the exciting intelli-
gence that there was " a ship on fire in the
offing." All was now confusion. Ladies were running
to and fro on the Esplanade, demanding why some-
thing was not done—why somebody was not sent oat?
Gentlemen poised,their telescopes, and, nautically astute,
were heard to declare that " there was a fire in her hold,
—a terrific fire in her hold." " But why are there no
filmes ? " asked the bewildered crowd. "She's
smouldering," answered they with tho glasses; "she'll
burst out directly. Now, now. No, that's a signal
of distress run up the mast. See, they're an-
swering it at Worthing. ", The crowd could
see anything. They wero answering at Worthing.
The flames were bursting out; they could see them now,
and ace the coast-guard rushing down to the beach, put
off their boat, and make for, her, while other boats were
following. Oh, shocking, shocking! In the midst of the
excitement the red glare suddenly vanished. " She's
gone dower shrieked some excited spectator. " She's
gone down," re-echoed far and wide, and the ex-
pressions of sympathy and alarm were piteous.
But suddenly the red light re-appeared. " She's come
up agin," cried some irrevent jester; but no one
laughed, the scene was too exciting, too awful, for
laughter. " She's making for the pier," was the sudden
cry. Instantly everybody made for the pier. But,
between the . Esplanado and the pier stands the
Custom-house; and there _ to
the general indigna-
tion, the im.perturablw " watch'-' leant against the
railing untnovSd. " What—whet ship is that?" asked
everybody at once. " That?" replied the guard; slowly :
heaving round, and pointing. " Yes, yes; that out
there.' " Oh, that? Why, that's Captain Bullock's
revenue boat a surveyin' the coast, and she's signallin'
some of our men to go out to her; that's all. There
was a general expresEiouof thankfulness and relief; a
curse or two muttered against the system of signslling
at night, " just to frighten people," and the crowd dis-
psrscd.—Brighton Guardian.

~
.0
tFFECT OF THE .E,AIITH s 11TATION ON LOCOMO-
TioN.--Mr. Uriah Clarke, of Leicester, has called our at-
tention to an article in the Mediatezes' Magazine by him-
self on the influence of the earth's rotation on locomotion.
It is well known that as the earth revolves on its axis once
in twenty-four hours; from west to east, the velocity of any
point on• its surface is greater nearer the equator and less
farther from -it in tha ratio of the cosine of the lati•
tude. Mr. Clarke sacs:—'' Some rather important conclu-
sions in relation to railway travellingarise out or the view
now taken. The difference between the ratative velocity of
the earth in surface motion at London and at Liverpool is
about twenty-eight miles per hour; and this amount of la-
tel'al movement is to be gained or lost, as respects the loco-
motive in each journey, according to the direction we are
travelling- in from the one place to the other;. and in propcir-
tion to the speed will be the pressure against the side of the
rails, which, at a high velocity, will give the engine aCould
riencv to climb the right hand rail in each directionn.d
r, and
tll.e j,,urney be Perlorned in two hours between_Loitvo
of the
Livtrpool, this late' Al movement or rotative velocity at
lsnin ntive would lia-.-e to 1.,!:t increased or dirnin;,dl 8
that cu-
rate of- nearly one titariax of a mile her ntinutn;
by :1(1,,.. paus.,it..:e on the 1-.1/, wiliol nut,lite suilici'nt
if a2nalcnt to
tirely
cave the engine to 'have the Hoe, would 05 q
to produce violent
served, in conclusion. that as the cause a •
and dangerous oseittatihoon;e It tboew°ibli
parallels of latitude,
ba inoperative while We travel along the
speed may be
it clearly follows tli;at.a higher degreien
at-
tained with safety on a railway sum, ,
,tit , there is no doubt of
running and west than
so eangerous as he
on one which runs north and s---ato'n the right-hand rail, but
the tendency Mr. Clarke speankds.
we do not think it will
i Gleat Northern and Berwick
says. It will be greatest ou
_ln..
I-lerapa'h.
lines, and least on the Great 1Y '-'''
be sound to be

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.
NORTH ESSEX.
BRAINTREE, MONDAY,—The return of Sir J. Tyrrell
and Mr. W. Beresford to represent the northern division
of this county in Parliament was celebrated today by a
procession and triumphal entry into the town, succeeded
by a dinner at the 'White Hart Hotel.
The procession formed shortly after eleven o'clock at
a spot distant about a mile and a half from Braintree, in
the London road.,. The Members were mounted on mag-
_
nificEnt chargers, and were accompanied by Mr. Du-
cane, the new Member for Malden,. aud from SO to 100
of the principal yeomen and farmers of the district, pre-
ccded, by a band and numerous blue flags and streamers.
On entering the town the procession was met by a num-
ber of persons on foot belonging—to the other party,
some of them displaying the orange colours. This at
once put a stop to the more triumphant portion of the
proceedings. Hideous yells and groans saluted the ears
of the Ministerialists, and expressions of a menacing
character, more especially levelled against Mr. Beresford,
were freely employed. Stronger methods of conveying
their dislike were, even bad recourse to by the crowd;
and stones and other missiles were flying in all diree•
Lions., We regret to add that one of these stones struck
Mr. Beresford a severe blow on the neck as ho was dis-
mounting, and that almost immediately afterwards, when
standing at the window of the' White Hart, which faces -
the street, another stone was thrown, which shattered
the glass, and struck the Hon. Blember on the forehead.
The shops in the leading thdroughlares at this time
were closed, and there was every appearance of a riot.
The county constabulary and police, however, under
Captain M•Hardy; were indefatigable in their exertions,
and at length succeeded in restoring something like
order, although the members of the Blue party were
saluted with tremendous groans as they made their way
towards the hotel,-
About 200 persons sat down to dinner. Mr. Saville
O2ley occupied the chair, and on the right and left of
him were Sir B. Start
`M.P., Mr. C. Dineane: M.P. Mr. 137re:third, KZ,. Srr
J. Tyrrell, M.P., Mr. Bramstone, Mr. Nottidge, Mr.
aj-udie, the Rev. B. Goderich, the RN' J. Weaham,
the Rev. H. Majendie, the Rev. W. Way, &a. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given and
drunk_ with enthusiasm.
The Edw.
aIAGE "' NDI. in responding to the toast of
the " Bishop and 'Clergy of the Diocese," said that his
order rejoiced at the triumph which they had met to
celebrate, for they had done their best to give firmness
and stability to the Ministry of Lord Derby.—(Cheers,)
There was a charm which he could not describe, and a
warm feeling which came over them whenurl the affairs of
this country were administered by a
In.servatire
Government. He could - not describeP thate fen
was beyond his power; but it was somethinegiliaTinthat
to
this—a consciousness that whatever changes and reform
might be necessary, they were effected by a Conservative
Government in a manner congenial to them all. There
was a courtesy and a kind spirit which attended a Con-
servative Government, and for that reason, if there was
no other, they were attached to it.—(Cheers.) No one
rejoiced more than be et the glorious results of the last l
few days—results which told of warm hopes fulfilled and
bright triumphs won.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave the health of the Members
for the northern division of the county of Essex,
which was drunk with three times three and great
applause,
Sir J. TYRRELL was loudly cheered. He said he re-
gretted that he. had not at his command language suffi-
cient to explain his feelings of gratitude for the high
honotir and compliment which they had conferred upon
him. He could, however, with sincerity and from the
bottom of his heart congratulate them upon the splendid
victory which they had obtained, not only in North Es-
sex, but in South Essex, in the beroughs of the counts,
in fleas, in Cambridgeshire, in Suffolk, and in fact in
the whole of the eastern counties generally.—(Cheers.)
They had run their opponents crose also in Middlesex,'
for the clergy, the yeomanry, the tradesmen, and in fact
all climes of the community had combined for the one
common object of extracting from the late rulers of the •
country justice. They asked no more, and by
Heavens they would be satisfied with no less.—
(Cheers.) That was tho object which he and his Hon.
Colleague bad at heart, and he should be ashamed to
look them in the fete if itivere not so. It was perfectly
true that ho bad elsewhlre &scribed the opposition
that they had met with as a frivolous and contemptible
opposition. He had nothing to explain upon that
head, but he had a right to complain, after the promises
made by the heads of the party, that an opposition had
been started at all. The tail of the party, however, be-
gan to wag, and the bead soon followed it.—(A. laugh.)
Mr. Double-X Hardcastle had alluded to him in a man-
ner that was not very flattering, and had said that he
was sometimes in the habit of amusing the House of
Commons. He regretted that he could not return tie
compliment; but he would tell them what Mr. Hayden
said of his friend Mr. Hardcastle. Why, he said that
his conversation always sent him to sleep, and that his
speeches gave him the stoniectoache.—(Laughter.)
During the next five years Mr. Ilardcastlo's time would
be spent to great advantage if he occupied it in improv-
ing the beverage which he called upon the people Jo
consume; for he was sure that many of those who heard
him, if they experienced a pain in the inside, would
know the quarter whence it proceeded, and would know
how to obviate it for the future.—(Great laughter.)
After some allusions to the offence which he had given
the Quakers, and the course ha bed Pursued on the Mi-
litia Bill, the Hon. Baronet proceeded to observe that ho
deeply felt that in all the recent legislation
with,
nir classpof
the community bad been hardlysho Cultivators cf
dealt
and and o
contemptuously ,used as " yeomenl
Disraeli had in his
the soil,—(Loud cheers.) Aes
opinion shown the House of Commons and the country
that the agricultural party hsd a stronger case, on the
ground of justice, if possible, than they had upon pro-
tection. He knew it had been the policy of the enemy
to force the cry of protection upon them while they kept
the names of their own men, Russell aud Cobden,
tirely in the dark. He (Sir J.
Tyrrell) retained en-
his
opinion that a duty on corn afforded the readiest means
of raising the revenue of the country; but snare bad
been set (as Sir J. Pakington
had observed): and he
would not run into it, but on one side.
than to do them. The Derbyite
Government had no other object in view
justice. They should not, then,
split straws among
of the country
themselves, and it did the yeomanry of
the trap that
in-
finite credit that they had not fallen
great
had been laid for them.—(Cheers.) ire knew that thelc was
triumph that they had achieved.
leaders of the Whig party deeply reeretted the course
if there were any
which had been forced upon them, andcourse which he could have wished his enemy to take it
was exactly that which they had tahe„,—(Lotid cheers.)
He would not detain them longer, as, no doubt, they were
anxious to hear what his colleague, who was a member
of the Government, had to say.—(Load cheers.)
, .
He
Mr. BERESFORD, M.P., on presenting himself, was
received with enthusiastic demonstrations.
boarsly tell you that I came here today in. a feeling of
kindness and goodwill towards the whole of tne electors.
I came here desirous to testify that I ate completely for-
getful of every unkindness and every insult which I lia,e
met with, and that I am a friend to all classes of the
community.—(Cheers.) I did not consider, after the
easy victory we have gained, and after the triumphant
return which lass been obtained, that it would be. noble
or proper to trample on those whom we had beaten. I
was desirous to triumph over those who were van-
quisheidi and I came here with the desire to endeavour
to reconcile differences, and to throw myself on the
kindness even of the very lowest classes. Whether
those intentions and feelings have been fairly and pro-
perly met by the lowest classes in this town I leave those
present to judge.—(Cheers.) If I hays used a harsh
I word, if have made use of a single opprobrious
epithet, every justification has been made for
hv
my
done so, by the conduct of those to whom that epaitihnegt was applied.—(Loud cheers.) If the lower classes in
Braintree wished to justify me in having called them " a
rabble," certainly they have been the people, by their
conduct to-day, who have :given a plea and justification
for that term.—.(Renewed cheers.) I came with the inten
tion of telling them that I firmly believed that the great
mass of those who so misbehaved themselves at the'
hustings the week before tut were not natives of this
place, but were brought from a distance to insult the
Members. lam sorry to say, though there were many,
present at the hustings who were. not ElgEnyinte?niraeY.i--: from what I have seen to-day, then were
(Cheers.) I know, and I have certainly madel;!,:ever_
into the One that at the nomination that day but were
worst of the rabble were not Braintree peohneleone"
hired at
men whom I have found cut to
distant and different places, and to I'
haveef the electors.—
here to drown the fair and true voices
actually
paid to
Lure boon
base brought
(Loud cheers.) I know the amounts
some of those- individuals, and
it what has occurred
Icould name where
those amounts were from; and
wade the sub o
at Braintree; having beets
eoes, should 1.) ject
men_f
comment in the publican'?
moat be in the House of
tioned, as i' probably will a
k from telling who hired
I ea, not afraid of standing by
Commons, I shall not shrink
those men.—(Cbeferasex, and if any set of men are
their voices and insult them,
th"reehold" Id
to drown
brought forwarthe,
freeholders in
placing the real truth
I will stead by'
0f Commons, and showin though it
before the Lions°
n pall-Ince " rzspectart; le" lace
be in et""l° '
whence it really did flaw
may
whence the money_preeeedcd,
,perhaps, it that line of conduct
—(Loud cheera) hod,
is not to be pursued race or twice, but every time the
county is congregated together at Braintree, it Will
bring
about this inevitable result, that the clergy, the
gentry,-and the great badly of the freeholders, will not
d. sire to conic a.- ;Ithis A
uiitaLeo out of their way to bo
insulted; and petitions vidll flaw into the Legislature,
Fraying that u decent, and reseeetable place may be
found where the Member,.; of the northern division may
noninnate,l met the real freeholders o, the divsion.
Then, if the:e is any ad :,:n a:n gained from Baaintrea b-ins; the plaue of nerninetien, those who are so reade to
make a riot, to break the windows, and the beati, bleo,
of their friedds, will find these advantages tak,,n from
Braintree and transferred to acme other place which can
behave itself in a decent and respectable nat.:.ner.—
((leers.) Now, it is very certain that neither Sir J.
Tyrrell nor myself was present at the deeleration last
week. We hod good re'AsunS for not being there. Mine
was that I went to recut ti my vote in favour of the C,)n-
cirval.ives in other counti,...i. But the candidate who
was not letun:ed 1743 lit
A4?Dusta, vibe would