The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-08 00:00:00

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ISLE OF WIGHT CHEAP EXCURSIONS.-
ECTERN RA I LWAY.—By the Excursion Trains
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n TICKETS are .ued to the ISLE OF WIGHT, via
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bet ad Pier dues and s'eamboat fareA, but not conveyance
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"4°Trrli. PORTSEA, and GOSPORT, available for Four
„dB, are also issued daily at Waterloo Station, at following fares,
a6d.ll,,lnclude all pier dues, omnibus and steamboat fares. Ist Class,
2dClaee 2d Class 278 8d Sin le Journey Fares-Ist Class, 20s.fd.;
153. 6d: • . g
Waterloo ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager.
Station, July, 1854.

tARON LIEBIG on ALLSOPP'S PALE
ALE.—" I am myself an admirer of this beverage, and my
Iv ex
i),,eP• yerience enables me to recommend it, in accordance with
Zil7,, ^Pinion of them ost eminent English physicians, as a very agree-
t and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both for the
7,4 v lid and the robust.—Glessen, May C.
LLSOPP'S PALE ALE ONLY is BOTTLED by PARKER and
IflrNia, Beer Merchants, M 4, PALL-MALL.
tier luncheon),
~.'wrERLAL MEASURE. - Quarts, Bs. ; Pints, 55.; Half-pints
111"vards, 3s. per dozen, Also in Casks of 16 gallons and

"I am, gentlemen, yours respectfully
" WM. WALKER.
4 Messrs. Thos. Milner and Son, 47A, Moorgate-street, London."
" Agricultural Laboratory, Harpenden, July 6, 1554.
"M
Gentletnen,—l was present at the late fire which destroyed the
gres.t lieeS. of Mr. Walker, Harpenden, and was much surprised at the
p(Whamount of. heat your sate resisted, and still more surprised
en it. was made known to me that a barrel of sulphur stood near
)'that it was not entit-ely destroyed.
Being anxious to see if It had been attracted by the sulphur, I
-""'Pen sQMe of, the blistered iron from the inside and outside of the
safe, and, frord analysis, find much sulphuret, so that it must have
bee greatly acted upon by the sulphur, yet the books and papers
re perfectly uninjured..
" I must in justice say-that your safes are Invaluable, and very
necessary for every-one who has books cad accounts of any value.
" I am, Gentlemen, yours very faithfully,
"F. W. SIMCOE.
"Messrs. Thos. Milner and Son, 47A, Moorgate-street,"
•

TRIESEIVIA.R, protected by Royal Letters
Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de
Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna.
TRIESEXAR, No. 1,
is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the
System.

TRIESEMAR, No. 2,
effectually, in the short space of three days, ccmpletely and entirely
eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs
have so long been thou_ibt an antidote for, to the ruin of the health
Of a Vast portion of the population.'

TRI R NEAR, No. 3,
is ha great Coin nental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which
isefortunately_te English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the
sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove.
TRIEEMAII, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
arid or all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table
withotit their use being suspected.
Bold in tin cues at Its. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided into
separate doses, as admin'stered by Valpvtu, Lallemand, Roux,
CSte.--Td be had Wholesale and Retail in Loudon of Robert John-
-15
e, 68, Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger,
0
Oxford-street.

.IRE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
utislit published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by post for 30
stamps,
":ER VOLLS DEBILITY;
„ Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on Sper-
-,
'Hato Its
with Practical Observations on a safer and more
iul mode- of treatment of the diseases o.f the Generative
aB,—.„`rerils obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and
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c,...e17 variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habdits,
,75eisses, actident, or climate, followed by practical remairks,
twenty years' experitlace in the treatment of_ mpu,l
h.. ,
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5-- aides corn y'entaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre-
eansn2_
Ahint sm on the evils emanating from empirical practice,
"' ions the . dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on
—5 important disorders.
li SAMUEL LA'MRRT. M.D.
D REDFOR'D-SQUARE, 'LONDON,
?ate'r,
+• 5i Medicine, Matriculated Member ot tb.University of &lin-
Ilonor Member of the London Flospital Medical Society,
enuate.of Apothwzries' Hall, London+ imeessential object Cl this treatise is to point out the fearful con-
"linieehne:ll4esulting from certain habits, irregularities and excesses,
Produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
20d, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any
!trier class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is
i;1,!-rticularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of
heir Physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded
the health happiness,
entitled.. and privileges to which every human being is
it is absolutely necessary fhatall men should know, that there are
riaciples of personal management which cannot be violated without
tlcif trine
grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
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nifty be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
thOw the-evil and' its conseem enc es maybe avoided, and above all,
!!!rpat there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
angernent to Which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure.
rile A lathor has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive
Practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which are
tinfOriallately been too generally confided to the care of ignorant
einnisies, who inflict great injury on those who are induced to place
faith in' their pretensions.
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mo
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ittirtitsuuntatMeloyriday night my house, warehouse, and premises were 1% '''' 4 po-
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ft Messrs." NV SI. WALKER. To or from Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. ls. 2d.
Thos Milner and Son, 475, Moorgate-qtrect, London." „ Gravesend and Blarkwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10d.
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I:0AT TICKETS. —Twelve Months, 5:.0:. , Six Months,3/.OS. ;
Three Months, 21. Os. ; to he had of the Collectors on board the
Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
Fast and superior Packets to be Let for F.xcursions. Apply to
Mr. W. Morgan, Agent, Star Company, Star Office, Fenchurch-
street Terminus, Blackwall
July 24. l*s4

-;1 PORTING
nd EXCURSlOwellNSusiness Andestablishment BUSINESS.
7 —A gigantic a regulated b is as
efficient in one department as another. Whatever is professed is
fulfilled with the greatest correctness, ability, and economy.
Through all classes of society it is well known that E. 310SES and
SON have the most efficient system of trade cwr introduced, and it
is everywhere acknowledged that it secures the best quality, the most
artistic fit, and the most comfortable wear in every description of
clothing.
For extraordinary occasions, when special dress is required, the
establishment of E. Moses and Sox, and their West-end branch. New
Oxford .sfreet, and Hart-street, is immediately resorted to, as the
stock is well known to be the largest, newest, and moat fashionable.
The sportsman will obtain the Coats, Vests, Trousers, Hosiery, Hats,
Caps. Boots, &c., at E. Moses and SoN's which are universally cele-
brated for cake, elegance, and durability.
Excursionists, Ladies, and Gentlemen, are provided with the most
seasom,ble articles of attire for travelling and appearance in places
of fashionable resort.

Businesl men are furnished with the most elegant and the lightest
dress which has ever been manufactured, at prices which rcnder
competition futile.

AB articles manufactured by E. MOSES and SoN excel es much in
style, n velty, and superiority, as they do in the application ot eco-
n.,inical prices to every kind of dress.
Merchant•, Exporters, and Emigrants may make the most profit-
able investments in the Clothing, Shirts, Boots and Shots, exhibited
in the wholesale dep atment of E. °sat and Sores establishment.
Full LIST,: of OUTFITS for Ladies and Gentlemen, With ship.
sailing information, gratis on application, or post free.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret ham.; to guard the
putlic against imposition, hxvin; learned that the untradestnan•like
tai: eh od of " Being connected with their Establishment," or It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, anti for
,nvlous reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OS OCT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 84,
85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, hart-street, all conitnuicating,
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch. 36 Fargate.

Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia.
Merchant Tailors Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will he
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without he:Ration. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, mom which no abatement can be made.
The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset
on s'aturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Public Opi-
nion," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure-
ment, &c., &c., may be had on application, or post-free.
tel Von parte Francais. Qui si Paris Italian°.
Hier soricht man Deutsch. Aauasa habla Espana

A HUGE PRIZE.—In 1799, the four British frigates,
Naiad, Ethalion, Alcmene, and Triton, captured the two
Spanish frigates Thetis and Santa Brigida, bound from
Vera Cruz for Spain, with specie, &c. The treasure in '
the Thetis was worth 311,6901.; and the other prize con-
tained as much or more specie, besides a valuable cargo.
of cochineal, &c. The prizes were safely carried to Ply-
mouth, and the treasure was forwarded with much pomp
to London, and deposited in the Bank of England. The
prize money, exclusive of the value of the hulls and stores
of the frigates, was distributed among the officers and
crews of the British frigates in the following rates :•
Captains, 40,7301. 18s. each; lieutenantq, 5,0911. 7s. 3d.;
warrant officers, 2,468/. 10s. 91d.; midshipmen, &c. 7911.
17s. Odd. ; seamen and marines, 1821. 4s. 94d.
THE MOTJSTACHE.—We hear that all branches of the
service are delighted with the new moustache memoran-
dum ; even the old pensioners of Chelsea College are
taking the most energetic measures to get up their faded
bridlon.—Unikd ServiF6 o‘44‘l°.

To the careful watcher symptoms begin to be
apparent that Austria is found to be in the way in
the solution of the Eastern question. We need not
remind our readers that--in our view Austria has
been terribly in the way, from first to last, of our
great enterprise ; and our opinion is well known=
that, to prevent Austria being in the way, the
easiest and shortest method would have been to go
about our proper business in the most direct and
Peremptory manner—certain that she would thus,
and thus only, be induced or compelled to commit
herself to some distinct course of proceeding. But
the dynasties wanted Austria to help them to settle
the war on dynastic principles, and they secured
lier countenance for their proceedings. Now, how-
ever, a new feature in the case seems to be in course
If disclosure. It may be gathered from various in-
ications that both diplomatists and generals, Eng-
lish and French, are becoming uneasy and disheart-
ened at the decline of theirinfluence, and the growth
of that of Austria, at Constantinople. We do not
see how any one can wonder at this. In a case where
everybody promises, and nobody achieves, the party
that promises most will be the preferred one. If
ti.e French and English had beaten the Russians at
the beginning of the summer, the Sultan would not
have ben tempted to turn from them to listen to the
wily old Metternich and the martial young Francis.
Our conduct has been a direct invitation to Austria
to bid for. the confidence of the Porte; and we
have won no right to complain if the Porte-closes
with the offer. The immediate importance of
Austria to Turkey is made obvious by the merest
glance at o.
'the map;. and we are not entitled t
wonder at the Sultan and his'MiniSters for any
degree of stupid trust in Austria, after our own
weakness of the same sort.
• If this be the state of affairs—if Austria be either
interposing in the Principalities for the benefit of
the Czar, or supplanting us at Constantinople for
her own benefit or that of despots in general—in
either of those cases, or in any other, our duty and
policy are clear—to strike a blow in the Baltic. It
will be very good to capture the Crimea, but that
is not enough. We must do something real in the
Baltic. Any attack upon the Aland Islands and
Bomarsuud must be regarded simply as preliminary
steps. If we want to do our duty to ourselves, and
to our allies, and to prevent Austria from cheating
us, we must strike a heavy blow in the Baltic. Neither
Austrian nor Turk can interfere with us there.
There our ground is our own ; and there the war
—or the first act of the great, complicated, pro-
tracted war which men are beginning to anticipate
—may be brought to a close shortly, sharply, and
decisively, as far as any connexion with Austria is
concerned. All will probably go well in the Black
Sea and on the Danube if we do our work well in
the Baltic ; and it seems as if nothing decisive
would be done in the East till we have fired the
train at the North. If it is objected that the para-
lysing influence is the same in either sea, because
it acts through our Cabinet at home, the answer
is that we—the English people—will soon ascer-
tain that. If the watch that, in the absence of
Parliament, the people will set upon the Cabinet,
should yield evidence of our commanders in the
Baltic being seriously restrained or hampered by
orders from home, the next beaten party will be
the Cabinet. We will have no Russian alliances
at home under an Austrian name : and if there
are difficulties with any body professing to re-
present the Turks, as our rulers profess to re-
present us, then the English and French in
the Baltic, who have no trouble with each other,
shall have fair play, and full liberty to show what
they can do, if the strong will and hearty sym-
pathy of their respective nations can secure it for
them.

It seems that the duty, and the honour, and the
privilege of keeping up the national principle and
spirit to the great occasion of this war are now clearly
devolved upon the people themselves, for the Go-
vernment influence works all the other way. At the
beginning of the enterprise, nothing could be finer
than the national purpose and spirit : and nothing
can be finer than they would be now and always, if
any justice were done to them by the Executive and
the Legislature. To speak plainly—what we desire
to see is a full and clear and practical recognition that
this war is one of fundamental principle on behalf of
all nationalities. We should like to see our citizens
calmly resolved to settle, once for all, by a resolute
and sustained effort, the questions Which will other-
wise plunge the nations in war from generation to
generation, till a conflict, terrible in proportion to
the delay, must be enacted and- endured• by all

Europe.- We believe that the choice between-now

and, then will hardly be left to us ; for the

symptoms of restlessness and tokens of changes at
present arising from day to day cannot but afford
broad hints of many things likely to happen soon.
But, however this may be, it is clearly our duty
and our wisdom to contemplate and prepare for
the settlement of the whole case which is conti-

nuously arising. If we had fulfilled the national

intention and expectation of last winter, we might
possibly have concluded the immediate Russian
war in a single campaign. As we have not done

so, we must rise to the contemplatiou of a more
sacrificesl
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nationsi
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that
cause
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in
mse
to
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toot
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makel e de as
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thatkl
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and
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lishment
fr ewe willinge:
dom and progress. Our officers and troops, our
tars and our citizens at home, are devoted ; and
we desire to see their devotion joyfully accepted.
They do not grudge life and ease—they throw into
the cause their toil and pain and sacrifice ; and we
may not dare to decline the offering in such a cause.
It is by fearlessness and cheerful daring that the
English and French have won whatever they have
at any time gained ; and thus only can they
both countries feel—that
we
world in its accomplishment.
necessary we defy the
glva
have a purpose, open and avowed, and that if
lihint tthheeitr)esotbiceitcitzennsowof.
We ought to declare
what we say. Peace having
it away--with
It should be felt throughout in-
tendthewohreldootmheatilvioeom
the animating certainty that
so. The next thing is to address ourselves joyfully
patible with principle, we haNw-eoflwuenrge
right
to the consequent duty, and go earnestly to the
in doing
conflict—not to peep about for cholera in the
ditches, or to grumble over our food, or treat with
bystanders e
sehowmanyover of the hedge,
the foe
willo r
sink stand
withoutstock still
our
to
touching them—not to loiter and linger in such a
way as this ; but having invoked the right, to con-
quer. We are at war, and it will be worth all the
men and all the money that the overthrow of the
despotisms of Europe can cost to prove that a re-
presentative system can hold its own, and that a
People's Parliament, with their responsible Minis-
ters,and
e rdtlei
eoe
If ] and any Gustavus and Charle-
magne can wage war as gloriously as the Edwards
them,H all.aenrys
Herbert,
If we an
dva cannot do tfboirs
owuirtl an
Aberdeen, Ab
Exe-
cutive, why then the Aberdeens, and the fierberts,
and the Newcastles must
godown, and yield their
place and function to men more true to the British
name and nature.—Daily News.

HOTEL KEEPERS IN DIFFICULTIES.—The Sala of Beer
Bill prohibits the keeper of a tavern from supplying his
liquors during the greater part of Sunday, " except as
refreshment to a bona fide traveller, or a lodger therein."
The Glasgow Chronicle states that the proprietor of the
Wemyss Bay Hotel, by Greenock, having considerable diffi-
culty with respect to selling exciseable liquors in the prohi-
bited time to persons journeying along the road, forwarded
to the Lord Chancellor a petition praying the House of
Lords to take the opportunity of defining the expression,
“bondfidetraveller," but has received foranswer from his
lordship's secretary a communication stating "that
there exists great difficulty in obtaining is clearer or
better definition than what is implied in the words them-
selves !" In the act in force in New York, it seems that
the term " boarder" is used ; and the New York- Herald
received by the last mail, after stating that notice had
been given that the law for Sunday closing would be
strictly enforced, adds, "In this city the liquor-sellers,
with the exception of the hotels and the restaurants on
the European plan, very generally complied with the
notification. But the European plan did a flourishing
business. • Every individual whose digestive organs were
ao masteringsixpenny
be
et hfsatte
a k singularwa s tph
er
roedaufet
et iro rcio
nosfi
dneartendrae
to drink an unlimited and provided,
boarder,' and entitled, by the statute in such case made
termedcapable
quantity."—Morn-
ing Advertiser. .

THE TERM OF HUMAN LIFE.—As there is no apparent
reason why the mean "lifetime" in England should be'
4() years, and as it is found to range in extent, under
different circumstances, from 25 years in Liverpool and
Manchester, to 45 years in Surrey, and in other locali-
ties to a number of years still higher, there is good ground
for believing that it may gradually be raised yet nearer
to the complete natural lifetime.
.The way is not closed
to great and immediate ameliorations ; but as it has
pleased the Author of the universe to make the food of
mankind chiefly the product of labour, their clothing of
skill, their intellectual enjoyments of education, their
purest emotions of art—so health and the natural life-
time of the race are, in a certain sense, evidently to be
the creation of the intellect and the will and it is only
with the observation, experience, foresight, prudence,
and decisions of generations of men at command, that
the battle of life can be fought out victoriously to the
end..---Census Report.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Colossus,. 81, screw, Captain Spencer Robin-
son, as stated yesterday, lit fires and got up steam, at
Portsmouth, working the propeller in the steam-basin
dock for several hours, to severely test the boilers and
engines. Nothing could be more satisfactory, for Penn's
excellent engines worked with the regularity of a chro-
nometer ; 48 revolutions were obtained, 55 'will be
acquired. The trial of hei- speed will take place to-mor-
row or Thursday next. Her engines are nominally of
400-horse power, but can be worked up to 1,200.
The Athol!, 4, store-ship, has been laid up in otrdinary
at Portsmouth.
The City of Norwich steam transport went into Ports-
mouth Harbour yesterday, from the Baltic.
The Gipsey tender was taken into No. 4 Dock at
Devonport on Saturday, to have some defects made good.
The Demerara transport arrived at Devonport on Sa-
turday. She is chartered to take provisions to Malta.
The Rhadamanthus, paddle transport, Mastei Com-
mander Belam, arrived at Devonport on Saturday even-
ing, and the Melampus store frigate on Sunday at noon.
The Sprightly, tender to Victory, Master Commander
Allen, was placed in the steam basin, Portsmouth, on
Monday, and commenced getting out her old boilers, and
to make good defects. Her new boilers will be brought
from Woolwich by the Lucifer. The Sprightly bas been
a hard-worked vessel in the Channel service.
The Wildfire, steam tender, left Sheerness yesterday
at 10.30 f 1.111., with Vice-Admiral Gordon on board, and
proceeded for Chatham. The Wildfire bore the admiral's
flag.

The Devonsh)re, receivino• ship for Russian prisoners
of war, is increasing her medical stores, &c., anticipating
in a short time an arrival of prisoners and wounded from
the Baltic. She is being fitted with every possible con-
venience for them, as suggested by her' Commander,
Lieutenant J. Lloyd, and approved by the ComMander-
in-Chief.
The workmen have commenced in Sheerness laying
down the wires of the Admiralty telegraph. They are
now complete from the main line on he Dover road.
The Prussian brig Charles, Powell commander, from
Dordt, has arrived at Sheerness with a cargo of timber.
THE ROYAL STEAH-YACHTS. -The Victoria and
Albert, royal yacht, and the Fairy and Dasher, steamers,
went out of harbour to Cowes yesterday morning. The
Black Eagle also went down in the afternoon.
Her Majesty and the Court are expected to go to the
Channel Islands on Wednesday or Thursday next, pro-
bably calling at Portland on the way.

APPOINTMENTS.
Paymaster Arthur Jones (1844), recently secretary to
Rear-Admiral W. Henderson, C. 8., on the south-east
coast of America station, is appointed secretary to Rear-
Admiral Hon, Montagu Stopford, for service in the
Black Sea.

Second-Master James Roche (1854), from the Water-
loo; 120, fl-;g-ship at Sheerness, to the Viper, commis-
sioned for service as a despatch gun-boat on Saturday
last at Blackwall.

Lieutenant A. Lodder, who has been appointed com-
mander of the Viper, arrived at Woolwich yesterday
to take up his commiQsion at Woolwich dockyard, and
proceeded to Blackwall to hoist his pendant on that
vessel.

Commodore Henry Eden, whose appointment to be
superintendent of Devonport dockyard, on Saturday,
was officially announced yesterday, left London yester-
day morning by railway, to commence his duties this
day. The appointment of the gallant officer is pro. tem.,
and he will reside in an unofficial residence for the pre-
sent, the official residence in the dockyard being still as
it was left by Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour, when he
left to be captain of the fleet in the Baltic.