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London, England, 1860-01-04 00:00:00

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•
GUARDIAN FIRE ANT) LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
DIRECTORS. •
HENRY HULSE BERENS, Esq., Chairman. -
HENRY VIGNE, Dsq., Deputy Chairman.
Charles Win. Curtis, Esq. Stewart Marjoribauks, Esq.
Francis }fart Dyke, Esq. Joins Martin, Esq.
Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart., Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
M.P. James Morris, Esq.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. Henry Norman, EAq.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
John Harvey. Esq. Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart.
John G. Hubbard, Egg., M.P. John Thornton', Esq. •
John Labouchere, Esq. - James Tulloch, Esq.
John Loch, Esq.

AUDI'

Lewis Loyd, Esq.
John Henry Smith. Esq.
Thomas Tallemaeh, Esq., Seel
Aetu

•
TORS.
Henry Sykes Thornton. Esq.
Cornelius• Payne, jun., Esq.
Letary.—Samuel Brown, Esq.,
Lary.

LIFE DEPARTMENT.-Thiurit THE Pnovrsioys OF AN
ACT or PAnLIASIENT,. this Company now offers to future In-
surers EIGHTY PER CENT. Of the Profits, with Quinquennial
Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of
Profits.

The next division of Pratt*: will be declared in June, 18(10,
when all Participating Poriele,4 Which shall have subsisted at
least one year at Christrnas*lB-39 will be allowed to share in
the Profits.
At the Five Divisions of 'Prnfits made by this Company, the
total lteversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have
exceeded £013,000.

At the last valuation, at Christmas, 1854, the Assurances in
force amounted to upwards of £4,240,000, the Income from the
Life Branch in 1854 was more than .£200.000, and the Life As-
surance Fund after division of profits (independent of the G ua-
rantee Capital) exceeded £1,540,000.
LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No
Extra Premium is required for service therein.
-INVALID LIVES. -Persons who are-not in such sound
health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular
Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra_Premiums.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their
values, provided such Policies shall have been effected a suffi-
cient time to have attained in each case a value not under £5O.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of re-
*eyed and registered.
:MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge
winillfijnade for Policy Stamps. .- • -
Not-leek; liereby,givnu that , re. Policies irwhiclt expire at
Christmas must be renewed Within fifteen- days at this office,
or with Mr. SAMS,'No.-1,-St, James's-street. corner of Pall-
mall, or with the Company's Agents throughout the King-
dom, otherwise they become void.
Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this
Company.

VTINEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's
Government.—CONDrS PATENT PURE CO.NCZC-
TIt.kTED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using this de-
licious Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saying of 50 per
cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health ; Dr.
Hassall, of the " Lancet" Commission, and others. Sold by
thc Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Wholesale, 63,
liinz William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample
sent free to any Railway for 3s. Gd.

O,_I4ENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
‘..A USED IN THE ROYAULAUNDRY,
kND rnonortNcEn IT TIER MAJESTY'S LA UNDRESS to hi!
TIIE FINEST STARCH SITE EVER USED. -
WHEN. YOU AST( FOR
GLENFIELD-.PATENT STARCH,
SEE TIIAT YOU GET IT,
As inferior kinds: are often substituted. -
Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers,
WOTA ERSI'OON Si CO., GLASGOW AND Lowpoir

CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED.—
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LTVER PILLS, pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
cott, ot Bromley, Kent, area sure remedy for affections of the
liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe-
tite, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time.
without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels,
without pain or t_tripinEr, clear the skin, remove sallowness
and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo-
rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes,
Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ty:k for Dr. Scott's
Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green
package, with "W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved
on the g 3 orernment

3. OREAT MARLMIZOUGA-STREET, W., NEAR
TIIE I'ANTIIEON.
DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal
College of Surgeons; Lit;entlate of xlidwifery, and Apo-
theca/icy Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as
above, no all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity,
LosS of Memory, Sterility, and all Punctional Derangements
of both Sexes, emanating from early and exekssiya indul-
gences

Has Just published, price 15. ; by
18 sealed, post, 13 stamps,
No. 4,
An entire new and orlirinal Work, entitled
0 unS ELV ES.
Synopsis : The Physiolo,,ry and Anatomy of our gyration
- The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, andC4::
Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange
merits and Marital Disqualifications,
• MALE.
The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia
(Gonorrhcea), Spermatorrinea, Impotency, and all Diseases of
the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, Sul;
FEMALE.
The Physiolofry and Anatomy of Women- Functional Tr-
relfularities in Health an I Sickness—Choice in Marriage—
Their Expectancies and Dkappoluttnents—The Cause and
11-etnoyal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta-
tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy
Offspring. Also,

No. 1.
HEALTIT, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY ;'
On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion,

No. 2.
LOVE AND MARRIAGE:
Their Oblizations, Happiness, and Disappointments., Love
and other Matches. Sterility Removed, aud. Healthy Off-
spring secured.

No. 11.
THE CASE BOON :
100 Cases of SPERITATOREWEA, '
Their Causes,
Symptoms; and Treatment, Confessions and
Cure by Cauterisations, (3alvaniml, &c. &c. &c.
To be had of Mann. 39. Cornhill ; and the, Authors.
Advice to the Workin,, Classes, lee Half-a-Guinea.

()NE HUNDRED POUNDS -REWARD ON
CNVICION
The fearful dantrers to iO T
nvalids from. spurious IMitations of.
DU 14A RltY's invaluable HEALTH-RESTORING REVA
I,I4INTA ARAI3ICA FOOD led to an investigation,. and,
Ipon application in 18.54 for protection, the HMI Court, of
Chancery granted an injunction restraining Alfred Hooper
Nevin, and his agents, under a penalty of £5,000, from selling
Any article resembling or being a colourable imitation of Du
Barry's Revalenta Arabica, of ,which we are the sole pro-
prietors. Now, therefore, this tuto give notice that the above
reward will be paid, upon conyidllon, to anyone giving Infor-
mation of any breach of the injunction. An intelligent
public requires no admonition to shun all shopkeepers who
may attempt impositions. London:TABARRY DU BARRY
& CO,
NO MOILE SICKLY OR ILL-CONDITIONED HORSES
OR OTHER CATTLE.
OR
RA REY'S HSE and CATTLE-IMPROVING FOOD
restores the efficiency, vigour, endurance, and muscle of ill-
:onditiolled or apparently worn-out Horses, Cows, Bul-
c Sheep, and Pigs. In a short time It improves
!heir s
ni C'
appearance and value by 20 and 30 per cent. RAREY
Regent's Quadrant, London. In tins at 35., at 65.,
its. ; in casks, of about4so feeds, 605.; of about 1000 feeds,
0.,
C 5, being about lid.
7 s
per feed. ,
Forwarded on receipt of Post-oftice orders.:lThe casks free
of carriage. _

NO MORE MEDICINE
Price 24., tree by post. a popular treatise, sixty-fonr,P s,
!HE NATURAL REGENERATION of the DIGESTIVE
ORGANS,
practically Bluitrating the effectual Cure, without Medicine,
al indigestion (dyspepsia), habitual Constipation, Flatulency
a
Acidity, Palpitation of the lleart, Torpidity of the Liver,
hilous Headaches, Nervousness, Biliousness, General Debi-
lity, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, Despondency, Spleen, &c.,
without Pills, Purgatives, or Medicine of any kind, by
simple, pleasant, and lufallible means; adapted to the general
reAder. London: Barry Du Barry & Co. 77.1Zezent-atreet;

WOLVES IN FRANCE.—A grand battue of Wolves
took place in the arrondissement of 'rennet-re (Yonne),
under the direction of Textoris, Lieut. de Louveterie. Little
or no snow having fallen during the last two winters in that
neighbourhood, those destructive animals had taken up
their quarters in great numbers on the hills which skirt
the right bank of the Armancon from Tonuerre to Flogny.
M. Textoris returned with four large wolves which his party
killed, and after mortally wounding two others.

taking in her boilers under the steam crane in the
steam basin at Portsmouth. The four boilers weigh
107 tons.
Tho Rhadamanthus, Master-Com. Pullen, arrived
at Portsmouth yesterday with machinery, &c.
A letter written from H.M.S. Lynx, dated at
Zamibou, Oct. 23, says :—" On our arrival here we
found a war going ou between the Sultan and his
brother, the latter having possession of the town.
The Assaye steam-frigate, lying here, landed 100
men, and we landed 50, with a gun and rockets,
Under Lieut. Barclay, the whole forming a field de-
tachment. The rebels were driven out of the town,
and the Sultan's brother taken prisoner. He has
been conveyed in the Assaye to Muscat."
. A court-martial assembled yesterday morning on
board H.M.S. Victory, in 'Portsmouth harbour, for
the trial of Lieut. T. W. Simeon, of H.M.S. Perse-'
verance, cn the following charge :—" For that he,
the said, Lieut. T. W. Simeon, a lieutenant in full
pay on board her Majesty's ship Perseverance, did,
on or about the 2d November, 1859, on board the
said ship, act in a manner unbecoming an officer and
a gentleman, in falsely stating to Mr. W. T. Wilson,
Surgeon of the said ship, that a claim which Mr.
Watkins, landlord of the Commercial Hotel, Port-
sea, then had upon the said Lieut. Simeon, was a
claim upon him by a creditor in London, from
whom he had not expected so sudden a call, as the
debt was of recent date, which statement he at the
time knew was false, but upon the faith of which
statement the said W. T. Wilson consented to
become responsible on behalf of said Lieute-
nant Simeon in respect or account of such claim."
The Court was composed of Captain George T.
Gordon (second in command of her Majesty's ships
and vessels nt Portsmouth), President ; Capts. R.
Harris, A. Farquhar, R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., C. F.
Hillyar, and C. J. E wart ; with Mr. W. F. Hellyar,
Deputy-Judge-Advocate. Mr. Hoskins, solicitor,
of Gosport, acted as the prisoner's " friend." The
Court, having heard the evidence for the prosecu-
tion and defence, found the charge against the
prisoner Not Proved.
The Admiralty have ordered a trial of Coston's
night signals on board the Channel Fleet, and Ad-
miral Sir Charles Fremantle has appointed a board
composed of the following officers to report on it:
—Capt. IL Caldwell, her Majesty's ship Mersey ;
'Capt. J. N. Strange, her Majesty's ship Mars • and
Capt. 11. J. Lacon, her Majesty's ship Royal Albert.
These signals have already had a preliminary trial
at Woolwich before Commodore Drummond,• and
were favourably reported on. They have for some
time been in use on board the United States' squad-
ron, by order of the United States' Navy Depart-
ment. The signals consist of a firework, or com-
bination of two or three coloured lights (white, red,
or green), contained in a small case. They arc held
horizontally at arms' length, on a stick or handle,
and when lighted burn with great brilliancy and
distinctness, the change of colour being instantaneous
The smaller sized signals may be distinguished at
from four to six miles, and the larger size from six
to ten miles'. distance.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty : --- Capt. G. E. Matey to the
Cumberland, vice Capt. Halsteg whose period of
service has expired ; Capt. H. D. Rogers to the
Centurion, vice Capt. Matey ; Lieut. Frederick W.
Wilson to the Mersey ; Lieut. William B. A. F.
Paterson and Lieut. John J. Gregory to the
Alacrity; Lieut. William Jardine, Lieut. I'. W.
Chapman, and Lieut. J. S. Trotter to the Nile;
Chas. J. Polkinghorne master to the Nile ; James
Rusden master to the Mersey ; Thos. Pounds master
to the Alacrity ; Algernon Yockley and John Osland,
assist, clerks, to the Marlborough ; An trcrstein A.
Lyne, assist, clerk, to the Centurion ; G. Robinson,
assistant clerk to the Fiso-ard ; W. A. Stevens, as-
sistant clerk, to the Wellesley ; Arthur S. Ramsey,
assistant clerk, to the Hawke; George E. Alarcon,
Edward Robinson,. Richard Harris, and Henry
George Stembridge, assistant clerks, to the Chesa-
peake.

THE ROYAL NAVY OF 1860.
By the official Navy List for the present month
aid quarter we find that the British navy consists
of 518 vessels, including screw steamers of every
description, exclusive of which there are 152 gun-
boats, 121 brigs, hulks, Sc., employed in harbour
service, and 47 coast-guard tenders. Of the num-
ber of vessels composing the navy no less than 314
are iu commission, and doing duty in every part of
the globe. The vessels in commission arc distri-
buted as follows :-65 line-ot battle ships, frigates,
sloops, and gun-boats attached to the East Indies
and China station, 18, on the coast of Africa, 6 at
Australia, 13 in the Pacific, 3 in the Brazils, 8 on
the south-east coast of America, 8 at the Cape
of Good Hope, 21 on the North America mid West
India station, 41 in the Mediterranean, .19 at-
tached to the Channel squadron, and the
remaining 112 are employed on particular service
or attached as guard ships to the principal ports in
Great Britain and Ireland. In addition to the
above, there are 38 powerful vessels building at the
various Royal dockyards, many of which are nearly
ready for launching. Th. names of these vessels
are :—Anson, 91 ; Atlas, 91 ;Aurora, 51 ; Barossa,
21 ; Belvidera, 51; Bristol, 51 ; Bulwark, 91; Ca-
=Hon, 17 ; Columbine, 11 ; Defiance, 91 ; Espoir,
5 ; Glasgow, 51 ; Howe, 121 ; Landrail, 5 ; Liver-
pool, 51; Newcastle, 51 ; Nimble, 5; Arestes, 21;
Orpheus, 21 ; Pandora, 1 ; Pantaloon, 10 ; Pelican,
17 ; Prince of Wales, 131 ; Rapid, 11 ; Rattle-
snake,6Royal
Alfred, 91; Royal Frederick,
8
Oak, 91 ; Undaunted, 51 ; olverine,
12 a ;
11;
I, Repulse, 91 ; W
17; Robust, 91 ;
Rosario,
21 ; Zealous, 91; and Zebra,l7- From the above
statistics it will be observed that the navy of Eng-
land is in a most efficient state, both in regard to
the number of vessels and the manner is which
1 those vessels are equipped.

[ADVERTISENIENT.]—A most interesting recovery from
a vast complication of diseases, such as indigestion (dys-
pepsia), flatulence, constipation, nervous, bilious and liver
complaints, cough, asthma, consumption and debility,
without the aid of medicine, by Du Barry's delicious Reva-
lenfa Atabica Food, is • recorded in the following letter :
Cure 52,422. " Bridgehouse, Frinfley, 3d April, 1854.
Thirty-three years discAsed lungs, spitting of blood, liver
derangement, deafnesS, singing in the cars, constipation,
debility, shortness of breath, and cough, have been re-
moved by your Revalenta Arabica. My lungs, liver, sto-
mach, head and ears are:all right, my hearing perfect, and
my recovery is a marvel to all my acquaintances.—JAMES
ROBERTS, timber merchant." Cure No. 4,208. "Eight
years dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps and
nausea, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-
restoring food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries.
—Rev. JOAN W. FLAWELL, Ridlington Rectory, Nor-
folk." Cure No. 3,906. "Thirteen years cough, indigos-
tion and general debility have been removed by Du Barry's
excellent food.—JAMES PORTEIt. Athol-street, Perth."
In tins, at Is. 6d.; Ilb., 38.; 21b., ss. 9d.; 51b., 125.; 121 b.,
265, The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on receipt of post-
office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London.
Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly; Abbis, GO,
Gracechurch.-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford-
street; 330 and 451, Strand • 49 and GO, Bishopsgate-
, street ; 85, Totteuham-court-road. Also at Dublin,
Bewley "and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Railnes and Co.;
at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp and
Soltt ;at York. Raines, Blanchard,. and-Co, ;at South-
ampton, Randal! and Son.

" HON° UR TIKE BRA TW."
4*
(From at, Times) ,1/4•
" Palmain qui n:cruit fuat" is a' 0-otto which
used to be in :highrepute, among military men, and
may, for aught we know, be so still. Nothing can,
be more praiseworthy, nothing more natural, than
that the veterans of the British arny,, who have
tarried their country's flag in triumph over many a
well-fought field, should in their otl age receive'
honorary—aye, and substantial re als final the-
bands of a grateful nation; Surely tire can be no
higher incentive to younger men to fellew in their
footsteps than When we see these no. -champion§
rewarded according to their deserts. t It would in-
deed be disheartening if the best soldiers of the
nation were left to pine in their old age, when the
once stalwart arm is weak, and the eye' which once
flashed over Übattle-field with eagle glance is dull
and dim. . How miserable a prom-art for those
who could not hope, to emulate their glory without
the cemseionsneSS that a time must came when
they too would be cast aside like an old garment
and forgotten-! The country will surely unite
in applauding two appointments which have lately
been made by the military authoriflo. It is a
matter of notoriety and subject forilr* that
there are so few opportunities of re yarding in
their old age those distinguished officeiV who hare
deserved well of their country. TholOoloneleies
of regiments are some of the few Olizes which
can be distributed among our worthkelt veterans.
Great care therefore is taken that they-VI:ill never
be bestowed upon unworthy reeipientW We have
to call attention to two recent instews in which
the_privilee'e ofselect ion and recommend:it ion has'
been woj thily exercised atifirfrorse llfgirds.-- It
was not long since the Earl of Cardigans in acknow-
ledgment of his valuable and distinguished services
in the Crimea—more especially on the fatal day of
Balaklava.—was presented with the Oolonelcy of
the sth Dragoon Guards. The reward was cumu-
lative, for this illustrious warrior held at the time,
and still holds, the office of Inspector-General of
Cavalry. But what 'honours could be equal to his
transcendent merits ? His military career has been
distinguished by a happy union of valour and pru-
dence above all praise.
Scarcely had the Cavalry in the British service
been gratified by this appointment when an oppor-
tunity occurred of stimulating the ardour of the In-
fantry. The Colonelcy of the 82a. Regiment fell
vacant, and it beCamO a question, where all were so
brave, who was the bravest among_so many dis-
tinguished officers,—who had earned the highest
distinction ? The doubt Was but momentary. An
instant's reflection sufficed to convince the Horse
Guards that when such a question was raised Gene-
ral Ashburnham's elaiMs set all rivalry at defiance.
Omitting all mention of the previous incidents of
his career, had ,he not in a recent instance, when
the fate of British India was trembling in the
balance, by that sk;lful retrograde movement upon
the deck of the homeward-bound steamer struck
terror in!o the minds of the foe? Had he not—so
burning was his patriotism, so Overpowering his
love of native land—hurried back to the shores
of England, without regard to those rigid rults of
military service which are only binding on the-lien-
dant and the martinet ? Whatever difference of
opinion may have existed at the time as to the pro-
priety of- this step, the authorities at the Horse
Guards have at length proclaimed it as their deli-
berate opinion that General Ashburnham is the
officer whom, above all others:, 'the British nation
should delight to honour. It is only a pity that
the givers of these two appointments cannot go one
step further than they have done. We now know
that the Earl ofCardigan and General Ashburn-
ham are England's two bravest soldiers, but of the
twin heroes who is the better man ?