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London, England, 1858-05-28 00:00:00

LONDON,

FRIDAY EVENIN-G, MAY 28, 1858.

BRADSHAW'S RAILVAT AND STEAM NAVIGATION

ITIDE.—The new edition of Bradshaw contains several

mprovements which renders the publication so complete
in all its details as to be as easy and ready of reference

to the inexperienced railway traveller as a work of such
magnitude can possibly be made. The map now em-
braces the whole of the United Kingdom, and shows
in a clear and distinct form every line tf railway in
Great Britain and Irelind. The classification of rail-

ways is drawn up on entirely new plan, and the
unique index to towns is now so arranged as to avoid
unnecessary repetition 3f reference when the same place
is referred to in severa pages. The key to the general

arrangement and plan )1 the Guide is a most welcome
and convenient auldi:iol, by coniult.ng which the travel-
ler will be greatly facilitated in his references to the
publication. Another important improvement is the
introduction of an abridged time and faro table of all

the great lines of railcay. They embrace all the prin-
cipal town, and precele the usual ordinary time tables
of the Guide. By then the public are enabled to see at
a glance the departura and arrival of the trains, with
the fares, between a'l the most important places i❑
the kingdom. In every page of the Guide it is evident
that the grea`est care and vigilance has been exercised
to simplify every rEfeier.ce and to lender the work as

complete as possible.
A. NOVEL DOG KESNEL.—One day la-it week (says a
correspondent of the Birmingham Daily Post) we were
much amused by observing a contretemps which hap-
pened to a lowly. According to the fashion of the pre-
sent day she wore a tremendous display of crinoline.
She wa3 accompanied by "a duck of a dog," and the
frolicsome dear popped and frisked about as little dogs
do, until at length he popped under the crinoline, and
there, despite her efforts to di-I,dp him from his snug
abode, ho remained for several minutes. The lady
blushed and looked sngry at the curious predicament she
was in, the passers by smiled at the incident,-but we of
course were not so rude as to wait the denouement of
the affair.

••••••• ••••......••• •
REMEDY FOR TY?litiS FEVER.--In 1845, Dr. Chew,
of Baltimore, first tried the chlorate of potash in typhus
fever, and with extraordinary success, having only lost
two patients out of 72. His formula was : chlorate of
potash, 4 grammes ; bi-carbonate of soda and gum of
acacia, 8 grammes of each ; water 250 grammes ; a
table-spoonful of the mixture to be administered every
two hours, until the period, of convalescence had. com-
menced. Last year, Dr. Bellentani, of Ouarville (Eure•
et-Loir), obtained similar results by administering in the
beginning 2 grammes per day in a mixture of 60 grammes
of gum•water and 40 of syrup of lemons, and increasing
the ehlorate by or-e gramme every second'day. The
drink of the patient consisted in some cooling decoction,
and oftener still, in an abundant supply of 13, re cold
water ; an Enema of cold water was moreover adminis-
tered once a day, besides cold applications on the abdo-
men of a solution of 30 grammes of chlorate of potash
and 10 of hydrochloric acid in 1,000 grammes of wafer.
The Abcille Medkale now publishes certa:n observations
made by Dr. Taliaferro, of Atlanta, in Georgia, on the
t fff.cts of this new remedy. Having lived for several years
in a locality where the typhus fever is endemic, he bad
ample opportunities for experimenting on the subject,
and it will be remarked that the doses ie administers
are much larger than those of his pred3cessors. He,
moreover, adds a small quantity of tincttte of weratrum,
wiride to the chlorate as a sedative ; his brmula being :
Chlorate of potash, 120 grammes ; tincture of veratruen,
2 grammes; a table-spoonful of the mixture every three
hours during the day, and a dose of opium in the even-
ing. The result is a speedy abatement of tee most alarm-
ing symptoms, no delirium in most cases, end great mit i••
gation rf nervous irritation. Convalescence begins at the
end of about a fortnight. Dr. Taliaferre allows his pa-
tients some food aad wine during the who e period of the

disord-r.
A- REMEDY FOR CHRONIC CORYZA.—Er. Soubrier, of
Bruyrres (Seine-et-Oise), recommends the following
powder as a certain cure for this affection of the nose,
which, when chronic, is extremely iucotvenient, offen-
sive, ansl difficult to remove. Four grammes of subni-
trate of bismuth, mixed with six or eight grammes of
powdered liquorice, may be taken as snuff, at the rate of
10 or 12 pinches a day, until the cure is effected. Some-
times from 30 to 40 centigrammes of the indide of sul-
phur are aided to the above dose, to increase its activity.
This powder penetrates into all the irregular cavities of
the nostrils, promotes the secretion of mucus, prevents
the i artial decomposition it undergoes in consequence
of a prolonged stay in the nostrils, and ultimately re-
duces the secretion of the mucus mernbrance to its
ordinary proportien. Should the membrane, by an
excessive use of the powder, become dry and irritable, a
little fresh butter may be introduced into the nostrils,
and the powder discontinued. It may be added that the
latter has an agreeable smell, and is perfectly innocuous,
ALPHABET OF PROVERBS.—A grain of prudence is
worth a pound of craft. Boasters are cousins to liars.
Confession of a fault makes half amends. Denying a
fault doubles it. Envy shooteth at others and woundeth
herself. Foolish fear doubles danger. God reaches
good things by our bands. He has hard work who has
nothing to do. It costs more to revenge wrongs than to
bear them. Knavery is the worst trade. Learning
makes a man fit company for himself. Modesty is a
guard to virtue. Not to hear conscience is the way to
silence it. Proud loo'ss make foul work in fair faces.
Quiet conscience gives quiet sleep. Richest is he that
wants least. Small faults indulged are little thieves that
let in greater. The boughs that bear most hang lowest.
Upright walking is sure walking. Virtue and happi-
ness are mother, and daughter. Wise men make more
opportunities than they find. You never lose by doing
a good turn. Zeal without knowledge is without light.
THI GOLD IN VANCOUVER'S ISLAND.—We learn from
advices via Olympia, United States, that a gentleman
who had arrived there direct from -Victoria, Vancouver's
Island, represents the specimens of gold found in the
Fraser River district as being quite coarse ; ono piece,
weighed in his presence, was worth a fraction over 12
dole. He also states that from 5 dole. to 15 dole. and
20 dols. a day had been washed out, brit thinks that
there are more miners whose average product is
under 8 dole, per day than above that amount. The
Hudson's Bay Company's steamer Beaver, recently
arrived at Victoria fram Forts Hope and Langley,
brought 16.bs. of gold dust that had been traded
from the miners on Fraser's and Thompson's Rivers.
Several private parcels were sent down for the purchase
of supplies, mining tools, &c. Nearly all the half-breeds
and French, together with many other residents on Van-
couver's Lland, were in the gold region, and it is thought
there were already there, and en route, from 600 to 800
persons. The northern portion of Washington territory
was becoming well-nigh deserted. The lumbering esta-
blishments on the waters of Puget Sound find it ex-
tremely difficult to keep in operation, owing to the num-
ber of hands that had lett and were constantly leaving
for the north.—Canadian New.
THE IRON AND COAL TRADES. —We have this week
to report a still further improvement in the tone of the
iron trade, and some good orders have been received in
the district,. Not only so, but the accounts fr,m Ame-
rica are of a more cheering character. Messrs. Naylor,
Vickers, and Co., of Sheffield and Liverpool, who sus-
pended payments in Noven.bet last, have announced
their intention, owing to favourable advices from Ame-
rica, of at once resuming payments, instead of allowing,
as arranged, their liabilities (as far as their settlement
was concerned) to extend to nex; year. Another large
American merchant has received remittances from
thence, which far more than cover his account, and he
is of opinion that in the course of a month, or two at the
farthest, some good orders will be received from Arne-
rice ; and the manner in which their indebtedness to
the merchants in this country is being settled imparts a
brightening prospect as to the future, In South Wales
things are assuming a much better aspect ; the docks
begin to be full of shipping, and at the present time
large quantities of railway iron are being sent away.
It is hoped that the very perceptible alteration in the
trade which has recently taken place will be continued,
and that we shall not relapse again into a quiescent
state, which has been the caee of late after our hopes
have been excited. Former signs of activity have been
regarded as omens of prosperity, but these expectations
have not been realised. Now, however, the fact cannot
be controverted that the prospects in America are daily
becoming more hopeful, and ere long we expect to be
benefited to a greater or less extent, as the stocks in
that country are very bare. The coal trade is rather in-
clined to langour, but with few exceptions prices remain
unaltered. Stone, the yield of the district, continues in
god demand at our last quotations.—Wolverhampton
Chronicle.
THE NEw PAUL VERONESE IN THE NATIONAL GAL-
LERY.—" This fastidious Roman expressed also his an-
noyance at he inaccuracy of the costume, in Paul's fine
picture of the ' Family of Darius present eet to Alex-
wader,' and lamented that so admirable a work should
have been blemished by this gross anachronism. You
are, doubtless, well acquainted with a painting which
belongs to a branch of your family. It
may. be truly
called the triumph of colouring; and certainly more
haa loony, splendour, and lovelinesa never met together
in one picture. To these merits must be added the truth
of character which prevails inall the heads, most ( f which
are portraits. Forget for a moment that the incident is
borrowed from ar cleat story ; imagine it the victory of
a here of the sixteenth century, and the painting
becomes, in al respect a masterpiece. The archi-
tecture, in the background, gives a tone to the wenle ;
but it required the delicate outlines and the exquisite
perception of harmonious c Touring which distinguish
Fa 1 Veronese, to give relief and contrast to the
figures an I draperies on so light a ground. The pyra-
midal group, formed by an old man and f ur female
figures, is superlatively lovely ; the countenances won
derfully expressive, and apartling with animation.
The head of Alexander is beautiful, but deficient in
nia,eouline firmness, and more adapted to charm the
softer sex than to awe the world ; while the nobler
features of Parmenio ex'iibit a strength of character
finely contrasted with the more feminine graces of the
rably
foldedcaonn
cu
iroo
ur,r
eadn. 110 y,,,elelxoqwu
isdirtae
idye rhy.
finished;
the lone and beautiful y braided 11 toren hair of the
Persianerb e pie i Princesses
c"118178 o fAnd thorn' what
h at
the ea host
c ‘afi
nf fil
life, as
israess
ninne a the,
ne
'Nuptials of Cana!' Certainly, this painting
unrivalled in el ere fidelity to nature ; and in the truth
11A splendour of its co miring, it yields only to that
o/r triumphantita, specimen
itian,s, f
Presentation V en tia
oaf r tt
!ltot, the Su
Virgin
r4ci
no
t! deltae
Temple." Teese t pictures will long maintain there
glorioussuprensacy, and will prof ably never be surpassed.
This painter's violation of costume is, in fact, only a
defect in the eyes of antiquarians. The great mass of
society overlook it, and care only for what gratifies the
eye and the imagination. Nevertheless, I would re-
commend to artists generally the avoidance of subjects
borrowed from ancient history. It is far easier to excel
in the folds and colourings cf modern drapery, than to
delineate the light garb and native elegance of Grec a
forms. Nor could any painters, but those who lit e I
in the times of Pericles and Aspasia, do justice to those
most classical and graceful of all subjects. —From No
11. of Tales front Blackwood. —" Colonna the Painter."

L&TEST NEWS.

AMERICA.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.
The Ariel, steamship, Captain Ludlow, has ar-
rived from New York.

Advices anticipated by the Borussia.
The Ariel brings 306 passengers, 60 of them for
Southampton, and the rest for Bremen. She has

no specie.

MARSEILLES, THURSDAY.

The arrival of the steamer Valetta puts us in
possession of news from China to the 12th April.
They confirm the statement that Lord Elgin had
declared himself ready to employ force to penetrate
to Pekin itself, for the purpose of opening the free
access to the interior of China to the world. The
journals express hopes that Teentain, situated about
GO miles from the capital, will be easily taken. A
demand for gunboats for river service has been
made. The authorities continue their tortures of
all suspected to be favourable to the Allied Powers
and to the throwing open of ths ports. Some
horrid acts of barbarity have cone to light, and
anarchy prevails in the interior.

CALCUTTA, APRIL 22.—The insurgents at Azim-
ghur have been crushed ; but the insurrectionary
spirit has extended to the north and west. The
hot season has brought sickness, as usual, in its
train. The commercial position is unfavourable.

VIENNA, THURSDAY.

The French ships of war ordered to the Adriatic
have received the order to return. They quitted
Gravosa this day. Tho Montenegrin affair will be
settled definitively at Constantinople.
The Turks are landing large forces at Ragusa,
but the English and French Consuls are doing
their best to prevent collision.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY.

The Conferences ara not expected to meet again
before Monday next. Count Walewski and Earl
Cowley have returned to Fontainbleau.
The Prince Royal of Wurtemberg took leave of
their Majesties yesterday morning at Fontaine-
bleau, and returned to Paris, where his Royal
Highness intends rem•iining until to-morrow (Sa-
turday), when he leaves for Stuttgard.
It is not true that a naval force will make a de-
monstration on the coast of Morocco.
M. de Pens, who was wounded in a duel with
Lieutenant Hyenne, of the 9th Chasseurs, is dying.
It is not expected that he will survive this night.
In c•ise of his death, his father will institute
proceedings against Lieutenant Hyenne.
The screw transport Loire, which sailed yester-
day from Brest, with convicts for Cayenne, had on
board Rudio, the confederate of Orsini in the at-
tempt to assassinate the Emperor on the 14th of
January.
Accounts from Toulon, dated yesterday, state
that the screw ship of the line Napoleon is being
prepared for sea, in order to reinforce the Mediter-
ranean fleet.

M. Tricoupi, the Greek Minister to London, has
been in Paris for some days past. He is anxious
while the Congress is sitting that the three protect-
ing Powers shall define the meaning of the treaty
entered into between Greece and Turkey in 1854,
with a view to avoid misinterpretation in future.
The commission appointed by the Prefect of the
Haut Rhin to ascertain the precise result of the
late election, in the circumscription of Belfort, for
a deputy to the legislative body, has declared that
M. Migeon obtained 16,020 votes, and M. Keller
14,592.
BOURSE, May 27.—The following were the last
quotations
4i per Cents 9:3 35
Do. end month__ 93 35

Credit Foncier
Belgian 4,1
Piedmontese (5)
Roman 9li
Austrian
I Spanish Threes
Ilome Debt
---FoR, CASH.

3 par Cent. . ... 69 65
Do. end month 69 65
Bank Shares -

Credit Mobilier 6t7 EO
Do. Account 645

RAILWAYS
Orleans
Northern
New Ditto 735

Midi - 490
Western 560
Strasburg
Grand Central
Sardinian
Austrian

Lyon and Mediteran.

New Ditto..

Geneva .

732 k

EG

By the Euphrate, which has just arrived at
Marseilles from Alexandria, we have received
de, ails r.-specting the fatal accident already briefly
announced by telegraph :
" After attending the solemn reception given to
the Viceroy of Alexandria, on the occasion of the
fetes of Bairam, AhmetPasha, nephew, and Halim
Ibrahim Pacha, brother of the Viceroy, Kereddin
Pacha, Rifaat Bey, Minister of Commerce, and a
number of distinguished personages left by,rail-
way to return to Cairo. On arriving at Caffre el
Eis the carriages composing their train, which
were four in number, had as usual to be pushed
on to a steam ferry to be conveyed across the Nile,
but the Arabs employed pushed them too fast,
and the consequence was that the vehicles fell into
the water. On seeing the accident, some persons
raised loud cries ; and Halim Ibrahim Pacha
jumped through the carriage window into the Nile,
and was saved. The greatest efforts were made to
save the other personages, but Ahmet Pacha, Re-
reddin Pacha, and Rifaat Bey was drowned, as
was also a negro slave, who was in the same car-
riage with them. Several other personages shared
the same fate. The dead bodies of the prince and
other victims were subsequently got out of the
river, but several could not be found. The news
of the fatal accident having reached Cairo, the
Viceroy manifested the greatest sorrow, and the
other princes of the reigning family, attended by the
Ministers of the Interior, Finance, and Foreign Af-
fairs, hastened to the scene of the disaster, and ac-
companied the mortal remains of Ahmet Pacha to
the capital. Ahmet, who was the heir of the
reigning Viceroy, was educated in France, and was
noted for his liking for Europeans. It is said that
he leaves a fortune of from 45 to 50,000,000 talaris
(250,000,000 fr.), and that by his will, written with
his own hand, he bequeaths one-third of it to his
mother, one-third to his wife (he had only
none),
egli-
and
genceoon the persons partsc
Some thertaohriibs
3ostofhaccident to culpable negli-
gence who is only one year old.
the railway functionaries ;
others affirm that the carriages were wilfully pushed
into the river, in execution of a plot. It is said
that some months ago an attempt was made to
poison Ahmet Pacha."