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It has always been the lot of Prussia to incur
the charge of insincerity, and, to a certain extem',
to deserve it. Geographical position, early history,
and the education of the people tend to msike her
halt between two opinie In £lO Loutrfry
in
Europe is there such a contrast between intention
and action. Prince and people affect to bt,,, and
perhaps think that they are, the Liberals of Ger-
many, but this pretence and this fancy last onity so
long as the world is quiet and no crowned head in
danger ; but as soon as the assertion of Liberali's m
causes inconvenience to established power th
Prussian nature seems to undergo a change. Drs.
popular party is quiescent, an the retrograde
party regains ascendancy. But even then the.
Court and the Army seem unable to take a de-
cided part in favour of the cause they love. Prussia
ilouuwtnteesaelcri. s
s between two parties, like the bat in the
fil battle between the birds and beasts. en, na-
turally, the indignation of both is aroused, and the
o f
vacillating, Berlin are taken
pedantic, as the
and
etypeveno f that
tarellaah_
e
isenough,usossu.h, t all this
elmiosmtime the Prussians, singularly
rectitude. dels o f conesyciencLionuos;
n
conceive that they are contradictory,
and conse-
quently suspected. They fancy that Europe is
like their own State—an artificial systeni requir-
ing political quiet for its prosperity, and even for
its existence. They fancy that their counsels will
find an echo in every breast when they tell each
Prince not to be too fond of despotism, and
each people not to be too fond of liberty.
But this distorted image of English modo-
ratios attracts no one. Hence, Prussia
preaches in vain; hence she exercises am
influence in Europe so small that only the know-
ledge that in the last resort her numbers woul(
make her respectable causes her to be looked upon
as a great European Power. Her people read and
talk, and write and lecture, and discuss every sub-
ject with a thoroughness which would seem to pro-
miss a result; yet allViis profundity of examina-
tion ends in the most perfect impotence of conclu-
'iibii;ircd the Cabinet of Berlin, after receiving the
influence of 50 Professors, hardly writes better
than a Pope or acts more sensibly than a Bourbon
King.
The despatch of Baron Schleinitz to the Prussian.
Minister at Turin is just such as might be expected
to emanate from a State which is at once Protestant
and despotic—which must hold Poland by an un-
derstanding with Russia, and the Rhine province
by an acquiescence in the principles of 'B9. The
long, straggling, ill-defended kingdom, ambitious
for extension, yet fearful of losing what it Vitas--
unwilling to give up its expectations from lit:laq',
or to relinquish what it possesses from Divine right
—appreciating the friendship of free England, brit
not forgetting the happy, orderly days of the Holy'
Alliance—naturally sees the conduct of Victor Em-
manuel in a very ambiguous light. Not that Prus-
sia condemns him absolutely, or supports his rival
absolutely. She does nothing absolutely. " Black
is not black, nor white so very white." Barort
Schleinitz can count the shades in the new-fallen
snow, and sees an infinity of hues in the raven's
wing. He does not deny the right of Sardinia to
do something in the present state of Italy ; he only-
objects to her doing that which she has done, and.
which all Italy calls upon her to do. He recognizes
the right of a people to nationality and unity—he
objects that they should take the only steps in their
power to obtain them. All revolutions, according to
him, must be made with rosewater ; all overthrows
of legal tyranny must be effected by strictly legal'
forms. If bad Kings can be put aside entirely by their
own consent; if separate States can be united without
sacrificing any one of the various Governments ; if
populations worried by priests, spies, and Algerine
generals can deliver themselves without trenching
on any privileges of their tormentors—then well and
good; no State will applaud the consummation
more earnestly than Prussia. But that any Chan-
cery in Europe should have its forms violated in
order to achieve these ends is what the enlightenedncon.
statesmen of Berlin cannot sanction. It s i-
sistent with their principles that an effect should
be produced by a sufficient cause.
The Prussian Note alludes to the march of events,
and states that the Cabinet of the Prince Regent
could no longer continue a silence which .might
give rise to lamentable misconstructions and tLrow
a false light on its real sentiments. The Note
itself is an answer to the Sardinian Memorandum
of the 12th of September, announcing the inter-
ference of Victor Emmanuel in the Papal States.
It is dated Coblentz, October 12,—just one month
after the document which has called it forth was
despatched from Turin, and after the Prince
Regent had had interviews with the English Royal
Pair and with Lord John Russell. It is, therefore,
the deliberate expression of the policy of Berlin,
settled after learning from personal discussion the
views of the English Court-and Cabinet. In spite
of the rapidity of passing events Baron Schleinitz
was in no hurry to communicate with Turin.
Although the Prussian representative in that city
is charged with the affairs of Austria during the
rupture of the latter's relations with Sardinia, yet
Count Brassier de St. Simon was left a whole
month without information of his Cabinet's views.
Yet during this time the most important events
were occurring. The Papal States were invaded,
the battle of Castelfidardo was fought, Ancona was
taken,-all the country up to within a few miles of
Rome was occupied; troops were sent into the
Neapolitan territory, and took part with the Geri-
baldians in the most important action of the war.
We must, then, presume that the Note now written
has been the subject of the most serious reflection,
and represents a great concentration of statesman-
ship. And yet no one would have believed it, for
it is infirm in argument and purpose to a surpris-
ing degree.
Baron Schleinitz professes to explain, without
reserve, the view taken by Prussia of the last acts
of Victor Emmanuel, and the principles developed
in the Sardinian Memorandum. He justly ob-
serves that all the arguments of that document
uphold the principle of the absolute right of
nationalities. The Prussian Minister "is far from
wishing to dispute the great value of the national
idea." Candidly enough, he owns—though the con-
fession will hardly be palatable to the minor
Princes—that "it is essentially the openly avowed
b movine• power of our policy, which, in Germanlf
will always aim at the development and the re_
union of the national Powers in a more leheiendiffera-
powerful organisation." What, then, last Sep
ence between Prussia in Germany
andrinaer's view,
Italy ? It is that, according to the
°EI and by re-
" it is only in the legal way of refurarn3
Government
specting existing rights that a r.egul
ate wishes of the
is permitted to realise the legpi
should yield to
people." The idea that everytaln g
the national wishes, and that whenever public
opinion should have pronounced in favour of those
ties ou ht t
g o a mate
wishes the existing authori
looked upon by Prussia as rank
their power, is
this maxim
"To sustain the road of re-
heresy.thatof
form is abandoned for . revolution." These
are the maxims of Prussian statesmanship, and we
must be excused for asserting that they involve
a contradiction of principles which must deprive
the views of the Regent's Cabinet of all influence
in this matter. A
diplomatic note is not written
to enforce abstract notions of
morality. When
Count Cavour sent a memorandum
to Berlin he did
not seek advice from a professor of casuistry. Ho
wished merely to learn
a the Prince Regent's opi-
nions respecting
affairs. The particular juncture of European
question how far resistance to esta-
blished government is defensible has been debated
from time immemorial ; there will always be a
school inclining to Filmer, and a school inclining
to Algernon Sidney,
just as some laws give to indi-
viduals greater liberty of self-defence than others.
Baron Schleinitz contents himself with saying
that liberty ought to be struggled for and Govern-
ments ought to be upheld; and, having enunciated.
this platitude, he at once proceeds to reprimand the
King of Sardinia for fulfilling one duty at the ex-
pense of the other. But this vacillation will gain
no friend. We must call on Prussia to take her
side either with the defenders or the opponents of
Italian nationality. In this demand we feel sure
that Austria herself will join us. Wrapping him-
self in the midst of abstract morality, Baron
Schleinitz leaves it doubtful whether the Regent's
Government will give assistance or not to Austriai
should she be resolved to enter the field agga,nesr
Victor Emmanuel ; he leaves it doubtful
the annexation of Central and Southern land will
be recognised; whether the views of ED
powers;
be supported in any Congress of the
Guressian Court
whether, in short, the action of the_ riran
i indepen-
will be favourable or adverse totelttsu.,
f except that
deuce. In fact, everything is d° D
the mistrust both
Prussia merits and will reeeibve.
Pilles.
of Leoltimists and Liberals.—

PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a MAYA "Groom against Groom,‘'
the Creditors of Ann Birdselfe late of No. 4, Coburg-place
Bayswater, in the parish of
M Widow,iddlesex, dow, who :ied iPaddincrton. in the county of
n or about the month of May,
1860, are, by their solie,to'rs, on or before the sth day of No-
vember, 1860, to com,.: in and Drove their debts at the cham-
bees of the Tice-Cl'Aar.cellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley,
No. 3, Stone Buildir.as Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default
thereof they will .00 peremptorily excluded from the benefit
of the said Decr cc.
Saturday, th 10th day of November, MO, at twelve o'clock
at noon, at V.te said chambers, is appointed for hearing and
adjudicatity4 upon the claims.
Dated tills 6th day of August, 1860.

PUBLICATIONS.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST EVENING.

MR. LINDSAY ON MARITIME

which I think the law of the two countries should be assi-
milated. I refer to offences committed on board American
and English ships. Very frequently offences are committed
on board American ships entering our ports, and offences
are committed on British ships entering your ports, over
which the laws of the respective countries have no jurisdic-
tion. Perhaps in the case of dangerous offences, such
as murder and murderous assaults, and serious
mutinies, and such like, it might not be desir-
able that the laws of the respective countries should
have separate and independent jurisdictions. But the
question might be arranged in such a way as this : that
whenever such crimes are committed on board American
ships in British ports, or on ships entering British ports,
that then the British magistrate should have the power to
issue his warrant, and commit the offender in the same way
as they would deal under like circumstances with British
subjects. Thus, on the more serious offences enumerated,
the offender to be handed over to the minister or consul of
his Government, to be sent home for trial ; but in case of
minor offences, it is desirable that the offender should be
dealt with summarily. This class of offences is numerous,
and very often the offences are of a vexatious character,
such as disputes arising between master and seamen, in re-
gard to dealing with which it would be very desirable that
the laws of both countries should be made to harmonise, so
that at the request of the consul of either country, the of-
fenders might be summarily dealt with by the authorities,
in whatever port the vessel lay. There is considerable
trouble with respect to the crime of desertion from ships
belonging to either country, and yet there is no mutual law
giving jurisdiction in the respective countries for the sum-
mary punishment of the deserter. Such a law is very much
needed, when you consider how ships are detained frequently
whole months together in ports. By this cause alone you
will see the importance of a desertion law common to both
countries. There users in this matter than appears at
first glance. Perhaps you may think the question unworthy
of notice; but when you consider the vast intercourse be-
tween the two countries, and the disputes which constantly
arise between masters and crews, it becomes of graver im-
portance than appears at the first glance. And therefore it
is that I call your serious attention to it, and that I say it is
desirable that the laws of both countries, with reference to
the matter, should be made to harmonise. The next ques-
tion I submit to you is a truly great question, and perhaps
I feel a delicacy in entering upon its consideration. But
it is a question upon which I have felt very strongly for
many years. I refer to the question of belligerent rights
at sea. lam anxious to call your serious attention to the
question, because the report of the Mercantile Shipping
Committee was carried through the House of Commons on
my recommendation. I desire, therefore, your particular
attention to the question of belligerent rights at sea, and
your own position with regard to it. During the unfortu-
nate war with Russia, and which I did my best to prevent,
England formed an affiance with France, by which among
other things it was agreed that both nations should waive
the right of confiscation of goods found on neutral ships,
and goods not contraband of war found on board enemies'
ships. Now this mutual but provisional waiver of rights
placed the allies in harmonious action, and practically coun-
tenanced the principle, " free goods make free ships." On
the return of peace a declaration was drawn up at Paris,
agreed to by France, Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, Sar-
dinia, and Turkey, abolishing privateering. That declara-
tion was submitted to your Government, but it declined to
agree to the proposition that privateering should cease.
Your Government declared that it was not the policy of the
country to maintain vast standing armies and navies ; that
whenever war unfortunately broke out you depended upon
the patriotism of your people and shipowners to defend you
by land and sea. There was great force, I think, in your
reasoning when you said to the other Powers, " If you will
make all private property exempt from capture at sea, we
will cease from privateering ; but why ask us to abolish it
while you maintain and send out great ships of war, which
are nothing more nor less than privateers on a large scale,
which go forth to plunder, to burn, and to destroy, and
which only stimulate other nations to like acts of plunder •
ing, burning, and destroying ?" This was the unanswer-
able argument of your , Government. I fully agreed with
the American Government when they said, " Make all pri-
vate property exempt from capture at sea, and then we will
agree to that part of the proposition which says privateer-
ing shall cease." I brought that question under the serious
attention of the committee of the House of Commons, and I
carried a resolution throuph the house, and many of the
gentlemen whose votes carried it through the house now feel
its importance. There are two questions more to which I must
direct your attention. We are nrt so likely to be unanimous
upon these pcints as upon the ones to which your attention
has already been directed. But I know you will give me a
generous hearing and an impartial consideration to what I
shall say. I think it may take time to have these questions
satisfactorily settled, because they are questions of policy.
It is right that we should see both sides of the question,
and I will give you my views, that you may consider them
over and take them for what they are worth. I will first
speak of the registration laws. An American ship may
come and be registered in the British Custom-house as a
British-built ship. Here is an advantage to British ship-
owners. We can register the ships of any nation. This is
a great advantage to us, because we have bought American
ships which are of a particular construction, and which we
might not have been able to build in our country. The
American law says, " Now, Mr. A., you may invest your
money in an American ship, but not in the ships of any
other nation." To pass a prohibitory law like this is rather
too great a stretch. I think, at least, you might be allowed
to purchase whatever ships you please, and where you
pleased, and that you ought not to be prohibited from do-
ing what you please with your capital. This, hewever, is
altogether a matter for your own consideration, and it is
for you to consider whether or not you are losers by this
law of prohibition. The next question is a wider question
—and it is the coasting trade. In 1850 we opened our ports
to your shipping, and in 1854 we opened our coasting trade,
so that since those dates your ships can enter all our ports
in India, Canada, and other provinces, on the very same
terms as British ships. Now, a great adhering principle
of your statesmen (and you have had some of the greatest
statesmen the world ever saw) was reciprocity, and they
were willing to give to other nations what other nations
gave to them. We gave to you the coasting trade. It is
not of much importance, you may say, to have the coasting
trade of the small islands of Great Britain and Ireland;
but then we gave you the trade of India, Canada, and
Australia as well, and which you will admit is most im-
portant to you. Now, Mr. President, while we did so, you
still exclude us from your coasting trade ; you still call the
trade between New York and California the coasting trade,
and you go even farther, and say the trade to Panama and
across the isthmus, through a foreign country, is a coast-
ing trade. I speak to a body of wise men. Now, I ask you,
in all justice, is it fair to call these trades a coasting trade ?
It would be as fair to call the trade between England and
Calcutta a coasting trade as to call the California a coasting
trade, whatever it be cn the grounds of national law and
technicalities. Now to be frank I must tell you that a large
number of influential men in England, both in Parliament
and out of it, feel very keenly about that question, and
wonder to think that you should call that vast trade with
California a coasting trade. By the repeal of the Act of
1849 a clause was maintained in that act which gave the
Queen the power to exclude the ships of non-reciprocating
nations from British ports. The Parliament have the power
to put that clause in force. Ido not think the clause will
be enforced, but if it should, see what an injury it would be
to your commerce. If the opposition to the Liberal party
get into power I do not know but they may have it enforced,
and they are very likely to be in power before long. It is
true they might not be able to keep it in force more than a
year, but see what injury might be done to your shipping
in that year. Suppose the order came that no American
ships in the ports of India, Canada, or Australia were to
load any more cargo in those ports, see how many thou-
sand tons of freight you would hays locked up. Of course
it would enhance the prices to consumers of those freights
and raise the prices of freights in British vessels. Now I
would, to avoid the possibility of such an event, ask you to
aid me by making some concessions in your coasting trade.
I do not think any foreign nation can compete successfully
with you for the trade along your own shores. Every na-
tion can conduct its own coasting trade to the best advan-
tage, England has got Swedes and Norwegians .to com-
pete with her for the coasting trade which she has
opened ; but they have not done it, and they cannot do it,
unless they remove themselves and their families to our
shores. And before you could compete with us in the
coasting trade you would be obliged to come and live near
the trade and before we could compete successfully with
you we would have to come and live here. But when I_
see your beautiful clippers of 1,000 and 2,000 tons, and
your fine Baltimore clippers of 200 and 500 tons, soli
the
gaged in what your laws term the coasting trade, t
lled
exclusion of all chance of competition, lam'ra l t e
frankly to admit that you have neglected or abandonedted
y your
great principles of reciprocity, so ably advoca
great statesmen. Mr. Lindsay requested shipm merce the
owners to
bear in mind the fact that the larger the cowas a
mere
better it was for them ; because the shipownerfi-eer the inter-
carrier, and does not create trandee.
development of trade,
course between ports the larger
and the greater the developmei7tttohfe;h:retrreadneotthpermepoarree
pared to
the coast trade,
ployment for shipowners.
recommend the entire throwm.gueotipeeen,
to make some
they ought at least, in common j
con-
cessions. He thought they ought to make some conces-
sions,to avoid the probability, or even the
if it were only
possibility, of the British Government closing up the cola-
nial trade. England had also concessions to make. While
he did not think that the United States dealt justly and
generously with England in regard to the coasting trade,
he did not think that England dealt justly and generously
with the United States with regard to various taxes levied
on American Ships frequenting English ports. Among these

he specified the tax for the mainte ce
poufisloigrlyitphilooutsaegseogn;
ry civilised Government
wretched
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the British coasts, passing tolls taoot:
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was boilitid to light its coasts an point out their dangers.
These charges he estimated to c t American shipping about
1,000,000 dollars annually. If the United States would
make concessions in regard to the coasting trade, he be-
lieved that England would be repared to sweep away the
whole of these charges. At 11 events, he would do his
best in the British Parliament o accomplish that reform ;
and it struck him tl at if Amer an shipowners got relieved
from the payment of this millio of dollars, they would got
the best of the bargain. As a matter, therefore, of pounds,
shllings, and pence, he thought the subject worthy of their
grave and serious consideration. He reminded them of
forty or MI y years ago, when England passed a law declar-
ing that no produce could be taken from Great Britain to
America except in British ships, and when the United
States responded by a law providing that no produce should
be carried from America to Great Britain except in ships of
the United States. These laws led to the spectacle being
presented of British ships and American ships crossing each
other in ballast. Who gained by that policy ? It would
be difficult to show that any interest gained by it. If the
American shipowner got 20 dols. a ton for the produce which
he carried to Great Britain, he got nothing for his voyage
back to the United States, whereas if he had got but 12 dols.
a ton each way, he would have had 4 dole. a ton more in his
spTwuohoi pocket,
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the vast lake trade. of which he had heard so much, and
which he was going to see and judge of4o,;biul,„, eig,,,T1341
Canatildts liad a very large and extensive' trade on the
northern side of the lakes, and the Americans an equally
extensive trade on the southern side. As the law now stood,
while foreign ships might go into the intercolonial trade,
they could not go from port to port in the colonies. An
American ship could not go from one Canadian port to
another Canadian port, nor could a British ship go from one
American port to another American port on the lakes.
Was not that precisely the same absurd principle as their
fathers had carried out some 40 years before on the Atlan-
tic ? Why should such legislative barriers to commerce
be set up ? They merely injured the consumers of the
respective countries, and injured the shipowners employed
in the lake trade. He thought that if the American Govern-
ment would make concessions as to the coasting trade it ought
to insist on the British Government, in addition to giving
up the heavy duties he had alluded to, making the coasting
trade along the lakes and with the colonies free. Not only
would the people of both nations be largely benefitted by
such policy, but he conscientiously believed that the ship-
owners of both nations would also be materially benefitted
by it. These were questions which he hoped would receive
their impartial consideration ; but he asked that in dealing
with them they would separate them, and not treat them to-
gether, for while there might be but little difference of opi-
nion as to the one, there might be very much as to the
other. Though he was anxious to see the American coasting
trade opened, he was still more anxious to see a settlement of
the questions to which he had first called their attention—
more especially the question of responsibility, which was a
regardc app
to r
grave question, and one which he hoped would be promptly
settled. Mr. President, he continued, you were good enough
to say that I might encroach on the patience of the meeting
for one hour. I have occupied that time, and have finished
all the subjects which I desired to discuss, just as thehand
on the dial reaches that point. I hope I have laid these sub-
jects before you in a clear and impartial spirit, and that you
will receive them in the same spirit. My anxiety is to re-
move the rough edges that now too often cause friction be-
tween the two nations, and often lead to rumours of war.
Although I do not for a moment suppose that there is any
likelihood of war between two such nations as England and
America, nations speaking the same language, professing the
same religion, sprung from the same race, bound together
by every tie that ought to bind men and nations together—
still there are constant rumours of war, caused too often by
some of these questions to which I have directed your atten-
tion this evening, and which do an immense amount of
injury to the people of the two countries by retarding for
the time being free intercourse and exchange of commodi-
ties. If my friendly visit to the States can bring about a
harmony between the laws of the two countries, so as to
prevent the constant irritation arising on both sides of the
Atlantic—if I can by any humble words of mine aid in
throwing oil upon the troubled waters, then my visit will
not have been made in vain. I hope, therefore; Mr. Presi-
dent and gentlemen, that although I come before you, not
as a diplomatist, but simply as a man of business, you will
give your best consideration to the imperfect words that I
have addressed to you this evening, and that before long we
may have these difficulties removed, and may thus, in our
day and generation, make one step toward that glorious end
—peace and good-will between the nations and the interests
of mankind in general. With these remarks I thank you
warmly for the kind attention you have given me. (Ap-
plause.)
Mr. CHARLES A. DAVIS suggested that Mr. Lindsay
might be in error in regard to the trade between New York
and San Francisco. His idea was that a foreign ship could
go from here to Aspinwall, send goods across the Isthmus,
and transport them from Panama to San Francisco, without
violating our laws.
Mr. LINDSAY, in support of his original position, referred
to the opinion of the Attorney-General of the United States,
that a foreign ship could not load cargo from an Eastern
port for San Francisco via Panama.
Mr. THOMAS TILESTON moved the thanks of the meeting
to Mr. Lindsay for the able manner in which he had spread
the facts before them.
The motion was carried unanimously.

COMMERCIAL LAW.

WHITEHALL, OCT. 22.

SYDNEY SMITH.
Just published, in Crown Svo, price 7s. 6d. cloth,
THE WIT and WISDOM of the Rev
SYDNEY SMITH : A Selection of the moat memor•
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London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Pigott,
Esq., to I>e Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man, in the
room of the Hon. Charles Hope, resigned.
FOREIGN- OF FICE, Ocr. 20.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William
Boys as Consul at Hobart Town for the Free Hanseatic
City of Hamburg-.
CROWN-OFFICE, OCT. 23.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10.
A meeting of the merchants and shipowners of this city
was held last evening in a room in the Mercantile Library
Building, for the purpose of giving an opportunity to Mr.
William S. Lindsay, member of the British Parliament, to
explain the views which he came to this country to repre-
sent, in reference to such a change in the navigation laws
as would make the coasting trade of this continent free to
the ships of all nations.
There were over a hundred gentlemen present, repre-
senting a large share of the commercial wealth of this me-
tropolis.
Mr. PRIETIAH PERIT introduced Mr. Lindsay, stating
that this special meeting was called to give him an opportu-
nity of explaining his views on many important subjects
connected with the interests of shipping and of commerce.
Mr. LINDSAY expressed thanks forthe opportunity given
him to express his views in reference to various maritime
questions in which the shipowners and merchants, and
people, of both England and America, were deeply inte-
rested. As so many reports had been circulated in regard to
his visit, he thought it right to say a few words personal to
himself. It had been stated—and perhaps believed in some
quarters—that he visited this country in an official capacity,
as a kind of ambassador, or perhaps special envoy of the
British Government. He wished to disabuse their minds of
such an idea. His visit was, he might say, one of pleasure.
For many years, as many of those present were aware, he
had had large connections in America. He had a great
many kind and warm friends in various parts of the United
States, and he had long promised himself the pleasure of a
visit to this great country. Up to the present time, however,
his many avocations had prevented him fulfilling that pro-
mise. Lord J. Russell (said he), when he heard that I was
about toatisit this cotn;arr, was good enough-to ask me, in my
intercourse with merchants and shipowners in the States, to
have some conversation with them in regard to commercial
questions which the Government of both countries were
very anxious to settle. Being largely connected with Bri-
tish shipping, and being also much interested in these ques-
tions, I readily consented to do what I possibly could to
pave the way for the settlement of these various questions.
His lordship was good enough to furnish me with the cor-
respondence which had passed on the subject, so as to make
me familiar with the question, and also to write Lord Lyons
to afford me facilities. That is the only connection that I
had with the British Government. His lordship knew that
for many years past I have, in the House of Commons, de-
voted my attention almost exclusively to these great mari-
time questions, and he also knew that for the last two or
three sessions of Parliament both branches of the house had
popular views in regard to these questions. There were
some remarks made about him, he said, which he should not
pass over lest they might injure the great and good cause
which he had voluntarily undertaken. It was said that he
was not at all competent for such a task because he was a
self-taught and self-made man ; but he felt that his being
self-made and self-taught would not wake him the less ac-
ceptable to the American people. (Applause.) It was afso
said that he had not sufficient knowledge to deal with these
questions. Well, Mr. President and gentlemen, said he, I
am ignorant about many things, and the longer I live the'
more ignorant I feel myself to be ; and in coming among
you I desired more to gain knowledge than to attempt to
impart information. But if lam ignorant on general ques-
tions, I ought to be familiar with the questions on which I
am about to address you this evening, because I have been
from my boyhood connected with maritime affairs, and since
I have been a member of Parliament, now many years, I
have devoted myself almost exclusively to the understanding
of these questions. It was said that perhaps I was not compe-
tent to deal with the delicate questions of diplomacy. Well,
gentlemen, however eager I may be to obtain knowledge,
there is one kind of knowledge which I do not desire to ob-
tain, and that is the knowledge of diplomacy as taught in
too many Courts of Europe. I think it would be well for
mankind, and well for the nations, if there were less of that
intricate diplomacy, and more of honest, straightforward
dealing between men and nations. (Applause.) I think I
can best attain the object that I have in view by speaking
to you as a plain man of business, addressing plain men of
business in a great business city, and frankly pointing out
what I conceive to be wrong in your laws, and as frankly
pointing out what I conceive to be wrong in our
own laws. That appears to me to be the height of all dip-
lomacy, which, to use a homely phrase, is prepared to give
and take, and to do justice to all men. (Applause.) I
think it hardly worth while to notice the remarks of a cer-
tain body of men, known as the Shipowners' Society of
London. These associations in England are very different
from those here—from your Chamber of Commerce and Board
of Trade, which represent great commercial and maritime
interests, and have great weight with the Federal Govern-
ment. Too many of our associations in England are small
political factions, got together ostensibly for the purpose of
promoting the interests of particular branches of trade, but
too often they ride hobbies of their own on some political
dogmas. Such is the fact in the face of the so-called Lon-
don Shipowners' Society. This society met together in
solemn conclave in the attic in which they usually assemble
and passed a resolution declaring that they had no confi-
dence in me. The resolution pleased them, I dare say, and
I do not think it injured me ; but I shall call attention to
it, simply because it may have reached some parts of this
country, and some gentlemen here might be disposed to at-
tach too great weight to it. I assure you that the gentlemen
who passed that resolution have no influence whatever in the
Parliament of England. With these preliminary remarks
allow me to state to you the objects which I have in view in
meeting you this evening. I will speak first with reference to
the liability of shipowners, because that, perhaps, *is one of
the most important questions, and one which I think is
not sufficiently well understood. Ido not think that it is
sufficiently known how the shipowners of both countries
stand with regard to each ether on this question. In fact,
as to the law of England, any shipowner there—and
indeed I might almost say the same of the shipowner of
his or any other country—however wealthy he might be,

CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk,
JOHN CASTLE GANT,
Plaintiff's Solicitor,
37, Nicholas-lane, London

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Will be published on SATURDAY next, the 27th inst.,
Price One Shilling, with Two Illustrations.
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Last Words. Ily Owen Meredith. (With an Illustration).
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Chapter XXXl.—Salmon Fishing in Norway.
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PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a cause of "Groom against Birds-
eye," the creditors of .lataes Birdseye, late of No. 4. Coburrz-
place, in the parish of Paddington, in the county of Middle-
sex, tea dealer, who died in or about the month of January,
1839, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the sth day of No-
vember, IS6O, to come in and prove their debts at the Cham-
bers of the Vice-Cl.tancellor. Sir P.ichard Torin Kindersley,
at No. 3, stone-lraildincrs, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex; or, in
default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the
benefit of the '4aid Decree.
Saturday, the 10th day of Nevember, 1860, at twelve
o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for
hearing end adjudicating upon the claims.
Dated. this 6th day of August, 1860.
CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk.
JOHN CASTLE RANT,
Plaintiff's Solicitor,
57, Nicholas-lane, London.

Borough of Honiton—George Moffatt, of Eaton-square,
in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Joseph
Locke, Esq., deceased.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT. 23.
7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Ensign George Henry
Bacchus, from the 12th Foot, to be Cornet, vice O'Dowd,
promoted.
18th Light Dragoons—Edward Bacon, Gent„ to be Cornet,
without purchase, vice Liebert, promoted.
Military Train—Andrew Rutherford Warren, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase.
11th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Francis Armstrong to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Abraham Martin, who re-
tires; Eneign. George Coote to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Armstrong. The commission of Lieutenant
Francis W. Osborne, as Adjutant, to bear date the 19th
August, 1860, instead of 18th September, 1860, as stated
in the Gazette of the latter date.
13th Foot—Henry Hart, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice King promoted.
14th Foot—Captain William Russell Russell, from the 58th
Foot, to be Captain, vice William Alexander Dobie, who
exchanges.
18th Foot—Albert James Alexander Jackson, to bo En-
sign, without purchase, vice Stevenson, promoted; John
George Butts, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Nicolls, promoted.
'22d Foot—Ensign Percy Sandford Nevile to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Damage, who retires.
25th Foot—Major Francis Fane to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Samuel B. Hamilton, who retires ;
Captain Charles James Stewart Wallace to be Major, 137.,
purchase, vice Fane ; Lieutenant George Kirwan the
Captain, by purchase, vice Wallace.
26th Foot—Captain Edward James Upton, from the 72d
Foot, to be Captain, vice Captain and Brevet-Lieute-
nant-Colonel William M•Donald, who exchanges.
29th Foot—Captain John Robert Grimston, from the 57th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Edward Gorton, whoexchanges.
39th Foot—Major and Brevet-Colonel John De Lacy,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Thomas
Wright Hudson, promoted, without purchase, to an Un-
attached Lieutenant-Colonelcy ; Captain and Brevet-
Major William Leckie to be Major, by purchase, vice
Brevet-Colonel John De Lacy, who retires; Lieutenant
Thomas Westropp Bennett to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Leckie ; Ensign Richard Albert Vercoe Pope to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bennett.
40th Foot—Percy Cartwright, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Dudgeon, promoted.
49th Foot—Ensign Charles Ctosar Welman, from the 77th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Henry Tropp, who exchanges.
51st Foot—Captain Geo. Bliss M‘Queen, from the 60th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Percy Chaplin, who exchanges.
53d Foot--Lieutenant William Henry James Clarke to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel
Joseph Maycock, deceased ; Ensign Samuel J. Nicholls
to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clarke.
54th Foot—Bennett Andrew Hume, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Purnell, whose appointment, on
Sept. 21, 1860, has been cancelled.
57th Foot—Captain Edward Gorton, from the 29th Foot,
to be Captain, vice John R. Grimston, who exchanges.
58th Foot—Captain William Alexander Dobie from the 14th
Foot, to be Captain, vice William Russell Russell, who

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exchanges.
60th Foot—Captain Percy Chaplin, from the 51st Foot, to
be Captain, vice George Bliss M'Queen, who exchanges.
72d Foot—Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Wm.
M'Donald, from the 26th Foot, to be Captain, Nice Ed-
ward James Upton, who exchanges.
76th Foot—Lieutenant John M'Dermid Allardice to be
Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant John Henry
Tripp, promoted.
77th Foot—Ensign Henry Topp, from the 49th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Charles Caesar Welman, who exchanges.
79th Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Johu M'Crawfurd to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Henry Holford
Stevenson, promoted to an Unattached Majority, by pur-
chase.
82d Foot—Captain Frederick Richard Soly Flood, from
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major
Wm. Roberts Farmar, appointed Captain of a Company
of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College.
83d Foot—Charles Lucius Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Brymer, promoted.
let West India Regiment—Captain James Shortall Ma-
caulay to be Major, by purchase, vice Robert Follett
Synge, who retires ; Lieut. George Augustus Vaughan,
from the 33d Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ma •
caulay.
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BREVET.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Neville Custanco, C. 8., 6th
Dragoon Guards, to be Colonel in the Army.
Major Sir Edward Fitzgerald Campbell, Bart., 60th Foot,
to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army.
Captain Henry Scott, 18th Light Dragoons, to be Major
in the Army.
Captain George Dowden Dickson Cleveland, 98th Foot,
to be Major in the Army.
Captain Charles" David Cuninghame Ellis, 60th Foot, to
be Major in the Army.
Captain Richard John Evans, 27th Foot, to be Major in
the Army.
Captain Charles David Rich, 9th Light Dragoons, to be
Major in the Army.
Captain Frederick Richard Solly Flood, 82d Foot, to be
Major in the Army.
The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent
on the promotion of Colonel Richard John Stotherd, Royal
Engineers, to be Major-General in succession to Major •
General W. C. Ward, Royal Engineers, promoted to be
Lieutenant-General, vice Lieutenant-General Sir C. W.
Pasley, K.C.8., Royal Engineers, promoted to be General,
vice General F. R. Thackeray, C. 8., Royal Engineers,who
died on the 19th September, 1860 :
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Gregor Urquhart, Ist
Foot, to be Colonel.
Major Morley Stratford Tynte Dennis 76th Foot, to be
Lieutenant-Colonel.
Captain Thomas William Prevost, half-pay 42d Foot,
Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Major.
The undermentioned promotions to take place conse-
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W. Smith, Bart., G.C.8., Colonel •Commandant Rifle
Brigade, on the 12th October, 1860 :
Major-General John Scott, C. 8., Colonel 3d Dragoon
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Brevet-Colonel Frederick Horn, C. 8., from Lieut.-Cole-
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Lieut.-Col. Alexander Murray, 87th Foot, to be Colonel.
Major Chas. Barnard Hague, 67th Foot, to be Lieut.-
Colonel,
Capt. John Desborough, Royal Artillery, to be Major.
MEmeItANDUM Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Owen Lloyd
Ormsby, has been permitted to retire from the service, by
the sale of an Unattached Majority, he being about to be-
come a settler in Canada.
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-1- M.D., Surgeon.—At the NINTH ANNUAL GENE-
It &I. MEETING of the GOVERNORS of the CANCER
HOSPITAL, London, held in the Board-room, on Friday,
June 22, 1860,
It was resolved, That the cordial thanks of this Meeting
are pre-eminently due, and are hereby tendered to Witham
Marsden, Esq., M. 1)., principal survon of this Charity, for
his zealous and unremitting, exertions on behalf of the afflicted
patients brought under his charge. That this anniversary
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any time to the inspection of medical practitioners, the ex-
perience derived from which materially influences the treat-
ment of wealthier patients suffering from the same painful
malady. That the above resolution be engrossed, and pre-
sented in a suitable form, to Dr. Marsden and that it be in-
sertrA in the leading morning and evening papers.
Signed, by order of the Meeting.

AFFECTING SUICIDE Tf-I_ROUGH DI&
APPOINTED LOVE.

might rise any morning and find himself a ruined man.
That is a serious thing to consider. Now the law of Eng-
land with regard to the responsibilities of shipowners limits
the responsibility of the owners to the value of the ship and
freight. In most of the other countries of Europe, also, the
responsibility of the shipowner is limited to that extent.
This is. also the law in this country—that is to say, it is so
in this country so far as I understand the law. Speaking
to Amei lean gentlemen, of course, I speak under correction;
but so far as 1 understand the law of your country, your
responsibility, in cases of collision, is limited to the value
of the ship and freight. That is to say, if one of your ships
runs down another ship at sea, and you pay into your courts
the value of the ship and freight, your responsibility cannot
be carried beyond the value. That is all very well, so far as
the laws of the respective countries stand. But if my ship
runs down an American ship, and my ship enters any of
your ports, I am made responsible, not merely in your
courts for the value of the ship and freight, but I am made,
responsible exactly for whatever amount of damage may
have been sustained through the collision brought about by
my ship. So, therefore, if my ship runs down a vessel with
cargo and freight on board to the extent of £200,000 ster-
ling, I would be responsible for the whole. If your ships at
sea run down any other American ship, or run down a
British ship, and it be brought into our courts, you are
also responsible in our courts for the full amount of the
damage which your ship caused. Now, this arises from
the fact that our laws have jurisdiction only over British
ships, and that your laws have jurisdiction only over Ame-
rican ships. Now, considering the vast trade whichis car-
ried on between the two countries, I think, and I hope you
will agree with me, that it is most desirable, more particu-
larly as the Legislatures of either country have specified
that the shipowner's responsibility shall be limited—l
think there ought,to be a convention between the two coun-
tries, who should decide on some principle which would be
common to both countries. We will require to alter oar
rules, or rather it will not do for us to have two laws with
reference to the rule of the road at sea. Your rule in America
is ranch the same as the old maritime rufe of the road, with
sonic slight modifications. Indeed, with some slight modifi-
cations added, it would be desirable for England to adopt the
rule of the road that is now in use with American vessels. I
;will not now enter into the details which ought to go to make
sucha rule. What I desire is, that you should go with me in
endeavouring to bring about the opinion amongst shipowners
that there should be but one rule for the guidance of marl •
ners in America and England. Now, with reference to the
use of lights at sea. In 1858 we, in accordance with a law
then passed, adopted a system of single lights at Boa which
I need not minutely describe; but that system of lights was
considered so good that all the nations I believe have now
adopted it. You in America have adopted that system so
far as steamers are concerned, and your shipowners have
also adopted it. But it is not compulsory by your laws for
your shipowners in all cases to carry lights. Now I am of
opinion that it would be desirable that the law of America
on this point should be made similar to that of England
with reference to the lights to be carried at sea ; that Ame-
rican and English ships should carry the same lights; and
that your shipowners should be compelled to carry these
lights in the same way as English shipowners were com-
pelled to carry. them ; if we had the same rule of the road,
and established the same system of lights, there would be
less collisions. The great surprise to me is, not that many
collisions took place, but, considering the enormous inter-
course between the two countries, and the vast number of
vessels which pass through the St. George and the English
Channels, I must say I am much surprised that many more
collisions do not take place; and this is a matter which
speaks well for the masters of American and English ships,
and the great caution they must exercise to avoid collisions.
These come under the head of liabilities, to which I shall
call your serious attention.. There are other points of the
subject to which I desire to call your attention, and up on

On Saturday afternoon Mr. Harding held an in
quest at the Saracen's Head Hotel, Hanley; on the
body of Adelaide Marlow, 27 years of age, who had
committed suicide by taking oxalic acid the previous
day. The deceased, a fine young woman, occupied a
respectable position in life, and was very highly
respected by a large circle of friends and acquain-
tances. She resided with her mother at Etruria
Vale, and carried on business as a dress maker. For
some weeks she had been in a depressed state of
mind, caused, it now turns out, by some unpleasant-
ness with her sweetheart, a respectable young man,
named Steele, to whom she had been engaged for
seven years. The engagement, it appears, was
objectionable—though on what account has net
transpired to Mr. Steele's friends, which had the
effect of inducing him either to break off the
match altogether or to slight the lady. Which-
ever it might have been, the fact preyed upon the
mind of the deceased to an extent which there can
be no doubt ultimately induced insanity, and while
under its influence she committed the rash act.
On Friday morning she rose about eight o'clock
and went into the parlour, when her mother pre-
sently heard her crying, and on going thither found
her writing a letter, and appeared to be in great
trouble. In reply to her mother she promised to
come to her in the kitchen in a few minutes. She
was heard crying again shortly afterwards, and her
mother went again to her, receiving the
samei tretiny
as before. Presently she came into the k
to
with a letter in her hand, which
mother, and then said " Oh; mothearh.reateogtahveer,
a 1y went to
taken poison." Her mother immediately
doctor. The
procure assistance, and sent for I have
afterwards
deceased lay on a sofa, and half anhour
died. A paper labelled it did not bear the
after-
wards found on the floor, b
a every effort since made
“.ourtaly acid " was
name of any chemistla:
poison was procured has
to ascertain where
wthoi:ch the deceased gave to her
—,I feel my time drawino•
follows failed. The letter
sin ever committed was
mother was as have
vireclo.nci.led to my fate. I 6
but h how
, hard to
not the least desireonly sin
I.
near. I feellye ~ o
die so young!
Well. He has ruined me
too and left
lov;ng bin'after seven years'
shame,
quiteT h e t
00 n 1 3 7
courtship. I
me to my
been true to him, God knows I have ; but his
ether and sisters have always tried to preju-
dicestepro dagainst me a d
his min . ag
Look , 11 they are my mur-
derers and him.at his letters, and you will
see how he once loved me. But he will Never be
happy, for he will always have the brand of murder
—murder on his conscience. I
• wish you to bury
his likeness with me, and
the brooch. Good bye,
and bless you all. A. 'Marlow." On the back of
the letter was "You may
not give up his
letters." In respect to the allusions
in this letter, ,from which the reader would incline
to draw an inference unfavourable to the character
of the deceased's lover, according to the evidence
given at the inquest, there seems to be no ground
for the strong expressions made use of by the
deceased, in the sense in which they would natu-
rally be interpreted.
A post-mortem examination of the body was
made by Mr. Grosvenor, surgeon, who stated that
it showed no symptoms of disease whatever, and he
was of opinion that death was caused by oxalic acid.
The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.

OLIVER FARBEit, Chairman.

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BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
John Henry Cohn, East India merchant, Lime-stree'
Borough.

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BANKRUTPS.
Henry Alfred Town Fowler, Francis Edmund Town
Fowler, Joseph Stubbs, and William Goodenough Dunt,
newspaper proprietors, Exeter-street, Strand, to surrender,
Noptcv. 1 and 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank-
Henry Robert Watts, wine merchant, Blackman-street,
Borough, Nev. 1 and 30, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Thomas Powles, hosier, Milk-street, Cheapside, Nov. 2,
at half-past eleven, and 30, at half-past two, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
John Hullah, bookseller, St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre,
Nov. 2, at eleven, and Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Benjamin Humphrey Nicholls, innkeeper, Wilbarston,
Northamptonshire, Nov. 2, at half-past eleven, and Dec.
6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Henry Raw, clothier, Ware, Herts, Nov. 5, at
twelve, and Dec. 3, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
William Boyce, printer, East Dereham, Norfolk, Nov. 8
at half-past twelve, and Dec. 3, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
James M'Colm, brewer, Manchester, Nov. 6 and 27, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
James Broad, ironmonger, Drury-lane, Nov. 6 and Dec.
4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edward Lewis, printer, Coleman-street, City, Nov. 7, at
half-past one, and Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Lewis Jacobs, shoe manufacturer, Whitehapel, Nov. 2,
at eleven, and Dec. 6, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
George Gee, mercer, Walworth-road, Surrey, Nov. 2, at
at one, and Dec. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
William P,enfold, smith, Market-terrace, Caledonian-
road, Nov. 5, at half. past one, and Dec. 3, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Anthony Harris, licensed victualler, Seven Oaks, Kent,
Nov. 5, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 5, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Robert Willan, grocer, Glossop, Nov. 9 and 30, at twelve,
at the Manchester District Court.
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Molt Forge, Tipton, Staffordshire, Nov. 8 and 30, at eleven,
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shire, Nov. 5 and 26, at eleven, at the Birmingham 'Dia.
trict Court.
Benjamin Chester Rawles, boetmaker, East-street, Wal.
worth, Nov. 2, at half-past twelve, and Dec. BP, at twelve
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
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the Court of Bankruptcy.
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Wyllie and Millar, wine merchants, Edinburgh.
William M'Lintock, cement and chemical manufacturer,
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Thomas Mclntosh, builder, Blairgowrie.
David Anderson, Campbeltown, now deceased. '
Francis Sutherland, innkeeper, Clyth, Caithueoe-ehire.

"The temporary rebel obtained by means of purgative
medicines is purchased at the high price of the aggravation
id if the perpetuating the disease."—HENßY, M.D.

NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC
Volt CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI-
TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, i
DEBILI, DitOPSII EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COVGII,
ASTHMA,TY ,CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT,
PETERS.
RESTOR-
INGO oDit.
ewhich,diciii e ,
DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH
at a
REVALENTatyAtRimIeB
I e
toesA c oPs
few pence per day, saYes and
of unoertaint
cures without purging' or
any
cuffed by medicinies' annoy
ances, and ruinous expellees in c. cod liver
oil: or visits to distant climates.
-find it the safest remedy, An
Certificate No. 36.418 .—We - Dr• Wurzer • Dr. ' -
drew 17re, M.D., F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey; • , • bhor-
land ; Dr. Campbell.
000 cure.
We extract a few out of 56, :—.
of
Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies manycrirt?aara,
dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. Stuart
asthma,fiftyyearcos' i a
ugh, constinale-
agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, y
Mug, Maria Joly,
constipa-
tion, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and
n Elizabeth Jacobs,
of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47.121. Miss . low spirits,
of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings,y James T.
and nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816. The Re •
ham Norfolk of
Campbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Faken . _ _
Mr. Samuel
Indigestion and liver complaints. Cure No. 56,814.
go 180. Mr.
Laxton, Leicoster, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure •
nervous-
W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 years'
NT 4 028.
e ..,(3. 1 •
ness, a nstipation, indigestion, and debility. Cur m
Eight years' dyspepsi., nervousness. debility. within_pcs,
spasms, and nausea, Rev. John W. Flavel, Ridling.lfn(:.--
tory. Norfolk. Cure No. '1,906. Thirteen years' cough, 1 cn.
gestion, and general debility. James Porter, Athol-streer,
Perth. Cure No. 58,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre,
near Liverpool. of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrorrts.
s of
nervous irritability. Cure No. 40,270. Mr. James Robe
timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased
lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness.
Similar testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re-
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_
DEFENCES OF T I I E A U S Try" t
di trNor
t inexistenceFs .noINnTs
tlt
hrEeel FRONTIER.—The
g—ltahiTneuhtesod_ .
Bermealstemporaine, in an article copied into the _Mon iteur
de la Flottc, gives a remarkable accouveniettrhooonfrantcheaweneixotretnsive
military preparations that have been made by Austria on
the frontiers of Venetia. At Venice an island covered with
cannon has risen in the middle of the Grand Canal, and
new works have been constructed at the Lido and Islalgher
At Verona means have been found to cover the heightsa.
aagngde
rtal itei 0 n Laketo soafy t
that Garda
at
forts. A steam fleet rides at anchor in the woirththobsaettaelrrieades
ty°euvaao f 100,000 men. In a single fortresses
othwrfetol:ciudivtr9enociat Inabn(fit
detached
nmant
raised
from all he had heard it appeared now pro-
tect
or Legnano, but
has become a second Verona ; it has
Po had been no more neglected
that the defences of the
new a double girdle
har-
bour. The writer had not seen
than those of the Mind,.

The Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of
the Province of Canterbury was yesterday prorogued in the
Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, by the Vicar-Genereb
Dr. Travers Twiss, under a commission from his raG ths
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all Ehtre nd.
and Metropolitan, pursuant to the Royal writ,
mean November 7.