The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

TRE GREAT EASTERN FOR AMERICA.
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tor poTahTeLGArweat Eastern is appointed to leave HOLYHEAD i• 1 4 ,0:1---
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First-el D, U. 3., on the 29th instant.
pass an Passengers only will be taken. i . , ,
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Ifei, t• '1 ,‘ fee---,
but without (includin stewards' fee and provisions, ~, '...._ .e. /,, 1.1
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board),
.r,„ eines or liqugors, which can be obtained on sq*-, - ' ) ' -,-,./.4 ct,-,011 ,//‘, `
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e 4 at to £25. State Cabins extra. Return Tickets
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For eu at a fare and a half.
Ship essage and other information, apply to the Great
E.C. uraPany (Limited), 11, King William-street, London, ......--....----------------.....................................
.
THEGREAT EASTERN.-This Steam Ship N°. 20,974.
on 11 leave PORTLAND, near Weymouth, on her Trial
Frrulutn the 17th inst., and will return to HOLYHEAD. ---- - .......--....---e.e........
"d .810 e ass passengers only will be taken. Fares £6, XS, P LIBLICA'rION S. FOR MUTUAL ASSURANCE.
live of ert'nace°, Piing' to cabin, including provisions, but exclu- METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
Sate 0, .i or liquors, which can be obtained on board. 4- SOCIETY, No. 3, Princes-street, Bank, E.C.
F -"Ills extra. '
St • °I. further Now ready, 55., elegantly printed, bound, and illustrated, (Established 1835.)
Particulars apply at the offices of the Great S
0 Other
(Limited), 11, king William-street, London, ADAM GRAEME OF MOSSGRAY. By the DIRECTORS.
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Author of e Mrs. Margaret Maitland," forming the Daniel Burger, jun., Esq., John Laurence, Esq.
• Sixth Volume of HURST AND BLACKETT'S STANDARD Bristol. William J. Leacher, Esq.
TIIET" GREAT EASTERN STEAM SHIP. LIBRARY OF CHEAP EDITIONS OF POPULAR, James Dawson, Esq. Sir J. Paxton, M.P., Chats- r
the GREAT EASTERN will be ready for MODERN WORKS. Francis J. Delafosse, Esq. worth. I
Francis Fox, Esq. George Pearce, Esq.
blZu_th
tr,,,:i'ecetrippt,iwonhiof visitors, at PORTLAND, near Wey- Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
..e.nherfo, :litho:about the 9th to the 15th. She will then start . ,
wßimch.aGrrdaFutr,yE, Escisq,
Portsmouth.
la
Joseph Pease, Esq., Darling- I
Henry Start, Esq.
there'l thtee days, 'hit is proposed shall not occupy more
ys, returning to Holyhead. She will remain , NEW SPORTING WORK BY "STONEHENGE," George Harker, Esq. emrpounethl..
II
410eda- .. reception of visitors from Tuesday the 20th to '' AUTHOR OF " BRITISH RURAL SPORTS." .
J.T.O
aI
enpli; Ingram
Underwood, Travers,
pas,. Y the 26th, both inclusive. In post Bvo, 10s. 6d., half-bound, ISi'irraßzeeriißa.milineulisahwawes,'EKsq.C..B.
EX-DIRECTORS (by rotation). t
feeei4lgers going. from Weymouth on the trial trip will be
ITHE SHOT-GUN and SPORTING RIFLE. " Peter Cator, Esq. I)
asetn board on Friday the 16th inst. George Vaughan, Esq.
on beVrfl. Parcels and letters for Americawill be received 1. With Full Descriptions of the Dogs, Ponies, Ferrets, James Lloyd, Esq., Birmingham. C
der the at Holyhead, on Tuesday the 27th and Wednes- etc., used in all kinds of Shooting and Trapping. Illustrated
~,,__ 28th instant. with Twenty large Page Engravings, and One Hundred „
11,S7haetItleurriverawbeilrl. sail for England from Portland, Woodcuts, finely printed. IJI I. G EPOIINY-S IJCOThAI 11 I -HDurt.oFn,oxE,fiNci.o;
F.R.S.
Nse,wNßur.olaod, -Nsterweetß.
road. iN
street. d
London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon- BANKERS-Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., ,i
reilie'intfeltriectors have every confidence that the above ar- street.
47°Idabl. tEI Will be adhered to, but should any alteration un- • SOLICITORS-Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, No. 25, I
_ Y occur, due notice will be given. Throgmorton-street.
The teat Shßi;l
Order, J. H. YATES, Secretary. Fourth Edition, enlarged, price ls. 2d. post free, ADVANTAGES OF ASSURING WITH THIS SOCIETY.
lre- Company (Limited), 11, King William- V ACATION THOUGHTS ON CAPITAL
.-- eT"LncE C., 9th September, 1859.Ecuonuo
Commissionmieal Managaelmloewnetd,_no paid agents being employed,
'IRE PUNISH VENTS [and Circumstantial Evidence]. By
CHARLES PHILLIPS, A. 8.; One of Her Majesty's Corn- and
The application of the whole of the profits to the.reduction
GREAT EASTERN. - RAILWAY missioners of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors.
PAHA A__ItIIANGEMTNT ; - For the convenience of the London :J. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly, W. wofatrhdes. premiums of members of five years' standing or up- 1
frtin -*acne& ticl-ets for' the. Trial 'rep of the Great Eastern
Qlfith th:itrou'h to Holyhead, arrangements have been ma to TAhuerGusuaarAannuteueaolflnanuoAmc:umulated Fund exceeding £184060,,000000 I
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,o,lt}„ ondon and North-Western, Great We,tern. and The Fourth Edition, Just. Published, Bvo, in cloth, price ss.
'l''
lekefWestern RII waye for the issue of throegh Railway, • by post free, ss. fel. DuwrittnhgauittsaexatiustgeinecieusthtaeuSueoculfetydishpaustepaid in claims
500,000 g
1-eneionreln the principal st diens on their lines, including [-IN TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRIKEA
roe, 11 ',enabling the holders to travel to Weymouth, and; Annual Premiums
And has returned to Members in reduction of their
420,000 a
the low back, with one through first-class ticket, at V with the View to the Correction of wide-spread, Errors The Sums Assured by existing Policies exceed 3,000,000 +
1,-" "arse of Forty shii rings. in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De- For the year ending 4th of April, 1860, an abatement has '
tie, ,-,ese tickas will be issued with the Trial Trip tickets at bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. been declared at the rate of 5. 1 per cent. t
- "'reat Ship Company's Office, as under, and they will I- e Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.geuu softobelcoudmgeintghmetrempbroeprsualltahoins suorcheieti.owreotuhlde 2
(;- 16% - ''r pr c,eding to Weymouth either on the 14th, 15th, " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent
loth'ust , and retuning from Holyhead, either on the practical contributions to German medical literature. This
• listfindstPh Persons
°Oa nde avta desirousn t a
next.
Pr the ',Lc! 224 inst Passengers who have already booked is the first time, he informs us, that he has address himself Prospectuses and full particulars may mmaAyßbseHAobLta,inAedutuoanrya.p. 1
lication to
"PliF ""a1 Trip can be furnished with railway tickets on to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the P .
iestion.
By order, last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it Sept.st let, 1859.
„,,Great , J. R. YATES. S'oretary.• may be in his power to correct."--London Medical Gazette. , e 1
...0 8 ""fP Company (Limited), 11, King Wiliam-street, C
.....,:l.s..e.Pt. 3 1850 " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers
• RR
T ' •
GREAT EASTERN at WEYMOUTH. from this distressing malady by translating this little book,
and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified
adventurers, who profess to curt a disease of which they •- --,zlZ ALA INTELLIGErcE.
• .
,
.
,?.,:titaliTnht.,,ei?eßarE,AT FASTFRN is advertised to be ready at know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE IN EEK. 1
Weymouth. 'for the reception of visitors, from purses.. The difference between true Spermatorrhoea and the
_______.--________
ork I 111 the 15t .
p Her Tri . h September inclusive, previous to starting various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de- Miles Opened. Receipts. .i
;'AI
10,-.41 voyage on the 17th September.-SPECIAL scribed, and thus a safe. .guide is offered for the treatment of
;'AILII.•',A•„.uURSIoN TRAINS, via SOUTH-WEST NI RN the malady. Medical Circular. Railways. ,____-.. ....____...-____, t
1859. 1858. 1859. 1858.
Pte - 'I, will run on each Week-day, from 9th till 17th "We have delayed so long upon the contents of the prell-
the unber, inclusive, to WEB MOUTH, from London and minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for
"uermentioned stations, as follows :- any notice of the subjeot specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ;
Ballymena and Portrush... 35 35 -
PARES TO lirErmorn EI AND BACK. but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places 10 10 - - s
1. First Second Covered it within the reach of every one interested the ma er. -
in matter.".- " Bedale and Leyburn
Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 1,286 1,357
eave L • Class. Class. Carriages. Dublin Medical Press. 17 566 316 C
London (Waterloo- A.M. •
London :H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. Belfast and County Down 2O
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 3,022 2,977
~ bridge Station.. at 7.0 20 13 1,730 1,541
Vauxhall at 7.6 ---
Bristol and Exeter llB 117 7,826 7,615 t
fs ictry...,_
f, Weeiwri at 7.25 19E1 1M 15,200 13,870
e 1.,.`-iug ...at 7.60 125. 10s. Be. ?THE LONDON.-The attention of Gentlemen Caledonian
uues.&HolVheacl(withMold) 94 - - I
~ p enborough at 8.5 lis especially drawn to the advantages offered in these 8 254 251
Cockermouth & Workington 8
Winchester
at 8.35 elegant and spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require- Cork and Bandon .. 20 20 277 287 f
Inchester ~ it„ at ,9.12 ments of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu- Cork Blackrock, & Passage. 61 61 435 305 1
l'uelist k
Sninha ° e at 9.30 sive character. ' Deeside l7 17 353 344
A e ,ulPton (West- 10s: Bs. 6s L'on trouve dans la Salle de Lecture . non seulement lea Dublin & Belfast Junction 66 56 1,341 1,331 f
rriye at au Station)....at 9.45 meilleurs journeaux Anglais, mats aunt Allernand, Fra.ncais, Dublin and Drogheda O3 63 1,784 1,723
it en " erinouth. ....at 12.5 et Beige. (
arries-I:,taing from Weymouth each week day at 4.30 p.m., and F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street. Dundalk and Enniskillen 62 35 766 561
Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 401 401 2,591 2,652
gMe V" London about 9.45 p.m.• ' ' Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 717 679 !
t,Peeial i‘,eursion Tickets will be available to return by-the ' Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,098 1, 143 1
ney ar ,xcursion Train on the day following that on which rrHE QUEEN'S HOTEL, Queenstown.-Mr. East Anglian 671 671 824 977 ,
14%th fe issued tb 25,794 26,388 '
us enabling passengers to remain at Wey- .1 ROBERT WILSON respectfully apprises tourists and E.Courities,Nrfk.,&E.Union 489 489
lelftien,;?,2l:l 12 noon till 4.30 p.m. on the following day; orl9l - 397 -
families visiting this delightful watering-place, the airtof East Kent ' '
reice,",o with Excursion Tickets may return by the Ex- - -
~ ehod train the same day in their option. which. is famed throughout Europe, that the splendid es a- E.Laneashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105
142 142 0,688 6,287 I
iniekei;en under Three, Free' ; Three to 12, Half Fares : burermi7instsowellirn as the "Queen's Hotel" has come Edinburgh add Glasgow ,
"%an „nut transferable, and available at Weymouth only. A 331 377
management. This hotel is one of the finest in the Edinburgh, Perth,& llunclee 781
20781 3,663 3,520 •
United Kingdom ; and besides being furnished with all the Forth & Clyde Junction
~„ Siearauet.bag. Only 22 22 950 1,012
allowed as luggage. luxuries and appliances of a First-class Hotel, it combines all Furness u 8,273 7,864
`'reat ate- will ply between Weymouth Quay and the
Ship. the advantages of a beautiful situation, commanding charm- Glasgow &So th-Western. 18.31 183/
283 283 24,483 23,898
By order, ing views, the best attendance, ample accommodation either Great Northern
....._Wate 1 b,,,,,_ ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic *tanager. tor families or, single visitors, close contiguity to the steam- Great Nothezo_f
esScotlandu ~
----r °°.--"ee Statipn, London, September, 1859. boat pier, and the finest promenades of Qiieenstown, and a 9t.Southn. W t .(Irind ) 229 2031 6,802 6,309
466 466 33,981 33,320
CO•tee,, scale of prices so moderate as to enable its visitors to enjoy ;Teat Western'
-tRACT FOR NORTH AMERICAN MASTS, all the advantages of a first-class hotel on the same terms full and Holderness
YARDS, BOWSPRITS, TIMBER, &C. they would have to pay in a minor one. From its open and in.verness & Aberdeen June. 57 15 1,025 812
251 251 326 305
Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, hea,ltlif ul situation the Queen's Hotel is also peculiarly suit- Irish South-Eastern
41 41 546 470
Tilt Somerset-place, 9th September, 1859. able for invalids.
• Killarney Junction
Lancaster and Carlisle (in.
IN THE OFFICE
for EXECUTING
T---Pil,Er,-,OPPICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,Lane. . • 289 36,870 34,429
lienryl
raknsdaWn.Binilauekrrnbuenire))
281 100 8,606 8,187
11'4;•X)) T,-(LINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE- Limerick and
Foynes 26 20 221 205
--",Y l'i.-" HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUES-
e , .„e ..... Piccadilly. - These elegant rooms are now open for the . 4 . - 647 529
II 11l
t. fre"alk October next, at Two o'clock, they will be Winter Season for Promenade Concerts, with the celebrated 75 304 72 135
Joet for au with such Persons as may be willing to Con- Argyll Band, conducted by Mons. A. Lamotte ; principal 1,830 1,639
LLolanncleolnlY& North-Western . 791 . /52 ,_. ,
London and Blackyeall 5
II Illitte ,tplying her Majesty's Dockyards with NORTH cornet-a-piston, M. Bouloourt. Dancing at 10 o'clock. Doors London & South-Western
Of7sTer.'f'4 YELLOW PINE MASTS, YARDS, and open at 8, conimence at half-past. Admission, ls.
1834
10u,4d928f73 1190:808084973
•J',.B 4,,T5, ASH OAR RAFTERS, and SPRUCE
L'derry and Enniskillen ... 60 60 73a 791
41111111-eiD PINE, YELLOW PINE, and. ROCK ELM Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. 42 40 2,520 2,510
A form''''. !THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
dist of the tender the conditions of the contract, and a ji. High Hollsorn, RE-OPENED for the SEASON.-This iirslan.,Sheffield,&Lincolnsh. 173 174
ch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9
teneution (A
treate Will be th articles ma 12,ewsueen!rt the
on the
Nouf 28 28 1,228 9;1
estalalishinfnt,pre-emine.natlydedieustraintruurissheeudmtutehcf elewitigha Maanryport and Carlisle
the Midland
agent, rio).
~...,,, receivedea after T o'clock day
,re, 'wfli any be noticed unless the party attends, or an and matchless beauty of it
perfection of its management, is OPEN EVERY EVENING. Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. 177 177 4,444 4,543
''',' r. nu duly authorised in writing. Monkland •52 52 1,478 1,538
Great alterations and improvements have been made during 44 2,423 2,069
Admiral tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the the recess, and nothing has been left undone that could en- AI thsh. Rail. & Canal 44
Newcastlecanneuand Carlisle 7B 78 3,332 3,250
kii.TendairtY,, ft.aid bear in the left-hand corner the words hence the beauty of the place, or increase the comfort of the
vprt,Arg.,& Hereford 60 43 1,478 1,289
t'A''urneers'T' ilurth American Goods," and must be delivered
a-snotim4.-Place, accompanied visitors. Doors open at half-past 8 ; overture at 9 ; closing
NeOrtheßritish (in. Dalkeith) 149 149 5,985 6,792
by a letter signed by Two at 12 punctually. Admission ls.
opteee,l Person, engaging to become bound with the per- - North Devon 35 35 619 557
the *dig 111 the Sum of X 5,000 for the due performance . - North-Eastern 7361 no 38,716 Am
r, Contract North North
Staffordshire Loudon9 9 2,613 2,537
“:INTRAci, TIAILY, AT THREE O'CLOCK (and on MON-233 233 8,108 7,154
Dee FOR SALT BEEF AND SALT PORK. _l_, DAY and SATURDAY evenings at half-past eight),
Dr. KAHN will DELIVER his celebrated and popular LEC- North-Western
461 461
-
-
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling-, TURE on the " Philosophy of Marriage." N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 101 -
,a 1 4,977 4,567
THE C 0,.. Somerset-house, 6th August, 1859. The MUSEUM, 3, Tichborne-street, Haymarket, is OPEN Oxford, Wore., &Wolver 94
Peebles lB 18 270 265
0
l' -'3IMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the DAILY (for gentlemen only). Admission, Is. Handbook
kllig "ICEof L l• St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 1,926 1,89 e
Ire_ DOR of „ _ORD HIGHADMIRAL of the UNITED free to visitors. Dr. Kahn's treatise on " The Philosophy of
Scottish Central
29th See
O_,..!,ItEAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO Marriage," free by ,post for twelve stamps, direct from the
Scottish North-Eastern.... 115 115 3,760 4,010
2eg"" gepeeng ' ri.. NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the Author, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish-square.
ep.ely to -..ynext, at Half past One o'clock, they will
Shrewsbury and Chester... 48 48 0,,,a.,‘? 3,388
Vi CAN Ty with such Persons as may be willing to 51 1,1,11 1,877
, e,uaw.., or Simply-111g end delivering into h, r Majesty a VINEGAR. -- Patronised bv her Majesty's Shrewsbury & Hereford ... 51 _ 851
904
11P qua nue for
at the undermentioned Ports, the follow- Government.-CONDY'S PATENT I'UR CONCEN- Shropshire Union
South Devon
leason Ititles of SALT MEAT, all of the cure of the present PRATED MALT VINEGAR.-Familles, by using this de-
. -,301 301 27,284 25,932
licious Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per South-Eastern
. South Wales l7l 171 7.359 6,770
• NAVY BEEF. NAVY PORK. cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health ;r. S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 2,747 2,718
' 12)eTierces. Barrels. Tierces. Barrels. Hassell, of the "Lancet" Commission, and others. Sold by Stockton and Darlington
Ply-
afford...... 1,500 1,500 .... 5,000 7,500 the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Wholesale, 63, Taff Vale 54 54 4,137 4,108
Plee.BP`'rt _. 5OO 500 .... 1,000 1,500 King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.-Six Quart Sample Ulster
/1., ...out', ....... 500 ' 500 .... 1,000 1,500 sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d.
sea. Ulverstone and Lancaster . 19 19 486 451
b -wline ..
..
1 500 1,300 .... 2,000 2,500
t the eh. Le d •• • ,
~e,,tend,„„? ships reserve to themselves the Warrington and Stockport l2 12 - -
the whole, THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.-Every Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 561 385
gi.e'aeersuel',„ar.e,a °pened, of
_conatsringma either for
bh,.zat part thereof only they deem fit, or for a 1 247
1_ person having an interest in domestic or farm animals Waterford and Limerick
• 'l it;e'llltY. or of not contracting & any, and al,o an ,mould obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical West Cornwall 832 70'
. ), get, Power of selection.
ate crate T . sod, which will prove invaluable during the approaching W.HartlepoolHarbr&Rail. 39 39 3,727 3,583
the to ender must be given for the Beef and a sepa-
;:nea,s ti's ifnertZedre'd tinbde ecTureerYcl. season. For keeping horses in good condition it is unequal- Whitehaven Junction
- nut benardk' of
ed. MS fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their Whitehaven &Furness Jun 35 35 626 553
tender must specify where
Mesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find W haven,Cleator,StEgrmnt. 7 7 348 332
tlea 'ers for p
acres
oelin
rate "nderininitetdh, cure of the United
States of Ame- Treat advantage in the increased quantity and improved aua- FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
ity of the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 975 1,128
828 , 673 41,653 33,612
-. Tenderfor g for more than one Port must, ive a sepa- it. A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by. Austrian
atarlie tee/ each Part.
the
and Pork to be delivered into the respective stores .
Pestimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri Belgian Eastern Junction 264 261
161 161 282 281
898 1,029
-.viz one •ulturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing Buffalo and Lake Huron
1851 140 2,357 1,480
'73lst d'ae ..,'; -third of each quantity for each place by 148 feeds (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any Detroit and Milwaukie
lso," day ofier""anuary 1860 • another third thereof by tneloBl 1084 4,415 4,358
Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post-officerders Dutch Rhenish
tLondonGrand Trunk of Canada 879 849 8,621 7,459
• 'I da -"arch 1860' 'remainder thereof by the
a11, yof eir_ • ; and the
be' earlier May, 186,3, or any greater portion. or the whole, at N.8.-The public arecautioned against being 'rimposed upon Great Indian Peninsula-. 130
: ei
atel:ltart,i di
efos Inaeteand o dti,lif preferred by the party tendering, and to by worthless imitations. Great Luxembourg 122 38 2,489 1,584
sPeefiyer Y bills payable in seven days from and after the
ereof, Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 - -
eni °' Woo erlng are desired to take special notice that thel42 107 6,645 4,889
LENFIELD PATENT STARCH Madrid, nd Geneva
' Saragossa &Alicant 284 224 11,027 9,018
• ee 3' Will 1,13" HOOPS is ABOLISHED; and that IRON Hoops elr
ndlti e required
, AI. ens ef• t, ed for the Casks, in accordance with, the USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY,
b Merle Antonia' 2l 21 291 313
r tr °lin of the
revised form of contract. IND rnowouNcED-BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to e '
Northern of France 574 674 47,471 47,289
1 Ina thereriae., lie tender may be obtained, and the conditions THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. Norwegian Trunk 44 44 1,139 1,092
I,oy be ae.,,li contracts, to which particular attention is called, WHEN. YOU ASK FOR Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn B4l 781 8 ',005 64,132
sirliand ill at this offiee, at the Victualling Yards at Gos- GLENFIELD P A TENT STARCH, Paris and Orleans 922 • 857 54,738 47,913
Paris and Strasburg 979 838 . 60,162 47,859
tem aulbowlra, auth, or by applying to the Agent Victualler SEE THAT YOU GET IT,
tole at t me ;or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Cus- As inferior kinds are often substituted. Royal Danish 69 69 681 640
r the'ne 8 ristol, Limeri k, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry; or Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,088 1,244
)
reea er will
P "retail' to theePostmaster-General at Dublin ;or to Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, Sm., &c. Southern of France 777 773 19,614 16,805
9ctethilletejad_,er conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool; WOTHERSPOONIL CO., GLASGOW AND LONDON West Flanders - 75 1,065 1,086
P
1 ti" iteuruent Agent for Transports at Leith.
I Xe ' °I. 100 be admitted' for a less quantity' than 100
?TRULY EFFICACIOUS and , -
loil,at;intfl etrrewill
, barrels.received after Half-past Qne o'clock on 1 Dr.-SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, prepared
M I LD.-
A COAL-PIT ON FIRE.-FOUR LIVES'
. that },rovide..,a,Y, nor any noticed unless ma de on the printed witnout any Mercurial Ingredient, from the recipe tit?!. ) LOST.
i 0,, the .for the purpose ; but it will net be necessary
culild , Party tenderb, Scott, of Bromley, Kent. These Pills will be found invaluable. 1 •
I r'' a"tertd at t tr, or an :agent appointed by him,
each person will
Office, as theresult of the offer receivedof the eyes, &c. or to all who suffer from bilious
dizzinessan dliver complaints, indiges-
About three o'clock on Thursday afternoon I
a NI 4 °lirett will be communicated to him and his lion, wind, spasms, giddiness,
dense smoke was observed issuing from the upcasi
Ita, in
payment es in writing. tion and grateful to
nabitual costiveness, and as. a family aperient medicine, they
ere truly excellent ; mild in their opera
neilalfty's
or for any Beef or Pork delivered into her
r P,,, e'ertinv,ate' will be sent to parties upon transmitting the the stomach, they. create appetite, promote digestion and shaft of the Mosbro' Moor Colliery, Derbyshire. )
number of persons quickly assembled, and mac
a Ae,„.,7rY teu,, ea of receipt. to ask for
strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by most druggists,
in boxes, 1 s lid., and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure Dr.
sures were taken as quickly as possible to rescu
a tli -',Jraly, and must be addressed to the Secretary of the
leet-,21,1s “ii,`"' bear in the left-hand corner of the Envelope green package, with "W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," en- the unfortunate..
Scott's Bilious land Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
sufferers, but at the outset ver
z,Ou, ‘lling,,, ender for Salt Meat," and " Comptroller for had encountered. The
serious difficultiesto be ur
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About three o'clock on Thursday afternoon a
dense smoke was observed issuing from the upcast
shaft of the Mosbro' Moor Colliery, Derbyshire. A
number of persons quickly assembled, and mae-
sures were taken as quickly as possible to rescue
the unfortunate sufferers, but at the outset very
serious difhculties had to be encountered. The up-
cast shaft, through which the hands are drawn up,
could not be used as means of exit, as it was full of
smoke and probably on fire. The downcast or
pumping shaft, which is used for purposes of drain-
age, and is much smaller than the other, had there-
fore to be resorted to in this emergency. The depth
of the shaft is 160 feet, and the passage was con-
siderably obstructed by the piping and gear of the
pumps used to draw up the water. A gin and
pulley were promptly brought into requisition, and
several men, at the risk of their own lives, volun-
teered to descend into the pit to search for and
rescue those who were imprisoned below. It was
about six o'clock before the first man was brought
to the surface, and therebrebeforc anything definite
could be ascertained as to the cause of the disaster,
or as to the state of those who were in the pit.
The measures adopted to rescue the colliers below
were as follows :—Owing to the shaft being very
narrow, instead of using what is called a chair, and
which is the usual vehicle of ascent or descent for
the men, it was found necessary to use what is
known as a " horse," and which is a plain seat, to
which the men secure themselves by a strap while
they are being drawn up. In order to expedite the
recovery of the men two of these " horses" were in
the first instance made use of, instead of one. About
forty yards below the surface in the downcast shaft
there is a stage, upon which a man named James
Travis was let down, and where he remained in order
to assist in drawing up the men. About sixty yards
lower down there is another similar stage, and upon
this a man named John Blackburn was stationed for
the same object. The work then proceeded, but with
considerable difficulty, as the draught and ventilation
for some hours were exceedingly unfavourable but at
ten o'clock at night the wind changed, enabling the
volunteers to pursue their operations more uninter-
ruptedly. Up to half-past 10 on Thursday night
about 14 persons had been drawn up.
During this process a shocking accident occurred,
by which the life of a lad named Kirby was lost.
The lad was being drawn up, and when he had
reached the point where John Blackburn was sta-
tioned, as already noticed-60 feet from the bottom
and 100 feet from the top—he fancied that he had
arrived at the surface, and thereupon began to dis-
engage himself from the "horse" in order to effect a
landing. He some way became entangled and fell
to the bottom of the shaft. Yesterday his body
and that of a youth named Bird, were brought up
dead. When our report was despatched yesterday
evening two boys remained in the pit, and it was
supposed they had perished ; all hopes of their
being got up alive were abandoned, though exer-
tions were still being made for that purpose. The
fire was still raging, and will probably continue
some time longer.
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111 E NAVY

from Gibraltar. The Urgent has had fine weather
the whole passage home. On the 7th inst., off
Cape Finisterre, at 7 p.m., she signalled tbe Pera
steamer. At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ships
Vulture and Redpole. Three deaths have occurred
during the passage. The Urgent steamed into
Portsmouth harbour soon after high water, and
berthed alongside the sheer jetty.
In consequence of the activity with which re-
cruiting for the Royal Marines has proceeded, the
Chatham division is now considerably over its usual
complement. Yesterday a number of volunteers
joined bead-quarters from the 3d West York Light
Infantry Militia Regiment.
Very extensive barracks have just been completed
by a gentleman named Nurse, in Gardner's-lane,
Westminster, calculated to accommodate several
hundred men. They are intended for the nume-
rous recruits continually enlisted in the metropolis,
as well as for those arriving from the provinces
en route to join head-quarters of their respective
regiments, the speculator undertaking to supply a
bed and the other necessary requirements, ablu-
tion, &c., for the sum of 4d. each man, as allowed
by Government. The establishment of this rendez-
vous has received the approval of the authorities, as
it will considerably reduce the number of billets
required to be made on hotel and innkeepers, and
tend to lessen the opportunities for desertion that
occur between intermediate and final approval.

The Board of Admiralty made their annual in-
spection of the works,in connection with the Port-
land Harbour on Tuesday afternoon. The members
present were the Duke of Somerset, Admiral Sir R.
Dundas, Capt. Pelham, RN., and Capt. Eden, R.N.
The Secretary-at-War, Mr. S. Herbert, accompanied
by Gen. Sir J. Burgoyne, R.E.; also arrived at Port-
land on Tuesday to examine the progress of the for-
tification works. They were attended over the works
by Mr. Goode, engineer-in-chief, and Mr. Leather,
contractor, of the breakwater, &c., and Major
Nugent, the Commanding Royal Engineer of the
district. The inspection lasted until dusk, when their
lordships embarked on board the Osborne and Black
Eagle steam yachts, which left the harbour on Wed-
nesday morning for the Channel Islands.
The Defence Commission, consisting of Gen. Sir
H. D. Jones, Sir F. Abbot, Gen. Cameron, Col.
Lefroy, Capt.. Key, R.N., and Mr. Ferguson—re-
cently appointed by the House of Commons to in-
quire into the state of the national defences—were
at Portland on Thursday, and made a long inspec-
tion of the fortification works now in progress for
the defence of the harbour ; and also witnessed
some interesting experiments for the practical test-
ing of the relative shot-resisting merits of the Port-
land roach stone and Cornish granite. A massive
piece of masonry, representing a section of the cir-
cular batteries about to be erected on the break-
water, was built at the foOt of the cliff on the north
shore of the island, and was subjected to a close and
well-directed fire from a 68-lb. gun from her Ma-
jesty's ship Blenheim, which had taken up a posi-
tion about 500 yards distant. The result of the firing
was satisfactory, and will afford valuable data to the
War-office as to the relative strength of the different
stones, one half of the section being roach and the
other granite.
The Defence Commission will probably continue
their investigations some time longer, as the works
to be examined and those in contemplation are of
a most formidable character, and will doubtless
make the island and harbour of Portland the most
secure of any we possess, not excepting Gibraltar
or Malta. The breakwater is making rapid pro-
gress, and has already advanced about 2,400 yards
from the north-eastern extremity of the island, and
shelters an anchorage of upwards of 1,200 acres.
The number of men employed in the construction
of these great works is over 700, in addition to
1,000 convicts, and is augmenting daily.
The following ships are now in Portland har-
bour :—The screw line-of-battle ships Edgar, 91 ;
Neptune, 91 ; Blenheim, 60 ; and the steam frigate
Imperieuse, 50.
Several coal vessels have arrived for the supply
of the Great Eastern steamship, which is expected
at Portland on Sunday morning. Special trains
are to run on all the railways to Weymouth, and
the town is expected to be crowded to excess by
sight-seers, who will doubtless flock in great num-
bers to see the noble ship at anchor in this harbour.
The screw frigate Ariadne, 32, and 800 horse-
power, nominal, which was launched a short time
since at Deptford, is ordered to be brought to Cha-
tham Dockyard to be made ready for sea, in conse-
quence of there being no dock at either Woolwich,
Deptford, or Sheerness large enough to receive her.
She will be docked in the dock now occupied by
the screw frigate Charybdis, 21.
The Louisa, victualling ship,, has sailed from
Chatham with a large quantity of stores for Dept-
ford dockyard.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam sloop Gorgon,
6 guns, Coin. Bedford C. T. Pim, has just put into
Cork harbour for repairs. She left Devonport on
Tuesday week for the North American st ition, but
in a few days afterwards she encountered a heavy
gale, by which she received much damage, her top-
masts.aufl topgallant masts being carried away and
portions of her rigging being injured. Five of her
crew were at the same time swept overboard.
Every exertion was made to save them, but unhap-
pily with only partial success. Two of the men
were picked up much exhausted, but the other three
perished. The vessel after that bore up for Cork
harbour, and she is now alongside the quay at
Haulbowline undergoing the repairs necessary to
enable her to proceed to her destination, which she
will perhaps be able to do by the close of the week.

Yesterday the Royal Eltham, sth Middlesex

ut.-col. M. -Prior commandant, now
stationed in Dublin, had several recruiting parties
out in the metropolis raising men to make up the
required strength of the regiment, which has been
considerably reduced from the number of men who
have volunteered into the regular army.
The Essex Yeomanry, under the command of
Major Palmer, will muster at Chelmsford next
week for their annual training.

1118. BRIGHT AT BUDDERSFIELD.

(From the Tones.)
The vein of abuse which Mr. Bright has opened
against Parliament and all our institutions is very
rich. It contains 70 per cent. of good metal. We
agree with him that the House of Co umons does
not represent the people, or England in any sense,
truly and faithfully; we agree with him that there
has been, and still is, vast waste in the management
of our Army and Navy ; we agree with him that
the Established Church does not meet, or pretend
to meet, the spiritual wants of the country, even as
those wants are measured by a good Churchman.
But what is it all to the purpose, and what is to be
done? Mr. Bright's answer to the ques:ion is
" Parliamentary Reform." That is meant to be the
practical inference from his arguments ; yet his rea-
soning fails at every point, and he goes on abusing
everything and everybody, when the argument
itself would have required some intermission of
abuse, and just a lighter shade or two in the very
gloomy picture. " The House of Commons," says
Mr. Bright, " has no principle of its own ; it only
passes the measures forced upon it. See how it did
with Reform, with the Criminal Code, with Church-
rates, with India, with the Corn Laws, and other
sources of vexation. It only admitted the grievance
when it could stop its ears no longer." The natural
inference from all this is, the people have only to
express themselves very strongly, and Parliament
will attend to them. Why, this is not bad, as things
go. Whit more does anybody expect from a Par-
liament ? When you go to an hotel or a shop you
may lament that the cook has no enterprise and the
upholsterer no original genius. You may wish to
dispense with the trouble of finding out for your-
selves what it is you want, but if the cook sends up
the dinner you order, and the linendraper the pre-
cise quantity and quality of towelling you wrote
down, you have not much to complain of. It is
quite possible that an enterprising Parliament, desi-
rous to go ahead of the people, might go ahead of
Mr. Bright ; but the theory of representation in-
sisted on by all Radical Reformers is that it shall
be really representative,—representing, not the in-
stitutions, the wealth, or the character of England,
but the people, and nothing but the people. Ac-
cording to Mr. Bright, the House of Commons re-
presents the people only too slavishly. It is a 'lull
beast ; it wants spur and whip ; but it does its
work worthily, at the pace the rider wishes. What
more is wanted ? We think something more •, but
then we do not quite go along with Mr. Bright.
" But the House of Commons," says Mr. Bright,
" is slow, and without any spontaneous interest in
Reform, because a very large proportion of its
members are personally interested in keeping
things as they are. At least 300 members on one
side or the other receive from the public purse five
times as much as they contribute to it. Of course,
they will never reform Parliament, or anything
else, if they can help it." This may be a lamenta-
ble fact, but how is it to be avoided ? Were the
representation made more popular, there would
only be a still stronger necessity for administering
patronage with a view to support. There would
still be a whipper-in, and his office would be more
laborious than ever. The exercise of official pa-
tronage in this country is Utopian virtue and hap-
piness itself compared with the quadrennial trans-
fer of office in the United States. The representa-
tion of France from 1815 to 1848 was according to
a charter, uniform, and without anomalies. It also
included a large proportion of the class whose ab-
sence Mr. Bright so feelingly laments in this coun-
try. It was made the vehicle of a universal cor-
ruption, and conveyed governing influence to every
elector in the land. Let us reform the House of
Commons by all means; but if we do it ever so ef-
fectually we shall find Mr. Bright ten years hence
still considering whether to continue his thankless
patriotism or apply for the Chiltern Hundreds. In
one respect' the House of Commons represents the
people only too faithfully. The people are not so
desirous of theoretical reforms but that a very
slight interest in the existing system will make them
Conservatives, or very slack Reformers. A sen-e
of public duty is the result of high principle, good
influences, and education. Of the dozen men you
may meet in Cheapside or Tooley-street, ten at
least will be quite ready to ask the favour of a
place, with the implied understanding that for the
future you will be friends, or not very bitter foes.
Go a grade lower ; descend to the £6 householders,
or lower, to those who can boast of nothing but
their "manhood," and Mr. Bright may learn some-
thing about them from the Messrs. Leatham, his
enterprising, though not equally fortunate,
brothers-in-law.
But Mr. Bright's most original argument against
the House is one which acquires a peculiar interest
in his mouth. Ever since the repeal of the Corn
Laws there has been no such thing as a strong
party, or an absolute or really effective majority in
the House. There has been no steady Government,
secure of its position, and sufficiently at ease to
originate measures with a confidence that they
would be passed. Ministries have lasted but a
short time • a twelvemonth has been sufficient to
throw Lord Derby or Lord Palmerston from his
seat ; a general election has left the Ministers a
trifling majority, which half-a-dozen votes this
way. or that would destroy. No sooner has the
Minister concerted his measures than he has to
leave them unfinished ; and the result is an utter
abeyance of Government in one of its chief consti-
tutional senses, as taking the lead of legislation.
The fact, as stated by Mr. Bright, is deplorable
enough, and he has not done it more than justice.
But who is to blame for it ? If any one man
is more responsible for the fact than another,
it is Mr. Bright himself, who now for many years
has pursued no other describable policy than the
weakening and destruction of the Government
for the time being. It has been the labour of
his life to bring about that which in his own
estimation is the most damning vice in the exist-
ing House of Commons. Why, what is this but the
trick of the plumber to burn your house to find
him a job; or the horse-doctor, who has ways of
his own to bring all your stud into his list of
patients? To make an evil, and then make that
evil an agent for something else, is a policy which
Mr, Bright shares with the least respectable class
of practitioners. Mr. Bright has repeatedly voted
for no reason whatever but to turn out a Govern-
ment; but seeing there is no doubt as to the fact,
and it is not to be denied that our Governments are
now removable at the very shortest notice, what
becomes of Mr. Bright's other complaints against
the House of Commons ? On his own showing,.
;tith
has absolute power, and even uses that power w
caprice. We will be fair, though he is not. He
says it is powerful because it represents the aristo-
cracy, and can afford to care little either for the
Crown, the people, or the Lords themselves, is a
branch of the Legislature, and ever since the
Revolution we have been ruled by the great fami-
lies. Strange to say, the Revolution, the Reform
Bill, the repeal of the Corn Laws, have a curious

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chatacter of leaving the Government of the Country
worse than it was befote. It is inipossible to resist
these concurrent testimonies. Unfortunately, the
one' disorder to which they all point
.is not one
within the reach of Mr. Bright or our own. We
cannot profess to cure a disorder which is not
touched by gentle remedies, and which violent ope-
rations only discover and establish. There must be
something in the English nation which no Reform
can remove. The Englishman, after all, is a very
goad fellow, and not much of a patriot. He is a
warm-hearted, comfortable fellow, always ready for
a jOb, and willing to serve his friend at any cost.
Sometimes it is the turn of a Court, then of an
aristocracy,'then of a people, then of a populace, till
we get to the lowest unit of society. But every-
where the Englishman is the same ; and though he
loves his country, he loves his friends—we will. not
say himself—even more.