The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-09 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 9, 1857.

EDUCATION IN PARIS. Ma,dlle. DE
CORNET (whe resided six years with the late Mrs. Bray)
and her Sisters, I I, Rue de Chaillot, Champs Elysees, RECEIVES a
binited number of SELECT PUPILS. Reference permitted to the
Rev. Dr. Emerton, Principal of Hanwell College, who will for ward a
Prospectus on application.

FOR GENTLEMEN.—GEO. HOBSON begs
to call the attention of the public to his WEW STOCK in
AUTUMNAL GOODS, consisting of West of England Beaver and
Venetian Cloths, Scotch and Heather Twist, Mixed Doeskins,
Cashmere and Toilanette Waistcoatings, both of English and Con-
tinental manufacture, which be found en inspection at price: most
moderato for Best Goods.—GEORGE HOBSON, 57, Lombard-street.

IekRGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. James's.—The Proprietor of the above Rooms has the
honour to announce that the celebrated Dance Band, formerly con-
ducted by the late Mr. Emile Laurent, and known as laurent's
Band, is at the service, as heretofore, of the nobility and gentry for
private balls, Etc., &c. All the principal performers are still retained
in the Band, and the Proprietor has engaged permanently as Con-
ductor, the popular composer and celebrated chef d'orchestre,
Mons. ANTONY LAMOTTE, late of Paris.

Applications for the Band to be addressed as above to R. R.
Bignell.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Haymarket.—The Proprietor of these Rooms, grateful for
past patronage, and whi'e assisted by the able co-operation and
zealous services of the late conductor, Mr. E. LAURENT, assures his
friends and the public that he has taken every means to supply in
his establishment the vacancy occasioned by the loss of that distin-
guished artist. The Proprietor has now the honour to announce
that he has engaged, for the above rooms, the popular composer, M.
ANTONY LAMOTTE, late, and for several years, conductor at the Salle
Valentino, at Paris ; also conductor at the great annual festival of
the City of Lyons, held at the P4lais d'Alcazar ; and, 'or his eminent
merit, rewarded by his Majesty the Emperor with a gold medal,
being the only chef d'orchestre in France who has received this mark
et honour and distinction. All the principal performers of the
orchestra are re-engaged. The rooms, redecorated for the occasion.
Open every Evening.—Admission, One Shilling.

MADAME TUSSAITD'g EXHIBITION, at
the BAZAAR, Baker-street.—Full-length Portrait Models
of the PRINCESS ROYAL and 11.R.11. the PRINCE FREDERICK
of PRUSSIA, are now added.—Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 64.
Open from Eleven till dusk ; and from Seven till Ten. Brilliantly
Illuminated at Eight o'clock.

Iff R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI-
FICIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from
he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or
leray, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful
o aeration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and Is
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and that Mr.
floward's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo-
mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-
cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastica-
tion.---62, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five.

N ACT OF GRATITUDE.-5,000 Copies of a
31edical Boek for Gratuitous Circulation.---GEoacz THOMAS,
Esq., having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss ofmernory,
and dimness of sight, resulting from the early errors of youth, by
following the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Physician,
he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit
of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore
send free, to any address, In a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct-
el envek,pe enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, a copy of the
medical work containing every information required. Address, G.
Thomas, Esq , Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

leaving port should be submitted to inspection, in order
that it might be certified that the ship is fully manned,
and that means both simple and efficacious exist on
board for the safety of the crew and passengers.
" When considering the above details, is it not a mat-
ter for serious reflection that there should have been.

Vessels:
Abandoned from unseaworthiness
Foundered from unseaworthiness
" Those 54 vessels lost from unseaworthiness form 5
per cent. of the whole casualties, or 17f per cent. of total
losses. Whole crews are frequently to prison in
this enlightened country for refusing to go to sea in tan-
gent
seaworthy ships ; and now it is made clear that, out of
363 vessels totally lost in 1856, no less than 54 are offi-
cially affirmed on inquiry to be unseaworthy. Bat this
is not the whole truth ; we must add the vessels impro-
perly found to that list, and there we see a little more of
the mischief—

Tease.
Totally lost or stranded from defective compasses 141 s
Ditto, from defective charts
Ditto, from improper stowage of anchor
Ditto, from combustion of steam coal under hatches,
and want of proper ventilators lO
Ditto, through leakage

117
"A ship will leak at sea from straining, but the large
number of 87 vessels on our coast seems to be too great
a percentage for such a casualty. A ship sent to sea
with defective compasses or charts, and lost from that
cause, ought to cla-sed under the head of unseaworthy.
" If all vessels were inspected by competent authori-
ties beime sailing, we suspect that the condemnation of
existing vessels and _equip:dent would -be wholesale.
We judge so from various reasons. In 1850 the British
tonnage was 4,232,962 tons ; we learn that the ships
and steamers broken up in that ye sr were 129, register-
ing 5,766 tons. The vessels wrecked in 1850 were 692,
f 127,188 tons. But the new vessels registered were
689, of 136,695 tons, to which -night be added the vessels
built and sold for foreigners. TIE) deaths from old age
and infirmities were only 129 out of 33,672. In Dec.,
1855, the number of ships registered in the United King-
dom from the Board of Trade return was 25,115, of
4,268,908 tons, and the ships lost or damaged during the
year ending the 31st Doe., 1856, e ere 884, of 151,470
tons, being 3.5 per cent. of loss. Foreign vessels are
here excluded, so that we are still left in the dark as to
the vessels broken, up relatively to aggregate tonnage
and losses. From Lloyd's register of wrecks we gather
that 1,959 vessels were lost in 1856; this includes ships to
distant ports not given in the Government return. Old
vessels are made to do duty till they founder at sea.
When a venel is fit for nothing else she is put in the
timber trade, and the fearful accounts we read of water-
logged ships follow as a necessary sequel.
"We thus, from the preceding consideration of de-
fined causes, can come to no other rational conclusion
than that more ships are wr, cited from oversight, igno-
rance, neglect, and spurious ecol omy than from the dan-
gers f the sea. Did we require more convincing demon-
stration We have but to refer to the
table
which o
of the wind, and, as we have
before remarked, this is a highly instructive part of the
fthgiisveastttehsetaftoiroc attestation,
paper before us, thus—

Dead calm .. ••,- Casualties.
...................
Light air and slight steerage way 22
Light breeze of one to two knots 5B
Gentle breeze of three to four knots 49
Moderate breeze of five to six knots
Fresh breeze, with royals ................................. 154
Strong breeze; single and topgallant sails
Moderate gale; double reefs and jib lBl
Fresh gale ; triple reefs
strong gale ; close refs and courses lB4
Whole gale ; close reefed limintopmast and reeefed,
foresail
147
Storm ; under storm staysail
Hurricane ; bare poles

Total 1,153
" This proves our statement ; for, out of 1,153 ships,
only 268 were lost in a whole gale, storm, or hurricane,
and only 121 by the conjoint agency of the two later.
" We now approach the most lamentable feature in
these returns. Of the number of lives more or less
imperilled, we find them set down as 2,765, of whom
521 were drowned. Those saved by the mercy of God
and the help of men were thus rescued :

Persons.

By lifeboats of the Royal National Lifeboat Insti-
tion, and local bodies
By luggers, Coastguard boats, smalll craft, and
ships' own boats 1,184
By ships and steam-vessels
From shore, by ropes, rockets, mortar apparatus,&c 262
Individual exertion of a meritorious character
" The facts clearly illustrate that great exertions are
constantly being made by our lifeboat crews, boatmen,
and fishermen, on the coast, to save life from shipwreck,
facts which should call forth the acknowledgment of the
community at large, as showing most satisfactorily what
can be accomplished in this good work by sustained and
well-directed efiorts. And surely as institution like that
of the National Lifeboat Society, in addition to having
granted rewards for rescuing 473 persons from ship-
wrecks, the lifeboats of which have been the means,
during the past 12 months, of snatching 129 of our
fellow-creatures from a watery grave, has only to make
its claims extensively known to be fully appreciated and
liberally responded to by the Anent and humane
throughout the land.
" We thus appeal on behalf of the cause of humanity,
but we ought not to be required to appeal to shipowners
and underwriters to see that their ships are properly
manned and furnished ; for we believe that is is their
best interest which is consulted in attending to that
manifest duty."

such as this one which ought to receive conntenauci
from any in authority who are responsilde for the prei.
servation of the public peace ' • and some individuals
rank and station who hold her Majesty's commissio
may think they can reconcile the obligations of tha
office with the continuing membership with Orang
society. It does it appear to me that the interests og
the public,, at least in the north of Ireland, now requirle
that no such encouragement should be given to tbiii
society by the appointment of any gentleman to the
commission who is, or intends to become a member of
it, intending the rule to be of general application.
think it right to ask every gentleman the assurance that
he is not, nor while he owns the commission of thp
peace will, become a member of the Orange Society.
think it right to inform your lordship that in expressin
the foregoing opinions and determination I do so wit
the entire concurrence of his Excellency the Lord
Lieutenant."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY.

Few bets were made. 7tol to 501. was laid againit
M. Dobler for the Cesarewitch, but layers were disit
dined to extend their investments at those odds. 13
2 was, however, currently offered against him. 100 tb
6 was taken about Lima. 20 to 1 about Tasmania, and
25 to 1 each about The Poacher and El Hakim. 20 tb
1 was betted to a " pony" against the Plush colt for the
Cambridgeshire. (In the City during the morning thole
odds were laid against him for the Cesarewitch ; but tale
subsequently " rallied" and returned to 100 to 6.) I
The roam will be opened on Saturday.
TURF REFORM.—Lord Derby has given notice that in
the Houghton Meeting he will propose a resolution,
" That all bets on handicaps made previous to the pub-
lication of the weights be declared null and void."