biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-01

BIRTHS.

There were 171,500 children born in the summer
quarter (ending September the 30th). In the sum-
mer of 1860 the number was 164,062. The annual
birth-rate derived from ten summers is 328 for
10,000 of the population ; in the last quarter it was
338. Comparing the two quarters of 1860-61, and
viewing the numbers absolutely and without refer-
ence to the increase of population, it appears that
there was an increase of births in all the 11 divi-
sions, except that of Monmouthshire and Wales ;
for as regards this last department of the country,
in which 10,686 births were registered, a difference
amounting to only 16 is hardly important enough
to be called an increase. But this divisioß would
have furnished no exception to the rule of increase,
if the character of its returns in their aggregate
were not unfavourably affected by Merthyr
Tydfil, Bridgend, Swansea, Newcastle-in-
Emlyn, and Crickhowell, in South Wales, in
which parts a decrease has occurred both in mar-
riages and births, chiefly perhaps in consequence of
the migration of persons connected with the indus-
trial operations of those districts.

Liverpool, with a population of 269,733, produced
2,154 births, while Manchester, with a less popula-
tion (243,615), returned 2,277. In London the
births in the quarter were 23,126; in Lancashire
they were 23,055.
INCREASE OF POPULATION.

The natural increase of population is the excess
of births over deaths in a given time. This excess
was 70,514 in the quarter, or an average of 766 in
a day. The natural growth is weakened or
strengthened by migration.
Last quarter 19,892 persons left ports in the
United Kingdom, at which there are Government
emigration officers. Of these, 6,348 went to the
United States, 4,930 to the North American colo-
nies, 7,100 to the Australian colonies, 1,514 to other
places. Of the total number of emigrants 8,942
were of English origin, and of these a large pro-
portion chose the Australian colonies. The Scotch
preferred the North American colonies to the United
States.

In the summer quarter of 1851 the total number
of emigrants from the United Kingdom to the
United States was 68,931; in that of last year it
was 21,104 ; and in the present year the number
for the quarter declined to 6,348. British North
America has received a certain number of those who
would have preferred the United States in a more
peaceful time; but a great majority have decided
to remain at home.
London, England, 1861-11-01

DEATHS.

AR,MYTAGE.—On the 30th ult., at Broomhall Bank, Tun-
bridge-wells, Colonel Armytage, late Coldstream Guards,
aged 65.
CooKE.—On the 4th Aug., at Woosung, China, Comman-
der John Murray Cooke, R.N., H.M.S. Simoom, son of
the late Rev. Wm. Cooke, vicar of Broomyard,
Here-
fordshire.
HANCORN.—At 22, White Lion-street, Spital. square, Jas.
Richard Hancorn, Esq., KB., aged 53.
LAcHLAN.7OI3. the 29th ult., at Brixton, Joseph Lachlan,

Esq., aged 56.
MILLER.—On the 30th ult., at Gloucester-place, Portman..
square, Sir William Miller, Bart., of Glenlee, aged 46.
NVALsit.—On tho 28th ult., at Stanton Harcourt, Oxford-
shire, Percival Walsh, Esq., aged 85.

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London, England, 1861-11-01

FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

The piercing of glass by electrical sparks is no novelty,
and is frequently had recourse to in laboratories, when a
hole through a receiver or other glass utensil is required ;
but there has been hitherto no instance of such an opera-
tion being performed on a plate of glass two inches thick
and upwards. The Academy was therefore somewhat sur-
prised the other day when M. Faye produced two plates, or
rather lumps of glass, one of the thickness of 4i centimetres,
the other of 6, pierced through and through by the induc-
tion spark of Ruhmkorff's large machine. M. Faye observed
that the trace left by the spark consisted of an opaque white
thread, along which cracks, two or three millimetres in
length, were perceived spirally situated under different azi-
muths. There was no trace of fusion. A bifurcation is per-
ceived in the thread at the depth of about one-third of the
thickness of the large plate, and as it approaches the oppo-
site side it is subdivided into several thinner threads.
During the experiment M. Ruhmkorff had remarked
Haidinger's coloured tassels, showing that a powerful
pressure was being exercised by the spark on the sur-
face of the glass. M. Faye concluded by expressing a
belief that artificial fulgarites, such as natural lightning
leaves in sand, might be produced by that powerful
machine. At the sitting a communication was read from
M. Valz, in reply to M. Faye's contradiction of the for-
mer's supposition that the earth had passed through the
last comet's tail. M. Valz admits that there exists very
little reliable inforreation regarding the position of comets'
tails, but contends that for that very reason it cannot be
asserted that they always lie entirely in the plane of the
orbit. One of his remarks is curious. It has been believed
that comets' tails were flat, and extended in the plane of
the orbit; but this, M. Valz contends, could not be the
case with the last comet, because, since it so happened that
the earth was for a short time in the same plane with it,
we should have seen the tail edgewise, and therefore very
thin, which did not prove to be the case. M. Serret read a
long report on a dispute which has been for some tire
going on between the eminent geometrician M.
Chasles
and M. Breton, of Champ, regarding the right of priorityl,
claimed by tho latter touching the discovery of
.Euc.d s
Porisms, obscurely hinted at by Pappus, and partially
y re-
stored by Simson. The report decides the quest ion by
declaring that what is not Simson's belongs to M. Chasles,
who had announced the basis of his Work wool yearn
before Prota,'P
London, England, 1861-11-01

THAMES.

ATTEMPTED SIIICIDE.—Sarah Smith, a married woman,
of No. 7, Duff's-fields, Poplar, was brought before Mr.
Selfe, charged with attempting to commit suicide.
A large number of persons of both sexes have been
brought to this court at various times, for many years past,
charged with attempting self-destruction, and the custom
has been almost invariably to remand offenders for a week, to
receive spiritual admonition and consolation from the Rev.
Mr. Jephson, the excellent chaplain of the House of Deten-
tion, and upon their being brought up a second time, to dis-
charge them with some good advice. This course of pro-
ceeding has not, and probably never will, stay the progress of
a crime which the magistrates have so often declared is alike
forbidden by divine and human laws. A few days since a
boy named Thomas Buckley saw the prisoner at the side
of the " Cut," a branch of the River Lea at Bremley. She
threw herself into the water, and the boy called out for
help. A man threw a leather strap towards the
prisoner, retaining hold of one end of it him-
self. It did not reach her, and another man
a blacksmith, jumped into the stream and brought her out,
apparently lifeless, and it was some 'time before she was
resuscitated.

Inspector Beare, of the K division, said the prisoner had
been in the workhouse under medical treatment for
several days, and she was brought from there this
morning to answer for her conduct and give some
account of herself. He heard that the prisoner was sepa-
rated from her husband, and was 30 years of age. She
would have been drowned if a man had not sprung into the
water with his clothes on and saved her.

The prisoner said she did not know whether she fell in
the water or threw herself in. She was in a good deal of
trouble and very ill.

The prisoner was remanded to the Clerkenwell House of
Detention for a week.

T.HIS DAY'S ShIPPINCi.

LONDON, Nov. I.—Wind—this day at noon—North-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather
cloudy.
KINGROAD, Oct. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Annie
Lawrie, from Montreal.

HULL, Oct. 31.—Wind S.W.—Sailed--Martha Whit-
more, for Baltimore.

SHIELDS, Oct. 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—British
Tar, irom Quebec.

(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, Oct. 31—Providence, from Gravelines; Balance,
from Galatz.

Sailed, Nov. I—Sirocco, for Melbourne ; Eliza Sharp, for
Mauritius.
DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed—Mavrocordatos, screw steamer, from St. Sebas-
tian for London.
London, England, 1861-11-01

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING
THURSDAY.

The attention of the betting world having been called to
the Nurseries for Friday, and two or three animals backed
during the morning, a movement was made to the heath at
half-past 11, where the attendance showed a diminution,
since the great event and its subsoluent settling had been
disposed of. The weather was fine, and the card, with 11
items and large entries upon its face, promised great sport
for the day. The racing, which w. as chiefly composed of
handicaps, and not particularly interesting, was very good
throughout the afternoon. Several events were decided by
a head only, nearly all being closely contested; but the
wonder of the day was the performance of Nutbush, who
carried the crushing weight of lOst 41b, and won easily,
giving 361 b to the second, and 3st to the favourite, Ant-
werp. Towards 3 o'clock the weather became very cold,
and at half .past 4 the business of the day came to an end.
At exercise on the Limekilns in the morning Mr. Nay-
lor's mar© Calpe broke her leg in Waling, and was imme-
diately destroyed.
Subscription Handicap Plate of 50 sovs ; for threo-yr-olds
London, England, 1861-11-01

NEWMARKET RACES.—(.This Day).

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
£lOO HANDICAP PLATE.

Gridiron
Cantine
Virgi s

Nine ran.
HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES.

Birdhill

Sixteen ran.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

BOW-STREET.

ROBBING A JEWELLER'S SHOP.—Henry Drywoood was
placed at the bar charged with stealing a quantity of gold
chains.

From the evidence of the prosecutor, a jeweller and
watchmaker in the Strand, it appeared that the prisoner
had been observed lurking about iu front of the shop win-
dow for some time, and from certain suspicious movements
it was thought his object was robbery. After a short time
he pushed his hand through the pane of glass ie the shop
window and seized hold of a large bunch of gold chains.
Fortunately for the prosecutor the hole made in the window
was not large, as after the prisoner had grasped the articles
he was unable to withdraw his hand from the shop window.
The prosecutor, immediately the glass was broken, ran into
the street and seized hold of the fellow, and held him until
a police-constable came up, when he was given into cus-
tody. As the constable was taking him to the station-
house, he resisted very much, and it was not until the aid
of another constable had been procured that he could be
lodged in the station-house. Both constables were kicked
and struck by the prisoner.
The magistrate asked the prisoner what he had to say in
answer to the change, when he replied it didn't matter what
he said, as he had been taken before he had had a chance
of getting away.
The magistrate committed him to prison for three months
for the attempted robbery, as also for two months for
assaulting the police.

MAR LB OROUGH.- STRE E T
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.— Sarah Myers, a young woman,
was this morning brought before Mr. Tyrwhitt, from the
House of Detention, where she has been for a week, having
been charged with attempting to commit suicide by taking
some mineral acid.

It appears that the prisoner was seen by a constable
lying on some ',door-steps, a razor protruding from her
bosom, and having told some of the bystanders she meant
to commit suicitle the first opportunity. The constable
asked her why she intended to do so, and she said she had
just come out of Maidstone Gaol, and her parents would not
receive her. She was then taken to the station, where she
admitted taking 2d. worth of a mineral poison, and was
then taken to the Middlesex Hospital, and the following
certificate was handed to the magistrate :
" This is to certify that Sarah Rogers was admitted to
this hospital, having taken some mineral poison."
Prisoner said she had no place to go to, and Welsh, the
gaoler, said her parents would do nothing for her and that
she had been sent to prison for robbing them.
Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered her to be brought up this morning,
and the chaplain of the House of Detention forwarded the
magistrate (Mr. Tyrwhitt) a letter, stating that he has
written to a committee of ladies in the city with the view of
getting her into some institution.
Prisoner said she was willing to go with the female
warder, and Mr. Tyrwhitt discharged her to be at once
taken to the city.
London, England, 1861-02-15

SO r./-7111 TVILTS ELECTION."

The election of a knight of a shire to serve in
Parliament, in the room of the Right Hon. Sidney-
Herbert, now Lord Herbert of Lea, took place yes-
terday at Salisbury, and the Liberal candidate
having previously retired from the contest, advan-
tage was taken of that circumstance to make a kind
of demonstration on the part of the Conservatives.
The early trains brought numbers of agriculturists
from a distance, many of whom proceeded to
Clarendon-park, to meet Lieut.-Colonel Bathurst,
and escort him to the hustings. The procession
consisted of about a hundred horsemen, and between
500 and 600 persons assembled in the Salisbury
market-place, where the election took place.
The HIGH SHERIFF (C. Penruddocke, Esq.) pre-
sided, and having asked if any elector had a can-
didate to propose,
Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH, Bart., stood for-
ward and proposed Lieut.-Colonel Bathurst.
Mr. A. D. HussEY seconded the nomination. _

No other candidate being proposed, the High
Sheriff declared Lieut.-Col. Bathurst duly elected.
(Cheers.)
Lieutenant-Colonel BATHURST, after thanking
his friends for their support, paid a high tribute of
respect to the public character and private worth
of Lord Herbert. He then avowed himself as a
staunch Conservative, and expressed his belief that
a Conservative Government was best calculated to
further the interests of the country. He was not
disposed to support the unconditional abolition of
church-rates, but would give his best consideration
to any measure brought forward in a friendly
spirit. He never had advocated, and never would
advocate, coercion on the conscience of any man.
(Cheers.) Although this country might now be
said to be at peace with the whole world, he yet
hoped that both the army and the navy would be
maintained in such a state of efficiency as to com-
mand the respect of all nations; the cloud now
gathering on the political horizon might otherwise
burst upon us like a thunder clap. He highly ap-
proved of the volunteer movement, and said he was
sure the efficiency of some of the Wiltshire corps
equalled that of any regiment of the line. He ex-
pressed his disapproval of the French treaty, and
said what he wanted to obtain at a cheaper rate
were the necessaries and not the luxuries of life.
(Cheers.) He concluded by thanking the constitu-
ency for the confidence they have reposed in him.
A vote of thanks to the High Sheriff terminated
the proceedings.
London, England, 1861-02-15

SOUTH Wan ELECTION.

The election of a knight of a shire to serve in
Parliament, in the room of the Right Hon. Sidney
Herbert, now Lord Herbert of Lea, took place yes-
terday at Salisbury, and the Liberal candidate
having previously retired from the contest, advan-
tage was taken of that circumstance to make a kind
of demonstration on the part of the Conservatives.
The early trains brought numbers of agriculturists
from a distance, many of whom proceeded to
Clarendon-park, to meet Lieut.-Colonel Bathurst,
and escort him to the hustings. The procession
consisted of about a hundred horsemen, and between
500 and 600 persons assembled in the Salisbury
market-place, where the election took place.
The HIGH SHERIFF (C. Penruddocke, Esq.) pre-
sided, and having asked if any elector had a can-
didate to propose
Sir MICHAEL propose,
BEACH, Bart., stood for-
ward and proposed Lieut.-Colonel Bathurst.
Mr. A. D. HussEY seconded the nomination.

No other candidate being proposed, the High
Sheriff declared Lieut.-Col. Bathurst duly elected.
(Cheers.)
Lieutenant-Colonel BATHURST, after thanking
his friends for their support, paid a high tribute of
respect to the public character and private worth
of Lord Herbert. He then avowed himself as a
staunch Conservative, and expressed his belief that
a Conservative Government was best calculated to
further the interests of the country. He was not
disposed to support the unconditional abolition of
church-rates, but would give his best consideration
to any measure brought forward in a friendly
spirit. He never had advocated, and never would
advocate, coercion on the conscience of any man.
(Cheers.) Although this country might now be
said to be at peace with the whole world, he yet
hoped that both the army and the navy would be
maintained in such a state of efficiency as to com-
mand the respect of all nations; the cloud now
gathering on the political horizon might otherwise
burst upon us like a thunder clap. He highly ap-
proved of the volunteer movement, and said he was
sure the efficiency of some of the Wiltshire corps
equalled that of any regiment of the line. He ex-
pressed his disapproval of the French treaty, and
said what he wanted to obtain at a cheaper rate
were the necessaries and not the luxuries of life.
(Cheers.) He concluded by thanking the constitu-
ency for the confidence they have reposed in him.
A vote of thanks to the High Sheriff terminated
the proceedings.
London, England, 1861-02-15

Notices of Dr. Yeoman's Works :

"This is an excellent little treatise by a clever and clear-
headed practitioner. Dr Yeoman is well known by his work
on Consumption, and the present publication will add to his
fame."—Weekly Dispatch.
"Dr. Yeoman has done much to popularise the medical art,
and to lift the veil of mystery which has too long hung over
it. This is one of his happiest efforts."—Glasgow Examiner.
"There is no quackery, no learned mystery, no affectation
in it, but a plain exposition of the causes, symptoms, and
rational treatment ; all set forth with the clearness of a man
who wishes to be understood, and the earnestness of a man
wh I wishes to be useful."—Liverpool Courier.
London : from the Author, 25, Lloyd-square,:W.C.

Just published, price ls., post free for 14 stamps, with
Photographic Illustrations,
-1) I S EASES OF THE
By ROBERT J. JORDAN, M.D.,
Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, &c., &c.
Author of " Skin Diseases and their Remedies," &c.

SKIN.

Containing the modern treatment (as adapted at the Hospi-
tal St. Louis, Paris), for the cure of those diseases so preva-
lent in a high state of civilisation, consequent on an impure
state of the blood, causing cutaneous eruptions, scorbutic
affections, and scrofula; treatment for superficial and deep-
seated ulcers ; torpidity of the circulatory system, causing
discolouration of the hands, redness, roughness of the skin,
disfiguring the face, giving an unsightly appearance in lieu
of a clear, fair, and healthy complexion.
"This book is, as he has aimed to make it, 'thoroughly use-
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1.-Ith, 1860. _ _

Published by John Churchhill, New Burlington-street. To
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square, London, W. _

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by post 4s. ; abridged edition, Is. ; in sealed envelope,
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powers restored to their normal condition, by simple curative
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London, England, 1861-02-15

ITALY.

The Opinione of Turin, of the 12th, contradicts
the statement of some journals to the effect that
the opening of the Italian Parliament would be
prorogued to the 27th ; and announces that it
will most positively be opened on Monday next.
The same paper states that M. Ratazzi has accepted
the candidateship for the Presidency of the Lower
Chamber, offered him by Count Cavour.
A letter from Mola di Gaeta of the 7th, in the
Sieele, gives some further details relative to the
explosion at Gaeta :—" About half-past four yester-
day afternoon, while our batteries were as ucual
slowly bombarding the place, a tremendous
explosion took place, and immediately after an
enthusiastic shout of exultation burst forth from the
camp and from the crews of all the vessels of the
squadron. The garrison of Gaeta having been in
expectation of an assault, had prepared mines, and
one of the shells from the camp falling on one of
them, the whole of the bastion of San Antonio flew
into the air, opening a vast breach on the part
towanis the sea. After this unlooked-for piece of
good fortune, General Cialdini ordered the bom-
bardment to be increased, and Admiral Persano
ordered the Re Galantuomo line-of-battle-ship on
the north side and the Garibaldi frigate on the
north-east, to fire at the place at several times dur-
ing the night. At 8 o'clock last evening Captain
Amtco, who commands the Garibaldi, put out all
his lights, shut his ports, and approached to within
1,000 yards of the Borgi di Gaeta, when he ran out
his guns and commenced a heavy fire with shot and
shell. The garrison was for a moment as if thun
derstruck, but afterwards opened a complete tern
pest of shot on the frigate, although without doing
any damage. At ten o'clock Admiral Persano
signalled to the frigate to haul off, at the same
time complimenting the captain on his gallantry,
and as the Garibaldi passed the other vessels, the
crews loudly cheered. During the two hours the

frigate threw more than 200 projectiles into the
place, without the slightest injury."

HUNGARY.

It may be remembered that, according to letters
from Pesth, Kossuth, Pulsky, Klapka, Turr,
Irangi, Horn, Szalwady, Kisz, and other Hunga-
rian refugees had been proposed by the comitats
for the Hungarian Diet. Pulsky has just addressed
a letter from Turin to the Comitat of Neograd, in
which he says that he has joyfully supported for
his country loss of fortune, exposure of his name on
the pillory, exile, and other miseries ; and promises
that for the future he will i❑ all his acts consult
only the welfare and happiness of Hungary,
whether fate may bring peace or war. Turr,
in a letter to the same comitat, expresses a
hope that the God of Hungary will inspire with
courage such of her sons as are exiled from
their country, and that they may make for them-
selves a road by which they will be able to resume
the place from which the Austrian Government
now excludes them,
London, England, 1861-02-15

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 13th day
of Feb., 1861:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued! £25,226,005, Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 9,902,643
ISilver Bullion .... 848,302

£25,226,005

£25,225,005
BANKING DEPARTMENT.
Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu-
tal £14,553,000 rities (including
Rest
Public Deposits (in- nuity)
eluding Exche- Other Securities
quer, Savings' Notes
Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

Coin

820,327

counts) — 4,700,293
Other Deposita—. 12,161,148
Seven Day and
other Bills

615,735

35,529,344 I £35,529,944
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Feb. 14. 1861.
AVERAGE PRICE OP SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 12th day
of Feb., 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

---
Muscovado, the produce of the British pos- PER CWT.
sessions in America
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 25s llid
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 2Bs 4d
Average price of the foregoing .. 26s Od

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DIY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 19,1 12
Antwerp
25 60
Brussels — 25 521
Hamturgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 65 25 721
Frankfort on Maine —118 f
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh --331
Berlin —
Madrid
481 49
Cadiz —
Leghorn — 25 95 26
Milan — 25 80 25 85
Genoa '-25 $0 25 85
Nales
Palermo —"118i 1181
Messina — 1181 118/
Lisbon
53 53k
Oporto
Rio Janeiro — • • ..
New York — .. ..
Foreign Gold in Bars (Shindard).... per oz. L 3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
0 0 0
If
Silver in Bars (Standard)
South American Doub] ens

THE PRESENT AG E.—We are living at a period
of which no Englishman: appears to appreciate the true im-
portance, because while the game is being played out, we
aro not suffering any o/cher anxieties than those which
follow from excessive to a ation. How often have English-
men now in middle life a sked of those who have gone be-
fore them,-" Ilow did yo u contrive to live through the
struggles of the war wit b. revolutionary France ? Hoar was
London affected when L and Whitworth was dismissed from
Paris, and the Peace of Amiens was broken ? How'Wal-
did
you bear the suspense ,of Trafalgar—the ague-fit of
cheren—the fever of Salamanca, Talavera, Waterlboo ?"
The answer invariably. was, " Quietly. enoughlv"entli
WentVhy
not ? Why should not these lesser historical vudes
have been tolerable if w are going peacefully about our
daily business even while the greatest expaiefs_rtimaiesndtes, everlike
amraedteurbnyint hoe
ohuutmafanartiarcees f na
nade s paortei s m
being n
eezo
Drurarael's cravats ?--Once a rlck.
London, England, 1861-02-15

MANCHESTER-PER, 14.

The trade is rather inactive, without material change in
the value of any article. With the exception of flour, of
which the arrivals are to a fair extent, the imports from
abroad at Liverpool and Runcorn are on a much smaller
ecale than of late. Our market this morning was thinly
attended, and was of an exceedingly inactive character.
Holders, however, were firm in requiring the currency of
this day week for all articles, which was realised in the
limited business transacted.
London, England, 1861-02-15

OPERA,

ROYAL ENGLISH
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the
son Management of Miss
Sole Les Louissees.a Fyne and Mr. W.
Harri,
THIS EVENING, THE SONG OF HIAWATHA,
Miss Matilda Seron, Madame Palmieri, Mr. St. Albyn, Mr.
H. Corri, Mr. Wallworth.
To be followed by BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE;
MIAs Louisa Fyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence,
11. Wharton, H. Corri, St. Albyn, Wallworth, Lyall, Distin,
and Mr. Wm. liarrison.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at Seven.

TI-1 EA TRI4.!-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Legsee, Mr. J. B. Buukstone.

THIS EVENIN(4. the performances will mommpnae with
THE. RIVALS. Sir Lu•ius O'TrigF,fer, Mr. John Brougham;
Lydia Languish, Miss Fanny Stirling.
Alter which, a new Pantomime, QUEEN LADYBIRD
AND HER CHILDREN. The Pantomimists by the un-
rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wright.
London, England, 1861-02-15

HARBOURS, RAILWAYS, &c.

Mr. M. GIBSON moved—" That the Board of Trade do
',resent to this house reports upon the several private bills
relating to harbours, docks, navigation, &c , of the present
session ; that the Board of Trade do present to this house
a report upon the railway and canal bills of this session, in
compliance with the recommendation contained in the fifth
report of the select committee on railway and canal bills of
the session of 1853."
These returns were ordered.
London, England, 1861-02-15

LATEST BY TELEGRAPTL

NEW YORK, Feb. 1, Evening.
A thick fog prevails.
The Marathon, City of Washington, and Arago
will probably sail to-morrow.
The Mint and Custom-house at New Orleans
have been duly taken possession of by the Louisiana
authorities. The Government officers are retained.
London, England, 1861-02-15

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DR. BRIGHT'S MANUAL on SPERMA-
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Contents :—Modern Treatment of Syphilis—Stricture—
Impotency—Unhealthy and Debilitated Offspring—Diseases
of the Urinary Organs—Non retention of Urine—Desire for
Solitude—Groundless Fears—lncapacity for Married Life,
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Sixth Edition, just published, price 25., by post 26 stamps,
DEBILITY and IRRITABILITY (MENTAL
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the Symptoms, Effects, and Rational Treatment. By T. H.
YEOMAN, M.D., Physician to the General Post-Office Letter-
Carriers' Provident Institution; Author on Asthma. Con-
sumption, Indigestion ; late editor of the People's Medical
Journal, ttc.
London, England, 1861-02-15

BIRTHS.

SPENCER.—On the 9th inst., at Canonbury-place, Canon-
bury-square, Islington, Mrs. William Spencer, of a son.
TURNER.—On the 13th inst., at the Lee-road, Blackheath,
the wife of Frederick J. Turner, Esq., barrister. at-law,
of a daughter.

VIRENNES.--On the 10th inst., at 20, Grosvenor-place,
la Comtesse de Labrosse de Varennes, of a daughter.
MARRIAGES.

DEBENITAM—DEBENHAM.—On the Bth ult., at Adeline,
Illinois, U.S., Charles, fourth son of Robert Debenham,
Esq., formerly of Burwell Court, Surrey, to Emma, widow
of the late Robert Debenham, jun., and daughter of Mr.

John Cave, Spalding, Lincolnshire.
MOSES—ALEXANDER.—On the 13th inst., at the residence
of the father of the bride, Alfred H. Moses, Esq., son of
Henry Moses, Esq., of 6, Finsbury-circus' to Isabel
Lindo, eldest daughter of Joshua Alexander, Esq., of 50,
AVitnpole -street, Cavendish-square.
016ATHti.

LAXON.—On the 11th inst., at No. 1, Aldhous-terrace,
Bainsbury-park; John Lsxon, Esq., Captain of her
Majesty's 7th Fusiliers, in the 84th year of his age.
LESLIE.—On the 12th inst., at Brighton, Lieut.-General
John Leslie, K. 11., Colonel of H.M.'s 35th Regiment,in the 71st year of his age.
MACKINNON.—On the 13th inst., at Edinburgh, Kenneth
Mackenzie Mackinnon, Esq., M.D., late Apothecary-
General H.E.I. Co.'s Service, Bengal, aged 56.
NionoLLs.—On the Bth ult., at Madras, Major Henry
James Nicholls, 25th Madras N. 1.. Assistant-Commis-
sary-General, second son of the late John G. Nicholls,
Esq., of West Molesey, Surrey, aged 55.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG, at
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112,Strand,
in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the County of middleaex ,
Friday; February 16,1861.
London, England, 1861-02-15

ABERDEENSHIRE.

The nomination of candidates to fill the vacancy
in the representation of Aberdeenshire, consequent
upon the elevation of Lord Haddo to the peerage,
took place in the city of Aberdeen on Wednesday.
The show of hands was in favour of the Hon.
Mr. Gordon. A poll was demanded by Sir Sohn S.
Forbes on behalf of Mr. Leslie, and fixed to take
place to-day (Friday.)

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological
Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs.
CITA PT ER ll.—Causes of Sperrnatorrhce a and Impotence;
Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect.
CHAPTER. Review of the various Disqualifications
of Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the
Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection.
CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of
Gonorrhoea and Syphilis.
The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting
cases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive
Lotion.
London, England, 1861-02-15

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Feb.l4.—The market has been heavy,
and stock having been freely offered, prices have
declined. Threes, for the account, which opened at
68f 35c, are now at 68f 15c. The following are
the last quotations
:-
41 per per Cents 97 90 Credit Fonder 940; ,
Do end month.:.. 97 90 , Belgian 41
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 10 Roman - 73 50
Bank Shares 2890 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 686 Spanish Threes 4B
Do. Account .. 686 25 Home Debt . 47 --

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans 1405 .. 1403 75
Northern
New ditto B9O
Lyons and Mediterranean 922 50 925
Geneva 377 50 380
Southern 522 50 523 75
Western
Eastern - .. 598 75
Sardinian 375 375
Austrian
Lou bard
London, England, 1861-02-15

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(BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived—Nil Desperandum, from Constantinople.
Sailed—Cid, for Bilboa • Seine and Tarnise, for Paris;
Alberdina Edzina, for Antwerp; Comet, for Madeira;
Leonore, for Dunkirk.

DEAL, Friday Morning.
Passed, Feb. 14—Sylph, from London for St. Michael's ;
Diligent, from London for Carthagena ; Union, from Hull
for Jersey.
Passed, Feb. 15—Tubal Cain (of Deal), from the west
for the north; Her Majesty's ship Spitfire, from the west-
ward, for the river.

THE LONDoN
NECROPOLIS COMPANY.—At the
annual meeting of the London Necropolis Company, held
yesterday, Mr. Alderman Dakin in the chair, the report was
adopted. The share capital remains at £149,160, and eight
acres of surplus 'and have been sold by auction at an ave-
rage of £ll7 per acre.

A large number of gentlemen returned from the
Australian colonies, assembled in Glasgow on Friday, at
the Clarence Hotet, when upwards of 50 sat down to
supper. The chair was oecupied by James M 'Ewan, Esq.,
from Melbourne ; appropriate speeches in the interest of
the colony were made.

The West India steamer Atrato has brought
116,000 in gold and £BO,OOO in silver.

It is understood that the Bank of France would
have reduce- their rate of discount yesterday but for the
receipt of a telegritm announcing the step taken by the
Bank of England.

CHARITABLE FUNDS.--A return has been made
showing the aggregate amount in the hands of the official
trustees of charitable funds at the close of the year 1860.
These official trustees are appointed by the Lord Chancellor
under the C heritable Trusts Act of 1853, and to them the
judge of any Court may direct the transfer of funds for
better security, or at the desire of the previous trustees;
and at the end of the year, they held no less than £785,008
Government Stock, £1,369 India Five per Cent. Stock,
£5,388 Bank Stock, and £3,000 debenture stock of the
London and North-Western Railway Company, besides
£25,652 cash.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—
Thursday, Fob. 14.—Admissions on payment, 585; ditto,
by season. tickets, u 42; total visitors, 1,127. •
London, England, 1861-02-15

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PRUSSIA.

On receiving the deputation which on the 12t)i
inst. presented the address in reply to the Royal
speech, his Majesty King William I. spoke as
follows :

" Gentlemen,—•l accept with emotion the expres-
sion of the regrets which the Chamber of Deputies
has testified on the death of his Majesty the King,
my beloved brother.
" Your regards are now turned on me, I trust,
with confidence.

" I have on various occasions expressed the prin-
ciples according to which I am resolved to exercise
the power which God has entrusted to me. The
country entertains no doubt on this subject.
" I firmly rely that the National Parliament will
second me in the accomplishment of my intentions,
in the sense of the intact maintenance of the power
of my Crown, for that is necessary for the real wel-
fare of the country.

" As regards questions of home or foreign policy,
touched upon in your address, already made known
to me by the regulations of the Chamber, which, I
hope with you, will receive ameliorations in the
future, my Government has clearly explained to you
the points of view which guide it according to ray
intentions, and to which it will remain faithful. I
hope that the Chamber of Deputies will support
it by its assent.

"I hope that your labours, which will shortly
commence, will bring to a satisfactory solution the
important projects submittted to you by my Go-
vernment. We shall introduce reforms into many
institutions, on legal grounds; there cannot be any
doubt in that respect.

" Union is strength, and, as it is necessary that
we should be strong, we must be united. This is
true as regards Prussia as well as her position
towards Germany. My efforts in this respect have
been crowned with the happiest results.
"I know that my people will show me inviolable
fidelity in good times as in bad times, and I heartily
welcome the reiterated promise of such fidelity on
the part of the Chamber."

The different members of the deputation were
then presented to the King by the President of the
Chamber. His Majesty conversed with each of
them in turn, and, on their leaving, said :
" Gentlemen,—You are about to commence your
labours ; I trust that in a few months we may
separate in good feeling and friendship."

Prince Hohenzollern and the Minister Auerswald
were present on this occasion.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Feb.l4.—The market has been heavy,
and stock having been freely offered, prices have
declined. Threes, for the account, which opened at
68f 35c, are now at 68f 15c. The following are
the last quotations:—
ft per per Cents 97 90 Credit Fancier 940
Do end month.... 97 90 Belgian .. —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 10 ' Roman
Bank Shares 2890 j Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 686 —1 Spanish Threes 4B
Do. Account 686 25 Home Debt .. 47

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans 1405 — .. 1403 75
Northern
New ditto B9O .. ..._
Lyons and Mediterranean 922 50 .. 925
Geneva 377 50 .. 380
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian 375 .. 375
Austrian
Lorebard ,
London, England, 1861-02-15

ORIGINS AND INVENTIONS.
Crown Svo., cloth, ss.
rIMIE PORTFOLIO OF ORIGINS AND'
-I- INVENTIONS ; beim!. an Etymological Compendium,
relating to Language, Literature, and Government; Archi-
tecture and Sculpture; Drama, Music, Painting, and Scien-
tific Discoveries ; Articles of Dress, &c. ; Titles, Dignities,
&c. ; Names, Trades, Profeasions; Parliament, Laws, &c.;
Universities and Religious Sects ; Epithets and Phrases ;
Remarkable Customs ; Games, Field Sports ; Seasons.
Months, and Days of the Week; Remarkable Localities, &c.
&c. By WILLIAM I'ULLEYN. Revised and improved by
MERTON A. TIM MS.
*** A Book more consulted than " Hone's Every Day Book."
London : William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Chcapside, E.C.
London, England, 1861-02-15

THE. POST-OFFICE.

In reply to Sir G. BOWYER,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that
the report of the'commissioners employed to make inquiries
relative to the Post-office had not yet completed their re-
port, as the supplementary papers, were not complete.
THE LAW COURTS.

Sir J. SHELLEY asked what course it was intended by
Governmeni to pursue with respect to the concentration of
the law courts.
Mr. LAING said that a bill was in preparation to
enable the Government to purchase a site for the law courts
and he hoped ,to be able to introduce that bill shortly.
[LEFT SITTING. 3
London, England, 1861-02-15

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NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL.

The supplies of both town and country-killed meat are
only moderate. Prime qualities move off steadily, other
kinds slowly, as under.
Per 81bs by the carcase.

s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Inferior beef .... 3 0 3 4 Middling mutton 4 6 4 8
Middling d 0.... 3 6 3 8 Prime do
Prime large do.. 3 10 4 0 Veal
Do. small d 0.... 4 2 4 4 Small pork 4 8 5 0
Large pork 4 0 4 6 , amb.... ...... 0 0 0 0
Inferior mutton 3 10 4 4
London, England, 1861-02-15

TO 'HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEPERS.

MR. WILLIAM TEGG begs respectfully to say
JIL that his New Edition of " BROOKES'S GENERAL
GAZETTEER," or Compendious Geographical Dictionary,
is now ready ; containing Descriptions of every Country in
the known World, with their Towns, People, Natural Pro-
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they have been distin;fuished. The whole revised and cor-
rected to the present period by A. G. FINDLAY, F.R.G.S.
A valuable work for Gentlemen to reter to, and one
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•

London : William Tegg, Pancras-lane, Queen-street,
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THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE
fully explained in J. GROS,SMITH'S

- -
" GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES."
The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex
perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at band. Anxie
new; ham now become the grim torture. Purity of motive,
intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all
is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully
examined in J. Grosemith's "Government upon First Prin-
ciples."
- • •

Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row.

Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price as., by post free, ss. 6d.,
ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of
STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they
so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be
removed by the most simple means.
By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E.,

And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the
Cure of Strictures of the Urethra.

" This work is the production of a surgeon whose special
attention has been directed, through a long professional life,
to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases
which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence-of his
kreat discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various
inds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which
their management is founded. By his systematic management
an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is
attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can
most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuab
contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and
ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject
to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858.
London, England, 1861-02-15

Cash in hand .

CRACOW.

It is stated in a letter from Cracow of the 10th
that for some days before the local authorities had
been acting in a manner which appeared to indi-
cate that some energetic resolution was about to
be taken by the Government; also, that the editors
of the journals had been summoned before the
censorship, and warned to be extremely cautious
in their manner of treating both foreign and
domestic questions. The letter adds that the cen-
sors were displaying such rigour that the Polish
journals were not even allowed to translate certain
articles which had been permitted to appear in
Russian papers.