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THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE
MIDDLE TEMPLE.
The following are the official regulations connected with
the visit of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to the
Middle Temple on Thursday next :
Guests, visitors, and members of the Middle Temple, to be
!Omitted on exhibiting their cards of invitation or admis-
sion at the gate of Whitefriars, or, if on toot, at the gate at
the head of Middle Temple-lane or Inner Temple-lane.
There will be no admission to the Tempe without a ticket.
Carriages to enter at Whitefriars-gata, Temple-street, and
to set down at the Middle Temple-hall, and afterwards to
proceed up Middle Temple-lane into Fleet-street.
Carriages to fall into line in the area. before King's Bench-
walk.
Carriages, in taking up, to re-enter at Whitefriars-g,ate---
I o take up at Middle Temple-hall—and to leave the Temple
by Middle Temple-lane.
Ills Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is expected to
arrive at 2 p.m.
A parliament will thereupon be held in the New Parlia-
ment Chamber, and at its close the library will be formally
opened. An Address will be &resented to him Royal High-
t', sa in the library. -
At 3 p.m., after the library shall have been opened, there
will be a short choral service in the Temple Church.
At t there will be a dejeuner in the hail, and in the pavi-
lion in Pountain-court.
llarristers will be placed in the hall according to seniority,
as tar as practicable.
Barristers who may not act places in the ball, and students,
will
ti bleedlac in the pavilion according to seniority, as far as
prac
At six a conversazione will take p'tace in the new library.
Admission by tickets only.
Each member will receive a tick et to admit him to the
dejemier, indicating his place at table, and whether it be in
the hall or in the pavilion. This tiol(rA w
able for the conversazione. ill likewise be avail-
Tickets will likewise be given to as many members as the
space will allow, to admit to the, interior
of the librar on
the occasion of the opening"; or t,a the service in the church.
There will be accommodation for a limited number of ladies
in the library, in the church, and in the gallery of the hall.
Ladies' admission tickets will bo issued. There will likewise
be refreshments for ladies in, the Parliament Chamber, and
in the library in the evening.
Tickets will be ready for: distribution on Tuesday, 29th
October.
The treasury office will be closed on the 31st October dur Jag the entire day.

COSTUME.
Renehers to wear forensic levee costume. Barristers to
appear in forensic costnnie over evening dress. Students to
appear in evening dreF,s and gown. Ladles are not required
to appear otherwise alum in morning dress. Gentlemen at-
tending the conversazione to appear in evening dress.
There will be a gliard of honour, composed of members of
the Inns of Court Corps. They will partake of the dejeuner
in the pavilion in raliforni, without gown and wig.

BANK OF DEPOSIT.
(Established A.D. 1844.)
'No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON.
ProspectusQs and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free
on application.

PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.

ANNUITIES.
NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION,
3. PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON.
Empowered, by Special Act of Parliament, 17 Vim, cap. 43.
ESTABLISHF,D A.D. 1844.
IMMEDIATE ANNUITII&S granted on very favourable
terms.
The Tables for Reversionary and Deferred Annuities are
particularly deserving oi,attention, whether regarded as a
means ot providing for a particular individual, or as a re-
source against the casualtaes of age and the uncertainties of
health and fortune.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
Prospectuses sent free on application.

ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
Patron—The QUEEN.
This hospital is entirely devoted to destitution in its most
pitiable form, viz., that which is accompanied by sickness
and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with
adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting
into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of
this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to
have 500 beds immediately available for the reception of these
the most wrotched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, in ad-
dition to its in-patients, it gratuitously affords medical ad-
vice and tnedicine to more, on the average, than 2,000 out-
patients a week.
Contributions are earnestly solicited, and are received by
the Treasurer; Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also
by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; ITerries and
Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.;Smith,
Payne, and Co. ;e Glyn and Co.; Jones Loyd and CO. ; Bar-
clay and Co. ; Dnison and Co.;Williams, Deaco an Co. ;
Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisitet and Co., Bernen, rs-std reet
Messrs. J. Barned and Co , Liverpool ; and at the Hospital.
STANFORD S. SMITII, Sec.

THE INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA
The Directors are prepared to receive applications for
DEBENTURES, at par, bearing* interest at 5 per cent. per
annum. guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
The Debentures are for five years, and may be renewed for
a further term of five years, at the same rate of interest.
The Debentures may be converted into Indus Steam
Flotilla Capital Stock at the option of the holder.
T DAU BURNEL
Indus Steam Flotilla Office, Gre S sham House,L, Secretary.
Old Broad-street, Sept. 25, 1861.

V.R.—ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot,
October 10, 1861.
TENDERS will be Received at this Office until
Noon on Monday, November 4 next, from Persons
Who may be willing to enter into Contracts to Supply
FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD,
In such quantities as may be required, from December 1,1861,
to May 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces sta-
tioned at

ALDERSHOT CAMP,
And within the Command.
Forms of Tender, and Condi'tions of Contract, may be ob-
tained on application at thes Office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of Ten ar.d Four o'clock.
Tenders on the printed terms must be prorerly filled up
and signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve-
lope, marked on the ov:tside " Tender for Flour for Hospital
Bread," and no Tende..r will be noticed unless made on Forms
Obtained from thl.
tbisr,d) cn
ALFRED SELWEY,
Deputy Commissary-GeneraL

V. 11.—ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot,
October 10, 1861.
TENDERS will be received at this Office until
-a- Noon on Monday, November 4, 1861, from persons who
may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply
FLOUR AND MEAT,
In such quantities as may be required, from December 1,1861,
to hay 31, 1862, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces at
ALDERSHOT CAMP,
And within the Command.
Separate Tenders are required for Flour and for Meat.
Forms of Tei.ider and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on aPPlteation at this Office, by letter or in person, be-
tween the hoilrs of Ten and Four o'clock.
Tenders ott the printed Forms must be properly filled up,
gViel signed, and delivered at this Office, under closed enve-
vipe, marked on the outside "Tender for Commissariat Sup-
plies," and no Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms
o"Lainea from this Office.
(Signed) ALFRED SALWEY,
Deputy Commissary General.

V. R.—ARMY CONTRACT.
Commissariat, South Camp, Aldershot,
October 10, 1861.
SEALED TENDERS will be received at this
Office l Noon on Thursday, November 7 next, from
persons who
aupply of may be willing to enter into Contract for the

P ORAILLASSE STRAW,
AND STRAW F ROYAL EN SERVICE,
in such quantities
as may be required fromGINNER Ist December,
1861, to 30th November, 1862, for the use of lier Majesty's
Land Forces stationed at

ALDERSHOT CAMP,
and within the Command.
Printed Forms of Tender, together with the Conditions of
Contract, may be obtained on application at this Office be-
tween the hours of Ten and Four o'clock, where every infor-
Mallon which may be required on the subject will be
InrniFhed.
The Tenders must be made on the Printed Forms, which
Phould be properly filled up and signed, and delivered under
Pealed invelope at the above-mentioned office, marked outside
" Vender for Army Supplies," beforcnoon on the 7th proximo.
No Tender will be noticed unless made on Forms obtained
iruM the Office.
(Signed) ALFRED SELWEY,
Deputy Commissary-General.

Alt M Y C ONTRAC TS.—Tenders will be
received at this Office until noon on the sth of November,
from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to
supply
BREAD AND MEAT,
In such quantities as may be required, for the use of her ilia_
IsttDesy'ecember,s Land FlB6l, toorces st
31st ation May, 1862 n the
:
following plus, from
1. Brompton House, Hyde Park, and Kensington.
2. Regent's Park, St. John's-wood, and Portman-street
Barracks.
:t Wellington Barracks, horse Guards, Buckingham
Palate, and St. George's Barracks.
1. Tower.
Hounslow and Kneller HalL
6. 'Hampton Court.
•
7. Windsor.
8. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham.
V. Croydon.
10. Sandhurst.
Separate Tenders for Bread, and for Neat, Must be made for
each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as
veparatelY grouped and numbered.
Forms of Tender, and Conditions of Contract, may be
obtained on application at this Office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock.' Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up
and signed, and delivered at the under-mentioned Office,
under closed envelone (marked on the outside "Tender for
Commissariat Suppne,,,,) before noon on the sth November
Commissariat

W. T. POWER, Deputy Commissary General.
Deputy Commissary-general's office,
pti
6, New-street, Srng-gaoberrd ens , London, S.W,
1s Oct, 1861.

SAUCE.'-LEA AND
beg to caution the Public against S nrious Imitations of
-RINS
their world-renowed
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE.
Purchasers should
ASK FOR LEA AND PERRINV fa A u
Pronounced by Connoisseurs to De
~THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE:,
*** Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors
Wurcester ; Mest•rs. CROSSE and 11LACKIVELL, Londe:'
ac., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally.

GENERATIVE and MUSCULAR POWER
REGAINED by the use of PERRY'S CORDIAL
TIALM of SYRIACUIT. Established nearly a century, and
known thron,hout the world as TIM GREATEST RE-
GENERATOR • a never-failing remedy for the loss of manly
p,wer, produced by early indiscretions or any other cause.
,L enriches the principal vital fluids, enabling those who
aye deemed themselves incurable at once to fulfil the most
eotcred obligations of married life. Price lls. and 335. per
tle.
p PERRY'S PURIFYING TASTELES GLOBULES, a
dr„?inPt Cure in every stage of Gonorrlicea rimmediate,y
ng all inflammatory action, at the same time restoring
Eltia'te.rg!ls and surrounding parts to a vigorous and healthy
I er box. Ils. and 335.
for efr"RY'S CONCENTRATED DETERSINE ESSENCE,
and theectually eradicating all Syphilitic poison from the blood,
and 33a
after consequences of mercurial treatment. Price 10s.
Per bottle.
Married'il.lENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on Single and
by post 1 ife, enlarged to 190 pages with 100 engravings, ls.,
all La.„ 4 stamps ; also, Extriqs 'from the above Work in
01 dir"gtaffgsm, Post free on receipt of two stamps. To be
x ord.. and L. Perry and Co., 19, Berners-street,
orders are et London, W., where all letters and Post-office
by a cons''l,ntie addressed. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8,
Surgeons f' Sugeon, Member of the Royal College of
England (registered unticr the new Medical

PUBLICATIONS.

To be had at all the Libraries,
THE NEW AND POPULAR NOVELS,
Published by BURST and BLACKETr.
THE HOME AT ROSEFIELD. By EDWARD
Corrmc.
COUNTY SOCIETY. " Verite sans pcur."
NOTICE TO QUIT. By W. G. WILLS.
EAST AND WEST. By J. F. CORKRAN.
UNDER THE SPELL. By the Author of
"Grandmother's Money."
ALONE IN THE WORLD. By the Author of
"Cousin Geoffrey."
SIR RICHARD HAMILTON. (Nov. 1.)

COL. WOLSELEY'S ACCOUNT OF 'TIE CHINA
CAMPAIGN.

On Wednesday, November 6, will be published, in 4 vol. Bvo. with Portrait of Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Hope Grant, G.C.8.,
Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Army,
NARRATIVE of the CHINA WAR of 1860;
and of a Short Residence among the Rebel Forces at
Nankin. By Lieut.-Col. WOLSELEY, 90th Light Infantry,
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General to the Expedi-
tionary Force.
London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts.

NEW WORK BY CAPTAIN RICHARD BURTON.
Ou Thursday, November 7, will be published, in 1 vol. Biro.,
with numerous Illustrations,
THE CITY of the SAINTS; and across the
Rocky Mountains to California. By RICHARD P.
ButtTON; Captain H.M. Indian Army; Fellow and Gold
Medallist of the Royal Geographical Societies of France and
England ; U.M. Consul in West Africa ; Author of "Meccah
and Medinah," kc.
London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts.

BENTLEY'S 11TISCEL'LA.NY.
The NOVEMBER NUMBER (Now Ready) contains
I. The Improvements of VI. The Worries of a Cha-
Paris.
crone; or Lady Mara-
11. Crooked Usage ; or, The bout's Troubles. By
Adventures of Lorn Lo- °facia.
riot. ByDudleyeostello. VII. French Almanacks for
Chapters XXXL to 1862.
XXXIII. . VIII. A Feuille Volante
111. American Notabilities.
:IV. Beet Sugar and Alcohol apropos of a Certain Lack of Reverence.
in France. By Frede- IX. About Portraits and
rick-Marshall. Portrait Painting. By
V. The Seven-Year Maiden. Monkshood.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

Price Sixpence, or Post Free for Seven Stamps,
INDIAN RAILWAY AND INDUS FLOTILLA
GUARANTEES, examined and found to be delusive, with extracts from the Official Contracts. Second Edition,
with an enquiry into the validity of Debentures. By JAMES
MILLS, London : Mann Nephews, 39, Cornhill.

THE PRESENT 'DISTRESS IN TRADE
fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'S
" GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES."
The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex-
perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bmi
ness has 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. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin-
ciples."

Kent and Co., Paternoster-row.

Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, 58. 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.
B F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E.,
And formerly y 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
great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various
kinds 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,confidentiy recommend as a valuabV
contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and
ought to be found in the private study of all who arc subject
to stricture."—Medical Circular.
London: IT. Bailliere, 219, Regent.street;

ARGYLL ROOMS.-GREAT SUCCESS !!-
tion of M.
e BOULCORT Band and Musical arrangements under the direc-
, Conductor and principal Cornet. In addition to the Laurent Vale, Strauss t uadrille, and novel-
ties of last week, A NEW POLKA, by M. Boulcourt, the
Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.--
Manager, M. P. Grenet.

(ALDRIDGE'S BALM of COLUMBIA is the
v most certain remedy for restoring and strengthening
the hair. By it whiskers and moustaches are produced and
beautified. Ladies will find it especially valuable, as the
most delicate head-dress or bonnet can be worn without fear
of soiling-. Sold in bottles, 38. 6d., 65., and lls. C. and A.
OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand.

8, G ROSVE NO R- ST REET, Gil OSVENO R.- SQUARE.—
.
ALL CONSULTATIONS FREE.
X RTIFICIAL TEETH on a NEW and IM-
PROVED PRINCIPLE, at TEN SHILLINGS EACH
TOO tau g CUM-er:s.j
Mr. ESKELL'S PATE 'TED INVENTION (protected by
her Majesty's Iloyal Seal, July, 1860), for adapting Arti-
ficial Teeth, from one to a complete set, by Self-Adhesion,
are fixed without springs or fastening, without pain or ex-
traction, restore perfect articulation and mastication, ren-
dering detection impossible, and last a lifetime.
"Unrivalled for its utilityand economy."—Morning Post.
"An admirable contrivance for remedying the defects of
nature, without requiring new sets of teeth."—Sun.
Decayed Teeth Stopped, Loose Teeth Fastened, Discoloured.
Teeth Restored, &c. Constant Daily Attance at 8, Grosvenor-
street, Grosvernor-square, London; Old Stcine, Brighton;
Bennett's-hill, Birmingham

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXHIBITION OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two
hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the' curative treatment of HERNI A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects,
Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had,: and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. W 228 P.
A Single Truss, 16e., 21eHITE., 26,5. (Id.,i y
and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is.
A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,Tost-
office, Piccadilly.
LASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for
Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of
the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture,
and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking.
Price 4s. 6d., 78. (Id., 108., and 16s. each. Postage 6d.
JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228,:Picoadilly.

THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN
-a- FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF
LIFE.
This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most
shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution,
excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu-
ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate
case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in-
structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible.
This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to
marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by
the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made.
Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches
thirst.
Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full In-
structions for use, at 1.15., or Ibur quantities in one for 335.,
and may he sent to any part of the world, carefully packed,
on receipt of remittance stamps.
Sole Agents in London—Prout and Co., Patent Medicine
Warehouse, 229, Strand (near Temple-bar).
(Entered at Stationers' Hall.)

DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION.—
The GREAT CHEMICAL COMBINATION of Phos-
phorus, Quinine, Iron, and other invigorating ingredients, is
the never-failingßemedy for Spermatorrheea, and all Diseases
of the Reproductive System. A single course of this invalu-
able preparation insures health, strength, and manly vigour
in every stage of life. Price, lls. per bottle, or four 118. bottles
in one, 338. ; and in cases containing three 335. bottles, for
£5. at a saving of ..£1 12s.
DR. BRIGHT'S Tll REE DAYS' CURE ; the most speedy
remedy known. The BUCHU GLOBULES, containing the
Quintessence of Copaiba, Cubebs, Buchu, &c., at once cure,
without the possibility of failure, Gonorrhcra, obstinate Gleet,
Stricture, Sc., immediately subduing all inflammatory action;
encased in sugar, free from taste or smell. Price lls. ; by
post 12s. Cd.
Prepared and sold at the Laboratoyy,44A, Maddox-street,
Regent-street, W. (opposite the side of St. George's Church),
London. where also may be had the new medical work, en-
titled "Nervous Exhaustion," on Physical Disqualification
and Impediments to Marriage, 275 pages. Price 28. 6d. ; by
post, 28. 10d. ; abridged edition ls., by post 14 stamps, All
communications and Post-Office Orders to be addressed to
Ralph Bright.
The above medicines have been confided to a Registered
physician, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng-
land, who may be daily consulted from 11 to 4.

tilliNAT MAULBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR
THE PANTHEON.

DR: CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal
College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo.
thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as
above, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity,
Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements
of both Sexes, emanating from early and ,exoessive :indul-
meal

Has Just published,
-No. 4,
An entire new and original Work, entitled
IPBrism sd f by
P°l4l
13 BUM%
OURSELVES.
and Cure.
—Tile origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment,
Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation
iso, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary
Derange-
ments
and Marital Disqualifications,
The modern treatment ofMALE Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia
the
Gonorrhcea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all DIDCILSCS of
Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, ami
FEMA
The Physiology and Anatomy ofLE. Women—Functional Ir-
reffulatitres in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage—
Their Fag,
eetancies and Disappointments—The Cause and
Removal of Sterility--The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta-
tion—Use of the Speculum. Also,
HEALTH, HAPPI
No. 1,
NESS,
On Debility, Nervousness, and LONGEVITY';
Dyspepsia, and Indigestion,
No. 2.
Their Obligations, Happiness,
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
and Disappointments ; Love
ald other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off-
s ,ring seoured,

No. E.
IN Cases of
THE CASE BOOK.:
SPEHMATORRMEA,
Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confession and
Cure oruauterisations,Galvanivm, (Ito. &c.
To be had liGa
Advice to of Manaking' , Cornhilt ; and the Authors.
the Wor Classes fee Half-a-Githielt:
(SPECIAL NoTioE.)
Dr. Cnirerwsli is the only legally qualified medical practi-
tion
ffer ) ni living vt that Ilan, and eln, be consulted (only as
iftie,

TIIE LIFEBOAT AND ITER WORK.

At this period of the year, when, drifting through
the trees, the wild gusts of October herald the ap-
proach of winter storms, far over the land the sere
and yellow leaf is being swept by impetuous winds,
indicating to us the near approach of times when
night is pleasant by the warm inglenook, and days
are bitter and dreary anywhere. With the voice of
.
the storm—be it ever so low or ever so distant its
tones—comes the memory of those who go down to
the sea in white-winged ships. Conjectures as to th 3
fortunes of their hazardous existence arise unbidden
within our souls. The sailor-boy rocked on the top-
most height of the giddy mast—the hardy watcher
who keeps his vigil on the sea-washed deck—the
stout-armed helmsman who guides the staunch and
gallant bark across the billows of the yawning deep
—are all agents for our _comfort, ministers to our
Wealth, or promoters of our commerce. Without
the aid of their special services, much of the ad-
vantages of art and skill would be lost to our en-
joyment or our necessities, the spread of science
or religion or civilisation would be slow and ineffi-
cient, and the human race would remain deprived
of much [of its resources, and poor in oppor-
tunity for progress. Yet this class of workers
in the labour of the world have probably the least
share of the advantages that result from their toil.
The terms of their ordinary existence are far from
being attractive or fascinating, and the danger to
whist' it is subject beyond all calculation. Human
life is hazardous—very hazardous, indeed, in the
best and Strongest among us, a chance blow, or a
chance impulse, or a chance slip may cut it short
almost without warning; but for those whose home
is on the seas a plank is all that intervenes between
them and certain death. If that be frojl---if a nail
start, or a worm gnaw through it, fhe rushing
water will do the rest—the brave vessel will settle
down with its living freight, " deeper than did
plummet ever sound." Yet these are probable, but
not very frequent, dangers to the seaman's life. :It
is on the iron rocks along our coast that the most
woeful sacrifices take place, Among these the
stoutest ship that ever outrodo a storm in mid-ocean
may meet her perilous fate, and the hardiest and
most skilful seamen find their graves within sight
of land. To the struggling mariner in the grasp of
the wild waves, there is very frequently but one
chance for human succour, and that is afforded
oftenest by the gallant crew who man the lifeboat.
Many a time when the pitiful cry of human ',karts
is wafted on the wings of the storm from the
shrouds or deck of the perisL ing vessel, in the gripe
of the whirlwind, there are listening ears and gal-
lant men ashore who echo it back with a cheery
and hopeful response, as, dashing with their boat to
the beach, they launch it amid the waving surf, and
venture to the rescue. How often have they re-
stored its dearest one to home, when the raging sea
would have devoured the hope and trust of a house-
hold ; how often has a family had cause to bless the
courageous souls who have ventured in the very
teeth of death to save the victim who was almost
taken for ever from their embrace; and how often
has the passionate sob of some despairing derelict
wretch broken into a prayer of gratitude to Heaven
as, sweeping buoyantly over the seething waves,
he has beheld, careering amid the spray, the little
barque which brought him life renewed ?
According to the official register of shipwrecks
on the coast and in the seas of the United Kingdom,
a synopsis of which has just been published by the
National Lifeboat Institution—the average annual
loss of 800 lives takes place, and property to the
amount of one million and a half is devoted to
destruction in the seas and on the coasts of the
United Kingdom. Daring the year 1860 there
was by shipwrecks, a total loss of 1,379 vessels ; in
other words an increase in the gross number of
casualties of 146 beyond the average of the past
six years. Accidents from collisions have, how-
ever, decreased in a great degree, owing to the
improved-measures taken for prevention of wreck
from such causes, 298 collisions only having taken
place in 1860, against 349 in 1859. The total loss
of life from all the casualties at sea, during last
year, was 536, being 264 less than the average of
the past nine years, a gratifying fact, which must
be mainly attributable to the lifeboat, for 2,152
persons were saved from death. The rocket and
mortar apparatus were found most serviceable,
and even shore-boats were made available in this
noble and philanthropic work. The vessel wrecked
ase to have beenlnfluenced by class,
as during two years, out of 2,795 ships lost on
our coast, more than half (1,504) were colliers and
of that class, and 1,291 were timber laden, passen-
ger ships, and vessels in ballast. In tonnage it is
found that ships between 50 and 300 tons are those
to which casualties most frequently occur. In rig,
schooners figure [as by far the heaviest in the
melancholy category, 912 of them having gone to
pieces, and next to these the brigs have suffered
most, 644 of them having been lost. A very im-
portant fact, bearing on the efficiency of com-
manders of vessels, is, that out of the 1,379 ships
wrecked in 1860, 554 were commanded by masters
who were not required to have certificates of com-
petency. Twenty-one wrecks took place from not
taking soundings, 35 from general negligence,
39 from unseaworthiness, five from defective com-
passes, and two from intemperate. Perhaps, one
of the most extraordinary of the details re-
vealed by these very interesting statistics,
is, that eight ships were wrecked during calm
weather. Such is a statement is one for which
the general public can hardly be prepared, and is
a curious instance of the uncertainty of a sailor's
life. During the last eleven years, the points
between Skerries, Lambay, and Carnscre-point, and
St. David's-head on one side, and Sherries, Lambay,
Fair-head, and the Mull of Cantyre on the other,
are those upon which the loss of life has been by far
the greatest, being 2,332 out of 6,883, or above a
third of the whole.

Those are very interesting statistics. They reveal
an appalling loss of life, but they are not without
valuable evidence of its gain also. During the past
five years the number of lives saved on the coast by
life-boats, lifesaving apparatus, and other means,
has been 11,495. These numbers are a noble testi-
mony to the value of the exertions which have been
made in a good and holy work. In the cause of
humanity, danger has been met with a calm heroic
courage, better, as it is higher, than warrior ever
knew in the intoxication of battle. The storm might
rise, the sea might swell with appalling power, and
the night be dark with horror, but despite of wind,
and waves, and darkness, the lifeboat has sped on
its mission of mercy with wonderful success. Read-
ing over the record, touching and affecting, of its
fortunes on these brave occasions, we are anxious
that the National Lifeboat Institution, which has
given rise to so much good to our species, should
receive that encouragement and support of which
it is so deserving throughout the British Isles, where
we know hearty sympathies exist for the continued
services of its merciful operations in the cause of
suffering humanity. When we read of the Seaton
Carew lifeboat taking off the crew of the brig
Providence, wrecked off Hartlepool, and landing
them in safety, and then braving the storm again
to take off the crew of the Mayflower, and when
we find that the cost of that great and
philanthrophic deed, is only £25 for the sixteen
lives saved, we cannot but regard it as money laid
out at a valuable interest. At Portmadoc, seven-
teen men were saved at a cost of £l4. At Carn-
sore, nineteen persons were saved at an expense
of £22 145., by the same means. Could there be a
greater return than this for the money ? Can
wealth purchase so great an enjoyment as the
blessing of a child rescued from impending orphan-
age—a wife saved from the poverty and sorrow of
widowhood, a mother spared the prop of her old
age ; or can there be any reward so estimable as
the reward that comes of the prayers and blessings
of these. In the purposes of the National Lifeboat
Institution, such Milts come of so trivial a sum. In
the wild time of storms, day or night, its agencies
are at work to save and
to succour.
During the last 21 months the lifeboats of the
institution have been the means of rescuing 410
lives from the following different shipwrecks on our
coasts :—Barque Niagara, of Shields, 11 ; schooner
Ann Mitchell, of Montrose, 1 ; schooner Jane Roper,
of Ulverstone, ; brig Pallas, of Shields, 3 ; ship
Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow, 9 ; smack John Bull, of
Yarmouth, 5;
schooner Catherine, of Newry, 4 ; a
of Teignmouth, 2 ; brig George and James,
of a
London,rge,
8 ; brig Zephyr, of Whitby, 6; cable
Honour, of Cullercoats„
7 ; brig Nell
y,
• schooner Eliza. of North
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Shields,Lovely N , of Seaham, 6
brigantine Nugget, Y
of Bideford, 5 ; schooner Pros-
pect,6;
sloop Thomas and Jane, of St.
Ives, 3 ; fishing
of
boat,Berwick
of Whitburn, 4; brig Arethusa,
of Blyth, 8; schooner
aris, 2 ; schooner William, oft
Morecambe, Gipsy, of Newry, 4 ; schooner
flat Cymraes, of Beaum Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc, 8 ;
5; smackipsy,
Draper, of
Margaret Ann, of Preston, 4; brig
e Oberon, of Liverpool, 15 ;
New
of Teignmouth, 9; smack Won-
der,;
brigantine Nancy,
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2 brig Scotia, of Sunderland,
G; sloop Three Brothers,
Whitehaven, 8 ;
of Teignmouth,
of Goole, 5; sloop
Ann, of Blyth, 8 ;
Char-
lotte, of Woodbridge, 5 ; brig.
barqu_e_
e Vermont, of Halifax,
U.S., 16; schooner William
Aberystwyth, 5 ; barqu
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Keith, f Carnarvon,
sloop Hope, of Dublin, 3 , schooner Druid, of

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2 ; brig Flying Fish, of Whitby, 5; smack Eliza-
beth Ann, of Lyme Regis, 3 ; steam dredge at
Newhaven, 9 ; schooner William, of Liverpool, 5 ;
lugger Nimrod, of Castletown, 3; brig Providence,
of Shields, 8 ; brig Mayflower, of Newcastle, 8 ;
schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood, 4; barque
Guyana, of Glasgow, 19; brig Roman Empress, of
Shields, 10; brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide, 2;
schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna, 8 ; French
brig' La: J tune :Mario Therese, 6 ; barque Perse-
verance, of Scarborough, 5 ; schooner Elizabeth, of
Bridgewater, 4 ; ship Danube, of B elfast, 17 ; schooner
Hortensia, of Hanover, 4 ; schooner Admiral Hood,
of Rochester, 6 ; schooner Susan and Isabella, of
Dundee, 5 ; schooner Rose, of Lynn, 3 ; brig Pro
droma, of Stockton, 11; brig Eliza, of Middles-
borough, 7 ; brigantine Friea, of Koningsberg, 6;
brigantine Diana, of Frederickaham, 7; brig Glou-
cester, of South Shields, 7 ; brig Oregon, of Stone-
haven, 4 ; brig St. Michael, of Marans, 8 ; Spanish
barque Primera de Torreviega, saved vessel and one
of the crew, 1; schooner Hurrell, of Penzance,
saved vessel and crew, 4 ; barque Frederick, of
London, 1; brig Aline, of Plymouth, saved vessel
and crew, 8 ; schooner Betsy, of Peterhead, saved
vessel and crew, 6 ; barque Peace, of London, 2 ;
making a total of 410 persons saved from death.
Such noble services performed by the lifeboats '
within so short a period as the above list repre-
sents, reflects honour on the philanthropy of the
ago we live in, in addition to the important services
thus rendered to our commerce and even to the pro-
tection of our shores, for 410 persons would man a
large line-of-battle ship.
Secure in our homes, calmly awaiting the approach
of winter, when night is :pleasant by the warm
inglenook, we and ours may rest while brave ships
drive headlong on the rocks and strands by many a
lone headland; but let us not be forgetful of the
strong man who may struggle in despair with the
fierce elements, or of the trembling ship boy, whose
cry for help may reach no mother's ear. Let us,
on the contrary, borrow peace for ourselves, amid
the pauses of the storm which wakes us up in the
night, by the consoling thought that each of us has,
in his own humble way, and out of his own means,
given something to man a lifeboat of the National
Lifeboat Institution.