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The portraits taken by this means are really extraordinary
s likenesses ; they are true to nature, for nature here is her
The features are admirably marked out and

own delinea

delineated, and the likenesses at first sight are so extraordi-
nary, that they are really startling.

(From the Morning Advertiser.)

PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES.—One of the most inter-
esting sights it is possible to conceive is now attracting
crowds daily to the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street.
The patentee has christened it the " photographic mode of
By this process, in the incredibly short

kenesses

space-of five seconds, the likeness of any individual ii taken
down on a piece of metal, and the portrait is a perfect fac-
simile of the sitter. It. is nature herself that is called in to
be the artist, and her performance is truly astonishing,
leaving immeasurably behind it everything that human skill
could effect.

From the Morning Herald.)

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—We were present on Sa-
turday at the exhibition of the extraordinary process of
taking portraits by the reflecting apparatus, lately patented,
and now for the first time brought before the public. By the
photographic progress, perfect likenesses are taken. in the
short space of from ten to five and twenty seconds! We
say perfect, because the prepared plate on which the objects
is reflected must of necessity produce a perfect transcript of
that object. The operation, therefore, being thus unerring,
the fault of even the slightest failure in likeness can only
be attributable to the person sitting, which, of course,
may result from an assumed or unnatural position.
Although the exhibition has been only of a piiyate character,
and of some two or three days, we understand that it has
been visited by all the parties possessing the privilege.
Among other influential personages present on Saturday, we
noticed the Earl of Shaftesbury, who expressed his surprise
and gratification at the extraordinary invention.
(Front the Court Journal.)

PHOTOGRAPHIC LIKENESSES.—We attended yesterday
at the private view given by the patentee of the reflecting ap-
paratus at the Polytechnic Institution, by which photographic
likenesses are taken, and with the greatest accuracy, in a
period varying from five to twenty seconds. We were de-
lighhted with the exhibition.
(From the Morning Post.)
The patentee of this invention has adopted the principle of
giving these " reflections".to the public at a very moderate
cost, compared to the ordinary price of miniatures, trusting
for his return to a general desire to possess them, which he
anticipates must be felt by all persons who would cherish the
best memento of a dear friend or relative.

(From the Courier.)

" Every line, every touch in the pictrue produced is from
the pencil of nature, without flattery or fallacy."
(From the Weekly Dispatch.)

Pll OTOGRA PHIC • PORTRAITS.—We took an opportunity
on Monday cf again visiting the Polytechnic Institution, to
witness the astonishing manner in which portraits are taken
by the photographic process. The room was crowded with
nobility and gentry, among whom we noticed Lord Aber-
deen, and several other persons of rank, each of whom, in
the warmest terms, expressed their delight and astonishment
at the rapidity with which the portraits of different gentle-
men were taken, and the extreme fidelity in the execution.
It is, in fact, impossible for the portraits to be any thing
short of a complete copy of nature.
(From the Observer.)
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—The appearance of the
miniature thus produced is that of a mezzotint engraving,
the likeness being no queition of opinion, but a plain matter
of fact, for nature in this, as in other similar operations,
makes "no mistake." There is such subtilty of touch and
tone in the likeness as might fill a Vandyke or a Lawrence
at once with delight and despair. Altogether this is a most
wonderful and extraordinary exhibition. Those who in por-
traiture are fond of being " flattered," will certainly not
patronise the photographic method of taking likenesses ; but,
on the other hand, they who want the real thing, and we
presume them to be the majority, will unquestienahly spend
a guinea with great willingness in the production of a minia-
ture portrait which their fathers and mothers, wives, sisters,
and brothers may " swear to." Separate rooms are also
appropriated to ladies and gentlemen, and a female attendant
waits upon the former to assist in arranging the dress so as
to produce the most desirable pictorial effect.
(Front the Naval and Military Gazette.)

PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.—For some time 1 was
doubted whether Photography could ever be brought to
operate satisfactorily on the human face and form, so as to
enable the artist to take an unerring and effective likeness,
the slightest motion inevitably destroying the picture in its
progrees. Ingenuity; perseverance, and repeated experiments,
have at length completely triumphed over the difficulty ; and
rniniature portraits, infallibly faithful, are now taken, from a
sittting of from five to twenty seconds ; the time varying
according to the intensity of light.

- (From Bell's Weekly Messenger.)
EXTRAORDINARY FACT.—MINIATURE PICTDRES.—It Is
bodily and personally the individual who is the sitter. It is
as much so, as he sees himself in the most accurate looking
lass, but with this difference, that the Photographic likeness
as if it were removed from the surface of the
Lnirror, and rendered perpetual. It is an everlasting memo-
rial of the man at the moment it is taken—and therefore the
most precious gift that can be given to those who love him
while living, and will cherish his memory when dead. It is
a discovery, which not only saves the sitter from the tedium
of being fixed in the same position for many an hour for his
likeness, (for this is accomplished in the sixth part of a mi-
nute)—but it affords to artists themselves the surest guide
for copying other likenesses, whether in miniature, or in oil
lintings as large as life.

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CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.—Their graces the Duke of Marl-
'rough and Wellington were observed on Thursday acci-
ntally viewing, at the same time, the smouldering embers
the trophies from the two great fields of British prowess
the trophies
enlieim and Waterloo.

NAUTICAL SOMNABULISM.—Our readerst have no doubt
relate to them a
heard of sleepwalking, but we arc gain,.
be almost
tale of nautical somnambulism, which to 3,
incredible. We are, therefore, our reader: Would
then utduring
relating it upon the best authority ,_
s:,hipdrat an.
Herrnaiy be assured,
Calliope arrived off town on Tuesday morning, ship
the night between Monday and Tuesday, henir7
chor off Rajgunge, the watch on board saw
down upon them. The helm was put over, and her maiei‘ftting
ship sheered so as to allow the drifting vessel just room
--y's
ust room
enough to get clear of her ; but in the heavy strain of the
sheer the Calliope parted and went on shore, fortunately upon
a hank of soft mud, and nearly at low water, so that she got
got off without trouble or danger upon the flood tide. The
pilot sent a row boat on board the drifting vessel, and an.
chorea her, when, to the surprise of every one, it was found
that she was the Hannah (or Anna), which, being off the
Mint Ghaut, had parted, and, strange to say, drifted down
during the night through the crowded tiers of ;hipping in the
river, to Melancholy Point, having only an officer and five
Lascars on board, all, of course fast asleep, and only wakened
from their slumbers by the firing of four of the Calliope's
‘t32-pounders. We call this nautical somnabulism, but We
rnst if any more of the " sacred ships" mean to practise in
thisof t way, they will not do so when government has £2,500,000
..m.ias,lre afloat, seeing that in the freshes of our " Golden
. (0, a vessel takes the ground, capsizes. and is buried
't? ' 'a4Ct deep
lp) uinbl4i honrs,
.which oul be- mighty inconve-
011ettt ttr. the servibe just rtov7.--Calcutta Alar. i

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE

CHINA.
On Friday morning papers from China, India, &c., were re-
ceived by express from Marseilles in London. We copy the

following summary of the intelligence from China froin the
Bombay Times of the Ist October :
The intelligence from China, which in our last came down

to the 20th of June, extends up to the present date to the
24th of August. The last faciculus is so recent that we can
look for little more before the middle of November. The

truce, of which we formerly gave particulars, singularly
enough continued unbroken from the 27th of May till the
24th of August. The bulk of the Canton ransom money had
been despatched by her Majesty's ships Calliope and Con-
way, the former carrying two and a half millions of dollars
to Calcutta, where she arrived in safety on the sth of August,
the latter being intrusted with two millions direct for Eng-
land. It is said that the expense of transmitting this home
in specie, instead of by the usual method of remittance, will,
besides the value of the vessel's services, amount to £40,000.

The Canton Press considers this a bit of patronage to give
the son-in-law of Sir G. Bremer and the cousin of Lord
Minto, the captains of the vessels, a little piece of lucrative
employment. Sir W. Parker is understood to have been
greatly incensed that two such vessels as the Conway and
Calliope should have been despatched when their services
were so much wanted, the 32-pounder armament of the latter
rendering her one of the most efficient ships in the squadron.
The Hon. East India Company's steam-frigate Sesostris
had, when at Singapore on the Ist August, lost 12 of her
men by desertion.
An inventory of the amount of property belonging to
Keshen, which has just been confiscated, has been published
—its value exceeds three millions of pounds sterling !
mostly extracted in bribes from the Hong merchants, from
opium speculations, and illegitimate imposts on trade. The
fortune of Keshen is one of many similar ones acquired by
like infamous means. The exactions made on the Hong
merchants for a third of the ransom of Canton, had in-
terrupted the payment of the dividends which had for some
time been in progress by instalments ; so that, through the
medium of the Hong debts due to them, a proportion of the
six millions of dollars received by Capt. Elliot was drawn
from the pockets of his countrymen !
By the steamer Atalanta, which reached this on the 26th
ultimo, we received intelligence from Hong Kong to the
24th gust. The Sesostris, with the Plenipotentiary and
admiral on board, arrived off Macao on the 9th August, and
anchored about four miles from the town. Notwithstanding
a delay of two days at Singapore, where she took in 180 tons
of miserable coal, she accomplished her voyage in 23 days,
being the most rapid on record. At six o'clock the follow-
ing morning the Nemesis was alongside, with Captains Elliot
and Nias, and Mr. Johnston, to welcome the Penipotantiary.
The same day about two o'clock the admiral sailed in the
Sesostris for Hong Kong, for the purpose of inspecting the
condition of the fleet, preparatory to an immediate start for
the north. He again returned to Macao on the 12th, and
went back to Hong Kong on the following day to hasten pre-
parations, accompanied by Sir H. Gough. On the 13th,
Major Malcolm was despatched in the Nemesis to Canton
with the announcement of the arrival of the new Plenipoten-
tiary, and a copy of the demands of the British government,
to be forwarded immediately to the Emperor. So soon as
the arrival of the secretary was made known to the Kwang-

chow-foo (the mayor of -Canton), this high functionary ital.
mated his wish to receive the despatch in person. The hall i
(now in ruins) of the company'e factory was, as on former
occasions, selected for the interview. The mayor came at.
tended by old Howqua and Nowqua ; but, though the
former of these is the well-known source of half the great
movements in China, and the most profound politician per-
haps within the empire, both were ordered to retire previous
to the commencement of business. The same day a notifi-
cation was presented to each of the merchants residing at
Canton, intimating that as hostilities would in all likelihood
very shortly recommence in the north, they should keep
themselves and their property out of the way of mischief, as
the Plenipotentiary would not hold himself responsible, nor
must they look for recompense from government for any
injury they might receive. A rumour prevailed at this time
in Canton, that all the Tartar troops had been ordered back
again ; that two boats full, indeed, had actually arrived ; and
though the information continued without any definite au-
thentication, no doubt seemed to be entertained that the
fortifications would be immediately rebuilt, armed, and gar-
risoned afresh, so soon as our troops moved northward. The
fact of the Kwang-chow-foo receiving the despatches in per-
son, is of itself an indication of how speedily the Chinese
themselves had made the discovery of the different sort of per-
sons they had now to deal with from those who formerly con-
ducted the business of negociation, and dealt in it as if it were
indeed a business, and the sole one wherewith the expedi-
tion had occasion to concern itself. The alteration was
felt immediately in the change of conduct manifested towards
the English residents in Canton : the customary insolence
vanished ; and the studied rudeness experienced in passing
along the streets seemed at once exchanged for deference and
respect. Here was indeed a change from men, not measures
—for the powers and instructions under which Sir H. Pot-
tinger acts differ almost in nothing from those of Captain El-
liot; the characters of the men are nearly as much dissimilar
as their powers are alike. The mayor of Canton, on after-
wards coming on a mission to the Plenipotentiary, was re-
fused admittance, and handed over to Major Malcolm, the
private secretary.
This was a sad change of days since the time when the pre-
vious Plenipotentiary ran backward and forward to Canton at
the bidding of any rascally mandarin who chose to request
his presence, and put a stop to the operations of the British
fleet, when an old woman in a Tanks boat was reckoned mes-
senger of state enough for him. On the 12th Sir H. Pottin-
ger issued a notification, informing the British merchants
generally of his intentions, and warning them to keep them-
selves out of the way of danger. It is a plain, straightfor-
ward, manly document, wherein things are for the first time
since the commencement of our operations called by their
right names by officials in England or China. The war is a
war, and nothing but a war—though both my Lord Palmers-
ton and the other ex-mismanagers of China affairs spoke as
if it would have blistered their tongues hitherto to have said
so. The truce with which Captain Elliot so unnecessarily
tied our hands on the 27th May, has, singularly enough,
been maintained with a show at least of a little good faith on
the part of the Chinese, and as long as this lasts Sir H.
Pottinger very properly states that he willhold himself bound
by the terms granted, by his predecessor ; but we hear no
nonsense about " great respect for the Chinese, or scrupu-
[ ' lous good faith of illustrious individuals ;" the authorities
are told at once that the slightest infraction of the truce
will lead to a renewal of active hostilities within the
province; and that it is accordingly to be borne in
mind, that such an event is not only highly proba-
ble, " from the well understood perfidy and bad faith of
the provincial offiCers themselves, but also because they are
compelled at any moment, by orders from the imperial ca-
binet, to set aside and disavow their own acts." This is
speaking intelligibly and to the point ; and, accordingly,
the change of feeling produced amongst the officers of the
expedition seems to have been instantaneous and almost ma-
gical. Our mercantile correspondents write so cheerfully,
and in such spirits, that it is difficult to suppose the writers
are the same as those whose tone for these two years past has
been so uniformly melancholy and deponding. The Canton
truce was a purely local one, affecting only the southern pro-
vince, and accordingly, as preparations proceeded for mov-
ing towards the north, the terror of the southern authorities
became extreme. Ten—some say twenty—millions of dol-
lars are believed to have been offered the plenipotentiary to
induce him to alter his purposes ; but we had to make war,
not a bargain ; and the consequences of British indignation
were not now any longer to be bought off by Chinese bribes.
In answer to the question as to the nature of the protection
which would be afforded to British life and property at Ma-
cao, and as to how far the Portuguese government, in case
of emergency, might be depended on, Sir H. Pottinger re-
ferred to the statements in his official notification ; hinting
• to them that Hong Kong was now the proper place for Bri-
tish subjects to seek safety, and that experience should have
taught them how far Portuguese good faith was to be relied
on : adding at the same time, that the same protection that
was left for vessels in the roads might, in case of emergency
be made available for residents on shore. On the 21st, the
fleet, consisting of nine ships of war, four armed steamers,
and 22 transports sailed northward for Amoy. The admiral
continues urgent for more river steamers ; and the Medusa
and Ariadne, of exactly the same armament with the Neme-
sis, that is—traversing 32-pounders--left Bombay on the 29th
ultimo. A strong force of seven ships of war- and one
steamer, with troops and transports, remain for service at
Hong Kong and in Canton river ; so that while our principal
consideration is directed to points further north, the people
in the southern province will have no want of attention should
their conduct require a little castigation—a contingency much
more than probable. The land force mustered, in all, 3,000
bayonets. The fleet of transports amounted to 40.

SHIPWRECK OF SIR GORDON BREMER AND
CAPT. ELLIO'-THEIR CAPTURE AND RAN-

SOM.
We find in the Canton correspondence an account of a
dreadful typhoon on the 21st of August. and extract the fol-
lowing interesting particulars :
Her Majesty's cutter Louisa, Lord A. W. Beauclerk in
command, Mr. Swan, master, with their Excellencies Sir G.
Bremer and Captain Charles Elliot, her Majesty's joint Ple-
nipotentiaries in China ; Flag-Lieutenant Fowler, and Mr.
Morgan, Sir Gordon's secretary, on board ; and the schooner
Young Hebe, Mr. C. V. Temple in command, left Macao
roads for Hong Tong on the 20th. The Young Hebe was
seen on the 20th well under Lantao, and the cutter a few
miles ahead of her. On Friday afternoon Sir G. Bremer
and Captain Elliot were brought back to Macao in a smail
Chinese boat. The cutter had been blown to the westward;
about noon, on the 21st, Mr. Owen, the second master, was
knocked overboard whilst employed about the lower gaff,
and drowned; the cutter was eventually wrecked on the
island of Kowlan, to the north of Tylow, and near to the
village of Fiesha. This island is in the division of Wongle-
ongtow, district of Heangshan.
Her Majesty's joint plenipotentiaries were at first rather
roughly treated ; the commodore was, we have heard,
knocked down and stripped, and had not the man who
brought their excellencies back to Macao in his boat inter-
fered in their behalf and protection, the English expedition
to China would probably have been deprived of both its
civil and military heads. The man called himself a com-
prador, took the shipwrecked people into his house and gave
them food. Sir G. Bremer landed on the Praya Grande, in
a red Guernsey frock and drawers. The price of their
rescue was 3,000 dollars. Lieut. Fowler, Lord A. W. Beau-
clerk, and the rest of the crew were brought back to Macao
on Sunday, by a lorcha, and a boat of her Majesty's ship
Herald, which had been despatched for that purpose.
The schooner Young Hebe returned to Macao, under
jurymasts, on Thursday.

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE

(From the Oxford Herald.)

The Rev. James Moody, 8.A., of St. Mary Hall, and
Curate of Radnage, Bucks, has been appointed Chaplain to
her Majesty's frigate Thalia.
The Rev. Alfred Brown, 8.A., of Queen's College, has
been presented, by the Venerable Archdeacon Musgrave, to
the Perpetual Curacy of Cross Stone, -Yorkshire, vacant by
the death of the Rev. John Fennel.
On Satut day last, the Rev. Charles Raymond Barker,
M.A., was instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and
Bristol, to the Vicarage of Bladington, Gloucestershire,
vacant by the death of the Rev. John Allen ; patrons, the
Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Bristol.
Mr. James A. Lawson, LL.B., has been elected to the
Whateley Professorship of Political Economy in Trinity
College, Dublin.
Rev. John Hymers, B.D.,Fellow of St. John's College,
Cambridge, to be the Lady Nlargaret's Preacher, vacant by
the cession of the Rev. Richard Newton Adams, D.D.
Rev. John Shaw, M.A., to the Vicarage of Stoke Poges,
Bucks, vacant by the cession of the Hon. and Rev. S. G.
Osborne; patron, Lord Godolphin.
Rev. Hall, Chancellor of the Diocese of Cork, to the
-`v,rs of Charleville, vacant by the promotion of the Rev.
Dr. Cutter.
Relßytee.vv. Thomas
rotrmaßansc.ißua
sakkee Plummer Baker, B to the Rectory of
Little Cressingham Norfolk, vacant 8.A.,
by.' the death of the
be Rural Dean of Stone,
M.A., Incumbent of Hilderstone, to
nl, Staffordshire.
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Suffolk, vacant by the d
patroness,vl. Woolley,
the queen.
Revicar
Rev. John Peel.
ofShenstone, near Lichfield, to
the Rectory of Handsworth
, te Staffordshire,
void by the death
of the Rev. J. Hargraves ; patron
Rev. Thos. Stilt 13asnett, of South Vicar of Rollestone-
oßf
sotouit•yh\efli
thaw, Lincolnshire; patrons, the Chapter Wal-
cum-Fiskerton, Nottinghamshire, the