The Express. — London, England, 1862-02-20 00:00:00

Tte j le' • I At . a-,- • . e , 4 e: =4. 7 - No. 4.845.] LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1862. (Stamped, id. Additional.) [TW OPEN CE arc• iItAL S ro• Irre• .trly 14.1 I .t.ti. 1 , I .:~ e,_ ' t -1i ' • g • 4 • r„r_ W..«. rk, the 1444 Oaten. Alldili. Va. wuul- .ounry, Slarl.s. r, .0 r.r..- mused. *Mos, Ikr, GE J. A. ilk the Nam I t.••i . ' , w . w_ S. rt. I'vt • I, Re, Y J C. 0. .-----,.: N. V. at (h run.—• eioerfr.ll.s. etALCCTTA,calliug at Mar. Ira... —The wall-Inautru ij alp)", ansittary *term stn,•• I 51.1,t N A. CY .1 toms. illhileene 1 .••• r„ 1.111 lest • the `el.:torts 4 n lon flacks outlet 13th Marc% e .t.a:eine pooseagers at SW kat ine tirevrtend on the nue nuagn.inest show, basil e.pr...1) low the In.t , s &mak Ws ‘vstlikor•••.4bly Las urst rats ..rooms wlattm tar prow. ..1.1% will carry an •,,rat.oo .a 4 a samaastesa. Icy ,nt. nail of Its weeks y elle ,f the letenstng WWl...aunt &Amain* stoss•veaula this romtenly : Hditfore... Jason. taw tam Lady Jn. u tons. nohica Moak %MS Ism *Ms tan sane, 4:11 tons, Cabala& LIU WM ' • to Morn. Grisd*y sag 0t.,13. For trel i iht w poireot apple W---- lesellsoniutetiono, A. W.: Sli irrs. Alfred Brett sod 0%. 114,48- lientrit-otrieti C. re in the iffAces of the Compost'. Il i Witte- Le.; re 1.0 application kw agyolutineuto Illidlitifpnwit to Ws wren' sboold he sails. itICILLAILD DICW. flowittory. Nott loin, awl Lowing -lopping Cutaway iLlmilat. N to. 9. tlluctim•lain, W EEKLY STEAM COMMUNICATION to VoRE larevE—TM LIVERPOOL. NEW YORK. .. 1 .11.1111.11.ELP111A YEAII44IIIPCOIII . ‘N Y Intend depth nu fte:ir f 111.m...re I iron alum, Raub 'hips...affirm at Queens- I..etabark paeferearra mad despatch., so fellows: beELY LIVERIaa of. FoR NM YORK. etrY OY Wedarealay, Yeb. nt.‘4o4/W, Waialeale', March 5. I itY MY h 11.11510111, Wednesday, March It And every oneeeding Wednesday. fa.* M—l,. IS. 17, and II inineelh aceordlatt to the arrow Verwarst persee, •pine" leeladteg aU pennant= ind. Pesseeedre he thanks sad the Western States badte4 saisa,h .w very adtrantagean• teens—Wer further pante-Ware Andy to WILLIAM INMAN. 0. walir4ime, Liv+lP.ol: se Sh MACZY. 01, £I. Ifielirdwest, Clty. ‘CAPIIIC lIEWPs Deswlnes. MaCreme. Jewell**, Vaisgrda, .14.mtcs, etc. 1.1 t.. J. C. STEV E NSE w ill SELL by AUCTION, M his (heat Room. 34. King street, Cereuleter.See. Oal Veit el, at kilt at 12 precisely. is COLLYATION o rth FUN II:%% A and "[her subjects by Liget Yentas. ,Wahle 'tar vlled air pumµ drawings, diagrams, jr striker . . fancy jsssis, a few loss of natural illstory, books..ift I • vanet) of lida. ivasnonisitens• —ll.sy nv viewed Oh the day prior sad taunting .4 sac. ratiskupscs MISS CONSTANCE continues to gain fresh lastreit Miring the past week upwards of Twelve Thou smut pers.s, signified their apprecletion of her wonderful powers of vocalisation by the moat deafening and nomintakable ap lwr reception loving (*towel to the excitement conse quent oe the Jeimy 1.1u.l mina she will APPEAR LYNAM Et IN I,de at 9 and IL at the LONDON PAVILION. and apart faun the etecutien of several admired •oto pieces, which sh e swcetly renders, Miss Condanee will slag some favourite ducts with Madame Lueeldtd, as artiste possessing rare usaalcal abilities. The company pm/prim a variety of Wait, Ise l illa.lame V slkereare, Madams use, Elton Williams, the , Nina t *toting. Pulse, Mu, *e. TUE LONDON PAVILION, Tkhlseneetreet, top of the Ilaynuarket. ADu peep )N. area, Solo : huleuny, 11. I:I'9 , I:LL iIioIVEIL Musical Ihrector. A WORD IN SEA.e ON. BUTLER and McCITLLOCH, ut Cweat.gardett Nark* Lesihm. and established toe upwards al s enmity. Mow stseatioa to the; r CoLLIA 1 ON VSOITABLE SEEDS. cooddmy •d the :Noire and approved earlobe... AV orders caetutolirre ad 01114•611, mid the par ernt. allowed br ael N.. I 1 ....imokte 1. Becalms d Tesetabie Seeds for oar y. AV $ .1111.. ditto smaller ythallties 2 0 0 No 3 lath. .lltto ditto ditto For toll parneelars. sea &lat. rade (Pao 01 thveviptoe ovilopoe tor UM may be bed tree and post peid up... epplo .01..o..uthlathe su the mew sad most approved thiletles of Plower .la. STEVENS awl SON, Wine and Spirit Merchants. WI E 4 ed mtpvred toultty. het. trout the "rood, rine, aupt rod. dlo. Pts per dozen: old crusted, 4511, *a, 54e. Po per dorte. :therriet, ufettl. 3do. ebudee. 42a., 4L, St.. per dozen. Awoutillado lute 3lauza• a/l/A. . Lisbon, mit or dry, :124.. I*4karella, Itu• ease, 3oe. Marsala, on. A, tAL vtdonle, 30A per dorm. Cliampaspe. , Pte : AlortO, Parrier4ottet'a, elbe gates, Ilea , NOR . 72e per &zee. Claret, vin ttratadlre, 1. ttt Veggie,. St. Julien. La Knee, Rc 300., 3a., 4!.. etlet • Chateau Iterates awl Lentue ••4 , pre dozen. llocta sae %era". roe. 4a. , 7te. , sparklius,, Me, lids. AU aim einn 0 .1 4 . 2 7 Ma mettle Delivered tree lilted. lave PAM& Tenet. cae►.-7a, Iltaleusmateetreetotlthla. VIONIYB PERMANENT 11ARKLNO INK for marlitrag int Linen, Stilt. or Colon. Irev wine so eve lo by fax UN Dnl NoOkie.—Clboreir Ort ve olievirey olor ot tie violable One ever yet bow joirrind. GoolllaM sea bottle bean Om &Woos wa lb* 11= IlmiiikeleW iC.. 'dew it nag ira am, at ea et drosseifie. umoliolioe woolorik ollagirme. it. lie the l olive litimplos. ?rise la par WM& WATHIRSTON and BROOD GOLD CBAL trey arid& at reallsabia setlorrhip at ..16 artrattrarenf paler The pit le dr arra prraut. ..1. aa.l ra.ardartal at Ur pre airromt Illers's the 11•14 SIN noel you ...Ads st,ittlie. sts the mimed arab 21. imm• 1P , 1....1 drip Mr 11rithar." U•nriortta..trost, CoroaTt-Fortfro. Mop mob of aMhu an., jeweller/ f. 19. saute. This c.t I. CIUN .1 at u lu No evening, alrl on **stoic mEULER (ALFRED WEBB MILKS) xicw Al rrLi AnD Winn: iTUCK Itr the Weeld-tined Me”tchi ASIth , LA Iw lIIOUSIhk.A. 111 wee mere one reedy f 10-pcetio• Them Trwww-re were seleirated by Wllleseaslyaialeues M. .4-SMELT. MANUA ur.-squARE. mei wbo le net imams Uri with soy pvmsee leashes sal mine. thing Ye wee. SATABLIMILL 101 l 111111IttArt. IML TiII"HACLIE. —HOW A RD'S ENAMEL, for mwrclog DIWAVER I alit. Intiwanni lar,t , lb* anrll7. hie toed le • own INtmotre of pain. Anti basnleer •••• • white • caftel. It fel•A.Lt• in the 1.1.411 &luny raw • ausel•mo 14.. 55.0), And 411.U:a tin: Mos am N. 1.1 1.7 .11 ave.& o.u. And sordlela• noire. Pelee l• SPNITACLICS, by liAlt [LIS and hies. Inn Wet terlAtaly pre,erv• the etAht. Better caner* M Ihm.ha Musk with r;etele roe pebbles, steel. with L,"=3e. 10 .114 6.1.1 eet.l •ilvet vec veLhle awl Ef• •• Aila. ~..risky. ihigully two 0.2..ee. Pe•seryeet law% li eel.}.est tree. r11.1e4. HAIRKIe ea.l Opel :taw to the Loyd Faulty. oppn.ate lake lirabh 11.. us Uaetee, Ilitahlishal Itae. 6..Y1e0 —S•. Wavell• e• t hoployeel AFINE HEAD .4 HAIR, the Ile:till, Whiskers, owl tivetedue. are reAlstad by tho u.e of lI IN LAN lot IiACAMIAII OIL Iltio rt..alit, tyrant. nod pellucid .at is mitanal: in WOO V. lint. t •. It. Unpin .. , •Irlitrot *lb VC. during IM bat years 1. pronioling wrowth. rmtorimi, au , l Ise.itti• ?limit 1111110.14 Ara. It pi event.. Awe from 1.111011 01l or guru la g vsy, strriajtheit. rat It fr iv tat and aaseirla. awl stake. it brintifully *A. pliable. and tOottay. For clit.tres It 6 e.peristll reconmiendrol, as forma,: the bash of a hamattlal head .1 h..: 1...11 iimatet It Allike .11441 tys iii 11.31Wirahl. I', o linen an ...talittilhini tavoente to haat& ere,. a+. I . ;... 10. MI., 4. foot +mall, and 21... pat Salk S W by A ltlO%lLtN Li JlOl MINS, 2U, Hatton wets, nycleletste wet pubis. Alk fur borlamli Ilustiar AN EFFECTUAL 11.11MEI)Y.—LAMBER.1"8 A>TIIyIATII' ItAL4AII. without toolholout the a/Iw dog the truly elleaciou and plea..int. a,lonitte.l to he the lain ww.1..10e toe 111.0r4111IPly n kering rone/ta, otifintbe.l a 41.14 mot Incipient runoimptl,,n It fre iweutly rue.. whom the fa 4 ulty pronotoom incurable, atearahly allay• Ibr tickling which prueukee Innuent couelow.t. la spar... Wag cot, nniptioa ate elect. are truly 1. ururul. Pvt..... .1 pnvi elfrlOl,llls 410111, for fiat ist it.. 11/ 4) it, p. relief Is a few minutes after tikoss i g it 17.3Kt0.4 only and r I• 1 1., W. LAVIV,IIT. rhrnur t, Jcrni)u• street, IlAyita.ra.t, a.til by ail 4111044 lei hottlea IJO.. and Wee ituanlities to MT, s. Ud. sock I. poetical*: sail ask Lalabett • 4.41m0..iic The Male Sid allialVlS tosugnrwl an the *tamp. RUCHAN'S SUGAR-COATED SAWA PAPILLA 1.11 LA.—lt la efell•knowa fad that sar-r. Win. is the ureatte paritler of the Mood In the world. Keep loin 0 ...•.11 peer, 14e lemeht molar, sad tkiy the oloct..r. These pa.i a? Incase, mod Are for the tun. .1 every na al , Mal • mail. 11011105, and chill, al" 11 as all efunlara, aes the Whom., liter, and staunch we, all no aniae.s, gout, rheonultssa, lotuluuro, Pau. In 111 . 04, In,, sore throstv, 1114 every conapltLiut r,otve.l irr,pl:arltt., of t;.. oltetructe.l perspiration, ant .I..terueste,l 111P1 1111bCdilly Liao..—Potent Mtdicine Waft /1.1,•r. 1.. /*Mere .tr. et, tltford street, London. 1t Aolfsal• Amu: tarelay awl to., 75, Varrloolow.treet sad front AU camisla Auld lA IA lid., :It. vd., 45 Al And 1)01 OMNI% BUNIONS, and DILTECTIVIC TOZ AILA ItICIIACTLIt wool Cl KI,It in oils Waste, without sitting., Ob. 1..0t two, by Mr. It k.N DA LI., 8.5, Urgent-street Lotto- , otto•tool-.1 toy rim Itelsolall If prefermot. Terra, to Ott. to :.• %It Cal-:.t11 h.. Irootontafaista front Ow loyal Irately. .larta ... 4 h lb', Ma. cu, . ath tlo.nAroolt of ootherto. bola all of ..,' lbs .. I.la , onadar to Mt. fulltoytutft .—Vrtoas th e it t llov. lb L., ; Wallop of lemoloolo .—" Mr. !Coattail hasaltoct y cured sore /..no l'a m) trio without giving auy patio . —"Sir &abort Ab soh,. r. 3:, rtt Janivs'oplacc. has bad two largo toenails and sorra stir wird from his lest by Mr. lbottiall, and can strongly lassabaowl Sow" _ _ ftleOltD'S 11313KNUX of LIFX restores t0,..113...4 to the most aidittand eartentutlous In leer lett-ks lwtnrc le liniteetable. lb aid. are pertatuteua Its r'+etmrltatie. atertun7.—tantl to ewe, with full Ittetructletta, at Ile. .r fo.t eaaottliee tot 124.. stmt saywiwn, carefully peckr., oo r.. rpi of female:la danthee—dele agents. 1.211 UT Sae ...t3 00. osor 1.11.0104/1/L Just poddiated, pe lots Yew 1141410 a, try post 14 THE riCIENCIC of Lilt : or, How r tAMra, Yau 101 o, I whm to Leo If.r ; IsPbutaffei th. I dadis Etleteo.e. o the rams, Phssomoss of Is. With 1 " 1 " ,,11 .4.4 1.. r et...4e10s Health soll Elnegth and Rosorks as the e.at laslindsi to Ihnindary lAfe. By rhestriss Std ce. rhyokal Kiarlisa d Party Uto—TM Art of ssing Iffo—Tbo floury of no Swore' and Its loth •shleo—lito eultlvallos ABoslisso sod ltarsalks td the r4ouos.-Itereous Itisradmhas-r Ladoo. Mass, Ph Cerldith lel booksollorS. WORKS by WILLIAM WHEWELL, D.D., MAnRR et TRIBITY COLLEGE. CAM BRIDGE. MATURE ne W INDUCTIVE SCIENCIZA. Tblrl Edition. Three Vehuses. 2110. UPTOILY oI PCIINTUPIC IDEAL Third //Milos. Two Volume. Ha lu NOVUM °WARM( RENOTATCIL IT. THE PHILOSOPHY of DISCOYLRY. Y. INDICATIONS of Ile CREATOR. Sowoodlltlon. Is Id. YR. RLEMENTS of MORALITY, blebodtsg POLITY. Third LH tiow. Two Yohowea, 11.. LaCTUILLS as SYSTOLIITICMOIULITY. 7a 04. Ota LIKP : RARyDUCATIONas OILVIRAL. Past 1., AL ed. : , So, thL IS. ON the PRINCIPLES of 'COOLISH UNIVERSITY EDUCE- lund~s: Parker, Soi7 sod Boaru. West Strand. dor. foolscap Svo, es.. TOWN sad COUNTRY SERMONS. By the Rev. endue master. Roctor of &crag. sad Chaplalu in Unlistary to the Queeu. 11y the unme Author, NATIONAL SERMONS. ?Wood Milton 0 rola., 10.. TUX 0001) NNWS UY 0011 Third Linton. es. SKIIIIONS FUR the 11311 u Third kolitlou 3e. ed. VILIAOR MORMON& Moth tilltlon. ea. bd. Leadoa : Parker, butt and bourn, West Strand. Foolscap two, price ba, MARTHA BROWN, THE HEIRESS. ♦ TWA Sy the Author of ..Darethy." Lam: hater. Se% sad R Mat Alvan/ TWA Mao% pint Oro, IL, HTPATIA; or, New Foes with an Old Face. irw cuisine K MUST. /WON Oi Eversley, and Pro. teisee of Meiers History in tie University of Canibn4e. Icon= : Parker. San, nod bourn, West .4trami 15... IrBE EMOTIO Odom NS and the WILL. 11 AUX/01MM BAIA am . M.A.. Examiner lu Logic and Moral Illtilososlig in the If eiversity el London, and PlUtO•l4/1 of Logic In the Univositty a Aberdeen. By the same Author, SN n, 154. THZ MN* and the INTILLI , ICT. lade.: Parker, So& and Bo um Weil Strand. Octave, 11A ON the STUDY of CHAiIACTER, including an EsTIMATE of PHRENOLOGY. By ALI:URDU RAH. Prof sailor of Le& to Aberdeen. London : Parker. Sun, and Boy" Went Rand. DR. CURTIS ON NLIIVOCAN AM .4, Oleigaitli DISILITY, Is. Just published, prim la. past free from the La th er tar 1$ 'S AMEDICAL MSAY on the CAM= LUKE of PZEMATIAth DECLINE In MAN. with Oda directions for perfect restonition to health and Moor the remit of twenty. nee years' successful practice is the trealatestof those peculiar nervous and enquired diseases which tend to euthlithr and shorten life. fly Dr. J L. Corm, 16 Alberwiewtnel, Piccadilly. tendon. Consultations, le WI S. and 6to " We feel uo hesitation in nailing there is no inswtherel whom the Inuit will not be found useful—whethertineh wen= the relation of parent. preceptor, or ckritymsa: Loudon : Mann. 310, Cucuta ; sad J. Allen, 16 Warwick-loth MUSIC. ST. JAMESS HALL. The concert yesterday evening, in aid of the I , funds of the Infirmary for Consumptioa sad Disown of the Chest, is Marpretoireet, Llivendish-equars, was an agree. , able entertainment given for a very laudable object. This infirmary is well known as a most excellent institution, which does • vast amount of good to the poor. It in toimaged by a committee of gentlemen whom, dietimmiehed pbilenthropirsts, aid its medical officers its physidem card surgeons of the bighted professional eminence. POEM/ suffering under isaladire of the Mast are not end/ sessived into sad tasded in the taineszy, het provided MIL medi cines red ether assessary sondorts at their own lams It is MAIM list upwards of thirteen hundred mass Imes leis attended daring the pest year. As at the easiest of the previous imolai whist we noticed yesterday, a mother of the most swimst mail sod luetrumeutal performsre genermsly pm their puteitees services. Thaw pealesereethy isdividwils were —Madame Bails ton. Dolby. hiss Animas Newnan, NAM Gent. Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. webs, Ma Arabella Ooddard, disiatee, and Mr. Ikiulsy Richards. The West Loudon Madrigal Society, ander their able conductor, Mr. Brining, elm gave their assistance ; and the admirable manner in which this choir, • large body of ladies and gentlemen, sang • number of fine madrigals, glees, soil part-sungs, showed the progress which the art of vocal barrnooy is now making in London. The programme of the concert was toads up of piece* familiar to amateurs, but well calculated to please and interest • popular assembly ; and the audience testified their irratificatimi by toe warmth of their applause, and the nilihilsar of pieces which 1/0141 called foe • second time. The hall was quite full, sad the picsaiary result must have bum astisfectory. THE WORKING OP NINES AND COLLIER:RR At the meeting of , he Society of Arts, last even- iog, Mr. T. 80PWITtl. F.R.S., io the chair, the paper read was, " On the Relative Yenta of the different Systems el Working Metallic Mses and Collieries," by llr.H.C.lialmon, F.Ii.S.,F.C.S. The author remarked that among the mimeo' resources"( Great Britain coal sod iron occupy by far the ni.ea important position, their value having been, is 1860, Mull`, SeVelb•Roll•r•balf times as great as that of the produce i of all the metallic miner:dm put together. The values were, coal, twenty millions, and pig iron, twelve•anda.hall mil. laws, while all the other metallic mioerals only yielded about four. .irel.a.half millietis sterliog. In comparing the systems of workiug collieries with therm employed in metallic mines, it should be borne in mind that coal was usually found in &early horicoetal reds, while the lodes of metallic inim.rals were generally nearly vertical, the position of the former lieiu.; pretty easily iwcertaioed, while the latter were most ifreguLir and often difficult to hod. The mere discovery of metallic lodes became, therefore, a point of the greate.t. importance in this class of mining, sod the value i 4 the minerals when found was no great that economy in the mere niechamical isrfangentents for bringing them to the surface was often a matter of secoodaq ho. pittance, while in coal mines the primary object was the economical awl safe removal of the largest possible portion l of the ereil. The systems of dr a wi ng soil winding were ! never likely to be so perfect io metallic minas as in collieries, soil in many of the former the worktueu were still obliged to lascend awl dismal menetteles as much as AM fathoms by ladders, a most exhausting additiou to their day's labour. The veutillatioa of metallic mines was usually a matter of little Ilitticulty, while in collicriea it rriptireil the utmost skill ; mud, even with all the applunces if modern engineer ! Me, was often found difficult to calla - int effectually. The 1 author demi died the various plus usually employed for 1 this put pose, and eimeluilial by utg.oog that lunch considers ! Lion should be shown to the itimoar.;era of 1111Yerl, beset as they were with so many ililbcultiev. The system of short leases was one which 1.1 a must injurious effect on the proper working of collieries, and this was • question in i which he thought government interfereous might be I bouthisl. A thaeusaion ensued, in which several members took pan. L'_VIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CANIBRIITGE, F►a 19. A I`I4,I7NTMENT Or HULNLAN LE.1110:1t. —The Rev. .Tobn Sint Howson. D.D., of 'frinity has thiaday been uppoinuel Ilulawn (invent)) Lecturer fur the ensuing academical Year. DIsPeTATION.—It ie proposed to hold a public disputation, on the Zoth Marell, the following question : Was the bomleirdent of Copenhagen • violation of the law of national" Gentlemen wishing to take part is the same are requested to communicate with the Regina Pro. (Tailor, or the Downing Professor of Law, some time before the Ist Marcia. BILL Scoot-tit:dm% —An election .d two scholars upon this foundation will take platen on Fri.b4y, the 4th of April, 1562. The examination will commence on Monday, the 17th of March, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, in the Senate. house. WALKING Mercy! for £lOO AND THE CHAMPION. SHIP.—The long-peoding contest between James Masa, of Reigate, and William Spooner, the champion, which has been exciting much interest of late moneys the members of the Victoria Turf Club, and the sporting public gene rally. , s , , a decided yesterday afternoon at Mr. Ro berta's enclosed pedestrian ground, Thistle-grovelane, West lirunipten, in the preseece of a good muster of spectators. The stake was 50/. a side, and the distance 14 mike, to complete which the mu had to make the circuit of the course fifty•sii times. The won derful speed of Spooner, the well-known fair style of Miles, and the unusually long diatoms caused a oonsiderable deal of excitement to be medalled by these preempt, many of whom only wished to me whether the champion's speed had become impaired daring hb long lea A goad deal of betting took place on the reseld, at 7t04 on MUG'. Owen Swift having been appolated referee, the men got off, Spooner with the lied, which be maintained from the start to the finish, welkin in a very qweetimeable style, wianing by 100 yards. The whole distance was amompliehed ha 1 hunt 57 minutes 42. mooed& INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862. While the Commissioners are busy at the office in 1 , sending out diagrams to the exhibitors ' showing 1 the size, shape, and position of their several allot- i menta of space, the sappers and miners at the building, under careful direction, are engaged with paintpots and brushes marking these figures on the doors. As fast as the planks already laid down— not yet covering one-half of the building—are swept clear of brickdust, mortar, and shavings, these irregular designs are drawn on them in red outlines, and when the work is finised, we only hope that the different pieces will fit into each other with the harmony of • Chinese puzzle. When some of the exhibitors gut out of the irri I I - tating atmosphere of letters and official forms ' and , are able to grasp something substantial for their trouble, Mr. Sandford may probably be relieved from his body guard. At present much of the business transeoted at West Strand is too much huddled up in corners for want of room. Stupid inquirers produce fussy , officials, amid some of the money-making depart- 1 meats are withering for want of air and space. ' Mr. Cundall, the superintendent of the Illustrated Catalogue, is boxed up in a pen, in size and appear ance very much like a compartment at the baths . and washhouses. Here he has to find room foe hundreds of wood-outs, thousands of letters, an assistant, and two writing-tables, and to ate his customers on business. if his catalogue should produce a thousand pounds less towards the sur- 1 plus than the Commissioners expect, it will not be, difficult to account for the deficiency. On Saturday next these offices in the Strand will be finally given up—so runs the official announce ment—and next Monday the whole staff will be found at the Exhibition building. Opinions differ as to the policy of removing such departments as the Catalogues and the Finance to such a distant spot, and some of the officials have even threatened to strike ; but as the fiat has gone forth, the move ment will take place, very much to the profit of the Brompton omnibuses. Unless any other ar rangements are made, the only Western Central office where season tickets for the Exhibition can be obtained on and after Monday next will be at the house of the Society of Arta, John-street, Adelphi. An elaborate calculation has been Iworked out, showing that each three guinea ticket, if fully used by its holder, will admit on occasions when the separate payments for admission would amount to nearly 211., and this may explain why season tickets are so popular with the public. The improved approaches question remains very much in the same state as we left it last week. There has been a little talkee-talkee on the matter in the House of Commons ; several parishes hays vigorously declined to pay for the proposed new roads out of the rates, and the owner~_ of the South Kensington property still keep their pockets but toned. The only fact to record un the other side is, that the Chelsea Vestry, acting on the Metro politan Board of Works, has cleared the way for widening the narrow gorge from Eaton-square to Sloane-square. This is not much ; in fact, it is very little ; but it seems, at present, to be all we are likely to get. We have no doubt that the gene ral public, when the time arrives, will find their way to and from the Exhibition without much difil oulty, and will not object to walk across the parks, while those who have lust the use of their feet are stuck fast in carriages. Those visitors who see the Exhibition building for the first time standing solidly before them, free from all the enchantment of chrome-lithography, or the fancy toucher of the artist, will doubtless be much disappointed. The outside is neither beauti ful war impasse/ye, and the less merit that is claimed for it on these beads the better. From many points of view it looks like a Wolverton engine factory, and the square, ordinary, mean glazing adds to this appearance. The great domes are of the earth earthy, light in material, but heavy in design. Throughout the building the harmony of proportion is sadly wanting, and this no after out lay can give, unless the building is largely recon structed. The Exhibition charter provides that • 50,000 t. shall be spent in the architectural oomple , tion of the central portion of the building out of contingent profits, but this will hardly remove the depressing flatness of the open or glass courts, nor make them lees like a large railway station. The clerestory windows of the nave have a look of patchwork meanness, arising from the ordinary square glazing before Mikado! to ; and the spaces under the galleries, especially those which divide the nave from the open or glass courts, will be I much darker than many of the managers will admit. The decoration are being laid on very rapidly—too I rapidly, perhaps, for the interests of art—but no time is to be lust, and they can beasily be improved I at the close of the Exhibition. The shafts generally are painted a bronze green , with edging* of buff down their angles, and of bright red at their roots, their heads, and their junctions with the galleries. The ornamental iron work along the front of the galleries is also painted a bronze green, and it is to be backed with red cloth. The roof of the nave is painted grey ; the girders are painted alternately red and blue, re lieved on the edges with • broad buff line. Each girder or spanner along the nave has the name of a country painted on it. The columns, or shafts, are painted the same breeze green, and their capitals are alternately painted blue and red, with gilded mouldings, which give them the appearance of spe cial constables' staves. it is rather early yet to report about the refresh ment department, when the refreshment rooms are not half built, and even the cellars where the beer is to be stowed away are iu the same condition. [ The price* at present fixed for food prove nothing, no much depeuding upon the quantity and quality of the eatables. The eightpeuny "snack," the eighteenpenuy lunch, the half-crown dinner, and 1 the five-shilling feast (all without drink), may be i ire!) , good or very bad, according to the competitive I spirit of the French and English contractors. The , statistics put forward in the interest of these con- I tractors only lead us to hope that every visitor requiring refreshment will be provided with a plate, • knife and fork, a tumbler, and the use of a salt cellar. The refreshment siren net apart by the Commissioners cover about one hundred and sixteen square feet, consisting of the upper dining-rooms, the spaces on the gallery floor and upper mezzanine, on the lower mezzanine, and the ground floor, and in the two annexes. The aggregate space is about equally divided between the two contractors, who ! are bound by many stringent rules and provisions to give satisfaction to their landlords—theCounnis ' &loners. One rule compels them to provide fresh filtered water and iced water as long as the Commis sioners consider it necessary, for every person who asks for it, free of charge. The tint arrival of goods in the building was • from Liberia—a Lower Thames-street looking cargo 1 of oil casks, greasy packing snare, and rough cut timber. St. Helena has come in a close second with some very Similar packages, and there are piled up in the centre of the open or glass courts near an office like a hone-box labelled " Her Ma jesty's Customs." Mistof the divisional managers are now planted in this part of the building in 'epos ! rate horse-boxes, some of them waiting until the I northern and colonial courts are finished. The Empress of the Seas, which was burnt off Port Phillip, we now learn by later advices had no Exhibition goods on board ; but the Orient, which has been damaged by fire, has on board 85 pack ages of South Australian goods, including wine, flour, barley, native woods, jams, copper and other ores, malachite, slates, oil paintings, photographs and shells. Other vessels are also on their way . from the same settlement with mixed cargoes of 1 native produce for the exhibition, such as soap, wool, and dried plants. The province of Nelson, New Zealand, has shipped a valuable collection of coal specimens, cloth, wool, gold, timber, hops, photographic views, and sam ples of furniture made from native woods, the very names of which would make the fortune of adver tising upholsterers. Red Manuka chairs, Totara couches, and Ti-tree tables, to say nothing of many other productions, ought really to create a new sensation. Tasmania is determined to be well represented iu the forthouming display, and she has, therefore, not only shipped some fine specimens of anthracite coal and iron ores from her vast coal fields, with topazes, polished marbles, furs, skins, fine fleeces of wool, and models of native fruit, but she is going to erect • trophy in the building—a column nearly one hundred feet high, made of native woods, capped with the flag of the colony, and surrounded at the base with ornamental woods aworked up into models of whale-boats and whaling apparatus. This column will have • winding staircase inside, and will doubtless be • leading feature of the Exhibition. _ _ _ Queensland, a young Australian colony of scarcely two years' growth, has shipped a full collection of cotton, inane and wheat, coal and copper, wine, wool, tallow, oil, and honey, models of ships, stuffed animals, birds, and preserved insects, blocks of marble, native woods, and photographs, with dresses made from native cotton and wool, and a number of aboriginal ornaments and implements. From New South Wales we shall get a fine art display, consisting of oil paintings, water-colour drawings, photographs, works in the precious metals, pottery, specimens of fancy bookbinding, music publishing, . and cabinet and leather work. The textile fabrics sent will include native cloths and lace ; and the minerals, coal, copper ore, iron, gold, and fossils. The settlement has also shipped a quantity of agricultural produce, some valuable native woods and wines, samples of sugar, wool, tallow, hides, and Rreserved beef, and also some soap, candles, and blacking. The Colonies evidently mean business at the Exhibition, and will display the usefel quite u much u the beautifuL THE NEW VICTORIA EXPLORATION EXPEDITION. By the Melbourne Arg u e we learn that a Com- missies of Inquiry has sat to reertnia the muses of the fatal results of the expedition wader Mr. O'Hara Burke. &she, who returned from Cooper's Creek oaly nine hours before the arrival of Burke, Wills, and King at that post, ham been strictly questioned se to his ramose for not wait, hag longer, and Wright, who had been left at Menindie by Burke, as to the reasons for his not moving up after Burke to Cooper's Creek, in:order to accompany him on the route Into the interior. According to &she's own evidence he had left in his letter in the cache found by Burke a mach better amount of the cooditios of his party sad horses sad camels than WY the car Ho now represented that loth biter( and Pros wen wawell, sad that his ►ones sad COM& were sick and overworked. Sir Francis Murphy straggly represented to him the consequences of having thus left a false account, as, had Burke, Willa, sad King bees aware of their infirm state, they would meet probably have made the effort to overtake them, and that sided have been saved. Brake asserted that Burke had left orders that he need not wait for him more than for months, as be should probably snake for Queensland. Wright excused his not following promptly after Burke by rating that he had to wait at Menindie for despatches, ' and to purchase horses ; that there several of his party fell ill, and he, himself, in endeavouring to push on to Couples Creek, missed his way, was romped by wet of water, sad west back. Whet he at length reached Cooper's Creek he had given op all hope of Burke returning, r Berke tafemned him that he meant to return by Quondam& Wright gave a very poor account of his reaeonefor not im mediately following Burke to Cooper's Creek, easier* that he bad remained at Morrie from the sth of November to the 19th December, merely looking after the stock and the camels, and " not knowing rightly what to do.* Dif ferent parts of his statements did not at all agree, tot could he reconcile them, to the great dissatisfaction of the The Tines, in commenting on the calamities and sutler• hags of Burke's party, the other day, said that it was very easy to see errors after they were over, but who could point out a better course than Burke punned? Now, with all honour to Burke for his enthusiasm and persevering bravery, there never has been any doubt whatever at Melbourne since he set out of the certain result of terrible sufferings. Impetuous in his temperament, he pushed on without the necessary calculatioos. Had he never divided his Forty, and left two portions of it behind, but bad kept the whole cavalcade together with all their provisions, making easy stages, he would have gone and returned without any 004)* siderable difficulty. He found the country between Cooper's Creek and Carpentaria well-watered and grassed, but by the time he reached the approaches to the Gulf, his provisions were so exhausted, that he had then to make • desperate push back, which inevitably destroyed his six camels and one horse, leaving Gra, done up and buried in the wildernewand only reaching C o o per ' s - himself Creek for and Wills to die of exbauation,as Grey had done. That ie the solution of the whole tragic mystery. The chief exploring expedition, under Mr. Howitta left Melbourne on the 9th of December to proceed to Cooper's Creek, to disinter the remain' of Burke and Wills, and to seed them down to Melbourne, when • public funeral is to be given them and • monu ment by Summers, the sculptor, to be erected over them. Some sensible men in the commisaioo strongly re commended that the remains of the discoverers should be left where they are, and an obelisk erected over them,with a proper inscripti3ll. This spot lying where the old and new colonies will meet would become historic Ground. But this wise counsel seems to have been overruled. The expedition is then to proceed into the interior, to prosecute the work of discovery, and to endeavour to meet the expedition which was to set out from the government steamer Victoria, sent round to the Gulf of Carpentaria, southward, in the hope of [lading Burke. A telegram front Sydney has communicated news of Mr. Walker sod his party, who darted from the north-coat coast to endeavour to find traces of Burke, by striking his lice diagonally. He was said to be on the Victoria river on the 10th of October, and was making for Carpentaria, where he hoped to hail this flag of Commander Norman, of the Victoria, by the 10th of November. If Walker, who is a brave and experienced bushman, accomplished this, news will soon be heard of him. Howitt has authority to continue his explorations in the interior fur five months ; sod, what we may expect from his discoveries, added to those made by Walker, by the expedition southward, from the steamer in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and by Mr. Gregory, meetly in the neighbour. hood of Nicoll Bay, 21 deg. south latitude, will throw a flood of light on the hitherto terra incovaita of Northern Australia. The friends of the partied, and the public at large, will read with much pleasure a part of King, the survivor's. evidence, given before the Exploration Commission of Inquiry :—" I wish to say something about the patty being provided with good books. 1 have the pleasure to say that each of us had • bible and a prayer-book, and occasionally read them, both going and coining back ; and before the death of Mr. Burke I am happy to say he preyed to God for forgiveness in Christ." King, since his return, seems to have conducted himself with great good sense. A Mr. Coppin, an American we believe, and the Itirnum of Victoria, has offered him 1,0001. to attend for twelve months • panorama of the Burke Ex peditioo. King declined the offer, sayiog that he could not feel such an exhibition of the sufferings of bin companion' to be other than a cruel desecration ou bin part; and that be left himself wholly in the hands of the government in everything regarding the expedition. ROYAL AORICULTIIZAL ARSOCIATIOY.—A meeting of this association took place yesterday, at their rooms, Hanover -slums ; Colossal Challooer in the chair. A short discussion took place as to be expediency of chaise* the day of meeting for the memoriam of members of parlia ment. Mr. Metovraring, M.P., stating that Wednesday was sow become the most important day of the week to them. The Chairmen, in reply to Mr. Mainwitriog, said that about four years ago such • change as that now proposed was effected, but that it had not been attended with any bens &dal remlis, and notice of a motion which had been gives to orange the day wee withdrawn. A law discussion then took place with reference to the fact, that the journal com mittee not having met for the purpose of selecting papers for discussion, mom such were forthcoming at the present meeting. Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Sir E. Morrison, Mr. Criswell, ad other gentlemen expressed • strong opinion that it was quite melees to continue these meetings unless papers were previously selected, and the, bad a discussion upon some practical sgricoltoral topic. Eventually notice of • motion was given by Sir R. Merriam, that, at the next meeting, he should move the appointment of • committee, to confer with the joureal committee se to the best mode of raising agricultural topics at these meetings. The proceediop then terminated. AMERICA. (mom ova OWN mom%) BOSTON. Fia. 3. The highly favourable turn which affairs have taken in Kentucky still continues to cheer and en oourage the North. This is especially true of the West, where the army has felt in a peculiar degree its electrifying influence. Unlike preceding battles, the victory proves to have been far more important and decisive than was at first reported. General Zollicoffer pursued the tactics which the Confe derates on former occasions have so suoceesfully tried. By concentrating all his available 'troops on a por tion of General Thomas's army, he Loped by a sudden dash to annihilate it. But meeting a much larger force than he expected, his plan signally failed. As a whole, this has been one of the most ' open and equal battles of the war. The Confederates had the largest number, and after the struggle began it became chiefly an infantry fight. There are a few points made clear by this encounter. Here, as at Drainevslle, the superiority of the Federal weapons was unmistakable. The ' muskets were of longer range and grealei.' accuracy, and were handled with more deadly effect. The bayonet also proved more than • match for the favourite bowie-knife of the rebels even in a personal encounter. At one time the combatants came so near as to blacken each other's faces by the smoke of the powder. Both aides carried on the fight with determination and bravery, and the Seoessaionista made a stand three successive times, until atlast they were driven from the field. The German soldiers more than sustained the previous reputation they had gsiued, and the Ohio 9th—almost entirely composed of these sturdy Teutons—by their firm, steady, and irresistible bayonet charge, made the first decisive break in the enemy's line. After this the Seces sionists scattered in different directions, so that the rout became a flight, and nothing but the im passable condition of the roads prevented a large number from being captured. Some of the rebels took to the woods, while others fell back to the camp, from which, under the cover of the night, they stole away, leaving everything but their arms behind. The abundance of provisions and comfortable huts found by the victors (dearly teaches us that the rebels were well cared for, and that the stories of famishing soldiers have no existence beyond the imagination. The Federals regaled themselves on poultry and beef steaks, roast pork and sweet potatoes—eurely not very poverty-stricken fare for tired and hungry men. In all that belongs to the commissariat the rebels were not inferior t —in fact, in everything except in the quality of their weapons, clothing. and amount of hospital stores, they were bounti fully supplied, and had the appearance of having settled down into permanent winter quarters. But the universal feeling of joy throughout the North has been tempered by the delay and casual ties of the Burnside expedition. There is always danger attending the movement of a large naval force. This is especially true in view of the pre vailing storms which at this season lash the shores of Hatteras. No such terrible disaster awaited General Burn side as betel the Spanish Armada. The loss of materials was not of such magnitude as to cripple his military resources, while it has opened the minds of the people to the hazards attending such movements, and also somewhat sobered the popular expectations. The results at Hatteras and Port Royal were such as to excite among the more ardent Unionists too sanguine expectations, so that they had already pictured the march of the Federal troops into the interior of North Carolina. In. stead, however, of hearing the announcement of startling and brilliant victories, they are compelled to read of the fleet as being tossed on the waves lashed by the fury of the tempest, and of the slow creeping of steamers and transports over sand ridges rolled up by the violent storm-currents. All this has awakened a feeling of disappointment, as unreasonable as the previous anticipations were over sanguine. The commander at no time during the storm was disconcerted. With unremitting labour be directed affairs, and in the hour of peril was self-relying and energetic. Like Commander Dupont in somewhat similar circumstances, Geueral Burnside maintained a constant faith in the accom plishment of his object. When baffled by storm, and the cupidity of fraudulent coutractors, his mind was a stranger to despondency; and with kindness of manner, persistent courage, and wise forethought, he laboured with cheerful confi dence when the storm was wildest and danger most imminent that all might come out right, the exhibition of these characteristics give assurance of high soldierly qualities. The storm has delayed the expedition, and given the enemy more time for preparation. But it ie only a delay. The telegram may convey by the steamer which carries this the news of a be ginning. Be this as it may, the hour and the day hasten. The fight will soon begin, and the ground will be more hotly disputed step by step than at Fort Clarke or Hilton Head. To pass to the subject of finance. There is an unreasonable complaint by the press at the tardy action of Congress on the bills for taxation. The subject is new, various large mind conflicting inte rests are involved, the details have to be arranged with caution and a comprehensive kuowledge of the subject. A bill hastily drawn and rushed through the house would be in danger of seriously damaging the national credit from its inefficiency. Hence the committee show their wisdom by careful deliberation. In respect to the more important question, about which many European writers ex prose a doubt—that is, will the _people pay their taxes I—the case is very clear. The past history of the United States is the beet guarantee of the future. Only make the people believe that these burdens are necessary and that the money will be honestly used to quell the rebellion, and they will pay though they groan. The suspen sion of specie payment was • measure of precaution as much as one of absolute ne cessity, and in periods of great national emer gencies is by no means uncommon. Were it not for the interest of certain partiesto prove the bank ruptcy of the United States government, this act of suspension under the circumstances would have excited far less surprise •, and as to the picture of the American army on the Potomac melting away from the lack of means of support, this danger has no existence beyond the excited imagination, and the wish is the father of the thought. An intelli gent American is at a loss whether to laugh at the absurdity, or be indignant at the falsehood of such statements. So also there is au evident attempt to play upon American sensitiveness by reports that the European powers intend soon to break the blockade. It has heretofore been the tactics of the Secessionists to excite the people of the North against England, with the hope that in the compli cations which might arise the two nations would be plunged into • war. When Messrs. Mason and Slidell were arrested their joy was unbounded. The time so long sought and desired had at last come. Mr. Yancey was in high glee, and the more astute and wily Davis doubtless congratulated his cabinet on the propitious turn of affiiirs. They had succeeded in their plans and the looked-for recogni tion was at hand. But the paper of Mr. Seward completely checkmated them, and now, as the next beet thing, they hope to keep alive the feeling of irritation, by repeating the old story of a speedy recognition. For a day or two the tone of several English papers was quoted by the Federal press, and some uneasiness was awakened, but the assur ances from Washington that the foreign relations were all of a highly peaceful character, and that the administration felt no apprehension, at once quieted the public mind. The thinking portion of the North will not as readily believe such stories as they have heretofore, and were it not that these reports may give rise to sharp words from some of the Northern editors, to be spread over England as an evidence of Yankee spite, the subject would not be worth notice. But this part of the game is well nigh played out, and a repetition of the old trick will be very likely to rebound upon its authors. MALTA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN. (nou on owl MALTA, Fm. 14. The 10th of February, the anniversary of St. Peers shiptheek at Malta, 111 kept ea • " testa," and a pro wemial,Rh • • stets. of the mint, parades the primped streets of the town. This year there was an attempt to make it Into a political exhibition . ; the saint appears to hare been lost sight of, and Pio IX. s bstitated is hie stead. Oo last Saturday, the day preoedisg the anniversary, the principal streets of the town bad very large flap hung throes them, with inscriptions on them, among which some bogie, " Chriatus Newer, Itegnat et. hope:at !” " Viva Plo IX. !" and such like inscriptions ; but the most numerous were, "Viva Pio IX., Papa lie!" This gave offence to some Italians. and from the fact of "Papua" being a duck in the Italian language, it gave rise to some very ugly allusions. The police wisely abstained from any interference with the kinaesthesia of the people, bet this calling the Pope "King" they coosidered giving a political colour to • religious (re tina ; they therefore, in the gentlest terms, requested the removal of the Sage bearing this inscription. This was does after some delay, but the flags were soon afterwards hoisted gain, with a slight alteration in the ithcription such as " Papa Re" being changed into " Pape Rte eg." anci others into " Papa Re Ihno." ; bat the testa never lost its character of being in honour of Pius IX. rather than of the Apostle Null. There were two or three small rows between the Italians and Maltese, the former crying " Viva Garibaldi," while the latter were body and soul in favour of the Pope. All Sunday 'tumbles of people were busily employed in ornamenting the street and preparing (dr the illumination and fireworks in the evening, and this under the direction of the priest. sod close to the churches. In front of St. Paul's church, bands playing all the afternoon popular opera music, with oommonal cheers from the little boys in favour of Par IX. It bed much more the appearance of a carnival than of a religious feast. Lab, the church of St. Paul was one mess of splendour and magnificence, the frosts of all the altars being of mu sive silver, and the twelve apostles of the same precious ' metal. The mosaic pavement was covered with Eastern carpets, and the sides garnished with splendid satins and hash flowers. The mono sad vocal singing were of the vary beet kind, but from the crowded state of the church it was difficult to obtain threw. The streets leading to the thumb were covered with laurel. The balconies of the houses on each side were bang with silk damask, and the fronts of each house with lamps fur the illumination in the inning. /Depth wreaths hung morose the street, surmounted by the tars and the keys of St. Peter, which, strangely enough, differed in pattern, each designer eve- dandy following his owe fusty. There were three meg. bikini triumphal 'ram completely across the st.reeta, and the whole of the Goldsmiths' portian of Strut Santa Lucia was on each side formed into arcades, very tastefully etheinsated. All dunes of cestributed towards the expenses. The people urchin from his pocket-money gave at least two-thirds, all for the glory of the Pope. Some of the 101 Wilt at the populace surrounded the door of the Italian consul and the Iboollo/ Of KIM o/ the ltaltaa liberals, shout ing "Vin Pio IX., Papa Re," " Abbaseo Garibaldi; " Abler. Vittor Emaauele." England seems to have been entirely lest sight of during the festivities, excepting a dimisetivis flag is ooe of the sills streets. Probably in no part w the world is the Pope so popular as he is among the Too much credit stead be given to the police, who forbore from interfering with the religious part of the ceremony, and only, is the gentlest manner, instated on the withdrawal of the digs with political inscriptions. The go vernment of Rohs has wisely observed the mos c izi e. t of neutrality between the Italians different political Had the pain interfered, in all human probability there would have been • riot, and both parties would have united nowt the police. As it is, they have been allowed to show their feelings sod give expression to them, as long as they did not commit • breach of the pesos. The result has been • few trifling pohce cases, scarcely worth men tioning, in which some of the scum of society were in rand. We learn from Naples, that at the same time this was going on at Malta, there was a great demonstration there against the Pope ; above 50,000 people parading the streets, sad cryiug " Abhaeso il Papa Ile! Viva Vittor Emanuele! per Roma, per Romeo ! " The royal yacht Osborne arrived on the 9th. She had bees detained by had weather fourdays at Brest, and had to put into Gibralthr and Algiers to coal. She left on the 10th for Corfu and Trieste. The learns arrived on the 13th from England. The seams. of the ships that had been paid down Lave had leave on shore, and, owing mainly to the wise measure. of the Commander-in-Chief (Sir William Martin) in having patrols on shore, there has not been a drunken or riotous tailor to be seen in the streets. . . here on a vidt. A few days ago the whole of the troops were ordered to march out for a day's exercise, at which his lordship was to Lave bees preseat, but owing to heavy rains, the troops were ordered back to barracks, but unfortunately not till they had got well soaked.. On the 14th there was a feigned attack on theme defences of Valetta. The fleet was represented by the steam chips Hearty and Enterprise,which were stationed at !IWO yards disteat from the port, and on a rocket being fired from the Vrstemmed at full speed to the entrance of the port. at . rne signal gave notice to the troops who had already lined the fortifications to prepare for defence, and all the artillery that could be brought to Lear upon the vessels was fired at them as they came within range. Lord Dalhousie witnessed the whole affair, which had a very pretty effect, sad showed how far the line regiments could manage the guns. His lordship leaves this evening for Marseilles. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADIIIRAINT i FEL EX—APPOINTMENTS. —Lieute nant F. 8. Claytois, to the Fispoir. Engineers P. Butler, promoted to engineer in the Cum berland, as supernumerary; and W. W. Webber, con firmed to Ant ekes assistant engineer in the Shannon. CHATHAM, Fen. 19. In addition to the extension of this dockyard by the formation of additional docks, basins, &c., the sanction for which was obtained from parliament during last session, the Lords of the Admiialty have decided ou still further improving the dockyard, sou to afford increased facilities for the construction of the iron and other vessels now build ing at this establishment. This will involve an additional outlay of nearly 50,000/., which SUM will be applied for during the present year. Of this amount about 20,0001. will be expended in improving the dockyard by means of convict labour, the remainder being required for the con struction of additional workshops, the erection of mew machinery connected with armour-plating the ships build ing, the enlargement of the second dock, and in other works of improvement. It is also intended to construct five new docks of a capacity larger than any at either of the other royal dockyards, together with three large basins, the largest of which wiU be upwards of 30 acres in extent. A coosiderable sum is also to be devoted to deepening the river from Sheerness to Chatham Dockyard, in order to provide a channel-way 600 feet in width, with a depth of 31 feet at neap tides. THE Lortoronn meeting of the catholic clergy of Loogfcad hag been held to express their opposition to the ct,ion of Colonel White, because he has aooepted Aloe from the present government. The repo lutierta declare their mediums to rewire the address and Canvass the merits of any candidate who may come forward, inasmuch as no local candidate bas yet offered. The Neil says that Major Blacken, an old conservative, and, if we remember rightly, subeequentiv a recipient of place front the "wings," will otter himself now "on extreme radical principles.' We bops, whatever course the clergy of Longford may deem it right to take, they will sot at least commit themselves to any uncertain pro ceeding, sod that no course will be taken which can either directly or Indira:4ly give support to the tory party, from whom the liberal party te Ireland can never hope for such political measures as would restore the catholic people to equality before the law. Major Blacked', who is now put forward as an ultra-radical, was elected by 447 votes in 1847, and in 1861 be accepted from Lord John Respell the lucrative and honourable of Governor of Dominica. if there is to be a revolt the whigs, let it barrel, bold, sad general, and by a direct turn and purpose. The candidate of the Eremitic Mail is not the man to lead such a movement, neither is our contemporary the adviser the liberal party should follow. —Pretense a Journal.