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• 44Jh IRONCLAD ?M r r • 1141St k il 42i • • • e 4,4. • 11 1rW - z 7 a - - /4 4.. / 0 0 ,1/0 ' 4lll*. sati , I ttft . v Aisq SI3 rPI i 1 S; 4„ 0. • • , 3 -4" 11 , 1 cf,k. \„ ; _ ; I R OTT • DIE , T 43 '"` ' , .... _1 1 :0 ( „ „. nnel ; to be Ed „lett- UILDHALL, 28th Alarch, 1802.--The Corn ttee for Letting the rity's Lands will meet at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th day of April next, at t )ne o'clock prect,e , y, ta receive PROPOSALS for a BUILD ING LEASE, for o ears, being the site ot FOUR HOUSES, BUlLD formerly known as Noe 13, 14, 15, and 16, in Warwick- square, .New gate-street, in the City of London. Plans of the Ground may be seen, and further particulars and forms of Tender obtained, upon application at the Archi tect's Office, Guildhall. FERBINANI) BRAND, Corn rtited 1862, IL 7 ;wt. I.od. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1862. ,troller, No. 21,763. STAMPED ....sd. ASV LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, NOTICE IS li lnraly Fleet-sl-ieet, London, E.C., Ist M arc h , 1 862. GIVEN, That the Books for the Transfer of Shp xeP in this Society will be RE-OPENED on wEDNESDAc (th d f April next. The Dividend for the v. the J ay o - ' r 4 8 4' i will be payable on and after I hursday, the 10th day of A pr' il next. 'lay order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAM UEL s; DOWNES, Actuary. FUBLICATIONS. TILE INTERNATIONAL _EXHIBI i lON. merits of the principle on which the lines are con structed. "WHITE AND RIDDLE'S NEW LATIN DICTIONARY. On Tuesday, April 15, will be published, in One large Volume, royal Bvo., price 425. cloth, fi t NEW LATIN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. By the Rev. J. T. WHITE, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and the Rev. J, E. RIDDLE, KA., of St. Edmund Ball, Oxford. Founded on the larger Dictionary of Freund, revised by himself. *.* This work will consist of above 2,000 pages, but an in convenient thickness will be prevented by its being printed on a peculiar paper made expressly for the work. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. At no time since the commencement of the build ing has such an amount of work of all kinds been accomplished as during the past week. The English exhibitors seem to have been fully awakened to the danger of being too late, and have begun to send in their goods, erect their courts, and fill their cases with such rapid energy as has already placed them on a par with their foreign competitors who•have had so long a start. If the same progressive rate is maintained during the next week, the English will _ _ We believe that her Majesty will again permit the exhibition of the Koh-i-noor this year. We venture to think that the Commissioners might so arrange as to exhibit the whole of the Crown regalia from the Tower in the same case with its splendid diamond. A very small compensation to those interested in showing it at the Tower would guarantee them from loss by the change, and allow millions to see what they otherwise have very little chance of seeing. rland aerot 3 rland War- Loath, rmer°, - ,-road issiost [ both ion of rates. over• were s s re' per qr :e de - I yed 4s 4a, 3 , oa to 7(1 to lid o 6d. ►van letely agars LeraW ril 18. ril 12. ril 6. it 4. it 4. 2 8 . ril6. 28. ii 4. a 2. it 10. 10. 31. 31. _----' ter. Dta in onth urst. r of , the Oa° itov, 5 C• LOCI leY , UNT, [l2, 02i JAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. No. 10, Fleet- s t reet, L on d on, March 29, ISO?. 7E..OTICE IS -HEREY GIVEN That the ANNUAL Ij N ERAL MEETING B of this Society will be held at the °,,use of the Society, No. 10, Fleet-street, London, on MON '1:1", the 14th day of April next, at I, o'clock prec sely, to '2,.eceive the auditor's report for the year 1861 • to elect two ';''dll-ectors in the place of the Hon. Sir Thomas ' Joshua Platt James Wit t i t Lyon, Esq., both deceased: also to elect eur other directors. in the place of the four then going out o " i ce in rotation (all of whom being eligible for re-election,f themselves accordingly) ; also to elect au auditor for the liu•oprietors, in the place of John en ry I lolton, Eq., resigned; also to elect an auditor for the assured, in s the place of „,‘!&11 Osborne, Esq., then going out in rotation, who, being ' L lgible for re-election, Offers himself accordingly. By order of the Board. JOINT NETTLETON, Secretary. L EGAL and. GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. o. 10, Fleet-street, London, March 29, 15,;2. c HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDI at tj A-ENERAL MEETING of this Society will be ... held to .A. ,•' e ' , souse of the Society, No. 10, Fleet-street, on .510N the 14th day of April next, at half-past 1 o'clock pre set .f, for the purpose of declaring the amount of profit to be ' ct r , s q ending ot on the of the 31st Assurance Fund inl. respect of the fire By order (;) the Board. JOHN NETTLETON, Secretary. CHANCERY. —.Between HERBERT REGI , WALD WTI/CELE-IZ, an infant, by Robert Locke, his friend, Pla'aitifl and ii TOOTELL, rVE _endants a IVriNNE, and CHARLES ALFRED JOHN LLEWELYN •t Def. RELE " (an 'infant, by henry Burslem, his guardian), in freehold.,nd in the matter of an undivided moiety of and ' leasehold estates in thw i kti f anti 'p .A. 13 Of s, Potter New -1161. sh of Leeds: the town of 13r4dford town :o2l pariah of Dewsbury, ley, all in the county of Situate in Goswell-street Litlrm and. Horseferry .rish,of SA..rohtif. the Evan aurtY of Mid ilesex; and of the pirisheS of Edniontdh ')oth in the County of Swerty,. Sydenham, in the county tee respectively were de- Ray, Esquire, deceased; Tate Leases and Sales of 185 g .• .he matter of " the: Ray Estate Act, Nottcg is hereby Given, thit, pnrsuant maid Acts, and ‘ lO the general orders of the said Court, aPetition was on the .:Iventy-fourth day of March, one thousand eig,ht hundred and /,'FtY-two, presented unto the Right Honourable the Lord VP>ll Chancellbt of Great Bri'ain, for hearing before the 4 . , e- ehancellor Sir Richard Torin lijnriersley,; by Charles Tootell, of the Common Pleas-Office; Chancery-lane, %rentLlewelyn Wynne, of N. 46, Lincoln's-inn-fields, in the )" of Middlesex, Esquires,,prayln4 that order m 1 ht Silver authorising the petitioners to concur with Richard 44`,er Oliver, Esquire, in carrying out .an agreement with . .11.0'1.,5reeting a demise to Willfam HollingsWorth'of three, 1,1, 11 78 in Old4freet aforesaid, and foryeisting in the peti— letiseN ,Powers. of grantim,, , uildincr, and other aII41.! .to all th e • real'. estate!' o prised' in the will .kl,l codicil of . the said--Henry B 1 ard• deceased, • • authorisinp. the petitioners to • sell. • cer t a i n allot -1141 of land at Twickenham, Putney, .and Brockley 4,1141 n the petiti on mentioned, aid to concur with Robert 111 _0d Esquire,ln Selling a Acid at Burley afore ' cli4; called the ,Fox Garthil and / the 'Denton Tithe Rent et pg: ol 6 in the petition inentioned, ~ a nd 'certain slips of land ester NeWten Aforesaid, and selling•to Mr. Thomas A 4 les certain coat tinder-land at Birstitl aforesaid. 't3e,"Od Notice is Also Given, that the said petitioners may be 148'd With any order of the Court, or of the Judge in Cham , or Notice relating to the subject of the said petition, at 41, ° 8 i: floe of the said Llewelyn Wynne, No. 46, Lincoln's-inn b.2 London. q‘ed this 20th day of March, 1862, L. WYNNII, Solicitor for the Petitioners. „... .< 1, ,x.A.I, TREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. f illgthThe'Weekly hoard have great satisfaction in announc p at the finaricirttrogition el ttif Charity justifies their ' l ! . !Ug . two additional Wails for The reception of the pa '`te, and they venture to rely on tile continued liberality 0,,,,,1e Public to• enable them to' support this considerable in , - g of annual expenditure. ',.' t i u ntributionst received by the - Treasurer, . Edward Alas ? ,I',Diiti, Esq„,Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Centts and Co. ; ~ ~ p:gnmond• and Vcs. : Herries and C 0,..; Ransom and Co.; I - Cs e suptk Grote, andro. • Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and `,',.; /ones, Loyd ak, do. ; Barclay and Co. ' Denison and i Isi7:;, l 4 4 lliiitrlis, Deacon, and Co. ; Qverend, Gurney, and Co. ;• ,% to`"?et'and-Co.: Bernerd-Street ; J. flamed and Co. Livr- O''' (4 ; and a t- the Hospital. •' . J. B. -0 W Eli, tI.A., Chairman of the Wbeldy Board. ~v _ _, • r T .• • 43 1101 VN ' and GREEN'S KITCHEN RANGES and Aurpass lo_others hi efligiency, economy, ventilation, , large t . br smoky chimneys. ' From Li 10s. to LlOO. The , torte gzes, with two or more ovens, steaming apparatus, &c., 4*t abli ' e most complete appoi n t me nt .f or h o t e ld and largel:%,‘ Pegi,,,.. Bll rnertts. In actio n a t 81 , Bi s h opsgate-street-w i thin. ,' _ 6. 8 and price s ,fr„ . b It ! 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IV. aril V. on tho modern Treatment of • p t cta and Syphilis. t ("Includes with num:rot:l varied and interestinß .l4l4l..4 which L 4 athfcd the Al, hoes rceipe of a preventiTe „ 'I ‘ - ' ll lll REVIEWS 01" T if 1 , ; W OEN. it'•••; , ild t i a . on hi anhood.--This is a trill? , valuable work, and '' Al a In the Imnds of young and old j ' —"Sunda Times.” .. ~,,11 reh, 156. / lit 1 a uor I - %.,,,, t..; ,"ismw 3:ts e,onferrcd ~ „ m, ~ diseascs regt boon by f publisbin . 2 th 1 , 15 ~,Ilicii n whitth i 8 described the sours. o it ;c '4„47,odure decline in youth or more frequently premature ' Th is " ) )aily Tel(,,rvldi," March 27, WA. 4 1...,, Work, wl - t.' • ' twenty years has stood the test. of ' l l4 ‘•'sional erit'ci: " . i'r t twenty years has stood the teSt Of an'. rnpirLail hostility, treats in a p!ain 'l'4 4 13'MP: tsil.-,' ' t " -? l.l' r ‘ On Ile various disqualifications 1 141 l' ''' ' I)(' ' )fle n!' t .,?."r• -• from 'nervous excitement and de .)test, ',, 411, 1 to ins; ' d' ,enriur... from youthful errors and 'otici t, ': . it will Le t ‘ ;:l ' n s l ‘ B ;tirSablkTand usci ul."—Record. I t '4' Published by J. Allen, 20, Wax.wick Lane, Pater `ol44 „, tioster-row • rtrinn, S 9, Co r n ilin • " to 3 and oto egl iNult4tiott . A Sundays , 10 tilt 2 —lO • , T)OST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage 4-they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, Nov. 12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bath., 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able_nhysician ; he has now proved himself to boa worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess ene of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever fceis himself regenerated and new made, it is on' coming out_of_a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. Consultations daily till 12 a.m. AS THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY„ harmony with those of THE MIND, approach deve loped maturity, the rising human being, surrounded by . factitious circumstances—some salutary, some pernicious— becomes susceptible of impressions which, according to the degree of PRUDENCE, and KNOWLEDGE With which he is ell - (lowed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable misery. Some - of the most deadly and terrible of the influences last referred to originate at that periodwhen parents fondly hope that the objects of their love are being prepared to fight honourably the great battle of lite—namely, the scholastic and collegiate period. Habits are then contracted, in unsuspecting ignorance of their effects, which, it not ar rested,. ICTIMS OF ERROR to the deepest t de e pt a h p ai e s t o t f l n y ddeo,toradsiantliiand woe. The evil is aggravated by h too gener ily evinced by the melt al profession, not only as to the nature but the very existence of the diseases arising from the cause indicated, and to which the general and inadequate designati on of "Nervous Disorders and Debility " has been given. One of th e consequences o f this neglect is, that the treatment of the most delicate classes of disease which afflict society has been taken up by unqualified and uneducated persons. e Dr. LA'MERT, M.D., Licentiate of the of Apothecaries, &C., 379 Bedford-square, Bs., Soviet London, is THE ONLY PRACTITIONER REGULARLY QUALIFIED AND REGUMMIED who has devoted his exclusive attention for 20 years to the cure of these affections, which war with the very fountains of human HAPPINESS, GEALTII, and FUNCTIONAL VIGOUR. The result of his experience and successful prac tice maybe perused with advantage in his Treatise, " SELF PRESEAVATION," sold by Mann, 39,Cornh111, London, price le. ; postfree fbr-18, or with sealectends-for 20 stanips.- At home for consultation, daily, from 11 till 2, and 6 till 8 7, Bedtani-square. be beyond a doubt far ahead of the foreign courts both with regard to goods and cases. During ev er y day the roads leading to the Exhibition are now blocked with van loads of packages, which it taxes the energies of hundreds of men to unload as fast as they arrive; and Mr. Thompson, the most untiring and indefatigable of general superintendents, has even his capacity for business overwhelmed in the multiplicity of duties thrown upon him, while M r . Sandford, who, in addition to his duties as secre tary, is the supremo general manager of all, has to rush through the building as if he was possessed, to avoid the stream of questioners, applicants, or remonstrants who flock to him from all parts the instant he makes his appearance in the interior. There are, of course, other men who could have got through the same amount of work as Mr. Sandford, but there are very few who could lave managed it as he has contrived to, so as to give satisfaction to all. Last week no less than 9,000 packages came In to the building, of which about 4,0 P ere foreign, 5,060 "In: the corresponding week of 1851 the deliveries were scarcely over 4,000 cases. It would be very easy to make arrangements for the reception and unloading of these packages if the slightest intimation' could be giver.fin advance of either. their weight or size. But a mass of 40 tons is not unloaded without a little previous arrange ment, and even the best plans are liable to be upset when the packages prove to be too large to come in at any of the entrances, as has been the case with twe or three already. It is a singular fact that as a general rule the averageiweight of goods in classes is nearly three times as great as in 1861 ; while the number is only one-third greater. The `preliminary arrangements for the opening ceremony have been arranged, and on Saturday the Commis sioners issued the following official notification : ." CEREMONIAL TO BE OBSERVED AT THE STATE OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. . " The Queen being anxious to mark ter interest in the success of an undertaking, in promoting which the Prince Consort had taken a most active part, has notified her wish that the opening of the Exhibition should bear as much as Possible the Character of a national ceremony. • Her Majesty has therefore been pleased, under the present impossi bility of herself performing that ceremony, to ap point his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord High . Chancellor, the Earl of Derby, LG., and Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.13'., to be her representatives to conduct it in her name. " 1. Her . Majehty's Ministers and the Royal Com missioners for the Exhibition of 1851 will attend in the procession, and her Majesty's-Commissioners for the Exhibition;w 4 ilkinvite the Royal and distin guished personii:..at the head of the respective Foreign Commissions, the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers accredited to this country, to take part in the ceremony. . "2. ± Her Majesty's Commissioners will seek the co-operation -of the guarantors of the Exhibition, jurors, members of both Houses of Parliament, heads of the Church,. Universities,, law; army, navy, and Volunteers, the, municipalities, scientific and artistic institutions, the local and other committees aiding the Exhibition, &c., in giving to the State opening a national character. For such persons there will be a number of reserved seats, but the number is necessarily limited. While desiring to meet the wishes of all, her Majesty's Commissioners must reserve to themselves full power of dealing with the arrangements according to their discretion. Her Majesty's Commissioners request that gentlemen occupying officially reserved seats will appear in uniform, official, or Court dress. " 3. The principal ceremonies will take place under the two domes and along the whole length of the nave. The official reception of her Majesty's repre sentatives and of distinguished visitors taking part in the ceremonial will be held in the Central South Court. The procession will start from this point and proceed to the west dome. Here will be a chair of state, and, after a verse of the National Anthem has been sung, an Address will be received. The procession will then move down the nave to the east dome, where the musical performances will take place, after which the procession will return to the throne at the west dome, a prayer will be offered by the Bishop of London, and the Hallelujah chorus and the National Anthem will be sung. The opening of the Exhibition will be declared by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Military bands will be stationed in the South Central Court. " By order of her Majesty's Commissioners, " F. R. SANDFORD, Sec. " International Exhibition, March 28." The Commissioners have also issued the conditions under which they are prepared to receive tenders for the sole right of photographing in the building ' during the time of the Exhibition. Many of the great photographers have anxiously looked forward to the publication of this document, and were pre pared to offer considerable sums for the privilege of taking views, &c. ; bnt the third condition of the Commissioners has up to the present almost entirely debarred any from making an offer, for if this rule is adhered to it would be simply impossible to take any views at all. It is as follows : " Her Majesty's Commissioners will not provide any space or room for photographers, or for their processes of developing or preparing their plates or otherwise, all of which processes must be carried on beyond the limits of the Exhibition buildings." Now, as it happens, there is not a single place within any moderate distance of the building which a photographer could now secure, while, even if there were fifty such, every one at all acquainted with photography knows how futile it would be to take views in a building with a bad light, with plates brought from a distance of even a quarter of a mile or so. There is plenty of space near the eastern annexe which might be al lotted to photographers without inconvenience, and unless some such concession is made, the Commis sioners are not likely to get any but A very small tender. The other conditions are principally to the effect that all photographs must be taken before 10 a.m., and none sold in the building, though even these amount to nothing, as her Majesty's Commis sioners reserve to themselves the right of making from time to time such rules, regulations, and con ditions as to the hours within which and the mode and places in which the privilege may be exercised or otherwise as they may think necessary. Messrs. Kelk and Lucas have accomplished won ders in the way of work last week, It is some thing almost marvellous to see the rapidity with which they progress, not only with the building, but with exhibitors' cases and foundations. Those great obstacles to progress, the monstrous scaffolds of the eastern and western domes, are at last down, The last timber of the eastern dome was lowered on Saturday, and only one or two ronqin under the western. The unfortunate delays which at first, arose in the erection of the eastern dome so alarmed the contractors that the task of putting up the western one was handed over to Mr. Ashton, than whom no one has had more experience, both here and abroad, in the erection of iron exhibition build ings. From this division of labour a keen rivalry naturally sprang up to see which would get done first, and the odds were heavily in favour of the eastern dome, which had nearly six weeks' start of the western. But in spite of these advantages, Mr. Ashton steadily gained on his competing structure in the east; and the long contest which has ex • cited great interest in the building, was virtually brought to a close on Saturday, when both were finished almost simultaneously, Mr. Ashton winning by the difference of time he started with—that is, very nearly six weeks. Of course, to accomplish such a result Mr. Clemence's wonderful web of scaf folding—the largest and strongest that has ever been erected in this country, had to be sawn and hacked down piecemeal; and the dome ribs were tested in the severest possible manner in lowering down huge un couth masses of timber, all bolted together, just as are down nothing of importance belonging to the contractors' s w a,w or n k remains, Now that both scaffolds to be done—in fact, so forward is everything that with a little extra pres sure the building could be opened on the 15th of next month, and easily by the 20th, in a far better state of arrangement than in 1851. Nothing now intervenes to cloak the effect of the interior decora tions of the domes, which deservedly elicits the warmest approbation. The inscriptions in white letters on a rich blue ground round the belt of the western and eastern domes are appropriate, though we think that for the million it is almost a mistake to have them put in Latin. Both are taken from Ist Book of Chronicles, that round the east dome being, " 0 Lord, both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou reigneth over all; and in Thine hand is power and might; and in Thi ne hand it i s to make great ;" while round the west is' painted, and the power, and the O e , glo L ry o , rd a , nd is t t h h e e yi g c r t e o a ry tneas, a:4o,ll3asty ; for all that is tkOtiaven and in the rth is t Thine; Thine * the iniom, Lerd, and ou art exalted as head above all." On the walls ter‘pinat ing each transept also similar appropriate sentences are inscribed. In 1851 the courts fot navat and militark pliances and weapons of war were but' poorly re presented. At that time breech - loading guns, per cussion shells, of almost unlimited powers of destruction, iron-plated frigates , Minis rifles (for the Enfield was not then thought of) would all have been looked upon as intruders and quite out of place in a building where nations were to meet for friendly, rivalry alone. The Exhibition of 1851 was to inaugurate a great era of peace among nations. For the future they were only to strive for the promotion of the general welfare of man kind, irrespective of creed or country, and at that time there really seemed to be som e chance that such halcyon days would come to pass, if not in in Europe, at least in the United States. It is a significant commentary on the change which has within 10 short years come ever the spirit of nations to find that the classes which comprise naval and military weapons in this Exhibition will be almost better represented than any other in the building—that the great trophy of Armstrong, rising from the coils to the finished gun, or the cases which show the first step in the manufacture of the Enfield till the rifle is completed, will be looked upon with more interest than any branch of trade or manufacture which exemplifies material progress and civilisation. It is a simple fact, however, that no branch of scientific or industrial art has within the last 10 years been so fruitful of great results as those which have attended the efforts of various nations to discover the laws which lead to the more speedy destruction of their fellow creatures. Eng land alone has grown from the Brown Bess to the Enfield rifle, from long 32's to rifled 300-pOunders, from wooden three-deckers to huge, fast, black looking iron frigates, one of which would baa heavy overmatch for a whole Channel fleet.' It is not probable that Foreign Courts will shOW:ranch of their real progress in these matters. It is in the nature of Continental Governments to keep these things as secret as possible, but the English collec tion in these classes (11 and 12) will be one of 4e finest and most varied ever brought together in this country. Major Augustus Moffatt, of the Bengal Staff Corps, has charge - of this portion of the ?ible. Vtion, which helae manned to got ipteethe possible state of perfection. Class 11 comprises military engineering, ordnance and accoutrements, which are again subdivided into clothing and accoutrements, tents, camp equipage, &c., arms, and ordnance. In this latter sub class there is, of course, an immense collection of weapons, including every description of mechanical and scientific novelty, from Enfield rifles up to 600- pounders, and all of them inventions of the last five or six years. In the nave fronting this court will be placed the 110 pounder Armstrong and the 100- pounder Whitworth, flanking on either side a superb trophy of small arms from Birmingham. In the court itself will be a most curious trophy of Armstrongs, which will illustrate the mode of manufacture of this wonderful weapon, from the first rough iron coil to the finished gun. This trophy will be more than 25 feet high, and weigh nearly 50 tons. There will also be care fully detailed models of some of our best fortifica tions at Portsmouth, Plymouth, &c., with a model of London, surrounded by the projected lines of de fence, which were spoken of some time since. The Engineers also send a whole series of models of bar racks, hospitals, rolling bridges, field and floating suspension bridges, with fascines and gabions made on a new principle, ambulance waggons of all kinds for sick and wounded, sunken barriers for closing harbours and rivers, models of sap shields, of ballis tic and gun pendulums, and models illustrating the parabolic theory of the flight of projectiles in vacuo. There will also be some finished specimens of gun carriages from Woolwich. Of course, every de scription of breech-loading rifle will be there, in cluding the celebrated American invention of Mr. Storm, which we hope will attract the attention from our authorities it will be found really to de serve when seen side by side with its competitors. A very large number of these Storm rifles are now being made for the Federal army. There will also be a fine collection of rifled projectiles fired since 1854, with one of the huge shells made for the monster mortar, which weighs 22 cwt. Improve ments in field tents and camp equipage generally will be well represented, with a most important improvement in suspending the soldier's knapsack, so as to relieve him of half the fatigue now en dured in the field and on line of march. Sir Harry Jones sends a series of military maps and some beau tifully executed specimens of photozincography. Class 12 comprises ships for purposes of war and and commerce, boats, barges, and yachts, ships' tackle and rigging. In this class may be studied the architectural construction of almost every pos sible description of vessel in existence or about to ho produced for war or commerce. There aro ships sinkable and unsinkable, penetrable and impene trable, ships armour-plated, iron -cased, iron shielded ; some to engage an enemy below the surface of the water as well as above it—in fact, everymeans of destruction and methods of averting it which the science of attack or defence has yet sug gested. Here will be shown a most valuable and interesting series of models lent by the Admiralty, illustrating the progress made in naval architecture for war purposes from the time of the Great Harry (1514) do en to the present day. A fine and very large model of her Majesty's ship Queen will be viewed with interest, standing bide by side with an equally flue model of the iron frigate Northum berland, now building. Visitors may thus at once form heir opinions of the respective merits of one , of our finest men-of-Avar of 1h ;9 and ono of our largest frigates of 1F62. The finest model that has probably ever been made in this country is shown by the Thames iron worts as a trophy in the nave. It is their chef-d cetare the Warrior, built to scale, and in every respect, even to her plating and Arm strong guns, a miniature iron frigate. Near the Northumberland will also be a model of an iron shielded ship, of which report already speaks most highly. An interesting series of models of ships, built on Mr. Scott Russell's wave line principle, since 1851, will also be shown. These will be so arranged, or rather hung, as to allow professional visitors to at once form opinions on the comparative ,ettoid , ,_, .... ...c mai per OI all d t pi e Tv h ai ,.... ,, ,zu ghold a . t i tcl J leszhold the 1 3 ,,,, i '1,t!...1.,-t•rioY,i estatca lialkierk it V : itif 1.011 / 4 67:11 * A. 4 r 1 P W6-1. '. _ )1 71 St Man/I ' i •,• et ! ml ' n the P . 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Attendance daily, from 10 till 8 ; Sundays, 11 till 2, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Regis tered under the New Medical Act). INDIA. We have received our letters and newspapers from Calcutta to Feb. 22. The following is an ex tract from the Overland Friend of India For the future of India the most important event of the fort - night is the introduction of the Hon. Mr. Ritchie's bill to punish by penal damages in the civil court all breaches of contract committed in bad faith. The bill was referred to a select committee after a very long debate, which resembled those that gave interest to the proceedings of Lord Dalhousie's legis lature. Unlike Mr. Beadon's measure, extinguished by Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Ritchie's bill applies to all kinds of contract. As Mr. Laing expressed it, the principle of both is the same, that breach of con tract tainted with fraud should be criminally punished whether the contract related to indigo or cotton. Even the opponents of the bill acknowledge that 'it'd 010 " wilttund*ttle"; ircburacter us to before favourable to the repudiator of an engage ment than to the capitalist. The phrases " bad faith," "reasonable excuse," and "substantial con sideration," all of which must be proved by a plain tiff to the satisfaction of the court, are defined so much in favour of the repudiator, that a crotchety judge would seem to be invested with power to de feat the object of the bill. Its great recommenda tion is that it will either stop altogether or greatly mitigate the curse of all mercantile transactions in India—cash advances. This it does by refusing to take cognisance of any cases except those in which a substantial consideration, in cash or otherwise, has been given by the capitalist. If its provisions are found strict by the peasant or artisan, he can avoid them by contracting without any consideration at all. And from the security given.by the bill the capitalist will be able to make advances, where demanded, at low rates of interest, and may thus drive out of the market the usurious money-lender and zemindar, who think 50 per cent. too trifling interest on the money they advance to the ryots to enable them to raise their crops. Of Assam, Cherrapoonjee,and Sylhet we have little to report. Gen. Showers, who commands the divi sion, has left for the scene of operation, with another native regiment, the 33d, from Barrackpore. The last telegram reports :—" Magistrate of Sylhet writes that Lieutenant Udny and his party are all safe. Major Rowlatt writes up to 12th February that only four stockaded villages are taken and burnt.' 'Our loss two killed and 17 wounded. Rebels' loss 15 killed; number of wounded un known. The rebels still hang together in large bodies. A few have returned to their homes, but none as yet have surrendered or been captured." In Sumbulpore matters are at last quiet, and Major Rattray, who was commanding the force of mili tary police, has left. The greatest haunt of Tantia Topee and the rebel chiefs of Central India in 1858-59 was the Lullutpore jungle. We have in telligence that on the 7th 'inst., Duriaow Sing, the Thakoor outlaw, was killed at his ancestral village of Deeram ,in this district, by the military police and, the detachment of the Bareilly levy stationed at the thannah of Murowra. He set fire to his hut so that, according to RajpOot honour, •h© and his might perish' together.' When the flames were somewhat subdued his body was dragged out, and was discovered that a bullet in the head had ]rill him -His death-will-tend greatly -to cattle this:part of the country, which he and other outlaws have kept in a disturbed state since the mutiny. Only two other Thakoors now remain in out lawry, Davee Sing and Gundrup Sing, a relation of Duriaow. Gradually in Central India and at Sum bulpore, the last relics of the mutineers are being picked up. None but Asiatic freebooters and muti neers would have so long maintained a desperate and hopeless contest. CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, FER. 18, On the 10th inst. we received via Bombay, the telegram of the 18th January mail ; and private telegrams to the 25th January were received on the 11th. The steamer Candia with ,the mails of the 10th January, arrived here on the 14th. The Bombay Express delivered the mails of the 18th January on the 16th inst. The telegram of the 26th January mail come to hand, via Galle, on the evening of the 21st inst. MONEY MARKET.—The rapid decrease in the, available balances of the Bank of Bengal has induced the directors to advance the late 1 per cent all round. The amount of un employed capital in the hands of other banks and capitalists has been also very considerably reduced, and an improved demand is evident. CHINA. We have received our usual despatches in antici- ' pation of the overland mail. News of the death of H.R.H. the Prince Consort had reached the north of China, and produced a profound impression of grief among the British re sidents. By the same mail our merchants had re ceived intelligence of the Trent outrage. Shanghai, after an interval of quiet, was again endangered, In the Daily Shipping News of February 7 we read : "Now that the weather has cleared up and the paths in the neighbourhood becoming passable, we are likely again to be disturbed by the marauding bands of Taiping rebels hovering on the outskirts of the city and settlement. Yesterday at noon a small body of the insurgents were seen on the Pootung side of the river, nearly opposite the French cathe dral of Tong-ka-doo. Amongst them were several men on horseback. They were seen attacking the harmless inhabitants with spears in a most savage manner, These poor people, to save themselves from merciless slaughter, rushed towards the river, into which many were plunged headlong, and several of them drowned. Many of the wounded were saved and brought across to the Catholic cathedral, where they are well taken care of by the benevolent padres. After this 'short but sanguinary demonstration of their presence, those blood-thirsty scoundrels disappeared from the river bank. " Under these circumstances the authorities should be vigilant in the foreign settlement, and our gallant allies on the qui vzve at the gates of the city, for it is evident that they meditate an attack before long." It was believed at Shhnghai that the precautions taken against attack were ample and certain. The North China Herald says : So rapid have been the construction of our defen sive works, se excellent has been the organisation , of our military, naval, and volunteer forces, and so obstructive has been the snowstorm to the attack of hostile marauders, that we are now secure against a hundred thousand armed Taiping rebels. Almost in the centre of our limited boundaries we have the better half of Bradshaw's battery of artil lery, which we may consider as our citadel. Along the harrier rand, or inner line of der:met', strong barriers with gates have been erected a short dis tance up the approaches from the westward. nr yond this the Shak-100-road is being cut through from the Yang-king-pang to the Soochow creek, with an immensely strong barricade at the Maloo approach, and smaller ones at the lanes leading from this line. With these inner defences on land to the westward, we have our naval forces on the river in the shape of her Majesty's ships Centaur, Coromandel, Bouncer, Flamer, Starling, and the Imperieuse frigate of 51 guns and 500 men ; his Imperial Majesty's ships Forte and Hong Kong, besides a Russian gunboat and steamer, for our line of defence to the eastward, and to the north up the Soochow creek. A short distance beyond these inner defences to the westward our outer line old st racecourse, forming and south. Our local readers have doubtless looked with astonishment at the hills of mud thrown up from the s they would cr t eek on the be s f ormidablesitetooftthhee obstacles to the a defender a apparently attacking force. Though not ourselves learned in the practice of warfare, yet under the instruction of an intelligent bombardier, we have endeavoured to comprehend the method in Which these mounds of earth are to form a bulwark, and one of the safe guards of the settlement. commencing at the Sco chow creek we find a large mound of earth close to the boundary stone. On this we understand will be placed a 32-pounder gun, which will speak to the rebels should they appear on the other side of the creek, in language not to be misunderstood, at a distance of 2,000 yards. From this point trending southwards we find a parapet or mudbank, seven feet high, six feet wide at the top and 13 feet at the base, bordering on the new canal ; and at a dis tancewca coursershoaessrwee soaoliftl another h O uc yards from the large gun, an angle is formed in which one of the artillery field pieces can be placed when required. A similar arrangement is also in progress where the Bubbling Well-road i eat outside construction.adl e 2, t. a which he odF rerrko p w. mo:Bihn Before fre:;:theTgarrivingedrawbridge ara ast c. s . tonhn in e tinues at a slope towards the ditch, leaving a space pots pment grand stand the canal, taiccs the stand another drawbridge loins-thaold and new race courses, with a convenient platform for a small gun. Between this and the Yang-kiang-pang Creek the parapet continues in a zig zag form, having three places for guns to be properly mounted. At the embochure of the canal with the creek another 32-pounder is proposed to be placed, so as to sweep the country round with a clertr range of 2,000 yards. The entire length of this outer line of defence is about three-quarters of a mile, which it is calcu lated that 600 men with guns in the various spots appointed for them could defend the settlement against any number of the Taeping rebels. When to these details of the state of our inner and outer defences, we add that we could muster on an emer gency an armed force of foreigners—military, naval, volunteer, and civilian—of nearly 4,000 men, we consider ourselies in a comparatively strong state of defence to that which we have been against the insurgents, should they dare to attack Shanghai. CAPE Or GOOD HOPE. PORTSMOUTH, SATITRDAY., The Union Company's Cap Royal Mail steamer Cambrian, Captain W. Strutt, arrived here this morning with the usual monthly mails. She left Table Bay Feb. 22; St. Helena, March 3 ; Ascen sion, March 7. She brings 75 passenger's, among whom are the Lord Bishop of St. Helena (appointed to the diocese of Colombo) and family. Her cargo consists of 720 bales of wool, 15 cases of feathers, 4 ° packages, 1 case, 300 tusks ivory, 505 bags copper ore, 14 cases aloes, 132 bags of argol, 3 hogsheads, 8 . quarter casks, 5 'Limns, 4 half aums, 1 anlr, 2 kegs, 2 casks, 14 cases wine, 313 hates' Wes, and several cases of sundriei. She had very fine weather all the way home. _ At the Cape the leading topics were the death of the Prince Consort, and the probability of an• American war. The last mail steamer,, the Dane, arrived out on the 15th of ,Feb ruary, but • her news of the death, of the Prince had been forestalled by the Jin Kee, a paddle wheel Dutch' steamer from England • for China, that put into Table Bay Jan. 30, with Engliih news up to Dec. 24. Heartfat sorrow and sympathy for the Queen and her children*Were expressed by all classes throughout 'the colony. The. melancholy event was feelingly alluded to by the ministers in the various places of worship ; meetings.were held_ "and addresses of condolenee to be - 1 7 M9Wfy agreed' on, the Dutch reformed church taking the lead among the various religious bodies in Cape Town. The probability of an American war had occasioned prompt preparations for defence in the colony. New batteries were being erected at Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, and the Cossack, 20, screw corvette, Captain Moorman, was stationed in Table Bay. Troops had been ordered down from the interior to reinforce the garrisons of the two principal seaports. The whole of the volunteers had offered their services to the Government, and had been accepted, and they, in company with the soldiers of the line, were being drilled to artillery practice. On the frontier native affairs were quiet; peace had been established between the Basutos and the Dutch republics. The separation movement had been extinguished, the league committee having resigned, giving as a reason the very sufficient one, " because they no longer found any sympathy and support from the people." A deputation of Eastern Province gentlemen had waited on the Governor to claim compensation for losses sustained by Kaffir wars. His excellency promised to give the subject his serious considera tion. The annual session of the volksraad com menced on February 3. The colonial parliament was to meet April 24. The long-deferred judgment in the Supreme Court in the case of Long v. the Bishop of Cape Town had been given in favour of the Bishop, together with costs; this decision being given by a majority of the presiding judges, viz., the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Watermeyer, against Mr. Justice Bell, who held in favour of the plaintiff. A subscription was being got up to assist the plaintiff in an appeal from this decision to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Cape Town and Wellington Railway was opened a distance of 21 miles on the 12th of February. Much comment was made on the new Governor's conduct in this matter. The Governor had previously agreed to open the railway publicly and officially. But on the news of the death of the Prince Consort reaching the colony his Excel lency announced that he " could not, after the melancholy news whieh had just been received, take any part in any public rejoicings, and could not therefore open the railway in state." No pro vision was therefore made for the public having a holiday on the occasion, yet the railway was opened in a semi-official way on the day originally named, and his excellency, with his staff and the various heads of departments, passed over the line in a state carriage, examined the various stations, and then partook of a champagne luncheon. The railway was paying far beyond the most sanguine expectations. The crew of the American barque Waverley had been brought into Table Bay from the waterlogged wreck of that vessel ; the chief officer and a seaman had been washed off and drowned. Part of the crew of the ship Asia, of Glasgow, had succeeded in reaching Saldanha Bay is a boat, she having been abandoned inka lea sinking condition through having sprung a The American ship A. H. Stevens was wrecked on Robben Island when coming into Ta ble Bay in a very leaky condition. the and trade was brisk. The colonial banks ng h month just t , published their annual statements, which were very satisfactory as to profit to t h e shareholders and security of the business do „o • Discounts had ad m Business had much improved during 5 and 6 per cent. for deposits,. a groat dearth felt of loanable c,:,pif fi ft .or iiryrstrneT!, her mails here and on mortr g es. There was I 'll o ?rin g i n ihe inc.,, ; vanced during the month. The banks were N r V e e r w e asst offering .I i l n ia g d la r. n ec d t e l fi ned. part of her passengers, proceeded on this afternoon for Southampton. of The freights,Cambrian' v The Kreutz-Zeitung states that a committee has accotinosntiotuflaeldl, having for its object the union of a the adv ersar i es o f the progressionist P l: a sni r t tF oenil l'he committee is not composed of the chiefs of the feudal party, but the above-named journal, the organ of that opinion, declares that it looks upon its formation with pleasure. TO THE EDITOR OE THE TIMES, Sir,—At this moment, when tl to reconstruction of our navy eppears inevitable, eve to to the greatest disbelievers in iron-cased ships, i behoves us to ponder well upon the revolution • these iron-ez.sal ships will create in warfare gen ar ally, bet more especially the defence of our islani 1. For years we have very judicicu sly been making various experiments upon every sort of iron-,clad targets, sections of shies, sections' ad forts, even aid floating batteries, and, l a tly, with s: hields erreyolv ing tow ers on then. Valuable as th ese experiteents may be, the one on the other side cif the water that •- has taken place in the natural course of events is of more value than all. Let us, than, banish all old prejudices and take advantage of what ee neei ence shows us, for if we only have cour age to ace' it may save us millions 0: 4- * money and, its may he, ce en the deepest. humiliation. - • An ironclad duel has been fought; , vootl(e ships -- have been destroyed and proved worse ;lan An iron-clad steamer, after baying first: sunk cad dispersed a wooden squadron, passes through the fire of forts, then fights a close action widt anothen. iron. clad vessel of five hours' duration,lu.id after pa-Fs ing through this ordeal swims—we heir site with drew apparently but little damaged. May not her withdrawing have been in consequence of txr munition or fuel having run .short ? From this we: learn that supremacy at sea belongs to those iron-el ad: ships which have the best protection, the strongest - prow, the heaviest ordnance, and the best filled magazine. Again, last , thought not least, this prece. ti ca l experiment solves another all-invortant ques tion—viz., how are we in f u t u re to ,protect (Air harbours from iron . marauders and our Aocicyariii from being destroyed ? At preset wet are 13ixendeile . millions upon stationary forts i the 'total "estimat=e 3 ".3:; which, according to the ,CommissiOnere' .14TOr0 . • 1 41-4 6 04 0 t (Pai1!graP 11121 )3 ,, "" 1641.119-visi Ok: paragrliih' . l72F 4 6:Vre ebnipitG'cdnif task assigned to us by your Majesty's Royal Com rmeissesrvioinnegrsotnolythe fora subsequent extent übs e o q f uoeunrtprreepsoerntt (and outlay) instructions, " the question of an internal arsenal. We subma our unanimous recommendations to your Majesty's gracious consideration with the firm conviction that their adoption will place the power of this country for self-defence on a par with its other elements of- . greatness and strength ; will give security to its industry and commerce, afford a guarantee for the maintenance of peace, and add a new glory to your Majesty's reign." But mark how contradictory to this was the effect produced upon the people of New York when it was known that one solitary iron-Clad vessel, the Merrimac, had passed the fire of the Federal batteries, armed with the " heaviest Columbiads," without having received the slightest damage, had sunk and dispersed a wooden squadron, and had gained for the time entire command of the coast. A panic :was the consequence. They felt; at New York., their batteries were useless against, a monster from . whose sides the heaviest balls glanced off like hailstones,t and they were only :restrained frOM the desperate and degrading alter native of blocking up their harbour by the "tele gram which informed them that the progress of the iron monster had teen arrested by 'another iron ship, the Monitor. Let us pause for a moment„ and transfer these scenes to our own shores ; let us imagine . ; -a Portsmouth or London, for instance, the Intelligence has been received of the approach of one of these iron monsters ; let us suppose that the forts upon which semuch is to be spent and upon which our security is to be based have been erected, and that the fleet (one of the conditions urged for their erection) is absent ; where, I would ask, would be the feeling of security which the Commissioners exult in when we have these facts staring us in the face ? What protection would these forts at Spithead be against such vessels, which need never come within 1,000 yards of these forts, and at the same time be within good bom barding distance of the dockyard ? I maintain, as I always have done, that these forts will be worse than useless, for they would only'add to the smoke and confusion of action, and exhaust those resourecs, which the nation supplies for the security , of - ite ' industry and commerce. This action, sir, has proved every word that I wrote advocatieg on organised coast defence_.(or petrel) of -ieeti-Oaeer; 'Ships, in lien'ofilioWditriinia . W-fcits-,:Whieh - elpV if ever we possess them, must not permit a vessel', to come near our ports, but must grapple with and arrest her as the Monitor did the Merrimac. I will, therefore, merely draw your attention to the late Admiral Sir R. S. Dundas's letter to the Royal Commissioners, wherein he shows that for the estimated expense (£840,000) of these three forts at Spithead 20 of our screw and now useless line of battle ships could be converted into most efficient iron blockships. It must be re marked that the Monitor, which is described by the Times' special correspondent as fitted with a revolving tower on my principle, and carrying only two guns, drove the Merrimac of 10 guns off. It is not my wish now to advocate my principle, for after the complete success of my experiments, and the achievements of the Monitor, it is unne cessary; facts speak for themselves ; but I will un dertake to show that I can convert into a shield ship any of those screw line of battle ships.• She shall be practically invulnerable, and she shall carry a broadside according to her tonnage of from 12 to 11 guns, 110 or 68 pounders ; if 300 pounders are brought into use she shall carry a broadside of from five to six of them, and that these ships shall work those heavy guns when the Warrior and such like vessels dare not open their ports. Let me again ask if a coast patrol as I propose of these con verted vessels, with others carrying from two guns re co e u st n i t m ry ated more tsecu rity mil lions, but may cost any amount before completed, and then only serve as unmistakeable beacons for o the enemy's ironclad ships to pass betw een ? up p t than 1 2, would these fortsnot give w h e this h a Your obedient servant, COWPER P. COLES, Captain, R.N. 2, Clarence-parade, Southsea, March 27. Estimate is ono thing, eventual cost is another, parti cularly as we now talk of casing these forts with iron. t DESCRIPTION FROM AN EYEWITNESS.---The Timcg, • March, 27, 1862. " The water battery of heavy Columbia& on the point commenced playing upon the monster in a way which must have given those on board a very good idea of a very severe hailstorm ; but, bless you, the only notice she took of them was to occasionally throw a shell or two into or over the camps" (or into Portsmouth d oc kyard, if at Spithead.) " She entirely ignored the existence of the American fri gate Congress." MODERN ImPOST ORs.—In these daysxeet thatof books and almost universal education, it is some w h a t start ling to observe how large a leaven of suporsition still lurk s in the popular mind. One m i g ht reaso nably p th e march of in tellect, of which so much is s aid, e all witches w ould have t aken fli g ht on their broomstick s, and that Guides to Fate and Oracles of Fortune would have long ago passed out of print and credence. Not so, however; " knowlcflgo comes, but wisdom lingers ;" and although the black art has decayed sadly in dignity and profit since the days of the re nowned Mother Shipton, it has numerous votaries to this hour, not only among the lonely cottars of Dartmoor, or in other remote, sequestered parts, but within hearing of Bow bells, and in the v have only very centre of our civilisation. Xou to take up ono of the weekly newspapers to find advertisementsofmystetio 9 v in which the modern seersn N ording and eccentric grammir, n le a b trial of their skill, and intimate where and how they - the old women 'alio perambulate may theec t ozulted. tc, Many i of buy old bottles. and candle-ends, are adepts n i , n l t 'r l e tee ' ra ( craft, and employ it t o ga i n an i n fluence over weak-minded servant maids, and induce them to connive at the rubbery of their wasters. Others are to be found in the cellars of Lanibelh and St. Giles, where they give audience to many simpletons of low degree, if not, as is currently believed by the neigh bours, to ladies of quality in the disguise of charwomen. Ther, , , , are men, also, in the profe ,, ion, and I am told that if you knock at the door of a ( - Train hr tae in Sonthwarlc, bearing a large brass plate inscribed " Engineer," you w ill be introduced to a dirty old man with a long beard and a catty pipe, who casts nativities and unveils the future o the most moderate terms, varying from 2s. to 55., accord.. ing to the presumed station of the visitor. Since the gipsies were ousted from their favourite camping ground at Battersea, the fortune-tellers of that race have foniaken London, but they aro still to bo met in unfrequented eo uli _ try lanes. The Spiritualists may also be reckoned among th e modern false prophets. Although they find their dupes among the upper ten thousand, their quackery is as vulgar, and generally more blasphemous than that of the ' sibyls of more humble life.—Ono a Week. 4 , • , M 114.4