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The invested Assets of this Society exceed FIVE MIL LIONS STE ; its Annual Income is FOUR HUN DRED and NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS. Up to 31st December, 1851, the Society had paid in Claims upon death—Sums Assured £1,329,378 Bonus thereon Together £5,144,676 The Profits are divided every fifth year. All participating Policies effected during the present year will, if in force be yond 31st December, 1864, share in the Profits to be divided up to that date. At the Divisions of Profits hitherto made. Reversiona Bonuses exceeding TIIREE AND A lIALF MILLIONS have been added to the several Policies. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and Statements of Ac counts, may be had on application to the Actuary, at. the Office, Fleet-street, London. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. 'elacbruary, 1862. G UARDIAN FIRE MPANY AND LIFE ASSURANCE CO, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions.—Paid up, One Million. DIRECTORS. HENRY VIGNE, Esq., Chairman. 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After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, wuhr u " — {"'" rirr amounted to upw...A....1 x 4,730,000, the Income rom W e Branch £207000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fond, independent , of the capital, e xceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre miums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge for Policy Stamps. Notice is Hereby Given, That FIRE Policies which expire at Lady Day must be renewed within fifteen days at this Office, or with Mr. SAMS, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall ; or with the Company's Agents throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void. Losses caused 'by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS VirIGR,AM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Edwd. Maxwell Daniell, Esq. Hen Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The I C lon..Toene W. Percy. Thomas Dent, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, 'Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. RiversdaleW. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau„ Esq. Bobt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.! William Wallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— Me usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady-day will expire on 9th April FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation.' The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions o exceeding take place eve Five years. Any sum not .£15,000 ma be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured- - Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. P. STEELE, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. The numerous and urgent appeals which are made for admission by the homeless and destitute sick render it im perative on the Committee to entreat the continued bounty of the affluent and humane to enable them to persevere in the ento,isive syotcw, vI relief afforded by this Hospital. During we past year, in addition to 1,190 in-patients. no less than 50,496 out-patients raceived the henents of this Charity. Since Christmas two additional wards have been opened for the reception of in-door patients. Contr ib u tions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas tkerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; and at the Hospital. 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'—herald and Standard, N o " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin , ...T . —Dr. Culverwell 'has already established the re e writer 12, 1861. 4 -Grand. an able physician; he has no w proved himself to t e a atioNd philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in w the heart' of the City. an institution that more nearly than any dh i very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than ally proposition or invention yet es alished the Turkish Bath. . . our object being merely to direci the attention of our City readers to thatact that they p o „ eas one of the best set of baths, at 19, Tdartin'-le-Grand, wilich the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. 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His fruit is as vivid and well characterised as if Lance had painted it."—Athenaeum. - - - • -- L" The charm of Mr. Kent's poetry, as it is the first condi tion of success to all poets, is that he is in sympathy with his subject and not only with himself ; that he is truly poet and not egotist. But it is by no means his only merit. He is a mas ter of versification. The flow of his verse is smooth and me lodious, and enriched with a copious and ornate vocabulary. Shelley at Marlow' is a painting exquisitely delicate. The vision of Shelley with which Mr. Kent presents us is almost perfect. `DREAMLAND' is a work conceived in a noble spirit, and executed with scholarly taste, frequently with flashes of true poetic inspiration. The Dying Bridegroom' is distinguished by a genuine pathos, which leads us to be lieve that Mr. Kent would succeed eminently in some story of the affections."—The London Review. _ _ -------- - "Mr. Kent's poems come before the world with the advan tage, not only of an author's name, but of a name already agreeably and musically known in the metrical literature of the day. His 4 Aletheia' was very favourably received by the public, and has no doubt been the companion of many thoughtful readers who will gladly welcome another volume from his pen. A series of portraits drawn with true poetic sympathy and veneration, The best of all, we think, is that of Scott. There is something in the lines that will remind the reader of the chime of Scott's own verse."—John Bull. - - " Verses, many of them extremely tender and harmonious. and all Indloatinn• a m ind And ucaa Lea. y e WS. "Poems of very considerable excellence. Fructidor 'is a very close and vigorous word-painting of an orchard. 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The Town-clerk (Mr. C. H. Cooper) read the patent of the office to which the Duke was elected in June last. After the administration of the customary oaths, The MAYOR said that the office just conferred would not entail any burdensome or troublesome duties. It was not now an onerous office, yet it was one of great antiquity, and had been held by many distinguished men. He observed that the second and third High Stewards, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, and John Dudley, Duke of Northum berland, were also, as the Duke is, Chancellor of the University. Their learned town clerk informed him (the Mayor) that both of these noblemen came to an unfortunate end—an end from which might God preserve his Grace ! (Laughter.) Since then the list of High Stewards comprised the names of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk ; Sir Thomas Egerton (Lord Keeper), Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Thomas Coventry (Lord Keeper), Sir John Finch (Lord Keeper), Oliver Cromwell, and Sir Edward Hyde, afterwards Earl of Clarendon. All filled the same office as they had cordially conferred upon his Grace that day. Descending to the times of the re formed corporation, the names comprised those of Francis, Lord Godolphin, Charles William Earl Fitzwilliam, Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay, and concluded with that of the late Duke of Bed ford. The wisdom with which the corporation had acted in making these appointments was vindicated by the list of persons they had selected to fill this honourable office. _ _ The LORD HIGH STEWARD, in reply, said that he..crrniannv RP APTV faa Innnur conic:,r"• 2 him. It afforded him the more pleasure as he had reason to believe that the suggestion of his name was due in some measure to his having prosecuted his studies at the University. (Cheers.) If there had been reason to believe that his acceptance of the office would have entailed upon him any duties inconsistent with the allegiance he owed to his University they would pardon him for saying that it would have been difficult for him to accept it. (Applause.) He rejoiced, however, that the rela tions between the University and town were hap pily of so amicable a nature that there was reason for believing that the discharge of the duties of the high office to which he had been called would en tail the taking of any step inconsistent with those of the other office. He had made it his business since his acceptance of office to ascertain some thing of his predecessors, and was struck to find such an array of remarkable men. Take. for instance, the three earliest appointments, Protec tor Somerset and the Dukes of Norfolk and North umberland, names all identified with the most stir ring periods of the country. The Mayor referred to the unfortunate fate of two of those noblemen, who were instances of the union of the offices of High Steward of the borough and Chancellor of the University, which had not since again occurred until the present day—facts about which, if he (the Duke) had been troubled with superstitious feel ings, he might naturally have felt some alarm. (Laughter.) However, the circumstances of the times were so different that he thought he might dismiss any fear that the conjunction of those ap pointments was likely again to be attended by in auspicious results. The Duke then referred to the great men who had preceded him on the roll of Stewards. He was proud, he said in conclusion, to receive from them the office which had been occu pied by so many distinguished men ,and upon which high honour was reflected by many interesting associations. (Loud applause.) Advantage was taken of the installation of the Steward to open the new suite of rooms which has been recently erected for public purposes at an ex pense of £lO,OOO, of wnich sum £4,000 were raised by subscriptions, and £6,000 were contributed by the corporation. At the conclusion of the proceedings in the Coun cil-chamber the Corporation escorted his Grace to the new Assembly-room, where a dejeuner had been laid out for 350 guests, and full that num ber were present, at the invitation of the Mayor, mhn preahlad, with the Duke of Devonshire and the Vice , Chancellor on his right hand, and Lord ____• - - _ _ _ CONCRNTRA LION OF TilE COURTS OF LA TV. Yesterday, a deputation from the Law Amend ment Society waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence, Downing street, to suggest to him a means whereby the public purse might be protected from any addi tional burden in the event of the new law courts, as proposed to be erected on the site between Bell yard, Carey-street, and the Strand, costing more than the estimated sum. The deputation consisted of Mr, Field, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Edgar, &c. Mr. HASTINGS, in introducing the subject in which the deputation was interested to the notice of the right hon. gentleman, took credit to the society for a portion of the success which had attended the labours of the great leaders in the cause of law re form. A great deal had been done to improve both the criminal and the mercantile law of the country, but suitors suffered a great deal of inconvenience, and put to a great deal of unnecessary expense, owing to the manner in which the courts of judica ture were scattered over the metropolis. That was an evil which had been for a long time felt by the profession, but the public at large were to a sti, greater extent affected by it. For instance, the suitor who had engaged the services of an advocate to plead his cause at Westminster might, when the cause came on, find that his counsel was engaged in Lincoln's-inn, or in Guildhall, and thus such a suitor lost the benefit of the learning or talent of the man on whom he most relied. That would not probably be the case if all the courts were under one roof as in Dublin and Edinburgh, and thus not only would the judicial business of the country be discharged with greater despatch than at present, but in the trial the suitor would get a better article for his money. Having drawn the right hon. gentleman's attention to the several schemes which had been proposed for the concentration of the courts, he begged the government would not, for the sake of preventing the opposition given to the scheme re commended by the royal commissioners, sanction the proposal that the courts of equity should remain in Lincoln's-inn, but that the common law courts should be erected in Carey-street, as that wouldput the country to a vast expense, without the realisa tion of any appreciable advantage. On the contrary, he hoped they would adhere to the scheme pro pounded in Mr. Cowper's bill lately rejected by the House of Commons. The main opposition to that measure originated with the Hon, Society of Lincoln's-inn, which would lose the large rents which it at present received for the premises occ', pied by the courts of equity; but still a great many members of the House of Commons had opposed it through the apprehension that the outlay would exceed at least by £500,000 the estimated cost of the proposed structure. As this financial objection was the only feasible one which could be urged against the measure, the Law Amendment Society thought it advisable to confer with him as the finan cial minister of •the country in order to suggest a means whereby that objection might be got rid of. They calculated that the imposition of a tax to the extent of 3s. 4d. on each writ issued by the common law courts, and the Courts of Admiralty, Probate, and Divorce, would be sufficient to raise an annual revenue equivalent to the interest on half a million of money, and thus the public purse would be pro tected and the wholeburden thrown upon the suitors. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply, ONO that Ile had never contemplated altogether exempting the public purse from a portion of the cost of the proposed concentration of the courts, but he thought it better still to keep that an open ques tion. With regard to the concentration scheme itself it was a question on which he was incompetent to offer an opinion, but so far as he could do so he gave it no reluctant, but on the contrary a checroil concurrence. Still, were he to propose it to the House of Commons his advocacy of it would do it more harm than good, for the house would very naturally ask why he, whose business it was to scrape up money, should interfere in a matter so foreign to his department. It should properly pro. ceed from the legal organs of the Government, and then in the event of the financial objection referred to being again urged against it, he might, if fur nished with the data on which the society had made its calculation, reply to it. He supposed that the proposal to confine the tax to suitors in the common law courts proceeded on the ground that the Court of Chancery, through the Suitors' Fee Fund, would contribute its share to the cost of the undertaking. (Mr. Hastings assented.) He thought the Proposed tax a very small one, and did not doubt that the suitor would save it in cab hire. The House of Commons had said by its recent vote that it would not sanction a scheme which entailed heavy expenses on the public. As far as he was concerned he should not take any niggardly view of the case on public grounds. A long conversation took place, but nothing definite was settled with regard to the object the deputation had in view, and when it, terminated the gentlemen composing the deputation thanked the right hon. gentleman for the patience with which he had listened to the explanation of their views. 2ITq NA TPY. - • A number of mechanics from the establishment of Messrs. Maudalay and Co. have commenced ope rations on board the armour-plated frigate Royal Oak, 51, building at anthem Dockyard, to pre pare that vessel for the reception of a pair of large 400-horse power trunk engines, which are being made ready for her. The difficult task of boring through the large stern post and keel of the ship for the screw shaft was successfully completed yes terday. The screw propeller, weighing about 12 tons, has arrived at Chatham Dockyard from Messrs. Maudslay's establishment. It has been constructed on Griffiths's principle, with some improvements by the maker, from which a slightly increased speed is anticipated. It is intended to fix as much of the machinery as possible on board the Royal Oak before she is launched ; but, of course, it will be impossible to get on board her large boilers and cylinders, and other large portions of her engines, until the vessel is in dock. The engines for the Royal Oak are those con structed for the Bulwark, 91, before it was intended to transform the latter vessel into an iron-plated frigate. As she will not be ready to receive her en gines for at least six months, it has been determined to place them in the Royal Oak. The operation of fixing the armour-plates to the sides of the ship is to be at once commenced. It is not, however, to be expected that the whole will be fixed before the launch'takes place. Each armour plate will be bed ded on felt and tar, to break the concussion of the shock when striking the vessel's side, and also to preserve the iron-plates from any effects arising from their near contact with their timber backing. The last mail brought letters to Plymouth from the screw steam frigate Termagant, 25, Capt. Robt. Hall, at Panama, which state that she would not wait, as previously expected, for the arrival from Valparaiso of the paddlewheel steam sloop Devas tation, 6, Commander John D. M'Crea, but would, shortly after the departure of the mail, convey 100 supernumeraries to the screw steam frigate Bac chante, 51, Capt. D. Mackenzie, flag of Rear-Admi ral Sir T. Maitland, K.C.8., at Acapulco. Unless any event of importance intervene, it was still sup posed that the Termagant would go southward from Acapulco, possibly to Valparaiso, and leave the Pa cific station altogether in October. It is possible she may be relieved by the screw steam frigate Tribune, 23, Capt. Lord Gilford, which left Plymouth on Sa turday for service under Admiral Maitland. For some time past the screw steamship Donegal, 99, Capt. S. Osborne, has been expected to arrive at Plymouth from ; Bermuda. It is, however, ititte.st..A o w_ that. tout.Wilan mglaifiiiilT - post= per fined.- She supplied some 50 marines, ♦olunteers, to join the expeditionary force in Mexico. They went a short distance inland from Vera Cruz, to a place called Marana, where 40 of them be came sick, and the whole returned to their ship. The French soldiers are stationed considerably further inland, and do not suffer so much from the climate. Both the English and French forces were treated most amicably by the inhabitants, but no Spanish soldier was safe. The paddlewheel steamsloop Geyser, 6, Comman der Colin Campbell, embarked supernumerary sea men for ships at Portland, and left Plymouth on Monday evening. The screw steam gunvessel Mullet, 5, left Ply- mouth on Tuesday for the coast of Africa. The floating battery Trusty, fitted some time ago with Captain Cole's cupola shield for experimental purposes, has been refitted at Woolwich with the plates, seven in number, which were uninjured in the subsequent trial at Shoeburyness. The shield is again ready for the second trial, and will be fired at from Sir Wm. Armstrong's heavy ordnance. The damaged plates, five in number, have not been re placed, but their vacancies have been filled with oak planks, and the interior of the cupola has been shored up with solid balks of timber, to render the shield as irresistible a target as 41-inch slabs of wrought iron over a breastwork of oak can possibly supply. In the forthcoming experiments the shield is not intended to revolve, but will be fired at on one side only. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander Iltid T. M. Nicholl, to ,be Inspecting Commander in the Coastguard; H. Harrison, in the Edinburgh, promoted to first class assist..engineer ; E. W. Thomas, in the Shel drake, promoted to first-class assist.-engineer ; C. Platt, in the Marlborough, promoted to first-class assist.-engineer ; C. M'Keever, in the Majestic, pro moted to first 'class assist.-engineer; W. H. Nichol son, in the Narcissus for the Penguin, promoted to first-class assist.-engineer ; John Bradbury, in the Dauntless for the Leveret, promoted to first-class assist.-engineer ; J. Swanson, Wm. Murray, and T. Carlini), in the Agamemnon, promoted to acting first-class assist.-engineers; D. M. Shaw, promoted to be surgeon ; Angus Robertson, assist.-surgeon additional, to the Victory; Alexander Cochran and Walter P. Ogle, naval cadets, to the Emerald ; Marcus L. Bridger, Butler J. S. 0. Carter, and Marcus M'Causland, naval cadets, to the Trafalgar; Arthur H. IL S. Mercer, J. E. Blakland, and H. C. Litchfield, naval cadets, to the Warrior; W. Scriven, master's assistant, to the Royal Adelaide. THE SSION. Yesterday the Japanese Ambassadors, accom panied by Mr. Macdonald, Attache of the English Legation in Japan, and five of the principal officers of their suite, including one next in rank to them selves, whom they designate the Vice-Governor, paid a visit to the arsenal and gas rison at Woolwich. They left the London-bridge Terminus of the North Kent. Railway at a quarter-past 10 o'clock by a fast train, arriving at Woolwich shortly before 11. At the station there they were received by Brigade- Major Millward and Capt. Forbes, Staff Captain, by whom they were conducted direct to the Arsenal on foot. Their visit and the time of it had been previ ously known, and a considerable number of the in habitants were waiting their arrival. The demean our of the crowd was marked by a feeling of respect ful curiosity which never for an instant bordered on rudeness. Indeed, the general bearing of these remarkable men, calm, self-possessed, quiet, and unobtrusive as it is, at once inspires respect wherever they go. They are courteous to a degree, and acknowledge the tokens of kindly interest shown them here on all hands with an easy politeness and grace all their own. At the Arsenal they were received with every mark of respect by GeneraliSir Richard Dacres, the commandant of the garrison ; Colonel Bingham, deputy-adjutant of Royal Artil lery ; Capt. Gordon, principal storekeeper ; Colonel Boxer, superintendent of the laboratories ; Colonel Clerk, superintendent of the carriage department; Major Field, deputy-assist.-quartermaster-general; Mr. Howell, director-general of contracts ; Captain Inglis, Royal Engineers, inspector of works; and Mr. Anderson, assistant-superintendent of the gun factories. After an interchange of civilities they were conducted, first of all to the laboratories, the THE ARMY. In accordance with orders received from the War office, the following allowance of ammunition is in future to be furnished to regiments of Artillery Militia for use at annual trainings, and directions have been issued for requisitions for supplies to be made through the officer commanding Royal Artil lery in the district in which the headquarter town is situated, as soon as a notification shall have been received from the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of the day of assembly : —For practice—solid shot, 40 rounds ; common shells, 10 rounds ; and diaphragm shrapnel shells, 10 rounds per company. For exer cise—blank, for great guns, 60 rounds per company. Small-arm ammunition—ball cartridge, 20 rounds ; blank cartridge, 10 rounds ; and 33 percussion caps for each non-commissioned officer and man• 11EALTIr OF (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The mortality of London has been above the average during the last three weeks. In the week that ended last Saturday the number of deaths was 1,314. The average number in corresponding weeks of 10 previous years (corrected) was 1,260, and the present return exhibits an excess of 64 above the result obtained by calculation. The births exceed the deaths registered in the same period by 657. The only marked feature in this return is an in crease in typhus. The deaths from it having de clined a little in some previous weeks, again arose to 101. Of these 17 occurred in the London Fever Hospital, 7 occurred in the sub-district of the Borough-road, of which 6 were in the workhouse. Out of 28 cases in which measles was fatal, 8 were returned in the district of Poplar. The deaths from scarlatina were 53, nearly half of which occurred in the South districts ; and 5 were in the subdistrict of Lambeth Church, second part, where 63 have been registered in the last five weeks. The deaths from phthisis last week were 190 (the corrected average being 168). In the previous week the number referred to this disease was 194. The following cases are extracted from the re turns of the week : " Found dead on the 25th of April, at 7, Little Albany-street, Regent's Park, a needlewoman, aged 56 years, ' want of proper nourishment while suffering extensive disease in the chest and abdo men.' Post Nortent. Inquest. " On the 7th of April, at 27, Alpha-place, Beth nal-green, the son of a painter, aged thre&'•week::,, ' sudden death ; starvation ; the mother unable to obtain food for herself.' Inquest. "At the Workhouse, Rotherhithe, on the 25th raueurer, c u ed (OA hours), hastened by want of necessaries of life.' Returned by medical certificate." Last week the births of 987 boys and 984 girls, in all 1,971 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 1,946. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer was above 30 in. on three days of the week. The readings rose to 30 . 13 in. Tuesday, and fell to 29.79 in. on Thursday. The mean temperature of the air in the:week 53.6 deg., which is 4'l deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was always above the average till Saturday, when it was 6.2 deg. below the average. On Thursday, the Ist day of May, the excess above the average was as much as 11.1 deg. The highest day temperature occurred on Thursday, and was 77 deg. The lowest night tem• perature was on Saturday, and was 37.8 deg. The range of the thermometer was, therefore, 29.2 deg. The mean daily range was 22.6 deg. The range on Monday was 27.3 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air tempera ture was 6.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 80, complete saturation being repre sented by 100. The wind was chiefly in the south east and south-west. The amount of rain mea sured was 0.11 in., which fell on Thursday. Saturday was a very cold day ; its mean temperature was 16.4 lower than that of the Ist of May. The Thermometer in the sun on Thursday rose to 121 deg. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 57.9 deg., that of the lowest was 55.7 deg. GENERAL ALBERT SYDNEY JOHNSTON. General Albert Sydney Johnston was born in Macon county, Kentucky, in 1803. He was edu cated at the Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, under President Holloy, graduated at the United States Military Academy, at West Point, at the age of twenty-three, and entered the army as second lieutenant in the same year. His first service was with the Gth infantry, with which he was ordered to the West. During the Black Hawk war he acted as adjutant-general, Pre sident Lincoln at that time serving as a captain of volunteers. At the close of the war he went to reside first in Missouri and then in Texas. When war broke out in this latter State ho resigned his commission in the United nulLa to her aid, alone and unknown, and entered 011_9., acquaintance of Cienefat — .Rusk, commanding that division, who at once promoted him to a command; he rose to be the Commander-in-Chief—was Secre tary of War under President Lamar—fought the battle of the Neches, defeating 700 Cherokees. At the breaking out of the Mexican war, at the urgent request of General Taylor, he again entered the ser vice as colonel of the Ist Texas Regiment ; when this was disbanded General Johnstone became in spector-general of General Butler's division, and served as such in the glorious battle of Monterey ; he was in the hottest of the fight, and his horse was three times shot under him, After this he retired into private life, and turned his sword into a ploughshare, until, in 1849, the United States Government, in consideration of his necessity and long service, bestowed upon him the appointment of paymaster in the army. In 1855, he was appointed to the command of the second regiment of cavalry, with the rank of colonel, and ordered to the department of Texas, and in 1857 was appointed to the command of the expedition to Utah, and in 1858 was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general. He started on the expedition to Utah, under orders, in September, 1857. On the 6th of November, in the Rocky Mountains, he encountered a storm of snow and wind, which, in his own words, " racked the bones of his men, and starved the oxen, horses, and mules." The snow was from two to four feet deep, and the thermome ter at from 16 to 18 degrees below zero f0r . 90 days afterwards, but ho purs ued his march, making only 35 miles in 15 days , where he wentinto camp and subsisted on mules, without bread or salt,. until pro visions were sent b y the government in the o efollow ing spring. He c ontinued to fill the post mander-in-Chief in Utah ; being, in fact, dictator in the country which he occupied—until the rebellion broke out, when he abandoned the flag of the Union to enlist under the banner of the Secessionists, Last autumn General Joh nston was put in command of the rebel soldiers in the department of Kentucky and Missouri, and invested with plenipotentiary authority to . control all the military operations in the west. His Kentucky nativity and his thorough knowledge of the we s t ern country, coupled with his great ability, rende r ed him an especially appro priate selection to this important position. Gen. Johnston was six feet one inch high, of large, bony, sinewy frame, quiet and unassuming manners, all conspiring to form a person of imposing and attrac tive address. ANGLO-CIIINESE MARRIAGES IN AUSTRALIA.. — Marriages of Chinese with females of European birth appear to be becoming more frequent. But hitherto the brides have generally keen of the lowest class of Irish women, and John Chinaman has probably no reason to be congratulated upon his bargain. One case we recollect of a successful celestial digger who, smitten with the charms of a lady of this class, was foolish enough to marry her, but found that she laid forcible hands upon his hardly earned wealth and quickly dissipated it. The unfortunate Chinaman applied to the magistrate to save the remnants of his property, and could not be made to understand the legal doctrine that, under these circumstances, a wife could not steal from hor husband, and still less could h.; realise the probability that he might be also liable for her debts. The Sydney papers by the last mail announce an Anglo.celestial marriage of higher pretensions, for we learn that on the 10th day of Feb. last, Mr. Yung Sing , Chinese merchant at Sydney, was married to Emma, daughter of the late John Mann, of Parramatta ; and as the marriage was solemnised in duo form by the Rev. Dr. Fullerton, of th e Scotch Presbyterian s Church, we infer that tll3 happy man had re n ounced the doctrines of Confucius andabandon ed all hope of returning to the Flowery Land. Several of the Chinese merchantc in Sydney are well to do, and such aro the vicissitudes of colonial society, Mrs. YunS Sing may yet keep her carriage and be presented at Oovezuulont-laouse,—AUStretan and aw 3 itcc tiouteo explained to them by Col. Boxer. It may be stated, by the way, that throughout the day two of their retinue took copious notes of all they saw, as far as time and opportunity would permit. In a graceful and fluent character resembling a system of short hand to the eye, written in perpendicular lines down each page, and from right to left, these chro niclers jotted down their ideas, under the inspiration of the moment, with marvellous rapidity, and with an evident view to future use. Time pressed, and the tour of the visitors through laboratories and other departments of the establishment was unavoid ably hurried. They appeared to take particular inte rest in some specimens of diaphragm and other shells shown them by Col. Boxer, and also in the opera tions of two machines for fabricating percussion caps, which invariably excite the admiration of strangers. The scribes of the party with unflag ging zeal tried hard to embody the momentary im- pressions which each process produced, but at best it was an example of the pursuit of knowledge under difficulties. Leaving the principal laboratory they had next an opportunity of witnessing the manu facture on a large scale of paper cartridges, which is carried on in a separate building. They were then conducted through the harness department, where trappings and fittings for some 10,000 horses are stored in admirable order. From a window of this building they caught a glimpse of the Thames, with the acres of shot and shell intervening, piled in mounds, and for some minutes the spectacle en gaged their attention. They passed on to the gun factories, through which they were conducted by Mr. Anderscn, the assistant-superintendent, who explained to them them through their interpreters all the different operations in detail. For the last few years circumstances with which the public are familiar have given to this department unusual in- terest, and here the distinguished strangers were evidently amazed with all they witnessed. There they saw the casting and fitting of Armstrong guns in every conceivable stage of process, and others in the finished state. Here a huge 100-pounder was being turned gently round, while thick flakes of wrought iron were being peeled by a machine from its sides as if the material were cheese. There a ponderous steam hammer was moulding a huge piece of red-hot iron like so much dough into a trunnion for a gun. The various operations of bor ing, coiling, rifling, and shrinking, all in the highest degree interesting, were shown in succes sion. At the gun factories alone some 600 or 700 men are now employed, the whole Arsenal giving occupation to an aggregate force of more than 1,700 artificam. Jk,ra" lelonntrrcial'oryi" Obi. tsoket again rendering his services in the way of explanation. Thence they went to the carriage department, through which they were conducted by Col. Clerk, the superintendent, and with many of the processes in which they seemed delighted. The operations in particular of an endless saw, with a moveable platform, by which saddle-trees were being fashioned, and which is capable of moulding wood into the most fantastic forms, engaged their atten tion, and one of the suite was so pleased with its performances that he clapped with his hands, the only demonstrative expression of feeling to which any of the party was seen to give way during the inspection, and in that he checked himself. They were also a good deal struck with the nice processes of morticing the felloes and moulding the spokes of carriage wheels by machinery. With the inspec tion of this department the visit of the Ambassadors to the Arsenal terminated. It would be idle to spe culate on the varying feelings with which it may have impressed men whose contact with European civilisation has been so abrupt. In all that they saw they certainly took an absorbing interest, though, whether from constitutional temperament, or as a point of manners, it would be difficult to say, they were at no pain to demonstrate it. The atten tion of the Chief Minister in particular was unwea ried throughout the day. They lingered over the operations in the gun factory as if under some spell, regardless of the fierce heat from the furnaces to which they were often exposed, and they left the place with evident reluctance. They were afterwards entertained at luncheon by Gen. Sir Richard Dacres and the principal officers of the garrison at their head-quarters, A review in their honour had been fixed for 2 o'clock, at which four troops of horse artillery, three field batteries, three battalions of foot artillery, and two battalions of marines would have played apart. but in consequence of a relent less rain the intention was reluctantly abandoned. Having received the hospitalities of the commandant of the garrison, the Ambassadors took their depar ture shortly after 3 o'clock, under a military salute, and returned to town by rail. TRIAL FOR MURDER IN .F RAN The Court of Assizes of the Vaucluse, sitting at Carpentras, has just tried a man named Denan n te, and a woman named Aup han, the former as prici pal, and the latter as accomplice, in the murcler of M. Auphan, of Bastide-Neuve, the hus b a nd of the female prisoner. It appeared from the evidence he that Auphan was shot on C hristmas-eve last, as was crossing his farm - yard to the stable, and died in less than hale an hear afterwar ds e xist between . Owing to the intimate relations known to Auphan's wife and the prisoner, has suspected to be the author of the crime, andarrested that an y vital organ. When interro. same night. The next day he attempted to commit grvvards, he confessed that he was suicide by stabbing himself in the abdomen, but further stated that the female 0 h ad been for gated without so inuring 1 a i r f i t n e administering poison to her husband accomplice, and prisonert t h h e r ee m m u r o d :v e t r ia e is r s , ab a di n ms d i in small doses, and that he himself had been doing t h e same to h is own wife, with the intention of marrying a s soon as their two victims should be dead. As the poison was not rapid enough in its effects, it was arranged between them that he the 24th December. All a of this statement were fully sup tshheoupl r d i n s h e i o p o a t l A f : e l; li s ported by a number of letters which the female pri soner had written to him, and also by the evidence of witnesses. In answer to the President's questions, the male prisoner admitted his guilt, and declared that his sole motive for the crime was his passion for Auphan's wife. The evidence against the pri soners being perfectly conclusive, the jury, after a short deliberation, brought in a verdict of g uilt y with extenuating circumstances, and the Court t accordingly condemned them both to hard labour for life. l PRICE..... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. rG TEE WEEK. t ~t-~' THE NATIONAL PO.RTRAIT 6,,A1.1.1-IRV,T The fifth report of the trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, recently issued, states that three more have to be added to the list of 42 donations announced in form e r reports. The Queen has a lso graciously promi s ed a p or t ra it of the late Prince Consort. The purchases have increased from 80 to 95, The great difficulty which is now encountered by the trustees, and which is felt mere and more in proportion as the collection under their charge extends, arises from the always inadequate and now utterly deficient means of exhibition. The trustees in the course of last month athlresF,ed the following letter to the Board of Treasury :-- "National Portrait Gallery Trust, 29, Great George-street, Westminster, March 20. "My Lords,—At a meeting of the trustees of (ho National Portrait Gallery, held this day, :Earl Stan hope in the chair, I was directed to represent in the strongest terms to her Majesty's Board of Treasury how utterly inadequate is now the space at their disposal compared with the pictures which they have been enabled to obtain. These pictures, accruing partly by purchase and partly by d9nation, amount up to this date to 139, as the enclosed cata logue will show. To display these pictures for public exhibition, the trustees have only at their disposal two apartments of very moderate size, a very small back room on the same floor, and the walls of the staircase. They are unable to place at all the great picture of the House of Commons, by Halter, which was presented by the Government in 18.58, and which, of necessity remains for the present in a committee-room of the House of Commons. Many of the pictures that are placed by the trustees are also of necessity placed in a most unfavourable light ; all are crowded, and the trustees are wholly at a lose to provide for fresh accessions. It may be said, with entire truth, that the complaints which have lately been made of this institution in the House of Commons and elsewhere proceed altogether from the want of space, for which the trustees are not responsible. The trus tees, therefore, desire to make an urgent represen tation to her Majesty's Government for a more ex tended space, that may enable the trustees to dis play, with less disadvantage, the very numerous, and, in great part, very valuable works which this gallery has acquired.-1 have, &c., (Signed) " GEORGE SCHARr, " Secretary and Keeper. " To the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury." It is gratifying to be able to add that, in spite of these great deficiencies in space and in light, the number of visitors to the temporary apartments has steadily increased. A return of these numbers has been laid before the House of Commons in obedience to their order dated March 1 3, 1862. It ha s b ee n subsequently printed, and will be found to give the particulars in full details month by month. Without recapitulating these details, it may be sufficient here to state that the number of visitors, which in 1859 was 5,305, and in 1860, 6,392, rose in 1861 to 10,907. The trustees have the fullest confidence that with improved accommodation, and, as one consequence of it, an increase of open days, the number of the annual visitors would be further and very largely augmented. ~,7 AUSTRIA'S FINANCIAL CONDI2ION. Under this title M. Debrauz de Saldapenna, a diplomatic writer of some note, has published a pamphlet, in which he examines M. de Plener's financial plan. M. Debrauz represents the Austrian empire under colours very different from those which. are generally adopted to depict it. Instead of a sinking monarchy, in a decrepid state, and in full dissolution, he glowingly describes the rich valley of the Danube, sprinkled with towns and villages, where ease and comfort seem to be universal ; the river with its numerous steamers, and the fac tories, which increase in number as the traveller approaches the capital. Vienna it self is an industrious bee-hive, where pauperism is all but unknown. Instead of a discontented population, all the various nations which form part of the Empire are peacefully assembled in the capi tal, and seem more disposed to enjoy themselves than to plan insurrections. The Emperor and Arch dukes go out at all hours, without an escort, and on foot, in the midst of the crowd, who respectfully take off their hats. If such is the physical state of the country, its financial state is equally satisfactory, entrusted as it i 3 to the able hands of M. de Plener, who, instead of endeavouring to conceal the embar rassments of the treasury, frankly states the maxi mum of the probable expenditure, and the minimum of the expected income. The consequence was that the ~e 1 S on Liao ~..041 deficit, and an increase of 10 millions in the revenue, making together a total improvement of 60 millions of francs. M. Debrauz does not deny that the deficiency of 1861 amounted to 105,000,000 florins, but he remarks that the Minister was enabled to meet it without having recourse to foreign capital. Owing to the abnormal state of Italy and other parts of the empire, the deficit of 1862 is esti mated at 109 millions of florins, which M. de Plener proposes to meet by increased taxation, and by a loan without interest from the National Bank in return for the renewal of its charter. We will not follow M. Debrauz through all the details of the above plan, but conclude our notice with two statements adduced by the author in su ppor t of his opinions as to the flourishing state of t he Austrian Empire. Ono of these is that , inwhile 1855 the number of passengers on the Austrian railways was 9,451,521, and the number of quintals of goods con veyed was 68,74 8 ,266,producing a gross inen me o f 36,166,208 florins , t he same items me in 1859 s t oo d as follows: —Passeng ers, 15,711,948; g00d5,112,379,367 quintals , • tals • rece ipts, 66, 921 , 632 florins. Th e o th er i s s tatistical a s t a ble compiled by Dr. Block, one of the superior functionaries of the Ministry of Public Works of France, showing the relative condition of income and debt in various countries. It is as fol. lows : Average Revenue Average Dobti States, per h ea d. per head, France .......... 49 f . 75 c . Great Britain .... 57 12 Austria.. Prussia 2B 60 Russia 18 14 93 Germany 22 Italy Spain Belgium Low Countries.... 58 12 Greece Whence M. Debrauz concludes that Austria is the country where the lowest amount of taxes is Paid. THE MURDER 01 MR. 2111EBAULT. (From U Free Press.) The authorities at Cashel are still pursuing quiries into the circumstances attendant upon the late tragedy, and an amount of additional evidence has been procured since the holding of the in quest. There were rumours in town to -day of further arrests having been made of certain other parties implicated in the affair. Mayer, the dray. man, who pacoed while the body of Mr. Thiebault m have the was lying on the road, has been taken into custod y . We learn that some of the crown officials ap made of ar rived in Cashel, and are having fatal spot where the unfortunate deceased met hi s doom, beside making other inquiries in order to perfect the evidence taken at the inquest, and upon which the prisoner has been committed for trial. Rumours of a special commission being sen t down by Government are in circul , ition, and it is said that Halloran, the man arrested for the murder of Mr. Thiebault, and the brothers Behan, who are in cus tody, charged with the attempted assassination of Col. Knox, near Templemere, will be arraigned These report s , as f ar a s we b e fore that tribunal. l e arn, are based canupon We understand that theprinsoondeerfiHniatlelofroaunndhaatsion. re tained the professional services of Mr. Prendergast, solicitor, Clownel, to conduct his defence in the serious charge preferred against him. It is said that a requisition has been forwarded to the Bight Hon. Viscount Lismore, lord-lieutenant of the County, to summon a meeting of the magistrates of the county, to deliberate concerning the late awful tragedy, and the steps necessary to be taken to prevent the recurrence of any similar event in Tip., perary. , . ~ .1 r I_ F _. c '~~