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1., W. aj os ty ;th, of room ed the ENE ,SET-. 'roma ws are , and e now ally or Black ;ertifi- upon- andalo .ghton. '[s•road kahlre sritain nuns DraerY re Lgheul ice of took some , we at i 18. i 12. VIE ITALIAN IRRIGATION CANAL COMPANY. SeeMtd Anonyme with Limited Liability and Shares to Bearer. Share capital 2 5,000,009 f. (L 1,000,000). Divided into 50,000 shares of 500 f. (C2O) each. D,nof.iit on application Li per share, and 41 on allotment. The Italian Government, guarantees a minimum interest of six per cent, on the capital, and also a sinking fund to provide for its redemption. DIRECTORS IN ITALY. The Marquis de Cavour, Member of the Chamber of Deo. ties. The Count Oldofredi, Senator (formerly Governor of Bologna). M. Farina, Regent of the Bank of Milan. no Vincenzi (formerly Minister of Public Works at Naples). M. G. Be Ferne2.', Banker, Turin M. Laurent, Bakker, Parma. DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND , G. G. Macpherson, Esq. Chairman of the Agra and United Service Bank. Lestock R. Reid, Esq., Director of the Oriental Bank Cor poration. James Dickson, Esq. (Lennox, Nephew, and Co.), 16, Old Broad-street. Lieut.-Colonel W. Campbell Onslow, Director of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company. Wm. Walter Cargill, Esq., Director of the Eastern Bengal Railway Company. C. G. Manse], Esq., Director of the Agra and United Ser • vice Bank. P. D. Hadow, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. F. Surtees, Esq., Chalcott House, Kingston, Surrey. J, P. Brown W est h ea d, Esq., AL P., Deputy-Chairman of the London and North-Western Railway Company. BANKERS IN; LoxpoN—Messrs. Masterton, Peters, and BANKERS IN Co., 35, Nicholas-lane. RALT — Messrs.Charles Do Fernex and Co., SO LICITORS—Messrs. Rixon. and Son, 38, Cannon-street. BROXERS—MOSSTS. Foster and Braithwaite, 68, Old Broad-street. JOINT ENGINEERS. Monsr. Chas. No 6, Turin. J. Abernethy, Esq., M.LC.E., London. Temporary Offices, 16, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street. SECRETARY, pro tem.—Leicester Bayly, Esq. OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY.—The object of this Company is to carry into effect the valuable and highly re- Inunorative concession which has been granted by the Ita lian Government for the construction of Irrigation Works in Northern Italy. So great has been the reputation and success of works of irrigation in Italy, that they have been regarded as models of scientific construction by the engineers appointed by the Government of India to devise and execute the extensive plans for the irrigation of that country. From the earliest ages the artificial irrigation of land in rarm climates has furnished one of the most safe and profit able investments of capital. In India the application of this system has yielded a revenue of from 30 to 100 per cent. on the cost of construction ; in the royal domains of Aranjuez, in Spain, it has increased the produce of the soil ten-fold ; and it has given to the plains of Lombardy their proverbial renown for exhaustless fertility. The district assigned to the operations of this Company comprehends some of the richest portions of the famous plain, extending from the foot of the Alps to the frontiers of Lombardy, and justly celebrated as the garden of Europe. The Company will immediately proceed to construct the Great Irrigation Canal of Northern Italy, in conformity with the designs of the celebrated engineer Chevalier Noe, who enjoys the highest reputation in Europe for hydraulic Works, and whose plans have, after caretul examination, been approved of by Mr. Abernethy and accepted by the Italian Government. Tho Main Canal, 52 miles long, 80 feet wide, and 20 feet deep, will commence at Chiavasso, ten miles north of Turin, Pass through the rich districts of the Verc,ellais and the Lomeline, and terminate at the river Ticino, near Novara. It will derive an inexhaustible supply of water from the river Po, which has been called the Nile of Italy, on ac count of the rich alluvial matter brought down by its cur rent. It will irrigate more than 300,000 acres, and it is esti- Mated that the rental of the proprietors will thereby be in creased by £340,000 per annum. In order to obtain the great advantage of uniting under one management all the irrigation works of the district, an arrangement has been concluded with the Government for the cession of the existing canals of the Dora Baltea and the Sesia, which will thus become tributary to the Grand Canal of the Po. The payment for these canals will be Made at deferred dates, and the amount is included in the guaranteed capital. GUARANTEES OF THE ITALIAN GOVERN 24ENT.—The Government guarantees a minimum interest of six per cent. per annum on the entire capital to be ex panded in the purchase or construction of the canals, the Preliminary expenses, and the management and mainte nance of the works of the Company, thus making its shares a safe and advantageous investment, independently of the large profits which may be anticipated from such importan Works. The Italian Government also guarantees the repayment of the capital through the operation of a sinking fund. The redemption of the shares will take place annually by lot, with this great advantage to the shareholders, that, after having received back their capital in full, they will remain participators in all profits exceeding 6 per cent. during the remaining term of the concession. The provisional concession Was s i gne d b y t h e Ministers of Agriculture and Commerce, and of Finance, on the 15th ultimo, and the Government has engaged to procure for this Company all the necessary powers which require the con sent of the Legislature. EXPENDITURE.—The cost of the works will be de frayed by the share capital of the Company, and by bonds issued under the authority of the Government, with interest guaranteed. Every bond will be stamped by the Govein taent, and the interest of 6 per cent, will be paid at the National Treasury. Provisional contracts have been made with the sanction and approbation of the Italian Government for the execu tion of all the works by experienced contractors, who are Prepared to deposit ample caution money for the fulfilment of their engagements. PROFITS.—The directors desire to avoid holding out OXaggerated estimates of the large profits to be derived from their irrigation works, in addition to the guaranteed interest of 6 per cent. ; but the official returns in their possession, Which have been prepared with the most:scrn.pulous accu racy, and which may be seen at the offices of the Company, Justify them in anticipating profits fully equal to those Which have been ebtained under the most favourable cir cumstances in Italy and other countries. In making these calculations, there can be no better guide than what has taken place in our own Eastern Empire, as exhibited in the following statement : " jIYMNA CANALS, NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES.— kiavernment returns show that the value of the crops saved In one year by the water supplied by these canals, whose length is 445 miles, was £1,462,800. In 1853 the Court Eastern Directors sanctioned an expenditure of £15,276 on the Jumna Canal, which in one year yielded a clear Profit to the government of £9,759, besides enormously in creasing the value of the crops, and thus benefitting the cultivators to a far larger amount. " NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES.—In these provinces an expenditure of £557,000 was found sufficient to construct Works irrigating 1,300,000 acres, and thus obtain a produce of the annual value of £2,500,000, supporting a population of 600,000 souls. " GREAT GANGES CANAL, NORTH-WESTERN PRO- NlNcEs.—Colonel Baird Smith, the director of this canal, now in course of construction , estimates that it will be com- Pitted for £2 000, 000 , and that it will raise the annual value 1 5 ,f the crops 'it will irrigate to £7,000,00 0 , and the gain to the cultivators will exceed £3,000,000 per annum. Extract from Report by Lieut.-Colonel C. B. Young, o fficiating chief engineer, Lower Provinces of Bengal, dated 27th May, 1858 : " Whatever the results of different calculations may be, there can be no question, I believe, that canals as irrigation 'Work s are remunerative in 'lndia, whether the profits be 60 Per cent. and upwards, as Col. Cotton rates them, or, accor ding to the more moderate estimates of Lieut.-Colonel Baird omith about 24 per cent., or, according to the experience of the canals in the North-West Provinces, 12 to 16 per cent., it is equally the result in all cases; I believe that They repay richly to both Government and to the people the looney expended on them." . The 6 per cent. interest on the shares allotted in England, L e`get her with all dividends out of profits, will be paid half at 25 francs exchange, by the Company's bankers in o ridoß. Th e works which the Company has undertaken have been urgently demanded by the whole population. The „ O ndertaking is received with the greatest favour in Italy; 4 ,000 shares are reserved for that country, leaving 30,000 for allotment in England. Applications in the annexed form may be made to the -London Directors at the Company's offices, or to the Brokers of the Company in London. Co A Copy of the concession may be seen at tho offices of the m pany , London, April 4, 1862. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the London Directors of the Italian Irrigation Canal Gentlemen, —having Company.pa idtoyour bankers the sum of , I hereby request that you will allot me bares of £2O each in the Italian Irrigation Canal Company, and 1 hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, upon the terms of the BtatIIICS, to be approved by the Italian Government, and to Pay the further deposit of £1 per share upon the shares allotted to me at such time and in such manner as you may appoint. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full , Address in full Data • .............. .. 1)11. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. On Spermatorrheca, Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, Gleets, Nervous Debility, Palpitation, dr,c , &c. MARRIAGE Its Expectances and Disapp:iatments. 29, Cornhill ; or Author, b Impediments r is. Healthy Offspring secured. rice s., by postld. ed, ; of a Mann, 3, Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street, W. Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. GIVEN'AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. 1-IENIEPY SMITH. M.D., of the University of e Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous I , l .fferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable w ork, THE AIMING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). 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Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst Dr. Rieord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11s., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. POST -OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, - 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 6, and is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1. An ESSAY onfiURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath —A very useful pamphlet has been p u bli s h e d b y 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 if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, Nov. 12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bathe, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to ben 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 one 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 feels himself regenerated and new made, it is oncoming out of _a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct, 13, 1861. Consultations daily till 12 a.m. BODY, in AS THE FACULTIES OF TH E harmony with those of THE MIND, approach deve loped maturity, the rising human bein g factitious circumstances—same salutary, some _onr nciladd by becomes susceptible of impressions which, aeeo r l Ai ng i t o o uy t 4 h — e degree of PRUDENCE and KNOWLEDGE with Which he is en dowed, 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 period when parents fondly hope that the objects of their love are being prepared to fight honourably the great battle of life—namely, the scholastic and collegiate period. 'Habits are then contracted, in unsuspecting ignorance of their effects. which, if not ar rested, tend. to sink the VICTIMS OF ERROR to the deepest depths of degradation and woe. The evil is aggravated by the apathy too generally evinced by the medical profession, l a y ar a is s in to the nature but the very existence of the general and l g . from d the cause indicated, and to which the t a em e a e te designation of "Nervous Disorders and Debility " this neglect is, that the treatment One of the consequences of persons. Dr. ae of the most delicate classes of disease which society has been taken up by unqualified alrd.Du„neLdiuocoanttetidatop QUALIFIED ondon is Dr. LAWERT, of Apothecaries, &C., 37, Bedford- aqu t ar he e Reza, Society THE ONLY PRACTITIONER REGULARLY REGISTERED who has devoted his exclusive attention AND years to the cure of these affections, which war with thefor 20 y fountains of human HAPPINESS, HEALTH, and FUNcTIGYNeAr VIGOUR. The result of his experience and successful praol . tice may be perused with advantage in his Treatise, .. 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CHAPTER 111. —A Review of the various Disqualifications 4 Marriag,e ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis, The Book on 1 des with n tuncrons varied and interesting ases j o which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. Manhood.—This is a trulx valuable work, and REVIEWS ON THE WORK. hould be in young and old. —" Sunday Times," 23d March, 18 56 . "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this oh is described the little work, in which I nth source of those diseases which produce decline n 7 "Curtis On the hands of ,_ „ %more frequently premature o!c) ag e . , .—.6D a ily TelegraPn, Marc;. 27, 1856. This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of rofessional criticism and empirla_l bosfi o lity, treats in aplain end sympathising manner oil wie herv va eu ri " disqualifications and impediments arising from from excitement and de suffer gaid us Youthful errors and hility ; and to invalids ~x cesses it will be found valuable eftn,,,_ Record, London : Published by J. mien, 20, Warwick in Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, ! CI A' • C° R illh e -- Llouro of COmmitatia-10 to a and . w 9 "i . 11 4 (11 18, 19 t il l 2 N°. 21,772. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. 11?, Bishopsgate- street, London, Bth April, 1862. The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England Hereby Give Notice, that the • ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Society will be held on THURSDAY, the Bth day of May next, at the hour of Twelve precisely, at the Company's (louse, 112, illshopsgate-street, in the city of London. By order of the Court of Directors. DAN. ROBERTSON, Agent and Manager. 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The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. - r ' • • • (.: • r 7 1 7 • V". 1.4 . • • t qtd' • 4 .N, 4102 4. pry diseases of the same :labs wrre fatal, a 0 / C, 7` - ' 7 " "''' • .& (' Cl 4 " . ' A , "•• , . . been stated, raised the aggreo•ate mortal 1 , # "alv t i 11 - _ d z ym eath o s tie fr e o o rn mp ty la p in h t u s s m in ue t h he ab ti o u v a e rte th r e r a os v e er a a s g h e lf ' -• , ( pp : ; ;;;1 2: 7 -- _ , •-st. I f' l !- ' -` t , 50.0 - 991, and wer,- ...Id. STA2IPED ....sd. Of the 774 deaths from scarlatina 236 occu;rc d on the south side of the river. There were 19 in Lambeth Church sub - districts,first and second, 17 in Norwood, 12 in Peckham, 10 in ltotherhithe, 45 in Deptford, On the north side of the Thames 18 were returned in Fulham, 18 in Belgravo, 26 in Camden Town and Kentish Town, 65 in Islington, 21 in Mile -end Old Town ; but measles was mere fatal than scarlatina in Mile•end Old Town, where 26 children died of it. Typhus appears to have prevailed chicfly in the east districts, and in those on the :Guth side of the river. Thirty-three persons died of typhus in Hoxton New Town, the same number in a sub district of a much smaller population, Mile-end New Town, 36 in Mile-•end Old Town, 18 in Poplar, 21 in the sub-district of St. Olave, Southwark, 24 in that of Borough-road, 30 in Greenwich. In Isling ton West there were 109 deaths from typhus, nearly all of them in the Fever Hospital. _RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. COLCHESTER AND WYVENHOE. The works on this short line are being actively proceeded with, and are expected to be completed by the autumn. LYNN AND SUTTON-BRIDGE. This line, which is NI miles in length, has been staked out, and the works have been contracted for. At Sutton-bridge the line will form a junction with the Norwich and Spalding, and at Lynn the line will form a junction with the East Anglian. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL. A dinner in aid of the funds of this benevolent establishment took place last night at the London Tavern, under the presidency of the Duke of Argyll. Among the various charities of the metropolis, very few afford a greater amount of relief in proportion to the funds at his disposal than the University College Hospital. Last year upwards of 21,000 patients were under the treatment of its medical officers, and of these about 1,300 occupied beds in the building. In consequence of that) demands on its resources, a debt unfortunately has been contracted of £5,600, of which £3,000 is due on loan, paying interest, and £2,600 consists of outstanding trades. men's bills. Either this expenditure, which is " the smallest consistent with the efficiency of the hospi tal," must be supported by more generous aid from the public, or the poorer classes, who abound in the neighbourhood of Totten ham-court-road and King's cross, must be deprived of the advantages which the hospital affords them—a calamity most sincerely to be deprecated if possible. The dreadful railway accident last September at Kentish -town at once showed the advantage of such buildings in the neigh bourhood of our great railway termini, and gives a very fair insight into the manner in which debts are unavoidably incurred or greatly increased. On that occasion 32 sufferers were received into the hospital, and 24 were eventually restored to health. Under these circumstances it was not surprising that, in proposing the toast of the evening, the Doke of Argyll dwelt with particular emphasis on the pre eminent utility of hospitals as charities, pointing to them as one of the distinctive featurea between an cient and modern times, and as one of the marked peculiarities of Christian civilisation and humanity. In the course of his speech the financial difficulties of the committee were pointed out by the Duke of Argyll in terms of much eloquence and feeling, and with an effectiveness which elicited a subscription of no less a sum than £1,504 from his numerous hearers. Of this amount Sir F. Goldsmid contributed 200 guineas, and Mr, Jeffrey 250 guineas, the latter sum for the introduction of baths and sanitary im lprovements, A good dinner was enlivened by the musical efforts of Madame de Grau and Miss Lin ington, whose execution on the pianoforte in a duet of a selection from the " Huguenots" was enthusi astically applauded. Some very good singing, under the direction of Mr. T. E. Williams, assisted by Messrs. Genge, T. Williams, Ball,. Cooke, Fagan, and Hatton, also added to the amusement of the assembled company, and had, no doubt, a material effect on the amount of the subscriptions. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. WORCESTER, TUESDAY. A good deal of excitement has been occasioned in this city by the sudden and mysterious disap pearance of two gentlemen frcm this city about three weeks ago. Their fate was unknown until yesterday, when the bodies of both of them were found in the river Severn—the one close to the city, and the other at Tewkesbury, 16 miles distant. Inquests have been held o n b o th bodies. The deceased were Mr. E. Walter, a gentleman of independent property, and a member of the town council; and Mr. W. Jones, cashier to the West Midland Railway Company at Worcester. Mr. (Tones had obtained a fortnight's leave, being in a bad state of health. He was observed to be rather strange in his manners, and one evening he left his home to take a walk. Nothing more was heard of him until his body was found in the Severn yester day. Mr. Walter had been unsettled in his mind, and left his home on the 17th WI. at seven o'clock in the evening. Next morning his hat was picked up and was kept by a boatman until last Friday, when it was sent to Worcester. Yesterday morn ing the lock-keeper at the Digles lock on the Severn, at riv ten river minutes and jumped past pea about half a mile from Worcester, found th e b o d y of Mr. Walter in the river. It was i n an a d vanced state of decomposition. Hi s wa t c h was i n one of his from pockets, h a i and stoppedd re h si a d d enceto the seven, so that there c an b e li tt l e doubt that he went direct into the water. The coroner's jury in each case returned an open verdict of " found drowned." ROBBERY-CLEVER CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES. A robbery of a most desperate character was at- - eznpted on Saturday last, in open day, on the foot road close to Honey Well, near Barnsley, upon an old man, more than seventy years T o oa f neax ag p e la , in wh h o o m w three stalwart fellows had knocked dow n an d were unexpect edly need when upon they by wtehr the police. suddenly this was accomplished, we shall have to go back to a fine moonlight night early in December, on which night Superintendent Greenhalgh was walking the streets of Barnsley a little past the midnight hour, when he observed a notorious character making his way in the direction of Cockerham. The superin tendent's suspicions were excited, and be dogged the fellow as far as the Honey Well, which locality have been secreted on Saturday, the man seemed to examine very minutely. As there were no houses near, Mr. Greenhalgh came to the conclusion that some other object than bur glary was intended. He made inquiries, and found that Mr. Beards a 1 1 , b ae manager nvkeriyn la3lat f re o nr r snseiacetryee ott Messrs. ewonsdfiapatrsau: S ril. e t ndo u doa r iy : tith e nht s igoes , Paley, and Co., proprietors of the New Gawber Col liery, and an old man in the habit of going get money from the J wages, named Charles Smith,mitta were ferea the present on the 100k -out for whatever opinion, pou n bit d nb ie h foren e yr: felt ta hned Subsequentbfreosmt convincedl that observations aaete thatpfeetrrh period dt h f e eu l lo e w otenao The superintendent, policemight neighbourhoodi g was bid, with Inspector Sykes, under a haystack ; Sergeant Brannagan and P ' olice-constable Law - es were concealed in a co 1 • a pit cabin, through the wall of which they had perforated a hole for the purpose of making observations; other men (all in plain clothes) were disposed behind hedges, where, during the late cold 'weather, they had lain for hours on the qui vire. After a while the old man Smith was observed . - coming along, Mr. Beardsall, who had the gold, having preceded him, and passed unmolested, and when he was nearing the gate leading from Honey Well-lane to the colliery he was suddenly knocked down by three men, whose movements, however, had been watched. Superintendent Green halgh fired a pistol (a preconcerted signal); his men rushed from their hiding places and arrived at the scene of the robbery just as the villains were throt tling their victim, and trying to ° ffi occur.c e rs stuff a handker chief in his mouth. After a desperate struggle the rascals were secured, and brought to the Barnsley lockup, and subsequently remanded for exaraina., tion. Smith had £lB 12s. in silver in his basket. A portion of the silver was strewn upon the ground, and a lot of groceries. The n ames of tho capt ure d men are John Hewitt, of Doncaster ; Wiz. Donkin, beerhousekeeper,Lundhill ; andThon, E c., , r on 00waen n of Alexhorough. _4 ; 1; 7 4Z, frorkt. S The igh es .:re more than twice as many as usual. Those from scarlatina, diphtheria, and troop roco respectively to 774,216, and 284. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, -1862. _ELECTIONS IN _PRUSSIA. The event of the day at Berlin is the private letter addressed by the Minister of Finances, M. • von der Heydt to the Minister of War, General von Roon, pointing, out to him the necessity, with a view to the elections, of d epr i v i ng th e P r o g ressist party of their chief mean s o f ag it a ti on , by re d uc ing the army expenses. Th e f o ll ow in g i s th e t ex t o f that letter, as published in the Vossiche Zeitung : " To HIS EXCELLENCY M. VON BOON, MINISTER OF STATE AND OF WAR. "It is of the highest importance to the Government that the elections for the new Chamber of Deputies should have a favourable result, so that it may be able to count upon a majority of the Assembly. With this object it will endea vour to keep away from th o Ch am b er all elements hostile to the Government according t o th e recen t exper i ence of the past. It will not have escaped your Excellency's observa tion that two objects especially —the increase of the army estimates and the project to continue to levy the 25 per cent. additional on the income, class, meal and slaughter taxes— were made use of at the last elections by the self-styled Progressist party as a means of agitation against the Go vernment throughout the ccuutry, so as to gain over public opinion, and to cause the choice of the electors to fall upon members of their party. The composition of th e Ch am b er re cently dissolved has prov e d h ow successful they were. At the present moment those questions are still t urne d to account to influence the electio ns; an d th ere i s reason to fear that if suitable measures are net taken the result will be the same; the organs of the self-styled Liberal party de clare that the latter party can only give its ass e nt t o th e army Pronou e n ste " The Government cannot allow these facts to rema i n un noticed againstas under increased erLa in taxation. conditions, and that it mu s t noticed ; it must seriously, and at an opportune moment, examine if it can hope, by maintaining the army estimates without modification, to have a Chamber where it can command a majority, and where it will be able to carry the budget for the army and the additional taxes. In my opi nion no such hope can be entertained, because those two questions, from the very fact of their material importance, are better suited than any others to procure to their adversaries the influence in the elections. A reduction of taxes, even when they aro not oppressive ones, is always hailed with welcome by all classes of the population, especially when, as in the present case, it is an extraordinary tax, which is not even willingly paid under special c i rcumstances, and much less so in ordinary times, for h w ioh and especially when the necessity this tax is claimed i s not unanimously admitted by public opini on , of the institutions " These considerations convince me that t o pus h t h e elec tions in a Government sense we must renounce, from the Ist July, the levy of additional taxes, and make positive promises on the subject before the time fixed for the elec tions. It is true that it is giving up a net receipt of 3,700,000 thalers. Although I hope it may be possible to find the means to cover a portion of that less by an increase of the other resources of the State, it will always be very small as compared to that sum. The greater part of the latter can only be economised by a diminution of expenses in the War Department, for which, hitherto, the additional taxes have been levied. Your Excellency is well aware that in all the other departments every possible reduction has been made for years to procure some means of reducing the deficit arising from the excess of expenses of the military administration, and at least to save appearances by showing that the Government has endeavoured to fulfil its promises. Tho result has been that the wants which have been always neglected for lack of means have been yearly increasing, and that it is no longer possible, without detriment to the prosperity of the country, to neglect them any longer, and to put aside, under the pretext of a want of resources, the numerous propositions tending to increase the funds destined for the expenses, propositions made to the Diet on the occasion of the discussion of the Budget, • " If your Excellency considers that the deficit produced by the new organization of the army amounts, according to the budget for the current year, and not counting the addi tional taxes, to about 7,000,000 dollars, I think I may hope for your approval in fixing 2,500,000 as the minimum to which the budget of the army must be reduced, dating from the current year, and until the financial situation has been improved. While awaiting that the new organization of the tax on landed property shall produce the excess of re- ceipts which is expected from it, considerable sums .must still be drawn from the public treasury to cover the current expenses. " As regards the mode of realizing these economies in the War Department, I must leave that entirely to the ciation of your Excellency. " I do not deny that this problem offers great difficulties to be solved, but I flatter myself with the hope that, in con sideration of the serious position in which we aro placed, your Excellency will admit the importance of the motives which plead for my proposal, especially in view of the result of the forthcoming elections, and that you will be inclined to second me in my difficult post of Minister of Finances by a willing acquiescence in the measures which tho force of circumstances imperiously demands. "It is scarcely necessary to add, that should particular events render an increase of the resources for the army necessary, I should not hesitate willingly to lend a hand to the creation of those resources. " In conclusion, I beg of your Excellency to reply to me as soon as possible by your assent; and I take the liberty of observing that, unless you should prefer asking yourself alone the permission of the King for a reduction of the expenses of the military administration proposed by me, I shall not refuse to take part in a direct report on that object. " Berlin, March 21, 1862." "Von der HEYBT. A MODERN CASTLE OF UDOLPHO. A correspondent sends the following remarkable story to the Dublin Evening Mail:—" This is the age of discoveries,and one of such a startling nature has been made in an English county that it seems out of place in the region of sober fact, and to belong purely to the atmosphere of the three volume novel. Here are the circumstances ; the names for the moment I am not at liberty to indi cate :—The Earl of married not long ago, and brought his bride home to one of the old family mansions which members of the English aristocracy regard with an affection amounting to veneration, The lady, however, being more continental in her tastes, after a short residence in the apartments appropriated to her use, expressed a wish to have a boudoir in the vicinity of her bedroom. The noble earl would gladly have complied with the request, but, upon examination, it was found that the rooms, as sometimes happens in antique buildings, were so awkwardly distributed that by no conceivable plan of rearrangement could the desired boudoir be fitted in. Thereupon it became necessary to invoke professional assistance, and an eminent architect was summoned from London. He examined the etehvoedns a of tappin g , 81-c" on house narrowly, and said there seemed to be no thing for it but to build one, though at the same time he could not resist the impre ss i on th a t th ere must be another undiscovered r oom somew h ere in that wing of the mansion. Th e no bl e ear l laughed at the idea; the oldest ser van t s an d re tainers of the family were questioned,rannmddr of declared that exis t e t n h o e e. they hadTh never The ordinary heard m were resorted to, but without effect. Still the archi tect retained his conviction, and declared himself ready to stake his professional reputation on the result. The earl at last consented to let the walls be bored, and when an opening had been made, not 11371:aril: ago. A quantity m T h o e s t a l o p x a e n t r m i o e n n e t t w y l a e s e fi f t t l e s d o itselfonly was whi h t the m roomost defeats found , but a sight p resen t e d attempts s at description. the richest and of lady's apparel lay about the room, jewels were scattered on the dressing-table, and, but for the faded aspect which everything wore, the chamber might have been tenanted half an hour previously. On approaching the bed the most curi ous s i g ht o f all was seen, and this it is which affords the only clue to the mystery. Th e couch held the skeleton of a woman, and on the floor underneath the bed, half in and half out, l a y another skeleton, that of a mail ; presenting evident traces of vi o l ence , an d proving that, before he expired in that position, he must have received some dreadful injury. Thesecret connected with this tale of blood has been well kept, for not merely had all tradition of the scene faded away, but even the existence of the room itself was forgotten. The survivors probably walled up the apartment at the time, and its con tents remained hermetically sealed up till ;the pre sent day, when, according to the best calculations, after the lapse of a century and a half daylight has accidentally penetrated into this chamber of horrors." BENSON'S WATC HES AND CLOCAB, " Perfection - of mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold watches, sto 100 guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 g u ineas. Benson's n ew Ill us t ra ted Pamphlet, free for two st a mps, de scri ptivo of every construc tion of watch, enables persons In any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their use, Watches sent free and safeby a remittance. —J. W. Benson, 33 and 34 , Ludgate.hill, to and post on receipt of 4;ai Cgrlli 149144921 N,V.—ZotaPlifilled 170. TILE PRESS IN ITALY. The following despatches relating to " Govern went prosecutions of the press in Italy during the last two years" have just been presented to the House of Commons No. 1. Sin J. HUDSON TO LORD I. RUSSELL. (Received April 30.) (Extract.) '2 - " Turin, April 27, 1861. " Whilst, therefore, on the one hand, we see that the counter-revolution is organised at Rome, whence arms, money, and agents are despatched to the Southern provinces in order :to create revolt, we have, on the other hand, an example of the sound sense of the Neapolitan people in the verdict recently given by a jury in the case of a Govern ment against the editor of the Pietro Infernale newspaper. The jury, and it was the first trial by jury that ever took place at Naples, condemned the editor in twice the costs proposed by the Crown prosecutor, and added three months' imprisonment besides." No. 2. SIR J: HUDSON TO EARL RUSSELL. (Received March 18.) " Turin, March 10, 1862, "My Lord,—With reference to your lordship's inquiry upon the subject of prosecutions of the press by the State in this country, and why I have not reported upon them, I have the honour. to ex plain that under the constitutional law of Italy it is perfectly well known to all writers and printers what they may and what they may not print. " Consequently, it is one of the duties of King's Procurator, in case that law is violated, to lay an indictment on the party so violating it. " The Italian judges are, as your lordship is aware, irremovable, and completely and entirely independent of Government. In the 'case in point, a prosecution of a newspaper or pamphlet, for in stance, would be tried by a Court of First Instance. " If the defendant is cast, he can appeal to a higher Court, which would correct any merely legal error. From this, again, the defendant, if a second time cast, can carry his case to the Court of Cassation, which corrects the Court of Appeal. Daring the period of my residence at this Court I have heard of many prosecutions of newspapers by the properly constituted legal authority, but I never heard of any undue pressure or influence being exercised by Government upon the judges. Had anything of the kind occurred, it would undoubtedly have been brought before Parliament, and the Minister who had ventured upon the experiment impeached; because there are in Parliament here representatives of every section of public opinion, and the Opposition of one shade or another in politics would only be too glad of such a handle against the Government. " Under these circumstances, as no case of oppres sion or of tampering with the law or with the law courts, on the part of the Government, has ever been brought under my notice, I really did not con ceive that it was necessary to take up your lord ship's very valuable time with reports upon the administration of the law and the judgments of the law courts, which in no way whatever affected a British subject or a British ,interest, and had no such bearing upon the political condition of the country as rendered it necessary for me to call your lordship's attention to it.—l have, &c., (Signed) "JAMES HUDSON." THE BARQUE SULTA2V.-OFFICIAL REPORT. . TO THE RIGIIT HONOURABLE THE LORDS OF PRIVY COUNCIL ron TRADE. My Lords,—ln pursuance of your directions con veyed to nao through Mr. William Pugh Gardner, collector of customs for the port of Dublin, I pro ceeded to hold an official inquiry into the circum stances attending the abandonment of the barque Sultan, on the morning of the 9th March last, within about 300 miles of the Irish coast, in lat. 48 20, long. 16 36, having been assisted therein by Captain Loftus Robinson, R.N., as nautical assessor. The inquiry was conducted on behalf of your' lord ships' honourable board by Mr. O'Dowd ; the mas ter, J. W. Steele, not having had any professional adviser. Several witnesses, a copy of whose evi dence is herewith transmitted, were examined in the course of the investigation, and as the result thereof I find and beg leave to report :—That the Sultan sailed from Guyachan, in Bolivia, South America, on the 19th of Otober, laden with guano, and on the 23d arrived at Arica for fresh water, and having obtained a supply thereof proceeded thence on her homeward voyage for Liverpool on the 29th of the same month. The voyage was prosperous, and the weather pretty fair, till after she had rounded Cape Horn, when it became unsettled and squally, and on the night of the sth of January, erroneously described, as appears by the log-book, by the several witnesses, as the night of the 6th, a violent squall suddenly struck the ship with such overwhelming force as nearly to throw her on her beam-ends, straining her so seriously that she immediately began to make a considerable quan tity of water. With reference to this squall, it appears that all necessary measures had been taken to guard against it, and although its advent was not indicated by lightning, nor by any warning, save a darkness or thickening to windward, yet the know ledge of his being then in a squally latitude had induced the master to rigidly enforce the precaution amongst others of always having hands by the top sail, or topgallant haulyards, as the case might be. I therefore exonerate him from all culpability on account of the disaster on the sth of January. I shall now pass over the period from the Gth of Jan. ' to the morning of the 9th of March, with only one remark relative to the pumps, which appear not to have been not only constantly worked with zealous perseverance by the crow, but were rendered fur ther serviceable by a very ingenious machine con ; ' structed by the master and carpenter, which afforded from time to time the most opportune and efficient aid, and likewise evinced the great anxiety felt by the master for the safety of his ship. On the morn ing of the 9th of March the Sultan was abandoned, and, taking into account all the circumstances of the case—the crew worn out and exhausted, their num ber diminished by sickness, the ship gradually set tling down, and the pumps refusing to suck, with three feet of water in the hold, and the cargo satu rated with water to a depth not ascertainable, it having been over the surface of some parts of the cargo, I consider that the master, instead of in curring censure for the abandonment, would have been open to the greatest reprehension for a glaring risk of human life had he declined to avail himself of the means of rescue so providentially afforded by the American barque T. B. Bartram. As regards the master of this barque, Mr. Harford Nicholls, I trust my lords will not consider me out of place in here alluding to his most humane and praiseworthy conduct. He was on his voyage from New York to Dublin with a cargo of corn, and on the evening of the Bth of March, having descried a flag of distress from the Sultan, ho immediately bore down on her, spoke her, and, at the request of the master, he stayed his course, and cheerfully consented to stand by, and did stand by, the distressed ship all night. On the following morning he again approached the sinking vessel, when he most kindly received her master and crew on board his ship, and having considerately supplied their wants, and ministered to their comforts in every way, safely landed them them at Kingstown on the 14th ult. I could not venture to add anything in the way of comment or eulogy to the simple narrative of such conduct, and i I am perf ec tl y sa ti s fied it will b e f u ll y apprec i a t e d by your lordships.—l have, &e.,, J. W. O'DoNNELL. I concur, Lonus ROBINSON. Dublin Local Marine Board, Custom-houoe , Dublin, April 2. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vole CAN WRONG BE By MRS. S. C. lIALL. It I G II T i' "This story is completely successful. It is original in de sign and consistent in execution. The plot is absolutely new aim attractive by its ingenuity. Mrs. Hall lays bare the workings of the heart with masterly torches."---Post. Hurst and lilackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. This Day, Fifth Edition, Revised, Two Vols., Octavo, 301., pRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, By Jonrt STUART MILL. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH.- -a- Immediately, in 3 vole., price 155., a New and Cheap Edition of CHARLES READE'S FAMOUS STORY. Handsomely bound In roan cloth, gilt and lettered. Orders received by all Booksellers. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. T HE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is thefe predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constituti ons are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, price 5s by post free, 55. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERM.ATORMICEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is- known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. 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The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ilb., and 11b. packets, at ls. 6d. per lb., by Grocers.' LITERATURE. 2he Whztc Rose of Chyyleigh: a Novel. 3 vols. Hurst and-Bhickett. In these volumes we meet with a very complicated story, which will afford the reader ample scope for the exercise of his memory with its intricate labyrinths and its perplexing ramifications. There is great skill exhibited in the description of some of the leading characters, and the various discus sions and dissertations that take place show more knowledge, reflection, and analysis than aro often displayed in the pages of novels. Mildred, the heroine, is not at all an attractive personage. She possesses good principle, kind feelings, anel often a lofty purpose ; but she marred the effect of these advantages by her peculiar ideas and her extraor dinary temper. The love of contradition seemed inherent in her nature, and hence she would deny well-known truths, disagree with her own motives if expressed by another, and perform all kinds of strange and disconcerting actions. One does not feel at last that her untimely death strikes one with the horror that ordinarily arises in parallel casual ties befalling the chief actors in the drama of romance. Mildred had so confused and complicated herself with her dogmas and doctrines, that her future life did not promise to be a very happy or successful one • at the same time her zeal had not been without profit. For many had cause to rejoice at the benefits and blessings she had been the instrumental means of obtaining for them. The last chapters are entitled " Rest from Labour," and " Works Abiding," which are cheering and peace ful associations to dwell upon, when the tale is con cluded. Fitful and stormy as had been the life of Mildred at evening time there was calm and serenity made perfect. All angry and vexatious things were put off or passed away, and the world she had found so troublesome in its pathway at last showed its brightest auspices as if in foretaste and harbinger of the better world to come. " She lay on her white-draped bed, clothed in white robes, strewed with white roses. Her spirit had left its earthly home, and gone to its other home in heaven, to the glorious mansion prepared for her by her loving Saviour and friend, and illuminated by that perfect, all trascendent light, the faintest reflection of which on earth she had so sought after and loved." " Works Abiding" is a very grateful re miniscence for friends to gaze upon, and of our heroine it is thus made mention " Mildred is dead, but her work still lives, the prints of her footsteps in the sands of time are not yet effaced, her spirit lingers still near those she loved, inciting them to noble faithful lives—pointing to a lofty goal,—a certain blessed hereafter." Further on in alluding to her career it is said, " Yes, Mildred, your task is well done ; your labour is not in vain ; your work abides crowned with a golden harvest of success, whose first fruits only it was granted you to taste. Yes, Mildred, your work is done, not till then were yon called to your rest. Your influence touched those who came within its orbit : it lives still, and surely will grow and spread as does all influence, good or bad, bearing fruit to eternal life, or apples of the dark sea of death, to be cut down and burnt with consuming fire in the day when the angel of God shall thrust his sickle into the earth to gather in the harvest of the ages.' There was great truth in the remarks made by Mildred to her brother Ernest. This latter individual is very ably de picted as one of those erratic characters who are ever intent on grand actions and yet perform none, who are to astonish mankind by their achievements, and end in surprising the few who know of them by doing so little. In the clearer light that dawned upon her, Mildred spoke strongly to her brother, "I have learnt that the glorious dream-land which used to seem to us so very far off and unattainable lies all about us. The heroic is possible to all, and does not wait on rare opportunities only. Common every-day life is the field where each man may prove himself a hero." Emmeline, the sister of Mildred, is a very great contrast to her; but one really likes her better, as she is more natural. She, however, shared the fatal perversity which seemed indigenous to the family. This story has many points of merit, and contains much. to attract attention. It certainly labours under the disadvantage of too many abstruse conversations, which are well to illustrate a purpose, but may weary out the patience of the gene ral reader. The arguments of Mildred with Aubrey and Ernest are of considerable length, and if both these characters are necessary for the tale the colloquies should have been shortened. This is most likely a first pro duction, as it bears traces of want of condensation, but, of course, these defects can easily be remedied on another occasion. The work is calculated to be uncer tainma m nen o t d a e d s v o a f n a ta c g ti eon ar toa e not nyb likely to ody;bu of service, if only to show that the but wildt resulthat and the hi ne pr ee ra l do what comesbl e e a n v e e fa t h c b t ee o fr r oe s rse o u f he them th t seimn i their the k et i hh n ae d n bdaesrset of ou t f h i nt s h e ewi w rh o h p o the foolish ones of th e earth to con found how t a h se e crh' w oa i s s ne e nd . This idea was never better illustrated or expressed than in the grand words of the poet— " His state is kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait." 7h A e pr P il. tr T is ho l m ic a 9 s a , niirytadngdesir-sot2rlerent, Journal of F as h ion for oven t garden. This is one of those pretty publi cat i ons which ladies app rec i ate so hi g h ly, b a t which men are so little able to criticise. There are three engravings of 'fashions, and we must admit that the ladies de piuted appear most charming and attractive, owing doubtless, in a great measure, to the elegance of the costumes. There are ball-room toilets, visiting toilets, violet taffeta flounces, tulle under-sleeves, solferino ornaments;girdles en cordeliere,' and oth er pretty mysteries which we cannot pretend to under stand. We judge by results, while utterly unabl e to comprehend det a il s. We know t h a t e l egantly dressed ladies are most attractive ; and while leav in n b • to their tasteful j u d gment the select i on o f means to that desirable end, we must be thoughtful to the clever artists whose combined talents are placed, in such publications as the one before us, at the ser vice of the fairer half of the human race. ROYAL SWEDISH. The report of the directors congratulatesthe share holders on the improved position and prospects of the company. Notwithstanding the very serious effect of the American war on the iron trade of Sweden, there has been an increase of £1,386 in the traffic receipts of 1861 over those of the preceding year, with a corresponding decrease in the working expenses. The reuenue account shows a surplus of £2,770 ; but, owing to the early completion of the Government branch from Halsberg to Orebro (15 miles), and the increase of traffic from the South, the directors have been obliged to appropriate a conside rable part of that surplus to improving and increas ing the rolling stock and plant, and to finishing and strengthening certain parts of the line and works, their object being to place the whole in a thoroughly efficient state, as well as to enable the company to carry on the largo additional traffic which will re sult from the connexion with a Government trunk line of 365 miles in length. The Govern ment branch from Halsberg to Orebo it is expected will be completed early in the summer, and thus bring the company's line into immediate communi cation with the State line from Gottenburg. Beyond the interest due to the obligation and preference shareholders the company is free from debt. The revenue account for the year 1861 showed that £12,576 had been received and £9,805 expended leaving a balance of £2,771. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's line, 1,090 miles in length, for the week ending the 15th of March amounted—for local passengers, to 22,578 dole. ; for foreign passengers, to 2,408 dols.; for mails, &c., to 2,709 dole. ; for local freight and live stock, to 41,304 dols.; for timber and lumber, to 2,550 dole.; for firewood, to 870 dole.; and for foreign freight and live stock, to 3,558 dols. ; total, 75,977 dols. ; and for the corresponding week of last year, to 72,808 dols., showing an increase of 3,169 dols. The total receipts from the Ist January to the above date amounted to 782,803 dols. (£160,850), and for the corresponding period of last year, to 605,518 dols. (£124,421), showing an in crease of 177,285 dols. (X 36,429). NEW YORK AND ERIE: The traffic returns on this line, 494 miles in length, including branches, amounted for the month of February to £120,606 against £78,386 for the same month of last year, showing an increase of £42,220. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the case of the Metropolitan and Thames Valley Railway, for running four branch lines from the Great Western to a point near Sout hall, from the Great Western and Brentford to Twickenham, near Richmond-bridge ; from Isle worth to Chertsey-bridge, and from Twickenham, to connect with the authorised line of the Twicken ham and Kingston branch of the London and South Western, was opened by Mr. Phinn, Q.C., in Mr. Scholefield's Committee, and evidence taken on its merits. The contested clauses of the London, Brighton, and South Coast and London, Chatham, and Dover Bills were gone through and settled, and the bills of both companies passed. The Shrews bury and Welchpool Railway obtained their bill, subject to the insertion of clauses, confirming the agreement of April, 1859, with the London and North Western Railway Company. The evidence of Mr. Baxter and Mr. Gamble occupied the corn mittee on the West Riding and Hull and Grimsby Railway. Local evidence engaged the committees on the Shrewsbury and Hereford and Bristol and South Western Junction Railway. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Regtstrar-General'sWeekly .Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the number of deaths registered in London was 1,299. The average number for corresponding weeks in 10 years 1852—G1 (corrected) is 1,341. The actual number is less than the estimated amount by 42. There were 95 deaths from typhus,which is nearly the same number as that of the previous week. There were 66 from scarlatina, and 12 from diph theria. In Lambeth Church second sub-district, out of 37 deaths in the week from all causes, no less than 22 were from zymotic diseases, and of the 22 there were 20 from scarlatina. This complaint, which appears to be exceedingly prevalent in that neighbourhood, carried off 3 children in Union-street, 3 in Tyers street, and 3 in East street. There were also 5 deaths from it in St. Paul, Deptford. Ten deaths from typhus occurred in the London Fever Hospital. There were 5 deaths from fever in the workhouse, Mile•end New Town, A woman, aged 43 years, died at 18. Baker's-row, Whitechapel, of catalepsy. A widow, aged 34 years, died in the workhouse, Westminster, of extreme destitution; low fever. Five children died of measles in Limehouse. Last week the births of 1,085 boys and 1,010 girls, in all 2,095 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 1,854. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.606 in. The reading of the instrument was 2917 in. on Sunday, and it rose to 29.97 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 48.6 deg., which is 4.5 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glai sher). The mean daily temperature was above the average throughout the week. The lowest night temperature was 41 deg. on Tuesday ; the highest day temperature was 63.7 deg. on Thursday. The range of the thermometer in the week was therefore 22.7 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 3.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 89, complete saturhtion being represented by 100. The wind blew generally from the south-west. The amount of rain measured was 0.39 inches. It fell on every day except Friday. In the 13 weeks that ended Saturday, March 29, 18,405 deaths were registered in London. In the period of life from birth to 20 years of age thenum ber was 8,447 ; in the period of 80 to 100 years, 756 ; in the three intermediate vicenniums it rose from 2,416 in the first to 3,083 in the second, and 3,515 in the third. Last quarter was rather less fatal than either of the two corresponding quarters in 1860-61. It was also warmer than either of them, for the mean tem perature of the air was 40.0 deg., whilst in the win ter quarter of 1860 it was 38.9 deg., and that of 1861, 39.7 deg. But though the total mortality was comparatively low, that from the zymotie class of diseases was high. To this bead were referred 4,174 deaths,tho corresponding n umbers in the tw o previous years having been 3,380 and 3,674. I n , diseases of the nervous system, taken collectively, there was a de crease; in those of the respiratory organs a much more important decreas e . Under the latter head the number in the wint er quarters of 1860 61 was about 5,0 0 0; in the quarter that has now closed it fell to 3,828. Bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma, were much less fatal than usual. The mortality of small-pox and measles was low, that of whoo • Ping-cough WAS not high; but other ER )rs for an strar, Con- Civil Most Arich d, for lefts dale pity a to ) giVO id, at and, as in t„ 61s beans Bat . ; 7, for wag leaf g ,ts in w of Dade , ney. ;one. 0 st. 88 to 10. 18. ,12. 10. 20. 11. 12. 16. 11. 10. is, it • n. It.