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Wednesday and S aturday Mornings at Th re e. 0i11:.,?",,a' teboxes, stalls, an d placevnay he secured at the Box winch is open daily front `l.'en till Five, and at Mr. el l's }lova t Library, 33, Old Bond-street. /Yo extra e ; ( 9rge for booking. i'arriages to be ordered at Ten. Stalls, ss, ; First Circle, 4s. ; Lipper BON7es, 3s. ; Unreserved , Seats, 28. and la. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENI , N G, APRIL 4, 1862 . .10m mid, No. 21,767. PRICK .... -....4d. STAMPED ....sd. f A UELI cArrieN S. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. Established 1824. Empowered bV Special Act of Parliament. BONUS MEETING, 1862. The Report presented at a Meeting held on the 2d January last, for the declaration of the Seventh Bonus, showed, in evidence of the progress of the Society, that during* the quin quennial period which terminated on the 30th of Jung, 1861, New Assurances for a total sum of £1,486,370 had been effected, being, an increase of £62,215 on those of the previous five years ; that The Income had increased from £166,800 to £195,400 per annum ; that qhe Assurance Fund had risen from £1,154,276 to £1,422,191; and that a Reversionary Addition to the Policies of £275,077 was then made, as against £232,479 at the prior division. In illustration of the results of the Division, that the Reversionary Addition above named averaged 48 per cent., or varied with the different ages from 33 to 89 per cent. on the Premiums paid in the five years ; and that the Cash Bonus averaged 2s per cent. on the like Premiums, being amongst the largest ever declsred by any office. The Report explained at length the nature of the invest ments, and the bases of the calculations, the results of which, as above shown, are eminently favourable. THE NAVY. tant point, the steamer then conveyed the party towards the Cheshire shore, where, without land ing, they made a cursory inspection of the Rock Fort, and proceeded up the river, crossing to the Albert Dock, oil the Lancashire side of the Mersey. The party afterwardo visited Her Majesty's ship Majestic, and landed after Laving cruised about for about three hours. MRS. 08. C. HALL'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., ..N WRONG BE RIGHT? By MRS. S. C. HALL. " A truly delightful novel."— Observer. " A particularly interestinc: tale."—Critic. Hurst and Blackelt, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Duke of Somerset's levee yesterday at the Admiralty was attended by the undernamed officers: —Capt. W. Armytage, Capt. C. 0. Jones, Cupt. C. Wake, Capt. H. Harvey, Capt. H. Haseltine, Capt. W. Morris, Capt. F. 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Austin 'e, Tleket (Ace, St. .Taraes's I'dorninv Perforroanee every Saturday at thrce W. P. COLLINS, Sole Proprietor. - - Immediately, in 3 vols. (lo be published a volume at a time', THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WASHINGTON IRVING. Edited by his Nephew, PIERRE IRVING. Arr. Bentley has purchased the English interest in this work, which will be published in England in advance. Richard Bentley, New Burling,ton-street. testi /MII em- de vhose inti th of ttentl r he m of A RGYLL It 00111 g..7--Serietz "of • Ncw Music, of Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band 60 'performers, L r.der the sole direction of Mons. Bout.- "‘f.itur, Conductor and Composer. This ,n•entleman will play ,';‘,.'erT.eVening at 11 o'lock, until further notice, variations ili'arranged by himself on the Cornet-a- Piston—The free-list 111 he open for the profession by leaving their card at the ,P°F. By order of the Proprietor.—Manager, Mons. P. Greriet. Admission Is. The following arc among the distinctive features of the Society:— Credit System—On Policies for the whole of life, one half of the Annual Premiums during the first five years may remain on credit, and may either continue as a debt on the Policy, or be paid off at any time. l'olicies for Terms of Years may be effected at rates pecu liarly favourable to Assurers. Invalid Lives may be assured at Premiums proportioned to the increased risk. Prompt Settlement of Claims.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. The Ac-ounts and Balance Sheets are at all times open to the inspection of the Assured, or of persons proposing to assure. THE CLOISTER AND THE T-lEAHTH.- Inainediatcly, in 3 vols., p r i ce 1 58., a New and Cheap Eciltion of kAtA RIES READE'S FAMOUS STORY. Handi s 9mely bound In roan cloth, gilt and lettered. Orders received by allOooksellers. . the 1 the Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. HOW TO DC►IJBLE THE VALUE OF THE GREAT lrain d no I con ) the This they !st to as so EXHIBITION. aiit ready, price Sixpence, DO WE WANT A RECORD OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION? Do we net Want an Inter national Record for the International Exhibition ? llow to Double the Value of the Exhibition to Exhibitors and the Word. Ey a MN-EXHIBITOR. • Tables of Rates, Forms of Proposal, the Report above men tioned, and a detailed account of the proceedines of the Bonus Meeting, can be obtained from any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE. Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London, S. W. The Next Division of Profits will take place in January, 1867, and persons who effect New Policies before the end (,11 Uriieitx;.-Ttnwetiii" London : Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. in no ' 1 PRESENT DISTREt Tkiing .1i7"" clfly explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 186'0. 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 Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." ;Tiiii — rei• later Assui7ers: I said pipo cated leak• rllO PIANOFORTE TUNERS.-WANTED, a thoroughly competent Tuner, who can give good re ferences, to fill a permanent situation, to whom a hberal salary will be given. Address by letter, post paid, to C, 54, Guildford—street Russell-square. le to ;e for maan, .sling ,sliver very cloak ar ? pri r ner ►lO to apply off at slow. beans, ply of Drolo Valle' ) ad er in ild. -e the loak• .oner nice. 6s met ilso ill oat' Inner 31ovr, ..... __.- laee , agb.` ;ato vxll reel of r of oh, leYt ...... IN IV )7 QI - 4 YAL --NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION POI THE FRESERVATION e - 2 LIFE FROM SHIPWREC,R, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS-11er :Jost l3racions Majesty the Queen. ItESIDENT—Vice-A:dirni,al his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, N.G., F.R.S. CnArrtmAN---Tbos. Baring, Fsq., M.P. F.R.S., V.?. `-'tpllTy-CHA-Lim AN _Th •• CI n 'Esq. F•ll S. v.r: - • , • APPEAL, Came tee of lranagement have to state that, during ah ,'e Par.st tv,o years, the Institution has incurred expenses on th - " n 'nf , to X 28,6.50 on various Life-boat Establishments LifC',)a-sts of Eng7and, Scotland, and Ireland. e the past two yea rs th e Li fe-boats of the National th,^ aoat Institution have E con instrumental in rescuinf Crews of the following Vessels:— Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner lane Reper, of Ulverstonc Ilrir.r Pallas. of Shields Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow Smack John tun, of Yarmouth Schoon,,r Cztherine. of Newry Barque NiaTara, of Shields A Barge o,7Tei,parnouth Brig George and .Tames, of Lo n d on ?.rig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Honour, of Callercoats Schooner Env, of North Shields Barque 013 37 011, of Liverpool Ilrigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth trig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge trig Ann, of Blyth Sloop Hupe, of Dublin Schoene- 10 tad, of Aberystwyth Ila II .S. Vermont, of-Halifax, .S. • • 80100 ner William Keith, of Carnarvca Brig Flying Fislr, of Whitb y . • Smock Elizabeth Ann. of Lyme Regis Steam Dredge, at Newhave .. Schooner Adm; , o Hoed. of Rochester Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee Schooner Rose, of Lynn )31 1.,°' Prodroma of Stockton 13rl', Eliza, of /I 7dd'esboro ug, h . l ';rigantine of Konigsberg ....,-erigantiue Diana, of Fredrikshamn Gloucester, of South S ?3r o- Lovely Nelly, of Seahamhields -brigantine NucTet, of Bid e f or d Schooner ProsPeet, of Barwick • B .loop Thomas and .1"-..ne. of St. Ives Fishing•-bov t o: Whi 4 burn trig Arethusa, Blyth ,chooner Devil Wvn, of Portmadoc elat Ca _proes, of Beeumaris sSchout en o: Morecambe mack Gip3y, of I.ewry .. • ~_chooner Lirrgaret Anne, of Prest on Bri,g New Draper, of Whit e h aven Schooner William. of Liverpool LuggerNimrcd, of Castletown Bri g Providence; of Shields .. trig Mayflower, of Ne.wcastle ;Schooner Village-Mod, of Fleetwood 13c•rque Guyana, of Glasgow .. !Art; bourse of Shields .. Brig San S)‘1)10 1 OD e, of Galaxide Sehoouer Vor do- du Vouga, of Vienna French I,a Jenne Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough Schoon'r Elizabeth. of Bridgewater Ship Donut ^, of Belfast • . Schooner Hortensia o? Hanover Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven 13 rfg St. lfichel, or Marans Spanish Barque Plimera de Torreviega (saved yes- Rel. and one of the crew) .. .• schooner Ilurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) 4 Anne, of Plymo u th ( saved vessel and crew) S Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. B arque Peace, of London .. -L ugger Sauey L ass , o f Lowestoft" . -.. • • .. 11 m ehooner Fly; of Whitby ( saved vessel and Crew of four har.as) • • •"• • " 4 Smack A d•;entnre, of Harwich.. •" .. • • .. 10 Pilot cut,....er Whim, of Lowestoft .. • • • • 7 I larcpv/Undaunted, of Aberdeen .. • Wrecked boat on Blaekwatcr Back, on the Irish 11 , - Joast, saved one .fthooner Skylark. of Folkestone Brig Lively, of Clay, 'Norfolk .. _Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth Schooner Friends, of _Schooner Eliza Anne,LoYfnllnublin tcrig Content of Sunderland C Slnalaifil3ctoa/igßn 'prmapj u 5, Of Amsterdam • .. ..• 11 .. 2 .. 6 .. 3 •• •• .. 15 .. .9 .. .2 .. .. 6 .. .. 5 5 3 •• .. 16 • - .. 5 • • - 9 • • .. 5 . 6 . 7 • • • • .. 6 • • • • .. 5 . 6 . 3 .. .. .. 4 • • • • • • 8 • • .. 8 •• .. 19 • • .. 10 • • .. 8 •• - 4 •• •• - 4 8 • • • • .. 1 .. .. 5 .. .. 5 .. 6 .. 5 •• •• •• •• •• .. 8 .. .. .. 5 4;1 T otal • • • • "' • • 498 For Voted these Bese a 93 as nd other Life-boat servic es th e I nst i tution has , rewards to the crews of the Lifeboats. It has t i,l o granted re wards amounting to £515 10i. for saving 873 I'9Wrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak totw tasttotalal o year olt 871 s. persona saved fr om a watery grave during rdnumber of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, Zrother means, since its formation, is upwards ot 12,2t0; ~ Which services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and t ,,L 0 ,250 in cash have been granted as rewards. The Institu '°A has also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. h_ fi le public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous effopts ~,nv being, made by the Society to save the lives of Ship -IT-eel/est Crews. Their never more needed than at i; s l e Present lime. when,through the extraordinary exertions Ale , e , ciely has made within the past few years, it has now W i le Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man or the maint e nan ce o f w hi c h , i n a state of thoroug h 1,"3t e_,:ency, laq:e permanent annual inme is absolutely ed, iis In eneue mission is to be per co petuated. 1,,11.,11e Committee gratefuhy acknowledge the following con - qaations .• C X s. d ark, airs Mars jesty the Queen • • • • .. annual 50 C 0 r•l. •• • • • • • • .. ‘ 4 erk Co'o R I . A , . annual 210 0 • • . annual 1 1 0 • t it ten, Sir St: Vi ncen t , B art.. .. Qutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers • .• don . an. 25 0 nual 0 0 I : 4by, G W., Esq.. lqiesborne Castle ... 10 annual 5 0 0 ell 4, e, Lord ChitV.TtlSt lee .. • .. don. 10 10 0 shavee. Vieo-Admiral Sir A., R.C.8.. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 1, 4 4111( 7, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. don. 30 0 Zarb Y, Messrs. W. 11. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 I an onborour!li, the Earl of .. • • .. annual 50 0 Sir Henry, 3 A Bart. 7th don. 10 0 0 .13" re, Rev. G. B: •. . don. 15 15 0 gar, Esq., M.P. annual 5 0 0 atY, Mrs. George, Greenwich ..• annual 3 0 0 Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.TI. • annual 2 0 0 -v o natiens and Annual i:u+ scriptions will be thankfully re lig by the tinkers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, f,:4val, and CO:, 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and e:, :39, Strand ;" Alessrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. 4'l:lles's-street London ; by a I he Bankers fn the , United tifteng.o4fre;otwntheleb Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at t on, Vir.c, Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon - t (crossed) n t' o s Air" m ay made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders cans. 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Consultations daily till 12 a.m. A S THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY, in harmony with those of THE MIND, approach deve loped maturity, the rising human being, surrounded by fastitious circumstances —some salutary, some pernicious— becomes susceptible of impressions which, according to the degree of puunExcE 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 u ignorance of their e ff ec t s . w hi c h , if no t ar reZPec,tetnindgto sink the Triermis or Ennon to the deepest depths of degradation and woe. The evil is aggravated by the apathy too generally evinced by the medi 'al profession, not only as to the nature but the very existence of the diseases arising from the cause Indicated, and to which the ginadequate designatio n o f "N ervous Di sorders gan c r a er D a e l b a lli n t d y ,, has been given. One of the consequences of this neglect s. that the treatment of the most delicate classes i of disease which affl ict society has been taken uP; by unqualified and uneducated pers ons. Dr. LA,mERT, M.D., Licentiate' of the Roya _ Society of ; Apothecaries, Ste.. 37, Bedford- square, London, is TFM ONLY pRAcTITIeNER REGULARLY QUA LIFIED AND lITISTERED who has devoted his exclusive attention for 20 yqrs to the cure of these affections, which war with the very lovlntains of human RATTINESS, HEALTH, and FUNCTIONAL vipOUIL The result of his experience and successful prac tide may be perused with advantage in his Treatise, .. SELF PIIESERVA_TION," sold by Mann,39,Cornhill, London, price Is 4; post free for 13, or with sealed ends f0r,20 stamp s . _ At home .for c onsultation, daily, from 11 till' 2 , and 6 till 8 7, BedkVii-ntlare. AMERICA. - LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. The Inman steamer City of Washington, Capt. Brooks, from New York on the 22d ult., arrived here today. A summary of the news received by telegraph, via Queenstown, has been already published. The situation of affairs is thus epitomised in the New Y ork Herald of the 22d ult.:— " The news from General Banks's division pre sents no important features. A portion of General Shield's reconnoitring party has returned to Win chester from Strasburg. It is reported that the rebel General Jackson is near Mount Jackson with his partially disorganised forces. " Two new military departments have been con stituted by the President—the first to be called the Department of the Gulf, which will com prise all the coast of the Gulf of Mexico west of Pensacola harbour, and so much of the Gulf States as may be occupied by the forces under Major-Gen. G. F. Butler's United States volunteers; the head quarters for the present will be moveable wherever the general commanding may be. The other is de nominated the Department of the South, compris ing the States of South Carolina, Georgia, with the expedition and forces now under Brigadier General F. W. Sherman, to be under the command of Gene ral David Hunter. "Affairs at Island No.lo, which has now become a point of interest, represent the rapid approach of a termination to the tedious bombardment of that rebel stronghold. Up to yesterday evening our gunboats Benton and Mond City were playing heavily on the upper batteries, with a view to reduce them. The fortifications are very strong, mounting, at least, 80 guns, while a body of 20,000 troops are encamped on the main land in the rear, completely out of range of our mortars. Five guns on the upper battery on the Tennessee shore have been dismounted, and only two left, which give an occasional shot. The batteries appear to be provided with bomb-proof casemates, as the men are seen to disappear when our shells approach them. " A. despatch to St. Louis, dated from Island No. 10• on Thursday, says that a large number of loaded waggons were then leaving Tennessee shore, from which it was believed the rebels were making pre parations for an evacuation of their works. General Pope allowed a rebel gunboat to approach within 50 yards of a masked battery on Tuesday, and then sunk her, killing 15 of those on board, He had pre viously allowed five rebel steamers to pass on towards New Madrid, and they are now between his batteries, unable to escape. Over twelve rebel vessels, their floating batteries and battering rams, are now above Gen. Pope's batteries, and will certainly be sunk or captured. Meantime the rebels have posted three regiments at Fort Pillow, between New Madrid and Memphis. Pikes are being manu factured at the latter place to arm the new levies, of which not quite a hundred men have as yet re sponded to the call of Governor Harris. The governor, however, has disappeared from Memphis, and the members of the legislature have followed his example. The city is said to be in a terrible condition. The Union men were abandoning the place; leaving all their property to be confiscated, as impressment at the point of the bayonet had become general. Men were driven from the streets and from their stores and dwellings to the rebel camps of instruction, and all who could escape from the city with their lives were glad to get away. Qtarrels between the rebels and Unionists were of daily-occurrence in the streets, and shots are freely exchanged between them. " Our news from Tennessee is important. Dis spatches from Cairo state that our troops at Savan nah, 60 miles from Florence, Alabama, are doing good service. Gen. Beauregard, with a force of 15,000 rebels, recently from Pensacola, is said to be at Corinth, and Generals Bragg and Cheatham have also their divisions in the same vicinity. On the night of the 13th inst. a body of the sth Ohio Ca valry put a part of Gen. Cheatham's cavalry to flight, and burned the railroad bridge. Our army in that neighbourhood is divided into five divisions co mmanded by Generals Sherman, M. Clernand, Wallace, Hurlburt, and Lanman. No less than 6,000 Unionists in the vicinity of Savannah, are re ported to have enlisted in our army recently." On the 20th, the joint resolution of co-operation with the President's late Message, recommending assistance to states desiring to abolish slavery, was reported back from the judiciary committee, with the recommendation that it pass. The Senate then debated the bill for the abolition of slavery in Co lambia, and went into executive session. In the House of Representatives on the 19th, the entire session was taken up in considering the Tax Bill. All the general provisions-40 in number— were l a e s acted m from• e A upon, but no important amendment s were proposition was made to exempt v taxation, and on this a short debate s t a e d d sprung up as to the question of property in slaves. The tax on spirituous liquors, ales, &c., was con sidered, but no progress made on this part of, the bill. On the 20th, the judiciary committee re ported back the several bills and resolutions in reference to confiscatior, of rebel property, with a recommendation adverse thereto. On the 21st a joint resolution was adopted authorising the Secre tary of the Navy to have the steam frigate Roanoke iron clad. The Tax Bill was taken up, but the dis cussion did not extend beyond the spirituous liquors and ales sections, and the house adjourded after having adopted a few amendments to the bill. A late Richmond paper has the following :—" In the Confederate court, on Saturday last, the impor tant case, involving nearly half a million of dollars of The Confederate States v. August Belmont,' was taken up. The Rothschilds have interposed, and, as French citizens, claim the tobacco as their pro perty. Proceedings in this case will be, most pro bably, postponed, as the bl oc k a d e cu t s offfr l yo,m in h ti l Lhilds th e o pp or t un ity o f attend ingt properly to their int erests i n t h e matter. " indefinitely Rniot e The correspondent of the Philadelphia press at Fort Monroe states that Mr. Buchanan, the com mander of the Merrimac, died a few days since of the wounds he received in the action of the Bth March. Amputation was found necessary, and his leg was accordingly taken off a few inches below the hip joint. His system proved unable to sustain the shock, and he died the following day. Whether Mr. Yancey, one of the Confederate commissioners to England, was captured or not, appears to be still doubtful. A New York journal says : "It was stated yesterday in our news columns, that Wm. L. Yancey ;‘Vas arrested in the disguise of a sailor, on board a schooner, trying to run the klock.ade into at- Scut:At:l port, and that he is on-his way to Fort Warren. To-day, however, we have a despatch to the effect that Southern advices had arrived at Nashville, to say that Yancey arrived at New Orleans, and made a speech avowing that no help eot.ld be procured from England or France, and urging retaliation by stopping cotton cultiva tion. A later despatch from the engineer of the United States gunboat Waterwiteh states that the gunboat captured the schooner Wm. Mailony, with Yancey on board. Which of these reports is true we are unable to determine." correspondentwrites as follows : Of the New York Times,The Washingto nunderdate March 1, " Gen. Bleaker has been suspended f rom hi s com mand, and it is thought will not return. Evidence of improper conduct has been found by the commit tee on the conduct of the war, and reported to the Senate today, and his nomination Was unanimously rejected. The President, it is said, h as b een asked to bring Sigel to take his division. G eneral Sigel was unanimously confirmed to-day as major-general; Frank Paterson's appointment as brigadier -general was considered, but is not yet confirmed. His error is that Gen. M'Clellan recommended him. Gen. Fremont received his final instructions to-day at the War Department, and leaves to-morrow. His body guard, under Zagony, will accompany him and reorganise the cavalry. Secretary Chase is prepar ing a very elaborate tax bill, which is intended to be moved as a substitute for the present bill now before the 'house. The rate of taxation is considerably higher upon ail articl es of prime necessity, and much lower on other :articles which the ways and means committee fixed to suit their purposes. Th© Secretary favours a tax upon whisky of not less than 50c. per gallon ; on tobacco, 750. per lb., and so on. The bill will probably be taken by the Senate finance committee ,as it will come too late to be considered by the house. The public debt and all foreign drafts are paid at matu rity, no matter what may be the pressure in other respects on the Treasury." By the arrival of the steam ship Karnak at New York we have Mexican advises to the 7th March. It is stated that all the English at Vera Cruz, wth the exception of about a hundred nen, had embarked and were ready to start for England, via Havannah and Bermuda. They had sold all their mules to the French. The French and Spanish forces remain in Mexico. Sickness among the troops still continued. Burnenis of battles in the interior between the insurrectionists and the forces of Juarez were rife, but they needed confirmation. WRECK OF A COAVICT SIIIP. IMPORTANT LIFEBOAT SERVICE. PORTSMOUTH, Thursday. —The vessel reported as being on shore at the back of the Isle of Wight is the Cedarine, Captain Dill, from Bermuda, bound to Spithead, with 191 short-time convicts on board. All on board have been happily saved, and chiefly by the aid of the excellent lifeboat placed last autumn at Brigstone Grange, by the National Life boat Institution, and presented to it by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club for that purpose. The convicts on board were in charge of Surgeons Beek and Roberts, Overseer Young, and three warders. The crew of the ship numbered 13, and in addition there were also on board the wife of Surgeon King and five women and 18 children, the wives and families of the warders. The Cedarine, which is a new barque bailt of cedar, and measuring 308 tons, sailed from Bermuda on the 15th of March, expe riencing stormy wiather until striking soundings, with the wind chiefly from the N.N.W. After making soundings the wind came round to S.W., blowing strong, and accompanied with very thick weather in the Channel. Shortly before 2 a.m. on Wednes day land was suddenly seen close aboard through a lift in the fog, and the ship's helm was put down to bring her round, but she missed stays, and immedi ately afterwards struck the ground midway between the Ship Ledge and Brigstone Grange, about 200 yards from high-water mark, it being about high water at the time. A heavy sea was running in a t the time, and each succeeding roller lifted the ves sel and drove her further in, the ground over which she was driving being fortunately a bed of sand and free from rocks. The Coastguard at Atherfield station gave the alarm, and Mr. .Tohn Brooke, of Brigstone Grange, personally superintended the conveyance of the lifeboat on its carriage from the boathouse by a team of his own horses from the grange to the shore. The Rev. J. P. Gaze, rector of Brooke, and hon. secretary of the Isle of Wight branch of the National Lifeboat Institution, and Mr. Cutajar, commanding the Coastguard station at Atherfield, were also on the beach superintending the means being taken to rescue the people from on board the stranded ship. A hawser had in the mean time been got out from the vessel's jibboom, and by this means some of the crew and convicts reached the shore, assisted by the coststguardsmen, one of the latter, named Sendereen, particularly distin guishing himself by his boldness in entering the surf to assist the men in leaving the ship. The life boat on her first trip brought ashore the w omen and in seven subsequent trips brought the whole of the rem a i n i ng peo pl e o an n d sh ch or i e ld i r n en sa , fety on board. She behaved admirably in th e b ro ken appeared to h ave th e grea t es t guard had been de spatched from Parkhurst Barracks, but previous to confidence wate r and i h n e h r ecrr.e crew appeared military the arrival of all the party at the scene of the wreck the convicts had left the shore for the village of Brigstone, where, having plenty of money, they of two publichouses, of fights taking dt n hr e nearly ke y s drainedaunitd be i n g quarrelsome,otuhtatththe a stmocaikotity of them became series place simultaneously in the middle of the road. It is but justice to state that all the men were not alike, a body of the best conducted having been sent away by themselves, at their own request, on the road to Parkhurst *Prison, near Newport. The arrival of the military put an end to the riot in the village, and, waggons being procured, the convicts were conveyed under escort to Parkhurst. This morning the weather had greatly moderated, and the vessel now lies sufficiently high on the beach to enable any person to walk round her at low water. Hor getting h er sails, spars, an crew are . stores on shore. ngag s c hore. ud in She shows but little signs of damage, but it is the opinion of the people near the place where:she lies that it isimp residentossibleto get her afloat again, owing to the extent and nature of the shoals between her present position and deep water. The ship is partially insured. construction et Chatham, and it is therefore pro , bible that the plan proposed for completing the , squadron of armour-plated frigates building at the several dockyards, as cupola ships, on Capt. Coles's principle, has been abandoned, and that the Royal Oak and other vessels of her class will be completed simply as armour-plated ships, according to the original plan. In the meantime every effort is being made by the dockyard officials to have the Royal Oak completed and afloat during the present summer. To accomplish this every hand, with the exception of some 50 or 60 shipwrights and caulkers at work on the Racoon, 22, and the Pylades, 21, is employed on her, and from the energy which is just now being displayed little more than four months will see the first of the new description of wooden armour-covered ships afloat. By special direction of the Admiralty all the hands in the dockyard have been withdrawn from the wooden ships and placed on the two iron vessels, the Achilles and Royal Oak, which together have upwards of 1,000 shipwrights and mechanics employed on them, in addition to the hands at work in the factory and smithy preparing the materials to be used. The exterior of the Royal Oak is now completely planked in readiness to receive her armour-plates, which will be laid on a solid backing of teak and oak of 29 inches in thickness. Adjoining the slip, an extensive building is in course of erection for the reception of the machinery to be used in preparing the iron slabs in which the vessel will be encased. Unlike the Achilles, the Resistance, the Defence, and other iron vessels of that class, which are pro vided with projecting stems, for running down ves sels, the Royal Oak and other armour-plated ships are almost square built, each being constructed with what is termed a " tumble-home" stem pro jesting in the slightest possible manner from the bow of the ship, thus doing away altogether with the supposition of these frigates being used as steam rams. In order to obtain additional strength for the stern-post, the screw-well usually found on board the screw steamers will be partially abolished in the Royal Oak and the sister ship Roy al Alfred, building at Portsmouth. The Vivid, tender to the flagship Fisgard, at Woolwich, has left the river on special foreign ser vice. The screw steam transport Fox, 42, Master Commander Thomas Pullen, yesterday commenced shipping boilers and machinery in basin at Wool wich, for the Royal Alfred, 91, screw steamship, under construction at Portsmouth. The chartered transport Anne Forster, for Jamaica, having shipped guns, carriages, smiths' forges, zinc, and other stores from Woolwich Arsenal yesterday sailed for her destination. Her Majesty's paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain George Seymour, C. 8., arrived at Ports mouth yesterday morning, on her return from conveying her Royal Highness the Crown Princess of Prussia to the continent. The iron screw frigate Valiant, 32, 4,063 tons, 800-horse power, building at Millwall, is ordered to be sent, as soon as launched, to Chatham, where she will be fitted, and furnished with her Arm strong armament. The Royal Naval Reserve is becoming highly popular in Liverpool. Within the last few weeks upwards of 200 men have been enrolled by Com mander White, of the Hastings. Inquiries have been made by the agents of the American Federal Government, in England, as to the rate at which iron plates, for the construction of iron-clad ships, cambe Manufactured and supplied in this country. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Thcmas F. Hight, super numerary in the Fisgard, confirmed as first-class assist.-engineer ; J. Edge, secretary to Rear-Admi ral L. T. Jones, K.C.8,, Commander-in Chief at Cork; and Richard Curgenven. THE ARMY. A letter from Malta, dated March 29, says : I regret to state that there is a good deal of ill feeling existing just now between the military and a portion of the inhabitants, which has broken out during the past week in several disturbances. On Tuesdaylast, on the occasion of some athletic games got up by the officers and men of the garrison, a col lision took place between them and the people, in consequence of the latter, as it is alleged, having infringed the boundaries set up by the military. Sticks, belts, and stones were freely used, and the affray at one time threatened to be more serious than it ultimately proved to be. Save a few broken heads and numerous contusions no damage was done ; but it was not before a picket was called out that order was reestablished. The disturbance was renewed the same evening on the Palace-square in Valetta, when for several hours that part of the town was kept in a state of uproar by collisions be tween the people and a number of military officers. Five soldiers were arrested the same evening for attacking the inhabitants with their side belts, and having on the following morning been brought be fore a magistrate, were condemned to a term of im prisonment. These disgraceful scenes are greatly deplored by all good officers and eitizeni, and it is hoped the Governor will take steps to put a stop to them, otherwise serious consequences may' ensue. The detachment of the Grenadier Guards, under the command of Col. Pousonby, having completed their course of rifle practice, returned to head quarters from Eastbourne on Wednesday ; on the same day detachments of the Coldstream and Fusi lier Guards, under the command of Col. Lord Abinger, arrived there to go through a course of ball practice. Yesterday a party, including Gen. Sir John Bur. goyne, Lieut.-Gen. Wetherel, Col. E.H. Greatheud, Cul. Hamilton, R.E., Col. Manners, Inspector of Volunteers, Capt. Inglefield, N.N., Comr. White, R.N., Lieut.-Col. Newlands, L.E.V., Lieut.-Col. Clay, L.A.V., and several other officers, accompa nied the Mayor of Liverpool, in the Cunard steamer Satellite, en a trip tip and down the Mersey. After visiting the new Royal mail steamer Scotia, in the Canada Dock, with which they expressed very great satisfaction, they proceeded to the extreme north end of the intended new docks at Liverpool, near which it is intended to erect a strong protec tive fortress. This, it is understood, is to be con structed of iron and stone on a uew principle. It is said it will be so situate as to be completely sur rounded by water at certain times of the tide, and , will be of a most formidably defensive character. These works, it is understood, will be commenced at an early period. Haying inspected this imPor- Alen delssohn's Letters from _ltaly and Switzerland. Translated from the German by Lady Wallace. Longman and Co. That Mendelssohn ranks among the greatest musicians has long been admitted, indeed nowhere was his genius more speedily or more cordially .re cognised than in England ; still, few, we imagine, are at all aware of his power with the pen. Not that he was by any means what is termed a literary man, he simply possessed in a very high degree the faculty which, according to Goethe, all educated persons should have, namely, of expressing clearly, vividly, and agreeably their thoughts, feelings, and impressions. But he was also, in the broadest sense of the term, an artist. By this we do not mean one who has a special gift merely ; often little better than an instinct —but one who can ft prebend the universal harmonies of xe ~ure,—who possesses judgment as well as imagination, and can both discriminate and produce. Endowed with - a marvellously perfect organisation, the world was to him full of beauty —an unending joy. His sense of colour seems to have been but little inferior to that of sound. Had he not been pre-eminent as a musician he would have excelled as a painter. Whilst them is such n_eztr.rentof sweet tender feel ling running through his letters, the humour is su playful, the irony so polished, the refinement so complete; there is such utter freedom from envy or malignity, such thorough sympathy with all that is great and noble, such clear . buoyant freshness of thought, such perfect enjoyment of existence, that we feel refreshed as by a country ramble in the leafy month of June, with the lark singing shrill in the blue heavens above, the cool, mossy sward soft beneath our feet, and the balmy south wind, laden with health, delighting and soothing our senses. Thesiletters were, indeed, written when he was in the freshness of youth—he was but twenty-one —and they have consequently all the elastic vigour whichfirst impressions give. Not that Mendelssohn would ever, in the ordinary sense, have grown old. No truly poetic nature ever does. But there is still something in the first sight of a grand mountain or a glorious picture which powerfully stimulates the faculties, and gives to recorded impressions the charm of enthusiasm—the charm, in fact, which underlies this work. Through it we see nature and art in their most delightful aspects. We throw off, as we read, the trammels of fashion and convention. The heart expands, we brush the cobwebs from our brain, and feel somewhat of the golden time steal back to us when all great things seemed possible. And what great things Mendelssohn did in his short life ! Resembling Raphael in fertility, pre cocity, and sweetness of nature, if not quite his equal in genius, he also died in the flower of his age, leaving no peer. What operas might he not have given us had he lived ! What oratorios have we not lost by his death ! It was chiefly to mem bers of his family these letters were written, and the first, dated from Weimar, contains a very in teresting account of Goethe, with whom he seems to have been on the most affectionate terms. Very pleasant it is to see this converse of the old poet and the young musician, and very remarkable is Goethe's desire, at his advanced age, to learn all he could from his friend. "In the forenoon," says Mendelssohn, "he likes me to play to him the compositions of the various great masters, in chronological order, for an hour, and also tell him the progress they have made, while he sits in a dark corner, like a Jupiter Tonans, his old eyes flashing on. me." With Men delssohn Goethe evidently felt at ease. His age and fame prevented antagonism or rivalry. Not so with that greater and sterner genius Beethoven, with whom the courtly poet never fraternised, and for hose compositioni he affccted not to care. But we must haeten. to Mendelssohn's Italian tour, the first city he arrived at being Venice, of which, and Titian, he thus speaks : CE AND TITIAN. And so lam actually in Venice 1 Well ; to-day I have seen'the finest pictures in the world, and have at last per sonally made the acquaintance of a very admirable man, whom hitherto I only knew by name—l allude to a certain Signor Giorgione, an inimitable artist—and also to Porde none, who paints the most noble portraits, both of himself and many of his simple scholars, in such a devout, faithful, and pious spirit, that you seem to converse with him, and to feel an affection for him. Who would not have been con fused by all this ? But if lam to speak of Titian, I must do so in a more reverent mood. Till now, I never knew that he was the felicitous artist I have this day seen him to be. That he thoroughly enjoyed life, in all its beauty and fulness, the picture in Faris proves; but he has fathomed the depths of human sorrow, as well as the joys of heaven. Ms glorious " Entombment," and also the "Assumption," fully evince this. Eow Mary floats on the cloud, while a waving movement seems to pervade the whole picture; how you see at a glance her very breathing, her awe, and piety, and in short a thousand feelings—all words seem poor and commonplace in comparison! The three angels, too, on the right of the picture, are of the highest order of beauty—pure, serene loveliness, so unconscious, so bright, and so seraphic. But no more of this, or I must perforce become poetical, or indeed am so already, and this does not at all suit me; but I shall certainly see it every day. I must, however, say a few words about the" Entomb ment," as you have the engraving. Look at it, and think of me. This picture represents the:conclusion of a great tragedy : so still, so grand, and so acutely painful. Mag dalene is supporting Mary, fearing that she will die of an guish ; she endeavours to lead her away, but looks round herself once more, evidently wishing to imprint this spec tacle indelibly on her heart, thinking that it is for the last time; it surpasses everything; and then the sorrowtng John, who sympathises and suffers with Mary, ani Joseph, who absorbed in his piety, and occupied with the tomb, directs and conducts the whole ; and Christ himself, lying there so tranquil, having endured to the end : then the blaze of brilliant colour, and the gloomy mottled sky. It is a composition that speaks to my heart and fills me with en thusiasm, and will never leave my memory. I believe few things I have yet to see in Italy will affect me so deeply ; but you know that I am devoid of all pre judices, and I give you a fresh proof of this by telling you that the Martyrdom of St. Peter, from which I expected the most, pleased me the least of the three ; it did not strike me as being a complete whole . ; the landscape, which is very fine, seemed to me to predominate too much. Then I was dissatisfied with the disposition in the picture of two vic tims and only one murderer; (for the small figure in the distant background does not remedy this)). I I could not bring myself to consider it'a martyrdom. at probably am in error, and I intend to study it more carefully to morrow—my contemplation of it, besides, was disturbed by some one strumming most sacrilegiously on the organ, and these sacred forms were forced to listen to such miserable opera finales. But this matters not; where such pictures are. I require no organist. I play the organ in my thoughts for myself, and feel as little irritated by such trash, as I should be by an ignorant rabble. Titian, however, was a man well adapted to improve others; so I shall try to profit by him, and to rejoice that lam in Italy. At this moment the gondoliers are shouting to each other, and the lights are reflected in the depths of the waters; one is playing a guitar, and singing to it. It is a charming night. Farewell! and think of me in every happy hour, as I do of you. From Venice he proceeded to Florence, and thence after a brief stay, to Rome. With this city he was delighted, but gives this opinion of MODERN ITALIAN TASTE. The Pope is dead, and the Conclave assembles on the 14th, A great part of the winter will bo occupied with the ceremonies of his funeral, and the enthronement of the new Pope. All music therefore and large parties must be at an end, so I very much doubt whether I shall be able to un dertake any public performance daring my stay here ; but I do not regret this, for there are so many varied objects to enjoy inwardly, that my dwelling on these and meditating on them is no disadvantage. The performance of Graun's " Passion" in Naples, and more especially the translation from Sebastian Bach, prove that the go o d cause i s sure eventually to make its way, though it will neither kindle enthusiasm, nor will it be appreciated. It is no worse how ever with regard to music—in fact, rather better—than w ith their estimate of every other branch of the fine arts; for when some of Raphael's Loggie are with inconc eivable recklessness and disgraceful barbarism actually deface4l9 of . give place to inscriptions in pencil; when the lof.ean ler the arabesques are totally destroyed, because I inscribe their r with rt knives, and Heaven knows what else besides, aiated in insignificant names there ; when one Prra n rit ,, P t; ,, w h en an a largoltar letthasers übeen nder t ore cted he Apoll in fo B rontelvedof ere, M! c hael Angelo's * 9 the centre of the " Last Judgment," so large that it h id e t , 1 ,. et; when cattle are picture, thus destroying the whole enec f the Villa Madame. driven through the splendid sakou s o • R an( ,d,. the walls of which are paint • e d by Giulio omano, • I f der is stored in them, 'ouch worse than a b a d s i mp ly f i rern indifference towards th e beautiful—all this is certa,in by L orchestra, and painters t!t L , even more distre sse d such things than" am by e i r miserable music.te are mentally me t ie d The fact is, that the p Pe r:delete but 1117 d o va anu apathetic. They 1" a not believe _l' a a rid Governm . h ut tn ,, y turn t in b e i , t a n1)111 . 1 , 11 t s e eti•aritheroic ( 1,, not v,due it. t tints that past, but they ht in art, for they are 'arm indifferent to all they du not deli that is earnest. delight is really quite revolting to see their un concern a bout the death of ..he p o , e, the and their unseemly merriment during th ceremonies. I myself saw the corpse b r i n g in state, and the priests standing round incessantly whispering and laughing; and at this moment, when mass es are being said for hi s soul, they are in the very s ame church hammering away at the scaffolding of the catafalque, so that the strokes of the hammers and the noise of the workpeaple entirely prevent any ono hearing the re» ligious services. As soon as the cardinals assemble in con clave, satires appear against them, where, for instance, they parody the Litanies, and instead of praying to be de livered from each particular sin, they name the bad quali ties of each Well-known cardinal; or again, they perform an - saa - - na N\l, 7 a a tepT, c 4; , \ c,lo *:Z entire op e ra, whore all the characters * T ie tr A 47 being the prime amoroso , an other the ti a third, stag e can dl e - snu ff er ,' etc. This con M. 141 where the people took any pleasure iu a ?:. itrnellt enia i i c 5;2 was no better, b u t they had faith then; and it mMis •"' makes the differ ence . Nature, however, stiad e . :p December atmosphere, and the outlines of the ills, stretching as far as the sea, all remain unchai Ted. There they can scribble no names, or compose no These every one can still individually enjoy in all their freshness, and to these I cling. I feel much the' want of a friend here, to whom I could freely unbosom any sell; who could read my music as I write it, thus makini; it d , Jubly precious in my eyes ; in whose society I could i eei an in terest, and enjoy repose ; and honestly learn from Wm (it would not require a very wise man for this purpose). Put just as trees are not ordained to grow up into the sky , so , probably such a man is not likely to be found here ; awl tipo good fortune I have hitherto so richly enjoyed elsewhere, i s not to fall to my share at present; so I must hum over my melodies to myself, and I dare say I shell do well enoug!J>. Of their skill in music he had the lo west esticsa', - s, " The orchestras "he says, "are worse than any - could believe; both musicians, and a rig•btro : o e i t n ilin in 6 for music, are wanting. The two or thr violin performers play just as they choose, and when they please; the wind instruments are .tuned either too high or too low; and they execrate flourishes like those we are accustomed to hoar in farm -yards, but hardly so h - oed ; in short, the whole forms a Dutch concert, and th,',s applies even to 'lora- positions with which they am familiar." This judgment may seem harsh to those who, nertr• having visited Italy, adopt the comnion notion 0.." the universality of musical proficiency there, but we can state from our own experience , that it. is literally true. Never did we hear so little good or SO much bad music as during our residence there, whit the Axecution was often beneath contempt- True, the performance during the Holy Week is peculiar, and in a sense impaecisive, but an Exeter Hall oratorio is in every respect far superior, whilst we doubt if am' orchestra in Italy could read, much less play, one of Beethoven's Symphonies. Inaleed, in no city in the world is so much fine music, of all styles, to be found as in London; and this Mend, lssohn vir tually admits. Writing frem Naples, h t s s a y s " The theatre is now closed for some weeks; b„ . ,, use the blood of St. Januarius ie shortly to liq u ify. What I heard at the Opera previously did not reps;; the trouble of gain„cs. The orchestra, like that (z;" Rome, was worse than in any part of Germany, and not even one tolerable female singer.Tam burtui alone, with his vigorous bass voice, imparted some life to the whole. Those who wish to hear Italian Operas, must nowadays go to-Paris or Lon don. Heaven grant that this may not eventually be the case with German music also!" Again, writing from Milan, "It is evident that if I wish to hear Italian music, I must go to Paris, or to Eng land." Returning from Italy, he passed through Switzerland, and made a short stay in Paris. Then, coming to this country, he writes thus from London : I cannot describe to you the happiness of these fin - 4t weeks; here. As from time to time every evil seems to acemaulate, as it did during my winter in Paris, where I lost sonie of my most beloved friends, and never felt at home, and at last became very ill ; so the reverse sometimes occurs, and thus it is in this charming country, where I am once more• amongst friends, and am well, and among well-wishers, and enjoy in the fullest measure the sensation of returning health. Moreover it is warm, the lilacs arc in bloom, awl music is going on : only imagine how pleasant all this is ! I must really describe one happy morning last week : of all the flattering demonstrations I have hitherto received, it is the one which has most touched and affected me, aad. perhaps the only one which I shall always recall with fresh pleasure. There was a rehearsal last Saturday at the Phil harmonic, whore however nothing of mine were given, my overture not being yet written out. After " Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony," during which I was in a box, I wished to go into the room to talk to some old friends ; scarcely, however, had I gone down below, when one of the orchestra called out, " There is Mendelssohn 1" on which they all began shouting, and clapping their hands to such a degree, that for a time I really did not know what to d); h an im d wrheonntwhhisienhatehoevsearar,loedmmouetnc'e'dl,,Vaehledoml was him obliged to cross the room, clamber into the orchestra, and return thanks. e anothernu p d t o o e l e rlc Never can I forget it, for it was more precious to c me than any distinction, as it showed _me that the musi,rians l o ved me, and rejoiced at my coming, and I cannot tell you what a glad feeling this was. As may be imagined, musical criticism occupies no inconsiderable place in the volume, and his analysis of the performance during the Holy Week is pecu liarly valuable ; whilst his estimate of certain popular modern composers, though it may be con sidered severe, is true. Upon the other charac teristics of the letters—the admirable remarks on pictures, the vivid descriptions of manners and scenery, the good sense and amiable feeling with which they abound—we might say much, but space fails us; and we can only recommend all who care for art or nature to read the volume, the translation of which by Lady Wallace reflects the highest credit on her taste and ability. PR ESERV,I7IO V OF LIFE FROU SHIPWRECK. Yesterday a meeting of the Royal National Lifi-:- boat Institution was held at its house, 14, John street, Adelphi—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.A.S., V.P., in the chair. There were also present, Sir Charles Rowley, Bart., Admiral Cater, Sir Edward Perrott, Bart., Captain Egerton, RN., John Grif fith, Esq., Admiral 311-lardy, Colonel Palmer, Cap tain De St. Croix, Admiral Bullock, A. Boetefeur, Esq., Captain Ward, R.N., inspector of life-boats to the society, and Mr. C. H. Cooke, the institution' , honorary architect. . The Secretary read the minutes of the meeting. A reward of £l3 * was voted to the crew of the life-boat of the institution stationed at Palling, Norfolk, for going off in the night and rescuing eight men from the brig lane, of North Shields, which, during a strong gale of wind, had struck off Palling on the bth ult. The vessel was ultimately brought to a port of safety. A reward of £ll was also voted to the crew of the Teignmouth life-boat, belonging to the insti tution, for putting off in the night and bringing to port the sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth, and her crew of three men, which, during a gale of wind and heavy sea, had become disabled on the sth ult. The Itedear life-boat of the society had likewise recently succeeded in bringing a derelict vessel safely into harbour. Rewards amounting to £36 were paid to the crews of the institution's lifeboats stationed at Whitby, Rye, Camber, Yarmouth, Caister, Walmer, and Dundalk for either assembling or putting off with the view of rendering assistance to vessels which had signals of distress flying, but which did not afterwards require the services of the boats. A reward of £9 was voted to the crew of a Pake field yawl for going off and rescuing, at consider able risk of life, six out of eight of the crew of the brig Adonis, of Colehester, which, during a gale of wind, had been wrecked on the Newsome Sands on: the 6th ult. The poor mon had taken to the rigging, and the captain, while trying to save his wife, was unfortunately washed overboard with her in the course of that fearful night. A reward of £6 was also voted to a boat's crew of six men for going off and saving, at great risk of life, four men from the schooner Elizabeth, of Aber deen, which, in stormy and thick weather, had stranded near Speymouth, on the Banffshire coast, on the 18th February. A reward of £1 was also voted to a boat's ere --7 of two men for rescuing, at some risk of life, two men from a eoble which had sunk during a sudden squall of wind near Scarborough. The tw o men, w . who were unabl e to swim, had fortunately manage d to k ee p on the boat, although she was completely under water. A reward of £4 was also voted to a boats crew of able risk of life, three men from the four men for putting off and sav i ng, a s t loo c p on C si e d r e e r s - , o f Watchet, which, during .. a ha r in le g of wind, had foundered off that place, she been in colli sion t w w i a th s r a e n p o o t r h t e e r d el. It institution was about sending to the International Exhibition a model of its lifeboat and transporting carriage, and vari ous other articles for saving life from shipwreck. A very large wre c k chart of the B r iti s h I s l es f or the past year would also be exhibited there by the society. During the past month the institution had sent a new lifeboat and a transporting carriage to Dundee. The cost (.000) of the same had been collected by Mrs. Hartley, of Bideford. Another lifeboat was ready to be sent to Kingstown, the expense of which had also been collecte3 by Miss S. 11. Bettie Cator. The institution decided en forming a life-boat station at Port Leven, near the Lizard Alr. Robart es., M. P., haying again generously promised to contribut e £l5O toward s the expense of the same. It was reported that a friend of the society had sent £2OO. Ca p tain Ward, R.N., inspector of life-boats to the institu tion; gave a satisfactory a ccount of the 25 life -boat s which the society had on the west coast, each of which he had re centl y ins p ected. Payments amounting to £760 having been mad e on various terminated. life-boat establi shments, the proceedings