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ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA, TO-NIGHT Jit at Eight, and TO-MORROW tit Three and Eight. - Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. the very easiest if a mun does -get and five years aft This is nothing in, first to stake his li new community. complete liberality in t. ness' of thr the envit comer be I will bid h dependenr Just published, rice 6d., "TO CHINA AND BACK.". ALBERT SMITH. FOrwarded by pest front the Egyptian Hall for 7 stamps. THE VICTORIA CROSS.—Early in April the FIRST SERIES 'Ol 4 HISTORICAL 'PICTURES , illustrative ofthis distinguished °Her; will be on Exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly,. respect that the great: up, while to the first found who tst valuable No. 20,835. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1859. Ph ICE 4D. STAMPED,` SD. he United States has been built .ous spirit which' will mot sell to .cause a second may hereafter be I higher has near ..uincd our mos ASSIZE IN IGENCE. ERN CIRCU - tITERPOOL, 3 (Befaie Mr. ice Willes.) ;TOLD MIIRD ":T 31ANCILESTER 'arkinson, 43, : Charlotte Parki choin were • bed in the cal ;ly educated, -$ placed at the 1 murdering .'e new-born chilC Apt. T. MASON JONES'S ORATIONS AT • WILLIS'S ROOMS, King-street, St. James' s.— On SATURDAY AFTERNOON next, - April 2, at half-past Three o'clock, MILTON, the PATRIOT, STATESMAN, PROSE WRITER, and POET. ' PUBLICATIONS. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31. . . On MONDAY EVFINING next„ April 4, at half-past EWA o'clock, GRATTAN, anil the WITS a n d ORATORS of the IRISH PARLIAMENT. . Stalls, (numbered). ss. ; reserved seats; 3s. ; back seats, ls. May• be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., CR EED S. By the Author of " The Morals of Mayfair." "This is a novel of strong . dramatic situation, poweriu plot, alluring and continuous interest, admirably defined cha racters, and much excellent remark upon human motives and social positions."—Literary. Gazette Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. No. I.—An!Abstract of the Gross Produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, in the undermentioned Periods, ended March 31, 1859, compared with the Corresponding Periods of the Preceding Year. NORTHE: March 30. QUARTERS ENDED YEAR ; QUARTERS ENDED • YEAR r - ________A----- -----..--, ended , .-, .... ----ended June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, March 31, 18.58 1858 1858 1859 1859. 4 /857 1857 1857` 1858 1858. - - - ..........._ _.....f._______ - £££££, £ £ £ A X CUSTOMS 5,879,039 6,115,422 6,209,187 5,014,295 24,117,943 0149,349 5,481,38.5 5,590,01)3 5,888,352 23,109,104 .CUSTOMS. EXCISE STAMPS 2,081,370 1,831,000 2,029,000 2,061,399 - 8,005, - 769 1,850,491 1,752,255 1,761,000 2,051,073 7,415.719 STAMPS. TAXES PROPERTY TAX 1,199,587 2,454,000 547,000 2,483,000 6,683,587 2,445,540 4,931,537 808,437 3,390,601 11,586,155 PROPERTY TAX. POST OFFICE CROWN LANDS 64,000 60,940 82,500 72,600 • 280,010 64,000 60,654 82,000 70,000 276,654 CROWN LANDS. MISCELLANEOUS J TOTALS 16,270,966 16,964,052 17,032,658 15,200,607 65,477,283 17,281,762 118,682,269 15,907,162 16,010,819 67,881,512 TOTALS. 1 PHRISTY'S MlNSTRELS. — :Reappearance in ‘.."' London, St. James's-Hall. — The celebrated CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, after a very distinguished and prosperous tournee in Scotland, Ireland, and recently in Paris, will have the honour of resuming their POPULAR PERFOR MANCES in London, at the St. James? =Hall, Piccadilly, on MONDAY EVENING, April 11.--Tik6tsand places may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. THE PROPOSED NORTHFLEET DOCKS. Just published, price 6d., " OMETHING SHORT," in Reply , to " CAPEL COURT, ESQ." OR " WET AND DRY ;" showing the advantages which. the Northfleet Docks will possess over the Wet and Dry Docks of London. Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. TR. OTTO GOLDSCHNILDT has the honour' ill to announce that the FIRST of THREE CHAMBER CONCERTS of• CLASSICAL , INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC will take place at WILLIS'S ROOMS on MONDAY AFTER NOON, Amil li, commencing. at Half-past Three o'clock, at which he will be assisted by Signor Piatti, M. Sainton, Mr. Howell, M. Schreurs, Mr. S. Pratten, Mr. Crozier, and Mr. C. Harper. The Second and . Third Chaniber Concerts will be given on Saturday Morning, May 7,, and Saturday Morning, May 21, for Which Herr Joachim and other eminent artistes are engaged. Subscription for the Three,Concerts to reserved and numbered seats, Xl , lB. ; to unreserved seats, 155.. For a Single Concert—Reserved seats, 10s. ad:• unreserved seats, 78.—Applications for tickets received at Messrs. Addison and Co.'s, 210, Reg,entastreet ; and Mr. Mitchell's .Royal Library, 33, Old Bond- street. ' P OUTLEDGE'S ILLUSTRATED NATURAL HISTORY. Part I. By the Rev. J. G. WOOD, is now ready, price One Shilling. Illustrated by Wolf, Harrison Weir, Coleman, etc., etc. NOTICES OF THE PRESS. "Our readers who - can afford it—and who cannot?--should at once order the work."—Glasgow Examiner. "Mr. Wood, the author, is one of the most pleasing writers on natural objects."—Liverpool Courier. "This work promises to stand alone in the fulness and cor rectness of its information, the truth of its pictorial embel lishments, and the attractive manner in which it conveys scientific instruction."—Oxford Herald. No. 11. 7 --Increase and. Decrease in the Quarter, Half-year, and Year ended March 3 the Preceding Year. • , 1859, as compared with the Corresponding• Periods of . r . Quarter ended March 31, 1859. Year ended March 31, 1859. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. • ___.-______ £' X £ £ CUSTOMS 25,943 • 1,008,839 - CUSTOMS. EXCISE • 64, 000 : 77,000 ' • EXCISE. STAMPS .9,426 .. .. 690,050 STAMPS. TAXES t 9,967 TAXES. • • PROPERTY TAX , 007,601 .. - 125,000 .. 4,902,548 PROPERTY TAX. POST OFFICE2gO,OOO • • POST OFFICE. CROWN LANDS MISCELLANEOUS .. 5,017 , 529,057 .. CROWN LANDS. • • MISCELLANEOUS. TOTALS 164;,916 976,648 j I 2,498,299 4,902,548 TOTALS ' ' ---, .., l _.,.,\. ‘............ ILTV4/11 TOM !IT, T 4 4 o'4l , , THE NATIONAL, ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn, formerly Casino de Venise.—This establish ment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the per fection of its management, is OPEN every EVENING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly varied selection of the most approved classical and modern music. Doors open at half-past 8; overture at 9 ; diming at :12 punctually. Admission is. "We cannot appreciate or commend too highly the work before us."—St. James's Chronicle. • " One of the most valuable works on Natural History which ha's been produced."—Morning Chronicle. "About the cheapest shilling's-worth we have ever had in our hands."—Leicester Journal. _ _ " It has all the features of a great national work."—Bath Express. " Promises to be one of the most complete and best illus trated popular works on Natural History."—Brighton Herald. "The work will infallibly take rank as the standard autho rity on natural history."—liendal Mercury. London : Routledge, Warnes, and Routledze, Farringdon street, and sold by all booksellers in every town. NET DECREASE £809,712 £2,404,229 NET 'DECREASE. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These popnlar.and celebrated rooms are open every • evening*, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted, by that great composer, Mona. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented artistes. Selecticns from Rigoletto, 11 Trovatore, La Traviata, ITuguenots. Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. 11Eanap.:er, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, is. to Promenade. N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. A LHAMBRA PALACE-THREE WEEKS LONGER.-A BULL FIGHT. A SPANISH BULL FIGHT. This gorgeous pageant, so long in preparation by Messrs. HOWES and CUSHING, will be produced THIS EVENING, FRIDAY, the Ist of April, and continue three weeks longer. The Californian performers having acted as principals in a Bull-fight in America for up wards of 100 nights, will undertake the same exploits in Lon don. Not the Slightest danger or annoyance need be appre hended by the audience, as the same admirable order and caution will be preserved by the proprie.ors, which has dis tinguished all their undertakings, and made their establish ment so popular hi England. The regular Equestrian per formances, the same as last week, will be produced in addition to the Bull-fight, which takes place Morning and Evening. The company remain three weeks longer. Two Performances Daily at two and quarter before Eight p.m. Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private Boxes, £2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d. THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1816. Offices—No. 1, Dale-street, Liverpool, and 20 and 21, Poultry, London. Liability of Proprietors Unlimited. Invested Funds PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY. Fire Premiums. Life Premiums. Invested Funds • • . 35,472 .... 19,840 388,990 ... 113,612 .... 49,128 620,808 ... 276,058 .... 121,411 .... 1,156,035 The Annual Income exceeds £450,000. Policies expiring on LADY-DAY should be renewed before 9th ApriL SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. Year. 1898 18.3 1858 SALE OF SADDLERY, HARNESS, WOOD, AND OLD STORES, THE RICHARD (LIGHTER), ONE BARGE, ONE BOAT, CARTS, BARRELS, &c. Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE for WAR.—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on THURSDAY, the 7th of April, 1859, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, the following stores :—Lead, Ashes, Saddlery, Harness, Serge Clothing, Miscellaneous Stores, Iron, Junk, Wood, Carts, Barrels, the Richard (Lighter), with her Standing and Run ning Rigging, 1 Dumb Barge, 1 13ft. Boat. May be viewed, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the three working days previous to the sale, and Catalogues obtained at the War-office, Pall-mall; at the Tower ; o e Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. CONTRACTS FOR CANVASS. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 30th March, 1859. T HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUES DAY, the 19th April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Dockyards at Deptford, Portsmouth, and Devonport 18,490 BOLTS OF CANVASS, (Including 490 Bolts of 18 inches wide) to he delivered by the 31st of December next. Tenders may be made for any quantity not less than 1,000 Bolts, and no tender will be received unless made on , the printed form, properly filled up, which, together with • In structions for making the Canvass," may be obtained on ap plication to this Office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words" Ten der for Canvass," and must also be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tender ing in the sum of £25 per cent. on the value for the due per formance of the Contract. WHAT are the Wild. Waves saying? Keep up your Channel Fleet, and buy your Teas of the East India Tea Company, where sound Tea, Black, Green, or Mixed, can be bought, in 61b bags, at 2s. per lb. and Coffee, in the Berry, at 10d.—Warehonse, 9, Great St. Helen's-church yard, B:shopsgate. 17 1 i .CONOMY.-A TEN GALLON CAS K (equal to Five Dozens) of the finest SOUTH AFRICAN SHERRY, for Four Guineas, or 20s. per Dozen % best PORT, 245. per Dozen, Cask or Bottles and Case included. Three Dozeni Carriage Free. HENEKEYS', ABBOTT, and Co., Importers, 22 and 23, High Holborn, London, W.C. Esta blished 1831. ITENEKEYS' COGNAC, a pure FRENCH k BRANDY, Pale or Brown, 20s. per Gallon ; 425. per -IIhNEKEYS' LONDON BRANDY, Pale or Brown, 14s. per Gallon : 308. per Pozen. HENEKEYS' LONDON GIN, as from the Still and the Strongest allowed, sweet or dry, 12s. per Gallon ; 265. per Dozen. Packages to be returned within Three Months, or charged Is. per Gallon. Six Gallons, the cask included, and carriage paid. Country orders must contain a remittance. HENEKEYS, ABBOTT, AND CO., Gray's Inn Distillery, 22 and 23, High Holborn, London, W.O Established 1&31. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian Alabaster, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar. &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London, W.C. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the h l tle„.sting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2 5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY I s given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand. GREY HAIR RESTORED TO ITS NATURAL COLOUR. Neuralgia, Nervous Headache , Rhea maram. and Stiff Joints Cured by F. M. HERRING'S PATENT MAGNETIC BRUSHES, 10s. and 15s. Grey Hair and Baldness PREVENTED by F. M. H.'s Patent Preventive B rush. .. Price 4s. and ss. O ffi ces, 32. Basincrhall-street, .uond `where may be had, gratis, the Illustrated Pamphlet Chem 3r Hair becomes Grey, and its Remedy." Sold by a ll ists and Perfumers of repute. R U P T U R E S. WHITE , s MOO-MAIN PATENT LEVER TRUSS is alloweci lever pt. It 200 professional gentlemen to be the best for Ir by u p wards of bandage, con sists of a small and elastic pai, to which a fitting and (instead of the usual steel spring) a soft mference g sent to the so closely as to avoid detection. A deseriptive ci c re t e j ar may be had, and the truss forwarded by post, on the of the body, two inches below the hips, bein manufacturer, Mr. John White, 228, Piccadilly. Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., an d 31s. 6d. Postaze is Doublo ditto, ?is. 6d.. 425., and 525. Bd.—Post-office Order's to John White, Post-office, Piccadilly. Maker of Elastic Stock_ ings, Knee-caps, &c. ON MEDICAL GALVANISM IN THE TREATMENT OP NERVOUS DEBILITY, ORGANIC IVEAINESS, Sze. Just published, mice Is., post free, 13 staMPS , . SELF-PRESERVATION A Medical on NERVOUS DEBILITY and F Treatise uNcT TONA L WEAKNESS, more particularly in reference to the MIT lES and DISORDERS ofthe GENERATIVE SYSTEM; tracing the Origin of these distressing afflictions to causes which vitiate the very fountains of Life and prematurely de stroy the vigour of Manhood. With Practical Observations on the Cure of these Diseases, and on the extraordinary re storative power of LOCAL GALVANISM in Spermatorrhcea , Impotence, and Sterility, in which cases it is applied without pain or danger, and is frequently successful without the aid of medicine. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., . 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Registered Licentiate of the London Society of Apothecaries, .;:norari Doctor of Medicine of the University of Erlangen, Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, An erroneous impression exists that public annotmc:inents on these disorders emanate only from unqualified person s, but as the new Medical Act provides that nonebut registered Practitioners shall assume any medical title, those that are legally qualified can readily be distinguished—a poi_nt of great re a t importance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and skill are equally requisite In the newedition of ' Self-Preservation,' facts of para mount utility. are brought tog,ether—facts appealing to the prudence of an who are suffering from affections which in volve the eirreemlae,lnt n r t and ultimate lose of those powers without which t:eits the dignity of nature, and sinks to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. T n cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the i n fluences of trop i cal climatesate,, mina t e excesses, improper diet hardship, or by iniudicious )y pernicious habits, indiscri treatment, the means of cure wdotefl by the author, in con junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene_ ra lly been foun d successful, even n eases where recovery had b ee n pronounced itripossible. Published by the Au be had 1... or free„ t by post for thir teen stamps, and may be had of Allen, Market-street, Pater noster-row, London ; Westmacott, ch'evniistici.c-lane, Baraclough, B arr ier, High-street, s ou r i l l Manchester ; J, Guest, Bull-street, Ilirn z h a Pargate, Sheffield ; 1.011, A;noch-square, Glasgow; IL Powell, 1. , ampton ; W. street, Dubiin, or from the Author, who v I s may be consultedestmorelarid daily from Eleven till Two, and from 1.... .... tin ~_„ residence, 87, Bedford-square, Loudon. —gut at his MR. GRANT'S NEW NOVEL. In 1 vol., price 58., cloth, HOLLYWOOD HALL ; of 1715. Dy the - Author of the " Roilonce of 11,..ir,.• This New Novel of Mr. Grant's is the second volume of ru entirely New Series of Original works, which, under the title of " ROUTLEDGE'S NEW LIBRARY OF FICTION," will be issued monthly, each complete, printed in a large type, on good paper. The first volume of this series is "THE WIFE AND THE WARD,*! a Story of Indian Life. By Lient.-Col. Mormv. London: Routledge, Warms, and Routledge, Farringdon street. This day is published, price Sixteen Shillings, THE SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE PENNY CYCLOPIEDIA of the Society for the Diffu sion of Useful Knowledge. _ _ _ _ The First Supplement of the Penny Cyclopmdia, in Two Volumes, was published in 1846. The Second Supplement, now completed in One Volume, follows the same plan as that of the original work, comprising under one alphabetical ar rangement the accumulated information of the twelve years which have elapsed since the publication of the First Supple ment. A limited number only of this volume has been printed ; and it will not be kept on sale after that number has been disposed of. London : Knight and Co., 90, Fleet-street. :TY MAGAZINE FOR 2s. 6d. Gerald Fitzgerald, " The Chevalier." By Charles Le ver. Part XV. The Last Journals of Horace Walpole. The Female Artists' Exhibi tion The Housekeeping of Irish Chiefs. Kaiserswerth, the Training School of Florence Nightin gale. The Bride of Glen Arva. New Novels. Anglo-Saxon Colonization. London : Hurst and Blackett, Booksellers. NEW QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. XXIX. APRIL. 2s. 6d. CONTENTS. Debate upon the Reform Bill. Austro-Italian Question. Weedon Inquiry. Masson's Life of Milton. Wilkinson on Color. Indian Sketches. Douglas Jerrold. And all the New Books of the Quarter. London : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. D UBLIN UNIVERSI' APRIL, The Season Ticket. No. 1. An Evening at Cork. A Triad of Poetesses. _ The Birth-Day of Buims. Awarded the Third place by the Judges of the Burns Prize Poem. Rifled Ordnance—Armstrong Gun. University Essays, No. Demoniacal Possession. By the Very Rev. Thomas Woodward, Dean of Down. Dublin : Alex. Thom & Sona Sold by all On let of April, No. XIV., New Series, price 3s. 6d., THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. Edited by FORBES WINSLOW, M.D., D.C.L., Oxon. • CONTENTS: Psychological Quarterly Retrospect. Literary Fools—Guillaume Postel, Christopher Smart, and others. On the Artificial Production of Stupidity in Schools, The Method and Statistics of Suicide. Judicial Psychology in France. On General Paralysis. On the Moral Therapeutics of London. Statistics of Insanity :- 1. France. 2. Ireland. Proposed Amendment of the Law of Lunacy. Murderous Assault on the Visiting Physician in the Mary borough Lunat;c Asylum. London : John Churchill, New Burlington-street. COVENT -GARDEN OPERA HOUSE.- METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.—THE BUILDER of THIS DAY, price 4d., stamped 5d., contains : —Plan and Fine View of Interior of Covent-Garden Opera House—Grave Doings, Hereford Cathedral—The Architectu ral Exhibition—Refinement in Architecture—Metropolitan Streets and Improvements—On Colour—" Henry V "—Deci sions under Metropolitan Building Act—Metal-Work--The Tabernacle :Competition—Society of British Architects— Re-arrangement of National Gallery—Stained Glass—Com petitions—Church-building News—Recent Patents, dm— Office, 1, York-street. Covent-garden ; and all Booksellers. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, 55. 6d., THE TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showing why they so often appear In curable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan , Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management Is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular, Dec. Ist, 1858. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ELECTRICAL INFLUENCE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. ------ - Just Published, price Is., free by Post for Fourteen Stamps, QECOND LIFE : or ELECTRICAL NERVOUS 1..) FORCE ; a MEDICAL WORK, intended for the special perusal of all who are suffering from the various forms of NERVOUS and PHYSICAL DEBILITY, and the distress ing ulterior consequences to which they lead ; with practical Observations on the great Curative power of ELECTRO GALVANISM in the treatment of these Disorders, by infus ing tone and vigour in constitutions relaxed or debilitated from various enervating causes. Illustrated with Cases com piled from the Note-book of a Registered Medical Practi tioner of twenty years' standing. Unlike many vaunted restoratives, Electricity is one which commends itself to the medical man as being accordant with the soundest teachings of physiology. By the most obvious indication it admits of being shown that the Electrical and Nervous energies are identical ; hence, that when the latter fails, the former can take its place, and that when, from irre gularities of any kind, the nervous system has become debili tated, paralysed, or exhausted, and the patient brought to a condition little short of total prostration, then by the action of Electricity, imparting certainty and efficacy to medical treatment, he can be re-invigorated, and his health re-esta blished to a degree almost warranting the designation• of SECOND LIFE. Published by Mann, 30 Cornhill, and of all Booksellers. ON SPINAL AND OTHER DEFORMITIES. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the CAUSES and TREATMENT of CURVATURES of the SPINE. Third Edition, price 6s. Just published, Second Edition, price ls. 6d. CASES and OBSERVATIONS illustrative of the beneficial results which may be obtained by close attention and per severance in some of the most unpromising instances of Spinal Deformity, with numerous Engravings. By SAMUEL HARE, F.R.C.S., Sze. "We unhesitatingly commend this work as a truthful and trustworthy statement of the power of scientific surgery and medicine over some of the most grievous hindrances to human activity and industry."—Medical Gazette. " The Author has had much success in his plan of treat ment, and we ar e of opinion that the principles on which he act the treatment of these affections, are correct"— Lancet. m;1r "1 . 11" e may take credit to himself for having effected medi Zfr ou in the treatment of the cases described."—British ''3ir;,ll2,r,rer_72,. we think, a 'sound and successful practi tioner. London : John Churchill ; Ateatcal Circular. and may be had of all booksellers. 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As the most efficient and fragrant aromatic purifier of the Breath, Teeth, and Gums ever known, ROWLANDS' ODONTO has, for a long series of years, occupied a distinguished place at the Toilets of the Sovereigns and the Nobility throughout Europe ; while the general demand for it at once announces the favour in which it is universally held.—Price 2s. 9d. per box. CAUTION.—The words "ROWLANDS' ODONTO" are on the Label, and "A. ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton garden," engraved on the Government Stamp affixed on each box. Bold by the Proprietors, and by Chemists and Perfumers. No. lII.—An Account sh il ling the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quait er en d e d M arc h 31 , 185 9 ; t h e A pp li cat i on of the same ; and the Charge of t Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge. Surplus Balance `beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1858, viz.:- Great Britain Ireland £799,302 709,302 Income received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1859, as shown in Account L .... 15,200,607 Amount received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1859, in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c Amount raised by the sale of Exchequer Bonds, in full of a grant of £2,000,000 Saving on the charge for diplomatic salaries for the year 15x8 Balance, being the deficiencyon the 31st March, 1859, upon the charge of the Con solidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Dividends and other charges payable in the Quarter to June 30, 1859, and for Which Exchequer Bills (De ficiency) will be issued in that Quarter NOTICE.—MARY ANN BERETTE, of No. 8, Hall-street, Goswell-road, in the County of Middle sex, wholesale milliner, by deed, dated the 21st day of March, 1859, assigned unto Frederick Goodyear, of Saint Paul's Church-yard, in the City of London, warehouseman, and Frederick Parks, of Nos. 12 and 13, Norton Folgate, in the county of Middlesex, warehouseman, Creditors' Trustees, all her stock in trade, estate debts, and effects, in trnst for the benefit of her Creditors, which said deed was duly executed by the said Mary Ann Berette and the said Trustees respec tively, on the day of the date thereof, in the presence of, and is attested by, William Mardon, of No. 99, Isiewgate-street, London, solicitor. Dated the 30th day of March, 1859. WILLIAM MARDON, . 99, Newgate-street, London. T HE NORTHFLEET DOCKS and:LONDON QUAYS COM ?ANY, LIMITED. OFFICES-10, CANNON-STEET, LONDON, E.C. CAPITAL £1,500,0@0, IN 75,000 SHARES OF £2O EACH. With power to the Directors at any time to increase the Capital to £2,000,000, according to the requirements of the Company, by the issue of 25,000 Shares of £2O each, which will be offered in the first instance to the then existing Share holders. Deposit £2los. per Share, £1 of which is to be paid on ap plication. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, M.P. Deputy-Chairman—James Nugent Daniell, Esq. (Chairman of the Blackwall, and Tilbury and Southend Railways). Sir James D. Elphinstone, Bart., M.P., Portsmouth William IL Furlouge, Esq. (Messrs. Magalhaens, Reay, and Co.), 75, Mark-lane, City. Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P., 6, St. James's- square. Patrick Douglas Hadow, Esq. (Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company). Rear-Admiral Sir George R. Lambert, K.C.8., Norbiton- place, Kingston, Surrey. John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Leinster-gardens, Hyde-park. Lieutenant-Colonel Neville, 5, John-street, Berkeley-square. Robert Pulsford, Esq , 58, Upper Belgrave-street, Belgrave- square. George Edgar Ranking, Esq. (Messrs. John Ranking and • Co.), 11, St. Helen's-place. Henry Tootal, Esq. (Chairman of North and South Western Railway Junction, and Deputy-Chairman of the Shrop shire Union Railway and Canal Company). Francis Wright. Esq., Butterley Iron Works, and Osmaston Manor, Derbyshire. ((With power to add to their number). Joseph Barber, Esq., Brewer's Quay, Lower Thames-street, will join the Board after the formal transfer of his pro- pert to the Company. CONSULTING ENGINEER—John Hawkshaw, Esq., 33, Great George-street, Westminster. ENGINEER—Sir Charles Fox, 8, New-street, Spring-gardens BANKERS—Messrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhill, and the London and Westminster Bzi,n, Lothbury. SOLICITORS—Messrs. W. Murray, Son,.and Hutchins, 11, Tiirchin-lane. BROKERS—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle- street. SECRETARY—James Le Geyt Daniell, Esq. The Ojeet of the NORTHFLEET DOCKS and LONDON QUAYS COMPANY (Limi t), is to provide the Port of *London with the following, among other, important ad- vantages: DRY DOCKS capable of receiving Ships of the largest mag nitude, which at present cannot be accommodated in any Dock in the Thames. INCREASED WET DOCK ACCOMMODATION, the want of which compels steamers and other vessels, especially those of the larger class, to avoid the Port of London. DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH EXISTING RAIL WAYS, thereby securing to Merchants and Shippers the direct conveyance - of imports and exports to and from any part of Great Britain without the delay and expense of cartage, wharfage, and lighterage in transit. PLANS AND ESTIMATES of the whole undertaking have been carefully prepared, and have been investigated by a Committee appointed for that purpose. The Reports of the Engineers show a sum of £2,00,000 will be sufficient to carry out the undertaking in its integrity, leaving an ample margin for the purchase of the properties ; and the Engineers have named to the Directors eminent Contrac tors, who are willing to take and guarantee the execution of all the works within the estimates. It is intended, however, to construct the works at Northfleet by gradual operations, according to the requirements of Commerce, and it is not expected that more than £1,250,000 will be called up within the first eighteen months ; no call to ex ceed £2 10s. per share. IMMEDIATE REVENUE. An unusual feature in this en terprise is that an immediate revenue will accrue to the Company from the business carried on at the Quays and Warehouses in London, and the operations of the exist ing Dry Dock and Engineering Plant and Machinery at Northfleet, as well as from the sale of chalk and flints, which will enable the Company, during the construction works, to declare a dividend upon the Calls as paid up. PROSPECTIVE REVENUE.— . The important commercial advantages to be derived from the several objects which the undertaking comprehends, and the comparatively small outlay required, lead the Directors to expect, under a system of low charges, returns ofno ordinary profit. In the event of the Directors not deeming It advisable to pro ceed, the deposit will be returned to the Shareholders, less the Preliminary Expenses, which will not under any circumstances exceed Five Shillings per Share. Applications for Shares to be made to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company ; to the Brokers, Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle-street, London ; also to John B. Neilson, Esq., Liverpool ; William Mewburn, Esq., Manchester ; Nathaniel Lee, Esq., Birmingham ; Thomas Parkinson, Esq., and Harry Hughlings, Esq., Halifax ; Messrs. M'Ewan and Auld, Glasgow ; William Bell, Esq., Edinburgh ; John Dubedat, Esq., Dublin, from all of whom detailed Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained. NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome de l'Ecole de Pharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Me- dicine, Vienna. The Patentee has confided the preparation of these Medi cines to a Physician of the Royal University of Erlangen, and Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (who is registered under the New Medical Act) and attends daily at No. 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, be tween the hours of 11 and 2, and from 5 till 8 (Sundays ex cepted), in order to advise Patients on their Diseases and Treatment, and thus add to the speedy certainty of Cure. TRIESEMAR Nos. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge. devoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, adapted for both sexes. lIRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RELAXA TION, SPERMATORRWEA, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood : and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MARRIAGE they are effectu ally subdued by this Wonderful Discovery TRIESEMAR NO. 11. 412,467 1,000,000 5,009 effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated forms, Gleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which so often ruin the health of a vast portion of the population. 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To be had also of Barclay and Sons, 95, Farringdon-street ; Daniel Church, 78, Gracechurch street ; Bartlett Hooper, 43, King William-street (four doors from London-bridge). HUMAN FRAILTY ; a Medical Work, price ls. Post free, illustrated with 100 engravings, containing the opinions of Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c. It gives instructions for the perfect restoration of those who are pre vented by imp e di men t s f rom enter i ng i nto the married state, and sVphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and the examination of the spermatoza by the newly-con structed microscope, with powerful lenses.—Sent direct from the Establishment, No. 10 Berners-street, Oxford-street. Sold by J. All en, 20, Waiwick-lane, Pate r noster-row, and by all agents fo r the sale of "Tri m m er." Net Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended March 31, 1859, to re demption of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 'lB5B 254,336 Amount applied out of the Income to supply Services, in the Quarter ended March 31, 1859 Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended March 31, 1859, viz, : Interest of the Permanent Debt X5,613,540 Terminable Debt 1,410,601 Interest of Exchequer Bills (Deficiency) Nil. The Civil List Other Charges on Consolidated Fund Advances for Public Works, &c. Sinking Fund Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended March 31, 1859, viz. : Great Britain. Ireland... £604,564 8,849,140 TEE REFORM DEBATE. £17,946,611 THE LONDON.—The attention of Clergymen, Officers, and Professional Gentlemen, is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spa cious Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West end club of the most aristocratic and exclusive character. F. 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The burner can be fitted by the most inexperienced hand to any chandelier or bracket. May be had at the Depot, 69, Fleet-street, E.C., price Two Shilhngs each : one sent on receipt of 30 postage stamps. SURE CURE.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. It frequent y cures per sons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly ben e ficial. Persons de prived of sleep, or even • yiug down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it.—Pre pared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 20, Jermyn street, Haymarket, and by all druggists, in bottles, 134 d., 2s. 3d., and 4s. 6d. each. Be particular and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address is engraved on the stamp. THE DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT BOUNSLOW ,POWDER We are enabled from inquiries made on the spot, to place before our readers some further particulars with reference to the deplorable accident which oc curred on Wednesday morning at Messrs, Curtis and Harvey's Powder mills, near Hounslow. In order that our readers may understand the details, it is right to state that the mills are situate in an enclosed piece of ground covering upwards of 100 acres, distant 21 miles from Hounslow. In the grounds there are in all some 30 or 40 powder mills, each of which is situate 80 or 100 yards from its neighbour, and in order to check the concussion, in the event of such an accident as the present occur ring, the works are surrounded by a plantation of trees. The process of manufacture is conducted in somewhat the following manner : the charcoal, saltpetre, and brimstone are first ground pnd pre pared in different houses, and then brought to the incorporating mills, when they are ground between large iron rollers, mixed in proper proportions, and brought to the consistency of thin paper. The mixture in this stage is called a " green charge," and is brought to a preparing house, when it is pressed by a hydraulic machine into hard cakes of some two or three feet in diameter and half an inch in thickness. It is then broken with wooden mallets, and carried in boats and carts to the gran ulating or corning houses, where the lumps are placed in a hopper and then dropped into iron rollers, which form it into grains. In all these operations the utmost precautions are taken to prevent accident. The quantity of powder in any.of the mills never exceeds ten barrels, as, when that amount is manufactured, it is removed to the magazine. As none of the unfortunate workmen engaged in the press house and corning house destroyed have survived, it is impossible to tell what quantity, but as each barrel con tained 100 lbs., and as in all probability. all were full, 2,000 lbs. must have exploded. The accident occurred in a pressing house close to the stream called the Colne. Four workmen, named Lencocks, Littleford, Davis, and Allborn, were engaged at the time, and were killed on the spot. The granulating house exploded immediately afterwards, instantaneously killing two men named Compton and May. The wind at the time wa s providentially from the west, or otherwise the dis aster might have been more lamentable, as, had the flames been driven in the direction of the other buildings, some hundreds of lives might have been lost. The Government inspector visited the scene yesterday, and remained for some hours making inquiries. 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Sin,—When the Government brought in their Reform Bill, and the public learnt that Lord John Russell was to appear as the champion of the people and appose this Tory measure, most of us expected that he would bring forward a measure of his own, so that we might compare the two and choose the best. If Lord John had been at the head of a large party he would probably have laid his measure on the table; but this not being the case, his first efforts were to make a party. And this is the reason why Lord John did not give us even the faintest outline of his bill. He knew very well that it was absolutely necessary for him to bring together Lord Palmerston, Mr. Bright, and as many of the Peelites as possible, and he knew that, if he brought in a Reform Bill in accordance with the opinions of Mr. Bright, Lord Palmerston and the Peelites would vote against him; whereas if his bill suited the latter gentlemen, then he would lose Mr. Bright. Fur ther, Lord John did not dare to oppose the Government Bill by a motion "to read it a second time that day six months," because, as far as it goes, it is a very liberal bill, and he knew that many Liberals would have voted for the bill rather than postpone the question of Reform till next session. There was, therefore, only one other course open to his lordship, and that was to move a resolution, which he would wish us to believe is not intended to postpone the settlement of the question, nor to displace the Ministry, but to amend the bill. His lordship probably never anticipated such It length ened discussion. He thought the matter would soon be decided, and the Government soon removed. In fact, the impatience expressed by no less a person than Sir C. Lewis to finish the debate as soon as possible, pretty accurately expressed the wishes of Lord John and Lord Palmerston. They were afraid the public might think twice before it came to a decision; and they knew that the more the de bate was protracted, the greater was the danger of hints being inadvertently dropped touching the nature of the bill which the country might expect from them. Now, Sir, this is just what has taken place. This pro tracted debate has enlightened us on almost all the particu lars of the bill which the country would obtain if Lord John were restored to power. Before, however, proceeding further, I will just n o ti ce the extraordinary inconsistency of Lord John's amendment. Any one who has read the debate must be aware that the uniformity of the borough and county franchise is looked upon by the Whigs as the main principle of the Govern • ment bill, and to this uniformity they are opposed. Under these circumstances the proper mode of proceeding would have been to move that the bill be read a second time this day six months. But Lord John himself said that he ap proved of many of the provisions of the bill; and, as his , resolution only relates to two items, we may conclude that he entertains no strong opposition to the remaining clauses. In this case the proper mode of proceeding would have been to endeavour to amend those two provisions in com mittee. In whatever light, therefore, we look at Lord John's amendment, it is evidently irregular; and as it com mits his lordship to nothing, it is certainly dishonest, and can only have been framed with a view to catch as many votes as possible, and to defeat the Ministry. And now, Sir, let us examine the bill itself, and compare it with the hints which have been dropped from those who wish themselves to be considered thechampions of the people. In the first place, Lord Derby proposes to reduce the county franchise to £lO. The leading Liberals propose £2O. Nov, Sir, which is the most liberal, the Conservative or the Whig ? Some say that it is one of the principles of our constitution that borough members represent resident occu piers, and that county members represent property, and therefore the Government proposition is unconstitutional. But the Chandos clause of the Reform Bill of 1832 altered all that; and those who maintain the above doctrine, them selves propose to reduce the county qualification to £2O. So much for their consistency. Furthermore, we never heard anything about its being unconstitutional when the proposal was made by Mr. L oc k King, and no ono has ever given us a reason why a man occupying a £lO house in a county should not have a vote as well as a man occupying a £lO house in a borough. In the second place, the Conservatives propose to give the franchise to lodgers who pay £2O a year rent, whether their rooms are hired furnished or unfurnished. Most lodg ings which let for £2O a year furnished, would let for about £lO a year unfurnished. But it would be impossible to make a distinction in this respect, because many lodgings are let partly furnished, so that it would be difficult to describe what constituted a furnished and what an unfurnished lodging. By the Government Bill, lodgers as a rule would be placed exactly on the same footing as householders. Now, what do the Liberals propose? Mr. Bright, in one of his speeches. rather ridiculed the idea of lodgers voting, and Sir James Graham disapproves of it. We may, therefore, fairly assume that a Whig Bill would exclude the lodgers. We know that it would reduce the household suffrage to £B, or perhaps to £6. Now, Sir, who is best qualified to give a vote—a hou se h o ld er who pays £6 rent, or a lodger who pays £2O rent ? Those who propose to reduce the household qualification, profess to do so in order to include the best of the working classes. Now, sir, just consider London. How many clerks and artisans live in lodgings ? Nearly all! And how many occupy a£6 house ? Very few I don't know where to find any houses of that rental in London. There are some, no doubt; but they certainly are very few, compared with the number of lodgers, and the £2O lodgers are certainly a more respectable class. Here, again, the Conservative proposition is the most liberal and the best. But, in addition to this, the Goverment propose a £6O savings-bank deposit qualification. Mr. Bright may sneer at this as a reward to prudence, but there are not many who will join him in that. Sir Benjamin Hall found out one borough in which this franchise would atpresent add only one voter to the register. This, however, was a small borough, and, as Sir Benjamin did not mention another, I presume it was an isolated case. But no one can doubt that if this proposition should pass, many thousands who have never yet placed any money in a savings -bank will soon begin to do se, if they wish for the franchise, and thus will learn and practise prudence while acquiring a right to vote. By this means the best of the £6 householders will obtain the franchise. The reason why £6O is the sum fixed upon would seem to be, that it is about equal to the value of a forty shilling freehold. And this brings me to the consideration of the borough freeholders. The Conservatives propose to transfer them to the boroughs in which their freeholds are situate ; and the Whigs call this transfer a disfranchisement. The Liberals, as I have before stated, propose to lower the borough qualification to £6 or £B. Sections 24 and 25 of the Reform Act of 1632 enact that a peison shall not vote for a county in respect of a freehold which gives hbn the right to vote for a borough. The result of this would be, that while the Liberals condemn the Con servatives for proposing to transfer the freeholders to their boroughs, the Liberals themselves propose to carry out the very same policy, by simply lowering the borough house hold qualification, and thus converting county freeholders into borough householders. So there is not much dif ference as to the nature of the operation and only a trifling difference in the mode o f operating. And here I must re mark upon another Liberal inconsistency. How is it that, when talking of these borough freeholders as county voters, Whigs always call them the most independent class in the county ; and yet when it is proposed to transfer them to the boroughs, Whigs always pretend to be afraid of the grossest corruption creeping in? Perhaps some kind Whig can ex plain this, even to the satisfaction of the freeholders them selves. In the fourth place, the Conservatives propose to give us voting papers. This, Sir, is the most important proposi tion of all, because we all know that many thousands of the best class of electors will not mix in a mob, and conse quently attend no meetings and do not vote. We may, therefore, assume that if they were to vote, it would not be for a mob-orator, Hence the opposition of many of our fluent speakers to this proposition of voting-papers. Some say they would be unconstitutional and would. open the door to all sorts of corruption; yet no one has explained how this corruption is to creep in. But one fact, and that a monster and an all-important one, is worth more than all the cant of sham Liberals and the pretended fears of sham patriots. Whenever the people establish'a philanthropic institution, the working of which requires a system of voting, in order to admit those, who need, to th e b ene fit s o f such' institution ; what system of voting do the people select ? This identical system of voting papers I And so admirably is it found to work, that I never heard of any abuse or cor ruption in any single instance. The votes that are recorded frequently amount to many thousands, the number of can didates is frequently large, and yet no difficulty is found. In. fact, Sir, here is the best system that has yet been . framed. I will therefore only remark that if the voting papers be not published, but merely preserved for a certain time . in case a scrutiny should be required, we shall have all the advantages of the ballot without the chance of fraud. Now, Sir, no Whig has ever proposed anything so liberal as this ; therefore let all true friends of the ballot vote for the Government Bill, and trust no more to Whigs or chance. Such another op portunity as this may not occur for years ' • for if the friends of the ballot vote with the Government, the majority will be something astonishing—and while it will secure a great political privilege to the people, it will relieve us from hav ing reforms kept continually dangling before our eyes and beyond our reach. As regards the re-distribution of mem bers, I must acknowledge that the Government .bill does. not go far enough, but in other respects it is, as Mr. Hors man justly called it, the most liberal bill we have had, and more liberal than any other party can or will give us. Many difthrent rules for the distribution of members have been proposed, such as population, property, income-tax, direct taxes, &c., but I think the best rule is to distribute members according to the number of electors. -Let us, therefore, have the Government bill, which deals almost entirely with the franciiise, and when the new lists of voters are made out we 4101 lie in a position to ascertain the number of members e:Ach county and borough ought to have. Let us wait no longer for a perfect Reform Bill ; for no one seems able to frame one or to pass one. Let us not place a blind confidence in a man, who first talks about finality, then fails with two measures, and now declines to tell us what he will do. Let us not be deceived by the cry, that every change which a Conservative proposes is unconstitutional. Liberals have proposed many changes which were not constitutional, until by being carried out they became so. Let us take what we can get, while we 'can . get-it, and not refwe it because we wantinore.— I remain, Sir, your obedient'servant, ONE WHO HASN'T A VOTE March 31, 1859. [This letter would have appeared yesterday, but for weal of room.] BRITISH COLUMBIA. Our new colony of British Columbia is, according to the last accounts, in a most satisfactory condition. This will be good news to the public generally, for the young establishment on the Pacific coast has been quite a favourite since the tidings reached home that gold had been found along the course of the Fraser River. Although our people know little —far too little—about the colonies, yet they have their partialities. New Zealand, the Britain of the South, from its position and climate, and the labours of an eminent churchman, has long enjoyed popu larity, not so much with the emigrant who seeks a busier market for his labour, as with that educated class which does not emigrate at all. British Columbia has succeeded for a time to this pre eminence in the minds of Englishmen, and seems likely to justify the good opinion which has been formed of it. At the last advices, the difficulties which the influx of miners had caused were passing away, as the great body of them, dreading the winter and the high price of provisions, had returned to San Fran cisco. Government was strong enough to keep order among those who remained. In the spring the rush would, of course, begin again, but; by that time a reinforcement of troops would have arrived, the administrative and judicial arrangements of the colony would be more complete, and the unquiet spirits more easily dealt with. With respect to the mineral wealth of the I country the accounts are most captivating. It is re ported on good authority that the whole course of the Fraser River up to its source in the Rocky Mountains contains rich deposits of gold, land that the tributary streams are no less abundant in metallic wealth. The gold covers an extent of ter ritory, if these reports be true, which will make British Columbia the most important gold pyoducing region in the world. It is certainly fortunate that Sir Robert Peel made a firm stand on the Oregon question and secured this noble tract for his coun trymen. After the sacrifice of territory by the Ashburton Treaty such a success was necessary to restore his reputation as au administrator of foreign affairs. The country to which British emigration and enterprise are now invited is one which must before long take a high place in the world. The Americans have founded two States, California and Oregon, on the Pacific coast, and these arc growing with a rapidity unexampled even in their annals. They are pushing steadily across the continent ; new cities-of ten years ago arc now far within the limits of civilisation. Chicago has become a vene rable metropolis to the citizens of St. Paul, Dubuque, and Superior. The transit across the Isthmus is being regularly organised, and there is reason to hope that the troubles which desolate Central America will pass away, so that a rapid and cheap communication between the two oceans may be permanently established. All these things point to the speedy prosperity of the British territory on the Western coast, containing as it does some of the finest harbours in the world, with a fertile soil, a healthy climate, winters less severe than were anticipated, and, above all, mineral wealth to which there seems no bound. It would certainly ill become the British Govern ment and people to neglect the priceless territory on which they have planted their flag. In days to come, when the Pacific coast is under Anglo-Saxon dominion from the Frozen Sea to the Isthmus of Panama, when the Australians are a powerful com munity, when China and the whole of Eastern Asia are penetrated by the enterprise of English-speaking races, the region now known as British Columbia will assuredly rank among the most prosperous and powerful. 'lt rests with the English people of the present day to decide by whom this fabric shall be constructed, and whether the new community shall grow up with English habits and instincts, or be furnished with population and ideas by a kindred, but still very different, people. We are exposed in British Columbia not only to the rivalry, but to the invasion, of the Americans. They are firmly esta blished in the neighbourhood, and while the terri tory is many thousand miles from the English either of the home country or Australia, it is within a few days' sail of a great American city. The first great object of our Government should be to encaurage a large British emigration. We are happy to say that the working classes of the present day are firmly attached to the Government of the mother country, and that even the Irish obey peacefully the law and the constituted colonial authorities wherever they go. A large infusion of English settlers is the primary want of the colony ; they would bring the land under cultivation, thus probably enrich ing themselves more than by seeking their fortunes at the diggings ; they would stand by the Governor, and help in maintaining order; and they would give an English tone of decency and regularity to the administration of ,justice, and, when esta blished, to the Colonial Legislature. Every one in terested in the welfare of British Columbia must do justice to the exertions of Sir E. Lytton, who has organised the staff of officials and improvised a fair Government with praiseworthy readiness. We trust that his attention, or the attention of his successor, will be turned to this question of immi gration ; and it would not be amiss to examine whether English colonists could not be sent across the Isthmus as well as the Americans who proceed to California. The voyage round Cape Horn is a terrible affair of five months, with storms and headwinds a great part of the way. Surely there is no insurmountable difficulty in establishing two lines of emigrant ships,--one for the Atlantic and the other for the Pacific service, and booking a family all through. Of course, it is a question of money, and we do not want the Government to in terfere with private enterprise; but still a Govern ment may give encouragement, or even originate ideas, and the passage of emigrant s across P anama or Tehuantepec seems no more extraordinary than the transport of troops to India by Suez, a scheme about which the official world hesitated greatly. The next subject of anxiety is the financial management of the colony, and on this head the greatest danger is to be feared from Downing street meddling. Australia will probably not recover during this century from the evils inflicted by Lord John Russell's and Earl Grey's Admini strations with respect to the sale of land. In British Columbia we have already the first note of com plaint, which in a few months will probably swell into a chorus, unless, indeed, the settlers take the matter into their own hands, and conquer the alleged official obstinacy by a violation of law. Every one wants to buy land, and the authorities will not sell. Colonel Moody and his sappers are to survey the colony, and when that is done the market will be open, but not before. In the mean while men have been even prevented from esta blishing a sawpit, a first necessity in a new land where houses are built of timber. This prohibition was the result of a belief that the possessor would claim a right of pre-emption when the land came to be. sold. For similar reasons the soil remains uncultivated, and all provisions have to be brought from abroad. This intolerable mismanagement should cease at once. The system adopted in America, and of later years in Canada and Australia, is to allow land to be acquired on CA John P. :inson, 29, both of w. lendar as imperfectl, bar on a charge of .1d of the female prisoner, having been committed for trial on a coroner's warrant. The prisoners were respec tably attired, the man being in deep mourning; and neither of them appeared to be under the in fluence of any very strong emotion, considering the serious position in which they were placed. Dr. Wheeler and Mr. Hopwood appeared for the prosecution ; and Attorney-General Bliss 41. C., and Mr. Campbell Foster for the defence of theprisoners. From Dr. Wheeler's opening statement it ap peared that the male prisoner was recently a book seller in Bradford, and that he' was also the owner of a chapel in which he preached. The female pri soner was the wife of a person who was engaged as an assistant in his shop. Both prisoners were pro lessed-spiritualistsi -and the woman was the man's ' medium " of communication with the spiritual world. On the last day of last year he preached his farewell sermon and took leave of his flock, as he was about to leave Bradford fora distant part of the coun try-. For some time previously a close intimacy had existed between the prisoners, and it was remarked thativhen thaman left the woman disappeared at the same time. Their first appearance afterwards was in Manchester, where they were going about in search of lodgings. They presented themselves at the house of Mrs. Mawdesley, in Hyde-road, and agreed to take a parlour and bedroom at the rate rof 10s. per week, they at the same time represent. ing themselves to be man and wife. They took possession of the rooms the same evening. 'When the prisoners were first at her house Mrs. Mawde sley observed nothing peculiar about the woman, but the following-morning she noticed she was far advanced in pregnancy. She asked how it was she had ventured td travel about when so close upon her confinement, and the prisoner replied that she did not expect it for three months, as she was only six months gone. On the following Monday morn ing the prisoner was delivered of a • female child. Mrs. Mawdesley was indignant with the prisoners for taking her lodgings under such circumstances, but still every necessary attention was paid to the woman. The child was a very healthy . one, but the mother said she did not think it would live, as it breathed very heavily, and two children she had before died soon after their birth. A surgeon was in attendance upon them, but he told the prisoner that it was unnecessary for him to call again, as both mother and child were doing well. This con tinued until Thursday night, when the child died. On the body were found bruises and discolorations, which ultimately led to the suspicion that it had been killed by strangulation. The male prisoner was very anxious to have the body quickly in terred, and having succeeded in, obtaining a certifi cate from the registrar, the burial took place in Ardwick Cemetery, where, in consequence of sub sequent suspicion arising, it was exhumed. Mr. Rix, surgeon, said that • early an Sunday morning the male prisoner came to his place and requested him to attend the confinement of his wife. He went with him to his lodgings, and delivered the female prisoner of a female child. The child was healthy, and appeared to be full grown. He did not say anything about the child being weakly, and unlikely for life. He never said she must not be surprised if the child died at any moment, or that it would die in convulsions. He saw not the slightest symptoms in the child of weakness or convulsions. It appeared to be a perfectly healthy child. On the Thursday the male prisoner came to his house about 10 o'clock in the morning, and stated that the child was dead. When witxess asked why he had not sent fora cloctor, he replied it was early in the morning, and it would be of no use. He asked for a certificate, but witness told him he could not give one, as there would require to be a coroner's inquest. He appeared to be very unwilling to go to the coroner's office, and witness told him he might go to the registrar, and see what he had to say on the subject. He after wards went to see the child, and found the lips were black and the mouth open, and a black mark on the neck under the chin. He had not no ticed the marks before, and if they had been on the child he would have noticed them, as they were so decided marks. Witness and Mr. Jona than Wilson made apost mortenz examination of the body on Saturday, and found it was a full-grown child. The cause of death was congestion on the brain, which was produced by the unnatural pres sure of the veins, which were too full. It was his opinion that the child did not die from natural causes. Several other witnesses were examined. His Lordship summed up strongly in the pri soners' favour, and The jury, without leaving the box, returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoners were or dered to be set at liberty forthwith. THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The week's arrivals of English wheat, coastwise, have amounted to only 1,970 quarters, and fresh up, to-day, by land-carriage, the receipts were very moderate. Although the bulk of the supply on offer found buyers, the demand was by no means active, at Monday's currency. Foreign wheat—the show of which was rather exten sive—met a slow inquiry. In prices, however, no change took place. The few samples of fine barley in the market found buyers at very full prices, but the value of grinding and distilling sorts was rather drooping. In malt, only a limited business was transacted, at late rates. We have a slow inquiry for oats, at Monday's prices, but beans and peas were firmer. The flour trade was in a sluggish state, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English I 1,970 1,480 ; 3,030 ; 1,410 1,590 ish Foreign 6,390 ' 12,620 ' 10,630 730 sks I 1 Uls BOROUGH HOP. We continue to have a steady demand for all new hops, and prices are on the advance. Yearlings are steady. Other qualities are very dull. Mid and East Kent pockets a o ts to 147 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do 648 to 80s „ Sussex do 6os to 72s „ ) LEADENHALL. ar here to-day are seasonably heavy, as follows : the Carcass. s. d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 6to 4 0 Mid. do 4 2to 4 4 Prime do. 4 6to 4 8 Veal 3 10 to 4 8 Small pork to 5s 10d. NEWGATE AN . The supplies of meat on offE extensive, and the trade rules Per 81bs. by s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 4to 3 6 Mid. do. 3 Bto 3 10 Pm.largedo. 4 oto 4 2 Do. small do. 4 4to 4 6 Large pork.. 3 4to 3 8 I Lamb, 4s 10( COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of this article have proceeded with spirit, and of 28,650 packages offered 5,300 were sold at full rates. In the private contract market prices remain exceedingly firm. Common Congou being quoted 13kd per lb. SUGAR.—A fair amount of business has been transacted and late prices have been fully maintained. The better qualities of British West India have in some instances realised a slight advance. A moderate demand has been experienced in the refined market and late rates are filly sustained. COFFEE.—The market has been exceedingly firm, al though the transactions have been limited owing to the small quantity on offer. Plantation Ceylon has been in in creased demand and full rates are current for all descrip tions. - I — ic E .—ltather more activity has prevailed, and previous quotations aro freely supported. RUM.—No sales of any importance have been reported, but prices are steady. Strong brown St. Vincent's sold for Is Ild per proof gallon. SALiPrinE.--Itheciemand has been only moderate, and prices in some instances have slightly receded. Bengals 6} per cent. refraction sold at 39s 3d, and 4 per cent. refrac tion at 40s per cwt. TALLOW.—The market shows rather more firmness, and prices have improved. At public sale Australian sheep sold for 51s 6d to 52s 9d ; and beef, 51s to 535. P.Y.C. on the spot i s quo t e d 53 s 3d ; April to June delivery, 53s ; and last three months, 53s 9d to 54s per cwt. THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.—MEETING IN LlVER rooL.—Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon a meeting of gentle men of all political creeds was held in the Liverpool Town Council Chamber, to consider the propriety of originating a subscription in aid of the Neapolitan exiles now in England. The Mayor (Mr.Wm, Preston) presided. The first speaker was Mr. C. E. Rawlins, who moved " That, deeply sym pathising with the Neapolitan gentlemen w h o h ave just landed on our shores, in the sufferings which they have endured from their attachment to the cause of rational free dom, we most gladly join our fellow-countrymen in a public subscription in their behalf, not only as an expres sion of our sympathy with the oppressed, but as our protest against that tyranny by which they have been driven into unmerited exile." The resolution was seconded by Mr. J. T. Danson, and carried unanimously. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Philip Rathbone, the Rev. J. S. Howson, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone; the two latter gentlemen moving a resolution to the effect that the sub tsrcanripstraiionttesdhotulo t d h b e e E k a e r p l tofopsehnafftoersblu4ryda.ysb aenfodrethteheamoun meet ing dispersed sUbeeriptions were received aluclutting to £123.