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GUILDHALL, 28th March, 1859. -- The Committee for Letting the City's Lands will MEET at Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th April next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive Proposals for a Building Lease, for a term of 80 years, from Lady Day, 1859, of a piece of ground, on the North side of Hart-street, Cripplegate, in the City of London, containing a frontage of about 70 feet. A Plan of the property may be seen, and further particu lars, and forms of tender obtained, upon application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. T HE VICTORIA CROSS.—Early in April the FIRST SERIES OF HISTORICAL PICTURES, Illustrative of this distinguished Order, will be on Exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT. CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND-STREET. This magnificent building- is NOW OPEN to the public, for tie SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. The Photographic Establishment, Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their several departments. ADMISSION FREE. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn, formerly Casino de Venice.—This establish ment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and Matchless beauty of its d ecorations, combined with the per- Th ti e celebrated ban d, fecon of its management, is OPEN every EVENING. uD der th e di rec ti on of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays modern at music, Doors open at half-past 8 ; over t ure at g 32 P u nctually. Admission ls. ARGYLL-.ROOMS, Windmill -street, Piccadilly. These topular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, With . R. Btgnell's Grand O rc h estra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Cbarles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet n player, performs nightly, with other talented maartistes. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, n .mots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. f t akager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten. minutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade. W.8.--All applications for the above band for Concerts and 'Sails, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. It/AN AND HlS past HABITS.—THIS DAY, a t + 7 . 1 .- Three and Half- E, Dr. KAHN Lectures at his unrivalled an ig d ht Original Museum, will 3, delive Tich r botne - street, facing the Haymarket. SYLLABUB. —Ideal of Self-love and Social—The Philosophy and Physiology of Marriage —Happy and Unhappy Union Whom and when to Marry —The Great Social Evil, its real Cure— Philanthropists ancl their Schemes—New Views of Men. and Things—.pangefs or-a r outßoeta of The Uwe Glory of Middle Age M y MAtnoir. t o e. The MumitittrlfiNopep.:datly (fc Alf .t. `rom Twelve till : ' from Seven ti en. • • r of the Models every italf-hour. Admission One Shilho,, , r in cluding Handbook : to which is appended the SHOALS AND QUICKSANDS OF YOUTH. By JOSEPH KAHN, M.D., Graduate in Medicine; Surgery, and Midwifery, of the Im perial University of Vienna, - 4 &c.: free by post for twelve .stamps, direct from the Author, /7, Harley-street, Cavendish square. ALHAMBRA PALACE-THREE WEEKS LONGER.---A BULL FIGHT. A SPANISH BULL FIGHT. This gorgeous pageant, so long in preparation by Messrs. HOWES and GUSHING, will be produced THIS EVENING, April 4th, and continue three weeks longer. in The a Buff-figh Californian in performers having a c t e d as principals t America for upwards of one hun dred 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 proprietors, which has dis tinguished all their undertakings, and made their establish ment so popular is England. The regular Equestrian per formances, the same as last week, will be produced in addition to The the B ull - fight, whi c h t akes place Morning and Evening. Company remain three weeks longer. Two Performances Daily at two and quarter before Eight p.m. Pit, Is.; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 58.; Private Boxes, £2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d. 'HE NORTHFLEET DOCKS and LONDON QUAYS COI ?ANY, LIMITED. OFFICES -10, CANNON-STEET, LONDON, E.C. CAPITAL £1,500,090, 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 ho/ ders. Deposit £2 10s. per Share, £1 of which is to be paid on ap plication. Chair -C airman it —The RigDIRECTORS. ht lion. J. Stu ar t W or tl ey, M.P. of the Bl ac Dehaames Nugent Daniell, Esq. (Ch a i rman Fall, and Tilbury and Southe n d R a il ways). Sir James D Elphinstone, Bart., M.P., Portsmouth William H. urlonge, Esq. (Messrs. Magalhaens, Reay, and Co.), 75, Mark-lane, City Lord Alfred Hervey, .6 St. James's-square. Patrick Douglas liadow: Esq.' (Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Ste Navigation Company). Rear-Admiral R. Lambert, K.C.8., Norbiton place, y. John Dawson Lowden, Esq,, jeotst_er-gardens, Hyde -park. Lieutenant- Colonel Nevin Rober square.t Pulsford, Esq , 58 , sotreet, Berkeley -square. Upper Bel,, rave - street, Belg rave - 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. Jose (With power to add to their n um b er ) . ph Barber, Esq., Brewer's Quay, Lower Thames-street, will join the Board after the formal transfer of his pro- Derty to tbe Company, CONSULTING ENGINEER —.John Hawkshaw, Esq., 33, Great George-street, Westmi ns t er. Il'lorNEEß—Sir Charles Fox, 8, New-street, Spring-gardens. BANKERS--Messrs. Currie and C o., 29, Cornhill, and the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury. SOLICITORS —Messrs. W. Murray, Son, and Hutchins, 11, 211tottE Pirchin-lane. tt s --- Xessrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle- The 13ECR ETARY—James Le Geyt Daniell, Esq. o .lect of the NORTHFLEET DOCKS and LONDON QUAYS COMPANY (Limited), is to provide the Port of London with the following, among other, vanta ges; important ad 'Jill- DOCKS capable of receiving Ships of the largestimag nitude, which a t p resen t canno t b e ac commodated 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 £2,000,000 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 ca ll t o ex ceed .£2 10s._ 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 IsTorthfleet, as well as from the sale of chalk and flints, which will enable the Company, during the construction of the p.works, to d ec l are a dividend upon the Calls as paid u PROSPECTIVE REVENITE.—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 of no 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 Shilling-8 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, Threadneedl e - s t ree t , L on d on ; 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, E s q., D u bli n, from all of whom detailed Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained. riIIiORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every aituldPeorlTal having an interest t in leobmrae oted arnfc economicalanimal food, Wh eh obtain ST= invaluable o during the approaching' * easoli. 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Observe " Tmas Prout, London," on the Government stamp.ho ONNEVaLCALGALVANISM IN THE TREATMENT OF ELF et v ut.rB DEBILITY, ORGANIC WEAKNESS, Art . published, price ls., post free, 13 stamps, .r SELF-RE ' on NER N - 0 MITIES and DISO WEAKNESS, m ore SEIVATION A Medical Treatise Plitticularly in reference to the INFIR DEBILITY and FUNCTIONAL in which very fouseurcliistressing afflictions to causes hood , ns of Life and prematurely de tracing the O r io n o l.u t , i tl3S ofthe GENERATIVE SYSTEM; With Practical Observations which vitiate the ve stroy the vigour of Man on the Cure of these Diseases, cases it is applied without Medical 8 successful without the aid pofaimneodricdinaneger, and 15 frequently BY SAMUEL LA. 3 , tE ,,, 37, BEDFORD-SQUAREI: M.D., abut re persons, A othecaries, R e ik g I I e Doctorsmt e b r e e l .o d to MedicineLli t c h e n e i London o t e no d o f f ot ni t l 1 ei Hospitalun o iv n e d r si t7OfE r 1 a n p gen, Honorary An erroneous impression exists that public Society. &c. an nouncements on these disorders emanate only from u nqualified s gistered practitioners shall ass but as the new Medica u l m A e ct an p y roy m id e e d s ie t a h l at ti n tl o e n , etbhose that are legally qualified can readily be distinguished —a point oe neatll are equally requisite. importance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and gki In the new edition of `Self-Preservation , ' facts of p a „ mount utility are brought together—facts appealing to th e prudence of all who are suffering from affections Which in volve the enfeeblement and ultimate loss of those powers without which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. In cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits, indiscri minate excesses improper diet, hardship, or by injudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author, in con junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, eve n i n cases w h ere re covery had been pronounced impossible. Published by the A.uthor, prioe is., or free by post for thir teen stamps, and may b e had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, London ; Westmacott, chemist, Market-street, Manchester ; J, Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraclough, Fargate, Sheffield ; Rainer, High-street, Southampton ; W. Love, 1 4noch-square, Glasgow ; H. Powell, Westmoreland street, Dublin, or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his resilience, 37, Bedford-square, Loudon.' • , LG L.~~ G'~'. v C-. - t minkahlik 0. 1; - k •,• , • !t, - „ . I • 3 144 . eiv 4p,. ; y 4 ;.4 4 . 11 .# • • 41 ,4 4 \ • - • • - " 1 4141 40 • '7l; ( 111 4 ' ` l' IF* f+ ' • x• L ir , I N AO' de' . •-• ' VS * 7 .R t t 4 Rom 4111 nn _ ~.., - . PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, _ . IN, i sP PER - I- . 4;. :2141:,,,....:411 • - o ' 4 „, ) SPORTING .11' , * 4 t . :" . ' • i r-4 k. ... .. . '7..PA," A WEEK'S SI , t, ' OA , „ 4, ,,,, The only drawbacks from the nitt .I,:oiw, : the racing at - Northampton wc ire fare ~ . ti the sudden change in the weather on the second day. Still the high quality of the sp prt rendered turfi t tes indifferent to the snow and raj) p, and did not pm. vent them from appreciating th al efforts which the Messrs. Marshall made to insure* a great gatheditg. and to meet the requirements of the visitors.. The, reader has already been rendered. familiar with th e principal incidents, but there wire certain proceed. ings on which I hold peculiar op unions, and respect ing which I feel compelled to state my views. The accident which happened: to North Lincoln created quite a sensation, and as - . Wells seemed to have been " riding" the horse at the time of the occurrence many persons believ e that the New market " flyer - - uld have ,been ;Ea 'an under any circumstance. This opinion I cal snot entertain, for the horse is a lazy goer, and requires a good deal of rousing. I still adhere to nly conviction that his mishap alone prevented his sancess. I was a close observer of his fall ; on r(!s•ching the foot path about half-way up the distance his hind legs slipped from under him, and he fell first on to his haunches ; on attempting to vecover himself, he lunged forward, and went on to his head, placing Wells in a very unpleasant and perilous position on his neck. To deny merit to the winner, Chi r p, however, would be absurd, for getting .badly or he was soon up with the leaders, and when North Lincoln fell he came out like a shot from a gun. Luck was certainly dead against the "Baron" at Northampton, for another horse of his, Scribbler, also came down, and I am infor fried that he slid upwards of a hundred yards. before he was recovered. Mr. Parr seemed to be mach an. nosed that North Lincoln was not brought out to face Gaspard, of whose success he- was se C011ii• dent that it is said that he rejected an offer of a compromise which was made by the Baron's party, about a week before the race. After Gaspard's running at Croxton, however, he doubtless thanked fortune for putting the stake at Northampton in his pocket. Gaspard is certainly not an attractive animal, and I shall be much surprised if he again plays a conspicuous part in the Derby betting. The prestige of the Woodyate's stable is likely to be much increased by the success of Bevis and Chirp. William Day is invariably formidable in Spring Handicaps, and the soundness of his judgment is proved by the rarity of his mistakes. Bevis is certainly a rum 'un to look at, but he may be a good 'un to go, although his victory is mainly attributable to the superb condition in which he was sent to the post. His action was light and corky, and he seemed as hard as nails. The dis qualification of Newcastle was most vexatious, and everybody appeared to sympathise with the nomi nator of the horse. When the question was brought before the Stewards, however,they had no alterna- tive but to put the law in force. J. Dawson, however, at one time was inclined to dispute their ruling and run the horse under protest. For this purpose, therefore, the horse was actually saddled and mounted; but on an intimation that the stewards of the Jockey Club would doubtless deal stringently with Mr. J. Dawson if he placed their laws at defiance, the horse was called back. The affair has created great annoyance and dis satisfaction. . I The Spencer's Plate commanded an immense field but the slippery state of the ground must have ma terially damaged the chances of several of the competitors. Cresswell, the rider of Tiara, pre sented a striking contrast to the other jockeys, for, getting off in front, he escaped without a splash of mud on either his face or hi■ bright blue jacket, whilst those behind him were so smothered and begrimed with dirt, " that the mothers that them bore, if they had been in presence there, would not have known their child." The praise which has been bestowed on the management of the meeting was well deserved, albeit it was to be regretted that a. more expe rienced officer had not been employed to discou rage the presence of the " Welshers." Hr. Frail's meetings at Shrewsbury and Lad low look quite formidable on paper by the intro duction of the new Free Handicaps into the pro gramme. Still, although the sport is not likely to be over abundant, yet it will doubtless be sufficient to meet the exigencies of speculation. So many horses, however, have in and out engagements at both meetings, whilst many are also entered at Thirsk, that the winners can after all be merely guessed. For the Great Cleveland Handicap only ten are left in, and of these either Abron or the Greek may add the stake to his winning list. For the Stewards' Cup I must give my preference to Aneurin, and Spicebox will have only the Daniel O'Rourke colt to fear for the Longner Hall Stakes. The Shropshire Stakes may go to either Nosegay or Clara Webster, and the Corporation Plate to Cleman the. The Ludlow Meeting I shall not touch upon, but on Wednesday I will discuss the Thirsk programme. A FRESH MAN. CRIMINAL COU.RT-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. The April Sessions of the Central Criminal Court com menced this morning before the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and the other civic authorities. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said it w as a circumstance of gratification that offences of a violent de scription continued to decrease, and it was also a pleasure to find that the calendar was a very light one, although a month's longer time had elapsed than usual since the last session. There were very few cases involving personal violence, and the charges generally were not of a serious description. There was only one case of manslaughter, which appeared to have arisen from a drunken struggle ; and in another case in which the prisoner was charged with cutting and wounding two of his messmates on board ship, with intent to murder them, he believed it would turn out that the prisoner was insane, and not re sponsible for his actions. The only remaining case to which he considered it necessary to allude w as charge of libel. They would consider the whole of the'facts connected with the case, and if they were of opinion that the prosecutor was the person referred to, then they would return a true bill against the person charged. The grand jury then retired to their room, and after a short interval the trials were proceeded with. / ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. Two lads, named Barnes and Smith, were indicted with feloniously assaulting a person named Skinner, with intent to rob him. Mr. Skinner, in his evidence, stated that, in the afternoon of the Bth of March, he was passing through Crab Tree road, Spitalfields, when he was surrounded by a crowd of boys, who commenced hustling him about, and eventual? he felt some person's hand in his pocket. lie turned round, saw Smith, and collared him, when the other prisoner, to . the best of his belief, drew from his pocket a life preserver and struck him a violent blow on the head, which caused the blood to flow very freely. They all afterward s ran away. gentleman.otlwr wi s tn h e:is, wasnaipnoesidtivS:amanßan:ees was the aidsliewpasersoloon who king An out of the window when she saw both prisoners assau l t t h e struck the gentleman on the head . A police-constable o f the H division, said he apprehended both prisoners. He had known th em f or a t l east f our years as constant assoc iates. In the Spitalfields Police-station y ar d, he heard the prisoner Smith say he would try to pick the man's pocket, but he did not mean to suffer a day's im prisonment for what "Lefler" had done. By " Letter" he meant the prisoner. He (witness) knew the prisoner from having constantly heard him called "Letter" for a long time. Mr. Ribton, who defended Barnes, said that as there was a doubt about the identity of one of the prisoners, it was just possible the prosecutor might be mistaken as to the other. The other witness did not satisfactorily identify the prisoner. Altogether the case was one surrounded with so much doubt that he confidently expected a verdict of acquittal. The jury found both prisoners guilty. Six summary convictions having been proved against Barnes, and four against Smith, The Recorder sentenced Barnes to four years' penal ser vitude, and Smith to 18 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIvAL.—On Saturday a meeting of the committee for conducting the next musical festival at Norwich—which will be held in the usual arm in 1860—was convened at the resid ence of Mr. R. Seron, the hon. secretary. Arrangemen ts were made for thp ap- pointment of the working sub - c ommittee, to., an fund now d the grati fying statement was made that the guarantee tumults to £3,000. SALE OF SADDLERY, HARNESS, WOOD, AND OLD STORES, THE RICHARD (LIGHTER), ONE BARGE, ONE BOAT, CARTS, BARRELS, &c. BY 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 ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. TWO FREEHOLD COUNTRY HOUSES AT -a- HENDON, near the Church, about 6 miles N.W. of London, on the road to Mill Hill. DOWNAGE MANSION, suitable for a large establishment, two coach-houses, and stables for five horses, a large kitchen-garden and pleasure grounds, with meadow about 11 acres. More land may be had. Also, DOWN HOUSE, with large garden, stable. and coach-house. There are also TWO COTTAGES, and plots of plantation, and a field suitable to the erection of houses, part of the same estate. To be LET or SOLD, sepa rately, or together. If sold, part of the purchase money may remain on mortgage.—lnquire of Mr. Donne, carpenter, &c., in the town of Hendon. TN the matter of the Joint-Stock Companies' Winding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the " PRO TESTANT LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIA TION." By direction of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kin dersley, the Judge of the High Court of Chancery, to whose Court this matter is attached, and by whose order the wind ing up of the above-mentioned Association is proceedl=, Notice is Hereby Given, that 12/Er Honour purposeswn MON DAY, the eighteenth day of April, TM% at Two o'clock in 1./te afternoon, at his Chambers, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's inn, Middlesex, to proceed to make a call upon all the Con tributories of the said Association, and the said Judge pur poses that such call shall be for ten pounds ten shillings per Share. All parties interested are entitled to attend at such day, hour, and place, to offer objections to such cal'. Dated this 28d day of March, 1859. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. MARTEN, THOMAS, and HOLLAMS, Mincing-lane, London, Solicitors to the Official Manager. LECTURZ! AT THE INNS OF COURT. The following is a prospectus of the lectures to be delivered during the ensuing educational term by the several Readers appointed by the Inns of Court : CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL HISTORY. The public lectures on Constitutional Law and Legal History will comprise the following period:— The Reader will trace the rise and progress of our Constitution from the reign of Richard 11. to the accession of the House of Brunswick. In his private classes the Reader will continue the course he is engaged in, which has reached the year 1683, till the Revolution ; and will then enter upon a new series, beginning with the reign of Henry 11. The books to which the Reader will refer are : " Blackstone's Commentaries," by Kerr; " Hallam's Constitutional History," " Appendices to Hume's History," " Hayes's History of Conveyancing," " Rapin's History of the Period," " State Trials" (during the period), " Butler's Notes on Uses and Trusts," in his edition of " Coke upon Littleton," " Millar's History of the Constitution," " Statute Book" (of the period), " Fortescue (Amos)," " Cla rendon's Life and History," " May's History," " Professor Creasy's Work on the Constitution," _ _ . _ " Parliamentary History of the Period," " Ralph's History." EQUITY. The Reader on Equity proposes to deliver during the ensuing educational term a course of 10 lectures on the following subjects:- 1. The Jurisdiction of Equity in matters of Ac count and Set-off. 2. On Partnership. 3. On Relief in Cases of Mistake and Accident. 4. On Frauds. The Reader will continue with the senior and junior classes the general courses of equity already commenced. He will also continue in both classes to explain the leading rules of pleading in equity, from the work of Lord Redesdale. THE LAW OF REAL PROPERTY. The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes to deliver in the ensuing educational term a course of 10 public lectures on the following sebjects :- 1. The Law of Fixtures. 2. Powers and Trusts for Sale. 3. Conditions of Sale. 4. The Law of Life Assurance. In his private classes the Reader on the Law of Real Property will, where necessary, refer more particularly to the cases cited in the public lectures, and he will pursue his course of real property law, using the work of Mr. Joshua Williams as a text book. JURISPRUDENCE AND THE CIVIL LAW. The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law proposes in the course of the ensuing educational term to deliver 10 public lectures on the following subjects :- 1. International Law, so far as its principles depend on those of the Roman law. 2. The Early History of Written Law. 3. The Early History of Equity. 4. The Early History of Civil Process. 5. Principles of Classification in Jurisprudence. With his private class the Reader will begin by discussing the subject of Roman Testamentary Law. He will then consider several departments of the more modern civil Law, using as his text book the work of Mackeldey called " Systema Juris Romanie hodie Usitati." On certain days he will read selected titles of the " Digest." COMMON LAW. The Reader on Common Law proposes to deliver during the ensuing educational term 10 public lectures as under : Prior to the recess the Reader will lecture on the Law of Torts and Actions ex Delicto of ordinary occurrence. After the recess the lectures will embrace the following subjects connected with Criminal Law-- 1. The Elementary Principles of our Criminal Law. 2. Criminal Procedure. 3. Specific Offences-1, against the Person ;2, against Property. 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The Smoking and Chess room combines comfort and elegance. The lavatories, vesti bules, and spacious entrance, with the general unique arrange ments, ensure an acknowledgment that this noble Mansion is worthy of its title—THE PATRICIAN. Orders, addressed to J. HOLMES and CO., The Patrician, New Coventry-street, will have the best attention. N.B.—Open at Five on Sunday. Y NOT PRESERVE YOUR HAY ; . RICK CLOTHS, New and Second-hand, At BENJAMIN EDGINGTON'S, 2, Duke-street, London-bridge, S.E., and West-end. 32, Charing-cross. • MARQUEES, TENTS, &c. Illustrated Catalogue free. EPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London.—This excellent preparation, originally pro duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London. HART'S PATENT ECONOMISING GAS BURNER, the great desideratum of the age to all con sumers of Gas. By its use the objections to the introduction of Gas into private dwellings are removed, inasmuch as every particle of gas, on reaching the orifice of the burner, is fairly consumed, and thus the diffusion of those noxious vapours so injurious to health, and destructive to works of art, bindings of books, &c., is entirely prevented. The burner can be fitted by the most inexperienced hand to any chandelier or bracket. May M be had at the Depot, 69, Fleet-street, E.C., price Two Shillings each : one sent on receipt of 30 postage stamps. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. IVOTHERSPOON & CO., GLASGOW AND LONDON. quently lecture on Criminal Ltw, treating it ac cording to the plan above inctated. The text books for reference will be "Smith's Leading Cases," " Archbold's Criminal Pleading," and " Stephen's Commentaries." By order of the Council. EDWARD RYAN, Chdrman pro tem. Council-chamber, Lincoln's-inn March 28. The following are the days and hours for the delivery of the public lectures bi the Readers ap pointed by the Inns of Court, and br the attendance of the private classes : The Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal History.—Public lectures, Wednesdays, 2 p.m., at Lincoln's-inn-hall. First lecture on the 20th of April. Private Lectures.—Tuescays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from half past 9 to half past 11 a.m. First class meets on the 28th of April. Classes meet in the Benchers' realing-room. The Reader on Equity.-=-Public lectures, Thurs days, 2 p.m., at Lincoln's-inn-hall. First lecture on the 21st of April. Private Lectures.—Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at a quarter past 3 and a quarter past 4 p.m. First class neets on the 27th of April. Classes meet in the Thnchers' reading room. The Reader on the Law of Real Property, &c.— Public lectures, Fridays, 2 p.m., at Gray's-inn-hall. First lecture on the 15th of April: Private Lectures. —Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at a quarter to 12 a.m. to a quarter to 2 p.m. First class meets on the 18th of April. Classes meet in the north library. The Reader on jurisprudence and Civil Law.— Public lectures, Tuesdays, at 2 p.m., at the Middle Metric- Hall. First-het - are din the 1 Clth a April. Private Lectures.—Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sa turdays, at a quarter to 4 p.m. First class meets on the 21st of April. Classes meet at No. 3, Gar den-court, Temple. The Reader on the Common Law.—Public lee tires, Mondays, 2 p.m., at the Inner Temple Hall. ' First lecture on the 18th of April. Private Lec tures.—Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at a quarter to 12 to a quarter to 2 p.m. First class meets on the 19th of April. Classes meet at the Inner Temple Hall. The first public lecture in this term will be de livered by the Reader on the Law of Real Property, &c., on Friday, the 15th of April, at 2 p.m. The public lectures and private classes will be suspended after Thursday, the 21st of April, for the Easter Holydays, and resumed on and after Wed nesday, the 27th of April. They will be again suspended after Thursday, the 12th of May next, and will be resumed at the appointed hours on and after Thursday, the 2d of June. The educational term commences on the 15th of April, and ends on the 31st of July, subject to a deduction of the days above enumerated. THE MINISTERIAL C.RISIS. (From the Morning Herald.) Lord John Russell and those who voted with him on Friday morning have prostituted a great ques tion to party purposes. There was a growing dis position, both amongst members of Parliament and the public generally, to treat this important sub ject on purely national grounds. The member for London, however, stepped in with a hostile amend ment, calculated to fetter the free action of the executive and to postpone the settlement of the controversy. Before the opinion of the House of Commons on the merits of the bill could be ascer tained Lord John Russell unfurled his factious banner and made one last bid for power. His con duct was severely condemned by his own adherents, and many of those who voted with him openly dis claimed any share in such petty tactics, alleging, as an excuse for their vote, that they dared not desert their party. Under the circumstances, we are not surprised that in every circle of sooiety these factious proceedings are denounced. The member for London and the ravenous bands of place hunters may bay the moon in angry disappoint ' ment. They have, by wanton attacks upon the responsible advisers of the Crown, at a period of unparalleled difficulty, shown their utter incapacity, for assuming the helm. Doubtless, for the last two days Lord John Russell has waited in eager expec tation the summons to attend the Queen. Duly apparalleled and prepared has he -remained at home, lest by temporary absence he might lose a, ° b ane .. H ow _ar a earily-smows*....h.s.....cdur-lsernivrh. • waned ; how small the consolation Afforded b the false rumours with which the columns of subser vient organs have teemed ! Neither oracle nor master were consulted, for states may happily be saved without such interference. The hero of the factious assault has been subjected to that severe discipline which men of large ambition and mean capacity so often bring upon themselves. Great may be the expectations created by their wicked plots, but justice and fair dealing cannot be outraged with impunity, and some protecting deity appears at the right moment to turn aside the envenomed dart, and to cheat conspirators of their prey. This evening explanations will be given by members of the Cabinet in both Houses of Parlia ment respecting the course to be adopted, and it is not our intention to attempt to anticipate these confidential communications. Suffice it to say that the absurd rumours circulated by interested persons are altogether devoid of foundation. Lord Derby understands his duty to his Sovereign and the country better than these intriguers and their ready tools can tell him; and the manner in which the crisis is to be encountered will, when announced, give general satisfaction. The conduct of the chiefs of the new coalition meets with almost universal condemnation. They have rejected the chance of a fair settlement of the reform con troversy, and, without pledging themselves to any thing 'definite, have made common cause with the ultra-Radicals. The truth of this assertion may be gleaned from the tone adopted by the ultra- Radical writers. They point with exultation to the 330 members of the House of Commons who became the dupes of Mr. Bright, adding that by their votes they have pledged themselves to sup port a genuine measure of reform. Nor do they seek to delude the public as to the nature of that reform. A general disfranchisement of the small boroughs, manhood suffrage, and vote by ballot, are to be chief ingredients of the new bill. The member for London has become the slave of Mr. Bright, and bows in humble submission to his will. For every home-thrust which he received during the debate he turned anxiously to the member for Birmingham for consolation. The inter change of glances, the frequent whisperings, the gentle taps on the shoulder, that marked the intercourse between these quondam rivals, at tracted the attention of several gentlemen of the House of Commons. Ancient Whiggery was coquetting with upstart Radicalism, and wonders were predicted as the results of the new coalition. Lord John Russell was to be the nominal ruler, while Mr. John Bright pulled the strings. We do not wonder that some members of the band, to whom Whiggery was something better than the shadow of a name, felt that they had fallen into bad company, and asked questions to which no answer was returned. The change that has come over Mr. Bright since he commenced intriguing on his own account is really remarkable. It may be said of him, that " He was wont to speak plain, and to the purpose, like an honest man and a soldier ; and now is he turned orthographer ; his words are a very fantas tical banquet, just so many strange dishes." This sturdy champion of democratic changes has learnt to bow and cringe with the rest. Everybody remem bers the bill introduced with such flourishes in the autumn, with the threat that it should be laid upon the table of the House of Commons. On the night that the Government Reform measure was read a first time the threat was repeated, and our legislators were told that the awful moment had arrived at which the terrible feat was to be performed. Sud denly a coalition was formed between Mr. Bright, Lord John Russell, and others, and it was dis covered that the production of the democratic scheme might be attended with inconvenience. Then Mr.:Bright, who denounces anything like sharp practices in others, consented to dissemble like the rest, and declared that he would not bring forward his scheme. This was the first act in the drama of insincerity. Of course Mr. Bright was constrained to make a speech during the recent debate. This afforded the opportunity for another clever transformation, and so the honourable gentleman wore a mask and exchanged fierce denunciation for gentle remonstrance and fair language. Beng called upon to play the part of Bottom in the political masque, he readily adapted himself to the task. His performance was quite as successful as if he had pledged him self in explicit terms, and, like his great prototype, exclaimed :—" I will aggravate my voice so that I will roar you as gently as any sucking dove; I n will roar an 'twere any nighti nga l e ." Th is was the deception, or the second ac t i n th e d egr ading drama. When Lord John Russell's resolution:was put to the vote Mr. Wyld introduced his amend ment in favour of the ballot. Mr. Bright and his immaculate friends understood the periland walked out of the House of Commons, beeausa they had not the courage to give an honest vote. These legislators who, in such fierce language, have de nounced trickery and deception of all kinds, were guilty of one of the - worst political frauds ever per petrated in the House of Commons. They endea voured to defeat the Government Reform Bill, by selecting one portion of the same for censure, and they did this without declaring what was to be substi tuted. When a chance was offered for a fair expres sion of opinion on another point, they refused to open their lips. Such was the last act in their ex traordinary duplicity, and we ask the people of England whether they would commit their desti nies to men who make such high-sounding pledges and whose actions are so base ? By his conduct during the last month Mr. Bright has utterly destroyed the only reputation which he ever en joyed, namely, that of being perfectly honest, and incapable of participating in mean intrigues. He has shown that he can plot, like other politicians, in order to obtain power, and that he is as adroit a tactician as those with whom he herds. Had these opponents raised their objections in a constitutional manner, and waited until the provi sions of the bill could be discussed in committee, we should not have complained. But to select two out of eighty clauses, and to force a false isssue, was the most factious and unjust course that could by any possibility be conceived. It proved that they recoiled from a fair encounter on the actual merits of the bill, and that it was only on cunningly devised artifices that they could. rely to obstruct its pro gress. That such desperate tactics should result in shame and humiliation to their promoters will not excite surprise. People of every class and grade do not hesitate to condemn the disgraceful conduct of this coalition. It is generally admitted that Lord Derby and his colleagues have done the State some service, and the least they had a right to expect from the present House of Commons was that fair play which the public are determined to give. Short, indeed, has been the triumph of in trigue. The vote had scarcely been given ere it was condemned, and many who helped to swell the ma jority have since admitted that it was a fatal error, for which retribution has already commenced. They provoked the struggle, and on their heads must the consequences rest. RAILIVAI' INTELLIGENCE. Annexed is an abstract of the railway intelligence of the week :—At a meeting of the Scottish Central the proposed dividend at the reduced rate of 51 per cent. per annum was declared. The reduction has been caused by the commercial depression, which, however, had not been felt by the Scottish Central until the commencement of the past half-year. The traffic is said to be now rapidly increasing, especially in goods, The report of the Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin) states that the works are being prosecuted with vigour. In St. Ann's Valley an unexpected landslip has caused some delay, but after great exertion the difficulty has been over come. Partly from this mishap and partly from the rainy season the line is not so forward as had been hoped. The directors are taking measures to have the company replaced on the Stock-Exchange. The balance of the receipts of the Forth and Clyde for the half-year ending in January amounts to £3,894, and, after providing for interest on debentures and preference stock, a distribution on the ordinary capital is recommended at the rate of 21 per cent. per annum. At a meeting of the Cape Town it was announced that since the last meeting im portant and satisfactory amendments have been made in the agreement with the colonial Govern ment. The contract for the construction of the railway from Cape Town to Wellington has been concluded. The whole of the works, exclusive of rolling stock, but including the interest on the shareholders' capital during construction, are to be completed for £400,000 within two and a-half years from last October. The prosperity of the colony was said to be steadily increasing. The Epsom and Leatherhead and Wimbledon and Dorking have agreed to the construction of a new and indepen dent station at Epsom for joint use. The Welling ton and Severn Junction Railway is finished, and will be opened in about a month. At a meeting of the Scinde arid Punjab it was announced that the works on the former line are progressing satisfac torily, and that a small portion has been opened from the town and camp of Kurrachee to the har bour. There are great hopes of the establishment ofts-ftear-traflo, the-Nraileylef the Indus _boing poen- Early suitable for the cultivation of that crop. The trade in silk and cotton will also be considerable. The Government have determined on expending £lOO,OOO in the improvement of the harbour of Kurrachee. On the Punjab line satisfactory pro gress is being made under native contractors. The model vessels for the navigation of the Indus have succeeded beyond anticipation. The construction of the South Wales mineral line is proceeding steadily, and the western section from the tunnel to the docks will be opened in the autumn. The report of the Illinois Central states that the working expenses in the year 1858 show a saving, compared with 1857, of 21 per cent. There has been a falling off in the traffic, from the failure of the harvest and the commercial crisis, of £62,500, of which only £9,000 was in the local business. The floating debt has been reduced to £89,000. Satisfactory explanations have passed between the directors and Mr. Cobden, a member of the English committee. A loan of X 150,000 has been negotiated in London. THE LATE MR. ALDERMAN ANDREWS, OF SOUTRAMPTON. The remains of the late Mr. Richard Andrews were interred in the cemetery on Saturday after. noon, amid demonstrations of regret by thousands of the inhabitants, who accompanied the corpse to its last resting place. The funeral procession, which was of great length, left the private resi dence of the deceased in Portland-street at two o'clock, and passed through crowded streets, nearly every shop having its shutters closed, and flags floating at half-mast from the public and private buildings in the town. The whole of the men and boys employed in his carriage factory walked at the head of the procession, three abreast, 12 of the men who had been in his employ 29 years accompanying the hearse, and acting as pall-bearers as the cortege passed through the cemetery grounds. The mayor, magistrates, aldermen, councillors, and public officials attended in mourning coaches and a large number of the inhabitants followed in carriages, succeeded by a numerous body of the members of the Odd Fellows, Foresters ; and other provident societies (of which Mr. Andrews yam a warm friend and supporter), the whole attired in plain mourn ing. Despite the unfavourable state of the weather there were thousands of people in the cemetery, and the sorrow which sat upon every countenance marked the extent of the loss sustained in the death of this remarkable man. All the evening the bells of the parish churches rang muffled peals. Mr. Andrews, who was in the 61st year of his age, died on the previous Monday morning, after four or five months' severe and painful illness. Born in a humble village of Hampshire, on the 18th of De cember, 1798, the first years of his life were passed in obscurity and poverty, working as a farm lad at 3d. a day, from 9 to 12 years of age ; then getting employ as a sawyer, next as a blacksmith, but always with aspirations for some thing better. In 1821 he came to Southampton with half-a-crown in his pocket (the sum total of his earthly property), and got work as a journeyman coachmaker in Mr. Jones's factory, where he was employed for seven years, when, with the money saved during that period from his wages, he started in business in an humble way on his own account. From that time his course was onward and upward, his indomitable energy, inte grity, and industry, carving out for himself a posi tion of wealth and honour as a tradesman and a name and a reputation for public spirit which will long survive him. He successively served the offices of Town Councillor, Alderman, Sheriff, Mayor (five times), and Magistrate of the borough. He was always firm and faithful to his principles, but con ciliated and made fast friends of those who con scientiously differed from him. As a tradesman he became the leading coachmaker in the South of England, building carriages for the Queen and most of our nobility, and sending specimens of his manufacture to every part of the world. He has left a widow and two sons. LORD CAMPBELL ON MARRIAGE WITH A DE CEASED WIFE'S SISTER.—Lord Campbell writes to the Scotsman, regretting that his judicial duties on the Midland Circuit prevented his being present at the debate in the House of Lords on the second reading of the bill for legalis ing marriages between widowers and the sisters of their deceased wives. His lordship says :—" I should have been proud during the debate to have proclaimed the abhorrence with which almost universally this innovation is viewed in my native country. Although Scotland was not included in the bill, Scotland did well to petition against it ; for an additional objection to it was that it proposed to establish a different law as to the essentials of the marriage con tract in different parts of the United Kingdom, and if the bill were to pass, Scotland could not long maintain her existing cherished law against incestuous marriages which I believe to be agreeable to Scripture, which is sanctioned by the Confession of Faith, and by a Scottish act of Par liament, and which is so highly conducive to the purity and happiness of domestic life." POETICAL READING'S. The Assembly Rooms of the Eyre 'arms, St. John's-wood, presented a very animated appear ance from the crowded audience which filled it on Thursday night, and who were drawn thither by the announcement that the Rev. J. M. Bellew would give one of those Poetical Readings for which he is so celebrated in the provinces as well as in the metropolis. The task which Mr. Bellew had imposed upon himself had for its end an object of an exclusively philanthropic character—viz., to secure if pos,sible the election of one out of a family of ten destitute children into that excellent and well known insti tution, the St. Ann's Society. The Readings comprised a selection from some of the principal poets of the English language, commencing with Milton and Shakspere, and end ing with Tennyson and Longfellow. Mr. Bellew displayed his versatility of talent and complete command over every emotion by the ease with which he passed " from grave to gay, .frOm lively to severe.' Where all was excellent it would be difficult and invidious to particularise; but were we called on to do so, we think we should mention the scene from Shakspere's Henry the Eighth, between Cardinal Wolsey and Cromwell; " The Bridge of Sighs ;" " The Chapel Bell," by Charles Swaine, and the selections from Tennyson, as those that impressed us most amongst the serious pieties ; and the selections from the " In goldsby Legends" as those that were best among those of a humorous character. It will be remembered that our journal was amongst the first to give its warm support to the London Public Reading Society, of which Mr. Bellew is one of the most distinguished members ; and if any one wishes now to see the extent of the attraction that lies in public reading, and would ; desire to know in some measure how far this intel- lectual amusement may be made an instrument of good among the masses, we say, attend Mr. Bellew's next Reading, on behalf of the same object, at St. Martin's Hall, on the 13th instant, and learn what a charm this art possesses, alike over minds cultivated•and uncultisated. THE EXTRAVAGANCE OT WALTER WATTS. But £2OO a year would not pay for young Watts' gloves and cigars, much less his town house and his country house, his carriages and horses, his opera box, his banquets, and his hundred other sources of expenditure, to say nothing of his thea trical speculation. He was a young man of great discernment, quick apprehension, and not over burdened with moral principle. He found, in the conduct of the financial affairs of the Globe Assurance Company, --------- - ------------------- an inexcusably lax system, which his in genious mind saw might be made conducive to his own pecuniary profit ; and, after some short consideration, he proceeded to turn it to account. His position gave him access to the most valuable of the books—the cheque-books and the banker's books; and, by a system artfully conducted, he fraudulemtly obtained funds which, by passing through his own bankers, lulled suspicion, and was, after all, only through a comparative accident discovered, though his expen sive style of living, and his heavy theatrical en gagements which it was well known could only be conducted at a large sacrifice, should have long before attracted the notice of the directors, and led to the proper and necessary investigation. • The City life of Walter Watts merged more in the duties of his office, where from ten till four he was supposed to be following the ordinary routine of official responsibility. His attendance, though punctual, involved no heavy labour ; it was mere check work, which, from the loose system adopted, resolved itself into no check at all, and consequently he had the greater time and opportunity to arrange the preliminaries of those frauds which he subse quently followed out with so large a share of tem porary success. These he no doubt at first perfected by a slow and gradual process ; but confidence once attained by the ease with which he arranged his malpractices, induced the perpetration of frauds which, originally commencinc , with hundreds of pounds, eventually terminated by turning those hundreds into thousands. His City life over, he frequented his West-end haunts, and divided his attention between sporting and other gay amuse ments, until he_launched into that adventurous career as lessee of two theatres, having first adopted the Marylebone, and after the well-known " neat little house" in Wych-street.—Facts, Failures, and Frauds. THE LITERARY FUND. A paragraph has recently gone the round of the newspapers, to use a current and significant phrase, professing to inform the public of the nature and object of the negotiation lately opened with the Literary Fund by Mr. Charles Dickens and the Rev. Whitwell Elwin. According to this para graph, which speaks with an air of authority, Mr. Charles Dickens, acting on behalf of a friend whose name has not yet transpired, has made to the Lite rary Fund the " noble offer" of a large library of books, and the sum of £lO,OOO, on condition that certain changes shall be adopted in the institution. The Spectator, improving upon the statement, goes into some circumstantial details. The library con sists of from 15,000 to 17,000 volumes : the dona tion in money is not £lO,OOO, but £17,000, of which £5,000 is to be derived from the Guild of Literature, being the amount lying dead in the hands of the surviving managers of that enterprise, and the re maining £12,000 is to be contributed by an anony mous benefactress, who is conjectured by our con temporary to be Miss Burdett Coutts ; and the con dition which it appears Miss Coutts, or the benefac tress, whoever she nay be, requires is, that the Literary Fund shall carry into effect the views of the "Reformers." Lord Chesterfield has very judici ously observed that whatever is worth doing is worth doing well ; and it may not, we think, be ill to apply this practical maxim, with a slight alteration, to the functions assumed by the authors of news paper paragraphs. Whatever is worth relating to the public is worth relating accurately. Now, in thisinstance, notwithstanding the special informa tion which the writers seem to possess, the state ments they have but forward respecting Mr. Dickens's negotiation with the Literary Fund are utterly erroneous. We certainly should not have considered the matter, while it is yet in abeyance, a legitimate subject for discussion ; nor shall we enter upon any . discussion of the question at pre sent ; but, as it is important to prevent a false im pression from being made on the public mind before the time for discussion shall have arrived, we feel it due to the interests of truth to correct the grave errors into which the journals have fallen. The " noble offer," which looks in the paragraph as if a benefaction of £lO,OOO, or, as the Spectator has has it, £17,000, were about to be added to the capital of the fund, really consists in the offer of a library, accompanied by a sum of £lO,OOO to be spent exclusively upon its maintenance. In consi deration of this gift of books, it is required of the fund that it shall, it its own cost, procure a new charter, for the purpose of making certain organic changes in its constitution. The time when it is proposed that the books and the £lO,OOO shall come to the fund is remote and indefinite, being dependent on the termination of two persons' lives; but the condition insisted on is that the new charter shall be obtained at once. Upon the character of this proposition we will make no observation. We desire only that the public should understand what it is; and that, instead of offering a donation of money to the fund, it requires the fund to incur a positive outlay for an alteration in its constitution, the advantages of which are at least problematical. We understand that the opinions of the council and the vice-presidents have been taken upon the proposition, and that it is now under the considera tion of the committee ,—Literary Gazette. THE NEW LIBRARY IN THE MIDDLE TEMPLE. —Since the foundation-stone of this large building was laid, in August last, very considerable progress bas been made with the works, although the walls are being all con structed of stone, and most of the windows—some of which are on a large scale, and to be filled with elaborately moulded tracery—together with all other portions of orna mental - and other masonry, are to be executed in the sam material. The walls are now carried up above the sills of the second floor windows, and their embattled transoms are being fixed. The circular stone staircase at the north end is in an advanced state, and the sill of the great northern win dow is already set. The timb er roof, which, w also nearl hen complete, will be a fine example of carpentry, is y in readiness, being in preparation at the contractor's extensive premises in the Belvedere-road, and will, we tui . derstand, be ready for fix in g as soon as the walls are raised to the proper height to re ceive it, so thatno time will be lost. We are informed that the bookcases will range all round the principal library, to the height of abou t nine feet, above which the walls %vill be faced with Bath stone, brought to a fine face. The large principals of the roof will rest firmly on l ar ge moulded and en riched stone corbels, of v ery effect iv e design. When co m p leted, the new buildin g will form one of the largest and handsomest libraries of the kind in Lon eris; t m he r. ar n chi ow te la c n t d f , or th th e e a s e tru rk etti of re w ; or M ks r ; Lon don, in the Don2estic Gothic style of architecture. H. It. Myers the and dr. 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