The Sun. — London, England, 1862-04-19 00:00:00

Ni " THE NAVY- The screw steam frigate Shannon, 35, Capt. James T. B. Wainwright, which left Lisbon on the 2d inst., arrived in Plymouth Sound at midnight on Thursday, and yesterday (Good Friday) morning saluted the flag of Port Admiral Sir Houston Stewart, K.C.B. The screw steam gun vessel Hind, tender to the Russell, 60, at Falmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday evening with a detachment of Royal Marines, whose time of service on board the Coast guard ship had expired. The Defence, 18, screw, iron frigate, was placed in No. 10 dock at Portsmouth yesterday. Her crew have been berthed on board the Bellerophon hulk, while the ship is being docked. In our report of the Black Prince's trial yester day the immersion of the screw was mentioned in. stead of emersion. The lower masts for the ship have been brought down to the sheer jetty of the dockyard, preparatory to muting her, which it is understood will be done at once, and prior to the next trial of her rudder, stripped of its temporary -wooden easing. Should this course be followed her trials of Wednesday will be deprived of any value, as no comparative results can be drawn from two trials of the same ship, the one without masts and at a light draught, and, the other with her masts in and at deeper draught. By the terms of a circular issued from the Admiralty, Assis tant Engineers of her Majesty's Navy are invited to enter for competitive examinations at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, to qualify themselves for appointmeut as As sistant-Inspectors of machinery in the factory of her Majesty's Dockyards as vacancies may occur, several such being likely to take place in a short time. The age of candidates must not be under 25 nor above 36 years. The Russian corvette Guiden, screw, 11 guns, Commander Kopitoff, from China, last from the Cape of Good Hope arrived at Spithead yesterday. She is bound for' Cronstadt. THE ARMY. Ar e - inspection of the troops in Portsmouth garri e"en took place on Thursday on Southsea Common. The troops formed up in quarter-distance column by 10 a.m., at which time his Royal Highness the Doke of Cambridge arrived on the ground, accom panied by Sir Rielard Airey, Quartermaster-Gen., and Col. Clifton, aide-de-camp. At the head of the troops was Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C.B.,Lieut.- Governor of the garrison, and commanding the wrath-west district, attended by a numerous staff. ?After inspecting the troops in their position, the Duke took up his stand at the saluting point, and the force marched past in open columns of compa nies, quick time, the bands being massed in front of the saluting point. The field batteries of artillery, under Col. Anderson, came first in demi-batteries, consisting of 12 12-pounder Armstrong guns, with Embers, ammunition waggons, &c., 11 officers, 314 non - comaksioned officers and men, and 186 . horses. Next folio- eeed the 6th brigade of Garrison Artillery, under tb .e command of Col. Warde, comprising 19 officers and 357 non-commissioned officers and men. The I .st Battalion of the sth Fusiliers, succeeded, ne?eer Col. Masters, with 19 officers and 412 non cremmiseioned officers and men. The sth were fol lowed by the 2d battalion 18th Royal Irish, under Col. Chapman, with 20 officers and 405 non-com missioned officers and men. Next came the 49th, under Col. Adams-11 officers and 267 non-com- , missioned officers and men. The 2d battalion 50th Rifles followed, Col. Palmer in command, with 12 officers and 357 non-commissioned officers and men. The Rifles were succeeded by the Royal Marine -Artillery, under Col. Tate, who turned out eight strong companies, bringing up the rear. The troops next marched past in grand divisions of companies, there being two companies thrown into one—a novel feature in the new drill book, reserved for occasions of marching past. The Field Artillery led in batteries. The marching past was finally brought to a conclusion by the field batteries pass ing by at a smart trot. The troops were next formed into two brigades, with a battery of field artillery to each, and, deploying into line on the leading divisions, opened ranks and gave another Royal salute, which closed the proceedings, commanding officers being called to the centre and shortly ad dressed by his Royal Highness. The marching past of the whole of the troops was exceedingly steady and soldierlike ; that of the 6th brigade of Artillery exciting a good deal of favourable comment from military men on the ground, not engaged in the operations, and especially so when marching by in grand divisions of companies. The marching of the sth Fusiliers was also much admired. Exclusive of the Marine Artillery, there were 2,206 of all ranks under arms. In the afternoon his Royal Highness inspected the troops stationed at Gosport on Hasler Common, and during the day went on beard the iron frigate Defence, 18, screw, Capt. R. Ashmore Powell, C. 8., in the dockyard, accompanied by his Staff, Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., and Rear-Admiral Superin tendent the Hon. George Grey. The Duke of Cambridge left Portsmouth yester day morning, with Sir Richard Airey and Colonel Clifton, in the Fi re Q ueen steam yac h t for Southamp ton; and was to proceed thence by the half-past two o'clock train to Portland. Duffing his stay in Ports mouth the Duke has been the guest of Lord W. Paulet. e The sth Dragoon Guards, who are at present under orders to leave Norwich, Ipswich, and Northampton for Ireland, received the "route" on Thursday, and will commence their movements to the Western Coast on Monday. The regiment will embark at Liver pool on Monday. On Thursday morning 30 rank and file of the sth Pusiliers, under the command of Lieut. Hoare, left 'the camp at Colchester to join the service companies of their regiment at Portsmouth. Lieut. Waring, Connaught Ranger 3, will join the headquarters of his regiment in India in July. One of the usual - periodical field days at the camp took place on Wed nesday, in the presence of Col. Grey, Commandant of the station. Capt. Protheroe, Ist battalion 6th Foot, has received leave of absence till the arrival of his corps in England ; Capt. Goodwin, of the 2d battalion, until the 23d of May ; and Capt. Bayley, of the 54th, until he embarks for India. The Flying Cloud arrived last night at Ports mouth from China. She brought Capt. Montgomery, 2d Foot ; Lieuts. Morris and Gosling, Assist. Surg. Doran, and 112 men of the 60th Rifles; Capt. Mid- I burst, his wife, and four children ; Ensign Cotton and two men of the 99th Regiment, 11 men of the B capital Corps, and 97 invalids. The Rifles landed at oi.' - 'tsmouth, but the remainder will proceed to u rireSend in the ship. A 4 areerous body of Sappers and Miners of' the Ro y a l lingineers have commenced the demolition of the entire series of batteries, sunken, half-sunken, and elevated , together with the parallels, maga zines, sae ; 'B, m i nes, and other engineering works erected on the practising-ground of the Royal En ver establishmellt at Chatham by the Royal and Indian Engineers during the vast year, in order that preparations may be commenced for forming the necessary works for ca rrying out an extended operations plan of engineering in accordance with Vauban's system, during the (bulling season. Most of the large four-gun and six.. gun batteries, erected with considerable pains last year, are already de stroyed, and the several pa rallels and 55p E , fil led up. The intention of the authorities is to carr y out an elaborate attack on St. Mary's casemate-b artuks, which, from their excellent position near th e Reid. works, are admirably adapted for that purpose. The officers and men of the Royal Engineers to be e rn . ployed on the works will bo put through a com. plete course of sapping and mining connected with the attack, from the laying out of the first parallel to the final excavation of the double sap reviling to the enemy's worl . Sim double saps have been constructed by those men who have net finished their course, and these w ill also be destroyed to allow of the new works being commenced. Under the'new system of instt action introduced by Col. Harness each of the officers and men of the Engi neer corps has to undergo a complete course of in struction, theoretical as well as practical, in the various duties connected with his department, and individual examinations are periodically held by the principal field -work instructor, to ascertain the progress made. I n accordance with orders received at the head quarters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, from Colonel Chapman, C. 8., Deputy- Adjutant-General, a return has been forwarded to the Horse Guards of the names of those Royal Engineer non - commissioned officers who are most proficient in their studies, in order ti at they may be sent to those Volunteer Engineer corps which have applied to the War-office for instructors. A War -office circular has been received at Chat ham garrison announcing that the expenses of non commissioned officers attending as witnesses for the purpose of giving evidence before courts-mar tial are in future to be borne by the different corps to which the witnesses respectively - belong. By the promotion of Major-General A, Anderson, Royal Marines, to the active list of general officers of the corps, a pension for distinguished services is placed at the disposal of the Duke of Somerset First Lord of the Admiralty. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed that in future the sergeants of the Royal Marine Light Infan try shall be divided into three classes, with corres ponding allowances of quarters, fuel, and light, ac cording to the annexed scale :—Class 1 to include sergeants-mejor, quartermaster-sergeants, barrack sergeants, bandmasters, senior instructors of labo ratory, gunnery, and musketry, schoolmasters, schoolmistress; Class 2 to include second-class in structors of laboratory, gunnery and musketry, provost sergeants, armourer-sergeants, paymasters' and adjutants' chief clerks, colour-sergeants, as sistant-schoolmasters, and drum and bugle-majors; all other sergeants will be included in Class 3. THE BRIGHTON REVIEW. DISTRIBUTION OF THE FORCE TO BE ASSEM BLED AT BRIGHTON ON APRIL 21, 1862. General the Lord CLYDE, G.C.8., K.S.I„ Commanding. STAFF. Col. M. M‘Murdo, C. 8., Inspector-General of Volunteers. Col. G. Erskine, Deputy-Inspector of Volunteers. Lieut.-Col. R. G. A. Luard, Assist.- Insp. of Volunteers. Lieut.-Col. G. Humo, Agsietant-Inspector of Volunteers. Lieut.- Col. G. B. Harman, Assist.-Insp. of Volunteers, CAVALRY. 18th Hussars, Lieut.-Colonel Knox, commander. Ist Hants Light Horse, Captain Bower; rendezvous, Cavalry Barracks. _ _ ARTILLERY. FIELD BATTERIES. Lieut.-Col. ORMSBY, R.A., Commanding. STAFF. Captain Tupper, R.A. Captain Pitt, R.A. Captain Ward, R,A. Captain Blackwell, R.A. Ist and 2d battery, Major Dalbiac, commander; Ist Sus sex Artillery V. C. ; total (which in each case includes field and other officers, sergeants, buglers, band, pioneers, and rank and file), 331; guns, 8; horses, 40 ; uniform, blue ; rendezvous, Pavilion Gardens, 3d, Captain Darby; 2d, 3d, and 4th Sussex Artillery V. C. ; 184 ; guns, 4; horses, 32 ; blue ; Pavilion Gardens. 4th, Major Harcourt; 4th Cinque Ports Artillery V. C. ; 162; guns, 4; blac ; Pavilion Gardens. ARTILLERY. GARRISON BRIGADE. Lieut.-Colonel ESTILIDGB, Commanding. Captain Woodhead, 3d Middlesex Militia, Aide-de-Camp. Captain Wolf, R.A., Major of Brigade. Ist Battalion, Lieut.-Colonel Sturdee, commander ; Ist Brigade of Hants Artillery Volunteers; total, 362; uniform blue ; rendezvous, Pavilion Gardens. 2d Lieut.-Colonel Lord Truro ; 3d Middlesex Artillery Volunteers; 325; blue; Pavilion-gardens. 3d, Major Creed; 3d Essex Artillery Volunteers, 1 A. Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, Ist Middlesex Artillery Volunteers, 2d Middlesex Artillery Volunteers, and Ist Tower Hamlets Artillery Volunteers; 422; blue and blue with red facings; Pavilion-gardens. INFANTRY. IST DIVISION. Major-General CRAUFORD, Commanding. STAFF. Captain Smith, Grenadier Guards. Lieut. H. C. J. C. Eliot, Grenadier Guards. IST BRIGADE. Lieut.• Colonel the Duke of WELLINGTON, ii.G., Corn mending. Captain Goff, 50th Foot, Major of Brigade. Ist Battalion, Lieut.-Colonel Macleod, of Macleod, com mander; Ist Middlesex Engineer V,C.; total, 538; uniform, scarlet ; rendezvous, Level, north side. 2nd, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C. Hugh Lindsay, 11th Mid. R.V.C. (St. George's), 18th, and 36th; 503; dark green ; Level, north aide. 3d, Lieut.-Col. G. Warde, Ist City of London R.V.C. ; 688 ; dark green ; Level, north side. 4th, Major Whitehead, Ist Middlesex (Victoria) ; 301; dark green ; Level, north aide. 2ND BRIGADE. Lieut.-Colonel the Marquis of DONEGALL, G.C.H,, Com manding. Major Mackenzie, Antrim Militia, Aide-de-Camp. Brevet-Major Shaw, R.A., Major of Brigade. lst Battalion, Lieut.-Colonel Jeakes, Commander, 4th Middlesex R.V., 37th ditto; total, 470; uniform, grey and green ; rendezvous, middle of the level. 2d, Major Vernon, 28th Middlesex R.V. (London Irish); 4th Bucks R.V.; 431; grey, middle of the level. 3d, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Enfield, 29th Middlesex, R.V.; 364 ; grey ; middle of tho level. 4th, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Bury, 21st Middlesex R.V. (Civil Service), 30th, 38th, 42d, 43d, and 44th ditto; 612; grey ; middle of the level. 3D BRIGADE. Lieut.-Colonel Viscount RANELAGH Commanding. Captain Templar, Dorset R.V.C., Aide-de-Camp. Brevet-Major Deedes, 60th Foot, Major of Brigade. Ist battalion, Major Atherley, commander; South Mid dlesex R.V.C.; total 583; uniform, grey; rendezvous, level (south side). 2d, Lieut.-Colonel Somerset ; 40th Middlesex R.V.C. (Central-London Rifle Rangers) ; 336; green; level (south side.) 3d, Sir John Shelley; 46th Middlesex R.V.C., 2d and 4th City of London R.V.C. ; 659 ; 46th Middlesex and 2d City, grey; 4th City, green; level (south side.) 4th, Lieut.-Colonel Bigge ; 20th Middlesex R.V.C. ; 646; grey; level (south side). 4 Brigamer_citenerai Tl BRIGADE . Raines, e .B C Liaeputta.inArwbuotvhezt, 41st10 Fothßz Majorsar s Brigade. , a n m g. p c Ist battalion, Major Beresford, command er : 2d, 7th, and 12th Surrey N.Y.C. ; total 714; uniform, green and sear let facings, invisible green, and green, rendezvous, St. Peter's Church. 2d, Captain Truman, acting major; 10th, 19th, 21st, and 23d surrey R.V.C.; 562; green; St. l'eter's Church. 3d, Major Farnall; Ist Administrative Battalion of Kent R.V.C.; 737; dark green; St. Peter's Church. 4th, Major Sir H. Fletcher; sth, 13th, and 14th Surrey R.V.C., and 2d Administrative Battalion of Surrey R.V. ; 551; rifle green; St. Peter's Church. STH BRIGADE. Major-General TAYLOR, Commanding. Capt. Pemberton, Scots Fusilier Guards, Aide-de-Camp. Major the Hon. W. J. Colville, Rifle Brigade, Major of Brigade. Ist Battalion, Lieut.• Colonel Capper, commander, sth Essex, R.V., and oth Essex, P,.V. ; total, 334; uniform, rifle green; rendezvous, Enclosure D (north side). 2nd, Lieut.-Colonel Buxton, Ist Administrative Battalion of Tower Hamlets R.V, ; 261 ; grey ; Enclosure D (north side). 3rd, Lieut.-Colonel Money ; 4th and Gth Tower Hamlets R.V.C.; 250; grey; 'Enclosure D (north silo). 4th, Lieut.-Colonel Walker ; 6th, Bth, 9th, and 12th Tower Hamlets R.V.C.; 507; grey; Enclosure D (north side). INFANTRY. 2D DIVISION. Major-General Hon. A. DALZBLL, Commanding. STAFF. Colonel Taylor, C.B. Colonel Walker, C.B. Captain Carleton, 21st Foot. IST BRIGADE. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord RADSTOcK, Commanding. Lieutenant Peake, Aide-de-Camp. Major Gooch, unattached, Major of Brigade. Ist Battalion, Lieut.-Colonel Wilkinson, commander ; 2d Administrative Battalion Middlesex R.V.C. ; total, 527 ; uniform, grey, two companies green; rendezvous, Enclo sure C. 2d, Lieut.-Colonel Bathurst ; 19th Middlesex R.V.C, ; 450 ; grey ; Enclosure C. 3d, Lieut.- Colonel Colvill; 39th Middlesex R.V.C., and 26th Kent (Royal Arsenal) R.N.C. ; 603; dark green, with red facings; Enclosure C. 4th, Captain Fenton; Oth Middlesex; 351; grey; En closure C. 2D BRIGADE, Brigadier-General BROWN, Commanding. Lieutenant Savery, 78th Foot, Aide-de-Camp. Aro?.Gran 55th Foot, Major of Brigade. lst totalion-, Liententoa colonel G rim sten, commamier , Ist, 2 d, and 16th Hants R.V.C. ; total, 311; uniform, grey; rendezvous, Enclosure D, south side. 2d, Lieut.-Cannel Conran • 3d Administrative Battalion, Mints R.V.; -- ;IR 9 ; grey; Enclosure D, south side. 3d, Lieut.-Colonel Darisnauxe • Ist Administrative Batta lion, Isle of Wzghtß.V.; 3 16 . ' mon.; Enclosure D, south side. _ _ _ 4th; Lieut.-Colonel Valiancy ; 2d Administrative Batta lion, Hants R.V.; 37 5 ; grey; Enclosure D, south side. 3D BRIGADE. Lieut.-Colonel Mooltho3l, Commanding. Lieutenant Moor6oru, Royal Artillery, Aide-de -Camp. Captain Penton, 3d Middlesex Militia, Major of Brigade. Ist Battalion, Acting-Major Meek, commander, 3 Sussex THE SUN, LOSDON, SATURDAY EVENING% APRIL 19, 1862. Administrative Battalion R. V.; total, 400; uniform, 5 companies dark Oxford grey ; 1 company Government grey; rendezvous, Enclosure F. 2nd, Major Gaisford ; Ist Sussex Administrative Batta lion, R. V. ; 310 ; grey and black. 3rd, Lieutenant-Colonel Gage; Ist Cinque Ports Admi nistrative Battalion ; 17th Kent, R.V.C. ; 294; steel grey. 4th, Lieutenant. Colonel Bartelot ; 2d Sussex Adminis trative Battalion; 475; dark grey. well. It is mere justice to the whole of the execu ive in the building to say that no one is in the least degree responsible for this mal-arrangement of the nave. From the very first moment it was seen that the mast of a lightship has, among this collection, enjoyed the dlstinction of being unanimously con sidered the ugliest. We have now, however, to re cord its deposition from this post of notoriety, inas much as the toy trophy which is being erected (from a design taken from the early twelfthcake style of architecture) bids fair to be the most vulgar and tawdry thing of the kind in the building. Un less space could be got for the exhibition of an advertising van, which is the only object we can suggest as at all likely to compete successfully with the toy trophy, the lightship mast mast be content entirely to relinquish its claim to being the ugliest work. In mentioning the competitors for the most unsightly trophy we certainly must not omit the claims of that erected for the reception of woollen goods. With a little more care it might have bQen made to compete on a small scale with the exterior of the building itself. We are very glad to say that there at e signs of a break-up in the most unjtst combination into which the Northern railways en tered as to the maintenance of high fares and stop page of excursion trains till after Whitsuntide. The London and North-Western and the Great Western Railways have consented to certain im portant abatements for visitors to the opening ceremony. Let us hope, however, that this is only the beginning of reasonable concessions, and that we may soon have to record others still more fair and liberal. evening the Palace will bo lighted, to allow visi tors leaving as they feel disposed," was perhaps in tended as a delicate hint that the sooner their visi tors got to the platform the better for themselves. 4TH BRIGADE. Brigadier-General GARVOCK, Commanding. Capt. Hon. Chetwynd, Aide-de -Camp. Capt. Jones, 2Cth Foot, Major of Brigade. Ist Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Elcho, com_• mander ; 15th Middlesex R. V. C. (London Scottish) ; total, 384 ; uniform, grey ; rendezvous, Town-hall and Pavilion Gardens, B. • 2d, Lieut.-Col. Brewster; 23d Middlesex R.V.C. (Inns of Court) ; 435 ; grey ; Pavilion Gardens, E. 3d, Major Ricluads ; 3d City of London R.V.C.; 32d Middlesex R.V.C. ; 452; scarlet; Pavilion Gardens, E. 4th, Lieut.-Col. Lord Grosvenor; 22d Middlesex R.V.C., Ist Battalion (Queen's Westminster) ; 495 ; grey ; Queen's Park Tavern, and Pavilion Gardens, E. sth, Lieut.-Colonel Lord Gerald Fitzgerald; 22d Mid dlesex R.V.C., 2d Battalion (Queen's Westminster); 495 ; grey ; Queen's Park Tavern and Pavilion Gardens, E. TH. INTERNATIONAL EXIIIBITIO N. Some definite arrangements are now being made with regard to the details of the opening ceremony on the Ist of May. Up to the present no official decision has been announced, but if all that is in tended is carried out in the spirit in which it is devised the whole ceremonial will as a spectacle be one of the richest and most noteworthy that has been seen in this country for a long time. The greater part of the formal portions of the fete will take place in the centre of the nave in the open space midway between the English and foreign division. Guarantors and official and invited visitors are to enter the building under the west dome. The Royal Commissioners, with distinguished foreign visitors who are to take part in the proceedings of the day, are to enter from the south entrance in the Cromwell-road. The superb programme of music will be performed in the orchestra, under the eastern dome. The re served and other seats for season ticket-holders will be so arranged as to give them the best view of the most important portions of the ceremony, though, of course, in a building of such great magnitude no seats can be so placed as to enable the occupants to hear and see everything. In the open space between the English and foreign classes a canopied throne is to be erected on the north side of the nave. The design and whole structure of this have been furnished by Mr. Crace, and if the complete effect of anything can be judged from its drawing, this certainly pro mises to bo one of the finest temporary thrones ever erected. It will be on a raised dais of eight steps, and the height from the chair of state to the canopied velvet roof above will be more than 40 ft. The whole aspect of the design, in fact, very much resembles that of the throne in the throne-room at St. James's, though this at the Exhibition will be more than four times the size, to keep it in something like proportion to the interior in which it is shown. On either side of the chair of state busts of her Majesty and the late Prince Consort will be placed, but the chair itself, as being, in fact, the throne for the time, on this occasion will, of course, not be occu pied. On the first platform'of the raised dais in front of this, and just beneath the canopy and mas sive velvet curtains, the Royal Commissioners will stand in their robes of state. Here the addresses and prayers will be read, and from this dais the building will be declared opened. From the throne extending to the Western Entrance a num ber of military bands will be placed, and troops will be on duty in the building to mark the line of the procession and add to the gene ral effect of the spectacle. That this effect will be one of the richest and most beautiful possible those who have seen the interior can easily imagine. Already the rich colours of the exhibitors' stalls fill the building with a glow of tints, and when these become a background, so to speak, to a pro cession of nearly a thousand persons, all in robes of state, uniform, or Court . costume, the spectacle will really be most magnificent, and as much superior in show to the opening ceremonial of 1851 as the present Exhibition will be superior to that of Hyde Park. Both before, during, and after the formal opening the impressive programme of music specially composed for the occasion will be per formed in the great orchestra. This huge amphi theatre is already finished and being draped, and it seems to fill the east end of the building so appro priately that it is almost a pity that it should only be erected for a single day. This orchestra will accommodate nearly 2,000 vocal and instrumental performers. The various pieces of music which Auber, Meyerbeer, sad Bennett have composed are in hand, but Verdi's contribution has net yet arrived. Report already speaks of the musi cal programme for the Ist of May as likely to be one of the finest of its kind, and from the care and attention which are being bestowed on the most minute details of its rehearsal it is evident that a surpassing effort will be made. The immense variety of preparation for the opening has up till now rather tended to distract public attention from this great adjunct to the ceremonial, though our readers may rely upon it that it has not been from want of sufficient importance being attached to it, for the Commissioners and all connected with carrying out this part of the programme seem determined to make it as far as possible a anique performance. Having said. thus much of the mere outline of the opening ceremony, we must for a moment direct attention to the question of how far the building as an exhibition will be ready by the date fixed. The foreign portions, with few ex ceptions, cannot be completed in time. It is very well to say that we are now only in the middle of April, but any practical contractor who knows what Easter week is—how very rigidly to-mor row, Easter Monday, and even a great part of Eas ter Tuesday are observed by workmen—will see at once that taking off the Sundays and Saturday half ' holydays will leave little more than eight clear working days between this and the opening. Of course, with a proper subdivision of labour, eight days will sco a great deal accomplished, but there really is such a mass of work to be done that unless each exhibitor exerts himself individually the ar rangement of the interior will be very little, if at all, better than at the opening in 1851. Messrs. Kelk and Lucas, the contractors, have done their work in spite of every difficulty, and the quickness and admirable manner in which they have carried everything out have elicited praise from all sides. It is now the turn of the exhibitors themselves, and they must really set their shoulders to the wheel, and empty their packing-cases and send them out of the building 'without loss of time. There is a greater hindrance to the work now arising from the enormous number of packing-cases strewed all over the floors than from any other source. Not a day should be lost in endeavouring to remedy this evil, and some steps should also be taken to remove the little mountain of empty cases that almost block the road outside the shed for machinery in motion. In our last notice of the progress of the works we remarked upon the exceedingly crowded state of the trophies in the English portion of the nave. This great defect, far from abating, is actually get ting worse, for other things in the way of statues, &c., are being added in all sorts of out-of-the-way nooks where something like a passage-way hitherto existed. Anything more incongruous and more utterly inartistic than the effect of this sad jumble can hardly be conceived. Lighthouses, jostle sta tues, fountains overlook squat gla'ss cases, huge te lescopes are levelled like gigantic cannon at the roof, and only a perfect forest of cupolas, spires, peaks, obelisks, and cases is visible from the raised dais beneath the dome. Everything or anything in the nave is by courtesy called a trophy, and the result is a mere aggreggtion of very large and Often very nalT things, which choke the way to, and spoil a cm the o n g view of, so me really fine objects which them. Viewed from the galleries, ra the general effect of this portion of the building is something like looking from the first - floor when the roadway has c w o i tn n d e o t w o s a i n d t e o a d e h b e l a o p c s k i i k How it may look when all the scaffolding and bri,Maying and plumbing course, we cannot say, apparatus is removed, of though every one seems to entertain a very otrong opinion that, look how it will, it can never look THE CONCERT. That the directors of the Crystal Palace concerts counted largely upon the attraction of Mr. Sims Reeves for their popular concert of yesterday may be reasonably inferred from the placards distributed all over the town during the last week, and bearing the:eminent tenor's name, together with the sole what disjointed and telegraphic intelligence, " Good Friday"—" one shilling;" but whatever were the hopes of profit entertained by the direc tors the result must surely have satisfied them, for the immense building was literally crammed on the occasion, Indeed Mr. Sims Reeves has sung so rarely of late in London, in consequence of his pro longed provincial engagement with Madame Lind- Goldschmidt, that the interest which under any circumstances would belong to his performances is at this moment at its very highest :point ; and when we state that in addition to the magnetic power of his name, the attractions of our famous English bass, Mr. Weiss, and the accomplished Madame Rudersderff, with other miscellaneous en tertainments,' were called into requisition, the im mense attendance of yesterday may bo easily ac counted for. Mr. Sims Reeves, who was in the fullest posses sion of his noble voice, sang Handel's " Comfort ye, my people," "Lord, remcinber Daniel," and " The enemy said," in his very best manner, eliciting, in every instance, unanimous applause of the most enthusiastic kind. " The enemy said " was in fact redemanded, but Mr. Reeves wisely declined to repeat this very fatiguing piece. A simi lar compliment was paid to Madame Rudersdorn clever execution of " Let the bright Seraphim,"the trumpet obligate to which was played to perfection by Mr. T. Harper, but the lady limited the expres sion of her gratitude to bows. The fine voice and energetic, manly style of Mr. Weiss gave the fullest effect to the airs, " Why do the nations" and " The trumpet shall sound," both of which were enthusiastically applauded. Genuine bases are becoming so rare in this country that the value of an experienced and admirable artist like Mr. Weiss grows more and more conspicuous and remarkable. In reality we have but two legitimate English bases capable of taking part in concerts of the first class, and we need scarcely add that no baritone voice, however good, can supply that pecu liar heavy quality of sound indispensable to the due performance of music designed for a bass. Thus, not only is Mr. Weiss acceptable at all times in ora torio no less than in opera ; but it were difficult to imagine how any company of native artists could be complete without him. _ The enormous masses assembled on this occasion made rather more noise by their locomotion at the beginning of the concert than was quite consistent with the solemnity of the day, the serious character of the music, or the eminence of the singers; but eventually the " mobility" became more quiet and respectful, and happily availed themselves but very slightly of the somewhat questionable appeal to them " to join" in the performance of the 100th Psalm, the " Evening Hymn," and the National Anthem. The concert was given on the stage of the theatre, and was heard, whenever the visitors were still, to excellent advantage. It was most satisfac tory to find Mr. Sims Reeves in such good voice, for he will doubtless have very onerous duties to per form at the approaching Handel Festival, in which all musical England will naturally expect that itA great vocal champion will " do his duty." BREAD-BAKING BY MACHINERY. While machinery has been most successfully and usefully applied to the accomplishment of a variety , of mechanical operations, many of them of a com plicated character—as, for example, sewing, reap ing, and washing—it is not a little singular that, until very recently, no mechanical contrivance had been invented whereby, in the process of bread making, the operation of mixing the flour and the water together might be effected. The circumstance is explained partly by the constraining force of custom—what had answered the purpose for so many generations, it was thought, would still do well enough—and partly by the fact that the operation required to be performed was of so simple a charac ter as scarcely to excite the interest and attention of inventors. Nevertheless, simple as the process of bread making appears, machinery was impera tively demanded for its unobjectionable perform ance, both on the score of health and cleanliness. As at present performed, and as has been the case for ages past, bread is made entirely by the hands and naked arms. The process of mixing is an ex ceedingly laborious one; during it the men perspire freely; add to this that they are often deficient in i cleaniness ; that they may be, and sometimes are, affected with skin diseases; that the labour is not only severe and exhausting, but prolonged through the hours of the night ; and that, as the result of all, the incorporation of the flour and water is but imperfectly accomplished. These circumstances being called to mind, few will be disposed to ques tion the desirability of the application of efficient machinery to the process of bread making. That which has been so long a desideratum is now an accomplished result. Of the complete success of Stevens' machine for the making of bread, at tested as it is by a mass of evidence, not a doubt can be entertained. In the interest of the public health, therefore, we direct the attention of the medical profession to this invention, which is one of which we have always felt greatly inte rested. It is to be commended on the score of healthfulness ; it is an especial boon to the journeymen bakers, by lightening their labour, and by shortening the hours of work; but it possesses other advantages in which the public at large are deeply concerned. Machine-made is bet ter than hand-made breach It is better because it is cleaner and purer, and because also the water and the flour are more intimately and uniformly incor porated ; and, therefore, it may be fairly presumed that the bread itself is more digestible. The bak ing trade is especially interested in the machine ; for by its means each sack of flour is made to yield on an average not less than 12 lbs. of bread addi tional. This increased yield results partly from an actual saving of flour, some of which is lost in the old process of mixing, but is parly due to the more uniform distribution of the water added through out the flour, and which is necessary to the making of good bread. When the flour and water are mixed by hand, some of the former escapes the action of the water altogether, little dry and hard masses being often found in the hand-made bread; and it need scarcely be stated that this unmoistened and unfermented flour is not so digestible as that which has imbibed the amount of liquid natural to it, and necessary in fermentation. This additional yield is therefore merely the legitimate result of the more perfect action of the machine, the bread being at the same time better, and, from being more digestible, being also probably more nutritive. By using the machine, therefore, bakers would not merely enhance their profits, but would have a purer and better article. But the public, and par ticularly the poor, have a great interest in this increased yield. Let the reader fancy what these 12 lbs. of bread, or three quartern loaves additional signify on the entire consumption of the metro polis. They amount to between 3 and 4 per cent. [on the whole quantity consumed. On every ground therefore —on that of its efficient action—on the score of health, cleanliness, and economy—the in vention of Mr. Stevens is entitled to the most favourable notice. As the " Patent Bread Machi nery Company" purposes not only to supply the ma chine, but also the b rea d ma d e b y it , t h e profes -1 sion and the public will soon have an opportunity of judging in the matter for themselves. The invention is doubtless destined to work a revolution in the baking trade, and is one which will ultimately prove of great benefit to the bakers themselves. We look forward with interest to the publication of Mr. Tremen heere's report on the condition of the journeymen bakers and of the London bakeries, We believe this document will not fail to confirm what we have written long since on this very important subject. —.Lancet. "Striking a light," fifty years since, was done by a flint and steel, and a lucifer match was considered a physical impossi bility. lit any are still sceptical of the fact, patent to thou- San", of herring's magnetic brushes and combs restoring the colour to greihair, and curing the severest cases of neu ralgia and nervous headache. Recent improvements prevent the possibility of their failure. N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. fim r A - ces, 32, Basing h a ll-street, London. v aD VEßTisEmENT.]—Hollow a y 's P ills ,--- Premonitory Symptoms.— What pa i n and danger would be spared to mankind if the first departures from healthy action were noticed and suitably redressed. Tho digestive or circu latory organs are usually foremost in indicating coming sickness, and should be rectified without loss of time by Holl oway's purifying rills, which surpass every known means for rapidly restoring ease and order to the system. Young and old, rich ancl pour, stung and feeble, may alike us e th em with safety and advantage. Th©y strengthen unpaired constitutions in a wonderful manner. These Pills are fortunately found everywhere, and their very moderate price places thesis within the reach of all classes, who must consider h( afth moro precious than silver or gold. THE CRYSTAL PALACE. If 40,000 people are to be regarded as the repre sentatives of national taste for pure and wholesome enjoyment, the gathering at the Crystal Palace yesterday may fairly place it within the category of popular institutions. It is not a very hazardous assertion on the part of the directory that " the Crystal Palace has now been for eight years the resort and delight of the inhabitants of London, of every resident in the country who comes up to pass a portion of the season in the metropolis, and of every foreigner who crosses the Channel." It is, in fact, something more. It is the home of culti vated taste and good instruction, in which both the edecated and the unlearned may each in their way garner an intellectual harvest. The palace at Sydenham, which for eight years of existence has been without a compeer, now finds itself opposed to a grand competitor for the public suffrage, and in the struggle for pre-eminence which must ensue between Kensington and Sydenham, the directors of the latter have fully prepared themselves. It is not for us to prejudge the issue. Our simple duty is to state the means whereby the Crystal Palace is to be rendered even more attractive than hitherto— and certainly that is a feat which has called for a considerable amount of ingenuity. At the present hour, in its structure, situation, and contents, the palace at Sydenham is unequalled. There, is a magnificent collection of sculpture—there, the finest master-pieces of every school of art—there, unri valled architectural reproductions, which give to the eye the very measure of the past—and there, within as it were a stone's throw from a heated and suffocated city, is a garden productive of nearly all the plants which even' clime produces. Let us take as an instance those two splendid specimens of Aus tralian ferns which now greet the eye, so gracefully drooping and unfolding their coming freshness. An other, in the busts of those great and good men, and others horribly wicked indeed, whose very features are preserved to the sight as their names are en graven in the memory. Look too at the gigantic tomb, protected with its row of noble lions, and read a lesson on mortality. Nor is the eye alone pleased. The Crystal Palace addresses itself to a taste for music. It is a rather vexed question whether Englishmen do or do not possess such, but to our minds the affirmative is given in the rapt attention of the multitudes who listen even to the ordinary performances at Sydenham. That the great oratorios of Handel command an eager audience is undeniable, but that one hundredth part of those who went to hear the works of the great composer on a scale never before conceived ever went away perfectly satisfied is equally so. Great indeed was the Handel Festival of 1857, and greater still that of 1859 ; but we appeal not to reserved seats, but to the popularly aura, whether it did not go away with a somewhat confused notion of what it was all about. If so, the marplot is easily traceable to its proper source. The transept was very grand, but the genius of Sir Joseph Paxton never for a moment dreamt it was to be converted into a music hall. How it came to be so is attributable to the necessi ties of the case. A great orchestra was reared, but the greatest orchestra in the world has not, without the aid of art, the power of remedying acoustical defects. The transept was supposed to be incurable for such a defect ; but Mr. Edwin Rose, the engi neer and clerk of works to the company, has taken up the case. He has thrown a light arched ceiling of sonorous wood over the entire orchestra, in pre paration for the forthcoming Handel Festival ; so that the one drawback of the former will be no more. Those who yesterday saw a most unsightly object, hanging like a cloud of deal boards over an immense amphitheatre, were probably little aware that the Crystal Palace Company was expending something like £2,000 in order that their patrons might hear better. That it is unsightly no one can deny ; but what it will be remains for future decision. Both in design and execution it pro mises to be admirable. This upper roof willen tirely cover the orchestra. Its span is 216 ft., its depth 150 ft., and in height 100 ft. f r om th e fl oor line. Such a roof necessitat e s a su pp or t w hi c h s h a ll be efficient without ma rr i ng th e genera l e ff ec t . It has five main r ib s w ith, we believe, 16 pillars, some of which a re a t e l escop i c cas i ng round the ordinary pillars of the building, with separate foun dations so as not to interfere with the original structure. So, if by any chance the main pillars should sink in the foundation, the supporters would be unimpaired. There cannot be a doubt but that both for ingenuity of design and completeness of construction Mr. Rose deserves the most ample praise ; but the thought which naturally arises is, where will the transept be found when the beauty of the original design is sacrificed to acoustics ? The great attraction of yesterday was the concert of sacred music, and the masses which besieged every available place within earshot afforded per haps the best guarantee of the wisdom of the expe riment on which the directors rely of rendering the great transept " the largest and most perfect music hall to be found in the world." At twelve o'clock there was an organ performance, by Mr. James Coward, of the works of Mendelssohn, Spohr, Costa, Mozart, and Handel. At a quarter-past one the band of the Coldstream Guards, under Mr. Godfrey, performed ; and at three o'clock the concert of sacred music was given by Madame Rudersdorff, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Weiss. The duet (Creation, Haydn) announced in the programme to be sung by Madame Rudersdorff and Mr. Weiss was omitted, in consequence, we regret to say, of an accident which rendered the lady unable to read the words. In the fine arts department there are two subjects worthy of note. The model of the Pantheon, exe cuted at Rome under the superintendence of the late Dr, Braun, is said to bo the finest extant, and cer tainly it conveys the very best idea of that classical edifice. It has been placed in the Roman Court by Mr. Benjamin Wood, the superintendent of that department. Who is there, in passing up the nave, that has not admired those magnificent groups of Monte's—those bronze fountains which kept so on water plants and tiny fishes ? 'they are to be seen no more as they w e re. We are almost ashamed to dispel a very pardonable p r e h rp oy etually playin g gen eral notion, but facts compel us. They were gutta Pemba, and their component parts may, some of these fine days, be discovered in boot-soles, warranted to keep out the wet. H a ppily the chef d'oeuvre of the great sculptor has not been lost. His figures have been recast, and there they sit, on a dried up bed, looking remark ably placid—and white. The railway arrangements yesterday WOLe , as usual on such great occasions, excellent; but no steam-power in the world would have appeared suf ficient to meet the popular demands. Indeed, the . annourcemeut made by the company, "In the FR0.51 THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 17. Earl Russell, her Majesty's .Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from her Majesty's Con sul-General at Algiers a copy of the Illoniteur Algcric, of the sth instant, in which is inserted the following cir cular letter from the Governor-General of Algeria to the prefects of departments, relative to the abolition of pass ports between Algeria and Marseilles, and along the coast of Algeria : POLICE ADMINISTRATIVE.—PASSEPORTS. Mesures de tohlranee a l'eo b urd des Voyageurs. Instru ctions Compl6mentaires. His Excellency the Governor-General has addressed the following Circular to the Prefects of the Algeijne Depart-. ments Algiers, April 2, 1862. M. le Prefet,—ln nay circular of the 6th of March last, I acquainted you with the measures of tolerance which had been concerted by his Excellency the Minister of the In terior and myself, regarding travellers going from France to Algeria, and vice versa. The carrying out of these measures has caused some doubts to arise which I shall dispel in answering the dif ferent questions which have been addressed to me. First question :—As regards travellers going from Algeria to France, can only those who land at Marseilles dispense with passports ? Marseilles is at present the only port of France where there exists a regular service for the transport of travellers from the metropolis to Algeria, and therefore that port alone has been mentioned, But it is self-evident that the measure will apply successively to the other ports of France, where transport services of a similar kind will, in time, be estab lished. Second question:--As regards travellers going from France to Algeria, does the measure apply to all our coun trymen without distinction ? Doubtless; and, in order to impress on the Algerian authorities the extent of the measures of which it is com posed, I think it right to recapitulate the terms of the Circular on the same subject, addressed, on the 15th of March last, by the Minister of the interior to the Prefecs.ts of France : " The formality of the passport will no longer be obliga tory on travellers from France to Algeria, as regards— ' Ist. Our countrymen. "2d. Foreign subjects who aro by reciprocity authorised to enter France without passports. " 3d. Foreigners of all countries already domiciled in the interior of the empire. " 4th. Lastly, foreign emigrants, who, provided with regular letters of colonisation, delivered in the name of the Governor-General of Algeria, would wish to visit,our pos sessions in Africa at their own expense." Third question :—As regards French subjects coming from Algeria, would dispensing with a passport no longer apply to them if they had to continue their journey into the interior ? Obligation to carry a passport, not having been sup pressed in regard to those French subjects travelling in th e interior of th Empire, the measure could not have the effect of bestowing, upon the Algerian French, an immu nity which their countrymen of the metropolis do not enjoy. It would therefore be prudent on the part of those who would have to travel in the interior of the Empire, to provide themselves with passports before their departure, to avoid the trouble which the necessity of their procuring them at Marseilles might occasion. Fourth question :—ls the passport always obligatory for French subjects and foreigners travelling on the coast of Algeria and into the interior of the country. My circular of the 6th of March last did not give any ex planations on this subject, because it only treated of mea sures concerted with the Minister of the Interior; but, since the question has been made to me, I do not hestate to answer it, in accordance in the spirit of tolerance which dictated the first measures. In fact, I see no plausible rea son why a formality should be demanded from those travel ling on the shores or in the interior of the colony, from which they would be freed from, on entering France. I have decided, in consequence, that a passport will no longer be necessary in travelling from one port to the other of the coast of Algeria, or in the interior of the country, as regards those travellers to whom my measures of tolerance, which form the subject of my instructions of the 6th of March last, and of the circular from the Ministers of the Interior of the 15th of the same month, apply. Besides, it must be well understood, that the suppression of the pass port, in certain cases, in nowise does away with the surveil lance over travellers, on the arrival and departure of steam boats, on the coast and in the interior of the colony. The toleration granted to those who travel for the purpose of affairs of science or of pleasure, could not be extended to vagrants and vagabonds, to fugitives from justice, and to dangerous persons, of whatever kind they may be. Therefore, M. le Prefet, in the interest of public security, and in accoriance with the laws and rules of police, tra vellers may always be required by the agents of the autho rities to make good their origin and their identity, and to produce, in default of regular passports, family papers, trust-worthy documents, or any other testimony, the worth and truthfulness of which should be carefully verified. — Accept, &c. The Governor-General of Algeria Marshal PELISSIER, Duke of Malakoff. 17 Fins incent P, iris, oil and colourman, North-straot, f, builder, Woolston, Hants bury-market rant, miller, Grooms Bridge,near Tunbridge ~s hipping agent, Heston Harry Greene,. farmer,. Hepworth, Suffolk George Tindall, cabinet maker, Pirdico nonger,Pleasant -placo,Holloway-road V . AA l 6l o dmi h aon n s' T Li l!ch . eese). 'William C. Southey, I saac Potter, gardener„ S:ble Hedingham, I:ssex Antonio Jose Fairburrc. ,Georgo Nourse' Hill, gold and. silver refiners, Barbican. Benoni Scott, surgeon's assistant, Vranage, Cll.oo.l.ire SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Park, commission agent, Glasgow Gavin M'Ghie, baker, Hamilton James Phillips, spirit dealer, Glasgow James Platt and Co., machine makers, Glasgow William Sutherland Murray, tobacconist, Glasgow Donald Fowler, merchant, Nairn FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL 16. Tho Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alexander Berg as Consul-General in London, and of Mr. John Heard as Consul at Hong Kong, for his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry Hegart Breen, Esq., to be Provost Marshal of the Island of Saint Vincent. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 18. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain and Brevet- Major Hazlitt Irvine to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Mortimer Adye, deceased ; Second Captain Claud George Lascelles to be Captain, vice Wm. Conyngham Lynch Blosse, paced upon half-pay; Lieutenant Henry Barlow Maule to be Second Captain, vice Irvine; Lieu tenant Charles Wills Walron t, bo Second Captain, vice Lascelles. :oast Brigade, Royal Artillery—Tho transfer of Paymaster Rowland Webster, from the 72d Foot, has been antedated to 11th Fob., 1802. CHAPLAIN'S DEPARTMENT,—The Rev. Charles Morgan, Chaplain of the Fourth Class, has been permitted to re sign his Commission. STORE DEPARTMENT.—The surname at the Deputy-As- sistTaat-Superintendent of Stores, appointed in the Gazette of 19th November, 1861, is Bagenall, and ILA " Bagenell" as then stated. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Jane Geddes, baker, Albion-place, Hyde•park James and Joel Bell, silk manufacturers, Manchester John Wheeldon, cattle dealer, ButtQrton, Staffordshire BANKRUPTS. William Harwood, farmer, Ipswich Frederick C. Sharland, clerk, Kentish-town John Dring Meads, dealer in bricks, Lambeth John Buscall, chair manufacturer, Edward-street, Black friars-road Morris Hart, Brompton. John Powell, coffeehouse keeper,. Pimlico Joseph Best, attorney, Kildarmmster Thomas Wilson, miller, Coventry Alfred Adcock, ironmonger, Birmingham Isaac Whitehouse, fruiterer, Tipton, Staffordshire Edward Baker, money scrivener, Birmingham James Grayer, beerseller, Langley, Worcestershire Joseph Neal, draper, Smethwick, Staffordshire Adolphus William Penny, printer, Birmingham Edwin Westmoreland, machinist, Nottingham Henry Ellis Anwyl, beerhouse keeper, Aberdare Charles Wild, farmer, Cheesbottom, Yorkshire George Pearson, machine maker, Manchester Solomon Ormc, silk throwster, Sutton John Bailey, quarreyman, Oakenshaw, Lancashire Nathan Maurice, general merchant, Liverpool John Reeves, gun band filer, Birmingham Edwin Smith, zinc and iron worker, Birmingham George Clarke, beer seller, Nottingham Charles Bancroft, tailor, Nottingham Frederick Ashton, carver and gilder, Nottingham Evan Bowen, time keeper, Liverpool Sidney Hayward, bootmaker, Southsea, Hants John Tremewan, cordwainer, Withiel, Cornwall Wm. J. Worger, painter, Brighton Henry Jonathan Luck, Godwin, tailor, cooper,Dus to n s , t rat Northampton ford.pu o na v 0 n John B. Wells, publican,King's Lynn, Norfolk Joseph Bird, machinist, Stratford, Essex Rebecca Eyton, 'Wrexham, Denbigh Ann bmedley, grocer, Alfreton, Derbyshire John Wm. Brock, tobacconist, Weston-super-Mare Robert Nabb, agent, Gorton Roger Jones, tailor, Manchester George Dutton, rabbit hawker, Manchester Gad Buckley, carter, Mossley William Taylor, grocer, East Lound, Lincolnshire John Hedley, tailor, North Shields John Whinnam, draper, Heads, near North Shields John Dee, draper, South Stockton Robert Casburn, manure agent, Cambridge William Austin, tailor, Norwich George Pineger, grocer, Exeter John B. Wood, bookkeeper, Birkenhead Isaac Owen, builder, Swansea Thomas Isaac, butcher, Glamorgan Charles S. Newman, commercial traveller, Stoke New ington Samuel Hayward, greengrocer, Commercial-road East C. Hawkes, butcher, Higham Ferrers, Northampton Henry Coldham, butcher, Norwich Albert Hirschman, merchant, Moorgate• street Michael Grogan, japanner, Peckham Geo. W. Abbott, solicitor, Devereux-court Temple Wrn. H. Nash, commission agent, Brighton Joshua Fryer, shirt maker, Haymarket Win. Rose, hair dresser, Greenwich James Farmer, labourer, Chapeltown Yorkshire James Nuttall, roller maker, Rochdale Edwin Metcalf and Richard Newborn, m ill e rs, Not; tingham Johnsamu Samuel Owensi li Willia m Liverpool Richard Jon es, joiners, mW an il d li ß am ic s' draper, Carno:rvonshire Thomas Simpson, builder, Frederick John Fox, joiner Liverpool Liverpool hire Richard Ramsdale, publican, Cheshire Samuel shipping master, Liverpool David Ryan , yd, American public, Merioneth J am es Ridi n g . Wilkinson chemist, Blackburn William Iligginbottom Goodwin, sawyer, Bolton Thomas Harrison, butcher, Thornet James France, whitesmith, Castle Foregate, ShreWsbury Rees Davies, publican, Llarivals, Brecknock. John Jones, sadler, Monmouth Thomas Jenkins, contractor, Eirw, Glamorganshi re Samuel Hyde, timber dealerßitterne, Hants James Sneath, farmer, Hackthorpe James Adams, joiner, Milford George Bland, woolsorter, Bradford Thomas Davies, draper, Newport Alfred J. Larmuth, Job m aster, Portman-square IPvanitr.icskhßal.eslall, grocer,gen general agent, P r i n ti ng- ) Louse d am Clerkenwell Wm. Ward, currier, Camberwell Wm. Carter, porter, Paddington Christian Itheinlander, baker, Bermondsey Richmond Valentineober R eu ben Merrall, smith, Tottenham-court-road Henry Russel l, musi cian, Leicester-square Joseph Readdh co mmercial traveller, Clapham-road printer, Dartmouth Willi a m P. Brown, l eather seller, Weymouth. Robert Harlan, Joseph flax spinner, Netherbury, Dorsetshire', J j o o li se nl )ol‘ b lu s:n d , e ethib maker, Bradford Thomas Netherw oo d, w.rollen manufacturer, Holmfirth Robert King and Kenneth Robson, printers, Sheffield John Ilerson, timber merchant Stamford, Lincolnshire John JeWry and Henry G. Jewry, boot and shoemakers, Notting-hill, and Bristol Robert Morris, grocer, Haverfordwest John Matthews, boot and shoemaker, Gloucester Thomas F. Gilbert, jun., customs' officer, Bedminster Johtl E, Schuster, shirt dresser, 1310PrugburY lORGERY 1?v FRANCE. The Court of Assiees of Seine has been oecta pie d f or two days in trying th. l m an, named Girand r who % vas arrested in August lasf at Gatebourse (Chare't , tejnferieure) for making and uttering a num b er of forged notes of the Be nk; of France. From the inclictelent and the evidence given on the trial, i t appears that in 1853 the Lank toicame aware that a great number of forged 100f.-ootes were in circus, ation, and all the measures teken to ~ zer proved fruitless for some years. discover the I'm, In 1857 many DO,' e.s for 200 f., evidently from the same source, were a t 'so uttered, and the Bank con sequently ceased to ; ssue notes of that amount. The forger then fell b ack upon the 100 f. notes, of which a great number were received at the Bank ha 1859, 1860, and 1861. As a great proportion of the. 'lto the branch bank at An forged notes were paid 1, gouleme, the directors caxne to the conclusion that the forger resided in . the .Charente-Inferieure, and after minute inquiries suspicion at last tell upon the prisoner, who resided at the Chateau 0,,c Gate bourse, where he lived in great style, at an m.xpense far beyond the :MI:II'MS 11,e was known to possess. 3of , and to The prisoner was a native of that tart of t went he eoun-. try, which he left at ti, no • South America, where he reanained 15 or 16 years, ostensibly working as an enwraver on metal, bat there is good reason to belie,v:e that he at last: quitted the country through fear - of a prosecution for forgery. He returned to Franca` at the end of 1851 in an almost destitute condition'. In March, 1853, he signed a• deed of partnership• with a litho graphic printer named Dupuy, for the purpose of working certain improve ments in the art of engrav ing of which he pretended to be the invem'or. The enterprise, however, was not carried out l'or want of capital. It was towexds the close of that same year that the first forged notes were disco vered. In 1857, the prisoner we nt to his native place,. tolt. a ap pearance a man of conside rable property, and, a lthough he had a wife in America, he married a Mademoiselle Michaud, who ha d an income of 5,000 f. L. l . year, and was proprietor of the Chateau of GateboOrse, where the prisoner .took up his re sidence, and. began to indulge in g.reat expense,, keeping 11 servt,,.nts, six or eight horses, and seve ral carriages. When the house was first searchedr at the time of his' ~ a rrest, the police found two copy ing presses, a gal v. anoplastic apparatus, a complete set of graving too. Is,. and a roll of 120 ban k. notes for 100 f. each, complete all but the signa ture of the contr.:Alen and 24 more were in a. less advanced state. A second search was made a week later, and theta all the,blocks, engravings, 1\ 'ere found in a cask apparatus for for making the water-mark, and other articles used by forgers, h what skill and pele ing a false bottom. A examination of these plates and blocks showed Vit. ached them in every severance the prisoner had retos - lion as to produce part till they were so near perfeA experienced eye notes which none but the most All the notes could distinguish from the real once, at the Bank found on the premises and receive* l had evidently been made with these pla , ! . es.The tot a l number of forged notes paid into the 13ank from 1853 to 1861 was 1,532, of which 1,394 were for 100 f. each, and 138 for 200 f., amounting in all to 167,000 f. Before the examining reagisteate, the prisoner declared that he had not made the' notes, but had found them in a secret drawer of a large bureau, which he bought at the public auc tion rooms in Paris, with a lot of engraver's tools. In court he repeated the same story, and added that the secret drawer also contained the four paper parcels which the polee had discovered in the cask, and which he had bidden there without being aware of their contents, as they were sealed up. The prisoner was, however, unable to produce any . evidence as to the purchase of the bureau in ques tion, and no such piece of furniture was found either in hie lodgings inParis or at Gatobourse. The whole story, indeed, was so full of improbtAilities and con tradictions as to be totally unwo r t h y' of credit. Se veral witne sses were called for the de fence, but their evidence had no bearing on the principal points of the case, being c hi e fly confined to proving that the prisoner's ex perOiture had not been so lavish as represented by the' prosecution. The jury, after the President had rt 'capitulated the evidence, re tired to deliberate, an d.in half an hour returned into • cour t w ith a verdict o f guilty. The Court the n sentenced the prisoner to ,hard labour for life and a fine of 100 f. COUNTRY MARZCE 2 AS: WAKEFIELD—ArRth 17. To-day the attendance mas thin. The si2ow of wheat was small, and sales were at fully is advance upon the prices of last Friday, with a moderate business. Barky is dearer. Beans, oats, and shelling fully as dear. EXETER—A.I , nm 17. Thinly attendtd, and purchasers very scarce, at the same prices as last week. Wheat, white..7s 3d to7s Gd 1 Barley.. 3s 9d to 4s 4d Ditto new .0s Od to Os Od 1 Oats .. 2B 9d to 3s 01 Flour, fine, 43s to 468 ; seconds, 418 to —s per sack.. • CATTLE. The market to -day wtks poorly supplied with stock, and little business done, being more of a holiday character. Fat beef& score,9sod to 10E0c1 Ewes, per lb ....GO to 7d Pork carcases, Os 6d to 10s 641 Wetbers, d 0...... 7d to 74d Lambs, per qr ..... ..7s to bs Fat calves, d0...0d to 6J . Rough fat, aid per lb. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET .LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... April IS,. via Marseilles ... ...... April —. - iirazil and Cape Verds, by Britlsh packet. ....... May Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena—Ma 4. y 3. China, Penang, and Singapore, via S ou th a mpton. April 18. via Marseilles „,,April 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Api - il 18. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Scuthampton April 18. -- via Marseilles April —. India (Bombay), via Southampton . April 25. via Marseilles April 2e 4 .;. Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southam?ton April 18. via Marseilles April —. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. packet April 1& by U.S. packet by Canadian packet April ---.. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. May 10 . Bahamas, via New York ' May 8. Mexico All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, April ?S• California, and British Columbia. PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO MILTON IN CRIPPLE GATE Cuuncu.—ln consequence of the ancient church in Fore-street, Cripplegate, requiring ver; extensive repairs, a few weeks ago a committee, comprising some of th e most influential inhabitants, was formed to rate subscriptions for effecting the alterations contemplated. Cne of the objects Ilk view is the erection of a monument to tie memory of Mil-. ton, the author of " Paradise Lost," 'limo remains are de posited in the church. The suggestion has met with the support of many Dissenting ministers, and several clergy men of the Established Church have signified their inten tion to give their assistance. Contributions to the amount of between £4OO and £5OO have been received, amongst the contributors being Miss Burdett Coutti, who has forwarded a sum of £5O. BIRTHS. CivELL.—Or. the 17th inst , at 1, The Crescent, Oxford, Mrs. J. Cavell, of a son. CHICHESTER,—On the 15th inst., at Inch House, London deny, the H onoura bl o M rs . Algernon Chichester, of a daughter. Cox. --On the 14th inst., at Honiton, Mrs. Spencer Cox, of a son. GRANT.—On the 16th inst., at Redford, Leamington, the Wife of Fred. A. Grant, of a son. MARRIAGES. GROVE—ScoTT.—On the 15th ir.st., at Trinity Church, Paddington, Henry Leslio Grove, Esq„ Captain H.M.'s Madras Stall Corps, to Elizabeth Donaldson, only Baugh• ter of Chas. Herbert Scott, Esq., Westbourne-crescent, Hyde-park. WALLGRAVE—MURFET.—On the 16th inst., at St. Pan cras, Charles William, only son of C. W. Wallgrave , Esq., of Chelsea, to Eliza Sarah, only surviving daughte r of the late blurfey, Esq., of Brompton. DEATH.§. MACDONALD.— On the 15th inst., at 30, Coleshill-street, Eaton-square, aged 81, Louisa, elder surviving dau g hter of the late Right Hon. Sir Archibald Macdonald, Bart., Chief Baron of the Exch:quer, and Lady Louisa, daugh ter of the second Marquis of Stafford , , NEWTON.—On the 16th inst., at Wand sworth, Mary Ja ne, wife of T. H. Goodwin Newton, barrister-at-law. at 27, Norfolk-street Park. REPTON.—On the 16th inst., lane, Lady Elizabeth :Upton, aged 78. TancE.—On the 17th inst., at the Manor House, Chiswick , Frances Caroline Sophia, second daughter of Harrington. Mice, M.D. WIIITEHEAD.—Outhe 14L11White at Chard ; Marianne, the widow of the ERN,. B. head, late prebendary of Welts, aged 73. LO p r inted and Published by JOHN CHAPLIN , f ;RE Q vLuCe, -m 112, St r and, in the Pree , nct of th e S avoy, i n t h e C ou nty of oN No. 112, Strand , Printer, at n xiddlesex ,— Satwdah.April 19, 1862, h Th; ' 4l w b *reek i nle Pr The One 8 ] zikern( tfficiei heedei The tlibut 8 jest Ist 2. 13. 10 . 9 . , Se Sepa Pc iwtE Te ands Close saris I l'IlE v , I 4..ixt, tb e Th 4 trtot on th 44 r e The B: 111 Si Pi lif liV For •Qted al so tihi pw i ns bg' a • -4 e la The xo r d - 415 I,Z b A, °oat ern M p Una p TN' virtu Earl CT" 0:111 „df von ( Tb .11.84 , 1 LOtil .t c ;h ot, kld I ltttlE *hi( ON E