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to 31s to 354 to 27s tQ 470 to ---8 les of a ad- I slow beans ere at a --- , w. THE I TALIAN IRRIGATION CANAL and Shams P toM ANY. Societd A nonyme with Limited Liability ) Bearer. Share capital 25,000,000 E €1,,000). Divided i n t o 50 , 000 shares of 5 ( 00f. 000 (L2O) each. deposit on application pee share, and Ll on allotment. The Ite.lirro Government guarantees a minimum interest -of six per cent. on the capital, and also a sinki ng f un d to provide fur its redempti on, DIRECTORS IN ITALY. The Mr.rquis de Cavov.r, Member of the Chamber of Depu ties. The Count Oldofre,di, Senator (formerly Governor of Bologna). M. Farina, Rege n t of the Bank of Milan. De Vincerizi (formerly Minister of Public Works at Naples). 31. G. De Fr,rnex, Banker, Turin M. Laur BaLker, Parma. DIR ECTORS IN ENGLAND. G. G. Macpherson, Esq., Chairman of the Agra and United Se-trice Bank. Les4,rx.k R. Reid, T.1:81., Director of the Oriental Bank Cor peration. Jtvotes Dickson, .2sq. (Lennox, Nephew, and Co.), 16, Old Broad -street. Lieut.-Colonel W. Campbell Onslow, Director of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company. IVm. Walter Cargill, Esq., Director of the Eastern Bengal Railway Company. C.vice G. M Bank. ansel, Et , q., Di rec t or o f the Agra and United Ser • P. D. Radon-, '&q., Deputy-Chair:ran of the Peninsular and Oriental Stc atn Navizatio'd Company. F. Su ' t lo' Brownres, Es Chalcott 1-I.o"ase, King s t on , S urrey. the P.on es , ho a d, E sq., M.P. Deputy-Chai r m an o f L,,ari and North-Western ' Railway Company. BANKERS .tr,r Loxpox—Messrs. Nlasterman, Peters, and BANKERS Co., 35, Ni c h o l as -l ane. IN ITA.LY—Messrs. Charles De Fernex and Co., Turin. SOLICITORS-31essra, Rixon and Son, 38, Cannon-street. BEGICERS-I%)ssrs. Foster and Braithwaite, 68, Old Broad -street. JOINT ENGINEERS. Monsr. Chas. Noe, Turin. Abernethy, Esq., M.1.C.E., London. Prospectuses and Forms of Application may be obtained from the Brokers, a.nd at the offices of the Company. No. 115 LEIC EsTER BAYLY, S ecre t ary , pro tem. Gt.esham House, Old Broad -street. ITALIAN IRRIGATION CANAL COM PAN'(.—The applications for Shares in Italy being already Argely in excess of the number reserved for that country. Notice is Hereby Gi ven that the, London List wiL be CLOSED on SATURDAY next, 19th, iust. LEICESTER BAYI,1", Secretary pro tem. 14th April, 18t7,2, IA Gresham House, Old Broad,-street, City. 91-IHE GREAT (3 3:k:-PER LODE OF HUA CAYVO (MILXIC.(;) COMPANY (Limited).—Capital £2der 00,000 in 40,000 ahP.res o f £5 eac h . To be incorporated un the Joint- St.,oc Companies' Acts, whereby the liabi lity of the shareb.olo.ers is limited to the amount subscribed. X 1 per share to b'a paid on application, £1 i n one month as after allotmen tile remainder to be c a ll e d u p b y i ns t a l ments, the develr , pv,nent of the property may render necessary, but no i ‘ ns',.alment will be c a ll e d b e f ore a per i od of six months ir. , cira the date of allotment. DIRECTORS. GEOTAGE CURNOW HOCKIN, Esq. (Chairman), Lee prArk, Director of the Anglo-Mencan Mint Company. Thomas Willis Fleming, Esq., 10, Lancaster•gate, London, and Stoneham-bouse, Hants. George Grant Francis, Esq., Cae Bailey, Swansea. 'm. Gardner r , P,sq., M essrs . H , and W. Gardne r , b rewers, Albert St. John-steiat, Director of the City B an k . Pelly, Esq., Messrs. Albert Pelly and Co., 18, Finch-lane, City, Robert Rictrardson, Esq., 3, Kensington -gardens-square, London, late of Swansea. Thomas J. Warren, Esq., of Panama, merchant. BANKERS. The City Bank, Threadneedle-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Sewr.:ll, Sewell, and Edwards, Gresham-house. William Co.ro.pton Smith, Esq., 43, Lincoln's-inn-fields, BROKERS. Sir R. W. Carden and Son, 2, Royal Exchange -buildings Messrs. F4ewell Brothers, 58, Old Broad -street. AUDITORS % INless,,.s. H ar di ng, Pullein, Y hinney, and Gibbons, 3, Bank-b u ildi ngs. SECRETAR Y (pro tern.) —lllr. Samuel Mer r i c k. Uexico Offices, 85, Gresh am -h ouse, Old Broad-street. is a country well known to be teemi with in- exhaustible mineral resources, from which Spain ng formerly de-rived enormous riches, and thus added materially to her greatness and prosperity. The intervention in the affairs of Mexico by the Allied Pow ers . —England, France, and Spain—by giving confi• dente to British enterprise will, undoubtedly, add wealth to tb ose who early embark in the mineral developments of tba't country. PROSPBCTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing the rich and extensive copper, gold, silver, and lead mines, called La Purisima and Dos Amigos, with their Pertenen• ties covering 56 acres, tncluding all lodes and veins therein, situate in 56 acre, Chihuahua, adjoining the State of Sonora, on the Gt.V.f of California. Also for the pur chase of a large tract of land surround ing these raine,s. held in perpetuity by virtue of a decree of twhole he State, tlaii,,,Loy covered with woods and forests, the estir.zated at 142,000 acres. And fn .rther, for the purpose of working the above mines, and ere,; ing works for the reduction of the ores, by which the C o mpany w ill reap the double profits arising respec iv from mining and smelting. The, rivers Fuerte, or Urique, and Papagochi running through the properties afford ample and most valuable water power. The Governmeyit has conceded, for a period of five years, absolute exemption from all taxes, levies, and duties of whatsoever kind or nature. The presence of rich ores cropping out and appearinn the sur f ace of Vaese mines, and the value of the lodes g , o is established by the survey and report of Mr. Robert L. b'Aumaile, am English engineer resident in Sonora, and the accreatid Government mining engineer and assayer for that State, and fully corroborated in a valuable paper read by Mr. Charles Sevin, F.R.G.S., before the Royal Geogra- Phical Society of London, so far back as January 24th, Tr...,1859 (See Journal of that Society for 1860).—Extracts from ports to be seen at the Company's offices and in full - yrospectus. The richness of the lode is proved from assays made by 11r. D'Aurnaile on the spot of ores taken promiscuously from every part of the vein, by which an average of 33 per tent. of copper has been obtained, while those assays tested in Europe by Messrs. Johnson and Son, Basinghall-street, London and by Mr. Thomas Penrose, assayer to Messrs. Richardson and Co., Swansea, give still more favourable results, leading to the inference that the yield of metal ex ceeds that of any copper mines yet discovered. —Statement o Py f ospec tu Assays s to be see n offices at the Company's and in full . It is proposed by the Company to smelt the ores upon the ground, adjacent to the mines, and only to transport the metal to the c , Jast, thereby lessening the expense of carriage to the port oc, shipment. It is estimated that the very large alloy of go'.al and silver which the metal contains will be sufficient to pay the cost of transport of the copper to a European market. Very rich gold deposits are also found in various parts of the main vein. Under these circumstances it is scarcely necessary to say that the profits of the undertaking, with ordinarily prudent Management. must be large, in further proof of which the vendo - rs have consented to postpone the payment of half the Pureliase-money until the net profits shall amount in any oar, year to 20 per cent. on the called-up capital. The purchase of this valuable mineral property, includ ing the existing reduction w or k s , p l an t , mac hi nery, & c., t ogether with the territorial grant, and all privileges attaoPaed thereto, without any reservation of rights or royrdties, has been agreed for with the proprietors upon the f e ) :lowing advantag eous t erms : That £lO,OOO be paid, and 5,000 paid-up shares be - allotted to them on delivery of the property to the Com- Pany's confidential agent, to be despatched to Mexico for that purpose. That a deferred payment of £lO,OOO and an additional a llotment of 3,000 paid-up shares be made when the net prof: is shall amount in any one year to 20 per cent, on the cal ied-up capital. That, on a dividend being declared, the shares given to the proprietors, in payment for the property, shall only be considered in value the same as the shares of the subscribing sh areholders, whatever amount may have been paid up on then-t. Juan A. Robinson, Esq., of the port of Guaymas, Gulf Calit orn i a, Sonora, has undertaken with the assistance of the Company's confidential agent, the management of the and, the establishment of the reduction works on the spot. until such time as the enterprise shall have proved rem r zative, and a divid en d shall have been declared. The o PF l 2esidence of this gentl eman i n t h e country, toge e with his great practical experience and high commer- Cral standing, ensure to the Company an additional guaran tee for its success. Samples of the ores, as well as of the copper, gold, and silver extracted from tho mines, together with maps of the locality, may be seen at the offices of the Company. All charges for agency, promotion, advertisements, brokers' commission, legal and other expenses, including the costs and fees of registration of the Company, have been estimated not to exceed 3 per cent. on the nominal capital of the Company. Applications for shares may be made to the bankers and brokers of the Company i n the affixed form. Allotments be made according to priority of application; and, in case of non-allotment, the deposit will be returned without deduction. The Great Copper Lode of Huacayvo (Mexico) Company (Limited). Offices, 85, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street. Form of Application for Shares. Shares £5 each. Deposit on application, £1 per share. To the Directors of the Great Copper Lod e o f H uacayvo (Mexico) Company (limited). Gentlemen.—Having paid X— to your bankers, the City Bank, for -- shares in the Great Copper Lode of linacayvo (Mexico) Company (Limited), I request you to allot me, and I hereby agree to accept such shares, or any less number, subject to the provisions of the Joint-Stock Companies Act, and to sign the Articles of Association When required, Name Address Date Tho above form, when filled up, is Da to be left with the bankers on payment of the deposit. J ust published, containing 190 Pages, with 100 Engravings, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20 stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, the Greatest Medical Work of the Age, or Youthful Indiscretions and conse (lflen' Impediments to Marriage, describing. the Anatomy of the - Reproductive System in health and disease, and pointing out the sure means of perfect restoration to manhood ; with au Essay on Single and Married Life, c ontaining his Pre cription known as the preventive Lotion, precluding the possibility of contamination. Address It. and L. PERRY and 19,Burners-street. Oxford-street, W. Attendance d a ily trorn 10 till 8; Sundays, 11 till 2, by a Consulting Surgeon,'llember of the Royal College of Surgeons of England(Regis_ , ~ tered under the New Medical Act). GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. hENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous F illTerers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 panes). A I s ,Tdical work on the cure o f N ervous D e bility, Loss of emory, ,Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, kness, Muscular Re 4xation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, Arc., `which, it tath 4leeted result in consumption, insanity, and premature ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob ,ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope 2 14 two otamps. Addre!s, n'ENRY SMITH, Mal, Burton vreloeut, Tuatock-square, Loudon, N° 21,780. CLERICA_L, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. Established 1821. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament ONU MEETING, 1852. The Report presented a S t a Meeting held on the 2d January last, for the declaration of the Seventh Bonus, showed, in evidence of the progress of the Society, that during the quin quennial period which terminated on the 30th of June, 1851, New Assurances for a total sum of £1,486,370 had been effected, being an increase of £62,215 on those of the previous five years ; that The Income had increased from £166,800 to £195,400 per annum; that The Assurance Fund had risen from £1,154,276 to £1,422,191; and that a Reversionary Addition to the Policies of £275,077 was then made, as against £232,479 at the prior division. In illustration of the results of the Division, that the Reversionary Addition above named averaged 48 per cent., or varied with the different ages from 33 to 89 per cent. on the Premiums paid in the five years ; and that the Cash Bonus averaged 21 per cent. on the like Premiums, being amongst the largest ever declared by any office. The Report explained at length the nature of the invest ments, and the bases of the calculations, the results of which, as above shown, are eminently favourable. The following are among the distinctive features of the Society:— Credit System.—On Policies for the whole of life, one half of the Annual Premiums during the first five years may remain on credit, and may either continue as a debt on the Policy, or be paid off at any time. Policies for Terms of Years may be effected at rates pecu liarly favourable to Assurers. Invalid Lives may be assured at Premiums proportioned to the increased risk. Prompt Settlement of Claims.—Claims paid thirty days after proof of death. The Ac^ounts and Balance Sheets are at all times open to the inspection of the Assured, or of persons proposing to assure. Tables of Rates, Forms of Proposal, the Report above men tioned, and a detailed account of the proceedinsy,s of the Bonus Meeting, can be obtained from any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE. Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, Lon placedon, S. W. The N Division of Profits will take in , 1867, and ext persons who eft ect New Policies before the Januarya ry end of June next will be entitled at that Division to one year's additional share of Profits over later Assurers. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS —Der Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PR ESIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of NorthuM• berland, K.G., F.R.S. CITAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.?. DE P UTY - CHAIRmAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past two years, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ng to £28,650 on various Life-boat Establishments on the Coasts of Eng'and, Scotland, and Ireland. During the past two years the Life-boats of the National Life-boat Institution have eon instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Vessels:— Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .• .. 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow. .. • • . 9 Smack John Buy, of Yarmouth .. 5 Schooner Catherine, of Newry Barque Niagara, of Shields .. 11 A Barge of Teignmouth •• •• .• •• • Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• •• •• •• Coble Honour, of Cullercoats •• •• •• Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. Barque Oberon, of Liverpool •• •• •, Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth • Smack Wonder, of T e i gnmou th Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. Brig Ann, of Blyth • • Sloop Hope, of Dublin .• . • •• Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis • Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester - Schooner Susan and I sa b e ll a , o f Dundee . . Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• Brig Prodroma, of Stockton Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn • • Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. Schooner Prospect, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives • • A Fishing-boat of Whitbur n .• Brig Arethusa, of myth •• •• •• Schooner Dewi Wvn, of Portmadoc • • Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris Schooner William, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry .• •• • Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston •. Brig New Draper, of Whit e h aven . Schooner William, of Liverpool .. •• Lugger Nimrod, of Castleto wn •. Brig Providence, of Shields •• .. .• •• Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle • • • • Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. • • Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spirid , one, of Galaxide Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna • • French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast •• .• • • • • Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .. Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven s. Brig St. Michel, of Morons 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. 1 Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. • • • • • • . 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) 6 Barque Frederick, of Dublin • • .. 1 .. Barque Peace, of London .. .. • • .. 2 Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. • • .. 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby ( save d vessel and crew of four hands) .. Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen .. Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man .. Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan .. Galliot Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. .. 3 .. 5 .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 9 .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 •• 4 .. 8 .. 4 .. 10 .. .. 8 .. 6 .. 5 .. 10 .. 5 .. 5 .. 6 .. .. .. 4 .. .. .. 5 . 5 . 3 .. 5 Total For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £1,891 as rewards t o the crews of the Lifeboats. It has also granted rewards mounting to £515 10s. for saving 373 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak ing a total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is pds ot 12,2 0 ; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and £15,250 in cash have been granted as rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by the Society to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions he Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agemen, t for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough needed efficiency ,t f its s large a n p e e rm m t a s n s t e o n n t I s to annual he income - - - •- - isabsolutely perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions _ Clark,cotton ,Msris.i. _____ . s. d Her Majesty the Queen .. .. .. annual 50 0 0 Coutts and Co .. annual 210 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. ... .... .. .. annual 1 1 0 St. Vincent,. Bart Erle, Lord Chief s don. 25 0 Messrs. Bankers :: :: annual 10 0 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Digby, G i x ,•v -4.,,,,,Sherborne Castle .. annual 50 0 I r S r i s r A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey. Rev. G. G. anda R.C.B. . don. 10 10 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. Fr. & • • • • don. 30 0 Lanesborough, the Earl of C 0.,. Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 .. don. 15 15 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart, • • • •• annual 50 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .. ',.. • • • • 7th don. 10 0 0 Robartes, T.. 7. Agar, Esq., M.P. .... Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. ... annual a 50 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony , K.C.B. .. .. annual 20 0 Donations and Annual Su , scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution , Messrs. Willis Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; 11fessrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., is, St. James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kingdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon don, W.C. Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-of f ice Orders (crossed), to Messrs. Wilts, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. On Sperniatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, ilmmorrhoids, Gleets, Nervous Debility Palpitation, dm., &c. 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VIVA VITAL'S, ill ustrated with 100 Engravings from Life (of Cases attended at the Hotel Dieu, Paris, and other Hospitals), descriptiv e of the baneful effects conse quent upon the errors an from td excesses of youth and maturity, and the debility arising he too frequent indulgence of the passions. containing a prescription of the Author's Invi gorating Lotion, an external app cation, with directions for its use, with an Essay on true and false Spermatorrhcea, every m stag an e ho o o f eased muscular develop ment, by th e mos t d S c y a p n h b i l e i s r , e st and or e a d l 1 with e h t n i n r acrl affections, showing how s imple means ; thereby removing all Dis qualifications and Impediments to Married Life. By ME DICUS, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng land. and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, registered under the New Medical Act, who may be consul at the residence, 4 5 A, Maddox-st i e et, Regent street. Lo te n d don, W. (opposite the side of S UlVorge's Church), daily. 11 till 2, and f rom 5 till 8 ; Sundays, 1 t till 2. To be had direct as above, and from all Booksellers in Paternoster.. row, L 0114911. ACCIDENTAL DEATH INSURANCE COMPANY, 7, Bank Building -5, Lothbury, London, E.C." Founded 1849. Capital, £300,000 in 12,000 Shares of £25. Empowered by Special Acts of Parliament. TRUSTEES. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Esq. KEN YoN S. PARKER, Esq., Q.C. HENRY BLAIR, MAYNE, Esq. At an Extraordinary General )teeting of the Shareholders, held on Tuesday, the Bth inst., Two Thousand Ne Shares of Twenty-five Pounds each were created, on each of which Z 1 will be due on allotment. The Dividends are paid in January and July. All applications for Shar:s must be made on or before the 30th inst., on which day the Share List will be finally closed, to Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and son, 15, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, Brokers to the Company. 11th A pril, 1862. - ~ ,,-- -V , , - NE, WS PAPER -- - - a-6 / 7 ....e......c.- / c e -- ; -- T * , ~..,,, •,....- %.... ,„ „.,,,,„. ? s _ , "1 lr.V MO 1" fiz )• -- - .. 11 .... . , V-I.'c'S 1 .0 ve ~. . .. . . / X : .- 1.. ... ;,. .. r. , /,..p...‘t. 0 ..a1f., 111 1666 N 710,, .... . , nn, A DARING IMPOST° • . 14 .. , _ . ~.. iill • , ~..... ~...„,,,,,i ; : „ /„,0 0 4 . ,....._, . ..„ :- ...,==_Alk,,.,,) ~ ~,,, ~,.„,,,,,,....... „,......:„., ~...,..,,......„,,,, -___.... t, ‘,.....„..4 ** .,,, ditr_. • 4 • 14. 14.0 ...„....,, : s,i. ~ ~, 0r5,...,-, \\........_,....,, • ~ = A very ingenious fraud has been perpetrated i f r: ‘, Nottingham within the last few days, by which` Mr. Ge orge St ree t, a co al dealer, has been victim ised. Mr. Street's' wife, whose maiden name was "Wheatley, has several relations in America, her parents and several of her brothers having emi grated to that count r y so me twenty years ago. In , January last, a letter was received, purporting to be from one of her relatives, stn tiug that her fatherroperty, which had died possessed of considerable P he had left among the members of - his family, in equal shares, of which she wa s , of c ourse, entitled to one. The death of the father was said to have been caused by accident, the particulars of which were detailed. Nothing more was heard tilt Satur day last, when Mr. Street was sent Tor to the Sir Isaac Newton, where, he was told, a person waned to sec him. On going to the hostelry he fond. a stranger, who, after some preliminary questim:-', introduced himself as Mrs, Street's brother, ,just arrived from America. After partaking of asocial glass together, the new found relative was invit e d to Mr. Street's hou se , Wile.TC he:embraced his sister, . her f am ily h a d b een separate k ma ny y and soon became qu it e a t home in the bosom of the family. M rs . S treet h a d , h o ),, ,, ever, some doubts as. to the stranger being her b r oth s ,' ;bu c t au th ,t t think memb ers. e ms uree be a. brother of w h om s h e h a d l ost a l l recollection. The as s. you really ears, and. therefor e s h e t h oug h t poss ib ly it might stranger seei ng t h at s h e did not feC l about him, a s s h e k ept say i ng, ~ I are -my - broth e r," got u p t o ,go away ; quite b of but the husband, f ee li ng t h e h osp i tal it y o f hi s house at stake, said, " N onsense , ma . 1.1. take off your coat and sit down to tea." The stranger complied, and after doing substaOtial justice . to the viands, , entered into a lo,"g story of his doings in America, and of the where abouts of the different branches of the house of Wheatley, the death of the old gentleman who , had left them all comfortably provided for, and similar topics being idilated upon at considerable length. The guest then asked questions about old times and the scenes of his youth ; and observed to Mrs. Street, more than once, " So You're old Polly ? well, how odd it is we should meet aga i n. " He further said he was ti2e identical brother who had tumbled down a well ants been almost tra ram ,_ louslj saved many years ago, which circlittleumstance me. was recolieSted by Mrs. Street a? ter a He also showed them one of his fingers, which had been bent inwards, and said, ‘, H ow A dd it was he and the old man_ehoald have a finger injured in the same manner."—Mrs, , Street's father had suf fered from each injury; and gradually the doubts as to his identity passed away. In the evening' after, Mr. Street had finished his day's business, he 12" the stranger went out and had a glass or two togs - ther, the American insisting on paying his share a the reckoning, saying, " that was the way they dial things in his country." He further pulled out some • American coins from his pocket, and talked about them, and how he got them, and what an-excellent place he htsd in America on one of the railways as guard, where he got 50s. per week, and should not have given it up, only he had now come into a share of old Mr. Wheatley's money. Hefurther pointed, to a cut on his forehead, saying he had been thrown from an express train, and had a very narrow escape, almost as providential as his escape from the ' well before mentioned. By the . following .b.dayt which he said was his birthday, he had made him self perfectly at home; and a plum pudding was prepared by Mrs. Street, and her aunt living in the town was invited. As soon as he saw' the good lady coming, this affectionate relative went to the door and kissed her, saying how glad he was to see her, and so forth. The next morning he borrowed some clean linen, saying he had only brought a dicke7 with him, as all his things were coming by the goods train, his boxes being too heavy to move by ordi nary conveyance. Another difficulty occurred—all his money was in notes of America, and paper not negotiable all at once ; and, as it would cost him. more than £1 for carriage, he borrowed 30s. of the. Streets, and then went up to the aunt's and bor rowed £1 from her on it like pretext. Ho then went out to fetch and _pay for .his boxes, and has not since been heard of. it turns eZ it that the coins he produced, as having just brought ove r from America, were obtained from Mr. Street's children ; but the father did not find this out until too late. When he took his departure he left behind him an old shirt in the place of a better article borrowed, which has on it the name "W. Horn," and the figures 2,205, with the letters E. Y. M. Grs. This, with the de scription of the person given to the police, is a ll by which he can be traced. PRICE..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. MEETING OF _MIDDLESEX MA GIS- 2BATES. The ordinary meeting of the magistracy of the county of Middlesex was held yesterdayat the Court house on Clerkenwell-green — Mr. Pownall, chair man of the bench, presiding. There were upwards of 70 magistrates present. The minutes of the last Court having been read by Mr. Baldwin, Deputy Clerk of the Peace, The Court proceeded to consider the report of the Committee of Accounts and General Purposes, and an order was made thereupon for the payment of bills, salaries, and demands, to the amount of £14,776 14s. ld. A rate of d. in the pound on the county rental was ordered, and id. under the Lunatic Asylums Act. The committee having had under consideration representations from Birmingham and Northampton respecting the present scale of allowance as expenses to witnesses and prosecutors, reported that they were of opinion that the grievance complained of did not apply to the county of Middlesex so much as to other counties ; but that, as it had been sug gested that a meeting of chairmen of quarter ses • sions should be held to consider the question, the Chairman of this Bench be invited, on the part of the committee and the commission at large, to at tend such meeting when convened.—Ageeed to. THE PRISONS. The reports from the prisons were brtnight up and read. In Coldbath-field,, Homo) of Correetian there were 1,688 prisoners. In Westminster Bride well 615 females, and in the House of Detention 183, on remand or committed. The report from the Industrial School at Feltham stated that on the 31st December there were 468 juvenile offenders there, and gave a very satisfac tory account of the progress that, under the auspices of the committee, had been made in reforming the children. It was reported from Coldbath-fields that the cell accommodation was insufficient, and that a sum of £26,930 would be asked for to provide that which was requisite. . , Lieut.-Col. WOOD moved, pursuant to notice— " That the employment as governor of the House of Correction, at Coldbath-flelds, and the command of a volunteer regiment, are incompatible." The hon. and gallant mover said he had no object in pro posing this resolution with respect to the governor personally, but he could not reconcile in his mind the idea of a person being at one time the governor of a prison containing 1,700 or 1,800 prisoners and the commander of a volunteer corps. He knew, from a military experience of over 40 years, what the duties of a commanding officer were. The governor of Coldbatly fields was in command of a regiment numbering about 700 rank and file. He (Colonel Wood) had a regiment about . 300—less than half—and the issuing of orders, and corres pondence which was absolutely necessary, discipline properly carried out, and constant attention, left but little time for a commanding officer to anything but his corps. It required constant and unvarying attention. Who was, he would ask, answerable if anything went wrong? The commanding officer, who was responsible to the Government. And how could the governor of a large prison, with 1,800 pri- Boners in his charge, properly attend to his duties in that capacity, and at the same time have the com mand of a volunteer regiment ? It could not be. Suppose a riot occurred in the prison while the governor was at drill, far distant from home. The governor had a good salary (£6OO a-year) and a house to live in; and the Act, of Parliament said that no person should be engaged in any., ,other occupation. The governor must, therefore, he maintained, relinquish one office or the other. The motion having been seconded, a long discus sion took place, in which Mr. Armstrong, head, Mr. P. N. Laurie, Lord Ranelagh, Lord En . _ _ _ NEW MARKET HALL IN MA NCHES27ER The site in London road on which the original" meat and vegetable market stood was some years ago taken for the purpose of the railway station and works ; and ever since the market has been carried on upon stalls anything but picturesque in appear ance or convenient for public use. 'These stalls have now been replaced by an elegant and com modious building, in every way suitable to the requirements of the district. The building, which is in the Venetian style, is two storeys high,, and has a frontage of 90 feet to London-read, where is the principal entrance. There are also two entrances from Birmingham-street, and two from Swarbrick-street, by both of which streets the market is bounded. The lower part of the front portion of the building is divided into shops, which. are already let off to persons in different ways of business. The upper storey is used for offices, some of which have been taken by Messrs. Carver and, Co. carriers, and some by the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company. The market itself is behind these shops and offices, and covers a space of 90 feet by 70 feet. It is approached by a h pore , over the doorway of which is a pyramidal device showing the purposes to which the market is to be devoted. The' cornice contains the word Goadsby, Mayor, 1862 ;" above which are the Manchester Arms, carved in stone, and an ornamen tal balustrade surmounts the whole. The interior ironotf e t n h t p e a il m l air a or r sn k , w e a t onr c dk o n loi s fg i s ht t ht s ee o dd f ob oy t r h s r s e ka e ny b dl i a go y hf s tts supported nt b ha y .e pilasters, has a very pleasing effect. There is ac commodation, for 16 butchers' stalls, and 19 stalls for fruiterers and greengrocers, and dealers in mis cellaneous articles. The avenues between the stalls are spacious, and so disposed as to admit of a free . and uninterrupted passage for the public, and a fair display of goods of the dealers. A machine capable of weighing 30 totif.; is connected with the market. The work has beencaArflri carded gut for the masons' 11t under the superin tendence of Mr. I. G. Lynde, the city surveyor, Mr.the contractors being work, Mr. Burnell for the joiners' , Heywood of Derby, for the iron work; tLe clerk of the works was Mr. S. Taylor. The market will be opened on Saturday the 26th inst. field, and Mr. Turner, took part. Byavote of 31 21 "It was resolved, that the. Court duly appre- ciating the spirit in which the letter from Lieut. Col. Colville to the visiting justices, C.C.8.F., his been written, offering to resign his appointment of lieutenant-colonel of a volunteer corps, should be accepted,which he accepted with the sanction of the visiting justices ; but the Court,having regard to the paramount duty of a governor of a prison, feel incumbent to accept the resignation tendered to the visiting justices." Agreed to by 31 to 21. A letter from Col. Colville ,was appended to the report, the substance of which was that he did not seek or solicit for the appointment ; he obtained permission to take it, and was ready to resign it when required. Not the least fault had been found as to the duties of the lieutenant-colonel of the vo lunteers corps (the 39th Middlesex) interfering with those of his duties as governor of the prison, the actual business of the corps being done by the ad jutant and secretary. There were occasional refer ences to him as commanding officer. He attended parade about twice a month, bat by permission _ _ after prisoners were looked up; if before by leave, once or twice a-year. The visiting justices, in their report, said the dis cipline of the prison had been well maintained, and they had not called upon the governor to give up the commission he had been permitted to accept. The salary of the matron or keeper of the House of Correction, at Westminster, was increased from £250 to £3OO a year. Several superannuation allowances were granted ,o prison officers. A good deal of formal business having been gone ,hrough, the Court adjourned. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 1862. PUBLICATIONS. INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. POPUL AR GUIDE TO THE INTER NATIONAL EXHIBITION, with Plans of the Building, will be published early in May, by 'Sressrs. W. H. SMITH and SON. It wi Ibe sold for One Shilling, and will be so compiled as to enable Visitors to see, without loss of time, all objects of interest, and will give all necessary and interesting information, avoiding useless details and sta tistics. A few advertisements will be inserted : for terms and particulars apply to alessrs. W. H. Smith and Son, 188, Strand, London. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties eR. perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "GoVernment upon First Prin• cip les." ARGYLL ROOMS.—Series of New Music, Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. Born,- CORP, Conductor and Composer. This gentleman will play every evening at 11 o'clock, until further notice, variations arranged by himself on the Cornet-a-Piston.—The free-list will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the door. By order of the Proprietor.—Manager, Mons. P. Grenet. Admission Is. A bST,RALIA AN.O THE EXHIBITION, The Australian department of the Internatidnal &in it dt Ifrivilt showing symptoms of activity. The gods from New Sotith Wale and %nth Australia are delivered, and the fittings in a fottrci.d state. The Victorian collec tion arrived on the 10th inst., 19y the tireat &Hein, just as the Royal Commissioners had decided on taking bsek into their owit hantla the apace allotted for it, in consequence of there being no one in England to represent the colony or to prepare the fittings. The New Zealand Court is being lined and fitted by Messrs. Smee and Sons, of Yinshury-pavc meet ; and Messrs. Morgan Brothers are oommencing the counters for Western Australia. The bulk of the articles at resent in the building is from New South Wales and South Australia, and consists of timber and metallic ore. The articles for exhibition from Westettt Australia are looked for daily by the Gloucester, but those front Nov Zealand are scarcely expected at present. The Australian division will be arrived at on entering from Exhibition-road, by passing obliquely under the eastern dome. The greater part of the goods being at present unpacked, or covered over with cloth, it is difficult to say what appearance they will make, but it is certain that the courts will be well filled —New Zealand particularly, which has more space fot its seven provinces than Western Australia, will, we are in. formed, not have room enough for the display of the arti cles advised to Mr. Morrison, the commissioner. It is pro posed that the flag of each colony should be displayed on its court, but we believe this will not be universally, even if generally, complied with. It is a pity that there has not been a meeting of the commissioners of the several colonies to bring about a general understanding, which would ensure something like an uniformity of appearance. It is perhaps not now too late for us to throw out the suggestion. Dr. Lindley and Mr. Simmonds have their hands full now, but we have no doubt they will do their work well, and that the result will justify the Royal Commissioners in appoint ing them to the post. The little cold, shabby Colonial Office only reached over a heap of soddened clay, and when reached scarcely large enough to turn oneself in, must, we should think, have sadly embarrassed them in their business. When Mr. Simmouds comes forth from his ricketty shed to lock upon the Australian display in its splendour we trust he will favour us with his impressions of thework which he and his able coadjutor have been so instrumental in for warding.—Australian Mail. Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, pric e 5 5 . , b y post free, ss. 6d., nN THE SUCCESSFUL T REATMENT of v_r sTRicTuRVB of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ampl e ev id ence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to striature."—Aledical Circular. London: IL BaiMere. 219, Regent-street. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. TAIPPS'S COCOA. (Commonly called Epps's Homceopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. }lb., Vb., and llb packets, at is. Bd. per lb., by Grocers. DR.BUCHAN'S INVIGORATING ESSENCE, for NERVOUS RELAXATION and GENERAL WEAKNESS, at once restores and invigorates with magical rapidity the most Debilitated Constitution, thereby ensuring permanent health, increased strength, energy, and a re doubled development of the muscular system. Onetrial will force conviction, and prove failure impossible. Price per bottle 4s. 6d., Ile., or four times the quantity, 335. Wholesale Agents, Barclay and Sons, 75, Farringdon-street ; and of all chemists throughout the world. TA.-STRACIIAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. id. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TA'—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter I l .3 Tdiate " Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, TEA' STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawing, Room" Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. Hassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.— taredr SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, lire without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe ot Dr. 'cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, eizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. 14d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE.—Copaiba and Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion collicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in render ing them perfectly innocuous by increasing all their ourative properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different London hospitals, vie., St. Thomas's, Guy's. and St. Bartholomew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.—(Lancet, Nov. 6, 1857). The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a eure in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. 6d.; post free, ss. 2d.—At G. JOZEAU'S, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. MHE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRTACUM, for Nervous Relaxation and General Weakness, restores with magical rapt ity the most debilitated constitution. A single course of this remedy will enable man at once to fulfil the most sacred obligations of married life, ensuring to all health, manhood, and vigour. Price Ils., or four in one, 335. To be had direct from R. and L. Perry and Co., 19, Berners street, Oxford-street, London, W. Consul'ations daily, 11 till 2, and from 5 till 8. Agent : Barclay, 75, Farringdon street ; and all chemists throughout the world. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN it FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most Qhattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects - are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Rioord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 1.15., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. DECAY OF THE OTTOMAN POPULA TION.-A MORAL LESSON.—Some time since an article in the Times, on the decay of the Mussulman popu lation in Asia Minor, attracted much attention, both amongst politicians and physiologists. Referring to the visible and portentous fact, the writer did not hesitate to ascribe it mainly to one peculiar and vitiating influence, which is more destructive of happiness, health, and life than any other in dividual cause that could be named. The truth and soundness of the writer's views were ad mitted. It would be most salutary if we could gather from his reasonings and demonstrations instruction applicable to our own social condition. Is'it not a fact that, In innumerable instances, matrimonial disappointment and misery, unwilling celibacy, physical and mental anguish, the existence of which is known only to the sufferer himself, have their source in causes the germ of which is often planted in early life, and tue bitter fruit tasted long afterwards. Dr. LAIIERT, M.D., &c., is the only qualified practitioner on the Medical Register, and has been engaged for 20 years in the treatment of these unhappy cases, which, through the disappointment of just expectations, seriously compromise family objects and prospects, and prevent the accomplish ment of designs on which important interests depend. His essay on " Self-Preservation" contains every information on these subjects, and may be had from the Author, or from Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price is. ; post free for 13, or sealed ends for 20 stamps. At home from .3) %2,and 6 till 8. 37, Bedford-square, London. POST -o - : .„5 TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, Nov. 12. 1881. " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Cuiverwell has already established the renutation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of phsic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man eve r feels himself regenerated and new made, it is On:Coming outlof _a Turkish Bath." —Era, Oct 13, 1861. Consultations daily tllll2 a.m. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORE, MANHOOD : MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIRE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &o. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Bookselle7s, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- Y 11. MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. unTIS, 15, Albermarle-CsotrNeeTVlNocTsiad: lly, London. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications f Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infe c ti on. ' CHAPTERS IV. and V. ou the modern Treatment of gonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book oncludes with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive notion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manh oo d . —Thi s i s a truly valuable work, and houlcl be in the hand s o f young an d old."—" Sunday Times" ).3d March, 1856. , "The author has conf erre d a great boon by publishing thi s iittle work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in y ou th or more freque ntl y Premature oM age. '—" Daily Telegraph," Mama 27, 1856. This work, which for twenty years has stood the test or rirotesslonai eritinismandempiriehe v empirical ariuhostility,os disqualificationstreatsnaplain and sympathising manner on t ~ nd impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and xcesses it Will be found valuabl e and useful. —Record. . _ London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row: Mann, 29, cornhill. lioura of Contaltatinu-0 to 3 and 6to Euncloill , 1 9_ 2 FRENCH AGRICULTURE. A letter from Poissy says—France, pre-eminently the country of revolutions, now offers the speztacle of one from which nothing but good can be expected. It is not the ouvriers rising to overturn the Empire, but the Emperor seeking to consolidate his power by opening up the re sources of the country, and giving to capital that confidence which can only be derived from a firm Government. The special phase of this revolution I am here to chronicle is soon explained. A number of cattle, sheep, and pigs are collected at Poissy, near to Paris, and are here ranged side by side with some fine representatives of our English breeds. The whole are drawn together by a large amount of prize money, amounting to £5,938, exclusive of gold medals and cups offered by the French C ' , versenent. There is more in all this than appears to a casual observer. There are but few who remember what England was 80 years ago; but those who have made themselves acquainted with the pro digious change which has occurred in our agriculture will be at no loss to recognise the significance of a bucolic as semblage like this, nor of the presence here of the cylindri cally formed English short-horn. France, too often led by clever clap- trap, once felt herself flattered by the well-known saying, "France is rich enough to pay for her glory." She now seems disposed to Bab France is rich enough in glory to think of her finances ; and certainly if we by the action of public opinion can en courage her in this wise decision it will not be own interests alone that we shall serve. So soon as the fertile soil of France shall be made to yield its increase, and bread shall be cheap, and contentment shall promenade in holiday attire the Champs Elysees, then may that immense stand ing army (so expensive a bugbear to England) gradually merge again into the populace, and from being an unpro ductive element, serve by its well-directed energies in trade, commerce, and agriculture to augment the national wealth. It is a very common notion that Napoleon is a profound man, that he returned to France as the elected of the people, with a mysteriously forecast plan of domestic and foreign policy, to which everything has been made to bend, and which will eventually land him above the reach of deadly pro jectiles in some third heaven or other. There are th ose , how ever, who have always esteemed him a man of simpl e th oug h bold cast of mind, having a singularly sagacious k now l e d ge of the French character. He seems to have mad e bl un d ers ancdifumhesthanascehas had plans, to ha ve d ev i ated have required it o f hi m . from like other them men, when circumstances The main single idea to which he has kept true seems to have been the development of the internal resources of the country, and particularly those of the soil. There is some thing said about some memorable speech of his, wherein he tells his countrymen that he represents a defeat, and a de feat to be revenged; but looking at him, and at the charac ter of his reign, there is reason to think that he must just then have been in an ironical mood, and alluded to the rural defeat so lucidly portrayed by M. de Lavergne, where he shows statistically that the soil of England, though less fertile, produces just twice as much as that of France. Nothing is more certain ,than that in agriculture the work of progress is going rapidly forward, and that it is going forward under the direct encouragement and foster ing care of the Emperor. Aware that example is more in fluential than precept, he possesses farms in all quarters of his dominions. They are model establishments, and are designed to show to the cultivators of the neighbourhood round what they may do to imprsve their breeds of cattle add their methods of cereal culture. The Emperor is, in fact, the largest farmer in his domains any at rate, if not in Europe. He cultivates 51,000 acres of land, and gives to his rural affairs an attenticn as hearty as he does to affairs military and naval. The year before last, when the Em press visited the Smithfield Cattle Show, the hon. secre tary was amazed by the minute intimacy which that lady discovered with the breeds and sub-breeds of France, and also with those of England. The Government is encou- raging agriculture far and wide. There are 12 regional cattle shows throughout France annually. It would be better, certainly, that these shows should be due to private enterprise, and not to the governing power; but if private enterprise is at fault, it is well that official alertness should take its place. All is yet contained within a little official world, but the dimensions of this world are growing larger. These meetings and the large prizes offered by the Govern ment are drawing every year more exhibitors, and every man who attends returns to his herd, his flock, or his town agricultural association, the wiser for the experience thus gained. But, beyond the influence thus brought to bear, there are 71 agricultural schools, for the purpose of train ing boys in correct theoretical principles of cultivation and in the proper reduction of those principles to prac tice. These co-exist with colleges of agriculture, breed ing establishments where the best English cattle are kept, national flocks and studs of thoroughbred horses, and a bank of credit fonder, by means of which wonders are wrought beyond the barriere. of Paris quite equal to those which astonish even the residents within them. It will not surprise anybody to know, after what has been stated, that there is springing up a reading agricultural public, and this intelligent taste is being nourished by such perio dicals as the Journal d' _Agriculture Pratique and the Revue Abricole, and by such works as those which M. de Lavergne has recently furnished for the edification of English as well as French readers. Notwithstanding all this advance, and all these aids to advancement, much remains to be done. The last-named writer, after showing that the gross produce of land in France has increased from 16s. an acre in 1789 to 19s. an acre in 1815, and to 325. an acre in 18.59, goes on to say that this progress, had not half the time that has elapsed since the Revolution been wasted, might have been twice as great. " A neighbouring country, in which the princi ples of 1789 have been, notwithstanding a few apparent exceptions, more anciently and more constantly applied than with us, has accomplished in the same time a progress much more rapid still. In 1789 the United Kingdom had thirteen millions and a half inhabitants; in 1856 its popu- lation had increased to 28 millions, without reckoning the millions of English-born individuals scattered in distant colonies and all over the world. The population of Eng land has thus more than doubled, whilst ours has increased only by one-third. It has taken us 70 years to reclaim five million acres of waste lands, suppress half of our bare fel lows, double our agricultural produce, increase our popn•. ration by 30 per cent., wages 100 per cent., and rent 150 per cent. At this rate we should require three-quarters of a century more to reach the point of prosperity which England has already attained." Our neighbours, however, do not seem disposed to travel at this tardy rate. They have devised a short cut, and certainly it is the best they can adopt. Observing the pro digious results which are due to the appreciative selection of animals for reproduction, exercised by our breeders of cattle and sheep, and the substitution of some three or four pure and noble , breeds in each division, in place of a great many poor ones, which were only valuable so long as local circumstances, since extinguished, rendered them so, the French landed proprietors have readily availed themselves of the stock so obtained, and we are glad they should have done so. The establishment of what is called the short horn breed has proved a mine of wealth to us. In Ireland and our colonies it is working wonders; and already, as is visible at Poissy, it has set its seal upon some of the French local breeds. The Herefords and cer tain Scotch breeds have also been imported into France with the best effects. Our readers will perhaps scarcely be prepared for the announcement that there is now quite a bulky short-horn herd-book. Turning over the volume published this year, it is observable that 1,645 pedigree ani mals are therein entered, bred or imported by 140 breeders, including the Emperor. This has been going on for 25 years. Were this show to exhibit all the French breels it would be much more extensive than it is. From the little steers of Mori an and the miscroseopic — B retonne cows to the colossal animals of Cotentin or of Agenois— from the stunted sheep of the Landes or Ardennes to the long-backed Dishley merinos, there is a variety of types sufficient to fill an indefinite space. No one who glances at the geological structure of the surface of the country could be astonished at this. It is clear enough that plains and mountains, rocks and marshes, granitic, calcareous, clay or sandy soils, the sun of the north or of the south, cli mates rigorous or temperate, dry or darap, variable or constant, are circumstances that will account for this diver- sity. There are the physical agencies which give rise to breeds. To some extent these are variable. There are also economic conditions such as the movements of popula tion, the facilities of communicution, and the opening of markets. The bovine breeds have, for instance, hitherto been more used, to plough the land, and draw the load, and give milk, butter, and cheese, than nur t ure d t o pro duce mea t. B u t now a c hange arises in the public taste, and it is felt that a b u ll oc k fattened aft er h av i ng wor k e d five years is as incompatible with juicy beef as to spend four or five years in bringing a steer to maturity when it can be done elsewhere in two or three. - pRITH'S - CELEBRATED DERBY DAY, WILL OPEN on SAW rtDAY next, April 19, at the UPPER GALLERY, 120, P a ll M a t Admission 114, OHRISTY'S MINSTRELS. The Original, Well-known, and only CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS are performing nightly to crowded houses at the PO LYGRA PHIC HALL, Icing William -street, Strand. Tickets to be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street Mr. Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.— Morning Performance every Saturday at three o'clock.— W. P. COLLINS, Sole Proprietor. MR. AND NIRS, CHARLES MATHEWS „ A ROME," At lifer Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket. The LAST PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW (SATUR DAY) at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33 , Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Stalls, ss. ; First Circle, 9s. ; Eppel Boxes, 3s. ; Unreserved Seats, 2s. and ls. Due notice will be given of the Production of the New Entertainment. REVENUE OF NEW ZEALAND. The ordinary and territorial revenue for the financial year ending June, 1861, was £500,368, of which sum £270,678 was derived from land sales. As the total revenue in 1860 from the same sources amounted to £464,738, we have, in the present case, an increase of £35,630, showing over the increase of 1860 a progressive increase of 7 to I—the in crease of 1860 over 1859 being only £5,089. The expendi ture during the year 1863.61, for administrative purposes was £153,046, and disbursements by the receivers of land sales amounted to £276,438, leaving a surplus made up from this and other sources of £76,744 to be distributed among the different provinces. Deducting the revenue derived from the sale of lands, the remaining amount was made up principally by customs duties, from which source alone £204,651 were received. The post-office contributed £11,581; and fees and fines levied in the various courts added £9,034 to the year's revenue. The expenditure, on 1 the other hand, may be classed under the following chief items :—The Civil List figured for £19,000; permanent oharges for interest for £7,408, and permanent charges un der acts of the General Assembly for £14,074. The Exe cutive of the whole colony absorbed only £3,418 (an ex ample worthy of imitation at home). The legislative (by which, we presume, the various expenses of the two cham bers and their officers are meant) cost £11,101; customs required £17,005; the postal service was performed for £32,725; while the miscellaneous items were contented with an outlay of £11,633. Having shown the abundant reve nues with the comparatively small expenditure of New Zealand, we will proceed to explain by more figures how these revenues have increased from year to year, and the prospect they afford of the future prosperity of the country. For this purpose we can ask for no better guide than the customs returns for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1861, com pared with the returns of the corresponding quarter in 1860. The total amount received by the customs for the Septem ber quarter of 1860 was £45,789 ; and for that of 1861, £66,934, an increase of £21,145. While the value of the articles imported was only £417,165 in the 1860 quarter, in 1861 it had risen to £.586,118, an increase of £168,953. The duties were, it will be observed, entirely levied on luxuries, such as spirits, wine, tobacco, sugar and tea, and coffee-- although, perhaps, the last three may be exempted, by their universal use, from that title. Spirits produced to the cus tem-house treasury £28,131, an increase of £7,887 on the corresponding quarter of 1860. Tobacco gave £6,982, with an increase of £2,073. Wine contributed £3,140, and an increase of £715. Tea brought in £3,685, an increase of £1,184. Sugar, £6,815, showing £1,701 increase ; while coffee and cocoa more than doubled their previous contri butions by affording £1,167 to the revenue instead of £666 as in 1860.—New Zealand Examiner. ANOTHER GREAT OIL WELL STRUCK IN CANADA. (Prom the Chatham Planet.) Oil Springs, March 17, 1862. There is almost constantly observable improvement in this village —one year ago there were but a few adventu rous persons in here, looking for oil—to-day there are not less than 1,500 inhabitants. We have four stores, keeping a large assortment of wares and goods, one of them, a Mr. Thompson's, would be a craft to any town, two tailoring establishments, three shoemakers, three blacksmiths, one foundry almost completed, one tinsmith, two butchers, numerous carpenters and joiners, bricklayers and masons, one brick kiln, ono large timber yard, one baker, several land agencies, one physician, one printing press that will issue a number this present week, one schoolhouse, one livery stable, three lines of stages, 15 refineries, one hotel, and one tavern--and no drinking saloons. Thus, you per ceive, we have all the trades represented, and every man has work enough to keep himself employed. We kayo no sawmill nearer than four miles—we want one here very much—it would be a very profitable investment. The inha bitants are greatly excited regarding a name for the place ; they do not like the present one of Oil Springs ; cannot some one help us to an appropriate one ? Messrs. Pike and Thompson on Saturday afternoon " struck oil" in large quantities. As yet it cannot be called a flowing well, because of the immense quantity of water that was in the well, it being BxB feet, 60 feet to the rock, but when the water shall have been pumped out, and pipes inserted, there is no doubt but it will flow as largely as any of its predecessors. This well is also further westward, and about one mile from Shaw's. It is said that the oil is the very best quality that has been found here—its colour a dark bottle green, and almost odourless. This well is one of the old ' surface wells, drilled to a depth of 218 feet, and proves, as I asserted before, that there is a rock oil below the surface yielding wells. Quite a new spirit has beon infused into the owners of surface wells by this finding, as it has been so generally a received opinion that there did not exist rook oil where surface oil was found. The value of land in the westward part of the village is already held at an advance over former prices. 'I he committee appointed by the oil producers leave here for Hamilton to-day, to confer with a committee appointed by the capitalists of Toronto and elsewhere, to perfect the arrangement for shipping oil to European markets, The reports of oil brokers in Liverpool have encouraged the oil men by their urgent appeal for any quantity of the crude petroleum, at very largely remunerative prices. THE COUNT OF PARIS ON DUTY.---I called this morning upon Gen. M'Clellan and found the officers of his staff preparing to leave during the day for Alexandria. The general not being visible at so early an hour, I stepped into a tent pointed me by a sentry, and was immediately inter rogated by a young aide-de-camp as to the object of my visit. This officer, apparently some two or three and twenty years old, was dressed in the plain, dark blue suit of a cap tain, the unpretending straps with the two gold lace bars showing his rank. Tall and well formed, his handsome face was bedecked with moustache and nascent beard, growing a l'Americaine ; his tent, though roomy, was perfectly Spartan in adornment, being somewhat below the average of most of the volunteer officers. The narrow bed, about two feet six wide, was covered with close army blankets, but no sheets, and the entire arrangements betokened a supreme contempt of luxury. He sat on his bed and conversed with I me for half an hour, the subject being the conduct of the warand the attitude of the English Government during the present troubles of the Republic. The young captain's ac cent was slightly foreign ; otherwise, his knowledge of our language was perfect, much more so than is generally found amongst foreigners. I may as well state that I was convers ing with the Comte de Paris—a fact of which I was at first unaware, but learned it subsequently by" gessiag," as they say here. The count is a powerful young fellow physienlly, and I am sure must be a very agreeable companion with his associates, for his observations to me were both just and witty, and not in the slightest degree tinctured with arro gance. "Whatever fortunes may be in store for him, I be lieve he will prove worthy of them ; and he certainly showed himself perfectly at home amongst the Republicans of the New World.—Letter from. Fairfax, Virginia. BENSON'S WATCHES AND CLOCKS.- —" Perfection of mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold watches, 5 to 1(0 guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc tion of watch, enables persons in any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their use. Watches sent free and sale by pobt on receipt of a remittance.—J. W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-hill, 46 and 47, Corniiill, London Y.C. — Etabliphed 1749. AN AME.RICAN,':GUERILLA. The namo of this mysterious marauder, John Morgan, is on the lips of every one, for his cool ness and disregard of fear has become a byword even among our own army. This Colonel Morgan, for so he styles himself, is said to be a native of Lexington, Ky., whose father was a respectable manufacturer of jeans. From his youth this Mor gan has won the admiration of all who knew him for his dare-devil recklessness, which even now does not seem to have diminished in the least. We first heard of hits when our brigade (the eighth) was, a portion of them, encamped at Pilot Knob, Mo., in September last. Our pickets were shot by some mysterious agency, and report stated, in camp, that a tall, heavy man, with flowing beard, mounted on an immense black stallion, fleet as the wind, was several times detected in the act of retreating. Shot after shot was fired after him, but he seemed to bear a charmed life. We lest sight of him until just before we left Cairo, when he appeared one night suddenly, and shot two of our pickets. Again he appeared at Bacon Creek, Kentucky, and burnt the railway bridge under M'Cook's nose, shot one of his pickets, and rode on before the army bad recovered from its surprise. You remember his bold attack upon our lines on Saturday, the Bth of March, in Mitchell's division, and again on Sunday morning, at daylight, upon M'Cook's camp, on the Franklin pike. The very same Sunday, this Morgan, dis guised as a countryman, and dressed in butternut coloured clothes, obtained a pa ss f ro m General Mitchell, who did not know him, and had the auda city to dine at the City H o t e l i n com pany with r our own officers, making good his escape with per fect e r t t . nonchalance. He came very near capturinge i e u Nelson one day last week. - The plot was discovered le at Gallatin, in time to be frustrated, but not to catehth r e e rope. He has since captured the railroad train unit2g between Louisville and Nashv biking 30 bridge-builders prisoners, but re leasing them, as be seeks higher game. a , .an off-set to Buckner, he be will catch one He has boasted that of our generals • H e has offered being Buckner's es a reward of 1,000 dois.• to any citizen or officer who especial favourite made . those . bets openly before our will catch him and h is steed, and, strange to say, disguised, has officers, who at the time did not know him. Such is Col. John Morgan, the famous rebel scout, who, though he deserves hanging, y e t wi ns a d m i r i ng opi nions from enemies as well as friends for his daring. —New York T i mes. HOLIDAYS AT THE LAW OFFlCES.—Yesterday the law offices of the Common Law Courts, the Judges' Cham bers, and Sheriffs' Office were closed until Wednesday morning for the Easter recess. A SEE2CH 1N ROME. Up on the Pincian, next to the different branches of the French service which always muster there in force, and form a separate class from'the unkempt Papal musketeers and solitary ruminants of the foreign brigade, the ecclesiastics do most in the way of costume to vary the scene: Even the gaun t Capuchin condescends to scuffle up thither , and ), , A.) become infinitesimally l ess ug ly and gloomy: amidst the green and the flowers than ho always is in his haunts down below. He is generally accompanied by a brother half or twice his own height; but the short, thick-set Carmelite is pretty sure to be alone, I u n l a diversr s are and appears to be getting as much asceticism as he can out of the half-hour for which he throws him ti bi,nwsree ioitong, hldalneienisestrdrchH:rt ie w gobere i tn : ubot f i lal r ee : m aayinne t him self into the unsanctified world around him. The but and e ow less frequented a7mhiecuhlt less other ordersdistinctive ho a f nd o b g s r e a r d v e a s t i o o f r i s . e particularising,c unfledged priesthood of the seminaries press thetn chaessocked to the heels, they colours,s elv e s upon and t r o n ru er m e , d " .h a a n t d ism set an t the eo paths samoa i Id o l f bb the ouys: example of lugu briouswAadyd mtoutahtesfienaaspitrinkling of the national costume of the lower classesof or red saddle and gaudy ' Roman women, with the mixture of native and full sure to display, colours—add simple, which such a resort is bur lesquing. and you will then have in tho gathering on the Pincian one of the most:motely,land withal most interesting, assemblages that can easily be met with. After a peep down into the deep Arcadiafoss eof the w a ll s o f A ure li an , a g l ance at the of the Borghese grounds, and auothcr thoughtful survey of the conspicuous edifices r,f . modern Rome, among which the creamy riclincss of the travertine of St. Peter's fur nishes quite an oasis of colour, you follow the French band and the crowd down into the Curse. There, in a thoroughfare to which Holborn offers an imposing contrast, those who have not yet had enough show for the evening, contrive to insert their equipages into the string of vehicles that parade up and down at a foot's pace. It makes them happy to gain another look at themselves and their made-up children, where carriages have no independence of movement, and pedestrians 1-1 0 option about kicking or being kicked in the lie; ;s, —Once a Week. The steam advice-boat Rodeur has returned to Toulon, after having visited in succession all th e po i nts on the east coast of that port suitable for for m i ng oyster banks, w hi c h are to be laid down trom Toulo n as far as Nice. An app lication has been made for 200,000 oysters from the basin of Arcachon, to form four new banks on the coast of FrOTenCe, th e her not .red Hee, horn). pri on. ring tdge n ?" ; he.; man nd I text ting tare nes an- ,ined that tify here tate en groin her ih of pain. Links oared r be, here Aion. h, as reign corn, Larket lised, Banc/ `'Bite 609 Rus fs per and Lp. P. p. _R E d .3y 200 , and to'6o to 61c 1 ;tone. is. r a 13- a 12, it 18. it 18. it 25- il 20. 11 21. 18. it ; 21- 1 16- 2S. 1 28. lub- wifo WS' Di * A •-•1 .Xt 12, of