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Those from scarlatina, diphtheria, and troop rose respectively to 774,216, and 284. Of the 774 deaths from scarlatina 236 occurred on the south side of the river. There were 19 in Lambeth Church sub-districts,first and secOn'd, 17 in ' Norwood, 12 in Peckham, 10 in Rotherhithe; 45 iu Deptford. On the north side of the Thames 18 -Qum returned in Fulham, 18 in Belgrave, 28 in Camden Town and Kentish Town, 65 in Islington, 21 in Mile-end Old Town ; but measles was more f:-.lst than scarlatina in Mile-end Old Town, where grl children died of it. TIM ITALIAN IRRIGATION CANAL r 2 OAI AIN y Soci6te Anonyme with Limit e d Li a b ility S'aar es to Bearer. othe. r e hita Le me .mt he nd the THE suN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1862. N°. 21,772, PR1CE....., 4d. STAMPED ....nd. IvATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. 112, B i shopsgate-street, London, Bth April, The Directors of th e N a ti ona l Provincial Bank of England Hereby Give Notice, that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the I'roprietors of this Society will be held on THURSDAY, the Bth day of May next, at the hour of Twelve precisely, at the Company's House, 112, Bishopsgate-street, in the city of London. PUBLICATIONS. 27 LE .ELEC2'IOIVS IN PRUSSIA. THE PRESS IN _ITALY. Rel IL WAY IN7ELLIGENCE. istoW ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., CAN WRONG 13E RIGHT The event of the day at Berlin is the private letter addressed by the Minister of Finances, M. von der Heydt to the Minister of War, General von loon, pointing out to him the necessity, with a view to the elections, of depriving the Progressist party of their chief means of agitation, by reducing the army expenses. The following is the text of that letter, as published in the Vossiche Zeiturty : " To HIS EXCELLENCY Iri , VON ROON, MINISTER, OF STATE AND OE WAR. The following despatches relating to " Govern ment prosecutions of the press in Italy during the last two years" have just been presented to the House of Commons : No. 1. SIR J. HUDSON TO LORD J. RUSSELL. (Received April 30.) (Extract.) • COLCHESTER AND WYVENHOE. The works ou this short line are being actively proceeded with, and are expected to be completed by the autumn. Mits. S. C. _HALL. " This stntV - is completely successful. It is original in de sign and bonsistent in execution. The plot is absolutely new knot attractive by its ingenuity. Mrs. Hall lays bare the workings of the heart with masterly touches."—Post. Hurst and lliackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. By order of the Court of Directors. LYNN AND SUTTON I3RIDGE. This line, which is 101 miles in length, has been staked out, and the works have been contracted for. At Sutton-bridge the line will form a junction with the Norwich and Spalding, and at Lynn the line will firm a junction with the East Anglian. DAN. ROBE RTSON ; Agent and Manager. N.B.—The Chair will be taken at TWO_lre o'clock precise,y, not Twelve for One o'clock. This Day, Fifth Edition, Revised, Two Vols., Octavo, 305., PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, By JOHN STUART MILL. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. ievere E ., pro ctions Lnded, , tivel3/ r this Idw as , g MJ. aso of )ulino 5, was Beech, 1g the a verY 380 '011(.41 ,tt her gvife' n 'lllB , the n.O to f the ed to I had ;Il ea A•ial. , ,pper !OS h'► or cued woes 6ble'° 36 0 400 42 0 420 ; ' Oa coy very rioOlit ,robes xnelt bats'. 13g a ,$e able/ It for ng i° 3r on lanY (1 fur tiofl ro firm t ra Alla" 101 5 .1 (I , ; ;3 9 . 7 0 ; 6 9 6 3 . ~ ~~~, 1 r I Share capital 25,000,000 f. (£1,000,000). Divided into 50.000 shares of 500 f. (I;20) each. Deposit on application £1 per share, and £1 on allotment. The Italian Government guarantees a minimum interest of six per cent, on the capital, and also a sinking fund to provide for its redemption, DIRECTORS IN ITALY. The Marquis de Cavour, 11Ie ties. mber of the Cha m b er o f D epu- The Count Oldofretli, Senator (formerly Governor of 13 , 01 01:ma). Farina, Regent of the Bank of Milan. D 0 Vincenzi (formerly Minister of Public Works at Naples). I. D e F ernex, Banker, Turin Laurent, Banker, Parma. DII'.IRECTORS / ENGLAND. G. G. Macpherson, Esq. Cleairman of the Agra and U n it e d Service B an k, Lestock R. Reid, Eerie, Director of the Oriental Bank Cor poration. James Dickson, :Esq. (Lennox, Nephew, and Co.), 16, Old B road -street , Lieut.-Colorr a l W. Campbell Onslow, Director of the Madras Ire.gation and Canal Company. Wy.itvr Cargill, Esq., Director of tho Eastern Bengal Railway Company. C. G. Mansel, Esq., Director of the Agra aild Ueit e d S er • vice Dank. P. D. Bedew, Esq., Deputy-Chain:um: of the Peninsular andJ Oriental Steam Navigation Cr n p keurtees, Esq., Chalcott Ilouse.piliengi-eatilon:, Surrey. P. Brown Wesihead, Esq , I Yr the London and North-West'. Deputy-Chairman of BANKERS IN, LoNpoN—lv.,essrreir7:: Railway Company. 35, Nicoaaiastv.lianastee.rton, Peters, and Co., BANKERS IN ITALY—Uessrs Charles De Fernex and Co., SOLICITOns Turin Ro xEits—Messrs, —Ale8"8. Turin, and Son, 38, Cannon-street. 7-'oster and Bra ithweite, 68, Old Broad -street. JOINT ENGINEERS. Monsr, Chas. Noe, Turin. T J. A bernethy, Es, M.I.C.E. London. e111 1x)ra-rY Offices, 16, Gresham-house , Old Broad-street. SECRETARY, pro tenz.— Leicester 'Bayly, Esq. pe°l3Jj:flCTS OF THE COMPANY.--The object of this Z ur aPruey is to carry into effect the valuable and highly re tanVlttlezative concession which has been granted by the Ita :_Goverrunent for the construction of Irrigation Works Aortherv. Italy. great has been the reputation and success of works of ;;ff i gatio'a in Italy, that they have been regarded as models Gescleritifie construction by the engineers appointed by the einrenreent of India to devise and execuee the extensive V4Fis for the irrigation of that country, F rom the ea r li est ages the artifiout, irrigation of land in. warm climates has furnished one of the sate and profit 4p_ble investments of capital. In India the application of this the tem has yielded a revenue of from 30 to 100 per cent, on i R cost of construction.; in the royal domains of , Aranjuez, e-epain, it has increased the produce of the soil ten-fold; a rlcl it ha s g i ven to the plains of Lombardy theirproverbial Le nown. far exhaustless fertility. p The district assigned t o the operations of this Company somerehends of the richest portions of the famous Paip_, extending from the foot of the Alps to the frontiers of 4. , .tubardy, and •Lue Comp justly celebrated as the garden of Europe. any will inunediately proceed to construct the wiGreat Irrigation Canal of Northern Italy, in conformity ttolai_ettihie designs of the celebrated engineer Chevalier Nod, oys the highest reputation in Europe for hydraulic beenbe araroved of by Mr. Abernethy and accepted by the atalfe:n Government. y ep, 31e.in C ana l, 52 m i les long, 80 feet wide, and 20 feet la"`"cP/ will commence at Chiavasso, ten miles north of Turin, ss through the rich districts of the Vercella.is and the I, ° /ncline, and terminate at the river Ticino, near Novara. 'yin derive an inexhaustible eupply of water from the her Po, which has been call, the Nile of Italy, on ac favet of the rich alluvial ro'atter brought down by its cur • It will irrigate more than 300,000 acres, and it is esti ted that the rental ot the proprietors will thereby be in- In by £B e 00`d ,;Jer annum. 04 1 11 order to obCaiu the great advantage of uniting under ee! raan agerac%nt all the irrigation works of the district, an the has been conclud e d w i t h t h e G overnment for cession• ot the existing canals of the Dora Baltea and Sesia, ' , which will th us b ecome tributary to the Grand k all a l of the Po. Th e payment for these canals will be e at def erre d dates, and the amount is included in the -egcareteed capital. 1114,1:JARANTEES OF THE ITALIAN GOVERN qf _ZIT.—The Government guarantees a minimum interest ipe sin laretlper cent, per annum on the entire capital to be ex ed in the purchase or construction of the canals, the e-,e'lazinary expenses, and the management and mainte i"4ce of the works of the Company, thus making its shares I sg s .afc and advantageous investment, independently of the %o Profits which may be anticipated from such important tf The Itali an G overnment also guarantees the repayment ejtie capital through the operation of a sinking fund. The Wit of th e s h ares will take place annually by lot, 12n this great advantage to the s h are h o ld ers, that, after ,'7l?ig received b ac k t h eir capital in full, they will r ema i n tartreepators in all profits exceeding 6 per cent. d ur i ng t h e term of the concess i on. Of A he Prot .p isional concession was si gne d by the Ministers and Commerce, and of Finance, on the 15th Ultimo, and the Government has engaged to procure for this Compway all the necessary powers which require the con sent of the Legislature. E72CPENDITURE.—The cost of the works will be de errP.yed by th e s h are capital of the Company, and by bonds i ssued under the authority of the Government, with interest gnaranteed. Every bond ',vial be stamped by the Govern eekent, and th e i nterest of 6 per cent, will be paid at the National Treasury. ttklProvisional corttracts have been made with the sanction approbation of the Italian Government for the execu ofl of all the, works by e x p er i ence d contractors, who are Pared to r .leposit ampl e caut i on money for the fulfilment , s heir en.gagements. t.,,,e'ROFITS.—Th e di rectors desire to avoid holding out ti7gerated estimates of the large profits to be derived from Of G irrlgatiOn works, in addition to the guaranteed interest Per cent. ; b ut the official returns in their possession, ca have been prepared with the mostscrupulous aocu rev, and which may ho RPM at the offices of the Company, - ee tity them in anticipating profits fully equal to those L'uleh have been Obtained under the most favourable cir 'etialstances in Italy and other countries. In making these 4 e nlations, there can be no better guide than . what has t ep en place state ur own Eastern Empire, as exhibited in the ",10Wing ment atiMNA CANALS NORTII-WESTERN P ROVINCES. — I,7'krnment return.s ;how that the value of the crops saved ctie year by t h e water supplied by these canals, whose eettlegth is 445 mil es, was £1,462,800. In 1853 the Court -Directors sanctioned an expenditure of £15,276 on the 1 4 4 tern •litunna Canal, which in one year yielded a clear tr lit to the government of £9,759, besides enormously in baskig the value of the crops, and thus benefitting the V:vators to a far larger amount. h NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES.—In these provinces e Xpenditure of £557,000 was found sufficient to construct expenditure irrigating 1,300,000 acres, and thus obtain aproduce no annual value of £2,500,000, supporting a population "' GOO,OOO souls. I,,`` GREAT GANGES CANAL, NORTH-WESTERN PRO er2ES.--Colonel Baird Smith, the director of this canal, b - j 7 in course of construction estimates that it will be come 'efted for £2,000,000, and that it will raise the annual value V•le crops it will irrigate to £7,000,000, and the gain "e •' Cultivators will exceed £3,000,000 per annum." ~,t street from Report by Lieut.-Colonel C. B. Young, at ..,4ciating chief engineer, Lower Provinces of Bengal, d eet lt h Mav 18'8 •-- tb Whatever the results of different calculations may be, ; e tc can be no question, I believe, that canals as irrigation ',1 :1111 8 are remunerative in India whether the profits be 50 ki e r cent. and upwards, as Col. Cotton rates them, or, acc?r eug to the more moderate estimates of Lieut.-Colonel Baird nt 11: !!th, about 24 per cent., or, according to the experience t lthe canals in the North-West Provinces, 12 to 16 per t;,..' 1. ./ it is equally the result in all cases ; I believe that 14 7 repa.y richly to both Government and to the people the ,„ 1:1 , 0 Y expended on them." to T he 6 per cent. interest on the shares allotted in England, I:gather with all dividends out of profits, will be paid half 11y, at 25 francs exchange, by the Company's bankers in radon, eThe works which the Company has undertaken have urgently demanded by the whole population. The 7, uertakiil z is received with the greatest fa vour in It a l y ; " ,00 0 shares are reserved for that count r y, l eav i ng 30,000 °l' allotment in England. AodolicationsDirectors in t athe ann theexed form mayces, be made to the n Company's offi or to the el rkern of the Company in London. r, om copy of the conce ss i on may b e seen at the off i ces of the s..pa.ey, London, April 4, 1862. rORII Or APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To th e London Directors of the Italian Irrigation Canal Company. Gentlemen, — Having paid t o y our b an k ers the sum of , I hereby request that you will allot me 13 hares of £ 9 O each in the Italian Irrigation Canal Company, 47 34 1 hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any smaller lßomber th a t ma y b e a ll o tt e d t o me , upon t h e t erms of the i tatute s to be approved by the Italian Government, and to the further deposit of £1 per share upon the shares 41 4p i p ot o t i o nt. to me at such time and in such manner as you may I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Address in full Date CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, ounsxLvEs. oir`4llBSA?.cervrmoautsorx Debility, al=t stricture,Pa lpitation, ,c llzemorrhoids, MARRIAGE : Its Expectances and Disappointments. I , zir :: l Pediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Is., by post Is. la. ; of Mann, 29 , Conihill ; o r A uthor, 3 , Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street, vcr . Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. ) 1 .. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. ! 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Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lls., 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 litedicineWarehouse, 220, Strand, London. POST -OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le -Grand. 28. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1. An ESSAY on 'TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF TIIE " 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, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-l e -G ran d . —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation 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 Physic, 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 ever feels himself regenerated and new made it is on:coming out:of:a Turkish Bath."—Era, 0ct.,13, 1861' Consultations daily till 12 a.m. AS THE FACULTIES OF TH E BODY, in harmony with those of THE MIND, approach deve loped maturity, the rising human being, surrounded by factitious circumstances—some salutary, some pe rn i c i ous _ becomes susceptible of impressions which, according to the degree of PRUDENCE and KNOWLEDGE with which he is en dowed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable misery. Some of the most deadly and terrible of the influences last referred to originate at that period when parents fondly hope that the objects of their love are being prepared to fight honourably the great battle of life—namely, the scholastic and collegiate period. Habits are then contracted, in unsuspecting ignorance of their effects, which, if not ar rested, tend to sink the VICTIMS or ERROR to the deepest depths of degradation and woe. The evil is aggravated by the apathy too generally evinced by the medical profession, not only as to the nature but the very existence of the diseases arising from the cause indicated, and to which the general and inadequate designation of "Nervous Disorders and Debility" has been given. One of the consequences of this neglect is, that the treatment of the most delicate classes of df3easc which afflict tiociety has been taken up by unqualified and uneducated persons. Dr. LA'MERT, M.D., Licentiate of the Roya< Society of Apothecaries, &c., 37, Bedford-square, London, IS THE ONLY PRACTITICNER REGULARLY QUALIFIED AND REGISTERED who has devoted his exclusive attention for 20 years to the cure of these affections, which war with th e very fountains of human HAPPINESS, HEALTH, and FUNCTIONAL VIGOUR. The result of his experience and successful prac tice may be perused with advantage in his Treatise, "SELF PRESERVATION," sold by Mann, 39, Cornhill, London, price till 8. is. ; At p h o o s m t f e r e f e o f r o 0 o r I n 3 s , u o l r t a w t o t n h s d e a a l e y d , e f r n o d m s i l o l r u 2 l o l s 2 t ,a and s m p. 6 37, 8ed1,,,,1-square. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : ft MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRII(E NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &o. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a se a l e d envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE , MA TURE DECLINE IN MAN, w ith Pl a i n D i rections for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15 , Aibe rmar l e - street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological structure and Punetions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER 11.--Canses of Spermatorrhcca and Impotence; F.arlCliyAl Vicious i TIL--A ildlligences; Dangers of Neglect. " PER Review of the various Disqualification s 4 Follies cage; whetvther resulting from Youthful Abuse, the ofunity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. cHAPTEIZS IV". and V. on the modern Treatment of gonorrheca and Syphilis. oncluiles wi th numerous varied and interesting ars eot , to ilo whieh is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion.. it7refrrS"edou:aggFedallt°bWooOnßbyKP. übli'llinll. this "Curtis °T I 14RIEr ' nVh111-- " jrh is IS a truly valuable work, and ileyscribed the Id "—" Sunday Times," :t ~ oil-no.r.e t h re:u s i t : o tl d y t p i r ie o t n: t ur o : in which is on h source of those diseases N,l.,:v h t:lt o :tl u Teellu l lw cl iarept l irac ) r e oitkil i d,t, n , :1 (s,ot,l!:l.ll:llcans:rdesni ; o: (1 age."" Baby TelegraPn, arou 27. 1856. • r ' of - e 47 :l l s l i s oi v i : 1. 1 e ic i and enilm l eai hostility treats in a plain disqualcations y ii.l synipaibmw manner on the variou s mi Imp e dina: l, n t l ehiBl n emi ri l s i l:: t:fr.eolfflti:e'.rv''ln'us excite:: )iaiy; a!'d to invalids sufferll l l2: 1101 D Youthful errors and •••:c''''''" ii Will to loured valuable anti uselul.,,_ Record. , a l d 'at d er e" - :- , olwou ; V1:W.134:d by j. Alien, 20, Warwick 11 w-ler-row; Mann, I; St- Corn-Mit Hours 91 consulUtion 7 lo to 3 and 6 to I; bluAlars, 1Q till 2 LITERATURE. the Whzte Bose of Chayleigh: a Novel. 3 vols. Hurst and-Bla-ckett. In these volumes we meet with a very complicated story, which will afford the reader ample scope for the exercise of his memory with its intricate labyrinths and its perplexing ramifications. There is great skill exhibited in the description of some of the leading characters, and the various discus sions and dissertations that take place show more knowledge, reflection, and analysis than are often displayed in the pages of novels. Mildred, the heroine, is not at all an attractive personage. She possesses good principle, kind feelings, and often a lofty purpose ; but she marred the effect of these advantages by her peculiar ideas and her extraor dinary temper. The love of contradition seemed inherent in her nature, and hence she would deny well-known truths, disagree with her own motives if expressed by another, and • perform all kinds of strange and disconcerting actions. One does not feel at last that her untimely death strikes one with the horror that ordinarily arises in parallel casual ties befalling the chief actors in the drama of romance. Mildred had so confused and complicated herself with her dogmas and doctrines, that her future life did not promise to be a very happy or successful one • at the same time her zeal had not been without profit. For many had cause to rejoice at the benefits and blessings she had been the instrumental means of obtaining for them. The last chapters are entitled " Rest from Labour," and " Works Abiding," which are cheering and peace ful associations to dwell upon, when the tale is con cluded. Fitful and stormy as had been the life of Mildred at eveningtime there was calm and serenity made perfect. All angry and vexatious things were put off or passed away, and the world she had found so troublesome in its pathway at last showed its brightest auspices as if in foretaste and harbinger of the better world to come. " She lay on her white-draped bed, clothed in white robes, strewed with white roses. Her spirit had left its earthly home, and gone to its other home in heaven, to the glorious mansion prepared for her by her loving Saviour and friend, and illuminated by that perfect, all trascendent light, the faintest reflection of which on earth she had so sought after and loved." " Works Abiding" is a very grateful re miniscence for friends to gaze upon, and of our heroine it is thus made mention "Mildred is dead, but her work still lives, the prints of her footsteps in the sands of time are not yet effaced, her spirit lingers still near those she loved, inciting them to noble faithful lives—pointing to a lofty goal,—a certain blessed hereafter." Further on in alluding to her career it is said, "Yes, Mildred, your task is well done ; your labour is not in vain ' • your work abides crowned with a go ld en harvest of success, whose first fruits only it was granted you to taste. Yes, Mildred, your work is done, not till then were you called to your rest. Your influence touched those who came within its orbit : it lives still, and surely will grow and spread as does all influence, good or bad, bearing fruit to eternal life, or apples of the dark sea of death, to be cut down and burnt with consuming fire in the day when the angel of God shall thrust his sickle into the earth to gather in the harvest of the ages." There was great truth in the remarks made by Mildred to her brother Ernest. This latter individual is very ably de picted as one of those erratic characters who are ever intent on grand actions and yet perform none, who are to astonish mankind by their achievements, and end in surprising the few who know of them by doing so little. In the clearer light that dawned upon her, Mildred spoke strongly to her brother, " I have learnt that the glorious dream-land which used to seem to us so very far off and unattainable lies all about us. The heroic is possible to all, and does not wait on rare opportunities only. Common every-day life is the field where each man may prove himself a hero." Emmeline, the sister of Mildred, is a very great contrast to her; but one really likes pier better, as she is more natural. She, however, shared the fatal perversity which seemed indigenous to the family. This story has many points of merit, and contains much to attract attention. It certainly labours under the disadvantage of too many abstruse Conversations, which are well to illustrate a purpose, but may weary out the patience of the general reader. The arguments of Mildred with Aubrey and Ernest are of considerable length, and if both these characters are necessary for the tale the colloquies should hate been shortened. This is most likely a first pro duction, nfu but,csa t e niroovofntich, souse,ac s r i fo t c b enta e ahlsyierosstneo7 defectssa show To e s hw e o tf work 3 w aoatr a nkt n h t ei esaows calculated alibuld ael nartdee condensation, mauentdocieberde. fain modes of action are not likely to result in per manent advantage to anybody; but that the real benefactors of their kind are those who do what comes before them to the best of their power, and leave the results in the hands of Him who has chosen the foolish ones of the earth to confound the wise. This idea was never better illustrated or expressed than in the grand words of the poet—. " His state is kingly. Thousands at His bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest They also servo who only stand and wait.,, Positi on f or -gard en . This is one o f th o s e pretty publicati ons which Ih A e .P pril a . r T is ho E m le a Y s a , n ifr;d 2u g l cs j -s ° t u re r e n t a , l Co ol vent ladies appreciate so highly, but which men ar e so little able to criticise. There are three engravings of fashions, and we must admit that the ladies de poubtl icted appear most charming and attractive, ow i ng d ess, in a great measure, to the elegance of the costumes. There are ball-room toilets, visiting toilets, violet taffeta flounces, tulle under-slee ves, solferino ornam ents;girdles en cordeliere," and oth er pretty mysteries which we cannot pretend to under stand. We judge b results while u tterly to comprehend details. We, know t i- tit i -; unable dressed ladics are most attractir ' e . e guntly e s while lett ing to their tasteful j u dgment the' wand r f v to that deshable end, We mustb hf l m t e ank , clever artists whose combined talents e thong t placed,u otbe such publications as the On e b r are . in e ore us, at the ser. vice of the fairer half of the human race. "It is of the highest importance to the Government that the elections for the new Chamber of Deputies should have a favourable result, so that it may be able to count upon a majority of the Assembly. With this object it will endea vour to keep away from the Chamber all elements hostile to the Government according to the recent experience of the past. It will not have escaped your Excellency's observa tion that two objects especially—the increase of the army estimates and the project to continue to levy the 25 per cent. last elections by the self-styl e d class, meal and slaughter taxes— eans of agitation against the country, so as to gain over p u bli c Go vernmentpwa d re do,. were r t i m o e n sas a di lsettoh:.soteuh party go e hf income, oasauttatthhmes opinion, and to cause the choice of the electors to fall upon members of their party. The composition of the Chamber recently dissolved has proved how successful they were. At the present moment those questions are still turned to account ; and there is reason to ti are onB net taken the result will be the same; the organs of the Aelf-styled Liberal party de- Clare measures E c i dare that the latter party can only give its assent to the army estimates under certain conditions, and that it must fear that if pronounce against increased taxation. ,4 Thu novornmont *wino* ally. these facts to remain 1111- noticed ; it must seriously, and at an opportune moment, , examine if it can hope, by maintaining the army y estimates without modification, to have a Chamber where it can command a majority, and where it will be able to carry the budget for the army and the additional taxes. In my opi nion no such hope can be entertained, because those two questions, from the very fact of their material importance, are better suited than any others to procure to their adversaries the influence in the elections. A reduction of taxes, even when they are not oppressive ones, is always hailed with welcome by all classes of the population, especially when, as in the present case, it is, an extraordinary tax, which is not even willingly paid under special circumstances, and much fess so in ordinary times, and especially when the necessity of the institutions for which this tax is claimed is not unanimously admitted by public opinion. " These considerations convince me that to push the elec- possiblerece i tions in a Government sense we must renounc e , f rom th e Ist July, on the sub thelevY o jec fa t before ddition h a t lt e matxiese, and make positive promises fired for the elec tions. It is true that it is giving up a n fi 3, n 7 d oo t , b o e oO na t e h a a n l e e rtso. coverA l t Although u p go portion i I O n h o o hope thate it lessmay be et by an increase of the other resources of the State, it will always be very small as compared to that sum. The greater part of the latter can only be economised by a diminution of expenses in the War Department, for which, hitherto, the additional taxes have been levied. Your Excellency is well aware that in all the other departments every possible reduction has been made for years to procure some means of reducing the deficit arising from the excess of expenses of the military administration, and at least to save appearances by showing that the Government has endeavoured to fulfil its promises. The result has been that the wants which have been always neglected for lack of means have been yearly i ncreas i ng , and that it is no longer possible, without detriment to the prosperity of the country', to neglect them any longer, and to put aside, under the pretext of a want of resources, the numerous propositions tending to increase the funds destined for the expenses, propositions made to the Diet on the occasion of the discussion of the Budget, "If your Excellency considers that the deficit produced by the new organization of the army amounts, according to the budget for the current year, and not counting the addi tional taxes, to about 7,000,000 dollars, I think I may hope for your approval in fixing 2,500,000 as the minimum to which the budget of the army must be reduced, dating from the current year, and until the financial situation has been improved. While awaiting that the new organization of the tax on landed property shall produce the excess of re ceipts which is expects l from it, considerable sums must still be drawn from the public treasury to cover the current expenses. . "As regards the mode of realizing these economies in the War Department, I must leave that entirely to the appre ciation of your Excellency. " I do not deny that this problem offers great difficulties to be solved, but I flatter myself with the hope that, in con sideration of the serious position in which we are placed, your Excellency will admit the importance of the motives which plead for my proposal, especially in view of the result of the forthcoming elections; And-that you will be incli ne d to second me in my difficult post of Minister Of Finances by a willing acquiescence in the measures which the force of circumstances imperiously demands. "It is scarcely necessary to add, that should particular events render an increase of the resources for the army necessary, I should not hesitate willingly to lend a hand to the creation of those resources. " In conclusion, I beg of your Excellency to reply to me as soon as possible by your assent ; and I take the liberty of observing that, unless you should prefer asking yourself alone the permission of the King for a reduction of the expenses of the military administration proposed by me, I shall not refuse to take part in a direct report on that object. "Berlin, March 21, 1862." " Von der HEYDT. A MODERN CASTLE OF UDOLPHO. A correspondent sends the following remarkable story to the Dublin Evening Mail :—" This is the age of discoveries,and one of such a startling nature has been made in an English county that it seems out of place in the region of sober fact, and to belong purely to the atmosphere of the three volume novel. Here are the circumstances; the names for the moment I am not at liberty to indi cate :—The Earl of married not long ago, and brought his bride home to one of the old family mansions which members of the English aristocracy regard with an affection amounting to veneration, The lady, however, being more continental in her tastes, after a short residence in the apartments appropriated to her use, expressed a wish to have a boudoir in the vicinity of her bedroom. The noble earl would gladly have complied with the request, but, upon examination, it was found that the rooms, as sometimes happens in antique buildings, were so awkwardly distributed that by no conceivable plan of rearrangement could the desired boudoir be fitted in. Thereupon it became necessary to invoke professional assistance, and an eminent architect was summoned from London. H e examined the house narrowly, and said there seemed to be no thing for it but to build one, though at the same time he could not resist the impression that there must be another undiscovered room somewhere in that wing of the mansion. The noble earl laughed at the idea ; the oldest servants and re tainers of the family were questioned, and declared that they had never heard even a rumour of its existence. The ordinary methods of tapping, &c., w te e c r t e retainedresortedto, but econviction, twviiteht l e o u n t , eaffnede t deelared himself ready to stake his professi onal r eputation on the. Still the archi tect result. The earl at last consented to let the walls be bored, and when an opening had been made, not only *as the room found , bdt a Bight presented itself which almost defeats attempts at description. The apartment WaS fitted nP in the richest and most luxurious style of 150 years ago. A quantity of lady's apparel lay etput the room, „jewels were scattered . the dressing - b a and, but let the faded aspect which everything 'were, the chamber might have been tenanted half an hour previously. On approaching the bed the most curiou s s i g ht o f all was seen, and this it is whic h affords the only clue to the mystery. The couch held the skeleton of a woman, and on the floor underneath the bed, half in and half out, lay etiether skeleton, that of a man, presenting evident traees . *iolenee, and proving that, before he expired that position, he must have received some dreadful injury. The secret connected with this tale of blood has been well kept, for not merely had all t r adition of the scene faded away, but ev en the existence of the room itself was forgotten. The s urvivors probably walled up the apa r tment at the time, and its con tents remained hermetically sealed up till the pre sent day, when, according to the beat calculations, after the lapse of a century and a half daylight has accidentally penetrated into this chamber of horrors." BENSON'S WATCHES CLOCKS ; AND " Perfection' 01 mechanism."—Morning Post. Gold watches, sto IP° guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. ileil wn's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construe lion of watch, enables persons In any part of the world to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to their rise. Watches sent free and safe by post on receipt of a remittance. ,—.3• W. Benson , 83 and 34, Ludgate-Lill, to and 4.7, CO'r.2kW 491141 A E.Q.--EgitaDlished 1719. " Turin, April 27, 1861. " Whilst, therefore, on the one hand, we see that the counter-revolution is organised at home, whence arms, money, and agents are despatched to the Southern provinces in order to create revolt, we have, on the other hand, an example of the sound sense of the Neapolitan people in the verdict recently given by a jury in the case of a Govern ment against the editor of the Pietra Infernale newspaper. The jury, and it was the first trial by jury that ever took place at Naples, condemned the editor in twice the costs proposed by the Crown prosecutor, and added three months' imprisonment besides." No. 2. SIR J; HUDSON TO EARL RUSSELL. (Received March 18.) " Turin, March 10, 1862. "My Lord, —With reference to your lordship's inquiry upon the subject of prosecutions of the press by the State in this country, and why 1 have not reported upon them, I have the honour to ex plain that under the constitutional law of Italy it is perfectly well lamp* t wiatersi and printers what they may and what they may not Print. " Consequently, it is one of the duties of King's Procurator, in case that law is violated, to lay an indictment on the party so violating it. " The Italian judges are, as your lordship is aware, irremovable, and completely and entirely independent of Government. In the case in point, a prosecution of a newspaper or pamphlet, for in stance, would be tried by a Court of First Instance. " If the defendant is cast, he can appeal to a higher Court, which would correct any merely legal error. From this, again, the defendant, if a second time cast, can carry his case to the Court of Cessation, which corrects the Court of Appeal. Daring the period of my residence at this Court I have heard of many prosecutions of newspapers by the properly constituted legal authority, but I never heard of any undue pressure or influence being exercised by Government upon the judges. Had anything of the kind occurred, it would undoubtedly have i been brought before Parliament, and the Minister who had ventured upon the experiment impeached; because there are in Parliament here representatives of every section of public opinion, and the Opposition of one shade or another in politics would only be too glad of such a handle against the Government. " Under these circumstances, as no case of oppres sion or of tampering with the law or with the law courts, on the part of the Government, has ever been brought under my notice, I really did not con ceive that it was necessary to take up your lord ship's very valuable time with reports upon the administration of the law and the judgments of the law courts, which in no way whatever affected a British subject or a British interest, and had no such bearing upon the political condition of the country as rendered it necessary for me to call your lordship's attention to it.—l have, &c., (Signed) " JAMES HUDSON." THE BARQUE SULTAN.-OFFICIAZ REPOR27. London : IL Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. PP S'S COCO A. xi (Commonly called Epps's Homoeopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo• rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ilb., Ib., and llb packets, at ls. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. TO TUE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LoRDS Or rmvy COUNCIL FOR TRADE. My Lords,—ln pursuance of your directions con veyed to me through Mr. William Pugh Gardner, collector of customs for the port of Dublin, I pro ceeded to hold an official inquiry into the circum stances attending the abandonment of the barque Sultan, on the morning of the 9th March last, within about 300 miles of the Irish coast, in lat. 48 20, long. 16 36, having been assisted therein by Captain Loftus Robinson, R.N., as nautical assessor. The inquiry was conducted on behalf of your lord ships' honourable board by Mr. 011)owd ; the mas ter, J. W. Steele, not having had any professional adviser. Several witnesses, a copy of whose evi dence is herewith transmitted, were examined in the course of the investigation, and as the result thereof I find and beg leave to report :—That the Sultan sailed from Guyachan, in Bolivia, South America, on the 19th of Otober, laden with guano, and on the 23d arrived at Arica for fresh water, and having obtained a supply thereof proceeded thence on her homeward voyage for Liverpool on the 29th of the same month. The voyage was prosperous, and the weather pretty fair, till after she had rounded Cape Horn, when it became unsettled and squally, and on the night of the 6th of January, erroneously described, as appears by the log-book, by the several witnesses, as the night of tho 6th, a violent squall suddenly struck the chip with such overwhelming force as nearly to throw her on her beam-ends, straining her so seriously that she immediately began to make a considerable quan tity of water. With reference to this squall, it appears that all necessary measures had been taken to guard against it, and although its advent was not indicated by lightning nor by any warning, save a darkness or thickening to windward, yet the know ledge of his being then is a squally latitude had induced the master to rigidly enforce the precaution amongst others of always having hands by the top sail, or topgallant haulyards, as the case might be. I therefore exonerate him from all culpability on 'account of the disaster on the sth of January. I Shall now pass over the period from the 6th of Jan. to the morning of the 9th of March, with only one remark relative to the pumps, which appear not to have been not only constantly worked with zealous perseverance by the crew, but were rendered fur ther serviceable by a very ingenious machine con structed by the master and carpenter, which afforded from time to time the most opportune and efficient aid, and likewise evinced the great anxiety felt by the master for the safety of his ship. On the morn ing of the 9th of March the Sultan was abandoned, and, taking into account all the circumstances of the case—the crew worn out and exhausted, their num ber diminished by sickness, the ship gradually set tling down, and the pumps refusing to suck, with three feet of water in the hold, and the cargo satu rated with water to a depth not ascertainable, it having been over the surface of some parts of the cargo, I consider that the master, instead of in curring censure for the abandonment, would have been open to the greatest reprehension for a glaring tisk of human life had he declined to avail himself of the means of rescue so providentially afforded by the American barque T. B. Bartram. As regards the master of this barque, Mr. Harford Nicholls, I trust my lords will not consider me out of place in here alluding to his most humane and praiseworthy conduct. lie 4 a9 on his voyage from New York to Dublin with a cargo of corn, and on the evening of the Bth of March, having descried a Bug of distress from the Sultan, he immediately bore down on her, apply.) her, and, at the request of the master, he stayed his course, and cheerful l y consented to stand by, and did stand by , the distressad ship all night. On the following morning he again approached tho sinking vessel, when he most kindly received her master and crew on board his ship, and having considerately supplied their wants, and ministered to their comforts in every way, safely landed them them at Kingstown on the 14th ult. I could not venture to add anything in the way of comment or eulogy to the simple narrative of 2uch conduct, and I am perfectly satisfied it will be fully appreciated by your lordships.—l have, &c,, 3. W. O'DoNNELL. I concur, LOFTUS ROBINSON . Dublin Local Marine Board, Custom-hous e, Dublin, April 20 ROYAL SWEDISH. The report of the directors congratulates the share holders on the improved position and prospects of the company. Notwithstanding the very serious effect of the American war on the iron trade of Sweden, there has been an increase of £1,386 in the traffic receipts of 1861 over those of the preceding year, with a corresponding decrease in the working expenses. The reuenue account shows a surplus of .£2,770 ; but, owing to the early completion of the Government branch from Halsberg to Orebro (15 miles), and the increase of traffic from the South, the directors have been obliged to appropriate a conside rable part of that surplus to improving and increas ing the rolling stock and plant, and to finishing and strengthening certain parts of the line and works, their object being to place the whole in a thoroughly efficient state, as well as to enable the company to on the lar sarjy ad ~,i°'2ct which will re- Oowernment trunk line of 365 miles in length: The Govern meat branch from Halsberg to Orebo it ie-expected will be completed early in the summer, and thus bring the company's line into immediate communi cation with the State linefromGottenburg. Beyond the interest due to the obligation and preference shareholders the company is free from debt. The revenue account for the year 1861 showed that £12,576 had been received and £9,805 expended leaving a balance of £2,771. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The traffic receipts on this company's line, 1,090 miles in length, for the week ending the 15th of March amounted—for local passengers, to 22,578 dols.; for foreign passengers, to 2,408 dols.; for mails, &c., to 2,709 dole. ; for local freight and live stock, to 41,304 dols. ; for timber and lumber, to 2,550 dole.; for firewood, to 870 dole.; and for foreign freight and live stock, to 3,558 dols. ; total, 75,977 dole. ; and for the corresponding week of last year, to 72,808 dols., showing an increase of 3,169 dole. The total receipts from the Ist January to the above date amounted to 782,803 dole. (£160,850), and for the corresponding period of last year, to 605,518 dole. (£124,421), showing an in crease of 177,285 dols. (L 36,429). NEW YORK AND ERIE. The traffic returns on this line, 494 miles in length, including branches, amounted for the month of February to £120,606 against £78,386 for the same month of last year, showing an increase of £42,220. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday the case of the Metropolitan and Thames Valley Railway, for running four branch lines from the Great Western to a point near Sout hall, from the Great Western and Brentford to Twickenham, near Richmond-bridge ; from Isle worth to Chertsey-bridge, and from Twickenham, to connect with the authorised line of the Twicken ham and Kingston branch of the London and South Western, was opened by Mr. Phinn, Q.C., in Mr. Scholefield's Committee, and evidence taken on its merits. Tue contested clauses of the London, Brighton, and South Coast and London, Chatham, and Dover Bills were gone through and settled, and the bills of both companies passed. The Shrews bury and Welchpool Railway obtained their bill, subject to the insertion of clauses, confirming the agreement of April, 1859, with the London and North Western Railway Company. The evidence of Mr. Baxter and Mr. Gamble occupied the com mittee on the West Riding and Hull and Grimsby Railway. Local evidence engaged the committees on the Shrewsbury and Heretord and Bristol and South Western Junction Railway. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the number of de . atlis registered in London was 1,299. The average number for corresponding weeks in 10 years 1852-61 (corrected) is 1,341. The actual number is less than the estimated amount by 42. There were 95 deaths from typhus,which is nearly the same number as that of the previous week. There were 66 from scarlatina, and 12 from diph theria. In Lambeth Church second sub-district, out of 37 deaths in the week from all causes, no less than 22 were from zymotic diseases, and of the 22 there were 20 from scarlatina. This complaint, which appears to be exceedingly prevalent in that neighbourhood, carried off 3 children in Union-street, 3 in Tyers street, and 3 in East street. There were also 5 deaths from it in St. Paul, Deptford. Ten deaths from typhus occurred iu the London Fever Hospital. There were 5 deaths from fever in the workhouse, Mile-end New Town. A woman, aged 43 years, died at 18. Baker's-row, Whitechapel, of catalepsy. A widow, aged 34 years, died in the workhouse, Westminster, of extreme destitution; low fever. I Five children died of measles in Limehous'e. Last week the births of 1,085 boys and 1,010 girls, is all 2,095 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1852-61 the average number (corrected) was 1,854. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.606 in. The reading of the instrument was 2917 in. on Sunday, and it rose to 2997 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 48.6 deg,, which is 4.5 deg. above the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glai sher). The mean daily temperature was above the average throughout the week. The lowest night temperature was 41 deg. on Tuesday ; the highest day temperature was 63'7 deg. on Thursday. The range of the thermometer in the week was therefore 22 . 7 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 3.3 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 89, complete saturhtion being represented by 100. The wind blew generally from the south-west. The amount of rain measured was 0.39 inches. It fell on every day except Friday. In the 13 weeks that ended Saturday, March 29, 18,405 deaths were registered in London. In the period of life from birth to 20 years of age the num ber was 8,447 ; in the period of 80 to 100 years, 756 ; in the three intermediate vicenniurns it rose from 2,416 in the first to 3,083 in the se cond, an d 3,515 ire the third. Last quarter was rather less fatal then It was the two corresponding quarters in fo i r B the mean also warmer than either of thorn whilst in then in c:ither of tem perature of the air was 40.6 ,eg., and that of ter quarter of 1860 it was 38. 9 a 1861, 39.7 deg. 7 ymotle class of diseases was But though the total mor!nlity was corn comparatively low, that from the • high. To this head wore referred 4,174 de a th s, th e corresponding num b ers in the two previous years been 3, 380 and 3 674. In diseases of the s s y s tem, taken collectively, th ere was a d e - Ile ving rvuu I. a crease; in those of the respiratory organs a much ,ore i m portant decrease. U n d er th e l a tt er head t h e number in the winter quarters of 1860 61 was about 5,000; in quarter that has now closed it fell to 3,828. Bronchitis, pneumonia, and asthma, were much less fatal than usual. The mortality of small-pox and measles was low, that of whooping-cough was not high; but other Typhus appears to have prevailed chiefly in the east districts, and in those on the south side Of tho river. Thirty-three persons died of typhus in Hoxton New Town, the same numhFr in a sub d i,trict of a much smaller population, Mile-end Now Town, 36 in Mile-end Old Town. 18 in Poplar, 21 in the sub-district or St. Olive, Southwark, 24 in that of Borough-road, 30 in Greenwich. In ton West there were 109 deaths from typhus, nearly all of them in the Fever Hospital. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 110SPIT4L. A dinner in aid of the funds of this benevolent. establishment took place last night at the London Tavern, under the presidency of the Duke of Argyll. Among the various ebarities of the metropolis, very few afford a greater amount of relief in proportion spi,-,sal than th e U n i vers i ty to the funds at his di y e , , r upwa r d s o f 21,000 College Hospital. Last p a ti e nts were under the treatOent of its m e di ca l and of these about 1,300 oc upied b e d s i n the , i r• consequence of these emands on it s resources, a debt unfortunately has beep contracted of £5,600, of which £3,000 is due on loan, Paying -iutepat, and £2,600 consists of outstanding trades a eft's .Bithek this . expenditure, which is " the smallpst consistent, with the aCieney of the hospi taVrst be supported by moil' generous aid from. the public, oi.ihe poorer classes, Whouhound in the neighbourhood of Tottenham.cOurtltoad and King's-- cross, must be deprived of the advantages which the hospital affords them—a calamity most sincerely to be deprecated if possible. The dreadful railway accident last September at Kentish-town at once showed the adv antage of such buildings in the neigh bourhood of our great railway termini, and gives a very fair insight into the manner in which debts are unavoidably incurred or greatly increased. On that occasion 32 sufferers were received into the , hospital, and 24 were eventually restored to health. Under these circumstances it was not surprising that, in proposing the toast of the evening, the Duke of Argyll dwelt with particular emphasis on the pre eminent utility of hospital's as charities, pointing to them as one of the distinctive features between an cient and modern times, and as one of the worked peculiarities of Christian civilisation and humat ity. In the course of his speech the financial difficulties of the committee were pointed out by the Duke of Argyll in terms of much eloquence and feeling, and with an effectiveness which elicited a subscription of no less a sum than £1,504 from his numerous hearers. Of this amount Sir F. Goldsmid contributed 200 guineas, and Mr, Jeffrey 250 guineas, the latter sum for the introduction of baths and sanitary im provements. A good dinner was enlivened by the musical efforts of Madame de Grau and Miss Lin ington, whose execution on the pianoforte in a duet of a selection from the " Huguenots" was enthusi astically applauded. Some very good singing, under the direction of Mr. T. E. Williams, assisted by Messrs. Genge, T. Williams, Ball, Cooke, Fagan, and Hatton, also added to the amusement of the assembled company, and had, no doubt, a material effect on the amount of the subscriptions. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. WORCESTER, TUESDAY. A good deal of excitement has been occasioned in this city by the sudden and mysterious disap pearance of two gentlemen frcm this city about sesottlftavrtemeener from ago. 'I heir fate was unknown until yesterday, when the bodies of both of them were found in the river Severn—the one close to the city , and the other at Tewkesbury, 16 miles distant.. Inquests have been held on both bodies. The deceased were Mr. E. Walter, a gentleman of independent property, and a member of the town council ; and Mr. W. Jones, cashier to the W es t Midland Railway Company at Worceste r . Mr. Jones had obtained a fortnight's leave , be in g in a bad state of health. He was observed to b e rather strange in his manners, and one evening he le ft his home to take a walk. Nettling more was heard of him until his body was found in the Severn yester day. Mr. Walter had been unsettled in h;.B mind, and left his home on the 17th ult. at seven fielock in the evening. Next morning his hat was p icked up and was kept by a boatman until last Frida y , when it was sent to Worcester. Ye sterda y morn that minutes h e w past went direct ing the lock-keeper at the Digles lock on the Severn, about half a mile from Worcester , found the body . fr W do meaclothmeirspiosn residence i t.i ioenr.ivert.o His thelwt a w te a was h riverin was aannidjumped uoneadvanced of his su pockets, tb a t and therehad e a s stopped p b p e e l d i t at tle ten doubt into the water. The coroner's jury in each case returned an open verdict of " found drowned." ROBBERY-CLEVER CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES. A robbery of a most desperate character was at tempted on Saturday last, in open day, on the loot road close to Honey Well, near Barnsley, upon an old man, more than seventy years of age, whom three stalwart fellows had knocked down and were robbing, when they were suddenly and unexpect edly pounced upon by the police. To explain how this was accomplished, we shall have to go back to a fine moonlight night early in December, on which night Superintendent Greenhalgh was walking the streets of Barnsley a little past the midnight hour, when he observed a notorious character making his way in the direction of Cockerham. The superin tendent's suspicions were excited, and he dogged the fellow as far as the Honey Well, which locality the man seemed to examine very minutely. As there were no houses near, Mr. Greennalgh came to the conclusion that some other object than bur glary was intended. He made inquiries, and found that Mr. Beardsall, manager for Messrs: Sturges, committal of Paley, and Co., proprietors of the New Gawber Col liery, and an old man named Charles Smith, were in the habit of going every alternate Saturday to get money from the bank in Barnsley to pay wages, t e h d a t t hat periodthe fellowta towtahse lookingpresent for thee sec c r o e m te m d and he felt co f n r v o i m nc Subsequent observations confirmed this robbery. out for the best place a f a i l a i tt eda ho l e fur the have per be n e t n endent, Sykes,i under a haystack • ,nightp o l opinion, ice o oocffiaoncd: r s of tl a ie neighbourhood on the lookout for whatever on Saturday, with r I T ns h p e ec s t u or os w fe a wr s ghe b ia i en d h , t t l h 3 e r y a n h n a a a g Police-constable Lawes ' o w f ' e re making v a a a pt ri c ci o ro n s ; cabin, through the wall other men (all in plain clothes) were disposed behind hedges, where, during the late cold weather, they had lain for hours on the 9UI vire. After a while the old man Smith was observed coming along, Mr. Beardsalli who had the gold, having preceded him, and passed unmolested, ..ad when he was nearing the gate leading from Honey Well-lane to the colliery he was suddenly knocked down by three men, whose movements, however, had been watched. Superintendent Green lialgh fired apish)] (a preconeened signal) ; his In' 3 rushed from their hiding places and arrived at the scene of the robbery just as the villains were throt tling their victim, and trying to stuff a handker chief in his mouth. After a desperate struggle the rascals were secured, and broug ht to the Barnsle y lock-UP , and subsequently rem anded for examina tion. Smith had 1:18 12 s. in silver in his baske t. A portion of the silver was strewn upon the ground, an d a lot of groceries. The names of the Captured men are John Hewitt, of Doncaster ; - Win.D un i s i u, beerhouse keeper, Lundhill ; utalThuuipbou Sowdeu, of Mexborough-