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_ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GrAy's-inn-road. The numerous and urgent appeals which are made for -admis sion by the homeless and destitute sick render it im perative on the Committee to entreat the continued bounty of the affluent and humane to enable them to persevere in the extensive system of relief afforded by this HospitaL During the past year, in addition to 1,190 in-patients, no less than 50,496 out-patients received the benefits of this Charity. Since Christmas two additional wards have been opened for the reception of in-door patients. Contributions arc received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas- Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. (MAI NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK - , (Incorporated by Royal Charter). I."ATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. riA4RIDENT — Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K. G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN —Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. 2DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thornas Chapman, Esq., F.A.S., V.P. APPF,AL. The Committee of Management have to state that, during the past two years, the Institution has incurred expenses amount'sg to £28,650 ova various Life-boat Establishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland. During the past two years the Life-boats of the National the I ....`rews of the following Vessels:— Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose .• Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone • • Brig Pallas, of Shields .• • • " Ship Ann Mitchell., of Glasgow • • Smack John Bul t l, of Yarmouth • • Schooner Cathefine of. Newry Barque Niagarr., of sThields • • • • A Barge of Teignriouth e• G• .• Brig George and James, of London • • Brig. Z i rY r, ot Whitby •• •• •• Coble ormur, of Cullercoats • • • • Schooner Eliza, of North Shields Barque 01y,,,r0n, of Liverpool • • • • S acl Rrig ar alrie Nancy, of Teignmouth .. • • This . '.Vonder, of Teignmouth •`:,cotia, of Sunderland .. • • .00p Three Brothers, o f G oo l e .•*hoop Charlotte, of Woodbridge • lEhig 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 Ne w h aven .. .•• Sc hooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schirmer Rose, of Lynn • • • • • • Prodroma, of Stockton • • .13rig Eliza, of Middlesborough.• ?Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. • • Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn • • 13rig Gloucester, of South Shields .. Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• • • Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .• Schooner Prospect, of Berwick • • Sloop Thoma s an d J ane, of St. Ives .• A Fishing-boat of Whitburn •• • • Brig Arethusa, of Blyth • • • • %I Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc Flat Cy - mraes, of Beaumaris Schoe,ner William, of Morecambe Sm r.ck Gipsy, of Newry • • • • •I r.Atloner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. Ariz New Draper, of Whitehaven .. • • Schooner William, of Liverpool Mugger Nimrod, of Castletown .• Brig Providence, of Shields .. . Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guyana, of Glasgow 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. • • .. 10 Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide .. 2 Schooner Voador du Voug,a, of. Vienna .. 8 French Brig La Jeu ne M arie Therese .. •• • 6 Barque Perseverance, o f Scarborough .. • • 5 Schooner Elizab e th, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast Schooner I ortensia, ot Hanover .. • • • • 4 SchooMer Oregon, of Stonehaven _ 4 Brig St. Michel, of M arans .. ••• • • 8 Fipardsh Barque P r i mera d e 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 .• 2 • • • • 1 Barque Peace, of London •• • • " hugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11 80 / 10 ..oner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) .. .• •• • • .. 4 Smack Adventure of Harwich.. .. 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen . 11 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 .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 .. 5 .. 3 .. 11 :: 4 - 4 .. 8 .. 8 .. 4 .. 1 .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 6 .. 4 .. 5 - 5 .. 3 Total .. • 498 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution•has voted £1,893 as rewards to the crews of the Lifeboats. It has also granted re wards amounting to £515 10s. for saving 873 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 upwards of 12,200; for which services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and £15,28 in cash have been gran t e d as rewards. The Institu tion, has also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts stow 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 the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agement, tor the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefuhy acknowledge the following eon tributions s. d her Majesty the Queen annual 50 0 0 Clark, Mrs. •• •• •• ••• •• annual 210 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. annual 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. .. don. 25 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Digby, G W., Esq., Sherborne Castle .. annual 5 0 0 Erle, Lord Chief Justice .. . don. 10 10 0 Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. . don. 30 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. H. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 .Lanesborough, the Earl of .. .. annual 5 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. . 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. .• .. don. 15 15 0 Bobartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. annnal 5 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. annual 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. . annual 2 0 0 Donations and Annual Ful'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 ; Messrs. 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In a total readjustment of hope o f er extrication cialaliafis from eals decay yslemmust be found the and b an k rup t c y, her only c the or g an ic changes thus requ ired ar e o f suc h I magnitude as to d emand the exercise of the boldest statesmanship, even if the disposition to enter upon them were known to exist. Five years back— namely, 1857, the re venue of £3,000,000, 4 the empire was £29,800,000, and th e expenditure showing a deficit of £ 4,200,000, and this state of affairs has since become w orse and worse. The de ficit in 1858 was £ 3 , 600 , 000, in ( y ear the war in Italy) it was £ 24,400,000, and n 1860, £6,600,000. These sums reach a total of nearly 1859 the i of £40,000,000, and during the past year the position became still more disastrous. According to a report from Mr. Julian Fane, the secretary of embassy at Vienna, the anticipated deficit of the year 1861 was computed in the Budget laid before the enlarged Reichsrath at £4,000,000, and on the 17th of Jan. last the Minister of Finance announced that this sum had been very considerably overstepped, that the expenses of the army had exceeded the amount contemplated by £5,000,000, that those of the navy had proved nearly double the intended limits, and that altogether the outlay of the State had been £5,900,000 beyond the total first stated; while the revenues on the other hand had fallen short by £1,000,000. The actual denuit, therefore, was raised from £4,000,000 to £11,000,000. Under these conditions the estimates for the current year (1862) can command little reliance, and they are admitted by the Government to be purely conjectural. They are based, indeed, on the assumption that circum stances will permit of the reduction of the army to a peace footing, and of an economical administra tion of the Naval Department. Supposing these objects to be attained, the results which both sides of the national account will present at the end of , the year are estimated by the Government as fol lows: Professor Owen, in his Museum in Jermyn-street y formation of the feathers of birds;AheArmElion . and hatching of eggs, the building of nests, and the principles of classification. He described the coni cal, highly vascular germs of the down, the moulds from which the feathers spring, and the third stage in which the quill-feathers and the colour of the plumage are completed. The clothing of birds and the supply of quill-feathers for the purposes of flight is repeated more than once or twice in the course of the year, which is a very exhausting pro cess, but it is provided for by their active circula tion, and by the quantity of food they eat, for no class of animals eat so much as airds, nor are more active in its pursuit. When the . 1 -Jutaage of the male and female diff.,r, the feathers of young birds resemble those of the females, and in those .pecies in which the plumage of the male and female is alike, that of the young is different from either. After mentioning the process of change of colour in o hi the feathers, Professor Owen stated that the 3.ounff birds o f t h e w hi te an d of the black Tau can scarcely be distin gu ished, and it is not until they grow t h e onef a larget o species white te si zane of and in swanan t t thehet other atit grey ehr a colour toa bblacka ek changes.lll a peculiar neck in and a white body e cygnets arc perfectly white. In explaining the phenomena of the reproduction of birds, Professor Owen stated that the yolk of the egg is first formed, and that the white consists of two layers, which at the broad end of the egg enclose a small quantity of air to supply the chick before it bursts the shell. The small speck of the yolk from which the chick is first developed, and the yolk itself, arelighter than the other parts of the egg, the yellow colour being caused by the presence of an oily matter, which gives it buoyancy, and in any posi tion of the egg brings it near the upper part of the shell to receive heat from the body of the hen dur ing incubation. The yolk is afterwards included in the body of the chick, and affords it nourishment until it is hatched. An Australian bird, of which there are specimens in the Zoological Gardens, lays its eggs in dung and in decaying vegetable matter, and leaves them there to be hatched; and Professor Owen said it was interesting to observe the bird adhering to the same habit in this country. The eggs were laid with one end upwards, and the chicks when hatched wore feathered, and could fly and pick their food, and clean their feathers as well as other young birds at least a minth old. Another Australian bird, which he called the bower-bird, adopts a very remarkable method to gain the affec tions of the female. It builds a large bower, the entrance to which it decorates with the gayest fea thers collected in the woods, and then endeavours to allure the female to the bower by fascinating atti tudes and by various adjustments of its plumage. After the birds are mated, the bower is neglected, and is made no use of in the formation of the nest. A similar love of display is seen in the jackdaw and magpie in this country, and Professor Owen sug gested that they might have been bower-builders when England was in a thinly populated condition. He concluded the lecture by pointing out the (lie. tinguishing characters of the feet and claws of birds, and the corresponding peculiarities in the formation of their beaks, on which their classification by naturalists principally depends. .IMSTO.RATION OF TILE CHAPTER HOUSE, WBSTMINS2BB. The Dean of Westminster has called a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen for Saturday next, to be held in the Chapter-house, to take into considera tion the steps which are desirable in order to call public attention to the ruinous condition of that beautiful building, with a view to its restoration. This most elegant structure, which is justly regarded as one of the finest examples of early English archi tecture, was built by King Henry ill., about the year 1250. It is thus earlier than the Chapter-house of Salisbury, but it has suffered from more than five centuries of neglect and barbarous adupta.ien to every-day uses, and has been reduced to a n.:ero wreck. The main features have, however, hem dili gently traced by Mr. G. G. Scott. The Chapter-house was made over by the Convent of Westminster for the use of the House of Commons early in the reign of Edward 111., with the express condition that the Crown should keep it in repair. In the time of Edward VI., the Commons having removed to St. Stephen's Chapel, the Chapter-house came into the hands of the Government. It has been ever since employed as a record-office, and it is in adapt ing it to this purpose that it has been reduced to its present unsightly state. It is an octagon of 18 feet diameter, and had a vaulted roof which was sup ported by an elegant clustered shaft of Purbeck marble. The windows were of great beauty, and the walls beneath were occupied by arcaded stalls, the backs of which were filled with paintings. Groups of statuary adorned the doorways, and the flooring was of encaustic tiles of the most rich and varied - designs. The building suffered only from neglect until the beginning of the 18th century, but it was then wantonly reduced to its present state in order to fit it for a record repository. The vaulted roof, being considered dangerous, was destroyed and cheaply replaced by a flat ceiling. The walls, rich in most tasteful statuary and paintings, Were con cealed by presses and a gallery; the pavement was boarded over, and thus fortunately preserved. lhe bsa p y se a . rti ncon c s o eci c ue a n le e d e windows were blocked up , pa rtl y with brick and partly with their own tra cer y . Nothing, in fact, epositor was left visible of its ori g inal beau.tyall except ne the c b e y n a tra ro l u s g h h af b t, u a uc n eneral l r y for documents bulkhead e ovenacdhrounda p thatte Chapter-house, h wa ts ouse, and nothing is mr o e f oc t vo h re e dds fromth epublic e rection t h o e the ocu ents new have now been re d wanted but funds to enable its restoration to be accomplished: The proposed meeti ng t o e ff ec t this impor tant object will be held at half-past 2 o'clock on Saturday. REVENUE. Direct taxes Indirect taxes Revenue from State properties 747,450 Miscellaneous receipts. 692,420 £29,659,980 COURT OF ALDERMEN. A Court of Aldermen was holden yesterday at Guildhall ; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor pre sided. Mr. Sheriff Cockereil presented a report of the present state of the City gaols, by which it appeared there are at present 129 prisoners in Newgate, 93 in Whitecross-street, and 329 in Holloway prison. The Gaol Committee made a report upon the sub ject of the Queen's Bench and Whitecross-street prisons, and the use to be made of these buildings consequent upon their altered condition as to the number of prisoners confined in them owing to the change in the bankruptcy law. This report stated that the committee had been in communication with the Home Secretary, and with the City solicitor and the City Land Committee, and they were in formed that a bill would be introduced into Par ment during the present session, the object of which would be to abolish the Queen's Bench as White altogether and remove the prisoners to be taken cross-street ; and that powers would also street commended also; abolish, if necessary, Whiteeross recommended. in which case the coin mitteerected for the , a prison that another building should be e n the land at- P . ° The report also ' reception of debtor prisoners tached to the Holloway d brll, arrangements stated that by the propo se he paY by I G ment tle over la would be made for t h expense of the mainl merit of a portion of t e ,e. prisoners who were removed from Alderman HALE presented a petition it\heanttoi nance of the on the Queen's Bench Pris . prison! The report was agreed to. t e t l o h l in e e p p r l a c a r r i tiv:, r n e i g n a of the conduct of one of the City brokers, and the usual notice was oErLdAer m te o b v e ed g o rder that he might answer the cenielaint. . Alderman Cor to the General Purposes Committee r eport upon the best m eans to beado t p o adopted for andrkeep ing the several entrances and preserving order at the Central Criminal Court. He said that the last time he had attended at this court he observed the very great confusion that prevailed, and which was complained of on several occasions by the judgeff, , and he thought it was high time that something should be done to preserve order in the court. After some discussion the motion and the court adjourned. was agrcc d to, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI,\G, MAY 22, 1862. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING—WEDNESDAY. The Lonclesborough Cup, value 100 sous, added to a handi cap of 6 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; Winners extra. The second received 25 sovs out of the stakes. T.Y.C. 48 subs. Capt. Christie's Spicebox, 5 yrs, 7st 91b (Fordham) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's North Pole, 3 yrs, Est (Whiteley) 2 Mr. Cass's Recluse, 5 yrs, 6st 71b (Noble) 3 The following also ran :—Longshot, Virgilius, Pancake, Donner und Blitz, Phantom, Bernice, Allez- rrondetnent, Fairy King, Queen of Trumps, Lord of Linne, Miss Whip f, Tisiphone, add Wallachia. Betting-5 to 2 agst Tisiphone, 9to 2 each agst Spice box and Virgilius, 10 to 1 agst North Pole, 100 to 8 agst Longshot, and 100 to 7 agst Queen of Trumps. The moment the flag was lowered the favourite, Queen of Trumps, North Pole, Virgilius, and Donner und Blitz, rushed to the front, with Spicebox, Pancake, Longshot, Lord of Linne, and Recluse at their haunches. At the dis tance Tisiphone, Virgilius, Donner and Blitz, and Lord of Linne dropped towards the rear, and Queen of Trumps lay in front to the Stand, with North Pole and Pancake close up, next. A splendid race then took place between the first four, which ended in favour of Spicebox by a head, North Pole winning second money by a neck. Pancake, half a. length from Recluse, was fourth, Allez-y-rondement a good fifth, Queen of Trumps sixth, Bernice and Tisiphono seventh and eighth. The Bglintcn Stakes of 10 Bova each, h ft, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds, 7st, and 3-yr-olds, Bst 121 b. The second received back his stake. Winning penalties and maiden allowances. T.Y.C. 13 subs. Mr. R. E. Wilson's Bohemia, 2 yrs, Cat 111 b (Whiteley) 1 Mr. G. W. Morris's Brahmin, 3 yrs, Oat 31b..(Fordham) 2 Mr, R. H. Jones's Corydon, 2 yre. 7st . (Harrison) 3 Lord Stamford•. sanita, 2 yrs (51b extra), 7st 21b (Gray) 4 . . • Betting-5 to 4 agst Brahmin and 6to 4 agst Bohemia. Bohemia made all the running, and won easily by a length and a half, the third and fourth finishing together several lengths behind the second. Consolation Scramble of 30 sovs, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. T.Y.C. Mr. Redhead's My Mary, 3 yrs, Bst ...... Fordham) 1 Lord Glasgow's Brother to Schiedam, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Bullock) 2 Mr. F. Bell's Cachuca, 2 yrs, sst 71b.... (J. Grimshaw) 3 Mr. Winteringham's Weatherwise, 3 yrs, 6st (J. Noble) 4 . _ . Betting-2 to lon My Mary, and 3to 1 agst Brother to Schiedam. The favourite made her own running, and won in a can ter by two lengths, a like distance separating the second and third. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap of 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and only 5 if de clared. Winners extra. The second to receive back his stake. One mile and a quarter. 38 subs, 16 of whom pay 5 soya each. Lord Derby's Cape Flyaway, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b.. (Aldcroft) 1 Mr. W. Scott's Virgilius 4 yrs, 7st 91b ( Fordham) 2 Mr. johnstone's Lady Ripon, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (car. Bst 51b) (Arnold) 3 Sir C. Monck's Gardener, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Hodgson) 4 Mr. G. Thompson's Dutch Sam, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (Lawson) 5 Betting-6 to 4on Cape Flyaway, 3to 1 agst Virgilius, and 7 to 1 agst Dutch Sam. Cape Flyaway was first off, but after going 100 yards Gardener went to the front and made the running, with Cape Flyaway and Virgilius close to him, Dutch Sam being last. At, the woodside Sam joined the ruck, and Lady Ripon dropped to the rear. Little or no change occurred until they were halfway up the straight, when Lady Ripon went up to Virgilius and Cap© Flyaway, where she re mained to the half distance. The favourite then came away, and won very easily by two lengths, Lady Ripon losing the second money by a similar distance. The Tally. ho Stakes, of 3 soya each, with 50 added ; for horses that have been regularly hunted with any esta blished pack of foxhounds in Yorkshire during the sea son of 1861-62, and must have been bona fide the pro perty of a Yorkshireman from the Ist January last ; the second to have 10 soya out of the stakes. Winners extra. Two miles, over the old course. (8 subs.) Mr. Hodgson nas Maritana i aged, list 41b (Mr. Layton) 1 Mr. G. Thompson's Chamade, 4 yrs, lOst 31b .. (Owner) 2 Mr. C. Hopkinson nas Hugh Baxter, 5 yrs, lOst 131 b (Mr. Boynton) 3 Mr. It. Mills's Gretchen, aged, list 41b.... (Mr. Wood) 4 Mr. Atkinson nas Forlorn Hope, aged, (M llst 41b r. Atkinson) 5 Betting-5 to 2on Chamade, 4to 1 agst Gretchen, 7to 1 agst Maritana, and 10 to 1 agst Forlorn Hope. Maritana, with Gretchen second and the favourite third, made the running. At the distance Gretchen was beaten, and Maritana won a fine race by a head. BETTING ON THE COURSE. THE DERBY. 4to 1 agst Marquis 11 to 2 agst Buckstone 1000 to 90 agst Caterer (taken) 13 to 1 apt Zetl:nd (taken) 40 to 1 agst Norroy (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Ellengowan (taken) RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SEVERN VALLEY. A special meeting of this company was held yes terday at the office, Victoria-street, Westminster Colonel Forester, M.P., in the chair: Mr. C. E. Reed, the Secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, in compliance with the standing orders of the House of Lords, a formal resolution approving a Bill to authorise an altera tion of the terms of the lease of the Severn Valley Railway to the West Midland Railway Company, and for other purposes, was unanimously adopted, subject to such alterations and modifications as might be made therein by Parliament, and assented thereto by the directors. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. The Canadian mail steamer North American has arrived, with advices from Qaebec to the 10th inst. Among her passengers are 33 non-commissioned officers and privates belonging to the Army Hos pital Corps. President Lincoln was at Fortress Monroe and Newport News on the 7th, and had a distalt view of the Merrimac. From General M'Clellan's command we have the following intelligence:— "BALTIMORE, Miy B.—The following is from the American's account of the battle at Williams burg :—The battle on Monday was a most warmly contested engagement, owing to the roughness of the country and the bad condition of the roads. But a small portion of our troops could be brought into action: General Sickles's Brigade and General Hooker's Division bore a great deal of the battle ; and, in rain and chilled with cold, the battle raged from early in the morning till 3 o'clock in the after noon, when General M'Clellan arrived with fresh troops,relieving Hooker's Division, who were nearly prostrated with fatigue and exposure, while the 3d Regiment of General Sickles's Brigade had its ranks badly thinned by the balls of the enemy. They are represented as having fought with sach imprudent bravery that they had not less than 200 killed and wounded. After the arrival of General M'Clellan_-theeneany_were fiercely charged by General Hancock's Brigade, and weredriven within their works before nightfall with heavy loss. Nearly 700 of their dead were left on the field, with many wounded. Our loss was less than 300 killed and about 706 wounded. Night having come on, we occupied the 'male-field, the enemy having been driven within his works, and our forces lay on their arms, prepared to storm the works in the morning. "At daylight on Tuesday morning Gen. M'Clel lan sent scouts while preparing to move on the enemy's works,who soon reported that he had again taken his flight during the night. The works of the enemy and citl of Williamsburg were then taken. Fort Magrlder was a most extensive work, capable handa n ofdefence, but the enemy had night, retreating in the aed prolonged it urinthe greatest alarm and confusion, as described by a few darkies. Large numbers of waggons, munitions, and considerable s to re s and p r ovisions were f o u nd while the road was strewn for miles accoutrements. A number of de winitthheartmows n a ; nd serters also made their escape, and came within our lines, who stated that they had received intelligence that large numbers of Federal troops were landing on York River, above Williamsburg, to flank them. "As I close my letter, the latest intelligence re ceived from the field of battle is that M'Clellan has come up with the enemy about eight miles beyond Williamsburg, and, after pretty severe skirmishing with his rear, has tgain put him to flight across the Chickahominy. A large additional number of prisoners had been :akenancluding many deserters, who report that they had nothing to eat but a few hard biscuits for 48 hours, and when brought fell down in a state of exhaustion. Heavy cannonad ing could be heard by boats coming down the river early this morning, but the result is not ascertained. " To Editors. —Here the Government Censor, or some of his subs, saw fit to suppress what they con sidered contraband, but which has been public two days. " D. H. C." " There is no doubt that the whole army of Lee, Johnson, and Magruder are in a state of utter dis organisation and under rapid pursuit by M'Clellan, and are fleeing with great precipitation without the intention of making a stand anywhere. Unless ,hey reach Richmond in boats by James River, they will certainly be intercepted and bagged by forces landed and landing at West Point. "Not less than 50 steamers are engaged in trans- porting the balance of the army to West Point. Large numbers of prisoners are constantly arriving at West Point, and others ar© boing constantly brought in. On Moday the enemy took 80 of our men pri soners and captured one of the batteries. They, having but a small support of infantry, were over whelmed by superior force of the enemy and com pelled to abandon the battery; but before the close of the day this battery, with one of the enemy's, was recaptured by Gen. M'Clellan. The prisoners taken were found in Williamsburg next day. They were engaged attending on the wounded the enemy had left behind. Their retreat was accompanied by too much confusion and haste to be troubled with prisoners. " Latest—l have just learnt that the enemy have destroyed all the bridges across the Chickahominy river, and that Gen. M'Clellan is resting his army on this side. _ _ _ " It will be remembered that the Chickahominy runs parallel with James river, into which it enters. It is the general impression that Gen. M'Clellan has now got tie enemy just where he wants them." " NEW 'YORK, May B.—A special despatch to the 2intes, shied Fort Monroe, says that the Confede rates burnt their gunboats in York River. " We have taken many prisoners in small bands. " Two companies of the Illinois cavalry are re ported captured by the enemy. " Gen. M'Clellan was struck by a piece of a shell, but was not injured. " The opinion prevails that, if Gen. Franklin's division received reinforcements in time, a great part of the Confederate army would be captured. " The roads are in a very bad condition, by which our advance is greatly impeded. " Nearly 700 of their dead were left on the field, with as many wounded ; the most of the latter were casual." WILLIAMSBURG, May B.—Our loss was about 300 killed and 700 wounded. "Night having come on, we occupied the battle field, the enemy having been driven within his works, and our forces lay on their arms, prepared to storm the works in the morning. " The works of the enemy and the city of Wil liamsburg were taken. " Fort Magruder was capable of prolonged defence, but they abandoned it early in the night, retreating in the greatest alarm and confusion, as was described by a few negro women who were found in the town. " A large number of waggons, munitions, and a considerable store of provisions were found in the town, and the road was strewn for many miles with ammunition, &c." " Gale a.m.—The iron ship the gunboats 8, Aroostook and Mnaori and noE, th P o rt Royal, started up the James River this morn ing. They have passed Day's Point. Battling and heavy firing have been heard up the river since their departure. " They will cut off the river communication with the Confederate army south of the Chicamanico. " Instantly after the gunboats started the Con federate tug J. B. White Caine out in front of New port News, having left Norfolk this morning with a crew and two citizens, on a mission to Tannery Point. By previous consent they ran over to New port News Point, and surrendered to General Mansfield. This is the third time they have at tempted to escape, and they are most unhappy. " Sewall's Point is being evacuated. " The Monitor,Nagatuck, and several other gun boats have just left for Sewall's Point." " WASHINGTON, May S.—Despatches giving de tails of the operations of the fleet at New Orleans have been received, but they contain no new points. s , N E W YORK, May 9.—Gen. Marcy telegraphs the following : WILLIAMSBURG, May B.—Gen. M'Clellan, on the 6th, had a most decisive victory. Only about 30,000 of our troops were engaged against 50,000 of the best rebel troops. Our men fought most valiantly and used the bayonet freely, which the rebels could not stand. They fought well until they felt the cold steel, when they took to their heels and ran like hounds, leaving their dead and wounded and sick upon our hands. roe Johnson led them in person. They have lost several of their best officers.' The Herald's correspondent gives the following graphic account of the magnifi cent charge of Hancock's Brigade on the rebels : Scarcely 100 yards were between the rebels and the guns, when our skirmishers' fire became silent. The lines of the sth Wisconsin and the 43d New York formed up in close order to the right of the battery; the long range of musket barrels came to one level, and one terrible volley tore through the rebel lines. In a moment more the same long range of muskets came to another level. The order to charge with the bayonet was given, and away went the two regiments with one glad cheer. Gallant as our foes undoubtedly were, they could not meet that. But few brigades mentioned in history have done better than that brigade did. For a space which was generally estimated at three-quarters of a mile they advanced under fire of a splendidly served battery, and with a cloud of skirmishers stretched across their front, whose fire was very de structive ; mid if after that they had not the nerve to meet a line of bayonets that came towards them like the spirit of destruction incarnate, it need not be wondered at that they broke and fled in complete panic. 145 were taken prisoners, and nearly 500 were killed and wounded.' " BALTIMORE, May 9.—Advices via Fortress Monroe state that Sewall's Point has been shelled, and a movement on - Norfolk oommenced. " A battle has taken place at West Point, and the rebels have been defeated with great slaughter." Advices from Fortress Monroe report that on the 7th the Merrimac appeared, but made no hostile movement. On the Bth the Monitor, Nangatuck, Seminole, Susquehanna, Dacotah, and San Jacinto steamed up towards Sewall's Point ; Capt. Gardner of the Susquehanna in command of the expedi tion. As soon as within range, fire was opened with shot and shell against Sewall's Point. It was nearly half an hour before a reply was made from the Point. The Rip Raps next opened fire, and then the Nangatuck, for the first time. Several shots were fired from the single gun on the extremity of the Point, when one from the Monitor struck in the vicinity, it was thought disabling the gun. The position of the Monitor was far in ad vance of the rest of the fleet, and she continued in motion until within a mile or two of the Point, when considerable execution must, it was judged, have been done by her accurate firing. The Naugatuck kept in the background, the range of the Parrot guns enabling her to do so. Sewall's Point battery replied briskly. The Rip Raps fired occasionally, and a continual fire was kept up from the gunboats. Nothing more occurred till 2 o'clock, when the firing was very feeble from the Point. The Monitor about this time returned from her advanced position and joined the fleet. At about half-past 2 o'clock the Merrimac made her appearance, when the fleet re turned, with the exception of the Monitor. In the evening the Monitor returned to her anchorage. The Merrimac remained in her first position. Via Havannah we have some particulars of the capture of New Orleans. On the 18th ult. 21 mortar and three gun boats commenced the attack upon Forts Philip and Jackson, and succeeded on the 23d in silencing the fortifications and in securing the safe passage up the river of 14 war steamers bound for New Orleans. Among them was the flag ship Hartford, on board of which was Commodore Farragut. A severe naval engagement had occurred, in which 11 Confederate gunboats were destroyed. The Union gunboat Verona and the Confederate steamer Webster had an action, which terminated in the total loss of both vessels. The Webster ran into the Verona and injured her so badly that she was on the point of sinking, when she fired eight guns into the Webster with such terrific effect tb a both went down together. General Butler had landed 4,000 men above the forts. On the 24th a 11lg of truce was sent to Commodore Porter to learn the conditions of surrender, to which he replied that the capitulation must be unconditional. The float ing battery Manassas had been sunk by the steam ship Mississippi. A despatch, dated Chicago, May 7, asserts that Beauregard was at Pocahontas with 75,000 men and that General Lovell's army was at Patchapabo, on the New Orleans and Jackson road, 50 miles north of New Orleans. According to a despatch of the Bth from the vicinity of Harrisburgh, Virginia, General Cox had occupied Giles Court-house and portions of New River. The Confederates abandoned their positions without burning them. The despatch concludes as follows : " The citizens remained, and seemed loyal. " The defeat of the Confederates at Camp Creek is more important than was at first supposed. " General Milroy is now fighting and General Schenick advancing. Particulars of these move ments are forbidden." From Washington we have by telegraph the fol lowing dubious intelligence : "Messrs. Richardson, Knapp, and Robinson, Illinois ; Law, Voorhes, Indiana ; Allen, White, Noble, Pendleton, Morris, Vallandigham, Johnson, Ancona, Pennsylvania ; Shiel, Oregon, have issued an address to Democracy, setting forth the party of organisation is positive good, and essential to the preservation of public liberty. This they consider vital necessity, and invite all, without distinction of state, section, or party, who are for constitution as it is, and for Union as it was, to unite with them in their great work upon terms of perfect equality. This they agree is the great issue." According to the latest advices, General Banks was still at Newmarket, waiting for forage and pro- visions. Advices from General Burnside's command re port that large numbers of men had taken the oath of allegiance, and that a regiment of North Caro linians had been organised. The General had equipped two or three companies of cavalry, which made frequent raids upon the Confederates. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY, There is another court-martial in this city, which is to commence its proceedings to-day at the Royal Barracks. Colonel Philpotts, will be the president, and the prosecution will be conducted by the Deputy-Judge-Advocate, Major Darby, 86th Regiment. The person to be tried is Mr. Anthony, veterinary surgeon of the 11th Hussars. The fol lowing are the charges preferred against him : "For conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, and to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in the following instances : " First instance — ln having g rossly and publicly insulted Cornet Delacour, of the 11th Hussars, on the night of the 29th April, 1862, in the mess room of Island bridge Barracks, Dublin, by calling him a liar and a cur,' or wards to that effect. " Second instance—ln having, at or about the same time and place abovemontioned, grossly and publicly insulted Cornet Delacour, of the 11th Hus sars, by striking him a blow on the face. J. S. BROIVNRIGG, Deputy -Adj t.-General." It is alleged that the prisoner received very gross provocation from his opponent. The affair arose out of an after-dinner dispute, in which, as is re ported, Cornet Delacour designated Surgeon An thony as a "stud groom," and contemptuously told him that " he never owned a horse in the regiment," but that those which passed as his were, in reality, the property of another officer, The Government . - offered a reward of £lOO for the detection of the person or persons who set fire to the Queen ' s College, Cork. _ THE MACAULAY STATUE.—We understand that Mr. Woolner has been selected to execute the statue of Lord Macaulay, which is to be placed in the library of Trinity College, Cambridge, RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, in Mr. Mowbray's committee, the Bill for the amalgamation of the North British, Edin burgh, Perth, and Dundee, and West of Fife Rail way Companies was passed, clauses being inserted providing that separate registers shall be kept of the preference, guarantee, and debenture stocks of the dissolved companies, with power to the new company, to be called " the North British Com pany," to exercise the powers of the dissolved com paniesin regard to the creation of new shares and stocks. Clauses were also accorded in favour of t C he ale c d o o m ni m an itte a e nd of S w eo h t i t e i h sh m Ce r n . t H ra o l w ß es ail i w s a t y h s e . In chairman the case of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway, for a line six miles in length from the main line to a junction with the Taff Vale at Merthyr Tydvil, and six other branches to mineral works and railways in the dis trict, and to raise £150,000 for their general under taking and £86,000 for their separate undertaking, was opened. The committee decided that the Lon don and North-Western had no locus standi in oppo sition, and evidence in favour of the Bristol and Clifton was given by inhabitants of Bristol. The clauses of the West Riding, Hull, and Grimsby Bill were settled. THAMES EMBANKMENT.—Yesterday Mr. Bidder, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, gave evidence in favour of the Bill of the promoters and confirmatory of previous engineering evidence. As regarded the desirableness of extending the pro posed embankment from Blackfriars-bridge to Queenhithe, or Southwark-bridge, he agreed with other witnesses that it might be desirable, but the compensation to wharfingers and owners of property consequent thereon would be enormous—something like £1,500,000 ; still the wharfingers might be induced to accept the land to be reclaimed in lieu of the compensation required. Mr. Scott, chamberlain of the city of London, deposed that the proceeds of the Coal Tax and tbo Wine Continuance Act would be adequate, dnring the term of years proposed for carrying out the embankment, to defray the cost of it, and that, as regarded the cost of constructing the new street between Blackfriars-bridge and the Mansion-house, he was of opinion that it could be constructed by the Corporation, as had been the case with all the other streets they had constructed, within the Parliamentary estimate. Captain Gal ton, R.E., one of the Thames Embankment Com missiouers, having been examined, Mr. Sergeant Wraugham apprised the committee that this closed the case for the promoters of the measure, and the committee intimated that they would proceed to consider the case of the opposition of the Corpora tion of the City of London on re-assembling this day. PROPOSED MEMORIAL TO JOHN CALVIN AT GENEVA. —Last night the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, M.P., received a numerous and distinguished company at his re sidence, No. 2, Pall,mall East, to hear from the Rev. Dr. Merle D'Aubigne, of Geneva, a proposal to commemorate the tercentenary of Calvin's death, by erecting a public memorial hi Geneva, towards which all the Evangelical Churches of Christendom might unite in contributing. A Provisionai ooraraittee was appointed. EXPENDITURE. Civil Administration and Imperial Court... 0,076,500 Army and Navy National debt : Interest Redemption 12,453,700 Subvention, guarantees of interest and allow ance for loss by exchange £35,458,600 Thus under the best prospects another deficit is ex hibited of £5,798,620, while, on the other hand, should the army be maintained throughout the year on its present footing, £4,500,000 will be required in excess, together with £720,000 for the navy, if the expenses of that department also are found not to admit of reduction during the twelve months. £11,000,000, therefore, is the total probable defi ciency. To provide for this the measures contem plated appear to be vague and inadequate, and consist of additional taxation and a further augmentation of home loans. The Finance Minister has stated that, in the opinion of the Government, the development of the material resources of the empire encourages the expectation that they will bear an increase of taxation, and also that the taxes already in force may be readjusted so as to equalise their incidence and increase their pro ductiveness; but while abstaining from a calcu lation of the proceeds likely to accrue from these sources, he admitted that they would only partially meet the evil. Various loan and other arrange ments with the National Bank are therefore looked to as the main resource. Meanwhile it appears that the public debt of Austria on the 31st of January last amounted to £296,000,000, involv ing a total annual charge of £12,400,000. In the face of these facts, Mr. Fane properly remarks that it is puerile to suppose that any species of patch work can avail to restore the finances of the coun try to a healthy condition. But be adds that if a sound financial system be inaugurated, and if the trade and commerce of the empire be freed from all artificial obstructions, those who are practically acquainted with its magnificent resources will look with confidence to the rapid development of mate rial prosperity in a country which can so happily boast at once of the richest and most varied natural advantages. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. The following is a copy of the convention between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, rela tive to joint-stock companies, signed at Paris April 30, 1862. Ratifications exchanged at Paris May 15, 1862 : "Her Majesty the Queen of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of the French, having judged it expe dient to come to an understanding in order to define, within their respective dominions and possessions, the position of commercial, industrial, and financial companies and associations constituted and autho rised in conformity with the laws in force in either of the two countries, have resolved to conclude a convention for that purpose, and have named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say : " Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Righ lion. Henry Richard Charles Earl Cowley, her Majesty's Am bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Emperor of the French ; "And his Majesty the Emperor of the French, M. Edouard Antoine Thouvenel, Senator, hi s Minister and Secretary of State for the Department for Foreign Affairs:l; " Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and d ue form, have agreed upon and concluded the follow_ h gr c a o n n t tra t parties declare tin otiinauldgl companies and other asso ciations, commercial, ing Articles : tha " t Art . theyi. The mutually il ig ustrial, or finan cial, constituted and authorised in conformity with the laws in force in either of the po wer of exercising all their • two countries, the rights, and of appear ing before the tribunals of bringing an tribunals, whether for the purpose action or defending the same, throughout the dominions and possessions of the other Power, subject to th e l to the sole condition of con formingaws of such dominions and pos , sessions. "Art. IL—lt is agreed that the stipulations of the preceding article shall apply as well to com panies and associations, constituted and authorised previously to the signature of the present conven tion, as to those which may subsequently be so constituted and authorised. " Art lll.—The present convention is concluded without limit as to duration. Either of the high Powers shall, however, be at liberty to terminate it by giving to the other a year's previous notice. The two high Powers, moreover, reserve to them selves the Power to introduce into the convention , by common consent, any modifications which ex perience may show to be desirable. " Art. IV.—The present convention shall be rati fied, and the ratification s shall be exchanged at Paris in 15days, or sooner if possible. have affixed g, I n witness whereof the respective plenipoten tiaries have signed the same, and thereto the seals of their arms. " Done in duplicate at Paris, 1862. th e 30th of Apri "CO LEY. " TROVITENEL." (7