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SACRE D HARMONIC SOCIETY, Exeter nail. Conductor, 11Tr. COSTA. —The next Subscription CONCRRT, " on FrIT DAY, May 16. The Handel Festival Ticket ()aim and the Office for the sale of the International Season Tickets, is at No. 2, Exeter Plans of the Kvilibition Buildings, with the Great orchestra erected for the opening day, the Horticultural Gardens, tc., are pr,sented to eJcit purchaser of VAkets at this offi:le. Apply e arly. val The exchange of vou c h ers for stalls for the ITandel Festi commence on Wedn es d ay next, April 23, at ten o'cl'ock. Half-guinea B a - me time. tickets will be ready for sale at the SEASON TICKTTS for theINTERNATIONAL EXHlRlTl ON:.—Purchasers of these tickets at the Cen cei tral Ticket °Mee, Ex e t er H all, enjoy the advantage of re- Glrdeving" the.rewith a neatly-engraved Plan of the BuildinEand n'ns, shoAving• position of Great Orchestra, erected for, ,°P,ening order,d Courts, &c. Orders by post should have rice Sea son VAckpayable to John Morrison, 2, Exter Hall. ets should now be taken out as early asepossible. VIB,ITH'S CELEBRATED DERBY DAY is U. Mall. now Ad on . VIEW, at the UPPER GALLE RY, 120, tench Exhibition mission Is., which will also admit to the FRENCH GALLERY. no. PALL MALL.-- The NINTIT ANNUAL EXIIIBITION of PICTURES. tch--The contribu Cons of Artist s of the French and Flemish 001, is NOW OPEN. Admission, Is. Catal o g ues , 6d ., .. , bich Will also admit to F r ith' s ce l e b rated picture of the •uerby Day, MR. AND MRS, CHARLES MATHEWS "At' HOME," At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket. -1,- kY) atThe LASTThree. PERFORUANCR TO -MORROW (SATUR '" Private boxes, stalls, and r,iaces may be secured at the Box tffice, Which i s open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra Charge for booking., _ Stalls, ss. ,• Fir'At Circle, 4s. ; U pper B oxes, 3s. ; Unreserved 6 eats, 2s. and F.,. m....ait Due anotiirce -,vlll be given of the P ro d uc ti on of the New ertimr.,nt. CIARISTY'S MINSTRELS. The Original, tJ Well-known, and only CIIRISTY'S MINSTRELS are I r forming nightly to crowd e d h ouses at the PO LYGRA IIC HALL, Icin,, William-street, Strand. Tickets to be had at Mr. 3 litohell's R oya l Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; 3i ~ r• Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, Pic ca dill y. — prn P. inEr Performance every Saturday at thre e o ' c l ock.— . COLLIN Sole Proprietor. ...... ARGYLL ROOMS. —S er i es o f N ew Music, Valses, Quadrill es, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under thi, sole direction of Mons. BouL *v Coal', Conductor and Courposer. Thi s gentleman will play aery evening at 11 o'cock, until further notice, variations r ranged by himself em the Cornet-a-Piston.—The free-list Will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the oor. Grenet.Ad7r By order •of the Proprietor.—M anager, Mons. P. , —Aisr.3ion is. .1-I°Y.AL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTIT UTION IY\ s . /11 , TIIE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SIIIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS —Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. AtSIDENT — Vice-Admiral his GT•ace the Duke of North{ berl an d, K. q., F.R.S. 121 UT CtrArnmAN--Thos. Bar;ng, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. y-CRAIII MAN —TtiOnallS Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. the Corntnittee. of Management have to state that, during past two years, the Institution has incurred expenses oti nt , ll- g 10 £28,650 on various Life-boat Establishments the ' , oasts of England, Scotland. and Ireland. .44 inP - the past t wo years the Life-boats of the National th e -boat. Institution have been instrumental in rescuing Crews of the following Vessels:— Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose •• Schooner Jane Rop er, o f Ul verstone •• Brig Pallas, of Shields ..• • • Ship Ann Mit c h e ll , of Glasgow • • • • 1. /Tiack John Bus, of Yarmouth ~•• • • c hooner Cathefine, of N ewry •• • • • • B arque Niagara, of Shields .. .• • • • • 1 4 Barge of T e i gnmouth •• • •• •• •• Brig George and J ames, of London Brig Zfl - )hyr, of Whitby • • Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • • L Sc hoone'.. Eliza, of North Shields l ajo i ae Oberon, of Liverpool • 1 .. •. 1 Aeantine Nancy, of Teignmouth ..luck Wonder, of Teignmouth, . • • • • Is rig Scotia, of Sunderland .. •• • • Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole ••• • • ]"rig Charlotte, of W oo db r id ge •• ; - "rig Ann, of Blyt' n S loop Rope, of 'Dublin .. • • • • . 'ch oosierDr - aid, of Aberystwyth •..• • • • • `VP.rque Ve - fmont, of Halifax, U.S. .. • • .. -•chooner William Keith of Carnarvon 11 Brig Fling Fish, of Whitby S mack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. Stearn Dredge, at Newhaven .. . • • • • -Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester ( Sc hooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lnn -11 r• Ig Prodroma, of Stockton B rigantine Eliza, of Middl es b orough .. 11 .._ 4 rigantine Frela, of Konigsberg . .• •• 6 t irigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Bigng" Gloucester, of South Shields • • •• 7 .• .. ~„" Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• • • • . 6 Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. • • •• 5 . Schooner Prospect, of Berwick . • • • •• " s l oop Thomas and J ane , o f St. I v e s •• • .• 3 i l 'islilng-boat of Whitburn .. •• 4 8 -•g krethusa of Blyth •• •• •• •• Dewi Wyn, of • Portmadoc • • • • • 8 51r : t Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. .6 2 rehooner William, of Morecambe . • . 5 t imack Gipsy, of Newry •• ••• .• • • 4 Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston • .• .. 4 1 3rig New Draper, of Whit e h aven .• .. 8 Schooner William, of Li verpool .. . • .. 5 Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields .• .. 8 Brig Mayflatvr, of Newcastle Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. •.. 8 Barque G'ayma, of Glasgow .. • • .. 19 Brig Brig Re;man Empress, of Shields .. .. 10 F.,an -e ufroner Vo Spirid ador io du ne, Vou of Galax V ide . •• . 2 g-a, ofienna .. . 8 F r ench Brig La Jeune Marie Th erese .. 6 -iarque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. .. 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater .. • • 4 S hip Danube, of Belfast • .6 17 Schooner Ffortensia, of Hanover .. 4 S chooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of Marans •• 8 qmnish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. .6 1 Schooner Harrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. 1 2 Barque Peace, of London . • •• • • • • 4, 4-er Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11 c . 2 ch•Joner 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 Blackwatcr 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 Srnack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan Galliot Epimachug, of Amsterdam . . 1 • . 6 - 5 .. 5 .. 6 .. 4 .. 5 .. 5 .. 8 .. 5 Total .. •. • • 498 F or these and other Life-boat services the Institution has £1,893 as rewar d s t o th e cr e w s of the Lifeboats. It has ishi" granted rewards amounting to £515 10s. for saving 373 I,_PWrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak a total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during 'e last two years. JA h o e ..nunaber of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, 1 0 - , ther servicesince its formation, is upwards of 12,2 r an ; which B2 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and c . t15,2:50 in cash have been granted as rewards. The Institu gon has also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. 0w The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts being made by the Society to save the lives of Ship iVeeked Crews. Thei r h e l p was never more needed than at the present time, when, thr oug h th e extraordinary exertions IZ Society has made within the past few years, it has now Hundred and Twenty-one Lite-boats under its man 4elhent, tor the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough b"" elency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely ` rh e ued, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. tt iuutioCthe ommittee gratefully acknowledge the following con ns tler)Vajesty the Queen £ s. d annual 50 0 0 Qj~ -- •k t. ,Ai rs. . .. annual 2 10 0 , ot r , r, Colonel, R.A. ••annual 1 1 0 N t °, ll , Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. don. 25 0 and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0 Voy, G. W., Esq., Sherborne Castle .. annual 5 0 0 ii , „'e• Lord Chief Justice don. 10 10 0 eshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.:C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 14 1- " Y. Rev. G. G. and Mrs. •• don. 30 0 t,tobton, Messrs. W. H. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 leesborough, the Earl of • • • • annual 50 0 l ia na, Sir Henry Bart. • . • • • • 7th don. 10 0 0 '3 ' z 're, Rev. G. B. • • •• •• don. 15 15 0 o_bartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. annual 5 o o ' t !l i lth, Mrs. George, Greenwich • • .. annual 30 0 h `ing, Col. Sir 'Anthony, K.C.B. . • • • annual 2o 0 t o "ottations and Annual SuhscriptionS will be thankrolly re t.,„'N'ed by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. wa lls, Grcival, and 6, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and 50, Strand; Co., blessrs. llerries, Farquhar, and Co., 1 6, St. Il t tes's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the , United th 4 g'dom ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at E g s e Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi , Lon - W.C. ( e ,,,aYments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders fa . 1 ; 88 e 11 ), to Messrs. W llis, Percival, and Co., or to the Score- n,,-----_______ ECAY OF THE OTTOMAN POPULA ,“ TION.—A MORAL LESSON.—Some time since an lade in the Times, on the decay of the Mussulman popu ion in Asia Minor, attracted much attention, both amongst por tentous and physiologists. Referring to the visible and influence, which is more il'.l,7entous fact, the writer did not hesitate to ascribe it des tructive to one peculiar and vitiating thstructive of happiness, health, and life than any other in lirclual cause that could be named. kpe truth and soundness of the writer's views were ad- It would be ino , t salutary . if we could gather from o i .reasonings and demonstrations instruction,_ applicable to 1 4 ,',0Wn. social condition. Is it not a ta t ' a t n ti ci t I amisnerinnumerable the existence' of which t e Onces, matrimonialdisapt ointmen unwilling la I `,.uacy, physical and mental anguish,, life, and e 4 ilown only to the sufferer himself, haves their source in th' s es the germ of which is often planted in early bitter fruit tasted long afterwards. egged for 20 years t i i:i:.LA'IIIERT, M.D., &e., is the only qualified practitioner al the treatment Medical Register, and has been OW qi, tle treatment of these unhappy cases, which, through the 4 4 1)Pointment of just expectations, seriously compromise 1 ,4 1 115 , objects and prospects, and prevent the accomplish efigllt of designs on which important interests depend. _Hi s il e "„Y on " St If-Preservation" contains every infor matio n on 2% th 'e subjects, and may be had from the Author , or from fer`a' ,39 ,Cornhill. 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PUBLICATIONS. + THE EDINI3URGII REVIEW, No. CCXXXIV. Was published on WEDNESDAY last. CONTENTS. I. Jesse's Memoirs of Richard 111. 11. Cent`ailisation G;ltess.ard's Carlovingian Romances. Iy. 'Recent Researches of Buddhism. . V. Modern Domestic Service. VI. Mommsen's “oman history. VII. Cotton Culture in India. VIII. Alison's Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir C. Stewart. IX. Public Monuments. X. David Gray. XI. Clerical Subscription. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. 'VIE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITII'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, Ali denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grosemith'B "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. 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BUCHAN'S INVIGORATING ESSENCE, for NERVOUS RELAXATION and GENERAL WEAKNESS, at once restores and invigorates with magical rapidity the most Debilitated Constitution, thereby ensuring permanent health, increased strength, energy. and' a re doubled development of the muscular system. One trial will force conviction, and prove failure impossible. Price per bottle 4s. 6d., 11s„ or four times the quantity, 335. Wholesale Agents, Barela7 and Sons, 75, Farringdon-street ; and of all chemists tb;oughout the world. GIVEN'AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. ENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Ll_ Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike 'o Society, Spermatorrhcea,, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, in san it y , an d premature neath ; with plain directions for perfect re s t ora ti on t o h ealth and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob . } ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamp s . Address, HENRY SMITH, b, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. rpItULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared withoutany mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe rite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. Just published, containing 190 pages, with 100 Engravings, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20 stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, th e G reatest Medical Work of the Age, or Youthful Indiscretions and conse quent. Impediments to Marriage, describing the Anatomy of the Reproductive System in health and disease, and pointing out the sure means of perfect restoration to manhood ; with an Essay on Single and Married Life, containing his Pre scription known as the Preventi ve L o ti on, precluding the possibility of contamination. Address R. and L. PERRY and Co., 19, Berners-street. Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8 ; Sundays, 11 till 2, by a Consulti ng S urgeon , Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Regis tered under the New Medical Act). TOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE.—Copaiba and Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion collicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in render ing them perfectly innocuous by increasing all their curative properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academ y of Medicine after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the different London hospitals, viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's, and St. Bartholomew's, under th e care o f Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.—(Lancet, Nov. 6, 1857). The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. 6d.; post free, ss. 2d.—At G. JOZEAU'S, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. MEDICAL REVELATIONS. 4., ELF-TREATMENT SIMPLIFIED, through the aid of the TEST-TUBE, URINOMETER, and MICROSCOPE, when employed for special diagnosis in all disorders of the nervous, sexual, and generative system, in cluding spermatorrhcea or seminology, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wastings, and withering of the nervous tissues, &e. By Dr. WATSON, Member of the Ecole de Medicine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &c. Presented to "Nervous Invalids," with a view of superseding medicines and expensive consultations. Sent post free on the receipt of two stamps, by Dr. Watson, 27, Alfred-place, Bedford square, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, and six till eight, on all those ailments and infirmities pecu liar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to em bitter and shorten life. For distinguished qualifications vide diplomas. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN -I- FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effeLabere permanent. It Is acknowledged by the medical pres the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches (hirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11s., 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 Frout and Co., Patent MedblineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' HalL) Now Ready, price is., post free 14 stamps, or in a sealed envelope 20 stamps, a popular Medical Work on NERVOUS EXHAUSTION. VIVA VITALIS, illustrated with 100 Engravings from Life (of Cases attended at the Hotel Dieu, Paris, and other Hospitals), descriptive of the baneful effects conse quent upon the errors and excesses of youth and maturity, and the debility arising from the too frequent indulgence of the passions. containing a prescription of the Author's Invi gorating Lotion, an external application, with directions for its use, with an Essay on true and false Spermatorrhcea, every stage of Syphilis, and all uretnral affections, showing how manhood can be restored with increased muscular develop ment, by the most simple means ; thereby removing all Dis qualifications and Impediments to Married Life. By MEDICUS, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng- E la d n ilbu a r n g, and Licentiate under d t e h r e th ß e Noyaelw Medical Collee Act, ot who Physicians, may be consulted at the residence, 44A, Maddox-street, Regent street. London, W. 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" The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. .--- n D a r i;le Culverwell has already established the reputation of . .pFysician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philantnropist ' in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice than any propositiono v f er rThisic , or invention yet established, being merely to direct the urkish Bath. . . the attention of our City readers to that they possess 's -le-Grand, one of the best set of baths, at pe l rf 9, eut gt. iu m Arl ti rti appliances, which the country can produce; and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted tted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly e entsur 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 oncoming out:of _a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct 13, 1861. Consultations daily till 12 am. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRMENERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILI'T'Y, sc.Jun Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Boekselle7S, and sent post paid, by the Author, forl 2 stamps, M ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE .. MATURE DECLINE TN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr..T. L. Coaxes, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. : INTRODUCTO RY CHAPTERS on the Physiological St C ructure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER 11.--Causes of Spermatorrhma and Impotence; Early Vicious Indul gences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications :Ifarriage ; whethe r moulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects' of Climate, or Infection. o norrhcea and Syphilis. C HAPTERS IV. am V. on th e mo dern Treatment of The Book onoludes with numerous varied and interesting sses, to which is added the A uthor's recipe of a prevent i ve Lotion. REVIEWS OP THE woRN, "'Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and conferred a great boon by publishing this hould be in the hands of young and 01d.,,_,, Sunday Times," 23d P.tarch, 185,1. haslit‘t‘lTehweoarkut,hinorwhich is described ti the source of those diseases frequently premature aph, axo. 27, 18 5 e. disqualifications hostility, treats in a owllidiagehe.pT,o_dypealdelyelTeekingryou 4or more has stood the test of p ti l o a n in s professional T his work, criticism for rd twen ty eiie empirical rs from ueryous excitement and de minromdtihotinutzs amriasninnger on the various I, nn il dd ity lilY ; and to invalids suffering trom youthful ti to ,q errors and xeesses it will he f oun d valuable and useful."_ R Condon : Published bJ. Allen , 20, Warwick ord. La ne, Pater noster-row; DI-in 39. Cornbill iu-- ' k ''' . 11 9urs 01 CQD,Ktitaticat-10 to 3 and . ll la LcatyB, 10 till 2 - 7 - *-1 • 1 4, , 6 1%. t t t , L. -(_ the contractor, were being carried out, Mr , Vig. A ir -0 1( .., 1:0, noles, the engineer in chief, had no doubt whatever 44115 v that at the close of the present year the line would itti .4:6 6 0, 01 4c4., 77, 4-- 11 .t 61.) , 2. "*....A '?? e,Jll r inu: 0•0. 7 - „410 4 Or; • D in r;- , 0 , -I Rou.:*- I f -- " 4 " be fully completbd and opened for public traffic up ' •Llft. 41 1.'"11 nn, to the terminus near the town of Alagobahas, newly 77 miles, on Which the Government guarantee of 7 per cent. per annum had been secured to the share holders. ..4d. S P T R A I C la t. E . . i ....sd. RAIL wAy BILLS. say, that the land was represented as lying further north than it does in reality. Sir James Outram has returned to Alexandria on his way to Europe, via Corfu. His stay in Egypt during the past winter has not been without bene ficial effect, but his health has not yet improved to the extent which his countrymen in general, as well as his friends, have so much reason to wish. The General Committee of the House of Commons have Made alterations in the committees appointed to sit after'Easter, adding the Bradf or d, WtdrLficld, and Leeds Further Provisions Bill to Committee 12; the Wrest Alidland (Merthyr Lease) to Com mitten D; . Anil the Kensington - station, South Lon don Rail,vay Bill, to Committee 12 . GREAT WESTERN.—This ootoPanY report to the House of Lord s th a t th e i r i n t en ded new exten s i oa lines at Tipton will di sp l ace 43 h ous ,"3 and 188 Pix sons, 30 at West Bro mw i c h and 151 pt tsons, 44 at Handsworth and Sm e th w i e k an d 145 per sons; that the houses arc principally small and in bac; repair, and that there are many cottages i n th e immAi 3 le neighbourhood su it a bl e f or t h e res id ence o f the working - classes, h e ing unoc c upi e d, an d ot h er s ill course of erection, se that no inconvenience is an "i• cipated from the displacement of these persons. EXPENDITURE OF 87: THOMAS'S 110,YPITAL The e.spenditure keeps pace close upon the in come, so that the balance carried forward from last year is £4,352 against £3,167 brought forward from the previous year, to swell the present total of re ceipts. The whole cost of provisions is £5,942, and ; the items were as follow;:—Flour, £935; tea, sugar, rice, and oatmeal, £585 ; malt and hops, £504 ; mutton and beef, £2,090 ; potatoes, £166 ; milk, £839 ; fish, eggs, &c., £362 ; butter, £457. According to the adage, " that it is better to pay for food than medicine—which is a foolish adage, seeing the best thing we can pay for is the thing want—the w vv a e s m hi o n s g t ,.c777; cost for drugs and chemicals was only £2,634 ; wine and spirits cost altogether £931; port er , £353 ; surgical instruments, £l6B ; coals of theg m ump firewood, n 9 8 t s e B. But this list is a sp eci men against which we are so frequently compelled to protest. It is an entry written thus :—" Tradesmen's bills, £1,692." So large a sum would surely admit of division into some few general heads, so as to con vey an idea of the proportions severally appro priated for bedding, furniture, paint, plaster, and chloride of lime. It is a very large sum to set down in a lump, under so vague a description ; and if this were an institution "supported by voluntary contributions," the contributors would certainly desire a little information respecting it. Another lump, almost as vague, is, " salaries to officers, medical department, £2,800. In all such cases, if particulars are given at all, the salaries of the principal officers should be stated in detail. The public never grudge good salaries to able men, but they do like to know what their salaries are when they are connected with the administration of great public charities ; and it is most unwise to prepare a balance-sheet in such a way as to invite the smallest amount of adverse criticism. Salaries to officers on the Board of House Surgeons amounted to £356 ; to officers of the Civil Department, also a vague entry, and an objectionable lump, £2,280 ; salaries to servants, £1,836; wages to sisters and nurses, £2,256. The whole total of salaries was creditableli like t O h 3 e 4— T et t m h o a pt t the ae r i sa, system above es eap escape payment ya which third rates af f t pe t oshoe and r poor-rates a n t c te o as m xe e Rates and taxes cost £1,041, w hi c h i s an en t r y nG t are levied, especially w hil e a f ew c l ose corporat i ons al together. Hospital dinners and wine cost £l6l, which none will grudge the governors who know what it is to labour gratuitously in the management of such a vast undertaking. The costs of survey ing, viewing estates, law, and miscellaneous inci dents, are all so trifling as to be not worth citing, unless it were to show how, in these matters, gover nors evidently study economy, and keep themselves aloof from jobs. Law cost only £196, but it will make a large figure in next year's account, in con nection with the negotiations as to the sale of the site, wherein the governors literally bit the ends off their own fingers, and made them a present to the railway company. The .sum £1,028 was ex pended in repairs and improvements of the hospital, and £2,084 on the improvement of estates. The charity cannot have added much to its resources of raw material, however it may have improved the value of its attached properties ; for there was ex pended, for the purchase of land, the merely nominal sum of £6O, and for the redemption of land-tax £97. Altogether though many of the entries are as foggy as the shores of Newfoundland—this is a gratifying picture of the financial status of one of the oldest and most flomishing of the metropolitan hospitals.—City Press. TRIAL TRIP OF 2IIE NEW IRON STE-4 112 -41:11P LEITH.. . 'which w as l aunc hed f rom M rs on board. Sh e left the On Thursday the fine 'iron steamer the Leith, of building-yard in January last , ma de a trial tri p down the Forth under canvas and steam to t h e entire satisfaction nearly 1,400 1,4 G. oto and tons b H. rthmen Morton's of the prop l ietors and a aunaber of experienced at 3 d in in the Roads, and was laid a l ong the north end of the Victoria Jei:7, to embark t h e the pea new small n l l a o vi s be steamer owners and their friends, at 10 o'clot.k. The L e i t h_ is the largest three-masted iron steams that ha s !:: e Rt:by been launched from the port whose name she bears. Her capacity is nearly 2,300 tons of 4W - ciibit feet, besides storage for coals, and she is registered at Lloyd's as A 1 for 12 years. Her engines are double cylinder and high pressure, of 200 horse power, made according to a patent of Mr. Marshall, of Messrs. Morton and Co., which is giving so much satisfaction in the Volunteer, of Leith. The tipper deck is of timber, and her building, which took pl,aca under special survey, occupied a period of 20 months, She is supplied with three steam winches andd - four steam cranes—the latter warranted to bear respec tively seven and four tons weight. She carries one gun, fit either for signal or service. The length of the Leith is 255 feet, breadth 32 feet, and she is furnished with three ordinary and two life boats. Her is registered as in a good and sufficient state to cur)/ dry and perishable cnttnan A d iezndria, where she goes for grain firstand cargoes to or from all parts of the' destination n ;is ;world. Cabins for 20 passengers are fitted up in a very' handsome and decorative style, in maple, crimson, a t i s d gold, with every modern accommodation, includiog a library of useful and entertaining works., At 20 minutes before noon on Thursday the anchor was weighed by 30 jolly tars, all belonging to the port, who sang at the windlass several sea songs, such as" The plains of Mexico," "Paddy on the railway," and " The rolling river," during their work. The wind blew a smart breeze from W.S.W., and there floated from the rigging the whole signals of the British mercantile code. She slipped off in gallant style, and in passing the pierhead of Leith to round Inchkeith, the Misses Macgregor and Dawson pro nounced the wish " Success to the Leith," which was seconded by the hearty cheers of the crew. The Rev. W. H. Gray, Lady Hester's, Edinburgh, read and commented on the appropriate passage from 107th Psalm, verses 23 to 31, commencing " They that go down to the sea in ships ; that do business in great waters," &c. The vessel was soon under steam, and sailing at a speed of 10 knots per hour, superintended by Capt. John Lindsay, and piloted by portly Cooke down the coast of the Lothians close in shore. Passing to the south of the islands Feathery and Lamb, nearing Gullane Sands and Nori.'J Berwick with its loft Law, she , powdered with solan geese, at length rounded Ba.sB which nestled on every c liff of the rugged rock, and sat unmoved despite the fir ng of the signal gun and shouts of the crew. In rett:.rning, a heavy Lea :: and strong gale was ahead, but on went the ship with the steady speed which she had maintained throughout with little diminution. Ono at2alirahle feature, indicative of great strength, was the eCktire absence of vibration—an object long desiderated izt ship construction. Although there were several freshwater sailors on board, not the slightest ten dency was felt to the marine malady so dreaded by the delicate and inexperienced. There could not have been better wind or water for a fair test of sea worthiness. Off the Island of Craigleith a Prussian vessel was spoken, beating t':1? disabled and dipping deep, but not so much so as to induce her to acce p t the proferred assistance of the Lein ( no doubt under the fear of salvage), which in a few seconds showed by the production of her towing cables that her ropes were as ready as her powder had been rsai stained i Inaet colours, in.s s a dry. The voyage was most successful, and the Lhmeoiiuh l the cam e ave cheers up e no to tf mentioned, her haven is crew lighted d with n y d n •g lass owners. At three p.m. the company s a t d own to a sumptuous dinner in th e ca bi n , w hi c h, we d windows, in one of w hi c h is full-length portrait of Mr. Miller, M.P., one o f t h e propr i etors . M r: Donald Macgre gor occup i e d th e c h a i r , a nd was sup ported right and left by the Rev. Mr. Gray and Mr. Dansmure. Captain Lindsay officiated as croupier, supported by Captains Galloway and d Cairns, and Captain Sinclair, who has made the un sa h aneo b s i of a RAILWAY INIELLIGENCE. NORTH-EASTERN. The Rosedale branch of this railway, in the Cleveland iron district, was inspected by the direc tors last week, and accepted by them from the contractor, Mr. R. Cail. This branch opens out an important mineral field. The Rosedale Mining Company now send by it from 10,000 to 16,000 tons of iron ore per month, or what will produce 60,000 to 80,000 tons of pig iron per annum. . - precedented number of 97 voyages through the Baltic without having cost the underwriters on farthing, and who, it was stated, never sough shelter in port during a storm, always preferring to keep to the open sea.—Scotsman. ENGLISH PRIZES AT 2HE FRENCH CATTLE SHOW: A considerable crowd assembled on Thursday, early in the forenoon, at Poissy, to view the fine collection of ani mals now assembled there. At one o'clock M. Rouher, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, arrived, accom panied by M. Monny de Morney, Director of Agricul Prefect . The whole jury, h ea d e d b y M . S a i n t e -M ar ie, its president, of were in attendance at th e ra il wa y s t a tion. Thu the Seine-et-Oise, and the authorities of Poissy oined 0 the persons in waitin g , an d a ll r epaired to theaxhlsseoicbjtiitoiwon: His Excellency visited in great detail the various and afterwards proceeded to the hall, where the distribution of prizes was to take place. In an address whish was much app lauded, the lion. of his remarks d we lt the present display; and in the course t had rend on the services which Prin ce A er ered to the Minister spoke with great satisfacti r o s n e of the superiority o f cause of agriculture in Groat Britahind be en awarded pi n e Britain. euP being gained by Mr. MacCombie,for the Angus bull, w e T r eh thene names of th called o n this occasion is th at of Mr. Thomas Ball, Among the other na mes which have been stln No.gu 37.e MondellihY H ouse, Adar e , co. Limerick, I st pr i ze, 3-yr - o ld o o n f et T g— illy P f ri oun p ersons rem, Aberdeenshire, Albert's who a h e if er; Lady Emily Pigot, Bran c h es Park, Cambridgeshire I s t prize, 3- yr - old cow; Mr. Wm. Heath, Ludlam Hall, dbiis hd Norfolk, Ist prize, 3-yr-old bull ; Mr. Owen 'Wallis, Over- Isteno Grange, Northamptonshire, Ist prize, 4-yr-old bull ; Mr. T. West, Greenhill Perin, Bletchington, Oxfordshire, Ist prize, 2-yr-old sheep ; Sir T. B. Leonard, Belhus Park, Essex, Ist prize, Southdowns ; Mr. Ewd• Holland, M.P., Durobleton Hall, Gloucestershire, Ist prize, sheep, oue year, mixed breed; M r. J o h n Bal d w i n , Luddington, Warwick shire, Ist prize, sheep, two years, mixed breed; Mr T. Crisp, Dutley Abbey, Suffolk, Ist prize, pig, 4 months; Sir Geo. 1 hrogmorton, Buckland,l3erkshire, Ist prize, pig, S months; and Mr. John Waters, Moscome, Essex, Ist prize, pig, 12 Months. The show of French stock was more numerous than it had ever been before. There veere 285 oxen, of which 34 were above three years old, representing all the best French breeds. The most remarkable were those descended from the Durham breed, and 30 specimens of that and other foreign breeds crossed with various native ones were most honourably distinguished by the jury. The prize of honour for oxen was awarded to M. Bolton. Leveque, Ponts-de-Ce (Maine -et - Loire) ; for sheep, to Count Charles de Bouille, Villars (Nievre) ; for pigs, to M. de Lavalette, Villiers-. Charlemagne (Mayenne). Among the fortunate exhibitors may also be mentioned-- Count de Falloux, M. Salvat, M. Henry Michel, the Mar quis de Torcy, MM. Bollard, Louis Masse, Benoist d'A. 7 . 3 ., L. de Sourdeval, Pavy, Count R. de Pourtales, and the Duke de Fitz-James. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1862. . . CONTRACT FOR COALS FOR HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARDS, VICTUALLING-YARDS, &c. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, 60 1 1 1 , 3rset-place, 19th April, 1862. t LT h A e N 6 H t D hI E , lIE °P COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING UNITED NINf3DOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE PICE a LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the Ditto lIEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, —ay next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat ',7lth such Persons as may be willing to Contract for !ltpplying her Majesty's Dock Yard 4, Victualling Yards, Naval Hospitals, Royal Marine Barracks and Infirmaries, and the Admiralty, Al arinc, and Coast-guard Offices, with COALS. A distribution of the Coals and a Form of the Tender may be obtained at the said Office. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day ~ f treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words Tender for Coals," and must also be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible per sons, engagin g t o b ecome bound- with the person tendering, in the sum of £2O per 100 tons, for the due performance of the contract MESSRS. FOWLER and WELLS, Phreno logists, from New York, having visited the principal towns in the United States and North American British Provinces, have arrived in London on a LECTURING TOU through Europe. LECTURES will shortly be given at EXETER HALL. At present Messrs. FowLER and WELLS may be consulted daily at 147, Strand, near Somerset House. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM , for Nervous Relaxation and General Weakness, restores with magical rapidity the most debilitated constitution. A single course of this remedy will enable man at once to fulfil the most sacred obligations of married life, ensuring to all health, manhood, and vigour. Price Ils., or four in one, 335. To be had direct from R. and L. Perry and Co., 19, Berners street, Oxford-street, London, W. Consultations daily, 11 tiil 2, and from 5 till 8. Agent: Barclay, 75, Farringdon street ; and all chemists throughout the world. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Iltemorrhoids, Gleets, Nervous Debility, Palpitation, &c. MARRIAGE : Its Expectances and Disapp Dintments. Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Price ls., by post Is. Id. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill ; or Author, 3, Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street, W. Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. On the whole, however, it must be admitted that the present report of the board is the most satisfac tory that has yet been presented, and that, consider ing the magnitude of the works and the interests confided to them, they have d one th e ir duty much better than was expected.— Observer. 711 E FRENCH INTER IVATIONetL FAT CAT E SHOW. POISSY, APRIL 17. If the Norman, Charolais, and other breeds of French cattle already noticed produce admirable crosses with our shorthorns, the same can hardly be said of the remaining breeds, which are so many different varieties of one original type. We have the Parthenais, Choletais, and Nantais cattle, from the Western Departments of Vendee and Loire In , ferieure, of a brownish fawn colour, with brindled black among it, black bushy tails, black noses, black round the eyes, and black tips to their upturned horns, They display tolerably level backs, but little flesh on their ribs, though the mild expression of face betokens docility that should imply feeding propensity. The smaller Maraichin, o r M aro h a i s, from the low district of the Charentes, is of a red dish fawn colour, with a curly coat ; some of those shown are well shaped, and possess a soft touch like the Scots. The Femeline, a native of Franche Comte, the cheese-making breed 'of the Jura, is not represented at the show, neither is the Bressan, to which it is closely allied, Of the races of the South the Gascon, Agenais, Garonnais, and Bazadais, the two latter appear in considerably larger classes. The Garonnais are large, of a fawny cream colour, with plain big heads, heavy down-turned horns, and hanging dewlaps. Ia general they are raw and bony, with huge limbs and flat sides; but a exhibited. few moderately deep framed weighty beasts and a moderately good cow redeem the coarse character of the whole, The Bazadais have black brindled faces, legs, and tails, but are badly . formed ; and a tw negatives crosses cross with the Garonnais does not give a better sort, on the principle affir mative. Several Garonnais With the Gascon it gives a plain bony animal; with the Limousin, in one specimen shown, an immense frame, but gaunt form,,the beast standing sft. llin. high at the loin, but only sft. 7in. at the shoulder, and exceeding 9ft. in length, head to tail. The steer, crossed with shorthorn, however, of a red roan colour, with a black nose, and the native formed tint appearing about the head, is a nice animal, well fed, and carrying weighty rounds of beef. The Pyrean breeds are not shown. There are some good specimens of the Manceau," from the department of Maine-et-Loire; some are roan coloured, others white with bluish .black patches ; the character of head and shape of carcass resemble that of a coarse shorthorn. Some are nicely fed ; but the shoulders stand out unduly. Crossed with shorthorn, we have very excellent beasts, deep in frame, with capi tal backs, and handling extremely well. The calves exhibited are all Cotentin, from Normandy, several of great growth and well forward in flesh for their age. If we have had to express surprise at the great progress . made by French breeders and graziers with their native cattle, and within the four or five past years, our gratification has been still greater at the grand show of French pure shorthorns. Up wards of 20 years ago many of our finest English shotthorns were bought for the French Government; the Emperor has of late purchased largely for the Imperial farms ; priVate breeders have obtained many from Colonel Towneley, Mr. Jonas Webb, &c. ; last year M. Sainte-Marie, Inspector-General under the Minister of Agriculture, bought one of Captain Gunter's Duchess bulls and also the yearling prize bull at Leeds. And M. Trehonnais, who publishes for the information of foreign agriculturists the quarterly _Revue Agricole d'Angleterre, has for the last 10 years introduced into France more than 800 head of pedigree shorthorns, at prices from 200 guineas on behalf of private breeders to 400 and 500 guineas for the Government herds. M. Sainte- Marie edits a French Shorthorn _Herd Book, the volume for 1862, comprising more than 1,700 animals, entered by about 140 breeders. Upwards of 15 breeders contribute shorthorns to the Poissy Show. The first prize steer, descended from Mr. Stratton's " Moss Rose" tribe, is a remarkably fine animal ; the second prize steer, evenly fed, and heavy fleshed ; and the third prize steer, 35 months old, exceeds in girth the British first prize and ,commended steers ; both of the same age. Some splendid backs, chines, and rounds are exhibited, and so beautiful is the character of the best, and this attained in such a few years, that our British breeders will look forward with serious inte rest to future international competitions. Only one pure Hereford is exhibited, by a French breeder; but it is a very good one, quite in Baker-street style. Of Ayrshires, though used in some districts, only one appears ; and but one Angus cow. One of the curiosities of the showyard is the collection of Algerian cattle ; small grizzled-gray animals of the size of Bretons, which were taken out of a wild African herd last October. and were shipped four days prior to the Show, They evidently respond readily to generous treatment, and will ;kid meat of good quality. British cattle appears in 57 entries, of which 13 are shorthorns. Had it been a show of breeding stock, of course the male animals:would have formed grand classes ; but, unfortunately, we have here but one steer:and one ox, though these are certainly of sufficient merit as to symmetry, breed, and early ripeness of flesh, to be ranked ahead of the best shown by French agriculturists. Mr. Holland's steer is not grand enough to deserve a first prize, and therefore receives the second. Mr. Crisp's noble ox has been " disqualified" owing to a mis understanding of the:published conditions, no blame, however, attaching either to this noted breeder nor to the managers of the Show. This animal was Earl Spencer's first prize ox at Baker-street, sin ce _ _ purchased by Mr. Crisp. The shorthorn heifers and cows make very fine classes ; and this is an impor tant feature of the exhibition, purposely designed to remove the prejudice of Frenchmen against female fat cattle by showing what splendid meat is thus produced in England. Captain Ball's first prize heifer well deserves her position ; and Mr. Tennant's second prize heifer is but littl e i n f er i or. Whetherheifer ousholrd have not been Mr . h rd, instead t ßichard Stratt a o n' s b eau tif u l f being nom. plimented with an "honourable mention," ma y be open to difference of opinion; but the third prize heifer of Mr. Pain is heavier, riper, and of firmer touch, though six months younger. Th ese an i ma l s are fine examples of early maturity at 29 to 35 months' ago, such as the French graziers h ave not yet succeeded in equalling. Lady Piget's cow, win ning the great gold medal of honour as the best female in the " Foreign" cattle classes, i s magnifi cent, and her ladyship's cow, bred by Mr. Jones Webb, also obt a i ns mention.' In 64 an honourable some points Mr. J on es Webb's second__ ted to Colonel prize cow e lr x h c e e l t s hi r the d p w r i i n z n e e o r f , but E s , a n s e t v w e o r t o h d e , less, related beaten. Towneley's wonde r f u l Butterflies, carried off the honours at the Irish show, is certai n l y very fine, and Mr. Crisp's cow well merits her honourable mention." Mr. Heath must have a cabinet full o f me d als ; for to all his years of triumph at home he now adds . __ _ _ .. ..„..... conquest by:coup de main abroad. His very hand some Devon steer and ox, and his Hereford steer and ox, all take first prizes. Only six Devons are shown, In the cow class, while Mr. nambro's first prize is well won, it has been contended that M r . Cecil Smyth's second prize, and Mr. Pope Pope's third ought to change places. Tar. Pope'sbeautiful is fatter, better on the back, but is n ear l y 10 years old ; the other at 6 years old, is much heavier, and with better thighs and forequarter. The five male Herefords are good specimens. The heifers are not s p ec i a lly praiseworthy. Mr. Turner's first prize cow is exceedingly good, and Mr. Morris's second cow too lumpy in the back and rump. French beefeaters do not appreciate the thick marbled roasting pietes that we English glory in, and their standard of eitnellencc will long continue to in- fluenee tho clovelopment of improved forms of car cass in their na ti ve ie.%l in imported breeds. Mr. Ons, AbeLieenshire, honour of carryin g h ome the 100 INl'Cornbie, of Till yp has the guinea cu p offered by his late Royal Hi g h ness the Prince Consort the best ox or steer i n th e exhibition. The win ner is the same supe r b ox that discomfited t h e shorthorn and Hereford breeders at Birming ham and Baker-street this last Christmas. The breadth of the back, the amazing depth and thick ness of carcass, the deep stratum of primeat beef on loin, back, and ribs, and over the very shoulder blade, are no less surprising then the fine quality of head and bone, and evident robustness of constitution which distinguished this best of Scots ever seen. But it must not be inferred from such a rare individual gift of nature that our shorthorns and Herefords are losing their place ; it may be many years before we look upon an equal specimen from beyond the Tweed, It does not appear that polled Scots or West Highland cattle have been much tried in France; but this great success will doubtless lead to experimental importation and crossings. Mr. Owen Wallis takes a first prize for his West High land ox, a splendid animal, with that rare fore quarter and constitution for which the breed is dis tinguished. Unquestionably those of our British breeders who have ventured over the Channel to the lists at Poissy have been astonished at the advanced con dition of their own art among foreigners ; but they see that the pre-eminence still rests with them selves. English cattle, particularly our shorthorns, possess the blood which is indispensable for trans forming the strong native breeds of France, for straightening their spines, arching out their ribs, squaring the setting-on of the tail, fining the head and horn, lessening the bony limbs, excising the ponderous hoofs, and infusing a disposition to accu mulate nice•grained meat under a kindly coat. But it is most important that others beside the few breeders who travel to the Continent should see what the French pure breeds are, what is the pro duce from each respective cross with English, and judge for themselves what description of animal is best adapted for carrying on the work of improve ment. Hence it is to be earnestly hoped that the specimens at Battersea in June may be not merely of the better breeds and crosses of France, but of the still unimproved races noticed in this report. Yesterday, the only day of public free exhibition, attracted very large number of agriculturists by special trains to Poissy; ladies, a few Paris sight seers, and many workpeople and humble culti vators of the district mingling with the throng about the prize animals, observing the military and musical parade that escorted M. Rouher, the Minister of Agriculture, to the show, and attending the ceremony of presentation of the honours to the successful competitors. EGYPT. A letter from Alexandria, dated April 10, says : —The only intelligence we have received of the movements of the Prince of Wales since his depar ture hence on the 28th ult., was brought by the Osborne, which, as was previously arranged, re turned to Alexandria in the beginning of last week, after an absence of only five days. The weather on the passage to Jaffa was perfection, and the voyage prosperous and smooth to a degree remarkable even in these highly favoured latitudes. The Prince landed privately on the afternoon of his arrival, and enjoyed a walk in the orange groves for which Jaffa is celebrated throughout the Levant. The trees are at this season laden with fruit and blossom, the rich profusion of which may be judged of by the fact that at night the air is heavy with the perfume, even out at sea at a distance from the land. His Royal Highness also visited the house idontified by tradition as that to which " the Centurion' of the' Italian band" sent his servants in search of Peter, who lodged at Joppa " with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside.' In the evening the commanders of her Majesty's ships.in attendance on the Royal yacht and the Consul of the port dined with his Royal Highness. The next morning, being Sunday, Divine service was performed on board by the Rev. Professor Stanley, who preached in especial reference to the history and scenes of the Holy Land. The party afterwards proceeded to the shore. His Royal Highness was received at the landing place by an officer and guard of honour sent to Jaffa by the Pasha of Jerusalem, who it was found bad, moreover, furnished horses for the use of the Prince. The party were speedily mounted, and at once pro ceeded on their pilgrimage to the Holy City. They were to leave Jerusalem on the 9th, on their jour ney towards the north, and to reach Beyrout in the beginning of May. Her Majesty's ship Doris con tinues in attendance upon his Royal Highness, following a parallel route along the coast. The Osborne sails for Beyrout on the 15th inst., but will call at Jaffa, his Royal Highness having kindly desired that the officers of the Royal yacht should have an opportunity of likewise visiting the sacred city. We learn by telegraph that the German contrac tors of the Egyptian loan have negotiated it in the European markets with signal success. There was hardly room for the slightest doubt that this would be so. The Viceroy has had the wisdom, even at the eleventh hour, to check the course along which the Government seemed at one time to be hurrying headlong to its ruin, and the speedy recovery of his credit affords ample proof of the well-grounded con fidence that is felt in the resources of the country over which he rules, and of the ease with which its wealth and prosperity might be raised to a height which for ages past it has, unhappily, not been per mitted to attain. The new commercial treaty has not yet been car ried into execution in Egypt. The local Govern ment had until lately received no official notice of it from Constantinople, but arrangements have at length been entered into for bringing the new Cus toms' regulations into operation, and a meeting of the principal merchants of Alexandria took place a few days ago at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, for the, purpose of regulating sundry matters of detail. For some time to come the new convention will occasion a loss of some importance in the por tion of the Government revenues derived from the Customs. The rate of duty upon exports is at once brought down from 12 per cent to 8 per cent, to be ultimately reduced to only 1 per cent, while the in crease in the duties upon imports will, according to the new treaty, only take effect when all other nations shall have agreed to the higher impost. As yet only England, France, and Italy have acceded. The loss to the Egyptian Government in its export duties will thus, even for the first year, amount to little under £150,000. _ _ _ Her Majesty's ship Firefly has arrived at Alex andria from Malta, on her way to resume her sum mer work for completing the hydrographie survey of the Syrian coast. lam informed that advantage will be taken of the opportunity to determine the precise position of Jerusalem, and of some other points of interest more or less distant from the sea. The public already lies under great obligations for the valuable charts of these seas that are due to the labours of Captain Man sell and his officers, and for which, I must, indeed, add, no small thanks ought to be rendered to the British Admiralty, by whose liberality the results of these laborious surveys are with open handed impartiality bestowed upon all nations. Their immense importance to navigators may not inaptly be exemplified by the fact of its having lately been discovered that the coast line to the west of Egypt, has hitherto been laid down on the charts with an error of no less than. seven miles. Fortu nately the error was on the right side—that is to UETROPOLITAN BOARD OF JP ORKS. By the terms of the Metropolitan Local Manage ment Act, once in every year the Metropolitan Board have to present to Parliament a report of their proceedings. For the first two or three years of their existence the board, if they acted strictly in accordance with the truth, would have recorded nothing but bickerings, tedious debates, and wearisome speeches without meaning; now, however, the case is very different. They can and do report works of great magnitude not only determined on, but in some cases actually completed. We will not here advert to the difference of opinion that still exists on the subject of the gigantic system of the proposed main drain age, as to whether it is or is not the best plan that could be adopted, but will simply refer to what has been accomplished. It is but common justice to the engineer a n d con t rac t or genera ll y t o s t ate that the work seem s t o b e a d m i ra bl y d one, espec i ally the work for th e hi g h-l eve l sewer , w hi c h i s b e i ng rapidly finished. Some of the works are stupendous, and have been constructed of great strength, and in the face of no ordinary difficulties. The structure of the northern outfall is a work of which any en gineer or board may justly be proud. It is intended io divert the water descending from the high lands of Highgate, ,Hampstead, and the Fleet ditch or river, and has abolished that greatest of pests, the notorious Hackney brook. The difficulties in an engineering point of view were very great, especially when the sewer had to be carried through the marsh lands of Bow and Plaistow. The subsoil was found to be of peat, saturated with water, so that an artificial foundation of concrete had to be made before the sewer could be constructed. This portion of the work has been universally praised by all the engineers who have inspected it. The middle level sewer is also a great undertaking. It will be more than 12 miles in length, and more than half of the distance will have to be tunnelled. The sewer will be constructed at depths varying from 10 to 60 feet. The low level sewer, which would have been the most difficult work of all, from the nature of the subsoil through which it would have had to pass, is for the present in abeyance, and will not be com menced until the new Thames embankment is being made, when it will be proceeded with simulta neously. On the southern side of the Thames the works have made great progress. But the engi neer has had much to contend with. The subsoil at Deptford has turned out to be little better than a running sand filled with an unprecedented volume of water. To meet this unlooked-for difficulty it was found necessary to construct 132 feet of double sewer of seven feet of internal diameter. The engineer of the hoard is sanguine in the belief that he has conquered this natural obstruction to his work ; but we cannot forget that the unfor tunate Victoria sewer was constructed under similar circumstances, and that it has cost an enormous sum in keeping in repair, and will, as long as it is there, be a heavy burden on the ratepayers. It is to be hoped that this portion of Mr. Bazalgette's scheme will not turn out:equally unfortunate. The contracts in hand amount to very nearly two mil lions of money, which is only aportion of the large sum that will eventually be required. The report further calls attention to the fact that at length the Legislature has provided means for forming the Thames embankment. and there is every reason to anticipate that by this time next year the works will be in course of construction. But almost all must agree with the Metropolitan Board that, unless the mud banks of the Thames are removed or covered over, it is hopeless to expect that the river will be purified or that the effluvia which arises from it, and which are such exciting causes of disease and sickness, will be obviated. The board are of course adverse to the pro posed constitution of the committee to whom this heavy work is to be entrusted, but the public generally will be of opinion that it would not do to give the absolute control of such a national under taking to a body who would practically he irrespon sible. The board refer with great satisfaction to the formation of the new street from Covent-garden to St. Martin's-lane, and especially to the subway under the road, by which all the gas, water-pipes, and sewers pass, and which can be repaired without its being necessary to break up the roadway. If the board had done nothing else they would have de served great commendation for having brought to a successful termination this experiment. The same system is proposed to be adopted in the new street now in course of construction between Southwark and Westminster; and we trust that in every possible manner the board will extend this very simple and effective plan. The cost at first is large, but it is soon more than repaid by the great saving from not having the roads broken up again and again when a water pipe bursts, a gas-main leaks, or a sewer becomes ob structed. We cannot compliment the board on the ra pidity with which they have carried on the forma tion of the latter thoroughfare, They have had the money in hand now for some years, and it is idle to attempt to account for the delay by stating that difficulties have arisen in obtaining possession of the houses and land, and in awarding compensation. The works of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, which for some distance run parallel with the new al eet, show what may be done by men of energy and determination. If th e new street is confided to the architect of the board, he would do well to imitate his colleague, the eu g i_ neer, in energy and perseverance. With reference to the future utilisation of the sewage the board have not come to any positive determination, but await the report of the select committee of the House of Commons now taking evidence on the subject. That they eventually hope to make it available is evident from the general tenor of the report ; but the "public would be better pleased if the board were to resolve to adopt some one of the many plans submitted to them, so that by the time the main drainage works are completed, into the Thames, pollutin g t h at no bl e r i ver , it mi g h t instead of the sewage b e i ng allowe d to run to w aste be made available for agricultural purposes, and become a source of great wealth and advantage. LYNN AND HUNSTANTON. The works on this line, which are of an easy character, are advancing rapidly towards comple tion. Several miles of the permanent way have been laid; the remainder is to be proceeded with simultaneously at various points, and the whole line is expected to be ready for traffic in June or July. At Hunstanton a number of marine residences, which it is expected will tend to increase the traffic, are about to be commenced. BAHIA AND SAN FRANCISCO. The directors state in their report that the second and third sections of the railway were opened to the public on the 9th of September, and that on the 19th of November the Board were informed by his Excellency the Brazilian Minister that " Mr. Morgan, the delegate of railway accounts, had cer tified that, in conformity with the provisions of the concession from the Imperial Government, the amount to be capitalised in respect of the second and third sections (24k additional miles) of the Bahia Railway is £499,866, and that Mr. Mor gan's certificate would be submitted to the Imperial Government for its sanction and information ;" and early in January the Board received payment from his Excellency of the guaranteed interest due on the 31st of Dec., 1861, on the sum of £954,866, being the amount capitalised for the first, second, and third sections. The progress made in the works of the remaining sections was in all respects satis factory. Full particulars of the actual operations of the contractor would be found in the clear and comprehensive report of Mr. Vignoles, the engineer in chief, and the directors proposed to carry out his recommendation for additional rolling stock, in crease of station accommodation, and acquisition of stores. The exact sums which would be available for these purposes were not yet accurately ascer tained, but the shareholders might rest assured that the total expenditure would in no case exceed the amount of the guaranteed capital. Although the railway was not yet opened to the more populous and productive districts the board had every reason to be satisfied with the traffic. Of passengers alone 33,500, yielding £4,300, had been carried in the six months from September, 1861, to February, 1862. A call of 30s a share would be made, payable on the Gth of August, and the remaining £2 per share would be required early in next year, most likely £1 in January and £1 in April. Tho relations of the company with the Imperial and Provincial,Go vernments continued to be highly gratifying.. 11 Ic directors bear testimony to the energy and e fficiency of of Mr. Dick, the sopelintendent at Bahia, 11/Id of Mr. H. Vignoles, the principal resident engineer. engineer,. stated The report of Mr. C. Vignoles, the brought to a close and within the esti mates that the assurances he had from time to time made of the railway works being within the time promised, The first mates given, would be continued to be three sections of the . line ; fully realised. was ready for opening to Malta, worked by the contractor in a satisfactory manner. The fourth section making of 77 brou g ht i n t o nearly useful operation'3 miles out On the fifth section the earth works were advancing to completio n , an d h o h o p e d before September to be able to get a portion of this section completed. The sixth section might be con sidered as finished. 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