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BUILDING GROUND.— cmr of LONDON.- - To be LET, on a Buildin;• Lease for 80 years, a PIECE 01 GROUND on the North side of Quecnhithe Dock in the City of London.—Plans of the Ground may be seen, and fur ther forms obtained upon application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, 7th March, 1862. This is to Give Notice, That the Annual GENERAL COURT will be held at the Society's House, No. 6, New Brit,re-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the 22d day of March, at TWO o'clock precisely, to receive the Auditors' Re port of the receipts and disbursements of the Society during the year 1861, and to elect Auditors for the present year. By order of the Board of Directors, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. 1-/RITISIT COLUMBIA AN]) VANCOUVER'S A- 5 ISLAND BANKING AND GOLD TRADING COM PANY (LIMITED). Capital, £250,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. With power to increase to £500,000. £1 per Share payable upon application, and £1 upon allot ment, for which Scrip Certificates will be issued. DIRECTORS. Thomas Early Smith, Esq. (of the firm of Messrs. Early and - Smith), Upper Clapton. Thomas Edv:ley, Esq., Tottenham Park, Middlesex, and 1, St. Paul's-buildings, London. Major Erlam, 12, St. James's-square, Notting-hill. T. A. Douce, Esq., 37, Argyll-road, Campden-hill. Captain Rawstorne, R.N., Abingdon-villas, Kensington. George Peart, Esq., Dartmouth-row, Blackheath. With power to add to their number. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Oliverson, Lavie, and Peachey, Frederick's-place, Old-jewry. BROKERS. Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, 22, Royal-exchange. BANKERS. The National Bank, Old Broad-street. SECRETARY (pro tern). William W. Holmes, Esq. The Island of Vancouver, and the district of British Co lumbia, have long been gradually growing into importance ; but it was not until the amazing deposits of gold ore were covered, and published to the world through the columns of our leading, newspapers, that that sudden and vast influx of emigrants took place, which has at once converted the whole territory into a scene of active life. The energies of the multitude have been entirely devoted to obtaining the gold, found, as it is, in an abundance almost totally unknown, even in the most favoured districts of. California or Aus tralia. Already there is growing up an extensive commerce, called for by the wants of the ever-increasing population. It Is clearly seen that, whether for the purchase or the sate transmission of the gold, the agency of a bank is a matter of absolute necessity • that the profits of such an enterprise Would be large, the experience of all mercantile men will attest. It is needless to enter into the details of such an under taking; but attention may be called to the fact of the ever growing trade so suddenly called into existence, between these districts and the mother country. The Directors have therefore decided to establish the pre sent Company in London, with a Branch at Victoria, the Chief town of Vancouver's Island, and further to add such other branches in British Columbia as may from time to time be required. These ramifications will be of the utmost im portance, not only to 'he inhabitants already established there, but also to the emigrants who may proceed thither from this country. The remuneration of the promoters is limited to the sum of £l,OOO in lieu of all further claims on, or prospective advan tages from, the Company. The following letter on the subject appeared in the "Globe" newspaper no later than January the Ist of this present year; and all its assertions are more than verified in subsequent information furnished to the Government, as appears by re cent Parliamentary reports : " I have told you before of the almost fabulous richness of the mines of British Columbia; recent accounts place this beyond a doubt. Many men are making 100 dollars per day, and not a few have picked up 100 ounces in the same space of time. Numbers who left Victoria penniless are now worth from 1,000 dollars to 10,000 dollars, the result of one summer's labour. Those who had not luck enough to get good claims of their own, obtained plenty of employment at from 10 dol lars to 20 dollars per day. Want is unknown, provisions are Plentiful, and hardships are among the things of the past. According, to all accounts, the gold must have been taken out by aPadefuls. Think of 100 dollars to the pan—not a fancy, but a reality i Miners think that richer diggings are yet to be found, and that the true seat of the gold is not yet disco covered. All the metal is coarse, and in small nuggets—say, Lrem 10 to 20 dollar pieces. The largest lump yet found Weighs 71b. ; and this, strange to say, was found on Thomp- Lon's River (old and neglected ground). Miners are now 'unling down in large numbers, each with his little sack of tIold; but the majority of those with 'piles ' proceed to San 4 7. ancisco, a loss at present to us unavoidable from the want °' a mint, and the scarcity of the circulating medium. The Otter within the last fortnight has brought down not less t han 500,000 dollars, and there is plenty more to come. Wells, Varga, and Co. alone will have shippedthis year not less than a Million and a half of dollars. . Scrip certificates will be issued until such time as registra tion shall be required. Application for Prospectuses, in the annexed form, may be 'Lane to Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, the Brokers of the Com pany, 22, Royal-exchange ; but no application will be consi dered' unl ess accompan i e d by the Bankers' receipt for the pre nnllnary deposit of £1 per share. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SITARES. N.B.—This must be presented to the Bankers entire. The applicant to retain the receipt at foot. To the Directors of the British Columbia and Vancouver's Island Banking and Gold Trading _Company (Limited), Gentlemen --Having raid to the National Banl to your credit £ , being I per share on sharesin t he above Company, I request you to allot to me that num er of shares, and agree to accept the same, or any less num ber, and to pay £1 per share on allotment, as required. Name in full Address Date A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. 1.4 1 PP S'S COCOA. A (Commonly called Epps's Homeopathic Cocoa). 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SAELF-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 sperraatorrhoea 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 Me.iicine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, Ace. Presented to "Nervous Invalids," with a view of superseding medicines and expensive consultations. Sent post free on the receipt of two scamps Bedford , by Dr. Watson, 27, Alfred-place, square, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, and six till eight, on all those ailments and infir mities peeu liar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to em bitter and shorten life. For distinguished qnalifications vide diplomas. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from elf-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate ease is tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11 0 ., or four quantities in one for 3.38., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Front end CO., Patent MedieineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) RmAttrzT33oooDit a And ' ESESSAY MEDICAL ON WORK, spE Plates, A MEDICAL C I V CA R L T IS NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILIT Y, c . --- ' Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numero us' in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Bock f i wut post paid, by the Author, for 1 2 stamps, N/ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE f OPRE.. } LINE IN MAN, with Plain Direc tio n s for -f4fTeActTßjelstr'orDatifn to Health and Vigour. By Dr. Lawns, 16, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. •J. L. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CITAYTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CrapTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotenoc; Rally Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications 01 liarria2ze ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. _ CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the m odern Treatment of ( logorrhoea and Syphilis. _The Book concludes with numerous varied and Interesting t 4 ses, to whloh is added the Author's recip e of a preventive ..otiort, REVIEWS OF' THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly va l u able work, and `hould b e i n th e h an d s o f y oun g and old —" Sunday Times , 23 d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work in which is described the source of those diseases Vhich produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. 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CHARLES KENT, Barrister-at-Law. Fcap. *Mo., price ss. "Mr. Kent has undeniable merits—warm and high-toned feeling, a pleasant combination of grace and humour, and no small power to individualise. Pope at Twickenham' is a cabinet picture. `Marianne' will commend itself to all mothers by its gush of parental tenderness, and its acquaint ance with baby wiles and mysteries. Fructidor' shows what Dutch fidelity of word painting the author can master when he tries. His fruit is as vivid and well characterised as if Lance had painted it."—Athenxum. "The charm of Mr. Kent's poetry, as it is the first condi tion of success to all poets, is that he is in sympathy with his subject and not only with himself ; that he is truly poet and not egotist. Bnt it is by no means his only merit. He is a mas ter of versification. '1 he flow of his verse is smooth and me lodious, and enriched with a copious and ornate vocabulary. Shelley at Marlow' is a painting exquisitely delicate. The vision of Shelley with which Mr. Kent presents us is almost perfect. ` DREAMLAND' is a work conceived in a noble spirit, and executed with scholarly taste, frequently with flashes of true poetic inspiration. he Dying Bridegroom' is distinguished by a genuine pathos, which leads us to be lieve that Mr. Kent would succeed eminently in some story of the affections."—The London Review. "Mr. Kent's poems come before the world with the advan tage, not only of an author's name, but of a name already agreeably and musically known in the metrical literature of the day. His 'Aletheia' was very favourably received by the public, and has no doubt been the companion of many thoughtful readers who will gladly welcome another volume from his pen. A series of portraits drawn with true poetic sympathy and veneration, The best of all, we think, is that of Scott. There is something in the lines that will remind the reader of the chime of Scott's own verse."—John Bull. " Verses, many of them extremely tender and harmonious, and all indicating a mind careiully cultured an :I imbued with elegant tastes." - Daily News. - - ALETHEIA ; OR, THE Doom OF MYTHOLOGY. With Other Poems. By the same Author. New Edition. Fcap. Bvo., price ss. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSIIITH'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, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., SPERMATORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. ON " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.: MR. CHAS. DICKENS' NEW READINGS.- On Thursday Evening, March 13, Mr. CHARLES DICKENS will read, in ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly, at 8 precisely, DAVID COPPERFIELD (in six chapters). and Mr. 808 SANGER'S PARTY from PICKWICK. Sofa Stalls, Four Shillings ; Body of Hall and Balconies, Two Shillings ; Areas, One Shillinz. Tickets at Messrs. Chapman and Hall's, publishers, 193, Piccadilly; an d at Austin's Ticket office, St. James's Hall. THOMAS HEADLAND, Secretary. MR. AND MRS. 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A RGYLL ROOMS.—Series of New Music, Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. Boor,- CORT, Conductor and Composer. This gentleman will play every evening at 11 o'clock, until further notice, variations arranged by himself on the Cornet-a-Piston.—The free-list will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the door. By order of the Proprietor.—Manager, Mons. P. Grenet. Admission ls. TEETH. —MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION, of which he is the only Patentee. Patent granted 17th July, 1860.—Artificial Teeth, to last a life time, are fixed without pain or extraction, without springs or wires, on elastic and self-adhering bases, guaranteed for mastication and articulation, and to restore (without detection) the natural appearance of the mouth.—Mr. ESKELL'S •TREATISE, which fully explains his invention, post free for seven stamps. —lnspection of specimens and Consultation free.-8, GroFve nor-street, Bond-street, London; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre- Qared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and aver 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 ite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. 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. POST -OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and Is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till I. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and tile Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bathg, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Cuiverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is oncoming out of a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 1861. Consultations daily till 12 a.m. AS THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY, in harmony with those of TILE MIND, approach deve loped maturity, the rising human being, surrounded by factitious circumstances—some salutary, some pernicious— becomes susceptible of impressions which, according to the degree of PRUDENCE and KNOWLEDGE with which he is en dowed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable misery. §ome of the most deadly and terrible of the influences last and collegiate period. referred to originate at that period when parents fondly hope that the objects of their love are being prepared to fight tend honourably great battle of life—namely, the scholastic no t only as to depths ofperiod. Habits are then contracted, in unsuspecting ignorance to of their effects, which, if not ar rested,the apathy degradation the VICTIMS OF ERROR to the deepest too and woe. The evil is aggravated by diseases arising e generally evinced by the medial profession, general and inadequate nature but the very existence of the from the cause indicated, and to which the has been designation of "Nervous Disorders this neglect is, that and Debility " ell h given. One of the consequences of which treatment of the most delicate ' classes of disease up by unqualified and Dr. LAIIERT, 34. Of Apothecaries, Sze., THE ONLY PRACTITIONER REGISTERED who has devoted vicoun. The result of his ex years to the cure of these affections, uneducated _a u illict society has been taken ec l t n i Licentiate of the Royah Society D., i c , i te cated persons. fountains of human IIAPPIN:::: flee may be perused with advantage sold by Mann, Bedford-square, London, is his REGULARLY QUALIFIED AND whiche IC attention for 20 Tl war with the very experience .11, and FUNCTIONAL s : or d 2 s o u:cessful prac -30, col.li•Th'iliTeatise, "SELF PRESERVATION," otidon, price ls. 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Correspondents who have passed up and down the Nile, between Atfee and Cairo, and the Ganges, between Calcutta and Benares, in the dry season, testify that the vegetation upon the banks of either river appears to be upon a par with the other, yet Egyptian cotton is longer in the staple, and brings a better price . in our markets than that of India. The soil of Egypt, generally, cannot be superior to that of India, and has been under culti vation from time immemorial, while land in India, under the poor farming of the natives, with no manure, gives from two and a half to three and a half quarters of wheat to the acre. Seeing also that India has the advantage over Egypt in possess ing a rainy season of some four mouths' duration, one is at a loss to comprehend why its cotton, both in quality and quantity to the acre, should not equal that of Egypt. India, however, has greater proxi mity to the sea, the air from which is said to be so beneficial to the full development of the cotton pod. The want of European superintendence, skill, and enterprise must be the real cause of the inferiority of Indian cotton ; the rulers of Egypt of late years have availed themselves of the services of Euro peans in developing the resources of that country. As Egypt without the Nile would be a barren waste, all the cotton it produces must be grown in the im mediate vicinity of the river, and chiefly by means of irrigation, after the fall of the Nile, from the river, while the greater portion of the cotton grown in India is by irrigation from wells, far distantfrom any river ; and well water, we know, does not con tain the same amount of fertilising matter that river water does. Hence the necessity for canals in India to distribute the waters of its rivers for the irrigation of the soil, and the improve ment of the quality and quantity of its cotton. The full effect of irrigation in a rainless climate may be seen at the Pasha's garden at Shubin, near Cairo ; everything there grows in wild luxuriance, and the fiery atmosphere is sof tened by the exhalations from the moist soil, through which little streams of water run in all directions. _ _ In a pamphlet written by Mr. Fowler, respecting cotton cultivation in Egypt, he says :—" On the Miseoweh cotton land the plants are watered seve ral times at certain periods of their growth by arti ficial irrigation; but on the Belieh cotton land the means of doing so do not usually exist, and the re sult of the crops is strikingly illustrative of the great benefit of artificial irrigation, both in the quality and quantity of the cotton produced ; for while the Belieh land usually gives only two to three conturs (941 b. each) per feddan (nearly an English acre), the Miscoweh land will produce three to five, and often Seven to eight concurs per feddan . . . by sufficient irrigation, and those other appliances of improved husbandry referred to. . . . Belieh land is watered only by the inun dation when the Nile rises to its greatest height." If Mr. Fowler's statements are facts, which [here appears no reason to doubt, they are conclusive as to the vast benefit to be derived by cotton cultiva tion in India from artificial irrigation with river water. In the Cotton Supply Reporter of December last there is a letter from a French gentleman in Alge ria respecting the cultivation of cotton there. He complains of the want and dearness of money as being the obstacle to the extension of the cultiva tion. He saya:—" With money the clearing of the land, canals, irrigation, and the sowing of cotton will be' effected, and we shall see our produce in crease a hundred fold." If such can be effected in Algeria with no river of any importance, what might there not be done in our eastern empire with its numerous rivers and adequate population ? Emancipate the 4,000,000 slaves in the Confederate States, suppress the slave and coolie trade effectu ally, and there would be no lack of capital and en terprise for India, where labour is plentiful; and probably for Algeria also. Of the capabilities of India, the following, taken from " Generals Rose and Stewart's Indian Cam paigns," by T. Lowe, will convey some information He says :—" No man can form an idea of the phy sical beauty and grandeur of Indian scenery whose experience is limited to the arid districts of its coasts. Once removed from the scorching, dazzl ing, arid climate of the sea-board, and over the ranges of the mountains which divide Central from Southern India, a totally different climate is entered, and every feature of the country is al tered. Here is, indeed, a land suited to European colonisation and enterprise at least a thousand fold better than the torrid, swampy, pestiferous deltas they appear to have tried and failed in. Every kind of vegetable required by man and beast flourishes—the plains are like extensive parks, the jungles very often like mighty forests—the rivers, to which our rivers in England are but rills, are beautiful, and burdened with wealth—and the hills are clothed with stately trees, sweet smelling shrubs and plants, rich in perfume and medicinal virtues ; iron ore of the most superior quality abounds in many districts, but is only worked in a rude way. With such rivers and tanks, hills and scanty i c h lavishlyverdure, f s o u r c h the r ness n o a f re na tn tu e re sw p a o r n th re y d s o o u n t s s o o t, I n dia bestow upon her, one is perpetually con strained to exclaim What a lovely country and what would it not produce were Englishmen blessed with such a charge." _ _ In a letter written by Mr. Temple, secretary to • the Chief Commissioner bf the Punjaub, it is stated on the authority of the Friend of India, that wheat was selling in the Punjaub at two maunds, of 801bs each, per rupee (25.) which is less than one-third the price quoted for the like produce at Kur rachee. . . . But thePunjaub, unlike Scindh, has no remunerative outlet for her surplus produce. We are authoritatively informed that " In a sea , son of superabundance there is not a sufficient mar ket to secure its sale at remunerative prices." Here is shown the want of railways to bring the surplus produce of the interior to a marketormsd shipping place. place. Land that will .grow wheat i n also grow sugar , cotton, tobacco, &c. theg;two maunds, or 1601bs. of wheat at 6s. at Kur rachee, the shipping place, the same quantity of wheat at the rate of ss. the bushel of 601bs. in Eng land would realise 13s. 4d., thus leaving ample margin of profit, after paying freight and charges to England, on wheat bought at the above prices at Kurrachee ; and no better bread has man ever tasted anywhere than in India. Mr. Low also says :—" There is a striking simi larity, in many respects, between the climate of Scindh and that of Egypt. The common characters are, great summer heat uninterrupted by rain, great winter cold, a dry soil, and similar geological for mation. These characters, says Dr. Stock, in his able report, ' determine the wild vegetation, which is the same. Both Central and Upper Scindh are almost out of the range of the monsoon, but the annual overflow of the Indus makes up to a certain extent, as does the overflow of the Nile, for the de ficiency of rain above noticed. The borders of the Indus, like those of the Nile, are charged with fer tilising matter.'" With such varied climes, such land and rivers as India possesses, any other country save our oast would have done its utmost to develop its vast resources to their fullest extent, itself independent of slave labour, which does no reciprocate fairly with commerce. Let free labour and to make we say be pitted against the wretched slave sys tem, in far more genial climes, where cultivation can be carried on at much less expense. Hitherto we seem to have tried to reduce the profits of the cultivator of the soil in India to the lowest point, and thus to disable him from reciprocating with ursued, and- thus is and extending the co m po m li e c r y ce p of England. Such appears to us to be the l . . slavery protected in the equalisation of the duties on its produce. and l, s ord Castlereagh said, " B esides gton, In his instructions rteoprtehseenDtaitikiveeofatWtehllein Con grass o who wa f s que stions, England had some of her own , which the statesman who is to represent her those general Verona,E ngl at the Congress will bring forward. Foremost among them all is the suppression of the slave trade, either by general declaration from the allies that it should be treated as piracy, or by obtaining from them an engagement that they would not ad mit into their markets any article of colonial pro duce which was the result of slave labour." Lord Castlereagh here points out the obvious way to de stroy the iniquitous and cruel slave system, and 1 which has, sin ce h an increase th h e wrote, assumed so portentous roug th edi rough encourage ment given to it by Great Britain, to the injury of her own colonies and possessions, and to none more than to India, EXICAN AXPI.I9Z2IOIv: 0 Via Havannah, we have advices from Mexico to the Bth ult. No 'advance had been made by the Allies, and there were over 1,000 sick in the - hospitals of Vera Cruz, besides many at Teklia atid Medellin. The yellow fever had mate its appearance among the fleet, and the English were suffering severely from the epidemic, and Were at .work in full force making tents for their,blek• The Spaniards were dail3- .returning their sick to 4avannah. The - Mexican Govcrnnient still in sisted upon the re-embarkation of the Spanish troops,.-but that an eccort of 2,000 . of - the three Powers might attend the negotiatiens to he held at , Orizaba. -. The A lies, in replyihg to Jnarez's answer to their lellinwhim, stated that in the month of February they should advance to Ori zaba, stationing some troops, at Jalapa. General Prim had said he should give battle at Cerro Gordo if ho found opposition to his march. A letter of the 8111, published in a New York paper, says " Matters here wear anything but a pleasant aspect, and if negotiations do not soon come .to a conclusion th e grea t er por ti on o f t hi s a lli e d f orce will find a resti ng -pl ace a t Camp o S an t o b e f ore th e y receive marching orders for the interior. The officers are very anxious to get their men away from here, and twic e h ave decided to marc h f or the in terior; but, for reasons b est known to t h emse l ves, their decisions have b een c h ange d , an d th ey s till remain here. The Fren c h Ad m i ra l, h owever , h as given oraers for his forces to be ready to march on the 22d of the present month. This city long has been called the City of the De a d. I t never was i n such a filthy condition as at present, the Spaniards having voted and stolen all the money th e y cou ld find to furnish General Prim's resid ence, and the city is the suff erer ; but if these, troops aro not s o on removed this ominous name will be too sa dl y true. The French are daily expecting reinforcements from Martinique and Brest,' and report says that General M'Mahon is to assume the command. The Spaniards are daily receiving additional forces, but in limited numbers—hardly enough to counterbalance the num ber of sick returned to Havannah. General Prim still rules with a' t high hand. They have commenced 'confiscating. Mexican property, of whatever nature and m herever found, without regard to the protests 'of the owners and occupants. The English and French interfere only in behalf of their own citizens. Sir C. Wyke, the British Minister, is the advocate of General Prim and his go-between. The fellow. appears to be perfectly mad, a n d h as b een condemned by all the English residents of the interior, who have petitioned the Government to have him re moved from here as being an enemy to their inte rests. The French Minister is the only one who keeps to a consistent course in all this business. He adheres to the original programme of the three Powers, and refuses to have anything to do with the intrigues of Prim. The Mexicans have 500 women in the field, from Guadalajara, dressed as Zouaves, and armed with the lance and lasso, who, if allowed to come into action, will do good service. They also have several very fine volunteer companies in the field, composed mostly of young men of both wealth and influence. The Mexicans do not com plain of want of men or money. They are in good positions, and have but remain firm and wait the movement of the Allies, and they will oblige this great expedition and the inventors of it to show to the world that either they have made a great mistake or that they relied too much on diplomacy and too little on force. Mexico and the friends of Mexico hardly begun to congratulate the English upon their happy and successful capture of the arch traitor Miramon when they were astonished and chagrined to learn that he was to be taken t o H avan nah and liberated. Their reason for so d o i ng is not known. The English claimed that they arrested Miramon upon an order issued m ore th an a year ago by the English Government, that Mira mon should be taken prisoner whenever found, on board any English vessel or English ground, and that this act was done without any connection with their present position. If this is true, why do they give him up ? He is certainly a criminal. They know that Miramon is one of Mexico's greatest enemies; that his mission hero was to ferment and revolutionize this country ; that he brought with him, to assist him in his nefarious designs,.a party of fellows that have been guilty in this country of every crime committed by man, and who are here still waiting but for their leader ; that the act of capturing and holding Miramon was of the most vital importance to the interests of Mexico and the peaceful accomplishment of their own ends, and an act that the world would have justified. Still, in face of all these, they have quietly placed him on board her Britannic Majesty's war steamer Phaeton, for Havannah, where he will bo set at liberty. And the result will be that Mira mon will be in this country before a month ; and, unless a change is made in matters hero, Spain will carry the day." THE GALE. PLYMOUTH, SUNDAY. Yesterday afternoon Admiral Fitzroy's signals were hoisted at all the various stations—a drum, with an inverted cone beneath, indicating " dan gerous winds—a gale probably from the south ward." A very severe gale from S.S.W. has been blowing throughout last night, accompanied by constant heavy showers of rain, which fell occa ' sionally like hail. At noon to..day the wind veered more to the westward, but there was very little abatement in the severity of the weather. The breakwater is one white foam from end to end, and all the base of the lighthouse is at times enveloped in spray. The ships in the Sound have their top masts struck. No damage has occurred either there or in the harbours. The Royal Mail steamship Athens, Captain H. R. Clarke, which should have sailed on Thursday afternoon for the Cape of Good Hope, was detained until yesterday (Saturday), when she took her departure. 6 r.m. During the storm this morning a mackerel boat, making for the western entrance, shipped two seas e while crossing the Knapp and Panther shoal, and went down immediately, when all on board perished. From the character of her spars and the apparent size of her water barrels so me of the fishermen con :tina l P P h raleYa o,f also Hast ol tinge. The jecture that she is French, while others concl u d e t t i hatit isthopPaalalacce an d nlaVill the William P Crystal Hastings, are the only boats not returned out of 14 which left Plymouth yesterday for the fishing ground, fishing ground, from which they were driven this morning. The Christiana came back with loss of masts, the Emily and Alice with broken bulwarks, and the Mary Ellen with loss of 20 nets, punt, &c. These three belong to Worthing. Pilot Glynn, in the cutter Drift, went out nobly from Cawsand Bay to save the crew of the foundered boat, but wa s driven back by the storm with his main halliards down to two blocks. 7 P.M. Several portions of the wreck of a mackerel boat have been picked up this afternoon in the Sound. il'aosfsaGeorge Page, They belong to the Crystal Palace, and there is now no doubt that she is the boat which afnodunmdreerbe: toSargent,er Messrs. cr e w C consistedobb e , Joseph outside the Breakwater this morning. The Crystal Cramp, James d g n d e t Peters, William Down, Edwin Chatfield, Henry s l o : fl a r l p a pa c es e rt b ,in el gG o s n e r oa e r, Swain, and the boy William Bates. ...41...m. M.... PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY, 5 P.M. It has blown a hard gale here all the fore part of to-day from S.S.W. to S.W., accompanied by a con tinuous rain. Since 4 p.m. the wind has greatly moderated and the rain ceased. The barometer, one of Negretti and Zambra's seacoast, now marks 29.5 ; thermometer, 51. Yesterday, at 10 a.m., the card indicated—barometer, 29 . 6 ; thermometer, 48. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The screw steamer Annie Childs, from Wilming ton, South Carolina, for Liverpool, with cotton, rosin, and tobacco, put into Queenstown on Satur day, short of coals, having run the blockade. She Marian, thear rived has on board the crew of the Kitty Cords , aban doned on the 23d of February.Th 4 e o on at this port to-day from B o mb h a e y, i‘ f l e a l r l i i a n n withh the brig Esperio in lat. 22 N., long. 6th of February, three months from London for New York ; the crew stalling. The plied them with provisions and water. SOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY.—The contest RP: a seat n South-Eastern board, between Mr. J o h n Br majority was declaration I la l r ,B4 ati 40,n010 was i n s' cock k e glow on d an ow d has terminated in f avour of m e for aa:lr. the co l os outh child, mar. Mr. 21,504 in Vte Barlow 'e afterno on b y the Hon. James Byng (the chair. r oan of the company), at the Bridge Rouse v otes. The official THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1862. HANDEL FESTIVAL, 23d, 25th, and 27th June.—The PROGRAMME of ARRANGEMENTS on application, personally or by post, at 2, Exeter Hall. The TICKET OFFICES at the Crystal Palace and at Exeter Hall are OPEN for the disposal of Reserved Stall Tickets daily from Ten till Four. Post-office Orders to either Ticket Office to be payable at Chief Office, London ; as well as Cheques to be payable to the orderof George Grove, Esq. Tickets Two-and-a-Half Guineas the set for the Three Days, or One Guinea for each Ticket for One Day. Stalls in each corner Gallery, Five Guineas the sat. HANDEL FESTIVAL. —That the SALE BOOKS should be POSTED UP EACII EVENING, it is necessary for the present to CLOSE the TICKET OFFICES at the Crystal Palace and at Exeter Hall, each afternoon at Four o'clock. HANDEL FESTIVAL-SPECIAL TICKET iNOTICE."--"From the number of applications, it becomes requisite to intimate to persons WHO APPLY for TICKETS by POST, that their applications should not STIPULATE for seats in certain blocks, as, in the event of the specified blocks being full, delay must arise in communi cating with the writers before securing the places required. The Committee allot the Tickets in regular order. From the improvements being effected by roolhig in the orchestra, even the most distant blocks will be eligibly placed, it must therefore be evident that applicants from the Country will best attain their abject by leaving the Committee unfettered in the selection of seats. - - - • - As in six days the Sales of Tickets have exceeded TEN THOUSAND POUNDS, the Committee think it requisite once more to publish the following Note, appended to the Programme : NOTE.—Persons desirous of securing Seats are recom mended to apply for them as early as possible after the opening of the subscription books on the 3d March. Even the Crystal Palace, with its vast space, has limits of accom modation which cannot be exceeded. This caution is the more requisite because of the large increase to the number of visi tors to London for the International Exhibition—which at the time of the Festival will be in full operation—coupled with the great number of names already registered as appli cants for the earliest intimation of the issue of Tickets. THE WELLINGTON RE-OPENED.—The GROUND FLOOR of the WELLINGTON, containing dining, smoking, and reading rooms, is now OPEN, from 9 a.m. to midnight daily. Breakfast (plain and ala fourchette), lsncheons, dinners, and suppers are served during those hours. The saloon dining rooms, on the first floor, are open for dinners only, from 5.30 to 9 p.m. The billiard rooms are open as usual. Gentlemen requiring private rooms should apply to the secretary, Mr. Cates ; or to Mr. Scowen, super intendent.—The Wellington, entrances, St. James's-street, and 100, Piccadilly. the same difference in the amount of tidal water in the harbour as the displacement of the Warrior would to the amount of tidal water at Spithead. Mr. Whitbread is not, perhaps, aware of the extent of. Portsmouth harbour, and also of the very important fact that after the ebb tide has commenced making from the mouth of the harbour, the tide from Langston and Chiches ter harbours runs into Portsmouth for upwards of two hours in front of the new lines at Hilsea. The volume of water which thus enters Portsmouth harbour, as a matter of course, adds itself to the ebb of the main channel, and will be much increased in volume on the conclusion of the new deep moat which will be cut in front of the Hilsea lines during the present year. The subject of the construction of basins and docks for our great steamships is one deserving the gravest consideration, and if Ports mouth is to be fortified at the expense of millions sterling, and can safely afford the requisite accom modation, there can surely be no reason for forming them elsewhere. The Shannon,-35, screw, Capt. J. B. Wainwright; the Emerald, '35, screw, Capt. A. Cumming; the Chanticleer, 17, screw, Commander Stirling; and the Vigilant, 5, screw, Commander Pike, all at anchor at Spithead, are under orders to proceed on a cruise in the Channel, at the close of which they will rendezvous at Queenstown. The second trk.loof the Defence, 18, iron frigate, , appointed to take p C l a s p e t e a in R on Saturday d . ay r Powell, e s ll t , ok e e s.B. Bay, was again post poned owing to the weather. The screw steamship St. George, 91, Capt. the Hon. F. E. Fgerton, having discharged her powder and shell, was removed on Saturday from Ply aired and refitted. eyham Steamyard, H mo s u na t o h az S e o , u w nd hs t r o e m sh o e oi w in i g li s b o e ff rep li In accordance with the recent regulations of the of the guns of the screw ws steamship a the msh ip Admiralty, itev e D g 24 e 89, flag of Rear-Admi ral R. Smart, at Plymouth, have been sent to the gun-wharf, and 80 of her crew have been trans ferred to the guardship Royal Adelaide. The following a Richards to the Dart ; Lieut. A. R. Tinklar and tth Aadpmpoiirnatltmye :—Commander F. W. were made on Sa turday Lieut. Francis Durrant to the Cambridge ; Lieut. W. B. Stubbs to the Narcissus ; Lieut. Albert E. Kay to the Dart; C. A. Leger Langford,_ naval cadet, to the Royal Adelaide; Henry de Bohun Devereux is nominated to a naval cadetship ; Henry W. Blake, chief engineer, to the Indus, for the Buzzard; John Langlands, engineer, to the Indus, for the Shearwater ; James Barlow, second-class assist.-engineer , confirmed in the Asia; WTm. Jones, second-class assist.-engineer, confirmed in the Warner ; Stephen Sweetman, assist.-surg., to the Forte; James R. Osborne, second master, to the Dart ; Wm. F. Strong, master's assistant, to the Dart ; and Chas. S. Hills, assistant-paymaster in charge, to the Dart. In the Royal Naval Reserve, Alexander D. Harris is appointed to be Sub-Lieut. longer range with a smaller charge of powder; greater precision in firing; and, in consequence of the elongated form of the projectiles, shot of equal weight may be fired from much smaller guns. A range of 9,000 yards has been attained by heavy projectiles fired from rifled ordnance. The advan tages of rifled ordnance 'are, however, confined to long ranges, and Major Owen observed that smooth bored cannon and round shot are preferable at a distance of 300 or 400 yards to rifled ordnance and projectiles. 271 E COURT-MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN ROBERTSON. EIGHTEENTH DAY. The court-martial on Captain Robertson was resumed on Saturday morning. The prisoner handed in the following letter ; " 53, Marine-parade, Brighton, March 4, 1862. " Dear Robertson,—Your letter, dated Feb. 28, 1862, and addressed to London, only reached me hero this day. During the period I held command of the 4th Dragoon Guards—from,lB4B until 1859—1 always found you atten tive to your regimental duties, and I was satisfied with the grooming and condition of your horses and the internal economy of your troop.—Believe me, yours truly, (Signed) " EDWARD C. HODGE, Colonel. "Captain Robertson, 4th Dragoon Guards." Captain Robertson then read a statement, sum ming up the evidence which had been given. Ho stated that the language of Colonel Dickson when he was recalled was of a character with the lan guage he used in October, 1860. Captain Henry's statement that he (Captain Robertson) refused to meet Colonel Dickson in October, unless he (Col. Dickson) lodged the price of his commission, was quite untrue, and he left Captain Henry to the op probrium which be so justly merited, and which he would receive at the hands of every officer and gentleman. He then called attention to the charges on which he was tried, and maintained that he had submitted the matter between him and Col. Dick son to the higher military authorities. He con tended that the evidence of the riding-master was strongly in his favour, as showing that he had been treated in a manner most unusual with a cap tain of his standing, or indeed with an officer at all. As regarded the order that he should attend morn ing and evening stables, he arraigned it as part of the series of persecutions to which he was subjected, with the object of forcing him to resign. These acts were done for a particular object, the best test of which was the evidence of Colonel Bentinck, and the contradictions to which he had exposed him self as to the withdrawal of the subaltern from his troop on the line of march from Birmingham. He left it to the Court to judge of the intention of Colonel Bentinck in doing so. After referring to the "round robin" affair, and deducing from it the same reason, he presented a brief summary of the several transactions which had been detailed at con siderable length in the course of the trial, and in conclusion he submitted that he did everything he could to obtain redress from Colonel Dickson ; that he carried out the suggestions of those on whose advice he had acted. The prosecutor then stated that he would produce evidence to impugn the statements of some of the witnesses for the defence. Captain Bragge, 4th Dragoon Guards, was then called and examined by the prosecutor with refer ence to the period at which the prisoner exercised with the back-board. He stated that to the best of his belief it was about April, and not in July or August, as alleged by the prisoner's witnesses, The prisoner then read a statement to the effect that he should be permitted to cross-examine the witness with respect to certain matters, with the view of testing his credibility. The room was cleared to consider the matter, and was not reopened for an hour and a half. When the public were admitted, The President announced the decision of the Court to be that the proposed line of examination could not be allowed, and they expressed their sur prise at the observations of the prisoner, seeing that they had allowed him every latitude in his defence. The prosecutor handed in a protest that the cross examination of the witness should be confined to the evidence already before the Court, or matters bearing upon the charges against the prisoner. The prisoner expressed his thanks to the Court for their perfect impartiality. Captain John Arthur Bragge, 4th Dragoon Guards, was then sworn and examined by the pro secutor. Do you remember being in the ride, and. seeing Captain Robertson riding with the back board ?—Yes. Was it exclusively an officers' ride ?—To the best of my belief it was. Can you fix the date of that occasion positively or approximately ?—lt was about last April. What fixes that in your memory P—l returned from leave about March 14, and shortly after that we began to ride, and that was in the month of April. I know this from one of the early rides, because we rode with bridoons. Was the weather warm at that time ?—I think so. Did Mr. Childe ride with the backstick on that occasion P—He did. When did you go away from head-quarters at Birmingham P—About the 14th June. When did you return P—About the 10th or 12th of September. How did you know the ride was with the bri doons P—l remember it was. Captain Robertson here handed in a question which the President, on reading, said could not be put to the witness. Captain Robertson was at liberty to put questions touching points raised on the direct examination, but he could not put ques tions that had for their object the shaking of the credibility of the witness. Captain Robertson then read a protest against the question being rejected. It was in effect that by the general law of the land, by whichcourts martial were bound, he was not limited in his cross examination of a witness to the evidence given by him in his examination in chief. If such a rule were established the result would be that sometimes a witness might be brought up and only asked about very trivial and isolated matters, while at the same time he might be possessed of informa tion injurious to the party calling him, which should necessarily be elicited by the prisoner for the advancement of truth and justice, and he would also submit that he had not pretermitted any op portunity of asking any question, as the witness had not been previously brought up for examina tion for the prosecution. He further submitted that he was entitled to put the question for the purpose of testing the accuracy of the witness. Since the commencement of this inquiry he (Captain Robertson) and his legal advisers had endeavoured to act in every way that would appear to be agreeable to the wishes of the Court, and.cer tainly they had frequently w i thdrawn qirstions when they saw the Court had the slightest difficulty about admitting them, although they had no doubt that they were admissible in point of law. This was only t o p o u n t e o o n f a se r i series ofmatters he ci b u e e g s g io e n d s to w s h a iyehthahte intended this was a matter of the greatest importance to him, and relevant to the question it issue and the evidence given. He therefore begged the Court to come to a decision as to the reception or rejection of the question; and if they rejected it he begged that it might be recorded. The court was then cleared to consider the matter. THE NAVY. Daring the recent debate in the House of Com mons on the Navy Estimates an interesting discus sion took place respecting the want of docks for the reception of our largest class of iron ships, in which Mr. Whitbread, Sir James Elphintone, Sir S. M. Peto, and Mr. Corry took part. In this discussion reference was made to the present depth of water on the bar (so called, but erroneously) of Portsmouth harbour channel; the dredging operations intended to be resumed this year to increase its depth ; and also the propriety of constructing a large steam basin and docks in Portsmouth harbour. Sir James Elphinstone stated that by dredging operations Portsmouth harbour and its channel of entrance could be rendered all that was desired, while Mr. Corry, evidently well informed upon the matter, more than confirmed Sir James Elphinstone's state ment, and spoke in the highest terms of the capabi lities of the harbour. Mr. Whitbread, as a member of the Board of Admiralty, made a cautious reply, and promised a survey in April next which would show the present condition of the harbour channel. He feared that the construction of large docks and basins inside Portsmouth harbour "might lessen the scour by greatly detracting from the tidal water." Although Mr. Corry's able statement was reassur ing respecting the capabilities of a port on which we are spending, and have already spent, enormous sums, Mr. Whitbread's official reply is calculated to create an alarm upon the subject in the public mind, for which, judging from the information in our pos session, there is no real foundation. With reference to what really seems the most important point, the depth of water in the shallowest part of the entrance channel, the following return, compiled from official sources, gives full information :—The depth of water at the highest spring tides is 33 feet ; at ordi nary spring tides, say 12 per month, 30 feet; at the lowest spring tides, 28 feet; at ordinary neap tides, 26 feet 6 inches; at the lowest neap tides, 25 feet ; and at low water of the ordinary neap tides, 22 feet. With respect to the filling in of the harbour channel, we are assured from the source from which we have derived the preceding details that during a number of years careful observations have been taken, more particu larly since the dredging of the channel by Messrs. G. Smith and Co., of Pimlico, and that not an inch of increase has been at any time found in the height of the bed of the channel. This is corroborated also by the evidence of the pilots of the port, Govern ment and Trinity. Past surveys and observations warrant the belief that the promised survey next month will prove that the channel has maintained the depth given to it by the dredging operations re ferred to, and that the depth will be further in creased by the aid of the sum already voted for the purpose, which will render it, as Mr. Corry observed, capable of affording a passage to the lar gest ships in the world. We have, however, pre viously protested against any dredging operations being considered the best and most economical method of improving the entrance channel of Ports mouth harbour. The means proposed to increase the depth of water vary, no doubt ; but it is never theless a fact that all are agreed upon one important point—viz., that the contraction of Portsmouth harbour's mouth by the construction of defensive works, in conjunction with the projeetion of private works upon the bed of the channel in the immediate vicinity of the defensive works alluded to, have so deflected the water from its natural course in its ebb from the harbour that it has wasted its strength over the shoals intervening between the entrance channel and Spithead, instead of concentrating the force of its discharge along the bed of the entrance channel, as it must have done had it been allowed to retain the unimpeded mouth of exit from the harbour, and entrance to the channel provided for it by nature. The plans proposed to retain the ebb in its proper course, in lieu of dredging, which after a course of years may possibly have to be re peated, are too numerous to be noticed here. Two of them, however, stand so prominently forward that we cannot but advert to them. The first is that . suggested by Mr. Pineo, C.E. He proposes to enclose the shoals lying between the harbour channel and Spithead with whole baulk cofferdam piles, which would not only effectually confine the ebb tide to its channel proper, but would also con vert the shoals into two immense basing for coaling our men-of-war, and furnish on their sea face a con tinuous battery of immense strength, far more for midable to a foe than the proposed isolated marine forts on the Noman, Horse, and Sturbridge Shoals. Another remarkable feature of this plan is, that it would extend the " walls" to Portsmouth to the extent of the shoals further seaward, and therefore virtually remove the dockyard to the same extent further inland. If rifled guns of long range really have anything to do with the position of our na tional dockyards, then this plan certainly deserves serious consideration at the hands of the authori ties. The second plan is, as we have stated on a previous occasion, the erection of a series of groynes along the edge of the Hamilton Bank and Spit Shoals, which form the south-west boundary of the channel of the harbour, and which, it is contended, would effectually confine the ebb in its natural course. To us it certainly appears to be the most simple and natural plan to remove the points of ob struction at the mouth of the harbour, restoring it to its original size and form, when not only would the ebb tide be relieved from the obstruction and "deflection" it is now subject to as it seeks to rush out through the narrowed mouth of the harbour, but the flood tide would also equally benefit, by being allowed to return to its natural course of en trance. There then remains but one other point for consideration—Mr. Whitbread fears that the construction of basins and docks at Portsmouth in addition to those already existing " might lessen the scour by greatly detracting from the tidal water." This can be disposed of in a few words. The construction of the proposed works on the mudlands of Portsmouth harbour would, it is asserted by those competent to judge, make about THE ARMY. Travers, continued continued his On Saturday Major.-Gen. Stransham, accompanied th by his elnspec ta o i d r -G e? d e e n - e c raaml camp, Royal capt . inspec tion of the Chatham division of Royal Marines Light Infantry, in which he has been occupied several days. The chief point of inspection to which the Inspector-General directed his attention on Saturday was the rifle firing of the officers and men, for the purpose of ascertaining what progress had been made by the several companies since the last official returns sent up from the battalion. In order to obtain this, 50 non-commissioned officers and men were selected by the Majoi- General indiscriminately from the companies composing the division, and these were marched to the butts at St. Mary's, where the entire morning was devoted to the prac tice of the men thus selected, in firing at long and short ranges, and in file and volley firing, under the direction of Major Rodney, the musketry instructor. The practice made by the men at the various ranges was in the highest degree satisfactory. So pleased was Major-Gen. Stransham with the accuracy at tained by several of the men that he rewarded a few of them with money on the ground. The in spection of the Chatham division, which has been exceedingly rigid, will be brought to a close to-day, and to-morrow Major-Gen. Stransham will, it is understood, commence the inspection of the Royal Marine depot battalion at Deal. The Highland Rifle Militia, commanded by Lieut.- Col. Ross, of Cromarty, have been ordered to as semble on the 15th April for 21 days' training. THE ADVANTAGES OF _RIFLED ORDNANCE. Major Owen, professor of artillery at Woolwich, delivered a lecture at the Royal United Service In stitution on Friday, on " The motion of projectiles fired from rifled ordnance, and the advantages ob tained by the employment of such prices." He ex plained, in the first place, the different effects produced by the resistance of the air to the motion of round shot and of elongated projectiles. As round shot present a greater surface to the air than such projectiles of the same weight, the velocity with which they are fired becomes more quickly retarded, and this retardation increases in greater proportion with the increase of velocity. For this reason a round shot that is fired with an initial velocity of 1,600 feet in a second is reduced at a distance of about 600 yards to the same velocity as an elongated shot of the same weight that is pro pelled from a rifled gun at the rate of 1,200 feet in a second. The continued greater resistance of the air to the progress of the round shot diminishes its velocity at longer ranges to less than that of the projectile, and the latter is consequently propelled much further than the round shot, though the latter was fired with greater initial velocity, by means of a larger charge. To enable the elongated projectile to possess this advantage it is necessary that it should be propelled in such manner as to continue to present its end, or smaller surface, to the air throughout the course of its flight, and this is done by giving a rapid rotatory motion on its longest axis, by rifling the cannon. The notion commonly entertained that an elongated projectile will main tain a position parallel to that with which it is fired was shown by Major Owen to apply only to pro jectiles fired at low velocities and without rapid rotation on,their longer axes. To illustrate this a wooden cylinder, shaped like an ordinary projectile, sgiivriennto it. The gun was spring considerable angle, gun, rotary motion wp havingoains t p ed propelled upwards p e e l nw l e adrds previouslyfro a m t a a projectile was seen to maintain in the course of its flight a position parallel to that of the elevated gun, but it kept that position steadily. The mimic pro jectile was then propelled without having had ro tary motion given t o it, whe n it was seen to move smallest from st t s u u r r n f i a n c g e t oo u through the air in t he same position ; but, instead present t oc t i h ty e and with rapid rota tione of being steady as before, it wabbl e d. Th e resist ance offered by the air to the projectile, when alle round rsis, causesiresisting, movingt g withpower, t o greatpre and prevents and rotating on its shorter axis. This effect, as well as the regulatio n of the direction of the pro jectile i positionl e gravity. If it be placed near the fore part the p ro jectile descends too per of descent,the e ntre of depend e also in some degree on t in its pendicularly, and it is found in practice to be best to place the centre of gravity near the middle of the projectile. Major Owen illustrated the effects of the resistance of the air, and of the velocity of rotation on projectiles, by means of a gyroscope, against which a strong blast was directed, to imi tate the effect of the air's resistance. By this in genious apparatus the influence of the resistance when a projectile is moving with different degrees of velocity, and when propelled with the fiat or with the rounded end foremost, were exhibited. Major Owen stated that the results of numerous experiments with projectiles of various forms had proved that those with oval-shaped ends meet with less resistance in their flight through the air than those with conical or with spherical ends. A diffe rence is also observed in the direction of the projec tile when the rotary motion i s given from left to right, or the contrary; for in the one case the pro jectile swerves towards the right, and in the other towards the left. Major Owen pointed out the ad vantages of rifled ordnance under various circum stances, which waists principally in obtaining a A MISTAKE AND MORTIFICATION. In no place in the world has an on dit such chances of a complete and full circulation as in the French capital. Only a few days ago a very curious anecdote connected with the recent Anglo-French operations in China started on its gossiping journey. It is this. During the attack upon the Summer Palace at Pekin, General Montauban, in directing the looting of the Chinese Emperor's abode, fan. cied for his own share of the plunder the caskets of the Empress. The General, it is said, filled his pockets with the glittering treasures. Amongst other ornaments there were two necklaces, one of which was made of a very rare kind of dark grey pearl, and the other of diamonds, eme ralds, and gigantic rubies. On his return to Paris, not knowing much of the real value of such things, the Gene ral made a present of the pearl necklace to the Empress, who, not liking the setting, sent it to her jeweller to be broken up, and also desired him to let her know its value in money. As it was during the financial crisis that the message was forwarded, the jeweller supposed that money was scarce at the Tuileries, and offered 1,800,000 francs for the precious ornament. Montauban, in the meanwhile, offered the other necklace, which rumour says is the more valuable of the two, to the Duchess of Malakhoff, who, un derstanding the value of such things very much better than the General, said she could not accept it till she had shown it to the Duke. The Duke could not act until he had ex hibited to the Emperor. The latter soon settled the mat ter. " Since (said he) the Empress has accepted another nearly as valuable, I don't see why the Duchess should not do likewise ;" and the Duke accordingly put it into his pocket. The enormous value of the presents soon got abroad, and the General is now mortified beyond meas ure to know that a magnificent fortune has slipped do ugh his fingers, and that he even had some diffi culty i n getting ac cepted as presents jewels of the value of 4,000,000 francs. ••-hi 7 tfrOry gazette, L A 1) Y. ` ~ l ----''' ■ - 1