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• • - pRITH'S CELEBRATED DERBY DAY is now on VIEW, at the UPPER GALLERY, 120, Pall Mall. Admission ls., which will also admit to the French Exhibition. FRENCH GALLERY. 120. PALL MALL.- The NIN CH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of PICTURES. —The contributions of Artists of the French and Flemish School, is NOW OPEN. Admission, is. Catalogues, 6d., which will also admit to Frith's celebrated picture of the Derby Day. 11HRISTY'S MINSTRELS..— The Ori g i na l, N--) Well-known, and only CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS are Performing nightly to crowded houses at the POLYGRA PHIC HALL, King William-street, Strand. Tickets to be bad at Mr. Mitlell'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; lir. Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.— liorning Performance every Saturday at three o'clock.-- W. P. COLLINS, Sole Proprietor. ARGYLL ZOOMS.—Series of New Music, Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. Bout,- <court', Conductor and Composer. This gentle man w ill pl a y every eveniruz at 11 o'clock, until further notice, variations arrancNd by himself on the Cornet-a-Piston.--The free-list will be o - oen for the profession by leaving their card at the Gorder of the Proprietor.—M anager , M ons . P . et. Admission is. PHRENOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PHY SIOGNO 11 17.--Messm YOWLER, and WELLS, from -America, will LECTURE in EXETER HALL, May 1, on :How to Read Character ;" 2d, "Ch o i ce o f P ursu it s ;" 3d , I A Good Memory." Reserved seats, 2s. ; unreserved, Is. Open at half-past 7, commence at 8. Consultation Rooms, 3 47, Strand, W.C. CONTRACT FOR WASHING BEDDING AT THE TOWER OF LONDON. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Secretary of State for War is prepared to RECEIVE T ENDERS, on or before the 6th May, 1862, for WASHING B EDDING at the Tower of London, from the Ist May, 1862, to the 31st March, 1864. A specification of the work to be performed may be seen on application to the Superintendent of Stores, at the Tower. Tenders must be made upon the proper printed form, which 14 ' , 3' be obtained on application to the Director of Contracts, War -office, Pall-mall, between the hours of 10 and 4. The Secretary of State reserves the right of rejecting any Or all of the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. War office, April 24, 1862. li OVAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. r ~F'S MEN T —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CITAiRmAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq., F.R.S., V.P. bErnTy-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., P.P. APPEAL. The - Committee of Management have to state that, during Me past two years, the Institution has incurred expenses amount ng to £28,650 on various Life-boat Establishments on the Coasts of England, r .;:cotland, and Treland. "-LDuring the past wo years te Life-boats of the National Institutie t :11 have l'ee h n in in rescuing e Crews of the following Vessels:— Schooner .Aan Mitchell, of Montrose Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig P atlas, of Shields , .. c , 111, `. Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .• John BUJ, of Yarmouth .. 6chooner Catherine, of Newry Marque Niagara, of Shields .. Barge of Teignmouth . • • • • • Brig George and James, of London • • Brig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • • •• Schooner Eliza of North Shields .. Barque Oberon, of Liverpool • • • • Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole • • • Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge • • - Brig Ann, of Blyth Sloop Hope, of Dublin • • • Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby • • • • smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• •• Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn • • Brig Gloucester, of South Shields Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• • • Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. Schooner Prospect, of Berwick • • •• FAcop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives • • A Fishing-boat of Whitburn .• - Brig Arethusa, of myth •• •• •• Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris Schooner William, of Morecambe .. Smack Gipsy, of Newry •• •• •• Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. Brig iNTew Draper, of Whitehaven Te.aooner William, of Liverpool .. .cugger Nimrod, of Castletown Brig Providence, of Shields .. Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle •• • • Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. Brig San Spiridione, of Galaxide Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna .. French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese .. Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater • • Ship Danube, of Belfast •• •• •• Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven Brig St. Michel, of Maran .. • • • • • Spanish Barque Primera de Torrevicga (saved ves sel and one of the crew) .. .• .• Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. .• .. • • • • • • .. 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) . • • • • • • Barque Frederick, Of Dublin .. Barque Peace, of London Lugger saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11 Schoe, - ner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) .. Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. Barque Undaunted. of Aberdeen Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. _Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan .. Galliot Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. .. 1 .. a .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 •. 5 .. 6 .. 3 .. 1 .. 5 - 4 .. 4 .. 8 .. 4 .. 2 .. 8 .. 6 .. 5 .. 17 .. 4 .. 6 .. 1 .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 6 .. 4 .. 5 .. 5 .. 3 .. 5 Total .. For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £1,803 as rewards to the crews of the Lifeboats. It has also granted rewards amounting to X. 515 10s. for saving 873 Plipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak ing a total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during the last t%l o years. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is upwards of 12,2(0 ; :or which services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and .15,250 in cash have been granted as rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigoroug efforts /low being made by the Society to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at Lli present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the e Society has made within the past few years, it has now One 'Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man a R'ernent, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough _efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely heeded, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefuliy acknowledge the following con tributions : _ . s. d' iler Majesty the Queen .. annual 50 0 0 Clark, Mrs. •• •• •• •• •• annual 210 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. .. annual 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. .. don. 25 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Barkers .. .. annual 10 0 0 Digby, G W., Esq., Sherborne Castle .. annual 5 0 0 Lord Chief Justice .. don. 10 10 0 'anshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey. Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 30 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. H. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 tanesborough, the Earl of .• .. annual 5 0 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart .. 7th don. 10 0 0 . Moore, Rev. G. B. . don. 15 15 0 ltobartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. annual 5 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich .. .. annual 30 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0 Donations and Annual Su'scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; I;ressrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United kingdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 11, John-street, Adelphi, Lon don, W.C. Payments maybe made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. W llis, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. R. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, liremorrhoids, Gleets, Nervous Debility, Palpitation, &C , MARRIAGE : Its Expectances and Disapp - intments. Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Price Is., 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. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. lel., N 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. " 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 Pallacies, 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.' DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: A TA DICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRTICE A NERVOUS AM) GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &a Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Bookselle7s, and sent pest paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- F i MATURE DECI.I Nit IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Reatoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CunTlS. , , 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY Cll Ai' ER on the Ph ysiologiOld Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER H.—Causes of Spermatorrhoen and Impotence; Farly Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CIIAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marria,ge ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of 'Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CIIAMERS Iv. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book oncluues with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Corns on Manhood.—This is a trul valuable work, and 1.0u1,1 be in the hands of young and old "—" Sunday Times," March, 1850. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases Riltob produce decline in youth or more frequently premature age."—" Daily Telegraph," Mare;. 27, Me. This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain Fund sympathising - manner on the various disqualifications rod impediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and (xec•sses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lan; Pater noster-row; Mann, E 9. CorDb 111 . 11 -911111 01 CQD,sultati9ll7l9 tO 3 and 0 to kit Sundays, 10 WI 2 - - No. 21,787. PUBLICAI lON NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF HIGH CHURCH. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., OWE N: A WAI F. By the Author of " Hien CHURCH " and "No CHURCH." Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. , The MAY NUMBER , contains THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON; Or, City Life in the last Century. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. 130Jk IL—Toe City Man. Chaps. I. to VI. IL Lorn Loriot. By Dud- I VI. The Diet and Dainties ley Costello. (Con- of Australian M1'4 . 1. eluded.) pines. By Alexander 111. A Day with the Alliga- Andrews. tort , . Part I. VII. The Convict System in IV. Mr. Kent's Dreamland. the Colonies. By Capt. V. A Summer in America. Du Cane. Chapter I. VIII. The Irish Widow. A Story founded on Facts .d Hall, 191, Piccadilly. London : Chapman ai NEW LITERARY PAPER. Ou Saturday, May 3, will appear the First Number (32 pp. 4to) of _ . THE PARTHENON ; A Weekly Journal of Literature, Science, and Art. Price 3d. Stamped 4d. Edited by C. W. GoonwrN, Esq., Author of the Mosaic Cos mogony, in the Essays and Reviews. The PARTIIENON will contain--Reviews and Notices of New Works, English and Foreign—Original Articles upon subjects of general and social interest—Foreign Correspon dence, from various parts of the world—Extracts from Foreign Journals of Literature and Art—Articles upon Scientific Subjects —Full Reports of the Weekly Meetings of the Learned Societies—Critical Notices of Art, Music, and the Drama—Obituary Records of Distinguished Men—Miscel laneous Notes on current Topics of interest. N.B.—The PARTIIENON will be published every Friday afternoon in time for the Evening Post, so as to ensure its circulation throughout the country on Saturday. May be had of all Booksellers. Office-7, Burleigh-street, Strand, W.C. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE 11 fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'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." Rent and Co., Paternoster-row. PRACTICAL GEOLOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, London.—Professor TENNAN T, F.G.S., will commence a Course of LECTURES on WEDNESDAY morning, APRIL 30, at Nine o'clock, having especial refe rence to the application of GEOLOGY to ENGINEERING, MINING, ARCHITECTURE, and AGRICULTURE. The Lectures will be continued on each succeeding Friday and Wednesday, at the same hour. Fee, £1 lls. 6d. R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. N.B.—The class will be accompanied by the Professor to the British Museum, the Great Exhibition, and to places of Geological interest in the country. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, A nd Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149. Stand. W.C., Lonaon. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, 31INERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOG Y is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE.—Copaiba and Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion collicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in render- ing item perfectly innocuous by increasing all their curative properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academy 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 the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland, and Legros Clark.—(Lanoet, 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. JOZ EAU'S, French Chemist, 49, Haymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, Tire pared withoutany mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. 4 cott, of Bromley, Rent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. 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 appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, Ind by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. Od. 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. GIVEN - AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, haa. Just published, for the benefit of Nervous 'ufferers, 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 sfemory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrheea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health And vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob Qervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope And two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, _Burton crescent, Taviatook-square, London, W.C. Felt Free 12 stamps, ON the Successful TREATMENT and CURE of SPERMATORRIREA, by a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. H. J. Smart, 10, Ave Maria-lane, Paternoster-row, London MEDICAL REVELATIONS. k s ELF-TREATMENT — INIPLIFIED, 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 seminolog - y, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wasting - s, and withering of the nervous tissues, ttc. 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 FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most ,hattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, Excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by he 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 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 Prout and Co., Patent Medi zineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. LOST -OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, le. tilll. An ESSAY on 'TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting, information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Cuiverwell has already established the reputation of an ab'e 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 th e y p ossess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand , which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement , which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on:coming out:of a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct, 13, 1861. Consultations daily till 12 a.m. THE PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF HAPPINESS. Happiness is a word of such comprehensive meaning; that, when rightly interpreted, it includes every possession and condition which can to the object of really permanent desire. Mere pleasure is not necessarily one of these p'ssessions or conditions, for, when not guided and controlled by prudence, it becomes the source of misery instead of happiness. Good health. vigour of body and mind, is not only one of its condi tions, but the primary one, chief and indispensable ; whilst imprudent pleasure is health s most implacable enemy. A mono - st the most treacherous, dangerous, widely-spread, and fatal effects of imprudent pleasure (in which may be in cluded that juvenile ERROR to which youth is peculiarly liable, and which is often contracted from vicious associates), are those innumerable disorders which are known by the gene ral designation of "Nervous Disease and Debility." They are of all affections the most insidious, and it their conse iuences be not checked by thoroughly skilful treatment, they are most destructive. They b'ast life's fairest hopes and destinies, exclude man from the realisation of his most cherished wishe, , , and destroy life it sell. But it is not from this error alone that these diseases ori ginate. Various causes may produce them, such as long resi dence in warm and tropical climates; prolonged stay at sea, o r exclusion from social intercourse ; accidents ; habits of diet or di irk, not adapted in quality and quantity to the con stitution ; sedentary life or occupation; mental shocks, and many others. One of the dangers peculiar to this class of afflictions is, that the apathy and neglect with which the diseases and morbid affections have been treated by the inedicalProfes sio have produced a general ignorance respecting; them, leaving them to be made matters of speculation by unedu cated and unqualified persons. who, from being tolerated in snaking false pretentions to medical titles and degrees, do a great deal of mischief. Dr. LA'MEHT, M.D., &c., is the only regularly educated practitioner, who has for 23 years attended exclusively to this difficult and intricate brands of Pathology, and very useful information and analogous suggestions are to be found in his essay on " Self-Preservation," which may be had from the Author, or from Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price is. ; post free for 13, or sealed ends for 20 stamps.—At home from 10 till 2, anti 0 till S. 37, Beclltcl-Pattaxe,-149Adcm. - --.--' .. ---- --e- ,ee---- - Z__,& del -------- .. • .•. , . • . . - . .. .._. / .. . . . . . - I Ai. ii„ , .. •. .. -• • _ ... . le ' !kil t:Z( 4 ' ,i • - "fta it‘ .. ... . iefo 1 #, .t, • 6 " • 3t 4 . ~,,:=_- 1 4 \ t c4' , 1 , j` ... .Vi , (r)l 4,- ,? , •.v ltiti 6,0' „`•. ~.. ~,, -y , ~ , \ k,. ' ,-- \, , toimili . s , --; 4 ------_ , s , - 3 pliirii . - . , ..„ , .........." 4 ;!,::, „gb,,„ \ / ,,. 5i1i......... .` , .7.; , L. - • - ,d-- - - , v 56,49— ~... ~._ ' 0 ".• / e,, , y,ti11ki11i11w..,..... '''' .A-:: 5 —) -- .;.• f.A. ~-:, t ...„- c c- - c.; , .: ' ~., i ' ''' . S.-__ ' ' i ll-----:----. 2' /41 01 ../' OA. '': 'cis i4 .'.. 1, 0t-s.' , •'-\ t •a -... ';'-.-- - .". . , , _ *----- --,•-• ~....-, ; 1•-•, , ' Di v ' 3,.‘ - ,, 5. -e.., - .14 —O, ..,. ...--, ' ~ ~~ - 3 —-- . __. . ~..:, ..erly L , ..- . ;• , 4: • ,- //-4.). ~\,•,• ~. ;.. Jc ...., lllPP"—\,:''' - It „...„,...„,..„...... ..„.:.... ..... ..... .. ~.._ THE SITi4, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1862. INDIA AND CHINA MAILS. We have received letters and journals from Cal cutta to the 22d March, and from Hong Kong to the 15th. The following is from the fortnightly summary of the Friend of India : The accession of the Earl of Elgin dates from Wednesday the 12th of March. With a reputation greater than any living English statesman has been enabled to achieve without adopting parliamentary life, he comes to the vice-royalty of India with sin gular advantage and prestzge. Famous throughout Asia for two successful expeditions to China and for having opened Japan to the commerce of the world, he brings the authority 'of a great name to the government of a great cmpiite. And as ex-Governor of Canada and Jamaica he has had the opportunity of accumulating experience of colonial government. Last Wednesday ho presided for the first time in the Imperial Legislative Council, and on taking his seat used the following words:—" I cannot take my seat in this place in sucession to the great and good men who have preceded me without expressing my gratitude for the wise policy they have pursued, and my sense of the advantage which I shall derive from the counsel and assistance of those by whom I am sur rounded. Nor can I avoid giving expression to the hope that our efforts here may be made conducive to the moral and material interests of this great empire, and to the happiness, prosperity, and contentment of all classes of her Majesty's subjects." Besides the Hon. J. Hovell-Thurlow, who accompanied Lord Egin from England as his private secretary, the following appointments on the staff have been made :—Lieut.-Colonel Seymour J. Blane, of her Majesty's 52d, to be military secretary; and Major A. Scott, of her Majesty's sth, Captain Baring, of the late Ist European Cavalry, and Lieut. the Hon. A. Stewart, R.H.A., to be aides-de-camp to the Viceroy. One of the most prominent topics in Calcutta, and one which excites great dissatisfaction in every quarter, is the manner in which Sir Charles Wood, according to the last advices received from home, suppressed the truth with reference to certain mili tary details which India naturally regards as a great grievance. Mr. Laing stated, not long ago, to the Madras Chamber of Commerce, that the cost of the actual above the established strength of the Euro- pean force for the past year, would have sufficed to reduce the import duties on manufactures to the old rate. The established strength has been fixed at 71,000 men, which requires a depot of 5,000 re cruits in England. But the actual force has ranged from 83,000 to 74,000 men, and an extravagant outlay has been necessitated to support in depot from 20,000 to 14,000 recruits until some reduction was made in the course of last year. The cause of the reduction was an arrangement made with the Horse Guards, by virtue of which the War-office be came, as it were, contractors to keep up the Indian army to a stand of 71,000 men for £l3 10s. a-head. Then it became the interest of the authorities at home not to keep the recruits in depot, but to ship them off for India, and thereby get £l3los. a head for them. Accordingly they soon discovcrd the 14,000 men in depot to be totally unnecessary, and so the number was reduced by the last English military estimates below 7,000, and .reeruiting was stopped. The result of this to the Indian Government has been that the estimate for regi mental and depot expenditure for 1861.62 has con tinned at £1,460,000, which is £500,000 more than ,he established force would have cost under the arrangement to pay £l3 10s. a head. The 5,000 or 6,000 supernumerary men have been billetted on India, in order to lighten the home estimate and to cover the failure of Mr. Gladatone's financial schemes, which were based upon the plan of re- ducing taxes in the face of an, obvious deficit, and had been thrown into confusion by the unexpected cost of the war in China. The Calcutta Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting held two days ago, rebel-red " that a memorial from the Chamber of Commerce be presented to his Ex- cellency the Governor-General in Council, praying for the early reduction of the import duties to the rates ruling in 1859." The Chamber further resolved to present an ad dress of welcome to Lord Elgin, and adopted the following resolution :—" That on the occasion of the relinquishment by the Right Hon. Earl Can ning of the Governorship of India, this chamber records its gratitude to his lordship for the closing act of his administration, viz., the bringing in ' a bill to provide for the sale of Waste Lands and for the redemption of the Land Revenue,' as also for the many other important measures advocated by this chamber which have from time to time received the sanction of his lordship's Government." Lord Canning's last acts of patronage consisted of the appointment of Mr. Temple to officiate as Chief Commissioner of the Central Frovinces, and of Mr. Bowring as Chief Commissioner of Mysore; the former of which has met with general approval, while the latter has excited some astonishment on account of his youth and inexperience. It is, how ever, to be observed that Mr. Bowring has now the opportunity to falsify, at least in one instance, the remark that Lord Canning never made a man—an opportunity of which we wish him success in his endeavours to avail himself. _ _ _ Sir J. P. Grant has at last taken action in the matter of the rent struggle in Nuddea. It will be remembered that on the llth January last the Go vernment of India, in a letter to the Bengal Secre tary, which it communicated to the Landholders' Association, expressed its dissatisfaction with the local government for misunderstanding the Gover nor-General's instructions as to the duties of the Special Rent Commissioners, and not sufficiently supporting these gentlemen. Sir J. P. Grant at once fastened on a certain vagueness of expression which characterised the censure, and took advan tage of the too notorious fact of the dilatoriness of the Supreme Government, which continued to re ceive its subordinate's reports without remark, to declare that he was wronged, and to ask for a re view of judgment. The tone of Sir J. P. Grant's letter is characterised by an insolence happily rare in official documents, and none the less to be re gretted that his reply was dated only a week before Lord Canning's departure. The grievance of which the Governor-General really complained was the Lieutenant-Governor's unwillingness to support the special commissioners, his continued opposition to every reform advised by the government of India, and his resolution to do nothing himself. An extra, published by the Englishman on the 22d March, thus announces the death of the Hon. Wm. Ritchie, late Advocate-General of India : The William Ritchie of Thackeray's touching comparison with his cousin Sir Richmond Shakes peare is dead ; almost before ho can have acknow ledged that kindly tribute of an old and worthy friendship. We write the dreary words again and again, and can yet scarcely realise their sad truth. Just twenty years ago he came to India, where all that time he has worked with untiring energy, high aim, and full success, occupyin g from the first a position at the bar calculated to inspire his competitors with envy ; and for the latter part of it a position with the Govern ment and a share in the imperial councils, making him the mark for all men's criticism. And the highest praise that a successful public man can claim is his. No man is his enemy ; all men will sincerely mourn him. All parties will acknowledge that at this eventful period almost any man could have been better spared. What higher testimony can we bear than those who Lave most closely criticised his:pub lic acts unite with those who knew him best in his kindly, honourable, private life, in declaring that the testimony borne by Thackeray to his friend of earlier days is paid by all who have later known the ripened and busy public servant thus cut off in the midst of his great work. Last Saturday we heard that he was unwell, on Wednesday that he wag Absent from his place in the Supreme Council, dangerously ill with his internal inflammation ; then the sorrowful recognition of imminent danger, the temporary rally cheating his friends into hoping against hope, and then this morning that hope was past ; at last the insensibility of absolute exhaus tion, and at 4 o'clock that the kindly heart had ceased to beat; that the busy brain, teaming with the results of an experience invaluable to the coun try at this juncture, was at rest; that the open hand and generous nature which, had helped so many in their need were cold for the first time to all appeals. Such consolation as can be afforded to his bereaved family circle by the warm sympathy of a whole community is theirs, for death never struck down one in British India who commanded more entirely the esteem and good feeling of all with whom he came in contact, whether in public or in private life, whether among Europeans or natives, than did William ltitchie. existed since the country was opened, The old complaint that the rules for residents are not fol lowed by those who made them has broken ciat more virulently than before. There is evidently a lack of consular integrity in the country; by next mail we shall know the grievances in detail. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Overland China Mail, March 15.) The London.ir ails of Jan. 27 arrived here by the Behar on the 12th, but had been anticipated by the Thunder, which left Singapore the night before the mail steamer, and reached this on the 10th. As was the case last overland, we have very little to re port on business matters. The northern ports in the Gulf of Pct-chee-lee are still shut in by ice, and those in the Yang trze-li lung aro scarcely opened forthe season, though a brisk trade is expected when they are. Shanghae trade is stopped by the rebels, and the only business at Ningpo is in rice and other articles of food. In the south, importers of manufac tures are more disposed to meet the views of native dealers, but no extensive transactions have yet taken place. At Tientsin, Chefoo, Hankow, &c., we have therefore nothing to report. _ . Shanghae, March 6. Sales of imports, 7,500 pieces grey shirtings, and a few whites, 1,000 pieces T cloths, and as many chintzes, with 600 spotted shirtings and 200 brocades, aro all that are reported. In exports 450 chests black (Ning chows) and 1,300 half chests green (Moyune and Fychow), are the only transactions. Of silk, 3,500 bales had found buyers. Exchange, 6s 11d for bank, 6s 2d for credit. Freights, £5 to £5 10s for tea, £6 to £6los for silk. Ships loading—for London, Cambala, Damio, Gabalva, Hadassah James Paton, Saturnus, and Spray of the Ocean. Fuhchau, March 10.—In imports, little doing. The sales comprise some 1,200 pieces grey shirtings, 500 brocadez, and a few hundred pieces of other goods. The transactions in teas since our last are 16,000 chests and 11,000 half-chests congou, 350 chests flowery Pekoe, 1,000 half-chests Oolong and 900 boxes, scented. The market is now pretty well cleared of stocks. Freights to London £5 10s. Ships load ing for London, Alarac and Harkaway. Amoy, March 10.-600 bales Bombay cotton, 250 yarn, 4,400 pieces grey shirtings, 1,500 T cloths, 400 American drills, 450 fancy goods, and 300 pieces chintz are the sales reported. In exports some purchases of sugar have taken place. _ Canton—Of imports, sales, 4,500 bales cotton, 5,000 pieces grey shirtings, 1,500 American drills, 1,400 piculs hoop and bar iron, 24,000 piculs rice, and 6,000 piculs sugar. Of teas the settlements are, 15 chops congou, and 1,000 half-chests Canton picked, 5,000 boxes scented orange pekoe and 9,000 caper, 7,000 - boxes gunpowder, and 3,500 half-chests, 1,600 boxes young hyson. Nothing done in silk. Freights to London, £4los. THE DEFENCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM TENNESSEE TO 114.EW ORLEANS. A writer in a contemporary says :—The surren der of No. 10 Island could surprise no one, for the wonder is that it held out so long. These islands are all composed of 4 the river silt deposited during freshets, and raised by the vegetation that forms upon them. They rise but little above the level of the water, contain no stone, and the scrub that grows upon them cannot be regarded as timber. Hence their material capabilities for defence are miserable, and render remarkable the tenacious hold of the place against such a force as that bombard ing it. It has served the intended purpose, for the loss of a month's time to the Federals has not only enabled Beauregard to organise an army from the previously scattered detachments, but has entirely ruined the prospects of the present campaign on the Mississippi. There were but three months at command, and half that time is gone, while the flotilla has only overcome the first and one of the smallest obstacles to its progress. There are those who think that this event opens the Mississippi to Memphis ; but this is not the case. The next position to be challenged is Fort Ran dolph, a strong defence on one of the Chickasaw bluffs, unlikely to be much affected by shells or to be captured, except by attack from the land side, to which, like Columbus, it is exposed. Before an at tack of that kind can be made West Tennessee must be occupied—a district intensely Southern in senti ment, and not as yet invaded. Assuming Fort Randolph to fall, there remains, before reaching Memphis, a formidable obstacle in an island much better adapted for defence than No. 10. This island is surrounded by smaller ones, forming a group by which the channel is narrowed greatly and the cur rent proportionally increased in rapidity. Here the Southerners, who hold both banks of the river, have established batteries upon them, which, with those on the head of the island, will bring a triple fire to converge upon any approaching object. It is stated by those connected with the district that this island has been fortified with the utmost care, and opera tions such as those against No. 10 afford little pros pect of success against defences of much greater strength, and surrounded by circumstances which enhance so greatly the difficulties of naval attack. After this has been overcome Memphis may be approached. This city was fortified at the com mencement of the war, and the year which has since elapsed has afforded ample time to stregthen it. The river front of the bluff is crowned with a ram part of cotton in bales eight deep, packed with sand and secured with heavy timber. The old Navy-yard is converted into a battery, and another commands the mouth of Wolf River, while heavy guns are planted at intervals along the ridge of the bluff. On the land side a deep ravine or bayou runs south from Wolf River, and encircles the town at a favourable distance from it. This strong natural defence is said to be continuously lined with redoubts. Hence no operation has yet been at tempted by the North which approaches in difficulty the capture of Memphis; and if we suppose it to be taken by the Federals will then be 780 miles from New Orleans, with Natchez, Vicksburg, and Baton Rouge to pass, and with the country on both sides of the river in possession of the enemy. There are many points of difficult navigation for the ordinary steamers; how much more so for gunboats, mortar vessels, and a crowded fleet of transports One difficulty usually unnoticed may be men tioned. The only fuel on the Mississippi. is wood, _ _ _ which is always stacked dry and ready for the steam boats. This will be burnt as the flotilla comes down, and it will be impossible to land, cut down timber, and burn it green. For this, provision has been made by constructing the gunboats so as to burn coal; but every vessel must be of light draught of water and small carrying capacity—a point of little importan\ce, so far, within reach of friends and depots. In proceeding, however, to a distance of 1,000 miles from Cairo—and there is no coal obtain able down the river,—the consumption of a great fleet of steamers, and its supply, will become matters of extreme difficulty ; for a steamer once out of coal must make fast to a bank in the bands of the enemy, or be swept by the current into their arms. This is but one of the minor difficulties of this enterprise, but practical men who consider it, who weigh the operations required to reduce the first island, and the number and strength of the positions to be en countered without failure at any one of them, will take a less hopeful view of this matter than those who have imagined it to be in the nature of an ex. cursion with just danger enough to give a zest to it. And the end of this unpromising voyage would bo New Orleans—a city of 160,000 inhabitants, fire caters to a man, spurred by a Vigilance Committee, with large resources, inspiriting traditions of suc cessful defence, and a large French element in its population—a race little likely to hold back from a barricade or any other kind of fighting. Here, in addition to its own resources, would be accumulated all the steamers and combatants driven down the river by the Federal advance. It is not improbable that the fleet of gunboats, iron-roofed batteries, and steam rams, under the command of such men as Maury and other of the best officers of the former navy, will exceed in number and power the force coming to attack them. On land, fortifications, prepared long since, will be defended by numbers equal to those of the assailants. What the proba bility of success in such an enterprise is the reader may judge for himself. Great stress is, indeed, laid on the effect of the mortar-boats; but shells, a powerful auxiliary in an attack, cannot decide a contest. There has been ample time to proNide for them, and wherever earth, bagging, and timber eau COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The following is from the Calcutta Enghsitnian of March 22: Our markets are duller than ever. Owing to the petition of Manchester to the Secretary of State for repeal of the im port duties on cotton goods and yarns, and the knowledge that the Chamber of Commerce would follow in the steps of the Manchester millowners, the bazaar dealers may be said to have been simply " looking on" during the past week. It is now well known to all traders in Manchester cotton goods, that in addition to the large stocks already in hand, enormous shipments have not only arrived during January and February to the extent of some sixty-nine millions yards of white and grey shirtings, but that there are now actually shipped and in transit seventy-four millions yards in addi tion. The anticipation therefore is that - with the repeal of the import duties will come so extensive a stock of cotton fabrics and twist, that the market will be glutted, involving a considerable fall in prices. The native, whatever his posi tion or class, has no thought of the value of time ; he will wait patiently days, weeks, months, the advent of the time when his desires will be realised, and as patience is a virtue greatly esteemed and practised by the Hindoos, we see no prospect of any improvement in the market, until that time comes when sales will be effected at greatly reduced rates. and then even activity will be but transitory. The first concession on the part of holders will give evidence of weak ness, which the native is ever prompt to turn to account. In exports there is little doing, freights may be quoted as last given by us, shipments are comparatively trifling in all except rice, and of this but a small proportion is for home markets; exchange has a tendency to droop, and may be said to be an eighth lower all round than when the last mail left. CHINA. The following is from the summary of the Over rand China Mail of March 15:— The London mail of January 27 arrived here on the 12th instant. The internal state of the Chinese empire, and the attitude of foreign nations with re gard to the belligerents in the domestic war which has continued for so many years to desolate the cell: tral provinces of this country, will, it is now evident, be the chief subjects of interest here for many months to come. The step deliberately taken by the allied naval and military commanders, of protecting Shanghae, is gradually leading us on to actual hos tilities with the Taeping rebels, and it is now pretty well ascertained that there exists among these people a party strongly in favour of turning their arms against foreigners. From all we can learn, however, such a step has not exactly been deter mined upon by the higher leaders of this movement. The necessity for mere subsistence has a good deal to do with the movements of the Taeping soldiers, that having hitherto, as far as we can judge, formed their only motives of action. It is true, that flashy promulgations have been issued by the rebel leaders, setting forth their own greatness and their preten sions to divinity ; but these pretensions have not been at all supported by a display either of military or administrative genius. The English admiral has been keeping down his restless spirit during the past fortnight by short excursions up and down the Wongpoo river (on which Shanghae is situated) in search of rebel forces. These were discovered and driven off on two occasions—the first, about the 15th ultimo, five miles down the river, where Col. Ward, with 500 disciplined Chinese, routed a rebel force, while the admiral attended with "moral sup port ;" the next, about a week afterwards, fifteen miles up the river, when a force, consisting of 400 English, 300 French, and 700 "disciplined" Chinese, drove a force of 5,000 rebels out of a village in which they had fortified themselves; the achieve ment was mainly owing to good artillery practice. By these facts it will be seen that the country about Shanghae is being taken under foreign protection, and the probability is that the rebels will eventu ally regard this protection while it continues effi cient, retailiating in their own way as they happen to have opportunity. Recent rumours speak of them as about to cast their eyes on Fuhchau, and, in the absence of an imperial force, the capture of that city would follow close upon its investment. At Peking, by the last accounts, some activity was being manifested in the promotion or degrada tion of civil and military officers according to their conduct. The Emperor has also decreed that the provinces now distressed by the presence of the re bels shall be exempt from payment of this year's taxes to the Government ; this measure is affirmed to proceed from pity for the suffering of the people in the provinces specified. Altogether there has nothing occurred during the past fortnight that points to a way out of the present unsatisfactory condition into which Chinese affairs have fallen. From Tien-tsin, we hear that the ice is likely to break up a little earlier than usual this year ; the troops and residents had been amusing themselves by skating, sledging, &c. Some amateur theatri cals had also helped to vary the monotony of a northern winter. From Neuchwang (in Manchuria), we learn that the foreign residents have been in imminent danger from the populace, many signs of hostility having been shown by the latter, almost amounting to vio lence. _ At Hankow all is quiet by last advices. At Kiurkiang (our port at the mouth of Poyang lake) the imperial troops have lately been threaten ing and suspicious in their conduct to foreigners. The principal residents have transmitted to Shang hae a statement of their position. For some reason which does not appear the gunboat originally sta tioned there has been withdrawn, and the imperial troops, not knowing how much we are befriending them elsewhere, have taken the opportunity of an noying foreigners ; beyond this, no harm is likely to ensue. From the other ports there is no news of im- ;ance. At Manilla there has been an earthquake with out serious results. Our correspondent, writing on the sth instant, says :—" I am afraid we are going to have another earthquake, unless the rain, which has just commenced falling, continues to pour down in good earnest. Happily for us, these shocks are generally of short duration. From the records of the last two centuries, it would ap pear that every 28 years, a heavy shock of earth quake and a hurricane are experienced at Manilla; slight shocks are annually felt, and I have no doubt that very many pass unperceived. The Times seems to have fallen into error with regard to the treaty of Pekin, as we find in an article on Russian encroachments in the East, re ceived by last mail, a supposition that " in negotia ting the recent treaties, we thought only of China and forgot Tartary"—to such an extent, that Mr. Bruce, the Times believes, has declared his inability to make application for passports from Pekin for an expedition to Yarkand. This, we think, must be a mistake, :as we know that, on the conclusion of the treaty in 1860, imperial orders were issued from Pekin for its publication throughout Manchuria and Mongolia, and that Yarkand was actually specified in the rescript. It is not likely, the re f o re, that Mr Bruce can have made any such statement as the times alludes to. The news from Japan has reference only to the chronic state of dissatisfaction with their consuls in which the mercantile community hal) always ~~ PRICE,.... -...4d. STAMPED ..,,sd. be found, shelter may be provided ; the supply also will be limited, as it proved to be at Sweaborg, and there v iv i!l be no means to replenish the magazines. The expedition der General Butler was probably intended to await the arrival of the flotilla from the North, and to co-operate with if, $ (.l ftS to place the city between two fires. But all experience of war fare has proved that combined movements, where the points of departure are remote and the progress of either force is exposed to accident, break down iii practice, however brilliant their promise in de sign. General Butler must either now face the Yellow Fever or make bis at tack illone. The latter event was expected at New York, and of course with triumphant success. A much more probable result is a disastrous repulse or a repetition of Gen. Shermau's operations before Savannah. In addition to the difficulties of descending the Mississippi, it is absoiutely essential that there should be continued success on the part of the land forces. Without them, to plunge 800 miles into a hostile country would be madness. In this point of view the recent battle of the Tennessee is of criti cal importance. Whoever looks at the map will see that, so long 'as a powerful army occupies Co rinth, no advance can be made upon Memphis by its opponents, It is imperative that the Federals should dislodge that force, and drive it out of the field of their operations against Memphis. The re sult of the recent battle affords little prospect that this can be done. That battle was unquestionably a victory for the South. Its army did not accom plish what was nearly within its reach, but after fighting a severe engagement, bravely contested on both sides, it returned of its own accord to its own position, with some thousands of prisoners, includ ing a General and, as one account states, the new Northern Governor of the State, and with several batteries of artillery taken from the enemy. By the latest accounts the Federals admit a loss of 2,000 as prisoners and 35 guns, the Southern statements claim 6,000 and 48 guns. At whatever point be tween these the truth may be found, the result must unquestionably rank as a victory. Its ulterior effect will be greater than the immediate one in abating the confidence of the one side and stimulating the energies of the other. next week. On Saturday evening the members of the 46th Middlesex (London and Westminster) mustered at Westminster Hall, under the command of Captain and Adjutnnt Christie, and went through a variety of complex movements in a steady manner. Lieut.- Colonel Sir John Villiers Shelley, in a regimental order just issued, congratulates the officers, non commissioned officers, and privates on the zeal and efficiency displayed by them during the Brighton Review, which " reflects great credit on the every satisfac trieegui.menHte," t r andusts thatafforded they Pay great atten tion to firing and light infantry drills, so that they place with equal credit at the forth may take their coming review, which will be held after the prize shooting at Wimbledon this year. On Saturday evening, the members of the First City of London Engineers paraded in full dress at their drill rooms, White-street, Finsbury- pavement. After the usual company drill, the corps marched out, with their brass band, to the north east of London, via the City-road, Old-Street, Kingsland-road, returning by Hackney- road. Many recruits having recently joined, it has been decided to form another company ; and arrange ments have been made for au additional drill night for recruits, in order that they may be so far ad vanced as to admit of their taking part in tracing field, and other works, at an early date. On Thursday last a match between ten members of the No. 12 (St. James's) company and ten mem bers of the No. 8 (Broadwood's) company of the Queen's (Westminster) Rifles was shot off at Worm wood Scrubbs. The ranges were 200, 500, and 600 yards, five shots per man at each range. The following are the scores :—No. 12 company— Sergeants Nash, 12 ; Ship way, 13 ; Corporal Carrick, 7; Privates Young, 11; Ashman, 15; Swears, 7; Ballard 12; Hadwen, 7; James, 15 ; Smith, 5 ; total, 104 points. No, 8 Company—En. sign A. Black, 16 ; Sergeants Anderson, 13 ; Allen, 9; Corporal Luce, 5; Privates Baxter, 14; Baron, 12 ; Christie, 8 ; Henderson, 14 ; Heath, 8 ; Tinto, 14 : total, 112 ; less, 2, 110. The No. 8 (Broadwood) company thus won by 6 points. The prize contended for was a rifle, value £4, and was awarded to Ensign A. Black, who made the highest score on the win ning side. A strong aide wind was blowing from the bench, and the sun shining directly up the range during the match. A general meeting of the Sussex Volunteer As sociation was held at the Town Hall, Brighton, on Saturday afternoon, to consider the locality for holding the second prize meeting. The Lord Lieutenant of the county (the Earl of Chichester) took the chair. Considerable discussion took place relative to holding the next prize meeting in the town of Brighton, to which there were various objections urged, the main one being that, financially speaking, Brighton had shown little anxiety for the progress of the associa tion, it appearing from a statement of accounts that, out of 531 donations, that town had given only 68, representing a sum of £lO 10s. 61, out of £126 19s. Captain Pipon moved that the next meeting be held at some other town, where they could find the necessary accommodation and better support. The resolution, which was seconded by Lieut. the Hon. Richard Denman, was then put and carried unanimously, and the following were appointed on the committee :—Major Gaisford, Major D'Albis, Captain Pipon, Captain Itoupell, Captain Cowie, Lieut. Denman, and Gunner Catt. Lieut. Cockburn was elected honorary secretary in the room of Captain Husey Hunt, resigned in con sequence of his inability to give that time and atten tion which the duties of the office required. It was understood that steps would be taken to connect the county with the National Rifle Association. We read in the Gazette of Bankruptcy:—" It is stated that Mr. Roupell, late M.P. for Lambeth, whose unsuccessful building speculations have, it is understood, principally contributed to involve him in his present diffi culty, has offered his creditors a composition of 7s 6d in the pound." A TALE or HORROR.—Mr. —, we shall call him Mr. Vellum, of Melbourne, is blessed with the friend ship of Mr. —, we shall call him Mr. Stockwhip—whose cattle station is not a hundred miles from Echuca. Stock whip is in the habit of sendingdown tongues, potted butter, rolled beef, and fifty other up-country niceties to his town friend as presents. On Tuesday last arrived at Vellum's office a good sized keg, the address card in the usual well known hand writing. It was late in the afternoon, just about time to start for Paradise Villa, South Yarra; the gift was safely stored in the buggy, and off Vellum started with the treasure; while tea was getting ready the keg was opened. " How heavy it is ?" says one. " What on earth can he have sent this time ?" says another. Specu lation was not allayed when the lid was prized open, and only dry salt presented to view. "Dive deeper," was the order of Paterfamilias, ,'there must be something else in it." The salt was carefully removed and with considerable difficulty something bulky was dragged out, of indefinite shape and texture. " Perhaps it's a Murray cod," said one of the juveniles. " Seems to be some preparation of pork," remarked Vellum ; however, let's have some fried for tea and see how it eats." Fried a slice or two of it; everybody tasted, but nobody liked it; it was horribly tough. "Per haps we don't know how to cook it properly, suppose we try it to-morrow for breakfast." Stewed it was, and, cer tainly it tasted a little more savoury, but still tough. The proper mode of cooking it had evidently not yet been hit upon; a piece was ordered to be boiled for dinner, and Vellum started for the day's business in Chancery-lane. There was the usual pile of letters to open, but one in Stockwhip's handwriting had the preference, and here it is: —" Dear —, the scourge has reached us at last. Two of my finest bullocks were found dead in the paddock yester • day morning, and en being opened the indications of pleura pneumonia were unmistakeable. The left lung of one of them Dr. here says is the most perfect specimen of diseased structure he ever saw. I want Dr. Macadam and Mr. Miscamble to see it, and I therefore send it—to----.. you--packed--in—salt." Vellum's eyes began to swim. He did not dine at home that day.—Geelong Ad. vertiser. CASE OF SUSPECTED POISONING.—An inquest was opened on Tuesday, before Mr. C. G. Thompson, core- , ner, at the Royal Hotel, Kirkby Lonsdale, to inquire into the death of 'the late Mrs. Ann Atkinson, dressmaker, of that town, who died in the month of Oct., 1860. The body was disinterred, and a post mortent examination made by Mr. T. H. Whitaker, surgeon, and the contents of the stomach, &c., transmitted to Dr. Mundy, analytical che mist, of Leeds, for examination, pending whose report the inquiry stands adjourned to Thursday, the 29th inst. From the evidence of Mr. Joseph Atkinson, the husband (examined by Mr. Eloper), which was partly taken at the inquest, and from what we have been able to learn, it ap • pears that the deceased died in London after a few days' severe illness, at the house of a Mrs. Taylor alias Wilzon (the Constance Nilson who was committed for trial on Tuesday last by the Magistrate at the Marylebone Police office for attempting the life of a Mrs. Cornell, by poison), her symptoms being such as to create at the time suspicions that she had been unfairly dealt with. These suspicions, however, were by some means or other allayed for the time, and nothing more was thought about the matter until some months since, when farther events transpired which once more raised in the mind of Mr. Atkinson suspicions that his poor wife had come to an untimely end. Inquiries were made in London, and the result was the discovery of what it is feared will turn out to be a fearful train of atrocities committed by this woman Wilson, who appears under the garb of devoted friendship to have lured her victims to her house, and then poisoned and robbed them, and in some cases even to have adopted that means of de stroying her victims for no apparent purpose than the re.. moval of an obstacle to the gratification of h er passions. The inquiry is creating the greatest interest in the town, where the deceased was long and intimately known by all around, and much sympathy is felt for Mr. Atki nson in the distressing position in which lie is placed, EWSPA.PER vi:.*Llo 4 ' ?'RE VOLUNTEERS: • On Saturday afternoon the members -,vtb - 4151:4,- 4 5 , 17 n+ Middlesex (London Scottish) Rifles ass. 11.-;f- f: 4 'M AvNiv head -quarters, and marched to the Regent s-erk,ii s preceded by thei r brass band and bagpipes. —rho corps was under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Lord Elcho. Several movements having been satisfactorily executed, the battalion formed a square, and the gallant colonel addressed the members. After complimenting them on the satisfactory manner in which they had all acquitted themselves on Easter Monday last, be said that he was sure they now saw how absolutely necessary it was to be well np in skirmishing, and that they might place them selves on an equal footing with the " lawyers" (the Inns of Court, who formed the first line of skit mishers at the Brighton Review'), he proposed that during:the summer months as many members ts could conveniently spare the time would attend a course cfsliirmi:ihing driils, which would take phlec in ;the - - Green Park on Tuesdays and FrillaYr, at seven o'clock in the morning, commencing film ~l MR. PARKES ON CHINA. At the soiree given at the town residence of the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, on . Friday night, Mr. Consul Parkes gave a general outline of the present state of affairs in China, more especially of the character of the rebel Taepings. Mr. Parkes first rapidly traced the story of foreign relations with the Chinese empire until the last two Chinese wars, but espe cially the last. It had been absolutely necessary, he observed, to impress on the Chinese, by such a stern process or teaching, the fact that they were only one of the numerous families of mankind on the face of the earth, all of which should treat one another with mutual respect, and none arrogate above the rest an absolute and exclu sive superiority. He then proceeded to speak of the character, acts, and religious belief of the Chinese rebels, the Taepings. The history of that rebellion was not, he remarked, anything unusual in Chinese history. Successive rebellions had shaken the Chinese empire even in the course of the present century—in 1813 and in 1826; indeed, one of the Chinese viceroys had once observed to him that such sanguinary convulsions should rather be hailed with satisfaction, otherwise the population of China would increase far too rapidly. For a long time, when the Taeping insurrection was raging in the distant provinces of the Empire, very vague and confused ideas were formed of its real nature. The rebels were believed to be a sect of Chinese Christians, and their successes were looked forward to with hope, as implying the speedy triumph of the gospel. Such views were not confined to England. They had been shared by the English residents in China. But after their latest successes, which had brought them more in contact with foreigners, and had en abled the latter to cbtain accurate details of their previous progress, the ideas before entertained of their being Chinese crusaders must be wholly given up. They must be judged by their fruits. England could scarcely wish them success, for, wherever they passed, they absolutely depopulated the country, and if England was to have any trade with China that trade could not flourish if the Chinese were to disappear. Great end populous provinces—cities with a million of inhabitants—presented nothing but misery and squalor and desolation since the invasion of these locusts. In some cases there had been wholesale massacres ; in others, all amongst the population who could migrate had fled before the approach of the Taepings. This proved two things—first, that the Taepings had not the sympathy of the Chinese people, that they were not hailed by the Chinese as their liberators from an iron oppression ; and, second, that the Chinese Government was far too weak to protect its subjects. This was, indeed, the great fault—the capital defect of the Chinese Government. It was a bad Government, not so much because it was a cruel, as because it was a feeble Government. It was unable to perform, with any degree of satisfaction to itself or others, the first and most elementary functions of a Go vernment—the protection of life and property— which the subject has a right to expect in any State, Of the Christianity of the Taepings, about which so much had been said, Consul Parkes gave some curious details. The head of the rebels had issued what might be termed the official confession of faith, which all his followers were to profess and believe, and whoever should teach anything contrary to the same was to be subjected to the severest penalties. In this official confession of faith it was declared that the present head of the rebellion completed the revolution of Christ, as Christ had completed the orginal work of God ; that the whole power of Heaven was divided amongst, not a Trinity, but a four fold deity ; that the Divine chief of the present rebellion is to conquer, not China alone, but the whole world. Consul Parkes remarked that if the Taepings should triumph, our relations with them would in all likelihood be attended with greater difficulties than were those with the old Govern ment; for though you may have much trouble with a despotic government claiming to reign in virtue of a right divine, and tracing its origin from on high, you are likely to have still more trouble in your diplomatic relations with a ruler who declares that he is God himself. At any rate, as matters now stood the wai' proved a serious interruption to trade, and he did not think, from what they had hitherto seen of the Taepings, that any government which they could form would tend to promote an ex tended European intercourse, or assist in the diffu sion of pure Christianity. The Taepings were brigands. The Taeping revolution was an immense and organised brigandage, and it was supplied from those forests which hold a place in Chinese history akin to that of the Black Forest in Central Europe; for they had always beau the classical forests of Chinese banditti.— Manchester Guardian. Some Prussian naval officers have during the week been in communication with the Admiralty, with a view of purchasing a certain number of our sailing men-of war. " There will be no difficulty on the subject, says the Army and Navy Gazette, " as we have a large fleet from which they will be able to pick and choose." 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