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Secretary, pro tern. 15, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, City, May 12, 1862. SPECIAL NOTICE. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, & GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Established Mt All persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale before June 30th, 1e62, will be entitled at the Next Bonus to one year's additlonal Share of Profits over later Assurers. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. TO SEED CRUSHERS AND OTHERS. GAIN SBOROUGH, LINCOLNSHIRE. MR. ALFRED SMITH will Offer for Sale, by Public Auction, at the White Hart Hotel, in Gains borough, on FRIDAY, the 30th of MAY, 1802, at Five for Six o'clock in the Evening precisely, a most Valuable and Complete OIL Al ILL, situate on the cast bank of the River Trent, and at a distance of about half-a-mile from the Port 01 Gainsborough. The machinery belonging to the Mill is of modern construction, in thorough working order, and capable of crushing to quarters of Se, d in 24 hours ; and up -wards of 3,0( 0 quarters can be stored on the premises. At tached to the Mill are requisite Workmen's Cottages, Ware houses, and other outbuildings ; and adjoining to it are about 10 acres of excellent Pasture Land, on part whereof a compact modern Dwelling-house has been erected, and surrounding vilik;h arc excellent Pleasure Grounds and Gardens. At the same time will be Sold, a Freehold CLOSE, con taining 9a. 2r. 13p.; Also, a First-rate MANSION HOUSE, situate in the Town of Gainsboroug,h, with Shrubberies, Hot Houses, Pleasure Grounds, Carriage Houses, &c., thereto adjoining; and also several excellent Trading• Shops and Houses, situate in the best business localities of that place. The above Estates were lately in the occupation of 3ressrs. Francis Gamble and Son, Seed Crushers, or of their tenants. Descriptive particulars may be had (gratis) on applying to Messrs. Edwards, Eastty, & Co., Brokers, No. 19, Old Broad* street. London ; to Mr. Wilkinson, of the •Lincoln Bank, Gain Approug - h ; or at my Offices. WILL. PLASKITT, Solicitor. G ainsborough, 9th May, 1F62. wS. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO • SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY GRAPHIC hALL, King William-street, Chasing-cross, TO-NIGHT, and every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), 'with new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic illustrations and effects, entirely new, painted by and under the direction of Mr. Will am Callcott. First Morning Per forrrance, Saturday,'May 17, at 3. Stalls, 3s. ;"area, 2s. ; am phitheatre, is. Box-office open from ten to five. A RGYLL ROOMS. Great Windmill-street, 1 1 Haymarket. —GRAND CASINO FRANCAISE.— Open every Evening for Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. BOULCOURT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments.— Admission ls.—Manager, M. Grenet. R OYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. PR ESIDENT — Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, K.G., F.R.S. CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. DEPUTY - CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. The Committee of Mana . ge.rnent have to state that, during the past two years, the institution has incurred expenses amount;ng to £28,650 on various Life-boat Establishments on the Coasts of England, Scotland ; • and Ireland. During the past two years the Life-boats of the National Life-boat Institution have teen instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following Vessels:— Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose 1 Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .. 3 Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. 9 Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. .. 5 Schooner Catherine, of Newry 4 Barque Niagara, of Shields .. 11 A Barge of Teignmouth • . •• •• 2 Brig George and James, of London .. 8 Brig Zephyr, of Whitby •• .• •• •• 6 Coble Honour, of Cullercoats •• .• •• 3 Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. • • • • 7 Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth 9 Smack Womier, of Teignmouth .. 2 Brig Scotia, of Sunderland . ; 6 Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. • • • • 5 Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge . • • 5 Brig Ann, of Blyth . • • • • • • • " 8 Sloop Hope, of Dublin • • • • • • • • 3 Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth .. • • •• 5 Barque Vermont, of Halifax, 'U.S. 16 Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon 2 Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby •• •• •• 5 Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. •• 3 Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. • • • • •• 9 Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. 6 Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. • • 5 Schooner Rose, of Lynn 3 Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. 11 Brig Eliza, of Middl es b oroug h Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg .. • • • • 6 Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. 7 Brig Lovely Welly, of Seaham Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. 5 Schooner Prospect, of Berwick Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives A Fishing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of myth 8 Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris .. 2 Schooner William, of Morecambe .. 5 Smack Gipsy, of Newry •• •• •• •• 4 Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston .. .. 4 Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven .. • • • • 8 'Schooner William, of Liverpool. .. • • •• 5 Lugger Nimrod, of Castletown , • mu- af mfter,-sif§ble,lghie Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. .. 4 Barque Guyana, of Glasgow .. .. 19 Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. 10 Brig San Spirldrone, of Galaxide 2 Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna .. •• 8 French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese .. • • 6 Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. • • 5 Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater Ship Danube, of Belfast •• • - .. 17 Schooner Hortensia, ot Hanover .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4 Brig St. Michel, of Marans 8 Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one GI the crew) .. I 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 6 Barque Frederick, of Dublin 1 Barque Peace, of London .. .. 2 Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. .. 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew of four hands) .. • • • • • • 4 Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. .. 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. .. 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen . .. 11 Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man .. Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone .. Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. Brig Content, of Sunderland Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan .. Galliot Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 6 .. 4 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5 .. 5 Total -- - - For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £1,823 as rewards to the crews qj the Lifeboats. It has also granted rewards amounting to £515 10s. for saving 873 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak ing a total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years. The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is upwards of 12,2C0 ; for 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 vigorous efforts now being made by the Society to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past 10w years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man nvemeut, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions:— Rer_Majesty the Queen t S. d Clark, Mrs. • • • • .. annual 50 C 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A.nnual 2 10 0 coutt. and St. Vincent, Cotton, Sir • :: :: annual 11 0 . don. 25 0 Digb.., G S., Messrs., Bankers . .rle, Lord Chief .in F ''' w_. Esq , e .. annual 10 0 0 ..herborne Castle annual 5 0 0 .. Fanshawe, Vioe-Ar ce • ! .. .. don. 10 10 0 miral Sir A., K.C.B. .. al on. 25 0 n Harvey, Rev. G. G. Lambtonulna l A"' • • . don. 30 0 Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Lanes, Messrs.l4r borough, the Earl of Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. • ' • • .. annual 50 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. . • • • • .. 7th d on. 1 0 0 0 Robartes, T. J. Agar, 143 q., M . p . • • • . don. 15 15 0 1 b annnal 2 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich ' • • • annnal 50 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. :: • • annual 30 0 Donations and Annual Su' scriptions wil ; Messrs. Aiesgs. Willis, ceived by the Bankers of the institution, e thankfully "- Percival, and Co. 76, Lombard -greet Co., 59, Strand; N'Tessrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co.,euttis and James's-street, London ; by a I the Bankers in the67St. United Kingdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, E the Office of the institut ion, 14, John-street, Adelphin at :on e. don, W.C. Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders (crossed), to Messrs. IV ills, P ercival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. `AUCE,-LI•JA AND PERRINS K- 7 beg to caution the Public against Spurious Imitations of their world-renowed WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Purchasers should ASK FOR LEA AND PERRINS' SAUCE, Pronounced by Connoisseurs to be "THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE." Sold Wholesale and for Export, by the Proprietors, Worcester ; 111 . errs. CROSSE and BLACKWELL; Messrs. BAR CLAY and SONS, London, .5;:c., Ac., and by Grocers and Oilmen universally. TOZEAU'S COPATTINE INlEGE,—Copaiba and efi Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re pulsive taste and odour, and occasion collicky pains, nausea , and gastric disturbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in render ing them perfectly innocuous by increasing, all their curative properties. It has been adopted by the Paris Academy of Medicine alter 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.—(Lancet, Nov. 6, 1857). The Copahine, which is in form of a pretty pink sugar plum, effects a cure in about six days. 100 Capsules, 4s. 6d.; post free, ss. 2d.— At G. .TOZEAU'S, French Chemist, 49, ITaymarket, London; 22, Rue St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS cud MYER ?ILLS, pre vared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious end liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, itiddiumt dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, as n f amily aperient medicine, anti as a purifier of the blood, they ;,re truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appelte, pro mote diEfestion, and ,trengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 20, Je rmyn-street, Haymarket, London, nd by most druggists, in boxes, more lid., and three tis the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be l t em : e r t en e t o a a r s e k a for vi D ua r re . Scott's green Bilious and Liver Pills. .. William Liamt package! Wit h " - - —wv ” , " enirtaVed MI the stamp. .. 1 N°. 21,800. PUBLICATIONF. MRS. NEWTON CROSLAND'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., M R S. BL AK E. By Mrs. NEWTON CROSLAND. Also, new ready, in 3 vols., OWEN : By the Author of "High Church," &e. Hurst and Blackett,l3, Great Marlborough-street. ' Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., with Portrait, 30s, boutd, MBE LIFE OF EDWARD IRVING, Minister of the National Scotcfi Church, London. Illustrated by his JOURNAL and CORRESPONDENCE. By Mrs. OLIPHANT. "A full, detailed biography of Irving we have not seen till now. In Mrs. ('liphant's volumes we trace the history and mark the aspect, the joy and grief, and conflict of his life, as we have never before been able to do. Her work is ad mirable, presenting a most living, consistent, vivid picture of I rving. "—Macmillan ' 8 Magazine, - • • Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Uniform with "THE WOMAN IN WRITE." Just ready, price 65., with Illustrations, E AS T L YNNE. By Mrs. HENRY WOOD. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GItOSSMITII'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. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. The numerous and urgent appeals which are made for admission by the homeless and destitute sick render it im perative on the Committee to entreat the continued bounty of the affluent and humane to enable them to persevere in the extensive system of relief afforded by this Hospital. During the past year, in addition to 1,190 in-patients, no less than 60,496 out-patients received the benefits of this Charity. Since Christmas two additional wards have been opened for the reception of in-door patients. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Bias- Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a, in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Nlaiesty, 149. Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, ind 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. riIEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. 4d. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter• mediate " Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, E.C. TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawl= Room " Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. Hassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT Exuremorr OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the bloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, 15 Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to Join White, Post office, Piccadilly. TEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKI NGS KNEE-CAPS, dtc., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling ot the Legs, Sprains, Esc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on ean ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 75. 6d., 100., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. Fost Free 12 stamps, ON the Successful TREATMENT and CURE of SPERMATORRIICEA, by a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. 11. J. Sraart,lo,Ave Maria-lane, Paternoster-row, London. R. ('TTLVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK , "On Spermatorrhcea, .timmorrumus, Gleets, Nervous Debility, Palpitation, &o , &e. 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. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.—LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacio us and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for imm ediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. I lirequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes atter taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Ilaymarket, London, and by all nruggists, in bottles, 13141., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert' a kethmatic Balsam. GIVEN'AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFF ERERS. HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has 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 IVlemory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike, o Society. Spermatorrhcea, 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 -nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob =ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope Ind two stamps. Address, Timmy SMITH, M.D., t Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London. W.C. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55 ., by post free , s s. ed., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surg eon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special a ttention has been directed , thro u g h a long professional to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The ca h ses which Mr. Courtenay has give n supply ample evidence of is great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his sys t em atic management is an immense mitigation of pa in to the unhappy sufferers attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professienal reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Zedical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. COUGHS, ASTHMA, AND INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION ARE EFFECTUALLY CURED BY [( EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.- St.ti.tioa show that 50,000 persons annually fall vic tims to Pulmonary Disorders, including Consumption, Dis eases of the Chest, and the Respiratory Organs. Prevention is at all times better than Cure; be, therefore, nrepared dur ing the wet and wintry season with a supply of KEATING'S Cough Lozenges, which possess the virtueaf averting, as well as of curing a Cough or Cold ; they arc good alike for the young or for the aged. Prepared and So' d in Boxes Is. lid., and Tins 2s. 9d., 45. 6d., and 10.. 6d. each, by '1 nomAS KEATCNG, Chemist. (Ix., 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all Drug gi.ts, Zee. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. Shirattrewdo co nd n e s r t f i u tu l ti n o g n e , n w t h w et i h ll er re a s ri to s r i e ng m f a r n o h m oo s d el t i o -p t o h l e lu m tio o n st , 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 the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Milord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at 11s., or four quantities in one for 335., Ind will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, o n receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout and Co., Patent Al ediAneWarchouse, 229, Strand, London. p OST-OFF ICE Tu R E. -- _ I s , gratis. 19. St. Martin's-le-Grand.l BATHS, 25. till s_ ,:s and is. or (I n el l . io fr i. o zs m .r :t T i l ll l : • PR , , , : An 1 4 SAY on TURK ISH BA.TiMals, Is. Lill e : the mass s of the eo of inte resting The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish B ath very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. eul . A proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a resting information, while those who have already el) this new system will derive additional advantage encouraged observe some of the wactical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce. —.Herald and Standard, N0v.12, ISsi " The Post-office Turkish Bath., 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand.. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able phys - ician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthr6Pist, in as tar '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 p.hysic, 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. Culvenvell 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 hi m visitor.sel regenerated . W and new made, it • on' comm• a out' Of,:a - e may justly say that if a man ever the Turkish Bath."—lra, Oct. 13, 1861: 18- ' Consultations daily till 1.2 aim THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1862, THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. A correspondent of the New York, Herald, writ ing from the Federal squadron off New Orleans, gives a description of the strength of the Federal fleet and the defences of New Orleans:— " The squadron (he says) consists of 8 sloops, of from 10 to 28 guns each, 15 gunboats, carrying from 5 to 6 guns, 1 schooner, 9 guns, and 21 schooners, each carrying a heavy mortar and two 32-pounders —total, 45 vessels, carrying 286 guns and 21 mor tars. The first obstacles to be met with by this formidable fleet in its approach to New Orleans are Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the first on the west ern, the second on the eastern bank of the river. Both are strong fortifications, and were pronounced years ago to be capable of beating off any navy in the world. Fort St. Phillip commands some three miles of the river, exposing an ascending fleet to a direct raking fire for the distance of more than a mile. It is supported by three or four batteries, and has in all 8;') channel-bearing guns, several of which are sup posed to be 100-pound rifles of English manufacture. Fort Jackson, with its flanking batteries, mounts 90 guns, 16 being in casemate, and is a very formi dable work. Both forts are built of brick. Just below the two forts, stretched diagonally across the river, and supported by a raft and seven vessels, are several heavy. zhains, which must in some man ner be removed before the forte can be passed. These chains arc protected by earthworks at each end, besides being under the fire of both forts. At their western extremity, where they are made fast to an anchored raft, a passage is left for the rebel fleet to pass up and down, and through this passage they daily issue. The New 3 ork Times sums up the news on the subject thus : The news of the capture of New Orleans, which we received from the South at a late hour last night, clears up gloriously the mystery which for some time has hung arovnd the movements of our navy and army upon the Lower Mississippi. We had already had intelligence that our bombketches had opened fire upon Fort Jackson, 60 miles below the city, and yesterday morning we published news, derived from the rebels, that one of our gunboats had run past that work. But the defenders of the fort, it was said, had sent word to their friends that they were confident of their strength, and were able to endure the shelling as bng as our fleet was able to keeps it up. That nom was up to Tuesday last. It appears certain that, notwithstanding the rebel bombast, Fort Jacksot, and probably also Fort St. Phillip, on the oppositE side of the river,were reduced that very day ; for by the gray dawn on Wednesday morning our armada had steamed past the fortifica tions, and by noon it appeared, with power and terror, before the Crescent City. At this point the telegram stops short, and leaves us completely in the dark as to what has been done during the last four days. Whether Gen. Butler, as is probable, sent in a demand for the capitulation of the city, and what may have followed—a compliance with or refusal of the terms of the deraand—we do not yet know. But it is altogether unlikely that any serious at tempt was made to de:end the city itself. Indeed, New Orleans was utterly incapable of defence, when once our fleet got in front of it. With 100 gun and mortar boats riding high above the city, ready to pour down tpon it a torrent of fire and iron, it would be madness for the rebels to dream of any other terms than unconditional surrender. It has been thought that the land force accompany ing the expedition was too small to repossess a city which must still count somewhat like 150,000 in habitants ; and so it would be if the military con tingent had to act alone ; but the fact is that the naval arm, when once raised over the city, was of itself sufficient to hold it in complete subjection ; and the only work for the troops would be to seize and garrison some few important positions in the city, raise the stars and stripes _ over the United a repressive police force. The rebels will be dis armed; the Union element, which is known to be strong in New Orleans, will be organised ; and General Butler, from his headquarters in the St. Charles Hotel, will put in force whatever other measures are necessary for the securing of public order. The seizure of this, the greatest city of the Je, ferson Davis Confederacy, will be a terrible dis heartenment for the rebels, and is in itself almost equivalent to a defeat of Beauregard's army at Corinth, if that army has not yet been destroyed by the forces of Gen. lialleck. At all events, it will compel the rebels of the south-west to fight their last battle on their present line of operation. Beau regard is pressed, if not already assailed, by Hal leek in front ; General Mitchel will prevent his re treat towards Mobile; Butler forbids his approach to New Orleans ; and our gunboats can pass up the Mississippi and attack Memphis in front—acting in conjunction with Commodore Foote above. The way is also opened for the gunboats to pass up the Red River and across the entire of Lou isiana to Shreveport ; to pass up the Arkansas River and through the entire State of Arkansas to Fort Smith ; and to pass up the Yazoo River and through a great part of the State of Mis sissippi. In fact, it opens up a passage through more than a half of the remnant of a Confederacy still nominally held by the rebel rulers, Thus, by this splendid stroke of our river navy, we see not only the fall of the Southern metropolis, but also a moral and territorial gain for the national cause, which far overshadows in importance even this. If the news be allowed to reach the rebel army at Corinth—and it certainly cannot be kept from it more than a day or two—it must complete its demoralisation ; for it will demonstrate beyond a peradventure that the cause in which it fights is hopeless. There can be no prospect to the rebels of recapturing the city, for the railroad leading to it will be destroyed, and a de scent by the river is impossible. The whole of South Louisiana is a vast plain, and in no event can the rebels make a stand anywhere near the city. New Orleans is the great commercial and finan cial emporium of the South. It is to the Gulf coast what New York is to the Atlantic coast. Its fall will be to the South a worse blow oven than the capture of New York by an enemy would be to the North, Through it more than half of the cotton crop of the entire South passes to the world, while its exports of sugar, molasses, tobacco, and corn ex ceed those of any other southern city. There is, probably, not much cotton there now, but the fact that we also virtually possess a great part of the cotton-growing territory, will secure its speedy ex port with or without the will of the planters. A New York telegram of the 29th, in the Boston journals, says—" Special despatches from Washing ton state it is rumoured that the Government is in possession of information which may possibly lead to cessation of hostilities. A mediation and compro mise form the basis of the rumour. Doubtful." The Yew York World publishes tho following from its Washington correspondent : (‘ I have reason to believe that there has been discussion at the Treasury department respecting the policy of raising the blockade of Southern ports as they came into possession of the Union forces, and I am assured by a gentleman who is in constant communication with the Government, that there is little doubt the blockade of New Orleans will be raised immediately on the Union authority being established there. It will be remembered that the blockade was not established along the whole line of the coast at one time, but part by part, and of course it can be raised by the same method." The Confederate papers were comment in g u p on the possible chances of a defeat at Yorktown. The hfrobile News says : Probably at least 200,000 of the best men Lincoln h as under arms compose the forces which the ea th e Confederates in front and flank. If they have t a ken up the ad'ance line of march they mud fight ten us or retreat dishonoured and defeated without a blow. If we decline to fight them we must yield Richmond, and that is giving up Virginia. If we fight them and are signally defeated, Richmond and Virginia are lost, for nothing will exist to stem the inpouring of the horde of victors. If we fight them and defeat them we cripple, perhaps fatally, the war power and war spirit of the North. THE OVERLAND MAIL. INDIA. The news from India by this mail is scanty, and its interest is eclipsed by that of Mr. Laing's Finan cial Statement, a telegraphic summary of which, dated six days after the departure of the Calcutta mail, appeared in our impression of yesterday. The following is from the Frzend of India of the 10th April. Lord Elgin has given great satisfaction by the tone of his replies to two public bodies—the Chamber of Commerce and the native gentry of Bengal, who approached him with addresses of congratulation. The latter took occasion to mingle with their congratulatory observations some remarks which appeared to evince a feeling of general hostility to their European fel low-subjects. Alluding to the present facilities for the introduction of British capital, skill, and energy they hoped " that his excellency would see the in expediency of violent changes in the laws of the land or of artificial aid to capitalists, incompatible with justice to other classes of the community, such as cannot fail to frustrate the end which all have in view, as well as to tarnish the British name and honour." Lord Elgin replied to this graceful hint by dwelling upon "the maintenance of order, and the vigorous repression at the earliest moment of any attempt to disturb it," as his chief duties, ren dered indispensable by recent events, His answer toithe Chamber of Commerce, on the other hand, was distinguishedby a warmth and frankness which were called forth by the fairness of some remarks in their address. .He said—" I hail as one of the most hopeful of the signs of the times, your assur ance that the belief in the supposed antagonism of interests between the non-official Europeans and the natives of the soil is passing away—and the manly, creditable declaration contained in your address, that nothing which injures the well-being of the people at large can benefit you, and that you ask for no privileges for yourselves which you are not prepared to advocate for them. I invite you, therefore, gentlemen, to communicate with me un reservedly end frankly on all questions by which you suppose that your interests may be affected, or where you believe that your knowledge and expe rience may be useful to me, and to give me credit for sharing your conviction that, rightly understood and fairly pursued, your interests—the interests, namely, of that enterprising class which carries into regions morally stagnant and materially un improved the vivifying influences of British energy and British capital—are coincident with those of the community at large." CHINA AND JAPAN. The following is from the Overland China Mai of the Ist April:— On the 13th ult. a rebel fleet with provisions and munitions was dispersed and partly destroyed by our gunboats some distance up the river, where their presence was deemed hostile to the safety of Shanghae. On the 14th ultimo, an Imperial force encountered the rebels at Sooking, an unwalled bw t o ua w ts n t ah t b , . . efi7Bte.el likely ek Shang hae l2.?e.i.n.. a f.a n j d oji T .rs. si o n t g t p li o e o i ; ns t u h t:g e fl en g s h g t , .; r ilued Chinese gave the Imperial party a com pshl e a t r e p vf a c s t o t r h y e ; rebels,the engagement a is l l said u t t o e a h , a m ve a a b e e e n a desperate resistance. The defeated force fell back upon Tsingpoo, which is 25 miles from Shanghae, and forms their nearest head...quarters. • • - I• either reconnoitering, or driving off the enemy The fight near Ming-Hong, in which our own force took part, on Feb. 27, has been fully described by a correspondent of the North China Mail. We quote the concluding part of his letter : From inquiry and observation the number of Taiping rebels holding the place could not have been less than 6,000 ; of these between 600 and 700 were killed, and upwards of 300 taken prisoners. The streets and houses presented an awful specta cle. The bodies in some places lying in heaps, and the plain beyond the village was strewed with those who were shot down in the flight. The practice of Bradshaw's mountain howitzers was good, as soon as the range was obtained, but the rockets were a failure. The French guns also played with great effect. Every one engaged behaved with coolness and courage, advancing gradually, and getting through the before-mentioned formidable obstacles forming the outer defences, through the trench, and right up the breastwork long before the guns were silenced. As for the Chinese organised under Col. Ward, they seemed to know no fear, and perhaps exposed themselves too much. The loss of this force was one officer very badly wounded, about ten rank and file killed, and 40 wounded, some severely. Two or - three English marines were wounded; but from their being kept better under cover, the foreign portion of the force suffered slightly in comparison. The British admiral him self, accompanied by Mr. Alabaster, the consulate interpreter, was right in front, directing the attack in that part ; while Ward and his men vigorously assailed the enemy on the left. After all was over, the village was set on fire, and the foreign troops embarked for Shanghae. In the foreign settlement of Shanghae the fore going facts form the leading subjects of public at tention. The admiral's conduct is censured by a few, but approved of by many more. In addition to the corps of volunteers at present organised, viz. an infantry and a mounted corps, it is proposed to have an artillery corps. Nearly 80,000 refugees are at present in Shanghae, and it is a hard matter to attend to their wants. Foreign and native as sistance has been liberally given them, but their presence has caused a kind of dearth, and made living more expensive. In this crisis the tea packers combined to squeeze their foreign employers ; but an appeal to the Taou-tae resulted in a proclamation forbidding such combinations. It has been neces sary to warn the police in the foreign settlement against joining the now popular corps commanded by Col. Ward ; some of them had asked permission ,o do so, but were refused. From Peking there is no intelligence of import- ante. From Japan, we learn that there has been a destructive fire in the foreign settlement of chants Yoko hama, which has caused to one or two merhe s ec ond Minister of very considerable loss. T Theby a m band atter o is f considered by Foreign Affairs, who is also a member of the Goro. gio, was lately set upon a nd assaulted assa ssins; he escap ed with his life. ~i n e to have a political significance, advices, Th e three Northern ports are still, by the close d up with leo. From Ilankow we hear that trade is promising well. Mr. Thomas Dick, who has charge of the customs at that port, has entered on his duties, and is likely to prove a competent officer: The cold The imperialist " braves" weat h er was abating. quartered in the neighbourhood have been very troublesome, so much so that a complaint has been foc.v.rarded by the foreign residents to her Britannic Majesty's consul at Shanghae. They have been equally so at Kiukiang. From Nanking, a correspondent of the North China Berald says that the Imperial forces are ap pearing on the opposite bank of the river, and seem to meditate hostilities against the holders of the ancient Ming capital. From Ningpo ; we have news to the effect that a rebel fleet is preparing to capture Chusan ; this THE NAVY . Yesterday morning Prince Arthur landed early from the Vivid, and, in the company of Col. Owen, RE., Director of Works, inspected the new fort at Tregantle and the battery at Cawsand, to the west of Plymouth. His Royal Highness then crossed the Sound to the eastern batteries constructing at ovisand, Staddon-heights, and Turnchapel, where he was received in a barge, which conveyed him to the Old Citadel at Plymouth. In the evening he re-embarked on board the Vivid. To-day he will probably go to Tavistock. The Shannon screw frigate, Capt. Wainwright, was undocked yesterday at Portsmouth, and placed in the steam basin preparatory to commencing her experimental screw trials. The Coquette, 5, screw, Commander Alexander sailed from Spithead yesterday afternoon for the China station. The Java target ship, at Portsmouth, has been removed from her moorings in Porchester Creek to a berth in Portsmouth harbour, preparatory to being broken up, when she will be succeeded as a target ship by the Sultan, old line-of-battle ship, which has been specially selected for the purpose. An examination of the remains of the various ar mour plates on the sides of thelJava would be the means of imparting a considerable amount of in struction relative to the resisting powers of ships' armour. As may be surmised, the plates, the majority of which are 41 inch, are very uneven in thesr quality, comparing them with each other. Some have broken up like sheets of glass under the impact of the first two or three blows, while others exhibit -extraordinary tenacity and resisting power. Two of the latter class deserve special mention. Both are 44- inch plates, and both had been pre viously fired at on their day of official testing by the Stork's 68-pounder. They had exhibited such good qualities on that occasion that it was deter mined to try them experimentally with two wrought iron shot at a short distance with increased charge. The first plate fired was manufactured at the Thames Iron Shipbuilding Company's Works. The charge of powder was 221 b., and the distance 50 yards ; the shot buried itself two-thirds its diameter in the 'plate, and remained, causing no fracture. The other plate, manufactured at the Atlas Works, Sheffield, was fired at also with a wrought iron shot at the same range,but with 251 b. powder. In this instance the shot entered the plate three-fourths of its diameter and remained. The screw steamer Galatea, 26, 800 horse-power, recently fitted at Chatham, is ordered to be com missioned at Devonport with a complement of 485 officers and men, including one captain, one subal tern, and 69 non-commissioned officers and men of the Royal Marine Artillery and Royal Marines. The Echunga sailing transport, with military invalids on board from Hong Kong, sailed from Spithead for the Thames yesterday afternoon. In the list of naval appointments contained in The 'Sun of Friday, read " R. W. Beaumont" instead of "R. W. Beaufort," surgeon, to the Jason. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commodore Robert Douglas Gordon, to the Vesuvius, commissioned; Lieut. Charles J. Brownrigg, from the Excellent, to the Galatea ; Lieut. George H. Blake, to the Vesuvius ; Sub-Lieut. H. A. Monteith and Sub-Lieut. Ralph de B. Hawtrey, to the Galatea ; Dr. Joseph Brown, surgeon, to the Galatea; Dr. Robert Hague, assist.- surg., to the Hawke ; Dr. Francis B. Harley, acting assist.-surg., to the Trafalgar; C. W. Wakeman, C. A. Vogwoll, and T. J. Richard, acting second class assist.-engineers, to the Asia ; Alex. Collins, assist.-paymaster, and Thomas D. Riordan, acting assist.-paymaster, to the Galatea; J. W. Ozzard, paymaster, advanced to the first-class ; C. A. Prit chard, paymaster, advanced to the second. class ; and E. J. Giles, paymaster, advanced to the third class. THE _ARMY. Detachments of the Coldstream and Fusileer Guards, under the command of Col. de Bathe and Capt. Blackett, arrived at Eastbourne on Friday, from Aldershot and London, to go through a course of musketry practice. Upwards of 100 of the men are under canvass, as there was not sufficient bar- rack room to accommodate them. In addition to the particulars given a week since in The Sun with respect to the new cavalry bar racks at Colchester, it may be stated that a regi mental reading-room and school-room are to be pro vided. Upon the ground floor will be a day-room, in which the men can assemble at pleasure, 135 ft by 27ft in extent ; and above will be the reading room, 75ft by 23ft, 'with library, librarian's quar ters, cook's room, and coffee-room attached. The schoolroom will be 40ft in length by 20ft in width. Attached are apartments for a schoolmistress and an enclosed playground for the children. The hired troopship Sir George Grey, Captain Wilkins, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Cape of Good Hope. She sailed thence on the sth of March, arrived at St. Helena on the 17th, and sailed again on the 18th. She has brought home Major Romer, 59th Regiment, wife and family; Lieut. Tibbs, 2d Battalion 11th Regiment ; Ensign Capel, 85th Regiment ; Staff-Surgeon M'Queen, and 97 invalided soldiers from the Royal Engineers and Artillery, 10th, 11th, 13th, and 87th Regi ments ; two prisoners, under sentence of court-mar tial, of the 59th; and 23 women and 28 children. IMr. Paisley, late of the Royal Engineers Depart ment at the Cape, also came home in the ship. Fine weather, with generally favourable winds, was ex perienced during the passage until the 6th instant, when heavy weather was experienced, which continued the remainder of the voyage. The Lizard was sighted on the 10th instant. On the 19th of April, in lat. 23.53, long. 35.46, Captain Wilkins report that the southern cross and polar star were both distinctly visible at midnight. The ship received her orders and sailed for the Thames, with the troops on board, last evening. Numerous applications have already been received by the Duke of Cambridge, through the Deputy Adjutant-General, Royal Engineers, for Royal En gineer instructors to be appointed to the several Volunteer Engineer corps, under the regulations re cently issued by the Commander-in-Chief. Orders have accordingly been forwarded to the head-quar ters of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, directing that the several candidates for appoint ment as instructors are to be completed in their course of instruction as speedily as possible, in order that no delay may arise in supplying instruc tors to those Engineer corps requiring them. The whole of the Royal Engineers who have gone through their iifle drill have commenced a course of pontociling with Gen. Pasley's large pontoons, with the view of enabling the instructors to acquire a knowledge of their use, in order to impart it to the Volunteers. Intelligence has been received at Chatham from the companies of Royal Engineers lately despatched to Canada, announcing that they are employed, without intermission, in strengthening the fortifi cations and erecting new defences along the line of the British frontier. The , officers and men are all in excellent health, and are anxiously awaiting the permission of Government to have their wives and families sent out to them. The companies of Royal Engineers now stationed in British North America are the 4th, 7th, 15th, and 18th, in addition t o w hich there are two companies stationed at Bermuda. The instructions issued on Saturday regarding admission to Woolwich Arsenal do not, as stated yesterday, render tickets unnecessary. Visitors can only be admitted on Tuesdays and Thursdays , be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock, on produc tion of cards, which must be obtained at the War office, Pall-mall. The statement in regard to the admiodoll of f9reiguers is quite correct. PRICE..... -....4d. STAMPED ....sd. step will be a dangerous one for the Taipings. Eight hundred of the French troops from Saigon are about to leave Hong Kong for Ningpo (it is supposed), and the probability is that the city will be taken under allied protection in the same man ner as Sharighge, and thus the intimation conveyed to the insurgents that we meant to protect both places will be made good. We heir that a thou sand of cur own troops are at present on their way from India, so that decisive action appears t o h ave been determined on — c ertainl y this is better than half measures, At Canton some alterations Have been made in the importation of opium, stet:mm-6 only being now permitted to bring opium into that port. Some races have been held here, of which an account appears elsewhere. It is stated that the Governor General of the Two Kwang will shortly pay a Yisit of friendship to Sir Hercules Robinson. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The arrival of the new governor, Sir Dominick Daly, and the departure of his predecessor Were the chief events in South Australia in the month ending March 26. The Register of that date says: — The comparative failure of the harvest and the low price of grain, following upon the unsatisfactory results of agricultural operations for the last three years, have dealt a heavy blow to the farming inte rest, and rendered things in that direction very uncertain for the fu lure. Hitherto we have been able to find a market for the chief portion of our surplus produce in the neighbouring colony of Victoria ; that market is now, however, all but closed to us by the increased production of our neighbours, and prices have fallen below a remunerative point. By a re duction in the price of labour, by the employment of machinery, and by resorting to better modes of farm ' ing, it is possible that wheat may be grown at a price that will enable us regularly to export it to the English market at a profit, If so, the agricultural interest might be largely extended here. But if not, then agriculturists will have to turn their attention to other pursuits, as a very small proportion of our farming power will be sufficient to produce all the wheat we require for home consumption. Looking at the wheat averages in Great Britain for the last twenty or thirty years, we are sanguine as to the result of exporting our breadstuffs thence. Messrs. Hughes and Co.'s Wallaroo and Moonta Mines on Yorke's Peninsula are turning out large quanties of ore ; and the Cornwall Mining Com pany's claims are becoming very productive. The Bremer Mine, in the Mount Barker District, is also looking well. Some of the new discoveries in the north are said to show large quantities of surface ore, but we are not in a position to give any special information respecting them. The Burra Burra and Kapunda Mines are working as usual. At the former, however, the number of hands has been considerably reduced, in consequence of the large demand for mining at Wallaroo, and from the deter mination of the directors to dispense with all un necessary expenditure. We hope, by the end of the year, the export of copper and copper ore will show a large increase upon that of any previous , year in the history of the colony. The armour which will be of Mr. Reed's vessels will be of ness, and will be backed up with a_ inges of solid timber, so it will be equal to that which has hitherto been employed in the iron-cased ships of the royal navy. In designing the Enterprise a moderate speed only has been secured ; Mr. Reed having considered that where the speed must neces sarily be limited to about nine or ten knots an hour (as it must be in plated vessels of the Enterprise's dimensions), it would be imprudent to sacrifice the protection of any vital portion of the ship for the mere sake of a mile an hour, or there abouts. We are informed that her Majesty's steamer Enterprise, which has been commenced during the present week at Deptford Dockyard under Mr. R , s,uperintendence, is the embodiment of an entirely new system of naval construction, and is even a more remarkable vessel then the Anicr.cli Monitor, of which the world boo lately heard so much. Like the latter vase!, the Enterprise has been made extremely strong in tee mighbeutheod oi the water line and Las also an elevatNi battery of gnus standiug up above this low shot-proof hull. But, unlike the Monitor, the Enterprise has been provided with upper works, within which arnpio and healthful accommodation is afforded for officers; and men, and by means of which the ship has been made thoroughly seaworthy, so that she may be sent to any part of the world. The armament which the English vessel will carry will likewise be much more powerful than the Monitor's, and each gun will have a range of fire greatly exceeding all that has ever before been obtained with ordinary broadside guns, and scarcely inferior to that which the Monitor's turret, or Captain Coles's cupola secures ; while all the difficulty and danger that attend the employment of immense revolving towers in rigged sea-going ships, are got rid of. The system of construction which Mr. Reed, the designer of the Enterprise, has developed, is applicable to ships of all sizes and classes, and while it is the first system that has rendered the construction of comparatively small sea-going fleets practicable, it is also the first which has rendered the application of extremely thick and heavy armour to our larger ships pos sible. It is said, on good authority, that it is perfectly practicable to build ships upon this sys tem which shall carry armour plates of ten inches or even a foot thick, and shall at the same time be armed even with the 300-pounder Armstrong guns, if Sir W. Armstrong can supply them. If fact, we can see no mechanical limit either to the offensive or defensive powers which may be given, not to our coast defence vessels only, but even to our sea-going ships, if Mr. Reed's method of applying the armour where it is indispensable, and there alone, bo found practicable and fully carried out. As the tendency at present undoubtedly is to increase both the thick ness of our armour and the power of our guns, we may consider ourselves fortunate in having had this new system of naval construction produced just at this present crisis. It is no less gratify i ng to know that the new vessels will cost no more than our old fashioned wooden vessels, excepting the mere price of the armour plates put upon them.—Mechantes' Magazine. NEW SOUTH WALES. We read in the Sydney Herald of March 21 : The event of the month most remarkable is the advance made in the production of gold. Accounts have reached us privately which, if borne out by further experience, will justify the conclusion that golei jpin,ipe„b•v,opsil, n„,-1,:d,a„,„,„;,__,_ ..,,,,,, j: ~, rank w ith the most impor:ant gold-producing countries. More than twelve thousand ounces were delivered at the Mint last Saturday from the various fields ; but our `telegram informs us that the next escort from the Lachlan — a co mparatively new district—will amount to tirl uliuutS. 1 lle F ivauu, e'r the last Crrnnr, 411111cn five or six years has been no mean item in our exports, but it has been subject to considerable fluctuation, from the restless movements of the diggers and the Chinese disturbances, which have been attended with so much general loss. We have never yet had a Ballarat or Bendigo to fix the mining population, or to give those great results which have been achieved by its concentrated efforts. There is, however, no reason, that we have ever been able to comprehend, for supposing that the political line which divides this from the adja cent colony distinguishes their probable auriferous fortunes. It has always been the faith of New South Wales that industry and perseverance would some time or other fall upon the right place, and that we should see some such examples of progress as have been so often witnessed in the neighbouring 1 colony. RAILWAY AND :PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIAMENT. Yesterday the committee appointed to consider the merits of the various railways for the Kentish and South-Eastern district assembled in committee room No. 4. The bills of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company for their proposed extensions to Walmer and Deal, and from Bromley to St. Mary's Cray, were postponed for the present, and the case of the Mid-Kent and Addiscombe Rail way for a three mile junction line between Becken ham and Addiscombe, and to raise £35,000 by new shares, and £11,500 by loan , w as opened. The bill is opposed by the London, Chatham, and Dover, and by the Brighton and South Coast Company, in favour of whose locus standi Mr. Sergeant IVrang ham made a long address. Ultimately t h e commit ham tee decided in the affirmative, and then ion pr of the w ith the general evi dence. The opposit Lancashire and Yorkshire, Cheshire, Midland, Great Western, and othe r interests, to the bill of the L on don and North-Western Railway for additional powers having been concl uded, the committee passed the bill and settled t he clauses. The Team Valley Extensions Bill of the North Eastern Railwa y was a lso passed. In the com mi tt ee on the West Riding ( Hull and Grimsby Railway, the evidence of Capt. O'Brien, general manager of the North Eastern Railway, occupied t he entire day. Evidence in f av our of the Wellington, Drayt on , an d N ewc astle was continued ; Mr. Ashdown, principal witness examined. The C e . a E s e , , of f b t e h i being g i t t a n d e_ stock and Keynshara, m ittee, is tending Railway, in Mr. Adair's com to a termination. In the committees on Scottish railways, the case of the Inve rness and Aberdeen Junction, and Inver ness and Ross-shire Railway Companies' Bills, for the purpose of vesting the latter in the former, the authorised loan capital of the united comp an y to amount to £271,580, was opened b y Mr. Hope Scott, (IC', and witnesses examined by Mr. Mere wether, Q,C., and Mr. Loch, and the opposition hav ing been overruled, the bill passed unopposed. The committee having decided that the North British Company bad no locus standi in opposition to the bill of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, further evidence was taken in its favour. The bills disposed of in the Lords were the London and South Western Additional Powers Bill, for a branch from the South ampton and Dorchester, near Wareham, to Creech Heath ; in the Purbeck Clay District, for enlarging their stations at Nine-elms, Vauxhall, and South ampton ; for additional rails to Southampton ; and to regulate their share capit al, the present ainovon unt of which is declared to be £9,207,316; North aY D toit Railway and Dock, to authorise the Airm prov• re pay the company £ 3 , 000, to be laid outdiron iTaw ; Zon ing and deepening the estuary of the donderry and Coleraine , t o revise powers granted for the creation of four c lasses of debentures, and with liberty to lease th e line. Ceylon Railway, to wind Chase' Li r ue , undertaking r i Weston-super-Mare c k Markets, Pier, up Hatfieldth thee Tranmero Improvement, and llalifax Corporation. THE DEST.RDCTION OF SMALL BIRDS, The season has begun for holding jubilees of the Sparrow Clubs, and scarcely a week now will pass in which we shall not be called upon to record the celebration of one or more of theses village festivals. We shall be requested to chro nicle how farmer Giles took the chair ; labourer Hodge, the vice ; how mine host of the Toad under the Harrow supplied a supper in his usual splendid style, utterly regardless of cost ; how old Job Lynx eye, tenant farmer, and young Abel Anvil, black smith, produced so many thousand heads of small birds, and triumphantly carried off certain sweep stakes provided for the victors; how the evening was spent in mellifluous harmonr how the wktrißtis serious doubts whether these bird slayers do net do a great deal more harm than good; and we should be greatly obliged if some experienced person, cap able of forming a correct opinion on the matter, would direct his attention to it, and favour us with the result of his inquiries. Our own decided im pression is, that it is mischievous folly to destroy indiscriminately all small birds ; but we should much like to be favoured with really sound practical information on the subject. Hitherto our French neighbours have been the most inveterate of bird destroyers. The result has been so enormous an in crease of those reptiles and insects which prey upon the crops of grain and other vegetable food, and so deficient a harvest, that we should not he surprised if the French Government were to resort to strin gent measures to prevent this wholesale slaughter. Let us state just two facts for the consideration of our rural readers, and there we shall leave the matter for the present. The cockchafer deposits from 70 to 100 eggs, which are soon transformed into white grubs, which live on the roots of our most valuable vegetables. The weevil produces from 70 to 90 eggs, which laid in so many grains of corn become larva:, and soon cat up the corn. Now swallows, hedge sparrows, and other small birds live principally on grubs, caterpillars, and other insects and animal eules which prey on and destroy the products of agriculture. Ten swa llows were recently killed and dissected, and in the ir stomachs were found the re must have been ma ins of 5,482 insects, which the result of a very few hours' feeding. we trust that our farmers will be induced to think over this [matter, and will not join in unreasoning against sparrows and water wagtails, and of the conviviality crusades on account of the good supper at the " Toad under bodies of larks, w fi of the guests thers of the feaihered songsters, whose 0 r r ad o ne wi ' d : rens, nches, notes for for purity, richness, melody, and variety, wo overt throats ,hell t ha will back against all the boisterous glee of all the bacchanals who ever assembled at the " Toad under the Harrow" f a oresaid.— West Surrey Times. THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN. TO THE EDITOIt OP THE TDLES. Sir,—l observed in your impression of Saturday som wn e remarks relative to the Roya l Soverei g n, cutting do, with which my name was coupled, as it also was with the experiments said to be about to take place against a shield fitted in the Trusty. The erroneous impressions which I find to be entertained by my own profession an d the country at large relative to my responsibility in these matters induce me to hope you will allow me, through your columns, an opportunity SO of ex pl a ining how I am situ ated with respect to them. way responsible in either c ase, I haverommy Using e en i n n not b consulted; and as regards the Princo Albert, now being bu ilt b y Mr. Samuda, my part is n t es 1l : even a y apparen tly limited iu her construction to p reparing drawings for her shields. • cies or It therefore becomes evident that any deficien . ar _ . shortcomings which may occur cannot be laid to Tfreenii charge. I made certain statements in your columns I N a T eve nt what I April last relative to vessels on my Plan' ' r— as sertions," then said—" I am ready to stand or fall by laY were I allowed to early out my view s ' s bee s put together The shield now fitted in the Trustys itathrough the press without my knowledge, and it Nva!olia;:a not been allowed. that I learnt it was being done._ e l learn, I fear it cannot all . an to superintend it, and, from I nvontion. Such being the be considered to represent blani swerable for the results of case, I cannot in any Y sva l now understand are to be made the experiments whit roues ~,,, lay-pounder. with Sir William Ar l " al t lowe d, I am quite ready to put llowever, wa re thiswreak of ray former shield (which under. together even this t, St in October , 1861 • d went such a s evere .• , u':; der Captain A. C 13 a nd officers from her Majesty's ship Excellent) Powell, . ~ an d would t h e n guarantee , at all events, that some rcliabhi and data valuable should be gained ' from whatever expert' ments it might be deemed advisable to submit it to. I can now only leave it to the impartial judgment of others whether this shield, put together without my know. ledge or superintendence (or even that of the leading man formerly employed on it), can be considered a fair exneri ment, or be productive of any reliable results in connection with the great question of offence and defence —a question upon the right solution of which so much in this present day depends.—Your obedient servrnt, CowrEn I'. CoLEs. 2, Clarence-parade, Southsea, May 12. The returns of the savings' banks in the state ox New York show that the aggregate depor os it esss on the on Isttho of J anuar y, 1862, were 64,083,1 W dollars, l than Ist of January, 1861 , b y 3,367 247 "1 s' iivamw -: