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E TO THE I NDEPENDENT ELECTORS t 3F - THE B:ortouGH OF DUDLEY. aENTLEME N,—Her Me ;sty's Ministers \-A having decided on appealing to th 4 1 country, a Dissolu tion ofthe present House of Commons may be expected in about fifteen days. I hasten to. inform you that it is my is tit/Ninon to present MYself as a 'Candidate for the her j our of a. gain Representing Your Ilorou g h - in the important. parliame al;out to be as- Bernbled. • ge 'Unconnected with and ul:Ainfluenced by any party conside ,sa, rations whatever, I hale watched with much anxiety the e ast recent struggle , havin in view the redere tr , '4ion of my pledge to suPPiort any Government which would . give to the country such a measure of Reform as would sec, Are to the People an n increased share in the Representatior believing that the Educational progress of the Working; Classes entitles them to be dealt with in a fair and li.beral pint. In all other matters connrected ith the interests of this grey it country, I confidently refer to , the votes I have given as j 1 Yon,r member, and I shall immediately ask you, both in r Public meeting and by personal coarvass, whether I am not ges ari, titled to a continuance of that confidence which so triumph n tly returned me at the last Election. ) b Your faithful servant, H. B. SHERIDAN. House of Comr.ions, April 6,1859. r• SCO: TO THE ' ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF DUDLEY. o aENTLEMEM,-I beg to inform you that m y recepti• n has been of the most flatt erb4 character, and inspires me with the belief that my succef4s at the forthcoming 'contest will be certain. My late arrival, I I.rust, will be taken as a sufficient apology `for not having as yet called upon p.m, but I w ill take the earnest opportunity of personally can Passi ng every Elector. ai I am, Gcntlem en, ' .lour faithful ser vant , H. B. SHERIDAN. 58 Committee Room, Swan Hotel, 10. _ April 8, 1853 1 , 5 p.m. THIE DUDLEY CONTEST. A FTER a lengthened Address by H. B. SHERIDAN, Esq., MJ?., to a crowded assembly, i n th e "taneasterian School . Room, Sfford-street, the following re solution was unanimously agreed to : .‘ That this meeting desires to record its thanks to the tried friend and representative of the boroug'n, H. B. Sheridan, Esq., for the ability and indeperidence"wlth which he has dis charged his Parliamentary duties, and pledged itself to use every exertion to secure Lis return at the ensuing General Election." IN the ma p tter of the Joint-Stock Companies' .., Wiinu Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the PRO wESTAndNT L IFE AI D FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIA VION." By direction of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kin dersle this Judge of the High Court of Chancery, to whose ~C o urtmatter is attached, and by whose order the wind nag up of the above-mentioned Association is proceeding, Notice is Hereby Given, that his Honour purposes on 310N DAY, the eighteenth day of April, 1859, at Two o'clock in the afternoon, at his Chambers, No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's lon, Middlesex, to proceed to make a call upon all the Con tributories of the said Association, and the said Judge pur poses that such call shall be for ten pounds ten shillings per Share. All parties interested ar e ent i tled to attend at such day, 'lour, and place, to offer objections -to such eat. Dated this 28d day of; March, 1859. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. MARTEN, TTAOMAS, and HOLLAMS, Mincing-lane, London, Solicitors to the Official Manager. 4 11CONTRACTS FOR TEA, TOBACCO, AND MUSTARD 1 SEED. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-house, 7th April, 1859. II THE COMMISSIONER S for EXECUTING the 1 I . t . OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED ' GDOM of GREAT BRITAIN an d IRELAND, DO ziEREBY GIVE NO"PLCE, that on THURSDAY, the th instant, at Half-'past One o'clock, they will be ready ,! to treat with such Persons as may be willing to C ONTRACT, F, for suppl and d elivering into her Majesty's Victualling st e ' Stores at D e p tford :the undermentioned articles : • • : jr TEA, 50,000 Ilya, TOBACCO, 50 tons—Half of each to be ii delivered in thre e weeks, and the remainder in three weeks si,/ a f_terveards, or e tiller if preferred by the party tendering. aa.USTARD ;I" /ered ' fi' 30 quarters—Half to be deli- SEED (White) . . e , " 'w ards fl or a cc °- might, and the remainder in • &fortnight after xlier if preferredby the party tendering. I", T enders may be made for the whole or any portion of the l(4 articles. ,Ijf! Their Lordships rese rve t o th emselves the power, when the tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, lor for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a , greater quantity, or of not contractuag for any, and also an ludimited power of selection. The tea and tobacco to be exempted from the Customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where they are re ullttively lying. samples of the tea (not less than two pounds from th e 5 .,.._ - unded warehouse), and of the mustard seed (not less th an .wo quarts), must be produced by the parties tendering. Each tender for tobacco must specify the several trade Inarks and numbers, and the countries or places of its growth or produce, and a fresh drawn dock sample of each cask or Package must be produced by the parties tendering, and any eaek or package that is found not to be of the same mark, U lber or quality as the sample tendered and accepted, will be rejected by the officers, ,Tlle samples produced by persons whose tenders are not ac iited, are requested to be taken away by them immediately r the Contract has been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form i l lt orlded for the purpose, and which may be obtained on ap ,plication at the said o ffi ce, or .to the O f conducting the Packet S erv i ce at Liverpool; or to the Collector of Customs at liristol. T he conditions of th e rev i sed contract; to 'Which particular attention is called may be seen at the-said office, and at Liver- POol tend Nor will be received after Half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on• his behalf, should attend at the Office n the day of C ontract, as the resu lt o f the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his pro posed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten der for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset house. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY nEn3IAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE. FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GILE#FIELD • P &TENT STARCH, lifEE THAT YOU GET IT, t As info kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. WOTHERSPOON & CO., GLASGOW AND LONDON. 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This preparation is one of the benefits which the science of Modern chemistry has conferred upon mankind ; for, during the first twenty years of the present century to speak of a Cure for the Gout was considered a romance ; but now the reacy and safety of this medicine is so fully demonstrated , j unsolicited testimonials from persons in every rank of life, uthat public opinion proclaims this as one of the most im- Portant discoveries of the present age. These Pills require no restraint of diet or confinement 'Luring, their use, and are certain to prevent the disease attacking any vital part Sold by all medicin vendors. Observe " Thomas Prout, 22 9, Strand, London, e " on the Government stamp. THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every person having an interest in domestic or farm animals should obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical food, which will prove invaluable during the approaching season. For keeping horses in good condition it Is unequal led. Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it, and their flesh increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find great advantage in the increased quantity and improved qua lity of the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by It. A pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by Testimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri culturists, forwarded on application. In casks containing 448 feeds (measures enclosed), p r i ce 505., carriag e paid to any Railway Station in the United Kingdom. Post-office orders y, 77, New g , ate-street, London. Pa able to Joseph Thorle by wo .B.—Trthless i he public arecautioned aga i nst being imposed upon mitations. PORTANT DISCOVvw . v ,y NEW AN SCIENCE OF EDICINE D 131 I— THE P atent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome de l'E co l e d e •rharmacie Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Me dicine Vienna eiThe Patentee lias confided the preparation of these Medi nes to a Physician of the Royal University of Erlano,,, od Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of ‘'Who is registered under the New Medical Act) and atiean-di daily at No. 19, Bern er s-street, Oxford - str eet, L ondon, be tween the hours of 11 and 2, and from their l 8 ce Pted), in order to advise Patients on Treatment, and thus add to the speedy certainty of Cure. 1 0 T RIESEMAR Nos. 1,2, and 3, prepared, in th r e ri f ed orm ln o t f h a e t„dzeoga. devoid of taste or smell, and can be ea a istooat pocket. Sold in tin cases, divided into separate 17, adapted CO both sexes. I RIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RELAXA TION, SPERMATORRH(EA, and all the diestreeesatiag, oon sequene,es arising, from early abuse, indiscriminate _ „., ?ll' too long residence in hot climates. 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By the most obvious indication it dmits of being shown that the Electrical and Nervous ener 'es are identical; hence, that when the latter fails, the for er can take its place, and that when, from irre gularities of y kind, the nervous system has become debili tated, paralysed, or exhausted, and the patient brought to a condition little short of total prostration, then by the action of Electricity i imparting certainty and efficacy to medical treatment, he' can be re-invigorated, and his health re-esta blished to a degree almost warranting the designation of SECOND LIVE. Published LIVE. Mann, 39 Cornhill, and of all Booksellers. ON SPIINAL AND OTHER DEFORMITIES. - 11) RACTI6.L OBSERVATIONS on the CAUSES and TREATMENT of CURVATURES of the SPINE. Third Edition, price 6s. _ _ _ -- Just i) üblished, Second Edition, price ls. 6d. 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ON MEDIC IL nublished, GALVANISM G IN AN T I H C E W T E R A E KN ATM ES Er sze ?F S Just price is., post free, 13 stamps, ELF-P RESERVATION on NERVOUS A Medical Treatise wEAKNEss more paru DE BILITY and FUNCTIONAL MITIES and bISORDERsIarIK in reference to the INFIR MITIES the Origin of these oft e GENERA TIVE SYSTEM; which vitiate the very f ountains afflictions to causes stroy the vigour of Manhood. I s v lif Life and prematurely de on t he Cure oil these Diseases, and Practical Observations storative pow4r of LOCAL GALV.aithe extraordinary re- Impotence, anil Sterility, in which SM in Spermatorrhoea, eases it is p a in or danger, and is frequently au a pplied without o f medicine. ' - • ssful without the aid BY SAMUEL LA'3l - ER T, m . n 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON., Reg i s t e red Li entia,te of the London S Apothecaries Society of D o ctor of M di c ine of the University o f Erial , e , M e mber of he Lon don Hospital Medical s o d ,-, n,e Honorary An erroneous imp ression exists that public annou t : ". - on these disorders emanate . only from unqualified cements persons, but as the new Medical Act provides that none but registered practitioners shall assume any me dica l t n ..uiseetlie, those that are legally qualified can readily be d s ti e , a point of great confidence, incases where secrecy, and skill are equally requisite. In the new 'edition of ' Self-Preservation,' facts of p ara mount utility :are brought together—facts appealing to the prudence of all who are suffering from affections w hich t h e volve the enfieblement and ultimate loss of those powers without which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks to the most pitivible depths of physical and moral degradation. In cases wheth the vital essences have been weakened by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious h abits. udicious indiscri minate excessbs, improper diet, hardship, or by inj treatment, th means of cure adopted by th e authohrav ,in con junction with he application of Local Galvanism, gene rally been fo d successful, even in cases w here recovery had been pronoun d impossible. Published b the Author, price is ., or freeby po st for thir teen stamps, nd may be had of Allen, Warwick -lane, Pater noster-row, ndon ; Westmacott, chemist , Marke t-street, Manchester; , Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraclough, Fargate, Shelleld ; Rayner, High-street, SOuthampton; W. Lov&,, 1.4 aoch-4 q u a r e , Glasgow ; H. Powell, Westmoreland street, Dublin; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, Tedford -square, London, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1859. riIHE LONDON.—The attention of Clergymen, -a- Officers,• and Professional Gentlemen, is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spa cious Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West end club of the most aristocratic and exclusive character. F. SAWYEIt, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 10. The Rdyal mail steamship Asia has arrived with the New York mails of the 30th ult., ancl 297,740 do in yal mail speeie Thels. 12 it e. c.steamship Persia, hence, had arrived out. The steamship Granada, from Aspinwall on the 18th ult., had arrived with 1,032,314 dols. in specie on freight. Walker, the Filibuster, had proceeded to California. The prqject submitted by the French Government in re ference to the right of search question merely proposes friendly visitation where there is good •Ause for suspicion that the vessel is a slaver. The United States Government do not object to this, but they will holoithe visiting parties responsible for any misconduct or violation of their maritime rights. THE LONDON.—S AWYE R'S famous LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two fish, two entrees,joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two till Eight in the spacious Saloon. In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with vegetables, cheese, and salad, ls. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en trées, &c.,- a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock. Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon. An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London Dinner. Open On Sundays fr Proprietor, til Nine. F. SAWYER, 191, Fleet-street. HE PATRICIAN. This Esta blishment is T now Open for first-class DINNERS, LUNCHEONS, Are. The PATRICIAN DINNER, In the large - Dining-room, at 2s. 6d., comprising Soup, Fish, Entrées, Joints, Pastry, Cheese, &c. The Wines with corrimponding 'economy. In the Coffee-room, Dinners and Re fre shments it la carte. Spe cial attention is invited to the numerous Private Apartments for the Patrician. Dinner, at bs. The Smoking And Chess room combines comfort and elegance. The lavatories, vesti bules, and spacious entrance, with ti ie general unique arrange ments;.ensure an acknowledgment that this noble Mansion is worthy of its title—THE PATRICIAN. Orders, addressed to. J. - HOLME Sand CO., The Patrician, New Coventry-street, will have the best attention. N.B.—Open at Five on Sunday. A slaver's tender was supposed to, ben hovering off the coast of Louisiana, and a revenue cutter had been , despatched from Mobile to intercept her. Fifteen or twenty lives had been lost,on the Ohio by a steamboat collision. A despatch from Washington communicates some doubtful inforniatiOn receiVed from Mexico, to the effect that: Miramon had negotiated a secret treaty, granting to Sardinia the States of Tobasco, Tehuante pec, and Chispa for 5,000,000 dols., France, advanc• ing 1,000.900 dols., and earanteeing the payment of the balance. Sardinia is to send out emigrants, as formerly agreed with Zifloaga, under a colony grant to Sardinia: : - • In the case of Elliott, the absconded storekeeper, the Supreme Court granted a motion for the ap pointment of a receiver of the property and effects of the defendant. It is stated that Ulliott had ex pended all , his money.' Elliott was still out on bail. Sir W. G. Ouseley had arrived at Punta Arenas de Costa Rica in her Majesty's steamer Vixen with . the Nicaraguan treaty, which had been signed by that Government, and an amendment had been in; troduced into it to the effect that none of the stipu lations of the treaty should be construed as bearing any decisiqn upon the right of 'Nicaragua to the territory held by the Mosquitans. At Punta Arenas a severe epidemic existed which had carried off a number of persons. Freights had 'risen, and the price of coffee 'advanced 11 to 12 dols., with ready purchasers. Hides sold readily at from 16c. to 170. per lb. A considerable quantity of lumber was being shipped to European ports. The American steamer Annette arrived .at San Juan del Norte on the 12th of February. While running in for the harbour it is said the British man-of-war Caesar fired a blank shot at her, and, having bronght her to, boarded and searched her for Filibusters. General Walker, the Filibuster, had arrived at , which are to Aspinwall en route for California, under the as sumed name of Wilson. the T 2 h se t, h a d o v i f 1 E c frome e a b2.o ar y, British give Columbia encouraging accounts as to the mines.' Governor Douglas has issued a pro clamation declaring Queensborough to be the port of entry. Much excitement had been occasioned at Victoria among the citizens of the United States by the author ,. ties not permitting a public salute to be r given by e American residents on the 22d of February i honour of the anniversary of Washing ton's birth ay. At Ito areal on. the 28th a channel had been opened in the river, opposite the city. Via Havannah we learn of the wreck, on the 4th Tilt., of a vessel supposed to be her Majesty's gun boat Jaseur, Lieutenant Scott, on the Roneonebas Reef, 206 miles to the south-east of Jamaica. The crew, 70 in number, had only time to get into two small boatg, with little or no provisions, and two ' days'allowance of water. The boats , without compass or charts, attempted to steer for Jamaica, but owing to the strong winds, which during the next night' increased into a gale, they became separated, and were driven about at the mercy of the waves. On the 10th ult. a boat, in which were five officers and 20 men, in' the most deplorable condition from ex posure to the scorching sun of .the tropics for so many days without food or water, was fallen in with by some Spanish fishermen, who most humanely rcued the perishing Englishmen and conveyed t em to their little village, called Santa Cruz, where every attention and kindness were lavished upon them by those poor, but warm hearted Cnbans. Captain-General Concha had despatchedsone steamer to convey the rescued men to Jamaica and another to explore tro . coast for the missing pa ty. Sugars 1 ere quiet but firm at Havannah on the 25th, holde s asking 94- reals for D. S., No. 12. 1 Muscovado s were unchanged. Molasses were sell ing at 4 re is for clayed and 5 reels for Muscovado. Sterling exchange was drooping at 101 per cent. premium, A cargo of Africans had been landed at Remidios. HOUSEHOLD WORDS.--The result of an application made this day to the Maker of, the Rolls, on behalf of Messrs. BRADBURY d Evans, having been an undertaking on the part of Mr. CF lARLES DICKENS to alter the statement put forth by himself, in reference to " House hold Words," Messrs. BRADBURY and EVANS have to an nounce that it is only. Mr. DICKS vs's editorial connection with - that work that is about to ceas e. March 26;1559. HE REV 'S - M. BELLEW, S.C.L., will T REV. " J . - give A READING from the WORKS of OLIVER GOLDSMITH, with Incidents in hies Life, at ST. MARTIN'S HALL, on WEDNESDAY Evening, April 13th.—The Rev. J. M. Bellew has undertaken to procure the admission by pur chase into the St. Ann's Society of an Orphan whose Father was unsuccessful in business, and died in January last, leaving a widow and ten children to tally unprovided for. The profits will be devoted to this purpose. Prices of Admis sion :—Stalls, 4s. ; Centre Area and Balconies, 2s. ; Back Seats, is. To be had at Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond street; at St. Martin's Hall, ,Long;-acre; Mr. Seale's Li brary, Circus-road, St. John's-wood ; and Mrs. Ackerman's, 6, Blenheim-terrace, where plans of the Stalls may be seen. THE VICTORIA CROSS---On and after . the 18th instant, the FIRST SERIES OF HISTORICAL PICTURES, by M. DESANGES, containing . authentic Por traits, will be on Exhibition at the Victoria Cross Gallery, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, daily, from 9 till dusk. Admission, One Shilling. Season tickets, Five Shillings. Bearers of the Order admitted Gratis. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS. — St. James' s Hall. —The celebrated CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will re sume their POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT on MONDAY EVENING next, Apyil 'll, at the St. James's-Hall, to be re peated EVERY EVENING at Eight, and Saturday Morn ings at Three o'clock.—Admission, is., area 25., reserved seats 3s„ to be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT CIRCUS.ILA OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND-STREET. This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the pubic, for the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. The Photographic Establishment, Avitv. - y, Conservatory, General Refreshment Room , and Ladies Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their several departments. ADMISSION FREE. HE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS , High T Holborn, formerly Casino de Venise.—This establish ment, pre-eminently distinguished for the• elegance and matchless beaqty of its decorations, combined with the per fection of its management, is OPFS every EVENING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly,varied selection of the most approved classical and modern music. Doors open at half-past 8 ; overture at 9 ; closing at punctually. Admission ls. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, IlTrovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. Manager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, Is. to Promenade. N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. ALHAMBBA PALACE-A BULL FIGHT. A SPANISH BULL FIGHT. The Californian performers having acted as principals in 'a Bull-fight in America for upwards of one hun dred nights, .will undestake the same exploits in London. The regular Equestrian performances, the same as last week, will be produced in addition to the Bull-fie - ht, which takes place Morning and Evening , . The Rocky Mountain Won ders appear at each performance- • ' Two Performances Daily at two and quarter before Eight p.m. Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 58.; Private Boxes, £2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, (W. Splendid performance during Passion Week. 1 1 4-AN AND HIS HABITS.—THIS DAY, at Three and Half-past Eight, Dr. KAHN will deliver Lectures at his unrivalled and Original Museum, 3, Tich borne-street, facinv, the Haymarket. SYLLABUS—ldentity of Self-love and Social The Philosophy and Physiolomr of Marriage -Happy and Unhappy Unions — Whom and when to Marry—The Great Social Evil, its real Cure—Philanthropists andtheir Schemes—New Views of Men and Things—Dangers of Youth—Rocks of Advanced Age— The true Glory of Middle Age—My Memoirs—Much in Little. The Museum is open daily (for Gentlemen only) from Twelve till Five and from Seven till Ten. Explanations of the Models every half-hour. Admission. One Shilling, in cluding Handbook : to which is appended the SHOALS AND QUICKSANDS OF YOUTH. By JosEpn KAHN, M.D., Graduate in Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, of the Im perial University of Vienna, &c. : free by post 'fbr twelve stamps, direct from the Author, 17, Harley-street, Cavendish square. ' I v A revolu ion had broken out in the Mexican State of 0 iapas, bordering on Guatemala. At New ork the business in sterling exchange was light, and principally in bankers' bills, at 1094. 1 Money was abundant at 4 per cent. on good col. laterals. _ LIVERPOOL, APRIL 9. The Cunard screw steamship Etna, Anderson, Commander, arrived to-day from New York, with advices to the 28th ult. and 100,500 dols. in specie on. freight. On the Ist inst., in a gale of wind, the Etna passed the Alp Baltic; of New York, and during the night of the Bth experienced a dense fog, pass ing many vessels sounding fog horns, bells, &c. The Royal mail steamship Niagara. hence, and the Cunard steamship Alps, hence, arrived at Hali fax on the 27 - tb ult. _ _ _ _ R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, Patron— . Tlle QUEEN. Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone. No recommendation is required. During the past year (1858) 40,403 received the benefits of this Charity. either as out or in-door patients ; and since its foundation to 31st December, 1858, the number relieved was upwards of 649,000. ' The Committee entreat AID to enable them to continue this great work of charity. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. THAT are • the Wild Waves saying ? Keep up your Channel Fleet, and buy your Teas of the East India Tea Company, where sound Tea, Black. Green, or Mixed, can be bought, in 61b bags, at 2s. per Helen's andoffee, in the Berry, at 10d.—Warehouse, 9, Great St. church yard, Bishopsgate. PPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London.—This excellent preparation, originally pro duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London. VINEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's Government.—CONDY'S PATENT PURE CONCEN TRATED MALT VlNEGAR.—Families, by using this de licious Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per cent. See Report of Dr. Letheby, City Officer of Health ;Dr Hassall, of the " Lancet" Commission, and others. Sold by the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Whalesale, 63, King William-street, London-bridge, E.C.—Six Quart Sample sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d. OINAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library , and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian Alabaster. Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London, W.C. Mr. Tennant arrang-ea elementary' collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will eireatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand. HART'S PATENT ECONOMISING GAS BURNER. the great desideratum of the age to all con sumers of Gafi. By its use the objections to the introduction of Gas into private dwellings are removed, inasmuch as every particle of gas, on reachtng the orifice of the burner, is fairly consumed, and thus the diffusion of those noxious vapours so injurious to health, and destructive to works of art, bindings of books, &c., is entirely prevented. The burner can be fitted by the most inexperienced hand to any chandelier or bracket. May be had at the Depot, 69, Fleet-street, E.C.. price Two Shillings each : one sent on receipt of 30 postage stamps. The Washington despatch for the New York Herald reports that the United States' Government has failed to come to any definite understanding with the British Government regarding the right of search or visit. . The former are said to have de-1 to yield any point, and the latter to submit any new plan. A project, emanating from the French Government, which is said to be acceptable to the Government of the United States, is to be submitted to the British Government. The cook; and cabin boy of the bark C. A Raw lins, which I was captured at St. Joseph's by the United States' steamer Vixen on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade, are reported to have made a confession, in which they allege that a Spanish captain who was on board, and who was to have had the command on the vessel's reaching a certain part of the coast of Cuba, had been mur- • dered by the American captain who was in charge when they left Havannah. It was currently re ported in Savannah that the Rawlins, previous to her capture, had landed some 600 Africans some where on the coast of Florida, but it was not sup- posed to be the fact. In Georgia a number of negroes,.said to be a part of those landed, had been captured and placed in prison. At a meeting in Holmesvilld, Georgia, on the 9th ult., a resolution had been adopted declaring that all laws of the Federal. Government interdicting the right of the Southern people to import slaves from Africa were unconstitutional and violative of the rights of the South, were, null and void, and a disgrace to the statute-boob. Advices from Venezuela to the lltlfult. had been received.. Peace was again disturbed. The pro vince of Coro had declared in favour of the Federal Government, and had taken up arms in the cause. Several exiles had left Curacoa to join their friends- General Zamora, who had left Curacoa to take com mand of the troops at Coro, was reported to have taken the field. Maracaibo, on the 6th ult., was quiet, but iv revolt was expected. Generael Paez had not recovered. ou e t i o g f h t t he hours pit to SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. SHORT TIME MOVEMENT IN MINING DISTRICTS . The Silas Wright was off Salt Key Ba nk on the 18 th ult. AROUND BRADFORD. — Petition s are in course of signature An English bark was seen ashore off Crooked Island on in the Bradford district in favo ur of a more strin g ent enact- the 17th ult. ment for the regulation of m ines and the labour therein. The Co n s ign me nt , f rom Liver p ool for Phiiadel p hia, was The petitioners pray the Legislat ure to p ass a law restrict- s p ok en wit h on the 28 th u lt., in lat. 39 N., lon. 74 W. a day ; The Lady Franklin, the Universe, and the Linden, from Liverpool, have arrived at New York. hours a day ; the working time of children and y oung p er- Several vessels were blown ashore on the north side of in th g e machinerytheworld working time efo ofr ra c i o s a i l n m g incoearlss to sons under 14 years of age employed in mines to four hours the island of Cuba during a storm from the northon the 18th a day ; and obliging owners of coal mines to provide good ult. ; among them was the British brig Harriet from Navy school instruction for four hours in each day (including the Bay, with a cargo of guano, for Baltimore. natures and properties of gases) for all children employed Five to six hundred paekages were saved from the wreck under the age of 14 years. And to oblige owners to adopt of the ship Nathan Henan. the safety-cage, and such other scientific appliances as may The Chase was off Charleston. from time to time be shown to be capable and necessary to The Ceres, from Queenstown, was off Boston. prevent the sacrifice of life. They also pray that a law may Ten ships outward bound crossed the bar of the Missis be enacted, by which a tax of a farthing shall be levied on sippi from the 26th to the 28th ult., leaving some 30 de every ton of coals sold in order to produce the means of tained there, with nearly 100,000 bales of cotton on board. support for the widows and orphans of thosb who may lose Arrived on the 10th.—The Empress, from Apalachicola ; their li ves in the mine,—for the education of their children, the Eclipse, from New Orleans ; the Jean, from Havannah; —and the establishment of a miners' home, for all persons the Martaban, from Calcutta ; the Tribune, from Mobile. who may be disabled through working in a coal mine or at The Kelpir Nottingham, from Bombay; the Holyrood, any colliery works, after the manner of the - Sailors' Home. hence ; the Mornington, rom Melbourne, and the John [AnvEnTrsEmENT.]—Holloway's Pills.—An easy mind. Hancock, from Havre, at New Orleans. —The most momentous affairs of life scarcely ruffle the The Montibello, which sailed from New Orleans for this human mind so much as a disordered digestion ; this latter p ort on the 15th ult. with 2,727 bales of cotton, was aban is alway s depressing 'the p i r it s , or t or t ur ing with pain, till cloned, on fire, 78 miles outside the bar of the Misissippi, on it is cured by medical art, or drags its desponding victim to the 27th ult. ; crew returned to New Orleans. the grave. Throughout the material world nothing has The Shooting Star, from Portsmouth for New York,'was been found so constantlffective in removing i n di ges ti on ashore on Tuckermouth Shoa l. She was got off on the 19th as Holloway's admirable Pills, th e renown of which is sus- ult. with loss of anchor and part of chain; the ship not tained in the largest cities and remotest districts of the damaged. United Kingdom. Thi s can b e prove d b y num b er less The Emily, from London for Beliz e , with a cargo of testimonials. I Mr. David Lewis, of Llangefelack, suffered f a ncy goods, went ashore on the reef of Key Gloria, Bay of dreadallY from indigestion, which resisted every medicine Honduras on the 16th ult., while in charge of a pilot. Part except HolloNiay's Pill s ; t h ese relieved the d i stress i ng of the cargo had been saved and taken t o B e li ze , w here it 'n. restored pa ins, and sot? red a sound stomach and contented was sold by auction. wind, I The brig Swiss Boy, from Port Orchard, with lumber for San Francisco, sprang a leak January the 29th, bore away for Niuilatt Sound, where she was ,seized on the Ist of February by Indians, the Captain and crew taken priso ners and detained 10 days, and the vessel burned., • The Bamaere, which cleared from New Orleans on the sth ult. for Havre, and had been since detained at•the bar, during a heavy squall from the S.W., was, by'the dragging of the anchors of a ship (name unknown); run into, had her stern split to-below the water , line 9 and received such other damage as ie,aused her to return to that city on the 19th for repairs. A boat, containing Captain, Goodwin and four of the crew Of, the ship Agamemnon, from Liverpool for Baltimore,' re ported as having gone ashore five miles south .of Curritnck Inlet in about 13 fathomswater, was picked 'on - the 26th ult., about 12 miles south of Body Island, by the Patapsco,- from. Charleston for-Baltimore. When the Patapsco .cane up to the veSsel, about 1 pan., the rest of the crew were un bending the foretopsaili the main and mizen masts had gone over the side, and the ship was full of water. Captain GoOdwin then took his boat and, with the crew, went on board. • . The New, Orleans Crescent of the 21st ult. says :—" The accounts received on Saturday morning from the Passes state the highest water there to be only 13ft. to 13ift. on the bar. The following .ships worked over, and went to sea during the last high water :—The Bannockburn, the Man chester, and the Lady Sale, for Liverpoolthe Lochinvar, for Antwerp—the Charles Devonport; for Naides—the Mary; for Havre—the Troy, for Boston. Outwar&bound vessels are daily accumulating. There were 44 ships at' the South-West Pass and six in Pass L'Outre, outward bound, and from 20 to 25 bound in. The cotton now detained at the mouth of the river amounts to 130,000 bales. • • • - ,V There are in port 70 vessels loading for Liverpool- and -other European ports, many of which aro prepared,' or an be prepared, in a short time, for sea, Some have filled Up; and are ready to clear ; others waiting the removal of the bar obstructions: .V '240,000 bales of cotton, including the quantity at the bar, are detained from market, and, from appearances; may, with other produce, be detained until June or. July.. The latest "accounts say that the bar is improving, and the vessels detained there would get over in a few days if the wind Continued favourable." REPORT OF TIIE INDIAN RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE. We have been favoured with a copy of the second report of the General Committee of the Fund for the Relief of the Sufferers by thelate fearful Mutiny in India, bearing date the 31st ult. It states that last year (1858) no less than 178 meetings, were held by the General and the three subordinate or special committees, while the honorary secretaries have given daily" attendance, and worked most assi duously. Under the peculiar system laid down by the committee relief to the amount of £42,948 has been accorded from the commencement of the fund down to Dec. 31, 1858, including £32,457 in the form of military donations and loans, £1,613 in the form of donations to civil classes, and £1;877 in the form of loans to civil classes. 38 officers have PEIcE 4D; STAMPED, SD. These sums, together with the prolonged allowances centemplated in the body of the report, give a total estimated expendithre of £15,482 7s. 6d. per annum. For how long 'a period, and to what amount, these prolonged allowances will be continued, must de pend upon the state of the hinds when the accounts are closed, whiclithe committee trust will be on the .31st of December next. A report of the Calcutta Relief Fund is appended., The receipts from the commencement have been 11,54;312 rupees, and the balance at 'the end of October last was .92,837 rupees: 1,11,619 rupees were expended in passage and diet money, - and 1,88,244 rupees in passages to England. RAILWAY INTBLLIGENCE. At the monthly meeting of the Railway Compa nies'Assocation this week the Law and Parliamen tary Committee were authorised to take steps for preventing the general insertion in future • acts of the clause abolishing terminal charges. An alleged diversion of traffic through an agreement between the North-Eastern - and Newcastle and Carlisle was : the subject,of considerable • discussion but no de finite result was arrived at. shareholders of the London and - South-Western' have approved bills .for the construction of junction and loop lines at: Twickenham, Barnes, and other places, to provide additional Station accommodation, &c.,, with proviiions for raising the required capital. With reference to the ,Portsmotth competition, the: chairman stated that the cheap . fares origi nated with the Lendon and Brighton, and that a fortnight after their- adoption by the Brighton the London and r South-Western most un willingly been compelled to take a similar. course. At a meeting of the Vale of Neath a bill to enable the company to enter into arrangements with the South Wales for the division of the station at Neath, to purchase .the Aberdare Valley . line,.and to gua-, rantee interest on £40,000 required' for the com pletion of the docks - was 'approved. It was to raise £216,000 additional capital. At .a meeting of the Pernambuco the announcements justified to a singular extent all the cautions hitherto repelled bf the shareholders. It appears _that in consequence of the delays and slow progress, of the line the works have been taken Out.of the hands of the contractor, and that the officers of the company are now in possession. Thrice the number of men formerly em ployed by the contractor. are .at present- at work. The, capital raised has been £68&,000, of Which about £38,000 is in cash in the hands of the company,: and the outlay, including L 25,000 of outstanding liabilities, has been £675,000. Owing to delay and accumulation of interest, it- is considered probable that the capital will be exceeded. The contractor's accounts remain unsettled. In justice to the ligh credit of Brazil, the public must bear in mind that not -a single unfavourable feature in the position of this undertaking is to be attributed to the Govern ment of that country, their course towards it having been marked by the greatest liberality and forbear ance. The Glasgow, Dumbartion, and. Irelensburgh have declared a dividend at the rate. of &per 'cent. I per annum out of the disposable balance of revenue for the past six months of £2,697. About £15,000 is required to - settle liabilies. -on capital account which will raise the total cost of the undertaking to £277,000. At the Central Terminus and Glasgow meeting the proposed distribution at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum was ordered. The rairway waggons belonging to the ,company were stated to be in good condition. Every exertion has been made by the direcfors to - dispose of the surplus land and reduce the outstanding liabilities. The former is valued at £77,970, exclusive of two plots reserved for railway and depot purposes, while the latter stand at £86,387. The report of the Geelong and Melbourne states that the Williamstown branch to ' Melbourne was opened on the 14th of January., The Government have decided, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the chairman, on treating for the purchase of the line for cash instead of deben tures. The creditors of the company have in nearly every case met the Board in a liberal spirit, and all recorded judgments have been paid off. The receipts of the Tournay to Jurbise and Landen to Hasselt for the year 1858 show an in-. crease of £3,171 over the previous year, and a total distribution for the year has been made at a rate of rather more than 51 per cent. The augmentation in the revenue arises mainly from an increase in the coal traffic. At a meeting of the Great Western of Canada a dividend was ordered at the proposed rate of 3 per cent. per annum. The falling off in the receipts was attributed solely to the dpression of trade and two bad harvests. The Copiapo Exten sion Railway has been completed and opened for traffic. Inclusive of rolling stock and other ex penses, the cost has been £6,400 a mile. The receipts hitherto have proved satisfactory. The first sod of the West Somerset, a line connecting Taunton with Watchet, has been cut. At the meeting of the -Illinois Central, at Chicago, on the 16th March, a resolution expressing full confidence in the direc tion and a conviction of the future prosperity of the undertaking was mOvedby Mr. Cobden on behalf of himself and the English holders of 80,000 shares. The shareholders of the Norfolk have approved the lease of the East Suffolk to the Eastern Counties and associated companies. The net receipts of the Dun blane, Doune, and Callander for the half-year ending in December amounted to £1,036. It was agreed not to divide this sum, the directors being desirous of having the experience of a full year's traffic, when a dividend may be declared at a rate which can be per manently maintained. The Perth and Dunkeld have dedared a dividend of 2 per cent. ; the Jedburgh, 3 ; and Caledonian and DumbartonShire, 4. received £3,555:; 99 officers' widows, £11,284 ; 26, officers' orphans, 1,473 ; 25 officers'. wives, £ 2 , 353 ; 51 officers' relatives, £3,534 ; 38 relatives of sol diers and sailors, £641; 150 disabled sailors and soldiers, £326 ; and 394 widows and 544 children of soldiers and sailors, £4,694 (on weekly allow ance). The military loans amount to £4,533, making, with £27,924, the amount of the donations, a-sum total of £32,457. The civil class donations included £979 to 11 clergymen and missionaries, £916 to six widowS of "clergymen, £lOO to the wife of a missionary, £1,781, ,to '26 widows and Orphans of " uncovenanted" civilians, and £4,836 to-81 indigo planters, merchants, and rail Way employes. The civil loans included loans of £985 to eight mer chants and' their relatives, £3ll . to six widows and relatives of railway servants, £5O each to two widows, £lOO to one landowner, £331 to three orphans of traders, and £5O to. one " ancovenanted" civil officer of Government. - The General Committee have been favoured by the Ladies' Committee with valuable advice in' cases referred to them regarding the disposal of female orphans, and the ladies of that committee have been indefatigable in arranging and distribut ing donations of clothing, which have been of the greatest service to the sufferers. Several cases or wearing apparel were sent to Alexandria, Bombay, and Calcutta ; a supply has also been kept on board some of the steamers of the Peninsular and Oriental Navigatiori Company, and- distributed by the com manders when occasion required. With the excep tion of a moderate balance at the Bank of England for current expenses, the . contributions realised have been invested in public securities ; and it ,is satisfactory to notice that the interest, added to a profit arising from the transfer to other public se curities, has not only provided for all the office ex penses and advertisements from the establishment of the fund to the end of the past year, but has added £6,204 17s. 4d. over and above these expenses to the available resources of the fund. The total amount of contributions received from the 2d of February to the 31st of December, 1868, £85,354, including liberal donations from the colo nies. A cheque for £B5O was sent to the treasurer by " A Lady in Belgravia," whose name has not transpired. The total expenditure, from the estab lishment of the fund up to the 31st of December last, amounts to £176,710, of which sum £127,286 has been remitted to India—principally to Cal citta. The amount of relief accorded to sufferers in Great Britain by the committe is £42,948, as already shown. The report states that in • numerous instances, fathers, mothers, sis ters, &c., had been entirely supported, or materi ally assisted, previous to the mutiny, by remittances. from India. The death by massacre or in the field, of those who thus aided their relatives in Great Britain has left the latter in a condition more pitiable than that of widows and orphans, as in most instances they have no claim upon the Crown or Government of India, and no prospect of support from " service"- and " compassionate' funds. The Relief Cominittee have, however, proceeded with great caution in ad mitting the claims of " relatives," and, except in instances where no doubt has existed, documentary evidence of previous remittances from India has been required, as well as of their amount, and at what period, and through what channel remitted., The committee are persuaded that in relieving this class of sufferers they have strictly fulfilled the objects of the fund and the generous design of the contributors. Another class of sufferers—viz., " wounded and disabled soldiers and sailors"—'who have received assistance from the fund may also re quire explanation. These brave men arrived from India wholly or partially disabled by wounds, or with constitutions enfeebled by exposure in the suppression of the mutiny. Many had formed a' portion of the heroic garrison of LucknoW, had been engaged in the siege and storming of Delhi, or had shared in the many struggles which have saved our empire in the East. Their pensions are, small, and the committee determined that these men were fit objects for assistance until their improved health should enable them to procure their own livelihood. It was therefore resolved to augment the allowance granted by Government to discharged soldiers by a sum of 6d. per day for three months, in the first in stance, and at the end of that period to reconsider the case of each individual, dependent on the cha ractor he produced from the minister who disbursed the allowance. • The number of applicants for relief has not diminished so much as might have been an ticipated; but this is accounted for by the difficulty experienced by many of the victims in reaching the ports of embarkation through the disturbed districts. It has been decided to take into consi deration no casualty whatever occurin , " after the 31st ult. The committee have considered how to dispose of the sum " at credit" of the Central Fund at the end of last year, which amounts to £265,766. It is proposed, among other arrangements, to grant assistance to widows and orphans of officers and civilians for educational purposes where the fami lies are large and boys predominate, and to augment the pensions of certain widows and orphans. It is observed that soldiers' and sailors widows and orphans are peculiarly entitled to consideration. Allowances to these have been granted for one year, on the scale and under the rules adopted by the Royal Patriotic. Fund; and the committee pro poses to continue them at the same rate, or to re duce them, according to the state of the finances of the fund when all claims for temporary aid have ceased—a rule which will be followed in all cases of prolonged allowances. On the 31st of December last there were 894 soldiers' and sailors' widows and 544 children in receipt of weekly allowances, which are disbursed to them by ministers of the different denominations to which they belong, and by other gentlemen, who transmit the requisite vouchers to the office. Next come soldiers dis charged owing to wounds, or loss of health arising out of the mutiny. For those who are so disabled as to be incapable of labour the committee contem plate the continuance of the 6d. per day as an important addition to their means of sup port. Great pains have been taken in the selection of cases for the relief of that class of sufferers entitled to prolonged assistance. 84 cases of this description have been carefully investigated and decided, and the outlay involved will be £2,500 per annum. The number of soldiers' and sailors' widows in Great Britain in receipt of the benefits of the fund is, about this time, 520, and 670 chil dren. The average yearly payment for each family may be taken at £2O, making a total outlay of £10,400 per annum. The average of disabled sol diers received 6cL per diem has increased to 283, rePre4enting an annual outlay of £2,582 7s. 6d. ,'' -- - ---- - - '- . - fr -, :.x 1 -2-I'] • L 7 - r DEA IM:4IE. f,Z7 T. , G EIV:51? AE jsi i i.'„ ) , ,%-f.,. L v,,,,, , ~..., TO#STEPH - T 2 . 1,4 %OK WELL, G. . ` 4 -''' • ' ' 1..' IVI! - • ... ---... ..--______-. c ;•, 4 :Ng, ~„ •••,-s ~,....., -. ' 4 . - .;$ .t. 7 w e regret to learn by telegraph .that Himself, . w . a ll f `e . : l4 .` , iii: ,- ..::::: General Sir Joseph The ckwell, G.C.8., are, '-:-.4-441 - t-.4 Pw denly on Friday, at Agha da Hall, his seat in t'• .• - 7=.4,1 z , Cork, from disease of the hiazt. ,The gallant offi • • . iietqa who had greatly distingui son of the late Mr. John I.,:hackWelly of Rye Cis tir t, ', - -; :i t , Worcestershire. He mat 9. red the army in - Aiiin , :, , .. y . l . ~ 1800, a r turd during his caret 1r of nearly 60 years had .7 ,- i. gained the highest distinct tin. nin the service,parti- e'. i trr-- cularly in the East Indies.. SA : r Joseph's services in .l the Peninsula are thus I'm $ )rdec. l by Hart :----" Served the campaign in Gallicia i.ind Leon, under Sir John , . , • , . Moore, 'and was engage] 1 in, several - skirmishes, . and present at the battle of Comma. Served ~ .. the campaigns of 1813 as id 1814 . in the Penin- - sula, including the_ ba tees of Vittoria,_ the _ PyreneeS, in front of P .ampeluna, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th July ; bloc: trade of Pampeluna: from a 18th to the 31st October ', when it surrendered ; battle of Ortlies, affair •al ; Tarbes, and battle of - Toulouse, hesides many aff iirs of advanced . guards, outposts, &e, ;- served also the campaign -of-4815, . including the action at Qii.. Are Brasithe retreat on the following day, and ba A Ale of Waterloo. Com manded the cavalry divit ; ion of the army- of the Indus during the Affghani 2 ;tan campaign ; was pre sent at the storm and cal )ture of Ghuznee ; and commanded the second coll • min of.the army on its march from Cabool -to Bei igal.* He commanded the cavalry division of the ar my of Gwulior through ' greatly .distinguished nar.at2.lr Josephaha out the Mahratta war in 184 '3, and commanded the Cavalry division-at. the actin the- 29th of 'December:that ye .distinguished himself in the o perations against the Sikhs, in the ca mp ai g ns of 1846 and 1849; for •Whiehcminent services he ii , ceiied the thanks of - Parliament • and of the ' East India Company, and was rewarded in the last.me) 'timed' ear by her Majesty nominating him a Cliand Cross of - the Bath, the gallant general having previously for his military services-been-made act impanion and knight of that order. During his ho) aourable career in the service he had been several times wounded. At Vittoria he was severely contused on the' right . shoulder ; and at Waterl , ao he was so badly . wounded that he had fo hase his arm amputated, -. .• and had two horses shot under him, _On his return - - to ;England. from the East I :tidies he was appointed* , inspector general of cave try in succession to his - Royal - Highness the Duke of Cambridge. .In 1834 - -. lie was made a Knight of ;he Hanoverian Order; • had received the -silver war medal and three clasps for his services in the ; Peninsala, a Medal for • Sobraon, where he comet: nded the cavalry, and medal and clasps for the last Punjaub campaign; also the empty honour of tihe Dooranee order, for - services in Affghanistan. In November., - 1849, .he : was appointed colonel of the 16th (the. Queen's) , ;Regiment of Light Dragoons (Lancers), which . : . becomes at the disposal' oft lie ItOrse Guards by . his lamented decease. He was an intimate friend of . the late General Havelock ;and of Lord Clyde, Sir Harry Smith, - Lord Goughi - and -- other - noble and gallant veterans -of the . army. Hii commissions bore date. as follows :=—Clornet, April ' 22, 1800 ; lieutenants June 13, 1801'; captain, April '9, 1807 ; major, June 18, 1815 ; lieut.-colonel, June 21, 1817 ; colonel, Jan. 10, .1837 ; 'major general, Nov: 9, '846 ; and lieut.-general;' June 2 0, 1854. 111 r'ii r - • , - ' - • 7 /••,•• 4, THE OCEAN MAIL SERVICZ SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 9. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tamar, Captain Jellicoe, sailed hence to-day with the Brazil and River Plate mails, a full cargo of £14,900'. in specie, and jewellery value £28,600. She has 101 passengers, among. whom are the .Princes Philippe and Augnstus, and suite. The new steamer Mersey, belonged to the above-named company, will be despatched from this port on the 25th inst. for the Brazils, to take the place of the Camilla on the River Plate line, - the latter coming for repairs ; the Mersey will take a mail. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamship Jeddo, Capt. Black, recently built by Mr. Laird on the Mersey, and which has made one voyage to Lisbon with the mails, was taken out for a trial measured in Stoke's Bay to-day, previous to .being placed on the Bom bay, Suez, and Australian station. There was a large party on board, including Captain Nairne, Mr. Hadow, and Mr. J. Allen, directors of the company; Dr. Beattie, medical inspector; Captain Engledue and Mr. A. Lamb, the superintendent and superintending engineer at Southampton ; Mr. Justice Halliburton ; Mr. John Laird and Son ; Mr. Napier, jun., of Glasgow ; Messrs. Luke and Hughes, Admiralty surveyors; Messrs. Rubie and Murray, surveyors to the Board of Trade, &c.. The . Jeddo ran the mile fOnr times, with the following results :—First, 4 minutes 9 seconds—average 14.457 knots per hour; third, 5 minutes 1 second— average 11'960 knots per hour ; third, 4 minutes 16 seconds—average, 14.063 knots per hour; fourth, 4 minutes 38 se - cona-average 12 950 knots per hour. Average vacuum, 23g; ditto revolutions, 63 ; ditto steam, 1831 b. She is about to be fitted with Mr. Lamb's superheating apparatus, which will add to her speed, besides effecting a saving in the con sumption of fuel. The performances of the ship gave great satisfaction to all on board. After leav ing the measured mile the Jeddo was taken down the Solent towards the Needles, during which the company partook of a dejeuner in ,the saloon, re turning to the docks about half-past four o'clock. The Jeddo is 1;800 tons burden and 450-horse power. She will leave for Bombay in about three 'weeks. The Alhambra, Captain Woodgates, is due on Monday, with mails from Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo. Three steamers are due off - Cowes on Wednesday and Thursday next from New York— viz., the Borussia (screw), Captain Trautmann, which left on the Ist ini3t. for Hamburg ; the Weser (screw), Captain Getjen, on the 2d for Bre men, with the German mails ; - and the Arago (paddle), Captain D. Lines, on the 2d for Havre, with the French and English mails. The Royal Mail Company's steamer La Plata,- Captain Weller, is thie on the 16th, with the West India and Pacific mails, but may be looked for on the 14th. The Ripon steamer, Captain E. Christian, leaves on Tuesday next, with the heavy Bombay, Mauritius, and Australian mails ; the Parana, Captain Bevis, on the 18th inst., with the West India and Pacific mails (the 17th falling on Sunday) ; the Alhambra, Captain Woodgates, on the 18th, with the mails for Vigo, Oporto, and Lisbon • the Bavaria, Captain Taube, on the 18th inst., and the Bremen, Captain Wessels, on the 19th, both for New York ; the Pere, Captain Jamieson, the the 20th, with the East India and China mails. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 10. The Cape Monitor brings intelligence a week later than that by the Dane, which left on the 21st of February and arrived here on the 28th of March. The valuable settlements on the east coast of Africa, belonging to the Portuguese Government, are about to be opened up for trade. The Chevalier du Prat is advertising for mail steamers to run betweeii Natal and Delagoa Bay, Quillimaine, and Mozam bique. Another line will probably follow between Mozambique and Madagascar. A lucrative trade has for many years existed between the United States and Mozambique. By the official returns in the Gazette it appears that in the, last quarter of 1858 tllere was a considerable increase in the im portation of agricultural implements' at the Cape. The men belonging to the 59th Regiment, in valided from China, are recovering. Of 148 sidc. on arrival, 12 have died, 31 have left the hospital, and 105 remain. The troopship Marseilles, 74 days from Gravesend, for India, with 14 officers and 409 men under command of Capt. Millar, 67th Regiment, arrived at Table Bay on 25th February. The French transport Didon, 4, Commander G. Picard, from Brest, Dec. 29, with 350. soldiers for Singapore and China, put into the Cape for water the same day. The barques -Irene, Hero, and Gabalva were load ing for London, and the Suzanne, for Marseilles. In Table Bay, the barques Aberfoyle, for London ; Montevideo tevideo ; ; Glen dower, for Amoy ; and Annie, from Desola tion Island; the mail steam er Celt and the barque a a nu Coral Queen discharging cargo ; the Da Prince Dream, from dowe r from iina; 000 ; Dreadnought,indfirafoo,mr f r l‘ co l ma o r ul diff; a Marinus, from Madras; Meteor, from Mauritius ; Sun shine, sh Pr i i n n e c , e f F ro r m ed A er l i g c o ka . Ba y William, . THE NEW CANADIAN TARIFF. To the consumers of Canada, in the east or wes the new , tariff will . be flagrantly unjust. It sub verts the only principle of political economy about which theorists and statesmen are agreed.- It in creases-taxation—already high—upon necessaries, and reduces duties on luxuries. What the poorest are accustomed to consume—what to all have be come necessaries of daily life—are singled out for heavier duties ; while the articles which minister to the enjoyment of the few are relieved from a portion of the load which, for society's sake, might well bs made much heavier than it is. Beyond this Mr. Galt's scheme is palpably sectional. He seeks violently and hastily to force the current of western trade into a new channel for the benefit of an insignificant class. • He proposes so to apply the Customs' machi nery that the trade of this section will be crushed, its energy paralysed, in order that a few impor ters in Lower Canada may acquire an advantage. Let this proposition be carried out and the stability of our trade is at an end. If in a single season the whole current of traffic can be altered by legis lation, there is no • safety for the trade. Two or three bodies of merchants shall be made to suffer —in some cases shall be ruined—merely that an other body of merchants, living in another section of the province, may reap profit. This is robbing three -Peters to enrich one Paul. Does Mr. Galt ex pect that Upper Canada will patiently submit to so gross a wrong ? Upon the merchants of Toronto and other places in the West the scheme will fall heavily. They have suffered more than enough from other causes already. The crisis, cruelly prolonged, has tried them- sorely. And now, just when they are beginning to hope for a return of proSperity, Mr. Galt comes with his tariff to mock their endeavours and blast their expectations. To some the new tariff will be certain ruin. To all it will occasion a loss which they are ill able to bear. The retail traders will feel the injury yet more severely. Every storekeeper in town or village, in city or in the bush, will suffer. He will be compelled to depend for his supplies upon those who have themselves purchased at a disadvantage. Nor will the mischief end here. The great body, of consumers will share it fully. It was bad enough for them to pay the enormous increase of taxation which Mr. Galt imposes ; but to be doubly taxed as they will be under this tariff—taxed at the Customs'- house, taxed at the store—is more than the most patient community should be asked to endure. If the object of the Ministry be to revive sectional jealousies, to kindle afresh a sectional fire, the In spector-General is likely to succeed to perfection. His tariff is the best possible provocative. Its in judicious classification of duties offends everybody, and will excite 'strong feeling whenever its opera tion shall be visible in the enhanced prices of the poor man's necessaries. Its rampant sectionalism will co mplete the work. Whatever m a y be the present predilections of Montrealers, they will suffer even tually from a scheme which ex hibits them in the light e_ of monopolists. And Western Canada will be im mediately incensed. Her farmers and mechanics and storekeepers will be brought Sam to f ace with the old enemy—Lower Canadian supremacy. Sophistry cannot conceal the fact ; nor will rhap sodies about the St. Lawrence route reconcile the people of Western Canada to this assault upon their pockets. Mr. Galt may take our word br it, that, should he succeed in forcing the new tariff through Parliament, a storm will be evoked throughout the West which will not improve the working or the prospects of the lhaione—Toronto Globe. MECHANICS' INSTITUTES. Are mechanics' institutes frequented mainly by mechanics ? Certainly , not. If they were, would they be in the languid and almost eleemosynary condition in which too many of them now are ? Most emphatically we say no. Very many, if not the great bulk, of the institutions thus designated are in the main mere places of amusement—danc ing schools, singing rooms, amateur theatres, and so forth, carried on for the amusement of mere lads and girls, who do not, in the majority of cases, be long to mechanics at all. We are not now speaking against such places of amusement. They may be very useful things in their way. But to disgrace the name of mechanics by placing it upon such places is to insult the class. We have no desire to flatter mechanics ; we should not know how to do it if we had. But we do say that they, as a class, respect themselves far too much to beg for anything —least of all for the means of acquiring knowledge; and in the name of the mechanics of this country we tall upon the promoters of institutions every where either to make them self -sustaining — r e matter how humble that may . render them--; or else to wipe the name " Mecha nics ' Institution " off them Altogethpr.742 - qchcmicg Arcig , F l :l 4 .la4c; 4, 41 Sa' PURSUANT to a - Decree of the High Court of 1 1- Chancery, made in a cause " Rudge against Weedon," to d tui persons claiming to b e creditors of WILLIAM WEEDON, bite of No. 3, Clarence-dace, Stockwell, in the county of Sur ?ey, Esq., who died in the month of July, 18,58 ; are, by their ;s oilcitors, on or loefim-e the 3d day of May, 1859, to ,01 „ Come in and prove' their claims at the chambers of the Vic:e -x); S:r F.iehard Torin Kindersley . No. 3, Stone -0 It t c l,ll, gg, _Lincoilys-inn, _Middlesex, fromi thereof, p a 7/ will be p r JrfJmptorily excluded the benefit of the 1 1 ' 4 D.cree- Shturday, the 7th day of May, 18.59, at twelve tile clock at, noon, at' the said chambers, is appointed for heal fing ar‘d adjudicatin March the claims. ated this 22d day of, 1859. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. WOOD and FRANCE, Falcon-street, Aldersgate, Plaintiff's Solicitors. LA - e ta IN the gp matter of the Toint-Stook Companies' At i Windin Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the " PRO VESTANT LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE ASSOC A-