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!Wm Doloitte and Greenwood, Public Accountants. , Solicitors,--Mes Ara. Swift, Wagstaff and Blenkinsop, Great George-street, We s t m i nster. Tetu S,ecretary—Mr. Richard St ep h ens. porary ' Alices-13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, S,\V.. The and 80, Old B road-street, City. progressive development of the resourtes of the country, end the extension of the and abro ad carr'iage have railway- system at ho me , s which creat e d a d emand for railway Wag ,e ons and pply . existing P., ompanies cannot adequately The. metropolis is the and an already mon every description, to •ka ding emporium of the coa l t ra d e) .aetus yet growing traffic in goods of in lea ding li nes of rain , end from it, is c arr i e d on, upon all the i _ . it ay by public c ompan i es and commer cial firms' which " tr Nr .' - g , their chi e f o ffi ces i n London, would at urally seek means of co ny , " 0 abeiupplied there with the necessary able to contra iyance, if a company existed ready and cap- The legit; at for the same. providim t .mate and profitable employment of capital, in lionsof pi .or such wants, is seen in the result of the opera - t; le several joint-stock companies which have been ' ° rme d in various provincial localities for the letting of wageiers die and carriages to r a il way companies, mineral "vr , merchants, and oth ers, and the many advantages Pr .sense by the metr o p o li s as the seat of such a Company, b....addition to the actual requirements of its trade, anggest the d 0 the of the Metropolitan Railway Carnage and " %Vapor. Corapany. .has The plan adopted by wagon companies iD_ the provinces been to contract for their supply of cP.rriages and wa gems with some firm whose bustuess it is to construct and _repair them, so that each tort apany becomes bound to the replier with whom they co . 'pant ior the construction and raaiutenanee of its stock. This Company, however (while Treserving the power to build and maintain its own stock), Will open its e,ontracts t 43 the trade, the advantages of which plan are obvi.orls. Railway carriages wad wagons are usually let on lease, and their maintenanem or repairs undertaken by the builders for a term o f years at a fixed per eentage on th e cost, so that the net 'tirofit, aft er setting aside an annual sum to meet depreciation ar.d renewals, may be divided to the full. The foi lowing figures exhibit the satisfactory position of the lead/ ng C , ompanies already established, which have been profitaFie lx.,yond the moss sanguine expectations, and have I.ec lu, quire- in every ins`„ance an increase of their original Pitra ; and, from ry e ins estimates which have been made, no r easonable doubt exists but that results equal if not more eaV.sfactory will a -- K - ---;1-7-- _,........ Compar t_ y. _ "ecrue to this Company. I o-rgiiiie. Dividend per cent. :eservel Price. Midland F T h e Comp:iri .lagan y .. atnghat i. gon Com py. ~pcesterWag on 110 and occasion ally large, 1 bonnsee - I £ Premium 58,910 'lOO to 105 iper cent. 20.504 35 to 40 , per cent. 10,308 40 to 95 per cent. 3,500 35 to 40 per cent 10 10* in the first Year's working,' Ti le li This Company build and maintain their own stock. at their sub'scrabilityiption. of th sh.areholders is li m it e d to the amour, e •k l .. deposit of £1 per share is to be paid to the bankers en aklication, and 41 10s. per share on allotment. Should no allotment be '439,de, stibscribed, the d. or two-thirds of the capital not be erosit will be returned in full. 13, ecr APPlicatio of ns ,0 Company, for sh ares to be made to the Brokers or etary tt. 14 applicati on from whom pr os p ec t uses, f orms . and oth er i n f ormation may be obtained. ----_______ 4 ?PE UNITED KINGDOM SHIP.OWNI NG COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated with Li m i te d L i ability. Capital, £300,000, in 30,000 Shares of £lO each, (With power to increase to £1,000,000). b'eposit, 10s. _per Share on Application, and X 1 10s. on Allotment ; Three Months' Notice of any further Call. th ai'elnan•--Th DI RECTORS. e Right H on. Lord FERMOY, M.P., 5, elarendon.-place. Hyde-park-gardens , tan (Che.irman of the Metropolitan and Provincial Bank). ear-Ad reiral Burney, Ebury House, Twickenham, S.W. hri A.. Blake, Esq., M.P. 4 ,2, Saville-row, St. J ames ' s, .. W. and Waterford. J ohn T. Dobson, Esq., Me rc h ant :(Sheriff of Trull). Pope Hennessy, Esri., M.P., F.G.S . 211 t , , amour buildings, Temple, F.C. lkinjamin Healey, -VAT, Mark-lane, and Bimlipataro, Madras (Direot'or of the Imperial Sugar Company). Edgar Newby, .118 q., Croydon (Newby, Carson, and Co., .. Gresham Ho-aee). 4 . C. Pearson, Esq. (Mayor of Hull), (Z. C. Pearson and yCo.), 33, Great St. Helen's, 8.C., and Hull. eorge She r k , r Esq , 27, Leadenhall-street, E.C. °BePh• Rankin Stebbins-, Esq the ehr .truber of Commerce , Southampton (President o f ).* kf 13 (With power to add t o t h e i r num b er). AIM noxEns • - Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Taread needle - street, E.C. Au tilT oßS---MeAssrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Co., 14 sa, Lothbury, E.C. rfNIZERS-I.'he Bank of London, Threadneedle -street, E.C. LietTon —.John Scott, Esq., 60, King William-street, B.C. 41tINE 'SURVEYORS Messrs. Ititherdon and Thompson, 109, Fenchurch-street, E.C. 'SECRETARY (pro. tem.)—Mr. Richard Davis. Temp , arary Offices-18, Lombard street, E.C. T PROSPECTUS. to objecic of the United Kingdom Ship- owning Company is a'. establisb a fleet of first-class iron sailing ships,built upon lial'' l4 e neyst approved and scientific plans, of the best mate -8 a.nd workmanship, and fitted with every modern im• ''),(.4naent, for the general passenger and cargo trades be , e en this country, our east ern an d colonial dependencies, -4d other suitable ports. d The deser.iption of ships found to answer best are those I„,e4°.olinated medium clippers, combining first-rate sailing ti i sa ntie3 with good stowage capacity. The Directors have theinto' arrangements with eminent building firms for the cor istruction of such vessels under the special survey of th e „eonepany's ow n surveyor, on terms highly beneficial to 1,.? ) raterests of the C ompany,and they hope that, by adopt ti", carefully-selected modals, combining all the best quali o. -a of the most approved specimens of naval architecture, ,!vvell as by p rudent and economical management both ,Noat and on s h ore, to produce returns amply sufficient to 4 'aZ the shar e h o ld ers large interest on their outlay. he Directors have been induced to adopt iron as the ma al for the const ruc ti on o f t h e C ompany ' s ships in con k''erloo of its ad m itt e d super i or i ty over wood, not only as 4iiag:,sr,ds, greater carrying capacity an d hi g h er speed, but l k i: 4a account of the expenses for repairs of iron vessels .4g com paratively nominal. b,.. 4 -4 order t o s h ow that the Directors are offering a legiti 4'4'37te Undertaking for th e i nvestment of capital they have ' to point out the f ac t s th at on the 31st December, 1846, of Were were registered in the United Kingdom 23,472 vessels b all sizes, measuring 3,004,379 tons; while on the 31st 7,,ettibe-f, 1860, the date of the last returns, there . were 1,,,,.) 6 3 vessels of 4,658,687 tons, showing an increase in the th"" 1 5 years of 4,191 ships and 1,654,308 tons, being more pttall per cent. ach increase in. itself is sufficient to show that property h .e ' 4 is descri . Vdon is found to be of a most profitable cha ii mane etng a well-known fact that good sailing ships, It f ged, often clear their entire cost in the course of koevi' voyages. In sailing ships no sacrifice of stowage ' ll has to be made for engine space and fuel, whilst el l ,. ; Bt eataef es the cost of fuel as well as of the staff of 4,,,'"heers and firemen is very heavy. Nevertheless, the 4 1 er ,at'., passage made by steamers between this country, tl:'z'alia, India, and China do not show a saving of time tl 3 ''' those of first-class clippers such as are contemplated in 1.,° present scheme at all equivalent to the increased ex eT'editure. , Por these reasons the Directors have no hesitation in re ,PYittending the United Kingdom Ship-owning Company .-t,ete3ited) as one of the most profitable investments that has vV,Frboesen brought before the public. n.: .r taine ßciec.trtmsesthaend forms of application for shares can be Brokers, Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, Thread.needle-street, London, and from the Secretary, at e Temporary Offices of the Company, 48, Lombard -street. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACU M , , for N ervous R e l axation and General Weakness, restores tiagl apical rapt the most debilit a t e d constitution. A course of this remedy will ena bl e man at once to fulfil T,! znost sacred obligations of married lif e , ensur i ng to all air 1 3 t 11 , Manhood, and igour. Price ils., or four in one, 335. had direct from R. and L. Perry and Co., 19, Berners ttiW, O xford -street, London, W. Consutations daily, 11 4, 4 , and from 5 till 8. Agent : Barclay, 75, Farringdon eet and all chemists throughout the world. ctill);?, VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN 4 41)poti - R, WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF ~4 1; 11.,1 8 '9 7 onderful agent will restore manhood to the most kee„V'e',.l constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, NO'll Ces, nocturnal emissions, the effect s of climate, or natu- L U ses. 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Our object being merely to direct ohetteation of our City readers to the faCt that they possess hn d l ' l lic c lf s t he best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, rti ale country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, 'qb 49,4 t admirable in cliect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up , s With a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, co nsidering the space at his disposal, is truly sur pNl While everything that taste or delicacy could desire Olt " obtained to add to the comfort and luxury ot the ib, „' • We may justly say that if a man ever of la Vict,,b`,,egenerated and new made, it is on... Coming outtoi ,a "4+ zsath,"—Era, Oct_ 13, 186 i. Consultatiom daily till 12 a.m.: 111 ETROPte LITAN RAILWAY CARRIAGE J.11._ and WAC f ON COMPANY (Limited). Completely registered for th a letting of carriages and wagons to rail way compardes, mineral owners, merchants, and others. Capital - £lO 0,0(;0, in 10,000 shares of £lO each. 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WILL be forwarded, free, on application, a detailed Prospectus, containing a description and illustrations in miniature of many of the Machines included in Mr. Nathan Thompson's Patents, purchased by the EU ROPEAN COMPANY FOR BOAT BUILDING BY MACHINERY (Limited), with Copies of Testimonials and Forms of Application for bhares. TNow ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., UE WHITE ROSE OP CH A YLEIGH . "A hovel of strong healthy purpose, clear thought, and great descriptive power.,, —Spectator. t"This novel is tastefully and powerfully written. The oner possesses a good d ea l of originality and an independent of thought. Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13. Great Marlborough-street. IMPORTANT BX.PERIALENTS Al 5110B BUIR FATEss. with a 101 b. charge—an almost exact equivalent in force to the American Dahlgren 180-potinder fired with a 121 b. charge. Beyond dinting them these missiles produced very little effect upon the plates. Heavy charges of powder and high velocity of shot are evidently the requisites for the destruction of iron frigates. We have made the first step towards demolishing our own work in the experiments of Tuesday. Before this year is out it will be so ad vanced that, though we ourselves may not have in vulnerable ships—as, indeed, no nation can—we shall, at least, be in possession of ordnance which will destroy iron frigates with almost as much faci lity as wooden ones. While all Europe is just now ringing with sur prise and almost consternation at the practical results of the great naval duel between the Merri mac and the Monitor , we have to-day to record still more important experiences, which are the very opposite of those elicited by the contest in Hamp ton-roads. In brief, some experiments were tried at Shoeburyness, on Tuesday afternoon, with a new gun, of large size and great calibre, which showed al every discharge that our best and hitherto consi dered invulnerable forms of ironsides were, so to speak, almost as easily penetrated by its shot as if the targets had been of timber ! Sir William Arm strong has made a 300-pounder on hi s own admira ble principle of wrought-iron coils. This is about 14 feet in length, its weight is 12 tens, and its dia meter at the muzzle 101 inches. It has not been rifled, and therefore during the experiments of Tuesday it only threw round solid shot of 1561 b. weight. If rifled for the Armstrong shot, which is about two and a half times the length of its dia meter, it would be a 300 -pounder. The gun unrifled and with plain solid shot, was tried against that great champion of heavy weights which has hitherto come off victorious in all encounters —the redoubtable Warrior target. His Royal Highness the Duke of Ciimbridge, the Duke of Somerset, the Duke of Sutherland, Lord Clar ence Paget, Admiral Grey, Ccmmodore Drum mond, Captain Hewlett, Capt. yv e r t C o p , t J. F D airb li a a ir y, n,sen., Mr. L a i r d, M r. ei a n Samuda, Sir Wm. Armstrong, and other noblemen and gentlemen connected with the W ar - o ffi ce an d Admiralty, or interestedin the success of artillery the e irona attendance chips, eud a uo w e e w r e a s present;sm al and the experiments though, on the wh o l e , were conducted with unusual privacy. The great interest was concentrated on the effect of the first shot. With the high speed which our Warriors are known to possess, and therefore the quickness with which they can steam past batteries or iron ships, it was reasoned, with perfect truth, that it was next to impossible in a running fight that they could be hit twice in the same place. If the target kept out a ship keepi ng y p o o f under, was fired o o u n t e a s l h h ot, l t , la h e e re fi w rs a t s s e i v io e t r r a h i o 6 p 6 e . with a charge of 401 b. of powder, at a distance of 200 yards. This solved all doubts. With an in describable crash that mingled fearfully with the report of the gun, the shot struck upon a compara tively uninjured plate, shattering the iron mass be fore it into little crumbs of metal, splintering the teak into fibres literally as small as pins, and, though not passing quite through the side, yet bulging and rending the inner skin of the ship in a way that would have rendered it almost impos possible to stop the leakage. The second shot (still with a 401 b. charge) struck close by the side of the first, making the previous damage tenfold worse, if possible. To those who did not actually see the experiments it would be difficult to describe the manner in which the iron oppo site the missile was broken into minute frag ments like glass; how the teak was so utterly disintegrated that it more resembled tangles of fine twine than even the remains of woodwork; and how, above all, the inner iron skin was ripped into gaps like torn paper. These two shots were quite conclusive as to the power of the gun. Mad they struck an iron frigate at the water line, no means could have prevented her from sinking in half an hour. Still, however, the shot had not gone com pletely through the side, which it was the great object of the experiments to accomplish. The charge of powder was, therefore, increased from 401 b. to 501 b., and the gun levelled at- the upper most plate of the target, which had been left untouched in previous tests. On this plate a white spot was painted to guide the artillerymen, and so true was their aim,—so exactly was the centre of the mark struck,—that every vestige of the paint was obliterated. With this increased charge the shot passed, not only through armour plate, teak, and inner skin, but buried itself in the massive timbers that support the target, and even loosened the blocks of granite by which the whole is backed up. Had it been the side of the Warrior against which this missile was directed, it would not only have gone through the side, but nearly through the opposite side as well. Another white mark was then made on the lowest plate of the target, and again the artillerroen hit it with the same marvellous precision and with the same result. The shot went through everything, and even the fondest believers in the invulnerability of our pre sent ironsides were obliged to confess that against such artillery, at such ranges, their plates and sides were almost as penetrable as wooden ships are now to the plain old-fashioned long 32's. Of course, after such decisive results, no further experiments were tried ; indeed, they could not be, as the 156- pounder evidently thought it had done enough work for the day, and at the last discharge recoiled so much as to get off its wooden platform and imbedded the hind wheels of its carriage in the stiff yet watery clay, for the production of which in the largest quantities at the shortest notice Shoebury ness stands unrivalled. But quite enough had been accomplished, and Admiralty officials and armour shipbuilders could only admit to each other in a kind of confidential dismay that artillery had at last proved too much for them, and that if invulnerable ships were to be constructed they must begin de novo. It was clear to all that the Warrior would not stand the least chance against the new gun, even unrifled. HENRY SEARLE, Secretary, Officea of the Company, 17, Gracechurch-street, London, April 8, 1862. See Mmes of 7th April. THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH.- Immed(ittely, in 3 vols., price 155., a New and Cheap Edition of CHARLES READE'S IoAMOUi STORY. Handsoinely bound in roan cloth, gilt and lettered. Orders received by all Bookmliers. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AT 11011 E," At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket. Last Nights of the present Entertainment, which will ter minate at Easter, n hen they will appear with an Entirely New Programine. Every Evening (except Saturday), at Eight. Wednesday and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's ROM Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge Por booking. Carriages to be ordered at Ten. Stalls, ss. ,• First Circle, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Unreserved Seats, 2s. and ls. The really terrible effect of the Armstrong gun and shell is best shown on the wooden section of a line-of-battle ship which has been fired at at Shoe. buryness. The effects of the shell as shown in the " tween decks" of this target are really something awful to look at. Against such shells wooden ves sels are, in fact, no more protection than basket work, though happily the iron frigates can keep out these most terrible of all missiles. What next form and strength of Warriors we can devise re. mains to be seen. But, whatever it is, our readers may depend upon it a gun will be found to beat it, and, in fact, no weapon of offence or defence seems left to us now so efficient as a large armour-clad and very swift steam ram. OHRISTY'S MINSTRELS. --- The Original, kJ Well-known, and only CIIRISTY'S MINSTRELS are performing nightly to crowded houses at the POLYGRA rilic HALL, King William-street, Strand. Tickets to be had at Mr. Mitchell's R oya l Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Austin's Ticket Office. St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.— Morning Performance every Saturday at three o'clock.— W.T. COLLINS, Sole Proprietor. ARGYLL ROOMS.—S er i es o f N ew Music, 1 Daises, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mona. BouL CORI', Conductor and Composer. This 'gentleman will play every evening - at II o'clock, until further notice, variations arranged by himself on the Cornet-a-Piston.—The free-list will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the door. By order of the Proprietor. —Manager, Mons. P. Grenet. Admission is. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. EPPS'S COCO A. (Commonly called Epps's Homceopathio Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo. rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. Vb., Vb., and 11b. packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. The Warrior, Black Prince, Defence, and Resist ance—the only four armour frigates which we have yet afloat are coated with 41 inch plates of iron, with two layers of 10 - inch teak beams placed transversely, and with an inner akin of rought iron nearly an inch thick. It was against this powerful combination of materials that the 156-pounder gun was tried on Tuesday with such complete success. The new frigates building, the Achilles, Hector, Valiant, Agincourt, Northum berland, and Minotaur, are all to be coated with 51-inch iron plates, with 10 inches of teak, and the In these it i and increasi ng ll be rifled to throw a 300-pound er fl a t-headed shot, against which same inner skin of wro ug ht iro n . vessels are hoped that reducing the t ea k backi ng the armour plate will add to the s t rength of the ship ipnhbedutthleeng presentvery lon gl6 o beforeuls6-pou n der e rth e sew i ll not six or even eight inches of armour may be able to offer resistance at short ranges. What, i n f ac t, i s to be done when we are at the same time exerting our efforts and spending our money to construct in destructible ships and invent irresistible guns ? The guns must carry the day. We have nearly reached the limits of the thickness of iron plates which sea going vessels can carry with safety. There is prac tically no limit to the size of the coiled wrought-iron gun. To-day a 166.poander wins --a month hence 'and the same gun will be a rifled 300- Pounder, and a 600-pounder may be ready before Midsummer; but with thicker than six-inch armour plates no sea going vessel can be coated. The Americans are now making two wrought•iron guns, unrifled, each to throw an eleven-hundred pound shot. When we get such results with a p l a i n 156-pounder, what rnay not the Federals expect to accomplish with gigantic ordnance of this description ? Armour plates a foot thick would be destroyed by the blow of a wrought iron eleven-hundred pound shot fired at short-range. At the conclusion of these trials some experi ments were made against Mv- Fuirbairn's iron target, which failed so signally On the last occa sion: Since then the armour plates have been bedded on hemp and indiarubber, and the effect of this soft medium in diminishing the force of the concussion upon the iron ribs beyond the plates enabled it to stand much better. But the general feeling seemed to be that some kind of timber backing to the plates was indispensable. The most interesting portion of this experiment was when the Armstrong 200-pounder was fired p - 4 . " '7" r , or:7 • r t, P r 7 • - e ••• • • 6 " - 4144 .• • , 1 1 - _ - - . • str•- • • • 47- r.r.: ... • B t o ir , 2HE UNITED STATE ."` . c. : ,47 -, •••-• 4 --, : t... kva 11 .?rieiteir -5 ,1 q 1.*,7 3 _ ••••t.., - it, 4 , is 16.41(c4 - contains some par lar T i i, 1 , - 9 4 ,• •.• • 62 ' 1644. • q 6 . ~0 1 4 _ Ge r 2, , ROIT. ". 10-K • ' lt itt. c .„. The following letter which have not hitherto been published : " NEW YORK, MARCH 25. "Rumours have been current since Sunday last of the capture of New Orleans, but they rest upon apparently no better authority than did the same reports current some four months ago. People here, however, as well as the Government itself, feel per fectly sure that the city will be taken within the nett 2O days, some here go s o f ar as t o inti matea thae, and some late advices thence to th e e ffect that that many of the residents of New Orleans were also under the belief that the city would fall with scarcely any resist ance whatever. Butler's expedi tion from Ship Island is destined for that point,, and is to act in conjunction with Porter's heavy mortar fleet in the attack upon the city. TI e latter has already arrived near the scene ,of op,ra tions, and if th e b a ll-i s opene d a t once we may have news at any inotnent of the result. " w belief felt h ere that N cw Orleans ill he readily taken is not shared by me, while the adviees: the city, t o t h e J'et that th e conques t wo uld b e reported to have been received from residents of : ..'n: iect. One grain s o f susp i c i on. S ue, advices are cer t a i n ly contrary to all th e intelligence an easy one , s h ou ld, i :hinlc, b e rece i ve d w i t h man y ally recei ve d f rom trustworthy sources , an d 1 prefer to b e li eve these rather th that I have pers(,n else that has appeared upon the sue, of the most important questions i n c o nnection any thing with the possible capture of the city is, " Will the port be open e d i mmediately to cornmercu' If I may venture an opinion, I should say that it. would, as the occupation of the most importanteitv and seaport of the South would almost settle the• question at once so far as relates to. the other ports, and their occupation would be apt to soon follow. The opening of the ports, however, would be nos guarantee of a steady supply of cotton, or indeed, any supply worth speaking of. New Orleans, at last accounts, held 11,000 bales, and, if the torch was not applied to it, it would probably fall into the• handsof the enemy; but when this was secured the- Federals, I fancy would have handled the last cot ton that would show itself for some months. Te„ planters would not be the fools to bring it int o th e city, and the enemy a t present has not the m eans or the power to go on the plantations and take it by force. So will it be with any other important city that may be taken. The Federals may say they ' occupy' it, but the fruits of that occupancy will be as barren as at Alexandria, as at Newborn, as at Beaufort, as at Nashvilkci or-any other point they now hold. "It is said that some of the more enterprising citizens of New Orleans, in anticipation of the capture of the city, are loading all the vessels in the port with cotton on foreign account, at a freight of sc. per lb. Thss action is to keep it out of the hands of the Federals, in the event of their landing, and the parties engaged in the movement are of the belief that it can be cleared soon after the Federai occupation shall have taken place. • " For a like reason (an expected early opening of the port) there have been some heavy operations in sugar and molasses, the former of which was selling at last accounts at 2 1 4 e. to 4c. per lb., and the latter at 16e. per gallon. How they are worth 90. and 50c. respectively. Whether the purchasers of these articles anticipate' that they will be permitted to' ship them unmolested when the city shall be occu pied, or whether they expect to sell them to the Federals, does not appear. Either course, however, would be against the sanction of the Confederate Government, while it would also create abroad sus picion of disloyalty to that Government, and, unles s the Federals were strong enough to protect thes e , pensons in their sales or shipments, they would n o t be allowed. "I am free to confess that the 'Washington Go vernment has been most kind and generous thus far, wherever its forces have taken possession. It has opened, unsolicited, postal communication with the North ; and in the case of Nashville it has allowed goods from the North to pour into that city by the ton. The result of this is that prices have. fallen immensely, and the people of Nashville and. Some other portions of Tennessee have now within their reach all the creature comforts at the most reasonable rates of charge. It remains to be seen, however, how far these generous actions win suc ceed in winning the people back to.their allegiance. " The death of M'Culloch is confirmed. His son fell on the same battlefield, a true hero and martyr, like his father, to the Southern cause: We have also tidings of the death, from amputation of his leg, of Commodore Buchanan, who commanded the Merrimac in her recent terrible contest. When het stepped aboard that vessel he said it should carry him to glory or to the grave, and it bore him trium— phantly to both. " The Southern accounts of the great battle at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, claim the result as a victory,- to the Southern arms, and although this is in direct. conflict with the Federal account, we have as much right to believe one as the other. To say the least ) , so far as the garbled and unsatisfactory reports of results of battles are given in the Government despatches, they are open to the strongest suspi cion, while instances are notorious of the reports being the most unblushing falsehoods. The last two shameful impositions were those of last week, one announcing the occupation of Strasburg, in Virginia, and the other Halleck's assertion that the Federalists had captured Island No. 10, with all its contents, whereas up to the present hour the Con federates still hold both." Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,No. CCXXXIV. Will be published on WEDNESDAY NEXT. CONTENTS. Jesse's Memoirs of Richard 111. It. Centralisation. 111. Guessard's Carlovingian Romances. IV. Recent Researches of Buddhism. V. Modern Domestic Service. VI. Mornmsen's tioman History. VII, Cotton Culture in India. VIII. Alison's Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir C. Stewart. IX. Public Monuments. X. David Gray. XI. Clerical Subscription. London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh A. and G. 131aok. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT tIPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. 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GIVEN"AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. hENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit o f N ervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 p ges). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, a Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike •o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, dzo., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity. and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from obl tervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., t Burton crescent, TavUtook-square, London, W.C. (Entered at Stationers' HalL) New Ready, price ls., post free 14 stamps, or in a sealed envelope 20 stamps, a popular Medical Work on NERVOUS E XHAUSTION. and other quent upon the error' VIVAf VITALIS, illustrated with 100 Engravings ror_q_Life (of Cases attended at the Hotel Dieu, Paris, e r ilosPitals) descriptive of the baneful effects conse ai excesses of youth and maturity, the passions. contain 4 from the too frequent indulgence of allrue aaililltarian and the debility /tri a l s ! , , an exte i t i: n p a r i eserri on of the Author's Invi se s e gertnatorrhcea, every , with directions for showing how nusseouvlar develop igtosruatsien, g wi L th ot a i n on Essay stage of Syphilis, and nretnral mmanhood can be restored with increased:lmo]. eat, by the most simple means ; thereb qualifications and Impediments to m a g l ed inf u a e ll Dia- MEDICIJS, Member of the Royal College of surgeons: p n l3 l land, and Licentiate of the Royal College or Physician--; Edinburgh, registered under the New Medical Act-, who m a i be consulted at the residence, 44A, Maddox-street, Regent street. London, W. (opposite the side of St, George's Church), daily, 11 till 2, and from 5 till 8' • Sundays, 11 till 2. To be had direct as above, and from all Booksellers in Paternoster. row, London. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANITOOD : & MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHCE NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, In a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, M ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MTURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Pl a i n Di rect i ons or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. B y D r. J . L. CURTIS, 15, Al bermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. INTRODUCTORY CONTENT S: CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—causes of sp Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. ermatorrhcea and Impotence; CHAPTER 111. ---A Review of the various Disqualifications 4 marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the ironies of Maturity, the Effectsof Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV * v, on the modern Treatment of fl ono rrheea and Syphilis. The Book oncludes with nu merous varied and interesting which is added the Author's recipe of a p reven ti ve L a o s t e i s o ' n. to g and obld:osn REVIEWS me T, vbalyutpaubbleliswhoinrkg, thisand -". WORK. “Curtis on Manhood.—l his is a truly hould be in the hands of youn 23d March, 1856. —" Sunday Times," "The author has conferred a gre a t little work, in which is described the a pnirticael hvonsritoility,direnautslinificaaptiloanins 0 those diseases which produce decline in youth or more ° fr oN3 age."—" Daily Teleg,raph," Mara, 27 , e iaZifly prematurt ' This work, which for twenty years has sto o d the test, of , !: n ro d fe s s yra slo p n a a t l h e i r s i i t n i g nis m m a a n n n d er em o nd impediments arising from hervous excite m ent t and de bility ; and to invalids Su ff ering' from yout excesses it will be found valuable and useful."_' rd. Loudon : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick L ane Pater noster-row; mum 29. Cornhill. . 'lours 91C0148Ultati011-10 to $ and 6 to l4 l builibm to ug 2 ROYAL HOR2ICULTURAL SOCIETY. Class 2. Nine greenhouse azaleas, distinct kinds (ama teurs), Mr. Thomas Fodman, gardener to R. Hudson, Esq., Clapham-common, £2. Class 3. Six greenhouse azaleas, distinct kinds (ama teurs), Mr. Thomas Fodman, gardener to R. Hudson, Esq., Clapham-common, £llos. Class 4. Six greenhouse azaleas, new distinct kinds (open), Mr, C. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £1 10s. Class 5. Three greenhouse azaleas, new distinct kinds (amateurs), Mr. Thomas Fodman, gardener to R. Hudson, Esq., Clapham-common, £l. Class 6, Single specimen of greenhouse azaleas (open), Mr. Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £l. Class 7. Six rhododendrons in bloom, distinct kinds (open), Messrs. J. Veitch, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea and Exeter, £2. Class 8. Three rhododendrons in bloom, distinct kinds (open), Mr. W. Young, gardener to IL Barclay, Esq., Highgate, £l. Class 9. Single specimen of rhododendron (open), Messrs. J. Veitch and Son, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea and Exeter, £l. Class 10. Nino cinerarias, distinct kinds (nurserymen), Messrs. Dobson & Son, Woodlands Nursery, Isleworth, £2. Class 11. Six cinerarias, distinct kinds (amateurs), Mr. P. Lamb, gardener to Miss Thackthwaite, Southall, £1 10s. Class 12. Twelve spring flowers, forced. distinct kinds (open), Messrs. J. and J. Fraser, Lea•bridge•road Nur series, Leyton, £2. Class 13. Twelve greenhouse plants in flower, not forced, distinct (open), Messrs. J. Veitch and Son, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, £2. Class 14. Twelve hardy herbaceous plants in flower (open) Mr. B. S. Williams, Paradise Nursery, Holloway, £l. Class 15. Nine auriculas, distinct kinds (nurserymen), Mr. Chas. Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, I 1 10s. Class 16. Six auriculas, distinct kinds (amateurs), Rev. H. H. Dombrain, Deal. £1 10s. Prizes were awarded as under for the following miscel laneous plants and flowers :—To W. Bull, for a group of new and rare and other plants, £1 10s. ; W. Cutbush and Son, collection of 50 hyacinths, £1; W. Paul, for four boxes Lof cut roses, £1; W. Young, for four tall cacti, £1; Mr. J. uscombe, Combe Royal, King - abridge, for cut blooms of rhododendron, arboreum, and cinnamomum, £1; J. Veitch and Son, for collection of azaleas, £1; Messrs. Paul and Son, five boxes of cut roses, £1; Messrs. Paul and Son, 12 roam in pots, £1; B. and S. Williams, for collection of amaryllis, £1; J. Salter, collection of hardy variegated plants, 15s. ; W. Paul, cut rose, Beauty of Waltham, 10s; J. Tegg, for Erica Sindriana, 10s. ; B. and S. W illiams, for Alsophila species, 10s. ; W. Bragg, for box of pansies, 10s. ; B. and S. Williams, for collection of plants, 10s. ; Mr. C. Turner, for seedling cineraria artiste, 7s. 6d. First Class Certificates.—Rhododendron Denisonii, from Mr. Bausie, Stoke ; Azalea Due d'Aremberg, from Messrs. F. ; and A. Smith, Dulwich; and Grovillea Hillii, from Messrs. Veitch and Son, Chelsea. Second Class Certificate.—Cineraria, Lord _Elgin, from Mi. James, Isleworth. Commendations.—Rhododendron M‘Nabii, from Mr. Bousie, Stoke; Cineraria, carminata variegate, from Messrs. F. and A. Smith, Dulwich; Aricula, Mrs. Eyles, from Mr. J. Holland, Isleworth ; Primula Sinensis fl. pl.) "The Fairy," from F. and A, Smith, Dulwich. IRONIIIASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING. WOLVERHAMPTON, APRIL 9, The meeting of th e i ronmasters of this district for the current qua r t er commenced i n this town to day, the assembly taking place at the Exchange News-room, instead of, as heretofore, at the incon venient spot in front of the Swan Hotel. The at tendance was more numerous than it has been of late, but the transactions were on a moderate scale; as usual, the bulk of the business was reserved for the, meeting at Birmingham on Thursday. The tone was, however, more cheerful than it has been for the last 12 months —at the present time even the principal firms—producers of the very best brands of finished iron—are short of orders; and the second class houses are in a worse position in that respect, but an opinion prevailed that an im provement will take place at no distant day, and in proof of confidence in this view some of the houses who do business with America have recently re fused to accept orders for that quarter at prices below the trade scale. At this moment and for some time , past the quantity of Staffordshire iron shipped to America has been limited, and chiefly through Liverpool houses. The topic principally discussed to-day had refe rence to the plate-iron required for the reconstruc tion of the navy, At this moment there is no machinery in the district which is adequate to the production of the class of plates necessary for this purpose, but the Staffordshire ironmasters are quite alive to the importance of providing themselves with the requisite machinery, and from the tone of conversation which took place at this meeting there is no doubt that several firms who possess ample capital are ready to set up machinery as soon as the intentions of Government are more definitely known. There are certain makes of the pig-iron of this district which are peculiarly adapted for the manufacture of the description of plates suitable for this novel part of the machinery of naval warfare, and those who are not engaged in the trade arc not likely to let th e oppor t uu ity pass by Providin g the means necessary to enable them to enter into this new branch of their trade. It was men tioned to-day that already there are specifica tions in from America, and an order for 2,000 tons of plates. 'l l l4e remaining business of to-daps meeting w as unimportant. It was stated that in the manufac turing trades of the district there is rather more animation, and that quarter-day accounts were promptly paid, Yesterday was not a very favourable day for the azalea show, which formed the second spring fete at these gardens, but the company was as usual numerous and fashionable. There was an abundant exhibition of azaleas, comprising many very choice specimens, nearly the whole of which were remark able for that profusion of blossom, delicacy of colour, and perfection of form which fanciers prize. There was also an extensive display of rhododendrons, cinerarias, auriculas, hyacinths, pansies, amaryllis, and other blossoms, appropriate to the season, all of them well worthy of a place in the society's grounds, and which were admired the more, inas much as the lower arcade where they were arranged allowed more room for distinct classification, and a batter opportunity for examining the merits of the several flowers than was afforded in the confined space of the council chamber when the previous show was held. The following is a list of the first prizes in each of the classes : Class 1. Twelve greenhouse azaleas, distinct kinds (nur serymen), Mr. Charles Turner, Royal Nurseries, Slough, £2. 2'.HE UNIVERSITY BOAT RICE. ' Both crews are continuing their daily practice over the course, and the beneficial result is markedly apparent, especially within the last two days, in the Oxford crew, who were generally considered to have had a little too much flesh on them. They were first out yesterday, and having gone up from Put ney to Mortlake, rowed down on the first of the ebh against a crew of picked waterman. They started from the Ship with the Waterman about a boat's length ahead. The latter only held them to 200 or 300 yards below Barnes Bridge, when the Oxonians left them in gallant style, and arrived at Putney 50 lengths ahead or more, The time in this trial is stated to have been 21 min. 2 sec., and the closest time to that recorded of late years is the Cambridge victory in 1858; but in 1846 a crew of the same university rowed the raced (down) in 21 min. 5 sec.; it is, how ever, not probable that in the presentstate of the river it will be accomplished up on Saturday in anything like that time. Although the Oxford pace yester day was very fine, they seemed to row a little short, but they are evidently in better condition than when we last noticed them, and are of the highest credit to their university. Their average weight is now about list. 91b per man, and they are de cidedlym followed minutes, nut es, a andt h fine eirc setanmp came of fellows. dnoe wn tns alone P tlo 2 ; altogether excellent ; the most critical observer could find no fault with the crew, but they were stated by some, who timed them, to have occupied from 12 sec. to 15 sec. longer in doing the distance I‘ e tiho C eri a tr m l arbnekvvocruewioeindmii wn g nepao.iriumnwfloeyedafwns, t against their any o p o p t o h n e e r n tesr,e crew, which they h a littlect w hee Nr e , etrwaed weather onaulty not bhte i nrt prove make rowing' svi eta difference ; nor is it expected they will , have no superfluity of weight to disposef exerciseo, and therefore only need the ordinary the result of to keep them in condition. the race may be, there is but W will be a fine contest, and should t favourable, will doubtless attract a match from Putney Bridge spectators. it is at present da • but as it is ". theSearle, race w , who will has start the chartered be a Citizen t trifl e ifl at twelv e o'clock improbable that it may . d alt the • th ose who wish to witness race to be half an in order to prevent di!appointmen e t a , Lrev r la e tisoe c tr e a M men hour earlier than they had intended. 1 FIRES AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND AT HOXTO. N . .—Yesterday morning, between ono an d t wo o'clock, s o me alarm was for a short time caused at the International Exhibition, in c onsequence of a firo being discovered in the north end of the western annex. An oil l am p was left burning, and the sparks from the wick fell upon a Prussian case containing agricultural implement' and fired it ; the fire was, however, soon extinguished.— Another fire happened in the manufacturing premises of Mr. J. Golding, scale-board cutter, High-street, lioxton, by which the buildings were extensively damaged by water, Sco., and the whole of the contents of the drying-house were consumed. This fire was caused from the overheat ing of the drying -stove. '1 he building and contents wero insured. URSES IN FRANCE.—The nurses are for the most part country girls of the lower class, who have gone astray-, or poverty-stricken mothers who eke out their scanty earn ings by taking strange children to nurse. They contrive to retain their capacity for wet-nursing four or five r:ars, and but for the interference of the police (who cut the part when these women are disposed to play it too lung) would per haps extend it for even a longer period of time. They often have four or five children at a time, and as some of theso roust be fed by the bottle, the chances of mortality are greatly increased. These nurses are brought up to Paris by men who make a trade o f it, ca ll e d viencurs. They receive th e monthly wages of th e nurs e, carry all packets destined to her, and visit nu rse an d child once every month, and r e p ort their condition, Of cou rse this report , like the reports m a d e truth,to shareholders le o tr f someuhy a nd nothing but th e t ruth. All the joint - stock companies, is rar e l y the nicticurs is transacted by called businessßureaux l ) Paris s °f tire do j‘ - olcrrices, where the nu rses are lodged agencies, when in Pflris, where themencur may be found once a mouth, and w h ere the wages are paid monthly, --On ce a week. THE NAVY. Orders were yesterday received at Chatham directing the screw steamer Rattler, 17, 950 tons, 200-horse power, to be fitted for the first division of the steam reserve at that port, in lieu of the Zebra, 17, 200-horse power, which has been com missioned. The Rattler was launched at Deptford a few weeks since, and she is a remarkably hand some vessel. She is being fitted with her engines and machinery by Messrs. Maudslay and Co. The Diana, 42, sailing vessel, lying near the en trance to Chatham harbour, has received rather serious injuries by having been run into by the merchant ship Kathleen. The Kathleen also re ceived extensive injuries. . _ Admiralty instructions have been received by the Captain -Superintendent at Deptford dockyard to the effect that the new screw steam-vessels now on the stocks will not at present be proceeded with. The whole of the workmen employed on the Endy mion, 36, frigate, and the Favourite, 22, corvette, have consequently been withdrawn. The only wooden vessels now in progress is the Jaseur, a small gun vessel of 80-horse power, which is nearly ready and will be completed for launching. The Salamander and Osprey, paddle steam-vessels, are now under extensive repairs at this yard. Yesterday 35 mechanics of various trades, em ployed on board the iron steam frigate Resistance, 18, at Chatham, received notice that their services would no longer be required after the 12th inst. Ward's new Admiralty telegraph, used some time ago on board the Channel fleet, was yesterday received at Woolwich, having been modified, the lamps reduced in weight, and the lights strength ened in brilliancy. The lamps having been in spected by the Commodore-Superintendent Sir F. Nicolson and a committee of officers were pro nounced to be improved. The sailing transport Eliza, chartered for Ber muda, yesterday commenced shipping a cargo of 10-inch guns, shells, carriages, platforms, &c., from Woolwich Arsenal. THE ARMY. The camp for the Western district is to be formed this year at Kerriton Ball, near Brent, which is one of the stations of the South Devon Railway. A detachment leaves Plymouth to day to mark the site. About 500 soldiers (in rotation), chiefly from the Plymouth garrison, will be stationed there dur ing the season. The half-yearly inspection of the corps of Royal Engineers by the Director of the Royal Engineer establishment commenced at head-quarters, Chat ham, yesterday by Col. H. D. Harness, C.B. It will occupy several days, and two companies will be taken up each day. The companies selected yester day were the 17th, under the command of Lieut. Lambert, and the 22c1, commanded by Capt. D. A. Frazer. Each company will be put through a course of company and other drill by the several officers, in order to enable Col. Harness to test the abilities of the latter in the discharge of this department of their duties. A General Order from the Horse Guards, dated the 6th inst., has been received at Chatham, direct ing that the establishment of all regiments of in fantry of the Line, with the exception of those in India, shall be divided as follows :-10 service com panies, 3 field officers, 10 captains, 11 lieutenants, 9:ensigns, 5 staff,:47 sergeants (exclusive of school masters), 21 drummers, 40 corporals, and 730 pri vates ; two depot companies, 2 captains, three lieu tenants, 1 ensign, 10 sergeants (exclusive of school masters), 4 drummers, 10 corporals, and 120 privates. Highland regiments have a piper-major and five pipers in addition to their establishment. The fol lowing regiments have two assist.-aurgeons, viz.:— let battalion, 14th Foot ; 2d battalion, 14th Foot ; Ist battalion, 21st Foot ; 31st, 39th, 40th, 50th, 57th, 67th, 70th, and 99th Regiments. The follow ing have a trained band-master :-2d battalion, lst ; 2d battalion, 3d ; 2d battalion, sth ; 2d battalion, 21st, 31st, 32d, 41st, 53d, and 86th Regiments. The half-yearly inspection of the troops sta tioned at Colchester Camp was commenced on Tues day by Major-Gen. Lawrenson. The 9th battalion, under the command of Col. Laye, executed a num ber of field evolutions in a manner which elicited the approval of Gen. Lawrenson, who was attended by Lieut.-Col. Alison, Aide-de-Camp; Col. Guy, Commandant of the Garrison; and Brigade• Major Cooch. The 10th battalion was reviewed in a simi lar manner yesterday. The sth Dragoon Guards, at present stationed at Ipswich, Norwich, and Northampton, are under orders to leave for service in Ireland. The regi ment will embark at Liverpool about the sth of May. Major Tupper's troop of Royal Horse Artillery yestea(ldy marched out of Woolwich garrison to be sts.tioned at Aldershott Camp. The War -office order (relative to the exposition of articles of industry and talent from Woolwich Arsenal, manufactured for the Great Exhibition), which has at sundry times been issued, recalled, and modified, has again been rece i ve d as at first issued, permitting the whole of the articles pre pared to be exhibited without reservation, includ ing the boring and rifling instruments, th e un finished sections of the Armstrong gu ns , &c. A device wa s y es terday cut in wood, te rmed " beam wood," the hardest species used in the carriage establishment, to demonstrate the capabilities of the band or endless saw. It represents in one Piece the rose, shamrock, and thistle, surmounted by the the Crown, an d underneath are th e wor d s , " Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich Arsenal." It will be forwarded to the Exhibition. The East Norfolk Militia will assemble at Great Yarmouth to-day for the usual periodical training and exercise. On the 24th instant, the recruits, and on the Bth May the main body of the Norfolk Militia Artillery, will also assemble at Yarmouth for training. The imperial yacht Heine Hortense has gone into the careening dock at Toulon, being about to oonvey the Duke of Hamilton to Corsica. PRICK....._ ..4d. :D ....5cL SOCIETY OF ARTS. At the meeting of this society last evening, Lord Taunton in the chair, the paper read was " On the Decoation of the International Exhibition Build ing," by Mr. 8 , Gregory Crace. The AUTHOR, af ter giving a brief description of the building, explained that he had very little time for coming to a decision as to the style of decoration he should adopt. After careful consideration he decided that the general tone of the roof must be light, and that the best colour would be a warm grey ; that the arched principals must be made to stand cut clear from the roof; that they must look well in a perspective of 800 feet ; and that they must not look heavy or confused as they appnached one another in the distance. No single colour would do, and the form of the principals precluded the use of a continuous repeat ornament. He, therefore, decided on following the form of the construction, and adopted panellings of blue and red alternately, relieved by coloured lines, intersected at the joints by circles of black, on which should be gold stars, and from these should spring ornaments in vel lum colour, with green in the filling. Following out this arrangement he had a pattern painted on paper of .the full size of one of the principals, and it was fixed in its place within a week from the time of his appointment as decorator. Until the principals were coloured, it seemed to him that the thicknes ses were l ost; h e w i s h e d to ma k e t h e construction evide n t, an d h e t h ere f ore co l oure d t h e two outer ed ges in ch equers o f bl ac k an d ve ll um colour and the centre arch full red. As to the brac ings above the polygonal arches he coloured them a wood colour, with red or blue coloured lines on the face, and the under thicknesses red. The author described in similar detail the various parts of the ; decoration, giving the reasons why he had adopted the particular colours and designs. He then ex plained the mode in which his ideas had been car ried out, so as to ensure the completion of the work within the very short time at his disposal. A discussion ensued, in which Messrs. A. J. Beresford Hope, M.P., G. Wallis, P. Palmer, Rim mel, Graham, Dillon, Waterhouse Hawkins, and others took part. "MILES," "LILY," AND "FATHER TOM." Filmer and John Locke and Algernon Sidney may argue the matter out in their quartos, but the real way of examining the question of patriarchal government is in the Assize Courts or at the Old Bailie Sessions. When we meet with a " horrid example" of misrule fairly open to public comment, it is only common kindness to distressed maidens and pining schoolboys to point the moral against the respectable parents who do their heartbreaking within limits which juries and journalists cannot reach. Well, then, look at that Mr. Geo. England, who appeared in the Central Criminal Court on Monday last to prosecute his son-in-law for having married his daughter without his consent. Here is the cruel parent par excellence. Mr. Eng land had a daughter —none but Mr. Fairlie, the defendant, can tell how charming and how fond. Fairlie was struck and vanquished. The course of true love in its billowy flow began. Her father loved Fairlie, and oft invited him. They acted little fond parts together. They called each other by little fond names, taken from Adelphi melo dramas. The father was called " Father Torn," the daughter was " Lily" and the lover was "Miles." It is very humiliating to confess that, from an inca pacity to sit out that sort of stuff, we cannot exactly gauge the degree of tenderness these name simply, but we infer that Father Tom's duty was at a certain specified moment to say, " Bless you, my children." Mr. England then, up to this moment, played the part of Paterfamilias in his most amiable mood. All his early cruelty con sisted in fixing a delay of two years to the happi ness of the lovers. One day, however, impatience got the better of dutiful observance, and " Miles" and " Lily" ran off and got married. Ladies, they lived like turtle doves. Gentlemen, they never asked the father-in-law for a penny. They tra velled in Spain, they returned to England. They were never, we believe, repentant ; but, what was in itself an instance of great filial respect, they never asked Father Tom for his daughter's jewellery. "Lily" had got no money, and " Miles ' did not ask for any. Whether they had any children we do not know, but that they lived happy for ever after we are sure was not the case ; for no sooner did this loving pair come back within the pale of English law than Old England, nurturing his old grudge and still r esen ti ng th e elopement, indicted his son-in-law "Miles" at the Old Bailey and sought to have him subjected to an infamous punishment Cruel father! even if you yourself had been a model of chastity and domestic decorum, still cruel, unnatural, and vißdictive. But here come the fact and the denouement which point the moral, and enable us to remind all cruel papas that when they are judging harshly the acts of young people, they ought to think back a little, and test present circumstances by younger feelings. When Old England was pressing for this infamous punishment against the husband of "Lily," his daughter, he had to submit to some questioning on his own account. It then turned out that old England himself had been a shocking young man. He had run away with " Lily's" mother even while his own wife was still alive, and, worse than this, "Lily " herself had been born while Old England and "Lily's" mother were still unmarried. Now, as the English law, with a sense and truth all its own, declares that a child not born in wedlock is nobody's child, it became clear that "Lily" was not Old England's child, that old England had no right to any consent or dissent in the matter of the marriage, and that there was no ground whatever for the prose cution. Portia herself could not have brought this denouement out more dramatically than did Mr. Sergeant Ballantine. And so the audience, very irregularly, applauded, " Miles" and "Lily" rushed into each other's arms, .the Common. Sergeant was visibly affected, and one of the legal gentlemen who much frequent the precincts of that court was heard to whisper into " Miles's" ear that he had an excellent action for malicious prosecu tion. If this is not a warning to cruel fathers, where shall we find one If this is not a plot for a novelist, where will Mr. Wilkie Collins go to get one ? If this is not an argument against suffering the passion of anger or revenge to enter the patri arehial breast, perhaps Sir IL Filmer will present us with a better ? We would not, however, by any means recommend young ladies and young gentle men to rely upon this precedent, and to go and get married instead of quietly walking up and down tho Crystal Palace. For, be it remembered by them, that this prosecution only failed because " Lily's" wicked papa was not her mamma's husband, and that if the cruel papa had been as spotless as he was stern, " Miles" would have been put in prison, and would have had to work out his marital happiness on the tread wheel, while * Lily" would have been left in cheerless solitude to weep out the many morals of this dramatic tale.—Times. 271 E CAEPSHAD MURDER. The Dumfries Circuit Court was opened on Tues day--Lord Deas on the Bench; Adam Gifford, Eeq., Advocate Depute. Mary Reid, or Timany, wife of Francis Timany, road surfaceman, Carpshad, Kells, Kirkcudbright shire, was accused of murder, in so far as on the 13th day of January, 1862, within the house situate at or near Carpshad, in the parish of Kells, and Stewartry of Kirkeuhright, the said Mary Timany did wickedly and f e l on i ous l y at t ac k and assault Ann H a n na h, s i ster o f Wi ll i am H a nnah,. tia and did w ith a poker, orpiece of iron, and with said Ann wooden b ee tl e or mallet, strike theßeid or Hannah severa l or one or more severe blows erperson, on or about th e h ea d , face, and other parts o f her whereby the said Ann Hannah was mortally in jured, and soon t h erea f ter di e d. gutlL„r 1 .„,, t „ ILA the case The priso ner p l ea d e d no t went to trial. The prisoner was defended by Mr. H. Cowan and Mr. Thomas M‘Kie, The evidence for the prosecution was conclusive The parties were neighbours, the the prisoner's husbandguilt.T oceupvin the prisoner and her advocates. t. g a cottage sublet to them by brother ofthe deceased, and the cause of the murder appeared to be a quarrel forbidden her to the haying forbidden went to show farm. deceased The h that the prisoner entered the cottage of deceased t a a r k is e in w g oo o d ut o o ff f t t h h e e after her brother had gone to field work ; and an affecting part of the proceedings was the placing a little grandchild of the Prisoner, about 10 years of age, who lived with her, in the witness-box. The poor child admitted, though with evident reluctance, that her grandmother had been out of the cottage about the_ time th e murder was committed. The Jury retrained a verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to be executed at Dumfries on the 2ith inst. ver the the and it 10 Xer. iill9, ang lers. tent e at cite. our- LOW, 6 18. 18• 112. 10. 20. 11. 10.