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Clearly pruving, not only the steady and rapid growth of business that has taken place, but also warranting - the expec tation that, under cautious and prudent management, there is every prospect of success for another bank. The Legislature has guarded against the evils of unlimited responsibility of shareholders by enabling every new Joint Stock Banking Company consisting of more than ten persons to resister under the Limited Liabbity Act, and already several banks have been so constructed. The system of control, management, and inspection, which has worked so advantageously in the Provincial Bank of Ireland and the National Provincial Bank of England, will be adopted in conducting the f, 'fairs of the Bank. The shares of these banking establishments are respectively at a premium of from 250 to 300 per cent. All the ordinary descriptions of banking business will be conducted, and will consist of - Opening current accounts ; receiving money on deposit at interest ; granting drafts on its branches ; issuina• circular notes and letters of credit for all parts of Europe and elsewhere ; undertaking agencies of foreign and country banks ; effecting purchases and sales in British and foreign stacks, shares, and securities ; receiving the dividends thereon ; and transacting every other descrip tion of banking business. In the event of anyapplicant for shares not receiving an allotment, his deposit will be returned in full. Application for shares may be made in the annexed form, addressed to John Manning, Esq., Secretary of the Company, 16, Cornhill, or to the Company's Brokers, from whom pro spectuses can be obtained. Applicants for shares in Ireland may either pay the deposit to the Company's Brokers there, or remit the amount by a cash order on London, payable to the Secretary. Form of Application for Shares. No. To the Directors of the Union Bank of Ireland (Limited). Gentlettien,—Having paid, to_ your• Bankers the sum of £ being a deposit of Li per s., are on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such shares, or any less num ber you may allot me, or in default thereof that the deposit shall be lbrteited. Name in full . Residence Date DR. CTILVERWELL'S LVE LASTS. NEW WORK, OURSE On Spermatorrhcra, Syphilis , St ricture, H mmorrhoids, Gleets, Nervous Debility, Palpitation, dm , MARRIAGE : Its Expectances and Disapp' i n t ments. Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Price Is., by post ]s. fu. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill ; or Author, 3, Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street, W. Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, 58. 6 d. , ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENf th o ey f STRICTURES of the URETHRA ; showinc, why so often app ear I ncura b le, when i n rea lity they ' might be removed by the most s i m pl e means . By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the - treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense miti gat i on of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Aredical Circular. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN LivE F . OUE WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF This shattered won d erful agent will restore manhood to the most excesses, Ire:tstitution, whether arising from self-pollution, ral causes. Trlrenal emissions, the e ff ects of climate, or natn ease is lour ....._ e. time required to cure the most inveterate a nd,a if used according to the printed in etruThetisiolnifae-o,',"rehlatcolcirBi very simple), failure is impossible. marry, as its efrecrtrarreemedy should be taken by all about to be Theennanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to - greatest discovery ever made. Success in every cas e i s as certain as that water quenches thirst s Essence ot Life is sold in cases, with full in- Dr. Ricord' structions for use, at lia., or e is Ar_quantities in one for 338. , and will be sent to any pa r t of on receipt of remittance or post- 0 4„ w _o_rld, carefully packed, order payable to Front u . Strand Loads= tint Co q -Patent Dledits,cinixaan Ware au lous 4., e7_2:2l; walecr.a) - . TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre .-eott, of Bromic gared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. suffer from bilious an d , liver complaints, indigestion, wind 3', Rent will be found invaluable to all who spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the st omach, they create appe'ite, pro mote crestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by bY most W. Lambert, 20, Je rmyn-street, Haymarket, London, tnd 9ruggtsts, the q n one 2s in boxes, is. led., an d th ree ti mes quantity i, . 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's !Anions and Liver Pills. Th e genuine ore a square green package, with " William Lambert , engraved on the stamp. SH POST -OFFICE Tu-RRI 19, St, Martin's-le-Grand. gratisis. till 1. BATHS, • 25. till 5 , and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; S undays. An J]SSAY on TURKISH HATIIING • OPINIONS OF TIIE PRESS. . • " The Use end the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.:-A very use f u l pamphlet has bee n p ublished b y Dr . CulverwellW e pro p r ietor of the Turkis h Baths in the nei g hbo urhood of th Post-office, which pre sents to the uninitiated a mass of int: resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new- system will derive additional advantage if th e y observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce.P—Tierald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Bathg, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an, able Physician; he has now proved himself to Deaworthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution nearer nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the furkish Bath. . . Our object being m erel y to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact th at they possess one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le -Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desi re has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels 'himself regenerated and new made, it is:on:comin,c; out:of_a .Turkish Bath. Era, Oct 13, 1861. Consultations daily till 12 ams. • - . .a. EXHIBITION OF HORTICULTURAL IMPLEMENI g, GARDEN POTTERY, &c., at the ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S FIRST GREAT SHOW, TO-MORROW (Wednesday), May 21. OYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S FIRST GREAT SHOW TO-MORROW (Wednesday), at South Kensington. Open at One o'clock. Bands of Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, and Royal Marines commence at. Two o'Clock. Admission 7s. 6d. each, or by Tickets previously purchased, ss. each, at the Garden, and of the principal Librarians, Music-sellers, &c. Should the weather be wet, Visitors can pass under cover from the Exhibition or Garden Entrances to the Show. fI_REAT SHOW of ROYAL HORTICULTU kA RAI. SOCIETY, TO-IIORIZOW (Wednesday).—The Garden ill be open at One o'clock. Visitors cannot be admitted either from the Exhibition to the Garden, cr to the Exhibition through the Garden, before that hour. UNITED UNIVERSITY CLUB. The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEM BERS of this CLUB will be held on THURSDAY, the 29th of May, at Three o'cLeek precise y. By order. A. RUAISEY, Secretary. 14th May, ISO 2. ADVOWSON.-FREETIOLDS.-UP PON AND 1:0 r II ERST BORPE. TO BE SOLD, pursuant to an Order of the High Court. of Chancery, in a Cause, of Donaldson v. Fairfax, with the approbation of Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, In Six Lots, by Messrs. Holloway and Son, at the George Hotel at Northampton, on SATURDAY, tlie 14th day of June, 1802, at Three o'clock in the afternoon, VERY VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES, situate at Upton and Rothersthorpe, in the county of Northampton, consisting of 223 Acres of Arable and Pasture Land, Water Mill, and the Perpetual Advowson and Right of Presi'nta tion to the Vicarage of Rothersthorpe, part of the Estate of the late Sir Thomas Samwell, Bart. —• • - Particulars and conditions of Sale, with Pl in, may be had, gratis, of Messrs. King and M‘Millin; No-. 4, Danes-inn, St. Clement's, Strand, London, Solic'tors ; at the George Hotel, Northampton ' • Swan Hotel, Bedford ; the George Hotel, Huntingdon; the Royal Hotel, Kettering; the Angel Hotel, Market Harboroug - h ; the Spread Eagle, Rugby; the White Hart Hotel, Leicester ; the Crown Hotel, Leamington ; and of the Auctioneers, Pitsford, near Northampton. KING and M`MILL IN, Plaintiffs'' Solicitors, 4, Danes-inn, Strand, London. SPECIAL NOTICE. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, & GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. E.tablished 1821. All persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale before June 30th, 1462, will be entitled at the Next Bonus to one year's additional Share of Profits over later Assurers. Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. B ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA.- Incorporated by Royal Charter. The DIRECTORS of the BANK of BRITISH NORTH AMERICA DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That the YEARLY MEETING of PROPRIETORS will be held, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, on TUESDAY, the 10th June next., at the Oface of the Corporation, 7, St. Helen's place, Bishopsgate-street, at One o'clock precisely, when 'three Directors will retire by rotation, two of whom have been proposed for re-election. By order of the Court. C. M'NAB, Secretary. London, May 16, 1862. THE UNION BANK OF IRELAND (Limited). To lle incorporated under the Joint-Stock Banking Companies Amendment Acts 20 and 21 Vict., cap. 49, and 21 and 22 Vict., cap 91, which specially limit the liability of each shareholder to the amount of his shares, and to be conducted upon the same principles as the Provincial Bank of Ireland and the National Provincial Bank of England, with the head office in London. Capital £1,000,000, in 10,600 Shares of £lOO each, With power to increase. Deposit on application £1 per share, and a further payment of £1 on allotment. Each call not to exceed £5, and three months' interval between each call ; but it is estimated that it will not be necessary to call up more than £25 per share. DIRECTORS. Henry Bruce; Esq. (of H. Bruce and Co., Mincing-lane), Direc t r of the Colonial Bank. William Henry Dickson, Esq., Chairman of the Scottish Australian Investment Company. John B. Min, Esq. (ot J. B. Elfin and Co., Abchurch-lane), Director of the Bank of British North America. William Evans, Esq., Vice-Chairman, Dublin and Drogheda Hallway. Lnvis Fraser, Esq. (of J. and L. Fraser and Co., London, and of Maclaine, Fraser, and Co., Singapore). Jacob Q. Henriques, Esq. (of D. Q. Henriques and Brother), 2, Jeffreys-square. Jame Duke Bill, Esq. (of Messrs. Hill, Wood, and Hughes), St. Mary-at-Hill. David Bowden, Esq. (late of Howden, Newlands, and Co., Rio de Janeiro). T. W. L. Mackean, Esq. (late of the firm of Turner and Co.. China). W. D. Seymour, Fsq. (Messrs. Warre Brothers, merchants, Fenchurch-street). E. W. Wingrove, Esq. (late of Mackenzie, Lyall, and Co., Calcutta). A. W. Young, Esq. (of Hare Hatch, Twyford), Director of the City of London Brewery. BANKERS. Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co., Lombard-street. untwit. henry Barnett, Esq. (Messrs. Barnett, Mares, and CO.) SOLICITORS FOR LONDON. Messrs. Thomas and llollaras, Mincing-lane. SOLICITORS FOR DUBLIN. Messrs. Anderson and Lee, 2, Inns Quay. BROKERS. London—Messrs. George Burnand and Co., GO, Lombard street, and Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, Thread rie Ale-s treet. Dublin—Messrs. Bruce and Symes. Belfast —Theobald Bushell, Esq. Cork—Messrs. William Connell and Son. SECRETARY—John Manning, Esq. Temporary offices of the Company -16, Cornhill. The Union Bank of It eland is established to supply addi tional banking accommodation in Dublin, and throu shout the chief cities and towns in Ireland. The management of the Bank will be vested in a Board of Directors in London, as sisted as circumstances may render expedient by local com mittees in Dublin and elsewhere in Ireland. It is more than a quarter of a century since any new bank was established in Ireland, and when it is considered that during this interval the resources of the country have been developed in an extraordinary degree by the railroad system, and the impro ed value and cultivation of the land, and that there has not been a corresponding increase of banking ac commodation, it will at once be conceded that there is ample room for the introduction of another substantial joint stock bank in that portion of the United Kingdom. The following statement shows the present position of the leading joint stock banks in Ireland, and indicates the marked success which these institutions have now attained, viz.:— N°. 21,806. YUBLILA'I lOIN~'. NEW NOVEL BY TIM HON. C. S. SAVILE.-: On Friday, May 23, in 3 vols., W ALTER L ANGLE Y. By the Bon. C. STUART SAVILE. Also now ready, in 3 vols., OWEN. By the Author of " High Church," &rt. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlboroup;h-street. Mit. CHARLES KENT'S NEW POEMS. Just published, nR EA M LAN D. With other Poems. By W. CHARLES KENT, Barrister-at-Law. Fcap. Eivo., price s s. " The author of Dreamland' and 'Aletheia' has risen to a height so very close to the summit of genius, that he may be commiserated for h's inability to grapple with the last peaks of its elevation. There i s abun ance of talent, a delicate taste, an endless richness and diversity of image, topic, and illusion the landscape is most luxurious ; and the nins.c of verse excellent." —Literary Budget. "Mr. Kent has undeniable merits—warm and high-toned feeling, a pleasant combination of grace and humour, and no small power to individualise. Pope at Twickenham' is a cabinet picture. Marianne will commend itself to all mothers by its gush of parental tenderness, and its acquaint ance with baby wiles and mysteries. Fructidoe shows what Dutch fidelity of word painting the author can master when he tries. His fruit is as vivid and well characterised as if Lance had painted it."—Athenmum. "The charm of Mr. Kent's poetry, as it is the first condi tion of success to all poets, is that he is in sympathy with his subject and not only with himself ; that he is truly poet and not egotist. But it is by no means his onlyjnerit. He is a mas ter of versification. The flow (3 , his verse is smooth and me lodious, and enriched with a copious and ornate vocabulary. Shelley at Marlow' is a painting exquisitely delicate. The vision of Shelley with which Mr. Kent presents us is almost perfect. 'DREAMLAND' is a work conceived in a noble spirit, and executed with scholarly taste, frequently with flashes of true poetic inspiration. Ihe Dying Bridegroom is distinguished by a genuine pathos, which leads us to be lieve that Mr. Kent would succeed eminently in some story of the affections."—The London Review. " Mr. Kent's poems come before the world with the advan tage, not only of an author's name, but of a name already agreeably and musically known in the metrical literature of the day. Ills Aletheia' was very favourably received by the public, and has no doubt been the companion of many thoughtful readers who will gladly welcome another volume from his pen. A series of portraits drawn with true poetic sympathy au4 veneration, The best of all, we think, is that of Scott. There is something in the lines that will remind the reader of the chime of Scott's own verse."—John Bull. " Verses, many of them extremely tender and harmonious, and all indicating a mind carefully cultured and imbued with elegant tastes."—Daily News. " Poems of very considerable excellence. Fructidor 'is a very close and vigorous word-painting of an orchard. Mr. Kent's volume is healthy and vigorous in sentiment, correct in composition, and contains many happy touches of true fancy, very gracefully expressed."— The Critic. "The pictures Mr. Kent makes are carefully drawn and effectively coloured. His work is on the whole in good taste. It possesses the undeniable, yet, in these days, rare merit of intelligibility, and is, moreover, very readable."—The Art- World. " We like some of Mr. Kent's minor poems even better than 'Dreamland.' He is a real poet, unquestionably, and often versifies with extreme felicity. Of his poetic power the Monody on Lord Strangford ' affords ample proof : while his capacity to make word-music is shown in ' The Morris Dance s.' "—The Press. ALETHEIA ; OR, THE--DOOM OF AlTym..l,ocor. with Other Pf)eno.. By the same khthor. New Eettion. Feap.Bvo:, price ss. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. 'IIHE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grosemith's "Government upon First Prin• eiples." I=4 ms I ' z 0 ....z ~7. . , . Reserve 4 -76 ,33 -- = 4 u Name. ~,. Capital. Fund. 5 5... ~..z: t , t , ,-. . cz 5 P. --, d ig:: I-4 ! - ...-.......-..- 1 - ► £ £ X -€ X X I Provinclalßank of Ireland Thetiationalßank' of Ireland 1835 The RLyal Bank of Ireland . lB3B Northernßanking Company 1825 150,000 Belfast Banking Company 1827 125,000 500,000 2'4,1;93 500,000 181,931 209,176 101,000 120 per et t 4 do. 115 do. 111 do. 118 do. p 4,286 178,000 Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. S. WOODIN'S CABINET of CURIO -1• SITIES—NewIy Polished and Re-Iined—POLY GRAPHIC li ALL, King William-street, Charing-cross, TO-NIGIIT, and every Evening, at eight (except Saturday), with new characters, music, songs, and dances. The scenic illustrations and effects, entiray new, painted by and under the direction of Mr. Will , am Callcott. First Morning Per forrtance, Saturday, May 17 ,at 3. Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; am phitheatre, Is. Box-office open from ten to five. A RGYLL ROOMS.— Great Windmill-street, 1.73.. Haymarket.— GRAN D • CASINO FRANCAIS E.— Open every Evening, for Promenade and Dancing, with the celebrated Band of 50 performers. Conductor and Principal Cornet-a-Piston, M. BOULCOURT.—The new Imperial Qua drille, Valse Cotillion, and L. Mosca's Peep o'DayValse will be played nightly. A new Conversation Salon has been added to the above Establishment for Reading, Coffee, and Refreshments:— Admission is.—Manager, M. Grenet. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. The numerous and urgent appeals which are made for admission by the homeless and destitute sick render it im perative on the Committee to entreat the continued bounty of the affluent and humane to enable them to persevere in the extensive system of relief afforded by this Hospital. During the past year, in addition to 1,190 in-pallents, no less than 50,496 out-patients roceived the benefits of this Charity. Since Christmas two additional wards have been opened for the reception of in-door patients. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward lidas- Lerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec. TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. 4d. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. T".—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter mediate" Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornbill, Lon don, E.C. TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawing Room " Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. Hassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. 0 RNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new an d elegant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &a., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149. Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate •he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, Ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOU Y is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S • MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN TIIE GREAT EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be, the most effective invention in the curative treatment of it EItN I A. The nee of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage beim?: worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the eft mmference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d„ and 31s. 6d. Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made 'payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. TEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS KNEE-CAPS, km, for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on liYe an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 160. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. KEATING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND COD LIVER OIL. —Having frequently examined samples of PALE COD LIVER OIL, as imported by Mr. Taos. KEATING, I can testify that it is uniformly of thebest and purest quality that can be desired or obtained, posses as it does the nutrient properties of that valuable medi cine in the highest degree, nnassociated at the same time with any disagreeable and irritating qua'ities resulting from the presence of decayed matter. this making it an exception in respect of purity from many of the oils so abundantly ad vertised. EDWIN PAYNE, M.D., L.R.C.P., Assistant Physician to the Royal General Dispensary, &c., &c.—September 27, 1861. _ _ Sold in Half-pint Bottles, is. 6d. ; Pints, 2s. 6(1. ; Quarts, 4s. 6d. ; or in Five-pint Bottles, 10s. 6d., Imperial Measure, at 79, St. Paul's Church-yard, London (7 ~ / 7. :" 7 , - - t - , ,, ~ ,-, , . . ,_, z i ....,. ~.. ~ . ~.-. ' 1 • .11111111‘ , ' __ i _ . • r ...... . . , ` '...7,•. ~.i: -- 1 10\0 - - -..,.-- .7; - . " 7 . k t .l , ' ' . ,:-. :. '.7. . - , . 7 ~..,„ - -.:__-,,.., . . ~. - ?/,- it '• ..- 'f 4 , - 1 - . . ... , ‘' k.'7,' -',/ s .4, l * * -„ 4 4.. . 3 .t .. . .::.. 7 ::. +, • : I-:. - - 0 ,, ''.42 . "l l ' I , 4,:c... ' cu T t . _ 31 : "..1 1 , -. !. - ,-// , , - C . _..„, ,ist 1-- - il k .r a ..„. .. , .. , ,E.--/ - i'll sa .P . ' a... ,, `, :', .r., i -1. -Nt . ' - ' ,3 'P , P ligi l . ;•^, i • • • .7 • ( 1 ! .!•If .;, '' ' . . . . ' .' t h I t *.: ....' ' " i i ' ' ) l4. '' -,-- 1' , C ~ "Ak. 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Montagu, said—l shall have no objection whatever to the pro duction of these returns, but in mercy to himself and the house I trust the noble lord, when he hears that inventions in reference to iron cased ships come to us at the rate of about 100 a month, will not in sist on printing such a blue-book as they would make. I can assure him that they are receiving very careful attention. I cannot follow the noble lord through all the topics he has introduced, but I shall be happy to give him all the infortatttinti/ can as to what is being done in shipbuilding./ f' regret the right hon. member for Bucks is not present, as I think he woald probably administer some little rebuke to an ardent supporter for coming before the house with a grand proposal for building an iron fleet, and adding very considerably to the large navy estimates. The noble lord accuses all Govern ments, but lays the principal blame on the present Government, for continuing to build wooden ships after France had begun to build them of iron. I am the more anxious to say a word on this matter, because I have beard from several quarters that the present Government has proceeded recklessly in the construction of wooden line-of-battle ships long after it was evident that these vessels would be useless. I beg the noble lord's attention to this point. There are at present 57 screw line-of-battle ships afloat. The late Government were in office rather more than a year, and they originated the conversion of eight of these vessels within that year. The present Go vernment has been in office three years, and they have only commenced the conversion of four sailing line-of-battle ships into steamers. The latp Govern ment converted eight vessels in one year; the pre sent Government in three years have only converted four. Now take the question of building line-of battle ships. The late Government in its one year of office began to build no less than six line-of-battle ships. The present Government in three years have only commenced three; of these, only the frames were begun, and they have since been used for iron cased ships. This accusation, therefore, against the present Government is most unjust and unfair. And what is the history of the ships that have been con verted ? The present Government came into office in the month of July, 1859. They naturally adopted the progr'aMme .. 6f their predecessors ; and what •, • . • o.r . • ever may be the responsibility for the years 1859 and 1860 must rest principally with the late Go vernment. 11 The noble lord had mixed up a great many matters together ; but the vexatio questio was the cost of building wooden line-of-battle ships. The house must not take the noble lord's figures for granted. In 1859, the year of the Derby Go vernment, the sum expended in building and con verting line-of-battle ships was £442,000. In 1859 and 1860, after the French had begun to build iron-cased ships, but when the programme of the late Government had ,to be ~carried out £786,000 were expended for the same purpose. But in 1860 and 1861 the present Government have expended only £416,000 in converting this class of ships. Nothing is easier than to get up in 1862, after we have made all these discoveries, and tell us what we ought to do. It is easy to be wise after the event. But, if the noble lord had given his advice when the late Government was in office, he would have done some good. The noble lord has referred to Captain Coles's cupola vessel, and charges the Ad miralty with supineness in not adopting it till after the action of the Monitor and the Merrimac. But, as long ago as February last, the dr*wiugs for a vessel on Captain Col_es's plan were prepared, and only the consent of the House was wanted to issue calls for tenders for its construction. The hon. member for Liskeard took me to task, and charged me with having said the vessel was being built, when it was not; but my only object was to show that the matter had not been neglected. 1 under stood the noble lord to say that the Warrior is totally unprotected at her two ends, which are made of wood, and that she is entirely unfit to go into action. He is quite mistaken in that. He is per haps not aware the Warrior is wholly lin- iron ship, though it is true its extremities are not provided with armour plates. That is a point on which opinions greatly differ. I for one frankly admit that I think a system of armour plates all round in the case of long ships with very sharp bows is attended with considerable disadvantage, although some emi nent judges are in favour of that mode of construc tion. The noble lord says we never take up an invention till it is very late. Why, if he will only come to the Admiralty he will see that we have no loss than seven different classes of ships in progress of the iron-cased family, some of which are iron-plated right round, and others plated in the centre and amidships. We are going on with reasonable speed, but not too fast. It is inadvisable to rush all at once into a condemnation of our wooden fleet, and to build only with iron. We are, however, constructing different classes of iron cased ships, some of them even as low as 1,000 tons. It remains to be seen whether they will carry their armour and be fit for foreign service and all weathers. I think we have not been behindhand, but arc progressing with sufficient despatch to maintain our position as a great maritime Power. Reverting to Capt. Coles's cupola, it should be re membered that the late Prince Consort had the sagacity first to discern the value of that plan. I was sent for nearly two years ago by his Royal Highness, who urged and entreated me and the Admiralty to try that invention, the merit of bring ing which to public notice belonged to that great Prince. I am afraid I cannot follow the noble lord through all his statements of the misdeeds of various Boards of Admiralty, but the gist of his complaints was that we don't institute due inquiry into inven tions, that we have no machinery by which they may be tested, and that inventors feel that we re gard them, as it were, as our natural enemies. That is very far from a correct representation. I am bound to admit that I have always advocated that there should be a scientific committee attached to the Admiralty—(hear)—exactly as there was at tached to the Ordnance. When I had the honour of being connected with the Ordnance there was a select committee to which all matters affecting the construction of guns, &c., were referred. I have often expressed my opinion on this point very frankly at the Admiralty, and I must say that, without going quite as far as I go, the Board have taken very great steps in what I must call Wiight direction in this respect. First of all let meltrud.e to the Scientific Committee, or the Iron-platn.6oni mittee, which has now been sitting for two years. If its chairman, the hon. and gallant member for Wakefield (Sir J. Hay), were not now before me, I should say something of his merits, but his name is a guarantee that the committee is well constituted. Its other members are Col. Henderson, R.A., the vice-chairman ; Col. Jervois, R.E., secretary to the Defence Commission ; Dr. Percy, superintendent of the Museum of Practical Geology ; W. Fairbairn, president of the British Association, and a most eminent engineer and author; Wm. Pole, a very eminent civil engineer, who has been connected with the iron question for many years, and is now, in addition to', other duties, professor of civil engineering in the London University. Every thing connected with iron-cased ships is exa mined by that committee, and experiments are continually carried on under a supervi sion. The Admiralty have also lately called in the assistance of many eminent shipbuilders, and among others the hon. member for Birkenhead (Mr, Laird), who has been asked to report on a most im portant matter, on which the future of our navy a depends—viz., the facilities for coppering the bottom s o f i ron vessels. The Messrs. Samuda, of the Tham es famous shipbuild er n i vseh ships, i r Iron C ompany , an d Mr. Napier, the of Glasgow, have likewise been Within opinion t h o e n I a t s h t e f o c r n p fg e h r t ra h e cl e u a t e h s t i e n a g o t f o iro g we have had a committee sitting at the Admiralty on submarine rams—a subject which the noble lord said we had never thought of. IVe have, besides, a standing committee at Somerset-house, composed of practical naval officers of all ranks, who have laid before them a vast number of proposals relat ing to anchors and other things. The noble lord accuses us of never listening to anybody about anchors. Why, we have been testing a new anchor during the last month at Woolwich. It is quite true that Mr. Trotman has a standing grievance against the Admiralty because natal officers do not altogether approve his anchor, which I, indeed, hope may answer, although it is to be doubted whether, taking all the roughs mid smooths of a sea-going fleet, it will be as useful as the ordinary anchor. That, however, is a matter of opinion. I might also advert to the practising which daily goes on at Portsmouth on bawd the Excellent, under officers experienced in gunnery. When I bring in our bill for experiments at the end of the year the house, I believe, will not think that we have been too niggardly in these matters. I can only assure hon. gentlemen that we have at this moment before our attention a considerable charge in regard to our navy; and I am bound to say —and it has been alluded to to-night by the noble lord the First Minister—that we have intelligence that the French have made con siderable progress in their iron-cased fleet since I delivered my statement last February, in which I gave a list of their ships of that descrip tion. Ido not express any opinion for or against what the French have done:dine° then. I, howoyer, regret it, because as soon as the French build we shall build too—(hear, hear)—and so we ever shall do. Remember, then, that the French now have built and building 36 iron-cased ships of various sizes. I say we must have a corresponding increase. (Cheers.) We have various vessels that will very shortly be commenced in our dockyards—vessels that were already built, and which will be emi nently useful as iron-cased ships, and I also trust, at least as far as we can at present see, we shall not have to call for any increase in the estimates of the present year. grant. creased means aro required ; which you will readily " The organic laws, bills for which were sub mitted to the late Diet, oan,not be definitively adopted until the next winter session of the Diet. The Government of the King adheres to the prin- ciples upon which these bills are based, and will endeavour to carry them out in that sense. " The bills respecting Ministerial responsibility and district regulations will •nat bo withdrawn from the present discussions. "The Government of the King, not led astray by the pressure exercised by change of parties, will earnestly and zealously endeavour to carry out in the manner hitherto pursued, the well-known principles which the King, upon assuming the re gency, and upon several subsequent occasions, has pointed out to the councillors of the Crown as the line of policy in the administration of the country. "In accordance with these principles, the Go vernment will 'conscientiously maintain the rights of the, Crown, as well as the constitutional rights of the representatives of the country. But it also entertains the hope that you, gentlemen, will not refuse the Government your patriotic support in adopting the measures necessary for the honour and dignity of Prussia, as well as for the furtherance of all branches of peaceful pursuits.", HALIFAX AND QUEBEC RAILWAY. An interesting collection of despatches, relating to the proposed railway through portions of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, which by uniting lines of railway already in existence would complete the railway communication between Halifax and Quebec, was laid before Parliament yesterday. First, we have the memorial of the delegates from Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, to the Duke of Newcastle on the subject of the pro posed railway; next a despatch from Lord Monck, enclosing the recommendation of the Executive Council of Canada ; next, despatches from Lord Mulgrave, transmitting addresses from the Legis lature of Nova Scotia ; next addresses from Mr. Manners Sutton, Governor of New Brunswick, en closing addresses from the Legislature of that colony. Finally, we have the following despatch from the Duke of Newcastle, in which the decision of the Home Government is announced : " COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE K.G., TO THE VISCOUNT MONCH. " Downing-skeet, April 12, 1862. " My Lord,—You are aware tkat I duly received your despatch, No. 4, of the 31st of October last, reporting that at a meeting in the Council Chamber at QUeliec of members of the Councils of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, it was resolved that those three Governments should renew the offer _made to the Imperial Government on the 26th of October, 1858, to aid In the construction of an intercelonial railway between Halifax and Quebec, and`that a delegation fromithe provinces • la' should proceed to England with the view of pro moting this object. " You reported to me that the Hon. Philip Vankpugnet was appointed to represent Canada, and not long afterwards this gentleman, associated with the Hon. Joseph Vowe, from Nova Scotia, and the Hon. Samuel Tilley from New Brunswick, arrived in England. " I had several interviews with these gentlemen, who urged with great ability the project com mitted to their charge, and eventually embodied their views in a memorandum communicated to me in a letter dated the 2d of December, 1861. But owing to the urgency of business connected with the threatening aspect of affairs in the United States, I was unable to bring the subject under the consideration of her Majesty's Government be fore the deputies were obliged to return to their homes, and other urgent matters have hitherto pre. vented the adoption of a decision. The subject has now been before her Majesty's uovernment, and I need scarcely assure you that they have examined it with the care due to the importance of the ques tion, to the high authorities from whom it has emanated in the provinces, and to the character and position of the delegates by whom it has been so powerfully presented to notice in this country: " The length of railway necessary to complete the communication between Halifax and Quebec is estimated at 350 miles, and the cost, after de ducting the right of way, which the provinces will provide, is estimated at three millions sterling. Such being the data supplied by the deputation, the project is that the Imperial Government should join the three provinces in a guarantee of 4 per cent., upon £3,000-000, in which case the provinces are ready to pass Bills of Supply for L 60,000 a year (L 20,000 in each province) if the Imperial Government will do the same. The selection:of the route is left solely to the British Government. Should the sum of three millions be found insuffi cient, nothing very definite is said on the essential point of the provision to be made for the comple tion of the railway. " I regret to inform you that, after giving the sub ject their best consideration, her Majesty's Govern ment have not felt themselves at liberty to concur in this mode of assistance. Anxious, however, to promote as far as they can the important object of completing the great line of railway communication on British ground, between the Atlantic and the westernmost parts of Canada, and to assist the provinces in a scheme which would so materially promote their interests, her Majesty's Government are willing to offer to the Provincial Govern ments an Imperial guarantee of interest, towards enabling them to raise by public loan, if they should desire it, at a molerate rate, the requisite funds for constructing the railway. This was the mode of action contemplated by Earl Grey in the year 1851, and is the same method which was adopted by Parliament in the act of 1842, in order to afford to Canada the benefit of British credit in raising the money with which she has completed her great system of internal water communications. The nature and extent of the guarantee which her Majesty's Government could undertake to recom mend to Parliament must be determined by the particulars of any -scheme which the . Provincial Governments may be disposed to found on the pre sent proposal, and on the kind of security which they would offer. " I fear that this course will not be so acceptable to the Provincial Governments, as that which the delegates were authorised to propose for conside ration. It is, however, the only one in which her Majesty's Government, after anxious deliberation, feel that they would be at liberty to participate. I trust that the proposal will at all events be received as a proof of their earnest wish to find some method in which they can co-operate with the provinces in their laudable desire to complete a perfect inter. colonial communication over British territory. And it will be a source of sincere pleasure to me if, ad. verting to all the different bearings on the subject, and to the condition of their respective finances, the' rn Provincial Governme nts should not end by findin g andnowte despatch b i t subject t the in it in their power t o make use of the present offer, and to propound s ome p racticable scheme for apply ing it to the att ainment of the desired object. thelblanßrunswick,hdasof h I us t a similar leave Lieutenant-Governorsvet addressede of pr Nova ovincia Scotia several l Governments, and m N en e t w s, Rho will best know, in case they prosecute the subject further, how to provide for the requisite mutuftl consultations. —I have, &c., " NEWCASTLE." As the Abbe Morancez, more of Margon (Eure-et- Loir), was lately passing along the high road reading, a mare which was grazing on the roadside rushed on him, and after biting him severely in the side precipitated him into a ditch, and endeavoured to trample him under foot. Fortunately he struck the animal on the nostrils with the book, and apparently hurt it so much that the mare de sisted. The cause of this strange attack cannot be divined. The wounds of the Abbe are serious, but his life is in no danger. / / 7/4:7;,e - PRICE. .... -..4d. TAMPED ....sd. GUNS FOR NAVAL WARFARE. ......-- . Yesterday evening Captain E. G. Fishbourne, RN., C. 8., delivered a lecture at the United Ser vice Institution, Whitehall-yard, on "The charac ter of guns best adapted for naval warfare, as plans of gun s p ro p ose d." gathered from the various His Grace the Duke of Somerset, the First Lord of the Admiralty, took the chair. Captain FISHBOIJRNE, after a few preliminary remarks on the importance of the subject under consideration, said the 681 b. smooth bore gun gave a greater indentation than the 1101 b. Armstrong gun. Round shot could not he dispensed with , for it would be impossible to send elongated shot with the same velocity as round shot. It had been argued that the smallness of the recoil was a proof that in the cylinder shot the friction was less than in the round shot, but that fact was a proof that the fric tion was greater, and that it consequently dimi nished the recoil. The computation that had been made was that in rifle guns one-half the power of the powder was lost by the friction, and that con sequently there was greater damage to the gun. The lecturer then referred to statistical tables, showing the results of various experiments that had been tried between Horsfall's guns, Sir W. Arm strong's, and the smooth bore. We had given up strength, utility, simplicity, and economy for length of range and accuracy of aim. He thought they could not do better than turn their attention to the development of smooth-bore muzzle-loading guns and round shot. He disapproied of the breech loading guns, as they were so much weakened that they could not bear a sufficient quantity of powder to send the missile with proper force to its destina tion. He then referred to diagrams showing the amount of windage in the Lancaster, Whitworth, Scott, Armstrong, Geoffrey, Blakely, and other guns, and the consequent loss of powee in each. He believed that with round shot and smoothbore they could easily, safely, and economically, over short ranges, attain that power over iron-plated ships which they could not gain by rifle guns of long range. If they were to have rifle guns they should be made strong, and not liable to injury, and the missiles should be simple and loaded from the muzzle. By simplicity of construction the price should be mach reduced, and he thought the country ought not to pay £6OO for a gun when they could get as efficient an engine for £3OO. The Noble CHAIRMAN having invited discussion, in order to arrive at a correct result, Sir W. ARMSTRONG said there were so many figures that he could not go into their refutation without consideration. He therefore suggested that the discussion should be adjourned until a future occasion, when he would not only refute what had been advanced, but would also state his own views with regard to the best guns for vessels. After some discussion, in which the lecturer's calculation and deduction were severely criticised, the meeting was adjourned. TILE JAPANESE MISSION. 'On Sunday the Japanese Ambassadors took a drive to Hampton Court, going by way of Twicken ham. As usual, they were accompanied by Mr. Macdonald, attache of the English Legation in Japan, and some of the officers of their suite. After making a tour of the interior of the Palace, they were conducted over the grounds, and thence to Bushey-park, which they saw in all its glory of foliage and flower. They are said to have a fine eye for the picturesque, especially in landscape scenery, and to have been greatly delighted with some of the parks of the metropolis; but at Bushey, and more particularly on seeing the famous avenue of trees at Hampton Court, their admiration was excited to the highest pitch. Here, as in Paris, they have always bad a great hankering to see the country, and they were much rafrebhed by the glimpses which they were afforded of it on Sunday. From Hampton Court they drove to Richmond, where they halted for an hour or so to take lun cheon at the Star and Garter. Here again they were captivated by the view from Richmond-hill, and lingered over the enjoyment of it for some time. Leaving Richmond they paid a passing visit to Earl and Countess Russell at Pembroke-lodge, remaining there about half an hour, and then returned to their quarters at Claridge's Hotel, where they dined at their usual hour of 8 o'clock. On Saturday they drove to the Crystal Palace, which they had not seen before, and where they spent several hours. They were received by Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. Farquhar, and Mr. Bowley, and by them conducted over the building. There everything they saw was to them so entirely novel and unique that they have talked about little else since their visit. Their de- light at the structure itself, as they saw it for the first time glistening in the sunlight, knew no bounds. With all the various courts, especially with that of the Alhambra, they were profoundly inte rested, as they were charmed with the internal dis play of plants and flowers. From the centre bal cony they were afforded a sight of the grounds and of the landscape of marvellous beauty stretching beyond on all hands. There, too, they witnessed a display of the upper series of fountains, for which the day was remarkably favourable. The grand fountains would also have been played for the distinguished strangers but for the short notice the authorities at the Palace had of their visit. As it was, they were intensely pleased with all they saw. They were afterwards present in the concert-room while the Prussian Coronation March was being performed by the orchestra. At its con clusion they took lunch in the directors' apartment, and left the Palace about five o'clock. Earlier in the day they had an interview with Earl Russell at the Foreign-office, and attended her Majesty's Theatre in the evening. O n Frida y morning the Ambassadors received a visit from Captain Forbes, Staff-Captain at Woolwich, w ho, in compliance with a request made by them, through Mr. Macdonald, to the authorities at the War-office, presented them with sketches of some of the more remarkable sights and processes they witnessed on their recent tour of the Arsenal. So deeply interested were they with much that they saw there, that a few of the scientific members of their suite intend to pay a second v i s i t to the establishment . On Fri day also, at half pa s t three o'clock, the Envoys had an official interview with Earl Russell, at the Foreign_ o ffi ce, on business connec ti o n with their missi on w hich Mr. Layard and Mr. to this country, at Hammond were also present. In the evening they attended the assem bly of Mrs. Samuel Gurney, at Prince's-gate. On Thursday morni ng M r. Rapp, the Swiss Consul- General, had an interview with the Ambassadors by appointment at Claridge's Hotel, for the purpose of delivering to them a letter from his Government. Later in the day Lord Stratford do Redcliffe paid their Excellencies v.. complimentary visit, and re mained some time in conversation with them, with the aid of the interpreters of the mission. A committee was appointed some time since to visit the whole seaboard of the French empire, with a view to ascertain what improvements could be introduced into nets and other implements used by fishermen in their calling. The labours of the committee, examined by an uppr one under the presidentship of Vice-Admiral Febvre, have furnished the grounds of a new decree respecting the csiast fisheries. This is preceded by a report, published in the Moniteur. Any person of whatever nation is declared free to fish at a distance of three miles from the shore, that distance to be calculated from low water-mark ; and even those limits will not be enforced wherever there aro not sufficient and serious reasons for maintaining them. Fish ing may be prohibited now and then on some points of the coast, in order to encourage the growth and multiplication of a particular species. THE LAMBING SEASON ON THE GRAMPIANS AND Ociam.s.—The lambing season is a bout completed on all these extensive pastoral ranges, and it is selld om endid thstoc at it has k of c losed with such a strong, healthy, an d sp lambs. The pasturage has been excellent, and the lamb are growing very fast.-- , s'cotsy nan. At a recent slave sale in Texas five negroes sold for 7,010 dols. OPEAING OF THE PRUSSIAN DIE7'. BERLIN, MAY 19. The Minister President opened the Chambers to-day witfr speehlef . l l - 14id I . "His Majesty the King has . Ordere'd me to open the Diet of the Monarchy in his name. The Go vernment considers it its duty to engage .your activity this session no longer than will be necessary for the settlement of the, most urgent affairs. The finances of the country continue to ssume a more f4voarable aspect. It hip not been fond necessary, ,to lee use of the the expense of a e x t t t r h a e o r c d l n s e a r o y f t e h r e e d fi i n t a f n o e r i a defraying which had been atlrantoerganisaintthir Budget f dge the army, t of 1861 from the public funds. The surplus in the revenue of this year has even exceeded the requirements of the public ser vice. His Majesty, the King, has determined, for the relief of the country, that the additional taxa tion should not be levied on and after the Ist of July next. " From the Budget for 1862 Ewa 1863, which is to be submitted to you without delay, you will perceive that the decrease of income arising there provisional reduc tionsr by savings in fr om in willth the military fully coveredadministration, b the cost of the administration of the public debt, and by increased revenue ; and that means for use ful application to all departments of the public service are still available. " The more detailed specification of the income and expenditure in the Budget, and the early pre sentation of the Budget for 1863 will afford testi mony that tho Govornmant ig ready to meet with willingness any practicable proposition of the re presentatives of the country. " The necessary operations for a further regula tion of Vie land tax have reached the first impor tant stage towards completion by a central com mittee, that, namely, of a temporary establishment of the classification tariff. " Repeated examinations have manifested the possibility of further savings, of a temporary charac ter, being affected in the military' expenditure. These reductions, however, in order not to injure the vital conditions of the organisation of the army, can only be continued until a new source of revenue is opened by the land tax. " By this means the Government shows that it is ready and desirous to meet the objections raised in former sessions, and is therefore justified in ex pecting that, in considering the arrangements and requirements of our military force, due provision may be made for the independence and security of the country, which depend upon the undiminished excellence of the army. " A plan for the extension of the railway system of the country will be laid before the Chambers. " The negotiations respecting a regulation of the conditions of trade, in accordance with treaties be tween the Zollverein and France, have led to an understanding. The Government is herein guided, in unison with its allies of the Zollverein, by the conviction that it is not of much importance to the Zollverein to secure for its products, its trade, and its navigation in France the rights of the most favoured nation, as that the progress of national economy and science required that the tariff of the Zollverein should be modified in the full sense of free trade. "It was to be expected that the prospect of such a modification should arouse many apprehensions.; but it is, on the other hand, pleasing that these apprehensions are already beginning to yield to •a more correct appreciation of the advantages offered by a more extended market. Several of the Go vernments of the Zollverein have already given in their adhesion to this view, and among them the Government of Saxony, which country, from the manifold extent of its own industry, is especially compelled to consider industrial interests. "We reckon that the many remaining Govern ments of the Zollverein, while faithfully keeping in view the advancement of the material interests of the Customs' Union, will give their consent to a work which promises to become the starting point of a new increase of commercial developmont of the Zollvereia. "Negotiations with the Danish Government have not yet led to any result. Their success will depend upon whether or not Denmark will determine to fulfil the obligations towards Germany, undertaken by the Convention of 1852. l "As regards the question of German Federa reform, the Government of the King adheres firmly to the point of view which it has assumed. " In the question of the constitution of Electoral Hesse the unremitting endeavours of the Govern ment .have succeeded in causing almost all German Governments to come to the conclusion that the constitution of 1831, excepting those stipulations which are contrary to the Federal constitution, must be re-established; and Austria has joined Prussia in making a common proposal to the Federal Diet, the immediate acceptance of which may now be expected. The new ordinance respect ing the elections, which is in direct opposition to this proposal, and which deeply offends the coun try's sense of right, will not come into operation, in accordance with the express demand of Prussia, and with the request of the Federal Assembly, addressed to the Government of Electoral Hesse. The Go vernment shall be arrived at, without further hesita tion, m i n e n f t of a vou r t the K of the i King constitutionof 1831. As re gards an incident which occurred in reference to this question, the Government still awaits definite explanations from the Government of Electoral Hesse, and will in any case understand how to pro tect the dignity of Prussia. • " For the development of arts and science iLI• t / L ( - THB -MIDDLE LEVEL INUNDA7IONS, LYNN, MONDAY AFTERNOON. ' Wider and' wider giowi the original breach in the banks of ,the middle level, letting in daily an increased quantity of water to the Fen lands, and in addition t,o'this another hole hag been burst 0 1 1 the opposite bank, and the result is that about 200 acres of Bardolph Fen are bow . under'water. Yes terday, being Sunday, thousands of persoris'-visited the rains of the sluice, and also the scene of the dreadful inundations from all the surrounding dis tricts, and several eminent migineers paid-a visit of observation and inspection, and various spicarlations were indulged in ns to the ultimate result of this Fen flood, and more than one plan we -heard dis cuss° l as to a better Way of averting the over whelming series of catastrophes which must ine vitably follow if the tidal Waters are not stopped during the present week, after,which they will gradually increase. Thee scour is so strong both when the tide is ebbing and flowing, and the chan nel so deep (about,2o feet on the low ebb), that scale, t next unless th e p l ans o f t h e super inte n di ng eng i neers ar e very al the efforts pot forth on a g spring tides will find few obstacles comprehensive, wo prevent at er atehveeirr the diff2uosoi %noco of a er that es powerful efmidd le v Level cultivated l an d . W e saw , yesterday a number of pleasure boats on the 'water- in the Fens, evi dentlymEiking an: excur s i on o f the Marshland Meres. One man we saw fishing directly over a field of Vikee— a large statements fias as to tanb theout lo g e i se the wlBh einches d long. him of take eo a nrse the number of acres of land under water differ 3 some state that there are 60,600 acres ; this, probably, is exaggerated, but still it is impossible to accurately tell. Though the tides have been gradually falling for four days, when we left this morning there was nothing actually done, but preparation was being made for constructing another dam. The old prac tice of throwing bags of earth continues, and not less than 40,000 of these must have been sacrificed, as the chief of them are washed out to sea. The scour is making a considerable difference to Lynn Harbour, which is being deepened by it. The boundaries of the inundation are East Marshland and Bardolph Fen, West Walton, West Tilney, Fen End, North St. Mary's, and South Outwell. This applies to the large body of water, but not to the portion said to be under water in the neigh bourhood of March, Chetteris, and Whittlesea. LATEST PARTICULARS. LYNN, MONDAY EVENING. A meeting has been held to-day (since the above was written) at the Guildhall, comprising repre sentatives of the sewers and the various commis sions, through which the Middle 'Level passes. The press were not admitted, but I have just been in formed by one of the gentlemen who were present that the meeting had resolved at once to apply to the Home Secretary, for the interference of Govern ment with the Middle Level Commissioners. The Mayor of Linn, L. W. Jarvis, Esq., has made a similar application to Government in his corporate capacity. The greatest inactivity, we are informed, has.been manifested on the works since we left this morning, and the principal engineer, Mr. Hawke shaw, is said to have left for town, leaving all the responsibility to the junior engineer, Mr. Smith. The greatest alarm is again spreading in conse quence of the repeated delays which occur through the inefficiency or disinclination of the Middle Level Commissioners, or their agents. It is said that Mr. E. Fellowes, M.P., the chairman of the Middle Level Commissioners, has given Mr. Ilawieshaw full authority to use all the means which human foresight can suggest. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. PUNJAB. The first section of this railway from Lahore to Umritsur was opened for public traffic on the 10th April. The traffic statement for the first week, end ing April 16, on 32 miles, showed that there were 33 first-class passengers, 86 second-class, and 21,957 third-class, making a total of 22,076 conveyed over the railv, ay. The number of miles run was 1,280, and the average number of passengers per train 550. The receipts amounted to £551. There was a fair during the week at Umritsnr, and for two days a festival at the garden at Shalimar, near Lahore, which was attended by a large concourse of people from Umritsur. Subsequently to the fair and fes tival one early train from Lahore conveyed 1,000 passengers to Umritsur. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday in Mr. Scholefield's committee the preamble of the London, Chatham, and Dover Com pany's Bill was proved for leasing the Mid Kent Railway (Bromley to St. Mary's Cray) at a rent amounting to the interest payable by the Crays Company on their loan debt of £23,000, and to 4 per cent. per annum on £61,500 in respect of their share capital. The committee also passed the bill of the Sevenoaks Railway for a line commencing at Ightham and terminating by a route of 11 miles at Maidstone. Clauses, at the instance of the Admi ralty, were inserted with reference to the bridge over the Medway. The case of the Bristol and Clifton Railway for a line from the Great Western to Bran don Shill, and nine tramways of an aggregate length of four miles along the quays and d ocks at Br i sto l , with power to raise £283,000 by s hares_and loan, the Great Western subscribing £125,000 was opened by Sir F. Slade and Mr. Merewether, Q.C., in Mr. Adair's committee, and witnesses for the promoters of link were examined by Mr. Murch and Mr. H. Saunders, The Amalgamation Bill of the North - Eastern and Durham a nada Lancashire Carlisle committee. The Stockton and Darlington and South fy lßailwayink ilines Company's es Company's a malgamation, un d e a r n t d a k o i n f were passed. in connexion with the Lancaster eo l r i down telegraphs on their railway, and to raise tee the opposition to the £86,000, . E r d . in %l o u w rg b h ra , y p 's er e t o h m:n an it a - Dundee and Fife and Kinross Company's Bill for their mutual amalgamation having been withdrawn, the bill was approved and passed, clauses being in serted with reference to the regulation of capital. The committee have now under consideration the Bill for incorporating the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, and West of Fife Railway with the North British Railway Company. THAMES EMBANKMENT. —Yesterday, on the re assembling of the committee, Mr. M'Clean, C.E., was further examined. His gross estimate for con structing the embankment, including compensation and contingencies, is £1,500,000, The cost of the proposed approaches to the embankment he esti mates at £BO,OOO, and of the new streets between the embankment and the Mansion-house at £500,000. Mr. J. Cubitt was examined in corroboration. Mr. Leach, engineer to the Conservators of the giver Thames, gave evidence with respect to the alleged n ieg th d e injurious effect of the proposed embankme.onnt that it tidal power of the stream, and was of op . would, by making it more uniformt,ioininnip generally, velocity of the current and the naviwg3udbanks. Mr. rove the besides abolishing the obnoxioeuds Shields, C.E., was then exam above of his plan for a solid openings, or arches, embankmentexamined the features high water mark, without do cks, mended by the Royal Commis sionersosehy Parliament,tile .pbruotino tdiffering;promoters o being the plan recom mended from in t n the Hun p g r e o r p fo o r s d al_ b t r o i r d u g n o onlyfro i m n tthheeirprleapnorptrtoopi a e ctn • tt the Bill before t into Charing-cross and the Strand, then adjouoned. The committee right twlines naensdo of communication t DEATII OF THE SENIOR ESSEX MAGISTRATE.— /Pe h a ve to record the decease, on Friday last, of Mr. John Martin Leake, of Thorpe-hall, near Colchester, Essex, Tho late gentleman, who had attained the patriarchal age of 89 years, was one of the oldest benchers of the Middle Temple, and had for many years acted as Senior Chairman of the Essex Quarter Sessions, where the soundness of his legal decisions were seldom called in question, while his urbanity and high char ac t er secure d f or hi m no t only the esteem of his brother magistrates, but the regard of all the members clinhis of the bar who pleaded before him. Notwithstanding • court of advanced years, Mr. Leake retained his .d fa d cu m a last, and but a short time since ho p.restihee neighbourhood criminal inquiry of some importance at in which he lived. till the