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GUILDHALL, 2Sth March, 1862.—The Com mittee for Latin, the City's Lands will meet at GuildGhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 9th e): of April T''.•st, at ck preci,,,t;) mc!.ive PR oro! - .;ALs for a IILTILD -IN- LEASE, tor , to j years, being t Ile site of FOUR IIOUSES, formerly known . as Nos. 14, 15, and 16,in Warwick-square, Newg,ate-stree,t, in the City of London. Plans of the Ground may be seen, and further particulars and forrr ‘ s of Tender Obtained, upon application at the Archi tect's Ciffice, Guildhall, FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-sti eet, London, E.C., Ist March, 1862. NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVENBooks for Transfer of Sha res in this Society , will That be t ß E-OPEN.ED the on IVEDNESDAY, the 9th day of April next. The Dividend for the year 1861 will be payable on and after Thursday, the l etli day of April next. By order of tie Directors, WILLIAM SAMITEL7DOWNF,S, Actuary. LEGAL and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE S'JCIETY. No. 10, T 2 . 1 oPI-street, London, March 29, 186?. NOTICE IS ITF,RYBY GIVEN That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET.J7SG of this Society will be held at the Ilouse of the Society, No. 10, Fleet-street, London, on MON DAY, the 14th_ day of April next, at 1 o'clock prte sely, to receive the aud'itor's report for the year 1861 • to elect two directors in th e place of the Hon. Sir Thomas Joshua Platt and James Wittit Lyon, Esq., both deceased : also to elect four other 'directors. in the place of the four then going out of office in. relation (all of whom being eligible for re-election, offer themselves accordingly); also to tiled au auditor for the propriet ors, in the place of J ohn H entry Bolton, Esq , resigned; and 1 1 7 .50 to elect an auditor for The assured, in the place of John Osborne, Esq., then goi. - ng out in rotation, who, being eligtble for re-election, offers himself accordingly. By oreer of the Board. JOIIN NETTLETON, Secretary. LEGAL and GENERAL LiFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 'No. 10, Fleet-street, London, March 29, 18?,2. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That an EXTRAORDI NARY GENERAL MEETING of this Society will be held at the house of the Society, No. 10, Fleet-street, on MON DAY, the 14th day of April next, at half-past 1 o'clock pre cisely, for the purpose of declaring - the amount of profit to be Set apart out of the Assurance Fund in respect of the flue Yearr.s ending on the 31st of December, ISOI. By order ot the Board. JOHN NETTLETON, Secretary. ICHANCERY.--Between HERBERT REGI WAL nd, P HEELER, an infant, Robert Locke, his next frie W laintiff, and CII ARLES by JOHN TOOTELL, LLEWELYN WYNNE, end ALFRED LLEWELYN WHEELER (an infant, by Henry Burslem, his guardian), Defendants, and in the miter of au undivided moiety of and in freehold, co•pyhold, and leasehold estates in the townships of Newhall-, um-Clifton, Burley, and Otley, in the parish of Otley : and freehold estates in the township of Gomersall, the parisb of Birstai : the tow ns hip s of Leeds, Potter ew- I tn,• and Chapel Allert on , i n t h e par i s h o f Leeds ; t ne town ,ll) Ot Manningham, in the parish of Bradford : the town ship of Ossett-cum-Gawtnorpe, in the pariah of Dewsbury, and the township and parish of Batley, all in the county of York : and of and in freehold estates sltuate in Goswell-street and Old-street, in the parish of St. Luke, and Horseferry road and Tufton-street, in the parish of tt, John the Evan gelist, Westminster, all in the county of Mid ,lesex : and of ti.e entirety of freehold estates in the parishes of Edmonton and St. Margaret's, Twickenham, both in the county of Mid dlesex, and in the parish of Putney, in the county of Surrey, and at Brockley 11111, in the parish of Sydenham, in the county of Rent, all which moieties and estates respectively were de vised by the will of Henry Belu-ard Ray, Esquire, deceased; 'and in the matter of the Act to facilitate Leases and Sales of settled Estates ; and in the matter of "the Ray Estate Act, 1858." Notice is hereby Given, that, pursuant to the said Acts, and to the general orders of the said Court, a Petition was on the Vtwenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and y-two, pre saged unto the Right Honourable the Lord Chaneellez of Great Britain, for hearing before the V ice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, by Charles John Tooten, of the Commo n Pl eas Offi ce, Ch ancery -lane, and Llewel, , Vunty of yn Wynne, of N o . 16, Li nco l n ' s -i nn - f i elds, i n the Middlesex, Esquires, prayi ng th a t an or d er m i g h t r i znane authorising, the petitioners to concur with Ri c h ar d "Y ( - 1 ' Oliver, Esquire, i n carry i ng out an agreement with an , affecting a demise to William Hollingsworth of three , nuses in Old-street aforesaid, and for vesting in the Ppeti oners powers of °r a nting minig, buildingand ther leases as to all the real estates n comprised y in the will and codicil of the said Henry Belward Ray, deceased, land authorising the petitioners to sell certain allot n9its of land at Twickenham, Putney, and Brockley in the petition mentioned, and to concur with Robert Edmund Oliver, Esquire, in selling a field at Burley afore maid, called the F ox Garth, and the Denton Tithe Rent charges in the petition mentioned, and certain slips of land at Potter Newton aforesaid, and in selling to Mr. Thomas ilhodes certain coal under land at Birstal aforesaid. And Notice is Also Given, that the said petitioners may be n erved with any o r d er o f the Court, or of the Judge in Cham- Ilers, or Notice relating to the subject of the said petition, at the office of the sa id Llewelyn wynne,No. 46, Lincoln's-inn telds, London. Dated this 26th day of March, 1E62, - - L. WYNNE, Solicitor for the Petitioners. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.— , 1 The We e kl y Board have great satisfaction in announc- Ip" r ig that the financial position of the Charity justifies their ening two additional Wards for the reception of the pa ents, and they venture to rely on the continued liberality Of the public to enable them to support this considerable in crea.se of annual expenditure. Contributions received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas rnaan, Esq., 'Nicholas -lane; also by Messrs. 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CONTENTS: AN o DucrollY CUM'7 ER on the Physiological t l ( iture and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. k tonv a 11 , ER IL—Causts of Sper.natorrlicea and Impotence; (; , r, Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. tt v A ln' E It 111.—A Review of the various Disqualifications " , trri 0 111" ar.re ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Cl/. of Maturity the Effects of Climate, uon„'tPTEits IV. anti V. on th e modern Treatment of '4', o ll ',hola and Syriiilis. ,/tsp l :joolz. oncludes with numerous varied and Interesting keti,; 4 ' . o vviiieli is added the Author's recipe or a preventive k "c„,, RIXIEIVS 01' TUE WORK. t ilc,C.," Lis on Manhood.- -This is truly valuable work, and ‘ 3 4 bein the hands nun , * and old "—" Sunday Times, ' ~,harei,, iB o he author has con'erred a great boon by publishing this ~* , l litf4 N iT t k, to which is described the source of those diseases It„l'Todw,e decline in youth or more frequently premature — "Daily Telegraph," March 27,1850. 131 '0f4 1 " 3 work, which for twenty years has stood the test . of Htional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain ,414 bthisin,r , liner ou the various disqualifications ari a sing from lAervous excitement and de ',.kco;k: Mid to invalids suffering from youthful errors and " it will he found valuable and useful."—Record. 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A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike o Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob .ervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., e, Burton crescent, TavUtock-square, London. W.C. 'THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. 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Just published, containing 190 pages, with 100 Engravings, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20 stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, the Greatest Medical Work of the Age, or Youthful Indiscretions and conse quent Impediments to Marriage, describing the Anatomy of the Reproductive System in health and disease, and pointing out the sure means of perfect restoration to manhood ; with an Essay on Single and Married Life, containing his Pre scription known as the Preventive Lotion, precluding the possibility of contamination. Address R. and L. PERRY and Co., 19, Bt rners-street, Oxford-street, W. Attendancedaily, from 10 till 8; Sundays, 11 till 2, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Regis tered under the New Medical Act). [)OST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2e. till's, and le. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, le. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, Nov. 12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of mourn days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that they possess ene of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, is truly sur prising, while everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is oncoming out, of P. Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct. 13, 186 L Consultations daily till 12 a.m. S THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY, in harmony with those of THE MIND, approach deve loped maturity, the rising human being, surrounded by factitious circumstances—some salutary, some pernicious— becomes Susceptible of impressions which, according to the degree of PRUDENCE and xxowLEnGE with which he is en dowed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable misery. Some of the most deadly and terrible of the influences last referred to originate at that period when parents fondly hope that . the objects of theft' love are being prepared to fight honourably the great battle of life—namely, the scholastic and collegiate period. Habits are then contracted, in unsuspecting ignorance of their effects, which, if not ar rested, tend to sink the VICTIMS OF ERROR. to the deepest depths of degradation and woe. The evil 14 aggravated by the apathy too generally evi nce d b y th e medi profession, as to the nature but the very existence of the and to which the gen eral and inadequate designati on o f "N ervous Di sor d ers and Debility" has been given. One of th e consequen c es o f dniosteaosnelsyarising from th e muse indicated, this neglect is, that the treatment of the most delicate classes of disease which afflict society has been taken up by unqualified and uned ucated persons. Dr. Apothecaries, fie..lD Licentiate of the R o y a .. Society of A 37, Bedfo rd - square, London, IFI THE ONLY PRACTITIONE R REGULARLY QUALIFIED AND REGISTERED who has devo ted his ex clusive attention for 20 i‘ c r 3 ns t , which War with the very yearstoup t fountains o s th o e f cure hum oarntilileAspe fepailliEcst iEAunt, and FUNCTIONAL VIGOUR. The result of his experience and successful prac tice may be perused with advantage in his Treatise, " SELF PRESERVATION," sold by Mann, 30 ,Ccrniliii, London, price 15. ; post free for 13, or with sealed ends for 20 stamps. At home for consultation, daily, from 11 till 2, and 0 till 8 7, Beal/AO-square. (id r - ^ . -g L. TT Y: ~. • r tek'' 9 1' 74 4 1,, am • . ; • \ s t , '• 11 " .• • 4.11 ) t. _ ••••=ir °;7 1 0,4 1494 ;.. o.l't ~ i • ' s 1 fit ( t ,"; ,& /~ __ Z . / IRO:LCLAD SIIIP, S. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE Tin ES. Sir,—At this moment, when the re Construction of our navy appears inevitable, even to the greatest disbelievers in iron-cased ships, it be loves us to ponder well upon the revolution these iron-cased ships will create in warfare generally,- but more especially the defence of our island. For years we have very judiciously been making various experiments upon every sort of iiron-els.d targets, sectione of ships, sections of forts, even old floating batteries, and, lastly, with shields or revolv ing towers on them. Valuable as these experiments may be, the one on the °three side of the water that has taken place in the nature: course of cveuts is of more value than all. Let u.s, then, banish •aul. old prejudices and take advantage of what expe;:i ence shows us, for if we only have courage to act it may save us millions of money and, it may be, even the deepest humiliation. An iron• clad duel has been fought ; wooden ships have been destroyed and proved woase than useless.. Batt ironclad steamer, after having first sunk and, dispersed a wooden squadron, passes through the fire of forts, then fights a close action with another iron- clad vessel of five hours' duration, and sifter pass ing through thi s or d ea l sw i ms — we h ear she with drew apparently y but little damaged. May not her withdrawing have been in consequence of her am munition or fuel having run short ? From this we learn that supremacy at sea belongs to those iron-c lad ships which have the best protection, the strongest prow, the heaviest ordna nce , and the best filled: ma gazine. Again, last, thought n o t least, this prac tical- experimenttien—yiz., hw a e solvesrewe in anothe r all-important ques future to protect our harbours from iron marauders an d our dockyards are spending .' f ‘ o t rt P s r ; es t e h ' e t t w ot e al estimate for fr m millionsbei being en destroyedstationary? which, according to the Commissioners' Report, is £11,850,000* (paragraph 171) ; and then follows (in paragraph 172)—" We have now completed the task assigned to us by your Majesty's Royal Coen-. missioners to the extent of our present Instructions., reserving only for a subsequent report" (and outlay) " the question of an internal arsenal. We submit our unanimous recommendations to your Majesty's gracious consideration with the firm conviction that their adoption will place the power of this country for self-defence on a par with its other elements of greatness and strength ; will give security to its industry and commerce, afford a guarantee for the maintenance of peace, and add a new glory to your Majesty's reign." But mark how contradictory to this was the effect produced upon the people of New York when it was known that one solitary iron-clad vessel, the Merrimac, had passed the fire of the Federal batteries, armed with the " heaviest Columbiads," without having received the slightest damage, had sunk and dispersed a wooden squadron, and had gained for the time entire command of the coast. A panic was the consequence. They felt at New Yerk their batteries were useless against a monster from whose sides the heaviest balls glanced off like hailstones,t and they were only restrained from the desperate and degrading alter native of blocking up their harbour by the tele gram which informed Them that the progress of the iron monster had been arrested by another iron ship, the Monitor. Let us pieuse for a moment, and transfer these scenes to our ONSTV shores ; let us imagine, at Portsmouth or London, for instance, the intelligence has been received of thb' approach of one of these iron monsters ; let us suppose that the forts upon which so much is to be spent. and upon which our security is to be based have been erected, and that the fleet (one of the conditions urged for their erection) is absent ; where, I would ask, would be the feeling of security which the Commissioners exult in when we have these facts staring us in the face ? What protection would these forts at Spithead be against such vessels, which need never come within 1,000 yards of these forts, and at the same time be within good 'borne herding distance of the dockyard ? I maintain, as I always have done, that these forts will be worse than useless, for they would only add to the smoke and confusion of action, and exhaust those resourcee which the nation supplies for the security cf its industry and commerce. "This action, sir, -has proved every word that I wrote advoeeting- an organised coast defence (or patrol) of iron-cased ships, in lieu of those immovable forts, which ships, if ever we possess them, must not permit a vessel to come near our ports, but must grapple with and. arrest her as the Monitor did the Merrimac. PRICE • .4d. STAMPED ....sd. I will, therefore, merely draw your attention to the late Admiral Sir R. S. Dundas's letter to the Royal Commissioners, wherein he shGws that for the estimated expense (L 840,000) of these three forts at Spithead 20 of our screw and now useless line of battle ships could be converted into most efficient iron blockships. It must be re marked that the Monitor, which is described by the Times' special correspondent as fitted with a revolving tower on my principle, and carrying only two guns, drove the Merrimac of 10 guns off.. It is not my wish now to advocate my principle, for after the complete success of my experiments, and the achievements of the Monitor, it is unne cessary; facts speak fer themselves ; but I will un dertake to show that I can convert into a shield ship any of those screw line of battle ships. She shall be practically invulnerable, and she shalt carry a broadside according to her tonnage of from 12 to 14 guns, 110 or 68 pounders ; if 300 pounders are brought into use she shall carry a broadside of from five to six of them, and that these ships shall work those heavy guns when the Warrior and such like vessels dare not open their ports. Let me again ask if a coast patrol as I propose of these con verted vessels, with others carrying from two guns up to 12, would not give this country more secu rity than these forts which are estimated at mil lions, but may cost any amount before completed, and then only serve as unmistakeable beacons for the enemy's iron clad ships to pass between ? Your obedient servant, COWPER P. COLES, Captain, R.N. 2, Clarence-parade, Southsea, March 27. * Estimate is ono thing, eventual cost is another, parti cularly as we now talk of casing these forts with iron. t DESCRIPTION PROM AN EYEWITNESS.--The Times, March, 27, 1862. " The water battery of heavy Colnmbiads on the point commenced playing upon the monster in a way which must have given those on board a very good idea of a very severe hailstorm ; but, bless you, the only notice she took of them was to occasionally throw a shell or two into or over the camps" (or into Portsmouth dockyard, if at Spithead.) " She entirely ignored the existence of the American fri gate Congress." of cheap days o an DE d l books M start ling to observeobser ve how large a leaven of supereition still lurks in Raaslltt nuiPOSvTerOsaßlSe.feantiotnh,eisteisclettomy popular m ind. One might reasonably the expect that before the march of intellect, of which so much is said, all witches would have taken flight on their broomsticks, and that Guides to Fate and Oracles of Fortune would have long ago passed out of print and credence. Not so, however ; " knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers ;" and although the black art has decayed sadly in dignity and profit since the days of the re nowned Mother Shipton, it has numerous votaries to this hour, not only among the lonely cottars of Dartmoor, or in other remote, sequestered parts, but within h • hearing of Bow bells, and in the ver have only to tak e up one yof the weekly of our civilisation. You weekly newspapers to find advertisementsof mysterious wording and eccentric grammar, in which the modern seers invite a trial of their skill, and intimate where and how they may bo consulted. Many of the old wo men w h o peram b u l a t e th e t own , pretending to buy old b o ttl es an d can dl e - en d s , are a d e pt s in th e craft, and d employ it to gain an influence over weak-minded servant maids, and induce them to connive at the robbery of tLeir masters. Others are to be found in the•cellars of Lambeth and St, Giles, where they give audience to many simpletons of low degree, if not, as is currently believed by the neigh bours, to ladies of quality in the disguise of charwomen. Them are men, also, in the profession, and lam told that if you knock at the door of a certain helve in Southwark, bearing a large brass plate inscribed " Engineer," yon will be introduced to a dirty old man with a long beard and a cutty pipe, who casts nativities and unveils the future on the most moderate terms, varying from 2s. to 55., accord.. ing to the presumed station of the visitor. S ince the gipsies were ousted from their favourite camping ground at Battersea, the fortune-tellers of that race have forsaken. London, but they are still to be met in unfrequented coun try lanes. Tho Spiritualists may also be reckoned amo ng tha modern false proPhet' Althou g h the y find their dupes among the upper ten thousand, their q uacker y is as vulgar, a . and generally more blas p hemous than that, o f the s • - sibyls of more humble life.—Oncc a Week. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1862. TILE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION,_ At no time since the commencement of the build ing has such an amount of work of all kinds• been accomplished as during the past week. The English exhibitors seem to have been fully awakened to the danger of being too late, and have begun to send in their goods, erect their courts, and fill their cases with.such rapid energy as has already placed them on a par with their foreign competitors who have had so long a start. If the same progressive rate is maintained during the next week, the English will be beyond a doubt far ahead of the foreign courts both with regard to goods and cases. During every day the roads leading to the Exhibition are now blocked with van loads of packages, which it taxes the energies of hundreds of men to unload as fast as they arrive; and Mr. Thompson, the most untiring and indefatigable of general superintendents, has even his capacity for business overwhelmed in the multiplicity of duties thrown upon him, while Mr. Sandford, who, in addition to his duties as secre tary, is the supreme general manager of all, has to rush through the building as if he Was possessed, to avoid the stream of questioners, applicants, or remonstrants who flock to him from all parts the instant he makes his appearance in the interior. There are, of course, other men who could have got through the same amount of work as Mr. Sandford, but there are very few who could have managed it as he has contrived to, so as to give satisfaction to all. Last week no less than 9,000 packages came into the building, of which about 4,000 were foreign, 5,060 English. In the corresponding week of 1851 the deliveries were scarcely over 4,000 cases. It would be very easy to make arrangements for the reception and unloading of these packages if the slightest intimation could be given in advance of either their weight or size. But a mass of 40 tons is not unloaded without a little previous arrange ment, and even the best plans are liable to be upset when the packages prove to be too large to come in at any of the entrances, as has been the case with two or three already. It is a singular fact that as a general rule the average ,weight of goods in classes is nearly three times as great as in 1861 ; while the number is only one-third greater. The preliminary arrangements for the opening ceremony have been arranged, and on Saturday the Commis sioners issued the following official notification : " CEREMONIAL TO BE OBSERVED AT THE STATE OPENING OF THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. " The Queen being anxious to mark her interest in the success of an undertaking, in promoting which the Prince Consort had taken a most active part, has notified her wish that the opening of the Exhibition should bear as much as possible the character of a national ceremony. Her Majesty has therefore been pleased, under the present impossi bility of herself performing that ceremony, to ap point his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord High Chancellor, the Earl of Derby, K.G., and Viscount Palmerston, K.G., G.C.8., to be her representatives to conduct it in her name. " 1. Her Majesty's Ministers and the Royal Com missioners for the Exhibition of 1851 will attend in the procession, and her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition will invite the Royal and distin guished persons at the head of the respective Foreign Commissions, the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers accredited to this country, to take part in the ceremony. " 2. Her Majesty's Commissioners will seek the co• operation of the guarantors of the Exhibition, jurors, members of both Houses of Parliament, heads of the Church, Universities, law, army, navy, and Volunteers, the municipalities, scientific and artistic institutions, the local and other committees aiding tho Exhibition, &c., in giving to the State opening a national character. For such persons there will be a number of reserved seats, but the number necessarily limited. While desiring to meet the wishes of all, her Majesty's Commissioners must reserve to themselves full power of dealing with the arrangements according to their discretion. Her Majesty's Commissioners request that gentlemen occupying officially reserved seats will appear in uniform, official, or Court dress. "3. The principal ceremonies will take place under the two domes and along the whole length of the nave. The official reception of her Majesty's repre sentatives and of distinguished visitors taking part in the ceremonial will be held in the Central South Court. The procession will start from this point and proceed to the west dome. Here will be a chair of state, and, after a verse of the National Anthem has been sung, an Address will be received. The procession will then move down the nave to the east dome, where the musical performances will take place, after which the procession will return to the throne at the west dome, a prayer will be offered by the Bishop of London, and the Hallelujah chorus and the National Anthem will be sung. The opening of the Exhibition will be declared by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Military bands will be stationed in the South Central Court. " By order of her Majesty's Commissioners, " F. R. SANDFORD, Sec. " International Exhibition, March 28." The Commissioners have also issued the conditions under which they are prepared to receive tenders for the sole right of photographing in the building during the time of the Exhibition. Many of the great photographers have anxiously looked forward to the publication of this document, and were pre pared to offer considerable sums for the privilege of taking views, &c. ; bnt the third condition of the Commissioners has up to the present almost entirely debarred any from making an offer, for if this rule is adhered to it would be simply impossible to take any views at all. It is as follows : " Her Majesty's Commissioners will not provide any space or room for photographers, or for their processes of developing or preparing their plates or otherwise, all of which processes must be carried on beyond the limits of the Exhibition buildings." Now, as it happens, there is not a single place within any moderate distance of the building which a photographer could now secure, while, even if there were fifty such, every one at all acquainted with photography knows how futile it would be to take views in a building with a bad light, with plates brought from a distance of even a quarter of a mile or so. There is plenty of space near the eastern annexe which might be al lotted to photographers without inconvenience, and unless some such concession is made, the Commis sioners are not likely to get any but a very small tender. The other conditions are principally to the effect that all photographs must be taken before 10 a.m., and none sold in the building, though even these amount to nothing, as her Majesty's Commis sioners reserve to themselves the right of making from time to time such rules, regulations, and con ditions as to the hours within which and the mode and places in which the privilege may be exercised or otherwise as they may think necessary. Messrs. Kelk and Lucas have accomplished won ders in the way of work last week, It is some thing almost marvellous to see the rapidity with which they progress, not only with the building, but with exhibitors' cases and foundations. Those great obstacles to progress, the monstrous scaffolds of the eastern and western domes, are at last down. The last timber of the eastern dome was lowered on Saturday, and only one or two remain under the western. The unfortunate delays which at first arose in the erection of the eastern dome so alarmed the contractors that the task of putting up the western one was handed over to Mr. Ashton, than whom no one has had more experience, both here and abroad, in the erection of iron exhibition build ings. From this division of labour a keen rivalry naturally sprang up to see w hi c h wou ld get d one first, and the odds were heavily in favour of the eastern dome, which had nearly six weeks' start of the western. But in spite of these advantages, Mr. Alton steadily gained on his competing structure in the east; and the long contest which has ex cited great interest in the building, was virtually brought to a close on Saturday, when both were finished almost simultaneously, Mr. Ashton winning by the difference of time he started with—that is, very nearly six weeks. Of course, to accomplish such a result Mr. Clemence's wonderful web of scaf folding—the largest and strongest that has ever been erected in this country, had to be sawn and hacked down piecemeal; and the dome ribs were tested in the severest possible manner in loWering down huge un couth masses of timber, all bolted together, just as they were sawn away, N'Ow that both scaffolds are nothing of importance belonging to the down contractors' work remains to be done—in fact, so forward is everything that with a little extra pres sure the building could be opened ou the 15th of next month, and easily by the 20th, in a far better state of arrangement than in 1851. Nothing now intervenes to cloak the efrect'of the interior decora twioanrsmeosft the approbation.dom es, h which ie 'deservedly elicits the inscriptions in white letters on a rich blue ground round the belt of the western and eastern domes are appropriate, though, we think that for the million it is almost a mistake put in Latin. Both are taken from cles, that round the east dome both riches and honour come of to se h nß a g v e, 7 3, ,k t o h e e fL m co p rad u r Thee, and Thou reigneth over, all; and in Thine hand is power and might ; andin Thine hand it is whileto round the west is painted, make hine, o g r e e t r ; d'' is the eittkeitess, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty ; for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all." On the walls terminat ing each transept also similar appropriate sentences are inscribed. In 1851 the courts for naval and military ap pliances and weapons of war were but poorly re presented. At that time breech-loading guns, per cussion shells, of almost unlimited powers of destruction, iron-plated frigates, Minie rifles (for the Enfield was not then thought of) would all have been and quite out of place in looked a upon a s buildingwhere intruders nations were to meet for Exhibition of 1851 general welfare of s great era of peace among nations. were only to strive wfriaesndtolyinraivuagluryrataelone. The of f tu th re e man kind, irrespective of creed or country, and at that promotion For the time there really seemed to be some chance that such halcyon days would come to pass, if not in in Europe, at least in the United States. It is a significant commentary on the change which has within 10 short years come ever the spirit of nations to find that the classes Which comprise naval and military weapons in this Exhibition will be almost better represented than any other in the building—that the great trophy of Armstrong, rising from the coils to the finished gun , or th e cases which show the fi rst step in the manufacture of the Enfield till the rifle is completed, will be looked upon with more interest than any branch of trade or manufacture which exemplifies material progress and civilisation. It is a simple fact, however, that no branch of scientific or industrial art has within the last 10 years been so fruitful of great results as those which have attended the efforts of various nations to discover the laws which lead to the more speedy destruction of their fellow creatures. Eng land alone has grown from the Brown Bess to the Enfield rifle, from long 32's to rifled 300-pounders, from wooden three-deckers to huge, fast, black looking iron frigates, one of which would be a heavy overmatch for a whole Channel fleet. It is not probable that Foreign Courts will show much of their real progress in these matters. It is in the nature of Continental Governments to keep these things as secret as possible, but "the English collec tion in these.classes (11 and 12) will be one of the finest and most varied ever broaght together in _this country. MajSr ACinstus Vaal, of the`eng al Staff Corps, has charge of this portion of the exhi bition, which he has managed to get into the highest possible state of perfection. Class 11 comprises military engineering, ordnance and accoutrements, which are again subdivided into clothing and accoutrements, tents, camp equipage, &c., arms, and ordnance. In this latter sub.elass there is, of course, an immense collection of weapons, including every description of mechanical and scientific novelty, from Enfield rifles up to 600- pounders, and all of them inventionsof the last five or six years. In the nave fronting this court will be placed the 110 pounder Armstrong and the 100- pounder Whitworth, flanking on either side a superb trophy of small arms from Birmingham. In the court itself will be a most curious trophy of Armstrongs, which will illustrate the mode of manufacture of this wonderful weapon, from the first rough iron coil to the finished gun. This trophy will be more than 25 feet high, and weigh nearly 50 tons. There will also be care fully detailed models of some of our best fortifica tions at Portsmouth, Plymouth, &c., with a model of London, surrounded by the projected lines of de fence, which were spoken of some time since. The Engineers also send a whole series of models of bar racks, hospitals, rolling bridges, field and floating suspension bridges, with fascines and gabions made on a new principle, ambulance waggons of all kinds for sick and wounded, sunken barriers for closing harbours and rivers, models of sap shields, of ballis tic and gun pendulums, and models illustrating the parabolic theory of the flight of projectiles in vacuo. There will also be some finished specimens of gun carriages from Woolwich. Of course, every de scription of breech-loading rifle will be there, in cluding the celebrated American invention of Mr. Storm, which we hope will attract the attention from our authorities it will be found really to de serve when seen side by side with its competitors. A very large number of these Storm rifles are now being made for the Federal army. There will also be a fine collection of rifled projectiles fired since 1854, with one of the huge shells made for the monster mortar, which weighs 22 owt. Improve ments in field tents and camp equipage generally will be well represented, with a most important improvement in suspending the soldier's knapsack, so as to relieve thim of half the fatigue now en dured in the field and on line of march. Sir Harry Jones sends a series of military maps and some beau- tifully executed specimens of photozincography. Class 12 comprises ships for purposes of war and and commerce, boats, barges, and yachts, ships' tackle and rigging. In this class may be studied the architectural construction of almost every pos sible description of vessel in existence or about to be produced for war or com merce . There are ships sinkable and unsinkable , p enetra ble and impene trable, ships armour-plat ed, ir on - cased, iron shielded ; some to eng age an ene m y b e l ow t h e surface of the water as well as above it—in fact, every means of destruction and methods of averting it which the science of attack or defence has yet sug gested. Here will be shown a most valuable and interesting series of models lent by the Admiralty, illustrating the progress made in naval architecture for war purposes from the time of the Great Harry (1514) do Nn to the present day. A fine and very large model of her Majesty's ship Q ueen w ill b e viewed with interest, standing side by side with an equally fine model of the iron frigate Northum berland, now building. Visitors may thus at once form their opinions of the respective merits of one of our finest men-of-War of 1839 and one of our largest frigates of 1862. The finest model that has probably ever been made in this country is shown by the Thames iron works as a trophy in the nave. It is their chef-dceuvre the Warrior, built to scale, and in every respect, even to her plating and Arm strong guns, a miniature iron frig a t e . N ear th e Northumberland will also be a model of an iron shielded ship, of which report alread, / speaks most highly. An interesting series of models of ships, built on Mr. Scott Russell's wa:fe line principle, since 1851, will also be showr,i. These will be so arranged, or rather hung, t'. to allow professional visitors to at once form orinions on the comparative merits of the principle on which the lines are con structed. We believe that her Majesty will again permit the exhibition of the Koh-i-noor this year. We venture to think that the Commissioners might so arrange as to exhibit the whole of the Crown regalia from the Tower in the same case with its splendid diamond. A very small compensation to those interested in showing it at the 'rower would guarantee them from loss by the change, and allmi millions to see what they otherwise have very little chance of seeing. INDIA. We have received our letters and newspapers from Calcutta to Feb. 22. The following is an ex tract from the Overland Friend of India : For the future of India the most important event of the fortnight is the introduction of the Hon. Mr. Ritchie's bill to punish by penal damages in the civil court all breaches of contract committed in bad faith. The bill was referred to a select committee after a very long debate, which resembled those that gave interest to the proceedings of Lord Dalhousie's legis lature. Unlike Mr. Beadon's measure, extinguished by Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Ritchie's bill applies to all kinds of contract. As Mr. Laing expressed it, the principle of both is the same, that breach of con tract tainted with fraud should be criminally punished whether the contract related to indigo or cotton. Even the opponents of the bill acknowledge that it is of so "mild and gentle" a character as to be more favourable to the repudiator of an engage ment than to the capitalist. The phrases " bad faith," "reasonable excuse," and "substantial con sideration," all of which must be proved by a plain tiff to the satisfaction of the court, are defined so much in favour of the repudiator, that a crotchety judge would seem to be invested with power to de feat the object of the bill. Its great recommenda tion is that it will either stop altogether or greatly mitigate the curse of all mercantile transactions in India—cash advances. This it does by refusing to take cognisance of any cases except those in which a substantial consideration, in cash or otherwise, has been given by the capitalist. If its provisions are found strict by the peasant or artisan, he can avoid them by contracting without any consideration at all. And from the security given by the bill the capitalist will be able to make advances, where demanded, at low rates of interest, and may thus drive out of the market the usurious money-lender and zemindar, who think 50 per cent. too trifling interest on the money they advance to the ryots to enable them to raise their crops. OfAssam, Cherrapoonjee,and Sylhet we have little to report. Gen. Showers, who commands the divi sion, has left for the scene of operation, with another native regiment, the 33d, from Barrackpore. The last telegram reports :--" Magistrate of Sylhet writes that Lieutenant Udny and his party are all safe. Major Rowlatt writes up to 12th February that only four stockapded villages are taken and burnt.l LOur loss two killed and 17 wounded. Rebels' loss 15 killed ; number of wounded un known. The rebels still hang together in large bodies. A few have returned to their homes, but none as yet have surrendered or been captured." In Sumbulpore matters are at last quiet, and Major Rattray, who was commanding the force of mili tary police, has left. The greatest haunt of Tantia Topee and the rebel chiefs of Central India in 1858-59 was the Lullutpore jungle. We have in telligence that on the 7th inst., Duriaow Sing, the Thakoor outlaw, was killed at his ancestral village of Deeram ,in this district, by the military police and the detachment of the Bareilly -fevy stationed at the thannah of Murowra. He set fire to his but so that, according to RAjpoot honour, he and his ...tkighLretisb... together. flames were somewhat subdued his body was dragged out, and it was discovered that a bullet in the head had killed him. His death will tend greatly to settle thii,part of the country, which he and other outlaws have kept in a disturbed state since the mutiny. Only two other Thakoors now remain in out lawry, Davee Sing and Gundrup Sing, a relation of Duriaow. Gradually in Central India and at Sum bulpore, the last relics of the mutineers are being picked up. None but Asiatic freebooters and muti neers would have so long maintained a desperate and hopeless contest. CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CALCUTTA, FED. 18, On the 10th inst. we received via Bombay, the telegram of the 18th January mail; and private telegrams to the 25th January were received on the 11th. The steamer Candia with the mails of the 10th January, arrived here on the 14th. The Bombay Express delivered the mails of the 18th January on the 16th inst. The telegram of the 26th January mail come to hand, via Gallo, on the evening of the 21st inst. MONEY MARKET.—The rapid decrease in the available balances of the Bank of Bengal has induced the directors to advance the late 1 per cent all round. The amount of un employed capital in the hands of other banks and capitalists has been also very considerably reduced, and an improved demand is evident. CHINA. We have received our usual despatches in antici pation of the overland mail. News of the death of H.R.H. the Prince Consort had reached the north of China, and produced a profound impression of grief among the British re sidents. By the same mail our merchants had re ceived intelligence of the Trent outrage. Shanghai, after an interval of quiet, was again endangered. In the Daily Shipping News of February 7 we read : " Now that the weather has cleared up and the paths in the neighbourhood becoming passable, we are likely again to be disturbed by the marauding bands of Taiping rebels hovering on the outskirts of the city and settlement. Yesterday at noon a small body of the insurgents were seen on the Pootung side of the river, nearly opposite the French cathe dral of Tong-ka-doo. Amongst them were several men on horseback. They were seen attacking the harmless inhabitants with spears in a most savage manner. These poor people, to save themselves from merciless slaughter, rushed towards the river, into which many were plunged headlong, and several of them drowned. Many of the wounded were saved and brought across to the Catholic cathedral, where they are well taken care of by the benevolent padres. After this short but sanguinary demonstration of their presence, those blood-thirsty scoundrels disappeared from the river bank. " Under these circumstances the authorities should be vigilant in the foreign settlement, and our gallant allies on the qui vzve at the gates of the city, for it is evident that they meditate an attack before long." It was believed at Shanghai that the precautions taken against attack were ample and certain. The North China Herald says:— So rapid have been the construction of our defen sive works, se excellent has been the organisation of our military, naval, and volunteer forces, and so obstructive has been the snowstorm to the attack of hostile marauders, that we are now secure against a hundred thousand armed Taiping rebels. Almost in the centre of our limited boundaries we have the better half of Bradshaw's battery of artil lery, which wo may consider as our citadel. Along the barrier road, or inner line of defence, strong barriers with gates have been erected a short dis tance up the approaches from the westward. Be yond this the Shak-100-road is being cut through from the Yang-king-pang to the Soochow creek, with an immensely strong barricade at the Maloo approach, and smaller ones at the lanes leading from this line. With these inner defences on land to the westward, we have our naval forces on the river in the shape of her Majesty's ships Centaur, Coromandel, Bouncer, Flamer, Starling, and the Imperieuse frigate of 51 guns and 500 men ; his Imperial Majesty's ships Forte and Hong Kong, j besides a Russian gunboat and steamer, for our lmei of defence to the eastward, and to the north up the Soochow creek. A short distance beyond these inner defences to the westward our outer line stretches north and south. Our local readers have doubtless looked with astonishment at the hills of mud thrown up from the creek on the site of the old racecourse, ,forming apparently as formidable obstacles to the defender as they would be to the attacking force. Though not ourselves learned in the practice o f wa rfare, 3 et, under the instruction of an intelligent bombardier, we have enJeavourcd to comprehend the method in which these mounds of earth are to form a bulwark, and one of the safe guards of the settlement. Comm2reiPg at the Soo chow creek we find a large mound cf earth close to the boundary stone. On this we understand will be placed a 32-pounder gun, which will spea k to the rebels should they appear on the other side of the creek, in language not to be misunderstood , at a distance of 2,000 yards. From this point trending southwards we find a parapet or mudbank, seven feet high, six feet wide at the top and 13 feet at the base, bordering on the new canal ; and at a dis tance of 100 yards from the large gun, an angle is formed in which one of the artillery field pieces can be placed when required. A similar arrangement is also in progress where the Bubbling Well-road crosses the canal, at which point a drawbridge is in course of construction. From here the parapet con tinues at a slope towards the ditch, leaving a space as a walk outside the work. Before arriving at the present grand stand the canal takes a sharp turn, where another 32-pounder will be placed. Passing the stand another drawbridge joins the old and new race courses, with a convenient platform for a small gun. Between this and the Yang-kiang_pang Creek the parapet continues in a zig zag form, having three places for guns to be properly mounted. At the embochure of the canal with the creek another 32-pounder is proposed to be placed, so as to sweep the country round with a clear range of 2,000 yards. The entire length of this outer line of defence is about three-quarters of a mile, which it is calcu lated that 600 men with guns in the various spots appointed for them could defend the settlement against any number of the Taeping rebels. When to these details of the state of our inner and outer defences, we add that we could muster on an emer gency an armed force of foreigners—military, naval, volunteer, and civilian—of nearly 4,000 men, we consider ourselves in a comparatively strong state of defence to that which we have been against the insurgents, should they dare to attack Shanghai. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY. The Union Company's Cape Royal Mail steamer Cambrian, Captain W. Strutt, arrived here this morning with the usual monthly mails. She left Table Bay Feb. 22 ; St. Helena, March 3 ; Ascen sion, March 7. She brings 75 passengers, among whom are the Lord Bishop of St. Helena (appointed to the diocese of Colombo) and family. Her cargo consists of 720 bales of wool, 15 cases of feathers, 40 packages, 1 case, 300 tusks ivory, 505 bags copper ore, 14 cases aloes, 132 bags of argol, 2 hogsheads, 8 quarter casks, 5 aums, 4 half auras, 1 anker, 2 kegs, 2 casks, 14 cases wine, 313 bales hides, and several cases of sundries. She had very fine weather all the way home. At the Cape the leading topics vc ere the death of the Prince Consort, and the probability of an American war. The last mail steamer, the Dane, arrived out on the 15th of Feb ruary, but her news of the death of the Prince had been forestalled by the Jin Kee, a paddle wheel Dutch steamer from England for China, that put into Table Bay Jan. 30, with English news up to Dec. 24. Heartfelt sorrow and sympathy for the Queen and her children were expressed by all classes throughout the colony. The melancnoly event was feelingly alluded to by the ministers in the various places of worship ; meetings were held and addresses of condolence to her Majesty agreed on, the Dutch reformed church taking the lead among the various religious bodies in Cape Town. The probability of an American war had occasioned prompt preparations for defence in the colony. New batteries were being erected at Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, and the Cossack, 20, screw corvette, Captain Moorman, was stationed in Table Bay. Troops had been ordered down from the interior to reinforce the garrisons of the two principal seaports. The whole of the volunteers had offered their services to the Government, and had been accepted, and they, in company with the soldiers of the line, were being drilled to artillery practice. On the frontier native affairs were quiet; peace had been established between the Basutos and the Dutch republics. The separation movement had been extinguished, the league committee having resigned, giving as a reason the very sufficient one, " because they no longer found any sympathy and support from the people." A deputation of Eastern Province gentlemen bad waited on the Governor to claim compensation for losses sustained by Kaffir wars. His excellency promised to give the subject his serious considera tion. The annual session of the volksraad com menced on February 3. The colonial parliament was to meet April 24. The long-deferred judgment in the Supieme Court in the case of Long v. the Bishop of Cape Town had been given in favour of the Bishop, together with costs; this decision being given by a majority of the presiding judges, viz., the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Watermeyer, against Mr. Justice Bell, who held in favour of the plaintiff. A subscription was being got up to assist the plaintiff in an appeal from this decision to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Cape Town and Wellington Railway was opened a distance of 21 miles on the 12th of February. Much comment was made on the new Governor's conduct in this matter. The Governor had previously agreed to open the railway publicly and officially. But on the news of the death of the Prince Consort reaching the colony his Excel lency announced that he " could not, after the melancholy news whieh had just been received, take any part in any public rejoicings, and could not therefore open the railway in state," No pro vision was therefore made for the public having a holiday on the occasion, yet the railway was opened in a semi-official way on the day originally named, and his excellency, with his staff and the various heads of departments, passed over the line in a state carriage, examined the various stations, and then partook of a champagne luncheon. The railway was paying far beyond the most sanguine expectations. The crew of the American barque Waverley had been brought into Table Bay from the waterlogged wreck of that vessel ; the chief officer and a seaman bad been washed off and drowned. Part of the crew of the ship Asia, of Glasgow, had succeeded in reaching Saldanha Bay in a boat, she having been abandoned in a sinking condition through having sprung a leak. American ship A. IL Stevens was wrecked on Robben Island when coming into Table Bay in a very leaky condition. Business had much improved during the month, and trade was brisk. The colonial banks had just published their annual stateme nts, which were ver y satisfactory as to profit to t h e shareholders and security of the business d one. Discounts had ad vanced during the month. The batiks were offeri ng 5 and 6 per cent. for d e posits, and there NV 11.8 still a great dearth felt of l oan able . capital for in vestment on mortgages. Th ere NV" bilittlein the way of freights, an d r ates had declined. Th e C a mbrian, hav in g lande d her mai's here and ar epton• part ors o o u f t l ; l e r pass engers, proceeded on th i s afternoon f The .Kreutz-Zeitung states that a committee has just b oo n constituted , havi ng for its o bj ect t h e un i on o f a commo n action of all the adversaries of the progressionist party . The committee is not composed of the chiefs of the feudal party, but the above-named journal, the organ of that opinion, declares that it looks upon its formation with pleasure. PI! ;ed. 245 445 —s 43.5 lag/ Lle; uP" . cir./ b of 3 , de, 'oo l ' Oil ry' 6, !opt. 1110 den V^ t, veils nes g 1 do 11'2! RE