The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-27 00:00:00

s 11, Dittin Y-LANE THEATRE RO YA L Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH. THIS EVENING, LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Messrs. Charles Kean, J. F. Cathcart, Everett, H. Mars • ton, Atkins, Misses Chapman, and Mrs. Charles Kean. After which will be produced, with that attention to com pleteness in every department by which the Christmas Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; or, Old Mother Hubbad and het onderful Dog. " If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein 4, there sh a ll b e a t ree , a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY. Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., & c . Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfor mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, H. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments by Mr. B inckley. The Choregrachic ArN...tgements by Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process. The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLANCHARD. And the whole arranged and produced under the imme diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY. Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Distance ( Daylight). "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get her poor Doc , a bone; when she got there, the cupboard was bare, and so the poor Dog had none.".—Ancient Nur sery Legend. ld Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins; Her Dog, Signor Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn "), Miss P. Hunt; the Squire, Mr. Tom Mathews; Dame Wiggins of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master S ageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab; Parish 13eadle, Mr. Bumble; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin, W hackstraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c.; Rosetta (the " Maiden all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat, and the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative— Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning— Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. TIIE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Will-o'-the-Wisp Miss Lanza. Ines Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, , Livermore; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap -11,v3:, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Archer. Hawkins, Delaney, ton! son, Williams ' Robinson ' Wood, Watson, and Hamel- Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN , NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. • Invocation! The Incantation II and the Evapora- fiord 111 E VILLAGE GRE I R AND ROADSIDE ALE SE. Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon_ • Old Scratche (Il ia Clerk), M r . Tanner ,• Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe, Scr ape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway; Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tightflt ; Mum- Thi es Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides, M‘Phun, &c. ; St. George, Mr. E. Roe the Orson, Mr. Scalyfellow •, Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry • 11 1 : 8 °n, Mr. Wildman ; Still-Walker, Mr. Longlegs; Bear ardenlor Mr. mugg ' S ins • the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land ' pi.d, FlMr. Trebles ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, c„ . 1 13, ap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman. alow the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the R evel that follows—Coming. of Age in the Olden Time Village ' IO W the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is rested in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub bard's reason. THE lc CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). Grand Scena Comique and Pas de Broomstick, by Mother Hubbard. The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure nd the Di v i s i on o f L a b our —Fi gure s of Fun (from the I,ancY - atore of Dykwynkyn) Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, -rpenter, Rodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilh- Putian Labourers ' Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minis !tire Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers and Child Carpenters.by a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, „. The Rat, Mesta. Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser; 1 ; 11 p Dag By Himself ; The Cow, Madame Brindle C nest ( "' All shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman ; The oek (" That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle doo. Realisation o the famous Picture in the National Gal lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from a rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London. FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight). Song, Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious instance of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop, Skip, Jump, Creak, &c. SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF BULRUSHES. How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a Grand Chromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL. The Transformation. Rarlequins Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE. Columbines The Misses GUNNISS. P antaloons Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. Grotesq el ovnu Messrs. FORREST and HULINE. ue 1861-1862 SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. 1.--EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR- DOWN" STREET. Messrs. Huline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunnies. Christmas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post, ~`'. 11 the Post-Man—Clown rides the high horse, which ~i ' r °, lv es his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country, , Cl °Nvn gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor du N olewoma n )— a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re re- ed e.ircumstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing P T el ' In an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers—the °lice i n r oid b Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a row lows up a policeman—th , e end of this scene is all ' llB t lo --N.B. Not Crinoline 2 . ---THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. essrs. Forrest, o C rmack Morley, and Miss Gunniss. Th °gum seeks Protection, although a Free-trader— • Cook' Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head el h of the table—Harlequin goes through a Deal, and e," 71 1 becomes a B oar d- er —Silence those dreadful Bells— and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on a te. 'lorry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed— val of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his ;', 171 1 trap, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad E zz-ness for him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well /.l3in character—Clown meets with a few Friends (not ,tuakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it. .--THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION. , Eight hours at th e S ea - s id e f or 2 s 6d—D u ty off Paper— he Ti mes " re d uce d and the Times on the rise—a book t hat takes l ea f e o f Cl own —H ar l equ i n gets hi s h orse f rom a pall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a•Loud, only on Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree— 'at e arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Dearme, and Il lessme—Clown burns his fingers (not the only person that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale of goods. 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands I The Sands I I The Sands!! I Come unto these yellow sands. A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier Master's ap-Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn sandy and proves himself in the wrong box—by a slight Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's Concert—fine ears for Music—they fish in troubled waters -- a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) --The latest Novelty in Parrchutes. Scene—A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm t r ippears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS TIIRONE ._ SPLENDOUR. 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N e " f lhe Use and the Abuse of the Tur kish Bath.—A very P l,orilit Pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the Prietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the I 'e ° s B tt °ll )ce , which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte rhis w info s rmation, while those who.have already encouraged tibs er ''2 system will derive additional advantage if they ome of the p-actical regulations which the writer 2 t vours to enforce " —Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1851. he Post-office Tu . rkish Bath., 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. Culverwell has already established the reputation of phi l ulP Physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy tirthropist, in as far as he has established, in the heart 've r „ e My, an institution that more nearly than any disco pr modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice ti s y?ic, than any proposition or invention yet established, " rurkish Bath. . . 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At the here wer e ragged out part of the tries while absolutely ed out and where the 'e found and this was given• two pair ,ese marks In a lane e risoners peared that had peC se(l id, " I al' nson." himself a I was taken his father iter to get iat he 'O 4 :atement Els on my hea d this 1 00 ' , and mi:Dting to a 110,7 4.1111 1 0 ' napting' )art of the rsons coin' to the tit' attempt aus injurif is murder' rs no prcte e ' t h ese thre e . V.! f they 0 doubt 11, ent for O il 'ering Wi t A ad inflict% der must Aion of th , gentlen ia o mer, wh d that 111. ; )f his that vela' !e n allowe ; ceased sca ce vhose n apPo i € l3 + t b e e isions 01' ecution t b ! d that ther, ine" ap po Len t s of Itw o Act, had ° v ision 6 ' 3 prO e t iarceny Aling-hou' e xtion of ti l . 4 toritv of 111 „, , a 7 hich oustl t any fi nc () before ton i that see 10 author t o orovis l( iong a 4 , e atteraP i t o I a right e me befor e he r i g ht : o , The l et .rially or f murf le a r of 3onvieL e ere vvo s vn or .ge of pri' for the •130 t of t lbjea jae oce he ev t to i on obje t es, them t ° p er, ler Pr i "ol taken Do nd as t ° o t ee ;et el',ehle at v j idenoot , r uck s c ot er pr i5 OO te al 31d n ot e j If was t on, °l ?(.1 his ba ao , ing by ~,, it wa s p l ea strong Ile that, /P... head in tbv,, ad, and tb.st_ salon of tri . v . 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Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at Ten. Stalls, ss. ; First Circle, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Unreserved Seats, 2s. and is. ROBIN, the FRENCH WIZARD, at the EGYPTIAN HALL, with his endless variety or Illusive Marvels, unparalleled in the History of the Magic Art, gives his SOIREES FANTASTIQUES every Evening at 8 o'clock (Saturday excepted), and Wednesday and Satur day Morning at halt-past 2. Places secured at the Hall, and at Mr. Mitchell's, 33, Old Bond-street. ARGYLL IROOMS —Series of New Music, Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Moos. Bout- COAT, Conductor and Composer. This gentleman will play every evening at 11 o'clock, until further notice, variations arranged by himself on the Cornet-a-Piston.—The free-list will be open for the profession by leaving their card at the door. By order of the Proprietor.—Manager, Mons. P. Grenet. Admission is. INDIA OFFICE, 21ST FEBRUARY, 1862. THE SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in Counc.l Hereby Gives Notice,— That SEA LED TENDERS will be received at the Chief Cashier's Office at the Bank of England up to One o'clock on the 28th inst. (in lieu of the Ist of March, as specified in the advertisement dated the 22d January last), and on the Ist day of April next, for Bills of Exchange, payable on demand, to be drawn, in the months of March and April, on the several Governments in India, at Calcutta, Madras, or Branbay, for sums not to exceed Rupees 40,00,000 in each month, of which not mo e than Rupees 10,00,000 in each month will be drawn on the Government of Madras, and the same sum on that of Bombay. 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CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhma and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications )1 Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhcca and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OP THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and .hould be in the hands of y oung an d old "—" Sunday Times," 3d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this l ittle work, in which is described th e sou rce of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more fiequently premature old Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. 6. 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TOOTHACHE. —HOWARD'S ENAMEL, for stopping decayed teeth, however large the cavity. It is used in a soft state, without pressure or pain, and hardens into a white enamel. It rsmains in the tooth many years, rendering extraction unnecessary and arresting the decay. Directions for use enclosed. Sold by all chemists and medi cite vendors, Price ls, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LINCOLN RACES-WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26. The Trial Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for 3-yr olds and upwards. Maiden and other allowances. Win ners extra. One mile. (13 subs.) Mr Saville's Ducat, by King Tom, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. J. Raborne's Weatherden, 3 yrs, bat 131 b (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. T. Parr's Dusk, 3 yrs, 7st 31b. (Clements) 3 Mr. G. W. Morris's Brahmin, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (in 51b extra) (Foster) 4 Mr. W. F. Collier's St. Bernard, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (J. Daley) 5 Mr. H. Jones's Eastern Princess, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Edwards) 6 Mr. Shelley's c by Vengeance—Barb, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (Midgley) 7 Betting-100 to 30 agst Ducat, 4 to 1 each agst Eastern Princess and Weatherden, and 9 to 2 agst Dusk. After one false start, in which Weatherden came a long way, the flag was lowered; Weatherden, Brahmin, and Ducat were in the van. On rounding the turn into the straight, Wea therden and Ducat were several lengths in front of the others, Weatherden leading. On entering the rails, Ducat drew up to the leader, and won easily by four lengths, Dusk beaten for sacond place by six lengths; the next three came in close together; the Vengeance colt beaten off, _ _ The Brocklesby Stakes, of 4 sovs each, with 40 added, for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 41b ; winners extra. The straight run in (about half a mile). (25 subs.) Baron Niviere's Dirt Cheap, by Orlando, Bst 41b (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. E. Thomas's Yindicta, Bst 41b .. (J. Goater) 2 Mr. W. Hudson's Princess Louisa, Bst 41b (Challoner)_ 3 The following also ran : —First Attempt, Strawberry Hill, Rudiments, Douche, Jack's Alive, Marmion, Prairie Hen filly, St. Anne filly, Lady Touchstone filly, and Jenturna. Betting-100 to 30 agst Rudiments, 8 to 1 each agst First Attempt, Strawberry Hill, Vindicta, and Dirt Cheap, 10 to 1 agst Princess Louisa. At the second attempt a good start was obtained, the first trio to show in front comisting of Dirt Cheap, Strawberry Hill, and Marmion, Vindicta lead ing the next lot. A fine race from the distance took place with the three placed, Dirt Cheap winning cleverly by half a length, a head only dividing the second and third. The Prairie Hen filly was a moderate fourth, Strawberry Hill was next, the St. Anne filly bringing up the rear. The City Handicap of 3 sous each, with 40 added ; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. 31 subs. Mr. G. S. Thompson's Fairy Seat, 3 yrs, Est 41b (Heslop) 1 Count F. de Lagrange's Arcadia, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Jackson's Walkington, 5 yrs, B st 121 b (J. Snowden) 3 The following also ran :—Flash-in .the-Pan, Watersprite, Esther, Bryn Gwin, Curatrix, Anxiety filly, and Minna. Betting-100 to N agst Esther, 4 to 1 agst Arcadia, 6 to 1 agst Watersprite, 8 to 1 each agst Walkington and Fairy Seat, 10 to 1 each agst the Anxiety filly and Bryn Gwin. Another good start was obtained, Fairy Seat at once going to the front, and in this position he came into the straight, where Arcadia passed Bryn Gwin and Walkington, and joined Fairy Sea, the two having the finish to themselves, Fairy Seat winning by a length, Walkington finishing a bad third ; Flash-in-the-Pan was next, Esther fifth, the three last being Watersprite, Minna, and anxiety filly. The All-aged Selling Stakes of 5 soya each, with 25 added, for three-yr. olds and upwards; mares and geldings al lowed 31b; maiden, selling, and other allowances. One mile. Mr. W. T. Collier's St. Bernard, S yrs, 6st 71b (L4O) (J. Daley) 1 Lord Westmoreland's St. Lawrence, 3 yrs, sst 101 b kL3O) (Munuery) 2 Mr. C. Iteynard's Crisis, 3 yrs, sst 71b (L3O) , (Carrol) 3 Mr. W. Hudson's Caustic, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (£3O) (Wheatley) 4 Betting—Even on St. Lawrence, S to 1 agst St. Bernard, 4to 1 agst Crisis. The favourite got off on bad terms, and did not get up to the leaders, Crisis and St. Bernard, until turning into the straight, where Crisis fell back beaten, and the favourite with St. Bernard came on by themselves, St. Bernard winning easily by three parts of a length ; Crisis finishing e. bad third ; Caustic beaten off. The winner was sold to Mr. Hope Johnstone for 90 guineas ; St. Lawrence was claimed under the Newmarket rule by Mr. Hudson. Grand Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10 sovs each, with 80 added, winners extra. Not to exceed four miles of a fair hunting country. (42 subs.) Mr. B. Land's Duhallow, aged, lOst (Mr. Merlin) 1 Captain Starkey's Cannibal, aged, 9st 31b (Mr. W. Bevill) 2 Mr. J. W. Drinkrow's Catspaw, Est 61b (Mr. G. Walker) 3 Mr. Lington's Willoughby, aged, lOst 71b .... (Owner) 4 The following also ran :—The Emperor, Red Robin, Pine Apple, Corkscrew, Linkboy, Sweet William, Canteen, Fire away, Cheery Chap, Nelly, and Rebellion. Betting-5 to 1 agst Duhallow, 6to 1 each agst Nelly, Willoughby, and Emperer, 8 to 1 agst Pine Apple, and 10 to 1 agst Catspaw. Cannibal and Fireaway led for the first two miles, having Willoughby, Duhallow, and the Emperor well up. On rounding the turn for home only seven were in the race—Fireaway, Cannibal, Duhallow, the Emperor, Willoughby, Catspaw, and Cheery Chap. On coming into the straight Duhallow and Cannibal were ten lengths in front, Duhallow winning cleverly by three parts of a length —six lengths between second and third. Willoughby beaten from Catspaw by two lengths. The Emperor, Cheery Chap, and Fireaway were the next three, and none of the others passed the post. Pine Apple, Red Robin, and the others walked in. The fields were large, and the sport interesting. There was an immense attendance of company, and the sport was of a most satisfactory description. Altogether the inaugu ration of the racing season was satisfactorily commenced. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—WEDNESDAY. Prior to the result of the Weal Stakes at Lincoln being known, Zuleika was supported at 4 to 1 for the Lincoln Handicap ; but afterwards Ducat was made the favourite 5 to 1 being taken, and sto 1 was offered agst Zuleika. The only other event touched upon was the Grand National, for which all the 100's to 6 that could be obtained were taken about Corona. Closing prices : LINCOLN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Ducat (taken) sto 1 agst Zulekia (offered) 11 to 2 agst Suburban (offered) 7to 1 agst Ariadne (offered) 10 to 1 agst Shropshire (offered) 16 to 1 agst Brown Stout (offered) GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 100 to 6 agst Corona (taken freely) BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN LONDON. The summary of the weekly returns of 1861 has just been issued, and is of an interesting nature. It shows the births to have been, males, 49,076; females, 47,313; total, 96,389; the deaths, males, total, 65,001 ; the popula tion;middle of the year) being, 33, 01(4es;tifmemstaeldes, for 31,9th8e7 m ales, 1,312,981 ; females, 1,502,157; total, 2,815,138. When the census was taken—on the Bth of April, 1861—the population of London was 2,803,289. If the rate of increase which prevailed in the decen nial period 1851-61 continued to govern its pro gress the population enumerated received an acces sion of 11,149 by the middle if 1861, and the total number became 2,815,138. "it the ten years that intervened between the la stkvo censuses the amount of increase of the London population was equal to 121 daily. But its natural increase, viz., the excess of births over deaths, did not much exceed 72 daily; whence it follows that nearly fifty persons on an average arrived and settled each day in the metropolis over and above that ascertained number of settlers who only stepped into the places of per sons who left it for parts in these islands beyond its bounds, or for more distant regions of the globe. Wh e ther London is equal t o th e t as k of providing by new and improved arrangements for this constant accumulation of human beings within its limits still remains to be determined by experience. When a family increases in its nar row lodging, in circumstances of dirt and squalor, spared. And in a c it y or a s t a t e that increase which shou ld be its blessing becomes its bane; and at last feve r destroys what slow dis• the ease growth h of its ave population is not a s t rengt h to b e the growing of cholera, which trusted, but a weakness to be feared, if improve ment in its physical and moral condition is not urgency of its cwoamorse.nsTurwaotediwstiitoh etoutbreaks made havoc in many families and struck terror into all, and the brief but fatal eruption of influenza in 1847, furnish the most remarkable passages in the sanitary history of the metropolis during the last 20 years ; but they cannot justly be regarded as its worst features. Other diseases, more frequent in their recurrence and persistent in their character, and also more wasteful in their effects, mark the whole period. Heavy bills of mortality forced public attention; and in the course of these years important measures for the improvement of the public health have been undertaken, and some proof that they have not been unfruitful has been ob tained. Health officers have been appointed for the City of London, for Marylebone, and the other metropolitan districts. Inspectors of nuisances have acted in co-operation with them. Drainage works have been carried out, an,. s are in progress. The water companies obtain their supply at higher positions in the river, and subject it to improved filtration. The markets ar e i ns p ec t e d, and attempts made, with partial success, to protect consumers against unsound meat and noxious, fraudulent compounds. Hospital ac commodation is extended ; and, what is of prime necessity, the working classes have probably become more awakened to the care of their own health—to the importance of keeping their dwelling sweet and dry. This task, which is imposed on the people themselves, and can only be performed by them, it is the object of the police regulations to render possible; and unless it is fulfilled, public works will comparatively little avail. Altogether there is abundant proof of that increased regard for human life that attends civilisation; and though much re mains to be accomplished, it is true, according to the proverb, that " a work begun is half done. In the ten years 1840-9, the mean rate of mortality in London was 2•51 per cent. • in the subsequent de cennium, 1850.9, it fell to 2.36 per cent. It is still more satisfactory to observe that the rate of morta lity in each of the last three years, 1859-61, has been less than the lower of the two rates that have just been mentioned. In 1860 the rate was 2.26 ; in 1861 it was 2-32. If the mortality of London were confined permanently within the limit repre sented by the mean rate of the last three years, the effect of that reduction in the population as it exists at present would be that more than 4,000 persons would survive annually, whose lives would drop under the mean rate derived from the 20 years 1840-59. And if measures that have been already adopted are not relaxed, the amount of benefit will be increased, as the population that is the subject of it is increased. But a higher standard of health than any which the present tables show is possible, and, it may be hoped, will be attained. 65,001 deaths were registered in London in 1861. In the March, June, September, and December quarters those thousands occurred in several proportions,whichwere nearly as follows-19, 15, 15, and 16. The mean temperature of the air (49 deg. 4 min.) was higher than that of the preceding year (47 deg.), and the mortality was also higher by about 3,000 deaths. The two years were distinguished nosologically by a greater amount of fever in 1861, especially towards the end of it, by the much greater prevalence of diarrhoea and a general increase of disorders of the digestive organs. But last year the mortality from bronchitis and pneumonia was less. There were 215 deaths from smallpox, a mortality which is less than that of the same disease in any of the last thirteen years except 1857. In 1852 and 1859 the annual deaths from it were more than 1,100. Spitalfields, Mile-end, Clapham, Deptford, and Poplar are localities where its presence was most felt. Thirty-four deaths occurred in the Smallpox Hospital, Islington. Scarlatina was fatal in 2,358 cases • diphtheria in 697. Both diseases increased towards the end of the year. Croup and whooping cough were very fatal ; but the former, like searla tina and diphtheria, increased towards the end of the year ; the latter diminished. Quinsy also rose, and with other throat complaints was most fatal in the December quarter. Scarlatina appears to have visited all quarters of the metropolis, and with con siderable impartiality. Somers-town suffered much, also the Waterloo-road neighbourhood. There were 23 deaths from it in Plumstead. Camden town, West Hackney, and Rotherhithe are dis tricts of nearly equal population ; scarlatina was the cause of 43 deaths in the first, 18 in the second, only 4 in the third. In St. George, Blooms bury, it caused 37 deaths i • in Fulham, which is nearly equal to it, 32; in Hampstead, with a larger population, only 4. In St. George-the-Martyr, Holborn, besides 36 from scarlatina, there were 23 from diphtheria. There were 1,754 deaths from typhus. It did not appear in unusual force till the latter part of the year, and therefore the total mor tality was not great. Indeed it was much less than that of many previous years. The districts of West London, North Poplar, and Greenwich may be mentioned among those which suffered most from typhus. The London Fever Hospital recorded 118 deaths, whilst the total number from scarlatina and typhus in the west sub-district of Islington, includ ing those in the hospital, was 152. The most fatal zymotic disease in the year was whooping-cough (3,497) ;`next to it scarlatina with diphtheria; then diarrhoea (2,625). In respect to the last complaint the summer quarter was as usual the season of its activity. It ma y be added that nearly 1 out of 1,000 persons living died of diarrhcea in St. Mary Paddington, Kensington Town, Hoxton, Stepney, Mile-end Old-town, Poplar, Newington, Rother hithe, and Plumstead. In many parts the ratio was higher. There were 2,247 deaths by violence in the year. This class of cases bears a rather larger proportion to the mortality from all causes than it did 10 years ago. By comparing the three years, 1850-2, with the last three, 1859-61, it appears that while the total deaths increased in the proportion e 16 and 19, those by accident, suicide, and homo cide increased in that of 16 and 21. The number last year who received fatal fractures and contusions was 719. Falls from scaffolds, and street accidents make their annual contributions to the list. When building operations are extended in all directions, and the stream of men and horses from the widening area pours through old channels into the centres of traffic, casualties of this description must increase faster than the population. The railway system extended, and reaching to the heart of the metro polis, will counteract this tendency. But an vedile sh ip that will widen the streets, open new approaches , and prevent or quickly sweep from the streets and pavements the hideous shoals of mud and dirt that periodically cover them, will promote the public health and safety, and in an immeasurable degree the public comfort. The number of deaths in 116 public institutions was 10,276 or nearly a sixth part of the whole. Of that number more than a half 4 occurred ip workhouses. Of 100 persons who owed the common fate of humanity, nine died in estab lishments provided by parochial rates; six in hospi tals for the treatment of sick persons. In the work house of the most populous parish, namely Pancras, there were 487 deaths ; in that of Marylebone, the third parish in respect of population, there were 450 ; while in the workhouse of Lambeth, which is a rather more populous distriet than Marylebone, there were only 299. • ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. GLOUCESTER. THE POLL. The poll took place yesterday. Mr. Henry Berkeley the member for Bristol, who, it will be remembered, moved for the writ, had issued an ad dress to the electors calling upon them to conduct the election upon purity principles, and telling them that it would probably depend on the mode in which they conducted the present election whether they would be continued as the constituency of a Parlia mentary borough. Whether this intimation had the desired effect or not, it is certain that there were less outward and visible signs of drunkenness appa rent, although the public houses appeared to be doing a very brisk business. There were some rows in the course of the day, and a few broken nose@ among the most ardent of the supporters of the three parties. A mob of disorderly persons assem bled in front of the polling booths (which were all built together under the shadow of the Shirs-hall instead of being distributed over the city), and here were several rows, and the adjacent shop-keepers closed their shutters, but nothing serious took place. The Liberal candidates took the lead on the poll early in the day, and at 12 o'clock the poll stood thus:— Berkeley Powell 498 Potter Majority for Berkeley for Powell The constituency is about 1,400, of whom at this time about 900 had polled, so that there was plenty of margin to turn the tables. Between 12 and two o'clock Mr. Powell had increased his majority over Mr. Potter to about 70, according to the statement of the Liberal party, though Mr. Potter's friends (who however did not issue any "state of the poll") made it much less. Between two and six o'clock, however, Mr. Potter regained some lost ground, and his friends were still sanguine of success "if they could only get the voters to the poll." Many, how ever, imbued with the old leaven, hung back. At three o'clock the poll stood thus : Berkeley P0we11.... Potter Mr. Potter still continued to creep up to Mr. Powell, sustaining the interest of the struggle to the last, though without changing the actual result, the poll standing at the close thus : Berkeley 760 Powell - Potter Thus giving Mr. Powell a majority over Mr. Potter of 29. WAKEFIELD. THE NOMINATION. After a disfranchisement of two years the con stituency of Wakefield yesterday resumed the exer cise of their electoral functions. The nomination of candidates took place in front of the Corn-ex change, the proceedings being opened by Mr. W. Shaw, the mayor and returning-officer, and a bar rister, as early as nine o'clock in the morning. There were then at least 4,000 persons present, and their conduct was in no degree more turbulent than is customary at most elections. The partisans of the two candidates were only vehement to an extent which is considered conventionally right, and from the whole aspect and bearing of the assem bly, it was to be inferred that the people of Wake field, having learnt " the uses of adversity," have re solved no more to be betrayed into any risk of for feiting one of their greatest privileges. it is said, however, that there are upwards of a hundred voters who decline to declare their intentions with reference to the present election; they have re sisted all solicitations to promise their votes, and their conduct can only be explained by the suppo sition that they hope to hear of something to their advantage on the afternoon of the polling day, when the friends of the candidate then in minority may be induced to make some sacrifices in order to gain support at whatever cost. After the usual preliminaries Mr. J. BARFF pro posed, and Mr. T. M. CARTER seconded, Sir J. C. Dalrymple Hay as the Conservative candidate. Mr. R. J. MACKIE proposed and Mr. SIMPSON seconded the candidature of Mr. Richard Smethurst, of Chorley, Lancashire, the Liberal. After the address of Mr. Simpson some filth and light missiles were thrown from among the crowd within the area partitioned off for the Conservatives on that portion of the hustings occupied by Mr. Smethurst and his friends. The concourse of per sons below in the Liberal interest made a retalia tory and drove the Conservatives a considerable distance from their original position. Peace and good humour were, however, soon restored, and Sir J. D. HAY came forward to address the elec tors. He declared himself a friend of the present Administration, so far as its foreign policy was con cerned. He perfectly approved the course taken by the Government in American affairs, and depre cated any attempt to break the blockade. He entered at some length into the American question, and the war now going on in the United States, and expressed his belief that the war had not risen from slavery, but from the commercial legislation of the North, who were endeavouring to retain within themselves the raw materials which they obtained from the South, and to keep their own looms active rather than to admit English manufactures. They were suffering in America from all the evils usually attendant upon war, and at this moment they were beginning to incur an enormous debt which would hang round their necks till it sunk them into perdition. (Cheers and dis approbation.) The true cause of the difference was the difference of tastes which prevailed between North and South, and a principal difference was the fact that law was subverted and not respected in the United States. He spoke in high terms of the loyalty displayed by the Canadians, and then eulo gised the conduct of the Emperor Napoleon, whose prompt recognition of the infraction of interna tional law by the Americans merited our warmest thanks, and no doubt influenced the successful con elusion of the negotiations. (Cheers.) With regard to home matters, he said he did not object to a prudent reform, but he wished in these matters to be guided by constitutional principles. As to the Educational Code, he thought some security should be taken for the proper application of the money ; but, at the same time, he would not deprive those who have bound themselves to the cause of educa tion of their just rights. He wished to see educa tion extended, so that the franchise might be safely given to the people. (Cheers.) He believed that reform in the administrative departments was essen tial, and thereby greater economy would be secured. In conclusion, he said he felt himself qualified to represent the borough, and represent it well; and he believed they would place him at the head of the poll. (Cheers ) Mr. SMETHURST next addressed the assembly, recapitulating those opinions which to a consider able extent were similar to those contained in his printed and oral addresses. He was a supporter of those great principles which had placed England in the proud position she occupied, and a friend of the men who had introduced those measures. (Cheers.) He would vote for such a measure of reform as that once introduced by Earl Russell, and he considered it his duty to say that he was in equivocally in favour of the ballet for the protec tion England he believed she had wealth enough to . _ of the voter. As a member of the C hurch of PRICE..... ...Id. STAMPED ....sd. support herself, and he was therefore entirely opposed to church rates. (Cheers.) He had, he said, promises of a large majority of the electors, and he believed he would be returned triumphantly. (Cheers.) After some few questions had been put to both candidates, the IAYOR took the show of hands. He declared that there was a majority in favour of Mr. Smethurst. A poll was then demanded on behalf of Sir J. D. Hay, which was fixed to commence at eight o'clock the following morning. After a vote of thanks to the Mayor, the large crowd dispersed quietly. London: H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.' CHATHAM GARRISON AND DOCKYARD. —raper circulating there, "Chatham News and North Kent Spectator "—sale, 1861, 281,795. A first-class weekly local paper; conducted by Mr. H. Foster, formerly 01 the London Spectator. Best advertisity! medium. THE ARMY. The damaged portion of the plate on the star board bow of the Defence, 18, iron frigate, at Ports mouth, measuring 22 inches by 15, and of an inch thick, has been cut out, and is being replaced by a new piece, which will be completed by noon to-day, the men having been working day and night to get the job finished. It is intended that the ship shall make her official trial at the measured mile in Stokes Bay to-morrow. A number of armour plates have been received at Portsmouth Dockyard, in addition to others received previously, for the Royal Alfred, iron-cased ship, from Messrs. J. Brown and Co., Atlas Works, Shef field. The Megjera, screw troopship, in dock at Ports mouth, is having a new rudder forged for her in the blacksmith's shop at Portsmouth Dockyard. Her old one was found to be very defective in the weld ing of its upper portion. The Simoom, screw troopship, arrived at Ports mouth on Tuesday, from China, is ordered to clear out with all despatch, and pay off into the steam reserve at the port. The Simoom has been upwards of five years in commission. Commander J. Cooke, who commissioned her, recently died in command of her on the China station. He was an officer much and deservedly respected in the profession. The troops disembarked from the Simoom at the dockyard yesterday morning. The 60th (Royal Rifles) Regiment, 2d battalion, under Lieut.-Col. Muter, marched into quarters in the Cambridge Barracks, and will remain in Portsmouth garrison for the present. This regiment embarked for foreign service at Cork in July, 1851, proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope, where it was actively employed in the Caffre war of that period. In March, 1858, the headquarters and right wing proceeded to Ben gal, and took part in the suppression of the Indian mutiny, the left wing following them six months later. In Jan., 1860, the regiment was ordered to China, and on arriving there formed a part of Sir J. Michell's division of the expeditionary force, and was present in all the chief operations of the war, including the capture of Pekin and the destruction of the celebrated Summer Palace, Yuen-Min-Yuen, where the non-commissioned officers and men are said to have secured a large quantity of " loot." Of the 650 men who left England in 1851, only 99 have re turned with the regiment. Capt. Montgomery, Lieuts. Gosling and Morris, Assist.-Surg. Doran, and 168 men landed from the Simoom at Hongkong, on arrival there from the Peiho, as it was found she would be over-crowded for the long homeward They i v n oy th ag e e s . ailingn tr a a re s transport The screw steamship Revenge , 89, Capt. Charles expectedAi to bue ra e k for England . mbar Fellowes, flag of Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, from Queenstown ; the Trafalgar, 86, Capt. John B. Dickson ; and the Emerald, 51, Capt. Arthur Cum ming, from Portsmouth, are expected at Plymouth. The paddlewheel steam frigate Magicienne, 16, at Devonport, is fast advancing for the first division of the steam reserve. She is masted, and will soon be rigged. The Court-martial on Capt. Crawford, command ing Her Majesty's ship Sidon, was resumed and concluded at Portsmouth yesterday. The finding of the Court, read by the Deputy-Judge-Advocate, was to the effect that the first, second, and sixth charges were not proved. With regard to the third charge the Court found it partly proved, in asmuch that Arabs were landed contrary to the special request of Lieut.-Col. Rigby that they should not be so landed, it being established at the same time that they had not been landed in sufficient numbers to create danger. With regard to the fourth charge, that of visiting the Sultan of Zanzibar, the Court found that Capt. Crawford visited the Sultan, but that he considered that he did so in a private. character. On the fifth charge the Court found that Capt. Crawford had received presents from the Sul tan, contrary to the Queen's regulations, but that the presents so received were of no considerable value. The Court therefore adjudged the prisoner to be reprimanded and admonished to be more dis creet in future. The following appointments and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty --Lieut. E. St. J. Garforth, to the Emerald ; William Edwards, acting second class assist.-engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary. The under-named second class assist.-engineers have been promoted to the first class :—R. Dithburn and John G. Taylor, late of the Conqueror ; Henry Peters and Benjamin Carr, supernumeraries in the Indus, James Daly in the Desperate, Thomas Bramley in the Hogue, Edmund J. Murphy in the Firebrand, James Ankers in the Edinburgh, and Alexander Purves in the Bulldog. The name of the lieutenant appointed on Tuesday to the command of the Gripper was E. H. " Verney," and not " Vesey," as stated yesterday. THE NAVY. R eg iment, under the command of hott yester day from Portsmouth. This regiment is spoken of as being one of the finest that has been stationed i n r this departments kit The 2d 2 A d dd (Q iso u n ee , n C l3 portion ~ arrived at Alders and ments.oftheinspection, which lasted until no Portsmouth garrison for a considerable period, Yesterday Major-Gen. A. B. Stransham, th e newly appointed Inspector-General of the Royal Marines, commenced his first inspection of the divi sion at head quarters, Chatham. The entire bat talion, consisting of eight companies, which together with undisciplined men and recruits numbered about 1300 men of all ranks, was formed in the bar rack-square at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, the men being in heavy marching order. At 10 o'clock Major-General Stransham, attended by Capt. J. C. Travers, his aide-de-camp, rode up to the barrack gate, at the entrance to which he was received by Col. E. Rea, commandant ; Col. T. C. C. Moore second commandant, and the entire Staff of th e division. The division, which completely filled the restricted parade-ground, was formed in lin e, with the Queen's and divisional colours in the centre, inspected in c t h u s e t o i n m s Ci e c t h i 11 0 g n o Gl u resne r a 1 . proceeded to inspect the men comp os ing the com panies, in which he was occupied s ome time, and afterwards examined each Naje remawsoaf being .oreceived Stransham ac ethet Stranshamhen At inspectedthe t er mination se v barracks. In the afte rnoon 50 men were selecte d indiscriminately fro m the battalion and marched to the gun-shed, for the p urpose of being the on, Major-General the gun-drill, u nder the direction of Ca ptain D. Blyth, the inspecto r in g unner y . The battery at w hi c h the men are ins t r ucted in this part of their duties is formed to re p re sent the broadside of a line-of-battle ship, and i s fit te d with 100. Pounder and 40-pounder Armstrong guns, and the ordinary 68 pounders. Although several of the men selected had onl y b een under instruction i n gunnery for a very short time, which they acquitted themselves in handling, point ing, and firing both descriptions of ordnance was highly satisfactory . ;Major Gen. Stransham was entertained at dinner last night by the officers of the division, in their mess-room. The inspection of the division will be resumed to-day. A fire broke out yesterday on the glade of the NEW WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. It is some comfort in the midst of the delays and mistakes that have been made with regard to the Kensington-road, to find that we are likely to have at least one improved thoroughfare in London open in time for the Exhibition. Mr. Page is confident that he will have the whole roadway of the new bridge at Westminster finished in May . next, and, according as he succeeds or fails in his endeavours to this end, he may look for praise or censure from the public. The long work of constructing this very handsome bridge, without for a day interrupting the carriage or passenger traffic, has been one of no ordinary difficulty, and to this is due much of the delay that has arisen in its progress towards completion. Old Westminster-bridge, ruinous and unsafe, had to be cut almost in two to allow of the erection of the first portion of the structure, and then its crumbling foundations had to be gathered from the bed of the river before the other half could be proceeded with. When we see how week after week great main avenues of traffic are blocked up if a gas pipe hap pens to be out of order or a 3ft. sewer wants a few bricks in its crown, it is a contrast creditable to Mr. Page that he has been able to build his bridge across the Thames without t. single stoppage o f traffic of any kind. The last vestiges of the old structure have now been dredged out, and all the arches of the remaining half, save the fifth and sixth, are completed. The two latter will have their crowns of wrought-iron girders bolted in next week, and as fast as each is placed the buckle plates for the roadway will go down. Over these plates comes a packing of blocks of pine wood and asphalte, and over all the stone pitching pavement of the road. Up to the present the eastern half has been entirely disconnected from that which is finished. It i s now being joined by a number of short cross girders or stay pieces of cast-iron, and over these, as soon as the timber scaffolding is removed, the plates and roadway will be laid so as to form one com plete structure of the two halves. When the two are connected into one rigid mass the vibration now ex perienced on the western and smaller half will en tirely disappear. Before the bridge can be opened, however, the half that is now finished and closed must be entirely complete. A very broad foot pavement will be laid down with small handsome terracotta tiles, croesbarred in contrary directions, to give firm foothold, and these are to be edged in with a kerb of red granite. These terracotta tiles are coming much into use, as experience shows them to be better, drier, more easily repaired, and s tt i e r o n an g m e aw r n t ad r y a ds ffi i s for u t r h s s a hi n oe na g v r ya it n t hasirt ae ffi i t been e e el to elf. dAmefoctrieedr edlong b pe l e loan f es o ei r dt p ehr a s ea and fro in the centre of the bridge, leaving two roadways of 20ft. wide on each side for the lighter vehicles. The side next the Houses of Parliament is completely finished, except some ornamental shields that can be bolted into the Gothic quatre foil sprandrils of the arches at any moment. From this point therefore the effect of the whole struc ture can well be judged, and it appears to be both graceful and massive, and the perforated trefoil balustrade between the granite piers has especially a light and pleasing look, and serves as a cornice to the whole. The conventional street lamp-post will not intrude upon this thoroughfare, as hand some lamps and posts of cast iron have been specially designed to be in keeping with the main architectural features of the rest of the work, and all the iron portions are to be painted of a pale neutral tint, excepting only the ornamental shields we have spoken of, which will be emblazoned with the arms of England and Westminster in gold and enduring colours. Since the western half has been opened for traffic not the most remote approach towards a sinking of the piers has taken place, which is something to say when even with all the care with which London-bridge was built it sunk more than an inch on the eastern side before it had been open a month. When the entire bridge is finished there will be two footways of 15 feet wide each, two tramways is the centre of 7 feet 6 inches wide, and two roadways for the light traffic of 20 feet each; The extreme width of London-bridge is only 56 feet from parapet to parapet, or exactly the space of the roadway of the new bridge exclusive of footpaths. To enable the bridge to advance as far as it has done, nearly 2,000,000 cubic feet of masonry tta a hhr n eeed river occupied cw i e u c r k pbo7 iir w rsteisold o de 2 r gl fb k feefyeie h ist est e . tth v to heß e bbeseu b eel ts e oa daeffwomrnfoe scaffolding, ath e gsai m i nesps dg o rst V :oph e :uaa d e tecti present to, under fen o nl o m eeranavuenrebr a l elbybe thebtosl ee v ahesadr e tn:oe mnwels zaafaasneiioct_entedsh. in creased t below e thenew a r r e i h v e e sr At When present,all i t c h o m e p w l eattee, waterway a e y bed n d o e of some 10 h the new structure. In a month or two more these will all be removed, and for. the first time within. the lastsscloi slightly hr 2 t O dl yoy down a ing r sth the er h the tidevaenr wi ll i has a l flow sbeh trhe largelyea u rs tne hitherto d im d iopnnecedrewadsheiudl while settlement and down the Thames. The result of this will be of course that the tide above Westminster-bridge will r th is e e The knowledge of this fact ought to hasten the Com mittee of the Bridge-house Estates to an immediate risk of Idsc d hheer e eetfe c teyia Bilrese defective ecioadovanmesnnv structure, uti t gn h rb itesah aoee xlwmmpn reference oooasssnitetndac t de o aewrt ß ft omeia l tei a ahant e nsio k vst uo, fie without arches ,teahrarheedshe- greatest os i ao d nf g tie increased in all human probability most of the arches in the centre of the stream would be certain to follow. As a stimulus towards arriving at a decision, Mr. Page cannot do better than get his bridge finished at once, and then leave the public to judge of the soundness of his opinions as to what a bridge should be. For the sake of the public, and their convenience, we cer tainly hope that this opportunity will on no account be deferred beyond next May.—Times. T1h8661 produced a years's dluBt6iels.—in re turns show (without deducting charges of collection) of increase of X 59.1 143 1g16,526, an mc ) over the receipts of (,)44 Tea produced £5,521,320 ; coffee, £ 4 42,253 ; cocoa, 3 . and sugar, X 6,414,425. Corn brought no less than £14,90 , 7 633. Tobacco had to pay £5,604,032 ; wine;£1,219,533, xs3 , increase of £45,428 over 1860 ; and foreign and colonial a n F pirits £2,641,257, an increase of £109,000 over 1860. But this is not the whole of the taxation on stimulants ; tha exciseman in 1861 taxed 19,698,722 gallons of homemade spirits retained for home consumption (a falling off, how ever, of 1 ,705,296 gallons from 1860, and of 4,179,869 front 1859) ; to which may be added 46,650,100 taxable bushels of malt (4,896,050 mere than in 1860, but 1,096,189 fewer than in 1859, and lastly 23,430,1701 b. of hops-- crop so variable that this quantity is more than double that the E C X u U s l t S o E ms l ' N that of 1860, but really not very greatly more than a third gross CUSTOMS revenue AND . of that of 1859. CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC JoKE.—A corre4ort dent of the Union writes :—" As Dr. Gobat and Mr. Veitch nearlp succeeded in converting half a Jew between them, it is not unlikely that this conspicuous sucxess may have induced the Bishop of London to appoint Mr. Veitch to the parish of St. Saviour's, Paddington, which, from the num ber of Jews resident there, has acquired the name of the New Jerusalem." We are glad to find our ecclesiastical contemporaries—the Guardian quotes the paragraph—in such excellent spirits, having r e ce i ve d t h e i m pression that very serious matters, demanding all th e i r attention, were pending. low s —Restoration to LADvEitTisnmENT.)—Holloway's .. t • Health.—When disordered action is all right again. They resort to these purifying pills will h s:t stomach, and overcome improve the appetite, strengthen ! so well adapted for the all its difficulties. No medicine is . r . they fortify the n Jrves, noticed, an early anal give sedentary and studious— universal tone to _ the syste m. Be the Malady wh a t i t may, Holloway's p ur ifying pills will abate its severity and - o i n . They extract all p ois onous matterr j from the blooa . and expel all gross hum ours f rom the fray Jo. 0 ,, flatulency , dist ention , and coast'tulency, nausea, 'prAtion . : abridge its duration. give3lilio waY at once to these pills, whi c h, acting through the n odium of the constitution, exe rc i se a 40St benefi,oial fr. / . Buenos over the entire body,