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f`tHRTSTY'S MINSTRELS. The Original, kJ Well-known, and only CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS are performing nightly to crowded nooses at the POLYGRA PHIC HALL, King Witham-street, Strand. Tickets to be had at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; 31r. Austin's Ticket Office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.— Morning . Performance every Saturday at three o'clock.-- IV. P. COLLINS, Sole Proprietor. A RGYLL Rooms.—Series of New Music, -E3- Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. Bout,- eonT, 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. PHRENOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, and PHY SIOGNOMY.—Veserm. FOWLER and WELLS, from America, will LECTURE in EXETER HALL, May 1, on " How to Read Character ;" 2d, "Choice of Pursuits ;" 3d, 4 'A Good Memory." Reserved scats, 2s. ; unreserved, Is. Open at half. past 7, commence at 8. Consultation itooms, 147, Strand, W.C. R OI AL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION FOR THE PRESERVATIO , T OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK, (Incorporated by Royal Charter). P ATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. I nrsivENT --Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum berland, LG., CHAIRMAN --Thos. Bari,ig, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P. Brerry-CtrAin mAN — T l :,omas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P. APPEAL. the past two The Committee rjr Management have to s t a l e th a t , d ur i ng 3' ears. the Institution has incurred expenses amount'ng "£25,650 on various Life-boat Establishments on the Coo,,ts of Eng.and, Scotland, and Ireland. -1-''uri the past two y ears th e Li fe- b oats of the National the Crews of the following Vessels:— 'Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose 1 Schooner Jane Roper, of Ul vers t one Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .• Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow Smack John Bus, of Yarmouth .... Schooner Catherine, of N ewry •• :Barque Niag ara, o f Sh i elds A Barge of Teignmouth • • .• • • Brig George and James, of London Brig Zephyr, of Whitby Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • Schooner Eliza, of No r th Shields • Barque Oberon, of Liverpool Brigantine Naricy, of Teignmouth Smack Won;l er, of Teignmouth Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. Sloop Charlotte, of W oo db r id ge Brig Ann, of Blyth .. Sloop Hope, of Dublin •• • Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth • Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby • • • Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .•.. •• •• Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg* .. Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn • • Prig Gloucester, of South Shields .. Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham • • Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford ••.. Schooner Prospect, of B erw i ck •• •• Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives A Fi.hing-boat of Whitburn Brig Arethusa, of Blyth .• •• •• Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoc Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris Schooner. William, of Iforecan;be Smack Gipsy, of Newry •• •• Schooner Nfarg,aret Anne, of Preston ••.. . Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven • Schooner William, of Liverpool .. . I rigger . gger Nimrod, of C as tl etown •• •. ling Providence, of Shields Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle •• •• Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood Barque Guyan a, o f Glasgow • • .. Brig Roman Empr ess, o f Shields .. .• Brig San Spiridi one, of Galaxide Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna .. French Brig L a J eune Marie Therese Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater • Ship Danube, of Belfast Schooner Hortensia, of Hanover .• • .. 4 Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. . • • .. 4 Brig St. Michel, o f M arans . • Spanish Barqu e P r i mera de Torreviega (saved ves sel and one of the crew) Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and crew) .. • • • • . • . 4 Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8 Schooner Betsy, of Peterhead (saved vessel and crew) . •• Barque Frederick, of Dublin ........1 Barque Peace, of London .. • . 2 • - Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft • • .. 11 Schooner Fly, of Whitby ( saved vessel and crew of four hand s ) • • . • •. 4 .Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. • . 10 Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. • • • • 7 Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen .. • • ll Wrecked boat on Bl ac k wa t er Bank, on the Irish coast, saved one man .. • • •• • • Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone Brig Lively, of Cl ay , N orfolk .. . Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. • Schooner Eliza An ne , o f D u b l i n Brig Content, of Sunderland • • Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan Galliot Epimachus, of Amsterdam .. 15 .. 9 .. 2 - 5 .. 8 .. 3 .. 5 .. 16 .. 2 .. 5 .. 3 .. 9 .. 6 .. 5 .. 1 .. 6 .. 5 .. 5 .. 6 .. 4 .. 5 .. 5 .. 8 - 5 Total . 498 For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has voted £1,893 as rewards to the crews of the Lifeboats. It has also granted re xarcis , mounting to £515 10s. for saving 173 shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak ing w total of 871 persons saved from a watery grave during the last two years. The number of lives saved by the rite-boats of the Society, and other means, since its formation, is upwarus or for which services 82 Gold Medals, 704 Silver Medals, and £15,250 in cash have been granted as rewards. The Institu tion has also expended £57,200 on Life-boat Establishments. The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts now being made by the Society to save the lives of Ship wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions the Society has made within the past few years, it has now One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man agement, tor the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated. The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con tributions Tier Majesty the Queen •. £ 8. d •• •. annual 50 0 0 Clark, Mrs. • • • • • • • • .. ann ua l 210 0 Clerk, Colonel, R.A. • • .. • • .. annual 1 1 0 Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. . • • don. 25 0 Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bank ers .. annual 10 0 0 Digby, G W., Esq., Sherbor ne C as tl e annual 5 0 0 Erie, Lord Chief Justi ce .. • . • • .. don. 10 10 0 Fanshaive, Vice-Admir a l Si r A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0 Harvey. Rev. G. a and Mrs. . don. 30 0 Lambton, Messrs. W. H. & Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0 Lanesborough, the Earl of .. . • .. annual 50 0 Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .. • • .. 7th don. 10 0 0 Moore, Rev. G. B. • • M.P.• • .. don. 15 15 0 Robartes, T. J. Agar, .P annual 5 0 0 Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich . annual 3 0 0 Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. . annual 2 0 0 Donations and Annual Su'scriptions will be thankfully re ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard—greet ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St . Jamel's-street, London ; by a 1 the Bankers in the United Kingdom o ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Es a the Office f the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon don. W.C. Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders <crossed), to Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre tary. The Fourth Edition, Just Published. Svc), in cloth, price 5s by post free, 55. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRIREA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non -medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhoea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe mtide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it 'within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin nedical Press. London : A. Bat Mere, 210, Regent-street. _____ MEDICAL ADVICE.—Dr. LA'MERT, Licen tiate of the Royal College of Phy s i c i ans o f Edin bur2•ll, &c., 37, Bedford-issquare, London, co n ti nues t o b e con sulted on the various Disorders of the Reproductive System, and on the cure of an Nervou s and Physical Infirmities, re suiting from injurious habits or ce of a life and that the solution an of such Where a doubt, involving the happiness Or others, may possibly exist, and wher e ag u fact ish t , e the li - doubt can be easily obtained, reason, morality, geßce dictate the duty of having it solved ; for it Is in innumet able instances, mAtrimonial disappointment thatand misery, unwilling eel bacy, physical and mental existence of which is known only to the sufferer him elf, have their source in causes the germ of which is often planted in early life, and the bitter fruit tasted long afterwards. Dr. LAITERT, M.D., &e., is the only regularly qualified practitioner, who, for 20 years, has devoted his entire attention to these disorders, and to the various infl u ences which affelt the very fountains of health and functional vigour. His Treat!se on " Self-Preservation " contains every information en these subjects, and may he had from the Author, or from Mann, 30, Cornhill. Price is. ; post free for 13, or sealed ends for 20 stamps. At home from 10 till 2, and 6 till E. 37, Bedford-square, London, DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : A ME O TCAL - ESSAY ON SPiIRMATORRIICE A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &o. lust Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, In a sealed envelope, price le., Sold by all Booksellet - s, and sent post. paid, by the Author, forl2 stamps, ANTIOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. COO IS, 15, Albermarle-si reet, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functicns of the Reproductive Organs. CTIAPTER IL—Causes of Spermatorrhma and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. C ITA PTEIt I T.—A Review of the various Disqualifications rris.ge; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CFI APTER.S IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Clonorrheca and Syphilis. The [look (mothers with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which ie added the. Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on lielanhcOci:-:This is a truly valuable work, and honhl be in the hands of young and old —" Sunday Times," NI arch, 2958. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this tittle work, in which is described the source of those diseases w hi c h produce decline in youth or more frequently premature o?d age. '—" Daily Telegraph," Marc:, 27, 1.856. • This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of rrofesFionfil criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain A nd sympathising mariner on the vadous disqualifications an d impediments arising from tiervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids mirrerin,9; from youthful errors and PFCCF?Cf; it will be found valuable and useful."—Rcoord. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row; Mann, ISO. Cornbill. vura ot Vogultaticu- - 1 9 t 9 S 4114 0 to Si bui a da yo , io al N°. 21,792. c)U I NEW NOVEL BY MRS. NEWTON CROSLAND. Next week, in 3 vols., R S. 1314 AK E, By Mrs. NEWTON CROSLAND. Also, new ready, in 3 vas., OWEN : A Waif. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now'ready, at all the Librari, s, in 2 vols. post Eivip., cloth boards, price 215., LA BELLE MARIE By the Author of "The Earls Cedars," "Smugglers and Foresters," &c. L. Booth, 307, Beg-ent-street, W. Editions for 1862.—N0w ready, THE SHILLING PEERAGE. HARDWICKE'S SHILLING BARONETAGE. DARDWICKE'S SHILLING KNIG[ITAG E, HARDWICKE'S SHILLING HOUSE of COMMONS. Containing the birth, accession, and marriage of each per sonage, his heir, apparent or presumptive, family name, political bias and patronage, as also a brief notice of the offices which he has hitherto held, his town address and country residences. Compiled by EDWARD WALFORD, Esq., _ London : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. Cloth, gilt edges, price ls., 11 OW to ADDRESS TITLED PE OPLE. Companion to "The Writing-desk ; or, How to Address, Begin, and End Lett ers t o Ti t l e d and Official Personages ;" together with a table of precedence, copious list of abbrevia tions, rules for punctuation, instructions in correcting for the press, and other useful information. London : Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly, THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSIIIITIPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all Is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin• ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. NNT RITE'S 1110 C-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective , nvention in the Curative treatment of HERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, 's here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may i)e had, and the russ, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir ;umference of the body, two inches below the hips, being Qent to the manufheturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. /in Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls, 16d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. VEIV PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS A- KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &0., They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lit aan ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piceadilly. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, nd Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assort ment VA SE S, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, ~e autiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand. W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate he interesting study of MINERALOGY , COY CHOLOGY, ,nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN r, at 149, Strand, W.C. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. On Spermatorrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Haemorrhoids, Gleets, Nervous Debility, Palpitation, &c., MARRIAGE Its Expectances and healthy Offs Impediments removed, and Healthy pring secured. Price is., by post ls. Id. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill ; or Author, 3, Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street, W. Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. Fost Free 12 stamps, O N the Succe ss f u l TREATME NT and CURE of SPERNATORRHCEA, by a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians. J. Smart, 10, Ave Maria-lane, Paternoster-row, London, Just published, containing 190 pages, with 100 Engravings, 9ri free by poet, 12 st a mp s, sea l ed 20 stamns q SILENT FRiPikm, ureatest Medical ora ui ins Age, or Youthful Indiscretions and eonse quell' 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 Loti , n, precluding the possibility of contamination. Address 11. and L. PERRY and Co., '9, 13 rners-street. Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, 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). AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption. I lirequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curabie, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert, Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket, London, and by all nruggists, in bottles, 134 d., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert' a ksthmatic Balsam. MEDICAL REVELATIONS. i 4, ELF-TREATMENT SIMPLIFIED, through the aid of the TEST-TUBE, URINOMETER, and MICROSCOPE, when employed for special diagnosis in all disorders of the nervous, sexual, and generative system, in cluding spermatorrhoea or seminology, loss of power, noctur nal and diurnal wastinirs, and withering of the nervous tissues, &c. By Dr. WATSON, Member of the Ecole de Medicine, Rouen, National Academy of Sciences, Paris, and Fellow of the Imperial Institute of France, &c. Presented to "Nervous Invalids," with a view of superseding medicines and expensive consultations. Sent post free on the receipt of two stamps, by Dr. Watson, 27, Alfred-place, Bedford square, London. Consultations daily from eleven till two, and six till eight, on all those ailments and infirmities peen liar to youth, manhood, and old age, and which tend to em bitter and shorten life. For distinguished qnalifications vide diplomas. GIVEN'AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, loss of 3Temory, 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 Heath ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health .nd vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob ' nervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope 9n d two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., b, Burton lrescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most .hattered 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 tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in 4tructions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by he medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst Pr. Risord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in -tructions for use, at Its., or four quantities in one for 335., nd will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout And Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. Now Ready, price is., post free 14 stamps, or In a sealed envelope 20 stamps. - Address "Medicos," 44A, Maddox street, Regent-street London, W. VIVA VITALL9,—A popular Medical Work, illustrated with 100 Engravings from Life Medical(( Cases attended at the Hotel Dieu, Paris, and other Hospitals), descriptive of the If e- Cl , l effects consequent upon the errors and excesses of yorn ;•Pc.l maturity, and the debility arising from the too freque„ ci i3uignee of the passions, with an lessay on true and Isis . pr_reatorrheca, containing a prescrip: tion of the Author's Invigorating Lotion, an external appl - cation, with directions for its use, also showing how manhood can be restored with increased muscular development, by the use Of the APHRO DISION, the great che m i ca l com bi na ti on of phosphorus, quinine, iron, and other invigorating ingre dients. A single course of thi s i nva l ua b le preparation insures hoalth, strength, and manly vigour in eve ry stage Prices, lls. per bottle, or fo u r lls. bottles in one, 335. of life. Sold only at 44A, Maddox -street, Regent-street. W. ( O PIR , - eCohfusrucrha),,!.nosn, dEonniabnydll,lLEicDelnCtratSe, o3fletmhbeerllytahle Col ns, I.din urgh, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 8 ; Sundays, till I site the side of B S o t yl i ea l ,i e ec or oo g ltl e e ; Rphysicil b o'clock. pOST-OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and ls. fid. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1 An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING , gratis. • OPINIONS OF TILE 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 'ndeavours to enforce."—li erald and Standard. Nov. 12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19 St. Martin's-le-Gran d. —Dr. Culverwell has al rea d y 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 mocern 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 one of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, which the country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, and most admirable in effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up his baths with a degree of elegance, luxury, and refinement, which, considering the space at his disposal, i s t ru l y 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 ou:soming out:of a Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct, 13, 1861. Conoultationo daily tllll2 , ) -' • ~./'-' (-,- (.:- , 2 (' 7 /7e ~<- e__ / 7.(, , . - c , .e , //‘• _/,.. CI- e V,- ,----.. -- -• 1 . °l-- N 1:-. " 17. ..•, 7,, 1 PA AVER . . . , • (----e? '... 'lr I day, Tuesday, Wednesday, and I r4 - C" 7:::t\C;Virr' te r - '' l lic ' ••,....., .• 110%4 be ls.; on Fridays, 2s. fid. ;on rui....• 4. 4 ,,,, ,_, ~.. ciul . , • At., , 4 1-"-- - , # ~ . .k ,* eg , 4., .., '*\ i v. -I. ; 4 - kkill i gk„ --, -- , .-''.\ , 4 0 .4:' , . ......, , ~..:3 ,„,,,*::. ..., ~,,,..4 . ,ki , t\.l,„ " REPRESIIMENT AND RE tl / 6 /9,144 '7 1 i.i .g. 71 4 *...-491r: ~...,. ~.„ , ~ .. 1 / 4 . 1. /1. ..-, 'I - -, , 4 14, VA t / 11 + . " Refreshments are provided acedriNto ag n a • A : •,-----,,..; cie ,14(4.2-- ~. , lel . .• , I ..„ 1 ~ , N.O , 1 llt. , , '-' 11 1Ik 4 " . . (lILN 0 yet' , S . , ' ' ' ' ~ scale of charges hung up in the rooms. e fir d s AA ifs' - ' ''' l 'ir r , .. j .4. 11,-i 2‘ • vi ;°, ! ..c, - . ,,1 !t: '..1 ...1*,. ' ..r.r:4 4 .- - ' ROIT. :N S ; (111:6 ; :.„1 1'' '''' - „1 1- L 444:)..' ' " . - clays rooms are on the north side of the building, looking into the the Horticultural Gardens. Other rooms are in tho Eastern and Western Annexes. PRICE..... • ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. " There are retiring rooms, lavatories, &c., in the north east transept and the south-east transept; adjoining Eshi bition-road, and in the northwest transept and south-west transept adjoining Prince Albert's-road. There are also two retiring rooms for ladies only, in the galleries on the south side of the building, adjoining Cromwell-road. A moderate charge is made for the use of waiting rooms. to our colonies, though not crowded, had a long train of visitors passing through them all the day. Th cotton staples exhibited in the Queensland-court were very closely inspected ; and the highly polished woods, too, exhibited in this department seemed to attract great admiration. There were not many visitors in the mcdimval department, which does not seem to be very extensively discovered as yet, imanifoldno it cannot fai l to h beauties which it contains rave some are t Li N l y o h r e e n LI, the lw y zealous Ntutienti. speakin g generally, the B r iti s h and Colonial end of the building is much nearer to completion then the fcrdgn departrnerts. Traycl g watv, .11d, is is only vim: we have crossed the line whic,th geographically cuts the building in two that we come to any very remarkable signs of un readiness. Switzerland, for instance, at the pre sent moment, is virtually unrepresentcd ; and in the Turkish department there is nothing to be seen but a long array of unopened cases and unpacked bales. France has made marvellous progress within the last three days, though the treasures which she exhibits are not yet sufficiently unfolded to allow of any judgment being passed on them as a whole. Sevres certainly shows some magnificent works, but even from the cursory view which we have as yet been able to take, the Imperial department is not to be congratulated on its departure from its recognised types. The imitations of Messrs. Minton's majolica ware are decidedly not successful. Austria and the Zollverein, though some blanks yet remain to be filled up, are ready for any amount of visitors, and the Austrian department, apparently from the signs it at present shows, will be as popular as it was in the Exhibition of 1861. The Brazilian collection appears to be very admirably arranged. The Eastern Annexe, which contains some very inte resting articles in the chemical and mineralogical departments, was not as crowded as it deserves. Mr. Rimmel's perfumed fountain has already begun to play, and Mr. Breidenbach and Messrs. Piesse and Lubin are also preparing to distil sweet odours through the air of their court after the same fashion, The fine statue of Shakspeare by Mr. Thomas has been at last unveiled, and though most unfavourably placed, it shows well, and relieves the very prosaic neighbourhood in which it finds itself. The canopy and throne erected under the western dome, have not yet been removed, and yesterday they were closely inspected by crowds of visitors who had no opportunity of approaching it on Thursday. The name of Sir Roderick Murchison was acci dentally omitted in our list of the Royal Commis sioners of 1851 who took part in the.procession of Thursday. It may perhaps also save some misap prehension if we state that the gentlemen who wore the Albanian costume on Thursday was not Mr. Drummond Woolf, the Chief Commissioner for the lonian Islands, but Mr. Spiridion Morcorou, the Assistant-Commissioner. The Juries of the International Exhibition begin their labours on the 7th inst. The Council of Chair men, which regulates the affairs of the Juries, and which forms the only court of appeal in regard to their awards, meets today (Saturday) at 12 o'clock. The following is a correct list of the Council, each nation having chairmen in proportion to the space occupied by it in the building. President—Right Hon. Lord TAUNTON. " LOST ARTICLES. " Inquiries respecting articles log or found should Le made to the police-office, in the South Central Court." DISTRESS IN - TILE CU 7ON NAN 11- FACTURING DISTRICTS". A deputation had an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., at the dike of the Poor Law Board, Whitehall, on the r•ol,jet of till? tlit'lrera which pre:'~iia in the cotton LTS4>t?Uf'.!G- Egerton ; Cobden,erton,.ll.l.l).l,l4lio'n'. Mr. C W. ElZ ' t c o t i t i : M. 1., Captain Gray, M.P., MTr. Garnett, MI.Y., Mlr r. G ll re a e d n fi a e l i l d , , 11 A 1 1 ..1 p ) 11r Sir r ri q ,. ui s o Hes keth, ct., of Mr. E. P otter, M.P., C o l . W . llartington, G wr e . n J . .L L i e n g d h s p Patten, M.P., Mr. F. Peel, M.P., Mr. C. Turner, M.P., Mr. T. A. Turner, M.P., Mr. Woods, M.P., and Mr. H. Ashworth. Col. W. PATTEN stated that the object of the de putation was to confer with the President of the Poor .law Board on the subject, which he (Col. W. Patten) had given notice to bring before the House of Commons, viz., the present state of the cotton manufacturing districts. He described the destitu tion which prevailed in Lancashire, and expressed his doubts as to the adequacy of the poor law to meet it. He referred also to the stringency of the conditions on which relief was administered. Mr. VILLIERS remarked that ,the distress varied in interest in different localities. The distress rather diminished in the third week of April as compared with the fourth week of March. He explained the provisions of the order of Dec., 1852, for regulating out-door relief. The order had reference to able bodied male persons only; the relief of other classes of poor persons being in the unfettered discretion of the guardians. With regard to able-bodied men, the order required that one-half at least of the relief should be given in food, fuel, or other articles of ab solute necessity ; that the relief should be given weekly, or oftener ; that it should not be given while the applicant was employed for wages; an d that he should be set to work so long as he con tinued to receive relief. If the guardians deemed it expedient to depart from any of these regulations they could do so, if they reported the departure to the Poor-law Board within 21 days, and the relief given in the meantime would be lawful. He re futed the allegation which was made in some_of the newspapers, that guardians required that applicants for relief should sell their furniture before they could be relieved. In reply to inquiries on the sub ject, he was assured by poor law inspectors of 27 years' experience that they were not awaro of a single instance of the kind. Mr. Villiers explained the steps taken by the board in view of the pressure which was anticipated in the manufacturing dis tricts ; the arrangements which the boards of guardians made for dealing with it, the ample power which they possessed; and suggested the desirableness of leaving the matter at present in the hands of the guardians, who were performing their duties very efficiently. Mr. Potter, General Lindsay, Mr. Aspinall Tur ner, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Hornby, Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Cornwall Legh, and other-members took part in the conference. Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgy, and Mineral Products— Sir Roderick Murchison, G.C. St. S., F.R.S., F.G.S. Chymical Substances and Products, and Pharmaceutical Processes—M. Ballard. Member of Institute, France. Substances used for Food—M. Boussingault, Member of Institute, France. Animal and Vegetable Substances used in Manufactures —M. Chevalier de Schwarz, Royal Commissioner for Austria. Railway Plant, including Locomotive Engines and Car- Carriages not connected with Rail or Tram-road—Gene ral Morin, Director of the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, France. Manufacturing Machines and Tools--Mr. W. Fairbairn, F.R.S. Machinery in General—M. Michel Chevalier, Senator, and Member of the Institute, France. Agricultural and Horticultural Machines and Imple ments—Marquis de Perales, President of the Cattle Club, Spain. Civil engineering, Architectural and building Contriv ances—the Marquis of Salisbury, E.G. Military Engineering, Armour and Accoutrements, Ord. name and Small-arms—General Sir J. Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.B. Naval Architecture, Shigs' Tackle—Mr. Robert Napier, shipbuilder, Glasgow. Philosophical Instruments, and processess depending upon their use—Professor Dove, Berlin. Photographic Apparatus and Photography—Baron Gros, Senator, France. Horological Instruments—Viscount de Villa Major, Por tugal. Musical Instruments—Sir G. Clerk, Bart., F.R.S., Pre sident of the Royal Academy of Music. Surgical Instruments and Appliances—Professor Syme ; F.R.S.E. Cotton—Mr. T. Bazley, M.P. Carpets—His Excellency M. van de Weyer, Belgium. Woven, Spun, Felted, and Laid Fabrics, when shown as specimens of printing or dyeing—Professor Bollet, Switzer land. Tapestry, Lace, and Embroidery—M. Fred. Fortamps, Member of Senate, Belgium. Skins, Furs, Feathers, and Hair—M. Gabl. Kamensky, Commissioner for Russia. Leather, including Saddlery and Harness—Earl of Bess borough, Master of the Buckhonnds. Articles of Clothing—M. Joseph Gunkel, manufacturer, Vienna. Paper, Stationery, Printing, and Bookbinding—Earl Stanhope, F.R.S. Educational Works and Appliances—Marquis Gustavo Benso di Cavour, Member of Italian Parliament, Italy. Furniture and Upholstery, including Paperhangings and Papier-mache—Dr. Beeg, Principal of the Industrial School at Furth, Zollverein. Iron and General Hardware—Dr. von &dads, Director of the Royal Central Board of Industry, Stutatgallic t. Steel, Cutlery, and Edge Tools—Lord Wbrn ffe. Woiks in Precious Metals a nd their Imitations, and Jewelry—Lord Stratford de Radcliffe, G.C.8., late Ambas. sador in Turkey. Glass—M. Pelouze, Master of the Mint, Paris, and Mem ber of the Institute, France. Pottery—Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, I‘LP, Dressing Cases, Despatch Boxes, and Travelling Cases— Sir Thomas Phillips, F.G.S., Chairman of the Council of Society of Arts. The following regulations have been issued with regard to the admission of visitors : The Exhibition will open at 10 in the morning (except on Saturdays, when it will open at 12), and will close at 7 in the evening in May, June, and July, and half an hour before sunset after that date. Bells will be rung a quarter o f an hour before closing. i 4 The Royal Horticultural Society having arranged a new entrance to their gardens from Kensington-road, the Commissioners have agreed to establish entrances to the Exhibition from the gardens, and to issue a joint ticket, giving the owner the privilege of admission both to the gardens and to tho Exhibition on all occasions when they are open to visitors, including the flower shows and fetes held in the gardens up to the 18th of October. "There are two principal entrances for visitors—one in Prince Albert's-road, two in Exhibition-road, and Zfour secondary entrances. Three of these are from the Horti cultural Gardens, for the owners of the joint tickets, Fel lows of the Society, and other visitors to the gardens, and one in Cromwell- road fir the picture galleries. There are several exit doors. "Admittance to the Exhibition will be given only to the owners of season tickets, and to visitors paying at the doors. " SEASON TICKETS. " There are two classes of season tickets—the first, price £3 35., entitles tho owner to admission to the Exhibition at all times when the building is open to the public; the second, price £5 55., confers the same privileges of admis sion to the Exhibition, and further entitles the owner to admission to the gardens of the Royal Horticultural So ciety at South Kensington and Chiswick (including dower shows and fetes at these gardens) during the continuance of the Exhibition, " PRICES OF ADMISSION. " On the lat of May admission is restricted to the owners of season tickets. " On the 2d and 3d of May the price of admission is £1 for each person ; and the Commission ers reserve to the m . selves the power of appointing th ree other days when th e same charge will be made. " From the sth to the 17th May, 58. " From the 19th to the 31st of May, 2e. 6d. except on the Saturday in each week, when the charge will be ss. "After the 31st of Nay, the price of admission on Mon- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1862, STAMPS AT ONE FENNY FOR DRAFTS, RECEIPTS, DELIVERY ORDERS, &C. &C. THE BOARD OF INLAND REVENUE give notice, that an impressed Stamp of One Penny, and an Adhesive Stamp of One Penny, have been provided for the purpose of being used indiscriminately for Drafts or Re ceipts, or for any other of the documents specified below, and that hereafter supplies of these rtamps will be issued for such documents to the distributors and others engaged in the sale of stamps. Nevertheless the stamps now iu hand which are appropria' ed by the words "Receipt," "Drift on Demand," " Draft or Receipt," will still be good for use, and will con tinue to be sold so long as the present stocks last. THOMAS SARGENT, Secretary. Inland Revenue, Somerset llow,e, 9th April, 1882. 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The Reading and Reading Union Gas Companies Bill was read a third time and passed. NOXIOUS VAPOURS. The Earl of DERBY gave notice that on Friday next he should move for filo ermeintin c ,,t of a into the subject of noxious vapour arising from manufacture of certain articles and the laws relating thereto. the select eommittee,appointed during the last session, to inquire into the claims of the Baron do Bode. Mr, DENMAN replied that he did not intend to do so. THE EDUCATION CODE. In reply to Sir J. PAKINGTON, Lord PALMERSTON stated that he was afraid the Go vernment could not give up another Government day for the discussion of that subject. If, therefore, it did not come on on Monday, they could not give up another Government night. They wished to let it stand as now arranged, namely, that it stand for Monday, and if it did not come on then, he could at present make no arrangement about it. SOLDIERS' INSTITUTES. On the order of the day being read fur going into com • mittee of supply, Mr. W. EWART called the attention of the house to Captain Jackson's reports on the importance of establish ing so!diers' institutes at Aldershot and Portsmouth, and inquired whether an early opportunity would be taken of carrying his recommendations into effect ? TROOPS IN CHINA. Colonel DUNNE asked whether. there were any troops in China not included in the estimates or estimated for; and whether, if there were any troops in China, those troops received the Indian pay and allowances. Sir G. C. LEWIS, in reply to the latter question, stated that from the last return from China there were 1,560 native troops, and that it was intended to keep a native forca there and allow them Indian pay. In reply to the former, ho said that it was intended to adopt Captain Jack son's recommendations, but there was some difficulty in procuring a suitable building for the purpose. THE FORTS IN PT.VATOTTTH SOUND. Mr. BE NTINCK put a question to the Secretary of State for War and to the Secretary to the Admiralty on the subject of the new forts ordered to be constructed in Plymouth Sound. He had received information from Plymouth, to the effect that an island was to be made in the best part of Plymouth Sound, and that upon it a fort was to be constructed. It was well known that Plymouth Sound was surrounded by heights crowned with batteries ; and being well and properly pro tected, there was no use whatever for the proposed erection. He wanted, therefore, to know on what possible ground it was proposed to erect this fort by forming this island when they had within pistol-shot of it a break water, upon which it could be constructed at very little ex pense. Besides this, as the fort, if constructed, would be most destructive to the anchorage in Plymouth Sound, he wanted to know from the Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention had been called to the circumstance ? Sir G. C. LEWIS replied that, on considering the matter, it was found that the proposed fort should be erected, not on the Breakwater, but onthe sea not far removed from it, where there was a good foundation. lie regretted that the ques tion had not been put when the Spithead forts were under discussion, but he would now undertake to lay the matter before the Defence Commission which had been ap pointed, while at the same time he would not take upon him to stop the works now going on. DISTRESS IN IRELAND. Mr. MAGUIRE called the attention of the house to the fact that several deaths from starvation had recently occurred in Ireland, and asked whether the Govern ment had received official information of such cases having occurred; and, if so, whether they had taken or were about to take any steps in consequence ; and also whether they had any objection to lay upon the table all the reports, communications, and correspondence in reference to such cases. The honourable gentle man read authenticated details of individual cases of desti tution and deaths by exhaustion and starvation, showing, he observed, that there was wide-spread misery in the country, and it was the duty of the Government not to per sist in denying its existence, but to take measures to re. lieve it. Mr. P. DAWSON, speaking from personal experience, was Ire a l n and at all events. H e b e li eve d Y extraordinary amount of dis tress, denied i n t that the therenorth of that much exaggeration had been resorted to in reference to this subject, with a view to damaging the Government in the sister country. He condemned the system of public grants, and said that the evil effects of those which were made during the famine period had not even yet disap peared. Col. DICKSON observed that the administration of the grants during the Irish famine was characterised by waste and extravagance, but that was no reason why a better system of relief should not be introduced. After some remarks from Mr. BLAKE, Sir R. PEEL expressed his readiness to produce the of cieaili by destitution occur :frig in Ireland had not escaped the notice of the Government; for it was the duty of the constabulary to report every such death, and an inquiry was then ordered by the Poor-law Commissioners, the re sult of which was communicated to the Government. The right hon. gentleman then narrated the facts of the parti cular cases alluded to by Mr. Maguire, from which he con cluded, whilst not denying the existence of much suffering and distress in Ireland, that there was no justification for alleging that deaths had occurred consequent upon neglect and disregard on the part of the Executive. He also pointed out that in some instances Irish juries had re turned verdicts which were opposed to evidence and com mon sense; and laid some stress upon the circum stance that during the last six months the price of food in Ireland had been considerably less than in the corresponding period of 1861. Unfortunately it was the practice in Ireland to calumniate the work houses and the administration of the poor law, and he as sorted that many lives had been lost through destitution, in consequence of persons declining to receive in-door relief. The pressure which had been felt was exceptional, and the Government had done their duty in the emergency. Major O'REILLY contended that great and severe dis tress existed in various parts of Ireland, and that it was the duty of the Government to introduce an amendment of the poor law, with the view of making it more consonant with the wants and feelings of the people. The discussion was continued by Mr. GREGORY, Sir G. BOWYER, and other members. Sir H. BRUCE said he did not think that distress pre vailed to any unusual extent, and suggested that the isolated cases brought forward might have been more pro perly investigated and considered in the several districts in which they had occurred. Sir G. GREY believed that a certain amount of distress did exist,but so it did also in the west of Scotland, although no complaints had reached the house on the subject. He did not consider, however, that it was so pressing as to call for any extraordinary measures on the part of the Legisla ture or the Government, or that it might not be met by local effort. The question was then dropped. ECCLESIASTICAL DELAPIDATIONS BILL. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY moved the second reading of this bill, on the understanding that it should be referred to a select committee, Lord ST. LEONARDS objected to the bill in certain parts, especially that of appointing a staff of surveyors all over the kingdom, who would not be slow to find out dila pidation for their own sakes. He thought that the cost of dilapidation arising from fire, flood, and tempest ought to be spread over a number of years, and not placed upon the shoulders of the occupying clergy man. The Bishop of LONDON agreed that the bill ought to be referred to a select committee. It was one that had engaged the attention of the ecclesiastical bench for a long time, but there was no wish to press forward the bill without it met with the approval of the great body of the clergy. With respect to the observations of the noble and learned lord about the increase of the number of surveyors, the present bill limited the number of such officers, At present there were two surveyors, but the measure before their lordships laid down that there should be only one to each archdeaconry of diocese. The bill would provide for a great uncertainty in law as it at present existed ; and he therefore hoped their lordships would read the bill a second time. Lord PORTMAN suggested that the bill should be re ferred to a select committee before their lordships affirmed its principal by reading it a second time. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that legislation was most ne3essary ; and he saw no objection to the principle of the bill. After some remarks from the Bishops of Lincoln and Oxford and Viscount Dungannon, the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a select com mittee. The second reading of the Register of Voters Bill was postponed till Monday week; and the Exchequer Bonds (X 1,000,000) Bill was read a second time, and their lord ships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and passed : The Midland Railway ; Hull South Bridge ; Midland Rail way (Rowsley and Buxton Extension) ; Rickmansworth, Amersham, and Chesham Railway; Spalding and Bourn Railway; and "Uxbridge and Rickmansworth Railway. The following bills were considered, and ordered to be read a third time :—Scottish Northern Junction Railway, and East Gloucestershire Railway, PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by Mr. WHITE from various Dissenting congregations, praying for the prevention of the sale of intoxicating drink during the whole of Sunday; by Sir JAMES DUKE, from the city of London, against the present mode of levying the Income-tax ; by Col. VERNON, from the county of Down, in favour of the Fairs and Mar kets (Ireland) Bill ; by Mr. NEWDEGATE, from Lincoln shire, praying that incomes under £lOO be exempted from income tax ; by Mr. PEASE, from Hartlepool, in favour of the Shipping Act Amendment Bill. HIGHWAYS BILL. Mr. SLANEY asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he would introduce a clause in the High ways Bill to enforce the repairs of footpaths being high ways across fields and elsewhere near great towns. Sir G. GREY replied that a clause might be introduced into the bill while in committee to that effect. ABD-EL-KADEB, AND THETURKISH. GOVERN• MENT. Mr. GRIFFITH asked the trader Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether information had been`rec,eived that the Turkish Government was requiring from Abd-el- Kader the dismissal of his Algerine guards, who wore the means, under his command and direction, of saving great numbers of Christian lives during the late massacres at Damascus. And whether the British Government, who are parties to the transactions in Syria, approved of such a return being made to him for such services. Mr. LAYARD replied that no such information had been received by the Government. REPORT OF THE DEFENCE COMMISSION. Sir M. PETO asked the Secretary of State for War if he would give the opportunity of considering the report of the Defence C ommission and the evidence on which it was founded by allowing the interval of a week to elapse !between its being in the hands of members and its discussion ? Sir G. C. LEWIS said there was no wish to deprive the house from discussing the question. It would be neces sary for him to introduce a bill respecting the matter, and on that being done a full discussion could take place. THE VOLUNTEER FORCE. Lord ELM asked the Secretary of State for War when the Royal Commission would be issued which was to inquire into the position and prospects of the Volunteer Fel ce Sir G. C. LEWIS replied that the names of the Com missioners had been laid before her Majesty, and the Com mission would be issued as soon as possible. Mr. LOWE asked the hon. member for Tiverton, whe ther it was his intention to moye for the re-appointment of CHINESE REBELS. In reply to Colonel SYKES, Mr. L &YARD stated that the executions which had followed the recent conflict with the Chinese rebels were confined to pirates and marauders, and that the military arrangements entered into at Shanghae with the Imperial authorities were of purely a defensive character. SUPPLY. The house then went into committee of supply proforma and immediately resumed. On the motion for going into committee on the Merchant Shipping Acts Amendment Bill, Mr. BENTINCK took occasion to make several sug gestions bearing upon the subjects of pilotage,lighting, and buoying, with a view to render the measure more satisfac tory to the shipping interest. After some observations from Mr. MILNES, tho debate was adjourned until Monday. The Lords' amendments to the Pier and Harbour Act Amendment Bill were agreed to. The Burials Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a Fclect committee. The Education of Pauper Children Bill was also read a second tine, on the motion of Sir S. NORTHCOTE, and was subsequently referred to the select committee now sitting cu the operation of the poor law. Sir W. HEATHCOTE obtained leave to introduce a bill to extend the power of making statutes, and to make further provision for the administration of justice in the Court of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The house then adjourned. A medieval key has just been dug up on the site of the once famous priory of St. Denys, cloSe to the Portswood Station of the South-Western Railway. It is a bronze key, about two inches long, the stem is solid, and tapers towards the end, the wards forming a letter H. The inner periphery of the handle ring projects near the stem, which is characteristic of ancient keys. This koy no doubt belonged to a small box or secretaire. It is covered with a thin coat of verdigris, which has prevented corrosion. The door keys found among the ruins of St. Denys, being of iron, arc much corroded with dust. Mr. Skelton, the archi tect, who has purchased the ruins, carefully preserves the relics. A few rusty keys, some fragments of mosaic pave ment, and a few mutilated stone coffins, are almost all that is left of the splendid priory. The coffins some years ag,o were cleared of the bones and skulls of priors and monks, and used as hogs' troughs by a neighbouring farmer. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Diseases and casualties incident to youth may be safely , treated by the use of these excellent medicaments, accord ing to the printed directions folded round each pot and box. Nor is this ointment alone applicable to external ailments; it, conjointly with the pills, exercises the most salutary influence in checking inflammations situated in the interior of the body. When rubbed upon the back and chest it gives the most sensible relief in asthma, bronchitis, pleurisy, and threatening consumption. Holloway's re medies are especially serviceable in liver and stomach com plaints. For the cure of bad legs, all sorts of wounds, sores, and likewise scrofula and scorbutic affections, this ointment produces a cooling and soothing feeling most acceptable to the sufferer. THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. The Exhibition was the sole great object of attrac tion yesterday. Of course the attendance was not equal to that at the great opening ceremony, which will be so long remembered with pleasure by all who were fortunate enough to witness it, but still the number of visitors was very large. Every part of the ground-floor and annexes was tolerably well filled, and throughout the day there were probably not less than from 15,000 to 18,000 season-ticket visitors who entered tne building. This, considering the number of season tickets sold, is just about the attendance that might have been an ticipated ; btt what was not so confidently expected was, that there was a fair proportion of visitors yesterday who paid their sovereign for entrance at the doors. In our account of the opening ceremony we rather under-estimated the number of visitors in the build ing on that occasion. The returns given from the entrances show that the admissions on that day amounted to upwards of 32,000 visitors; and when it is remembered that there were probably 1,500 or 2,000 favoured persons in the building before it was opened to the public, that there were upwards of 2,000 persons in the orchestra, and a very large staff of officials, police, &c., it is calculated that the total number in the interior on Thursday was not much short of 37,000 in all. Under any circumstances this would have been a very large number to ac commodate, but to do so in such a way as to give entire satisfaction to everybody was more difficult still. Yet on Thursday this appears to have been done, Of course, among such a number there must be some who have their individual grievances and complaints, but these have not yet come to light, though, on the other hand, praises and congratula tions on the perfection of the arrangements have come in from all sides. The police—high authori ties on these matters—state that they never had a great public ceremonial which gave them less trouble or went more smoothly from first to last. It was emphatically a great success, and, as being on the greatest scale which has yet been attempted in this country, we may reasonably be proud of it. Not withstanding this very great number and the im mense concourse of carriages, the building was empty before dusk, and with nightfall labour again commenced in the interior, under the superintend ence of such few members of the Staff as had had a night's rest this week. That there was a great deal to do, and that a great deal was done, could be seen at a glance when the building opened at 12 o'clock yesterday. The magnificent orchestra was almost completely down, and the last of its massive timbers were to be carried out last night. The rapidity with which this huge fabric has been removed seems almost magical. When it was built Kelk and Lucas undertook to have it down again within three days, but in this, as in many other more important matters, they have never hesitated to depart from the mere letter of their contract when the interests of the Exhibition could be advanced by its infraction, even though at their own cost. In addition to this work all the temporary barriers had been removed, the seats arranged and distributed (there are seats for 30,000, so that this distribution was in itself a heavy labour), and the building was thrown open and clear from end to end. Visitors were admitted at the time we have stated, and from that hour till past 4 they continued to pour in rapidly. As might be expected, the picture galleries were the chief objects of attraction. These were crowded, the English gallery especially so, The visitors preferred this gallery, partly because it was finished and clean, and the cocoanut matting which is laid along it at least diminishes the dust. In the foreign gallery, on the contrary, the pictures are not all hung, _ rently not swept; and such a dust is caused by the presence of even a few visitors as effectually deters many from entering, and all from remain ing long. If not for the sake of the public, at least to preserve the pictures, this nuisance should be abolished at once. Except in these galleries there was no particular crowd anywhere. Visitors went where they listed, and found something to admire at all points. Yesterday the Koh-i-Noor made its appearance for the first time. It attracted round it almost the same crowd of visitors that used to throng about the case on shilling days in '5l. But the Koh-i-Noor will not be alone in its glory this time, for a great rival, exhibited by M. Cos ter, and said to be worth a million sterling, has come in from Amsterdam, and also made its appear ance yesterday. This is " the Star of the South," a single brilliant of immense size, and weighing no less than 125 carats. It is set in the centre of a magnificent star of brilliants, each of which, though large and valuable, is a mere foil to the glittering centre stone. Its colour, however, is by no means so good as that of the famous eastern war prize. - - Around the stand on which " the Star of the South" is shown is a most interesting connection of dia• monde from various mines, in every stage of pro gress, from the rough stone to the finished brilliant, and a brief printed description at the foot of each makes the whole method of cutting and polishing as clear as if the process, now only practised at Amsterdam, took place before the eyes of the visi tor. But the whole Exhibition is most unusually _ _ _ rich in precious stones. Emanuel shows an enor mous emerald set in diamonds, a noble cross cut from a solid topaz, mounted in gold and enamel with other costly jewelry. But the great blaze of gems comes from Hancock's case,where the Devonshire emerald :the largest in the world), and the Devonshire jewels, said to be the rarest and most artistio col- Lection of antique gems in the world, are shown amid a perfect crowd of pearls, opals, rubies, bril liants, and topazes. In this case are jewels to the value of £300,000 sterling, and, as a matter of course, it is thronged round about with ladies all day. Close by this fine show Hunt and Roskell con- tribute a collection of silver trophies which rival everything in the building for perfection of work manship, and quite eclipse the less artistic display of the same kind by Garrard. The Roman Court, filled with its exquisite statues and mosaics, was crowded to inconvenience yesterday. Storey's two great works, the Sybil and Cleopatra, are exciting _ _ _ _ _ a sensation infinitely greater and infinitely better deserved than that so suddenly awarded in '5l to Power's nude figure. In the Glass Court some wonderfully fine specimens of household glass ware are shown by Pellat. Cups, tumblers, and jugs of the most beautiful forms, and covered with a perfect embroidery of exquisite engraved designs, are exhibited. Some of these articles deserve the very highest praise, and there really is nothing in the building, English or foreign, which can com pete with them. But the great ornaments of this Court—the colossal chandelier and candelabrum exhibited by Defrics and Sons — are still unfinished. The former is being slowly built downwards from its massive frame in huge prisms and lustres three feet long; but the candelabrum, which is to be 20 feet high and for 160 lights, has hardly been com menced. These when finished will be the gems of glass work in the court, and perhaps exce pt ing Oslur's great crystal f ountain for '5l are the largest s t ruc t u res, if we m ay so call them, that h ave ever been executed in glass in this country. Beneath the chandelier is one of the lofty concave prismatic mirrors, 10 of which were manufactured by Defries for the alcoves in the drawing room of the Sultan's summer palace on the Bosphor us . Th ey are ex ceedingly richin effect, but r a th er t oo g litt er i ng t o please a nywhere but in the E as t. Am ong o th er objects of interest the Armstrong guns almost rivalled the Koo_i-Noor in the crowds they brought about them. An attendant from Woolwich was with them to open and shut the breech and explain that most simple of all processes, how to load and fire them. These guns, and the Naval and Military Court generally, attract immense amount of atten tion, though not more than the objects in them really merit. On the north side, the courts which are allotted STATE OF TRADE. MAN CIIESTER, May 2.--The yarn-market, as well as the cloth-market, is very quiet. In fact, little L op - t' TS h.9. 7 ar-dillf7( speculative: American affairs. Such a mum?, it is said, the English Government is too wise to contemplate, while it is one which the French would not dare to attempt single-handed. The report, therefore, is not seriously credited, butt it is sufficient to create r, great uneasiness and stop business. Neither spin• ners nor manufacturers are willing to make the slightest concession in prices, even to Effect sales but it will be seen in how sernitive a state our market is, at the present high prices, when reports resting on so slight a founpation as the present one can so seriously derange it. Everybody treats the matter as one that will speedily "blow over," but sellers of cloth report that there has been little or no inquiry, much less any actual business, and that the market has been unusually flat throughout the day. Shirtings continue very firm, owing to the better advices lately to hand from India, and '- cloths and domestics are firmer, through reduction. Long-cloths are reported to be low in stock, but the demand of late has been small. Of yarns and cloths from Indian cotton the market is now i n good supply, and, though a large quantity of these goods is of excellent quality, it is said that some of the cloth from the low staples is of a very inferior de scription, and sells with difficulty. The Cotton Supply Association have received some recent samples of cotton grown in India of very superior quality. The largest of these samples is a staple grown in the neighbour hood of Madras, and valued at 13el. to 131 d. per lb. It is from American seed, and is equal to any cotton of the kind from Ame rica. It is to be given out to spinners to be made into 70's yarn. Another sample is of cotton grown at Mutlah, in India, from Egyptian seed, worth 141 d. to 15d. ; and a third kind grown at Dargree ling, from Egyptian, is valued at 15d. per lb. "If cotton such as this," say spinners," could be supplied in quantity, we should no longer be dependent upon America to keep our spindles going." Messrs. Du Fay and Co., in their review of trade during the past month, say—" Tho distress which came upon us months ago is only felt now in all its seve rity, for many of our wealthy manufacturers, who have partially worked their mills, not on their own account, but on account of the working classes, can not go on any longer,:the losses being excessive, and the produce unsatisfactory, as really good cotton. becomes scarcer every day. What is to be done if the war in America should continue much longer no one knows. Such a state of things is unparalleled, and experience is unavailable as regards remedy. Everything has been done to encourage the growth of cotton in other countries, but this is at best a work of years. Self-help is, indeed, put to the test in Lancashire, and we hope outward help will come soon. It is nearly nine months since some of the markets abroad have been supplied with goods, yet no urgent wants make themselves felt. Stocks must, however, be greatly diminished by this time, and before long demand will revive, even at the present enhanced rate of prim:. From the nearer markets, indeed, small orders have latterly been transmitted to this country both for yarns and goods. The poll tical disturbances in the South A m erican States are continuing to act unfavourably on our market by checking imports altogether." TERRBILE SUICIDE BY BLOWING OFF 'III i SKULL—Yesterday morning information w as f orwarded to , - Mr. Humphreys,the Middlesex coroner, of the d ea th o f James Lye, a cabinetmak7, residing at No. 4 Devon hilt:- terrace, P op la r , who committed suicide und er eh cuinstanccs o f extraordinary de t ermination by blowi ng of f nearly his w h o l e head after an ineffectual attempt to shoot himself t h rou gh the body. It appears that the deceased not bein ,, heard to make any noise in his room, and not coming down stairs as was usual early in the morning, the other occu pants of the house became alarmed, and upon finding that his door wa s f as t ened on the inside they forced In entrance. A shocking spectacle then presented itself. The deceased was found lying on the bed with the whole roof of the skull and the greater portion of the face blown away, the brains and flesh being splashed on the wall, and the bedclothes saturated with blood. A doctor was immediately sent for, and it was founkthat the unfortunate man had fired a shot at his breast, thi rthe bullet had not entered, and it is pre sumed that he then loaded a large pistol. which was found on the bed, with 'powder to the muzzle, and p lacin g it in his mouth, shattered his head to atoms. A powder-fla s k was found on the mantle-shelf. The unfortunate man had been latterly in reduced circumstances, owing to want of employment, ',~. 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