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0- tb,.at iroue h 21. , resici iangero Allea rder. isoner; ,tabbed vc occa' ,ing ta ounde a enough abbet' tab " e a ' 1 ea l l aer aad a "J . [le • f and D I fe lt brothe l brothe r fter the re - r oadt i ;o ucheu e polic e ustodi' th ? bed ale L Alleo ,in 0' bbed prour 9 , eh a bee') iat the Llbaa able to lefil of r. Lsone',. risollt? 015 be be 0 Y° ll/4 bef°_, re istrew! ;knoll with t llent i e ve A . who , [ s i n ce , f , gr. ruaaid, 0 she I. lealc e bola r sport 'done. pricc• is 406 I s 44 6 ; s 40 6 I s 42 again• Inferior uctiou• rs 41 0 Is 4t° Ls 4i o is 400 i s 41 0 5 8 1° r s 4 30 rs 4 ? 3'° lir sal ° l y at a LOP°. ELF .GRAPII TO INDIA COMPANY (LIMITED). NOTT CE IS lIERETiY G:IVEN, that Me LINE of TELE GRA Pi .1 to INDIA, CII INA., and AUSTRALIA is now open as far its . fubal-Island, in fp e Red Sea, and that Messages can be trF.nsrnitted from or to liny telegraph ",itation in the United liing'tiom. • _.„, 12. z . - By on 4er of the .7Loarcl, C. L. PEEL, Secretary. ' 62, Moc,rgate - street, Ks 3., Maroh 22, 1862. IN.T.B.—dliessages despat , fed from London up to the evening of the 25th inst. will at Juba]. r , rQb P 4bly ov er t a k e the Bombay Mail - .....______ • MPERIAL OT rised by Firma, .c OMAN LOAN, 1862 (autho iof I 1.1. M. the Sult an ), for £5., a 440,000 sterling. ; t o b e i SEU,I 438 per cent. s in Bonds amount i ng to £8.0.,,,000,t The Bonds to bev from .D'interest at 6 per cent, the Ist of .3 anuary„ 7862, payable '.utlf-yearly in London. of per annum The Loan to be redeemed ill .):31 years by a sinking. fund _ 2 per ci:nt. per ai intim, cornyne , ig i ng the Ist of July, 1863, the Bondado be dray to by lot h 4;`, - -yearly, and paid of a 100. A Special Cor to has been appointed by her Bri tannic Masy' 8 Coven-Anent, at the request of 11.1. M. the Sultan, toas t i At i n the due application of the proceeds of the Loan to the c' At of the Floating Debt and extinc tion of the clf2preciat, Agrents—tlie Ottr Al - Paper Money. Co. ~..t ..: an Bank, and M essrs. C. Devaux and 1. This Loan is ,dieoured on the general re, and future, of tme Empire ; b u t the venuesrevenues derived present from tobacco and sa l ,4, amr.the duty on stamps and licences have been FirkeiallY nssig,ned forthe due payment Of the interest and stnking .nnd. In accordance with Pile Treaty made with the Allicd T . , owors in P,,il, tobacco a.nd 'salt have become a monopoly ' J-I the Government • her .ce the imp os t on these articles, W hich in 1861 amounted to 4;379,043, will, according' to the Bridget for the present yeas roduce £1,384,707. The ' ollowir4z is the estimated retu- II for l the financial year now . 7 iyime not i s of the variv,us ve. hypothecated . Tobacco ..... ~,. .. tines . £738 395 ........ , , vitt. Salt ........... ..; ...... ...... 646,312 1. 11. Stamps . • s . .. . 207,650- Licence s .: ........ ...... .... ...... 202,863 I £1,885,220 To Tier B an rit air Al:tal charge for the Loan of £610,000. 11.1. M. the , Aklnio M a j esty ' s Government, at the request of Commissi; .. ,-I tltan, have appointed Lord Hobart (one of the financial oners recently engaged i n the investigation of the lic2-- 4.,„ position of the T ur ki s h Empire) to assist in the ap ple Aof the proceeds of the L oan t o the consolidation of tile ' l ° ', tin; debt and extinction of the depreciated paper curre "Icy. According to the official report of the Grand ViZ'„r to 11.1. M. the Sulta:.,, a most important annual saving ~wl'l be effected by these Theasure,s in the expenditure of the -r, Anpire. The pres ant ( .:ittltan, since hie accession, has shown 'tfrie utmost vigour in the promotion of all practical reforms, :and has from his °Ayr., economies contributed to the wants of the public service., The course he has pursued in making the above request g'N'es an additional guarantee of his determi- nation to carr out the measures necessary for the reorg,a nisation carrye finance of the P,mpire. A copy of 'Aar' Russell's letter, signifying the appointment of Lord Ifemart, is by his authority annexed. 3. The riudget just publi shed for the year 1862 shove r a sury,us (if income over e x t penditure of £BBO,OOO, after full pro vis) on for all the liabilitjes of the Empire, including the inte ref.it on the present loaf,. The total foreign a -. efit of Turkey, up to the present time, is - tinder Iti- millions s',eru ng _--. 4. For the probe. stipulated by the Jtirm of the subscribers to this Loan it is ' 00 "nvention that a permanent Commission shall be appointed at Con •tantinople, consisting of six mem bers, three of w' A r imsincluding the Minister of Finance) are to be named by . the urkish Government, and three by the agents wit' of th , , Loan. This Commissi on w ill b e specially charge the regula i.`r the receipt of the hypothecated revenues, and requisites transmission to the Bank of England of the 5. T" , , e wads for the half-y ear l y i nterest and sinking fund. terms of issue are as f o ll ows : 1 5 F ,e,,. cent on applicatio n . l s ~ o n allotment. i 15th May, 1862. 4 C ) ~ let July, 18e2, less £3 per cent., being half year's interest on the nominal amount of the bond. Ist September, 1862. Ist November, 1862. Ist Jamul ry,1863, less £3 percent., being half year's 'interest on the nominal amount of' the bowl 10 ,',' 8 ~ 68 Subscribers have tb.e. option of he instalments in advance, and will annum on such pr.c_paym - tbe allowed a discount of 6 per cent. per ents ; but in default of due payment of the liable to respfrj rteective.; instalments, all previo us paymen t s Will be p. ure. 6. After e .llotment, scrip certificates will be issued to " bear e beare,,.." These certificates will b e exchanged for bonds to " of £lOO, £5OO, and £l.OOO each, after payment of the final instalment Coupons Will be attached to the bonds, pay able in January and July, at Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and pa .. a , bankers of the Ottoman Bank. 7. The drawin. , ;-s by lot for redemption will take place every - half-year, in the months ofllay and November, at the Otto man Bank in London, In 'presence of the Ambassador, the agenfs of the loan, and a notary public. The bonds so drawn will be paid at par with the half-yearly dividend. The first drawing will take place. in May, 1563. 8. Certified Copi es ‘,A the firma.n and conventions are de posited at the Bank of 'England in the names of the Turkish Ambassador and 'the agents of the loan. Copies of those do cum r2 nts can b inspected at the office of Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, and Drake, 46, Parliament -street, Westminster. Applicationr3 for allotment to be addressed to the agents of the roan, viz.,, the Ottoman Bark, and Messrs. C. Devaux and CO. Forms application may be obtained at the Ottoman Bank, 26, Old 'dread -street; Mewirs. C. Devaux and Co., 62, King illiarn-street ; and of the. brokers, Messrs. J. Hutchinson and S,on, Angel-court, T. Irfogmorton-street ; and Mr. George E. Seymour, 38, Throg morton-street. In the event of no 'Alotment being made thedeposit will be Mainodiately return e l l For the Cou'it of Directors of the Ottoman Bank. (Signed) IL A. BRUCE. C. DEVAUX and CO . London, Mar ch 24, 1862. -office, March 15, 1862. Sir , —Wh'af . l had the honour of receiving you and Mr. G. G. Glyn at th e Foreign-office a week ago, 1 informed you that if the Suit va's Commissioners or Agents in this country should be `.irtecessful in obtaining a loan, her Majesty's Go- Vernment, anxious for the well-being and prosperity of Tur key, weld d be ready to Bend one or two gentlemen in whom they M . A. confidence to assist the Sultan's Ministers in the due application of the proceeds of the loan to the extinction of the 'paper money and the funding of the debt. I stated, that her Majesty's Government would floating take an inte rest , n this operation from their feelings of friendship towards Tur'ir.y. 1 said the contractors of the loan ',night see in such a mission a 4 . , urther s curify against the misapplication Ulan, and th e loss of ca - edit which would ensue. of the present I am happy to inf orm you that Lord Hobart has consented to proceed to Cons ' , antinople for six months for the purpose I have indicated. I am, sir, your most obedient humble servant. (Signed) RUSSELL. M. A. Bruce, t s q., M. p. Imperial Ottoman Loan. To be for W Form of Application. a rded to the Agents, after payment of the preli minary deposit to the Bankers. To theGenteine Agent of the Imperial_ Ottoman Loan. the sum _ ,n, - Ifavinr, paid t , essrs.m Glyn, Mills, and Co. s,--_ 11 0 ,1 .- e - ----, I hereby request that you will allot me b e to aeco be all of the Imperial Ottoman Loan, and I hereby pt such Bonds, or any smaller amount that may on the sheLo irle, and to pay the further sum of £l5 percent. , „.. when allotted. -4 -u gentlemen, yoEir obedient servant, SignatureNo „• • Address in full ---. ___------- Date— ------_____________ 1 1 °. be ' __SOLD, by AUCTION, by Order of ligo, on BterwizieNaoet k S noOn. allrOtiCheDAY, the 21st dasr o f . " A o_ p n i i i T '.ll43 WILL and IN yER E A a GOOD- T in the Lease of the Hotel in Sligo Down as the THE IMPERIAL HOTEL, With the household furniture, house and table linen, horses, velii cies, and appointments. And to be SOLD, by AUCTION, at Enniskillen, on TUES DAY. the 22d of April, 1862, at 12 o'clock noon, all the GOOD WILL and INTEREST in the Houses and Premises known RS TIIE IMPERIAL HOTEL, at Enniskillen, in the county of Fertnanagh, with the house hold furniture, house and table linen, horses, vehicles, and appointments, and also the debts due to said establishment. And also Two Policies of Insurance on the life of William Robert Armstrong —one effected v;ith the Scottish Amicable Insurance Company in the year 1e52 for £B5O, and the other 'with the British Commemiai Life Insurance Company for £5OO in the year 1856. Private offers will he received for any of ths above proper tie--; up to and includi.n o; fhe 10th day of April next by Chas. Henry James, Esq., 30, Upper Ormond-quay, Dublin. D AgCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. The above es+ Ablistments, known as the Imperial Hotel, Enniskillen, ?Ad the Imperial Hotel, Sligo, a s they now stand complete in every respect, and doing the most respectable, extensive, rAnd lucrative business in Ireland -the beds alone Paying far 'more than the entire cost of working their respec tive estill,4 ishments, without calling to account the most pro litable 'crrade that is doing in the other branches of the hotels namely, the coffee, dining, refreshment, and billiard rooms, and w+',ll-known posting establishments. Thr business has been for some time conducted by efficient managers, in every way competent, as the profits prove, so that it is not at all ner.essary that the new proprietors should have been at bus!, li , ,:ss before ; a casual superintendence is all that will be re- Altered, and the purchaser of either hotel may lead the life of a gentleman, and have a large ye any ineome, besides sup porting his family in respectability. The Enniskillen note i contains coffee, commeci4 smokin g , billiard, and three sitting rooms, besides 21bed rooms, many of - which are double-bedded rooms ; also clerk's office, bar, luggage, and store rooms ; pantries, men and women ser vants' sleeping apartments, dairy, larder, &c., independent ot the extensive e posting establishm en t , and i s held at the yearlynt of £llO. The Sligo Hotel contains coffee, smoking, and commercial rooms; larg e b ar, dining hall, and two sitting rooms; 16 bed rooms, manager's room, and sleeping apartments, and all the other ofSees, rooms, and storerooms mentioned for Ennis killen, as Igell as a like extensive posting establishment, and is held by lease for an unexpired term of 44 years, at the yearly rent of £75. For further particulars, application to be made to Charles Collura Henry James, Esq., 29, U pper Ormond-quay, Dublin ; A. , solicitor, Enniskillen ; Jeremiah P err y , so li c it or , 11 , c 3 ac he Dublin; Mich ae l L ar ki n. solicitor, 1, Mer frats'-quay, Dublin,l or to THOMAS DILLON, Auctioneer, 25, Bachelors'-'walk, Dublin. ~____ THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN LIVEFOUR WEEKS by D r. RICOR D ' S ESSENCE OF This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most sl , attereq constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral cruses. The time required to cure the most inveterate eaa^ is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in skeuctions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring rem^dy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It i s ac k nowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Lite is sold in cases, with full in etructions for use, at lis., or four quantities in one for 335., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittance or port-office order payable to Trout and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. pOST-OFFI CE T URK ISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 28. till 5 and ls. rid. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1. An ESSAY on Tußiusn BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they Observe some of the p• aetical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."-- It crab] and Standard, N0v.12,1861. "The Post-office Turkish Bath', 19, St. Al artin's-le-Grand. Cuiverwell ha.s already established the reputation of an able physician ; be 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 modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice ( 2, 1 ' Physic, than any proposition or invention yet establi s hed, 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, is truly sur- Prising*, while ever ) - thing that taste or delicacy could desire obreen obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visit 17liarmiciseslfhr,ete_ • • We I,i'l justly say that if it man ever feels regenerated and new made, it is on coming out_ of a wiul• —Lrn, Oct. 13, 18rd. Consultations daily till 12 a.m. ,~~ .~ `: ' "~ J' ..'. _ -------~ N°. 21,758. TURIN AND SAVONA RAILWAY COMPANY. • NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Scrip Certificates will be ready for delivery, in exchange for toe Bankers' Receipts, on and after MONDAY, 31st inst., between the :hours of 12 and 2. The Banker's Receipts must be left at the Office two clear days previous to the delivery of the Scrip. By order of the Directors. J. W. PILLANS, Secretary. 6 1, Gresham House, 18th March, 1862. STEVENS' PATENT BREAD MACHINERY COMPANY (Limited). Duly Ilep,ristemd uncier the Joint-stock Companies Limited tiability Acts. Capital, .£60,000, in shares of £2 each. It is expected that only one-half will be required to be called up. Deposit on application, ss. per share ; and a further Deposit of 10s. on allotment. If alter-calls are found desirable, they will not exceed ss. per share, and at least three months to intervene between each sumessive If no allotment is made, all deposits will be returned in full ; and where allotment is made, each shareholder's liability is strictly confined to the amount of his shares. DIRECTOS, Francis Lamelles, Esq., Chairman, Oftichill Park, Hampstead, N.W., late Civil Service, India. William Robert Anketell, Esq., J.P., Harrow, Middlesex, Lemon Hart, Esq. (Lemon Hart and•Son),.lg,•Trinity-square, Tower -hill, E.C. I . Arthur Hill Hassall, Esq., M.D., 74, Wimpole,stieet, W. Benjamin Henderson, Esq., 1, Spencer Sill West-hill-road, Wandsworth. John H. Pepper, Esq., Morton House, Kiitiuin Priory, W., Hon. Director, Polytechnic. Wilbraham Taylor, Esq., 1, Robert-street, Adelphi, W.C. Ebenezer Stevens, Esq. (Patentee), 5, SeWight-place, Hack ney, N.E. 1 /lan9, • Messrs. Robarts, Lubin x, , C 0.,• 11, Mansion- house- s treet, Sot tOrl , (in s. Messrs. Gosling and GirdleAtOne, ls, New-street, Spring-gardens, S.W. BOKERS. Messrs. Crosley Brother ß s, 30, Cornhill, E.C. Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, E.C. AUDITORS. Geo. A. Cape, jun., Esq„ 3, Adelaide-place, E.C. R. S. Parker, Esq., 76, King William-street, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.) Mr. Walter Berdoe. OFFICES-10, Old Jewry Chambers, London, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The primary object of this Company is to provide a pure and wholesome bread by bringing into general use Stevens' valuable machinery for making bread. This machinery is of a most simple and effective character, and is protected by h er Majesty's Royal L et t ers Patent, dated 1858 and 186!. The Patents are also taken out in France and Belgium. Reeent as the inventions are, they have already been most success fully adopted by her Majesty's Government, by very many of the principal public establishments, and by numerous London and provincial master bakers. References are kindly permitted in every case. (See the prospectus of the Com pany). The following are the chief advantages of the machine : First, CLEANLINESS.—It is thoroughly cleanly in its opera tion, superseding tho highly objectionable hand- an d- arm process of kneading. Second, lIEALTIIINESS.—It entirely relieves the journey men from the most severe and injurious portion of their labour. Third, ECONOMY or TIME. The kneading occupies less than half the time required under the old system. Fourth, ECONOMY OF MATERIALS.—There is an increased yield of Bread amounting to at least three quartern loaves per sack. This important result is effected by the perfect mixing of the dough, and there being no waste of flour. Th e Bread made by this machi ne i s the ordinary Household, Home-made, and Fancy Bread of everyday use, only free frem the impurities and imperfections necessarily attending the hand-kneading system. In confirmation of the above statements as to the great public utility of the invention, attention is specially directed to the very numerous testimonials and official reports ad dressed to the patentee, and which may be had on application at the offices of the Company. The first source of revenue to the Company will be the sale of the machines. This branch will be very lucrative, as they yield a profit of upwards of 30 per cent. The demand is rapidly increasing, and the field for their use both at home and abroad is almost boundless. A trade machine, capable of mixing two sacks of flour at one time, may be had as low as £3O, and those for family use from 355. to £5 each. A second source of income will be the establishment of a Central Baaery or Bakeries, constructed on improved prin ciples, ter the supply of Machine-made Bread, the absolute Pity of which will be guaranteed. A third source of profit will be the supply of genuine flour. It is important to notice that the Company will at once take possession of large businesses (both machinery and baking) already established. Machines in various sizes may be seen at the office, and orders received for the same. Taking the outlay at the maximum and the returns at the minimum, and allowing for every contingency, the Directors believe the Company will be able to pay a dividend of from 20 to 30 per cent. on its capital. It may be stated that the £1 shares of the New Union Mills Flour and Bread Company, at Birmingham, are now selling at £2105., while in the case of the Old Union Mills Flour and Bread Company, many years established in the same town, the £1 shares are worth £lO. * * All applications for s h ares must b e ma d e accor di ng to the form attached to the Prospectus, and may be addressed to the Brokers of the Company, or to the Secretary. Prospec tuses may be had on app:ication at 10, Old Jewry Cham bers, E.C. BROWN arid GREEN'S KITCHEN RANGES surpass all others in efficiency, economy, ventilation, and cure of smoky chimneys. From £4 10s. to £lOO. - The large sizes, with two or more ovens, steaming apparatus, &c., form the most complete appointment for hotels and large establishments. In action at Si, Bishopsgate-street-within. Designs and prices free. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. ir PP S'S COC O A. J (Commonly called Epps's Homeeopathio Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo‘ rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. ilb., Vb., and 11b. packets, at ls. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough " Domestic" Black at 3s. id. per lb.-26, Cornhill, London, E.C. TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter mediate" Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don, E.C. TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious " Drawing Room " Black at Is. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London, E.C. Dr. Ha call's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current free on application, 26, Cornhill, Loudon, E.C. DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, OURSELVES. On Spermatorrheea, Syphilis, Stricture, Hemorrhoids, Gleets, Nervous Debility, Palpitation, &c., &C. MARRIAGE : Its Expectances and Disapp , in tments. Impediments removed, and Healthy Offspring secured. Price is., by post is. Id. ; of Mann, 29, Cornhill ; or Author, 3, Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street, W. Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. DR.BUCHAN'S INVIGORATING ESSENCE, for NERVOUS RELAXATION and GENERAL WEAKNESS, at once restores and invigorates with magical rapidity the most Debilitated Constitution, thereby ensuring permanent health, increased strength, energy. and a re doubled development of the muscular system. One trial will force conviction, and prove failure impossible. Price per bottle 4s. 6d., 11s., or four times the quantity, 335. Wholesale Agents, Barclay and Sons, 75, Farringdon-street ; and of all chemists throughout the world. AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERTS 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 tfrequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in curable, 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, 130., and three ti mes th e quan ti ty i n one, 2s. 9d. each. Be asthmatic Balsam. particular, and ask for L am b er t' s Just published, containing 190 pages, with 100 Engravings, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20 stamps, TIDE SILENT FRIEND, the Greatest Medical Work of the 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 Lotion, precluding the possibility of contamination. Address R. and L. PERRY and Co., :9, 11 , rn ers- 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). RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT Exmorrum OF 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment of HERNI A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting' with so much ease and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had; and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, tieing sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Posta;re, Is. A. Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postao, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John. Whlte,'Post offioe, Piccadilly. STEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS KNEE-CAPS &c., for Varise Veins and ll oases of Weakness and Swelling ot the Legs, to a Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on Hire an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOll/4 WHITE, Manufacturer, 228,TiccadillY• Now Ready, EXITAITSTION (Entered at Stationers' TralL) price ls., post free 14 stamps, or in a sealed e ; ave loPe 20 stamps, a popular Medical Work onNE VIVA VITALIS illustrated with 100 En vent upon the er a r RV . OUS and other Dospit s a s n a y external all true p from Lif e ( of 9 gravings 1 Cases attended at the Hotel Dieu, Paris, 1 9, descriptive of the baneful effects conse y ur ns and excesses of youth and maturity, the passions. contaisn'il and tile debilit hills, andg from the too frequent indulgence of re a s n cr d i f p a t l i s o e n s o p f e t r i m le a A to u r t r l h io ce r a ' s , e l v n e v ry i - appl cation, with directions for gorating L h ot a i n on E , manhood can be restored u.retnral affections, showing how ment, by the most simple i s t t s ag u e se o , f wi s t yp means increased muscular develop qualifications and Impediments thereby removing all Dis qualifications Member of the Roents to Married Life. By land, and Licentiate of the lial College of Surgeons, Eng.- Edinburgh, registered under the kat College of Physicians, Medical Act, who may be consulted at the residence, 44, , , e Z Maddox-street, Regent street. London, W. 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'.,.......:,..... .. i ,chi ~, , . ~ 00 , --e* '. 8 u '-'' 1 ."'e Zulu'. /1# Aog7 ' ° ;"":::".".7" , " Rom l' ''',.• -go 1, , -i,„' , illtit ir 1* -, stv N, ,4 i' 4 . .. ' - '1 . '''' '''' 1111 "'" I P : - - .- - ' '-- ir Storks's speech : Parliamentary Session was open fqtalls The following is Sir H.. ;pei " Mr. President and Gentlemen, —Various im portant measures await the consideration of the 12th Parliament. PR1CE.....—..4d. STAMPED ....sd. " Elected by the unfettered choice of the people, and presided over by one of your own body, freely selected by yourselves, you will, I trust, devote to those measures that care and sedulous attention which the nature and condition of your misoion imposed on you as sacred duties. " The Most Illustrious the Senate will lay on the table of the Legislative Assembly within the period and in the manner prescribed by the Constitution, the Civil List of these States and an approximate estimate of the extraordinary expenditure to be incurred during the ordinary recess of Parlia ment. I invite your earliest attention to this most important portion of your duties. The estimates have been prepared with a due attention to economy, and I trust to your liberality to make adequrte provision for the public service. _ _ fall. A good strong stream playing upon the face of the hill will disintegrate a great quantity of " pay dirt" in a short time. The floating rubbish, or " dirt," is caught in a long sluice at the base, provided with " riffles" on the bottom, and spread with quicksilver to catch the gold. This mode of mining is called by the miners " hydraulic mining." Such is the wealth of Cariboo that no quicksilver was used, for the miner could afford to lose all, the " fine dust" and be satisfied with the " lumps." Leaving the Fraser at Fort Hope, 100 miles from its mouth, and following in the track of the miners to the southward and eastward for 60 miles, we come to the Similkameen. These mines yielded last season, 16 dols to 17 dols a day to the hand occasionally. A party of three men took 240 dots in three days' work from " sluice diggings ;" and the "rocker," used in "wet diggings," yielded 4 dols, 5 dols, and up to 8 dols. a day to the hand. Number of miners 200, of whom 150 were Chinese. A waggon road for 25 miles from Hope, and a bridle road of 15 miles in continuation approaches this district. I have already stated that the Fraser yielded 3 dols to 15 dole a day on the various points on which it has been worked, for a space of 270 miles, I shall therefore omit all _further detail of the river from the point where Bridge River empties into the Fraser, about 20 miles below the 51st parallel of north latitude, up to the point where it receives the Quesnelle River a little below the 53d parallel. This river has two branches, ono of which drains Quesnelle Lake, lying a degree and a half to the eastward of the Fraser, and which is 50 miles long. The other branch drains Cariboo Lake, which re ceives Swamp River and Lower Cariboo Lake, into which Keithley's Creek, one of the Cariboo streams, empties. At the junction of the two branches a town, the nearest to Cariboo diggings, is built, chiefly for the supply of the latter. The place is called " the Forks of Quesnelle." Governor Douglas was good enough to furnish me with the following statement in writing, taken down by himself from a Cariboo miner, Mr. Steele; but I received it after I had finished my letter : Steele's company consisted of five partners, of which Mr. Steele, an American, was one. Their claim was on William's Creek (Cariboo, of course). In the summer they sawed the lumber themselves and made their own sluices. Their claim did not prospect as good as many other claims". Neverthe less, they went at it with a will; made noting the first three days; persevered, and the fourth day made 4oz. ; the fifth day 100 z.; and the sixth day day 41oz. (the market value of 41oz. of gold in sterling is £290 4s. 2d). From that time, after the sixth day's work, when the return rose to 41oz. a-day, it kept increasing until it reached 3870 z. a-day ; and the last day's work yielded a return of 4090 z. The five partners employed " four hired hands" to assist them to clear away the tailings. The claim was one of the most difficult to work, as it required 8 feet to 18 feet of top-stripping of super incumbent earth which covered the auriferous stratum, or "pay dirt." This latter was composed of a blue clay, six feet thick, mixed with gravel and decomposed slate. The whole area of the mine worked was only SO feet by 25 feet, and the yield amounted to 105,000 dols., equal to £21,875. That so much gold was dug out of so small a space as 80 feet by 25 feet is a pregnant fact. It proves that the wealth buried in this remote regiod lies concen trated in masses thick and plentiful, which is cor roborated by the shortness of the period of labour —not over two months' actual work. This is a short period to have earned £21,175 in, certainly, yet the exuberance of the gold of these mines is more clearly demonstrated by the rapidity of the acccumulation. I shall show this result more clearly by converting Mr. Steele's gold ounces into American currency. The produce of the labour of the first day that the claim yielded anything was 68 dols. ; that of the next day, 170 dols ; of the following day, 697 dols. ; and so on, increasing until it reached the astounding sum of 6,579 dols. in a day ; and culminated in a " return " of 6,953 dols. on the " last day's work." To prevent any exaggeration in my conversion of the gold-dust, I have taken the money value of the ounce at 17 dole., although the average value of Cariboo " dust " is 17 dols. 65c. and 37-I,oooths, so that lam under the mark. In other words, this company's gold produced to the partners more money in the market than I have valued it at. Their gold may have been worth 18 dols. the ounce. To show still more clearly to your English readers the prospects and rewards of labour in British Columbia, I will paraphrase Mr. Steele's statement, which will place it in another and perhaps more practical light. I will suppose that the five miners who owned this mining claim were Englishmen, and that they had sent their earnings home. The gold would, by the rule of trade, go to the Bank of Eng land, and be converted into sterling money—say in London. I will deduct all the charges of remitting the bullion (gold-dust), and then see what the miners would have net money in London. The fruit of their first day's "yield" would be £l3 lOs 2d ; of the next day's yield, £34 14s 2d ; the following day's yield, £1,343 4s 3d; and the last day's yield would be £1,419 lls sd. The mine would have been to them a prolific mother, for the last day's return shows an increase of £76 7s 2d over and above the general , run of the yield of " lucky days," as the miners term their successful and satisfactory periods. Mr. Steele's return of the gross yield was corroborated by the quantity of gold-dust brought to Victoria, where he remained for some time. In the foregoing sketch I have continued my obser vations to such portions of the country as have been proved to be auriferous. To g ive a perfect descrip tion of the goldfield is out of the question. In fact, much of it is still u ndiscovered, and must continue unexplored in a country of such dimensions as British Columbia, extending over five degrees of latitude and embracing a great portion of ten de- grecs of longitude, and which contains some 200,000 , square miles of surface. Such an extent of country, ' and having such resources of gold, silver, and other metals, and a large quantity of agricultural and pastoral land, is an empire, and will require a large population even to explore it thoroughly. Suffice it to say, that as gold has been discovered at many points all over this vast surface and in quan tities o hitherto unequalled, the goldfield of British Columbia is practically, illimitable and its wealth inexhaustible. - - "The question of the general financial condition of the lonian States will not fail to occupy your serious consideration. I recommend to your un prejudiced deliberation the report of a commission over whose labours I myself presided, and which I public burdens. have directed to be laid before you. The question of lonian finance has been carefully investigated by that commission, and the report contains an exact ao f rlonian d j fu si ot n mwien tt taxationhoft the and convincing statement of the unequal pressure y i Nch the Legislative Assembly may w t h h i e c h se attendn Senate, te, by the export duties on oil u I filial' be happy favourabl y CODjunci. to consider, in make for a more , satisfactory system of taxation, lurces of revenue to be substi tutedrovided that the s.. . at least equivalent to the be adequate and any proposal and currants. "In a country where direct ta +ion i x a, Sso sums at present levied un popular and the levy of duties is so . difficult the Legislature must pause before adopting financial changes or practising experiments on sources of revenue which experience has proved to be produc tive and easy of collection. " The expediency OS establishing agrarian banks has been prominently brought to my notice. It would, no doubt, be desirable to institute some means elinedM:fiet difficulties Illustrious of assisting the agriculturist by loans at a moderate rate of interest. To eiticf" this'object some method should be devised by which the capitalists or society advancing the money may obtain solid guarantees. " High interest on money lent implies indifferent security. The first step taken by a lender is to ascertain what means of repayment a borrower possesses. To obtain this information it is neces sary for him to learn the extent and value of the borrower's property. I regret to say that in these States,'as no general urel;her of public or private property exists, it is svy difficult e to ascertain the value of landed security offered for advAnees of mone y . The s y stem of re s now in existence is, as far gistration of mortg,ag: l as it goes, satisfactory. pe rfect this system, I - s t rong ly recommend the Leg,.slature to take steps for commencing a general survey' of each island. This would be the first step towards the establish ment of agrarian banks. " The importance also of an accurate and detailed s urvey of ecclesiastical and municipal property yan not be overrated as exercising an important in fluence on the property and general resources of the country. Every day the property of the municipal administration is subjectgd to encroachments and dilapidations, and in time, without the application of some remedy, the greater part a this property will be lost. " A thorough survey would doubtless be costly, and could not be at once effected, but some step might be taken to achieve so desirable an object. by devoting, for a series of years, a sufficient sum of money to carry it to completion. " Seven Acts of Government have been passed by the Most Illustrious the Senate with my approval during the recess, and are awaiting your considera tion and sanction. I would call your particular attention to Act No. 3, for amending the sys tem of levying Customs' duties by the substitution of weight for value. This Act has been passed it; compliance with a resolution of the Parliament. The changes thus introduced have been attended with advantage, Besides the protection secured to the honest trader, the new system has produced an augmentation of revenue which promises to become permanent. " The subject of public instruction will also occupy your anxious consideration. This important branch. of administration is at present in an unsatisfactory state, and I solicit your co-operation in introducing some changes and reforms in the existing law, which experience has shown to be necessary. As soon as the Senate have had the time afforded them to consider the question, a communication will be made by that most illustrious body to your house. " Bills on other important subjects will likewise be submitted to you. " I am happy to be able to congratulate you on the general condition of the country. The financial results of the year 1861 are on the whole satisfac tory. The revenue has been considerably above the average, ;and expenditure has been limited as far as was compatible with the efficiency of the pub lic service. " The exhibition of lonian products and works of industry which lately took place at Corfu hasde monstrated the great capabilities of these States, and the benefits likely to be derived from their development. " I am glad to perceive that the trade and pros pects of these islands are undergoing that condition of progress which is at present influencing the entire globe. "I earnestly recommend to your attention the expediency of encouraging by your exertions that great industrial movement which insures the wealth and happiness of nations by employing their labour and opening out their resources. " It is our first duty to consider the happiness and welfare of the people whose interests are con fided to our care. Those interests can only be con sulted by the frank and cordial co-operation of the different branches of the Legislature. " On all occasions you may rest assured of such co-operation on the part of the Most Illustrious the Senate and myself, and I look to you to respond in that spirit of calm conscientiousness without which all social institutions aro impracticable and all human endeavours are vain." STEVENS' PATBNT BREAD /IA CITINERY COIIIPANY. My advice to emigrants from the old country will be short, and, while it can easily be remembered, cannot be misunderstood. British Columbia wants two classes only—men with money and men with bodily strength—capitalists and labourers. Both classes will do well. The one will find lucrative em ployment for its capital, the other still more profit able employment for its labour. If either fails it will be its own fault. Should either of these two classes be married, let them bring their wives and families; the more numerous t h e progeny the better. T h e prospectus of a company formed for the purpose of bring i n g Mr. Stevens' valuable improvements in the pro cess of bread making into general use will bo found in C e r u e r r ai it h has, Hospital, aeGibraltar,nand Ba anot h e r part of The Sun. Th e i mproved machinery has b ee n adopted by the Governm ent establishments of Alder establishments,B h rb tt a ' doo s Greenwich W°,me r w, huniversal severa satisfactionother A great number of other public establishments have had the machinery erected, and the result has been that a great quantity of bread has been produced, with a given quantity of flour, than could ever have been under the old system of hand-and-arm kneading. ' That objectionable process is entirely done away with, and the journeyman baker is thus relieved of a most severe and injurious portion of his labour. The object of the company is to bupply the public with the machines, which are suitable either fur private families or public institutions, and range in price from 358. to £3O. Amongst the immense n umber of certificates in the possession of the patentee is one from perfectly satisfied the Governor of Coldbath-fields Prison, in which that gen tleman states that the visiting justices are with the new machine, which has saved and the saving for that period had he wee k s, £207. Ono ver y sa t . is.ac m than £4 7s. 6d. a week, and, at the datetohfemtheno less a sum k t i e , stimonial, the machine had been in operation 46 tory announcement in the prosp ectu' e g m iesntthoaft t M he r. co S m te p v a e n n y s : the patentee, remains in the ! anneg u m undertaking th a t h e and such confidence has ho in ; leaves his remuneration entir e ly dependent on its success. cation:of Magnetic to lately, _the only appli jure a useful purpose, now We h ave the Magnet to anYthing &c. Dr. Hassan states, ‘‘ / nerring's mag netic brushes' se ow most perfect brushes hitherto made, regard them mechanical construction and their . their magneti as respects w hav are the remedy for o n' action." '--- - „ „ ~ roY hair, neuralgia, ~,,,, itas. N.B.—Counterfeit y ----"------Li s were, ant B are being made. rheuwa . 0 , 30 32, E..%iughallitreet, London. GO , ... THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1862. PUBLICATIObIS. NOTICE. --ESSAYS and ItEVIEWS, CIIEAP EDI rioN,—A New Edition of ESSAYS and REVIEWS, being the Tenth, complete m Otte Volume fcp. Bvo., price ss. cloth, is now ready. London: Longman, Green, Longman, 8114 Roberts. NEW EDITION OF MR. SCROPE'S WORK ON • VOLCANOES. On Thursday, April 3, will be published, in Svo., with coloured Map and Frontispiece, and 82 Woodcuts, price 155., VOLCANOES ; the Character of their Pheno mena, their Share in the Structure and Composition of the Surface of the Globe, and their Relation to its Inter -1 nal Forces: With a Descriptive Catalogue of all known i' rolcanocs and Volcanic Formations, By G. POULET 12 CROPE, M.P., F.R.b., F.G.S., H. R. Acad. Naples, ..tc. econd Edition, revised end enlarged. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. COMPLETION or THE POST OCTAVO EDITION OF LORD MACAULAY'S HISTORY Or ENGLAND. On the 31st instant will be published, with a Brief Memoir by the Very Rev. the Dean of St. Paul's, and a Portrait engraved from Richmond's Picture, price 6s. cloth, THE HISTORY of ENGLAND from .the ACCESSION of JAMES the SECOND. By the Right Hon. Lord MACAULAY. Volume the Eighth, com pleting the Edition in post Bvo. in 8 vols., price 48s. cloth ; or 84s. well bound in calf lettered. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. This Day, Second Edition, Demy Bvo., C ONSIDERATIONS on REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. By JOHN STUART MILL. London Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. Fifth Edition, Revised, Two Volumes, Octavo, 305., PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, By JOIIN STUART MILL. By the same Author, SYSTEM OF LOGIC. Fourth Edition. Two Vols. 255, DISSERTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS, POLITICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, and HISTORICAL. Two Volumes, Octavo, 245. ON LIBERTY. Second Edition. 7s. 6d. THOUGH rs ON PARLIAMENTARY REFORM. Second Edition, with Supplement. ls. 6d. London Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH.•-• Immediately, in 3 vols., price 155., a New and Cheap Edition of CHARLES READE'S FAMOUS STORY. Handsomely bound in roan cloth, gilt and lettered.. Orders received by all Booksellers. :[HE NAVY, The Duke of Somerset, as First Lord of the Ad miralty, will hold his first levee this season on Thursday next at the Admiralty, Whitehall. The screw steam sloop Cordelia, 11, Comman der Francis A. Hume, from the Australian sta tion, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morn ing. She left Sydney on the 24th of November, rounded Cape Horn on the 31st of December, arrived at the Falkland Islands on the 4th of January, and sailed thence on the 15th: The Cor delia brings Mr. L mgden, late Colonial Secretary of the Falkland Islands, en route to the Virgin Islands ; Mr. Parkin, assistant engineer, from the screw steam sloop Fawn ; and six naval invalids. From December 8 to the 22d she encountered very thick foggy weather, and passed through large quantities of ice, since which she has had moderate weather from S.W. to N.W. She spoke, March 19, lat. 471 N., long. 131 W. the English bark Corsair ; 20th, the English ship Storm King, steering S.W. The Cordelia was commissioned in April, 1857. She has since then been employed in protecting the guano trade at the Kooria Mooria Islands, and on the Australian and New Zealand stations. The defects of the flag ship Revenge, 91, at Ply mouth, willprobably be made good by Th urs d a y net; those of the Virago by the Ist of April ; the St. George, 91, by the end of the month. The Warrior, 40, will not be-completod until early in May. - _ - The burial of Mr. Thomson, engineer-in -chief of Haslar gunboat yard, took place at the Forton Ce metery yesterday, with full naval honours. A large number of people were present, for, in addition to aintsvbereyinwg a naval funeral, deceased widely known and respected. appointments were made yesterday was the T h n ae o vg followingee t y l e o m f at the Admiralty :—Edward W. J. Kennah, mid shipman, to the Chanticleer; and Thomas S. Lunt, acting second• class assist. - engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary. erected at Bishop's-marsh is ready to mount a single gun. In order to obtain the necessary foundations the soil had to be excavated to a depth of about 10 ft. ; but no sooner was this accomplished than the ground gave way, and the water rushing in ren dered useless the works that had taken months to complete. There It ere ilestroyed at the same time about 30,000 tons of materials, which had been deposited on the ground for conversion into concrete. It was then decided-to attempt a new plan to relieve the enormous outside pressure on the foundations by driving piles, and throwing up the earth exca vated to form a counterscarp, the piles themselves being securely bolted together. Again, however, the treacherous soil gave way. A third attempt is now being made to lay the foundation of the bat tery, the plan adopted being on a principle where by additional safeguards are taken to prevent land slips, and these up to the present time have been attended with success, though how far the method will answer time alone can show. Bvery exertion is now being made to hasten the completion of the battery, in order to make up for time lost, but even now the utmost precautions require to be taken for a thorough settlement of the foundations before a single brick of the superstructure is laid, or front the warnings already given, the fort, as soon as completed, may suddenly sink out of sight, or crumble to pieces through a natural yielding of the soil. The same difficulties, although in a minor degree, have had to be encountered at the works on the opposite side of the river, at Folly-point. The guns from these batteries will effectually guard the passage of Pinope-reach, and will be so arranged that they will cross their fire and effectually bar the passage of any hostile flotilla attempting to ascend to Chatham harbour, even supposing that the vessels had suc ceeded in passing the batteries at the entrance of the river. Considerable progress has been made in the erection of the formidable forts on the western shore of the Medway, near the Spit of Grain, which, it is anticipated, will be completed and armed by the same time that the batteries on the opposite shore, Garrison-point, are finished. It is now de cided not to remove the large martello tower erected a few years since at the entrance to the river, the new forts having been so constructed that the tower will not interfere with the range of the guns mounted on the batteries. The martello tower cost between £20,000 and £30,000, and is a very formidable structure, of great strength, and mount ing a tier of four guns carrying the heaviest metal, Its admirable position has induced the authorities to allow it to stand. Au important branch has just been added to the Royal Laboratory in Woolwich Arsenal, and is closely approaching completion—namely, a new factory, fitted with appropriate machinery for the purpose of repairing damaged war stores returned from foreign stations, or such as in many cases are rendered unfit for use by transport. The building is of corrugated ircn, and covers a space near the new shell foundry, measuring 150 ft. by 100 ft. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. THE PRESENT DISTRESS •IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS " GOVERNMENT - UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., Paternoster-row. Justrpublished, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, 58. 6d., ON THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT o f STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, through a long professional life, to the treatment of strictures of the urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power i n th e di agnos i s o f th e var i ous binds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic:management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuable contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be found in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Aledical Circular. London: H. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS " 1103(1E," At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket. Last Nights of the present Entertainment, which will ter minate at Easter, when they will appear with an Entirely New Programme. Every Evening (except Saturday), at Eight. Wednesday and Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, Mid at Mr. Mitchell's Royai 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. 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A ROYLL ROOMS.—Series of New Music, Valses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. BouL CORT, 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. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-mall. OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir JOHN UENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Wilmot Holland, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. The lion. Josceline W. Percy, Charles Robinson, Esq. Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. William Soltau„ Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. William Wallace, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. John Garratt Cattley, Esq. Edwd. Maxwell Daniell, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann, Esq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. Robt. Amadeus Heath, Esq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.: Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SCILLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— Me usual fifteen days allowed for payment of FIRE PREMIUMS falling due at Lady-day will expire on 9th April FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. - • This Coozporition affords to the Assured- - Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A HALF. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. ROBT. r. STEELE, Secretary. NEWPORT, ISLE OF WlGHT.—March. 24. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) THE WEATHER.—The heavy rains of the past week have laid the low grounds completely under water. With fine weather it will be some days befor e an y p l oug hi ng or sow mg can, be effected, and the getting in of the spring corn will be very much delayed. ISLE OP WIGHT STEEPLECHASES.--A number of horses are entered for these races, which come off on Wednesday next, at Gatcome, near Newport, but the land is so wet that it will make it heavy work for the horses. There are to be six races, and if the weather does not prevent it, good sport may be calculated on from the number of first .class horses entered. CouasioN.—The Swedish barque Hjalmar, from Santos for Amsterdam, with coffee, put in here on Monday, the 24th inst., having on board the master and part of the crow of the schooner Sprucebud, of London, with which vessel the Hjalmar was in collision off Portland on the 20th inst. during a gale from the eastward, and sustained considerable damage. The master of the Sprucebud and two of his men saved themselves by getting on board the Hjalmar, but the two vessels having separated almost im mediately after the collision, the mate and two other men were left on beard tho Sprucebud, and no assistance could be afterwards given by the Hjalmar, as the sea was run ning fearfully high. The master of the Spruc e b u d sup posed her to be in a sinking state. TASMANIA,—The customs revenue in Tasmania in 1858 was £134,590; in 1859, £123,300; in 1860,£117,540; in 1861, £ 1 11,546. The falling off is chiefly in spirits and toLacco. The clip of wool for the last season has been very fair, and the staple above the average excellence. The whaling enterprise in connection with the Tasmanian ports continueS to be reranuerative. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge in• spected yesterday, on the parade in front of the Horse Guards, the 2d and 3d battalions of the Grenadier Guards, for the fir s t ti me s i nce hi s ap pointment as Colonel of the re g i me nt i n th e place of the late Prince Consort. The two battali ons formed in contiguous columns battalion, E. G. Wynyard was in column a s n a d t t l: o3'dclowckas. com manded Lambertmancommandd e dby C of otcommanded, Serene he 2d Col. his Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, C.B. The D u k e o f C am b r id ge , attended after dbeyr th Co Clifton, arrived on the parade shortly e l. line Was formed, attended by Major-General Sir J. Yorke Scarlett, the Adjutant- General; Major-General Sir Richard Airey, the Quartermaster-General ; Major -General James R. Craufurd, attached to the Poet Guards; Captain P. Smith, acting Brigade-Major; Lieut. the Hon. C. G.Eliot, &c. The assembled troops having presented arms on the arrival of his Royal Highness on the three sides of a square. the front and up the rear, h the inspection. Both bat tThe ebDukea ground,n d playing thendeployed rode d into urd i down w line n n e in bat talions next marched past in slow time by compa nies, and then in grand divisions in quick time. After advancing in line of contiguous column, the officers , and were addressed by his Royal were lH e expressed his satisfaction i c g a h l l n e e d e e i w f r h o e n t at the appearance of the regiment and the precision with which the evolutions had been gone through. The troops, after saluting the Duke before his de parture, were marched back to their respective bar racks. The short notice in an evening contemporary of the inspection abounds in mistakes, officers bang named as being present who aro absent abroad, and others who have retired from the service. The spring half-yearly change of quarters of the Division of Foot Guards will take place on Tuesday next, the Ist proximo. The 2d battalion of the Grenadier Guards remove from the St. George's, Wellington, and Magazine Barracks, to Windsor. '1 he 3d battalion remove from Portman-street Bar racks to the Wellington Barracks (old wing) and Buckingham Palace. The 2d battalion of the Coldstream Guards remove from Wellington Bar racks and Buckingham Palace to Portman-street and St, John's-wood Barracks; the Ist battalion of Scots Fusileer Guards from Windsor to St. George's, Wellington, and Magazine Barracks. No orders have been issued for the removal of the Ist battalion of the Coldstream Guards, quartered in Dublin. A detachment of the Grenadier Guards, c,nsist ing of 150 men and eight officers, under the com mand of Captain the Hon. F. Stanley, have arrived at Eastbourne to undergo a course of rifle practice at the range, which is said to be the best in Great Britain. Detachments will continue to be sent dur ing the summer. The existing fortifications which command the main entrance of the Channel of the Medway have just been considerably strengthened by the substi tution of the new 110-pounder Armstrong guns, 10- inch, 8-inch, and 68-pounder smooth bore ordnance for the guns formerly mounted on those defences. The whole of the guns are mounted on dwarf tra versing platforms, fitted with the improvements in troduced by Col. Coiquhoun, R.A., consisting of hollow soled trucks and raised racers, by means of which additional facilities are obtained for working the guns. The excellent position in which the new guns are mounted, combined with their enormous calibre, as compared with the former armament of our coasts, would make it impossible for any hos tile vessel to force the naturally intricate estuary of the Medway. In addition, however, to the existing lines of fortifications, several powerful forts and batteries are gradually being raised along both sides of the entrance to the Medway, forming, as it were, a double chain of fortifications, rendering a success ful attack on either Chatham or Sheerness dock yard impossible. The largest of these batteriesis that which is now in course of erection on the command ing projection known as Garrison Point. Already the foundations of this massive casemated fort have been completed. The foundations consist entirely of brickwork, resting on a broad substantial con crete bottom carried to a great depth, in order to support the enormous weight to be thrown on them. The fort will occupy nearly the same site as the Halfmoon and Cavalier Batteries erected upwards of 200 centuries since, both of which have recently been demolished. In the prosecution of the work the bricks which composed the foundation of the two demolished batteries were found to be in such excellent preservation that most of them were again used for the foundation of the new fort. This saved a considerable expense, no less than 2,000,000 bricks being required for this part of the under taking alone. As soon as the foundations are con sidered to sustain the weight to b eplaced sufficiently ork o f ra i s i ng the pla settled tt on led them, e m the work super structure will be proceeded with, in order that the fort may be completed and moun t e d w ith it s ar mament before the close o f the present fi nanc i al has been, will be triflingthis fort, great as it year. The cost of erectin g compared with that in curred in building the two large f o rts higher up the Medway, on each side the river, at Darnetness and Folly-point, close to the entrance of Chatham har bour. The position for the two forts at the stops named is certainly the very best which could have the most formidable obstacle s h ave t o b e eneoun theereend t h e locality, however, it would now appear that the n ecess a r y p recau tions had not been adopted to ascertain the nature of the soil on whi c h it was intended t o p l ace t wo enormou s forts, the res u lt of which is that on a soft, spongy soil, scarcely fi rm enough to susta i n a h ut, i t was decided to place a powerful brick fort. The ex penses already i nc urred hav e been something enor mous. From the rate at which the works proceed, and are then destroyed, we may infer that years will lapse before the battery now attempted to be THE GOLD DIGGINGS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. (From the Correspondent of the Times} VICTORIA,! VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, JAN. 20. I shall send this letter by express via Panama, because I am informed that the mail stages across the continent have broken down. It may take longer to reach you, but the old route is much safer than the overland route. In my last letter I gave a detailed account of the mining operations in British Columbia during the season of 1861. in this letter I propose to give a general sketch of the mineral region, with the view of conveying to such as have not been in the country a definite concep tion of the extent and capabilities of the goldfield. Beginning with Fraser River, the main artery of the auriferous region, I may state that gold is known to exist and has been worked at a great many places in the river and on its banks from a point about 45 miles from the mouth of the river up to near its source in the Rocky Mountains; in other words, from the 49th up to the 53d parallel of north lati tude, a distance (taking in the windings) of some 800 miles. The south branch of the Fraser has its sources near Mount Brown, in the Rocky Mountains, in about 53 deg. north latitude, 118 deg. 40 min. west longitude. Thence this branch flows for 290 miles to Fort George, a post of the Hudson's Bay Com pany. The north branch rises in an opposite di rection. It receives its supply from a series of lakes lying between 54 deg. and 55 deg. of north lati tude, longitude about 124 deg. 50 min. west, and runs a course of 260 miles to its junction with the south branch, some miles below the 54th parallel of north latitude. Here the union of the two branches forms the Fraser River proper. Adding the north branch, which is also a gold-bearing stream, and which was " worked" last season to the other arm, the two will give us a continuous stretch of aurife rous riverain territory upwards of 1,000 miles in length, extending for many miles back into the country on both sides, but not including the tribu tary rivers which fall into the Fraser. In short the river itself is now known to be auriferous and to pass through a gold-bearing country throughout its whole course. Geld is also found in most of the tributaries of the Fraser, of which no less than 59 are known. The great length of the main river, and the number of its tributaries will give some idea of the auriferous resources of the country. But these facts do not by any means convey a comprehensive or accurate view of the vast extent of the area of the goldfield, because they are limited to the central portions of the country, while the whole of the upper portions of British Columbia, from its southern to its northern boundary, is auriferous. Besides the gold found in the beds and on the shores of these streams, the Fraser itself and many of its tributaries are skirted or bordered by ter races, all of which yield gold also. These terraces, or " benches," as the miners call them, run at in tervals along both sides of the rivers for miles in length, and they recede, where the mountains re tire, for distances back into the valleys, varying from a few acres to a few miles in breadth. They are objects of curiosity and speculation, and add much to the beauty of the rude scenes in which they occur from the regularity and evenness of their structure. They generally occur on both sides of the river (opposite to each other), at the same place, sometimes at the same elevations on both sides, sometimes at different elevations, high on this and low on the other side of the river ; and in some places they are multiplied into several suc cessive level parallel plateaux, rising one above the other as they recede from the bank. These terraces are composed of the ordinary alluvial deposits— loam, gravel, stones, sand, and boulders ; and they are thick masses generally rising to a height of 150 to 200 ft. This geological formation occurs more fre quently on the Fraser than on the other rivers. The terraces are also larger on the main river, in some cases assuming the proportions of hills, all with regular and perpendicular faces. Their for mation is, perhaps, due to the fact, that the valleys between the mountains were at one period filled up, or perhaps, formed lakes. Each bench" may mark successive periods of drainage or subsidence of the water ; and their present elevation above the rivers may be due to their having bcen cut away by the rapid-flowing streams. The tumultuous and swift-flowing Fraser would soon cut 13. bed for itself (as it has done) down to the rock. Leaving the solution of their formation to the learned in such matters I w ill hasten to explain their value to the miner. They contain vast depo sits of gold, and to be worked to advan tags the " bench diggings" must command a stream of water supplied from a source higher than their own sur faces, so as to give a fall to enable the miner to apply the water to the face of the " bench" by it hose. The force of the stream is due to the he ight of the , FOREIGN IiMIL PAtaIIST LIST. vi'a B"ll29inistl:thlinelella .. .. A A p p r r i i l l 18. 1. 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