The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-21 00:00:00

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T HIS TAVENING her Majesty's Servants will perform MISS .ELY O'CONNOR . P r i nc i pa l c h aracters b y Mi ss L ouise F Keeley. Miss A r d en , M r. A t ki ns, M r. R ox b y , M r . T. Mathews, &c. After which will be produced, with that attention to com pleteness in every department by which the Christmas Annuals, of this Theatre have been so pre-eminently dis tinguislied, the New Grand Comic Par2.ornime, entitled HAR LEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT; r, Old M o th er H u bb ar d and her onderful Dog. «'o lf a man do build a d-,velling upon common land from sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim ney smoki , , ig, an d provis i ons i n the pot, such dwelling shall ie ' f reely held by the builder, anything herein to the con trary n , Jvertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter. The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by WILLIAM BEVERLEY, Ass:. s t e d by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brew, &c., &c. Ilas l- ,s, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and .oer.igns for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn. The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and AB - The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfer. orations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H. Adams, 11. Longhorn, &e. The Costumes by Miss Dickin son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments M by Mr. Ilinckley. Th e ChoregraLlic Ark...igen-lents by r. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by Messrs. Corms The and B. Jones. The Perfume of the Fl owers sup'plied by Rimmel's process. The Grr.tesque Burlesque Opening invented and written bY E. L.. BLANCHARD. _ a And the whole arranged and produced under the Immo sv.perintendence of Mr, ROBERT ROXBY. Charles F. Palmer, Wrn.,Degifpno Go Francis A. Hume, and Chibiles D. Lucas, The following appointments were made yet dal • S at the Admiralty :—Commander Geo. W. Watson,.. to the Peterel ; Lieut. the Hon. E. L. V. Mostyn, to the Peterel ; Sub-Lieut. Samuel Pulley, to the Peterel ; Thos. W. Haweis, midshipman, to the Peterel ; Henry Bond, master, to the Indus for the Magicienne; Denis Driscoll, first-class assist-engi neer, appointed to the Asia as supernumerary for hospital treatment ; H. Coller, confirmed as second class assist-engineer in the Conwallis ; William Crump, J ames M. Wo r tley, Matthew B. Grandy, and John H. M o oney, assist.-surgeon,s additional to the Imp er i euse ; J as . B. W a lk er , secood master additional to the Imperieuse ; Henry G. Herbert and F. H. C. Whiddon, clerks additional' N the jrnperieure, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1862. No 21,731. PRICE..... ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. =e BRAZIL —The DON PEDRO NORTH TEL BEY GOLD MINING COMPANY (Limited),—The liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their shares, the Company being registered under the Joint Stock Companies' Act, with limited liability. Capital XlOO,OOO, in 100,0(.0 shares of £1 each. Deposit 10s. per share • ss. on application, ss. on allotment. The remainder will be called up at intervals of not lea than three months, and not exceeding ss. per share. , Chairman---lIENRY:D HAYMF.N, IRECTORS Esq. (Director of the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Company), Clarendon -road, Kensington. John Wormald, Esq (late of Rio Janeiro), Breckworth Manor, Ulocestershire. W. F. Drought Stephens, Esq., Cleveland-gardens, Hyde park. Robert Hesketh, Esq (late her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Rio de Janeiro), Southampton. William P. Foster, EF3q., Montagu-squar©. Edmund Edwards, Esq., C.E. (Director of the Pechuca Silver Mining Company), Beaufort-lottildings. Agents in Brazil—Messrs. John Moore and Co., Rio Janeiro (Messrs. J. Bramley-Moore and Co., Liverpool). Auditors (official)—G. H. Jay, Esq, (Messrs, Quilter, Ball, Jay, and Co.) ; Joseph Tully, Esq. (late of Rio Janeiro), City Club. Bankers—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, Masterman, and Cb , 35, Ilicholas-lane. Broker—John rower Esq. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, SolicitorP,—Messrs. Kimberley and Pope, 26, Old Broad-st. Secretary—John E. Dawson, Esq. Temporary Offices, 82 and 83, Gresham-house, Old Broad• PUBLICATIONS. PORTSMOUTH AND 178 DEFENCES. Now ready, at all the Librarie's in 3 Vois , HIGH DOtS SHE LOVE? COL BURN MAYNE, Esq. A ilibughtful, high-toned novel."—Post , This novel will be read at d admired. It is an exceedingly interesting story,"—Observer: llllrfA and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ~nt my tarter!' Just published., in 2 Vols., fcap. Evo., price 10 s. , cloth , MR.CIIARLES KENT'S NEW POEMS. 'I III; A 1? ;fit Y. , ]L from y from here ill ,'s pre ►e bed, )3 , was ly was erested I. DREAMLAND I. Shakspeate i t Shottery. ! XII. Falconer at Sea. 11, Chaucer at Woodstock. I Tlll.Jolinsonat Streatham Surrey at Windsor. XIV. Goldsmith at Edge- IV. Spencer at Kilcolman. ware. V. Milton at Crlpple,gate. I XV. Burns at MossOel. I VI. Butler at Earlscroomb.XVl. Cowper at Olney. VII. bryden at Soho. XVII. Byron at Newstead. VIII. Pope at Twickenham. XVIII. Shelley at Marlow. I. Young at Welwyn. XIX. Scott at Abbotsford. X. Thomson at Richmond. XX. Wordsworth at XI. Shenstone at Leasowes. Rydal. With Other Pcems. By W. CHARLES KENT, Barrister at-Law. 11. ALETHEIA ; OR, THE BOO➢i OF MYTHOLOGY. With Other Poems. By the same Author. New Edition. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. ) Gown diately y little n as I d look wn and min for y little cheese me, he me he rnelian ion. Ia ox had 10s. 2d. get out s hand d much He was Le could ck. rler it. Ott station " That ie arinf charge, idance of rice for g barley ith a fair ) extreme Leglected• . Bean° 29s to 30 . 00s to 3:t 23i to P' 45s to 0 448 to -4 learly e<• iouß rate of 13a1.03, rkct a 6• tart- ,z fryn24 6 0 ... 2 ic..l .Mar. 5 : Mar,. 1 6. Marc' 3 . .Feb. ,Mar• .Feb• ' l 5 .Feb. 80: .Feb. .Feb. 0 ,5 Feb. F b• "". .Fe . Mar. .Feb. .Feb. t. • Fcb• 1 0 19 ' . Mar. .Feb. I Feb' °. utile We no to avelsg cyder, feor langll7 • blo 1n 0 dress. id Pil l :te eather,3l) times r y dion o st ) the IP es , lento , , t of saw s " f o o l Itg ta+: oo PO I el and d &Vsuingt fi qua ;o h an d o bow, ' , the 14111" 0 0 14 r. iaugl t " o t, a ..creoc e a. w et , I vre. o f rn oof ° oes o ,e t , --otef 01 .0 1 ” rain SA' I 55° 1 oa' J. 00 e•c'E 4 co r .sge eYb ri hey at s a rreP Lce• tai jo ;010, 13 01/i welts. to It. Jo o re, " Ill ' :r. Ede t►rd , th ibrit, - ii.i 010 'oUN (I 3 0.2 6tr 111:141Cie Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, end Characters, OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE, With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the Distance (Daylight), "Old Mother Hubbard, she went to tho cupboard, to got iloz poor Dog a bone ; when she got there, the cupboard 'Was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur lery L eg . end. ~ Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; Her Dog, Signor ticrenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn"), Miss '•Runt ; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews ; Dame Wiggins %fci,ee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barshy; Her Won a rful4 Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master Beadl agea alogung ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Gmb ; Parish Beadle, Mr. Bumble ; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin, e, Bumble; &c., &c. ; Rosetta (the " Maiden all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has e a prar certaillturn " party" t o t ea and out, and of th e remar k a bl e lks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat, ar , d the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative -Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning— 'Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick. THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL, in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight. Will-o' -the-Wisp ................ Miss Lanza, Ignes Fatui—Mdlle,:,. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes, tivermore ; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap ley, Harris, Candy, Copeland, Archer, Hawkins, Delaney, NVilson, *Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel ton, Grand *Ballet, thenChae-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN , NISS and Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. i'Caf'. Invocation! The Incantation I I and the Evapora tion I I I TnE VILLAGE GRE . AND ROADSIDE ALE (hisl.) JSE, Old G rYPe (the Steward), Mr. Glindon • Old Scratche c ,.., C1 e c ,,1N, Mr. Tanner • Tenantry, Messrs. ' Cringe, Ir - ,,ifv e ' ' n ufflo, Cut, Packoff, Moonrakr, and Runaway ; Tailor Mr. Snipshears ; Boottuaker, Mr. Tight& ; Mum- -I'-‘O Gri n , Joker,Magger, Cracksides, nf!'ge'illY, M`Phun a &c er • St. George, Mr. E. Roe ; the Won, Mr. Scal ' yfellOw' ; Valentin Mr. FebbyerrY ; a ''c r i d l, Mr. Wildman an; Still-Walker, Nir. Longlegs; Bear lord ", M. Smug ins • the Bear, Mr. Huggins; Land , app the kli , Mr. Treblex ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap, IT Fla P , &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr, Merryman.. Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village i t io vel that foll ows —Corning of Age in the Olden Time s w t athe Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is b r a e rt a v e " i-11 another the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub -8 eason. Grand Seen IR E "CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset). Mother Ilubbar4 . dComique and Pas d o B rooms ti c k , b y The Dreamer and the Worker —The Vision of Pleasure lind the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the ncy. store of Dykwynkvn) Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes, `-;arPonter, Rodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia- Wir.e. Masos, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf al n l k lal:ers and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile AUXiliaties• ' THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT, .... The Rat, Master Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser ; Ile Dog By Himself; The Cow Madame Brindle ; The Priest (" ' Ali shaven and shorn"), Mr Sollyman; The eook doo (.. That crowed in th e M orn " ) Master Cocky-doodle- Qo R ealisation o the famou s Pi c t ure i n the National Gal 13' of Little B itaie. taken (by per m i ss i on ) f or B oys, from rare work in the collection of Master Smith, London, IT OGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (T w ili g h t ). Son g' " Will o' the Wisp." composed by J. H. Tully, Esq. t llow the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his 4/ ll 'Per, and what follows in consequence—Another curious seta of C anine sagacity—Bull-f r o gs , M as t ers H op, Jump, Creak, &c. SQUASH -HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF li ow BULRUSHES. ~. repent- reward i t o .quirce cc - au/3 to grief emd afterwardg -tcFrepent rd-ar, 'an how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The d and ld C harmoniou s movemen t s o f t h e F a i r i es on a Mihromatic Scale towards WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE WATERFALL. Harlequins ...... M il es e sr T a rall . CO gf r a MA ati L n. and ST. MAINE. pantaloons ... The Misses GUNNISS. ...... Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY. Orr a t e : que • ....... Messrs. FORREST and HULINE. 1861-1862 • ..... S ignor L ORENZO. ...... Mr. STILT. SP RITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL FAMILY. 1""-"-TR IOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR- Ile s , DOWN" STREET. Christ ars. Iluline St. Maine, Tan ner , an d Mi ss S. G unn i ss . m en ri the P uta Pi esents—every Man (and Boy) to as Post, ost-Man—Clownrides the high horse, which and hie rock a-head —Two Young Men from the Country, kullel"n gets over them—ft Sewing Machine (not a poor duce ( ' N7131'11)-4 thorough Blow out—a Man in very .re c,'reilinstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing Poll ;:;„' n ;_t_ll Oenhantine way—a Band of Brothers—the Lind c h,h;"• ureat and Small Force—Clown gets into a row l ' i lletle.f-r t B , 11 P a policeman—the end of this scene is all - 4 , * 33. Not Crinoline 2 ' ...2111 E GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN. "sr& Forrest, Cormack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss. The seeks Protection, although a Free-trader—_ itici.,_,e Cook's Guide _Clown tries to take the chair—tbe head -10Nvof the t able —Harlequin goes through a Deal, and ii becomes a Board-er—Silence those dreadful Bells— oi";.11 and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on 4 , ° . wtert'y Musical Bells--Pantaloon rather hard pr . essed . o rlval of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his 13 W11 ,„._ t raP, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad irti444-ttees for him--a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well -4 °l c% character —Clown meets with a few F r i en d s ( no t 8.--- ttakers) — this Scene end s a t t h e f i nish of it. irttE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION. 6 h e hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6d—Duty off Paper— il.:l ne Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book L-uat takes leafe of Clown—Harlequin gets his horse from a atql and sets up4t trap. No Smoking a•Loud, only on i" Quiet —Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree— '4te arriv 1 M - Neverintime, Toolate. Dearme, and )31 11 ti- essrs. . thesme—Clown hunts his fingers (not the only person at has do ne so)--Clown gives Good Bail and fi nds a Bale gooks, o 4.—The SEA-SIDE. The Sands! The Sands ! I The Sands! I I Come unto these yellow sands. A. Sailor telling a Yain and a boat Lying too—the Pier plaster's ap-Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn ~Bandy and proves himself in the wrong b ox —b y a s li g ht 'niss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon et 44 some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto nishes the Natives—Sailors that use their Cut-Lasses but 'len't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a National Hompipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader—The C,..reat Donk ey S t i r St. Leger—Clown an d P anta l oon ' s u oneert— fine ears for Music—they fish in troubled waters •-•-a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all) 1--The latent Novelty in Parrchntes. Scene —A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm !sippers, a HARLEQUIN'S H OME ON HIS THRONE kW SPLENDOUR. Doors o _ pen at half o'clock. Ticket s for past Six, to commence at Seven a t th e B ox O ffi ce before the opening. 41 eEl, Pit, and Galle r i es , ma y be A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. PPB ' 8 s lionaceopathic Cocoa). COCOA. F - 1 . 4 (Commonly called Epps' The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desifable breakfast beverage. }lb., }lb., and llb paatets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers.' ..._, 1)11. CULVERIVELLSE'S LVES. LAsT NEW WORK, OUR , Price is., by post is. syp la h .; of Mann, 2A, Rmrno , Cornhill r . . d "a S &c torrhcea, Syphilis, Stricture, Cleets, Perma rh oi s, 1 ,, eecur-kaerrdiage : Impedimenta removed, and healthy Offspring Th e Dr. C may be consulted daily till 12, at Post-office * Turlush Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand ; and fro m 1 till 9 p.m. at 3, Great Marlborough - street, W. ton. CULvERWELL'S NEW POST-OFFIOE n TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Mart in ' s-le-Grand . 2s. till 5, and ls. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, ls. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. us: f T „,he Use and °thPeillrbi'lusse"ofTtilhEe PRESS. Bath.—A very b -.‘" Pamphlet has been published n eighbourhoo d Dr. Culverwll, the I,rePrietor of the Turkish Baths in the asso_ofthe r ( Z i t i - office, which presents to the uninitiated am f late this nv. information, while those who have alrea dy encouraged tbs n ew system will derive additional ad w v h art a t h ag th e n i wr f th it e e y r emeerve some of the p - actical regulations X4,ttponrs to enforce."—Herald and Standard, ' No v . ltirand Philantli)roY -- -Dr. 1 7., Post -office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin s- e 1,2 1861 an a b, e lver:w . ell has already established the re putation of sjcian ; he has nowproved himself t o re be a worthy "t he Cit pist, in as far as he has established , in the . h . e_a_r - t Pe r ,. „ Y, en Institution that more nearly than any alsem Of ll'hsn'tilindern days, goes nearer the abolition of the p ractice ttotyotfetnke:tisitohlinasbatonhuY.rperoposition or invention yet esta blished, ity r O ea u d r ers b t j o ee t t h b e e f l ac ng '5 t tha t they possess merely to direct wh ich ..,,e best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin ' s -le-Grand , and most ''"e country can produce; perfect in all its appliances, qLi b ath s admirable In effect. Dr. Culverwell has fitted up ue,s,_nwith a degree space elanCe, luxury, and refinement, b r i n ,_ vsidering the at his disposal, is truly Ulf hoTtig, bile everything that taste or delicacy could desire hi tne u e t, - , . We may Justly ~,bl it2 en obtained to , add to the comfort and luxury of the say that-if a man ever feels q,,,,,_.0 regenerated and new made, it IS 0.11: 1 30111b2$ OUtig a if 0 tasasa. ___ Meet. Thu object of this Company is — to purchase and work the Gold Mines of Erucutu, in the Broods, of which the late Marquis do flarbacena was the ptoprietor. The estate is freehold ) situate in the centre of a populous district, near the towns of St. Barbara, St. Sohn do Morro Grande, St. Clonsalo and Cocaes, in the province of Minas Geraef! ) litar the mines of the St. Sohn del Rey Company, so long celebrated for their immense returns of gold, and the large dividends aberuing toits shareholders. The produce of these mitres, for the year ending Mareh last, yielded a nett profit of £60,400, Leing about 40 per cent. upon the Com pany's paid up capital ; and the returns since that period show even a much larger profit. The estimated value of the propetly of that Company, measured by its revenue, is £400,000; the shares, upon which £l5 each has been paid, bear a premium of 6'oo per cent., and £508,750 have already been paid in dividends. The property of this Company is about 7 miles long by three miles broad ; within which area it contains the fol lowing ascertained sources of auriferous wealth : Captain William Treloar says : The Brucutu formation, in which "two rich groups of shoots of gold have been found, which below water level are entire." Estiva bP Gongo formation, which "presents all the characteristics of containing good deposits of gold —many of my samples produce most encouraging proofs of this." Cocaes formation, " entire throughout the length and breadth of the estate. The outcrop of it is just below the water shed line of the mountain." Jacotinga formation, about 5,000 fathoms in extent ; " the Jacotinga formation of Gongo Soco , St. Miguel, and Cocaes arc embedded in the same range of ironstone, Widening westward, and converging to almost a point eastward, thereby presenting a figure analagous to a chain of wedges. This geological fact is a very desirable feature, for the greatest deposits of gold have been found near the points of convergence." " Seeing that the property possesses these favourable features ; seeing that, in the extent opened in the Brucutu formation, two rich groups of shoots of gold have been found, which below water level are entire; seeing that the Estiva formation is in a virgin state throughout the Bru cutu property, having one known shoot of gold dipping into it from the property adjoining ; seeing that all the valleys and ravines about the formation have afforded rich washings ; and seeing, moreover, the great advantages for draining and washing the formations, I cannot but be of opinion that the estate presents mining properties of no common order, and that it is well worthy the attention of any respectable mining company." The preceding quotations are from the report of Captain William Treloar, upon whose judgment implicit reliance can be placed, from the fact that he has not only had several years' experience in the service of the St. John del Rey Company, but that he has been selected to return to Brasil as chief engineer for the East del Rey Mining Com pany. That report has also fully confirmed the reports of Mr. Halfeld and Capt. Joel Hitchens, extracts of which are given below, and copies of all of which, with others, may be seen at the offices of at Company. Besides its great mineral wealth, the Company will possess abundance of tinber for all purposes, a plentiful supply of water, rich and extensive land for agricultural produce, and buildings already erected for the accommodation of the Company's mining establishment, European and native. The estate presents also every facility for mining operations; and the completion of the adit, a work of about six months, commenced in the best situation that could be selected, will prevent the necessity of pumping machinery. The agreement for the purchase of the property has been effected upon the following unusually favourable terms : The Company, upon taking legal possession, to pay down £3,000 for the plant, stamping machinery, mining build ings, and houses for the residence of the Manager and mining staff. £B,OOO in shares of the Company; and the owners, having every confidence in the success of the undertaking, have agreed to take this amount in 16,000 shares with 10s. paid, thereby rendering themselves equally liable with th 3 shareholders to any calls beyond the 10s. per share ; while the remainder of the purchase money, viz., £l3 000, will eat be paid until the shareholders lave re-. ceived a divideticl - Of 10 per cent, on the paid-up capital. The Company will thus acquire a most valuable property by a small preliminary payment; which amount, with the outlay requisite to bring the Mines into profitable work, will, it is estimated, be covered by considerably less than one-half of the capital, leaving an ample residue to extend the works already in progress to virgin mining ground in other parts of the estate. The works already commenced, which can be made pro fitably productive in a few months, will be resumed without any delay. A competent and experienced mining staff will be despatched to Brazil as soon as an adequate capital has been subscribed. Taking into consideration the unusually favourable terms (compared with other similar undertakings in the country), upon which this Company obtains so important a property, and the nature of the reports, which those best qualified to judge have given upon it, there can be no doubt but that a very speedy and satisfactory result will be obtained. Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of the brokers, or of the solicitors, or at the temporary offices of the Company. The deposit of ss. upon each share ap plied for must be paid to the Company's bankers previously to the application being sent in ; this sum will be returned in full if two-thirds of the shares are not applied for, or if no allotment is made to the applicant. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.-- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. L'eott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and Liver complaints, indigestion, wind spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appe , ite, pro mote, direstion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. 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The directors of this company have decided on recommending a dividend for the past half year of £3 10s. per share, making with the intermediate dividend paid in August last, a total for the year 1861 of £6 12s. 6d. per cent. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE. The poll demanded on the question of making the Shawforth branch, at the last half yearly meeting on Wednesday, resulted in 7,180 votes being re corded in favour of the motion, and 5,471 against it ; the motion was therefore declared to be carried by a majority of 1,709 votes. In declaring the re sult of the poll the Chairman stated that the direc tors had not used their proxies, after the expression of opinion against doing so by the meeting. This statement elicited expressions of satisfaction from all parties, SOUTH YORKSHIRE. The report of the directors states that £58,487, added to the capital during the past year, has been chiefly on account of plant and of the extensions connected with the undertaking. The revenue acco unt exhibits a gross income from all sources of £891052, earned at a total expense of £37,561, leaving a balance of £51,490, which, after paying the interest and preferential dividends, will yield a dividend at the rate of 41 p er cent. per annum on the ordinary c ap i tal, and th e di rec t ors recommen d that such dividend be declared accordingly. The capital account shows that £2,391,612 had been re ceived, and £2,355,490 expended, leaving a balance of £36,122. The immense network of fortifications that, by the con tinuous labour of some thousands of men, is rising around Portsmouth is being kapidly develoind in its extent and nature, although, as a matter of course, in various stages of progress, some of the more salient points being not only completed by the Royal Engineers, but also handed over to the Royal Artillery, by whom they have been armed and garrisoned. Others, again, are complete in their construc tion, but await their formal handing over to the Royal Ar tillery; while others are part finished in construction, some are only just taken in hand, and in one or two cases the ground has not yet been broken. When the whole of the lines of defence and detached forts are completed,P , rtsmouth will be protected by three distinct lines or circles of defence —the inner circle consisting of such of the present lines of Portsmouth, Portsea, and Gosport, as the authorities may decide on retaining; the second, or middle circle, consisting of the Hilsea lines,Cumberland, Southsea, Moncton,Gomer, Grange, Romer, Brockhurst, and Elston forts, with the line of parapet and moat and projected forts along Stokes Bay. The outer circle consists of tkEsix forts on the heights of Portsdown, the detached fort Lee Farm, Roome, and Old Ford, end the marine forts at Spithead. The diameter of this cuter circle, measuring from the site selected for the Marine Fort on the Noman shoal to the heavy work on Portsdown, opposite Southwick, is nearly nine miles in extent. From Southwick Fort, 450 feet above high water mark, a magnificent view is obtained of the whole of the works comprised in the three distinct circles to which we have alluded. Along the ridge of Portsdown itself six heavy detached works are marked out—Southwick, Wind mill, Purbrook, Crookhorn, Farlington, and Nelson. These works are very extensive and formidable, but are so far modified from their original design that they will have no barrack accommodation attlihed to them at,present. This will leave them mere batteries of great strength in an al most unassailable position, with open gorges, capable of being multiplied or strengthened, as may be 'wished, at any future time. Of the works on Portsdown little has been done towards their construction beyond excavations and the partial formation of the earth, or rather chalk works, of n a o bcloe flints and glistening chalk lie deposited on the othe r parts of the Down. The r ts and the collection of brick and materials in readiness for the sum mer campaign. The surface of the Down i n man y rvillage church, parts, as at Purbrook, is seamed with chasms in which whilemigh t easilybehid from corresponding massessight construction of the brick portions of the works will be com menced, it is calculated, in the fi r st week in May, and then, present summer may therefore see Portsdown. transformed from a nearly barren solitude into one of the strongest military positions in the world. Along each side of the hill the ascent is precipitous throughout. To remedy this de fect at its west end a strong detached fort is being con structed at Wallington, which, in a commanding position, dominates the village of Fareham and its roads, and com pletely commands every approach to the end of the hill. No enemy could thus possibly march upon the main posi tion without first capturing Wallington —a feat which, if the work were properly manned, might detain a strong army for a considerable time. In advance of Wallington, however, are two other detached works about 3,500 yards in front of the line of forts between Gomer and Eisen, and one at Old Ford co-operating with the fort at Wallington by sweeping the ground in front of Fareham, and the other near the Titchfield river, the route by which an enemy would advance if he had effected a landing in any part of the western channel. The eastern approach to the hill is left quite unguarded, and this is the more extraordinary when it is considered that to attack its opposite extremity, which is guarded as described by heavy detached forts, an enemy must first force the Needles or Spithead passages ; while to attack the hill from the east all that is necessary for an enemy to do would be to land at Selsea Bill, where there is nothing whatever to oppose his doing so, where he would secure a base of operations, and have an excellent road in his front. We have thus described the position of Portsdown itself, with the ground on either flank, and the works in construc tion for its defence. Looking out from our elevation at Southwick Fort to the south, the Isle of Wight forms the background, with the waters of Spithead glistening between the Isle of Wight and the island of Portsea, while clusters of apparently, at this distance, vessels' masts mark the piles and staging of the contractors for the foundations of the marine forts at Spithead. Of these, the " Horse" and " Sturbridge" are being executed by throwing on to the two shoals masses of indurated concrete strengthened by cast iron cylinders, similar to those used in the construction of the new Hungerford-bridge. Piles were driven last autumn on the " Noman" shoal to enable the contractors to commence the foundations there, but the work was sus pended, owing to the rough weather, and the piles have long since disappeared. This completes the outer circle of Portsmouth fortifications—lines of works which it has been deemed indispensable to construct owing to the improve ments in the range and precision of modern artillery. Cast ing the eye to the base of Portsdown in search of the second circle of defence, the chief object in the foieground is the ex tensive ruins of Porchester Castle, the Portus Magnus of the Itomans,and the predecessor of Portsmouth as a military post. To the left a little stands the main line of Hilsea works, con structed to defend the entrance to the island of Portsea from the mainland, but which is only partly finished as yet. The channel in front of the line of works is about 2,600 yards in length, and unites the harbours of Langston and Ports mouth, and is to be increased in width to 200 feet, having sufficient depth to allow of the passage of gunboats between the two harbours. The channel will also be fitted at either end with skeleton cofferdams and other appliances for keep ing 7ft. water in the channel even at low water. Two im mense hornworks, of an equilateral tr;angular form, have yet to be erected in front of the main line, with three wide moats, but all in rear of the channel. Double archways are constructed through the works for the railway and road traffic. The main bastion trace has three fronts, with ex terior sides of 740 yards, the line of defence being 590 yards long. The flanks are casemated for 10 guns each a la Haxo, and in the rear of the casemate is a bomb-proof chamber for 10 men—the gun's crew. The guns from these casemtates will deliver a heavy cross fire on the flank of each bastion. The top of the work will carry no guns, but will be well traversed for rifle fire. The line has a base of 116 feet, with an average command of 20, and all portions exposed to a direct fire will have a 24-feet covering of earth. Hilsea position lies but 6 feet above high-water mark, and Ports • down's greatest elevation, as we already stated, is 450 feet, The distance between the two, selecting the nearest point at Portsdown on which a battery could be erected, is 2,500 yards, but between these two points the ground declines to considerably below high-water mark in the direction of Cosham from Hilsea, and herein lies one of the strongest elements of defence for the Hilsea lines, as by simply cut ting the seawalls the country for 600 yards in front could be flooded each tide, and rendered perfectly impassable. With the west end of the position resting on the foreshore of Portsmouth harbour, the east demi-bastion rests on the shore of Langston harbour, and crosses with the fire of its guns those on the north flank of Cumberland Fort, the posi tionof the latter bein g at the ent ranee of Langston harbour, and on the easternmost part of the island of Portsea. It is a heavy start fort, with wide dry moats, having masonry re vetments, scarp and countersearp, and mounts two 10-inch guns, 15 8-inch, 28 32-pounders, and six 24-pounders, be sides Armstrong guns of various calibres and field guns for practice purposes. An immense extent of shoal water exists seaward of the fort, zo as to render it wholly unapproachable except to craft drawing but a few feet of water. It is occu pied by the practice parties of the Royal Marine Artillery. Continuing the second circle of the defence of Portsmouth, the coast line turns to the south-west from Fort Cumber land to the point of beach forming the entrance to Ports mouth harbour channel, on which stands Southsea Castle, a distance of about 4,200 yards. The line of beach between the two large forts is occupied by two smaller works — Lumps Fort, mounting 13 68-pounders, of 95 cwt. each) and four 8-inch guns. This is a well -executed work on the surface and flanks, with three cavaliers for traversing car riages. It has a moat, with caponniet es for rifle fire ; but the scarp and counterscarp are merely slopes of earth plas • tered with concrete, and would present but little difficulty to the rush of a body of men. The other small work— Eastney, consists of a considerable length of moat and para pet parallel with the beach, terminating at each end in a square work for six guns each. Prom each flank of the work, and connected with the latter, runs out a stout wall, the boundary wall for the new Marine Artillery Barracks, which are to be constructed immediately in rear of the work. The merit of this design is, that shot fired by an enemy passing over the parapet of the work must plump right into the barracks. The four forts cross each other's fire, and effectually command the line of beach on which they stand. Southsea Castle, the last of the four, occupies the most im portant position of any of the existing works in the imme diate vicinity of Portsmouth harbour; standing sentry, as it does, at the entrance to Harbour Channel, no ship can approach Portsmouth withdut coming close under the cas tl e ' s guns. The work cons ists of a square stone tower, a keep of th e time of Henry VIII., encircled by bastion, moat, and glasis--4h 3 moat being of good depth and rivetted with masonry, but the interior of the work very confined, so that a couple of 13-inch shells would bury the whole of the guns on the terre-plain of the work beneath its ruins. The flanks and rear of the work have been strengthened by earthworks and 8-inch guns, and an open redan of earth has been formed on each flank and mounted with 8-inch guns. Altogether it mounts 12 solid shot 68-pounders, 15 8-inch, two 32's, and 15 24- pounders. A few hundred yards from Southsea Castle, to the westward of the Spit buoy, is the site marked for the erection of the marine fort on the Spit Sand, with the site for the " intermediate" fort on its left flank, the " Noroan" and " Horse" out seaward, and the " Sturbridge," in a line with Hyde. The next point in continuation of the circle is I Moncton Fort, at the eastern end of Stokes Bay. From, Moncton Fort to Southsea Castle the Spit shoals form a triangle, the apex of which is Blockhouse Fort, at Ports mouth harboiree mouth, and the base the line of anchorage at Spithead. The channel of entratee, of Portsmouth har bour runs from Southsea Castle along the line of Pontbsea beach, and on the eastern side of the triang led-formed sheald. On these shoals a plan has been subMitted to the authorities for the construction of a floating and tidal basin, the farmer of 216, and the latter of 125 acres, with outer walls for wharves or batteries 200 ft. wide, with two coaling depots, capable of holding 100,000 tons of coals. The ettire cost is estimated at £150,030. Moncton Fort is an old work with stone front, flanked by two bas!lons, Its rear is chiefly earthworks of a stronger character than its somewhat ancient front. It is surrounded by a moat with masonry revetments, and is covered (to the rear) by a good earthen glacis. It is also strengthened on its right flank by a stout earthern parapet along the line of beach, terminating in an auxiliary earthwork battery, open at the gorge and com manded by the fort. The guns altogether mounted consist of two 10-inch guns, 9 solid shot 68-pounders, 5 8-inch guns 3 56-pounders, 9 32-pounders, 2 21 -pounders, 6 18-pounders, and 7 12-pounders. The diitance from Moncton to Fort Gomer along the shore of Stokes Bay, is about 2,600 yards, and this was recommended by the Commissioners in their report " on the Defences of the United Kingdom" " to be connected with the two forts by an intrenchment thrown up along the edge of the bank which commands the beach, the intrenchment having a wet ditch in front." This work has been completed in even a more effectual manner than recommended by the Commissioners. The end of the line of rampart and moat, or " intrenchment," next to Fort Moncton rests in a morass at the foot of the glacis of the fort, and immediately under its guns. Thence the line continues its course past Anglesea in the shape of an obtuse angle, the apex inclining landwards. In front of,Angle, seaman outwork of large dimension, a triangle with the apex cut off, runs out to the sea beach, having a stout pier in front, and the Isle of Wight branch of the South-Western Railway running along its eastern parapet. The railway and pier are commanded by a battery of 11 of the heaviest guns on traversing platforms, the battery being erected on the elevated ground immediately in rear of the line of in trenchment. The line of moat in front of the intrenchment is swept by a battery of four guns. The public road is car ried along inside the line until reaching the Alverstoke road, where it passes through the work and on to the line of beach, the work at this point taking a sharp angle in wards, and affords an opportunity for the erection of another battery of heavy gum to sweep the line of moat and beach in 4ront, the line finally ending in the midst of broken ground, shingle on the one side and bog on the other, in front of Fort Gomer, and in rear of the Browndown bat teries, standing on the shore of Stokes Bay, and mounting 21 of the heaviest smooth bore ordnance. The termina tion of the line is formed by the construction of a square work, surrounded by a moat, and approached over a light bridge, having three guns in casemates on its left flank, sweep ing the line of ditch and front of parapet,and two guns in em brasures sweeping the glacis. In front, 3 guns in elevated embrasures point seaward. On its right flank, six guns in casemates sweep the ground in that direction, by which only au enemy could approach, and crossing fire with the guns from Fort Gooier. The bridge and:the rear of this work are commanded by an outwork mounting eight heavy guns, open at the rear, and itself in turn commanded, as are the batteries on the beach, by Fort Gomer. This latter fortifica tion forms the left of the line of forts which is being com pleted across the peninsula, which gives the western side to Portsmouth harbour, and which measures about 5,000 yards across from Bedenham Creek on the one side to Stokes Bay on the other. This position, when complete, will be most formidable, not only from the size and armament of the forts themselves, but also owing to the nature of the ground on which the line of forts stands. Prince Albert, during the periods of the Queen's residence at Osborne, often visited these works, in the progress of which he ever appeared to take the liveliest interest. Gomer stands in an almost unap proachable position on its front, where it is protected by an extensive and impassable morass. It is an enclosed work, surrounded by a moat with good masonry revetments, and mounts en barbette five 10-inch guns, nine 68-pounders, seven 8-inch, and nine 32-pounders, with two 13-inch mor tars on its parade. Its foundations gave out suspicious in dications of weakness when first constructed, but its masonry revetments contributed greatly to support it, and there is now reason to believe that no part of the work will settle any further. The second completed fort of the line was Elson, at the opposite end, on the shore of Portsmouth harbour, mounting three 10-inch guns, 11 OS-pounders, four -inch : and nine 32-pounders. Four of these are mounted in casements a la Haxo—two on each flank, the remainder on ground platforms which have lately been substituted for traversing platforms, owing to the sinking of the terre-plein. Three mortars are mounted on the parade. The gorge of the work is closed by quarters for officers and men (300 men and 11 officers), at present unoccupied. Across the rear of the parade, in front of the quarters, has been con structed a huge traverse, or "cavalier" battery, mounting six B.inch guns, and entirely commanding the interior of the work and the country in front. From the ramparts a good command of the bountry is obtained. Exteriorly the work is surrounded by a ditch, with sloping earth counter scarp. The escarp is revetted in brick, strengthened by a double row of turned arches, with a sharp angle extending about three feet below the berm, and the lower row of arches pierced for musketry. Capponieres, pierced also for mus ketry, project into the ditch at the angles of the work. The rear of the work is partially covered by a pierced wall and earthen parapet, and the right flank is strengthened by out work to near high-water mark. Fort Elson has, however, been singularly unfortunate, and has exhibited several alarming indications of a tendency to fall prostrate at the first opportunity. A huge crack exists on its right flank from parapet to foundation, clear through the arch of the capponiere, and the greater part of this flank has visibly subsided. The soil is so unstable that the counterscarp on the same flank has fallen bodily into the ditch. This, no doubt, has been the cause of the disaster, for it is evident that the superstructure is too heavy for the foundation. No gun has yet been fired from the fort since its erection, and, according to present appearances, one sa'vo would bting the whole to I he ground. The remaining three of this chain of forts—Brockhurst, Rowner, and Grange—are more for midable than Gomer or Elson. All three are being co n structed on the same plan. Each presents a bastion on a n obtuse angle with lofty parapet, on the terre-plein of which will be mounted guns on traversing platforms, having an excellent command of the country in front. No guns aro mounted in casemates on this bastion, but underneath the terre-plein are 32-bomb-proof rooms for the accommodation of the garrison. A vaulted passage runs along the back of these rooms, having communication with each, and con taining pipes for heating purposes, &c. In the centre of the bastion a caponniere of unusual dimensions stands out into the ditch, and contains casemates for six guns, which command the ditch, berm, and glacis of the work on either face. This work is also well provided with rifle galleries, and is altogether of a very superior and comprehensive charac ter. At each angle on the right and left flank of the bastion a similar caponniere commands the ditch and face of the work, but with only two guns instead of six, as in the central caponniere. They are, however, equally well supplied with rifle galleries. Each flank carries guns in casemates of the most massive character, with others in casemates a la Haze on the terre-plein. In the rear of the casemates are roomy quarters for the officers, The flank is closed towards the gorge by a continuation of curtain, until its junction with the keep, which closes up the gorge and cffectuall3 com mands the whole of the interior, as well as rear of the fort. The keep is a huge, circular building, surrounded by a ditch, with brick revetments, and entered over a drawbridge both from the interior and exterior of the fort. Ten guns in massive casemates point into the fort, commanding and enfilading every part, while the same number sweep the outside of the port on its flanks and rear. The interior of the keep is a circular courtyard, round which, in rear of the guns, are the garrison library, schoolroom, &c. , and offi cers' quarters. Each keep has been built of brick, with stone dressings, and granite embrasures for the guns, in the most substantial manner. The entrance-gateways have suitable mouldings of Portland stone. Each fort will mount about 80 guns of the heaviest calibre and have quarters for about 600 men, Exteriorly, each fort is being well covered with earthwork from the crest of the parapet to the berm, and is surrounded by a ditch, the lat ter, however, without masonry or brick revetments, but having merely a sloping escarp and counterscarp, with concrete. Both scarp and counterscarp are, conse quently, at an angle that could offer but little opposition to the passage of an enemy. These five forts are afterwards to be connected by intrenchment, ditch, and rampart, as in Stokes Bay. The line in Stokes Bay will also be strengthened by the construction of detached works in the rear, so that in point of strength the two faces of the line of defence from Fort Moncton to Fort Elson will strongly resemble each other, and will form, in conjunction with each other, a position of immense strength. The time ',named for the completion of Brockhurst, Rowner, and Grange is August next. The building of Lhese immense forts has been attended with great and unexpected difficulties owing to the nature of the soil on which they are constructed, and has been followed in several instances by results which threaten to affect the very stability of the works. Thus, Rowner Keep, owing to the weight of the superstructure being too great for the supports at its base, has a fissure opened through the arches on its interior left flank, which has the appearance of having been caused by some violent convulsion of the earth. No guns are in the keep as yet, nor can any be placed there until sufficiently energetic measures are taken to provide a remedy, o r the building is pulled d ow n and rebuilt on a firmer and broader foundation. G range Fort, too, has ono of the arches of its keep cracked, and a portion of its right flank has consider ably subsided. This latter, however, so far as can be seen at present, can easily be remedied; but it still displays wea l /l ess, This line of forts completes, by the position of Fort Bison opposite to the left demi-bastion at Hiisea, the second or middle line of the defences of Portsmouth. The third or inner circle of defence consists of the lines of Portsmouth, rottsea, and Gosport, immediately encircling the three towns. PorisMolth lines consist of five bastioned fronts, with exterior sides, With double flanks and small ravelins. They mount two 13. inch mortars, two OS-poun ders, 25 B.inch guns, 46 32-pmmclers, 302-1-pounders, 0 i2,- po - nders, 5 24-pounder carrchades, 12 10-inch howitzers, and 7 B.inch howitzers. Portsca is defended by four bas tioned fronts with caletior sides, raveling, and tenaillcs, in m ot a h - Iminoens htl ntinige37w2idlzoduenedperms and. s, 10 in completelyc ev it e z t e t r e g sonry . and brickWollc. Gosport lines arc of irre g ul ir trace, r former with a wet ditch, but untevetted. They mount 4 7 24 - moats, 8-hhowitzers. E andpo linßd Blocskhouse k a h n o d u , 2 0 1 1870 inch rts, a t howitzers. Mounting 15 8-inch guns, two 66 -pounde rs, 25 32-pounders, and 14 18. pounders. Point Battery moun ts 20 8-inch guns. the harbour's ou Ine The lines of Portsmouth and Portsea , althou g h more perfect In their outline, and stronger in thei r base and revet ments by far than are the new works %c'e have been describ ing,s mouth,°'cldi addition n thea e will have their greater portion demolished on the com pletion of the Mina lines and the line from Gomer to Bison. Further reference to these must be reseried fer a future occasion, as also any lengthened detail of the work:tett Hurst Castle and in the Isle of Wight. At Hurst and the Needles additional works, Including a drop redoubt on the edge of the cliff in front of the old lighthouse, are being rapidly pushed forward ; and at Sandown, the other extremity of the island, the came energy is being displayed. In the latter place a fort of formidable dimensions is designed, in lieu of the old one in the bay, so well known to visitors to this watering-place. It has been found necessary, however, to erect another fort on Ending Down, to opartand_ the one at Sandowu ; but the extraerdinasx-partpf whgle, affair. is that the very spot selected on this extensive DOwn is where the monument in memoryof Lord Yarborough stands, the removal of which will entail an expense of £6OO. It has also been found that the outer lighthouse at Hurst Castle must be taken down and rebuilt, to make room for an angle of the new works. The guns now mounted in the South west District amount to upwards of 750, the greater number of which are 10-inch, 68-pounders (solid shot), and 8-inch. The new works constructing to which we have been refer ring, including the marine forts at Spithead, but excluding the Isle of Wight, will give an addition of about 1,150 guns. When they are all completed it will take every soldier under tha British Crown to man them, should it ever be attempted to defend all points at one and the same time. THE NAVY. It is a matter of much surprise and comment in naval circles to find that no sum has been appor tioned in the Naval Estimates for 1862-3 for the commencement of the long-talked of increase in the dock and basin accommodation of Portsmouth dock- yard. Under these Estimates immense sums will be spent on works in the dockyard, which, when completed, will be found useless. Of this class will be the north inlet, or No. 11 dock, the total Esti mate for which is £77,160, but which, like No. 10, now occupied by the Black Prince, will possibly exceed the original Estimate by some £21,000, the extension of No. 8 dock at a cost of £19,292, and the deepening the present steam basin—a work often begun and as often only partially completed owing to the scarcity of dock and basin room in the yard. The north inlet dock may be constructed, No. 8 extended, and the bottom of the steam basin this time excavated, but when all is done there will be no depth of water at their entrances. In the plans for the north inlet dock is shown an outline of the Achilles midship section, butshould that ship ever become a reality she will never get inside the north inlet unless the latter has deeper water ap proaches given to it. The new dock (which has been commenced by the contractor) is to be 426 feet in length, 99 feet in width from coping to coping, 33 feet in depth from coping to entrance invert, and with a depth of water at spring tides of 28 feet 6 inches. This depth of water might, however, be found sufficient in the majority of cases if the dock was in an accessible position, which, as already stated, it is not. It is unfortunate that works should be executed in such positions, as plan after plan has been prepared and submitted to the Admiralty for the creation of a new steam basin and docks at the north part of the harbour, adjoining the dockyard, where basins and docks of any extent could he created at very little cost, and adjoining the present steam basin and factory . Another provision in the Estimates relating to Portsmouth is equally useless and objectionable :—X12,000 is set down for dredg ing the harbour and its channel of entrance, in ad dition to the thousands that have been spent upon the same object during the few past years. A series of groynes, costing but little more than has been paid for one year's dredging, would confine the ebb tide to the channel proper, and more effectually deepen the channel and remove the mud from. the bed of the harbour by doing away with the existing eddies than any process of dredging that engineering skill may devise, and would render Portsmouth harbour capable of receiving or sending from within our largest men of war. The patching up of old docks and the completion of others in situations where they can never be of service to our Warriors and Minotaurs, and the dredging of a harbour, an operation often to be re peated, instead of at once applying effectual reme dies can never render Portsmouth harbour equal to the service required from it for the accommodation of our first-class ships. Twenty years ago Ports mouth supplied all that could be desired for the building, outfit, repair, and reception when afloat of our fleets, but now our ships have outgrown our docks and harbours. If the intention of the au thorities be not to extend Portsmouth dockyard and improve its harbour and entrance channel, why are those endless lines of defence being constructed, the outer circle of which is nine miles in diameter ? In Portsmouth dockyard all is puny and insignificant as compared with our present wants, and the occu pation of one dock stays t he work of the port. If Portsmouth dockyar d is to remain i n its present s tate, why a ll this costly expenditure to defend an establishment, which, if continued in its present state would, in the event of an action in the chan nel, be brought to a dead lock for want of the common resources which would be required for the quirk repair of an iron steam fleet. The deck question has been discussed more than once:during the past year, and cannot be much longer delayed. There must be additional docks formed, whether their site be Portsmouth, Hamble,Portland, or any other part of our south coast. The existence of iron ships is not a more imperative necessity. The Emerald and Shannon, screw frigates, at Spithead, have discharged their extra 32-pounders (16 each), and have each received four 100-pounder Armstrong guns, thus rendering them now, in fact, 40-gun frigates. The Emerald has also landed her 8-inch guns, which are being replaced by others of the same calibre that have been re-vented. The Jasper, screw gunboat, 80-horse power, fit ting for commission in the steam basin at Ports mouth, yesterday received her armament —one 100-pounder and one 40-pounder Armst!ongs. The Warrior, 40, iron frigat e, Captain Hon. A. Cochrane, C. 8., is ordered to Portsmouth from Gib raltar. Her list of defects , sent h o me from Lisbon, is somewhat formidable. It is asser ted that the statement of the ship's l abouring heavily and refus ing to answer her helm on her outward voyage to Lisbon was actua ll y less than G. the truth, alth oug h partly contradict ed hy:Lord . Paget in his answer to the quest ion r ecently ;n r put by Sir John Paki ng t on in the House of Commons. 3 Th e A r ethusa, 51 , screw fr igate, x,141 tons, 600 hors© pow er, had an experimental trial of h er en gines yesterday i n the basin at Sheer ness d ockyard. The trial was most satisfactory. The Defence, 18, 600 horse power, R. A. Powell, C. 8,, finished the adjustment of her compasses on Wednesday, and was inspected yesterday by Vice- Admiral W. J. Hope Johnstone, Commander-in- Chief at the Nore, and staff, after which she got up steam, and proceeded to Portsmouth to wait further orders. The undernamed Lieutenants were yesterday pro moted to the rank of Commander : —Edwin A. Porcher, Joseph Robinson, Alfred P. H. Helby, the Hon. Henry W. Chetwynd, Henry M. Bingham', hceeiie h ld e g yolunteering for the depot of the 51st Regi mentloeiofonincsap sat tinoaafiiteti Kiies, ng's Own s rf h liOerll discharges,nah naiTd ande dw t e eo l ant n rhd f re a ser n do t oct r ael y ue2 , csie t the service 11: u s :y e ns r t v pe ierero con siderably_es arrived Te b r eylowa satisfactorilytthcehira t proper ha m agm i a , or u rn m igs b o e nt r i: i we n hd c e o er n pe s ot e th q be u a e Si n it c as e : depotoned o Major -Gen. s e t d r , on d s u h r o in m g , t t h h e e l n a e s w t f l e y wdays. m In spector-General of the R o y a l M ar i ne forces, appointedaccom panied by Capt. Travers, his aide-de-camp, yester day made his first official visit of inspection to the division at Woolwich. The battalion mustering about 900 men of all ranks fell in at 9 a.m. in heavy marching order, in command of Col. Campbell and Col. Walsh, C. 8., first and second commandants ; and Col. Hopkins, C. 8., aide-decamp to the Q u een, attended by the captains and subordinate officers commanding the 28 compani,es, comprising thedi vision at Woolwich. An hour _having I;keen,„ con- • sumed, in puttiwthel men through sundry movements, tl' preliminiry parading of colirr4:, marching past; changing face, the announce ment echoed throughout the parade that the In spector-General was about to appear on the ground, when the battalion suddenly wheeled about and again formed in line with the utmost accuracy and precision. The Commandant then rode to the front, and received the Inspector-General on parade, when he commenced a most minute and rigid inspection of the line. On the men being dismissed the Inspector-General went over the men's quarters and inspected their din ners, and proceeded through the clerks' depart ment, the libraries, and the wards and other depart ments of the new infirmary adjoining. He com pleted his visitation by witnessing a course of hem , y gun drill by the men of the battery, under the in struction of Capt. Clavell, superintendent of gunnery exercises, The department of the Inspector-General of Royal Marines, as at present constituted, has itk official quarters at thbßoyal Marine-office in Spring Gardens. In the evening the Inspector-General dined with the officers of the division, at their general mess, where he was met by Major-Gen. Sir It. Dacres, K.C.8., and the Staff of the garrison.- The Inspector-General announced his intention of visiting the other divisions of the force in succession. NR. ROEBUC O S oN THE ROUSE ONS. At the annual dinner of the Associated Chamber of Commerce, at the Westminster Palace Hotel, on Wednesday, Mr. ROEBUCK, in answering for the House of Commons, said :—I cannot sit down, however, without alluding to the peculiar position in which I, as a legislator, stand towards you and my country. We are told that the House of Commons represents the people of England. So it does ; but there is something else to be represented, as is well known to any gentleman who has ever mingled in that vortex and whirlpool of party politics; called the House of Commons. The fact is, many honourable gentlemen lose their heads when they get there; and that being the case, although we represent England we are sur rounded by all the wiles and solicitations of parties at.d partisans. In fact we want some more calm and deliberate body to advise us ; and I believe a body like the present, representing the mercantile classes of the country, is a very proper body to be gathered together for the purpose of aiding us with their good counsels and advice. You are in a posi tion to collect a fund of knowledge that will be useful not only to the House of Commons but to the world, and more especially upon the subject of cotton-spinning. I should like very much to know, apart from all party ties and the injurious and con flicting currents which occurs in that house, some thing of that subject as it is viewed by the quiet and comprehending minds of the great commercial bodies of England. Well, when you are gathered together, why do you not direct your energies to that object ? If you do you will do not only us, but the country generally, a great service. We have the staff in our hands, and it is in human nature, depend upon it, to use it. It is for you, and you only, to instruct us to use the staff in the right way. With regard to our neighbours, the world, I am happy to say, has grown wiser of late, and we have more intimate communication between nation and nation ; but I think I may, without arrogance, say that the Government are not sufficiently instructed upon these matters. (Hear, hear.) You say, " hear, hear," but what do you do to enlighten us ? Why do you not apply yourselves to the task of saying what is required for the interests of England and her menu facturing communities ? Look at the French treaty. I cannot help thinking, with many others, that there was much left out of that treaty. (Hear.) I look round me and see gentlemen representing the com mercial communitygenerallyWhy have you not put your shoulders to , th,,,, wheel and instructed your am bassador abroad As towhat was required ? It is not for me , to do more than suggest these things to your consideration, and to return thanks for the manner in which you have drunk my health : but I hope you will understand your position and strengthen yourselves so as to give us a lesson which we, as your representatives in Parliament, shall most thankfully receive. I have been before now some what roughly taught that I ought not to interfere in mercantile affairs, I have been told I know nothing about trade, and perhaps I ought to bow to that imputation ; but all I can say is, that so long as my constituents are pleased with my efforts, I shall endeavour to do my best to aid them in any way that the opportunity shall present itself. sb,3 alvtaii Hospital,lsa bpl available for probable use the el ase really ath debtors' that t v a t i h u 3 THE GAOL DELIVERY : wsti.ilTshhmr talys, The return made by the keeper prison being on the Ist inst. contained the names of 53 prisoners ; of these, 17 able Queen'spt rl;'sreisso g on o f ne. were, prior to the registrar's visit, either before the Court of B a nkruptcy or discharged by some other process ; 17 others are before the Insolvent Debtors' Court, and unless some action is taken by that court for their removing their names from its rolls, these prisoners may remain exempt front bankruptcy jurisdiction for months to come. But we be lieve the necessary measures are in progress for effecting this very desirable object. Five are prisoners in contempt of various courts, and it is to be hoped that these also may be discharged by some action to be taken on the part of the several courts committing, or, at all events, to transfer them to some other prison. There will be plenty of room for them in Horsemonger-lane Gaol—an abode somewhat less airy than the Queen's Prison, and probably, notwithstanding the kindness of the excellent governor, less attractive for a permanence, Three prisoners had not been in gaol for the . requisite time, but this objection will bo cured next month , and it is satisfactory to find that the new arrivals are vLry few indeed. Eight prisoners were discharged by the regis trar, and there would have been a ninth, but that the exa mination mination taken by a creditor induced the registr f a a r e t pr that the bankruptcy should be at the instance of a and that the creditor undertook forthwith to —Gazette of Bankruptcy. al Aids to Health. [ADVERTISE. . MENT ]-11olloway'sP—s. dcrmine the petition. r o e di creditor, to regulate ii power h—eaSlotl many t a h n a y t it d i s h t e u h r o b v ' n e behoves his system. Professor Holloway re" Pais are equal to causes aotet,:ifFpn7TUnTl ~1;, within the reach of all—his owfhelinfeee it t t m is: ay ge f n ro t m ly every emergency.. 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