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PROT to 3 10 6; ; to - s to '27 0 to 4 _ 4 16 to --- nuarla white. o 6°4 3,9 s P e a 101. —iled ley 128 th ° • large , o re barely p ril 10Qt,, Etr. ar. E., th 0 Sqli fitet : Itif ~m.A,, ,tll7 601 s ld° oo () t o iii,sse;‘ 'ft t woe . 5i i : , , .,,': tel l°. ~ v6c1.1 rago, f ' oyd°' f .ver' „ co son " oltY ° AT a GENERAL COURT of PROPRItTORS, held at the BA.NK of ENGLAND on rITURSDAY, the 20th March, 1862, Resolved, —That the thanks of this Court be given to the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Court of Directors of the Bank of Ene-land, for their ahle management of the affairs of the Corporation during the last half-year, and especially for the accommodation derived to the public by the arrangement under which the shuttings of the stock books have been en tirely superseded. Ordered, —Tbat the said resolution be advertised In all the daily morninq, and evening papers. JAMES STEWART, Secretary. TURIN AND SAVONA PAILWAY COMPANY. NOT ICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, 7"dat Scrip Certificates will be ready for d e li very, in exiniange for tie Bankers' Recrs eipts, on a n d after 310NDA;y, 31st inst., between th e hou of 12 and 2. The Banke-L.'s Receipts must be left at the Office two clear days previoras to the delivery of the Scrip. By orde'e of the Directors. 61, Gresham H ouse J. W. PILLANS, Secretary . , 18th March, 1862. ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. London, 7th nerch, 1862, This is to Give Notice, That the Anneal GENERAL COURT will be held at the Society's Itouse, No. 6, New Bridge-street, Blacktriars, on SATURDAY, the 22d day of 3larch, at Two o'clock 'precisely, to receive the Auditors' Re• port of the receipts P,nd disbursements of the Societ the year 1861, and to elect Auditors f y durißurin;year. or the present By order of th e B oard of Directors, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary THE PROTECTOR ENDOW ;BENT, LOAN, AND ANNUITY CO MPANY. At the Annual Ordinary General Meeting' of the Share holders in this Co:aPally held on Thursday, Marsh 20, at theirort f r O7'th s e : ; l e'a year einn,-,'d'instgreg,stCpheeacpesmielbee,r,the following Re -1661, was unani- MOrisly adopted : The Directors have the pleasure of meeting you ora the pre sent occasion to lay before you, according to custom, the a!tatement of the receipts and disbursements of the Company l e !the Year which ended on the 31st December last, to sub -ritt to you a report of proceedings, and to transact such further matters as devolve, in acco'alance with our constitu tion, on the Annual Meeting of Slareholoers. both The Directors who retire by rotation on this occasion are „George Tyler, Esq., and W i .lliam Henry Thornthwaite, Esq.; tressof these gentleme'a are again eligible, and have ex- I'clned their willingness to continue their services to the PanY, and are therefore , now recommended to you as ° Lg the list for election by the present meeting. b The Auditors of the Company's Accounts II. Lad „YrY, ES(I., Joseph Williams, Esq., and George Lowe, Esq., li , - c ',._nor. retire by annual custom, and all are eligible and ' t ug, to serve in the same capacity for the current year. STATE3IENT SHEET. "'y"Oafs printed statement which has been forwarded to ea re our s haholders so fully details the various operations ch of 11 , e past Year, that little is 'left to be said in addition. All the departmnts of the Company's business are in most ex !nctregulari'cy ,Ttlent and efticient working order , and white this condition is maintained, few incidents arise sufficiently ..ronainent to claim attention in a General Report. fora,Our in --,e'posits, as shown ih the pnb'ished sheet, continue to a ' ery large and important branch of the business ; and as lb & I, ot . ~_ se are neither forced by the expense of advertisement, b„, '-iduced by the offer of high rates of interest, we cannot .4 feel both that our mode of management meets the public "(fairer/lents, and that the public feel entire confidence in Via i - e.n.' their funds in o ur hands. It has been our object to 1~ b . tvic!qsible ; and it has proved a convenience, not only to those Zeho have no immediate employment for their funds, while s e e k d in, g naort,g-ages and other investments, but is extensively 4 11 d f . ll a More permanent way by those who desire a regular tir o , a t ir ,lnterest for their capital, and who wish at the same or i, ~„"° have the power of withdrawing their deposits, wholly they va.'ef, according to their convenience, at any time when 1 faity require it. fir , n h_e, state went of money advanced during the year on loan fv"`D-ciently shows the activity of this department. The most ; 41 ,stant and careful supervision has always been exercised, trito! , ,u! no pains have been spared to render this branch of ope ns is as beneficial as possible to those who avail themselves t e ', to temporary difficulty, and also safe and profitable to th at k , onv,......_ . u, or As a result of this it is gratifying to state arre a °. - loans are in a most favourable condition, and that Ro 1,: s.nd mischances are remarkably few and small, though alth c ,e sum is now employed in the department ; and . end er , gh strictly this report speaks only of the year which jo at , - 1 . last December, we may be allowed to mention, as a ]o a n c er of great satisfaction, the regularity with which our repayments are coming in at this present time. 4,;',;'..n0e the foundation of this Society, somewhat over Vi?,.,,,700 has been advanced on loan, and the number of ap ga„.,nts who have, been aided in this way is about 1,070, n ' i rtF an average amount of loan of rather more than £2OO do case. On looking back through all these transac ,„-ns, it is , satisfactory to notice that, from our commence -.-tent to the present time, our losses have amounted to no )P.Ore then about 14 per cent. of the total funds employed ',Luting these years. This must strike any one as a very Mall proportion, considering how especially we are exposed, 'in conducting this class of business, to chances of lo ss, b ot h from the mi s f ortunes of borrowers and the ingenious devices of the fraudulent It is with a real sense of satisfaction to reflect how much substantial relief has been afforded by this branch of ou r b usiness to so many, and at times when such cf . has been of the greatest value ; the profit which- he the derives f rom t h e loan is no adequate measure of f e , '3e cos and ben e fit done to those who, through our i,'"3,, have been aided in their difficulties, and often saved isr o p;eat, and pressing troubles. in c o i? occupy your time unnecessarily, we will only say, ilest I t r o asion, that it is, and has always been, our most ear . - Com, P -sire and endeavour to advance the interest of . this its i yanY i every wy, i every deprtment—to exen it in and -e wer of a benefit and usefulness a to fhe public t at l d arge, a" as a legitimat e and natural consequence, in its profits ear,,re,niunerations to its sh a r e h o l ders. With our present ro4-rosation and staff, and above all, with our experience, Fies tr „, e t ,ilan double our present funds could be employed, with on ee " l Y any increase of outlay, and the Company would at , take that position which we wish to see it occupy. c 'Pe Directors recommend that the interest on our share a Pitai Of x 5 • for the c urrent year be as before, namely, At the rate Per Cellt. per annum. ........______ 11)- R A 7 t-TGHTS round DOORS and WINDOWS eti:l- r , EFFECTUALLY PREVENTED BY ' ' - ' , nCR'S INDIA-RUBBER MATERIAL AND ANTI-DRY-ROT CEMENT. 1 „: 2 ,, c1 °N18 and doors, however imperfect, thus improved, will *Wei ._' Ha ke a rattling n o i se or admit of Draught, Fogs, Dust, easee.rial Ivitt; .e., will last for Ten Years, and will open and shut That the greatest ease. Windows, 2s. each, and doors, :38. 6d., and workmanship included. Cheffoniers, book intr." :ivardrobes, ac., thus regulated, will not admit of the Messrs "'Orl ot dust, smoke, blacks, dm. Letters addressed to atone- s quare, London. -____. ATTENTION TOI ---------- ;1 ----- iysICA T. , -----. 7 1 67" -- --- )Imisa duty that every man owes to himself and to his noun -1,9. Pur , air, moderate diet, cheerful occupation, and the '!casion'al use of Parr's Life Pills will produce such an effect 'upon t'o system, as to give vicoun and STRENGTH, and make 13 e 0 10.e lit for the performance of arduous exercise. v P endor A in boxes l IM'S LIFE PILLS may be obtained of odily any Med'clne lls. each. , a ii 2ci., 2s. 9d., and in Family Packets DR. CULVERWELL'S LAST NEW WORK, Glcets On Spema,orrhTa, OURSELVES. , , Islerv,ous Debility, Palpitation, &c., &c. Ypbilis, Stricture, rimorrhoids, MARRIAGE T h , f Its Expectances and Dfsaintrnents. 1 ,, 4 " 13 Aiments removed, and healthy Offspring secured. " a° 18 ., by post Is. Id.; of Mann, 29, Cornhill ; or Author, 3, Great Marlborotur,h-street, Oxford-street, W. Consultations daily from 12 a.m. till 9 p.m. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE MEGE.—Copaiba and Cubebs are doubtless the best remedies, but are of a re vulsive taste and odour, and occasion colicky pains, nausea, graFstric potderties.disturbance. M. Jozeau has succeeded in render- curative Ne It has been adopted by the Paris Academy of e . edicine after more than a thousand trials in Paris and the '-Bartholomew's London hospitals, viz., St. Thomas's, Guy's, and St. Zetrtholomew's, under the care of Messrs. Lloyd, Poland. and le,gros Clark.--" Lancet," Nov. 6, 1857. The Copahine, which or lark.-" of a pretty pink suer plum, effects a cure in about days. 100 Capsules, 4s. 6d. post free, ss. 2d.— At G. ZEAIT'S, French Chemist. 49, Haymarket, London ; t 22, 'lle St. Quentin, Paris; and all Chemists. TRULY EFFICACIOUS ANT) MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER ?ILLS, pre ,,,alrvti without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. `° ll , of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who Zffer from bilious And :iver complaints, indigestion, wind a stns, giddiness, , izziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual .I) ,st iveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier ] / r the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera and grateful to the stomach, they create appe ite, pro- Solddigestion, and -trengthen th e w h o l e nervous system. W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket London, by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid., and thr , ee times quantity in one, 2s. BTh Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's ilious and Liver Pills. e genuine are a square green Daekage, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. GIVEN - AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. ITENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has justublished, for the benefit of Nervous S ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, TILE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on th e cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spermatorrhcca, Local Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob 'crvation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRI' SMITH, n, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. 1 1111 z, VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN hiraht L IFE FOIIR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF t s wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most ;ttered constitution, whether arising from selt-pollution, _7c,cesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu .,!l. causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate st ye is tour weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in- Tictions (which are very simple). failure is impossible. rn Ibis life -restoring remedy should be taken by all about to he as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by , Medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. thi r ti s e t eeßB in every case is as certain as that water quenches EtPr• optsd' s Essence of Life is sold in eases, with full 441eti for use, at ll s., or four quantities in one tor Ms., aa r will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, '' e eiPt of remittance or post-office order payable to Prout Patent Medi , ineWarehouse, 229, Strand, London. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, IiTANHOOD: WIE D ICA L 'ESSAY ON SPER MATO RRFICE h i ,URVOUS AN GENERATIVE DEBILITY Arc. Published the D 150th thousand, with numerous , plates, S ea sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and rt Post paid, by the Author, forl2 stamps, ANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE- CuMATURE DECLINE IN MAN,with Plain Directions n ' erteet Regtoratioa to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. 11 , Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. INTu • CONTENTS: Bt — O . , UCTDRY. CITAPTER on the Physiological e.,,ture and Functiens of the Reproductive Organs. t ar i l A v l'T ER Tr.—Cans ,, s of Spermatorrhma and Impotence; CIV ITA'Pici°" IndlliZenc.o,: Dangers of Neglect. TER l!c;i: , v - of the various Disqualifications pontarriage; r,5:IHno• from Youthful Abuse, the ciagi 'Maturity, 'the .;f 7 'vets of Climate, or Infection. G cnor f I TER s lv. V. ;,r. the tuo(teru Treatment of alesr.„ cea od ase s ;),:* S Includes with numerous varied and interesting toti o ' n " ° wilt:t is added the Author's recipe of a preventive REVIEWS OF TE ORK. v artis on Alanhood.—This is H a tru W ly valuable work, and 2%' .2 111 ,1 Na be in th e h ands of young and ol d Sunday Times," rch, 1850. lilt he aathor has conferred a great boon by publishin diseasesthis 014 - u in which is described the source of those 014 -u produce decline in youth or more frequently premature ,;ge•"—" Daily Telegraph," March 27. 1858, 'AirThis work, which for twenty years has stood the test of ssional criticism and empiii.:.allost ility, treats in aplain find snaPathising manner on f , e various disqualifications Li Irripediments arising from hervo , is excitement and de t.o invalids sufferip!.; fitin youthful errors and e o c ti tbe,i it will be found valuable and ii(.llll."—ltecord. c ion : Published by J. Alien, 20, War-, - ick Lane, Pater /101w noster-row ; mann, *9, Cornhill. -4 0( Conaultation- 7 19 tp 3 and otv gui l d:iv, 19. till 2 N°. 21,755, PUBUCATIONS, THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE WHITE ROSE OF CHAYLEIGH. Also, now ready, in 3 vols., PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A FAST YOUNG LADY. By Mrs. GREY, Author of "The Gambler's Wife," Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE CLOISTER AND THE HEALiTH._ Edition Immediaof CHARLES i REA 3 vols., pDri ceE'S 15FAs., a MOE New and Cheap Handsomely bound ,n roan cloth, gilt and lettered. Orders received by all Booksellers. Trubner and Co., 60, Paternoster-row. - FETE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSS3IITLI'S J. " 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 exercieed, 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., THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT o f N--• 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, 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 in the diagnosis of the various kinds 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."—Medical Circular. London: H. Ballliere, 219, Regent-street MR. CHAS. DICKENS' NEW READINGS.- On THURSDAY EVENING, March 27, Mr. CHAS. DICKENS will READ, in St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, at 8 precisely, DAVID COPPERFIELD (in six chapters), and Mr. 808 SAWYER'S PARTY from PICKWiCK. Sofa Stalls, 4s. ; Body of Hall and Balcony, Two Shillings ; A rea, One Shilling. Tickets at Messrs. Chapman and Hall's, publishers, 193, Piccadilly; and at Austin's Ticket-office, St. James's Hall. THOMAS HEADLAND, Secretary. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS "A'l' HOME," At Her Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket. 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, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at Ten. Stalls, ss. ; First Circle, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Unreserved Seats, 2s. and ls. MRS. MACREADY, the Eminent American Artiste, will give one of her ENTERTAINMENTS, consisting of Dramatic and Poetical Selections, at WILLIS'S ROOMS, onWEDNESDAY EVENING, March 243, commenc ing at 8 o'clock.—Reserved seats, 55.: Unreserved, 3s. Re served seats, numbered, can be procured at Mitchell's Royal Library, Bond-street; Sams'.: Royal Library, St. James's street ; Austin's Ticket Office, 28, Piccadilly ; and at Willis's Rooms. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Mi ss EBECCA ISAA, Miss M. WALL Messrs.R PARKINSON, CS BARTLEMAN, THIRL &c. EVERY EVENING. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The MEXICAN WONDERS, STEVE ETHAIR, the GORILLA, and the INFANT RCENIG. EVERY EVENIN9. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. Mrs. BRIAN and Messrs. WIELAND and CRITCH FIELD. EVERY EVENING. Operatic Selections. Musical Director, Mr. Thomas Bartleman. pyAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.-GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE on SATURDAY (TO-MORROW), March 22. Commence at 2. Carriages at 4. ARGYLL ROOMS.—Series of New Music, 'Palses, Quadrilles, and Polkas, by the unrivalled Band of 50 performers, under the sole direction of Mons. Boum- C,onductor 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 ls. A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. El PP S'S C 0 C 0 A. -4 (Commonly called Epps's Homoeopathic Cocoa). The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage. }lb., Vb., and llb packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers. TEETH. —MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION, of which he is the only Patentee. Patent granted 17th July, 1 860.—Artificial Teeth, to last a life time, are fixed without pain or extraction, without springs or wires, on elastic and self-adhering bases, guaranteed for mastication and articulation, and to restore (without detection) the natural appearance of the mouth.—Mr. ESKELL'S TREATISE, which fully explains his invention, post free for seven stamps. —lnspection of specimens and Consultation free.-8, Grosve nor-st, eet, Bond-street, London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.- 1. id The Weekly Board have great satisfaction in announc ing that the financial position of the Charity justifies their opening two additional Wards for the reception of the pa tients, and they venture to rely on the continued liberality of the publio to enable them to support this considerable in crease of annual expenditure. Contributions received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; 'ferries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; :Tones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co.; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; J. Barned and Co, Liver pool ; and at the Hospital. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman of the Weekly Board. RIIPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITION 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 he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. A Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,' Post office, Piccadilly. VEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS KNEE-CAPS, Sze., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling or the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lire an•ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 75. 6d., 108., to 16s. Kush. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228,'Pfccadilly. POST -OFFICE TURKISH BATHS, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. 2s. till 5, and Is. 6d. from 5 till 9 ; Sundays, Is. till 1. An ESSAY on TURKISH BATHING, gratis. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. " The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, ivhich presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting information, while those who have already encouraged this new system will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the practical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Herald and Standard, N0v.12, 1861. " The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. —Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of an able physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy philanthropist in as far as he has established, in the heart of the City, an institution that more nearly than any disco very of monern days, goes nearer the abolition of the Practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, the 'Turkish Bath. . . Our object being merely to direct the attention of our City readers to the fact that th e y 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 everything that taste or delicacy could desire has been obtained to add to the comfort and luxury of the visitor. . . We may justly say that if a man ever feels himself regenerated and new made, it is on:coming out:of:r. Turkish Bath."—Era, Oct 13, 1861. Consultations daily till 12 am. S THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY, in harmony with those of THE MIND, approach deve loped maturity, the rising human being, surrounded by factitious circumstances—same salutary, some pernicious— becomes susceptible of impressions which, according to the degree of PRUDENCE and KNOWLEDGE with which he is en dowed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable misery. Some of the most deadly and terrible of the influences last referred to originate at that period when parents fondly hope that the objects of thei r l ove are b e i ng p re p are d t o fight honourably the great battle of life—namely, the scholastic and collegiate period. Habits are then contracted, in unsuspecting ignorance of their effects. which, if not ar rested, tend to sink the VICTIMS OF ERROR to the deepest depths of degradation and woe. The evil is aggravated by the apathy to o generally evinced by the medi , al profession, not only as to the na t ure but the very existence of the diseases arising from the cause indicated, and to which the general and inadequate designation of "Nervous Disorders and Debility" has been g i ven. One of the consequences of this neglect is, that the treatment of the most delicate classes of disease which afflict society has been taken up by unqualified and uneducated persons. Dr. LA'IVIEF sei, IT , M.D., Licentiate o f th e R oya . Society T of ITE A S i h x PRA CT REG ULARLY QUALIFIED AND &C., 37, Bedford-square, London, is N o tec a p r n i urGisTERED who has devoted his exclusive attention for 20 H years to the cure of these affections, which war with the very f oun tains of human APP.INESS, lIEALTII , and FUNCTIONAL votoun . The result of his experience and successful prac tice may he Perused with advantage in his Treatise, "SELF PRESERVATION," sold by Mann,3o,Cornhill, London, price ls. ;post free foe 13, or with sealed end s f or 20 stamps. At home for consultation, daily, from 11 till 2, and 6 till $. 37, Bediord-fiquare. G to be effected in the Racoon will not occupy any great length of time, and, as soon as these have been completed, the shipwrights will again be placed on the Pylades, in order that the latter may be completed for sea. The following armament is or dered to be furnished the Pylades :—One 110 pounder Armstrong, four 40 pounder ArmstroLgs, and 16 8 inch 60 cwt. guns. Her boat armament will consist of one 12 pounder, and one 9 pounder Armstrong, together with a 12 pounder Armstrong and a 6 pounder brass gun, for short practice, with elevating carriage. The contractors' trial of the Resistance, at light draught of water, took place at Sheerness, onWed nesday last, and was attended with very satisfac tory results, both as regards the working of the machinery and the speed attained. The Resistance is sister ship to the Defence, and is of 600 horse power, and 3,668 tons, and will carry 18 guns. She was built by Messrs. Westwood and Bailes, of Mill wall ; was launched in April, 1861 ; was fitted in the Victoria Docks, and completed in her Majesty's dockyard at Chatham. The vessel weighed anchor and left the harbour under half steam at 10.30 a.m., in charge of Captain Thompson, of her Majesty's ship Cumberland, and chief of the steam reserve at Sheerness ; Mr. W. Price, inspector of machinery afloat, and Mr. Baker, chief engineer of Chatham Dockyard, attending the trial on behalf of the Admiralty. The machinery was under the charge of Mr. Thomas Holliday, who represented the contractors, Messrs. John Penn and Son. The following are the results of the trial : Average speed, with full boiler power, 12.331 knots; pressure of steam, 20 ; revolutions, 70 ; vacuum, 25 to 26; average speed, with half boiler power, 11,394 knots ; pressure of steam, 20 ; revolutions, 64 ; va cuum, 26. The circle was accomplished in 7 minutes 25 seconds, the diameter of the circle being about 300 yards. The engines were stopped dead in four seconds, started ahead in five seconds, and turned from that position astern in four seconds. Draught of water forward, 19ft 9in ; aft, 23ft 6in ; Griffiths screw, pitch 21ft. The average temperatures dur ing the trial were—engine-room, 97 ; after stoke hole, 100 ; fore stokehole, 80 ; on deck, 47. These results have been accomplished with a velocity of piston-rod upwards of 500 ft per minute, and this too with a smoothness of motion and entire absence of vibration specially noticed by all on board. The Resistance answered her helm in a very satisfactory manner. The Conqueror, 86, screw steamship, 2,845 tons, 500 horse power, late Waterloo, has been removed from No. 3 dock at Sheerness, where she has been fitted with new 12-inch pumps, adapted for fire engines, and is placed under the sheers in the basin to have her masts put in and fitted for commission. The undernamed have been nominated to naval cadetships :—George Richard Bethell, Charles C. Macpherson, Albert Clinton Allen, and Colin H. Paget Jones. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander C. H. Simpson, to the Mullet, commissioned ; Sub-Lieut. Alfred Anderson, confirmed to the Shannon ; Sub-Lieut. Edward B. P.gielso, confirmed to the Warrior ; G. E. Steel, second class assistant-engineer, in valided, from the Termagant to the Asia, as supernumerary, for hospital treatment; J. Brough, acting second class assist. engineer, to the Odin ; T. H. Hayman, second master, to the Mullet; W. C. E. Parker, master's assist., to the Magicienne ; H. H. Wyatt, assist. paymaster, to the Warrior; and R. M. Colwell, assist. paymaster in charge, to the Mullet. it / ep// e C - --e -L % LP e :7 e . /e IL __ '- C__-7 . .-:)( •e_ -c.— ' ,/rt,__ -c_ Q- -,2 - ..: . , -4r . t L - tn-m 10 , 4 Of 4 - 5i i........ ~ k .: , --. e•toomob -,, ~,' vit --- , ,----.),,:: ~) 1: z,- •417 'ABU . s t* 1...,, . ~,,,- •,* _j .. 0i:,,...NY -.---- ~,,, t • , '-- 4f, , . D ,i 1 agu , I V L e' " -- 1.. Cfr-,- ~ , ~,,- ' s p "gok, di i R on , • 4111\',' •••••• I l. . THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1862. PRICE..... -.. .4d. STAMPED ....sd. THE NAVY. ThE NASHVILLE. NE W AMERICAN TAX BILL. being, and necessarily succumbed to the curse of its birth. If a favourable result, securing the in terests alike of the Crown and the country, is to be obtained from the approaching elections, a stop must be put to the agitation for progress devoid of plan which governed those which recently took place. Every doubt respecting the actual inten tion of the Government must be removed, and the itnoswinaurdastisoinngltehaLtihseterosp,pfionds support sition, in the o n ly directed ad vice of the Crown itself, must he steadfastly op posed. The task of the present Cabinet will be to enlighten public feeling fully upon all those points. The Cabinet will be compelled to declare that the decision to be come to is highly important. The question is whether the power of government is to remain with the King, or to vested in the Chamber of Deputies. The programme of the newly consti tuted Ministry will be no other than that laid down in the speech of his Majesty on the Bth of Novem ber, 1858, and it will henceforth smooth the way for every healthy development and every reason able and lasting reform." The article concludes in these words : " The Prussian people will remember at the fit ting hour that the banner of progress has hitherto been borne in the van by its noble minded King, and will refuse to follow any other flag bearing a similar inscription." The Confederate steamer Nashville reached Beau fort, South Carolina, on the 28th, at 7 a.m., from Southampton, having successfully eluded the block ading steamers at the entrance of the harbour, one of which—the Albatross, it is supposed—fired some twenty or thirty shots at her without effect. She had on freight 3 ,000,000 dols. worth of stores, in cluding powder. An officer of the Nashville gives an interesting account of her adventures : " Leaving Southampton at 4 p.m. on the 3d of February, within full sight of the Tuscarora, which had but just returned from a six days' cruise outside the harbour, and was then engaged in coaling up, the Nashville steered for Bermuda, and, after success fully weathering a terrific gale of six days' duration, which disabled one of her engines, reached her des tination at 2 p.m. on the 20th, without having caught so much as a glimp se even o f th e e i g h t vessels of war which had been expressly detailed by the Lincoln Government to effect her capture, and whose vigilance had been stimulated by the offer of 200,000 dols. as prize money for the rebel' steamer. Supplying herself with co a l, th e N as h v ill e d eparte d from Bermuda at 11 a,m, on the 24th ult., under the pilotage of the master of a Southern schooner which had run the blockade a few days before with a cargo and who expressed the d to conduct the ship On eEne26th nit, she encountered, ability Domingo, with an assorted osfo fullest fl el te t l u h ysrt e pi caeo m tnnot a fiip r nd g aee i rn n t ca. en o the Gulf St ream , th e Y an k ee schooner Robert Gilfillan, Captain Smith, b oun d cheese, and other pro schooner such of her frompro visions. aisrigeon P eo. h f i iR a odenemrl pork,hv i i a n gt from St butter, the cargo as was deemed valuable, and transferring her crew to the steamer as prison ers, t h e pr i ze was Friday mornin g th e s t eamer A fi r b e o d u , t andda indawn n a o f e n w minutes completely d es t ro y e d. reached the vicinity of her destined harbour, o ff rwehnitelyin which at w a w se c s h for pie d aYankee w ar steamer, theappa approaching vessel. It was the crisis of the trip; and its perilous nature may wa that the entire ar mamentconsisted of two rifled 6- antagoni s t consisted of 'n ever, but with every p b e e : u n n d d e e r r s o s , t f w o o t hh d i el w e Nth that nt v i fl herse k n a o t a mg ense calibre and pit c h o f deter mination, energy . wroughformidablet Nothing u dp aunted, n g t ne n t n te guns e, oh highestf wi the gallant commander of the Nashville, displaying at his masthead, a the uncertain and light of the morning, was well calculated to blind s d pl w ay it i h ng it th a e signal stare flag,w stripes hioh, in the Yankee commander as to the real character of the stranger, ordered his vessel to be steered boldly towards the blockading steamer. The manceuvre was promptly performed, and the Nashville was almost within musket range of the Yankee, but be tween her and the harbour, when Captain Pegram ordered the stars and stripes to be lowered, and in their stead the stars and bars of the Confederacy displayed at fore, main, and peak. This defiant movement of the Nashville was almost immediately after responded to by the Yankee, w h o, as i f now recognising the rebersteamer, fired a vo ll ey a f ter her, and started in rapid pursuit, firing as rapidly as the guns could be loaded and discharged ; but the eager agitation of the Yankee gunners marred their aim, and the shots fell far wide of our noble steamer, which was then dashing onward under a full head of steam, and in a comparatively few minutes was safely within range of the protecting guns of Fort Macon, and beyond the range of her chagrined pur suer." The brigantine yacht Alfred, the property of Mr. Cunningham, the patentee of the system of reefing , topsails from the deck, was berthed alongside Ports mouth dockyard on Wednesday, for the purpose of exhibiting that gentleman's new plan for the rig of steamships of war. The improvements claimed by Mr. Cunningham for his system consist of a reten tion of a full amount of square sail power ; a greatly increased amount of fore and aft sail power; in the arrangement of spars and rigging, with a considerable reduction in the quantity of standing and running rigging; a better arrange ment of the standing rigging for the supprt of the masts than is obtained under the old system ; a bet ter division of the sails and spars; the ability to brace the yards nearly fore and aft when steaming head to wind, and a great reduction in the weight aloft. This plan gives an amount of fore and aft and square sail sufficient to meet all the require ments of ocean-going steamships. In the Defence and the Resistance the Cunningham plan has not been carried out fully in the fitment of the topsails, as the lawer yard is fixed to the cap, on the Ame• rican plan of Howes double topsail yard, and the upper yard only rolls the sail up. By this arrange ment, when both topsails are furled and yards stowed, both yards lie together at the cap, the lower yard some 10 or 12 feet higher from the deck than it would be if it also were fitted on the Cunning ham plan. It offers great obstruction to the wind, and must of necessity increase the strain aloft when contending against head winds and seas. The display of the Alfred's topsails fully proved the great advantages which would be ob tained by the Defence and Resistance were they fitted with both their topsail yards on the patent reefing plan, in lieu of the lower one being made a fixture, as at present. This alteration, in addi tion to the advantages referred to, would also ren der their rig more agreeable to the eye. The yacht was visited by Rear-Admiral H. Eden, Rear-Ad miral Superintendent Hon. George Grey, Major- General John Stevens, and many other officers, all of whom took great interest in the proceedings. The paddlewheel steam sloop Styx, 6, Comman der the Hon. W. J. Ward, was appointed to leave Plymouth Sound yesterday (Thursday) for the North American and West Indian stations, TEE APPEARANCE AND .EXIEIV7 OF A COAL MINE. The artisans and labourers employed on the Py. lades, 21, 400 horse power, under repair in No. 4 dock at Chatham, have been transferred to the Ra coon, 22, 400 horse power, which was taken into dock on Wednesday, to be thoroughly repaired and made ready for commission. The repairs required ___ ..e...__.e........_ ) 1 .', THE WESTERN BANE LIqp.II4I;ZOS:, Y. MESSRS. BAIRD.' '' ,4. 57 -_,4,, - . ..7..t ,c..:: t _--4.--___. On Wednesday the Second Divisiol: l 0 Ate obet—,-.. of Session pronounced judgment in the case . 01 e liquidators of the Western Bank of Scot land against Mr. William Baird and Mr. James Bajrd. It will be recollected that with thirteen out of th.e former directors of the bank, whom the liquidators originally prosecuted, a compromise was latelr entered into whereby the thirteen agreed to pay a sum of £200,000, in full dis charge of the liquidators' claims a gainst them. Messrs. Baird, however, stood aloof from the compromise, and they now pleaded that the liquidators, had, in discharging the 13, practically discharged the whole claim. This plea the Court has now dismissed, and the judges, after reading lengthened opinions, unanimously agreed to certain findings, to' the following effect :—" First, that it is relevantly averred that the defender, James Baird,, and other persons who were in office with him from . June, 1853, , to June, 1856, were jointly guilty of gross negligence, by failing to perform the duties of management intrusted to them, and leaving these duties to be performed by the manager, with-. out any superintendence or control by the board of directors, or any quorum or authorised committee thereof, by means of which the manager was enabled to make advances out of the funds of the bank, in violation of the contract (which limited the busi- ness of the bank to this country), to James Lee and Co., of New York, to be employed by them in the prosecution of the business of the bank in America ; in consequence of which heavy losses were sustained. by the bank. Second, that it is relevantly averred that during the period from June, 1847, to 1852 the defender, William Baird, and other persons who were in office with him as directors of the bank, were jointly guilty of gross neglect by failing to perform the duties of management intrusted to them, and leaving those duties to be perfOrmeaTy the manager without any superintendence or control, by means of which negligence the manager wa s ; enabled to make, and did make, advances out of the funds' of the bank, by way of discounting bills to persons known to be unworthy of credit, by which great losses were sustained by the bank. Third, the Court find in the same terms against the defender' James Baird, as applicable to the period, June, 1852,, to June, 1856." To the above extent and effect the Court sustained the relevancy of the action, and. allowed the pursuers to lodge the draught of issues prepared in accordance with these findings. To any further extent the Court found the averments in the record irrelevant as grounds of action. The liquida tors had by a previous minute withdrawn ' the charges of fraud originally contained in the record, and by the present judgment various other charges confined to gross negligence' were dismissed by the Court. In particular, the Court wholly dismissed. the second branch of the action, which sought to find the defenders liable for the whole losses sus tained subsequent to the loss of one-fourth of the capital, to the extent of several millions sterling. The Court held that, excepting on the ground of fraud, which had been departed from, this branch of the case could not be sustained. , THE SECESSION PRISONERS AT. CHICAGO. (From - the New Yok Times.) CHICAGO, FEB. 24. THE ARMY. By the appointment of Major-Generra T. Wright, C. 8., to the colonelcy of the 30th Regiment a pen sion for distinguished and raeritorious service is placed at the disposal of the Duke of Cambridge. A number of the most able non-commissioned officers of Royal Engineers have been sent up to head-quarters, Chatham, from Woolwich, Alder shott, Shorncliffe, and the other stations, to go through a complete course of instruction in the various departments connected with military engi neering, in order to qualify themselves for appoint ments as instructors to the Volunteer Engineer Corps, in accordance with the regulations recently issued on the subject. During the time they are attached to head-quarters they are relieved from all regimental duties, and are employed on the field works in the construction of the various kinds of batteries, in accordance with Vauban's theory ; the formation of double, single, and flying saps, and generally in the various duties con nected with the practical portion of the science of fortification. In the evening the non commissioned officers selected for the special course of training are instructed in the schoolrooms in military drawing under the instructors of the establishment, the object being to render them tho roughly competent to carry forward the instruction of the volunteers of the several Engineer Corps to which they may be appointed. BENSON'S WATCHES • AND CLOCKS.—" Perfection Of mechanism." -- Morning Post. Gold watches, sto 100 guineas; silver watches, 2 to 50 guineas. Benson's new Illustrated Pamphlet, free for two stamps, descriptive of every construc tion of watch, enables persons in any part, of the World to select with the greatest certainty the watch best adapted to W. Benson, 33 and 34, Ludgate-h ill , 46 and their use. Watches sent free and s a f e b y pos t on receipt o f 4a7r,ecm9milittaiiin7L9non Ex._Etatounheti J 749. Respecting the feeling in England during the presence of the Nashville at Southampton a cor respondent of the Richmond Examiner says : My informant speaks in glowing terms of the kindness of the English people, who showered on the crew arid officers of the Nashville all manner of sympathetic attentions. As an instance of the good feeling of the English towards us, and of their confidence in our cause, it is related to me by an officer of the Nashville that £400,000 sterling—_ 2,000,000 dols.—was at one period advanced to the Nashville by a single meocantile House. All classes are loud and earnest in their expressions of sym pathy for the Confederacy and of detestation of the Yankee nation. THE CAPTURE OF TER STEAMER LURAN BY TILE F.EDERJIL CRUISER. The following is the copy of a letter from the mate of the Labuan steamer :—" Ship Island, Feb. 14, 1862.—1 t is with regret that I have to announce the seizure of the steamer Labuan, by the United States' sloop of war Portsmouth, while lying off the Rio Grande, loading cotton for Havana. This hap pened on the let of February, at four o'clock in the afternoon. We saw the Portsmouth in the offing during the forenoon, flying French colours, and taking a prize schooner, but I thought we were safe, as Captain Hamshaw told me that, in case we were boarded by any man-of-war, to show them the papers which he left. Captain Hamshaw went on shore on the 27th January, and was detained on shore by strong gales, which prevented him from getting on board. About 4.30 the first lieutenant came on board, and asked to see the ship's papers, which I showed him. He afterwards looked down the hold, and remarked theywere loaded with cotton, asking at the same time where it was shipped. I told him it was shipped from Matamoras. He re turned to his ship, and shortly after sent another boat of officers and mien, who ordered me to get up steam and shift our berth nearer the Portsmouth. I did as required, on being given to understand that they only wanted to . have the ship clear of their guns. After shifeng our berth, I was ordered on board. On my arrival on board the captain told me that he considered that we were a lawful prize—that we were taking in American cotton in American waters. This I denied, and told him that it was shipped in Matamoras, and that we were in Mexican water s —our longitude, by a G number of observations, being 97.545 W., an d our latitude 25 55 N. He told m e th a t it did no t matter ; he would send us to Ship I s l an d t o awa i t the commodore's decision. On my re t urn on b oar d I found that there were on board at l eas t f or t y marines and sailors belonging ° to the P or t smou th . the 3rd Febru ill On Sunday they discharged the cargo o f a pr i ze in charge e schoonerea r n y , e took f th e allnt ship, i nto the u seamena and anden Mondayed the officer ies, e n g i neer, g ner t and Mr. ordered to prepare to proceed to Ship Island. They took all Ithe sprits, wine, ale, and porter on board the Portsmouth. The captain of the Portsmouth then cautioned me not to attempt to retake the ship, until til he i s off as it would certainly en d i n our destr uc ti on . O n aNe York, t o b e tried by an co Tuesday, the 4th, at 3 a.m., we start e d on our voy age to Ship Island, where we arriv e d on t h e B t h , n a cruise, and comes, but we are sure ti n e : d ee find two e that bem uses sent the r e nt co mm o dore om i n have on board 439 bale s cotton. On our urt. arrival We at admiralty New Yo r k I s h al l app l y to the consul, and act under hi s di rec ti ons ."— Eastern Counties Herald. 'e tgo bait, az d moryeeaearssili;, t f o o d r ry th an ey d mend the The fishermen marry Young cct:flithers' l7 ( l :fl ir a e t prepare the tan. T a s h: nets,hhe e e i helpmate p m. tfi m oes n a hs t e)p e : vu t a to o nntd t h a t eh k :oo otherchr h ke charge k r du g i. np e s doe o ans f mo t fhs the Hots. The cotton-nets, a u n s d e, are less lirAle are found to, to injury by the dogfish. All the Fil e _ Y yawls car.ry the letters " S. a t, (the abbreviation of Scarborough) on In the year 1716 a bounty A o w u h t i l c a h s t havethos those o e f e been hemp,a b about t d seven ry their bows. of =`,'l. was given on each barrel of fish caught in order : to encourage the employment of apprentices ; but i n 1836 the sum was gradually reduced by Is. a year, Ilk til it finally ceased in 1839. The average value of fish taken in the year i £20,000 to £27,000 ; ranges from - n some years as much as £2,000 have been paid to the Nor ,th. Eastern Railway for its transport. — Once a Week. 1 The new American Tax Bill, prepared by the Committee appointed for the purpose by the House of Representatives at Washington, will probably, owing to the extent to which it is destined to operate on nearly every branch of domestic and trading expenditure, constitute a subject of lengthy debate, and receive many alterations to conciliate local and political influences before it becomes law. After that date great interest will attach to the practical reports that may be received every quar ter from the army of collectors and excisemen to be called into existence. Among the items is one that seems to impose a duty of 3 per cent, ad valorem on all manufactures not otherwise specified; but this possibly requires explanation, since it would place every branch of occupation in the Republic under excise supervision, or afford a temptation for false swearing, if the returns are to be accepted on oath, which it may be feared would soon become serious. The duty on gas will, perhaps, be inveighed against in the terms formerly employed to denounce our extinct window-tax ; but, if oils of all kinds are likewise to be subject to duty, the imposition is re quisite for a fair adjustment. The excise to be levied on paper generally will amount to about is. 3d. sterling per cwt., but on the description used for bank-notes it will be £1 per cwt. A large con sumption of the latter must be calculated upon to make it worth while to establish a distinction. The duty of sd. per barrel on flour, unless the ireubh some system of drawbacks is to be constantly in operation, will, of course, act as an advantage to the foreign flour trade of France and other com peting countries. In the same manner the duty on slaughtered animals will affect the provision trade. Under the system of licenses every dealer and shopkeeper will be included. The income-tax, which was formerly proposed to extend only to in comes above £l6O, will now be enforced down to £l2O, leaving still a good margin of democratic ex emption. The stamp duties are apparently to be multitudinous, especially if, as is stated, they are to be employed not merely on legal, but on " all kinds of commercial papers," besides telegraphic messages and express parcels. The figures subjoined are all reduced from dollars and cents, to sterling : Spirituous liquors, per gallon, 72d; ale and beer per barrel, 4s; tobacco, stem or leaf, per lb., 1-1 d; ditto, manufactured, 2-0 per lb additional ; ditto, cigars, 2,4 d, sd, or 10d per lb additional, according to value; lard and linseed oil, burning fluid, and coal oil, per gallon, 24-d; refined coal oil, sd; gas, per 1,000 feet, is; bank-note paper, per lb, 23-d ; printing ditto, per lb, 3 mills; soap, per lb, 5 mills; salt, per cwt, 2d ; leather, sole, per lb, 3 1-d ; ditto, upper, per lb, Id ; flour, per barrel, 6d ; all other manufactures, 3 per cent. ad valorem; railroad passengers, 2 mills per mile of travel; commutation tickets, 3 per cent. ; steamboat travel, 1 mill per mile; omnibuses, ferry-boats, and horse railroads, 3 per cent. on gross receipts from passengers ; adver tisements, 5 per cent. on amount of receipts an nually; carriages, annually, 4s to £2, according to value; gold watches, 4s; silver ditto, 2s ; gold plate, per ounce, 2s ; silver plate, per ounce, 4d; billiard tables, ; slaughtered cattle, per head, 2s ; hogs, ditto, sd; sheep, ditto, 21-d. Licenses—Bankers, £2O; auctioneers, £4; whole sale dealers, £l6 ; retail ditto in liquors, £4 ; retail ditto in goods, £2 ; pawnbrokers, £lO ; rectifiers, £2O ; brewers, £lO ; hotels, inns, and taverns, ac cording to rental, rising gradually from £1 to £4O; eating-houses, £2 ; commercial brokers, £4 ; thea tres, £2O; circuses, £10; bowling alleys, each alley, £1; wholesale pedlars, £10; other ditto, from £1 to £4; coal oil distillers, £4. Income Tax—Three per cent. on all incomes over £l2O. Legacy Duties—Legacies and distributive shares of personal property from one to five per cent., ac cording to the degrees of relationship. Stamp Duties on all kinds of legal and commer cial papers, all patent medicines, telegraphic mes sages, and all goods by express. P.ROCLAMAION OF IHE ICING OF PRUSsIA. BERLIN, MARCH 20 (EvENING.) The official Staatsanzeiger of to-day publishes the following decree addressed by the King to the Ministry:— " I request the Ministry of State to immediately take the necessary steps for carrying out the elec tions. It is the mission of my public authorities not only to secure the conscientious fulfilment of the prescriptions of the law, but also to afford to the electors explanations which leave no doubt as to the principles of my Government, and to oppose the influence of hostile parties who endeavour to un settle the natural tendencies of the public mind, as was manifest on the occasion of the last elec tions. I firmly adhere to the principles which I stated in November, 1868, to the Ministry of State. These principles rightly interpreted still remain to direct the policy of my Government; but the inter pretations which have been erroneously attached to these principles have produced complications, the happy solution of which is the next task of the present Government. In order to bring about the further development of the present Constitution, the legislation and administration are to start from liberal principles ; but we can only hope to obtain the blessing of progress if, after ripe and quiet examination of the present state of things, we know how to satisfy real wants, and to render available those elements of existing institutions which possess vitality. Then only will the reform of the laws bear a real Conservative character, while haste and too great rapidity only have a destructive effect. It is my duty and my earnest wish to insure the complete effectiveness of the Constitution to which I have taken an oath, and of the representative rights of the country, but also in the same measure to maintain the rights of the Crown, and to maintain them in that undiminished strength which is neces sary to Prussia for the execution of her mission. The weakening of the Crown would be greatly in jurious to the Fatherland. This conviction also lives in the hearts of my subjects. It is only ne cessary for me to explain clearly and openly to them my real thoughts for their welfare. As regards my foreign policy, especially towards Germany, I main tain without any change the policy which I have followed up to the present time. The Ministry of State will take care that the principles which I have stated are duly carried out during the approaching elections. Then I can expect with confidence that all electors who are faithful to me and my house will support my Government with united strength. I enjoin my Ministry of State to give instructions to the authorities according to these views, and to recall to all my functionaries their special duties. WILHELM." Countersigned by all the Ministers. The Stern Zeitung of today contains a compre hensive leader upon the political situation. It says : " The change in the Ministry and the dissolu tion of the Chamber were acts of the extremest necessity. The Chamber was destined from the commencement to come iuto collision with the Government. The incidents which occurred at the elections plainly demonstrated this. Symptoms of dangerous illusion, of passionate desire for practically unattainable ideals, were manifest at that period in many of the constituencies. They displayed their preference for those men whose poli tical programme, setting aside all the monarchical traditions of Prussia, consisted in endeavouring to connect the country with the movements of 1848 and 1849. They favoured those who further agreed in organising an opposition to the measures for army reform already initiated, and which had been recognised by the wisdom of the Sovereign, in conjunction with all his Ceuncillors, us an indis pensable condition for the power of Prussia. Unde r these auspices the Chamber of Deputies cam° i nto If we may take a homely and approximate illus tration of a Newcastle coal mine, let us conceive St. Paul's and the Monument of London to repre sent the two shafts, and ourselves and the streets we traverse the workmen and the interior of the pit. St. Paul's Churchyard and the Monument yard shall be the busy spaces at the bottom of the shafts ; Cheapside shall be the main-way of the pit, and the numerous streets branching off right and left from it—as Bread-street, Queen-street, etc.— may be the side passages. The streets crossing these again give us an idea of the narrow continu ous excavations of the smaller dimensions ; and if we could make these in both cases regular, we should in both have a system of panel-work. The blocks of houses in the city would be as pillars in the pit, and could we but suddenly let down a thick covering over the roofs, and exclude light and air, we should have the counterpart of a northern coal-pit, even as we have it very nearly upon a foggy November or December day. More than twice or thrice recently we have thought our com parison not inapt as we tramped along Cheapside and by St. Paul's : city and coal-pit were equally dark, equally miry, and equally perilous ; for the dangers of the road, arising from omnibuses and careering cabs, are hardly much less in a city mist than the dangers from falls and fire damp in a coal pit. The distance from St. Paul's to the Monument, however, conveys no adequate notion of the extent of a large coal mine. We ourselves have paced along some four miles underground in direct lines, and some five miles in winding and intersecting passages. Yet, as we have been informed, we had but entered into the far interior, had but trod the suburbs of the vast howling wilderness of pit waste, had but passed through the peat main pas sages, and a few side passages, leaving miles upon . miles of close and damp darkness untrodden. Tracing our progress afterwards upon a colliery map, we ha-ie come to understand how little we had explored ; and there is one old pit, not ma n y miles from Newcastle, in which, if all the p assa g es had to be passed through by a human _being,_ b e would be required to travel more than 50 miles. There is, indeed, a saying current in the North, that the pits at Killingworth h a v e more th an a hundred miles of excavation ; this , however , we doubt, not from actual knowledge, but from the very magnitude of the space. Remembering how difficult it is to cut through even one mile of solid and dense coal strata, we cm hardly credit that any one mine has more than one hundred miles of gallery excavation ! In the process of working out the strata for 50 or 60 years, of [course vast hollows would be made, and a mile a year would certainly not be an excessive estimate for a very busy mine. It must be remembered that the whole of these excavations have been, and are being made by human hands. No coal-cutting machinery has yet been brought into operation below the surface, at least to any extent ; and we might well be asto nished if we could reckon the entire aggregate of coal-mining excavation in the north of England. That it exceeds:by much one thousand miles we have no doubt. Twenty or thirty of the older and larger collieries could make up this amount of mileage, and if we should add together all the excavations in the vicinity of the Tyne, the Wear, and the Tees, we should probably be quit e sa f e i n assu ming the subterranean streets and ways as extending, in all over fifteen hundred miles; that is, by piecing together every hollow way from first to last, and from Tyne to Tees. Think, then, of these fifteen hundred miles as the handiwork of thousands of human beings who have wrought in darkness, simply because there alone, far from sunbeam and flowers and glittering streams, could they earn their honest wages, and hardly win the bread that should support home and family.—Good Words for March. DEATH AND FUNERAL OF A GIPSY GIRL. About six weeks since a party of gipsies, bearing with them a very beautiful girl, named Lepronia Lee, evidently in the last stage of consumption, encamped on the grounds adjacent to the Grey hound public-house, at Kirton, about eight miles from Ipswich. No sooner had they taken up their quarters than the intelligence of the illness of one who appeared to be a great favourite with the tribe was sent to all parts, and in a few days Kirton was the centre of an encampment, numbering some 50 or 60 men, women, and children, some arriving from Norwich and other distant places. Medical aid was immediately called in, and Mr. Taylor, surgeon, of Bucklesham, was daily in attendanc e upon the poor girl. Dr. Bartlett was also consult ed, te but from the first all hope was gone. Darr_ illness of the girl at Kirton, six weeks, she was frequently visited b y ladies Mr. Bartlett, which fxtentdhedgßoveevr. his lady, and several ot her re sidingwith h that er dail daily, reading ne ighbourhood, portionswho . spent e t n h t e s om e Scripture. hours Indeed, so great was her desire for the consolations of religion and her affection for those of her sex who so kindly visited her, that she never appeared satisfied but when they were present. On Sunday afternoon, the 2d inst., the poor girl breathed her last, having retained her consciousness until the last moment, and with her last breath expressed her hope in a glorious immortality. The greater portion of the tribe were at Kirton Church at the time her death took place, and when it became known the moaning and lamentations of her people are described as dreadful in the extreme. The deceased was interred in Kirton churchyard on Friday, the 7th inst., the procession being headed by a hearse, after which followed the two sisters and cousins of the deceased, dressed in white muslin corded with white silk, their heads covered with white veils reaching almost to the ground. The men were dressed with black silk hat-bands tied with white ribbon, and also wore white gloves and neck-ties. The women of the tribe were in deep mourning. Many hundred persons came from all parts of the district to witness the procession. The greatest decorum was preserved throughout, and shortly after their return from Kesgrave the m em" bers of the tribe started for their various destina tions. The tribe appeared to be in a e li L stances, and consisted of the families a o the ees, nd Norwich Youngs, Smiths, and Silcocks.—BurY Post. tcircum : ---A WORD ABOUT OUR WRECKS. —Fishing-boats and merchant shim with their crews, are the antecedents of men-of-war and naval armaments, and ura the nursery of those elements of our maritime defence. While we are fortifying our arsenals, and strengthening our dockyards anew in their structur e and resources—while no ex anew is spared in t he strategic system which converts our Southern seaboa rd into a line of military posts—and w hile every precaut ion is taken against the possibility of an enem y landing upo n our shores—a duty as solemn, . prrsc ti n h g a i andof affordingpati o patrioti c o shelteris andneglectedprotection in a time ofto perfect peace, our fishermen and merchant seamen on the line of One of the greatest h i g hways of o ur commerce, Impregnability re all but an imp ossibility; ever y front is assault cannot be efficiently of approach or i s alike impolitic and guarded ; but it entreaties of the very class t inhuman to resist the our vessels of war if men o which we should look to man lavish our expenditure aced by an enemy ; and while we not to grudge •apon building batteries, we ought what is coasts from those risks at sea which make the yearly wreck reproach.—Once a Week. The great sensation of the week with us has been the arrival of several thousand rebel prisoners—a part of the fruits of the victory at Fort Donnelson. Camp Douglas—where the prisoners are confined— is located on the United States Fair Grounds, at Cottage Grove, about half a mile south of the city limits. It occupies several hundred aaes, around which is a high board fence. The buildings are of wood, mostly one story high, in long ranges. Some are of two stories. The accommodations, as bar racks, are probably as good as any in the country, and as Uncle Sam provides liberal rations, our Southern brethren will undoubtedly fare much better than they did while in the Confederate army. One reason for bringing them here was that they could be subsisted much cheaper than at any other point. Those already arrived are principally Tennes seeans, Texans, Mississippians, and a few from Vir ginia. Their costumes are in every variety of style, fashion, and material. They represent - to the" life the poor white trash ' of the Smith, as we have seen it described. The backwoodsmen, with their jeans and butternut-coloured stuffe, pre dominate. All their head gear would come under the appellation of a " shocking bad hat." Add to this that they were worn and dirty, and!you can. form some idea of the tout ensenzble of this portion of the rebel army. Overcoats were scarce, and in their places were blankets of every description, worn as shawls, and of these, those made of carpet ing appeared to predominate. The men appeared pinched and hungry, as if they had been upon short commons for months. From the hardships they have recently endured, the general appearance of the men were wretched, and called forth an invo luntary feeling in the hearts of all who saw them. They had all the outlines of poor, ignorant, and de luded men, who have been seduced into the rebel lion by their demagogue leaders. In conversing with them in the camp, this idea is more than confirmed. The Tennesseeans, espe cially, are heartily sick of the part they have acted, and do not hesitate to declare that they were forced or deluded into taking up arms. The most faise and abominable representations were made to them,. and being mainly unable to read, they were not able. to detect the baseness of the men who led off in the rebellion. I give below a few specimens of their talk. The Mississippians are dogged, and their voice is still for war. The Texans, most of them, give up all as lost. I come to a middle-aged man, who was evidently a small farmer or backwoodsman, and accosted him: " Well, my good fellow, how do you like your Northern trip ?" " Wall, I kinder like the looks of the country round here. I'm seven hundred miles from my kin, but if they were here I would never go back." " When you get back to your homes, you must speak a good word for us among your neighbours." I will that, aee'n I've been treated perfectly gentlemanly." To another—a Virginian—l remarked, " How about Floyd?" ~ He i s good to take care of himself. I followed him 180 miles on a retr ea t in Western Virginia. much some thought fellows." n l 0 do wn ws. escapes the Lincolns, I shouldn't our way. If he H ha e rd ai f n r 't m o I asked anoth er if h e was n ot ashamed government which has to fight ” wonder if he fared against the Uni on , an d th e done so much f or them. gove He replied, " I never fought agin the Union, and I never will." " What were you doing at FortDonnelson ? Were you forced into the army ?" " Wall, no, not exactly forced ; I knew I would be, so I j'ined. I thought I'd feel better to go my. self!" ~ - what do you expect to gain by the rr ie e b y ellion ?" "We find our leaders have lied to us. Our big agin the old flag. All we want is men wanted to get rich and get into office, an d so lag rights, according to the i nst r u me n t they have got ns Into this mess by the d i e r pr li i e v s e . u fo f re L fa in th c e o r lu s w liv o e u d ld . have constitutionalriot d hei w cieh e ctoi b ou e nr lieved them. But had been made to believe these, e e , r tba which atnhdatG t e h r e m y a w n e s, re an li d es t . h " ey were perfectly amazed when was oompo W se e d n o ° f w ne i g sn rO o e fw s the nati onal soldiers and find them Another said that they ' that the Northern army whites and mostly g th iv e i y ag eam u e p tothseee contest.—sa i d . Americans. ea t_ rin g d a I' veryenn e sseean energetically, talk of I should saimoArroMwis:issippian__h - has old NvAiIl w i ll ss neveriss ,, e g y e e tr yo u l t o o o t r' h th e e re p t r o : . go into the fight again. Jeff. soners wouldP. '‘DaGviivse it up, never. If I could give up this contest so long as he I have no .I ‘ l4 ' l 3' of thetn-arive• us no more trouble if liberattA. they have been remdif indignant at the manner in which would enter the deluded nod imposed Upon, and Union army and do good service, if nermitted. But as there are plenty of good men and true, who are above suspicion, the experiment will not probably be tried. There is a general dis position on the part of our citizens to make them as comfortable as possible—looking upon the poor doubt t o backtB ouhti ofm . ignorant souls as so many victims of wiles and in trigues of the Confederate leaders, who are really repentant of the folly and wrong of which they have been guilty. There are many in the hospital: Pneumonia is quite prevalent, and many deaths m ay be expected. They were exposed, to cold rough weather, without tents or fires. Th e steamboats were so crowded that they had to ro main on the outer decks u nprotected during --- a 350 mile journey to this • , a severe cold rain storm, which wet them through and through. In this condition they were p u t cars, to make aggravated type, City, Th© result is much sickness of an the orth elli Li led, 3 SO- ;h e le. a t ,110 be -' .fiat a to eiVo n as ig to 3ed. ncl in ;um at be and owe 50 of e re' t that pppor ~ the nitt( 70 era 4 ion L yO4 A the ) i r dolt re e mg, Lstefill steel 4 ivenf' con' to th it sir t 15 well norm" .e cur- lin 139 up up. up. loyal' to 83 to 614 w idoW