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EWS r_ - i/e. 4 - 141 jaco) • ' • 4 ' - : S tr " . ', l4 , • `•• .4 tC ~ • 1 •„ , ‘ .k . 1c loot • 4 41 . v. :1 .0 - 11 1 4 415:t •' • , ' 7 `"‘ pir:l4:7 1 . tarl . — 4 71, 7 ITE CAL CUT7 s : 17 .::::;: 0 1 . a A I or- #" " I "vit ' -••• 4 0 ' ..** • •t=v ‘•l 4kr , ; - 734•.m. 14,0 , 4 4 ay•-- G. . I k-' • 41 , ROTT. • i e r'""""."""1114.11111P- e Peninsulary lo n , heavy por tion of the Calcutta and China mails, r;rrived this morning. She brigs 134 passengers, and 104 v O a r n ie s, nt Nc a . l ith Corn th . t pany's steam. packages for tho Exhibition, and 1,289 131,11 es raw silk, value £120,000 sterling.. The Ceylon left Alexandria on the 22d March ; Malta, 26th ; and Gibraltar, Ist inst. IL..kr Nigjesty's ships Doris, Himalaya, Banshee, and osl;Orne ;were at Alexandria; at Malts, the Marlborough, E xtb ,:mth, Neptune, Amphion, Fire fly, Medina, Boxer, an. .1 Growler; and at Gibral tar, the Scylla, Procris, Ltedpole, French sloop. Coligny and transport Perdrix, And United States sloop Kaersarge. The Confederate steamer Sum ter still remained in the bay ; off A)gesiras, the Spanish squadron and Federal sloop Tusoarera. His Royal Highness the Duke of Bicbant left Gibraltar on the 30th for Tangier, in her Majesty's . steame r Intrepid. N°. 215769, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 1862. ..4d. STAMPED ...,sd. U BM CATION 3. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-TIIIRD SALE. THE CLOISTER AND THE HEARTH.- immediately, in 3 vols., price 155., a New and Cheap Edition of cIIARLES IMADE'S FAMOIT -; STORY. Handsomely bound in roan cloth, gilt and lettered. Orders received by all Booksellers. (lUSTOM HOUSE, London, April, 1862. kJ FOR SALE, by order of the HonoUrable the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the comlonciAL SALE ROOMS, Mincing-lane, on THURSDAY, the 10th and FRIDAY, the 11th of April, 1862, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, the following GOODS, for Exportation or 11 - erne Consumption Trubner and Co.. 60, Paternoster-row. Anchors, boots, brandy, candles (stearine), clocks, chicory, guns, painters' colours, pep per, per f umery, pert ume d spir i ts, 1 7f ulin'e,e'raciosrindisa,lssegdalcres' empty bags, fishing nets, geneva, glass, (stiezades), spirits (plain and Mixed) ; quant i ty of files, plane irons, chisels, gouges, &c. ; sugar, ships' tea, timbe r , t oys, wine, watches, and various other , goods. s.o THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in IS6O. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in busi ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive. Intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Pen ciples." Th e a b o ve goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames -street, at the London, West India, and Victoria Docks, and Tobacco Ground, Rather hithe, on Wednesday, the 9th April, from ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, and on the days 01 sale, from ten o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock at noon—the tasting of spirits and wine being restricted to the day of sale as regards the Queen's Warehouse. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be de livered until after two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Re ceiver-General after two o'clock in the afternoon, and that on the days of sale money will not be received by the Receiver- General after elcvan o'clock in the forenoon. Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street, sixpence each. Kent and Co.. Paternoster-row. her me. )To' the the Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., N SPERMA TORRITCBA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. :owe had that nce. slip ?gall ; a d' )ads, rater ,f its roW a nd uitY7 very Lr rel. late. ru at Ey be bar- Lther 1 s 4d 3s Od 7( 1 ) 6d. izils, have at at 1 4. 1 4. 1 L. 1 1. 1 2. I 10. I 10. [ 28. 14. THE ITALIAN IRRIGATION C CO!,IPANY . Societe Anon with L ANAL irrifi ee d Liability and Share s t o Bearer. Share capital 25,000,0001, (81,000,000). Divided into 50,000 pliarea , zy . l 500 f. (t. 20) each. Doposit on application, :L . ..,!1 per share, and ..-C1 on allotment. The Italian Govert,'llit guarantees a minimum interest of six per clin l 6. on the capital, and also a sinking fund to provide kr :Is redemption. Tb.e M . DIII I:t;TORS IN ITALY . ties, arquis de Cavou r , l‘fember of th e Ch amber of Depu- The 'Count Olclofrecii, Bc;l ogna ) . Governor S enator (formerly Goveor of /6 - - 'Farina, Regent of the Bank of l‘Tilan. j-k , Vincenzi (formerl Naples). y 3.llniste,: of Public Vv'orkq at 11. G. De Fernex, Banked, Tu7..in AL Laurent, Banker, Parma_ DIREtzTO):,S IN ENGLAND, Cir , i ' of the A a and United Q. G. Macpherson, - .F._:; sc . „ ~ rtaan, gr Service Bank. Lestock R. Reid,.poration. P.sq., Director of the Oriental Bank Cor- James Dicks°. ft ~ Esq. (Lennox, N ep h ew, an d C o.), 16, Old Broad-str,,et. Lfout.-Col. J ^I "W. Campbell Onslow, Director of the Madras. J.rritration and Canal Comany. - Wm• WO tor argill, Esq., Director oftle Eastern Bengal Rail' v- Comp:„- - ..ty..roi •C. G. 7id, Esq . , - Director a the Agra and - United Ser.- _ vi.ee, Bank. . P. l' , . Hadow, E,,q,, Deputy-Chairman of the Peninsular u'ad Oriental Steam N.avigat!on Company. P.. Surtees, Esq., Chalcott House, Kingstou, Surrey. a, P. Brown IVee(head, Esq., M.P.,_ Deputy-Chairman of the London and North-NVestern. Railway Company. 13ANKEus I.,`T. LoNDoN—Messrs. Masterton, Peters, and - 1 31NEIEES IN Co, 35 , Ni c h o l as-lane. ITALY-111.645r5. Charles De Fernex and Co., Turin, SOLlClTliofiEfts—Messrs. OES—Messrs. Rixotl and Son, 33, C annon-street. B Poster and Braithwaite, 68, Old Broad-street. :JOINT ENGIWEERS. J. A' Monsr. Chas „ Nod, Tu r i n . Temporaryo.ocrnethy, Es q ., M . 1 .C.E., London. SJ2C, Qces, 16, Gr es h am- h ouse, Old Broad-street. RX:7l'inxill'o t em. — leicester Bayly, Esq. °I3J EC- 7 ...'S OF THE COM PAICY.—The object of this VI"C°I-nPar-Y is to carry into effect the valuable and highly re , r . aeive concession which has been, granted by the • liars eeovernment for the construction of Irrigation Works 14 e;orthern Italy. 130 great has been the rephtation and success of works of irrigation in Italy, that they have een rarded as moels 'of scientifi c construction, by the engineers gin appointed d by the Government of indite to devise and execute the extensive plans for the ir tigat'ton of that country. e From the c e erieese ageg Mb artificial irrigation of land in /rnrrn clinlatxs . able i nvest 'has furni s h e d one of the most safe and profit aystena hes m ents of capit a l. I n India the applieatien of this the co s t e yielded a rev enue o f from 30 to 100 per cent. on of construction ; in the royal domains of Aranjuez, 14p aiu, it has i ncreased the produce of the soil ten-fold ; and it has given to the plains of Lombardy their proverbial re:etew n for exhaustless fertility. .fhe district assigned to the () aerations of this Company e 2 onnereheeds some of the rierieet por . ions of the famous plain, extending from the root of the Alps to the frontiers of Lombardy, and justly celebrated as the garden of Europe. The C ompany will i mmediaroceed to costruct te ' Great I rr i gat i on Canal of .Ntelyorthep .Northern Italy, in conformity With the designs of the celebrated eneineer Chevalier Noe s Who enjoys the highest reputation in Europe for hydeaufi e works, and w'hose plans have, after caretul examination, been appree',ed of by Mr. Abernethy and accepted by the Italian Government. The 'Alain Canal, 52 miles long, SO feet wide, and 20 feet `e gip, will commence at Chiavasso, to miles north of Turin, 'Tessa through the rich disteelets el the Vercellais and the , Loreeline, and terminate at the river Ticino, near Novara. It will derive an i ne e elanuetible supply of water from the i It Po, which he's been called the Nile of Italy, on ac cent,count of the rich alluvial matter brought down by its cur • It will irrigate more than 300,000 acres, and it is esti- Inated that the rental of the proprietors will thereby be in oreae ed by t 840,000 per annum. In order to obt a i n t h e great advantage of uniting under One management all the i rr i gat i on works of the district, an arrangement has been concluded with the Government for the cession of the existing canals of the Dora Baltea and the Sesia, which will thus become tributary to the Grand Canal of the Po. The payment for these canals yill be made at deferred dates, and the amount is includeerin the Clittrardeed capital. IE GARANTEES OF THE ITALIAN GOVERN of six. DNU-T.—The Government guarantees a minimum interest per cent, per annum on the entire capital to be ex- Dent - led in the purchase or construction of the canals, the Preliminary expenses fiance of the , and th e management and mainte t u safe and works of the C ompany, thus making its share s advantageous investment, independently of the 'works r ofits which m a y b e anticipated from such important . The Pcalian Government also guarantees the repayment of the capital through the operation of a sinking fund. The ted ,rantion of the shares will take place annually by lot, i this grea t advantage to the shareholders, that, after keying received back their capital in full, they will remain remaining term of the concession. The proviebanal concession was signed by the Ministers of A.gricultuee and Commerce, and of Finance, on the 15th I r l , lt imn ) and the Government has engaged to procure for this --'°l7lPanY all the necessary powers which require the con eerit of the Le:--islature. EXPE NDl ' Ttill.},`,.—Th e cost of the works will be de traYo by the share capital of the Company, and by bonds issued by the authority of the Government, with interest guaran teed. Every bond will b e s t amped by the Govern , and the ;edema of 6 per cent. will be paid at the National Treasury, Provisional contracts have been made with the sanction and approbation of the Italian Government for the execu tion of all the works by experienced contractors, who are prepared to deposit ample caution money for the fulf i l men t of their engagements. PIVJFITS.—The directors desire to avoid holding out cxaP gerated estimates of the large profits to bo derived from `r+ ='l-" irrigation works, Of 6 in addition t o th e guaranteed interest per cent. ; but the official returns in their possession, `Which have been, prepared with the most - scrupulous accu racy, and which may be seen at the offices of the Company, Justify them in anticipating _profits fully equal t o th ose *w hich 'have b een obtained under the most favourable cir onmatances in Italy and other countries. In making these eakulations, there can be no better guide than what has ta:kren place in our own Eastern Empire, as exhibited in the 'following statement :--- " JuNtere. CANALS, NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES.— Governmutt returns show that the value of the crops saved • in one year by the water supplied by these canals, whose length is 445 miles, was £1,46 9 ,800. In 153 the Court of Directors sanctioned an expenditure of £15,276 on the •taetern Jurana Canal, which in one year yielded a clear Profit to the government of £9,759, besides enormously in • tereasine•b the value of th e crops, and thus benefitting the cultivators to a far larger amount. "NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCES.—In these provinces an expenditure of £557,000 was found sufficient to construct works irrigating 1 ,300,000 acres, and thus obtain a produce of the tennual value of £2,500,000, supporting a population of 600,,000 souls. " GREAT GANGES CANAL, NORTH-WESTERN Pno- Vn .:WES.—Colonel Baird Smith, the director of this canal, ?low , in course of construction, estimates that it will be com pleted fo r £2,000 , 0 00, and that it will raise the annual value to of the c rops i t will irrigate to £7)000,000, and the gain the cultivators will exceed £3,000,000 per annum." Extract from Report by Lieut.-Colonel C. B. Young, officiating chief engineer, Lower Provinces of Bengal, dated 2 7th May, 1853 " Whatever the results of different calculations may be, there can. be no question, I believe, that canals as irrigation `.lvorks are remunerative in India, whether the profits be 50 per cent and upwards, as Col, tel Cotton rates them, or, accor ing to the more moderate estimates of Lieut.-Colonel Baird cali'th about 24 per cent., or, according to the experience Of the canals in the North-West Provinces, 12 to 16 pet Cent., it is equally the result in all cases ; I believe that they repay richly to both Government and to the people the taoney expended on them." The G per cent. interest on the shares allotted in England, together with all dividends out of profits, will be paid half- Yearly, at 25 francs exchange, by the Company's bankers in f endon. The works which the Company has undertaken have been urgently demanded by the whole population. The undertaking is received with the greatest favour in Italy; 20,000 shares are reserved for that country, leaving 30,000 for allotment in England. Application s in the annexed form may be made to the London Directors at the Company's offices, or to the 'Brokers of the Company in London. A copy of the concess i on may b e soon at the offices of the Company. London, April 4, 18t.i.L FORM OF ii:I 3 PLICATION FOR SHARES. 40 the London Directors of the Italian Irrigation Canal Company. Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers the sum of , I hereby request that you will allot me Shares of £2O each in the Italian Irrigation Canal Company, and 1 hereby agree to accept the said shares or any smaller number that may be all o t te d to me, upon t h e terms of the atatutes, to be approv e d by th e It a li an G overnment, and to Day thefurthar deposit of £1 per share upon the shares allotted to me at such time and in such manner as you may qopoint. I am, Gentlemen, Name in full Address in full Date JtLst published, containing 190 pages, with 100 Engravings, free by post, 12 stamps, sealed 20 stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, the Greatest Medical Work of the Age, or Youthful Indiscretions and conse ((lien, Impediments to Marriage, describing the Anatomy of the Reproductive System in health and disease, and pointing out the sure means of perfect restoration to manhood ; with an Essay on Single and Married Lite, containing his Pre riPtion known as the Preventive Lotion, precluding the Possibility of contamination. Address If. and L. PERRY and 'CO. 19, 11 rners-street. Oxford-street, W. Attendance daily, from 10 till 8; Sundays, 11 till 2, by a Consulting Surgeon, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (Regis tered under the New Medical Act). A S THE FACULTIES OF THE BODY, in 1 / 4 a , harmony with those of THE MIND, approach deve loped maturity, the rising human being . , surrounded by . `, ll _atitious circumstances—some salutary, some pernicious— ,?,'•mes susceptible of impressions whi c h, according to the .egree of PRUDENCE and KNOwLEIM E w ith which he is en dowed, may be the sources of happiness or of unspeakable unsery. Some of the most deadly and terrible of the influences last re ferred to originate at that period when parents fondly hope that the objects of their love are being prepared to figh t I cnourably the great battle of life—namely, the scholastic lllti collegiate period. Habits are then contracted, in n allspecting ignorance of their effects. which, if not ar rested, tend to . sink the VICTIMS OF Ennou to the deepest i l Plaths of degradation and woe. The evil 1,4 aggravated by us apathy too generally evinced by the medial profession, 1 9t only as to the nature bet the very existence of the diseases arising from the cause indicated, and to which the general and inadequate designation of "Nervous Disorders Debilitybeen given. One ef the consequences of ' u s neglect is, that the treatment of the most delicate classes of disease which afflict society has been taken P by unqualified and uneducated persons. LAmERT, 151. D., Liceat of the oya- Society otL Apo &c ., 37, B n ed ti for e d square, R London, s •, II X ONLY PRACTITIPNEIL REGULARLY QUALIFIED AND `! GISTERED who has de"eted his exclusive attention for 20 L e "s to the cure of these affections, which war with the very Wintains of human DAPFINESS, HEALTIL and FUNCTIONAL ti, G , °ll R. The result of his experience and successful prac pi' ' ll ay be perused with advantage in his Treatise, 1. FARP AavATfort," sold by RI ann, 39, Cornhill, London, price ; Post free for 13, or with sealed ends for 20 stamps. At ho ? b _ rue for consultation, daily, from 11 till 2, and 6 till 8 "(144M-square. Itt„;; ETRGPOLITAN RAILWAY CARRIAGE I and WAGON COMPANY (Limited). Completely registered for the letting of carriages and wagons to rail way companies, mineral owners, merchants, and others. Capital £lOO , O OO, in 10,000 shares of £lO each. With power of increase; deposit £1 per share on application, and £1 10s. on allotment. No further calls for three months, and no call to exceed 3s. per share, nutEcTons. Jae R. Atkins, Esq., Stoke Newington-green, N. Henry Elwell, Esq., liandsworth, Deputy-Lieutenant, Staffordshire. The Hon. C. E. Hobart, - Wimbledon, S.W. Henry }laymen, Esq., Director of the 13onibay, Baroda, and Contral India Railway Company. James Michel!, Esq., Director of the Calcutta and South- Eastern Railway. James Oughterson, Esq., Bentinckastreet, Mancliestca square, and Madras, Bankers—Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street. Brokers—London—Wm. R. Hartridgc, Esq., SO, Old Broad-street; Birmingham—John Smith, Esq., 28 Bennett's-hill. Auditors—Messrs. Doloittc and Greenwood, Public Aceonntants. Solicitors—Messrs, Swift, Wagstaff, and illenkinsop, Great George-street, Westminster. Seeretary—Mr. Richard Stephens. Temporary offices--13 A Cannon-row, Westminster, S.W.; and 80, Old Broad-street, City. The progressive development of the resources of the country, and the extension of the railway system at home and abroad, have created a demand for railway wagons and carriages which existing companies cannot adequately supply. The metropolis is the leading emporium of the coal trade, and an already enormous yet growing traffic in goods of every description, to and from it is carried on, upon all the line s o f ra il way, by public companies and commer cial firms, which, having their chief offices hi London, would naturally seek to be supplied there with the necessary means of conveyance, if a company existed ready and cap able to contract for the same. The legitimate and profitable employment of capital, in providing for such wants, is saen. in th e resu lt o f th e opera lions of th e several joint-stock companies which have been formed in various provincial localities for the letting of wagons and carriages to railway companies, mineral owners, merchants, and oth ers , an d th e many advantages presented by the metropolis as the seat of such a Company, in addition to the actual requirements of its trade, suggest the formation of the Metropolitan Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. The plan adopted by wagon companies in the provinces has been to contract for their supply of carriages and wa gons with some firm whose business it is to construct and repair them, so that each company becomes bound to the builder with whom they contract for the construction and maintenance of its stock. The Company, however (while 'reserving the power to build and maintain its own stock), will open its contracts to the trade, the advantages of which plan are obvious. Railway carriages and wagons are usually let on lease, and their maintenance or repair undertaken by the builders for a term of years at a fixed per eentage on the cost, so that the net profit, after setting aside an annual sum to meet depreciation and renewals, may be divided to the full. The following figures exhibit the satisfactory position of the leading Companies already established, which have been profitable beyond the most sanguine expectations, and have required in every instance an increase of their original capital ; and, from careful estimates which have been made, no reasonable doubt exists but that results equal if not more satisfactory will accrue to this Company. Name of Amount 1 Dividend per _ Company. of Share. cent. Reserve l Price. L !10.) to 105 £ Premium. ally large 58,910 Midland Wagon 10 and occasion -50 Company ...... bonuses I per cent. The Railway Rolling Stock 10 9 2 0 5 , 1 135t0 40 I Association .... per cent. Birmingham Wagon Compy. 10,308 1 0 10 ; 4er nt. 100 to 45 ' ce GlocesterWagon p 10* in the first 3500 ! 35 to 40 Company ...... 1 y ear ' s wor ki ng. , per cent. * This Company build and maintain their own stock. The liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount of their subscription. A deposit of £1 per share is to be paid to the bankers en application, and £1 10s. per share on allotment. Should no allotment be made, or two-thirds of the capital not be subscribed, the deposit will be returned in full. Applications for shares to bo made to the Brokers or Secretary of the Company, from whom prospectuses, forms of application, and other information may be obtained. E GYPTIAN GOVERNMENT LOAN, authorised by H. I. M. the Sultan, for £1,811,010 ster ling, to be issued in Bonds amounting to £2,195,200 at 824- per cent. The Bonds to bear interest at 7 per cent. per annum, from the Ist of March, 1862, payable half-yearly in London. The Loan to be redeemed in 30 years by an accumula ting sinking fund. The Bonds to be drawn by lot half .yearly, and paid off at 100. The first drawing in July, 1862. Agents in London—Messrs, Friihling and Mischen, 12, Austin-friars. This Loan has been contracted for by the Viceroy of Egypt, with the Bank of Saxe-Meiningen, for the purpose of extinguishing the floating debt of Egypt, and is specially secured on the revenues of the provinces of the Delta, pro ducing an annual sum exceeding .1;600,000 net, while the charge for the interest and sinking fund on the Loan will be £176,000 per annum. The net revenue of Egypt, after providing for the tribute to the Porte, exceeds £3,500,009. There is no foreign pub lic debt and no paper currency. A special authorisation of H.I,M. the Sultan for the issue of this Loan has been obtained by the Viceroy. The Sultan's authority, and the special appropriation of the revenue of the Delta as security for the Loan, will, under the terms of the contract, be stated in the bonds, Arrangements have been made for the regular transmis sion of the requisite funds for the half-yearly interest and sinking fund to Messrs. Friihling and Goschen, in London. I he terms of issue are as follows :- 5 per cent. on Application. 10 „ on Allotment. 15 „ 10th May, 1862. 15 „ ICth Juno, 1862. 15 „ 10th July, 1862. 15 „ 10th August 1862. 7I „ Ist September, less £3los. per cent., being one half-year's interest on the nominal amount of the Bond. 82± Subscribers will have the option of paying the instal ments in advance on allotment, or on any of the above dates, under a discount of 7 per cent, per annum on such prepay ments ; but, in default of due payment of the respective instalments, all previous payments will be liable to for feiture. After allotment scrip certificates will be issued to "bearer." These certificates will be exchanged for bonds to "bearer" of £lOO, £6OO, and £l,OOO each, after payment of the final instalment. Coupons will bo attached to the Bonds, payable the let of March and the Ist of September, at the counting-house of Messrs, Friihling and Giischen. The drawings for redemption of the Bonds will take place every half-year, in the months of July and January, in London, in the presence of a notary public. The Bonds so drawn will be paid at par with the half yearly dividend. Th - e first drawing will take place in July, 18(32. The original contract for the Loan is deposited at the Bank of England, in the names of the Bank of Saxe-Mein ingen and Messrs. Friihling and GOschen. A certified translation can be inspected at the office of Messrs. Fresh fields and Newman, 5, Bank-buildings, London. Applications for allotment to be addressed to Messrs. Friihling and Goschen, 12, Austinfriars. Forms of application may be obtained of the brokers, Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce, Auction Mart, E.C. In the event of no allotment being made, the deposit will be immediately returned. FRUHLING and GOSCHEN, Agents for the Loan. EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT LOAN. FORM OF APPLICATION. To be fo rwar d e d t o Messrs. Friihling and GOschen, 12, Austinfriars, after payment of the preliminary deposit to the bankers. No—. To Messrs. Friihling and Gosehen, Agents for the Egyptian Government Loan. Gentlemen,—Having paid at the Chi e f C as hi er ' s o ffi ce, Bank of England, the sum of £—, I hereby request that you will allot me of the Egyptian Government Loan, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any smaller amount that may be allotted to me, and to pay the further sum of £lO per cent. on the same when allotted. I am, Gentleman, your obedient servant, Signature Address in full Date EGYPTIAN LOAN. -- NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS for this LOAN will be RECEIVED AFTER TWO O'CLOCK on TUESDAY NEXT the Bth inst. LAWRENCE, SON, and PEARCE For the Agents of the Loan. _ London, April 5, 1862. TR. 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" The Use and the Abuse of the Turkish Bath.—A very useful pamphlet has been published by Dr. Culverwell, the proprietor of the Turkish Baths in the neighbourhood of the Post-office, which presents to the uninitiated a mass of inte resting, inform ation, while those w h o h ave a l rea d y encouraged this new sy s t em will derive additional advantage if they observe some of the ' , Tactical regulations which the writer endeavours to enforce."—Tlerald and Standard, Nov. 12, 1861. ‘, The Post-office Turkish Baths, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand. _Dr. Culverwell has already established the reputation of physician ; he has now proved himself to be a worthy in as far as he has established, in the heart an institution that more nearly than any disco very of modern days, goes nearer the abolition of the practice of physic, than any proposition or invention yet established, o i a ) n f h il t a h a b e n i etn City,r o pi s t , the Turkish Bath. • . o.ur object being merely to direct the attention of our city readers to the fact that they possess elle of the best set of baths, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, : 1 1, t i. scl baths t o h s s t w ad i m th ir a all which the country Can prOduce; perfect in all its appliances, of eleganc(, luxury, and refinement, l e e g i r n ee effect Dr. Culverwell has lifted up that taste or delicacy could desire which, consid er i ng the space at his disposal is truly sur prising, While everything that if a , has been obtained to add to the comfort i 1 aun(, l uxury of the visitor. . it is ott:.n om i ng man ever feels T hi ur m k se is lt h r 33 e le t z, , , L 'e ted t m ra a a , n y o d j e n u t e s .. W tly in s ge, out of a _ 13. 1861. Consultations daily till 12 a.m. London : 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street" R. AND NIBS. CHARLES MATHEWS "AL , HOME," At Tier Majesty's Concert Room, Haymarket. Last Nights of the present Entertainment, which will ter minate at Easter, when they will appear with an Entirely New Programme. Every Evening (except Saturday), at Eight. Wednesday and • • Saturday Mornings at Three. Private boxes, stalls, and places may be secured at the Box office, which is open daily from Ten till Five, and at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. No extra charge for booking. Carriages to be ordered at Ten. Stalls, ss. ; First Circle, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Unreserved Seats, 2s. and is. CIIIRISTY'S MINSTRELS. The Original, A..) Well-known, and only CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS are performing nightly to crowded houses at the POLYGRA PHIC HALL, Icing William-street, Strand. 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HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous -ufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure o f N ervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dintness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spermatorrhoea, Local Weakness, M uscu l ar Re 'axation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity. and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health tad 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, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 6, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. 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THE VIGOUR OF YOUTH RESTORED IN FOUR WEEKS by Dr. RICORD'S ESSENCE OF LIFE. This wonderful agent will restore manhood to the most shattered constitution, whether arising from self-pollution, excesses, nocturnal emissions, the effects of climate, or natu ral causes. The time required to cure the most inveterate case is four weeks ; and, if used according to the printed in structions (which are very simple), failure is impossible. This life-restoring remedy should be taken by all about to marry, as its effects are permanent. It is acknowledged by the medical press to be the greatest discovery ever made. Success in every case is as certain as that water quenches thirst. Dr. Ricord's Essence of Life is sold in cases, with full in structions for use, at lis., or four quantities in one for 33e., and will be sent to any part of the world, carefully packed, on receipt of remittanc e or post - off i ce order pay-able to Front and Co., Patent Medicine Warehouse, 229, Strand, London. (Entered at Stationers' Hall.) Nov Ready, price is., post free 14 stamps, or in a sealed envelope 20 stamps, a popular Medical Work on NERVOUS EXHAUSTION. VIVA VlTALlS,illustrated with 100 Engravings from Life (of Cases attended at the Hotel Dieu, Paris, and other Hospitals), descriptive of the baneful effects conse quent upon the errors and excesses of youth and maturity, and the debility arising from the too frequent indulf., , encre of the passions. containing' a prescription of the Author's Invi gorating Lotion, an external application, with directions for its use, with an Essay on true and. false Spermatorrheea, every stage of Syphilis, and all urethral affections, showing how manhood can be restored with increased muscular develop ment, by the most simple means ; thereby removing all Dis qualifications and Impediments to Married Life. By ME DICITS, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Eng land, and Licentiate of the Royal College or Physicians, Edinburgh, registered under the New Medical Act, who may be consulted at the residence, 44A, Maddox-street, Regent dAistr:,?et, L on d on, W . (oppos i te the s i de of St, George's Church), iiad vd direct tt above,2,an d from an f r 5 O m ti ; all S Booksellersunday s, 1 till in t 2 e . r n T o s o t b e row, London. DR. CITRTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: MEDICAL RSSAY ON SPERMATO [MIKE A, GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &o. lust Nt Vl Published, B the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price le., Sold by all Booksellers, and scut post paid, by the Author, forl 2 stamps, V, I ANTI OOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE .. 3U MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions or Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. CONTENTS: Pioc"dild3r, London. TJunTis, 15, Alberntarle-street, INTRODUCTORY iIIJAPTER. - on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER. ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcca and Impotenee; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of yegleet, CHAI'TE Itlli.—A Review of the various Disqualifications Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Look oncludes with numerous varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventi ve Lotion. REvrEws Ole THI4 WORK. "Curtis on Nanhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and honid be in the hands of y oung an d old "—"Sunday Times" 23d March, 1856. , "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little Work, in which is described the source of those diseasos which produce decline in youth or more frequently pre:rat:lra o rd age. —"Daily Telegraph," Marc;; 27,1856. *- This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and sympathisin , r manner on the various disqualifications and impediment; arising from nervous excitement and de bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be boon d valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater noster-row: Llttun, 39. Cornbill. Hours Ot Consultation-1u VI) 3. and 0 to biuglays, 1111:2 TN CHANCERY.—Between HERBERT REGI NALD WHEELER, an infant, by Robert Locke, his next friend, Plaintiff, and CHARLES JOHN TOOTELL, LLEWELYN WYNNE, and ALFRED LLEWELYN WHEELER (an infant, by Henry Burslem, his guardian), Defendants, and in the matter of an undivided moiety of and in freehold, oopyhold, and leasehold estates in the townships of Newhall-cum-Clifton , Burley, and ()Hey, in the parish of Otley: and freehold estates in the township of Gomersall, in othn,e townships of Leeds, Potter New in the p ari sh of Leeds : th e town ttohne,paanridschhoafpeßlirjustiaeirt: ship of Manningham, in the Parish of Bradford : the town ship of Ossett-cum-GawtPorPe, i n th e p ar i s h o f D ews b ury, and the township and parish iii B a tl e y, a ll i n th e county of York : and of and in freehold estates s it ua t e i n G oswe ll- street and Old-street, iji filo ma s h of St Lulte, and norsefer r y• road and Tufton-Rtreet'tn the Parish of $t John the Evan genet, Westminster, all in the county of /614 iese x an d o f the entirety of freehold estates in the parishes of Edmonton and St. Margaret's, Twickenham, both in the county of Mid y, in the county of Surr e y, in the county . Sydenham,tes respectively were de oadfnl e di s c e ae x ot , Bt , a ra n o el d lk i wi n el t i h iro h e I p oll ori in e s t h t ihooest parish a P n u d t e n s e tot a vised by the will of Henry Beiward Ray, Esquire, deceased; and in the matter of the Act to facilitate Leases and Sales of settled Estates ; and in the matter of "the Ray Estate Act, 1858." Notice is hereby Given, that, pursuant t o th e sa id A c t s, an d to the general orders of the said Court, a P e titi on was on the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred an I sixty-two, presented unto the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, for hearing before the V ice-Chancellor Sir Richard Turin Rindersley, by Charles nPerrarntog concur with Richard John Tootell, of the Common Pleas Office, Chancery-lane, and Llewelyn Wynne, of No. 46, Li ncoln's-inn -fields, in the b m e un m t ide ot au 3 that an order might Silver Oliver, Esquire, in carrying out an agreement with and affecting a demise to William Hollingsworth of three houses in Old-sfreet aforesaid, and for vesting in the peti tfhidordilseisnegx,the Esquires, peo peti tioners powers of granting m i ning, building, and other leases as to all the real estates comprised in the will and codicil of the said Henry Belward Ray, deceased, and authorising the petitioners to sell certain allot ments of land at Twickenham, Putney, and Brockley Hill in the petition mentioned, and to concur with Robert Edmund Oliver, Esquire, in selling a field at Burley afore said, called the Fox Garth, and the Denton Tithe Rent charges in the petition mentioned, and certain slips of land at Potter Newton aforesaid, and in selling to Mr. Thomas Rhodes certain coal under land at Birstal aforesaid. And Notice is Also Given, that the said petitioners may be served with any order of the Court, or of the Judge in Cham bers, or Notice relating . to the subject of the said petition, at the office of the said Llewelyn Wynne, No. 46, Lincoln's-inn fields, London. Dated this 26th day of March, 1862, WYNNNI Solicitor for the Petitioners. I 2'HE NA Try, The Defence, 18, iron frigate, Capt, R. A. Powell, C. 8,, arrived at Spithead at 5 p.m. on Saturday, from Plymouth Sound and the Channel. It is ex pected that she will go into Portsmouth harbour to make good defects and alterations. The Speedy steam gunboat, tender to the Dasher, Commander P. de Saumerez, sailed from Ports mouth, for the Channel Islands, yesterday, after completing repairs. She has conveyed to Jersey materials for the construction of a ship-gun prac tice battery. The Royal Sovereign screw three-decker, at Portsmouth, has an additional number of hands placed on her to day, to hurry forward her conver sion to a shield ship as rapidly as possible. She has now 160 shipwrights employed upon her, exclusive of riggers and labourers. The steam tender Vivid returned to Woolwich on Saturday morning, having convoyed MIMI. Prince Leopold and attendants to England, after passing the winter at Cannes. The chartered transports Prairie Flower and Rowena commenced shipping on Saturday, at Wool wich, for Fort Amhurst, Newfoundland, and Gibral tar. The Prairie Flower will take shrapnell and diaphragm shells, and the Rowena 110 Armstrong guns, carriages, platforms, for Gibraltar. The launch of the screwsteam corvette Wolverine is announced for Wednesday, the 14th of May, at Woolwich. About 50 smiths employed in Woolwich Dock. yard recEived 14 days' notice of dismissal on Satur day. The screw steamship Gibraltar, 99, at Devonport, is ordered to be prepared for the first division of the steam reserve. It is expected that she will be sent to relieve one of the ships belonging to the fleet in the Mediterranean. No orders from the Admiralty were received last week by the authorities in the dockyard at Devon port in reference to any of the ships under construc tion there. Instructions have been received at Chatham Dockyard from the Admiralty for suspewling the conversion of all timber shipbuilding until further orders. The following appointments wore made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Commander A. IL Hos kins, to the Zebra ; Commander I. 11. I. Alexander, to the Coquette; Lieut. Oliver T. Lang, of the Dia dem, to the Zebra ; Thomas Craig, surgeon, to [the Zebra; Joseph O'Brien, assist.-surg., to the Zebra; George Lapidge, paymaster, to the Coquette ; Charles J. Card, paymaster, additional, to the Cumberland ; Edward T. Piper, Thomas Suckling, and I. A. Dash wood, midshipmen, to the Zebra; Keppel Gamier, midshipman, to the Marlborough ; J. L. Y. C. Scarlett, A. K. B. Granville, Charles Campbell, Francis W. Sanders, and P. S. W. Mayow, naval cadets, to the Marl borough, for disposal ; G. Moore, Arthur W. Moore, and John D. Nickolls, naval cadets, to the Tribune ; Charles K. Hope, Charles H. Ley tester, A. M. Jephson, and John H. Rainer, naval cadets, to the Bacchante, for disposal ; W. D. Morxish, naval cadet, to the Neptune; An drew Nance, naval cadet, to the Shannon ; Angus Macleod. L. A. Beaumont, and Willoughby E. Still, naval cadets, to the Magicienne. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the General Commanding n•Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Friday, the 11th inst. Instructions were on Saturday received at the Royal Marine Division at Woolwich, directing the following detachment of the Light Infantry to be held in readiness, to form a portion of the corps aboutto Lpiireoueeteendatnots Grady and R o k eby, two ser geants, Isle of A scens i on, namely : -First geants,two corporals, one drummer, an d 36 pr i vates. It was an nounce d on Saturday i n the departments Of Woolwich Arsenal, that the Secretary of State for War had b een i n duced to modify the order for warded on that dly Week, annulling the per mission to exhibit the various works of art and in genuity manufactured in the departments. The great majority of the articles Will, therefore, continue the unfinished see to be forwarded, exc luding only tions of the Arm s t ro ng guns, the boring and rifling instruments, and other inventions, w hi c h it i s deemed impolitic to expose to th e sc i en tifi c inspec tion of foreign visitors. A selecti on o f 18 guts an d other articles wer e consequently despatched on Sa turday for the Exhibition, and the remainder aro ordered to follow without delay. The East India screw stea m t roop s hi p , Hy daspes, 2,240 t ons , 30 0 horse p ower , C ap t a i n G. H. Foster, with cavalry and infantry troops from various Briti s h and Indian regiments, arrived at Gravesend from Calcutta, on Friday night, and at Government-quay t o t ri nd S e a r t officers of the staff t u h r e da s y np la e n ri d n e t d en h j e e r n t c r e oo o p f s the at Chatham. The HydasPes sailed from Calcutta on the 4th of December last, called at Madras on the 14th of December, and sailed thence on the 21st reached on .the 24th February. Th e t roo p s em - 1 of the same month. The Only p l ace t ouc h e d a t during the voyage was Ascen s i on , w hi c h was barked at Calcutta and Madras numbered 90 men of all ranks, with five women and two children, be , longing to the Ist Dragoon Guards, Royal Artil lery, 6th Regiment, 43d Light Infantry, 59th, 60th Rifles, 68th Light Infantry, 69th, 74th Highlanders, 75th, 76th, 3d I3attalion Rifle Brigade, Madras Artillery, and M a d ras N a tiv e I n f an t ry R eg i men t s , the whole und er th e comman d o f C a pt. li ym , 75th Regiment, and Li eu t . F arrar, ,Lehr Madras Native Infantry, and in me di ca l charge of Dr, Whylough, 75th Regiment. The mortality on board wag very high, 10 deaths having occurred during the voyage, including ',lent. Archdale, Madras Native Infantry, Mr. Ladlan, of the Indian Civil Service, Quartermaster-Sergeant Harrison and one man of the Royal Artillery, Sergeant Maphen and one man of the 75th, and one man of the 60th Rifles. The voyage was protracted to 120 days by calms and contrary winds. The Hydaspes brought home the following officers as passengers : —Capt. Gordon, Madras Native Infantry ; Lieut. Campbell, Royal Artillery; Lieut. Mears, 36th Madras Native Infantry ; and Cornet Browne, Ist Dragoon Guards. In order to ascertain the state of education among the non-commissioned officers and men of the army, a code of regulations has been issued from the Horse Guards, directing periodical examinations to be made of the troops attached to the various stations. In accordance with these orders, the first of the examinations of the whole of the troops nom prosin,g the three battalions of infantry at Chatham has just been madeat that garrison, under the direc tion of officers appointed to superintend the same. It terminated on Saturday. The result so far as can be at present ascertained, is rather more favourable than was anticipated, the returns showing that out of the large body of troops quartered at Chatham, who, it is but reasonable to infer, may be taken as an average specimen of the rest of the army, about fifty per cent., or nearly one-half, possesses what may be considered a good knowledge of reading, writing, and the firm few rules of arithmetic. These examinations will take place every six months, and a tabular statement of the result will be forwarded to the Horse Guards. By direction of the Lords of the Admiralty, and with the sanction of the Duke of Cambridge, Lieut. L; Rokeby, of the Chatham division of the Royal Mhrines Light Infantry, has undergone a complete course of instruction in fortification, engineering, and the scientific branches connected with that de partment of service, at the Royal Engineer esta blishment, Brompton, in order to qualify himself for proceeding to the Island of Ascension, where ho will be stationed for several years for the purpose of conducting a series of scientific observations on the part of the Government. Lieut. Rokeby pro coeds to Ascension on the sth proximo, and takes out a valuable collection of scientific instruments. THE AMERICAN IRON-CLAD NAM However much or little the encounter of the Mer rimac and Monitor directly teaches, in America as well as in England it has stirred both the public and the Government to action as no mere reasoning ever could. It may now be convenient to gather up and review our information respecting the recent action of the United States Government in refe rence to iron-clad ships. It has been said that the Monitor was the work of a private citizen, and that it was forced upon the Government against its ideas and wishes. In truth, however, as long ago as the special session in July last, the Secretary of the Navy called the attention of the Congress to the subject of iron-clad vessels, and appropriation of 1,500,000 dols. was made for the purpose of having one or more constructed. On the Gth of August an advertisement was published calling for plans. By the 16th of September the board of three naval officers appointoi to examine and consider the plans, presented their report, and recommended Captain Ericsson's plan among others for adoption. The contract for the Monitor was signed on the 4th of October between the Se rotary of the Navy and the builders. It provided for the completion of the vessel by the 4th of • January, i.e., 100 days, and for payment by the de partment in the usual way ; and further, that if the vessel sustained a satisfactory test she was to be accepted, and thereupon the last 25 per cent, of the contract price was to be paid. The Monitor was one of three iron-clad vessels which were uu dertaken about the same time, a fact which was stated in the messages of Secretary Welles to Con gress last autumn. That document was published in England, but the attention of the English press was mainly directed to certain portions of it calcu lated to sustain a factitious excitement, and this part was generally overlooked. From the follow ing passage in the report of the Board of Naval Officers, of which Commodore J. Smith was chair man, it will be seen that the expectations of the builders of the Monitor were not romantic. They said of Capt. Ericsson's design : This plan of a floating-battery is novel, but seems to be based upon a calculation which will render the battery shot and shell proof. We are somewhat apprehensive that her properties for sea are not such as a sea-going vessel should possess. But she may be moved from one place to another on the coast in smooth water. We recommend that an experiment be made with one battery of this description on the terms proposed, with a guarantee and forfeiture in case of failure in any of the properties and points of the vessel as proposed. Price 275,000 dole. ; length of vessel, 172 feet ; breadth of beam, 41 feet ; depth of hold, 11 feet ; time, 100 days ; draught of water, 10 feet; dis placement, 1,255 tons ; speed per hour, 9 statute miles. Various delays occurred in the construction of the vessel, which was not completed by the contract term ; she was launched on the 30th instead of on the 4th of January. The congratulations of the Navy department in answer to a telegraphic despatch announcing the event, concluded with a request to "hurry her for sea, as the Merrimac is nearly ready at Norfolk, and we wish to send her there." Of the iron-clad vessels nearly ready for service, the next in importance is Stevens's floating battery, which has been described in detail. This vessel, it is alleged, will make 19 knots an hour, and throw a greater weight of metal than anything afloat. It will, however, take two or three months to finish her. Tho Galena, an iron-clad vessel, built at Mystic, in Connecticut, and now being finished at Green point, New York, will be ready for sea in a fort night. She appears, however, to be too lightly constructed. The IVew York Times calls her " a plated egg shell." Another " dark" vessel, which, being at present without a name, is referred to as " the formidable vessel now building at the Phila delphia Navy-yard," may probably be classed with out injustice with the Galena. The Naugatuck, a small but strong gun-boat, is a present to the government by Mr. Stevens, and a miniature of his large floating battery. liar speed is ten knots an hour. She can carry coal for twelve days, and her armament is a single One hundred-pounder Parrott gun. Like the Monitor she can be sunk at will nearly to the top of her deck—thus presenting only a narrow stripe to the Enemy's shots. It is supposed that, from th e sma ll surface she exposes, she could easily steal up to a hostile vcseel in a dark night and deliver her missile with effect. The Adirondack, a wooden frigate, is being plated with iron. The foregoing vessels represent the iron-clad navy of the United States at the date of the action at the mouth of the James River. It remains to speak of the subsequent action of Congress. The bill introduced by Senator Hale, who is chairman of the Senate's Committee on naval affairs, is designed to lay the foundation of the new navy of the United States. It appropriates 13 million dollars for the building of iron-clad gunboats, three quarters of a million for the completion of Stevens's battery, half a million to the Washington Navy yard, for ; new buildings and machinery for rolling and forging iron armour plates for the ships, and one million for the construction of a mail-clad steam battering ram. The project of the last-named engine appears to have strongly fascinated the Northern mind. Its construction is, moreover, re commended on the most practical grounds , as the South has two shot-proof batteries nearly ready at Mobile, and N'a others OH the lower Mississippi, against which the &demi squadron in the Gulf would be as powerless as was that at Hampton Roads before it was reinforced by the I\lw-dim The ram, according to the proposition before the Senate, is to be "of not less than 5,000 or 6,000 tons burthen, and of great swiftness and strength." The New York papers observe, truly enough, that "if constructed in accordance with these conditions, the ram will undoubtedly be an engine of warfare against which no iron-plated vessel, battery, or ram in the world, either built or being built, can cope." But after Congress has done its best, it will depend on the skill of the naval engineers of the United States to combine in one :vessel qualities which Governments have hitherto sought in vain in iron-clad ships. In the United States, as in England, there are people whose imagination is so overpowered, and who are so possessed with the notion that " something must be done," that no projects are too wild for them to entertain. There are 4.1: - .0 tbero other people whose professed business is simply to "study public opinion," and who fool the former class to the top of their bent. As a specimen of what these latter can do, we give an extract from the New York Herold : It is a grand point to have the start in these engines of destruction, and America will have gained that point over every power of Europe. In the event of a war between the maritime powers, that nation which has the most and best iron-clad ves-• sels first at sea will be able to maintain the su periority to the and ; for not only can she destroy and capture all the mere wooden war vessels of her enemy, but prevent the construction of iron-clad craft by entering her ports and burning her navy yards, with the ships on the stocks. *No coast for tifications now built can keep such vessels out of an enemy's harbours. They can be easily demolished or rendered untenable, and seaboard cities will be at the mercy of iron-clad frigates. How do the Powers of Europe and the United States relatively stand in regard to such vessels ? The following table will show what has been done and is now in progress in Europe ; England is building France Spain Austria 2 Total Of the English, according to the recent state ment of Lord C. Paget, six are to be of the same model as the Monitor, having a turret and two guns. The Warrior and Black Prince, already com pleted, are each upwards of 5,000 tons burden. In addition to her other guns the Warrior carries one which throws a projectile of 4501b5. weight. This vessel is shown by her trial trip to Lisbon, in smooth water, to be in some respects a failure. The iron-clad ram, the Defence—of whose performances on her trial trip we gave an account in our columns last week—appears to be more sea worthy, but a clumsy structure, though it is stated she made 11 knots an hour. Her burthen is 3,660 tons. The French iron-plated frigate Glorio is the first ever built, and a few others have been finished by order of Napoleon, which arc regarded as an improvement on her ; but what is done in this re spect is kept as secret as possible, while the Em peror gets all the information ho can of English experiments and of our own —as, for example, through his Minister, M. Mercier, in relation to the Stevens battery. The United States have the following already built, contracted for and proposed : The Monitor The Galena, built at Mystic The powerful vessel at Philadelphia Tho Adironback The Stevens battery The Naugatuck, built by Stevens 1 Iren-clad gunboats ordered by Congress 2O Iron-clad frigates recommended by Senate Naval Committee The iron ram, do. Gunboats ordered by Massachusetts 2 Total. . New York State will probably add one or two more, thus making a naval force of 50 iron-clad gunboats, greatly exceeding the combined iron plated vessels of all Europe, and able to whip the navies of the world. The New York Enzes, which thinks the perma nent interests of the nation should not be forgotten in the midst of all this excitement, with more moderation than its contemporary, points out that it is better to look at actual wants than to indulge in dreams. If we once had provision made for our present safety and for the destruction of the rebel iron plated floating batteries—which we should consider done were the ram, a brace of Monitors, and the three iron-clad gunboats now in process of construc tion completed—we could almost wish that we should pause awhile before going any further, at least, that we should await the results of the expe riments that will be made with these before spend ing many more millions. It is our national tem perament to " put things through," and rush to an extreme, and there is just a danger that the mania for iron-clad vessels may cost us dearly. Having provided for our immediate necessities, let us bear in mind that we have large and prospective needs as well as present demands ; and that it is the plain dictate of prudence to avail ourselves of all the ex periments, on both sides of the Atlantic, that tend to throw light on these novel and still obscure, though overwhelmingly important questions. One thing is certain, we are bound to have an iron-clad navy that will defy those of the most powerful European nations. Already, at one leap, we have taught the world more than all it knew respecting this new warlike enginery. The country is opulent with creative genius and engineering skill. This genius and skill will now largely take the direction of iron-clad vessels. Let us, therefore, not sink money in building structures which the rapid strides in the science may soon render obsolete. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN RAIL WAY.—On Saturday morning the police forwarded to Mr. Brent, the deputy coroner, the particulars of the death of William Hollingworth, aged 28, a labourer in the employ of Mr. Jay, the contractor for the construction of the Me tropolitan or Underground Railway. It appeared that the deceased was engaged on the previous night between the hours of seven and eight, along with some other mono n; the new station at King's-cress, in lowering a large an heavy iron girder, when suddenly one of the links of the chain broke, and the beam fell, knocking the deceased to the ground. In its fall the beam struck a piece of timber, which fell on the deceased, and killed him on the spot- Ile leaves a wife, who is now near her confinement, and a young s result, oc curred family. NARROW ESCAPE OF AN EXPRESS TRAIN,--Anaccident, accident, which narrowly escaped a s erious on Wednesday Ist to the exprc.o train leaving Cheltenham at 2.25 p.m, for London. Tiro trail' had PIA arrived at the very high embankment by which the rail s are carr i er through Badgworth, about five miles from Cheltenham, when the axle of the leading whirls or t h e eng i ne snappe d iu the centre and drePPed hetwcen Cm: rails, the engine at the same time pitching breaks being forward. Th e d r i ver a t once soun d e d an alarm, and the applied the train was brought to a stand before the engine left the rails, although the fact of its keeping the track at all under such circumstances is quite inexplicable, had the engine once left the rails great loss of life must have ensued, as the Badgworth embank meat ii , o f unusual height. As it was, very slight damage was done to the permanent way, and beyond the inconve nience of a three hours' detention on their journey, no injury was sustained by the passengers. Great credit is duo to the driver mad guard for their promptness in the emergency, The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 28th ult. says Letters from Tangier mention the arrival there , on the 25th, of 150 mules with specie. to the amount, it is thought, of about half a million of dollars. The treasure was in charge of Hadj Abd el-Kader Ashash, one of the Sultan's treasurers, who has returned to the court. Another treasure caravan is daily expected from Fez, to complete the million of dollars required for the next instalment to be paid over to Spain. The Sultan certainly ea g r e s m t e o sstruggling inanfally to fulfil hie nt. be By the last accounts the Sultan was about 20 miles north of Rabat, and near Mehedia, A fight was going on between the two tribes, engagements. Ilecania and Shragna. The insurrection in the vicinity o f Mc-. roceo is said to have died out of This menu% probably that the rebels. having cut off the :leads of a fey" of the officials, who, by tyranny and oppression, had driven them into rebellion, have again returned to their allegiance. The Emperor intended to move southward after crushing out the rebellion in the northern districts. THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE. SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 6. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tyne, Capt. Jellicoe, with the Brazilian and River Plate mails and 115 passengers, arrived this morning. Bile brings on freight—specie in gold, £12,005 ; silver, £725; three packages of diamonds, 1,014 bales or tobacco, 281 rolls of tobacco, and 156 packages of sundries. The Tyne experienced strong gales from Lisbon to Cape Finisterre, and a heavy north-west swell across the Bay of Biscay. During her passage Ele spoke the following ships March 21st, lat. 2.30 N.,10ng,30.18 W.,the English barque Pizarro, steering north ; 29th, lat. 26.40 N., long. 19.34 W., English ship Lady Eyre,steering south-west; 30th, Portuguese brig Mercury, in lat. 29.16 N., long. 17.40 W., standing south-west ; 31st, Eneish barque Atkinson, in lat. 32.30 N., long. 15.0 W., standing south-west; and on the Ist April, in lat. 36.15 N., long '11.45 W., Hamburg brig Esther, steering same course. The following is from the Buenos Ayres journal, the Commercial Times, of Feb. 26 : We have hail a change of Ministry. Dr. Obii gado has retired after good service, and Dr. Costa has been appointed to his place. Our army has re tired from Rosario, part also from Cordova, and our budget has consequently been reduced for war esti mates. This measure has been very well approved of, as one of our greatest grievances was the heavy war expenses which we were incurring. In the interior of the republic there is peace and order. All the provinces have agreed to give the direction of affairs to Buenos Ayres ; the only exception is Salta, but we have every reason to believe that the question must be amicably arranged. Trade with the provinces has been resumed, although on a small and prudential scale, as might have been ex pected. However, it is the general belief that after the proximate meeting of Congress we may expect an increased demand and prosperous trade. Gen. lklitre has determined to cease hcstilities against our only enemy, the Governor of Entre Rios, Ur quiza. The latter, possessing an immense fortune, has likewise determined, in order to Nave it, to sub mit to the course of events, which he has had neither ,he forethought, intelligence, nor perseverance W check. Both the English and natives here have been very well pleased with the pacific termination of the Anglo-American question. The news has been very beneficial to us; we have peace, and can now deliver ourselves with tranquillity to our various pursuits. Our produce trade has consequently im proved, and with it all the others. Business trans actions have not been very great, but they have met the requirements of both buyers and sellers'. On the 26th February there were great rejote been interrupted by the disas ninaegnosza: n t we ß ho Buenos c e oh n f o sthk had edAyresworks onof the account railway f t t o h the a recom mencement eFo Fer nando, -- m trous gale of August, 1860. A new concession, extending the period for the completion of the lines (15 miles only in length) to three years, had been the day before granted to the Buenos Ayres and San Fernando Railway Company (Limited) of London. The first sod was turned by Gen, Mitre in person, amid the cheers of a large concourse of the principal inhabitants. Mr. Eugene Murray, the contractor, proceeded immediately with the works. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. RIO DE JANEIRO, MARCH 10. The unsettled state of the weather has continued to em barrass communication with the inferior, and the supplies of coffee during the past week have been as insignificant as in the preceding month of January. This has enabled dealers to maintain their firm position, or rather to exact and obtain a further advance of 400 for the better, and 200 for the lower descriptions in the sales effected from Bth to 22d ult. _ _ _ has been a good demand for exportatio n , an i d n p s nres rising.there P.S.—Two p.m.—Exchange—Market very firm today; business done at 251 d., 251 d., and2std. BAHIA, MARCH 14. The demand for sugar bas been principally for superior qualities. In coffee very little has been done, a few hundred bags only having changed hands at 5,600 for ordinary NB' Earethd, and 6,300 Moritibas. In cotton no sales have transpired ; last price was 9,700 per arroba, which is equal to 9d. per lb free on board, freight excluded. Freights for the Channel and British ports, 60s. Exchange °Pole d in the beginning of the week at 26R, at which £26, 000 were effected ; latterly it has declined to 25i, closing firm atltho and show an excess latter rate. Transactions amount to about £05,000. PERNAMBUCO, Mancx 18. the month . either in whites an d maceio cotton have been sold, Although we have experienced some rainy weather, the receipts of sugar have not diminished , per arroba, and 1 over last crop of about 15,700 tone- There has been no uri an ng d 11.250 per arroba, all f.o.b. variation of importance d ;800 bags or Muscovadoes. Paraiba for Liverpool, lid. per lb., all with 5 ltt s t o e o r a b t ag ll. B .7 f o o O rm to erll . 6°° . on London, . per Tyn e per cent. prinalga• par infirm,About L 160,000 have been. at 26d. to 251 d., and Freights :—Cotton, Exchange : negotiated 90 days' sight ; and 300,000 f. on. • t 366 to 369 rs Paris, a rs . per franc ; on Lisbon transactions at 10G to 108 per cent. Bank rates for discount, 10 per cent. 251 d. to 25id• per annum. ..........__ FIRE NEAR NE\VGATE MARKET. —Shortly before the hour of 12 on Saturday night a fire broke out in the premises b e l onging to Mr. R. Wilding, a wholesale butcher and slau g ht erman, carrying on business at 23, Warwick lane, Newgate-market. The firemen laboured must inces santly, but they were unable, in spite of their exertions, to get the fire extinguished until two or three of the floors were burned out, the contents consumed and roof destroyed. The loss, which is considerable, will fall upon the Phtenix Fire-office. Another fire took place about the same time in the premises of Mr. P. 0' Shaughnessy, a boot and shoe maker, carrying on business at No. 4, Union-street, Lissor.- grove, which could not he extingui. , hed until the second floor was partially burned out. The cause of the fire could not he ascertained. Fortunately the sufferer W 39 itl:1 , 1'01 g about five o'clock on the followin g cleaning WOMAN.".—.I II in the Friend-in-Need Insurance Society. SHOCKING DEATH OF A YOUNG appalling accident happened on Thursday morning, at th e paper works of Messrs. Potter and Co ., Hollins Lower Dar wen, near Blackburn, by which a young woma n o f the twenty, was in s t antly name of Hannah Th om p so n, ag ed d e prived of life. Th e deceased' who had been empl oyed at the works seine time, had been i n a tt en d ance there during the whole of Wednesdal v ight, and while sh e NVIIB the scotching machine , morning, her head wa s by some means c aught in the ma chinery, and it and the upper part of her body were drawn mangled, causing instan itanntoeot dsceauaitch. e r, and fearfully