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Somerset House, 12th May, 1860. frHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the - 1 4 OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED RINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 31st inst, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying (under separate Contract a), all such quantities of FRESH OX BEEF as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the following places, from the Ist July to the 31st December, 1860, both days included, viz. : ENGLAND,- Hull Portsmouth (Oxen) Jersey and Guernsey Purileet Littlehampton Ramsgate Liverpool Sheerness,from be- London Bride to low Gillingham Woolwich, inclu- tot he G reat Norc sive inclusive Lymington S. uthampton North Shields . Torbay Penzanut Weymouth Plymouth (Oxen) Yarmouth Portland and Port land Roads I - g a- , happier change in the succession." rcely THE SUN, LONDON, ME NDAY EVENING, 'M NY 14, 1860. PE ICE 4 D . STAMPED, P. No. 21,154. IRE f f DUBLIN, SATURDAY IVIGIINING. THE POPE'S IRISII BRIGADE. Chatham to tilling-1 ham, inclusive Cowes Dartmouth Deal, and in the PUBLICATIONS. lOUNTRY APARTMENA S.—To b© LET, Furnished, THREE BED ROOMS, a Sitting Rooth, and use of a Kitchen, near a healthy' village twelve miles from London. The house stands in a very extensive garden. and is close to Bushy Park. at an easy dist •nce from two stations. Omnibuses p , ss within a few minutes' walk to and from London, and the stations several times during, the da7'. TO those seeking rural retirement and quiet comfort this au vertto'ernent offers unusual advantages. Address, M. E., Hampton Wick, Middlesex. show it that they are in earnest in their determi nation to resist aggression, they will have to reap a large crop of such " complicationF.7 I ought to mention that Harney's officers feel much ashamed of him in this mil:Ater, as they also did in the San Juan business. Between the -Eng glish and nll the American officers we conic in con tact with there is the begt posSible feeling : - The General is of the old school and full of prejudices. His officers are men of a later generation, well. educated and gentlemanly, and get - on very well in all societies. The American Government will-save itself some trouble by looking after the old General. He might be sent to a place which would suit him better than a post in a civilised country. the eye of one well skilled in verbal warfare, the deadly point of the brilliant antithesis. -No doubt. his enjoyment Was purely and solely intellectual, but it was evidently intense. As for those who sat on the Conservative side,they were almost frenzied With excitement, and -what men could do in.the way of vehement and vociferous cheering, they certainly lid. Could a vote have been taken then and there, the fate of the bill was sealed, forsuch was the impres- Oon produced, a considerable number of those who . sit on the Government benches would have g one ix the lobby with .the noes.' Ido.nOt write this Dow es Dover Falmouth Gravesend G reenhithe G riinsby Harwich Holyhead DEDICATED 1 1:.) THE DUKE 01? MANCHESTER. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 Tots., ►rHE CURATES OF • RIVERSDALE REcoLLEcTIONS in the LIFE of a CLERGYMAN. WRITTEN by HIMSELF. ' Hurst & Blackett, 13, areat, Marlborough-street. NEW WORK ON ALGERIA. Just ready, in post bvo, THE CORSAIR AND -HIS CONQUEROR. A TOUR IN ALGERIA. By HENRY E. I'opE. I.ondon : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. LIFE ASSURANCE.—Mr, JONES (of the firm of Davies and Co.) 1011 deliver aLecture on LIFE AS SURANCE : "Witat it is, what It ought to be, and how to make itso," at Exeter-Hall, St-and, on Wednesday, May 16, at half-past Six o'clock p.m. Gentlemen connected with ex isting companies, parents, guardians, and young people are invited. Tickets (tree) at the Advice Office for Life Assures, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill. Ladies are - invited to attend. SCOTL AN U. Granton I Leith I Stornoway Greenock I Queensferry IRELAND. Illogstown and Mill Cove) Bere- I Queenstown and Dublin haven) I hinsale . I nathinullen N.B.—The Contractors are to simply Good, Pal, Well-Fed Ox 'Beef, as NO HEIFER MEAT will be admitted. Separate tenders must be made for each port, and no at tention will be paid to any offer not so made. None of the contracts to be sub-let, and. the contracts for Chatham and SheernesS to be taken by persons residing on the spot, and the Cattle for Chatham and Sheerness to be slaughtered on the spot. Particular attention is called to the recent modifioations of the Conditions of the Contractl, which may be seen at this Office. or by applying to the superintendents of the Vietual ling Establishments at Deptford, Gosport, and Plymouth ; the Superintendents of Her Majesty's Dock-yards at Wool wich, Chatham, and Sheerness ; the Clerk in charge of Her Majesty's Yard at Deal; the Agent for the Victualling at Haulbowline ; the Agent fbr Transports at Leith; the Offi cers conducting the Packet Service at Dover, Liverpool, and Southampton; the Secretary to the Postmaster-General Dublin; to the Collectors of Her Majesty' Customs at , Cowes / Hull Ramsgate Dartmouth .Terseir- and Guerni. Weymouth Falmouth sey Greenock Grimsby Yarmouth • Stornoway Harwich Penzance Shields And to the Postmaster at Torquay (for Torbay) and each - of the other Places. Forms of Tender - may also be obtained, on application to the proper Officer at either of the above' Places. No tender will be received after half-past One o'clock On the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the Printed Form provided for the purpolo ; but it will not be necessary that tile party tendering, or an agent appointed by hint, should attend at this ulliee, as the result of the offer re ceived from each person willl - be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing.. • Every tender must be "delivered at--the-above-Oineeb-.A.4 'signed by two responsible Nftoliffr. enfraging"o-I"Dme bound with' the p er s on tend rd in the sum of XIDO for the due performance of each of the. Contracts for Sheerness, Chatham, Portsmo u th, Plymouth, and Queenstown and Kin sale ; and in the sum of X3OO for each of the other Contracts. TAE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. Empowered by Act of Parliament. for LIFE ASSURANCE, SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES; ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SY3IgS, M.D., Chairman. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Moss, Esq. John Symes, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. . SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford. Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elilotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., &o. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs., Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford row. The next Qui in May, 1860. Exa Lnquennial Division of Profits will be declared fliples of Bonus up to Nay, 1855 rolley taken out in Sum Bonus in Bonus in Assured. addition Cash. - to Sum Assured. Permanent Reduction of Annual Premiums. 8. d s. d. 3,000 867 17 7 428.1 4 4;000 749 4 0 325 16 0 2,000. 232 18 0 156 15 , 0 2,000 is 2 8 103 16 8 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 X s. d. 56 3 8 32 0' 4 16 6 0 10 15 2 6 7 7 • The following are amongst the advantages offered by the I nternational Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. For Prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. 142, St ran d , London, C. DMOND S. STMES, Chairman. W. ATI3I, REGENT.STRET.T, LONDON. FINEST FOREIGN CIGARS ONL-z. THE HABANA CIGAR COMPANY (LIMITED). • Rear-A DIRECTORS,. dmiral Sir WILLIAM DICKSON, Bart., Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord Garvigh. Col. T. C. Ilammill. I Rear-Admiral D un t ze. Alfred Hanson, Esq. LOUIS SILBERBERG,, Manager and Honorary Director. The above Company invite public attention to their stock of real imported Habana Cigars, being the largest and cho'cest in Europe ; also to their celebrated* Cut Tobaccos, and their newly patented Pipe Cigars. Offices and Warehouse, 48, Pall-mall, St. James's, London, S.W. Special retail agencies for the Company's goods alone : London—No. 07, Quadrant, Regent-street ;4, Opera-colon nade ; 85, King William-street, City; 37, Ludgate-hill. Dublin-63, Grafton-street. Manchester -33 and 35, Hop wood-avenue. Cambridge-3, Trinity-street. NOVELTY IN SMOKING.-THE HABANA CIGAR COMPANY (Limited) beg to inform the trade and public generally that they are about to introduce a new invention, under Royal Letters Patent, called the PIPK CIGAR, which consists of pure tobaccoleaf, free from all in ferior substances and adulteration, rolled into charges of dif ferent sizes to suit the bowls of all ordinary smoking pipes, thereby retaining the full virtues of the plant, and combining the luxury of a mellow cigar with the companionship of a favourite pipe. The Pipe Cigar will be sold retail by all resp'ctable tobac conists throughout the United Kingdom, and wholesale at the Company's warehouses, No. 48, Pall Mall, St. 'James's, London, where may be also obtained the choicest imported Havanna Cigars. LOUIS SILBE RBERG, Manager. AUX VILLES DE FRANCE, PARIS, 101, Rue Richelieu, and 51. Rue Vivienne, The confidential House of the Parisian Aristocracy. LYONS SILKS. MANTLES, CLOAKS, and Ready-made Articles. LINGENE and L ACE. 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A Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, 1 . 5 Bd. An Umbilical Trusa, 425. and 518. fd. Postage, ls. 10d. P ost-office Orders to be mule payable to John White, Post °floe. Piccadilly. ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 3s. 64., 7s. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. PRESENTS.- ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, tic., in Italian,Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, dim Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her lifaiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN I', at 149, Strand. W.C. SIGHT AND HEARING.—SPECTACLES.-- POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA , RACE, and PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solo moms, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Hotel, Vf .—Deatness. —New Dis covery. —The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily power ful small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, entirely , different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. 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Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all ottiCrs ; they are also preferred for deer stalkingse opega4 by i sportsmen,hes lon ,rz, ncby which and gamekeepers. Tele scopes known at 34 41 which a person may be clearly seen miles, and an object at 12 to 11 miles dis tance ; and with ,an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's meow's, Saturn's rings, and the amble stars arik distinctly seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers, and are secured hr her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable; newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They an swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. 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Just published, New and Improved Edition, price One • . Shilling, rrillE' CURABILITY OP CONSUMPTION; being a Series of. Papers; presenting the most promi nent and important Practical Points in the Treatment of the Disease. By .F. H. ltAinAnoE, M.D., F.8.C.P., and late Senior Physician to Royal Infirmary for Diseases of the Chest, &c. . . Also by the same Author, price 10s. Gd., A TREATISE 'ON ASTHMA AND DISEASES OF • • THE HEART. Landon : Longman and Co. Just published, price 25., - free by post. 2s. 4d., SP . ERMATORRHCE A. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly aingefon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the O N 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 rive these questions from the Professional Fallacies, ti le Xonpi.ar Delusions, Quackery by whi:',W444Critri'e hithetrobeeliiiirrounda to the destruction of the healdi and happiness of thousands. 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Mr: EDWARD DAVIESON, for many years Dentist to the Court of Spain, begs to inform the British Public that he has taken up his permanent residence at 448, West Strand, London, adjoining the Electric Telegraph Office, where he is prepared to supply Artificial Teeth of a manufacture superior in beauty and durability to any known in this country, at ten shillings per tooth, which price can only be exceeded by ex pensive mountings. Among the wonderful discoveries he made during his resi dence in the South of Europe none exceeds the Liquid Ena mel, which not only imparts a pearly whiteness to Natural and Artificial Teeth, but renders them impossible to dis colour or decay. Sold, with full directions for use, at 10s. 6d. per case. It is also used in a highly condensed form for stopping decayed teeth, and is invaluable for those who have decay in their front teeth. Mr. EDwAitto DAVIESON has to announce, that the " Fr.mun DE L'AGE ;" or. 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The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—Me Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the scouring of Healthy Offspring. Also, _ No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, • No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE Their Ol3ll ,, ations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Lov e Batches. And other Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. 3. TAN CASE BOOK: 100 Cases of SPERMATORRWEA. Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &c. To be had'of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes. lee Hall-a-Guinea. MEDICAL ADVICE. DR. LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M. 15. of the University of Erlangen, &c., may be CONSULTED on all cases of Debility, IsTeryousness, and on the Secret In firmities of Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BE DFORD 7 SQUA LONDON Dr. La'nert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu merous Engravinzs and Cases, a New Mdition of his Work, • SFILF-PRESEIiVATION, which Will be sent free, in a sealed envelope. by Mann, 39 COrnhilt, London, or by CONTEN the A T uthor, for Eight stamps. s. SECTION I.—The Physiology Of the Generative Organs. SECTION 11.--Puberty--Manhood —The ilioraletf Genera lye Physiology—True and False Morality. SEerioN ]II. —Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical Relations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—A dvan • takes of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. Sxertort TV.;--Spermatorrlices and Impotence—The causes of Sterility in both Sexes—Sell-inflicted Miseries. Ste•rrow V. —The Vices of Schools —Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative Dc bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results .of various Hazardous Specifics The Author's Principles of Treatment; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practice' The above work is intended for the perusal of those who have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules of morality. In its pages facts of paramount utility are brought together, wholly divested of tne delusions and incon sistencies so largely introduced lute certain quasi medical publications given to the world ,gratis, under the guise of philanthropy, or as "acts of gratitude," by pretended clergy men and others, whose tamperings with the constitution frequently followed by serious 00120009110011. WEDDING STATIONERY, includin g every requisite.—Beautiful and elegant designs by DE LA RUE and Co. A sample packet and price list sent free. No charge for carriage on orders over 265. The London Depot for De La Rue and; Co.'s manufactures—HENßY GOOD'S, 60, Moorgatc-street, E.C. Card plates and crest dies engraved in the first style, and note papers beautifully embossed in coloured relief, or if plain, stamped without charge. An illustrated catalogue will be forwarded free on application. BRITISH COLUMBIA. (From the Times' Correspondent.) Victoria continues to grow and to prosper. Busi ness is not active as was expected, owing to the fact that the immigration from California has been diverted, for the time, to the new silver mines of Washoe, in the Rocky Mountains, which have pro• duced a furore all over the State. But on the whole the merchants are pretty well satisfied with the present state of affairs, and look with confidence to the future. There are now in port her Majesty's ship Ganges, bearing-the flag of Admiral Baines; the Topize, which arrived from England on the nth, all well, having touched at Valparaiso aid the Sandwich Isla9.ds on-her way-out ; and the Plumper, Captain Richards, surveying vessel. The Plumper has just returnrd from California, whither she went to have her falsf; keel replaced at the AmeriCan Government dock at Mare Island, opposite San Francisco. She proceeds in a few days to the northern portion of the Gulf of Georgia, to prosecute surveying opera. tions, where, and on the mainland of British Columbia, she will be employed for some time. The Satelitte, Captain Prevost, is at present lying in a point called Roche Harbour, situate at the northern end of the famous island of San Juan, where she will remain for about a week. She went there about a week ago with Ei detachment of marines, consisting of 85 men and a complement of officers, sent from Victoria to take up a position on the island. The soldiers are encamped at the head of a small bay on the northern extremity of the island. This disposition of Royal Marine Light Infantry is popularly termed a " joint military occupation" of the disputed island, the Americans having about the same number of soldiers, left there by General Scott, on or near the southern end of San Juan. Whatever the placing of our soldiers on San Juan may mean or imply, it is certainly not a joint mili tary occupation, for there is no convention, agree ment, or concert between the two Governments on the subject; and what the use, benefit, utility, or good effect of sending them there can be I cannot conceive. The .proceeding may have its merits in official eyes which have power to penetrate a mill stone, but to a civilian the act seems of very doubt ful advantage. On the contrary, one is disposed to view it as out of time, behindhand, probably a little undignified, decidedly inconsistent with our previous course, uncalled for, and uselessly expen sive. . . . An ostensible reason assigned is that " the Ame ricans have soldiers on the island." As we pro tested against this scandalous measure of theirs, however, this reason does not appear a very valid one. As we refrained from sending a force on the island to preserve the status in quo when General Harney violated it, the only occasion on which we could consistently send a force there was to fight. No such occasion has arisen, or is likely to arise. Therefore, instead of playing at soldiers, and per haps causing irritation and producing probable complications, we ought to have left the Americans in the wrong. The objections to this proceeding are more serious than they at first sight appear. Without some formalconvention between the Federal and Imperial Governments, what jurisdiction is the island to be made subject to ? How are offences to be punished, by whom are offenders to be tried, and in virtue of what law ? How are civil rights to be enforced ? Bat instances which may cause trouble multiply in one's mind, and I need not trace them any further. In every point of view it seems to me objection able to have sent a single soldier to the island: The time chosen is inopportune, the policy is doubtful, and the site selected is not a happy one. I am not quarrelling with our right to an" occupation,"— that is unquestionable; but I hold that movements of troops should never be made except in cases of necessity, and I sincerely trust that our Govern ment will take and keep the subject entirely in its own hands while negotiations are pending for the settlement of the title and line of delimitation, else complications may arise to retard the desirable consummation of an adjustment. The point can only be settled in Washington or London. No more commissions can assist a settlement. The subject his been completely exhausted here, and both Governments possess all existing facts for their information. From British Columbia we have not much news. The mining population has increased very consider ably within the last few weeks, but there has not yet been time to receive much gold as the fruits of their labours. A good deal of land is being taken up for agricul tural purposes l explained under a previousth e late pre-emption letter. law, The most serious evil which British Columbta suffers from is the want of roads, and there is no possibility of removing this evil except by Govern ment aid. Taxation to an extent which would defray the expense of the most necessary roadmaking into the interior is simply impossible. A tax popularly, or rather unpopularly, known as the "mule-tax, of £1 for each animal on each journey carrying pro visions into the Upper Fraser river country . was imposed with' the view of raising revenue specially for this purpose, but its unpopularity was so great that it could not be enforced, and it is now in sus pense, The fact is the people cannot bear, that is, cannot afford to pay—any additional taxation. The limit has been reached, and the imposition of the " mule-tax" was a most imprudent measure, and has met with a deserved fate. The Government, before unpopular, has by this attempt increased its unpopularity, and to have persevered in it, would have rendered the Governor entirely odious. Apart from the principle of the measure, which I cannot condemn, I have orb valid objection' to the tax — namely, that it will not bring much money ; that it will not pay, or rather would not pay if enforced. It would oppress the people, and would not make the roads, towards which object it would be but "a drop in the bucket." Colonel Hawkins, the British Boundary (Land) Commissioner, arrived yesterday from England. He and his party proceed in about eight or ten days to Colville, via the Columbia river, to resume their operations in exploring and running the line towards the Rocky Mountains. They will winter most probably at Colville. I thought I had done with our good friend Gen. Harney for some time at least. Not so, however. This redoubtable person is determined to keep him self before the public. We have just heard that he has carried matters with a high hand against his friends—the Hadson's Bay Company it Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, in Oregon. The company has continued in posses sion of one of their old posts at that place under the treaty of 1846, by which the American Government secured to them what is called their " possessory rights." Many encroachments have from time to time been made upon the company's property, both they were always left undisturbed in their ancient " Fort." ,Of late it seems a new light has been thrown upon the treaty by General Harney. He says that, as the British Government has terminated the " special licence' of the company to trade with the In dians of British Columbia, therefore the stipulations quoacl their Oregon possessions also terminate or become void. Some such reading as this it is the General gives to the treaty. Whatever it is, it is a couve iient one for him. Ho gives the company's officers notice to quit, without deigning an expla nation whether he was acting under in ,tructions from his Government or of his own volition ; and their removal not proceeding with the celerity that suited his ardent temperament he had one of the houses pulled dovtn about the ears of one of the company's servants the other day. Naturally enough this affair has produced a great sensation, and will most probably entail serious loss and in convenience to the company. A sudden ejectment from one of their large establishments, crammed with most valuable and perishable property, besides the stock of cattle and horses about such a place, is no joke. Here is another " complication" for our Government. They may take my word for it that until they assume a stern tone and take a high stand with the American Government, and ARTIST' BEN.EVOLIN7' FUND. The fiftieth anniversary of this institution,which was established in 1810, for the relief of the widows and orphans of artists, was celebrated at the Free masons Tavern, Great Queen-street, on Saturday. About 100 gentlemen sat down to dinner, presided Over by the Right Hon. Lord Stanley. Notwith standing the unfavourable state cf the weather, a party of ladies also honoured the occasion by their presence. 'After the dinner the usual loyal and patriotic toasts were received with much cordiality. The noble Chairman afterwards proposed the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Artists' Bene volent Fund." In advocating ifs claims to public support, he' said the experience of their common daily life proved the necessity of such an institu tion. Every other profession or trade carried on in that metropolis made a similar provision for the widows and orphans of its less successful members. In our complex and artificial state of society we all knew that poverty, distress, and even ruin might come upon a man without any fault or folly of his QWII ; but the hazards and uncertainties which at tended all human pursuits were obviously much aggravated in the case of the liberal and imagina tive professions, because, while mechanical and oidinary employments busied themselves in supply ing the primary necessities of life, literature and art appealed to a comparatively limited number of supporters, and ministered to the wants of only cul tivated intellects and tastes. They were therefore exnosed to greater fluctuations, and were even liable in times of unusual public difficulty to temporary extinction. The motives with which persons engaged in them were also different from those which led to the adoption of other avocations. A man went to the bar, for example, not from any abstract passion for law, but perhaps because he had an attorney for a near relation. Another man entered the Church because his family had a living in its gift; and a third turned his eyes towards the army, thinking he had interest enough to obtain a commission. The artist, on the other hand, generally ,chose his pro fession rather from a feeling of devotion to that particular pursuit than from a calculation that it would yield him as great a pecuniary return as other employments for which he had less natural aptitude or sympathy. Again, a man who followed any mechanical occupation could usually make pretty sure as to his average earnings from year's end to year's end, whereas he who lived by the exercise of his imaginative or recreative faculties -felt that his peculiar gifts were not always equally at his command, and that there were seasons in which genius itself must either lie fallow or be come sterile. Morever, art, like literature, hardly admitted of a very successful mediocrity. In the law a great many men who set out with the inten tion of becoming lord chancellors or lord chief jus tices subsided into respectable County Court judges —(a laugh)—while the young curate i.vho had car ried his thoughts as high as a bishopric often ended his days in some quiet country rectory amid the love and esteem of his parishioners. In the pro fession of art, however, although there were a few splendid prizes, the most eminent of its votaries were often condemned against their will to unpro ductive periods, or to times of unrewarded exer tion ; and, on the other hand, the moderately gifted had butecanty opportunities of providing for those dependent upon them.. An institution of that kind, then, by enabling them to aid in an effective and methodical manner the families of less fortunate artists, whom individually they would all gladly assist, could not but be deserving of public encou ragement. The noble lord then referred to the financial position of the fund. Its income for the' past year, he said, was £1,120, of which £630 was derived from property invested. The sum granted in relief was I'BBo, or nearly 80 per cent. of the whole revenue. The greater part of the remaining 20 per cent. was ab• sorbed by the expense of tbese anniversaries. In other respects the arrangements of the society seemed to be of a very economical character. They had also an annuity fund, which was self-support ing, the benefits of the Benevolent Fund being confined to those who contributed to the fernier. That limitation of the scope of the society was more apparent than real, and whatever hardship it might occasion was obviated by the labours of another in stitution, not a rival but a coadjutor in the same field,-and which was most economically and effi ciently conducted. The progress of the Artists' Benevolent Fund since its first establishment half a century ago had been steady and uninterrupted. It had accumulated £20,000 of invested property, showing an average saving of £4OO per annum; and among those who had presided over its pre vious festivals stood such distinguished names as those of the late Sir R. Peel, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Palmerston, and last, but not least, Lord Lynd hurst. (Cheers) The health of the Chairman was subsequently given, as was also that of Sir C. East lake, the President of the Royal Academy; and in the course of the evening subscriptions on behalf of the society to the amount of £6OO were announced by the secretary. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Lawler, assisted by Miss M. Wells, Miss S. Cole, Mr. D. King, and others. SIR EDWARD BULWER T,YTTON ON THE foie - I'B iL L. The following is taken from the London corre spondent of the Cork Examitur : " The speech of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton is the topic of the hour, Ewa w ill in all probability be the remarkable f e at ure o f t hi s year's discussion of the . little' Reform Bill. F ew speeches of modern times have produced a more po werful effect on the House of Commons ; and whatever opinions may be entertained as to the views it was intended to ad vance, no one who reads it . can refuse to it almost every description of merit—as a literary composi tion—which ought to belong to a successful effort of the kind. I would not be cor rect if I attributed to this brilliant and preg nant oration the same damaging influence that vdjocutb i warmest otn . iany re ndered the speeches of Edwin .Tarne3 and Adam Black so fatal to the , little bill' ; for these wer e spoken by the sworn followers of the govern ment, and, one might say, the political henchmen of its author. But vicious in their effect as were the statistics of Edwin James, and discouraging to a ll moderate men as were the genuine apprehen sions and honest hostility of Adam Black, still the i mm ediate effect produced.by the spe ec h es o f th e se two ' Reformers' was absolutely nothing when co ntrasted with that produced by the ma t c hl ess appea l s w hich enchained th e attent i on of a w i lling auditory, andsympathy for m t p h a e th t y i7e ff at least, its astca l i v 'r i i l e l d ing with een it its .. While it was b e i ng d e li vere d cri ticismas entirely out of th e quest i on ; b ut I speech could more safely stand the test, whether in its general plan, its ar rangement of topics, its felicitous illustration, its grave and noble declamation, its exquisite finish, and its not less admirable temper. Some portions of it were as finely wrought as if the artist chiselled in marble or in silver. For instance, a finer or more highly-finished portraiture than that of the French E m p eror no one has yet produced, spoken or writte n . premises o r i n hi s i n f erences, id intellectu a l e ff ort, an d a sue-- Whether Si r Ed war d were the highest qua liti es o f t h e scrutinise ; I m ere l y d ea l w i t h hi s his man of genius, the scholar , and the politician, for r lsc i pe g esea l se i rf t eueh o l ra notswe xareostri t pec e a party object; and a lso its effect on a sympa thetic and willing audience. During its delivery it was rapturously cheered ; nor was the applause by any means partial or one-sided. The Whig v i e d w ith the Tory in approval, and even the Radical caught the contagion of the moment. Nor, indeed, could the orator justly complain of the insensibility of the Treasury bench. Nu doubt the visage of the parent of the battered off spring looked gloomy enough ; and, out of compli ment to the wounded feelings or an afflicted father, one or two official faces wore an air of decent gravity—but there was more than one pair of eyes that gleamed with malicious delight, or sparkled with genuine satisfaction, as the vehement cheer followed some hit more crushing, or some argument more conclusive than another. Perhaps it, was a purely intellectual pleasure that the Premier en joyed, or that no desire to get rid of a troublesome and unwelcome attempt at legislation enhanced his satisfaction as he followed the harmonious flow of the gr aceful and polished periods, end marked, with hastily, or without authority. I state that which warranted by the btAterhents of many who poured out of the house in a state of feeling and conviction anything but friendly or favourable to the pet mea sure of the Foreign Secretary. Were I to leave the above unexplained I might be held amenable to the bharo. h c of weak or wilful exaggeration ; because were it an angel that had spoken, it was scarcely possible that so profound an impression could have 'been made upon a number of well-seasoned politi- Cians—unless there was a cause altOgether inde pendent of that Which the very; highest order of Oratory is capable of producing on the'human mind. That cause did exist—in the almost universal dis- ike to the measure proposed—to any measure which which would necessitate an early dissolution and a general election. Many, very many of the pure 'Whig party entertain honest objections to the re kluction of the franchise to so low a standard, and regard a thoroughly democratic constituency with as lively a feeling of apprehension as any member of the true old Tory.party could do. Then all the 'Conservatives are, to a man, unwilling to see the bill pass as it is. But who is there that really wishes to have to encounter the trouble, the ex pense, the danger, and in too many instances the degradation, of a contested election? It is true, there are noble exceptions to the:general rule, and there are some, even many, constituencies, by which ,the member or the candidate is treated with hon )ur land with generosity; but unfortunately the rule is !quite otherwise, as too many embarrassed fortunes and ruined prospects can attest. From my know ledge of the house, I confidently assert my belief that if the question were put to the vote, and that vote were by ballot, ' whether this bill should be persevered with or not this session,' there would not be anything like 100 votes given in its favour. And if the issue were to be decided by the real feelings of the house it would be a gross exag geration to assert that one-fourth of that number would be found on its side. And yet, if it came to a division whether the bill should be read a second tithe or not, the second reading would be carried, though not by a large majority ; for though it is detested, and though most men would be rejoiced to be rid of it at least for this session, or do not sea any real necessity for it at present, still very few of those who are openly arrayed under the Liberal banner would willingly commit them selves to an open and direct vote of hostility to the principle of, reform. Such being the feeling enter tained towards the ' little bill' of the Foreign Sec retary, you can understand why—altogether irre spective of its unquestionable merits, as a display of oratory of the very highest order—the success of Sir Edward's speech was so signal and so tri umphant." POSTAL TRANSXISSION OF .N.EITSEJP.ERS. (From the Times.) To-night Mr. Gladstone is to -submit to the con sideration of the Legislature his new scheme for the postal transmission of newspapers ; and we must needs say that of all the provisions of his most com prehensive Budget this, as far as we understand it, is the most gratuitous and extraordinary. It has not yet received much explanation beyond that conveyed in the first announcement of the Ministerial design, but the little that is known of its details has been sufficient to provoke to anger and opposition the very class presumed to be benefited by the change. The whole provincial Press is in arms against the proposition. Chronicles, illercuries and Telegraphs are energetically proclaiming from their respective counties that they want none of the thing, that they would rather be without it, that, in point of fact, it would undo all the good done • by the removal of the Paper Duty, and that the Bill ought never to be carried. This is certainly strong, but in our opinion justifiable, language. We feel, indeed, utterly at a loss to reconcile the forthcoming proposals with the professed policy of a Liberal Government, anxious for, the in struction of the people, and particularly solicitous about the expansion of the press. If the scheme is to be produced in its original form we may describe it in a few *orris as a , proposal for abolishing alto gether the use of the Anpressed stamp upon news papers, together with the privileges which that stamp conveyed, and for defining anew the condi tions on which newspapers are to be transmitted by post. These terms may not appear to include much roisehief, but it is very certain, nevertheless, that great disadvantages are anticipated both for newspapers and their readers, and that such a re sult is not unlikely to follow. What puzzles us is the principle on which, in the year 1860, and with a Ministry pledged to educational progress, such a scheme can be defended. Up to this time every recent act of legislation bearing upon newspapers has been conceived, or professed to be so, in their interests. We do not, indeed, forget certain sly thrusts at ourselves, but as these shots all missed their mark, we need say no more of them at present. It is enough to remark what no one will deny, that the successive modifi cations of the newspaper stamp duty, the advertise ment duty, and other " taxes on knowledge," were all proposed and carried on the avowed understand standing that newspapers, as the most effective in struments of public instruction, should be encou raged in every possible manner. The great cry was for the "diffusion of knowledge," and, as knowledge was most effectually diffused by newspapers, the "distribution of newspapers" became almost an equivalent phrase. Certain high authorities of the Manchester school made no secret of their opinions in this respect, and it was openly maintained that a single number of the Timm contained knowledge more serviceable to the present generation than was to be found in the whole of Thucydides. However, thus things went on until at the last adjustment of these matters newspapers were left, not only in a position of great freedom, but with m uc h of their old privilege still preserved, and consider able powers of discretion into the bargain. The stamp was made optional, and might be employed or discarded at pleasure, so that all objections to its use were absolutely demo lished. For the future it would represent, not an impost, but a privilege, for an " impressed stamp" upon a newspaper sheet would still entitle that sheet not only to transmission but to retransmission through the Post-office without additional charge. There was an end, therefore, on one side to all the outcry about the compulsory stamp duty, while, on the other, the whole postal privileges attached to the tax were still at the command of those who chose to take them up. This is the arrangement which Mr. Gladstone now proposes to upset by the abolition of the stamp, or, in other words, the pri vilege altogether. His scheme, although it professes to remove a duty, in reality removes only an advan tage. That it can benefit anybody is out of the question, for the stamp, as it now exists is purely optional, and is employed, therefore, by those only who find a convenience in doing so. Mr. Gladstone withdraws this convenience, and says it shall be enjoyed no more. This is the first example of legislation to the di rect detriment of the Press, and we may well ask on what principle it is to be justified. Not on grounds of abstract policy certainly, for all states men of all parties have long concurred in asserting that the Press ought to be eneouraged. Nor can such a measure consist with any special policy of the present Government, for that policy has always notoriously included the removal of everything like an impediment to the circulation and distribution of knowledge. Still less is it a concession to public importunity, for nobody could think of protesting against an optional payment. Any newspaper pro prietor who dislikes or can dispense with the im pressed stamp is at perfect liberty to do so, and it can be no injury to him if his neighbour sees fit to have recourse to it. Least.of all is it a question of economising revenue, which, on the contrary, would infallibly be lost as a first consequence of the mea sure, and by no moans certainly be recovered after wards. Last year newspapers taxed themselves to the extent of nearly £150,000 by the voluntary adoption of this impressed stamp, and all that in come would, of course, be lost to th 6 Exchequer when the stamp could be adopted no longer. Then, where in. the world is the motive for this proposal? We will tell the reader. The motive lies simply in the desire to let certain Post. Office officials have their own way in managing the Post-office. These gentlemen want to economise labour and in crease profits in their particular department, and they think these objects are to be achieved by shut ting newspapers out of the letter-bexes. Theyswant to exclude us, for the future, from the category of letters, and to drop us into the Book and Parcel Post with other " printed matter." That is their view of the affair, and Mr. Gladstone has allowed himself to fall into their hands. There is the whole view of the case; but though it can be thus simply stated, we shall be surprised indeed if it can be as easily defended. It will be of no avail to say that the damage undeniably inflicted would be counterpoised by the benefit arising from the repeal of the paper duty. That duty, to begin with, is not 'yet repealed ; and, even if its abolition were certain, instead of doubtful, that would be - no rea- Sol for undoing with one hand what was done With the other. This was not the way in which the other " taxes on knowledg - e"'were dealt with.- When the stamp duties and advertisement duties were struck Off no countervailing,disability was put on.. Those reductions were illwa):'s 'announced as free boons to the public, not as remissions to be paid for :in the loss of privilege or ,convenience. Why should this repeal alone be saddled smith an equivalent P. Is it because the Posteffied cannot hold its own without relief P On the contrary, it is so largely overpaid already as to net, more, than a million a year sur plus ' • besides which, it is a very doubtful queStion whether any saving would result to - the department from the proposed measure. Then, if the Post-office has no claim to the concession—if no other depart • ment and no class of population can have any interest in the success of the scheme, while a very large class is concerned in opposing it, how is Mr. Gladstone to make good his ground? We confess we are at a loss to imagine; and we suspect that the house will feel little satisfaction even after the explanation has been made. TILE INSURRECTION IN SICILI. The following letter has been received by a friend of Garibaldi in Newcastle-on-Tyne. It was written by one of the band of volunteers who left Genoa -with that - renowned chief to the relief 'of 'Si , cilyt--` " Genoa, May 5 (midnight).—After a . desperate effort we have got everything in order, ,and in an hour or two -we will, I hope, be all safe on board. The three steamers are waiting for us at a short way from the shore, and our band leaves in small boats at several different places. The embarkation covers a distance of nearly five miles along the coast. This has caused us endless inconvenience, but it was necessary; for, although the Govern ment half winked at our proceedings, they could not permit us openly to embark without incurring the accusation of complicity. There are upwards of 2,000 of us, and we are all in high spirits and full of hope. A number of the band are just youths, many under 20 years of age, but fully 500 are tried and trustworthy fellows, who have seen many a campaign. Better marksmen are not to be found in Europe than we have with us. We have money, arms, and ammunition in abundance. Uniforms we also have got on board—the famous red frocks that we had at Rome, and at the sight of which the miserable mercenaries of Bomba fled horror-sticken from the field of Velletri. I pant to measure swords with the myrmidons of the wretched monster who now bestrides our Neapolitan brothers. Tell our English subscribers that the swords purchased by their generous contributions shall do good service in the holy cause of liberty before they are thrown away. None of us know exactly where we will go to, but we have absolute faith in our dear General, and shall follow with pleasure wherever he leads. The scene around reminds me of the departure of poor Pisacanc and Nicotera, when they went to seize the Cagliari. Medici follows us in a few days with a force of 2,000 more men ; and before long you will hear of us all from another quarter of the Peninsula. We are resolved, what ever the issue, to s? 11 our lives dearly, and to avenge the wrongs of our poor suffering fellow-country men. If I am lost, M— and B-- are here, and you will hear from them. Farewell ! May God defend the right! Long live Italy ! TEE STATE OF AUSTRIA. A letter in a contemporary, dated Vienna, May 6th, says : "In answer to your letter of the 27th of April, and your request that without prejudice I should tell you my opinion of the state of things, I must say that the fate of Austria in the present moment depends upon whether those, Hungarians who are chosen for. the Council of the Empire accept or decline the proffered dignity. " I hope they will accept, and take the lead in the sense of progress, as bearers of the principles of liberty, as the means of establishing betwren - Monarch and subject a covenant of right and tole ration. Austria will follow them with hand and heart ; Sclave and German will love and esteem the Hungarian if he succeeds in inducing the Govern ment to concede- to the necessities of the age,and break with § l ;;ishacofai ism and Roman 6101.1E cism.- Unfortunately, the Court is in the hands' of a party at the head of which stands a modern Granvella, a lady who favoured the Constitution of March, 1848, to effect the change in the succession of the Throne, and then hastened on the reaction by means of that political adventurer Bach. If the Hungarians are only struggling for their Con stitution of 1847, then the clerical aristocratic party alone will gain ; the State itself will be a loser. ,This apprehension is rife here ; it is believed that the whole movement, which in the main emanates from the aristocracy, is only meant for the benefit of the nobility in Hungary, and in the other provinces, and is intended, under the aegis of liberty and progress, to be a means of coercing the Go vernment to establish 'an aristocratic oligarchy, which would be gratefully accepted by the Ger man, Bohemian, Polish, and Croatian nobility, where hollow heads and empty hearts constitute the majority. The Hungarian party of progress, if it be really such, must tranquillise the German provinces, particularly Vienna, on this point. "We hope that the Hungarian councillors may accept to act for the entire monarchy ; they are the only men of political and Parliamentary edu cation. " The Emperor has gained immensely in public, opinion since the beginning of the prosecution in stituted against Eynatten, in consequence of which Richter, Biaseri, Perugia, Mondolfo, Brambilla, and Rivoltella have been arrested, and Bruck has committed suicide. This impartial justice, sparing no one in its crushing march, is the only way to rehabilitate a monarch who has to make his people forget the treaty of December 2, 1854, and the Con cordat (two of Bach's expedients to keep his port folio), the choice of his organs in the military and civil Administrations which led to so many blun ders, and principally that war, supported by the whole nation with great sacrifices, begun in the pride of self-deception, and concluded in faint hearted helplessness. The humiliation of his crown before the tiara, the ridiculous superstitions and ecclesiastical mummeries forced on the highest Court nobility, as well as on the lowest mob, by the priests; who quite demoralise the servant class by means of the confession, will hardly be forgiven by, the sound sense of the people. " Bruck was physically and intellectually a richly endowed man. So much the worse, in my opinion, for him in his position as Minister and chief of an Administration which exacts the highest sense of honour to have forgotten tlui i boundary line between the merchant and his business, and the Minister, statesman, and public character. His inconsiderate management, the swindling character of all under takings favoured by him, the low esteem in which his satellites were held, his system of drawing all classes, - princes and field-marshal-lieutenants, mer chants and bankers, manufacturers and landed proprietors, porters and valets, Jews and Christians, lieutenants and shopkeepers, into the net of his spe culations, to let them taste of riches without labour, have demoralised society, unfortunately, to such a de gree that there are people in Vienna, well dressed, and considering themselves socially and politically highly cultivated, in whom the sense of honour is so lost as to think it quite natural that a Minister should enrich himself like a common speculator, and who abuse all who condemn Bruck. Tills moral degradation is spread far and wide, the Emperor is blamed for having caused their darling to cut his'throat, and they try to spread the report in all the papers, t;i tlt the exception of The Pressc, that the motive of his suicide was mortified amtotion. This is sophistical, and, besides being untrue, the accusations which prompted the Emperor to pen sion Bruck, in order to deliver him up to justice, were to be found in the papers of Rivoltella, where the key to the telegraphic cipher of the Ministry of Finance was found, and Bruck's own despatches; as well as in the transactions of the well-known de falcation case, and gave him, now nu longer a Minister, sufficient reason to be filed with the gloomiest apprehensions. He cut his throat, and well for him he did so. But sad indeed for the middle class to which he belonged, , disheartening to the hopes of progress which he represented, that the stain of dishonesty and vulgar greed rests on Bruck, as the stain of political cusniug and treason to the cause of freedom rests on Bach. " To cure Austria thoroughly there exists but one remedy—publicity, but nobility, clergy, the civil and military bureaucracy, as well as the Court, are we to look if oppose it. Where, then, Hun garians, the men of progress and of constitutional liberty, who ought to accept their mission in its Tho recruiting goes on merrily, and Doctor Cul len's object in raising a money tribute for the Pope is now patent to the meanest understanding. A despatch dated Cork, Friday, and published in ono of the local papers, thus reports : " One hundrzd and fiftlfroung, men arrivtd in I his city this n3orning,' by filial from Killarney, ley the purpose of joining the Pope's ormy. They are.fine young men, belonging chiefly to the farming class, and appear filled with enthusiasm for the cause which they have espoused. They were accompani. d by two - pricsts from the district 'whence they bud come; and we understand that large additional re inforcements may be expected from Kerry." In Dublin, too, the recruiting sergeant—whether in black or . scarlet—has met, it is said, with some success. One account states that 200 drapers' assist ants had volunteered for'. the Papal army, while another represents the number as high as 350, and it is stated that the houses .thus denuded of their hands have been compelled to supply their places with women. In the adjacent counties of Meath and Louth the new crusade is being carried on with conSiderable vigour. The following communication appears in Situnders's News Letter of this morn ing : " DROGHEDA, Friday, May 11.—For some two clays past a rumour has been prevalent in this town and neighbouring districts that inducements were being actively held out to young men to enlist under the banner of the Pope, and undertake to serve in a brigade about being raised in Ireland for that pur pose. It was also reported thata number of young , men had already been sent oyei to Rome who were considered eligible for the purpoSe. Much atten tion, however, was not paid to the rumour until a few days ago—the early part of this week—when it was confidently asserted that some people in com fortable circumstances had volunteered to go, who were previously known to express an anxious de sire to become soldiers under Pius the Ninth., I have made inquiries, and find that a number of young men from the precincts of the town were sent away yesterday, leaving their parents in distress and grief, they being their principal support. Many express a desire in the rural districts to join the brigade, but the parents of those who have al ready been despatched say that they have been wheedled or decoyed to leave their homes. On the disembodiment of the militia regiments ther6 is little doubt a large accession to the brigade wilt take place. I also understand that numerous young men who offered their services were rejected, as persons canvassing are particular in selecting the most healthy and athletic. I have got the names of half a dozen who were sent away yesterday morning, but up to this the canvass has not become general here, at least in the central parts of the town." The Irishman, nearly the last surviving war journal, speaking of the composition of the Irish Contingent, says:— "Many of them—most of them are the sons of comfortable farmers in Tipperary, Cork, and other counties. Others are drapers' assistants of Dublin and Cork—stout, tall, strapping fellows, who con sider (with their genuine Irish instincts) that fight ing for the Pope is much pleasanter work than. measuring tape behind a counter. But, farmers' sons or counter jumpers,' the gallant fellows arc, we believe, ' paying their own way.' Some six months ago more than one of these adventurous young Celts came to consult ourselves on the pro priety of going out to help the Holy Father to hold his ground against his foes. We confess that at the time we were opposed to the proceeding. We said to them There is a fine French army in Rome, and these, your Celtic brethren of France, who have been drilled on the battle-fields of Africa, are well able to defend and protect the Pope. But here at home British rule is trying to starve out and ex patriate all the fresh, hot, earnest manhood of Ireland. This thing cannot always continue; per haps you had. better stay at home and help us to retain Ireland for the Irish.' They went away, not over-satisfied. For our own part, we bethought us afterwards that our counsel was hardly the best. It occurred to us, on consideration, that Ireland's opportunity might not come so very soon that our youni; braves might not have time to see a little practice abroad meanwhile. After all, we thought an Italian campaign or two might be of immense service to them; and, if they should come home after some nice practice there, would they not be all the more competent to drill their fellow-coun rymun..to tiolsl our own dear land against All - The same authority, alluding to the report brought by the telegraph, that many of the Irish recruits have been pronounced unfit for service, wrathfully exclaims : " This is a scandal and reproach to Ireland, the nurse of the grandest and bravest soldiers on God's earth. Ireland could supply to the Pope 100,000 meu Wtose like could not be found in the world. It is said that the proprietor of a Dublin news paper has acted as recruiting sergeant. If he has degraded his country by sending unfit men, mere boys, sickly and feeble, to Rome, he deserves the triangle and cat-o'-nine-tails." AGRICULTURAL PROSPECT.). The favourable turning point has been reached, and the closing part of the week has been every thing that the agricultural heart could desire— abundance of rain, soft and penetrating, and a very liberal allowance of hot sunshine. The Northern Whig has an equally satisfactory report : The fodder famine is fast passing away, and as has ever been the case when prices run into ex tremes some of the holders of hay have been caught in the reaction. Only a short time has passed since the rates had attained such fancy figures that the great puzzle of farmers was how mueh to ask for hay or straw. At one period the quotations were 10s. to lls. for prime upland hay in Belfast, and those rates fell considerably below the prices ruling in less amply supplied markets. Large im ports from different parts of the Continent have been made, and, although the quality of the fodder thus brought in did not equal that of home pro duce, it seemed to bring down the prices, and the additional supplies had the best effect in making requirements in those districts' where the famine in fodder had been keenest. We have heard of se veral cases in which extensive holders of hay re fused 10s. 6d. the cwt. for all their stock, and are now anxious to sell at something under 7s. Prices for the last, two or three days have gone down to 58. for prime lowland hay, and for the higher qualities 6s. rule sales. Straw is still very dear, and will be so until the harvest, but the admirable weather for meadow and grass lands has given the promise of abundant produce in the one case and rich pastures in the other that hay will likely come down considerably from its present prices before the close of the month. The great dearth of keep caused stock owners to send their cattle out to grass much earlier than usual, and in some cases this will be diadvantageous to the growth of herbage ; but, as were readily Da d i E b inl r i the lands in pasture have had almost total rest since November last, there is little doubt of the present rapid spring soon making up for premature stocking of grazing farms. Prices of dairy cows aro quality of springers has been sol exceedingly hig4. During the d week the or r h l e B best gui neasguineaesacwLheo, • p.seaciodl.l,(,liclass cattle 12 to 14 IR lbli TENANTRY. P A corresponde nt of the Tipperary Free Press writes :—" Lord Derby is about to build a house ' and offices for the parish priest of Solohead, the ' Rev. Thomas Mahony, which is to revert to each. a about: at about merely a nominal an succe ssive pastor of that parish. To the house will no i a a ren t, enttnis lord ~ h ip 12 acres of land is also acre of ground for a chapel and yard, together with the use of a splendid quarry and sand fer the build ing gratis, and I shall not he surprised if he should give a handsome donation likewise to that object. I am in no way connected with the Derby estates, and a love of t' jus ice alone compels me to record those acts of kindness " A STEAmER ON I'IRE.-11ARTLEPOOL, May 1.1. The screw steamer Norinaribv ' Captain Child, from Ham burg, which arrived here at - 6 p.m. yesterday, took fire in her cargo at one this inorning. The decks forward are burnt, and the cargo all forward'damaged by fire or water. EXCISE. PROSECCTIONS.—A Parliamentary return has been printed, Stating the number of Excise prosecutions against traders during the last three years. In England there has not been a single prosecution against a distiller in that period. Against the paper makers of the whole of the United Kingdom there were 17 prosecutions, and in 15 of them a conviction. There was a considerable number of prosecutions (356) against liceuNed traders for using illegal materials or adulterating, aniuchlarger numberfor neglect ing to renew the licence; and the largest number of all for carrying on business without a licence. The whole num ber of prosecutions in the United Kingdom i n the three ,years was 3,802, and. in 3,39B,cases a conviction followe -8. , d. Of alit eases in Which there was no conviction all but were yorosecutio y ns for being without a lice nc e, in many of which, probabl, a compromise made. ~~♦ - Ni i 9. ,212 568 ,059 ,955 ,399 ,007 1 ,600 159 608 c 035 ,435 ,268 ,431 775 218 102 114 328 45 78 55 ;91