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N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members of this Society will be held at: this Office; at 1 o'clock 'precisely, on TUESDAY, the 11th day of April inst., when the Vacancies, to be then created ! ) Y Four of the Directors' and Two of the Auditors going out A e I P u rgiation, will be filled up. The respective Directors and Or e thus going out In rotation are eligible for imme diate re- lection.—By order of the Board, JOHN NETTLETON, Secretary. THE SUN, LONDON, %V DA EV.2.INING, Al s Nu. 21,148. 'IIIL 4, 1860. 1 D •", "A. 3-I;itpd) S ale of Lead, Ashes Gun Moulds, Serge Cuttings, - Wool, Sad dlery, Harness, Clothing, Canvas, Files, Tools, Iron, Wood, 'lay Stacks, Old Stores, and a Steam Engine. BY Order of the' SECRETARY OF STATE It th e for WAR.—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, R oyaI Arsenal, Woolwich, on MONDAY. the 9th. of Mr., 1860, at 11 o ' c l oc k in the forenoon, precisely, the ng Stores :—Lead Ashes, Gnn Moulds, Saddlery, Harness, Serge Cuttings, Clothing, Wool, Files, Tools. Can .:as, Iron, three Stacks of Hay, Billet Wood, Refuse Wood, ae., and a Steam Engine. May be viewed from 10 to 1 o'clock, and from 2to 5 o'clock, on the three working days previous to and on the morning of the sale, and Catalogues obtained at the War-office, Pall ; at the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. PUBLICATIONS. SPAIN AN]) MOROCCO. after going thro'ng,ll some evolutions in presence of the people of the town and taking some rest, the Prince paid a visit to Mr. Redman is town, and then proceeded with his escort to that gen tleman's country residence, where he took up his quarters. 2ned him as ailing. s 78 years died that This day is published, THE MILL ON THE FLOSS By GEORGE ELIOT, Author of " Scenes of Clerical Life" and ." Adam Bede." In three volumes, post Bvo. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. GOVERNMENT upon FIRST PRINCIPLES, Illustrated Analogically, Statistically, and Morally. THE WRITWORTH AND ARMSTRONG GUNS. By JOHN GRO.,' SMITH gave 0 1 ' hose skull ne being mmediate d injuries and quite night. 3d the ion aken into Tim heavy the head, found on t prisoner as done in ;ether, and had to be gravation irritation , it into the le effect of /r-asperated ed acts he t. He sub e prisoner shment for msistently of murder , a, and find y of mau -1 servitude best saraple s B full price' n unaltered• 1-32 s to 36 1 all 36s to 42s ... 36s to 38s ..32s to 38s lly the trade y of all sow more mane/• 3..398 to 40 6 ..39s to go ... 39s to 49 34s to 37 6 ...398 to 41 6 s 42s to 45 1 ...37s to 393 L advance of ley was vent 8. Oats Log d the market B eau were .20s to 3 05 ... 40s to 42 8 ....465 to 49 es of wheat ready, at all )ats Is Od )s Od !s Od larket.) End. .19 6 )] l9 0 ' 2O 0 dl5 6 ev 17 6 iliffryn 93 0 20 9 19 6 20 6 19 6 n. 19 6 19 3 " l9 6 19 0 18 9 .. l6 0 .YeEterds9 ploy of 1W; ambeth, had n's, Falco l ;' attired eeded m& depth, sal i and holt° A, has jolt free by poet 0 are abou t nt informs' and how to ind Pillse.' ten fatal, fo A the wind' ugh. Wheo adapted for Do often the ippen when vhether the ation (infltz' ring the eir lerves. It Y'B prepary gredients to extraordi- Dyspepsia), Liver emu; ity, effected nevalentil 3markable of Nazing Creme ner ad nervous i Yeoman; ;pepsia an )06—Thir ' have been bica Fsocl• o. 58,116, (indigos' "hick had o. 46,814, diarrhoea. 25.; 121 b., pt of post , London , 110 bis, 60, Oxford.' hopsgtte• Dublin* and Co.' Sharp Oa at South' 'ight, the F a son. ai, Bart'6- ,ayswaterf -law, of $ George'o John 13' Ingest 6011 Dulwich'ch, 3hriL,tittof re Per!' ate Greg' hire. at the n Cleeff' !oley Vl y-ourlger3 3aug .hter and Thon l3s ucksy ;ir J°llll ~ ? .idonc itt, second i n the Robert Gen eral i Itegl" Es.citor, ql 7/ • To. 114 ; ant,' °' CONTRACTS FOR CANVASS. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 3d April, 1860. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH of UNIED GDOM of GREAT BRITAIN ADMIRAL and IRELAND the , T DO 2 '' I tEBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the treat April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to reat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT .or a ttw M and delivering into her Majesty's Dockyards a t , eptford, Portsmouth, a nd Devouport 26,290 BOLTS OF CANVASS, gneluding 590 Bolts of 13 inches wide) to be delivered by the I st of December next. Itsmay be made for any quantity not less than 1,00 3 OUs, and no tender will be received unless made on the Printed form, properly filled up, which, together with ".In etrurtions for making the Canvass," may be obtained on ap- PlLeation to this Office. I ,AO tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of r fl e a,tY, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent, "Lnim duly authorised in writing,. A 'very tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the diniralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten -7 for Canvass," and must also be delivered. at Somer e,-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible , P e rsons, engaging to become bound with the person tender r„"g, in the sum of £25 per cent. on the value for the due per - "rruance of,the Contract. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon !----Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday Morning at ZO clock. Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall ,rotn 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box - office, St. ipnes's Hall, Piecadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, • J. W. RAYNOR., THE RATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, NIGH HOLBORN. This Establishment, pre-eminently distin,ernV.lo4l).lnr the ce and mittchless beauty of its decoratiotis t AMnbined + the perfeetiqp of its management, is , OP.E VERY NING.. The celebrated band, under theW direction of Mr. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selection of the inns t a pproved classical attd modern innate. Doors open 'at half est S. Overture at 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picea dilly.—Open every Evening', with the'celebrated Band 41011 ducted by Mons. Larnotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em .Derm Napoleon). A macznificent, SMOKING SALOON added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad kission. ls. WEDDING STATIONERY, including every requisite.—Beautiful and elegant designs by DE LA "ttrE and Co. A sample packet and price list sent free. No !Qe for carriage on orders over 20s. The London Depot .o Dc La Rue and Co.'s manufactures—HENßY GOOD'S, 430 , Moorgate-street, E.C. Card plates and crest dies engraved in the first style. and bete papers beautifully embossed in coloured relief, or if plain, !tamped without charge. An illustrated catalogue will be lorwarded free on application. fLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, 4241 D PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WIIEN YOU ASK. FOR GLENFIELI) P &TENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, dm., &o. WOTHERSPOON & CO.. GLASGOW AND Lonnon ~_ PRESENTS.— ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, d Dining-room, consisting' of anew and elegant assortment ox - VASES, Figures, Groupe, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, u eautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights , &c., in Italian,Alabas- Ler, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire 'Spar, &c. Imported and Manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her 411 kissty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, SINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCITOLOGY, kid GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. _PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE ig.A.LOG Y is given by Mr. TENNANr, at 149, Strand. W.C. REDUCTION OF TEN POUNDS PER TON In the price of THORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE On and after the lst of April, 1860. Barrels ctg 448 Feeds, wg nett 1121b5., with measure, 40s each Ca ses 448 Feeds„. 1121b5., in Packets, 45s each Carriage paid to any railway station in the kingdom, Nutritives value .. • • • Condimental value . 125 Total .. £l4O per ton. lihowing a profit of £lOO per ton through the use of this in- Oa'cable compound, adapted for the seasoning of all kinds Of food for animals. • Agents required in every town where none are already tiOWLI THORLEY, the Inventor and, sole Proprietor. • Offices, 77, Newgate-street, London. A. Pamphlet sent free by post on application. Post free for Two Stamps. -FXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY of -A- 4 an entirely NEW THEORY' of CURING DISEASE, being the recorded Experience of 30 Years' Special Practice in Great Britain France, and America—with the latest S cientific Discoveries, denominated LOCAL SELF-TREAT IILtE NT, discovered abroad, and which is so simple that all can Practise for himself privately, successfully, and at the smallest cost, thus avoiding doctors' fees and their mineral poisons. The "NEW MODE" is an EXTRAORDINARY DIS ,,,COVERY for the Treatment and Self-Care of WeakneSs, -ue btlifY, Nervousness, Lassitude, Depression of Spirits, Loss of Energy, Appetite, Pains in the Back and Limbs, Timidity, Self-Distrust, Dizziness, Want of Energy, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises in the Read and Ears, Indecision, Wretchedness, Impaired Sight mid • Memory, Indigestion, and Bodily Prostration of the Whole system. Also, MINTS TO THOSE CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE. In order that all classes may avail themselves of the above, the Author has not and will not allow the same to be sold, but he Will forward it to those who send their address, and two Stamps for postage. Apply thns—Wm. HILL, Esq., M.A., No. 27, Alfred-place, 'ledford-square, London. NO MORE MEDICINE re it HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), DEBILITY, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. • DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH- . RESTORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD.— Certificate No. 36,418.—1 n our practice we have been enabled to appreciate the virtues of Du Barry's Food. In its effect on Chronic dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousness, constipation, diarrhoea, on bilious and liver complaints, cough, asthm 1, de bility, and incipient consumption, we find It the safest remedy. ;" - Dr. Ure, M.D., F.R.S., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Shor 'and, Dr. Campbell. Du Barry's Food cures effectually—Acidity, asthma bilious hess, blood to the head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, ca tarrh, colds, congestion, constipation, consumption, ^ramps, Cough,, debility, despondency, diarrhoea, disten don, dizziness, dropsy, drowsiness, dysentery, dyspepsia (indigestion), ernp :lens, exhaustion, fevers, epileptic fits, flatulency, gout, ha bitual constipation, headache, heartburn, haemorrhoids, hys teria, impurities, indigestion (dyspepsia,) irritability, irrita tion of kidneys and bladder. liver complaints, loss of memory, 'OW spirits, nausea and sickness, nervousness, nervous fan cies, neuralgia, noises in the'ear, pains between the shoul oalpitation, partial paralysis, ph!egm, pulmonary corn- Alaints, rheumatism, scrofula, sinking, sleepleSsness, sore throat, spasms, tightness across the chest. At about one Denny per meal, it effectually cures the above, also children's complaints, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. It does acit turn acid nor interfere with a .Iberal diet but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty • ' °f digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most e nfeebled. We extract a few out of many thousand cures: — Lure No. 51,816, from the Rev. James T. -Campbell, Syder °to, ne Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk : "In all cases of' in- " r igestion, and particularly where the liver is affected, ! Consider it the best of all remedies. -James T. Campbell." Cure No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Honourable t he Lord Stuart de Decies : ." I have derived considerable b enefit from Du Barry.'' Revalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de ~ ecies."—Cure No. 40,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony .' C om dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, ▪ atulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, 'lave been removed by Do Barry's excellent Food. Maria wortham Ling, near Dias. Norfolk."—Citre No. 52,087: led-Marshal tue Duke of Phiskow, of a gastric inflamma tilon of the stormeh.—Cure No. 51,614: Baron de Polentz, ref ect of Langenan it many years' horrible suffering of the nerves and an obstinate constipation. Cure No. '1_7,121 : Miss Elizabeta Taeobs of Nazing Vicarage, :valtham Cross, Herts. a oars of extreme nervousness i ndigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cure No. 48,314: Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Li . 4 rPool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. -Cure No. 18,''16: Dr, Andrew lire, of Vuisti pa Lion, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210: ▪ Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,212 : Cap 'Rot Allan, of epileptic Ms.—Cure 42,116 ; Major Edie, of !blargcment of the liver, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 3 3 ,418: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms, 'Od daily vomitings.—Cure . No. 26,418 : Dr. Harvey, of di arrhoea and debility.—Cure No. 39,618: Dr. Wurtzer, of il ) nsumption.—Cure No. 32,880 : William Hunt, Roberts. of paralysis.—Cure No. 46,270 Mr. James Roberts. u onber merchant, of Frimlev, Surrey, 30 years' diseased 4 ° o, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial te .,,tlessCure No. 46,814 : Mr. Samuel Laxton, Lei- Tter, of two years' diarrhoea. - - Cure. No. 52,612 : t c l l e Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' ner ar,_,i irritability, bile and indigestion, -Cure No. 54,812 : Miss ttreinia Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medi c C ure advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery.— st i le No. 180: "Twenty-five . years' nervousness, con • 2.ation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have y; io erea great misery, and which no medicine could re -11,,!e or relieve, have been effectually cured by Do Pi • r Y's Food in a very short time. W. B. Beeves, 181, ,ieeet-street, London."—No. 4,208': " Eight years' dyspepsia, VrZ , nlsness, debility, with cramps, spasmS, and nausea, for Iny servant had consulted the advice of many, have been h'oally cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall ltid i li'DY to answer any inquiries. Rev. John T hr e e lavell, x, e lftlon Rectory, Norfolk.' No. 32,836 : " years' ar, d ~.6 m tve nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, 1, 4 , 4 general debility, which rendered my life veiv miserable radically ' removed by DO Barry's heallt, - -restoring , fu re 4 ,,,, Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of [toss, Skibbereen." 3006: Thirteen years' cough, indigestion. and gene kood'olll ty, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Ti Ca nisters'll . .,. • 11b. 2s. 9d., 21b, 4s. 64., 121 b. 225., 241 b. 40s. 1 - " r efined quality: 51b. 22e., 101 b. 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and iier r ntaters carriage free on receipt of Fost-office Order, by s urn, Barry and Co. 77, llegent-street, London ; Fort tt'fiet . "°n, and Co., IS?, Piccadilly ; Alibis, 60, Graktechurch slobt. T • also at 63 and 150Oxford-si Oxford-street, 330, Strand, 4, Cheap- SeiV. n don and through all grocers and chemists. b,:valiV ) „enny stamp and you will receive, post free, the • eiltpt i ,,7.,,,uwn Guide, or " NAT UtCAL, RESTortian OF Vtlit, r ALTII," without Medicine, by a simple, plea L ones fi;_nornical, and unfailing means, which saves fifty i i ttr o , *ll 4ost in other remedies, restoring perfect digestion, !es, sound lungs, refreshing sleep, and functional I,es tiofiV2 the most enfeebled, and removing effectuall in "'Tient '''l'PePsia) debility nervousness, cough, asthma, llnea a y ttOmptio'n, dropsy,' constipation. flatulency, (liar noe, "uer3T, biliousness, fevers. sore throats, catarrhs .L.Ptldltienf e s In the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, '__l l lY.ateria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, tit Ztnp s, sga44tation, heartburn headache, despondency, st t ..also 6 1 1 1 4 , nausea, and sickness, sinking fits, ;brom hi "t Lond 9n. en complaints.—S. N. Barry, gcnt . , This work embodies a wide field for information, not only upon Social and Moral subjects; but upon a great variety of questions which are essentially incorporated with the politi cal discussions of the day, in connection with the Commerce, Trade, and Taxation of the .country, Statesmen and lovers of intelligent progress will find in 'WE' , compilation orfacts well worthy their attention.• s. d! London • Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. 144 pages, 70 Engravings, post free 2 stamps. 0:VIMON • SENSE in . a, NUTSHELL ;. or, V Every Man his own Doctor. The ME DIQA.L ADVISER, containing rules, prescriptions, &c., fin. the speedy cure, by very simple raeans,:of Spermatorrhtea, and all the more com mon diseases of the urino,genital system, which, from neglect or improper•treatnaenty too often result in Pain in the Back, Gravel, Nervousness, Exhaustion, and Incapacity. Sent post free-for two Stamps, by - Dr. DE Roos,' 10, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, 870, in cloth, price ss. by post free, 6s.,Cd. (AM N TRUE and FALSE SPERATORRFICEA ; kf with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatneent and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German at Dr. PICKFORD. Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that thiliorafty not be the last, if he shall detect any other (.qually flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."--London Medical Gazette. "'The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the ficandalous practices of unwialified adventurers, who profess to cure a diSease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemole it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. • " We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pirkford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within thu reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. RaiMere, 210, Regent-street. t.4O,OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution earnestly APPEAL t ) the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THerHAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. 14, John-street, Ad i el phi, W.C. Bankers—Messrs. Millis and Co. ; Coutts and Co.; Herries and Co. IU - R. ESKELL'S PATENTED INCORRODI ISLE TEETFL beautifully enamelled, and of exquisite workmanship, SUPPLIED, without extracting teeth or stumps, or giving any pain whatever, on his never-failing principle of self-adhesion, restoring perfect mastication and articulation, and rendering, detection impossible —guaranteed. Teeth Stopped, loose teeth fastened, &c. Consultations free. Terms strictly modern te.-314. Regent-Street, facinc , Poly technic; and Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. Established 1847. SURE' CURE. - LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC' BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting- the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed eases of asthma and consumption, It frequently cures per sons whom the faulty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effect+ are truly beneficial rarsons de prived of sleep, or eien lying down for fear of suffocation', may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Pre pared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 20, Jermyn street, Haymarket, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., 2s. 3d. and 4s. 6d. each. Be particular and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street is engraved on the stamp. A BOON TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS, GIVEN AWAY.-26,000 Copies of a MEDICAL BOOK. for the benefit' of Nervous Sufferers, sent, post free, •by the author, secure from observation, on receipt of a directed envelope, enclosing two stamps, the. MEDICAL FRIEND, a new work on the Self-cure of Ner vous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indicr,estion, Dislike to Society, &e., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death, with plain direstions for perfect restoration to health and vigour, The True. Guide to those who .desire a speedy and private cure. " Every young man should peruse this excellent little work if he values his health, happiness, and peace of mind." —British Critic. By HENRY SMITH, Esq., 8, Burton-creseent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. riIHE • PURE FLUID ,MAGNESIA of. Sir JAMES MURRAY, M.D., re-carbonated, sparkling, and permamently saturated, is prepared by his last patented. processes (1859), which render it perfectly effective forpre venting or removing acidities, gout, gravel, and indigestion, thus supplanting debilitating alkalies. London, 143, New Bond-street, February 23d, 1860. The Sample of his new sparkling FLUID MAGNESIA, which Sir James Murray wished examined, yielded 12,1 Grains of Carbonate of Magnesia, which gives about 19 Grain's of Bi-carbonate of Magnesia for each fluid ounce of Solution. T. SCIIWELTZER, Analytical Chemist. This patented antacid is perfected in Dublin, and at Mr. Linder's,lo4, Strand, London, to whom orders 'may be ad dressed ; who also supply William Bailey, of Wolv,erhamp ton, wholesale and shipping agent; Savory. Squire, and Wilcox, chemists, London:and all respectable vendors of ,medicine.'ln bottles, 'at 10., 2s. Gd. and 3s. 6d. each. 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The Boqk concludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, to which is added the Author's receipt of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curti. on. sTanboad.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 1856. "The author has conft-rred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. At home for consultation, daily, from 10 till 3 and 6 to 8. Sundays, 10 to 1. The mail steamer Ripon, arrived at Southamp ton, brings us advices from Morocco, via Gibraltar, to the 26th ult. Accounts from Tetuan of that date state that pre vious to the movement of the Spanish army on the 23d towards the intrenched position of the Moors orders were issued to embark the siege train of the army and the baggage of the Commander-n-chief on board the Princesa de Asturias steam-frigate, bearing the flag of Admiral Bustillos, and other war steamers, for conveyance to within a league on this side of Tangier, where the train was to be landed. The men•of--war were then to proceed to the Bay of Tangier' for the purpose of making a combined simultaneous attack by land and tea on that city. The subsequent signing of the peace, however, pre vented this arrangement being carried into execu tion. The baggage was again landed on the 26th at Port Martin. The sea was so rough that many of the launches belonging to the transports engaged in landing provisions; &c., were upset by the heavy surf, and an immense amount of property is said to have been lost. It is stated that in the action of the 23d the Moors stood the SpanQa bayonet charge with undaunted valour. The Catalonian volunteers, whose effective strength was 250 men, are said to have had 200 men put hors de combat. Upwards of 200 troops, wounded in the engage ment of the 23d, were landed at the Orange Grove on the 26th. They were conveyed to the San Roque hospitals. Fifteen of the wounded soldiers died on the passage previously to the steamers reaching the Spanish coast. Another batch of wounded reached Algeciras on the morning of the Zth, others having been conveyed to Cadiz and Malaga. The whole of the Spanish men-of-war, including the Princesa de Asturias steam frigate, having Ad miral Bustillos's flag, as well as the fleet of steam and other transports that were off Tetuan, had, owing to the strong east wind, gone to the Puente Mayorga for shelter. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 28th ult. says : • " The gratifying intelligence given in yesterday's number regarding the preliminaries of peace having been signed by Muley Abbas and the General-in- Chief of the Spanish army of operations in Africa, thus putting an end to further effusion of human blood, is fully corroborated by a letter received after the hour of publication, written by a trustworthy officer who was present with his corps at the san guinary battle of the 23d inst. It is dated from the camp near the Fondac, March 25, 12 o'clock noon. and is as follows . " ' I have to thank the Almighty for having spared me once more, after the bloody battle fought the day before yesterday. Our losses have been great, very great ! It is believed that they must have amounted to at least 1,500 men between killed and wounded. The loss of the Moors is estimated at nearly 5,000. We yesterday rested while the Moors presented themselves to have a parley ; and to-day, at last, peace has been made. At the hour. I am writing the General-in-Chief notifies the happy event to the whole army. It is believed that we shall very soon return to Spain. "_We glean the following particulars from a pri vate letter, dated Tetuan, March 24, 8 a.m.:— "' The state of the roads between the port of Martin and Tetuan was very unsafe, and the people ,were afraid of their lives, as only 4,000 men re mained to garrison the positions from the beach to the town. It was given as positive in Tetuan that the loss of the Spaniards in the battle of the 23d was estimated at upwards of 2,000. The writer believes they could not be less, judging by the very large numbers of wounded that he saw continually brought in: The Catalonian volunteers are said to have had only 40 men left intact out of their num ber. The Madrid Light Infantry suffered very severe losses. The Biscayan volunteers were also en gaged, and had a great number killed and wounded. Ile First and Second Commandants of the Catalo nians were wounded, but whether severely or slightly is not stated. The civil population, by an order from the Spanish authorities, were prohibited leaving the town." gives the f o ll ow i ng The Algeciras lloja Stielta details of the battle of the 23d : " The Moors, posted on the heights of Gualdras, were the first to open a terrific fire upon our troops, who attacked them with unequalled boldness. The enemy kept firm, bravely defending his camp for several hours; General Echague advanced with the first corps, flanked by General Rios's division, whose forces jointly sustained the brunt of the combat, while General Ros de Olano occupied the centre, and General Prim the other flank. " In the meantime the Moors had dared to make a movement, endeavouring to surprise or to turn the flank of General Rio's division, but they attacked him rashly, and all was in vain, their efforts being thwarted at the point of the bayonet by our brave soldiers, though inflicting some severe losses on the battalions more exposed to the fire of the enemy. The heights were successively taken, and there were moments of a pell-mell and confusion in which bayonets and gumius crossed. We caused them an awful and very considerable carnage. " General Prim's division twice took a douar which was most tenaciously defended by the enemy, until the General ordered it to be set on fire. "In one of the charges made by the Cuirassiers 'of El Principe their commander, Senor Pujada, was killed. "The Moors commenced retreating, but, being harassed by Generals Echague's and Piitn's divi sions, they took to flight. "The battalions which have suffered most are the Tarifa and Madrid, and the Saragossa Regiment." The Iloja also publishes the following from the Minister of the Interior : " Camp of Gualdras, March 25, 1 p " Yesterday the envoys of Muley Abbas again presented themselves as the bearers of a letter, in which earnest desires for peace were manifested, and demanding an interview, which was acceded to on condition that the propositions already sent should be accepted, and that the hour of meeting be notified by half-past 6 on the folloNNing morning, for at that hour the troops would be on the march. The emissaries did not keep us waiting long ; the tents were already struck, and the troops ready to move, when news was received that the Caliph would come to the interview when 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning ; this actually took place, and he was received in a tent pitched at a distance of 600 paces from our advanced posts. " March 25, 2 p.m.--The preliminaries of peace and the celebration of an armistice having been signed to•day, the army proceeds to station itself Within • the line of Buseja's Bridge, which is the divisory one—a position easily and quickly assisted and .provisioned." Accounts from Mazagan to the 23d ult. state that 'the commercial transactions between the Moors in the country and the townspeople con tinued pretty steady, notwithstandin g the unsettled state of the interior, where great effervescence among the wild tribes was spoken of. Wool and hides find their way into the market of the town, where there seemed to be a good demand for these articles. The prohibition of the export of wheat, decreed by the Moorish Government on account of the war with Spain, continued in full force ; but the grain purchased and stored by foreign agents previous to this order t was allowed free course. The Diana, Lombard master, was in port, expecting to load a cargo of wool. Other vessels expected, the cargoes of which, consisting of wool, skins, &c., were ready for shipment. About the middle of the month one of the Emperor's youngest brothers, named IVluley Dris, about 22 years of age, paid a flying visit to Mazagan, accompanied by a strong escort of cavalry, well mounted and equipped ; and, A. B. C. D. . Calibre . Eleva- No. of Longi- Lateral Date' • of gun. tion. shots /bulge. tudinal Devia . fired. Dev. tion. Feb • Deg. Yards. Yards. Yards. 22 3-pounder 3 10 1,579 12 - 52 15. .. 10 5 4,174 27 1•17 16 .. 5 4,110 87 5•3 . .. 23 10 3,842 s 8 3'23 15 • •.. 20 4 6,793 5S 4.•83 16 4 6,960 69 818 .. .. 22 .. , .. 5 6,C47 100 7•4 22 .. .. 4 6,421 94 ' 4'25 23 .. .. 11. _ 6,663 • .33 383 15 •,' 23 4 - 9,015 26 1092 16 5 ... 9,580 8l 1913 22 12 pounder 2 5 1,247 24 15 16 .. " 5 5 2,324 11 1.57 22 .. , .. . 10 2,336 16 1.03 23 10 2,219 22 290 21 • • 7 ~.- 4 3,019 17 1 21 .. 4 3,098 9 . 54 16 .. 10 5 4,027 50 3 . 31 . 23 • • .. 10 3,774 37 3•1 15 80. pounder 5 2 2,575 36 213 .. 2 2,574 30 196 23 7 4 3,493 8 18 16 10 • • 2 4,700 30 •5 22 •.,_ ,•• . 4 4,109 50 517 , Column A shows the number cif i skots fired at each experl. Column A shows the number or i shots fired at each experi ment, B shows their average ran gb in yards, C shows their average longitudinal, and D their average lateral deviation from a central point, aceooing to the system adopted at Hythe. All these experiments, be it remembered, were conducted from first to last by amateur gunners, without accident, or delay of any kind, and during the prevalence of wind and weather both about the most unfavourable that could well be imagined for obtaining good average results of range alone. As these successes apiiear to have excited the attention of engineers and scientific artillerists throughout Europe, and, above all, of the many supporters of the Armstrong principle for rifled cannon, we feel sore that our reader's will be interested in our again referring to this subject. . . _ Since the great success of the Whitworth gun was Arst published. in this journal, that gentleman, has continued to 'demonstrate the scientific prin ciples on which his ordnance are constructed by eliciting from fresh experiments a regularly pro-: gressive increase of range and accuracy. Mr. Sid ney Herbert has, therefore, stated in the House that as the Whitworth guns hod exceeded the Arm strong in range, and very nearly, as far as could be judged from the rough eperiments, equalled it in accuracy, the Government were prepared to take the usual steps to give both ncoropetitive trial at Slioaburyness. This very fair decision of the War office has 'given rise to some dissatisfacf2ion among Many of the supporters of the Armstrong gun, who allege that Mr. Whitworth has only ob tained greater range by reducing the diameter of his projectile; and of course, therefore, the bore Of the Cannon itself; quite forgetting 'that, as long as that gentleman can prove that a great improvement is brought about by the adoption of certain principles, the public and the military authorities . will care very little whether the principles theinselves are new or old. By Mr. Whitworth's plan of reducing the diameter of the shot, and therefore the bore of the gun, he contends that not only are the range and accuracy increased, but the gun itself 'can be constructed of the same relative strength of metal though nearly two-thirds lighter than the ordinary brass guns. The value of this reduction in weight, by allowing fewer horses and fewer men to manoeuvre heavier guns, at greater speed, .must be apparent to any one, more especially to tho Se. Who have seen what a very iittle way ,the largest transports in the service go towards transporting two or three ordinary field batteries, with their present complementof 21 wag gons and carriages, 250 horses,. and some 250 men. The celebrated three-pounder gun of Whit Worth, withcarriage and limber complete, could be brought into action and manoeuvred and served with the utmost rapidity by two horses and two men only. In this yespect, however, the Whitworth gun 'has no advantage over that of Armstrong ; on the con trary, as far as we have seen, the Armstrong large guns are much lighter. It has been stated as a kind of objection to the almost astounding results both for range and accuracy which Mr. Whitworth obtained at Southport with such small charges of powder, that Sir William Armstrong had only con structed his ordnance with a view to securing ac curacy, and that had he chosen to construct a gun for range alone he would have distanced Mr. -Whit worth in that respect. In the articles which ap peared in the Times on the manufacture of the Armstrong gun, we pointed out the futility of the difference which is sometimes sought to be drawn between the terms " long range" and " great accu racy," when in truth they mean one and the same thing. Guns are only made with one object, which is; after all, that of throwing their, shot in the straightest line, and it therefore of necessity follows that the gun which can send its shot furthest in a straight line secures the greatest accuracy by attain ing the greatest range. To suppose that any ord nance can be made for long range and not attain certain accuracy also is to suppose it possible that the inore a shot deviates from a straight line, the greater will be the distance it can eventually accomplish,— a proposition which we think few will venture to, support. Sir William Armstrong himself, how ever, is far too experienced a gunner to have sug gested this difference between range and accuracy which has been so hastily advanced by some of his many admirers. He states that beyond a certain distance range for general purposes has no practical value, and that as for artillerymen firing in the field at objects five miles distant, without any clue to guide them but their eye, they might as well fire at the moon. It is not only a question of which shot goes furthest, but what the shot effects when it does reach the mark. The formation of his gun, he states, has not been his chief or only object,. which, in fact, has been as much directed to invent ing the most destructive projectile. To secure this all-important object, he has been compelled to g ive up to a certain extent th e attain ment of an immense range, and increase the diame ter of his gun in order to enable it to carry the Armstrong shell, which for terrible destructiveness deserves to be almost more celebrated than the gun itself. Thus he states that as yet no fair comparison 'can be drawn between the results he has achieved for destructive effect, and the re while trying only sults obtained by a gun which was merely fired for range. The real test as to their merits both he and Mr. Whitworth very justly maintai n can on l y b e got by putting the two guns side by side, and trying them under similar conditions for . range, accuracy, and above sill for destructive effect. It his been suggested that there is room in the service for both the Armstrong and Whitworth guns, as each wea pon has its peculiar attributes and its peculiar sup porters. This, however, is. taking a view of the case in which we think neither the public nor the War-office is at all likely to agree. Sir William Armitron,g claims to have constructed his gun on certain fundamental principles; these Mr. -Whit worth disregards, and forms his gun as unlike Sir William's in principle as two guns can well be. Now, bath these ordnance cantrot.he right whichever comes out of the trials at Shos , bu.synes s triumphabtly----whether it bo the Whitworth. or Sir Williatn's—that is the gun •te be eventually adopted in both services as soon as is - consistent with the present immense demand for rifled ord na,nce of almost any kind. . . • . Each gun, as we have said, is so essentially diffe rent in its .principles, that, except that they are both guns, and both breech-loaders, there is no other point of similarity between them. The Arm strong is made of coils of wrought iron joined into one tube, the pitch of its rilling is one turn in 10 feet, azd its rifling itself is 38 fine sharp grooves' The breech is formed by a long chamber fitting on to the end of the gun, into which works a.poWer fal hollow screw, which, when , screwed up, jams the breech-piece, which is dropped before it, into the end of the tube, and so makes the perfect gun: The conical shot is, of course, compound—that coated at the shoulder and base with rings of lead, to enable the. soft metal to take the rifling. These rings of lead,are expensive as, compared With lion s and difficult to, fix, and the shot must b e. d r i ven , through the hollow screw into the breech of Abe gnn with care, or accidents. would be likely to happen which might spoil . the rifling of, the,,guti:. The friction on the shot in' taking the rifling is enormous, and to thiS the 'recoil of the gun' was at one time supposed to be due. But this was a mis take, for, allowing for the difference of weight be tween guns and projectiles, the recoil of all ord -ranee must be in mechanical proportion to the ve locity with which the shot leaveS the gun. That the - friction on the shot, however, is very great may be judged from the fact that we have ourselves seen an Armstrong gun, frOta the muzzle of which not only the rifling, but the metal of the barrel itself had been stripped out in places like so much pap s r , The Armstrong shell, as a tremendous entsi.ne of warfare, is never likely to be surpasserl. In destruc tiveness, though, we should think, it can be adapted to be used from rifled breech -loading can. non of all kinds. This, however, remains to be seen. The Whitworth gun, as distinguished from the Armstrong, is bored from one solid cylinder of homogeneous iron, a metal, which, in our hunible, judgment, we take to be only another term for soft tough steel. There is no rifling as is generally undedtood by the term in the bore, which is a plain hexagon, making one complete turn, which varies with the diameter of the gun. Thrs there is one turn in about eight feet in the largest guns (from 50 to 120 pounders),' one com plete turn in five feet in the medium sized ordnance (12 or 32 pounders), and one complete turn in three fret four inches in the small guns, or from 3to 12 pounders. All the guns 'above 18- pounders are hooped round with rings of iron forced on by hydraulic pressure —an additional strength which is apparently not required, and which in weight gives the Armstrong. guns of the same cali bres a most important advantage. The breech loading arrangement is a hinge at the end of the gun supporting a hoop of iron, in Which is the breech or cap which screws on to the end of the piece, according to the way in which we have so often described it to our readers already. The shot is of cast iron, and in form precisely like a ninepin, with its thickest part at the middle'pared. off to fit with mechanical preciiion the hexagonal sides of the bore. Thus the projectile has a bearing surface on the whole of the barrel, and runs freely in or out of the gun, so that in case of an enemy's shot striking the breech and jamming the screw, or other injury to it, the gun could be used a muzzle-loader with the same facility as an ordinary smooth-bore field-piece. We need scarcely say' that this is not the case with the Armstrong, anything happening to the arrangement of the breech at once rendering the gun useless till another breech. is fitted on at the factories at Elswick or Woolwich. No exertion of force which could be applied, to the gun in the field. would get the shot dOwo the barrel of the Armstrong; and nothing -short of the pressure of several tons would suffice to overcome the friction which is offered by the double rings of lead to the exit of the shot at the muzzle. With the Whit worth gun there is,no chamber for the reception of shot and powder,. and no rings —an advantage of the utmost importance. The Armstrong chamber adds to the length of the gun, without' being rifled or assisting in impelling the shot in any way. With the Whitworth the gun is rifled throughout its entire length from end to end, and every inch is used to aid the flight and, give rotation to the projectile.. From the chamber in the Armstrong being of a certain size, it follows that oily shot of a certain length can be used. In the Whitworth, on the contrary, it is con tended that shots of any length, or a charge of powder of any strength, can be used indifferently. Thus the three,l2,and 80 pounders are, in fact, only guns of the calibre we mention as long as they are required to throw a distance of sor 5 miles. Re duce this enormous range to 'the distance at which long-range guns are generally used—say 3,000 yards—and the length of the projectiles of these ordnance may be more than doubled, the three pounder used for 91b. shot, the 12-pounder for 321 b., and the 80-pounder for a shot of even 2001 b. In naval warfare great weight must be attached to these advantages. Twelve-pounder boat guns could be used as 12-pounders or 36 -pounders, according to the distance at which they chose to engage, while ships could double-shot 'or even treble-shot their broadside guns as they closed with an enemy. The only limit, in fa c t, t o t h e number of shots with which the Whitworth can be loaded when engaged at close quarters is the limit to the strength of the powder to eject them. Thus, in the course of 'thei experiments tried. to ascertain this fact, it was found that the three-pounder got rid of 10 shots placed one over another at one discharge, but failed to eject 11, when all the powder in the charge burnt out like a squib through the touchhole, leav ing the shots in the gun. In the course of the same experiments Mr. Whitworth fired from a common howitzer a projectile 10 diameters long, and also fired a small cannon, 22 inches long, with the pitch of its rifling making one complete turn in every inch ; in fact, the inside of this latter barrel was a perfect screw. Yet the projectile from this had an extraordinary amount of penetration. This fact is so difficult to believe till one sees therapidity with which the hexagonal shot. glides down , the most rapid turn o f r ifli ng th a t one of our contemporaries has actually given credence to the monstrous canard that' the Whitworth cast-iron shots have been crushed to fragments by the rifling, and "come forth from the gun in a state of powder !" As the Armstrong is now used without sponging out, Mr. Whitworth's advantage in this , respect has, been, neutralised. As regards cost the Armstrong is now being manufactured for as low as £lO3 per gun. The cost of the Whitworth is at present quite double this amount, though it might be reduced to as low as or even slightly loWer than the cost of the Armstrong if the barrel were manufactured of tubes of rolled bar iron, instead of the homogeneous metal, which is very expensive, and certainly for all practical purposes of gunnefy is not stronger; we believe, than the wrought iron of Armstrong, 1 or even stronger th an th e extraor di nary wroug h t iron now making for guns' at the Mersey Steel works at £l9 a ton. If in the trials of the two ' guns at Shoeburyness the Whitworth is found, to be the best, and is ordered to be adopted, and its tube made on the wrought-iron plan which the Government use with the Armstrong, the only cost, it is stated, of altering the machinery at Elswick and Woolwich to suit the new manufacture would be some £5 or £lO for a new form of cutter for the : boring., or rather the hexagonal rifling. Not another part of the machinery need be altered or even made to move faster or slower, though much of it might be disused altogether. Very many of the supporters of the Armstrong allegQ that it is useless adopting every improve . went as it sprints up, and that ; after &11. the trouble of change lia.Aeen taken, a better - gud evcn than Whitworth's may be found before - the 'year is out. This may-be true. But if the War-office is to adopt this argument, and ignore the valuable inventions which they have got because. there May: be. some undiscovered ones. of which they know nothing at all, what-will become of the ser vice, or when will.a step in progress be everglade? Whichever gun' is proved to be best must owe its superiority to • broad scientific principles, 'and any furl her improvement must therefore be merely a development of the same fundamental : ideas, every step, in yhich renders further progress less probable. If, however, there should be a dozen ,great improvements made in. a, dozen cmrsecutive years, the public will never grud g e the money for a change as . long as they are couvinced it is - fur the bettft. It is the gigantic sums which have been: wa , ted on such* rubl,ish ns the Lan caster. guns which make the douse of Commons timid, of the expediency of changes, • or at least of those by whom they are carried out. To secure the perfect development of two such invaluable improvements Us those Of Armstrong and Whit• worth- undoubtedly ure thb country :would never flinch from any reasonable skim that might het re- . quired. Fortunately, however, whichever is se lected, no further outlay, it is said, will be necessary in the way of plant or machinery ; so we may await without any' pecuniary misgiving, the result of the forthcoming trials, and the official proclamation as 6 to ur w ,r - h e iLh 6rf. u m n i4r is d th c:p d en b d es o upon t f knowing. i as soon result it is definitely uscortained.---- Mites. Since the conclusion or Mr. Whit worth's valuable experiments at Southport a tabular summary of the result Of each 'trial of the 3, 12, and 80-Pounders, at different degrees of ,elevation has been carefully prepared. This table shows such marvellous results to have been pbtained with each description of ord., nance, both has regards range and accuracy, that we give it to cur reader's in extenso, in order that they may see that our first estimate of the . great power of the Whit Worth - gun has been already borne out by these results. The table is as "follows:; Summary of Experiments with-31r. Whitworth's Rifled Cannon at Southport, shcwing the Mean Range and De viation of-all the Shots fired wt each experiment. HE NAVY. A portion of the Channel Fleet, consisting of the screw steamships Royal Albert, 121, Capt. 11. J. "Aeon, bearing the flag of AdMiral Sir Chas. Fre mantle, K.C.B. ; the Donegal, 101, Capt. H. Broad head ; the Abdukir, 90, Capt. Chas. F. Schomberg ; and the screw stearh-frigate Melpouiene, 51, Capt. C. J. F. E wart, hove in sight at' Plymouth about 6 o'clock yesterday (Tuesday) morning, with the wind. from the westward, a smart breeze. They came in from sea under their three topsails, and on reaching the West-end of the breakwater took in all canvas, and proceeded under steam to the anchorage ground, the flagship taking her position well to the west ward. At 8 o'clock the flag of Port Admiral, Sir Bar rington Reynolds, K.C.8., was ,honoured by a salute, wheh_was acknowledged by the Impreg nable, 104, Capt. Stewart, in Hamoaze. This Por tion of the Channel fleet left LiSbon on Friday, March 23, in company with the screw steamships Edgar, 91; Capt. James E. Bator ; Algiers, 91, Capt. George W. D. O'Callaghan ; Queen, 86, Capt. F. Hillyar ; Mars, 80, Capt. James N. Strange; and the screw .steam-frigate Mersey, 40, Capt. Henry Caldwell, C.B. The Edgar carried away her main topsailyard on Sunday morning, when crossing the Bay of Biscay. The Edger and Mersey have lost a man each overboard. On Monday night, off the , Lkard, the Edgar, Algiers, Queen, Mars, and Mer sey parted company, and.proceeded up channel for Portsmouth. Very fine weather was experienced at first, but within the • last- four -days strong gales from the west-north-west have prevailed, with ex traordinary heavy seas. All the ships are reported leaky ; the'Royal Albert will require a 'thorough caulking. Two Dutch ships of war were in the Tagus. - The Victoria and Albert, Royal paddle-yacht, was yesterday removed from the steam basin to her moorings in Portsmouth harbour, where she re ceived her crew preparatory to her intended cruise. The Euryalus, 51, screw, Capt. Tarleton, C. 8., was undocked yesterday from No. 7 dock at Ports mouth, and placed in the steam basin, where she will receive her neNv boilers, and complete her re fit for further service. The Vulture, 6, paddle, Capt. George Parker, has been removed from the middle harbour buoy in Portsmouth harbour, and berthed alongside the sheer jetty, where she has commenced taking out her masts. She will pay off on Thursday (to-mor row) if possible. Rear-Admiral of the White Sir F. Maitland, ac companied by his future flag-captain, Capt. Mac kenzie, yesterday paid a visit to the Bacchante, 31, screw, at Portsmouth, the intended flagship of the gallant Admiral for the Pacific station. The Siren, 16, Commander G. M. Balfour, whose arrival at Spithead on Monday from Pernambuco was reported in The Sun of yesterday, sailed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday at 5 30 p.m., and took up a berth for stripping and paying off. The new screw steam gun vessel Landrail, in tended to carry five guns, launched on Thursday at Deptford, having been fitted with her engines of 80 horse power, was yesterday towed down to Wool wich by the steam tug Bustler to be completed for service. Her Majesty's military store steamship Lord Panmure, 11. T. Moore, commander,• yesterday sailed from Woolwich, laden with Armstrong guns and other war materials. The hired transports Sarah, Secret, Robert Hay, and Royalist have commenced shipping cargoes of war stores from Woolwich arsenal, and the follow ing vessels were yesterday chartered to load from the docks, namely :—The Teal, Woodbine, Banshee, Sohn Romilly, Lord of the Isles, and the Brisk. A huge ship's boiler, on a new principle, intro duced by the Earl of Dundonald, fitted with verti cal instead of horizontal tubes, which, in lieu of acting as flues, will contain water serving to gene rate steam, and stipulated to create an economy in the consumption of fuel, was yesterday received at Woolwich from Birmingham, and is ordered to be tested and reported on by the officers of the factory department of the dockyard for the information of the Board of Admiralty. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—J. D'Arcy Harvey, assistant clerk to the Conqueror ; A. S. Ramsay, assistant clerk supernumerary to the Nile ; J. S. Cannon, as sistant clerk to the Hawke ; and W. B. Harvey, 2d class assist.-engineer to the Victoria and Albert. THE ARMY. It is understood that , the department of the Ad jutant• General of Royal Engineers will be shortly removed from Chatham to Whitehall. The 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment, sta tioned at Gosport, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to proceed to Aldershot in about 14 days. Brevet-Major Palmer's Ist battery, Ist brigade, garrison Artillery, yesterday left Woolwich for Shoeburyness, to relieve Brevet-Major Clifford's 7th battery, 2d brigade, ordered to proceed to Dover. Two additional batteries are about to be added to the depot at Woolwich, to be named the 9th and 10th batteries, for the purpose of embody ing the corps of non-effective men employed in the garrison, such a 3 officers' servants, and men who, under ordinary eircumitanees, are not subject to parade and drill. Since the disuse of corporal punishment, which has been unknown at Woolwich for many months past, it is stated that the crime of desertion is of less frequent. occurrence, as verified by the official returns from the corps of Royal Artillery and Royal Marines, as w e ll a s the other divisions of the, army stationed at Woolwich. This is accounted for by the known fact of numaers of desertions having been induced solely by the terror of the lash, which, up to the mo ment when corpo ra l run ishment was ordered to be held in abeyance, was resorted to, in some weeks , every day except Sa turday and Sunday. THE GREAT EASTERN.—A fatal accident occurred on Sunday from the capsizing of a bo a t w hi ch was leav i ng this leviathan ship, and the foreman of, the carpenters who are at work on board was unfortunately drowned. There were five or six other persons in the boat, but they were save d, the unfortunate carpenter being the only person drowned. .P 2 DUKE OF MODEN., • - The n i f, noona's..PipT?st 'lick -at ion of si 'tit es to Piekirna; Francis V.; Afehelukti !of 3yal of , of nr Madam, Miraw.... Orrara,_Guas•talla_, The f i tioLl toyvzrds the earl of Aprl.l 4: - 1859, in the.G4.-and DOehyof Toseauy, an.i tlieattit -thole of Sardinia, gro .more.h,ostila at thatt;n2e tOwards-ns,• having compelled-us- to earl tell trate ol;c triilawforces, -by removing them li'om INA part of th qh . k-i , k that is contigu o u s t o t h ose two Stat6,j.' we prot;sitti on. the 14th of May, 1859, against the ' unjust usurpation of those provinces, which the}! Piedmontese Government, immediately after OA departure of our troops, did not delay efft-eting. The events of the war in Lombardy, the YUCUIU t ion already consummated at Parma, the iinininencu that of the Legation's, the violation by the French troops of our territory on the side ot the Tir-con;. frontier, obliged us to retire, with the greater part-of our troops, from the remainder efour•sl:,tc::, convinced as we were of the impossibility of in t1:11- fain ing ourselves therein as an independent. saN7`.- l if ign relative to enemies immensely Superior numbers and means. • The revolutionary faetion, directed and supported; in every way by the Sardinian Governinent, ceeded in overthrowing the regency we had ap pointed by the decree of June .11, 1859; and - Piedmontese eounnissiotaer immediately seized power and put himself at tLe head of the revolt. -. \Ve then addressed from Villafianca, on the •22d June, 1859, a second protest. wherein declaring"' the spoliations committed by the Government of Sardinia to the prejudice of our sovereign rights we referred t o th e d ec l ar4tions already made respecting the illegality of the acts, which. every.. Government or power net proceeding from us might or should have ,pro claimed in our states, and we thereupon appealed ';- to the friendly and allied coluts. The armistice of Villafranea b'r'ing put a stop to hostilities between Austria and Prance, the DOH- gerent powers drew up the, preliminaries of peace, that were s•absequently raised by the treaty of Zurich to the height of solemn stipulations, and both - in the tw•o'fortner as' in the latter the're•rstu.- blishrnent of our sovereignty was openly and in contestably covenanted in such a way that our rights received from them a signal and additional sanction. -- Everyone knows how .the French Government hindered by its acts acts and interpretations the possilaility .of our restoration; and how the Sar dinian Government, though it also signed the treaty of Zurich, continued disloyally through its organs and repieSentatives, or whatever their titles may have been, to dispose as a master of our state, and to assimilate it to its own. The'recent decree of annexation, which they'lake pains Vo. exhibit as the consequence of the votes by . a supposed universal suffrage,•antl which in being extended to the Emilia, includes , also our states, completes the series of unjust and illegal acts by which they-have succeeded in depriving.us of the sovereignty that we had inherited from our ances tors, after they had exercised it for many centuries —a sovereignty which, at the close of events analo gous to the present ones, was by the treaty of Vienna in - .1815, acknowledged -and restored in favour of our family by the whole .of Europe, for tunately at that time united by coalition, and trium phant over the revolution. We believe then that we are fulfillinn. a 'most sacred - duty by protesting, as we herewith do pro test, once more in the face' of Europe against a similar act that is an infraction of ail our-rights, after it had been based on • violence, and after the victories of a powerful ally had b een t urne d to ac count in order 16 'Obtain an aggrandisement long coveted and long prepared by fraudulent and trea• cherous means; against an act. that is , based on a principle opposed to everylyuastie system ; against an act, in short, that in its execution is devoid of every guarantee derived from good faith, having keen conceived, followed un, and controlled by those very persons who had excluded the voting in favour of the legitimate and pre-existing power; by those very persons, we say, who, relying on a strong armed force constantly maintained in our states, et iploy deceit and intimidation for the purpose of exercising an overwhelming pressure upon the po pular vote. The faithful troops by whom we have been ac companied into the territory of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, and who received them so generously and hospitably—these troops who in cessantly preserve for us an unshakeable fidelity and devotedness; the number of the distinguishedpersons who by their voluntary emigration protested against the change of rule effected in our states ; the still greater number of those who underwent imprison- , ' ment, persecutions of every kind, and the loss of their situations, or who spontaneouslY resigned the public offices they filled, e3:posing themselves in many instances to privations rather than abjure their principles or fail in their duty as loyal sultjt.cts; the avoidance of all participa tion in the present state of things on the part of the great wajority of the upper classes in Modena and of the clergy; lastly, the frequent manifestations of fidelity that broke out in the rural districts; notwithstanding the most active vigilance, and although immediately suppressed— all these are so many proofs that this pretended universal suffrage, from which the Sardinian usur pation derives an appearance of legality, is merely the result of that perfidy and wrong that from the outset distinguished the conduct of the Piedmontese Government and of its adepts. This solemn declaration, that we also make for our successors, has chiefly foi its object to pretest against all prejudice a ga i ns t th e rights of soverignty appertaining to us in virtue of descent, and sanc tioned as well as guaraeteed by the European powers. We protest likewise against the spoliat ions committed, against the usurpations consummated, against the universal suffrage adopted or simulated to that behoof, against the losses we have endured therefrom, and against those we may still have to endure, against the losses and prejudices, in short, to which, in consequence of these unjust and illegal acts, the faithful part of our subjects may be ex posed. - We wish to have recourse, and we again appeal for support to the powers that guaranteed the trea ties, being certain on our part that they will never admit the right of the strongest, or the theory of the supposed universal suffrage, since such a prin ciple, though applied at present to one of the small states, whose rights nevertheless are quite as sacred as those of the largest, might hereafter, by the analogy of reason, be extended to all the other states, and so attack the existence of every Euro pean monarchy. Penetrated with the sentiments of our duty to wards our faithful subjects, we declare, finally, that adversity shall never force us to renounce our rights of sovereignty over our States ; and being convinced that We are thus fulfilling the trusts reposed in us by Divine Providence, we shall await future events with the firm hope that the justice of God will put a limit to the machinations, from which States and peoples are the victims, by securing one day the triumph of the good cause. (Signed) FRANCIS. Vienna, March 22, 1860. CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.-The result of the examination of 40 candidates for 12 third-class clerkships in the War-office has just been made known. The names of the gentlemen who have thus succeeded in obtaining an emolument of £lOO a-year are as follows:—C. L. Sutherland, J. Young, R. H. Granville, H. G . Pl att, T . Briant, D. F. F. Richardson, C.'Morton, S. C. Roehat, E. B. Falwasser, D. Pigott, A. A'Beckett, and J. P. IPmkes. THE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the death of George Alexander Falconer, who expired on the 11th of March from injuries s ustained by the accident at Tottenham on the 20th of February, was resumed yesterday afternoon before Mr. Humphrey`, in the Sir John Cass Tavern, Victoria-road, South Hackney. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine appeared for the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and Mr. Humphreys (of Humphrey, Morgan, and Co.) for the widow of the deceased. The greater num ber of the scientific gentlemen connect ed with railways and the manufacture of iron who gave evidence at the Totf en ham inquiry were also present. '1 he only new evidence of a scientific kind which was produced, was that which wag given by Sir C harles Fox. In a nswer to questions by Mr. I i l rd u e PhreYs'Sir Charles stated that he h a d exam i ned with the tire which had brok en an d occasioned the cc- The fracture had been occas i oned b y a weld which eg ea n nt i t care had never been perfect, but he was of opinion that if the tiro of the wheel had been properly blocked it would have given certain indications which would have informed a care ful workman that a defect existed. In cross-examination by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Sir Charles said that very small defects in tires might remain undetected by the system of blocking he had referred to, but he thought the defect which caused the accident was originally too large not to have given indications of its existence. Mr. Harrison, an engineer, Mr. Fenton, the manager of the Low Moor ironworks, and Mr. 'Beattie engineer of the South-Western Railway, were then call e d by Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, and each of them gave an opinion disagreeing with that of Sir Charles Fox- The coroner having carefully summed up, the jury re turned the following verdict :—" That Getrge Alexander Falconer died on the 11th day of March, told that his death arose from the upsetting of a certain le,comotive en gine on the Eastern Counties Railway, and 'that the upset ting of the said locomotive engine was car tied by a wheel being used whereon was a defective tire." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway'B Pills are beyond all dispute the most efficacious medicine yet. known for flatu lency and indigestion. The test of years :has proved their efficacy in the cure of these disorders, am d also bile, sick headache and nervousness. They rapidly renovate a debi litated constitution. 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