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GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION %.A COMPANY (Incorporated by Act of Parliament). 71, Lombard-street, London. Notice is Hereby Given, That the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company Will be held at the Company's Offices, 71, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 2$ th inst., at two o'clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to transact the usual business, and to declare the Dividend for the half-year ending the 31st day of December, 1859. MARTIN PR ATT, Secretary. London, February 1, MO. No. 21,111. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1860. PP ICE 4 D . STAMPED, 50 THE ANNUAL FRENCH BALL.—The 19th GRAND BALL for the Benefit of the French Benevo lent Society (Societe Franc;alse de Bienfaisance) will take place at the Hanover-square Rooms, on Monday, Feb. 20. Gentlemen's tickets, 14s. ; ladies, 7s. ; including: refreshments. May be procured from the principal booksellers and music sellers ; !from the members of the comm ittee ; or at the Society's office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly. •••••••• .EXPERIMEN7'S Win! MR. 7VILIT IVORT.H' 8 BREECH-LOADING CANNWV. rifling that his great superiority rests, and to this we shall refer at length on some other occasion. The 80-pounder gun was tried four times yester day with a 121 b. charge at 5 deg. and at 10 deg. elevation, with the following gratifying results ; Angle of Yards Deviation from Elevation. R9nge. Line of Fire. EGYPT. PUBLICATIONS. animation of pleasure which was on his lips, but the most awful expression of displeasure and dis gust which can be conveyed by the French lan guage ! The cause was soon discovered. The Seine had swollen considerably for a day or two before,and, having decreased,had left at the mouth of the conduc tors,all the foul slime and deposit which it had brought down with the current. The tale was afloat in less than an hour, and all Paris was meditating some epigram about the Prince having " lost his Latin and all that, when another trial, after cleansing the pipes, was determi ne d on ; an d aga i n, last Monday,s did the Prince go down to Diomed's house, in com pany with the aide-de-camp of all work, to examine the result. This time nothing could be purer and more limpid than the stream which flowed into the tank ; and the gentlemen, who had dropped in solely with the hope of witnessing a second discom fiture, were about to depart disappointed, when one of them, inspired, no doubt, by some malicious demon, suggested the idea of rendering the rehearsal complete, by witnessing the effect of the swimming slave in the bath at the same time. This new fancy was eagerly seized upon, and a merry dispute soon Now ready, in 2 vols., with Map and Illustrations, V 5 , TRAVELS IN EASTERN AFRICA ; with the Narrative of a RESIDENCE in MOZAMBIQUE. By LYONS M'LEOD, Esq., F.R.G.S., late British Consul at Mozambique. "We know of no recent book better calculated to circulate sound and accurate opinions on the question of cotton and slavery than these volumes."—Press. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE CIRCUS, Leicester-square. Two Performances Daily The only Equestrian Establishment now open in London. —The Proprietor having at his disposal all the available Equestrian talent now in London, will THIS DA Y, Monday, Feb. 20th, sroduce an entertainment far superior to anything o f a imilar dessription ever previously attempted. Morning at Tiv• ; Evening, at Half-past Seven. 1 5 deg. .... 2,5 14 2 5 deg. .... 2,604 3 10 deg. .... 4,670 5 ), 4 .... 10 deg. .... 4,730 At the last-mentioned angle this surpasses the practice of the Armstrong 70-pounder at the same number of degrees by 700 yards. The result of the long range practice with Armstrong's 70- pounder, at 33 degrees' elevation, we are not at liberty to state, beyond that the first graze of the shot was always over the 8,000 yards, thonh vary ing from the true line as much as 150 yards between the nearest and widest. The greatest range ever reached by any Armstrong gun was 9,130 yards ; and this with a 32-pounder fired with a 61b. charge at an elevation of 33 degrees. The 3.pounder of Mr. Whitworth, though both in form of projectile and weight more liable to deviation from the effects of the wind, quite eclipses the performance of its heavier competitor. What Mr. Whitworth's 80- pounder will do at a proper degree of elevation it is hard to say now ; but, judging of the future by what has already been accomplished, a range of no less than 10,000 yards is confidently anticipated. There is no doubt that the 80-pounder, whick is to be severely tested next Ai ednesday, is too short to accomplish all that may be looked for with long range ordnance on this principle.- The extreme length of the whole piece is only 10 feet—of the barrel not much more than nine, of which space about 16 inches is occupied by the powder cartridge when the gun is loaded. This reduces the actual length of the rifle barrel through which the shot has to pass to little more than 7 feet 6 inches—about the length of what is called a medium 32-pounder, and 3 feet shorter than the smooth-bored 68. While materially reducing the weight of this gun Mr. Whitworth can easily add a foot in length to the next that is produced. What the present gun can effect will be better seen by the result of next Wed nesday's practice, when it is hoped that this tre mendous piece of ordnance will be so mounted as to permit its being elevated in such a manner as will display its utmost powers both for long range and accurate shooting. DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES, IN SHILLING PARTS. On the 29th, Part 1., Svo, One Shilling (to be completed in twelve parts), DICTIONARY of CHRISTIAN CHURCHES and SECTS from the EARLIEST AGES of CHRIS TIANITY. By the Rev.. 7. B. MARSDEN, A.M., Author of " The Early and Later Puritans." " The best book on the subject in our literature."—Athe nmum. "A work of great interest and utility."—Daily News. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand CASINO, open every Evening, with the celebrated Band. Established 10 years. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ; Principal cornet-a-pistn, M. lioulcourt. 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LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary 1 , Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. at the University of Erlangen, tire., may be CONSULTED on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and on the Secret In tirmities of Youth and Maturity, trom Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight , at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'Mert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu merous Engravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, SELF-PRESERVATION, which will be sent tree, in a sealed envelope. by Mann, 39 Cornhill, London, or by the Author, for Eight stamps. CONTENTS. SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. SECTION ll.—Puberty- M an h o od -The Morale of Genera ive Physiology—True and False Morality. SECTION lll.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical deletions—lts Expectancies and Disappointments— Advan tages of Physical Contrasts in scenting Healthy Offspring. 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(From the Correspondent of the Times SOUTHPORT, FEB. 17. During the greater part of yesterday the experi ments to test the range and accuracy of these ad mirable pieces of ordnance were continued, in the presence of a number of military and scientific gen tlemen and others interested in witnessing the great results for which Mr. Whitworth has toiled so long and indefatigably. Gen. Sir J. Burgoyne, with Col. Campbell and Capt. Wrottesley, came down from London expressly to witness the prac tice. Col. Wolford, Capt. Elgee, Mr. Er twistle, Mr. Pender, Mr. T. Fairbairn, Mr. Longworthy, and other visitors from Manchester and the surrounding neighbourhood, were also present, in what might almost be termed considerable numbers when the exposed an d inclement nature of the practice-ground is recollected. The firing commenced soon after 11, but, in order to give the visitors time to go, if they chose, to the extremity of the long range (six miles and a half distant), the practice was begun with the 3-pounder at its greatest angle of elevation, and therefore longest range. The day, though dull, was milder, and the wind generally speaking seemed to be more in favour of the practice than on Wednes day. Nevertheless every now and then it came in sudden gusts from diverse points of the compass, and threatened at times to interfere materially with the correctness of the long range aim. The termi nation of the day's trials, however, gave, on the whole, even better and more astonishing results than those of Wednesday last. Before proceeding to describe the trials we must correct an inaccuracy in our accounts of Wednesday's experiments, when we stated the pitch of the rifling of the 12 and 3- pounder guns to be alike in both. This is not so, the former having one complete turn in 5 feet, the latter one in 3 feet 4 inches. This difference is of far greater importance than might be at first ima gined, inasmuch as the 3-pounder, with the most rapid turn in the barrel of any fieldpiece yet made for service, has achieved in its first trial such re sults in range and accuracy as completely outstrip the greatest yet attained by Armstrong. The pitch in the rifling of the latter is only one in 10 feet. With Mr. Whitworth's guns the pitch varies ; thus the 80-pounder has one turn in 8 feet 4 inches, the 12-pounder one in 5 feet, the 3-pounder one in 3 feet 4 inches. The extreme length of the 80- pounder is 9 feet 10 inches, its weight 4 tons, arra its diameter of bore at muzzle 5 inches. The length of the 12-pounder is 7 feet 9 inches, and its bore 31 inches, and its weight Bcwt. The length of the 3-pounder is 6 feet, its weight 2081 b., and its bore 11 inches. With this latter, as we have said, the greatest results have been obtained—a striking commentary on the opposition on the part of all our artillery officers to a rapid pitch of rifling in gun or firearm of any kind. The practice of yesterday then commenced at 35 degrees of elevation with the 3- pounder, loaded this time with Boz, of powder in stead of 71, and pointed, as near as could be calcu lated by the distance posts, in line with a mark on the low shore, which was far out of sight of the best telescopes. The first shot touched the ground at 9,688 yards' distance (more than 51 miles), and only 34 yards to the right of the true line. The second lodged in the sand (of course without ricocheting) at 9,645 yards, and 31 to the right of the mark; the third at 9,611 yards and 89 yards to the right of the mark ; the fourth fell at 9,503 yards, and 72 yards to the right, and the fifth and last at 9,453 yards, and only 55 to the right. The difference be tween the shot which fell nearest and that which was widest was only 57 yards, and this at a range of more than five miles and a quarter. The constant deviation to the right arose from those working the gun allowing too much for the influence of the wind, which came in gusts from the left, or rather crossing diagonally the line of flight of the projectile. As a matter of course, at such an immense distance there are no means at Southport of signalling to those in charge of the piece whether the shots at the 51- mile range fell either to the right or left of the true line, and the gun once laid is not, therefore, altered till another degree of elevation is chosen for nearer practice. One shot was next fired at an ele vation of 33 degrees, and attained a range of 9,547 yards, falling 57 yards to the right of the mark. 'lle third trial was at an elevation of 20 degress, and at this angle the most wonderful practice, both as regards range and accuracy, which has yet been witnessed with any artillery in the world, was effected. The gun was laid by one of Mr. Whitworth's people, who it must be remem bered are ordinary mechanics, and before these ex periments never laid or loaded a gun in their lives. The first shot, fired with Boz. of powder, fell at a distance of more than four miles (7,073 yards), and only four yards to the right of the true line of fire ! The second fell at 6,985 yards, and 41 yards to the right of the true line. The third dropped at 6,960 yards-41 yards to the right of the mark ; and the fourth and last, at 6,8i2 yards, but 27 yards right of the line of fire. The unusual degree of diver gence in the last shot we were informed was purely accidental, and caused by a slight inadvertence in loading the gun, which it was supposed shifted the stand. But even counting this as a fair shot, the greatest amount of divergence from the true line, at a range of 7,000 yards, is only 221 yards to the right, a deviation so slight as to appear almost incredible. With a regiment in square at such a distance, or even among a cavalry out-picket of a dozen mounted men, nearly every shot would have told, as the line of flight is low beyond all compa rison with other projectiles. The angle of eleva tion was then lowered to 10 degrees, at which four shots were fired. The first pitched 16 yards to the right, at 4,269 yards' distance; the second was 10 yards to the right, at 4,281 yards' distance ; the third went 29 yards to the right, at 4,193 yards' distance ; and the fourth, 18 to the right, at 4,015 • yards' range. These shots concluded the experi ments with the 3-pounder, the practice of the whole day giving much - greater results than has ever been attained with any artillery. It is a curious fact that the first shot at each angle of elevation always attained the greatest range, and that each round after that , point was reached showed a steady di minution in its length of flight of nearly 40 yards. This gradual decrease is worth notice, as our readers can see by casting their eye over the sub joined table, which gives the order in which each round was fired, the angle of elevation, charge of powder, and length of range : 3-POUNDER. No. Powder Elevation Rng. No. Powder Elevation Rag. 1 Boz. 35 deg. 9,688 8 Boz. 20 deg. 6,935 2 do. 35 „ 9,645 9 do. 20 „ 6,960 3 do. 35 „ 9,611 10 do. 20 „ 6,822 4 do. 35 „ 9,503 11 do. 10 „ 4,269 5 do. 35 „ 9,453 12 do. 10 „ 4,281 6 do. 33 „ 9,547 13 do. 10 „ 4,193 7 do. 20 „ 7,073 14 do. 10 „ 4,615 It is difficult to compare these results with the greatest which Sir William Armstrong has attained, as Sir William does not use so small a gun, so slight a charge of powder, or so low an angle of elevation for long range. The nearest data which we get for comparison is the result of some experiments which Sir William made with a 5 pounder at 6 and 11 degrees' elevation . a nAgse .complavrehditwwoirtthh.Whitit:sovaonorgtyehd.: 3- pou nder the results are thu s : FA r mstrong. R 5-pr. gun, 6 dog. 2, 000 yards 3-pr. gun, 5 d eg 2 11 „ 3,000 ~ 17 If 10 „ 4,281 „ We are not certain as to the precise amount of powder Sir William used but believe it was 12 T u he po e u x n p d e e r r i : ounce s. Mr. Whitworth's was for the 5 degrees 7 fir a e t d a fi n v a e ng ti l m e tim es o m u e n n c t e s s , w f e o r r e th e tli e nlO continueddegrees with the tines was 10 deg. The results were as follow : Angle of Yards Deviation from l a v t h a i c n h a , nwgilteh ofa charge a d r e g g e . of an d l•il v b e ., Elevation. Range. Line of Fire. 4 yards to the loft. 2 .... 5 deg. .... 2,321 1 yard to the right. 3 .... 5 d0g..... 2 ' 326 '''' . * 2yards the 4 .... 5 deg. .... 2,333 1 .... 5 deg..... 2,342 5 .... 5 deg. .... 2,298 7 .... 10 deg. .... 4,120 l3 If 8 .... 10 deg. .... 4,011 6 .... 10 deg. .. .. 3,942 ...... 15 yards to the right. 9 .... 10 deg. .... 4,002 ......16 I/ 10 .... 10 deg. .... 4,059 ...... 9 10 deg. gained a range, it will be seen, of two miles 1 tThe best shot of the five at the low elevation of and 600 yards, or near ly y 21 miles. The Armstrong practice with a gun of th is calibre is as good as the above. In fact, though as regards range and accuracy, Mr. Whitworth's ordnance have as yet distanced all others, the dif ference in these respects between his guns and Arm strong's, though not very great, is in truth, of the utm3st importance. The superiority, we believe, is due to the form of projectile and pitch and manner of rifling adopted by Mr. Whitworth ; and it is upon these points and upon the simplicity of ar rangement of the breech-loading apparatus thatthe contest between them will turn. In the breech loading plan there is scarcely any superiority worth speaking of on either side, what Whitworth gains by having no breech-piece to remove being coun terbalanced by having to pull out his tin cartridge case, and the time he saves by not sponging out being consumed in making three turns of the screw handle to open the breech and shut it. It is, as we have said, in the shape of projectile and manner of Sir,—Allow me a place amongst your numerous correspondents to raise my voice against the unequal pressure and unjust imposition of the income-tax. Poor curates and poor clerks have great reason to complain of the heavy burden, but not more so than poor schoolmasters. I am one of the latter; my salary is a hundred pounds per year, and I am the happy father of eight children. lam expected to bring them up in a respectable manner, both as to their education and their appearance. hly wife and myself must also appear as becomes our important position, and, not to speak of the many incidental expenses naturally occurring in a large family, all this is to be effecttd upon a salary of less than £2 per week, and even this small income is to be re duced and my difficulties greatly increased by the unequal burden of the income-tax. Why should single and married men, large families and small, be taxed in like sums ? If we must be taxed, why not according to our family responsibilities ? The larger our necessary domestic expenses the less should be our tax liabi lities. Surely the man with four children is better able to pay than the man with eight ; and the man with one than he with two ; and if we have the same incomes, it is therefore truly unjust that we should be obliged to pay the same amount of tax. I am sure there is no one who loves his country and its institutions but would gladly, in time of neei, help to defend them as far as he is able, both by his pocket and his person ; and schoolmasters are not less loyal than any other of her Majesty's subjects; but to be unjustly pressed and burdened by a tax greater than they can bear, and thus to be driven into difficulties unbecoming their position and hurtful to their character, should not be required by any Government, and therefore should not be quietly submitted to. If a system of equable taxa- tion, moderate and efficient, could be devised and adopted, I am sure everyone would at this time willingly submit and cheerfully pay it. Although greatly experienced in domestic re trenchment, I know little or nothing of Political Economy ; bmt it has occurred to me that a plan of assessment might be made which would relieve us of the unequal pressure, and distribute the burden according to the power to bear it. This, I think, could be effected by calculating the value of the amount that each man's income bears to his neces sities, and tax it accordingly. For instance, take t% o men, each having five children to provide for; one has £lOO per year, and the other £l,OOO ; now it is evident that the value of the £lOO is far greater to him whose in come it is than the £l,OOO is to the other ; because the £lOO, being scarcely sufficient to provide re spectable necessities for the one family, there is nothing left, every pound scrupulously doing its domestic duty, and therefore extending its ut most value ; while the £l,OOO provides ample means for the other family to live in affluence, with an accumulating balance at the banker's in his favour. The sovereign here is but a unit in the multitude, unimportant in itself, unnoticed by its owner, and therefore very different in comparative value to its brother the pound above, who is an exceedingly important personage in the household of its pos sessor. It is here looked upon as a friend of the family, and when through sheer necessity they are obliged to part, it is' with the utmost regret, although it is to return again in some form of con venience or necessity ; but when it is roughly torn away from the family with unjust bands, to return no more in any form whatever, it is then that the poor man feels its value, and seriously deplores its fate. Considering, then, that the incomes should be rated according to the domestic value of their amounts, I propose to assess incomes of .£lOO an 3 above at a penny in the pound, £2OO and above at twopence in the pound, £3OO and above at three pence in the pound, £4OO and above at fourpence in the pound, and so on increasing a penny per pound upon every additional hundred; thus the tax would be greater as the amount of income in creased its value, and less as the diminished amount decreased its value; by this means the burden would fall according as people were able to bear it, the present unequal pressure would be relieved, people would pay willingly and cheerfully, because justly levied, and (last though not least) the Chancellor would find his exchequer greatly increased. The following table will show the proposed scale, together with the present : Proposed System. Present System. Incomes. Rate. Tax. Rate. 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It is singular thing that neither the present nor Pret:eding Administrations have ever yet been able to conduct the despatch of troops or stores by the overland route with the ordinary regularity which in so simple a matter might most reasonably be looked for. It cannot, at least, be supposed that the detention in Egypt is premeditated. Its irk someness to the men need not be pointed out. Any person who has perforated a sea voyage, however short, will remember his haste to land, and the sense of relief he experienced at finding himself again on terra firma.. Bat I must add that tliose who know the old Berenice,and whoareacor_tainted with the accommodation she can afford, cf:,nfidently predict that the men will not proceed - `;ar on their voyage from Suez before they look bark with regret to their quarters on board the Himalaya, however monotonous and tedious the life they are now lead ing in the harbour of Alexandria may be. With very few exceptions, every party of men that has been sent through Egypt has had to undergo detentions similar to the present one, and an in quiry into the subject would contribute some curious and not uninstructive instances of the fatality of mismanagement, which seems to attend everything connected with our military affairs, whether it be in the most important or in the most trivial matters. The murmurs, verging upon mutiny, which brokeaset among a small detachment of the 92d Highlanders some two years ago, touching the ac commodation supplied for their voyage from Suez, will be present in the memory of many of your readers ; and it will not be matter for surprise if the Artillery by the Himalaya loudly express their dis content when they become personally acquainted with the boat provided for their voyage to China. If, as is indicated by the experience of the past four years, the Egyptian route must henceforward be permanently kept open for the passage of troops, it will be absolutely necessary that a suitable de scription of transport be kept available on the fur ther side of the isthmus, and, what is equally impor tant, that a better system be adopted. Under the present one there is little economy of either time or money, and an emergency may any day arise to cause us bitterly to regret our present short-sighted negligence. The 14th Dragoons, it is said, are shortly eoming through on their way home ; but as far as can be understood from the Aden telegram, they are not on board the Berenice, and the detentiou of the Himalaya will consequently not be at an end even after she has landed her present freight. Said Pasha has returned from his trip to the upper country, and is recruiting himself from his fatigue at his palace on the Mareotis. Possessed as he ie with an intense mania for all things military, the passage of the Armstrong guns, as may be expected, has a rather tantalising effect upon hint, and he is said to express a strong wish to see them; but whe ther it will be possible to gratify his curiosity is un certain. Within the last few months he has had a large number of guns rifled under the superintend ence of Col. Minie, it is said with excellent results. There is not much change in the state of Egyptian financial affairs, but that little, it is gratifying to say, is for the better. The Government bonds con tinue to be regularly met as they fall due, and in some few instances they have lately even been dis counted by the Treasury at the Government rate of interest of 6 per cent per annum. But this, it is true, has been the case only with bonds touching close upon maturity, and further emissions prevent any important reductionin the floating amount. The heaviest sums fall due in the course of the present year, after which it is said the amount of these se- eurities will be gradually reduced to £200,000, which sum, I am informed, the Government has expressed its determination not to exceed. Meanwhile, as an earnest of his good intention, the Viceroy has ini tiated his projected measures of economy by dis banding a portion of his troops. The present rate of discount on bonds having from one to two years to run is from about 14 to 10 per cent. per annum. We are in daily expectation of hearing of the completion of telegraphic communication between Kurrachec and Aden, by the submarine cable now. in process of being submerged. The first message will be one from the Viceroy of India to the Queen. The affairs of the Suez Canal Company continue in the same position. A pretence of continuing the works in the Suez desert is still kept up ; but all that is doing, in as far as regards any real progress, is not of the slightest intrinsic value. A few persons personally interested in the affair still make occa sional desperate efforts to keep the question alive, but the public at large seem gradually to be losing all interest in the matter; and unless the friends of the scheme be more successful in keeping up an agitation of the question in Europe, it seems destined —at least as far as this country is concerned—soon to fall into total oblivion. With an exception in favour of the cotton trade, business at Alexandria is dull in all its principal branches. In the cotton-market an active business is transacted at full rates, stimulated by favourable intelligence from the consuming markets, but more especially by confirmed reports from the growing districts of an unusually short crop. Timely receipts of specie, amounting within the past fortnight to about 1100,000, have produced an easier feeling in the money-market, and exchange on London for this port has advanced to 96 piastres per pound for first-class paper at three months' date. We are st'll without intelligence of the Berenice. P.S. The Viceroy yesterday paid a visit to the Himalaya. The yards were manned for him, and one of the Armstrong guns, set aside for exercising the men during the voyage, was shown to him and worked in his presence. He was, of course, highly delighted, and expressed himself much gratified with his visit. TEE FETE AT THE TIOUSE OF DIOMED The fete at the house of Diomed is the subject of every conversatien, and the dresses and appoint ments in preparation for the occasion the great occupation of the moment. Stncti the invitations ' were first distributed various novel elements have been added to the attractions of the festi val, the most important of which is the new play by Emile Augier, called " Ie Toueur de Flute," which is to be performed in the antique style, by, three actors, upon a platform, raised simply upon tressels, in the banquet-hall, during the repast. The platform is placed upon wheels, and is to be drawn in at a given moment, with the actors in full costume, ready to commence their performance. The prologue is written by Tbeophile Gautier, and was read last night at the literary soiree of one of our celebrities with immense effect. Authors and actors are vying with each other to render this representation one of the memorable events of the season—and so it certainly will be. Of course, being the subject which occupies us all, the chronicle is filled with anecdotes concerning it, and many a joke is afloat respecting the difficulties encountered by Prince Napoleon in the getting up of this very novel affair in such antique fashion. The adventure of the bath, which occupies the centre of the building, or atrium, which, in modern dwellings, is replaced by a court-yard, is delight ing the hearts of all the professional mockers and jeerers who fill the club-rooms to overflowing every afternoon along the Boulevards. One or two speci mens will suffice. It seems that this admirable convenience for bathing is supplied from the Seine, and, by some contrivance, of evidently more recent invention than any which Diomed could have known, can be filled, in the course of a few mo ments, with a current both of hot and cold water. As the bath had not yet been filled the Prince was anxious to behold the effect it would produce with the light of the torches glittering on the water from the windows of the banqueting-hall, and a slave or two, according to ancient custom, swimming and rolling in the bath, while throwing up jets of water to cool the air and make a pleasant music, refreshing to the ear, and suggestive of coolness and solitude, which induce forgetfulness of the heated atmosphere and the odour of the viands. The Prince stood at the window of the hall, ac companied by M. de —, who is pleasantly deno minated "the aide-de-camp of all work," and, the order being given for the filling of the tank, which, when empty, looks like a stone-flagged court—so ingeniously is the whole building contrived—the water gushed at once from all parts, by hundreds of small conductors, and . . . a black and turgid liquid, such as that we read of in the French l papers as filling the Thames at London, and cau sing pestilence and death throughout the city, bubbled and rushed, with a roaring noise, into the . tank, and drew forth from the Prince not the ex arose as to who should sacrifice himself for the satisfaction of the rest of the company. The com petition was not particularly brisk, and all eyes were, of course, turned towards the aide-de-camp of all work, who shivered as he looked at the placid mass of water which'shone now too clearly beneath the hard square of blue let in from the roof. The Prince, as was expected, turned towards him, and asked him, in the most courteous manner, to try the experiment, in which they would all join by turns. There could be no pos sible objection—the water was warm, and could be, in a moment, mounted to any temperature— the pretence of a cold, which most of the other gentlemen had urged, was not admissible in this case—there could, therefore, be no obstacle to the plunge of a few minutes, which was all that was required of the aide-de-camp ; and he retired, with no great alacrity, to reappear in another moment, as was supposed, in the bath below. While they were engaged in the amiable occupa tion of quizzing the absent one, a sudden plunge from the steps of the bath, ingeniously covered over and hidden from sight, announced that the bather had accepted his misfortune, and was about to become visible. But another deception awaited the Prince—a far worse one than the first. Above the shining surface of the water, reflected double skull and shadow, instead of the youthful head of the aide-de-samp, with its ambrosial curls and waxed moustache, appeared the bald and bronzed pate of the old porter, who had been chosen, for his very age and wrinkles, as being more fit to repre sent the ancient domestic who sat in the hall-gate mentioned so often by the Latin poets.. A shout of laughter burst from the bystanders, and another expression of disgust and displeasure, equally strong as the last, rst at the same time, from the Prince's lips. But the story did not end so jocosely this time, for presently a howling cry burst , from the victim, who, for a consideration on the part of the aide-de-camp, had consented to take his place ; and soon he began to plunge, and toss and throw his lean and skinny arms above, as if in the greatest agony, while he leaped and sounded with almost supernatural strength, for such an old man, towards the steps by which he had descended. At first the whole scene pro voked the most uproarious laughter on the part of the lookers-on, but presently it became evident that something serious had occurred, and, by one good natured impetus, they all rushed to the entrance of the stairs, to ascertain what was the matter. The poor old Cerberus was found to be in a state of the greatest pain and terror—one half of his per son parboiled, the other frozen ! Nothing is per fect in this world. By some unaccountable over sight, the engineer_ had made the currents of hot and cold water entirely distinct, so that a certain length of time should have been suffered to elapse before any one had ventured to enter the bath; and ,he first victim had thus been made to serve as warning and example not to be followed by any future imitator. Fortunately, no great harm was done ; and, after a little while, the patient being recovered from his fright, which was much greater than the hurt, the party left the house of Diomed as full of glee as good-natured friends generally are at failure or discomfiture of one of themselves. The Prince has since given up the idea of the disporting slave, and indeed aocs not intend to fill the bath but Misfortune seems to have marked him for his own, for, the day of the rehearsal of the play, ano ther disaster, of far more importance, occurred, which nearly put an end to the performance alto- gether.—Court .Teurnal. THE BENICIA BOY. " Argus," of the Post, says :—The excitement relative to the great international contest in April between the Benicia Boy and Mr. Sayers continues unabated, and the latter is almost as great a hero in the United States as Washington himself. In deed an offer has been made to him for a tour in that country after the trial of strength has come off of so lucrative a character that it is only second to that of Jenny Lind's. Here be is the cynosure of all eyes, and divides with public feeling the great question of the budget. Publicans " bid" for him as Lady Morgan used to do for a "Thaddeus of Warsaw ;" and Mr. Dickens is not more sought after at a literary institution or athenreum than is our champion by the licensed victuallers at both ends of the metropolis. Such ar exhibition of feeling will, no doubt, be looked upon with regret by Mr. Spooner and his followers; but in these invasion panic days (in which I am no believer however) it cannot, with any degree of decency, be discouraged. Heenan's proceedings, on the con trary, have been conducted with greater mystery ; and wisely shunning the temptations of London, he betook himself to the Far West, to prepare for the serious task cut out for him, and in the execution of which I do not for a moment envy him: Not having had the honour of being pre sented to him—for his sejour in the " village was so brief—l can give you no account of him personally ; but my regret on that score is diminished as the narrative of an interview with him, which appears in the Field of yesterday, under the head of an "Evening with Heenan," is written in such an agreeable style, and is so entirely free from slang of any description, I feel cer tain your readers will be obliged by my extracting it. The writer, evidently the author, of these ex cellent articles in the same newspaper, entitled " The Studs of England," and which have created such sensation in all parts of the country, begins as follows :—" My theme is ' Man.' In my late wan derings I have met with a remarkably fine speci men of the genus. He is a stranger among us ' • all England knows that he is here, b u t all England has not seen him. His name has for the last month been in everybody's mouth. The gentlemen of England are, with few exceptions, anxious to see him; the so-called sporting men are raving for a peep at him, and even they who care not to mingle with their fellows in sport or pastime are on the qui vice to ascertain what manner of creature he must be who has crossed three thousand miles of ocean to beard the British champion on his own arena. His name is Heenan, and he comes in shape much bigger than an agate-stone.' He stands six feet and an inch, weighs 13st., and is as finely built a young fellow as e'er sun shone upon. I found him on the Downs of Wiltshire, and am bound to echo the words of Mr. Grantley Berkeley in pronouncing him a magnificent specimen of a man.' Having read of him iu all the morning and several weekly papers, I was prejudiced against him. One word was enough to convince me he was not the ruffian he had been painted. We met at covertside. I guessed who he was, and opened a conversation by advising him to be careful of the highbred bull-do g he was leading by a pocket-handkerchief. The Benicia Boy'—that, gen tle reader, is his Corinthian' title—thanked me with a smile, and said, ' If I do not hold him, I guess the hounds will eat him and the hunters will eat me.' At once, methought, this man is more of a gentleman than a pugilist. I took a liking to him, and did my utmost to get him a view of the fox, for which he was most eager • unfortunately we drew several coverts before finding, which we did after id ' The Boy' had gone home to his early dinner. His dog, he said, should never again accomplaineytehlidmmine his walks when hounds were ea he did not approve of dog-fighting, but he kept this guardian of his home to protect him from the in trusion of inquisitive med dlers. Perceiving that I very nearly knew where to drdaiwd so neatforhi d m, e l y ie , ainna vited me to visit his castle.' I found it to correspond exactly with his descripti on, namely, a fortified farm, within a high wall of flint and clay, like the squares on a chess-board,' No bell was on the gate, nor was it nee df u l to blow a horn as did Jack the Giant Killer to gain admission once upon a time.' My gi an t' s gate was not fastened. I pushed it aside, and en walk ing across what was once a lawn, the house-door was thrown open to me by one of his friends, a well-educated and well-spoken New-Yorker. The party consisted of three, the gentleman aforesaid, the Boy (abJut four feet round the chest !), and his could never tire. I was curi, offensively so ! asked many q answered most courteously. They fou 1., place by accident, and c i cse it for . lonesorre ness. The house itself is worth seeing ; the old porch, with a massive stoneseatoneachside, t 1 e four steps to the keeping-room, and the various descents to its enormous cellars, bespoke it of ancient date, manyonks ofa funnyold. It story within and accustomed to good ch eer . lt was b u il t b e f ore the day of strik es and d ocu m en t s , f or th e wa ll s are of ia a lace peal of m of immense thickness, and have doubtles s l ie ir d of cathedral b e ll s , an d i s su pp o s e d to be c oev a l w ith the sacred e difi ce. Th e archaeo l og i sts h ave f oun d amusement in the neighb o urhood, and many au standsfrom e herring glorious Oldbuck has raised antiquities almost within gun shot of Heenan's isolated home. Coffins and spears t r y a l e e k i a g e ll s i 1 thedairy-far m rieoagrloyloiinsotei.,i o nt h r gi, t ss h .s e wv ta j li :? !k_ l e l . y o o Fromd in o is : i e a: l e t tzshieuodofiialttiheo oilier river, wherefrom the speckled trout were taken to e me t h(ite hillst e h y e e g c c ' it u i \ l e : I fit' reach, 6ic"lilli: deck the tables of the refectory. On either side of stretched meadows, on which many a herd of trine, aye, and perhaps the abbot's mule has grazed. All these the open-hearted fellow seemed fond of dwel ling on ; and he finished his lecture by saying— ' Yours is a fine country; but do you have any fine weather ?' He next initiated me in a few of tie arts and sciences connected with athletic exercise. 'Now,' quoth he, ' you have seen the playground, allow me to show you the school.' Not learned in. pugilistic lore, the sight of his gymnasium wan to me an interesting novelty. A large barn, ' replete with every luxury,' appropriated to the art of self defence—that is the term used by its professors: to soften down the more rough word boxing—was the school to which he endue! ei me. The articles of furniture bore but slight resemblance to anything I had seen at Gillow's or Dowbiggin'e, but they were such as, by being constantly used, would strengthen the frame, expand the lungs, give liberty to the shoulders, develop the muscles—in short, render a man so active and I e Llthy that he could endure excessive exertion without showing fatigue. One bay of the barn was full of agri cultural implements, the other wrs ' The Boy's' play-room on a wet day. There had been weights and pulleys to get him into wind ; ho had no boat to pull to get him into water, although he sat at his work as do the gentlemen who start from Putney ; there he had a swinging sack to practice at, and fancy he was engaging the renowned Tom Sayers ; there he had some very pretty clubs, which he called his dumb-bells, of about the some size as one imagines that of Her cules to have been when he tamed the Nemten lion. ! With these toys he played as would a small boy with a battledore. I yielded to his kind invi tation to handle his playthings, but after a very few circumvolutions my feeble arm ' did not seem to care about it.' I plead non-guiltiness to a know ledge of the ways and means of training a human being; but I should imagine that a few weeks' practice with the sort of tools I have attempted to delineate would give a man such a preparation that ' Observer' would describe him as being ' fit to run for a man's lice.' My afternoon's lounge did not terminate with the lesson on the dumb-bells ; for I was invited to take a second peep at his parlour, and test the quality of his bohea. From my 3 outh up I have loved bohea. A fair white cloth bedecked his m a s s i ve oa k en ta bl e — even t h a t iteni bore no trace of Laing town-made ; and, in the absence of bison, a grass-fed ox supplied a dish palatable to a man with an appetite. The meal was soon discussed, and we had a chat about things over the water, or what he called ' home.' fhis aspirant to fistic honours is no illiterate visitor ; and, if I may be allowed to venture an opinion after seeing his quiet and decent demeanour, I must yield to the notion that if he be not too much of a gentleman for the work he has set himself, he will achieve it. His age is 25; he therefore has a decided advantage in point of youth. He has also length of arm to serve him, and only requires that most necessary ingredient in the manufacture of pugilist—science, to render him a most foluddahle opponent. If he be a better player at hitting-in the-face than the English champion, lie will set a good example to his countrymen by taking back to the great West the champion's belt of old England. That trophy, if carried to America. will truly cause Brother Jonathan to ' blow'—for the benefit of country gentlemen, hundreds of whom will, I know attend the fight, I may as well define the meaning of the word. It is ' boast.' But it. will also tenets Americans that a man may defend himself without pistol-ball or bowie knife—that an affront (I speak of the lower ranks in life) may be resented by chas thing an insolent puppy without taking away his life. It is a rather curious coincidence that, accord ing to present arrangements, the d ty fixed for mak ing the next deposit of stakes is the anniversary of Washingtc.n's birthday. John Ilcenan walks and runs at least 20 miles a day, and his finishing touch up the sides of the downs ought indeed to open his lungs. In the course of conversation the trio told me they constantly changed their trades men, and al-vays saw the servant start off with their purchases before they left the shop. Their reason for this caution is, that they had heard dreadful accounts of the adulteration of food in England, and—l blush to write it—they feared that a trick m;ght be played with the food to pre vent the American winning the belt. I did not ask Heenan to' put his hands up,' for I never was brave in my life. I hope, however, to see him and his rival do so when the eventful day arrives." THE BUDGET. PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES. Mr. Lindsay—On going into committee on Cus toms Acts, to move—That, in the opinion of this house, it is expedient, in s2nctioning the measures requisite for executing the engagements entered into by her Majesty in the treaty with France, that provision be made for abolishing all differential duties on the trade carried on in British or French vessels between the ports of England and France, and their respective colonies and dependencies, and from port to polt within those limits. Mr. Du Cane—On the motion that Mr. Speaker do leave the chair for going into committee on Cus toms Acts, to move, by way of amendment, the fol lowing resolution :—That this house, recognising the necessity of providing for the increased expen diture of the coming financial year, is of opinion that it is not expedient to add to the existing deficiency by diminishing the ordinary re venue, and is not prepared to disappoint the just expectations of the country by reimposing the income-tax at an unnecessarily high rate. Mr. Disraeli—Amendment to question, that Mr. Speaker do leave the chair, to go into committee on Customs Acts ; that this house does not think fit to go into committee on the Customs Acts, with a view to the reduction or repeal of the duties re ferred to in the treaty of commerce between her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, until it shall have considered, and assented to, the engage ments in that treaty. Mr. Bristow—ln committee on Customs Acts— on Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer moving the re peal of the clause in the Act or Parliament which exempts the deed of building societies from stamp duties, to move that the exemption be retained and continued. STRANDING OF THE SCREW STEAM SHIT. The Board of Trade have issued the report of the Swansea magistrates who inquired into the strand ing of the Cossack steamer on Diagram Sands, near Port Talbot, on the night of the 13th of January, and the decision of the department. The Cossack, which was of 1,1 00 tans re g ister, and belon g ed to Hull, sailed from Li ver p ool on the 12th Januar y , vessel at for Cardiff, and t he re p ort, after noticin g the co urse of the ship , the stranding of the 10.34 p.m., the expectation of Captain L ew i s (master) of floating her off, and declining aid of Mr. Talbot (the lord-lieut enant of the of Channel, th e c case, the Re_ coun ty and other parties, thus conclud es :.-.... , 4 viewing therefore a l l the circumstances th e master's ignorance of the Bristol e vident want of knowledge of the set and velocity of the tides, the improper cou rses h e steere d , an d his want of caution in going full speed when doubt ful of his positi on (without coming to any decision on the very moot question as to the propriety or otherwise of his conduct in not accepting the prof fered assist ance ofthe steamer Donna tug), we beg to for your reportlordships'erwas stranded,eonsidera consideration sustained thatth Cossack screw . consequent considerable damage,through the defile - I of the master, Charles Lewis." We are glad •0 perceive that several testimonials spenk highly of Captain Lewis's services as mast,r for more than 20 years. Captain Harris, the nautical assessor, who assisted in the investigation, havinf; expressed his concurrence in the report, the Lards of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade have directed that Captain Lewis's certifiratte be sus pended for three months. DEFALCATIONS OF A RAILWAY OFFI CIAL.—It ramoured that one of the principal officers in a metropolitan railway has absconded with cash to a large amount. His de+leations are believed to exceed many ti) ousini pounds. —Observer.