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THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.- The interest from Lady Day is fixed at five pe r ce n t on Share Subscriptions, and four per cent. on Deposits. Pro- IlPectuses free. CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary. Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C. 14ETROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND GENERAL. LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W. Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowments. Loans on real and personal security. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. TEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN IRELAND AND AMERICA. The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steam-ship rnpany's steam-ship "CITY OF MANCHESTER," 2,109 ns, Captain J. KENNEDY, will sail from BELFAST for W YORK, on WEDNESDAY, 6th April next, calling at RK (Queenstown), which Port she will leave for NEW ORK direct, on FRIDAY, 8!h April. Freight on Fine Goods £3 per ton of 40 cubic feet; Coarse 00 d s ly a az a tent. Money—Cabin l5 Guineas. „ Steerage 6 Guineas. Further sailings will appear in a future advertisement, For further particulars apply in Belfast to John M`Kee, , Victoria-street ; in Queenstown, to C. and W. D. Sey our and Co.; in Liverpool, to William Inman, 62 and 63, :Ives South, 22, Water - street; and in London , to :Ives and Macey, 61, King William-street, London-Bridge, f.C. • I HE NORTHFLEET DOCKS and LONDON QUAYS COM ?ANY, LIMITED. OFFICES-10, CANNON-STEET, LONDON, E.C. CAPITAL £1,500,080, IN 75,000 SHARES OF £2O EACH. ith power to the Directors at any time to increase the pitai to £2,000,000, according to the requirements of the 'lnpauy, by. the issue of 25,000 Shares of £2O each, which will offered in the first instance to the then existing Share 'lders. Deposit £2los. per Share, £1 of which is to be paid on ap cation. DIRECTORS. 'airman—The Right Hon. J. Stuart Wortley, M.P. puty-Chairman—James Nugent Daniell, Esq. (Chairman of the Blackwall, and Tilbury and Southend Railways). James D. Elphinstone, Bart., nr., Portsmouth illiam H. Furlonge, Esq. (Messrs. Magalhaens, Reay, and Co.), 75, Mark-lane, City. 'l'd Alfred Hervey, M.P., 6, St. James's-square. ' trick Douglas Hadow, Esq. (Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company). • r -Admiral Sir George R. Lambert, K.C.8., Norbiton place, Kingston, Surrey. 'hn Dawson Lowden, Esq., Leinster-gardens, Hyde-park eutenant-Colonel Neville, 5, John-street, Berkeley-square. 'bert Pulsford,. Esq , 58, Upper Belgrave-street, Belgrave square.. 'irge Edgar Ranking,*Esq. (Messrs. John Ranking and Co.). 11, St. Helen's-place. ehry Terotstllflt t afri illirlitstithAVAßAPlL Railway Junction, and Deputy-Chairman of the Shrop shire Union Railway and Canal Company). 'antis Wright, Esq., Butterley Iron Works, and Osmaston Manor, Derbyshire. (With power to add to their number). ph Barber, Esq., Brewer's Quay, Lower Thames-street, will join the Board after the formal transfer of his pro perty to the Company. ISULTING ENGINEER—John Hawkshaw, Esq., 33, Great George-street, Westminster. OINEER—Sir Charles Fox, 8, New-street, Spring-gardens. - 'AdvicEus—Messrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhill, and the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury. OL/ClTORS—Messrs. W. Murray, Son, and Hutchins, 11, Birchin-lane. "mug --3lessrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle '.- street. :SECRETARY—JaMeS Le Geyt Daniell, Esq. o')iefet'of 'the NORTHPLEET DOCKS' and .LONDON QUAYS COMPANY (Limited), is to provide•the Port of London with the following, among oilier, important ad vantages: Y DOCKS capable of receiving Ships of the largest mag nitude, which at present cannot be accommodated in any Dock in the Thames. CREASED WET DOCK ACCOMMODATION, the want of which compels steamers and other vessels, especially those of the larger class, to avoid the Port of London. ECT COMMUNICATION WITH EXISTING RAIL WAYS, thereby securing to Merchants and Shippers the direct conveyance of imports and exports to and from any part of Great Britain without the delay and expense of cartage, wharfage, and lighterage in transit. ANS AND ESTIMATES of the whole undertaking have been carefully prepared, and have been investigated by a Committee appointed for that purpose. The Reports of the Engineers show a sum of £2,000,000 will be sufficient to carry out the undertaking in its integrity, leaving an ample margin for the purchase of the properties and the Engineers have named to the Directors eminent Contrac tors, who are willing to take and guarantee the execution of all the works within the estimates. It is intended, however, to construct the works at Northfleet by gradual operations, according to the requirements of Commerce, and it is not expected that more than £1,250,000 will be Called up within the first eighteen months ; no call to ex ceed £2 10s. per share. EDIATE REVENUE.—An unusual feature in this en terprise is that an immediate revenue will accrue to the Company from the business carried on at the Quays and • Warehouses in London, and the operations of the exist ing Dry Dock and Engineering Plant and Machinery at Northfleet, as well as from the sale of chalk and flints, Which will enable the Company, during the construction of the works, to declare a dividend upon the Calls as award up. SPECTP4rE REVENUE.—The important commercial advantages to be derived from the several objects which the undertaking comprehends, and the comparatively small outlay required, lead the Directors to expe profit.ct, under I a. system of low charges, returns ofno ordinary the event of the Directors not deeming it advisable to pro ceed, the deposit will be returned to the Shareholders, less the Preliminary Expenses, which will not under any Circumstances exceed Five Shillings per Share. , 'Alicattons for Shares to be made to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company ; to the Brokers, Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle-street, London ; also to John B. Neilson, Esq., Liverpool ; William Mewburn, Esq., Manchester ; Nathaniel Lee, Esq., Birmingham ; Thomas Parkinson, Esq., and Harry Hughlings, Esq., Halifax "; Messrs. M`Ewan and Auld, ; William Bell, Esq., Edinburgh ; John Dubedat, Glasg ow Esq., Dublin. • from all of whom detailed Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained. ICK CLOTHS, with POLES, PULLEYS, and u LINES complete, both New and Second-hand. Net r, Bunting, Scrims, and Tiffany, for the protection of fruit , s and tender plants, shades for greenhouses, &c. Early 'Nation should be made for Second-hand Rick Cloths.' A. at variety of Tents may be seen erected on the Premises. luantity of Second-hand Marquees and Tents from the kea.—Address, BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke- London-bridge, S.E. Fire Escapes, 255. each, may seen at the West-end Establishment, 32, Charing-cross. Illustrated Catalogue sent free per post. CONOMY.-A TEN GALLON CASK 4 _(equal to Five Dozens) of the finest SOUTH AFRICAN ERRY, for Four Guineas, or 20s. per Dozen ; best PORT, • per Dozen. Cask or Bottles and Case included. Three ens Carriage Free. HENEKEYS', ABBOTT, and Co., Porters, 22 and 23, High Holborn, London, W.C. Esta abed 1831. ENEKEYS' COGNAC, a pure FRENCH BRANDY, Pale or Brown, 20s. per Gallon ; 425. per ten. [ENEKEYS' LONDON BRANDY, Pale or Brown, 14s. Gallon ; 30s. per Dozen. lENEKEYS' LONDON GIN, as from the Still and the Ongest allowed, sweet or dry, 12s. per Gallon ; 265. per ;en: ackages to be returned within Three Months, or charged Der Gallon. Six Gallons, the cask included, and carriage Id. %ountry orders must contain a remittance. HENEKEYS, ABBOTT, AND CO., ty's Inn Distillery, 22 and 23, High Holborn, London, W.O Established 1831. 'IERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED. — Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre red without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. tt, of Bromley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the er, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe e, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time, thout any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, thout pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness t pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo te the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, • lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's lious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green !ekage, with " W. Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," engraved G the Government stamp. rraREY HAIR RESTORED TO ITS NATURAL COLOUR. Neuralgia, Nervous eadache, Rheumatism, and Stiff Joints Cured by F. M. RRING'S PATENT MAGNETIC BRUSHES, 1 0 s. and • Grey Hair and Baldness PREVENTED by F. M. H.'s tent Preventive Brush. Price 4s. and s s. Offices, 32, singhall-street, London, where may be had, gratis, the astrated Pamphlet, "Why Hair becomes Grey, and its edy." Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers of repute. APPETITE AND INDIGESTION IMPROVED. EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE ( 4eATICi imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, ops, and all Roast Meat, Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Cur ti, and Salad, and by its tonic, and invigorating properties ables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. L The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sance is the !gat safeguard to health. ,Nold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch ,,,reet, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester ; also ty !essrs. Barclay and Sons, Wears. Crosse and Blackwell, and %her oilmen and merchan t s, London ; and generally by the I tincipal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To ward against imitations, see that the name's of 'LEA an PERKINS " are upon the label and patent cap of he bottle. HORLEY'S FOOD FOR CATTLE.—Every person having an interest in domestic or farm animals ' t liould obtain a supply of this celebrated and economical ood, which will prove invaluable during the approaching ;rtson. For keeping horses in good condition it Is unequal . Pigs fatten with surprising rapidity upon it , and their 'esli increases in flavour and value. Cowkeepers will find eat advantage in the increased quantity and improved qua l'ty of the milk during its use. All animals are benefited by 1 • pamphlet on this interesting subject, accompanied by PRtimonials from the principal Nobility, Gentry, and Agri lil.turists, forwarded on application. In casks containing:, feeds (measures enclosed), price 505., carriage paid to any Ikailway Station in the 'United Kingdom. Post-office orders Pkvable to Joseph Thorley, 77, Newgate-street, London. F N.B.—The public are cautioned against being imposed upon 'Y worthless imitations IN MEDICAL GALVANISM IN THE TREATMENT OF NERVOUS DEBILITY, ORGANIC WEAKNESS, &c. IJust published, price is., post free, 13 stamps, 'SELF-PRESERVATION A Medical Treatise on NERVOUS DEBILITY and FUNCTIONAL tvEAKNESS, more particularly in reference to the INFIR 41ITIES and DISORDERS of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM; ;racing the Origin of these distressing afflictions to causes ithieb - vitiate the very fountains of Life and prematurely de ktrey the vigour of Manhood. With Practical Observations tu the Cure of these Diseases, and on the extraordinary re storative power of LOCAL GALVANISM in Spermatorrhcea, Impotence, and Sterility, in which cases it is applied without bain or danger, and is frequently successful without the aid of medicine. BY SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Registered Licentiate of the London Society of Apothecaries, Doctor of Medicine of the University of Erlangen, Honorary Member of the London Hospital 3redical Society. &c. An erroneous impression exists that public announcements , 4 5 11 these disorders emanate only from unqualified persons, out as the new Medical Act provides that none but registered pra c titioners shall assume any medical title, those that are egally qualified can readily be distinguished—a point of great huportance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and skill are tqually requisite. • In the new edition of Sell-Preservation,' facts of pare kount utility are brought together—facts appealing to the Arudenee of all who are suffering from affections which in l'olve the enfeeblement and ultimate loss of those powers without which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. In cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits. indiscri lhinate excesses, improper diet, 'hardship, or by iniudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author, in con- Junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery had been pronounced impossible. Published by the Author, price is., or free by post for thir teen stamps, and may be had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater oster-row, London ; Westmacott, chemist, Market-street, Blanchester; J, Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraclough, I 'argate, Sheffield ; Rayner, High-street, Southampton ; W. Lova, Enoch-square, Glasgow ; H. Powell, Westmoreland street, Dublin, or from the Author, who may be consulted gaily, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his Nideme, 37, Bedford-square, London. _: L ". No. 20,834. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 2 vols., Bvo., with Portraits, THE DUKE of BUCKINGHAM'S MEMOIRS of the COURT of GEORGE IV. From Original Family Documents. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Co: burn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY MRS. FOSTER LANGTON. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., V E It Y D A Y. By MRS. FOSTER LANGTON. " A novel which will charm many readers."—Observer. " The production of an accomplished woman."—Advertiser. llurst and Blackett, successors to Henry Colburn. This day is published, in Bvo, price Sixpence, SIR E. BULWER LYTTON'S SPEECH ON THE REFORM BILL, March 22, 1859. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. To be had of all Booksellers. This day is published, No. I. of a New and Revised Edition of PROFESSOR JOHNSTON'S • CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE. Edited by GEORGE HENRY LEWES, Author of "Physiology of Common Life," "Sea-side Studies," dm. To be published in Numbers Monthly, price Sixpence each, forming Two Volumes Crown Octavo, illustrated with nu merous Engravings. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. The proposed Northfleet Docks.—This day, price 6d., " SOMETHING SHORT," in Reply to " CAPEL COURT, ESQ." OR "WET AND DRY DOCKS ;" show ing the advantages which the Northfleet Docks will possess over the Wet and Dry Docks of London. Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. " Rabbits,,l'm told by those who are smart, Are a capital cure for a cold in the heart ! " Now ready, in fcp. Bvo, price is. cloth, THE GOURMET'S GUIDE to RABBIT. COOKING; or, how to Cook a Rabbit in 124 differeni Ways. By AN OLD EPICURE. London : W. Kent and Co. (late D. Bogue), 86, Fleet-street. This day is published, price Sixteen Shillings, _THE SEbORD• SUPPLEMENT TO THE PENNY CYCLOPAiDIA of the Society for the Diffu sion of Useful Knowledge. The First Supplement of the Penny Cyclopedia, in Two Volumes, was published in 1846. The. Second Supplement, now completed in One Volume, follows the same plan as that of the original work, comprising under one alphabetical ar rangement the accumulated infbrmation of the twelve, years which have elapsed since the publication of the First Supple ment. , A limited number only of this volume has been printed and it will not be kept on sale after that number has been disposed of'. London: Knight and Co., 90, Fleet-street. Just published, price 25., by post free, 2s. 4d., ON SPERMATORRHCEA. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Cure o Surge f Strictures of on to the Metropolitan I ra nfirmary for the the Ureth. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. ON SPINAL AND OTHER DEFORMITIES. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS on the CAUSES and TREATMENT of CURVATURES of the SPINE. Third Edition, price 65. Just published, Second Edition, price ls. 6d. CASES and - OBSERVATIONS illustrative of the beneficial results which may be obtained by close attention and per severance in some of the most unpromising instances of Spinal Deformity, with numerous Engravings. By SAMUEL HARE, KR.C.S., "We unhesitatingly commend this work as a truthful and trustworthy statement of the power of scientific surgery and medicine over some of the most grievous hindrances to human activity and industry."—Medical Gazette. " The Author has had much success in his plan of treat ment, and we are of opinion that the principles on which he acts, in the treatment of these affections, are correct." — Lancet. "Mr. Hare may take credit to himself ftr having effected much good in the treatment of the cases described."—British Medical Journal. _ _ _ _ "Mr. Hare is, we think, a sound and successful practi• loner."—Medical Circular. London : John Churchill ; and may be had of all booksellers, THE VICTORIA CROSS.—Early in April the FIRST SERIES OF HISTORICAL PICTURES, illustrative of this distinguished Order, will be on Exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, ONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT. . CIRCUS. OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND-STREET. This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the public, for the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. The Photographic Establishment, Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their several departments. ADMISSION FREE. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn, formerly Casino de Venice.—This establish ment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the per fection of its management, is OPEN every EVENING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly varied selection of the most approved classical and modern music. Doors open at half-past 8 ; overture at 9 ; closing at :12 punctually. Admission ls. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Flail. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, 11 Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. Manager, R. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, is. to Promenade. N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. A LHAMBRA PALACE-A BULL FIGHT.- A SPANISH BULL FIGHT. This gorgeous pageant, so long in preparation by Messrs. HOWES and MSHING, will - be produced on MONDAY, March 28th, and continue during the WEEK, and ending their SEASON in LONDON. The Californian performers having acted as principals in a Bull-fight in America for up wards of 100 nights, will undertake the same exploits in Lon don. Not the slightest danger or annoyance need be appre hended by the audience, as the same admirable order and caution will be preserved by the proprietors, which has dis tinguished all their undertakings, and made their establish ment so popular id England. The regular Equestrian per formances, the same as last week, will be produced in addition to the Bull-fight, which takes place Morning and Evening. Two Performances Daily at two and quarter before:Eight p.m. Pit, is. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private Boxes, .£2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH, USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY, AND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED. WHEN YOU ASK FOR GLENFIELD P ATENT STARCH, SEE THAT YOU GET IT, As inferior kinds are often substituted. Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c. WOTHERSPOON & CO., GLASGOW AND LONDON. SELF-CURE-AMERICAN TREATMENT. TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED. -a- CHARLES WATSON, F.R.A.S., Member of the Re formed Medical College, U.S. ; the Society of Medicine, Rouen ; the National Academy of Sciences, Paris ; also Fel low and Honorary Vice-President of the Imperial African Institute of France, 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, Lon don, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." •' Those about entering the Marriage State should peruse Dr. Watson's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on health and disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound medical philosopher."—Critic. " The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private cure."—University Magazine " The ' NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates the absurdity of the English mode of treating such com plaints, will prove a blessing to the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means pre sented."—Evening Sun. For Qualification, vide " Diplomas," and the " London Medical Directory." THE GREATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERY OF THE AGE. A NEW, MILD, AND REA MOST SCCESSFUL MODE OF TTMENT. The Proprietors of PERRY'S justly celebrated Patent Me dicines have confided their Prescriptions to a Physician of the Royal University of Erlangen, and Member of the Royal Col lege of Surgeons of England (who is registered under the New Medical Act) and attends daily at No. 19 Berners-street, Oxford•street, between the hours of 11 and 2, and from 5 till 8 (Sundays excepted) to advise Patients on their Diseases and Treatment, and thus add to the speedy certainty of Cure. PERRY'S PATENT CONCENTRATED ESSENCE OF COPAIBA and CUBEB SACCHARATED GLOBULES, a Preparation of the essence of the Balsam of Copaiba and Cubebs, perfectly tasteless, retaining its curative powers. In all cases of Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Stricture, &0., a single trial will prove the efficacy of this invaluable remedy ; as it at once acts upon the Urino-Genital organs, restoring them to their healthy state. Price lls. per box (or free by post for 135.) sent direct from No. 19, Berners-st., Oxford-st., London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM, a remedy for Spermatorrhcea, is employed in both sexes to renovate the powers of life, when exhausted, reinvigorates the frame in all cases of sexual debility, and to those persons who are prevented enterinc , the married state it is invaluable. P rice lls. per bottle, or four quantities in one for 335., which saves lls.; or in L 5 cases. The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE ESSENCE, for ayphillis in all its stages, and is recommended for secondary sYmptoms, blotches on the head and face, enlargement of the throat, tonsils. and uvula; its beneficial influence on the system is undeniable. Price 11s. and 335. per bottle, also a saving of lls. -- --- HEALTH DEPENDS UPON PURE BLOOD. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS a cure for all diseases of the skin, such as scurvy , scrofula , ulcers , b oils, blotches and pimpl es on the face and body. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Ils. per box. To be had direct from No. 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, upon receipt of Post-Office Order, made payable to R. and L. PERRY and Co. ON DISQUALIFICATIONS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 1 00 Ana tomical Engravings on Steel,just published, free by post, Is. THE SILENT FRIEND; a Medical Work, on indulgence, and the injurious consequences from the use of Mercury: with observations on the obligations of marriage, and direc tions for obviating certain disqualifications ; and containing a valuable prescription of a Lotion to prtvent Infection. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., also sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick lane, Paternoster-row; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street, London 20 of whom declared. Mr. F. Higgins's Tiara, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Cresswell) 1 Mr. Barnard's Accurate, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Fordham) 2 Mr. Alexander's King-at-Arms, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b.. (Ducker) The following also ran :—Theodora, Blackthorn, Hes perithusa, Ancient Briton, Beatrice, Polly Johnson, Maid of Kent, Grand Duchess, Pandora, Gin, Sir Hercules, Actaeon, Marsellaise, Zitella, Schism, Artist, Bellona, Aneurin, Layton, Precious Stone, Commodore, Palm Leaf, Romsey, The Dane, Gallus, Tight Fit, Paul Jones, New stead, Vigo, Cripplegate, and Supple Jack. Betting-7 to 1 agst ActEeon, 9to 1 agst Tiara, 10 to 1 agst Bellona, 12 to 1 agst Blackthorn, 100 to 8 agst Zitella, 100 to 8 agst King-at-Arms, 15 to 1 agst Ancient Briton, 100 to 6 agst Gallus, 20 to 1 each agst Accurate, New stead, and Supple Jack, 25 to 1 each agst Precious Stone, Palm Leaf,. The Dane, and Tight Fit. The race admits of little description. Tiara got off in front, held the lead to the end, and won by three lengths. All except the first two were pulled up on reaching the stand, and King-at- Arms was third, half a length from the second on suffer ance only. Behind him were Vigo and Tight Fit close together ; Blackthorn, Precious Stone, and Aneurin were next. Althorp Park Stakes of 10 sous each, with 50 added, for two-yr-olds. Winners 51b extra. About half a mile. Sir J. Hawley's Madame Eglantine, Bst 31b .... (Walls) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Rattlebone, Bst 121 b .. (Withington) 2 Capt. Christie's Cheescake, Bst 81b (Fordham) 3 The following also ran :—Sherborne, The Gentle, Earl of Essex, Lupellus, Termagant colt, Lady Grosvenor, lanthe filly, Agra, Precise, Queen of the May, As You Like It filly, Fenella, and Seclusion. Betting-4 to 1 each agst Lupellus and Gentle, 6to 1 agst Madame Eglantine, 7 to 1 agst Earl of Essex, 8 to 1 agst Precise, 10,to 1 agst Cheesecake, 100 to 8 agst Queen of the May. The Gentle made play for the first 100 yards, when Madame Eglantine took the lead, held it to the end, and won easily by four lengths ; a neck between the second and third ; Lupellus was fourth, Precise fifth, Seclusion sixth, Termagant colt and The Gentle next. The last three were Sherborne, lanthe filly, and Earl of Essex. St. Liz Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added. Winners extra. One mile and a quarter. Mr. J. Barnard's Pan, 3 yrs, sst 81b (Reeves 1 Sir W. Booth's Artless, 3 yrs, s st 61 b (Madden 2 Mr. Harrison's Spiteful Dick, 6 yrs, 7 st 91 b.. (J. Mann 3 Mr. Greville's Cock-a-hoop, 3 yrs, 6st 31b.... (J. Daley) 4 The following also ran :—Fadladeen, Clydesdale, Finden, Madame Ristori, Bellona, and Broadbrim. Betting-7 to 4 agst Broadbrim, sto 2 agst Pan, Bto 1 agst Bellona. Won by a length and a half; three lengths between the second and third ; bad fourth. Racing Stakes, of 20 sovs each, h ft, with 50 added. Allow ances and penalties. One mile. 5 subs. Mr. T. Parr's Gaspard, 3 yrs, Bst IMb.. .. (Fordham) w. o. Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, h ft, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. Certain allowances. Althorp Park Stakes Course. 10 subs. Mr. J. Merry's Thornmanby, Bst 71b (Plumb) 1 Lord Palmerston's Mainstone, Bst 41b (A. Day) 2 Lord Stamford's c by Touchstone—Triangle, Bst 71b (Bartholomew)(artholomew) 0 Betting—Even on Thornmanby, 5 to 4 agst Mainstone. Triangle colt made play until near the distance, when the other two joined him. The three ran together for about fifty yards, when Triangle colt bolted, charged the ropes, smashed a post, fell, and unseated Bartholomew, who for tunately escaped without injury. After this accident Thornmanby and Mainstone came on locked together, Thornmanby getting a little the best of it within the last few strides, and winning a fine race in by a head. The loose Triangle colt ran outside the course to the top turn, where he was caught, and found to be very lame. 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I ttf:' ~') ~ 411 P \'t. z. 4 .- nr. -2. ~.e. ut ,4 • —,-....... ~.. . t __--- agent, screw steam troop; p, Commaier M'Don'ald, will proceed to-dayfrom Portsmouth for Jersey, where she will embark the depot of her Majesty's 77th Foot for conveyance to Cowes, lab of Wight. The Mersey, 40, screw steam-frigate, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., being fitted at Portsmouth, it is expected will shortly make a further trial of her powers under steam, with a coarser pitch of her screw, and also with less boiler power, &c. The Sutlej, 50, sailing frigate in No. 9 dock, pre paring to be converted to a screw steam frigate, will be cut in two and lengthened 46 feet 6 inches amidships, 13 feet 9 inches forward, and 13 feet 4 inches aft. This will give her,.when finished, a length of nearly 260 feet. The Pioneer, screw steam despatch vessel, in th e ship baSin at ortsmouth, has a munber of the crew of her Majesty's ship Hannibal engaged on board of her, bending her chain cables, &c., after which she will be placed at moorings up the harbour in the steam reserve. The weather having been a little more moderate the past week, the three salvage cutters employed on the wreck of the Czar steamer, at the Lizard, have further succeeded in recovering about 100 pines of machinery, a quantity of new copper sheathing, and portions of the vessel, which have been delivered into the charge of the agents to Lloyd's, at Falmouth; they have also saved a quan tity of heavy shot, shell, percussion caps, and other ordnance stores which have been placed in custody of the barrackmaster at Pendennis as. belonging to the Government. The sailing transport Cicerone, having embarked . 19 heavy siege guns-from Woolwich Arsenal for Gibraltar, was yeSterday towed up to the Lond on Docks to complete her cargo, consisting of machinery and merchandise for Odessa. The sailing transport Arab, yesterdaycommenced shipping guns, carriages,. platforms, and shot from Woolwich Arsenal for Corfu. PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. copyholds and- leaseholds within borough—item, all the objections thereto. They have to find out and claim for all copyholds, leaseholds, and estates for life below £lO and dovin to £5. They have to carve out holdingS between £5O and £lO in coun ties, and lands without houses in boroughs, besides keeping alivc claims to be rated, and payment of rates for all these. They have to make out claims every year for lodgers or boarders paying £2O a year. They have to hunt up and dig out all annui tants of the public funds, East India Company, or Bank Stock of £lO, and to see that the overseers make annual inquiries ; also all Government pen sioners of £2O a year, and all depositors of £6O in savings banks. They have to discover graduates of the universities, established clergymen, Dissent ing mi n i s t ers , b arr i s t ers , attorneys, doctors and certificated schoolmasters, and make claims for each of these, taking care that such claims are precise in all the particulars required by the act. They are to watch all omissions from the overseers' lists, and make claims to restore the omitted. They are to see that the overseers make the proper yearly in quiries at the Government and Bank offices in reference to the continued property of fundholders, annuitants, and pensioners. And, after all, they are to have a register crammed with impurities, fictions, and errors. THE ARMY. On the occasion of the Duke of Cambridge re viewing the troops at Chatham Garrison on Tues day, his Royal' Highness paid a vist to St. Mary's Casemate Barracks, which are occupied almost exclusively by the wounded and disabled troops sent home from India and the other foreign stations, for the purpose of inspecting that establishment, and witnessing the improvements which have recently been there made. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Icarus, steamed down the river from Woolwich, on Tuesday, on trial of her engines of 150-horse power, newly fitted. The Icarus returned to Woolwich yesterday morning, the result of the trial havin been satiSfact,eu. A'fitiiitier of lads - rom e Marine - Soctetyli 44 4elrt . " 4l ` ,7--- training ship Venus have been entered on the books of the Fisgard, flagship, far ten years' con tinuous and general service in the Royal Navy, after attaining the age of 18 years. In consequence of the number of vessels now fitting out, a con siderable demand exists for able seamen, petty officers, and engineers. The new slip, constructed of corrugated iron, at the east end of Woolwich Dockyard, is now being prepared for laying down the screw steam vessel Bristol, and the shipwrights and sawyers have prepared the timbers for laying down the Wol verine; a vessel of the same class as the Galatea, which is now completed to her:upper decks, and will shortly be launched. 'APEB I,e ta 4.'/"" 61, A 2 t , S THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1859. rrIlE LONDON.—The attention of Clergymen, -I- Officers, and Professional Gentlemen, is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spa cious Saloons, which fulfil all the requirements of a West end club of the most aristocratic and exclusive character. F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street. THE LONDON.—S AWYE R' S famous LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two fish, two entrees, joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a fixed charge of 28. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two till Eight in the spacious Saloon. In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the j oint, with vegetables, cheese, and salad, ls. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en trées, &c., a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock. Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and Smoking Saloon. An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four till Nine. F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street. THE PATRICIAN. This Establishment is now Open for the PATRICIAN DINNER, at 2s. 6d., consisting of Soups, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Pastry, &c. In the Private Apartments, at ss. Dinner from Joint, ls. ; Ditto with Soup, Fish, or Pastry, ls. 6d. In the Refresh ment DepFtment, ground floor, Soups, Entrées, Cutlets, Coffee, &c., a la carte. Orders, addressed S. Holmes and Co., THE PATRICIAN, New Coventry-street, will have the best attention. OLNOPOLION TAVERN AND HOTEL FOR GENTLEMEN, Nes. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn. The Best Served Dinner in London for is. 6d. A Succession of Joints, &c., from One till Seven o'Clock. Henekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s Wines and Spirits. Private and Smoking Rooms. EVANS'S MAGNIFICENT MUSIC and SUPPER ROOMS, COVENT-GARDEN.—Gentlemen visiting London will find their evening enjoyment largely provided for at the above establishment. THIRTY VOCALISTS. Short and interesting interludes between the musical portion of the entertainment, embracing an amount of singular ability never before presented to the public. The performan.smAonsiderably increased. Books of Words, &c. Admission, Sixpence, commencing at Eight o'clock pre cisely. Suppers after the theatres for gentlemen. The DRAMATIC GALLERY, now the finest in the world, alone worth a visit. One hundred and sixty portraits, the greater number first class in art, and original paintings. MR. MECHI respectfully informs his Customers and the Pubic that he has this day admitted as his Partner, Mr. CHARLES BAZIN, who, having served him with talent, zeal, and integrity for twenty-one years, has honourably merited that reward. The firm will in future be "MECHI and BAZIN," 4, Leadenhall-street ; 112, Regent-street, and Crystal Palace, Sydenham. c , 31st March, 1859. "TART'S PATENT •ECONOMISING GAS BURNERS. —" 44, Gloucester-square, Hyde-park, January 21st, 1859.--,".Major-General bas had Mr. Hart's Patent Gas Burners fitted in his house for some weeks past; and has great pleasure in testifying to their efficiency. As far as Major-General Moncrieff can judge, they fully come up to the description given of them by the Patentee, and are very much superior to any burner Major-General Moncrieff has yet seen tried.—To Mr. Herbert William Hart." EPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London.—This excellent preparation, originally pro duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having• been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London. HOUSE FURNISHING.—DRUCE and CO.'S SHOW ROOMS and GALLERIES are the largest in London. The varied stock to select from is immense ; the prices are marked in plain figures, and a warranty is given. Purchasers, before deciding, should visit this establishment, and effect a saving of one-third on the best description of Cabinet and Upholstery Goods. N.B.—Unequalled Dining room Chairs, 19s. each ; Iron Bedsteads, 85.16 d. each ; Car pets, is per yard under the usual charge. 500 Easy Chairs and Settees, also 100 Wardrobes to select from. Luxuriant Down Quilts, from ss. 6d. each.-68, 69, and 58, Baker-street. Illustrated Books post-free. NEW WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. There are few public works—excepting the im• moveable clock of the new Houses of Parliament.-- with shields ot the arms of Westminster. The whole design of these details is bold in the extreme, yet withal so easy and graceful as to be in perfect keeping with the fine line and curve of the bridge itself. In the course of another month or so our readers will be enabled to judge for themselves of- the effect of some of these arches in position. One feature in connexion with the new bridge is its lightness as compared with other bridges. When completed the pressure upon each pile will not be more than 15 tons, while at London bridge the pressur.) is equal to 80 tons. On each foot of ground the pressure of the new struc ture will be two tons, in the case of London. bridge the pressure is 51 tons. The present West minster-bridge bears upon the ground with a pressure of six tens per foot, or three times that 9f the new one. The materials of which the new bridge will be constructed are 45,700 cubic feet of timber used in the tearing piles, 1,600 tons of cast iron, and 70 tons of wrought iron employed in the foundation of the bridge. In the superstructure there will be 2,600 tons of cast iron and 1,500 tons of wrought iron. The piers and abutments of the bridge swallow up 165,000 cubic feet of granite and other stone, in addition to 21,000 cubic yards of brick work in Portland cement, and 30,000 yards of con crete also in Portland cement. , THE QUAVERS, AND CROTCRETS OF REFORM. We do not believe:that the most rampant stick lers for strictly representative Government value it merely as an end. They regard it simply as the best.nieans yet devisedlor the security of liberty - , good laws; and equal_ „ riolits. • The -frailties of human nacre - icequifeTThar vices should be balanced against each other. A general average of diver sities in error and in wickedness neutralises their evils in the conflict of their collision; and an exten sion of the suffrage, by making us all rulers of each other, enforces upon each of us mutual respect for our interests, our privileges, and our freedom. Could mankind be certain that the wisest, most intelligent, most virtuous, and beneficent man in the world would always be king, they are few republicans even who would not hail.= absolute inone*hy. The franchise is not an abstract right, but a very incumbent social duty. It is not a personal privilege, to be bought and sold, but a deeply responsible obligation, to be discharged for -tile good of. the country, , the hap piness of its subjects. We might as well talk of our right to be honest, truthful, reverential to our parents, or pious to our God, as to be a voter. Good government is the only legitimate purpose of the electoral function ' • to that end, at least, all rights, privileges, and " inalienable birth-titles" are subsidiary, and to be postponed. It is not enough that any citizen can qualify a natural right to a vote. Unless that right can be exercised compatibly with a pure and uncorrupt system of representation, it is his duty to forego his individual privilege for the advantage of the more perfect practical opera tion of the general system. Many of the fancy fran chises of this and former bills have a very tempting, reasonable, equitable air about them. But if to give effect to them would throw the 'whole me chanism of representation into impurity and con fusion, the individual right must yield to the public interest. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NORTHAMPTON AND PYTCHLEY HUNT RACES.--WEDNESDAY. Handicap Plate of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. The winner to be sold for £4O, &c. Winners extra. Spencer Plate Course. Mr. T. Cliff's Joan of Arc, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (Pritchard) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Childrey, 4 yrs , Bst 71b Mr. Fuller's Kate, 3 yrs, 7st 2113 (Wiltshire) 3 Hassock, Yarra Yarra, and Genua also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst Hassock, 4to 1 agst Joan of Arc, sto 1 agst any other (offered). Won by two lengths; bad third. The winner was sold to Count Lehndorff for 70 guineas. Earl Spencer's Plate of 100 soya, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, and 5 only if declared, &c. Winners extra. New Spencer Plate Course. 58 subs, 12 subs. Mr. T. Stevens' Yellow Rose, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Pritchard: Mr. Thompson's Broadlands, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ..(Aldcreft; Mr. Mellish's Minster, 3 yrs, Est 91b Mr. J. Osborne's Vivace, 3 yrs, Est 91b Betting-7 to 4on Yellow Rose. Minster led and held a long lead to the straight, where the lot closed up, and just below the distance Yellow Rose and Broadlands came on together, the mare winning by a length; bad third. Delapre Handicap of 5 sous each, with 30 added. The winner to be sold for £lOO. Winners extra. Althorp Park Stakes Course. 12 subs. Mr. Gulliver's Macbeth, 2 yrs, sst 101 b (Grimshaw) 1 Lord W. Po w l e tt' s D e l us i on, 5 pa, B s t 71b.. (S. Rogers) 2 Mr. Barnard's Homer, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Swift) 3 Lord Clifden's Dejanira, 4 yrs, Bst (T. Fordham) 4 Betting—Even agst Delusion, 6 to 4 agst Macbeth. Won by a length ; bad third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Bevis 26 to 1 agst Rara Avis 25 to 1 agst Herne 40 to 1 agst Wilton 60 to 1 agst Lifeboat DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Gamester 40 to 1 agst Schuloff 50 to 1 agst Newcastle. The meeting opened amidst the most propitious weather, and closed in a snowstorm. The course was in conse quence slippery and holding. Still a more successful meeting was never held at Northampton, and " Marshall and Son" carried out their arrangements in a straightfor ward business-like manner, which was generally appre -dated. whose non-progress excites more wide-spread inte rest than those in connection with the new bridge at Westminster. It may be that the public, looking' to the condition of the ruin over which the traffic is still continued, are keenly alive to the truth of the adage that delays are dangerous ; but whether arising from this or other causes, the anxiety to see the new structure complete and opened is undoubted and increasing day by day. Never was a new bridge more wanted than at Westminster,' and never has such a long succession of unfortunate and almost unavoidable delays occurred to mar its progress. According to the least sanguine of cal culations the western half of the bridge, should have been opened for traffic last January, yet April be holds the ironwork of the new arches still unfixed. Great part of this long delay, however, arose out of the first contract with Mr. Mare, to which - we need not further allude save to add that in this respect the loss of time was totally unavoidable. The delay which has since then taken place may be in part assigned to the dilatoriness of the late Board of Works and the mal-arrangement of the contracts into which they entered for the supply of materials, espe cially with regard to the ironwork. In no one case is the delay attributable to the eminent engineer intrusted with the construction of the bridge—Mr. Page, whose work has always been completed months before the contractors were prepajred-to fulfil theirs. Though to unprofessional eyes but little has been done since the commencementbf last win ter, yet a brief survey of the works slictsys that not only has everything been placed in readiness for axing the iron -arches, but that a greitt portion of the piers for the eastern half of the bridge, which were not to be begun till the old structure was re moved, are not only considerably advanced but in some cases entirely completed. This progress, though making little very visible alteration in the works just now, will save a large amount of time and money when the old bridge comes to be pulled down and the eastern half erected in its stead. As possibly some of our readers may not recollect the plan on which the bridge is being constructed, and it may sound curious to hear that half of the bridge is to be built at o nce a n d th e r est hereaft er , we will as briefly as possible explain the plan which is in tended to be pursued. The new bridge, then, will be more than double the width of the present mass 'of stone Whieh now obstructs the traffic whether by land or water, and almost the whole of this additional width is gained on the western side, next the Houses of Parliament. As it was impera tively necessary that the traffic should not be stopped while the works were in progress, and the expense of a temporary wooden bridge was equally out of the question, Mr. Page proposed to build the western half first, open it for traffic, take down the old bridge, and build the eastern side in place of it. This plan, as the quickest and most economical, was adopted, and all the piers and abutments for the -western side are now, and have been for some time past, complete and ready for the ironwork. Some unexplained cause of delay, however, has arisen in connection with the delivery of the wrought and cast iron arches, which as yet has prevented their being fixed. Mr. Page has taken advantage of this interval of time to push forward the piers for the eastern side, where the openings in the arches of the old bridge permitted. Some of them are perfectly finished, and ready for the bed plates of the iron arches, while others are so far advanced that a few weeks more will see them entirely completed. The researches of some of the divers, while fastening the wrought iron tie rods of these piers, show that the new struc ture has not been commenced a moment too soon. Two or three of the piers of the old bridge have their caissons so completely worn away by the scour of the tide that the divers can enter the caverns which are worn underneath them to a depth of three or four feet. The marvel is how the old bridge could ever sustain such an advanced stage of decay, espe cially when we remember the very disadvantageous circumstances under which it was built. Yet in the repair of this miserable obstacle nearly £300,000 sterling has literally been flung into the Thames. All the doubtful arches have now been most care fully stayed with timber, and the additional sup port given to the foudations by the presence of the new piers prevents any chalice of further subsidence. The greater part of the iron arches for the western side have been erected and carefully fitted together at Messrs. Cochrane's works, near Battersea. From these the symmetry and noble proportions of the new bridge can be seen at a glance, though of course not as they will appear when spanning the river, and with massive granite columns as but tresses between. The spring of these new arches will commence at two feet above highwater mark. Owing to the peculiarly graceful and almost ellip tical curve of the arches, and consequently their very thin crowns, it has been necessary to provide for the security and stiffness of the structure in such a manner as would avoid the use of cast iron in the central parts of the arches where the traffic subjects them to constant vibration and frequent percussion from moving loads. The arches have, therefore, been designed with crowns or central ribs of wrought iron boiler plate, of immense strength and stiffness, whether regarded as ribs or girders. These central ribs vary in span with that of the arch. In the centre they are 52 feet long by 28 inches deep. At either end in the three arches they are only 42 feet long by 22 inches deep. Each of these spans is of rolled iron 14 inch thick, and all are considerably stronger than is re quisite to meet any weight which the ordinary run of London traffic can ever throw upon them. The full load strain of the arches is at the rate of three tons the square inch, but all the wrought iron por tions of the crown are tested with a compressive and percussive strain of more than 12 tons to the square inch, or nearly 2,000 tons to the square foot. Each wrought iron girder is calculated to sup port 100 tons, and as there are 15 in each the strength of the whole mass is made equal to about 30 times the amount of strain which the ordinary run of metropolitan traffic can ever put upon it. Expansion between the joinings of the arches is provided for by pads of vulcanised India-rubber placed between. A change in the temperature of 50 degrees would increase the length of the centre arch half an inch, an amount of expansion which, unless provided against, would be quite sufficient to unsettle the strongest bridge in the world. The span between the crown of each and the roadway will not exceed a foot. Already the removal of the iron arches from Battersea to Westminster has commenced, and their erection will be pro ceeded with without loss of time. From their having been carefully fitted in all parts previously, the work of bolting them together will occupy but a small portion of time, so that by October next the west side will be ready for public traffic. The roadway, as in the case of new Chelsea-bridge, will be formed of " buckle" plates of wrought iron, over which, in lieu of wood, the usual granite paving will be laid. One of the most striking advantages which the new bridge will afford over its ruinous predecessor will be found in its width, and therefore ample accommodation for the most extensive carriage or passenger traffic. As we have said, the extreme width will be nearly double the width of the present structure—viz., 85 feet. The entire width of London-bridge is 54 feet ; Blackfriars, 42; Waterloo, 43; and Vauxhall, 36. Southwark is very nearly the same as Waterloo. The increased space afforded by the new struc ture will be divided into two footways, each 15 feet wide (more than double the width of the foot paths at London-bridge), and two carriage-ways, each 26 feet wide. The carriage-ways will be divided by a centre kerb, separating the going and coming traffic, and each will have a distinct granite tramway of seven feet for the very heavy traffic, as on London-bridge. Some of the granite abutments, from behind which the iron arches will spring, have already been erected in order to judge of their effect in the works on the Surrey side of the river. It is difficult to imagine anything more simple and striking in their noble proportions than these columns. The cornices and mouldings are just suffi cient to give effect to the whole mass, for less orna mentation would have given them a cold aspect,, while more florid work would certainly have detracted from their massive simplicity. The granite blocks which compose these abutments are all from the well-known Cheesewring Quarries in Cornwall, and are among the largest and finest blocks which have ever been turned out even from those works. Many of them are 14 feet high and 8 feet thick, and before being partly hollowed from behind in order to lessen the diffi culties of transit weighed upwards of 30 tons. The neatness and finish with which these ponderous masses have been fitted together in the abutments more resembles cabinet work than the masonry for one of the strongest bridges across the Thames. Portions of the outer ornamental arches of the bridge, with a fac simile of the parapet, have also been erected on the Surrey side. From these parts also the visitor is enabled to appreciate to a certain extent the effect which will be produced by the who e. The spandrils of the arches are filled with ligh Gothic tracery; the open work being charged Why is it that we demand Parliamentary Re form P Is it because we have any abstract objection either to the nature of the suffrage, or even the distribution of the representation? Is it not rather because the details by which it is worked have failed their of legitimate object—do not pro tect the voter from bribery, treating, intimidation, undue influence ; the candidate from illegitimate expense ; the borough or the county from the pre ponderating power of one or two men, where the theory of the Constitution delegated the choice to a number, on terms of perfect equality ; because qua lified persons are left out, and unqualified persons are let in ; because the dead and absent are perso nated without check, and the intention and purpose of the Reform Act have been completely frustrated by abuses in its practical application ? The very essence of a Reform Bill lurks in its de tails. Even the existing act is far too complex ; and in its complexity lies most of its defects. The political rights of the citizen ought to be so plain and simple that he who runs may read. If they are to be conferred upon the poor, they should be so expressed that he shall have no difficulty in understanding them, so clear that nobody should be able to pervert them. There are 470 distinct genera of qualifications for the county, and not a few involved particulars even in regard to those of the boroughs. Registrations, elections, are a war of lawyers, registration secretaries, elec tioneering agents, the pettifogging of election peti• tioners. The Gulliver of the Constitution awakes to find himself tied to the earth by the infinite packthreads of statutory forms, and to be driven to the conclusion that the rights to be attained are not worth the trouble of the exertion of coming at them. First, claims to be rated, then to be registered, then attendance at the Registration Court; objec tions, perhaps, on some technical point, when the voter is confronted by an opponent; the danger of costs, the contingency of some technical omission by the overseers, even typographical errors by the printer, and then at last a long journey, and lost time, to the poll, with, perhaps, some dodge of a dexterous electioneerer there. These are only a few of the many irksome technicalities with which the stupidity of our Constitution coblers has encom passed and perplexed the electoral function. On the other side there is the whole strategy of objections, surrounded with traps and pitfalls, the records of which fill many volumes of the Common Pleas Re ports already ; there is personation, bribery, treat ing, intimidation ; there are the endless shapes assumed by pettifoggers in election petitions, who have managed, by the help of the thick stupidity of committees of the House of Commons, to convert the representation of the people into a mere case ut nisi prius, and to obscure the broad and open day of the Constitution by the pale twilight and disas trous eclipse of attorneys' brief-bags, and the cauli flower wigs of Parliamentary lawyers. We have said' that the diligence of registration agents have hunted up no fewer than 470 different forms of county qualification. Nobody but a lawyer can understand them, nobody bat a conveyancer can adjudicate upon them, while lawyers are sedulously excluded from the Registration Courts. By the vigilant activity of astute attorney ship the register for any given county may at any time be certainly doubled. The owners of many thousand qualifications are at this mo ment totally unaware that they confer a vote. A whole great class of county qualifications within borough, were casually excavated by a sharp prac titioner in the shape of copyholds and leaseholds, each of which was too small to confer a borough vote, but all were, when put together, competent to enfranchise for the county. The suffrages of county voters are made a matter of skill in conveyancing —the helpless public being delivered over, bound hand and foot, to the tender mercies of special pleaders, and equity draughtsmen. These are only a few of the utterly intolerable nuisances engrafted on our representative system by the existing Re form Act, and the folly of election committees, of which Lord John Russell is so enamoured, because Liskeard was once represented by Charles Buller, and a 40s. freeholder told him that he drew his title by regular descent from the reign of William the Conqueror ; albeit 40s. worth of land at that era would represent about £2,000 or £3,000 a-year now. One would have supposed that the very first work of any Reformer of the Act of 1832 would have been to simplify the franchise—to make it in telligible —easy of attainment by the unlearned to be admitted for the first time within the pale of the Constitution—disembarrassed from the forms and technicalities which perplex the existing economy of registration. It might especially have been an ticipated that the urgent recommendation of the special committee which sat upon the subject, to appoint a paid registrar in every county and borough, to construct, perfect, and daily keep up a register of the qualified, and to discover and put in the way of registration all qualified persons, would at once meet with the attention of the framers of a new Reform Act. It is notorious that few unprofessional, indeed not many professional, persons can even fill up the blanks of a county claim in a way to escape objection before the revising barrister. What does the new bill do for these and the many defects of the existing act ? Why continue them all, and add many more. Indeed, we never saw a mea sure more ingeniously contrived for tumbling the whole suffrages of the people into the brief bag of jobbing attorneyship. Could we believe in the possibility of such a measure being entertained by Parliament, we should stand aghast at the stupendous pile of forms and techni• calities under which it would absolutely crush and smother the representative economy of this country. That such a system could work we hold to be utterly impossible, except through an army of soli citors, who would ultimately conjure the very House of Commons into their charter chests, and have the constituencies entirely under their thumbs. They have to ferret out and make claims for all By the system proposed in the Government bill no person claiming to be registered in the first instance is required to substantiate his title. That is assumed to be complete by the mere act of his assertingit. " Aince provost, aye my lord." Once on the register, the overseers have no discretion but to continue the name year after year. The claimant may never have had a qualification—he may have lost it—who knoWs ? By some extraordinary oier sight in the tilt even -tenants on the list may be continued, although they are not rated to the relief of the poor, so that neither overseers nor objectors have any check whatever upon fictitious claims or qualifications that have ceased to exist. As if this were not enough, it is provided by the act that the revising barristers may fine objectors, who are really Attorney-Generals in the public, interest, £5 in costs in each unsuccessful case. Observe—no means are provided by the act whereby it may be known whether a claimant or voter has the qualifi cation for, which he claims, except in the single case of occupiers, whose names must appear in the rate- books at least in the first instance. An objector cannot, before serving his objection, call upon a claimant or registered voter to exhibit proofs of his I qualification. It may be entirely fictitious—who can tell except the party himself ?—and he won't. Should an objection be ventured upon, however, and prove unsuccessful, the objector is at once mulcted in £5 costs, and driven entirely from all further attempts to purge the register of the endless impurities with which it is even now encumbered, and which the proposed bill of Government would increase at least tenfold. Who can tell whether a man ever had or still has a freehold, copyhold, or leasehold; whether he be a lodger, and really pays £2O a year ; whether a graduate, a clergyman, a dissenting minister, a barrister, or solicitor (if he has not taken out his license), a medical man, a cer tificated schoolmaster ? Even were he what he professes, how can it be known whether he has held it for the statutory period ? Not one of these is bound to show his colours or prove his case. He has only to claim once, except in the case of a lodger, and his, name must be continued on the register. How is it possible to object to such voters with a fine of £5 hanging overhead in every case of failure, and no preliminary test required either of original right, or continued qualification ? Is it necessary to dilate on the contingent effects of the system of voting papers ? of enabling out-voters to poll at any polling place they please ? Will not the voting-paper be filled up by the social dictator of the elector, and carried away in his pocket ? Will not the pushing election agent " work" the business of voting-papers so as to se cure every available vote, and crush, by expense, the poorer candidate who cannot afford to pay for the machinery? Will not forgery and personation become universal ? With a franchise so widely extended as is proposed, unlimited choice of polling places to out-voters provided, and voting papers to perpetuate the safety of anonymity, where is there provided any effectual check upon the most flag rant fraud and imposture ? We do not hesitate for an instant in the convic tion that even the :present vicious system of regis tration and election is to be preferred to that offered to us by the Government. " Bad's the best," doubt less. A simple residential suffrage would cure half the evils of the existing mechanism. Why should we legislate in the lottery of faction before full in quiry and ample deliberation. The opponents of Reform urge haste and inconsideration—they know the people to be irresistible. But that very fact should fortify us in the policy of delay and delibe ration. Rather ponder over a thorough measure for years, than enact in haste to repent at leisure.— Dispatch. EXPLOSION AT TILE HOUNSLOW: POWDER MILLS. Yesterday morning, at a quarter to 11 o'clock, one of those fearful catastrophes—against which the utmost caution seems impossible to provide—oc curred at the above extensive works, awakening the most painful consternation, not only in the im mediate neighbourhood but for many miles round. The first explosion took place in one of the corning houses, in which at the time many men were em ployed, and in which a large quantity of powder in an unfinished state was stored. In a few seconds another explosion in an adjoining building took place, resulting in the death of seven men and wounding many others, some it is feared mortally. It is stated that as many as three hundred and twenty hands, including men, women and children, were engaged in the various departments at the time of the accident, and the alarm and terror that seized upon them, as they rushed frantically about, it is impossible to describe. Messrs. Curtis, the pro prietors of the mills, were not on the premises, but Mr. Ashby, the manager, who lives in a villa ad joining, was promptly on the spot, and gave direc tions with a view to prevent further accidents and to allay as much as possible the sufferings of those injured. Messengers were instantly despatched to the various surgeons ; but they were met on the road hastening to the scene of the disaster. In the erection of the corning -houses, from the known danger that exists in the peculiar process the powder undergoes in this stage of its manufacture, every precaution is taken. They consist of extensive wooden buildings; fastened with copper bolts and copper nails ; not a vestige of iron being allowed. The men employed in them are under the most stringent regulations, and wear dresses and shoes of a particular make and material, to provide, if pos sible, against accidents ; and how the dreadful calamity occurred that has snatched from life seven unfortunate men is a mystery, and possibly will ever remain so. Mr. May, the foreman, was so seriously injured, that it was stated he had died upon being removed to his house. Of the other men killed, their bodies were hurled into frag ments and scattered with the debris of the build ings over many acres of ground. It was also reported that two more persons were missing, and the gene ral opinion seemed to be that they had been lite rally blown to atoms. The most active search is being made for a considerable distance from the spot. A river that runs through the grounds, in which large quantities of wood has been thrown, was being dragged, with a view, if possible, to ascertain the fate of these two poor fellows. The repert of the explosion was heard for many miles round, and some idea of the effect of its violence may be formed from the fact of 109 panes of glass being broken at Fortescue-house, Twickenham, a distance of three miles. It was impossible in the confusion that prevailed to ascertain the names of all the persons who fell victims to this calamity, but among the bodies which were identified were those of George Lucocks, Crompton, Davis, and Thomas Allborn, who were engaged at the moment in the premises where the explosion took place. The bodies, when disco vered, although much injured by the action of the fire, were still capable of being recognised. It may be remembered th a t i n th e me l anc h o l y ca t as trophe which occurred on the same premises 19 years ago, and more recently eight years since, the bodies were so terribly m u til a t e d that in many instances identification was impossible. It is a noteworthy circumstance in connection with this melancholy occurrence that the poor fel low Compt on , w ho has lost his life, was one of the sufferers by the explosion which took place in 1852. His mother and sister reside at Acton, some six miles from the mills. Even there the report was heard and windows shaken. Compton's mother, who would seem to have had a presentiment of the calamity, immediately exclaimed, " Oh, that is the mill ; my son is dead !" Her daughter immedi ately took the train, where she met her unfortunate brother's wife, who had just returned from the mills, where she had ascertained the fate of her husband. A full investigation will take place before the coroner, and a Government inquiry is also ex pected. The depots of the 10th Regiment, 32d Light In fantry, and 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment, were separately inspected at Chatham by the Duke of Cambridge, after the review on Tuesday after noon. Each of these depots is unusually strong, owing to no reinforcements having been forwarded to India for some time, in consequence of the regiments having been ordered home. The 32d depot numbers about 600 men of all ranks, and contains a large number of men who have served with this distinguished corps at Lucknow and, Cawnpore. The head-quarters of the 10th Regi ment embarked for India in 1842, the 32d Light Infantry in 1846, and the 84th Regiment in 1842. Each of these regiments will probably return to England in the course of the present year. The new rifled Ordnance Department, in the course of organisation in Woolwich Arsenal for manufacturing Sir W. Armstrong's guns, under the superintendence of Mr. J. Anderson, recently 'ap pointed Assistant-Engineer to the War Depart ment for that purpose, according to existing ar rangements, will commence operations early in the month of May. Sir W. Armstrong, it i s said, has expended upwards of £7,000 on the initiatory ex periments to test the efficiency of his invention. No. 10 field battery of Royal Artillery, composed of 18-pounder guns and loaded ammunition waggons, &c., complete for immediate service, yesterday left Woolwich Arsenal for Brighton. The question of adapting Sir Wm. Armstrong's gun for naval service is now under the consideration of a committee, consisting of Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings, Chairman ; Capt. Caffin, C. 8., Secretary ; Sir John Burgoyne, G.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifications ; and General Sir Howard Douglas. The result of various experiments fully proves that by means of an improved description of carriage or platform, the gun can be so arranged on ship-board as to be fired with the utmost accuracy; and it is believed that the committee will recommend the a, doption of the weapon as an auxiliary to the con templated improvements with respect to the arma ment of the fleet. The committee has conferred with the Ordnance Select Committee at Wool wich, of which Major-General Cator, C. 8., Royal Artillery, is President ; and Colonel Tulloh, Super intendent of the Royal Carriage Department, is now engaged in directing the construction of various specimens of gun-carriages, which will be tested with a view to enhance the efficiency of Sir W. Armstrong's invention for the military and naval services. MILITIA. The Royal North Down Rifles, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Montgomery, was inspected by Lieut.-General Knollys before leaving Aldershot. The General expressed his high satisfaction at their sordierlike appearance, and said he had much satis faction in observing that no change had taken place in their uniformly good conduct since the promulga tion of the order for their disembodiment. The regiment, numbering about 650 men, has since, arrived at Belfast. General Knollys, in a commu nication to the Marquis of Londonderry, the colonel in command of the regiment, expresses his gratifica tion at its very satisfactory state on leaving Alder shot. General Knollys says in this letter " I am able to testify, from personal observation, to the quiet, subordinate, and regular demeanour of the North Down Rifles, their steadiness on parade, their attention at drill, and, above all, their ready and soldierlike manner of performing their duty, whether under arms or without arms. Under all these circumstances, it is with the highest gratification that I feel called upon to notify to your lord ship, their exemplary conduct, and it will be equally incum bent upon me to bring it under the notice of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief and the Secre tary of War. I cannot conclude without stating how much praise is attributable, and how much my thanks are per sonally due, to Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery and the officers under him, for their enablin g me to make this fa vourable report—a record of the high example held oat by the North Down Rifles to the Aldershot division." NEW CHURCH AT NEWINGTON. Yesterday afternoon the first stone of a new church, dedicated to St. John the E v angelist, situate in Lock's-fields, Newington, one of the most densely populat e d di str i cts in the outs ki r t s o f th e metropolis, was laid by the Lord Bishop of London, who was accompanied by the Archdeacon of Mid dlesex, the Rev. F. F. Statham, M.A., incumbent of St. Peter's, Walworth ; the Rev. D. Mouillin, M.A., incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Newing ton; the Rev. W. T. Maudson, M.A. incumbent of the Episcopal Chapel, Beresford-street ; the Rev. A. W. Snape, M.A., incumbent of St. Mary Mag dalene, Old Kent-road ; the Rev. H. L. Nicholson, M.A., curate of Trinity Church, Newington, and many other parochial and district clergymen. The district of Holy Trinity, from which St. John's is principally taken, contains a population of 30,000, for whom there is but one church and three clergymen. The new district contains a population of 10,000, the larger portion of which consists of keepers of small grocery and coal shops, artisans, day and job labourers, coster mongers, rag and bone-pickers, and bird-fanciers. There are also four or five streets, containing not less than a total of 80 houses, occupied by people of both sexes, who have no recognised way of getting a livelihood. A site has been obtained, and the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, the owners of the property, having given an endowment, the Rey. 0. T. Cotham, M.A., curate of St. Mary's Newington (late curate of Hessle, Yorkshire), has been ap pointed to the. incumbency. The new church will contain contain 1,000 sittings, and will be in the early English style of architecture. The cost of the erection is estimated at £5.000, towards which there have been paid or promised £2,200 in sub scriptions, £l,OOO from the London Diocesian Church Building Society, and £5OO from the In corporated Church Building Society, leaving X 1,300 to be collected. The Bishop having laid the first stone, prayers followed and the proceedings were brought to a close. mi sti- lay ed- Tat all , igs, y of In it and ) 293 ) 32s —5 , 50s —s ling the de- .ate. how vere rely 4 d. L 3 0 12 0 ',9 0 14 6 17 6 30 c [ flat ster ;hire 1-- 3i -16- 1611 ?Ids, mall Cher r-17 Lt- this a at '3--. tee Lies pril )rke ,rdy Ay :he 3111"