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CRYSTAL PALACE.- SEASON 1860-1. TICKETS for the NEW SEASON, commencing Tuesday, May 1, and terminating on the 30th April,lB6l, are now ready for issue. They are of two classes, viz., Two Guineas, admitting free on all occasions ; One Guinea, admitting free on all occasions When the price of admission to the those on the day is under Five Shillings, but admitting on those days on which the Price of admission is Five Shillings or upwards on payment of Half-a-Crown, . . . . The'days on which the price of admission is fixed at Five Shillings and upwards already decided upon are— The MENDELSSOHN FESTIVAL and GREAT PER FORMANCE of ELIJAH and Torchlight procession, on Friday, May 4. The SIX OPERA CONCERTS, on Fridays, May 11th, Jane Ist, 15th. 22d, July 6th, and 13th. The GREAT FLOWER SHOW, on Saturday, May 26. The MUSICAL FESTIVAL of the ORPHEOgISTES or FRANCE, on Monday, 25th; Tuesday, 26th ; and Thurs day, 28th June. Other appointments at a rate of admission of Five Shil- Iblgs or upwards may be made as the Season progresses. Season Tickets for Children under twelve years of age will be issued at the uniform rate of Half-a-Guinea. Tickets and the published Programme of the Season may be had at the usual Agents, at the Crystal Palace, or at 2, Exeter-hall. By order, GEORGE GROVE, Secretary. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ON FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1860, a GREAT FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE of Mendelssohn's ELIJAH, on the occasion of the Inaugura tion of the Bronze Memorial Statue of the Composer (by Mr. Charles Bacon), 'provided by public subscription. Principal Vocalists :—Miss Parepa, Miss F. Rowland, Miss Palmer, and Madame Sainton-Dolby ; Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Evans, Mr. L. W. Thomas, and Signor Belletti. The Band will in clude the Instrumentalists of the Sacred Harmonic Seciety, With numerous additions thereto, selected from the principal Orchestras, the Crystal Palace Band, and the Large Organ, built expressly for the Handel Festival. Organist—Mr. Brownsmith. The Chorus will consist of the London Divi sion of the Handel Festival Choir (comprising the Chorus of the Sacred Harmonic Society, with selections from the other Metropolitan Choral Societies), the leading professional Choristers, and Deputations from the principal Pro vincial Choral Societies, the Cathedral Choirs, and various Continental Choral bodies. The entire Orchestra Will number THREE THOUSAND PERFORMERS—Conductor, R. COSTA. The Musical arrangements under the direction of the Committee of the Sacred Harmonic Society. The Oratorio will commence at Three o'clock. The Statue, which Will be placed for the occasion on one of the Upper Terraces, Will be unveiled at Six o'clock. A Great Torchlight Proces- Bios at dusk. PRICES OF TWEETS.—Admission tickets (if purcha'ed on or before the 3d May), ss. ; by payment at the doorS on the thy of the Festival, 7s. ed. ; Reserved stalls, arranged in blocks, as at the Handel Festival, in the area, ss. extra, or in the corner galleries Hs. 6d. extra. Tickets at the Crystal Palace, and at 2, Exeter Hall, where also plans of the seats may be inspected, or by order of the Usual agents. The New Season Tickets will admit, on this ()evasion, sub . iect to the usual regulations. CRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, King William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon - don.—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday Morning at to - clock. Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall .rom 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. J. W. RAYNOR. ARGYLL ROOMS, Wildmill-street, Picca dllly.—Open every Evening, with the'c,elebrated Band Conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em perm Napoleon). A magnificent SMOKING SALOON added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad znission. ls. Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament. • THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, HIGH HOLBORN. This Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the elegance and matchless beauty of its decorations, 'combined erith the perfection of its management, is OPEN EVERY EVENING for DANCING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selec tion of the most approved classical and modern music. Doors open at half-past 8. Overture at 9. Closing atj 12 Punctually. Admission, is. REDUCTION OF TEN POUNDS PER TON In the price of T HORLEY'S F 0 O D FOR CATTLE On and after the Ist of April. 1800. Barrels ctg 448 Feeds, wg nett 1121b5., with measure, 40s each Cases „ 448 Feeds, ~ 1121b5., in Packets, 45s each Carriage paid to any railway station in the kingdom, Nntritives value £l5 Condimental value .. 125 Total .. £!4O per ton, showing a 'profit of £lOO per ton through the use orthis in- Va'liable compound, adapted for the seasoning of all kinds of food for animals. Agents required in every town where none are already appointed. JOSEPH TIIORLEY, the Inventor and sole Proprietor. Offices, 77, Newgate-street, London. A Pamphlet sent free by post on application. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., ON SPERMATORRHCE A. By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. Thes objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. KEATING'S - COUGH LOZENGES. — Statistics shew that 50,000 Persons annually fall vic tims to Pulmonary Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the Chest and the Respiratory Organs. Preven tion if at all times better than cure ; be, therefore, prepared during. the wet and wintry season with a supply of KEAT ING'S COUGH LOZENGES, which possess the virtue of averting, as well as of curing a Cough or Cold ; they are good alike for the young or for the aged. Prepared and soldin Boxes, is. lid., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 16s. id. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., 79, Et. Paul's-churchyard, London. Retail by all Druggists, &c. IMPORTANT TO CLERGYMEN, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, AND SIN GE RS. St. Paul's Cathedral. SIR,--I have much pleasure in recommending your Lo -2e/Ig-es to those who may be distressed with Hoarseness. They have afforded me relief on several oceasions when scarcely able to sing from the effects of Catarrh. I think they would be very useful to Clergymen. Barristers, and Public Orators. I. am, Sir, yours faithfully, Ts Mr. Keating. THOMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral. TEETH. Mr. ESKELL, Surgeon• Dentist, 3t4, Regent-street, facing the Polytechnic, supplies his PATENTED INCORRODIBLE TEETH, which can be Itna'ched so ClO • ely in shape and colour to those left in the Mouth, and are formed so exactly to nature, that the closest observer cannot detect the difference, and in all cases they restore perfect articulation and mastication. These teeth are fixed from one t a complete set upon Mr. Eskell's never tailing and painless principle of self-adhesion, without , ex tracting any teeth or stumps, or giving any pain whatever ; and being incorrodible they possess the superior advantage of never changing colour nor decaying. Mr. Eskell'sce;ebra ted Osseoplastic Enamel, pod free for 30 stamps, for Stop ring Decayed Teeth, is a preparation which never ch inges colour nor affects the colour of the tooth, and is free from any injurious properties either as regards the teeth or, general health. Its application is easily performed, and without giving the slightest pain. Deficiencies of palate effectually remedied. Loose teeth fastened. Teeth regulated. Disco loured teeth restored, &a Hours 10 to 6. Consultation free. Charges strictly moderate.-314, Regent-street, opposite the Polytechnic, London. Established 1847. Post free for Two Stamps. VXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY of -A--4 an entirely NEW THEORY of CURING DISEASE, being the recorded Experience of 30 Years' Special Practice in Great Britain, France, and America—with the latest Scientific Discoveries, denominated LOCAL SELF-TREAT MENT, discovered abroad, and which is so simple that all can practise for himself privately, successfully, and at the smallest cost, thus avoiding doctors' fees and the ir mineral poisons. The "NEW MODE " is an EXTRAORDINAnY DIS COVERY for the Treatment and Self-Cure of Weakness, Debility, Nervousness, Lassitude, Depression of Spirits, Loss of Energy, Appetite, Pains in the Back and Limbs, Timidity, Self-Distrust, Dizziness, Want of Energy, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises in the Read and Ears, Indecision, Wretchedness, Impaired Sight and Memory, Indigestion, and Bodily Prostration of the Whole system. Also, HINTS TO THOSE CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE. In order that all classes may avail themselves of the above, the Author has not and will not allow the same to be sold, but he will forward it to those who send their address, and two Stamps for postaZe- Addrass.thus—Wl4. HILL, Esq., M.A., No. 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London. NO MORE MEDICINE FOR HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), DEBILITY, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. DU BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RESTORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD. — Certificate No. 36,418.—1 n our practice we have been enabled to appreciate the virtues of Du Barry's Food. In its effect on shronio dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousness, constipation, diarrhoea, on bilious and liver complamts, cough, asthm i, de bility, and incipientoonsumption, we find it the safest remedy. --Dr. Ure, M.D., F.R.S., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Shor land, Dr. Campbell. Du Barry's Food cures effectually—Acidity, asthma bi lions bess, blood to the head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, ca tarrh, colds, congestion, constipation, consumption, cramps, cough, debility, despondency, diarrhoea, disten4ion, dizziness, • dropsy, drowsiness, dysentery, dyspepsia (Indigestion), erup_ lions. exhaustion, fevers, epileptic fits, flatulency, gout, ha bitual constipation, headache, heartburn, haemorrhoids, hys teria, impurities, indigestion (dyspepsia,) irritability, irrita tion of kidneys and bladder, liver complaints, loss of memory, low spirits, nausea and Sickness, nervousness, nervous fan cies, neuralgia, noises in the ear, pains between the shoul ders, palpitation, partial paralysis, phlegm, pulmonary com plaints, rheumatism, scrofula, sinking, sleeplessness, sore throat, spasms, tightness across the chest. At about one Penny per meal, it effectually cures the above, also children's Complaints, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. It does tot tarn scidnor interfere with a liberal diet but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of many thousand cures : Cure No. 54,810, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syder stone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk : "In all cases of in digestion, and particularly where the liver is affected, "consider it the best of all remedies. —James T. Campbell." Cure No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Honourable the Lord Stuart de Decies : " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de becies."—Cure No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony 'rom dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, hove been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Joiy, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087: Yield-Marshal tike Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric: inflamma tion of the stoisacb.—Cure No. 51,614 : Baron de Polentz, Prefect of Langenau, nt many years' horrible sufferings of the nerves and an obstinate constipation. Cure No. L 7,121 : Miss Elizabet i Tecobs of Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a etre of extreme nervousness _Ridigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— Cure No. 48,314: Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Li Vet:pool: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. —Cure No. 18,216: Dr, Andrew Ure, of es, ustipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability. — Cure No. 34,210 : Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,212: Cap tain Allan, of epileptic fits.—Cure 42,116; Major Edie, of enlamement of the liver, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 36,418: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms , and daily vomitings.—Cure No. 26,118: Dr. Harvey, of dfarrhcea and debility.—Cure No. 39,618: Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption.—Cure No. 32,850: William Hunt, Esq.', Bar ister, of paralysis.—Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts. timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased P,, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial ~"'elifness.—Cure No. 46,814 : Mr. Samuel Laxton, Lei "seter, of two years' diarrhoea . - - Cure. No. 52,612: The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' ner liplis irritability, bile and indigestion, -Cure No. 54,812 : Miss ,el Zeguers, cured of consumption, after her medi ""t advisers had abandoned all hopes of re3overy.— N .-re No. 180 : "Twenty - five years' nervousness, con- Vpation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have ulfered great misery, and which no medicine could re . ZIOVe or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Fleet's Food in a very short time. W. B. Beeves, 181, ~street, London."—No. 4,208: " Eight years' dyspepsia, h ,„_"ervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for ich my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been t u ectually cured by Du Barry's health -restoring* Food. I shall B 5 happy t o answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavell, .11dlington Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836: " Three years' 7 4 „ePierve nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, I,"'i general debility, which rendered my life vet y miserable, 1, 4 been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring d• Alex, Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen."— hr9o No. 3,906 : Thirteen years' cough, indigestion. and gene s debility, have been removed by Du Barry's excelle I d, Canisters : 11b. 2s. 9d., 21b, 4s. 6d., 121 b. 225., 241 b. 40s. t „, erretlned quality : 51b. 225., 101 b. 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and anl42• canisters carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, by y Du Barry and Cc., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fort also'',Mason and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis Strand,moez ; at 63 and 150 Oxford-street, 330. 4, Cheap e,l+9lldon; and through all grocers and chemists, me to ; a , but shoA• where Lta Wer• Ls to 330 ls t• 33s '5 to 29 5 4; to 48 5 - to --'ll a golf or, 53i ,arley ill 38s Per ; beans, h vile st or other 0. di e ; to -- " to 14 0 t. 2 3 ,0, v to 17 t. 22 6 to 40 0 I. d e ; ~21 0 21 — 2l ! " — 2l - "21 1 :: 21 20 ; inl6 0 ~18 6 li .23 ° ~20 9 )atche d alC i t Dixi due. its 9 I° 4 t.pril2' dal ' 2 6 k pril 25 kpril pril laY , 6 kpril 1 Lpr l2s 01 4 4° 6 11 1 225 ,P f CAP' No. 21,139. PUBLICATIONS. Now Ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., G RANDM 0 T HE R'S .MONEY By the Author of " , " One and Twenty," So. "In every respect an excellent novel. The interest is un flagging."—Chronicle. Hurst & Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Just Published, the 125th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price is., Sold by all Booksellers, or sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, MANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. ByJ. L. CURTIS, IS, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER IL—Causes of Supermatorrlicea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, br Affection. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhea and Syphilis. 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Everything worked well, only, being rather short of steam, the highest temperature that could be obtained by the superheater during' the run was 320 deg. Mr. Field was on board during the trial. The Osborne will try her speed at the measured mile as soon as the present high winds moderate. The screw steamship Conqueror, 101, Captain. Sotheby, C. 8., crossed royal aNd topgallant yards in liatnoaze on Tuesday, got up steam, slipped her moorings, took a trial cruise of three hours outside the Breakwater, - and returned and anchored in Ply mouth Sound, where she received her powder. The gunboat Partridge (tender to the Royal Al bert), from Portsmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, and went into Hamoaze. The crew of the screw steam sloop Surprise, 4, Commander Lord E. Cecil, at Plymouth, were paid off on Tuesday morning, in the presence of Rear- Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley, Superintendent of De vonport Dockyard. The men were well conducted. The crew of the sailing sloop Atalanta, 16, Capt. Thomas S. Pasley, were paid off at Plymouth on. Tuesday in the pres6tice of Capt. M. J. Williams (Royal Adelaide), Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Sir T. Pasley. Several of the officers of the Russian frigate Askold, now in Plymouth Sound, visited Dcvonport Dockyard on Tuesday morning. The Chamberlain to the King of the Netherlands arrived at Devonport on Tuesday for the purpose of visiting the Government establishments. The screw steam-ship Hero, 91, Capt. Seymour, was taken into No. 1 dock at Keyham Steamyard on Tuesday. The Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. George D. O'Cal laghan, has been paid down at Portsmouth, and her crew granted additional leave. The Forte, 51, screw, Capt. E. W. Tumour, flag. ship of Rear-Admiral Sir H. Keppell, K.C.B. and. A.C.D., is expected to go out of Portsmouth har bour to Spithead to-morrow. The Duncan, 101, screw two-decker, has been placed in No. 7 dock at Portsmouth. The Victoria, 121, screw, got up steam yesterday in the steam basin. She will go to moorings up the harbour, as soon as there is water for her to leave the basin. The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Vivid, H. W. Allen, Master in charge, yesterdayreturned to Wool wich, at 2.30 p.m., having conveyed his Royal High ness the Prince of Wales from Ostend to Dover. The passage was an exceedingly boisterous one. After leaving Dover for Woolwich the Vivid expe rienced a terrific gale off the coast, but sustained no damage. The Rhadamanthus returned yesterday to Wool wich, having completed her second trial trip pre paratory to shipping Mr. Wethered's superheating steam apparatus. A large number of smiths and artificers belong ing to the royal -gin - factories at Woolwich yester day assembled in front of the office of Mr. J. An derson, the superintendent, and demanded a higher rate of pay. In consequence of a refusal to comply with their request about 50 or 60 struck work, inti mating their desire to be discharged, as There was no scarcity of work elsewhere, and a better remn . aeration for their labour. They thereupon de manded their wTges and left the service. The Admiralty order relative to the long antici pated augmentation of the Royal Marine force was yesterday received by the division at Woolwich. The augmentation is to consist of an additional company to each division, and one company to the Royal Marine Artillery. The Light Infantry companies are to consist of 1 captain, 2 subalterns, 6 sergeants, 6 corporals, 3 drummers and buglers, and 109 privates . ; and the Royal Mar rine Artillery companies to consist of 1 captain, subalterns, 11 sergeants, 9 corporals, 1 bombardier, 3 drummers and buglers, and 132 gunners. The staff to be composed of 1 deputy adjutant-general, 1 assistant adjutant-general, 5 colonels command ant, 5 second colonels commandant (1 Arline'' , to each), 20 lieutenant-colonels (4 Artillery), 5 pay masters (1 Artillery), 5 barrack-masters (1 Artil lery), 5 surgeons (1 Artillery), 9 assistant surgeons (1 Artillery), 1 laboratory instructor (Artillery) 4 gunnery instructors, 5 musketry instructors, 10 ad jutants (2 Artillery), 5 lieutenants and quartermas ters (2 Artillery), 5 quartermasters (1 Artillery), 10 sergeants majors (2 Artillery), 5 quartermaster sergeants (1 Artillery), and 5 barrack sergeants (1 Artillery)—total 106, making the whole establish ment of Marine Light Infantry 116 divisional com panies of 14,723 men, and 17 companies of Artillery of 3,162 men ; grand total, 18,000. In order to facilitate the speedy enrolment, their lordships have reduced the standard height for recruits to 4 feet 6 inches for growing lads from the ages of 18 to 20, and to 5 feet 6 inches for young men from the ages of 20 to 30 years. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The deaths in London were 1,284 in the week that ended last Saturday, and exhibited a decrease on the number of the previous week, which was 1,407. In the ten years 1850-9 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,073 ; but, as the deaths in the present return occurred in an increased population, they should be compared with the average raised in proportion to the increase—namely, with 1,180. The comparison shows that the deaths of last week were more numerous by 104 than they would have been if the average rate of mortality for the middle of April had prevailed . Though the mean tempera ture of the air was rather higher than that of the previous week, the weather continued cold, and was remarkably cold on the last three days. In the last two weeks bronchitis has declined from 208 deaths to 157 ; pneumonia from 116 to 73; but phthisis continued fatal last week, the deaths from it being 181, while the corrected ave rage is 154. Whooping-cough was fatal to 51 chil dren, the corrected average being 60. The deaths from scarlatina were 26 ; those from diphtheria 11, of which 3 occurred in the sub-district of Plumstead. Those from measles rose to 33. Smallpox was returned in 20 cases, 14 of which occurred to children, 6to adults. Medical infor mants are requested to return in all cases the pri mary as well as the secondary disease, Thus, when smallpox is followed by a secondary disease, the smallpox should be returned as the p rimary cause. Of 13 deaths from suffocation returned last week, 11 were those of infants suffocated in the bedclothes. Three infants were murdered, or died from neglect. Seven deaths were from bunts. Of six persons who died from their clothes taking fire, one was a spinster, aged 22 years ; another was a man who had bean a banker's clerk, a.,,aed 89 years ; a third, the son of a mason's la: bourer, aged 4 years ; a fourth, the son of a leatb.er E:nisher, aged 2 years; a fifth, the daughter sar. a scdieitor, 10 years; and a sixth, the 9 s a2 o n n 3i n o bs f et y. : s m a a l ne d nd i soldier,aged a death girls, 6h years. Also a child was scalded F.y upsetting a il s two a i u Ltvi c h: e hse p tiye a wah n iieviedekle A .stooh p nr e h sp o obo t fti o art g tshh i s . a a isut p om h pf i r, c o a fe r s t s is io t u pc w )i i s t o h u s e u d ic h i i d m a se in lf . In the ten corresponding weeks ctf er t e h d e i t ne n a ti ;l ol l 7 7 s s e 7 em eh t i l l o d t re s n el , d w om er t e o resort, 59 the average number was 1,685 A. At the Royal Observatory, Gri,enwich, the paean height of the barometer in the w eek was 29 926 hi. The mean daily reading was abovie 30 in. on the y in ear L s oi l i B d s o o n .. . first three days. The highest readlil g was 30.18 in., and occurred on Monday. The m , can temperature of the air in the . week was 42.3 deR which is 4 deg. below the average of the same wee k in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). TI ).• e mean daily tem- ' perature was below the average on every day ex cept Monday, and the air bccar a 3 so cold towards the end of the week that on the past three days the depression below the average v highest point, 61 . 2 deg., on I onday, and it fell to its lowest, 30 . 8 deg., on Satyr day. The r ange in f.asshafrdt.i.nait t d ai e n g e . d to i ts 9 deg. Tho thermometer in the the week was therefore 30.4 & ,g. ; the mean daily range was 13 . 7 deg. On Satur day the thermometer on the grass fell as low as:23 c t eg. On Monday and two following days the 'chair tometer in the sun rose to 102 deg. ant3.lol acg. Th e mean temperature of the water of 'ale Thames was 45.6 deg. The differ ence bet...Tr:en the mean dew- point temperature and air te of Orr, a ir. showing the dryness rn'l)erature was '7.4 'DOCKYARD SUPPLIES..-T b.e Lords Commissioners , )1 the Admiralty yesterday acc( vpted the tenders of Messrs. Baxter Brothers, Dundee ; M et ens. Corsar Brothers, Dun dee • and Messrs. S. Whethm n and Sons, Bridport and London, for the supply of 26 ,000 bolts canvas to 'her Majesty's dockyards at Do Rtford, Portsmouth, a:td Plymouth. LADVEIITISEMENT.I-1-lolloway 's Pills.—No medicine can surpass these Pills in their purifying and curative powers over every organ of thei body. Stomach, liver, lungs, heart, and kidneys, soon /display subjection to its influence ; by which all disease is of these organs are averted ; all obstru ctions removed. ; and ' ever y function is healthfully perform ed ; the di g estion is b y their influence dyspeptic t refreshing.ieor habits, ov er so improved that scarcely any fo, ,d disagrees ; acidity and fl a t u l e ncy alike arc checked ; nat. ism and biliousness dis uilitiei,snhegeNyViorsnoemdcuertrleuslibdPyenillni : hi o nt m hs e oo e ut t nddy climates, I appear; firmness is given to every muscle, and tone to every nerve; the mind becomes exhilarated, the thoughts sleep, which fits the body for reef awed exertion. .. -. p • iewnldeeuietthgfieerin.creesT. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1860. IOUNTRY APARTMENT S.—To be LET, N.-/ Furnished, THREE BED ROOMS, a Sitting Room, and use'of a Kitchen, near a healthy village twelve miles from London. 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CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, of Bromley, Kent, area sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street,' en graved on the'Government stamp. ARMSTRONG AND WI ITTFORTir CANNON. pears to us, the principal qualities of a field arti'- lery, independently of considerations of firing. These qualities are possessed by our artillery, and in these we may be considered to be in advance of all our rivals, and it is in these, as we shall see, that rests true superiority. As to firing, certain conditions relate to range, and certain to precision, but with a close connec tion between the two. The range of a gun depends partly on the incli n Won given to it; the more this is increased, with in certain limits and without any difference to the charge, the longer is the range, or, in other words, the greater the distance to which the projectile will be propelled. We will explain this more fully presently. If two guns be directed to the same point, that of greater precision is that the projectile of which arrives the nearest to the point in right or straight line, and the least distant from such right line to the right hand or to the left. There is, therefore, precision in length or distance, and precision in direction. Precision in direction is of less importance on the field of battle. The point aimed at, whether in fantry, cavalry, or artillery, almost always offers a front of a certain breadth, and whether the projec tile travel a little to the right or left of a right line is of no great consequence. This precision of direc tion is the least di ffi cult to effect. _ _ Precision in length or distance, or in other words, so firing that the projectile shall attain the exact distance of the point aimed at, is the more difficult problem. On the field of battle one only of the elements of firing is variable, that is the elevation of the gun, since the charges being all prepared are all of the same weight. If the distance of the ob ject were exactly known, it would be su ffi cient to give the gun the necessary elevation ; but, unfor tunately, this distance is almost always unknown. It cannot be measured, and the most skilful can only appreciate it by the eye, with large errors, frequently of many hundred yards in 2,000 or F 3,000. "At what distaste are we ?" is the first and general inquiry when the artillery commence their operations; and as very rarely two opinions agree, the fire opens at hazard. In a short time, it is true, they find the range by observation of the effects of the fire; but the same uncertainty arises on every change of position, and a great many shots are consequently thrown away. Moreover, it is not easy to always observe the effect of the shot at great distances, besides which the smoke and other accidental causes frequently prevent observation. In every point of view the field of battle and the practice -ground are very different places. Some compensation is certainly afforded by the chance effects of shots falling within or beyond the object aimed at. . While on this subject we must notice that it is most essential in all practical cases, to employ ar tillery with the least possible elevation, s ince the shots then plough as it were the earth, and destroy all in their course, and the advantage of this brings out the disadvantage of artillery with very long range. The observation of the effect of the firing, which is often the only means of rectifying the range, be comes more impracticable the more the distance is increased. Very difficult at 2,000 or 3,000 yards, it becomes irnmeasureably more so a little further. Of what practical use is it, then, to have an arm with an exceptional range of 4,000 yards, for instance P It is something to talk about, but that something is full of delusion. The distance is estimat e d (h o w ? we would ask) f - rom the enemy ; the necessary ele vation is given, and the gun is fired. What hap pens? An error in judging the distance is made, perhaps of a third. If the enemy is at 3,000 yards, the projectile passes over his head; if at 5,000, the ball falls 1,000 yards short. In such a mode of firing, one shot in a hundred may tell. Moreover, the elevation being necessarily great, the projectile falls to the earth like a thunderbolt, in a nearly vertical line, and at once buries itself without any ricochet. If it be a ball, it may by chance kill one man ; if a shell, it may destroy two or three. Our soldiers at the Crimea n i c k name d t wo o f th e _ Russian batteries, by way of derision, "Bilboquet" and " Gringalet," as, be ing at a distance of some 3,000 or 4,000 yards, the elevation of the guns was so great that in several months, though firing night and day, they did not kill a single man ; and this, be it remembered, though the exact distance was known. Contrast with this that at the Battle of Traktir one 241 b. shot killed 17 Russians formed in column, the gun being at a low elevation, and the difference between firing at high elevation at great distance and with low elevation with a ploughing shot will readily be seen. Cannon at long range cannot, therefore, be em ployed but in very exceptional cases, if ammuni tion be not thrown away. It will also follow that ordinarily the range in, battle will be limited to 1,500 or 2,000 yards, and if for some special reason it be deemed necessary to adopt a longer range it must be limited to 3,000 yards, any further point beirtg out of the reach of even good telescopes. It would be erroneous to suppose that by rea son of these new cannon battle will be given hereafter at great distances. Attempts may doubtless be occasionally made to open a cannonade at long range, but the necessity of economis ing ammunition, the obtainin certain and decisive results, and the utilizing caval ry ald infantry, will lead probably to actual fighting at not much greater distances than heretofore. The rifled cannon, as effective as the old at short distances, will have a superiority, as it will render more difficult the for mation of cavalry and infantry, and can at greater distances throw disorder into an enemy's reserves, harass his retreat, &c. It was in this manner that o ur artillery was so effective in the last campaig n , ow ing, however, much to hitnsafacoilis of tyofbeing moved. All Europe are, and wisely, de sirous of accomplishing the same progress, but the future will show it is a strange error to attempt it by an exaggerated length of range. It certainly is remarkable as an attainment of gunnery that Armstrong and - Whitworth cannon s should, at an angle of 3 5 deg., throw a projectile 10,000 yards ; but it has no practical value, indeed, becomes a vice if done at the cost of the simplicity of the gun. What deserves more attention is uniformity in firing, which is more difficult of attainment. For purposes of warfare the best artillery is such as is simple at the same time as efficient. We may be allowed to say that if the various foreign inventions tend to keep us on the alert they by no means are cause of apprehension, since at the present moment we will venture to say that our artillery has no superior in Europe, and for this assertion we have the advantage of actual experi ence. Its simplicity is extreme. " The rifled 81b. gun only weighs 6001b5., al though in bronze it wears well in service. Four horses can move it rapidly up an incline apparently almost inaccessible. It may be used with good effect at considerable distances up to 9,000 yards, and even more if it were desirable. Ic throws an oblong projectile of 81b., which produces all the effects necessary, not only as regards men and horses, but also other ob stacles. Vv Its supply of ammunition is easy and not incon veniently weighty, since four horses can draw 100 charges. The projectile, although hollow, may be used as a ball ; it mly contain a sufficient quantity of powder to be used as a shell, for which purpose it is fur nished with a metallic fuse adapted to various dis tances. Experiments are now being made to afford a means of judging distances of a small rocket, with a percussion apparatus, to be fired from these guns, so that the point at which the rocket arrives may b 3 more accurately judged of. We cannot pass without observation two other rifled cannon we have for field service. The first is a mountain 81b gun, in which the same projectile is used as before mentioned, the gun being of ex treme simplicity and so light t 2001 b) as to be conveyed on the back of a mule, and capable of fol lowing infantry everywhere. its range and precision of fire are equal to those of the 8 pounder already described. The second is the 241 b howitzer cannon of the Emperor, rifled like the others, and capable of not only field, but siege sere ice. . . The French artillery, then, has nothing to envy in the recent inventions of foreign countries. If the writer's opinion on the inutility of excep tional range be well founded, it assuredly opens questions well worthy attent ion in England whether our improvements have been altogether in the right direction, and whether, having obtained a range suf ficient for all practical purposes of warfare, other advantages in simplicity and weight of the arm might not he attained by abandoning the elements of addi tional and useless range. It is too much the fashion in England to pooh•pooh everything coming from a foreign source, but he must be of very dense or very prejudiced mind who does not admit, after even comparatively little investigation and experi ence, that the French are to be received as high authority in everything connected with military matters, whether as relates to material, discipline, or administration. In France, in military affairs, at all events, will be found the "right man in the right place." The writer of the above article has come to his work with no prejudice and with no preconceived assump ti©n of excellence and infallibility, and if he have asserted that the French artillery is still without a rival, he has done so in no vaunting or unbecoming terms, but has evidently arrived at the conclusion, after due investigation and comparison. There is nothing to shock the amour propre of the English man, but much worthy his attention. Paris, April 22. T. J. T. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. PACKET AND TELEGRAPH CONTRACTS This committee re-assembled on Tuesday, when the following members were present :—Mr. Dun lop, chairman ; Mr. Laing, Mr. Hope, Mr. Ellice, Sir S. Northcote, Mr. Bazley, and Mr. Hubbard. The Hon. John Ross, of Canada, was examined. He stated that he had read the evidence given be fore this committee by Mr. Lever relative to the proposed transfer of the Galway line to the Cana dian Company, with great surprise. Mr. Lever had denied that he had entered into any negotiation for that purpose, but the contrary was the fact, and in witness's opinion there would have been no diffi culty in effecting that transfer, so far as Mr. Lever was concerned, if the assent of the Government could have been obtained. Mr. Allan, of the Canadian Mail Steamship Com pany, gave similar evidence. He was introduced to Mr. Lever by Sir C. Roney, and they entered into a negotiation, for the transfer of the Galway line to this company, which would have been car ried out if they could have obtained the sanction of the Government. By Mr. Hope—The negotiation was for a sale and purchase of the line outright, and not amalga mation. By Mr. Laing—Our-intention was to make Gal way the port at which our ships should stop for 24 hours each voyage, starting from Liverpool, but to make Galway the starting point once every fort night. The Treasury refused to entertain the ques tion of the proposed transfer while this committee was sitting. At the close of this witness's examination the committee adjourned. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—The recent notices in the Imes have in duced the publication of an article in the French Revue Europeenne on " Le Canon en 1860," which is of sufficient importance to be transferred in sub stance to your columns. The value of the appre ciation of cannon having an exceptionally long range must be left to competent military authori ties; but its views on the subject generally are well worthy the attention of your readers. It says : In the spring of 1859 the French army marched to Italy, having with them the small rifled cannon, the renown of which became in a few weeks so great in Europe. The result of long and mysterious study and experiment, the new arm, until then unknown to our artillery, was welcomed by them as an instru ment of victory, and did not fail to justify all the hopes that had been conceived of it ; bit all had not yet been attained. Since the great battle of Solfe rino, where the French cannon played so conspicu ous a part, inventions have been pouring in on every hand, which 'professedly leave in the background our remarkable arm: But do they, in fact, do so ? An arm of this kind is not produced by chance. They who know that our cannon was the result of investigations the most searching and scientific, of experiments the most persevering, followed up day by day for nearly ten years, will hesitate before they give full credence to the advantages asserted to have been so rapidly obtained in other countries. Then, perchance, may be disposed to think that more than one of the mili tary nations of the Continent who now loudly pro claim the superiority of their rifled cannon may one day regret having too hastily transformed their guns. It is during actual warfare that mistakes are dangerous. These so vaunted cannon, so easily invented, which are made feom one end of Europe to the other, are yet to be put to the proof. They are mostly yet enveloped in mystery, and we cannot, therefore, examine them in detail ; but we may be allowed to observe in general terms that their greater or less excellence in the practice-ground, even admitting that it be established, is but of se condary importance as compared with efficiency, handiness, and durability on actual service. Free England, less reserved in her revelations, affords us a little more information. The 7inzes undertakes to declare that success is complete and definitive on the other side of the Channel. The word " definitive" is, perchance, a little hazardous in artillery affairs. We certainly have seen improvements in arms deemed heretofore incapable of improvement: It is not sufficient that an artillery arm be made in accordance only with theoretic notions, however apparently incontestable ; other conditions must be fulfilled to avoid practical failure. The communications of the Times, how discreet soever—perhaps designedly so—have been wel comed by the public with much interest. Many of its readers, unskilled in technical information, have read with wonder the accounts of the enor mous distances at which the Armstrong and Whit worth cannon have struck an object of compara tively.small dimensions. Had they been less un acquainted with the experiments made in France during several years, they would, no doubt, have been less disposed to wonder. We certainly must not treat lightly the results obtained by our neighbours—results certainly re markable, and which do honour to their invention ; but we must not, at the same time, forget to appre ciate their worth. We admit as perfectly correct all the figures given by the Times. We will go further, and ad mit them as definitive bases, although only ob tained from a limited number of experiments with new guns; but, admitting all this, we see no rea son for apprehension. Let us endeavour to explain why; it is a simple matter of comparison. The new English cannon are not of bronze, as are most of ours, but of wrought iron. This is per haps an advantage, since the chances of injury to the interior due to the ball are thus sensibly dimi nished; but we must also remember that in the French rifled cannon the ball does not touch the gun, being protected by the zinc covering, a soft metal, which alone comes in contact with the rifling, and thus doing away with the principal objection to the use of bronze. Our neighbours have, it would appear, solved the difficult problem of breech-loading, but it still remains to be seen whether it may not in practice be open to serious objections, not only as regards the mechanism, but also as to other points. The Armstrong and Whitworth cannon are but recent inventions. The late experiments have cer tainly furnished remarkable results, but we have yet to learn what may occur after some service in the field. If certain rumours are to be credited, some doubts may exist as to their efficacy. What is said with regard to the results, cited by the Times, of Whitworth's six-pounders having lost at each shot about 120 feet in length of range ? If this were to happen continually, what would become of the gun ? Judging from the discussion in the House of Commons on the sth of March last, it would seem that the Armstrong and Whitworth guns are not very simple or handy on service. The Minister of War, although he stated that the, Armstrong guns were superior both as to precision and destructive power, added that it would be necessary to send with them to China special workmen of Sir Wm. Armstrong. The practical value of the English cannon ap pears to us, as yet, open to question, while ours have been tested by service. Let us now consider the probable part which the new cannon may be called on to play, and in doing this we will confine ourselYes to its consideragon in siege service and in field service. As regards the first, the largest limit is open to conjecture. It appears without doubt that when besiegers and besieged are supplied with artillery having great precision and very long range, which is a problem now solved, the old system of attack and defence must be abandoned. Although skill and science may do much, yet it is probable that sieges will for the most part cease to be undertaken in warfare, and that either forti fie.4 places will be bombarded at great distances, or that the stake will be played out on the field of leaving besieged places to be reduced by ba invest.,)tle- • As to field service, the importance of the new artillery is more Moly to determine, and as for this purpose it is necess.lry to enter into some technical details, we will endeavour to do so as simply and intelligibly as possible. We must first establish two points :- 1. What special properties field artillery should possess. 2. What conditions of firing should be satisfied. The most essential of all qualities to attain is, we may venture to affirm, a lightness and easiness of transport, which will enable the artillery to follow, so to speak, all the movements of the troops. This property, so conspicuously attached to our rifled cannon, largely contributed, as is well known, to the success of the campaign in Italy in 1859. The adoption of the 241 b. howitzer cannon of the Emperor realized in France some years since a pro gress of the value of which our campaign in the Crimea enabled us to form a correct judgment— . that is, a unity of calibre. This is of much import ance, since the projectiles are all alike capable of being used in all the guns. Another point is the facility of transport of am munition. It is indispensable to have a provision of powder and projectiles necessary for all eventu alities closely following the guns. The best solu tion of this problem is that which allows the great est quantity to be taken with the least num ber 'of horses and ammunition waggons. %, ,,acility of transport and simplicity are, as it ap- PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, 51). AL LOUIS BL ANOS LECTURES AT TILE AfARYLEI3ONE INSTITUTION. Ile eminent and accomplished Frenchman who lately made his debut as an English lecturer at the Eyre Arms Assembly Rooms with such bril liant success, commenced last evening a course of four lectures, at the Marylebone Institution, on the " Salons of Paris in the Eighteenth Century.".: The place was crowded by a very intel ligent and attentive audience. The lecturer dis played, upon this occasion, the same consummate mastery of our own language, and the same skilful management of anecdote and illustration, that were so remarkable on his first appearance. He described the peculiar habits of social intercourse that pre vailed in the fashionable and literary world of Paris during the gay and giddy carnival of aristocratic dissipation that preceded the outbreak of the revolu tion in France. The special excellencies of French conversation its liveliness and versatility its graceful ease and the absence of pedantry and dog matism in the brisk encounter of wits beneath the agreeable presidency of the famous drawing-room queens of that time—were dwelt upon by M. Louis Blanc with his usual disciiminatien. He briefly noticed the personal character and history of some of the most influential and notorious of these women— Madame de Tencin, Madame Geoffrin, Madame du Deffand, and Mademoiselle Lespinasse ; touching delicately enough upon the gross vices by which the first of them, although a cardinal's sister and the friend of a pope, dishonoured her rank and her sex. The part which was played in this society by such men as D'Alembert,llelvetius, and Fontanelle, with whom Gibbon and Horace Walpole were also asso ciated, occupied a large share of the lecturer's discourse. Many of the bons mots and characteristic expressions which he related, though not told by him for the first time, were told with so much humour and vivacity as to give them back their ori ginal freshness. His serious comments on the levity and shocking hollowness of that faithless, heartless, and irreligious life in which the clever Pifrisians of that day were content to indulge, on the eve of a terrible storm of the revolution, inevitable as death, made a deep impression on the audience, and in speaking of the end of such a career of vanity as that of Madame du Deffand, dying at 84 Tears of age, incredulous of the reality of love, or virtue, or God, in this universe, the lecturer applied a thril ling touch to the profoundest sympathies of his hearers. His second lecture, next Wednesday, will introduce Rousseau. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. Jockey Club Plate of 50 sovs, the property of members of the Jockey Club, four-yr-olds, 7st 21b; five, Bst 31b; six and aged, Sat 91b. B.C. 4 miles 1 furlong 73 yards—Lord Stamford's Newcastle, by Newminster, 4 yrs, 7st 21b, (G. Fordham) walked over and received half the Plate. Lord W. Powlett's Delusion and Count Batthyany's The Courier, did not go' to the post. Handicap Plate of 50 soya. Bretby Course. 6 furlongs. Mr. Saxon's Tom Thumb, aged, Bst 121 b (L. Snowden) 1 Mr. R. Stephenson's Rosary filly, 3 yra, Est 41b(J. Daley) 2 Mr. Rigby's•The Antler, 3 yrs, ast 121 b .. (Woodhouse) 3 The following also ran :—Fontarabia, Plumper, Water Sprite, and Mousey. Betting— 6to 4 abet Mousey, 5 to 1 each agst Tom Thumb and the Rosary filly. Won by a head; a bad third. Mousey was fourth; Fon tarabia fifth ; Water Sprite and Plumper next, close sp. Plate of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. R.M. 1 mile 17 yards. Mr. Swindell's Weatherbound, Bst 41b.... (G. Fordham ) 1 Lord Stamford's Bentinck, Bst 71b (A. French) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Largesse, Bst 41b Philomela and, Suburban also ran Betting-5 to 4 agst Weatherbound, 3to 1 agst Bentinck, 5 to 1 agst any other, offered. Weatherbound made all the running, and won by a length; a bad third. Match.-200 h ft. D.M. 7 furlongs 210 yards. Sir Joseph Hawley's Gallus, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip f, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Challoner) 2 Betting-3 to lon Gallus, who made all the running, and won by three lengths. Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for three yr-olds, and upwards. The winner to be sold for 200 soya, if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. 3 fur longs 216 yards. 5 subs. Mr. Alexander's Tyburn, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (J. Daley) 1 Mr. H. Savile's Mainstay colt, 3 y rs , E s t 21b (W. Bottom) 2 Mr. F. Robinson's Antonio, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b.... (A. Day) 3 Mr. Watts's Tidlywinks, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Charlton) 4 Betting-6 and 7t04 on Antonio, 9to 2 agst Tidlywinks, 5 to 1 agst Tyburn, 100 to 15 agst Mainstay colt. Won by a neck; a length between second and third. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; for three-yr-olds, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 81b; five and upwards, Bst Illb ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 70 says if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. 3 furlongs 215 yards. 7 subs. Mr. R. Stephenson's Chanoine, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Fordham 1 Mr. Newland's Buttercup, 3 yrs, 7st 71b.. (H. Grimshaw 2 Mr. Price's The Benicia Boy, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (car. 7st 131 b (E. Sharp) 3 The following also ran :—Badsworth, Mainstay colt, and Mountain Ash. Betting-5 to 2 agat Chanoine, 3to 1 agat Buttercup, 5 to 1 agst Badsworth. Won by a head; bad third. Badsworth was fourth, the ,other two finishing nearly side by side, about three lengths off. Chanoine was claimed. Match, 200, h ft. Last half of Ab. M. 3 furlongs 217 yards. Sir J. Hawley's Polyolbion, 3 yrs, Bst 71b Duke of Bedford's lambic, 2 yrs, Sat 41b (J. Mann) 2 Betting-3 to lon Polyolbion, who won by eight lengths. Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, h ft, for three-yr-olds, 7st 91b; four, Bst 71b; five and upwards, Bst 121 b. Last half mile of A. F. 4 subs. Lord Stamford's Emily, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. F. Robinson's Actaeon, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (A. Day) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Admen. Won by two lengths. Sweepstakes of 50 soya each, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Sat 71b ; fillies, Bst 21b ; 41b allowance. A. F. 4 subs. Mr. C. Alexander's Thunderbolt, Bst 31b Sharp) w. o. Free Handicap Sweepstakes of 50 sovs, for four-yr-olds Mr.B airvo a .n n s d upwards; i so t.hcsrach fdtfir w dN, i s n o n Tr winners s g hL e ti x nF t c r io a t the forfeit. R.M., 4 y 4 is Y' s tl ss 3 tu l b 1b0 , 31.b divided an d Sweepstakes of 50 soya, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b; 31b allowance. D.M. Mr. A. Nichol's The Wizard received forfeit from the Duke of Bedford's Orlando (31b) (wrong nomination). The weather was fine, the supply of racing very scanty, and the proceedings totally devoid of interest. LATEST BETTING. NEWMARKET, Midßight. ONE THOUSAND. 7 to 4 agst Sagitta (taken) 3to 1 agst Vesta (taken) 7to 1 agst Venus filly (taken) 10 to 1 agst Cecilia (taken) 10 to 1 agst Contadina (taken) 100 to 8 agst Aurora (taken) 100 to 6 agst Precise (taken) CHESTER CUP. 13 to 1 agst Petra 11 to 1 agst Gaspard 25 to 1 agst Viatka DERBY. 4to 1 agst Umpire (taken) 9to 2 agst The Wizard (taken) 100 to S agst Buccaneer (taken) 600 even was offered on Umpire agst The Wizard ; no takers. The Subscription Room at Tattersall's will be opened on Saturday next for comparing Chester Cup bets. AQUATICS. • AA , GREAT PAIR-OARED RACE FOR MR. BEL FOUR'S PRIZES. The trial heats in the great pair -oared race, under the auspices of the London Rowing Club, for a pair of silver goblets, given by Mr. Belfour, the vice-president of this club, open to the world, came off yesterday, and was um pired by Messrs. Herbert, Playferd, and Casamajor. The Venus accompanied the race, and was well filled with spec tators, besides whom a large number of people had as sembled along the towing path and on Hammersmith bridge. The distance in all the heats was from Pu.taey te e , Hammersmith, and the following were the results ;y First Heat. Messrs. Shirreff and Burgess (London RP' w i ng Club) 1 Messrs. Nash and Tyler (West Lonefr a Mcssrs. Wallace and L10yd..... Rowing Club) Second Heat. Messrs. Bryant and Mier_ nall (West London Rowing Club) Messrs. Raphael ar A L ac k (Kingston Rowing Club) ~ 0 Messrs. Stalsely aidt (Richmond Rowing Club) and Chap ta4r (London Rowing Club) Third Heat. Messrs.: J rvi s and Wilson (Kingston Rowing Club) ~ 1 Nnsrs. ilead and Coventry (London Rowing Club) 0 * o6 ra'..proy ;Abridge and Morley (Londonßowing Clubs P ~ 0 MASTERS AND OPERATIVES. The committee re•assembled on Tuesday—Mr. Mackinnon in the chair. There were also present Lord R. Montagu, Sir J. Paxton, Sir M. Peto, Mr, Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Egerton, Mr. Pollard-Urqu hart, Mr. Ayrton, Mr. B. Cochrane, and Sir J. Fer gu§on. . . Mr. Piper, master builder, was examined as to the meetings which preceded the late strike, and put in the resolutions adopted at those meetings which were published in the newspapers at the time. By Lord It. Montagu—Approved of the prin ciple of the bill now before Parliament, and thought it would be welcome generally to the different trades; but thought there were considerable diffi culties with regard to the details. Had no doubt, if disputes arose, that the masters would resort to councils of arbitrition. The great difficulty would be in the selection of workmen as members of the council of conciliation, because they were not gene rally sufficiently well known to each other. There would also be a gnat difficulty in the selection of a chairman. Thought the selection might be placed in the hands of the Board of Trade, but was of opinion that it would be difficult to choose a man sufficiently acquainted with the details of the various trades. By Sir J. Paxton—Did not think that any ques tions of daily wages could be brought before a court of arbitration. They might be resorted to in questions of piece work. By Mr. Pollard-Urquhart—lf a court possessing the confidence of the workmen had been in exist ence before the strike, and the workmen had been shown that the state of trade would not allow an advance in the rate of wages, the strike might have been prevented. Most likely the workmen generally would not have supported the strike against the expressed opinion of such a court. Thought the establishment of such a court worth an experiment. By Mr. Alderman Cubitt—The question which arose at the time alluded to affected all existing contracts. If the masters had offered, on the com pletion of the contracts, to agree to the propositions made to them, most probably there would have been no strike. An arrangement of the kind was sug gested by the workmen ; but, in his opinion, if it had been agreed to the masters would not only have sacrificed their own interest but would have been guilty of a dereliction of duty to tie public. Mr. Butler, of Coventry, was next examined on the subject of various strikes of that city, which, in his opinion, might have been prevented if a council of conciliation had been in existence. Mr. Henry Fancott, of Bradford, was next ex amined. He said he was iot practically acquainted with trade, but be had read a great deal on the sub ject, and lectured on it. He did not approve of the councils of conciliation, which all the other wit nesses had spoken in favour of. Sir Joseph Paxton, a member of the committee, wished to state his views on the question. He said —I may say that for the last 40 years I have had a great deal of experience with workmen, having had occasionally as many as 1,000 men under me at the same time. I have also employed men in France on a large scale. I have formed an opinion otjhose courts of conciliation, or, as I should call Them, courts of arbitration. I believe they would achieve one point of very great value, and that point is ob tained in France. There they strike as well as here, but the men do not apply to their own body, but to the courts. About two years ago I. had in France very nearly 140 English mechanics under me, and perhaps upon the same work nearly 200 French mechanics. One fine morning, without the slightest notice, all the French mechanics left their work. The contract was carried on by Mr. Miles, a large builder in London, who was to build a large mansion about 20 m il es from Paris. The men who struck were masons ; the carpenters did not strike at the same time. English masonry is much superior to French, and the English masons got very high wages. The French masons thought they had a right to the same wages, but Mr. Miles refused to agree to that, and they left the work without the slightest notice. Mr. Miles sent his foreman to Paris at once to employ some more masons, but there was some secret communication between the trades, and he could not get any; and after the work standing still for a month or six weeks Mr. Miles had to give increased wages. I believe, with regard to a great variety of trades whose work is of a special character, courts of ar bitration would be of the greatest value, both to masters and workmen, but if those courts were not carried on in a friendly spirit they would be of no use. Therefore, my notion is, that if you have a permissive bill the proceedings before those courts, carried on in a friendly spirit, should have a legal effect. Now I understand, at the Potteries and Macclesfield the courts broke down in consequence of being called upon to regulate the question of wages for the future. I think you must have a friendly constituted body altogether; and in large places, when a strike is intended, the chief magi strate of the place should call the best informed masters and workmen together, in order to adjust their differences. , But with regard to London workmen—such as builders, masons, carpenters, &c.—l am perfectly satisfied these courts would not be of any use. The men under no circum stances would give up their combination or trades unions, and I am not aware that the masters do not also take their own course under difficulties to meet their side of the question. A general strike in such a large place as London cannot take place without very long preparation. Now, if when such a strike was impending, so many masters and so many workmen could meet together, presided over by some entirely indep en d en t "parties, it would be of very great advantag e. But the question is so rami fied in London that you can hardly find a sufficient number of persons acquainted with each other to inspire confidence in those with whom they had to act ; but I am very anxious indeed to have those courts established upon the same principles as in France. The Chairman said the committee did not intend to hear any more witnesses. Their next meeting would be for the consideration of a bill on the sub ject. BURNING OF THE JACOB A. WESTERVELL.—A despatch was received in Liverpool yesterday, dated New York, April 12th, stating that the packet ship Jacob A. Westervell took fire at that port on the 12th, and was totally destroyed. The above vessel had a large car'o on board, aud was bound out for Liverpool. las- ire, Olt ° daY 7 &al 3 i fay 5 af / [sl 2 • ..- [al 1° [al gar crol of 'I t lit, to rg.' , L Raf f ,rl of mifet ?eta L.A., r soDy .Col. ,: tc cej 4* it. e lic t 0 0 NO, 1121