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MASON JONES'S ORATIONS AT -a- WILLIS'S ROOMS, King-street, St. James's. — On MONDAY rEVENING next, April 4, at half-past Eight o'clock, GRATTAN, and the WITS and ORATORS of the IRISH PARLIAMENT. Stalls, (numbered), ss. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; back seats, ls. May be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library , 33, Old .Bond-street. CHRISTY'S MlNSTRELS.—Reappearance in London, St. James's-Hall.—The celebrated CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, after a very distinguished and prosperous tournee in Scotland, Ireland, and recently in Paris, will have the honour of resuming their POPULAR PERFOR MANCES in London, at the St. James's-Hall, Piccadilly, on MONDAY EVENING, April 11.—Tickets and places may be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. UR. OTTO GOLDSCHMIDT has the honour to announce that the FIRST of THREE CHAMBER CONCERTS of CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Will take place at WILLIS'S ROOMS on MONDAY AFTER NOON, April 11, commencing at Half-past Three o'clock, at Which he will be assisted by Signor Piatti, M. Sainton, Mr. Howell, M. Schreurs, Mr. S. Pratten, Mr. Crozier, and Mr. C. Harper. The Second and Third Chamber Concerts will be giver! on Saturday M orn i ng, May 7, and Saturday Morning, May 21, for which Herr Joachim and other eminent artistes are engaged. Subscription for the Three Concerts to reserved and numbered seats, £1 ls. ;to unreserved seats, 15s. For a Single C oncert —Reserved seats, 10s. 6d. • unreserved seats, N.—Appli ca ti ons for tickets received at Messrs. Addison and Co.'s, 210, Regent -street ; and Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 3 3, Old Bond-street. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn, formerly Casino de Venise.—This establish- Thent, 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 ; crosing 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 Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. Manager, R. It. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, to Promenade. N.B.—Ali applications for the above baudfor Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. ALHAMBRA PALACE-THREE WEEKS LONGER.-A BULL FIGHT. A SPANISH BULL FIGHT. This gorgeous pageant, so long in preparation by Messrs. BOWES and CUSHING, will be p - oduced on MON DAY, April 4th, and continue three weeks longer. The Californian performers having acted as principals in a Bull-fight in America for upwards of one hun dred 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 formance ment so popular in England. The gular Eqesian per s, the same as last week, will be produced in addition to the Bull-fight, which takes place Morning and Evening. The company remain three weeks longer. Two. Performances Daily at two and quarter before Eight p.m. Pit, ls. ; Boxes, 29. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private / 36 xes, .£2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d . CONTRACTS FOR CANVASS. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 30th March, 1859. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING THE OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUES DAY, the 19th April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with suc h persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and deliverinn• into her Majesty's Dockyards at Deptford, Portsmouth, and Devonport 1 8,4OLTS OF CANVASS, (including 490 Bolts 9o of ß 18 inches wide) to be delivered by the 31st of December next. Tenders may be made for any quantity not less than 1,000 Bolts, and no tender will be received unless made on the printed form, properly filled up, which, together with "In structions for makin the Canvass," may be obtained on ap plication to this Office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock en the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an a. , yent for him duly authorised in writing. Eve tender must bo addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten der for Canvass," and must also be delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tender ing in the sum of £25 per cent. on the value for the due per formance of the Contract. R ICK CLOTHS, with POLES, PULLEYS, and LINES complete, both New and Second-hand. Net ting, Bunting, Scrims, and Tiffany, for the protection of fruit trees and tender plants, shades for greenhouses, dec. 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The first volume of this series is "THE WIFE AND THE WARD," a Story pf Indian Life. By Lient.-Col. MONEY. London : Routledge, Warnes, and Routledge, Farringdon street. COVENT -GARDEN OPERA HOUSE.- C METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. THE BUILDER of THIS DAY, price 4d., stamped 5d., contains : —Plan and Fine View of Interior of Covent-Garden Opera House—Grave Doings, Hereford Cathedral—The Architectu ral Exhibition—Refinement in Architecture—Metropolitan Streets and Improvements—On Colour—" Henry V "—Dee sions under Metropolitan Building Act—Metal-Work—The Tabernacle Competition—Society of British Architects— Re-arrangement of National Gallery—Stained Glass—Com petitions—Church-building News—Recent Patents, &c.— Office, 1, York-street, Covent-garden ; and all Booksellers. The Fourth Edition, Just Published, Bvo, in cloth, pries ss, by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE §PERMATORRHCEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from ,his distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare he scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrhcea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Med:cal Press. 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 6s. Just published, Second Edition, price is. 6d. CASES and OPKERVATIONS illustrative of the beneficial results which may be obtained by close atteution. and per severance in some of the most unpromising instances of Spinal Deformity, with numerous Engravings. By SAMUEL. 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London : John Churchill ; and may be had of all booksellers, PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause " Rudge against Weedon," all persons claiming to be creditors of WILLIAM WEEDON, late of No. 3, Clarence-place, Stockwell, in the county of Sur rey, Esq., who died in the month of July, 1858 ; are, by their solicitors, on or before the 3d day of May, 1859, to come in and prove their claims at the chambers of the Vice- Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 3, Stone buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Saturday, the 7th day of May, 1859, at twelve of the clock at noon, at the said chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 22d day of March, 1859. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. MOOD and FRANCE, Falcon-street, Aldersgate, Plaintiff's Solicitors. VINEGAR. 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Sold by all medicine vendors. Observe " Thomas Prout, 22 9, Strand, London," on the Government stamp. ON MEDICAL GALVANISM TN THE TREATMENT OF NE RVOUS DEBILITY, ORGANIC WEAKNESS, &c. ci EL „.„.in_s_t_published, price Is., post free, 13 stamps 7, ELF - PRESERVATION A edical Treatise WEAI3-11-__NERVOUS DEBILITY and FUNCTIONAL 18-N ES ,I S D . more particularly in reference to the INFlR tracing the or; ISORDERS of the GENER ATIVE SYSTEM. MITIES an tl g i ln of these distressing afflictions to causes which vitiate D ipood. With Practical Observations stroy the vigour o n f i l res, and on the extraordinary re- Impotence,fountains of Life and prematurely de on the Cure of the se storative power of LO and Sterility, TI" GALVANISM in Spermatorrhcea, ,ren which cases it is applied without pain or danger, and is of medicine. 1 quently successful without the aid LA'MERT, M.D BY SAMUEL 37, BEDFORD_ - QUARE LONDON" e of Eilangen, Honorary Registered Licentiate of th e L „ , ~ dical Society. dm. Doctor of Medicine of the "11,Z 1 4 0 ;Society of Apothecaries, existsly public announcements Member of the London Hospitaftlilit ~_. . ..pne but registered impressione3risedical Act provides that :hose that are but n A t nl as e the rron neweo ru erroneous rlqualitied persons, flubs of para piergaaeltliytiocinuearlisfisehdaelal nas:cliamxdimsteidniealsale, point of great importance Inc ses where secrecy, Confided lice, equally requisite. and skill are ;Pealing to the mount lln th utility tt new li ty edition ar e bro n o: h i t S e 1- together—faciarreseat ion a , prudence of all who are suffering from affecti on s which in volve the enfeeblement and ultim ate loss of t hose pow„ without which man forfeits the dignity of nature, a nd sin i s s to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. 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May be had at the Depot, 69, Fleet-street, E.C., price Two Shillings each : one sent on receipt of 30 postage stamps. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 31. The Queen has been graciously pleased to make and or dain a Special Statute of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, for appointing the Right Honourable Viscount Can ning, Governor-General of India, and the Right Honour able Lord Elphinstone, Governor of the Presidency of Bom bay, to be Extra Members of the Civil Division of the First Class, or Knights Grand Cross, of the said Most Honour able Order. WAR-OFFICE, MARCR 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain Frederic Sayer to be Police Magistrate for Gibraltar. WHITEHALL, MARCH 25. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Rither don, Gent., to be Lieutenant in the Artillery Company of London, for the term of five years from the date hereof. WHITEHALL, APRIL 1. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Major-General Marcus John Si ade to be Lieutenant-Go. vernor of the Island of Guernsey. DOWNING STREET, MARCII 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Edward John Eyre, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of Antigua, in the ab sence of the Governor. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Wil liam Charles Sargeaunt, Esq., to be Administrator of St. -Vincent, during-the absence of the Lieutenant-Governor t FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH 30. Notice is hereby given, that the Earl of Malmesbury has appointed John Preston, Esq., to be agent at Belfast for the issueof Foreign-Office Passports. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, APRIL 1. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant William Wray Hartopp to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sir H. P. Henniker, Bart., who retires ; Cornet M. B. Bowyer Adderley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hartopp ; John Robert Heron Maxwell, Gent., to be Cornet by purchase, vice Adderley. 3d Dragoon Guards—Major Fenwick Boyce Barron to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel, Dyson, who retires; Captain Frank Chaplain to be Major, by purchase, vice Barron. Scots Fusilier Guards—The Christian names of Ensign and Lieutenant Ram are Stephen James, and not James Stephen, as stated in Gazette of 18th March, 1859. 4th Regiment of Foot—Herbert John Mainwaring Wil liams, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. Gth Foot—Ensign Henry Mahony, from the Kerry Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Oliver Robinson, superseded, being absent without leave. 7th Foot—Ensign C. Houstoun Kempson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rumbold, who retires. Bth Foot—Theodore Henry Skinner, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wheeley, promoted ; Ensign William James Watson to be Instructor of Musketry. _ _ 10th Foot—Robert Munro Dickinson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Phillips, promoted ; Samuel Fre derick Poole, Gent., to be Ensign, m:thout purchase, vice Brouncker, appointed to the 24th Foot. 11th Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Moore to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel Henry Keane Bloomfield, who retires upon half pay; Captain Thomas Peebles to be Major, without pur chase, vice Mpore. loth Foot—Lieutenant Walter G. Hawkins to be Captain, without purchase, vice Fry, deceased ; Ensign Stewart Davies D. Cartwright to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Hawkins; Serjeant-Major Joseph M'Murray to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cartwright 17th Foot—Lieut. Charles Gnome Grant to be Captain, without purchase, vice 'Walton, deceased ; Ensign Robert G. W. Wrench to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Grant. 22d Foot—Louis Richard Grismond Vaughan, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase. 23d Foot-,Lieut. James De Vic Tupper to be Captain, by purchase, vice Gillmore, who retires ; Henry Francis Hutton, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gerard, promoted. 24th Foot—Henry Albert Harrisson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice O'Mahony, promoted. 38th Foot—Captain W. de W. Roche Thackwell, from the 39th Foot, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major A. C. Snod grass, who exchanges. 39th Foot—Brevet-Major A. Campbell Snodgrass, from the 38th Foot, to be Captain, vice Thackwell, who exchanges. 51st Foot—Lieut. Charles James Hughes to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mitford, who retires ; Ensign Robert Norton Cobb to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hughes. 62d Foot—The Christian name of Captain Hunter is Ed ward only, and not Henry, as hitherto stated. 69th Foot—Ensign George Edward Bruce to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Bulger, promoted in the 10th Foot. 71st Foot—Lieutenant John C. H. Poyer Callen to be Captain, by purchase, vice Denny, who retires ; Ensign John Henry Leslie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Callen. _ _ _ _ . 73d Foot—Ensign James Trench Turner to be Instructor of Musketry. 78th Foot—Lieutenant R. Cuninghame C. Graham, from the 80th Foot, to be Lieutenant, ♦ice Ewing, who ex changes. 80th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Ewing, from the 78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Graham, who exchanges. Both Foot—George Robert Somerville Ramsbottom, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase. 94th Foot—Lieutenant William Plumer Gaskell to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Buchanan, who has retired. 96th Foot—Lieutenant George Kerr Hallett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lowry, who retires ; Ensign James Morrison Kirkwood, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hallett. Rifle Brigade—Sergeant-Major Christopher Johnsten to be Ensign, without purchase. 3d West India Regiment—Ensign John Moore to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Landon, who retires. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign Ernest C. Wil ford to be Instructor of Musketry. CAVALRY DEPOT.—Cornet Edward Pulleyne, of the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Instructor of Musketry. RECRUITING DISTRICT.—Brevet-Colonel Chas. Franklyn, from the 84th Foot, to be Inspecting Field Officer, vice Macpherson, promoted to the rank of Major-General. ROYAL HOSPITAL (Kilmainham).—Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Carte, from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Physician and Surgeon, with the local rank of Staff-Surgeon, vice Dr. Macaulay. PURVEYOR'S STAFF.—Purveyor's Clerk of the First Class Edward Simpson to be Purveyor to the Forces, vice Dalton, deceased. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.—TO be Chaplains of the Fourth Class.—The Revs. Frederick James Abbot, Michael Cuffe, Thos. Malone, John 0' Flaherty, Joseph M'Sweeney, Joseph O'Dwyer, William George Morley, Robert Shep herd, James Hamilton, John Francis Browne, Thomas Coghlan, Charles Morgan, Edmond Butler,Michael Hogan, James Carey, and Richard Blake. BREVET.—Captaiu Thomas Rattray, of the 6th Bengal N ative Infantry, to be Major i n th e A rm y. West C OMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. sent R eg i men t o f Y eomanry C ava l ry —Li eu t enan t cOswald. Augustus Smith to be Captain, vice Berens, de Cornet Charles Lawrie to be Lieutenant, vice Smith, promoted ; Richard Benyon Berens, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Lawrie, promoted. .) West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—George A'Court Webb, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Thompson, resigned ; Markland Barnard, Gent., ,to be Lieutenant, vice Hodges, resigned. 3d Regiment or King's Own Staffordshire Militia— Charles Donaldson, Gent., to be Ensign. : Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of MilifTh. Artillery— Second Lieutenant Augustus Walter Cruikslittnk to be First Lieutenant, lice John Clervaux Chaytor, pr o moted. City of Edinburgh Regiment of ArtilleryMilitia—First Lieutenant Herbert Jones Hughes to be Captain, vice Home, struck off the strength of the establishment ; First Lieutenant George Roland, jun., to be Captaiv ir flee Fraser, resigned ; Second Lieutenant Robert Nicol to be First Lieutenant, vice Hughes, promoted ; George Finlay, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, vice Roland, promoted ; George Bowman, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Bruce, re signed. BANKRUPTS. • Jonathan Mort Haslam, cotton doubler, Portwood, Stock port, county of Chester, to surrender April 14 and May at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Thomas Druco, butcher, Weymouth-street, Portland place, April 11 and May 16, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. John Frampton, butcher, Poole, Apnl 12, at half-past one, and May 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Marmaduke Foster, bill broker, Bradford, April 19 and May 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. James Camp, boot and shoe maker, Chesterfield, April 16 and May 7, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. William Barnes, miller, Uldale, Cumberland, April 12, at half-past eleven, and May 17, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Richard Hawkins, cattle dealer, Carmarthen, April 12, and May 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Morgan, cattle dealer, Cardiff, April 42, and May 10, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. I_ Thomas Haywood, grocer, Homerton, ApriLl4 and May 12, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Shepherd, tile manufacturer, King's Lynn, Nor folk, April 15 and May 13, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Frederick Ruhl, merchant, Crutched Friars, April 9, at half-past twelve, and May 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Wood, cowkeeper, Granville place, Bagnigge wells-road, April 13, at half-past one, and May 14, , at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Benjamin Longridge Barnett, shipowner,-Gracechurch streot, Aptil 11, atoiac, amt‘May 16, attkvelvo,otthe Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Ford, grocer, High-street, Marylebone, April 11, at two, and May 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Aishen, baker, Hanley Castle, near Upton-upon- Severn, Worcestershire, April 14 and May 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Herbert Redgate and John Redgate, lace manufacturers, Nottingham, April 19 and May 3, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Robert Mackinlay, drysalter, Glasgow. John Stratheta, farmer, Marlee, Perthshire. Isabella Allan or Hay and John Hay, farmers. Duna blao and Fauldhead, Kirkintilloch. Daniel Robb, victualler, Glasgow. Ezekiel Hill, boot and shoe maker, Dumbarton. Peter M'Donald and Co., tailors, Aberdeen. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 30th day of March, 1859: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £33,404,950 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 18,929,950 Silver Bullion .... - X 33,404,9501 X 33,404,950 BANKING D. Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- oEPARTIVENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £11,708,353 Other Securities 17,357,488 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 700,520 counts) 9,346,014 Other Deposits 13,879,C35 Seven Day and other Bills 744,853 £42,183,091 31. 3 £42,183,091 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated March 31, 1859. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 29th day of March, 1859, ez:clusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Per cwt. From the British possessions in America 2Bs 0 4 1 -d Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 2Bs 10d Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 18s Old Average price of the foregoing 27s 61d TILE ACCIDENT TO THE PRINCE FREDERICK STEAMER. The magistrates who presided at the recent in. vestigation at Dover into the circumstances attend. ing the fatal accident to the Prince Frederick Wit mail steamer, near Calais Harbour, have made their report to the Board of Trade to the following effect : That the official number of the said ship, called the Prince Frederick William, of the port of Lon don, was 19,600, of which James John Pittock was the master, and which ship belonged to Joseph George Churchward, of 56, Lombard-street, in the City of London. 2dly. That the ship sailed from Dover on the 26th of February, at 20 minutes before 12 o'clock at night, with the India mails, the ordinary British mails for the continent, and 37 passengers, and was bound for Calais. 3rdly. That the ship arrived at the mouth of Calais har bour at about 15 minutes to two o'clock on the morning of the 27th of. February, the wind then being W.N.W., blowing strong, and a heavy sea running. 4th. That it was proved that the usual and proper signal lights for the mail vessels to enter the harbour were shown. sth. That when the said ship had nearly entered the port of Calais, being at the!time in the proper channel, she tailed the ground in crossing the bar, which caused her in some measure to lose her steerage way, owing to which the following sea carried her violently against the East Pier, and this accident resulted in the damage of her paddle-wheel, so as to disable her from moving her engines. She then drifted on shore about half a cable's length to the eastward of the East Pier of Calais Harbour. She came broad side on, with her head to the eastward, forming a breakwater, which enabled her crew to get the starboard quarterboat on shore in safety, with three of the crew and six of the passengers in her. The port quarterboat (as appears from the evidence) must have been damaged at the time she struck the pier, and it was washed away by the sea about the time the starboard quarterboat left for the shore. The tide at this time was making, and shortly after the starboard quarterboat had left the ship, the ship altered her position, bringing her head round to seaward. The crew of the starboard quarterboat made several attempts to get thet boat off again to the ship, but failed, partly in consequence of the ship having changed her position, and partly from other reasons detailed in the evidence. 6th. That about two hours after the ship grounded. the Calais lifeboat was towed out of that harbour by the On dine mail steamer, and was cast off by herjust outside the mouth of the harbour. In coming alongside of the Prince Frederick William, the lifeboat, as ap pears from the evidence of one of the crew, struck violently twice under the steamer's counter, by which, in our opinion, the lifeboat was in jured. She was then moored alongside of the Prince Frederick William, and seven or eight of the pas sengers on board got into her, when, from causes which are narrated in the evidence, the lifeboat capsized, and three of the passengers who had got on board of her were drowned. About 11 o'clock the same morning, the tide having receded, the passengers who had remained on board, and such of them as regained the steamer, when the lifeboat capsized, walked on shore. Having maturely considered the statement of the master, and the voluminous evidence which has been adduced before us, we are of opinion : Ist. That the casualty which occurred to the steam vessel the Prince Frederick William, on the morning of Feb. 27 last, was not caused by the wrongful act or default of the master, inasmuch as it has been proved to our satisfaction that the usual signal lights were exhibited, authorising him to enter the harbour. 2d. That with regard to the lamentable loss of life which subsequently occurred, we are further of opinion that such loss of life was not caused by the wrongful act or default of the master of the Prince Frederick William, and it appears to us to have arisen from causes beyond the control of himself or of any of his crew. We have, therefore, in accordance with the pro visions of section 438 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, returned to the said James John Pittock his certificate .of competency as master. LEWIS STRIDE, J.P. EDWARD FERRAND ASTLEY, I concur in the above report, H. HARRIS, Nautical Assessor. (AnvEnTisEmENT.).—Holloway's Ointment and Pills Wonderfully Efficacious for the Cure of Bad Legs, Sores, and Wounds, even if of Twenty Years' Standing —The number of cures effected by these remedies would appear incredible if they were not vouched for by the patients themselves, who, grateful f or th e b ene fit s d er i ve d from their use, permit the facts to appear before a discerning public. These remedies, if used conjointly, will cure old wounds, ulcers, and scrofulous sores, after all other means have proved unsuccessful. The pills also prove an admir able remedy to those suffering from debilitated constitu tions, as they create appetite, remove bile, headache, and palpitation of the heart. Th e pill s e ff ec t internally what the ointment does externally, together they radically purifY and heal, THE NAVY The screw steamship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Capt. Thompson, sailed from Plymouth on Thursday to join the squadron. The crew of the Royal William, 120, Captain W. J. Williams, about to be converted into a screw, were paid off at Plymouth on Thursday, andtrans ferred immediately to the Royal Adelaide,lo4, now appointed guardship of ordinary in Hamoaze. The London, 90, was undocked at Devonport on Wednesday. The St. George was taken out of Keyham basin on Thursday. The sloop Ferret, being fitted for the naval ap prentices, was docked at Devonport on Thursday. A letter received at Plymouth from a seaman be longing to the screw steamship Orion, 91, Captain E. C. T. D'Eyncourt, states that she left Bantry Bay on the 7th of March, and, steaming all the way, reached Gibraltar on the 18th. The crew ex pected that on the 22d she would sail for Malta, stay there two months, and then return to Plymouth. The Osborne paddlewheel steam yacht, Master Commander George H. K. Bower, was yesterday undocked at Portsmouth, after undergoing a thorough repair. She afterwards received her masts under the inner sheers in the ship basin. The Agamemnon, 91, screw steamship, fitting for the first-class steam reserve at Portsmouth, got up her steam yesterday in the steam basin, to try ma chinery, &c. Commander H. W. Hire joined the Urgent screw steam troopship at Portsmouth yesterday. The Urgent's present orders are to proceed to Jersey on the sth inst., and embark there the depot of her Majesty's 77th Regiment for conveyance to Cowes, Isle of Wight. The Melpomene, 51, screw steam frigate at Ports mouth, yesterday completed sending up her lower and topsail yards. The Vietory,lol,flagship of Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, and the Hannibal, 91, screw steamship, Captain George T. Gordon, commanding steam reserve, yesterday sent up their topmasts and fidded topgallantmasts for the summer. The St. Vincent, 102, Capt. Harry Eyres, C. 8., guardship of ordinary at Portsmouth, was paid on Thursday, and her crew granted leave until Monday, when they will rejoin on board the Illustriou s . Her Majesty's steam transports Rhadamanthus and Dee left Woolwich yesterday laden with steam gear for vessels under construction in the western yards. The paddlewheel steam sloop Barracouta steamed down the river yesterday from. Woolwich on trial of her engines and machinery, and proceeded to Sheerness to be placed in the second class steam reserve of that yard. The iron screw steam storeship Supply, in ordi nary at Woolwich, yesterday commenced shipping stores and provisions preparatory to her expedition to Asia Minor. The following ships have been taken up by Go vernment for the transport of war stores from Wool wich arsenal :—The Vicar of Bray, for Valparaiso ; the Britannia, for Gibraltar; the Julia Augusta, for Algoa Bay; the Sir George Pollock, for Auck land, New Zealand ; the City of Hamilton, for Quebec; and the Princess Louisa, for St. Lucia. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Doris, 32, arrived on Wednesday evening at Portland, from Plymouth. The other ships in harbour are the Algiers, 91 ; Termagant, 25 ; and the Blenheim, 61. The gunboat Biter sailed for Portsmouth on Thursday morning. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Captain T. Wilson, to the St. Vincent, recommissioned • I. C. Sabben, surgeon, to the Illustrious ; W. J. Wilson, surgeon, to the Perseverance ; W. Lochart, assistant-surgeon, to the Impregnable ; J. K. Smallbone, assistant- surgeon, to the Victory ; It. T. Crispin, paymaster, to the Illustrious ; F. Oliver, assistant-paymaster, to the Illustrious ; H. W. P. Kooystra, clerk, to the Boscawen ; A. Hertzel, clerk, to the Illustrious. THE ARMY. Lieut.-General Sir Harry G. Smith, commanding the Midland District, is, we are happy to learn, so far recovered from the effects of his l a t e accident that he will be able early in the ensuing week to resume his military duties at Manchester. It is the intention of the military authorities to form an additional Commissary Corps to the British arm. The Ist Life Guards will remove from liyde Park Barracks to WindSor on Tuesday . next: The 2d Regiment of Life Guards; now stationed at Wind sor, will replace the Ist Regiment at Hyde Park. The following changes of the Brigade of Guards took place yesterday : Grenadier Guards-Ist battalion, from Windsor to Wellington Barracks, St. James's ; 2d battalion, from Wellington Barracks, St. James's, to the Tower of London ; and the 3d battalion from Port man-street and St. John's-wood Barracks to St. George's, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks. The Coldstream Guards-Ist battalion, from St. George's, Kensington, and Magazine Barracks to Wellington Barracks; and 2d battalion from Wel lington Barracks, St. James's, to Portman street and St. John's-wood Barracks. The Scotch Fusilier Guards-Ist battalion from the Tower of London to Windsor. The 2d batta lion remains in Dublin. Yesterday morning a board of commissioners of Chelsea Hospital assembled at St. Mary's invalid establishment, Chatham, for the purpose of inspect ing those sick and wounded troops who have re cently arrived at the invalid depot from India, when a large number of non-commissioned officers and men who were declared unfit for further ser vice were ordered to be discharged, each man being awarded a pension according to the nature of his wounds and his length of service. Many of the men have served in India 18 years. METROPOLITAN GAS SUPPLY. Yesterday the Parliamentary Committee ap pointed as to the Metropolis Gas Supply and the districting arrangements of the London Compa nies, met as usual in No. 15 Committee-room. House of Commons. The Hon. G. Byng presided, and the whole of the members were present :—Sir S. Shelley, Sir W. G. Hayter, Mr. Jackson, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Russell, Mr. John Abel Smith, Mr. Adams, Sir W. Dunbar, Mr. John Locke, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Ayrton, and Mr. Whitbread. The metropolitan delegates had submitted a series of proposed clauses to be inserted in a Bill for the protection of the public, and there has hitherto been great disagreement in the committee. Yesterday and Monday the committee sat with closed doors ; and in consequence of the strong feeling prevailing, the committee of delegates had passed a resolution to place in the hands of some of the members, calling upon all members of the com mittee possessing a pecuniary interest in any gas company to retire from the oommittee ; and, in the event of their not doing so, threatening to present a petition to Parliament as to the constitution of the committee. Mr. JACKSON proposed the following resolution : —" That the committee recommend, as a basis for future legislation, the following—Districts to be assigned to the several existing companies ; 4s. 6d. per thousand feet to be the maximum price, until the profit, being more than 10 per cent., compels, under the clauses of the Gas Clauses Consolidation, a reduction in price ; auditors to be appointed as arranged in the Gas Clauses Consolidation Act, to ascertain the actual profits, allowing for wear and tear, and replacement of plant ; no such advance in price to be made by the compani es , un l ess suc h advance be sanctioned by the Board of Trade ; minimum illuminating power to be 11 sperm candles for common coal gas, and 161 for cannel gas ; charge for public lights to be as low and not less than the several companies' charges in the several districts to the largest consumers ; proper officers to be appointed for testing the quality of the gas ; no claim to be made on new t enan t s f or debts due by a previous occupier ; the price for cannel gas to be 6s. when common coal gas is 4s. 6d., the illuminating power b e i ng 161 sperm candles as against 11 for Newcastle coal." Sir W. HAYTER proposed as an amendment that The principle of the companies occupying ex clusively separate districts be r ecommen d e d b y th e committee; that if any advance beyond the price of 4s. 6d. for common gas of 11 sperm candles, or 6s. for cannel, of 161 sperm candles, shall be made by any of the respective companies, a power shall be given to vestries or district boards to appeal to the Board of Trade against such advance, who shall decide if such advance shall be detailed, mo dified, or reduced." The metropolis delegates refused to assent to the principle of exclusive districts to the compa nies, as . perpetuating monopoly ; and after a long and, it is said, stormy discussion, the committee broke up without agrement, leaving the parishes to introduce a bill on the subject. A 1: - ` , SPAPEit • • r ce bearing 8 per cent. of& _ p s will be greatly beoefite 7 ,7 7 • will rise to £l2O, and p er h a p s -X 25 - • party here who are opposed to the T k ati. / some the decision of the London shareb.o4,..ciers s determine the matter. The legislation of this colony respecting the Chinese population may possibly lead to a difficulty between this Government and the Imperial Govern.. ment on international grounds growing out of the Chinese treaty. Of that treaty no authentic copy has been as yet officially communicated to this Go vernment. It appears to have been constructed without reference to the position of this country in relation to China, and especially without any con sideration as to the manner in which we are exposed to the influx of considerable numbers of the Chinese race bearing a large and inconvenient proportion to + l ' Euronep- ^-^nlation of the country. We have ...,000 Chinese in Victoria, wholly males. This is one-twelfth of our whole population and but for 'the checks which our legislation has imposed upon the immigration of Chinese the num ber would have been greater. At one period the numbers continually pouring into our ports threatened at no distant day to convert this into a settlement of Chinese rather than of European,. This very naturally created alarm, and it was really in obedience to popular opinion that the first Act was passed in 1855, having for its undisguised ob ject to limit the influx of the Chinese. This Act provided that the master of any ship arriving with any Chinesevn board where the proportion of per sons on board, including the crew, exceeded one to every 10 tons should be liable to a penalty of £lO for every passenger in excess of that proportion. A. rate of £lO each was also levied on all Chinese pas sengers brought by ships. The Chinese were also rendered liable to an annual payment of 20s. each. The penalty for the non-payment of this last sum was £5, or two months' imprisonment. In Nov., 1857, another Act was passed, 21st of Victoria, No. 41 (without repealing the former Act), requiring the Chinese to take out a residence licence to be renewed every second month an payment of £1 for such licence and for every renewal. The Chinese were required to produce a receipt for the " head money" paid on their arrival by the captain, and if they could not produce such receipt they were required. to pay the £lO in addition to the licence fee. The object of this was to check the influx of Chinese from Adelaide and Sydney by way of the. Murray river. If they could not produce the receikt, or did not pay the £lO, the licenoe was rcfasea.' But this second et* contained --no penalty and no direct mode of recovering either the £lO or the accumulated licence fees. The expedients for inducing rather than enforcing the payment - was a species of outlawry clause by which a Chinaman who is without licence cannot sue in any court. This is the method adopted as to the " miner's right" (or licence to mine for gold), and it succeeds pretty well as to European miners, because from their re lation with their fellow miners and others on the gold fields they frequently want to sue, and have a sort of instinctive alarm of anything approaching to a privation of an important right. But the Chinese are not much under that necessity, and the act has been in a great degree a failure. The present Government have brought in a bill repealing the existing acts, and simplifying the mod.es of pay ment, and also reducing the imposition more within the means of the Chinese. The "head money" on entering our ports is retained, and also the propor tion of passenger,sto tonnage. But the £1 residence fee of the first act, and the £6 annual licence fees of the second act, as well as the £1 for " miner's right," under the Goldfields' Act (which the Chinaman must now pay like all others), are commuted for a payment of £4 per annum, which may be paid by instalments (two or four to be fixed in committee). The principle of this bill is similar to that of the existing acts, but its operation is more favourable to the Chinese, and I apprehend it will turn out more productive of revenue. I think there is very little doubt of the passing of this act, and as the treaty has not been communi cated the Legislature will not have to consider its effects in relation to the favoured nation's clause, as it is commonly called, of that treaty. It is to be hoped, also, that her Majesty will not be ad vised to disallow it, for such disallowance would set up the present Acts, which are really oppres sive on the Chinese people. I say that these Acts will be set up, because the treaty will not operate to repeal Acts already in existence, and the Impe rial Parliament having clothed these colonies with full power to legislate respecting our internal con cerns has abdicated its own function of legislating for us. The necessity of a check is very great. Moreover, exceptional legislation is requisite for an exceptional people. They cost this Government a considerable sum for protection. The protective organisation alone costs about £17,000 a year. This extra expense the Chinese ought to pay. On this principle we tax our mining population spe cially and exceptionally, because the cost of governing the goldfields is greater than that of governing other classes. When practical, we make use of intelligent Chinese to fill some offices among them. This legislation is no doubt similar itt prin ciple to our laws for preventing the influx of criminals. It is open to the same technical and theoretic objections, but is at the same time justi fiable by the same necessity. Our distance from China is not very great, our goldfields are attractive to them, and if unchecked by legislation we should be overwhelmed by this peculiar people. If they had brought a reasonable proportion of women, and settled into a domestic state, I doubt whether there would have grown up against them so strong a prejudice, but even with women the existence in the midst of a superior race of an inferior race is a very great evil, especially where many of their habits are repugnant to the feelings of Europeans. In concluding this subject, I think it necessary to state my conviction that this colony will insist on its right to institute and continue some sort of exceptional legislation in order to protect our population from any overpowering influx of the Chinese race, as it has already successfully done in the Influx of Criminals Bill, the late discussion upon which I described in a former letter. VICTO1?1,1. (From the Times' Correspondent.) MELBOURNE, FEB. 4. The Oneida did not arrive until th e 10 t h o f January, and required overhauling, consequently she has been delayed until this day. The Salsette had previously arrived. As the Oneida has to back the London February mail there is every pro bability that the February and March mails will be forwarded and arrive together in May. I hope this will be the last of the irregularities. The proposal of the Government to purchase the Geelong line of railway has been adopted by the house. The Chief Secretary's and Attorney-Gene ral's speeches have been printed, and will be sent to England by this mail. It is to be hoped they will put an end to the shabby attempts to depreciate the credit of this colony in order to coerce the Govern ment into unreasonable terms of purchase. The prospects as to the production of gold are improving. The quantity received by escort in the four weeks of January amounts to 176,610 ounces, against 157,605 for the.same period last year. Gold of a superior quality has been discovered in the Dandarory ranges, about 35 miles from Melbourne. The specimens that I have seen are of a bright yellow colour, apparently very pure. These ranges extend in an easterly direction across the country to the east coast. The valleys adjacent are of rich soil, and the effect will be to open an immense district of country to settlements. The excess of immigration over emigration last year has only increased our population by 18,082. The imports of 1858 nearly balance the exports, indicating a sound state of trade. liiiports Exports Balance The production and export of gold exhibit a de ficiency compared with the last two years. I take the following_ figures from W, Clarke and - Sons' circular:— _ Received by Escort. Exported. 1855 2,132,398 oz. . . 2,576,745 oz. 1856 2,625,968 1857 2,481,020 1858 2,336,663 The quantity of gold shipped since the first dis covery is, according to the official returns, 17,579,886 ounces, the value of which is about £70,000,000 ; but this is within the true quantity, inasmuch as before the imposition of an export duty a great deal was shipped privately or carried away by passen gers without passing entry at the Custom-house. It is anticipated that the recent issue of mining leases, and the operation of an act to sanction mining on private property where the owners and miners agree, will tend to restore the quantity. Hencefor ward mining enterprise must be conducted by the combined efforts of miners and capitalists, for there is only room for a very moderate extent of sur face-digging. The new mining leases provide for the working of partially worked alluvial lands, i. e., such as the pick and shovel miners have aban doned. If we were to judge of the condition of the people by the quantity of gold alone, then it would appear that it is on the decline, as 500,000 people are shar ing a smaller whole than 300,000 people did four years ago ; but production for home use has been greatly increasing. Estimated at the moderate prices of the present year, we have produced more than £3,000,000 worth of farm produce. The colony also now manufactures a vast number of articles for consumption which a few years ago were pur chased with our gold, e. g., sawn timber and other building materials, carts and carriages, furniture, soap, candles, beer, and many other articles. My own impression is that the condition of the colony is better than it was in 1855 and 1856, but of course this going on diminishes the foreign (external) trade of the country. Thus, when the produce of gold was at its maximum proportion to population, we imported not only nearly all the flour we con sumed, but also our hay, oats, potatoes, and other produce, paying for them £4,000,000 or £5,000,000 more than they now cost. There was then, no doubt, a large trade, but there was an enormous waste. Gradually our imports have been accom modatdd to our diminished exports, and the trade is much better balanced. A very large trade is very deceptive as an indication of the most prosperous condition. The merchant seldom regards trade as an admirable expedient to cure a defect in the re sources of countries. If England could produce the commodities of every country in the world at the lowest price there would be no need of foreign trade. It is only because she cannot produce the ' sugar of the tropics and the furs of the Polar regions that she is compelled to trade for them. I. believe part of the falling off in the quantity of gold is to be attributed to the number of persons who have taken to other pursuits, and I am far from consider ing this an evil. In 1856 the cultivators of land increased 125 per cent. ; in 1857 they increased 282 per cent., and last year the increase was very con siderable. I believe this change will go on, and that the number of men working on the goldfields will be greatly reduced without any decrease of production, for in May last there were in the several diggings, 6,367 machines of various kinds, worked by steam, horses, and men. On Thursday, the 13th January, the railway from Melbourne to Williamstown, and the first section of the Melbourne and Murray River Railway, were opened by a grand ceremonial, and, after the man ner of our countrymen, by a feast. The day was of that brilliant and genial nature not often to be met with in any other climate. In the early part of the week we had some very cold weather, with storms of wind and rain. The temperature about Tuesday began to increase, and by Thursday the weather had just attained that degree of warmth, with a coolin. , breeze and a cloudl ess s ky, mos t con genial to the human constitution. Messrs. Cornish and Bruce, the contractors, had invited the Gover nor, the Ministry, the membe rs o f b o th H ouses o f Parliament, with their respective families, and others, numbering about 1,500 persons, to a dejeuner at Sunbury, distant rather over 23 miles from Mel bo irne. The first section ends at a great coaching house called the Digger's Rest, on Keilor plain. 21 miles from Melbourne, and is completed for all pur poses. The extension to Sunbury was open for the occasion, the carriages passing successfully and safely over it, but it will not be open for traffic until the first week of February. I may remind you that the financial arrangements for this undertaking were not brought to a conclusion until the 4th o June, the contract for the work was signed on the 7th of June, and the work was c ommence d i n th e last week of ! June. Thus, the portion of the line now completed has occupied in its construction only six months and a half, a degree of speed unexampled, I believe, either in England or America. Nothing can be more perfect than the execution of both these lines, and all who are com petent to form an opinion rejoice that the cheap and loose system of America was not adopted here. The first outlay is no doubt greater, but the safety and stability of the work will undoubtedly prove, as many predicted, " cheaper" in the end. The arrangements were all well made, and not a single accident marred the enjoyment of the day. The dejeuner was spread in a temporary building erected for the purpose, which was very tastefully decorated with flag s and evergreens and flowers. I never saw a similar banquet where there was so ample a supply of eatables, such excellent wines, so much elbowroom, and such excellent attendance. The "40 cooks and 100 waiters" men tioned by the newspapers did their work well. It was easy to get a change of plates, a knife and fork, a piece of bread, and a glass of iced water—things rarely attainable on similar occasions. Most wise people dine quietly before going to such banquets. Here it was quite unnecessary, and would have been impossible, as we started at 10 a.m. Between the hour of arrival and the dejeuner the Governor and party walked on about a mile,where he laid the first stone of a grand viaduct to cross Jackson's Creek—a deep ravine over which section No. 2. passes. There is so much cutting and embankment that this next section cannot be finished for two years. But other and easier portions will be com pleted and opened, as was done of old on the Bir mingham Railway. Further on there will be some deep cutting, in order to get through the dividing range of which Mount Macedon forms a part. These heavy earthworks and masonry works will retard the completion of some sections until the end of 1861. I understand that the Ballarat line is going .WETROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday in Guildhall—Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The financial statement showed the following results :—General account, £27,978 Bs. ; Covent garden approach, £199,332 6s. 9d. ; Southwark and Westminster communication, £22,545, 13s. ; Victoria-park approach £42,502 lls. 10d ; Finsbury part, £3 16s. 11d. Total, £292,319 16s. 6d. on rapidly, though it was not begun matil more than two months after the Northern line. The Wil- liamstown Railway connects Geelong with Mel bourne, and will cause the Geelong line to pay better than it has hitherto done. The Ballarat line will be completed in 18 months. The proposal of the Government to purchase the Geelong R a il way has been somewhat modified since Mr. O'Shaune ss yr s resolutions were first placed on the motion paper. The plan has been simplified by securing to the Government the option of paying off the share holders and the liabilities in cash or debentures at the market price in London. The necessary funds will be spared out of the ra il way l oan already authorised. The Government will assume the liability of the company to the bondholders, who are entitled to 7 per cent., except one small IMPROVEMENT OF TOWER-HILL. A deputation attended the board from the Tower hill Paving Trustees to present a memorial on the subject of the local management of Great Tower hill. The memorialists stated that the carriage -way of Tower-hill was very defective, and they urged upon the board the great importance of the efficient maintenance of the carriage-way of this thorough fare, as by the opening of Postern-row and George street the traffic had been recently much increased. This memorial was referred to the Works Com mittee. THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD. Mr. LESLIE moved, pursuant to notice--" That the time now wasted in reading the minutes be saved to the board and the public, and that the bye-law of the board No. 6, relating to the minutes of the proceedings of the board, be varied accord ingly." He said that the practice was now really adopted, as every member received a copy of the printed minutes on the day before the board meet ing, which made them more conversant with the business done than by hearing them read by the clerk, especially as no one listened to him. Mr. BURSLEM seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. LESLIE then moved—" That the hou r o f meeting for the future be eleven o'clock instead of twelve, and that the bye-law of the board No. 1, relating to ordinary meetings of th e b oar d , b e altered accordingly." In support of thi s mot i on he judges, eAl i nl ates and other p ersons were i n ten o'clock, b u t as he s th a said habit that of m be lieved that some opposition would be offered to that hour, he had sought to make a compromise by pro posing that they should meet at eleven o'clock. If the business was to begin at that hour it would enable the members of Parliament who were mem bers of the board to attend without interference with their parliamentary duties. The CLIAIRMAN said a great deal of the difficulty which at present prevented the attendance of mem bers of Parliament would be avoided as soon as the business of the office was removed to Berkeley House. As regarded the hour of meeting, he ac knowledged the value of meeting early; but although he was at the office by nine o'clock in the morning, there would be a difficulty in getting rid of the letters and other matters by eleven o'clock, and therefore, for the few months that they would have to remain in Greek-street he would suggest that their hour of meeting should continue as here tofore. Mr. LESLIE then, by consent, withdrew his motion. NAMES OF STREETS. On the recommendation of the Works and Gene ral Purposes Committee, it was agre.ed—" That the plates for the names of streets patented by Messrs. Skinner and Whalley be used, - the ground being white, with black flush letters." ' Some uninteresting routine matters were then disposed of, and the board adjourned.