The Sun. — London, England, 1860-03-09 00:00:00

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'"°11- 4' •A....• , ------ - --, • - -- however, came "and saw wha4r-llvAE4Offlin ret ra mill, and expressed himself ayto --I..:ic.‘ s' --- dity and simplicity of my p o`iic, 4 - 44 1 would send him half a ton 76114 ...?,- . 7 v -'•' ,''.... :7 partiallymanufactured), witlic 9', trthitfugt`t-14 Ez. , 'would succeed better than th6l ...-: fj ~...' 4 4 raw Riaterial. For reasons be ' I have not as yet fulfilled my promka pintly, bb r haps, because in the present phase of the duty question I preferred to look before I leaped. " Voile tout !" Var. ;n 3 London, sth March, 1860. This is to Give Notice, That the Annual GENERAL COURT will he held at the Society's House, No. 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY, the 17th day of March. at Two o'clock precisely, to receive the Auditors Re port of the receipts and disbursements or the Society during the year 1859, and to elect Auditors for the present year. By order of the Board of Directors, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary. rider THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1860. n J N°. 21,126. P k ICE 4 D . STAMPED, s°. tin- METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES. AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-street, Witterlob-place, London, S.W. CAPITAL £lOO,OOO. Assurances upon single and joint lives and survivorships. Immediate annuities, and annuities. to commence at a fixed age. Endowments for children and for expected ramifies. Credit given for half the premiums for' the first five years. Three-fourths of the profits divtied amongst the assured. Policies purchased after five years premiums have been paid. No charge for policy sumps, or other entrance fees. Loans on approved real and personal security, in connection with 'life assurance. Service permitted within the United King dom, in any volunteer corps free of extra premium. F. FERGUSON CAM ROUX, Manager. CONTRACT FOR BALTIC HE3II'. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, Bth March, 180. 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 3d April next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing - to Contract for supplying RIGA and PETERSBURGH HEMP, to be delivered at her Majesty's Dockyards according to a distriliutlon, which with a form of the tender maybe ).een at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Ten der for Hemp," and must be delivered at Somerset-place. 111 E IVA Yk. Messrs. Tupman, Greene, Hon. J. M. 'Yorke, and Gordon receiving second. class. _ which these foreign supplies will be directed—the one spot where the foreigner can come in absolutely free ; and when it is remembered, also, the immense area from which t hey draw their supplies of material, the effect in raising the continental price, so long as these prohibitory laws exist, must be comparatively slight, while the effect of an European supply of paper directed upon England alone must press with more than ordinary severity on the British maker —a process not very likely to revivify those rural mills which the Chancellor , so poetically described as one of the aims of his Budget. I am reluctant to trespass further on your space, but I have anoth7r point to brink under your notice, exemplifying still further the peculiarly happy position in which the English papermaker will be placed. _ _ _ _ As I have given my facts, I must dissent from the " Proprietor's" theory as to the supply of paper making material, as lam satisfied that this is prae tie9lly inexhaustible, and so soon as the incubus of the duty ceases to exist an abundant supply will come forward, and if I am not very much mistaken rags five years hence will be 20 per cent. cheaper than at present. The paper manufacturers must, ho ever, march with the times, and learn some thing more of the chemistry of their business than they know at present, as obviously nervous, strong, and virgin fibres will require a totally dissimilar method of treatment from that employed for an effete material like rags.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, ham LAUNCH OF TIIE HOWE. Lieut. Thomas B. Horner, R.N., was yesterday appointed Additional Lieut. to the Fisgard, for surveying service. The launch of the Howe was most successfully effected from No. 2 shed at Pembroke dockyard ,on Wednesday last.. From an early hour in the morn ing the sightseers poured in from the surrounding country. At a, feW minutes before six o'clock Miss Ranisay, daughter of Gen. Ramsay, niece to Capt. George Ramsay, •C. 8., . Captain-Superintendent of Pembroke dockyard, came forward, and, taking the gaily decorated bottle that hung at the vessel's bow, dashed it against the stem, and the christen ing of the Howe was an accomplished fact. At 10 minutes past six o'clock ,p.m. just three minutes from the time the dogshores had been knocked away, the Howe moved off, and, gliding grandly down the greased ways, gathering. speed as she went, reached the water amid enthusiastic cheers and waving of handkerchiefs, while the dockyard band played "Rule Btitannia.." As soon as she had gained a sufficient offing. she was brought up, and the largest line-of-battle ship in her Majesty's navy swung to her anchor for the first time. The Howe was designed'by Rear-Admiial Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.B. Controller of the Navy. She was laid down in March, 1856, and, owing to the press of work in all the royal dockyards at that period, consequent on the Russian war, she was partly framed by superannuated shipwrights, re employed for the occasiew She is a very beauti ful model, and has been ;completed under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Henry Cradock, the present Master-Shipwright. Her figurehead is a thr_eelquarter length figure of t: lidniral Lord Rowe, in the old naval uniform, ana is about 15 feet high. Her principal dimensions are as follows : Length over all, 301 ft. lin. ' • length between per pendiculars, 260 ft. ; l eng th of teal for tonnage, 220 ft. ; breadth, extreme, 61ft. ; breadth for ton• nage, 60ft. 2in. ; breadth, moulded, 59ft. 4in. ; depth of hold, 26ft. 4in.; depth from taffrail to under side of keel, 65ft. 9in.; depth from top of figure-head to keel, 61ft. 9in.; burden in tons of ship, 3,594; bur den in tons of engine-room, 1,842; burden in tons of builder's measurement, 4,236; load draught of water when ready for sea, afore 24ft. 9in. ; ditto, abaft, about 25ft. Bin. ; weight of hull wnen launched, about 3,500 tons. Her armament will be as under : 1 J THE ARMY. We believe it is definitively arranged that Lord W. Paulet, C 8., at present commanding the Ist Infantry Brigade at Aldershott, succeeds to the command of the south-west district on Major- General Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., entering upon his duties at the Horse Guards as Adjutant- General of the Forces. His lordship paid a visit to the general at the Government-house, Ports mouth, yesterday. A special order was yesterday received by the heads of departments of Woolwich Arsenal from the Secretary of State for War, to the effect that all volunteer officers presenting themselves in uniform may be permitted to see the Arsenal. Col. R. Rumley, the newly appointed Vice Pre sident of the Council of Military Education, vice Major-Geu. Cameron, has returned from his Staff employment at Gibraltar, and will forthwith enter On the duties of his appointment. Lieut. William Romilly, 2d battalion of the 23d Regiment, has been appointed aide-de-camp to Major-Gen. Sir J. G. Le Merchant, Governor and Commander-in Chief at Malta. The next examination of candidates for direct commissions by the Council of Military Education takes place at the Royal College, Chelsea, on Wed nesday, the 11th proximo, and will terminate on Tuesday, the 17th. The whole of the officers and men composing the 4th brigade of Field Artillery yesterday mustered in front of the barracks at Woolwich, for marching past parade and inspection by Major-Gen. Sir Richard llacres, K.C.8., commanding the - garrison. A large detachment of drivers new enlisted were besterday ordered to be despatched from the depot rigade to the encampment. at Aldershott, and ar rangements are bein g carriedeut at Woolwich for the reception of a large draft of service men from Al dershott and Shorncliffe, to complete the organisa tion of the 15th and 16th brigades, to be formed during the ensuing month. The 36th Regiment, at Devonport, will on Saturday next remove to the Plymouth Citadel, and occupy the quarters recently vacated by the Royal Dublin Militia. The 11th Regiment, from Aldershott, will go to Devonport. Several of the Armstrong guns have been for warded from Woolwich to Portsmouth. Two of them have been mounted at Fort Cumberland, the head quarters of the Royal Marine Artillery, and others have been placed on board her Majesty's ship Excellent, Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., the gunnery ship at the port. The West Suffolk Militia will assemble at Bury Bt. Edmund's on the 30th of April for 27 days ' training. LONDON and PROVINnIAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Provisionally Incorporated pursuant to the Joint-Stock Com panies Act, 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110. Capital Stock, ONE MILLIoN in 50,E00 Shares of £2O each (with power to increase to Two Million). Deposit 2s. per Share, £1 18s. on allotment, and £2 in Three Months. Now really, in 2 vols., with Portraits, 215., bound, HISTORYOF THE REIGN OF HENRY IV., King of FRANCE and NAVARRE, from Numerous Original Sources. By . Alkliss FREER, Author of "The Lives of Marguerite D'Angouleme, Elizabeth de Valois, Henry H 1.," &c. 38- " The pubic will thauk ➢liss Freer most heartily for these lelightful volumes. In her 'particular line she is the besthis orian of her day."—Chronicle. el [MIST I'S, MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, Kin William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon don.—Every Eveniwz at 8, and every Saturday Morning at 3 o clock. 'rickets and places may be secured at the Hall froth 11 till 4, and at Hr Austin's West-end Box-office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. J. W. ItAYNoR. THOMAS ROUTLEDGE. Eynshani Mills, Oxon, March 3. der- llurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Americans are in as bad if not in a worse position than ourselves as regards the material for pipermaking. They, like ourselves, have a demand out of proportion to the supply, and they are there fore very large buyers of material wherever they are permitted to purchase, and in their desire to obtain a supply they do not neglect freetradiag England. The Americans are always buyers to some extent in this country. The high prices which' have ranged in England for two or three years past have to some extent lessened their pur chases compared with some years past, but even now, at prices which were never higher, they are shipping rags from this country to America; and it is to this point, with reference to its effects upon us in the future, that I wish to direct your special attention. It has been said that the effect of a free ler- A clause in the deed of settlement especially provides that every policy issued shall distinctly bear on the lace of it that the capital and property of the Company shall alone be an swerable for the settlement of its claims and engagements, and that no shareholder shall be liable bf , yond the amount of his or her share or shares in the capital stock of the Company. Now ready, Svo; cloth, price 10s. 6d., QCOTLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGES. By COSMQ INNES, Professor of History in the Uni versity of Edinburgh. Edinburgh : Edmonston and Douglas. London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. ASJUZE I N TELL IGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT—WORCESTER, MARCH 8. ' (Before Baron Bramwell.) ATTEMPT TO MURDER. John Wiilams was charged with cutting and wounding James Williams, at St. John's, with in tent to murder him. Mr. Best conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Richards the defence. t RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand CASINO, open every Evening, with the celebrated Band. Established 10 years. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ; principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half past 8, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad mission, DIRECTORS. Admiral Sir HENRY LEEKE, K.C.8., K.H., M.P., 23, Ovington-square, ;hairman. George Braginton, Esq, Banker and Shipowner, Torrington. James Laming, Ein, Director of the London and County Bank. James Nugent Daniell, Esq, Chairman of the Blackwall Rail way Company. Mark Whitwill, Esq(Firm of Mark Whitwill and Son, Mer chants and Shipowners), Bristol. John Averay Jones, Esq (Firm of Jones and Nash, Timber Merchants and Shipowners), Bristol. _ Charles Wells, Esq (Firm of Bremer, Wells, and Sloman, Merchants and Shipowners). Hull. H. T. Watson, Esq (Firm of H. T. Watson and Co., Ship owners), Hull, Grimsby, and Goole. Henry Fox, Esq (Firm of Fox, Bromham, and Lewis, Mer chants and Shipowners), London and LiverpooL Ingram Chapman, Esq, Director of United General Gas Com pany Frederick John Price Esq (Firm of Price and Co., Merchants), Tower-street. Fifth Edition, enlarged, fcp, cloth antique, price 6a., DEAN RAMSAY'S R EMINISCENCES OF. SCOTTISH LIFE AND CHARACTER. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, • HIGH HOLBO ItN, fhls Establishment, pre-eminently distinp•nished for the eleganc e and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined witl the perfection of its management is OPEN EVERY EVENING. The celebrated band, under fhe direction of Mr. %T. DI. Tacker, plays a nightly-varied selection of the m t ipproved classical and modern music. Doors open at half past 8. Overture at 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One Edinburgh: Edmonton and Douglas. London : Hamilton:Adams, and Co.. • It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, an old man, that the prisoner married his daughtsr, and that after they had lived together some months it was ascertained that 41e prisoner vis okeady married. He was then prosecuted for ligday, and imprisoned for the offence. Consequently enmity arose between the parties, and on the 23d December last, as the old man was returning home from his work about six o'clock in the evening, he was way laid by the prisoner, who knocked him down, and cut his throat. The old man got :up, but, his assailant again beat him on the head, and then left him. Prosecutor crawled back to his master's, and surgical assistance being promptly at hand, his life was saved. The wounds inflicted were on parts of the neck that might have caused death, but they were not cut deep enough to reach the main arteries or windpipe. Prisoner was apprehended at his own lodgings the same evening. He had met the old man's daughter after the attack, and had spoken to her. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged,- price 10s. 6d., DASENT'S TALES FROM THE NORSE. Edinburgh :_Edmonston, ant Douglas. London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co. import of foreign paper would be to equalise the price of material as between this country and the Continent ; and no doubt the tendency would be in this direction, though I have shown that from the immense area from which foreign supplies of mate rial are drawn, supplemented by the present 'pro hibitory laws, the result must always be greatly in favour of the foreign maker; but there is no doubt that, as I before said, the natural tendency would be in that direction. But a new difficulty stares us in the face. If foreign supplies of paper come into England, and take the place of home-made paper, we might expect that as English production was curtailed our material would accumulate, and the price would rapidly recede; and so it would if we were the only consumers; but the Americans are ready to take whatever we cannot use. They are buying now; and is it not fai r t o su pp ose th a t, as th e price re cedes from the effect of a lessened consumption in England, our cousins will purchase all the more readily ? Thus we have to meet the whole brunt of a foreign competition with regard to paper, and to share our already insufficient supply of ma terial with the Americans. VOLUNTEER LEVEE, DINNER, AND BALL. THE ARMY AND NAVY GAZt4.:TTE. Edited by W. H. RUSSELL. Esq. Next Saturday's Number will contain in an Eight Page SUPPLEMENT (gratis) an ample Report of TEA._ STRACHAN and CO.'s Strong rough. Domestic" Black at 3s. 2d. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don. E.C. Thomas Cotterell, Esq., Eaton-square, late Sheriff of London and Middlesex. _ _ TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'s Fine "Inter -& mediate" Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon don. E.C. With power to add to their number. UNDERWRITER. Negotiations are pending to secure the services of one of the most experienced Underwriters in London. B ANEERD—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street. THE LEVEE AT ST. JAMES'S PALACE THE DINNER AT ST. JAMES'S HALL. (H.R.11. the Duke of Cambridge in the Chair), and THE BALL AT THE FLORAL HALL, COVENT GARDEN. TEA. STRACHAN and Co.'s Matchless " Drawing Room" Black at 4s. 2d. per lb.-26, Corn hill, London. E.C. STOCKBROKERS. George E. Seymour, Esq, Throgmorton-street. Messrs. Crostey Brothers, 30, Cornhill. SoLiorrons—Messrs. Crosley and Burn, 34, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Flux and Argles, 68, Cheapside. • SECRETARY PRO TEM—Henry E. Warren, ESQ. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 79, LOMBARD-STREET, London, E.C. Applications for shares, in the usual form, will receive im mediate attention, but no application will be taken into con sideration unless a deposit of 25 per share be paid into the Company's bankers, to be allowed in payment of the first call, or returned in the event of shares not being allotted. All communications on the business of the office to be ad dressed to the Secretary, at the temporary offices of the Com pany, 79, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Office (where Advertisements and Subscriptions are re ceived), 16, Wellington-street North, Strand.—Sold by all Newsmen and Booksellers. Price 6d., stamped 7d. IF 'YOU DESIRE GOOD HEALTH SMOKE AROMATIC HERB TOBACCO, prepared only by WILLIAM GRIMSTONE, and swallow your spittle, which will then strengthen your digestive organs Sold in square packets, 3d. per oz., 3s. 6d. per lb. The smoke equals Oriental pastilles. Or, if your sight or hearing is bad, take GRIMSTONE'S HERBACEOUS EYE SNUFF. Sold in tinfoil packets, . 6d. per oz., or in 11b. or 21b. jars. Or, do you want a new growth of Human Hair? GRINS PONE'S AROMATIC REGENERATOR is the only article that will give it you. It is sold in triangulir bottles, with pamphlet of real testimonials, 45., 75., and 11s. (this sizo contains four of the 4s. size), by post, 125., and in cludes postage, &c. Family cases containing five, 11 s. ; bottles, £2 4s. The above are produced at the Herbary from herbs, flowers, and roots. All letters to William Grimstone, London Depot, 62, High-street, Bloomsbury; and by all respectable merchants and traders. Lower deck.. 32 8-inch guns, 65 cwt., 9ft. long. Midd1e....... 30 8-inch guns, 65 cwt., 9ft. long. Main . . 32 32-pounders, 58 cwt., 9ft. bin. long. Upper 26 32-pounders, 42 cwt., 9ft. long. Ditto l6B-pounder pivot, 95 cwt., 10 ft. long. He was found guilty of the assault with intent to murder, and his lordship ordered sentence of death to be recorded. T0ta1...• 121 Her complement of officers and men will be 1,130. Her engines are of 1,000 horse power, and are made by Messrs. Penn and Son, of Greenwich. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—March 8. L ONDON' AND PROVINCIAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. Notice is Hereby Given, That the Share List of this Com pany will be closed for London on Thursday. the , sth inst., and for the Provinces on Saturday, the 17th instant, after which the allotment will take place. The Directors consider that the £2 per share paid on de posit and allotment will be sufficient for the present pur poses of the Company. Noti ‘e is therefore Given, That the second Call of £2 per share named in ;he prospectus will not be required. No fur ther Call will be made without three months notice. By order of the Board, HENRY E. WARREN, Secretary, protein. 79, Lombard-street, London, Thursday, Bth March, 1860. 144 pages: 70 Enavings, post free 2 stamps. COMMON SENSE in a NUTSHELL • or, N.._} Every Man his own Doctor. The MEDICAL ADVISER, containing rules, prescriptions, &c., for the speedy cure, by very simple means, of Spermatorrhcea, and all the more com mon diseases of the urino-genital system, which, from neglect or improper treatment, 'too often result in Pains in the Back, Gravel, Nervousness. Exhaustion, and Incapacity. Sent post free for two Stamps, by Dr. DE Roos, 10, i3erners-street, Oxford-street, W. CLERKENIVELL.—WiIIiam Bell, aged 40, described on the charge sheet as an engraver, re siding at North-hill, Highgate, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being drunk and damaging a statue at the Belvidere Tavern, Pentonville, the pro perty of Mr. Joseph Briton, licensed victualler, . and also with assaulting police constables Ryan, 514 N, and Groves, 441 A, in the execution of their duty. _ _ THE P ; PER TRADE- FACTS AND FALLACIES. THE ANOLO-LUSO-BRAZILIAN ROYAL MAIL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Incorporated under Royal Charter granted by his Majesty the King of Portugal. Capital £400,000, in 40,000 Shares of £lO each. 41 per Share to be paid on application, and £1 on allotment of the - shares No further call will be made during a period of at least two calendar months ; and a period of at least one month must intervene between two successive calls. The liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Shares. PROTECTOR OF THE COMPANY. His Majesty the King of PORTUGAL. PRESIDENT.—Iiis Royal Highness the Duke of Oporto. DIRECTORS. His Grace the Duke of Saldanha, Lisbon His Excellency Viscount D'Athogruia, Lisbon John Arthur Roebuck, Esq, M.P., London - C. R. M. Talbot, Esq, M.P., Port Talbot, Glamorganshire, Chairman of the South Wales Railway Company John Orrell Lever; Esq., M.P.. London. Director of the South Wales Railway Company Stephen Lewis, Esq., Roehampton and London, Director of the South Wales Railway Company Thomas Williams, Esq, London, Director of the Great Western R a‘lway Company - Edward Watkins Edwards, Esq, London, Director of the Lon don, Ct atham, and Dover Railway Company Captain Robert Ford, shipowner, London. Thomas Howard, Esq, manufacturer, Manchester Augusto Ferreira Pinto liasto, Esq, merchant, Aveiro, Por . Theophilo Bernex Philipon, Esq, Lisbon - GENERAL MANAGER John W. Wilson, Esq SEenETanag—Walter T. Salton, Esq BANKERS. Messrs Masterman, Peters, and Co, 'London Bank of Portugal, Lisbon Somerrons—Messrs Hughes, Kearsey, Masterman, and Hughes, Bucklerebury. London STOCKBROKERS. • Messrs De Zoete and Edwards, 17, Thro London gmorton-street, Messrs Knight and Coleman, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London. ' OFFICIAL AUDITORS—Messrs Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co, Tokenhouse-yard AGENTS. Messrs Pilkington Brothers, 1.: 6, Fenchurch-street, London Thomas Jackson, Esq, (Lloyd's Agent), Milford Haven Messrs James Baines and Co, Liverpool Messrs Pinto, 011ive, and Co, Lisbon Messrs Faria and Brothers, Rio de Janeiro Meissrs Chaves, Son, and Brochado, Bahia Messrs Tauso and Brothers, Pernambuco , Santos OFFICES. London-40, Cannon-street, E.C. (temporary) Lisbon-4, I'. Rua Boa Vista This Company—formed for the purpose of establishing a line of steam service between England, Portugal, and the Brazils, and completing the essentiul link of communication between Milford Haven, the seaport of the Great Western and South Wales Railways, and Santos, Bahia, and Pernam buco, the seaports of the three important railways of the Brazils, has been incorporated by a Royal Charter from his Majesty the King of Portugal. The commercial transactions between Great Britain, Portu gal, and the Brazilian Empire are of immense and increasing importance, as is shown by the annual trade returns. From 1850 to 1857 our exports of British manufactured goods to the Brazils increased from £2,544,937 to £5,447,566 ; and the pas senger traffic between Portugal and that empire, which is already very great, is constantly and largely increasing, and w.ll be very much further developed by the railways now in course of construction. The Brazilian ports send coffee, dye-wood, drugs, diamonds, silver, and other valuable products, to this country every year; while we import 60,000,00 lbs. of coffee annually, two thirds of which may be furnished by the Braz i l s, in exchan g e for British manufactures. These facts alone will give some idea of the present and prospective commerce between the three countries, and of the necessity of the connecting link - furnished by this Company for the regular, rapid, and fre quent transit of goods and passengers. In sanctioning the formation and assuming the official posi tion of " Protector " of the Company, his Majesty the - King of Portugal fully recognises the importance of the extensive and increasing trade that exists upon the line the Directors have adopted. His Royal Hi hness the Duke of Oporto, his Majesty's brother, by accepting the President's chair, also gave expression to his opinion as to the importance of the undertaking. The statutes under which the Company has been incor porated give its vessels special advantages over those of other nations, and the Directors are assured that their ships sailing under the Portuguese flag will be able to command a very large share of the passenger traffic xisting between Great Britain, Portugal, and the Brazils. The Directors have entered into a contract with the Por tuguese Government for a subsidy for the carriage of their mails to the Brazils, by which a payment is secured to the Company equal to about £15,000 per annum of our money. A. contract has also been entered into with her Majesty's Post master-General, on highly favourable terms, for the convey ance of the British mails from this country to Portugal and the Brazils, and a subsidy will also be received from the Bra zilian Government for the conveyance of their mails, equal to co about £15,000 a year. In a dditi on to these otracsalrvehaig concluded, the Company hav e negotiations in progress the Directors confidently anticipat e will terminatesaAsfac torily, and in that case the. Company will be in receipt of a gross sum of £85,000 a year for postal service. The line was opened on the 3d of October last. The following is an extract from the Report of the Direc tors of the South Wales Railway to their Shareholders on the 20th Feb., 1860 : "The arrangements for through booking with the Ang,lo- Luso-Brazilian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, which were adverted to at the last half-yearly meeting, have been brought into operation. One of the ships of the Com pany arrives at, and departs from, Milford Haven in each month. " Tne traffic in connexion with them has already become of material importance to this Company, and from information which 'the Directors have received, they believe that the undertakisr, itself bids fair to be a profitable one to its pro moters, and of permanent advantage to the South Wales Railway." Applications for shares to be addressed to the Directors of the Company, 40, Cannon-street, London, E.C. • or to the Brokers of the Company. Messrs. De Z o ete and Edwards, 17, Throgmorton-street, London; or Messrs. Knight and Cole man, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London, t ach applica tion for shares must be accompanied by a payment at the rate of XI per share on the number of shares a pp lied for. If the application be not acceded to, the deposit w ill be returned in full. Prospectuses may be had at the offices of the Company, and from the Brokers and Agents, MEDICAL ADVICE. DR. LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,M.D. of the University of Erlangen, &c., may be CONSULTED on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and en the Secret In firmities of Youth and Maturity, trom Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'ATert has Just published, price Sixpence, with nu- Merous Engraviur and Cases.,_ a New Edition of his Work, - SELF-PRESERVATION, which will be sent free, in a sealed envelope. by Mann, Cornhill, London, or by the Author, for Eight stamps. CONTENTS. SECTION T.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. SECTION IL—Puberty- -Manhood —The Morale of Genera ive Physiology—True and False Morality. SECTION M.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical Relations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan tages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring,. SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence—The causes of Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. V. :The Vices of Schools—Effects of certain per nicious habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION Vl.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility —Impotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various hazardous Specifics —The Author's Principles of Treatment; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practice The above work is intr-ded for the perusal of those who have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules Of morality. In its cages facts of par mount utility are brought together, wholly divested of tne delusions and incon sistencies so largely introduced into certain quasi medical publications given to the world gratis, under the guise of philanthropy, or as "acts of gratitude," by pretended clergy men and others, whose tamperings with the CollAitUtiOn are treclugAtly followed by serious coruieveuees. 3, GREAT KAALROROUGH-STREET, W. , NEAR THE PANTHEON. DR- CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and as Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) above, en all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and. all Functional Derangements of both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences, MS just published, price is. ; by post, 13 stamps. 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and RSELVE original Work, entitled OUS. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition ot, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagi Spermatorrhma, 'itency, and all Diseases of with Prescriptions, Functional n r a r r a g e l t G hr &i rr n h a fe ry al' Orp,:ans , r omhoeinc-e re,TuhiearPithiyessioinlogyileaanitdh AanitosraicyknoefsslcY Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and tiou—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of Healthy ftemoval of the Theory and Symp . toms of Gesta- Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS , and On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspeps LONGEVITY ; ia, and Indigestion. No. 2. LOVE AN D MARRIAGE Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disapp o intments ; Love other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off ,pring secured. - - No. 3. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRMEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment , Confessions' avd Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &c. &c. " b , had of Mann, 39, Cornhil) ; and the Authors. 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The great adVant age d erived from thisinven tsitornengtis,hetil3ieadt, a vision ntiv e b r; eo a m g i e n a g plinerpsoainrsedarie e s i p i r a e b s l e e rjed and to em ploy - their sight at the most min - ate occupation —can ng power, and they see with those lenses of a much less magnify; do not re luire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Opera, Race-course, Field, a nd general Outdoor Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing- 12 and ;8 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly persons to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to-all others; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele =copes n inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 3} miles, and an object at 12 to H miles dis tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moon's, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with Increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They an swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are I/valuable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Price 30s. Magic Lanterns and Microscopes —Drawing-room and Scientific Amusements—Valuable Im provements in Compound Microscopes, To magnify 17,000 times, V ss. ; 35,000, £3 10s. ; .70,000, £6 10s. Prices from £1 to £6o—Ma , zie Lanterns, Dissolving* views, with improved German Lenses, giving a clear dies from 16 to 20 feet diameter. Every description of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophi cal Instruments of the highest character. 39, Albemarle atreet, Observe—oppesite the XpitHotel, Wt QURE CURE. - LAMBER'rS ASTHMATIC k.../ BALSAM, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is admitted to be the test medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds; confirmed eases of asthma and consumption. It frequently cures per sons whom the faulty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approach ing consumption its effects are truly beneficial. rersons de prived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may expend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Pre pared only and sold by W. Lambert, chemist, 20, Jermyn street, Haymarket, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., 2s. 3d. and 4s. 6d. each. Be particular and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam. William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street is engraved on tke stamp. TIRE PURE FLUID MAGNESIA of Sir JAMES MURRAY, M.D., re-carbonated, sparkling, and permamently sat Teed, is prepar -d by his last patented processes (1859), which render it perfectly effective f.,r pre venting or removing acidities, gout, gravel,-and indigestion, thus supplanting debilitating alkalies. London, 143, New Bond-street, February 21d, 1860. The Samp'e of hi- , new soarkling FLUID MAGNESIA, which Sir Jame Murray wished examined, yield -d 121 Grains of Carbonate of Magnesia, which gives about 19 Grains of Bi-carbonate of Magnesia for each fluid ounce o' Solution. T. SCHWEITZER, Analytical Chemist. This patented antacid is perfected in Dublin, and at Mr. Linder s, 104, Strand, London, to whom orders may be ad dressed ; who also supply William Bailey, of Wolverhamp ton, wholesale and shipping agent; Savory, Squire, and Wilcox, chemists, London, and all respectable vendors of medicine. In bottles, at is., 2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each. Acidulated Syrup ls. and 2s. each. ust Published, in 1 vol., Bvo. with numerous Anatomical Plates, post free, on receipt of six penny stamps, V - ITA VITALIS. - A NEW MEDICAL WORK on the NATURE, TREATMENT and CURE of SPERMATOIIRTICEA, and other URINO - GENITAL ,DISEASES, and consequent exhaustion of the NERVOUS SYSTEM. caused by the errors of Man in youth and age, producing a degeneracy of MENTAL and PHYSICAL STRI:NGTII, terminating in debility of the generative or- isms and INdAPACI l'T FOR MARIIIED LIFE, shewing why these Diseases so often appear Incurable when in reality they can be effectually removed by the most simple means, together with the Author's remedies for preventing in ' ‘cti on . BY A PHYSICIAN, &c. (registered under the New Medical Act). Address, Medicns, 19, Derners-street, Oxford street, London: Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, and all Booksellers in Town and Country. NO MORE MEDICINE 'OR HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), DEBILITY, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS. BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH f. 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 diarrhoea, on bilious and liver complaints, cough, chronic dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousness, constipation, a t s i t s h ti m pa , t , io de bility, n Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Sher - -Dru a r n e d , 3 in r e D ip . i , en F t •R co .s n . s , um pr ption, we find it the safest remedy. land, Dr. Campbell. bowel complaints,bronchitis, n e D s s u , blood ßarry s to F° t e h d e can tion 'ramps, ca tarrh, colds, congestion, constipation, con p , effectually- -Acidity, asthma bilious euhreeasd, rough, debility, despondency, dyspepsia (Indigestion), erup dropsy, drowsiness, dysentery, 1 gout ha flatu flatulency, , tions. exhaustion, - fevers, epileptic fits, _ banal constipation, headache, heartburn, haemorrhoids, hys diarrhcea, listen don, dizziness, loss of memory, of kidneys and bladder. liver complaints, tens, impurities, indigestion ('dyspepsia,) ,rvousness, nervous low spirits, nausea and sickness, n een the fan cies,shoul- neuralgia, noises in the ear, pains betty ders, palpitation, partial paralysis, ph'egm, 1 p u lmonary coin irritability, Irrita tion sore plaints, rheumatism, scrofula, sinking, sleeplessness, about one throat, spasms, tightness across the chest. At It does complaints, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. ts a healthy relish for lunch penny per meal, it effectually cures the above, also ch ildren's not turn Reid nor interfere with a iberal diet but imp.ar and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of many thous Ind cures: - Cure No. 51,016, from the Rev. James 'l'. 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 Decies."—Cure No. 49,832 : " Fifty years' indescrb a ble agony 'rem dyspepsia, nervousness, asthm cough, constipation , flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, Save been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Wortharn Ling, near Diss. Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087: Field-Marshal the Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric inflamma ,ion of the sto - nach.—Cure No. 51,614: Baron de Polentz, Prefect of Lannnau, of many years' horrible sufferings of the serves and an obstinate constipation. Cure No. 7,121: Miss Eli za b e th J aco b s o f Nazing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Hest. ' a cure of extreme nervousne ss , ndis - estion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. — Cure No 48,314: Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Li' ^erpool : a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. -Cure No. WI Dr, Andrew Ure, of 'onstipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210: Dr. Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,212: Cap ain Allan, of epileptic fits.—Cure 42,116; Major Edie, ,of enlargement of the liver, and total prostration of strength Cure No. 3 ~ 418 : Rev. - Dr. Minster, of cramps, spasms , snd daily votnitings.—Cure No. 26,418 : Dr. Harvey, of diarrhoea and debility.—Cure No. 30,618: Dr. Wurtzer, of consumption.—Cure No. 32,080: William Hunt, Esq., Bar rister. of paralysis. - Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. —Cure No. 46,814: Mr. Samuel Laxton, Lei cester, of two years' diarrhoea. - - Cure. No. 52,612 : The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' ner vous irritability, bile and indigestion, ,Cure No. 54,812: Miss Virginia Zeguers, c ure d of consumption, after her medi cal advisers had abandoned all hopes of recovery.— Cure No. 180: "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con stipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no me di c i ne cou ld re move or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. B. - Reeves 181, Fleet-street, T.ondon."—No. 4,268: " Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which ray servant had consulted the advice of msn y, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. J o h n W . Fl ave ll , R No. 32,836 : " Th ree y ears ' pains in my neck an d l e ft arm, excessivei ogto n n e ßory, rv e o c i t i sn es sN, with orf'ol k p . and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." - Cure No. 3.80 : Thirteen years' cough, indigestion. and gene ral debility, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. 225., 241 b. 40s. In a auslity : 511 a. 225., 10th. 335. The 101b.,121b., and uperre carriage free on receipt of Post-office Order, C nisters : 11b. 21. Pd., 21b, 4s. 6c1., 121 b. 41b. canisters C and 77, llegent-street, London ; Fort num, Mason,Co.,lso Oxford-street, 330, Strand, 4, Cheap side.treet ; also and C 182, Piccadilly ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch at 63 and . eis all grocers and chemists. and you will receive, post free, the Send a penny stamp "NATUdAL R EST 4 • RER OF or invalid's Own Guide,H, without Medicine, by a simple, plea PERFECT andHEALT unfailing means, which saves fifty sant, economical, remedies, restoring perfect digestion, London ; and t irons times its cost in other lunge, enfeebled, and removing effectually regularity t o the most debility, nervousness, cough, asthma. digestion (dyspepsia), dropsy, constipation. flatulency, diar rhoea, nerves, sound It refreshing sleep, and functional incipient consumption , rheumatism, gout, impurities, colds, noises in the cars, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, e rl r t u o p ea ti , on d s y , se i n ly te s ry teri , headache, despondency, cidity, palpitation, heartburn hai,lionuesunre s,fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, cramps, spasms,S. N. Barry, 77, bronchi tis, also Children's complaints.—S. s• Regent street London. nausea, and . sickness,t sinking firs, A Doo'3 TALE.—The following interesting trait of sagacity in the canine race has been given us from an authentic source .—A. brother of Mr. Esler, of the Johnson Reef, a short time since left the district, and went over land to Adelaide, taking with him a dog belon g ing to his brother. On arriving there, the dog appeared ill at ease, ho determined to see whether he would return, and accord ingly wrote a letter to his brother, and enclosing it in a handkerchief, tied it to the neck of the deg , which then started. A letter was then posted to the brother here, with the somewhat laconic contents of—" Dear Brother,—Ar rived here safely._ For further particulars see dog." This was was, of course, perfectly unintelligible to Mr. Esler till the day after receiving the letter per post the four-footed messenger arrived with his "further particulars" round his neck. After his lonely journey of 600 miles, he did not ap pear much fatigued, but seemed overjoyed at regaining bid Pwlz tOWnagaiu,..-13m4igo elfipptiser. Her Majesty's ,Royal paddle yacht Osborne, Master- Commandtr Bower, has been taken into the steam basin at Portsmouth for the purpose of hav ing her old boilers taken out, and receiving new ones fitted with superheating steam apparatus. . The crew of the Eitryalus, 51, screw, Captain J. W. Tarleton, C. 8., wire paid down in the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday, and granted 14 days' leave ashore. The Nelson, 91, screw, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, has again been placed under the steam crane to complete receiving her machinery. Orders have been - received at Chatham for the steam floating battery Trusty, 14, which w a s so severely injured front the spherical shots from the Armstrong guns during the recent experiments, to be taken into dock to be thoroughly repaired and her defects made good. Several of her plates, which are of immense thickness, were completely , riddled by the shots, some of which went com pletely through the sides of the vessel, the wrought iron plates being fractured wherever they were struck by a shot. In consequence of the compara tively little resistance presented by these iron plated floating batteries, no more vessels of that class are to be constructed. Her Majesty's paddlewheel transport Dee, Master-Commander Thomas Pullen, was yesterday hauled out of the steam basin at WOolwieb, and proceeded to Portsmouth, laden with a heavy cargo, consisting of boilers for the Prince of Wales, steam machinery for the Nelson, Victoria, Sutlej, Vulcan, and some small gear for the Royal yacht the Vic toria and Albert. The Torch steam gun-vessel, built by . Messrs. Green for the Admiralty, has been taken into the fourth dock at Chatham to be surveyed. The line-of-battle screw steamer Atlas, 91, build ing at Chatham, has several hundred shipwrights employed on her, in order that she may be brought forward for launching. The whole of the caulkers of the establishment are engaged caulking her. The sister vessel Bulwark, 91, is also making great progress. The gunboat Biter, tender to the coast-guardship Blenheim, 60, Capt. F. Scott, C. 8., at Portland, ar rived on Tuesday at Plymouth. She is to be docked and repaired. The screw steamship Conqueror, 101, Captain Sotheby, C. 8., sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday to join the squadron. The screw steam-sloop M u ti ne , 17, C o mmander William Graham, from Portland, arrived in Ply mouth Sound on Wednesday evening. John Williams (1), b e l o n g i ng t o her Majesty's ship Trafalgar, was tri e d b y cour t- m artial at Ply mouth on Wednesday for refusing on the Ist of March to obey the orders of John Fawkes, addi tional boatswain, and for striking William Rayfield, leading seaman, and George Green, captain of the foretop. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sen tenced to receive 48 lashes, be imprisoned twelve months, and be dismissed from her Majesty's ser vice. On Monday last the master discovered that some evil-disposed person had injured a quantity of new rope on board the screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot, C. 8., now un d er repair in, the basin at Keyham steam y ar d, D evo nport. The in jured rope, which is valued at over £3OO, included a sheet or stream cable, which is hacked in several places, in one of which two s t ran ds are cut through, and a hawser, (of about two o r three inches), which has been cut in a similar way. An axe was found near. The ship is for the present in the bands of the dockyard artisans, who are at work on board in all directions. The rope is on the orlop deck, where candles are used. It is coiled within some square wooden railwork, on the port side forward. There is just space enough between the rails and the side of the ship for people to pass, and, as very little daylight can reach the place, it affords great facility for the perpetration of such a mischievous act. Ex cepting the possible detention of the ship,. there appears no imaginary motive for its commission. Up to Wednesday evening there was no clue to the discovery of the offender. Port-Admiral Sir B. Reynolds has been on board and examined the damaged rope. It is expected that the Nile will be ready for sea by the sth of April, and it is at pre sent arranged that she shall be at the Island of Bermuda by the 10th of May, to meet the Emerald, and receive Rear-Admiral Sir Alex. Milne, K.C.8., who will go in her to Halifax, where she will re main a few days, and then proceed to Quebec, to be in attendance on his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales during his visit to Canada. Commander Mackenzie, of the Nile, whose leg was broken some time since at Devonport dockyard when rendering voluntary assistance to his boat's crew, continues in the Royal Naval Hospital, Stone house. He is gradually recovering, and will, it is expected, be well enough to join his ship before she sails for her station. For the future all vessels employed for the con veyance of troops from port to port in the United Kingdom or Ireland are to be furnished with boats fitted with Clifforn's or Kynaston's lowering ap paratus. The tide at high water yesterday at Portsmouth did not reach the average height of ordinary spring tides, and was considerably less than the tide of the previous night. This was, no doubt, owing -ta the wind, it having blown excessively hard the greater part of the morning from N.N.E. to N.N.W. The day previous it blew a hard gale from N.E., and both these causes combined must have greatly checked the flow of the tide into Portsmouth har bour. Each tide has, however, run off extremely low, a considerable portion of " Hamilton's Bank" being uncovered at low waters From the position and force of the wind it must have produced a great rise of tide along the - coast of France in the Chan nel, as well as upon our own northern coasts. On the 7th the barometer stood, at 9 a.m., 30.10; at 5.30 p.m., 30.35; blowing a heavy gale the whole day from the N .E., the air intensely cold. Yester day the barometer noted, at 9 a.m., 30.36 ; 5.30 p.m., 30.28; a strong N.N.E. to N.N.W. breeze, but not blowing so hard, nor the air so cold, as the day previous (the 7th). A slight fall of snow took place about 4 pan. Six of the junior officers belonging to her Ma jesty's ship Euryalns yesterday passed their ex aminations in seamanship as mates on board the Britannia training ship at Portsmouth, in accord ance with the new regulations issued by the Ad miralty, in a highly creditable manner. Mr. Long and Mr. Hope receiyed first class certificates; The following letters have been addressed to the Editor of the Times : __ _ - - - gro S w ir e , rs —l of am kop n s , ' n ' e o i n tk e e o r f am th l os a e who o er but I beling nevertheless to one of those " alarmed and timorous interests" upon which the Chancellor orks, of the Exchequer has seized in the pursuit of " high ideals," and which he seems determined to sacrifice, not so much for the benefit of th e c ountry, as to have it believed that his B u d ge t was conceived cutter of c called under the influence of inspired truth. I am a papermaker, and, though as a trade we may not rank among the great interests of the country, yet in an humble way we have subserved a useful purpose ; and, though under extreme cir cumstances it might be justifiable to annihilate a part for the benefit of the whole, the necessity for such an extreme course should be made apparent, and before this is clear I claim to be heard. For a great many years, in addition to the duties incident to our trade, we have had the duty im posed upon us of collecting a portion of the national revenue. From the time of Queen Anne to the present day the papermaker has been made the medium of col lecting from the public an Excise duty on paper, sometimes different in amount, but for many years past I Id. per lb., and since the Russian war lid. and 5 pfr cent , has been the duty charged upon every pound of paper, and the amount now realised from this source is about one million and a quarter. This duty is now to be abolished, and, as it was put on without our consent, and from motives of public policy, if from motives of public policy it is thought right to decree its extinction, we have nothing to say by way of objection, and indivi dually I have no desire to do so, having for many years advocated its removal; but, though, we may not question the expediency of the act itself, I think we are entitled to ask that it should be done on principles of justice, and that the change should be effected with as little injury to us as possible. We say that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, having taken the honey, has no right to kick the hive over and destroy the bees; and my object is to show that in the course he is adopting he is inflicting a most gratuitous wrong, such as can be defended on no principle but that of— " The good old plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keepwho can." ➢Zr. Gladstone has informed us that after a cer tain day in July the Excise duty on paper shall cease, but ho tells us at the same time that he 'will not allow us any drawbacks upon our stocks on hand. Anybody who has ever been in one of the ware houses of a London wholesale stationer will be able to form some idea of the magnitude of the stocks which are required to conduct a business of any extent, but he will not be able to form the remotest notion of the variety of weights, size, colour, and quality of which that stock consists, all neces sary to meet the ever-varying and contingent wants of the consumer. Upon every pound of this stock 1 1 ,d. and 5 per cent. has been paid in Excise duty, and thG propor tion which the duty bears to the whole value of the stock, taking all qualities into account, will be 25 per cent.; so that a papermakcr or stationer hold ing £20,000 of stock will be made to pay a penalty of £5,000. It is of no use to say that the future price of paper will not be reduced to this extent. Sooner or later it must be so ; otherwise what becomes of the policy which proposes to sacrifice so large an amount of revenue? If this be not the result, what be comes of those eloquent invectives which have been hurled at this impost as obstructive of everything that is good, by impeding the cause of education, cramping the energies of a rising cheap press, and ruining deserving publishers, who are intent upon the benevolent object of educating the masses ? If I am able to understand my own language, the reeduction of the price of paper has been the one end and aim of Mr. Milner Gibson, and those who have been associated with him, in their efforts to ihtain the removal of this " last of the taxes on knowledge." Whether in its incidence it will have all the effect Mr. Gibson prognosticates upon the moral condition of the people—whether they will obtain their literature any cheaper , is a question I cannot answer, but it is clear to my mind that the papermaker will not be allowed to put the duty into his pocket. Such being the case, I ask any man endowed with ordinary perception of right and wrong if such a proceeding as that of with holding the drawback on stocks on hand can be defended. Is it not, I ask, confiscation—down right robbery ? Why are we, who have committed no fault, who have fulfilled the task imposed on us in collecting this duty, now that it is deemed right grounds of p u bli c policy— to put an end to it on why are we to have a forced contribution levied upon us ? If the change is for the public advan tage, who so fit to pay for it as those for whose benefit the change is made? And as though this were not sufficient to make us remember Mr. Gladstone in our prayers, he pro poses to abolish the import duty of ld. per lb. on foreign paper, although by the action of the prohi bitory laws over almost the whole of Europe the material from which this paper is made is nearly half the price of that of the English papermaker. Mr. Gladstone has had it pointed out to him that German paper is now coming into this country pay ing Id. import duty, axd at a price lower than it can be made for in this country ; and in the face of this fact he proposes to remit this ld. in favour of the foreigner, who, by prohibitory laws as regards the export of the material, and a comparatively small demand arising out of the restrictions on the press, enjoys the exclusive possession of material, and in such abundance as to enable him to pur chase it at something like half the cost of our own. But it will be said this state of things can only be temporary; the effect of an English demand for paper will have the effect of raising the price on the Continent and depressing it in England. Naturally this is the effect to be anticipated; but when it is remembered that England je the one country to " Oh," then it is said, " when the duty is off, you will look out for some new material, some new fibres." To this I reply that scarcity and high prices have ever been accounted the incentives to discovery and invention, and, according to this rule, these new materials ought to have been here now, for we have been suffering from scarcity and paying higher prices for some years than I ever experienced • and though you, by the reward which you Offered for such a discovery some years ago, put the whole fibrous world into a fever, nothing has yet come of it, excepting the intro duction of straw, and this is used only as a mat ter of necessity and from the high price of other materials. How, then, it can be expected that, with a foreign supply of paper and a corresponding depression of our material, these new materials will come in passes my comprehension. If it means anything, it means that, whereas they did not come in at a high price, they will prefer to come in at a lower one ; and it is not a little amusing to see men spouting at public meetings, telling us that they are ready to supply 10,000 tons of material, and that ' we persist in refusing it; it is, in effect, saying that a hungry man refuses to eat when the food is placed before him. The question is not whether there are materials from which paper can be made which are not now used for the purpose, but whether they can be used to pay the maker ; and the fact of their not being used is conclusive on this point. All that I have written will be set down as a part of the old rag of protection—the old tale—" free trade except when it affects its own interest." To those who ride off on this hobby, and are, as usual, disposed to tide it to death, I would sav, let them show the least similarity between the material of papermakers and any other raw pro dace as regards the laws of production, supply, and demand, and I will acknowledge myself worsted. Between the producer and consumer of all other raw materials there is a principle operating that will never fail. So long as the consumer will pay - a price that will give a profit on the production, the producer has every motive to furnish what is required. Hence demand creates supply. Is there a creature in existence who has any sym pathy with, or feels an interest in, the production ' of the material for papormakers ? Will the cot ton or flax spinner produce any more waste or refuse from his manufacture because we want it, o-• in consequence of any price we can offer for it ? Will the people throw off their garments any sooner because the paper mill gives 2d. instead of id. per lb. ? Is it not manifest that the material we use is a refuse—that no one is interested in pro ducing it, but, on the contrary, all who do produce it do so involuntarily, against their will, and that their interest consists in, and their efforts are directed to, lessening rather than increasing the quantity? And yet this refuse is by the abstract theorist placed in the category of raw materials along with cotton, corn, sugar, coffee, and all other articles which are reproducible to any extent with profit to the producer, as an article to which the free-trade theory is applicable, and subject to the influence of the laws of supply and demand. This, I think, is a fallacy. Now what the papermaker requires is not pro tection. We do not object to the repeal of the paper duty, nor to a free import of paper ; but we want free access to thn material of our foreign compe titors, and we say, further, that to admit free paper from countries that prohibit access to their material is to subject us to a ruinous contest, which can only result in supplying this country with foreign paper and sending our material to supply the wants of the Americans. I will now sum up my case shortly. The Riper duty is to be repealed with the view of cheapening paper, but we are not to be allowed a drawback on stocks on hand. Toe import duty of id. per lb. is to be repealed, and paper admitted free from countries where they prohibit the export:of their material, and where the price of the material is, as the consequence of this prohibitive system, nearly half the price of our own material. And in order to increase our difficulties, and to make it impossible that our own material shall de scend to the level of our foreign competitors, we have a free export in constant operation to America, where, from the high price of paper, and a protec tive duty of 30 per cent., they are enabled to pay a higher price for material than we can, subject to unrestricted competition with the Continent. Since the above was written I see that the French Emperor has determined to allow us access to the French market for material ; therefore, as far as France is concerned, all objections to a free import of paper are removed, but as against all other countries who maintain the prohibitive system the reasons I have assigned remain as forcible as ever. —I am, Sir, &c., THOMAS WRIGLEY. Bury, Lancashire, March 6. Sir,—A letter from " One of the Proprietors of Taverham Mills" having appeared in your impres sion of to-day, in which my name is called in ques tion, I rely on your known impartiality to insert my reply to the facts therein stated. I must premise that a cipher has been erroneously added to the quantity of raw material I stated at St. Martin's-hall I was in a position to offer to the trade. The figures should be 10,000 not 100,000 tons. I have nothing to do with the peculiar qualifica , tions that fitted the " Proprietor" for his post as " referee," or with the conclusion at which he arrived. Tredgold, the eminent engineer, re marked that " an ounce of fact was worth a ton of theory." It is a fact that for many months past I have turned out some tons of printing paper weekly made entirely from the " Spanish grass which the " Proprietor" condemns as " worthless." Not only is this paper made, but as readily sold, costing less than a similar paper from rags, and 3•i-lding a good profit. It is also an accepted fact that small and desultory experiments are not calculated to obtain a successful result in any branch of manu facture, even if "costly," and that one man may : succee d where many others have completely failed The logic -id the " Proprietor" also is peculiar • bsteufrc,au”seetlvoh, I avea:nnot unable executed t o supply his raw material. The story of the half-ton is simply an told. Some time ago supplied Taverham with some of fibre the firm atintaheearsLY state ; they could not make anything of it. In fact, after their costly experime n ts, they " pro m, " One of the Proprietors," The defendant, on Wednesday, was the worse for liquor, and entered the grounds of the above tavern, and before he could be removed he wilfully broke one of the statues in the gardens. The defendant did not paythe damage and was given into custody when he became very violent and kicked and knocked the constables about in a shameful manner, and it was with the greatest difficulty that he was got to the station. Both constables said that the defendant, although drunk, kicked them purposely, and without provocation. The defendant also threw police-constable Groves on the pavement. The defendant did not deny the charge, and pleaded drunkenness as an excuse. Mr. Tyrwhitt could not allow such an excuse, and he ordered the defendant to pay 15s. damage, or fourteen days' imprisonment, and a fine of 10s. for assaulting each of the constables, or a months imprisonment. The defendant paid the money. WORSHIP-STREET.—Mr. Beard, the solicitor, applied to Mr D'Eyncou• t for permissicn to mention a very painful matter with a view of legitimately obtaining the assistance of the newspaper press in reference to it. A young man, named. Joseph Minett, 21 years of age, for some years in the service of the Eastern Counties Railway, had suddenly disappeared from his home and employment. His conduct was blame less, and, being a most estimable son, the parents were in tha most deepest anguish of mind respect ing his fate. Advertisements and bills offering a reward for any information respecting him had been unattended with the slightest success, and it was under these distressing circumstances that his father instructed him, Mr. Beard, to make the pre sent application to the court that the magistrate's concurrence might be obtained to its being inserted among the police matter, should the editors of :the press kindly afford their acquiescence. Mr. D'Eyncourt expressed his regret at the de privation mentioned by Mr. Beard, and observed that it was a matter lying entirely at the present stage with the reporters—the invaluable aid of the press must be understood by all. Mr. Beard thanked the magistrate, and handed in a printed bill, in which the missing young man was mentioned as being 5 feet 6 or 7 inches in height, with a scar on his nose, fair complexion, wearing a double-breasted brown beaver overcoat with velvet collar, dark trousers, side spring high shoes, white and lavender woollen scarf hat, silver watch and chain, his linen was marked J. M., and he was last seen in Shoreditch on the 24th of February. 110BRIBLE NURDERIN NOTTING- RAMSEIRE. A cold-blooded murder was perpetra r t a e n d loebi a ib t negr a ..., place called Walkeringham, about four miles from who resides aynight A cattleotll named Gainsborough,Charles onSpencer, iu'e Tuesday ham, had been to Gainsborough market that day, crossing the Trent, on and left Walkerith Ferry, his way home, at twenty minutes to eleven p.m. He had been stoppin: nci for h a shorttime at the Ferry house, NiVsanlkoetreist,ha,na it there ow n thatbe e n was aa k known he pa i h d a had i i n 0 p w o o .sesston a considerably larger amount. At i t n h his e t time t' the . payment alluded to took place, two individuals, named John Fenton, blacksmith and landlord of the Three Shoes Inn, Walkeringbam, 1 and James F en t on , labourer, Walkeringham (fore lation, however, to John Fenton) were in the public house. In crossing the Trent the murdered man was accompanied by the two individuals named and another individual, a Mr. Anderson. As soon as the boat reached the Notts side of the river, the two Fentons walked on towards Walkeringham, about one mile distant, leaving Spencer talking with Mr. Anderson, who lives near the banks of the river. Nothing more can be ascertained as to what took place; but the body of Mr. Spencer was found next mornidg in a dyke, only about 40 yards from his own residence. The body presented a truly horrible spectacle ; the head was almost com pletely severed from the body, there being two ter rible gashes on each side of the neck, only a little of the flesh in front and a little behind remaining. A pool of blood was discovered on the road adjoining the dyke, beside which two discharged pistols were hmNec NeffraeuceNalcepet muffler d rnad:deti wdoseccreiabseedd, found. It is very evident, from the whole of the circumstances we have been able to gather, that ' the murderer had been lying in wait for his in tended victim. It appears as -if he had taken up his position against the old barn which the de ceased, to reach home, would have to pass. Before deceased made his appearance, it would seem as if the pistols were fired, the report of which alarmed the village schoolmaster, who immediately got up and looked out of the window, at which time, it ' said, he heard some one exclaim m , a " tt F e o r r .n G ec o e d s ' what are you going to do r' The moon oo u n le w ir as shining intende - d , splendidly at the time, but he saw n o b o d y seems . to have pro in the road, and therefore did not think it t a h t e ta m ok urd h uer th e victimn , s iti n i e s c o:n . take any further notice of the God's necessary IsP to The shots , m t a o de the fearful gashes we c j fo o t h -m n id F ab en le . failed, it would it I.h i a c p h p eh a er , had round hi 's right through a thick Fen ton has been taken into custody. on suspicion of committing the horrible deed. In his possession were found caps corr esponding with those found upon the pistols, and also nd also some bullets, which fitted the barr e l s ... accurately. A pair of trousers and a pair of leggings, which, i t is alleged, the prisoner wore on Tuesday, were found, partly washed out. The inquest has not yet been held.—Nanchester Guardian. TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.—FORTY-NINE CHIL DREN DROWNED.—From the Quincy Herald (A e Ca) V learn that a most terrible calamity, rivalling that of the Pemberton Mills, has occurred near the town of Hardin, Illinois, on the Illinois river, and about 25 miles above Alton. Fifty school-children, in attendance at a university at that place, went out upon the ice to play. The ice gave way, and with one exception, all were lost. 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