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,a 5 ). t., • • . 146 ; 1(7 • • :, # . l _ _ • • 4)4). Ibtr, k, : #"1 (1" co. <A -. U:;, 70*. • • - ga - 1 I ft -7 I I N, Irt 4e -- - , .01v 11 . n atuf) r D Z) -E .robr .‘ " woM- • ~.. jr . 411" Unf 4:71Z - .„ e-- , q' CONTRACTS FOR CANVASS. - Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 3d April, 1860. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OF vrcE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED H EREBY of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the i 4th April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to. CONTRACT for supplying, and delivering into her Majesty's Dockyards at Deptford, Portsmouth, and Devonport 26290 OLTS CANVASS, ( In cluding 590 Bo l ts of ß 13 inches OF wide) to be delivered by the 31st of December next. Tenders may be made for any quantity not less than I , oo s zolts, and no tender will be received unless made on the ' H inted form, properly filled up, which, together with " In stru3tions for making the Canvass," may be obtained on ap plication to this Office. ,Isro tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of ratr rii nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent oth duly authorised in writing. 'verf tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the dmiralty, and bear In the left-hand corner the words " derTen for Canvass," and must also be delivered at Somer t'Plane, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible trsons, engaging to become bound with the person tender -I.,;Lg, m in the sum of £25 per cent. on the value for the due per - "'ance of the Contract. ~ .E\VSPAPEit 7 C - ; to the 'Edgar ; 4 . 1 r `‘ 's q W.F. Snowden, and R. B. Ev .1 ; M. H. Smith and C. G. H t r-4 Trafalgar ; T. E. S u lli van , - 11:a 5 t, R. W. Fost .. 4 , 0 Kemp, F. W. Praed, and E. J. Caler Ariadne ; R. F. Meade and A. H. Queen ; W. H. Roberts and I). Brown, to the on- queror ;J. Brown and R. R. Jaffm.y; to the Cen- ' turion r W: H. G. Nowell and 0. B. Niven, to the Diadem; A. W. Brabazon and H.J. M. Pugh, to the Sa.nspareil; S. J. Weld, J. L. Smith, and IL P. Smith, to the Mersey. 1860. THE SUN, ',LON DON, TITUSSDAY EVENING , AP RIL 5, . • No. 21,149. PRICE gi p . STAMPED, SD. ÜBLICATION S. platform were observed Mr. Thackeray and Mr. Robert Bell, who expressed their admiration in cordially flattering terms. Mr. Home, too, the cele brated Spirit-Rapper, was among the most atten tive (and appropriate) hearers on the foremost, bench. The success of this lecture was so dect'aed that M. Louis Blanc has already accepted 'an en gagement to deliver four lectures on " The Salons of Paris in the 18th Century" (a capital subject) at the Marylebone Institution, and it was whispered that he had received pressing invitations from the great towns in the North. It is sometimes the hon our and good fortune of England —the sanctuary of political sufferers—to assimilate, as it were, their genius, and . to make it, by a gort of transfusion, her own. Thus it is that M. Louis Blanc is added to the ranks of the choicest interpreters of our lan guage, and we believe that it is in common with all our countrymen that we heartily wish him success in the honourable and interesting career which he commenced on Tuesday night at St. John's•wood, and whicli be. will, not soon be permitted by his friends and admirers in England to bring to a close. —Daily News. THE 'V ETV TREATY WITH FRANCE. 103 THE NEW NOVEL, Now Ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY. At a meeting of the Council of the Chamber of Commerce held this day, the following reply was agreed upon to certain questions recently submitted by the Board of Trade:— 111 E NAVY. STRETTON OF RINGWOOD CHACE A NOVEL. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Col burn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. The Second Division of the Channel Fleet, com prising the Ed gar , 91, screw , Capt. James E. Katon, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral of the Blue John E. Erskine; the Queen, 86, screw, Capt. C. F. Hillyar ; the Algiers, 91, screw, Capt. G. W. D. O'Calligan ; the Mars, 80, screw, Capt.J. N. Strange; and the Mersey,4o, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., steamed into Spithead from the Channel yesterday morning by the eastern entrance in the order named. The Edgar having anchored, each succeed ing ship steamed to the westward of the flagship, and, rounding to, proceeded to their respective The Herefordshirer - Militia will be called up for the accustomed period. of 30 days' training at the end of this month. The full cmplement of the re giment is near 600, and, although there have been many enlistments into the line, the number on the muster roil is not much below the full effective strength. A supply of EnfiGld rifles has recently •; been received at the barracks for the use of the men.... IRELAND. THE NEW WORK ON I rALY. On Saturday, April 7, in 2 vols., 21s, DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, RingWilliam-street,Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon - en.—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday Morning at f ,2 clock. Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall juin 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-oflice, St. Irtne v s'B Hall,' Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, u• W. RAY NOR. THE - ENGLISHWOMAN IN ITALY. IMPRESSIONS OF LIFE IN THE ROMAN STATES and SARDINIA, during a Ten Years' Residence. By Mrs. GRETTON. Hurst and Blacken, 13,'Great Marlborough-stredt. THE POST-OFFICE AND THE NEWSPAPERS. THE ARMY. )rs ael rd, te- Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., 'NV O M A N'S TEMPTATION. Edited by the Hon. Mrs. RALPH DUTTON. positions. The Queen took up the eastern berth of the line, ahead of the Edgar. To the westward of the Edgar th,e Algiers anchored, and the Mars took up the western berth. The four liners are thus moored in a line from southeast to northwest. The , " The Hon. Mrs. Dutton has, we believe, been known for some time amongst a private circle of friends as a lady of con siderable literary taste and acquirements. Her appearance before the world of letters will undoubtedly extend that ap preciation, and render her one of the most popular female novelists of the day."—Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Mersey frigate brought up in deeper water on the TAE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, HIGH HOLBORN. 71118 Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the ! lance and matchless beauty of its decorations , 'combined nil of itei management is OPE t yEN th ING. The celebrated band, under - the direction of MEVERY r. "• M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selection of the m, t I PProved classical and modern music. Doors open 'at half g hillinagt 8. 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Offices, 77, Nelnratelstreet, London. _A Pamphlet sent free by post on application. CERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLIdTED.— Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre ted-without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. fiver, of Bromley; Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the k ver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe de. hparness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, :thout pain purif y gring, clear the skin, remove sallowness I ld pimples, the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo- Ire the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, Bilious led. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's 5110a 8 and Liver Pills. The gelatine are a square , green ._•ckage, with " William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street, ' en 4raved on the Government stamp. ' lilt Published, in 1 vol., Bvo. with numerous Anatomical Plates, post free, on receipt of six penny stamps, VITA vrrAms. A NEW MEDICAL WORK on the NATURE,, TREATMENT and CUTE of BE - MRDIATORRMEA,and - other URINO - GENITAM B ISEASES, and consequent exhaustion of the NERVOUS ay STEM. caused by the errors of Man in youth and produoing a degeneracy of MENTAL and PHYSICAL gENGTIL terminating in debility of the generative or le and INCAPACITY FOR MARRIED LIFE, shewing these Diseases so often appear incurable when in reality t 'V can be effectually removed by the most simple means, ru,ether with the Author's remedies for preventing in ection. I t BY A PHYSICIAN, &c., Arc. (registered under the New at :llital Act). Address, Medicus, 19, , y ßerners -street4Oxford 'leek London. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, %ter-row, and all Booksellers in Town and Countr.Pater- ..._CIJETIS ON MANHOOD — NEW EDITION: AIEDICAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS AND GENERA , TIVE DISEASES. -et Published, the 125th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Qold by all Booksellers, or sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, NIANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE ief MATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for eat Restoration to Health and Vigour. By J. L. L CURTIS, 15 , Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: $ tlrgoDu,.c2oßy CHAPTER on the Physiological Cil t A u p re 1., 11 . Functions of the Reproductive Organs. Earl Indulgence of Supermatorrhcca and Impotence; icious s ; Dangers of Neglect. of At AP T ER Review of the various Disqualifications _ Follies of g : whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CRAFTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical d Moral, being. the result of a successful practice extending acct a p eriod of 25 years. CRAFTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of wonorrhcea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ea, see, to which i s a dd e d th e Author's receipt of a preventive Lotion. all, i of de- y of w. lose bell, !un- Lrles 1 16, irt. May past ders, ;2, at •il 16 and City, t the .hire, .t the even, lark-• w. shire. is day have qrs of Same I In id 465 nable. morn prices ,ale, at rates. a ce on \ at fill' cattle, w trade Klance. =sold. DUB. :ish, 3 0 t when 0 pens. IS. t por k, latched laili. ________—• Noxt Mail due. ---- Aprill o April 4 April 1 1 April 4 Hay 1 April 3,, April th April 3, April 11 April 3, April 1. 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' NO MORE MEDICINE Pnt. riARITUAL CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), I JERmrry, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULMONARY, AND LIVER ~?,MPLAINTS. 1)U • BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH RESTORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD.— , ertificate No. 36,418.—1 n our practice we have been enabled °,' 4 PPreciate the virtues of Du Barry's Food. In its effect on e t ronic dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousness, constipation, biarrhcea, on bilious and liver complamts, cough, asthm e, de -I,,itY. and incipient consumption, we find it the safest remedy. 'sin' lyre M D F.R.S., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Slior - la • , • -11 ,.,c 1 . Dr. Campbell. Du Barry's Food cures effectually- -Acidity, asthma bilious- Ze 6 B, blood to the head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, ca `orh, colds, congestion, constipation , consumption , ^ramps, to d _ugh, debility, despondency, diarrhcea, disten ;ion, dizziness Betts`u y, drowsiness, dysentery, dyspepsia (Indigestion), erup-' 1.,,. exhaustion, fevers, epileptic fits, flatulency, gout, ha- VOlal constipation, headache, heartburn, hcemorrhoids, by a - Pa, impurities, indigestion (dyspepsia,) irritability, of.kidneys and bladder. liver complaints, loss of memory, „, -0 * spirits. •nausea and sickness, nnyousnesa, nervous fan es, neuralgia, noises in the ear, pains between the shoul ders Palpitation, partial paralysis, phlegm, pulmonary corn ttlaints, rheumatism, scrofula, sinking, sleeplessness, sore ~,groat, spasms, tightness across the chest. At about one "Tally per meal, it effectually cures the above, also children's inlnlalnts, and saves fifty times its cost its medicine. It does , s ot turn acid nor interfere with a 'iberal diet but imparts a ~",,ealthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty "` „ digestion , and nervous and muscular energy to the most Zlieebled. We extract a few out of many thousand cures : . 4. _ 4l 'e No. 54,816, from the Rev. James T. Campbell , Syder ;l"ui_rle Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk : "In all cases of in , igestion, and particularly where the liver , is affected, ;,ennsider it the best of all remedies. —James T. Campbell." No. 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Honourable ) ,..e Lord Stuart de Decies : " I have derived considerable R'bell • t from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de — eeies "—Cure No. 49,832: " Fifty years' indescribable agony 1 11 , dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, tulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting*, h ave been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Wortham Ling, near Digs. Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087: t , , eld-Marshal that Duke of Pluskow, of a gastric infiamma -4 tof the storsach.—Cure No. 51,614 : Baron de Polentz, I , tof Langenau if any years' horrble sufferings of nerves and an o'hat m inaie constipation. Cure No. .4,.121 • Miss ElizabetA Tscobs of Nazing Vicarage, 414rkith.a. Css gatherings,Hera a rare of extreme nervousness 1 9:estion, slow spirits, and nervous fancies. .11re No. 48,314 : Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Li' h ! r P001: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of ,Ir`rous irritability. —Cure No. 18,*!16 : Dr, Andrew Ure, of irsiipation, dyspepsia, nervous irritability.—Cure No. 34,210: t ,r,• Shorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 3G,212 : Cap -4,11 Allan, of epileptic fits.—Cure 42,118 ; Major Edie, of "largement of the liver, and total prostration of strength ;Cure No. 36,418: Rev. Dr. Minster, of cramps , spa sms, dud daily vomitings.—Cure No. 28,418: Dr. Harvey , o f arrlicea and debility.—Cure No. 39,618: Dr. W'urtzer, of Wisamption.—Cure Cureo William Huni, Esq., Bar t,stpr. o f paralysis.— No. 46,270 : Mr. James Roberts, it uilber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased ti; ) Zs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial Oiness.—Cure No. 46,814: Mr. Samuel Laxton, il s der, of two years' diarrlices. -- Cure. No. 52,612 : C Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, of many y•tars' ner- Os irritability, bile and indigestion, --Cure No. 54,812 : Miss l r ginia Ze,guers, cured of consumption, after her medi adviaers had abandoned all hopes of recovery.— k t iN No. 180: "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con ,,kation, Indigestion, and debility, from which I have tr ic ,ered great misery, and which no medicine could re 11;,_ve or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Fr''Y's Food in ' a very short time. W: B. Reeves, 181, 1,,,et-street, London."—No. " Eight years' dyspepsia, ssanusoess, debility; with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for 4t. ' Ol nly servant had consulted the advice of msny, have been I, e ‘etually cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall IttePpy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. F lavell, ex4 o :l;:rton Rectory, Norfolk." No. 32,836 : " Three years' ze ld !Nye nervousness, -with pains in my neck and left arm, been debility, which rendered my life vet), miserable, P ''een radically removed by Du Barry's health -restoring razst (-1 11 . e • „, Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." rai 0 . 3,906: Thirteen years' cough, indigestion , and gene .l.`ool e ebility, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent ` , ll ri Canisters : 11b. 2s. Pd., 21b, 45. 6d., 121 b. 225., 241 b. 40s. P reiined quality: 51b. 22a., 101 b. 335. 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(liar ;',"„4ls,' ~'„Y.sentery, Miousness, fevers. sore throats, catarrhs, n ," , , itio n V s es in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, r 'rao l , Palpitation, heartburn headache, despondency, ▪ at ai ; ° Rums, nausea, and sickness, sinking, fits, ;bronchi -41.n 1,1L, 11 - 11 dren.4 complainte.—S. ;AL Barry,l77,lßegeut -wmOiu GOVERNMENT upon FIRST PRINCIPLES. Illustrated Analogically, Statistically, and Morally. By JOHN GROSSMITH. This work embodies a wide field for information, not only upon Social and Moral subjects, but upon a great variety of questions which are essentially incorporated with the politi cal discussions of the day, in connection with the Commerce, Trade, and Taxation of the country, Statesmen and lovers of intelligent progress will find in it a compilation of facts well worthy their attention. London : Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. 144 pages, 70 Engravings, post free 2 stamps. OMMON SENSE in, a NUTSHELL; or, V Every Man his own Doctor. The MEDICAL ADVISER; Containing rules, prescriptions, Sze., 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, Berners-street, Oxford-street, W. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4(1., S"P , ERMATORRIT CE A. By F. B. COURTENAY, And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan_ Infirmary for the ON Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular, Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. Thes objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : IL Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. NOTICE. THE GENUINE AND ORIGINAL BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK bears the address on the Label, _ 28, LONG-LANE, WEST SMITHFIELD, CITY. WEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.- AIL Statistics shew that 50,000 Persons annually fall vic tims to . Pulmonary Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the Chest and the Respiratory Organs. 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I:47XTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY of atientirely NEW THEORY of CURING DISEASE, being the recorded Experience of 30 Years' Special Practice in Great Britain, France, and America—with the latest Scientific Discoveries, denominated LOCAL SELF-TREAT MENT, discovered abroad, and which is so simple that all can pre ctise for himself privately, stwessfully, and at the smallest cost, thus avoiding doctors' fees and their mineral poisons. l'he "NEW MODE" is an EXTRAORDINARY DIS COVERY for the Treatment and Self-Cure of Weakness, Debility, Nervousness, Lassitude, Depression of Spirits, Loss of Energy, Appetite, Pains in the Back and Limbs, Timidity, Self-Distrust. Dizziness, Want of Energy, Love of Solitude, Groundless Fears, Palpitation of the Heart, Noises in the Head and Ears, Indecision, Wretchedness, Impaired Sight and Memory, Indigestion, and Bodily Prostration of the whole system. Also, HINTS TO THOSE C,ONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE. In order that all classes'may avail themselves of the above, he Author has not and will not allow the same to be sold, but to will forward it to those who send their address, and two stamps for pastaze. Apply thus—Wm. HILL, Esq., M.A., No. 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London. 3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. DR. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of liidvvifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, on 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, Has hist published, price is. ; by post, 13 stamps. 7 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation The Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disquallffeation.s, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia ;Gonorrhcea), Spermatorrlicea, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women- Functional Ir reo-nlaritics in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage— Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and Removal of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum, and the securing of ' Healthy Offspring. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, NAPPTNESS, and LONGEVITY; On Deollity, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion. No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE: Their Obligations, "Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. 3. THE CASE' BOOK : 100 Cases of SPER.MATOREHCEA,_ Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Contessions and Care by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &o. etc. rho. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes. fee Half-a-Guinea. SIGHT AND HEARING.-SPECTACLES.- POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Sole mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Hotel, W.—Deafness.—New Dis covery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily power ful small newly-invented instrument for 'Deafness, ntirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the • ind that has been, or probably el er can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, as not perceptible. It enables cleat persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assem blies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired. Also, every kind of hearing in struments. —Spectacle Lenses of the greatest t r a ns p aren t power. The great advantage derived from this inven tion is, that vision becoming' impaired is preserved and s t ren gthened, and very aged peNons are enabled to em ploy their sight at the most minute occupation —can see with those lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out. door Day and Night Perspective Gl asses. very small, for the waistcoat pocke, each containing, 12 and 18 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 by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. 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LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary 11—f Member of the London hospital Medical Society, M.D. ttheal UniversityofErla N ng erenvOutss, and en the Secret In fi may be CONSULTED on casesof Debility,nth and IVlaturity, from Eleven till Two, and , . ) r mtl lies of Youth and laturit, trorn Eleven till Two, and trom Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'Mert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu merous Engraving and Cases. a New Edition of his Work SELF-PRESERVATION , Ivbich will be sent free, in a sealed envelope. by 3Tann, 39 Cornhill, London, or by the CONTENTS Author, for Eight st amps . SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. SECTION 11. —Puberty- Manhood -The Montle of Genera lye Physiology--True and False Morality. SECTION 11.1. —Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical telations—lts Expectancies and Disappoihtments—Advan , ages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring Stcriox IV.—Spermatorrheea and -- Impotence—Thecaus'es of Sterility in both Sexes Self-inflicted mi ser i es. SECTION V. -The Vices of Schools — Effects of certain per elcious habits on the mental and general faculties. SECTION W.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of variods Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principle s o f `Treatment ; Medical,. Dietetic, and General, derived fr o m Twenty Years' successful practice' The above work is Weeded for the perusal of those wh o have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules of morality. In its pages facts of par mount utility are brought together, wholly divested of the 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 cle rgy _ men and others, whose tamperings with the constitution are frequently followed by serious consequences. The announcement made last night by the Secre tary of the Treasury respecting the Chancellor of the Exchequer's intention to abide by his decision with regard to the impressed newspaper stamp has given great dissatisfaction here. The Freeman of this morning makes a fierce onslaught upon " the Hills," under whose influence Mr. Gladstone is charged as being ready to take the first step to wards the suppression of the newspaper" nuisance." After recapitulating the obvious inconveniences of the new system, the Freeman goes on to say : "Another of the Hill ideas is, to do away with the impressed stamp, and impose on publishers the tedious duty of fixing a penny head' on each paper which is sent by post, the effect of which will be to delay an ordinary publication half an hour to an hour, or to compel publishers to go to press an hour earlier, and without the later telegramg—another ingenious device for making the newspaper be deemed a nuisance,' by making it the vehicle of old, not late, news. The adoption of these Hill ideas will prove very perplexing to Metropolitan ;news papers, but it will prove utterly ruinous to country journals, whose subscribers are for the most part not concentrated in towns, nob accessible by rail ways, but scattered over the face of a country through which but one, or at most two, limes of railway run. The interest of the newspaper pro• prietor is, however, the least important considera tion. The public, who pay for the Post-office establishment, have a right to the best service it can render; and in these days of telegrams, when the markets - fluctuate with a rapidity alm*st miracu lous, and when early knowledge is wealth, the newspaper is an essential of s access to the farmer and trader, and no tampering with it can be per mitted without producing a most injurious effect upon the material progress of the country. We commend this subject to the public consideration during the recess, with a view to having the Irish repiesentatives instructed not to allow Mr. Hill to play his pranks with freedom in this country, where we as yet have no universal substitute,for the postal service." SPRING OPERATIONS. Although bitterly cold for the season, there has been a slight improvement in the weather since the commencement of the week. To be sure, there was a heitvy fall of snow on the 2d of April, which com pletely capped the Dublin and Wicklow mountains ; but,, as a set-off, there have been frequent bursts of warm sunshine, followed by the usual April showers. 111, LOUIS BLANC AS A LECTURER. le, there be a true and imperishable 'alliance be tween two great nations it is the alliance of their noblest hearts and intellects, and we rejoice that This alliance at least should be gaining ground on both sides of the Channel, in spite of transient po litical misunderstandings. In France the language and literature of England are now more studied than ever, and many of the highest and most ac complished minds among our neighbours are en gaged, as in a labour of love, in making the master pieces of our poets, philosophers, and humorists, familiar to French readers. Whilst the son of the greittat French poet, Frangois Victor Hugo, is translating Shakspeare with an admirable zeal, enthusiasm, and ' patience; in England a brilliant French historian is ennobling the sadden leisure of his exile, and doing graceful homage to the land of his adoption, by writing and speaking the English tongue with a polished ease, an idiomatic grace, and a classical felicity which many of our own most prattised and powerful writers are not ashamed to Admire., Among the many, Frenchmen who from time to time have sought a refuge on our shores from political vicissitudes, M. Louis Blanc has con- ciliated •an uncommon shareof English sympathy and esteem by the quiet dignity and the calm sim plicity of his life amongst us, and by the amiable perOeverance with which he has created for him sel in England almost a second mother coml• try and a second mother tongue—the country of reedom and the tongue of freemen. No exile, it ay be supposed, ever, had a heavier load of pre ju cc and Misrepresentigion to bear than M. Louis Blanc when he first came her and no one has ever more successfully converted prejudice into liking, and misrepresentation into warm regard. The truth is that M. Louis Blanc, though as true a French map and patriot as ever, is now, after twelve years' residence in England, become so entirely one of otitis, that after reading an English volume from his ne , and listening to an English lecture from his lip , we can scarcely believe that he is not one of 1 ou s by birth and race as he is by his, stedfast at- I ta ment, through good and evil report, to the principles of right and justice which England holds dear. Few among the vast audience which was gathered together on Tuesday night in the Assera blv-rooms, St. John'-s-wood, would have been sur pr_sed by a display of `moving eloquence had the legttre been delivered in the lecturer's own lan gyage ; nor would any reader of the " Histoitte de Dix Ans," and the " Histoire de la Revolution F4ancaise," have been content with any ordinary eptification from a famous master of all the secrets ofistyle. But that a Frenchman should he able to manipulate and mould. at will a language so pro fotindly different in form and structure, in its am plitude and variety, as the English from the French, and should be able to combine with the allergy and abundance the rugged force and deep motion of t e one, the luminous precision, th e s p ar kli ng terse , n o the other—this is what we vent nro to say th e l iss, the impetuous vivacity , the point an d pi q u anc y most confident and friendly admirers of the lecturer never imagined. And yet this, and more than this, w s actually accomplished. The grati fi ed astonish nt with which the audience received th e fi rs t s tents never for a moment langui s h e d, an d f rom t beginning to the end the lectu re was li s t ene d t o i breathless and delighted sile nce , on l y b ro k en as i e often as the speaker paused by a burst of sympa thetic cheers.. - The subjeCt of the lecture, " The Mysterious P rsonages and Agencies i n F rance t owar d s th e en d o the Eighteenth Century," w as h a ppily se l ec t e d.. i In our own enfeebled days mysterious personages and agencies of a milder sort are said to be extant in a few privileged coteries; but the men of whom M. Louis Blanc was to speak are better known as the forerunners of a Great Tribulation with which the world has not yet done ; and it was in glancing at the 'society that danced, and dallied, and disbe lieved on the threshold of the Revolution, that the lecturer, hiinself a son of the Revolution, carried into power and cast into exile by the Revolution, made his audience feel the genius of France, with all her splendid errors and aspirations. Clearness and liveliness of narration, an epigrammatic turn, and a quick dramatic instinct, are the usual charac teristics even of indifferent French writers ; but in all these it is known that M. Louis Blanc excels, and he adds the higher qualities of earnest feeling and sincere faith in the nobler destinies of mankind. It is this ardent scorn of baseness, and this heart felt human charity, that give to the lecturer's richly modulated voice tones that thrill through an audi ence; and we may observe, by the way, that M. Louis Blanc's elocution, the intonation and pitch of the voice, the easy unembarrassed delivery, accompanied at fitting moments by a slight spon taneous action, is a study for public speakers. In his account of the " Convulstennaires,' and of the Roscrucians, of the sempiternal Count St. Germain, of St. Martin and Mesmer, and of the salons and alcoves in which the sorcerers and necromancers found their favourite adepts, the lecture brimmed over with anecdote and illustration. It was a pic ture in which the lights and shadows are distributed with a cunning hand, and all the figures are in keeping—flashes of, wit lighting up a distance of weighty and impressive thought. The sketch of Cagliostro was a chef d'oeuvre of brilliant narration, and the moral of his life and story was finely pointed by a burst of moral indignation at the wor• ship of success, at which the British audience started " like a guilty thing," and cheered with all the responsive enthusiasm of remorse. But it is ,only fair to M. Louis Blanc to state that the lecture was wholly free from any taint of political predi lections. It was the cultivated and informing talk of a man of the world, a man of genius and a true gentleman, on a subject which he knew by heart, and in this consisted its rare and peculiar charm. We have considered the first appearance of this distinguished man as an English lecturer worthy of something more than a passing record, and it only Temains for us to say that M. Louis Blanc was in troduced to the audience in a few kindly and grace ful words of welcome by Mr. Hepworth Dixon, and that among the noted celebrities present around the A EWA N EXPLORATION. TO THE EDITOR or THE SUN. Sir,—The interesting Recount of the recent dis coveries of Dr. Livingstone in 'the vicinity of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyinyesi (or Nyassa), read be fore the Royal Geographical Society at its last meeting gave rise to some observations in con nexion with the expedition about' to start, under the command of Captains Speke and Grant, is con tinuation of the previous explorations of Captain Speke to the north of Lake Nyanza, the region of the supposed sources of the Nile. Taking the warmest interest in the success of this great enter prise, and having already submitted a plan of co operation to the society under the auspices of which and the patronage of the Foreign-office the expe dition is to proceed, the chairman (Sir It. Murchi son) expressed' a hope that her Majesty's Govern ment would furnish me with the support ne cessary to carry it into execution. Not having seen any notice of that meeting in The Sun, I venture to furnish you with the substance of the remarks that I made on that occasion, and trust that, affecting as they do not only the success of the expedition, but the personal safety of the gal lant leaders, you will allow them publicity through the medium of your widely-circulated columns. From an experience of five years of the region in question, I am enabled to state that the tribes to the north differ greatly in character from those to the south of•the Equator. Having had little or no intercourse with traders and strangers, they are, in addition to being more fierce and warlike, in the last degree suspicions of and hostile to the en trance of any into their territories; and not only is their hand lifted against the strange white man, but against every one not of their own immediate tribe or locality. To enable any one successfully to penetrate into their country courage is not the only requisite, a tolerably intimate knowledge of their language and customs is indispensable. Having acquired this knowledge, which has en abled me hitherto to meet all emergencies, I f ee l convinced that I could render material assistance to the expedition. Unless Captain Speke and his party happen to arrive at Belignan, on the Nile, in December or January no boats would be available within hundreds of miles to convey them to Khar tum, in the absence of which any attempt to march down the valley of the Nile would be inviting almost certain destruction, either at the hands of the warlike aborigines or by starvation, the whole neighbouring district being worse provided with anything in the shape of food than any ether part of the interior known to me. It will be neces sary, therefore, for a couple of well provisioned boats, with an experienced and armed escort, suffi ciently strong to repel any attack from the almost always half-famishing natives of this country, to await the advent of the party at the Upper Cata racts, in about 3 deg. 30 N. lat. I propose, under these circumstances, conditionally upon the Govern ment defraying the actual outlay, to provide the requisite boats, provisions, and escort, and to place my knowledge and experience at the disposal of the expedition, independently of any remuneration for my personal services and the hardship and risk in separable from such an undertaking. Feeling sure that, apart from the prospective benefits to commerce and civilisation likely to flow from the suceessfal accomplishment of this great scheme, the sympathies of Englishmen must be en listed in favour of an expedition having for its ob ject the solution of that problem_the discovery of the sources of the Nile—which has , baffled the ra. genuity of man for ages past----I have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN PETHEPA CK, F.R.G.S., Her Majesty's C°P:sul for Soudan. ,sPJIN Ala) AfOROULO. The Ili:arid Gazette publishes the text of the pre liminaries of peace with Morocco, which hare re ceived the Royal sanction : Leopold O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan Count of Lucena, &c., and Maley Abb as, Caliph, &c., du l y authorised by her Maje s ty t h e Queen of the Spains , and by his Majesty the King of Morocco, have agreed on the following preliminary bases for the conclusion of the treaty of peace that is to put an end to the war between Spain and Morocco. Art. 1. His Majesty the King of Morocco cedes to bar Majesty the Queen of the Spains, in perpe tuity, full liossession and sovereignty, all the terri tory comprised from the sea, following the heights of Sierra Bullones, as far as the road of Anghera. Art. 2. In the same manner his Majesty the King of Morocco undertakes to concede, in perpetuity, along the coast of the ocean to Santa Cruz, the Pe quena, the territory sufficient for the formation of an establishment like that which Spain possessed there formerly. Art. 3. Hi; Majesty the King of Morocco will ratify, within the briefest period possible, the con vention relative to the places of Melilla, El Penton, and Alhucernas, which the plenipotentiary of Spain and Merocco signed at Tetuan on the 24th of August, 1859. Art. 4. As a just indemnity for the expenses of the war, his Majesty the King of Morocco engages to pay to her Majesty the Queen of the Spains the sum of 20 millions of pi astres. Th e mo d e o f paying this sum will be stipulated in the treaty of peace. Art. 5. The town of Tetuan, with the whole of the territory that formed the ancient pashalic of the same name will remain in the possession of her Ma jesty the Queen of Spain as security for the omen don of the obligation specified in the aforesaid artier cle until the complete payment of the war indemnity. Immediately after the said payment shall have been made in full, the Spanish troops will evacuate the said town and territory. Art. 6. A treaty of commerce shall be concluded, in which will be stipulated, in favour of Spain, all the advantages that would have been or shall here after be conceded to the most favoured nation. Art. 7. To avoid, in future, events like those that occasion the present war, the representative of Spain at Morocco may reside at Fez, or at the spot best suited for the protection of Spanish interests, and for the maintenance of good relations between the two States. Art. 8. His Majesty the Emperor of Morocco will authorise the establishment at Fez of a house of Spanish missionaries, like that which exists at Tangiers. - Art. 9. Her Majesty the Queen of the Spains will immediately appoint two plenipotentiaries, who, with two others appointed by his Majesty the Em peror of Morocco, will have to draw up the defini tive articles of the treaty of peace. These plenipo tentiaries will meet in the towns of Tetuan, and their labours will have to be completed with the least possible delay, the time in no case to exceed 30 days' reckoning from this date. March 25, 1860. LEOPOLD O'DONNELL, MULEY ABBAS. The preliminary bases of the treaty of peace having been agreed upon and signed between Spain and Morocco by Leopold O'Donnell, Duke of Tetuan, Capt.-General in Chief of the Spanish army in Africa, and Muley Abbas, caliph of the empire of Morocco and Prince of the Algarbe, all hostilities will cease from this day between the two armies, the bridge of Bureja being the line that is to divide the two armies. The undersigned will give the' most peremptory orders to their respective armies, and severely chastise any one contravening th em . nley Abbas engages to prevent the hostilities of ,the Kabyles, and if by chance they should nevertheless commit any, he authorises the Spanish army to chas tise them, without the peace being considered to be thereby infringed. March 25, 1860. LEOPOLD O'DONNELL, MULEY ABBAS. I "1. This Chamber considers that the duties upon half-manufactured articles—such as iron and steel ; iron, steel, brass, and copper wire ; brass and copper sheets; iron and brass tubes for boilers, steam, and gas, &c. ; and tin plates—should be levied by weight; and that the duties upon all articles en tirely manufactured should be taken ad valorem. "2. This Chamber is unable to give the average price of the manufactured articles known as ' hard . ware.' The goods are so varied, and the qualities of each single article so numerous that any approxi mate calculation would be of little assistance to my Lords ; for instance, brass locks, which are made froni 9d. to 1802. per dozen and upwards ; steel pens, from lid. per gross to 13s. 6d. and upwards; fire irons, from 10d. per set to 20s. and upwards ; plated candlesticks, from 4s. per pair to 80s. and upwards; japanned tea-trays, from Bd. per dozen to 80a. and upwards. Numerous other articles might be mentioned as further illustrating the im possibility of affording any information to my Lords on this subject. " 3. This Chamber is of opinion that the French Treaty will be of little benefit to the manufacturers of Birmingham in the event of a duty at all ap proaching 30 per cent, being levied up on manufac tured articles, as such a duty would afford the French manufacturer a protection which would prevent the importation into France of most of the leading articles of this district: " Upon the articles known as hardwares this Chamber is of opinion that moderate duties, such as those levied by the neighbouring countries of Belgium and Holland, would greatly benefit the trade of this locality. "This Chamber is of opinion that upon the articles enumerated in their reply No. 1, the fol lowing should be the maximum duties, viz.:— "Wire, iron, 6f. per 100 kilogrammes ; wire, steel, 10f. ditto ; wire, copper and brass, 101. ditto ; copper and brass sheets, 10f. ditto ; tubes, iron, 10f. ditto ; tubes, copper and brass, 15f. ditto ; tin plates, 6f. ditto, " The duty on iron, as stipulated in Arti c l e 17 o f the Treaty, although considered by the manufac turers of this district as too heavy, will still allow the import of certain best brands, though probably only to a very limited extent. "In conclusion, this Chamber begs to direct the attention of my Lords to the fact that although an abolition of total prohibitions in the French tariff may benefit a few isolated branches of the manu factures of this district, they cannot forbear com paring the tariff of Belgium with that proposed by France, as they find, with much lower duties levied. in 'Belgium upon articles known as hardwcre,' the demand for the products of this locality is exceed-I ingly limited, and with an ad valorem duty of 30 ' per cent. this Chamber feels convinced that the advantages Birmingham and the neighbourhood would derive from the new French tariff would prove exceedingly. limited. " With regard to the suggestions of my Lords that deputations should be sent to Paris on the subject of the treaty, the Council of this Chamber are of opinion that the branches of the trades re presented by them are too numerous to admit of the suggestion being carried into, effect. The Council bas, however, appointed a sub-committee to consi der the questions referred to by my Lords, and the committee will have much pleasure in affording any further information which maybe required by them in the pending negotiations." PUBLIC WORKS AND PRIVATE EN TERPRIS'E IN INDIA. Yesterday the Cotton Supply Association pre sented to the Secretary of State for India in Coun cil the following memorial in favour of encourag ing the free application of English capital and skill to works of public utility in India : To the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Bart., M.P., &c., her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council. The Memorial of the Cotton Supply Association showeth, That your memorialists are of opinion that, look ing to the extensive area embraced by British India, and the enormous extent of works of public utility required to place that territory in even a proper state, in order th P .t it s resources may b e f a i r l y de veloped, it is manifestly impossible for the Govern meat, by ; Ais own efforts, to effect much in that direction, w hil s t it is equally clear that the surplus caPital and free enterprise of England, if made as7ailable, will with rapidity supply all those of such works as do not of necessity and exclusively belong to the operations of Government. That irrespective of the stupendous benefits which a speedy and extensive construction of works of the nature referred to in various parts of India would produce to the cotton trade, and therefore to the general community of this country, it is difficult to overrate the numerous civilising influences and solid advantages which would thereby necessarily flow to the native population, and especially when accompanied by the introduction there of a large body of English civil engineers and others of skill and education, such as would be employed by pri vate companies. That if is therefore a matter of the most vital and pressing importance to the best interests of both India and England that every possible facility should be afforded to those who are willing to take upon themselves the onerous task of raising capital in this country, and to apply it to purposes so pre eminently important as those before adverted to, whilst by the adoption of a liberal policy in such cases the Government will not only relieve itself of much anxiety and trouble, but be a considerable financial gainer, and at the same time secure the affection and loyalty of its subjects. That your memorialists have learnt with much satisfaction that an influential joint-stock company, established in London, under the name of the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company, have sub mitted to you a proposal to construct extensive works of irrigation, drainage, and navigation in Orissa, and to connect that territory with the port of Calcutta, reviring from Government no other assistance than the mere supply of all land requisite for such work. Your memorialists are assured that a company already and favour ably known to the English public must neces sarily possess advantages for raising capital which could not appertain to a newly organised associa tion, and are, therefore, more likely to achieve that success which is all important in a pioneer enter prise intended to open up the way for a more gene ral and greatly extended application of the free skill, science, and capital of Britain to the regene ration of India. Your memorialists, therefore, most respectfully pray :- 1. That the Right Hon. her Majesty's Secretary of State for India in Council will afford to the sub ject-matter of this memorial immediate and serious consideration, with a view to the adoption of prompt and energetic measures for the most com plete and rapid provision of works of irrigation and means of cheap transit in India, the want whereof at present prevents that country from producing an unlimited supply of cotton to the manufacturers of Great Britain, and from relieving the latter from an uncertain and perilous dependence upon the slave states of America. 2. That, as it is utterly impossible for Govern ment to construct throughout British India more than a small portion of the works in question, although they are essentially necessary to develop her agricultural and other resources, and to make her prosperous and contented, and able to bestow upon the people of this country those high com mercial benefits they have the right to expect from her direct union with England, and as it is equally clear that the surplus private capital, skill, and energy of Great Britain are capable, if properly applied, of producing such works with rapidity and advantage, every possible facility and encourage ment may be given by Government to all joint-stock companies formed in England who may seek to undertake the construction of well-selected, prac ticable, and useful projects of irrigation and navi gation, &c., in British India; and 3. That the proposal now submitted by the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company for the con struction of works of irrigation, &c., in the district's of Orissa without a governmental guarantee may receive the most favourable consideration, and every proper encouragement and support be given to enable that company to enter upon the contem plated undertaking with the least possible delay and in a satisfactory manner, in order that others may, by their success, be induced to undertake other works of a like description by means of capi tal raised in the same way. • Signed at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Cotton Supply Association in Manchester, the 3d day of April, 1860. (Signed) JOHN CHEETHAM, Chairman. G.E., HAYWOOD, Secretary. outside of the line. Soon after the ships came in sight the - customary salutes were exchanged be tween the. Edgar, flagship of Rear-Admiral Erskine, and the Victory, flagship of the Commander-in- Chief, Vice-Admiral Brucb. The Sprightly and Pigmy steam tenders were despatched from the harbour to Spithead on the fleet's arrival. The Howe, 120, lately launched from Pembroke dockyard, was to leave that port on Monday last had the weather been at all favourable, but the wind continued S.W., blowing fresh throughout the day. Preparations were making to leave the, followin t T day, Tuesday, for Devonport. The Howe was fait:wiled on the 7th of last month, and consi-. dering her great size and the stormy weather which the riggers have had to contend with, the greatest praiSe is admitted to be due to Mr. Paul, assistant master attendant of Pembroke yard, under whose command they have done wonders in hastening her fitment for the cruise round, The Virago, 6, Commander Dunn, remains in rea diness at Pembroke to assist in navigating the Howe, 121, to Devonport. The Nile, 90, screw, Capt. Barnard, at Devonport, has completed her fitment, and is ready for trial, She is expected to sail about the 12th inst. for the North American and West India station, where she is to receive the flag of the commander-in-chief. The Powerful, 84, was taken into dock at Chatham yesterday to be converted into a screw steam-ship. She will be lengthened and have a new stern, simi lar to that which has been placed to the Rodney. The blocks are being prepared in No. 7 dock at Portsmouth for the reception of the Victoria, 121, screw. Her Majesty's Royal paddle yacht Victoria and Albert, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, sailed from Ports mouth yesterday morning at daylight on her cruise, for the purpose of fully testing her steam super heating apparatus. TheEuryalus, 51, screw steamer, Capt. Tarleton, C. 8., commenced shipping her boilers in the steam basin at Portsmouth yesterday. Sails were unbent on Tuesday on board that por- tion of the Channel squadron which arrived in Ply mouth Sound the same day from Lisbon, and mea sures are in progress for their immediate refitment. Those ships previously in the Sound sent up top gallautmasts and ,yards, and loosed ,sails to dry. The Conqueror, 101; .Capt. Sotheby, steamed into Ilamoaze and broughrup off Keyham ; she was appointed to go into dock yesterday (Wednesday). The sailing ship Albion, 90, was brought to the Devonport dockyard on Tuesday and placed in the basin, preparatory to being converted into a screw. The Royal George, 104, was taken from Devon port dockyard on Tuesday, and placed in Keyham basin under the shears. Fifty shipwrights, 10 joiners, 12 smiths, 1 plum ber, and Mahourers will be discharged from Devon port do2kyard on Saturday. The Russian frigate Askold, iu Plymouth Sound, saluted the flag of Sir C. Fremantle, K.C.8., on Tuesday, on the arrival of the Admiral from Lis bon. The compliment was duly acknowledged by the Royal Albert, 121. His Iniperial French Majesty's steamer Le Corse left Plymouth Sound on Tuesday for her destination. The screw steamships Trafalgar, 90, Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, and the Centurion, 80, Capt. Georg* E. Patey, left Plymouth Sound yesterday morning, probably for Lisbon. Seventeen of the crew of the hired transport Havering, stranded at Plymouth, were brought be fore the Stonehouse magistrates on Tuesday, on a charge of insubordination and refusal to do duty, and were sentenced to two months' imprisonment at Exeter. We have :eceived the following letter from her Majesty's screw troopship Simoon, dated " Singa pore, February 22, 1860" :—" We arrived yester day, 41 days from the Cape and 93 from England. All well on board. We proceed in a few days for China. In Banco Straits we fell in with the Ring dove, and gave her a tug along, as she was short of fuel. The Renard sailed from here to-day for Penang to tow up a troopship, which the Scout will convoy to the northward. The Pearl leaves in a day or two with the 44th Regiment, half the regiment being on board the Pearl and the remainder in a transport. 'rho Ringdove is refitting, and when complete goes to Penang to forward along any other ships. The Esk is the senior officer's ship here. We are the first batch of soldiers out, and, as operations do not commence before the middle of April, we shall be in plenty of time. The mail steamer starts to-day, so we are lucky in having time to write home. Our passage from England has been good ; no lives or spars lost, nor sails split. Off the Cape we had a shower of ice, and pieces fell in ragged shapes, weighing from three to six ounces. Several men were hurt, but luckily none were aloft at the time or they must have been knocked off the yards. It lasted only about a minute ; had it been of any long continuance it must have cut our sails from the yards, besides doing other damage. As the ice fell on the decks it sounded below like shot being rolled about overhead. N o one on board ever saw or heard of the like before, and it, as you may imagine, quite astonished us. It was no hailstorm, I assure you." Circulars were yesterday issued through the de partments of Woolwich Arsenal announcing that the general business of the establishment will be closed for the week on Thursday evening, and will not be resumed until the following Monday morning. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Capt F. A. B. Craufurd to the Archer, vice Courtenay, invalided ; Cora. E. W. Laing to be Inspecting-Commander of the Coast guard, vice Balfour, whose period of service has ex pired ; J. H. Carruthers, surg., to the Orion ; L. H. S. Hayne, assist.-surg., to the Formidable ; J. W. S. Meicklejohn, assist.-surg., to Greenwich Hospi tal ; J. J. Fitzgerald, ac ting-assist. - surg. , to the Royal Albert ; H. F. Woods, master's-assistant, to the Rhadamanthus ; A.H. Martin, paymaster to the a ssist.-paymaster, in change Falcon ; G. M. Blyth, of the Crocodile ; G. Treviss, promoted to the rank of chief engineer, and appointed to the Fisgard, for charge of the machinery of the Barossa ; Thos. J. Sweeny, second class assist.-engineer, to the Rhada man thus ; A. Wilkins, acting third class assist.-en gineer, to the Asia as supernumerary; E. Wims burst, acting third class assist.-engineer, to the Asia as supernumerary. The following naval cadets were yesterday ap pointed as'follows :—F. W. Jenkins, J. B. Napier, G. Stopford, H. G. Gillam, S. A. Johnson, J. J. A. Campbell, F. G. E. M•Clintock, R. H. E. Weiby, G. H. Verner, P. H. Gage, M. C. D. Osborn, G. C. Young, and H. S. T. Chowne, to the Marlborough ; G. R. Bromley, W. E. Heatheote, E. C. St. John, and A. R. Boddam, to th 3 Nile; G. A. Grey, F. G. M. Powell, J. H. Hodgson► F. G. Dundas, and J. N. Mercer, to the Euryalus ; K. Garnier, Robt. F. Castle, E. Y. P. Smith, J. King, and E. G. F. Law, to the Forte; C. A. Nicolson, John G. Masters, A. Hutchinson, and L. L. L. Bevan, to the Royal t 7 1.1 The chartered East India troopship Warrior Queen, 998 tons, Capt. W. Henry, arrived at G raves end yesterday, from Calcutta, with sick and dis abled troops on board, and a number of soldiers of various regiments whose time of -service has ex pired, and who are sent home to be discharged. i r The troops embarked at Calcutta on the 23d of De- k cember and sailed the following day, the only land touched being St. Helena, which was reached on the 12th of February, the passage to the Thames occupying 99 days. The number who embarked on board was three officers, 127 non-commissioned offi cers and men, 16 military lunatics, 19 invalid sea men of the Indian navy, and 16 women and chil dren. 'The troops belong to the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers, Medical Staff Corps, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carhineers), 3d Buffs, sth Fusileers, 19th, 34th, 35th, 38th, 48th, 53d, 54th, 60th Rifles, 80th ank99th . Regiments, the whole being under the ki36clrhinil 0 Cap. 1: Gibsone, 17th Lancers, anti Lieut. W. 1-1,,, j". Clarke, 53a.-1-tekopetu, anon - medical charge of Assist.-Sorg. J. nar - A, M l / 4 .D.',' 4 ' 87th Royal Irish Fusileers. During the, voyage there were 11 deaths on board—namely, seven sol diers, two invalid seamen, one lunatic, and one woman. The sick and wounded . troops and the insane men were landed yesterday afternoon, and forwarded'to Fort Pitt, Chatham, where they were medically • inspected by Surgeon-Major Prender• gest, M.D., and the staff at that establishment,. when 30 men were ordered into hospital, the insane men being taken to the lunatic hospital. The troops not requiring medical treatment were, sent to St. Mary's Invalid Establishment to await their, discharge. The Royal Artillery invalids were for warded to Woolwich, and the naval invalids will be landed at Blackwall. FRANCE AND BELGIUM. The following is the despatch addressed by the French Government to its diplomatic agents abroad, in order to reassure the Powers as to the intentions of France in respect of Belgium and the left bank, of the Rhine : " Paris, March 19, 1860. " Monsieur,—ln the despatch which you have dome me the honour to write me you announce that you have forwarded to -- the communication of the Emperor's Government, under date of the 13th of this month, relative to Savoy and the county of Nice, and you add that the principal Secretary of ' Sate of reserves to himself the taking advice of the Council before making known to us the an swer of the Government. In the meanwhile I think it desirable to resume with you the discus sion of a point which I merely indicated in my pre vious correspondence, and to insist especially on an objection which was brought forward in the dis cussions to which the question gave rise. " Analogies, in fact, are alleged, and these are a starting-point for distrust. But do these analogies rest on facts, and does there truly exist a relation between our position with regard to the Alps and our situation on the Rhine? Without doubt the treaties of 1815 had constituted in the North a state of things not without resemblance and connection with that which still exists at this day on the side of the Alps. The kingdom of the Low Countries hail been created with a view similar to that with which the territorial limits of Sardinia had been settled. Like Sardinia, it had the custody of posi tions which permitted it to deliver up the ap proaches and entrances of our territory to foreign armies. "After a duration of 15 years the arrangements have been greatly modified, with the concurrence of the great Powers themselves. Belgium has been formed, and its neutrality, acknowledged by Europe , has covered from that time all that part of our frontier which was exactly the most exposed, and for which France might feel the most reasonable anxiety. " In a word, whatever of a menacing nature for us, in the North, was presented by the treaties of 1815 has been made mere matter of history by the Conference of London. We have no longer on that side any sort of guarantee to demand, and our plan of defence, supported by our most im portant strong places, shelters us completely from dangers analogous to those of which we should have more than ever to take aecount at another point, if Piedmont, with its new propor tion', remained in possession of territories which give access to the very heart of the empire. On the Rhine the peril has disappeared, while it has increased in the Alps. ,‘ Thus the situations the similarity of which it is attempted to show present no point of resem blance, and the potent considerations which oblige us to claim the aunexatim of Savoy are without any possible application to the state of things in the east and in the north of France. This combina tion will complete that which Europe itself has adopted by effacing the last trace of stipulations manifestly conceived in a spirit of distrust and aggressiveness towards us; and, far from finding therein a source of disquietude, Germany will only have occasion to see in it a new condition of the sta bility and duration of the peace. " TIIOUVENEL." KEW GARDENS.—These gardens will be open to the public (free) on Good Friday and during the holidays. The collection of camellia japonica or Japan roses, and many rare and beautiful plants from China, Australia, and New Zealand, are now in fine flower. The recent addition to the museums are of a highly attractive character. NEW CANNON.—On Monday and Tuesday last experiments were made at the Mound, Woolwich, with a new gun manufactured by Messrs. Brown 7 and Hughes, Newport, Monmouthshire. The gun is of semi-steel iron (homogeneous), and is of the same internal diameter and bore as Sir W. Armstrong's 12-pounder. The rounds were tired as follows :-10 rounds of each up to, and inclusive of, 8 shots, making 80 rounds ; and when this point had been attained the copper venting of the gun, which had been pat in by the authorities at Woolwich, gave way, and prevented the completion of the programme in tended for 100 rounds. The gun was carefully examined, and has not sustained the slightest damage from the severe tests with which it was proved. The makers say it can be manufactured at half the cost of Arm strong's or Whitworth's, can be used as either muzzle or breech loader, and is capable of being rifled with either Lancaster's, Armstrong's, or Whitworth's systems.— Mechanics' Magazine. FALMOUTII.—A most lamentable accident, at tended with the loss of three lives, occurred off this port yesterday forenoon. The pilot Joseph Sharrock, belon g ., ing to No. 13 cutter (attended by two men named Henry Coffin and John Rowe, all of this town), was in the act of boarding the Dutch schooner Catharine, from Rio de Ja neiro, for the purpo se of piloting her into port, when the boat was struck by a sea and upset. Sharrock and Coffin, a lth o ugh they :appare ntl y clung to the boat, soon disap peared after the C atharine, close hauled, Thad passed them on her weather side and thrown them a rope. Rowe hour, by ma naged. to hold otinmbeyththeemboosattsftorrenuupowuasrdeffsorotfs werehalf madek during which the pilot cutter to reach him, though blowing a heavy gale with a high sea running. On their first tack they fell short of him, but so close that they beard the "Mind you reach me the next tack." poor . fellow call, On coming up again they were able to throw him over a ex haustion he was incapable of la • rope, but from pug hold of it, and at the same moment was engulphed by the heavy swell. Sharrock and Coffin have left widows and children. PICKLED CORPSES.—It is not generally known that at Coppet, on the lake of Geneva, the residence of the late Madame de Stael, and her father and mother, the celebrated Monsieur and Madame Necker, the latter are not there buried, but preserved in a huge vat of spirits of wine. The cur ious , an d th e y are not few, rush there to see this most paintul as well as disagreeable of sights. It was so much the desire of Monsieur Necker that he and his wife shcald be pickled in this strange manner, that fearing his own family might not carry out his wishes, h ethe left a certain sum to be paid yearly 7the town t ;o w r n that pur supply of a certain quantityspirits .9 his grandson, Monsieur la ns wine cose to the house, ii p ando pur pose. p . a r t T i h a r l y v vat hid is b p y l atcreede trees in which t o h f egro s. _ _ .... i Baron de Stael, had planted round it. —court Journal. YIt:ESKELL'S PATENTED INCORRODI TILE TEETH, beautifully enamelled, and of exquisite ; 01 1tmanship, SUPPLIED, Without e xtracting , teeth or v, - ' l unPs, or giving any pain whatever, on his never - failing .rinciple of self-adhesion, restoring perfect mastication and ticulation, and rendering detection, impossible—guaranteed. h.eeth stopped, moderate.-314;Terms Regent-Streef, PolY "chnie; and Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. Established 1647. 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