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' 71) • ISM • OTT. •bt 5i4 „, „ ... .. 7 .i t4T*s " Ei t - 4-„ A g AOIN , sopsii,: ;et; • ."4/ 01 • 4 , :t eir ; AN 00 , , -.-_ IT T 7 NF \VS I' AI)F. ird a a the xle, his ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT For INSTITUTION, the Relief of Decayed Artists, their Widows and Orphans. Instituted 1811. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1812, multi the immediate ra Protection o f her Most Excellentdajesty the QUEEN. TrtON—His Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT,K.G. VICE ATRONS. Isis Grace th e D uke of Rue- P Right Fon. Lord Lyndhurst. clench K G Ri g ht Hon. Lord Orerstone. Ins Grace' the Duke of Suther- Sir John Swinburne, Bart. land, KG. Sir Roderic .T. Mterchison. 3tost Noble the Marquis of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, .. La nsdowne, K.G. M.P. 1 1 411 t Hon. Earl Stanhope. John S. Harford, Esq. Ii on. Earl of Yarborough. Jesse Watts Russell, Esq. PRESIDENT—Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, P.R.A. I . ll lc Nobility, Friends, and Subscribers are respectfully Pned that the FO TY-111 - 71i ANNIVERSARY -r•STIVAL will be celebrated in Freemasons' Hall, on OATURDAY, the 31st inst. The Right Hon. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P., in the Chair. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1860. No. 21,137. PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. PUBLICATIONS. THE MARYLEBONE AND FIN CIILEY TURNPIKE ROADS EXTENSION ACT, 1850. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LOSS OF OCEAN STEAMERS. NEW NOVEL. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., STRETTON OF RING WOOD CHACE. A NOVEL. WARWICK SPRING MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. ♦ Handicap Plate of £4O, for all ages. Three furlongs. Captain Christie's Marmalade, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (car. 7st 71b) (Fordham) 1 Mr. Stevens's Bor•idanay, 5 yrs, Bst 2lb (Payne) 2 Mr. Barrett's Buttercup, 3 yrs, Est 71b (carried 6st 8lb) (Tortoise) 3 The following also ran :—Gift (h.b.), Maradan, Macbeth, and Mountain Ash. Betting-5 to 2 agst Buttercup, 4to 1 agst Marmalade, 5 to 1 agst Gift. Ocean steam navigation affords a pretty severe test of enterprise, when we consider the pecuniary hazards with which it has to contend, arising from defective management, distribution of patronage, and perils of the sea. From its earliest history dis asters have been frequent, and seem to become more numerous in proportion as the number of steam ships is increased. Going back to the memorable loss of the President, in 18.11, the principal disasters to British and American steamers, mostly running on Transatlantic rou t es , may b e summed up as fol . : i lows : STEWARDS. Hurst and Mackett, Publishers, successoirs to Henry Col burn, 13, Great Marlb , rough-street. Orders received at all the Libraries. On ith April will be published, THE MILL UN THE FLOSS By GEORGE ELIOT, Author of "Scenes of Clerical Life" and "Adam Bede." In three volumes, post Svo. William BlackwozAl and Sons, Edinburgh and London. William E. Rat CP, Esq. John Murray, Esq. 'lel Crtwright,jun. E , q. George Bernard O'Neill, Esq. ~rederick I'. Cockerell, 'Esq. James Nicholson, Esq. Sittollett Donaldson, Esq. James Parker, Esq. 1 ,'„ 1 . 4 n 'W es bawling. Esq. W. Frederick Pollock, Esq. ZI "arn G 1 . a e, Sydney Smirke, P leam G'rapel, Esq. V.P. Esq., RA., Graves, ESQ. Alfred Seyinour, Esq. CaC..obert Palmer H ar di ng , E sq. , Edward Steeling, EE - q. rres Laltee, I Calvert Toulmin, Erq. rCB George Lewis, Esq. I Dinner on table at six precisely. The musical arrange dnents4 Glee und n er the ad direction ni of Mr. Land, assisted by° the Lou ° ad - Mrigal Uon. iekets, £1 l s. each, to be had of t h e St ewar d s ; of Henry u dham Phillips, Esq., lion. Sec., Itrc et, l ' e r - squareßuss, W. ; and of time ..kssistant-Sccretary, 50, Bernard ell-square, W.C. WILLIAM JOHN ROPER, Assistant-Secretary. lIRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, d Xing' William -street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon 3°n•—Every Evening at 8, and every Saturday Morning at r clock. Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall rol 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-office, St. Ir e " Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, t J. W. RAYNOR. vir )R. KAHN will continue to deliver his popular Lectures on the " Philosophy of Marriage," daily at 3 at his Museum, top rf the Haymarket. Admission, ahn's treat' the above subject, sent post-free for 4 allar , -om the author, 17, Harley-street, ...,NAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, HIGH HOLBORN. Atablishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the , 6 1, pience and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined With the "perfection of its management is CIPEBLXIIBRY EVENING. The celebrated band, - natturrihe direction of Mr. ' R M. racket, plays a nightly-v ar i e d se l ec ti on ofthe mks t Approved classical and modern music. Doora open /arhitlf it 8. Overtur e a t 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One tfiling. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Picea corn._ A Grand INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT, w e r",,encing at half-past Eight o'clock. 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Offices ~ 54, Duke-street. tope Proprietors beg most respectfully to call the attention L trade, noblemen, clergy, &c., and the public in general, Vteir extensive stock of Choice Wines, of rare vintages. o,,'",,Eattows and Co. are not disposed" to comment upon the I - ,L 4 3' of their wines, which is daily most laudably acknow t'rf6ed by the public and eminent medical men of all guarantee. coun tja eB , as the isufficient ncreasing patronage of the highest families in e lAnd is a , Irbhey beg to call particular attention to their pure Tonic st ". as being so valuable to Invalid s an d p ersons o f wea k °l llac A • tvii„mple case, containing three full-sizad wine fortes.bottes ae forwarded to any address on receipt of P. 0.0. stef‘or a dozen for 245. t, a well-known fact that impure and adulterated wines st obs . 'le greatest foes to health, producing acidity in the Ipo i i"ach, and debilitating the digestive organs, while pure It, e s will accelerate the digestive powers, invigorating, ITZthening„ and bracing the nervous system. air Tonic Wine is admitted to be most essential to in tlle 1 1 . 8 . both old and y oung , an d s h ould never be absent from comes of the weak and sickly. Its properties are duly fa,7,rwledged and appreciated by th e l ea di ng men of the VitY, both at home and abroad. o(4 ) M:event imposition each bottle is sealed with the name 4L orders to be made payable to HENRY BURROWS. \TEDDING STATIONERY, including every IttE, requisite.—Beautiful and eleg an t d es i gns b y D E LA eh 4 ' *lnd Co. A sample p a ck e t an d pr i ce l i st sent free. No fo r We for carriage on orders over 20 s . 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A NEW MEDICAL WORK on the NATURE, TREATMENT and CURE of RPE RMATORRHCEA, and other URINO - GENITAL DISEASES, and consequent exhaustion of the NERVOUS SYSTEM. caused by the errors of Man in youth and te, producing a degeneracy of MENTAL and PHYSICAL terminating in debility of the generative or ttlis and INCAPACITY FOR MARRIED LIFE, shewing tis uY these Diseases so often appear incurable when in reality IZ3_' can be effectually removed by the most simple means, r"ther With the Author's remedies for preventing In action. k il l . A PHYSICIAN, &c., &c. (registered under the New _ stye Act). Address, Medicus, 19. Ittjeet, London. Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pat v Berners-street,7o7 fbrd er - - ..Bter-row and all Booksellers in Town and Country. .........._ , F Q NO MORE MEDICINE b b . . , AlliTuAr, CONSTIPATION, IND IGESTION (D YSPEPSIA ), NERVOUS, BILIOUS, PULP I IONARY, AND LIVER I. \ 43M PLAINTS. BARRY'S DELICIOUS HEALTH- Ni.RESTORING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD.— to a ,,'eate No. 36,418.—1 n our practice we have been enabled eli,,,PAreciate the virtues of Du Barry's Food. In its effect on hie dyspepsia (indigestion), nervousness, i con g st i r i txn : 1 41 ' 7. Nes, on bilious and liver complaints, cough, t and incipient consumption, we find it the safest remedy. . last,trre, F.R.S., Dr. Harvey, Dr. Bright, Dr. Campbell. bt, B arry's Food cures effectually—Acidity, asthma 1 41 4 blood to the head, bowel complaints, bronchitis, c0 u , , ,, colds, congestion. constipation, consumptio p biliou c a s tiso,r, debility, 'despondency, diarrhoea, disten don,. dizziness, tiorY, drowsiness, dysentery, dyspepsia (Indigestion), ertip: lat„"k, e xhaustion, fevers, epileptic fits, flatulency, tesj`4'„constipation, headache, heartburn, haemorrhoids, hys- Po„%inpurities, indigestion (dyspepsia,) irritability, irrita cy, gout, ha lei kldneys and bladder• liver complaints, loss of memory, ti es spirits, nausea and sickness, nervousness, nervous fan der' neuralgia, noises in the ear, pains between the shoul- Pli t i,qalpitation, partial paralysis, phlegm, pulmonary corn thro'.B, rheumatism, scrofula, sinking, sleeplessness, sore lisx,„ 4l, Miasma, tightness across the chest. At about one %I n " ) ; k ) er meal, it effectually cures the above, also children's rfititits, and saves fifty times its cost in medicine. It does 4e m alrn acid nor interfere with a liberal diet but imparts a tll t t i ‘ o ."3' relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty est,,,estion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most ed. We extract a few out of many thousand cures No. 54,816, from the Rev. James T. Campbell, Syder -4,,,ue Rectory, near Fitkenham, Norfolk : "In all cases of in- I;,on, and particularly where the liver is affected, t , lii , l tsider it the best of all remedies.--James T. Campbell." th e e No 71, of Dyspepsia, from the Right Honourable Lord Stuart de Decies : " I have derived eonsiderable 4eflt from- Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. Stuart de ts, ee tes."—Cure No. 49,832: " Fifty year s ' indescribable agony Crlt dyspepsia, nervo u sness, asthma, cough, cons ti pat i on, k st ulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, :y"'yo been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria . ) . ,7 e lf a t loarrt.lhiaami g, !ton of the stove c near Dies, Norfolk."—Cure No. 52,087: Prefect of L Duke of I'luskow, of a gastric inflamma -I,ll.—Cure No. 51,614 : Baron de Polentz, th, an7.ettau, of many years' horrible sufferings of tl2llervr• ssand an obstinate constipation. Cure No. width ElizabetA Jacobs of Nazing Vicarage, 811 1 Cross, Herta, a cure of extreme nervousness ' gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— se,2 A O. 48 ,314: Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near 1 ) 4.12(2 , 01: a c ure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of toc l ;, ° ,us irritability. —C ure N o. 18 ,2 16 : D r, A n d rew Ure, of I r. gt i ation, dysp e p s i a , nervous i rr it a bili ty. —C ure No. 34,210: tlittionorland, of dropsy and debility.—Cure No. 36,212: Cap • e Al lah, of epileptic fits.—Cu r e 42,116 ; M a j or Edi e, o f grcnient of the liver, and total prostration of strength dTarrdaily 36,418 Minster, of' cramps, spasms, vomitings —Cure No. 26,418 : Dr. Harvey, of te;,: , cea and debility.—Cure . No. 39,618: Dr. Wurtzer, of stletXoPtion.—Cure iSro. 32,880 : William Hunt, Esq., Bar. VW' of paralysis.— Cure No. 46,270: Mr. James Roberts, par Merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, 30 years' diseased Fl Pitting of blood, liver derangement, partial Z ,tte s -88 . —Curwo years'e No. 46,814 diarrhcea. - - Cure. : Mr. Samuel Laxton, Lei- P s -. ! of t No. 52.612 : vs, b„,.,"Wager Countess of Castlestuart, of many years' ~,rgh'ptabilit bile and indigestion, —Cure No. 54,812 : Miss Zo Y9 rs c u red of consumption, after her mech tise triners abandoned all hopes of recovery.— 11 18f4:o. "Twenty-five years' nervousness, con t4,.ere,l, indigestion, and debility, from which I have 41"/ e great misery, and which no medicine could re -I,lrraor ,relieve, have been effectually cured by Du b p eet it ood in a very short time. W. B. Reeves, 181, Isir t Zti et, 1 go. c 4 r , a 2 m oB p : s " spasms,El Eight y e a a nd r nausea, s t i o a r: Ga1117%17 servant debility , cconsulted the ' advice of many, have been t: ha Y cured by Du Barry's health-restoring Food. I shall t o answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavell, ts sce ' :'" (4l R t Nrflk" No V 836 • " Three years' lec ory, o o . . • . Ns' geo e '_uleryousness, with pains in my neck and eft arm, bee ) , rat debility, which rendered my life very miserable, - . : ‘, l ;adically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring eio r e N o. : l e x. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." Thirteen years' cough, indigestion. and gene °ol. tY, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Ca n , / 2iliperreeters : ]lb. 2s. 94., 21b, 4 s . 6c1., 121 b. 224., 241 b. 40s. Ca me } 1 quality 51b. 225., 101 b. 335. The 10Th., 121 h., and b " r s carriage free on receipt of I ost-office Order, by %Sta sn ",krrY and Co., 77, Regent-street, London sid;et • s r , and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Abhis, 60, Gracechurch . I: 0 4 0 at 63 and 150 Oxford-street, 330, Strand, 4, Cheap- Tri„ l, ,cl and through all grocers and chemists. Aii a lidy' e nnY stamp and you will receive, post free, the e Flile7w„n Guide, or "NATUIIAL RESTORER OF ec o riEALTH," without Medicine, by a simple, plea • noroi lis o its", .cal, and unfailing means, which saves fifty ) , e t ong ,er__Lgin other remedies, restoring perfect digestion, filPlarit,,, sound lungs, refreshing sleep, and functional . e at'o," o the most enfeebled, and removing effectually (dys e th ot , ent oon _P Psia), debility, nervousness, cough, asthma, cok i y, Vinptipn, dropsy, constipation. flatulency, diar esu,!, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs,. 4.2i40n 5, the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, '3l tbi Palgit teria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, os, ,va.msation, heartburn headache, despondency, LAd ,reg a,, nausea, and sickness, sinking fits, bronchi itreer° Chil ComPlaints.---S. N. Barry, 77,',Regent- ate ;" He ch.n very pd to ail 0 the safely *fore, boot )f the r. It The is his isoner r him, :hrist )asket King orway I wad I him inborn 0 COll. g, 21, lilting urea- Lt silk Rings- I used WO you about 1r mar- im ; he ed him, raordi or liked at's aIL mind in r on the ;endattoe the past ere have 4297 qrs the sates f Indian of flour. moin -2d to 3d requeat. in value. mement. at fully h a mid- lvance of A dull to lls Od to 20s 6d to 185 Od to 19s 6d to 205 Od to 50a Od to 3550 d to 43a Od to 34s Od lid per ,of ls on st, at full re Ild id 3id hi ;tory, 13i' alis, of gi ace We lt° am, Da.. tin s n ¢ hmthird vil le ' r.Robsoll, )dchester 9 on-str eet P eorgiauN , late of k, Wake krOVN G t No. 112 ; vuliti 0. i i This day is published, price 55., j - - T. STEPHEN'S: A POEM. Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine. This Poem is intended to give succinct sketches of our principal Parliamentary Orators, commencing with the ori gin of Parliamentary Oratory (in the Civil Wars), and closing with the late Sir Robert Peel. 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The MEDICAL ADVISER, containing rules, prescriptions, (tc., for the speedy cure, by very simple means, of Spermatorrhoa, 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, 19, Iterners-street, Oxford-street. W. Just published, price 25., free by post, 2s. 4d., SPERMATORRIICE A. By F. B. COURTENAT, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary far the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. ON " The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a tommon-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : H. Rainier., 219, Regent-street. KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.— Statistics shew that 56,000 Persons annually fall vic tims to Pulmonary Disorders, including Consumption, Diseases of the Chest and the Respiratory Organs. Preven tion is at all times better than cure ; be, therefore, prepared during the wet and wintry season with a supply of KEAT ING'S COUGH LOZENGES, which possess the virtue of averting, as well as of curing a Cough or Cold ; they are good alike for the young or for the aged. Prepared and sold in Boxes, is. lid., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 10s. 6d. each, by THOMAS KEATING, Chemist, &c., 79, St. Paul's-churchyard, London. Retail by all Druggists, dre. IMPORTANT TO CLERGYMEN, PUBLIC SPEAKERS, RAILWAY INTELLIGEIVVE. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. The annual meeting of this company was held at Newcastle on Tuesday, Mr. W. Woods in the chair. The report stated that the remaining unissued shares had been disposed of, thus closing the ordi nary share capital account, and the whole of the 4 per Cent.NewPreference shares were promptly taken up, which had enabled the directors to pay the pur chase moneys of lands which had by agreement re mained at interest in the hands of the company, and to reduce the debenture debt, which, during the past year, had been renewed on more favourable terms. The increase in the carriage of coke for ironworks and other purposes had been very consi derable. While the North British Railway Com pany and the Border Counties Railway Company were combined in resisting the amalgamation of this company with the North-Eastern Company, they were themselves promoting a bill for the amal gamation of their'two companies, through which amalgamation the North British Company sought to divert traffic from the line of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to their own, and from the east to the *est side of the island. The agreement with the North-Eastern Company had proved that great advantages to the trade of the district resulted from a good understanding between the two companies, and that still greater advantages would result from the amalgamation of these two lines being carried out. The collieries on the Newcastle and Carlisle system had a desirable access to the Tyne Docks, and the collieries of the North-Eastern system were availing themselves of the facilities of shipment in the ports on the west coast of Cumberland. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the re port. He gave a very favourable account of the progress of the traffic on the line, especially in the conveyance of minerals, during the past ten weeks. He complained very much of the conduct of two shareholders in taking proceedings in Chancery against the company, to prevent their amalga mation with the North-Eastern Company - . He protested against the North British, Border Counties, and two other companies asking for running powers over their line, which, if granted, would virtually take the management of their rail way out of their own hands ; and he trusted the shareholders would also oppose the applications to Parliament. Mr. P. HOWARD seconded the motion for the adop tion of the report, which was unanimously agreed to. A dividend of £3 10s. per £lOO share for the half year ending the 31st December, payable on the 29th inst., was declared, which, with the previous inter mediate payment of L 2 15s. per cent., made the dividend for the year £6 ss. per cent., leap ing a balance of £1,709. The CHAIRMAN moved a resolution, authorising the directors to oppose the bills now before Parlia ment promoted by the Derwent Valley Company, the North British and Border. Counties Railway Companies, the Silloth Dock and Railway Company, and the Port Carlisle Company, which sought run ning powers over the Newcastle and Carlisle line. The motion was unanimously adopted. Mr. Atkinson, Mr. Dunn, and Mr. Woods were re-elected directors, and also Mr. Miller, the retir ing auditor. The CHAIRMAN remarked that in 1827, 1828, and 1829, they had to fight inch by inch for their bill te make the line, at great cost, in contending against the prejudices of the landowners,who opposed them from one end of the line to the other. When they first commenced the railway they were obliged to make it a mere tramway, and upon the directors subsequently placing a small locomotive engine upon the line a landowner procured an injunction in Chancery to prevent them continuing it. Things had since been entirely altered, for landlords now opposed new lines if they did not pass through their estates. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks :o the Chairman. GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND. The report of the directors states that the revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of January last shows that £40,280 had been received, and £20,718 expended, including £5,468 for interest on loans and commission, leaving a balance of £19,562. The proposed dividend, at the rate of 4-3. per cent. per annum on the new preference shares, at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the preference stock, and at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the original stock of the company, would absorb £19,279, and leave £283. The working expenses for the half-year amounted to 38 per cent. of the gross receipts, as compared with 40 per cent. for the 11 months ending July last. The applications for the 43 per cent. new shares having exceeded the company's existing requirements, the directors deemed it expedient to place £210,000 of those shares. The surplus had been lent by way of tem porary advance to the Formartine and Buchan, the Alford Valley, and the Aberdeen and Turriff Rail ways. The directors had sold at par to parties con nected with the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway the 40,000 shares held by the Great North of Scotland in that company; the purchase price was to be paid by equal instalment on Jan. 1, 1861, and Jan. 1, 1862, with interest. The directors continued to maintain friendly relations with neighbouring railway companies. The promoters of a railway from Keith to Dufftown, nine miles inland, made application in August last for assistance in carrying out their undertaking. Believing that the proposed line, when completed, would beneficially affect the traffic the directors intimated to the promoters that, e provi'd d the sum of £25,000, being one-half the estimated cost of the line, was subscribed in shares interested Great North of restedinthedistri s c e t, ot t l h an ey d b would r t recommendies l o cally the s C h o a m r e p s a , n a y to n dt the c o l b d a t l h a n e cremainingdebentures, half, vi z., the latterB,o ooonilny lie.until T th h e e y r c e o q ud beulired amou nt place o d n in carrying ng hands o gboeeunt the h h t er e e p c o u m b. subscribed .. in the district, a resoluti i ootn that a o tt f h t ex h 2 e ld, dlilp/6r,rotorso7x7ism proximo. o d u l l , d bh be eee n sa submi tt received,ed c tauonn and showedd tg o i f l o ,o t 4 h 6 e expended, r,oc2o4mpanies leavingin cdl including n ls c e 6, 0 8 f 77 £ 1 7 n 0, 5 7 t 5 0 0 c k. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Mr. Benson, Ludgate-hill, has just published a new illustrated pamphlet on watches (free by post for two stamps). It should be read by all wh o are about buying a watch, as it contains prices and important informa tion as to—What watch to buy ! where to buy it and how to ':se it! [ADvramsEmENT.]—Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Influenza, Bronchitis.—At the beginning of spring chest complaints are continually 'produced by the cast wind and variable temperature. In all such cases early attention and effective treatment are demanded, to prevent them degener ating into more serious and often fatal maladies. The invalid may rest assured that Holloway's Pills, without wronging the weakest constitution, sill remove all formidable symp toms. The Ointment should be rubbed on the chest, back, and sides every night and morning for at least ten minutes, and the parts then encased n flannel. This course of treat ment will lessen fever, rectify incipient congestion, relieve the oppressed lungs, and remove restlessness, hoarseness, and cough. Thorough restoration will reward diligence and attention i4l relining this advice, AND SINGERS. St. Paul's Cathedral. have much pleasure in recommending your Lo zenges to those who may be distressed with Hoarseness. They have afforded me relief - on several occasions when scarcely able to sing from the effects of Catarrh. I think they would he very useful to Clergymen, Barristers, and Public Orators. '1 am, Sir, yours faithfully, THOMAS FRANCIS, Vicar Choral. To Mr. Keating. TEETH REPLACED.—DECAYED TEETH RESTORED. Mr. A. ESKELL, Surgeon Dentist, supplies patented Incorrodible Teeth without extracting Teeth or stumps, on his never-failing and painless principle of Self-adhesion, rendering detection impossible. Articula tion and mastication guaranteed. Decayed Teeth rendered insensible to pain, and stopped with his Osteoplastic Enamel —of the same colour as the Teeth, permanently useful, and lasting itnchanged for years (a most important discovery in Dental S cience I). Loose Teeth fastened, &c. Hours, Ten to Six. Consultation free. Charges strictly aoderate, 314, REGENT-STREET (opposite the Polytechnic), and Ben nett's-hill, Birmingham. PERTAIN RELIEF for the AFFLICTED.— v Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOWS and LIVER PILLS, pre- Sared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the liver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe tite, lowness of spirits, &c. They can be taken at any time, without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels, without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo rate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes, Is. 14d. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," en graved on the Government stamp. Post free for Two Stamps. WXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY of A-4 an entirely NEW THEORY of CURING DISEASE, being the recorded Experience of 30 Years' Special Practice in Great Britain, France, And America—with the latest Scientific Discoveries, denominated LOCAL SELF-TREAT MENT, discovered abroad, and which is so simple that all can practise for himself privately, successfully, and at the smallest cost, thus avoiding doctors' fees and their mineral poisons. The " 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, Palpitatiion 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 CONTEMPLATING MARRIAGE. In order that all classes may avail themselves of the above, the Author has not and will not allow the same to be sold, but he will forward it to those who send their address, and two stamps for postagre. 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 Midwifery, and Apo thecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as above, en all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Less of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements of both. Sexes, emanating from early and excessive indul gences, Hai Just published, price Is. ; by post, 13 stamps, 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 Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia (Gonorrhea), Spermatorrluna, Impotency, and all Diseases of the Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &o. FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women--Functional Ir regularities 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, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Love and otha Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. E. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIP7A, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and CTurheeirbCy aClifsitiese er i s ations, Galvanism, dc.c. &o. To be had of Maim, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors . Advice to the Work in g Classes, fee Half-a-Guinea. • CURTIS ON MANHOOD - NEW EDITION: A MEDICAL ESSAY ON NERVOUS AND GENERA TIVE DISEASES. Just Published, the 125th thousand. with numerous plates, in a se a l e d env elope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, or sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, MANHOOD : the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE, with Pl a in Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vi,Tour. ByJ. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS: INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Supermatorrhoca and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences ; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTER IV.—The Author's plan of Treatment, Medical and Moral, being the result of a successful practice extending over a period of 25 years. CHAPTERS V. and VI. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting cases, to which is added the Author's receipt of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OP THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.—This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23d March, 18.56. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. At home for consultation, daily, from 10 till 3 and 6 to R. Sundays, 10 to 1. MEDICAL ADVICE. _ - - fR. LA'MERT, Register e d Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.O. of the University of Erlangen, &0., may be CONSULTED on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and en the Secret In firmitics cf Youth and :Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. Ls'lNiert has just published, price Sixpence, with nu merous Engravings and Cases, a New Edition of his Work, SELF-PRESERVATION, _ which will be sent free, in a sealed envelope. by Mann, 39 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 lye Physiology—True and False Morality. SECTION TlT.—Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical Relations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—A dvan tazes of Physical Contrasts in sccurinz Healthy Offspring. SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhma and Impotence—The causes of Sterility in both Sexes—Self-inflicted Miseries. SECTION 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—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practiccil - - The above work is intended for the perusal of those who have in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules of morality. In its pages facts of par imount 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 constitution are frequently followed by serious COASeqUenoeo. • TO the CREDITORS on the TOLLS of the MARYLEBONE and FINCHLEY ROADS'. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That, in parsuance of the above-mentioned Act, a Composition or Compositions will be paid by the Com m i ss ioners of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads Forth of the Thames to such Creditor or Creditor s on the said Tolle as shall be willing to accept the smallest Composi tion for his, her, or their security or securities ; and the said Creditors are hereby required each to transmit to the said Commissioners, at their office, No. 22, Whitehall-place, on or before 12 o'clock at noon, on Friday. the 20th day of April next, a proposal in writing, sealed and addressed to the said Commissioners, with the words " Marylebone and Finehley Roads—Proposal for Composition," written on the outside, in which proposal shall be stated the lewest rate per centum which such Creditor will accept and take for the sum, or sums, which he or she may have due and owing on the said Tolls, or fbr sonic part or parts thereof. By order of the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turn pike Roads North of the Thames. GEO. LABALMONDIERE, Secretary. 22, Whitehall-place, 16th March, 1860. THE THIRD ERA IN THE PROGRESS OF STEAM POWER! "A Steam rlough for the Idle Soil of the World." ON WEDNESDAY, March 28, a WORKING MODEL, illustrating the traction principle of "GILL'S ROAD AND FIELD LOCOMOTIVE," will appear in St. George's-road, Southwark, between 2 and 6 p.m. The use of this Engine offers to the capitalist, the West India planter, the British farmer, and the pioneer and prairie farmers of the world, an unlimited supply of practical steam labour suited to perform all the duties of agriculture and road transport with economy, reliability, and efficiency. The vast staple resources which lie in embryo in the idle soil of the Colonies, the forests of Africa, and the jungles of India, need only labour , to develope them ; idle ships and railroads are waiting to transport them; capital is waiting a profitable field for investment; idle factories and artisans are waiting to manufacture them ; and the world's 300 mil lions of poor and uncivilised are waiting to promote their consumption, and to yield to the influence of industry, civilis ation, and the gospel. A Practical Steam Plough is the next sten in industrial progress, and the remedy for idle ships, for 'ale canital, and for idle men, lies not in going back to protection, out on to production. Free by post for six stamps, A GRICULTURAL PROGRESS AND ITS PATRONS. Published and sold by tlie Author, JOHN GILLS, 8, Cannon-street, LoVdon, Patentee and Inventor. A fine race ; won by a head ; two lengths between second and third. Mountain Ash ran out to the left soon after starting, went the wrong side of two posts, and finished sixth. Tho winner, entered to be:sold for £5O was put to auction, but did not find a bidder. The Debdale Stakes of 5 says each, with £25 added. 12st each. Certain penalties and alio* ances. Two miles. 8 subs. Mr. G. Pallet's Dispute, 5 yrs, 12st 71b.... (Mr. Scobell) 1 Mr. F. Rowland's Medora (h.b.) list 21b (Owner) 2 The following also ran :—Lincoln, Sir Bertram, and 'Ver tumnus. Betting-410 4 on Dispute, 3 to 1 agst Medora, 5 to 1 agst Vertumnus. The race Was reduced to a match a Mile from home, Dis pute winningby two lengths, the othets beaten off. Prior to the race Mr. Formby lodged an objection against Me dora, on the ground that she ought to have carried 71b extra for winning at Cheltenham. The stewards, however, de cided that she was not liable to the extra weight. The Great Warwickshire Handicap of 20 sous each, 10 ft, and only five if declared, with £5O added. Two miles. 36 subs, 26 of whom declared. Lord Coventry's Donee, by Kind**, Y yrs, Oat 51 b Sadler 1 Mr. Hodgm an ' s C on d uctor, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (G.Fordham ) 2 Mr. J. Peacock's Rajah Brooke, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Daley) 3 Bevis and Chirp also ran. Betting -2 to 1 agat Danae and Bevis, sto 1 agat any other offered. Chirp and Bevis alternately led to the top of the hill, where Bevis took up the running, Dana* second. Soon after passing the mile-post Chirp dropped hopelessly into the rear, and Danae went a-head and ran home an easy winner by two lengths, the second beating the third by three lengths. Bevis was pulled up within the distance, and Chirp was beaten off a long way. The race was run in a shower of sleet. Bray weighed for Rajah Brooke, and was about to saddle him, when the horse lashed out and kicked him severely in the side. The poor fellow was carried insensible into the Stand, and it was some time before he could removed from the Course. The Two-year-old Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added, for two .yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. A winner before starting to carry 41b extra. Straight run in (about three furlongs). 28 subs. Mr. Bolton Ding's Lady Clifden, by Surplice, Bst 81b (inc. 41b extra) (Fordham) 1 Lord Stamfdrd's Little Lady, Sat 81b (inc 41b extra) Mr. Gulliver's King of Kent, Bst 71b ... (French). (Payne) 2 3 The following also ran :—Crocus, Everlasting, My Lady, Duplicity, Maid of Peru, Lady Macdonald, Scandalous, and Little Lady. Betting * -5 to 4 agd Laiy Clifclen, 4to 1 agst Little Lady, 5 to 1 agst Lady Macdonald. After much delay the lot got away, Duplicity, Lady Macdonald, and Little Lady being in front. Lady Clifden was shut in until reaching the last turn, which she was compelled to take wide, but soon obtained the lead, and won in a canter by four lengths ; a length between the second and third ; and two lengths between the third and fourth. Duplicity was a bad fifth; My Lady and Lady Macdonald next ; Everlasting was last, beaten off. On the complaint of the starter, Payne and Bullock were prohibited from riding again until after Northampton Races. The decision of the stewards was not arrived at until after the Walton Handicap. Welter Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft. Gentlemen riders. One mile. 13 subs. Mr. Manby'_a Diamant, by La Cloture, bred in France, aged, 9st 411 k (inc. 61b ex.). Mr. G. an's Harry, by Student, 4 yrs, lOst 41b (inc. 61. ) (Fordham) 2 Mr. MorristaAccurate, 5 yrs, lOst 21b .. (Mr. Edwards) 3 The foll2wing also ran :—Grillade, Wanderer, and Stapleton. Betting—°'j to 4 agst Wanderer, 4to 1 agst Harry, sto 1 agst Grillade, 6 to 1 agst Stapleton. Won by ten lengths ; the others b)aten off. The Walton Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with 2;5 added. Three-quarters of a mile. Lord Coventry's Maud, by Malcolm, s,_yrs, 7st 91b . _ . (L. Snowdon) 1 Captain Hunt's Gift (h. b.), 4 yrs, 6st, (car. Est 31b) (Ducker) 2 Mr. C. Devon's Sir Isaac, 4 yrs, Est 91b - -- - - The following also ran :—Amsterdam, Buttercup, Joe Lovell filly, and Jocular. Betting.—Even on Sir Isaac, 3 to 1 agst Maud, 6 to .1 agst the Joe Lovell filly. On assembling at the post Jocular and the Joe Lovell filly broke away ; the former ran beyond the distance, and the latter passed the Stand before they were stopped. Won by six lengths ; the others beaten off. A Match of £25 each, p.p. Four miles. Mr. Cameron's Levity, aged, 9st ........ (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Nightingale's Anvil, 4 yrs, 9st ...... (Nightingall) 2 Betting.--5 and 6t04 on Levity. Won, after a slashing rasa, by a head. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NORTHANIPTONSILIRE STAKES. 7 te k , ,1 agst Forager (taken) 12,t0: 1 agst Royal Sovereign (taken freely) CITY AND SIII3IJRIJAN. 12 to 1 agst Weatherbound DERBY. 60j0 1 abet Richmond (taken) ENNIS, TILE JocKEY.—Nearly £2OO wa s subscribed at Warwick, in tho course of Tuesday and Wednesday, on behalf of the widow and family of Ennis, th e j oc k e y, w ho was killed at the recent C oven t ry Races. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.—NORTRAMPTON STAKES.— YOUATT WM. GRAY issued advice on the above race on Friday last, the winner being at 100 to 3. I know for a fact that it is coining money by acting on this information. I advised the wit , ger last year .(Bevis) at a similar price. A horse at 12 to 1 for a plate is certain to 1)0 second• or third. The winner of the Spencer Plate at 20 to 1. Seven winners guaranteed at this meeting. Terms to the Derby, SI ls. ; to the Chester Cup, 10s. 6d. ; next week, 2s. 6d. and per tentage. Address, 15, Ch ar i ng .cross. BANK -RETURNS. . - The Bankers' Magaz i ne furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Feb. 11. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the Bth Feb. (the nearest date furnished by their returns) will give the following results of the circulation of notenotesthe United - Kingdom , when comp ared with the previo in us month u—. Jan. 1 - / --- 4`el . n , 1860. 1860. Increase. Bank of En ,land 21,282,6* 21 ,735,265 452,646 Private Banks 3,499,72 2! 3.504,381 465? Joint-stock Banks 3,6/4,630; 2 , 9 77,034 —. Total in England 27,796,877 '28,216,680 419 , 803 Scotland 1 4,289,541 4,124,606 Ireland I 7,361,762 7,353,744 _ United Kingdom I 39,448,1801 39,695,030 246.850 Decrease. 37,49 64,934 8,018 246,850 And as compared with the month ending the 12th of Feb. 1859, the above returns show an increase of £1,046,372 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £1,721,757 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : fhe English private banks are below their fi xe d issue £900,554 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue £325,323 Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,225,877 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,375,335 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue • /999,250 The average stock of bulli on h e ld by th e Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the Bth of Feb. was £18,340,853, being a decrease of £1,283,334 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £3,938,935 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 11th Feb.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks, ..... £2,637,228 Gold and silver held by the Iri s h b a nk s .. . ... .. .. 2,804,375 , Being an increase of £90,193 as compared £swi th 44l, th e e previous return, and an increase of £490,681 when compared with the corresponding period of last year, SOANE AND lIIS MUSEUNI.—Soane, the architect, born 1753, was the son of a bricklayer, at Beading. Poor and neglected, he came to London; one of--- " The brave spirits who go up to woo That terrible city whose neglect ,is de a th Whose smile is fame." He went into Dance's office as an errand .boy, but ho worked his way ;—built the Bank of England ;—many structures for the Government which Time's erasing fingers, helped by Sir John Soane, have sponged out ;—became Sir John Soane ; and, when he died in 1837, he left behind him, to say nothing of a fine fortune, a remarkable collection of books, prints, pictures, and antiquities for the benefit of the public. Whether this collection, boxed up in the house in Lincoln's-inn-fields, and approachable by tickets during a small part of the year, is made as available as it should be, may be a question with some. It is certainly, however, no question with me : and I trust a long time will not elapse before a complete change in the management be made. Godwin's" Atimorials of Workers." Value of Vessel Lives Lost, and cargo. Dollars. President Arctic American .. 300 1,800,000 Pacific ... /I • • 210 2,000,000 San Francisco Central America • Independence „ .. 140 100,000 Yankee Blade City of Glasgow British .. 420 850,000 ' Union American .. none 300,000 Humboldt 19 • • // 1,600,000 Franklin •• • • 9/ 1,900,000 City of Philadelphia British .. , 600,000 Teipest /9 • • I ' so 300,000 Lyonnais Austria Canadian Argo Indian 27 125,000 • • • Northerner .. Am e rican .. 32 76,000 Hungarian British (about) 120 270,000 Total Showing that a fleet of 20 fine steamers, many of them first•class, have been totally lost within the period named. The President, Pacific, City of Glasgow, and Tempest were never heard of; the Arctic, San Francisco, and Central America foun dered; the Independence, Yankee Blade, a n d Nor therner were wrecked on the Pacific, and the Cana dian, Humboldt, Franklin, Argo, and Hungarian on the Atlantic coast; the Lyonnais was sunk by collision, and the Austria was burnt. Not enume rated in this list are two-thirds as many more, generally of a class much inferior, which were lost in the California trade. The casual reader may derive a more distinct impression in regard to the appalling loss of life here recorded, but there are many homes where no fresh recital is needed to re call the memory of the loved and lost.—New York Journal of Commerce. IMPORTATION OF TWIST AND YARN INTO INDIA. The Indian advices confirm the announcement of the imposition of a duty of 10 per cent. on the im portation of twist and yarn into India, notwith standing the anomalous character of such a proceed ing at the moment when the last vestige of a pro. tective system has been abolished in this country. It appears by the accounts from the Calcutta mar kets that a movement had taken place in this description of goods, in consequence of the notifica tion; and the measure, moreover, is in harmony with the retrogressive step adopted about a year back, when an import duty of 10 per cent., which remains in force, was levied on manufactured iron. In both eases the result is to confer a bounty on native productions. Iron is abundant in India, and in some districts the mines are already being worked ; while, with regard to twist and yarn, not only are there manufactories at Calcutta and Bom bay, but also, it is believed, in one of the chief dis tricts where the staple is produced—namely, Broach. Such establishments will therefore have the treble advantage over their Manchester com petitors of buying the cotton at their own doors, of saving the freight from Europe of the manufac tured goods, and of a fiscal bounty of 10 per cent. If the condition of India is favourable to these manufactures, the first two might be considered to present a sufficient stimulus ; and if a 10 per cent. protection is needed in addition, it would seem that its effect must simply be to withdraw labour from natural channels to an artificial one. A duty had previously been imposed of 10 per cent, on shirt ing, and the system therefore takes an important ran ge. When the Indian tariff was raised last year the Government refused to admit goods which bad been sold for arrival to enter on the previous scale. In the present instance an opposite policy has been. adopted. The point led to much controversy at the time, and the present decision will be popular with the merchants, but the vacillation exhibited is rather likely to lower the native estimate of our justice and sagacity. 1111 S DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMIERIAL 'WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 458 2d ; barley, 36s sd; oats, 23a lid; rye, 318 10d beans, 395 7d; and peas, 37s 7d. TUB SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 44s 5d ; barley. 35s 9d ; oats, 22a 6d ; rye, 32a 4d ; beans, 395 Od ; peas, 36s 11d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WREX.—Wheat, 111,000; barley, 44,392; oats, 13,374; rye, 63; beans, 6,236; peas, 1,300 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Although only a moderate supply of beasts was on offer in to-day's market, the demand for all kinds ruled heavy, and, in some instances prices gave way 2d per 81bs com pared with Monday. The show of sheep was tolerably , good, and the mutton trade was very inactive. In the quo tations, however, no change took place. We have to re port a dull inquiry for lambs, at barely stationary prices : but for calves there was more inquiry, at extreme curren cies. The pork trade was very dull; and mulch cows com mended very little attention. Per 81bs to sink the offal. a. d. H. d. l Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 6! Second quality do. $ 8 3 10 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots &c. 4 6 4 8 Crse. & inf. ;beep 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 8 d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 10 5 2 Pm,. Slhdowndo. 5 6 i 8 Largo crse. calves 4 8 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Small porkers Lambs, Ss 8d to Gs Bd. - - Suckling calves, 19s to 22s ; and quarter •old store pigs 22s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN iIIIFFLY. Beasts sheep Calves Pigs HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 lOs ; clover, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. A fair supply. ComBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £2 16s to £4 10s ; clover, £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per lead. Trade steady. WILITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £4 10s; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 Os to £1 10s per load. Supply good, and trade firm. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATB AND LEADENHALL..— These markets con- tinue to be well supplied with Scotch and country killed rseat, and the trade rules very inactive, as fol lows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 46 Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTIALL, March 21.—The supplies of each kind of stock in to-day's market were seassnably good, and the trade ruled inactive, as follows, viz. : Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 8d ; veal, 48 id to 5s 4d; pork, 3s Ed to 4s 8d per Slbi to sink the offal. Rottroup, March 21.—We have to report a dull sale for stock, on easier terms : Beef, from 3s 6d to 48 8d ; mutton, 3s 8d to his 8d ; lamb, 6s Od to 6s 8d ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s Sd to 4s 8d per 81bs ; suckling salves, 144 to 19s ; quarter old store pigs, 21s to 28s each mulch cows, £l4 Os to LIS Os each. TESTIMONIAL TO A STATION - MASTER. -- Last week Mr. Wedderburn, the master of the South-Eastern Railway station at Ashford, was presented with the testi monial which has lately been subscribed for. It consists of a purse of 100 sovereigns, and a silver teapot and milk-jug. It was accompanied by a letter from the three gentlemen who were the originators of the testimonial, which stated that the testimonial had been contributed to by 200 subscri bers—inhabitants of Ashford and the neighbourhood, and other travellers by the South-Eastern Railway —in testi mony of their approval of his unremitting attention to his responsible duties at the Ashford station during a period of 13 years. AN UNIIAITT CAREER.—A couple of years ago we chi onicled with pleasure the appointment of a young Enniskillener, the son of highly respectable and much esteemed parents, to an ensigncy in one of her Majesty's regiments. Falling iat o " fast " life before a year, we think not mare, had elapsed, he was cashiered ; he was then sent to a foreign country, where it was thought a professional acquaintance of his father would be able to procure him em ployment ; his stay abroad was very brief. Having returned to England, his first act was to enlist as a gunner in the Royal Artillery. In vain were applications made at the Horse Guards to purchase his discharge. At the instance of a mother's unceasing solicitude for the welfare of her pro digal son, a few weeks ago he obtained a furlough, and pro ceeded to visit a brother holding a commission in a militia regiment ; when, probably stung by remorse upon contrast ing his own degraded position with the respectable one in which his younger brother moved, he broke from the latter on Thursday last, when his leave was nearly expired, jumped over a parapet wall into the sea at Liverpooban ha dh: y b p ee a n re l n o t s s t to sight for ever, as his remains cannot be recovered. The mental agony of the unfortunate youth's un can be better fancied than described.—Fertnanagh PBOCLA 211,1 TION BY THE TUSCAN G0VEIL1:11 - EXT. The following proclamat ton was, issued by the Tuscan Go vernmen t on th e d a y a ft er t h e declara tion of th e po ll h a d ma d e la iown the almost uni versal wish of th e Tuscan people to become th e subjects of Ki ng immovableoutl Victor Einnu : tryaitd l o y f il t h he bt li tt i i r t ig is : . mother • - lecree of Italian" Tuscan s !—Y our vote i s not only an act of your nationality. Yo m have .d e se rve d we ll o f your c" From the peace of Vi}lafranca to the day of the universal suffrage, y(rn only measured your dangers by your rights ; arul you only looked back to your past glories to conquer a new glory, and one that is wholly national. " Amongst the snares and .doubts and distrust by which you were beset you only Tooke d to the star of Italy, and did not lose your w-ty. " You have known how to exchange your mere municipal existence for the new life, the new power, the new greatness of Italy which y 4 mi are consti tuting along with your sister provinces, in order that with other nations Italy may enter coura geously on the great arena of civilisation. "The new era of the Italian nation is inaugurated ; for the recognition of its rights it will no longer want the aid of your arms and your minds. The past, with its griefs—the present, with its oppor tunity—is the sure guarantee of our future. " You come forth, at length, from the prison of the Appenines ; your heart breathes the air of inde pendence and of freedom from the Alps to the sea. " Without losing your traditions, you return to the enjoyment of the ancient strength of a nation, which was torn in pieces, and which you, together with the brave dwellers at the foot of the Alps, and the Lombards, are reconstituting beneath the sceptre and the sword of a King whom God has played at the head of redeemed Italy. " Italians! in saluting you for the last time by the ancient Tuscan name, your Government is the first to offer :to you the homage of its admiration. It will always be proud of the part which it has played in leading you on to the conquest a such high destinies. The generosity of your schemes, your firmness in maintaining them, have won for you the love of all Italy, the sympathies of all Europe. In the name of Italy and of the King your Government thanks you with the deepest feelings of the heart. " Florence, 16th March, 1860. (Signed) " The President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of the Interior B. RICASOLI. " The Minister of P u bli c Instruction and interim Minister of Foreign Affairs, C. RIDOLFI. " The Minister of Justice and Grace, E. POGGI. " The Minister of Finance, of Commerce, and of Public Works, R. BUSACCA. " The Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, V. SAL- VAGNOLI. "The Minister of War, R. CADORNA. " The Secretary General of the Government of Tuscany, CELESTINO BIANCHI. " Seen for the affixing of the seal. " The Minister of Justice and Grace, E. PooGi." 2ILE NATI% A court-martial assembled on board the flag-ship Impregnable, in Hamoaze, Plymouth, on Monday morning, and adjourned until Tuesday. Rear-Ad miral Sir T. Pasley presided, and Mr. William East lake officiated as judge-advocate. Capt. Burnard, of the Nile, prosecuted Mr. J. H. Callaghan, the boatswain of the ship, on charges of drunkenness and indecency, all of which were proved, and he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, to be then dismissed from the service, aid rendered incapable of ever re-entering it. The sloop Arachne, 18, Commander John E. Montgomerie, was towed on Monday from Ply mouth Sound to the Deronport Dockyard, where her crew will be paid off. The paddlewheel steam surveying vessel Porcu pine, 3, Capt. Henry C. Otter, having been com pletely repaired and refitted, was hauled out of Keyham Basin into llamoaze on Tuesday. The screw steamship Brunswick, 80 (the crew of which were recently paid off at Plymouth), was placed in Keyham Basin on Tuesday to have her machinery overhauled and repaired. The paddlewheel steam vessel Avon, 3, G. Day, second master, commanding, was to leave Plymouth on Tuesday with liberty men returning to the Eu ryalus. - The topmasts of the Royal George, 102, at Devon port, were struck on Tuesday, and the riggers are stripping her expeditiously. After March 24 overtime is to be discontinued by the artisans of Devonport Dockyard. The paddlewheel steam sloop Virago, 6, Com mander M. Dunn, is appointed to leave Pembroke about the 4th of April for Devonport. Mr. Edwin D. Green was yesterday appointed assistant clerk to the Arrogant, as supernumerary. THE ARMY. General Sir George Brown, G.C.8., the successor of General Lord Seaton, G.C.8., commanding the forces in Ireland, has selected as his Aides•de-Camp Capt. Edward W. Blackett, now Aide-de-Camp to Lieut.-General W. T. Knollys, and Capt. F. Kings cote. Both officers are in the Rile Brigade, and served with distinction in the Crimea, the latter in the 41st Regiment, and were both severely wounded. The Secretary of State for War, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, has issued a circular by which it appears the Royal warrant of the Ist of July, 1818, prescribing the periods of service to entitle the well conducted soldier to obtain the different rates of good conduct pay, is revised, and that from the Ist of this month the period of service to entitle such soldier to the first grant of good conduct pay will be three years instead of five years, and that the successive additions will be as heretofore after every further period of service of five years subject, however, to the conditions prescribed by the Royal warrant above specified. The whole of the available troops in Portsmouth garrison, comprising the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade and the Ist Stafford, East Kent, and Bed fordshire Militias, will march out at an early hour this morning, and take up positions to defend the approaches to the town from the supposed advance of an enemy. The Ist battalion Rifle Brigade and the Bedfordshire Militia will proceed to the foot of Portsdown Downs, where the main body will halt, and throw out pickets and videttes to command the country from the approach by Southwick on the left, and as far as the first road leading down to wards Waterloo, on the right of the Petersfield road, under the command of Lord A. Russell, com naanding Rifle Brigade. The East Kent 'Militia will take up a position in advance of the village of Milton. The Stafford Militia will take up a posi tion in the rear of the western end of the new lines at Hilsea, and send out a strong picket to Cosham, with patrols on the roads to Porchester alai Havant. The mounted batteries from Hilsea will take up positions on the summit of Portsdown-hill, and act in conjunction with the force under Lord A. Rus sell. Major-General Sir James Yorke Scarlett, K.C.8., will command the troops on the occasion. The recruiting for the corps of Royal Engineers, ix anticipation of the augmentation of the corps, which will take effect from the Ist of April, is pro ceeding briskly, and a number of intelligent young men, most of them good mechanics and handicrafts men, have lately arrived at head-quarters, Chatham, to join the detachments. Sir J. Copley, Bart., has forwarded a donation of £lOO to the National Lifeboat Institution, in aid of the cost of two lifeboat establishments on the back of the Isle of Wight. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Among the numerous extraordinary cures without medicine effected by Du Barry' s d e li c i ous health-restoringßeyalentaArabica food indig es ti on (dyspep sia) flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious and liver com plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility the follow ina are not the least remarkable : Cure 32,836. 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Du B rand Co., 77, Regent-street, Lond on Fortnum Mason and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; Alibis, 60, , , Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63, and 150 , Oxford street; 330 and 4 51 , Str and ; 49 and 60, Bishosgate street ; 85, T o ttenham -court-road. Alsoat Lublin, Bewley 'and Draper ; at Edinburgh, Raimes and Co a t Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manch es t er, S harp and Scott; at York, Ramos, Blanchard, and Co. •at S . out - nniptou, and eon. k -441 1 V. 1 44 211 E 111011 E 217) S 0 CIE 6 \ -)ev e • • A eyr.., This society met last evening in the zeittiniit ' Tavern to celebrate, according to their custom}, tc./: " anniversary of the victory of Alexandria. Athens l l t S those present were the Marquis of Westmeath, Captain Beach, Captain Say, R.N., Captain Maclean, Captain St. George, Re. The chair was taken by Lord Elcho. The room was decorated with the insignia and arms of the various Highland clans. Her Majesty's piper was also in attendance, top ther with the, uvenile band of the Caledonian Asy ' lam, under th e di rec ti on o f M r . Fi e ld . The chair man, after the usual loyal and patriotic toasts of " Her Majesty," " The Prince of Wales," and " The Prince Consort," had been given and responded to with Highland honours, rose and observed that, though it was, perhaps, inri dious to draw distinctions between the various departments of the militery service, or between the bravery of different regiments, yet, while fortune. had enabled their country tutu to distinguish them selves, as they did so nobly in the battle of Alex andria, it was only just they should remember their services. Referrieg to the late occasions in the Crime a and India, when Highlanders had distin guished themselves, he believed that, their services and feats of prowess, great though they were, had not yet eclipsed the noble conduct of the gallant •12d at Alexandria. The ascendancy of England in the East depended on that battle. He hoped that the treaty lately ratified between England and France would tend to cement the two nations in amity and in the bonds of a common interest; yet, if it should be otherwise, he felt certain that they would prove themselves worthy of those who fell at Alexandria. He proposed " the memory of Sir Ralph Abercrombie and the heroes who fell with him." The toast was drunk in silence. The chairman remarked that, while paying a tri bute to the memory of the dead, they had with them to-night two who had shared in the fight-- the Marquis of Westmeath and Captain Jay, R.N. The Marquis of Westmeath rose to return thanks. He referred to the improvements that had been in tie luced into the service since the period that had been referred He remembered how defectively equipped the army at Alexandria was, even re quiring the service of the: seamen to draw the guns up the beach; yet he never saw that noble infantry under the necessity of forming square to meet a cavalry charge. Captain Meehan next proposed the " Health of the Chairman," referring to the for mation of the Scottish Volunteer Corps in London. He thought that it showed that Scotchmen were not yet degenerate. He paid a high compliment to Lord Elcho for having led the van in this national movement. Lord Elcho returned thanks. Other toasts followed, and the hilarity of the evening was kept up until an advanced hour. STATE OF TRADE. LEICESTER, March 21.—There has been during the last few days a tolerable amount of business doing in the hosiery trade. Many manufacturers are busy, and future prospects are encouraging. As the weather becomes more genial the home trade for useful articles will materially improve. In the country hosiery districts there is a full average business doing. Yarns are without material change, spinners continuing tolerably employed. Wools are high in price, and there is no indication of much abatement. NOTTINGHAM, 21st.—There is fully as much business doing this week as last ; there is rather more passing in the cotton fancy trade. Other branches are about the same as for some time past. The unsettled state of matters on the Continent in fluences trade to a certain extent. There will be more doing in the home trade in a few days if the weather continues genial. The foreign demand is dull. Manufacturers are keeping stocks down as much as possible, end making only those fabrics which are really wanted. In the hosiery trade there is a fair business doing ; most branches are in a healthy state ; the high price of yarns, how ever, still operates against the manufacturer's fair profits. CRIME IN FRANCE. A somewhat singular case of murder occupied the Court of Assizes of the Loire-Inferieure three days ago. On the 16th Jan. the dead body of a man, named Doucet, was found near a garden in the village of La Helberderie, with seven wounds in the head, evidently caused by blows from a hatchet, one of the wounds being so deep that the brain protruded. He had evidently been murdered overnight, and must have been struck by some per son lying in wait for him. his pockets were rifled, but the house in which he lived alone was nut entered, probably from the door key which he car ried in his hand having when he was struck fallen to the ground and not been seen by the assassin, and from the latter having been afraid to break into the house. Doucet had been passing the pre vious evening with one of his neighbours named Gicquiau, and as this man was the only one in the village who refused to go to see the corpse he was suspected. It was ascertained that he ham left his house on the preceding evening about the same time as Doucet, but had forbidden his son, a boy of thir teen, to say that he had dune so ; and on his house being searched a hatchet and a pair of trousers stained with blood were found. These circumstances seemed strong proofs of guilt and he was arrested. He, however, protested that he was innocent, and said that the blood on his hatchet and trousers had been caused by his having accidentally cut himself. It was afterwards discovered that a man named Lucas, a bad character of the village, had been absent from home on the evening of the murder, and could not or would not say where he had been. He also was arrested, but he likewise denied any participa tion in the crime. The son-in-law of the victim, one Burdan, having expressed himself in a strange way about the crime, was also taken into custody. He, after some little hesitation, confessed that he was the assassin, and that the other two men had nothing whatever to do with the crime. They were accord ingly discharged. Burdan gave a minute descrip tionof the manner in which he had perpetrated the deed, and said that principal motive for it was to come into possession of Doucet's property, which he was in danger of losing by that person, who was a widower, having formed the project of marrying again ; he had, he said, another motive, which was that he entertained bitter animosity to his father in-law, in consequence of his having opposed his marriage with his daughter, and having constantly reproached him for being idle and dissolute. To the Court, Burdan with great coolness related all the circumstances of the murder ; but he created some sensation by saying that, on go i ng h omewards, ho told his wife what he had done, and that at his re quest she had joined him in praying God for par don. Against thi s asser ti on the woman most ener getically protested ; he loved her father, she declared, better than her husband, and could, therefore, never have that thought of murdering the former. "Ah ! my dear Ma r i e !" cr i e d th e prisoner, "do not abandon me ! You know not only that I told you of the deed, but that we planned it !" "No, my dear Julien," said the woman, " I will not abandon you! But I cannot allow myself to be accused falsely—and I say that there is not a word of truth in what you say " Ah ! you will not admit it now, and that is the return you make for all my kindness to you!" " I do not admit what you say, because it is not true !" "Do you not remernbor that one day before the crime you told me to shoot your f a th er ?" " Wretched man that you are ! how can you make such an odious accusation !" In presence of the energetic denials of the woman the prisoner hung down his head and sa id nothing; and the Court intimated that his denunciation of his wife could not be believed. The jury then de clared him guilty, b u t w i t h ex t enua ti ng circum stances, and the Court sentenced him to bard labour for life. A desperate liberated convict named Bouard, who had been living under surveillance at Vernon (Sure), lately disappeared from that place, and re turned to his native commune of Ercheu, in the Somme, where he three nights ago signalised his reappearance by an attempt at robbery. A female servant of M. b-, a notary and mayor of the commune, was alone in the house when she heard a knock at the door, and on opening it was asked by a man whether her master was at home, as he wished to speak to hi m a n o c n e b o u f si t n h e e s v s . i s l i t 'l o i r e , girl being attempted al to a r e m lo e s d e hots rccei e7e d r , s a e I bl e e r it t to violent blows on the head, w hich laid h d Sh jv l o T me as n runnin g er almost tblyietdhoeoarpapgeaairnst him, when she dragged him off t o a wine shop, where he was recognised spot ii e ,i o n , it s r e sk l e e i s zfo s erd o a n t sh t se h i s e ftea g l nl rocoNeuv,nadn. and as ly , ing R enar d . H e to the acted in hi s l eg iti mate c oolly said that he had only defence by striking the girl, who had pushed him away with violence, Pn l. his captors were silly enough to release l i i ) i p m os , e a d ri t d h he we n t away, promising wife , to return. It i s su and hist laiendhatdhoseuegnbtlii.eli leave the hou se might readily pillage the place, but was defeated by the firmness of th e girl, who although the blows she received wer e severe, is n ot in any danger. 'The police are on the search for Rouard. INDIAN TELEGRAMS.—There are telegrams in Liverpool of the 28th of February and March the Ist from Calcutta. and it is also said that some parties have them as late as the 10th of March, but this is doubted, barring the telegram to Lloyd's of the conflagration of the Redgauntlet. It is said that in London some persons have telegrams even later than the 10th of March. The latest reliable telegram is that of the Ist of Narch. hat ing had ver had Lige had had hat he sere of Lion IN to !om but I be Linit ight rged her, teks.