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South Wales Railway Offices. 10, Eastbourne -terrace, Paddington, W, March 27, 1.9.(19, arings. debate. nd that niently itself in ore im volved ; e a tax .1 . proper uections LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. --Notice is Hereby Given, That an ExTRAoR DIN'ARY MEETING of the London and North-Western Railway Comp + tt• will be held at the Ent , ton Station, Lon don, on WEDNESOAY, the 4thday of April, ISitl, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering, and, if thong.ht fit, approving or otherwise, the undermentioned bills affecting the Comp'any, now before parliament. Also, for the purpose of authorising agreements with all or any of the shareholder, of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, with respect to the conversion of all or any of the shares, or all or any part of the stock of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company, into ordinary stock of the Lou don and North-western Railway Company. ‘; 4 P ÜBLICATIONS. OHRISTY'S MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall, Ring William-street, Strand.—Farewell Season in Lon don.—Every Eveniwz at 8, and every Saturday Morning at o clock. Tickets and places may be secured at the Hall from 11 till 4, and at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-office, St. James's Hall, Piccadilly.—Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. J. W. RAYNOR. in 1841. He had received the silver war n --.- 7.d a i L - 7 id four clasps for his services in the Peninsula, and had received also the Order of Military Merit of Prussia, and the Orders of St. Anne and St. Valdi• mir of Russia, for services before the enemy. He for some years held the military appointment of chief magistrate at Gibraltar, and was one of the Grooms of her Majesty's Privy Chamber. He at tained the rank of lieutenant -colonel in the army in February, 1823, and retired on half-pay in 1830. The Ist battalion 11th (North Devon) Foot, un der marched into the quarters vacated by the Ist bat talion Rifle Brigade. Staff Assist.-Sorg. Falwasser, R.A., has been ap pointed to the medical department of the Arsenal, Woolwich, vice Staff Assist.-Surg. Coleman, whose term of service will expire on the 31st inst. A guard of honour, consisting of 100 rank and file, under the command of Capt. Jordan, Lieuts. Fox and Blockley, was furnished by the Hon. Artillery Company, on the occasion of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Captain-General and Colonel of the corps, visiting the Clothworkers'-hall yesterday. The field officer and adjutant in waiting were Major Robinson and Capt. Brinewood Potts. the following are ordered to be commenced as soon as the necessary vacancies occur in the building sheds :--A 91 screw line-of-battle ship, to be named the Caledonia, to be built on the slip at present occupied by the Anson, row under construction ; two screw steam corvettes, to carry 21 guns each, to be called the Alligator and the Ontario ; and a gun -vessel to carry six guns. A portion of the keel to commence the Caledonia is already in hand. The hired transport Nautilus yesterday went alongside Woolwich-pier, and commenced ship ping an 18-pounder battery for Bristol, and will fill in with merchandise from the docks, after 1 which she will ship ammunition and stores for the service of the battery. The Royalist and the Robert I also hauled alongside the pier, and commenced 1 I shipping war stores. would .e could ter mis t. The Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vela., VATO MA N'S TEMPTATION. Edited by the Hon. Mrs. RALPH DUTTON. " 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 bethretlie world of letters will undoubtedly extend that ap preciation, and render her one of the moat popular teunde novelists of the day." —Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. naird, Mr. Wyld, M.P., Alderman Cubitt, Sir J. Romilly, Sir F. Pollock, and Mr. Jus tice Wines. The hall, which was tastefully decorated with flowers and gay with flags, pre sented an appearance at once bright and fresh. The band of the Hon. Artillery Company per formed during dinner. The Master occupied the chair. On his right hand sat his Royal Highness the Prince C onsort. Of the banquet itself all that I need be said is that it was worthy of the company, the locality-, and its traditions. During its con tinuance a selection of music, under the direction of Mr. Lockey, was performed. The presence of ladies, who assembled in considerable numbers in the gal lery at the south end of the hall, also added in no small degree to the attractions of the festival. On the removal of the cloth the usual loyal toasts were proposed. These having been duly honoured, the " health of the Prince Consort" was given, who, in responding to the toast, congratulated the company of which he had just become a member on the suc cess which they had achieved. Then followed the health of " the Army and Navy," "io whit Gen., Peel and the Duke of Somerset responded; and, those of " the Houses of Peers and eonmins," for which the Marquis of Salisbury and Mr:Disraeli' respectively returned thanks. The toasts of " her' Majesty's Ministers " and " Proiperity to India P' followed, and were responded to by Mr. M. Gibson and Sir C. Wood. The proceedings of the evening closed with the toast of "the Architect," which was proposed by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and for which thanks were returned, amid cheers, by Mr. Angell himself. objects ie use of of this isidering hese cir• BILLS. " A Bill to authorise the transfer to the London and North- Western Railway Company of part of the undertaking of the St. Helen's Canal and Railway Company, and for the increase of the capital of the St. Iclen's Company." "A Bill to authorise the London and North-Western Rail way Company to abandon a part of their Edgehill and Oars ton Railway, to construct railways in lien thereof, and in connexion therewith to acquire additional lands iu the county of Lancaster, and for other purposes." "A Bill to authorise arrawrements with reference to the use by the London and North-Western Railway Company of the station at Normanton, and the railway between the same and Goosehill, and for other purposes," "A Bill for authorising . working and traffic arrangements between the London and North-Western, Great Northern, 2 ‘rainchester, Sheffield. and Lincolnshire, and Midland Railway Companies, and for other purposes." "A for authorising arrangements between the London and North-Western, Great Northern, and Manchester, Shef field, and Lincolnshire Railway Companies, and for other purposes," "A Bill for making - a railway from Altrincham through linutsford to Northwich, in the county of Chester, and for other purposes." "A Bill for enabling the Oswestsy and Newtown Railway uompan— y to raise additional capital, to amalgamate with other companies, or to lease their undertaking, and for other purposes. " A Bill for making a railway fin the Stockport, Disley, and Whaley Bridge Railway, in the parish of Stockport and county of Chester, to Hayfield, in the county of Derby, and for other purposes." "A Bill for making a railway from the Cannock Mineral Railway into Cannock Chase, in the county of Stafford." "A Bill to enable the Vale of Clwyd Railway Company to extend their railway to Rhyl, and to construct a toll bridge in connexion therewith, to use a portion of the Cheater and Holyhead Railway, to provide steam-vessels, and for other purposes_,"_ 1 1 11 E NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, I'tlGli rpm BO RN. This Establishment, pre-eminently distinguished for the ele:rance and matchless beauty of its decorations, combined with the perfection of its management is OPEN EVERY EVENING. The celebrated band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, plays a nightly-varied selection of the nv”t epprovcd classical and modern music. Doors open at half past 8. Overture at 9. Closing at 12. Admission, One ) the bill, e public comfort petitions ition had aar,) EDITED BY DR. NORTON SIIAW. This Day, small Svo, with a Map, Gs., A N ARCTIC BOAT JOURNEY in the Autumn of 1851. bill was with the een. con - By ISAAC HAVES, Surgeon to the Second Grinnell Expedition. With introduction and Notes by Dr. Norton Shaw. London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-st r e e t, Picea -17.1. dilly.—Open every Evening, with the'celebrated:lland conducted by Mons. Lamotte (chef d'orchestra to the Em perm Napoleon). A ma , 2nificent SMOKING SALOON added to this Establishment. Doors open at 8 o'clock. Ad mission. it be con ense the ga he had LORD OVERSTONE'S SPEECH. This day is published, price ls., QPEECH delivered by LORD OVERSTONE in the House of Lords, March 15, 1860, on the Address on the Treaty of Commerce with France ; with an Appendix. London : Longman and Co. The fore and main masts of the Russian screw steam-frigate Askold, which arrived at Plymouth on Monday, are' sprung. She is bound to Cron stadt, and awaits the breaking of the ice in th e Baltic before departure. The Askold mounts 46 guns, and has a crew of 400 men. tion from meeting, st against rol of the rve as per thment of WEDDING STATIONERY, including every requisite.—Beautiful and elep,ant designs by DE LA RUE and Co. A sample packet and price list sent free. No charge for carriage on orders over 20s. The London Depot for De La Rue and Co.'s manufactures—HENßY GOOD'S, 60,_11Toorgate-street, E.C. MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES AND NATIONAL AIRS, WORDS AND M USIC. Now complete, in 1 vol. small Ito, price 12s. cloth, gilt edges, or separately in ten numbers, price Is. each, NIOO RE'S NATIONAL AIRS a n d o th er SONGS, with Symphonies and Accompaniments for the Pianofilrte. People's Edition, edited by C. W. GLOVER. Both Words and Music of this Work are copyright. Uniform with the above, PEOPLE'S EDITION OF MOORE'S IRISH MELODIES, now complete, price 12s. cloth, gilt edges ; or in ten Numbers, separately, price ls. each. " Longman and Co.'s People's Edition should be specified in all orders. London 1.0,10.1 an, Green, and Co., and Addison and Co. • liktlchester I-lime and:Addison. . . Card plates and crest dies engraved in the first style, and note papers beautifully embossed in coloured relief, or ifplain, stamped without charge. An illustrated catalogue will be forwarded free on application. language Led gentle experience Mded from ses, which PRESENTS.- ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, and Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Pape rwe i g ht s , & c ., i n Italian,Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY, and GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10,20, 50, to 100 guineas each. 1 adjourn- .'"A Bill for makinz a railway from the Chester and Holy head liailway near Conway to Llanrwst." "A Bill to enable the Loudon, Bri , rhton, and South Coast Railway Company to make certain alteraions-iw their coar•t Hues, and in :fie fine`otflueWest End of London and Crystal Palace Railway 2 a. new clip,nuel for the river Aruu, and other works, and for other purposes." " A Bill for making railways, to be called the South London Railway, and for other purposes." "A Bill to authorise the construction of a railway or rail- Ways from the West London Extension Railway, at or near Long Hedge Farm to the South Eastern Railway, at or near EPa-road, with branches." ROYAL VISIT TO TILE CEOTII comPAz-r. 122 150-28 time, tdjourn. said, as he to express to the ad - This Day, Second and Cheaper Edition, 55., GENERAL BOUNCE. MELVILLE. By G. J. WHYTE PRACTICAL'INSI'IIUCTIO in GEF)LOG : YandMINE. RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN l', at 149, Strand, W.C. By the same Author, lIOLMBY lIOITSE, Two Volumes. 10s. DIGBY GRAND. Third Edition. ss. KATE COVENTRY. Third Edition. ss. THE INTERPRETER. Second Edition. 10s. exl. London: John W. Parker and Sou, West Strand. his motion COMING EVENTS. I—Then I Le house to al, on tho son against of forward ter. fore Easter is there was ,er to carry he Govern ' the house 'hole of the at account. T that some ,o the scorn mild support to a morning to dispose of .t had been iscussion on the budget. at conatitu eriod. Leman. oppo ire to which reat with go ,t wrong in Ltsd was the Le, he begged. e was a Ite- Itlem an then to a general , f Commons not regard tible, by as rsday morn— n. gentleman considerable ive made out way in which L which itwas nable to iM'er the houso of read a second Lion that t'b.ol of the most reated it N ‘rith treated most 31, and wo aid Littees. le right h on• eform of the o the Refoain ,ed for the bill )f the ',resell., me should be aster. 1. gentleman. r intended to the lief° ll37 could not de— ber that Lord whereas tho thought the bed. (Hear.) .by's Reform Loble lord the abstract pro s on the bill. ;sing the pre ►bility on that nselves to its re themselves hey had post - At everything ) a dead looi od in the bill 2e good, and measure. PIG ►ruing sitting ement of the against their ye a morning I give up an) pectin.. Ho =Lent. )uld not per )use. g sitting. isidering the Ex, he thought a measure ad I feeling of tkio lent, the Go (Hear.) It n Wednesdsf not object to and therefore dome Act E. EXCHEQUMItt the Channel LE BILL. ed. for FriduY. LION BILL• ough commit ertain araesd- sposed of, the ig duty for s ;cove ry ealew tow creature. >attics. It 1 1 n of invalid 'a interesting ;estion. (dys,' bilious, sal mption, WV' )ies, Food April, 165 4 ,' from diseas e aafness, of breath an° Len ta Arabies . all right, nil 'el to all Id merchan t ' 125.; 121 b," eeeipt of pc o " get, Londe ), ; 61 , ), 150, Oiler"' Bishops !: at DuNw: Les and CO. ar, Slim? sV i. ; at Solidi' or place, the co. DonePl' " J. D. Cri ° t i daughter coates P - on -Hum V Sissonso—'' ,dier-General the Bev. J. stry, C°lo°43l Kens i n gton' OUN t " 0 Y g ace, N o ' 11 ; ie colvit 3 ' ° ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. A Bill for making a railway from the town of Aylesbury 1 0 join the Buckinghamshire Railway at or near the Claydon Junction, to be called 'The Aylesbury and Buckingham Rail- Way,' and for other purposes." "A Bill for making railways from the London and North- Western Railway at Watford to Rickrnansworth, and from thence to the Great Western Railway at Uxbridge, and for other purposes." "A•lBill - for establishing - railway communication between zedford and Cambridge, and for other purposes." "A Bill for making a railway from Buckley to Connahs Quay, in the county of Flint, and for other purposes." " A Bill to change the name of the Nuneaton and Hinckley Railway Company, and to enable 'hat Company to extend their railway from Hinckley, in the county of Leicester, to the Midland Railway at Wir,ston Magna, near Leicester, in the same county, and for other purposes." CHANDOS, Chairman. C. R. MOORSOII, Deputy-Chairman. CHAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. Euston Station, March 19, 1860. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, Per the Relief of Decayed Artists, their Widows and Orphans. Instituted 1814. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1842, under the i mme di a te protection of her Most Excellent Majesty the QUEEN. PATRoN—His Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT,K.G His VICE PATRONS. Grace the Duke of Buc- Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst. clench, K.G. Right Hon. Lord Overstone. Els Grace the Duke of Suther- Sir John Swinburne, Bart. land, K.G. Sir Roderic J. Murchison. Most Noble the Marquis of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, Lansdowne, K.G. M.P. Right Hon. Earl Stanhope. John S. Harford, Esq. Rt. Hon. Earl of Yarborough. Jesse Watts Russell, Esq. PRESIDENT-Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, P.R.A. The Nobility, Friends, and Subscribers are respectf u lly in formed that the 'FORTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY ?'ESTIVAL will be celebrated in Freemasons' Hall, on 'SATURDAY, the 31st inst. The Right lion. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P., in the Chair. S TEWARD S. William E. Bates, Esq. John Murray, Esq. Samuel Cartwright,jun.. E,q. George Bernard O'Neill, Esq, Frederick P. Cockerel', Esq. James Nicholson, Esq. Smollett Donaldson, Esq. i James Parker, Esq. James Dawling. Esq. W. Frederick Pollock, Esq. William Gale, Esq. Sydney Smirke, Esq., R.A., William Grapel, Esq• V.P. 110 Ydell Graves, Esq. • Alfred Seymour, Esq. Robert Palmer Harding, Esq. Edward Sterling, Esq. James Lahee, E.g. I Calvert Toulmin, Esq. Charles George Lewis, Esq. Dinner on table at six precisely. The musical arrange- Inents under the direction of Mr. Land, assisted by the Lon don Glee and Madrigal Union. Tickets, £1 Is. each, to be had of the Stewards ; of Henry Wyndham Phillips, Esq., Hon. Sec., 8, George-street, Hano ver.square, W. ; and of the Assistant• Secretary, 50, Bernard i, Russell-square, W.C. WILLIAM JOHN ROPER, Assistant-Secretary. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Establi sh poite CORPORATION `-'3' Charter of his Majesty George the First) SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. IL ranch M 29, Pll 'ill OCTAVIusO ce ' a-llh GEORGE PEARRE S tIGRAM, Esq., Governor. Sir Joirs WLIAAt u R e IY, Esq. S u b-Governor. li --e x * Bart , 'Deputy-Governor. Henry Bainb r id ge, nutt eTorts eWhi,lmot Holland, q. John Garratt Cattley, Edwd. Maxwell Daniell, Esq. lions..:/ne. Manning Sir Jn j o n . William Davidson, Esq. Thomas Dent, Esq. lion. Jose. W. Percy. Alexander Deuce .sq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Fredk. Jos. Edlmann Fsq Redd. F. R min,ton, Es ry Lesliep y ll , l l3 (lLi t l . le , Charles Farquharson,' Esq . Chfirle Robinson, binson,'sq. Riversdale W. Grenfell, Esq. William Soltau. Esq. Ilobt. Amadeus Heath Esq. Joseph Somes, Esq., M.P. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert,'Esq.' William Wallace, 14:sq. Jai. Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Chas. Baring Young, Esq. Medical Referee, SAMUEL SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. vNOTICE.—The usual fifteen da for nt f I RE PREMIUMS falling due ys at allowed Ladyday will payment of IRE PREMIUMS falling due at Ladyüy will expire on 9th April. 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A letter from Gibraltar, dated March 21, says : —" The squadron under the command of Rear-Ad miral Mundy, C. 8., now in these waters, consists of the Hannibal, 91, bearing the Rear-Admiral's flag; the Renown, 91 ; the Agamemnon, 91 ; the James Watt, 91; the Doris, 32 ; the Scylla, 21 ; the Scourge, 6 ; the Vulture, 6 ; the Mohawk, 4; the Firefly, 4; the Quail, gunboat, and the Redpole, 1. The masts of the sailing sloop Arachne, 18, Com, manderMongomerie, at Devonport, have been taken out, and she is now at the Dockyard jetty. Her crew will be paid off to-day, and she will be placed in ordinary; the internal fittings will not be removed. Greenheart timber having been used for several years with advantage in private building establish. ments, the Lords of the Admiralty some short time since determined to test its qualities in the naval dockyards, and, in consequence of its extreme dura bility, length, and size, they have now entered into a contract with Mr. Joseph Scales, of Plymouth, for the supply of 3,500 loads, the produce only of the British colony of Guiana, shipped from the rivers Essequibo and Demerara. The bark Success, Capt. Thorpe, is now discharging at Devonport the first cargo under the new contract. A letter, dated Calcutta, Feb.ls, has been received at Plymouth from a young officer on board the Lady Ann, Capt. Sinclair, belonging to Mr. Dunbar of London. It states that that ship, after a passage of six weeks from Adelaide, had discharged, with one exception, safe and healthy, a cargo of horses on Government account, and was continued in that employ for the conveyance of 60 horses and 100 Sikhs to Hong Kong, where the troops are to be mustered. The Minden and Hougoumont, also be longing to Mr. Dunbar, are chartered for the same purpose. A superior , military commander was about to leave for China in a small double-funnelled screw steamer, brig rigged. Mr. Green's Agamemnon was dropping down the river with a full cargo for London. The Supply, iron screw storeship, Master-Com mander Balliston, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Malta and Gibraltar. The Howe, ship of the line, launched on the 7th inst. at Pembroke Dockyard, is in the hinds of the seamen riggers, who are actively employed in fit ting np jury-rigging, preparatory to navigating her round to Plymouth, where she will receive her engines, of 1,000-horse power, from the hands of Penn and Sons, of Greenwich. The Howe will not be ready for a fortnight, when she will leave under the charge of Mr. Paul, the Assist.-Master-Attend ant of Plymouth, who has 160 seamen landed from the Sanspareil, 70 guns. The Howe is a very hand some ship, built from the designs of Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., and laid down during the Crimean war, when she was put in frame by superannuated shipwrights temporarily called in. She was then intended as a Bailin vessel, but while in frame was lengthened and otherwise altered to receive the screw ; since then she has been pushed forward with all despatch, the workmen being frequently employed until 10 o'clock at night upon her. She is now the largest vessel in the British Navy, and is larger by 100 tons•than the Victoria, sister ship, recently launched at Portsmouth. The following is her armament :—Lower deck, 32 guns, 8-inch, 65 cwt., 9 feet ; middle deck, 30 guns, 8-inch, 65 cwt., 9 feet; main deck, 32 guns, 32 -pounders, 58 cwt., 9 feet 6 inches ; quarter deck and fore castle, 26 guns, 32-pounders, 42 ewt., 8 feet ; pivot gun, 68-pounder, 95 cwt., 10 feet. The figure-head is a three-quarter length figure of Admiral Lord Howe, in the old naval uniform, standing about 15 feet in height. The following vessels are now in the steam basin at Portsmouth, receiving their machinery; Vic toria, 1 101, screw;2l,screw;r N in e c lg e o o n f , Wales,9 screw;l3l irascinorewr! Duncan, :alite, 51, screw; Sutlej, 51, screw; and Rinaldo, 17, screw. A letter received at Plymouth from as officer belonging to the Donegal states that she, with the Royal Albert, the Aboukir, and another, was appointed to leave Lisbon on the 26th inst. to take a short cruise, and to arrive at Plymouth about the sth of April. In consequence of the reduction in the estimates voted for the forthcoming year a large number of the hired artificers and labourers not forming the permanent establishment of Woolwich Dockyard, are ordered to be discharged, at the rate of 35 per week. The permanent establishment, exclusive of the factory department in the dockyard, consists of a total of 1,322 men of all classes, and the hired establi t slmvut 950, consisting of shipwrights, caulkers, millwrights, painters, :sawyers, smiths, plumbers, labourers, $O., 450 of which are ordered be discharged. Notwithstanding the reduction, The following naval cadets passed out from her Majesty's ship Britannia on the 23d instant for sea-going ships :—Mr. W. H. Roberts, presented with a Colt's revolver (first place in mathema tics, navigation, and seamanship combined), also with a telescope (first in seamanship) ; Mr. G. A. Grey, presented with -A telescope (youngest cadet passed with first class) ; Messrs. C. A. Nichol son, D. Brown, L. L. Bevan, R. B. Evans, J. N. Mercer, T. G. Powell, E. F. Smith, H. H. Gillum, R. R. Jaffray, R. Foster, G. C. Young, J. Brown, K. Garnier, F. R. Kemp, J. E. Sullivan, C. G. Hunt, G. H. Verner, C. E. Napier, A. Hutchinson, T. G. Musters, It. F. Meade, F. G. Dundas, J. W. Jenkins, H. S. Chowne, 0. B. Niven, J. H. Hodg son, G. R. Bromley, W. F. Snowden, E. G. Law, A. W. Brabazon, T. D. Maycock, H. R. Welby, J. R. Napier, S. A. Johnson, M. H. Smith, J. L. Smith, F. G. M'Clintock, A. H. Boldero, H. J. Pugh, H. W. Nowell, F. W. Praed, P. H. Gedge, J. J. Campbell, J. King, R. F. Castle, G. Stopford, G. C. St. John, S. J. Wild, H. Smith, A. R. Boa dam, W. E. Heathcote, E. J. Calcraft, M. C. Osborn. THE ARM F. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Secretary of State for War, has recently issued a circular em bodying a Royal warrant, wherein it is announced that it has been deemed expedient to extend the grant of medals without gratuities to meritorious and well-conducted soldiers who have fulfilled the conditions of the Royal warrant of the 13th of April, 1854, but who are precluded f rom b ecoming recipients of the medal with a gratuity in conse quence of the aggregate amount to be annually awarded being already appropriated. It is deter mined that medals without gratuities, in addition to those already authorised, shall be granted to such soldiers, whether sergeants, corporals, or privates, as may be selected by the commanding officer for them, on the same conditions as regards the qualifi cations of the persons to be recommended in the fol lowing proportions in each year--viz., to each cavalry regiment and battalion of the Military Train, 2 ; to each brigade of Royal Artillery, 3; to every 900 men of the Royal Engineers, 3 ; to each Infantry regiment or battalion, 3. It is further stated that " non-commissioned officers and men who may be qualified before discharge shall be eligible to receive medals without gratuity, if re commended by their former commanding officers within three years after their discharge." Non. commissioned officers on the permanent staff of the militia who were eligible previously to their dis charge from the army are also eligible to receive medals without gratuities ; and no limit is to be placed on the grant as regards the date of discharge in the case of men so serving. The Under Secretary of State for War, Sir Ben jamin Hawes, has recently issued a circular memo randum, promulgating the new rates of personal allowance for officers and other members of the War-office, and in the civil establishments at out stations, not within the provisions of the travelling warrant dated December 23, 1857, of which the fol lowing is a copy:— " The Secretary of State for War has decided that, in lieu of the rates of personal allowance at present fixed for the respective ranks of officers and clerks belonging to the department when ordered from their homes on public duty, one uniform rate applicable to all classes (except as hereafter provided for the clerks, and appointments ' of lower grade at out•stations) shall be substituted, and as this allowance should be no more than suf ficient to provide for the actual and necessary ex cess of expense of living away from the usual place of residence, he has approved of the rate being fixed at 16s. a day, from the Ist of April, 1860. " A further allowance of 4s. a day will be ad mitted if the officer is accompanied by a servant, and his rank entitles him to take one, or if the duty upon which he is employed obliges him to travel with one. " Half the daily allowance is to be charged for the days of leaving and returning home, unless the duty is completed in two days, when an allowance for one day and a h a lf w il l be granted. " When the duty is completed in the same day an allowance of Bs. is to be charged if the officer travel a distance of not less than 15 miles from his home; if the distance be less than 15 miles 4s. only will be allowed. " It is to be distinctly understood that this regu lation is intended to apply to all persons holding appointments, both at the headquarters of the War-office and at the out-stations, hitherto in re ceipt of a higher rate of personal allowance than 16s. a day. The uniform rate thus fixed is also to be con sidered applicable to all officers, whether civil or military, travelling upon the continent of Europe or in the United States of America, hitherto al lowed special rates for personal expe nses exceeding 16s. a day. " The rate of 15s. a day heretofore allowed to clerks and others holding appointments in the manufacturing and other civil establishments at the out-stations, having been considered in reference to the rate of 108. a day granted to clerks of equal or approximate grades serving under the several mili tary storekeepers, whose travelling allowance is fixed by the royal warrant of the 23d of December, 1857, No. 204, it has been determined to remove the distinction which exists between these classes re• spectively, and the rate to be charged, therefore, in the travelling accounts preferred by all of these classes for service performed subsequent to the Ist of April, 1860, will be limited to 10 4 . a.day, with half and quarter of such rate under the conditions provided for in that warrant." Another Waterloo officer has been removed by death, making the fifth recorded within the last four weeks. Col. Sir T. Noel Harris, K.H., died at his seat in Kent i lm Friday last. The deceased officer was born in 1785, and was son of the late Rev. Hamlyn Harris, rector of Whitehall, Rut landshire. The gallant colonel served in the cam paigns of 1811, 1812, and 1813 in the Peninsula, during which he was in constant activ e service. In the autumn of the latter year he served with the allied armies in Germany and France up to the sur render of Paris in 1814, and was present at the bat tles of Grossbcrgen and Dennewitz, and the battles at Leipsic of 16th, 18th, and 19th of October, 1813. He passed the Rhine with the army under Marshal Blucher in the January of the succeeding year, and was present in all the battles and engagements up to the capitulation of Paris. The late Sir Thomas Harris served in the campaign of 1815, and was pre sent at Quatre Bras and Waterloo, at which last battle he lost a limb, and was otherwise severely wounded, and had two horses shot under him. For his military services he was made a Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Order in 1830, and was knighted t._.~..___~., A banquet on a grand scale, at which his Royal Highness the Prince Consort was a guest, was last evening given by the Master and Court of Assis tants of this company. The inauguration of their new hall in Mincing -lane furnished the occasion ; and of this fine edifice itself it may be not unac ceptable to our readers that we should give a brief description before alluding more particularly to the festival by which its career in the annals of civic hospitality was commenced. The new hall stands upon the same site as the ancient structure, which was purchased by the re presentatives of the company in the remote days of Henry VI., and which was, at the time of the great fire of London, rendered somewhat remarkable as forming the utmost boundary on that side of the city to which the conflagration extended. " Strange it is," writes Pepys, " to see Clothworkers hall on fire these three days and nights in one body of flame, it being the cellar full of oyle." The building which thus comes in for notice in the quaint and amusing diary of Pepys—himself a clothworker--was not, however, completely de stroyed. The hand of the renovator was applied to it, and the old hall restored has for some two cen turies been the scene of the charities and the hos pitalities of the company. It has in its turn given place to a structure better adapted to the require ments of the present day. The new hall, which has only just been erected, is one of the finest of which the city can boast. Boldly carved enrichments adorn the facade, which is of the Italian style of architecture of the ltenaissance period. The arms of the company surmount a lofty portal, with bronze gates in the centre. This leads to an arched cor ridor and vestibule, which form the approach to the entrance and hall, over the doorway of which are four relievi, executed in Caen stone, by Mr. C. Kelsey, representing the attributes of the company —Loyalty, Integrity, Industry, and Charity. From the entrance hall—from which it is partially sepa rated by coupled columns—springs the grand stair case. On each side of it on the ground floor are the several offices of the company for the purpose of busi ness. This floor contains also the culinary department —essential portion of a civic hall—on the construction and arrangement of which no ordinary amount of care and skill has evidently been bestowed. At the foot of the grand staircase are two bronze griffins, admirable both for execution and design, the work of Mr. Kelsey. On the first landing are to be seen the Royal arms in alto relievo, and in all the pro priety of heraldic emblazonment. A lofty pen dative dome surmounts the staircase itself, which leads to the piano nobile, where, as in Italian palaces, are the State apartments. Here are to be found the reception rooms of the Livery, and a draw ing -room for the Court of Assistants and their guests. Here also stands the banqueting-hall, the chief feature of the building. It is a room of noble pro portions and perfect harmony of design. In ex treme length it is 80 feet ; 40 feet wide, and 40 feet in height. Corinthian engaged columns of Aberdeen granite, highly polished, and resting on granite pedestals, with a stylobate of richly-veined Devon shire marble, divide it into five bays at the sides and three at the ends. Above the entablature sur; mounting these columns is an attic, from which springs a coved ceiling. Of this ceiling the cove is pierced with semicircular windows, filled in with stained glass, in which are represented the arms of the 12 great city companies, beautifully executed by Mr. Lavers. Female figures in alto relievo, emble matical of 12 of the principal commercial cities of the empire, adorn the spaces between these win dows. On the north end of the hall are two niches one of which holds a statue of James 1., who was a member of the company. In the other stands the statue of King Charles, his son. Both being ex quisitely carved in wood and richly gilt are among the chief ornaments of the new, as they were of the old hall. Five large windows filled with stained glass, on which are emblazoned the arms of some of the more prominent of the members and benefactors of the company, occupy the east side of the room. In the list of those whose memory is thus per petuated are the names of Samuel Pepys, who was Master of the company in 1677, and who pre sented them with an elaborately chased silver cup, said to be the work of Benvenuto Cellini ; of the Countess of Kent, Lady Ann Packington, Lord Lynedoch, the late Sir R. Peel, Mr. Justice Willes, Sir J. Musgrove, Alderman Humphery, and others. The general effect of this portion of the building is somewhat like that produced by the gallery of the Hotel de Vine, in Paris. It cannot, however, as yet be seen to the utmost advantage, as the completion of the gilding and enrichments of colour with which it is proposed to adorn it has been postponed to a future day. It nevertheless, even in its prsent unfinished state, reflects the highest credit upon the professional ability of the architect, Mr. Samuel Angell, who has not only constructed for his brother Clothworkers a ban quetting-hall imposing in appearance, but has se cured the additional success of having rendered it in point of acoustic capability all that could be desired. Here the Master and Court of Assistants of this ancient company, whose charter of incorporation dates as far back as the reign of Henry IV., as sembled last evening to dispense to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and about 150 other guests that hospitality of which by no means for the first time Royalty has partaken. A guard of honour, consisting of a captain, a lieutenant, and 100 rank and file of the Hon. Artillery Company, of which the Prince is Captain-General and Co lonel, were drawn up outside the building to await his earning and lined the corridor through which he had to pass. His Royal Highness arrived shortly before seven o'clock. The Master (Mr. C. J. Bloxam), accompanied by the wardens of the company, received him at the portal. Thence he was conducted through the entrance-hall—which was profusely decorated with flowers and brilliant with lights —to the reception-room, where he was presented with the freedom of the Livery, and the one name more was added to the list of Royal Clothworkers. This ceremony having been con cluded his Royal Highness proceeded to the ban quetting-hall, where a numerous company awaited his arrival. Among those present were the Bel-1 gian Minister, M. van de Weyer, the Duke of Somerset, the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Stan hope, the Earl of Romney, Lord Stanley, Lord Chelmsford, sl r Charles Wood, Gene ra l P ee l, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Kin- ~_ _ ~, As to the Treaty, the shift which has occurred in our attitude towards France will not affect it very much. There may be a few persons who were tot persuaded of its incalculable mischief, and who may perhaps be convinced by the last phase of the alliance ; but the majority of the public have long regarded it as the greatest state blunder of the age, and a fresh illustration can but make them more intimately acquainted with its actual and possible consequences. All that can be done is to take care that Ministers are not guilty of any unprincipled conciliation or friendly reaction for the sake of gaining an advantage which either the letter of the Treaty or the peculiar inclination of the French Government does not accord us. An assent to the document implied a considerable sacrifice on the part of England, which has been justified upon the plea that it is the destiny of this country to lead the forlorn hope in the attack upon the fortress of European protection ; and, therefore, it will not be a surprise, though it may be extremely irritating, to find that France has advantages which will not fall in our way. It is much better to bear with dignity and inde pendent spirit the misfortunes which Mr. Cobden and the Government have brought upon us, than to get rid of them by accepting graceful acts of conciliation and liberal interpretations of unfair clauses at the hands of the owner of Savoy. For our part we believe that the Emperor of the French will take the anger of England with perfect good humour, and will volunt eer a f r i en dl y development I of the Treaty as though nothing had happened. He and his Ministers want a rest, and will take a nap after the Savoy business is settled ; it is, there fore, not to their interest to prolong an irritating discussion with England. This policy, which is so obviously on the side of the Imperial interests, will admit of two other interpretations, either of which will be current in certain political circles here and in Europe. It will be intimated afresh that the annexation of Savoy is eminently excep tional. The French Government will appeal to the future (a court which has the great advantage in doubtful cases of not being in existence) in sup port of its moderate views, and will, moreover, ex press itself penetrated with the desire to be on friendly terms with England, and to maintain those frank relations of which the Treaty is so sub stantial a guarantee. Another explanation will be that France is too powerful to be moved by the anger or remonstrance of any power on earth, and she therefore maintains her own policy, and a haughty silence into the bargain. It is most unlikely that the French Emperor will not be moved by the moral resistance he is meeting with from both the Ministers and the people of this country, and that he will not do, in his own queer way, all he can to prevt nt France from being brought into contact with an European combination ; but if a false calculation of the cards which he handles with some dexterity should launch him into collision with tvt o or three States, he would probably consider that the honour of France, which would in such a case be tantamount to his own interests, required that the risk should be run and war declared. A great dea of unnecessary praise has been lavished on the talents and resources of Louis Napoleon. But grantin g that such success as he has attained to could not have been secured by a fool, it must be remembered that he is placed outside the law of man, and apparently has not been placed under the action of a higher law. He is not even actuated by the common scruples of irresponsible sovereigns, and seems, in• deed, to be amenable to no scruples of any kind while his whole mind is occupied in intriguing for himself or for France. It would be strange, indeed, I with these conditions a man did not make a show of success and dazzle the world by a display of power an influence seldom seen. If the police of the metropolis were to be quietly put out of the way, and the householders of London were busy looking after their own security, Bill Sykes and his crew might for a night or two act the part of Lord Mayor and aldermen with complete success, and dine at the Egyptian H a ll i n the greatest pos sible splendour. Such a game would be worth any amount of candle. We should admire their courage and audacity, but the " distrust" which their pro ceedings would create would be very great, and might make the City members anxious to consoli date their connection with the respectable members of society.—Morning _Herald. NEW POSTAL SERVICE BETWEEN LONDON AND PARIS. The new postal arrangements between London and Paris, via Dover and Calais, will come into operation on and after the first May next, and will be carried out as follows : Daily Service—Mail leaves London at 7 o'clock a.m., and arrives in Paris at 6 o'clock p.m. Mail leaves Paris at 7 a.m., arrives in London 5.50 p.m. Nightly Service—Mail leaves London at 8.30 p.m., arrives in Paris 7.46 a.m. Mail leaves Paris 7.30 p m., arrives in London 6 a.m. One of the best steamers of the South-Eastern Railway Company, will continue the postal service between Dover and Calais in the afternoon, in cor respondence with the trains for Paris, Brussels, and Germany. In future passengers by wa y o f Calais " will be relieved of the unpleasantness of being com pelled to laud by small boats when the tide is low, a beautiful little steamer will make the transit be tween the vessel in the roadstead and the port, and vice versa. The new daily service will secure the arrival in Paris every evening of the London morn ing papers of the current day. That is to say, so far as distribution is concerned, 14 hours sooner than at present. It is probable that Brussels, Antwerp, &c., will desire to avail themselves of this advantage, and will require that their portions of the English morning mail for Belgium shall be despatched by wav of Calais, instead of waiting till evening the mail by way of Ostend. The Mysterious Power of the Magnet is most beautifully developed by Mr. F. M. HERRING, 01 32, Basinghall-street, in his Patent Magnetic Brushes and Combs, which are the remedy for grey hair, weak or falling hair, neuralgia, nervous headache rheumatism, stiff joints, Sze. Ills Teazle Brushes for cloth, velvet, ite., are admirable; they not only cleanse but preserve the fabric in a remarkable manner. The public are cautioned against counterfeits,—[ADVT.] . The year 1859 was a sad year- -rawaicinaiir of England who guard our native seas." , 'The el wrecks and the loss of life on the coasts United Kingdom daring those twelve months were greatly in excess of the numbers recorded in any previous year. As compared with the preceding year, there were more than 1,500 casualties against rather more than 1,100, and more than 1,500 lives lost against 340. The violent gales at the end of last October and at the beginning of November were the chief agents in this excessive destruction of life and property. In•the storm or hurricane of October 25 and 26 there were more than 130 wrecks and 90 casualties resulting in serious damage, and 800 lives (minus two) were lost, the wreck of the Royal Charter alone causing nearly 450 deaths. The losses in November were also far above the average, and as many as 480 souls perished in two vessels alone —in the Pomona at the end of April, and in the Blervie Castle in the middle of December Such are some of the details of the reports of wrecks and casualties lately published by the Board of Trade. This report contains a new feature, in the shape of a memorandum on the gales of October and November, from the pen of Rear-Admiral Fitz roy, the chief of the Meteorological Department. Unfortunately, this memorandum is not . itheom panied by any diagrams, which would have made it more intelligible to the reader than it now is. It appears from the observations made at lighthouses and various other observatories that the storm of October. 23 and 26 was a complete barium tal cy clone. The area of its sweep was scarcely Mor t ! than 300 miles in diameter, and as it travelled northwards, it affected onlVthe'eoast of Rtanoo and the breadth of our owifistadirlixcinaive of the west of Ireland. The central portion of the storm advanced at an average rate of about 20 miles an hour, from the south-western part of Eng land northward and eastward to the North Sea. Thus, when the Royal Charter was wrecked, Aber deen and Banffshire were not disturbed 'by the wind ; but when it blew hardest on those exposed Scotch coasts, the storm had abated or almost ceased in the Channel and on the south coast of Ireland. So much for the general movement of the storm. The actual velocity of the wind, circling as it were against the motion of watch-hands about a small central "lull," varied from 40 to 80 miles an hour. North-west of the centre the wind " backed," shifting round from south-east, through north-east and north to north-west; and, in a cor responding manner, eastward of the centre, the veering was from east, through south-east, south, and south-west, to west. The storm of November 1 was of a similar character, except that its central portion passed just to the vied of Ireland's south west coast, and thence northwards. From these observations, and from scientific considerations respecting equatorial and polar streams of air, some plain and practical conclusions are drawn by Rear- Admiral Fitzroy. The first and most important is, that in a gale which seems likely to be near the central part of a storm, which should of course be avoided, a seaman facing the wind knows that the centre is on his right hand in the northern hemisphere, and on his left in the south ern, and he is, therefore, informed how to steer to avoid danger. The next valuable result is, that telegraphic communication can give notice of a storm's approach, and vessels in ports hundreds of miles distant from the part in which it is raging at a certain moment may be forewarned sooner than by the alterations in the barometer and ther mometer. The third deduction is that all high winds move in directions more or less curvilinear, not in permanently straight lines. Further, very strong gales are not only very much curved in their progress, but they are more violent as the circles diminish in diameter towards a central lull or sud den shift, and weaker as they increase in diameter and recede from it. These conclusions may be of great practical use to seamen. It is true that they scarcely merit the title of laws, in the scientific sense of the word, but even as contributions of science they are of the utmost importance. In a subject like meteorology, in which so many causes are at work, co-operating and conflicting with one another—causes, too, that depend not merely on the phenomena of this earth itself, but on general cosmical arrangements--in such a subject it is only by the slow and laborious collection of numerous observations, by the tedious path of accurate, and painstaking, and long-continued induction, that we can hope to arrive at any large body of scientific truth. In the physical sciences, at least, it seeing to be the rule that empirical generalisations shall come first, to be afterwards confirmed and explained deductively. In meteorology, as formerly in astro nomy, we must have inquirers performing the functions of a Kepler, inferring general Yaks by induction from the observation of particular pheno mena, before a Newton comes to give their infe rences a new value and a scientific character by deducing them from higher and more universal laws.—Post. DEPUTATION TO SIR CHARLES WOOD ON INDIAN IeIB.R.EB. Yesterday afternoon a deputation waited upon Sir C. IV ood,'at the India House, for the purpose of procuring his assistance, as the Secretary for India, in obtaining a supply of Indian fibres for the staple manufactures of the United Kingdom. The depu tation was understood especially to represent the Oriental and Colonial Cotton, Flax, and Fibres Company. It was introduced by Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., and comprised Mr. Wyld, M.P., Mr. Brad bury, Mr. Bashford, Mr. Bonney, Mr. Holroyd, Mr. Spensley, Captain Strickland, Mr. Arrowamith, and Mr. Hardwick. Mr. Ewart opened the subject by remarking that he believed the reason why he had been selected for that position was, that ho had been some time ago the chairman of a committee of the House of Commons, which bestowed a great deal of atten tion on the question of the development of Indian resources. The principal object of the deputation was, he added, to exhibit some specimens of Indian fibres, out of which paper and various textures might be manufactured with advantage, and to ob. tain such assistance from Sir C. Wood as, in the capacity of Indian minister, he could render--of course solely on public grounds—in the proccuriug an adequate supply of useful materials for English manufactures. Mr. Spensley then produced several specimens of Indian fibres made from the rheea, the aloe, and the pine apple, and explained their various peculiari ties. Among the articles exhibited were fibres, dressed and undressed, thread for making lace, dyed thread, plush, a lace covering for the shoulders, and paper. Sir Charles examined them all very attentively, and entered freely into conversation with regard to their origin and adaptation. In reply to the right hon. baronet's inquiries, it Was stated that the Punjaub was a very prolific source of supply as regarded the rheea, and that jute, of which there was in this country a very great sear. city, might be obtained thence in abuniance if there were but adequate facilities for its export*. tion. It baying been stated that it was th e communi cation by way of the Indus whi c h especially re quired Sir C. Wood observed th a t a good harbour was i m provement, already being constructed, and that everything that was practicable was being done by means of rail roads and in other ways to facilitate the convey ance of Indian produce westward. To the remark of Mr. Spensley, that an impres sion prevailed that some difficulty was being inter posed in England, Sir Charles replied that he was not aware that such was the case, adding that the Minister for India naturally desired to develop it resources, and thereby to improve its revenue as far as possible. A Member of the Deputation said the company represented had orders for 50,000 tons of Indian fibre to be supplied during the next year; and for 100,000 tons to be supplied in each of the five sub- sequent years—a statement which the right holt. baronet received with satisfaction, on account, as he said, of the benefits which it promised both to India and to England. The deputation then withdrew. _.~ ~i.._..,