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CONTRACTS FOR FRESH OX BEEF. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling , Somerset House, 12th May, 1860. ARE COMMISSIONERS rim EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO REREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 31st inst, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying (under separate Contracts), all such quantities of FRESH OX BEEF as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the following places, from the let July to the 31st December, 1860, both days included, viz.:— ENGLAND, &c. Hull Jersey and Guernsey, I Li ttlehampton Liverpool ,London - Bridge to, Woolwich, incla-1 sive Lymin?ton North Shields Penzance Plymouth (Oxen) Portland and Port land Roads enatham to Gilling ham, inclusive Cowes Dartmouth Deal, and in the Portsmouth (Oxen) Purfleet Ramsgate Sheerness,from be low Gillingham to the Great Nore inclusive S ,, utliampton Torbay Weymouth Yarmouth Downs Dover - • Falmouth Gravesend Greenhithe 'Grimsby Harwich Holyhead SCOTLAND. Granton I Leith Greenock I Queensferry. Stornoway IRELAND. li:ingstown and Mill Cove) Bere- I Queenstown and Dublin haven) liinsale Rathmullen N.B.—The Contractors arc to supply Good, Fat, Well-Fed Ox Beef as NO HEIFER MEAT wilt be admitted. Separate tenders must be made for each port, and no at tention will be paid to any offer not so made. None of the contracts to be sub-let, and the contracts for Chatham and Sheerness to be taken by persons residing on the spot and the Cattle for Chatham and Sheerness to be alaughtered on the spot. Particular attention is called to the recent modifications of the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seer at this Office. or by applying to the superintendents of :the Victual ling Establishments at Deptford, Gosport, and Plymouth ; the Superintendents of Her Majesty's Dock-yards at Wool wich, Chatham, and Sheerness ; the Clerk in charge of Her Majesty's' Y ar d a t 'D ea l ; the A gen t for the Victualling at Haulbowline ; the Agent for Transports at Leith; the Offi cers conducting 'the Packet Serylce at Dover, Liverpool, and Southampton ; the Secretary to the Postmaster-General, Dublin; to the Collectors of Her Majesty' Customs at, Cowes Hull Ramsgate Dartmouth Jersey and Guern- Weymouth • Falmouth - sey Greenock Grimsby Ye:mouth Stornoway }far wich Penzance • Shields And to the roatmaEter at Torquay (forTorbay) and each of the other Places.. Forms of Tender 'may also be obtained, on application to the proper Officer at either of the above Places. No tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the Printed Form Provided for the purpole ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this Office, as the result of the osier re ceived iron:teach person wilt be communicated to hint and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be 'delivered at the above Office, and signed by two responsible persons,' en7a•ging to become bound with -the person tendering in .the sum of £590 for the due performance of each of the Contrasts for Sheerness, Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Queenstown and Kin sale ; and in the sum of £3OO for call]. of the other Contracts. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Stratr:l, London. Empowered by Act of Parlir.ment, for LIFE ASSURANCE SURVIVORSRIPS, AN'nrUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. • DrßEcTons. EDMOND SITEPTeARD SYHES, M.D., Chairman. John Elliotson, M.U.,Cantab., I John Moss, Esq. F.R.S. John Symes, Esq, Henry J. Hodgson, Esq, rosepl Lompson, SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richitrdson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford. Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. ElHutson, M.D., Cantab., F. 8.5., 37,.Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., Ste. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messra._Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowelife, Bedford The next Qui in May, 1860. inquennial Division of Profits will be declared .mples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Bonus in Permanent Policy ' Sum Bonus in addition Reduction taken Age. Assured. Cash. out in to Sum of Annual Assured. Premiums. s. I . d. 1838 55 3,003 857 17 7 428 14 ' 5 56 3 8 1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 1845 .59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15. 0 16 6 0 1848 GO 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2 1851 '.55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7 ..._ The following are amongst the advantages offered by the International Life Assurance Society:— The Society , was established in 18.38. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. SIMES, -Chairman 142, Stfand, London, W.C. AT • 131, REG T2 NT-STREET, LONDON FINEST FOREIGN CIGARS ONLY: THE HABANA CIGAR COMPANY (LIMITED). Rear-Admiral Sir WILLIAM DIRECTORS DICKSON, Bart., Chairman. The Right Hon. Lord Garvagh. I Col. T. C. Hammill. Rear-Admiral Dunt ze . Alfred llanson, Esq. LOUIS SILBERBERG, Manager and Honorary Director. The above Company invite public attention to their stock of real imported Habana Cigars, being the largest and cho'cest In Europe ; also to their celebrated Cut Tobaccos, and their newly patented Pipe Cigars. Offices and Warehouse, 48, Pall-mall, St. James's, London, E.W. Special retail agencies borne Company's goods alone : London—No. 67, Quadrant, Regent -street ;4, Opera-colon nade ; 85, King William-street, City;, 37, Ludgate-hill. Dublin` -63, Grafton-street. Manchester -33 and 35, Hop wood-avenue. Cambridge— -3, Trinity-street. NOVELTY IN SMOKING.-THE HABANA CIGAR COMPANY (Limited) beg to inform the trade and public generally that they are about to introduce' a new inventiOn, under Royal Letters Patent, called the PIPE CIGAR, whit!) consists of pure tobaccoleaf, free from all in lerior substancea,and adulteration, rolled into charges of dif ferent Sizes to suit the bowls of all ordinary smoking pipes, thereby retaining the full virtues of the plant, and combining the luxury of a mellow cigar with the companionship of a favourite pipe. The Pipe Cigar will be sold retail by all respectable tobac conists throughout the United Kingdom. and wholesale at the Company's warehouses, No. 48, Pall Mall, St. James's, London, where may be also obtained the choicest imported savanna Cigars. LOUIS SILBERBERO, Manager. AU N T VILLES DE FRANCE, PARIS, 101, Rue Richelieu, and 51, Rue Vivienne, The confidential Ho, - use of the Parisian Aristocracy. LYONS SILKS. MANTLES, 'CLOAKS, and Ready-made Articles. LINGENE and LACE. 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Postage, is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post °See, Piccadilly. L ASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &e., for 111 Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Am They are porous, tight in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 3s. 6d., 78. 6d., 108., and 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. PRESENTS.— ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Lib rar y, and Dining-room, consisting of anew and elegant assortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in I talian,Alabas ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Illikiasty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges glementary 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. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOG! is given by Mr. TENNAN r, at 149, Strand, W.C. RIGHT AND HEARING.—SPECTACLES.— POWERFUL TELESCOPES. — OPERA , RACE, and PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Sole mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the York Hotel, W.—Deafness. —New Dis covery. —The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily power till small new i nv ented instrument for Dea f ness , entirely different ly- from all others, surpasses anything B ei ng the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. et the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. 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Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele scopes 34 inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen and known at 3 4 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles dis tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moon's, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with Increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a half mile distant. They an swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. 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ASSURANCE.—Mr, JONES (of the firm -A-4 of Davies and Co.) will deliver a Lecture on LIFE AS SURANCE "What it is, what it ought to be, and how to make it so," at Exeter-Hall, Strand, on Wednesday, May 16, at half-past Six o'clock p.m. Gentlemen connected with ex isting companies, parents, guardians, - and young, people are Invitecl: Tickets (free) at the Advice Office for Life Assurers', 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill. Ladies are invited to attend. WEDDING STATIONERY, including every requisite.—Beautiful and elegant designs by DE LA RUE and Co. A sample packet and price list sent free. No charge for carriage on orders over 205. The London Depot for De La Rue and Co.'s manufactures—HENßY GOOD'S, 60, Moorgate-street, E.C. Card plates and crest dies engraved in the first style, and note papers beautifully embossed in coloured relief, or if plain, stamped without charge. An illustrated catalogue will be forwarded free on application. ÜBLICATION S. DEDICATED TO THE DIME OF MANCHESTER. 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HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : Their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love and other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Or spring secured. _ No. Z. THE CASE BOOK : 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIVEA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and Cure by Cauterisations, Galvanism, Sze. &e. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and the Authors. Advice to the Working Classes, fee Half-a-Guinea. MEDICAL ADVICE. DR. LA'MERT, Registered L.S.A., Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, M.D. of the University of Erlangen, &c., may be CONSULTED on all cases of Debility, Nervousness, and en the Secret In firmities of Youth and Maturity, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his residence, (From the Times' Correspondent.) Victoria continues to grow and to prosper. Busi -*less is not active as was txpected, owing to the fact that the immigration from California has been diverted, for the time, to the new silver mines of Washoe, in the Rocky Mountains, which have pro • duced a furore all over the State. But on the whole the merchants are pretty well satisfied with the present state of affairs, and look with confidence to the future. _ _ • There are now in port her Majesty's ship Ganges, bearing the flag of Admiral Baines ; the Topaze which arrived from England on the 19th, all well, having touched at Valparaiso and the Sandwich Islands on her way out; and the Plumper, Captain Richards, surveying vessel. The Plumper has just returned from California, whither she went to have her false keel replaced at the American Government dock at Mare Island, opposite San Francisco. She proceeds in a few days to the northern portion of the Gulf of Georgia, to prosecute surveying opera tions, where, and on the mainland of Br itish Columbia, she will be employed for some time. The Satelitte, Captain Prevost, is at present lying in a point called Roche Harbour, situate at the northern end of the fame m island of San Juan, where she will remain for about a week. She went there about a week ago with a detachment of marines, consisting of 85 men and a complement of officers, sent from Victoria to take up a position on the island. The soldiers arc encamped at the bead of a small bay on the northern extremity of the island. This disposition of Royal Marine Light Infantry is popularly termed a "joint military occupation" of the disputed island, the Americans having about the same number of soldiers, left there by General Scott, on or near the southern end of San Juan. Whatever the placing of our soldiers on San Juan may mean or imply, - it is certainly not a joint mili tary occupation, for there is no convention, agree ment, or concert between the two Governments on the subject; and what the use, benefit, utility, or good effect of sending them there can be I cannot conceive. The proceeding may have its merits in official eyes which have power to penetrate a mill stone, but to a civilian the act seems of very doubt ful advantage. On the contrary, one is disposed to view it as out of time, behindhand, probably a little undignified, decidedly inconsistent with our previous course, uncalled for, and uselessly expen sive. An ostensible reason assigned is that " the Ame ricans have soldiers on the island." As we pro tested against this scandatous measure of theirs, however, this reason does not appear a very valid one. As we refrained from sending a force on the island to preserve the status in quo when General Harney violated it, the only occasion on which we could consistently send a force there was to fight. No such occasion has arisen, or is likely to arise. Therefore, instead of playing at soldiers, and per haps causing irritation and producing probable complications, we ought to have left the Americans in the wrong. The objections to this proceeding are more serious than they at first sight appear. Without some formal convention between the Federal and Imperial Governments, what jurisdiction is the island to be made subject to ? How are offences to bs punished, by whom are offenders to be tried, and in virtue of what law ? How are civil rights to be enforced ? Bat instances which may cause trouble multiply in one's mind, and I need not trace them any further. In every point of view it seems to me objection able to have sent a single soldier to the island. The time chosen is inopportune, the policy is doubtful, and the site selected is not a happy one. I am not quarrelling with our right to an" occupation," — that is unquestionable; but I hold that movements of troops should never be made except in cases of necessity, and I sincerely trust that our Govern ment will take and keep the subject entirely in its own hands while negotiations are pending for the settlement of the title and line of delimitation, else complications may arise to retard the desirable-. consummation of an adjustment. The point can only be settled in Washington or London. No more commissions can assist a settlement. The subject has been completely exhausted here, and both Governments possess all existing facts for their information. From British Columbia we have not much news. The mining population has increased very consider ably within the last few weeks, but there has not yet been time to receive much gold as the fruits of their labours. A good deal of land is being taken up for agricul tural purposes under the late pre-emption law, which I explained in a previous . letter. The most serious evil which British Colußabia suffers from is the want of roads, and there is no possibility of removing this evil except by Govern ment aid. Taxation to an extent which would defray the expense of the most necessary roadmaking into the interior is simply impossible. A tax popularly," or rather unpopularly, known as the " mule -tax, of £1 for each animal on each journey carrying pro visions into the Upper Fraser river country . was imposed with the view of raising revenue specially for this purpose, but its unpopularity , was so great that it could not be enforced, and it is now in sus pense, The fact is the people cannot bear, that is, cannot afford to pay—any additional taxation. The limit has been reached, and, the imposition of the " mule-tax" was a most imprudent measure, and has met with a deserved fate. The Government , before unpopular, has by this attempt increased its unpopularity, and to have persevered in it would have rendered the Governor entirely odious. Apart from the principle of the measure, which I cannot condemn, I have one valid objection to the tax — namely, that it will not bring much money ; that it will not pay, or rather would not pay if enforced. It would oppress the people, and would not make the roads, towards which object it would be but "a drop in the bucket." - Colonel Hawkins, the British Boundary (Land) Commissioner, arrived yesterday from England. He and his party proceed in about eight or ten days to Colville, via the Columbia river, to resume their operations in exploring and running the line towards the Rocky Mountains. They will winter most probably at Colville. I thought I bad done with our good friend Gen. Harney for some time at least. Not so, however. This redoubtable person is determined to keep him self before the public. We have just heard that he has carried matters with a high hand against his friends—the Hudson's Bay Company at Fort Vancouver, on the Columbia, in Oregon. The company has continued in posses sion of one of their old posts at that place under the treaty of 1846, by which the American Government secured to them what is called their "possessory rights." Many encroachments have from time to time been made upon the company's property, both they were always left undisturbed in their ancient " Fort." Of late it seems a new light has been thrown upon the treaty by General Harney. He says that, as the British Government has terminated the " special licence . ' of the company to trade with the In dsqcGouieanonnva ec; o nat f ilhengeir British Oregon Co 1 u m possessbi a , t h ions er e f o a r e l e the t e stipulations become void. Some such ht irme treaty. t y , r e . H a do Whateveri givesn gives one to f t o h r eg a theth i i t s i i s t , iist company's iteliea officers notice to quit, without deigning an expla nation whether he was acting under instructions from his Government or of his own volition ; and their his ardent not eet proceeding tem peramenth with e theh had n celeritye eof that suited houses pulled dean about the ears of one of the company's servants the other day. Naturally enough this affair has produced a great sensation, and will most probably entail serious loss and in convenience to the company. A sudden ejectment from one of their large establishments, crammed with most valuable and perishable property, besides the stock of cattle and horses about such a place, is no joke. Here is another " complication" for our Government. They may take my word for it that until they assume a stern tone and take a high stand with the ,Ainericatn Gloyernment, and 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON Dr. La'Mert 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 seal d e enveloPe. by stam Mann, '39' CONTENTS. Cornhill, London, or by the Author, for Eight ps. - SECTION I.—The Physiology of the Generative Organs. SECTION II. —Puberty—Manhood —The Morale of G enera lye Physiology—True and False Morality. SECTION 111. —Marriage in its Moral, Social, and Physical Relations—lts Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan tages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring. SECTION IV.—Spermatorrhcea and Impotence—The causes of Sterility in both Sexes—Self-infiieted 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—lmpotenee and Sterility—Dangerous Results of various H azar dous Specifics—The Author's Principles of Treatment ; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from Twenty Years' successful practice 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 paramount utility are brought together, wholly divested of tne delusions and incon sistencies so largely introduced ints 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 contititUti9 l l tEnlietiti7 Ao9lletl 1 y AeriQuil MUIVIVAPts, S EIt•MATOIt It H CE 'A. By F. B. •COURTENAY, And formerly iSiirg,epn to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the O N Cureof Strictures of the Urethra, " The aim of the authdr 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 heahla and happiness of thousands. These objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical manner."—Medical Circular. London : 11. Baillicre, 219, Itegent-street. 144 pages, 70 Engravings, post free 2 stamps. COIVIMON SENSE in a NUTSHELL ; or, Every Man his own Doctor. 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Between the Eng glish and all the American - officers we came in con tact with there is the. best . possible _feeling:, The General is of the old school and full- of prejudices. His officers are men off - a latet genaration, well educated and gentlemanly ~and .get on very well in all societies.. The American Government will save itself some trouble by looking .after the old General. He might be sent to.a place which would suit him better than a post in a civilised country. ARTIS . Ie BENEVOLENT FUND, The fiftieth anniversary of this institution,svhich was established in 1810, for the relief of the widows and orphans of artists; was Celebrated at the Free masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, on Saturday. About 100 gentlemen sat down to -dinner, presided over by the Right Bon. Lord Stanley. Notwith standing the unfavourable state of the weather, a party of ladies also honoured the occasion by their presence. After, the- dinner the.usuai loyal and patriotic toasts were received with`much cordiality. The noble Chairman afterwards proposed the toast of the evening, "Prosperity to the Artists Bene-. volent Fund." In s advocating its claims to public support, he said the experience of their common daily life,proved the necessity of such an institu tion. Every other profession* or trade carried on in that metropolis made a similar provision for the widows and orphans of its less successful-members. In our complex and artificial state of society we all knew that poverty, distress, and even ruin might come upon a man without any, fault or folly of his own ; but the hazards and uncertainties which at tended all human pursuits were obviously much aggravated in the case of the liberal and imagina tive professions, because, while mechanical and osdinary employments busied themselves in supply ing the primary necessities ,of life, literature and art appealed to a comparatively limited number of supporters, and ministered to the wants of only cul tivated intellects and tastes. They were' therefore exposed to greater fluctuations, and were even liable in times of unusual public difficulty to temporary extinction. The motives svith which persons engaged in them were also different from those which led t'o the adoption of other avocations. A man went to the bar, for example, not from any abstract passion for law, but perhaps because he had an attorney for a near relation. Another man entered. the Church because his family had a living in its gift ; and a third turned his eyes towards the army, thinking he had interest enough to obtain a commission. The artist, on the other hand, generally chose his pro fession rather from a feeling of devotion to that particular pursuit than from a calculation that it would yield him as great a pecuniary return as other employments for which he had less natural aptitude or sympathy. Again, a man who followed any mechanical occupation could usually make pretty sure as to his average earnings from year's end to year's end, whereas he who lived by the exercise of his imaginative or recreative faculties felt that his peculiar gifts were not always equally at his command, and that there were seasons in which genius itself must either lie fallow or be-, come sterile. Morever, art, like literature, hardly admitted of a very successful mediocrity. In the law a great many men who set out with the inten tion of becoming lord chancellors or lord chief jus tices subsided into respectable County Court judges —(a laugh)—while the young curate who had car ried his thoughts as high as a bishopric often ended his days in some quiet country rectory amid the love and esteem of his parishioners. In the pro fession of art, however, although there were a few splendid prizes, the most eminent of its votaries were often condemned against their will to unpro ductive periods, or to times of unrewarded exer tion ; and, on the other hand, the moderately gifted had but scanty opportunities of providing for those dependent upon them. An institution of that kind, then, by enabling them to aid in an effective and methodical manner the families of less fortunate artists, whom individual:y they would all gladly assist, could not but be deserving of public encou ragement. The noble lord then referred to the financial position of the fund. Its income for the past year, he said, was £1,120, of which £630 was derived from property invested. The sum granted in relief was £BBO, or nearly 80 per cent. of the whole revenue. The greater part of the remaining 20 per cent. was ab sorbed by the expense of these anniversaries , In other respects the arrangements of the society seemed to be of a very economical character. They had also an annuity fund, which was self-support ing, the benefits of the Benevolent Fund being confined to those who contributed to the former. That limitation of the scope of the society was more apparent than real, and whatever hardship it might occasion was obviated by the labours of another in stitution, not a rival but a coadjutor in the same field, and which was most economically and effi ciently conducted. The progress of the Artists' Benevolent Fund since its first establishment half a century ago had been steady and uninterrupted. It had accumulated £20,000 of invested property, showing an average saving of £4OO per annum; and among .those who had presided over its pre vious festivals stood such distinguished names as those of the late Sir R. Peel, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Palmerston, and last, but not least, Lord Lynd hurst. (Cheers) The health of the Chairman was subsequently given, as was also that of Sir C. East lake, the President of the Royal Academy ; and in the course of the evening subscriptions on behalf of the society to the amount of £6OO were announced by the secretary. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Lawler, assiste d b y Miss M. - Wells, Miss S. Cole, Mr. D. King , and others. SIR EDWARD BUGWER .aTTON ON TILE REFORM BILL• The following is taken from the London corre spondent of the Cork Examiner :--- " The speech of Sir Edward Balwer Lytton is the topic of the hour, and w ill in all probability be the remarkable feature of this year's discussion of th e little' Reform Bill. Few speeches of modern times have produced a more powerful effect on the House of Commons •, and whatever opinions may be entertained as to the views it was intended to ad vance, no one who reads it can refuse to it almost every description of merit—as a literary composi tion—which ought to belong to a successful effort of the kin d. I would not be cor rect if I attributed to this brilliant and pin nant oration the same damaging influence that rendered the speeches of Elwin jams and Adam Black so fatal to the little ; for these Were spoken by the sworn followers of the govern ment, and, one might say, the political henchmen of its author. But vicious in their effect as were the statistics of Edwin James, and discouraging to all moderate men as were the genuine apprehen sions and honest hostility of Adam Black, still the immediate effect produced by the speeches of these two Reformers' was absolutely nothing when contrasted with that produced by the matchless appeal, which enchained the attention of a willing auditory, and for the time, at least, carried with it its warmest sympathy, if not its willing con viction. While it was being delivered cri ticism was entirely out of the question ; but I doubt if any speech could more safely stand the test, whether in its general plan, its ar rangement of topics, its felicitous illustration, its grave and noble declamation, its exquisite finish, and its not less admirable temper. Some portions of it were as finely wrought as if the artist chiselled in marble or in silver. For instance, a finer 'or more highly-finished portraiture than that of the French Emperor no one has yet produced, spoken or written. Whether Sir Edward were right or wrong in his premises or in his inferences, I care not to scrutinise ; I merely deal with his speech as a splendid intellectual effort, and a suc cessful exercise of the highest qualities of the man of genius, the scholar, and the politician, for a party object; and 'also its effect' on a sympa thetic and willing audience. During its delivery partial or one-sided. The Whigit was rapturo usl y cheered; nor was the applause bjedanwyitinh the eans Tory in approval, and even the Radical caught the contagion of the moment. Nor, indeed, could the orator justly complain of the insensibility, of the Treasury bench. No doubt the visage of the parent of the battered off spring looked gloomy enough and, out of compli ment to the wounded feengs of an afflicted father, one or two official faces wore an air of dece nt gravity---.-but there was more 2- than one pair of eyes th a t gleamed with malicious do::echt, or sparkled dementcheert followed some h i t more cr ushing , or some.. wargumesna mo re conclusive than another. Perhaps it -,n_ w ith genuine satisfaction, as the ye._ q. purely intellectual pleasure that the Premier joyed, or that no desire to get rid of a troublesome and unwelcome attempt at legislation enhanced his satisfaction as he followed the harmonious flow of the graceful and pnliPhed periods, and raurked,witb -..: ick k .....,4_ 4 ...... : ,. , re if, ~4 . , 7- ~ Is. . i 1 l 0 / - g : :„ r/ +" k zrr„. W ( ' • ITA.ISITED , himself to fall _into their -hands. 'lt: re is the hole view of the case ; but tho u g h it mar be thus w simply stated, we shall be sur p rised indeet: if can be es easily defended. It will be of no al - al; . to say that the dam a g e. undeniably inflicted wolik' be counterpoised by the benefit arising from the repeal of the paper duty. That duty, to begin with, is not yet Tepaled.; and, even if its abolition were certain, insfead of doubtful, that would be no rea sefi for undoing with onehand what was done with the other. This Nusliot the way in which the other " taxes on knowledge " were dealt With. When the stamp duties and. adYertisement duties were struck off no countervailing dlsability was p.kit on. Those reductions were alivays announced arffee boons to the public, not as remission) to be p7id for in the loss of privilege or convenience. Why should this repeal alone be saddled with au equivalent ? Is it because the Nst-effice. cannot hold its .awn without relief ? On the contrary, it is so largely overpaid already as to net more than a million a ynar sur plus ; besides which, it is a very doubtful question whether any saving would result to the department ..roin tie proposed measure. Then, if the Pos;•.-office has 11..olana to the concession—if no other depart mat an n o class of the population can have an y interest in the ;:uccess of. the scheme, while a very large class i s ono;Thed. in-opposing it, how is Mr. Gladstone to m:?,lcal good his ground? We confess ?:"; and we suspect that we are at a loss to irilag the house will feel littl9 satisfaction even after the explanation has been, made. the eye of one well skilled in verbal warfare, the deadly . point of the brilliant antithesis. No doubt his enjoyment was purely and solely intellectual, but it was evidently intense. As for those who sat on the Conservative side, they were almost frenzied with excitement, and what men could do in the way of vehement and vociferous cheering, they certainly did. Could a vote have been taken hen and there, the fate of the bill was sealed, for such was the impres sion produced, a considerable number of those who sit on the Government benches would have gone ix the lobby with the noes. Ido not write this hastily, or without authority. I state that which is warranted by the statements of many who poured out of the house in a state of feeling and conviction anything but friendly or favourable to the pet mea sure of the Foreien Secretary. Ware I, to leave the, above unexplaine c d I might be held runable to the charge of weak or wilful exaggeration ;- because were it an angel that had spoken, it siai scarcely possible that so profound an impression could have been made upon a number of well-seaasoned politi cians—unless there was a _ cause altogether hide- , pendent of that which the very ligliest order of oratory is capable of predating 9n the human mind. That cause did exist—in the utmost universal dis like to the measure propOsed—to any measime which which would necessitate 'an early dissolution and a general election. Dlany, very many of the pure Whig party entertain honest objections to the re duction of the franchise to so low a standard, and regard a thoroughly democratic constituency , with as lively a feeling of apprehension as any member of the true Old Tory party could do. Then all the Conservatives are, to a man, unwilling to see the bill.pass as it: is. But who is there that really wishes to have to encounter the trouble, the -ex pense, the danger, and in _foe many instances the degradation, of a contested election?. It is true, there are noble exceptions _ to the:general rule, and there are some, even many, constituencies, by which the member or the candidate is treated with honeur and witli)generosity ; but unfortunately the rule is quite otherwise, as too many embarrassed fortunes and ruined prospects can attest. From my know ledge of the house, I confidently assert my belief that if the question were put to the vote, and that vote were by ballot, whether this bill should be persevered with or not this session,' there would not be anything like 100 votes given in its favour. And if the issue were to be 'decided by the real feelings of the house it would be a gross exact geration to assert that one-fourth of that number would be found on its side. And yet, if it came to a division whether the bill should be read a second time or not, the second reading would be carried, though 'not - by a large majority; for though it is detested, and though most men would be rejoiced to be rid of it at least for this session, or do not see any real necessity for it at present, still very few of those who are openly arrayed under the Liberal banner would willingly commit them selves to an open and direct vote of hostility to the principle of reform. Such being the feeling entei tained towards the little bill' of the Foreign Sec retary, you can understand why—altogether irre spective of its unquestionable merits, as a display of oratory of the very highest order—the success of Sir Edward's speech was so signal and so tri umphant." TILE INSURRECTIuff Ilia SICILY. The following letter has been recei:\ - real ) Y a frient of Garibaldi in Newcastle -on-T y ne. It 'ova ,5 writton by one of the band of volunteers who loft, genoa. with that renowned chief to_the relief of ' Genoa, May 5 (midnight).—After a desperit:te effort we have got everything in order, 'and in an hour or two we will, I hope, be all safe on board. The three steamers are waiting for us at a short way from the shore, and our band leaves_in small boats at several different places. The embarkation Covers a distance of nearly five miles along the coast. This has caused us endless inconvenience; but it was necessary ; for, although the Govern ment half winked at our proceedings, they could not permit us openly to embark without incurring the accusation of complicity. There are upwards of 2,000 of us, and we are all in high spirits and full of hope. A number of the band are just youths, many under 20, years of age, but fully 500 are tried a nd trustworthy fellows, who have seen many a d campaign. Better marksmen are not to b 9 foun in Europe than we have with us. We,have money, arms, and ammunition in abundance. Uniforms We also havb got on board—the famous red frocks that we had at Rome, and at the sight of which the miserable mercenaries of Bomba Ilea horror-stickers from the field of Velletri. I pant to measure swords with the myrmidons of the wretched monster who now bestrides our Neapolitan brothers. Tell our English subscribers that the swords purchased by their generous contributions shall do good service in the holy cause of liberty before they are thrown away. None of us know exactly where we will go to, but wo have absolute faith in our dear General, and shall follow with pleasure wherever he leads. The scene arocud reminds me of the departure of poor Pisacane and Nicotera, when they went to seize the CaglitZ.ri.. Medici follows us in a few days with a force of 2,000 more men ; and before long you will bear of us all from another quarter of the Peninsula. We are resolved, what ever the issue, to sell our lives-&L.trlY, and to avenge the wrongs of our poor suffering fellow -country men. If I am lost, M— and B--- ,w re here, and you will hear from them. Farewell ! ,May God defend the right! Long live Italy ! POSTAL TRAN I SNISSION OF NEWSPAPERS. THE STATE OF AUSTRIA. (From the Times.) To-night Mr. Gladstone is to submit to the eon• sideration of the Legislature his new scheme for the postal transmission of newspapers • and we must needs say that of all the provisions Of his most com prehensive Budget this, as far as we understand it, is the most gratuitous and extraordinary. It has not yet received much explanation beyond that conveyed in the first announcement of the Ministerial design, but the little that is known of its details has been sufficient to provoke to anger and opposition the very class presumed to be benefited by the change. The whole provincial Fr ees is in arms A letter in a contemporary, d a ted Vienna, May against the proposition. Chronicles, .11.1ercuries and Gth, says : . • Telegraphs are energetically proclaiming from their "In answer to your letter of the 27th of April, respective counties that they - want none of the and your request that without prejudice I should thing, that they would rather be without it, that, tell you my opinion of the state of things, I must in point of fact, it would undo all the good done say that the fate ot Austria in the present moment by the removal of the Paper Duty, and that the depends upon whether those Hungarians who are Bill ought never to be carried. This is certainly chosen for the Council of the Empire accept or strong, but in our opinion justifiable, language. decline the proffered dignity. We feel, indeed, utterly at a loss to reconcile the " 1 hope they will- accept, andi ate the lead in forthcoming proposals with the professed policy the sense of progress, as bearers of the principles of of a Liberal Government, anxious for • the in- liberty, as the means of establishing between struction of the people, and particularly solicitous Monarch and subject a covenant of right and tole about the expansion of the press. If the scheme is ration. Austria will follow them with hand. and to be produced in its original form we may describe heart ; Sclave and German will love and esteem the it in a few words as a proposal for abolishing alto- Hungarian if he succeeds in inducing the Govern gether the use of the impressed stamp upon news- meat to concede to the necessities of the age, and papers, together with the privileges which that break with Spanish absolutism and Roman Catholi stamp conveyed, and for defining anew the condi- cism. Unfortunately, the Court is in the hands of tions on which 'newspapers are to be transmitted a party at the head of which stands a modern by post. These terms may not appear to include Granvella a lady who favoured the Constitution of much mischief, but it is very certain, nevertheless, , March, 1848, to effect the change in the succession that great disadvantages are anticipated both for of the Throne, and then hastened on the reaction newspapers and their readers, and that such a re- by means of that political adventurer Bach. If suit is not unlikely to follow. 'What puzzles us is the Hungarians are only struggling for their Con the principle on which, in the year 1860, and with stitution of 1847, then the clerical betaaristocratc a Ministry pledged to educational progress, such a party alone will' gain ; the State itself will scheme can be defended. . loser, This apprehension is rife here ;it is believed Up to this time every recent act of legislation tbat the whole movement, which in the main bearing upon newspapers has been conceived, or emanates from the aristocracy, is only meant for the professed to be so, in their interests. We do not, bepefit of the nobility in Hungary, and in the other indeed, forget certain sly thrusts at ourselves, but provinces, and is intended, under the ores of liberty as these shots all missed their mark, we need say no and progress, to be a means of coercing the Co more of them at present. It is enough to remark vernment to establish an aristocratic oligarchy, what no one will deny, that the successive modifi- which would be gratefully accepted by the Ger cations of the newspaper stamp duty, the advertise- man, Bohemian, Polish, and Croatian nobility, merit duty, and other " taxes on knowledge," were where hollow heads and empty hearts constitute all proposed and carried on the avowed understand- the majority. The Hungarian party of progress, standing that newspapers, as the most effective in- if it be really such, must tranquillise the German struments of public instruction, should be encou• provinces, particularly 'Vienna, on this point. raged in every possible manner. The great cry was "We hope that the Hungarian councillors may for the "diffusion of knowledge," and, as knowledge accept to act for the entire monarchy ; they are was most effectually diffused by newspapers, the the only men of political and Parliamentary edu " distribution of newspapers" became almost an cation. equivalent phrase. Certain high authorities of the " The Emperor has gained immensely in public Manchester school made no secret of their opinions opinion since the beginning of the prosecution in in this respect, and it was openly maintained that a stituted against Eynatten, in consequence of w hich single number of the Times conta ined knowled g e Richter, Biaseri, Perugia, Mondolfo, Brambilla, more serviceable to the present generation than was and Rivoltella have been arrested, and Bruck has to be found in the whole of Thucydides. However, committed suicide. This impartial justice, sparing thus things went on until at the last adjustment of no one in its crushing march, is the only way to these matters newspapers were left, not only in a rehabilitate a monarch who has to make his people position of great freedom, but with much of forget the treaty of December 2,1854, and the Con their old privilege still preserved, and consider- cordat (two of Bach's expedients to keep his port able powers of discretion into the bargain. folio), the choice of his organs in the military and The stamp was made optional, and might be civil Administrations which led to so many blun employed or discarded at pleasure, so that all ders, and principally that war, supported by the objections to its use were absolutely demo- whole nation with great sacrifices, begun in the lished. For the future it would represent, not an pride of self-deception, and concluded in faint impost, but a privilege, for an " impressed stamp" hearted helplessness. The humiliation of his crown upon a newspaper sheet would "still entitle that before the tiara, the ridiculous superstitions and sheet not only to transmission but to retransmission ecclesiastical mummeries forced on the highest through the Post-office without additional charge. Court nobility, as well as on the lowest mob, by the There was an end, therefore, on one side to all the priests, who quite demoralise the servant class by outcry about the com p u l sor y stamp duty, while, on means of the confession, will hardly be forgiven by the other, the whole postal privileges attached to the sound sense of the people. the tax were still at the command of those who " Bruck was physically and intellectually a richly chose to take them up. This is the arrangement endowed man. So much the worse, in my opinion, which Mr. Gladstone now proposes to upset by the Admire him in his position as Min the highest sense of ister and chief of an abolition of the stamp, or , in other words, the pri- stration w hich exacts vilege altogether. His scheme, although it professes onour to have forgotten business, the boundar and t y he Minister, line between to remove it duty, in reality removes only an a d v an- the merchant and hi tage. That it can benefit anybody is out of the statesman, and public character. His inconsiderate question, for the stamp, as it now exists too a management, the swindling character of all under optional, and is employed, therefore, by those only takings favoured by him, the low esteem in which who find a convenience in doing so. Mr. Gladstone his satellites were held ld-marsh , his system of drawing all withdraws this convenience , and s a y s it shall be classes, princes and fied no more. chants and bankers, manufacturers and landed enjoye This is the first ezample of leg islation to the di- proprietors, porters and valets, Jews and Chr istians, rect detriment of the a ress, and we may well ask lieutenants and shopkeepers, into the net of his spe on what principle it is to be justified. Not on culations, to let them tasteof riches without labour, grounds of abstract policy certainly, for all states- have demoralised soeiety,unfortunately, to such a de men of all parties have long concurred in asserting gree that there are people in Vienna, well dressed, that the Press ought to be encouraged. Nor can and considering themselves•socially and politically such a measure consist with any special policy of highly cultivated, in whom the sense of honour is so the present Government, for that policy has always lost as to think it quite natural that a Minister notoriously included the removal of everything like should enrich himself like a common speculator, an impediment to the circulation and, distribution and who abuse all who condemn Bruck. This moral of knowledge. Still less is it a concession to public degradation is spread far and wide, the Emperor importunity, for nobody could think of protesting is blamed for having caused their darling to cut against an optional payment. Any newspaper pro- his throat, and they try to sprea f d the i p -e t p resse: that praetor who dislikes or can dispense with the im- the papers, with the exception mortified ambition. pressed stamp is at perfect liberty to do so, and it the motive of his , sui d ei can be no injury to him if his neighbour sees fit to This is sophistica an , besides des being untrue, the have recourse to it. Least of all is it a question of accusationsok , Ny i h n order to deliver him up to justice, ch i prompted the Emperor to pen economising revenue, which, on the contrary, would sion B to ru be found rho papers Of Rivoltella, where infallibly be lost as a first consequence of the mea- were ti sure, and by no means certainly be recovered after- vie knecyetwoatshefotuenldg,aanpahißcreolopkh,esrowofnthdeosl‘plaitneihstersyolosf wards. Last year newspapers taxed themselves to n l the extent of nearly £150,000 by the v oluntary we a l as in the transactions of the well-known-de adoption of this impressed stamp, and all that in- falcation case, and gave him, now no longer a come would, of course, be lost to the Exchequer Minister, sufficient reason to be filled with the when the stamp could be adopted no longer. gloomiest apprehensions. He cut his throat, and Then, where in the world is the motive for this well for him he did so. But sad indeed for the proposal ? We will tell the rcader. The motive lies middle class to which he belonged, disheartening simply in the desire to let certain Post-office officials to the hope . s of progress which he represented, have their own way in managing the Post-office. that the stain of dishonesty and vulgar greed rests These gentlemen want to economise labour and in- on Bruck, as' the stain of political cunning and crease profits in their particular department, and treason to the taus© of freedom rests on Bach. cl exists but they think these objects are to be achieved by shut- " remedy cure Austria y tl , l thoroughly il i t t h y 7 e tins newspapers out of the letter-boxes. They want one .--. p b ergy, the to exclude us, for the future, from the category of civil and military ureaucracy, as well as the Court, ilers, and to drop us into the Book and Parcel oppose it. Where, then, are we to look if Hun lb' • with other " printed matter." That is their garians, the men of progress and of constitutional )host '' the affair, and Mr, Gladstone has allowed 'liberty, who ought to accept their minion in its yieW 0.1 ,--.' highest sense, do not bring it. Let Vey, INIEMISPAPEIt Eotvos, Somsich, &c., remember this, NV ,_ ____ ~,, , • Wr, may bo ied by a one-sided enth _i's _ j-.-i_ 1, Epecial patriotism to strive only for theitti-ev4pa. W 4 l. c' , ; 4. „. x, ~ of Hungary . in the monarchy, to the di, 3 o l .4t e ee_A l / 4 ) , !6 *Liis historical basis, of its German oripnaltt ture, and so to bring abDut a new, but .\ __ ~ 4 ; • ~,,,,i• ----7 :: , fit' happier change in the succession." - - --..---.4.A ‘s. _ _ _ ..--- IRELAND. NI DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.- TIIE POPE'S Ira= BRIGA.DE. The recruiting goes on merrily, and Doctor Cul len's object in raising a money tribute for the Pepe is now patent to the meanest understanding. A ,despatch dated Cork , Fr ida y , and p,ublished in one o eflie, local papers, thus reports : i; One huodred and feftvlieung men arrived in this city thty Ironing, by trnri from Killarne ey y, for fine /Igo pu rpose of joinie;e4e the Pope's army. are young Men, belong chiefly to the farming clase, and appear filled with entinesiaent for the cause which they have espoused. They were accompanied by two priests from the district iv-hence theyonal r had come; and we understand that large ada!tie inforcements may be expected from lierry." In Dublin, too, the recruiting sergeani—w%et her in black or scarlet—has met, it is said, with ,soma success, One account states that - 200 drapers' asst ants had volunteered for the Papal army, vfhile , another represents the number as high as 350, and • it is stated that the houses thus denuded of their hands have been compelled to supply their places the new women. andLouth vigour. crusade The arried on with folilso being wing considerablececommunicationa, appears in Saunders's News Letter of this morn ing DROGHEDA, Friday, May 11.—For some two days past a_ rumour has been prevalent in this town and neighbouring districts that inducements were being actively held out to young men to enlist under the banner of the Rope, and undertake to serve in a brigade about being raised in Ireland for that pur pose. It was also reported that a number of young -men had a.lre,ady been-sent over to Rome who were considered eligible' for tho purpose. Much atteu tion, howeier, was nbt paid to the rumour until a w days ago—the early part of -this week—when it vas confidently asserted that some people in com fortable circumstances had volunteered to go, who wer e previously known to express an anxious de gee t o become soldiers under Pius the Ninth, I have maci.e inquiries, and find that a number of young men frail the precincts of the town were seeit away yesterday., leaving their parents in distress: and grief, they being - their principal support. Many express a desire in the rural districts to join the brigade, but the parents of those who have al ready been despatched say that they have been wheedled or decoyed to leave their homes. On the disembodiment of the militia regiments there is little doubt a large accession to the brigade will take place. I also understand that numerous young men who -offered- their services were rejected, as nersons, canvassing are particular in selecting the most healthy and athletic. 1 have got the names o f half a dozen who were sen t away yesterday maniDg, but up to this the canvass has not become general - here, at least in the central parts of the tawn." The kishnisint, nearly the last surviving war journal; speaking of the composition of the Irish Contingent, says : "Many of them—most of them are the eons o r f comfortable farmers in Tipperary, Cork, and e counties. Others are drapers' assistants' of Dublin and Cork—stout, tall , s tra pp in g fellows, ,vho con :than sider (with their genuin e Irish instincts) Ul:- fight m ing for the Pope is much p leasanter work measuring tape behind a co unter. But, farina:re sons or ' counter-,inmpers,' the gallant fellows are,. we believe, `paying their own way.' Some six' monthi ago more than one of these adventurous young Celts came to consult ourselves on the pro priety of going out to help the Holy Father to bold His ground against his foes. We confess that at the time we were opposed to the proceeding. We said to them ' There is a fine French army in Rome, and t h at' , your Celtic brethren of France, who have ;,,,e 6 .1 - 1 drilled on the battle-fields of Africa, are well a ble ,to defend and protect the Pope. But here at home iiritish Tule is trying to starve out and ex- Qt '? the fresh, hot, earnest manhood of Ireland D u ll thing cannot always continue; per haps you had ! . ) ,-tter stay at home and help us to the Irish. They went away, retain Ireland 10r our own part, we bethought n ot over-satisfied. 14: 1 /' nsel was hardly the best. us afterwards that our Z'ox: It occurred to us, on con.sit2eration, that Ireland's opportunity might not come 50 very soon that our young braves might not have thele lo see a little 1, we thought practice abroad meanwhile. After a.. of immense an Italian campaign or two might btt . s ervice to them ; and , if they should tu not be tux not home a fter some nice practice the re, would they c° all the more competen t to drill their fellovr, lu.n -trymcn to hold our own dea r land a g ainst all vaders ?' " - The same authority, alluding to the repore brought by the telegraph, that many of the Irish recruits have been pronounced unfit for service, wrathfully exclaims ; " 'I his is a scandal and reproach to Ireland, the nurse of the grandcit and bravest soldiers on God's earth. Ireland could supply to the Pope 100,000 men whose like could not be found in the world. It is said that the proprietor of a Dublin news paper has acted as recruiting sergeant. If he has u nfit men, mere degraded his country by sen dino boys, sickly and feeble, to Rome, he deserves the triangle and cat-o -nine-tails:' AGRICULTURAL PROSPECT.) The favourable turning point has been reached: and the closing part of the week has been Avery thing that the agricultural heart could desire — abundance of rain, soft and penetrating, and a \very liberal allowance of hot sunshine. , The Northern Whig has an equally satisfactory report: — "The fodder famine is fast passing away, and as has ever been the case when prices run into ex tremes some of the holders of hay have been caught in the reaction. Only a short time has passed since the rates had attained such fancy figures that the great puzzle of farmers was how much to ask for hay or straw. At one period the quotations were 10s. to lls. for prime upland hay in Belfast, and those rates fell considerably below the prices ruling in less amply supplied markets. Large im ports from different parts of the Continent have been made, and, although the quality of the fodder thus brought in did not equa l that of home pro duce, it seemed to bring down the prices, and the additional supplies had the best effect in m akin g requirements in those districts where the famine in fodder had been keenest. We have heard of se veral cases in which extensive holders of hay re fused 10s. 6d. the cwt. for all their stock, and are now anxious to sell at something under is. Prices for the last two or three days have gone down to ss. for prime lowland hay, and for the higher qualities Gs. rule sales. Straw is still very dear, and will be so until the harvest, but the admirable weather for meadow and grass lands has given the promise of abundant produce in the one case and rich pastures in the other that hay will likely come down considerably from its present prices before the close of the month. The great dearth of keep caused stock owners to send their cattle out to grass ranch earlier than usual, and in some cases this will be diadvantageous to the growth of herbage; but, as the lands in pasture have had almost total rest since November last, there is little doubt of the present rapid spring soon making up for premature stocking of grazing farms. Prices of dairy t cow s are ex ceedingly high. During the w eek the bes quality of springers has been solat 16 or Ito 8 gul4 i neas each, and c a ttle guineas were readily paid." LORD DEBBY S IRISIT TENANTRY. A correspondent of the Tipperary Free Press writes :—" Lord Derby is about to buil ld he a ad, house and offices for the parish priest of Soo the Rev. Thomas Maliony, which is to revert to each successive pastor of that parish. To the house 'will be attached 12 acres of land at merely a nom i na l donationid quarry and likewise sand r ent. His lor dshi p is also about to g ive about an to fortogether that tli c build inggratis, and I shall not be surp r i s ed if he object. ac re of ground fo r a cha p el a nd yard, with should give a use ofha handsome d s s p o l m e splendid lamin no way connected • with the Derby estates, and a love of justice alone compels me to record aose acts of kindness." ---- -- A STEAMER ON FIRE.—IIARTLEPOOL, May 11.— The screw steamer Normanby, Captain Child, from Ham burg, which arrived here at 6 p.m. yesterday, took fire in her cargo at one this morning. The decks forward are burnt, and the cargo all forward damaged by fire or water. EXCISEPROSECUTIONs.—A Parliamentary return has been printed, stating the number of Eicise prosecutions against traders during the last three years. In England there has not been a single prosecution against a distiller in that period. Against theapaper makers of the whole of the United Kingdom there were 17 prosecutions, and in 15 of them a conviction. There was a considerable number of prosecutions (356) against licensed traders for using illegal materials or adulterating, a much larger number for neglect ing to renew the licence, and the largest number of all for carrying on business without a licence. The whole num ber of prosecutions in the United Kingdom in the three years was 3,802, and in 3,398 cases a conviction followed. Of the cases in which there was no conviction all but 28 f wer e prosecutions for being without a licence, in, maul O 1 which, probably, a compromise was made. ieral nim , but link, ;tone. e 10. e 4. e 7: e 1. 19. .N.1..wal -....--..,....• Teton, A., of istol th, of , the City, :, the sars, web, fuse, lam liza- Lug- Mr. r 50 my, 7eot, e of of