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' ---:- . , 4 ~./r „ . - s „it. LL . - -,- ,i,- . A1a„ .,,. - . ----- imeTzor . ..,.,,,,, 0 ~.. 1 \?4,i,.;,, , ,..,..-t,i4e;' ; .. t, i : '._• i C.: ; \:tlet'.- 't4A'-:' '..."?-:-'l-: 1t...;;1i". 7 ili S . ...... --...— .---.. • - a - T . va--, :le. ----•-. -r Tll. "T" Iri lt 4A AT 0 0 0 t 41f GRAND CEREMONY and FESTIVAL on the 18th of June next, at the OPENING of the SOLDIERS' DAUGHTERS' 11051 E, Hampstead, by his Royal Ilighne,s the PRINCE CONSORT, who, with his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES, hove been graciously pleased to purchase Presentations to the Home. Several Military Bands will play in the beautiful Grounds of the Home. Admissi nby purchased tickets, to be had only at the Office Of the Home. No. 7, Whi.ehall, (exactly opposite the Horse Guares.) single ticket for the Ceremony and Grounds. 10s. ; a double ticket for two 15s. ; a reserved seat for the Ceremony and the Break fast, 20s. An Omnibus starts from the Tottenham-c•,urt-road end of Oxrord street every 12 minutes, reaching Hampstead, without changing, in 40 minutes. 11. L. POWYS, MA3O3, Chairman. .) Mr. Mr. 1\ 0 . 20,552.) LO PUBLICATIONS. EAST INDIA HOUSE, STO MAT, 1 855• rHE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company will be held at their Douse in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDA.Y,the 233 June next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary. )RS' M ONT BLANC IS OPEN TO-NIGHT. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF 4c WILDFLOWER." Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols. ONE AND TWENTY. By the Author of " Wildflower," " The House of Elmore," &c. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- v[aCHANNEL ISLANDS.--Tickets to Jersey and Guernsey, ‘VeYmouth, are now issued at the Paddington Station, enabling Passengers to break the journey at Chippenham, Dorchester, or Weymouth. Fares, Rail and Boat : —31 s. and 21s. Further particulars can be obtaiced on application at the Com pany's Offices, CMREMORNE DAILY—ONE SHILLING.— cowCERTS—BALLET MARIONETTES DA.NCING —FIREWORKS, &c. &c. EAST INDIA HOUSE, sro MAT, 1858. linE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on THURSDAY, the 10th of June, at Three o'clock, and opened again on TUESDAY, the 13th July ; and that the warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock, payable on the 6th July, 1859, under the 11th secti•n of the Act 3d and 4th William IY., cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day. J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary. QT. JAMES'S HALL, PICCADILLY. Now Open, until Saturday, May 15, Mornings at 3, Evenings at 8 o'cIock.—GOMPERTZ' GRAND HIS iCRICAL DIORAMA of the INDIAN MUTINY.— Admission, Stall seats, which may be secured at the Hall, between eleven► and one, 38; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Now ready, at all the Libraries, In 2 vols., 21s. T HE COUNTESS OF BONNEVAL ; BE it LIFE AND LETTERS. By Lady GEORGIANA FULLERTON. " The whole work forms one of those touching stories which, from their simplicity, create a lasting impression."—Athenaeum . " A very interesting and animated memoir, related with that happy art and grace so character istic of the author—U 5 ., . Mag. (Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ‘C OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT" says Twenty-one Million Pounds of T , la have been released by the Possession of Canton.—The EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY anticipate the arrival of this, and have reduced the price cf their Sound Tea to 2s. 2d. per lb., and Coflee in the Berry to 11c1.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Hein's-churchyard, Blshopsgate. O N PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE I NCAPACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. New and improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, illustrated by 100 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel, just published, price, free by post, Is., THE SILENT FRIEND : A Medical Work on the phys al xhaustion and decay of the frame, from the effects of solitary indu , ence, infection, and the injurious conse quences from the use of Mercury ; with observations on the obliga tions of marriage, and directions for obviating certain disqualifica tions- By R, and L. PFRRY and CO., Surgeons. Consultations as usual (see page 197). sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Pa ter noster-row ; Sanger. IGO, Oxford-street; and Gordon, 146, Leaden hall-street, London. The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is employed in bothsexes to renovate the impaired powers of life. Its action is purely balsamic; its power in reinvigorating the frame in all cases of nervous and sexual debility, obstinate gleets, impotency, barrenness, and debi ities arising from venereal excesses, has been demonstrated by Its unvarying success in thousands of cases. Price 11s. per bottle, Or four quantities in one for 335., which saves 1 Is. The CONCENTRATED DETEII SIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphi litic remedy, for purifying the system, and is recommended for any of t he, varied forms of secondary symptoms, such as eruptions on the 4 - l a, blotches ow the head and face, enlargements of the throat , tonsils, and uvula; threatened destruction of the nose, palate, 8,r.,c. Its action is purely detersive, and its beneficial influence on the 'latent is undeniable. Price Its. and 335. per bottle, also a saving Of Ilk • PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS co ns titute an effec tual remedy in either sex for all cases of gonorrhoea, glect, stricture. and diseases of the urinary organs. Price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., an 1 lls. per boa. _ Sold by Da n i e l Ch urc h , 78 , G racechurch-street, City ; Bartlett Hooper, 43, Ring William-street (four doors from London Bridge) ; F. Watts, 1 7, Strand ; W. Sutton and Co., 10, Bow-churchyard; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's-churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford street; Ilannay and Dietrichsen, 63, Oxford-street ; Butler and Hannne, 4, Cheapside ; i'rout and Rarsant, 229, Strand ; and all edicine vendors throughout the United Eicgdom THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Just published, price Is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamos ELF - PRESERVATION. —A Medical Treatise k._.7 on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System and on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to Manhood, wan practical observations on the Physiology of Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added remarks on the wonders of th e Mi croscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life:' and its advantages in detecting, by Urinary examination, the cause and effect of every variety of these CoMplahlts, with numerous engravings and cases, BY SAMUEL LA'NIERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, - . Watrienlated tkf ember of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hosp Fiat Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &e., &c. 1 he essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, Which have produced more misery in Vouth, degradation in Man 'mod, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any ether class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of thei r +, Physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded 4 `," nue e tt b^ , l . Ith, happiness, and privileges to which eve r y human being is It 1 - e absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are out In nr. personal management anirh be 'TinciPles °f which cannot be violated with , e rn ee a d t h e e - V e n v e , , grievous penalties, and when that ow penalties - -aY of inconsiderate self-Indulgence, how those wisdom and regret rue • mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and, above all, ae ere i, sc arcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional r p a „ n h 7 t ment to which the timely aid of science cannot'apply a cure. ila v . — h s hed by j. Allen, 20 Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row, and 04 0 ,, ue had of Mann, 39, Cotnhill; Horne, 19, Leicester-square ; e e -un, 14 ' 3 , Leadenhall street or from the Author, ~,erl7lted daily, from i l till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37 . ,t.l.e:d-square, London. who may be 0 .1 ,. work may be had in India, of Mr. Yen Liizky, Loll Bazaar Circulator t a — Messrsre. and J. Ilormusjee, Apollo-street ; Bombay . Office; Madras—Motussilite Office ; Azra —Dodsworth; elOrabo, et ylolt ; and of all Booksellers throughout theColonles /Fr R. and MRS. GERMAN REED'S NEW 1. EN TERTAINM ElsTT.— The New Series of Illustrations by Mr. and Mrs. REED (late Miss P. MORTON), will be repeated every evening except S-aturday, at 8. Saturday Afternoon at 3. Admission is., 25., and 3s. ; - tails, secured, without extra charge, at the Royal Gallery of Illustration, 14, Regent-street, and at Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s, 201, Regent-street. CHRISTY'i MINSTRELS, Polygraphic Hall. TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINTH ENT i.;RTAIN- M ENT.—Change of Programme, introducing Burlesque on the Circus.— Many Patrons of the Christy's having been unable to gain admission owing to the limited numbers of Stalls, they have now Introduced an extra row, which will afford more comforts to their numerous patrons.—Evening, at B,' and on eaturday Morning, commencing at 3. Prices—Boxes, 1/. Is.; Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Back, Is. CRYSTAL PALACE. NOTICE. Patrons and other Visitors to the Natio , al School Choral Festival of 5,00 0 children, on Saturday next, the Bth May, are earnestly recom mended, in order to prevent delays at the doors of the Palace, or at the Ratway Stations, to provide themselves with Tickets of Admis- Won beforehand. They may now Pe had at the Crystal Palace, at the Central Office, No. 2, Exeter Hall, or of the usual agents to the Company. Exeter Hall, 4th May, 1858. B.A. WAUGH, Treasurer. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL AND P ATIIOLOGICAL MUSEUM, 3, TICHBORNE -STREET (Opposite the Haymarket). LECTURES daily by DR. KAHN at Three, and by Or. SEXTON at a quarter past One, at Four, and, on Diseases of the Skin, at Eight. Open from Twelve till Five, and from Seven till Ten. Admission, ONE SHILLING. DR. KAHN'S NINE LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, Re., post free for twelve stamps. ADELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade, Strand.—ARGYLL CASINO. with R. BIGNELL'S celebrated hand ; formerly conducted by the late EMILE LAURENT, now con ducted by the great artist, Mons. LAMOTTE, of the Grand Salle Valentino at Paris ; principal cornet-a.oiston. BOULCOURT, "the greatest artist in the world on that instrument ; " Leader, Mr. CHARLES Dam.. The above band plays selections from "La Traviata," "It Trovatore," and "Lucia Di Lammermoor," nightly, and is to be .nzaged for Concerts and Balls. Apply to R. It. BIGNELL, at the "Original Argyll Rooms," Great Windmill-street, Hay market. Doors open at half-past 8. Admission, Is. GREAT UNITED STATES' CIRCUS. Messrs. HOWES and CUSHING, Proprietors.—FlFTH WEEK—Unprecedented Success—First week of the Sprites of the Silver Shower—The largest Equestrian Establishment in the World, numbering over Two Hundred Men and Horses, is NOW OPEN for a Short Season, at the ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square, giving Two Performances each day, commencing at half-past Two, and a quarter to Eight o'Clock, p.m. In consequence of the Immense attendance at the evening's performances, the proprietors beg to state their intention of continuing the Grand Morning Entertainments daily until further notice. The Day Performance is fully equal to that of the Evening. Admission—Private Boxes from 2/. •2s to 3/. 3s each ; Stalls, 5s ; Reserved Seats, 3s; Boxes, 2s; Pit, Is ; GalLry, 6d. Private Boxes and Stalls can only be secured at the Alhambra Palace, and Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Box-Office open from 10 a.n.. unt 1 5 p.m. No fee for booking places. No Programmes are correct but those purchased inside the building, and only One Penny each is showed to be charged. Carriages must set down with horses' heads towards Charing Cross; taking up to the North. 1" ET ROPO LITAN COUNTIES LIFE AsSURINCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent- treet, Waterloo place, London, S.W. Life assurance, annuities, endowments, and loans on advantageous terms. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. N.B. Policies in force, notwithstanding the Decease of the Life Assured, provided the Premiums be paid within the thirty days of grace. INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE so;IIETY, 142, Strand, London, \V.C., Feb. 25, 1858: estab lished 1837.—Payment of Premium within Days of Orace,—lt always has been and stil , is the practice of this society to pay claims under policies of assurance notwithstanding the death of the assured oc curring within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the annual premium, provided payment thereof be male, or notice of the death be _given to the office before the expiration of such days of grace. For the Court of Directors, E. S. SYMES, Chairman HE INTERNATIONAL LIF E ASSUIt OrCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. F;mpowerel by %ct of Parliament, for LIFE ASSUR &NCR, SUP. VIVORSIIII'S,7ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS. &e. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman. Wm. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. HoCgson, Esq Samuel Kin4-Cinuch, Eoq. John Moss, Esq. John Elliotson, 111. D., Cantab., John Symes, hag. F.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustusl Monde', Esq.: AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford ,g MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elliotson, Cantab , S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R. A.S., F.S.S., &c. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woo'house, Esq. BANKERS. :Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. MOSSTS. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford-row The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared V ay, 1860. Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Bonus in Permanent Policy Sum addition Bonus in Rea uction ea taken Age. Assured. to Sun Cash. Annual Pre cut in Assured. mium• - --- -- --.- .£ X s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 424 1 4 50 3 8 I 1811 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 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 5 10 15 2 141%1 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 6 7 7 , The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter national Life Assurance Society : The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the prod ts are !divided amongst the assured every, film years. Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds. Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds. Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds. The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand. About one thousand new policies are added every year. Since its commencement the Society has paid in claims upwards of three hundred and twenty thousand pounds. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to . the Chair min, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Ner vousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, t.leepiessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Heartburn, Eruptions, Im• purities, Irr tability, Loss Spirits, Diarrhoea, Ilemorrkoids, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea),. Sinking Fits, Cough, A , ,thma, l3roncliitis, Consumption, also Children's Complaints effectually removed by 1k II BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring . 0 ' REVALENTA ALARICA FOOD, which saves fifty time§ its cost in other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with it good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati tude from invalids:—Cure N 0.71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these linei. Stuart do Decies."—Curs No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, WorthaM Ling, near Inss, Nortolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth JacobS, of .S , azing Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner- VJ .sness, Indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.— , Ise No. 48,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool: a cure of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irrita bility. Care No. 18,z16. Dr. Andrew tire, of constipation, dyspep sia, ervous irritability. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Sherland, of dropsy and sebility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan, of epileptic MI. Cure No. 42,116 Major Edie, of enlargement of the liver and total prostration of strength. Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster Of cramps, spasms, and daily vomitings, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey, of diarrhcea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer, of cols sumption. Cure No. 32,880. William Hunt, Esq., barrister, of parse 1 vsis Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood merchant;, Frimley, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of bloodi, liver derangement, partial deafness. Cure No. 58.816. Meg. Hollis', aged 107 years, of dyspepsia , (Indigestion) debility, in itability, and nervousness, which had tormented her for sevsnty years. Cure No. 4.814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester, or two years' diarrhoea. Cure No. 52,612, The Dowager Collate* s r n e t ei c pe o a : te e i so r :, 1: 8i ::dti}ig,rieeesetNosn,tur,leatlinOt.d, of Castle3tuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and kali gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con sumption, alter her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of debility,"Tss'en itryo-mfly,e,iyilecahrls'hnaecrve suffered great e n - L a i:g u y, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been georenat ally cured b 3 Barry's ud m, F , 0 ,, 0 d No, n o .a 4 , very 2oB. short ,, Eight tim years'e. d . y 1 3.: effectuallyY servant had consulted the advice ;of many, have been pwelli,isetha, mnervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for happy to ancsawreecri a b n y y D in ti qu ß iri ar e r , ns ie h v e . a j l o th im r i e v st . o F r i i a n v g o F l o fl o i d d . im l gto sta Rilelsce to with r y painsNorf o i l i ll : my No. 3`2,836 , arm, - P • ..--.....,,,,. " These .• years' excessive nervousness, and general debility, which ren dered my life very miserab l ßarry's health restoring F e, has be en ra di ca ll y removed b y D u g Food, Alex Stuart, rchdeacon of Resk Skibberecn." Cure N o. 3,906. "Thirteen . years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed Revalenta Arabica Food. James by Du Barry's excellent Porter, Athol-street, Perth." Important Caution agai ns t the fe tation s:— anal dangers of spurious imitti Tho Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood tion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred I granted an injunC imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta A ra b ica Food;' Neville, for Suitably packed for all Climates, and with full an lustructi 11 oln. Canisters, llb a 9d ; 21b 4s 6d ; 51b Ils , 121 b 225. caper quality, Ilb 6s ; 21 b lis ; 51b 22s ; 101 b 3 35. The 10,1 s r d e 1 n d 2 b canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt o f p ost-otilte order. Barry Du Berry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Londoh ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Maj es ty , 1 82, Picea dilly ; James Wells , 4 a , S l oa n e street ; also at 60, Gracechun-h-- Street ; 330,430, and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 49, and 60, B i, hos . gateltreet ; 63, 150 and 198 Oxford-Amt. ore and f the Dund pro- ders, that a un- ,pable 1 was ng on inted, stible. lowed of the es the ice h• to for ra and chief 3 and Laelvet r wer• ctors. so far be re -viz., Ed the 3ved it likely no ac- IA on le last, They a bank of the b could point cation, them e con. idenoe infor- as of sth of ;ling a 011811- " bold ald go orpOilr ,vernor in pre ) meet nn the there- lament against )y any ig him ement, )f new 11. they must time. o gave rather lard of of this le indi- VI case lased a t bore have n com- ?tation think D with .ely on let'er Ir. E. share- T feel 'owlee, all bill irectly ild not did it o the ,0 give ant, ER. in the B cora. of Mr. pstead -300. i]sq., of ge-hilll Lewis helton, Colson, parish le, the sq., to Fuller, se Jane of the James rerton, ughter and of W. S. [ant of odion, e rough he Be- t John A Hill reford ogliam UN' . * 3 , No. :ountf MR. RAREY'S SECOND " LESSON." 'GUILDHALL, Ist May, 1858 . The _ n v Committee for Letting the City's L ands will meet at Guildhall o , _ N r EDNESD AY, the 12th May instant , at One o'clock precisely, . eceive Proposals for Leases of the following H o uses and premises. viz, ,--A House, No. 9. Wo d - st reet, Finsbury ; several IH° ages, Nos. 1, 2, 3,4, 4s, and 4 s , Phipp s-street : and a Yard ant 13 ulldings behind the same Nos 1 and 2, Phipps - p lace ; and a Ware . house in New NL rth-place, Finsbury. Plans of the property may be seen, and forms of tender obtained Pall application at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. CF. HANCOCK, of Br uton-street and New • Bond-street, Jeweller and Silversmith to the Principal sovereigns ar.d Courts of Europe, begs le*e to remove an erronecus Impression which exists amongst some of his cu.tomers, that he has retired, or is about to retire, from business. This impression (which 1 8 entirely unfounded) has probably ari , on in conse.:uen , e of the re tirement and selling off f a jeweller of the same name, also of New Bond -street, but with whom C. F. Hancock is not, and never has been, in any way connected, either in bi,iness or by relationship. • RICK CLOTHS, with Poles, and Lines complete, both New and Second-hand. - BENJAMIN EDPINGTON has prepared for the ensuing season an extensive Stock of Rick Cloths, Marquees, and Tents. A great variety of Tents erected on the premises. Nettling and Bunting for the protec tion of Fruit Trees and Tender Plants. Address BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-street, Southwark, SkE.• West-end Establishment, 32, Charing - cross. Nl3.—An Illustrated Catalogue sent free by post. 14 WALKER'S QUEEN'S OWN NEEDLES, • with embossed heads. B. WALices's ALLIANCE NEEDLES, with oil colour portrait labe7E ; R. WALSER:B PALACE NEEDLES. with oil colour view labels ; and 1 1. WALKEE'S ELLIPTIC EsmaolDEßY NEEDLES, posted by any peal er. `Patentee, and Needle maker to the Queen, Alcester, and 47, G resham -street, London. The third series of Embroidery Patterns 1, ready for the trade. GEORGE HOBSON begs to invite the attention of Gentlemen to his new Stock of Trowserings for the pre lent season, price 21s. to 255. 0. G. submits for inspection his new Overcoats, in all the new ap proved and various shades of colour for sp ing wear. Excellence With Economy. A suit of clothes made in a few hours' notice. 131E014GE HOB ON, 57 Lombard-street. ESTABLISHED 1796. TO THE WEALTHY AND RESPECTABLE CLASSES. THE honour of an INSPECTION of the following ARTICLES OF DRESS is requested by 11. J. and D. NICOLL : For GENTLEMEN, at 114, 116, 118, and 121, Regent•strett. and 22 . Cornbill, Paletots of every description, some being of beautiful light fabrics for summer, and others of thicker materials, which, like those for trousers and waistcoats, are th hest specimens of English M anufactures. A large assortment may be fund ready for imme diate use ; some are waterproofed, and the whole are marked In Plain figures, at most moderate prices. In the Establishment, 141 Regent-street, for LADIES' and O IJTHS' C °THING, the same excellence prevails, particularly in Mantles and other Garments of silk and cloth. lfessrs. Nicoll employ Cutters for each specially. EUROPEAN and AMERICAN SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH. COMPANY (Limited). The European and American Submarine Telegraph Company has been formed for the purpose of constructtng and lay in g a Submarine Telegraph Cable between Great Britain and the United States of America. The line will be laid from Plymouth to Cape Finisterre, On the coast of Spain, where it will be connected with a submarine Cable from Bordeaux, in France, and thence proceed to Cape Rocco, near Lisbon. From Cape Rocco the telegraphic wire will he laid to St. Michael, one of the Azores islands, thence to Flores, the more Western island o' the group. From Flores the cable will be laid either direet to Boston, in the United States, or proc el by way of Bermuda, to Cape Hatteras, near Charleston, in the State of North Carolina, as may be determined by the Company. The promotershave obtained concessions from the Government of France, giving the exclusive right to the Corn any of landing cables at or near Bordeaux, and from .pain and Portugal similar conces alons have been obtained, also giving the exclusive right of la 3 ing telegraphic cables at Cape Finisterre, Lisbon, and on the group of the Azores islands. The Telegraphic Station at Cape Rocco, near Lisbon, will afford _ for continuing a British and independent line of Telegraph to A lexandria, and thence to India, by way of the Br.tish Possessions at Gi braltar and Malta. The Governments of England, France, Spain, Portugal,.,. and the United States, with whom negot ations are now r..7_ u "e o lng, have intimated their willingness to give assistance in car: t the objects of the Company. base been d e f raye d b y the promoters o f the Company, and the certi tCa te has b een o b ta i ned f rom t h e R eg i s t rar o f Joint-Stock Compa nies.certifying that "the European and American Submarine Tele raph A c ,Company is incorporated under the Joint - Stock Companies liability, 1 856 and 1857, and that it is a company with l i mited "ability , prThe complete Direction, including representatives of ceEngla the nd, n ce, 'United States, Spain, and Portugal will be announced in a Course of a few days. ~,e T etnPorary Offices of the European and American Submarine eiiraPh Company, 2, Royal Exchange, City (E C ) Ell. WHERNIOTT, Sec. pro. tem. HORSE -TAMING.-Mr. JOHN S. RA REY uor ,_ will continue to Teach his System of EDUCATING the „,„" , 6 E, at his School at Kinnerton-street, W(dnesday, Thursday, Friday, of this Week, at 11 o'clock, a.m. and on M onday, Tues ;Z. and Saturday of the Derby Week - 17th, and 2id instant. I,,Z Ch angs of Days, is to accommodate Gentlemen coming up to on for the Derby. Nest Week Mr. Marey will be is Paris, on luesd aY, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday —1 itn„ 19th 13th, and 14th instant. .London, 4th May, 1858. Extract from the " Dublin Freeman's Journal," April 29,1838, Mr. Rarey met his subscribers again yesterday at the Riding- School at the Lower Castle Yard, and we were gratified to observe a considerable increase in the numbers, and that very lew of h s earlier pupils were absent from the eminently useful and instructive lesson which it was their privilege to reccdve. The lady pupils mus tered strongly and early; and from the attention they paid to tre minutest features of a system so consonant with the finer feelings Which constitute their peculiar attribute, we augur most favourably 'for the future of the Irish horse. The influence they must exert in his favour when they become perfect in the science cannot fail to have a most beneficial effect, even though they cannot impart the speciality of Mr. Rarey's art to others. Debarred as we are from revealing anything connected with Mr. Rarey's system, we Can only urge on the stock-masters and breeders now in town, the importance of the instructions of which so comparatively few of their body are availing themselves, and earnestly advise them not to allow the present opportunity to pass away unused. It has been said again and again since Mr. Rarey's appear ance in Dublin, but, " Row can the secret be kept when so many know it ?" and many, no doubt, are holding back in the hope that in the'course of time the " secret" must ooze nut, and that they will know without cost or study as mach as any member of Mr. Rarey's class. This hope is as vain as it is unworthy, and it is as creditable to the extended circle of Mr Rarey's pupils that not One member has yet 'violated his engagement by an attemptto impart the art to others, as it is peculiar in the art that such an attempt Would be most unsatisfactory to the surreptitietts student. The art of Portrait-painting could be as effectively imparted to the New Zealand savage by telling him that the dead chief whom he sees to live again en the canvass before him was recreated by the artistic touch of the painter's pencil as could fir. Rare)'s power over the horse be imparted to the " savage " of the stable by any illicit Whi sperings as to his incomparable sci ence o f h orse -t ra i n i ng . T o earn it so a s t o k now i t the master himself must be sought out as the teacher ; and for a confirmation of th , s opinion we appeal to the distinguished individuals who have attended Mr. Rarey's class - hilario_ughout. It is a science not a trick that Mr Rarey imparts to Pupils;and every gentleman who values horses, and every gen wentan farmer who breeds or deals in them, would find it an eca n°n'Y as well as a comfort to be instructed in this sc ence. The "lesson" of yesterday added considerably to Mr. Rarey's popu larity with his class, and his illustrations were eminently suc cessful. THE NEW NOVEL, VIOLET BANK AND ITS INMATES, Is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. " We recommend our readers to become acquainted with ' Violet Bk and its Inmates.' 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London : Barry du Barry and Co., 77, 'Regent-street, and through all Booksellers in Town and Country. ROYAL LITERARY FOND. The 60th anniverary festival of th;s institution was celebrated at the Fi eenaason'Tavern, Great Queen-street, last evening, Right Hon. Vis count Palmerston presiding . the Tll-le was a very large muster of the friends and supporters of the fund, covers being laid for 350. The occasion was also honoured by the presence of many ladies. Among the principal were—his m Excellency M. Van do Weyer, Belgian s in f i i ster, - his Excel lency Count Platten, Swedish anNorwegian Mi nister, the Marquis of mo Westminster , h.d the Earl of Ellesmere, Lord Talbot de ai e, the Hon. P. Pierrepont, the Hon. J. Sparkes , sid. the United States' historian , Sir J. Davis,Login, m Sir J. Forbes, M. ourgeneff, Mr. Briscoe, r. G.. .P., Mr. Wilson, M.P., Mr. Western,Lang ton, M.P., Mr. Botfield, M.P., Ia!Ir. Mr. W. artin M.P., Mr. Slaney, M. P., M. Philipps, M.P., Baron Marochetti, M. M4rimee, M. Panizzi, M Delapierre, The Chisholm Baron r:fo ir s .,on Orlich,. p the . Right Hon. W. Cowper, 111 ~R ,S a wi ri ß i n.. Murchison, Mr. M. Manes, M.P., P R. son, M.P., Sirll. Norreys, M.P rofes Gen. Sir C. Pasley, Mr. R. Bell,. Mr. H s i rereasy, amilton, Sir H. Ellis, Rev. J. B. Mozle , Mr . . k iV. Tooke, the Common Sergeant, Mr. G. Cr G ui s ß lia h nk, Dr. Beattie, Mr. Longman, Mr. H. Chapman, and Messrs. urst and Blacke ° tt 13' Mr. In proposing " the health of her fa M t ajesiy" the noble CHAIRMAN referred to the that Queen Victoria was the first Sovereign of thiscountry who had recognised literary attainments as a claim to the distinctions which it was her peculiar preroga tive to bestow. He need not say the peerage which had been conferred e alluded to upon Lord Macaulay, not so much on account of his lordship's merits as au orator and a politician , great as those undoubtedly were, as for his brilliant reputation as a man of letters. The toast was duly honoured, as were also the other loyal end patriotic toasts. Thanks were returned' for " the Army" by Sir C. Pasley, and fcr " the Navy" by Count Platten, the Swedish Minister, who passed a portion of his career in the service of this country. The noble CHAIRMAN, who was received with loud cheers, then roseand said, entlernen, I now beg to propose to you the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Royal Literary Fund''—thee prosperity of that institution for the promotion of w hich we are Now assembled. more strikingly characteristic of this than the manner in which private great country combinations and co - o peration accomplish works and undertakings which in other parts of the world require all the p o wer and resources of Government. (Hear.) The i le face of England is literally covered with theCplen did achievements of these associated efforts. But among the various result s attained by this potent agency there is nothin g p erha p s more honourablent to this country th an the admirable mode in wl.ch as sociations of private i ndividuals co llect togetheri large funds forpurposes'of benevolence and charity. (Cheers.) We have only to look thr ough t hose p riodical records iu which the labours of such socie ties are dersekibed to see the extent to which private associat ons achieve honourable and praiseworthy ends, But among the various objects aimed at by such combinations there is none, peria aps more cal culated to excite sympathy and admiration thauthe assistance and encouragement of men of lettersand of genius in their hours of adversity and of trial. (Fear.) An association for such a purpose is surely well fitted above all others to attract to itself the co-operation of all men of generosity and good feel ing. Now, the' institution, the claims of which I have the honour to advocate id peculiarly designed to aid and succour the distresses of those who have di rec ted their intellectual faculties to literary and e scientific pursuits. There are other branches of human mill in which the genius of man displays itself, and which though they may give equal scope to the development of that genius, yet stand, in re gard to the mode and the extent to which they ap peal to the feelings of mankind, in a somewhat clif- ferent position from letters. The painter, the sculptor and the architect may fire of genius in possess, and do possess, the as eminent a d.agree as the poet, the historian, or the novelist. But the productions of the painter the sculp tor and the the architect are restricted, s• to speak, to a given local habitation ; they are condensed in a specific work, which affords, indeed, the higloist delight and in s truction, and awakens noble emotions inthe breasts of those who are so fortunately situated as to be able to behold them ; but their influence on mankind at large is limited by space, and confined to those who are on the spot wher e the originals are to be seen, or where honour they can do to tho s e originals through the medium of the best copies that can be produced. The literary man, h on the other hand, has this ad vantage,—thats works travel over the whole face of the civilised globe ; that in every nation where intellect is cultivated they are found alike among rich and poor, forming the enjoyment of the social family circle, or furnishing m aterials for the reflec tion and meditationoft the s tudent in his serious hours. (Hear.) Thebe ne nts, therefore, which mankind deriv e from the reselts of literary effort are more wide-spre a d and universal than those which flow from the most successful exertions of human intellect in the other dep artinents to which I have adverted. But s,s there is yet another advan tage literature es viz., in what love r those other arts,— may call ses the immortality of its pro ductions. The architect and the scu'ptor are taught to remember that they cannot rely for enduring fame upon " the faithless column or the cr um bling may bust." Their works live long, and yet they succumb mus t sooner or_ later to the ravages of time. The painter, too, however great th e glory he may acquire for a ] engthesed: period, produces to wo rks still more openthe destructive effects of time, even if they escape , perhaps, less unfriendly efforts the more fatal, though, of the restorer. (A laug h,) But literary productions survive for thou sands of years. example not only o f the dura tion of s uch wok e an but of how the ge nius of one a g e may s mulat . e the s genius of another, , i for we h ave recently seen an elaborate dissertation upon the greatest poet of antiquity published by oi e of the most distinguished men of our time. (Cheers.) But, gentle m en, t h e c a reer o f men of letters is not without its det eu e • ties and its trou bles. The mount of literary fame may rise at first in a gentle slope ab.rie the lev e l plain ; the up ward road m a y appear siaeoeth, easy, . and n a r e a in viting ; the ascent an d some are toteeapteclea snake by fancying that the summit is and and their streng th is bufficient to bring them' b there. But as they advance they ind iheirdifficulties increase, a nd many stop short almost midway foot of the moun tain ; others a re art estei few rare spiri t ' , s p urred on by ambitio. ; whileand gifted a with inclomitab!e energy , reach the to pmost height, horizon and from th eir lofty elevation survey that t o f glory which their labours have entitled tbein o enjoy'. But ev en with them the rewards are some times doubtful. My excellent friend Sir is Roderick M u rchison can tel l an y traveller who st ar S omer set House to any part of the globe fromwb at strata he will meet witb, in what peculiar geolo gical formations he m a y ex p ect to discov er the pre cious metals, and where lie may direct hi e energies with the prospect of au sdequate recompensebut he cannot tell the literary aspirant who tries; to climb the steep to which I have adverted Doradow iether midway or at summit he will find an El reward his exertions. (Laughter.) Geetl to we all admire the results of literary laboll Gentlemen,but there are those who, know all the anxiet(' difficulties by which those brilliant results js4' and many cases been accomplished. Could we but see in e the man of genius meditating alone—could es°, but have laid bare to us the struggling thoughts -' swel ling within his bosom and endeavouring to embody themselves in a work which he believes will im mortalize his name, w hile, on the other hand, b; is d ragge d down by domes tic cares, or b y some os - t h ma ny accidents and m isfortunes which are the com mon lot of humanity --could we see the inwa r d workings of that ma n of g enius, we should not %le, say with the ancient philosopher, that the nobl es t sight is a great man battling with adverse fate, but we should feel the high advantage of associatio n like this, which steps in at such conjunctur e w ith assistance, not g reat in itself,- but invaluable from its timely application. (Cheers.) We all know what a small support will save a drowning man and enable him to reach the shore. So small an amount of support, given at a mo ment of pressure, will enable a man of genius to keep his head above water and to reach in safety the goal of his aspirations. The merit of this in stitution is, that whereas genius is of no country, so likewise the range of its beneficence is not cir cunrcribed by geographical limits. The foreigner and the Englishman are equally the objet's of its bounty, and many there are of all climes who have been recipients of its benefits. There is another circumstance which ought not to be omitted. It frequently happens that the higher the flight of a man's genius, the greater his talent, the more cap able he is of distinguishing himself in the career of intellect which he has adopted, the nicer also are his feelings, and the more anxious he is to hide his troubles from the woad. The considerate method in which this association dispenses its assistance— viz., in perfect secrecy, enables a high-spirited and sensitive man to receive in his hour of need suc cours beyond all value. (Cheers.) There is, how ever, one fault attached to this society—a fault, happily, not beyond the reach of a remedy, and yet one which, I am sure, not only all those now present, but the members of the institution itself, will concur with me in fully admitting. That fault is that its funds are not co-extensive with the ob jects to which it is desirable that they should be ap plied. That defect I call upon you, gentlemen, to correct, not only by the contributions which you may yourselves be disposed to give, but by exerting your influence in your respective circles tc induce others to furnish the institution with the rseans of enlarging the scope of that benevolence which even in its present limited sphere is beyond all price. (Cheers.) The noble lord concluded by proposing the toast, which was drunk amid loud applause. The health of the noble Chairman was next pro posed, in very eulogistic terms, by Sir R. MURCHI SON, and warmly received by the company. The Noble Lord suitable acknowledged the com pliment, and then gave " The Foreign Ministers." His Excellency M. VAN DE WEYER responded, taking occasion to remark upon the extent to which English literature was appreciated in Belgium, and to in imate that an international congress of literary men was about to be held in that country. His Excellency concluded by proposing " The Li terature of Great Britain," for which Professor Creasy, in the absence of Mr. Thackeray, from in disposition, returned thanks in an eloquent speech, in which he rapidly reviewed the progress of Eng lish literature in its various departments. The re maining toasts were—" The Literature of Conti nental Europe," introduced by Mr. M. Milnes, M.P., and acknowledged by M. Merimee ; and " The Distinguished Travellers," proposed by Mr. Hope, M.P., and responded to by Sir H. Rawlin son. The subscriptions and donations announced in the course of the evening amounted to about 9001., her Majesty heading the list with 100 guineas. HER MAJESTY'S DR 'VINO-LOOM. The Queen held a drawing-room yesterday after noon in St. James's Palace. The curt was nume rously attended, about 260 ladies were presented to the Queen. Ha. Majesty and the Prince Con Fort arrived from Buckingham Palace, attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. Her Majesty wore a train of green satin covered with lace of British manufacture of the rose, sham. rock, and thistle pattern, trimmed with bunches of lilacs, white and I lac. The petticoat of white satin, double skirt of the same lace. The Queen wore a circlet of diamonds as a headdress. The Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers were first introduced, when the following presentations to her Majesty took place in the diplomatic circle : By Mrs. Dallas—Mrs. Charles Amory, of Bos ton, Mass., and her daughter Miss Susan Amory ; Mrs. Baldwin, of Boston, Mass., and her daughter Miss Baldwin. By the Countess of Malmesbury--La Marquise de Talicarne, femme du Charge d'Affaires de Sar daigne a Naples ; Senora Ida de Hurtado. By the Minister from the United SW( s—Mr. G. Dorr, of New York ; Profe=sor Alexander, United States' Commissioner on International Coinage; Lt. Wm. Stokes Body, commanding Marine United States' frigate Niagara. The diplomatic and general circles were nume rously attended. The following presentations to the Queen took place, the names having been previously left at the Lord Chamberlain's office, and submitted for her Majesty's approval : Mrs. Addison, by Lady Blakeney. Miss Allen, by the Countess of Caraperdown. Mrs. T. Amhurst, on her marriage, by ?tier mother, Mrs. Mitford Miss T. Amhurst, by Mrs. Mitford Miss F. T. Amhurst, by Mrs. Mitford Miss A. Annesley, by her mother, Mrs. L. Annesisy The Countess of Antrim, by Frederica, Countess of Abingdon Lady Arundell, by the Duchess of Norfolk Hon. Miss Arundell, by her mother, Lady Arundell Miss Atkinson, by the Right Hon. Lady Denman Mrs. H. Bagot, on her marriage, by Lady Bagot Miss H. Bagge, by her aunt, Mrs. Villebois Mrs. H. Baillie, on her marriage, by Mrs. Bramston Miss Balders, by her mother, Lady K. Balders The Countess of Bandon, on succeeding to her title, by Viscountess Doneraile Lady F. Barnardiston, on her marriage, by the Coun tess of Dartmouth. Miss Barnardiston, by her sister-in-law, Lady F. Bar nardiston Miss 11. Beach, by her mother, Lady H. Beach Mrs. Beach, on her marriage, by Lady H. Beach Lady E. Becher, on her marriage, by Lady A. Proby Mrs. Beecroft, by the Countess of Bandon Mrs. Benyon, on her marriage , by Lady Hulse Mrs. C. Berkeley, on her marriage, by Lady C. Mazes Miss Berkeley, by her aunt , Lady C. Manse Mrs. Berkeley, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Richmond Lady E. Bertie, by Frederica, Countess of Abingdon Mrs. Berners of Wolverstone, by Lady Henniker L a dy Bittlestone, by Mrs. V. Smith Lady A. Blackwood, on her marriage, by Lady Dufferin Miss Blanche Bonner, by her mother, Mrs. G. Bonner Lady Bridges, by Lady Kenyon Mrs. Brid man Si Miss Isabel Bridgen3an, by gmpson Miss Brooke, by the Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham Hon. Miss B ro wne, by Lady Kilmaine Hon. Mary Browne, by her mother, Lady Kilraaine Miss Alice Barges, by her mother, Lady Caroline Barges Miss Butler, by her aunt, the Countess of Lanesborough Lady Byles, by Lady Pollock Mrs. Henry Barnett, by Lady Churchill Lady Mary Bernard, by her mother, the Countess of Bandon Miss Barnett, by Lady Churchill. Miss Sibella Cameron, by her mother, Lady V. Cameron Mrs. Rivett Carnac, by the Marchioness To wnshend Miss Rivett Carnac, by her mother Miss Anna Rivett Carnac, by her mother Miss Carew, by Lady Willoughby de Broke Lady Chesham, by Lady Deere Lady Chichester, by Lady Hayes Miss Chichester, Lady Chichester Miss Jane Congreve, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Congreve Miss Augusta Congreve, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Congreve Lady Francis Conyngham, by the Countess of Mount Charles Mrs. Chas. Coocb, on her marriage, by Lady Maclaine Mrs. Reginald Corbet, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Grey Egerton Miss Alice Corry, hy her mother, Lady Harriet Corry Miss Cotes, by Lady Louisa. Cotes. Miss Amelia Lucy Cotton, by Viscountess Combermere Mrs. Couper, by Lady Couper Miss Beauclerk Coventry, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Coventry Mrs. Craufard, of Craufurland, by Viscountess Ingestre Lady Louisa Crichton, by the Countess of Erne Hon. Augusta Crofton, by her mother, Lady Crofton Miss Croft, by Lady Denman Miss Margaret Cuniughame, by her mother, Mrs. Cun inghaine of Lainsbaw. Miss durteis, by her mother, Mrs. Fitzroy Campbell Hon. Mrs. Curzon, by Countess Howe Miss Harriette Curzon, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Edward Curzon Mrs. Fitzroy Campbell, by the Hon. Lady Phipps Lady Alfred Spencer Churchill, on her marriage, by Lady Feversbam Miss Albinia Cameron, by her mother, Lady Vere Cameron The Hon. Mrs. Dalrymple, on her marriage, by Viscoun tess Dalrymple Lady De Burgh, by Lady Elinor Cavendish Mrs. John Dent Dent, by Mrs. Mitford Mrs. J. T. Devereux, by Lady Caroline Lascelles Mrs. C. Wriothesley Digby, by the Countess of Verula,m Miss Divett, by Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss Emily Divett, by Lady Charlotte - Schreiber Mrs. Wickham Drake, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Norfolk Miss Dugdale, by her mother, Mrs. Dugdale Miss Anne Dundas, by her mother, Mrs. Dundas Dur ham The Hon. Laura Edwardes, by Lady Henniker Miss Anna Sophia Eyre, by Lady Hulse The Countess of Ellesmere by the Marchioness of West minster Mrs. Peter Fairbairn, by Lady Mary Vyner Miss Robins Fairbairn, by her mother, Mrs. Peter Fair bairn Miss Elizabeth Fairbairn, by her mother, Mrs. Peter Fairbairn Mrs. Fan., by the Countess of Macclesfield Mrs. Henry Fane, by Viscountess Ebrington Lady Ida Fielding, by her sister, Lady Mary Fielding Miss Fitzmaurice, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Fitz maurice Mrs. Fleming, by Lady Camoys Mrs. Lamorock Flower, by Lady MaclaineMrs. Mrs. Ford, by the Countess of ably° tliFs Forster, by the Hon. Lady Phipps Miss Mary iortescue, by her mother, Lady Louisa For ,eactie The Hon. Mrs. Fraser, on her marriage, by the Duchess )fi Manohester Ahiss Frobisher, by Viscountess Combermere Alm Garnett, by the Countess of Vernlam Mrs. Gillon (of Wallhouse), by the Countess of Rosebery sl 1 : 359, dr i rE e sst s ..o K :Geo a e io t d h rsg a me r Katharine Gladstone, I G bdy l s a mß d i s at t rh o o n ,nb e e , yi s sbLdyaedhyGe Mary I da: rny mother,ia Mrs. Stephenson Jo h n 'Lady Geo. Gordon, on her marriage, by Lady Chesham Mies Mary Gosling, by her mother, Mrs. Robert Gosling Miss Graham, by her mother, Mrs. Graham, of Airth iMrs. Thomas W. Greene, by Lady Turner. 'Lady Grey, on her return from the Cape of Good Hope, )11Countess Grey Mrs. Brook e Greville, on her marriage, by the Countess )4 Ellesmere 'Lady Theodora Grosvenor, by the Marchioness of estminster Miss 7Hamilton, by Lady Harriet Hamilton Ef Miss andcock by Lady Castlemaine Miss Alice Handcock, by Lady Castlemaine Lady Victoria Hare, by Lady Augusta Proby Mrs. H a r woo d, by le Duchess of Richmond I l r f i r s s e . o u n Bateson tess ria w Harvey, arden b , y the by Lady Marchioness Charlotte Copley op h l e a y n d o s 1 Hon. Mrs. Charles Hay, on her marriage, by the lonntess of Kinnonl Mrs. Henry William Hay, by Mrs. Brydges-Clarke ' Miss Hay, by her sister, Mrs. Henry William Hay Miss Adelaide Hay, by Lady Graham Montgomery Lady Hazlerigg, by Countess Howe Miss Hazlerigg, by her mother, Lady Hazlerigg Mrs. Edmund Hsathcote, by Lady l'akington Viscountess Hereforl, on her marriage, by her sister-in w, Mrs. Russell Stanhope Miss Maria Herachell, by the Hon. Mrs. Alex. Gordon -IMiss Washington Hibbert, by her mother, Mrs. Washing an Hibbert Hen. Caroline Hood, by her mother, Viscountess Hood Miss Caroline Hopkinson, byher mother, Mrs. Hopkinson Mrs. Hopwood, on her marriage, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Coventry 1 Lady Victoria Fitzalan-Howard, by the Duchess of ITerfoik ~ Miss Adelaide Howard,' by her mother, Mrs. E. Howard 1 Mrs. John Humpbreys, by Lady John Somerset Mrs. Hutchings, by Lady Downes The Countess of Ilchester, on her marriage, by the ountess of Shelburne i Miss Ireland, by her mother, Mrs. Ireland 1 Mrs. Charles Johnstone, by Lady Perry . i Mrs. Frederick Johnstone, by Lady Dundas Lady Jones (of Cranmer) by the Marchioness Townehend Lady Alice Kerr, by her mother, the Marchioness owager of Lothian Mrs. Noel Lake, by Mrs. Henry Tremenheere Mrs. Langley, by the Duchess of Richmond Miss Emma Lawrence, by her mother, Mrs. Lawrence. Mrs. Charles Lee, by Airs. Milner Gibson Miss Lee, by her mother, Mrs. Charles Lee Miss Legard by the Hon. Lady Legard Mrs. John Leslie, on her marriage, by Mrs. Leslie Mies Lewes, by Lady Bailey Hon. Harriett Liddell, by Lady Hamilton Seymour Lady Frances Lindsay, by the Countess of Wicklow .Mrs. Lister, by Mrs. Marmadnke Constable-Maxwell Miss Locook, by Mrs. Charles Cary Barnard Miss Macdonald Lockhart, by her mother, Lady Mac donald Lockhart Mrs. Long, by Mrs. Herbert Marchioness of Lothian, by the Marchioness Dowager of Lothian Miss Drury 1113WO, by the Hon. Mrs. Curzon. Mss Caroline Drury Lowe, by the Hon. Mrs. Curzon Mrs. Lush, by Lady Chelmsford Mrs. Daniel Lysons, by the Hon. Mrs. Alexander Gor don Miss Louisa M'Alpine, by her mother, Mrs. M'Alpine I Miss Leila M'Alpine, by her mother, Mrs. M'Alpine Mrs. Berkeley Macpherson, by Lady John Somerset Mrs. Charles Maguiac, on her marriage, by Mrs. Vernon Smith Mrs. John Southeote Mansergh, by Viscountess Ingestre Mrs. James Manning, by Mrs. Charles Cary Barnard Mrs. Martin, by Lady Pakington Mrs. Marsh, by Mrs. Sotherton Esteourt Mi.s Helena Maxwell, by Mrs. Marmaduke Constable Maxwell Miss Agatha Maxwell, by Mrs. Marmaduke Constable Max well Mrs. Edward Colbourn Mayne, by the Marchioness Townshend Miss Theodosia Mayne, by her mother, Mrs. Mayne The Hon. Mrs. Leslie Melville, by the Hon. Lady Phipps Miss Julia Leslie Melville, by her mother, the Hen. Mi s. Leslie Melville Miss Charlotte Mills, by the Hon. Mrs. Spencer Ponsouby Miss Amy Miles, by her mother, Mrs. Miles Miss Georgina Atkinson Millard, by Lady Machine Miss Agnes Mirehouse, by her sister. Mrs. Chas. Lewis Miss Macdonald Moreton, by Lady Rayleigh Miss Rose Mundy, by Lady Morgan Mrs. Nicholson, by Mrs. Backbouse Miss Nisbet, by Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor Miss Jane Nisbet, by Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor The Duchess of Norfolk, by Lady Foley Madame O'Donoughue, by her mother, Mrs. Ennis Mrs. Peacocke, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Richmond MTS. Peel, on her marriage, by the Countess of Jersey Mrs. Lee PerEherton, by Lady Methuen Mi-s Louisa Perry, by Lady Perry Lady G. Petre, on her marriage, by Mrs Petre Lady Catherine Petre, on her marriage, by Lady Emma Petre Mi 39 Florence Peters, by Lady Grey Egerton Mrs. Robert N. Philips, by her mother, Mrs. Ashton Yates Mrs Phillipeon, by the Dowager Lady Shelley Miss Georgina Pitt : , by Viscountess Combermere Mrs. Baden Powell, by Mrs. Ashton Yates Miss Helena Pollock, by her mother, Lady Pollock Miss Pressly, by Mrs. Wm. Gladstone Miss Phipps, by the Hon. Lady Phipps The Hon. Miss Wyndham Quin, on her marriage, by her mother, Lady Tyler Miss Henrietta Ravenhill, by her sister, Mrs. Pocock Mrs. Redmayne, by Mrs. John Greenwood Miss Redmayne, by her mother Miss Isabella Redmayne, by her mother Lady Rich, by Viscountess Hereford Mrs. Fred. Rich, on her marriage, by the Dowager Lady Shelley Lady Rollo, by the Countess of Camperdown Mrs. W. Anderson Rose, by Mrs. J. Anderson Rose Miss Pamela Rushout, by Lady Foley Miss Sartorius, by her mother, Lady Sartorius Miss Saumarez, by her step-mother, the Hon. Mis. San us area Miss Augusta Saumarez, by her step-mother, the lion. Mrs. Saumarez Lady Saye and Seele, on her marriage, by her mother, the Dowager Lady Leigh Mrs. Scott, of Gala, by the Duchess of Buccleuch Miss Isabella Seymour, by her mother, the Hon. Lady Seymour Mrs. Shapter, by Lai) , Byles Mrs. R. Smith, on her marriage ' by Lady Susan Smith Miss R. Smyth, by her mother, the lion. Mrs. R. Smyth Miss Smyth, by her mother, the Hon. Mrs. Smyth Lady Elizabeth St. Aubyn, on her ny by h e r mother, mother, the Marchioness Townshend Lady Geraldine Evelyn Stanhope, by her mother, the Countess of Harrington MI s. Steele, by Lady Charlotte Watson Taylor Mrs. Stepney Cowell Stepney, of Llanelly, on change of name, by the Countess of Lisburne Miss Annie Stephenson, by her mother, Lady Mary Stephenson Mrs. \Vm. Stevenson, by her mother, Lady Maria Saunderson Viscountess Stormont, on her marriage, by the Duchess of Richmond Mrs. Augustus Sullivan, on her marriage, by Lady Tyler Mrs. Sutton, by the Countess of Mayo Miss Frances Sutton, by Mrs. Sutton Miss Margaret Stonor, by Lady Camoys Mrs. Walter Spencer Stanhope, on her marriage, by the Countess of Roseberry Lady Gertrude Talbot, by her mother, Countess Talbot Mre. H. G. Teesdale, by the Duchess of Richmond Miss Teesdale, by the Duchess of Richmond Miss Mary Thackery, by her mother, Lady Elizabeth Thaekeray Miss Lucy Tower, by her mother, Lady Sophia Tower Miss Treherne, by Lady Charlotte Schreiber Miss Turnbull, by Mrs. T. G. Turnbull Mrs. George Vansittart, by Lady Sarah Lindsay Miss Emily Eden Vansittart, by Lady Downes. Lady Elizabeth Vaughan, by her mother, the Countess of Lisburne Miss Constance Walcott, by the Duchess of Norfolk Miss Rosa Walsh, by Lady Jane Walsh Mrs. Neville Ward, by her sister, Mrs. Ward Miss de Watteville, by Mrs George Bonner Lady Wharncliffe, by the Hon. Mrs. J. Stuart Wortley Miss Alice Wigram, by Mrs. James Wigram Miss Gweudolen Williams, by her mother, Mrs. Peers Williams Mrs. Willoughby, on her marriage, by her sister, the Hon. Mrs. Dudley Ward The Hon. Edith Bootle Wilbraham, by the Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham Mrs. Willson, by Mrs. Henry Fane Miss Wilson, of Cliffe, by her mother, Mrs. Wilson Miss Wodehouse, by her mother, Mrs. Herbert Wode house Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, by her mother, Mrs. Alex. Wood Miss Orby Wombwell, by Viscountess Hereford The Hon. Mrs. Francis Stuart Wortley, by the Hon. Mrs. James Stuart Wortley Miss Agnes Worsley, by her mother, Lady Worsley Miss Emma Worsley, by her mother, Lady Worsley Miss Wynne, by Lady Clermont The Queen and Prince Consort afterwards re turned to Buckingham Palace. eared After the Drawing-room the Queen, accomp by Princess Alice and Prince Arthur, drove o ut in a carriage and four . In atten dance were I Hon. Flora Macdonald, Lord Colville, and Major-Gen. the Hon. C. Grey. at- The Prince Consort rod e out on horseback, tended by Lieut.-Colonel_p o e n s r nby. 's dinner party in- Iu the evening her I eluded the Duchess of KeAontajtheYDuke and Duchess Minister and Madame of Bnccleucb, the Hans Rucker, the Earl and Coun ess of Durham, Lady Fanny Howard, the Bishop of London, Lord and Lady Raglan, Lady Peel, the Hon. Francis Stonor, and Lieut.-Colonel,E wart, 93d Highlanders. SERIOUS EXPLOSION OF FIRE-DAMP NEAR BARNS LET,A t half-past eleven o'clock yesterday (Tuesday), a serious explosion of firedamp took place at the Woombwell Main Colliery, one of the largest in the South Yorkshire coal district, and less than a mile from Lundbill. Ten persons were more or less injured, Forty-two officers of reiimients and depot talions have a:rived at Hythe, and are now Un, going a course of instruction at the school of ketry. Yesterday the sick and wounded troops bele., ing to the 14th Light Dragoonse, 33d, 64th, .74 Highlanders, 78:h Highlanders, 83d, 86th, 89th, 4 , and 96th Regiments, who have recently:tOurned from India, were medically inspected at Port Pitt, ; Chatham, when 86 non-commissioned officers and men who were found unfit for further sei vice were recommended for inspection by a Chelsea board, previously to receiving their discharge. Fifty non-commis-ioned officers and men of ,the . 20th Regiment, under the command of Capt. W. L. D. Meares, of that corps, have proceeded from Chatham Garrison to Clonmel, for the purpose of joining the second battalion of that regiment, which is now being formed at that station. The men for the second battalion of the 24th R-giment are un der orders to proceed from Chatham to Dover. R-inforcemenis to the number or 4 b ,sa•d• 1.000 men for the Bth (the King's), 10th, 19t1., 23d„.• (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), 24th; 29th , 32d, '3sth, 431 (Light Infantry), 52d (Light Infantry), 53d, 61st, 70th, 75th, 81st, 84th, and 94th Regiments are ordered to be held in readiness at Chatham. to . embark for India. The Bri'annia, 120, will prepare for the service of the naval cadets' instruction at Portsmouth, un der the command of Capt. R. Harris, and the 3cia • ths of the Illustrious will tur n ov er to t he above named ship as soon as she is prepared for their re caption. The Cornet, Government steam tug, Mr. Seager in command, hauled oat of No. 1 dock at Ports mouth yesterday morning, where she has under- • gone an efficient repair. The Echo, Government steam tug, Mr. Harding in command, hauled into No. 1 dock yesterday afternoon at the Portsmouth Dockyard for'exatni nation and repa'rs. . . The Fire Qai en, 2, paddle steam tender, Master Commander F. r. Paul, having undergone an efficient repair, hauled off from her moorings up to Portsmouth Harbour. The Forward, screw gun boat, Lieut. Com mander Davies, arrived at Elavannah on the 7th ult., from a cruise.. The Goshawk, screw gun boat, arrived at , Greenock on Monday last. The ilogue, GO, screw, arrived in the Clyde on the 3d inst , and was anchored off the tail of the banks. The Pie my, 3, paddle, Master Commander John sou, received on board yesterday afternoon, at the Pr Ttsmouth Dockyard, Lieut. Brydges and Lieut. Foster, 3 sergeants, 2 corporals, 2 bombardierp, and 43gentanrs, belonging to the Royal Marine Ar tillery, to couvey the same to Plymouth, there to re-embark for service at the Isle of Ascension. The Styx, 6 paddle sloop, Commander Vesey, arrived at Havannah on the 7th ult. - from a cruise. The T•=rtar, 20, screw corvette Capt. Dunlop, arrived - at Antigua on the 30th March from St. Croix, and left on the Bth ult. for St. Thomas. The Topaz, 50, screw, will be' launched from Devonport-yard on Wednesday, the 12th inst., pre cisely at five p.m. The public will be admitted, as usual, into the dockyard, and on board the sh i ps in ordinary commanding a view of the launch. The lighthouses on the Breakwater and Eddy stone are to form the measured distance for the trial of the rate of speed for her Majesty's steam ships at Plymouth. / The Victory, flag ship, Captain G, H. Seymour, C. 8., received on board, yesterday, her new ar- , mament of 32-pounders, seven feet in length, and weighing 34 cwt. average, in exchange for her old 18-pounders, which were worn out. The present guns being shorter, will enable the boys to work them to greater advantage ; at the same time, the saluting power will be increased. The Victory is not yet in a position to receive visitors on board ; but in another fortnight the sight-seers will receive a hearty welcome from the officers of that " ever memorable ship" in which Nelson breathed his last. The Marlborough, 131, Captain Lord F. H. Kerr, flag of Vice-AdMiral'Arthiar Fanshawe, C. 8., fitting oot for the Mediterranean sta ion, will go out of Purtsaiouth Harbour the next spring tides to make a trial of her engines. She is all a-taut and looks remarkably formidable and handsome. The Duke of Wellington, 131, Captain H. Eyres, C. 8., flag of Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Grey, superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, has her topgallant masts up and all ready for being rat lined ch:wn. The training ship at Portsmouth for young offi cers on passing the College is to be increased iu " establishment." The Illustrious, sailing two decker, Captain Robert Harris, is at present, and has been for some time, doing this duty, but the Admiralty think a three-decker needful, and we believe the Illustrious, 72, will give place to the Camperdown, 104. The Sprighly and Pigmy steam tenders em barked detachments of Royal Alarine Artillery yesterday afternoon at Portsmouth, and left them for Plymouth, where they will be transhipped for Ascension. The Dasher steamvessel, Commander lore, ar rived at Portsmouth yesterday morning for Jersey, to he refitted. The following officers have been appointed to her Majesty's ship Wellesley on her being recommis sioned at a:M.olam :—Charles H. Dillon, master ; D. G. Miller, surgeon ; John Moody, additional surgeon ; William Weaver, paymaAer ; Richard Allen, additional payrnastt-r ; William Hobbs, as sistant surgeon ; James N. Dick, additional assist ant-surgeon ; John Grandy, second master ; James Munchin, :econd master ; Wi'liatu E. Allen, assist ant paymaster ; Charles H. Stone, clerk ; Daniel David Hamilt,n, The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. F. Nicholson, to the Bruhswiclz; Henry A. Trollope, mate, to the Earya lus ; Alex. Tupman, G. R. [lope, and the Hon. A. Cadogan, midshipmen, t U the Euryalus ; W. R. Jocelyn, Semour Smith, Samuel Long, Edward L. Green, John Hope, and W. J. L. Wharton, naval cadets, to the Euryalus ; J. W. Soady, assistant clerk, to the Impregnable. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THB WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar General.) The deaths registered in London in the first three weeks of April were successively 1,221, 1,207, and 1,144 ; in the last week ending Saturday, May 1, they were 1,125. In the ten years 1848-57 the average number of deaths in the weeks correspond ing with last week was 1,045 ; but as the deaths in the pres,mt return occurred in an increased popu lation they should be compared with the average, after the latter is raised in proportion to the in crease—a correction which will make it 1,149. The deatis of last week were, ttierefore, less by 24 than the number which the average rate of mortality would have produced. The births returned for the same time exceed the deaths by 592. The last two returns show a decrease in deaths by zymotic diseases from 262 to 254, and in those by "local" diseases, which include diseases of the respiratory organs, from 477 to 444. Whooping cough still predominates in the zymotic class, and caused 69 deaths, a number which, however, is not so great as those of some previous weeks. Measles was fatal in 54 cases, scarlatina in 32, typhus in 31. Out of 11 deaths registered in the sub-district of St. James, Byrnaondsey, five were from measles, one from scarlatina, and two from whooping cough ; and in Rotherbithe, out of 10 registered, one was from measles, three from scarlatina, two ft orn whooping - cough, and one from typ hus ; t!vo thirds of the total mortali t y in the two sub-districts were caused by diseases of the e p idemic character. n _ Eleven persons died last w th e . lolfttderiardrihseceas,e awads two of "English choler a ;" to a boy fatal to a girl alter 12 hours' idnesbs who died after an illness of GIO tatriliciduration. Amongst remarkable caleesd following :—A. grocer, aiai i 2 n d t iesa years, tu d r i e n d a i r n e e the gowed false teeth during his g p e ict f o r u m m t ; h a e sequence of having stomach • , a pain d e sleep, which .ptroardwittivld woman died after f ew col r i b c: livery by the Caesarian opera %idler in the University Col a pital, froinsa gunshot ' wound he had re ceived at the stoiming of the Redan. The names of four nonagenarians, all widows, were inscribed in the registas, the oldest of whore died at 6, Boot. strLeeats,t Ilotcton Old Town, at the age of 98 years. week the births of 851 boys and 866 girls— in all 17 17 c hildren were registered in London. In weeks of the year 1848 57 the the ten ave rcaogrer numberespo corresponding w a s 1643. THE STRENGTH OF THE INDIAN NAVY.—According to a Parliamentary return lately issued, it appears that the East India Company's navy consists of 13 steam frigate?, 13 steam packets, and 6 sailing ships. The _armament of these ships is, however, comparatively insignificant. Two of the frigates carry 10 heavy 68-pounders ; one carries two 68 pounders and two long 32-pounders ; one carries five 63-pounders, two long 32-pounders, one 12 and five 10 pounders ; one carries four long 68-pounders, two ling 32-pounders, two 12 pounder brass howitzers, and two field pieces ; one carries four 68-pounders and four light 32-pounders. Three of the sailing vessel! carry 12 medium 32-pounders each. The armament of the rest merely consists of one or two guns to e . sch na b v l y The total armament of all the ships consists of 39 heavy 68-pounders, 14 18-pounders, 23 12-pounders, 22 9 pound in: the lethanundere and 51 medium and light 32-pound7erlos,ng4 2.7;opPto°lll;2= brass 8-pounders, and 4 swivels. APPETITE AND DIGESTrON IMPROVED. ILEA and. 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Tickets to be had at Messrs. Chapman and Hall's, Publishers, 193, Picca dilly; and at St. Martin's Hall, Long Acre.