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, _ l/ ~~2.--L_ -mac NEI, SPAPER / 7 z # y, ~, ~ r P 7 . 21 r tly-c • I O . I - • ~~~ ~~~ THE WHITTINGTON FREEHOLD ESTATH AND COLLIERY COMPANY (Limited.) Registered pursuant to the Joint-Stock Companies Act, 1856-7, by which the liability of Shareholders is limited to their subscriptions. Capital £60,000, in 12,000 shares of £5 each. Deposit on application £1 per share, and £1 on allotment, but no further call will be made until after 12 months, when the remainder will be called at intervals of not less than six months, as and when required. , John Brown, Esq., Rose DI HiII, RECTORS Chesterfield, Director of the Union Bank, Sheffield. Henry Rangeley,"Esq., Unston Ironworks, Sheffield. William Tuxford, Esq., 106, Upper Thames-street, London. P. R. Pierce, Esq., Whittington, Chesterfield. Robert Simpson, Esq., 4, Charlotte-row, London, Blaine Ironworks, Monmouthshire. John Stanton, Esq., 21. D:, Upper George-street, Bryanstone square. BANKERS. Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith, London. Messrs. Crompton, Newton and Co., Chesterfield. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Tucker, Greville and Tucker, 28, St. Swithins's-lane. William Clayton, Esq., Solicitor, Chesterfield. AUDITORS. Messrs. Harding, Pullein and Co., Public Accountants, Loth • bury London. Mr. H enry Osborne, Chesterfield Bank. BROKERS. 'London—Messrs. Scrntton and Son, 81, Old Broad-street. Sheffield—Messrs. F. E. and S. Smith, George-street. Leeds —T. E. Mt, Park-row. Liverpool-3lessrs. Theakstone and Hargreaves, India buildings ; and J. W. S. May, Dale-street. Manchester—Messrs. Johnson and Son, Stock Exchange. Bristol—Mr. John Kempson Thomas. H. R. Downman. • Offices- 27A, Buckleisiiiiry. -- This Company has been formed for the purchase of the freehold Landed 4 Estate of 152 acres, together with the Ma chinery, Plant, and the Coal, Ironstone, and Minerals, there under, as also under 119 acres of land adjoining, embracing five seams of first-rate coal, together nearly 000 acres, adapted for house, gas, coke, and manufacturing purposes. The property is situated in the parish of Whittington, near Chesterfield, on a branch of the Midland Railway, and near the Chesterfield Canal. The colliery is raising above 750 tons per week, which is con tracted for by highly respectable firms, whilst the machinery 18 Capable of raising 1,000 tons per week, and as soon as the lower seams are reached, the outlay for which is provided for in the capital of £60,000, at least 2,000 tons per week, inde pendently of the ironstone, will be raised. The present returns from the Land, Colliery, and Iron atone, after all deductions, will give a net profit of 16 per cent. to the Shareholders ; and when the workings are ex tended (within two years) nearly double that profit may be relied on. ytiie arrangements for the purchase, £20,000 remain on luortzage over a period of years, and not more than £2 will be called up for the first twelve months, and £2 during the second year, beyond which it is not expected further calls Will be made. Full particulars, together with the valuations and estimates of Messrs. Jeffcock and Walker, Haslehurst, and others, and the calculations of an experienced Mineral Agent, will appear in the prospectus, which, with Forms of Application, may be bad at the Offices of the Company, and the respective Solici tors and Brokers, to whom applications for Shares are to be addressed. . NEAPOLITAN EXILES.—The following COMMITTEE has been FORMED to RECEIVE CON TRIBUTIONS for the relief of the 67 Neapolitan Exiles who have landed on our shores in circumstances of great desti tution : • The Earl of SHAFTESBURY, Chairman. The Marquis of Lansdowne The Hon. A. Kinnard, M.P. The Marquis of Townshend The Dean of St. Paul's The Earl of Carlisle The Dean of Westminster The Earl of Harrowby Thos. Bazley, Esq., M.P. The Earl Granville W. Beaumont, Esq., M.P. The Earl of Durham W. Brown, Esq., M.P. The Earl of Ripon Sir B. Brodie, Bart.' The Earl of Zetland The Mayor of Cork The Earl of Clarendon C. De la Pryme, Esq, _The Viscount Palmerston John Dillon, Esq. -Lord John Russell Sir James Duke, Bart. The Lord Bishop of London Charles Dickens, Esq. Lord Overstone James Clay, Esq., M.P. Lord Helper Russell Ellice, Esq., M.P. Lord Calthorpe Sir James Ferguson, Bart. Lord Lyndhurst John Forster, Esq. Lord, Cranworth Thos. Fairbairn, Esq. "Lord Broughton Mines Gaskell, Esq., M.P. The Chief Justice of the Com- George Carr Glyn Esq., M.P. Mon Pleas C. Pascoe Grenfeli, Esq., M.P. The Master of the Rolls J. B. Heath, Esq., Consul- The Recorder of the City of General for Sardinia _ London W. J, Higgins, Esq. The Attorney-General for J. P. Heywood, Esq. _lreland, M.P. T, B. Horsfall, Esq., M.P. The Right Hon. W. Cowper, Sir H. Holland, Bart. M.P. K. D. Hodgson, Esq., M.P. The Right Hon. E. Ellice,M.P. Austin H. ayard, Esq. The Right Hon. Sir Geo. Grey, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, M.P. pi , Bart., M.P. Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P. 4 he Right Hon. H. Labon- R. Monckton Milnes,Esq.M.P. chere,M.P. Sir R. Murchison, Bart. The Right Hon. T. Milner W. Miles, Esq., M.P. Gibson. M.P. Samuel Morley, Esq. The Right Hon. W. E. Glad- Edward Romilly, Esq. stone, M.P. _ A. G. Robarts, Esq. The Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Wm. Roupell, Esq., M.P. ,_llall, Bart., M.P. Ker Seymer, Esq., M.P. The Right Hon. Ed. Horsmaii, Wm. Stirling, Esq., M.P. ALP. Colonel Smyth, Esq., M.P. The Right Hon. R. Vernon W. Tite, Esq., M.P. Smith, M.P. W. M. Thackeray, Esq. The Right Hon. James Stuart J. Tollemache, Esq., M.P. „Wortley, M.P. Aspinall Turner, Esq., M.P. The Right Hon. Sir D. Dundas Wilbraham Taylor, Esq. The following subscriptions Marq.ofLansdowne £lOO 0 0 Earl of Durham 100 0 0 arl Fortescue 25 0 0 Earl... of Zetland 100 0 0 visct. Palmerston 100 0 0 Lord J. Russell 20 0 0 Lord O verstone 100 0 0 1 3.1 r B. Hall, Bart 50 0 0 Ramsden, t 50 0 0 Coun tP. E. DeStize • lecki Sight Hon. Edward Ellice M.P 5O 0 0 41 Vit Hon. J. S Wortley,_ _M. P. Ja.on. A. Kinnaird, M.P 5O 0 0 Waldegrave 2 2 0 The Mayor of Cork 100 0 0 Baker, Major H. C. 1 0 0 Cook, G. H., Esq 1 1 C. L. L 5 0 0 Davidson, J., Esq 3O 0 Deasy, Mr. Serjeant, M, Dilke, C. W., Esq 5 5 0 Geary, Francis,Esq 1 0 0 Gray, Mrs. J. E . 50 0 lianson, S., Esq. .. 20 0 A l liggins, J. M., Esq. 10 10 0 zeffs, W . Esq., . 20 0 Lawrence, W. J., Esq. ....."ray, J. B. Esq 1 1 0 melly, G., Esq. *Cullock, Jas. M , 5 0 0 atilnes, R. Esq , 25 0 0 -rrobyn, J. W., Esq 2 2 0 ltathbone, W., Esq jun £lo 0 0 1 A second List of Subscriptions will be published on Sa turday next. Contributions will be received by Messrs. Ransom, Bou eerie, and Co., 1, Pall-mall East ; at the office, 118, Pall-mall, 8 .W., and by all the City Bankers. A. KINNAIRD, Treasurer. A. PANIZZI, Hon. Sec. 118, Pall-mall, S.W., March 15. Lave been received : Reeve, Henry, Esq. 50 0 Spicer, Henry, Esq. 2 2 0 Todd, C, R. Esq 5 0 0 Thornely, J., Esq 014 0 W. J. C 0 5 0 Ewart, Wm., Esq , - 31. P 5 0 0 Fortescue, Hon. D F., 31. P 1 0 0 Norcott, Maj.-Gen 1 0 0 Robinson, Captain, R.N 2 0 0 Stuart, Lord John 5 0 0 J. B. Heath, Esq 5O 0 0 W. B, Beaumont, 5 00 5 00 Eaci., M.l• 50 0 0 Lord Broughton . 50 0 0 Right Hon. R. V Smith James Yates, Esq. 2 2 0 The Earl of Shaftes- bury_ lO 10 0 MB.!Btorefall, Esq., M.P , 50 0 0 Right Hon. W. E Gladstone, 111. P 25 0 0 Sir R. Brownrigg, a a a Bart. W. Sim, Esq. Lord Townshend lO 10 0 H. P. Smith, Esq 5 5 0 J. F. Clark, Esq. Ernest Hart, Esq 1 1 0 Rev. J. R. Young and his Children 2 10 0 Darby Griffith, Esq. 5 0 0 L. Horner, Esq 2 2 0 A. Panizzi, Es q 2O 0 0 D Hanbury, Esq 5 0 0 Hrs. Henry Boyce 2 0 0 W. Foster, Esq . lO 0 0 I"CONOMY.—A TEN GALLON CA SK 0— (equal to Ave Dozens) of the finest SOUTH AFRICAN ~"tiERRY, for Four Guineas, or 20s. per Dozen ; best PORT, 48 . per Dozen. Cask or Bottles and Case included. Three Dozens Carriage Free. HENEKEYS', ABBOTT, and Co., 'du Isra„POed rters, 22 and 23, High Holborn, London, W.C. Rota el 1831. RENEKEYS' COGNAC, a pure FRENCH Dozen, BRANDY, Pale or Brown, 20s. per Gallon ; 425. per RENEKEYS' LONDON BRANDY, Pale or Brown, 14s. Per Gallon ; 30s. p er Dozen. TIENEKEYS' LONDON GIN, as from the Still and the Strongest allowed, sweet or dry, 12s. per Gallon ; 265. per I)4 :nen. , Packages to be returned within Three Months, or charged Pa 48. id per Gallon. Six Gallons, the cask included, and carriage Country orders must contain a remittance. HENEKEYS, ABBOTT, AND CO., Gray's Inn Distillery, 22 and 23, High Holborn, London, W.C. Established 1831. • 3, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET, W. 1)R. M. R. CULVERWELL and SON, Mem ber„,. of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apothecaries' Hall, London. Dr. C was originally apprenticed to his brother, and assisted hie brother's will) by the present executors, SOLE SUCCES SOR TO THE PRACTICE, which he carried on in Argyll ram five years, and has now removed to 3, Great Marl rough-street, W., London. . Vide WILL, Somerset House. [Just published, price ls. : by post, 13 stamps, 18 sealed,' ?Nor 1. HEALTH, HAPPINE S S, and LONGEVITY; on Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion, with Dietaries for both Sexes, and Analyses of all Food. No. 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments; Love and other Matches. Removal of Sterility, and Healthy Off spring secured. No. S. CASE BOOB: 100 Cases of Spermatorrhcea, Causes, Symptoms, and Treat ment, Cauterisation, and Galvanism. On March Ist, 1859, will be Published, with Plates, No. 4, An entire new and SELVESOUR ork, entitled Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our generation The Origin of Disease in both Sexes ; their Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exp osition of, and Remedy for, all Urinary derangements and Marital disqualifications, To be had of Mann, Cornhill ; and the Author. • Consultations daily, 11 till 5 ; Evening, 7 till 9. Sundays till 1. To the Working Classes only, Morning and Evening, 9 till 10. Advice and Medicine, Half-a-Guinea. ON MEDICAL GALVANISM Dr THE TREATMENT OF NERVOUS DEBILITY, ORGANIC WEAKNESS, &c. JUst - published. price ls., post free, 13 stamps , SELF-PRESERVATION' A Medical Treatise on NERVOUS DEBILITY and FUNCTIONAL wEAKNESS. more particularly in reference to the INFIR VIIT 'Es and DISORDERS of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM; tracing the Origin of these distressing afflictions to causes Which vitiate the very fountains of Life and prematurely de stroy. the vigour of Manhood. With Practical Observations on. the Cure of these Diseases, and on the extraordinary re storative power of LOCAL GALVANISM in Spermatorrhcea, impotence, and Sterility, in which eases it is applied without Dain or danger, and is frequently successful without the aid of medicine. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, 3t.D., 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Registered Licentiate of the London Society of Apothecaries, Doctor of Medicine of the University of Erlangen, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society. lize. An erroneous impression exists that public announcements on these disorders emanate only from unqualified persons, but as the new Medical Act provides that none but registered practitioners shall assume any medical title, those that are Dally qualified can readily be distinguished—a point of great importance in cases where secrecy, confidence, and skill are equally requisite. In the new edition of `Self-Preservation,' facts of para tnOunt utility are brought together—facts appealing to the Prudence of all who are suffering from affections which in volve the enfeeblement and ultimate loss of those powers Without which man forfeits the dignity of nature, and sinks to the most pitiable depths of physical and moral degradation. In cases where the vital essences have been weakened by the Influences of tropical climates, by pernicious habits, indiscri minate excesses, improper diet, hardship, or by iniudicious treatment, the means of cure adopted by the author, in con- Junction with the application of Local Galvanism, have gene rally been found successful, even in cases where recovery had u een prnounced impossibe. Publis o hed by the Author, l price Is., or free by post for thir teen stamps, and may be had of Allen, Warwick-lane, Pater noster-row, London ; Westmacott, chemist, Market-street, Manchester ; J, Guest, Bull-street, Birmingham; Baraclough, Fa • rgate, Sheffield ; Rayner, High-street, Southampton ; W. 'v 4 ; Muoch-square, Glasgow ; H. Powell, Westmoreland- S treet, Dublin, or from the Author, who may be consulted Lail.Z, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight, at his mailaWs 47, liagfinkaquarel Lcadva. RUPTURE S. 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" The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object , than to fill their own pUrnoo. Tho difference between true Sycluicaturiliwa lima the various forms of disease which resembleit are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. OINOP OLION TAVERN AND HOTEL FOR GENTLEMEN, Nes. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn. 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ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Extraordinary GENERAL MEETINGS of this Society will be held at Rad ley's Hotel, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, on SATURDAY. the 19th March, and SATURDAY, the 2d April, at Two o'clock precisely, for the purpose of declaring a Bonus, and on other business. ALIEXR. MACDONALD, Secretary. BANK OF DEPOSIT, Established A.D. 1844, 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Capital Stock, £lOO,OOO. Parties desirous of investing money are requested to ex amine the Plan of the Rank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. Deposits made by special agreement may be withdrawn without notice. The interest is payable in January and July, PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for opening accounts sent free on application. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITU TION.—The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of this INSTITUTION will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsg,ate-street, TO-MORROW, Thursday, the 17th inst., at Two o'clock precisely. In the absence of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, President of the Society, The Right Hon. Sir JOHN S: PAKINGTON, Bart., M.P., First Lord of the Admiralty, has kindly consented to take the Chair. RICHARD LEWIS, Secretary. 14, John-street, Adelphi, March 16, 1859. V.R.-TOWER.-SALE OF SADDLERY, HARNESS, WOOD, AND OLD STORES. BY Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE for WAIL—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on Monday, the 21st of March, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, the follow ing stores:—Saddlery, Harness, Wood, Files, ;Leather, Cloth ing, Stoves, Canvas, Rags, and Miscellaneous Stores. May be viewed, from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the three working days previous to the sale, and Catalogues obtained at the War-office, Pall-mall; at the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH.—REFUSE WOOD. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, S.W., 7th March, 1859. 1- OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Sealed Tenders will be received at this Office, on or before Thursday, the 24th instant, for the purchase of the under mentioned Wood, now at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, viz..— 5 stacks of OAK, containing 223 cords. 3 stacks of ASH, containing 77 cords. 6 stacks of ELM, containing 86 cords. 1 stack of BEECH, containing 8 cords. 1 stack of FIR, containing 27 cords. 3 stacks of REFUSE, containing 169 cords. The person whose Tender is accepted, will be required to pay for the wood before removal, and any remaining in the Royal Arsenal, after ten days from the datd of acceptance of tender, will be forfeited. The Tenders must be made upon the proper printed form, which may be obtained on application at this office, or to the Principal Military Storekeeper at the Royal _Arsenal. THOMAS HOWELL, Direttor of Contracts. HANDEL COMMORATION.—TICKET NOTICE.—The Office at Exeter Hall will be opened to the Patrons of the Festivul, and the Public generally, from and after Ten o'Clock this Day, for the issue of Vouchers for Tickets, which for the present may be selected from the Numbered Plan. Immediate application is requisite to secure the best seats. Exeter Hall, March 16th. MR. T. MASON JONES (late of Trinity College, Dublin) will deliver his Second and Third ORATIONS, at WILLIS'S ROOMS, on the following Evenings :—TO-MORROW, THURSDAY, March 17, subject —MILTON, the PATRIOT, STATESMAN, and WRITER. TUESDAY next, March 22—GRATTAN, and the WITS and ORATORS of the IRISH PARLIAMENT. Commencing at half-past 8, and terminating at 10 o'clock. Stalls, ss. ; reserved seats, 3s. ; back seats, ls.—At all the principal music warehouses and libraries, and of Robert W. 011ivier, 19, Old Bond-street, Piccadilly, W. LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT LAND-STREET. This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the public, for the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES. The Photographic Establishment, Aviary, Conservatory, General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their several departments. ADMISSION FREE. ARGYLL -ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly. These popular and celebrated rooms are open every evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris. Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet .-p player,' performs nightly, with other talented artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha. Manager, IL R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close ten minutes before 12. Admission, ls. to Promenade. ••-• N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and Balls, to be made to Mr. William Price, treasurer, at the Rooms. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS (formerly Casino de Venise), HIGH HOLBORN.—Mr. W. M. PACKER'S GRAND ANNUAL BENEFIT BAL MASQUE will take place TO-MORROW, the 17th March, at this magnificent establishment, being POSITIVELY THE LAST THIS SEASON.. The distinguished visitors who honour this grand fete with their presence are respect fully informed that the Ball Room will be tastefully and elegantly decorated ; and the Celebrated Band, under the direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, will perform a series of Novelties arranged expressly for the occasion. The supper, which will combine every delicacy in season, will be served at one o'clock. No gratuitous adfnissions will be given. Gentlemen's tickets, 108. ; Ladie's ditto, ss. Supper, ss. each. Doors open at half-past nine; overture at ten punctually. N.B.—Mr. Nathan, Castle-street, Leicester-square, is ap pointed sole costumier to the Bal.—Tickets may be obtained at Mitchell's, Royal Library, Old Bond-street; A. W. Ham mond's (Jullien and Co.), Regent-street ; J. A. Turner, 19, Poultry; and of Mr. Packer, 218, High Holborn. HOWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—The ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. Last week of the Rocky Mountain Wonders. These cele brated California perfomers, six in number, have never appeared in England. Their performance is so wonderful that it cannot be described.—Sprites of the Silver Shower. The celebrated horse Cruiser. "Black Eagle," the horse of beauty. Pit, ls. • Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 58.; Private Boxes, £ 2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price. Gallery, 6d. • Two Performances Daily at two and quarter before Eight p.m. WHAT are the Wild Waves saying? Keep up your Channel Fleet, and buy , your Teas of the East India Tea Company, where sound Tea, Black, Green, or Mixed, can be bought, in 61b bags, at 2s. per lb., and Coffee, in the Berry, at 10d.—Warehouse, 9, Great St. Helen's-church yard, Bishopsgate. EPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London.—This excellent preparation, originally pro duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps, homoeopathic chemist, London. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Open to the Sick Poor Night and Day. During the past month (February) 10,585 persons were re lieved. During the last year, 40,403. Since the foundation, in 1828, to 31st December, 1858,549,088. The Hospital is wholly dependent on legacies and volun tary contributions. The AID of the benevolent is urgently solicited. Contributions may be paid to Edward Masterman, Esq. Treasurer and banker, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, or at the Hospital, from 10 till s.—By order, STANFORD S. SMITH, See. PRESENTATION TO MR. JOHN VANDENHOFF.—A large number of gentlemen assembled at the residence of Mr. Mayer, Liverpool, on Saturday last, for the purpose of presenting to Mr. Vandenhoff, who has now retired from the stage, after a career of more than half a century, a testimonial of their esteem for him as a gentleman and n artist. The chair was taken by Wm. Preston, Esq., the mayor, and, at his request, Mr. Dignan, editor of the Liver• pool Chronicle, read a complimentary address. The testi monial was a splendid silver candelabra, manufactured by Mr. Mayer. After the usual proceedings Mr. Mayer in vited the company to a draught of wine from a cup which formerly belonged to David Garrick. [ADVERTISEMENT.] SIGHT AND HEARING. SPEC. TACLES.—POWERFITL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES..— Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albermarle-Street, Piccadilly. Observe— opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field, and general Out-door Day and Night Perspective Glasses, very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and 18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show dis tinctly a person to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles, and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses in preference to all others ; they are also pre ferred for deer-stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Telescopes 31 inches long, by which a per son may be clearly seen and known at 31 miles' and an object at 12 to 14 miles' distance; and with an extra astro nomical eye-piece, Jupiter's moons, Saturn's rings, and r the doutle 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 answer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera • houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, game keepers, and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. Tho great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation —can see with those lenses of a much less m agn ifying power, and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited et the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by statmg theirage. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful small newly-invented instrument for Deafness, entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unplea sant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re moved, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe — opposite the 'Yea gotta, W. THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL. FINSBURY. A meeting of a portion of the inhabitants of the Borough of Finsbury was held last evening at the Mechanics' Institution, Southampton-buildings, to consider the Government Reform Bill. Mr. D. M'DoNNELL took the chair, and said that the meeting had been called by the Finsbury Par liamentary Association, whose principles were re gistered manhood suffrage, vote by ballot, and a more appropriate distribution of the electoral dis tricts. Mr. WALLACE, a working man, moved, " That the Reform Bill, as introditeed by her Majesty's present Government, is utterly valueless, if not insulting to the nation, as it fails to recognise the claims and rights of the working classes, who are called upon to support the Government, to contribute their share to the expenses of the State, to man the navy, to recruit the army ; and that the only basis upon which a Reform Bill should be founded is that of residential registered manhood suffrage." Mr. WALL, another working man, seconded the resolution, and said that if the Government could not pass a satisfactory Reform Bill the working classes must take the subject into their own hands. (Cheers.) Mr. ELT spoke in support of the resolution. Mr. Cox, M.P., was called for and received with cheers. He apologised for the• Etbsence of Mr. Duncombe, and said he was desirous of calling the attention of the meeting to the question as to what was to be the conduct of the constituencies in the event of the Reform Bill being read a second time. Lord John Russell was a very old stager, but, although he (Mr. Cox) had been a citizen of Lon don for 15 years, he had never once given that noble lord a vote. He did not believe Lord John Russell to be a friend of the working classes, nor to be a Reformer at heart. (Cheers.) That noble lord, if again in office, would, as in 1832, bring in a bill to increase the power of the Whig aristocracy, caring nothing for the people. The only object Lord John Russell had in proposing an amendment on the second reading of the Reform Bill was to get the present Ministers out of office, but it was his (Mr. Cox's) intention - so to vote that Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston should be pinned to some certain course, that, in the event of the present Government being displaced, the interests of the people might be advanced. (Cheers.) The time had come when it behoved all real Reformers to speak out, and declare that they would support no Ministers, whether calling themselves Conserva tives or Liberals, who were not willing to grant to the people their full and fair share in the represen tation of the country. (Cheers.) He assured the meeting it was no pleasant thing to sit below the gangway in the House of Commons to repre sent the people, and there to be sneered at and scorned by the sons and nephews of dukes and lords. (Cheers.) But he was not to be disconcerted by aristocratic taunts, and it was his determina tion to tell Lord John Russell and Lord Palmer ton that neither the one nor the other would ever become the Minister of this great country unless the full rights of the people were fairly, properly, and honestly, granted. (Cheers.) After a few words from Mr. HYDE, the resolu tion was unanimously agreed to. On the motion of Mr. JACOB, seconded by Mr. RAYNER, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : _ . _ _ ... . " That, for the protection of the voter, it is essential the votes of electors should be taken by means of a carefully devised system of ballot ; that, as under the present exist ing law gross inequalities occur both as respects population and electors, recourse should be had to a fair and equitable distribution of electoral districts ; and, for the purpose of electors having more frequent opportunity of choosing their representatives, a shortening of the duration of Parliament is required." Petitions to Parliament embodying the foregoing resolutions were then agreed to; and, after a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting broke up. country starting forward in a fresh direction, in . the direction of progress, and intelligence, and knowledge—(cheers)—for it is by the know ledge and experience of the past that we are enabled to legislate wisely for the future. (Hear, hear.) What is this sudden outcry of alarm at the idea of reform, which, as the witty Examiner says, is not confined to the Tory party ? The Examiner says,—" To decry reform is now as much the fashion as crinoline"—(laughter)— and not exclusively in the Tory coteries ; for some of the old Whigs would be well pleased at the success of the proposed sham measure. It will be for the constituencies to keep a *sharp watch on members of this sort. They are easily distinguish able; they are full of professions of fair play, and abhorence of anything like faction ; and, above all things, they abominate John Bright." (Cheers.) There is an old proverb which says, " A word to the wise ; " I say, " A word to, the constituencies of Great Britain ;" for I can tell them that unless they express their opinions in no unequivocal terms, you, the people of England, will find yourselves jipped by the contending parties within the walls of the houses of Parliament, and you will find that instead of flinging out this disgraceful anti-Reform bill of the ministers which they have had the audacity to introduce, you will find some transaction by which the interests of liberty and of the people will be compromised. (Hear, hear.) Do you not s ee letters from eminent members to their constituents raising the bugbear of a threatened dissolution ? Do you believe, gentlemen, that the Tori es d are dissolve on the Reform cry ? (No, no.) No, not for their lives. (Cheers.) Why, gentlemen, I assert that if they dare to dissolve on such a question as that, they would have a Reform Parlia ment such as England has never seen since the time of the Long Parliament, to which my hon. friend, Mr. Alger, alluded early in the evening. (Cheers.) Do you suppose that the English people are degenerating or have degenerated, that they are to be bamboozled by false pretences such as these ? (No, no.) The species of disfranchisement,—l beg the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Ex chequer's pardon, disqualifications—(laughter)— proposed in this bill amounts in some of the counties to even 70 per cent. In Middlesex it is 70 per cent. ; South Lancashire, 00; North Cheshire, 25; North Durham, 45, and so on, making a total of no l e s s than 95,471 persons. Now, sir, this question is intimately connected with one which has been very much discussed, and which the Chancellor of the Exchequer the night he brought forward his Re form Bill ventured to taunt the Liberal party with not having answered. He said, if we were to have a readjustment of members to population, that the counnties, quoad population, were entitled to a far larger share of representation. But he forgot, sir, that it is property—the great landed proprietors— and not the population, which is represented in counties. (Hear, hear.) It was quite right, as a means of waging war on this vast feudal monopoly which has been handed down to us from past ages, that the freehold land societies were established. Working men were encouraged to invest their savings, not in Savings'-banks and Three per Cents., but in land, to give them a vote for the county. It is an attack upon property, gentlemen, to propose to disfranchise the freeholder —and this from the Tory party ! (Laughter.) But when the Tories take it into their heads to com mence innovation they are generally reckless in their proceedings, so long as they can serve party purposes ; and it is to serve their base party pur poses that they have undertaken to bring forward such a scheme as this. (Cheers.) They have treated you as they treat dogs in seine foreign countries, they have flung you poisoned meat to stop your barking ; but I trust you will undeceive them on that point, and give them, as I said before, in no doubtful or dubious terms iyour opinion of this bill, that you will tell them this poisoned meat is not to your taste, and that you neither like them nor the food they offer to give you. (Hear, hear.) And you may depend on it that if the constitnonciog do hut do their duty whon Lord John Russell brings forward his resolution in the House of Commons, which is virtually throwing out the Reform Bill, that amendment will be carried by a large majority, and they will be compelled to resign. (Cheers, and "So they ought.") Why„ sir, we turned out a Liberal administration not so ; very long ago, because we thought they had be- I trayed the honour of the country—(hear, hear) — that they had madd^_ corrupt appointments, and had forfeited your confidence. (Hear, hear.) They were the professed friends of the people ; many of them had rendered eminent public services, and throughout a long life had been advocates generally of broad and Liberal principles ; and if we meted out to them so stern a measure of justice, are we to treat these Tory occupants of office with more forbearance and with greater toleration ? (Cheers, and cries of No, no.) I trust that this meeting, held in the largest town in the south of England, will have no inconsiderable influence on the destinies of the Reform Bill. (Hear, hear.) I can only say I should view with great regret the population of this country lapsing into a state of political apathy which should allow such measures as this to be proposed by a Govern ment which actually seems to address the members of the House of Commons and the public at large with its tongue in its cheek. (Hear, hear.) It makes a joke of the whole thing. It is constantly putting on a new face, and we see as many changes of position as if it were a band of charlatans instead of statesmen. (Hear, hear.) Was it not enough that last year we passed over the Malmes bury letter to the French Government after turn ing out Lord Palmerston for not being spirited enough ? (Hear.) Has not th e Ch ar l es e t Georges affair been almost a compromise, as disgraceful to this country as the Conspiracy Bill ? (ear, hear.) Are you prepared to tolerate such things and such Ministers ? (No, no.) I say the honour of this country will be seriously compromised if you do not put a stop to these things—(hear, hear) —and nothing short of turning Ministers out will satisfy the public indignation. (Cheers.) There fore, gentlemen, it is not only because the 40s. free holders are to be disfranchised and there is to be no extension of the borough franchise that we are to throw out this bill ; it is upon every ground. (Hear, hear.) I forget whether I pointed out to you sufficiently that in the counties it is the great land• owners who arc represented —not the population. (Hear, hear.) But because in the counties where property in reality alone is represented and where the possessors of the freehold franchise are allowed to vote, that is no reason why they are to come and swamp the borough constituencies which alone maintain the fight against those feudal land owners ; it is not for them to come and swamp us with the 40s. freeholds. (Hear, hear.) lam most strenuously opposed to that. (Cheers.) At this late hour of the evening, gentlemen, I will not trespass on your patience any longer. I thank you very heartily for the kind and friendly manner in which you have listened to me, and I only wish my capa city were equal to my desire. There is one reform, gentlemen, which I cannot help taking this oppor tunity of pointing out to you before sitting down, which I think a most important one, and one which, I really believe, would tend more to improve our system of legislation than any other reform I know of ; and that is the reform of the hours of the House of Commons. (Hear.) Here and everywhere you see the streets placarded with the early closing movement. Well, I would say to them, " For God's sake come up to Westminster and placard our walls." (Laughter.) Here are we, the unfortunate members of Parliament, at an hour when everybody else has done his day's work and it is time to go home to dinner and :spend the remainder of the evening with one's wife and family ; then after a hard day's work the mere remnant of a man's time is to be devoled to the most important business in the country, that of considering not merely your interests, but interests which affect those of the whole civilised world—(hear, hear) —and we are called on positively to devote the dregs of the day to the consideration of those momentous questions. (Hear, hear.) The result of it is that the govern ment—and an unscruplous government particularly e p n o i n e i n n t g o l p eg p i o s n l a e t n i t o s n , t n o n a d late_ it:e hour, el p g e r e f t e s e i tly d of b l y n cpoonsst a( H s s e u a r r e , d h t e h a a r t . ) p os t T T hat a p t r w a n h d i t e 'a h /l w e legislation i s r leaqt require s not le g t e sl a b t e i s o t n . carried on in the early morning hours, when men bring the whole of their intelligence and clear. headedness to bear on the momentous interests of the nation. (Cheers.) Mr. DODSON addressed the meeting, denouncing the bill. _ _ ---- --- Col. CAVENDISH said that a bill was wanted ap plicable to all classes, not such a bill as Disraeli's --(cheers)—and he would also add, that they did not want such a 13111 as Bright's. (Renewed cheers and hisses.) Bright's bill was as dangerous to the class for which it legislated as for any class in the kingdom ; it was not the bill required ; but they wanted a better bill, and they could get one. (Applause.) Our Constitution and Government might be faulty, but look far and near, and where PRICE 4 D . STAMPED, SD. could they see such an order of things—such pros perity, security, and happiness under rule? (Cheers.) WORCESTER. WORCESTER, Tuesday.—A public meeting was held at the Guildhall in this city last night, in pur ' suance of a requisition to the mayor, for " consider ' ing the provisions of the Government Reform Bill, and adopting such resolutions concerning it as shall be agreed on thereat." The chair was taken by the Mayor (Mr. Hill), and on the .platform were the two city members, Messrs 0. Ricardo and W. Las lett. The hall was nearly filled, andthe proceedings were conducted with great good humour throughout. The MAYOR having opened the proceedings, and expressed his sympathy with the present move ment against the Government measure, the follow ing resolutions were severally moved, seconded, and carried almost unanimously : " 1. That this meeting, having carefully considered the measure of Parliamentary reform introduced by her Ma jesty's Ministers, pronounce it most useless and unjust; useless, because containing only one liberal clause—viz, the extension of the franchise to £lO rentals in counties, and because it would, in effect, deprive many freeholders of the franchise which they have hitherto enjoyed; and unjust, because the measure does not recognise the claims of the working classes to the suffrage, and as such it deserves our strenuous and unqualified opposition." "2. That no scheme of reform will be entirelysatiAfactory which does not abbreviate the duration .of Parlia meats, m ake some provision for the more equal distributio of seats, by disfranchising many small boroughs,, An d removal of one member from many places. OM returning two, extend the franchise to all duly registered occupiers of the whole or part of any house rated to the relief of the poor; also to £lO rentals in counties; and afford protection to the voter by means of the ballot. That a petition, em bodying these resolutions, be signed by the Mayor on be half of the meeting, and forwarded to the city members for presentation to the House of Commons."' The speakers in support of the above resolutions were—Alderman Padmore, Mr. Joscland (grocer), Mr. Longmore (gentleman), Mr. Southall (attor ney), and Mr. \reale (accountant). An amendment was moved by Mr. Pegg in favour of manhood suf• frage, but, on being put to the vote, only a few hands were held up for it, and it was declared to be lost. The two members then addressed the meeting. Mr. 0. RICARDO, M.P., was received with great cheering. He said he came down to Worcester to learn what were the opinions of his constituents on the great question of Reform: His own opinion had been made up long ago. He thought the Go vernment measure was the most unjust bill that had ever been framed. (Cheers.) In the first place, for no reason that he could understand, it was proposed to deprive the 40s. freeholders in boroughs of their votes for counties, and as a set off the Government professed to give the counties a £lO franchise. They knew they could not refuse that; it had been carried last year. The' bill was called a " bill for the Amendment of the Representation of the People," but he contended that it was a perfect sham. Did it give votes to any of the working classes ? (No.) Their names were not even men tioned, and if they were to have a vote it gave them no protection for exercising it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Disraeli professed to disfranchise no one, and so he had not disfranchised the small boroughs, but he had not given sufficient representation to the large towns. He (Mr. Ricardo) could not foretell what would be the issue of the measure, but hoped it would be thrown out on the second reading— (cheers)—and that Lord John Russell's amendment would be carried. But the moment that Lord John had given notice of his amendment in the House of Commons up jumped Mr. Disraeli and gave up that identity of franchise which was the principle that the Government had founded their measure upon. He had not yet seen the Government clauses, but he believed the principle of them was that the sons of the present 40s. freeholders should be disfran chised. If Lord John Russell carried his amendment it was a question whether the Government would go on with the bill, but if the bill should pass the second reading he trusted clauses would be intro duced in committee for giving to the working classes their just rights. (Cheers.) They ought not only to have their just rights, but to be protected in the exercise of their rights. As to shortening the du ration of Parliaments he had no objection to appear before his constituents every three years. He should act according to what he considered was his duty in representing them, and should be ready to give them an account of his stewardship when called upon. (Cheers.) They had been told that if the bill should hot pass the Parliament would be dis solved. He (Mr. Ricardo) was ready to take the consequences of that step, and should again appear before them with confidence. (Cheers.) Mr. LASLETT, M.P., observed that this was the largest meeting he had ever had the honour of ad dressing in that hall, and it showed the interest felt in; the matter before them. He concurred in what had fallen from Mr. Ricardo that the Go vernment bill was a measure which could not be acceded to. (Hear, hear.) He must say it was one of the cleverest performances of the kind— (laughter)—that he had ever seen. They were all agreed on the policy of giving the franchise to £lO householders in counties, but it was proposed to counteract that by taking it away from the 40s. freeholders in boroughs who had previously exer cised the right of voting in counties. But that part of the b'll he now undrstood they found it neces sary to withdraw. There were masses of the work ing classes who were unenfranchised, and who he considered ought to have the .franchise ; but he would not enfranchise the idle and dissolute : there must be some test of fitness, and he thought that the idle, the dissolute, and the drunkard ought not to enjoy the franchise equally with those who by their industry had reared families in respecta bility and saved themselves a little money. He con sidered the industrious classes, instead of being, what they were generally called, were Conserva tives. Many of them were become reading men and many of them were more competent to appear in his place than he was. (A voice, " Good," followed by loud laughter.) Their intelligence and the im portant place which they occupied in the country demanded that they should have a right of choice of their representatives. (Cheers.) He was one who did not come to conclusions hastily, but he had come to the conclusion that he thought they must come down to household suffrage. The bill went further, and proposed to enfranchise lodgers paying Bs. a week. If they had placed it at 4s.— (A voice, " Grub and all, followed by loud laughter, drowned the rest of the sentence.) They wanted to extend the franchise, and wanted no:limit, except the exclusion of the dissolute and the drunkard. As to triennial Parliaments, he would advocate the plan to the fullest extent—viz., that they should not be less than three years, and that members should not be subject to the threat of a dissolution if they did not pass some Government measure of a Minister. He would tell them that th it threat had a great effect on men who had not much money in their pockets. (Laughter.) As to the ballot ho thought that the last election for East -Worcester shire would have persuaded him to it if nothing else had. He rather liked the plan of voting by letter, as the voter could then do away with all canvassing by saying he had voted. Ho could not see much good that the Reform Bill of 1832 had done, for taxes had increased and jobs had been perpetrated just as before. With a few further re marks the hon. member sat down. A vote of thanks to the Mayor closed the pro ceedings. MANCHESTER. On Monday evening an outdoor meeting o f th e working classes to protest against the Government Reform Bill was held in Stevenson-square, Man chester. A heavy rain had been falling most of the day, and owing to the inclemency of the weather, but few people were present —pro bably not more than 200. Mr. Ernest Jones, Mr. w. P. Roberts, and other speakers addressed the meeting, and a petition was adopted for presenta tion to the House of Commons against the Govern ment scheme. Mr. Cobden arrived at New York, by the Ca nada, and w as s t ay i ng at the Brevoort House. The New York herald of the hat says:--- 4, 'Mr. Cobden comes amongst u s os t ens ibl y on private business ; but viewing the importance of the discussions which this new reform bill will involve, it is not unlikely that his principal motive for visiting this country is to study anew our institutions, and to found the observations that he make here modifications of Mr. Blight's scheme. It is many years —we bel!eve nearly a quarter of a century—since this distinguished orator and statesman paid hi s first visit to this country ' - and it is natural that on the eve of a c ontest which may lead to important political changes, ho should dhsire to re new his acquaintance with . the working s o f our own sys tem, and thereby Prepare his mind for th e ma t ur i ng of a measure in which he naturally feels a deeper interest than he has taken in any of the other ques ti ons w hi c h h av e atr t e ntion during his Pa r liamentary career." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT DEPTFORD.—The well )nown hostelry, the Plume of Feathers, situate in Church street, Deptford, was discovered to be on fire yesterday morning between the hours of three and four o'clock. The premises belonged to Mr. J. Lightfoot, licensed victualler. The discovery was made by a police-constable of the R. division, who at once sounded an alarm. The inmates were successful in effecting a retreat, but not until the y were nearly suffocat e d by the heated smoke. lfer Maje s ty' s dockyard engine was promptly on the spot, and set to work from a good supply of water. The fire was not extinguished until the building, which contained eleven or twelve rooms, was nearly destroyed, and the roof partially burned off. BRIGHTON. A very large meeting was held on Monday night at the Town-hall, Brighton, convened by the Mayor, Mr. J. B. Burrows, in compliance with a requisi_ tion. The mooting was addressed, in addition to several other speakers who denounced the Govern ment measure as a sham and a Conservative juggle, by Sir George Brooke Pechell and Mr. W. Coning. ham, the borough members, and also by Mr. J. G. Dodson, the representative of the. Liberal interest in the eastern division of the county. A resolution was unanimously adopted to the effect that the proposed measure leaves untouched the small and corrupt nomination boroughs ; narrows instead of extends the franchise, by destroying the most ancient and independent of our freehold votes ; and does not recognize the claims to the franchise of the industrial classes, whose intelligence and skill entitle them to a fair consideration of any change in Government ; and requestin6 the members for the borough and the eastern division of the county to oppose the bill by all the means in their power. A resolution was also adopted to the effect that a petition against the bill should be sent to . the House of Commons._ . Sir G. PECIIELL, in his speech, advised the peoplo to pour in petitions to the House of Commons. The Government of Lord Derby had propounded a bill for what they called a reform of the House of Com mons. (Laughter.) That bill deeply affected this borough and the constituency of East Sussex, for it totally ignored all redress to the grievances of the working classes, who were competent not only to possess but to exercise tho franchise. (Applause.) He had examined the bill, and found in it quite enough to make him sick of the whole affair; for after disfranchising the freeholders in boroughs, and after ignoring the working classes, he could not find that it made any provision or protection for the voter. (Hear.) The ballot became every day more and more necessary, and it might be relied on that his best endeavours would be used to obtain that satisfaction. (Applause.) The Liberal members must merge all their minor differences in order to obtain one common object—(loud applause) ; those members must also act independently—they must not be fearful of their seats, but put confidence in the justice of their constituencies if sent back to them. (Hear.) If they did that it would not be long before they put an end to that bill, which was a delusion to the country, and not long before their constituencies were in possession of those rights and position which they demanded. (Hear, hear.) W. CONINGIIAM, Esq., M.P., then came forward and was greeted with renewed and prolonged cheering. This having subsided, he proceeded to say,—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, I have great pleasure in meeting you here this evening upon what a witty friend of m'ne calls the scaffold—(laughter)—but the object of our unanimity, gentlemen, is what I may call the anti-Reform Bill brought in by the Tory Government. It is a Reform Bill only in name. It is to decapitate the Reform Bill. (Hear, hear.) I hope that we appear this evening, as I said before, upon the scaffold. (Laughter.) My opinion of the bill was formed the very evening that the summary of it appeared in the Times news paper. I attended a meeting of Liberal members which took place that day in order to consider what steps we should adopt before the House of Commons; and I can only say for my part that I expressed the most emphatic opinion that if that summary embodied the Reform Bill which was to be laid before the house that evening, it should receive my most uncompromising opposition in every shape in my power. (Cheers.) But, gentlemen, the intentions of the Tory party are not merely confined to the constitution. They have commenced an attack on the English lan guage—(laughter)—for, after proposing to disfran chise the freeholders—the enlightened proprietors of the 40s. freeholds, numbering something like 100,000 men—the leader of the House of Commons has the effrontery to come down and say that he does not intend to disfranchise, but only to dis qualify, certain voters. (Laughter and cheers.) Sir, it is high time this Tory party, that seems to think it has the monopoly of all the intelligence as well as a large portion of the wealth throughout the country, should go to school. (Laughter.) It is very clear that they are behind the age —(hear,, hear) --that public opi n i on ou t of doors has made such rapid strides that even the House of Commons , Liberal as it is, compared to the House of Peers (hear, hear)—is still behind and has not yet kept pace with that public ophiion out of doors; and I feel perfectly convinced that if the Popular element ' were fully and fairly represented in the House of Commons, so far from conducing to the injury of the real interests of the country—not the vested interests, perhaps, gentlemen—(hear, hear)—it would largely conduce to the prosperity of the country, that you would see the Legislature of this 7,3 z.,s *l4- z 40. 41 .10 , r-rdzie , gat* ;,- THE NAVY. -7 - • The•Tritfalgar, 91, screw-steamer, on being -am. docked at *Chatlutin, will be towed •to Sheeineavi -•— • dock aid; Where she will receive her machinery. The Rodnty, .01d,99-gun „sailing ship,-'.is - eipeated' 7 ut k,natnata to-Clay to go into the dock vacated - by • the Trafalgar. She is the first finished out of six 120-gun ships which have been cut down and altered. She goes out of dock on Saturday next. She is considered to be the finest ship in the service. The Hood, screw steam ship, building in . Chatham Dockyard, and which is ordered by the Admiralty to be launched on the 4th of May, has had 200. men put on her. Her keel was laid down in 1819 for an 80-gun sailing ship; in 1854 she was cut asunder, and the after part launched away for- nearly 14 feet, and she is now converted into a 91-gun screw, having 600-horse power engines. The additional shipwrights ordered ,to be em ployed to facilitate the completion of the Ariadne and Newcastle have all been entered, amounting to 100 ; they are chiefly from the northern ports, such as Sunderland, Newcastle, and Shields, and are said to be a fine body of men. Hcr Majesty's steam sloop Ardent, Commander Cave, ordered to be docked at Woolwich, yester day steamed down the river on trial of her machinery, and will leave this morning at an early hour for Sheerness, where there is to be a court_ martial to ascertain the cause of the ship going ashore, whereby she has been severely damaged. The Leopard, 18, paddlewheel steam-frigate, Captain S. F. B. Wainwright, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the eastward. The Diligence navy transport, Master Com mander Crook, sailed from Portsmouth yesterday. for the eastern yards. The Mersey, 40, screw stepm frigate, Captain H. :Caldwell, C. 8., in the steam basin at Portsmouth, taken in stores to 22 feet draught of water.., - ',i.• She will go out of the steam basin this day, and -- "*** berth alongside the Camperdown hulk, where she will complete her stores, &c., prior to testing her speed at the measured mile. The The Melpomene, 51, screw steam-frigate, along side the sheer jetty at Portsmouth dockyard, has fidded fore and main topmasts. She will move into the steam basin to complete her equipment. The Agamemnon, 91, screw steamship, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, has completed masting. She will get her lower rigging over her mastheads, and be placed in the same classed reserve as the Royal Sovereign, 131, also fitting in the steam basin at the same port. The Algiers, 91, Captain G. W. D. O'Callaghan, at Spithcad, yesterday commenced taking in her lower deck guns, powder, shell, &c. The Sprightly paddlewheel steamer, Master Commander Allen, went out of Portsmouth har bour yasterday to Spithead to take the military and naval invalids out of the Urgent which arrived the previous day from Malta (as reported in The Sun. of yesterday), but was compelled to return to the harbour without effecting her object, owing to the rough state of the weather. Captain D. Blyth, Lieutenant W. H. H. West, Lieutenant M. Hogge, Lieutenant T. P. Norton, and 126 non-commissioned officers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marine Light Infantry are ordered to be held in readiness to proceed from headquarters to embark on board the line-of-battle screw steamship Hero, 91, fitting at Devonport. The entry of the hired artificers at Chatham dockyard is nearly completed, and, with the excep tion of about 50 men, the whole of the additional shipwrights have been entered at the establish ment. About 600 Sunderland shipwrights have left that town within the last few weeks to take employ ment in the Government dockyards. Eighty addi tional hands left by steamship on Saturday. They have all found employment at Deptford, Woolwich and Chatham. The Government are fitting up the defences at the mouth of the Tyne with 32-pounders. The Elswick Works on the Tyne are being further extended, with a view of making Armstrong guns of larger calibre than was at first contemplated. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty Howard, assistant-paymaster to the Doris, and E. C. Taylor, clerk to the Hero. THE AR DIY. His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief went down to Woolwich yesterday morning and inspected the three companies of the Royal Artil lery and invalids disembarked from the steam transport Melbourne, Captain Joliffe, from the West Indies, on Wednesday, the 2d inst. The three companies were accordingly mustered on Woolwich common, where the brigade of the Royal Horse Artillery and the field batteries, together with the whole of the junior recruits, were assembled in re view order for the duke's inspection. Sir William Armstrong's gun was likewise brought out and put through a course of field evolutions. Twenty-five rounds of ammunition had been delivered, accord ing to garrison orders of the previous evening, but on account of the unfavourable state of the weather the firing was dispensed with. Immediately after the inspection the gun was covered up and con veyed to the charge of the Military Storekeeper in the Royal Arsenal. A large majority of the iron ordnance offered for the inspection of Colonel Willoughby- and Mr. Arnold, inspecting officers of the Indian Council of Government, who have been engaged for some days in selecting guns for the coast defences in India, have been rejected as unfit for the intended service. Many of the guns conditionally appointed for the purpose were found to be of various dates, forming an old stock which had been in store for periods ranging over 40 to 50 years. MILITIA. - The Northumberland Artillery Militia Regiment is ordered to be embodied for permanent duty on Monday, April 4, at the depot, Fort Clifford. PRODUCTION OF SUGAR IN A USTRALIA. Some agricultural experiments which have very recently been made in South Australia will afford additional evidence of the almost lavish manner in which the gifts of nature have been bestowed upon the Australian colonies. The climate and soil of Aus tralia are suited, in one or other of the colonies, to the production of nearly every description of vegetable and cereal produce. The reputation of the grain of Tasmania and South Australia was fully esta blished at the Great Exhibition of 1851, and every year that has elapsed since that period has tended to confirm the good opinion then formed of Austra lian wheat. Moreton Bay, it has been demonstrated, will produce cotton of excellent quality, and many other tropical and semi-tropical fruits. We now learn that in South Australia one of the species of sugar-producing plants has been cultivated with considerable success. The agriculturist who has turned his attention to this plant may hereafter be regarded as one of the best friends of the colony. It is said that a negro slave of Cortes was the first who cultivated wheat in the Spanish colonies of South America ; he sowed three seeds which he found in some rice brought from Spain for the use of the troops. At Quito the earthen vesselin which the first wheat was sown by a Franciscan monk, a native of Ghent, is preserved as one of the most prized of relies. The introduction of wheat into Spanish America was not more beneficial to that continent th an th e sugar p l ant may pro ve to be in Australia. We do not expect that in its present state, or for some years t o come , A us tralia will ever be regarded as an extensive sugarproducing colony, able to compete with the West India islands, or a part of the southern States of America. The scarcity and high price of labour constitute a difficulty which will not be readily overcome ; but the fact having been clearly demonstrated of the suitableness of the soil and climate of the country for the growth of sugar is, nevertheless, one of considerable importance to the future of these colonies. We learn from one of our contemporaries at Adelaide that Mr. Duncan, who has had the advantage of a West Indian experience:as a sugar , planter, is of opinion that the plant will not at present pay for the purpose of sugar manufac turing, in consequence of the high price of labour. The "holcus" is not, however, merely useful as a plant from which to extract sugar, but it is of great value as a food for cattle and horses. Cattle are extremely fond of it, and they will eat plant, stalk, leaves, and flower without any preparat ion , and the plant is exceedingly nutritious and fattening to stock of all kinds. The res ult o f the experiments which have been made show that the plant is about that it grows twice o u a t s rupiricohdutertuiuvbel e a s on a a li s a o y i e l r o o t p . moderately good quality, and very little seed is required ; the grain from fear heads is said to be sufficient to sow an acre of land. The climate of Australia, which is at certain seasons of the year hot and dry, is not well suited to the production of heavy grass crops, or of those rich pasturages which are to be met with in many parts of this country. This peculiarity of the climate does not, however, appear to exercise any injurious effect upon the holcus, or sugar plant. —Australian and New Zealand Gazette. PRECEPT BUT NOT EXAMPLE.—A. Spanish priest, once exhorting the soldiers to fight like lions, added, in the ardour of enthusiasm :—" Reflect, my brethren, that who soever falls to-day in battle, sups to-night in Paradise." 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