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INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE liih SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London, W.C., Feb. 25, 1858: estab 837.—Payment of Premium within Days of Grace,—lt always p oi , en and still is the practice of this society to pay claims under e q ,fee of assurance notwithstanding the death of the assured oc ,"'n, ng 'within the 30 days of grace, and before payment of the deathemium, provided payment thereof be made, or notice of be given to the office before the expiration of such days ' grace. For the Court of Director., E. S. SYMES, Chairman. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ISSUE kNCE SOCIETY, 142, Strand, London. 41 Dowerel by Net of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUE VIVORSIIIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &e. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D. Chairman. ,"n• lieuworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq Vtnluel King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq. JO hn Elliotson, M.D• , Cantab., John Symes, Esq. F,R.s , Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. COERBSPONDINO SECRETARY. 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BY SAMUEL LA:MERT, M.D., )1,4 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, zLriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, TlonorarY 4 , T arnber of the London Hosplial Medical Society, Licentiate of :,',puthecaries' [fall, London, &c., &c. s e ,Las essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con , iT e nees resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, h eh have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man °°d, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any 1 4:7 class of disease known to modern pathologists. 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Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew Ure, Dr. Shoriand, Dr. Harvey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, an& many thousand other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street, and through all Booksellers in Town and Country. GRAND CEREMONY and FESTIVAL on the 18th of Juno next, at the OPENING of the SOLDIERS' DAUGHTERS' HOME, Hampstead, by his' Royal Highness the PRINCE CONSORT, who, with his Royal Highness the PRINCE of WALES, have been graciously pleased to purchase Presentations to the Home. Several Military Bands will play in the beautiful Grounds of the Home, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has promised to be present. Admission by purchased tickets, to be had only at the Office of the Home, No. 7, Whitehall, (exactly opposite the Horse Guards). 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A large assortment may be found ready for imme diate use ; some are waterproofed, and the whole are marked In plain figures, at most moderate prices. In the Establishment, 142 Regent-street, for LADIES' and YOUTHS' CLOTHING, the same excellence prevails, particularly in Mantles and other Garments of silk and cloth. Messrs. Nicoll employ Cutters for oach specialty. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Constipation, Flatulency, Phlegm, Ner vousness, Biliousness, Liver Complaints, Hysteria, Neuralgia, Sleeplessness, Acidity, Palpitation, Ileartbtun, Eruptions. Im purities, Irritability, Low Spirits, Diarrhoea, Ilemorrhoi ds, Headache, Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms, Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits, Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis. Consumption, also Children's Complaints effectually removed by - - - DU BARRY'S delicious Health-Restoring REVALENTA ALARICA FOOD, which saves fifty times its cost In other remedies in illness, and is, moreover, the best food for infanta and invalids generally, as it is the only food which never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a 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 lion. 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 lines. Stuart de Decies."—Curs No. 49,832. 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Important Caution against the fearful dangers of spurious trait& tations:— Th e Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an injure. tion on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Neville for imitating "Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." , Suitably packed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, llb 21 Od ; 21b 4s 6d; 51b Ils 121 b 225. Super refined quality, lib 6s ; 21h lis ; 51b 223 ; 101 b 335. The 101 b and 121 b canisters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-offlee order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street„ I ondon; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Picca dilly ; James Wells, 4s, Sloane street ; also at 60, Graceehurel, street 330,430, and 451, Strand ;4, Cheapslde ; 49, and 60, Bistivs gate-street ; 63, 160, and 198 Oxford-street. F. HANCOCK, of Bruton-street and New • Bond-street, Jeweller and Silversmith. to the Principal Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, begs leave to remove an erroneous impression which exists amongst some of his customers, that he has retired, or is about to retire, from business. This impression (which is entirely unfounded) has probably arisen in consequence of the re tirement and selling off of 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 business or by relationship. PANES MERE AND HAM. Weston-super-Mare and Bridgewater, 205 and 131; Teunton and Tiverton Road, 22s and 15s ; Exeter, 225 6d and 165 ; i•tarcross, Dawlish, and Telgnmouth, 25s and 17s ; Newton, ' Torquay, and Totness, 27s and 18s ; Barnstaple and Blde'ord, 30s and 205; Kings bridge Road and Plymouth, 303 and 20s. • Children under twelve years of age, half-price. Tickets not trans ferable, and only available by the Excursion Train. EPPS'S COCOA.-11b, and Ib. packets, is. 6d. and 9d.—EPPS, Homoeopathic Chemist, 170; Piccadilly ; 112. Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury; and 82. Old Broad-street, City ; manufactory, 398, Euston-road; also of °maraud. Chemists.. •• SCHWEPPE'S SODA WATER, MALVERN SELTZERWATER, POTASi WATER, and LEMONADE . Every Bottle of the Alkali Waters is protected by a Label over the cork with their signature. Sold by all respe,table Chemists, Con fectioners, and at .the leading Hotels. Manufactured at London, Liverpool, Bristol, Derby, and Malvern Wells. " OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT" says Twenty-one Million Pounds of Tea have been released by the Possession of Canton.—The EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY anticipate the arrival of this, and have reduced the price of their Gib bag of Sound Tea to 2s. 2d. per lb., anl Coffee in the Berry to 11d. Warehouses, 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Bishopagate. GEORGE HOBSON begs to invite the attention of Gentlemen to his new Stock of Trowserings for the pre sent season, price 21s. to 255. G. H. submits for inspection his new Overcoats. in all the new ap proved and various shades of colour for spring wear. Excellence with Economy. A suit of clothes made in a few hours' notice. GEORGE HOBSON, 57. Lombard-street. ESTABLISHED 1796. G RANDES NOUVEAUTES IN PARIS.- LA COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE, No. 37, Boulevard des Capucines, Paris, Have just exposed for sale, their NOVELTIES for the Suisorr, com prking SILK-STUFFS, LACE, Indian and French CAcuntraus, printed Mesta es and PIQUES, FANCY STUFFS of all kinds, WEDDING OUT FITS, MANTLES, BUENOUS, &C. The successive aggrandizements of the establishment of LA COM PAGNIE LYONNAISE have rendered it one of the most extensive n Europe ; the ware-rooms at the present day comprise upwards of thirty saloons or galleries, having four separate entrances. Being their own manufacturers, their productions aro not liable to the extra charges made on account of intermediate agents, and thus this company can afford to offer to the public on terms far more advan tageous than any other house. Every article, even the Caehemires is marked in plain figures. LA COMPAGNIE LYONNAISE have established houses at Lyons, Kashmere, Aledecn, and Chantilly for the manufacture of Silk s.uffs ,Cachemires, and Lace, but they have no succursale for sale in any country whatever. CONTRACT FOR RUM. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-house, 12th June, 1858. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of tluiljnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE; that on - 111171SDAT, the 24th instant, at Half-put One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for stip plying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Dept. ford : RUM..... •• •.... ...... 6,000 gallons. (Not under 40 per cent. over proof.) When to be delivered—ln three weeks, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Rum. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting forany, and a'so an unlimited power of selection. The Rum tole eseilipted from the Customs' Dutir, and Parties tendering are to state where it is lying. . . Samples of the Rum t., be sent in pints for each Import mark, and the average Strength of each mark cx to be stated, and not an average of different marks or strengths of several imports, and any parcel of rum that is found not to be of the same quality, mark, or average strength of the sample tendered and accepted will be rejected by the °Mears. The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them Immediately after the Con tract has been decided. No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Se rvice at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular attention Is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liver pool and Bristol. No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Rum," and must also be delivered at Somerset-house. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Tuesday.—The market continues in a very inanimate condition, and is certainly more languid and flat in tone than during last week. Prices, too, are weaker ; and, in order to effect sales, producers are willing to concede fully Ad. per lb. on yarns ; but even on thes3 terms buyers are in disposed to give out orders of any consequence at the present moment. The recent drooping tendency of the Liverpool cotton market, and the tenor of the last advices from the United States with regard to the amount of the crop, &c., produce quite a feeling of hesitation and uncertainty as to the future course of the raw material, and prevent steady and regular business. Goods are equally flat wi h yarns, and lower terms would be accepted from-purchasers. LEEDS, Tuesday •--We have had a better woollen cloth market this morning. There has been a good attendance of buyers ; the tone has been firm, and a fair quantity of cloth has changed owners. The present brilliant weather is inspiring confidence in the prospects of trade. SUDDEN DEATH.-Mr. Richard Steventon, one of the Commissioners of the Liverpool idtrict C )urtiof B tak ruptcy, died suddenly when on his way to attend to the duties of hie court. [ADVERTISE]fENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills again successful in Curing a Bad Leg.—Mr. E. Williams, of Dylife Mines, Machynlleth, states that a friend of his, Flintshire, suffered for two years with a dreadful bad leg, which defied the efforts of several persons to cure ; notwithstanding various remedies were tried, ho en dured excruciating pain for several months ; and when paying him a visit he recommended him to use Hollo way's Ointment and Pills, from the effects of which a change for the better was quickly produced, and ulti mately his leg was soundly cured. He now enjoy@ ex cellent health. Mr. Williams will satisfy any party of the truth of his statement.—Sold by all dealers in medi cine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ADVEKTISAIIIINT.)-- SIGHT haiD 111UXING STROTACLES-... POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND Pit RSTIMIV GLASSES.—S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle. street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements iu the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and-a-half miles distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. - A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Class, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant, They answer every pnr. pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, t o sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera . Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with won d er f u l powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pee served 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 magnify jug power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the elan. prone effects of further powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send. sag one of the glasses out nt their spectacles in a letter, and stating the dist ,nce from the eye they can read small rrint with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafuess.—Now Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prot ably can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to boar distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises iu the ears is entirely removed, and it encode all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39, Alba. 4 esarle•strcet, Piccadilly—Opposite the York Hotel, W, The Ministerial re-e!ections and the resumption of the session—the final one Of the present Assembly have been the two great incidents of the past month. Mr G'Shanassy's Cabinet, is now fa'rly in stalled in office • for not o n ly was th ere no substan tial opposition offered to. the re-election of any of its members, but th ere was a very general expres sion of confi-lence in them as a Government, and a determination to give thirn, at all events, a fair trial, spontaneously. uttered ..by their several con stituencies at the hustings.,, In addition to this, one member of the Cabitiel, - Mr. Henry Miller, the Commissioner of Customs, was elected to his seat in the upper house by two constituencies at the same time,—his own former one, and another in which there happened to be a vacancy at the mo ment. Add to this fact that there is no declared opposition to the Ministry on the part of any sec tion. of the Press, either metropolis an or provincial; but rather a general avowal of their right to sup port and confidence, until they: shall. have done something to forfeit both; and the security of their position I ecomes still more evident. Nor is their any united opposition offered to them . by any party in the Assembly. A few irregular and utterly in effectual opponents have declared themselves in the house ; but they are actuated by motives so pal pably personal in one case, and so purely factious in other, that no account can be taken of their hostility. For the present, then, it may be affirmed that the new Ministry have the game entirely in their own hands. . In _ their addresses to their constituents from the hustings the new ministers explained very fully and' very satisfactorily for the public at large, their united views andieltentions. In par 7 ticular, the. Qtlief Secretary, Mr. O'Shanassy# gave his constituents at Kilinori An exceedingly able exposition of the projected ministerial policy. He told them that it was their detign to limit the business Of the existing Assembly to the task of passing a brief, but effective, Reform Bill, increas ing the number of representatives from sixty to about ninety ; revising the electoral divisions so .as to . secure a much fairer distribution of the repro sentation ; and taking, as its general b tsis, the simple principle of population. The measure, moreover, was not to be hampered by the introduc tion of the ex-chief secre'ary'e favourite principle of representing minorities. The dissolution of the , present house was immediately to follow the passing of this measure, and the general election, and as sernblifig of the new house, were to be proceeded w.th without delay. He also told them that the ministry were considering a nem Land Bill, based on the most liberal and popular principles, which they would be prepared to lay before the new house. vigorously the puttlic was ortkhset (r) design o see country, which their prede cessors the had allowed to fall somewhat into arrear ; and, in particular, to carry out, without the least delay, the great railway enterprise. They had it in contemplation to carry sweepin g reforms through all the departments of the government service, especially (where reform was most needed) into the Survey:office, so as to accomplish a complete topo graphical survey of the territory within a very few years ' and at a oost vastly below that which this branch of the service at present entails upon the public. They had also various other measures of legislative and practical reform in view ; and they were ready to pledge themselves before the country to the accomplishment of them all, if their tenure of office should allow of it. These promises and designs were, of course, repeated by the various other ministers—with what result we have already stated. The session was resumed on the Bth inst., and one day was devoted to the ministerial explanations —in which, as there was nothit,( , striking or curi ous elicited, there was no great degree of public in terest felt. The Assembly then adjourned till the 13th inst., When the Attorney-General Mr. Chap man, formally moved for leave to bring in his new Reform Bill ; and the remainder of a protracted sitting was devoted to a sharp and far too personal discussion, arising out of tEe dismissal from office of Mr. Adamson, a member of the house and a barrister, who had been appointed a Crown Prose cutor by the defunct ministry, under very peculiar political circumstances, just prior to its fall from power. The defence set up for the conduct in the matter by the present government simply was that the appointment of Mr. Adamson was a gross job, that it. eu'ailed a needless cost upon the public and that it rather confused and obstructed than aided the business of the law officers of the Crown. In the course of the conflicting debate raised on this matter, a most damaging exposure was made of the system upon which the late ministry were ac customed to distribute their patronage, and the net result of the debate was the entire explosion of Mr. Adamson's grievance. An incident so trifling in itself would not have been worth mentioning, but for the additional illustration it affords of the exact position of parties at the moment we aro writing ; and, also, the fact that it served to draw out the intentions of the new government in reference to subordinate place-holders having seats in the as sembly. During the late ministry's tenure of office they issued a minute to all their subordinate officers to tbe effect that such of them as were members of the Assembly would be 11-1 , 1 to consider them solves bound to vote on all occasions with the go veremeut. This minute, although deemed rather despotic by the opposition party in the house at that time, was not objected to by them, because they saw that it would serve their purpose just as well as that of their opponents, if they should ever got into power. Accordingly, when they found themselves installed in office, they proceeded to put the aforesaid minut e in force, and Mr. Adam sou was the first " victim"—that gentleman having a lways been forward to display an os'entatious hos tility to the popular side of the house. A strong opinion prevails, both within the Assembly and outside of it, th it no placeholders, except the Ca binet, should have seats in the Legislature ; and a bill expressly excluding thorn was carried through the two houses by the l a t e Mi n i stry, b ut ye t l os t , because the majority in favour of it in the Council was below the niireb.,..r required by the constitution. It was not till last ni g h t h owever, t h at t h e rea l " tug of wal" came on between the two parties in the Assembly. The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Reform Bill. Mr. Adamson; raised an opposition to what he caPed its principle o f a purely arithmetical distribution of the repre sentation ; and a desultory and ineffectual discus sion followed, which, we are sorry to state, speedily degenerated into a more fiercely personal alterca tion, between two or three members of the past and present Governments, than perhaps has ever been before witnessed within the walls of the Le gislature. When the division was taken it was Found that, notwithstanding the previous ill-tem pered contest of several hours, there were 37 votes for the second reading of the bill, and only five against it, so that the bill may be considered safe, although there will doubtless be a good deal of wrangling over the schedule to it, which contains the new scheme of electoral distribution. Such being the state of affairs, it is very probable that the dissolution of the Assembly will take place be fore our next monthly summary shall be published. Then will speedily follow the general election—an event whose results it is quite impassible for the s harpest sagacity to foresee. M eant i me it i s satis factory to record that the Ministry are proceeding vigorously with the railway enterprise, as is shown more at length in another part of this summary, and are also engaged in effecting their projected departmental and practical reforms, so that it is certain that their popularity will increase with ever y day of their continuance in power. ,ponding period of 1856 and 1857, shows a deficiency igainst the last period of. 38,390 ounces as cum' )ared with 1857, and of 238,000 oz. as conspired with 1856. A comparison of the receipts for the last four weeks of the present year and the correspond ing period of 1857, gives an advantage to the for inaer term of 11,730 oz. ! his great decrease in the principal staple article bf our produce is attributable to two facts, the first being the gradual exhaustion of the other goldfields, and the second the non discovery of new deposits important as regards their extent. The exhaustion ,referred to simply indicates that the old mode of working is insufficient to produce results such as ! would place the colony in respect of its gold pro duct in an equally favourable position to what it ihas hitherto assumed. So far as the original gold fields are concerned, the labour of the individual miner has fallen in value, for hehasto expend much more of it to acquire what may be termed his wages, than was formerly the case. The exhaustion of the superficial deposits which a fsw years ago enabled him to obtain a high compensatory return for little labour, places him for the moment at a disalvan tees.. But this disadv an t agecan on ly be t e mporary; in fact, only so long as there is a deficiency of means to develop the sub-deposits which have already been proved to exist. What is wanted, then, is-the employment of capital, so that operations may be xtended, and the treasure, which even now lies halfeevealed, may be wholly secured. The investment of large amounts of money in developing the auriferous riches of the colony, mist, whenever it occurs, be splendidly rewarded. This view of the case seems to be pretty general, for at present the cry is almost general through out the colony for the introduction of more capi tal in mining operations. Of such operations, the most important are concerned with the use of water ; and it stands to reason that an insuffi cient supply of so necessary an agent in the pro cess of gold-mining, must materially affect the value of the result. Now, with few exceptions, the gold-fields of Victoria have, ever since their original discovery, suffered from the insufficiency of the supply of water they had to meet doints.ic and mining requirements. The consequence of this deficiency has been the impossibility of tho roughly testing the extent of even the superficial deposits. The necessity of finding remunerative employment to the immense mining population of the colony has at length suggested to some of the gold-field municipalities the propriety of offering such facilities to the speculator as will insure his co-operation. Of the various local schemes at pre sent in existence for supplying the gold-fields with water in quantities suffiaient for every purpose, that to which the Sandhurst municipal council is a party seems to us at once the most comprehensive in its nature, as well as the most liberal in conces sions made for the purpose of obtaining the com pletion of the work off hand. Pertinent to the subject of introducing addi tional capital into mining operations, is the circum stance of Mr. Gabrielli's api earance in the gold fields iii the character of a mining speculator. Ballarat was the first mining district to which the attention of this capitalist has been directed, and the following extract from an article iu the Bal larat Tilhes of Monday last discloses the result of his negotiations so far as they have yet pro ceeded : "On Saturday evening we had an interview with Mr. Gabrielli, the well-known capitalist, and the negotiator of the loans to the Melbourne and Gee long corporations. This gentleman is now in Vic. toria In the double capacity of representative of Sir Samuel M. Peto, the great English railway con tractor (who is willing to undertake the construc tion of all the Victorian railways), and. agent for certain parties in England, who are prepared to find all the money which the completion of these works will require. Mr. Gabriellij visited Ballarat in order to examine for himself, and test the truth fulness of the reports contained in the public jour nals relative to the want of capital ou the gold fields, and to ascertain how far it would be safe to invest money in mining operations ; iu what man ner it could ba introduced, so. as to give the miner cheap capital, the capitalist fair interest, and both bona fide security. The new Administration have signifie 1 their in t intion of granting mining leases, and the Solicitor- General is engagedi n prepraing forms for the pur pose. These will be drawn up on such principles as will insure au equitable consideration both to the capitalist and the labouring miner, the object of securing the mutual co-operation of these classes. Pleasant Creek, in the Ararat district, although unfortunate in respect of its celebrity for deeds of violence and.crime commit ted in and about it, sus tains its more gratifying reputation as a first-class gold-field. The western diggings, the locality of which is in the vicinity of Pleasant Creek, have proved worthless, and are now almost deserted. Elysian Flat, near Bendigo, is also well reinunerat- U 4, its patrons at present. The judicial and general administration of the gold-fields as conducted by the newly-established Mining Boards and Courts of Mines, appears to be giving satisfaction. The celebrated Chines reef is now no longer the focus of mining disturbances. The reef is being worked by a large co-operative association, sad has already proved to be a most profitable investment to the company. OUR GOLD. . The shipments of gold during the fi rs t f our t een w eeks of 1856, 1857, and 1858, respectively, were as follow :- 1 858 1857 1856 oz. oz. oz. Week ending Jan. 9 14,052 37,909 120,002 16 84,082 1 19,560 81,115 „ 23 23 , 576 7,870 38,681 PI 30 31,206 8 5,666 31,946 " Feb. 6 53,088 3 8,701 32,397 13 31,720 71,282 61,716 pi, N 49,695 ]9,163 24,192 ~ 27 80,085 48,955 121,026 " Mar. 6 32,731 67,069 80,622 13 45,701 57,246 40,366 ,I 20 70,334 39,278 113,691 IP ;. V 27 10 64,640 70,856 ,o ~ April 3 85,006 35,439 3,000 10 96,317 41,487 52,747 .. ....._ ___ _ 607,603 734,236 892,351 i By the above statement t will be seen that our gold exports for the present year have fallen off to the extent of 36,633 oz., as compared with the cor responding period of last year, and as much as 194,748 oz. when placed in comparison with the shipments for the Arst 14 weeks of 1856. A tabular statement of the quantities of fold brought down by escort during the . 14 weeks ended April 10, 1858, as compared vflth the returns for the corrn- TRADE AND COMMERCE. Since the receipt of the January advices from the United Kingdom, a feeling of apprehension has prevailed in this city, which has plainly arisen from the apparent de' ertnination of English exporting houses to maintain their business relations with this colony up to a limit far beyond the requirements of buyers and consumers. From the statistical ac counts of shipments to Australiawhich have reached us, it would appear that no disposition has been manifeAed at home, as late as Jan. 16, to reduce the number of missions hither. It may possibly have occurred, it is true, that merchants engaged in the Australian trade were induced to seek an out let fortheir consignments to this market in default of being able to find any other at the critical period fellowing the great financial panic. The worth of warning addressed from hence in November last will, however, have doubtless been allowed to ex ercise some influence ; and we, therefore, expect to learn on the arrival of the overdue mail steamer Columbian, that in all January a marked falling off had t .ken place ; but, pending the advent of that vessel, it is by no means probable that any well-defined improvement will be established in the import markets. The steamer in question has now been due since the 7th inst.,- and the inconveniences from which the colonists of New South Wales have frequently been subjected, in being unable to reply to their European correspondence in regular course of post, are greatly affecting our interests at this particular juncture. Our import market has on the whole, however, been in a healthy state for the last two months. Soft goods, though held in abundance, and selling at low advances, have been ready of sale. The warehousemen have done a large trade, both to supply town and country demands. These engaged in this branch of commerce are hopeful that the large amount to be disbursed this year on public roads, bridges, buildings, &a., and the probability that government will accept tenders for at least a portion of our railway system, may have the effect, during the remainder of the year, of providing em ployment for a large number of our working popu lation, thereby enabling that useful class to lay out more money in clothing, and other articles of prime necessity, than they have lately been able to do. It is satisfactory also to state that, during the last few weeks, our imports, as reported at the custom-house, have materially diminished in amount, while our exports present still a fair aver age. Should this continue, we confidently an ticipate a very sound state of trade during the rest of the year. It must not be forgotten that we shall only require about 25,000 tons of flour this year in addition to what has been raised in the colony ; and, taking the consumption of all imported articles at 301. per head annually, for a population of 460,0001., our imports into all the ports of the colony ought not to exceed 13,000,0001. or 14,000,000 1 ., if our merchants wish to keep busi ness in a comfortable state. Stocks on hand are still large, and this must also be kept in view. The provision and liquor trade has also been very active, but we regret to mention the very heavy losses that importers or consigners have had to submit to. Brandy, gin, rum, whisky, and bottled beer, have all been overdone, and our preset quota tions, which cannot, in all cases, be obtained by importers, show heavy losses. It will take a long time before stocks are so diminished that paying prices can be obtained. The state of our mail ser vice has also, during the last six months, had a pre judicial influence upon prices. When any delay takes place in the mival of the mail from England, a pause takes place in general business, and im ported goods can only be disposed of at a reduction in price. There are few things .that would m• ke fullness in this colony more regular in its course, aid more profitable to those engaged in it, than regular postal communication with all the marke;a • whence we draw our supplies ; and,we are itt tope., that the re.solationS referred to b 1c)-vr may have'the effect of procuring for us a more. efficient xcitil'siiti s vice. In the Legislative Assembly ; on Wednesday, motions condemnatory of the- ; present postal ar rangements -betteen this , colony and the Vnite'd Kiugdorri were unanimously c vrieci. ( The motions were couched in the'folloiwiug *lns . - That in the opinion of this house, the imperfect mapnvy in which the contraet'for.tbe cot:lee:fangs j of her Wijesty's mails between Anstralkatrl England has, been carriet out by the Australian and European Steam Navigation Com pany has bech such 'as tO' call fur 'the most decided ex pression of dissitisfactiotreir the.patt Of this house. • That, inasmuch as the condltioni_of the contract have been so palpably violated, in spirit and fact, thichouse deems it expedient that steps • be 4akeu suggesting' _to the imperial Goverithieut the expediendy of annulling the Pie:. sent contract. ' -- - - ' • • In the import' markets the tratiiictibris cf the past month have not - be e n chuacterised by any satisfactory degres of ;activity, if we except the dealings of second hands - and - retailers froai our general observations. AP extensive trade has been done by the latter, although she larze importing houses 'Lave been unable to move of their heavy stock without, diffieulry. In tha. market for ale and potter, there has, been a steady demand, and bulk ales of favourite bran4l have not wsmo'f ,rward in large quantities. Beer in glass has notlitetvirli such a ready sale, andareductionlas consequently been sUbmittkl to by sellers. Btitter has fluctuate I in value, and, after having been freely offered at 130, is again worth from 14d to 141 d.. Belmont sperm candles arsin the market at 14,1 d. and the demand forall varieties of candles is daily increas ing. The finest samples of cheese in the market are saleable at 141. '; but inferior qualilie', of which there is an over supply, cannot be ',heed without much difficulty. For articles of Etsteru produce there is a somewhat hatter in4uiry,And a 'F•liAht in dication of, a rise. Sugars have exOrieneted a s'igh't alter - Aden' in price, parcel, having changed' hands for transmiss i on' to the interior. Mauritius coon ters have b eri in much reqiiest for - the'past few dpys, I.nd are ealeape at quotations. Tess are likewise worth the outside !quit of quotations ; and holders are sanguine of being enabled to clear off those porions of their stocks which consist of superior consignmen's, at higher Wes. Patna rice may be quoted at 18/. to 191. Oilmen's stores are still saleable at our quotations. Battled fruits and pickles meet with a proMpt sale. In the wino and spirit market a considerable improvt mnit has taken place, although no very marked change in prices has been recorded. - Ports and she' ries, of acknowledged qualities, may be disposed of with less difficulty, but cannot be Said to be in active demand. Brandies are likewise more saleable, and case goods especially command a larger num ber of buyers. An extensive sale of wines and spirits was held on Wednesday, when the follow ing prices were realised :-Otaru's dark brandy, lls. 6d. to 12s. per gallon ; do pale d'., in quar tets, lls. 9d. to 12s. per gallon ; Otard's pale brandy, in case, 355. to 365. ; Bind on's pale shorty, duty paid, 471. per butt ; do. do., in bond, 391. to 40/. per butt. Amontillado, in bond, 1151. per butt, Silva's port, duty paid, 64/. to 65/. per pipe. Pigeon's case old tom, in bend,l4s. 6.1. per case ; Burnett's do., do., 13s. Gd. per case. Boith's do., do., 31s. per _case. Red case Geneva, anchor brand, 15s. to 15s. 6d. per case ; green case do., ss. 3d. per case. By ass's ale and porter, two-third and three-third, 9si. 6d. to OS. Bd. per dozen. in the flour and grain market there is an absence of activity, and flour cannot now be: quoted higher than 16/. to 171. 103. The favourite brands are held for 181. ; but we cannot learn that many trans actions at that figure have been complered. Bran, after receding t) ls. 10d. ' has again advanced, and is now selling at 2s. 6d. to 2s. Bd. per bushel. Co louial oats (teed), are saleable at 7s. 3d. to Bs. 3d. ; Scotch and Irish, 6s. to 6s. 3d. told Californian, 6s. Gd. to 61. 9d. per bushel. dape barley is worth from 6s. Gd. to 6s. 9d. Thera is an abundant supply of capital Offering at 10 per cent., on approved securities ; and loans are reported to have been negotiated at as low a rate as 8 per cent. Eipo:ta for the year 1856 : Wool and other exports.: Gold . ..1-8:' APEIti were entrusted to him to be gummed u. er t •-, _ I ated. It is said, however, that the C o . 1 : : my!, :-- ~/. to alter the charge to one of illegal p ~, -r,..c% Ve,,,` 14 4 The American ship Tornado bas ci*1 . ,:,.. 4*W "':', - c 1- 4 riety through the breaking out of a . * _ jithlc - ;;,. ?. 4 board; -- during - the voyage out -fr ', ..,. r .- z •;4 Some"oflhe brew astire,-sp.artiolt-14 iP . . ~,_ ,: - --,F to the inatP, that ina scufflewhich tettk Plef sB °Ar cw after. he vessell !SA port, he was comoplietil, - in se i ttat defence, to fire - his revolver at his assailants. Two of the ringle,aders were sheV, of iihorn• oiie shortly afterwa.i,ds died ; and tbe'otlibr, although severelif wounded, bas since neatly recovered? ' :ritinvtliti Um- t luta tirq cirbotimstaiibes of till,Mai ' was held'.li t on board th e vessel Phsv f ly afttr itsarriV in Mk: : son's B.ay ;, and *he Trotted States cOrin.l,, w4i? Pre sided, committe leight of the cre w td custody, .'l, W v,ia i , the intention of sending them to America for tti4 e s A question 'has, however, since ati- on- as is *its logarcompeten-q of the consul to Mite such steps; and last night certain quer:es- were pus to the At- • torney-Genora! in the liegislature'i.elative to the - css-t in point-. •- - ) lob on's Bay has been' long Iricitisn' •to bo irs--; fisted by ' shalits ; - but, but their p e: &ride until r6-' ) cently has not Won ace )14apied. .[pithovwiaet*, results to the b#ther. A fur,' week.s'Avp, h this immunity was broken in ,a , ,phoclung manner, . A seaman, one of the crew of a Savudialt barque ' whit!' was lying at anchor off Williamstown, im e bashing by the f-ids of the vessel, wl en s bUte shark tote at him, 'and seized him by the I.g. Tfiti, Moor follow was thagged a short distanc3 under: . water, but was eventually rescued by hitt ship: mates from' the j +Ws of the fish, . although not until the ferocious animal had porriplettoly stripped the flesh off the belies of iris ie*. The wound t d man died sholtly after from the effects of exces sive hopitioirliwze. The :Zink is stated to be' twenty feet in length ' • and- al•hough numerow attempts It L i*: b-eniiiidcirioce the poont-cetice 'of the cat ts tr,:p he. just related to CaptUte . it,. !lons 14.4 yet resulted-in success. ' ' ' 1 , ' . 1' Tifellev. Mr. Bincey, w,ithseveral 'pthei minis ters, arrived trithe suit.iia On the tliti.ttlt. The rev. gentle . iri4,4" preaelie 1 at • SK•liiilda,,li:li she first. tame on Sunday fait, ' a . iiiiiiiiii sermon bias sioc3 been published. under the title of " Be Men." A grant of roooey has . 134,teti' • made by the' lagislat titre - fur the purpose of founding, amoflel farm in the n•4g4l)..iirlided of . /Telliantne:; tilt the site not haviog yet been decided upon, .nothing has been done. - The Port l'hilip Fariters'-SecietysYlsh to have apiece of laid Well adapteld to- theirptaptiss;,` which-they have selected, and whiehiswitlfia three milt's or town - ;• but as it compriaes a - portion. rif Ob• of the pitiip;: f he•ir - applicktion has been tefused for the oresent,..thougit as the public would ha ve acorn at all-times to the model farm, there does not ap pear any very good reasonfor obj,c - ing to give up a portion of . a' swerve- made for puttiosei othesitbt and recre +lron to the purpcses of . thecassociatioo.. The South' Aiii - L'ilian portion, c.,the mail for England by - the Victoria, 'bas' aeon biOught round by the Havflah, and Cothprise : 63, bOXes and 1/ bans. - The royal mail steamer .Victoria left' Sydney at 9.30 *a.m. on the 11th inst., and anchored :in the bay yest3ttity, about 9 a.m., after 'contending await st head winds during the paarage. :The con dition and arrangeinents of the vu:ssel.fully jus-ify the flattering notice of her- which vial republished from the Sydney Mariting Herald,. in our lustre of yesterday: She has - but little:cargo on board, and none for this port, but has a largo, shipment of gold from Sydney. - . . AMUSEMENTS. Mr. Brook; after a iound of firetvell.plrforni , auces, which were very NS ell at tOIO6EI, 4as bid* film'. adieu to MelbOurne, :liavjnfortaile - his last ap pearance as Matthew—Elmore, in " Love's Sacri fice." Mr, is dila 2 playing, in. Ta ai a. The Royal i.A now devotetl.te the comic the ls.test nove'ty being theproduction ofilrough's burlesque of ".Lalla Bookit, '. which, pu liport the stage with great spitit and , , attention to detail, threatens to becotne.as great a - faveurite here as-at the Lypeutn. , ' . At the P. incase's; Mist provost, an Americala actress of some eminence, is playing w ith mo d era t e success: The Gougenhei ms :e `about : about: toAnspear at.the Montezuma, Ballarat and Mr. aild Mrs. Weir have .opened: the liaymarket, Saudkurat, with. a good company. - The following is the annual. statement of- the President :of the Melhournel Chamber of. Com meree::— • , At an early period of the past year, I succeeded to the position of president of your chamber, and now yroceed to perfOrni one of the duties of the office, by a review of felts and conclusions which impress mo as interesting tO'our selves, or possible value to those who may sucoeetl us-in thus marking the progress of commerce in.this colony.: We all must regret, that notwithstanding the excessive imposts 911856-7, theievil not only continuos, bit has biien largely in creased during the period'of our present observa tion of 1837-8, as shown in the folloWhig statetnonti : Imports-fcr the year 1A56 Imports for the year 1857 ' - 17,258X9 Doing an imam.) of ~ • 4,347,272 .< £3,221,707 . j .11,806i237 Exports for the year 1857 : Wool and other exports £4,090,911 Gold £16,020 ) 944 £15,079, q 2 --1 Being an increase of .. 49,5'8 Or a general difference in balance against the colony of 4,297,7, 41. for 1857. _ . _ There has been, of course, an assiznilating fluctuation La tonnage, as by the following stateuient : Vessels entered inwards, 18;6 :-- Vessels. Flom colonies From Great Britein and foreign ports., 3 ,8 Total Vessels entered inwards, .1857 : Tuou. 274 ; 794 263,815 1920 538,609 Vessels. Tons. From colonies 1753 330,594 From Great Britain and foreign porta... 432 363,970 2190 694,564 Showing an inereme of 155,955 tons, The clearances outwards were respectively : - 1856 l9; 9 vessels ; 534,361 tons. i 1857 The two first months of 1853, 1 1 am fearful, premise an equally unsatisfactory result fur the current yarn T . 6 us, iwports fur Melbourne onlY— Ja nuarY R1,185,609 13,3 . 4,009—£1. 186 , 375 February 1,028,099 924,208 • 1,194;9.9 281 , Increase, 1853 over 1, 13,708 2,307,217 2,381,294 Increasu, 1858 over 1857 ' . '74,077 Exports for Melbourne only : - J:.ouary , 18511: ) 1857. - . 1958. Gold - 8 i 3,21 , 2 594,294 wool, 3.:e 192,418,, 344,153 406,0.8 Feb: nary , , , . Gold -4,382 701,052 891,640 Wool, &c • --- -- -- --- -- -- Totals i:2,312,762 £2,112,002 £2,208,524 These last returns are of necessity imperfect, being limited to Melbourne, but so far as they go they show-- 1856—(Fur first two months)—Excess of exports over imposts £99,054 1857 (For first two months)—Excess of imports over exports 195,215 1858 --(For first two months)—Excess of imports Over exports 172,770 "The enormous balance of 4,297,704/. for 1857, leads to the conclusion that shipments have been made to this place, quite ap ar t f rcui ca l cu ' at i on, or b y par ti es ent itely ignorant of the limited extent of our popula• tiou, ur others who have needed the facilities of ad vances unfortunately too easily obtained through banks, or from other quarters ; and many very large iniporta tions, the results of orders from here, have recoiled and caused not oily the explosion of some who hazarded the means of others much more largely than their own, but t , ) the serious damage f such as were rash enough t ! • risk their mean s or ci e d i t on suc h specu l at i ve grounds. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Export entries were passed at the Customs for 9,450 ovnee+ of gold for shipment, as follows :-Victoria, for Suez, 9,4200 z. 9dwt. ; Shooting Star, for Liverpool, 2.z. 10d w t.; Tudor, for Liverpool, 270 z.; and 10dwt. in the City of Sydney, for Sydney. CUSTOMS REYENUE -The Return of Customs rove• nue for 13th April, 1858, gives the following items Brandy, 2,764 gallons, 1,3821. lls. 41; Rini- 1,945 " .1 272/ 16.;.; rum, 915 do., 457/. 19a. ; whi.ky; 273 do., 136/. 17s. 2d. ; perfumed, 14 do., 71. 81. ; other spirits, 81 do., 41/. 51; wine, 1,96 do., 1 19 / 124 .; beer, 28 2191 do 705 9 , 61 ; tobacco, 2 9081 b. 290/. 16.. ; cigars, 7681 b., 115/. 4.. ; te a . 11,3011 b. 2841. Os. 61. ; coffee, 2,1711 b., 184. Is. 10d. ; sugar, 891 cwt., 0 67/. 7s. 51. ; treacle, 255 do., 531. Si.lld. ; gold, 2,586uz. 15dwt., 3231. 63. 111 Duties, 5,1751, 144. 6,1, Tonnage, 23/. 5.. Passenger rate, 24/. 2s. ad. other moneys, 2e. 7d. Revenue, 5225/. 43. 7d. age, 1211. 6 , . GOLD.-Tbe following quotations represent the values of the precious metal :-Castletuaine Sandhurst, and pi, a ,ant Creek, 3/.15.. 6d.; Korong, Jones Creak, and Sandy Creek, 3 /. 153 . 9J .; Marvborough, Avo ca , A m . boat, Dunolly, and Ararat, 3/. 158. 9d.; Ovens, 31 17, 31. to 3/. 17s. 21; B illsarat, 3/. 18 , . to 3/. 18.. 61 SToci AND SHARE MARKET. -A good k • tieDti of n fair Jutquess has been done in this market front the couthai2leein are present wet k, and all desciipticni of shares request. iIIPOLT MARKETS.—The certainty which bag existed to-day, that the mail per Victotia would he punctually thspatched at the time notified by the Post-office autho rities, has induced cur merchants and traders to pr . eP%r: some portion of their correspondence for trausinnoisnsoica to &Wand, and it is accorditißly impossible any change in quotations. The non-arrival t t h o o e f a steamer Columbian continues to occasion the inntrferes annoyance in mercantile circles, and the arrival of theu greatest snail With the regular progress of b us in a e i s t i i ,B ,: i x g i l u t tending buyers are anxiously d a in order to docide as later intelligence from Euglan inasmuch as ins to the extent of their purchases. EICHANCM—The banks i ssue drafta en En4and it MISCELLANEOUS. Since the date of our last summary, the colony has suffered a serious, and, for the present, at lea-t, almost irreparable loss, by the death of two of the ablest philo,ophioal chemists in Australia—Count John Dembinski and Dr. John Maun , l. The for mer, who was son of the distinguished commander in-chief of the Hungarian patriotic at my, in the campaign of-1850, had made himself a colonial re putation by his scientific attainments ; his sug gestions-on the subject of the dissolirt'ou-orauri ferous quartz by - common chemical agencies, and which originally appeared in the columns of this journal, having particularly attracted the at ention of the Australian public. Count Dembinski died on the 24th of March under circumstances which called for the inter position of the coroner. At the inquest it tran spired that the pecuniary position of the unfortu nate gentleman was lamentably beneath that to which the name he bore, and his character and talents, enti , led him. The fact seems to have 'if footed his mind, the more so as his high s:nse of honour not only forbade his placing himself in the position of a debtor, but even restrained him from making his frieos acquainted with the em barrassments which were breaking hie heart. Ho died rather suddenly, at the residence of a Catholic clergyman, the Rev. J. Bleasdale, where he had been lodging for a short time ; and although it appeared from the evidence at the inquest that he h-d made some remarks to a perm3n from which it might be inferred that he intended to commit suicide, and that poisonous alkaloids, such as mor phine and aerophine, had been in his pass,-scion shortly before his death, the disclosures of the autopsy did not justify such suspici , m as might previously have 1), en excited of his having com mitted self-destruction. Dr. B:ownless, who had attended him a few days prior to. his death for gastric fever, was of opinion that the cause was attributable to extreme mental anxiety acting upon a body previously weakened by disease ; and the jury, after patiently investigating the circum stances, decided that there was not sufficient evi dence to show the cause of death. The deceased was thirty years of age, and was much esteemed by all who had made his acquaintance. The decease of Dr. Maned inflicts a loss upon this community such as will be most severely felt. The deceased gentleman occupied a prominent po sition in the front rank of the medical profession in the colony, while his more public services as chemical analyst to the government have made his name honourably familiar through the length and breadth of the land. After a brief illness of a week, originally produced by a slight febrile attack, but rendered serious by the supervention of dysentry, he expired at his resi.!ence in Latrobe-street on the 7th instant. Hi re mains were followed to the glare by a nume rous body of his private friends, whos3 grief found au echo in the bosom of every Victorian colonist. The complete destitution of the Corporation of Melbourne, in respect of funds to pay for the un dertaking of necessary works, coupled with the re cent refusal of the legislature to improve the con dition of the corporate purse, has suggested a movement which at present bids fair to culminate in the "crumpling up" of the city. Several of the wards, finding that the suspicion of being in bad company has seriously affected their own condition, are contemplating separation from the city proper, and setting up for themselves, by establishing in dependent municipalitie, a course which is open to them under the provisions of the Municipalities Act. Whether the separatists will be able to carry their puiut remains to be seen ; the movement, however, is being vigorously pushed on, and finds many supporters, local and otherwise. A hint thrown out by Mr. Duffy, the other night, that the government contemplated placing the city corpo ration in a position to enable it to perform the duties entrusted it, may, however, have some effect in breaking the force of the agitation. The city was shamefully used by the late government, but the men in office being assured of the patronage of the public so long as their actions continue to jus tify its being extended to them, have no cause to wish the dissolution of the corporation, that they may increase their adherents by finding places f r them, by the establishment of a city commission on the ruins of the City Council. Robberies, with violence, or in colonial pbras " sticking up," are still rife in some of the country euntr y disti ids, but Melbourne has , of late, b mode rately exempt from the perpetration of e the more serious crimes. Mr. Lionel Levi, who had come under the ban of the police, in consequence of a presumed fictitious credit from the London bank ingfirm of Smith, Payne, and Smiths , having b been thrice discharged from custody through failure of evidence, has at leugth been committed for trial, ' on the information of the Solicitor-Geieral, for for gery. Mr. Samuel Calvert, a well-known wood-en graver, has also fallen under the frown of t'iie law, in consequence of his being suspected to have em bezzled a number of sheets of postage stamps, Which 1101 all - BENEDICT'S ANNUAL MORNING a CONCERT, under the immediate patronage of her Most racious Italest .Y " THE QUEEN, Ills Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and . Her Royal Highness the of Camridge, rin take place at lIER MAJESTY'S Duchess THEATRE, b OR MONDAY, Tickets 2 1st. on the same grand scale of former years. Particulars and 'FLets may be had at Mr. Benedict's residence, 2, Manchester lquare, and at the principal Libraries and Matte Warehouses. The full Programme is now Ready. . I