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EAST MIA. HOUSE, MATIca 31, 1852. TO THE PROPRIETORS , O.F.EASr .INDIA STOCK. Ladles and Gentlemen. THE ELECTION of -SIX DIRECTORS of the last India Company being appoiwei for WEDNESDAY, the 14th April next, the favour of your Vote and Interest is re quested for the following Gentlemen, viz.:— • WILLIAM BUTUERWORTH BAYLEY, Etq. • RUSSELL ELLICE, Esq. Sir RICHARD JENKINS, G.C.B. ROSS DONNELLY MANGLES, Esq., M.P. JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P. Major JOHN ARTHUR MOORE, , Which will much oblige, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servants, Hy. Alexander J. H. Astell Robert Campbell J. Caulfield John Cotton Wm. Dent Wm. J. Eastwick J. W. Hogg John Loch J. L. Lusbington E.•Macnaghten W L. Melville. ing by proxy, may obtain a Letter te Treasury in this House. C. Mills J. Petty Maspratt J. Oliphant W. H. C. Plowden 11. T. PrinseP 11. Shank John Shepherd M. T. Smith W. EL Sykes John C. Whiteman igram I} enry Willock ** yroprietors desirous of volt, of Attorney for that purpose at the EAST INDIA HOUSE, MARCH 31, 1852. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. Ladies and Gentlemen, HAVING the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors of the East India Company, as Ca $s for the Direction, to be chosen this year, Co take the liberty el requesting the favour of your Vote on the day of Election, WED. I.IA3DAy, the 14th April next. We ure, Ladles and Gentlemen, Your most obedient and W most hum AYEble servants, . B. ants, RUSSELL ELLICE RD. JENKINS ROSS D. MANGLES JOHN MASTERMAN J. A. MOORE. *.* Proprietors desirous of Voting by Proxy, may - obtain a Letter o f Attorney for that purpose, at the Treasury in this House. • THE ROYAL BRITISH BLINK (Inc6rporated 11 by Charter), besides transacting all ordinary Banking business, Continues to allow, On DEPOSITS for six months, 3 per cent, per annum ; and , on Bums for shorter periods and at Call, interest varying with the mount and time in Bank; And Grants CASH CREDITS for indefinite periods, on sufllcient securities, at er cent, commilinion half-yearly on theamount of the credit, and for short p er ka s -- - 0 - azinl /It debitunflep-- g with the circumstances. Every additional information and forms for opening accounts, to., 31111 be supplied at the Bank and its Branches, or sent by post on ap plication. By order of the Court of Directors, HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. 16, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, London. LONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY. RESIDENTIAL TICKETS. In order to encourage the erection of Houses at moderate rents, viz., from 201. to 501. per annum, adapted to the wants of Clerks, and of similar Classes of Society, on the Suburban Liues of this Company, which traverse the most healthy and attractive portion of the neighbourhood of London, the Directors are prepared to ar range terms for the issue. at a reduced rate and for a given number of years, of Residential Tickets (Ist or 2d Class) with persons erect ing Twenty Houses or more, of the class referred to, on specified conditions, for the use of the occupiers of such houses and their fa milies. A late train will run on the Windsor line daily on and after the Ist of April, leaving Waterloo Station at Eleven P.M., and calling at the principal intermediate stations, and will continue to ran permanently daring Summer and Winter. By order of the Court of Directors, WYNDHAM !LARDING, Secretary. York -road Offices, March 27, 1852. THE ROYAL HOTEL, SLOUGH STATION. The superior Furniture, noble Glasses, Gilt Pier Tables, the re maining stock (about 800 dozen) of the most rare Wines, Plate and Plated Articles, and the valuable Appendages throughout this splendid Establishment, including the whole of the Tenant's most exnensive Fixtures and Fittings. MESSRS. ROBINS are instructed by Mr. DOTESIO, the Proprietqr, who has opened the great Hotel at the Railway Station at Hull, that unless a suitable offer be made for the whole by Private Contract before the sth inst., they will SELL by AUCTION, on the Premises, in lots, commencing on the 3d 3L& next, the entire valuable CONTENTS of the ROYAL HOTEL AT SLOUGH, presenting an ensemble quite perfect, comprising the much-admired and excellent English and French Furniture and Carpets, the veritable magnificent Royal Bedstead and Tapestry, once the pro perty of Marie Antoinette, with Louis XIV. clocks, and some of the undoubted Furniture of the Emperor Napoleon, 30 noble Looking glasses of large size, and Consoles in splendid carved and gilt frames, numerous sets of truly excellent sitting-room, dining and coffee-room Chairs and Tables, the valuable assemblage of elegant Plate, plated and gilt Dinner, Dessert, Tea and Breakfast services, by essrs. Bunt and Roskell; an extensive Wardrobe of Table and Bed Linen, some nearly new services of handsome China and Cut-glass in great variety, matchless beautifully pencilled French China Dessert Plates, and Ornaments for the Dra ming-rooms ; the suites of well inanufacturnd modern Furniture and Bedding of the numerous Bed-chambers, by Dawes, of Soho-square; the complete grand Batterie de Cuisne, Larders, and Confectionary Utensils in the most perfect order, by Ravey, of Conduit. street. The rare and choice stock of universally praised Wines, most li berally and judiciously selected by the Proprietor, comprising about 800 dozen, consisting of very curious and favourite old dry Ports, Burgundies, and Rhenish Wines, first class Chateau Margaux, Lapitte, Larose, and St. Julien Clarets, a great variety of re cherche French and Spanish Wines of extraordinary quality, a few smaller bins of the rare vintages 1834, 1836, 1840, and 1841, &c. ; also the Fixtures and Fittings-up, comprising the excellent Stoves, Kitchen and Steam Apparatus, and Engine, Gas Fittings, Bells, and Speaking Conductors, Dressers, Counters, large Mahogany class Cases, Window Blinds, Slate Shelves, and a variety of useful Materials. A more detailed advertisement will be shortly announced, in cluding the Horses, Carriages, Harness, Stabling, Farm-yard, and Garden Implements. Further information may be obtained at the Offices in Covent garden. NICOLL'S REGISTERED PALETOT. Many have assumed the use of the word Paletot, but the Patentees of the design and material used in this inexpensive and aentlemantly article of dress are Messrs. NICOLL, Merchant Viet tern, IMlEttSyratentees, ano praouracturers or ciutu, wno - nave ,Agents in every principal town in the United Kingdom and its Co lonies. Their London Address being as follows : No. 114, Regent-street, forms a Department for Paletots, &c. No. 116 (the next house), is devoted for Military and Diplomatic Uniforms. No. 118, for Robes and every novel or established article of cos tume. No. 120,18 exclusive for Boys' and Youths' Clothing, Servants' Liveries, &c., of unusual excellence ; and at 22, Cornhill. Specimens of all may ba , Ten. In each Department skilful and intelligent Assistants attend, and the admitted fact, "That an article to be really cheap should be really good," is practically sustained. J. and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, and 22, " Divide about the broad bride cake, WRound about the bride's stake."—Ben Jonson. EDDING BREAKFAST provided entire, iu Town or Country, by Messrs. PURSSELL, 73, Cornhill, near the Exchange, including wines of the rarest vintages, and the _ hire of Plate, china, ser van t s , an d carr i ages. B i lls o f f are, w i t h 'emu, sent by post for any number required. A magnificent dis,day of Bride Cakes for selection. Ball Suppers furnished complete, in cluding lights and music. Experienced cooks and table deco. ators sent to any part of the country tor the management of entertain ments. Soups, made dishes, ices, &c., carefully packed for country orders. — Messrs. enrssell's, 78, Cornhill. GENE R A L ELECTION. BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, the well-known N ASSER of the PUBLIC, respectfully solicits the attention of CANDIDATES to his depot of FLAGS and BANNERS, with de vices and mottos suitable for Electioneering purposes. Also Tents and Marquees of any size for Public Meetings, and at the shortest notice. 9_ N rders per post addressed No. 2, Duke-street, Southwark. 11. A. few second - hand Marquees of large dimensions at a rea sonable price. IP ILIGR A , TION.—Thousands are now leaving these FIT&E. Oltld,,England for various o , untries and other climates--to all Icb 7ES & SON confideutly reelmmend their complete OUT this departineniu,mber of ye ire E. MOS E S and S O N h ave attended to requiiite for t , and their perfact acquaintance with every article a reason why the h Passage out, and for every climate in the world, is Esta6fishment, eY supply Outfits better and cheaper than any other Every Em' grant Emigra n t uld therefore provide himself with an Outfit an_d eXperienee of the largest every article being selected with the care On an Outfit largest Outfitters in the Universe. I. daily use rendered.—a precious to the Emigrant by twofold claims -En glish make and Paid fo r it t —a value is put far above the price tremely 1 a L. MO SES and SONS, ' ex- Outfit ow for the valuable goods comprising their unequalled distant la The E migram.ooking at , will l these when in his hut or house in far to take out his ,z, wisely think how fortunate he had not neglected have done withoo llit from E. MOSES an d SON'S. What could he have pal(' elser rh it. and how ere ?trifling their charge to what he must rendered him, b y he What a variety of valuable ' services it had forts, and how eatirZt ul ,lng a constant accession to his d • daily con tain any goods like those would it be ose In many places to °b and SON. They supply them for 31. 155., 61. 155., I ,l. I Is., and up free, to any part of tile kli, —.4/dont ad on application, or forwarded, post Establish la Lon — OSE3 AND SON. on City M OSES 154 84, 85, d and 86, Aldgate , opp eete fi Ll!a. 156, and 157, Minorles, 83, ..ondon West-end Branch, iso67 o, ll s e o reh, all communicating. and 3, Hart-street, all cOmmunicati n ,.. 8 . New Oxford-stroet, 1,2, isradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 7 a r ar-ate. rdd ite - strect. Sheffield Branch, 33, Merchant callors, Clothiers. Ratte rs . v., an, 0,,,,,, akkere, and General Outfitters for Ls& Leers, Pu rriera, Bost The Establishments are a lozed f :n sunset p r i a . , ea a 3 n , d Gentlemen. Batir I. vs cuhen brAirloB4 is pastsra z eas ,„ .„,,,,,,,... 1 . 51 on WANTED—A Young Lady to attend ho Xantio clothing Department. None need apply except th e , ~...a_ad u n d er.. ." been pre. Viously In the business. The Universal Guide, a newspaper containing daily "" hill list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can .. t, e, &c ~ t free, to any part or .4, gratis, on application, er forwarded, post the kingdom. ' 1852 can be had, vat , A. handsome Almanac for the year ending s, an application. Id l'on pane Francais. Qui al Pa ris Italian°. . • , Mier spricht man Deutsch. I Aqua se habla EspanOl PUBLICATioNs T " PERIL TIIE NEW S NOofVEL, FAS HION, Is now ready, in 3 volg. " We question if ever the perils of fashionable life were more vividly exhibited than in the charming romance before us. Tne fashionable life here depicted is not that false ideal one stereotype i in ordinary novels—it is the life drawn from actual being by one experienced in its changeful aspect, and who possesses a hand skilled in the lim ner's art. The characters are sketched with inure than usual bold ness, and are evident portraits from originals. Tne music mad Lord Ilrandipton - and the scheming. Italian songstress, Mr. Leigh, the clergyman, and Sir W. Avison, the dipl , natist, are not difficult to be recognised. On the whole, The Perils of Fashion' is a most exciting novel, which we think will become very popular." Cothurn,and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NIUR R A Y'S RAILWAY READING. Containing Works of Sound Information and Innocent Amusonent, printed in larie Readable Type, suited for all Classes of Readers. Already published, MUSIC and DRESS. 'ls. LITERARY ESSAYS. From " The Times." 4s. NIMROD on the CHACE. Is. LAYARD'S ACCOUNT of NINEVEH. ss. LIFE of TIIEODORE'IIOOK. is. MAIION'S 11151014 Y of the " FORTY-FIVE." 39, NIMROD on the ROAD. Is. JAMES'S FABLES of :ESOP. 100 Woodcuts. 2s. 6d. The FLOWER GARDEN. Is. DEEDS of NAVAL VARING. 2s. Gd. The 116NEY BEE. A. NIMROD , on the !TURF. , is. Gd. • 1 Shortly, :A JOURNEY to KATMANDIIU (Capital of Nepaul), and the Camp of Jung Bahader ; including a" Sketch of the Nepaulese Am bassador at home. By Laurence Oliphant. A series of cheap and , healihy.pitidiestions."—Atheumum. " The mixed Character Of the series is a good feature, and carried "out with vig t alir and discernment."----Christian Remelribrancer.-- " Mr. Murray has deserved well of the Tuve., _ —.unity. Observer. " Books at once cheap and good."—Economist, " We hearilly wish this new undertaking success."—Morning _ _ Herald. John Murray, Albermarle-street ; and to he obtained at all Book• sellers and Railway Stations. PATRON-11. R. 11. PRINCE ALBERT. OYAL roLYTEdEINI6 - STITUTION. 11, Prevention of Forgery. A Lecture, by J. 11. Pepper, Esq., on Glynn and Appel's Patent Paper for the Prevention of Piracy and Forgery by the Anastatic Process —During Lent, a Lecture on As tronomy, illustrated by beautiful diagrams, will be delivered by Dr. Bachhoffner, on Wednesdayand Friday Evenings, at Eight o'clock. —The celebrated Vocalist Kransz de Feller, who sings in Thirty-six Foreign National Dialects, will appear for the first time in England in his new Musical Divertissement, "The Illustrated Crystal Pa lace," on Monday, the 20th instant, and continue each Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday Evenings, at Eight o'clock, in which he will introduce Twenty National Melodies in Twenty different Foreign Dialects. —A Description by Mr. Crispe, of the various kinds of Muskets, Rifles, &c.—Dissolving Views, &c. Admission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age, A NEW EDITION OF THE CATALOGUE. LAURENT'S CASINO, A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, St. James's. The PRIZE WALTZ, awarded to Mr. W. 11. Montgomery. will be played every evening by Laurent's Celebrated Band. Principal Cornet-a- , iston. M. lioulcourt. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at ninei and terminate at half-past eleven. Admission—ONE SHILLING. 31 E RCU BO R B I y ek ir L i SYNI A T F I F O EC TFMIGANSI 0 oNS.r the whole Ap , actical paper on this subject, from the pen of Dr. Green, of Great Marlborough-street, appears in the current number (thU sixth) of the MEDICAL CIRCULAR. Indices to all the Medical Journals —Mirror of their contents—Bibliography—Biographical Sketches of Dr. Ashwell (with a Portrait), Mr. Atkins, Mr. Avery. and others— Mr. Wakley's Insurance Office—Medical Notes and Queries, News and Correspondence. Price 3d., by post 4d. Office 6, Adam-street, Adelphl. To be had of all Newsmen. The Trade supplied at Gilbert and Co.'s, Paternoster•row. MEDICAL ADVICE ON TELE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF VOUT AND MATURITY. With Plain Directions for their Prevention and Cure. FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. Just published, in French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free from the Author for Forty-two Stamps, SE LF-P RE SER V ATI ON; a Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the ecret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually ac mired at an early period of life, which destroy the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex 'must the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations on t).. certain Prevention and successful Treatment of Nervous Debi - lity, Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and derangements resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted oy Lallemand, Ricord, and other eminent members of the faculty of France. With Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection. By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, M.D., Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c. This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert. who has taken the highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo nials Inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the treatment of these complaints. lie may be consulted with advan t,•!_ige by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated through secret practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of mar l:44 .r rt Y a es e ir i s, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of rnstrated, ' 1 and existence itself rendered a term of aneeas acist ,s.ery and regret. u nhd by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater ee-row liannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Tltchborne-street, or fee. b e . t ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; !rho ,33,a; ost forty-two stamps, from the author's residence. Petty te,o.3___ ulled on d these disorders F, personally. or by letter, -^ ' • from or 4lx ttl Ijoht. THE SILENT FRIEND. IN SIX LANGIJAGES—FORTIETH EDITION. IN AS CO VTAING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTIONOF DISE E' I llustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Etegra ,in g s. " PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. A Now Edition, enlarged to 196 page:, price 2s. 6d. by post, from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in stamps. THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on _ the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by "excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of nercur3r_ , with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol le.srweveLhpbserrations on Marriage, ana the disqualifications which iv e 'L l .,.“' Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L. ewee and 00 ., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners- street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster don,row , aid sold by nenny, e 3, and Sanger, 150. Oxford-street ; Gor -0 146, reeedenhall-street; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, 46 w Church-yard; treat ; Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ;R. Johnson, 69, Cornhill. P A -IT I. treat 3 of the anatomy and payees , of the re- rednotive 4)f galle, and is i ll ukrated by 28 Coloured En7r b a Y ving3. P ding PIL treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in du fence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing !Ziental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. then,T 111. treats of the diseases restating from infection, either in Primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for treatrnent. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav- IV. logs. THE PASSIONS. Parr . IY. Contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a Simple application, by which the danger of Infection is obviated. "W T p u t t h s pa: f r o e n ft s . e d h u r: . s t A h e t h b e o n d s y e — v e w r h iie t a r i m do. p i”d ro a 7 e , . The ad. parr etaV devoted to the constderat;on of marriage, and Sres.rece .—Life'a pilgrimage, from infancy to its du ties- henses of unproductive un!cn are aim considered, and the Whole subject critically and philosophica ll y inquired into. t v i e e n s t o o f f li t e h e e nti pa n s u s s i n or e i s s s . an C d hate dis ti: i y pa a t n io d n, it w s it i n nf i r u h n ig st e r m n e ti l o a n s ; : r T a h p e ni e n a , s n u ar al - . TUX Celnital. BALst or tivataczn iS exclusively employed hi. and 3 Z. relive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. t reating nervous and sexual debility, irepetence, & c., V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. Per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti -syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases of infection. secondary "To be or not to be, that is the question." l YmPtonae. eruptions, and the abus e of mercury, lie, and 83a. per PxOGRANstE :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli ottle. Perry's Purifying Spettlile Pllbs, 23. 9d 4s. Gde h- -11 ile. Per box , a certain remedy for gonorrlices, gloat, stricture, and Mon regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. i Tim e n and choice on both sides, as to age, temperament, comp ex o , chronic inflammation of the bladder. Coast/Ration fee, if by letter, n 'to healthy offsprin with the art of rearing them. i lf e . n In A minute de S t i al . r l of the caswi.t.'s h Jc v c,cirt.l: age, lia`,..it , e, e`ei PcT -1 - blishment oely, by eenien v : e, to 'cm had ,•-•.. tho .7.,...- easel &C. ti al dc lee fecti nr e e enws and 94 reino g v , al. Sterility and its conversion, the r 33, IL, :,,* s:,voti. 1e,3,, , e. Perry, Ey ' ll.. J. CULVER WELL, M.D. (1841), 7 , f.R.C.5. (1827), L.S.- 1 • Bargeone, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Beniers-street, Oxford- (1824). Twent -five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these Itred, Talmd on , floor Elena till TWO, and Five to_Eight ;On Sun- matters. R eception hours daily till Five.sl Evenings, Seven till Nom stores to on WWI .1.9 Arall-plaa Begest-street, DR - Cl7----------- Ll 7 -0 147, Fleet-street ; M an Sherwood, 23, Paternoster. row ; Carvalho, To b. , m - -,: ARViTELL'S NEW WORKS. ' One Shilling ;,,,,n, 39, c ot , price or direct from the author 1,4 3 , 13 3' post, n l s. 6d.' ~ Health, teer.„7 ; l O lr UENT OF LIFE. CoNTENTs :—Early ~_ n. and Rational Use of Time." vir'"g — SPrin The Parks, Lanes, Hills, torsions about the En one of , g and Summer Mornings —Ex- High-road.. .....;:enden— itambles—The Sea---' L ou eler Pleasant places—Country Trips and n at bri —Music—The Drama—On ati ug. b ght—Evenings at Home Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, 8cc.,1810. r Forests, Fields, ~•klng, Sleeping, Bathing, FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOttdr. r Vol. I. Two Vold. VISIT TO TILE LAKES ; SKETCH o__ VOl. r ' law ''Bl7llQll, &c, THE LAWY.S OF KILL %IVEY ; REMINISci w , v DUBLIN, &c. . ra OF 111. WHATab EAT, DIZINK, AND AVOID, "That three score years and ten our course may run.. A. popular review of almost every form (cause and care) of vowly-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that haras.i s the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and uni bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu lation of every-day life. APRIL 1 1852. N°.48,573.]: LONDON THURSDAY 7 21 4 N 9 sgl-A NEtz-A LW S _ JCSS, MIDDLESEX LAND-TAX' COMMISSION. A general meeting of the commissioners of land-tax, for that part of the county of Middleeex which is de scribed in the 38th Geo. 111. as the' rest" of the said county, was held yesterday, at the Sessions-house, Clerkeuwell, pursuant to notice, " to put in execution eo much of the said Act us is thereby committed to their care and charge for the year eusuieg." Oa the motion of Mr. WOODWARD ) seconded by Mr. OFFER, Mr. J. Hargreave Mann, chairman of the Holoom Division, wes celled to the chair. The CHAIR3IAN said it would. not be necessary at all for him to enter into any statement of the object,. or pur poses fur which the meeting was called, as they were well•kuown to every commissioner, and had ten the subject of .much discussion on previous occasions. After some preliminaries, Mr. COPPoCK said they had met on that occasion for the third time only, fur the purpose of putting into execudoo that which the Act of Parliament under which they were proceeding directed should be done every year—fur the third time only he raid had they met to do this in a period of twenty-tight years; and without their holding , their annual meetings no warrant could be lsgally enforced, and no assessment. for land• tax made, yet the injustice of the present system had been going on the whole of that time, and because it had so gone on it was now to he said that it was one that could not be looked at. The Learned Gentle man then briefly mentioned, the proceedings before •the Cbmmissiorsers of the Holborn Division, in 4850, which led to theequestion of the equalization of the land-tax being brought prominently . before the public, and said that last year the comen4sionersirtakilaeirtweerat4Oneete; astigeregeetrreefintitin that the amounts assessed on a division should be raised by an equal pound -rate through out such division, but they were stopped from carryieg woe. --onio n into effect by a letter from Mr. Keogh, of the Board of Miami reee,..-stiP. and thus they were pre vented, as t were, on tilts ry tiereeisela es success, from doing their duty and doing justice to the public, which they could do without wrong to any individual whatever. He proceeded to contend that the equaliza tion of the unredeemed portion of the tax, or even its entire repeal, could not be attended ,with any injustice to those who had redeemed the tax on their property; and in comparing the rate of St. George's and St. An drew's, Holborn (one shilling in the pound), with that of Maryleboue (one farthing in the pound), men tioned that at least one good result of these proceed ings, and one for which he thought he ought to re ceive the thanks of the inhabitants of Marylebone, was the discovery by one of the commissioners that one of the Marylebune collectors had been making charges for land. tax and putting the money ho received into his pocket. He then cited the various Acts of Parliament, from that of William and Mery, down to the present reigu, having reference to the subject, and contended that the commissioners had the full right and power to raise the amount contributable by each division by an equal pound rate. They had, he said, reason to hope for a better state of things now tha n ex i ste d when they appealed from Mr. J o h n Wood of the Inland Re venue, to Sir Charles Wood of the Exchequer, although ehey then acted on the evidence given by Mr. Wood himself before a Committee of the House of Lerds, which was published in the Lords' papers, and which he would read to the commissioners. But they now had another Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he (Mr. Cop pock) held in his Mende the recorded opinions of that Right Honourable Gentleman on this subject, and he found that at Aylesbury, in 1849, in the course of a pub lic speech, he said:— " I am certain that there ought to be an equal adjust ment of local taxation, or rasher what is called iocal, though it is in reality national taxation, and if that were obtained, as in all justice it ought to ha obtained, considerable relief would at once be given to the agricultural interest Gentlemen, I will now call your attention to another tax which has been much dwelt upon, and the unjust ar• raugement of that tax. You all know that farmers pay duuulu the poor -rates paid by other classes, and public opinion has already given a verdict that that should not be allowed, su that before long a settlement of that ques tion may be expected, which w ill d o j ust i ce to the agri cultural body. • I am now, however, anxious to call your attention to a tax the arrangement of which is most unjust. No doubt every gentlemen present has heard and many pay the land-tax. • ...... This tax is so levied that the county of Buckingham pays Is. 51 in the pound ou the rental of the land, while other counties infinitely more populous and infinitely more rich pay 2d. in the pound. You are, therefore, called upon to pay an undue amount of the land -tax. Mind, I am not speaking of that portion of land-tax welch has been redeemed, because that is always brought forward by our opponents to perplex the question, be cause in nothing that I propose do I wish to disturb any public compact which has been entered into. Oue-third of the laud-tax has been redeemed, and therefore no longer presses on the soil; but tWo-thirds remain • to be paid, and produces more than 1 ,000.000/. annually. Now, it produces ls. sd. in the pound in the county of Buckingham, and only 2d. in Lanca s hi re , an d Is. 4 d . in Liverpool. I ask you, then, where is the equality of that taxation? The inequality, however, is not peculiar to Buckinghamshire; fur I was speaking to a gentleman from Hertfordshire on the subject before I entered the room, and I find that in his county they pay ls. 6d. in the pound. I have alluded to Hertfordshire, because I do not wish to confine the consideration of the subject to Bucking hamshire. I will also take a border county, that of Bed ford, where I find the tax is Is. 6d. in the pound, while in Northampton, another border county, it is more than h.—in Berkshire, a sister county, it is Is. 3d. Then, again, the remaining twenty agricultural counties, in cluding Sucaersetslatre, Kent, Devonshire, end even Es sex —from which a petition signed by 25,000 persons in favour of equal taxation was sent to Parliament, that pe tition being given to me to present by their (ova county Member.; because I had originally brought the question torward—in these twenty agricultural counties the ave rage of the laud-tax is but little under Is. in the pound. Hewing given you these facts, which I have drawn from official documents, I will put before you the conclusions to which I have come. If the land-tax were levied throughout the country as in Buckinghamshire, and that is not so high as in Hertfurdehire or Bedfordshire, in stead of realising 1,000 0001. it would realise 5,000,000/. Mind I am not proposing any new tax opposed to the spirit of the age, but Only the equalization of a tax which already exists, and in this I have a right to anticipate the support of those who have declared themselves in favour of equal taxation and fireencial re form, for out of thy own mouth will I judge thee.' All that I ask is, that the tax on laud, which has been already sanctioned by Parliament by an ancient Act, shall be levied throughout the conntry in the same proportion as In Buckinghamshire; for, though the tax presses heavily on the agricultural districts, it does not pions on Mauchester, Liverpool, or Brighton. Gentle men, suppose we had this equalization of the laud-tax, and the cons( quent 5,000,0001., the question arises what shall we do with it ? We have with this money the means, in my opinion, of raising the agriculture of Eng land from its depression, so that the landed interest should find itself in that position in which, as long as I live, I will labour to place it." H (Mr. Coppock) found the person who uttered these sentiments was now the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the hope he entertained of their being assisted by him in equalising this tax was fortified by the opinions of the present Attorney and Solicitor-Generals—Sir F. Thesieer and Sir F. Kelly. The subject was divisible into three parts : first, the inequality of parish with parish in a division; then division as with division; and then county with county. Ho proposed only to deal with the first, and the iniquity and injustice of the pre sent mode of levying the tax would be apparent when it was considered that on one side of Oxford-street it was 63. in the pound, whilst on the other it was but aid. They were not to exclude common sense from the appli cation of this Act of Parliament, and the commissioners were bound to equalise parish with parisla is one divi sion. He was of opinion that they had the power to re arrange the divisions of the county, but that bad better he dealt with by Parliament. So long as the Board of Inland Revenue got the quota assessed on the county, they did not care how it was raised or where it came from, but it was the duty of the commissioners to see that there was a fair and equal pound rate on the divisions. The ruling of Lord Campbell, and the other judges of the Court of Queen's Bench, in the case of Bradley Haverstoe, was clear and conclusive. Justice, law, and common sense were on his side, and ho was confident the good sense of his brother commissioners would lead them to the same conclusions. He then moved— " That to raise the sum of 107,6021. I Is. 7d., the quota laid on the rest' of the county of Middlesex in and by the 38th Geo. 111., c. 5, for the service of the year 1852, the proportions to be raised by each division to be as follows:—(Here were inserted the figures of last year.) And that the same be raised by an equal pound rate on each division." Mr. OFFER (of the Tower Hamlets division) seconded the resolution. He instanced the inequalities existing between some of the parishes of that division, in some of which the tax was as much as 2s. in the pound, with Mirylebone, and said if they could not get justice with out going to Parliament, let them go to Parliament and obtain a general equalization. Mr. W. PAYNE (the Coroner) said the question was twofold, what it would be advisable to do, and what they had the power to do. He conceived that justice and befor e , s o t 7 , hi common sense were with his friend Mr. Coppock in the ui%:yhollitatdhethleawla.w TwhitehLheimar,n t v ,idtvya h he took in this matter; but he could not agree anded Gentleman they quoted,be und a to s :71°,:ttprese ovweluotti would, authority of Lords Mansfield and Kenyon in years. rullyexar nt 'view, that the tax could not be legally le pt in the mode adopted for so many mode, elan u thought they had not the power to alter it. neweriitelhenent, and afterwards, if it dgtehMetroc.veill)°aPrPliiti2'nenk'eanpt permission, submit to we me shouldi carried,ta r r move o f Mild e8(•;;:h'•ing taken into considers twetrhattothrtimed, Commissioners of Le and-Tax s for an Parliament regarding the essess went of land-tax, aril hiving Mao considered the several decisions of Leurts u: law 011 the eubjeet of such as eeeements, n.t!J opiui3n of the Boa rd of Inland for t t i h e e n e countytti i h em e 11( s - n e o several Acts of venue regarding the same, are of opinion that they do not possess the power by low to vary the quotas which T" QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLXXX., will be published April G. 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Kent and Co., Paternoster-row ; and can be obtained through any Bookseller in the United Kingdom. have' hitherto been 'assessed within the several divisions 'of the country.. that the quotas to be assessed within the several divisions of the country be the same sums as were assed thereon respectively for the last year. Mr. RNIIISDEN seconded the amendment, on the nti , derotanding that it was to be followed by the motion to go to Parlian-" , nt.' Ho trusted that good would arise from their proceedings, but if they passed the original resoluti:a they would bo without the means of enforcing it—they would have no funds to contest their right to enforce it; and though he fully admitted the gross in jimieo' of the pre: , e'nt operation of the tax, ho thought an application to Parliament was the only thing they could adopt to remedy th e ev il . Mr. Donaldson, lar; Neste, Ur. Woodward, and other nonma 4 ' ,4 °Derg , haviiv shortly spoken, coPPnen. .bri , :fly replied. He salcl all had acf mitted the justice ofliis case, and he was clearly of opi nionthat hu had the)aw with him. He did not propose to interfere with division and division, but as to parishes within a division. vi..:nd as to the letter of the Board of ~ -; ainst, was, Inland Revenue, would defend the C omm i ssioners out of the public money, should they be pro ce ed ed a a , ' more u naut h or i se d or unwar antable letter never was wr i tten; and the threat that the board in effect, setting the authority o, ,_that hoard again s t th a t o f the Queen's Beach, And, if hp mistook not, that letter would be heard of in the Bouso.ef Co mmons. The resolutioo4 as aided by Mr. Payne, was car ried, on a show n ardgi! by 32 aga i ns t 18. c a-- 4 : 2_o66.i pplicatig k to e, L o arl izat ianae4to wit After some dissuasion; Mr. Payne abandoned his resolution for making and, %itirArTiittfitaidlffirf year to t o w n eai F o rn i4: o t t ia i,:i ßto j e g f htli g t Honourable - the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the subject, with the view of urging upon him the necessity of bringing the subject before Parliament. _ _ The CHAIRMAN said the Lord -Lieutenant, the Mar quis of Salisbury, had taken the matter up, and had for returns on the subject. Mr. COPPourc ..iLI they had the great advantage of knowing beforehand what were the opinions of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer on this subject; they never could find out what tho opinions of the late one were.—(A laugh.) Masters W. Brougham Sir George Rose, and Ferrer, were present as commissioners for the Liberty of the Rolls, and they were added to th e comm i ttee to wait on the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The proceedings terminated With a vote of thaLks to the Chairman. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. REDUCTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.- The !Mediterranean fleet has now been reduced to a mere squadron. Sir William Parker has given up the com mand to Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8.. and left Malta in the Queen, 116, Captain Wiae, for England, with the Spiteful, 6, steam-sloop, commended by the ad miral'a son, Commander G. Parker. The squadron re maining on the other side of the Straits Of Gibraltar it, now limited to Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith; a io n o d the foll ow i ng steamers, Tre talgar, 120, Captain Greville, and the mt Bellerophon, ,deBte 1 7 4 8 . , C C o a m p . - m ta a in nder LorLdorGd. Pcemon aule p t t ;a s ; besides the breaking-down p a ckets—Firebrand, 6,.Cap tein Codd; Scourge, 6, Commander Lord F. Kerr; Fury. 6, Commander Tatham;•and a shaky old tub called the Shearwater, 3, Lieutenant Comma n d er H orton. T he Cf(Orr7 is now disp erse d. W e Corfu, no cruis e r on th e coast e h / a t o f n o the h a esingle Mediterranean at of Syria—at a moment, too, when the greatest excite ment prevails with respect to the Tanzimat; we have not a single pendant at the Mucus, and whilst a this time pas se d th e hDettarvianellreesn,cahndiriisgaantechhoruesd by Constantinople, the re presentativ© of the British navy there i s an old, worn out, leaky tub—the Shearwater, with not guns enough on board to return any compliment paid to the union jack. Hitherto it has always been held that the natural rendezvous for the main division of the British fleet in commission is on the station on which the French fleet is cruising, and near the forces of other powers. It has also been considered that the best method of keeping our ships in an efficient state, and teaching our junior officers and men their profession, is by cruising and ex ercising together, ana performing their evolutions in company and in succession, which enabled Howe, Jervis, and Nelson to engage so successfully the superior forces of the enemy. Opinions appear to have changed, and systems to have altered. It would seem now that the means adopted to make our fleet efficient are to keep the line-uf battle ships as far distant from each other as possible. Time, however, will test the soundness of the judgment which has weakened our Mediterranean forces at a time when our rivals are so strong on that station, and distributed our ships to those ports at which their presence is unnecessary.—Herald. We stated yesterday that_ootaglantktra.wcazid _l3O- ap. pointed to the flag-Ships afihe horae Offs as formerly, and we gave. the appointment of Commander J. B. Marsh (1844), to the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, Sheerness. Two officers have now been appointed to the other flag-ships —namely, Commander Alexander Boyle (1842), for merly of the Thunderbolt, steam-sloop, to the Victory, Wig-ship, at Portsmouth, and Commander John R. Rodd (1851), to the Impregnable, 78, flag-ship, Devonport. Lieutenant W. B. Mason (1848) has been appointed to the Britomart, 8, fitting at Devoriport. Spithead now looks as of old. The presence of the Prince Regent. 90, the Superb, 80, the Rodney, 90, Hogue, 60, and Retribution, 28, steam-frigate, gives it a warlike appearance. SPERMATORRIREA AND STRICTURE. Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 45., A TREATISE; on the CURE of STRICTURE . of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons why that Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules and Instructions for the successful Treatment of every Form of Urethral Contraction, based on the results of extensive and pro longed experience. To which is added, Practical Observations on the Treatment of Spermatorrhcea by Cauterization. By B. COURTEisTAY,_ M.R.C.S.L. " These wliti - 6 - 6mplaln most - Mtiffilie those only who know not how to use the common instruments. . . . . The prac tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence, and in difference about the• simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations, and all the excesses and horror of surgery."—John Bell. H. Baiillere, 219, Regent-street, London. master, having been wiadbound for several days, have at length sailed for Newcastle, The Countess of Morley, Clapp, master, from Leg horn, for London, was run into while lying at anchor off D..al, on Sunday, by the Lady Dundee, of Lyming ton. She lost her jibboom and ca±eafi, and sustained other damages, and proceeded for the river in tow of a steam tug ve=ssel. The Vivid, from Demerara, came in contict with the Albion, Adams, master, from Sunderland, bound to Aden. The foruier carried away her bowsprit, bud her bows stove, and viaa obliged to be towed for the riv-r by a steam tug. The latter lost her jibboom and cut water, and received other damage. She proceeded to Fahnouili for repairs. WooLwica, MARCH 3l.—The Valorous steam••sloop will leave Woolwich fur Greenwich on Friday morning next to have her compasses adjusted, and will thou pro ceed round to Devouport in charge of Lieut. Robertson, and she will remain at that station as an advanced war steamer. MALTA, MARCH 25.--The Medusa, with the India mail, reached the island during the night. Reschid Pasha has once more been called to the Vi zierat. In Athens the Rev. Mr. King has been sentenced to fifteen days' imprisonment, and also to be banished from Greece fur proselytizing young Greeks, Mr. King, who, as an Am3rican missionary, has been before the puplic on other occasions, has appealed against the sentence of banishment, but we have not heard the result in Malta. The scourge steam-frigate, having parted cam any i NV ith4ll4- QUit;gnsgArakl4 , 4ll44olol44,lllt-e for - Gibraltar, ran to the Graham's shoal, and found little or no difference since the survey in April last year. The Scourge leaves port to-morrow for Corfu, and afterwards for Constantinople, to be placed at the order of Sir Stratford Canning, who is going home on congd. The Spitfire survey steam-ship will proceed at the end of the month to resume her surveys. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen ia:ld a Court yesterday afternoon at Buck ingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Count d'Aquila, brother of his Majesty the King of the Two bicilies, and the Countess d'Aquila, accompknied'by his Excellency the Prince di Cann', Sicilian Minister, had an audience of her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses were introduced by the Earl of Mslmeshury, the Queen's Principal Se cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her M.iji , t,ty's Master of the Ceremonies. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by the P r i ncess de Villa and the Chevalier Folgori._ Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, Captain Robinson, was removed from the angle dock into the basin, at Portsmouth, yesterd a y morn i ng, where she will further fit for service. Her Majesty will hold a P ri vy Coun c il on M onday next, the sth inst., at Buckingham Palace. S ummonses were issued yesterday to the Ministers and Officers of State. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal end the Princess Alice, attended by Major-General Buckley and Colot,el Ihuverie, visited the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the younger members of the Royal Family, took their usual exercise yesterday in the gardens of Buckilix ham Palace. The Queen, attended by the Marchioness of Ely, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, the Earl of Verulani, and Major-General Buckley, honoured the Haymarket Theatre with their presence last evening. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Lord George L-nnox, Colonel Wylde, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grty, and Colonel Buuverie, honoured the So ciety of Arts with his presence yesterday evening. His Royal Highness afterwards joined her Majesty at the Haymarket Theatre. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness do Speth, and Sir George Couper, left her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's, at eleven o'clock yesterday morning, for Frog more. Dauntless, 33, screw steam-fri ga t e , C a pt a i n E. P. Halsted, was paid wages in Plymouth Sound on Monday, and the men were granted leave. Niger, 14, screw -sloop, Commander Heath, is ordered home from the coast of Africa. Racer, 12, Commander Reddon, was paid off into or dinary, at Devonport, y ester d ay. Sampson, 6 , steam-fri gate , hauled off from the d oc k yar d to the Dryad hulk, at Porkmouth. Captain L. T. Jones, has frigate, Master-Commander Penn, which on scherreawrrtir:LP•at aineinport was compelled to „ me to an anchor at the west end of the Breakwater, steamer, on Tuesday. moorings within by th e Confiance was towed to the A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hindley, M.l'.. Mr. Hilton, Mr. Birley, and Mr. Bailey, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Admiral Hornby had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. _ PORTS3I3IITIL AIiaRCH 31.—THE CHANNEL SQUAD ROL-11m. NW , sty's ship Prince Regent, 92, Captain w. F. Martin, has arrived trom Lisbon and Queenstown. She saluted the P ort - Admiral with 17 guns from her heavy battery, which shook the town. Her crew will be paid down to six months. Her Majesty's ship La Hogue, 60, and Encounter, 14, are hourly expected to anchor Spirhead from t h e same ports, when the effec tiveforcat at this station will comprise the following crew, Captain Scott. 120 guns, 2,705 tons, 482 p li gu r e i p n a t c d u e r ne ß : 1 I ( g o e r n d t i , n 9 a 2 r y guns, u fl n ag) s ,2,613 tons, 820 crew, Captain , Harris. Rodney, 92 guns, 2 ,598 ( tons, 820 crew, Captain Graham. Superb, 80 guns, 2 , 589 to ns, 75 0 crew, Captain Purcell. *Blenheim, 60 guns, 1,747 tons, 500 crew, 450 horse power, Captain Hend erson. *H c o a g p u t e atin 6o m gli w nsd ias uggii. ) tons, 500 crew, 450 horse power, Arethusa, 50 guns, 2,130 tons, 500 crew, Captain Sy monds. Winchester, 50 guns, 1,487 tons, 450 crew, Captain Loch. *Arrogant, 46 guns, G0rd0n,1,872 tons, 450 crew, 360 horse power, Captain Robinso n . Retribution, 28guns,r1e,641 tons, 300 crew, 400 horse p - Aver, Captain Warden, tons, 175 crew, 360 horse * s E a pm n o c pw o s eo u r6n n , , t ge e 6u r a, guns,npst , l a 4 li a Vixen, 01, g r5 u 42 n 9 s 7t , 0 tons, n 906 210 crew, 467 horsepower, Captain Jones. 160 crew, 280 horse power, Captain Barnard. . _ * Thoz.e marked thus are screw ships. ONeptunerdn is ary ; the Rodn e y i s filli ng the harb our guar d s hi p, or re ceiving up her complement, and want s upwards of 150 to make this force shi p the of the o up 820; and the W inche s ter is fi tt i ng out to proceed to the East Indies and China, as Commander.in-Chief's 4hip. Iler Majesty's . ships Prince Regent, Rodney, Superb, and Retribution are at Spithead; the rest are in Portsmouth harbour. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing -street. Present—the Bishop of Norwrich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem broke. the Rev. H. G. Liddell, Mr. J. L. Dampier, the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). Sir John Duckworth and Mr. Robert Neilson had an interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Co lonial-office. Baron Bontinck, the Xetherlands Minister, transacted hu'siness with the Earl of Malmesbnry at the Foreign office on Monday. PARIS THEATRICALS. ITALIAN OPERA.—M. Bazzini, the great Italian violinist, made his appearance on Saturday night. He was announced to perform three morceaux of his own composition, each entirely different in style and cha racter, and he had not played a dozen bars before he proved himself not only a complete master of his instru ment, but a true musician by nature, feeling, and genius, delighting and revelling in all the passionate beauty and poetry of his art. M. Bazzini first pia) ed an eleeaat and brilliant study on Donizetti's Anna Bolena —exquisitely .performed, and followed by im mense applause. His next theme was the celebrated finale Irons Lucia, into which he threw a soul and ex pression not to be surpassed by that greatest of all in struments—the human voice. In his hands the violin absolutely sings this beautiful air with all the pathos, tenderness, and passion of a Rubini. The largo was executed entirely upon the fourth chord, and was given by Buzzini with a power and grandeur worthy of Paganini himself, of whom he re minded every musician present who had had the gratifi cation of hearing that great master. This marvellous periormance concluded with a scherzi, "La Ronde dee Lucius," ono of those fantastic dreams of fairyland in which the imagination of th© com poser and player is allowed full scope, and which considered alone as an exhibition of executive skill, is one of the most extraordinery feats ever heard on this instrument. His passages of tenths, &u -tile notes, and daring leaps or bow and hand, preserving unerring truth ot iutonetien, even in the wildest velocity of delivery, exhibits d a mastery over every coeceiveble intricacy arid difficulty impossible to sur pees. This wondrous display, at first frequently in terrupted by expressions ot delight, as it proceeded gra. dually excited a perfect furore on the part ot the public, who, after a tempest of applause, insisted on a repetition of the entire niorceau, a demand which, notwitestunding its unreasonableuess, was complied with by M. Bazzini with unimpaired energy; arid he concluded amid re newed acclamations on the part of the entire assembly. Among the many claimants to the succession of the great Paganini, M. Bazzini must be set down as the most ideal and poetic that has yet been heard in Paris. ODEON.—\L Leon Guzlan has produced Les Cinq Minutes du Commandeur, a drama iu five acts, founded on an excellent novel of the author's. The transplanta tion and adaptation to the stage has been effected so inju diciously that the plot, to those who are unacquainted with the romance, is perfectly incomprehensible. Under these circumstances, it is not to be wondered at that Les Ging Minutes du Commandeur should have been a failure. Since the first representation it would appear that some changes had been effected in the drama, as it hes kept its ground on the agiche, where, however, it seems impossible that its sojourn can be permanent. OPERA COMIQUE.—The last novelty here, Le Far fadet, partakes of the unsubstantial nature of the fan tastic being denoted by its title, both as regards the music and the libretto. It is an old story, but arranged in a new form, and gaily narrated by M. do Plsnard. A clumsy miller is about to marry the pretty Laurette, under the compulsion of one of those traditional uncles fast disappearing from the stage, while he is in reality attached to a cer tain Mdlle. Babet. Laurettee.inher turn, still regrets a former lover, one Marcellio, a boatman, supposed to have been drowned. An evil spirit (a farfadet) appears, however, to have bewitched the mill, for as the day fixed fur Laurette's nuptials approaches, the machinery gets out of order, sacks of flour aro tossed about, and a thousand pranks aro played the miller, by the mischievous elf, who turns out, at length, to be no other than Mons. Marcellin the missing bowman. Laurette marries her lover, Bahet becomes the wile of her miller, and everybody is satisfied, eve n i; . the public. The music, by M. Adam, is pretty , b el ! contains nothing meriting note or special mention. was extremely well sung by Mdlles. Lemerc a ie n r and Talmon, and MM. Bussine and Jourdam d Le Farfadet was received with marks of unequiv oca . L 5 - atis facrion. GYMNASE.—Two novelties have beenh f a vour. The brought out here, both of which were received first, Le Marquis de la Breteche, 0 la Mw sl two act affair, in which the artful designs of• , h i ld 4 cl aca , aro prettily guise" to win the affections of her - usbane described by MM. Aletesvifie and Carmeuee „ , the authors. The Marquis having cundecended I ' 6* pair his sliatt•)red t, tine by y marriag e w i th a zt boargeois.,, is so ashamed a t t h us very rich and pretty having encanaille himself, t h a t on the first day afte r hi s marriage he leaves his wife,- a nd flies to his eheteu iu of killing time, ho lays si e g . Britanny, where by w a y peasant girl, in whom he noti a to as matters proceed the virtue of a pret t y Helices a strong res emblance with his wife; find that the littl e W • he is amazod to vz ageoise herself, who however, is no other than " Madame la Marqui s e , h a s resorted to this method of mak ing the conquest o f her husband; this stratagem brings about a better un derstanding between the sposi, betwe en wiom the greatest harmony prevails at the fall the curtain. This sprightly affair is acted with great spirit by sisals. Lether and MM. Noma and Lafont a i ne. The other no velty, Le Piano de Berths, is a mere bluette to display the talents of Muaes. Ruse and Anna Chi ri, and M. Bressante It is written in imitati on of the , sty ie of M. Alfred de Mussel in Un Caprice, and, thou g h nr truce qu a llin; 2 the o:iginal, it is not destitute 04: 4 mgrit. The nuthiu‘s %re M Barrii , ire and Math, Asiniou.—A lugubrious melodrama, Sarah la Creole, exhibiting the terrible raneune of a certain damsel in Martinique, has been received with transports of applause t 60, Captain M‘D oega ll , o'clock yesterday after noon,lreland, and saluted th e port admiralps steam-sloop 'Vesuvius was t a k en i nto anc ll h e o r n d la a j t es s ty p ' i s ship La th L about o R ut og ev e e fro w m ith L l i 7 sb g o u n nih and Her Majesty's the factory basin yesterday, to have her machinery re paired. The Antelope steam-packet, Lieutenant Commander Young, is on shore at St. Helen's. She brought up there yesterday, on her way from this port to Gibraltar, not liking the appearance of the weather, and it appears she ran whore in getting under weigh early this morning. The Sprightly steam-tender, Mr. Geo rge Allen, Acting Master Commanding, has been sent t o h er assistance; she towed the Drake lighter also to th e spot with haw sers and the necessary gear for getting h er off, and they p e t h u e r . ne d therefore we cannot give details , The Antelope is a n i ron vessel. At Spithead—The Prince Regent, 90 ; the Rodney, o h l av t hee not tlata yet s trt) r 92; the Superb, 80; the Hogue, 60 ; and the Retri bution, 28. SHEEntiEss, MARCH 31.—Her Majesty's ship Water loo, 120, C a ptain G. It. Mundy, flag of V ice -Admiral the Hoc. JoscAine Percy, Couar.-Aander in-Chief, sent up her topmasts anti topgallantmasts, and crossed her lower and topsail yards, yesterday morning, being her rig fur the summer months. _ Her Mak.ty's ship Monarch, 84, Capt..in C. Hope, and hor Majesty's ship London, 90, Captain th e H o n. Montague Stoptord, also sent up their topmasts and crossed their lower and topsail yards. Her Majesty's steamer Myrtle, Mr. W. S. Bourchier, master, proceeded to Chatham yesterday on service for the dockyard, returning to port in the afternoon. mPhI Her Majesty's s t eam -frigate Annphion, topgallantmasts fielded, and will be all atant in a day or two. She has- been removed to the north aid e o f t h e fitting basin. The Legatue, Ord, master, and Columbus, Gray, ~- / / ~_ _ - _..--- • _ • ._ • '' s '''' ,l, !.. . - 0. • i' .40 •,, ' , ~,' ' 4 ' - ',. y ,,._ 41,, ..t, i4. 7 .,. , 44 ' ~, ~.., a.„ , ,;..,.. , , ,' ' ..' 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The heroine has had the mishap to be seduced by a villain of a gay Parisian, named Du mont, who, having abandoned her, she swears a wicked oath of vengeance against all of the name of Dumont. A young lady of that unlucky name falls into the clinches of this demon, who incontinently commences a series of persecutions againcA her, such as are only to be found It the A rubi2u Comique, winding up by poisoning her mal'ieureuse victime. By an interference of Providence, never at fault at this theatre, the poisoner ultimately meets with condign punishment. This terrible example of the effects of libertinism is nightly received by delighted crowds, und, judging from the applause, virtue and mo rality are decidedly in the ascendant just now on the B )ulevard du Temple. The piece is well enough acted, particularly by Mme. Naptsul Arnault, an actress worthy a place at a much higher theatre than the Arubigu. THEATRE NATIONAL—A gr►nd military spectacle, GenLvit'we, la .Patronnee de Paris, founded on the legend of the patron saint of Paris, and the siege of the city by the Huns under the terrible Attila, has been pro duced hero with the utmost success. It is splendidly got up, and the strange costumes and mode of warfare of the barbarians and Parisians of the filth century, are represented with the greatest possible accuracy. The last concert of the Societe Ste. Ce.:ile derived un wonted eclat from the presence of Mademoiselle Falooni. This eminent vocalist sang the " Sicilienne" of Pergolese, and the celebrated cavatina from Semi ramide, " Bel raggio," showing herself equally great in the •classic and florid styles. With a splendid Ippy l e.ao k tha. Atwor , regiAr, of her yoke .tromprises the initek 4 l3Ptte — richeli contralto, which she uses with transcendent effect. Mdlle. Falcoui is on her way to London, being engaged by Mr. Bunn to meet the for midable rivalry of the opera season about to commence. Madlle. Marie Ducrest, a young artist of great talent, gave a concert a few days since at the Salle Pleyel, which was numerously attended. Madlle. Ducret pos sesses a good clear soprano voice, and considerable taste and execution—qualities which were displayed to great advantage: in an air from Auber's L'Estocq, and in another from Donizetti'a Buondel Monte. LAMBETH WATERWORKS. The potential influence of public opinion has already begun to tell upon the metropolitan water companies, and Tuesday furnished one of its most unmistakeable proofs. The Lambeth Water Company has, ever since the year 1785, supplied the chief portion of southern London with water drawn from the Thames, in the im mediate neighbourhood of Hungerford-bridge. The purity of the beverage during the last century must have bsen questionable; what it has been for many years back it would be almost painful to describe. A better era hac, however, dawned. A special train on the South- Western Railway on Tuesday conveyed the directors and a party of 350 friends to the Kingston station, to witness the opening of the new works, constructed by the company at Baton, on the banks of the Thames. A large extent of ground has been enclosed at the spot known as Seething-wells, opposite to Hampton park. At this' point of the river, 23 miles ab ,ve d n t the aqueduct r e a e po q u au t u i h m. London -bridge, three miles above the tidal range, and above. Teddington-lock, the water is drawn from the river through gratings and wire-strainers into several enormous filtering reservoirs, each of which is constructed to hold several hundred thousand gallons. The bed of these tanks is formed of layers of shale, ras nhafldetu Brixton-rise d s m m andnto transferred n t - p r fi s s ees by y o n a e s ad e pir ntel cd. g th r u . s ethtsort Profitingeo a u t u g h e h . epr whichn o sg u e i u rn thedveeosdi by the guidireca of Mr. Simpson and Mr. Pole, engi neers, und Mr. Phipps, the secretary, th e v i s i tors in spected the processes of filtration, the sluices having been opened for the purpose, and then exe.mined, th e boiler house and steam-engines. Four engines of 600-h orse power collectively, of superior construction, furnish adequate power for the supply of 10,0.00,00.0 gallons o f water per day —a q ua n tity which it is estimated m a y be increased thre e ur even f our f o ld, if requisite. After duly inspecting th e w h o l e o f th e works, and witnessing the commencement of active operations, the company adjourned to a large marquee, where a very excellen t collation did much credit to Mr. Richard Gunter, the purveyor. Mr. James C. Peache, the chairman of the company, was supported by Sir James Duke,. M.P., Major Oliphant, M r . G eac h, M.P., M r . Dakin, Mr.. Pepper, mayor o f Ki ngs t on, Li eutenan t-G ener al Sir John Wilson, &c. After various toasts and speeches. which were all well received, the company dispersed, to re-assemble at the railway-station, about half a mile dis tant, where the special train conveyed the party back to town before night arrived. CALIFORNIA. From San Francisco, California, we have advises to the 18th ult. The following is a summary of the " The anticipations entertained at the opening of the present winter of a prosperous season in mining have been measurably disappointed by the unexpected ces sation of the rains. At the opening of the season it was thought that the aurifeous earth that had been thrown up would prove more productive during she winter months than any other department of mining. This would, doubtless, have been the case if the rains had continued. Yet, notwith standing the unfavourable character of the season thus far, a reasonable degree of prosperity had attended the miners generally in all parts of the country. The ordinary placer diggings continue to yield abundantly where there is sufficient water to work, and many loca lities which have been almost incessently worked since 1849 are still productive, without any appearance of ever being exhausted. This seems to be more especially the case in some of the southern mines. The Calaveras Chronicle, speaking of Carson's Creek, says—' The diggings all along the creek arc paying well, although the ravine has been worked twice already. This has been perhaps the richest place in California, paying largely throughout its whole extent, while some portions of it have yielded amounts totally unprece dented in the mines. The want of water, however, is severely felt here ; but the miners are in expecte tion of relief in this matter by the intri duc tion of water from the Stanielaus. Should this take place the ravines and flats along the trot le will amply repay the 'tabour expended in their working. and it is said that even far up the hillsides good diggiees are to be found. The day after the recent rains a Mexican boy, walking along the creek, picked up a piece of quartz, which, up,,n being broken with a hammer, pro d iced eight ounces of gold; and on th© same day a miller known us 'Norwegian Bill' discover, d among the tailings a piece of pure gold weighing six ounces. From this creek rises the celebrated quartz mountain, supposed to contain the richest veins of gold of any similar formation in the State. The most valuable sections of this hill have been for some time in litigation between Morgan and Finnegan and Cu., which has interfered mcterially with the operations of both parties. There are several sets of machinery at work, crushing ,he quartz from the hill on the Stanisleus River, which runs by the base of the mountain on the east. There is no doubt . but this will eventually prove one of the most producti.vee_ veins in the country. We are informed by a gel /1 0 man who has vent some time in critical exam e ilj e a uartz of various mining districts, and especiall.Y2 N - eveda mining, that the Rocky Bar Company, " in into County, has succeeded in andconstructinggprge El.:a:L.:ldt f b vr e eo e rtn t y i operation the most effective machinery Yee tho o l l a r o v e l y s l s s i . a n p g e r w tor. ith introduced, and that their works every prospect of success. The o q d u e ta i r , te i e_ ice the same source, yields from 40 dolls.lo/z" e .:To the same region of The mill is built upon a Cnilisn m great desideratum D 0 0 f 35 horse power substantial, and driven by an There are many other companuid, with better prospects country working profitably, 0 1 ,- be of success than hitherto.. ning to be met beg o of efficient machinery is Jong, to see the to so energy and °re warded b ' extent, and we hope, 3 lin ample remune rationenterprise of operators capital labour,' It "P i t have made CaliforniaClicta / a vve era n s ot C/ y tr e e t n tc l eo seems that the f so sa unplea santlyturday for their . ceased entirely. offFroembeereuelistiman a d fearful traged g ie u s isb :h :d : distin ary, that on the previous Wednesday ' Flat fur theft. The Chonicle says t W he e l le 4 a th ra L two men, an ''' 5 dollarsn an Irishman, were hung broken i b n a t d o at b e t e h n a t t r oam uke p n , , fr o m one w ill oof il i r e P i ut Y s i : h h had been fr n o e m 0 ~t e b t e h epre rbsubtn2sswdbonllbs.ad ScohmermillittNei d ar t s b h e al e l r , i w m e es learn, arrested they proved to be an Englishman and an Irishman, '' who se' names we were unable to learn. The people were i n furiated beyond control, showing by their excited ac tions that nothing but the lives of the criminals would be allowede to expiate their guilt. Accordin g ly th e y se i ze d thm from the sh eri ff , and, with shouts pt passionate ex ultation, launched the unfortunate culprits into eternity. From Ca' I .averas County we learn that new diggings have recently been discovered east of the Butte, and about three miles from Jackson, which are creating some ex citement. The average depth is about twelve feet, and a portion of the dirt yields from 2 dolls. to 3 dolls. per pant Hunt's Gulch—This old and well-known gulch is being thoroughly worked the present winter, and we doubt net that it maintains its old reputation. Over a half -million of dollars have been taken out of it since first discovered, and probably as much rem'tins. With oee or two exceptions this has bet n the richest gulch in our county, if not in the State. North Fork—The mi ners near ' The Gate,' who are washing the dir., thrown up by them the past summer, are doing extremely well.' We are informed that their dirt, on the average, pays from one to three ounces a day per man. Quartz Veins —Several very rich quartz veins have recently been dis covered in the vicinity of the volcano. The discoverers are so sanguine of success that they are about procur ing very extensive machinery. Some of the rock averages from 40c. to 50c. per pound, A Sonora paper says,—' Last Sunday Mr. J. Ribey was walking along a lulls to the north of the Bull Pen, and observed a small point of quartz sticking out from the ground with gold in it visible. lie proceeded to pull out the stone, and found it to weigh 96 oz., and to be worth 1,000 d o ll ars or upwar d . Th e B u ll Pen lies at the eastern b ase o f t h e hill , t h e western b ase o f which f the runs into Holden's garden. The character t o o.. _.._ I quartz and gold just found is the slime as theft e t a L i t i " 0 1 , eneiv lumps found in the garden, veil P'' b b a e i *. r e , k . m .. 1 i ,:ii, another dip of the same vein. It, will lumps were be,red that about a month ago four other one found on the surface within the mum apace of 1 week, but more than 200 or 300 Ards frdm Ore Jacky spot over which Mr. Rabey w ed last Sunday. The ' I value of the five lumps 's 3,500 dollars. Very good surfiae pickings surely.' Mr. C. D. Barber has exhibited to us a lump weighing 38 oz., and containing about 25 oz. of gold, taken from Helden's garden last Saturday, a little ab)ve Wheaton's claim. Mr. Vivian also exhibited two beautiful specimens found some months ago rear Tim's Springs. The first was valued at 160 dells. The gold has been so impressed as to have the appearance of engraved jewellery,and in the midst of it is embedded a beautiful clear erystal. The other lump, which is smaller, is quite Peculiar, for the formation of the quartz as well as for the intermixture of the gold. The quartz is gra , ea . ated, and the gold is in little stars or specks, about the size of a pin's head, scattered all through the granu lations. Lest week a lump of pure gold, weighing 16 , 5,, was found by a negro named Thomas in a gulch known as lielum'a G u l c h, wh i ch rues into the Sonora Creek. The miners of San Jo aqu i n di str i ct corn plain greatly of a scarcity of water for geld-washing purposes. Various projects for supplying the want by works of art ate proposed. The Republican learns that a gentleman who has for some time past been engaged in taming has undertaken theta,k of supplyin g . the miners in the neighrwu r h oe d o f Rebinson's Ferry with water for washing. He hay purchased a steam-engine of large capacity, with the power cf which be will throw the water of the Stanialaus over the bank into a canal, which has been cut from the river's sido into the gulch. Agriculture has received a large share of attentioa during the last fortnight. Immense crops of barley, onions, potatoes, and all kinds of vegetables, will be raised this year in all parts of the state. Indeed, it is expected that we shall be able to produce as much as will be required for home consumption." -~ ) LORD DERBY. (From the Times.) Lord Derby has a character for frankness and fair dealing to lose, and we fear he is in a fair way to lose it. The more anxious we ,have been to secure for him . • fair play and courteous treatment in situation of the • utmost difficulty and embarrassment, - - i i r morestrenstons, we have beep compelled , o be in resis t obasultit ofthe" these Oppositions on the scarcely- organized Mi nistry, the mere imperatively do we feel called upon to reprobate the disingenuousness of the proceeding by which the majority of the House of Commons has been lulled into what would seem to be a false security. We never disputed the constitutional doctrine, that, as the Prime Minister of this country ought to possess the confidence of the majority of the House of Commons, and as Lord Derby, by his own admission, strengthened by that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, does not possess that confidence, he is placed in an abnormal and exceptional position, which ought not to be continued one moment longer than the necessities of the public service absolutely demand. We have hitherto been un der the impression that Lord Derby himself held the same opinion, and that he was as willing as his autago• nista to put an end to an interregnum neither gratifying to his pride nor calculated to contribute to the lustre of his reputation. We thought that he would not endure a moment longer than duty compelled bim the presenoe of a Parliament of which he was the nominal leader, but not the actual master. We thought that, whatever might be the impatience with which the men of Man chester burn to enter the lists, our fiery Premier would be as eager for the eonfict as they. It seems, however, that we were mistaken. To bold the responsibility of office without its powers, to be Prime Minhter under a hostile Opposition, to be cenEned to " humble and usefut" duti's, to resign the acv , cacy in words and the per iormatice in deeds t f those thins which for six years he has solemnly declared to be indispensable, —these things, so grievous to ordinary mortals, could not, we thought, be light and easy of endurance to the proud heir of the house of Stanley. On the 19 in of lust month. in answer to a question by the Duke Newcastle, the Earl of Derby spile as tot lows:—" I will go a step further, and say that I think the next autumn ought not to be allowed to pass over, not only without the country having had the opperiuni y of coming to a decision, but without Parliament having had the opportunity of pronouncing definitively and finally its opinion and its judgment on the course of policy that ought to be adopted on the part of the Go vernment. I will give no pledge as to time, whether in April, in May, or in June, that an appeal shall be mate to the country, but I admit that an appeal ought to he mode to the country before the ordinary time of commencing the next session of Parliament, and that the great que•tion in issue should be decided and adju dicated upon by Parliament at an earlier period, so that the ordinary and current business of the next session should not be interfered with by a protracted discussion on the commercial end financial position of the country." Lord Aberdeen, on behalf of the Conservative, and Lord Grey, on the part of the Whig Opposition, professed themselves s a ti s fi e d w i t h t hi s prom i se; and well they might, for, without attempting to weigh words and syllables, or to deal with the declaration of a high spirited nobleman by the rules of special pleading end minute verbal criticism, any man of plain sense reading this passage would understsnd,—first, that Lord Derby contemplated the probability of a dissolution unless some extraordinary circumstance intervened ; and, secondly, that he proposed in the coursa of the autumn, and before its close, to submit to Parliament the question of what policy the Government ought to pursue. Mr. Disraeli was not so explicit in his expla• nations, and the result was, that while in the House of Commons the Ministerial explanations gave rise to a long and angry debate, in the House of Lords the expla nation was treated as quite satisfactory. On the follow ing Monday, however, Lord John Russsell, stating the construction which he put on Lord Derby's answer, which was exactly what we have said would be the con struction of any person of common sense, announced his intention, on the faith of the promise, to facilitate as much as possible the progress of public business. This was done in the presence of the Ministry; and if Lord Derby had been misreported, or if the construction placed by Lord John Russell on his words was forced or erroneous, it was their duty to contradict an interpreta tion which, by their silence and acquiescence, they rendered their own. On the strength of this interpretation the estimates were passed unquestioned, and no doubt was thrown on the intentions of the Government till Lord Derby's declaration of Tuesday last. " Nothing," be then said, "has ever fallen from my lips which could lead any one to suppose that the present would be a session of unusually short duration. I never said anything which could justify such a conclusion;" and afterwards Lord Derby added, interrupting the Duke of Newcastle for the purpose, that he never mentioned the months of April, May, o r June, a statement in which he was directly and most justly contradicted by the Duke. Of course, w e are unable to account for these startling discrepancies, to te whether retract r a h eet the h s p I s e i d n g ce e say whether Lord Derby uninten tiona l ly misled t h e House in the first instance, o r changed his mind, and now seeks unadvisedly given. But in e it her point of view the oc currence is greatly to be regre tted . In the firat place, it tends not indirectly to lower that unhesitating and eager confidence svoiob everyone placed in the assurance of Lord Derby, understood iu its ordinary sense, and without the s li g htest ap prehen s i on of a n y f inesse or am biguity of ispo,g-e • In the second place, such a depar ture from former declarations must give fresh bitterness to the o p p os ition, and fan into a flame those passions the violence of which we had hoped to have been sitter ono pa rty has been, a ll a yed. to use the mildk at rui,talitn in th e mean i ng o f t h e ot h er, term, so si g nall y and has, through that mistake, conceded a great advan tage, it will be very diftoult to bring them again to a m utual Underst an di ng - . If the session be, as everybody except the Ministers seems to think most desirable, destined to be brought to a speedy close, this end will now probably be Obtained, not through mutual agree ment and c ompromise, but by making the minority feel in t he fullest extunt that it is the minority, and that Go vernment, in this Parliament at least, exercises its fano thins merely on sufferance. We have no wish to rank among the counsellors of Lord Derby, but, as having been uniformly anxious to obtain for him the fullest hearing and the fairest trial, we beg to point out bow little will be gained by pro tracting the session at the expense of so much eharacter and public confidence. The position of a Ministry in a minority is neither dignified nor popular. It forbids a Government to advance, and for a Government not to advance is to recede. Every week that Lord Derby's helpless situation continues is sapping the foundation of that party for whose support he looks at the coming election. Uncertain of the intentions of the Government, constituencies are taking the mat ter into their own hands, and are in many in stances displacing adherents of the present Ministry to make room for candidates possessing little else that is definite except an adhesion to the doctrines of free trade. The cry on that side is certain and popular; on the other the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, and who shall prepare himself for battle? Wavering be tween Protective yearnings and Free Trade realities, without any avowed policy, without any clearly defined intentions, the Ministry seems to live on from day to day impatient of its present anomalous state, and yet afraid to exchange it sooner than it is absolutely com pelled for its future condition, whatever that may be. such policy is too refined and artful for the blunt and • downright English nation. Let Ministers propound their principles, and it will accept or reject them; bat in this free country we do not submit, except provi sionally, and then with much impatience, to the govern ment of a minority, and are not in the habit of being consulted as to what principles our rulers ought to adopt . nodwaal ly::::;o:lsl7An._:lairrn:.seedeaoodird,yirsot,iidwdbtsailegtylcocinaelnid.itl, child, -- -- - - ----- [ ADVERTIS s of the Pills Ex a tr c a e c r t ta o i f n a C I E U:r t Cure eEfri.coirTioilru-spitri Mr. J. —Holloway's _ se ve r e eruption for u in a short tone she when three months old, was afflicted with . I . i e advice of Sur- Feb. 14, 1/-52. "To Professor Holloway a ci i. ape r %,---Itl Y ab:etnement. a g l e l o o n v s e a r n l d ie p r h b y o s d i e y i . a n s I , sought allgh t oeofvfelhby iosa:3:indstt; e h x o a pe b wean k 'gl se ess i rt l sa e °. t r ri , co( G lni tt a oth i h n ePe s ne b ret o f r ffr .v r e_ t i h io ce dr e u er t : o. lt . g st h ,tie l yw r e i ,u , oa s a ta u o o ls ht : r r t r hn : : : (: Hr i D s s r Y o ina : l ear lh l ui- irn- r ae ; :r: y e ; s u b l l u di Lnu nb ts s s e.t.:_ahl hair' : a ll psevhpnn establishment, oe t on o Lftw , ,A , :p t cs4 f ly: aDnryßug Stra nd,inquiriesogyi s ROYAL Druggists, n a d n , a g d , sn London. o t r , , Aments of this branch of the Ordnance slefrAviticCenwllli.--I:vfee'Ghl:etoad 11 " P( ,) Gibraltar, New Zealand and for the Cape ° . in up the companies at these stations. rhe 7th Mann, are expected to proceed to Castle,the fortifications of that fortress, as soon as the inear. Lypaington, Hants, for the purpose of re :lnt,ainnear Portsmouth, are completed. A ;e:rnilrekPrsdl3eursz°ilrdsevenrsde;me to prevail among the officers, non commissioned officers, and men, that the Master-General re pairing az. a rri ; ot g , would order that they may be supplied with a better musket, the present arm they now use being very uncertain in caus ing a ball to hit kn object et any range beyond a liunrired yards. 'rhe Mira, or any other light rifle having a good range, would be of great advantage to the Royal Sappers and Miners for their protection while engaged is riakiag told workli or ocaptructiPg t9rtilicAti9wh