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This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin Prize Medal. It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole some. Sohl in Bott 3q. 81., at the Tint-ail Trons.q in London by the Ascents in the principal towns in , England o _ trbninsnin nt R. GREAT wINTIIIILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ( Thserva thA Red Sc+al, Pink Label, and Cork branded Kinahan's LL' .Vhieky." nOUNTRY lIOTELS, PUBLIC lIOUSES, an f ftijs'lNT,T,ssEs. F IJEESS and KNEE'S List on application. Partie.ll:,rs for insertion recelvel until the 27th of the T onth At their AUC rION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES. 5 , Agar.street, S rand, W.C., and nearly opposite the Charing Cross Railway Ststion. VTUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION t inonrnorated h 7 A.nt of 1.01 I' RTTSSELL-TPREF.T. COV1i1":1T-flARDEN. LONDON, A„Trir a ItrlNF.Ynnon Persanal Security, Bills of Salo reehold nr T,easeholl Prover y, for one, two, or three years, n e narthle wenkly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. Forms tree nn recoint of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. H E 0 X F 0 It D, 6, OXFORD-STREET, W., THE 'MUSICAL EST ATILTSIDIFNT oF LONDON. New Oneretta, by .T. 011,ni , ach, entitled MR. AND MRS. and LA. T:IAVEAT A. &c. Ar. Princif , al art!stes, Arisses Russell, Barrie. and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. A lbyn, 14( t. Husk, Evan•, Bury,. Sl•mor Tivoli, with Extra Band and nhorns Conductor, lir. F. Jong..ll,ans TIoNTIMY. by 31 ,-, mars. !TARRY SYDNEY TATTLE T.Rvipm RT , I PAT NINA., MARCUS Wl' KINSON ; GERTRUD' 4 I and her Troupe of Performing Dogs, .this Evening. it.. Rolm FE; &SET?, Coat , -dian. with his new Rntertain- Inent, entitled "NOTIONS OF THE BURLESQUE." • NOTTC.IE—The Bros. HANLON. +he celebrated American Acrobats, will appear THIS EVENING. A RGYLL ROOMS. GRAND CASINO, Windmill-btreet, These elezant and nnnular R^nrns l , having been entirely re decorated. are now OPE EVERY EVENTN(: for Concert and Daneine,.. Conductor, Signor Luot CURTL 3Ltaaager, M. GRENET. Admission to Promenade, One Shining% Reserved Seats, Two Shillings. WE ST ON'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors,SWElLSEY and HOLLAND. Grand Selection from Verdi's favourite Opera "114 TROVATORB." Principal vocalists Manrico, Mr. De Brenner; Count di Luna, Mr. P. Corri : Leonora, Miss Annie Tremaine ; Ammons. Miss Ellen Read ; and Douglas Mellon; in costume as at the opera. ARTHUR LLOYD, with New Songs ; Mdlle. Colonna, and Jolly Nash ' • Jean and Victor, the Sensation of Lon don. Crowd e d Houses end Immense Success of the PICCANINY MINSTRELS, 12 in number, including those Wonderful Children who played at the Royal ilaYmarket Theatre as the " Living Miniatures." Band of 30 first-class performers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Houses. Musical Director, Mr. P. COMM Prices of admission—Stalls and Balcony, ls.• ' Promenade, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. (Jan be secured at the Box O ffice, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at half-past 7, commence at 8. EASTER ITOGIDAYS. M ADAME TUSSAITD'S EXHIBITION, BAKER-STREET. , A Nev Portrait M o d e l o f I T M R MAJESTY th e QUEEN no P added Also, Portrait Models of their Royal nig i l , eßB es the Princesses Ti , lene, Louise, and Beatrice, the of Cambilde:e, and Princess Mary A commemor ttive V l ttre of the late Prince COnSlrt. illustra lee of his Royal 4 hnt'ss as the or"ginator and founder of International E xhibitions. Admittance, is.; children, tinder ten, half-price; extra roofs, 6d. Open from 11 a.m. 111110 p.m. WEANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per fectly pure and une4lonred. To be had - of all dealers ”(I °r wholesale of JOHN' BURGBS3 and SON, 107, Strand c ne- of Savoy-steps). London. AU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY, 1 8% per zallon, is ' , To ry stmerio - to recent importations ,e ns 2 0 "nao y-eommetided by the medical profession. and ex- a melt , used In hospitals. In bottles. Vs. per dozon. or in c a" Poq railway carriage nsi 1. —TIMMY TIRETT an I e ' ) Old Enrniyal's err, ilolborn, E.O , and 31, Rezent street, S.W. Established 182'). " TICE PATIN OF TriVi FEW IS TTIE GAIN or TUE MANY." TILIF.I Panic of '63 awl its conecuient depression of v,.. c o u ri tm •r:etß.na` , l o st th " 1 %ST IV') (A TPi.l e 1 ,131 I'A.NY" to o Ter TP:ki LOWER. TfikV EVIInt. PonorlA of Gold. 'Pea for ng. 4.(1 o.n• t d el n+. he I3crroll' , 8 rcArgo\Vi by the (711...Ter Ships are really 9 . Great St. ITelen's fltmr , thyarl, Bishopszrate a tree% Jan. I. IgA7. Igt n•tblfahed, ; sent by th., author for 1 sfa•nna, UGLINESS and BE.VUTY; being a Pamphlet the' deaertotlye of artielea an 1 Me 1.119 ngel ‘'or inv)rovlnz otwi 't o P n o . earanne. ay A.LEt.. ROSS, 213, 4fgh flolbora, PA.NISTT FLY is the acting ingredient in s,ro A.LICX. ROSS'S CA.NTITARTDRS OIL which sp ee dil y rlones whiskers end thickens h•tir, 3s ad, 5s ad, end 'Os : I . l l l ^ , t by Post for ss, 84, and lit qt‘rtll)4. 4.1.14 X. ROSS. 24 9 , 'eh Rolhorn, London, and all Chemists VVONDERFTIL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured Thisbi preparation usin r ALEX. ROSA'i Cff IRO PO. gradually dissolves the Corn in a fe'v how s, .env"inT the ve r y roo t . P r i c e 4 4% sent b y p os t f or 80 stamps. 248 , Qhsi golborn, London, and all Chemists. AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, ' on.—kLMX. ROSS'S FLINT) car!, "luiee Lo ni m rir Gentleen's hair immerilately it i CURLIN s G anrillet &Oct at Ra R,l 5e ,;(1. and fO a ; sent free for 54, 81, and 141 damps — 441 of all Chernlate. TtEY HAIR.-248, Hirsh Holborn, London.— A. LET. ROSS'S FLAIR DYI profinles a perfoctpoloar intmellat..l7 it is used. It is pcsrman , nt, and perteltly ns tnral in el'es t. prim 3s 64. and 'Os 6d ; sent by post for SE, SE, and HE stamps ; and all Chemists. ILTAIR DESTROYER. —2 18 , niqh nolborn, London.—ALEX. ROSs'S DEPILATORY renonv->s enDerthinua hair from the face,.n.eck. arms, wiKlrvit eXect to thl skin . Price 3s Ad, 5s rid, and ins 64; sent for 51, .41, •nd 141 staraos.—Elarl of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the Akin am imornveri by one dose of ALEX. Rog q + s V E I P.TARLE SKIN PILLS. They remove regnoas, gal lovcrn•Fs. &v. ? ed and 7e M or or , st for 40 and :00 attrnpa ROSS, 243, llirh Holborn, London, and all eh:l- I:Wats. RATR COLOUR WASH.—By washin g the or t hea4 with this beantifnlly-nerfumed Wash, in seven en days the hair assumes its nrlzinal colour, snd remain. neetslonal usin-r. 10s ; sent for stamps.—AL EX. ". High Holtmn, London. and all Chemists. P,Rrnsl-1 ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie s tituted 18 2 Park,7 Sionot Backs (formerly at Clapham-rise'. In- 'PATRON —Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN. 8 A- 1 0 ta this Institution will be ,triadly received by the "re tarY. at the Offices. No. 7a, Cheapsfde, E.C. HENRY SYKES THORNTOV. Treasurer. Trrovus TILSON, J.P. chairman of the Board. STF.mOT Hutt) OATTLEY, WA., Hon. Sec. LIMED MACKENZ 1 1 4 % Secretary. TRE BOARD of MANAGE\IENT of the LoNnov %TIM ITISPITAL wish to 'gni the attention of tr friends is its position—during the t t Year the beds h h ay.- ei been almost constantly fined. and be' year on the resources of the ITosoital has consequentl h, s e n Zreat. They trust, therefore, that all the friends of te , ellaathy, bath in town and country, will rally round and thus nrevenl: the necessity of curtailing the use- Str l i i e :, B Of t he ffnAnital by Cie admission of fewer flatten's ".CRIPIONS earnestly needed. Bankers nessrs. Argyll-Place, and flo., Threadneedle-street; and Union Bank, Regent-street. iqn , TnTIN R. WARREN', Clerk. • .4, Great Ormond-street, W.C. OUR SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN and their of a MIRE VNIT) WIDOWS and ORPHANS. —trds Britiah vessels are annually wrecked, about 2000 of ,A Are on the British Isles. 1 IttAWL." I ' 4 no nart of the e,osst where the SHIPWRECKED RRS' SOCIETY is not represented by an Hon. F Thrnt, who clo'hes (when naked) and sonds t their hoo , es 01, T i v reeked persons of all nttiona and is theehannol of its T he' to the bereaved wiion ,, and orphans o f the drowned. E 'Clommittee earnestly APPEAL t-r HELP. The dim ia,-,Fr 18 always instant, The`society relieved 11,221 persons Year, viz , shipwrecked men, widows, ,intl orphans. vv.ion ltions and subscriptions th fluid oily received by Messrs. by Deacon, and Co.; and by the undersigned, FRANCIS LEAN, Secretary Ribe rbia-chambers, London-bridge S.E. UR RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another hrn ).efme to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer Vr l / 4 ,+ beer, friendless, yonnof ferrates were reiected from bey 0 . PUNDS and room. making' a total of 3,0R7, who have T 1: B cnt away in f. a years. D " 7 home the Committee R'lol to form would be for tk Rn ~, 7 -"Zirie, almost children, from the eze of S to 15 ; who P .T I Ifffl astray fro the path of virtue. :!‘f•thutions will he m received gratefully by the genretarv. s a T"aniel Cnnper, 55, Queen -street Cheapside: or by 3Tesar " 47 and Co.. Lombard-street. O YAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, I v , In the imm e di a t e vicinity of the Great. Northern Y Termini's, Einz'e-croea. P atron—Tier atost Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. 7-Patron—His Royal Mei nese the Prince of Pir ALE r :I/dclent Grace the Duke of 1317CCLEUCEI. tc.G, Roepitai, founded in the year I R2B, the first to estab the the Driociple of freo admission to the sick poor , witho nt Pe Ado - ' 3 •Y and difficulty of Governors' orderer. is whollyde- It - 3,1 t 0r eoPeort on voluntary contributions and ac eit4oda relief to a large number of in-pa •• nta , and , in ilet.li t °4 to this, the average number of attendance of the 8,00 0 tits sink has for a considerable period averaged between 1 1.1 " ,, d 4 • 00 0 weekly. ti tter ( ' ofamittce ear estly molicit the KSST!TANCE of the oont lf ° ',tnt, as the pr 'nixes of this Ifutipiti.. are capable of th e aeverai nt,ndred more beds had the Committee (1,4 1 1 1 4 al sitefunda to maintain them. r.. . 1 " g on .b"nns an" reeci 7 ed by the i r bankertOtesers. Tirnwtt. -0 • f ; and Co., Ab e h urc h-l an e ; also by Messrs. Coat'. and 11.r;,,0 rot-ammo and Co.: Glyn and Cc.: fferries and ; 4 td "Id Co.; Prescott. Grotn, and Co.; Smith, Payne, Ikald • B arclay and Co. ; theme, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet "k. 0., B ernell-street, : and at the iTc4::!tal- from STANFORD 81111111, tiaaret.ry. No. 23,375. DICKENS'S WORKS. T 31R . cuAn,LEs DICKENS ED ITI 0 N. Messrs. CHAPMAN and HALL have the honour to announce AN ENTIRELY NEW EDITION OF THE WHOLE OF MR. DICKENS'S WORKS. It will be produced with especial care, and has been devised by Mr. Dickens and his Publishers, with the object of combining the four important points— LEGIBILITY, DURABILITY, BEAUTY, AND CHEAPNESS. Twenty years have elapsed since the first stereotype plates were cast for Cheap Editions of this Series of Books. It is considered that the time has come for reprinting them in a far more agreeable and remarkable form, and for offer ing them to the public in association with every available modern advantage. In the New Edition now announced each Novel will be completed in a Single Volume. The page will be a flow ing, open page, free from the objection of having double columns. A descriptive headline will be attached by the Author to every right baud page. Every Volume will contain Eight of the original Illustrations, selezted as the best. Every Volume will be printed in ear type, on fine toned paper, by one or other of the first printing houses in London, and will be strongly bound in red cloth. The price of THE PICKWICK PAPERS in this form (taking that book as an example), will be THREE SHILLINGS AND SIX PENCE. The Edition will bear the distinguishing fac simile Title— THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION. This Title, appended to every Volume, may suggest to the Author's countrymen his present watchfulness over his own E, [Mon, and his hopes that it may remain a favourite with them when he shall have left their service for over. On the other side of the Atlantic it may perhaps act as a reminder that he has arranged with Messrs. Tick nor and Fields, of Boston, to reproduce his Works (in this Edition and in others), in the United States, with a just ' , cognition of his claims as their author. If the great American People sheuld see any good reason for recognis ing those claims too, without detriment to themselves, the imprint of Messrs. Ticknor and Fields will henceford afford them their opportunity. The First Volume will be Published at the end of the month of May, and the Series will be issued monthly. On May 31st, with Eight Illustrations, THE PICKWICK PAPERS, Price Three Shilliegs and Sixpence. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. ON WEDNESDAY, THE NEW PUBLICATION, ECHOES FROM THE CLUBS !—A Weekly Record of Political Topics and Social Amenities. Price 6d. Sold by all Booksellers and News-agents, and at a' Railway Bookstalls. Offices: 19, Catherine-street, Strand, W.C. 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TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-str ee t, t Cork, beg to announce th it they tre Abte to supply the trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and to take orders In bond sr d for exportation, at their (aces, 7, Printing-house -square, London, E C.. the °a lit house in the square not occupied by iha "Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies brim( the highest prices Pt the Australian and othe • Colonial markets, as may b observed by re2erence to the "Journal of Commerce of Victoria," by which it will he seen that their whiskies fetch ed. per gallon and Is. per c.ise over the next best, and is. 6d per gallon an.i os. 6 , 1. t ctse over i lowest. quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old mellow whisky iu the fittest condition, matured to sherry tasks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, su..plzed on the most reasonable terms. CONTRACT FOR SOUTH WALES COALS-FOR GIBRALTAR. CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET HOUSE, May 8, 1867. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND, Do hereby give Notice, that On TUESDAY, the 28th inst., at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as m ,, y be willing to CONTRACT for sup plying and delivering into Store at her Majesty's Naval Yard, at Gibraltar, 1,300 Tons of Smokeless South Wales COALS, fit for the service of her Majesty's steamships and vessels. A Form of the Tender and Conditions of the Contract may be seen in the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. 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THE CO MM ISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 16th instant, at Twelve n'clock at noon, they w ill b e ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such quantities of MUSKET SLINGS (Light Infantry), • Do. (Artillery), DRUM SLINGS, DRUMMERS' SWOR DS, and CHIN STRAPS for FORAGING CAPS (Light Infantry), as shall from time to time be demanded for the use of the Royal Marines under a contract for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expiration of three calendar months' warning. Patterns of the Articles may be seen at the Royal Marine Office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of Eleven and Twelve o'clock. 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Palmerston-buildings, Old Broad-street, London, May 9, 1867. 111ANK OF BRITISH - NORTH AMERICA. aocorporated by Royal Charter). The DireetorQ ot the Rank of Briitsli No: th Amo lea DO 11 L' iilltY INTi NOTIC that the Y 0•A. It LI" N i. 31 041 fING ot l'ioprietors will b., hell pars❑a.,r to the Deed of Settlement, oil TUA42BDA Y. ti 4th June next, at the London 'raver'', Righopsg•ate-strtiet, at One o precisely, when the El, etion ot Three D , reet.ds in the roam of those going out by the provisions of the Deed will take place. • By order of the Court. C. MilsTAB, 'Secretary. 124, Bishopsgate-street Within, London, May 13, 1867. CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. BONUS MEETING, 1867. The Report presented at a Meeting held on the 3d January last, for the declaration of the EIGHTH Bows, showed, 1. As TO THE PROGRESS OP THE SOCIETY, that, during the quinquonnial p3riod which terminated on the 30th Juno, 1866, NEW ASSURANCES for a total sum of £1,518,181, and yielding £50,497 in Annual Premiums ' had been effected, of which sums the former excee d e d by £31,811, and the latter by £2,332, the correspondino- items of any previous period ; that .. THE INCOME had increased from £195,400 to £215,327 per annum ; and that THE ASSURANCE FUND, after payment of £85,303 on account of Bonus at the last Division, had risen from £1,422,191 to £1,619,539. 2. As TO THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE SOCIETY. That the Assets on June 30, 1866, were £1,619,539 14 8 And tho Liabilities on the same date ... 1,343,708 19 2 Leaving a surplus of £275,830 15 6 and that, after setting aside £50,000 as a special Reserve Fund, THE AVAILABLE PROFIT was £225,830 15s. 6d., of which sum £225,000 was recommended for division. 3. As TO THE RESULTS OF THE DIVISION. That the portion of this sum of £225,000—viz., five-sixths, or £lB7,soo—which fell to the Assured, would yield a REVERSIONARY ADDITION TO THE POLICIES of £272,682, averaging 45 per Cent., or varying, with the different ages, from 32 to 85 per Cent. on the premiums paid since the last division; and that the CASH BONUS, which is the exact equivalent of such Reversionary Bonus, would average 26 per Cent. of the like premiums. The Report explained at length the nature of the In vestments and the bases of the Calculations, the results of which, as above shown, are eminently favourable. The next DIVISION OF PROFITS will take place in January, 1872, and Persons who effect NEW POLICIES BEFORE THE END OF JUNE NEXT will be entitled at that Division to one year's additional share of Profits over later Assurers. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, the Report above men tioned, and a detailed account of the proceedings of the Bonus Meeting, can be obtained from any of the Society's Agents; or of GEORGE OUTOLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary, 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. A ESKELL, SURGEON-DENTIST, author of "Dental Surgery,' " Pare DYndstry.'' " Dental Aruesthesta," dm. may be CONSUL 1'F.13 DAILY as hitherto from 10 to 4 o'clock, at his ONLY reidenze, 8, Grosvenor street, Bond-street. ARTIFICIAL TEETH !—For price uhequalled. For use, comfort, and appcaran c un:urpassed. PAINLESSLY Isuppled (in a few hours when required) by Mr. DAY, DENTIST, 291, Regent-street (3 doors from the Polytechnic), Late principal assistant to Mr. ESKELL, of 8, Grosvenor- street, W. DEA FNESS.—The ORGANIC VI B RATO R.— It fits into the ear, not perei ptible, removes mityzing noi.es in the head, and enable` deaf pe•eons to hear at public assemb lea. Every other kind of iiearimi instrument. Nume rous jestimon'als for Inspection -S. and .'. SOLOM.uNS, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. PEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER. 6 1., 25., 2s 6 1. per lb. are the prices at which PUILLi I'S and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street. City, Llndon, E.C.. rare sel:ing good and fine BL kCK TFA. A. price current post tree. 40s worth cars-laze free to any Railway tion ot• Mark-t Torn in the tinted Kingdom. All goods carriage Tree to all p trt3 of London. Observe— Prirwrs and Co. have no Agents. sugars are supplied at market prices. GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC TION 4, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyon's Elements of Geology" and facilitat the important study of Mineralogy and aentogy, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50 to 503 guineas ; also single Specimens of 31merals, }folks, Fossils, and ite:ent Shells, Geologfml Hammers. xis the recent Publ.:la:ions, No., of J. TENNANT. Mineralogist to Her Majesty, IW, Strand, Lon•ion. Private Instruction is given in Mineralog/ and Geology by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., HD, Strand. W.C. DR. SCOW'S LIVER AND BILIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING- REsll4:DY.—Pre tared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dt. ;colt., of Bromley, Kent, will be found Invaluable to all who offer from bilious and liver complaints, lnligestcri, wind, , palms, giddiness, Muinet,a of the eyes, &a For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and g - rntetul to •tbe stomach, they create appe ite, pro note digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Prepared only and s sld by W. Lambert., Chemist, f, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug gists, in boxea,ls. itd., and three times the quantity in one, Ls. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. rhe genuine are a square erects outage. with " William Lambert." enzraved ,n the stamp. THE Fathers of St. Peter's Italian Chu rc h h av e kindly given the use of the ROOM, Back-hill, Hatton-garden, in which the meetings of St.. Peter's Ca tholic Total Abstinence Society are held, for the purpose of a READING by Mr. SOMERVILLE on the Evening of May 17 —Subject: Mr. Charles Dickens' " PICKWICK PAPERS"—in AID of a FUND for the WIDOW and FAMILY of the late T. E. BRADLEY, Founder of " The Lamp." Tickets, Fourpence each, to be had of Mr. W. D. Scott, at the Presbytery, Our Lady and St. Joseph's, 170, Culford road, Kingsland, and of Mr. James Duffy, publisher, 22, Paternoster-row. Also of Mr. Charles M`Carthy and other members of St. Peter's Catholic Total Abstinence Society. Doors opened at half-past 8, to commence at a quarter before 9 precisely. Entrance in Back-hill. PAINLESS SYSTEM OF DENTISTRY. Just published, price 3d. Post free four stamps. TOTAL ABOLITION OF P AIN IN DENTISTRY. By Messrs. GA.BRIEL, the old established DENTISTS, 64, LUDGATE- FULL, CI Ty, • 56, li A ttL EY-sT tti.; Iv ., Lon don. 131, DUICE-STREE T, I. IVI4.:ItPUOL. A convention of shipbuilders and shipowners was held at Portland on Tuesday, April 16, to consider the action taken by Congress for their relief. A comparison between the provinces and this country, in regard to ship building, showed that here the builder is hampered by everything in the shape of duties, while in the provinces he is fostered by favourable legislation and aided in pro curing every article for his use at the lowest rate. A re solution was passed asking Congress to permit the ship builders of the country to go to the cheapest market for the purchase of their materials, and for a steamer to be ad mitted free of duty and all Government taxation. Hartford is probably the richest city of its size in America. A list of over four hundred citizens is published who are taxed on over $20,000 of property, and as we all know the amount for which a rich man is taxed usually only approximates to what he is really worth. Tho heaviest tax-payer is James Goodwin, who is taxed on $676,801. Mrs. E. H. Colt is taxed on $480,480 ; A. S. Beckwith's estate on $406,000 ; the Colt arms company on $430,000 ; E. A. Bulkley on $308,000 ; H. and W. Keeney on $306,000 ; Mary A. Warburton on $308,000 ; Hunger ford and Cone on $261,000 ; I'. M. Allyn on $252,000 ; Charles H. Brainard on $248,000 ; Sharp's rifle company on $226,000; and there are forty others who pay a tax on over $lOO,OOO. The Springfield Republican says:—" Our State Superior Court, as just reconstructed by vacancies and new appointments, is composed as follows : - Seth Amos, of Cambridge, chief justice ; associate justices—Julius Rock well, of Pittsfield ; Odis P. Lord, of Salem ; Marcus Mor ton, of Andover; Ezra Wilkinson, of Dedham ; Henry Yore, of Boston; John P. Putnam, of Boston; Lincoln F. Brigham, of New Bedford; Charles Devons, jun., of Wor cester; Chester I. Reed, of Taunton. The salary of the chief justice is $3,700, arid of the associate justices $3,500; but a bill is now going through the Legislature raising those salaries to $4,500 and $4,200 respectively. The Lowell papers say that many young, enter prising men, owners of real estate in that city, are leaving for the West. From other places in New England, we learn, a great many are following a similar course. GAS FRO3I PEAT.—At the Glenn's Falls Gas works in Troy, New York, the experiment of substituting peat for coal in the manufacture of gas has been tried with considerable success. The Troy Times says that 150 pounds of dried peat, taken from a bed not more than three feet below the surface yielded 784 feet of gas, or five and eighty one-hundredths of gas to the pound, while from the best coal used at the works the yield of gas does not ex ceed four feet and forty one-hundredths to the pound. The cost of peat is much less per ton than that of the coal usually employed in the manufacture of gas. SPIRIT OP TUE PUBL !C JOURNALS. 41:0- TII E " SATURDAY RKVIEW" ON THE MONEY-MAR KET.—A year has just passed since the fall of Overend, Gurney, and Co. continence:l the worst finaimial panic which our times have produced, and, notwithstanding an apparent abundance of capital, the effects of the crisis are very far from having been worked off. Those economists who take into recount nothing whatever but the law of demand and supply must 1)e somewhat troubled to explain the distrust which has lingered so long after the markets have recovered more than ordinarily favour able conditions. Money is to be had at three per cent. or less, the Bank has more bullion thati it knows how to employ, the great majority of rotten companies and tottering firms - must have been weeded out • and yet securities of the highest cha racter fail to command their ordinary price, and some which were once thought scarcely inferior to Consols are now looked upon with a suspicion which a year ago would not have been applied to the scrip of the most utterly worthless association. At the same time, ordinary trade is dull beyond all prece dent when the prevailing rate of discount is consi dered, and indeed is less vigorous than it was even in the midst of last year's crisis. There has been enough of mismanagement, and sometimes of worse than mismanagement, in railway matters to account for some of the depreciation of ordi nary stocks, but only the continuance of ex cessive alarm could have involved many thoroughly sound comp an i es i n the difficulties which _have. been brought ab ou t b y the di s i nc li na ti on o f the public to renew th e d e b en t ures w hi c h were once the favourite security of the market. That even with money as plentiful as the current rates would seem to show, it should be impossible for the soundest scheme of joint-stock enterprise to be brought out with success, is perhaps intelligible enough, in the face of the mass of commercial cor ruption disclosed by the proceedings of hundreds of companies now happily in course of winding-up. But the caution that now prevails is as fatal to com mercial progress as the reckless spirit which preceded the crisis, and it almost seems as if the true mean between foolish credulity and helpless timidity could never be preserved. It seems as if we were always either manufacturing the next crisis, or slowly re covering tone after the prostration of the last; and it would probably be quite as easy to judge of the state of commercial and monetary affairs from no other data than the severity of the last disturbance, and the time that has since elapsed, as it is to arrive at any safe conclusion from a mere know ledge of the relative demand and supply of money. The one happy circumstance of the present time is the fact that every month places us further from the influence which originated all the evils complained of, while all experience justifies the hope that a considerable interval of years must pass before we need fear the recurrence of the periodical malady of trade. And of late there have been some indications of a decided improvement in the languid tone of commercial affairs. Exports, indeed, may be less than they were when our troubles were at their height, but this is a matter in which effects follow their causes slowly ; and there is no need to donbt that the present revival in the money-market, by the restoration of capital, will in due time produce its full measure of foreign trade. Whether joint-stock enterprise will ever recover any vitality until the commencement of a new epoch of wild speculation is much more doubt ful. There are times when no one will touch a share in a new company, and there are times when any sort of company, however absurd, can place its Capital without the smallest difficulty ; but it is very rarely, and only for brief intervals, that the public has at once the sense to eschew bubble spe culations and the courage to embark in legitimate undertakings. It is one of the most lamentable features of the game of speculation that there is so little discrimination between good and bad ad venturers. Two or three years of extravag tnt gambling lead to a crisis, and are followed by two or three years of sluggish abstention from a form of investment which, however discredited by its abuse, is the backbone of all the great enterprises of modern times. If anything great is done, it is a company that does it. The world is covered with railways en tirely by associated capital, except where Governments have taken the business of road-mak rhg and traffic into their o wn hands. The audacious enterprise of uniting England and America by a telegraphic cable has succeeded through the per s.stency of a company, or rather a-series of com panies, and it is well even now, when shares of all kinds are despised and depreciated, to remember that no substitute for joint-stock enterprise has yet been discovered, and the alarm which is the reaction from the follies of past years is itself preparing the way for an inevitable reaction iajuture. Still it may be long before the waters that have ebbed can resume their natural level, and it must be expected that, of all the forms of property which have suffered from the crisis, share-property will be the last to recover the blow. This is not very material to proprietors who can wait, with something like certainty that no sound investment can fail, in a few years, to com mand its market value, and hi a few years more to be again inflated to some extravagant price, in com pany with a host of sp ur i ous imitations which will equally serve the purpose of the next great gambling crisis. The panic about railway debentures, as it is for the most part without foundation, ought to be especially short-lived. The worst of the railway companies will probably have their affairs adjusted upon such terms as plundered creditors and deluded shareholders may find it expedient to agree upon. Improved financial machinery will avert in future the pressure which even good companies have felt when called upon to pay debentures, the power of renewing tpyu limit i t n t ie an which at will had ways been 'calculated on ; and as trade revives a tti grows, and the lesson taught by bition of Railway Boards, a period of gradually i ncreasing traffic, and of peace and goodwillamong ne i gh b ouring companies, ought adversity er p s to last until the universal recovery shall once more stimulate the spirit of encroachment and specula tion. Whether the recovery may in any case be rapid or slow, it is tolerably certain that, in the absence of such misfortunes as bad harvests and foreign wars, trade must improve, railways prosper, and miscellaneous companies be once more recog nised as occasionally within the pale of legitimate investment. And ther,, is some reason to think that this improvement will henceforth be less tardy than it has hitherto seemed. Though in ordinary times political difficulties at home, and foreign wars in which we are not engaged, have a comparatively slight effect on commercial affairs, the dread of them is a powerful influence at a time when people are in a state of mind, and look rather at the gloomy threatenings than the brighter prospects of the future ; and it has seemed as of late as if the markets, struggling to recover from their long de pression, were kept down from day to day by the rumours of war abroad, and by agitation at home, which have been so 'rife during the present year. All at once war promises to make way for peace ; even Mr. Walpole's blunders, however pregnant with future mischief, have failed to produce do mestic disturbance; the probability of getting the awkward Reform business finished this year is visibly increasing ; and a burst of glorious weather, just when it was most wanted, encourages the hope of a more than usually good harvest. Thus all the secondary influences of the market are for the moment working iu a favourable direction ; and if this cheerful prospect should continue, it cannot fail to hasten the recovery from that state of uneasy stagnation which has survived the symptoms that originally justified it. It is not to be supposed that a shock so exceptionally severe as that of last year can fail to leave its mark upon the country for some time yet to come; but if we cannot look for unheard of expansion in trade, with all the apparent wealth that accompanies a period of inflation, everything points to steady, if not rapid improve ment, and to the res'oration of credit upon a basis a good deal sounder, if somewhat less magnficent, than that which preceded the year of collapse. A DOMESTIC ROMANCE.-011 Monday last an in quest was held at Sheffield on the body of Samuel Platts, whose death took place under the following singular cir cumstances. About 17 years ago he deserted his wife and family, and went to America. A few years afterwards his wife was told that he had died, and as no tidings wore re ceived from him it was supposed that this statement was true. Nothing more was heard of him till last Thursday week, when he came to Sheffield from America, and made himself known to his wife, who was still living, and to his two children. Since his return he seems to have suffered a good deal of remorse for having left his wife and family, and he frequently told his wife that the day for amend ment was past. Tho night after his return home he was taken ill, and gradually got worse till the following morn ing, when he died. The result of a post mortein examina tion showed that he had died from taking a large quantity of powdered opium. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from poison administered by himself whilst in a state of unsound mind. Mr. Cartier, Attorney-General of Lower Canada, had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Foreign Oltiee on Tuesday last. OCEAN CABLES. The scientific journals of America are occupied in discussing an invention of Mr. Thomas Silver I;', a n i g l 1 is t l o i appe New i f r o I t le o n d b l e a is a fi n e d d N a v i i l t p h ar t e h n e ti c y lou b b t l i e t for p,ying out wi th per f ect security ocean cables. line nd little attention is given on this side to increasing the telegraph communication with America. it is not so, however, on the other side. Besides the Florida and Cuba and the Florida and Lisbon cables, a charter has just been granted by the New York Legislature to a company who propose laying a cable from New York to Brest.' 'i'he American brain is busy devising schemes for laying new lines to connect New York with Europe. It is there thought that a cable of less diameter, cheaper in construction, capable of being laid by a smaller vessel than the Great Eastern, and therefore far less costly, could be carried across the Atlantic. I n paying out such a cable two great difficulties would have to be overcome. In the first place, the thinner cable, which could be taken by a much smaller ves sel, woull be weaker, and more liable to part under the strain of a sudden jerk. In the second place, a smaller vessel would be less steady than the Great Eastern, arid more quickly acted on by the huge waves of the ocean. The attention, therefore, of scientific men has been drawn to - devise some mechanical contrivance by which the pressure will be carefully regulated to the strength of the line. Captain S. Samuels, of New York, has patented an invention by which the cable will pass through an opening in the bottom of the vessel, midway between stem and stern, where there is least motion. A slant ing tube runs from this hole to the deck, on which the paying out machinery is placed, and serves both to exclude the water and prevent the bend of the cable in passing out from assuming too abrupt an angle. Mr. Silver's plan is given both by the Scientific American and the American Artisan at considerable length, and is well worth the space accorded to it. The latter journal states—" The machinery used from the first attempts to lay the cable of 1857 to the consummation in 1866 was partly subject to serious certain objections, and well calcu lated, in the opinion of many, to destroy the cable. The heavy weight of some hundreds of pounds used as a dynamometer that stretched the cable taut between two pulleys, restrained on the one hand by the break and on the other by the weight of the portion overboard, was an unfit load upon it at any time; but when the toss of a ship on a high sea drew upon the great length of it clinched by the water against prompt relief, the cable, of necessity, contended with counter restraint in this weight, and when an apparent dancing' would have been seen had a spring-balancebeen substitutedfor the weight, the latter served so arbitrarily to regulate the move ment of the cable that one unfamiliar with mecha nical cause and effect would as little appreciate the frequent severity of strains imposed upon the rope as the variable forces of an engine that drives the fly-wheel imparting, from same principles, evenness of motion. Various proposed plans for avoiding the evil effect of a rough sea upon the cable have been the subjects of English and American patents." The Scient?fic American says :—" Should a fisher man, whose float is some distance from the end of his rod jerk up suddenly a portion of his line that may have sunk between himself and the float, the resistance of the water to the movement of the slender line will bend his pole, and the writer has in his experience broken his fishing tackle without gaining a fish. The generality of ships are liable to pitch and tumble at sea, and even the Great Eastern can perform a " grand swing." These moverneuls, which are irresistible, or even a Violent cross sea, - af6 severe on a cable of any ordinary thickness, which, on the other hand, is subjected in its movements frequently to some miles of friction in the water, and much of it at great depth. Being liable to the strains and tension of these contending mechanical and elementary forces and resistances, a cable needs to be paid out from some contrivance that will yield readily and neutralise their effect." The details of the new invention are thus given : —Mr. Thomas Silver, of New York, exhibits a working model, which is a modification of one plan of his marine engine governors, that demonstrates the paying-out of a cable automatically without re ference to the speed of a ship, in quantity adaptable to the various depths of the sea, and registers the weight hanging upon the ship at all times, and can be arranged for drawing a profile of the bottom; by the same apparatus, also, drawing in for the purpose of repairing can be accomplished without a possible overstrain upon the cable ; in short, as it is not within human control to select to any cer tainty suitable weather for the purpose, the appa ratus is prepared for all probable or even possible contingencies in the laying submarine cables. The paying -out is performed from a drum of suit able diameter, around which the cable is wound a sufficient number of times to prevent slipping, but instead of the periphery of the drum being flat, and using as heretofore a so-called knife to force the coils of the cable laterally to prevent its overriding itself, or a duplicate drum to control its direction, the drum in the present case has a crescent or semi circular groove, on to one side of which the cable is guided, from where it naturally creeps to the lower part of the crescent and prevents the possibility of overriding itself. The shaft on which this drum is keyed is geared by means of a system of differen tial gearing acting through coiled springs, with a friction-clutch or break that may be made to limit the degree of resistance considered prudent to re strain the cable ; and a dial is moved with the ac tion of the springs to indicate exactly the weight of cable suspended overboard. When paying -out, the drum is allowed to turn only in the paying-out di rection ; any slack of cable that may accrue from the sudden lifting and fall of the stern of the ship, or lateral blow of a sea, will be absorbed by the for ward movement of the vessel. At the stern of the vessel the cable passes over a shieve and through a tube widened horizontally at the bottom end, the tube being attached to a rock- shaft which serves as the axle of the shieve, and its position being controlled by the varying angle at which the cable may be running out. The oppo site end of the shaft, which is rocked by the motion of the above tube, moves a pointer that indicates to the engineer in charge of an adjustable governor that limits the egress whether the cable is running out too slack or too taut, so that he may adjust the governor accordingly, and this avoids the ne cessity of any consideration as to the speed of the ship. In case of hauling in cable, steam or other power is applied to a shaft carrying a pinion that gears into the differential arrangement, and, while it turns the drum and winds inward, the latter may, never- theless, cease its motion when the cable reaches its limited strain, or will even allow it to run out again rather than it shall be injured, reassuming its in ward motion again as soon as the cable is relieved, the engines or driving power working on in the meantime irrespective of the action of the drum. It was the want of an equivalent device to this for hauling in, that the cable of 1865 was lost, but it is of the first importance that means be employed in -paying out that will avoid the damage that causes the necessity for battling in. It is to be hoped that the different submarine cable companies now organising may appreciate the danger of a fatal moment to their undertakings, and will employ the best appliances of any kind to secure success. Although it is prudent to select the most favourable season of the year for the ---...., work, it _is quite clear that the dangers of stormy weather may be greatly diminished, and also the necessity for the use of a Great Eastern, may be obviated. The New York Senate has passed the eight-hour law by a vote of 22 to 5 The Assembly has passed a bill giving to all new railroads 20 miles in length built , in the State $5,000 per mile. PRICE. ad STAMPED sd. Her Majesty's Ship Minotaur. On the Nth of September of last year the Mb ,o taur made her light-draught trial of speed, draw dr; 23 ft. tin. of water forward, and 24ft. lin. af.:. With an indicated power of her engines of 6,31.; she then realised a mean speed of 14.779 knots, th, mean of the engines' revolutions being 57.583 per minute. Reduced from full to half boiler power, the mean speed of the ship was 12.387 knots, with an indicated horse-power of 3,5 , 11, and mean revo lution of the engines of 47-375. On that occasion we fully described the engines of the ship, it is there fore only necessary to repeat here that they are by John Penn and Son, on the welt-known and hori zontal two-cylindar principle of the firm, of 1,350- horse power, nominal. The ship is the first vessel of her class that has yet been placed in commission, and is also the largest ironclad in commission afloat. She stands on the Navy List, with her sisters, the Agincourt and the Northumberland, as a ship of 6,621 tons, and her length is 400 ft. between per pendiculars. Her rig is five masted, which may either be described ai bow, fore, main, mizen, and jigger masts, or fore, main, mizen, forward jigger and after jigger masts. Four of her masts carry each a lower yard, double topsail yards, and a top gallant yard. The fifth, or after jigger, carries fore and aft sails. The hull is ylncased with armour, and finished off externally in as bare and fighting a condition as may be possible. The arma ment of the ship consists of four l 2i ton and 18 Gi ton muzzle-loading rifled wrought iron guns, mounted on the main deck on wrought iron car riages and slides, and four other 6A--ton guns on the upper deck as chase guns. The carriages and slides for the 121-ton guns weigh 75 cwt. The 12k-ton. gun throws a solid shot of 2501 b., with a battering charge of 431 b. of powder. The 61-ton guns throw a solid shot of 1151 b., with a battering charge 1 r to e hf t s e2n2 c o bv le o ds f ro p efs o iE w s t d upr e o r a . pneiso T sre i r t; s r m e s he r i i o s te a n f o rwo i mh r o o ts n he c e l s a ii ‘d d ie si a n fl oo o t ar a t t uur i r, n ; largest guns, and there are but two or perhaps three of the heaviest plated of the American turret-ships that could resist the same kind of shot from her 61- ton guns. The Minotaur was docked on Tuesday last, and the pitch of her four-bladed screw altered to its finest set. On the following clay she was undocked, and on the Thursday she steamed out of harbour to Spithead in readiness for her trials on Friday, tak ing a preliminary two hours' steaming off the east end of the Isle of Wight before anchoring at Spit head, and working her engines up to 60 revolutions. On Friday she weighed her anchor from Spithead shortly after noon and entered upon her trials, which lasted until past sunset, the results proving very successful, as will be seen by a reference to mile figures. The draught of water was 25ft. Bin. forward, and 26ft. 11. in. aft. Her four-bladed screw was set at a pitch of 22ft. 2in., the length of the blades being at the periphery lft. 7in., and at the root 2ft. 3in. The depth from the under part of the ship's keel to the upper edge of the screw was 2411. llin. The coal in bunkers and the coal on deck fer the trial (Steam Navigation Coal) was as nearly as possible 700 tons. Wind on the mile, light from the south-east. Water perfectly smooth. In making the circles, after the conclusion of the runs over the mile, off the east end of the island, the wind freshened to a force of from 3 to 4, and there was sufficient swell to give the great ship quite a lively motion. The subjoined figures give the main results of the trials with full and half boiler power on the measured mile, and in making circles. The ship was timed throughout by a Benson chro nograph, and the greatest possible care was taken in making the observations : MEASURED MILE.—FULL BOILER POWER. First Run.—'Time, 4 min. 6 sec. ; speed of the ship, 14.631 knots ; revolutions of engines, 61-5. Second Run.—Time, 4 min. 18 sec. ; speed of ship, 13.953 knots; revolutions of engines, 61-5. Third Ran.—Time, 3 min. 58 sec. ; speed of ship, 15.126 knots ; revolutions of engines, 62-5. Fourth Run.—lime, 4 min. 30 sec. ; speed of ship, 13.333 knots ; revolutions of engines, 61-5. Fifth Run.—Time, 3 min. 53 sec. ; speed of ship, 15.450 knots ; revolutions of engines, 62. Sixth Run.—Time, 4 min. 36 sec. ; speed of ship, 13.043 knots ; revolutions of engines, 61-5. Steam pressure, 251 b. ; vacuum, mean, 25in. ; mean speed of the ship with full-boiler power, 14.357 knots ; indicated horse-power of the en gines, 6,956. HALF BOILER POWER. First Run.—Time, 4 min. 20 sec. ; speed of ship, 13.846 knots; revolutions of engines, 49.5. Second Run.—Time, 6 min. 8 sec. ; speed of ship, 9.783 knots ; revolutions of engines, 50. Third Run.—Time, 4 min. 19 sec. ; speed of ship, 13.900 knots; revolutions of engines, 49-5. Fourth Run.—Time, 6 min. 14 sec. ; speed of ship, 9.890 knots; revolutions of engines, 50. Mean speed of the ship with hal boiler-power, 11.897 knots. As soon as the ship had m vie her last run with half-plwer over the mile she was steamed out from Spithead until outside the Nab Light, and with Dunnese-head broad on her Waal, when she was put through her circling experiments, there not being sufficient space for the purpose between the shoals inside the island. Two circles were first taken with full-boiler power : Helm aport.—Relieving tackles on the tiller with 60 men, 30 on each side. Men at wheel, 18. Helm up in 1 min. 7 sec., 3I turns of wheel ; angle of rudder, 40 deg. Half-circle made in 3 min. 21 sec. Full circle, 7 min. 19 sec. Revolutions of engines on circle, 55. Helm to starboard.—Without the aid of relieving tackles.—Men at wheel, 18. Helm up in 2 min. 20 sec., 21 turns of wheel. Angle of rudder, 23 deg. Half-circle made in 3 min. 50 sec. ; full circle in 7 min. 38 sec. Revolutions of engines on circle, 55. Hydraulic steering Apparatus.—Three men at the; upper deck lever. Helm up in 31 sec., three turns of wheel. Angle of the rudder, 33 deg. to 37 deg. Half-circle made in 3 min. 39 sec. ; full circle in 7 min. 4 sec. ; revolutions of the engines on the circle, 55. With half-boiler power the half-circle, helm to port, was made in 3 min. 21 sec., and the full in 6 min. 41 sec. With helm to starboard the time was, half-circle, 3 min. 52 sec. ; full, 7 min. 38 sec. The last experiment made was in testing the action of the engines in answer to any sudden and unexpected order. They were stopped from full speed ahead iu 13 seconds, started ahead to full speed in 19 seconds, and reversed to full speed astern in 11 seconds. This concluded the day's trials. The magnificent machinery of the ship acted perfectly from •first to last, and in a manner that must be highly gratify ing both to the contractors and the Admiralty. The temperature was very high below, the f ire stokehole thermometer recording from 135 deg. to their maxi mum point, 142 deg. The after stokehole was 120 deg. to 135 deg., and the engine-room reached 108 deg. The ship was under the command of Capt. Jnmcs G. Goodenough, flag captain to Rear-Admiral F. Warden, C. 8., but the trials were made under the superintendence of the Captain of the Steam Re serve of the port. Mr. J. Harding, Trinity and Queen's pilot, piloted the ship. Mr. Mathews and Mr. Anderson, of the firm of John Penn and Son, the makers of the ship's machinery, had charge of the engines during the trials. Mr. E. J. Reed, the Chief Constructor of the Navy, was on board dur 7 ing the full-boiler power trials over the measured mile. The Minotaur. anchored at Spithead after her trials had been concluded for the night, but on Saturday morning, soon after daylight, she steamed into Portsmouth harbour again to complete some fittings by the shipwright department, &c., p repara _ tort' to entering actively upon her duties as the flag ship of the British Channel squadron for 1867. GUN CLUB. i The members of the Gun Club met in grealloraf f k 1 ;Saturday las; on their shooting ground in Shepherd's_ ;bush, and a fine afternoon's sport took place. The betting, - sas usual, ruled at 7 to 4 on the "guns," and even money !-. "vas offered that certain gentlemen did not kill their next - two birds. First Sweepstak es —Si x gentlemen contended in this sweep, which, after five ties between Mr. Norris, 27k, Captain Talbot, 26, Captain Fredericks (the Niin ner of the ! great Aristocratic Ifarrlicap at ere:nor:le first season), 28, . Captain A. Burnawl, 26, ant 13,-,rkl?y Luey, 271, resulted in a division botwcon Captain Talbot awl Captain A - •. Barna n,/. s;:eitt,,i Sweepstakes -No less than 19 contested in this Nwe and out of the 5) birds that wero shot at 42 wez , e dll,l, proving that :the majority of the shooters are in lino form" this season. Captain Taitytt, 27, Captain Fteki -3'.7.c.P5, 28, Sir C. Logard, Lord :Rot-moat, 28, and J. I wumft, ALP., 2a, each kilfed their three birds ; and i n t-• hooting off J. Lamont missed his second bird, Captain 'Palbot his fourth, Captain Fredericks his fifth ; Sir Chas, Legard and Lord Stormont etch killed six, so they divided. Third Sweepstakes—There were three tics in the fl rst instance, and in shooting off J. Lamont, M.P., 26, missed his second bird; Mr. Norris, 27, and Berkley Lucy, 27k, killed twe, and they agreed to divide. Fourth Sweepstakes—A score of competitors contested for this sweep ; four gentlemen killed tlrree each, and in shooting off the ties Captain A. Burnand, 26, killed his bird before it had left the ground, and after a short co n _ saltation between the secretary, president, and other gentlemen of the committee, it was decided that it should be. a lost bird; Mr. Rudd, 28, failed to bring down his se cond ; Berkley Lucy, 27j, and Mr. Davis, 26, ultimately divided. Fifth Sweepstakes—Mr. Norris, 27, and Major Longley, 26wi•. killed three each and divided ; Lord Stormont 28 , Mr. Davies, 27, and Mr. Robertson, 26, missed their last _ROYAL LOND a.V EICIJ .17 CLUB. The opening trip of this great and prosperous, club took place on Saturday, when several yachts rendezvoused at leith Pier at 10.30 a.m. The Wolverine, 50 tons, a twin. 'screw, Makir Brandram, carried the commodore's flag Oak Apple, 36, rear-commodore's; the Circe, 120 tons, G 0 0 . Harrison; the Eva, 22, Messrs. Lowe and Bulmer (who, by the bye, found us a berth and gave us a splendid Odle) ; the Patsie, screw, 26, G. W. M orr i s ; the Amazon, 46, Ir. F. Smith ; the Poryne, 56, T. Grooves, and a host of others. With a fair wind they left Erith at 11 o'clock, and cruised as far as Hole Haven, some going below the Chapman, and returned to Gravesend at 5 o'clock, Dinner was served at the Union Yacht Club-house at 6 o'clock " a la Russo," and gave every satisfaction, as did the wines, &c. The commodore, Andrew Arcedeckne, Esq., was in the chair, supported by Messrs. Charlowood (rear), J. F. Belaney, and Major Brandram on the left, and Messre. C. F. Farmer, Eagle (treasurer), &c., on the right. After dinner the usual toasts were given. The club was shown to be in a very flurishing condition, and the members were assured that their officers to meet with ev ery success. A pleasant evening was spent. they had only to stand by WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE ROWING CLUB. On Saturday afternoon last a sculling race in connection with this club took place in the presence of a strong muster of the friends and members of the college, among whom for some time past it has excited great interest. The course was from Putney-aqueduct to Hammersmith bridge. The stations were as follows --Mr. J. Francis, Middlesex; Mr. George Powsland, centre; and Mr. W. Staley, the Surrey side. After seme little delay an even start was effected, Mr. Francis, from the Middlesex station, getting rather the best of it. Opposite Simmonds's boat house he showed in front by nearly a quarter of a length, Powsland and Staley rowing scull and scull, until passing Bishop's-creole, where the latter, putting on a spurt, took the lead, which he increased at the Crab-tree by about a length. Hero a slight foul was occasioned by Powsland's rowing across the aft of Staley's boat, but, being ordered by the umpire to row on, Staley, getting clear, gradually increased his leal to the finish, winnig by about three lengths. Time, 10 min. 10 sec., with indifferent tide and cross wind. Francis having slipped a scull was out of the race half-way. The race was for a handsome prize, the gift of the committee. Mr. A. Naughty, the captain of the club, officiated as starter and umpire, in a four manned by J. Gratton (stroke), G. Godfrey, O. Renton, and Meech. A SWEEPSTAKES BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.—As there is a very general desire to see the representative billiard-plaj•ers'of - England, France, and America—John Roberts, Charles Burger, and Joseph Dion—come together; and as experience has shown that there is little likelihood of either French or English player meeting the American singly, why cannot Dion, who has tw;ce proposed to play Roberts or Burger at three established games of billiards (English, French, and American) offer to play both of them in a tournament for the championship of the world? The stake might be $15,000 in gold a piece, as Dion has stipu lated in his last cartel to Roberts, or more, or even less, We commend the suggestion to the conside►ation of the three great players, but most of all to the clubs of London and Paris, as it is only through the agency of the latter that an international contest can be Lrought about. — Wilkes' Spirit of the Times. THE DEATH OF ELIJAII Slum°Ns.—We are sorry to have to announce the death of Elijah Simmons, of Albany. Ile was a well-known citizen, an upright man, and a gallant sportsman. Years ago he was one of the owners of the famous trotting-horse Mac, who was cele brated on the turf in connection with Tacony.—New Fork paper. ATHLETIC GATHERINGS.--Several athletic meet ings are announced. The most important are the follevr ing : The Civil Service, long known as the most success , ful of all London meetings, and which, held on the 17th ' and 18th May, at Beaufort House, offers an open 600 yards, for which six of the best amateurs of the day, viz., • Messrs. Colbock(L.A.C.), Hogarth (Liverpool), Chinnery(L.A.C.), Willoughby (L.A.C.), Hoare (Tunbridge), and Collett (L.A.C.), have entered, and will probably finish in the order named; the Norwich Gymnastic Society's annual fete (open 100 yards, 200 yards hurdles, and half-mile races), May 21; the Canterbury Athletic oewn S aoa p nel o ad i to t 1 IA : ay ltm(fholmppei Athletic il n ace I quarter mile and two miles thehandic e tip tuh s t ), heh o NuN n raodtril llth of June, yards, flatCsfoAssociationlru b h v a e (openurl e v f a a i h pi r s ui i g ) le a e, Festival im e n j v u ai kith e s ri a, Pt at Birmingham t ns o a d f ; t 3 1 J h v 0 u o e0 n eyardsS; miles (open ra ee s, 100 an and yards, 20 competi tionso at jumping, wrestling, fencing, boxing, gymnasticss, &c., for medals only), on June 25, 26, and 27; and the Manchester Athletic Festival - (220 yards fiat and hurdle races, 120 yards flat, four leaps, a mile steeplechase, quarter-mile flat and hurdle races, half-mile and mile flat races, &c., all open), on the Gth July. The London Ath letic Club members' swimming races were fixed on Friday to take place on the 25th of July, at Teddington. The distance will be 200 'yards (non-winners only), and a half mile handicap. There will also be a diving competition. The news from Buenos Ayres and the River Plate is interesting and important. Everything wasgoing on most satisfactorily at Buenos Ayres, and by the vast increase of colonisatiou, and the introduction of British and Europan capital, it was expected that the rise of that republic would soon be as rapid as that of the 'United States. Numerous emigrants, and of the best character, were arriving by every mail - from Great Britain, Ireland, and the countries of Europe, and the new land law was coming, nto operation, embracing and accomplishing the double purpose of enabling emigrants to make investments with great advantage to themselves, and at the same time also benefiting the government by immediately filling its coffers and prospectively improving and enriching the country. The best proof of the continuance of public confi dence which had so long existed was the continued rise in price of the national bonds, which had advanced 6 or 7 per cent. since the advises by the last mail, I ,,,i ng on the 26t1 s i acini M dbo a c r of c ol h vr from 55 to 57. The railways were all doing a good business on the sailing of the packet. 'Trade was brisk ; hgsrilde4aeost currency.ha animationdri sen PAr prevailed during during the iw r fortnight cent. froth stock sl(2w2i (with h o o in ve a rn 6 ment to carry out its the whole of the loan at par : excellent plan in regard to the paper dollar. The esta blishment of the rrovineial Bank Exchange Office had effectually fixed the value of the paper dollar, so that pata cones and paper money had ceased to be subjects of specu lation. The disturbances in the interior were held to be dofo:on,imxvill)°ierthacNie-oet'thl have been done at once but for the energetically . ilia carried out. great distances to be traversed by the troops before arri - l' ori e nq b- vi e t i - i t ' : g in3e from lia s l e m a d t of declined war ; schemesi t)gl ttt.he fo s r ce i n n e ol o o f ti: H t t i i:i li t i l . co l l i e ' El ici t ' en f rt r e o waso n t f R then io o i n t se w owi a ls' s stated that the Brazi on the ground that Ti . l e e , which could. alone have p tle ac p e r b o c ff . : l e c t e e e lo n m t e h d e ia a t l i l o ie n s o a f n the i, leatoto Laolipeazr.mistic discipline and general States for immediate l a T r u a i g t i e i d ay , reported excellent, and tb i c t io: ene w ndß o i u trb eailo,zlnnillleiaoafivfncei the n e r allieda l 3 111 :r in sh y al lv O as serio was about to invade position.seme The war would, decisive t l h ' a e r r a e g f e u r a e y , a p n i. et terribly t l y o ry in a new go ou till result takes place. The United States M . visted the allied .encamp mister, Dlr. W as hb urn , had views with the general m. ent' and had had some inter generalissimo, which had favoured the opinion that terms of peace were on the eve of negotiation. At Buenos Ayres the universal desire still continued to be iu favour of peace rd e whenever it it could be brought about c with honour and to the allies, and with security against for the future Lopez. , -