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i, . MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC Stl , ur TO - NIGHT, at S o'clock, and E v ery Ni g ht (but Satday). is. 3s. ; Area, 2s • Caller, Is. The Martini a ReaTesentations . t tke Mao • •- '' ' - ' . .. _ . , . ' I t Egypti an c ti , cry 1 octal sy, all. Piceattilly. rhurslay, ana sesurdas , at a o Lock.-- . * • . . G REAT WESTERN COALS.-Best, 245. ; Seconds, 225. per ton. The Great Western Railway Com pany can now execute orders for Rwabott Coals, equal to the finest Durh am Coals, at 21s p e r t on , an d f or exce ll en t an d econom i ca l V ron k • ' i s (Partly Cannel), at 225. per ton. Cash prices within 4 miles este the Pa ddington Station. Address to the Superintendent, Great Wrn Railway, Paddington. .., -.....____- . . . • BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. , . Established A.D. 1844. - l IAR TIES desirous of INVESTING . MONEY a , • „ . are requested' to examine the Plan of UN Institution, by which n inrate of Interest may be obtained with perfect security. Tb • - . , e Interest is payable in January arid July, at the Heal Of tnil, Lo ndon ; and m a y a l so b e rece i ve d at t h e various branches, or 1.° 4 11 country bankers, without delay orexpense. PETEIt MORRISON, Managing Director. tioPjespectuses and Forms for opening Accounts sent free on applica ------... i - ' lIRITISH EMPIRE 'MUTUAL ASSURANCE OFFICE, The 37, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars. i .t a - le • EIfIFITH ANNUAL MEETING Was 'held ,ate Radley's • at.0..1 •, on Tuesday Feb. 7 18551 • • I The • rr. JOHN - GO:VER in the Chair. • . . . • (il d ,„ Report states that the istopoaals tor Life Assuranci received -,," the year amounted to 1,031, for p43,p68/..; 'Out Of which 876 -roil • ?rocies hrve been issued assuring 195,7591. ; 158 for 48,209/. being in "I'vess, or declined: i ' ' : • . . . , T b, e claims from deaths {luring thes - year hap, been 49, amotruting . • a i" 10,5591. 2s. 4d. lorora the commencement of the Company to tbe 3lst of December, 2,1. the'Life Policies issued have been 6,a07, assuring' 1,232,654/. ; .. 1 . , (1 the number maw in force is 5,069, assuring 988,0501. - ,he Present annual income is 36,5681 )88. Id. • . . , ;„ 4h l c ,ed eonmany has an Accumulated Fund of 70,0001. • . A ' n e Period having arrived for the SecOnd Division of Proßas to the sse , a complete and detailed valeation of the assets and Ila e ities of the Company has been made by the Actuary, F. G. P. Nel sen a, a„,':assclto t a in which the most aevere, and stringent tests have been filliled he determination of the results. The conSequenee Is. nit, of . i . 15 the realised profits during the three.year; that Itsve el :peed acre s tlie fast division, there is.a disposable balance of 20,4,001.; and, ductitite 10 per cent. for the purposei of the Reserved Funa, ~,h remains 18,,0001. to appropriate as bonus to the members, kb will be found to be in the ratio of about 2734 per cent. of the • lir°oll llt of premiums paid by them. JAMES INGLIS, Secretary. ji d ,, P , I AZ COMPANY.-Subscribed Guarantee Fund, 200,0001. Pure , . ~,"L u ability. Policy holders not liable for losses. EN IRE Profit; Zvlded biennially. Policies Issued. 13,239, for 5:897,a - Al 3234 per ,7,, U .,_t• Per annum has been returned at each triennial division On the . ' "'re Premiums paid. , ) `_FRANCIS CLOWES, Secretary. , • - • „_________ 7 ______ . - • - -- THE CONSERVATIVE - LAND SOCIETY.- -, • - ARRANGEMENTS FOR ,YPRIL. saa'n SATURDAY, the 14th of April, .at the Offices, 33, Norfolk ;Teet, Strand, the Twenty-sixth PUBLIC DItATVIN3 fortm rota nof rights of choice on the Society's Estates. All shares taken i",, 11 or 'yore the 1 4th will be entitled to the advanlages of this draw gar's -g• nares, if in arrear when drawn, will lose *heir rishts. THURSDAY, the 19th of April, a PUBLIC MEETING, at „ Rooms. Islington ; Viscount ltanelagh in the chair. li'n WEDNESDAY, the 25th of April, the Allotment of the West m a ivern Estate (West Wcrcestershire), and of the Alford Estate ! A °rth Lincolnshire). Holders of rights will also be enabled on that ' . 1t.., to select plots on the valuable estates in Middlesex VA. Mar- e _t'st Enfitsl,l, Tottenham. and Wood-green), Sussex (Roundhill- , I,'a Brighton), Surrey (Oatlands-grange, Wey bridge), Berks (Read- ' ,",_lr), Yorkshire, West (Leeds), Nottinghamshire (Retford), and Herts (Hertford and Ware). ~_Ort and after the 26th of A Pril the warrants for the guaranteed 5 - - I Y 'r cent. interest, payable halt yearly on completed shares, and en li(lbscriations of a year in advance and upwards will be issu-d. The t , elders of completed shares, and of shares paid in advance, will a t,. o e entitled .to receive the additional 2 per cent., in ord rto make its,,,, payment into the Society prior to the last michaelmas quarter n e -'" 7 per cent., being the bonus declared for the second financial ° seas a , ending September 29, 1854, by the s xecutiv Committee. Is°vProspectuses, plans of estates, &c., apply to e CHARLES LHWIS GRUNEISEN. Secretary. a It ATHBONE-PLACE, OXFORD - STREET.- l a ' p s ~, SHARES in the GLi iBE and ALBION I.N , UR‘NCE i-ONI- u ei l ''''lßS.-To he SOLD; pursuant to an order of the High Court of a en anc evY, male in the causeS "James v. Jones," and "Jones v. a, t1a,1 8," with the approb Mon of the Vice-Chancellor, 9r John Stuart, ti I:,;„,,snclee to whose Court the said causes are attached, on Tit UR =- at A ' x . the 12th day of April, 1855, at One o'clock precisely, at the , ti s e : ti cn Mart, Bartholomew-lane, London, by Mr. George Prickett, at ' Person appointed by the said Judge, One-four' h Part or Share, tl 411,1 o Three -fourth Y the direction of the parties entitled thereto) the rem Thar •Zif, e e - fourth Parts or Shares (making together the entirety) of the roue:SRI-10Lp MES'sUAGES. Nos. 1 and 2, Rathbonesplace, Ox for street, London, (No. 1 having a frontage to-Oxford-street), held ~t , a tern; which will expire ou rs he 24th day of June, 1864, at an 2 ( 1„ . , r e around-rent of 201., and yielding together an' improved rent of tu t i , , , Per annum. Also, 15 SHARES in the GLOBE INSURANCE G Us 1 , 1 , 41 -NY, and 2 SHARES in the ALBION LIFE OFFICE-in lot "As- Lot one will consist of the above-mentioned households ; w P rinted two of the Globe Shares; and lot three of the Albion Shares. bl t or , n c l e !l Particulars and conditions of sale may be had (gratis), in street'°n, of Messrs. Kingsford and Dorman. solicitors, No. 23, Essex- (o .l Strand Messrs. Wilson Scot Jeanneret, solicitsrs. . 11. eitZ' i nn, Strand; and of Messrs, Tahourdin, and Shaw soli- sti p a 1.4 3. No. 11, Lincoln's-inn-Fields; and in the country, of Messrs. wh,,,lrd Fielding, solicitors, Dover; Messrs. Whitlow, Rai:ford, and selle"Ows solicitors, Manchester; and Messrs. Sutcliffe and Shaw, it -k a, „vs, Carlisle; and also of the Auctionee ,at No. 34, South- Ss en-buildin_gs, Chancery-lane, London; and at the place of sale. • - ALFRED HALL, Chief Clerk. ch a.,.._ , go ab ITNE DEMOISELLE FRANCAISE, parla i n . t ._ do, Parfaitment l'Allemand, et outre . cela d r o e l e 'l t ta p l r i e e n n d e r t e l l ' a A c ng ar ai g s e . "" Ni l. : se placer. daias une famine pour y instru , l ps n‘ re des enfants. Elle est tres habile a 1 aiguille et pent entre ta e Tve la charge de tante la mar on. Elle donnera tons les rensei , ne- Se e , - ' s desirables, ayant ete pendant 13 ans dans la meme la.Mille. - a,-„,conclitioas sont, Soixante uineer an. -S'adresser aux initielS D] * 0 . , N . 51, Blanchester- Q street s , M pa anches te r-square, London. .............._ o Al ORNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM, c egE, ...mit.- „,,,, saitY, and DINING-ROOM, consisting of a new and 1 linkst nt - "" ° flinent of Vases, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Atib ands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper-weights, &c., in Italian Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and re' , ta ' t•,,J , Arate. to 1111-- "Ure4by JA.MES TLNNANT (late Mawe), 149, Strand, w /Won. Air ..... • TENNANT arranges elementary Collections of Shells, Minerals, in ' U 'l r •1, oast' s , which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of ev atineralogy Conchology, and Geology, at 2,5, 10, 50, to 100 guineas Ca ea e h * 5.5.......____..--.-______ R. KAHN ' S . ANATOMICAL MUSEUM 5.,. 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EASTER HOLIDAYS. billp lm provements and Novelties without extra charge. inttion to NEW angersV VIEWS, a splendid Moving , 0 4)1 A, illustrating tertainnient callel SAM SLICK, at o . f At-,end Abroad, depicting the Passage from Liverpool across the lie: at a T es . and embracing Views of the principal Cities of the United an ; Will • t e is now added to the other a tt rac ti ons o f th e I ns tit u ti on, an d 1 ,, z shown daily at Three and Eight. \ra t , ,W MUSICAL LECTURE,, by GEORGE BIICKLAND, Eel., with , g 03,1.1, IL LUSTRATIONS of OLD ENGLISH an d PATRIOTIC of Lgs : Even•ngs at Half-past S even . pt.! eta TITRES on CHEMISTRY, an d th e TELEPHONIC CON- all b /sew ., ; J: - ti. PEPPER, Esq. ;on the ELECTRIC LIGHT, with a gas firri,T , Powerful Battery, by Dr. BACHHOFFNER. 111.4 t . ' 41 1 GUN, CO sMORA.MAS, and upwards of 2,0110 objects I . rating the Arts, Science, and Manufastures. Cr ---...,,,.... ILAIMENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROO NIS.- ti. t Great success of the new dance, La Itrsoviana. Music by the ;Trent. Danced every evening.-During tho course of this week I tire, Gw illg Music be played by Laurent's Orchestra :-Over , km ~,,, cr F reyschutz; Waltes: La Bienfaisance, Musard; Wellen 15r , Dllet e . : ~?Fen; Strauss. Douce Hartnonie (Ist time), Missier ;Le Pro- tat laets.,,,leverbeer ; Quadrilles: Vive l'Empereur, Bereman ; Bonjour wit th e I.i','",/lianchete au ;Le Juif de Vents° (Ist time), Bonneterre ; eii l'olaa'sg.olanders, 11. Laurent; *schottische. Dona Maria, Tolbecque; ear e l i „• line Fleur d'Automne (ls' time), Pilede ; Marionette, Pilodo; - Pre ss ",,?, A. Lamotte • La Musette, Matthieu ; Gallop, Dover Ex lafat' '• B rowne. Principal iiornet-a-Piston, M. Bonleourt. All as , 11., Natio • •••- , er ~, n relative to music to he obtained at the music rerository " Aihtial_orshestra. Doors open at Eight ;commence at half -past.- m ( .....,.........1,- one Shilling. Lo in Of It 'AVESE . ND SA PACKETS, of 11 1 ; othe r p 0 1.,,, ackets call at the Greenhlthe and Purfleet Pier!. . at , - " L eisjean at the Piers as underlined (weather pernaitema) or L_H":1111 TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. pis t ' , tea i s '\.....__ A____n _ StINDAYI3. an „ set ' Te rrace i ',4 ..... _, .. ' 4 '5 an P ier e t ti , ' ". -2.,. Time . ii :1 e) 'e , ~,, = iri ',-, r- ame ii g i 3 1 0 . Bi 2 '' 8 .X 8 - g , ~,, r 2 4 0 irq P 4 , -'•- - -- ...., I' l % - - - - aye -'" - - - 334 - - - - Po , -.. 7 _ H . a ] , 1 • ev ss t'-------- ' T ai„,, -------- co h tt vY ,Kia'cs from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London Ti ' •'%:v. rte r of an hour, la, „,,, • sp ' - •---.„ .„ 11 w HA.RF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the ft I ra , - gig. Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station. W IZ „ ... VP DAYS. ' :•ttraDaYS. es P° i cl,' fr( ..ur 1 , t , ... ~,.. _ , .., - , , 1 a' ,' n. e ' .., '.;; '..5 '5 Fen- , i •,_: - 2 g -.; La •pr ' v et •5,,,, sa a .CO 'church 3 ' '. - 2 II en e. ......"--.._ 2 ;, 'Street ''' 0 , 2 8 pa , . tq . . c ; sas, • ,?••• ''•• g in; to S - - - - 11 - - - - rte..._ - ••••,,,......_ , - -- na WE I_ m SUNDAYS. Pier e t *. g 7: - .:: ~ g = ; ;'' 4 0 to 0 ~-, Time ... 0 .., = 1 8 •z 8 - g ei r -4' —. _ ....... _ s a 1 , 16 -- —, % -.-- _ —, —3% 1 '----___ 7 o h ., 1 • (~, —Ail.. —_____ ~,I _ 1 I I I v, or from _ pa ' Fore Cabin. Semite. 44,.741_ rav,ir.:vesend and London.. ... . . 103. .. Is. 21. .11011Gra71, and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 101. Th re e T 1,,,, tr.end and Intermediate Peers.. .6d. .. Os, Bd. l' l, tion'thkEts.—Twelve Months, 56.05.; Six Months, 3 7 . Os.. a it ' 'l '4 -- 1? 21 ,01 •to be had of the Collectors on ard the —Arch °. Ntr Monk, ' T ace Pier, Gravesend. a l ii. 55. • err 'B EP-ia... MATURITY. vast oubil---,r.T IN FIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND IN T. It she,,, price 25., illustrated with cares; free by post for AC stamps, 1 — T Y; DEBIL— V 0 II S sper- Its e on biatern,„ aisles, Symptoms, and Cure.—An a Essa safer and more Inticee2sf,74, with Practical Observations on 'Ysten,"'" Mode of treatment of the diseases of the Generative tatiriali olb.tained by the use of the Microscope r in se detectiThr a t n o d f and effect ~%e r Y 4 i .i lin g. by urinary examination, the real fro , m au solitary habits, -4cesse, eat? Of complaint, whether arising Oh t we Accident, or climate, followed by practical roemarinakpsulosquannr, ai '' r ou.s Z 3:eftrs' experience in the trea.men t are adde elality, Local Weakness, Sperinatorrhosa, &c. To which eauti ot u, Counnentaries, on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre o rica ' l nrcctice, and 0 arY hints on the evils emanating from er n: t-- - • to . 3 on th.. n the dangerous remedies advocated by various wri , -"e IMPortant disorders. li/, 11 2' SAMUEL LA'AIERT. M.D. bin3l3l Pt both_ —DPORD-SQUARE, LONDOI f T E , v. I°li!dedicine, M atriculated Member of the Univeity cL oci :i ty LieslitZe'eetarY Member of the London llospital Medical S %,,rr*th e esae Of dairiesApothe' Rail, London, &c., &e. f , fai _ea ntial object /liis treatise is to point out . the ea, cec. co ges n: eing, resulting from certain habits, irregularities, anti e 0114 11144 dud's 11, pronueed more misery in Youth, degradation in x Man- , remature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any theiDigticui4a4yof disease known to modern pathnlogists. Ita perusal r isis_. doubts of , rec ommended to persons entertaining secret _ e the h,'"Ysl‘al condition, and who are conscious ()Shaving hazard .(: eltitiZl.lAPPiness, and privileges:to which every human being 1 , It is absel 4-- Prlnetwea fthelY necessary thatall hould knovv, that there ar! tricurrin - °- personal management which cannot be violated witho..! , th e tie3!,Ci grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret six? ce e .. May b,, 4f. of Inconsiderate self-in how these penalties ‘riiti how t h l , s gatd, how the sting of their bitterness may be remov . that there , - evil and Its consequences ma) be avoided, and abovi? all, d erang er , 4 ' ea rePlY any deqree of physical infirmity or functa! Th eAutt, ent to which the timely aid of science cannot Apply a cure. m aetiee i i :i u r I: al for a series of years been .engazed. in an extensive wnfortini,tel.be treatment of these delicate coraplarnts, wh!ch have e iripiri e , , ___.3' ee 1 : 1 too generally confided to • or ,gnerarit t.„, ,_ _.we,.nro inflict great iejltrY on those ss hhire induced to place —.4‘,V,,ls...l‘Pretensions. Ili‘mher;uus 13/,IBILITY may be had, price 23, of 7,resars. Piper. Ziorn e, 1 ,, a t l , c l Co., 23, PaLruoster.row; Hannay, 63, Ox iord - sty . iset ; t-prty ets, eleesle-sqintre; :,tann, 39, Cornhill; or tree ay , r o ii. for Y ard -sq, re r to anY are; trom the Author': residence, b 7, Burl s!sA., hi. 4 3,, f ,,,, till Eight ' ee Lealtai. en daily from Eleven till Two and from No. 19,510,] PUBLICATIONS. Just published, price Five Shillings, fcap. Bvo , c'oth gilt, MR. W. ELFE TAYLER'S NEW WORK, • GEOLO GY ; its FACTS and its FICTIONS ; or. the Modern Theories of Geologists Contraited with the Mosaic Record of the Creation and Deluge. • By W. EL FE TAYLER, Author of "Hippolytus," " The Dead Sea," "Popery and its . • Crimes," &c. "There are no calculations more doubtful than those of the geolo "-Old Red Sandstone. Houlston and Stoneman, 65, Paternoster-row. gist." EDINBURMI REVIEW, .No. CCVI:, will be published on Tuesday next. CONTENTS. I. Slavery In the United States. 11. Siberia. 111. English Surnames. AV.. The Correction of Juvenile eft aders. V. Huc's TrAvels in China. Vt. Pace II Paoli. VII. The Chemistry of Common Life. VIII. Autocracy of the Czars. IX. Lord Brougham on Criminal Procedure. X. Army Reform. • London : Lon;man and Co, Edinburgh : A. and C. Black. Just published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d., STRICTURE' of the , URETHRA : its Rationa Treatment and Prompt Cure. By-F.B. couRTEkAy, Member of the Royal College of Surgeonf of England: " We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of strie• tare during the last twenty years has equalled, if, indeed, it has not s m u a r t a e s r se o ll, that fsin p, soef thatan ,o b f e his s ho co mi n a tem en p j o o 7 rar t i :e s . r e p l a t s t , i t n h - of g nb a most dexterous and skilful manipu ator with urethral instruments ; and when it is remembwed that the lamented Liston usectto assert that the introduction of itestrumerip through a stricture which had previouslybeeri impermeable to them, was the most- difficult in the whole pulse of surgical operationsvit must be no slight , source of eratiflcation on Mr. Cnarterty's part to have achieved the reputation he has in this resiect ; and fqr our.part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no,man to whose care we would with greater csnlidence entrust the treatment of a sevyre case of stricture of the urethra."---Iledical Circa ar. Railliere, 219, Regcnt-striet. RECHERCHE SUPPERS for Ladies and Gentlemen from E'even at night till One o'clock. ALVA t'AITRANT, 162, Piccadilly, Corner of St. James's-street. Citoyce Cooking, Wines, &c., &c., Luncheons and Dinners from the Carte from One p.m., till Nine o'clock. E. MOSEi and SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED on MONDAY and TUESDAY, 9th and 10th April, reopening, as usual, on Wednesday morning at 7 o'clock. VIENNA CONFERENCES.- All nations have been waiting for the result of this tribunal on their rights. Numerous eelays have crossed public expectation, and the Spring may pass b fore matters are s ^tiametorily lecided, but the points of neg..t'ation between E. , L OSES and Sox and the public of this and all other cowitries have been decisive and satisfactory. • The Ist Point —That E, MOSES shall have no fortiflcatior+s, or and SON shall protect all persons prevent the public from buying from unbu.iness-like exactions the best Spring and Summrr in the quality and price of Spring Dress at E. Moses and SON'S, and Summer Attire. Carried where the prices are everybody's unaLimously ! advent age.—Enshuslastically re- The 2d Point—That E. Moses ceived ! ! ! and Sox shall give every person The 4th Point That every the ri4hi to purchase their Spring port in the world shall be open and s.umme- Goo !s, that they o receive the benefit of E. MOSES may wear them wth pia tsure and SON'S business, which is su'e and sativacdon, or trade with to procure peace, pleasure,- an 1 them to their greatest advantage satisfaction! !!—Carried (end pro -11 pturou,ly suppol ted! ! 10 , ged cheering for E. MOSES and The 3d Point—That monopoly Sos.) E. MOSES and SON are lferchant TAilors, Clothters. Phirt 3fanufac- •eri, 'BOA aud Shoemakers, and General Ou , flttersWn Ladies and etitlemer, CAUTION.—E. brosus and SON' . 03g to state theyhave no connexion with any other house in or out of London, except their own Esta blishrneno, :vs follow: London City Establishment, corner'of the Minories, and Aldgate (opposite } ` h' church). London - West-end Branch, New Oxford-street, corner of Hart street. Country Branches—Sheffield end Bradford, Yorkshire. Colonial Wholesale Branch—lidAbourne, Australia. The establishments a-e closed from sun•et on Fridays till sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction it will be ex changed or, if preferred, the money returned without hesitation: All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. A New Book, with lists of pribea, system of self-measurement, and other information, may be had on application, or post free. An Illustrated Almanac for 1855 gratis, on application, or post free. Ici on parle Francais. Qui si parla Hier sprichtmau Deutsch. Aqua so habla Espagnol. DR. CULVERWELL ON NERVOUSNESS, DEBILITY, AND INDIGESTION. Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Hasmorrholds, Is. each, by post Is. 6d. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. " Abstentia multi curantur morbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, w th an equally intelligible and popular exposition of how we should live to get rid of them; to which is added, diet tables for every meal in the day, and full instructions for the regimen and observance of every hour out of the twenty-four. Illustrated by numerous cases, &c. LIGHTS AND SHADES Or MARRIED LIFE. " He which that hath no wif, I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that hath no child, Like sun and winder '—Chaucer. Subject: Marriage, its expectations and Necessities—Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded Unions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental Incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages Inter marriage—Theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—Law of Divorce, Re., &c. CHASTITY AND ITS INFRINGEMENTS. A Lecture to Young Men. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." Subject : Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. On Secret Diseases, their Sell-management and Cure. The GREEN BOOK.—A comprehensive - and popular exposition of genito and urinary diseases—their nature and treatment, com prising especially primary and secondary symptoms, all forms of urinary derangements, stricture and spermatorrhcea; with 250 en gravings and prescriptions. The BLADDER, URETHRA., and RECTllM.—Comprising Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and Memorrholds, Vols. 6 and 7, compan'ons to the preceding. THE ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. HOW TO BE HAPPY. " Jucunde Vivere." " Few words to fair faith."--Shakespere. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of DP. RICHARD CULVER WELL, - - brother, Successor, and Twenty Years Consulting Colleague of the late Author of the above, 10, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, who may be advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Pive, and in the evenings. f" , m Seven till Nino. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE WAR IN THE EAST. —POWERFUL PATENT RECONNOITRING GLASSES.— Messrs. S. and B. Solo mons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Hotel. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerf4 and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra ordinary powers that some 3,i inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half diStant, and an object from le ,020 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary . ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal ExhibitiOn, 1861.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, • powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known l j miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships aro clearly seen at Bto 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalkiug, yachting-, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. 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A n i nstant a ft erwar d s , how . eVer, - Mr. Bright-LLwe doubt not in perfect uncon sciousness —deliberately wiped with his handker chief the hand which hid thus been grasped, whereupon another titter ran round the house, of the meaning of which the gentlemen concerned ap peared perfectly unconscious. This piece orunin tentional pantomime must have at once de-. stroyed the vision of a Coalition, which had just been conjured up in our contemporary's brain, or we have no doubt that the revelation which he now has made would have appeared in his columns on I the following morning. We regret to have to add, that something which has appeared in this journal has led to a revival of the first impression, and to its having been pro duced as a veritable piece of political information. While affecting to doubt the truth of his own story, our contemporary says :—" There is one circum stance which gives a colour to this report. There is a daily journal which has devoted itself for the last six or seven years to the advocacy of the claims of the Peelites. This journal has undervalued Lord John Russell, and bitterly assailed Mr. Dis raeli • but Mr. Gl a d s t one , M r . Sid ney H er b ert, the Duke of Newcastle, and Lord Aberdeen have been constantly upheld as mirrors of English states manship. Common rumour has often ascribed this loyal attachment to the smallest party in the House of Commons to a peCuliarly close connection—that of proprietorship l but of- As vrG know- nothing, and therefore shall assert nothing . ; nor does it materially affect the. state of the .case. " Now this journal, the Morning Chronicle, which has lived for the last seven years with no other apparent object than that of fighting' the battles of the Peelites—this journal has within the last few days commenced a series of vehement and spleenful attacks upon Lord Palmerston. During the first three weeks of his Government, after Mr. Gladstone had left his Cabinet, the Peelite organ was hopeful and courteous towards the Ministry. But, on a sudden, and without assigning any reason, it suddenly became a bitter opponent. That bitter opposition has continued during the whole of the last ten days ; and its commencement bears date from the first circulation of the report that Mr. Bright and Mr. Gladstone had come to terms." ''ago, a novelty, and a dangerous novelty, in Europe. Till nearly the middle of the last century even the trade of the Russian merchants of the south was carried on in Turkish vessels, and the waters of the Euxino formed an undoubted portion of the Ottoman empire. The conquests of Catherine annexed the Crimea and a large extent of the coast to the Russian empire ; but the Russian fleets which fought the battles of Tchesme and Navarino had both entered the Mediterranean by the Strait of Gibraltar, and we believe that down to the present 'hour no 'Russian squadron has ever sailed through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. The Blacic Sea fleet has been created exclusively for the purpose of menacing and attacking Turkey. Its sole achievement in history is the massacre of Sinope, and, far from attempting to offer any naval resistance to the flags of England and France, the next purpose to which it was devoted was to block up the port of Sebastopol. In requiring from Russia the limitation of this fleet we only require of her the surrender of a weapon she has not long pos sessed, which she has never used for the purposes of legitimate warfare, and which she'herself thought it prudent to sink at the first appearance of danger: It will not be seriously contended that Russia re- , quires a fleet of line-of-battle ships to protect her from the maritime power of the Turks ; but if cir cumstances lead to the entry into the Black Sea of toe fleets of the great maritime States, the experi ence of this war has already demonstrated that not a Russian pennant can keep afloat. Russia is, in fact, safer without a fleet in the Black Sea, provided she has the certainty that English and French squadrons ►ill not pass the Straits, than she can be with a fleet which is utterly unable to cope with either of those Powers. If, on the contrary, the Straits were thrown open to all the naval Powers, she acquires a reasonable pretext for maintaining the largest fleet she can form, since she may have to resist their united force. THE MINISTRY AND 'THE CONFERENCE. (From thelfor2ziu Herald of this dciy. ) " The right men in the right places " is the cry which now rings from one end bf England to the other—and certainly • Lord: Palmerston has given many au instance of how very little he regards the voice of the sovereign people, by the mode in which he has filled up the situations in his Government.' We need hardly mention in illustration the gouty lord, now at the crisis of affairs, ten days absent from his duty at the War-office ; or tie fact of the ptesidency of the Adniiralty being handed over to that heaven-born Chaneellor of the Exchequer,. who has proved the apophthegm, "non quovis ligno fit," to be very extensive indeed in its appli cation, for here we have a Wood out' of which you can make absolutely nothing, being so dense that we doubt if it would' even burn 'as a lute log. Our intelligence from Paris of the 6th shows that England has not yet fathomed the power of the Premier. in making inappropriate appointments. The cool self-complacency of Lord John Russell was well known since the day that Sydney Smith declared.him to be capable of attempting to build .St. Paul's, perform the operation for the stone, or command the Channel fleet, without ever at tempting to attain a vestige of knowledge in the sciences of architecture, anatomy, or navigation. But we doubt if even the facetious canon in question would have seriously given him credit for the as-. surance necessary to undertake the conduct of the most complicated and important negotiation which .has occupied the attention of the world since the Congress of Vienna, and in competition with the most astute and experienced diplomatists in Eu rope without as much knowledge of the French langilogei t s l would qualify him for the-post of nur sery governess to the little darlings he has taken to Vienna to solace the hours which he can abstract from his multifarious duties for the enjoyment of domestic felicity. If it were necessary to Lord Palmerston's de signs that his colleague and rival should be removed from England for a time, and, what perhaps the wily Premier con , :ideresl of more importance, be exposed and made ridiculous in the eyes of Europe by the exhibition of gross incompetence and incapa city in the execution of the duties he had under taken, Lord John ought to have been too astute to fall into so obvious a trap. Nothing, indeed, but the overweening self-estimate of himseif, which seems to constitute what logicians call the " essen tial difference" of such minute specimens of hu manity, could so have blinded him —or, if he did see the pit-fall, nothing else could have prevented him from taking some means to obviate the diffi culty. Surely the great plenipotentiary might have takeia " six easy lessons," perused " French with out a master," or even taken a few private lessons . from the afore alluded-to nursery governess. No such thing ; Johnny was too proud ; and now we have the hurried journey of M. Drouyn de Lhuys explained by the fact that the representative of England could not speak French sufficiently well to prevent his committing the most egregious blunders and making the most dangerous conces sions. Every one knows that diplomacy is a science of words, and that the turn of a negotiation may be made to depend upon the misplacing of a comma or an accent • and here we have our destiny as a na tion depending upon the fact that my Lord John Russell cannot understand French when he hears ft, or make himself comprehensible when he at tempts to speak it. Now, the sending of this ignorant and presuming person was by no means a necessity, for Lord Clarendon as a linguist and a statesman is quite sufficiently double-tongued to maintain a decent reputation amongst even the batch of ruse tricksters and word-spinners now assembled at Vienna; while, if a precedent were wanting, every one knows that Lord Castlereagh was both Foreign Minister of England and her representative at Vienna during the great congress. . " Nil habit infelix paupertas, duties in se Quam quod ridicules homines facit." So says the mighty satirist Juvenal ; and cer tainly if we substitute incapacity and feebleness for poverty, the sentiment may well be applied to Eng land at present, in the position of measureless con tempt to which she has been Teduced by the utter incapacity and treasonable machinations of the Aberdeen Coalition, and its ghastly revenant, the Palmerston abortion. In what light must England now appear in the eyes of Europe, with a compromised and immove able army at Sebastopol, a dissolved constitutional force at home, and an imbecile, ignorant, and fa tuous representative at Vienna ? Lord Palmerston reckons without his host if he fancies that the People of England will either for got or forgive these things ; the " Palmerston de lusion" is fast coming to an end ; he will find that both his connivance under the Coalition, and his direct mal-administration as Premier, will be re membered when the day of reckoning comes, and not even his newly-born sympathy with the inde pendent kingdom 'of Poland, whose national exist ence he twice sacrificed, will save him from the just wrath which his delinquencies have excited. To this question we must return. More serious than all is the fact announced in our private letters, that the public feeling in Paris is highly excited, nay, exasperated, at the prospects of a dishonourable peace ; and should such take place, we, for the hundredth time,•warn our readers that " France will not take her share in the disgrace—that the whole onus will be thrown upon England, and the designs of Russia advanced a century towards their completion by the virtual dissolution of the great Western alliance. This terrible, but inevit able result will, without doubt, be a debt due to the nation by Lord Palmerston and his speechless Vienna plenipotentiary. It may, however, be doubted whether the Rus• sian Plenipotentiaries will be instructed to treat at all on this point, or, if so instructed, whether they will have sufficient powers to settle it. In tran sactions of this nature, which are generally dis tasteful to one party in exactly the same proportion as they may be advantageous and satisfactory to the other, it must be borne in mind that we have, after all, nothing more sacred or binding to depend upon than the articles of the treaty itself. Those articles may be broken, and war may again ensue ; but war is the only positive sanction of treaties, beyond the mere moral obligation of good faith, and it is not easy to bindUver a great empire either to fulfil its obligations or to keep the peace. We. may make it the interest of our adversary to avoid a renewal of this contest ; we may render fresh breaches of these covenants a violation of the pub lic law of Europe, which it may be dangerous and inconvenient to commit ; but we must at last rely on the faith of an engagement, unless we are pre pared permanently to watch over the entire fulfil ment of that engagement by naval and military means, which may be as burdensome to the country as war itself. The armies of occupation left in France by the allied Powers for some years after 1815, and the fortresses erected on the Belgian frontier, were guarantees of this last-mentioned character ; but Europe was then in a condition absolutely to dictate terms to its antagonist, which we are not at present able to do to Russia ; and, after all, it may be doubted whether these supposed securities were worth the expense and irritation they - caused. With sincerity, a peace concluded on moderate terms may be a safe and lasting one ; without sin cerity, all the conditions and covenants that diplo macy can frame will not bind a powerful Sovereign. If the spirit of concord and of honest dealing has once more returned to our adversaries, and if the reverses and trials of the past year have been felt by Russia au they deserve to be, there is nothing in the intentions or demands of the allied Powers to prevent the termination of this contest ; but, unless the policy of the Russian empire has undergone a change as well as a check, peace would only suspend a struggle which must ere long be renewed under circumstances less favourable to the general interests of Europe. Our contemporary is prudent in not asserting that which he does not lino v : he would have been more delicate had he made no allusion whatever to a subject wholly beyond his province, and of but little interest to the public. This is not all, however. It. appears th.t we are "artful tacti cians," who " adopt a line of argument in order to prove that Lord Palmerston is destroying the old system of Government in England, and making some kind of a revolution inevitable." We have a tolerably clear recollection that something of the kind has of late appeared in the not very revo lutionary columns of our contemporary, 1-ut, until he told us.of it, we certainly were not aware that we were doing the political work of a new coalition ! All such speculations spring from a false view of the true mission of journalism. - Unless a newspaper be independent,' it is worthless as a public guide. A journal set up, or maintained, to further the views of particular statesmen, loses general influ ence in proportion to this its particular devotion. A public journal should have but one object—the public good. It should deal with public men ac cording to their merits—in other words, according to the extent to which they devote themselves to advancing the interests of the public. Tory jour nals often praise Tory statesmen—do we therefore jump to the conclusion that their praise is not voluntary and independent ? If in this journal the abilities or the measures of different Ministers of State have been noticed with approval, it was be cause its conductors believed that those statesmen were worthy of such support. In like man ner, when Lord Palmerston was called, almost by acclamation, to take the helm, full credit was given to him in advance for a resolve to perform the work demanded by the nation. He received all the assistance from this journal to which he was entitled from his past career. If we now share in a feeling of universal disappointment, that Lord Palmerston should so have fallen short of the ex pectations formed on his advent to power, we give expression to our feelings without any secret pur poses whatsoever, and l eas t o f all in order to !orm or to further an " Oxford-Manchester coalition." As to the feasibility of such an arrangement, we are disposed to co ncur th us f ar w ith the Ministerial evening organ—that there would be no little diffi culty in amalg ama ti ng natures so opposite as those of Mr. Gladst one an d Mr. Fright. Beyond this our Mission do es no t l ea d us . It will be time enough to deal w ith suc h a te Coalition ' w he n it is attempted ; and, i n th e meantime —although every hour may bring conclusive news from Vienna-_w e would recommend the public to be on their guard, as the quarter from which the evil may COlllO may not be exactly th a t w h ence it i s apprehended. THE VIENNA CONFERENCE. (From the Times of this dal.) The point at which the Vienna Confer ences are now stationary, and on which a reference for fur ther instructions has been made to St. Petersburg and to the Cabinets of Western Europe, is known to be that third condition of the proposed terms of peace which is to limit the preponderance of Russia in the Black Sea. A variety of statements have schemesth hale is difficulty,been dbeeevisenn for e, the a purposeavari but the reports of the proceedings of the Confer ence published by the foreign press are so contra dictorycaution only e variety Y f solving of and inaccurate that we can _ our readers against placing any reliance whatever on intelligence of this nature. Even with refer ence to the visit of M. Drouyn de Lhuys to this country, on his way to Vienna, the rumours cur rent in Paris are totally unfounded. The fact is, that the French Minister, on his arrival here, ap peared disposed to fake a somewhat lower tone than the leading members of the British Cabinet conceive to be essential to the interests and th e I dignity of the Western Powers ; but before he left London M. Drouyn de Lhuys had expressed his entire concurrence in the policy which Lord Pal merstou and Lord Clarendon have uniformly pur sued, and the Allied Governments are perfectly agreed as to the terms on which alone the negotia tion can be carried on. The precise nature and extent of these terms is, however, still the secret of the Plenipotentiaries themselves, and we can only relate the different versions that have been assigned to them. One of these versions, and we think the nearest to the truth, is a stipulation that Russia shall bind herself by treaty not to maintain more than a certain prescribed naval force in the Black Sea. Another is, that Turkey and the Western Powers shall create on the shores of Asia Minor a naval establishment in the Black Sea to counterbalance the ships and forts of Sebastopol ; but this project can scarcely have been seriously entertained, as it would impoSe on us a permanent and onerous obli gation, and rather augment than remove the causes of future hostilities. The French Government had at one time adopted A plan for what they termed the " neutralisation of the Black Sea," by which all the States having dominion over any part of its coasts should agree to the suppression of their for tifications and naval establishments ; but this pro posal would have the effect of altogether weakening and disarming Turkey, whose existence depends on the strength of the passage of the Bosphorus and on the possession of a certain amount of naval power. All these suggestions are further compli cated by the important question whether the prin ciple of the. Convention of 1841 is to be abrogated or maintained—that is, whether the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus are to be opened or closed against the ships-of-war of all nations. On this last point the Russian Government appears to bo not only willing to accede to the proposal for opening the Straits, but anxious to promote this arrangement, although in 1.841 the Cabinet of St. Petersburg showed an equal anxiety to bring about the con trary result. We are not surprised at this change in the language of the Russian Ministers, for it is obvious that whatever advantage might accrue to the other Powers from the right of sending their vessels-of-war into' the Black Sea would be more than compensated to Russia by the power of send ing her Black Sea fleet into the Mediterranean; and that the passage of ships of the line under the walls of the Sultan's Palace and the forts of the Bos phorus would be a fatal blow to the independence of the Ottoman Government. The abrogation of the old law of the empire, though acceded to by the Russians, is therefore strenuously resisted by the Turks, and we do not know on what grounds the Allied Powers can, if they considerthe interest of the Sultan, overrule that opinion. The existence of a Russian fleet in the Black Sea is, as we showed in some detail a short time THE OXFORD-MANCHESTER COALITION. ( From the Morning Chronicle of this day. ) The exclusive right to Manufacture political " canards," which was supposed to be the special privilege of ono of our daily contemporaries, is now being invaded by the Tory prints. The weekly organ of the party, by some of his recent astound ing announcements, appears to have excited the jealowy or the emulation of his morning rival, who now seeks to transact a little of this business on his own account. We congratulate him on the bold ness and even the originality of his hypothesis, as also• on his having avoided a certain wildness dis cernible in the mystic utterings of his juvenile and presumptuous weekly friend—a tone scarcely digni fied enough for such an oracle. Our inventive contemporary—towatds whom we' feel all the respect due for his consistent and earnest advocacy of " Tory" or " Conservative" principles under the most discouraging circumstances —has discovered that a new political combination is about to be formed, which, to him, appears pecu liarly shocking. It is nothing less than an " Oxford-Manchester Coalition I" Mr. Bright and Mr. • Gladstone, it seems,, are about to join their forces, and to ruin the country to gether ! Our readers, we feel assured, will sympa thise with us in the horror which such an announce ment was calculated to produce in all well-regu lated minds, and they will moreover, we do not -doubt, cordially concur in the doubts expressed by our contemporary as to the truth of his own story. Novi the great art of manufacturing these pieces of political gossip is to conceal that art. It is iu this that the weekly organ of the Tories excels. Out of ever so homcepathic a quantity of specific truth he will vamp you up an awful revelation, quite enough to make the hair of all the quid nuncs stand on end. But he hides the process, and allows no one to know of how much actual fact he is in possession. Not so his daily rival, eager to appropriate his laurels. The origin of our worthy contemporary's story is obvious enough ; and, for the enlightenment of such of our readers as may have met with it, we will dissect his hastily woven fabric. When Sir J. Graham, Mr. Gladstone, and Mr. S. Herbert seceded from the Palmerston Ministry, all men were curious to see what positions they would assume in the House of Commons. On the first night of their entering that assembly after their resignation, they took their seats at the head of the second bench below the gangway on the Ministerial side. It happened, that one or two of those seats thus assumed by the seceding Ministers had previously been occupied by Messrs. Cobden-, Bright, Milner Gibson, or one or other of their po .litical friends. The wise men—among whom may be ranked our contemporary—at once came to the con cltsion that the gentlemen who had been spoken of as "Peelites" had made up their minds to became the leaders of what is often called the " Manches ter" party ! As we do not profess to be so deep in political secrets as some people, we will not under take to say whether our contemporary at the mo ment was visited by one of those sudden inspira striueomerhiesmawsbhhei a ol i r rt et that n ai tlnycovouchsafedillyt coarupi rival ea l i dl t i ls C o a i mie ff u e n at n w i e u re s . r a e riment at the moment, and which, we doubt not, had its influence on our contemporary. Messrs. Bright, Cobden, and Milner Gibson na- I ~~~%~~~ r PRICE SD. to allure the • most competent men of the middle class into public life. There can be no more egregious fallacy than that by which the English public is deluded into acqui escence in exclusive aristocratic rule—the pretext that it is served gratuitously. No man gives his services for nothing, unless those services are so utterly worthless as to make it worth nobody's while to pay for them. If a servanteither public or private--is not paid directly, he will pay himself indirectly. A man who pays himself indirectly and clandestinely is pretty sure to overpay himself. There is no balancing accounts . with him ; for it is impossible to say how much he gets; and then—the assumption being that he serves gratuitously—he gives himself airs whenever the quality of his work is called in question. Unpaid services are the dearest of all. The aristocracy profess to serve their coun try gratuitously as ministers of State: if all the jobs they are enabled by their official positions to perpe trate in behalf of themselves, their relations, and dependents were counted up, it would be found that they are exorbitantly overpaid. The landed nobility and gentry profess to servo their country gratuitously as justices of the peace ; and they pay themselves by perverting the administration of justice to subserve the pride and self-will of their class, and to quarter their hangers-on upon the pub lic purse. The purchasers of commissions would have us believe that as their professionalpay rarely equals in amount the interest they might obtain by lending their money, they, too, servo their country . gratuitously. But looking back upon our national history, and seeing how many colonial governor ships, tailoring colonelcies, diplomatic appointments, &c.; have been obtained by the high-born traffickers in military rank, we are driven to the conclusion that here also unpaid services are the dearest of all. Let an end be put to this delusive system. Let all who servo The publi rin - civil or military capacities be fairly paid ; let such men only be employed as can work efficiently ; and let no more men be em ployed than are necessary. Such a reform would give us a better army ; a better local administra tion of justice ; a better executive Government. The beginningmust be made with the central admi nistrative Government, forso long as it is conducted on the sham gratuitous system, officials will uphold that system in all other departments, if it were only to keep themselves in countenance. To look for this reform at the hands of those who have been brought up in the system, and who profit by it, is folly. The middle classes—the educated and politically powerful section of the people—must take the task in hand if it is ever to be acccom plished. They can do it if they will ; they have carried Parliamentary and Municipal Reform, the Abolition of Slavery, and the Abolition of the Corn Law, and they can also carry Administrative Re form. The wretches war mismanagement shows that they have not a moment to lose in setting to work. They must shake off their excessive love of lords ; and they can do so. Humorists and fo reigners laugh, not without reason, at the peerage worship of the English middle classes ; but when Peers outrage the feelings, or encroach on the pro prietary rights of Englishmen, the insult of en croachment is resented with au energy of which every other European people is incapable. Admi nistrative reform means, in the first place, free access to the high offices of State for competent men, whatever their birth or connections. It does not mean exclusion of worthy Peers, but it means admission of worthy commoners. It is for the House of Commons to effect the reform ; and it is for the electors, ou the first opportunity, to return a House of Commons that will set earnestly and. energetically about it. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. THE BALTIC FLEET. THE DOWNS, MONDAT. At 5 a.m. the signal was made to the fleet to get steam up, and shorten in their cables, which was at once obeyed, and at ten minutes to six the signal to weigh was made ; the Nile led the van, and the other ships in succession followed in two lines ; the weather was rainy, and we could not discern the fleet very far, but I now trust that they have left this year to add more glories to the annals of English history. The correct and service like manner in which every signal has been made since the departure of Admiral Dundas from Portsmouth shows the determination with which he intends carrying out his orders. NYBORG, APRIL 3. Yesterday the Belt was full of ice. A large steam frigate, supposed to be her Majesty's steamer Imperie use, was seen to the north of Romsoe yesterday ; she subsequently stood to the North, and has probably anchored off Refsnaesset. The French fleet, destined for service in the Baltic, and consisting of three line-of-battle ships, with the pro per complement of frigates, corvettes, and smaller craft, will leave Cherbourg in two or three days. Rear-Admi ral Penaud, who commands, was with Admiral Desche nes last year. The screw steam-ship Sanspareil, 71, Captain Wood ford J. Williams, will be placed in the basin dock at Beyhana, Plymouth, to-morrow. Her repairs and altera tions will occupy some time. Her crew were to be paid down yesterday, and granted 14 days' leave, when they may join either of th e guar d s hi ps, and be permitted afterwards to choose their own ships. The steam block-ship Cornwallis, having taken her stares And guns on board, was warped on Saturday to the receiving hulk Vigo, in Hamoaze, Plymouth, pre paratory to her crew being turned over to her. It was intended for her to make a trial trip in the Channel yes terday. The store-ship Tyne, Master-Commander Peter 'Wel lington, is ordered to call at Plymouth on her way to Ascension and Rio Janeiro, to embark Commander Has well, appointed to the screw-steamer Plumper, 8, on the coast of Africa. The hired transport Wide-awake, Captain Moon, was towed on Saturday from Plymouth to the jetty at the Devonport dockyard, where she will embark to-day 10 officers, 56 men, and the same number of horses, be longing to the 15th Hussars. Additional policemen are to be appointed at the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth. The duty there has increased so much in consequence of the activity in the war department, that the Russian prisoners in Mill bay are no longer to be supplied with meat from this yard, but through the medium of private contractors. The emigrant ship Santarang, which was repaired in Keyham dock, sailed from Plymouth for Adelaide on Saturday. Off Plymouth on Saturday—The ship Ocean Queen, Capt. A. Spencer, from New York ; the American ship George Kaynes, Capt. Bachelder, three days from Cork for London ; and the ship Barham ; she left the Sand heads December 20th, Madras the 31st, and St. Helena February 24th. The transport ship Wilson Kennedy, •Capt. Simpson, 67 days from Constantinople, arrived at Plymouth yester day morning. Spoke, March 19, off Malaga, tl-e Otto man. Captain Bailey, from Constantinople for Hull, arid on the 28th, off Cape St. Vincent, the bark Mary Nixon, of and from Liverpool, for Tarragona. The transport North Fleet is hourly expected at Ply mouth to embark the divisions of the Land Transport Corps now at that port. The Fairy Royal yacht, Captain Crispin, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, to make an experimental trial of a new screw, patented by Mr. John Fisher, of Liverpool, called the " Venetian screw." She made eight runs along the measured mile at Stokes-bay, with and against tide ; force of wind about 7. The following were the runs : Time. First, with tide, revolutions of engines 40 —4 min. 3S sec. Second, against tide „ 394-4 min. 55 sec. Third, with tide If 39-4 min. 32 sec. Fourth, against tide , f 40 —5 min. Fifth, with tide Pf 40 —4 min. 17 sec. Sixth, against tide ~ 40 —5 Min. 14 sec. Seventh, with tide If 404-1 min 9 sec. Eighth, against tide 40 —5 min. 28 sec. This yielded an average of 12.643 knots per hour. - - Rear-Admiral Martin, Superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, changed his flag from blue to white yesterday morning, on board the St. Vincent. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Corn pany'S new ship Alma, Capt. R. W. Evans, arrived at Portsmouth on Sunday evening from Liverpool, to em bark upwards of 1,000 of the brigade of Guards, a large detachment of Royal Sappe rs En d Mi ners , a nd sundry officers and men for passage to the seat of war in the Crimea. She is a splendid ship, 2,500 tans' register, 500- horse power, 317 feet over.all, 40 feet beam, and 30 feet depth in hold ; has cabin • accommodation for 60 officers in the saloons, besides the officers of the ship. She can berth 1,050 troops on the maindeck in hammocks and bunks (900 in the former, and 150 in the latter) ; on the after orlop, 300 ; and en the fore orlop, 100 ; making a total of accommodation for 1,450 troops, besides the ship's company, &c. Her engines are by Fawcett ' • she made 11 knots with 25 revoluti ons on t h e passage from Liverpool, although her full speed is at 30 revolutions ; she is very dry, stiff, and weatherly, and fitted with every modern improyement, draws 19 feet 6 inches now, will carry 20 horses, for which they have fittings. The height between decks is 8 feet 6 inches. She is numbered `l." She conveyed to Portsmouth Captains Ward and Graves, Lieutenants Pocklington and Ring, Ensign Cot tee, and 127 non-commissioned officers and meh of the 18th (Royal Irish), who landed yesterday and took up quarters in Clarence barracks. She also conveyed a draught of the 50th Regiment, consisting of Captains Tillbrook, Baines, and Blackall, Lieutenant Bunbury, and 130 non - commissioned officers and men, who go out to Malta in this ship. Government has purchased the Granville, of 800 tons, for 14,5001. The Granville was built in 1854 at Moul- THE ARISTOCRACY AND THE MIDDLE CLASS. (From the Daily News of this day.) The friends of the aristocracy need be under no alarm. There is no revolutionary plot hatching against the permanence of the " order." The popu lar demand to have administrative employment thrown open to men who are neither connexions nor dependents of the aristocracydoes not aim at the ex clusion of the aristocracy from the executivegovern ment. The people do not wish to see the aristo cracy superseded by men of the middle class, but as sociated with them in the discharge of official duties. The people of England are attached to their monarchical institutions, and believe that an aris tocracy is indispensable to the maintenance of the Throne. But they believp, also, that even a mo narchical government is strengthened by a liberal infusion of the popular element. They see that the anxious nepotism of that section of the aristocracy which devotes itself to politics as a profession, has almost succeeded in excluding plebeian competition. They trace to this source the infirmity of purpose and imbecility of :action which have characterised our Government throughout the Oriental struggle ; and therefore, as the first step to administrative reform, they ask to have the career of civil employ ment thrown open to general competition. It is no answer to these complaints and demands to tell us that Parliamentary Reform, Municipal Reform, the Emancipation of the Negroes, and the Abolition of the Corn Laws, have been carried by the influenc e of ' the middle classes, in despite of the strenuous resistance of a majority df the aristo cracy, That the middle classes should have been able to carry these reform s , shows their s t reng th ; that th e s t rongest section of the aristocracy should have opposed them, shows its want of sound poli tical knowledge, and its imperfect notions of poli tical justice. We have had good legislative mea sures passed, because the voice of the middle classes (when they choose to exert themselves) is powerful in the Legislature • we have i m b ec il e administra tive Government, because the middle classes are unrepresented in the executive councils of the State. We are told that Popular or middle class policy is left to be carried out by the aristocracy because " we Britons have the weakness of ' loving a lord,' and of contemning our noble selves ;" and we are expected to a ccept this as a sufficient reason why no change can or ought to be attempted. We know that this weakness is the cause of the evils complained of ; we know that the middle classes have themselves to blame that their " order" is utterly unrepresented in the executive councils of the State ; and it is precisely for this reason that we aro labouring, in concert with other earnest re formers,' to awaken the. middle classes to a sense of the injustice they are doing to themselves and the nation at large. Their representatives are now ad mitted to the Legislature, and the consequence is that legislation has been greatly im pd. Their representative's are still excluded from rove the execu tive councils of the State, and the consequence is that the conduct of these councils is characterised by anything rather than energy, wisdom, an d honesty Our exclusiv e ly ar i s t ocra ti c Administra tions d o not " c arry out p o p u l ar or ' m iddl e - c l ass ' act while policy ;" they systematically thwart and counter professing to enforce it. An attempt is indeed made to prove that middle class statesmen ar e it is alleged thatan impossibility. To this end "men of the middle class, and especially the most competent men of that class, do not greatly devote themselves to public or Par liamentary life, just because it is expensive and ab sorbing, never profitable, and often thankless." Middle-class politicians do not find public life more " thankless" than aristocraticaloliticians. p Middle-clas s politicians have earned the pub rally fi n d th at gratit who lic gratit u d e by real and essential services, gene they try it sorely b y ude cli ng t o th em , even w h e n expensivene ss of a their ec cen t r i c iti es . A s t o th e 'political career, the middle classes need n o t shrink from it on this account more than they do from the l ega l pro f ess i on. No man will wis e ly d evote himself to either,who has not from some other source means sufficient to enable him to " bide his time," to wait f or t h e com i ng i n of busi ness. But a l arge Proportio n of the middle classes are as able to do this as the aristocracy. It is rarely the elder sons —the wealthier members of the aris tocracy—who devote themselves earnestly to poli tics as a business ; it is the younger sons, the "lack lands," who desire to earn the means of maintain- Lastly,ing themselves in the rank they were born, in. as to the alleged unprofitableness of a poli ; tical career, do the aristocracy find it unprofitable . We suspect if it did not many of them engaged in it. To the middle classes Pay we should not find so such a career is decidedly To all the prizes are engrossed by the aristocracy. The aristocracy are paid, and over -paid, for their public serviced ; but every middle-class man who under takes to serve his country in a political capacity is expected to do so without fee or reward. As long as this system is upheld, it will indeed be difficult -.l_ - j _ , „ SEVERE GALE IN THE ATLANTIC.- LOSS OF LIFE. 6n by Wise and Gardiner, and has only made one trip England. Commander Victor G. Maley has been appointed to the Childers. Chanlains Rev. John Cawston, to the Centaur ; Chas. L. Bell, to the Conway flagship, at Cork. Acting Second Master Isaac Reeves, to the Ajax. Assistant-Surgeons Henry M. Speer, recently serving in the Hogue ; Allan Brown, M.D., recently serving in the Bellerophon ; and Charles S. Lester, M.D., recently serving in the Ajax, have been promoted to be surgeons. In order to render the communication between the entrance of Milford Haven and the Royal Dockyard, Pembroke, as perfect as possible, a code of signals is about to be established from St. Ann's Head, and by means of stations there, at Hakin, and Pembroke, intel ligence can at once be sent to the Admiralty. In order that this telegraphic system between the arsenal and the various fortifications down the Haven shall be kept in full efficiency, accommodation will be provided at St. Ann's for an officer and boat's crew, who will communi cate with a station at Weir Point, and thus on direct to the dockyard. The Lords of the Admiralty have notified to the Rev. J. C. Conolly, chaplain of the dockyard, Woolwich, that they have voted 3001. for the improvement of the dockyard chapel, and to repair the damage done on the west side when the Perseverance fell upon it. , The ex pense of the latter will not be much, and there will con sequently be a considerable sum for the improvement of the chapel. The General Screw Company's steam-ship Argo, Capt. Hyde, will leave Southampton for Portsmouth this morn. ing to embarkdetachments of the 4th and 13rh regiments of cavalry, consisting of horses, 3 officers, and 497 m en . She will l eave direct for the Crimea, callipg at Gibraltar and Malta. In the account given in The Sun of Thursday of the sailing of the Baltic fleet it was noticed that the Duke of Wellington, besides the flag of the Commander in-Chief at the wizen, carried the broad pendant (blue) of the captain of the fleet at her main, although there were eight senior captains in sight. A letter in reference to this statement says— " The fact is that the blue flag in question was'merely a general signal to the fleet, to the effect that the movements of the flag ship w hil e t hi s signal was flying were to be dig regarded. The sam e s i gnal was repeated next day is the Channel, and i s of constant occurrence during the opera- Thoefcmapytabineijoeff,thneanfleheotiunst ad commodore's ninomcnircdnurmes s t rn a c s es of , a to ll t e h e e t best broad pendant, but the idea of the flagship wearing two distinctive flags at the same time is quite preposterous." The steam-ship Arabia, Capt. Stone, arrived in Kings town-bay on Saturday night ; she embarked 73 horses and 37 men of the 17th Lancers; she had previously em. barked at Liverpool 117 horses and 18 men of the 4th Dragoons, and 47 men of the Bth Hussars; also Colonel M`Mahon of the sth Dragoon Guards. The Arabia left the Queen Victoria Wharf at 6 p.m. on Sundays, vocifer ously cheered by the spectators, who remained through the rain to cheer these gallant fellows, who appeared in high voice and in excellent spirits. Upwards of 50,000 stocks of walnut-wood, in the rough, for Minh and other rifles, have been received in the Tower from the continent. They are issued to the fitter in this state to prepare and mount in readiness for the contractors. The barrels and locks of the regulation firelocks being all of a size, the stocks require little'or no alteration. 5,000 stocks were sent down yesterday to the fitters in Birmingham to prepare for the contrac tors at that place. Notifications to the effect that proposals are required fel , an additional ordnance contract have been issued from the office of the Commanding Royal Engineer in Ire land. The present tenders are to be for the supply of 1,318 cast iron stoves for officers' and soldiers' rooms ; 11 hot plates for the officers' mess kitchens, and 328 cast iron trucks, with 1,800 yards lineal of iron rails for the purpose of removing offal of every description from the vicinity of the camp. It has been stated by mistake that Lieut. Richards, 55th Regiment, had arrived at Malta by the Great EH tam. Lieutenant Richards, we are informed, left the depot in Ireland hot May, and has remained at the head -quarters of the regiment in the East ever since. The Earl of Lucan passed through Tuam on Thursday last, on his way from London to Castlebar. The noble and gallant earl appeared the object of much public curiosity. The 3d Buffs expect to stud out a strong draught in a few days for the Critnca. The depot of the 60th Royal Rifles is about to be trans ferred from Beggar's-bush to Richrnond-barracks,Dublin, preparatory to the formation of the depot into a third battalion of the corps. When completed to the requisite strength the 60th will, in the course of the summer, form part of the force about to be encamped on the Curragh of Kildare. Captain H. C. Watson, of the 3d West India Regi ment, and Paymaster T. M. Creagh, have been ap pointed Paymasters of a provisional depot battalion in the new Land Transport Corps. MILITIA. 2`)o of the Tower Hamlets Light Infantry arrives in Woolwich garrison yesterday, and 200 more, with the staff and band of the regiment, are to arrive to-day to do duty in the garrison. The Exeter and South Devon Volunteer Rifle corps has received a special mark of approval from the Premier. Upon the occasion of Lord Palmerston's making some remarks on the system of volunteer rifl.3 corps, Major Sir E. Prideaux wrote to Earl Fortescue, Lord-Lieu tenant of Devon, who at once communicated with the noble Premier. By return of post an answer was re ceived, in which Lord Palmerston said his remarks were not intended to apply to existing corps, but to the ques tion whether such should be established generally throughout the country, and especially in the great in land towns, which he considered would not be desirable. On the coast, however, and particularly near a great naval arsenal like Plymouth, his lordship added, he was fully sensible of the usefulness of such a corps ; and the report 4 he had had of the efficiency of the Exeter and South Devon Rifles showed that they would be fully com petent for any duty they might be called on to perform. The following official communications have been re ceived by Lord Hatherton, the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Stafford : " " Horse Gu ar d s , A pr i l 3. My Lord,—l have the honour, by direction of the General Commanding-in-Chief, to forward to you a copy of a saport made by Major-General Breton of the embarkation of the Ist Staffordshire Militia at Portsmouth, for service in the Mediterranean.—l have, &c., "E. A. WETIIERACL, Adjutant-General." " Portsmouth, March 30. " Sir,—ln transmitting the accompanying embarkation return of the Ist Staffordshire Militia Regiment on board the steamer Hansa, I hold it my duty, and as justly due to the corps, to bring under your notice, for submission to the General COnimanding-in-Chief, the highly soldier-like and creditable manner in which the embarkation of the regi ment was effected. The officer in command reported to me that not a man was either absent, drunk, or late at parade on their quitting Dover early in the merging, and the same state of good discipline existed on their arrival here, reflecting extreme credit on Colonel the Hon. W. P. Tal bot, and the other officers of tha regiment.—l have, &c., " H. W. BRETON, Major-General-Commanding. The Adjutant-General of the .Forces, • Horse Guards.' " The depot companies of the above regiment having left Dover have arrived at Lichfield. The companies are four in number—in all 284 rank and file. A considerable number of the men will go on furlough, and recruiting for the service companies at Corfu will be actively kept up. The following officers are at Lichfield :—Major Tennant, Captains Dyott, Mousley, Willett, and Bridg man ; Lieutenant Taylor,' Ensign and Adjutant Oswell, and Surgeon Welshman. Some. 300 men of the Hants Militia having claimed their discharge as having enlisted for only a limited time, the remainder, comprising about 150 men, were ordered from Portsmouth to Winchester, where they arrived on Wednesday, under the command of Major Robbins. On Thursday many of these volunteered into Coe different regiments of the line now in the barracks, and the mi litia, as a force, may now be said to be almost nil, and it is questioned if it will be possible to rase it again to the proper standard without recourse to the ballot. The Warwickshire Militia Regiment, whose strength was greatly diminished by the operation of the recent Government order, has again materially increased, large numbers of the men having offered themselves for re-at testation. The Second Regiment it is expected, speedily attain its former number of 800 men. Mr. Cox, one of the deputy-lieutenants for the county, at tended at the head-quarters of the 2d Regiment of War wickshire Militia at Leamington on Tuesday last, when 163 volunteers of that regiment were re-attested, and received the additional bounty of 1/. each. Major Fitzgerald, of the West York Rifles, requests us to contradict the statement that the greater part of the men who enlisted prior to the 12th of May last year had signified their intention of leaving. The regiment bag only lost 150 men, and is still upwards of 600 strong, o fall ranks. Ltvzapoor, Monday.—The American ship John Rut• ledge arrived here on Friday, from New York, having suffered severe damage, and lost two seamen overboard during the gale of the 10th ult. The following is the report of Captain Sands :—" Left New York, March 9, i n company with the Hendrik Hudson, for London (which sprung a leak in same gale, and was abandoned on the 12th ult.) And on the 10th the ship was throwit on her beam ends by shifting of the cargo—wind N.N.W. to N.W.—blowing a heavy gale. The cargo shifting so much she became unmanageable. She lay with her starboard rail and quarter boat in the water, washed the starboard anchor off the rail, blew the fore topsail, foresail, and. foretopmast staysail away, split the maintopsail, and blew the sails adrift from the gas kets' and split them ; the ship at the time lying on her side, with three feet water in the hold, and two feet in the between decks. The crew and passengers were en gaged pumping and baling out water, in order to free her so soon as the gale abated. When they were able to get the batches off they went down to the hold, and commenced throwing out cargo. After throwing over board about 200 barrels of turpentine, and some tar and logwood, they succeeded in righting the ship. Lost two men overboard in the gale. During the latter part of the voyage there was very unsettled weather—squally, with variable winds, and much rain." The Corra Linn, an American ship, of 754 tons, Captain Risk, which loft Glasgow on the 24th ult. fur New York, put into this port to-day, with two feet water in her kold. AMUSEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA.—In Salem, Massa chussetts, after the heavy and deep snowfall, a man was discovered stic'eing sticks into a huge " winter bank o snow." On being asked why be amused himself thus, "Amuse !" said he, with a voice which betrayed the deepest anxiety of mind; "fine amusement; I have lost my shop—it used to stand somewhere near this spot."—American paper. ~,