The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-01 00:00:00

T a m mmIT ZZTINGI of the LONDON CO--. t . Ens Tz t , e ld ~ ai DEPUTIES fromthe JOINT-STOCK .BANK . O 2 Ili% , ',ale% and Ireland, held at the London Tavern, .A.:iril 2i, The reilbj°B/11-IA. WALKER, Esq , in the Chair. I. Th at th"ng resolutions were ado ted • t4la te -"Ie l )° sIt sYstem f b e g which enables individual; hben..._rponey in banks andeto aa k m all their payments by cheque toz m v tl Zl to the a and to the i ,ePositor sthe m m a sel e ves, to the banks, 2. ThatY at large. tded bh,ntha introduction of Joint - stock Banks ten 4, '' sYstelli, and brough advantages within the reach That th e al as's% of soeltot s has greatly ea D ,,,.. Pro,tr ess rt ___ 0 this system of one talits —a etikiene f would be greatly impaired • t„,,llpen awayatpl by the proposed •mposition ot_ _li ng IEI accounts ~..; ae don e ae!tue, the Inducement to open Z tr a deoelin, arldZeowmiteh,ttperlic will be , driven_to , ba me t n l y ie v in obfentcht. note 1,4,44:1AN:the country wille oxithbraunwkner,l.c. upon M k a system whit: the teventlaecenttnY ago, Without any commensurate advantage 4, T hu : kir tiatiabi g a taz being equal upon cheques of all amounts Will pro tines toy. Press most severely upon those depositors who draw telard,4l!l!_al r ums, and these classes having most . occas uu t to 4 4. Th at in 7.. rings will be the most likely to close their ac be u w n i t t s . ‘,e rai tb Or _,,tir.opoitton as this ta.zAhall cause money aattY transact! .r. remerzinheld from the banks, in such proportion t a ° vill capital productive, individuals will be inconvenienced, Pec_u: . all t il ii .ins will be obstructed, robberies wl 1 be faciitate.' ,/ g t, IT! created for additional currency. either in Bank notes Itrieted 'The th i banks will find their operation ter re ' and their means c„ rta - i d • 1 ff rdi ng f teddies to corn lip ent. operation. materially re: h t 6 e .ll°4 • ° t l l:eT e t f a , l l . l e lin ,g ill . e financial operations of . the Covent ,b,. intend t, ,in the opinion of this corimitte of b y the , 'at inter la ought to be strenuously reds' e • resolutions ,erenot est alid the Public. and that -copy of these lior the r'llallYtransmateil to tl'ie Right' Honourable the Cha' Ban ii c i e the i._ -reneguer 'Med k ngaont , arid forwarded to every Joint-stock Ban - "- d th i e .c l , rnposltion , 0. 14 ,„RTh . ,4,,140 0 ,13„ i E u ttx SMITH'S moN E T 3 "I\l e d . h , Oi r, at 8 ~... epresentation, Wednesday vening, MaY 2 LAre tt, 23 . ‘ , O pet, and Every Night (but Saturday). Stalls' take -, e,e ' , ”alierY, is. The MornlnX 14 4 4 TY Tuoi,a Representati ons ..„. _ Egyp- AIL pi —'iaY, Thursday, wad Saturday, at 3 n'cloca• ceadilly. A'orLL R ooms. o f the — lmmense success . ` , Thy, li ew dance L LAUREN t — cad every 4cuitgVARSOVIA-IgA : Mask by ll* 4 .- WEEK CIitAND STAND —THE DERBY rted 4 , 4 • - -The N ew G 1 .• • Rill fla mb _ aller, containing Private Boxes and Phal le to .17`; ' , lngle seats. Persona wishing to secure 4PPIY I MMediately to Mi. Dorling, Epsom. C i r llt AT wEs „ TERN COALS.—Best, 245. ; 1),„ car, , z 24. p er to Q.4le e 0 exe cute II. The Great Western Railway Com 'ls, at 24 orde rs f° l ' Rwabon Coals, equal to the finest th 4) artly s Per ton, and for excellent and economical Vron Path! s ' a briel) at • Eit ern , a gt o , 2 23. per ton. Cash prices within 4 miles aY Address to the Superintendent, Great raUcllneton. 044? at ALDERSHOT.—" to , ow, Will g o CRIMEA." KIT for the ;tnt, n .tab i sh ,,, , _ o.f Course, in the first place, to Benjamin Edging tle c:np k e i: l l 7 l t, across Lo ndon -bridge, where you will choose a ,to,1) before :\tv,aterProof blanket, bedstead, (l et: : , 2, lied astop e i . m 'ents obe seen erected at the menu "' sapoliZ Z!le.el, acro3s Lo ndon-bridge, or & c." — h A aring io-n e t ro h s - ' n • with every requisite. •:----.....„...--_______ (1, 011/ -,,, r ' in : E .ar.Avf RANC,'E, GERMANY, ° 1 -03, d ' i i i - ,,1.A t), the best M atinfactueng Talent is obtained and a Epti,,l construction of the following i - Nieoll,S ItEDINGOI'E, the new garment of th h e Season. Till A LLIE 8 ~ PALETOT, One and Two Guineas each . Waterproof, yet .J SLEEVE CAPE, One Guinea, 'l°ol,Lia Evaporab,e. - GUINEA TROUSERS and HALMIJINEA 1 , 41,, ,k, `44Tt WAISTCOATS. Via, re i li tel 4 nr MILITARY a,nd other OUTFITS ser e it th g e ra a ti h s o . ve b,".. o . th er fir„ gienti in all parts of the glebe, who . hays li r ira.,:!"e ein prepared in regulated sizes, that they oelt, ''`',l fit gar "`Nt-Zi.,addreaSJET. J. d NI -,1 end in th e Cityan, 22 D., Cornhill COLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, killtkit i .,__ ------ ---- hi t t he tie AiNt'UN PENINSULA. RAILWAY 4 4 . tlii e j;liltil Raifsyearly Gen COMPANY.f V of the Shireholders, "fq • i ti s t l, 'eB " th° C "aPanY er , on 3 e lo ing d n_ay, the 30th day of I •L'roit, t shi., ~.s e n, lie en be t , 41 1i , any•, . ptitysChairman of the Company, in the Chair; , it I,?;_lrectorB, t ," 41 was afllited to the Register of Shareholders. itte7iliove,qini;irtllavine been read— ;;Plirot,,,,,' That the Chairman, seconded by John Field, Esq., and 1 1, ;1. ~,s , , a nd ado s• s rep er Wll l. t'l•C""ed bYbl,7l' t, together with the accounts now read, 4 ki t, ' .S., a nd r _ • Tite, F.R.S., secpnded by Cel.,G 34 r e a i n v t ii , i k t ite ! f a r % Af r. c " n lved, 2, That• Mr. W. J. Hamilton, Mr. _ in , iito •Ju gr , e • Isictio son of London and Mr. Cursetjee J. ,44ill,,,,,arineolipt;hrny,aitell.elUnker;et, and Company. S • arm ved b,„ ~ , eeted actorsDi of this ti„ttei re•mve;c3. •lf. N , seconded Mr:T. S. Cowie, of PombaY, kl •AUdit a ; T ha! Hr. James Anderton be,and4,lt ~,, (si _ of tat Company. ; l iiih r ; ko ve l l . illed) m is es h e ß re o b ll 3 s? , W. J. HAMILTOV, Chairman. l; kee t : 44 es, E s " Is. B. Richmond, Esq., seconded by hanks of re ttora in g a ,, e (1,. (1_ , ea , . , and resolved, 4, That the best Qttle4;\lo_rtherritinendtaiorne hereby tcndered,tothteticeoCrnhpaainrmy.an and J i:Otti sia ., to the interests of . 'tatlS NICHOLSON, Superintending Director. Sli t El, 11 / .. ----- , ----- -------_____,,, i T t,:ie°r Compose' ITALIAN OPERA. \,: th li It c , V EI s TING VOCAL CONC ER C. A e 'com p° 'PIT OF SIR HENRY R. BISHOP, s two youngest Children. Abe A N N % 11 0 , 11 Fe of the increased illness of . Sir k'74ll';')4r:loctiZEe'r't:f°alithed tf un a a . v . o ve ila'dv necessary to d!sconttnue t , s _el ?t el ease, vrl . th at an EVENlN r a Siti v ll C re AL ßotn os s- c b: R l T t , i u s p r o e nt • 4 3 744, 4 4, 4 1.11 tak e Place on ' 3l nday Evening, May 14, _a ,. lt,, j , N . t i me of w l t .l'a (the se ne of Bishop's early s"ce re s c ) er t ie l k ti 4 h 11 1181; 'r th e ' O l has bsen most kindly granted 13T l ti114.,1,,,D4:84,1413(10 c it o, , , ,, c :len. mu rh ice e s o :le c c e t r e t d w e i ' Henry inent .I,eiroenls7istfroofm,osoirrs Glees, i?olt:llll',ll.splkir'f):ceWehq";--I,:faat''''n.il:lll.bir7dleyxoeffeueteredd bihetihregraraotustitoeums ser c,iiiißtiter nry L ivi "e Conc..rt will beslavoteedsteexpti;iedsrsly..foar Son 1, . ~ r i ~,'s v ho at ~°0 and his Two Young . d d for Full +lit e ,: ,be d,,,"..8 MOM t are totally tvprovi e . . d —e ll, Ite;„,''Y anne en d Arplications may be addrisse , '. Lib rar a y n , c 3 e 3, • Old Bond -greet. . ~.__ ')1.,,,, Aga rkt ay I , 011 0 ,, 4 I ' ?°l-4 YTEcHNIO INSTITUTION. , ---v erting ', - ,,H.R, ii PRINCE ALBERT. ' r "' "(1 -' -`k-rtliE on CHLOROFORM, by C. H. liA tt: 4 ' 3 " tvghi n t .ip c ,,,,ltt.P. / : ~,. tb, "it i ~- T ,IIIIZs b -. 'l'' T - `!„, 11 ,,,a7, DR , cMATIC READ ,, ING, by Mrs. L I ''`A. '' Y Q%o lt IOF TIIE SHREW. ( 2.1 , 1.,, e 1'111t 5 , 11 ••, by T '- on ,„ Q,ltt ckY--.4rgn, Esq., on SONGS and SONG ALt,,,,,,, , •__• It. t.ti',,P..11.1.,,,,_ RI ll x•W )7 l'lt ' X N.,, t ' and the TELPHONIC COM- P 11 A1) th . SI3I. NPv-, 4 the ELECTRIC LIGHT, by Dr. _a s ..., GI • , , 'V, h Sa4 t fre, r4 k MLOR . it WSI of -. s e hrineiN eilVerpool a g Aletmi d u the LATE RtA, BATTLES, and of I depicting- the '444 (44" e0„s li t e r 7, 11, ta lie :A._Il v a i n n t7c 1: , ) a I n O d embracing Views of ~t ‘Alt4 , ', t e, .,s . • a , ., &c.. &c. rir ititBt, i 24 ?),,,„ P t.„ MAR better . —4l haei lt e --` I P.rl4 Protect d b y Royal 4 ?aril 'ld, and e It , and the s ecured by the Seals of the y E i ee en l i e la d „ fi3 ,4 , ret nedy f Tr, 'nlPerial College of Medicine, , TteetT, Whe°th'ell,elaXatir,‘,llE.S.FllAß, No. 1, tie , o f th, 1111,0-riSe Pers ons trisinz ft: 'Perniatnrchrea. and Exhr° .. ' e cifie n ' who Ar °lll e uesses, a cident, or climate iAd state br , le ct Meant' early ' : Prevented entering the marr.__ i ' ,; ieu ::e l3 :i' T ' the ellnrjßlll4l4 Is invaluable. et trac er ot space of °S.tlt•itee cl l a ° 3;! ' completely and eg i b r e e h t3 '; itt the 1,44P0 beep or rtiuelot ::aunitsizodteerfaor7htoict heCraxiinviofla`le health itglreet Conti TRl4.4l°°' I„i t , , tim ely tb •neetal R eined - . No. , . iltz,,au`e ile,itrh tnglish to ' the in -I,,Dariiht i etioe of th P Aldan treats with Mercury, all the .} fore that class of Disorders, whict ahialtß.vo the w oo. , e Datien's constitution, and which a w i t t ,..Of au • .4%.1t, l i c e ''' cannot remove 1,13t1 aaat ,‘. Oati9eati . , 2 , and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell , i a " l ti e n it use benigngstlhlei: They may lie on the toilet taoh. ke .ete o,„„eases at I, 4,MT:fed. ~.,,,,,......„,,E,, a 3 li. edeh, free b st 2s extra, danivia,dedßoipaxte t 'llll lll. ' 0 he h adrninlatered b Y D° * * 'Allem scree Bann vat tvh o i esli y Valpeau, hn4on, 68, ... e sad Retail in London of Jo ~,,, n,. tt. /I R and co t o ND •4. 1,,, h .. h 3. n xford- , treat • And gang'''. Ls ti ' ti t ii str .v .. 4r , 7 t , iboveork,.2, fiera.lll;edarnu.ggttlatst: 46, Market -street, ~ v ie h Auol ;p e all, hoe, WO, bookseller 11. Westmoreland-s aseller BotonPrie.tly, chem az , Rgh-stres 'Birmingham. Manchester The otti P4 q " Pk] .-40, VES'END ST A tets 13 e E call at the Greenhithe and Palliest Piers. a l t , t , ll ,„ e Pi ers as underlined (weather P --.4.,RACE PIER, GRAVESEND tGsf, t ," Te as - -r u L.Tanitne and Pardeet rter, rt RA.c . .naerlined (weather permittinfl ''" , --,___ , t , y, t It i ) 44 r iER, GRAVESEND 't er , (-- -.... i ____:tlrs. Pl ' t t4 t fi ------------- Skri4D &Y 8 . r 2 3 i i . .i -. i • t .1 - 3 , { S ,, .7, :". 8 Time 4 .... _.. tl6Yl.r. -- 3% 1 () % 1 11h. t:', 4 9 .. - :43e4 ...._ f 3 „ t X Talt_ - i I e t / '— 1 I—l I - itt 44 4t g (''' an Pen h vio let fa n houre arch-street Station to all parts of London lo gin 14r tiA, • rr I ,, ( tP, st AcK wt ra__, from the re Vir n LL, on the arrival of the A- F -‘ D A m ik. , ----__ll "tlr Qi 4 2 - 5 1 / 4 .... ' , .. 1........, ' tt let 'i 7 I-MT- church-street Station. AUNDAYS. ~., / r .. 2 4 ~_ .1 v i - 4 - t Fen- ,i!, 1 5 r . -4. t, , I A -,.. •••• 4,,, .8 4 church ~, ti 7 Street . 6 g p .. s ---I '' - F ?o ---,-_, 1 ,4 , 4 ri,_ --- ____ 5 4tv,"e3,,,,,ieserld and r °Trion • f' c l gra 10d. .• Os. 10d. 141,11 ri,..., and Illaekw all or Woolwich Sd. .. O s . Bd. Itcnt'li.r 110v" v e .,, n and Intermediate Piers • • A % . I r. 1 . • to ........! ore Cabin. 31. - Os lo r o 2b a dr .. ee 4 Of 2 1 .0 '' ' •-•--To the 30th of september• - * the . :ackets 1 ilni )2. (1).n,,, Ter r h a e ce h a i l ie o r t: n the rves oll e oc ud to . rs onboard ‘55. Til t , , c.. s t , ' tutt ' ll T IN ~,,-, AND MATURITY.. IDbblt ~ ..,nITIEs OF YOUTH ~:1 "' P r ice 25., illustrated with cases; free by Post for BC r, tA It P it V ° :13 At'unDs' DEBILIT Y 14,441h:a -alises, Symptoms, and Cure.—An Essay on d P a Smore Sygt:el Trim With Practical Observations on a l'llltis4l' 0 b4r... e cf t reatment of the diseases of m t f l e te r te G c e n .. ne_rat a i n v d e Nr-lfhin ",e'd by the use of the Microscope mde wig ~ „lel eohloty, L 4 4 3' va rtet g, oy urinary e xamination, the real ~ ause and effect of habits, ( la lacy, a e 3 .' (m. complaint whether arising from 1,:t4,7:0,1:148:6: h3:lldriel.etaBnrta: or climate• followed by practical re s m oi l th ek ry s, founded T- th w re -0051 Weakn cs g,t g h p e er t in re a a to tm rr e h u c t ea t , f &c im . To which Ilii-Atl'lar; '°l.lnlblltaries on the Physiology of Marriage , NV,.. .clice one:l:eerie:i e. !: einmai.iating from em p irical on ''''' Itallo:.•-gts'ous remedies advocated by various wri Pr te. ‘ ...cat di:larders. I , 7 i 4'' ~,, E 7 nANELTEL LA'MERT. M.D. " ,, Qte be 0 D ietedLONDON, ,tsir ß : r WI b l\f --cliae l'il t I Member of the University of 'Min t.ic,,,,,:t•.onoriu-,, .. r „ .-., oaearnberof the London Hospital Medical So 3 let7, 41'lle esZt-,,,-P >thecaries' Ball , London , Eze, St e' wiTtrice s re " 9 1 ?b iect of this treatise is to point out the fearful patescLn ll'li hav e ' ,,, 4 ,, 414 I fr o m certain habits, Irregularities, and "plan'. and v'cal Iced more misery in Youth, degradation in her Q Dreniati tA rti as, of ,„ ay at all stages of Life, than perhaps, any th, i ealany r :e , lat. known to modern pathologists ' It.i perusal is ty r IThysi,..,`cnn rla anded to persons entertaining secret doubts o; '444111'41. ik ..X D e °, l o at don, and who are conscious of haying tl,tpely TA. ' n 'U i, and privileges to which every human being is _ -t i s , hazarded illithiciDl47 la, icessary thatall men should know, that there are te 4 e tri ''g er " f, -r3 "- 11 management which cannot be violated withou d t n., beyan--volls 1 enalties d when wisdom and regret sneeze , 3' be ~- , T, ,f ince nsid . an If-indulgence, how these penalties r i 41 • 11 - 3w— tl ' e Lg . ). .._ te ; , haw the sting of their bitterness may be removed. tls;' 1-3 w—the. ~: v " and Its consequences may be avoided, and above all, i T h "genie, 3% e 1 7 a 'ly degree of phsical I tl 'ty ' or funciona n eca rin nn l ot apply a t cure. Drat4litiier has; /ich the timely aid of b been engaged In an extensive tln k t e'' in the trOel:4Yrarer n ie Of o t f hes ye cs ar delic_a - te_ complaints, which have ~Lltri ttely bt Med to the care of ignorant ia l 7cs, who ,_ 2 I too generally wt,..-! th,i r ~.....'et great Injury On those wh are induced to place 4to tT "V°ll lll27; , l°l ' s ' tt or te a, itad e .BILITY may be had, price a 2s, of Messrs. Piper, thi a e , l9, L ei (' •• 23, P aternoster -row; Hanny, 63, Oxford -street ; I rt Y 5t,,,,, ea! ter-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ,• free by post for 4 ,,gliare l'a t C any address from th e Author's residence , o 87, Bed -4";',lrie ib r „ , , sill Two and from .41 k,i g h t. w V-sllltation daily from 1 . -leN co.. ; 1 . - been r3l d of , the re ; ti 9 - ,tor m y le otre de " OP rll 'fe ° fr ok r No. 19,528.] SMITH TESTIMONIAL FUND. 37, GREAT GEORGE-STREET, WESTMINSTER. Sir, - The superior adv-ntages of screw propu sion being fulls de monstrated by its general ado;.ticn for the public service a id for the commerci .1 operations of almost all maritime nations, a favourable' time appears to have arrived for inducing a public recognition of the merit of its introduction. Convinced th at screw navigation—whoever may he regarded as its oilgina: inventor—must date its real commencement from the successful trials and voy e: of the" Archimedes" in 1839 and 1840 ; and fit ling that all naval nations are indebted to the performances of that shin, for the fir-t practical development of this great imp.vve mtnt is the means of maritime enterprise; the foliowing gentlemen , pe-sonally cognisant of the facts connected with the progrt ss of the system, are. strongly impressed w:th the justice of the claim. of Mr. Francis Pettit smith, to whosg telt nis ai.d untiring energy it is well known the "Archimedes" owld both hi r origin and success. They can alio bear record V, the steady persave awe with which that gentleman has continued to devote the b.st•years of h's life to the purpose of eAtablishing the merits of the screw. And they know that the national benefit thus con erred by his labours—which was drst so clearly confirmed by the performances of toe Rattler in 1845, hen so strikingly illustratill at the naval review of 1853, and which is now so confirivntly reded on for success in actu .1 war—has not hitherto procured for him either public acknowledgment or pecuniary reward. They have therefore formed themst lees into a Provisional Commit tee, and have requested us most respectfully to solicit the honour of yonrname, and the advantage of your Influence and example, in sup port of an appeal to all classes and interest: fora genera' subscription to present a suitaMe testimonial to Mr. Francis Pettit Smith, for his prominent services in bringing into practice the system of screw navigation.—We have the honour to be your obetit. servants, EDWARD PELLE W HALSTF.D Ilon. Sect: JOHN SCOTT. RUSSELL, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. James Allan, Esq., Mana.ging Director ottnePeninSular and Oriental Company Charles Atherton, Esq., Chief Engineer H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich Joseph .ieardmcre, Eoq., Manager of the General Steam Navigation Companl's Engine Works H. Wollaston Blake,Egq., F.R.S., Engineer, London Isambard K. Brunel, Esq., F.K.S., C.E. Edward Chappell, Esq., Capt. R.N., Secretary to the Boyal West India Made ompany William Crispin, Capt. the Royal Yacht John Utlay Ellis, Esq., Chairman of the General Screw-steam Shipping company Joshua El Id, Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London John Finchain, Esq., late Master Shipwright, H. J. Dockyard, Portsmouth Sir Kiehard grant, Kt , Capt. R.N. William H. Henderson, Capt. R.N., C. 8,, Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard Edward Eltimphrya, Esq., late Chief Engineer 11.51. Dockyard, Woolwich McGregor Laird, Esq., Managing Director of the African Mail Com pany Thomas Lloyd, Eso., Chief Engineer of M.M. Navy Charier J. Mare, Et q, :-hiptaulder, London Joseph Miller, Esq., Engineer, London Robert Napier, Esq., Engineer, Glasgow Tames Nasmyth, Esq., Engineer, Manchester John Penn, Esq., Engineer, Greenwich George Rennie. Esq , F.R.S., Engineer, London Joseph d'a Samuda, Esq., Engineer, London ROlert Stephenson, FAA , M.P., F.R.S., C.E. Isaac Watts, Esq., Assistant- , urveyer H.M. Navy , Money Wigrarn, Esq., , hipbuilder, London Joseph Whitworth, Esq., Engineer, Manchester MEASURER. Charles Manby, Esq., F.R.S., C.E., secretary of the InStitution of Civil Engineers HONORARY SECRETARIES. E. P. Halsted, Capt , and J. Scutt Russell, Esq , F.R.S., Engi neer. Extract from the Report of Baron CIikELE3 Durex to the Academy of Science., Paris, on the prizes aw tided by the French Govern ment ro M. DUPUY DE Lome, and M. WoLL, (Meters superieurs du Geode Matitirne, et Ingenieurs de la Marine delere Classe. and M. Boner:fors, Captain de Fregate, for the successful application of steam and screw propulsion to sal'lng vessels of war: " En 1835, un fermier de Middlesex, M. Francis Pettit Smith, en cadre her zontalement une vis d'Archim a Parriere et dans la partie la plui. pincee de la carene ; cette vis est continue ; elle adeux revolutions completes. L'auteur prend son brevet le it Mai, 1836." " Revenom au fermier Smith. - A ussi peu savant dans le principe que le barbier Arkw i avant is meme perseverance et le memeitstiomptable courage. Ces deux qualites morales Pont fal t t dom. pher de t ,us 'es obstacles. M. Smith, pendant deux annees, essaye son bateau stir Is Tamise et stir la canal de Paddington. l)ans ce canal, par on accident humus, une rev•Aut on de sa vis d'Archirrede est brisee, et le navire marche plus vite qu'auoaravant. C'est un trait de lumiere, et l'on finira par n'employer tin'une moitie. qu'un tiere, et meme une moindre partie de rev lotion d'helice. l'ar ce moyeri, l'on pourra loger le propulseur dans un etroite ouverture verticale, err avant do gouvernali, entre deux etatnirots. " Wessels en essais, vt. 'mith se hasarde a latter contre les diffl culies de la mer. Avec un nsvira ext emement petit, it s'aveature dans la Manche, et brave un mer touj tins st dare, en essuyant des temps niauvais ; son courage inspire une taveur "L'Amiraute d'Angleterre prend un vif interet a des canals tentes at courageusement, et couronnes par le succes. Bile demande a M. Smith un essat plus conside , able, et la construction d'un navire a helice de 200 tonneaux, avant de conclure a l'adop , lon du nouveau tysteme. En consequence, l'Archimede, de 237 tonneaux, est con strait et mis ala mer. L'Amiraute 5. serait montree satisfaite, si dana les experiences demandees, le batiment cut parcouru 5 nceuds par heave ; it en parcourut pros du doub 7 e. MAgre le vent et la maree, it ne mit que vingt heures pour alter de Gravesend a Ports mouth. " Convaincue par cos epreuves, l'Amiraute d'Angleterre accepto l'helice pour sus propres n wires. En I°4l, Ole fait commencer a Shee•ness son premier batiment a propulseur helicoide, le Rattler du port de 888 tonneaux, batiment qu'on mit a la me.. au printemps, de 1843. On multipliat les experiences snr ce navire, et l'Amiraute, completement edifice, °Monne de construire a la fats, vingt batt ments de l'Etat, a propel: curs belicoides." Letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of litinto, G.C.8., &c. " (First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835 to 1841 " Lend , n, June 13, 1854. "Dear Sir,--I have not a doubt that - Mr. Smith may justly claim the merit of having been the first to introduce the us! of the screw propeller; anti it was owing to his success in its aptication that shortly before I left the Admiralty L felt myself justified in ordering the Rattler to be built, for the purpo e of testing the comparative advantages of th, paddle and the screw.—Believe me, dear sir, yours faithfully, (' , igned) " MINTO. "Charles A. C41: 1 well, Esq. " I can have Po object io. , whatever to your making any use of my letter that can b servic , able to Mr. Smith." - - Letter from the Right. Hon. the Earl of liaddingtt , n, &c., (First Lo d of the Admiralty, 1841 to 1846) lyningbatne, Pre , metkirv, N.B , August 24, 1854. ";ir,—lt is impo,sible for me to taAe upon mys,lf to offer an opinion as t) which of the claimants is to be attributed the merit of the tint invention of the screw propeller; but I beieve that toe stlvess of " the Archimedes," tollowed by the trial i f "the Rattler," (taunt under Lord Minto's Board), led to the adoption of the screw in II M.'s Navy, and in the merchant service. It is admitted, I believe, that to Mr. Pettit Smith belongs the credi' of the s :cress of "the Archtmecipp;" conseque fitly he is en titled to he eonsiJered as the introducer of a most valuable improve ment in i.team navigation. e m i r wa , employed generally under the Ream Depattment of the Adialty in my time, and I have every reason ta believe that his services were found to b ! valuable. But the professional names attached to the attestation youhave furnishe i me with, as well as those of the most eminent engin era, are of far greatts va‘ue to Mr. Smith, than any testimony of mine can possibly be.—l have the honour to ha, your obedient hum ble servant, (Signed) " AD DING f "Captain Halsted , R.N . " I enciose the answer to y our letter, of which you may make any use yommay think fit." SUBSCRIPTIONS. Richard Abethell, Esq., master shipwright, H.lll. Dockyard, .£1 Portsmouth... •.. . ......... ....... . Ja, Allan, Esq., managing' director of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, Leadenhall•street .......... ••• • • 0 C Alston, Esq., 8irmingham............ .... .•• . .. W C a ptain W. S. A, lidrews, North of Eurspe Steam Navigation C o mpany, 84, King-William-street . ... 5 0 John George Appold, Esq., Wilson-street, Finsburyisquase— 10 0 H.,Atlierton, Esq , chief engineer, MM.. Dockyard, Woolwich 10 0 Captain Horatio T. sustn, R.N., C. 8., Admiralty Inspector of Packets, Southampton .. The An , t ralasian Paci fic Mail Steam Packet Company, biter_, gate-street .................... •••• • • • " 5 0 Thomas Back, Esq. Military Depitrtment, East India House 1 1 Messrs. Bayley and'Ridley, 2, Cowper's-court.. •••••• . • . . 10 0 John Barrow. Esq.. Is.R.S., Admiralty.. •• ... ..... •• •• •.•• • —3, 0 .• • 1 0 George neardmore, Esq., Deptford —•••• • • • • • •• . - • • Joseph Beardmore, Esq , mana ger of the General Steam Navigation Company's engine works, Deptford •• •• • • .... 5 0 Joseph Beardmore, Jun , Esq , Deptford .. •••••••• • • •• . . • • 1 0 William Beardmore, Esq., Deptf ord .. ••••• • • .. .• ••• • •• 2 0 Rear-admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, K C,8., Adiniralty .. • . 5 5 The Birmingham Tube Company, Birmingham •••••• • • • • . . 25 0 Mes.rs. John B. urns and Co., engine rs, Oreenock • • .... 50 0, William Boxall, F.sq., welbeck-street,C tvendish square •• • 5 5 Messrs. Brovsnlow and Co.. Hull •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 3 0 P e t e r Bruff, Esq., C.E ., I p swich . • .. • •• • • •• • • I. K. Brunel, Esq., F.R.S., C.E., Duke-street, Westminster 59 0 William Caramael, Esq. C.E., Patent-office, Lincoln's inn.. 21 0 0 Wit lam Catt , Esq ., BriAton ••• • • • ••••• • • • • Cap ain E. Chapped, R.N.. secretary of the Royal West I n dia Mail Company, Mourgate-st reet ••• • • •• .• Henry Chatfield, Esq., master shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Dep tford .................. ——• • . ...... • ..... •• 2 2 2 2 Jabez C arch , Esq., C.F.., Chelmsford • D. Its Clark, Esq , C E., Great North of Scotland Railway 5 0 C o mpany, Aberdeen Lieut. J. E. Commerell, R.N 5 0 R o b e rt Cowen, Esq., Carlisle Commander Peter Cracroft, R.N., H.M.S. St. Jean d'Acre • • 1 0 Capt. W. Crispin, R.N., the Roya Yacht, Portsmouth • • Messrs. Wm. Denny and Brothers, shipbuilders, Dumbartcn 10 0 John Dinnen, Esq , inspector of steam machinery afloat, Ad miralty, Somerset-h0u5e........... ••• • • Mi , ssrs. Richard Durant an d Co., Lloyd's.. • • Messrs C. and W. Earle, engineers , Hull .. • .... •.. 2 2 David Elder, Esq ,en ••ineer, Giasgow .... ••••• • .. • ....... 2 2 J a mes Elliott, sq., C.F. , Dymchurch, Kent E J. U. Ellis, chafro an of the General Screw Steam Co., Ade laide-pS ace, London-bridge - 10 10 Messrs. Alien Everitt amt Sou. Birmingham .. .. Chas. Few, Esq , Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.. •• • • J. Flncham, late master shipwright, 11. M. Dockyard, Ports mouth Capt. John Ford. msrinesuperintendent Gen eral Screw-steam Shipping Cos.pany, Southamrton Capt. Robert Ford, Batter sea Joseph Freeman. Esq. , Artillery-place, Finsbury Charles Fridsh ma. Esq., Strand...... .. .. ..... . ..... _ ' 1 1 William Fronde, Esq., C E., Dartington, Devon ........ • • Messrs. Joseph Gee and CO. , Hull .............. ••••. • • • . Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and (so., Liver 001 25 0 Lionel aiStOrlle, ESQ.. C. T., Duke-street, Adeiphi Vice- • dmiral Sir James A lexander Gordon, K.C.8., Gover nor of Hreenwich Hospital , Green wich. •.. i ....... •• . • Captain Sir Richard Grant, Kt., 11. N , 3, Connaught 'place, 50 0 Hyde-park William Green, Esq., R.N., harbour master , Lowestoft .• • • 1 I Capt. E. P. Halsted, R.N. (Hon. Seco, United Service Club, London J o hn Hawkshaw, Esq., C.ss, Great George street, West- 10 0 minster— ... ...... ..... _•••• • • • • - ...... ...... 10 0 Wffiliain flartree. Esq., engineer, Lewisham . . • • Captain W. H. Henderson, it.N , C. 11., Comptroller General 10 10 of the Coast Guird, Custom-House... ........ ••••••••• „ 5 0 m os s& J. s . Hob and Co., Renfrew .... •• •• ........ Captain James Ri-sken .....••. • . • •• •• • • • • • . •• • • • • • • . • •• 1 0 Messrs. Howard, Ravenhill, and Co., engineers, Rotherhithe 25 0 E. numphrys, Esq., late chief engineer H.M.Dockyard, 10 0 W oo lwich, Deptford • • .... ..... . . • _ • • • • • • • • •• •••• • • • 50 0 • Messrs. Humphrys , Tennant, and Dyke., engineers, Deptford Captain Thomas Jackson, the Baron Osy stea streetm-ship .. • • William .lackson, Esq., engineer, Leman- Jabez James, Esq., engineer, Blacktriars 2 2 2' W. S. Johnson , E s q ., St. Martin's-lane.. •., • • • • • • J. Hodgson Jones, Esq., engineer , Poet's • corner, Westminster 1 1 Townsend Ki r kwood, Esq , Lla ndilo, Carmarthen.. ....... 5 0 ReaCer Lack, Esq., B o ard of Trade 2 . 2 H i SPOregor Lai *d, Esq., M inaging director of the African Mail Company, Mincing - lane .••• • • i • .... 10) 0 W. B. Lambert, Esq., engineer, General Screw Steam -Ship- 5 ping Company, Southamp ton 50 0 James Laming, Esq., Maida - h ill West .. . 10 0 W. Langdon. Esq., engineer, London-street.... Thos. Lloyd, Esq., chief engineer of H.M. Navy, Somerset House. • .... _ . ..... • ••••••• • • • • • •• • • C . C m . : i . v n i ; I i t a e E r r n e , 4 . J c a . m v e a s n l i . , u y k , e E , s E q s ., q.. shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth 10 0 i i n .. e . ers F R ( (treasurer), C u r E er s ) s , ec G r i e e t a at t 7 6 o e f o t r h g e e . li t s r t a i t tu , ti oli West-o f 11 0 Captain. o n sm t 2 m.. Matthew, Esq ••• ............. •• . , sbipt/Mldsr, Blackwell ........ .. Messr. Martin, samueisos, and Co., engineers. Hull .. .• •• 3 0 T. W. Miller, Esq., Matthews, ays o ,ne:i gitnheee engineer, GGreatre Greenwich.. n, Britain own dicoi ni. . s t : e .. a .. 1...n .:- .81 . t . i . p .. :.... 10 10 Messes. and Field, 100 0 :Messrs. Miller William Morgan, Esq., engineer, engineer, eer, U.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth 5 5 G. Mills, Esq. 10 10 ' 11,:venbill• and saikeld, engineers, Blackwell. 100 0 park ... ..... • • • • 10 0 R. Napier, Esq., James Plasinyth,G 1.....................Ay—de - 1 1,1 1o t h , R N., H.M.S. Commander Mattl'iesqw•, engineer,Glasgsys •• •• .................. 100 0 , Patricroft, Manchester... • • , Eaton-place.. •••••••• • • ' 10 1 1 A dmirsl Sir Charles Ogle . 14 11. Frolic •• 1 0 James Oldham, Esq., cis:. 20 0 William Paine, Esq., cashier ull.• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••• ••1 0 Green wich...... 1...," f• •• •• I, ,I •• •Ire 2 2 5 0 . - 7 vim,vim,.4- ''. 4 ,--;.4 • A' 4''''/ . . . , . . . , tg 't - ..,;4-..`.:;',i•ti' 4 - i... . - . 4 , . .-;., ftors, ----,z,, , E 2 , ..„.., . . . ;, ,-, . ~, , i. . • 9: 111 • iir 4z . ~.,.,. -, , f5Ol h ', -, 7 ,-- , r . , 5,,,, ,1.14,.." ~ 5,—, • ).. 11, c. ~ • _ „ j P'•, : , - -.-. i• 6 ' ' ~ , .ki 11 1 , a . 4. 3 ' i .;-. • r.; . ,t7T — sst,, , , \l :N l: -.- le ~ . ,•. . 1 it ..) -, ~. ° & 0? -• -'"-- Ilil- 7. • . • '- - - ' _ , 0, s.- - 110 - ..-. 4,, • . • : e t x, ...:\ .... t __..---. .. , . •1 • I '-',:. , 4; , •:. .2 44 /4, sy \ \ .A2, / , zo o , • -„,.,,,,;„*...._: x ~,„ l *O-- ,a , 4.,,. .- ce j,,, (\` ' . <l, 1 1 4., , --i, k - - ~, blr E - - ~ ,,\LIr - -,. '' . 'k; an,. ' i 4,':" 0,1*. , , RCIIT-' , ' \ ::'_-- -•• / ‘_.. ' • '-,. ._.,,,.., ~..-.. ; I,ON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1855. hear-admiral Sir William F. Parry, Kt., lieutenant-gover nor ore, reenw,ch Hospital • 3 0 William Parsons, Esq , Leicester • The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company .. 100 0 Messrs. John Penn and Son. engineers, Greenwich .. • lOO 0 John Diston Powles, Esq., Wimpole-street 5 0 Edward J. Powell, Esq., Hydrographic Department, Ad mi, any . ......• Captain William Ramsay, R.N., H.M.S. Hogue Messrs. G. Rennie and Co , engineers, Holland-street, Black- I 1 2 0 liars 2l 0 10 0 iViliam Rigby, Esq., GlasgoW Major F. C. Robb, E 1.C.5., Beaulieu House, Sou tlisea .... 10 J. Scott Rus,ell, Esq., E .((ion. Sec.) Great George-street, Westminster ...... •• .... • lOO 0 Messrs. Samuda Brothers, engineers, Poplar •• •• • • 20 ( John Scott, Esq., engineer and shipbuilder, Gree nock .• •• . 25 P Messrs. Seaward and Capel, engineers, Limehouse •• • I 0 0 5 0 Joseph Sims, Esq., Birmingham .• ••• • ..... • • Messrs. Sims and Muntz, Birmingham • .• Edward Slaughter, Elsql, engineer, Bristol .•••••••• • • •• •• ' 0 2 0 Commander Luke Smithett, R.N., H.M.S. Viv id . . R. Stephenson, Esq., M.. , C.E., Great GeoTge street, Westminster .... .............. •• • • Captain James N. Strange, 1 8 () John M. sunley, Esq , insurance broker, Con.hill • ' 10 William Swann, vsq., Queen-street, Westmi nster ..•• • • James Esq., Hendon ............ • • .......... •• •• . I 5 0 G. H. J. Waltore., Esq., Serie-street. Lincc ln's-inn ...... •• Captain Frederick Warden, H.M.A. Ajax Thomas Waterman, jun., Esq., shiptuilder, Blackwell lO 0 Mess.s. .lames WAt and Co., e gineers (per H. Wollaston Blake, Esq , Soho, Birmingham •• • •• ...• • • 100 .0 I. Watts, Esq., Assistant -Surveyor 11. M. Navy, Somerset house . ....... ............... •• • ..... •• • • Messrs. John and Robert Wolte, ship nilders,Cowes. 2O 0 Joseph Whitworth, Esq., engineer, Manchester.. ...• 25 0 Al. Wigram, Esq., shipbuilder, Blackwell .. G. T. Wright, Esq. Ly m pstone, Devoti Thomas Wright, Esq., engineer. George-yard, Lombard-st. 2 2 Su-scriPtions are received by Messrs. Martin and Co.. 68, Lom bard-street, .London; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pal , Mall East, London: J. Scott Russell, Esq, 37, Great George-street, West minster (Honorary Secretary) , and by C. Manby, Esq., 25, Great George-street, Westminster (measurer). E. P. HALSTED, Honorary Secretaries. J. SCOTT RUSSELL, 37, Great George-street, Westminster, MC DR. CIILVERWELL ONINDIGE NERV STIOUON, SNEtS, DEBILITY, AND - Also, on Urinary Derangements, Constipation, and liremorrholds.is is . each, by post Is. 6d. VITHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID. Abstentia multi curantur morbi." A popular exposition of the principal causes (over and careless reeding, &c.) of the above harassing and distressing complaints, 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. 2. LIGHTS AND SHADES OF MARRIA) LIFE. He'which that bath no wit; I hold him lost, Helpless, and all desolat. He that bath no child, Like sun and winde."-s-Chancer. Subject : Marriage, its expectations and Necessities —Development of the Affections—Love Matches—Precipitate, impelled, and retarded rnions—Marital Incongruities—Mutual Unsuitableness—Mental incompatibility and Physical Defectiveness—Advantages of Inter marriage— theory of Gestation—Hereditary Resemblance—Mode of determining Legitimacy. On Infelicitous, Infertile, and all Unas similable Alliances—Law of Divorce, &c., &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 rernediative. Advocacy of early marriages, &c. 4. THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE _EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH. puts, Sunday.—The attempt made on the life of the Emperor last evening Li, as may easily be supposed, the most interesting topic of the day, and for a while the siege of Sebastopol and the Conferences of Vienna are lost sight of in the horror excited by such an act of villany, the contemplation of the Consequences to Eur:)pe had it taken ect, and the general satisfaction at its failure. The following particulars, which are not noticed in the Moniteur, are believed to be authentic • The Emperor, accompanied by two of his household, Colonel Ney and Colonel Valabreque, in plain clothes, left the Palace of the Tuileries about 5 o'clock to take his usual ride in the Champs Elysees, and join the Empress, who had preceded him, and was at that moment in the 'alley Dauphines in the Bois de Boulogne. His Majesty on these occasions is never accompanied by an escort, and was only followed by two grooms at some dis tance. TA weather was fine, and the grand avenue of the Champs Elysees„ through whidh he passed at his ordinary slow pace, as well as the side alleys, was thronged aithpeople, who showed the usual courtesy, and saluted him respectfully. As he approached the Barriere de l'Etoile, and when nearly opposite the well known place of amusement the Chateau dee Fleure, man apparently about 36 years old, of dark complexion, and a little under the middle size, advanced forward from the throngs that crowded the pathway on the fight, and approached to within five or six paces of the Emperor. He put one hand to his hat as if. to salute his Majesty, who was in the act of replying to the compliment, when he drew a pistol from underneath his grey • paletot, deliberately pre sented it at the Emperor, and fired. At the same moment Colonel Ney, who was on the Empe ror's right hand, but riding a very little to the rear, advanced his horse, when the assassin,, supporting his pistol on his arm, fired a second shot. At the first report the Emperor's horse shied a little- but it was probably that movement which saved the rider, together with the tremulous motion of the assassin's arm, occa sioned by the failure of his first attempt. Neither shot took effect. The second ball is said to have grazed the Emperor's hat; or even passed through it, but this is not known with any certainty. The shots were very s'uarp, and the report loud enough to be heard on the third floor of the houses on the side of the avenue. The assassin was at once seized by two masons who were working at a house hard by, and who had left the building to have a sight of the Emperor as he passed. He was thrown by them on the ground. A police agent named Alexander, a native of Corsica, whose duty it is to follow the Em peror when riding or driving without escort, leaped out of the small carriage he occupied, ran to the spot where the assassin was struggling with his captors, and pre vented him from dra,wir'r a nother pistol. The police agent took hold of him, and, as the other made the most violent attempts to shoot those who detained him, in flicted on him, aid, in self-dafence, two wounds with a poniard cane. The Nsergent-de-vilie aiding the police agent succeeded in mastering and disarming him, but it required ell their effoit3 to prevent him from being torn to pieces by the people. He was hurriedly taken off to the Octroi station at the barrier, which was not far dis tant, and there sheltered from the popular rage until a canine could be brought, in which he was conveyed under the guidance of the police to the Conciergerie. , After the first shot was fired the Emperor bent his head a little, either by an involuntary movement to, a void the bullet or owing t o the horse sh y in g . When he saw the assassin in the hands of the people, and his clothes torn, he called out to spare him, and I am assured his words were, " Epargnez le—re le tuez pas, le miserable!" The Emperor did not lose his pre sence of mind for an instant. He gratefully and grace fully replied by frequently taking off his hat and bow -1 ing to the thousand acclamations with which he was at e s s s l e o n w g l e y r h a n d d v abneecend senttoward e n s 2t t h a e T on r c in e m sa p l h u n t l ed A a t e s h h . e A sti m ll gallop to inform the Empress, who was at the Forte Dauphine (Bois de Boulogne), of what had occurred, and to reassure her as to the safety of her husband. In less than half an hour the % Empress returned from her drive in an open carriage, with the Emperor riding close by. The sight was touching in the extreme. Her Majesty was deeply affected ; her tears flowed in spite of her, she in vain essayed to dry them, and she sobbed convulsively amid her efforts to smile with joy at her husband's escape from the murderer. Evidently she could not subdue her emotion ; she leant back in her carriage, and relieved her heart in an uncontrolled burst of tears. Then, in deed, it was that the p •ople who thronged, he way gave full vent to the more generous feelings of our nature. The sight of the young and lovely woman unable to re strain the agony of her feelings produced an instanta neous effect ; the shouts at once rose from the thou sands who beheld her, and hundreds of workmen who were employed on a row of houses constructing near the spot from which the assassin fired lined the half-finished walls, the wiadase-sille, or clung to the poles of the scaf folding, and rent the air with their acclamations. Ac companied by these manifestations of popular feeling, the Empress proceeded te the palace. In a short time the news was spread abroad, and the members of the Imperial family, the Atiabas,ador , , the Ministers of the .Emperor, the high functionaries of State, and the rneml,ers of the household, besides a considerable number of other persons having no functions under the Government or iu the Palace, hastened to present their congratulations. The Emperor had previously announced his intention and that of the Empress to be present at the Opera Comiciee on the Boulevards Italiees, nearly opposite the Rue Latfitte. He and the Empress, notwithstanding what had occurred, were punctual to their word. They arrived at the theatre about 9 o'clock, but long before that hour an immense crowd had collected on the boulevard, from the Madeleine to the Rue Vivienne, to manifest their sym pathy at his escape. It is calculate d that there could not have been less than 200,000 people of every_ condition collected. The reception was most enthusias tic as the Imperial carriages, attended by an escort of Guides, drove up the Rue de la Pais and Boulevard until they stopped at the door of the theatre ; and on their Majesties appearing in their box the whole house rose and uttered the warmest acclamations. For a con siderable time it was found impossible to commence the piece, and during the performance the audience, as if unable to keep down its feelings, rose three or four times to give vent to them. The Emperor and Empress left the, house at half past 11, and even at that hour the multitude still lined the Boulevards ; the shouting was enthusia-tic, as before, and followed them until the y entered the Palace of the Tuileries. The prisi.ner was taken to the prefecture of police, and there, in the presence of M. Billault, the Minister of the Interior, and M. Collet Meygret, the Director of Public Safety, was interrogated in the Italian language, first by M. Pietri, the prefect of police, and secondly by M. Abbattucci, the Minister of Justice. He expressed his regret for his crime. He denied that he had any accomplices, but said that numbers bad sworn an oath to do what he only bad yet had the courage to attempt. He declared that he had nourished the project eversince the siege of Rome. The name of the assassin is Liverani. He was born at Eaenze, i n the States of the Church, aad kept a shoe maker's shop at Rome, which he was obliged to quit when the city was taken by the French army in 1849. He is described as a man of froth 30 to 35 years of age, well dressed, wearing a black frock coat and polished leather boots; His hat, of English manufacture, con tained in the lining a print of the Crystal Palace— the sign, probably, of the shop at which he bought it. H e bad in his pocket when arrested five Napoleons in gold. ( From the Paris papers of yesterday. ) of the atte m p ted assassination of t h e Emperor which The Joilmal des Debats Amply publishes the account has appeared in the Moniteur. The Constitutionnel publishes the following:— "It was precisely at 10 minutes past five, on theright side of the avenue near the Beaujon grounds, almost at the corner of the Rue Balzac, that a man was seen to he appeared about 35 advance from the side alley towards the Emperor ; be dressed e a d n ;Italian, and, in fact, it had his hand in the breast -pocket of his paletot, as f he were about to take out a petition to present to his Majesty. bas since been ascertained that he is one. This man was armed with a double-barrelled pistol of the length of a cavalry pistol, and he fired twice, at a short inter val between the two shots. The Emperor cast a look of • • n the assas4in profound disdain upo , and, with his hand who hastened waving off the persons . Thisysmoafnagwea;s hdeecleonotklyeddlri up to see that he was not wounded, and saluting them, he continued his ride to rejoin the Empress, whose carriage was a little in advance. "Meantime an agent attached t o th e person of the, Emperor, on hearing the first report, rushed to the spot w h ence it proceeded, and, armed with a dagger which be had with him, fell upon the assassin just as he fired his second shot. It appears that when he caught hold of him he wounded bins with bis dagger, which led to a report that the asFassin had attempted suicide. The assassin had no dagger, but a revolver was found upon him, which he had no time to use. " Surrounded by Sergens de Ville, who kept the curious at a distance, the man was taken to the guard house at the Barriere de l'Etoile , occupied Here pied by a detach ment of the 90th of the Line, he was searched, an d by his papers it was proved that he was an Italian. 1 He is a Roman of the name of Liverani, who embraced Protestantism at London, where he had emigrated after the taking of Rome by the French. . . " He was dressed in an undersuit qu!te different from the first in form and colour, so that if he had not been at once arrested he might easily have camped. He was immediately handcuffed and taken to the Prefecture of Police in Cab No. 586. On arriving at the guard house at the Patois de Justice, occupied by the Garde de Paris, it was found necessary to take bandages and lint to bind up his wound. "He had 100 f. in gold in his pockets, and the large double-barrelled pistol which he bad fired, and which is a'weapon of some value ; it is, perhaps, its length which I made him so fortunately twice miss his aim. " While the assassin was being secured, the Emperor. followed by a crowd of pedest r i ans and equestrians, who loudly cheered hitu, rejoined the Ecopreas, and returned to the Tuileries, in the midst of a sort of triumphal escort. "The ladies in the carriages joined in the acclama tions, waving their Handkerchiefs. '''The Emperor and Empress had previously announced their intention of visiting the • Opera Comique. Their Majesties, in fact, went'their. Ou their way, in the Rue de Rivoli, in the Rue de la Paix, along the Boule varchr, the crowd thronged the pathways, and saluted their Majesties with loud cheers. Many of the houses were illuminated ; three rounds of .applause welcomed the Emperor a,cd Empress as they entered their box. "The Emperor took the seat in the box usually occu pied by the Empress. When they left the crowd had not diminished, and shouts of Vive l'Empereur' were heard on all sides. "On Sunday morning there was a continual roll of carriages to the Tuileries. "The Colonels of the different regiments of the gar rison of Paris, and even those of the regiments stationed at Versailles, came to congratulate the Emperor." The Pays has the following : " Providence, which watches over the desinies of France, has preserved the days of the Emperor ! Let us thank Heaven for having preventcd the most dreadful of crimes ! "The assassin is not a Frenchman. Let us congra tulate ourselves thereon, for the honour of our country. "It is not for us to seek for the motives that armed the hand of the regicide. The culprit is in the hands of justice. It will discover if he had accomplices or instigators, or whether he is of the race of Erostratus— a fool ambitious to write his name in history, whether cursed by posterity or stained by blood. " But what we may state, what all Paris witnessed yesterday, is the outburst of indignation which animated the whole population when it heard of the attempt— the enthusiasm which it displayed by hastening towards the Emperor to greet him with prolonged shouts of devotion and gratitude. " When the Emperor returned from the Bois de Boulogne, whither he had gone to join and reassure the Empress, his return through the Champs Elysees was a triumphal march, and a striking proof of the_ sentiments of our working classes was given by groups of workmen assembled on some buildings under construction, who greeted his Imperial Majestp with deafening hurrahs. "The Emperor, who was calm and impassible at the moment of danger, was evidently moved by this warm and sincere greeting. " It is impossible for us to describe the scene offered by the Boulevards when their Imperial Majesties passed along them on their way to the Opera Comique. More than 200,000 persons were shouting Vive l'Empereur !' Many houses were spontaneously illuminated. Inside the Opera Coinique two or three times during the performance the house rose as,if by an electric movement and loudly cheered the Emperor. The same joy was evinced everywhere. " happy are the princes who inspire suc'i sympathies! Happy are the sovereigns who represent in so high a degree the incarnation of the national sentiment, when a whole nation feels itself deeply interested for what con cerns them, ready to rise to support or to defend them !" THE LOSS OF THE CIVESUS.-SAILING OF THE SARDINIAN CONTINGENT. A letter from Genoa of the 25th supplies additional details of this sad disaster. This splendid vessel ssiled from Genoa for Constantinople on the morning of the 24th, having in tow the sailing transport Pedestrian, laden with a battery of artillery of six guns, and a large qUantity of ammunition ; the Crcesus herself being full of stores, comprising three months' provisions for the expedition, and having besides 37 officers, some of the engineers, but chiefly of the medical and commissariat departments, 259 soldiers of the sappers and miners and waggon train, and 25 mules belonging to the latter corps. The fire appears to have broken out about 10.30 a.m., in the neighbourhood of the engine room, from whence it spread so rapidly, notwithstanding the efforts of the crew, aided by the hearty assistance of the soldiers, who are said to have shown great firmness and discipline, that half an hour after wards Captain Hall thought it prudent to cut the towing hawsers, and run his own vessel on shore, in order to give every one on board a better chance of saving their lives. At this time the Crcesus was of the head land of Portofino, and selecting a sandy creek near the villaguof Recco, he ran her into it, and she is described as having taken the ground almost without a shock, so gentle was the inclination of the beach. But it was here the confusion began which unfortunately caused the loss of several lives. Captain Hall and his officers endea voured to enforce some attention to discipline in load ing the boats, but the fire had gained so much head that a panic had seized on many, wo saw nothing but cer tain death in the delay required for good order, and con sequently many jumped overboard so hampered with knapsacks or cloaks that it was impossible they could swim, and others who never could swim. Most of these, however, were rescued by those in the ships' boats or the shore boats, which by that time had come off to their assistance. The precise loss of life has not yet been accurately ascertained, though, as far as the passengers and crew are concerned, I believe my report of last night was tolerably correct, namely, six soldiers and one seaman, but an eye-witness assures me that some of the coast people who went off to the rescue fell victims to the panic, which caused such over-crowding in the boats, nod in one instance he says ho saw a small boat worked only by two women, which was swampcd in this way and one of the poor women drowned. The cause of the fire has not been clearly discovered, and there fore,, of course, rumour is busy in ascribing reasons. Some say spontaneous combustion of the coals, others a leakage from the spirit-room, &c. ; some ascribe it to carelessness, and others to intent. In the latter suppo sitios suspicion falls on those parties that have been so active in trying to bring the treaty of alliance with France and England into disrepute ; as so grave a mishap at this very outset of the expedition is only too well calculated to set men's minds against it altogether. Luckily, however, this event has produced far less effect in this way than might have been expected. The em barkation is proceeding to-day with more vigour than bad been seen before, ami the Nubia, which is now nearly laden with stores, will shortly be ready to replace the ill-fated Crcesus. The Carlo Alberto, too, is ready for sea, and may probably be despatched this evening. Immediately on the receipt of the first intelligence of the Crcesus being on fire, which was about five p.m., Captain Brock or dered the Jura, which happened to have her steam up, shifting her berth, to proceed in search, and the Vulcan, Voop•ship to get up steam and follow. They both re turned in the erening, and brought in the Pedestrian. The Jura is alongside the pontoon at the New Mole, and is taking in horses to the number of 400. The other steamers of the first division are also taking baggage on board. *Pieflmontese G aze tt e o f th e 26th u lt. publishes the T h e following particulars relative to the destruction by fire of the steamer Crcesus " When the captain discovered that it was impossible to extinguish *3 fire he gave orders t• out the rope by which the Pedestrian was held in tow, and his sole ob- ject was to make for the coast of Corsica with all possi ble despatch. He thus speedily reached Cape Portofino, close to which is the small village of San Fruttuoso. The captain resolved to run the vessel on the shoals, in order to sink her, and thus save a portion of her cargo, • and he cautioned the passengers on hoard to prepare for the shock, and not to quit the deck until she grounded. Unfortunately, the Crcesus before reaching the shoals met with a sandbank, w here she struck. The soldiers and crew then either got into the boats or swain ashore. It is supposed that at that moment some soldiers who could not swim well were drowned. The officers and crew remained last on board. Everybody becomingly per formed his duty:" We read in the Opinione : " The conflagration of the Crcesus is accounted for as follows :—lt is well known that when a mass of coal has been several times exposed to rain, a sort of phosphoric oxyde forms itself on its surface, which becomes easily inflamed when the motion of the steamer occasions a certain friction and brings the masses of coal in contact with each other. The fatal accident which destroyed the Crcesus cannot be attributed to any other cause. The captain, whose conduct was above all praise, ordered the rope which served to tow the Pedestrian to be cut, for the double reason that the latter was laden with gun powder, and that her weight retarded the progress of the steamer. The boatmen on shore displayed little z eal in assisting the shipwrecked. Two poor women, sisters, threw themselves into a boat, and by diet of rowing they reached the wreck ; but, too many soldiers having rushed into the boat, it sank, and those two courageous women disappeared and perished, victims of their devotedness." Another account in the same journal says :-- Maria and Caterina Avigno are the henceforth im perishable names of the two heroic sisters. The body of the first was seen some time afterwards floating among the shoals. She leaves eight young orphans. The second was taken out of the water in such a state that there is little hope of saving her life. The number of victims is said to be eight or ten, mostly soldiers, who got into the boat that capsized or attempted to swim ashore. Two poor fishermen of Comagli, who occa sionally come to sell their fish on the coast of France, behaved most nobly. They arrived i i time to embark 60 men of the English crew, who reached Genoa last evening. The Mayors of Comagli and Becco also has tened to give every assistance in their power. Tue brave captain and the major commanding the Engineers were the last to quit the Crcetus. The military chest and various other objects were saved. The shipwrecked were received on shore in the most hospitable and humane manner. The engine is said to be little damaged. The major's horse and twenty -five mules were drowned." The Piemonte says : " The soldiers on board the Crces well. They belonged to the Artillery and c t o e nbid , rable. of Engineers. The loss of provisions " beha ti v ie ed C v o e r r p y s awsawsithin 15 miles When the fire broke out the Crce3ua Great w was the anxiety of land, off Portofino and Reeco on board during the ho n u o r . an A ' d agelniacirfottihse wveosnsleolnwansf steering towards Portofi the men were afraid to expose Comagli, clegatngthar,t in order to save the shipwrecked, themselves se to ei got into a bois , a e nd rowed alone towards the Crcesus. Th e boat having upset, the poor woman met with a watery grave. She leaves a husband and eight ~~~~~~ I-PRICE 5D ARMY BEFORE . SEBASTOPOL COM -311 TTEE.-(THIS DAY.) The committee reassembled this morning at the usual hour. General, Sir John Burgoyne was the first witness called, and was examined by the chairman. He stated that he had the management of the whole engineering operations before Sebastopol. He arrived there with the army. When the army arrived he had to plan the approaches to the town and to direct the for mation of the trenches. They could not get one half of the work done which was necessary, in consequence of the weakness of the army. Before the siege operations began the communication with Balaklava was very good. That continued up to November, when the bad weather set in, and the road became a mud-hole. It was their opinion that Sebastopol would yield to the attack of the Allies in a very short time after the commencement of - the siege. It would have required a very large force to hive constructed the road, and the men employed ought to have been to some extent acquainted with the nature of the work. A sufficient number of men could not have been spared from the army—they were all so heavily engaged in the trenches. In fact the force was scarcely sufficient to man the trenches with any degree of efficiency. It was his opinion that it was at that time more advantageous to the army that the men should be employed in the" trenches rather than in making the roads. The discomfort which followed did not arise en tirely from the bad road ; it arose equally as much from the mortality amongst the baggage animals. They died off from want of care and proper attention. Chairman—Had you any complaints of the want of tools sent out 1 Sir J. Burgoyne—No complaint was made to me on the subject. I never heard of it until I saw it mentioned in the papers. 'I afterwards, however, made inquiries, and the Sappers told me that the tools they had might certainly have been of a better description. I also found that some of the tools were of the old Peninsular pat tern. Examilhation continued—ln his opinion the labour of the men was not' impaired by defective or improperly made tools. He could not understand how the tools could have been complained of to the extent they-had been. There was certainly some little ground of objec• tion to part of them in the respect he had mentioned, but not to the whole of them. By Mr. Layard—He did not recollect that the tools sent out in 1828 to Portugal were condemned and sent back. To his knowledge no complaints were made of the tools by the men. By General Peel—The siege operations extended over a space of 3 miles. The covering party consisted of 2,000 men, but the working parties varied in strength according to circumstances. The covering party was afterwards reduced in consequence of the weakness of the army. When the army landed, so far as he knew, it was in ignorance of the amount of the Russian force in the Crimea. It was manifest that they must, at all events. receive large accessions ; and it was therefore advisable that the siege operations should be commenced as soon as possible. By Mr. Layard—He did not make any representation to head-quarters for a larger supply of men to carry on the trench operations. He was constantly applying for men ; but the Adjutant-General informed him that they could not be afforded, in consequence of the weakness of the army. He had the command of the corps of Engineers. His position in the Crimea was different to that he bad held in the Peninsula in conducting siege operations. The siege operations were, however, en tirely under his control, and he considered himself the responsible person for everything connected with them. The army arrived at Balaklava on the 27th September, but no ground was broken-until the 10th October. The troops were in the interval employed in conveying up materials and tents to the camp. At that time there were no means at the command of the army to make a road. By Lord Seymour—lt was not believed 'on the Bth November that the troops would have to winter in the Crimea 2 • at all events it was not so to his knowledg e . By the Chairman—When the bad weather commenced he did not think of making good the road, principally because he had not sufficient labour at his command. By Lord Seymour— One important provision which ought to have been made for wintering there was the construction of a good and available road. No consul tation was held at head-quarters relative to preparations for wintering. If a number of " navvies " had then been sent out to make the road, they would have been of in finite use ; but unfortunately the idea was not thought of, In his opinion a good road would have been far more adapted for its purpose than the railway. Lord Raglan had power to depute officers to inquire into the best means of providing for the care of the baggage animals by placing them under cover, and to direct them to report to him (witness), but it was not done. 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Sherwood, 23, Paternrster-row; Mann, 39, Corn=; or of DP, RICHARD CULVERWELL, nalther, Successor, and Twenty Years CAnsulting Colleague of the late Author of the above. 10, Argyll-place, Regent-Areet, London, w ho ms, he advised with on the above matters daily, from Ten till Five, and in the evenings. from Seven till Nine --- ----- DEMAND FOR SEAMEN.—The demand for seamen for the outward bound vessels to the. St. Lawrence has been so great that it could not be supplied by the Clyde ports, and about 1011 seamen have been brought from Liver pool to man some of the ships. This will not be won- &red at when it is known that the eminent firm of Pollok, Gilmour, and Co. have despatched 17 vessels from Port-Glasgow, with 25 to 34 men in each, within the last week or two. The wages in Liverpool are gene rally lower than here, and the crews entered there are e ither put on board their slips at the Tail of the Bank by the steamer that brings them round, or are met here by the little tug which conveys them on board their several vessels, or to Port-Glasgow, as may be required. —Greenock AdverSiaer. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIRLD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 51 Os Od ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply moderato, and trade firm. OUMBERLAND. Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 5/ Os ; cloves ditto, 3/ Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 11 5s to 71 103 per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECIIIAPNL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 51 Os; clover ditto. 31 Os to 61 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 10s per Joad. A full average supply and a sluggish demand. COLONIAL. - - - - SUGAR.—There has been an increased demand for foreign, and prices have been tending upwards. Of unclayed Manilla 20,000 bags have been sold privately at a price not transpired. A cargo of No. 14 has been sold at 25s for mid. Refined brown lumps have been at 46s 6d, and gro cery at 47s to 52s 6d per cwt. There were landed last week at the East and West India Docks 518 hhds 59 tree 434 brie, there were taken for home use 1,330 hhds 91 tree 441 brls ; and the stock is 7,963 hhds 741 tree 1,514 brie. COFFEE.—Plantation Ceylon has been well supported, and of colony descriptions the supply is scarcely adequate. Fine Mocha is much in request. Foreign is fully supported. Native Ceylon has been firm at 47s to 47s 6d. ILICE.—A. large business has been done at fuller prices. three cargoes of Arracan have realised 12s 6d to 12s 9d. Rum.—The demand has been very active at a slight ad vance. There were landed last week at the above named docks 208 puns, 3 hhds, there were taken for home use 231 puns, 23 hhds, and there were exported 177 hhds and 278 puns. The stock is 7,691 puns, 542 hhds. CINNAMON.—The sale began heavily, but afterwards improved for the good and fine. First sorts realised 24 to 44 advance. Seconds were lil dearer, and fourths went at previous rates. The total quantity sold was 1,800 bales. TEA. —The demand has been limited. Common Cougou has been sold at 94 per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is steady at 55s per cwt on the spot. COUNTRY MARRETF. p -APRIL 27. ~ and samples found ready !s to 3s per qr. Spring corn s. s. Oats, per qr 27 38 Peas, Partridge 36 40 White 38 41 Boiling 42 48 Dun 11 37 Beans, Tick 37 43 Harrow ticks 43 45 Mazagan 35 38 Ditto, new 35 37 ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM MITTEE. • Continued from our .first impression of yesterday.) Captain Milne; at the request of Lord Seymour, then proceeded to read a letter from Admiral Boxer, dated in January of the present year, in which it was stated that the labour at his command for cording vessels at Con stantinople was very inadequate. Capt. Milne then went on to state that the Balaklava harbour was under the direction of different authorities at different times. Admiral Lyons first of all had the con trol, assisted by Captain Mens ; Captain Keith fol lowed, and subsequently Capt. Dacres. Captain Powell had the command, and ultimately. Admiral Boxer, who was transferred thither from Scutari, on the 29th of January last. The Chairman—Was the transfer of Admiral Boxer from Scutari to Balaklava, considered as promotion ? Witness—No ; merely a change of duty. Chairman —Were the Admiralty, then, so well satisfied with the manner in which Admiral Boxer had dis charged his duties at Constantinople that they considered it expedient to send hint to B tlak lava ? Witness—He was a very zealous officer. The Chairtnan—That is not an answer to my ques- lion. Witness—l am not aware under what circumstances :he First Lord of the Admiralty was induced to send him to Balakiava. e thatst i o n he e from was Lord s Captain eyin A o l u i r l n , e a , ft i e n ry, r a p r l d y s t w o e a n t s e o r n i es t ° E f t state . a not aware of any'detention having arisen i n the case of transport vessels which had returned from the Crimea sick and wounded. There was, it was true , one in stance in which delay had taken place ; but that might have been owing to the tide preventing the ship from getting into harbour. The sick, on their arrival, were sent to the different hospitals at Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Chatham ; those that were not hospital cases were sent on board the flag ship. The Admiralty bad never received any information to the effect that the naval contingent had been badly fed and clothed. They were fed and clothed the same as on board, and drew their rations from a store established for their especial use at Balaklava: They were stationed about six miles from that place. By Mr. Drummond—With regard to Admiral Boxer there was not a more able, hard-working, or meritorious officer in the ser v i ce ; and he had risen to his present position entirely through his own merits. He was not placed in his present position on account of his being related to any peer. (Laughter.) He was first rated at sea as an able seamen ; but that did not imply that he served before the mast in that capacity. He was harbour-master, at one time, at Quebec. This having concluded the evidence of Capt. Milne, Sir Charles Trevelyan, who had in the meanwhile ar rive'l, in compliance with the request-of the. co 'Una... was called, and In reply to Mr. Layard, who read an extract from the official copy of the evidence of Sir Charles,' the latter said that he had stated before the committee that it was " only as wants were found out that they were provided for," and admitted that the report of this portion of his evidence was correctly given by the shorthand writer. Sir Charles Trevelyan—l beg to observe, however, that in the answer to the next question put to me by Mr. Layard, I explained what I really meant by that remark. The questions were put to me so closely one after the other that I had not at the moment an oppor tunity of explaining my meaning. The Chairman.—Lfind in the Times of the 28th April a paragraph to the following effect :—" Sir Charles Tre velyan has forwarded • the following communication to the committee," and then follows the communication. Did you ever forward any communication to the com mittee ? _ _ _ Sir Charles Trevelyan.—l did ; to Lord Seymour ? The Chairman.—. Did you supply that statement to ;he Times? Sir C. Trevelyan.—l did. I felt very keenly the imputation implied by a question put . ,by Mr. Layard to the Duke of Newcastle, because it'went directly to impugn my fitness for the duty in which I have been employed for the last 15 years. I have during that period devoted myself entirely to them, and I felt it was a great grievance that my management of the depart ment under my charge should be impugned in the most vital point of all others, namely, the exercise of a reason able foresight. I also supposed that as my, evidence given before the committee was published in all the papers there could be no objection to my sending a statement to the Times, as I had already furnished one to Lord Seymour to be submitted to the committee. Mr. Layard—Are you aware of the decision cone to by the Committee in consequence of that communication to Lord Seymour ? Sir C. Trevelyan—l know it to be the practice of all Parliamentary committees to receive statements in ex planation, and I took it for granted that mine would be received. Mr. Layard—But did you not consider that, having communicated it to the Committee, it would have been made public to the press, and that therefore it was unne cessary to write to the Times. Sir C. Trevelyan—My only object was to convey to the public a correct representation of what I really meant. If I have committed any irregularity I make my submission to the committee, and sincerely regret having done so. General Peel remarked that if the statement bad not been made to the Times the public would never have known that any explanation had been received by the committee. Sir C. Trevelyan, in reply to Mr. Layard, then said he had not been attacl:ed in the public press in conse quence of the answer he had given, but almost every person be met had spoken to him respecting it. The Chairman—But you say in this communication " I distinctly deny having made any such statement." To say that is to impute incorrectness to the words already quoted. Sir 0. Trevelyan—l have no doubt the committee• would receive my explanation as I intended, but I bad some doubts that it would appear in the public prints, and therefore I sent the communication referred to to the _Times. _ _ Thu Chairman—You should not have disclaimed the statement contained in your answer ; you should have said that you did make that statement, but that it re quired explanation. - Sir Charles Trevelyan then rose and withdrew. The room was afterwards cleared for consultation, and the doors remained :closed for nearly half-an-hour. On the re-admission of the public, Captain Tullock, commander of the Sea Nymph trans port vessel, was called, and was examined by Mr. Lay ard. His examination, however, did mot occupy many minutes, and his evidence presented no features of par ticular interest. Capt. Hillyer, of the Nhval Brigade, was next called, but he had scarcely commenced his evidence, when The committee adjuurned, it being close upon four o'clock. RAILIV.A.Y INTELLIGENCE. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA. The halflearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the offices, New Broad-street, Mr. WAJ. Hamilton in the chair, Mr. NICHOLSON, the managing director, read the report. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was so full that he had but little to add to it. The traffic continued to increase, particulaily that in passengers, which had increased in proportion to the additional mileage opened. They would perceive that the net profit paid into the treasury of the East India Company for the last half-year was not so much as in the two preceding half-years. This did not arise from any falling off in the traffic, but from an increase of ex penditure. The reason of this was, they had taken the maintenance of the permanent way into their own hands, to accommodate the contractor, who re turned to England. The contractor being bound to keep it in repair for 12 months, he of course al lowed the company a certain sum for it, which .the parties in India placed to the credit of capital instead of to that of working expenses. The extra expenses thus incurred by the rebanasting and maintenance of way were charged to revenue, and the consequence was that they amounted to 21 per cent. of the receipts, instead of to 10 per cent., the ordinary amount. This was an exceptional course, and would not happen again. They would not have the goods traffic from the interior until the exten sion lines from Callian towards the north-east and south east were completed some distance towards haw bad on the one band, and Poonah on the other. They Ic i d received reports from their engineers that morning ozzi i i ie l respecting the surveys of the extension 1 that the probable expense of the portion oor a length were very satisfactory. They stated in e th f l e th ir e r s e e p u o t rt s h. east extension line from Poonah to Sbolaepf ie th pernaa of 165 miles, for a double line, exclusive , and the steepest gradient This would be a first-class line,s Great credit was due a n i e t n e t vp sv a a ti y v , e w li o n u e l d w e b u e id o only s a , t 6 t l h o e /. v p t e e r e t.!i f i 1 5, e 78 a n o L d p tat: mils. al I on it would not exceed 1 in 1 ability t t e he a y se h en ad d exerted in improving the cur they would be perfectly and be had no doubt . the ghauts, difficulties bad been thrown ioConsiderable . 1 successful.. in respect to their extension towards the to the engineers for the en v e e r s g ! , ,i3r of the Thull-ghaut, in consequence of 'in their way , iindangdr aadbi it, but he believed. the supposed diff i c ulty could prove to the authorities that it their engineers ticable. Ey t is means t the would be enabled, was prac . of ascending ns tided to get into i e , . great cotton-fields and from which they of Berar, expected angoorrtilig-ienaasit b y h p t or th ti e on re o: o t r h t e s ir at t i r s a fa ffi ct c o . ry ; and in doing so said the most remu but be hoped in future 111 r. FIELD seconded the motion, that whatever expenses fairly belonged to capital would not be charged to revenue. Mr. Tin, said it b n e e r t a h t o i v u e g ~ was very undesirable to release the 1 contractor from the mainten end cf. tlielilac 4ipu,a+ed two ot the way before the , wlncli vs z:s generally twelve n;.,ntlis from the complaion of the works. By doing so it was probable that, throut;li the i,eyiect in construction, or !rout some other cause, the shareholders would have to bear heavy expenses that would otherwise fall upon the comractor. The CuAißmiN said, the directors had sent out posi tive instructions that the contractors should not be re leased in Mule. Resolutions were glen passed, adopting the report and re,eiecting the retiring directors and auditor. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors con cluded the proceedings. - - - -- Previous to taking his departure from Buckingham Palace, the Emperor of the French left 1,5001. to be di. vided among the royal servant s, f in the Lord n the fllowin d's g pro portions :-5001. to those employedStewar department ; 5001. to those in the Lord Chamberlain's department ; and 5001. to the grooms and servants in the department of the Master of the Horse. CHELMSFOR A brisk demand for wheat purchase's at an advance of the turn dearer. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr. 79 SO new 57 SO red, old 53 73 new 53 73 Barley 27 3 t Chevalier 27 35 Grinding 23 30 Malt 68 72 Chevalier 70 74 COLCHESTER- APRIL 28. We had a small supply of wheat, which met a brisk sale at 5s to Gs per qr. advance on the prices of last week ; bar ley the turn dearer, and beans and peas were also 2s per qr. dearer. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 70s to 76s ; red, 61s to 70s ; barley, 32s to 34s ; oats, 28s to 32: ; bear s Mazagan, 36s to 388 ; middle and small, 40s to 44s ; peas, white, 42s to 46s ; grey, 36s to 40s. Official Statement, of the Quantities of Corn, &c., received in the port of London, from the following ports, from the 22d to the 30th April, both inclusive. I TD g 0 —.— Colchester Harwich l5O 560 250 Lei g h Mahlon :ALDY—A ipplies of al] an advance ?RIL 28. kinds of grain , to-dy. of 33 per qr. ; barley KIRK( We had very small s Sales brisk. Wheat a' and oats of is per qr. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. First Second Third 66s Od I 32s 0,1 I 20s 0,1 Os 08 ET.—Artur. 30. Ale close of l t ls h en us d e , Ar s.et. Wa rkc. ' COAL MARK, Pecos of Coal per ton at t s. a , Buddle W. Hartley ...... IS ( I P. d . 19 0 Carp's Hartley ... ......... 15 C Eden Ma in Jonassohu's Hartley ....17 0 Lainbton Primrose 1S 6 Davison's West Hartley 18 6 Bell 1S 3 Ilasting's Hartley ....... IS C gelinont 18 6 h t war .... :•••••....17 0 Raswell cio 0 IlOward's We . ... Hartley Kepler Grange Netherton ............... IS C North Hetton Hartlepool West Hartley IS 0 glummer t.t.0..n. North Percy Hartley — 1 17 5 6 ( 033 ' i ss ll ccto u ,aleis s ilw. i io e aclii l rlo l it l ic, s .se: l .. l . e t t o n West Pelton Twaaulfikeelrd Primrose MooM oo rßut . o . s 1 1 6 5 : 10 , 0 Grey's west Hartley lB Wylam l6 3 1-uo•ilitii a, r . t . i . e . p .. . 0 0 . . 1 ... ... ... 19 6 South. a 1 1 . G iiiil i ie b tala s .dtt o ooe u nini -W . a . . 11 ....... 8 ". ..... ... .. ...... 19 0 kWest Kell° l9 6 - ........ , 17 630 :\ \ D Ve e he i si Iv tw e ° 11 1 t .t w : ater Hartley, lo3 l So6 B 300 6 ... .... ... .17 01 , .•••••• Ships at market ~. 52 I Sold 53 ~.'"" tlkeith, gillert , fr-4 liors)