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; " . 19 d '7;O 0 'l6 0 0 ". 3 " ;:lq3 T o° l 0 • 1 1 000 1 ' 9lOO 2 ?p 0 I T °l lO . _,.9 1 1 0 0," gal I > '" -< 4 „ i n i .if g !Ito 11 0 , 4 : 111° ,4 0 do .0. 4 ry a " i" t y obio li feef p efl t t he , iot' r t) foo tk° f° o ° 4o °' " , tO htj r 1' lei, 11 ' 'is' Of 11 of , V e of tor, ens CI • of the y A . 'toff J.414410,131131T SMITEI'S MONT ELAND t Saturday. ltil Altlitn/ 11,,, r l'ea Lrery Evenihg, at 8 o'll , )ek, cmc.P Tharoay, trt.yrdry• at re%tocinzs take place every Tuesday, _ .. o _, c i —Stalls can be taken at the Bo mc p hr..._ 1.4 ' 4 ye% till E our.—Egyptian Ball, riccadilly. rb, ,4, A r tile N 4t ,,,'", " A NNIVERSARY FESTIVAL '4O der, -.?''' I. 04PIIAN lIOMt will take Place at the 44-1 keyartichanond-hill, on WEDNBSD4X. June ~_ 20th, isi, 'l):llle,ti,_'dXhileP.B the Duke of CAMBRIDGE will presto. 1.'4141ns for the St ewardships (the number of which . the c'tary ,:,.14,t be tnade before the 10th of June, addressed to will cl 4 , i ltv, /rares National Orphan Home, Ham-common, or to wil' e hrd ---- Waittinqo (.., t t gt 'by ey...s h.,Chapter I r , the Institution t itql '''' ' li ve l trY in respect 11 ,.., wn Teti srth, rt i as by the Rev. Joseph Bro , Rector of t Chan ,ekfriars e, • e4w,„ -road. . tive two life votes at all elections ; five guineas L'Y eft 4 B 'ol4B, 2 . 2 ; EST ERN COALS.—Best, 245. ; co 7, ex , cu i e Pc_r ton The Great Western Railway Com p ~124 s ,oerders Ruabon Coals, equal to the finest Na r r ton, and for excellent and economical Vron " 4 1114 au f w Z: ;, a psaat acitiinr'aio o 228. per ton. C as h pr i ces with i n 4 m iles nAddrea to the Superintendent, Great P,911,1 ---- ----_________ A , ' l , 1r 'Ts'ir WPSTERN RAILWAY' and ATE( ..rae ALQL,Lliilll-121',1)4Y:LAn Excursion Train to B tk l , ror n 1 3 - - ve Paddington at 7.45 a.m., an I return thfclare.3— kty 4 k 1 . ristl:l at 630 and Bath at 7 o'clock ILTIL., I jelictS klo obt,49‘, Bristol 1 0s. and es - No luggage allowed. 1 4 4 ; 4 49 ' 4 11, so eci ti o ,, a t the three previous days at the Padding= Al it , Str am ' .0 Rem.ln each day, at 57, Oz.. eet , 24, t -street; 264, Holborn, and Bing streetisCit: Itci -, ---,.. h ,„ ;'"Ulkz 4 1.1"1:1 a" NORTH-WESTERN and MlD .vi 'tAtt, Ay,, .vi -- tivi . /V -. WHITSUNTIDE ROLIDAYS. DAY %Ili tl oeco.-.A 4i I th .. class, will be issued from London to 1 r, k , 11 1 onalbam I Norminton • 1 14t ttiti Nottiniham :Oakenthaw y? tk kt,, 10 , t Doncaster t,. (t ito n and r a l , Bradford OY, 4 '''Y tri t i,. Leeds tc,Zthiliris,4 diClusi,re, and will be available Tor return by the "It ' 44 ' "s " Sa turday May 26, and intermediate lSlhaesalrl°l days, 1,, 4 4t ‘1 tick 4l d aY of , to and including Saturday, June . 2. Y 1 44 N)re: t. wi ll s) be ibs.i.ed on the same days, t 4 _ 9 trai , 9. 9%. 111 1 .1 to, London. available "Silt -4) be issued from the. above ktation§ 41 , 3ia3', 1855 BY order. W h‘ , k k4 W i M) 4 1 N I , and xo R Q y44._ , 4itstuitid k i: , 2i. oild T y li s._ -W , E y ST TL E ci R E N rs i R sm A e ITL 25 . ,na intervening days, will be Available until % t „ qb,„. - Nee s n,„, order, MARK EITISH. wuee, uston Station, Ma 37,1855. 1 4 01,kli ) ov ktlktill4'ttilbt'th4oettiLdErrOßTH-WESTERN RAIL - x ~, , :zio NT of the NIGIEIT MAIL - TRAIA S. t i tt:4l • 4 :43 / :1 14 411 1 ., C b e accelerated, it: a a i r r i lng d and r e rp o d s a ton yJ s u g n u e ar l e , ath e mails and first class exPress passengers tbe lA' re I)43ttiortra't and second class passengers. will the 1% .t ht 444 t r ' 1, 1i 48 for thingßirmam and Crewe; from Proceed by ail 14i8t1,,ght ti 7/Itig Etisktu-Square Station at 9.10 p.m., and ‘l ., „Mt London at 4.15 a.m., will be discontinued. 41 % 04 , biter. Willthaisaao at t e accelera ted, Present. leaving the towns t.t444%'lds:"ngers f h our . 1 044 . t41).4 ) : ° b y . tk roln London will be conveyed daily to Edin gt, t4 i . t ol4 t . !yt .r t :rains leaving the Enston Station at 6.15 4104 1Pr,141tibt,,25 and °Rutin* London by the trains EQ. and Glasgow at 9.10 a.m., arriving ZNin,; ass be ,0 1, - 1 . on s v ' e r , ern .., Loudon to stations north of Edinburgh 1 8,,' 1 10 , '',lond4,,f by the train leaving the Easton Sta f,LA42,2, Lor t e n , Wednesdays, and saturdays, and from D'lntt arriving the same days by the trail's leaving in London at 11 o'cl ck the follow- Y order 11.1 BRK RIIISH. "Lee, Euston Station, May, 855. l i lt i ,,tAt T 7, 0 FFRACTN OR TH-W ETERN S for STORES for S the year mid hi,obtr or th '-' , rector s are prepared to receive TENDERS e , an cler , nentioned p STOßES o jt ' 4 ve s "" Tubes, f or I,t lb -cit. le !kit 10 44 41;f1, I 40 , 1 , ,,,k1te, QN" qo 44), &c. t, "hi' kkg 41,1 ' feet ' 7 , ettnd p ), ` i pe. tltiTV,,, ll, l o .' on °r rn Of Tender may be had on and after Wed '4,l4 '''t "vPlication i n writing, to the S ec retary, Euston ',tr.lhop~Yin der printed separately, and %11 0 , 1 , , each Contret are .41 11 1 t11 141 4 D 'it , State th e articular Contract or Contracts for '04 11 '4, 411 E? ki," l- L. c. te nder P ,t,,;1 1 4 11 44 ti r 0 , 7 ilispeCted on and after Wednesday, May 23, le tlrth e ck, at the Coman's Pattom Room, Euston Alt, thet It 'at f rmAtion require!. may be obtained on he El at ia ‘f , of the several departments. in on or before Ten o'clock on Monday, S tfol l . l4 By order of the Directors. / 1 CLIAi. E. STEWART. a th, 1855. No. of Contract 20 Iron, Yorkshire. 20a. Iron, Staffordsh t re. 21. II on Castings. 22. Iron Work. 23. Wh€els. 24. Oil, B .rning, &c. 25. Oils (various), Tallow, ani Turpentine. 27. Steel. 24. Steel Springs and Filea. 29. fin Blocks. 30. Tin Sheet and Spelter. pll. lll. Ap o V; , V't i ti ts '''Zu i n ‘4,".1i ta:Z‘ll 0, . ItP ,Eik4,, e° , ll l l .„ e I, ta ku a GERMANY, or in 4h e 'COL -.'4 ili tti % - "Mvafactaring Talent is obtained and A LLI k'S PAl i b lNZtro.,,th win • - .11 C - 5t8,,,",, , T01i • E t , ibil° new garment of the Season. OLL, s -' YE el' i Pie th a e nd u Two Guineas each. ~ '' l t A ''aiXt; It YIItLk . QU I l'. " e One Guinea, Waterproof, yet s o tr m ,, Tt e , Tt to , m able. k, 41 1 - 4 , e i k ." for !in 'lV,k s t-' , ERS and HALF-GUINEA N,,... f irst.', e ritsll•Ap, COATS. I„,, htZtlbl: '4 33 R, ' an ~,,,...‘= and other OUTFITS sent gratis. 'et ' 4 l 4 lit well ' 4 'en ''4 of the globe who have he O ? Ve ''tt,•, Aa(h. tsPr e t; a eas t 4 11414 1,,: 4. e,,pitr_.d in regulated sizes, so that they 11,4'Ai„ the eitz•; 2, u ce NlCtlLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, I. i it pli t i '''' pr, ~ I. „Lb._ Il l t 'ori 4'1011;CTIP I -U-EORNIC INSTITUTIONS tk t at 4 a.ie 'S and r , h p in 11 4 ,,. 14, 4 3ty end - -xii I BITIONS as delivered before her . tiN, Il itit, ° „tiQp t ;ton, „"ts co ntinued , n Prince Albert, tn . t i 'ittimlik 4 uos6 A -T, b i o.„ be consisting of the TELE kN St ai :he .v. \tAILLi'IVLYING VIEWS of :INB AD ~' 4 ht„'• /.,,,,Yae a „"'l LIMED CASCADE, the DIORAIid A, jilt ' , AL A •-'l•(ri t ioss the Atlantic, and the Cities in the the li4ay , '4l ' , EN •' ,' °Y I RONGS end SO_NG WRITE RS ' bY k4 1 ,.7- Y rai lt '' "ISSOLVING VIEWS of the WAR, Bcc. fit COR AL e 21, ilii i ja L t Lecture to the Industrial Classes : trt I' It Nib 2 by TREVrETHAN SPICIS, LL.D. NYDYttr SIC k k 's. '4 ‘ l' s 44 1, e4 11r h l IALL, Euston-sqn,are, near St. k"tt- or 11 1 4 ,744 i' 4 e 7 r-roa - d the Con kti:littili.i i t - Ot naa : ope n Every • — This i c• Gem amongitti far l t , tii t . l l : l olll 4 4 iii ex, Y e : t r higher prete e n. a nso ig n ' s. w The mos populr ?t it„„titiq r ,aki to , ed by artistes of known celebrlYt Iyk,:4 4 at,,i hi s na will be found Mr. 0 while Re "t: G ' attracte donsfort and cony silence of the vl Biters. tatl i tcil i,.D l a,llel, 4 taigua,i ent ., e d Partyfor a limited period , 10 N I % u 3 , 4 :: , tle va 4•l v rane.na,•• whose •• partant pour la W. Pell, the s i ,%a k ' Ai , co nrn'Yvebastepor ar-s beyond all praise. The 't k 4 t f ilkkli t P at t ,,, et 'ionst and will accommodate upwards of It I ' - ' Ils e trangers tour cherchent nn amusement de 4 .„,„„ ,nstrur_ore tousles soirs A radresse ci-dessu e s, It e t PracaTtnt!Lesoutentt par des artistes du pr - 1 1%% }, li , ill u . open at half-past seven. I.- —.S END ST AB 4 kq'ttr. , p, _ `., ca'i i t e , ii can -- uicETs. ik o itt tb , pal , the Greenhithe and rnrneot Piers. TERRACE era as underlined (weather permittine pm --.R. GRAVESEND. O SuwnsYs z A 11 ,1 li,:lts _ ' • ISN; `• 1 Iti t V I N -... 1 ' \l4l e 5. O t t hehu,, . Th iiii hour ... 4- street Station to all parts of Londot "1. ' I 4A . • t/P e Ilia V, rains fro - CRIALLT, on tho arrival of the fol t b Ts from t he Fencharch-street Station. , . A 7! . 4 _ AUNDATS. 1 a -,,-, t: Fe n- iii 8 21 , 1 4 church 5 V. I E Street - .8 g 2 , --___ .x • z ..... —. ... L ___ 1l 214 5 l'\ i •• -.. 1 A 1 e,..,,,_ ;, lzko t ,„ l4 : --- -„ ..„ _ N t iol! l 'eao ` 4 'P trt ' 1 z" km Fore Cabin.. Saloon, t ' II I't N t ''d and t oldon 10,1 is 2d • '1 I. t:f t . )d ' ashy ~ •••••• •• •• • • • • 4,1,,, , ,, „ r , ileo, 1 , 3 . or Woolwich Bd. •• Os. lo,i. lil t , 40. ; o.,.....ronLerineiliate Piers . 6d. .. Os. Bd. „ 2 1, 4 1, 4 bs 1 2 19 3 1th of ‘zepi . embn• 31. 03- : 'Three i ilk , !ss' . art, tee " °•, of the Colle . ctors on h ' is ' ard the P ickets ; tit 11, Pier, Gravesend kt`sZ,lit,, ita ( b at , ~ "' Pile, , R UITrES o r N 23., tr ,_ YOUTH AND MATURITY. 11 ‘ s4t, t ie, iiti 1 p _ estrated with cases ; free by post for 30 stamp s, ;),, , N 4 i 1 4es R U tT S D E B -I L I T Y; ‘ , ,, : \i' o i t,k l ,,,Ekt, P or ?.-T e i),l,,,, i ° , is, and Cure.--An Essay on Spar ssi bei hi Observations on a safer and more l e 4 0 1 C,1 0) , 13 S• 4tr nent of et ~,., th e _ the diseases of the Generative is ~,, r ~!!nary e „:!_o_r the Microscope in doteoting and \I 1 ste t .aietai„,..altunation, the real cause and effect of ,t 41 ,14 1i,,p4; or ei t l, Whether arising from solitary habits. Z tl ~ ~ to l ty , ex pen e, followed by practical remarks, founded Vi, ii 7 ,14 4 iii,,,,.! . 't._ ai weakness, in the treatment of Impuissance, ve ta e„'arle„, evils Spermatorrhosa, &c. To which ilist i,ll . t eb2 ,,, th e __,he Physiology of Marriage, with pre ..1.7, t - 4.; . 4, re emanating from empirical pr: ctice, '' 4:, , , E;reer s . — ` 4l e advocated by various writes on , ‘ ll 7. , 11,r,f t;;, P 0 1 11 ,. ,p.,EI• Li'ITP.RT. M.D. ht 1. 41 , et,,''te•y_', 4 . ., ''''S QUA RE LONDON, 0 % 4 i We-'l4v•atied ember of the University of Edict ot,..4 NI Poh,Mber of th Oq_ , ‘ ,:1,, 0bj e ,. , c.1-,„. Lo ndon Hospital Medical society, Nit,, s „ , tle„ et ;es' flail, London, gtc., ac. iNis 4 p r o 0,3 e ir,,,,, ee.... treatise, is to point out the fearful con- O l t 'kr ' l 'i! 'i ttlr " mor e ' du habits, irregularities, and excesses, ... 1 ,1„„iy „ili a , ,I,_ 'misery in Youth, degradation in Man ‘otOle,ko 4 e k -'47 t ' t all stages ,li,„ th ,i 1 „:ere.2lowa to of Life, than, perhaps, any t 'lisi. 1 43 silittt`"ded to modern pathologists, It: perusal is 1 li, i -Del, flee Persona entertaining secret donbts of 4 4 11 0 , " 4 who ar 11 t l f i r " i i Prl too of having hazarde . d i 0 4 , lir „sir ~, vtl egeswhich every human being is gni.. et.i.r... 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A' ' t ,* .l t io . :,,,, I l t_iste itt o ', o „.._ , Y , ears been engage:l in an extensive tl4,,;!illovie gel'..sf-,:i delicate complaints, whieh have tl ~"'rk. 1 ,-;ltf l ,;,Zrzmi t l 4,,, corithwl to the cue of ignoran tr, tt y , I i 'lrie ,:,'Eil l ' t ohs, J u r, On those vile are induced to place ,V, Lti ' "' . . ^O T Y in 7 td , N A ' '-'`N''ate`r:' r ate; a- -.. hat ' price 2s, a Messrs. Piper, 4 , 111 , re . le _• s, . n oster•irow • nal . • G 3 0-ford-street i. 1.4„ .41,, L; tons, , . ~, -a Vto a ny ' e•ire,, l , r"n. 3.), Cornhill; or free by post for It kl. %boo_ wili rom the Author's residence, 31, Bed -% daily -. fiv, Da Eleven till Two and from 04 Time No. 19.546.1 PUBLICATIOI\TS. HUB,RAH FOR THE { NOBLE ALLIANCE ! In Nos 699 and 700 of the MUSICAL BOUQUET, price 60. Poetry by ELIZA COOS ; composed by G. R. Cnxrmmr. A truly pArio is sons, an i the music is worthy of the beautnill poetry. Also. Red, White. and Blue (copyright edition), price 6d. 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Just published, Bvo., cloth, price 93., THE SABBATEI(Vol.II.); Or, an Idquiry into the Supposed Obligation of the Sabbaths of the 'Old Testament. By Sir W. DO MVILLE, Bart. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. WILLIAM HOWIT NFAV WORK ON AUSTRALIA.. On - Wednesday next, in 2 cola. post Stro.. LAND, LABOUR, and GOLD; . or, Two Years in Victoria ; with Visit ,, to Sydney and Vary Diemen'iland. By WILLIAM LIOWITT, • Author of " Visits to Remarkable Places. &c. • London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Long-mans. Jost orthlished, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d., STRICTURE of the URETHRA : its Rational Treatment and Prompt Cure. By F. B. COUR "I'E NAY, • Member of the Royal Colloge,of Surgeons of Englind. " We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of tare during the last twenty years has equalled, If, indeed, it has not surpassa, that of any of his contemporaries. It is, therefore, no matter of sin t,rise that he should enjoy the reputation of being a most dexterous and skilful manipn ntor with urethral instruments; and when it is remembered that the lamented Liston used to assert that the introduction of instruments through a stricture which had previously been impermeable to them, was the most difficult in the whole range of surgical operations, it must be' no slight source of gratification on Mr. Cqurtenay's part to have achieved the reputation he has in this res tea ; and for cur part, with the knowledge we have of his experience, we know of no man to whose care we would with greater confidence entrust the' treatment of a severe case of stricture of the urethra."—Medical Circu'ar. London: 11. 13ailliere, 219, Regent-street. A RGYLL ROOMS.—lmmense success of the ,C3l. new dunce, L 'VA.R4OSTIANA : Music by H. LAITRENT. —Danced every evening. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE in Bottle and Cask. 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L ONDON DEPOT, 475, MOORGATE-STREET, City. OZEATTS COPAHINE, or SACC HARATED Q CA PAUL Efi, approved of by the French College of Physicians, successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, rder. and ac k no wledged by them to be the best remedy lOr a certain diso (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1812).—Price per 100 4s. Gd. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZEAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. The Successful Results of the last half -century hate proved beyond question that ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL possesses prcullarly nourishing powers in the growth, restora tion, and improvement of the Hum m Hair, and Is now universally ackno wiedged to be the Cheafest, and superior to all other prepara tions for the Hair. It prevents it from ladling off or turning trey, strengthens weak Hair, cleanses it from scurf and dandruff, and makes it tesutitully s ft, curly, and glossy. 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TRLESEMAR, No. 2, efectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely erictes all traces ot those Disorders which Capivi n o and Cubebs eve se a an long been thought anantidote for, to the raif the health of a vast portion of the pop Ia TRICS t EPAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TItIESZMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell. and of all nauseating quellees. They nlay lie on the toilet table without their use being suspeted. Sold in tin cases at lis. each, free by p ost, 2s. extra, divided lute ;eel:trate doses, as administered by Valpe Loau, Lailemand, Bona, ke.,Bsc.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in nof Johnston, 68, ordnbill; lannav and f10..G3. 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A New Rook, with lists of prices, system of self-measurement, •and other in maybe had on application, or post free. •An Illustrated Almanac fir 1855 gratis, on application, or post free Ici on parte Francais. Qui si parla Italian. Bier sprieht man Deuech. Aqua Se habla Espagnol. from 3 -g /Z k/- ~1~ ;~- t~-r/ 7 /7 r• IN: , 4141 14k4ft 1 4, 1 P 0:01. • At 4 , • • = ,„ -\ • • Ai I ',. ' ic ~l ') .. ir.4).. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NAY X 24, 1855. SMITH TESTIMONIAL FUND. 37, GREAT GEORGE-STREET, WESTMINSTER. S r, • The superior advantages of screw propulsion being fully de monstrated by its general adoption for the public service and for the cummerci ,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 thst screw navigation—whoever may he regarded as its original inventor—must date its real commericement from the successfhl teals and voyages of the ~A rchimedes" in 1839 and 1840 ; and feeling that all naval nations are indebted to the performances of that ship, for the lint practical development of this great improve ment is the means of maritime enterprise; the following gentlemen, personally cognisant of the facts connected with the progress of the system, are strongly impressed with the justice of the claims of Mr. Francis Pettit Smith, to whose talents and untiring energy it is well known the "Archimedes" owed both her origin and SUCCES3. They can also bear record to the steady perseverance with which that gentleman has continued to devote the bast years of his life to the purpose of establishing the meats of the Screw. And they know that the national benefit thus conferred by his labours —which was nrst so clearly confirmed by the performances of the Rattler in 1845, then so strikingly illustrati d at the naval review of 1853, and which is now so confidently relied on for success in actual war—has not hitherto procured for him either public acknowledgment or pecuniary reward. They hove therefore formed themselves into a Provisional Commit tee, and have requested us most respectfully to solicit the honour of your name, and the advantage of your influence and example, in sup port of an appeal to all classes and interests fora general subscription to present a suitable 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 obedt. servants, EDWARD PELLE W HALSTED,/ Hon. Seco. JOHN SCOTT RUSSELL, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. James Allan, Esq., Managing Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Company Charles Atherton, Esq., Chief Engineer H.I. Dockyard, Woolwich Joseph iseardmore, Esq., Manager of the General Steam Navigation Compan , 's Engine Works H. Wollaston Blake,Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London Isambard K. Brunel, Esq., F.R.S., C.E. Edward Chappell, Esq., Capt. R.N., Secretary to the Royal West Rear-Admiral Sir William E. Parry, Kt., lientenant-gover - nor of Greenwich Hospital „ „ .„ „ ~.. 3 0' William Parsons, Esq , Leicester The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company .• 100 0 Messrs. John Penn and Son, en4lneers, Greenwich .. ••• • • • 100 0 John Dlston Fowles, Esq., Witripole-street ' 6 .0 Edward J. Powell, Esq., llydrographic. Department, Ad- miralty Cap:ain William Ramsay, U.N. H.M.S. llogue Messrs. G. Rennie and Co , engineers, Holland-street, Bleck -1 friars .............. .... .... .... . . ... .2) 0. • • • • . ........... William Rigby, Esq., Glasgow - 'lo 0 Major F. C. Robb, E 1.C.5., Beaulieu Heine, Sopthsea ..... 10 0. J - , Scott Russell, Esq., F .R.S., C.E: (Hon. Sec.) Great George-street, Westminster ... Messrs. Samucla Brothers, eng,inedrs, Poplar .... • • ...• •• • • 20 ° "tam Scott, Esq., engineer and shipbuilder, Greenock Messrs. Seaward and Case], engineers, Limehouie .• • lO 0 .roseph Sims, Esq. ' Birmingham .......... .... ~ . Messrs. Sims and Bruntz, Birmingham ... .. 10 0 • Edward Slaughter, Esq:, engineer, Bristol' •• • •••• -- . • Commander Luke Smithett, R.N., H.M.S. 'Vivid ..... ..... 2 0 R. Stephenson, Esq., MA a ' s F.R.S.. Cl., .Great George;- street, Westminster .... • Captain James N. Strange, It.N 1 • . .. 1 0 John M. Sunley, Esq , insurance broker, Cornhill ..... ..... 10 0 William Swann, Esq., Queen-street;lirestminster .. • • ....'• • 2 2 James Tilling, Esq. Hendon . ...... • • 1 1 G. 11. J. Walford, E• • sq., Serle-street, Linetaln's-inn.. •• .••• • • 5 ° Captain Frederick Warden, R.N., H.M.S. Ajax Thomas Waterman, jun., Esq., shipbuilder, Blackwall ' 19 0 Mess.s. James Watt and Co., engineers (per H., Wollaston Blake, Esq , Soho; Birmingham .... :..... ............- '• 100 0 I. Watts, Esq., Assistant-Surveyor H.M. Navy, Somerset- : house .. • • Messrs. John and Robert White, shipbuilders, Cowes Jpseph Whitworth, Esq., engineer, Manchester ..... .. . M. Wigram, Esq., shipbuilder,Blackwall - 0 G. T. Wright, Eso. Lympstone, Devon George -yard, Lombard-st 2 2 Thomas Wright, Esq , engineer, - . Stibscriptions are received by Illessrs. Martin and Co.. GS, Lora 1, rd-street, London; Messrs. Ransom and Co., 1, Pali Mall East, Esq, 37, Great George-street, West ; and by C. M an b y , E s q., 25, Great George-street, West Russel, Secretary) Westminster ( Preisurer). iii9:isndtoenr; (Honorary J Scott J. E. P. HA LSTED, , . J. SCOTT RUSSELL, } Honorary Secretaries. ' 37, Great George-street, Westminster, 1855. India Mail Company William Crispin, Capt. R. 1., the Royal Yacht John Utlay Ellis, Esq., Chairman of the Gehevil Berew.steem ;:hipping Company Joshua Fuld, Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London John Fincharn, Esq., late Alaite.r Shipwright, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth Sir Richard Grant, Et , Capt. R.N. William H. Henderson, Capt. R.N., C. 13., Comptroller-General of the Coast Guard Edward Humplays, Esq., late Chief Engineer H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich McGregor Laird, Esq., Managing Director of the African Mall Com pany Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Chief Engineer of Tl.M.Navy • ,Charles J. Mare, Esq., shipbuilder, Lordon Joseph Miller, Esq., F.R.S., Engineer, London :Hob it Napier, Esq., Engineer, Glasgow James Nasmyth, Esq., Engineer, Manchester John Penn, Esq., Engineer, Greenwich George Rennie, Esq, F.R.S., Engineer, London JoSeph cra Samuda, Esq., Engineer, London Robert Stephenson, Esq , M.P., F.R.S., C.E. Isaac Watts, Esq., Assistant-Surveyor H.M. Navy Money Wigram, Eaq., Shipbuilder, London •JoSeph Whitworth, Esq., Engineer, Manchester TREASURER. Chitties Manby, F.R.S., C.E., Secretary of the Institution of Civil Engineers HONORARY SECRETARIES. E. P. Halsted, Capt., R.N., and J. Scott Ru.ssell, Esq., F.R.S., Engi neer. Extract from the Report of Baron CHARLES Durix to the Academy of Science., Paris, on the prizes awarded by the French Govern ment to M. DUPUT DE Lone, and M. Mora, Otliciers superieurs du Genie Maritime, et Ingenieurs de la Marine delere Classe, and M. Bousecns, Captaine de Fregate, for the successful application of steam and screw propulsion to raring vessels of war : " En 1835, un fermier de Middlesex, M. Francis Pettit Smith, en cadre hor zontalement une vie d'Archimede a l'arriere et dans la partie la plus pincee de la carene ; cette vie est continue ; elle a deux revolutions completes. L'auteur prend son brevet le 31 Mai, 1836." " Revenons nu fermier Smith. Aussi pen savant dans le principe que le barbit r Ark Wri ht, it avalt la meme perseverance et le memeindomptable courage. Ces deux qualites morales Pont fait triom pher de true les obstacles. M. Smith, pendant deux minces, essaye son bateau cur la Tamise d sur le canal de Paddington. Dane ce canal, par an accident eeureux, une revolut'on de Ea vie d'Archimede est brisee, et le navire marche plus vite qu'auparavant. C'est un trait de lumiere, et l'on finira par n'employer qu'une moitie, qu'un tiers, et memo une moindre partie de revolution d'helice. Par ce moyen, l'on pourra loger le propulseur dans une etroite ouverture verticale, en avant du gouvernail, entre deux etambots. " D'esse.is en e3sals, M. Smith se hasarde a lutter contra les diffl cultes do la mer. Avec un navire extremement petit, it s'aveature dans la Manche, et brave un mer toujcurs si dure, en essuyant des temps mauvais ; son courage inspire une faveur universelle. L'Arntraute d'Angieterre prend un vif interet a des easels tentes st courageusement, et couronnes par le succes. Elle demande a M. Smith un essal plus conside/ able, et la construction d'un navire a helice de 200 tonneaux, avant de conclure a Padoption du nouveau systeme. En consequence, l'Archimede, de 237 tonneaux, est con struct et mis ala mer. L'Amiraute se serait montree satisfaite, si dans lee experiences demandees, le batiment eut parcouru 5 nceuds par heure ; it en parcourut pres du double. Malgre le vent et la mare°, it ne mit que vingt heures pour alter de Gravesend a Ports mouth. " Convaincue par ces epreuves, l'Amiraute d'Angleterre accepts l'helice pour sea propres navires. En 1841, elle fait commencer a Sheerness son premier batiment a propulseur helicoide, le Rattler du port de 888 tonneaux, batiment qu'on mit a la mer au printemps, de 1843. On multipliat les experiences sur ce navire, et l'Amiraute, completement edifice, ordonna de construire a la tots, vingt bati ments de l'Etat, a propulsears helicoides." Letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Minto, G.C.8., &c. (First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835 to 1841.) " London, June 13, 1854. "Dear Sir,—l have not a doubt that Mr. Smith may justly claim the merit of having been the first to introduce the use of the screw .propeller ; and it was owing to his success in its application that shortly before I left the Admiralty I felt myself justified in ordering the Rattler to be built, for the purpere of testing the comparative advantages of the paddle and the screw.—Believe me, dear sir, yours faithfully, (Signed) "MLNTO. "Charles A. Caldwell, Esq. " r can have no objection whatever to your making any use of my letter that can be serviceable to Mr. Smith." iLetter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Haddin,gton, &c., (First Lord of the Admiralty, 1841 to 1846). .6 Tyningthame, Pre , tonkirk, N.ll , August 24, 1854. "Sir,—lt is impa.sibie for me to take upon myself to offer an opinion as to which of the claimants is to be attributed the merit of the first invention of the screw propeller; but I believe that the success of " the Archimedes ': followed by the trial of Rattler in ," (built under Lord Minto's Board), led to the adoption of the screw H M.'s Navy, and in the merchant service. " It is admitted, I believe, that to Mr. Pettit Smith belongs the credi , of the success of "the Archimedes," consequently he is en titled to be considered as the introducer of a most valuable improve ment in steam navigation. "He was employed generally under the steam Deptutment of the Admiralty in my time, and I have every reason to believe that his services were found to be valuable. " But the profes , lonal names attached to the attestation you have furnished me with, as well as those of the most eminent engineers, are of far greater value to Mr. Smith, than any testimony of mine can possibly be.—l have the honour to Signed,be air, your obedient hum - ble servant, ' " H &DDINGTON. "Captain Halsted, R.N. " I enclose the answer to your letter, of which you may make any use you may thin k fit." STJBSCRIPTION S. Richard Abethell, Esq., master shipwright, ILM. Dockyard, £1 1 P or t s mouth ..... 4 . the Jas. Allan, Esq., managing director of Peninsular and O r i en tal Company, Leadenh all-street W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham Captain W. S. Andrews, North of Europe Steam Navigation Company, 84, King William -street uare.. 10 0 John George Appold, Esq. , Wilson-street, Finsbury•sq C. Atherton, Esq . chief engineer, H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich 10 0 Captain Horatio T. Austin, R.N., C. 8., Admiralty I nspector of Pae eta, Southampton .•• • • The Atotralaslan Pacific Mall Steam Packet Company, Moor gate-street • • ... ............... ...• • • Thomas Back, Esq., Military Department, East India House 1 1 Messrs. Bayley andllidley, 2. Cowper's-court.. lO 0 John Barrow, Esq., F.R.S., Admiralty .. .... •••• .• George Beardmore, Esq., Deptford .... Joseph Beardmore, Esq., manager of the General Steam Navigation Company's engine works, Deptford .... • • .... 5 0 J ose ph Beardmore, Jun , Esq ., De p tford .. ••••••.• .. .• •• 1 0 William Beardmore, Esq., Deptf ord .. .. •.•• • • • • .......... 2 0 Rear-Admiral Fill* F r ancis Beaufort, K C. 8., Admiralty •• • • 5 5 The Birmingham Tube Compa n y , Birmin g ham. ••••• • • • • 25 0 Messrs. John Bourne and Co., engineers, Greenock ••• . • 50 0 William Boxall, Esq., Welbeck-street, Cavendish -square .• • 5 5 Messrs. Brownlow and € O., Hull ..• .. • • ........ ..... ,• • 3 0 Peter Bruff, Eqi., C.E. , Ipsw ich .•• • • •• • I. K. Brunel, Esq., F.R.S., C•E., Duke-street, Westminster 50 0 William Carpmael, Esq., C.E., Patent-office, Lincoln's inn.. 21 0 William Call, Esq., Brighton Cap+ ain E. Chappell, R.N., secretary of the Royal West India Mail Company, Moorg ate-street ••. • • •• • • Henry Chatfield, Esq., master shipwright, H.M• Dockyard, Deptford ................. ........... ...... • ..... .• Jabez C - nrch, Esq., C.E., Chelmsford D. K. Clark, Esq., C.E., Great North of Scotland Railway Company, Aberdeen Lieut. J. E. Commerell , R .N. 5 0 R o bert Cowen, Esq., Carlisle ... ••••• • • • • • Commander Peter Cracrott, R.N., H.M.S. St. Jean d'Aere • Capt. W. Crispin, R.N., the Roya‘ Yacht, Portsmouth lO 0 Messrs. Wm. Denny and Brothers, shipbuilders, Dutnbartcn 10J 0 John Dinnen, Esq , inspector of steam machinery afloat, Ad miralty, Somerset - bonne 10 10 Messrs. Richard Durant and Co., Lloyd's.. ,-• . .. Messrs C. and W. Earle , eng ineers, Hull .. •••. • • • ....... 2 2 David Elder, Esq , eneineer, Glasgow .•.•• • • • • • James Elliott, Esq., C.E., Dymehureh, Kent .. • • • 5 5 J. U. Ellis, ehatman of the General Screw Steam Co., Ade lakie-p'ace, London -bridge Messrs. Allen Everitt and Son, Birmingham .. ••.. • lO 0 Chas. Few, Esq , Henrietta-street, Covent-garden.. •• . • J. Fincham, late master shipwright, 1131. Dockyard, Ports mouth Capt. John Ford. an IT ine superintendent General Screw-steam Shipping Company, Southamrton . ... IC 10 Capt. Robert Ford, Battersea . .... Joseph Freeman, Esq., Artillery-place, Finsbury - Charles Frodslism, Esq., Strand.... ... .. ...... .••• • _ • • 1 1 William Fronde, Esq., C.E.,Dartington, Devon 5 0 Messrs. Joseph Gee and Co., Hull I Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and , 0., Liver; 00l Lionel (lishorne, Esq., C. , 3., Duke-street, Adelphi 1 0 Vice-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.C.8., Gover nor of Greenwich Hosp ital, Greenwich I 1 Captain Sir Richard Grant, Kt., R.N., 3, Connaught place, Hyde-park William Green, Esq., R.N., harbour master, Lowestoft .. . Capt. E. P. Hals ted, R.N. (Hon. Sec.), United Service Club, London lO 0 John Hawkshaw, Esq., C.t , . West , Great George street, m inster • • . • • ..... ...... ........ 10 0 William Hartree• 1:•,,q., engineer, Lewishatn Captain W. 11. Henderson, R.N., C. 8., Comptroller General of the Coast Git tri, Custom House . . • ....... ........... . tweisrg• J. a • llohy and Co., Renfrew .... •• . Captain James Elasken.. ...... .. •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 0 Messrs. Howard, Ravoihill, and Co.. engineers, gotherhithe 25 0 E. Humphrys, Esq., late chief engineer H.M. Dockyard, Woolwich, Deptford .• . • • • Messrs. Hnenphrys, Tennant, and Dyke., engineers, Deptford 50 0 Captain Thomas Jackson, the Heron Osy rt-am-ship ...... 1 1 William i ackson, Esq., engineer, Leman•street 5 0 Jabez James, Esq., engineer, Blacktriars .......... .. • • W. S. Johnson, Esq., St. 2..... •• • 2 2 J. Hodgson Jones, Fag., engineer, Poet's•corner, Westminster 1 1 Townsend Kirkwood, Esq., Llandilo, Carmarthen 5 0 H. Realer Lack, Esq., Board of Trade 2 2 M'Gregor Laird, Esq., managing director of the African Mail Company, Mincing-lane .. •• • • W. B. Lambert, Esq., engineer, General Screw Steam-Ship ping Company, Southampton 5 5 James Laming, Esq., Malda-hill West • ... ...... 50 0 W. Langdon, Esq., engineer, London-street .• .. Thos. Lloyd, Esq., chief engineer of 11. M. Navy, Somerset House James Luke, Esq.. shipwright, lI.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth 10 0 C. ktanby, Esq., Fits., C.E., secretary of the Insttitution of Civil Engineers (treasurer), Great George-areet, West- C. m .T. ir lll t a e r r e, is . q., shipbuilder, Blackwell .. • Messr. Martin, Samuelson, and Co., engineers, Hull ...• ...• 3 0 Captain B. It. Matthews, the Great Britain steam-ship —•• 2 0 John Matthew, Esq., engineer, Greenwich ....... : KOSEOi. Mandslay, Sons, and Field, London .....• ... T. W. Miller , Es q ., engineer, ILIA. Dockyard, Portsmouth 5 5 Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and salkeld, engineers, Blackwall 100 0 G. Mills , Esq . '" " • .•• ' • ........ • • ..‘, William Morgan, Esq. , engineer , Gloucester-terrace, Ilydc. park • • 10 0 h la .p c .i l i te .., t: c. r . ..,. ... e . e . n . - 1 0 0 H. Napier, Esq., engineer, Gia. , gevr .... .... ...... ........ 100 0 James gasmyth, Ea q . c , c4 s e . t n :h g l i e n iir e uo e l r fl , . G P . ;t r. r e. l n. c w. r . o i , Commander Matthew S. Nolloth, R.N., )1. ‘,l.s. Frolic .. 1 0 A dnair.r.l Sir Charles Ogle, Bart., Eaton - p1ace...... . ••• ; 20 0 ••.......•• or". •• WO 2 2 WilliamTe io.ld Paine,ta*., .El3sagg..: 5 0 ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ASSOCIATION. The following address of the Administrative Re form Association to the People of England has been forwarded to us for publication : I ADDRESS. l i i ' Fellow-Countrymen,—The Administrative /te rm Association -has been brought into existence the exigency of the time. .Its members have o interest in agitation ;. they have no personal bition to serve, no . individual advantages to in ; they intend no personal attack—they can only enter upon the movement, which involves. a ng and arduous struggle, at a large sacrifice of time aid means. They have long seen the absolute need or such a movement, but 'have' delayed to under take it, in the hope that it, would have been set on foot 4-others ; the work has, however,. been placed in their hands, and they are deteii-' mined to spare no effort for its accomplishment. There never was a period when, under simi lar emergency, the people so long remained silent ; there has been a positive sense of danger in the quiet. It has been matter of wonder that, with daily accumulated evidence of mismanagement, the most general and of the grossest kind, there have been so few meetings ; that, with proof that mil lions of pounds have actually been thrown away, an increase of taxation amounting . to more than thirty millions has been submitted to without a murmur ; that, though every post has brought let ters to thousands of the poorest in the land, de tailing the horrors of the winter before Sebastopol, there has been no organised movement. The want of forethought, the incapacity, the mismanage ment, the complication of duties, the adherence to routine at the cost of human life, the thousands of brave men wasted by overwork, by exposure, by insufficiency of clothes and shelter, by un wholesome food, by hunger, by lack of medicine and medical attendance, by neglected wounds, by starvation in the very hospitals, have called forth no popular outburst. There has been' no protest against those in command, against the Mi nistry, against the Parliament. We believe that this silence is not safe ; that if some organisation were not set on foot to give utterance to the pent up indignation of the people, and to give hope of a better future, some movement would speedily show itself, of which it would be impossible to fore tell the results. " Where there is abuse," says Burke, " there ought to be clamour, because it is better that our slumbers should be broken by the fire-bell than we should perish in the flames." Fellow-countrymen, the war is the first thought with all ; it is almost impossible to divert attention to anything else than that actual battle has swept down 5,000 men, mismanagement 15,000 ; that, of 6,000,000/1 spent upon transport, ships, fully 2,000,000/. were as utterly wasted as if the money had been thrown into the Black Sea ; that ships filled with essential stores, provisions; and clothing were exposed to the fury of a foreseen storm, and wrecked and sunken from sheer obstinacy. The recent addition to the income tax, the increased duties upon tea, sugar, and coffee have been ren dered necessary by the grossest blundering and mismanagement. It is difficult to dispel the doubt that we have not yet before us the entire account of the year, and are still in ignorance of the total cost of the war. We wish it, however, to be distinctly understood that the Administrative Reform Association is no mere war organisation. The association has abun dant matters to deal with which have no connection with the war, and whether there be war or peace its work will be continued. The mismanagement of the war has served to reveal the inefficient condition of several important departments of the State ; but the defective con dition is not confined to the departments having concern with war. The whole system of the Government offices is such as in any private busi ness would lead to inevitable ruin. The non-Mi nisterial heads hold office for life, and are virtually not responsible for the efficiency of thoic depart ments. It is not in their power to dismiss for in competency or promote for merit. Many depart ments are not called upon to make systematic re ports of the condition of their offices, or of the work done either in the whole or parts of offices. It is not the duty of any one to be acquainted with the actual state of all the Government offices. They are never treated as a whole. There is no one to mark the ablest men, i he real workers,in each department—no one to point out where men are egregiously misplaced. There are scattered through the Government offices men of very great ability ; some are admirable accountants—some well ac quainted with European and Oriental languages —some have au aptitude for organisation and su pervision—some are practical business men, who, in the right places, would save whole departments from endless blundering. Such men are continually needed, but there is no one to be found 'with any official knowledge of the existence of such special ability, and the most incompetent persons are ap pointed to posts that these men would have filled with infinite credit to themselves and advantage to the State. It is clear, then, that if for no other reason, to discover what available talent for.par ticular departments is to be found in them, there should at once be made a thorough inquiry into the qualifications of the entire staff of every Go vernment office. _ But this is not all. There are very few people , who really know what Government offices there : arc, or even where they are ; and there is no one at all who knows, as a whole, their responsibilities, duties, and mode of conducting hilliness. In many instances, it is either altogether impossible, or at tended with endless trouble and delays, to discover to what department, or officer of a department, any duty (it may be, requiring the most urgent despatch) really belongs. The same separation and confusion of duty exist in the civil departments that have been so glaringly exposed in the military departments. It is admitted that the consequent delays double the expense of the transaction of the public business ; and that there are twice as many persons employed as would be required under a proper system of original appointment, arrange ment of business, and fairly-earned promotion. Nor is the evil confined to the conduct of business in the offices. We have it on the authority of Lord J. Rus sell that, under existing arrangements, "the time of Ministers is so very flinch absorbed with the du ties of their offices that there aro very f ew of them who can give their attention to a great subject, and look at the consequences to the country of the mea sures which are adopted." It is clear, therefore, that almost as a first step to Administrativ e R e f orm, there is needed for the information of the public and their representatives in Parliament a succinct account of the Government offices as they are, with as accurate a digest as is obtainable of their several duties, their manner of conducting business, the expenses of conducting it, and the time it takes. In addition to this, it will be essential to obtain information as to the duties, Kivileges, and official patronage of the Ministers of the Crown. The public information upon the subject amounts prac tically to nothing. On the 29th of May last, Mr. Gladstone, in reply to hours withinuSr s i r for H. the h . mark, intomake thataWilloughby,ke ita ns wouldt e a x t e p d l a requirenthatat i o n 'at, at least aet would spo k eotuwl do be intelligible of the complicated system of powers lodged in the hands of the Chancellor of the Ex chequer by the existing law. In his opinio n th ose powers well deserved, and indeed he should say required, the deliberate consideration of the house. . . The Finance Minister of this country had, in many respects, too little power in his hands for the good of the public ; whereas, in other respects, he had a great deal too much power, and exercised powers that ought to be greatly restricted." There has been no such explanation ; there is no reliable source of information from which it can be learned how far the Chancellor of the Exchequer holds his powers under act of Parliament—how far under notions of Royal Prerogative—how far under mere prescriptive abuse of power and traditions of office. In what precise relation the Secretary to the Treasury stands to the Chancellor of the Exche quer ; whether he can act only under the direc tion of the Chancellor, or can act of himself ; whether he or his chief really supervises the na tional balance-sheet, or whether both, or either, take it for granted as it comes to them, are mat ters alike unknown ; and may, for all the public can discover, be mere questions of official opinion. Yet this is the kind of information of which Parliament and the people stand most in need. There is clearly but little use in the controll ing power of Parliament upon taxation, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer can, of his own will, , ckeate permanent debt, or pledge the credit of the nation, or deal without sanction of Parliament with - the millions of hard earnings deposited in the swings banks. The. Foreign-office is another region of unknown ,ilowers, and undefined, if any, responsibility. What amount of Government is carried on there—what amount of dictatorship exercised—is utterly un known. There is nowhere to be found any com plete definition of the powers, privileges, patronage, and expenditure of the Foreign department ; it is carried on under the screen of an imaginary neces .sity of official secrecy. The character of the nation abroad is thus left to the one man who may happen tb 'be Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and those' who may have him for the time in their The public found, to its amazemeut, when we first entered upon the war, that its conduct be lOuged to the Colonial-office ; and, prbbably, there are but few who know that it has still charge of the order of the Bath, established for the promotion of civil and military merit. The colonial-office is in . itself 'a government—it controls the material prosperity, the resources and energies; and layi the foundation of the national character, for good or evil, of millions of 'people. It is scarcely too much too say, that it is determined - almost every hour at the Colonial-office whether colonists shall, in theft. new hodes, continue to be our fellow-sub-, sects, and retain their native enterprise; industry, and vigour of purpose ; or shall, under the vexa tious and thwarting policy of Downing-street, be come dwarfed and dwindled from the due propor tions of the national character. Yet there is no account accessible to the public of how the business of the Colonial-office is carried on. The powers of the Home Secretary are alike un defined. Probably no one who has ever held the office would venture an account of the heteroge neous mass of duties imposed upon the Minister by statute, custom, prescription, and common law. To get at all this information, wherever it exists, and to place it before the public in the plainest words, is, with the help of the country, one of the first things the AssoCiation are determined to have done, cost what it may. There must be an end put to every mystery of office--how the Administration of the country is carried on must be made plain to the most ordinary capacity. To this end, acts of Parliament must be searched, and.returns obtained. The Association are resolved to have a complete analysis of our official system, a thorough clearing up of the question of personal responsibility. This will, of necessity, be a work of time and expense ; the Committee, however, are perfectly satisfied that the required means will be forthcoming, that subscriptions to the object will be general through out the country ; that a failing purse will never compel them to hold their baud. They have already entered upon this portion of their labour, with the most experienced and energetic help, and will shortly be able to place some valuable informa tion, in a convenient form, in the hands of the members of the Association. A. knowledge of the actual state of the official system once attained, the next step will be to bring every department into a thoroughly business condition. The nation can afford to pension, even upon full pay, any amount of incapacity, but it cannot afford to retain inca pacity. But, beyond all this, there is much to be accom plished by the constituencies themselves. The in dividuals of the several parties, invariably sent for on any change of Ministry to form a Government, are apparently limited in the choice of colleagues to a very narrow circle. The distribution of offices may be altered, but—with now and then an excep tion and often a very ill-chosen and ill-placed ex ception—the same set of men, or, at all . events, the same names and connection, be they Liberals or Conservatives, hold, Parliament after Parliament, the entire governing power. The idea prevails that there are no men in the kingdom' to take their places; that they, and theyonly, can command suffi cient influence to give Government a majority in the Lords and Commons whilst Parliament sits, and a majority in the country at a general election. The candidates sent down from the clubs are chosen with the constant object of upholding the fixed mi nisterial cliques, whether in or out of office ; the party circle has, as a matter of course, a continual hold upon members so selected ; and it is thus of the utmost importance that the electors in every borough and county shall put an end to the system under which, not the constituencies, but the clubs, choose who shall be members, and what places they shall represent. The Association would therefore urge the electors, in all earnestness, to select their own candidates. It is au essential step in admi nistrative reform, that the constituencies shall shake off the clubs and their agents. There is no thing in an election to require the assistance of a parliamentary trafficker in seats. Electors, if you would have an honest Govern ment, you must choose your members honestly, and must sot your faces determinedly against that dipgraceful system whi c h s pe n d s f or t unes upon el actions ; you must resolve, also, in earnest to put a 4 'and to election corruption. It is this that keeps all)of from Parliament your ablest men ; they do n4t choose t o be defeated—they will no t con d escen d ta, the conditions of success. Means must be found tc; correct this grievous evil—the nation cannot afford to have its representation- jobbed, and its heist men deterr e d f rom P ar li ament. With these objects before them, the association invite every constituency in the kingdom to make tlieniselves acquainted with the opinions of their Npresentatives upon Administrative Reform ; to call upon them to support in Parliament every qnestion bearing upon the subject ' • to hold meet ings upon the subject o f Administrative Reform ; tc organise local committees, to enrol members, to collect funds, to put th emse l ves i n immediate com munication with the committee in London ; to be rMady for an election, ready with worthy candi dates, an honest committee, and a thorough deter mination to have done with the abuses of elections. Fellow-countrymen, we have reached a turning point in our national history. We know now that we can go on no longer as we have done, that, follow ing the beaten track, we are no longersure of ourpo sition. We must either work out a thorough change, or take a lower grade in the world. But there is no ground for despondency ; the nation is not worn out ; the people were never more strong of purpose, more sound at heart, more united in opinion. It is the rulers and the system, " the torpid hands of Government," that have failed us, not the peo ple. Let the nation, therefore, " bend its whole force to the reduction of that corrupt influence which is itself the perennial spring of all prodi gality and of all disorder —which loads us with debt, which takes away vigour from our arms, wisdom from our councils, and every shadow of authority and credit from the most venerable parts of our constitution." Let the nation resolve that there shall be a searching and complete Adminis trative Reform—that " the right men shall be in the right places" and there is nothing to appre hend from the position of England. (Signed by order of the Committee), SAMUEL MORLEY, Chairman. WILLIAM TITES, Deputy Chairman. J. I. TRATERS,..Treasurer. Offices of the Ass oc i a ti on , 86, King William street, City, May 19. * Late Sir Robert Peel. LIE MAILS.—SOUTILUIPTON, May 23..--The United States' mail steam-ship Washington, Captain Cavendy, left this afternoon, with the German, French, and Eng lish mails , 260 passengers, and a fair cargo of general merchandise. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Tay is preparing to convey the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails on the 2d proximo. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Iberia, Captain 'Christian, is expected about Thursday with the mails from Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. The Iberia is appointed to convoy the outward mails to the Peninsular port on the 28th inst. METROPOLITAN. A special meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. Malins in the chair. The CHAIRMAN explained that the meeting had been called for the purpose of giving the shareholders any explanations that might be required. He then gave a short - history of the progress of the company from the time it united with Mr. Pearson's City Terminus Com pany, the difficulties they had to contend with in introducing a railway into the city, and the difficulty in raising the necessary capital in consequence of the war and the state of the money-market. They had met with considerable opposition in Parliament from the various parishes and other parties, but they had gradually overcome all prejudices against their proposed railway, and there was a general feeling in favour of the utility of their undertaking and the great accommoda tion it would afford to the public. By its connection with the Post-office and immediate communication with the Great Northern, the London and North-Western, and the Great Western Railways, it would confer a great public benefit, by effecting a more rapid convey. ance of the mails. At least three-quarters of an hour would be saved in the transmission from and receipt of the mails at the General Post-office, :thus saving one hour and a-half to City men in the course of the day. With regard to the state of the capital, they had 600,0001. subscribed in February last, and since that time the amount had been gradually swelling, so that, including 15,000 shares which the contractors had agreed to take in part payment, they considered that the sub scription was nearly completed. At the Wharncliffe meeting, which would be held that day fortnight, he hoped to be able to announce the capital completed. There was 71,0001. deposited with the Government autho rities, which would be released when half the capital was expended on their line. The engineer and contractors had again carefully gone over the estimates and con sidered the nature of the works, the result of which was that the difficulties appeared to be much less than were at first anticipated. There was no doubt that their line could be completed for about 1,200,0001. The expenses of the company to the present time amounted to about 27,0001. The delay that had taken place had enabled them to see their way clearly as to carrying out the un dertaking and prosecuting the works with vigour. The Great Western Company has subscribed 175,0001. to wards the undertaking, but, although the other compa nies had acknowledged the advantages of a junction with their line, they had not yet offered any pecuniary assist ance. Mr. FOWLER, the engineer, in reply to questions, ex plained that two years from the commencement of the works would afford abundant time to complete them, without any extraordinary effort on the part of the con tractors. The contractors were of opinion that the time hid arrived for making preliminary arrangements, and, they were prepared to execute the whole work, including all risks and contingencieg,Yand to 'complete the railway' for one guaranteed sum. On the motion of Mr. ARMSTRONG, seconded by Mr. WITHE3S, a resolution, expressing the sati-faction of the meeting at the statement of the Chairman, and thanking the directors for the care and trouble they had taken to promote the interests of the coz:pany, was passed unanimously. Mr. C. PEARSON having expressed the deep interest be felt in the success of the undertaking, concluded by moving a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman, which was seconded and carried unanimously. The meeting then separated. ~~t r PRICE SD. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. !~~/~ CORK AND BANDON. The adjourned meeting of this cowpony was held yes terday at the office, 17, Grtisechurch•street ; Major- General Chatterton in the chair. The CRAIRMAN stated that the proposed new board of directors had consented to undertake the mana7ement of the company's affairs upon the terms stated in the report of the o !potation of the proposed directors, dated the 19th inst.. He was glad to be able to state that influential meetinga of the shareholders had been held in Dublin, London, Bristol, and Liverpool, at which propositions were submitted for extricating the company from its perilous position, and were unanimously and checrfullj adopted. A considerable amount of the new preference shares had been taken up, and the directors strongly urged upon the proprietors the necessity of taking up their proportion of the new capital, which could alone insure the salvation of their steadily improving pro perty. Mr. Won, the secretary, read the report of the depu :ation of Dublin shareholders. Resolutions were passed adopting the report and pledging the shareholders to assist in carrying cut the financial. scheme fur placing the company in a sound position. The meeting then adjourned to the 4th of July next. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Mar 23. The following class-list was this day issued by the Examiners in the School of Literas Hunianilres. Those marked with an asterisk obtained first classes in the classic:a. examination before Moderators ; those marked t are honorary fourths : Cr.ass I. *.Tex-Blake, Thomas, University College. *Morns, Lewis, Jesus College. *Sandford, John D., Trinity College. Stokoe, Thomas H., Lincoln College. *Wollaston, William M., Trinity College. CLASS 11. Clave, Lewis W., Lincoln C2llege. btarington, Herbert B. Wadham College. Meadows, Douglas S.:Pembroke College. *Middleton, John D., Corpus Christi College. O'Neill, John R., Corpus Christi College. Phillips, Henry J., University College. *Pickard, Henry A., Christ Church. Short, Walter F., New College. Walford, Charles, Brasenose College. West, Thomas E.. St. John's College. CLASS 111. Bartram, Edward, Pembroke College. Duncombe, William , Brasenose College. Fisher, Wilfred, Christ Church. Garrett, Charles F., Oriel College. Kingsford, Hamilton, Worcester College.' Marriner, William, Lincoln College. Mayo, Robert, Christ Church. Minchio, Harry H., Wadham College. Rowley, Richard, Christ Church. Smith, Robert F., Lincoln College. CLASS IV. .1 - 811/Tough, John, Queen's College. Dickinson, Frederick R., Brasenose College. Fitz•Wygrani, Loftus, University College. +lligston, Francis, Exeter College. Howson, Franci s , L inco l n C ollege. • Kane, James P., Trinity College. +Rice, Charles H., St. John's College. • Upton, James R., Exeter College. fWallace, Charles H., Pembroke College. W. E. JELF, T. CHAFFERS, 11,rs Exam; W. C. LAKE , • • H. L. MA.NSEL, CAMBRIDGE, MAY 23. At a congregation held this day the following degrees Were conferred : ' BACHELORS OF DIVINITY. The Rev. Joseph Oldham, St. John's College. BACHELORS OF LAWS. Charles Saunders Wheeley, Clare Hall. James Henry Beresford Harris, Sidney College. MASTERS OF ARTS. Abel Smith, Trinity College. Charles Edward Ricketts Robinson, Trinity College. Edward John Bell, St. Catherine's Hall. Henry Welch Garrett, St. Catherine's Hall. George Knox, Sidney College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Archibald John Scott Ullman, Trinity College. William Tinniswood, Clare Hall. John Bolton, Pembroke College. Harry Charrington Fisher, Jesus College. WYLD'S MODEL OF SEBASTOPOL. —This highly ingeni ous and clever representation of the present bite of war in the Crimea (a copy from the original model which is so attractive at the Great Globe in Leicester-square,) is now being exhibited in Birmingham. It is the resort of numerous intelligent visitors, who express admiration of the remarkable effect with which the Russian forti fication's, the siege works of the allies, and the scenes of the actions of Balakiava and Inkerman are realised to the eye. Lectures are delivered in the model by Mr. Thomas Cooper, the well known poet, novelist, and lecturer, and the treat of an eloquent and stirring rehearsal of the incidents of the war by a man of genius is thus added to the valuable information con veyed by the model. We understand that it is the in tention of Mr. Wyld to send copies of this interesting and instructive work of art to Edinburgh, Manchester, and other great towns of the kingdom. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The renowned Dr. Gattiker of Zurich has effected the most successful cure of cancer of the stomach without medicine by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food. The learned Dr. writes as follows :—Certiticate forom Dr. Gattiker.—" Zurich, 3d September, 1853.—1 have tried Du coi in Barry's Revalenta Arabica for a complaint which had hither to resisted all other remedies, viz., Cancer of the Stomach, a n d I am happy to say, with the most successful result. This sooth ing remedy has the effect, not only of arresting th e vom i ting, which is so fearfully distressing in cancer o f th e s t omach, but also of restoring perfect digestion and assimil a ti on. The same satisfactory influence of this excelle n t reme d y I have found i p a l a m i n o t s s t oofbtsht obstinate digestive at eease o fo habitual gan s ; lt flatulenceha s also proved ando e lieffec tualcolic all f many years' ; 121 b. 225. st.tuding. I look upon this delicious food as the mlnestex canisters,cellen restorativeexcellent 29d . ; 2glibft. 4s.of nature.i—b.-Dil,;;. ATTIKER. on receipt of .Ptoost-office order. Barry The 121 b., carriage free, Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, , orn ill • , London ; also at 182, 00, and A5l Strand; 49, BlsiopSgaie-street4 60 and 6 , 8 _C pper lf Ba'ker-street ; 63' and 150, Piccadilly ; GO, Iliracechurch-street ; l• 4, Cbcapside ; 55, Charing-cross ;54 TT Oxford-street ; 80, nigh-street, mall; 7, Pall -mall-East ; 132, N Camden t?awn ; 18, Pall comb-street ; -13, King Willia ew Bond-stteet ; 24, Mot street; 21, Cockspur-street • m-street, City; 30, Conduit- Paul's Churchyard • 6 . , F arringdon-street 67, Bt. , Edwar d , street, Po t r mau-rquaro. l~f NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. This day at noon all the fleet at Portsmouth is ordered to dress ships and fire a general Royal salute (a repeti tion of the official ceremony of Saturday last, in celebra tion of her Majesty's real birthday anniversary, and the band of the Royal Marines has gone over to serenade her Majesty on the occasion. The mortar vessels have disembarked their mortars, which will be sent out in lighters to Spithead to-morrow and hoisted into the Nets eerie, 120, Captain Hutton, from which ship they will be slung into the Odin, 10, and Rosamond 6, steam vessels, which will leave with them and their respective mortar vessels on Saturday for the Crimea. Commander Robert Tench Bedford (1848), Gentleman Usher to her Majesty, and Inspecting Commander of the Gravesend district of the Coastguard, is appointed to her Majesty's ship Neptune, vice Massingberd, promoted. The City of Norwich steam-transport went into Ports mouth harbour to disembark her invalids yesterday afternoon. Seven of the helpless cases were 'removed to the General Military Hospital; all the rest walked ashore, and were removed in vehicles to barrack quarters pro tem. The Hawke, 60, Captain Ommanney, had the blue ' peter flying at 6 o'clock last night ready for a start. All the other block-ships, Cornwallis, Hastings, Pembroke, and Russell, also carried the blue ensign, being placed under the orders of Rear-Admiral Baynes, of the Retri bution, which also had the bluepeter flying yesterday. We learn from Portsmouth that another alteration has been made in the destination of Rear-Admiral Baynes' squadron. The ships are now ordered to leave Spithead to-day for the Nore, unless detained for a court-martial about to be held. reception t c i r v e e w t s o a t t h Spithead, at si h loi e nm a g d e , wo a T fa e s h t d i e l were ordered to be made out for the payment of the pay-books of the several ships f steam-transport, ste t es h amu e ueedn. ttrowatbnhh advanceseeepnmo paymenttrwaht made se:o newinaa tp t tt h . h order e sr a c xed s o ae oulr Scales, sers:ee ar rived rela tive there foreT he Golden suspended, F l and eec ordered Fleece n 3 i o g , hl i f a r l o t t a_, u the Crimea. She left c ri o v n ed st a a t nt S iti p o it p h i e e 7d A l p a r s i t l May 6, and Gibraltar, M ay 15. Ever since she left Malta she has been erne harassed by strong contrary winds. She has brought home 178 invalids, non-commissioned officers and p r ivates belonging to various regi ments from Rululee, ad 137 from Scutari, five women, 70 seamen and Marines from the Naval Hospital at Malta ; n i ne ditto from her Ma. jesty's ship Ceylon, at Malta ; and 16 ditto from Scutari; alsO 17 seamen and one private of the 7th Fusiliers from Kamiesch. Also, the following passengers :—From Scutari, Mrs. Miller, Lieutenant Vickers, Surgeon Graves, of the 38th, Veterinary-Surgeon Rollings, R.A , Dr. and Mrs. Powell, the Rev. J. Butt, Cornet Price, 4th Dragoons, Mrs. Barbage, and Mr. Atkinson, hos pital-dresser, Captain E. Pongin, Marine Brigade ; from Constantinople, Messrs. Gabbitas and O'Shea, assis tant-storekeepers ; Captain Stevens, of the 3d Rifle Brigade, Mrs. Skene, and family ; from Malta, Lieu tenant Echolaz, 55th, Lieutenant Wilton, 18th, Captain Renny, R.A., Captain Gostling, 49th, Mr. Jones, Master, R.N., Mrs. and Miss Browne, Mrs. Hudson, the Rev. C. Fcrt, Mrs. Kennedy and family, Mrs. Blech and family, Mrs. and Miss Borton, Mrs. Hamilton and family, Surgeon Madden, 39th, Ye terinary Surgeon Harpley, Mr. W. Vickery, Mrs. 'Ramsay, J. Gale, M. Fiander, W. Wytlock, and T. Hickman, distressed British subjects, Lieutenant Stave ley, 44th ; from Gibraltar, Charles Hissons, Mrs. King and child, Mr. Burriss, 44th Regiment. Five of the invalids died on the passage. It is expected that before the 20th of next month every available man in the United Kingdom belonging to infantry regiments of the line will have embarked for the seat of war. The 15th Regiment of Foot, one wing of which returned last week from Ceylon, is stated to have beta pieced under orders for foreign service. When the left wing arrives, which is daily expected, the regi ment, includiug the depot companies, will muster nearly 600 bayonets. Recruiting parties have arrived iu Lou clot], and it is fully expected that by. volunteering Irons the variouse depots of reg i men t s serv i ng i n t h e colonies and the militia, the corps can be embarked above 1,000 strm , g, about the middle of June. The 51st King's Light Infaiitry will muster about 1,400 bayo nets, in addition to the depot companies, which will be left in England. A portion of the regiment will be stationed with the reserve in the lonian Islands. The 80th Foot, and ; - id battalion of the 60th Rifle.;, are ex pected to embark in about ten days for the Crimea ; and the 94th Foot, with large draughts for the let and 2d bat talions of the Rifle Brigade, will follow. Recruiting for the 96th Foot, recently returned from India, is being prosecuted with vigour, in order to complete it to the war establishment of 1,200 men. This regiment did not return more than 500 men, a very large number baring volunteered into other regiments in India previous to leaving. Very great exertions are being made by Govern ment to send a strong cavalry force to the Crimea ; two regiments counting 700 sabres each, besides large draughts from the cavalry depots, with remount horses, will be embarked between this and the 12th of June. Tho General Screw Steam-shipping Company's steamer Cape of Good Hope left Southampton yesterday for Deptford to embark military stores for the use of the British army in the East. THE LATE DESTRUCTION OF A GUN- BATTERY BY FIRE. Yesterday Layton Edward Hopper, a shipwright, aged 25 years, who has been in custody since the Bth instant on a charge of setting fire to a large gun-battery lately constructed for her Majesty's Government, in the ship-building yard of Mr. John Scott Russell at Poplar, WO brought before Mr. Yardley, at the Thames Police court for filial examination. Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Mr. Hobler, solicitor, conducted the prosecution; Mr. Bal/antine, instructed by Mr. Pelham, solicitor, defended the prisoner. Mr. Ballantine, after commenting upon the conduct of those having• charge of the prosecution, 'who, having ob tained two adjournments on the distinct undertaking to bring forward additional and important evidence, were now compelled to admit that they had only the testi mony of one witness to rest upon, proceeded to call eight witnesses who accounted for the prisoner's time from the moment he left the building-yard, where he was employed on the day of the fire, until he went to bed about eleven o'clock. It was stated by the wi'nesses that the prisoner was employed at wages of 10s. a-dny ; and that he was a sober, quiet, and respectable young man. The most im portant witness for the prisoner was Mr. White, land lord of the Victory, Stepney, two and a half miles from Mr. Russell's yard, who proved that the prisoner was at his house from a quarter to 9 till 9 o'clock, which was the time when the fire broke out. Another witness con firmed this statement. Mr. Yardley said he did not mean to say that Collie was not entitled to credit, but he might be mistaken. Any way the case for the prosecution rested on his single evidence. In opposition to him they had witnesses ac counting for the prisoner's time, step by step, moment by moment, from 6to 11 o'clock. It would be a perfect farce to send such a case before a grand jury, and gross injustice also to the prisoner. The accused must be dis charged. The magistrate's decision was received with loud ap plause by the shipwrights in and outside the court. THE SONS OF THE CLERGY. The 201st anniversary of this valuable corporation was celebrated yesterday. As becomes an establish ment so nearly allied with the sacred profession, the duty of charity was first sanctified by a religions cere monial. Divine service was performed in the afternoon in St. Paul's Cathedral, when an impressive sermon was delivered to a crowded congregation by the Rev. C. A. Thurlow, rector of Malpas and Chancellor of the diocese of Chester, who chose for his text the 14th chap. of St. Luke and the 14th verse, " And thou shalt be blessed, for they cannot recompense thee ;" and very ably availed himself of the occasion to point out to his nearers the necessity of supporting an institution so valuable to distressed ministers, their widows, and the bereaved de scendants of clergymen of the Church of England. The rev. gentleman's eloquence was well applied, and re sulted in a substantial collection of upwards of 100/. The service was attended by the Archbishop of Can terbury, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Mr. Alder man Farebrother, the Bishops of Oxford, St. David's, St. Asaph, Winchester, &c. The anthems and sacred poems were magnificentl y rendered by a full choral service which St. Paul's,V which included the choirs of h er M a j e sty's Chapel Roy nainster Abbey, and St. George's, un d e r the direction of Mr. Goss, th e organist of the Cathed ral. lest epreevseennit--ngtha t the present—the Merchanthen su usual T annual ayio rs, festival ha li w as atwhich were held in • the Lord Mayor, in the chair , the Sheriff.;, theA t rc a h r b t. i . shop of Canterbury, the Bis ho p s of Winchester, St. As aph, Sir Oxford, Chichester , B ath and Wells, St. David's, Kil arro more, and Glasgow ; the Lord Chancello r , the Rev, n neßi Bart., Sir Bridges, R. p. Sir B Glyn, Bart the Rev. Sir Lio nel Darrell, 13a rt., Mr. ,y Bar. H. '' row , M.P., Mr. Freshfield, M.P., Mr. Robert T L h o o r d m a John sm a ry T o h n y Wilson, • Clive, my., Mr. Sergeant Channel, the Dean of St. Pani A rc hdeacons Bentinck and Creyke, Rev, --28, Thurlow, Rev. Canons Blorofield, Self,...Chancellor Jennings, and Pilkington• ; R ev, D Repeal), erg, and Vivian Rev. George Curley , rs. Jacob, Spy art!), Henry Brown, R. G. Baker, R, Henry How er, R, E . L. Bennett, Charles Macke; • Copleston, H. Hall, J. C. linden, Thomas it' W. H. Hoare, W. J. William Rogers, W. J . e • lint) " , B. R. Plumtre, richton, many others • Aldermen Co Povah, fled and Wire ; iii. John 1,0 1 peland, Farebrother, Finnic, John Wood, Mr. Rich 1 ys, Mr. Robert Hickens, Mr. galay, Mr. Thom Richard Twirring, Mr. Richard Mgr. J• U. Chancellor, a Thomas &on, Mr. J. W. Burmester, Mr. Mr. Edward 'r. Felix Knyvett, Mr. S. B. Brooke, Hargreave A& __Wyndham Mr. J. C. Wood, Mr. Oliver Mr. Charles Elliott, and Mr. 'Robert Seim. dere. ' In reply to the toast of "the Vice-Presidents of the Institution 'Chancellor, ) ' the Lord expressed his sympathy of the corpora tion, and prorniAedhi,u,timthost theco-operationjects m forward ing its ends. The Bishop of Oxford, in acknowledging as a clergyman's son, which pro the toast of " the Stewards," paid a graceful compliment than on to the memory of Sir R. H. Inglis, the late treastrer of the institution, and urged that the quiet methodin which including legacies, to an y deserving applicants were relieved, without the publica - and , as nearly u s usual al tion of their needs, was a distinguishing . and meritorious , ie by Messrs act* M io r n . • feature d u e ed , c with o c f T: t s t i i i the the I, eaexceptionm viands amounted, u an ntinstitution.edd ,woi fn T e l Is i The 5 collection,3,were mores p pi. d other Bathe and Breach, of the London Tav uo e f r itg n hges company.oiated a s toastmaster,were o f une unexceptional p t t h i e o ngarle great s a quality . ti.t ... ~.o uay at •c 7, King street, uncap '. - ' 44, Begent-sireet ; 264, Holborn, and 351, Ox -4 4 A rh It ttt STI\ I. 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