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CHIAMAN—Sir JOFIX VIT.LIERS SHELLEY, Bart., N.P. VICE-CHAIRMAN—JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH, Esq. Current Accounts are received, and interest allowed on Manes. 8 1: per cent. Interest is at present allowed on deposits, with 10 41 Ye notice of withdrawal on sums of 10'. and upwards. By order. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary, Threadneedle-street, March 21, 1856. SOVEREIGN LIFE OFFICE, 49, ST. JISIFIB'S STREET, LONPON.. (Founded 1815.) .9 The,'Farl Talbot I B. Bond dabbell, Esq.,M.P. our Claude Scott, Bart. , L Henry Pawnsll, Rig... : %71 1 1. cotttpenygoffers —The' security of a largewiwcid-up 'Capital ; -.0 erate Rates of Frecaium; exemption from ell otlint charges. •,,,. • H. D. DAVENPORT, Secretay. EBTABLTSIIED 1837. 114ITANNIA LIFE .AS,SITRANCE . COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., Cap. 9. Diatcroas. Major -General ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, CstaIINAN. William Bardgett, Esq., 149. Fenchnrch-street. Cl.orge Revinctton. Esq., Neckinger Mills. Bermondsey. r. I'. Cockerill, Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. Beorge Cohen. Esq., ShackiewelL Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-Street. John Drewett, Esq.,•so, Cornhill. ' Erasmus Robert niter. Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. T. A. Ginter, Esq , 7, Toienh , use-yard. IL L. Smale, Esq., Doctors' Common& ISTANDma Bellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn, BerActrons. —Messrs. 311‘ Ler d and stenaing, 16, London•street, Fenehurch• street. Bixasas.—Messrs. Dimsdale. Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard, 50, Cornhill. increasing Rates of Premium for securing Loans Os Debts. Ralf Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Rain assured ppable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously ?rovlsion, during minority, for Orphans, BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Profits divided annually. Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. half-credit policies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out or t he Profits. ___(PaontlETAßT.) I (MUTUAL.) I . Half Whole Half Quer • 4 premium premium • 4 44 e • Firat for Re- Annual Yearly tetly remium Pre- Pre- Years. of Life. Seven 'minder ' p mium. mium. . ........ 1 I -.1 i „ 4 a. d .! £ a. 'd.l Years. Months .£ a. d. X a. d.l £ a. d. "'1'1912 3 81 30 0 273'142. 0 12 3 bq• 1 9 2, 2. 18 4, 3 2 7 61 1 4 4, 012 4 ~ 2 2 61 4 5 0, 6 .2 7 10' 1 4 6; 012 5 " '3 6 81 613 41 9 2 8 2; 1 4 8; 012 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. G,U4.ltDlt. st r ntAN F c l RE AND LIFE COMPANY, No. 11 # Lombard, •street, London. DIREC FRANCIS HART DYKE, HENRY lIULSE BERET ' John Dixon, Esq. Air W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, RA Thomson Ilankey, Esq., IMP. John Harvey, Esq. •John G. Hubbard, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Labouehere, Esq. John Loch, Esq. ;TORS. , Esq., Chairman. st, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Stewart Marjoribanks. Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry IL Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tutloch. Esq. Henry Yigne, Esq. AUDIToxe. Robaits, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. f John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq,, Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. ijarE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par il.Ment, this Company now oilers to future insurers Four-fifths of ,e Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium N l hout participation of Profits. w ho next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. 4t the fli&divisions of Profits mafie by this Company, the total el 'ersionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913.000 . % At Christmas t , 1854, the Assurances in force amounted to upwards . 10,740,0001. the' Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more en WlO,OOOl. • end the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the fl arantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,000/. I i p!OREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums reuired for the East 'West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the u nited States of Anierica, havebeen materially reduced. I NVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not In such sound health as * h ,Niel enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, have Their :Litres insured at Extra Premiums. 1.1, ed I•oANS.granted on Life Policies to the extent of their valuea, prei -4.' such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have galned in each case a value not, under 501. * , 4 RSTONMENTS 'OP POLICIES.—Written 'Notices of, received. d registered. ode FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will he — .le for volley Stamps. I Cotice is hereby given, that Fire -Policies which expire at Lady -4P must be renewed within firteen days at this efft.e, or with 81r. ) 48, No. I, St. James's-street, corner' of Pail-mall; or with the to I bPany's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they becom• Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. It • . A.D. 1720. OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES-ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. • Octavina Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., iteh..G.wernor. Sir John William Lubbock, Ilatt., Deputy-Governor. DRIACTORS. 4' 4 7 Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. L 4 011(1 S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. . 4 4 n Garret tOettley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. V 4 Xander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. William Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Petty, Bart. Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. l'revost. Esq. )OX/tiller Druce. Esq. . Abraham George Roberts, Esq , r ,eradtale Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. ;'M.Amadetis Heath, Esq. • Soltau, Esq. 4,1 4 111 Tetlow Hibbert, Esq.. 'Thoraal Tooke, Esq. • les Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace. Esq. celot Holland, Esq. , Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICLLItnegnEn -- -Samuel Belly, Esq., F.R.S. h„ 4o tice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre -411irris iallhag due at Lady-day will Rijiire on the,9th April. I, ll Ttrand LIFE AOURANCES may be effected With this Cor ltion OR advantageous terms. ' ah tke Life Department, assurances are granted with participation 1 0 Iits, or, at lower rretninma, without such participation. 4 1 ollowin table 'shows the large BONUSES declaed up to the , 111 r?e f cember, g 1855, on British Peal , ipating Policies r of fourteen ) -41 standing, for the sum of 1,0001, each. / A g* Addition Farther Per Colt. Per Cent. Addition Total per annum on the A t'llen m ad,. in in Addition on the .um Premium ~:- ` uretl. • 1848. • 1355. Assured. paid. -...."--...-- --- -- ---..— ~, • X • A X a 0 lO2 .. 112 211 1'53 59'3 115 106 115 221 , I'sB 54.3 40 . , na 121 . 234 1 67 50•5 45 ' ' 121 128 249 I'7B 4 , 1'2 50 135 140. 275 1 . 96 43 0 55 149 154 303 2•16 39•9 60 • 166 . 174 349 ' 2 43 37.2 ASSIMILATION OF TUE MERCANTILE , LA W. A bill brought in by the Lord Chancellor for the as similation of the mercantile law of the United Kingdom contains a clause abolishing the necessity for a written contract In the purchase and sale of goods. The measure will come on for discussion after Easter, and it is parti cularly desirat-le that this part of it should be fully ue ,lerstood, since it mitt have an important bearing on every mercantile transaction. According to the 17th section of the Statute of Frauds, no contract fur the sale of goods of 101. or upwards is valid unless some note or memorandum in writing of the bargain be made and signed by the parties to be charged by such ccotract or by their authorised agents. The act is a very old one, and, in the opinion of a former Chancellor, every lire of it was " worth a subsidy." It has not applied to Scot land, in which country a verbal agreement is binding ; and in some parts of England, especially Manchester, ii has been disregarded. In London hints been looked upon -with favour, and strictly adhereil to. This discrepancy of custom being inherently objectionable, although it does not appear to have been attended with so mush practical inconvenience as might have been - anticipated, the Mercantile Law Commission, in a report printed last year, reconituended that the enactment should' be re pealed, "and that the laws of England and lielan , l should in this respect,. be assimilated to the simpler rule sf the common law observed in Scotland." On the theoretical propriety of effecting an assimilation of the law there can be no question. The point is, should the Scotch system be tnade to conform to that of England mid Ireland, or should the process be of the opposite kind? The chief argument in favour of abolishing the prevision seems to consist in the int xpediency of making au inflexible rule in a matter which, without interfering with any moral principle, may be left to individual dis cretion. Thies) alio con s id er a wr i tten note of contract advantageous may still insist upon having it; but why, it is asked, shut out the possibility of parol testimony in cases where parties prefer the ri4( of dispensing with t-uch a precaution ? In the absence of a written note juries would be entitled to require evidence of the most unimpeachable description before deciding in any given case that a contract had been completed ; but instances must sometimes occur in which persons through ignorance of the law enter into verbal agree ments, which could not be disputed 'without reckless dishonesty ; and it is contended that no enactment can have a salutary operation which precludes redress under such circumstances. On the othi r h lnd, the reasons fir mainteini g the English practice possess considerable weight. The cases of error from ignorance of the law are mostly of an insignificant character, whereas the fact that the enormous traesactiona of London, which affect the commerce of the entire world, have always been carried on under the existing system, and would, at least tempora r ily, b e unsettled by any c h ange in it, is a strong plea for demanding its continuance. At pre sent the broker who makes the contract which is to bind both parties sends the bought and sold note at once to each party respectively. If he has misunderstood or abused their instructions, the mischief - is at once corrected ; but if no written evi dence be required, and th e t ransaction rests on t h e verbal evidence of the broker, there is obviously an opening for much mischief " It may be said," observes a legal correspondent of great commercial experience, that this mischief will in time be corrected, and that if brokers are found to abuse the confidence of their em ployers they will cease to be employed, or will on all oc casions use written contracts ; but to arrive at this re sult you will have to go through a very doubtful expe riment, and probably much litigation." This diversity of opinion being prevalent, it is desirable that the atten tion of the merchants of London should be given to the subject, and the object of the present remarks is to sug gest that they should take some measures to ascertain the general feeling respecting it. On the propriety of written contracts being always insisted upon in practice there is not likely to be much difference of view among the prudent personS, and even if the expediency of abo lishing the law by which they are made imperative should be airnitted it is to be hoped that the custom, as a custom, will never be relaxed, and that juries will learn to view with great suspicion any claim in which it may have been neglected.—Times. The bar silver brought by the last West India mail was sold yesterday at 61d. per ounce, showing an ad vance of id. Mr.'Henry Luard, the general mansger of the Lon don and County Bank, has resigned, and Mr. William M`liewan, his deputy, has been provisionally appointed to succeed him. This change is stated to have no con nection with the recent death of Mr. Sadleir, whose se eurities deposited with the bank, and which consisted of title-deeds, have all been pronounced perfectly regular, after drietaiiiihationiiiitituted'hy Messrs. Fresh&ld. h 7 , 14 111 n lent redctions have been ade in the Premiums payable i'es a e persons a who preferred that form of Bonus. 'e future division of Profit will take place every Five years. i t a7 sunt.not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured en one life. 4 us corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Prufits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate orßonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties —with the guarantee of a large lay eted Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice —with the security of an • office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. ROYAL EXCHANGE. LOKDON. . JOHN A. HIGHAM. Actuary and Secretary. • IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. FRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an o Injunction Injunction was granted by the I.Ugh Court of Chancery, and tr.f. lth of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph a b Ultlin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou- Potinds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by k t , 4l Letters Patent of England and secured by the Seals oi the de rhymed() de Par% and ' the Imperial College of Medicine, wing" TRIESEMAR, No. 1, elk -- wedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and all the distressing eli t rNitiences arising from early abuse, Etc., and its effects are 01- ,„ °4, in youth , manhood, and old age ; and t those persons who kt i reyented entering tho married state from the results of early 43 It :is invaluable. *ir e , TRIESEMAR, No. 2, t a t tlnll y , in the short space of three days, completely and entirely Iht-socates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivl and Cubebs if so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health vast portion of the population. 1.0,_ TREESEMAR, No. 3, 14 1 I, ft 3; treat Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which evit jar the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in -441e destruction of the atient's constitution, and which all the i a jarilla In the world ca nnot remove. kt o ' l tBllllAlt, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, te,t h °l all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table I,llin their ("Ise being suspeeted Iog,. 4I EFEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are told in tin eases, price Is., or th e ; 'ales in one for 335., which saves I Is.; and in M. eases, whereby ter,„ Y , a saving of 11. 125.; divide int. s 3,,arate doses, as adminis- DY yalpeau, La) lemand, Rous , Spa., Fie, holesale and Re:ail in Londcn of Johnston, 6s, to m ~o 1; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street: and Sanger. ISO, Ox oregt ; E. IL Ingham, druggist, 46, si arket-street, Manchester; , 1 40 1 . 4 4 acillury, bookseller. Deansgate, Bqiton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 32, Vilba tr °,„: ,- TATerikk) l bookselle4. l o, Westmoreland-street, w ,111 )3: 1 , hOoki Iligli-ttreet; llifildrighaMe SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published. print , is., illustrated with cases and numerous engravings . free by poet tor 14 stamps, VER voOS DEBILITY; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Ctire,—An Essay on Sper .. natorrbme, with Practical Observations on a •ator and more u , :cessful mode of treatment of the diseases of the Oencrativc .ystem, obtained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and 'stingui.diing, by urinary examination, the real cause and effect of 'very variety of complaint, whether arising from solitary habits. , kcesses. accident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded .1 twenty' years' experience in the treatment of Impuissance. ;ervotts Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhma, ike, To which .re addii, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre ! eitionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical prEctioe, nt on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers or, these 'mportant disorders. By &MATTEL LA'MI'RT M.D. itEDFORD-SQUA IE, LONDON, Poo or of Medicine ' Matriculated Member of the Ualver a tty o f Edi n ,urgh. Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society ileentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Sc„ gra. Che essential obtect of this treatise is to point out the fearful con. +e i .ences resulting from curtain habits, irregularities, and excesses, ar i•ok have produced more misery in Youth, degradatio,t in Man hoyt, and premature decay at all stages of Life, t,ttan, perhaps, any ~t der clam, of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is rticularly recommended to poisons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded :he health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is .31titled it is absolutely necessary that all men should know, that there arc rinelples of personal management which cannot bis violated withou marring grievous penalties, end when wisdom and regret succeed to boyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties nty he mitigated, haw the sting of their bitterness may be removed, how the evil and its consequences mayte avoided, and above all, at there :a scarcely any degree of physical In9rmity or fun ctiona; eraegemeetto which the ttroety aid of attune.) cannot apply a cure. 'he author ha. for a series of years been engaged in an extensive r.etiee in the treatment of these delicate eomptatnts, which hay. ; ortunately boon too, generally confided to the care of Ignore:, vmuirie•i, who Indict great init. ry on those wLe are induced to Mac. Aith in their pretensions, • EltlrOUs DEBILITY may be has price Is. of Messrs. Sher vend and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; 1 r•cic,l9, Leicester-square; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or tree by post fo' i 1 stAmn• to any address from the kutho.r's residen e 37, Bel. 9) I.P.‘tm-P. At holm for c mmitation daisy trom eleven till two, and from six cedAllY ch 16 .6 moP se de (1 t' No. 19.9031 PUBLICATIONS. TWELFT II EDITION. Now ready, with 15 illustr,tions, Gs , bound, '-`HE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. lty ELTOT WARBURTON. 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DOUGLAS, Secretary to the Entomological Society of • London. London: John Van Worst, Paternoster-row. ;‘ , TEW BOOK ON ENTOMOLOGY, BY A WORKING MAN. Now ready, 12m0., pp. 191, price 35 ., VORACTICAL HINTS respecting. MOTHS And B.llLTKR,Llitawlth NUtlees set,thelr Lowatties„ forming Calenclut of Entornolog;cal Operations throughout the year in pur suit birliepttloptera. By RICHARD MELD. Lonion: J hn Tan Worst, Paternoster-row. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. • r EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic arid invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe. guard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, Condon, and 68. Broad-street, Worcester; also by 111esrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs:Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer• hants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard Against imitations, see that the naives of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. ?ICE LABEL.—In consequence of the great i variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS' MACASSAK OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble the original as frequently t deceive the unwary-they have em ployed those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who, at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded in producing from steel " A. NEWLAREL," which cannot he forced. Rill composed of a section of an engine -tuned circle, repeated one hundred and thirty times—and fo-ms an original lace-work ground, upon which is engraved in white lette-s, " ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, FOR THE GROWTH, RESTORATION, AND FOR BEAUTIFYING THE HUMAN HAIR." Under which Is the Signature of the Proprietors in Red Ink " A. - ROWLAND & SONS." Stela by them at 20, llatton•garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfttmers. f• ' • V • 1 , - • c f • /.../. • /tr. , • •,. • ,ur,:,, t • • - - • t / .3 14, A , • , Atte , „ 0,1/1 •••, ply :011 1 44.614". , 6s- 1 2, wic „, t 4 1 ` l ' . . . . , r ••,', A 8) • • 1111111PPP' s p, otk, 4 5 , ''l4 • aWI • &;" f• I 1 ,1 r • eiblS v - v" -1 1 IE 'or [Lilt? `." • [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• •• , _ ,11;144t40P • heat please the. Frenclbsttlion. hia attendance are, as the French natiotikr'A' wish those of tlie Emperor to be, splendid and perial. But with this grandeur of display mingles a true elevationaaf mind. It is an elevation which,! l %.l PP while it carsie4 him to the greatest heights of. State , - affairs, does not raise hint above the ordinary duties of humanity. If he be a great Empero r , he is at the same ti me a t en d er husband. If he be a'keen diplomatist, he is net the less a tenacious friend. If he carry nobly and well the high dignity which be wears, he never forgets to whom he owes it, by whom he was chosen, and whose interests are en trusted to him. In every answer to the many ad dresses which pour on him from all classes, and from all parts of the country, he attributes to the choice of the people, and to that entirely, the place which his dynasty once m ore h o ld s on th e i mper i a l throne of France. Ho has filled that place better, - we believe, than any other man now living could have filled it. He has vindicated his &aim by the strongest proofs. He has brought France, weak, tu multuous, disconterited, and miserable, to a state of ' order in which she is strong, at rest, prosperoug, and. happy. He " has placed her, whom her enemies ' , steered at as a sinking Power, once more i n th e first rank of nations. He gives her the prospect of a calm and steady - greatness. Such—so acute, so firm ; so honest, and ao steadfast—is the character of the man who now stands, by the choice of the people and by hie own deeds, at the head of the Imperial Dynasty of France. No ruler of France could long hold his sway who could not direct armies, who had no sympathy with the soldier, who could not make the army feel that he was the man who should be at their head. This • Napoleon 111, has done. He .has joined us with equal ability in the direction of a disinterested war, and in the making of an honourable peaoe. That peace once made, there com es hi s mos t diffi cu lt t as k and his - proudest - achievement, the keeping France rich, industrious, and peaceful, in content and unity. This will be the strongest test of that consummate ability in the management of the State which he has already shown. .This will be the formation of the noblest legacy to hisiamily. Thi the ciantinuance•—iu friendly emulation iter chanee of commerce—of an alliance with England, in which he has displayed an honesty and an swerving frankness which no man has ever exceeded The blaze-of joy -which the birth of the Prince ex cited in all France had none o f the commonpla ce character of r e gal or imperial rejoicing about ,t. It was, as we believe, a real, strong, and cordial feeling, warranted by the fact that it gave permanence and stability to the' existing order of things. We have Seen; not - without regret, the grave yet eager sugges tions in which some of our contemporaries have in .dulged kir a oharige in the constitution of France. In Heaven's name, what have we to do with the French Constitution ? What business have we with the form of government under which a neighbouring and allied country thinks it proper to fix itself, :after sixty years of disastrous trials, from which it escaped in a condition ,calling loudly for a strong hand to - set it in. order ? The foolish prejudice which clamoured against the Emperor as a tyrant .has passed away for ever. No man is more willing ,than he to give the French nation. all the liberty' it wants. No man is- more determined to save the gond and deserving majority from the tyranny of . the few clover and unscrupulous adventurers who , would willingly override all that is independent of their lathier:co: NO" man, we should think, could be less auiious to leave the Child of France, who "fills the ImPerial cradle, and satisfies the hope of that great country, the dangerous monopoly of power ; but no man will keep a stronger grasp on that power, so long as it is for the good of the nation that he -should dO so. No man has an eye more keen and more just for what is right—none has a judgment less liable to be warped—none — has a courage more unfaltering than Napoleon 111.. THE SOUND DUES. COPENHAGEN, March 20.—You are aware that the eround upon which the Government of the United States has denounced the treety of amity and commerce with Denmark of the 26th of April, 1826, is their ui - willingness to surrender to any Power the right of using the ocean as the "highway of commerce ," and to ac knowledge the right of Denmark to levy the Sound does —a right which the United States have reciguised from. the moment of their entering in•o the class of indepen dent nations urtil'lB26, as a not privileged State, and as a privileged State from that year MCI' it the 14th of April, 1855, - when - they denounced the above-named treaty. Some of the meet 'eminent Ameriean statesmen—M Daniel Webster and the celebrated Henry 'Wheaten —formerly acknowledged the r i ght of Denmark to levy the Sound dues, as resting upon " iinmemerial usage," and sanctioned by numerous treaties ; and the be-t writers on *public Itw--for example, fltynkershoek aid Lord Stowell—consider the law of nations as derived front the usage and practice of mankind. The first time the right of Detimarleto levy tills upon the tn,a chant vessels passing the Sound and the Belt, has been denied W'IR in 1843, by the then American Secretary of State Mr Upsh ir, who, in a raport to-President Tyler, remarked "That Derimar't could not demand this tell open any principle of natural or public law. nur upon ~say-Esther ground than ancient te-ae, which finds I o justification in the existing ~ t nt,i of things. She renders no service for this exaction, and"—this, I presume, is the prineirett - argument —" has not even the &aim of power In enforte But Mr. Upshur died shortly after. and , his-successor in office ' Mr. Calhoun, th e grea t juric .nsult, entirety abandoned the stand taken by Mr. Upshur in this question. Now, the new American doctrine of public -law might, perhaps be defended, at leant front an Amerioan point ,of view, if the United Stales themselves acte.l up te it in their relations with every other nation. But if you compare the course pursued by the United States' Government in a recent negotiation about the free navigation of the St. Law rence river with that which they have adopted in regard to the Sound dues, you will pereeive that the j MIS for. awls is the real - principle of Americen public law. In the 'negotiation with Great Britain about the free navi gation c f the St. Lawrence the United States.claimed tha . , the stipulations of the Vienna treaties, " by whVt the navigation of 'the great European rivers had been -ma le free to all nations, were applicable per analogy to the navigation of the St. Lawrence." In ,their ne gotiations with Denmark about the S ,und dues the United States (viz., Mr. Marcy, in his despatch to the American Charge d'Affaires at Copenhagen, o f July 18, 1853) decidedly repudiate the idea of ailostieg any weight:to the treaties of Vienna in regard to the Sound dues question, and does not take any notice of the fact that the Congress of Vienna. although makirg free the;tiavigation of the'great European river., left the right of Denmark to levy the Sonnd dues enterely un touched. By the 4th article of the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain of Jllfie sth, 1854, the United States agreed :—"That the citizens and inhabitants of the United S!atesshall have the right to navigate the river -Ste Lawrence, subject only to- the same tolls and other assessments as now are or may lereaker be exacted of her Majesty's said subjects, it • being understood, how ever, that the 'British 'Government retains tire right of -suspending this privilege on giving due notice thereof to the Government of the U..ited Stitee." But to Den mark Mr. Marcy ta!ks in a high tone of the "free high way of nations," and refuses to have anything to do with European public law and European balance of Power. When invited to the conferences about the S yund 'held at , presmt at Copenhagen, and where Austria, B--1 7 ginm, France, Great Britain, Holland, Oldenburgh, Prussia, Spain, Sweden and Norway, and Russ'a are represented, the United States declined taking a part -n them, and in all probability the questi in will be resolved withont their co-epd ratio-. In a recent meeting of the conference 'the Danish Commissary, Mr. Bluhtne, submitted a proposal of capi talisation of the Sound duel., according to which Den mark should receive 35 millions of Danish rixdollars as indemnity for the abolition of the tolls, on the following conditions : "(ct ) Th .t all the Powers interested in the Baltie trade and navigation participate i n the payment, and that it shall be agreed to by the Powers represented in the conferences, Denrrark reserving to herself to treat separately with the Powers not represented as to their quota share. "(b.) That a sum of 2,335,083 rixdollars shall be con sidered an indemnity for the lighthouse dues, and 32,664,912 rixdollars as compensation for duties upon goods. n(0 ) That the payment of the quote, share of each of he repreoynlel Powers shall he guarant2ed to Denmark .n a sa-isfactory manner." The Danish - Commissary futther stated that the above named sum was the minimum of indemnity which Den mark had the right of claiming. According to this propose.; would be about 10,000, the uhare of Great Britain 1,200,000/. 000 Danish money (or about ), the share of Russia about the same sum, that of Prussia .boat 4,500,000 Danish rixdollers, that of Sweden and Norway about 2,000,000. that. of the Ne therlands 1,500,000, that of France 1,250,000, that of Belgium 300,000,000 rixdollars, that of Spain 1,000,000, and so on, in proportion to the yearly average amount of du es each State has paid in later years. You will easily understand that it is of the greatest importance to Denmark that this affair should be regu late I before the 14th of June, 18.5 a, the prolonged term of the expiration of the Danish-American treaty of 1826, as after this time any extremity of violent measures may be feared on the part of the American Government. The journals of the Union at least speak of sei zing upon the Danish West India Islands. especially St. Thomas's, as reprisals against the Danish Government, should it exact the payment of Sound dues by American vessels passing the Sound after the expiration of the treaty of 1826. Many British subjects being settled in those islands, and St. Thomas's being an important British postal and packet station, it is to be supposed that the British Government would not look with indifference upon such an act of violence on the part of the United States. But still it would be preferable that, the Sound dues question being settled before the above named term, the threatened complication did not, anise, —Times. The 47,0001. of gold brought by the Lightning has been taken to the Bank of England. In addition to the further sum of 350,000/. expected daily from Austra• lict by the Blackwall, 61,7041. will be broughb by the Brilliant, which eailed from Geelong on the 26th of De• comber. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 26,. 1856. BIGH COURT. OF ADMIRALTY. --_..;:a-- The following aro the "New Rules, Orders, and Regulations far the High Court of Admiralty in regard to Instance Proceedings" : " Whereas by the act of the 3d and 4th of Victoria, chap. 65, entitled ' An Act to improve the Practice and ex tend the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Admiralty of England,' it is among other things enacted, € that it shall be lawful for the Judge of the said High Court of Admi ralty from time to time to make each rules, orders,- and regulations respecting the practice and mode of proceed ings of the said court, and the conduct and deities of the officers and practitioners therein, as to him shall seem fit, and from time to time to repeal or alter such rules, orders, or regulations, provided always that no such rules, orders, or regulations shall be of any force or effect until the same shall have been approved by her Majesty in Council ; " Now I, Stephen Lushington, Doctor of Laws, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of England, in virtue of the power and authority given to me by the said act, do make the following rules, orders, and regulations respect ing the practice and mode of proceeding of the said court, and the conduct and duties of the office's and practitioners therein, in order that the same may be submitted for the approval of her Majesty in Council : "I. All office copies and other copies of pleadings, pro ceedings, affidavits, depositions, exhibits, and other docu ments in the High Court of Admiralty shall be counted and charged for at and after the rate of 72 words per folio; rnd every numeral, whether contained in columns. or other wise written, shall bo counted and charged for as a word. "11. In all cases of damage, unless the judge sha 1 be pleased otherwise to direct, each party, or his proctor, shall, before the libel or act en petition is given in, bring into and deposit in court a sealed packet, containing a statement of the following particulars : "1. The name of the two vessels which came into colli sion, and the names of their respective masters. " 2. The time of the collision, as neatly as can be stated. "3. The place of the collision. • " 4. The direction of the wind at the time. " 5. The state of the weather. " 6. 'The course of the respective vessels on first sighting each other.- " 7. The distance it Which the other vessel was first seen. _ _ " 8. The courses whick each vessel thereupon adopted to avoid the collision. "9. The parts of each vessel which first came in contact. " And such packets shall remain in the registry sealed up, and 'shall not bo opened, save with the permission of the judge, until the proofs in the cause are brought in or the whole of the pleading and examinations are concluded, and such statements shall be called the' preliminary acts.' 111. 1u proceedings by plea and proof in the said court, no witness shall bo examined on any plea until after the pleadings in the cause have been concluded, except with the permission of the court and upon good cause shown. " IV. It shall not be necessary to repeat to a witness his deposition either in chief or on interrogr tories, but the registrar or examiner who shall have taken the evidence shall certify, at the foot of the deposition, thatthesame has been read over audibly and distinctly to the witness, and that the witnes has acknowledged the same to be true. " V. If the witness refuse to sign his deposition, the registrar or examiner, as the case may be, shah certify at the foot of the deposition that the witness has so refused, and that the deposition is in accordance with the evidence given by such witness, and the deposition of such witness may thereupon be read and referred to at the hearing of the cause. " VI. V ln proceedings by plea and proof the proctors or their substitutes may, unless the judge shall order to the contrary, be present at the examination of the witnesses both in chief and upon interrogatories, but the evidence shall be taken down in writing es at present by the registrar or an examiner of the court. The witness may be cross examined upon interrogatories, either prepared beforehand, or framed and put in A 8 ritiug at the time of the examina tion, and after cross-examination they miy iu the Caine manner be re-examined also upon written interrogatories, but the questions shall in all cases be put sad the interro gatories be administered by the registrar or examiner. " VII. No party in a cause, except by special leave of the judge, shall bo allowed u:1 be present at such examina tion unless he shall be conducting the proceedings in per son ; and no party, proctor, or Substitute shall be per mitted to take any part in such examination, cross-exami nation, or re-examination, or in any manner to interfere with, or object to the conduct or proceedings of the regis trar or examiner therein, except so far as designing the witness to the several articles of the pleas, and tendering written interrogatories to the registrar or examiner fur the purpose of their being administered to the witnesses. " VIII. It shall be competent to the said judge to direct the evidence of the witnesses to be taken down by a short hand writer or reporter appointed by the Court, who'ahall be previously sworn faithfully to report the evidence as stated to Mai by the registrar or examiner; and a trans cript. of the short hand writer's or reporter's notes, certified by 'aim to ha correct, shall be admitted ty prove the oral evidence of the witnesses, and be taken and used as evi dence in the cause. "IX. The registrar may, if he shall think fit, in any re ference made to hire, either alone or with the merchants, allow witnesses to be produced before him for examina tion after they shall have been duly sworn to speak the troth, according to the mode and practice prevailing in the said court ; and ,the evidence shall, if either party in the cause shall require it, be taken down by a short hand writer or reporter appointed by the Court, who shall be previewsly sworn faithfully to report the evidence as stated to him by the registrar, and a transcript of shorthand writer's or reporter's notes, certified by him to be correct, shall be admitted to prove the oral evidence of the wit lICIMOS, and ba taken and used as evidence in an objection to the registrar's report on such reference. "X. The pleadings and proofs shall, in all contested suits, unless the ju•lge shall order to the contrary, be printed prior to the hearing thereof, and such printing shall ba in such manner and form and under such regulations in regard to the cost and mole of printing the same as the judge of the sail court may from time to time direct. " XI. These rules, orders, and regulations shall, if pre ciously approved by her Majevy in Council, conic into ope ration.en the let of January, 1856. _ _ " Witness lily hand this Isi day of De6_,. 1851. • " STEPH LEN USIIINGTON." "ORDER IN COUNCIL CONFIRMING CERTAIN RULES, ORDERS. AND REGULATIONS FOR THE HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY IN REGARD TO INSTANCE PROCEED -1 NES At the Court at Windsor, the 7th day of Dec., 1855 — present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council ; Whereas the Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, under the provisions of an act passed in the session of Parliament hell in the third and foiirth years of her Majesty's reign, entitled Au Act to improve the Pt actice and extend the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Ailniirelty of England, made and submitted to her Majesty in Council curtain rules, orders, and regulations respecting the practice and mode of procee ling in the said court, and the conduct and duties of the officers and practitioners therein in regard to instance proceedings; now, therefore, her Majesty, having taken the said rules, orders, and regulations into considera tie& is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Coun cil, to approve and confirm the same, and the said rules, orders, and regulations (a copy whereof is hereunto an nexed) are hereby approved ant confirmed accordingly. •• Whereof the judge, the registrar, and other ()dicers of the said court, and all others whom it may concern, aro to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. " C. C. GREVILLE " "DIRECTIONS IN REGARD TO PRINTING THE PROCEED INGS IN INSTANCE CAUSES. " Whereas ; by her Msje,ty's order in Council, bearing date the,7th day of December, 18 . .5, confirming certain rules, orders, and regulations for the High Court of Ad miralty in regard to instance proceedings, it is, among other things, ordered that the pleadings and proofs shall in all contested suits, unless the judge shall order to the con trary; be pe Wel prior to the hearing thereof, and such printing shall be in such manner and form and under such regulations in regard to the cost and tootle of printing the seine as the judge of the said court may from time to time direct.' "Now I, Stephen Lushington, Doctor of Laws, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty of England, do, in virtue of the powers thereby conferred on me, declare that— "l. Proceedings to bo printed in cases concluded after the let of Jan., 1856.—1 t shall not b a necessary to print the proceedings in any case in which the pleadings have been concluded prior to the Ist day of Jar., 1356 ; but in all cases in which the pleadings are concluded after that day the who's, of the proceedings shall, unless the judge shall order to the contrary, be printed prior to the hearing, in accordance with the directions hereinafter given. "2. Plaintiff to print.—The printing shall, unless the judge shall order to the contrary, be done at the expense of the plaintiff and under his directions or those of his proctor. " 3. Plaintiff to be assigned to bring in printed copies.— In an act on petition cause, at the time of the proofs being brought in, and in a plea and proof cause, when both proc tors declare that they have no further witnesses to produce, the plaintiff or his proctor shall be assigned, within the periods hereinafter mentioned, to bring into court, and at the same time to deliver to the defendant or his proctor, printed copies of the whole proceedings iu the cause. "4. Defendant to deliver copy of his pleadings and proofs to the plaintiff. To enable the plaintiff to comply with such assignation, the defendant or his proctor shall, in an act on petition cause, at the time of bringing in the proofs, and in a plea and proof cause, within a week after both proctors shall have declared that they kayo no further witnesses to produce, deliver a correct and examined copy of his plead ings and proofs to the plaintiff or his proctor, who shall forthwith arrange the whole of the proceedings and take immediate steps to have the same printed. "5. Plaintiff to deliver proof within three days.—Within three days from the time of the copies of the defendant's pleadings and proofs being delivered to the plaintiff er his proctor, the latter shall leave with the defendant or his proctor a printed proof of the whole proceedings, with a view to the correction of the press. .‘ 0. Defendant to return proof corrected within two days.—And if tho defendant or his proctor shall net within two days from such time return to the plaintiff or his proc tor the printed proof with the necessary corrections made therein, the plaintiff shall proceed to have the required number of copies struck of from his own corrected proof to enable him to comply with the assignation proviausly made upon by the Court. " T. Time allowed for bringing in printed papers.—ln all ordinary cases, where the proceedings do not exceed ton printed sheets, the time which the printed copies of the papers shall be brought in shall be, in an act on peti tion cause, within a week from the time of the proofs being brought in ; and, iu a plea and proof cause , within 14 da y s after both proctors shall have declared that they h av e no further witnesses to produce; provided, nevertheles s, t hat ttimhee for Cotu te purpose.thmav, whenever it shall sea fit, allow further " 8. If printed copies not brought in Court may dismiss the cause with costs.—ln case the plaintiff, or his proctor, shall neglect or refuse to comply with the assignation of the Court relative to bringing in and delivering to the ad , verse proctor, within the required time, printed copies of the proceedings, the Court may, if it shall think fit, dis miss the cause with costs. " 9. Style of printing.—With a view to insure nnifor ' mitt' in style, all cases shall be printed in idea type, with leads between the lines (4 to a pica thick), and the page shall he 40 ems wide, exclusive of marginal notes (if any), an , .ems pica long. 148 " 10. Charge for the acme.--The charge to be allowed on taxation for each sheet of four pages shall be,—lf 50 copies are printed, 38s. per sheet; if 100, 40s. per sheet ; if 150, 428. per sheet ; if 200, 445. per sheet ; if 250, 465. per sheet ; to include inside marginal figutes to every 10th line ; but no marginal notes will be allowed for. `II. Extra for table work.—For table-work an extra al lowance shall be made as follows :—lf in pica type, ss. per page ; small pica, 78. per!page ; long pri me; 104.61. per page ; but iu all cases where pica or sin,4ll pica can be used for table work, a smaller type shall not be allowed for on taxation. " 12. Charge to include overvthiog.—The paper on which the proceedings are printed shall be fine demy, weighing not less than 241 b. per ream, and the prices men tioned above shall include all chsrgea for printing, paper, folding and stitching, and if a wrapper be required it shall be charged for as half a sheet. " 13:No allowance to be made for corrections—As proc tors will he allowed 2d. per folio for examining the copies for the printer, no charge will be allowed on taxation for corrections. The prices given above will incluas the correc tion of all errors of type arising with the printer; and if any errors occur in the copies furnished to the printer the expense of correcting them must be borne by theparty with whom the same originated. . "14. Number of copies ordinarily,required.—The BUM' ber of copies of the printed papers ordinarily required, where there are but two par iss to the suit, will be 150 viz , 50 for the Admiralty Court, of which 10 shall be brought into the registry, and 23 deliverecito the defendant or his proctor, and 10G additional for the Court of Appeal, which the plaintiff or his proctor shall be bound to deliver• in all cases of appeal free of all expense ; and of which 60 shall be brought into the appeal registry and 20 delivered to the defendant or his proctor, and consequently the charge to be ordinarily allowed on taxation will be 425. per sheet, with extra for table-work. " 5. Larger nnmber of copies may sometimes be allowed. Where the e are more than two parties to o snits propor tionably lot ger number of copies shall be pi in tea as well , for the Admiralty Court as for the Court of Appeal, and a pro , portionally higher charge will then be all Owed en taxation, according to the scale of charges set forth in paragraph EL " N. Proctors may employ any printer.—Prpcters will be at liberty to employ any printer whom they may select, but in case MG printinpsh.;uld not be donei taxibet.o in thalami, and manner above prescribed, either they.shall be beund.to 'reprint the whole proceedings, or - else they shall not be allowed on taxation any sum whatever for the printing. " S. LUSHINGTON, Judge. • " Dated the 31st of December, 1855. " N B. Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode, of East Harding street; Messrs. Clowei and Co , of Duke street, Stsmford. street, Blackfriers ; and 11lesirs. Waterlow, of Birchin lane, City, are willing to print the proceedings within the times prescribed and at the prices state." eheve'as those which will be allowed on taxation." 7 g • • •!:‘ • - from her moorings of Woolwich Arsenal, and.eteamed doWn to: Greenhithe to try her 'machinery at the mea sured mile.. The ambulance waggon the compartments of which were minutely inspected by: her 'Majesty on her late visit to Woolwich, has been forwarded to the contractors to that department, with an order Jor the execution of a considerable number precisely similar to the model. The following appointments were made yesterday 'ut the Admiralty :--- Lieutenant C. 0. B. Hall, to the Royal ; Lieutenant C. F. Palmer, to the Conflict ; F. W. Ben, Master, to the Vigilant; Thos. C. Tilly, Second Master, to the Alacrity ;-William Pearce, Second Master, to the Surptise'; - E. P. Bed well, Second Master, to the Assur ance ; E. J. Maitland, Second Master, 'to the Osprey ; P. C. Johnston, Naval Cadet, to the Orion ; W. C. Karslake, -Aral Cadet to the sanspareil.' • R. F. ila,m ,mick, Naval'Cadetrterthe Calcutta; and H. 'C. Wallis and E. Seale, Naval Cadets, to the Centurion. EASTER VESTRIES. ST. PAUL'S, XNIGHTSBRIDGE. The vestry assembled in the - parochial school-room, Wilton-place). Por some days past the greatest possible eecitement has• prevailed in the parish; in consequence of the opposition offered to the re-elention of Mr. Wes terton in the person of Mr. J. H. nick, a florist and , coal merchant. By the friends of Mr. Westerton it was alleged that Mr. Tuck's return would virtually put an end to the suit now pending which Mr. Westerton and Mr. Beal are thnpromotere, and the Hon. and,Rev. Bellied Liddell, M.A„ the iecuinbent 'of St. Paul aid St. Barnabas,.is the def endant. On the other •hand, it was contended •by -Mr: Tuck's filen& that Mr. Westerton was unworthy-of the confidence of the parishioners, as he had proved himself disloyal, to We' Quee n , and an r oe-my to the °bur& England. 5uch . ..Aber ... 2.74, on well as many °tilers of a -minor Charattet; we're placarded about the district by both - parties with the utmost perti nacity. In a few'moments after the sehOot-room doors were opened there was a tremendous rush. It is an up-qairs room, capable of holding ahnut a couple, of hundred ner-, eons ; and was - soon . filled. Some two , or three hundred ether persons remained outside, being unable to effect an admission. •On its being put to the vote an ,odjourn mont to the back yard of the school was carried .by a large and anxious majority, ieho lost no time in making their escape. As aeon as the audience bad assemblfd, the "open . air meeting" was commenced by the Hon. anti Rev. Mr. Liddell declaring himself ex officio in the chair. At this stage of the proceedings Mr. Gill, market gardener, presented his card and " /ii tie account" to the rector, and demanded payment of .131., balance of 161. due foe flowers furnished for the decoration of the church. He said he had . received 31. en account, but could not get the test, and he wanted the money very badly. He had been represented. ,as a pauper, but he never was a pauper in his life. Mr. LIDDELL— Well, send in your account then. Mr. GELL —I have sent it in. Mr. LIDDELL—If you disturb the business of the meeting I shall give you over to the care of a police. man. You are not a householder of this district. (" Shame," and hisses.) Mr. GELD—Never mind, you owe me the money. Mr. LIDDELL—If I owe you anything it shall be paid ; but I knoW nothing about it. The CHAIRMAN then stated the object of the meeting. It was usual, he said, to read the minutes of the pre vious meeting before commencing the business that called them together, but the minute-book was not forthcoming. Where it was he could not tell, for he bad not had charge of it for some time. He should no-. initiate as a ohurate4varden, on his own behalf, Mr. William Jackson, of No. 50, Wilton-oreseent, then leave the ratepayers to exercise their own peouliar function, - which was to elect a fit and proper person to fill the office of churchwarden for the ensuing year. If no other candidate were nominated, .he_ would put the question tWthe meeting. The Hon. and Rev. F. BARING said he believed he rept e- , ented the universal sentiment of the ratepayers in eaying that they owed a great debt.of gratitude to Mr. Weeterton for the zeal, ability, and coursge with 'which he had fulfilled the effic3 of . ohurehwart.ten, fur the past three years. (Cheerii He hail.. not only done. hie own duty, int instructed the' chair Man in his. He had maintained his rights, and had shown that ho was not appointed solely to" look after the building, but..also to take care of the funds . of the parish. He shc.wed it to be his proeince to see that the money collected -at 1 'the offertory for the poor should not, be frittered away in fieral decorations. (Hear, hear.) They had heard that Mr. Tuck was to be put forward, and if he were elected the ratepayers wou.d ,not only have Mr. Tuck the 11,rist as purveyor of flowers to the church, but also as auditor of the accounts. If Tuck became their 'churchwarden, he feared there would be very -little "tuck" left fee the poor. (Laughter and cheers.) He had been asked by Mr. Westerton to take tl e office in his stead, hitt Ite had always. refused ; first, becau,e he did not feel coMpetent; and secondly, because he could not conscientiously sit, in the parish church, and hear the Bible perverted. n id _cheer, and cries of . • So' it is'; i ' "Its' rank blasphemy, and nothing elee,") Independently of - religious, scruples, he felt that he could never have any sort ef confidence in Mr. -Lid dell.. ; Who would r He had no hesi tatien in saying that a person who would break faith with him in one instance would break faith in others. Mr Liddell had sent hiin a message by two per-oral friends that if he (Mr. Earii,g) would take legal measures to re move those things which the Bishop of London obj-Tted to, he (Nle. Liddell) would offer no opposition. A faculty had accordingly been applied for, and the re-nit was well krigwri. The faculty was granted, but Mr. Liddell had appealed ag ainst it, (Groans and hisk;ea.) _ _ The CHAIRIIAN said he wished to ascertain what .the law wa , . When that was really ascertained; . he was ready to bow to it. (Renewed groaning.). , • Mr. BARING—The impression no doubt was, that the churchwardens would not have shown so inu.lh determi• nation, but he was proud to say, there were members of i the Established Church who were not, lukekarm, and there should be no peace in the parish while the existing state of things continued. The hon. gentleman concluded by declaring he would continue the struggle single-han.tied, if ever it came to that point, and proposed Mr. Wester ton as churchwarden for the'ensuing year. Mr. JONES, M.P. (if Pen Glas), seconded the nomi nation. The contest ha i only been got up with a view to baulk the decision of the question between Mr. Wester. ton and the chairman. (Rear.) Mr. LIDDELL asked whether there was any other can didate to be proposed, and loud calls were made ter Mr. Tuck, but he did not appear. Mr. BEAL said he had authority to state that he had retired from the contest. (4. voice— "He is regularly tucked up.") DIVETT, M.P., said he rarely took part in pare - .chial contests, but he had cline forward on the present occ tsion to vote for Mr. Westerton if occasion required. Mr. Westerton was then declared duly elected ; Mr. Liddell stating that he l a l nothing t,) do with the oppo sition to his return—a fact which that. gentleman would confirm. (" Hear, bear," from Mr. Westerton.) . Mr. WESTEIiTON tiler), addressed the meeting, acknow ledging the compliment paid to 'him, and explaining some facts which had been made the ground of misrepresenta tion of his conduct. He then proposed, and Mr. Beal seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Liddell for his conduct in the chair, which was agreed to, Mr. Beal expresing a hope that the hon. and rev. ,gentleman would hereafter rely upon such popular expressions of good will rather than upon meretricious trumpery upon which he had hitherto depended. Mr. LIDDELL briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the proceedings terminated. ST. LUKE'S, CfIXLSEA —The vestry in this parish met in the vestry-room attached to the church, for the elec tion of churchwarden. Mr. Wain was declared duly elected. PADDINGTON.—Messrs. W. Southwood and G. Y. Robson were appoint e d churchwardens for the ensuing year. ST. MART, ISLINGTON.—Mr. John Savage, Mr. John Shadgett, and Mr. C. L. Jenkins were re-elected church wardens. ST. MARY, NEwixTrox.—Mr. W. T. Iliff was ap pointed rector's warden, and Mr. E. C. Danner as tho parish churchwarden. ST. MARY, LASIBETII.—The attendance was very li mited, and, after some discu-sion, the following were elected churchwardens :—Messrs. Woronzow Greig, C. Brooke, S. Hinton, and R. Shaw. ST. SAVIOUR'S, SOUTHWARIC.—The following gentle. men were elected as churchwardens:—Messrs. Monnery, Bastow, Allerdyce, Newton, Lindi-ay, and Smith. CHRIST CHURCH, BLACKFRIARS ROAD.—Mr. Hem mings and Mr. Crafter were duty'elected churchwardens. ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR.—Messrs. Barlow, Brazier, and Gilpin were elected. BERMONDSEY.—Mr. R. Walker was re-elected one of the wardens of St. Mary's, Mr. T. P. Slee, rector's warden, and Mr. Alfred Bevington warden of St. James's church. ST. BOTOLPH, ALDG&TE WITHOUT, UPPER EAST SMITHFIELD. —Mr. W. Morgan and Mr. J. B. Whyte were the churchwardens selzcted by the vestry for the ensuing year. ST. GEORGE-THE-MARTYR, QUEEN•SQUARE.—Mr. J. E. Grubbe aad Mr. J. W. Taylor were eielted. HOLY TRINITY, GRAY'S-INN-BOAD.—The churchwar dens elected for this district were Mr. W. Melton and Mr. S. Pearson. ST. MATTHEW, BETHNAL•GREEN.—Mr. J. Isendyke and Mr. T. M. llandebourch were duly chosen church wardens. ST. PLTER'S, SAFFRON-HILL.—Mr. Barough was re appointed minister's churchwarden, and Mr. S. Green was elected warden for the district, in the room of Mr. W. Sandland. ST. SEPULCHRE'S, SKINNER-STREET.—Mr. G. Scam mell, Mr. 11. a Paget. and Mr. E. Passmore were elected churchwardens for the year ensuing. ST. GILES, CAMBERWELL.--The election fell =Messrs. Pugh, T. Anson, arid Nail. - A iIEBREW CHURCHWARDEN.-At a meating of the vestry of Et, Magnus the Martyr, held on Easter Toes• day, Mr. Keeling, was, unanimously elected' senior churchwarden for the year en,tuing„. the manner of his fulfilling the dutieh of the offite in the past, his junior year, being approved by the parishioners generally. Spirit, of the Public Journals. (From the Times of this day.) 14- 'The intelligence which we communicated some I days since,'te the effect thatthe'POtte had refu se d I to sanction in some particulars the proceedings of the Paris Conferences,' is now confirmed. The Council of Constantinople, it is now known, has directed Aali Pasha not to consent to the insertion ef the Sult an ' s l a t e d egree amon g the articles of. peace, 'as su c h a concess i on wo uld bind the Porte to a certain form of administration in its own inde pendent territories. The Plenipotentiary has been also formally ordered, to oppose . any arrangetnent about the. Principalities which should be hi any way prejudicial to the sovereign rights of the Porte in' those provinces. Of: the former questioa we have already spoken. The institutions which are to give the Rayah subjects of the Sultan new rights and a new career must be the care:of the Western Powers for many years to come. It will be some time before England and France will be able to relax their hold upon Turkey. Theniatters'to be determined are important and complicated, and even the most enlightened statesman . must confess that he sees but a little way before him, in, this medley of hostle races, deeprOoted prejudices, de caying yet tenacious creeds, intrigue, misrepresen tation, and venality. We may be content, •there fore, in some degree - to wait, and see how gradual and tentative reforms work in a land *here every- thing has been prescription and immobility for ages. But the vestion of the Principalities de mands a speedy'decision. These provinces aretlae most exposed and coveted part of the Turkish "em ..... pire. They are even now occupied by foreign.armies. They have been for several generations under the influence and at - last under the recognised pro tection, of RUSSitt. Within a few years they 'have been twice invaded by Russian troops, and at the outset of the War were almost formally confiscated by the Czar. - They are, through a large part of their extent,,, fertile beyond 'the average produc tiveness of Europe . ; they. command the , great Over of EUrope, and the_ rectificatiou of frontier proposed by the new treaty will' add to their terri tory the delta and fortresses of the Lower Danube. The race which inhabits them is strangely situated. A part is under Russian sway, in Bessarabia 'and that part of Moldavia Which was appropriated by Alexander in 1812. A part is subject to the dominion of the Austrian EtnperOr. . Each of these potentates can place large armies on the frontier of that part of Roumania which is still in a manner independent,. and each may be tempted to violate treaties by the natural desire. to extend his 'empir e , and the equally natural fear that his rival may anticipate him. 'The seizure of the Principalities was the cause -of this war, and must be the first step in any new aggression of Russia. It is, there fore, the duty of the Allies to settle the question on a sure bssis; and build up a 'political fabric which will give content to the inhabitants; preserve •tas far as possible the rights of the Porte, and with out giving cause of offence to any powerful neigh bour, insure peace and tranquillity to Europe. It is singular how differently the question has ,been regarded by the Western Powers, by the people of the Provinces, and by the Turks. It is almost needless to say, that the first notion' of English statesmen was to give the Routnanians a yoang heredit ar y S overe i gn , _ w ith a con stituti on of the regulation pattern. This plan seems now defi nitively abandoned. The Mel d o-Wallach i airs them selves are rather vague in their aspirations. The The Boyards clergy, an people of Moldavia have, presented to their Liospodae, Prince Ghika, a pro test against. the. proceedings of the Ambassadors let the Porte. They express a wish to sea the Prin- cipalities united into one nation ; declare that Der vish ,Pasha, the Turkish Commissioner, had held oat hopes that their wishes would' be regarded ; and regret that the Porte, the Ambassadors, .and the Paris Plenipotentiaries should proceed, to, re duce them to the level of TarkiSh Paehalie. they talk of themselves as " .Retimains," and of their flospodar as a Christian Prince, but do not recom mend any definite measure. 8!) far, however, as the protest represents the feelings of the people, it seem's that a desire exists to enjoy even 'greater in dependence of Turkey than before, without sub jecting the country to any general protectorate of En rope. _ - . The Porte holds very different opinions. The manner in which the Council has roused itself - of. late to assert its independence 'of foreign' control is well described by our Correspondent at-Constanti eaple. It seeds that the Turkey whose armies were ordered' to and fro by thejllied Generals, and whose assent to diplomatic' arrangements it was hardly thought necessary. to ask for, is resolved 'once more to assert a will of its own. Whether the Porte will have the coursgo to persevere we know not, but at present its policy seems to be to uphold the independence and integrity for sehiCh the allies have declared that they fought. At the prelitr.inary Conferences of Constantineple the question- of the Principalities was debated, but no thing. was settled. The want of full instructions was pleaded by the Ambassadors of France and . Austria, and the Matter was referred to the Confer-. ences at Parie. Shortly after the telegraph in formed the Porte that Lmal Clarendon., Count Or , loff, and their associates were debating on the union of the two provinces. This idea had not been brough forward at the ConstantinopleConfer since. The receipt of the news threw the Council into much excitement. Meetings of the high dig- nitaries of the empire were daily held, and the re-_ stilt was a formal protest by telegraph against the discussion even of the union of ,the two Prieci palities, as an interference with the internal affairs. of Turkey, and a violation of the sovereign rights of the Porte in those provinces. In spite of long interviews between the French and Austrian Am bassadors and the Ministers at the Porte, this pro test was sent. • Such is the actual state of affairs. Into the ad vantages of the different plans proposed we shall not enter. Whether the Moldo-Wallachian would 'be better under one Hospodar than two, or under ' an hereditary than an elected chief, aro questions which it would be useless to discuss here. No doubt, ati infinity of different constitutions might be con structed for these States; it is also nearly as certain that no constitution will succeed unless it subjects the country to a good and strong, although enlight ened and patriotic, Government. The matter must soon be decided, and probably with a little energy difficulties will vanish. But these events are chiefly worthy of note as showing that Turkey is by no means so acquiescent as was supposed.. The old Tartar obstinacy yet lives, and the West must prepare itself for resistance and evasion when., it asks for the accomplishment of the changes which have been so often promised. (From the Morning Post of thiB day.) In England there is a judgment of the People to deal with soberer, stronger, and more steady than that which has hitherto growled, and thundered, and at times shaken everything to rein iu France. WO use the term, judgment of. the People, in both cases, though the position and character of the two has been widely different in the moment of revolu tion. in our case the wealth, and much of the birth and standing of the country joined with the mal contents to a great degree, restrained the license of their worst classes, and succeeded in se%mring to us the benefits of the constitution which we now en joy. Yet we have no great King since the day when Cromwell shattered the rule of England, and °ode more bound it together again. William the Third, a foreigner with all the disadvantages entailed on him by his want of sympathy with the land in which he lived, and by his unfortunate temper, had, at least, the reputation of ruling as a successful al venturer. lie was accepted by the Parliament as a means of carrying out the reforms on which they were determined ; and to this feeling, to these conditions, no less than to his-undoubted powers of mind, he owed the success *bleb he enjoyed. ,In France a very different state of things has Pre vailed. Richelieu broke the power of the nobles, and created none in its stead. When they fell they r b the educated,wor worst that the ce t mo clever, fell utterly, and their place was t a k en, not by the people, world butby theou v mob, m and od u c t and entirely unscrupulous. From that strange dmnivation under which all France groaned and laboured, from that possession of evil spirits which tore and disfigured her she was rescued by the first Napoleon. He fell—from what errors we need not now inquire or discuss—but he did not fall until he had carried France to the height Of her glory and her greatness, until he had made for him self the name, as a Public Man, as the Head of a great Nation, that will always stand in the fore most page, not only of the history of war, but of the history of the internal regulation of a great empire. It is natural that Napoleox the; Thi.re,. chosetOby the people as he has been, to'succeed this great example of his family, should follow him in those part of his character which moot attracted _ _ Naval and iti.l3tary Intelligence. Sir Charles Wood, Birt., M.P., First Lord of the Ad miralty, and Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. Sir Maurice F. F. Berkeley, K.C.8., M.P., Senior Naval Lord of ,the Admiralty, accompanied by his son and private secre tary, Mr. Berke:ey, arrived at Portsmouth on Moaday Light, and were entertained at the Admiralty-house by Vice-Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, K.O B , G.C.H., where they slept. Yeetarday morning, at 10.30, steam e as ordered to be got ep on board the Admiralty yachts Black Eagle, Master-Commander Petley; Vivid, Master- Coniinarr . er W. H. Alien, and Fire Queen, Master-Com mander F. W. Paul ; mad about 11 o'clock the Lords of the Admiralty before naniud, accompanied by Sir Gorge Seymour, Captain Codrington, C. 8., and Cap tain the Hon. J. R. rriimmond, C. 8., embarked in the Black Eagle for Spitheart. The Vivid and Fire Queen followed, and, u her Majesty's steam yachts Fairy and Elfin were going out at the same time to try their Machinery, &c., prior to being reported ready for the service of the Court, the scene pre , , eoted was a very interestintr one. The Vivid bad on board Lady Codrington, Mr. Berkeley, Commanders Risk, Crofton, and Sauwarez, R.N. The Fire Queen had on hoard Lord do Blfiquiere, Sir Wm. Jolliffe, M.P., and Sir Wrn. Stewart (friends of the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour). The Admiralty squad. ron steered towards the fleet, on the way to the Mother bank, the flag-ship Victory having previously made sig• nal for the Colossus, Si, Capt. the lion. Henry Keppel, C. 8., and the gun•boat flotilla under his command, to get under way, signal having previously been made from the flag ship at Spithead early in the morning for all to get up steam. When their L rrdships arrived at the Motherbank the gun-boat squadron (compriling between 20 and 30 four and two gun 'steam-vessels) weighed in two columns, following the Colossus, and proceeded 'to wards the westward. The gun-boats, in addition to their steam; made all sail tolteeptheirallotted stations ; in doing this the fleet-keeled Vivid acted as a sort of whipper-in, being ever and anon sent by the Admiralty ahead to order such and such a boat to get upend keep berstation. When off Osborne Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour and friends returned in the Fire Queen to harbour, and landed at 3' o'clock. The B:ack Eagle ' with the Lords of the Admi ralty o board, proceeded with the flotilla for Portland, where they will muster and manoeuvre them, and not re turn befoie Thursday. The whole force passed over the " Bridge" ( dr the Needles) at about 2 o'clock, at which spot the Vivid left them, making all speed towards Portland in twalines, one on each quarter of the Colossus, and each keeping position as well as it could according to the seniority of toe respective cominanders. Toe Admi ralty members were to sleep on board the Black Eagle last evening and resume their manceavring of the squadron this morning in Portland Roads. The Vivid returned to Portsmouth harbour at hall-p.ist 4 to land her visitors and to recoal, and will proceed to Portland this morning with A !miralty despatches. So extensive a movement in con nexion with the fleet, at Spithead, combiner! with the beauty and clearness of the weather, caused quite a com motion at Poi tsinouth and Ryde. tier Msj -sty and the Court are expected to revisit Osborne on or !about the 10:di proximo, when the salute by the fleet will be a very inter .tsting feature should the weather prove as favourable for a spectacle as yesterday. When the gun boats are completed amid comm,ssioued we believe they will be formed into a coast block.a.le should the war be ended and their services not required with the fleet. The last coast blockade was abolished by Sir J. Graham when he was first Lord of the Admiralty about 1831. The Wand,rer, 6, new screw despatsh gun-vessel, Commander Luce, went out of harbour and joined the fl.,tilla at tie Motherbank yesterday, and accompanied it to Portland. The stearn•s!oop Geyser, Commander Tower, went out of Portatokilth harbour yesterday, and Faded for the westward. The Glatton, 14, steam-battery, Captain Cumming, was doe'. el yesterday fer refit. The Algi.±rs, 91, Captain Codrington, C. 8., was un doeked yest rday at Portsmouth after refit. The screw steamer Andes, of the Cunard line, has ar rived at Liverpool from Portsmouth, where she landed invalids from the seat of war. Sae is still retained by Government as a transport, under orders to ho prepared fer sea when required. The sttatn•ship Alps is also in port, welting Government orders. Yesterday Mr. John Laird launched from his Liver pool shipbuilding yard.: two iron mortar-boats. To-day he will launch two more, one from Liverpool and the other from Birkenhead. _ _ _ The following instructions have been issued rum the Admiralty relative to the regulations to be obs:oved in the gunboat flotilla. It is tie direction of the Com mander-i❑-Chief that the following arrangements bo at tended to "The gunboat flotilla has been divided into three large squadron , : Red squadron, under Capt. Codrington, C. 8., White squadron, wider the Hon. Capt. Keppel, C.B. ; Bine squadron, under Capt. Yelverton, C.B. ; and the left squadron under Capt. Key, C. B. Tne gunboats are to be painted black on the outside, the funnels end mat beads above the rigging t) be painted as follows —Red squadron, red ; blue squadron, blue ; white, white ; light, black and two white rings. The red, whits, and blue squadrons will carry ensigns according to the colour of squadron. The light _squadron will carry a blue en sign. The three large squadrons have been divided into four subdivisions, and will be distinguished by vanes at the main as follows :-Ist subdivision, two colours per pendicular ; 2,1, two colours horizontal ; 3d subdivision, colours as Ist subdivision, with ball on two bars ; 4th subdivision as 2d subdivision, with ball on three bars. Tne light division divided into two or more subdivisions, will be distinguished by vanes at the tore. let subdivision, same as great division ; 2d subdivision, same as great division. When a ball is hoisted with a signal, it is to be considered as addressed exclusively to gun-boats. If a divisional flag is hoisted with the ball, the signal is to tlAtt particular division of gun-boats. When gun-boats of different division. have the same pendant, the divi sional flag will be heisted with the pendant, to denote the particular gun-bolit intended. , The divisional flags for the gun-boats are as follows : —Red squadron, Q ; blue squadron, It ; white, P ; light, S." The large new lunatic asylum for insane soldiers, in course of erection at Fort Pitt, Chatham, for the use of soldiers arriving from foreign stations, is nearly com pleted, and will shortly be ready for the reception of this class of patients. The asylum forms a most desirable building for such a purpose ; it is situate within the ram parts which surround Fort Pitt, and is in a fine open si tuation, commanding a beautiful prospect in every direc tion. A large corridor extends the whole length of the building, which is intended for the use of the patients, who will thus be enabled to take open air exercise daily, regardless of the weather. The ramparts form a bar rier to the rear of the asylum, and in the front is a taste fully•arranged garden, railed off, in which the insane men wilt be allowed t o walk, and from which they will be able to see and converse with their convalescent com rades. The internal arrangements provide accommoda tion for a large number of patients, and the various wards are admirably adapted for the use they are intended. Captain George Goldsmith, the newly-appointed Cap tain Superintendent at Chatham dockyard, formerly in command of the Sidon, on the Medit, !Taman station, has arrived at Chatham and taken up his command at the dockyard, succeeding Roar-Admiral Wyvill, who has been promoted. The Surprise gunboat, Commander Harcourt Vernon, has arrived at Chatham from the Thames, to be fitted for sea, and is to be brought forward with all despatch. The launch of the Etna, 16, floating battery, now nearly completed, at Chatham dockyard,, will, it is un derstood, take place on the 3d of April. The screw transport Eagle, 171, Captain Maclean, having discharged her cargo of condemned stores from the East, was on Monday evening paid out of the trans port service, and her number cancelled. , She will be - docked for eXaminatidn. The gunboat Fcrvent was yesterday morning ordered 5 NEW NOVEL BY THB AUTHOR OF " LENA." NOW ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., nE Y M I N S T It E. 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