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A, PUBLIC NEEMCG, under the direction of the Council of the Law Amendment Society, will be held on SATURDAY, 3tst of May, at Two o'clock, at 21, Regent-street, to consider the prpseut state of the 1 aw affecting the Property of Jidarried Women. Seats will be reserved for ladies. G. W. HASTINGS. 27• al, each AaHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN and P•••- , MARINERS' ROTAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. (Supported by Voluntary Contributions.) The Seventeenth ANNUAL GENER tL MEETING of the above Society w 11 be held (D.V.) To-morrow, FRIDAY, the 30tk May, 1856, at Will•s's Rooms. King-street, St. James's. The Right Hon. Lord . HADDO, M.P., will take the chair at 2 o'clock precisely. Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons. Bart , G.C.tt . G.C.H.. the Rev. S. Martin, of Westminster. Rev. George smith,Chapla!n of the Sailor's Home, Poplar, and other gentlemen, have prom sed to take part in the meeting. Ladies, Gentlemen, and the iriends of Seamen generally, are reSpectfully Invited to attend. FRANCIS LEAN, R.N , Secretary. Hibernia Chambers,London-bridge, May 29th, 18.56. rge. ) stones to Of, Oa. Third; 38s ad Oa —9 0d,,, 34i uu Od MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT LIND. FAREWELL CONCERTS, Exeter Hall. Mr. MlTCHELL.respeclfelly announces the LAST CONCERTS which will be given by Madame GOLDSCHMIDT in this country: WEDNESDAY Eveninz, June 11, 1856, Grand MISCELLANEOUg CONCERT, with full hand and chorus. WEDNESDAY Evening, June 25, 1856, Haydn's Oratorio, " The CREATION;" and MON DAy Evening, June 30, 1356, Grand Miscellaneous . Concert, with band and chorus, on which occasion Madame Goldschmidt will make her last and farewell appearance in this country. Reserved and numbered seats, one guinea; unreserved seats (body of Hall, 10s. 60. ; area (under west , gallery). 'ls. No more tickets Will be is.ue4 than can be conveniently accommodated. Applications for tickets received by Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, 33, Old Heind-street. • to•dey , wore in lian corn business )410 1 ; rapeseed, bakers to 313 6d ' ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Prin^ipal Corne , Piston, M. Bonlcourt.—Doors Open at S. Admission One•Shilline. IL Laurent's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. root O 'MADAME TUSSAUD'S Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-sonare.—Afull-lenzth Por trait meei of NV ILLI4.IIt PAL MER is now added to the Exhibitios. Admittance, Is. ; extra rooms, 61. Open from I! in the morning till clusk, and from 7 till la in the evening. When due to NAL 40. June 4 MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO-of ODDITIES. TO-NIGHT and every evening, at 8: A Morning Per formance every Saturday at 2. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Pri vate boxes, It. Is.; stalls, 35.; area, 25.; amphitheatre, Is. The atove entertainment has received novel additions and embellish racnts, Vocal ami Visual, including a New Loco-Joko-Motive Lyric, untitled OFF BY THE TRsll.L.illustrated by numerous changes, facial, lingual, and corporeaL—Polygraphic-hall,King William. street, Charing-cross. Uncertain DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL musEt.rm, 4, Coventry-street. Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen only) Prom 10 till 10, containing upw Irds of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease, the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and t highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery rDr. KAHN, at half-past 8 every evening.—Admission, One billing. (June 16. June 16 U uce ttdt rti.Th.Sitt USINO. DE VENISE, High Holborn. N.l GRA,NI) EXTRA NIGIIT and PLAIN DRESS BALL, in celebration of her Majesty's Birth-day and Conclusion of Peace, on THURSDAY Evening, May 29. The Illuminations will be of a most brilliant character, combined with magnificent allegorical trans parencies, and the interior decorations will surpass in elegance any thing hitherto attempted. Mr. W. M. Packer's celebrated Band will ferform moat pleasing novelties in Dance Mu'lc. An excelle , q lurper will be provided at 1 o'clock. Dancing to commence at 10, and terminate at 4. Gentlemen's tickets, 35.; ladies' 2s. Supper, 3s. 6d. each. 'June 4 rwl v . Twicsilia THE PEOPLE of the EAST.—PICTORIAL TOUR of EUROPE.—GREAT GLOBE, Leicester-square.— .Extensive addltions.—The Arms, Dresses, and Ethnological illustra tions of the Manners and Customs of the East. The DIORAMIC and PICTORIAL TOUR of EUROPE, from England to the Crimea and hack. The MODEL of the EARTH. the SIEGE of SEVASTOPOL, CRON VUADT, the BALTIC and SWEABORG. With Illustrative LEC RES. Open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission to the whole blinding; One Shilling; Children and Schools half-price. ,4, 20 1110. I . - ,hd'y 15thotal , Fq _ 4 8; 20 01 Twlceds ll l laune 6 J'tine 1 THE FIREWORKS in iGreen,..ll3ide r and Victoria Parks, and on Primrose-hill, on the 29th inst., will cOrnmence at 9.30 p.m., and terminate about 11 p.m. The displays in Green, Hyde, and Victoria Parks will be precisely similar in all respects, and that on Primrose-hill will consist of Aerial Fireworks, with the exception of three Axed pieces. These Aerial. Fireworks, however, will be more numerous and of a atfier description than those in the Parks. The Parachute Shell will be exhibited on Primrose-hill, but not in the Parks. Uncertas lUncer th 1 &FOTO The public are requested not to approach within 10 feet of the Atelosures. __ _. H. R. DREWRY, Principal Clerk. War Department, Pall-mall, 26th May, 1856. e de e Inds , 0 1 pateli.l td ROYAL. BRITI.SH. I BANK. Notice is Uereby Given, that the Chief Office of this Bank *..., 111 , on Momper, the 2d day of Jane next, be removed - from 4- okenhouse-yard to the Bank's premises (formerly the Sonth Sea } louse) in Threadneedle-street. HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager. 27th May, 1850. rraffie re' 400 15 0 246 10 6 ----. 154 4 4 aLwAY.- BANK OF LONDON, Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross. CRATAMAIi—Sit JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY, Bart., M.P. VICE-CHAIRMAN—JOHN GRIFFITH FRITH; Esq. Current Accounts are received, and interest allowed on Balances. 51. per cent. Interest is at present allowed on deposits, with 10 Qayie notice of withdrawal on sums of RN. and upwards. By order. MATTHEW MARSHALL, Jun., Manager. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary. Threadneedle-street, May, 1856. 874 2 3 864 8 1 7!9 12 0 905 18 1 for Os 593 2 6 866 9 0 'traffic re:, 214 9 180 li 3 return for 721 5 4 752 14 9 L ONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION, 81, King NVIWam-street. The Directors of this Association hereby inform the Members that the PRDMIUNIS falling due on the Ist July next of those Members Who have been assured for seven or more entire years will be 11D- I'XICED at the rate of 74 per cent., leaving 26 per cent. only to be red& EDWARD DOCKER, See. " A.T WESTERN RAILWAY.—On and G after let Jane. Return Tickets at Single Fares (with the addition of a small bookini fee) will be issued at the Paddington Station,, for SLOUGH and WINDSOR, on Saturdays and Sundays, available for the return journey until the fallowing Monday, inclusive '968 10 1 -Traffic 951 1 6 700 4 5 GREAT INDIAN PENINSII,LAR RAIL WAY COMPANY: creation 1,000,0001. further Capital.— The Board of Directors heroby intimate , to the oharebolders of the Great Indian Peninsuiar Railway Company that the Hon. East India Company have sanctioned the raisinst of further capital in this Company to the extent of 1,000,0001., with interest guaranteed at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. • It has accordingly been resolved, pursuant to the Act, to issue the Said capital rateably amring the shareholders, in shares of 201. each, one now share to be given in virtue of -every three shares of 201 value upon the register of the Company on tha 22d of May inst., and the Board have, by such resolution, made a call of 21. per share on every new 201. share so allotted (with the option to the shareholder ''fparing up the whole 201,), which is thereby declared payable at 'the Bank of Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co., Lombard-street, London, on or before the 26th day of June next. Circular letters of allotment, with directiont of payment and foams Of receipt, will be forwarded to the address of the several share holders. (Signed) CORNELIUS NICHOLSON, Superintending Director:, 3, New Bond-street, May 16, 1856. • The books for the registration of shares will be dosed from Thum day, the 22d of May inst., to Wednesday, 4th of Jane inclusive. 250 17 for week 247 7 3 , 2 • 43 17 rn for the 584 15 4 .'rate T 20 15 1 3ry steady resterdaY'• shares Cp 'stern and [re, 19i• - • rn, 21 ida, 2 6 --"" Linco a• doing a ther fins. di, 2913 -- inceehire, : busine o wth Wer 51—Ditto ►1 PAWN 9, 48. 93i new Ar 934 i.-- Soutnern id, 141 ction, for ock, 2241 ford spa 5 i I. 'AFFOED' 1 Stoke* itasord recentll .ompanl stand• passed ek or 10 manage steel of ...,....k....11 ' ifo of F• inghar. ion, Lei! the wife ark, the de, Mt' te eldest James , ham, t° i, EBq•, ninster, Clergy da-bill, , r 4q., Mr• B. )n , the mai Si Wil l ' unnel, !!! lINO ety APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, Wad all Boast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, endby its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to Perfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe. tzar d to health. Sold by the proprietors. Lea and Perrin, 19, Fenchurch-street, t*Ohdon, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay alid Sons, Messrs, Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer• chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. guard against linitaumts, see that the names of " LEA slaza PEERINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. SCO TTISH WIDOWS' FUND S AND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED A.D. 1815. The following' examples' of Bonus Additions made to the 'olicies of Memhers of this Society, at and prior to the last periodical Investigation and Division of Profits, may serve to illustrate the advantages of a PErRITLY MUTUAL SYSTEM of Life Assurance, where the Profits (being freed from the payment of Dividends to the Shareholders) are allocated among the Assured alone, and upon equitable principles. Bon c t l t . s p a r d io d r ed w at To a t a l i s ti u o m n . s w a l t th luitials Year 4ge Original of of at Assurance. an Members Entry Entry. Ist Jau., 1853. Ist Jan., 1853. £ Z. s. d. £ s. d. NV. C. 1818 29 1000 1031 1 8 2031 1 8 Si. B. . 1826 31 1000 590 110 1590 110 T. B. It 1834 39 1500 4u7 12 3 1437 12 3 8. T. 11. 1842 .40 1000 212 6 0 1 ,12 6 0 D. T. 1846. 39 1000 122 10 0 1122 10 0 These examples show the respective amounts of the Bonus 4.4ltaaev eactAaan and VESTED. Under the provision made at .thelaat investigation for the payment of anINTERMEDIATE 130-NUS, in the case of Policies becoming Claims by death during the current Septennial period, the whole amounts respectively payable under the above Policies, in the event of the risks how emerging, would be considerably more than those stated in the last column. Thus, supposing the life assured by the first policy to drop during the present year, the amount payable under the 10001. Policy would be, not 20311. Is. B'd., but 21731. ss. 2d. Iu all cases where the member is not incapacitated in any way from dealing with his Policy, he has the option of con - - Terting the Reversionary Claim for whatever Bonus has been added to it, into an equivalent present payment in cash, or of applying the same towards extinction or reduction of the future Premiums. As showing the effe:t of such conversion or application, the cases of the above Policies may be taken. ' The amount 'of 'additions to the second Policy being 690/. ls. 10d., the member might at the present time ' '• surrender the reversionary claim therefor, and receive in cash a sum of 3301. 19s. lld. Or, he might surrender the reversionary claim for bonus to • •the extent of 4671 12s. ld., and be relieved from any further payment of the premiums exigible in terms of the policy,"retaining a claim for the remainder of the addi_ • tions already made, namely, 1121. 9s. 9d., and for any 'further bonus to be declared in future. In the case of the third Policy, to which there are additions of 4071. 12s. 3d., the member,, on surrendering these might either receive a sum of 2281. 125. 9d. in cash, or he might have all future premiums exigible in terms of tho policy reduced from the original amount of 311.178.' 6d. to 91.:25. . ' Or again, he might, by renouncing right to 2041. Es. 6d. of . the bonus, have the premiums exigible in terms of the policy from this date to the close of the year 1E59, four in number, altogether extinguished, reserving to himself a claim for the balance of 2031. 65. 9d., and for any further addition by way of bonus to be afterwards declared. Prospectuses, containing full information in regard to the above, and other points connected with the Society's history and practice, may be obtained at the Head Office), or from any 'of the various Agents. JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager. WM. LINDESAY, Secretary. Edinburgh -5, St. Andrew-square, 10th May, 1856. • - LONDON 1110NOIART BOARD. George Young, Esq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Banister, Temple David Hill, Esq., Eaat India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. Sir John Thomas Briggs, Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq.. Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place LONDON ♦ND TEN 817BUNDS. CENTRAL AGENT. UtighKesa, 4, RoyalExchange-bnildinge, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. CaPtaln R. S. Ridge. 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West Rad District Benton Seeley, 2, Ilanover-street. Re.ent-street James Harris, 38 St. George's.sonare, Belgrave-road, Pimlico. John A. Eamon, Manager, Royal Britls4 Dank 60 S:ene's-end, Southwatk. • IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TRIESEIIAJt.-011 the 29th of May, 1855, au injunction was granted by the Nigh Court of Chancery, and on the 11th of June followi ng was ma d e per petual, against Joseph .; Franklin and others, to rest ra i n th em, un d er a penalty of one thou- Ind pounds, from imitatin g thi s Medicine, w hi c h is protected by [Loyal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. _ TRIESEMAR, 210.1, is a remedy for Relaxation, Sperroir.orrheea, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are OH =ions in youth, manhood, and old age; arid to' those persons who are prevented entering the married state froth' the results of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effeztually, in the short apses of three days, completely and entirely er :dicates all traces of taose Disorders Which Capaivi and Cubebs ht „ so !on; been thought an antidote for, to.the ruin of the health of avast portion of the ro ailation TAMBEM.AR No 8 Is the great COntMental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to - the in e- table destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the wor d cannot remove. TRIESIOIAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or much, and of all nauseating qualities. They may tie on the toilet taw, without their nse being suspected rit tp; ->JAA R, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are sold in tin cases, price Ils. , or f o it cases in one for 335., which saves l ls. ; and in W. eases, wher e by there is a saving of 1/. 125.: divide , . Ma separate doses, as ado 3 i r g a .. tered by Valpeau, Lallenauld, ~ Sze. To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox ford-street; ft. H. Ingham, d uggist, 460 Market-street, Manchester ; Bradhirry, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-Street, Dublin ; WkOzsll. _bookseller, Fliglz-str9d, ET- ~.n~ "une I (No. 19.954.) = PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in 1 vol., with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, T HE PEERAGE and BARONETAGE for 1856. By Sir BERNARD BURKE, Ulster King of Arms. New Edition, Correc:ed to the Present Time, from the personal Communications of the Nobili 4 y, &c. " The best genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage, and the first authority on all questions affecting the aristocracy."— Globe. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Healy Co'burn. Now ready, complete in 2 vol*. Bvo., with Portraits, MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF THE REGENCY. From original Family Documents. Py the Duke of BUCKINGHAM and CHANDOA, K.G., Sec. "Two goodly volumes on the English Cart —full of new sayingy., picture., anecdotes, and scenes—clearing up much secret history,'— Athenieum. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, succeuors to Henry Colburn. NEW. AND ENLARGED EDITION OF MRS, PH ILLIPSON'S POEMS. On Saturday next will be published, in one volume foolscap Svo., with portrait, price 1 - os. 61., cloth, LONELY HOURS: POEMS. By CAROLINE GIFFARD PHILLIPSON. John MOson, 28, Maddox-street, Regent-street THE NEW NOVEL. Just published, and to be had at all Libraries, -p ERVERSION ; ori The Causes and Conse, qienees of Infidelity. A Tale for the 'Times. In Three Volumes. • • " This work is extremely clever. It is intended to show the diffe rent phaies that infidelity assumes, and to trace the practical results in their different social manifestAtions. The book is well and tem perately written. The story has a touching interest, which lingers with the reader Rita he has closed the book. There is no attempt at eloquence or fine writing; the styleis rigidly simple, but firm and strong." -- Athentgum. "'there are entertaining scenes of life at school, in barracks, at college, among the Mormons, an , l in what is called the religions world. It really deservrsto be called • A Tale for the Times,' and is the ablest novel that, has appenred for many a day."—LiterEry Gazette. _ `•' Perversion' is powerful as a composition. The thoughts of the writer are well prevented, with' the power of unconscious mastery which his training gives to the scholar; an unflagging energy sm tains the writer ffom first to last."—Spectator. London : Emith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. yit LACKNirOOD'S MAGAZINE JL.P for JUNE, 1356. No. CCGCLXXXVIII. Price 2s. 6el. CONTENTS. The Athelings ; or, The Three Gifts.—Part L Winter Sketches ; or, Leaves from a Journal. The Old and New Style at Oxford. Metamorphoies : a Tale.—Part 11. Travels in Circassia. The Porch and the Garden : a► Dialogue. 7 he Naval Review. St:ecuiations on the Future—Our Alliances. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. JIJ vE, 1856, price 2s. 6d, CONTENTS. I. Platonic Philosophy. It. The Fortunes of Glencore, Chaps.XXll., XXIII., and XXIV. 111. Psadiology. W. An Octave of Poets. ' V. The Darragh. —Chaps 111. and IV. VI. Kadisha ; or, the First Jealousy. Part 11. VII. Stewart's Lectures on Political Economy. VIII. The Protectorate of Richard Cromwell. IX. The Purgomaster. X. The (great Fair of Oheronopolls. XI. Moonlight. XII. Sonnet by James Edmeston. XIII. Club Talk in London. Index. Dublin: Hodges, Smith, and Co., Grafton-street; Hurst and Blackett, London ; John Menzies, 61, Prime's-street, Edinburgh ; sold by all booksellers. Price 2s. ; illustrated, 2s. Ed., PEACE, PEACE, PEACE; Song for the Pianoforte: By the Author and Composer of the "Postman's Knock." " This is a song wprthy of the occasion which has produced it. its effect is to soothe and charm all who hear it. It has a beautiful and aPpr•priate title.p tge in colours, in which an, officer, with his arm in a sling, is represented as met on his return irom the war by his wife and beautiful children near the door of their cottage, and welcome t home with all the caresses which affection can suggest Two soldiers, who had likewise been at the scene of strife, Aire engaged at rural labour, while a broken sword and other implements of cruel war He scattered over the fore ground. A figure of Peace surmounts the whee, with an olive branch in one hand and Rowers in the other, which she is strewing over the scene. It is worth the price of the song."---Vide !he Pertnsinagh Mail. Published by Messrs. Cocks and Co., 6, New Burlington-atieet, London. PALMER'S TRIAL.—The MEDICAL TIMES and GAZETTE of Saturday, 31st May, will contain a full and faithful Report, forming a lasting record or all the medico-legal evidence in this important Trial. To insure the accuracy bf all the scientific and medical details a special reporter ha‘ been retained. Price 7d., stamped, Bd.—Published by John Churchill, New Burling ton-street, and to be had of all booksellers and newsmen. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d . ON TRUE dz FALSE SPERMATORREREA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Heal Sufferers tinder this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the Merman of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his trequent practi _al contributions to German medical literature. This is the first ime, he informs as, that ho has addressed himself to the non-medi.• !al reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any tlaer equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cm , rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book ould find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the coin. plaint of watch it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would he saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of :ess importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money...". This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system or treating Spermatorrheaa, and to place the treat gloat upon a more rational and nbvsloitheeal basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good."—Medical Circular. London: R. iialfiere. 211 i, itegent-street. SCHWEPP'S MALVERN SELTZER WATER —Having leased the Holy Well Spring at vlalvern, renowned for its purity, J. S. and Co. can now produce a SELTZER WATER with all the Chemical and Medicinal Properties which have rendered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue manufac turing SODA, MAGNESIA, and PO rAsi WATERS and LEMON ADE, at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. Every Bottle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures. PROTECTION AGAINST ADULTE Rl - and FRLUDS.—The UNIVERSAL PURVEYOR, esta blbhed 1852, supplies, retail and wholesale, articles of domestic con sumption, guaranteed against adulteration and fraud, especially Teas, Coffees, Italian Goods, Wine, Spirit and Beer, Flour, various Rinds of Meal. Orders for town and country executed at the Chief Office, 83, Cannon-street West, City, and at the West-end Depot, 23, King William-street, Charing-cross. Prospectuses, list of prices, list of patrons, sent free on application at the above places. Comparative Sales :-1855, first quarter, G 931. 33. Id. ; first quarter of 1856, 1,4311. lie. sd. TALMER'S TRIAL-THE GREAT OYER OF POISONING. PEOPLE OF ENGLAND I- Did vou mark well the burthen of the son: between the doctors on ibis trial? If so, you can have come to only one cone usio, as regards their terrible poisons. Justice is now satisfied, and ths country breathes again, but we warn our country man that so long as the. Poisoner only IISITATES! the Doctor there can be safety for no one. James Morison, the Hygeist, upwards of 30 years ago, warned the country as to the antimedicinal character of these poisons. and what was likely to cccur. Ills words have been verified to the very letter. What a lesson this trial must be to the whole world. We ask again, Is John Bull awake yet? (.-Igned) The MEMBERS of the BItI fl , ll COLLEGE of HEALTH, ew-road, London, for the Society of Ilygeists. May 28th, 1856. ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—Reduction in Price. —HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., Wine and Heer Merchants, 5%, • Pall-Mall, are now delivering the March Browings f the above celebrated Ale, in Casks of 18 Gallons at 335. each. Also ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE, IrMasrial - Plats at 54., Imperial Half-pints, for Lanahem:l, 34. 5 %, Pall-mall, ➢larch 17. 1856. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN. Pomaded li2B. All poor persons are admitted patients on their own application alone; no Governor's letter is required. °urine the past month the folio wing number of sick poor received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application :--- Week ending 7th April• 2,179 Ditto 14th April 2,462 Ditto 21st April.. Ditto 28th April • •• 2,209 29th and 30th April •••• • •• 724 Of which. 3,392 were new cases, the remainder (still' under treat ment) having been admitted previously. Heavy expenses ate inevitably interred. in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earaestly entreat the ail of the public. • The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the.A.nintal General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Bev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions 61' giving explanation. The Hospital is net endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treastuer, John Masterman, Eiq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by'Alessrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and CO. ; Smith, Payne, and. Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd.and C 0..; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Williams. Deacon, arid Co.; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. ' J. B. O‘VEN, M.A., Chairman. „. —•., ... ._— . x -I)AP.E It . , . ' ' '-- - T _ '' - t' 'l ' ) , •T . - - -,-,,. --, - -- - 0 --. ' / -••,7. . . 0 3 At . _, .. . , .... ~3. . , t,.... ' 4 '. l V 1 \:`: .;. . ' t .. ,;-. , r so .; ~, - raeter would be . MR _..1 ” •"': 14 t 1 7. 0.131 - 3 44 ,_ ' ,+l l' t I.j 41 , ', ..,..„ ... \ ..-• \ '*• . s l ' ..;. ,' ;I, . ' , , ~, ' . aud such crimirra ' ll FiAtZ , -, !f i 1 0 ' 14 , 44, ,t ~• ~ 14;- il s-,, ~,, , , , , .4,/ - -:- : - . 7- n 't • l '" if4i !'• 'P' ~,-44' --1 ., i- e ;• ' i. C ). - ,./ ,./ • • - . -.-. • - 1 sive.' The quesf co . j ,i...t, ,- .. .. z . t. „ ....: ~,....; P l e - - ..; ~ .4 l i t 1 , - : 1. x '7 ~... *:; _l / . ~ 1,/, ,, ,,, ''" .- 7' korl W 4 , , C'? ' ' '-' 'l* '-',.,. - 11 - •.',. ' , 8 . 2 . 4 - RCM. +4.- , ' h . A '., ii „ 4z2 , 445,41 , . z7)76:1) i sr , ,: 7 , , ! 4, 44 i1t 0411 4 ; 0 -s \),l --; s', • *2 ) 4, \\, , t- ~kH; V i t e- N,-'' ': • : . 14.. - \7Th` l .. 1i r i '''.Lf , ' vva , the questh Alex. ' Livingil - t r .#Q. ... ' ....' ; - -T - z - i 4 , c qi k - law proved to hSve been trf- tha in effect - torectigiiise sucCma , That part of the argt put, was not to his mind tion which they were really , on of the status of the defer n ,tone, who had not violated the laws NTjls Of Scot] It did not follow because the fruits of such a. connexion, .if in Scotland, would not haie been legitimate that they were to deny the status of legitimacy which the defender possessed iii his own qountr3-.. The recognition of that status did not necessarily, or in any degree, import an approval of the connexion of which he was the offspring., To pronounce a declarator of bastardy in regard to him who in England, his own country, was not a bastard, blit, on the contrary, was in the full .possession of the entire status of lawful children, would be to introduce a new doctrine not forced upon them by any principle of the law Of Scotland that he knew of. Ile gave this opinion irrespective of the Act of 1835. It was not necessary to call 'it into action in !lig case, for the iparriage was • dis- solved before l'hd.t date. At the same time the act had its application, and gave pqwer and strength to the defendant in this action, because it declared iiieTii:a — arriages not to be questionable by a proceed-. ing by which they were formerly questionable. uch.beitig.hts views on this case, he thought. the Court should adhere to the interlocutor of the Lord Ordinary. [PRICE 4 _D. STAMPED SD• lAELAND. 1:511 BUN, WEDNISDAY . • THE TIPPERARY , BANE. : ' , ' The Master in Chancery gave judgment yester day in the case of Mr. James. Birch Kennedy, and another batch of shareholders who had disposed Of their shares in the Tipperary Bank within the last three years. The Master, . : . . • After reviewing the. authorities advanced and noticing the arguments, raised upon them in de tail; concluded by decreeing‘that the names of the parties then before the Court, aa. well as' all other's who might have disposed of their shares within the last three years, should' be retained on the official manager's list.of contributories to the gene ral. liabilities of 'the .bank. lie believed there would be serious difficulties in the way of creditors recovering at law against particular 'contributories. The Master then said he prOPosed to make a call - 0f,401. a share, believing it necessazy- for ipany reasons to do so; One was, that,it would prevent the creditns who had come into the office to abide tbe•result of the 'proceedings , there, from being 'in jured by other creditors, who. had .not thought it right to adopt the same. course, ondeavouriug to recover the amount Of their &aims •by' means of judgments. For this large call.judginents, if-ne cessary, could : bp' Otained: for the benefit of the Shareholders generally, bUt every care„ he . was de;- terniped, should 'be taken to prevent' the Slightest .• • oppression or ihardship',.npon the parties liable, There.was•a power enabling .them to enter into fresh . arrangements or entertain fair n Nopositien? for receivin g t4at *Liarts, :the-obi • -therviere - dUllosed, . grA the creditors, to guard againstriiinlue,presstre, an • to pursue a'moderate, course. This call would be made on Monday week, because it . was conceived better 'for all the parties toncerned to do'so." The other Judges (Lords Ivory, Curriehill, and Deas) concurred, and the Court decerned accord ingly. MORTALITY IN WAR. The following statistics of the losses of the Bri tish army during the Crimean and Peninsular wars will be perused with considerable interest. The improveMents in firearms do not appear to have occasioned the destruction that was anticipat e d, the casualties being nearly balanced. There is, how- over, a marked increase in the average number of effic:erp•killed'in the Crimean war, though not in that of the men. Inquiry should be instituted as to the causes ail remedietvapplied- ifpossible The - --' ailvabetititi4o#-eciumiiae6c , 'commission ed officers to eaeh 1,000 rank and file in the Britith ..t:~ea army may be estimated at 72 and 40 respectively. The proportion of the wounded officers who die from the injuries they have received is considerably less-than that which obtains among - the private men ; for out of 1,973 officers (more than two-fifths of the total number wounded from 1793 to 1815) only 164 died, being very nearly, .1 in 12. The difference An fvour of the officers is no doubt due to the greater amount of comfort and attention which they aro generally able . to secure. At the siege of :Gibraltai only 1 officer died out of, 35 wounded s and out. of 117 wounded at the battle of Toulouse only 3 died. In both these - cases the wounded were able to find, better accommodation than can be the case after a battle fought in an ordinary campaign. At Gibraltar the proportion of deaths among the private men was reduced from one in eight to ou in 10, 101 hiving died out of 1,083 wounded. It may be estimated that from 1793 to 1815 the number of recruits raised for Bri- tish regiments was 519,040, for foreign and colo nial regiments 198, 630, making a total of 717,670, besides 30,000 forerzn troops temporarily employed —to these being added the effective force on the Ist of January, 1793 ; 46,440 men, the total number employed during these wars will be 793,110. Of these 219,420 died, 229,141 were discharged, 20,000 taken prisoners, and 113,273 deserted—leaving an effective force o'f 211,276 on the . 31st of Dec., 1815. From a comparison of the mortality of the Army and Navy duribg war it appears that the man who entered the army from 1793 to 1815, ran be tween two and three times, if a private, between three and four tmes, if an officer, the risk of injury in battle that was encountered by one who entered the navy, and that the general chance of death in action to the one was double that of the other. When the soldier was ordered on service abroad, the risk became•as great to the private, and nearly four times as great 'to the officer—whiie, to those engaged in actual hostilities, it was respectively 17 and 22 times that of the, sailor, the whole_navy being considered on active service in time of war. These ratios, however, would be greatly lessened if we were to include , in our 'estimate the danger from shipwreck, which made the seaman's risk of death from the casualties of the service three times that of death in battle. A fleet of 30 sail of the ine may be oonsicbred as equivalent to an army of 12,00 q Men ; and a single battle on land has been more destructive to life than 20 Sears of combat at s , a During the Peninsular war, from 1808 to 1813, the average number Of sick in each 1,000 was 209 in the British army ; in the French army ,of Spaig, 130 ;, and in the French army of. Portugal, 149. rt appears that On . the 22d of October there were 6,777 sick, od woundedmat of • 31,042, which is at the rate of 195 in 1,000. Of, these 328 were with the army,ancl deducting these and the 1,539 who were wounded it the Alma, we have, 4,910 sick at Varna ; and as the total strength at • embarkation was about 35,000, we have 140 out of 1,000 in hos pital before active hostilities took place. During the time from the landing in Turkey to the Gth of September, 1854, the mortality, which 'arose from disease alone, was at the annual` rate of 87 per 1,000 ' - during the 'five mouths from. the 6th of Serit.,lBs4, to the 15th of Feb., 1855; it was equi valent to an annual mm'tality of 108 per 1,000 from casualties in action, and 391 per 1,000 from disease isiaking a total mortality of 499 per 1,000 per annum. Of 1,000 deaths in the hospital at Scutari, 575 were caused_ by diarrhoea and dysentery, 173 by fever, and 55 by wounds ; in the Peninsula the respective proportions were 291, 398, and 201. Of 19 great battles of which details have been procured, only 4 were fought by British armies unassisted by allies of other nations, so that it is -necessary to state separately losses sustained by the British only and by the British and Allies to gether. It appears that in these 19 battles an ag gregate British force of 438,205 officers and men were engaged ; that of those 49,281 were either killed or wounded, and that of these again 14,517 (nearly 30 per cent.) died from the injuries they received—so that the casualties averaged 114 and the mortality 33 for every 1,000 men engaged. The lowest ratio of casualties in these 19 battles is that of the battle of Busaco, 22 per 1,000 ; the highest loss for the whole force is at New Orleans, where the loss in killed and wounded on the side of the British was 317 in 1,000. At Albuera, though the casualties of the British and their al lies were only 176 per 1,000, these of the British alone amounted to 395 per 1,000. A subject to which hardly sufficient attention appears to have been paid is the relative efficiency of different wea pons. It appears from a return furnished by the surgeon of the Scots Fusilier Guards, that of 120 men of that regiment wounded at the battle of Inkerman, 7 were wounded by the bayonet and 79 by gunshot. Now it has been confidently and repeatedly .asserted that this battle was won by the bayonet ; and in the ,Russian official ac count of the battle it is called an embittered baY onet contest, and it is stated that their troops had challenged and routed the well-fed and powerful British troops with what the latter considered their own particular weapon. Yet the Brigade of Guards was more constantly and closely engaged in this action than any other portion of the army ; for, out of 2,382 casualties suffered by 26 batta lions, 594 were borne by the three battalions of the Guards, so that it is not probable that the pro• portion of bayonet wounds was greater in any other regiment than that mentioned above—viz., 7in 120, or about 51 in 1,000. Again at the bat tle of Balaklava the heavy brigade were opposed by cavalry, and, therefore, most of the wounds which they received were made by lances and sabres. Of 106 casualties among them 9 were fatal; whereas of the 281 among the light brigade, who suffered from artillery as well as from hand-to.hand fighting, 169 were fatal, or more than half, the ordinary proportion being 1 death in 5 casualties. The total amount of killed and wounded of the British forces in the Crimea, from the 19th Sept., 1854, to the Bth Sept., 1855, was 13,880, of which 4,565 arose from siege duties, 4,396 from assaults, and 4,919 from battles. The ratios of deaths among the wounded officers appears to have been, nearly the same in 1793-1815 and in the Crimean campaign ; but the proportions re turned as killed vary considerably, being 164 offi cers killed to 836 wounded in the former period, and 233 to 767 in the latter. The proportion of killed among the private men was nearly the same in both wars, being 193 to 1,000 in the former'and 190 to .1,000 in-the latter. • The lose sustained by the Russians during the siege is not known to us . ; but it appearS that - on the 17th and 18th dune, and: from the 17th Aug. to the Bth Sept. 1855, inclusively, their loss. Was 27,852. As the total loss of the English,, in killed and wounded, in the siege and assaults was 8961, we shall have, taking e d thosa of the allies at double that of the English, a total loss-of about 27,000 ;so that the besieged lost as many in the 25 most sanguinary days of the siege as the besiegers did during all the' 338 . d4s during which it lasted. The French garriion of Badadot in 1812, consisting of 4,870 men, inflicted 4,824 casualties on their assailants in 21 days, with a loco of 1,600 only of their own men, including, deaths from sickness. In the same year the garri son of Burgos, 2,000 strong, repulsed their oppo nents with a loss of 2,064, killed and wounded, in 32 days—their own loss being 639.—United Service Gazette. The Sardinian Government has come to the determi nation to send a representative to the Germanic Diet, in the event of the relations of Sardinia with. Austria taking a favourable turn. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 29. 1856. Tue following is a copy of the official programme, an `cording to which the di3piay of fireworks will take place to-night in Hyde=park, Green-park, and Victoria-park, commencing at 9.30, and dnding at 11 p.m. : First Division. Brilliant illdmintaions, with white, and green, ,and yel low fires, and a continuon4 discharge of the maroons. Order. Second Division. 'No 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of pearl'_ streamers 3. Parachute shells 4. Discharge of rockets, reirand green lOO 5. Discharge of si-inch shells, blue and yellow ..., 5O Third Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of mine; squibs Tourbillons 4O 4. Discharge of Ph. rockets, Parachnte 5. Discharge of 10-inch shells, serpents Fourth Division. . . 1. Flight of reacts 2. Batteries of gold streamers 4 3. Parachute shells 4. DischiirgC of ij-lb. rockets, rod and green . lOO 5. Discharge of SA-inch shells, blue and yellow-- 50 Fifth Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of Mines, equibs,. , 3. Tourbillone... .. 4. Discharge of 1-lb rockets, red and green lOO, 5. Discharge of 10-inch shells, tailed stars,..... ..... Sixth Division: 1. Flight of rockets • 209 2. Batteries,a pearl streamers ... 4 F-. Parachute shells 4. •Discharge of 4-lb. rockets, red 5. Discharge of p„-inch shells, green ik, .. 6O Seventh Division. 1. Flight'of rockets 2. Batteries of mines. squibs , Z .-Tourbillons - - ' .• .• 40 4. Discharge-of rockets. . . 5. Discharge of rockets 5O Eighth Division. 1. Flight of rockets , 2. Batteries of gold streamers 3. Parachute shells 4. Discharge of A-11). rockets, blue and yellow 5. Discharge of 5-inch shells, variegated ~ Ninth Division. 1. Flight of rockets. 2.-Batteries of mikes, squibs 3. - Tourbillons 4. Discharge of 1-lb. rockets, blue and yellow 5. Discharge of 10-inch shells, crackers Tenth Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of pearl streamers 3. Parachute shells ' 4. Discharge of -.lb. rockets, green 5. Discharge of bi-inch shells, red Eleventh Division 200 ,". 2os 200 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of mines, squibs 3. Tourbillons 4. Discharge of Oh rockets, parachute 5. Discharge of 10 inch shells, gold and silver rain 50 Twelfth Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of gold streamers 3. Parachute shells 4. Discharge of ilb rockets, blue aad yellow 5O 5. Discharge of SA-inch shells, green and red 5O Thirteenth Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of mines, squibs 3. Tourbillons 4. Discharge of 1•lb. rockets, blue and yellow lOO B. Discharge of 10 inch shells, squibs lOO Fourteenth Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of pearl streamers eamers ...... 3. ,Pa,rachate shells 4. Discharge of A-lb. rockets,•blue .. . 5. Discharge of 5 inch shells, yellow Fifteenth Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of mines, squibs 3. Tont bilious 4.' Discharge of 4-Ib. rockets, parachute 0. Discharge of 10 inch shells, tailed stars 10) 200 200 Sixteenth -Division. 1. Flight.of rockets 2. Batteries of gold streamers Z. Parachute shells 4. Discharge of 4-Ib. rockets, green and red 10( 5. Discharge of SA-inch shells, variegated ..... Seventeenth Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of mines, squibs 3. Tourbillons 40 4. Discharge of 1-lb. rockets, blue and yellow 5O Ob. rockets, ditt 5. Discharge of 10-inch shells, brilliant o ............. 50 Eighteenth Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of pearl streamers 3. Parachute shells 4. Discharge of A-lb. rockets, yellow 5. Discharge of si-inch shells, blue Nineteenth DivisiOn. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of mines, squibs 3. Tourbillons 4. Discharge of 4-lb. rockets, parachute 5. Discharge of 10-inoh shells, crackers 5O Twentieth Division. '2OO 180 50 1. Flight of rockets, 2. Batteries of gold streamers..,. 3. Parachute shells 4. Dischargeotl lb. rockets, blue and yellow 5. Discharge of 51 - -inch shells, green and red 5l Twenty-first Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of mines, squibs - 3. Tourbillons 4. Discharge of 1-Ib. rockets, green and. red lO3 5. Discharge of 10-inch shells, gold and silver tains_ 50 Twenty-second Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of pearl streamers 3. Parachute sh e ll s 4. Discharge of 1-lb. rockets, green and red 6O • ~ 1-lb. ~ blue and yellow . ... . . S. Discharge of 10-inch shells, squib Twenty-third Division. 1. Flight of rockets 2. Batteries of mines, squibs • . 3. Tourbillons 4. Discharge•of 1-Ib. rockets, green and red 100 5. Discharge of 10-inch shells, tailed- stars .. 100 1. F 0 u n t: i n T o w f e l p n 2e ty mpr - rl f . o sg u ter r re t b h aena D s e. i r. v s. i i s ... i . on , Finale. 2. Flight of rockets ............... 3. Batteries of mines, s qu ib s 4. Parachute shells 5. Tourbillons 200 . 200 Red . G. Discharge of 1-lb rockVs Green Blne Yellovr 7. Discharge of 10-inch shells, brilliants 8. Flight of rockets, 210, 560, 840, 11.20, 1100, 1 6 80, 1960, 2240. . . if......................... 10,010 E. . ...... Superintendent Royal Laboratories. .... CO 56 56 , 53 , A THE ILLUMINATIONS. The Bank, the Post-office, the Custom-house, and other public buildings in the City, government offices in and about Whitehall, the Club-houses in Pall-mall, Somerset-house, the National Gallery, and other con spicuous edifices, will be illuminated with a variety of devices. Many of the shops, banking-houses, and ware houses, from the City to the west-end, along Cheapside, Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, the Strand, the HaYmarket, 'Regent-street, and Piccadilly, - not to mention other streets which do not lie in the main east and west thoroughfare of the metropolis, as well as Oxford-street, which has a parallel direction to it, will be decorated with beautiful and costly contrivances ; the railway 'sta tions, the great hotels, and the halls of the different City companies, are expected to have a very splendid ap pearance. A statement of some of the more prominent public buildings to be illuminated will assist spectators to select their route. Nava and Military intelligence. The steam-transpo'rt W. S. Lindsay, No. 98, Captain Westetn, arrived at Spithead' yesterday evening from the East, with the head-quarters of the 4th Light .Dragoons, consisting of 150 men; 47 horses,. and'the following officerc—Major • Brown, Lieutenants Jen nings and WeatherbY, airnet E lis, quartermaster Hill, Veterinary Surgeon Aynne, and Quartermaster-Sergeant Kindel!. She . has brought also several guns, 200 tons of shot and shells, 31 . cwt. of antique marble from Kedah, &c. ' • • . _ The Clyde, steain•transport, arrived at Spithead yes terday afternoon with tbe.remaitider of the Army Works Corps from Balaklava, which she. left on the. 6th, and Malta on the 14th. She brought' honie 12 Russian guns ' 10 horses, 91 men of the Army Works Corps, and the following officers :•.-- Lieutenant-Colonel Elmhirst and Lieutenants Renant, Borland, and Rolls, Of the 99th Foot ; Lieuterant-Colonel Tngall, Captain Cubitt, and Assistant-Surgeon Reigall, of the 62cr; Lieutenant- Colonel Shack well, Royal Engineers ' • Captain Bruce, of the 82d • Lieutenant Elmhirst; the Rev. Mr. Lewis, , chaplain ; and Messrs Hutchinsnn, Shaw, Sb'arrock, Tanner. Turner, Robertson, and Barnett, officers of the Army Works Corps.' - - The sailing transport .Windsor, No. 216, arrived'at Spithead yesterday - evening, 137 days from Tasmania, and 103 from Swan River,- Western 'Au.tralia i she left Hobart Town on•the 12th of January, Swan River the sth of February, and St:Helena, the 11th of April. She has brought home the'head-qtnirters of her Majesty's 99th Regiment, after nearly 14 years' service in the Australian dolonies. The offiaeri.ate.Lient.-Colnnel E. Last, Captains Lempster R. Elliot, and , E. W. Isdell ; Lieutenants J. Grime' 1 Ni. H: D: R. Welma.n; H. F. W. D i Ely, E. G. K. Raveilllll, 'and T.,H. Clarkson ; Ensign H. J. Day, and Assistant-Surgeon H. H. Jones, M. ; B'o"erjeants; 28 ; corporals, 28 drunntnerti," 253 r frtvat , 26 women, and 47 children. The. troops on the passage have been very healthy ; 2 births and 4 deaths occurred. The wife of Deputy-Commissary-General F. Mends, of Western Australia, who took passage home in tit, hope of reaching England for advice and the benefit of her health, having been in a delicate state for some time, died on bard on the 26th of May. On the 15th inst., in lat. 35'37 deg., long. 41'11 deg. the Windsor spoke the Wellington with the remainder of the regiment on board and on the same day the iron ship Winifred, from Cal cutta for Liverpool. Telegraphic orders from the Admiralty were received at Plymouth, on Tuesday evening, to prepare for sea with all despatch—the James Watt, 91; Exmouth,; 90 ; Centurion, 80 ; Btunswick, 80 ; and Orion; 91. The Orion is preparing at Keybam, the others are in the Sound, and were relieved yesterday of their lower deck guns, and their crews reduced to 500. They will proba bly sail to-morrow for the Crimea to embark troops, every ship on an average taking 1,000 soldiers. The captain's have orders to instruct the Retribution, 28, Firefly, 4, and other Vessels of war at Gibraltar, or can ing through the Straits, to return to Balaklava _and assist in the embarkation. , . An Admiralty order has arrived at Sheerness to pre pare the Royal George, 102, screw steam ship, Captain Robert S. 'Robinson, and the Colossus, 80 guns, screw steam-ship, Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, C.B , for the embarkation of troops. They are both to proceed to the Crimea, there to embark artillery and infantry. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : `Lieutenant Bernard J. Cooper, to the Firefly ; Lieu tenant Thomas Borrett, to the Tartar ; Lieutenant J. W. James; to the Firefly ; the Rev. Henry Alexander, chaplain, to the Cresar ; W. H. Plows, naval instructor, to the Forth ; Thomas H. Johnson, naval instructor, to the Enrotas ; George A. Stable, master, to the Fire fly ; Charles Sproull, surgeon, to the Cormorant ; H. C. A. Brand, midshipman, to the Elk ; W. Brabaz n, midshipman, to the Alagicienne ; F. Rongemont and H. Burr, naval cadets, to the Magimenne ; S. G. Chown and 8..8. Dowling, mater's assistants, to the Firefly. The 17th Lancers, just returned from the Crimea, will march to Dublin from Cahir on Saturday next, on their way to the camp at Aldershott. Tne 58th Regiment will, on its arrival from Australia, be stationed in Clonmel, the West York Rifles proceed ing to England. SIEGE OPERATIONS BY NIGHT AT CHATHAM. CHATHAM, May 48.—A novel and interesting descrip tion.of siege Operations .took p!axe on Tuesday night on the great' lines at Chatham, commencing about nine o'clock. About 1,400 men of the Royal Sappers and Miners and those t elonging to the East India Company, with the whole of the Royal and Him. East India Corn 'pany"s engineer officers, under the command of Captain Fitzroy S:imetset, R.E., assembled' on the parade"-in marching order, with all their working tools, for the *- rations of the siege, to he cOncluoted under the command of Col. Sandhans, the director of field work instruction. The place of attack held by the garrison was the Spur Denary. On the troops arriving in the lines they commenced tracing the 'ground, forgoing parallels, and sunken and elevated batteries. As soon as the tracing was com pleted, the signal was given for the °troops to advance. A party -provided with arms was sent out as pickets, and sentries in front of the.right, left, and centre of the parallel to give an &arm, in case of their meeting patrols of the garrison; The party advanced to such a distance as they could just discern each other. On the ad vance party meeting with a patrol from the garrison, they challenged and fired ; and as they were satisfied it was the enemy they fell back upon their supports, and without firing again returned to the working party, who on being in- formed of the approach of the enemy from the garrison stood to their arms, and poured fourth a raking fire of musketry, which was ably kept up from one end of the line of fortifications to the other. Those troops from the garrison sent a party, under command of Lieutenant Lockhart, R.E., as a patrol from the works, coming out from the Brompton Sally port, in the curtain !between Prince Edward's and the King's Bastion ; a party was then sent forward to take from the parallel, and advanced about 300 yards from the counterscarp, when they halted, and as they were provided with fire-balls they as certained they were advancing too near the enemy's works. Directly the patrols from the garrison fell in with the sentries from lithe parallels and were fired upon they lighted their light b.t114, placing them at equal dis tances from each other ; they then retired to about 150 yards in advance of the counterscarp. When the light balls were burnt out they were replaced by others. The firing was kept up by the troops protecting the parallels and batteries with c•rnsiderable spirit, and, as the night was very dark, the reflections from the firing of the musketry had a very inipesing effect. During the in tense firing which was kept up for some time from one extremity of the line of the fortifloations to the other, the Spur Battery, in charge of Quartermaster Bradford, R.E., lighted several fire-balls* in the salient of the King's Bastion and Spur Battery, the object being to ascertain the position of the enemy against him. Owing to the distance, the reflection caused by the extreme lights produced a most magnificent sight, and for miles round it had all the appearance of a large town being on fire. The whole of the proceedings were considered perfectly satisfactory to all the otficets of the garrison, and par ticularly to Col. Sandham, under whose directions these military and engineer movements were carried out. The sight was 'witneised by about 3,000 spectators. The troops were marched to their barracks at half-past 11 o'clock ; they left the lines in columns. A night siege has not been seen in Chatham for many years. DrcLINE or PAIIPERIBM.—There is a reduction of nearly 50 per cent. in the number of paupers this year in the Galway workhouse, as compared with the corres- 'potidin . peri , ;ll in 1855. ln the - latter year. the 'nun berg were 862 to 487 in 1856. - .P.ROGRAMME OF THE FIREWORKS. . 100 50 . 200 .100 50 200 200 . 100 . . 200 . 2)0 200 200 200 10 A letter from St. Petersburg, of May 19th, says : CITY. "Vice-Admiral Wassilieff has been appointed military GUILDHALL. The illuminations of Guildhall will initials, defined andby th b e etn ro g y a al li governor of Astraca.n, and commander-in -chi e f o f t h e cover th e f ront o f t h at e difice facing King-street, fro m Russian fleet in the Caspian Sea. This fleet is to be the roof to th e gr o un d, its outli e n a e r s ,greatly increased. Two new divisions, compo se d en - b ea d s o f gas ; an d i t wi ll also bear urely of gun-boats, w ill b e created, and a part of the old the City arms and motto. Sebastopol'ships.of-line have been Pla , ced at the disposal. INDIA Hons.—Rich and elaborate foliage, &c., in of Mmiral - Wassiheef, to be incorporated in the fleet." gas. with appropriate devices. SINGULAR CASE OF SONNAMMILS3I.—About, 2 o'clock ROYAL EXCHANGE. -- Festoons of lamps running on Suoday morning, the 18th instant, the servant girl at round the building ; over the principal entrance, a the Duke of Wellington, St. Mary-street, Sw ansea , was transparency, with t h e inscription, " The earth . i s th e aroused from her sleep b ) , a continuous scr eam i ng , w hi ch Lord ' s, and the fullness th ere of." se emed to be that of a woman. The noise also awok e B ANK OF E NGLA ND. brilliant star, fi xe d t o eac h o f the. host and hostess,. Mr. and Mrs. Marvelly. The the street-l am p s along the front in Thre a d nee dl e - street. servant, baying got up, op ene d a window which looked POST OFFICE.--Transparency over the principal en upon the back premises, whence the screams appeared to trance ;in the centre the' Union Jack and Tricolor proceed, and ir time,ted that if the noise did not cease, combined ;on one side the initials V. It., surmounted as it was disturbing the whole neighhourhood, she by. a crown; on the other L.N. and crown, with woul d f e t c h policeman. It was at this time raining stars, &c. and blowing very ' vehemently. A man's voice, ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL—A transparency 'showing the which appeared to come from the roof, instantly re- initials V.A., surmounted by a crown, and bearing• the plied, "For God's sake, do fetch- a policeman." The inscription "Peace." s e rvant-girl;.then, by the directlen . nf her master and - CUSTOM-ROUSE.„--T he eastern-house is expected to mistress whb had by this time got up, went to the polic e l oo k very magn ifi c ent.. =The entire'frout facing.the river StiCtiOn aid returned with Sains officers. • A ladder tuns . w ill be illuminated with gas, andit has been decided by i:Focered - froin the late premises of Messrs. Matthews, and the City authorities to illuminate Billingsgate Market, mounted first by Mr. Marvelly, who laid hold of a . man which immediately adjoins it. w ho w as standing on a roof . near .. the nhimney. Hc. had FISHMONGERS'-EIALL.—One of the most conspicuous' •night : dross only, a nightcap,- nightgown,. and- decorations - will he that of the Fishmongers' Company, drawers, and was drenched to the skin. In agitated tones near London-bridge. It consists of a royal crown, the , be entreated air. Marvelly to hold him last. Having royal initials; and . the word "Peace" at the bottom. reached the ground he said that he had been robbed, and Temple -bar will be illuminated with jets of gas running. his m indappeared evidently wandering. He was taken to along the top and different projections. the Castle Hotel where it was ascertained that be had been . LONDON-BRIDGICTERMINUS. — The offices of the London stay i n g, His chamberdoor, which was locked, was burst and Brightonßailway will have a beading of gas running open, and the.window found thrown up, His money was, along the top and sides of the principal face of the build of course, found to be all right. The somnambulist is, we ing, with a very large reflecting star in the centre. The haar, a Mr. Griffiths, a commercial traveller from Trede- So u th-E as t ern office will be lighted up o n ly with a star. gar.' When first spoken to after being rescued from his FENCHURCH-STREET nutamius.—The Blackwall ter fearful position, be stated that he had been drinking a minus, in Fencharch-street, will present a beautiful ap little too much overnight. He must have gone to bed; pearance • the top and aides will - have beadings of gas, and - have risen up in a state of somnambulism, opened and on the front of the building will be four medallions, the window, whence he'descended a depth of about seven also in gas containing the names of the allies, England, feet on the roof of some stablin g belon g in g to the eadtle, - France,,and Sardinia and Turkey. thence he succeede d i n g ettin g o n to the . roof of the D u k e WHITEHALL. of Wellington. It is supposed that upon awaking fr ma HORSE GUARDS,—The H or s e Guards will be Mimi-. his Bleep and feeling his great danger, he commenced - .tutted both on the front and on the back faiing 'the Pa the screaming which aroused the, servan t girl. .111 r.. rade. On each side the devices will be the same—a large Griffiths left Swansea the amee.literainge—Btomeci garter, in coloured lamps, in the centre, surmounted irald. - t:with .crown; flanked on each side with :two rOleotiog tr ' Rears, with the motto, " Honi twit qui mal y pense." The whole of the facade will be illuminated with con tinuous series of jets of gas. ___. ADmaLLTY.--:The fri;rit of the Admiralty, Charing cross,• will be lighted with oil lampl, with the letters : 4 ` V. R." on either side. -The centre of the arch will .be surmounted with a transparency. There will be ,an chlrsi and other appropriate devices. . TREASURY —On the pile of building which con tains the Home-office, Treasury, hoard of Trade, .amt Council-office, will be' displayed five banners suspended from a continuous cable, each banner bear in, the component letters of the word .peace ; and the cable . loops by wbich the banners will be sus pended form medallions, containing the initial letters of the different sovereigns ; at the extreme right and left of .the composition will be placed the letters V. and N., oeti- Circled by a similar cable and laurel wreaths. Theite devices will be formed of coloured lamps. TaAFA.LGAR-SQUARE. NATIONAL GALLERY.—The front of this edifice will displi‘; an illumination formed of the flag*of England and France, with those of Turkey and Sardinia com bined ,in the centre, with a large star above and the crescent beneath ;.on the right will be placed the letters V. surmounted by the British crown, and a star -beneath the letters ; on the left will be placed the letters N. E., surmounted by the French crown, and a star beneath the letters ; the whole of this compos4ion be supported on each flank by laurel branches. These several devices will be formed of white and. coloured glass drops, to repregent jewels when lighted with gas. THE STRIND, SOMERSET'-House.—liere the device will be formed of the flags of England and France in the centre, With the "standard and bacuer of Turkey over, intl the e.nchor and cable beneath, surrounded with a laurel wreath ; on the right will be placed the.letters Y.,...l34,;surmouetad 'by the'BrltisfretoWtOvilul a- star beneath`;' on the left the letters N., surmounted by the French , crown, and a star beneath ; on the extreme flanks will be placed groups of flags representing the various natinns, and the whole device will be encompassed at the base by an extended garter with the following motto, " Welcome Peace to p.ll Nations." We are requested by the Commissioners of Police to publish the following regulations, which: have been rramed in order that the public may witness the fire works and illuminations with the least possible difficulty and inconvenience : " In order to afford the greatest facilitite for all per sons to pass through the streets the police will, as far a; practicable, enforce the following regulations : " Sufficient space is to be kept in the centre of the streets for the carriages of those who wanD to pass quickly. " The carriages of persons wishing to move slowly in order: to, see the illuminations are to be formed in a single line next the footway on the left or proper side of the street, according to the direction in which they are " i‘to carriage will be allowed to stop or remain stand ing in the streets where crowded. _ _ empty carriages are to be required to move to the nearest yacant place, to wait until wanted. " As the illuminations at the public offices and clubs, Whitehall, Pall-mall, and the aejoining streets, will pro bably attract the greatest crowds— " 1. Carriages passing the Horse Guards from Char ing-crOs3 are to go down to Parliament-street, pass through it, and if to return towards Charing cross they are to go through King-street into Whitehall, keeping on the left or proper. side. " 2. Carriages coming from the Strand to pass the Horse Guards are to be formed in line close to the foot way in front of Northumberland-house, and then proceed as before directed. (No. 1.) " 3. Carriages coming from Pall-mall to Charing-cross are to pass along Pall-mall East, in front of the National Gallery, and fall intro, the line in front of Northumber land-house,.and proceed as before directed. (No. 2.) ," The line of carriages in front of Northumberland house will be stopped at intervals to admit carriages from Pall-mall East. " 4. Carriages going to Charing.cross, by the Hay market, 'Regent:ltreet (through Waterlob-place), or. St. James's-street, will be adinitted Leto the line in Pall mall, which line will be stopped at intervals for the purpose. "5. Carriages goicg to Charing-cross into Piccadilly may go by any street into Pall-mall, and they will there be admitted into the line as before mentioned, " Carriages going from Charing-cross to the Strand or Pall-mall, are to form on the left or proper side of the . street, and continuo moving. " Every facility *ill be given to enable the carriages to pass .up Regent-street, St. Jamees-street, &c., by, stopping at intervals the line of carriages moving in the opposite direction past the entrances iuto those streets. " All persons are recommended not to take money,. watche3 Ica., with them into the streets or parks on the night of fireworks and illumination.',' The following polies regulations for preventing ob struction of the thoroughfares and preserving order on the night of the 29th inst. have been issued : " 1. No carriage will be allowed to remain in Park lane, or in that part of Piccadilly adjoining the Green. Park, from 8 o'clock p.m. until the fireworks are ended.f. "2. No carriages will be &flowed to pass through Park-lane or Piccadilly adjoining the PAK; during the time above mentioned, except with company going to some house in those streets, or in the r immedinte neigh-. bourlicod. "3. No carriage will be allowed to, enter or remain iu the q-reou Park, or St. James's Park, after 8 o'clock, p.m. " 4. No carriage will be allowed to enter or remain in Hyde-park, except as hereafter mentioned after 8 o'clock p.m. ". Private carriages may stand, but so as not to cause obstruction on the road in Hyde-park above the Marble arch, towards Kensington-gardens, and at the side of Kensington-gardens and the Serpentine. " Carriages are to enter the park by, the Victoria-gate only. • "5. No carriage will be allowed to pass or remain in any part of the road in the park between Apsley-house gates and the Marble-arch after. 3 o'clock p.m. ; and the several gates into the park, except Victoria-gate, are to be used only by people walking: " 6. No carriage will be allowed to stop in any street at any time of the evening or night so that an obstruc tion may be caused. " 7. All carriages of every description are to be kept moving through the streets, and the carriages will, as far as practicable, be formed in lines on their proper bides of the street, so as to give, the persons in all the best oppOrtunity of seeing the illuminations." SHIPPING RETURNS. The shipping returns of the B3ard of Trade for the month ending the 30th of April have just been issued, 'and indicate an increase in the freight business - corres• ponding with the large augmentation presented in the returns analysed yesterday of the declared value of our ,expertations. Subjoined are the general figures Entered inward : TONNAGE FOR MON'ILI ENDING April 30, April 30, April 30, 1854. 1855. 1856. British vessels 357,455 269,003 441,290 United States' vessels 100,216 110,187 128,324 Other countries , 207,203 86,261 118,612 01,839 46,451 - '.688,226 The clearances outward were 1854. 1855.- 1856. British vessels 490,939 480;725 513,057 United States' vessels Other countries , 193,820 119,425 177,665 769,60 715,725 854,292 With regard to the coasting trade, the returns show that the tonnage entered inward was 1,060,821 in the month ending April, 1854 ; 1,028,357, in 1855 ; and in tho.present return it is 1,036,261, including 21 fereign l vessels, ,of an aggregate burden of 2,477 tens. The clearances outward were 1,127,208 ,tons in April, 1854 ; 1,087,418 in 3855 ; and 1,100,153 (including 1,625 tons of foreign) in 1856• The proportion of foreign vessels employed is still shown, to be extremely small and with out any tendency to increase, thus falsifying .to the last point all the predictions of the opponents of free naviga tion. , FUNERAL OF T.1,1E AtAYOR OF SOUTHAMPTON. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The ,mortal remains of Sampson Payne, Esq. (late . Mayor Gf Southampton) were this day conveyed to their last resting-plate, and deposited in the cemetery. The meernidg procession left Clayfield Hens° a few minutes ' past 12 o'clock in the following order :—Foresters an:l Odd Fellows, guardians of the pout, officials of the town and corporation, town sergeants, magistrates, town coun. cillors, aldermen, coach with minister, hearse, coaches with mourneEs, - ministers, tradesmen, and friends. -- v A great .assemblage of persons . - bEid; congregated on either side 'of the beautiful avenue Which - leads to :the cemetery ; and a body of pensioners connected with the district, numbering about 120, wera drawn up in a pro minent position. There could - not have been less than 500 persons present. - The members of the friendly societies wero attired in .Plain clothes, without any insignia of office or order ; and the whole procession was of the most unassuming charac ter, it being the expressed wish of the friends of the de ceased that anything like parade or ostentation should be avouled. • Oa arriving at the cemetery the Foresters and Odd Fellows formed an outer circle round the grave, the cor- i poration and other persons preceding the corpse arrang ing themselves within. The coffin was borne from"the hearse to the grave without passing through the chapel. Th e Rev. Mr. Adkins, minister of the Independent Chapel, performed the burial service (which was of a very impressive character), the deceased having been a member of the Independent Church connexion. - There were several of the clergy of the Church of Ea g• i laud preisent* .•.- • '. . • 1 .*.- - -• -.-- :- - . . . FARMERS' PROSPECTS. A western paper (the Mayo Constitution) - says : —" When war's alarum'ceased to be sounded, and for the clash of arms were exahatiged the cooings of.peace, ending in a national thanksgiving, far mers were frightened from their propriety, and a reign of croaking' commenced which has not had a long existence. The general cry was cattle) will sell for nothing, farmers are ruined, there will be no demand,' and the usual amount of ill-forebod ing prognostications which are consequent on any great political or social revulsion. But, extraor dinary to relate, the prices of May, 1856, are just as brisk, and the demand much greater than in May, 1855, and this notwithstanding the depres sion of the corn markets—with potatoes and all other agricultural products a drug ; still, prices are steadily advancing, and each succeeding fair indicates further advances. We have been informed by extensive farmers that not only cattle in condition are in demand at full prices, but also young stock, while sheep are unexpectedly much looked after, which may be accounted for by the present prices of wool, which range froin 208. to 225. per stone. As for pigs, they have not been so dear for many years past, which is chiefly owing to the transit of stores by eteamer.from Westport and Sligo, and the abundance of potatoes in the country." THE WEATHER. Should there be any further continuance of the present unsettled weather, the cry will soon be general against the superabundance of rain. A fortnight• ado extreme drought formed the subject of agricultural complaint, but it is now in the op posite extreme, and certainly since Sunday last there seems to be some foundation for the fears of the croakers. IT PISRARY IN 1856. A local journal states that there is not, up to the present a single prisoner, in Clonmel gaol for trial at the coming summer assizes. ~In fact Tipperary, north and south, is becoming quite a model county. LEGITIMACY OF TFIE OFFSPRING OF A DECEASED 'WIFE'S SISTER. On Tuesday the Court of Session in Scotland gave judgment in the. case of "Fenton v. 'Living stone," which has been the subject of so much legal controversy both in England and in Scotland, with regard to the legitimacy' of the offspring of mar riage with a deceased wife's sister, according to English and Scotch law respecti4ll; On the 15th 'of January last the Lord Ordinary, in the Outer House, passed an interlocutor sustaining the.claini of Alexander Livingstone, who is alleged to have been born in the connexion referrecl to, as the legitimate and nearest heir to the late Admi ral Sir Thomas Livingstone, of Bedlormie, and his lordship ,stated in his note various grounds for holding that, according to the true interpretation of the law of Scotland, marriage with a deceased wife's sister was not unlawful to the effect of ren- Bering tlie offspring of the connexion necessary il legitimate. Lord Ardmillan's findings were as fol- Lowg' "Finds that the defender was born in England, the offspring of a marriage celebrated in England, between parties domiciled in England at the date and dUring the 'subsistence of the Marriage. Finds, as matter of fact, that the defender is legiti mate according to the law of England. Finds that his legitimacy_ ought to be recognised by the Scot- _ tish Court. Therefore assoilzie; the defender from the conclusions of this action of declarator of bas tardy and decerns." The decision was reclaimed to the First Division of the Inner House, 'before which the case was heard before the rising for the spring vacation. The LORD .PRESIUNT, in pronouncing the deci sion of the Court affirming the interlocutor of Lord Ardmillan, said that though it had formed the subject .of discussion in the Outer House the question whether the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife was or was not, by the law of Scotland, illegal or incestuous, had not been then made the subject of argument before their Lordships. He (the Lord President) was of opi nion that there were now before them materials sufficient for the decision of the question raised as to the legitimacy of Alexander Livings one, the defender in the action of declarator of bastardy, withont entering into the question he held that in every point of view Alexander Livingstone was an Raglishman. He was borne in England, and had lived nowhere else, as far as , the evidence went. He was born of parties who Were married in Eng lancl,and had their domicile in England at the time of their marriage as well as at the time of his birth. The next point for consideration was, therefore, whether Alexander Livingstone was or was not legitimate in his own country. That question was raised on the assumption or allegation that the first and second wives of Thurstanus were sisters. The contention was that' by the law of England Alexander Livingstone was not lawfully procreated of the marriage between his parents, and that therefore he was not legitimate ; 'but that in England by 'the rule of procedure, inquiry into the question was excluded, which rule of procedure did. not apply to the Court in Scotland. By that rule of procedure such questions could only be in quired 'into in the Ecclesiastical Court, and that inquiry could only take place during the subsis tence of the marriage. The Ecclesiastical Courts were restrained or precluded from inquiring after "the dissolution of the marriage by the death of either of the parties: However arrived at, the legal result was that in the case - which here oc curred -a-viz., the case of no challenge anterior to the dissolution of the marriage in 1832—the mar riage was unchallongeable on the ground alleged, and the offspring were legitimate. Whatever might be the theory in regard to the law, that was the legal result as to the status of this party. The law held children of such a marriage to be legiti mate—as much so as any other children. Here, then, was an Euglishman born in wedlock, legiti mate in his own country; he had no connexion - with Scotland or its law, except that he claimed to be heir to a Scotch estate, for he (the Lord President) held the original - domicile of lig father to have been lost, and to be of no more consequenae i n t h e case than tnat of his grandfather. They were asked to pronounce, in regard t o th a t Eng lishmad, a declarator of bastardy; and by reason of that bastardy he:would be incapable of succeeding to the ScotCh estate.. That was an appeal to the law of Scotland, and the. Court must now give the answer. In his opinion, the answer of the law of Scotland to:this appeal, was that it recognised the status of legitimacy which belonged to Alexander Livingstone. Whatever might be said 'of the voidability of these marriages, they had at least this important legal quality and effect, that if al- lowed to 'run their course without challenge they gave to the children a status of legitimacy of which they could never afterwards be deprived. It was also argued with great force that such marriages were by the law of Scotland illegal, and even inces tuous, and that they should not abstain from inquiry into the fact that if the parents had resorted to this country the laws of this country would not have tolerated their cohabitation, but would have sub. jetted them to a criminal prosecution, and that to recognise-as-legitimate the-offspring -eta connexion