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SUMS iarily pitta :Jock. m off ;AL feed 15 I again I to 36e Ito 461 to 480 Ito 44$ s slow. es, and )rn the to 450 to 46s to 470 to 42s to 44s to 470 to 410 Ai sold ey was to 300 s to 44 0 3 to 600 a d Dio dearer, t 8 , d. INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.- A PUBLIC MEETING will be held at the Mansion House on THURSDAY next, the 28th March, 1861, at Three o'clock precisely—the Right Hon, the LORD MAYOR in the Chair —to de v i se i mm e diate measures for the alleviation of the distress consequent upon the famine prevailing in India. Mansion House, March 26, 1861. CONTRACT FOR OILS AND SOFT SOAP. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 23d March, 1861. THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIR AL of the UNITED RINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IREL AND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 16th April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat With such Persons as may be willing to CONIRACT for supplying. her Majesty's several Dockyards with LINSEED OIL, GALLIPOLI OIL. SPERMACETI OIL, NEATSFOOT OIL, and SOFT SOAP. Distributions of the Articles, a sample of the Soft Soap, and forms of the Tenders may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty', nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for " and must also be d e li vere d at Somerset-place, accompanied'by a letter signed by two re sponsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of £25 per cent. on the value for the due performance of each of the Contracts for Linseed Oil and Gallipoli Oil, and by one responsible person in the sum of £25 per cent, on the value for each of the other Contracts. BANK OF DE•POSIT, Established A.D. 1844, No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON. Capital Stock £lOO,OOO. Parties desirous of investing money are requested to ex amine the plan of the Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate of interest may be obtained with ample security. Deposits made by special agreement may be withdrawn Without notice. The interest is payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Forms for opening accounts sent free on application. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS-REDUCTION IN SCALE OF PREMIUM'S. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY ISSUES POLICIES of GUAANTEE at rates, for Officials in o r un d er the Treas ß ury, Customs , , reduced Inland evsnue, Board of Trade, Poor-law Board, Admiralty, and other public departments, and for bank and railway clerks and persons in commercial employments. Further reductions on the combination of life assurance With guarantee. Annuities granted on favourable terms. Forms and every information may be obtained at the Chief Office, No. 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 142, Strand, London. Enjpowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE SURVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c. DIRECTORS. EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M D., Chairman. John Elliotson, M.D.,Cantab., John Moss, Esq. F.R.S. John Symes, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. SECRETARY TO THE BOARD. Alexander Richardson, Esq. CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. Augustus Blondel, Esq. AUDITORS. Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., and Professor J. Radford. Young. MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL. J. Elltotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street. ACTUARY. W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S., &o. ASSISTANT ACTUARY. Barker Woolhouse, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowellife, Bedford row. Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 : Bonus in Permanent Policy Sum additiqn Bonus in Reduction taken Age. Assured. to Sum Cash. of Annual out in Assured. Premiums. s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8 1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4 1845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0 1848 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8110 15 2 1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 , 6 7 7 The following are amongst the advantages offered by the international Life Assurance Society:— The Society was established in 1838. Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every five years. For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chairman, 142, Strand. EDMOND S. STMES, Chairman. 142, Strand, London, W.C. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chitirman. 14, John-street, Adelphi, Feb., 1861. Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Contts and Co.; Herries and Co. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN. This Hospital is entirely devoted to destitution in its most pitiable form, viz., that which is accompanied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with ade quate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into Its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. 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By the side of other black glace it will be found brighter, and, owing to it being made of more 'valuable raw silk it will wear much better than the old black, and never change colour. The price is very little higher than the commoner black glace. Messrs. JAY have imported, and will continue to import, the "Noire lmperiale " Glace during the Season, and they Will be happy to forward patterns for comparison with the old-fashioned glace to any part of the country. JAY'S, THE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE 247, 249, 251, Regent-street. FINE T EA CHEAPER. STRACHAN & CO.'S JUSTLY CELEBRATED DRAWING ROOM TEA Is now reduced to 9s. per lb. Guaranteed the FINEST and CHEAPEST Tea in the United Kingdom. 26, Cornhill, London, E.C. EPPS'S COCOA. The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness. and invigo rating power of this preparation have procured its general adoption as A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. sold in ilb., Vb., and 11b. packets, at ls. 6d. per lb., by Grocers Each packet is labelled. JAMES EPPS, Homoeopathic Chemist, LONDON. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from oh nervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. R. BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES, known throughout the world, for the cure of every diqase. 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To be had of all chemists. xne “ d T ic h in e e l i er s relief obtained by means of purgative temporary nd d the perp based at t etuating the disease. high price of the aggravation disea " se. —HENRY, M.D. NO MORE PILLS ANY OTT F OR CONSTIPATION, INDIoEsT OTHER PHYSIC PALPI TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS i°I4(DYSPEPSIA), DEB ILITY, DROPSY, Epra AND psY 9 PARALYSIS COUGH LIVER COMPLAINTS, AS THMA, CONSUMPTION, B RONCHITIS , , , PETERS. SORE THROAT, DU BARRY'S delicious HEAT TIT R. pQrrn - tp. ING REVALENTA ARAIMA FOOD,'------.-,. v.,- i ew pence per day, saves fifty times its cost in which, at a tures without purging or any of the uncer n Medicine, and pnces, and ruinous expenses incurred' by medicine, annoy oil, or visits to distant climates. cticine, cod liver Certificate No. 30,418. —We find it the safest An drew Ure, M.D., F.R.S . ; Dr. Harvey; D r. will, zer, re medy, . land ; Dr. Campbell. Dr. Shor- We extract a few out of 50,000 cures : Cure No. 1,771. Lord e Decies o f man dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. StuartOf fifty yea , i nd j er g a ars' agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa tion, tion, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting, Maria Joly,a of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs , of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherings, low spirit s ' and nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. 'James T. Campbell, Syderstouc Rectory, near leakenham, Norfolk of Indigesti-m and liver complaints. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samnel Laxton Leicester, of two years' diarrhe a. Cure So. 180. Mr. \V. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 years' nervous l'eaa, ex nstipation, indigestion, and debility. Cure No. 4,028: Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, ,spasms, and nausea, Rev. John W. Flavel, ilidlington Rec tory, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough, indi gestion, and general debility, James Porter, Athol-street, Perth. Cure No. 58,314. 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B ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY The APRIL NUMBER (Now Ready) containing THE CONSTABLE OF THE TOWER. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTII. Chapters XII. to XIX. With an Illustration by John' Gilbert. London Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. THE CORNHILL MAGAZINE, No. 16 (for April), Will be published on We inesday, the 27th inst., Price One Shilling, with Two Illustrations. CONTENTS. The Adventures of Philip on his Way through the World. (With an Illustration , . Chapter Vlll—Will be pronounced to be Cynical by the Benevolent. 66 IX.—Contains one Riddle which is Solved, and perhaps some more. 46 X,—ln which we visit Admiral Byng. The Irish Convict System—Why it has Succeeded. Horace Saltoun. Part I Victis. The Mortality of Advocacy. Food—What it is. • Frawley Parsonage. • Chapter XLVl.—Lady Lufton's Request. • X L Vll.—Nemesis. " XLVIII.—How they were all Married, had two Children, and lived happy ever after. "At Home." (With an Illustration). Elisabetta, Sirani. By Owen Meredith. Roundabout Papers. 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The very excellent band, under the able direction of Mr. Packer, is constantly introducing the choicest and latest music of the day —a qua drille and polka from Balfe's new opera, Bianca; Colleen Bawn Waltz, Garibaldi's Triumphal Galop, &c., among others, now nightly receive the plaudits of the company. The wines supplied are of the very choicest quality. The refreshment rooms are elegant in the extreme, and replete with every comfort. Admission throughout, is. In consequence of the Funeral of her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the above Establishment will be CLOSED THIS EVENING. MILLINERY FOR MOURNTNet.-1 1, - ,,, ,5. .1A r nay nonour to au..unce the return of their Manager from Paris, and that the New Departments, rec.ently added to their show Rooms, are furnished with the late/4 importations of French Millinery for Mourning wear. THE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE, 217, 249, 251, Regent-street. JAY' S. 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A scrap of paper headed " Mississippian Extra," and received just at the departure of the mail adds : • " MONTGOMERY, 6th. President Davis has ordered Brigadier-General Beauregard to proceed at once to Charleston, take command..of the forces already there, and invest Fort Sumter." P RESIDENT 1 . ,1N COLIV; S 17RSTERT7TE. Just within the door is a large corridor ; at the back side of this corridor was an immense hat and coat rack, towards which tended we all. s Mixed in with all sorts and conditions of men were many ladies -- ladies whose faces were flushed, whose hearts beat quick, whose toilets were disarranged, and whose dear little tempers,.l. fear, were some what soured by the incessant jamming of the ruder sex about them - . .At the hat-rack was a great scene of confusion ; every box was full ; there was no room for any additions to the files of coats, cloaks, and apparel generally, and if anything was lent there, it Was left at the owner's risk. This risk was taken, and with a desperation worthy of the noblest ;cause; we turned towards the famous " East , Room." There we found a vast multitude of people, for whom locomotion was impossible, and heldwh o w by e ere e happy theL it.o o n ny s i w a s n a t h p is, f e t c h i t a a t n t d h e u ' h fi r m s i t t g l a e t v e e ( e i success. Tussling from them, stela by step, slowly, but surely, we neared. the " Blue Room," where were the objects of universal scrutiny, of :universal regard, of universal curiosity, and universal sym pathy. Right near the door stood thee President, his. tall form _Wavering far_ above_ the _crowd, his head bowing continually, his arm workingsuninter ruptedly, and a happy genial smile playfrig i good naturedly about his mouth. He was dressed in a plain black suit—frock coat, vest, and trousers—a wide turnover collar, and white gloves. At the average of 25 a minute he shook hands and ex changed greetings with his visitors. Occasionally some old gentleman would endeavour to stop and have a little social chat about good old times, but the pushing crowd behind him would come up with such irresistible force that, like the wad from a pop gun, he was thrust out by succeeding aspirants for the Presidential digits. Mr. Lincoln looked well. His colour was good, his face but slightly flushed, and his demeanour' dignified and calms - Certainly his powers of endurance are very great, for although it was announced that at 10 o'clock he would retire, he kindly held on until nearly 11, by ,which time he must have shaken hands with over 3000 people. Ile was very highly gratified at the success which attended the affair, and expressed himself to that effect several times during the evening and subse quently. Mrs; Lincoln was sought, of course, first of all. She stood near her husband, with dignity and ease. Self-possession, under such circumstances, one would not naturally expect, but it was there. Had the mistress of the White House been born. and bred at Washington, accustomed from child hood to the surroundings of the most prominent positions, she could not have exhibited, out wardly, less anxiety, less - embarrassment, or more entire savozr faire. •Do not misunder stand me. Mrs. Lincoln has three character istics, which, when given to an American woman, will sustain her under any circumstances, and enable her to bear ' up against any pressure. They are common sense, self-confidence, and tact ; all of which to a remarkable extent are hers. In. addition to these, she has a naturally pleasing man• ner, an open heart, and a working brain'. 'Her dress will commend itself to all who admire simple ele gance. She wore a very rich and becoming crimson watered silk, with pearl ornaments, a very elegant point lace cape and trimmings, with a head-dress of natural camelias interspersed with simple pearls. I take pleasure in recording . the fact that Mrs. Lincoln is eminently qualified for her position ; that she has commenced well, has produced in the most captious a favourable impression, and will show to her countrywomen, and to Washington society in particular, that she can, as did Mrs. Polk, adorn as well as sustain the responsible place which she has been called to fill. Mrs. Kellogg, a sister of Mrs. Lincoln, who has for years been the admired repre seutative of Cincinnati society, stood at the side of the wife of the President. She wore a chaste and exquisitely fitting pearl-coloured brodade silk, with diamond ornaments. Her hair was tastefully dressed with flowers, and her tout ensemble could in no way have been improved. Mrs. Lincoln has extended to Mrs. Kellogg an invitation to remain at the White House as her companion, an invita tion which we are glad to learn will no doubt be accepted. Mrs. Grimsley, a cousin of Mrs. Lincoln, a lady of fine presence, graceful carriage, and per fect address, with Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Julia E. Baker, and Miss Lizzie Edwards were also of the party. Mrs. Grimsley wore a very handsome blue watered silk, with a long train, with pearl and turquoise ornaments, and a head dress of white roses. Mrs. Baker, the accomplished wife of Mr., Baker, of the Springfield Journal, wore a lemon coloured watered silk, with low neck, short sleeves, and long train, with point lace cape, a very rich head-dress of cherry-coloured verbenas, with gold sprays intermingled, and a full set of pearl orna ments. Mrs. Baker is spoken of as a lady of literary ability and taste. Miss Edwards, who though but recently a school girl, has become already the un fortunate topic of newsmongers, was dressed with the simplicity and taste becoming her youth. She wore a Paris muslin, exquisitely embroidered with French needlework, and a simple diamond cross depended from a chain about her neck. There were very many elegant and ex pensive toilets there, and a great many costly ones that were not elegant, but it is certainly gratifying to feel that we are represented as well in the social as in the political world at the Mansion of the Executive of our country's Government.—New York Times. THE HILLS OF LONDON. (From the St. James's Magazine.) There was a time when great 'persons rode from the neighbourhood of the Tower, westward, up and down hill; but it made all the difference in life to them, whether on reaching a certain point they proceeded by Snow and Holborn-hills, or by that of Ludgate. The latter sometimes led to the block in Lincoln's-inn-fields or Westminster•yard ; but it more frequently took the wayfarer to Westmin ster Palace and acceptable greetings, whereas by by the other hills, a man who was the chief object of interest in a procession from the Tower seldom went to any other exaltation but that to be had at Tyburn ! So went Lord Badlesmere, because his obstinate wife, in his absence, would not surrender his Kentish castle of Leeds to Queen Isabella. So went, subsequently, Queen Isabella's younger friend, Edmund Mortimer. So went bonny Lady Hun gerford—that pretty and petulant Agnes, who in a fit of impatience poisoned her husband, Sir Edward, and swung for it, like the ugliest of felons. It would take a volume to tell the names only of all the vil lains whose passage down Snow and Holborn Hills was demonstration clear of their having achieved that " greatness" which Fielding has so happily illustrated. Look, through your fingers if you will, at the solemn spectacle! Generally speaking , it had little of solemnity in it. The heroes of the day were often on good terms with the mob s , and jokes were exchanged between the men who were going to be hanged and the men whe deserved. to be. There they pass, from the Tower, or any one of the City prisons, to the triangular erectly, and John Smith, the burglar on "Deadly Never-Green." There pass Southx.iell, f o e n a ly f,te u arm nl being the sweet versifier ; and Felton, the ass as • s i n Buckingham ; five of the three-score-srilve_one who l individual signed away the life of Charles I. ; and victim after duly o v wf i he Queen victim eveoenfrreally Titus nanl Ie; O s :tat came see. to t_h lei i u d ek th y e greetings and clamour of a quarter of a million of people asses smilingly, exe cuted at Tyburn. And there P that hideous young murderer, Jack mur erer, .Tack. Sheppard, whom the brightest talent cannot pa. , ish u p into a hero. And there is the doubly hideous Jonathan wild uttering Amen as he picks the chaplain's pocket of a corkscrew—if the treacherous coward h ad evil left to allow of enough of the energy of his co mmitting that last felony. A nobleman follows him, Lord Ferrers, gaily dressed in I • us wedding su i t; then a nobleman's servant, who for small pilfering suffered the same penalty that his " betters" did for murder. Lord Harrington's man rode over the London hills to Tyburn, in a frock of blue and gold, with a white cockade in his hat, as a continual assertion of his innocence. That reverend gentleman who succeeds is the very pink of fashionable preachers, Dr.. Dodd. He had long lain hid in the house known as Goodenough House, at the corner of Gnn nersbury-road and Brentford-lane ; and for rob bing the Reverend Doctor Bell, the old Princess Amelia's chaplain, in front of that very house, that remarkably handsome young highwayman, with. sixteen ribands at the kne es of his breeches, i s , e-s going also to " the threuare stilt at Tybu rn ,* q whither Dodd followed him. TUESDAY EVENING, MARC as 26, 1861, sants and to- conclude transactions relative to the extent of the territorial allotment and to the amoun of rental to be fixed in consequence, observing at the same time the established rules to guarantee the inviolability of such agreements. "As the new organisation, in consequence of the inevitable cotplexity of the changes which it ne cessitates, cannot be immediately put into execu tion ; as a lapse of time is necessary, which cannot be less than two years or thereabouts, to avoid all misunderstanding and to protect public and private interests during this interval, the system (regime) actually existing on the properties of landowners (seigneurs) will be maintained up to the moment when a new system shall have been instituted by the completion:of the required preparatory measures. "For which end we have deemed it advisable to ordain— " 1. To establish in each district (gouvernenzent) a special Court for the question of the peasants; it will have to investigate the affairs of the rural com munes established on the land of the lords of the soil (seigneurs). "2. To appoint in each district justices of the peace to investigate on the spot all misunderstand ings and disputes which may arise on the occasion of the introduction of the new regulation, and to form district assemblies with these justices of the peace. "3. To organise in the seigneurial properties communal administrations, and to this end to leave the rural commune; in theina-Anal composition, and to open in the large villages district administra tions (provincial boards) by uniting the small com munes under one of these district administrations. " 4. To formulate, verify, and confirm in each rural district or estate a charter of rules (une charte reglementaire --oustavnaia yramota), in which shall be enumerated on the basis of the local Statute, the amount of land reserved to the peasants in permanent enjoyment, and the extent of the charges which may be exacted from them for the benefit of the proprietor as well for the land as for other advantages granted by him. " 5. To put these charters of rules into execution as they are gradually confirmed in each estate, and to introduce their definitive execution within the term of two years, dating from the day of publica tion of the present manifesto. " 6. Up to the expiration of this term the pea sants and domestics (pens de la donzesticite) are to remain in the same obedience towards their pro prietors, and to fulfil their former obligations with out scruple. " 7. The proprietors will continue to watch over the maintenance of order on their estates, with the right of jurisdiction and of police, until the orga nisation of the districts (vo/osti) and of the district tribunals has been effected. " Aware of all the difficulties of the reform we have, undertaken, we place above all things our confidence in the goodness of Divine Providence, who watches over the destinies of Russia. " We also count upon the generous devotion of our faithful nobility, and we are happy to testify to that body the gratitude it has deserved from us, as well as from the coantroy, for the disinterested support it has given to the accomplishment of our designs. Russia will not forget that the nobility, acting solely upon its respect for the dignity of man and its love for its neighbour, has spontaneously renounced rights given to it by serf dom actually abolished, and laid the foundation of a new future, which is thrown open to the peasants. We also entertain the firm hope that it will also nobly exert its ulterior efforts to carry out the new regulation by maintaining good order, in a spirit of peace and benevolence, and that each proprietor will complete within the limits of his property the great civic act accomplished by the whole body by organising the existence of the peasants domici -I:..tea on his estates , ‘,"./ nrn net ies, under mutual advantageous conditions, thereby giving to the country population the example of a faithful and conscientious execution of the regulations of the State. " The numerous examples of the generous solici tude of the proprietors for the welfare of their pea sants, and the gratitude of the latter for the bene volent solicitude of their lords, give us the hope that a mutual understanding will settle the majo rity of complications, in some cases inevitable, in the partial application of general rules to the different conditions under which isolated estates are placed; that in this manner the transition from the ancient order of things to the now will be facilitated ; and that the future will strengthen definitively mutual confidence, a good understanding, and the unani mous impulsion towards public utility. "To render the transactions between the pro prietors and the peasants more easy, in virtue of , which the latter may acquire in full property their close (enclos, homestead), and the land they occupy, the Government will advance assistance according to a special regulation, by means of loans or a trans fer of debts encumbering an estate. " We thus confidently rely upon the upright feel ing of the nation. " When the first news of this great reform medi tated.by the Government became diffused among the rural populations, who were scarcely prepared for it, it gave rise in some instances to misunder standings among individuals more intent upon liberty than mindful of the duties which it imposes. But generally the good sense of the country has not been wanting. It has not misunderstood either the inspirations of natural reason, which says that every man who accepts freely the ben& fits of society owes it in return the fulfilment of certain positive obligations ; nor the teachings of the Christian law, which enjoins that' every one be subject unto the higher powers' (St. Paul to the Romans, xiii. 1) ; and to ' render to all their dues,' and, above all, to whomsoever it belongs, tribute, custom, respect, and honour. (Ibid., 7 v.) It has understood that the proprietors would not be de prived of rights legally acquired, except for a fit and sufficient indemnity, or by a voluntary conces sion on their part; that it would be contrary to all equity to accept this enjoyment of the lands con ceded by the proprietors without accepting also towards them equivalent charges. "And now W 3 hope with confidence that the freed serfs, in thepresence of the new future which is opened before them, will appreciate and recog nise the considerable sacrifices which the nobility have made on their behalf. They will understand that the blessing of an existence supported upon the base of giaranteed property, as well as a greater liberty in he administration of their goods, entails upon them,with new duties towards society and themselves, tle obligation of justifying the pro tecting designs of the law by a loyal and judicious use of the rights vhich are now accorded to them. For if men do notlabour themselves to insure their own well-being uider the shield of the laws, the best of those la ws2annot guarantee it to them. " It is of tlle onlybYassiduous lab our , a ra ti ona l em ploymenti strength and th e i r resources , a strict economy, ard, above all, b y an h ones t lif e , alf they fe can constantly iispired ' o y the fear of the Lord, that ar ive at prosperity and insure its development. The authoritiesintrusted with th e d u ty o f pre paring boyParnaioaZ measures the execution of el i i s trill the and of presiding at its inau guration, will ha'e to see that this work is accom plished with calmness and regularity, taking into account the reqrirements of the seasons, in order that the cultivate may not be drawn away from his agricultural labolrs. Let him apply himself with zeal to those labors, that he may be able to draw from an abundan granary the see d w hi c h he has to confide to thatland which will be given him for permanent empleement, or which he has acquired for himself as hisown property. " And now, picas and faithful people, make upon thy forehead thesacred sign of the cross, and join thy prayers to oirs to call down the blessing of the Most High upon thy first free labours, the sure pledge of thy personal wellbeing and of the public prosperity. " Given at St. Petersburg the 19th day of Feb ruary (March 3), of . the Year of Grace 1861, and the seventh of our reign. "ALEXANDER." THE NA Vl'. The following circular has been issued from the Admiralty to the Commanders-in-Chief and Super intendents of her Majesty's dockyards, and dated March 22 : " The attention of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having been called to the great ex pense incurred in the alterations of the fittings of ships, their lordships acquaint you that in future the captain of the steam ordinary, who is directed in page 1 of the general instructions for that service to superintend the fittings of ships and vessels, in the same manner that the captain of a ship in com mission does, is to be made acquainted with all the fittings proposed to be placed in the ships under his charge; and that no fittings of any kind are to be put up, either by the dockyard artificers or engine fitters, without a previous consultation with that officer. " He will then be held responsible that on a ship being put in commission the ship's fittings are per fect, and that no alterations will be required, and that permission to make alterations will not be given until a survey has been held, and a report made of the reasons for making such alterations, " The captains of the steam ordinary will be pre sent at the morning readings at the office of the superintendent of the dockyard, in order that they may be fully enabled to carry out the duties of seeing the ship properly fitted, and to take the place of the superi n t en d en t w h en th e l atter is un avoidably absent for 25 hours.'' Minute guns were fired yesterday from the forts and shipping at Portsmouth, from 1 until 6.30 p.m., in accordance with orders to that effect, consequent upon the interment of the remains of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. The firing was commenced from Fort Moncton from 1 until 2 p.m. Her Majesty's ship Mersey, 40 guns, Capt. H. Cald well, C. 8., lying at Spithead, next took up the firing, and 'continued it until 3 p.m. ; Southsea. Castle followed until 3.30 p.m., when the Town Battery, on the King's bastion, opened, and fired until 4.30 The shipping ifi the harbour next took up the' firing, and the batteries at Hurst Castle and Fort Victoria, near the Needles, closed it 'at 6.p0 p.m. In considering the best form to be given to iron cased ships the size of the ports has received natu rally a good deal of attention, and various means have been i suggested for reducing the apert u re. I n it one instance is proposed to lessen the width of the Warrior's ports by iron bars placed vertically, giving, in fact, iron cheeks to the sides of the ports or embrasures. To enable a gun to be worked effec tually through this narrowed port iron legs are affixed to the fore part of the gun slide, which, meeting in front of the carriage, form a V, with the base to the carriage and the apex in front. The apex fits - over a bolt in the centre of the port, and thus, whichever way the gun may be trailed, con fines the gun's axis to the centre of the port. The port must, tiowever, be cut deeper than usual to admit of this plan being carried out, but it presents a much less area for the admission of shot or shell than as constructed at present. It is said this plan has been viewed by the authorities with consider able favour, and that it is the suggestion of an offi cer of great and acknowledged authority on all matters connected with naval gunnery. Among the rejected plans is one for preventing altogether the ingress of shot or shell through a ship's :ports. This was proposed to be effected by a circular port, the gun working through an iron ball, the latter moving in the port on brass bearings, and the two forming a ball and socket. This plan is stated to have effectually cloied the port against an enemy's projectile, bat the increased weight it b roug ht t o bear on the ship's side was objected to. The inventor of this principle, on finding it rejected by the autho rities at home, at once puthimself in communication with the Freneh Government, and in compliance with Imperial commands was to leave for Paris this morning, the Emperor having appointed Thursday next for the inventor to wait upon him with models, &c., to give the necessary explanations to his Ma jesty. The detachment of Royal Marines ordered for service on board her Majesty's ship Marlborough, 131, screw, Captain W. H. Stewart, C. 8., em barked yesterday under the command of Captain J. H. Maskery. Caulking has been com menced on. the ship's upperworks, and the ship's masts are having their cheeks taken off for exami nation andlto report upon. The Osborne paddle yacht, Master Commander G. R. BoWer, will be taken out of the steam basin of Portsmouth dockyard to-day, and berths at the mooring-Buoy, where she will be swung for the ad justment of her compasses on Thursday. The Mersey, screw, 40, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., will go into Portsmouth harbour, from Spithead, this morning. The greater part of the defects to this vessel's machinery has been caused by the extraor dinary manner in whieh she works when at sea. The Isis, 44, Capt. F. L. Barnard, is expected to sail from Chatham this day, when she will drop down to the Nore, there to be inspected by Admiral Hope Johnstone, the Commander-in-Chief. She takes out Marines for the detachment now serving at Ascension, under the command of Capt. Webb. The War Department lighter Inkerman, from Woolwich, with war materials for the Gun-wharf, arrived at Plymouth on Sunday. The screw steam corvette Jason, 21, Capt. Von Donop, in Plymouth Sound, got up steam yesterday (Monday), and proceeded outside the breakwater on her trial trip. Commander Trevenen, who arrived in Plymouth on Saturday, Acting Commander of the paddle wheel steamsloop Buzzard, 6, and was conveyed immediately to the Royal Naval Hospital, died in the establishment on Sunday. I 'Mr. Ernest N. Rolfe and Mr. Ambrose Carbon nell have been nominated to naval cadetships. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—J. Ellis and C. J. Martin promoted to the rank of acting first-class assistant engineers in the Clio. TILE A.RMI. The half-yearly inspection of the 2d battalion of the 11th Regiment, under the command of Lieut.- Col. Jenner, took place at Portsmouth yesterday. The inspecting officer was Major .Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., Lieut.-Governor of the garrison, and commanding the South-West district. The Rev. C. A. Assheton Craven, Chaplain to the Forces, has been transferred from Preston Garrison to Corfu, and the Rev. E. Stanley from Aldershot to Preston. The following is the detail of the embarkation at Woolwich yesterday, on board her Majesty's troop ship Megmra, Commander Henderson, for Gibral tar :—Colonel C. J. Dalton, Lieut.-Colonel A. Thompson, Captains J. Saunderson and C. G. Las celles, Assistant-Surgeon W. Graves, Lieutenants S. C. L. Lacy, V. Wing, C. Kirkwood, R. W. Chute, F. Schaek, H. A. Barber, A. J. Cullen, and T. C. H. Hallett, and 354 non-commissioned officers and men, comprising the 2d Division, Nos. 3,4, 5 bat teries of the Ist brigade garrison Artillery, toge ther with 24 soldiers' wives and 29 children ; also six officers' wives, three children, and four female servants ; two officers and 30 non-commissioned officers from Halifax, belonging to the 100th Foot, stationed at Gibraltar;. 2 officers, 1 assistant-sur geon's wife, and 2 children of the 2d battalion, Bth Foot ; 1 officer, Ist battalion, 25th Foot ; 2 soldiers' wives and 2 children of the 2d battalion, 6th Foot —the whole for Gibraltar. After landing her pas sengers the Megwra will embark Nos. 4 and 5 bat teries of the sth Brigade, consisting of about 14 officers and 240 non-commissioned officers and .EXANCIPATION OF TRE NERD'S IN IetTSSIA. The manifesto of the Emperor Alexander, eman cipating the serfs in his dominions, has been issued. It bears the date of Feb. 19 (March 3), 1861. We publish in extenso this important document : "MANIFESTO OF HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR. "By the grace of God, we, Alexander 11., Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Finland, &c., to all our faithful subjects make known : " Called by Divine Providence and by the sacred right of inheritance to the throne of our ancestors, we took a vow in our innermost heart se to respond to the mission which is intrusted to us as to sur round with our affection and our imperial solicitude all our faithful subjects of every rank and of every condition, from the warrior who nobly bears arms for the defence of the country to the humble artisan devoted to the works of industry; from the official in the career of the high offices of the State to the labourer whose plough furrows the soil. " In considering the various classes and conditions of which the State is composed we came to the con viction that the legislation of the empire having wisely provided for the organisation of the upper and middle classes,and having defined with precision their obligations, their rights and their privileges, has not attained the same degree of efficiency as regards the peasants attached to the soil (krepostnye), thus designated because either from ancient laws or from customs they have been hereditarily sub jected to the authority of the proprietors, on whoM it was incumbent at the same time to provide for their welfare. The rights of the proprietors have been hitherto very extended and very imperfectly defined by the law, which has been supplied by tradition, custom, and the good pleasure of the pro prietors. In the most favourable cases this state of things has established patriarchal relations founded upon a solicitude sincerely equitable and benevolent on the part of the proprietors, and on an affectionate submission on the part of the peasants ; but in pro. portion as the simplicity of morals diminished, as the diversity of the mutual relations became compli cated, as the paternal character of the relations be tween the proprietors and the peasants became weakened, and, moreover, as the seigneurial autho rity fell sometimes into hands exclusively occupied with their personal interests, those bonds of mutual good will slacken, and a wide opening was made for an arbitrary sway which weighed upon the peasants, was unfavourable to their welfare, and made them indifferent to all progress under the con ditions of their existence. " These facts had already attracted the notice of our predecessors of glorious memory, and they had taken measures for improving the condition of the peasants; but among those measures some were not stringent enough, insomuch as they remained sub ordinate to the spontaneous initiative of such pro prietors who showed themselves animated with liberal intentions ; and others, called forth by pe culiar circumstances, have been restricted to certain localities or simply adopted as an experiment. It was thus that Alexander I. published the regulation for the free cultivators, and that the late Emperor Nicholas, our beloved father, promulgated that one which concerns the peasants bound by contract. In the Western Governments regulations called in ventaires' had fixed the territorial allotments due to the peasants, as well as the amount of their rent dues ; but all these reforms have only been applied in a very restricted manner. " We thus came to the conviction that the work of a serious improvement of the condition of the peasants was a sacred inheritance bequeathed to us by our ancestors,—a mission which, in the course of events, Divine Providence called upon us to fulfil. " We have commenced this work by an expres sion of our imperial confidence towards the nobility 11 . ---;., stypn urtto devotion to the Throne and of its constant readiness to make sacrifices for the• welfare of the country. "It is to the nobles themselves, conformable to their own wishes, that we have reserved the task of drawing up the propositions for the new organisa tion of the peasants—propositions which make it incumbent upon them to limit their rights over the peasants, and to accept the onus of a reform which could not be accomplished without some material losses. Our confidence has not been deceived. We have seen the nobles assembled in committees in the districts, through the medium of their confidential agents, making the voluntary sacrifice of their rights as regards the personal servitude of the peasants. These committees, after having collected the neces sary data, have formulated their propositions con cerning the new organisation of the peasants attached to the soil (krepostnye) in their relations with the proprietors. " These propositions having been found very diverse, as was to be expected from the nature of the question; they have been compared, collated, and reduced to a regular system, then rectified and com pleted in the superior committee instituted for that purpose, and these new dispositions thus formulated relative to the peasants and domestics (dvorovye) of the proprietors have be en examined in the Council of the Empire. " Having invoked the Divine assistance, we have resolved to carry this work into execution. " In virtue of the new dispositions above men tioned, the peasants attached to the soil (attaches a la glebe) will be invested within a term fixed by the law with all the rights of free cultivators. " The proprietors retaining their rights of pro perty on all the land belonging to them, grant to the peasants for a fixed regulated rental the full en joyment of their close (enclos), and, moreover, to assure their livelihood and to guarantee the fulfil ment of their obligations to wards the Government, the quantity of arable land is fixed by the said dispositions, as well as other rural appurtenances (ougodie). " But, in the enjoyment of these territorial allot ments, the peasants are obliged, in return, to acquit the rentals fixed by the same disposition to the profit of the proprietors. In this state, which must be a transitory one, the peasants shall be designated as ' temporarily bound' (temporairenient obliges). " At the same time they are granted the right of purchasing their close (enclos), and, with the con sent of the proprietors, they may acquire in full property the arable lands and other appurtenances which are allotted to them as a permanent holding (jouissanee). By the acquisition in full property of the quantity of land fixed the peasants are free from their obligations towards the proprietors for land thus purchased, and they enter definitively into the condition of free peasants—landholders (paysans librespro—prietaires). " By a special disposition concerning the domestics (gens de la donzesticite—dvorovye) a transitory state is fixed for them adapted to their occu pations and the exigencies of their position. On the expiration of a term of two years, dating from the day of the promulgation of these dispositions, they shall receive their full enfranchisement and some temporary immunities. " It is according to these fundamental principles that the dispositions have been formulated which define the future organization of the peasants and of the domestics (dvorovye), which establish the order of the general administration of this class, and specify in all their details the rights given to the peasants and to the domestics, as well as the obligations imposed upon them towards the Gov ernment and towards the proprietors. " Although these dispositions, general as well as local, and the special supplementary rules for some particular localities, for the lands of small proprie tors, and for the peasant, who work in the mann- 1 factories and establishments (usines) of the pro prietors, have been, as far as was possible, adapted to economical necessities and local customs, never theless, to preserve the existing state where it presents reciprocal advantages, we leave it to the proprietors to come to amicable terms with the pc a- I men, with their wives and families, for con ve y ance to Davenport. The Alegmra will then embark the headquarters and Nos. 6,7, and 8 batteries of the 3d Brigade, consisting of about 18 officers and 386 non-commissioned officers and men, with their wives and families, fot passage to Woolwich. In consequence of some military riots and other disgraceful scenes which have recently taken place in Woolwich town in and about the marketplace, the pickets have been strengthened to 100 each,and have for some weeks past paraded the streets at short intervals during the night. The following garrison order was issued last night by General Sir Richard Dacres at Woolwich relative to the above : "It having been reported to the Major-General commanding that many gross irregularities have been committed by soldiers of the garrison in the Beresford Arms public-house, at the corner of Beresford-street, Woolwich, with the full know ledge and connivance of the landlord, the Command ant .desires that no non-commissioned officer nor soldier of the garrison shall enter the said public house until further orders. Commanding officers will take care that this order is made generally., known to the men, and the pickets will be directed to apprehend any soldiers who may disobey it." During the present month two lectures on pro fessional subjects have been delivered to the mem bers of the Royal Artillery Institution at Wool-' wich by officers of the regiment-1. "On the con ditions under which war is made in modern times," by Lieut.-Col. E. B. Hamley, Professor of Military Art and History at the Staff College, Sandhurst ; 2. " On ricochet and curved fire from smooth-bored and rifle guns," by Col, Wilford, R.A., Governorlif the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. To• morrow a lecture will be delivered by Major Owen, R.A., Professor of Artillery, Royal Military Aca demy, on " the laws which govern the motions of projectiles fired from rifled ordnance, and the ad vantages to be derived from the adoption of these pieces." The Soldiers' Institute, which the Government has decided upon erecting at Chatham for the use of the troops quartered at that garrison, is to be at once commented, the contract for the building having been taken , by Mr. Stump, Chatham, for £3,498 91. The small building which has hitherto beep used by the troops of the garrison will be re moved, and the new Institute erected on its site, near the Brompton entrance to Chatham Barracks. The edifice -is to be completed' by the month of October next. Corporal Clarke, of the Royal Marines, died sud denly yesterday' on the Parade at Mount Wise, De vonport, while marking out the ground for drill. THE UNITED •ST'ATES. (Front the Correspondent of the Times.) NEW YORK, MARCh 12. At a Cabinet meeting on Saturday last statements were made from General Scott to the effect that Maj or Anderson requires immediate reinforcements, of men and provisions if the Government are to adhere to the policy of retaining Fort Sumter. The reinforcements required would by from 10,000 to 2J,000 men, to act by land as well as at sea—a force much larger than the Government has at its com mand—to say nothing of the vessels necessary to transport and keep up communication with such an army. He added that no ship could reach the Fort to reinforce -it. One naval officer offered, indeed, to make the attempt with,three ships,and to succeed, losing but two; but from the number of the hos tile batteries it was demonstrated that on reachink the Fort the remaining ship would be a wreck. The Cabinet were at first divided as to the advice to retire, which accompanied this statement, and it is said in the evening papers as I write that they are still.4eliberating, with a strong pressure made upon them by the ultra Republicans not to yield. I have authority for saying that the move is decided on as a military measure, and that the odium of the measure will be thrown on the last Administration, which allowed the Fort to be invested, acts of war and rebellion to go on unchecked, and the public force to be scattered so that it cannot now be made available. The Senate is in session at Washington, receiving and acting upon the nominations sent in by the Pre sident. The pressure for office, especially for foreign appointments, by men totally unfitted, is said to be beyond anything ever known. The only diplomatic appointments thus far made are the Berlin ones; a Chicago lawyer and intimate friend of the Pre sident being the happy nominee as Minister, and a young German, not a political refugee, being the secretary.. Mr. Schurz, a German refugee, is strongly pressed for the Italian mission. The proposal to make such an appointment is excit ing attention and feeling, and the impression in Washington now is that the nomination will not be made. Mr. George P. Marsh, Mr. Raynond of the New York Tinzes, and Mr. Burlingame, late representative from Boston, are pressed for that post. For the English mission there are several cadidates, among whom are Mr. Pennington, the late Speaker, and Mr. Charles Francis Adams, son of the late Mr. John Quincy Adams. The Republi can Senate has begun its career by quarrelling with the diplomatic corps. They adopted a resolution abolishing the Diplomatic Gallery in the Senate Chamber, whereupon Baron Gerolt, the head of the corps, sent a written notice to Mr. Sumner, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, that the families, Secretaries of Legation, and Attaches of the American Legations would be excluded from the diplomatic galleries in European Courts. The Senate has also a small domestic quarrel on hand in a resolution to expel Mr. Wigfall, of Texas, for declaring in debate that he represented a foreign State and owed no allegiance to the United States ; which resolution is still tinder discussion. The popular vote in North Carolina, though close results in a minority against a Convention, and in the election of a large majority of Union delegates in case one should be held. The Secession move ment may therefore be regarded as stayed for the present, while Mr. Lincoln shall develope his policy. If this is a policy of peace it is believed that the rupture will go no further, and that some of the States which have gone out will come back. If, on the other hand, it is a policy of war, these States will probably follow the lead of Virginia. All agree in the propriety of a Border State Conven tion. The majority resolutions recommend such a Convention to be held at Frankfort, in the State of Kentucky, on the last Monday in May, "to con sult together and concert such measures for their final action as the honour, the interests, and the safety of the people may demand." I enclose a continuation of the reports of the doings of the Southern Congress. They have adopted a flag—" a red field, with a white space extending horizontally through the centre, and equal in width to one-third the width of the flag, the red spaces above and below to be of the same width as the white, the Union blue extending down through the white space and stopping at the lower red space ; in the centre of the Union a circle of white stars, corresponding in number with the States in Confederacy." They have passed an Act providing for P ationalisin g their vessels ; another relating to patents; and another orgatisieg a light house bureau. They have under consideration an Act forbidding their courts to take cognizance of suits between citizens of the United States and their own citizens " in the event of a conflict of arms," and resolutions contemplatingfullcopyright treaties with " Great Britain, France , Prussia, Saxon y , and other European Powers." In its free and lib era l treatment. of commerce the legislation of NI illedge_ ville may well be cop ied at Washington. And lastly, they have adopt ed a p ermanent Consti tution, which has not, however, yet been made public. The export duty on cotton promises to be their most reliable source of revenue. Their stateemeh look to • PUBLICATIONS. • TEE HON. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S NEW WORK. Now ready, in royal Bvo., witlinumerous Illustrations, T.HE ENGLISH SPORTSMAN IN THE WESTER* PRAIRIES. By the Hon. GRANTLEY F. BERKELEY: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. .11 18. dl 12. -il6. 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