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"it CRYSTAL PALACE.—SEASON TICKETS for the ensuing season are now ISSUED. They are in three cla'ses. 1 . Season Tickets (not transferable), admit ting to the Palace and Park on all occa sions whatsoever, excepting, the Twelve Concerts given by the Opera Company One Guinea 2. Season Tickets (not transferable), admit ting on all occasions, including the Grand Opera Concerts 3. Transferable Tickets, admitting to the Grand Opera Concerts and the Flower Shows, but on no other occasion Two Guineas. - These Tickets may be obtained at the Crystal Palace (Centre Transept entrance and Railway Station); at the Company's Office, 79, Lombard-street; at the London-bridge Terminus of the Brighton Railway ; and the Office, 43, Regent circus ; and at the following places :—Mitchell's Library, 33, Old' Bond -street ; Sams's Library, 1, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co., 48, Cheapside ; Mr. Hammond, 27, mba ; rd-street ; Messrs. Letts, Son, and Co., 8, Royal Ex change Mr. T. Knox Holmes, 441, Strand ; Westerton's Library, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge ; Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., 199, Regent-street ; Calder's Library, 1, Ba thurst -street, Hyde-park-gardens ; Messrs. Mead and Powell, Arcade, London-bridge Station ; Mr. Smith, 9, New market terrace, Cambridge-heath ; Mr. J. H. Smith, 22, G resham-street • and Mr. Brill, Royal Baths, Brighton. Remittances from the country by post-office order or other- Wise mast be made payable to George Fasson. All applica tions must state whether the tickets are for ladies or gentle- Men, and none can be attended to unless accompanied by a remittance. By Order. G. GROVE, Secretary. Crystal Palace, April 23, 1856. MR. ALBERT SMITFI'S MONT BLANC, AL 8 oP TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), c.ock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and -aturday Mornings at b. 414, 38 . ; area, 2s. ; gallery, Is.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENTS CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet IV si ton, M. Eoulcourt.---Doors open at S. Admission One Shillinc. Laurent's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. Fifty Instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, a nd Costume, coacluding with an impersonation df Mlle. Rachel, as ille in " Les Horaces," TO-N IGYIT and every evening, at 8. ` Li vate boxes and stalls may be secured in advance, without extra merge. Polygraphic-hill, King William-street, Charing-cross. A Performance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8. bit. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, , 4, Coventry-street, L e i ces r er - square .—Op en (f or G en tl emen only) from 10 till 10, containing upw rds of one thous And models And Preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in ...faith and disease. the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 12. z 4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly -interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Jr. KAHN, at half-past 8 every evening. —Admission, One Shining. N EXT OF KIN.—If the relations or next of kin of FWNRY SAITIVDER 4 , formerly of Exeter, In the County li,evon, but late,of/sTo.„O, Aver,isdrtAtt, Old Kent-road, in Die parish ;24 4 2nbenvel/*; in the cminty of Surrey, who died on or about the "..._qa3' of December, 18.54, will apply to the s'olicitor for the Affairs net Majesty's Treasury, Whitehall, London, they may h ar of aoMething to their advantage. I: II JRSITANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made hi a cause, Sander agamst Weston, the ' ,M entors of MARY PARR, late of Poole, in the county of Dorset, 4 1 11 7 1 v, who died in or about the month o' January. 1311, are, by e,r Solicitors, on or before the 2 , th day of May, 1856, to come in h eir Prove their d e bts a t th e Ch am b ers o f th e Vi ce •Ch a acellor sir chard Twin Kindersley, Number Stone-buldings, Lincoln's-inn, I : t he county of Middl esex , or i n d e f au lt th ereo f they will be peremp raY excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. „ ve dnesday, the 28th day of May. 1856, at 3 o'clock in the after n, at at the sa id Ch am b ers, i s appo i nte d f ur hear i ng an d adjudicat `giroPon the Claims. - Dated the 22d day of April, 1856. CHAS. P UGH, Chief Clerk. NICHOLAS OF.DOE, 14, Geor:e-street, Nlans'on-home, in the City of London, Plaintiff's Solicitor. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-street, ondon, 7th April, 1855. NO TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, hat! the DIVIDENDS for the 18 55, on the Shares i n thi s Society, are NOW PAYABLE acy ' 4 7 between the hours of 11 and three o'clock. By order of the Director.. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Founded A D. 1815. HEAD OFFICE—No. 5, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh. Assured or Members are the only parties interested in the -ands ot this Institution, which now amounts to uowards of THREE MILLIONS STERLING. atn .r he Society's c l a i ms t o public confidence and support are grounded " IY on the pound and careequitable principles of its constitution. and ducted and success with which its operations have been con , from their commencement up to the present time. oth 4 de the Premiums are not higher than those require.] tee many n r Offices, the Society does not pretend to compete with those lew ell bold out the attractions of cheap rates, whether as being the est which are compatible with safety, or as being based on what termed the " HALF-CREDIT SY S T EM ." %Acre being no Proprietary, however, those of the Assured whs by th: Society , of their p o li c i es are ' entitled to participate in the Profits of btt " ee ietY. are the only parties who derive benefit from the rates 1 ,48' More than what are found from time to time to be required to k ror t i C i lle actual risks; and the result of past allocations of Surplus Ilati becom e ch that in the csse of all the earlier Policies, b .en have claims within the last few years, the amounts 24 7 to the representatives of deceased Members have been MORE bettNul THE SUMS ORIGINALLY ASSURED. fee t cases where family provision is the sole object this result cannot h is ... o be considered part the most satisfactory nature ; while in other g u r i nees where the es are desirous of securing benefit from the 114`" Payments DURING THEIR OWN LIVES, instead of allowieg the ne us to remain an addition to the Assurance payable at death. the ,Z_nrnatives practicable under the laws of the office have been coin- Zssurate in degree. In many cases, in consideration of an alsan- Q Z_ent of the reversionary dais , s for Bonus Additions already de eks,7._ such parties have either received large payments in PRESENT OP have been LONG AGO ENTIRELY RELIEVED FROM FURTHER b.'alsr'r of, PREMIUM, the Policies still remaini ng ea t t i e d t o partial `•`;! i n future allocations of the profits. I,°clestrations of the application of Bonus on either of the footings , u e referred t o are contained in the Society's Prospectu , es, which, the with Forms of Proposal, & c ., ma y b e h a d on app li ca ti on at e Head Office, or to any of the Agents in the three kingdoms. jot,lN M Winager. ttliburgh, lVfareh 1856. Wll. LINDESAY, Secretary, LONDON 110NORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, F. q , Rarrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing. Esq., M.P. Sir John Thomas Bri.fgs Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home•office Jelin Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen -street-place LONDON AND Tilt SUBURBS. CENTRAL AGENT. u-agh M'Kean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. DISTRICT AGENTS. e ar. t R n S. Ridge, 49, Pall -msll, Agent for the West End District `"") 11 Seeley, 2, Hanover-street, Regent-street .a rnp . , T ' ia rris, 38, St. George's.sguare, Belgrave-road, Pimlico. ESTABLISHED 1837. iIItITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes -street, Bank, London. (Powered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Pict., cap. 9. ) dai"- DittECTORS. General ALE, Egg., 149 R, XANDE, Blackheath Park, CIikIRMAN. Bardgett Fenchurch-street. -'°r ge Bevington. E sq ., S ec ki nger Miils, Bermondsey. P. C ockerill, Esq., Shad we ll an d Tw i ckenh a m. lkieirge Cohen, Esq., Shacklewell. lis Co ventry, Esq., White hart-court, Lombard-street. -John D rewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. ~_rasritus Robert F os t er, Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. Esq , 7, T o k en h use-yard. FirA.„ Sm a'a, Esq., Doctors' Commons. Bcllenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-square, 8 014 Lincoln's Inn. c lta--]Nfessrs. .INE'Lerd and stenning, 16, London-street, 134, N Ferichurch•street. —U.—Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard, , 50, Cornhill. 1/,,,,pn3 Rates of Premium for securing Loans Os Debts. rtniunis, only, required during first seven years. t n ,., 111 assured payable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. ncorlalon, during minority, for Orphans. B arrANNIA. MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. rilPovvered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. I,4tnints div ided annually. c ams computed for every three months' difference of ago. '"e Aro - a r t: 4 . l ' 4 policies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of ......_ .(PiorantrAar: ) (MUTUAL.) -------______. Ralf ---..... is. prerri premium i ' Half Quar sPe l v r e a nt for Re- Age. I Annual Yearly telly I:l:minder I , mium. mium. premium Pre- Pre- Y eas. of Li fe. I ....... -----._ _ - 80 f ,!. d. £ a. d. Years. lionths £ a. d. £ a. d. Z S. d. An 1 911 9, 2 3 6 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 20 12 3 ,r i: 2 2218 4 3 , 27 61 4 4 0 12 4 L u . , 2 6 4 5 0 6 2710 1 4 6 1 012 5 v a 6 8 61 3 4 9 i 2 8 2, 1 4 8, 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. A.D. 1720. OYA L EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES —ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE -29, PALL-MALL. Ocavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq. Sub-G.ivernor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.., Deputy-Governor. DIRBCTORB. Charles John Manning, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. Henry Nelson, Esq. 11°7117 Bairidge, Esq. ,qrrkoncl S. nb P. Calvert, Esq. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. 41exande,* .. . • • wer Colvin, Esq. Edward Rowley Palmer, Esq. AEdward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. lia m Davidson, Esq. I t i Alexander P. Prevost, Es q . xan der Bruce. Esq. Abraham George Robarts, E sq versd ale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. ko 5....13rt Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. 7 ill 'AM Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. :sites Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. MEDICAL REFERED—SamueI dolly, Esq., F.R.S. li altaMs Notice usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre. .„ falling due at Lady-day will expire on the 9th April. IRE and LIFE ASSUR ANCES may be effected with this Cor t Oration ma advantageous terms. In i„the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation ..yronts, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. ,ears The following table shows the large BONUSES declared up to the Wiecenar, 1855, on British Participating Policies of fourteen nding, for the sum of 1,0001. each. Age Addition Further Per Cent. Per Cent. Wh en made in Addition Total per annum on the assured. 1848. in Addition on the sum Premium **------ - 1855._ Assured. paid. ---- ---. ------ --.. ------ £ £ £ 30 102 112 211 1'53 35 106 115 59 3 22 1 1•58 54•3 40 113 121 2 31 1'67 50'5 45 121 128 24 9 I'7B 46•2 50 135 140 275 1•95 43 0 55 149 154 303 2 . 16 391 60 166 174 349 243 371 11,%1I liv alent reductions have been made in the Premiu ms payable "e Persons who preferred that form of Bonus. 4ne f uture division of Profit will take place every Five years. Th svm not exceeding 15,000/. may be insured cn one life. s Corporation affords to the Assured liabiliet Libral Participation . in Profits—with exemption from th e tiies of partnership A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie e,s—with the guarantee of a large Inv sted Capital Stock. of i l rhe advantages of modern practice —with the security of an ce whose resources have been teited by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. LIIGHAII, Actuary and Secretary. •~ lour, at there is L in fair a little itch ra- I prices steady. )3', 43$ %st two Dme in• pies of per qr. ►re sold trARTER 5 to 3sa i tO 41a a to 41a s to --a 9 tO ---I a free )r best value. i, eape• reseed, ed and being - to - to -- - to - tO --• - to n Ton. 159 Od Od to 010 e 001 Oe [3sa Od to —a I to 01 12115 a none (N c . 19,92.) PUBLICATIONS. THE LATE SIB. ROBERT PEEL. Jnst published, in Two Volumes Bvo., pric e 30 3 , c l o th , T HE POLITICAL LIFE of SIR R. PEEL . By THONIAS DOUBLEDAY, Author of " The Financial History of England," " The True Law of Population," &c. " Let all readers, before they take in hand the personal memoirs of Cir Robert Peel, peruse these volumes of Mr. Doubleday. In them the statesman's character and public acts are analysed in the spirit neither of a detractor nor of a pauejyrist. This biography is a work of great merit. conscientiously prepared, plain, clear, and practically interesting."—Leader. "The work possesses a good den , of interest. The reader is enabled to retrace the leading events of the best part of fifty years. The author is plain, shrewd, hom -ly, and generally sound in his opinions and judgments."—Spectator. "This book is the work of an inma*tial writer. The politician w;11 make it a text book, the biographer his model."—Weekly Dis patch. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Just published, MAURICE ELVINGTON ; or, One Out of Suits with F •thine. An Autobiography. Edited by WILFRID EAST. 3 vols. "A very powerfully-wrought story. Passion, pathos, and tragedy are mingled with artistic skill ; and in its development throughout it cannot b too warmly eulogised, nor too liberally recommended."— Weekly Dispatch. _ . " A story of English life in a variety of phases, which can scarcely fail to interest the English reader."—Examiner. "A careful study of modern life and manners, written in a pointed scholarly style. . . . It is a work of talent."—Leader London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " LENA," &C. Now ready at all the libraries, B*EYMINS P R E. By the Author of" Lena," "King's Cope," &c. 3 vols. "We have still some good nnvel writers left, and among them is the author of Beyrninstre.' This novel reminds us, in many re spects, of Madame D'Arblay's in the felicitous delineation of character. the accurate descriptions of life, and the skilful manage. ment of the dialogues The conduct of the story is excellent. Many of the stpordinate parts are highly comic; an air of nature and life - breathes - through the whole. It Is a work of unusual merit."— Saturday Review. " There are admirable points in this novel, and great breadth of humour in the comic scenes. ' Beyminstre' is beyond all comparison the best work by the autho- "—Daily News. "The characters are interesting, the plot possesses originality, the dialogue a great,leal of spirit and liveliness, and the interest is main- Aginettlo tit* end."—finn "There is not a dull page in the book."—Globe. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. Just published, price one shilling, ALBIONIA. A Poem. Canto the First By HENRY BROWN, author of" Sunday," a Poem, &c. Chas. Fox, 67, Paternoster-row. NEW LECTURES by CARDINAL WISEMAN —l. On the perception of Natural l'eauty by the Ancients and the Moderns ; and cm Rome, Ancient and ocygern. ls.-2 FOUR LECTURES on CONCO.tDATS. Is., or the whole poet free for two shillings. • London : Burns, 17, Portman-street. THE GRAND NAVAL REVIEW. A Double Number of the ILL USTRAT D full of Engravings of the Grand Naval Review at Spithead, and the Review by her Majesty of the Troops at Aldershot, will be published on Saturday next. Price of the two numbers, 4d. The Il ustrated Times is the only cheap Illustrated Newspaper new published. Office, 148, Fleet street. THE GREAT OYER of POISONING.—The approaching"trial.—Let all people, from one end of the world to the other mark well the burthen of the song between the doctors on the trial. Would the accused have ever been suspected but for the insurance office? Most certainly not. The same thing is being enac ed every day by these deadly poisons, but John Bull quietly locks on. We emphatic illy declare that it cannot be otherwise. Posterity will attest this. Issued by the BTU COLLEGE of HEALTH', New-road, Lon. don, this 16th day of April, 1856, for the Society of Ifygeists. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the erench College of Physicians, successfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and icknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See" Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, JOZE MT, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and ill the principal chemists. G AME ms r.—LONDON, MIDDLESEX, and WES ['MINSTER. THIRD PUBLICATION for 1855. LIST of PERSONS who have taken out GENER iL G 1 113 E CER TIFICATES at 'l. Os. Ind. each, including the widi:ional duty of 10 per cent. under the act of the 3 Vic., cap. 17. (Schedule D.) Baynes, Walter Francis, Esq., 18, Mansfield-street, Portland-place Bridport, the Rt. Hon. Lord, 12, Wlmpole-street, Cavendish square Caslick, J. 13., Inter Temple Child, Robert, Edgware Child, Harvey, Edgware, Clifton, Captain A. 4r;, Grosvenor-street Denison, St.phen C., Esq. 2n, Upper Harley-street, Cavendish-square Dyke, Francis part, Esq , Tilney-street Hankey, Thoinsm, jon., M P., 7, Mincing-lane Jones, Inglis, Regent's- ark Barracks John, William, 9E, Cheapside Liddell, Charles, Abingdon-street Martyn, Colonel, 17, Charles-street, Berkeley-square Milne, Captain, Admiralty Murchison, Sir. Roderick, 16, Belgrave-square Powell, George Henry, 80, Eaton-square Ridley, Colonel William, 13, Arlington-street Strange, William, 9, Mincing-lane Verscimyle, Captain Henry, 1 , 6, Eaton-square Wigram, William , Esq , 15a, Grosvener , quare Wood, colonel Thomas 3 , , Charles-street, Berkeley-square SURCHARGED IN DOUBLE DUTY, Si. Is. 8d , FOR SPORTING WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE. Dunham, Daniel, H. radon. PERSONS LICENSED TO DEAL IN GAME. Baxter, Edward, 87, Conege-s - reet, Camden-town Bowr. n, William, Churtori-street, Westminster Brown, Kenry James, Crompton Chappell, John, II ungerford-market Chades, Thonias, 9. Arahel;a-row Charles, Julin, 23, Queen's. terrac,, St. John's-wood Donovan, Geo Henry, Leadenhall-market Errin.gton, Matthew, $B, High-street, Marylebone Fenn, William, 3, lligh-street, Marylebone • Gibson, Thomas, 17, Grosvenor-street West Gosden, Francis, Crompton 11111, John, Hungerfor -market Hird, William, 69, Fore-street Lowe, John, 3, • orthampton-place, Upper Tiolloway Marshall, John, 95, Crawford-street, Marylebone Partridge, Henry, 8, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-Wood Richardson, William, 23, Holmes-terrace, Kentish-town Made up to April 5, 1856. By order of the Board. T. KEOGH, Secretary. Inland Rev° sue Office, Fomerset House. rENALTIES. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue Hereby Give Notice, That every per-on taking, killing, or pursuing game, without first obtain in; a certificate, incurs a penalty of 201., and is also liable to be sur charged in d , üble the amount of the certificate duty. Any person in pursuit of game refusing, on being duly required, to produce his certificate, or to permit the same to be read, or a copy thereof to be taken, or ref using to declare his true name and place of residence, also incurs a penalty of 201. Gamekcep-rs are desired to take notice that a certill , ate at the rate of 11. 7s. 6d. will not authorise any person to kill game beyond the limits of the man , r for w , ,ich he is deputed ; and, in order that a certificate at such a rate of duty may protect a gamekeeper, it is reqais.itc, not only that he should be deputed by some lord or lady of a manor or reputed manor, but also that such deputation should be registered with the Clerk of the Peace, or the gamekeeper will be liable to be surcharged in double the duty of 41. Os. 10d , and also to be prosecuted by any common informer for the penalty of 201. N.B.—lt is the intention of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue to publish in a separate list the names and residences of all persons surcharged in double duty for sporting without certificates. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TIRIESEM.AIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, an 1 injunction was granted by the I•ligh Court of Chancery, and on the 1 lth of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the goolo de Phirmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRrESEMAR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t^ those persons who are prevented entering the married state from the results of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually. in the short apace of three days, completely and entirely er Alicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubeb' hays so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health a a vast portion of the population. TRIEREMAB, No. 8, Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TICIESEMAIt, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, end of all nauseating qualities. They may he on the toilet ta'al , without their use being suspected Th.IESE MAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are s ,hi in tin cases, price lls., or tour cases in one for 335., which saves I Is. ; and in W. eases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 125.; divide s .h..itrate doses, as adminis tered by Valpeau, Lane:nand, Roux, & &c. To be had Wholesale and Rei.ail in Londcn of Johnston, 68, r'ornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Banger, 1 5 0, Ox ford-street ; ft. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. ikt arket-street, Manchester ; H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 12, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street. Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, reet, Birmingham. "VOLUNTARYISM IN PARLIAMENT.—An opportunity to give voluntaryism a vote, more free from objection, even as to those who were anxious to find objections, could not be conceived than was offered by Mr. Black's amend ment. Those who voted for it declared their principle that all State endowments of religion are wrong, and after that were as free as before to vote as they chose on the original motion, which restricted its hostility to a very small religious endowment given to the great majority of the people of Ireland. For that amendment, however —for which every Voluntary was bound to vote on principle, and from which he was not restrained from voting by any consideration of convenience or practicability_ only 23 members voted ; of whom the majority were not professed Voluntaries, but merely lovers of justice, and of whom only five (Messy. Black, Ellice, Craufurd, Fergus, and Laing) were Scotch members. But this is far from being the worst of the case—the mass of professingToluntari e s not content with refusing to vote for their own opinions, voted against them we do not mean voted for Mr. Spooner's motion, but voted in the majority on the first division, which was simply a vote of yea or no on Mr. Black's proposed addition to the motion. Among those who voted that state endowments of religion, provided they are endowments of one's own religion, ought not to be abolished, nor even taken into consider. ation, we find the eminently voluntary names of Miall, Hadfield, Barnes, Crook, Crossley, Cheetham, Kershaw, Pellatt and others, and, we grieve to add, the following Scotch defaulters :—Sir J. Anderson, Mr. A. Ilastie, and Mr. W. E. Ba x t er . I n truth v o luntaryism, especially in Scotland, seems no longer to be a principle or even a policy advocated in earnest by any organised or recogni sable section of the community, or even by any ecclesias tical body—it is becoming a mere cry, beginning in fac tion and ending in betrayal.--Scotsman. --, 7' rm _.4. — " , G... _._-- ›.. -. ,- fa- -L2 te-wr • ~,^ lis--- 4' ' 1 1 , 11 1 . Lit ...... _-,-...:..- --.--_ : - ....... ' , N.. -.. 1 I,r ' . . , Ce. • ... 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The examination of Mr. Heron, town_elerk_of _Maal• chaster, was resumed. After detailing the various articles enumerated on the brass plate which was exhis bited at the Custom-house, Liverpool, prior to 1800, witness proceeded to say that, with regard to the dock estate, the corporation, op to 1785, possessed the -( z• elusive right of making the docks, but by'the statute of George 111. they were for the first time obliged to pina chase land at a price to be fixed by a jury_; And by the 6th of George IV. a body of audit conithissieners were appointed for the sole purpose of auditing the accoun's s , a power of veto, however, being given to the town. council, which neutralised the effect of the enactments This power— was not merely nominal, - for - in - one - case, in which the dock trustees had passed a resolution whereby a certain piece of land at Toxteth-park was vested in the trustees, and not in the corporation, the resolution w a s annu ll e d by th e corporation. This decision was afteiwards reversed by counsel. Another . case had also occurred more recently, when an oppe. , sitionswas' made to rating the, docks. The bill was pro ' moted.by the vestry of Liverpool, and the dock trustees opposed it; but the petition was not sent to Parliament in time to comply with the standing orders. Mr. Bram ley Moore, who was for a long time the chairman of the dock estate, -in his eildence before a committee of the House of Commons, had declared that the first grant of land to the dock estate had been made in the reign of Queen Anne. Latterly the corporation had been m, rely Sellers of land to the dock trustees. The sum of 221,8511. 'was paid in 1840 for the present site of the Albert Dock. Witness proceeded to say, with reference to the alleged benefit deviveil ..bv,...tin shipping from funds- furnished ~.,. , I h u h n o d uld e exbpeeildti _lo iti s i h m o p w ro t r h e a na t " th t e s u...x..---urs.i-itnn.essAiii:ha' k le_ no sta t tes: h r e a . te rn s. o4a T d he a carp ob o t ra ai t u i : 1 : however, could give most. satisfactory evidence on this the information. . There. had been a- laFge outlay in the erection , of the landing -stage at liverpeol (about _ T he:, 150,00014, iihinh_was said 414 hava been paid out of the Jawnseltnss ; but, in witness's opinion, this was a very • unwise expenditure . , because, if the bill for the Birken head improvement- were passed this session, the larger ocean steamers would be able to come up to the pool, and consequently the lAnding7stagemould merely be required.. Toriba accommodation of passengers. Wiz ess was pro ';i3eeding to read the evidence given before-aeommittee of `t he house, wh en Mr. Watigui; 4,joelikl, And the arm ~-4 - as cleared: :' • ' On the public being re-admitted, The Chairman requested Mr. Heron to read the pets- ' 'tion froin the merchants of Liverpool to the Nouse of Commons. By the Chairman—The town dues of Liverpool were Charged with a debt of 1,000,0001., which was due to various persons in sums ranging from 1001. to 100,0001. He had been unable to get any information under what acts the debt was incurred, but the corporation could - supply this ; 122,3211. had been expended on churches, and 180,1601. on the improvement of Bow•street, which was a considerable distance from the docks, and could not be said to have anything to do with the shipping. About 206 acres of land had also been purchased at Birkenhead, &c, for 280,264/. 12s. 4d., which had since, to a eon eiderable extent, been resold by the corporation, at prices averaging upwards of 3,5011. an acre, owing to the speculation inland consequent upon the erection of the • docks. A large proportion of the debt of one million might be said to have been repaid by this means, and there was no justice in charging any portion of that debt upon the shipping dues, as the corporation assumed the position that nothing could be legally required of thorn in return for such dues. By Mr. Horsfall—He did not at all complain of dock dues or town dues to any extent required, if such were applied for the benefit of the shipping. At present this was being done, and all he asked was that this should be Continued in perpetuity. The stat'ments' he had msee to:the committee were not of course wholly derived from his own experience, but he had made none for which he had not produced his authority. The corporation of Liverpool would give direct evidence with regard to all the facts he had attempted to lay before the committee, and if he had been in any degree inaccurate they had a ready means of, correcting him. By Mr. Hardy—The Liverpool corporation claimed and exercised the right of taxing everything and every body, and in return there was no legal obligation int. posed upon them. [PRICE 4D. STAMPiD:S THE "DEEATS" ON THE TREATY O. PEACE. The ,Debqts contains an article whiCh presents us, with many details respecting the deliberations of the Congress.and the treaty of peace : "The treaty Of peace of the 30th March has been re ceived in all the capitals of Europe in the same manner that it was hailed by the population of Paris. Every where, in London, Turin, Vienna,. Berlin, St. Peters burg. Constantinople, rejoicings were trade at" the happy issue of the negotiations aed for the re-establishment of peace. The cabinets hastened to ratify this, treaty. How ever, the diploMatic formalities have not yet been ac complished ;. the ratifications have not" yet been ex changed, and will not be exchanged before the end of the month, betehey admit of no doubt, which is all-im portant. Immediately after the exchange of the ratifica tions the treaty will be published. The discussions and acts of the Congress will likewise be made public, as also the protocols, if such exist—in fact, every document which may recall what was said and performed in the body of the Conference ; consequently, also, _the papers in which the Conference established its . resoltitio- After this publication, we shall be no longer ignoran— the details of the negotiations, and we shall have a cer tain knowledge of the stipulations of the treaty, of its formalities and annexes, with which we have had as yet only an imperfect knowledge, founded on information more or less approximative, and on statements which may not be exempt from error. We distinguish the for% Of t) e treaty from its stipulations and - annexei. It - appears that certaittpointerbave been regulated by private conventions, and that these conventions have been added to the treaty, of which they form the consequences.. In thus acting, the plenipotentiaries assembled at. Paris have conformed to diplomatic customs. It is thus that ' at the Congress of Vienna , in etke geeseral act of the 9th Tune, 1815, are included 39 - at:laments with the title of annexes , of which seve ra l b e l onge d to the yeari 1816, 1817, 1818, and 1819. These are special treaties, private conventions, declarations, protocols, and regulations, which assure the application of the general - principles, consecrated in the fundamental act. It would appear that the treaty of Paris has only two annexes - namely, the convention relative to the interdiction' to fortify the isles of Aland and to reconstruct the fortifications of Bomarsund, and the convention made by Russia and Turkey to regulate the measures of security, of protec tion, rendered necessary by the neutralisation of the Black Sea. Art. 3 of the conditions of Vienna says, in fact, that this convention shall be concluded separately, that it will form part of the general treaty in the shape of an annex, after having been approved of by the contracting Powers; and that it cannot be annulled and modified•witb.out the consent of the subscribers to the treaty. It is this con vention which will determine the, number and the strength of the light vessels to be maintained by the two coasting powers of the Black Sea in its water. Later other acts will doubtless follow, the treaty of peace—such for exam ple, as the regulations respecting the organisation of the Danubian Principalities and the navigation - of the Danube with the arrangements concerning the new frontiers of Bessarabia. Who can tell even if the imperial decrees, by which the Sultan has guaranteed the' privileges of the Christian subjects, will not be considered in the light of annexes of the treaty? The stipulations of ; the treaty form, as we have said, 34 articles.- With - respect to the form of the treaty, it is assured that . the 34 articles of which it is composed are preceded by a preamble, which recognises the spirit of union that governed the Powers, and the aim which they proposed. It is - probably in this preamble that has been inserted, on the proposition of Lord Clarendon, the declaration which pays homage to France, to her disinterestedness, loyalty, and spirit of eon ciliation, and also the declaration which recognises the high esteem entertained for Piedmont by Europe. It is F aid that the belligerent Powers figure alone with Austria as contracting Powers in the enunciations of the pre amble and of the treaty; the belligerent Powers be cause they put a stop to the war, and treated en the conditions of peace ; Austria, notwithstanding that she took no direct or immediate part in the war, because 1 she dealt a severe blow to Russia by the indirect assistance which she gave to Turkey.; because she never ceased to be present in the diplo antic Conferences 'of Vienna ; and, finally be- Cause she weighed on Russia in a manner 'which reduced her to accept the base of the treaty of peace. It is not thus with - Prussia. That Power has taken no part in the war ; she :has given no assistance to the allies which might directly or indirectly have seconded their ,military operations ; she withdrew voluntarily from the Conference of Vienna ; and, with the exception of the advice which she gave at the last moment to the Impe rial Court of St. Petersburg, she has not made, at least publicly, one active and decisive step in the interest of peace. In consequence of this, it was right that Prus sia should have separate place - in the treaty—we will not say a secondary place—and it would appear that she only participated in order to give in her adhesion to the document, which was already written and signed, that nothing might be wanting in the treaty to give the necessary authority to an act destined to modify the public right of Europe. The Conference commenced by discussing and solving, in the absence of Prussia, points on which the acts of war were destined to hare a deci ,,.ive influence ; we allude to the abolition of the exclu sive Russian protectorate exercised in Moldavia and Wallachia, the freedom of the navigation of the Black Sea, the neutralisation of that sea, and the right of pro tection of the Christian subjects of the Porte. These discussions and deliberations occupied the first six sit tings of the Conference ; and, itnm diately after the accomplishment of that labour Prussia was invited to be present." . . In reply to Mr. Watson witness said he did not ap pear b,:fore the committee fur the purpose of raising the question of the title of the corporation of Liverpool to levy the dues, but to complain of their improper applica tion. From. the definition given by Blackstone of the nature of " town dues," and also from the admit•sion of the corporation in 1691 and 1695, he (Mr. Heron) thought it clear that they were to be applied to the purpose of keeping up the port and for the purposes of the shipping. The market tolls in Manchester amounted to 15,0001., and, although he admitted that nothing like this sum was spent upon the market, - this was not an analogous cnse to that of the town dues of Liverpool. The toils were fixed and certain, and were 3nly levied on those who used the market, and there was more than au quivalent given in the aezommodatiou provided. By Mr. Hardy—He considered the town dues injuri -01 to Lir-el:mot, as tending to drive away commerce froth the Mersey, and his complaint was that the money had been spent in districts remote from the docks, and not for the benefit of the shipping. By Mr. Cardwell—The policy pursued by the corpo ration of the city of Bristol in regard to the docks had been most beneficial in its results. Owing to the com petition with Liverpool trade was falling off. The cor poration became possessed of the docks (which had pre viously been in the hands of a private company), and re duced the town does nearly one-half, and they came to Parliament for an act to anchorite them to tax the town of Bristol, including Clifton, with a rate of 4d. in the round, which was to be expended entirely for the par of the shipping ; and if this rate, together with the dues, produced more than was required, the dues were to be redccetl, but the rate was t► continue ; so that eventually the tax upon the shipping would be alto gether abolished. This course could not be followed by Liverpool without a similar application to Parliament, as the corporation would bo prevented by . a -clause in the Municipal Reform Act. Tho Debats next proceeds to an analysis of the policy of Prussia ; and thus replies to a prevalent opinion to the effect that Prussia had forgotten her dignity to sit in au assembly of European Plonipo tentiaries who had invited her to deliberate after having adopted all the decisions of importance : By Air. Vance—lie could imagine that Milford Haven might eventually become a very formidable competitor with Liverpool were the dues to have the effect of driv ing commerce to seek some other port. The carriage of goods from Manchester to Milford Haven might be much heavier than the town dues would amount to, but they must be taken in connection with all other charges. There was no pzinciple whatever in fixing these dues; it s. - 2enied to be, " Get what you can." By Mr. Cardwell—He was not aware of a correspond ence having taken place with regard to the railway charges between Leaden and Manchester, but he knew that a trade to a large extent bad sprung up between Manchester and London, which formerly found its way to Liverpoil, and persons had undertaken to forward goods from Manchester to Calcutta and elsewhere, rid London, at a less amount than they could be sent by Liverpool. _ _ " We are not of this opinion ; we believe Prussia has done well to respond purely and simply to the appeal of the Conference. Prussia has acted as if idle were volun tarily delayed, and if she consented to occupy in the council of Europe the place which belongs to her by the same title as the places occupied by the other Powers. Prussia had condemned herself to isolation in order not to render ;hor policy subordinate to that of Austria; in order not to be entanglol in a war against Russia ; in order not to disturb her excellent financial position ; that she might not break up her alliances with the secondary German States ; finally, that she might not quit that neutrality agreeable to the traditions of her policy and eminently advantageous to the commerce and industry of the inhabitants of the north of Germany. Prussia had adopted a pacific and enterprising role—she believed it at least to be such ; she could not refuse, therefore, her adhesion to the treaty which re-er.tablished peace. A refusal on her part would have implied mistrust with respect to her sincerity. Moreover, that which remained to be effected in the Conference was not unworthy of the co-operation of Prussia. If we are not mistaken, the Prussian Plenipotentiaries sat for the first time on Tues day, Ist March, consequently 12 days previous to the signing of the treaty of peace. These 12 days were em ployed in useful discussion, in which Prussia took part with the rest; and we believe that, with reference to the operations of the Conference, there has not been, for a length of time, any appreciable difference beween Prus sia and the other Powers." By - Mr. Horsfall—lt was beyond question that no port in the world had gone on increasing in importance to the same extent as Liverpool had of late years. In reply to a question from Mr. Watson as to what there was in the Municipal Reform Act to prevent the expenditure of the borough funds upon the port of Liver pool, witness said the act required that the fund should be applied for the benefit of the inhabitants of the bo rough at large, and the port was certainly not part of the municipal borough of Liverpool. The corporation of Liverpool claimed to be conservators of the river, but this had been contested, and in a report of the Board of Trade it was stated there was no actual conservancy existing. Mr. - Milner Gibson—The dues were received in the Custom-house by a collector, or under his direction, who was appointed by the corporation, and it had been made a matter of complaint before the Shipping Dues Commissioners that persons could not get their goods cleiired without producing their receipt for the town dues. It was ,urged this was a most improper interfer ence. He believed they had no legal authority to detain the goods, but the practice referred to had existed. Our contemporary, notwithstanding the above apologetical, though only slightly plausible, de fence of the policy of Prussia, destroys the whole effects of its arguments by contrasting the attitude of France in 1841, and of Prussia in 1856. It thus expresses itself : "France refused obstinately in 1840 to take part in the arrangements between the Sultan and the Pacha of Egypt; she declared that she would take no part in this affair, and that she would leave to the four Powers, which had signed the convention of the 15th July, 1840, the task of escaping from the difficulty they had crewed, as likewise the responsibility of the solution. The treaty of the 13th July, 1841, establishes that France had acted as she had desired. But what the treaty did not esta blish was, that it was discussed inch by inch by France— that France made her conditions, which the four Powers accepted. Prussia could not hold, and did not hold, in 1856 a conduct as firm, as constant, as that which suc ceeded so well for France in 1841. This is not the fault of Prussia ; the circumstances are not the same ; and— why shall we not say it ?—Prussia is not France. The isolation of Prussia does not offer to Europe embarrass ments similar to those which would be created by the isolation of France, and Europe would not perf o rm, in order to put an end to the isolation of Prussia, that which she has done, and would again do, in order to ter minate the isolation of France." In answer to a question by Mr. Hardy witness entered into some explanations with regard to the gas and water works at Mancl:ester, and the committee then adjourned until Thursday, at 12 o'clock. CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, APRIL 22. —Admissions on payment, 2,212 ; ditto by eeasoa tickets, 445 ; total visitors, 2,657. RESPITE OF THE CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH IN NEWGATE.—Yesterday afternoon the Sheriffs received information from the Secretary of State for the Home Department that her Majesty has been gra• ciously pleased to grant a respite during royal pleasure to the two wretched women, Mary Ann Harris and Celestine S ommer, who were both found guilty—one for wilfully murdering two of her illegitimate children near Uxbridge, by drowning them, and the other for killing her own daughter in the parish of Islington. It is stated that a great number of petitions have been sent to the Queen, praying for a commutation of the sentence of death, which induced the Sovereign to respite these two moat guilty women. METROPOLITAN RATE FOR lIAMPSTEAD-HEATH.—A stated in The SIM, of yesterday, at a meeting of the in habitants of St. John's Wood, tbo expediency of having a metropolitan rate to secure Hampstead-heath for the public was discussed, and, since then, another meeting has been held at Camden town on the subject of pre serving the heath for the public, and other meetings are to follow, so that the question of " com p rom ise" with Sir Thomas M. Wilson is likely to be considered. By one of the clauses in the Metropolis Local Manage. ment Act, " open spaces" are to be purchased when necessary by the Metropolitan Board, and it has been stated that the provision had direct reference to Hampstead-heath. In the Hampstead memo r i a l the sum of 100,000/. was mentioned, which wou ld require a rate of 2d. in the pound, and the quest i on raised is whether the other metropolitan parishes would contribute towards securing the heath for the public generally. Sir Thomas M. Wilson's bill in the Commons has been postponed, and in the interval meetings will be held to ascertain the feeling of the metropolitan parishes on this subject. Hitherto the meetings have been confined to the adjoining districts of the Heath, but it has been urged that the metropolis generally is concerned in preventing the enclosure of the place ; and further it has been urged that the expense of a " compromise" should not fall on one or two parishes, but that a metropolitan rate should be made to obtain the boon now asked for the benefit of the public gene. rally. CRICKET HAMPSTEAD ALBION CLUB,--This club played their opening match of the season on Monday, on Hampstead heath, when sides were chosen by Messrs. Stonehouse and Humphreys, and, although the latter had 12 on his side, the former proved victorious. The play on both sides was very creditable, considering the short practice and early period of the season. Dur ing the day, by the kind permission of Col. Wood, the band of the Royal East Middlesex Militia enlivened the ground with several popular airs. - - PRICE OF GOLD. —The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mille premium (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.29,i ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.371, it follows that gold is about 0.32 per cent. dearer in Lon don than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.51 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.7 f, it follows that gold is 0 75 per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.08 per cent. against England ; but, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre sent rate leaves no profit on the importatiox of gold either way between the two countries. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1856. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THE MURDER OF MRS. KELLY. The - verdict of the coroner's jury not having been considered as conclusive respecting the par ties in custody charged with participating in the murder of Mrs. Kelly, a magisterial investigation was commenced at Moate yesterday. There were on the bench Mr. Cronin (stipendiary of the district), Messrs. J. Fetherstone, Marcus Good body, William Fetherstone, Lundy Dickenson, J. Longworth, and F. Mooney. It was deemed prudent not to admit the reporters for the press, as certain parties are likely to be alluded to in the evidence expected to be given, who might thereby see the necessity of concealing them selves from the authorities. As there is now a large reward' offered for the apprehension of th parties concerned in the murder, the course determined upon by the magistrates is con sidered likely to prevent persons coming forward with false evidence, framed on what might be pub lished in the newspapers. Mr. F. W. Brady, with Mr. Nesbitt, solicitor, at tended to watch the proceedings on behalf of the repre sentatives of the deceased lady. Mr. D. C. Heron, with Mr..Findlater, Solicitor, at tended on behalf of Mr. George Strevens, who has been in custody since the time of the murder. The other persons in custody are Kinahan, a tenant on the Ballinderry estate, which, it is stated, becomes the property of Mr. Campion, a gentleman who was for many years Mrs. Kelly's confidential solicitor;. and a man named B tenon, a nephew to Kinahan, and who was brought during the week to Mullingar Gaol, but was sent back to Moate yesterday morning. There is also in custody a man named Watters, who lived on the, lands. - - We are informed.that Mr. Campion was under exami nation the greater part of the day ? and that his evi dence had reference chiefly to Mr. George Strevens and his dealings with Mrs. Kelly, for whom 'he managed the portion of the Ballinderry estate which she held in her own hands. There was another witness examined, after which the inquiry was adjourned to Thursday next. The magistrates were of opinion that. Mr. Strevens ought to be further remanded to that day, when they will decide upon the course they shall pursue towards him. The other persons also remain in custody.. Mr. Jullian, the Crown solicitor, was in attendance, and was engaged in reducing the evidence to writing in the form of depositions. Front all we could lsarn the murder seems to be still involved in considerable mystery, notwithstanding the exertions that have bee❑ made to discover information. Dr. Baily, a gentleman related to the late Mrs. Kelly, and to whom she has, it is said, left the estate and man sion of Rookwood, in the county of Roscommon, and 100,0001., besides appointing him residuary legatee, has , offered a reward of 5001. for such inf,rmation as will lead to the arrest of the murderers. The Lord-Lieute. cant has also offered a reward of 1001., making a total of 6001. The earth around where the unfortunate lady met her dreadful death was examined again early yesterday morn ing by the police, and a second bullet was found. THE MURDER OF MISS HINDS. An application will be made in the course of a few days for the reversal of the judgment passed upon Dunne, who is under sentence of death for participating in the murder of Miss Hinds. It is averred that a juror having been taken ill after the trial had commenced, a new juror was sworn, with out the prisoner having been asked whether he wished to " challenge" him or not. Also, that the Attorney-General should have re-stated the case to the new juror. The Court of Error is to be asked to give its decision on these points. TIPPERARY BANK. We (says the Freeman's Journal) are requested to mention that during the pending proceedings, Mr. Scully, M.P., abstains altogether from noticing any statements concerning him or the late Tip perary Bank. ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT. A petition was presented yesterday by the Right Hon. George Arthur Hastings, Earl of Granard, owner and petitioner, for the sale of his estates in 'the county Longford. Net rental, 5,8191. 3s. 10d. THE COMMON SENSE SOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL .AMERICAN QUESTION. (From the New York Herald.) The " Central American Question "comprises three points only entitled teserious consideration : 7 r . I. British pretensl4B on . the Mosquito shore. ' 2. British assnmption ~of sovereignty in Belize • and 3. The occupationand eolonisati on • o f th e 13ay Islands. Now, awre_gardothe - Mosquito shori, without going into the question of the alleged protectorate, we all know that the-only - real Motive which Great Britain had in reviving and giiringefpeoe to het: pretensions there, was to obtain possessionaor control of the port of San Juan del Norte, which it - tad been erroneously supposed was the key to the linkroi ; communication between the seas. But when. PalmereOn failed to obtAin • possession of the corresponding position en the other side of the continent, and when the mile* of Americans had converted San Juan into a de faebo American town, then British in terest in the Mosquito King began rapidly to decline— to such an extent, indeed, that we know Mr. Cramptou had agreed .to the terms of a convention with-Nicaragua, by which the authority of that State was to be again ex• tended over the coast,- And the so-called King was to ra • tire on a pension. If this arrangement was not carried out, it was, because of the occurrence of well-known events which need' not 'be recapitulated. Hence it fol lows that no real difficulties lie in the way of the adjust ment of the Mosquito issue, in - the Central American complication. Let Nicaragua give " George William Clarence" 10 dollars a month, and make San Juan a free port, and that question will be permanently disp&sed of to the satisfaction ef everybody. Next, as regal ds There is no dottbk apart from all mere technical questions of right, tliat the British establishment theriii4a.e been a benefit tip the work'. It has introduced in j ostrx.ibid a-relative civilisation a m a cease inaaenceialone, would' atiii-Sevaereenaine4ln state of savage nature—the con-. genial retreat of tapirs and alligators. No one on this side of the - Atlantic would seek to disturb, much less to reverse, this state of things, so favourable to commerce, and generally so beneficial to Central America itself. It is true, wile and unwarranted pretensions to adjacent territory have been set up by the Governors of Belize. Were these to be relinquished, as they should be, no ob jection 00.114 rationally be offered to the permanent occu pation of-Belize by the people of Great Britain. We come now to the real, substantial issue in the whole controversy,—viz., the occupation and colonisa tion of the Bay Islands. In the first place, it is demon strable, and it has been clearly demonstrated, that Great Britain has no shadow of a right there. The act of colo nisation took place two years after she had solemnly pledged herself not " to occupy nor to colonise any por tion of Central America." Furthermore, as the nation which possesses a vital i terest in having the Isthmus high way between her Atlantic and Pacific possessions free from the domination of any great maritime power, the United States has a right to insist that Great Britain shall not make use of false pretensions, or even of doubt ful rights, to otitain commanding positions on the line or on the flanks of that highway. The interest which the United States takes in this matter of the Bay Islands results from the paramount instincts of national safety. She has, too, an interest resulting from the terms of the convention which she made with Great Britain, in which the United States renounced all purposes of a:luisition herself, in order to keep the Central Ameri can Isthmus open to the world. But still this issue is primarily and legitimately be tween Great Britain and Honduras ; the latter claiming the right, and the former exercising the fact, of sove reignty over these islands. Now, there can be but little doubt that if Great Britain were to generously re store these islands to Honduras, that Republic would readily recognise all rights of property and of interest which have grown up under English occupancy, and, furthermore, concede to the actual inhabitants such municipal rights and powers as should practically constitute them an independent community. In this manner England would receive the credit of Lirness, and obtain consequent influence with the State. to whom the atonement would be made; while the most important issue in the whole Central American controversy would be fin illy withdrawn. We have reason to believe that influences, not originating with either the Government of the United States nor with that of Great Britain, are at work to effect this result, which is one of deep impor tance, not less in view of the disposal of a cause of dis pute than in deprivine. captious Premiers and noisy de magogues, on both sides of the Atlantic, of the means of disturbing the repose and embittering the relations of their respective countries. The common sense and plain imelligence of the public will see at once that there is no reason for prolonging this dispute, and that its settle ment c .11 be effected, on the basis above indicated, with no sacrifice of right or of honour on either side. Let the people, therefore, look to the matter for themselves, and see that the settlement be made. TIIE CORPORATION OF LONDON. TO THE EDITOR UP THE SUN. Sir,—The following is the- ' , condensed ba l ance-sheet omitted to be appended to my Metter in- the Times of this morning, and which in realit3 - t is the case against the corporation : - • liccobre.' Rents and quit rents Renewing fines .• 12,800, Markets . ... Tolls and; duties Offices (coal dues) 73169 Bequests •• 132 Brokers' rents. • Freedoms - . 840 Interest Sheriffs' fines 1,200 Casual revenues 210,868 Navigation Consolidate (sewers) Bridge-house , Police-rate 154,924 365,792 COST OF ADMINISTRATION. £ £ General salaries to officers 38,672 Legal salaries 14,700 . Ditto expenses Pensions to relations of officers Ditto ditto' of aldermen 5BO Parliamentary expenses 1,467 Conimittees for refreshments 2,D00 - Ditto °then:at:saunas Alditors ~.. 106 Printing and st a ti onery . 3,182 State coach and official clothing Flalikgeper's petty expenditure 4,067 Sundries. —.. , - . Discrepancies in accoitnt of salaries • 10,06 - - Farther discrepancies...... Chamberlain's clerks • IRISH MAGISTRACY. John Eyre, Esq., of Eyrecourt, has been ap pointed to the commission of the peace, in the room of his late lamented father, on the recommendation. of the Marquis of Clanricarde, lord-lieutenant of the county of Galway. lIEALTII OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Front the Report of the Registrar•Oenerecl.) The rate of mortality declines as the teMperature rises with'the beginning of the spring months. The deaths in London, which bad been in the two previous weeks 1,284 and 1,115 respectively, fell last week to 1,043. In the corresponding weeks of ten previous years 1846-55 the average number was 1,051. The same rate of mortality in the preset increased population would produce 1,156; and a comparison of tne real with the estimated result shows a difference in favour of last week to the extent of 113. Whilst the population of the metropolis lost 1,043 lives last week, the registration of births shows that 1,887 children were horn, sufficient to supply the places of the dead, and increa-e the number of inhabitants by 844. The deaths of 563 males and 480 females were regis tered. 238 boys and girls died without completing their first year; at the other extreme of life 35 men and women died who were 80 years old and upwards. Two aged persons, both widows, one in Somers-town, the other in Clanton, attained the respective ages of 94 and 96 years. Typhus is more fatal at present than any other disease in the epidemic class. It numbers 56 cases in the week. 11 deaths occurred in the London Fever Hospital, all, except two, stated t) be from that disease. Four seamen have died of typhus since the 9th inst. in the Dread nought Hospital Ship. Hooping cough carried off 39 children (almost half of whom were on the south side of the river), croup 14. Measles was fatal in 33 cases, scarlatina in 27, small-pox in 13. Four of the deaths from measles occurred in St. George's Infant Poor-house, Lewisham. Two children died of scarlatina at 75, But tesland-street, Hoxton New -town ; and another child is suffering from it. The attention of the medical officer of the district may be directed to the state of this house, the occupier' of which complains of " the awful stench" arising from bad drains, to which cause he attributes the disease that destroyed his children. Two boys died of choleraic diarrhoea, one in Brooke-street, Holborn, the other in St. Clement Danes, in both cases after illness of short duration. Only 8 cases of "diarrhoti" are returned. One person died of intemper ance, another of destitution, 3 from carbuncle. Last week the births of 923 boys and 964 girls, in all 1,887 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average number was 1,519. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.856 in. The highest reading was 30.13 in., which occurred on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 46 degrees, which is 0.1 degree below the average of the same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The highest reading of the thermometerinthewteeakt day was the s 5 meandegrees, was on 52.S9unday, degrees, theor7 13th,.4 degre es above and on that the average. The temperature then declined, and after Tuesday the mean was below or not higher than the average. The lowest in the week was 32 de grees on Thursday. The mean dew-point temperature was 37.2 degrees, and the difference between that and the mean temperature of the air was 8.8 degrees. The highest temperature of the water of the reames was 53.5 deg., and the lowest was 48 .3 deg. • the mean of and from the north or east. The amount of rain was 0 . 1 7 in., which fell on Monday an d the from w t e h e e k was north-east, .8 deg. After Sunday the wind bl ew Tuesday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 19. ZymoticDiseases 224 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood - vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration.. ......... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organ s of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &C. Malformations .............. . 7 Premature Birth and Debility 23 Atrophy 27 Old Age ......... Sudden 2 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 23 Causes not specified DEATLIS MN ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1855. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males 1,087 1,043 563 Females.. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males — Females l T O -- ta _ tttttttttttttttttttttt tttttt 1,887 Naval and I%tthtary Intethgence. The screw stores-sloop Niger was yesterday morning unlocked, and placed under the shears in the inner basin at Woolwich, to receive her boilers and machinery. The steam despatch-vessel Nimrod, launched yesterday from the yard of Messrs. Scott Russell ar.d Co., of Millwall, replaced the Niger in No. 3 dock. The Nimrod, like the Roebuck, has arrived at Woolwich. The shipwright department of the dockyard have received instructions to carry on the work of completing the vessel with the least possible delay. The screw-transport Chanticleer, No. 88, partly laden vd, h stores for the western yards, arrived yesterday morning off Woolwich from Deptford. C Apt. W. C. L. 81-sse, commanding the 31 company, 12th battalion Royal Artillery, with Second Captain W. W. Lubin and Lieut. W. B. Rice, with a full company of gunners and drivers, will leave headquarters, Wool wich, this morning for Northampton. The st:am•tra; sport Chanticleer, No. 88, R. Vincent s nimltider left Deptf ,rd yesterday morning for Ply mouth. She will leave a few stores at Portsmouth prior to her taking in biscuits at Plymouth, when she will at once proceed to Malta and the Crimea. An order from the War-office arrived at the Provi sional Battalion, Chatham, yesterday, directing Ensign Franklin and Ensign Turner, of the 26th Cameronians, to embark on board the St. Michael, in charge of a large detachment of that corps under orders to proceed to Bermuda. A number of non-lornmissioned officers belonging to the depots comprising the Provisional Battalion, Cha tham, were yesterday selected by Colonel Jervis, for the purpose of taking charge of the helpless sick and wounded Crimean soldiers who have been discharged on the recommendation of a Chelsea board. The men selected will proceed with the invalids to their respeeive homes. MILITIA. In our notice of the militia regiments which marched before her Majesty at Aldershott Camp on Saturday, no mention was made of the Hereford and Cavan Regiments. Those regiments should have been in cluded in the account as they performed the same part as the others. LAUNCII OF THE THUNDERBOLT FLOAT ING BATTERY. Yesterday a numerous company assembled at Mill wall, Poplar, on the occasion of the launching of her Majesty's iron floating battery Thunderbolt, built by Messrs. Samuda, Brothers, of Millwall. The Thunder bolt (which was originally intended for an attack on Cronstadi) is 136 feet long, 48j feet broad, and 18 feet in depth; whilst its burthen is 1,954 tone. The vessel is propelled by a screw worked by engines of 200-horse power, and is pierced for 30 guns, though the intention was to arm her with 16 guns of 68 pounds calibre, and each weighing 95 hundredweight. Her draught of water is calculated at 7 feet 2 in. aft, and 5 feet 6 in. forward, whilst her sides would present only a depth of 4 feet 6 in. out of water with all her armaments on board. Her keel is framed liked that of an ordinary iron ship, and th e framework is entirely of iron, the top rides, for twelve feet downwards, being covered with teak planks six inches in thickness. Over these are bolted iron armour plates four inches thick, and weighing from two to three tons each. These plates are laid over the whole surface above water ; and it is stated that a shot or shell fired at her sides at a distance of 400 yards would produce no effect wbatever. The vessel is what is called flat-bottomed, her sides projecting towards the keel, and the b eams which form th e u pp eror wea th er deck being fitted so close to each other as to preserve the general characteristic of strength, Th e b eams o f t h e l ower or fighting deck are also very strong, being fitted close to each other, and planked with teak. On this deck are the officers' cabins, whilst underneath are the magazine., store rooms, dis pensary, &c. One of the most interesting facts in connec tion with this battery is the brief period occupied in its construed r It was commenead on the Bth Jan, last, and on the 16th inst. the vessel was ready for launching. The rapidity with whi c h o perations of such extraor dinary magnitude were carried on is accounted for by the fact that the men in Mr. Samuda's employ went about their work with a spirit and energy which evinced a personal interest in the duty they were dischargin g ; and it often happened that many of them laboured for three consecutive days and nights " without (to make use of Mr. Samuda's own words) taking their clothes off." He had never, he said, seen a body of men so ar dently devoted to an enterprise as they were. We have only to add that the engines by which this vessel is to be worked were constructed by Messrs. Miller and Ra. venhill, and that the building operations have been greatly facilitated by the assistance of the under sur veyor to the Admiralty, Mr. Watts, whose daughter performed the duty of "christening" of the vessel. Amongst those present on the occasion were Earl Grey ' Mr. Ald erman and Sheriff Rose, Mr. Watts, Mr. Raven hill, and a select party of ladies and gentlemen whom Mr. Samuda had specially invited to witness the cere mony, and who afterwards assembled at an elegant ban quet prepared at the Brunswick Tavern, Blackwall. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS LIVERPOOL, Tuesday._ The White Star royal mail ship Mindoro, Capt. Dover, sailed this afternoon for Melbourne, with the usual bi monthly mails, about 300 passengers, and a full cargo of merchandise on freight. 116100 Artificers' accounts, with names 5,440 Ditto, without names 4,101 Say half for necessary repairs.. Balance for public purposes 9,600 4,800 214,892 365,792 This account is the one used in my examination before ' the Commissioners, and is probably more favourable to the corporation than many published before and since. For instance, we have no opening of a Coal Ex change, and 7,0001. for the cost ; nor have we an Em peror of France, nor a King of Sardinia to swell the amount by an additional 15,0001. or 20,0001., which will appear in the last year's financial statement. In connexion with income I have excluded the pro- portion of coal-tax paid over to the Government, and maths no reference to money borrowed, because they ex ercise no influence on the coat of administration, as all the items enumerated would remain unchanged, whether the income remained as above or amounted to a million sterling. Discrepancies in salaries may appear a curious item, but there is the glaring fact :—The Chamberlain's ac count gives 19,283/. as the salaries of certa'n offices The same officers return their aggregate salaries at 29,3481. The difference arises from a portion of the salaries being received from fees. For instance, Mr. Brand is entered as receiving 3001., while, by his own showing, he receives 1,0131. The Chamberlain appears to receive 15 guineas by his account, while he is really paid 2,5001. Some excuse for the extravagance is attempted to be offered by the corporation having to meet the expense of the prisoni and the Central Criminal Court. From the artificers' bills I have struck off half the amount paid, as probably belonging to the prisons ; and, if we strike out altogether the salaries of the Recorder, Common Serjeant, and Judge of the Sheriffs' Court, the cost of administering the funds of the corporation would still •exceed .the sum I mentioned at the Common•ball— namely, 114,0001. The balance of the funds-244,8921. :—is of course expended legitimately in sewers, prisons, • police, bridges, &c. 1 have no wish to be parsimonious, but I contend that, under proper management, the dignity of the city may he maintained, and a saving effected of at least 75,0001. per annum. FRANCIS BENNOCH. 77, Wood•street, April 21. THE. COURT. The Qeeen held a Court and Privy Council at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. At the Court the lion, and Right Rev. Dr. Montagu Villiers had an audience of her Majesty in the Royal Closet, and did homage on being appointed Bishop of Carlisle. Sir G. Grey, GC. 8., the Queen's Principal. Secretary of State for the Home Departmeht, and the Rev. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, as.isted at th. nerAynany. The Privy Council was attended by the Prince Con sort, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Privy Seal ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Lord Panmure, Secretary of State for War ; Sir G. C. Lewis, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lanc niter ; Earl Spencer, Lord Steward ; and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain (officiating for the Lord Chamberlain). The Hon. Wm. Bathurst was the Clerk of the Coun cil in Waiting. Sir George_ Grey officiated as Lord President, in the absence of Earl Granville. The Queen gave audiences to the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, and Lord Panmure. Her Majesty was attended by Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting ' • L-ird Byron, Lord in Waiting ; and G e n e r a l Si r Ed war d Bowater, Groom in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert rode on horseback yet terday morning ' accompanied by the Princess Royal, and attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, and the Equerries in Waiting. The Prince of Wales and Prince A.llred also rode out on horseback, and the younger members of the Royal Family took a drive in an open carriage and four. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty. it is understood that her Majesty will probably hold another levee and drawing-room in the month of Jute. The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Countess of Desart as the Lady in Waiting to the Queen. Lord By on and General Sir Edward Bowater have relieved LEAH De Tabley and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West in 'their duties as the Lord and Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre sent were Lard Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Mar quis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Paninure,,, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Argyll, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. Despatches were sent yesterday to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and the Webt Coast of Africa, from the Colonial-office. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Talbot (St. Andrew, Holborn), Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. T. Dancombe, M.P., Sir W. Clay, M.P., Mr. Challis, M.P., Sir A. Cockburn, M.P., Mr. E. Medley (St. Luke), Mr. W. Wil liamP, M.P., Mr. J. W. Stratton (churchwarden of Lam beth), Mr. Clerk, Mr. Potter (Camberwell), Mr. Bur gess (Newington), Mr. W. Howell (vestry clerk, St. George, East), Mr. T. Hubert (St. George, East), Mr. W. Jones (Clerkenwell), Mr. T. M. Donnell (Clerken well), Sir C. Napier, M.P., Mr. P. S. Poley (Clerken well), Mr. Eaton (Clerkenwell), and Mr. H. B. Wake ling (vestry clerk), had an interview with the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall yesterday, at the office of Public Works Whitehall. , RAILWAY TRAFFIC*BETURNAI. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffics re turn for the week ending AprillB, 1856 £16,256 2 3 Corresponding week last year 18,012 7 8 Decrease in 1856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending April 19, 1856 £12,052 6 8 Corresponding week last year 14,343 17 8 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 172,390 17 11 Total of the half-year to this date,lBss 160,404 9 11 GLASGOW AND SMITH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending April 19,1856 £5,740 13 3 corresponding week last year 5,170 16 7 Increase in 1856 £569 16 8 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the week ending April 20, 1856 £sol 9 7 The final payment on the Consol Loan and Exchequer bill funding, amounting together to 1,050,000/., falls due on Thursday. PROMOTION or THE ARTS.-Our Government gene rally, now that peace is restored, must turn their attention to its arts, and should grudge no money, spare no pains, in the work of education and re finement. It will pay even financially. Ask onr Manchester people what they expend in France for patterns : learn the statistics of Cie Paris trade in paper-hangings, bronzes, and jewellery. Why, it has been shown that last year Paris alone occupied nearly 30,000 workmen in cabinet-making, and produced work worth about three and a quarter millions sterling, and that about one-third of all that is made in France is for exportation. Many things go to produce superiority. The workmen of France in a department of manufac tures where they beat us industrially, " are intelligent, clean-sighted, clean-handed, and for the most part they work in light, cheerful ateliers, with flowers, or casts, or engravings about them. The value of such premises , commercially, says the reporter, is not yet half sufft• ciently appreciated in this country.". 10StS town I' 15 :f., 90 7 9 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 t Odle, r ~ , gad. irtata I.Sat daily tail; 16