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TheY are in th ree c l asses. 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 x. Season Tickets (not transferabl ,, ), admit ting on all occasions, including the Grand Opera Concert s • 0 . Tran.sferable 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 Office, entrance and Railway Station); at the Company's "'lce, 79, Lombard-street; at the London-bridge Terminus of the Brighton Railway ; and the Office, 43, Regent circus ; ~,atd at th e f o ll ow i ng pl aces : —Mitch e ll' s Lib rary, 33 , Old ilond.street ; Sams's Library, 1, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Keith, Prowse, and Co., 48, Cheapside ; Mr. Hammond, 27, Lo mbard•strett ; Messrs. Letts, Son, and Co., 8, Royal Ex ' V l , L ange ; Mr. Knox Holmes, 441, Strand ; Westerton's Library, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge ; Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co., 199, Regent-street ; Calder's Library, 1 , 8 atharst-street, Hyde-park-gardens ; Messrs. Mead and r owel', Arcade, London-bridge Station ; Mr. Smith, 9, New market terrace, Cambridge-heath ; Mr. J. H. Smith, 22, Gre sham•street • and Mr. Brill, Royal Baths, Brighton. R emittances from the country by post-office order or other- Wise must be made payable to George Fasson. All applica ticu must state whether the tickets are for ladies or gentle -1411. and none can be attended to unless accompanied by a remittance. By Order. G. GROVE, Secretary. Crystal Palace, April 23, 1856. MR.. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC, n To-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), ;11..,.__o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and "aturday Mornings at S. 38 .; area, 25.; gallery, la.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Juit published, AR{ YLL ROOMS.—LA URENT'S CASINO „ NOW OPEN for the winter season. Priirdpal Cornet ~,rision, 11f B ou l cour t.—D oors open a + g. Ad m i ss i on One Shilling. Lament's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. eMR. W. S insta . nt WOODIN'S OLIO of Voice ODDITIES. . • Fifty aneous Metamorphoses of , Character, nd Costume, coscluding with an Impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille,v. in " Les Iforaces," TO-N !GIVE' and every evening, ,at 8. yivate boxes and stalls may be secured In advance, without extra I n _ ar ge- Polyeraphic-hall, King William street, Charing-cross. A Performance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8. NEXT OF KIN.—If the relations or next of kin of II PNRY sAUNDER 4 , formerly of Exeter, in the County of I"evon but late of No. 9, Ann-street, Old Kent-road, in the parish " C amberwell, in the chanty of Surrey, who died on or about the fifth day of December, 1854,11111 apply to the Solicitor for the Affairs °._f her Majesty's Treasury, Whitehall, London, they may h ar of w it ething to their advantage. lIIJRSIJANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, Sander against Weston, the Z Cr i edi tors of MART PARR, lath of Poole, in the county of Dorset, t' ll ', who died in or about the month co January. 1311, are, by e ir Solicitors, on or before thP 2 th day of May, 1856, to come in tg prove their debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chs sir Richard Twin Kindersley, Number 4, Stone-bu ldings, Ltncoln's-inn, 10 1 ... the county of Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremp aly excluded from the benefit of the said Decree. Wednesda the 28th day of May, 1856, at 3 o'clock in the after- Ton. at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicat '4l., upon the Claims. ' l ilted the 22d day of April, 1856. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. NICHOLAS Gm:DOE, 14, Georze-street, %tans'on-house, in the City of London, Plsintiff's Solicitor. LAW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, Fleet-st , eet, London, 7th April, 1856. titrry y e ., I HEREBY IVE hat th DIV DFNUS for the 1855, E on S the Shares in this s' N, ociety, are e NOW ! PAYABLE acy bet Ween the hours of I I and three o'clock. By order of the ➢(rector , . 'WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND • LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Four;led A D. 1815. READ OFFICE—No. 5. St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh. `uo Assured or Members are the only Parties interested in the 'lnds of this Institution, which now amounts to unwards of THREE MILLIONS SrERLING. kttiThwe Society's claims to public confidence and support arc grounded op the on the sound and equitable principles of its constitution. and con ducted care and success with which its operations have been con evrd trona their co rtmencement up to the present time. erile the Premiums are not higher than those require I by many .Offices, the Society does not pretend to compete with those eb hold out the attractions of cheap rates, whether as being the Which are compatible with safety, or as being based on what :F ;lined the " HALF-CREDIT SYSTEM." f..._ ere being no Proprietary, however, those of the Assured who by th`tnn of their policies are entitled to participate in the Profits of bet are the only parties who derive benefit trom the rates mart the more than what are found from time to time to be required to p, nnt tae actual risks ; and the result of past allocations of Surplus b„,„ ._bas been such that in the cise of all the earlier Policies, nave become claims within the last few years, the amounts to the representatives et deceased Members have been MORE 2' 310DHLI THE SUMS ORIGINALLY ASSURED Ca SeS where family provision is the sole object this result cannot in st . ° be considered as of the most satisfactory nature ; while in other g ii ,„7"oes where the part es are desirous of securing benefit from the IC- P gro Payments sutured THEIR OWN LIVES, instead of allowing the 113:us to remain an addition to the Assurance payable at death. the ke,, rna tives practicable under the laws of the office have been corn 4,:klrate in degree. In many cases, in consideration of an alsan -7 t i tt i . rit of the reversionary s for Bonus Additions alreadr de eA,osuch parties have either received larsc payments in PRESENT 14 4 . 1 ,L . F have been LONG AGO ENTIRELY RELIEVED IFROM FURTHER tnleT" OF PREMIUM, the Policies still remaining ent tied to partial tn future allocations of the profits. Ith os irations of the application of Bonus on either of the footings t c ;''e referred to are contained in the Society's Prospectu-es, which, i get her with Forms of Proposal, &c may be had on application at e head Oftice, or to any of the Agents in the three kingdoms. JOHN MAt'KENZIE, Manager. E dinburgh, March 1856. wN. LIND ESAY. Secretary. LONDON HONORARY BOARD. George Young, Esq., Mark-lane Charles Edward Pollock, Esq., Barrister, Temple David Hill, Esq., East India House John Murray, Esq., publisher, Albemarle-street Samuel Laing, Esq., M.P. Sir John Thomas Briggs Admiralty Leonard Horner, Esq., Home-office John Taylor, jun., Esq., C.E., Queen-street-place LONDON AND THE SUBURBS. Chas. Fox, 6'7, Paternoster-row: TEIIRD 'I7IILICATION for 1855. CENTRAL AGENT. Rugh lif i Kean, 4, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. Cut., Seeley, DISTRICT AGENTS. J - S. Rid 2, geHanover, 49, Pal -street, Regent-sl-mall, Agent for tree the West End District l, aenton t toes Harris, 38, St. George's square, Belgrave-road, Pimlico. ESTABLISHED 1837. IiRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. aPOWered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. - - DixEcrons. A'roacineral ALEXANDER, Rlackheath Park, : 1111 am Bardgett, Esq., 149. Fenchurch-street. torge Bevington. Esq., Neckinger Mills, Bermondsey. P. Cockerill, Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. V..?rge Cohen, Es q ., Sh ac kle w ell. - C oventry, F.sq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. ti_ohn Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. !,:rasrans Robert Foster, Esq. 1, Princes-street, Bank. S• Girdler, R. L . o Esq ,7, Tokenl; use-yard. oinale, Esq., Doctors' Commons. isbrica Couiscut.—H. Bellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-square, got Lincoln's Inn. lelT° Rs--Messrs. M'Ler d and •-tenning, 16, London-street, Fenchurch-street. -- "• lB .—Messrs. Dimsdale, Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard, 50, Combill. abasing Rates of Premium for securing Loans 01 Debts. 4 r eMiums, only, required during first seven years. ". assured paya minority,y or at death if occurring previously. °vision, during for Orphans. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. fit a u rvided annually. _tl rns computed for every three months' difference of age. thl uul-cr edit Policies — the unpaid half premiums liquidated out o Proftu. , --.....m................„.,....._r TiSre I (sttrrn.u.) --....- n terah Ral f Whole Half Quar vun Premium First for Re- Age- 1 Annual Yearly telly 'premium Pre- Pre- Sev en malnder YearB. of Life. mium. mium. ...... a o 4 8 d.l £ s. d. Years. Months £ s. d. X s. d. l £ s. d. 4 0 1 1 9, 2 3 6 30 0 ; 2 7 3 1 4 2 012 3 sn I 9 2: 18 4 3 1 2 741 012 4 5 6 2 2 6 4 5 0 6 , 1 2 7 10' 1 4 61 0 12 5 1 3 6 86 13 4 9 2 8 2, 1 4 8, 012 6 --____ E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. A.D. 1720. ROYAL 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. Oetavlug Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., *lib-0 wernor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. /len Charles John Manning, Esq. ts_, tY Bainbridge, Esq. ,itnond S. P. Calvert, Esq. lion. John T. Leslie Melville. 2 1 th Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. (livarel Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Willi Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. ,_xisin Davidson, Esq. Abraham George Roberts, Esq !; ander Druce, Esq. sio ersdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. itirit?ert Amadeus Heath, Esq. Williams R s o o 1 1 1 a n u s r E , s E ci s . q . 4 . hare Tetlow llibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. I.' 4l es Stewart Hodgson, Esq. -"aileelot Holland, Esq. CWhiallrilaems Baring MEDICAL REFEREE - -Samuel Solly, W alla ce, lCu E n s g q , Esq. Notice —The usual fifteen days allowed for payment Fire Pre• ~,4 41, s falling due at Laly , lay will expire on the 9th April. ' IRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor toration OR advantageous terms. 4 ) 14 the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation -. n I),,rce f i ttts: or, at , without such partciation. 2 ~ , ol lowingl ower table shows Premiums the large BONUSES dei dar p ed up to the b -........__'t , t December, 1855, sh -ipat . "rs' standing tor the on sum ßriti of I,oool. Parti each. ing Policies of fourteen ife of - kite, irgh, , 49, , the now ugh- nut, )rd- A ge Adalti on Further A ssured. When made in (coo' Per Cent. Per Cent. addition Total annum on the in Addition on the .um Premium ...."-----.... 1853. Assured. paid. .-....-- 30 X X X as 102 112 214 1'53 59 . 3 40 106 115 221 1.58 54'3 45 113 121 234 1 67 50'5 50 121 128 249 I'7B 41;•2 66 _ 135 140 275 1 . 96 43 0 60 149 154 303 2'16 39 . 9 166 174 349 2 43 37 . 2 ---....._ Equl t he 'talent redactions ha ve b ee n made in the Premi ums paya bl e Th e Persons wh o preferred that form of B onus. .Al, fut ure division of P ro fit w ill t a k e pl a ce every Fi ve y ears. This snit not exceeding 15,0001. may he Insured on one life. .5 Cor poration affords to the Assured lia Li abilities of partnership A. rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties —with the guarantee of a large inv sted Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice with the security of an `" e llee whose res ources have been to-ted by the experience of arIY a Century and a-ha!f. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. JOHN A. 111GliAM. Actuary and Secretary. THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL. Just published, in Two Volumes Bvo., pri ce 30 s , c l ot h , T HE POLITICAL LIFE of SIR R. PEEL. By THOHAS DOUBLEDAY, Author of " The Financial His ory of England," " Th e T rue L aw of MAURICE ELVINGTON ; or, One Out of Suits with Frtune. An Autobiography Edited by WILFRID EAST. 3 vols. "A very powerfully-w. ought story. Passion, pathos, and tragedy are ming:ed with artistic skill; and in its development tliroughout it cannot b too warmly eulogised, nor too li erally recommended."— Weekly Dispatch. • _ . " A stlry of English life in a variety of phases, which can scarcely fail to interest the Englih reader."—Examiner. " A careful study of modern life and manners, written in a pointed scholarly style. . . . It is a work of talent."—!.ender London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " LENA," &C. Now ready at al the libraries, BE Y'M IN S T E. By the Author of" Lena," "King's Cope," &c. 3 vols. " We have still some good no•vil writers left, and among them is KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM I the author of Beyminstre.' This novel reminds us, in many re ' spec's, of Madame D'Artilay's ' Cecil , a' in the felicitous &lineat ipanf. 4. Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen character, she accurate descriptions of me, and the skilfal ;Manage vulY) from 10 till 10, containing upw 'rds of one thousand models , ment of the 'tialegues. The conduct of theAtomicesiewiteni.- - Many h a " PteParations illustrating every part of the human frame in : of the subor.itoatßaszA-arobliflPitstfiffS: an atr or nature and life 'AA 1 th • 2' 1, and disease. the race of men, &c. Lectures delivered at 17.....i...brea1b5w thYritiat - tlie whole. It is a wo, kof unusual hyorit."— h; 1. and half-past 7, by Dr. G. `Errors, F.R.G.S. ;- and a-new - Slid Saturday Review. ~:g hlY - I nteresting series of Lectures Is now In course of delivery "There are admirable points In this novel, and great breadth of Rains at half-past 8 every evening.—Admission, One htmour in the comic scenes. Bevroinstre' is beyond all comparison %Ming, the best work by the autho- "—Ds.ily News. "The characters are interesting, the plot possesses originality, the dialogue a great deal of spirit and liveliness, and the interest is main tained to the end."—Sun " There is not a dull page la the book."—Globe. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Coruhill. Just published, price one shilling, ALBIONIA. A Poem. Canto the First. By HENRY BRO WY, author of " Sunday," a Poem, &c. NEW LECTURES by CARDINAL WIS'Elf AN —I. On the perception of Natur 11 eauty by the An-lents and the 31 - othirns ; and on Rome, Ancient and o :ern. ls.-2. FOUR LECTURES on CONCO it OATS. Is., or the whole po.t free for two shillings . London : Burns, 17, Portman-street. THE GRAND NAVAL REVIEW. A Dout;►le Number of the ILLUSTRAT • D TIME 4, lull of Engravings of the grand Naval Review at Spithead, and the Review by her M++je•ity of the Troops at , ldershot, will be publiAted on Saturday neat. Price of the two numbers, 4d. Tt,e Il ustrated ' imes is the only cheap Illustrated Newspaper new publlshed. ()Mee, 148, Fleet street. IIHE 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 hut fir the Insurance office? Most certainly not. The same glints being eriac ed every day by these deadly poisons, law John Bull quietly locks on. We emphatic dly declare that it cannot be otherwise. Posterity will attest this. Issued - bv the BRIII-H COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-road, Lon don, this 16th day of April, 1856, for the Society of Hygeists. lOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULE:S, approved of by the r'rench College of Physician% uccessfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, an .cknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. , ee " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d To he had of the inventor, 4.4.8R1EL JOZ EAU, French. chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and All the principal chemists. G AME LIS r. -LONDON, MIDDLESEX, and WES [MINS PER. LIST of PERSONS 'ho have taken out GENER G 'ME CER- T,FICATES at 1. Os. 10d. each, including the a.ldi lo nil duty of 10 per cent. under the act of the 3 Vic., cap. 17. (A ;hedule D.) Baynes, Walter Francis, Esq., 18, Mansfieli-street, Portland-place Bridport, the Et. Hon. Lord, 12, Wlmpole-street, Cavendit-h•square Caslick, I. 8., In er Temple Child, Robert, Edgware Child, Harvey, Edgware Clifton, Captain A. ~ 46, Grosvenor-street Denison, St.-Then C., Esq. 20, Upper Harley-street, Cavendish-square Dyke, Fr , ncis ilart, Esq , Tilney-str,-et Hankey, Thorns-11,pin., M P., 7, Mincing-lane Jones, Inglis, Regent's- , ark Barracks John, William, 96, Cheapside Liddell, Charles, Abingdon-street Martyn. Colonel, 17, Charles-street, Berkeley-square Milne, Captsin, Admiralty Murchison, Sir Roderick, 16, I3elgrave-square Powell, George Henry, 80, Eaton square Ridley. , •olonel William, 15, Arling on-street Strange, William, 9, Mincing-lane Verschoyle. Captain cienry, 1 6, Eaton-square Wigram, %voltam, Esq , 15a, Grosvenor-square Wood, , 'olonel Thomas 3s, Charles-street, Berkeley-square SURCHARGED IN DOUBLE DUTY, Al. Is. Bd., FOB SPORTING WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE. Dunham, Daniel. H. ndon. • PERSONS LICENSED TO DEAL IN GAME. Baxter, Edward, 87. College-street, Camden-town Bowr .n, William, Churton-street, Westminster Brown, Kenry James, Brompton Chappell, John, H ungerford- market Charles, Thomas, 9. Arabelht-row Charles, John, 23, Queen's-terrace, St. John's-wood Donovan, Gee Henry, Leadenhall-market Errington. Matthew, $B, High-street. Marylebone Fenn, William, 3, High-street, Marylebone Gibson, Thomas, 17, Grosvenor-street West Gosden, Francis, Brompton Hill, John, Hungerfor -market Hird, William, 69, Fore-street Lowe, John, 3, • orthampton-Place, Upper Trollovray Marshall, John, 95, Crawford-street, Marylehone Partridge, Henry, 8, Queen's-terrace, St. .lohn's-wood Richardson, William, 23, Holmes-terrace, Kentish-town Made up to April 5, 1856. By order of the Board. T. KEOGH, Secretary. Inland Relliaue Once, Somerset House. 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 t o a very small reli g i ous endownvint given to the great . majority of th e people of Ireland. For that amenemitnt, however---for whi c h every Voluntary was bound to vote on principle, and f rom w h ic h h e was not restrained from voting by any consideration of convenience or practicability— only 23 members voted; of whom the majority were not profe sse d V oluntaries, but merely lovers o f ju-tice, and of whom only five (Messr=. Black, Ellice, Craufurd. i , Fergus, an d L a i ng) were Scotch members. But this s far from being the worst of the ease—the mass of profe . ssingVol untar i es not a co g n a t i e n i s i t t iAti h th em re_fusi w n e g to d v o ot n e o f; t o h l e e r a r o ow v n o o te p d inin io ns r , voted mr. Spobner's motion, but voted in the majority on the first division, which was simply a vote of yes or no on thoseM r. Black's who proposedvotod that ha a t d s d t i a t i t o e n e t n o do th w e motion. Among -4 religion,ong 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. Flastie,.and Mr. W. E. Baxter. I n t rut h vo l un t ar yism, e4p , wally in Scotland, seems no longer to be a principle or even p-hey advocated in earnest by any or,Anised or recogni sable section of the community, or even by any ecclesias tical. body—it is b ecoming a mere cry, b eg i nning fac tion and ending iu betrayals—Scotsman. ff. 1 : _3 B I 18 . 27 Population." &C. "Let all readers. before they take in hand the personal memoirs of =ir Robert Peel, peruse the.e 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 panegyrist. This blograp'iy is a work of great merit, conscientiously i.repared, plain, clear, and practically interesting."—Leader. "The work possesses a good deal of Interest. The reader is enabled to retrace the leading events of t e best part of fifty y. , ars. Th.- author Is plain shrewd, horn ly, and generally. sound in his opl lons and judgments."—spectator. "This book is the work of an impa , tial writer. The politician Wll make it a text book, the biographer his model."—Weekly Dis patch. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill. PENALTIES. The Commissioners of Inland Revenue Hereby Give Notice, That every per-on taking, killing, or pursu in g game, without first obtain ilk; a certificate, incurs a penalty of 201., mad is also liable to be sur charged in d üble the amount of the certificat- duty. Any person in pursuit of game refusing, on being duly required, to produce fits certificate, or to permit the same to be read, or a copy thereof to be taken, or refusing to declare his true name and place of residence, also incurs a penalty of 201. Gamekoep-rs are desired to take notice that a certifl 'ate at the rate of 11. 7s. Gd. will not authorise any person to kill game beyond the limits of the manor for which he is deputed ; and, in o*der that a certificate at such a rate of duty may protect a gamekeeper, it is requisite, 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 he surcharged i.: 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. tRIESEMA.R.—On the 29th of May, 1855, dm II injunction was granted by the l.ligh Court of Chancery_ and an the lift of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph ranklin awl others, to restrain them, ander a penalty of ono thou ;and pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected b) itoyal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial Collage of Medicine. Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. I, 14 a remedy for Relaxation, Spermate rrlices. 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 mat , from, the results of early arrors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually. in the snort space of three days, completely and entirel:. er dicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cnbeb ha /a so long been thought an antidote for, to the turn of the !malt+ vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Contmental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whist. infortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in .:vitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TifIESEMAR, Nes. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smelt And of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet ta4): without their upe being suspected TIZIEQE MAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are sYd in tin cam.q, price Its., or tour cases In one for 335., which saves I Is.; and in 51. eases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 125.; livid int. s ~ ,crate doses, as adminis tered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roue, & •., &c. To be had Wholesale and Retail in Londcn of John3ton, 68, Oornhi11; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 151), Ox. ford-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, )1 arket-street, Manchester ; R. Bradbury, bookseller, Deantgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, t 2, I. , rd-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-stree' Dublin ; Winnall, bookseller, 'ligh-a rod, ,iir,ningbam. 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 the parties concerned in the murder, the course determined upon by the magistrates is con sidered likely to prevent persons conning 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 sentaC veg of the deceased lady. Mr. D. C. Heron, with Mr. Findlater, solicitor, at tended on belvAlf of Mr. George Screvens, 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 Limon, a nephew to Kinahan, and Who was br(m4ht durinc , ..the weelt to gullingat—GatilOYlP -Wao Bent - baatc.;til gnats yestOrticy morning. There is zAlid - TifttiSiody a man named Natters, who lived on the Jan-3s. 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 ' , pinion 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 oedepositions. From all we could learn the murder seems to be still involved in considerable mystery, notwithstanding the exertions that have been made to discover information. Dr. Bally, a gentleman related to the late Mrs. Kelly, and to whom she has, it is said, left the estate and man s'on of Rookwood, in the county of Roscommon, and 100,0001., besides appointing him residuary legatee, bas offered a reward of 5001. for such information as will lead to the arrest of the murderers. The Lord-Lieute nant has also offered a reward of 1001., making a total of 6001. - The earth around where the unfortur•ate lady met . her dreadful death was examined again early yesterday morn ing by the police, and a second bul!et 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 fur 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. IRISH MAGISTRACY. John Eyre, Esq., of Eyreeourt, 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. HEAtiTil OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Prom the Report of the Registrar-General.) The rate of mortality Ileclines as the temperature rises with the beginning of the spring months. The deaths in London, which had 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 present 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 born, 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 withoet amlpleting their first year; at the other extreme of life 35 eaen 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 Isom measles occurred in St. George's Infant Poor-house, Lewisham. Two children (lied of scarlatina at 75, But tesland-street, Hoxton New-town ; and another Child is suffering from it. The att ntion 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 di-ease 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 " diarrhce a" 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 Landon. In the ten corresponding weeks of the y ears 1 846-55 the average n umber 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 ther mometer in the week was 65 degree, on Sunday, the 13th, and on that day the mean was 5 2 . 9 degrees, or 7.4 d egrees above the a verage. The temperature th en d eclined, and mdeiaffneredneewe-phoienttw temperature after Tuesday th T e he me l a o n we w e a t s below inthe orwneeokt hwiagshe3r2than th e average. de greeseen that a n d h st temperature nano was, 53 5 deg., and the low est was 48.3 d eg. ; the mean ofg e and li t h h e e the mean temperature of the air was of the The hi of the water o was 3 on 37.2 degrees, 4 0 17 in., which fell on M on d ay and the week was 55.8 deg.A fr f o t m er th S e un n d n a r y th th e e r w ea in st d . blew Th from the north-east, ande amount o f rain was • Tuesday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTEazi, IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 19. Zyrnotic Diseases 224 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 34 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiratlon.. ............................................ 203 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs • ofDigestion . ........... .. 47 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 At ro phy 27 Old Age Sudden 2 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 23 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths hi 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 1,043 663 Females.. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.— Total o •••••••• 1:887 ! The " Central American Question " comprises three points only entitled to seri ous consideration :. ' • 1. British pretensions -o n th e M osqu it o shore. , 2. British assumption,-of sovereignty in Belize; and ' 3 The occupation and 'coloneration'of the Bay Islands. Now, as regard , the - gosquito shorn; without going into the question of the alleged protentorate, weal) know that the-only real motive which Great Britain had in reviving and giving force to her pretensiens`there, was to oht:tin possession or control of the port:of San Juan del Norte., which it had been erroneously supposed was the key to theline of communication between the seas. But when Palmeret ei failed-to. obtain Possession of the corresponding position on the other side of the continent, and when the influx of Americans had converted San Jun into i de facto 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 eo-called King was to re tire on a pension. If this arraegement Was not carried out, it was .because of the occurrence of w,eIJ-known events which need not he recapitulated. Hence it fol lows that no real difficulties lie in Ore way of the adjust ment of the Moequit . issue, in 'the , Central American complic dion. Let Nicaragua give " George William Clarence" 10 dollar. a month, itne'liakz San Juan a free port, and that q iestien will bepereleanectly,disposed of to the satisfaction ef - eeer v beity.... ' i ' t, Next, as raga? ds Belize: ,T, ere-is 'a deubt,apartarem all - mere ttchnicat questpineqf - fli - - that' . the- British . feetriblisliment there hat been a beneAt to the world. It • has introduced induAry and a rele l ie civilisation on a coast which, if left to Spanish influeieces alone, would still hive remained in a 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 beneficed to Central America itself. It is true, wile and unwarranted pretensions to adjacent 1 territory have been set un by the Governors of Belize. Were these to be relinquished, as they should be, no ob jection eoeld r;otiori4:lv be 'off-red to the permanent occu• paeion of Belize by the people of Great Britain. ' We come now to he real, substeetial 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 aft- r she bad solemnly pledged herself not " to occupy nor to colonise any por tion of Central America." Furthermore, as the nation which posse- ses a vitae i , terest in having the I,thrnus high way b-tween 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 matt: use of false pretensions, or even of doubt ful rights, to o -fain commanding positions on the line or on the flanks of that highway. The interest which the United S ates takes in thi , matter of the Bay Islands results from the paramount i ,tincts of national safety. See has, too, an werest resulting from the terms of the convention which she made with Great Britain, ii, which the United States renounced all purposes of acquisition herself, in order to kekp the k!entral Ameri can Isthmus open to the world. But still this issue is pr;marily 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 it 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 mg.)) municipal rights and powers as should practically constitute them an independent community. In this manner England would receive the credit of f , irness, and obtain consequent influence with the State to whom the atonement would be made; while the most important ions to the whole Cahtral American controversy would be flatly withdrawn. We have reason to believe that influences, not 7 iriginating 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 die. pute thun in depriving captious Premiers and noisy de magogues, on both sides of the Atlantic, of the means of d,sturbing the repose and embitt,ring the relations of thrir respecti , e countries. The common sense and plain intelligence of the publ'c will see at once that there is no reason for prolonging this dispute, and that its settle ment c n be effected, on the }Asia above indicated, with no sacrifice of right or of honour on either side. Let the peop l e, therefore, look to the matter for themselves, and see that the settlement be male. Nava! and Military intelligence. The screw steam-sloop Niger was yesterday morning undocked, 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 ya,l of Messrs. Scott Russell ar.d Co., of Miliwall, reel.-iced 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 will stores for the western yards, arrived yesterday morning off Woolwich frcm Deptford. C tpt. W. C. L. BI .sse, commanding the 3i company, 12th battalion Royal Artillery, with Second Captain W. W. Lukin wid Lieut. W. B. Rice, with a full company of guonele and drivers, will leave headquarters, Wool wich, thi- morning for Northampton. The et-am-tra sport Chanticleer, No. 88, R. Vincent e )ii ma, , tier left Deptf rd yesterday morning for Ply month. 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 Bittalion, Chatham, yesterday, directing Ensign Franklin and Ensign Turoer, 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-commissioned officers belonging to the depots compEsiog the Provisional Battalion, Cha tham, were yesterday selected by Colonel Jervis, for the purpose of takily , charge of the h e lpless 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 respective 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. LAUNc II OF THE THUNDERBOLT FLOAT ING BATTE Yesterday a numerous company assembled at Mill- I 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 belt (which was originally intended for an attack on Cronstadt) is 186 feet long, 4Sz feet broad, and 181 feet in depth; whilst its hurthen is 1,954 tons. 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 draugkt 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 4feet 6 in. out of water with all her armaments oo board. Her keel is framed liked that of an ordinary iron ship, a n d th e framework is entirely of iron, the top sides, 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 whatever. The vessel is what is called fiat-bottomed, her sides projecting towards the keel, and the beam s which form the upper or weather deck being fitted so close to each other as to preserve the general characteristic of strength. The beams of the lower 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. Oee of the most interesting facts in connec tion with this battery is the brief period occupied in its construed , n It was commencld on the Bth Jan. last, and on the 16th inst. the vessel was ready for launching. The rapidity with which operations 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 discharging ; and it often happened that many of them laboured for three consecutive days and nights " without (to make use of Mr. Sarnuda's own words) taking their clothes OM" He bad never, he said, seen a body of men so ar dently devoted to an enterprise as tt ey were. We have only to add that the engines by which this vessel is to be worked were constructed by Messrs. Miller and Ra venbill, and that the building operations have been greatly facilitated by the astistance of the under sur veyor to ihe Admiralty, Mr. Watts, whose daughter performed the duty of "chn tenmg of the ves,el. Amongst those present on the occasion were Earl Grey ' Mr. Alderm an an d Sh er iff R ose , Mr. Watts, Mr. R aven hill, and a select party of ladies and gentlemen whom Mr. Sainuda 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.— Il e White Star royal mail ship Mindoro, Capt Giiver, sailed this afternoon fir Melbourne, with the usual bi. monthly mails, about 300 passengers, and a full cargo o: merchandise on freight. Sir,—The following is the condensed balance-Rhea omitted to be appended to my letter in the Times of this morning, and which in reality is the case against the corporation : iNcomr. ' 4 - £ Rents and quit rents Renewing flues Markets . 20,598 Tolls and - duties., ... ' • 6,911 Offices (coal dues) 73,169 Bequests l3l Brokers' rents Freedoms.. . B4O Interest • 1,392 Sheriffs' fines ' 1,200 Casual revenues - 210,888 Navigation • 8,377 Consolidate (sewers) ... 69,5 6 Bridga-house . Police-rate - 154,924 365,792 COST OF ADMINISTRATION. 2 £ General salaries to officers 3,6'2 Legal salaries Ditto expenses Pensions to relations of officers Ditto ditto of aldermen 5BO Parliamentary expenses - 1,467 Committees for refre.herents Ditto other pleasures• ' l,lOO Anditers 4 - ' -C T t ..... ~ 1 06 Printing and stati one ry State coach and:official *lathing' , ' 774 liallkeepar's petty expenditure 4,067 sundries l4 633 Discrepancies in account of salaries 10,061 Farther discrepancies Chamberlain's clerks 116,100 Artificers' accounts, with names 5,410 Ditto, without names 4,16 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 C.mmissionera, and is probably more favourable to the corporation than many published before and since. For instance, he have no opening of a Coal Ex change, and 7,0001. for the cast ; 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 made no reference to money borrowed, because they ex ercise no influence on the cost 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, hut there is the glaring fact Chamberlain's ac count gives 19,2831. as the salaries of certa'n offices The same officers return their aggregate salaries at 29,348/. 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 lie 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 prisons and the Central Criminal C , mrt. 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•hall— namely, 114,0001. The balance of the funds-244,8921. —is of course expended legitimately in sewers, prisons, police, bridges, &c. I have no wish to be parsimonious, but I contend that, under proper managem-nt, 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 COTT liT. The Queen held a Court and Privy Council at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. At the Court the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Montagu Villiers had an awiience of her Majesty in the Royal Closet, and did homage on being appointed Bishop of Carlisle. Sir G. Grey, GC. B , the Queen's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Rev. J. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, assisted at the ceremony. The Privy Council teas 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 Labouchm, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Lord Paornure, Secretary of State for War ; Sir G. C. Lewis, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; Earl Spencer, Lord Steward ; and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain (officiating for the Lord Chamberlain). The Hon. Wm. B.ethurst 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 Panmnre. Her Majesty was attended by Field-Marshal Viscount Comberinere, Gold Stick in Waiting ; L , ,rd Byron, Lord in Waiting; and General Sir Edward Bowater, Groom in Waiting. The Queen and Prince Albert rode on horseback yes terday morning, accompanied by the Princes Royal, end attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, and the Equerries in Waiting. The Prince of Wales and Prince Allred 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 Jure. The Marchioness of Ely has succeeded the Countess of Desart as the Lady in Waitng to the Queen. Lord Byron and General Sir Edward Bowater have relieved Lord 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 Lord Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Mar quis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrowby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of. the Exch equer , th e Duke of Argyll, Lord Stanley of Alderlty, and the Right Hon. M. T. BaineF. be-patches were sent yesterday to the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and the West Coast of Africa, from the Colonial-office. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Talbot (St Andrew, Holborn), Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. T. Duncombe, M.P., Sir W. Clay, M.P., Mr. Challis, M.P., Sir A. Cockburn, M.P., Mr. E. Medley (St. Luke), Mr. W. Wll - 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. Paley (Clerken well), Mr. Eaton (Clerkenwell), and Mr. H. 13. Wake ling (vestry clerk), had an interview with the Right Hon. Sir B. Hall yesterday, at the office of Public Works, Whitehall. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTEI-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending April 18, 185 G £16,266 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 SOITTH-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. GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAILWAT.—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 1,050,0001., falls due on Thursday. PROMOTION OF 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 financi.dly. Ask our danchester people what they expend in France for patterns : learn the statistics of Co Paris trade in paper-hangings, bronzes, and jewellery. Why, it ha heen 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 departmeat 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 cast or engravings about them. The value of such premise •, commercially, says the reporter, is not yet half suffi cieutly appreciated in this country." The Debats 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 madeat the happy isue of the negotiations and 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, but they admit of no doubt, which is all-im port int. 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 resolutions. After this publication, we shall be no longer ignorant of 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 informeti n more or less approximative, and on statements which may not be exempt from error. We distinguish the form of tl e treaty from its stipulations and annexes. It appears that certain points have been regulated by private conventions, and that these conventioas have been added to the treaty, of whichlbey 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 the general act of the 9th June, 1815, are included 39 documents with the title of annexes, of which several belonged to the years 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 ieennetruct t e 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 without the consent of the subscribers to the treaty. It is this con vention which will determine the namber 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 navig ition of the Danube with thearrangements concerning the new frontiers of Bessarabia. Who can tell even if the imperial decrees, by hich tee Sultan has guarantied the privileges of the Christian subjects, will not be consifered 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 recoeni , es 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 preposition of Lord Clarendon, the declaration which pays homage to France, to her disint( restedness, loyalty, and spirit of eon ciliation, and also the declaration which recognises the high esteem entertained for Piedmont by Europe. It is said that the belligerent Powers figure alone with Austria as contracting Powers in the enunciations of the pre amble and of the treaty ; the belligerent Pow( re be cause they put a stop to the war, and treated en the co!iditiens of peace ; Austria, notwithstanding that she took no direct or immediate part in the war, because she dealt a severe blow to Russia by the indirect assistance which she gave to Turkey ; because -he never ceased to be present in the diplo matic Conferences of Vienna ; and, finally be cause she weighed on Russia in a mariner 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 ear ; 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 have a deci sive 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, imni diately after the accomplishment of that labour Prussia was invited to be present." The 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 an assembly of European Plenipo tentiaries who had invited her to deliberate after having adopted all the decisions of importance : " 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 she 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 ,her policy subordinate to that of Austria; in order not to be entangled in a war against Russia in order not to disturb her excellent financial position; that she might n , ,t 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-e,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." 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 created, 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 accepttd. 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 iu 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 cimilar to those which would be created by the isol ttion of France, and Europe would not perform , 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." CRICKET HAMPSTEAD ALBION CLUB.—This club played their opening match of the season on M on d ay, on Hampstead-heath, w hen sides were cho sen b y Messrs. Stonohowe and Iluinpbreys, and, although the latter had 12 on his side, the former proved victorious. The play on both sides was very cr e dit a bl e, c msidering the short practice and early peri o d o f t h e 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 mule premium (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per Oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.291 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.374, it follows that gold is about 0.32 per cent dearer in Lon •lcn than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.5 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.7 k, 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' s'ght 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. orainst England ; but, after making allowance for ,'urges of transport and difference of interest, the pre slept rate leaves no profit on the importation of gold either way between the two countries. This committee met on Monday in room No. 11; Lowe in the chair. The examination of Mr. Heron ' _town clerk of Matt. chaster, was resum ed. Af ter detailing the various articles enumerated on the brass plate which was exhi bited at the Custom-house, Liverpool, prior to 180, witness proceeded to say that, with regard to the dock estate, the corporation, up to 1785, possessed the 41 elusive rieht of making the docks, but by the statute of George 111. they were for the first time obliged. to pp% - chase land at a price to be fixed by a jury ; and by thj 6th of George IV. a body of audit commissioners were appointed for the sole purpose of auditing the account* a power of veto, however, being, given to the town council, which, neutralised the effect of the enactment. 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 was annulled by the corporation. This decision was afterwards reversed by counsel. Another case bad also occurred more recently, when an oppc sition was 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- Icy Moore, who was for a long time the chairman of the dock estate, in his evidenoe 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 merely sellers of land to th e d oc k t r u s te e s. Th e sum o f 221,8511. was paid in 1840 for the present site of the Albert Dock. Witness proceeded to say, with reference to the alleged benefit derived by the shipping from funds furnished by the corporation, he should be able to show that the largest portion: of the funds expended in improvements came out of the dock estates' rates. The corporation, however, could give most satisfactory evidence on this head, as witness had not the means of obtaining the information. There had been a large outlay in the erection of the landing-stage at Liverpool (about 150,0001.), which was said to have been paid out of the town-dues ; but, in witness's opinion, this was a very unwise expenditure, because, if the hill for the Birken head improvement. were passed this session, the larger ocean steamers would be able to come up to the pool, and consequently thi3 landing-stage would merely be required - for the accommodation of passengers. ess was pro ce, ding to read the evidence given before a committee of the house, when Mr. Watson objected, and the room was cleared. On the public being re-admitted, The Chairman requested Mr. Heron to read the peti tion from the merchants of Liverpool to the House 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 160,160/. on the improvement of Bow-street, which was a considerable distance from the docks, and could not be said t I have anything to do with the shipping. About 206 acres of land had also been purchased at Birkenhead, ctc , for 280.264/. 124. 4d., which hal since, to a con siderable extent, been resold by the corporation, at prices averaging upwards of 3,501/. an acre, owing to the speculation inland consequent upon the erection of the (1 , .ek.. A large proportion of the debt of one million mi4ht 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 them in return for each dues. By Mr. Horsfall—He did not at al complain of dock dues or town dues to any extent required, if such we; applied for the benefit of the shipping. At present this w. 1.4 bring done, and all he asked was that this should he continued in perpetuity. The statlxientil he had rah's to the committee were not o f course wholly derived from his own experience, but be bad made none for which be had not produced his authority. The corporation of Liverpool would give direct et idence 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 im posed upon theM. _ In reply to Mr. Watson witness said he did not ap pear before the committee fur the purpose of raising the question of the tit!e 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 due t ," and also from the admission 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 case to that of the town dues of Liverpool. The tolls were fixed and certain, and were aftly levied on those who used the market, and there wa* more than an quivalent given in the accommodation provided. By Mr. Hardy—He considered the town dues injuri ous to Liverpool, as tending to drive away commerce from 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 carp°. 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 dues nearly one-half, and they came to Parliament for an act to authorise them to tax the town of Bristol, including Clifton, with a rate of 4J. in the pound, which was to be expended entirely for the pur poses of the shipping ; and if this rate, together with the town dues, produced more than was required, the dues were to be reduced, but the rate was to 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 be prevented by a clause in the Municipal Reform Act. By 11 7 1 r. Vance—He 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 carriao3 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 principle whatever in fixing these dues ; it seemed 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 London and Manchester, but he knew that a trade to a large extent had sprung up between Manchester and London, which formerly found its way to Liverpool, and persons had undertaken to forward goods from Manchester to Calcutta and elsewhere, vie/ London, at a less amount than they could be sent by Liverpool. 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 iu 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 nut 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 th e Shipping Dues Commissioners that persons could not get their goods cleared 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. In answer to a question by Mr. Hardy witness entered into some explanations with regard to the gas and water works at Manchester, 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 season tickets, 445 ; total visitors, 2,6i7. RESPITE OF THE CONVICTS UNDER SENTENCE OP DEATH IN NRWGATE.—Yesterday afternoon the Sheriff's 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 Celestina Sommer, 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 mot guilty women. METROPOLITAN RATE FOR HANIPSTEAD-HEATH.—A stated in The Sun of yesterday, at a meeting of the in habitants of St. John's Wood, the expediency of having a metropolitan rate to secure Hampstead-heath for the public Has discussed, and, since then, another meeting has been held at Camden-town on the subject of pre ' ,erving the heath for the public, and other meetings are to follow, so that the question of "compromise" 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 memorial the sum of 100,0001. was mentioned, which would require a rate of 2d. in the pound, and the question 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 ccnfined 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 publio gene. rally.