The Sun. — London, England, 1861-05-03 00:00:00

BURFORD'S PANORAMA.—One Shilling.— The entire of this interesting and world-famed Exhi bition IS NOW OPEN at the reduced charge of One Shilling. The Views are ROME, MESSINA, and SWITZERLAND, the last works of the late Mr. Burford.—Panorama Royal, Leicester-square. —Open from ten till dusk. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, . established 25 years in Baker-street.— Continuation of Early English Kings. - EDWARD I. surnamcd Long shanks, th e conqueror of Wales and Scotland, in the magni ficent armour of the period, 1272, studied from old English manuscripts. Admission, Is. i Napoleon room, 6d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 p.m. EVANS'S MUSIC an d SUPP ER ROOMS.-- Gentlemen meet as usual every evening. Mackney as ever—Sydney's admirable New Song—The Lee Family's elegant Performances, superior to anything yet seen. Four part Songs, Glees, Madrigals, and Classic Vocal Music form the main element of the entertainment. "Play-goers sup at Evans's to glees extremely well sung."—Athenalunt. RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND MUSICAL ENTER TAINMEN T, with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by pions. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing at Nine o'clock. -Is. admission. T HE N ATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS , Rigth Holborn. —This popular and magnificently ap pointed Ball Room, decidedly the most fashionable and best conducted entertainment in he world. The very excellent !And, under the able direction of Mr. Packer, is constantly introducing the choicest and latest music of the day. The wines supplied are of the very choicest quality. The refresh nrent rooms are elegant in the extreme, and replete with every comfort. Admission throughout, ls. GUILDHALL, 13th April, 1861.—The Com mittee for Letting the City Lands will MEET at GUILDHALL, on WEDNESDAY, the 4th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely, to receive PROPOSALS for a BUILDING LEASE, for eighty years, of a PIECE of GROUND on the North Side of Queenhithe Doek, in the City of London. Plans of the Property may be seen, and further particulars and forms of tender obtained, on application at the Architcot's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. CLERICAL, MEDICAL. & GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, St. James's-square, London. EARLY PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS. . Policies in existence on June 30th, 1431, will participate in the Seventh Bonus to be declared in January, 1862 ; so that persons who complete Assurances before June 30th, 1861, will share in that Division, although oue Premium only will have been paid. Tables of Rates and Forma of Proposal can be obtained of any of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CUTCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. V. R.— TOWER. —SALE OF STORES. BY Order of the SECRETARY OF STATE for WAR.—TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, in the Tower, on THURSDAY, the 9th of May, 1861, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, precisely, the following Stores : Great Coats and Cloaks. Clothing (various), Rags, Blanket (White and Grey), Accoutrements, Surgical Instruments, &c., Tools (various), Steel, Old Files, Leather Articles (various), Brushes, Old Iron, Steel, and Miscellaneous Articles. May be viewed at the Tower from 10 to 4 o'clock, on the Three Days previous to the Day of Sale, and Catalogues may be had at the War-office, Fall -mall ; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH SALE. C U STOM HOUSE, L on d on. M ay, 1861. FOR SALE, by order of the Honourable the Commis sioners of her Majesty's Customs, at the COMMERCIAL SALE ROOMS, Mincing-lane, on TUESDAY, 7th. WED NESDAY, Bth, THURSDAY, 9th, and FRIDAY, 10th MAY, 1861, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely. the following GOODS, for Exportation or Home Consumption, viz. ; Anchors, Chains, &c. ; Arnott Stoves (Iron), Articles of Carved Wood, Boats, Books, Beer, Barytes (Sulphate of); Braid, Trimmings, &c. ; Brandy, C an dl es (Stearine). Copper, Cutlery, Capsules, Coffee, Cordials, Chocolate. Dyewood (Fustic), Dice, Earthenware, Empty Casks, Embroidery or Needlework, Geneva, Glass, Go .se Quills, M Goats' Bides (dressed), J ewe ll ery (imitation), Jute, uskets, MWoololas , ties, Painters' Colours, Pepper, Perfumed Spirits, Rum, Rice, Raisins, Segar., Succades, Spirits (plain and mixed), Straw for Plattinir, Sugar, Seeds, &c. ; Ships' Gear, Snuff, Tobacco, Tea, Timber, Vegetable Ivory, Wine, Watches, Water (Mineral), and various other Goods. The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Ware house, Custom House, Thames -street ;at the St. Katherine, London, West India, East India, and Victoria Docks ; and Tobacco Ground, Rotherhithe ; on Monday, the 6th May, 1861, from ten o'clock in the morning until three o'clock in the afternoon, and on the day of Sale, from ten o'clock in the morning , until twelve o'clock at noon the tasting of Spirits and Wine being restricted to the day of sale as re gards the Queen's warehouse. Take notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be de livered until after two clear days of the day on which they arc sold, and that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Re ceiver -General after two o'clock in the afternoon, and that on the days of sale money will not be received by the Receiver- General after eleven o'clock in the forenoon. Catalogues may be price he Queen's Warehouse, Custom House, Thames-street, ls. each. 'IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF HORSES.- After long experience, deep researches into chemistry, by the aid of costly machinery, I have discovered the means Whereby oats, beans. and oilcake may be entirely dispensed With in the feeding of horses and cattle. I have now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian corn, linseed, &c., at £l6 per ton, which is equal in value to £24 worth of oats, beans, or any other feeding material in the Market. Two quarts of this compound meal, weighing 31bs., at the cost of 5d., mixed with a peck of chopped hay, is a feed fer a draught horse, and superior in every respect to three quarterns of oats, costing' 74d. 14 barrels weii7ll net 1 tor, it _.,,,,-L, eras, pci -- tyvyik,-,....c :a, .....+1.0..,,, frec, t t e liVerell by my own wag - gons to any station in. London. Nothing less than 21 cwt. sold at the manufactory, and orders must be accom panied with cheques crossed, made payable to the inventor, JOSEPH THORLEY. Steam Mills, Caledonian -road, King's-cross, April 8, 1861. Single barrels, weighing 11 cwt., m a y b e h ad for 305., at 77, Newgate-street, City, or of any of my accredited Agents in the country. rTHORLEY'S CONDIMENTAL FOOD (mixed wi h crushed Oats, &c.) for My Horses. —Read Admiral Rous on the English Racehorse. 40a. per barrel, containing 448 feeds. THORLEY'S CONDIMENT for My Cows. Increasing- the quantity and enriching the quality of 3111 k. 40s. per barrel. THORLEY'S COMPOUND for My She ep . in -I- Sold in barrel s, containing 413 feeds with cmlose , and carri age paid to any d railway , station in measure the gdom. TIT ORLEY for MY Pi g :. 40s. pe bare. THORLEY'S GLEANE R is Published every --1.. Monday in time for po , t, and contains forty Columns of valuable information, including Mark -lane Report, Agri cultural and Sporting intelligence up to time of going to ness. Price One ew gate - street, City. Pcnny. Order of any liewsvendor.-77, 1\ -3- PP S rating ' CO A. power of thi s C O-4 The delicious a roma, ful smoothness , an d invig,o adoption as p re paration grate have pr ocure d its general A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. Ecld in jlb., Vb., and 11b. packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers Each packet is labelled. JAMES EPPS, Efoinceopathic Chemist, LONDON. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- pared-a-r SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, Pre without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Scott, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &o. For habitual costiveness, as a fa mily aperient medicine, a n d as a purifier of the blood, they are he truly excellent ; mild i n th eir operation and grateful to t stomach, they create appe ite, promote digestion, and etrengtifen the wh o l e nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, by most dru gg i sts, in boxes, 11. la 2s. d. and 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. S cott ' s Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a squ "are green package, w ith " William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street,engraved on the stamp. HENRGIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. Y SMITH. M.D. of the University of Jena, has just published, ' for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 paned. A medical work ou th e cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness o f Si g h t, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dslike to Society, S permatorrl i cea, Local Weakness, 3lusculari Re. laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in , consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions for perfect restoration to health servation and vigour. The book will b e sent, post free, secure from ob , to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and cent, two stTavistamps. Address, HENRY SMITII, M.D., 8, Burton square, London, W.C. "The temporary relief obtained by means of ry-,ravation rr edicines is purchased at the high price of the ag ptirp-a tive nd 1 the perpetuating the disease.' — HENRY, M.D. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC. TOR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA) PALPI TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, DEBILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, PETERS. DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD. which, at a elv pence per day, saves fifty times its cost in Medicine, and urea without purging or any of the uncertainties, annoy - laces, and ruinous expenses incurred by medicine, cod liver oil, or visits to distant climates. Certificate No. 36,418. —We find it the safest remedy, An- land Ure, M.D., Cam pbell• ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Shor- Lai .,l. ; Dr. Campbell. in',..e___ex_tract a few out of 53,000 cures : dyVe`iastlo: 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of many years' agony from Cure No. 49,832. Of fifty yea i Indiscribable tion, flatulengPseßsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa of Lynn, No rfole as j ns ' sickness, and vomiting, Maria Joly, of extreme nervousne'lre No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, ssondigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Campbell, Syderstoue comet No. 54 ,816. The Rev. James T. indigesti^n and liver compl'aohr4, near Fakenham, Norfolk of _ i Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samuel Laxtoo , Leicester, of two yea,rsi!)niTorhcea. Cure rso• 180. Mr. W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street " nese, cc nstipation, indigesto, and duela?tit2ys y&farrse'ltioe74°o2sB7 Eight years' dyspepsiP, nervousness, debility with cramps spasms, and nausea, Rev. John W. Flare!, li,'l(,llington ye_cl tory, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen gestion, and general debility„Tames Pc r r e t a 8 Aci3th%7lll-'stirnell'et, Perth. Cure No. 58,314. Miss Elizabeth Y er ' near Liverpool, of ten years' dyspepsia, and eaoltnan, Gatcacre, j the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 46,270. .Mr ames Roberts, timber merchant, of Frimley Surrey, of 3.0 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Similar test from 56,000 patients who can .be ferred to. re- The Food is sold in canisters, lib, fzs. 94., 21b, 45. 6d., 121 b. 125., 241 b. 40,8. ; P(ltuper-refined quality, Sib. 225„ 101 b. 335, The 101 b., 121 b Post -office order 241 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of street. Icndon • 1 ?3 , Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent- Lonaon • Awls , -s rtnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly, " t 60, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63 L and 150, Oxford street • 330 and 452, Strand ; 49 and 80, •nishOPsgate-stree. ; Batity, 16, Finsbury-paverneut ; Phillips and en.. tea dealotts ; Petty, Wood, and Co., King Wilatfro street, City, 1113441,11tgb.U91b9r321 and all ar"4l7; PESTAURANT, 9 old 10, Haybiarket.—The .) CAFE DINNER is now served from FOUR instead of five o'clock as heretofore. The Severn Salmon Season has commenced. WILLIAII JOHN W ILDE, Proprietor. A I R. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT, the CABINET•of CURIOSITIES, POLY GRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, except Charing-cross, TO-NGHT, and E EVENING Saturday), at Eight. Private boxes VERY , .E 1 ls. ; Stalls ( and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. • A plan of the stalls may be seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box office, from 10 till 4. Morning Performance, Saturday, May 4. 76. SU IAY EV. P,UBLICATIONS. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., _A L L FOR THE BEST, A STORY OF QUIET LIFE. The work of a lady of more than ordinary ability. The character of Maud is very charming."—Spectator. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. LEPARTU4E Or THE GREAT Z.isTERIV: NEWMARKET—Tun ISSDAY. Handicap Plate of 50 eel's, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. A.F. Mr. Mellon's - Industrious, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Fordham) 1 Mr. Jackson'e'Jackall, 3 yrs, Est 41b ...... (Roper) 2 Mr. Melli s h' s G ay l ad, 1 yrs, 6st 121 b (Challoner) The follov;ing also 'ran :—Royal Sovereign, Rising Sun, Boran, Tomyris, Lancaster, and Sir Edward. Betting -3 to 1 agst Jackal!, sto 1 agst Gaylad, 6to 1 agst Rising Sun, and Bto 1 agst Industrious. The lot got away at the first attempt—Sir Edward, Boran, Royal Sovereign,-and Tomy.ris running in the front rank, with Industrious, Gaylad, and Jackall next. On approaching the Bushes, IliSing Sun, Tomyris, and Sir Edward dropped back, and Royal Sovereign, on the whip hand, took a clear lead, attencted byGetylea, Industrious, Jackal!, and Boran, who ran nearly abreast is to the cords, where Royal Sove reign fell bii - Ck, and Indultrious obtained the lead, winning a good racoly a length ; a head only dividing the second and third; .a similar distance separating the third and fourth. Hieing Sun was ifth, clear of the four placed, and Boran sixth. Tomyris an! Sir Edward were the last two, Lord Canterbury's coltireng beaten a long way. Handicap Sweepstakes asf 10 sous each, for three-yr-olds - and upwards. Lai, half of Ab. M. 12 subs. Lord Stainfordws Ellerton,3 yrs, Bst „ (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. Fhittaffiristrdy Derby 3 yrs, 7st 41b (Daley) 2 Sir H. Deis yeaux's Snapetiot, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (Custance) 3 The foflogring also rill :—Amy, lona colt, Doubloon, Icarus, Whits filly, and Reveille. Betting.---5 to 2 agst Icarus, sto 1 agst Lady Derby, 6 to 1 agat Ellerton, 7_tcs_l each agst lona colt, Doubloon, and Selinaffily. After sone little delay, caused principally by the imiladince of Doulloon and Reveille, the flag was dropped, hat i.ussoostex was the signal given' than he jumped on one sidtancl ran vide cn the far left. Ellerton, Snap shot, Istelftefrby, Arty. and the lona colt, ran in front-to 'the ebrds s irsisteii.the lona colt was beaten. Half way up the first ti:VOhad the finish io thetifieTeeet, - Elfertait 'Win ning by a length ; two lengths off, Snapshot was third, beating Amy by a bead only; Icarus and lona filly were next, Reveille beaten off. Sweepstakes of 10 eovs each, for three-yr-olds and upwards, weight for ago; :Hires and geldings allowed 31b. 'Winner to be sold for 101 sow. First half of Ab. M. 6 subs. Capt. Lane's Ponona, 4 yrs, Set 51b ........ (Fordham) 1 Mr. Onslow's Seathport, 3 yrs, 7st 10Ib (Challoner) 2 Mr. Bryan's Stanton, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ..... (A. Edwards) 3 Libellous, Bah Pigeon, and Sweetbread also ran. Betting-2 to 1 agst Libellous, 3to 1 each agst Pomona and Sweetbreai, and sto 1 agst Southport. Stanton came away with a sitht lead, followed by Sweetbread, Southport, and Pomona; Libellous and Barb Pigeon coming on next. On entering. the cords, Pomona took a clear lead, and a fine race in with the first four ended in favour of Pomona by a head, the second beating the third by a head. Sweet bread was btu th, close up. The winner was claimed. Renewal of the Sweep& takes:of 100 so vs each, h ft, for three yr-old cults, Sst 71b. The winner of the Two Thousand Guineas to carry 51bs extra. 4 subs. Duke of Tedfold's Asteroid, Bst 71b (Rogers) 1 Mr. Merry's Starlight, Bst 71b .............. (Custance) 2 Bettina-5 to 4on Asteroid, who made play throughout, and won by two lengths. The Ono Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100 EOVB each, h ft, for three-yr-old fillies, Bst 71b each. The owner of the second horse to save his stake. D.M. 41 subs. Mr. Fleming's Nemises, Bst 71b ... , ...... (G. Fordham) 1 Mr. Cartwright's Fairwater, Sat 7lb ....... (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. Saxon's Brown Duchess, Bst 71b (L. Snowden) 3 The following also ran:—Redpole, Preceptress, Bas Bleu, Sweet Hawthorn, lady Louisa, and Queen of the Vale. Betting-9 to 4 asst Brown Duchess, 4to 1 agst Precep tress, 9 to 2 agst Fairwater, 8 to 1 each agst Lady Louisa and Sweet Hawthorn, 10 to 1 each asst Bas Bleu and Ne mesis. The starter experienced neither difficulty nor delay in forming the conpetitors in a line, and, to use a trite turf simile, when the fig was dropped a moderate sized sheet would have coverel the lot. Fairwater, on the whip hand, with Preceptress at her girths, made the running, Nemesis and Brown Duchess being next the first two, separated from the ruck byabout a length. On reaching the win ning post of the lest half of the Ab. M., Nemesis joined Fairwater, and in the dip took the lead, Preceptress at the same time giving way, Brown Duchess and Fairwater fol lowing on in pursuit of Nemesis, who ran home a clever winner by a length, Fairwater beating Brown Duchess by a head for secon c . Preceptress was a bad fourth, Queen of the Vale fifta, Sweet Hawthorn sixth,. Lady Louisa seventh, Redpob eighth, and Bas Bleu last. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft, for three-yr olds end upwards. T.Y.C. 7 subs. Mr. W. Crawford's Nicholas, 4 yrs, 7.st 12Ib (Custance) 1 Baron Rothschild's King Tom filly, 3 yrs, Est (J. Daley) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Gallus, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (Wells) 3 Tiara, Ingestre, and Rockley also ran Betting-2 to 1 agst Gallus, 4to 1 eget Tiara, sto 1 agst Rockley, and 6to 1 agst Nicholas. Gallus was the first off, but after going a short distance Nicholas deprived him of his lead, and won cleverly by two lengths ; four lengths between second and third. The Newmarket Two-year Old Plate of 200 sovs ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Sst 51b ; winners extra. The last five furlongs of R.M.81 entries. Baron Rothschild'3 Wingrave, Bst 71b .... (J. Osborne) 1 Count Lagrange's Marignan, Set 121 b .. (H. Grimshaw) 2 Mr. Merry's Discretion, Bst 51b (Custance) 3 The following also ran :—Farfalla, Ballerina, Ballet Girl, Lady Harriet filly, Lord Stanley, f by Orlando, Coulon, Madge 'Wildfire, c by Tadmor, Fantasia, Breechloader, Hopeful Duchess, Drosera, Vela, Strawberry, King of Hearts, Sugarstick, Cutler, and Master Fenton. Betting -3 to 1 agst Marignon, sto 1 eget Wingrave, 6 to 1 agst King of Hearts, 8 to 1 agst Fantasia, 10 to 1 each agst Coulon and Discretion. After several breaiings away a good start was effected. Cutler, Discretion, King of Hearts, Marignan, Coulon, and Bellarina composed the front rank to the cords, wher*Win• grave merged from the centre of the ruck, and took third place, Marignan and Discretion being first and second. Hal way up, Wingrave male his effort, and, after a fine race, won by a head, three lengths between the second and third Coulon was fourth, and King of Hearts fifth. In the las, lot, beaten some distance, were Hopeful Duchess, Fantasia Strawberry Leaf, Sugaistick, and Vela. For the first time in the history of this great and hitherto most unfortunate undertaking, the directors havoteen able to keep faith with the public in the matter of punctuality of sailing. The Great Eastern was announced to start on . the Ist. M ay, of f pele n and t recollecting previous disappointments pe o pl e unnaturally imagined that by this was meant the Ist of May for June. No one certainly expected her to go at the date named, so the public will be rather agreeably surprised to hear that the direc tors have fulfilled their pledge, and that exactly on the day and hour appointed the great' ship stood out of Milford Haven, and by nine o'clock on Wednesday evening was steaming grandly down the Channel. It is barely ten months since the people of the United States were looking with almost feverish expectation to her arrival at New York. This time, however, her advent will excite but little interest, unless she happens also to Fe the bearer of the latest news from Europe. All idea of taking her to New York for mere exhibition purposes is at an end; she has gone, for the present at least, regularly into the American trade—unless, indeed, the Government of Mr. Lincoln should divert her from her peaceful calling and take her up as a .transport of war. Such an engagement is, we believe, far from improbable; and would be almost certain if there were more ports along the Southern coast which she could either enter or approach with safety ; but unfortunately there are very few places of importance among the Southern cities which are easily accessible to her enormous bulk. She might go within a short distance of Richmond, and as Virginia 113.0 rac e -tied, on her arrival out it is by no means unlikely that this will be her next destination. In case of an attack on Washington the value of such a magni ficent transport, capable of putting 10,000 men with all their stores and ammunition on the shores .of Norfolk harbour, in rear of the enemy, would be incalculable to the Northerners. A few sunken ships at the mouth of Norfolk Har bour would be a very frail barrier against the ap proach of the Great Eastern under steam. Since her last visit to America the great ship has, of course, had her usual share of ill fortune and em barrassment, whieh culminated the other day when she was seized in execution by Mr. Davis, high sheriff of Pembrokeshire, in satisfaction of the debt due by the Company to Mr. Scott Russell. At first, this seizure threatened to put a final stop upon the intended voyage to America, and, in fact, ac cording to the strict letter of the law, Mr. Russell might have put her up to auction and knocked her down to himself the day after the sheriff had made his monster capture. Matters, fortunately, were not pushed to thin extreme, though it was some time before the claims were finally adjusted, and the sheriff's officers were actually in possession till the ship was almost on the point of sailing. The rate of speed attained during the last voyage, except during one or two days, was, on the whole, considered low for a vessel from which so much was anticipated in this respect. The deficiency was attributed on all hands to the very foul state of the vessel's bottom. Accordingly when the Great Eastern %returned, and she became at once plunged in her usual chaos of difficulties—her screw bear, ings out of order, her decks deficient, and everything wanting more or less of readjustment and repair, it was decided to lay her up for the winter on a gridiron at Milford Haven, and put her into thorough order. The gridiron was easily made, and the Great Eastern as easily laid upon it, and it was then found beyond a doubt that from whatever cause the lack of speed proceeded, it did not arise from a weedy bottom. There was a cer tain amount of green slime all over below her water line, but on the whole the bottom was considered unusually clean and free. Whatever little slime there was, however, was soon removed, and the whole bottom coated thoroughly with white paint. The gridiron on which she lay was short of her enormous length by very many feet, and thus a short space at the stern, and a considerable portion of the bows, projected over without support at either end. During some of the high flood tides of winter, when it was feared she might float, it was found necessary to pump water into her forward compartments. This precaution, of course, brought an undue strai n u p on th e part f the how left un supported, and the iron compartment showed signs of bulging and leakage. For this evil there was unfortunately no remedy till the ship was afloat, when the defects were.at once made good. In the meantime while on the gridiron some important improvements were effected. The old and unsightly deck was coated with pitch and a new two-inch deck of the best seasoned pine laid over it. All the lower decks were caulked. This change is to the eye the greatest that has been effected, and nothing can equal the beauty of the wide, smooth, snowy expanse of deck as it now appears. Feed pumps were also fitted to the paddle engines, the screw-shaft lifted, turned down and fitted with massive brass bearings turning upon iignum The difficulty of effecting this improvement was exceedingly great, and at one time it was thought almost certain that the entire screw shaft would have to be lifted out. Fortunately the skill and ingenuity of Mr, D. Gooch saved the shareholders this vast expense, and the work has been effectually performed at the smallest possible cost. Other minor improvements in the way of new passages of communication between the main and lower deck saloons were also made at the same time, and all changes which it had been felt could be made for the better thoroughly carried (at. Among others was that of removing the immense square yards from the fore and mainmasts. Square sails for such a vessel as the Great Eastern are practically absur dities ; nothing short of a gale astern affect s th em , and their enormous size gives all hands some hours' work to set them, while taking them in in heavy weather is all but impossible, as was shown during the brief summer gale on the first voyage. The resistance they offer when steaming head to w ind is sufficient to diminish speed almost a kno t an hour. These alterations, of course, makea ti g i :ea t i change in her external appearance, a nd re moval of all the sails gives her a lighter and more sea-going look abaft. The funnels have been painted of a bright red, and the abominable white line round her, which gives her the look of being " hogged," or breaking in the back, has been renewed in all its old deformity. So com plete is the optical delusion caused by this line, that even experienced sailors and engineers cannot at first sight being themselves to believe that the ap• parent sinking is not real, and that the vessel has not sustained injury by being laid on the gridiron. It is almost unnecessary to say that no such alarm ing symptoms have appeared, and that the vessel is as strong and perfect in her hull as on the day she first left the Thames. • F I OR THE DEBATE ON THE BUDGET, THE MANSION HOUSE DINNER, &c., Sec " THE PRESS " of To-morrow, May 4. With a Gratis Supplement. Office —llO, Strand. In fcap. Bvo., ls., boards, ►ITHE COMMON OBJECTS OF THE MICROSCOPE. By the Rev. J. G. WOOD, With 400 Illustrations by Tuffen Wes,. Also, price 3s. 6d.. cloth, or gilt edges, ls., A Superior Edition of the Above, with the Illustrations PRINIED IN COLOURS. • London i Rontledgi, Warne, and Routledge, Farringdon• street. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSS3IITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary di ffi culties ex perienced In 1860. The Crisis is at band. Anxiety in bus ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." A Plate 100 sovi. Weight for age. It M. Duke of Bedford's Asteroid, 3 yrs, Gst 111 b.. (Challoner) 1 Count Lagrange's MUG Chantilly, aged (H. Grinishaw) 2 Lord vi'. Powlett's Prunised Land, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b Rogers) 3 Betting -6 to son Asteroid, 2to 1 agst Promised Land. Mdlle. Chantilly made play, followed by Promised Land and Asteroid to the Bushes, when the duke's colt came out, and won very easily by twenty lengths. Rogers easing Promised Land half way in the flat, was passed by the French mare, and finished a bad third. Match, 200 soya, h ft. Mr. Locke's Robinson Cntsoe, Bst 81b, receives. Lord Chesterfield's Cage, ist 51b pays. LATEST BETTING. CHESTER CUP. 13 to 2 agst Chere Arnie (taken) 13 to 2 agst Man at Arms (taken) 13 to 2 agst Wallace (taken) 100 to 7 agst Flirtation (taken) 22 to 1 agst The Brewer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken) THE DERBY. 400 to 100 agst Dundee (taken) 3900 to 600 agst Diophantus (taken) 10 to 1 agst Rouge Dragon (offered) 14 to 1 agst Kildonan (taken) 15 to 1 agst Kettledrum (taken) 15 to 1 agst Klarikoff (taken) 2000 to 100 agst Imaus (taken) 1000 f. 45 agst Dictator (taken) 2000 to 60 agst Neighbour (taken) BETTING AT MANCIIESTER,THuIIsDAY. Most of the passengers came down to Milford on Wednesday by a special train, which left Padding ton at eight in the morning. There is very little doubt but that in this voyage there would have been 300 or 400 first-c!nss passengers but for the great un certainty which prevailed that the differences be tween the company and Mr. Russell would be so adjusted as to let the vessel start at all. Very many, therefore, declined to take their passages on the mere understanding that she would go on the Ist " if no unforeseen difficulty prevented." About 100, however, were bold enough to venture (and among them were several ladies), and these arrived at Milford at four on Wednesday afternoon. The Great Eastern lay some four miles out, in the centre of the noble harbour, but one of the Water ford boats, the City of Paris, was hired for the use of passengers. In this, after the luggage delay, the party embarked, and proceeded down the harbour. Just as they were close alongside the huge an annoying delay was occasioned by the ci V e d Paris getting hard aground. She was g vessel and turned astern, and passengers ballasted aFortunately one side to the other, but all in v ain n2 . ight have had nasveted from the tide wasrising, or the passengerws ere sent aboard a weary time of it ; as it was, som:ing, when -at last, in small boats and others woorerag the Great , tne vreat Eastern with the aid of a hawser o f i i; greatersister. Paris got once more and a quick tide, the Ci t y alongside her csceloassaal afloat, and dropped however, caused The contretemps had, Six , clock wa s th e c onvenient.o delay than was big ship to sail, and that • time hour fixed for the all the passenry e ' rs was passed before the b--- were well on board. So, todisappointment of many, none Passe n gers were allowed but Passe up her lofty sides, when immediately the bells were rung, the gang ways hoisted up, and all made ready for a start. There was great difficulty, however, in slipping the moorings, and it was past 8 when they dropped with a great rattle and splash into the water, and once more left th e hugo ship at freedom.ln a minute more, and amid cheers from all the little boats in the harbour, she slowly began her voyage at half speed—the paddles going nine and the screw 26 revolutions. Her appearance, as she seemed to slide out of the harbour in the dusk of the evening, was a grand sight. Though with nearly 7,000 tone of coal in her, gin eeemed light in the NNW' --- There was very little done, except upon the current events of the day. Any of Godding's three would have been supported. 7 to 1 would have been taken about either Chere Amie or Wallace, and any slight advance upon that about Man at Arms. The only investments we noticed were 20 to 1 taken against Flirtation, and 40 to 1 to a small amount about BenWebster.—.On the Derby, Kildonan was freely backed at 100 to 7, and nine ponies were taken against Diophantus, Imaus and Big Ben were also backed, but only to small s ums. —Closing prices CHESTER CUP. 7to 1 agst Chere Arnie (wanted) 7to 1 agst Wallace ( wanted) 7to 1 agst Man-at -Arms (offered) 20 to 1 agEt Flirtation (taken) 25 to 1 agst Light (offered) 30 to 1 agst Ben Webster (taken) THE DERBY. 4to 1 on the field (offered) 9to 1 agst Diophantus (taken) 14 to 2 agst Kildonan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Imaus (taken and offered) 40 to 1 eget Big Ben (taken) DIOPHAisTTITS.—The owner of Dundee made a bet on the course of 1,000 to 500, that he would beat Dlophantas for places in the Derby. ELLERDALE. — This brood mare, for which Mr. Blenkiron only recently gave a high price, died whilst on a visit to Orlando, at the Ro3 al Paddocks, Hampton Court. Mr. Blenkiron is truly unfortunate, for only a few months back he lost Kingston, one of the most popular stud horses of the day. WALLACE.—This horse is now the property of Mr. G. Fitzwilliam, who purchased him for 3,000 guineas. It is rumoured that the horse will not be delivered up by his former uatil of* the ritce yr tke Oleg* cup, NEWSPAPER 4 r,7 *VC r • 'Lk • 0 tiLe • -- 4 • N .. 0 , 511 leeptibletakotin to 4 • 114 . : 1 11 : 7 • . 1- 14' ' 5 t, h 1,1 44 1111111- At 9 oolook7 o ff t. 0 • - - . 411 ca• itiNt , ^ -44- • • discharge her pilot, and • • / f t • • • slwa wi ' q/ r • • ~. .zOtx, 't 4- and moved with an easy pe swell setting up the Chann Ann's lights, she hove-to to soon afterwards, with a parting gun, went ahead at fall speed to sea. For a time the little City of Paris steamed on to keep alongside, but the 'great ship went ahead at every stroke of the paddles, and soon through the gathering darkness grew dim and obscure, like the shadow of a ship. After a while even this misty outline disappeared, and only her lights twinkling now and4hen faintly showed where she was careering over the waters at such a pace. It is quite a mistake to suppose that Capt. Car negie has gone in command of the ship, or has any thing to do with her management. Capt. W. B. Thompson is her sole commander. Mr. Wright has gone as chief officer and Mr. Robertson as chief engineer. It is hoped and expected that she will make the passage out within the nine - days. We trust she may, and that her second visit to the late United States may be both more prosperous' and popular than the first. THE NAVE on Monday, and one Wing offetlireosllso,t. mll,barkiner The Diadem, 32, serew7CaldCockburn, lying at Spithead, is ordere to go into Portsmouth harbour embark alongside the dockyard nheytnce to the Channel Islands. Aldershott, Regiment, now stationed at arrivals at the Channel lh'huenDasiaadnedmdiaysei remaining return hi o c t h h, embark a wing of the 30th Regiment, Nvgith to Portsmouth, and, embarking the of the 55th, convey them to the ch a ni nn a e ln l in is g r will ,g returning with the remainder of the 30th, which regiment proceeds to Aldershott. Her Majesty's paddle steamer Dasher will be in attendance ou the Diadem at the Channel Islands, and will assist in embarking and disembarking the troops. The Adventure, screw troopship, Commander E. Lacy, with the head-quarters of the Royal Marine Battalion on board from China, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Gascoigne, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday to land her freight, and berthed alongside- the dockyard. Shortly after going into the harbour, the Adven ture was officially inspected by Captain J. B. Dickson, of her Majesty's ship Trafalgar. Her crew afterwards unbent sails preparatory to dismantling and--beikg put out 9f commiasion, , the ship and het, machinery requiring a thorough s Overhaul And re- . pair, more especially the latter, which has been in an unsafe condition the past three years. Captain Lacy commissioned the Adventure on the 20th of April, 1857. The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. 11. Caldwell, C. 8., at Portsmouth, is ordered to fill up stores and pro visions immediately for foreign service. The Icarus, 11, screw, Commander N. Salmon, V.C:, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday to Spithead, where she will take in powder and shell before leaving for foreign service. The Pigmy paddle, Master-Commander Johr stone, left Portsmouth yesterday for Portland, with provisions, &c., for her Majesty's ship Colossus. The Sampson, 6, paddle, Capt. G. S. Hand, C. 8., had her masts taken out alongside the shear jetty of Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday. Her crew will be paid off from her to-morrow. The Jasper, 1, screw gunboat, Lieut. Commander Pym, will pay off her crew and be put out of com- • mission at Portsmouth to-day. Yesterday the Mariner, 12 gun sailincrsloop r was brought up from the ordi nar y at Chatham and placed under the floating shears to receive the boilers, cylinder, and the heavy portion of the machinery for the line-of-battle screw steamer Bom bay, 81, until the latter vessel has been undocked and is in a condition to receive them on board. In consequence of the height of the Mariner out of water about 50 tons of iron ballast were sent on board from the dockyard to bring her down. During the afternoon the large cylinder, weighing 22 tons, was lifted by the powerful shears and placed on board the Mariner. The condenser for the Bom bay, weighing 10 tons, was landed at the dockyard from one of the lighters yesterday afternoon. The Defiance, 91, recently brought from Pem broke, was placed yesterday alongside Devonport Dockyard, for the purpose of returning her jury gear and navigating stores. The paddlewheel steam frigate Magicienne, 16, was removed yesterday from Devonport Dockyard to the hulk Lively, in Hamoaze. The paddlewheel steam surveying-vessel Bann will not be removed from the Dockyard at Devon port until to-day. The paddlewheel steam tender Avon, W. Long, second master, in charge, embarked seamen belong ing to the Channel fhet at Plymouth on Wednes day, and in the evening left for Portland. The screw steam gunvessel Surprise, 5, was re moved yesterday from the dock in Keyham steam yard, and went outside Plymouth Breakwater to try her machinery. The training ship Thodalus, 19, at Devonport, has received her masts and bowsprit, and will be taken to the dockyard to be rigged fbr service at Bristol. The following appointments were made 'yester day at the Admiralty :—Edwin Boulton, chief engi neer, to the Indus, for the Princess Royal ; Thomas Rose and James Sawyer, third-class assist.-engi neers, additional to the Neptune, for disposal on the 14editerraneas station ; Henry S. Pemberton, Samuel J. Bird, and James H. Ferguson, acting third-class assist.-engineers, additional to the Nep tune, for disposal on the Mediterranean station ; John Hancock, acting third-class assist.-engineer, to the Majestic ; and George H. Johnson, clerk, to the Illustrious. Kent and Co., late Piper and Co.. Paternoster-row. Just published, Bvo, in cloth, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d., ()N THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA; showing why they so often appear Incurable, when in reality they might be removed by the most simple means. By F. B. COLTRTENAY, M.R.C.S.E., And formerly Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Strictures of the Urethra. " This work is the production of a surgeon whose special attention has been directed, throug a lng professional life, to the treatment of strictures of h the o urethra. The cases which Mr. Courtenay has given supply ample evidence of his great discriminative power in the diagnosis of the various kinds of stricture, and of the scientific principles upon which their management is founded. By his systematic management an immense mitigation of pain to the unhappy sufferers is attained, and future mischief prevented. The work we can most unreservedly and confidently recommend as a valuab_ contribution, both to the general and professional reader, and ought to be fbund in the private study of all who are subject to stricture."—Medical Circular. London: H. BalMere, 219, Regent:street Lt.I_ ARRIAGE LAW REFORM ASSCIAION, uted for te exclusive object of promoting the pas T sing of an insti A t A to render h lawful MARRIAGE with a DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. 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Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive gratis and free by post the „ INVALIDS' OWN GUIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex pinse, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaints nausea, epilepsy, paralysis, debility, nervousness, palpitatiot , cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpi tation, heartburn, headache, despondency, cramp s , spasms, sinking., fits, bronohltio.--, Ungluestionably thofialext Quide to health"; , - THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Limited supplies of English wheat were received fresh up to this morning's market. Fine samples were scarce, aril they realised Monday's prices; otherwise the trade was in a sluggish state, and the quotations had a down ward tendency. We were well supplied with foreign wheat, and the de mand for all descriptions ruled heavy, at, in some instances, a decline of is per quarter. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, ai barely late rates. A steady business was passing in malting barley at full prices, but other sorts were quite neglected. Malt changed hands to a limited extent on former terms The oat trade ruled firm, and prices were well i na i n , tained. Beans realised extreme rates, and grey pea s were quite as dear as on Monday. All kinds of flour moved off slowly., The top price of town-made is now .55s per 2801bs. Country aaad foreign qualities barely supported previous currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. 1,410 420 3,330 j 150 I 1,230 Irish - 1,940 F0reign........ 17,820 1,390 , 11,770 2,050 sacks 8,230 brls. NE'WGATE AND LEADENHALL. Limited supplies of meat continue on sale here, and the trade generally rules firm, at fully previous rates, to, in some instances, an advance of 2d per 81bs. Per Sib. by the carcase. d•s d Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 Middling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Do. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork 4 G 4 8 Inferior mutton. 3 10 4 0 edsd Middling mutton 4 2 4 8 Prime do 4 10 5 0 Veal 4 2 5 2 Small pork - 4 Lamb .. ; ; ..."; - 6 8" 7 0 BOROUGH HOP. Yearling hops continue to attract a fair amount of atten• lion, and the late advance in their value is well suiported Fine samples of other growths command a steady sale, al full prices ; but inferior qualities are neglected. Mid and East Kent pockets 80s to 200 s per cwt. Wealds 6os 168 s „ Sussex Yearlings :....110s 190 s „ COLONIAL. T EA.. —The market has been very quiet, and at public sale previous rates have been in most instances realised. SUGAR.—For the batter qualities of West India there has been a steady inquiry ; inferior and low qualities of foreign, however, have declined about 6d per cwt. In the refined market prices are well maintained, owing to the smallneSs of the quantity of goods on offer. COFFEE.--Limitcd dealings have been entered into, and for some descriptions a decline of 6d per cwt. has taken place. Rice—The market has remained inactive, and no change of importance can be recorded in values. SALTPETRE.—For goad and superior qualities there has been a more active inquiry, previous quotations being demanded. TALLow.—There is no material alteration to report in value. P.Y.C., on the spot, is quoted 59s 6d, and last 3 months 55s to 55s 6d per cwt. COUNTRY MARKETS. MANCHESTER—MAY 2. English wheat a moderate sale, at fully late rates, but other sorts offered for less money, and difficult to quit. Little business doing. Flour was 6d to is lower. English beans is dearer. Oats and oatmeal slow of sale. Indian corn is cheaper. BIRMINGHAM-MAY 2. At to-day's . market there was a fair supply of w h ea t from the farmers, but the trade ruled slow with the turn in favour of the buyer. Barley maintained its value. Oats and beans in favour of sellers. Pees as before. PLYMOUTH-APRIL 30. The market was dull, with a small attendance, but no advance upon the currencies of last week—English white wheat, 60s to 66s ; red, 48s to 56s per qr ; French do., 63s to 645; American, 61s to 635; Spanish, 69s to 71s ; Rus sian 60s to 625. Barley in good supply, a t 36 s t o 43 s per qr for malting; grinding, 32s to 365; oats, 24s to2Bs; and beans, —s to —s ; flour, 47s to 50s. CORK-MAY 1. The following were the quotations this morning :--Red wheat, 28s Od to 34s 01; white, 36s Od to —s Od; barley 15s Od to 20s Od ; oats, 13s 10d to 15s Od. EDINBURGH GRAIN-MAy I. Wheat on the top 4s Od up average is Od up. Barley on the top 4s Od down .average is Od down Oats on the top Os 6d down average Os Gd down, Beans on the top is Od down, average is 10d down, Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat ... . Barley Oats 1 10 0 5-12ths Beans .. 2 3 6 6-12th Total_Supply and Sales. _ Wheat ._ .1092 qrs Sold 695 qrs Barley... 392 qrs Sold 319 qrs Oats l3lO qrs Sold 696 qrs Beans 248 qrs Sold 194 qrs DERBY SMITHFIELD—APRIL 30. There was a large supply of fat beasts to-day, with a good attendance. The demand brisk, and late prices obtained. A good supply of sheep, maintaining high prices. The supply of calves plentiful; but fat pigs were scarce, and sold well. Beet 7id to 74d Veal . 61d to 7 1 1 Mutton.... 9d to 91d Pork .......... ....... 61d to 6id Lamb —d to —d Rough itt, 5s Od p er s t one . Hides, 3 1 d to 41d ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. • Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. • • • • .. May 19. Do. (via Marseilles) May 13. Brazil and Cape Verde .. May 4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. • . Cuba and Mexico .. .. May 20. Canada, &c. (via L'derry) .. May 1. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. May Z. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) May 2. Do (via Marseilles) May 13. Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. .. May 2. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) May 2. Do. (via Marseilles) May 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. May 11. Do. (via Marseilles) .. May 5. Lisbon .. .. May 1. Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. May 2. Do. (via Marseilles) MaY. 5, Vigo, and Oporto .. .. May 1. United States, California, &c. .. May 1. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. May 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. May H. THE LATE EXPLOSION IN LAMBETH.--From in quiries made yesterday morning at St. Thomas's Hospital respecting the state of the sufferers by the late explosion at Mr. Evance's lucifer match manufactory, Windmill-street, Wootton-street, Cornwall 7 road, Lambeth, we regret to learn that Valentino Cox, aged 14 years, who resesided in Ewer street, Gravel dane, Southwark, bas expired from the in juries he received. COUNTY OF EDINBURGH.—At the annual meeting of the Commissioners of Supply of the County of Edin burgh, on Tuesday, it was agrced, on the motion of the Duke of Buccleuch, to present an address of condolence to her Majesty on her recent heavy domestic bereavement. It was also resolved, on the motion of Sir Wis. Gibson Craig, to petition Parliament for a member to represent the Scottish Universities. Female Disorders. r —How —nviluWa manyfemales allow funtnctional irregularities to continue without regarding the ultimate disturbance of health which they will inevitably induce The first approach to disordered action should be met by the employment of appropriate remedies, of which none are superior to Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Whilst taking them no restrictions need be placed over the patient; they contain nothing which can possibly prove injurious to the system ; they act by purifying the blood and regulatißg every organ and function throughout the entire system. The Pills sh: uld be taken according to the accompanying directions, and the Ointment rubbed on the abdomen and on the back twice every day for not less than ten minutes. BIRTHS. BA RNARD.—On the Ist inst., at Colney, Herts, the wife of Markland Barnard, Esq., of a daughter. HAwlimus.---On the Ist inst., at Gloucester Villas, Lough bor., ugh-road, Brixton, Mrs. Charles F. Hawk!ns, of a daughter. • g MARRIAGES. DURNFORD—DE COURCY.—On the Ist inst., at St. Mar tin's Church, Guernsey, Colonel George Durnford, third Mar lon of the late Lieut.-General Durnford, R,E., to Hen rietta, only child of M. De Conroy, Esq., Havelet House, Hen in that island MARETT—BRADBY.—On the 30th ult., at Jesus Chapel, Pear-tree -green, near Southampton, Edmund R. Marett, youngest son of Charles Marett, Esq., of Southampton, to Anne Bradby, the third daughter of Thomas Bradby, of Pear-tree-green, Commander R.N. D EATHS. DAVIES.—On the 2d inst., at his residence, College-place, daughter of Captain George Camden-town, Thomas Davies, Esq., solicitor, of Cole ult., at Bath, Etheld. Cathn.Wako Dobson, R.N., aged GLEGG.—On the 28th tilt ., at Thurstaston Hall, Lieut.- , ved 87. Colonel G.egg, . - s l t 6 r ,. e et , a t g h e e d 3o 6 t 7 h . H D l o HD : oiz s ubs o es. 1 s so i : . — ol °linly the Ist inst., at Limehou,se, Mr. Henry B. Bank of England, for 43 years 4 @m. bor of tlgkt cot4li§hunt, aged oi, cashier 211 E A l? 111 7. Gen. Sir J. F. Burgoyne, Bart., G.C.8., Inspector- General of Fortifications, arrived from London on Wednesday, and was occupied nearly the entire day in the inspection of the coast fortifications be longing to the Chatham district. The principal points of the fortifications inspected were the de fences at the mouth of the Medway for protection of the important arsenals and naval establishments at Sheerness and Chatham, Sir John Burgoyne being accompanied by the resident officer command ing Royal Engineers at Sheerness. The line of fortifications seaward wore very minutely inspected, and the attention of the Inspector-General of For tifications directed to certain points of the defences which require to be materially strengthened. From what transpired during the Visit of General Sir J. Burgoyne, it is understood that the strength of the fortress at Sheerness will shortly be considerably augmented by the erection of a line of inland bat teries. The defences on the north side of the en trance to the River Medway are also to be mate rially strengthened. At present that portion of the river's entrance is defended only by a circular marten() tower of great strength, mounting three 68-pounder guns, each of 95 cwt. The addition which it is proposed to make, however, will consist of two permanent works, on which will be mounted a powerful armament, consisting of 100-pounder long range Armstrong guns, and 68-pounder and 10-inch guns, and these, in conjunction with the new line of fortifications shortly to be commenced cn the south side of the estuary of the Medway, will render the entrance to that river almost impas sable to any hostile vessel, and materially add to the security of the dockyards at Chatham and Sheerness. After completing a careful survey of the fortifications General Sir J. Burgoyne returned to town. The Duke of Cambridge has given directio ns for liquid shells immediate issue of a supply of MartinVll n u e l shells for the service of the 68-pounder and guns mounted on the works connected with the o stlls are to be Chatham line of defences at TilburyiasFofrotr, New Tavern Fort, and Sheerness. T .l2 h , e s melt ing the iron with which Mart i n's at the above Engineers. fitted have already been rece iv ed forts. . B E been handed over t o the Royal Lumps Fort, Soutnse l b l Y shortly the Barrack Dephare fort The arming of tbe commenced I Artiliery. by the— rszmziv-T.l—lt is with pleasure we notice the 1 [Anvvir increase • of c e the folio ' C ure--...,---5 ______ s s li to a m l ach u . without medicine A r abca. We It°" lenta • id Mar 52,087 —Pie _ l'elentz, Prefect of Lan &m a:nation ot the Duke of Pluskeww,inogf by Du Barry's delicious : a — gas u t il N in o : Cure No. 51,614—8ar0n de of the nerves and an of many years' horrible suf fering. 48,721—General B an obstinate constipation. Cure fearful disorders of th Baron de Zaluskowski, of many years of dysp ep _ •tia Th e digestive function. Cure No. 71, de Decies. e right honourable the Lord Stuart Cure No. 42,116—Major Edie of enlarge ment of the liver Avoid Pills • and total prostration of strength. and Medicines : they invariably aggravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, disappointment, and expense may be avoided by using Du Barry's Fo od which, at a few pence per day, saves be tipies its cost in other remedies, removing effectually, without purging, constipation, indigestion (dyspepsia) nervous, bilious and liver complaints and all their consequences. Certificate No. 36,418. We find it the safest remedy. Andrew Ure, MD., F.R.S., Dr llarvey, Dr. Wilmer Dr. Shorland, Dr. Campell. Let invalids avoid the fearful dangers of spu rious and injurious imitations offered under a variety of false pretences. Nevill's imitations are prohibited by . the high Court of Chancery under a penalty of £5,000 against Alfred Hooper Nevill and his agents • and the pretences that Nevill has a patent for Arabica 'Food and that Du Barry's are connected with such patent are utterly false. No canister is genuine without the name Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, in full, ontheseal and wrapper. Shopkeepers who attempt imposition in one article must expect to be distrusted in all others. Packed in tins lib. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d. i 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 225. ; 241 b. 40a. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters are sent carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77 A tt i a_ gent-street, London; Fortnum Mason, and C0.;_,./Leg! 60, Gracechurch-street ; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and b Do, l te. bard-street ; 330 and 451, Strand; 49 and 60,,pis andf, _. street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury Pavement; Vgil ) ;_:, u° tea-dealers; Petty, Wood, and Co.-.l 4 mg " 1 15. street City; fit 127 111E4 lloibawr sila Au grocero. THE STRIKE AND THE BALLOT. The following letter has been addressed to Elector:— • Dear Sir,—l forward per this post a Bolton Chronicle, in which you will find A leader recog nising the utility of the ballot-box " for once." What is the " once ?" The strike at Bolton has been ono of a peculiar character. Both spinners and power-loom weavers have been ,on strike for six weeks 'rather than stand a reduction of 5 per cent. on their wages, which the masters stated was necessary to keep them right. The spinners' union officers advised the men to accept and ask for a rise when trade improved. Their prudent Counsel was clamoured down by many of the younger and more thoughtless hands. A week or so ago :a proposition was made that each mill should vote by ballot whether the negotiation should be settled by the committee. 'Phis was really whether they should go in or not, and was understood to be so, as the whole body knew What the secretary's opinion was. A decided ma jority voted in the affirmative, and the strike was virtually at an end with the spinners. Neaotia tions with the employers only remained, and they resumed work this morning. Tho weavers who have been out the longer period,• also balloted on- the question direct----' Going in," or " Stopping out;" and the majority, under protection from cla mour and abuse, voted for going on with their work rather than begging from the public. They also resumed this morning. Here we have an in stance of the power of the ballot which aristocrats May comprehend. It is protection from mob rule as well as against an oligarchy. The newspaper is a Conservative-Liberal, and a supporter of Captain Grey, who votes against the ballot for electors; but-he will reap the: benefit as a millowner of this last exercise of it. It is a paper which favoured me with space for a long controversy on the ballot two or three years ago. I hope we may move on to-morrow. Yours, truly, J. H. RAPER THE NETV 110 USES OF PARLIAMENT. A report has been issued by the Royal Commis sion, at the head of which is the Prince Consort, appointed in 1841 for the purpose of inquiring whe ther advantage might not be taken of the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster, for promoting and encouraging the Fine Arts. With regard to paint ings, the commissioners have found that under the existing conditions of lighting oil pictures prove altogether unfit for the purpose, and they have there fore restricted the works now in progress to fresco or to the water-glass process which has been for some years practised with good results in Germany. They report that there has been unnecessary delay in the instance of the Peers' robing-room, to be painted by Mr. J. R. Herbert, but they believe it is to be at tributed rather to repeated experiments and a con scientious study of the subjects by the artist than to any feeling of indifference or interruption from other occupations. • 11Ir, W. Dyce undertook to complete the painting of the Queen's robing-room by June, 1855 (afterwards extended to June, 1856), and had at that time received the stipulated remu neration ; the commissioners have to state that the) work is to their extreme mortification, still un finished. The delay now is understood to be from ill-health. They regret the more any impediment to the completion of this work, since the portion already executed is in their judgment highly creditable to the artist. In one of the large com partments of the Royal Gallery Mr. D. Maclise is painting the meeting of Wellington and Blu cher after the battle of Waterloo; and, find ing fresco painting imperfectly adapted for a multiplicity of details, he has adopted the stereo chrome or water-glass method of painting, of which a full account is subjoined. The commissioners feel bound to add that such is the encouragement now extended to painting by opulent lovers of art that the artists could in almost every case be more profit ably, though not more honourably employed in other and less arduous undertakings. With regard to statues, a committee, consisting of the Prince Consort and Lords Stanhope and Llanover, have recommended, in addition to Gibson's marble statue of her Majesty, already completed for the Prince's Chamber, a series of 37, comprising Edward the Confessor, Harold, and then from William the Conqueror downwards, to be placed thus : In the Royal Gallery 12 (the. Sovereigns of the Houses of Brunswick and Stuart), in the Queen's Robing-room 5 (the Tudor series), 16 older S)ve reigns on the landing-place and in the adjoining porch, and on the lower landing-place the four most ancient of the series, selected as representing the Saxon and Norman periods, the 20 on the land ing-places to be of metal, the other 17 of white marble; and they recommended that Mr. W. Theed be invited to undertake two of the latter (William IV, and George IV.), and Mr. T. Thorny croft other two (Charles I. and James I.), at £BOO each. Accordingly, the report proposes that the vote this year be £3,200, instead of the usual £4,000, for the balances of former grants in hand for payment of works in painting are in advance of those works. SHOCKING TI?AGEDY AT ILKES'TON, DERBYSHIRE.. A most determined and cold-blooded murder was perpetrated at a late hour on Wednesday evening last, at Ilkeston, by a young man, named George Smith, aged 20, a twist hand, upon his father, Joseph Smith, aged 40, a shoemaker, and a man of property, residing in Bath-street, in that town. The facts of the case are as follow :—On Wed nesday last, the son, George Smith, succeeded in extracting his father's bank book from a drawer in the house, and went to Nottingham with it. The book contained entries of moneys paid into the bank amounting to £l4O. He presented the book at the bank in Nottingham, but the cashier refused to give him the money, and he went direct to a spirit vaults in the same town and pledged the book for a sovereign. He returned by the last train from Nottingham to Ilkeston on Wednesday evening, and proceeded to a public-house in the latter town. He then went home, and afterwards returned to the public-house, and remarked to cne of his com panions that "he thought there would be something amiss at his father's house that night." Smith left the public-house about a quarter to twelve o'clock on Wednesday night, and about 20 minutes past twelve o'clock Superintendent Hudson was pro ceeding along Bath-street, and met two of his officers close to Smith's house. They heard screams of " Murder !" and on passing under the bed-room window of the house, the younger brothers of the murderer shouted out, " George has shot our father." The police then went into the house, and were horrified at finding Mr. Smith, senior, lying on his back on the floor quite dead, his brains being scattered about the room and the greater part of his skull blown off. The deceased was in his night-shirt, and had evidently come down stairs to reprimand his son for staying out so late and taking the bank-book, when the latter deli berately presented a . pistol at his father's head and shot out his brains. Mr. Norman, surgeon, was speedily in attendance ; but death wasinstan taneous. As soon as the murderer had perpetrated this horrid tragedy, he rushed out of the house in his shirt sleeves and his coat off to a house of the companion he had been drinking with, a distance of 200 yards from his father's, where he k noc k e d at the door and said his father had just shot him self. He was at once taken into custody by Super intendent Hudson, who afterwards proceeded to examine the house for the wadding, but it was found to have been embedded in the brain of the murdered man. They then searched for the gun or pistol, and shortly after daylight yesterday (Thursday) morning a policeman found a pistol at a distance of about 50 yards from Smith's house. It had been thrown over a hedge into a field, and had evidently recently been fired out of. The pri soner was yesterday (Thursday) morning brought before Mr. Radford, county magistrate, at Smalley, and remanded. The inquest was opened yesterday (Thursday) afternoon at the Queen's Head, Ilkeston. As we said before, the murdered man was well-to-do in the world, and the murderer was " asked" in Belton Church, Leicestershire, to a girl named Ellen Cox, for the first time on Sun day last. There is' not the slightest reason for supposing that the prisoner is insane. He says his father shot himself. The tragedy, as may well be supposed, has caused the greatest excitement in the neighbourhood. On Wednesday morning the murderer wrote a i note in lead-pencil to his swee th ear t a t B e lt on , n which he said he was afraid his father would make away with himself b e f ore l ong . Detective Davis has gone over to B e lt on t o t r y t o got PCPS session of the letter. EXPORT OF GOLD TO AMERICA.—The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Company's screw steamer Kangaroo sailed from Liverpool yesterday. She took out about N cabin passengers, and X 16,000 in gold iA freight, .r ;'i i ire le in- ire - 1149 on to ie sr, a on S CI ' a of Nef litil ..... j i • Of ,i, 00. 10'