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At i; IJ .:i !_0 .„. „ ' ~._ ' , NII . -1%1‘;,' '_,, .., ,74 . ,..:: ... 1) Ref ut.4 . - TT- , %~~~~ ~ ~~ ~_. ~ a~L~i /Ti __ ibseluently l: visited sutioned that so lence, said that 1 , 1 minim w as no pr' 4 , I, in fact, he c ool ' was done. Pl!' ith the ser geant 1 0 to find the other would kill him for IR. ALBERT SMITES MONT BLANC, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at 8 o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings at 3. Stalls, 35. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, le.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. ARGYLL ROOMS.—LATTREIsTT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Comet a Piston, N. Boulcourt.—Doors open at 8. Admission One Shilling. H. Laurent's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. who had beep left inday he took hf, ingstand. On o was, and said L worse for WWI; were likely O ld : tbility they W°' id that will 1133 , was present, 3 , 0 sage was taken, : 3 have been nel i ' lon quite w ell. 5 rther proce eding ' A LRGE AGAlN ontos Gooding , og person, ,vg et ged with stesto )erty of Ebeoe z o ing theraselY t , e l-fig , Dad, near 13 0 ^ c . peared for the it wn the prisoner • turday after eo l with Mr. Serf re' 3, and be vO s ile y use of Mr. 01211 1, th e y waite d : r e , nt into the W' the I of bringing v, and decal t y iunicated led at bie bon ere .e the cheeses non, witnesstli, ith Mr. fl er r, ,nd dealt wit ng account. 0 1 h his partner wo cheeses st i e d 1, when he 1' ... 1 , 1 0 iwriting to to 3 in his banal/Zeit: ever saw it bolo 1 the cheeses/ s. t he had not see n . be nised him th ae o , ,steed that 10 ething aben t - b abe tld not po sB hol action. - 11° at prosecute, e bat o ce ier in the 31) , 5 „,til for a remand enc . was no Pr et t, that his elL e " n as a felon. t ya had sworn t i P: t ore deuce on a j ' until Wednes ° ranee. w or and the pv. SHAM STIP the a )mou enteo f pf he chief P e tmonnt cf sued William 11 ,,,,, e 0 nmitting in"' e oo xt he wag 01 0 Joirriend tbeg l .l o ,l be aP° ce he was of 5001., ery ed to the Cr° r 9. ett i 6y, and the boo • more money f 9 it an advance rates. ®• !ig qr ............ '4O tridge ....... 41 ite ............ 1 .1-4 ling ......... 4 is ............... 31 a k ......... 3 0 , 5 9, Lrro w ticks 0, Lzagan ....... 34 0 tte, n0r...0" 10. 10 i prices w e re A l 3. 3 disposed to & i ,e f ; last week's roll g over. In be white, 68s to 22s to 263 ; b e Lk 40s to 445; r ee l )',lO, coo orn., Ste wing p . m Tl 2 A 0 g = D. rifling of bAr lei. CES. As. I Be AO ed Od 1 O• 03 Od I O s od Od 06 the market• ;end, 16 9 1 , 6 , 0 .• 1 6 9 ............. . 0 3 ........... ..........•• i s 17 7 1 6 0 16 0 ton 6 0 lg 5 17 0 17 17 6 ~... 66 DAY, 31 011 a l, [ ; ditto by ve are, wit' 24ltl jon and 0 1 1 ; ieir efficacY headache, °Q . ,: he well-10 4°/ : 1 , lighly &W e • lemmata he OP ~' I every na, e the - 1,0 0 . 1 ' restore the :old by all I at Profess% London, l' 13 „ ; pa, Constall"' ir, Malta: race, the wife wife of S. 4CV. Gieut.-CoPliel r, Barnsbu tr In of the to Francil !nant-Geoer l 'i ~ of Elstew relict of 10 ice, Bedford' on, Esq., !. A. Duv3ll' I. ;e, Charltoor )110 Witi, Tt• 71ebone, ivir• letup Philip s q ., of TwY" -park, J 3°ll , * of E,X" ° ___..---;. - .•'"0 .........••••••• YOUNG' 15, No. 112, oountY ° MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. TO-NIGHT and every evening, at 8. A Morning Per formance every Saturday at 2. Box-office open from 11 till 5. Pri tate boxes, 11. Is.; stalls, 35.; area, 23.; amphitheatre, Is. The above entertainment has received novel additions and embellish- Ments, Vocal and Visual, including a New Loco-Joko-Xfotive Lyric, entitled OFF BY THE TRAIN, illustrated by numerous changes, facial, lingual, and corporeal.— Polygraphic-hall, King William• street, Charing-cross. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4. Coventry-street, Leicester-square.—Open (for Gentlemen only) from 10 till 10, containing upwards of one thousand models and preparations, illustrating every part of the human frame in health and disease. the race of men, Ike. Lectures delivered at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7, by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R.G.S. ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. Smug, at half-past 8 every evening.—Admission, One Shilling. 10tY COMMAND. —Mr. GORDON CUM sus MING'S ENTERTAINMENT, as represented on the Morning of Thursday, May Bth, 1856, by Command, before H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and II R.H. Prince Alfred, will be repeated every evening (except Saturday) at 8. Morning performance every Saturday at 3 o'clock. Mr. Gordon Cumming personally describes the beautifully painted DIOR kMA, which places before the be holder the Lion Hunter's stArtling encounters with the stupen - lous. curious, and beautiful animals which roam the mighty solitudes of the FAR INTERIOR OF SOUTH AFRICA. Piano by Mr. Har ries Wilson. Admission, Is. ; reserved seat., 2;. ; stalls, 35. Children half- Price to the reserved seats. 232, Piccadilly. PARTICULA.R to address at full length BENJAMIN EDGINOTON, • 2. Duke-strut, Southwark. MARQUEES, TEND, and RICK CLOTHS. RICK CLOTHS.—A large quantity of canvas intended for the Crimea has been made into RICK CLOTHS, to be sold as second-hand at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. A List forwarded by post.— Address in full, Benjamin Edgington, 2, Dike-street. Southwark. BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. lucorporated by Royal Charter. The DIRECTORS of the RANK of BRITISH NORTH AMERICA dehereby given notice that the YEARLY GENERAL MEETING ut Proprietors will be held, pursuant to the Deed of Settlement, on TIIE*DAY, the 13th June next, at the Office of the Corporation, 7, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, at 1 o'clock precisely, when the Election of Three Directors, in the room of those going out by the provisions of the Deed, will take place. By order of the Court. A. 011eklIAM DUNLOP, Secretary. London, sth, MaylBs6. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN, and CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAYS.—TOURISTS' TICKETS.—On and after the 15th instant, Tickets available for THREE WEEKS, will be issued from the undermentioned stations on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, enabling the holder to visit all Points of interest and the numerous watering places on the North Wales coast. Tickets available for the same places can also be had to the fa. "mune Lancashire watering places, Lytham or Blackpool. Lytham or Blackpool and Back. Ist Class. 2l Class. 60s. 455. 455. 355. 355. 28s. 355. Us. FARES North Wales and Back. Ist Class. 2d Class. London Oxford tirminghant 40s. 30s. Wolverhampton .. 355. 275. By order. (Signed) M. HUISH. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, May, 1856. From. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN AND BIDE. MIDLAND RAILWAYS. EXCURSIONS to the SEA .., MT; public are informed that, until further notice, SINGLE •LICKETS, at REDUCED FARES, will be issued from Euston. aci,....uare Station. London, to HARROWGA TB. Scarborough, Whitby. - "LAY, or Bridlington, available for the Return Journey on any day Xot exceeding twenty-eight days from the date of issue. HARR° w•GATE and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 435. ; Second. Class, 325. 6d. SCARBOROUGH and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51s. ; Second Class, 355. WHITBY and Back, for each Passenger —First Class, 51s. ; Se tend Class, 355. FILET and Back, for each Passenger—First Class , 51 s. ; Second Class, 355. BRIDLINGTON and Back, for each Passenger—First Class, 51g.; 'Xteend Class, 355. These Tickets are not transferable, nor will they be available for the Return Journey unless they have been endorsed at the Booking- Oka of the Station on the'day of returning. By Order. General Manager's Office, Easton Station, May 1, 1856. THE GREAT OYER of POISONING.—Let Judges and others beware, on the approaching Trial, how 11 1 , 43 3' puff the so-called scientific administration , of deadly poisons. st T he safety of society depends upon their conduct in this particular. to.thing can so favour the poisoner as the knowledge that he Is only imitating what are termed scientific persons. Issued by the BItITI'H COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-road, Lon uott, for the Society of Hygeists. AM 10, 1856. QOCIETE GENERALE des CLIPPERS FRANCAIS. (En Commandite.) Capital, V ,0 00,000 francs, or 800,0001. sterling, in 200,000 Shares of •LOO francs 4/ ,or . each, Couscrt, IN PARIS. dice Admiral Count Casy, Senator, and former Minister of the Marine and of the Colonies, Paris. , aons. Le Comte Simeon, Senator, Director of the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway, Paris. R ear -Admiral T. Deloffre, former Prefect of Cherbourg. 2401 18. Le Comte Williams de Nienwarkerke, 104, Rue du Fau bourg St. Honore, Paris. lions. Ernest Lo.road. 9, "Mao Si, Florentine, Paris. IfOns, S. Bellone, Shipowner and Manufacturer, 2, Rue de Buffant, Paris. lions. Auguste Odier, 33, Rue Nowise des Mathurins, Paris. COMMITTEE OF SUPERVISION IN ENGLAND. Colonel G. E. Pratt Barlow, Chairman of the Southampton Dock Company. Phillip Patton Blyth, Esq.. Wimpole-street, London. John Borradaile, Esq. (John Borradaile and Co., Calcutta), Gloucester-place. London. Chas. Saunders, Esq. (.11`Calmont Brothers and Co.), Liverpool. Captain Henry Shutticworth, Elder Brother of the Trinity House, and Director of the General Screw Steam-Shipping I. Company. R. Thomson, Esq. (I. H. Thomson and Co.), St. Peter's Chambers, Cornhill, London. Colonel G. A. Underwood, Director of the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company. GERANTS—Graham, De Linares, and Co. BANKERS. _ In London—Messrs. Currie, and Co., 29, Coinhill. In Paris—The Bank of France. LEGAL COUNCIL IN PARIS. Monsieur Raveau, Notary. Petit Bergonz, Solicitor. ~ Baudouin, Agree of the Tribunal of Commerce. SOLICITOR'S IN LONDON. —Messrs. Oliverson, Lavie, and Peachey, 8, Frederick-place, Old Jewry. OFFICIAL AUDITOR. —J. E. Coleman, Esq. IN LONDON.--Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street. AGENTS AND SIIIP-BROKERS IN ENGLAND.-111CSSFS. Cunard, Brett, and Austen, London, Liverpool, and Southampton. OFFICES IN PARIS.-21, Rue Neuve des Capucines. OFFICES LW LONDON,-11, King William-street, City. ...In accordance with the resolutions passed at a Genera' a leeting of Shareholders, held at the Offices in Paris on Sa. t arday, the 15th M arc h, 1856, the objects of this Company, Which was originally formed for the commercial purposes of c ommunication between France and Ports in the Indian Seas, With clipper-built Sailing Ships, have been considerably ex tended and the system of operations materially improved ; it haivng been determined to unite the maritime enterprise of the two greatest mercantile communities in Europe—England and trance—and to substitute screw steam clippers, of first 'Rte sailing capacity, with auxiliary propelling power. The undertaking combines all the elements of success that eau be contributed by each country. The newly-developed c ommercial requirements of France afford high profitable em- Ployroent, and the cheap and long-established constructive Skill of England provides the best immediate means ; whilst .the capital, mercantile connections, and nautical genius of o oth countries are united in a common object of the most IniPortant and remunerate character. Under such encou raging circumstances the Company have arranged to corn- Mexico operations at once by a line of Screw Clippers, of about 2,400 tons average register tonnage, to sail regu larly from Havre to Calcutta, touching at the Ile de la ""eunion (Bourbon), and such other intermediate Indian ports as may be selected. It is also proposed to open a communication, upon an early day with the Brazils, and via the Brazils, with the Cape of Good Hope. The ships will call at the port of Southampton, outward and homeward, to re ceive or land goods, specie, and passengers. To open these lines without delay, a fine fleet of clipper Screw steamers, of established reputation, has been purchased from the General Screw Steam-Shipping Company, viz.:— Jason. I Argo. Golden Fleece. Queen of the South. Indiana. I Lady Jocelyn. Calcutta. Hydaspes. _ . . , By this important purchase the Company will be protected from the loss which would necessarily follow from their capi tal lying unproductive while a new fleet was being built and equipped, and be at once prepared to open their trades with the most faithfully-constructed steam clippers in existence — Possessing the prestige of their previous employment, and the very high character they have since sustained in the tran 'Tort of the British and French Governments. A. portion of the capital will be open for subscription in England and the Colonies. Each application for shares must be made in the appended . ._ form, accompanied by a payment of 25 f. or IL per share on the number required, for which a voucher will be given. In the eveat of less than the whole number of shares applied for being allotted, the number paid in excess will be applied to wards the balance of 75f. or 31 . per share, then p a y able. mould no allotment be made to the applicant, the money thus lodged will be returned, free of charge, within a week from the day of general allotment. Calculations carefully made by those most experienced in the traffic of France, and the exports from Belgium, Switzer land, and Germany, via Havre, with the ascertai ned want of ateam communication between the ports selected by this Com pany, warrant the Directors in stating their conviction that no iaritime enterprise ever commenced under more favourable auspices, or with fairer prospects of yielding large retur ns to the proprietary. When the capital is fully subscribed, an application will be inade for permission to convert this company, which is at pre sent established under the French commercial law as a Societe en Commandite, into a Societe Anonyms, and the gentlemen noluposing the Committee of Supervision in England will be come members of the Council in Paris. Applications for sharesaccompanied bythe 25f. orll. deposit to be made to Messrs Carrie and Co., 29, Cornhill ; to Messrs. linggins and Rowsell, stockbrokers,l, Threadneedle-street ; to let essrs. Cunard, Brett, and Austen, agents and shipbrokers, 15 0, Leadenhall-street, London ; 5, York-buildings, Liver- Pool ; and Canute-road, Southampton ; and at the Offices of the Company in London and Paris. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Messrs. Graham, Le Linares, and Co., Gerants of the Societe Generale des Clippers Francais. . . Gentlemen,—l hereby enclose the sum of , being 11. deposit on shares in the Societe Generale des Clippers Francais, and I request yon will allot me shares of 100 f. er 41. each, and I hereby agree to accept such shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the re- In ainiug 75f. or 31. per share at the time that may be appointed. 111 am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Date Name in fu11..... Profession Residence in full Place of Business 943) ( fr o. 19— PUBLICATIONS. On Thursday, the 15th inst., price Three Shillings, will be published, JUNE : a Book for the Country in Summer TIME. By H. T. STAIN TON. Longman, Brown, Green, and. Longmans. COMPLETION OF THE TRAVELLER'S LIB tARY, In 25 Volumes, price Five Guineas, in cloth. On the 31st inst., In 16m0., price 2s. 6d. cloth; or in 2 part s , price l s . eac h, ; ESSAYon the LIFE and GENIUS of THOMAS FULLER: Wit., Selections from his Writings. By DENBY ROGERS. Forming Volume L. or Parts 101 and 102 of the " Traveller's .Library," and c , mpleting the series. *** A classified Catalogue of the contents of the 3 ‘ •Traveller's Library" may be had of Me.srs. Longman and Co., and of all Booksellers. London:' Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, GIIILDHA LTA, May 1856.—The Committee for Letting the City's Lands will meet at Guildhall on WED- Es'DAY, the 21st instant, at One o'clock precisely, to receive Pro posals for Leases, in lots, of several Houses and Premises, No. 123, Fenchurch-street, No. 8, Billiter-square, and a workshop in Culv r court, Fencburch-street ; 1, Banner-street, Finsbury, Nos. 1,2, 3, St. Luke's-passage adjoining, Nos. 47 and 48, and Nos. 64 to 71, Banner-s reet ; No. 2, Artillery-court, Chiswell-street, Nos. 28 to 31, Mark-street, Nos. 1 to 4, and a workshop, in Mark-place, No. 24, Matthew-street, No. 58. Great Leonard-street, Nos. 102 and 103, Paul-street, and Nos. 1 to 20, Paul-square, Finsbury, and Nos. 4,5, 6,7, Butcher-row, Ratcliff. Plans of the property may be seen, and further particulars and forms of tender obtained at the Architect's Office, Guildhall. FERDINAND BRAND, Comptroller. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent• street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. Ttmerr . Rt. Tin. Spencer H. Wslpole, Nichard Spooner, Eco. M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. I E. Vansittart Neale, isq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.H. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. ESTABLISHED 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Pict.. cap. 9. BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her !I!siesty's Royal Letters Patent. Afaior-General ALEXANDER., Blackheath Park, CIIAIR.ViN, Every description of Life Assurance bus Mess transacted, with or without Participation in Profits. EXTRACTS FROM TABLES. (PROPRIETARY.) (MUTUAL.) Half Whole premium premium Half Quar v First for Re- kge Animal Yearly teily ' Seven mainder (premium Pre - - Pre- I minm. mum 'Years. of Life. I - - - --- i £ s. d. £ s. d.l Years. 'Months, £ s. d., X s. d. £ s. d. 30 I 1 i 2 3 6; 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 20 12 3 40 1 9 22 18 41 3 2 7 61 1 4 40 12 4 50 2 2 6 4 5 0' 6 2 7 le, 1 4 60 12 5 60 3 6 8 613 4 9 2 8 2I 1 4 8, 012 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. LLSOPP'S PALE ALE.—Reduction in Price. —HARRINGTON, PARKER, and CO., Wine and Reer Merchants, 5%, Pall-Mall, are now delivering the March Brewings of the above celebrated Ale, in Casks of 18 Gallons at 335. each. Also ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE IN BOTTLE, Imperial Pints at 55., Imperial Half-pints, for Luncheon, 33. 5%, Pall-mall, March 17, 1856. QCHW EP P'S MALVERN SELTZER WATER.—Having leased the Holy Well Spring•at Malvern, renowned for its purity. J. S. and Co. can now produce a SELTZER WATER with all the Chemical and Nfedicinal Properties which have rendered the Nassau Spring so celebrated. They continue manufac turing SODA, MAGNESIA, an 4 porAs4 WATERS and LEMON ADE, at London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby. Every Bottle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures. }VER. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introluced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by the closest ebserver; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-42, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. HAIR DESTROYER, 1, Little Queen-street, High Holborn.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY, for remov ing effectually superfluous hair from the Fare, Neck, Arms, And Hands, without the slightest injury to the skin. A. H. will warrant it not to irritate the flesh in the smallest degree, and the hair to be entirely destroyed.—Sold in bottles, at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and Ws. or applied at the Hair-dyeing Establishment, as above. Forwarded for stamps, tree by post, eight extra. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. TIRIESE/VIAIL—On the 29th of May, 1855, an Al injunction was granted by the Tligh Court of Chancery, and on the 11th of Tune following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, ander a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the lcole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TR.MSEMAR, No. 1, is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t , those persons who are prevented entering the married state from the results of early errors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, -Ifectually. in the short space of three days, completely and entirety er :dleates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubebf ha 7e so long been thought an antidote for, to the rum of the health of vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whicb unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in •v;table destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. LRIESEMAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell. ind of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tee] zithout tneir use being suspected TRIE , E MAR, Nos. 1,2, and 3 are slid in tin cases, price lls , or fur cases in one for 335., which saves I Is. ; and in Cl. cases, whereb y here is a saving of 1. 125.; .i,vlui, Int, s i>trate doses, as adminis tered hy Valpeau, Litliernand., Rout, & &c. 63, Oxford-street; and Manchester 150. Ox- To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnitcn, 68, druggist, 46, NI arket-street, Manchester ; f lo r ria l.. h st i r ll e ; et El ; a ß n . n H ity . i a n n g d h C arri o. : 11. Bradbury, bookseller, Dcansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin Win/mill. bookseller. High-street, Birmingham Sporting Intelligence. SHREWSBURY SPRING RACES.—TGESDAY. The Herbert Stakes (Handicap) of 5 60V8 each, 2 ft. The winner to be sold for 501. About three-quarters of a mile. 11 subs. Mr. G. Drewe's Philip, 3 yrs, 44 71b (Britton) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Ge. , eral Picton, 4 yrs, get (Fordham) 2 Mr. Dawson's Double Mixture, 3 yrs, sst lib (Bullock) 3 Cineas and Marneluke also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst General Picton, 2to 1 agst Cineas. Won easily by a length ; bad third. The win ner was bought in for 95 guineas. The Salopian Stakes of 10 sous each, h ft, with 20 added, for three-yr-olds ; colts, Set 7th ; fillies, Bst 41b. Cer tain penalties and allowances. The second to save his stake. About a mile and a half. 16 subs. Mr. Gulliver's Illuminator, Set 41b (Yates) 1 Mr. Cu?eland's St. Dunstan, Bst 71b (G. Whitehouse) 2 Captain Christie's Lawn, 84 91b .(Weds) 3 Betting-5 to 2on Lawn, 4to 1 agst Illuminator. Illuminator made nearly all the running, and won cleverly by a neck ; a length between the second and third. The Longue/. Hall Stakes of 5 sore each, with 30 added, for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 5113 ; fillies, Bet 21b. Cer- tain allOwances: and penalties. The second to Eave . - his stake. T.T.C. 13 subs. Lord Wilton's Peeping Tom, Bst (Flatman) 1 Mr. G. Drew's Dexterity, Bst 21b ...(G. Whitehouse) 2 Mr. Barber's Naighty Boy, Bst (J. Forster) 3 The followir , also ran :—Captain Christie's The Ab bot, Bst slb (Wells) ; Mr. J. H. Whitehouse's filly, by Phlegon out of Amaryllis 8421 b (W. White) ; Mr. Hal ford's Sweet Briar, B st 2lb (T. Cliff) ; Mr. E. R. Clark's Brother to Shoreham, Bst (F. Marson); Mr. J. S. Forbe's Roulade, Bst 21b (Quinton). Betting— 7 to 4 ag=t Naughty Boy, 4 to 1 each agst Peeping Tom and Roulade, 6 to 1 ngst The Abbot. Won by a length ; a neck between the second and third ; Bro ther to Shoreham was a bad fourth, Roulade was fifth. The Abbot was sixth, Sweet Briar seventh, and Ama ryllis filly last. The Stanley Handicap of 5 Boys each, with 50 added. The winner to be sold for 100 pounds. One mile. Mr. Morris's Corin, 5 yrs, 7st 9lb ..........(Mundy) 1 Mr. Stanley's Whalebone, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b (J. Quinton) 2 Mr. Gulliver's Frederick, 4 yrs, 7st 31b .......(Prior) 3 The following also ran :—Usurer and Gen. Picton. Won in a canter by two lengths. The Great Cleveland Handicap of 15 avfil each, with 50 added. Twice round and in, Cleveland House, about 2 miles and a quarter. Mr. Payne's Quince, 5 yrs, Mr. Elwes's Mayboy, 4 yrs, 7 s t 121 b ........(... (Bates) 2 Mr. Saxon's Sir Rowland, a Mr. Drew's The Cropper, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ....(Quinton) 4 The following also ran :—D e fi ance, Flatterer , Shore 51b ham, Redemption, Libellist. Bst 516 18b3 .. ..........1 . T . 0 .( r N st a etr)) 1 3 Won in a canter by two lengths. The County Members Plate of 60 sovs, 2 sovs entrance. About a mile and three-quarters. Mr. T. Hughes' Westminster, 4 yrs, Est 131 b (D. Hughes) 1 , Mr. William's Atherstone, 4 yrs, Bst (Wells) 2 Mr. Woods, The Vine, 3 yrs sst 61b... ..... (Fordhana) 3 Mr. Minor's Minotti, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Bullock) 4 Won easily. The Queen's Pate of 100 guineas, three miles, was won in a canter by Mr. T. Parr's Saucebox, (Wells) ; Mr. J. Little's Ugly Mug, (T. Cliff). Only these two ran. The Salop Cup (Handicap), a piece of plate value 501. One mile. Mr. Harrison's Surgeon General, 5 yrs, 6st 71b (Quinton) 1 Mr. Henley's Philip, (101 b extra), 3 yrs, sst 1b (Bray) l3 2 Mr. Morris's Corin, (101 b extra), 5 yrs, 7st 81b (Mundy) 3 The following also ran :—Roving Betsy, Boer. Won by two lengths, the same between second and third. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MA .Y 14 1856. THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF ; CANADA. The followingreport, made by the engineers appointed by the Government of Canada, shows the state of pro gress of the works on the Ist of February last. ' "Toronto, April 10, 1856. " Sir—We have the honour to acquaint you. for the information of his Excellency the Governor•Genera', that on the 7th of last month we met at the office of the department of public works in this city, in compile* with the request of the commissioners, that we should, prOceed, with the least possible delay, to enter upon the duties connected with the office to which his excellenely had been pleased to appoint us, involving a general exa -mina,tion of the line of the Grand Trunk Railway in pur suance of the 4th sub-section of the first clause of the statute of 18 Vic., c. 174. Having - cOnsulted and at ranged with Mr. Killaly as to the course to be adopted that would most facilitate' the procuring of the nece-e -sary information,' and acquiring a knowledge of the 4- tails, we adjourned to the office of the contractors, where a room was at once placed at our command for our meet ings, and the plans, sections, speCifications, monthly es timates, contracts, and other. documents, showing the state and progress of the works, were unreservedly laid before us. Knowing the desire of Government to hate our report and estimate as soon as practicable we hate laboured assiduously, and are now enabled to submit the result of our examinations. From the documents above adverted to, and the data furnished us by the chief engineer of the company, we proceeded, in the first in stance, to form an estimate of the cost of completing and equipping the line from this city to Brockville, being the portion to which our attention was more particularly directed by our letter of instruction from the commis•; sioners. From these clati.*hiph.we.give in detail-4e quantities of work of all- classes, including station and other buildings remaining to be done on the Ist of Feb ruary last, calculated at liberal rates—it appears that the cost of completing the line from .Toronto to Brock ville, exclusive of rolling stock and contingencies, wont; amount to 298,3921. 6s. 6d. sterling Halifax Company at that date. Having concluded these calculations our next step was to proceed to Montreal to inspect the rolling stock finished and in progress, and then to return alon g th e line, in order to judge, rom personal inspection, of the character of the several works, and tha manner in whiph they have been executed ; and also by seeing the actual state of the excavations, embankments, and other works, and comparing it with the sections furnished us en which the estimate of completion is based, to be enabled to determine how far they were safely to be relied qn. At Montreal we devoted throe days to' a careful inspec tion of the depot grounds and buildings, which are con structed in a most creditable and substantial manner, and which, when fully comp'eted, will be found secind to none that we have seen on this continent. The se veral workshops are admirably provided, and every means and appliance are at hand to turn out a large amount of work of the best description. To the roll ing stock we also gave the attention which so im portant a branch of railway work demands. The result of our scrutiny was highly satisfactory both in regard to style of construction and the suitableness of the mate rials. After taking into account the amount of rolling stock, finished and unfinished, and the value of materials prepared, we estimate the amount required to equip the line from Toronto to Brockville, as required by contract, at 65,8351. 128. 4d. sterling. It is to be observed that we have given the company no credit for a large amount of rolling stock-22 locomotive engines —stated now to be on its way from England. Having concluded our surveys in Montreal we re turned to Brockville by rail, and then followed the line to Toronto ; and, having devoted six days to this part of the road, and inspected all the important points, and compared the state of the work on the ground with that shown on the working sections, we are satisfied that the latter truly represent the progress of the work, and that the measurements derived therefrom on which the esti mate is based may be relied upon. In the foregoing it is shown that we estimate the cost of completing the works and buildings of the line from Toronto t') Brock ville at 298,3021. 6s. 61. ; add for contingencies and interest on this sum 10 per cent., 29,8381. 18s. ld.; also to complete rolling stock, on the same portion, 65,8351. 12s. 4d. ; total cost of completing line from Toronto to Brockville, 394,066/. 16s. 11d. With a view to esti mating the cost of completing that portion of the road west of Toronto, so far as the provisions of the act 8 Vic., c. 174, extend, namely, to Stratford, we called for documents and vouchers connected with it, similar to those furnished for that portion from Toronto to Brockville, and from them we gather that the comple tion of the works of the section from Toronto to Strat ford will require the sum of 27,6841. 13s. 2d. ; add for contingencies, 2,7681. 4s. 5d.; total, 30,4521. 17s. 7d. , • , Although we have not had an opportunity of person ally examining this portion of the railway and comparing its state, as shown on the sections from which the esti mate is formed, with the works themselves, yet from the satisfactory verification of the result of our calculations, coupled with the fact of ?Ir. Killaly's having lately made an inspection of it, and being satisfied with the correct ness of the documents, we have no doubt but that this estimate for its completion may be relied on. In order to arrive at the whole cost of fully completing and equipping the road from Stratford to Brockville, it is necessary further to add a sum for the portion of it in front of this city. Assuming this to be 10,0001. for the graded track to be furnished by the city, and 5,0001. for the permanent way laid, the estimate for the entire line' will be :—Toronto to Brockville, 394,0661. 16s. lid. ; Toronto to Stratford, 30 4521. 17s. 7d.; in front of the city of Toronto, 12,3281.155. 4d.—T o t a l, 436,848/. 9 s. 7d. In conclusion, we feel it our duty to state for the in formation of his Excellency, that in our opinion the works on this portion of the line, so far as they have pro gressed, are in accordance with the terms of the contract and specification ; that the bridges, viaducts, and import ant station buildings are constructed in the most perma nent and substantial manner, and that the preparation which has been made, and the amount of materials pro vided, evince the intention of the contractors to finish the road in a style creditable to them and the province. —We are, sir, your obedient servants, ROSWELL G. BENEDICT. JAMES C. STRUT. Thomas A. Begley, EA., Secretary, Department of Public Works, Toronto. The underiigned was a party to and engaged with Messrs. Benedict and Strut in the several calculations and estimates referred to in the foregoing, in the correct ness of the entire of which he fully believes. He did not accompany those gentlemen alonc , the works between Toronto and Brockville, being otherwise much engaged, and having but a short time before made a very close inspection of them. He entertains strongly the same opinions as to the character of the works as those ex pressed by Messrs. Benedict and Strut. The portion of the line from Toronto to Stratford he has likewise bad a late opportunity of visiting, and he bad no doubt of the correctness of the estimate for the completion of that section also ; the works of whi c h are not to be surpassed for sound and durable construction. HAMILTON H. KILLALY, Assistant Commi.sioner of Public Works. Toronto, April 18, 1356. . • -- Herapath, adds to the foregoing report :—" During March and April the amount of work done has been 120,255/. Only 316,5901. will be required from the latter date for the completion cf the line from St. Mary's in the west to St. Thomas', 40 miles below Quebec, and likewise to Portland in the state of Maine. The total length of these lines will be 862 miles." THE NATIONAL GALLERY. THE DEBATE, MR. STIRLING, M.P., AND RA.PLIA.EIA'S " APOLLO AND MARSYAS." TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUL Sin,:—My friends and supporters have been divided as to the expedieney,of My noticing a letter signed " William Stirling," which, with the air of a reply to mine of the 17th inst., entitled "The National Gallery, the Job, and the Division," appeared on the 21st. Some have thought that inasmuch as that letter does not attempt to invalidate any statement I bail) advanced affecting the main question . before the nation, it might be consigned to that " ohliyioa" from which, is spite of my "tone," its author has deigned ire rescue mine. They are now unanimously of opinion that Mr. gtirlipg's letter contains matter which, not less for the advancement. of a great cause than in justice to myself, it is imparativo on me not to leave unnoticed. In this I concur. • On the 17th instant, I stated that "on the 13th of May, 1853, after my second and last examination on the cleaning, the same Mr. William Stirlinc , who n w votes in support of Eastlakeand Vandalism, Germanism and daubs, accosted • me near the western door'of the Rebans-room, and volun teered the highest compliments on my evidenoe ; that he went so far as to say Thad made out my case; and that, to cap all, he said, 'as for oil U wins he's an Ass.'" I added that ' this was not th e on l y time Mr. Stirling had so expressed himself." My case, un t o this period of the in quiry, was a charge against, Professional Trustee Sir O. - Eastlake, and Keep e r M r . U w i ns, that duringthe preced ing vacation they • h a d extens i ve l y. damaged nnu of the public pictures. Those " alleged conversations," as he calls them, Mr. Stirling says " Mr. Moore has thought it becomint , to report to the public without my sanction or knowledge." This Is the sum of the ob jections which Mr. Stilling, in a letter knocked off in the veni, vidi, vici vain, sets up against my report of those conversations. By not denying, he admits my accuracy, and so proclaims as stoutly as any one the incompetency of hint ,in support of whose competency he votes. But we . have also ills admission direct. Mr. Moore has proved himself to be an unsafe depositary of casual and careless talk."' "Unsafe," let him say, so long as that " talk " w as f a ithf u l ly reported. " Depositary,', in deed ! This prim personage should consult his John son. The violated trust, I have used for the benefit of the public, and—in spite of himself, an "item" of thatpublic— for his own. Henceforth, Papageno-like, let him wear a padlock on his month, if he would indulge in " a disintegra tion of his individuality," by a snug vote at the expense of conscience. Will any one, not having a peculiar interest in the sentiment, maintain that by reporting what was voltiuteered to me on a public question, in such a place, on such an occasion, and by one with whom I had no in timacy, lam guilty of a breach of trust? After detecting the " hon. gentleman" in giving a vote in fiat contradic tion to his now recorded co lviction, was I to hunt him under the+ benches, and ia , the holes and corners of the Treasury to ask his " sanction " for divulging that fact ? Sach allegiance to him was to betray the public, and to sacrifice truth. I can well divine that it would conduce to the convenience, and to the perquisites o our "repre sentatives," could the public be persuaded that this is the golden age, or some epoch of like simplicity ; that the phrase " honourable gentleman " is not a sham ; and that Germanism and jobb,ry, packed committees and false re ports, so fi igrantly false that the Chairmen who preside at their drawing up for very shame repudiate them, are myths.* In the face of the rebuke administered to me for the " politenes," of my, sentences, I must not again pre sume to call a certain vote "discreditable." It is enough t have proved it so ; but I will just observe that a pre judice obtains, that "ignoble," and "underhand," and even "discreditable," terms so objectionable in my letters, are 'as " polite," and almost as harmonioue, if not so " calm," as " the cap fitted him," " thin-skinned," and " slashing," with which the Master of the Ceremonies from Perthshire embellishes his own. And here we have another specimen of Parliamentary straightforwardness. Mr. Stirling says he " shall seek no further intercourse" with me. This "slashing" announcement is an abuse of victory. My unceremonious treatment of him on the 17th should have spared him such waste of energy. But the sacrifice will be better appreciated by what fol lows. On the evening of that same day, strange to relate ! an appeal reached me from Mr. Stirling to act as umpire in ' the great Ass controversy which has been raging in the Times about the skinning and cooking" of sundry asses in the Velazquez "Boar Hunt," touching whose fate Mr. Stirling, "an authority" on this subject, has a' near interest. That appeal is a tribute to my trustworthiness ' the more precious now that am impugning his. With Mr. Stirling's note was a stamped envelope directed to himself, inclosing apaper upon which I was to write my "impressions." Reluctant to appropriate the property of one so often the victim of his liberality, I was anxious to return his pennyworth of Queen's heads. On the following morning at the chambers of a barrister in Sergeants' Inn, I wrote across his paper my impressions, as follows...a" Mr. Mor ris Moore declines to hold any communicatien with Mr. Stirling, April 18, 1836." This I posted at Temple Bar before half-past one. It must have been delivered by half past four on ' the same afternoon—mark ! the afternoon of the 18th. Mr. Stirling's letter is dated the 19th. I now coma to a subject upon which I eater with ex treme reluctance, for although one of national importance it may, at the first blush, appear to relate more especially to myself. I hope to remove such misconception. That subject is the "Apollo and Marsyas," by Raphael. Mr., Stirling says c—" In the Committe e o f the House of Com mons, ou Monday the 7th inst. ' 1 said that Mr. Miindler's alleged mistake in imagini ng himself the possessor of Correggio was a kind of mistake into which collectors were very apt to fall ; and that . I had known persons so teens ported by their imaginations as to believe themselves the owners of Raffaelles—or words to that effect. In these simple words, naturally suggested by the remark to which I was l eplying, his (Mr. Morris Aloorde) fine critical - faculty at once detected a personal and particular attack upon himself and his property." I must decline the pe. destal here designed for me. That "fine critical faculty" which it suits Mr. Stirling to treat as my distinctive at tribute, is common to all with whom I have conversed upon his speech. All detected that he did make a personal and particular attack upon me and my " property," as he has it, and I have yet to hear any one ob,;ect to the epithets by which I designated that attack. The Times is the only journal, as far as I know, which gave the part of Mr. Stir ling's spe ec h j es t quoted. I was present at the debate, and can vouch for the accuracy of the Times report. After " nations," " the words to that effect " were, "as to be lieve in the possession of a Raphael." Under the pecu liar circumstances of the case, the phrases " a Correggio," and "a Raphael," hate a correlative significance which is ',weakened ley garbling the latter phrase into the plural. I claim both the difference and the gar bling as additional evidence against the "hon. gentleman." The remark to which Mr. Stirling was replying, was made by Mr. Otway. On the vote of 17,639/. for the ex penses of the National Gallery during 1855-7 being put, Mr. Otway, in moving that the vote be reduced by 6501., the sum of the travelling expenses for the travelling agent, said he "rather thought. that Mr. Miindler was not very favourably known in this country ; that by an effort of imagination that gentleman had persuaded himself to be. lieve that he had oiscovared a Correggio, and had tried to induce the trustees of the National G7llery to purchase it; and that that transacti he must say, appeared to be enough to raise some suspicion as to the propriety of the appointment." In all conscience ! both the amendment and the "remark" were moderate enough for the occasion. Note the chain of evidence against my opponent. 1. I am the authority, as Mr. Stirling knew, for the statement that Herr Miindler did attempt to sell to the Trustees of the National Gallery, as an original Correggio, a dingy and bedaubed Bolognese copy. I stated this on the 27th of last August in a letter to the Morning Adver tiser, in which I gave a description of the picture from my own personal observation, and named its locality. As a test of my accuracy and of the scandalous cha racter of the Milialler. job, I defied the owner to pro duce his "Correggio," and at the same time proposed that "a council of men of acknowledged connoisseurship and character should decide between us." On the very day of its publication I posted that letter to Herr Miindler. On the let of September, in a second letter to the Morning Advertiser, I repeated the substance of my previous state ment, and informed the public that I had forwarded to Herr Miindler the paper which contained it. This second letteralse heat toHerrMiindler. Bathletterswerereprinted in Bell's IVeelcly Messenger on the Ist and Bth of September respectively. The only rep'y I have as yet seen to my challenge is the " Adoration of the Magi,"and a scraped and vamped-up " Mantegne." 2. I am a person "known" to Mr. Stirling, as "so transpprted by his imagination as to believe himself in the psi session of a Raphael." But there is this difference be tweet, the Englishman and the German, that evidence upon evidence has accumulated to confirm my judgment ; that, instead of fearing to pro lace my picture, I have ever made it a point of honour to show it to all who have applied to see it ; and that I maintain, defiantly, if need be, what from the first I proclaimed that pic t ure to be, what that picture is now reeowned throughout Europe as being, namely, one of the most transcendent Raphaels in Eng land. 3. In the Debate on the National Gallery Mr. Stirling starts up as the advocate of his " unfairly" used Miindler, whom he "had heard mentioned by several artists in Paris, two or three years before," (remarkable creden tials !) "as a person remarkable for his knowledge of Art? No—" for his holesty and integrity." Are we ' English, then, such rogues that we mast hire German " h.oneety and integrity" to look after us lest we purloin our own money ? Now, to a man who could belie his conscience to don the wig in a cause so disreputable, so unpatriotic as the dragging of his fello ar-countrymen at the heels of an in competent alien, would not my exposure of his client and his client's " Cerreggio " have " naturall y suggested" a stab wher e , t o th e appre h en sion of many of his hearers, I might, perchance, be equally vulnerable? However, Mr. Stirling may attempt to mystify by now calli ng th e " Apollo and M ars y as " an " interesting and beautiful pie tare '—a hidgment he presently reverses, by sneering at it as a " gem," which means that it is not a gem, although that term is an accepted metaphor for " beautiful picture;" BO that, according to the " conolusivenees of his reasoning," what is, is not—no candid and sensibly man acquainted with the merits of the case could fail to consider his vindi cation of Herr Miindler an "„underband, i gno bl e, an d obvious att ac k" on m y s elf and R ipheel. To have over looked the affront .put upon me by Mr. Stirling in the House of Commons on the 7th inst., with regard to the " Apollo and Marsyas," would have been to renounce all pretensions as an authority on art, and so from the con victer, to sink into the presumptuous and unscrupulous calumniator of the men in Trafalgar-square. It concerned the nation, therefore, no less than myself, that I should resent that affront. In my letter of the 17th, from a misplaced delicacy I avoided naming the special subject of Mr. Stirling's attack, and contented myself with the general rebuke that, in this, as in his vote, he had falsified his expressed convictions. But Mr. Stirling is less squeamish. The meaning which he disavows for the 7th, he proclaims on the 21st. He * Colonel Mure, the Chairman of the Committee on the National Gallery of 1853, in a letter to the Morning Post, December 15th, 1853, rephdiatedthe Reportof that committee "Ts. "Improbable as it may appear to Mr. Moore, I uttered those words in total forgetfulness that he, too, was subject to like hallucinations, and had been the purch aser , an d poss ibl y th e vendor, of a 'doubted or doubtful Raffaelle." Mr. Stirling there fore remembers that I was the purchaser, and have possi bly been the vendor of a doubted or doubtful Raphael. Upon his knowledge of the one, he builds his surmise of the other. See the superstructure disappear ! " The Apollo and Marsyae" is still mine. I may yet shake the foundation. Mr. Stirling then, is as unscrunalous in his insinuations as he was abject in his'vete. Upon reading Mr. Stirlitig'a last• sally a friend remarked, " that sentence might have been indited by a costermOnger." My friend, whose notions are obsolete, was at a loss to Understand how any one re ceived among gentlemen could make such an imputation unless he had proof of what ha was stating • and he na turally inquired whether I h a d ever p traded or sold as genuine a spurious Raphael. It was easy to reply in the negative. I appreciated the psychological affinity which had seized upon my friend's, imagination; but I impressed upon him the superior dignity, socially, of an hon. gentle man who bar Ors his Conscience and the goad of the Com monwealth for the smile of a Minister, and who, a stranger alike to good manners and to good feeling, halts at no in sult, however coarse and reckless, to men who, it is moiera tion to say, are his inferiors in nothing save their share of that dross of which even the mightiest among us can boast but a transient loan. I will not dwell upon the modesty of the man whacharacterises as "hallucinatioas" the judgment of one who, not without 80029 distinction, his madaart the study of a life, while he himself, though pos sessing amp:e means to become the owner of masterpieces, is, nevertheless, content to grovel among the cheap and murky refuse of a degenerate age ; but I take this oppor tunity to mark another difference beitween myself and Mr. Stirling's client, that whereas that German would not hesitate to fasten upon us his spurious and damaged Cor reggio, I, on the contrary, as friends have often hoard me say, would rather present my Raphael as a gift to the meanest of foreign public galleries, than sell it at any price that could be name(' to the Rational - Gallery of England as now conducted; and this, not, as Lord Palmerston dared to insinuate, because "personal resentments have greater influence with me than the interests of truth or the welfare of the community," but because I can make sacrifices for both. To consign to the clutches of an East lake, a Wornum, and a Miindler, and their disingenuous patrons, so sublime a work as the "Apollo and Marsyas," would be to lend them support, unreal if you will, bat sufficient to stamp me as accessory to one of the most barefaced frauds ever practised upon a nation. Mr. Stirling further says :—" By no unscrupulous foe or foolish friend did the pretensions of the picture ever seem to me so likely to be seriously damaged, as by the admission of the happy, though thin-skinned owner, that he cannot bear a casual allusioa to the possible ex i s tence of a spurious Raffaelle without feeling and proclaiming that such allusion an ignoble and underhand, yet ob vious attack upon him and his gem." Mr. Stirling has given me a hint. In return, leaving it to him to deter mine the value of each, I will bring him face to face first with a "foolish friend" ,or two of the "Apollo an d Marsyas," and then with an " unscrupulous foe." " THE FOOLISH FRIENDS." On Saturday, March the 2d, 1850, the "Apollo and Marsyas" was purchased for me by a friend at Messrs. Christie and Manson's, at the sale of Mr. Daroveray, de ceased. It was catalogued as an Andrea Mantagna, and had been on view for an entire week. The name of Andrea Mantegna was an obvious misnomer. As at that period some cordiality existed between Lord Elcho and myself, he was among the earliest whom I invited to see what I knew to be a Raphael. This was on the 4th. On the sth he called, and such PM the impression its " sur passing beauty" made upon him, that for some time he repeated his visit almost, daily, atoning for intermissions by as many as even throe visits on the same day. It is due to Lord Elcho to state, that from the first he accepted the " Apollo awl Marayas "as a Raphael. Within a few dayi of its purchase he begged of me as a favour to take ,it to Lord Ellesmere, a Trustee of the National Gallery, who, as he informed me, had expressed great desire to see it. I declined. I saw no rea son to think so meanly of myself, or so highly of any one else, as to run after him, especially with a Raphael, unless indeed some valid reason were given for such un usual exercise. For once the mountain might come to Mahomet. But Lord Elcho persevered. At length on the 14th of March, he called to announce that he had actually made an appointment with Lord Ellesmere for me to call with the Raphael on the following morning, at his resi dence in Belgrave-square. I still demurred. Feelinc , for Lord Elcho's disappoi n t men t, an d pl ease d w ith his enthu siasm., satisfied, moreover, by his assurance that Lord El lesmere would have called upon me, but for his being an invalid, ,I consented, and kept the appointment. After a l few words, Lord Ellesmere asked me to allow the picture to remain with him for an hoar. I agreed. On my re turn he declared emphatically that N) entirely concurred with me respecting the "Apollo and Marsyas," and that he hoped 'Mr. Charteris (Lord Elcho) would lose no time in bringing it under the notice of Parliament. On the 21st of March, 1850, under the head," National Gal lery," the public journals speak thus :—" Mr. C harteris ( Lord Elcho) has given notice that, after Easter, he will call the attention of the First Lord of the Treasury to the recent sale, by public auction, at Messrs. Christie's, of a picture which is confidently believed by many persons to be a work of Raffaelle." This notice was given without my sanction, but with the approval, as Lord Elcho informed me, of Lord Ellazraere. When Lord Blett4 anuounced hts intention of giving his notice I discouraged him from it. It would, I thought, place mo in an invidious light, and, if not followed up, might retard the establishment of the au thenticity of the picture. I said this both at the time and afterwards. But Lord Echo was ambitious of the honour, as he said, of having his name associated with such a work, by 'formally introducing it to the public. On the 10th of June, 1850, appeared the following letter in the Morning Post : "MR. MOORE'S RAPHAEL. " Sir,—l trust that you will be able to find a place in your columns fora few lines in explanation of the circumstances which have prevented my publicly calling the attention of the First Lord of the Treasury to Mr. Morris Moore's Raphael, in pur suance of a notice to that effect which I gave ;n the early part of the session. In giving that notice I had two objects in view ; I was anxious, in the first place, publicly to call the attention o: the Trustees of the National Gallery to the exist ence, or, rather to the discovery of a work of art, which I, in common with most of those who have had the good fortune to see it, believe to be of great national importance; and, in the second place, I wished to give expression to the uni versal feeling of dissatisfaction which prevails with regard to the management of the concerns of the National Gallery. But, inasmuch as I felt that an unseasonable discussion of these subjects would create little interest in the House of Commons, I thought it advisable to wait until the grant was moved for the current expenses of the National Gallery, which would have offered a fitting opportunity for bringing on my notice. Time has, however, run on ; the session is far advanced ; and I am obliged to leave England before this branch of the miscellaneous estimates has been brought under consider ation ; I must, therefore, postpone the subject to another session. Public attention has been already - so fully drawn to Mr. Morris Moore's Raphael, and public opinion has been so strongly expressed in its favour, through the medium of the press, that I would fain hope the Trustees will make a point of securing it for the National Gallery. I have no fears as to the result of their deliberations upon it, provided they do not allow their bdtterjudgments to be influenced by the criticisms of a foreign gentleman (Herr Passavaat) who, on a Friday, an noences, ex cathedrd, that this picture, which he admits to be a first-rate specimen of the finest period of Italian art, is the work of Francia ; and who, on the Monday following, with equal confidence, ascribes it to Timoteo della Vita, two painters who cannot by any possibility be confounded, pro vided likewise that they are not guided by the opinions of those professional connoisseurs who had neither the taste nor the feeling to appreciate so fine a work, nor the critical know ledge which should have led them to discover, under a false name, the master-hand of Raphael. My own conviction is that this picture isnot only a Raphael, but, perhaps, the p:i..est and most b itiful specimen of the master in this country ; but I care not, as regards its claims upon the Na tional Gallery, whether it be by him or not, for when a pic ture is universally pronounced to be a first-rate specimen of the finest period of Italian art, its title to a place in our Na tional Collection is clear and indefeasible, and it then be comes the bounden duty of the Trustees not to suffer so im portant a work to leave the country, or become the ornament of a private Gallery. " F. CHARTER'S (Lord Elcho). "27, Chesha - n-street, June 8." Did Lord Echo redeem his pledge ? His " other session " is still due. Yet, from June the Bth, 1350, to July the sth, 1853, the period at which our acquaintance ceased, he often repeated, and with increased emphasis, if possibl2, his admiration of nr , picture, and his faith in it as a Raphael. That infirmity of purpose which has marked his conduct throughout the National Gallery question—for this is still that question —was foreshadowed in the abandonment of his notice. With regard to the "Apollo aid Marsyas," he advo cates only to desert. So, for my denouncement of East lake's Vandalisms and waste of public money on daubs, first, I "deserve the thanks of all ;" then he again deserts, and, to cover his apostasy, discharges his share of the debt by . undermining me in a Parliamentary Report, and by private slander. Lord Elcho's abandonment of his notice has been distorted into a reproach from which I have had to defend both myself and the Raphael. But here are more "foolish friends" of that Raphael. 1. Private Collectors.—Messrs. Walter Savage Landor, William Coningham, Faller Maitland, and Alexander Barker. These gentlemen, who are or have been the pos sessors of first-class pictures of the Italian school, have pronounced the "Apollo and Ilarysas " one of the finest Raphaels in England. As agreeing with these 1 may men tion Mr. Francis Pulsky, an amateur who has gives no ordinary attention to art. 2. Artists. Messrs. Alfred Stevens, Hurlstone, and Samuel Laurence —all well known to have had every op portunity for studying the best works of Raphael. They agree with the collectors above named. With these I may class the late Mr. Brocky, an artist of talent and an ardent admirer of Raphael. He often declared the "Apollo and Marsyas" to be the finest Raphael he had seen in England. 3 Collectors deceased.—Messrs. the Rev. John Sanford, Chambers Hall, James Dennistonn, and Samuel Wood burn. These likewise accepted the " Apollo and Marsyas" as a Raphael. 4. Collectors of Marc-Antonio Engravings.— The three most celebrated professional collectors of Marc-Antonio_ engravings in England concur with the preceding. To the gentlemen, already named, I add Mr. Holford, Sir John Hippisley, and Mr. Sackville Bale, who virtually, if not literally, admit my nomenclature. All have re peatedly seen the picture. From thefirst they pronounced it admirable, and each succeeding visit more than con firmed the former impression. Raphael alone, of all the Umbrian school, to which only the Apollo and Marsyas" can be ascribed, is entitled to the praises they have lavished upon it. The first is one of our most liberal collectors, in every branch of art. The two last are well-known cultiva tors of Raphael, and the possessors of Raphael drawings and fine Marc-Antonio prints. I will now quote two gen tlemen of a different category, who, if not the possessors of masterpieces, at least avoid the cheap and tenebrous " gems" which mark the apogeum of Mr. Stirling's aspirations. These gentlemen are Mr. Alfred Tennyson and Mr. James Spedding. To name the first is enough. Both are fami liar with the " Apollo and Marsyas. Men of culti vated minds, and having access to the finest creations of art, their impressions must be valuable; but, as p a i n ti ng has not been their leading occupation, they have too much good sense to dogmatise upon a name. I regret that lam un able to recall the phrases of the former, but I have seen him wrapt in admiration at the beauty of my picture. Mr. Sped. [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• ding's sentiments are on record. In a letter to the _Examiner I of the 23d of March, 1350, he says—" A very beautiful pic ture, supposed by the po ssessor to be an Andrea Mantegna, was put up for public auction, .in London, a few weeks ago. Mr. Morris Moore, as soon as he saw it, knew what it was, in fact, a remarkably fine Raphael. Fortu nately for him, nobody else darst think so. I say knew, because—judging not by my own impressions, which are worth nothing, but by the opinions of personswhom I kn,ow to be competent—l have no do ebt myself that the picture will, era long, be generally acknowledged and established not only as an unquestionable Raphael, but as an unusually fine specimen, ii enusually good preservation, and not the less remarkable for the beauty of the subject and the treatment than for thie - painting or drawing." Mr. Sped ding's testimony, then, is valuable not only on account of his own impressions, but because he backs it by the opi nions of persons whom ha knows to be competent. The editor of the Examiner comments on his letter thus— " We recommend it to the directors of the National Gal lery. The picture to which reference is made ought un questionably to have been purchased for that collection. We care not whether or not it be finally admitted as a Raffaelle. We have seen it ; and can confidently say that its intrinsic claims and consummate merit as a specimen of the period to which it belongs, entitle it to a place among the greet masters and guides to our knowledge and hppre ciation of early art." Again, I might cite one member of the Legislature who said, that "if he possessed fifty votes, ho would give them all to place the Apollo and Marsyas in the National Gallery;" another, that I " de served a vote of thanks for having proved to the world that Englishmen can appreciate such works ;" to which ho aided with emphasis ; it would have been a disgrace to the nation had a foreigner been the purchaser of that picture.' But Mr. Stirling requires "constituted" authority. Here, then, are five more Trustees to catalogue among his " foolish friends." Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Rogers greatly extolled the " Apollo and Marysas." Mr. Thomas Baring has on various occasions expressed his admiration ' ortteestelehateerarldathateit ix -"adwaya-ae-treat to see it , again." Sir James G ra h am , a ft er ex tolling its beauty generally, pronounced the " Apollo" the " most God like figure he had seen ; " while Mr. Gladstone thought the picture "such a work as one could wish Ra phaelha I painted," and regretted that it did not rest with him "to Teed it the authority it deserved." Subsequently, Mr. Gladstone became Chancellor of the Exchequer, and ex-officio a Trustee. But when presumptively—l say pre , sumptively, for on no terms, I repeat, would I have treated with the actual managers of the National Gallery—it did rest with him to lend to the" Apollo and Marsya.s" the authority it deserved, he proved his consistency and his financial tact by expending 3,0001. upon his unknown Germans, the Von Werdens, Von Liesborns, and " Tom Rings," and that ascetic Lambert, who, according to the Eastlake-Wornum catalogue, was so devout a worshipper of the mystical " Three," that three wives and three families were the reward of his " sanctimonious rhetoric," and who, to believe the same authority, had a knack of " executing his pictures"—and why not his families ? "in a manner somewhat peculiar to himself." Ware we a Pagan nation, and the strange edifice in Trafalgar square the temple of our God, although we could nut expect much grace for the architecture, yet those votive daubs, to say nothing of their suggestiveness of the sacred geese, might attest our island piety, or the chaste and recondite yearnings of the Chief Mysti fier, but in this age of income-tax and Tractarian light it bears hard upon an orthodox and not indocile people to be mulcted for the symbols of an exploded creed. One more ",constituted authority" and I have done with the " foolish friends" of my " doubted or doubtful Raffaelle." In 1851, Mr. Stirling's client, Herr Miiadler himself, more than once saw the " Apollo and Marsyas," and, after some persuasion from me, became one of the most vehement of its panegyrists, and a true believer in it as a Raphael. And this brings me to a curious instance of German Art criticism. Dr. Waagen, as he is called, was then in London. Herr Miindler expressed the greatest desire that the Doctor should see my picture, assuring me, at the same time, that from his report he would come prepared to agree with us. But the German Doctor, according to Herr Miindler, wished to see the picture and to give no opinion upon it. If he disagreed with me I might attack him ; if the re verse, ha might be placed in an unpleasant position with his friends, my opponents. and their patrons. I could not consent to such terms. His very silence would be used as a weapon against me. I was at a loss to conceive why a learned German Doctor should trouble himself about any attack from an ignorant Englishman. I said that Dr. Waagen should see the "Apollo and Marsyas" as often as he liked, bat on condition that after a reasonable time ho should pronounce a decided opinion upon it. All I would promise was, that if the Doctor agreed with me, whatever course I might adopt in the other case, I would never quote his authority. Since the " Apollo and Marsyas" became mine, Sir C. Eastlake has laid out 14,0301. in pictures, including his " Adoration of the Magi." Let no one prematurely ask how many pictures he has secured which it would be a treat to see again ;" how many, such as " one could wish Raphael had painted ;" how many " God-like figures." As Mr. Vernon says, " Let him have a fair trial, and he will prove himself more worthy of public confidence than the recent unfortunate purchase of the Adoration of the Magi,' which has justly caused so much sensation, would make him appear to be." " Pellegrina Morosini, a young woman of considerable embonpoint"—whom Sir C. East lake, according to page 56 of his last report. has just se cured fur the Trustees, has yet to make her appearance " AN UNSCRUPULOUS FOE." I have said that the " Apollo and Marsyas" was sold at Messrs. Christie and Manson's on the 2d of March, 1850. It had been pointed out to Sir C. Eastlake while on view. Three acquaintances of mine wore in the auction-room at the seine time as he was. One of them exchanged some remarks with him about the picture, but he treated it as unworthy of particular notice. We shall see how his per ceptions were quickened. At this time Sir C. Eastlake held no official appointment at the National Gallery. He hed resigned the Keepership since two years and a-half, but he maintained a secret influence there under the pre text of revising the official catalogue. Thus, he was still the final authority for the nomenclature of the pictures. The Minutes of the Trustees of 1817-52, pp.2B-9, show that he interfered in other ways also with the National Gallery. Moreover, he was, and is still, besides his I,oooe a year as Di rector of the National Gallery—in the receipt of 7001. ayear as Secretary to the " Royal Commission for the Promotion of Art." Had he comprehended the value of the "Apollo and Marsyas," it would have been his duty, as a highly-salaried officer " for the promotion of art," to apprise the Govern ment of the possibility of obtaining it for the nation. But the unfitness of Lord Palmereton's " undoubtedly tit friend" comes to the rescue. Sir C. Eastlake stands ac quitted of inattention to his duty for reasons that must satisfy even the most captious objector. First, it was his interest to obtain for the nation so consummate a work ; secondly, as he speculates in pictures as well as paints them, he would, at the worst, have perceived the thrift of a tempting eo secure it for himself. It has been stated that evidence upon evidence has accu mulated to confirm my judgment respecting the " Apollo and Marsyas." For instance, Raphael's monogram, R.V. --141.P.H AEL YR BINAS —has been discovered in certain god en dots on the border of the quiver at the feet of the Apollo ; the dots standing for the high lights of a relieved ornament. This signature is peculiarly interesting from its serving the double purpose of representing at once the name of the master and a feature of the design. I quote it for no more than its worth, and, though a, feature of the design, rate it as evidence extrinsic, in contradistinction to the evidence of art. But the extrinsic evidence which eclipses all other is Raphael's or/gine/drawing for the picture. That drawing is in the Accadeinia I. R. delle Belli Arti at. Venice, where is preserved one of the most important collec tions of Raphael drawings extant. Until a recent date the " Apollo and Marsyas" drawing hung with the rest of the Collection in a room set apart for ancient drawings. Friends of mine, now in London, saw it there within the last five years. Bat "an unscrupulous foe" also had heard of that drabs ing. In the autumn of 1852 Sir C. Eastlake appears in Venice, and as a liberally-paid functionary for the Pro motion of Art in England manifests a singular interest in it. The drawing disappears, and is smuggled into The private room of Signor Salvatico, the Director. For some time I remained ignorant of this startling coincidence. . Julgine it important to bring the picture and the drawing side by side, as it were, and so put the seal to one of the most striking incidents in the history of art, I asked an acquaintance in March, 1851, to request an Frig lish friend resident at Venice to obtain a photograph of the drawing. This request was met by a rude refusal. In May, 1854, another Englishman, resident at Venice, made a second application on my behalf. Again a refusal, but this time Mei!, and coupled with the information that two demands for a photograph had already been made ; the one on my account, above-mentioned, though for whom was unknown to the Director; the other by Sir C. Eastlake. The Director refused the photograph on the ground that he " stood pledged to Sir C. Eastlake" not to let any per son have a photograph of that drawing until Sir C. East lake himself had had one. Strange ! that he who had cared so little for the picture should so bestir himself about the drawing. After some urging the photograph was pro mised, but it never came. The pledge to Sir C. Eastlake had to be kept. In the autumn of 1851, another acquaintance about to proceed to Venice with a friend who holds an im portant office at the British Museum, undertook to pro cure the coveted photograph. Lest he might be discour aged from the undertaking, I abstained from mentioning the result of former attempts. These gentlemen were four days in Venice, but although they repeatedly applied, and although the official title of the one was put forward for that express object, they were unable to obtain a s i ght either of the drawing or of the Director. They learnt, how ever, from an officer of the Accademis dell e Belle Arti, that a photograph of the " Apollo and Marsyas" drawing had been taken, but. that it was useless p for them t e apply for one, as the " Presidente dell Accademia Reale delle Belle Arti di Londra," that is, Sir C. Eastlake, was the only person throagli whom a photograph. could be obtained. About this period Sir C. Eastlak e again appears in Venice. The National Gallery job eves about to pass its first stage. Those clandestine a rrangereeets, which subsequently Lord Palmerston twice repudiated in Parliament, were on the eve of consummation. A corroboration of my jud gmen t on so great a question as the giving to the w or ld a R aphael, might, just then, prove inconvenient. During 1851 I made a fourth attempt. In that year Professor Boehm, the Direc tor of the Academy of Medallists of Vienna, and one of the most eminent connoisseurs of ancient paintings and draw ings in Europe, was sent to Milan by the Austrian Go vernment, as Commissioner to examine Leonardo da Vinci's "Cenacolo," and to report upon its condition. Having heard of my picture, he availed himself of his journey to Lombardy to visit Venice and in spect the drawing. As I was acquainted with his sons,l thought thi s an auspicious moment for obtaining what I desired. A letter was accordingly de spatched to kindlyurge my wishes. But Professor Boehm had anticipated them by requesting Signor Salvatico to let him have a p h otograp h of the draw i ng. T o an Aus trian functionary of Professor Boehm's standing a ready compliance was, of course, expressed. The result of this demand, as well as the character of the drawing, is de scribed be Professor Boehm himself. Towards the end of July, 1855. I received the following communication in Italian. The original was published in the Morning Advertiser on the Ist of September, and in Bell's Weekly Messenger on the Bth. " Vienna, Li 22, Luglio, 1855. " Pregiatissimo Signore—With regard to your question whether the drawing in the collection of the Accademia delle Bello Arti, at Venice, of which you possess a painting—the * Debate on the Estimates for the National Gallery during 1856-7, April 7th. The statement respecting Lord Elcho and Mr. Hurl. stone was published on the 20th of October, by Mr. Barnes, a barrister of Lincoln's-inn. A copy of it was forwarded to each. It has never been denied. .HEALTII OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the . Report of the Regiatrar-General.) Since the middle of April, when, in an improved state of the temperature, the deaths in London were reduced to little more than 1,040 in a week, the mortality has shown some tendency to increase. Last week the deaths rose to 1,154, the effect, probably, of atmospheric change; the mean weekly temperature, which had risen to 48 5 deg., having afterwards fallen to 41'3 deg. In the ten weeks corresponding to last week of the years 1846-55 the average number of deaths was 1,000, which, if raised proportionally to increase of population, becomes 1,110. Hence it appears that the rate of mortality last week was above the average. This return exhibits an increase in the deaths on those of previous weeks at all periods of life except the third, namely, that which extends from 40 to 60 years of age. Those which occurred to persons under 20 years amount to 557, being not much less than half of the total num ber returned. Thirty-nine persons bad arrived at 80 years or more, and of these 8 were nonagenarians. A man, one of the Dulwich collegians, was 93 years old ; a widow in the workhouse of St. George-in -the-East was 95 years ; the widow of a labourer at Putney was 97 years ; the widow of a farmer, who died in Kennedy. court, St. Gileß ' was 98 years ; and a spinster at East Dulwich-road had attained the great age of 99 years. It is stated respecting the person last-mentioned that she retained her sight and hearing till within two months of her death, and that she has two sisters now living in Ireland whose respective ages are 93 and 96 years. The deaths caused by typhus and common fever %ere 48, a number which is less than that in any of the three previous weeks. On the other hand, hooping-cough, from which there were 43 (besides 14 from croup), and scar latina, from which there were 35, discover an increase. Five infants and an adult died from syphilitic disease. Five women died of puerperal fever, besides 7 who sun k under other illness accompanying childbirth. Phtbisis was fatal to 173 persons. The deaths of 7 men in the Royal Artillery, which occurred in the Royal Ordnance Hospital between the 19th of April and 7th of May, were caused by this disease—consumption. Last week the births of 886 :boys and 815 girls, in all 1,701 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846 55 the average number was 1,521. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29195 in. ; the mean, on Friday, was 30.015 in. The highest reading occurred on that day, and was 30.04 in. The mean temperature was higher than in the preceding week ; it was 44.3 deg., which is 7.7 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher.) The mean daily temperature rose slightly abova the average on Saturday, but on all the previous days it was much below the average, the extent of de pression having varied from 7 deg. to 11 deg. On Satan. day the thermometer in the shade rose to 63'3 deg., the highest reading iu the week ; on the same day, in the sun, it rose to 90 . 1 deg. The lowest reading in the shade in the week was 29'8 deg. on Monday, and the entira range was consequently 33 . 5 de. , . The mean dew point temperature was 36.9 deg., and the difference be tween this and the mean temperature of the air was 7.4 deg. The mean temperatuce of the water of the Thames was 49 deg. The wind was in the north-east and east till Wednesday afternoon ; thereafter it blew constantly from the north. The amount of horizontal movement of the air on Wednesday was 300 miles ; and the Ares• sure on the square foot, as measured by Osler'e anorl2o. meter was 101 b. Rain to the amount of 0.32 in. fell on the same day. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED •• IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 10. Zymotic Diseases .......................................... 236 50 .. 234 Tu D i s b e e a r s c e u s l aorf Diseases Uncertain Seat Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and 8100d -vessels 52 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion .......... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of tke Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations .. 6 Premature Bi r th an d D e bili ty 37 Atrophy 4O Old Age Sudden 7 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 22 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in eorre- Dos ~t b! i Enumerated. sponding week i `"` 1851. of 1855. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females 5851,154 569 1,123 RAILWAY TRAFFIC .RETURNS. LONDON AND SOTJTII-EASTERIT R AILWAY. — Traffic re turn for the week ending May 10, 1856 £16,862 11 5 Corresponding week last year 16,823 8 9 Increase in I 856 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. Traffic return for the week ending May 10, _ 16‘)6 £12,726 8 2 Corresponding week last year 1 ,*3•21. 13 8 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 215,413 14 11 Total of the half-year to this date,lBss GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic turn for the week ending May 10,1856 £5,771 17 1 Corresponding week last year 5,375 a 5 Increase in 1856_, £396 7 8 It is stated that the trustees of the British Museum have recommended to the Lords of t h e Treasury that a grant of 5,000/. should be made for decorating the in. terior of the new reading room. COLLISION, AND SINKING OF A VESSEL AT SEA. The total loss of the ship Planet, Captain Buckbam, while on her voyage from China for London, has been reported at Lloyd's. The disaster occurred by the unfortunate vessel coming in contact with a large brig (name unknown) on Saturday, at 11 p.m., about 18 miles N.E. by E. from Beachy Head, and, such was the violence of the con cussion, the Planet sank a short time afterwards, hardly leaving the crew time to escap e in t h e boats. Under these circumstances they were soon after discovered by the ship Margaret, of Liverpool, and by the instrumen tality of the captain and crew of that vessel were safely landed at Portsmouth on Sunday evening. The cargo of the lost vessel consi , ted principally of silk and tea, and the total loss must be very considerable. The fate of the brig is not referred to in the accounts. MISS BURDETT COUTTS IN HER DIADIONDS.—In the month of May following there was a ball at the Queen's, found"l had her to which "I wa s not invited, nor shall ever I dare sa y again, having late l y declined two or three of her invita• tions." Moore w as, however, sufficiently amused by going about to diff erent houses, where he saw some ver y pretty specimens both of dress and beaut y . The next the night says t w b h e o fo m re l:e and seenday he e n c al l l her ed splendourupon preparing to send it all bac k to the bank. ' Would y ou like,' she asked, ' to see it by da y li g ht ?' and, on m y as senting, took me to a room up st airs, where the treasu re )o n Miss was deposited. Amongst it was the famous tiara of Marie Antoinette ; and on my asking her what alto gether might be the value of her dress last night, she 1 answered in her quiet way, `I think about a hundred thousand pounds.' "_—Moores Li' painting of which you sent me a woodcut—is a genuine draw • ing by Raphael or not, I have the honour to declare to you that without doubt I hold it as such. That drawing is clas sical in form, and of the youthful age of Raphael. The in. iluence of Perugino is still perceptible in it, but, at the sans time, a tendency to emancipate himself from the usual and invariable manner of his master, in search of the Beautiful and the Sublime. " I have begged of the Marchese Salvatico, both by ward of mouth and in writing , that he would forward mo a pho tograph of it, but, in defiance of his most positive promises, I have not been able to obtain it. Most sorry, therefore, not be able to meet your d es i re except b y th i s letter, instead of by the above mentioned photograph, I subscribe myself with esteem, " GIUS. DAN. BeEHM, " Direttore dell' Ateademia degli Incisori di &coo, ed I. R. Inc/sore di Camera. Mr. Morris Moore." A fifth attempt was less unsuccessful. After fourteen months, in May, 1855, through the interest of another act quaintance, and, I believe, the influence of the English Consul at Venice, a feeble copy by hand of the " Apollo and Marsyas" drawing was extorted from the Venetian Director; I say extorted, for he had pushed opposition to the very verge of suppression. Farther he durst not von ture. Too many eyes had seen the drawing before it had grown to its present importance. Yet the photograph was still withheld, because that alone could give the lines of Raphael, and these alone I wanted. But falsehood was now enlisted to maintain the pact with our Presidential Secretary for the Promotion of Art and National Gallery Director. ...Vow, the drawing was " too indistinct for the operation ;" " too indistinct" to allow the convicter of a Garman nominee the means of vindicating, by Raphael', own handwritin g , the accuracy of his judgment and the Art-criticism of England, bit not " too indistinct" for the photograph which had already in the autumn of 1854 been taken for the private use, as it is asserted, of Sir C. Eastlake and Buckingham Palace. I made this state ment respecting Sir C. Eastlake and the "Apollo and Marsyas" drawing on the 27th of August and on the Ist and Bth of September, last, in the Morning Adver tiser and Bell's Ifreekly Messenger. I forwarded Sir C. Eastlake a copy of the papers. A fow words more, and I quit this humiliating episode, and with it the Vernon " man above all sordid considerations ;" the MA* " most estimable,• amiable, and thorough gentleman," whose " acquaintance is a pleasure ;* the Baring " Direc tor, of knowledge, taste, and discretion, upon whops perfect reliance can be placed."—the Gladstone-cum-Stir ling man " whose name requires no testimony tha the first could render," and who, to believe the other, has been " sufficiently defended" the Otway " honourable man," and Palmerston's "friend," " tbe di rector of high character, undoubtedly fit to hold the office -entrusted to him." Of all meorl am the one whom Sir C. Eastlake is most deeply interested in thwarting; the man whose good name he has most reason to dread. Twice have I been instrumental in driving him from the National Gallery, once from the Keepership, for his Vandalisms in 184 G, and again from the ex-officio Trusteeship, for their revival in 1852. Success to me is defeat to him. Under such circumstances, who can doubt that could the "Apollo and Marsyas" drawing have served any other purpose than to confirm my judgment, the Secretary for the Promotion of Art, instead of so carefully taking means to prevent its publication, would have stretched a point "in the in. terests of truth and for the welfare of the community" to have made even a prodigal distribution of the photograph? It is notorious that on my account, and on my so count alone, did the Government for nearly two years sub sequent to the publication of the Report of the Committee of 1853, hesitate to " Reconstitute the Establishment of the National Gallery.". It is equally notorious that on my account alone did the Palmerston Government, on the 22d. of April, and again on the 23d of June, 1855, uncondition ally deny the appointments, they had made on the 27th o f March. Mark how our servants justify our confidence ! In June, 1854, Lord Elcho, then a Lerd of the Treasury in the Aberdeen-Palmerston Ministry, said to Mr. Hurl stone, the President of the Society of British Artists— "We know that Mr. Morris Moore is the man for the Directorship of the National Gallery, but we will not ap point him because he has given us so much offence." They have their convictions, then, as to who is competent, but slaves to their own passions and to a vicious influence, they crown the most incompetent. Yet these are the men who denounce me as " personal !" Lord Elcho owes it to the public to explain that offence. I will meet him on that ground.r One thing I have earned by my plain speaking on the 17th. The calumny of " disappointed competitor ship" has at Limes made me pause. A fitting occasion to answer it appeared never to arrive. Uttered by the Prime Minister, for his position, if not for the man, it was at length worthy of my notice. I met the calumny and strangled it. He must be a bold man who would now de nounce me as one with whom self-interest has greater weight than truth or the welfare of the community. MORRIS MOORE. 27, Soho-square, April 30. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males.. Females ................. 886 ........... 815 41111.1100 Total ............. 1,701 POOR RELIEF IN IRELAND.—The total expenditure in Ireland during the year ended Michaelmas-day, 1855, for the relief of 269,800 paupers relieved in -doors, and 35,432 out-of-doors, amounted to the sum of 683,5971. The cost of the in -maintenance was 432,8411. ; that of the out-relief, 4,7011. ; the salaries of officers and their rations, 119,832/. ; and all other expenses, 126,2191 The valuation was 11,565,480/., and the average pound age of the expenditure on the valuation is. 2/d.