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MILALBERT SMITEt'S MONT BLAND, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except SattrlaY) at $ o'clock, and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mernhus at s.' Stalls, is. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, la.—Egyptian Hall, Plocad ARGYLL ROOMS.-LATTRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter sewn. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Boalcourt.—Doors open at S. Admission One N. Lanrent's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. V,..RAND EXHIBITION of AMERICAN 1101 PLANTS, by Waterer and Godfrey, Snap-hill Nursery, WOhitig,lslrrreY, will commence the Last Week in May,in the colossal Pavilion erected for the purpose in Ashburaham-park, adjoining CXIIIIOIII2IE GARDENS. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, and Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille, in "Lee Horaced," TO-NIGHT and every evening, at 8. Private boxes and stalls may be secured in advance, without extra charge. Polygraphic-hall, King William-street, Cbaring•cross. A Performance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8. ROYAL GARDENS, CREMORNE, Daily, One Shilling.—Concerts, Ballet, Devant, Performing Deg, Dtvertiseneent, Terpsichorean Galas, Imitations, Perea Nena,Charac thristic Spanish Dances. &c. gonday from 4 o'clock. Selections of appropriate Music performed "by the Band of the Grenadier Guards. Conductor, M. echott. Ad mission free. BE PARTICULAR to address at full length BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2. Duke-litre( t, Southwark. MARQUEES, TEN I , , and RICK CLOTHS. RICK CLOTHS.—A. large quantity of aanvaß intended for the Crimea has been made into RECK CLOTHS, to be sold as second-hand at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. A List forwarded by poet.— Address in fall, Benjamin Edgington, 2, Dake•street, Soathwark. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. SEASON 1856. It is respectfully announced that the OPERA SEASON • will COMMENCE on SATURDAY next, the 10th of May. On resuming the perfo mauces which have been suspended . during the last three years, the Director of her Majesty's * Theatre is anxious to assure the patrons of the Opera and - the public, that no exertion shall be wanting to secure for this establishment that high position it so long maintained ; and ho trusts that the renewal of the enterprise under more prosperous auspices will be accompanied with that favour and support which no frequenter of the Opera needs to be reminded were for so many years accorded to a brilliant and itaccessful management. The secession, in 1847, of many of those performers who had long been attached to the Opera Nouse was the com mencement of a long and arduous struggle to maintain the fortunes of the old house ; and it was not till the wealth of four successive competitors had been fruitlessly lavished upon an rival theatre, that Mr. Lumley was reluctantly compelled to retire from the contest. From that time to the present Mr. Lumley's efforts have been unremitting to re-open her Majesty's Theatre upon a permanent basis, and to restore the Opera to its ancient " home. He has received liberal encouragement from every side, and, effectually aided by noble and generous support from a quarter where the refinements of art and taste never fail to fins a patron, he is now enabled gratefully to announce the immediate resumption of performances. At the present moment there are vocalists, of an excellence seldom surpassed, who have never been heard by an English public. Of these the elite have been secured for the present season. Her Majesty's Theatre is marked out by its size, its situa tion, and its convenience of access, no less than by old and interesting associations, as the appropriate seat of the Opera. In the acoustic properties, so essential to the effective pro duction of the lyrical drama, it is acknowledged to surpass every other stage in Europe. In consequence of some happy accident of construction a result has been attained that science has failed to explain, and that no architect could engage to reproduce, by which the faintest tones and the most delicate vocalisation penetrate with unimpaired clearness to the re : meted recesses of the vast edifice. The arrangements completed and in progress, both in Opera and Ballet, will, it is confidently hoped, be thought worthy .411 f the former reputation of the Theatre, and of the just ex isectations of its distinguished supporters. In consequence of the late period at which it was resolved to open the Theatre, the arrangements, satisfactory as it is loped they will even now bo found, are not yet fully com pleted ; and negotiations are in progress from which impor tant accessions are expected. The following arrangements have been completed : OPERA. MADAME ALBONI, Her first appearance in London these five years. MDLLE. PIC - 20LOMONI, Her first appearance. MDLLE. GIUDITTA RIZZA, MDLLE. FINOLI, Their first appearance! MADAME AMADEI, MDLLE. BERTI, Their first appearance. And MADAME ALBERTINI, Her first appearance. In addition to the above talent, an engagement has been effected with MDLLE. JOHANNA WAGNER, Her first appearance. SIGNOR SALVIANI, Of La Pergola, Florence, his first appearance. SIGNOR BOCARDE, Ms int appearance in England these six years. SIGNOR MARIANI, And SIGNOR CALZOLARI. SIGNOR BENEVENTANO, Of 1* Eels, Milan ; of tho Italian Opera, Madrid ; and the Principal Theatres of Italy ; his first appearance. SIGNOR VARIO, SIGNOR FORTINI, SIGNOR BAILLOU, SIGNOR ZUCCO NI, Of th• Principal Theatres of Italy, his first appearance. And SIGNOR BE LLETTI. MADAME ALBONI Will inktindiatoly arrive is Loadon, and *ill make her first appearance on SATURDAY, larn MAY, In Rossini's Opera of CENERENTOL A, IiDLLE. PICCOLOMONI ►ill arfive in England on the 14th of May, and make hor first appearance a few days afterwards, in Verdi's Opera of LA TRAVIATA, Produced for the first time in England. MADAME ALBERTINI Will arrive in London about the 20th of May, and Will make her first appearance in Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. Leonora Madame ALBERTIN I. Ancena Madame ALBONI, Her first appearance in that Character. MDLLE. WAGNER Win stake her first appearance in the beginning of Juno as ROMEO, _ In Bellini's Opera of I CAPIILETTI E MONTECCHI. The Combination, in One Company, of POUR OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ARTISTES IN THE OPERATIC WORLD, Each perfect in her own pecu iar style, Will enable the Direction to offer a varied and attractive Selection from the Established Works of MOZART, HEYERBEER, BELLINI, DONIZETTI, TUBER, VERDI, and ROSSINI. Director of the Music and Conductor, SIGNOR BONETTI, Of the Italian Opera, Paris. Leader of the Orchestra M. TOLBEQUE. St St Ballet M. NADAUD. ADMIRAL Sir EDMUND LYONS, Bart., G.C.8., , has kindly consented to l'reside at the ANIS UAL MEETING of the SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS SCHOOL and HOME, fixed to be held at the Hanover-square zooms, on TUESDAY, May 13, at 2 o'clock. Admittance 15y tickets only, to be had at the Office, 76, Cornhill ; of Messrs. Ilitchard, 187, Piccadilly ; Messrs. Seeley, 54, Fleet street, and No. 2, Hanover-street ; and at the Office of the Royal Naval Female School, 32, :!,ackville-street, THE ORCHESTRA NM been corofully oelected, both with reference to the •zeollency of the individual Artistes and the perfection of manilas. THE CHORUS Has alas bees selected with great care. BALLET. MDLLE. ROSATI, MDLLE. BELLON, MDLLE. BOSCHETTI, MDLLE. LISEREAU, MDLLE. CLARA, MDLLE. ROSA, MDLLE. KATRINE, and MDLLE. MARIE TAGLIONI. M. VANDRIS, M. CHARLES, and K. PAUL TAGLIONI. Maitre de Ballet, K. PAUL TAGLIONI. Assistant Maitre de Ballet, M. VANDRIS. Eegisseur do la Danse and Souis-Matre de Ballet, M. PETIT. The Grand Ballet of LE CORSAIRE, New performing at the Acadtlmie Royale, Paris, with unpre cedented success, will be produced early in the Season. Medora Principal Artist to the Establishment, Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL. The Costume Department will be directed by Miss BRADLEY and M. LAUREYS, ruder the Superintendence of Madame COPERE. Principal Machinist... Mr. D. SLOMAN. Head of the Property Department... Mr. BRADWELL. The Subscription will consist of Thirty Nights, and the Prices will be as follows : Pit Boxes l2O to 150 Guineas. Grand Tier One Pair Two Pair 75 to 103 , Pit Stalls 25 .. THE THEATRE Will open on SATURDAY next, the 10th May, When will be produced Rossini's Opera of CENERENTOLA. Angelina Maclaine ALBONI. Don Ramiro Don Magnifico and Dandini After which will be presented an entirely new BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT, entitled LES QUA.TRE SAISONS, Founded on the Ballet Diyertizement of that name by 31. Petipa, In the Opera of LES VEPRES SICILIENNES, Principal Partial by Mies. Bollon, Bosehetti, Lisereau, and Eaten% CONTRACT FOR ASH HOOPS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-place, 6th May, 1856. - rHE Commissioners f or E xecu ti ng the Office of 11. Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain nd Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the 15th instant, at one o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract . for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the undermen tioned articles, viz., such ASH TRUSS HOOPS and WHITE ASH HOOPS as shall from time to ti me be demanded, for 12 months certain, and afterwards until the expiration of 3 months' warning. Samples must be produced by the parties tendering. The conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said once. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said office. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for Hoops," and must also be Aoltverod as Bosnersetvisce. RYSTAL PALACE.—INAUGURATION of the It‘• tt% U M ENT in Honour of the HEROES of the CRIME A. and t,f the Restoration of Peace. Th. Directors of the Crystal Palace Company have the honour to announce that by the gracious permission of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, a FAC-SIMILE of the COLOSSAL SION UMENT designed by the Baron Marochetti for erection at Scutari, in honour of the fallen Heroes of the Crimea, is being con structed in the Crystal Palace It will consist of a Granite Obelisk, we feet in height, supported by four Colossal Angels, mounted on a base of 20 feet square. The monument will he unveiled to the public view on FRIDAY, the 9th of May. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness have graciously signified their intention to be present at the ceremonial. Baron Marochetti has designed for the Crystal Palace Company a Trophy emblematical of Peace, which will be uncovered for the first time on the ssmo day. By permission of the Minister of War and the Commander-in- Chief a number f soldiers who distinguished themselves in the last war and received decorations will attend, and will form a Omni of Honour to her Majesty. After the ceremonial of unveiling the Monument and the Trophy, tliere will be a display or . the Fountains on the '1 CIT, cos. On this dav the doors will be opened at Eleven, and the price of min fusion tQ persons not being season ticket holders will be halt-a-guinea. A special place will be reserved for officers who have served in the Crimea Officers forwarding their cards or names to the Secretary will be furnished with tickets of admission. By order. G. GROVE, Secretary. 0 MEMBERS of PARLIAMENT. ..n. COMPULSORY VACC [NATION. GENTLIIMEN,—Before you c limit yourselves to such a fatal mea sure as the above, w'e beseech yon to peruse a most important French work on the questi.on. It is entitled" De la Degenerescence Physique et Morale de re;spece H u maine determinee par le Vaccin. P ar l e Dr. Verde-Loclisle." The wore is publis h e d in Pa ri s , byCharpentier, 39, Rue de l'Universiii, and may be had in London, at Jeff's, 15, Burlington-arcade. If after reading the book you think yourselves justified in assenting to compulsory vaccination, it will be, at all events, with a knowledge of the dangers attending such a measure. Remember that Jenner had only two years' experience when his supposed discovery was most blindly embraced by the world, and that, although he vaccinated his first son, he did not do sa with the second—Robert. Bear also in naiad that there never has been a proper test of vaccination, which great work (if done at all) should have been by vaccinating a great many children, and leaving an equal number to Nature, who should have been watched together. This we say would have been a proper test. But was it done ? Most assuredly not. Everybody has gone on blindly vaccinating, without for one moment reflecting as to what he was doing. The First Con sul, Livonaparto, and the others of the state who signed in l'aris their approval of vaccination, alas ! what could they know about it ? It was by this sort of jugglery that the thing took ground. It was only time that could have proved its fallacy ; and look now at the degenerate state of mankind. 'where are our Shakespe ,res, Milton% Newions, and in later days our Pitts, Chathatus, Sheridans, &c.,l!ce.? and our Mczarts, Haydns, Aubers ?—echo answers, Where ? No, we have nothing left but a puny, consumptive generation, critinual y attacked by all sorts of fevers of the worse description. Again we beseech you, reflect. Our nioreexteoded protest nainst compulsory vaccination appears in the Hyseist and Medical Reformer for May, 1856. We have the honour to be, gentlemen, Your obedient servants, THE MEMBERS o' the BRITISH COLLEGE of HEALTH, New-road, London, for the Society of Hygeists, who, acting under the system of James Morison, the Hygeist, only recog nise an impurity in the blood as the cause of all diseases. May 5, 1856. to_-- to 44 a Ten. 5s Od 12: 61 A OIOS 001 43s -35 a Od ao ---0 to Os 12/15 0 --E Od 0. 40s. 93 0 7 ; pese ed, , bakers' 318 0a 's Od to Es oz. 117 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 ) 0 0 ) () 0 . 0 0 Vf no' due I° _, Knct . s.a• 4113 , 7 171100" Ditty Ma 9 16 ' May 16 Untwist M.M.SA May 4 Twiced alll TivicsdadY June 1 16thot030 ,4 20 ITwiceda ll i 2.157 6 k, 2 0 InCh IMBY 15 I jUncertslo 1 & :6 030° will , e d e ' a Indlo ( 11 6 stCh" 7rafEe re 116 15 ? 308 12 1 _ .....--- 308 3 5 ILWAT 0:35 17 618 14 1 687 6 ," 547 10 .Traffic „ 784 12 374 110 1 4 et today , ing rates sncashire► Midlands, orth•Wee' Were: - ' that the an to the ne of °be yard elec . ; presage 0' ress. iient.•Col• yde•park; shire, the :aster, the elsea, W . ' , r of Isaac vr, Edwin f Thooss ico, John n., of 25, as, Rich- At, Eeq•' o r i g-acre, i i) psgste, _-• 7ouNG, onnty of (N O . 0,937.) PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., ARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS. By the Author of Woman's Devotion." . " We recommend all woo are in search of a fascinating novel to read this work. They will find it we 1 worth their while. There arc a freshness and originality ::bent it quite charming, and there is a certain nobleness in the treatmen t both of sentiment and incident which is not often found. The story interesting - ."—Athenxttm. Hurst and Biackett, Publisheis, successors to Henry Colburn. TWELFTH EDITION. Now ready, with le ill ustrations, 65., bound, T HE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. JL By ELIOT WA it BURTON. Independently of its value as an original narrative, and its use ful and interesting information, tins wo•k is remarkable for the colouring power and play of fancy with which its descriptions are enlivened. Among its greatest and most lasting charms is its reve rent and serious spirit."—Quarterly R Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, success,rs to Henry Colburn. Wow ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., MODERN SOCIETY in ROME. By J lt. BE , TE, Esq. , Author of" The Wabash." in the work before us Mr Beste has presented the world, in the form of a novel, with the substaro.e of his knowledge acquired during many years' reindeuce in the Etern•l City. Mr. Rage has several of the qualities useful to the novelist. Ile possesses a keen sense of the real, and a felicity in describing it with ut sinking into the literal. He has enough dramatic power dlstinct'y to embody his conception of persons. Ile has the first of requisites, a knowledge of the people and manners be would paint." —Spectator. " A mast interesting book." Literary Gszette. Ifurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " TREVEILYAN," " MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE." This day is published, in 3 vols., 'InHE OLD GREY CHURCH. A Novel * 113 - the Author o f " M arr i age in nigh Life, " " Trevelyan. " ~,These last are the only novels hitherto written by this auth r. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MR. RUSKIN'S PAMPHLET ON THE EXHIBITIONS. On Saturday next, price Sixpence. OTES on the PRINCIPAL PICTURES exhibitectin the Rooms of the ROYAL ACADE mY amt. the SOCIETY of PAIN TER , . in WA IE It COLOURS. By JOHN RUSKIN, M.A., Author of " Modern Painters," " Stones of Venice," " Seven Lamps of Architecture," Soc. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill ; and sold by all Book - sellers. TO THE SPORTING WORLD.-DEER STALKING and GROUSE: FIOOPING.—The undersigned wilt be at 24, Brewer-street, Regent-street (In a line. with Glass house-street), on'the 4th Slay, with all the necessary CLO PIIING for I)eer stalking, Grouse Shooting, Salmon Fishing, and sonic new and beautiful T vEKOS for town w.,ar, &c. PLAIDS, TAIITANS, SOCKS, CLOAKS, WISCEYS, &e., &c. D. MACDOUGALL, of Inverness. London, 22d April, 1856. LONDON au WIY.—TR A I Communication by Fa: and id NORTH-WE :N ARRANGEMENTS st Trains h AS been estabi STERN RAIL for NlAY.—lmproved tished between London Nottingham Derby Sheffield Huddersfield Halifax Nonnanton Leeds Bradford York, and Hull For particulars of which, as Well as 3d Clam rations wa the Main Line it7fd Branches, see Ti By order. Train and other alte line Tables. General Manager's Office, Euston-station, MARK HITISH. .pril, 1856. FJAIR DESTROYER, 1, Little Queen-street, High Holborn.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY for remov ing effectually Superfluous Hair from the Face, Neck, , Arms, and Hands, without the slightest injury to the skin. A. R. 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 10s. Gd. ; or applied at the Ilalr-dyeing Establishment, as above. Forwarded tor stamps, tree by post, eight eztra. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCF,RY. TRIESEM.A.R.—On th© 29th of May, 1855, An injunction was granted by the Migh Court of Chancery, and oa the 11th of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph eranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of ono thou sand pounds, from irtiltatin; this Medicme, which is protected by Itoyal Letters l'atent et England, and secured by the Seals of the de l'hirmacle de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, ii a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhoss, 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 eriors it is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and (ntirel) er taicates all traces of those Disorders which Capaivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to tDe ruin of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMA ft, No. 8, Is the groat Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whiel unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TIIIESrIMAR. Nos. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of ta,te or smell and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tab! , , ithout their use being suspected TRIEsEIfAR, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are sold in tin cases, price Its., or fur cases in on e f or 335., which saves I Is. ; and in Si. eases, whereby there is a saving of il. 125.; divide, silts s.y.irate doses, as adminis tered by Valpeau, Lellernand, Roux, Sac. &C. To be had Wh o l esa l e and Re; in ' London "of Johnston, 68, Thruhill; Hannay a n d Co., 63, Oxford-street; f ,rd-street ; R. H. Ingh am, d ruggist, 46. Si arket-slrcet, Manchester ; tail and ganger, 150, Ox- IL Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, t 2, L. rd-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-Street, Aahlin; Winnall, bookseller, Eligh-street . 'lliriingharn. PBICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 5 per mille premium (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per oz. for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.291 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25.37 A, it follows that gold is about 0.32 per cent. dearer in Lon. don than in Paris. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 4261 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per oz. for standard gold, gi ves an exchange of 13.5 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.7, it follows that gold is 0.64 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. Th e course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1094 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23.40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0.17 per cent. in favour of England ; and, after making allowance for arges of transp or t an d difference cf interest, the pre sent rate leaves a trifling profit on the importation of gold from the United States. . . . i f ft e • . <.?". • 4 4 " 0.171 7; x : , t I A ir, . • - - _ . \.,•• • , I - . vk a. N A: I t : t.7,,j),‘ .•, . , - ' ••••,* 4 4. 411411:11. (.;441P14' ' .441 I 7_ ) ) ' • • • I_ , * et 16 %; • El i s-xTe .t. • loir• „ 4 • • [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5 France. But that is a contingency which happil even yet in prospect. Nor will it ever take p. as England has a free and independent p which. to fall back. HEALTII 'OP LONDON DURING WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-Generta. The deaths registered in London, which in t sous Week were 1,048, rose last week to I,of the ten .weeks corresponding to,last week of th '1846.55 the average number of deaths was 1,020, if raised' prciportionally to increaaie of pepulatii comes 1,122. The rate of mortality is, therefo below the average. - Tne present return shows an increase of 39 on 'that o the previous wee k as regar d s t h e total numbers o. deaths ; but in the five vicenniatia of a.:e in whih-they are distributed in the tables the cumbers exhibit ex tremely little disparity, (+swept in the second, namely, those - the ,period of lif e 20-40 y ears . In the two wOks the tshose and elt 4 5 0 G - 860 ; years n 2. and 1 deaths w hi c h occurre d un d er 20 years were respectively 40 8; years thoseat t were 141 grid y d l e B a 7 r s ; 172 and 170 ; and those which occurred at still more advanced ages were 27 and 32.. The difference in the second period arises to a great extent from phthifis, the pertions 'who died in the prime of life from that d;seaee having been in theme weak 54. in the other 79. Deaths from phthieis at all ages were 139 in the previous week, and 170 in the' last. The air last week was very cold. Or 201 deaths in this return which result, d from diseases of the zymotic c'ass, 64 were produced by typhus and common fever. These occurred in re-y equal proportions over the whole of the metropolis ; bit it may be ;stated ths.t 6 were registered in Pancras, and only one in Marylebone. The registrar of Ail S mule Marylebone, mentions that asea j eleer and scarlatina are rather prevalent in part 4 of his iftib-district. The death of a dock labourer at /5, Emma-street, Ilicknely-r iad, wkittestistered as caused by"typhua, after 3 weeks' ill. nese. The medical ap‘endant adds ire his certificate of this case that "the bound in-front of the househaving been some menths filled in with vegetable matter, about 3 weeks ago they began to remove the putrescent mass." Scarlatina carried off 26 children, measles 25 ; small pox 8, among whom was a person above 60 years -of age. On the 28th and 29th April two young men, sailors, died of scurvy on board the Dreadnought hos pital-ship. The oldest person recorded in •the week is a female an nuitant in Marylebone, aged 93 years. Last week the births of 901 boys and 806 girls, in all 1,707 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of tie years 1846 55 the average number was 1,536. At the Royal Observatory, Green rich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29'564 in. The highest reading was 29.97 in., which occurred on Satur day. The mean temperature of the week was 41'3 deg., which is 9'l deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years (as determined by MI. Glaisher) ; that of the previous week was 48 . 5 deg. The mean tempera ture was below the average on every day, the amount of depression varying in the week from about 6 deg. to 11 deg. The highest reading of the thermometer in the shade was 53'5 deg. on Wednesday ; the lowest occurred on the previous day, and was 31 deg. The thermometer in the sun did not attain more than 77 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 35'1 -deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 6 . 2 deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames fell from' 54.9 deg., the highest on Monday, to 48.8 deg., the lowest on Saturday ; the mean of the week 51 . 5 deg. Tee general direction of the wind was nerth-west. The rain amounted to 0 . 75 in., of which 0.60 in. fell on Sunday. Showers of hail and rain fell on the afternoon of Satur day. e-pre t7. In years 'which, I:in, be re, still MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 3. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases .. 219 Diseases sf the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 53 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 174 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, Sze. • l3 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, arc. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 5 Premature Birth and Debility 3s Atrophy 4O Old Age Sudden 9 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance s3 Causes not specified • 14 DEATHS !BON ALL CAUSES 1,087 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spending week in the 1851. 0(1855. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts -- _ Totals Males 557 Females 530 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. 901 800 Total 1,707 STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, MAY 6. The cottoc•market is firmer again ; but tie change has had no effect here beyond strengthening the hands of those manufacturers who are disposed to hold firmly by last quotations. Buyers have not ken influenced by it, and the result has been a very quiet market, in which both home and trade shipping houses have alike refrained as much as possible from business. In cloths it has been felt by sellers that they would be unable to do busi ness without a sensible reduction of prices, say I? 2 d. to 3d. per piece, and this they are mostly unwilling to con cede with cop yarns at present rates. So far as manu facturers have made any abatement—and this has only bees done where they have been obliged to sell—it has been at a sacrifice of profit, previous rates, in most cases, not leaving a margin of remuneration at the present cost of yarn. In other words, sellers have made no aheration in their price lists, and all that can be said is, that where these aro strictly adhered to little or no business has been effected. Spinners report a very quiet market both for home consumption and export, prices being nominally unaltered, but the position of the market tending to rather lower rates. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" The disincli nation on the part of buyers to do business at the exist ing prices has become more decided during the last few days, and as it is only in very few instances that any con cession is made, the amount of business has again been on a very limited scale. The difference, however, be tween buyer and seller is not very great, as at a reduc tion of 1 . 4 d. to 3d. per piece from our quotations a con. siderable business might be done; bat there is as y e t no disposition to give way." Messrs. George Fraser, Son, and Co. report To day our market has again been dull, and the prices of many articles exhibit increased weakness. This is more especially the case with India shirting's, which have de clined 33. to 41d. per piece from the highest point." LEEDS, MAY 6. Both clothiers and merchants are anxious about the forthcoming wool sales in London, and while the for mer are not very anxious to sell goods at a shade lower price than they obtained a month ago, the merchants are unwilling to make the slightest advance. To-day's market in both the cloth halls has been very quiet, and scarcely as much business has been transacted as on this day se'nnight. The purchases have been confined chiefly to light goods and a few job lots. All parties appear to be acting with considerable caution, and if the same conduct is pursued at the sales of colonial wool whioh commence on Thursday next, it is probable that the pre sent range of prices for the raw material will not be exceeded. The report of the Iluddersfield market to-day is as follows :—" The market presents the appearance of little business doing. There are few strangers, and purchases are limited Small transactions have taken place at low prices. Manufacturers are indisposed generally to sell in consequence of expecting a rise in wool. The wool trade is firm, and stocks are low." [ADVERTISRM ]— Th e increased chances of poi son i ng by drugs incremes;Ve interest the public take in Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic., Food, which cures without medicine indi gestion fl a tulency, constipati on, nervous, bilious, cough, asthma, cons umpt i on, and debility. and liv er ( .e d o y m sp p e l p ai s474 ntS , / We quote a few out of many thousand cases of cures by this d e licious f o od : From the Dow ager Countess of Castle stuart. Cure *52,612, Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ire land, December 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart feels indribed, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica, Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness :Ind irritability of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered.—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart do Decies.—l have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and con sider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the pub lication of these Iines.—STUART DE DECIES.-From the Vener able Archdeacon of Ross. No. 32,836.—Three years' exces sive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's health-restoring food.—Atmx. STUART, Archdeacon of loss, Skibereen.— In canisters, fibs. Ils.; 121b5., 22% The 121bs, carriage free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly; also at 60, Grace church-street ; 33,) and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Ccrnhill • 49, Bishopsgate-street; 55, Charing-aroe; I river Baker-street;-63 and 150, OetraitawS. . A lei r 2 , 42-1--- "g"---- ? ' OLIOE RUPPIANisAr. Police-constable Matthew Taylor, D 57, wan charged before Mr. Jardine at Bow-street Police-offii re, with an assault of an aggravated character upon Mi sa Archer, a young lady who was one of theispectators assembled in Cockspur-street to witness the procession on the occa sion of the proclamation of peace. The case bad been referred to the magistrate by the Comaniasioners of Police. Mr. Parry (instrueted by Mr. Darks, of Southamp• ton-stre e t) att-nded as counsel for the complainant, aid Mr. Wontner defended. Mr. Parry, having opened the case, called the com plainant, Mies Clementine Archer, who stated that she wls at present staying at 15, Percy-street, on a visit to lady named King, a friend of her family. On the 29th , tilt, she accompanied Mrs. King and another lady to Charing-crass to witness the proclamation of peace, and when near , Farrance's,the confectioner, she was parted from her friends by the pressing of the crowd, but still saw them at a distance. The procession had passed. She mai'', an effort to rejoin her friends, when a policeman seized her round the waist and forced her Lack again. Beforoshe had time to speak ho seized her by the shoulders, and'when she said she toshed to rejoin two ladies who were with her, he replied heat sloe should not go, as nobody could be allowed to pass there. He continued to hold her in the same way, by the should: ra, in spite of her struggles to get free. She jerked hera,elf partly round, and be then drew hits staff and struck her a violent blow on the shoulder, upon which a gentleman in the crowd cried out, " Shame, ehaine, what are you funding her for ? Release her un mediatal ; you stall hear of this again." The policeman then threw her from him so violently that but for the support of this gentleman she must have fallen. Shtsi tarried towards the Albion Hotel in Cockspur-street, feeling faint at. d ill from the fright, and remained till she was joined by 01. e of her friends. She suffered a good deal from the Effiot of the blow, chiefly that night and the next day. Sho was quite certain defendant was the man. She bad sot the slightest doubt of it. rind been with Mr. Macy hew, the husband of a lady of her cc quaintance to Scotland-yard, and also to St. George's station, to see the constables, hut had not seen any one like the defendant there. Afterwards went to the Marylebone station for the same purpose.' Tbo first tune she went round she did not see the defendant, but the inspec or told her to go round again, and on turnir.g to do so she saw the defendant standing beside her, and instantly recognised him. She was so agitated at seeing him that she believed she fainted, but she remembered the charge being taken soon after. The prisoner said, "I deny using my staff." He did not deny being the mar. In cross-examinatiors by Mr. Wontner, Miss Archer admitted that in her first account of the assault she said it occurred in Warwick-street, She did not know the • :pot well, though she had resided many years in Lora. don. She and her friends were all under the impression that the place was called Warwick-street, but she had since been to the place again and found that she was mistaken as to the name ; it was Cockspurortreet. Had told Inspector Hughes that she saw a constable, No. 194, but had never said that 194 was the one who had struck her. Re-ex imined—Mr. Mayhew was present when In spector Hughes called, and requested that officer " not to flurry her." Had seed defendant strug;liug with a man in the crowd before the assault. Mr. Parry applied for an adjournment, on the ground that the publicity which would, no doubt, be given to the crse, might attract the attention of the gentlemaa mentioned by complainant, but Mr. Jardine thought it only fair to defendant to hear both sides befc re adopting that course. Mrs. Henry Mayhew and Mrs. King spoke to the in- jury sustained by complainant, who had a severe bruise from her shoulder to her breast, which became at one time completely black. Mr. Henry Mayhew supportel the evidence of Miss Archer as to the visits to the several police-stations. In cross-examination he admitted that there had been a conversation between him and Inspector Walker about her passing the defendant the first time she went round, but she did not hear what was said. She had previously given a description of the man, which applied to the prisoner, and had led the inspector to imagine that he might be the person meant. Defendant is a man of remarkable appearance, very tall, powerful looking, and of marked features! Mr. Wontner, after briefly addressing the Court for the defendant, called several witnesses to show that Miss Archer must be mistaken in the identity of the defendant. Four or five other constables deposed to the same effect, and one of the inspect , irs stated that he selected the defendant for this duty, because he was a " firm and determined" man—by which he only meant that he would do his duty. Mr. Parry applied for a committal or a remand, but Mr.Jardine, believing that complainant was mistaken as to the identity of the defendant, and that it wail clearly shown he could not be the man, and attaching no weight whatever to his very natural reply, that he had not used his staff at all that day, declined to adopt the course suggested, and at once dismissed the case. Mr. Rjrry said if that was not the man, some of th• constables must know who was. The parties then left the court. CRYSTAL PALACE. The following is the programme of arrangemesnte to be followed at the inauguration of Baron Maroe-i)etti's Scutari monument and Peace Trophy on Friday, May 9 : " 1. The doors of the Palace will open to the public at 11 o'clock. "2. The whole of the north transept and north end of the building behind the screen will be reserved excln sively for her Majesty's use while she is in the building, and the courts on the Alhambra side for her progress to the dais in the centre transept. "3. The Scutari monument is erected in the nave on the south side of the great transept, the peace trophy on the north side; Baron Marochetti's two equestrian statues of Richard Coeur de Lion and her Majasty (Nee's. Victoria stand respectively at the foot of the monument and the trophy. "4. Her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal /Ugh nes,; Prince Albert, &c., will enter the building by the north transept at half•past three o'clock, and will pass by the Alhambra, Roman, Greek, and Egyptian courts to the dais in the centre transept, when she will take her seat. "5. A place upon the right of the Queen will be set apart for any of the Ministers who may be present, and one also on the left fer Crimean officers who have been invited to attend. The Crimean soldiers will form a guard of honour, reaching on each side from the dais to the monument and trophy. 6. On her Majesty taking her place on the dais the military bands and the band of the company will per form God Save the Queen.' "7. The quartet VVe bless you in th• name of the Lord,' from M. Costa's oratorio of Eli, will be sung by Madame Rudersdorff, Mr. and Mrs. Lockey, and Mr. Thomas. "S. The Scutari monument will then be unveiled, the band playing the March from the Sinfonia Eroica of Beethoven. "9. The hymn ' Give to us Peace' (to a Russian na• tional air) will be sung by Madame Rudersdorff. " 10. The peace trophy will be unveiled, the bands playing the march and chorus See the Conquering Hero,' from Handel's oratorio of Judas Maccabceus. " 11. After the trophy is unveiled the duet, Oh, Lovely Peace,' from the same oratorio, will be sung by Madame Rudersdorff and Mrs. Luckey. " 12. The bands will then perform the French and Russian airs and Rule Britannia,' during which her Majesty will retire to the north end of the building. "13. After the ceremonial the fountains of the Upper Terrace will play. "14. The admission on this day will be confined to season ticket-holders and to persons paying half-a-guinea. "The Court will attend in uniform." The building will be closed on Thursday to admit of the preparations being made. LON DON' , WEDNESDAY EVENING, "MA.A.r 7 1856 , . Frain. the London Gazette of-Last Night, BUCKINGHAM PALLCE, AtAT 3. This clay had audience of her Majesty—The Baron de Brnnnow, On a Spacial Mission from the Emperor of all the Russias, to deliver a lettei front his Imperial Majesty , notifying his acce ss i on tothe throne ; to which he was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon, Sir Edward Cast, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. WAR DEPARTMENT. MAT S. The Queen has, been graciously pleasedto give: orders for the appointniont 'of Major Ge,nerals Henry William Barnard, C. 8., an& flenry, Lord Rokeby, to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Second Chugs, or Knights Commanders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITE FIALL, MAY 3. The Queen hag bi , en pleased to constitute and app3iat the Itir ' tht Hon It•Thert Montgomery, 'Lord Belhaven, to ~be her Majesty's High Commissioner to the Genaral As sembly of the Church of Scotland. BOARD- OF TRADE; MAY 2. A statement having been made by a witness at the in• vestigation held at Liverpool, in the matter of the ship Mermaid, relative to the depth of water on the bar of the port of Pernambuco, which appeared to Mr. Cowper, her Majesty's Consul there, to be injurious to the interests of the port, as giving an. incorrect view of its capabilities for the accommodation of shipping, the. following report has boen obtained from the chief pilot there, and is published for the information of mariners : Most Illustrious Sir,—ln reply to the questions which your lordship put to me yesterday, it is my duty to inform yon,—__ let. That at spring tides the bar of the port of this city has 24 feet of water, and the mall bar from 16 to 17, over which vessels drawing from 14 to 15 foot of water can enter, those drawing as much as 17 can do so no higher up than the Poco. 2d. That as vessels come from the Mosquoira in going out, and have to pass the inner bar near the lighthouse, they can do so, only drawing from 14 to 15 feet, with a favourable wind. - 34—Lastly, the great bar of which I first sPoke, beim , ire a line with the Recipe, is'open to the swell ; that within the harbour, which is the greater impediment, is in smooth water. I may aril, although the question was not put to me by your Lordship, that in those mac:mu-ages called the Lam erno and Samenheos, vessels of any draft of water can load and unload with facility. God preserve your Lordship. Pernambuco, March 12,1856. (Signed) JOSE FAITSTINO POSTO, Chief Pilot. The Most Illustrious 11. Augustus Cowper, Consul of England. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MAY 5. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at. Stockholm, re porting that the following articles of food will be admitted into Sweden, free of import duty, until the end of the pre sent year : Grain of all kinds, bread of all kinds, grits and rice of all kinds, maize, potatoes and potato meal, butt er an d c h eese , meat of all kinds. Animals—Oxen, cows, and young cattle, caves, and swine. Fish, salted—Of all kind s , ex cept anchovies, sardines, and thornfish. Fish, dry or smoked--All sorts, except salmon and eels. Tallow—Oil and fat of a l l kinds. Candles—tallow, stearine, and mazarin. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Mw 5. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, report. ing that the Neapolitan Board of Health has established an absolute quarantine of ten days on all vessels arriving from Malta. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Hampshire Regiment of Militia.—Ensign Edward Chas. Forward to be Lieutenant, vice Brown, appointed to the 59th Foot. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—Major Geo. Palmer Evelyn to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Campbell, resigned. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—To be Lieu tenants—Ensign Louis Perre Goodchap, vice Cerjat, pro moted; Ensign James Elyard, vice Sharpe, promoted ; Ensign William Douglas Legge, vice Chaplin, appointed to the Turkish Contingent. Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of Rifle Militia.—Ensign William Sinclair Sutherland to be Lieutenant, vice Godfrey Wentworth Davidson, pro moted ; Robert Douglas, Gent., to be Ensign. MEMORANDUM.- -Aberdeenshire Royal Regiment of Mi litia—The resignation of Ensign William Grant's commis sion has been accepted by the Lord-Lientenant, from lcth April, 1856. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Rowland Bateman and Robert Hardwicke, printers and stationers, Carey-street, Lincoln's inn. James Flood, junr., and Cornelius Robert Schaller, auc tioneers, &c., Charles-street, Middlesex-hospital. BANKRUPTS. James Welch, builder, York-grove North, Old Kent road, to surrender, May 15, at half-past one, and June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ball, official as signee, Coleman-street-buildings; Weatherfield, Basing hall-street. Graham Phillipson, wine merchant, Stamford, May 20 and June 17, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Law, Stam ford ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Robert Webb, ironmonger, Newport, May 19 and June 17, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Samuel Isaacs, cigar dealer and tobacconist, Manchester, May 22 and June 6, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Solo man, Borough-road, Southwark; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Thoinas Horner, surgeon, chemist, and druggist, Hoz ton, May 17, at half-past eleven, and June 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. Thomas Bate, hat manufacturer, Birmingham, May 17, and June 6, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Faulkner, Manchester; Reece, Ilirming ham. Louis Adolph Here, confectioner, Albany-street, Re gent's-park, May 2, at two, and Hone 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basing hall-street; Stubbs, Moorgate-street. Harcourt Master Marley and Foster Reynolds, silkmen, •ld Broad-street, Mby 16, at half-past eleven, and June 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Linklaters and Hackwood, Sise-lane. John Lizars, general dealer, Birmingham, May 19 and June 16, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; East, Birmingham. Henry Thornton, baker, Birmingham, May 19 and June 16, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Ludlow, Birmingham. Edmondson Aspinall and John Abraham Robinson, ma chine makers, Bolton-le-Moors, May 20 and June 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Richardson and Hinnell, Bolton ; Higson and Robinson, Manchester. Christopher Tuer, machine maker, Bolton-le-Moors, May 20 and June 10, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Richardson and Hinnell, Bolton. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John M`Nab, grocer, Limekilns, Fifeshire. John Main, grain merchant, Glasgow. Win. Morrison and Co., merchants, Leith. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. W. Renshaw, Liverpool brewer, first dividend of 3s. ld. in the pound, payable at 9, South Castle-street, Liverpool, on any Monday. Old Chan ge , Cit y, straw hat manufacturer, sec 3 o l. nd E t s li i v n i g dividend of 1114. in the pound, payable at 10, Ba singhall-street, City, on Thursday, May 8, and three fol eTieOP:BtrnEed:E;EßCeLrkAeißeyE.Dsciusre, J Hathaway, dividend of lilvd. ailnlinthgeforpdo,uound,aupyaydaabyle low . ingThursdays. dividend at TrW m id. r ...w . np ß d.. . ODID I f4a N r i fly, . v .8: .c A lHr7aro t ikpudEipon. DIVIDENDS a o nDpt n est is hv Lincolnshire, licensed victualler, payable at Mr. F. Up plohy's o ffi ce, Silver-street, Lincoln, on any day. fur rier May 29-V. Snook and J. T. Snook, King-street. Hammersmith, linen.clrapers, stay 29-T. P. Courtenay, Thames Ditton and East Moulsey, Surrey, cowkeeper, Oldham, Lancashire, e, Altrincham, Cheshire, , Aldgate, provision May 29-J. N. Smith, Jewry-street May 28-S. Archer, Rochdale, Lancashire, woollen cotton spinner, n Mz isi 2 a 9 y - 23 /I_. vir Bradbury,clar Cla r ke, j m oi a n n e u r factnrer, May 27- D. W. Acraman, W. E. Acraman, A. J. Acraman, W. Morgan, T. 1101royd, and J. N. Franklin, Bristol, ship builders, May 2 7-E. Dawes, Wol verhampton, Staffordshire, licensed victualler, June 13-- F . D. Blyth, Birmingham, factor, May 30 -W. 11. Wilson and R. Vause, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants, May 28- W. French, Bedlington, Durham, brewer. May 30--W. Boscastle, Cornwall, grocer, May 29-R Gill Ball and T. Ball, Totnes, Devonshire, millers, May 29- )-R. Minifie, Honiton, a li n , d H ll. D E y d er e, St. Thomas by Launceston, Cornwall, buil ders, May -29-B. Vickers, Newton Bushell, Devonshire, wine and spirit merchant, May 29-S. Rose, and It. W. Rose, Tioniton, Devonshire, drapers, May 29 (and on the W. Rose D. Deacon, Kilburn, butcher, May 29-E. Gorton, Dseepvaornatsehgeitl:btilscFeroffC3!Arß9TyES TO BE GRANTED. Cleveland-street, Fitzroy-square, music smith, May 29- E Davis, Oxford - street, cabinet manufacturer, May 27- RI Nicholson, Southampton-court, Holborn, carpet-bag maker, May 27-W. Bennett, Margaret-street, C aven di sh. square, victualler, May 27-J. H. Evins, Abergavenny, M o nmouthshire ' surveyor-J. P. Veys e y, E xeter, hatter, June 5-F. W. Emerson, Trereife Chemi ca l W orks, near Penzance, Cornwall, manufacturing chemist, J une 5 -R. Clark, Liverpool, miller, May 29- W. Stevenson, Leices ter, butcher, June 24-R. Greene, Lichfield, banker, June 12-H. Smith, Sedgley, Staffordshire, farmer, June 12- R. Welsh, Huddersfield, woollen merchant-J une 6-j. Douglas, York, tailor, June 6-11. Baird, Sheffield, linen draper, May 31. INSOLVENTPETITIONER,S. , Staf- J. Phillips, Maestag, Glamorganshire, Publican —E . Morgan, Maestag Iron Works , Glamorganshire, min er — J. Potts, Macclesfield , out o f bus iness M. Thompso n , Cambridge, cow keeper — J. S. Barnes, Manchester, o u t of employment — F. Barber , Manchester , commercial travel -1 M s u a r g n e c o h n e s — t e E r ~ F s a a r l e r i s n m g a t n o n—, Tipton,C. Reynolds fordshire, out of business — E. Derecourt, Tipton, Stafford. shire, shopkeeper—J. Maddox, Tipton, St a ff or d shire, Witton, er—E. Cheshire,lV°rrail greengrocer—M. Shaw, Wellington, Shropshire, innkeeper —T. Jarvis, Nailstone, Leicestershire, shoemaker—J. Butt, Southampton, bailiff—T. Marsh, Southampton, watchmaker—J. Wilson, Ipswich, grocer —W. p owis, Bilston, Staffordshire, butty collier — J. Powis, Waver. hampton, fancy milliner. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Mallory and G. H. Cowley, Warwick, grocers—R. Steegmann, New York, America, E. Steegmann, and H. T. zi inrooro , Nottingham, merchants (so far as regards R. T. Zinnern)—S. Clarke and A. Taylor, Huddersfield, joiners —J. Burgess and S. Eaton, Ronghtown, Yorkshire, iron founders—J. Flood, jun., and C. R. Schaller, Charles -street, Middlesex Hdspital, auctioneers—G. Knowles and .J. Korn, Newniiarn and Gloucester, wine merchants = G. Foster and C. Wil son, Liverpool, coal dealers—W ; C Nicholson and S. P. Glerrnie,• the Market-place, Stoke Newington, and Wapping, grocers—J. R. Scribner,• W. Rowe, and E. Brown, Liverpool and Hayti—H. Thompson and J. Beard—B. stonehewer and M. Stone hewer. Pilkiugton, Lancashire, bleachers—C. Day and W. Day; Gate-street, Lincolu'a-inn-fields, lithographic printers' —D. Barry and R. Halls Type-street, Finsbury, chicory importers—J. Monks, le. Monks, T. Lindley, and B. Monks, Worslev, Lancashire.; cotton manufacturers (so far as regards B. Monks) -J. Nicholson and W. F. Room, Liverpool, sail makers—C. Cannon and G. Horsman, Love-lane, E cheap, -City, and Camberwell, ice merchants —J. nartloY' and W. Kay, Bradford, woolstaplers—W: Bryant, W. 'Burnoll, and Burnell, Plymouth, soap 1113 M2faCt NOTICE OF TYTIEDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAS PRIZE MONEY. 7 - Department of the Aecotentent.General of the Navy, Admiralty, Schuerset-honse, May 5. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma , rincs, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri bution of proceeds arising from the Russian schooner Pallas', captured on the 4th of July, 1855, by her Majesty's ships Driver and Firefly, will commence on Monday, the 19th May, 1856, i n th e Prize Branch of the Departmentof "the Acc oun t an t -G eneral of the N avy, Admiralty, SOrnerset-house." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prig orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may ho legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ships, are re quested to present the same at this office. iWy officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the Collector of Customs or of Inland Revenue within the United Kingdom, is re quired to intimate the same by letter to be addressed "On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, Lon don," in which letter 144 , of residence is t o b e w s t a ted; as ait., , kaTet ce °Me ginire*Colier, for of Customs, or of Inland Revenue, from whom it would be convenient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an Individual in the several classes : Flag share £2o 7 4 Captain Commander Second class Third class 6 14 6 Fourth class Fifth class .. £2 8. 1 Sixth class 2 3 2 Seventh class Eighth class Ninth class 0 9 8 Tenth class 0 4 9 Department of tho Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, May 5. Notice is hereby given to the officers, searien, and ma rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Finnish barque Fides, captured nn the Ist Aug., 1855, by her Majesty's ship Firefly, will commence on Monday, the 19th May, 1856, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset- House." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the collector of customs or inland revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by le ',ter, to be addressed, " On Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest collector of cus toms or of inland revenue, from whom it would be con venient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : Flag share ... Captain £47 2 10 ..... ... 111 19 4 Second class 4l 10 8 Third class Fourth class 22 18 0 Fifth class Sixth class Seventh class Eighth class 3 16 4 Ninth class Tenth class Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, May 5. Notice is hereby given to the Officers, Seamen, and Marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the cargo of plank and tar captured on the 30th and 31st August, 1855, at Rasso, by her Majesty's ships Firefly and Dragon, will com mence on Monday, the 19th of M, 1856, in the Prize Branch of the Dep ar t men t o f the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house." The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : £ s. d. Flag share Captain 43 17 10 Second class ll 19 9 Third class Fourth class 6 3 5 Fifth class 3 8 7 Sixth class Seventh class Eighth class Ninth class Tenth class ~ £ s. d. 3 1 8 2 1 1 1 0 6 0 13 8 0 6 10 Sporting Intelligence. CHESTER SPRING MEETING,—TazaDAr. The Grosvenor Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. 8 subs. Mr. E. Parr's Stork, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Snowden) 1 Mr. Ridley's Hospitality, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b (Bates) 2 Mr. Wilson's Heir of Linne, 3 yrs, fist 121 b (Fordhare) 3 Mr. T. Parr's Saucebox, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (Wells) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Stork, sto 2 agst Saucebox, 4 to 1 agst Hospitality. Before going to the post Hospi tality jumped the rails near the railway arches. He also showed much temper at the post. Stork made ail the running, and won cleverly by a neck. Half a length between the second and third, and a length between the third and fourth. Immediately after the race offers were made to take 10 to 1 about Stork for the Chester Cup. The Palatine Stakes, of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 100 added ; for three-yr-olds ; fillies, Bst 71b each. Certain penalties and allowances. Second to save his stake. From the Castle-pole, once round and in. 14 subs. Mr. J. M. Stanley's Theodora, Sst 91b (Bartholomew) Mr. Parker's One Act, Bst (G. Mann) 2 Mr. A. Harrison's Spinster, Bst (J. Osborne) 3 Mr. S. Cass's La Victime, Bst 71b (Basham) 4 Betting-2 to 1 on One Act, and 7 to 2 agst Theo dora. One Act led to the distance, where Theodora passed her and won in a canter by two lengths ; three lengths between the second and third, and a length be tween the third and fourth. After the race 100 to 6 was laid agst One Act for the Chester Cup. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for three-yr olds and upwards. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs, &c. Once round round and a distance. 6 subs. Mr. Saxon's Barrel, 5 yrs, B,t 31b (J. Formter) 1 Mr. Armstrong's Alcyone, 4 yrs, ist 31b (Wakefield) 2 Mr. T. Dawson's Double Mixture, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Bullock) 3 The following also ran :—King Chat, Young Tiffany f, and Petticoat. Betting-5 to 2 each , ags King Chat and Alcyone, 3 to 1 agst Barrel. A tine race in ; won by a abort head ; half a length between the second and third ; a length be tween the third and fourth. The winner was claimed by Mr. Armstrong. The Mostyn Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for two•yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 2lb ; the second to receive 20 sovs out of the stakes. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 26 subs. Mr. E. Parr's Lambourn, Bst 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. Copperthwaite's The Sprig of Shillelab, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 2 Mr.W. l'Anson'sßlink Bonny, Bst 31b(R. I'Anson, jun.) 3 The following also ran :—Double Glo'ster, Mountain Daisy, lareca, Special Licence, colt by Touchstone— Lady Godiva, Kenerdy, and Saunterer. Betting-3 to 1 agst Special Licence, 4to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelab, 4 to 1 agst Double Glo'ster, 6 to 1 against Lambourn, 10 to 1 agst Saunterer. Won by a head. Same between the second and third. Double Glo'ster was fourth, Lady Godiva colt fifth, and Kenerdy sixth, close together and well up. The rider of Sprig of Shil lelab objected to Lambourn, and the rider of Blink Bonny objected to both Lambourn and Sprig of Shillelab. After hearing evidence the stewards decided in favour of Latubourn. Chesterfield Stakes. Fisherman Prince of Orange .................. Me.......................................... Thirteen ran. Won easily. Wynstay Handicap. Ellormire .............................................. Ne0pt01emu5.....................^................. Dame Judith ...... ................................... Atheretone ........................................... Ten ran. Won by a length. Cold cloudy weather. The attendance, however, was quite equal to an opening day's average. The success of Stork and the defeat of One Act exercised a perceptible influence over specuation on the Cup. HARPENDEN HANDICAP. —Weathercock and S an db oy are scratched. LATEST BETTING ON THE CUP. 6to 1 agst Yellow Jack Bto 1 agst Imogene 9to 1 agst Yorkshire Grey 10 to 1 agst Stork 12 to 1 agst Typee 100 to 6 agst One Act 20 to 1 agst Hospitality 20 to 1 agst Fatalist 20 to 1 agst Early Bird 25 to 1 agst Lady Tatton 25 to 1 a , sit Courtenay 30 to 1 agst Hungerford 40 to 1 agst Simony 50 to 1 agst New Brighton 54 to 1 agst Mishap 50 to 1 agst Redan £0 to 1 agst Poodle 100 to 1 agst Goorkah Yellow Jack, Yorkshire Grey, and Lady Tatton in good demand. CRYSTAL PALACE,—ONH SHILLING DAT, Tue;da,7, May 6.—Admissions on payment, 2,224; ditto by sea son tickets, 201; total visitors, 2,425. Spirit of the Public Journals. • . (From• tits Morning Heragd of this day.) The adjourned debate bn the address has not prodused anything worthy of particular comment, excepting it be the speeet'of Mr. Glad Stone. That the right hon. them her for the University should congratulate the house upon the returns)! _peace is natural—as natural, irideed, as-that the Uwe should congratulate itself that it is not enviged in considering the terms of an address on. a peace of :Kr. Gladstone's making. Itail 'the view 3 Of the clique with which he acts upon the policy of the war been adopted— had he suceeeded, 'eighteeit months ago, in, impressing Parliament with the idea that the war was an unmitigated disaster, the dread preliminary to•ria tional ruin; we should have laid down our arms just as Russia was beginning to feel their effects, and have de: ,libera,tely abandoned the only opportunity Which might arise during the present century of curbing the ir.juri. us ambition of our recent fee. A s it i s , we ye consented .to terminate the war - just as we were beginning to feed and to put forth our strength —too soon for the solid peace of Europe, as we shall yet •discover —too soon for our own consequence, all things considered—almost too soon for our honour. We have, with the co-opetation :of oar steadfast ally, acoothplietied something ; but that we have done so is dtie to our total disregard of the pitl ;fin counsels of those statesmen under whose pacific au spices we entered upon a war that in the very nature of things must have been costly and sanguinary. Considering how resolutely the house set itself against the persuasive influence of Mr. Gladstone, and that the country was prepared, even after the fall of Sebastopol, to prcaecute hostilities at all cost and hazard, until Riissia, should succumb, the right hon. gentleman dis played last night some generosity in his review of the terms o peace. The arrangements for the internal ad ministration of Turkey entirely meet his approval ; he thinks, however, that' a Chri s tian poli c y h as s d far so vrae4d .*ithin the Ottoman Empire the rule of she Ferani;and - -tiust-Ohaistiare ntenarchs have taught the successor of the Caiiphs a lesson in civilisation ; but the right hon. gentleman never once alluled to the revolt of 50,000 Arabs in consequence of the attempt of foreign ers to compel the enforcement of hatti-schireff, He thinks, moreover, that the consolidation of the Princi palities, although contrary to . the wishes of their suzerain, our ally, would have been a great blessing to those coun tries, and, of course, believes that another Otho on the throne of Moldo-Wallachia would be a great improvement upon the existing state of Government. There is one point, howeve'-, in the treaty—not the least important it will be confe-sed—which does not afford Mr. Glad stone satisfaction, and in this respect Mr. Gladstone is not singular that point is the boastld neutralisa tion of the Black Sea. The provision for securing that most desirable object Mr. Gladstone describes as pre senting a " succession of pitfalls." We regret the right bon. gentleman did not further derelope the objection which he thus happily described, although any one who takes the troubl e t o cons i der those articles in the treaty . ocbst w iloypao h np—t er h dagwtes p urire r nl ssleeihsb: opportunities I se uah insat e n otq t na o ugobs :po r t aei o sroresn y nom i cta d ueoabs e . ell uyyy f o n r d e r t s h t e a n a d f o the r e s a descriptioni d uu t a. li s o a f sirrk they cu t ou t f or the maritime powers, should Rus- E w awff i vh l eol which afforded t e L a d k sohh e r ede a r d dj v oo a ofu n h b t rn a te g l cße e os :s o es f osr nei t lyg e , who was disposed last year to make such concessions to Russia, sees that there is a radical weakness in that stipulation, which is supposed t) involve the most seri ous consequences to Turkey and to Europe. Lord John does not consider Count Orloff's promise respect ing the Russian arsenals, although appearing in a pro tocol, as equivalent to the stipulation of a treaty. Yet upon that promise the neutralisation really de pends. It is undoubtedly true, as was observed last night by Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, that Russia is dis tinguished for the first time at the close of any war in which she has been engaged by the cession instead of the acquisition of territory; yet she has contrived, partly by her own dexterity, but chiefly by the weakness of those with whom she had to deal, to indemnify her self for any territorial losses on the margin of the Euxine by the retention of those places which have enabled her hitherto to dominate in those waters. Lord Palmerston hardly anticipated the objection of Mr. Gladstone to the most important portion of the treaty ; and his reply to it betrays the consciousness that it is really the weak point of the whole structure. The supremacy of the Black Sea, in one shape or an other, was the point for which Russia was prepared to make any sacrifice. The total abolition of that supre macy was impossible without a lengthened and sustained struggle on the part of the Western Powers. To make the Blabk Sea secure it would be indispensable to drive Russia from every foothold on its margin, and render her no longer a sea-bordering power, as it is termed. Our Government was not prepared to undertake this heavy task, and therefore they have con• eluded a peace which leaves Russia where she was, and by its imperfect conditions opens those future series of embarrassments happily denominated "pitfalls" by Mr. Gladstone. No one knows all this better than Lord Palmerston, although in his speech against time last night he affects a belief in the security afforded by the treaty, a belief which he is the last person really to en tertain. (From th 4 M.rning Advertiser of this day.) If the debate on the treaty of peace has been produc tive of no other good, it has at least hal this beneficial result—that it has thrown much additional light on what this country has gained or lost by its alliance with the ruler —not the people—of France. Even Mr. Layard, who seems to have been suddenly seized with a violent affection for the Government which he, more than any other man, had formerly systematically assailed—even he, amidst all the vehemence of his new-born love for Lord Palmerston, could not help reproaching, by impli cation, the Government of the noble lord, for the dis honour done to the country by our servile submission to the Chief Magistrate of France, and the spaniel-like fashion in which we have fawned upon him. Speaking of that alliance, which will, i❑ the end, be deeply de plored by this country, Mr. L.►yard said—" The French alliance had proved a source of great embarrassment. Now, he was one of those who would make every sacri fice for a French alliance, except a sacrifice of the national honour. He confessed, however, that to his mind, from the very commencement, our position with regard to France had been a most anomalous ono. For this the present Government was not to be blamed, but those who originated and took the first steps in the war. From the beginning he had been deeply impressed with the equivocal position we had held with regard to France, and he thought no one could read these protocols and those of the Vienna Confereices, or could have followed the events of the war, without being persuaded that we assumed a false position as respected France, placed ourselves unnecessarily in her power, and took a line which could never be consistent with the true interests and honour of this country." The latter part of this extract from the speech of the member for Aylesbury was received with loud cries of " Hear, hear." We are glad to find that it was so. It is an indication which justifies the hope that the Legis lature, as well as the people, is at length beginning to open its eyes to the dishonour of the national character, and the injury to the best interests of the country, which our ignoble subjugation to the ruler of France has already done to England. Lord John Russell, too, made some pointed observa tions on the conduct of Louis Napoleon, in instructing Count Walewski to demand the sanction of Lord Claren don to the adoption of measures for the extinction of a free press in Belgium. This is another illustration of the degradation entailed upon us by an alliance with the present regime in France ; and it was a gratifying cir cumstance, that the house received Lord John Russell's denunciation of the conduct of the governor of that c.mntry, with loud and repeated cheers. "Having," said his lordship, "made these criticisms, he would remark on one or two questions which came under consideration in the c mrse of the protocols. Towards the end of them, the French Minister brought forward the state of the Belgian press, and objected to what he had no doubt were great excesses on the part of that press—lament able abuses of the freedom of the press—but which, so far as our experience went, belonged to that freedom. Lord Clarendon said that the press was like the air—at perfect liberty. The Belgian press had the security, he believed, of trial by jury for offences, according to the Belgian Constitution, and he hoped that no Ministry which the wise, prudent, and constitutional Sovereigu who reigned over that country would ever have, would be ready to propose or consent to any alteration of the Constitution, for the purpose of subjecting that press to a censorship, or to any mere summary mode of inter ference. He could not but think, therefore, that while we were ready to fay that the Emperor of the French, in his own dominions, might regulate the press as he pleased, and put what restrictions he thought necessary upon it, for the preservation of the peace of his own sub jects, without our having the least claim to interfere in. the matter, yet he thought the Emperor should respect similar rights in other countries, and not call upon the Minister of England to take a step which must be so re• puguant to the feelings of the English people, as to in terfere with the press of another country." This spirited passage in Lord J. Russell's speech de served the loud cheers with which it was greeted. No one, for the last four years, has ventured to express him self thus manfully, respecting the Emperor of the French. Lot us hope that others will follow the example of the Noble Lord, and that England will yet, in this respect, recover her lost prestige. Were England tee become a party to the extinction of a free press in Bel gium, in compliance with the wishes of Louis Napoleon, the next inevitable step on the part of his Imperial Ma jesty would be to demand the destruction of the liberty of the press in this country. And were that liberty gone, every prestige of constitutional freedom would speedily perish with it. he ruler of France asked, almost curls mended, Lord Palmerston, some months ago, to expel all political refugees from our shores, and to destroy that part of our Constitution which affords a safe and sacred asylum to those who have sought our protection against the vengeance of despotic Governments on the Con tinent. Does any one doubt that the man wh o could wic Lord Palmerston to do this would hesitate at anything? Assuredly ho would not—not even at seeking to make England, to all intents and purpoces, a more province of i i'FS ~ ~ ~r: TRADE WITH RUSSIA. We read in the St. Petersburg Northern Bee of April 22 : " Since the beginning of this month a stoppage has taken place in our business matters. The price of Rue. elan products has fallen at London out of proportion with the prices at this city. It results that the traders of St. Petersburg, holders of merchandise, a re i n no hurry to make new little 6wPurebases;the Russian merc h ants, on their part,disposed to lower p r i ces, as they are firmly persuaded that a rise in ou r pr i ncipal ofg ex port is imminent epon th e open i ng of ,tio n a t the time o f th e arrivals from the the articlesna Ti interior. ~it is with the greatest satisfaction that we see at St. Petersburg, from the foreign journals, that the London Bourse takes a lively interest in the con struction of the railway from Riga to Dunabourg. From information received by private letters we learn that many companies are being formed in England for the construction in Russia of some other lines, which will also be advantageous for our commerce and for our country, as well as for English capitalists themselves, who by this will put their capital to a much more profitable account than they could do in England. The construction of railways by private in dividuals being authorised by the government, com mercial men applaud these wise and useful projects, and entertain the most sincere wishes for their suc- cess." MEMOIRS OF THE COURT or THE REGENCY. From Original Family Documents. By the DUKE OF BUIK. INGHAM AND CHANDOS, K.G., 2 vols.—" Here are two more goodly volumes on the English Court ; volumes full of blood and fruit, of new sayings, pictures, anec dotes, and scenes. The Duke of Buckingham travels over nine years of English history. But what years those were, from 1811 to 1820 ! What events at home and abroad they bore to the great bourne !—from the accession of the Regent to power to the death of Gorge lll.—includi ng the fall of Percival — the invasi on o f Russia, and the war in Spain—tbe battles of Salamanca and Borodino—the fire of Moscow—the retreat of Na poleon—the conquest of Spain—the surrender of Napo leon —the war in America —the destruction of Washing. ton —the return from Elba—the Congre ss o f Vienna -the Hundred Days—the crownin g carnage o f W ater . loo—the exile to St. Helena—the return of the Bour- bons—the settlement of Europe —the public scandals at the English Court —the popular discontent, and the Mas sacremany parts of this sto r y, the do cuments o fP p e u t b e lrilsohoe by(htlhe Duke of Buckingham cast new jets of light, clearing up much secret history. Old stories are confirmed. New traits of charact , r are brought out. 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