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Although the supply of uglfsh wkeat etsa#eis trklay market was very moderate, we eipetieticed a dull sale fot ali descriptions, at Monday's ticfc.ine in the Leo* The gener a l qua lity of th e same es was inferiter. Rather over 6,000 quarters of foreign wheat have eosin to hand this week. Even the finest samples were very dull in sale, and the value of most kinds was *lmola .nominal. E , ,cl :--- Al 1. is date bs ever D corps tioNIP)N FRIDAY EVENING MARCH 7. 1856. reepon• w ith lade, at N o . 19,z-i79.1 [PRIOR 4D. STAMPED SD• . Joseph Brown, Esq., 10, Clarence-terrace, Regent's-park, Di rector of the European Gas Company. Lewis Cubitt, Esq., 52, Bedford-square. George Bowness Carr, Esq., Laurence Pountney-place. Captain James Barber, 136, Leadenhall-street, Chairman of the Oriental Gas Company. Charles Farquharson, Esq., 28, Chesham-place, Elder Brother of the Trinity House, Director of the Oriental Gas C(•m- John George Hammack, Esq., Boxlands, Surrey, Chairman of the Rateliff Gas Company. Robert Henty, Esq., Densworth, near Chichester. Benjamin George Keun, Esq., (Keun and Co., Constantinople, and Lavine, Kenn, and Co., Smyrna). (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London. MANAGER IN CONSTANTINOPLE—CharIes Keun, Esq. (Keun and Co., Constantinople.) AUDITORS. H. McL. Backler, Esq., Secretary to the European Gas Corn- Pan'''. John Gill, Esq., Secretary to the Ratcliffe Gas Company. CONSULTING ENGINEER—George Lowe, Esq. C.E., F.R• S., Engineer-in-Chief of the London Chartered Gas Company. Sotsciroas_Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, Masterman, and Co., - - London. BROKERS—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill. The effects of civilisation, which have spread far and wide from Europe to the remotest parts of the world, have not failed, in spite of ancient prejudices, to penetrate gradually the Turkish Empire, and it is not too much to say that a Complete revolution in the manners and customs of Ottoman Subjects is rapidly progressing, and that but a short time will *lapse before Turkey and its population will enjoy the advan tages of European institutions. The project now submitted to the public has been for some time under the consideration of leading and influential parties la Constantinople. Turkey has hitherto been, and Call is, deprived of many useful and even necessary provisions for the comfort and ornament of its numerous cities , n o t except ing the capital itself. Forem: st amongst its most urgent re quirements must be placed the adoption of Gas, now wholly Unknown there ; and it has been ascertained that the intro duction of this admirable and economical mode of public and Private lighting will be hailed as a boon by all classes of the population, from the lowest up to its high-minded and en lightened Sovereign, under whose immediate patronage it is Prevesed to place the present undertaking. The Ottoman Empire affords a wide scope for the opera tion.' of this Company, as the following facts will demonstrate. Constantinople has a mixed population of Museulmans, Euro- Teals, Greeks, Armenians, &c., approaching a million of souls; it contains a large number of palaces and public edi seec. The Sultan alone has several immense palaces; the Sublime Porte, where the Government affairs are carried on, terms of itself a small city ; there are also extensive barracks, Colleges, manufactories, cafés, theatres, club-houses, and other places of public entertainment, several hundred mosques and bath-houses, a large number of which, for the comfort and eeavenience of the inhabitants, are kept open during the *hole night, as the time most suitable for the enjoyment of that oriental luxury. Steps have been taken to procure from the Sultan of Tur key a firman or concession, securing to this Company for a term of years the exclusive privilege of supplying with gas all Places within the sovereignty and dominions of the Turkish empire. Twa of the directors, one h tying an intimate knowledge of the country, the other being practically acquainted with all the details in relation to the manufacture of and lighting by gas, have already left this country for Constantinople, with full powers to eonclude the necessary arrangemen•s. Coals are to be had in Turkey, and it is believed that Eng lish enterprise will work the native collieries more vigorously than hitherto ; but shippins employed extensively between the countries, especially in the grain trade, will always carry coal in lien of ballast from England at a moderate rate. The coke, tar, and other products arising from the manu facture of gas, are sure to meet with a ready market. Calculations have been made as to the expenses of the present bkode of lighting with olive oil, and the directors are enabled to state that gas can be supplied at a rate which will compare Co favourably as to render certain its genera , adoption. Power will he reserved to take advantage of the privileges ( If any law that has been or may he passed for limiting the liability of shareholders in joint-stock companies. The directors have every confidence that the privileges they are seeleng will be granted exclusive'," to this Company; but if from any cause they should deem it advisable to abstain trona proceeding to carry out the objects of the Company, the eapital will be returned, lesspreliminary expenses, which shall het exceed one shilling and sixpence per share. Applications for shares to be made, on or before the loth Inst., at the offices of Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle street. CONTRACT FOR LIGNUAI VITA, Department or the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, sth Harch. 1856. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain kid Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY t tie 18th Instant, at Two o'clock, they will ?)e ready to treat with each Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplyiog her Maj,.stre cckyard at Portsmouth with 40 Tons of sr. DOMINGO LIGNUM TILE, of from 4 to iti ins diameter, and of WRITE BAHAMA LIGNUNI VITA, of from 34 to 4 ins. diameter. _ _ A form of the tender may be seen at the said °ince. No tender will be received after two o'clock on the day of treaty, Iter will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for ern duly authorised bt writing. fiery tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, 1 04 bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for LiKnum rite!;' and must also be delivered at Som,rset-place, aceompanle 74 letter signed by a responsible person, ant:aging to become bound With the person tendering in the sum of 2001. for the due performance Or-the contract. EAST INDIA lIOU3E, 5111 Malicia, 1335. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the an nexed CODE of REGULATIONS for the ADMISSION of ._ANDIDATE- , at the EX k MIN ' k TIONs to ho held for the fa'POINTX ENT of ASSIST kNT SURGEONS in the SERVICE of ,_ ll, EAST 1ND1.3. COXPANY, has ten framed by the Board of °lntnissioners for the Affairs of Diclia. wider the provisions of the let 16th and 17th Viet., cap. 95, sec. 38. 646 ItLATIONS FOR Tae ADMISSION OP CANDIDATES FOR THE APPOINT- IitIVF OF AsilSTartr-SUIWZON IN TILE 'qEItVICII OF c.AiT INDIA CO3mitt T. 411 natural-horn snhjects Of her Majesty between 22 and 2$ years hs t lrNe, and of sound bodily health. may be candidates for aniniAsion 's the service of the East India Company as .4.s.iitant Sur_teoni. They must subscribe and rend into Dr. So tt, the l'hys:ciun t, the nOttortrable East India Company, to days before the period fixed for 16 h examination, a declaration to the 0, lowing effect : (Christian and surname at full length), a candidate for em LIOYMent as an Assistant-Surgeon in Vie , ervice of th, East Indi w iliPalay, do hereby declare, that I was years of age on the .. _ .1 day of last, and that [ labour under noconstitu lieltal disease or physical disability that can interfere with the due Illseharge of the duties of a medical officer ; and I ilso attest my had tams to proceed on duty to India within three months of reoeiv .lll My appointment." _Tido declaration must be accompanied by the following docti luents:— _ . , Proof of age, either by extract from the register of the parish _ ll Whieh the candidate was born, or by his own declaration pursuant " the Act 6 and 6 Wm. IV., c 62. certificate of moral character fro n a magistrate, or a minis of the religious denomination to which the candidate belongs, Who has p•rsonally k , own him for at least two preceding years. 4. A diploma In surgery, or a degree in medicine, provi , ed an ex klaination in surgery be required for such degree, from some body "IPPetent by law to grant or confer such diploma orcleg• ee. .4.1 certificate of having attended two courses of lectures, of six %Oahe each, on the practice of physic. and of having attended for e tz Months the practice and clinical instruction o the i.hysiclans at Gonie hospital, containing at least, on an average, one hundred in ktients ; or of having attended one courts or lectures of six months Clit the practice of physic, and clinical instruction for twelve months. G. A certificate of having attend e d for three mouths the pr a cti c al unitrnetion given at one of the public asylums for the treatment of tile Insane. G. A certificate of having attended for three months one of the in. atltutions or wards of an laospital especially devoted to the treat kent of ophthalmic disease. Candidates who Tasty not have been able to attend the practice of Mk asylum for the insane, or of an ophthalmic hoapitai, for 3 eoliths previous to their oaring themselves for examination, will not be 'beim:led from examination, but will, if successful in ibtaining re tornmendatlon for bppointmelits, be re jai, ed to produce certificates er having attended such practice durni, the interval between the t annsination and the tine of proceeding to India. 7. A. certificate of hiving attended a course of lectures on m d- Wifery, and of having conducte 1 at least :ix lahout s. G• A. certificate of having acquired a practical k' owledge of cup Nag. _ _ Candidates may also, at their option, sent In certificates of attend- Mee at any hospitals, or on any course of teem", s, in addition to the 4 boVe. Attendance on a course of military surge y, and the prActi• hl study of surgleal operations on the dead body, are recommi-nded The Examination will include the following subjects :- 1. Surgery in all ite•departments. 2. Medicine, including the diseases of women and child , en, The• %entice, Pharmacy, an 1 Hygiene.. S. Anatomy and Physiology, including Comparative Anatomy. 4. Natural History, including Botany and Zo The following are the books recommended in— iftlogy and Comparative Anatomy— • Ottlines of the Structure of the Animal Kingdom, by Rymer Jones, Coors Elemsntaire d'llistoire Naturelle, par Mae Edwards. zetany— Lindley's School Botany, or • Lindley's Elements of Botany. The Examination will be conducted— 1. fly means of written questions and answers. 3. By object examinations and experiments, when the subject ad- Init. of such tests. 3. riy practical examination pf patients, and by operations on the " 1 1 . 4 body. 4. By viva voce examination. The persons wko shall be pronounced by the examiners to be the qualified in all respects will oe appointed to fill the requisite 4 4„_Inber of appointments - as assistant-surgeons in the East India winspany's Service, and, so far as the requirements of the service Will permit, they will have the choice of the Pre idency in India to erhioh they shall he appointed, according to the order of merit in Which they stand on the list resulting from such examination. All assistant•surgeens are required t subscribe to the military or inedical, and medical retiring funds, at the presidencies to which they nay be respectively appointed, and to the Military Orphan So elety also, if appointed to Bengal. All assistant-surgeons who shall neglect or refuse to proceed to India under the orders ef the Court of Directors, within three months torn the date of their appointmeu:, will be ronsidered as having for lted it, unless special circumstances shall justify a departure from thia regulation , A copy of these regulations, and any further information, may be ntained on application to the Secretary of the Military Departmeat, fast India House. The examinations will take place in the months of January and IlelY in each year ; and due notice will be given by putslic adver *gement of the days appointed, and of the probaiele number of can didates to be selected. The Pxaminers for Assistant Surgeons in the Honourabie East India Company's Service, having received many inqui ies as to the !Nest and extent of the Examination in Comparative Anatomy, eAselogy, and Botany, have considered it desire - de to announce that their objects are,— i• To ascertain who of the Candidates have devoted especial atten „ 'MI to any of these sciences, and are hence qual fled to undertake chnies requiring a knowledge of them, as well as the general duties of their profession. Proficiency in these sciences will, in classifying was Candidates by merit, be entitled to great consideration. 2. To encourage all Candidates to acquire an elementary know le dge of the structure and affinities of the principal natural families *r Animals and of Plants, with the general pan upon which these are constructed, and the functions and relations of their most imper sant organs. a. To promote the study of Natural History as a most important Idihnet or preliminary to a liberal medical education; that of Com- Asrative Anatomy, Zoology, or Botany, if po,perly cultivated, by Leans of specimens, for even a short period, being eminently calcu lated to develope habits of close observation, and to strengthen tho. , e Dealers of reasoning upon observed facts, which must be habitually e xercised by medical men everywhere, but which must I , e exercised With. the greatest energy and promptitude by those who prat' se in a tropical inmate, and who are often thrown wholly upon their own rt goer cep. The itcneral examination in thesescien ies will be e'ementary, an' Will embrace a very limited range of technical terms .‘t he written eXiuninatlon a considerable number of questions will he put, with the view of allowing each Candidate to select such slut leen' as he has Ztended to, and, thereby, of enabling the Examin srs ascertal.. S PSI ticular departments of science in which the ver n al examine non should be conducted. With t hose Candidates w ho ha v e attained proficiency in any branch _ these sciences, the verbal examination will be pursued in the march selected.so as to ascertain the full extent of their knowledge. _ It is not e announce d th a t th e nex t ex amination will be - held-at hin hen eon the 14th July next, and t-ucceeding days, and that the bable number of vacancies in the medical establiehment of the India Company, to be then filled np, will be thirty. *WAS C. 31rAYLLaL, Secretary. STAR PACKETS froth the TERRACE PIER, OIiAVES , :Ni), 9, 2. " ;UK A al., 111.ACKWALI.. on the 4 ri•-. of the o:l , twinz Trains from Fenchurch-street, 10 ;( , 3 1 .4, we , ther permit- Mg. rh Picket.; will call at t. e Rosherviilia, Greenhithe, Portico ,oct North Woolwich Plea. f' •• 4..veaerici ftla-kwall or W(4311.• Sri. • • N• 1 aril London • Rd. ~ As. lnd ' in 1 Tllackw,til or Woo wick • 6d. .. oe. 6cl. e w r.evea nt Titer .tol'atc 411, 06. 4 , 1 Octo , ar. 23, 1855. o*r to mitioor )BinuE in the lecencl d it' u We" ludlol ,serril. [ ll3. rn de w hich o f the Sort of the r e ' ig beity %OP' party, vane °. ationea Gra' 3rivate fit 'Di 4. a, ea" ie. on o 6 st 1 to '' Th ud. oti 38 0 , 0 ,1 Od 2 --P Ur -1 5 9 n —.1 5 ,15 6 if 6 0 - ..17 ::17 ; .17 0 ...17 g ...1. 6 ...1 6 • ...1 5 A .. ..: 0 P Y•l7 ...22 A 0 6ffic ; 3 10 5 419 WA Ole rc 2 9 1° I° ‘ tit . M ADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND. Messiah.—Exeter-hall, March 14. re9ecttully annoumres that the Oratorio ct the MESSIAH will be given for the second and last time, at Exeter-Hall,. on TUESDAY EVEN i SG, .lierch in. Principal soprano part. by Mme. Jenny Goldschmidt, it being her last appsaranee in London until the month of May next. The Chores and Orchestra will consist of more than 600 performers. Conductor, M. Benedict. Prices of admission Stalls (Numher d and Reserved), One trainee; Unreserved • 4 eats (Flo•ly of the Hall), 10s. 6d.; West Gallery, 10s. 6d.; Area ;under Wilt Gallery), is Doers open at Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock precisely. The tickets will be *appropriated according to the order of application ; no more will be issued than the room can con veniently accommodate. Correct Books of the Oratorio are given with the Tickets Applications for tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. l e T ve ll ni ' ng S ( M ex O ce N pt T s,tu ß ra L ay A ) N o t, : Et. T . O-NI . e?:ery &emir, and Tuesday, Thursday. and aturday gortllngs at Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ; gallery, la.—Egyptlith. Tlocadilly. A RGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CABIN() NOW OPEN for the winter season Prin ins., Come , a Piston, M Boolcourt.—Doors open at A. Admission •ne yhilltnc Laurent's new Varsovlana every night. , vur R. W. S. WOODIYS OLIO of ODDITIES. y Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Vol'., Character, and Costume, concluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille is " Les Iloraces." Every evening, at 8. Morning Per formance every Saturday at 2 o'clock; night at 8, Private oozes and stalls may be secured in advance, without eitia charge. Poly graphic-hall, King William-street, Charing•ctoss. DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. Open (for gentlemen only) from Ten till Ten, containinz upwards of 1,000 Models an i Preparations, illustrating every part of the Human Frame in Health and in Disease; the Races of Men, Sic., &c. Lec tures thlivered at Twelve, Two, and Four, Morainic, and at Half past Seven, Evening, tw Dr. Sexton, F R G.S.; And at Half-Past Eight, by Dr. Kahn.—Admission, One Shilling. A New Edition in tcp. Bvo., price Ten Shillings, cloth ; 12s. bound in embossed roan ; or i2s. 6.1. call lett,red. /IAUNDER'S HISTORICAL TREASURY: Comprising a General Introductory Outline of Universal History, Ancient and Modern, and a Series of separate Histories of every principal Nation. Nsw Edition, revised. Also, all uniform in size and price. MAUNDER'S BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY ; MAUNDER'S TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE ; TREASURY OF NATURAL HISTORY ; 111114 SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY TREASURY. • . London L ()avian; Brow, Green,ind Longman. CC NTRACT' FOR BILLET WOOD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons who may be desirous of contracting to supply 50 Stacks of BILLET % . 1" ,0)), that sealed tenders will be receivel tor the same, on or before the 13th instant, addressed to the !rector-General of Contracts, War Department, Pail-Mall, London." _ . Parties who may wish to tender are requested to use no form but :hat which can be obtained from the above office. G H NBY. pro D. G. Contracts. War Department, Pall-mall, 6th Marcia, DOC BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL. MALL EAST, LONDON. Establi,hed A.D., 1844. Parties d sirens of INVE4rING :WONKY ars requested to )xamineth- Plan of the Bank of oeposit Prospectuses and Forms •or Opening Accennte Pent free on application. PE "ER MORRI4ON, Maniqing Director. BANK OF LONDON, Threadueedle•street, and t!harina-cross. CHAIRMAN—Sir JOHN VILLIERS SHELLEY. Bart., M.P. VICE 'HAI MAN—JO.I N GRIFFITH FRI 11, Esq. Current Acer.untr are received, and interest allowed on Balance'. 51. per cent. Interest is allowed on d.posits, with ill days' notice of withdraws, on sums of 10s. end upwards. By order. MA rTTI w A RSH A LL, Jun., Manager. BE 1.1 - AMI SCOT I', Secretary. Threadneedle-street. January 19, 1b•56. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. wAR wr-K RAGE:: On MONDAY. TIT SF) .Y. an.' wEDNEsT) 4T, the 10 h. 11th, and 12th or ' , larch, Return Ti , keta fr..m Pad ingtou to Leamington or warwick will b available for the return journey from the 10th to 2th, hicluelve. The 9 40 a.m. Ex , real Train from Paddington wilt be continued direct to Warwick on e oh of the above Jays. Paddi..gton, March sth. ONDON and NORTH-WEST ERN A RAILWA Y.—W'HICK RACES.—On 3}ON!)-4-7, TUES DAY, and , VEDNE4DAY, the Ptli, 1 lth, - snil !2th M rch, Return r ckets issued at the Huston-square Station, Louden, by the several Tr ins to eamina , n and Warwick, on the 10th, 11th. and i2th instant, will be ayall.,ble to return from LeAmington to Lendcn on either of thee. , days. _ _ By nrder. General Manager's Office, Eu.ston Station, sth March, 1856. W lESBA DEN RAILWAY COMPANY . London Agency. IR, Csnnon•street. COUNCIL, R. HARTLF,'Y KENNEDY, Esq., Alderman, Sheriff—President. Cll. RL ES STOKES, Esq., London V•ce. resident. Joseph C. Ewan, Esq.. A . r., Liverpool. The dnre W. R4hhone, Esq., Liverpool William vi •01, E q ( !taco', Duckworth, and Co.), LiTerpeol. F. Valaut, Esq., London. Thomas Green, Esq., London. Ju!es Le.leune , Egui., Cowin% Antwerp. Carl Kalb, Esq , bani . er. Wiesbaden. August Ilergenkahn, Esq., Jtilge of the SaprenteCourt, Wiesbaden. - - BANKERS. Londem—Mesars. Glyn, Mi 1., and Co. l'aris Nissan'. de Rothschilds, Brothers. Frankfort—Messrs M A. de Rothschild and Sons. Eight per cent Preference, Shares. The Comeau is prepared to receive App leatlons for Preferenee Sores of Cl. each, hearing Rteht per Cent. inter. et, payable half. yearly in London, Paris, or Frankm , t, at the option of the holders. A first Instalment of 21 ner share will be payable on allotment, the second 21. on the 31st March next, and the remaining 21. on the 314 Wks teirst... stuoiststuf these shares to he honed will nos ino.onol, being the amount required to open the line to Radeshelm, opposite to Bingen. Applications may, until the Bth March next, be made in the sub jnln,l form to the Company's brokers, A. 4. 11o4tdon, F.sq., 11, Angel-cowt, Thrognaorton•street ; and Messrs. 'Gregg and 'tock dale. 6, Throgmorton-street ; or to the aecretary, at these eflices This lens of preference shares was enanimously annroved at a meeting of English sharehodiera, hell at Goildhall CoflNe-house, on the 14th February last. The effect will he to complete and open the line this spring, at a cost of less than 13,0001 per mile; and, as it is a continuation of the prosperous Taunus Railway from Frankfort, and thence reaches a conven•ent landing place oppos to Bingen, at the point wher • the diflioulties of the Rhine navigation begin to he most eeeto;is, there can be no doubt as to Its profitable traftle. or as to the security offored by tile pre°• ence shares. The Rhin, Itailwa has obt •ined the conces•don and form• d it- capital for extruding its bee to Coble ate, and erecting a railway bilge across the Rhine at that city. This win make the , Vierbaden Railway the direct route re in Co!cirn.- to Fre , kfor , and it wi I thus become the c.mnexion between the existing trenk life aof North *lid smith :ermany, when it is continued t• L thus en. For the present the company has •honiht it h et, and r the eircurnst aces of tin .nciel pr :Imre, to 1 1 it Its exert•one o the first ni !hie profitable section. The line is dread!, complete 1 to aloseach, Schierstein, Niederwallef, tad Erbaeli, and the works on the i-emaining portion of the line are so fay a v.nced as to le 4e no doubt of its prompt completion for the sofa now sought to be raised. By order the Council. W. W LANISEIt, Secretary. FORM Or ‘PPLICATIORr• ro the Council of Administration 01 the Wie , barle.n RallwayCompany. I gentle men.—[ reyiest that you will allot me -Eight per Cent. i . e f e ,,, e , eh ire ,. 61. etch in the Wiesb teen Railway Company, end 1 acs e to accept the same or any less number that von may allot toe. and to pay t e i stalments thereon at the dates fix ..d in to .r adverihern-nt of the lGth February. 1956. iSt4Mel .. • • Address Date• • • • •• reference IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. •Itl ESE NI A R.—Ou the 29th of May, 1855, An 1 Injunction wis trrartted by the 141gh tlourt of Chancery, awl o i the 11th of Juno following was made perpetual, against Joseph rantlin aril others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou. tii pailfuls, , roin Imltatinz this Medicine, which Is protected by t.,vsl Letters o Eiigian•i, and secured by the Seals of the de ['h t e c ruor. .10 Paris, and the Imperial College of yams:tee, rienna. _ _ _ TRTESEM Alt, No. 1, for ation. qoarmatnerlwen. and all the distregslnt consequences arising from early abuse, &e., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, m an a f r i r td i a r t r t o d ul t u lt e ).;z u r ts est ot p ur n ; ;re prevented eniertne. tie. trrors It is invaluable. TRIE9EMAR, No. 2, ctitaity, in the Ittort space of three days, completely ano • licatee all traces ol thosz. Disorders which Capaivi and Cabal:. tong been thought an antidote for, to the ruin e tbt heat •ast portion of the population. TRI gAEMA.R, Not As ,cre•st t:ant. nentai Remedy for that class of Disorders, whit. • whitely the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in Ic detraction or the patient's constitution, And which all th 4.Bparilla In the world cannot remove. 41 E 8 ENTAB. Nes 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or snsel :Nt all nauseating qualities. They may lie OD the toilet tae .„,, heir,: suspected TIZIE-E MAR, Nos. I, 2, and 3 , es • lin tin eases, price 118., or rour cases in one for 33s , which saves I Is. ; and in 51. eases, whereby • here is a saving of +l. its.; irvide s •snits doses, as adminis , ree by Valpen.s Lalletnand, Rour, & ro 53 had Wholesale and Re all in Londcn of John ton, 68, .. - rt11111; Hannay and Co., 63, Dxford-atr et: and Sanger. 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We will take no credit, be cause they confirm all that has been asserted lung since in these columns, for the facts wore by no means secret, and might have been knOwn by any one desirous of discovering and speaking the truth. It is enough to say that no statements of ours have given any adequate notion of the scandal which is now revealed to the world. The silence of those who would have been, most properly, eager to de fend the British Atnbassador, had defence been possible, must have prepared every one for the gravity of the facts. Yet since the papers have appeared surprise at the proceedings disclosed has been the general feeling. It may be stated once more that the present Sir W. Williams was, after t to defeats of the Turkish army in 1854 i appoieteil by Lord Clarendon CotuL mssioner for the British Government to the Coin mander-in-Chief in Asia. According to general testimony, the Foreign office Made a wise selection. General Williams had been engaged in the settle ment of the Turco-Persian frontier ; lie was ac quainted with the country to which he wss sent, and that he knew how to deal with its people the history of the subsequent, eventful siege has proved. In what circumstances and from what causes dissen sion sprang up between him and Lord Stratford do Redcliffe we care not to inquire ; that General Wil liams was disliked by his Ambassador there is reason to know, and this dislike, expressed on more than one occasion, we may he were was not long in reaching Turkish ears. General Williams made his way to the seat of war. He went unannounced, unaccredited, to a camp where he was looked upon as an enemy and a spy. After the formal honour of a reception was over, he had soon a proof of the light in which he was regarded by the chiefs of the army which lie came to save. Every Pasha Pm dered, and was ready to insult and threaten the only man who could put an end to hie misdoings. What the state of the army was may he learnt from a few facts :—From 10,000 to 12,000 men had perished or deseited in a few months. In the middle of October the army was only 14.000 strong, but rations were drawn for 27,000. Towards the end of the month the Mushir drew rations for 33,000, without any real increase of force. Pay was 20 months in arrear. The men were without shoes, there was scarcely any ammunition, and the arms of all kinds were nearly unfit for use. What was the course of General Williams ! He advised, remonstrated, and threatened the intervention of his Ambassador. By every post he wrote to him ; by every post he made suggestions and asked as sistance. But no answer came. It is easy to see that the Turks observe] the manner in which the Commissioner's representations were treated. They ha I seen that he had come among them nuhonoured by the representative of his country, and that now, as months rolled away, no notice was taken of his entreaties and suggestions. It did not require their habitual keenness in such matters to discern that the Commissioner was unacceptable to the Ambassador, and might be neglected with impunity. Perhaps there was not wanting tidings to the same effect from acquaintances at Stamboul. If only the position of a single man had been at stake, the Ambassador's conduct, however indecorous and unkind, would have,been less censurable; but the consequences in the prt sent case were unhappily felt long after, when the ragged soldiers perished of hunger by the thousand in Kars, and three days' ammunition were for a month all that the defenders had with which to resist an attack from an enemy happily unconscious of their weakness. At last the patience of General Williams was worn out. The Turks, it appears, had even re fused to call on the officers of his staff, thus evinc ing their contempt for him and his office. One Pasha had told him plainly that his interference would not he allowed. What must have been his feelings when from that distant region, from the midst of that den of iniquity and suffering, he wrote the following lines to the Ambassador ? " With the exception of one letter," he says, " I have not been favoured with a line from your Ex cellency, even with au acknowledgment of the re ception of my public or private communications. By one who has served your lordship for so many years this avowal can only be recorded with feel ings of deep disappointment and mortification—. feelings which I have studiously endeavoured to coreeeal even from my aides-do-camp and secre taries, because each successive post was anxiously looked for i't the hope of receiving answers from your lordship." Fifty-four lespatches, each ac companied by a private lettet, had up to this date, Bth December, been in vain written. As in duty bound, General Williams transmitted a copy of this letter to the Foreign-Acc. And here we must do justice to the honest( and activity of Lord Clarendon. He had from the beginning urged Lord Stratford to support General Williams and his cause to the utmost, and many were the de spatches transmitted on the subject at a time when the expedition to the Crimea might seem enough to occupy a Minist , e at hem©. H e now addresses the Ambassador in a tone whi c h we can only suppose that suet a man would h a v e borne because he felt it tc be deser ve d. "It would seem that your ),'xcellency has not taken any notice of 13rigadiee.-General Williams." Her Majssty's Governmot desire to receive your Excellency's observations on the despatch of General Williams, which I joed hardly say has been read by them with teat regret, after the anxiety they have in vain adiressed, through your Excellency, to the Porte," Lord Clarendon then demands whether General Williams had been officially reeegnieed by the Porte, and requests a copy of the n oc umnet. It was : of course, not forth coming,.as it had no existence. In answer, the Ambassador is obliged toconHs that he had never &veined it, conceiving that it was not wanted, though probably few out of the General's 54 de spatches failed to mention etc slights suffered by the writer from the wilful neglect of the Anil) is- sador. Lord Clarendon concludes, "Your Excel lency will understand that ler Majesty's Govern ment, require to be furnisheS with a full and de tailed report of everything tint has passed between the Embassy and the Porte, in compliance with the instructions that so frequently, but in vain have been addressed to your Excellency." This is certainly a despatch which has had few parallels in British official literature ; but its tone was perhaps strengthened by another missive from General Williams to the Foreign-office, announcing that he had now written 62 despatches, and never had one word in reply. Now for the Ambassador's defence. It is con tained in a despatch to Lord Clarendon dated the 28th of December. This document is composed with much care, and the writer evidentlyemploys all the reseurc , sof his literary style. General Williams had been writing to him for three months, and never had an answer ; bet, because the General complains, Lord Stratford considers himself " en titled to remark on the hasty manner" in which General Williams had "malted fie the conclusion, that I gave him no support." The Ambassador is " not at all inclined to depreciate the somewhat "voluminous correspondence which contains the result of his researches and remonstrances." Of course, the gist of the defence is that, although the Ambassador had taken las notice of General Wil liams, he had done everything that had b een re quested. Into thisquestionwecanuot enter at present, but we believe the plea to be totally without foun dation ; the fact is perfectly plain that General Williams's wants were not supplied, and if even under the pressure of Lord Clarendon's despatches a few suggestions were made to the Porte, yet there is, as every one acquainted with the East knows a wide difference between a formal and an earnest re presentation. If everything was not effected, it was, says Lord Stratford, the fault of the Turkish Mi nisters. He regrets the little progress made, " but," continues his Excellency, is his happiest diction, " the well known proverb which contrasts the faci lity of bringing a horse to water with the impossi bility of forcing him to drink is no less true at Con stantinople than in London orParis. Unfortunately, too, the horses whose reluctance I have to over come are not without circumstances to excuse, though not entirely to justify, the slowness of their pace." Then follows a comparison between the Turkey of to-day and the England of past times in respect to corruption. " Have we never heard of Bacon or Marlborough ? Are not the denunciations of Burke ringing inour ears?" Lord Stratford issorry for Turkish indolence. " But can I wonder ? No ! It may be some gratification to our countrymen to find their language wielded with such power by our military and diplomatic authorities in the East, but in a case like this a little more attention to details would have been satisfactory. The con cluding sentence of the despatch will give a notion of the trustworthiness of his Excellency's general defence. He alleges two reasons for not writing—first, that he had intended to give one long answer to the 124 despatches and letters ; secondly, that, though he thought sometimes of writing, the unpunctuality of the Trebizonde packet prevented him. This packet leaves the Bosphorus every week, and, though sometimes she may be de• layed 24 hours, every one else could, and did write. Lord Stratford must indeed presume on the igno rance of us at home when he makes so boldly falla cious an excuse. If anything were necessary to con vince the world that what is alleged against him is true, it would be that he has recourse to such a mis-statement. We knew before that he was irri table and vindictive; we are now compelled to say that he can show himself on a great occasion very insufficieutly studious of accuracy. IRELAND. . - DUBLIN, TUESDAY MORNING. THR MURDER OF MR. CALLAGHAN. The fepowing outline of the proceedings of the coroner's inquest, held oh the body of this ill-fated gentleman, is supplied by the correspondent of the Evening Mail : " Yesterday (Monday, the al of March)_ Mr. Edmond K. Lynch,' coroner, held an inquest on the body of de ceased.- The jury found a verdict of Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown.' The main facts in the evidence were, that deceased came to the country from Dublin on Friday, the 29th of February ; drove with two of his tenants to a seneschal's office near Loughrea, to replevin some cattle of hie which were seized and impounded under a-decree ; that he got back to the parish pound about 11 o'clock p.m., Wok. out of the pmuud one cow, which he and one of his tenants drove towards where be lived, a place called Ballinamona ; that he met the herd near his residence, who took charge of the cow, and accompanied his master to within ten yards of his master's house, when they separated, and his master bade him good-taight. Deceased went home, called up his steward and housekeeper ; the latter he told to leave his house instanter, adding that it was her family sued him and impounded his cattle, and that he would turn her and them off the land ; it was then half-past 12 o'clock on Saturday morning, let of March. The housekeeper caught her clothes up and went out. Deceased went out also, and told the steward to boil the kettle in his absence, and that he would g for some milk for tea ; deceased and the woman left the house together, he scolding her until they came to the house of one Michael Quigley, a tenant to Mr. Callaghan. This house was little over 200 yards from deceased's. Here Mr. Callaghan stopped to get milk for his tea : the woman turned and stooped under the bedge,until Mr. Callaghan had called for the milk and told the woman of the house to bring it to hire. Mr. Callaghan then left to return home, when this woman, whom he had just discharged, emerged from the hedge and went into the house. Mr. Callaghan did not go more than 15 to 20 3ards from Quigley's house on his way back, when he was struck in the forehead, appareutly knocked flat back, his forehead beaten completely is, the frontal bone separated from the skull, the eyes driven out, and the whole skull shattered to piecei. The Weman of the house had just been up and was opening the door as the housekeeper was en tering. They spoke a few words, the latter telling the former she was discharged, &c. Now, it would seem that when they. were thus speaking was the time Mr. Callaghan was being murdered within 15 or 20 yards of where they stood—yet both women swear they heard no noise or sound whatever. The steward, thinking his master a long time away, took a lantern and went in search of him. The night was dark, and he diccovered him on the pathway by observing his dog lapping up what i on looking at, be found to be his master's blood. Mr. Callaghan had turned out many tenants ; it ap pears he even turned out the parish priest. He was considered a very tyrannical landlord, and was greatly disliked." MR. HEIDLAM'S MEDICAL REFORM BILL. A numerous and highly respectable meeting of the Associated General Medical Practitioners and Licentiate Apothecaries took place last evening at their hall, in Mary-street. Mr. Headlam's bill formed the subject of discussion. Several gentle men addressed the meeting, after which a resolu tion strongly condemnatory of the bill iu its pre sent state was' passed nem. con. A petition founded on this resolution is to be drawn up, and placed for presentation -in the bands of Mr. Whiteside, its prayer to be supported by the University and city members. It is believed that the learned bodies here—namely, the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons—are also strenuously opposed to the measure. SLIGO BOROUGH ELECTION. Letters from Sligo announce the formal with drawal of all the candidates from the hustings save Mr. Wynne and Mr. Somers, in whom are respec tively personified the Derbyites and Palmerston Administration. Great efforts, it is reported, were made to induce 'Mr. Somers to give way to some.,,, other Liberal more to the taste of the constituency, but the ex-member was inexorable, and the con test, says the Freeman, "will be one between Pal merston s nominee and the nominee of the Carlton Club." The odds are altogether in favour of. Mr. Wynne. The Roman Catholic clergy keep aloof, and many of the laity of the same persuasion will probably vote for the kind Orange landlord in pre ference to their old representative. THE TIPPERARY BANK. The docket was lodged in this case en Tuesday, and the proceedings under the Winding-up Acts are to take place in the office of Master Murphy. The effects of the crash will be soon made apparent, Rnd every day the belief grows stronger that the whole weight of the responsibilities will devolve upon some half-dozen or more wea!thy individuals who hal the misfortune to be shareholders iu the doomed concern. But a few day since Mr. James Sadleir was an object of general sympathy, as people charitably supposed that he was the vic tim of, 'rather than accessory to, his brother's frauds. The revelations in the Rolls' Court on Tuesday have, however, completely turned the tide of popular feeling ; and fur years to c , )me Sadleirs' Bank will be only remembered as one of the plague spots is the Irish social system. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Her Majesty, sharing in the sympathy which pervaded all classes at the destruction of Covent-garden Theatre, visited the yet smoking ruins yesterday afternoon. Mr. Gye arrived in Lendon at six o'clock yesterday morning, having left Paris en the previous day as early as practicable after receipt of the sad intelligence. H e drove direct to the theatre, and alter inspecting the ruins of his property proceeded with great energy to in stitute arrangements which should provide for immedi ate contingenciee, and lead up to meesuree that in all probability will preserve to the public the lyric drama, the apparently irreparable loss of which had created so universal a regret. %Vint@ thus engaged an intimation reached Mr. Gye of her Majesty's gracious intention fee visit and inspect all that remained of the theatre, and nueh preparations as were necessary for the royal reception were hastily made. At half-past 3 o'clock her Majesty arrived at the Princes-Mace entrance, by which she had so often visited .; the theatre under happier auspices. Mr. Gye was im mediately in attendance, and proeveded to pay the last melancholy honours of the house by ushering her Ma jesty to the door immediately next to the royal entrance, where a few boards and broken doors being laid down over the yet warm embers, and a drugget spread upon them, afforded her Majesty an opnortnnity of advaeoine in safety a short distance into the interior, and viewing at one coup cneTl the colossal ruins of the amphitheatre and the vast mass of property buriei within its circum ference. The Queen, resting her hand on Mr. Gye's arm, ex pressed in terms of natural and gracious sympathy the pain she felt at Mr. Gye'si great personal lenses, of which she considerately inquired the amount, while she alle viated them by a royal expression of her sense of the praise eor by exertions he had made in elevating the lyric drama to the height it had attained in this country. The Queea entered the theatre by a small archway which brought her to what was formerly known as the Piazza entrance. Ascending over the debris of the stair case leading to the Bedford entrance, her Majesty came upon the brink of the abyss looking down upon the pit. A solemn stillness pervaded all around. The vast area —the lofty walls—still preserving their architectural grandeur—the amnpbitheatrical form and the defined courses formerly supporting the pit, almost realised the effect of the Coliseum. Her Majesty stood for some moments iu silent and apparently regretful contempla tion of the scene, interrupted only by the occasional snapping of the beams under the heat of the fire,—the splashing of falling water, and the singular spectacle presented by the many still burning niches in various parts of the house. Upon the retirement of her Majesty Mr. Gye had the honour of handing np the Princess Royal to the same point of view, and subsequently Lady Churchill, Lady in-Waiting to her Majesty. After repeating the kind and gracious expression of her feelings the Queen took her departure. His Royal Highness Prince Albert shortly after ar rived from Somerset House, and was conducted over the ruins by Mr. Gye. The public will hear with great satisfaction that th unrivalled troupe of artistes which Mr. Gye has brought together for the present season will not be scattered by this misfortune. This is certain. What the nature of the arrangements may be is not yet sufficiently defined for us to announce, but it is unquestionable that London will not be without its opera this season, and that under the management of Mr. Gye, who has received letters of sympathy, and offers of assistance, of the most generous nature, from the highest quarters. The walls of the theatre have been pronounced unsafe, and are in process of demolition. It is believed that all the persons respecting whose safety anxieties had been felt have now been found safe The Duke of .Bedford visited the ruins yesterday morning, nod made inquiries as to the origin of the ere, of which, LQWeVer, LQUaing new hats been ascertained. Naval and Military Intelligence. PORTSMOUTH—Tammy!. Her Majesty's floating-battery, Capt. A. Cumming, came into harbour to-day, assisted by the Echo steam tog. Rhadamanthns, 2, paddle store-ship, Master Com mander Cole, sailed to-day for the river. . • Resistance, 8, sailing troop and store-ship, Master Commander Rivisell, hauled along-aide the dockyard jetty to-day, to return old stores. Her men lave had ten days' run. She will refit for foreign service.. ;Europa, screw-transport (No. 55), Capt. Leitch, came int harbour to-day, and will discharge guns . and stores belonging to the Glatton. Lapwing, 5, screw despatch gun-vessel, Commander Saumarez, hauled into the steam basin to-day, to receive boilers and machinery. Lucifer, 2, paddle, Master Commander Allen, will sail for Pembroke on Saturday, to navigate two screw gun-boats to this port for their fit-out and armament. Gon-boats various in and put of dock and in and out of harbour. Alipore, sailing-transport, sailed to-day. Cruiser, 17, screw, Commander Douglas, play be ex pected here from Plymouth, on the 6th inst. Transit, 6, iron screw, troop frigate, Commander Charles J. Johnson, is expected to be ready for sea on the 10th inst. Second Master Attendant Tonkin bats gone to Rye to take charge of screw gun-boats to be fitted at this port. Dragon, 6, paddle ; Geyser, 6, paddle ; and Heels, 6, paddle, are. erected with_gun-boate from Liverpool and Bristol. .DEVONPORT--THITIISHAT. Sappho, 12, sloop, arrived here yesterday. &q ha. -eastward, bound for the roast - o.f A fri c Str3 will take a mail from here.- 's • s' Conflict has been taken out of No. 2 dock at Key ham, and the Archer out of No. on the same tide. Earl'of. Durham, transport, will complete her loading to-day. Lady Peel, freight ship, has arrived. Diiigence, transport, has sailed with stores for Pem broke. WOOLWICH-THURSDAY. Firefly, Eteam•vessel, Captain Otter, is adjusting com passes at Greenhithe, and will immediately proceed to the Baltic. Nightingale, gun-boat, has been completely fitted, and will proceed from the basin to the Arsenal-wharf, to take on board ammunition. SHEERNESS-THURSDAY. Horatio, 15 crew-frigate, Captain Hon. A. Cochrane, hauled out of the basin this morning. She has bent Rails, and is provisioned, manned, and could be made available for sea service in a short time. Wasp, 12, screw corvette (late Commander H. Lloyd, from Crimea or Black Sea), hauled into the basin this morning, we hear, to have new boilers, &c., and a thorough overhaul. .11.mphion, 36, Captain Henry Cbada, is moored up the harbour, and will be pronounced ready for sea by Sa turday next, when, no doubt, shortly afterwards she will be despatched to the Baltic, but nothing appears defini tively known on board. Esk, 21, screw corvette, Captain Sir R. M'Clure, bas her topgallantmasts on end, and is, we bear, nearly ready for sea again, with the exception of being very short handed, her lull complement being 250. Retribution, 28, paddle steamer, Capt. Tbos. Fisher, and carrying the flag of Rear-Admiral R. L. Baynes, of the Blue, is waiting orders, &c. The Tartar, screw corvette, arrived here to-day at three p.m., from Harwich, at which place she has under gone some slight renars in her hull, as well as having her engines put to righ's, by contract. A.PPOINTNIENTS. Captain C. 0. Hayes (1845), to the Leopard. Lieutenants.—J. A. F. Luttrell (1855), to the Basi lisk ; Cuthbert Le Mesurier (1855), .to the Urgent. Lieutenants to command Gun-Boata.—Edward Har dinge (1852), to the Brave ; W. S. Wilson (1854). to the Hardy ' • Newell Saltnol (185 G), to the Ant ; Win. Haworth (1855), to the Angler. Paymaster—C. A. Thorne (1847), to time Algiers. Naval Cadets.—A. J. Errington, F. A. Fisher, and H. M. Doughty, to the Agamemnon ; G. J. Bellamy, H. St. V. Jenlungs, C. J. Balfour, S. Gas.siot, and E. B. T. Kelso, to the London. . SOCIETY OF ARTS. A meeting of this society was held last night, at their rooms, John-street, Adelphi ; hie Royal Highness Prince -Albert presiding. • - • • • Mr. C. W. HOSKYNS read a paper on " The Pro gress of English Agriculture during the last fifteen years," giving a review of the subjeot for the last cen tury. Coming to recent times, he remarked that four distinct elements of new resource opened to view about the year 1340—viz., the introduction of the use of guano, the publication of the works of Liebig, the establishment of the Royal Agricultural Society, and the introduction of an improved system- of drain age. He then proceeded to notice the objections -urged against the use of guano, and the great value of the works of Liebig in removing those objec . ions, and next adverted to the influence of- the Royal Agricultural So ciety in encouraging agricultural mechanics ; and lastly, he referred to drainage. In relation to the last suhject, he urged the necessity of increased attention to that branch, contending that money laid out in drainage of land would pay 10 and 20 per cent, upon the outlay. After pointing out the necessity for a more perfect system of agricultural statistic , , he concluded by observing that bad he needed a convincing attestation, that in the threefold character of farming, as an "art," a "manufacture," and a "cernmErce," and he would add, nn "education," it would be found in the fact that its interest and progress were felt as among the highest objects of the highest minds. Some discwsion then took place, in which Mr. Lawes, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Ransome, and other gentlemen took f art. Prirce ALBERT, in moving a vote of thanks to Mr. Hoskyns, said he felt he was only carrying out the wishes of the meeting. Mr. Hoskyns had given a very succinct history of the progress of agriculture in that peculiarly agreeable style which was familiar to every one who had read his amusing and valuable work, "The Chronicle of the Clay Farm." lie had not only interested and amused them for the hour, but he had given them much to think on ; and if he had taught any one lesson of greater importance than another, it was that the future progress of agriculture would - m•iinly depend upon the close and intimate union, and the hearty co operation of science, art, manufacture, and commerce, and that the primary condition of a succe.,eful progress for the future would be the obtaining of accurate and complete agricultural statistics. lie hoped he was not trespassing in a , king every one of those present in his particular circle to contribute his mite in obtaining these statistics which were so much wanted, and which Go ♦ernment was now trying to collect. lie would merely repeat the thanks of the m7eting to Mr. Hoskyns for his ♦ery interesting lecture. Mr. iIOgRYNS briefly acknowle 3ged the compliment, and the proceedings terminated. ' Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S, TIICRSDAY. Very litt:e business was transacted. Fly•by•Night maintained his ground for the Two Thousand, and Yellow Jack showed a slight tendency to improvement. After 70 to 20 had been taken twice about him, 901. wits invested at the rate of 10 to 3. - At the commencement 15 to 1 was taken to 501. about Itogerthorpe for the Derby—in the course of th• after noon, however, 500 to 25 was laid. His real position at the close was at 100 to G. 1.000 to 50 was taken about Vandermulin, and 4,000 to 70 about colt by Slane— Barbarina. The following were the closing prices : CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. 9 to 1 offered on the field. THE TWO THOUSAND. • 7 to 4 agst Fly-by-Night (taken). 10 to 3 agst Yellow Jack (taken). 15 to 1 apt Fly-by-Night's winning this event and The Derby (taken to 501.) CHESTER OUP. 13 to 1 apt Yellow Jack (taken). 25 to 1 aget Coroner (taken). 40 to 1 eget Stork (taken). TIE DERBY. 7to 1 eget Elliogton (offered). 100 to 6 aget Regerthorpe. 20 to 1 aget Vandermulin (taken). 20 to 70 agst Barbarina colt (taken). YORK SPRING MEETING.-APRIL 23. SECOND DAT. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap of 100 save, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 soya each, 10 ft, and only 5 if de clared by the first Tuesday in March. The winner of any handicap value 100 sows after the declaration of the weights to carry 51b, of two or any handicap value 5001.91 b extra ; no horse to carry more than 91b extra ; the winner to pay 15 soya towards expenses. One mile and a half. ACCEPTANCES. Age st lb' King► of Trumps a 8 8 1 Defiance 6 8 0 • Pumicestone 5 7 13 Ivan Lady Tatton 4 7 8 Gamekeeper Cock of the North 4 6 12 Coroner 3 6 11 ' Sole Star Fanny Fern Sir George ••• 6- 6 Mary Hope WNW) a . 6 16 Age it lb Zeta Hospitality Kestrel Merlin Nomura Prince of Orange 3 5 6 One Act 3 5. 5 Sly Fellow 3 5 4 The Courtier 3 5 2 Squire, WaU,stw : Uzelity • 5 0 . Ghika .. 3 5 0 Post dower. SU a 6 412 7 • Barley and malt moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. The oat trade was in a sluggish state, at the late docile* in value. - Both beans and peas sold heavily. In prices, however, no change has taken place. The flour trade was very dull. AARrviLs TEM REEL Wheat. i Barley. 1 Malt. Otte. I roar. 2,610 2,A0 2100 240 I 1,53 9 • , C . .,831 / 1 043 ) _ S 4850'irls 1 , 1 BO ski 1 3ngliah Irish •• — Foreign I 6 .250 I II i - METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The supply of beasts on sale in to-day's market was mo derate. Most breeds sold slowly, at Monday's decline fn the quotations. We were• but moderately -supplied with sheep, in which about an average busizieSs Was transacted, at unaltered currencies. Prime lambs sold at 7e. p.n. 81b1., with a heavy demand. The show of calves %vas limited ; yet the veal trade trilled inactive, at last week' s f a ll i n . value. Pigs wore dull, but not cheaper. Mileh cows s o ld heavily, a t from 13113 s to 181 each, including their small calf. • Per Blbs to sink the offals. e. d. e. d.i s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts... 3 oto 3 2 PrimeSonthdews 4 6 410 Second quality... 3 4 3 B : Large crse. calves 4 0 418 Prime large oxen 310 4 2:Prime small do 5 0 5 6 Prime Scots, (!ac. 4 4 4 6Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 6 1 /Small porkers 4 4 41C Second quality . ..3 8 - 4 o(Suckling cal v e s .:22 029 0 Prime crse.-w110 d.4 2 4 41Quartex old pigs.2l 048 0 TOTAL IMPLY. I POISEIEIN SUPPLY. Besata..•• • • •••••• • • • • • 1, ( 150 • Beasts ..... ••• •-•• •• •••• • 110 Sheep:..• •••••••••• •••• 3,380 Sheep •.•••.••• ••••...... Calves •• .•••••'•••• 180 911 pip ••••••••••••• 360 PISI.••• ........••....•••• NEWGITE AND LEADENHALL. nactive, as follows : the carcase. Per 81be by a. d. a. d. B. 4. e. d. 0084 Interior ° 10: 3 0 Mutton, Inferior 210 3 0 DO., zniddling.i.-..9 • 2 3 0 ( Do. i •oliddling• 3 .4.-8., Ito. prime ls►ige..ti 8 3 1,1 414 Ar riOl4.. cc it•Za S 4 1 1.04,4 - 0 '4' -11' 4 10 Pak. large . .. 3 g - 310 Por ~ ,.....:4 9 4. BOROUGH HO?. We have ♦ery little change to noticein the demand for bops, the supply of which is good, at barely the late cline in the quotations. About 100 bales of foreign bops have arrived this week. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 3s to 61 10s per cwt Weald of gents, 310 s to 51 Os. ; Sussex, 21 16s to 4/ 108. COLONIAL. TEA.—A very limited business has been done in this article, and the public sales went off rather heavily ; pri ces have been firm. Greens realised full prices. SUGAR.—The market, during the week, has been fluc tuating. West, India descriptions have, in most cases, been about 6d per cwt dearer, late in the week prices ruled firm, both for Foreign and Colonial. Havannah, low and mid white, 's3s to 545, florettes 48e to 51e 6d, yell o w grey 40s 6d per owt. Bahi a , lo wto good brown 85s 6d to 388 6d. Martinique mid greyish to good yellow grocery 38e lid to 41s. Demerara 87s 6d to 435, mid to good white Bewares 43s to 455, grainy date kind 44s per cwt. Mauritius low black to fine brown 32s 6d to 38s, low grey to good bright grocery 38s to 425, and grainy brown to fine b o ld crysta lised yellow Tht() 44s 6d per cwt.:—.The Refined Market has been firmly supported, brown lumps realising 49s lid, and English crusked 3.38 per cwt. COFFEE.—The market during the week has been quiet.. Native Ceylon is neglected, common to good native 505 6d to 52s per cwt; .plantation has been in better demand, and full prices were realised. The public gales of plantation and Madeira brought full rates. Coma.—This article has met a dull demand. Trinidad low to mid 41s 6d to 47s 6d per cwt. RICE.—Tho demand has been extremely limited, and prices of most descriptions hare receded about 6d per cwt. Bengal mid to good mid Vs 6d to lls 6d ; broken, 8.1 6dper cwt. Rum.—The market is dull, and there is no alteration is. quotations to notice. Leewards brought 2s, and Beat India is 101 per proof gallon. SPICES.—Popper has been in steady demand. Singapore mid sifted, 54d ; first-elaes damaged, sto 56d per lb. Nut megs are rather dearer; fine bold Singapore, 4s lld t o b e 3d ; small to good mid bold, 2s Id to 2a 10d. Mace con tinues at firmer prices; middling red, is lld to 2s; go , d pale, 2s 8d ; dark to mid, is 61 to 2s ld ; mild, ls. per lb. COCHINEAL.— Steady rates have been obtained for this artic.e. Honduras silver, 3s 10 to 4e ; black, 4s to 4s 3a • good bold, 4s 6d to 54 7d. Teceriffe silver, 3s 10d t o is lld ; blacks, 3s 11ld to 4s 6d per lb. TALLOW.—Tbere has been more business doing than of late. P.Y.C., February and March, 57s ; April and June, 52s 6d to 555. ; Australian mutton, 51a to 53s ; Beef, 494 per cwt. Town tallow, 51s. per cwt. GREEN -Fs um—A scarcity of oranges exists oiving.to want of arrivals, and the market is cloar of all ki l os. Seville sours in demand. More enquiry for lemons; 500 casts of Messina offered by 'Keeling and Hunt. at public sale, part sold at a reduction of is per cave. The stock of Spanish nuts is being reduced ; present price 41s per barrel. No alteration in Barcelona. ELVGINEERS, MASONIC, & UNIVERSAL MUTUAL LIFE ASURANCE SOCIETY. The annual general meeting of this society was held on Tuesday at the Head•office, No. 345, Strand, when the following report of buiineas transacted during the year lima read :-- " The directors of the Engineers, Masonic, and Univer. sal Mutual Life Assurance Society kayo the pleasure to present to their members the report of proceedings for the past year. "The nutuber of proposals for ateurauce received ham . _ been '245 ; of these 185, producing an additional annual income of 1,8971. 3g. 10d., and assuring tho sum of 44,550/., have been completed ; 25, for the sum of 7,5501., have been declined ; and 35, for the sum of 12,0501., stand over for further consideration or compleffOn. "The claims from death have been 6,100/. ' open ten as sured members ; of this sum, however, the directors had re-assured 2,5001. " The directors have uniformly rejected the principle of taking large amounts proposed to he assured with the solo view of re•assurance:;. In one case, which will shortly be. brought before the .public, an assurance of 10,00'g. was offered to the directors, who, however, declined to take more than 1,500/., the amount which they retain upon a single life. They might, by accepting the proposal for the whole sum, have swelled their amount of premiums, but they considered that, by such means, a fictitious statement of business would be presented to tl:eir members. "The directors take credit to themselves for Laving re. jested proposals which were offered to them upon the lives of Ann Palmer for I,OOW. in January, 1854, and of Walter Palmer for 1,5001. in February, 1855. In the first case, they considered that sufficient interest was not diseloFed ; and, in the second,'that the fact stated, of Walter Pelmet having been attacked by delirium tremens, was sufficient to make the life too hazardous for acceptance at any amount of incre,eed premium. " The bonus calculations, made by Mr. Scratchley, the consulting actuary, have fully realised the directors' antici pations as to the status of the societe. The directors were gratified in being enabled to add to the policy of each member a reversionary sum, averaging about 401. per cent. of the whole amount of premiums paid. " By personal exertion among their friends, the mem bers have it in their power to assist the directors in ex tending the business of the society ; they will thus confer material benefit on themselves or their families by increase ing the amount of future bonuses, whether present or reversionary. " The directors have given their earnest attention to the best means of meeting the groat competition among insur ance societies. They have come to the conclusion that a limited share capital would enable them to extend loan operations, to purchase reversions, and to transact other legitimate business, based upon- the law of averages, whereby the interests of all concerned with the society may be promoted, and its position and prospects materially improved. " The issue of shares would be limited, in the first instance, to the existing members of the society, who would be permitted to convert the bonne, already declared, into paid up shares, and also, after a certain term, to con vert shares into a provision for old 'age, or ihto , -deferred annuities on the lives of themselves or their nominees, in creasing periodically out of profits. " This plan will have the effect of retaining to the pre sent members their interest in the income now derived from assurances; and, without interfering with their power of rendering that interest available as a reversion whenever they deem fit, it will iagre,ase the profits f ront income by the extension of the society's operations, And • will enable all the memb ers to participate in Secretary. a i d Talk. taxes derived from t he alteration.taxes, " By or der , o , f a t E h ß e A d it ir D ec n to A r y s. " London, 345, Strand, !Larch 4, 1856." ' • We are glad to see that this society is progressing steadily and favourably, and that the directors continue to exercise so much care - in its management, which Mina prove of service to the members. They are evidently aware of the importance of losing no opportunity to ex tend the society's operations_; it is, therefore, not sur prising that at all their meetings so great a feeling of confidence should be evinced, and• this will do much towards rendering the society a favourite with the public. . . Notices are placei at.the PGrtsmouth dockyard to tb e effect that letters for the west coast of Africa :will be taken by the Sappho, which sails from Devonpo.rt,oP the 10th instant. Letters for seamen and markets *ill be ..... taken at a charge of one penny. On Tuesday night the Countess de Perrigny bad a reception at his Excellency the French Ambassador's residence at Albert-gate. All the leading 'umbels:of the diplomatic body, and a very brilliant circle of the members of the aristocracy, graced the saloons 'et the countess. The suite of apartments thrown open On the :—" From occasion was tastefully lighted up. A room was set apart for refreshments. THE EMPRESS EUGENIE.—An occasional correepon dent writes from Paris, dated Wednesday this day the Empress will not leave her suite of apart meats. All the requisite arrangements are made, and the medical men at their posts. Paris is expecting at any moment to hear the salute of cannon. Theyhave just printed two programmes of the ceremonies to be ob served, one for the birth, and the other for the baptism of any imperial prince or princess, . The rite of baptism will be performed on the day after birth, in the imperial chapel, by the Grand Almoner of Vie Court, in progenies of the curate of Saint Germain l'Auxerrois, the parish of the Tuilieries ; of the archbishops, of the metropolitan chapter, of-the grand dignitaries and functionaries of the empire. Should it be a prince, the Grand Chancellor o. the Legiori of Honour will bring to him the grand cordon f the t order , sad the military medal ; the .fikran,d Mar. shal of the - Palace Will take him in hid-aimtrand Carry him back into his apartments. It is sbrion§ly in dolltena Satin .tO3 gin , hint the Mi. of " EiPifQi 4100111:: ,~ x`s ifles. OD' IT- "'" ever Co ll ' r blo 310 0 Leg er fora" col! _ of rill' tbe r of vet , 2• the 27• lag° ail TO I ei