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Agents wanted. 51. a root' I APB ~ APt il dpi" iT als-,7L10R510.07.01,........,...! %fit , r ( 0 tu' . o )steto Profession or Bussiuess Address .D4e co 0 1 v i nds :1 c lose., e , aid " 81 4° job ° toe° itl3 ll3 ' r. ig toa WO / age' WI it ei f °bib, -ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.- The 82d ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will take place TO MOLROW, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street; his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON, Pre , ident, in the chair. Din rier at half-past five for six o'clock precisely. Honorary medallions Will be presented after dinner. Tickets 11. each, to be had at the i k'ciets . 's office and the Freemasons' Tavern. MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE A%SUR ASCE and LOAN ASSOCIATION, 77, Ring-street, Manchester. Assurances, Annuities, Endowments, and Loans effected on liberal •ns. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent• Street. Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. TRUSTEES. !ttaln. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. I Richard qpooner. Esq., 41 ° ,11 7 Peter Fuller, Esq. f E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. J.lis The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged '" Per wit. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE IN POUR -FIFTHS, or 80 per cent. of the Net Profits of the Society, according to the conditions contained In the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required 'by this Society for insuring Young Lives ere lower than in many other °hi-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee flind, in addition to the accin.ulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. . Policy stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, London, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. IMPERIAL HOTEL COMPANY, TRA FALGAR-SQUARE. (Liability Limited.) Capital, 1,000,0001. ; in 109,000 Shares of 101. each. TRUSTEES. Charles Manners Lushington, Esq., M.P., 9, Mansfield-street, Portland-place. W. J. Farrer, Esq., 60, Lincoln's-inu-fields. Wilbraham Taylor, Esq., Hadley Hurst, Barnet. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. honourable William Ashley, St. James's Palace. Charles Balfour, Esq. (Balfour and Co.), 39, St. James's street ; Cleveland-terrace, Hyde-park ; and Edinburgh. Lieut.-Colonel Barnett, 10, Wilton-crescent. Richard Blanchard, Esq., 1, Somerset-terrace;Belgrave-road, Director of the Staines and Wokinghsm Railway. P. Bull, Esq. (Bull and Wilson), 52, St. Martin's lane ; and Arlington House, Tarnham-green. Itichard. Davis, Esq., 9, St. Helen's-place ; and Aberdeen- Place, Blackheath. George Hanbury, Esq. (Wood, Field, and Hanbury), 25, Mark-lane ; and 2, Hyde-park-square. Renry Ludlow, Esq., Oriental Club, 18, Hanover-square. William Marsden, Esq., 65,_Lhroln's-inn-fields ; and Coombe Wood, 'Surrey. 0 - H. H. Oliphant. Esq., 1, New-court, Temple ; and Broad an, field House, Hesket, Carlisle. James Stuart Tulk, Esq., Leicester-square ; and Claremont Cottage; Regent's-park. Colonel George Underwood, 12, Sussex-terrace, 11 - Vde-park, ' director of the Screw Steam-Shipping Company. Major-General Watkins, East India United Service Club, .14, St. James's-square, With power to add to their number. BANKERS. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand. Barclay Bevan, Tritton, and Co., 54, Lombard-street. SOLICITORS—C. and H. Hyde, 33, Ely-place. The Imperial Hotel Company has been formed, with Limited Liability under the Act of last Session, for the purpose of building a large Hotel, on the principle of the great Hotel du Louvre, Rue Rivoli, Paris. Parliament having l urchased a site for a new National Gallery at Kensington, the site and adjacent ground now oc cupied by thc• National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, is in every respect one of the finest and most appropriate that could be selected in London for such an Hotel. As investments for capital, such nndertakings have proved ltlgiily successful. The leading capitalists in Europe and America have united in•promoting them. The Great Western llotel in London, on the same principle, has proved to be a lvghly remunerative investment; the net profits in OA last •division were 31 per cent. per annum, and the dividend was et the rate of 25 per cent. per annum. The Shares have I %bont doubled in value, and, although it has not been in ope- Zation two years, it is too small to meet the daily applications for accommodation. The profits of the IMPERIAL HOTEL, from Its superior situation and many other advantages, will be at least equal to the most lucrative undertakings of a similar Xature. A Bill giving powers-to the Company, with reference to the site in Trafalgar-square, has been read a second time in the Souse of Commons. An instalment of 2/. per share is required to obtain com- Plete registration with limited liability; but should that or tile site lot be obtained the deposit will be returned to the Shareholders, less a sum not exceeding , 3s. per share on ac count of expenses. Applications for Shares may be made in the annexed form, Addressed to the Brokers, Messrs. Holbert, Wagg, and Co., 1 , Shorter's-court, Throginorton-street ; or Messrs. Barnett, lOUs, and Co., 18, Finch-lane; or to the Secretary, 4, White ' hell ; but no application will be considered unless a Deposit of 11. for each Share is previously made with Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand ; or Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, and .20., Lombard-street, the Bankers of the Company. This "ePosit will be carried to the credit of the instalment of 21. Per Share payable after allotment, and will be repaid in the event of theapplication not being acceded to ; and. no further cell will be made until the agreements for the purchase of the Site have been settled. Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be t 1) . 6 tained_of the Brokers or the Secretary. Offices, 4, Whitehall. FORM OF 4.PPLICITION FOR MARES. •Z 3 the Provisional Committee of the Imperial Hotel Company. Gentlemen,—l have paid £ to your Bankers, and I re. quest you to allot me Shares of 101. each in the Capital stock of the Imperial Hotel Company ; and I hereby agree to • _iteeept the same or , any less number that may be allotted to 4 ", to pay the instalment of 2/. per Share allotted, and to execute the Deed of Settlement when required to do so ; and, the event of my failure herein, I heriaby agree to forfeit tbe Deposit made with theßankers, ancl I authorise you to cancel the Allotment. Name APPOINTMENTS to the ROYAL ARTIL LERY, and ADMISSIONS to the PRAC TICAL CLASS of the ROYAL MILITARY ACA DEMY. An Examination for Provisional C.)mmissions in the Royal 'Artillery will commence on Monday, June 30, at Ring's College, Strand. Abou . t 20 appointments will be made, supposing a sufficient number of compe tent persona to present themselves. The Candi dates must be between the ages of 20 and 23 years and those appointed will be gazAted to iieutenancies in the Royal Artillery in the first instance, with tem- Porary rank. They will be placed for instruction, for about six, mouths, under the director of artil lery studies' at Woolwich ; . and on completing their course, to. the .satisfaction of • the Secretary of State for War, will receive permanent commissions with the date of their temporary apPointment, They will receive the pay of their rank (viz., ss. 7d. per diem) from the date of their names appearing in the Gazette ; but will be required to contribute a deposit of 201. for the purchase of bools, instruments, &C. At the same time, provided a sufficient number are found competent, about thirty admissions will be made to the practical class of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, the candidates for which must be between the ages of 17 and 20 years. It i 3 expected that gentle- Men admitted will remain under instruction for six or eight months, and at the end of that period will, on pass ing a satisfactory examination,, receive commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, according to their proficienny. They will be required to pay a con tribution of 621. 103. for the time during which they re zaain at the Academy. The appointments in both these classes will be deter ruined by the result of a competitive examination. The days and subjects of examination will be as follows, viz. : Tuesday, 'July I.—Pare Mathematics, 2,000 marks. Wednesday, July 2.--Mixed Mathematics, i.e., Statics, Dynamics, and Hydrostatics, 1,500 marks. Thursday, July 3—Language, Literature, Geography, and History of Ancient Rome, 1,000 marks. Friday, July 4--Do. do. do., of Ancient Greece, 750 marks. _ Saturday, July s.—Do. do. do of France, 1,000 marks. Monday, July 7.—Do. do. do. of Germany, 750 marks. • The examination in French. and German will be both written and viva voce. Tuesday, July B—English Language. Literature, Com. Position, History, and Geography, 1,250 marks. Wednesday, July 9—Experimental Sciences, i.e., Che. misery, Heat, Electricity, including Magnetism 1,00" marks. Thuisday, July 10—Natural Sciences, Mineralogy, and Geology, 750 marks. Friday, July 11—Moral and Political Sciences, 3,000 marks. Saturday, July 12—Drawing, i. e., Elementary Geo- Metrical Drawing, including the use of .drawing itistru nients, and either Machinery, Architectural, Engineering, or, Landscape Drawing, 750 marks. The examination will commence on each of these days at 10 o'clock in the morning, and continue until 1 o'clock. It will re-commence at 2 o'clock, and continue until 5. No candidate will be admitted after the hour fixed for the commencement of the examination. _ Every candidate must be examined in pure mathema tics ; and no one who does not obtain at least , one•fifth of the marks allotted to that subject will be eligible for _ an appointment. ,From the other subjects of examination each candi date may select those in which he desires to be ex amined ; but no one will be allowed to count the marls gained in any subject, unless those marks shall at least amount to one-sixthof the total number of marks allotted to that subject. . Every candidate must transmit to the War Depart ment, by the 20th June next : let. An extract from the register of his baptism, or, in default of that, a certificate verified by affi lavit. 2d. A certificate of good moral character, signed by a clergyman of the parish to which be belongs, and by the tutor cr head of the school or college at which he has received his education for at least two years, or such other proof of good moral character; as will be "satistac tcbry to the Secretary of State. - , 3. A statement of the subjects of examination in which (in addition to Pure Mathematics) he may desire to be examined. All Candidates must present themselves at King's College, on Monday the 30th of June, at 1 o clock p.m., where they will severally be inspected . by Military Sur geons, in order to ascertain that they are free from any bodily defects or ailments, calculated to interfere with the performance of military duties. H. R. DREWRY. War Department, Pall Mall, 7th April, 1856. o r 100 I to I . n t tol id of d to 2s tuv r ' Id to o' Id ,od to _—d ) F4 to 21 , Os toil ..2d t°' 1 for was rod tic ad l d rnr ge to ; 1 , 3 o. Jo 3. ;i _~ VI IDA l AP TP d 0 lApro;fd 'llOl vai' l ol o l 160. 0 1 1- I L o o tll 11e° PI SV' per igoti d 1 3 ePoi Ibll o Ind td to s r he ° tbi pal 8•l' 0 1 10 0 CCU LONDON, T S DAY ( c . 19.918) PUBLICA.TIONa. STEAM: COM M UNICATION. • WITH: AtIS- Now ready, in 2 vole , 213., bound, JOURNAL OF 4 DVENTURES with the BRITISH ARMY, LS.. from the Commencement of the War to the Fall of Setae- topol. By GEORGE CAVENDISII TAYLOR, late 95th Regiment. " The evidencs these volumes contain is exceed:ll;ly valuable. The real state of things is here exhlbited la true coloars."—Tc.hn Bull. Hurst and Bllckett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. To be bad of all Booksellers, CHEAP EDITION of EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE. In 4 vols. post Bvo., price only 6s. each, boand, with Portraits, any of whl.!h may be had separately. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors 10 Henry Colburn, 13 , Great Marlborough-street. Ti 4 - R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES: j Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses 'of Voin, Character, and Costume, coscluding with an impTsonatlon of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille, in " Les Horacea," TO-1110IIT and every evening, at 8. t r may be secured in advance, without extra charge, Ring William. street, Charing-cross. A ii•at bozos polygraphic-hall, g and phsitcal.hlsoß , performance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8. TIR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester -square.—Open (for Gentlemer; only) from 10 till 10, containing npw,rdiof of one thousand models and preparations, illu strating every part the human franne in health and disease. the race of men, Rzc. Lectures delivered at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7. by Dr. G. SEXTON, F.R G.S. ; and a new and highly-interesting series of Lectures is even' in course of delivery by Dr. RAny, at half - p ast 8 every ng —Admission, One Shilling. TlllL—The LONDON COFFEE-HOUSE, Ludgate- IlL—The Public are respectfully informed that this long established and most respectable HOTEL is now carried on in the most efficient manner, to insure the comfort of those families and gentlemen who may honour it with their support ; added to which, its central situation and other local advantages render it peculiarly available and convenient SCHW EP P'S MALVERN S ELTZER L. 7 WATER —Having le ,sed the Holy Well Spring at Malvern, renowned for its purity. J. S. and Co. can now produce a SELTZER WATER with all the Chemical and Medicinal Properties which have rendered the NasAati Spring so celebrated. They continue Inlinifac turing SODA, MAGNESIA, and poris . 4 WATERS and LEMON ADE, at London, Liverpool, Bristol. and Derby. Every Bottle is protected by a Red Label bearing their signatures. R. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from 'he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At home from tan till five. TRALIA. Yeeterday, at two (Mock, alaree and, influential public meeting e convened at the instance of the General-Associa tion for the Australian Colonies, was hell at the LendoU Tavern, BiShopsgate-street, to determine on the -best means to betaken to insure the immediate..re-establishment of our steam postal relations with Australia. The Right Ilea. the lord Mayor was called to the chair, and among the coniparry on the platform were the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Stanley, M.P, ' Mr. Ker SeYiner, M,P.. Mr. W. Brown, M.P., Mr. John M`Gregor, Mr. R. W. Crawford, Mr. W. Cs Wentworth, Mr. C. 13: Newenham, Sheriff of - South Australia, Mr. De Salle, M hee Stevenia . Mr. O'Bierne,: .Mr. Dakin; lifialtavensiraw, Mr. J. A.:: Yo-iil, and' many other gentlemen of influence and standing. The CHAntuAN; in opening . the proceedings, expieSsed the pleasure he, felt in seeing - .so large - and influential W meeting before hiO3, because the subject .on' which they were called together to deliberete was second to none in importance to this country. (Cheers.) No one - ould have a higher opinion of the importance of the Australian colo nies to the mother country than himself, and it lied been a subject of great regret to him that'solittlo had hitherto been - done with the view of bringing those colonies within . a reasonable time of doinniunication with the parent State. (Hear, hoar.) Most 'of them were aware that a ship with a large freight of gold was now considered out of time, and although, perhaps, the period of her being out Might not be very great, yet the apprehension of persons expecting remittances by that vessel probably drove them into the market to give a. heavy premium, which; if the ship ar rived, might be said, to be money unfairly taken from the colotiets, or from their agents in this country. (Hear, • hear.) - Dining the last year especially, when money in this country was very scarce; every' day which a vessel bringing - the mails to this'conntry was-detained at sea was an injury to the public and- a lose. tai • mer chants engaged in' the trade' ith Australia: 'The money, therefore,hat would be saved by an improved postal com munication would go a long way, towarda the expense of a subsidy ; and the ineetine ' -in coining forward to urge on the Government, both for themselves and for the-colonies, to expedite the employment of a fleet of steamships to carry on the intercourso.between the Attstialian colonies and this - country, instead of sailing vessels, wore doing a groat public service. He trusted the result would be that a line of steamships would . be establiShed to remedy the in conveniences' which they bad hitherto felt, and - that 'the cemmunication . betseeert: the:Australian colonies and the mother country would be further facilitated by the adop tion °florae more direct and eligible route than the pre- Sent.. (Hear.) :He concluled: by calling upon Mr. Went worth,. an eminent colonist in NeW South , Wales, to move the first resolution. Mr. NITENTivOnTa saidehe hid passed the greater part of his life in Australia, and he could conscientiopely say that there was but one feeling of indignation and disgust in re ference to this cpidstion prevalent from one end of the Australian colonies to the other. (Cheers 4 Steam, com munication was ofileially promised to the colonies in 1816, and treat promise, tardily made; was reluctantly fanned in 1852—six years afterwards ; and then, instead of giving the service to one competent public company, it was split into two parts,, and the ono assigned to the General, Screw Company; and the other .to the - Petinsular and Oriental Company. It. was. predicted from - - the first,' both in the colonies and, in this country, that the route round the Cape cOnld not be aceomplished in any certain time by the sub sidiary screw vessels which lesloeged to.the . Gmeral Screw Company. It was known that the vessels wore too small and that the places of coaling were too far apart. Those apprehensions wore verified by the result; for the average time taken by the General Screw Company's ships to per forin the voyage between this country and Australia was • 84 days. Tho contract of the .Peninsular and Oriental Company was performed by subsidiary vessels, branching off from the great Indian steam dine at Ceylon, and one of the stipulations in that contract was that the steamers should go at the rate of 8i miles an hour; but, in point, of fact,..they only wont 6 miles an• hour. Still, bow ever, they performed the voyage . in ,64 days, which it took the General Screw Company 84 days to do. That state of things continued for about two yeara In 1854 the General Screw Company's ships employed in the Atistra lien postal service were 'required . for the purposes 6f the war; it was said, also, that the other company's vessels were wanted for the same purpose, and upon that pretext the steam communication with Australia, bad as it was, was extiogniehel, or, rather, he should say, suspended, for in a Treasury minute on the subject it was expressly stated that the contract extended.from 1853 to 1861, and seas therefore still in force. The universal impression, however, in the colony was that these companies took the contract at tocelow a rate, and that they were anxious to get rid of it, and that the alleged requirements of the war were a pretext, and not a reality. lie came to this Conn try in one of Mr vessels - belongiag to 'thee Peninsular and Oriental - Company jest before the war broke out,, and he knew that that ship, instead of being pressed into the ser vice of the War. ' was intattediately entinto the opium trade with China. He was told that other vessels on the-line went into the same trade.. At all events, the result was that it was decided about that time to carry on thesteam communication with China twice a month. anti to drop the Australian service altogether. (" Hear," and "Shame.") Since that time they had had what. was called a clipper line, one of whicleclippers had been out 110 days ; so that, 'bad as the postal communication was carried on by the Peninsuler and Oriental Company, it was certainly better than it was under-the clifper service, for those clippers had been 84. days on an . a . v . sEige piog i rL. o o4-1 0 ,,ft:4,AL) 47Fpricktrup their ears anti went to the immense labour of preparing a Treasury minute on the subject. A very : general opinion prevailed that the substance of that doeu meat was that the steam communication was to be imme diately resumed ; but, in point of . fact, a reference had been made by it to the Australian colonies to ascertain the amount of contribution or subsidy which each colony *as, willing to. pay for so great n' benefit. (Flear, hear.) Upon that, question of subsidy, though the colonists did not mean to make ma stand upon it, he felt bouaa to eneke an obser-: vation or two. ,Wheii the steam.postal line was established by the Government in 1852, the whole cost of it, whatever it was, - waa paid out of the Imperial exchequer, in confor mity with the univered rule in respect to the postal ser vice between the colonies and tho'inother country, that of the LA India eampany excepted, and he asked upon what principle of common justice or fairness could the Austra lian colonies be called on to pay ono-half of the expense of the steam postal service with the parent. state •, why should they be treated differently from the other colonies of the kindom? (Rear.) Mr. Wentworth went on to contend that, though the colonies were the parties moving in this matter, it was really and truly more an Imperial queStion than a colonial one, and this he sought to establish by a reference to the statistics of the tonnage employed in the trade between England and Australia and of the exports -and imports. Ile conCluded by moving a resolution to the effect that, while the long-continued interruption of all postal steam intercourse with the Australian' colonies lied -Leen -productive of •serione discontent and detriment to them, it had been in a still greater- degree injurious to therb.l:! d r,ra.rni c i ls : e . s 7. l . lt ieEnsn m a atrih v e wdl i e e .. c oiho er e rret a was put and carried unanimously. • and would : eNu t vls e ott r lt j l ei f it e cra w s:tel ot p uihi r iie) e ee l p. in i m osite i nhf n toe a rw ry lhese r ee r e ttei . inc , the necessity of at once piessine 11NT Trint:iiAto(ilAeuiNnyilfitlictuDieli p a etN e vaf u tr i tik el .t a i e ebti s y 7l o cap s ,o f : n : t seconded dd Unitedthe resolution, Kingdom. which the Government to (l co e ll ci t t r l a ec c l t t , h:t ut th fo e l :c s o o m m m e un re ic a ' s l o ti n on or wi set tling this queskion. It appeared that the Government had a th no t t h h e er A th u e s y tra t l h ia o n u co lonies should, be resumed by steam-vessels emplOyed under ght they had pot snfllcient information to enable them to re sume it with - that degree of success which the Postmaster would consider necessary. He (lord Hardwicke) believed, however, that they had the whole of the information that was necessary for action, in the' matter, anti the means not only of ascertaining the wishes of the coloni.ts in reference to ik, but the degree of pecuniary assistance which the colonies were able to afford towards the expense of maintaining the communication in question. Teat he lug so, he asked why they should not be inamecliately put in possession of it. He did not look at this communication alone.as it would affect the intercourse bet ween the mother conntry and the Australian colonies, . On the contrary, 'now that they had established between various parts of the world that rapid means of intercommunication which 'science had facilitated, it became them to urge on the Go vernment to promote .between all the col•mies of the em pire that degree of frequent and affectionate intercourse between themselves and the parent State which would bind them together in the aggregate as one united empire. The result of such a means of communication as was ,now s ought to be established between this - country and Aus tralia would ba as had been well said in a printed pamph let on the subject, to" facilitate the investment of capital for the gradual development of the 'boundless resources of Australia and New Zealand ; establish much greatei- con fidence in all mercantile transactions with the colony, by preVenting loss fr om overstocked mar kets; obviate the in 'convenience arising from a scarcity in the supplies of Eu ropean merchandise ; and enable the merchant shippers in the colony to effect insurances on thei r s hi ps and user , chandisein England." :These were really the great and essential points in reference to the. communication with Australia. Bat when he looked to Australia alone, and dealt with it as a separate colony, he must advert to its vast mercantile importance, the extent of its resources, and the readiness of its people to co-operate with the mother' I country in all the commercial enterprises of the colony. He night state to the meeting, on the authority of a Perlin. , mentary return, that thepopnlation of the world-L-oBU mated at niillions--consuined yearly ls. 2d. per head of British exports, and thatihe prOportionate consumption by foreign countries and British colonies was estimated as t. follows—viz.: - - - • : I, AIR DESTROYER, 1, Little Queen-street, j_ High Holborn —ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY, for rem' 'T ing effectually Superfluous Hair from the Face, Neck, Arms, and Hands, without the slightest injury to the skin. A. R. will warrant !t not to irritate the flesh in the smallest degree, and the hair to be entirely destroyed.—Sold in bottles, at 3s. 6d., ss. 6.1 , and 10s. 6d. ; or applied at the Hair-dyeing Establishment, as above. Forwarded for stamps, tree by post, eight extra. Per head. FOR EIGN STATES. COLONIES.' F ran co .. .......... Ol 6 Cape o f Good R o p e 3 RI 15 0 Russia ......... 0 0 8 West Indies ...... . 2 17 6 Prussia .. . 1 l2 o.l l oea d6 Canada 2 0 I United States ...... 0 5 8 Australia (flear, hear.) ,As to the question of route, the one as far as Aden on the Red Sea had been established as a useful route ; hut from that point a difference of opinion would arise, and he could not understand why in the present day, with the power of steam so thoroughly established and understood, anything but rocks and 'Shoals, which always . required a careful look-out on the part of seamen, was to prevent a direct line of communication from port to port, seeing that steam power defied winds and currents to a certain extent. The question of propelling power was left ..---- -- --------; ------ ' entirely to their own discretion and command, and he, as THE ' VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN THE SANDWICH a seaman, should say the shortest line was the best, espe- ISLANDS.—Under date of December 28, the Rev. and a small channels, cially in a case where they gained a difference between 84 wa water Mr. Coan writes as follows :—" Every day darkens days and 48 days. That seemed to bins to be an irresis the prospects of Hilo. The stream conies in greatmight be Diego Garcia and the Mau tibia argument in favour of a direct line. There • force, some two miles a-week. Three or four miles a , cp s ' et i fo n o between aro. i t ll Garcia would leg be necessary to hu r il t d ie t e lier To a will bring it through the woods. It folio channels, dries up aqueous matter, and forma fiery : ships with other necessaries. H e colony to supply passing ri a a e lithou eg se, to csqablish a depot for coals, cascades of terrible sublimity. It heads straight dow n th oug ht that might be done in time, but ho should recorn upon us, and nothing but the band of Omnipotence can mend that the Mauritius be first taken, with the ultimate save our town and bay. Our expulsion seems every day view of establishing the necessary facilities he had sug more and more a. solemn reality. Molten fires are gleam. Rested at Diego Garcia, and that the ships should pass ing, trees are falling, the jungle is consuming, rivers are King George's Sound to Melbourne, and there deliver.the boiling and ascending in steam cloud , . Onward, onward 'nails, leaving the colonists themselves to distribute those rolls the burning deluge—slowly, sullenly, relentlessly, m ails. (near, hear.) The noble earl concluded by mov ino' thlt it was ex edient• that immediate steps be taken and with resistless force. I hope to be able to give you to ci. st ,; p • suitable to the com a full account . in time. P.S. A man died this morning mercy blish a steam postal servic? Australia. vast and growing importance of _ . from falling into the boiling water near the fused lava ? Mr. KER SEYHER, M.P. in seconding the resolution, stream."—Californian paper. l , said his firm belief was-that, had the Government stated .. _. .: once let that - they would stand aloof in reference to this matter, the - spirit ant private enterprise of the people of this country and of the colony would long ago have esta blished a line of steam caretnnuication for themselves. -Mr. RIDGWAY suggested that, nosy that - a treaty of peace had been : concluded, it would bo well for the eovernmeut to send souse-of the steam-ships of ?he nityy to try and de termine_ best : and shortest r ee k s t o , Australia. He hoped, at all events, that Lard Hardwicke's idea of-pass ing, by the doorOf South Australia would not he carried into effect. . The reaoletion was - then put, and, like its predecessor, carried unanimously.- . A . Lord STANLEY, M.Pa, who.was recei veil with loud cheers, said it appeared to him that the most material facts relating to thii question had been laid,bef ore the - meeting at safil iikit lefigtharid with sufficient' clearness; and he should thereforatronble thernAvith only a fe w isoiisla on the gene ral subjeet. . He would say,. in .the firat place, the', uoceri s nected as lie was personally either with the colonies or with toSiinerce, nothing would have induced him to appear in this matter, except the-convicti on , w hi c h h a d bee n relict- 1 antly forced upon- hie mind -by the circumstances of the ' I case, that there had been, to s a y th e l e a s t o f it, culpable carelessneis on thapart of the re in power in a matter deeply I affecting the interests of au important portion of the empire. (Cheers.) With the delay of six years, between 1841) and 1851, he had nothing now to do. Neither deuld he, in feria tress, find fault with the Government dila day fur heving in the 'first instance - adopted the line by. *: - .:y of the Cepe, for it .wasllie. line in favour of which ea eoelonittee of the House of Coneatons reported.. Indeed, he ,vens perhaps an interested party in that Matter, for he was a member of that ccenauittee. who took pains to collect whatever evidence was accessible to them, and who entered upon the inquiry with aminceredesireto do i sepertielly thatevitich they thought best for the interest of the country ara)athe colonists. lint they weriiniestly lendsnaen, and had ho practical experience to snide thorn. They rajah' therefore wily go on. unciertain and doubtful information ; and, in point and Pact, the line which was now proposed, anti which sAined is have bean generally adopteelsendapproved by practioramen, was not be fere the committee - Wills They had bef.A that committee three lines, one of thumb sing by Panama, *Moll was rejected almost unanimously. The lines most debated were the one by way of the Cape, and that toCeylon by the Red Sea. He remembered well that the question wess fully lend care fully considered ; and he thought the argument which at that time most prevailed was that by the line by the Cape pa.seengers and goods might go'from E island te'Aus tralia without trans-shipment. The coniplaintrenow'rnide by the eoloeistsand by people at home were three-fold-- first, that the et.earit communication between the colony and the mothercountry was superseded withoet.necessity; secondly, that no steps had beea taken to 4tore it ; wets thirdly; that new; when its restoration waeproposed, that boon had leen'clogged with a condition unusual, and, in fact; unprecedented. They said first that the steam com mnuieetion sird'S Superseded without necessity, and with eat necessity drethauae - the China line and the West ladies and -South American lines were maintained during the whole pressure of the war. WhetheretheY considered the amount of traffic or the amount of personal intereehrsd, the line to Australia equalled, . and perhaps outweighed, in importance not only one of those three, but, perhepr, all the three put together; for our exports to Chinn, with_itat 300,0)0,003 of populatinn, were just 1-16th eCtfiese tooling tralie, with: its 70),003 people. - He would eiVg ask whe ther, if preparations had been commence 1 earlienthe whose of the routea Would not havtr been stippdie I witbout,inter ruptiona Ho would not ask how many steatneri were lying idle in the harboUrs erßalaklava. and Constantinople when • the suppression of this postal communication with Aue-' Utah). tookplace. ( A laugh.) 'At thet tin* sate Duke of Newcastle—and he wished-to speak of him with all cour tesy as, a gentleman eminently fitted for private life- (a lingh) e -was in office ; ,and it was rather remarkable that at that time,. when every order that emanated frem. that department of the public service went to the wrens person orthe - tvrol7 place, and when every act was either leftean deno, or, if f done, Was done six months after, it was di rected to be put in ferce—(a laugh) -the oh;i act that was welt and effectually done was that of ping the Australian' postal service. (Hear, ' hear.) ' hey next complained that, that communication having been in terrupted, no pains were taken to restore it. In a moment of emergency the Government might require the services of every ateamvessel on which they coald lay their hands ; but the war, though it Lasted two years, might have lasted ten, and during its continuance no single step was taken . for replacing that which in a moment of temporary exi l gooey they had taken away—(hear, hear)---a fact which could only be explained by a reference to tha.tinveterete habit of politicians of the old school of giving a disproner- Monate share of attention to questions affecting foreign Courts er questions of diplomacy, and overlooking the inure importantinterests of the British colonies. (Hear, hear,). The tbird complaint was that in this ease alone the colonies of Australia hal been required to pay a share of the expense of.this communication. .He was not going to pledge himself to any opinion with reference to the quest - ion Of subsidy. He would only observe that, if Eng land and Australia Obtained. a mutual benefit iii. this mat ter it was only fair that the colonies should pay their share of Ih'eseigiense ; but 'it was rem 'akable that such a rule should have- been adopted iu this solitary instance, espa &illy after the colonies had- actually 'offered 70,0301. for the pur pose of maintaining this communication. - -He thought if the object of not losing time had been duly ap preciated it would have been .no Offficult matter for the Government to say they would accept that offer, add -an equal sum to it, and make a provisional, arrangement now e ,I a - se -et ono hereafter-SCheers.) Bet there was to doubt- that in te . etenagementef 'the - Colonial De partment the Government of , the day—and he did not speak of any Government in particular -had' been tie much in the habit of acting towards the colonists-are though they were negotiating with --a hostile people, instead of dealing with thorn as friends and ' fellow countrymen, whose interests were indissolubly bound up with our own. (Cheers.)' Ono. word as to Australia itself:: Seventy years ago that vast continent was :hardly laid down on any existing map. It was now the recipient of one-eighth of our conitnerce, the hope of 'our brimming population.; who have but small prospects - of ailva.ncs ment or , amelioration at home, and the residence of . nearly 1,000,004 of industrious citizens, •(Heer ) It was no figure of speech.to say that the future of England in a great degree oopendedoroher colonies. Wo' had, as they all, knew, many difficulties to impede our national pro gress. We had our hereditary pauperism and our heredi tary debt, and we had to maintain- at vast cost large...mi litary and naval atnements. He iinsgined that ovate! thoughtftirstateSman mast feel that, vast as were our re sources and gigantic as were the euergyof the English race, still that in tho'race of industrial competition with other and younger 'nations we: wore fearfully' overweighted. (Hear.) Let them take a simple statistical fact. The po pulation of-this country doubled 'itself in half.a-century ; population of the Anglo-Saxon colonies, as a general rule, doubled itself only in 25 years; and he believed it was a wise expectation—looking forward a century from this tiMe—to say that one of the greatest sources of (mom, tional strength and our national glory would then lie in our connexion with 'the independent States Of. Amoricita Anstralie; and Canada. (Cheers.) It was therefore our ditty and our interest to keep with them. The principle of self-government was not much a fashion at the Present period of the world ; but self-governinent: had been the wholesome characteristic of the Eeglish race ; and they might depend upon it that every English co'onist who In-' cated himself in any of our disteutdependencies, and every acre of lasd that he reclaimed from the.wiidorness anti the waste, would he a guarantee to Europe f or the recognition of that principle and for.the ultimate . triumph throughout the whole of the British dominions of .free speech, free thought, and free action. (Cheers.) The noble lord, then . moved a resolution to the effect that it appeared to, that meeting that, provided the usual postal speed of 10 knots, or nautical miles, an hour could be , obtained, the transit•l letters between London and Melbourne might ba easily effected in 44 days. . The resolution was seconded by Mr. -H. GoßnosS. Mr. E. STEVENS said he had just come to this country from Australia, and was well acquainted with the feelings of the colonists on this qwestion..lle wished.to ssy that he did not believe it possible to get to Australia ,iia,44 . days, nor did the colonists themselves desire to see such a sou summetion. They had but one simple request to make 1n this` matter, and that was to have nci'more experiments in reference to it. (Cheers.) They were sick of delay and sick of change ; they had plenty of money to pay for steam postal communication ; and they asked the Imperial Go vernment to concede it to theta at once. On the question of route lie contended that Diego Garcia was a terra incog nita to the British sailor, and they would-lose one ship out of four if they sent there by that route. (Hear, bees.) After a few words from Mr. DAKIN and a gentleman in the body of the meeting, whose name did not transpire, the resolution was modified and passed, with scarcely X dissentient, in this form : " That it appeared to the meeting that the transmission effects b ie l tithe, h f y . the most eli t ibl e of letters between England and An atra liti. could be per formed at an average rate of n ot less th an 10 knots an hour , route and nanddiothiehtetsliiisorstlierstut pldobssei F ct A m uci o u tion llKn o , f M po r t:iti ll oo . s W si . go C e er by Fo t e h n o , o s h elo ir n m de4 b o y t, Sirb eh O ! ni l i thi of the meeting, and founded ou the preceding so lpuitti i o i n a s ro , o w o e t r ; e a n g o r d ee2 d t e o pu b t e ati p o r n ese w n a t s ed ap t p o oi b o o t t e h d . t H o w a s on the Government and press the subject on their imrae ate consideration. - - The meeting was also addressed by Mr.' W. Malins, Mr. De Salle. Mr. L. Stevens, and other gentlemen.. 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MANSION-1101.1SE.,—Williarea Augustus Fitzwil- Ram, who was charged with having in the house of Mr. Sicker, of Mitre-square, Aldgate, desperately assaultcd one of the servant s o f the establishment, upon the at tempt to plunder the house, was brought up for final 'examination. The prosecutor, who had been desperately wounded in - the head, appeared to give evidence. Richard Martin said—l am servant to - Mr. Socker. Oa Sunday night, the 6th inst..," I was in the counting- house on the first floor at the back of the house. I was Minding the house while the manager and his wife and servant went to church, 'about .bait-past 6 o'olock, leav ing rue alone: in the house; I . z,..clotted the :_front- door after them. The back door. was -left open. - It. leads to • an enclosed . yard. I then went into:thecountiug-honie, -and was reading there, I think, about-an hour. I then went into the front room, '.-ehich is over the ground floor, where there was a fire,‘.. sd was reading for alviut five minutes,. and then put d_ tii the-book. I lay down on the sofa and dozed about five minutes, and- then opened my eyes and saw the prikoner in the room, stand ' log Opposite to me, looking at the candlestick on the sideboard. I rose up and said " Ralloa ?" believing it was a man belonging to the house. • The then rushed towarie me with the : ,candleetick in' his 'hand anl struck at my head with all his might 'with the eandlestick. I 'held my hand up to protect my, head, and received the blow . on the palm of my band, and wy arm dropped powerless from the effect of the blow. He , then. struck me over the head, and rek eyes seemed. to strike fire, and all in the room seemed tog round'witls me, and the blood flowed into my eyes frotn. the wound in my heaeLim lhat I cenjsktiters !lie* ie,A,nestisiniaret - mlttiiveirgifititri• -pace or 'l'- -. l3Mvertis tlle fireplaeeto get the poker, and the prisoper.stepped rather awry from the, and male another desperate blew ,at My- heazl with the- cerlleStick. Ho hit me two ,nr three times more over any - bead, and the candlestick flew. out of his hand and rolled under the table. lle then turned round and ran out of the room. I threw up the, windeiv, and i seeing a little boy p ass i ng , I told bine to go and call the police. I was then all over bleep]; and the boy went on looking at me, as if in terror. I was e_slling out Murder ! " and "Police!" while the prisoner was striking me. The prisoner did not speak a word. Wni!e I was 'Calling at the windew several per sons cattle to the door. I -told them there were 'thieves in the house, and that I would go down and 1 .t:them in. The pri otter is quite a stranger to me. I let the people in. The prisoner --Are you sure that I am the man who struck you ? , - • Witnee4=Quite positive that you are. The prisoner—What-! .Inthe . dark ? Witness—lt wafenot dark. To the Lord Wayer—l have regained, the use of my arm, which was paralysed by the first blow. I have been under the bands of the, surgeon since. Cress-examined by the prisoner —I do not know where the prisonerMede his entrance to, the room in which I was,—whether he came in 'at the winnow, or at the door, or through skeleton keys, or.how. The Prii-zintrlt is useless for we to say anything. I say thst'l did not Strike the man ; hut it is all useless, My, fate is sealed, and therefore I wish your lordship to bring the- thing to a conclnsi zn. I was not within a bandredyards of the' house. The man is misled by the police. 1.00 assure your lordship. that I never saw the man who accuses me till I saw him this day in the chair in which ho sits.• The Lord Mayor--have you, prisoner, any question to a.ik.tho wittles»? The 'Prisoner—Net at all, my lord; but I trust that he will recover, fur my sake. The Lord Mayor fto Martin)—Are you quite sure that the prisoner is the man-of whom you have spoken ? Witness—l am quite sure. -A policeman ( the metropolitan force) said—l was present when the prisoner, whose real name is William 13urgon; was -convicted at the Clerkenwell Sessions of having stolen a chest of tea, and sentenced to transpor tation for seven years, and upon that occasion he so desperately assaulted a policeman that the officer was unable, to. pirfuriu any -more duty, and has been pen sioned The depo,itions were then ordered to be made out, and the prisoner was ordered to be committed for trial. WORSIIIP•STREET.-- - - Anderson wag charged with being concerned, with four others who have escaped apprehension, in assaults and highway robberies. A youbg- gentleman named -Mace stated that while paising thriugh Shoreditch, in company of a friend, between 11 and 12 on the preceding evening, the prisoner and four other fellows advanced towards hiM, and the former, without the slightest provoc.ttion on his part, ran willingly against him, exclaiming " Which way are you going I" Witness tried to get clear of them without observation, but that did not suit the purpose of the pri soner, who immediately struck him such a terrible blow On the head with his , fist that he dr,;pped to the ground• perfectly senseless. How long he remained so he did not i.ao,v ; but n coming, —,.twedot its bat, walktug-stzek, handkerchief, s.nd . all the money he hail in his pocket. John Melhuial;, friend of the prosecutor, decribed the attack in the same terinP, !..mt•eduhl not say which - of the men robbed the laAt witness, the attack, robbery, and esc:Lf,e of the men scarcely occupying•a minute. Prisoner said—l did hit hith, it's true, hut not till he hael struck Me, and (lid not rob bite at all. • . _ D'Eyncourt—Well, it appears to me very tiaucla nice a pdrposed assault with intent to rob, and if gou was known I would send you for trial. A se.r4eant of the N division—Why, your worShip, there is another person present on other business who has just - renogni . -ed the prisoner as having robbed and violently assaulted him the , same, evening. This prosecutor, Henry George, then stood forward, and stated that while passing through the Hackney-road at 10 O'clock he noticed that he was being dodged by five men, including the prisoner, whose dress he parti cularly marked, and who followed him till he reached Pownall-road, when he heard a quick step behind him, and was immediately seized by the throat by the priso ner. He plated his hand on his waistcoat to Faye his watch, upon which the four other men came up, and while two struck him violently upon the head and chpst two others held his legs, dragged him along• for several yaeds and then flung him down so heavily that he lost his senses, and on recovering them he found . hiniFelf in and that his guardcham had been tbirokaeriT(s)ffofand7sotialene,. The prisoner declared that he was not out of Shore ditch the whole evening ; but Mr. D'Eyncimrt intimated hi 4 intention to send him for trial on both charges, and comnlitted him for the convietion of the evidence. SOUTH WARK.—Richard Pitts, an elderly man, was.brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged with com mitting a ince, murderous assault ou Catherine Pitts, his wife. The compl iinant, whose.head was bandaged up, and who appeared to be in such a weak state from the inju rica inflicted on her that it was with some difficulty she gave the following evidence, stated that she_had been married to the prisoner nearly 20 years, and had three children to support by her own labour, as she was corn polled to live apart from him, owing to his .grossly ill u:ing her. Ou Saturday night last, about 9 o'clock, he. came tt. .the house where she was living with her children, in AUrket•street, and as soon as she opened the door he madeuse of an. oath and knocked her down. After that he strack her oven the head with his walking stick. until she became insensible. She was positive that had not assistance arrived he would have murdered her. Mr. A'Beckett asked her whether she had ever charged bins before for assaulting her.? She replied that she had, and once he was committed to prison, but she forgot how long. She was now in such a weak state from his violence on Saturday that she could hardly stand. Mr. A:Beckett said it was quite clear from the evi dence that he had committed a murderous assault on his wife, and there was nothing to justify such brutal conduct. He bad been once punished for - assault upon her, and he should not be doing his duty unless he in-' fl►cted the full penalty allowed by act of Parliament. He should, therefore sentence, him to six months' hard labour in Wandsworth House of Correction. The prisoner was then removed by the gaoler, and locked up in one of the 'ells at the rear of the court. Shortly afterwards Downes, the gaoler, had same sus picion of the •prisoner, which induced him to go to the cell, when he saw him in the act of cutting his throat with a small clasp-knife. Downes, with the utmost alacrity, rushed into the cell, and fortunately wrenched the knife from his grasp before he was able to accom plish his object. However, the wound was so severe that a medical man was called in to attend to him. Mr. A'Beckett, on hearing the facts from. Downes, ordered the prisoner's immediate committal•to prison, so that he might be prevented from repeating the at tempt. On the door of a certain parish church not a hundred miles from Wycombe was recently affixed the following notice The church 'ardens will hold their quarterly meetings once in six weeks instead of half-yearly as for merly." [AivEarisamEsr.]-only to be known to be valued.—Dr. Roberts's celebrated ointment, called the " Poor Man's Friend," is confidently recommended to the public as an un failing remedy for wounds of every description, a certain cure of ulcerated sore legs, if of twenty years' standing, cuts, burns, scalds, bruises, chilblains, scorbutic eruptions, and pimples in the face, sore and inflamed eyes, sore heads, can cerous humours, &c., and is a specific for those afflicting eruptions that sometimes follow vaccination. Sold in pots, at is. 14d. and 2s. 9d. each.—Also his " Pilulse Antiscro• phulze,'"confirmed by more than forty years' expeyjence to be, without exception, one of the best alterative medicines ever compounded for purifying the blood and assisting nature in all her operations ; hence they are useful in scrofula, scorbutic complaints, glandular swellings, particularly those of the neck, &c. They form a mild and superior family aperient that may be taken at all times without confinement or change of diet. Sold in boxes, at is. LA., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., Us , and 225. each.—Sold wholesale by the proprietors, Beach and Barnicott, at their dispensary, Bridport; by the London houses ; retail by all respectable medicine vendors 'in the 1 United Kingdom. Observe.—No medicine sold under the above names can possibly be genuine, unless " Beach and I Barnieott, late Dr. Roberts, Bridpork" printed on the stamp affixed to each box. is engraved and [PRICE 4D. STAMPED SD• Naval and Military Intelligence. The Imperatriz, transport, No. 150, arrived at Sheer ness on Sunday at 8.20 a.m., from the Thames. She steamed up alongside the Russian prison ship Devon shire, Lieutenant Commander Lloyd, and received all the Russian prisoners of war, and also the merchant sea men of different northern nations who had beeradeta'ned for br'esking the blockade. The Imperatriz left again at 10 20 a.m. the same day for a Russian port iu the Baltic, supposed to be Libau. The adder steam-vessel, Second Master Commander W„, Al - oncham, passed Sheerness at 14.35 a.m. on Sunday l' with a new despatch gun-boat, the A!acrity, in ,;f .mu t) be immediately fitted at Chatham. The Sampson, G guns paddlewheel steatia:frigate,'Cap tain G. S. Hand, arr i ve d at Sheerness on Sunday, and anchere lat the Little Nore at 12.45 p.m from the Bal tic. Sae left Kiel on'-F r id a y l as t, and-had t, fine run ,home. Sae came into habour to anal and water at 4.25 p.m. on the same day. She is under sailing orders to ,proceed to Portsmouth and to tow with her mortar-yes !sets to j the squadron. Orders have been received at .Sheerness garrison to prepare to receive three more companies of Royal Artil lery for field battery exercise. They are daily expected. The surgery at Fort Pitt Hospital, Chatham, is to un 9ergo some extensive alterations and improvements, in !order to afford superior accommodation to the large !number of medical officers stationed at that establish !mull-. The building hitherto used as a dissecting-room to be converted into a surgery, and a large and corn ,lioslious building, in aline with the library and museum, 'is is coarse of erection for the purposes of anatomical } study. - Tha_LordS of the Admiralty having decided , that the !Marine Barracks at Chatham shall be considerably en da-ged, so as to render them capable of affording accoin auoilation for an additional number of officers and men. belonging to that branch of the service, the necessary :alterations are to be at once commenced. An order was received in Limerick on Saturday, from !the Horse Guards, for draughts from the 9th, 17th, and 39th Regiments to be held in readiness for immediate embarkation for Malta, there to join their service coin panic.., and proceed direct to Upper Canada. The de :pot of the 9th Regiment will furnish 100 rank and file, 'with ono ensign, for this service; and their departure is daily expected. • The draughts of the 17th and 39th are !also to be 100. pSHA.RE if A R:KRP 8.. • LIVERPOOL, APRIL 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been brisk to-day, and prices are advanced. _ Lancashire and torkshire, 89/ A h 89—London and North-Western, 1014.—M la. 4 lands, 754 5 41 o. 54 4i —North British, 8 8—South Eastern, 22i 22i 2—Blackburn, G e.—Great Northilvt, 23/. MANCHESTER, APRIL 14. , STOOK EXORANGE.—Thero has boon a quiet business to day, and the prices wore rather weaker at the close. Manchester; Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 2 i:—Dovers, 22—Leeds, g9A —Midland, 75A— West Riding, ls. Gd. d. —Lancashire Assurance, 1-16 Pm. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 14. 3romc EICCdANGE.—This market was doing 10!brisk business to-day, and prices were firm. Great Westerns were done at 64i--London and Nerth-Westerns, London ant North .Western Eighths, Ilk 3d. dia.—South Stafferd , i, 3 dis.— Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas 251. shares, 50. rADv.EßTlSlimi , lTTJ—Holloway's Plds a M e di d iki r o extraordinary profit rtes for the cure of Coughs.; Cads, and Asthma.---These pills are famed in very clime as' the best remedy ever knoWn for the cure of coughs, colds, asthins, and affections of the chest ; a dose or two gives immediate relief, and a continuance of them for a Phort time effects a perfect cure by giving a freedom to the respiratory organs ; therefore, let those who are suffer ing from asthma, tightness of breath, o r similar com plaints, have recourse at once to the-e invaluable pills. —Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world; at Professor Holloway's E4tablishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A: I Sienna, Constantinople ;A, Guid cy, Smyrna and 'E. Muir, Malta. . Sporting Intelligence. 'NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.—MONDAY. !The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for three-yr-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold for 600 sovs., if demanded, &c., unless exemption from being sold was claimed at the time of entrance ; horses so exempt to carry 9'b extra. A.F., one mile, 2 fur „ . lone, 73 yards. 4 subs. Mr. J. Dawson's Napoleon the Third, by lago, 3 yrP, Gat Gib (Bray) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, 3 yrs, 7st llb (including 91b extra) (Carroll) 2 Captain Lane's Tug o' War, 3 yrs, Est 6lb (Fordham) 3 Mr. Saxon's Mary, 3 yrs; 84 41b (J. Forst(4) 4 t ing-6 to 4 on Fisherman; 2 to 1 agst Tug o' War, 4 to 1 :tot:Mary' (offered), 9 to 1 agst Napoleon the Third (~flered). Wor; cleverly by a bead ; three lengths between the Fecund Knd third, and four lengths between the third and fourth. !The Bainington Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yr olds; eoitr, Bit 7tb ; and fillies, 84 21b. Certain allowances. D.M. 7 furlongs 201 yards. 14 subs. Duke of Bedford's Tyra, by Tadmor, Bst 41b.. - .(Pettit) 1 {Lord W. Powlett's Druid, 84 41b (S. Rogers) 2 Oxford's filly, by The Libel, out of Mangosteen, t 7st 131 b (Fiatrnan) 3 Betting Even ouMangosteen filly, 2to 1 agst each ;of the otbets. Woo by a neck ; two lengths between the second and !third. rile Forty-second Riddlesworth Stakes (reduced to a match), of 200 sovs. each, h ft, fur three-yr-olds ; i colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. Certain allowances. lAb. M. 7 furlongs 212 yards. Mr. Barnes' A nemone , by T a d more, B s t llb (Fl a t man ) 1 Mr. Cootnbe's Armiger, Bst 71h (Bartholomew) 2 Betting-5 to 4on Anemone, who won hy - a head.. - SWeepstakes of 50 sovs each, for three yr-olds ; colts, l 8$ 71b ; fillies, Bst 3lb ; certain allowances. Ab. M. 7 furlongs, 212 yards. 5 subs. . ; Lord W. Powlett's colt by Bolitgbroke, out of Fern ' hill's datn, Bst 4th (c 3 Rogers) 1 Sir R. Pigott's brother to Folly o' the Day, 84t 71b . _ (liiatman) 2 • Duke of Bedford's Bezonian, Bst 41b (Pettit) 3 Mr. Coombe's Looey, Bst (Bartholomew) 4 Betting—Even on Boliog4rolca oott, 5 to 0 .0" r.-----_,) 0 to -1 agst .Bvzonian. W o n -by , two - lengths-;--half a length between tne i.."..3 , :--A 4-1 , ;,3 4_T...),,ey wag beaten off. Handicap Plate of 501., for three•yr-olds knd ,upwards. Clermont Course. 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 55 yards. Captain Christie's L awn , by A cc id en t, 3 yr. 4, 5 - 4 111 b (F,,rdham) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Sancebox, 4 yrs, B,t 12Ih (Wells) 2 Mr. B trbees Sir Rowland Trenchard, aged, 7st 6'b (T. Forster) 3 Mr. Dixon's Adamant, 3 yrs, Sat 71b (J. Rogers) 4 Betting-6 to 4 each ag4 Lawn and Sancebox. Woo hy half a length ; three-quarters of a length be tween the second and third ; bad fourth. The Heath presented a somewhat blank appearance, the attendance of professional and gentleman turfites being decided below the average opening day's muster. The weather was gloomy, but not unfavourable to the enjoyment of the sport. The racing was marked by no incident of prospective importance. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. BURWELL STAKES. Even on Cannobie (taken) 4to 1 apt Cock of the North (taken) THE TWO THOUSAND. • 6to 4 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 5 to 1 agst Porto Rica (taken) 5 to 1 agst Fly•by-Night (offered) 10 to 1 agst Bird-in-Hand (taken) CHESTER CUP. Bto 1 agst Hospitality (taken) THE DERBY. 7to 2 agst Wentworth (taken) 5 to 1 agst Cannobie (taken and offered) Offers to bet a thousand even on Rogertborpe or Porto Rico agst Fly-by-Night. NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY. The firßt race is set for half-past ono o'clock ; the Burwell Stakes at three. Hoßses STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. BURWELL STAKES. —Ptlgnator, Ireland's Eye, Clo tilde, Slander colt, Diego, Bishop of Osnaburg, Eulo gist, La Victime, Little David, Capucine, Secret, Swiudler, Russian, Catspaw, Teddy, Sultan, and Fanny Grey. NEWMARKET HANDlCAP.—Buckingham and Roscom mon are struck out. [AeveasisimsNr.]—lt would be to some extent a neglect of the daty which we owe to our readers, if we failed to allude to the unprecedented mass of evidence that has reached us, in proof of the remedial efficacy of " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food," in many disorders which, whilst most pain. f ,1 and distressing in their symptoms, have, at the same time, through their obstinacy and continuity, been inaccessible to medical skill. We have looked over some of the lists of heartfelt testimony to the beneficial effects of this food, in various and complicated stages of disorders, including dy spepsia (indigestion), constipation, functional irregularity, obstructions, acidity, cramps, spasms, fits, heartburn, diarrhoea, nervousness, affections of the liver and kidneys, flatulency, distention, palpitation of the heart, nervous head ache, deafness, noises in the head and ears, giddiness, pains betwesu the shoulders and in almost every part of the body, chronic inflammation and ulceration of the stomach, eruptions of the akin, scurvy, fever, scrofula ' im purities, poverty of blood, consumption (if not beyond human aid), dropsy, rheumatism, gout, influenza, grippe, nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea, . low spirits, spleen, general debility, paralysis, cough, asthma, tightness across the chest, phlegm, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, tremors, dislike to society, unfitez for study, delusions, loss of memory, vertigo, blood to t head, exhaustion, melancholy, groundless fear , indecision, wretchedness, thoughts of self-destruction, dtc. One or two ex amples from the Fifty Thousand Testimon ies received by Messrs. Du Barry may be interesting and useful. Cure No. ufirno,m County D u Barry's o f Water ford." —Stuartd. Cure No.. 49,832. — " 75, of Dyspepsia..—From the Right Hon. Lord Stua r t d e Decks —" I have derived muchbaepnpoefilt Stuart do Decies, Dromans, c Fifty years' indesc r ib a bl e agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, fla tulency, spasms, slekness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed byTJu Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly, Wor tham Ling, near 'Disc, Norfolk." "Miss Eliza. Jacobs, of Naz iug Vicarage,Wa'itham - cross, Harts: a cure of extreme nervous ness, indigestion, gatherings, lo w spirits, and nervous fancies." Cure No. 48,314;—" Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool : a cure of 10 years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors o f nervous irritability." Cur e N o. 3,906.—" ' Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and general debility have been removed by Do Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food.—James Porter, Athol-street, Perth." But to pursue these testimo nials would be an endless task. Upon Fifty Thousand au thenticated certificates we have the " great" and auspicious fact that, for the first time in the history of pathology, an agent has been ;discovered which completely effects all that had hitherto been fruitlessly attempted by all the nauseous preparations of the laboratory. Not merely in its remedial, but in its preservative capacity, as a protector, as well as a restorer of health, its efficacy is attested by the grateful evi dence of those wits) have had experience in propria persona. die circumstances brought to light in connection with its use as food for infanta, show that whilst it prolongs the lives of thousands of adults, it is calculated to cause many to reach maturity who would otherwise. perish in early childhood. Altogether, we confess to the pleasing conviction that the extended use, amongst all classes, of Du Barry's Food, must produce a. marked change for the better in the average value of life, and in the sanitary statistics of our era. In canisters, 511 es. 121b5., 225. The 121bs. carriage free, on receipt of post-office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regentosstreet, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly; also at 60, Grace church-street; :330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cernhill ; 49 s 23ishopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross; 51, Upper Bake:p•st; vet; OS and 150, Oxford-street. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) On Monday last Lord Eglinton called the atten tion of Government to the expediency of issuing a Royal Commission to inquire into the operation of the laws, which regulate the Currency of the 'United Kingdom. Lord Eglinton introduced the subject in a very -business-like and sensible - speech, - enforcing his opinion 3 with -equal moderation and ability. His reason for preferring the issuing of a Royal Com mission to the appointment 01 a committee was thus stated : " In the session of 1848, in consequence of the severe monetary crisis of the preceding year, committees were appointed of both houses of Parliament to inquire into the causes - cif ethee . distress. which had spread ruin all over the country. Both committees were equally , anxious to do their duty ; but the result of their in vestigatien was that th e y came to directly opposite conclusions ; and whilst the committee of this house rel;e;rtel strongly in favour of the abrogation of relaxation of the act of 1844,-the committee of the House of Com mons, came to : Aleeecenclitsienethat no change whatever should be made. He might also remark that, in each case, the decision was arrived at by a very narrow majority. • Ile apprehended, therefore, that the difference in the con clusions come to by the two committees ' and the narrow ness of,the Majofitieß, -constituted very fair ground why the s.uiject should be now taken up by a Royal commis sien instead of by a committee of this or the other House of Parliament." As to the necessity of an investigation into the . working of the Bank Charter Act, his lordship said, " the system now in force had been tried and fallecL The act of 1844 had not worked well. It had failed Alike in preventing over-specula— tion, and in showing where the danger had arisen, and under its operation there had been the most serious commercial crises, and the greatest fluctua tions. in the rate of interest that were ever known in this country." of_ When Sir Robert Peel introduced the Act of 1844, he said that " during the last 20 years, four decisive proofs, at. four distinct periods, had been given, viz., in 1825, 1832, 1837, and 1839, that under the present. system of Currency"' (that is under his Bill of 1819) " the principle of converti bility is endangered." This was Peel's own con demnation of his Bill. The reason lie assigned for his attempt to improve the Currency Laws in 1844 was that under the Bill of 1819 wo had had the Panic of 1825, and the commercial depressions and fluctuations in the value. of money which oc curred in 1832, 1837, and 1839. What then has been the result of that " perfect system," the Bank Charter Act of 1814, the production of the combined wisdom of Sir Robert Peel and Lord Overstone.. Lord Egliuton answers that question. "The fati:ts of the present A t were not mere mat ters of theory, for he had in favour of his arguments the results of several years' operation of the Act of 1844. During the last 11 years there had been no less than 40 fluctuations of interest, which had varied from 2 to 8 and 9 per cent. ; while during the previous years there had been hardly any fluctuations at all, and these of a very trifling nature. - (Hear;) He reeretted to say, too,' that those fluctuations, instead of being on the decrease, were on the increase ; for during the last four years there bad been no less than 18 fluctuations ; while even within the last year there had been eight. -- (Rear.) At the commencement of the -railway mania, the rate of dies count was only 21, 3, and 3j per cent., and this low rate greatly. encouraged overeip, , culation. The result had, of course, been a drain on the Bank for gold, and in 1847 the amount of that metal left in the banking departm.iet was considerably under 2,000,0001. (Hear, hear.) So Teat was the pressure at that time that the rate of discount reached 8 and 9 per cent. ; and they had it in evidence from Mr. Samuel Garney that even his solvent house had to pay 9 per cent: for an ad vance of 200,000/. Mr. Horsley Palmer told them in evidence, that had the B ink at that time end eavoured to lessen its difficulties by a sale of Consols, to the ex tent of 1,000,000/., securites would have gone down to 60/. (He: r.)" Lord Overstone sat by and heard this statement. Had he nothing to say in defence of the system which he has had the misfortune to have inflicted on this country? Had he no pet theory to bring against Lord Eglinton's facts ? What a splendid opportunity did Lord Overstone throw away on this cccasion. The question of the currency has been much discussed. Mercator recently thought it worth while to enlighten the public in the columns of the Times. Could not LordOverstone, in his place in the House of Lords, say something for-his bill I Menne tor'e 'theories have indeed been rather severely han dled in' the public press. He -was driven from one thebry to another, and every succeeding letter announced some novel advantage of the bill of 1841—something which it was to do, though it had failed to do it. But could not Lord Overstone who has hetn all his life a man of business, controvert the plain facts of Lord Eglinton? The system has " worked well " for Lord Overstone and many . other money-dealers. The period of. a low rate of ' 6111113,._ A; _ harvest.. But the producers — MA stri +L uous classes will not always be content to have their hard earnings wrung from them periodically. Even Anglo Saxon stolidity will, at last, perceive the folly of submitting to a panic or depression every seven or- eight years to protect ut-from the evils of "inconvertibility," which the country from 1797 to 1819 has proved to be entirely imaginary and baseless. Lord Eglinton tells the merchants, manufac turer, and working classes of England. what the Act of 1844 rendered necessary whenever a few millions of gold leave the country. " There was no resource but to put on the screw ; and let them see what putting on the screw was.' To the Bank it was a measure of commercial policy ; but to the country it was a measure of ruin. (Hear.) The Governor of•the Bank of England, in 1848, said— 'The means of getting back the gold is by making money dear, and causing a fall generally in the price of commodities, which will bring back gold. Prices will fall in conse quence of the increased value of money. The effect, therefore, of putting on the screw was, not only to over throw houses that were tottering, but to depreciate, pet haps one half or more, the entire property o f the counry. (Hear, hear.) ' This is the system which Peel's bills established, and this is the system with which the Duke of Argyll says the present Government are not " dis satisfied," and the evils of which they have no de sire " to remedy." We quite agree with Lord Eglinton as to the ad visability of allowing 1/. notes to be issued in Eng land. Can any absurdity be greater than that of allow a banker north of the Tweed to issue 11. notos, and restricting an English banker from doing so ? The experience of the Scotch and Irish proves that the issue of 1/. notes is beneficial,, and that no evil whatever attends the issue. Even the assumed liability of such notes to forgery has been proved to be a groundless apprehension. "In Scotland," said his lordship, " forgery has been almost unknown for many years." We do not like " dirty" notes ; and as a minor point of currency reform we recommend that bankers should pay a certain composition oh the amount of their issues, instead of having a stamp for each note, and that no note should be allowed to be re-issued. Let them be cancelled whenever they return to the bank which issues them. 1/. notes would. then be quite as " agreeable," and much more convenient than sovereigns. But we remind his lordship that 1/. notes - did not protect Scotland and Ireland from the effects of the panic of 1847. Nor will any improvement in the constitution of the Bank direction prevent panics. Bank notes of 1/. and upwards, regulated by the most skilful directors, will always be liable to be exchanged for gold, the gold to be exported, and the circulation to be contracted, as long as such notes are by law exchanged for a fixed quan tity of gold. W e bad from 1797 t o 1819 Bank "b cous v il e v r e t r ibl el i u n t r ed e , ve a r t y k t i e d m of a c r o k m et mo p d r i i t oe y . , notes a currency we s h ou ld i nsure an adequate ~,,g lY o n l in t din i n a st t inco d hf the circulating medium, a steady rate of interest, and a freedom from panics, depressions, and monetary crises. A system of this kind, which enabled the country to provide for the enormous ex penditure of the great war, would promote, to an ex tent which can scarcely be calculat ed, the prosperity and progress of the nation in time of peace. The great enemies of the English people are in ignor ance, vice, and poverty. A sound currency, which enabled us successfully to contend against our for midable enemies aiiroad, would enable us to van quish these more destructive foes at home, The future of Great Britain depends, in our opi nion, more largely on the adoption of a just and wise monetary system than on any other thing whatever. All other reforms are but as dust in the balance, while we allow the monster evil of a bad monetary system to remain in force. Of the import ance of the currency question we adopt Sir Robert Peel's estimation " There is no contract, public or private, no engage. ment, national or individual, which is unaffected by it. The enterprises of commerce, the profits Gf trade, th e arrangement.; to be made in all the domestic relations of slciety, the wages of labour, the transactions of the highest amount, and of the lowest, the payment of the national debt, the provision for the national expenditure on the one hand, and the command which the coin of the smallest denomination has_over the necessaries of life on the other, ate all affected by the decision to which we may emu° on that great question which lam about to submit to the consideration of the committee."—Speech„ on the Bank Charter Act, May 6, 1844. We beg leave to submit to Lord Derby and to Lord Eglinton that such a reform of the Currency as would promote the general prosperity of the people, and consolidate the Institutions of the Nation, must go far beyond an alteration of the min )r details of the Act of 1844. We require for this great country, with its enormous load of Debt, and its increased and increasing population t ,a money independent of the precious metals. Money of the Realm. Representative Paper lVfoney based ' upon the wealth of the Nation. ..