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Ito' w, .010 8 ` .1 Mar k !-Pari‘4 G tran , cd, just pre- Ant-stock the Acts i concern, •eholders, have in. te to the e nil, fold m unable requisite to be re plete that of nomi !ales was of share pmises of T general view tote gThe s• se of the Banking Ink Bank . int-Stock ;h Bank , Banking e 1400C100 SUMS 0 - of these regate of t capital. id South R i ce, the reached ~ 2,5 6 ° 675 4,2 13 2,05 0 5,167 3,14 8 12,31 , 2 5,63 3 2,177 2,77 0 77, 289 732 150,897 CRYSTAL PAT,APE.—Ort VirpfirePasv »old% FORMA Ma NCE o y lst, f H 1861 A, THE GREAT FESTIVAL PER YDN'S CREATION. Principal Vo calists :—.ll - adll. TITIENS, 'Madame RUDERSDORFF, Mr. SIMS REEVES. Mr. SANtLEY, and Herr FORMES. Conductor, Mr. COSTA. The band and chorus will consist of nearly 3,000 performers. The band will comprise the usual instrumental orchestra of the Sacred Harmonic Society, aided by numerous professors and amateurs of eminence. AmateuThe Chorus will consist of the 1,600 voices of the Londo n Vona from t r Division of the Hande Festival oir, wit Addl. he professional choirs. l the Cathedrals, Prov h incial and Continental Choral Societies, &c. The entire musical arrangements are undertaken by the SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Organist, Mr. Brownsmith. The doors will be opened at Twelve and the Oratorio com mence AT THREE o'CLocx. Admission, if by ticket pur chased on or before Monday, April 29th, ss. ; if by payment at doors on th e d ay o f F est i va l . 7s. Rd. Reserved stalls in the area anti galleries, as at the Handel Festival, at the follow ,.llp _prices, in addition to the pay men t f or en t rance : —A rea blocks and ordinary gallery seats, Ss. ; front row of corner galleries (a limited issue), halt-a-guinea. Tickets at the Crystal Palace ; at No. 2, Exeter Hall (where also plans of the seats may be inspected); and of the usual agents of the company. Cheques or post-office orders to be made payable to the order of George Grove. The new season tickets which will admit on this occasion, atibject to the usual regulations, are also ready for issue. By order,_._ GEO. GROVE, See. NoncE.—The police refrulations for carriages with visitors 04 the above occasion, will be announced by advertisements In the morning papers of Wednesday, May 1. CRYSTAL PALACE.—WEDNESDAY. —The Exeter Hall Offices will remain Open until 8 o'clock TRES EVENING, for the issue of Admission Tickets at l 'rvE SHILLINGS each. After that time the price of ad mission on Wednesday will be Seven Shillings and Sixpence. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN GRAPFIIC MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY , HALL, King William-street, Charin-cross, f„2 - NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at "ight. Private boxes, £1 Is. ; Stalls and box stalls, Is. ; "ea, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. -A plan of the stalls may be see; and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box °rice, from 10 till 4. Morning Performance, Saturday, March 2. A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT, with the Celebrated BAND , Forty in number (established eleven years, chosen from the us Philharmonic , oal Italian Oper ) as, and the Household Troops. Concerts Conducte ß y d by Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulconrt.—Dancing at Nine o'clock.-Is. admission. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, Filet Holborn.—This popular and magnificently ap pointed Ball Room, decidedly the most fashionable and best conducted entertainment in the world. The very excellent band, under the able direction of Mr. 'acker, is constantly Intro clueing the choicest and latest music of the day —a qua ila and polka from lialfe's new opera, . BiallOS ; Colleen 'awn WM tz, Garibaldi's Triumphal Galop, Stc., among others, now nightly receive the plaudits of the company. The wines s upplied are of the very choicest quality. The refreshment rooms are elegant i n th e ex t reme, an d re pl e t e w ith every comfort. Admission throughout, ls. EVANS'S MUSIC and SUPPER ROOMS.— Gentlemen meet as wsual every evening. Mackney as ever —Sydney's admirable New Song—The Lee Family's elegant Performances, superior to anything yet 8* en. Four- Dart Songs, Glees, Madrigals, and Classic Vocal Music form Me main element of the en ertainment. " Play-goers sup at Evans's to glees extremely well sung."—Athenmum. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT STIT.—The Committee of this Institution earnestly APPEAL ) ) the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. THOMAS BARING, Chairman. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. 14 , John-street, Adelphi, Feb, 1 861. Bankers—Messrs. 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Steam Mills, Caledonian-road, R ing's-cross, April 8, 18 1 1. _.Single barrels, weighing 1} cwt., may be had for 305., at 77, z iervgate-street, City, or of any of my accredited Agents In the eountrY. THoRLEY'S rONDIMEN TA L FOOD (mixed wi h crushed Oats, &c.) for My norses.—Read Admiral Roue on the English Racehorse. 40s. per barrel, containing 44R feeds. THORLEY'S CONDIMENT for My Cowa. Increasing 'the quantity and enriching the quality of Milk. 40s. per barrel. T HORLEY'S COMPOUND for My Sheep. od barrels, contining 45 feeds with meaure tnclos S ed, l and in carriage paid a to any 4 railway , station in s the ingdom. THORLEY for My pigs. 40s. per barrel. THORLEY'S GLEANER is Published every Monday in time for post, and contains forty Columns Of valuable information, including Mark-lane Report, Agri cultural and Sporting intelligence' up to time of going to pTess. Price One Penny. Order of any Newsvendor.-77, Newgate-street, City. No. 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, BOND-STREET. A RTIFICIAL TEETH on a NEW and IM PROVED PRINCIPLE.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENTED INVENTION (protected by her Majesty's Royal Seal, July, 1 860), for adapting Artificial Teeth on Moveable Bases by Self-adhesion, are fixed without springs or any fastenings, Without pain or extraction, restore perfect articulatioff and mastication, rendering detection impossible, and last a lif time. "An admirable contrivance for remedying the defects of nature, without r equ i r i ng new se t s o f teeth."—Sun, July 20 - "Will doubtless be extensively patronised."—Court Cir eular, July 21. "Unrivalled for its utility and economy."— Morning Post, July 20. Consultations free.—Terms strictly Moderate. 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street ; Old Steyne, trighton ; Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. TEETH -1860—Post free, three stamps. A TREATISE . 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The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo rating- power of this preparation have procured its general , doption as A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. •zold in Vb., Ob., and llb packets, at Is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers EaOh packet is labelled. JAMES EPPS, Homoeopathic Chemist, LONDON. GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. HENRY SMITH, M.D., of the University of Jena, has Just.published, for the benefit of Nervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to society, Spermatorrheea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, Sic., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain direetions for perfect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob servation, to any address, on, receipt of a directed envelope 9nd two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burtoh rescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD : m FDIC, AL ESSAY ON S FERMAT° REHM A, NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c. ust Published, the tsOth thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price Is., Sold by all Booksellers, and Rent post paid, by the Author, forl2 stamps, i ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for ''rtect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L. 15, Alberraarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS : INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological •tructure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spennatorrhcca and Impotence; aril , Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications Jt Marriage; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Rook concludes with numerous varied and interesting aces, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood..--This is a truly valuable work, and hould be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," '3cl. March, 1856. • "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the source of those diseases which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old age."—" Daily Telegraph," March 27,1856. " This work, which for twenty years has stood the test of professional criticism and empiriml hostility, treats in a plain and sympathising manner on the various disqualifications and impediments arising from nervous excitement and de• bility ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and excesses it will be found valuable and useful."—Record. London : Published by J. Allen, 20, •Warwick Lane, Pater- noster-row; Mann, 39, Cornhill. Hours of Consultat4on-10 to 3 and 6 to 8 ; Sundays, 10 till 2. "The temporary relief obtained by means of purgative edicines is purchased at the high price of the aggravation lid )1 the perpetuating the disease."—HENßY, M.D. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC FOR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, DEBILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, FEVERS. 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Mr. Samnel Laxton Leicester, of tw o years ' diarrhoea. Cure Ao. 180. Mr. W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 years' nervous ness, constipation, indigestion, and debility. Cure No. 4,028: Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, Rev. John W. navel, Ridlingfon Rec tory, Norfolk. Cure No. 3 906. Thirteen years' cough, indi 9'estion, and general debility. James Porter, Athol-street, Perth. Cure No. 58,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, nervousue a Liverpool o , ten irritability. years'Cure edyspepsia, and all the horrors of No. 46,270. M r. J ames R o b er t s , .imber merchant, of Frimley, S urrey, of 30 years , diseased un ,, s, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness.'similar who ca 'similar testimonials from 56,00 0 patientsn be re ferred to. The Food is sold in canisters, ilb. 28. 9d., 21b, 4s. 6d., 121 b. 241 b. 40s. ; super-refined quality, 51b. 228„ 101 b. 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and 24111. canisters carriage free on receipt of Post-office order by Barry Du B arry and Co., 77, Regent strict ; Fortnum, Mason, and C o., 182, Piccadilly, London ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street; 4, Ch eaps i de ; 63 and ISO, Oxford-street ; 3.30 and 452, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate-street ; Batty,l6, Finsbury-pavement; Phillips and Co.. tea dealers ; Petty, Wood, and Co., King William street, City, andll2.Jkigh Holborn; and all grocers, zine. . 7 e- 4 7 ~..---. 7 / •-- --,_, xr-,, f •• , -.-, 7 7 r - 1 ,7 , f f I' 1" 't f , 1 " •-• r. I ,--- •- ..-..---,„1 ~..4-• , . _ ......t,....;-..,_ Al./j- Ni. , „t,,As. ~,,,,,, ( , . ....., - "me . I. ..m. , .f., • Cila • AU>. ' ,,,::=1 A. .ite*H 74 ~,4i t glier:x t T. 40 1 . --- , 1 g v. AWN . A c,: i i -.4.4 , 4' o • eZiC.---------- '\ "..... un+ , APPLICATION OF .BLECTI? - , ~- THE EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDE2t. •,' -- - /./40 1 : terr i, '' -• , _-i. ,;\\,' ...,„....111 1 11Mb 0 ,..i., ..4 . s 4, 4) it ii,,,ft • -,;--,-.- , et c f , - o 7 ' 2' eillistiN . 6 65-'' vii;,.,• AIM 4 '7 , Are . ----1*- - '" ."/ A 0 ...... . ;-., , ~..-.... A very valuable paper under this title has been, recently issued from the War-office stating the re sults of experiments which have been conducted by Professor Wheatstone and Mr. Able on behalf of the War Department, PRICE 4D . STAMPED, SD. One of the niastpronainent effects of, electricity is well known to be the production of fire. Thus buildings are fired by lightning flashes, and toonften charged magazines._ _ Very- natural' was , it, then, to ascertain whether this powerful ageney_eould not be 'turned fo profitable account in the weetice of engineering, both civil aria milititty. Thus, 'to effect the dislodgment of masses °filo* by gun powder explosions, charges orguttpd*atr for cen turies past have been buried within - 41ns mass and ignited ; but long before any eld'etricir resources were sought for this purpose the ignition 'had been accomplished by a slowly burning train.. Subse quent to the discovery of electricity this agent has been pressed lute service, - and by the aid 'of very rough eleCtrical expedients engineers have long been able to ignite one gunpowder charge at a time, but the desideratum remained of_igniting- many gunpowder charges simultaneously, Such was the problem to which Profeasor Wheatstone and Mr. Abel recently turned their attention, and in which they have been auccessfill: Here it must be premised that electricity may be obtained from many sources, and, according to the source obtained so does its property vary. It May be obtained from the •friction of glass, for example, as in the common electrical machine ; and, were dt not for the difficulties and uncertainties attendant upon the working ofi this arrangement, perhaps' it might have best answered thepurpose intended of :it. When, h owever; the poinfisborne in mind that an electrical machine will barely' att, or not act at • all 4 in a damp atmos pher e ,of course theprecautions are many that wo u ld have to be taken for employ ment of such electricity out of doors. With all its disadvantages, however, frictional electricity has done some good engineering service. In 1831 Mr. Moses Shaw, of New York, ignited by this electri city fuses containing a mixture of gunpowder and fulminate of eilver,Thereby disrodgiriggaricgini sses of rock ; but he states that he was unable to ope rate during the greater part of the year because of bad weather. More favourable results were ob tained by Professor Warrentrap, of Brunswick; and •Gatzmann, of Freiburg, in 1842 and 1843. Employ ing fuses which contained a mixture of sulphide of antimony and chlorate of potash, and special con trivances for insuring a more perfect insulation, they succeeded in exploding from 8 to 10 mines simultaneously, through 78.5 metres. Notwith standing their precautions, the evil effects of humidity compelled them to discontinue the expe riments. Still more successful results were ob tained, in 1845, by Mr. Charles Winter. By means of a fuse, containing a preparation of phosphorus, he inflamed powder through the telegraphic line between Vienna and Hotzendorff—a distance of 4,906 metres. In point of fact the results were considered satisfactory enough to warrant the Aus trian military authorities in adopting frictional or machine electricity as the agent for effecting mili tary explosions. They employ a portable electrical machine—the electricity being excited by two glass plates, one foot in diameter and four lines of thick ness, in conjunction with a Leyden jar, having an external coating of 276 square inches. These seve ral parts are enclosed in a case, the interior of which is kept dry and heated by means of a small portable stove, so arranged that the products of combustion do not cute the case. The conductors are copper wire covered with gutta percha. Thus guarded, and in very scientific hands, the efficiency of the Austrian apparatus is perfect. On several occa sions no less than 50 mines have been simultaneously exploded by it. Thirty-six discharges have even been simultaneously exploded by it under water in the Danube, the charges having remained sub merged 20 hours previous to the operation. Nevertheless, machine electricity was deemed to be attended with such great drawbacks by military engineers in the British service, that a substitute was sought, and, to a certain extent, found, in the ordinary voltaic battery. This apparatus, how ever, left much to be desired ; hence the recent in vestigations of Professor Wheatstone and Mr. Abel. They first tried the hydro-electric machine of Sir William Armstrong—the sort of apparatus that was for many years exhibited at the Polytechnic Insti tution. Notwithstanding the stupendous effects produced by this apparatus in the lecture-room, it did not answer well in the field. They next tried electricity from a galvanic battery, intensified by transmission through a Kuhmkorff's coil, borrow ing the idea from the Spanish colonel, Verdu ; but even this arrangement did not quite answer the expectations the experimenters had been led to form of it. Finally, their investigations led them to a trial of electricity developed from magnets; and this, all things considered, was found to be the most satisfactory of the whole series, so that in future we suppose this form of electricity will be employed in the British military service. Having decided on the best source and character of the electricity, the operators had next to determine what was the best sort of fuse. The fuse employed by Colonel Verdu, and introduced by him into the Spanish engineering service, is the discovery of an Englishman, Mr. Statham, and is commonly desig nated here and elsewhere as the " Statham fuse." It may be said to consist of a broken circuit, inter vening between the ends of two copper wires enve loped in gutta percha, the intervening space being filled with sulphate of copper. It is very delicate, but Messrs. Wheatstone and Abel required a fuse of still greater delicacy, and in the end discovered it. The Abel fuse may be shortly stated to be a Stathain fuse,wherein subphosphide of copper takes the place of sulphide of copper, and apparently leaves nothing to be desired. It is pretty certain in its action, easily prepared, and age does not seem to affect it— all valuable requisitions in a military point of view. expire to-morrow, having declined to submit his case of the decision of a court-martial, as proposed by the General commanding at head-quarters, has accepted the alternative of retiring on half-pay, and Captain and Brevet Lieut.-Col. H. F. Strange, C. 8., has been promoted to substantive rank on his removal. THE RECONCILIATION OF THE CHIEFS. Letters from Turin state that prior to the recon ciliation of Garibaldi with Cavour and Cialdini, the King sent for them all three to his study, where they met Generals Fanti, Lamarmora, Durando, Cozens, and Bisio. M. Ra ttazzi, though indisposed, was also at this important meeting. It is presum able that the statements made by the King respect ing a general armament were considered satisfactory by Garibaldi's generals, for Bixio left the same evening for Mondovi, and Sirtori for Fori, in both of which places there are depots of volunteers. A despatch from Naples of the 27th says—The news from Turin announcing the reconciliation of Garibaldi with Count Cavour and General Cialdini has produced an excellent impression. No further demonstrations were expected to take place. _ The functions of Commander-in-Chief of the National Guard have been suppressed. Signor D'Afflitto has been appointed Governor of the pro vinces of Naples. 72?,' CENSUS _RETURNS IN SCOTLAND. We observe that the registrars in a number of places throughout the country have already made up their returns. The returns of the eight principal towns, however, have not yet been completed, with the exception of Greenock and Perth; and of the other six, Edinburgh is the' ()Won. where even an approximation as to the actual numbers has been made. We subjoin a number of the returns :—ln Edinburgh it is computed that the population now numbers 168,000, being an increase of about 7,000 upon the last an increase of 2,456 over the cens us . been ascertained to amount to 42,704, census. The population of Leith isse o t f do l w B A a . t 33,375, being e bei no rg the population has - being an increase of 5,263 . The pop ulation of Perth is being gan increase of 1,413. In Dumfries the popula here has been an increase in the population of 1549. The population l,24l. of Bathgate has increased from 4,533 to 9,000, in consequence of the well - known mineral works now carried on there. The parish of Brechin has a population of 8,811, being an increase of 399. In Forfar the population is 11,009, being a decrease of 167. In the parish of Kirrie muir the population is 7,358, being a decrease of 254. In Monifieth the population is 5,049, being an increase of 782. Bervie—Population 1,661, being an increase of 102. For doun—Population 2,297, being a decrease of 89. Marykirk —Population 2,068, being a decrease of 164. Kirkaldy— Supposed increase of 550. Burntisland—Population 3,631, being an increase of 500. Kinross—Population 2,643, being a decrease of 579, attributed to a stagnation in the woollen trade. Kintore—Population 2,466, being an i n _ crease of 554. Kilmarnock—Population 23,551, being an increase of 2,268. ,268. The Inieiilgmhabuorusri—nPopulation a3l,sso26s,hboew_inaaird—e increase of 382. Moffat—Population 2,234, being -an r b e ei i n s g a at increase de crease of o cr f e 3 a 6 s 2 e . . E ln as t t h K e i b lb u r r i g d h e— of P x op ew ula L ti a o n n ar s k ,2 t 3 h 3 e , 157, and in the village of New Lanark a decreaseecroefas4eooof In Arbroath there is an increase of 606 ; and_ in Brechin an . increase of 611. jedburgh—Population 3 429, being a de crease of 186. Crieff—Populatkaa of 25. Banff—Population 3 ,700, be' Fraserburgh—Population 4,504,4,479, 'abnelinngereaasdeecorfea9sBe. Huntly—Population 4,3 9 9, hein.. an —Population 4,103, being an increase of 37.—.Edow" ' being being g an increase of 6 1 • increase of 258 . /.,7 3 '; TV/biess. ---- -- r,D ALr s o N's THE NEW NOVEL BY SIR ARcHIBA ci — . ~.1 Alison may NEPHEW, "FORGIVENEk s."—Sir Arobi— vei feel proud of his nephew's talent as c a r rtion, such as few, giveness" has pathos, power, and :117c; equal , certainly not if any, of our living novelists raiseoo ''' another Scotchman to excel. " Forgiveness " will of fiction. ist, for "For the highest rank as a writer ENFIELD FACTORYc financial year Enfi e ld f ac t ory turned out 99,443 a return from the War office states th a t i n the musket rifles (pattern, 1853), ma d e by machinery complete, e a ' o and that the expenditure of the factory for the year was 42 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1861. THE PAPER DUTY CONSIDERED. From a fifth letter by Mr. Bohn, the bookseller and pub lisher, who has just issued a second edition of his letters on the paper duty. After the concession made to the Ministry, last August, of the penny Customs on paper, and the recent declaration of Lord Palmerston that there would be no remission of taxes this session, the public, and especially those imme diately concerned, are taken by surprise al. the renewed attempt to abolish the paper Excise. The budget, too, is this time so ingeniously compacted that the Lords are all but divested of the power of interposing a rescue ; it must, therefore, remain entirely with the Commons to save or fling away what, if left alone, would speedily produce an annual revenue of two millions ; and which, once abandoned, can never be recovered. But it seems that politics, not policy, are to govern ; and as our leaders all but hold office at the nod of a selfish band of demagogues, they have no choice but to obey. A majo rity which should relieve our Chancellor of the Exchequer from these dangerous friends would, no doubt, be a great boon to him, although he is not in a condition to proclaim the fact. That a determined struggle is to be made to obtain a vic t )ry this time is seen in all the preparations. The paper makers having already been crippled by the abolition of the penny Customs duty, in subserviency to the French treaty, have little left to fight for; and their agents, the wholesale stationers, having been gagged by a promise of drawback on all their stock (which will amount to at least a quarter of a million sterling), have no longer any serious stake at • issue. It is now therefore left with the general public to consider how far they will be sold in this fashion, and sur render for ever the easiest and least felt of all taxes at the cost of maintaining others, such as the income tax and the tea anci sugar duties, which are really oppressive, and being mere war imposts, are now unconstitutional. Having indulged in this exordium, I will now recapitu late what has passed since my last letter (Aug. 4th), and therewith close, I hope, all I have t 9 say on the subject of paper duties. I will premise by stating that everything affirmed or predicted in my former letters has thus far been verified. I had said (Feb. 27th) that the paper duty amounted to twelve hundred thousand per annum, and even this was publicly contradicted as an over statement, but when the returns were published in March, 1860, the amount for 1859 was f amd to be £1,429,490 19s. Bd., and for 1860 it no doubt exceeds a million and a half, although squeezed down to £1,300,000 in the present budget figures, by a full deduction for drawbacks and the expenses of col lecting. And I will here incidentally take leava to ob serve that, as- these drawbacks and expenses are, on the one hand, promotives of export trade, and on the other sources of home employment, they are, instead of an ex pense, an indirect revenue, and ought not to be incautiously abandoned. I have constantly said that the removal of the paper duties would not cheapen literature of any kind to the pub lic, and we have already had an instalment of the proof. The penny Customs duty, for example, has now been sur rendered more than six months, and several newspapers obtain their supplies from France, Belgium, or Germany, but the public have received no beneficial return, although the abrogation of this tax has been very prejudicial to the manufacturing interests of the country as well as a material loss to the revenue. And it is an unmistakable fallacy to suppose that the public will receive any more benefit by the repeal of the three-halfpenny Excise ; for if raper should lower for a time in consequence of the immediate effect of the drawback allowance on stock, and the first effect of foreign competttion, the profit will go to the whole sale consumers, whether publishers or packers, Manchester warehousemen or grocers, and rot a fraction of it to the actual consumer, In the small majority of 33 gained in a full house (Aug. 7) for the repeal of the customs duty, many were influenced by what they considered a high-principal view of responsi bilities to Mr. Cobden's French treaty ; others by the fear of a general election, which was threatened ; and some by a mis conception of the importance of the Customs duty, in rely ing too implicitly upon certain allegations in the summing up. And here it may be observed, that between the open ing and closing of the debate the house was comparatively empty, and therefore many of the members did not hear all the arguments and refutations, or more of them would pro bably have voted against the repeal. Lord Palmerston as serted, upon evidence seemingly furnished l y official re turns, that the " paper manufacturers of England, while labouring under all the difficulties as to obtaining the raw material, arc abic to oompoto suenonsfifily and advantage_ ously in foreign markets with the manufacturers of the very country in which it is said that the great advantage of pro hibiting the export of the raw material exists." This telling argument took the house by surprise, and had a palpable effect, but the converts made by it were not aware, and there was nobody at hand to tell them, that a great pro portion of the paper which created an apparent preponder ance in our favour was really French, or other foreign make merely bonded in our warehouses for the convenience ok ben .ng shipped in English bottoms to parts of the world where the consigners could not send direct. We can scarcely sell a ream of printing paper in competition with foreign manufacturers, where we have not some accidental advan tage. Since the abolition of the so-called protective duty, and the prospect of a repeal of the Excise duty, the French have by an official circular advised the small paper-makers of Brittany, Auvergne, and other places, to surrender their little rural mills and homesteads and join in the establish ment of factories on a large scale, observing that machinery and co-operation must now supersede detached labour, to have any chance of competing effectively with the manu facturing forces of England. They suggest the employ ment of women and children more extensively, and include, according to their established habits, Sunday labour. So much for rural mills and the advantages of this movement to society anywhere. I have endeavoured to confine myself to the few matters which have not been considered in my four previous letters. If I were to answer all the childish and shallow arguments raised by the advocates for the abolition of this important revenue, I should fill a volume. What is thought to be one of the most formidable, that of not distinguishing between felt and paper, and the like nonsense, is really unworthy of our age. Let the Government put the tight man in the right place, and they will find no such difficul y. Let us hope that ourruiere will be induced to change their present determination, and give us inetead of the paper excise the extra sd. off the tea duties, which is about the equiva lent, and will make 6d. or 7d. to the consumer; or another ld. or even•2d. off the income tax, bearing in mind that the penny now proposed to be taken off was one that, according to their own showing, ought never to have been put on. The first remission will make them very popular with the poor, the second even more popular with the middle classes. HENRY G. BOHN. POSTSCRIPT. While these pages were in the press I was present at the debates on the Budget, and will take leave to add a few jot tings in reference to what occurred in respect to the paper duty. Mr. Black, the Edinburgh publisher, who was ori ginally to have seconded Mr. Puller's motion against the repeal of the Customs duty on paper, but suddenly ratted, made some assertions so contrary to the notions of his pro fessional brethren that I feel it my duty to answer them. He said that, " supposing the amount of tax upon the paper used for a book was ls., the manufacturer charged interest upon that Is., the wholesale dealer did the same, and also the retailer, and the publisher, who reckoned three years as a moderate period for disposing den edition ; so that by the time the book reached the hand of the reader, the ls. tax became 25." This is utterly fallacious. The manufacturer generally makes his paper to order, or takes care to sell it as soon as it is made, and the duty is not chargeable till it is sent out of the mill, and even after that he has a reasonable credit. The wholesale stationer then steps in to supply that part of the capital in cash, and charges only the same profit on it as on the paper itself, which rarely, if ever, exceeds 10 per cent. ; consequently the shilling becomes only four teenpence to the consumer, and not two shillings. Cheap literature and publications which concern the million never require three years for a return of duty, seldom three months, and often not three days, therefore Mr. Black's calculation of compound interest, which is part of his argu ment against "taxes on knowledge," goes for nothing. He takes for the basis of his calculation a book which weighs 81bh., no doubt having in mind his " Encyclopaedia Britan nica," the heaviest book of the present age; but as the volumes of this are published at 245. each, and the set costs £25 45., ho cannot fairly instance this formidable work as one which concerns the great mass of the people. I am certain ho would not publish it for any less were paper ever so cheap, nor would it help his sale if he did. Then Mr. Black says, that "in wrapping paper, which costs about 245. per cwt., 14s. was for duty, and that amount was paid by the persons who bought the articles which were wrapped in the paper, or the small tradesmen who sold them. There aro here as many mistakes as lines. Wrapping paper of the lowest quality is sold at about 365. per cwt., and not 245., and the better qua lities are somewhat higher, al, any stationer will tell him. But whatever the cost to the small tradesman he does not lose it, as he always weighs it to his customer at consider ably more than it cost him. Besides which he may buy, as Mr. 'Black knows, almost any quantity of printed paper, the result of unsuccessful publications, at 3d. or 4d. per lb., and wrapping paper can never be had cheaper; the people, therefore, who are likely to gain by cheap wrapping paper are not the small dealers, but the great trading houses, such as Morrisons, Leafs, Swan and Edgars, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Birmingham factors , &c. One more obser vatidn and I have done with Mr. Black. He says that the papei• tax does not yield more than £1,200,000, after deduct ing the coat of collection, and this in the face of his loader's wn figures, yaw, with the same reason for understating them, admits £1,300,000. There is no question but that the yield exceeds either of the figures, and if left to its own progress would long since have been considerably greater. I have taken the trouble to unravel Mr. Black's statements, because the uninitiated seem to look upon them as authorities, but none are more flimsy. If he and his party would apply the same ingenuity to explaining the war taxes on tea, sugar, malt, and hops, they would open the eyes of the people to what they are unjustly suffering. Mr. Milner Gibson, whahas made the repeal of the paper duty his stalking horse for the last seven years and more, and seems resolved to carry his point, nolens volens, insisted that it is " oppressive to trade and'commerce," and this in the face of every proof to the contrary. With like evidence he told us that " exports and shipping are recovering from their decline," although at this moment foreign trade is as bad as it can be, and ships to America are being freighted with chalk for want of cargoes. Then he prognosticated to have paper mills all aver the country, some as adjuncts to the farm-yard ; whereas all who know anything of the sub ject, know that farm-yard refuse would not make paper, and that all the little mills now existing will be swept away and absorbed by leviathan establishments. Then he harped on the old story that the duties stood in the way of cheap literature, although the promoters of it, and I am not one of the least, have generally insisted that it does not. The taxes paid by cheap literature, independent of the news papers and periodicals'are infinitesimal, and would be pro nounced much ado about nothing if the public knew the exact figures. Out of half a million that Government be stows in aid of education, not £20,000 is spent in books, and therefore not £4,000 on the paper duties. And ordinary school books bear no greater proportion to the general out lay for literature ; the rick and the middle ch'sses pay the tax without perceiving it in t slightest degree. The Sta r newspaper has told us for the last s i x months that we are paying nearly £5,000 per diem " Taxes on Knowledge," and everybody seems to have felt what delightful taxes they must be to yield so much without the least perceptible pres sure. The whole pretence, as Judge Haliburton very pro perly described it, is the " veriest cant that ever was heard of," and to this opinion 1 heartily subscribe. The argument which seemed chiefly to weigh with mem bers who began to see through the fallacies which theyhad before allowed to pass unexamined, was that Mr. Disraeli, when Chancellor of the Exchequer, had given an abstract promise to abolish the paper duty at some convenient period. But those who read the declaration out of which he was rather incautiously worried by the pressure of a member of " the Association," and now of the present Government, will find that i t is much less of a pledge than that given for the abolition of the incom ) tax and the war duty on tea, which at any rate ought to go first. H. G. B. ENGLA AD AND ITALT; The following is the letter of Lord John Russel to Sir James Hudson, which elicited the importan despatch of Count Cavour "Foreign-office, Jan. 21. " Sir,—l have not taken any official notice of the decrees you sent me, annexing, not to Sardinia, but to the Italian State, Naples, Sicily, Umbria, and the Marches. In fact, the votes by universal suf frage which have taken place in th ose ki ng d oms and provinces appear to her Majesty's Government to have little validity. These votes are nothing more than a formality following upon acts of popu lar insurrection, or successful invasion, or upon treaties, and do not in themselves imply any inde pendent exercise of the will of the nation in whose name they are given. Should, however, the deli berate act or the representatives of the several Italian States who are to meet on the 18th of February constitute those States into one State, in the form of a constitutional monarchy, a new ques tion will arise. When the formation of this State shall be announced to her Majesty, it is to be hoped that the Government of the King will be ready to show that the new monarchy has been erected in pursuance of the deliberate wishes of the people of Italy ; and that it has all the attributes of a Government prepared to maintain order within and the relations of peace and amity without. The obligations of the various States of Europe towards each other ; the validity of the treaties which fix the territorial circumscription of each State; and the duty of acting in a friendly manner towards all its neighbours with whom it is not at war,—these are the general ties which bind the nations of Europe together, and which prevent the suspicion, distrust, and discord that might otherwise deprive peace of all that makes it happy and secure. It is not without a purpose that I have made these gene ral observations. My despatch of the 31st of August last need not here be repeated, but the sentiments there expressed continue to animate her Majesty's Government. After the troubles of the last few years, Europe has a right to expect that the Italian kingdom shall not be a new source of dissen sion and alarm. You may read this despatch to Count Cavour, and if he wishes you may give him a copy of it. "I am, &e. ~ J. RUSSELL." RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. The rai!way proceedings of the week have not comprised many home undertakings, but there have been one or two important colonial meetinge. The report of the Finn Valley line (Ireland) states that the undertaking, 14 miles in length, can be com pleted for a total cost of £43,112, or £3,080 per mile, while the average cost of Irish railways has been £6,600 per mile. Assuming the traffic to be only half the average amount per week received on all the Irish lines, the directors calculate on- a net profit of 11 per cent., the Dundalk and Enniskillen Company being expected to undertake the working of it at a charge of 35 per cent. The shareholders of the Peebles have agreed to the proposed divi dend of 4 per cent. per annum. The least to the North British came into effect on the Ist of Feb ruary, and that company have accordingly taken possession of the line. The Exeter and Exmouth Railway will be opened on the Ist of May. A meeting of the Metropolitan has been held to con sider some bills now before Parliament, when some explanations were afforded as to the progress of the undertaking. It appears that the line from Farring don-ateeet to the Great Western at Paddington will be opened for - trame next spring. The new line to the Great Northern will not be ready by that time. A proposed extension from Smithfield to Finsbury circus was approved. At the Great Indian Penin sula meeting it was stated that a further portion of 531 miles of the company's line ve is opened in January, making a total of 350 k miles now being worked. There is now with the exception of a break of nine miles at the Thull Ghat, a continuous line of 107 miles from Bombay in the direction of the important cotton•fields of Berar. The general traffic of the railway shows a marked improvement. The net profit hos been £35,536, being an increase over the corresponding period of 1859 of £2,234. The Bore Ghat works are making rapid progress. At the Great Southern of India it was also mentioned that the construction of the line is proceeding satis factorily. It is expected that the cost will be about £7,000 per mile. The line is expected to be imme diately and extensively useful. The first section from Negapatam to Trivalore is now about being opened for traffic. Favourable advices have been icieived with regard to the progress of the Punjab Railway. The Scinde was ready on the Ist inst. for opening throughout. The directors of the East In dian state that the line to Rajmahal was opened on the 15th of October, and that the progress made in the North-Western Provinces justifies the expecta tion that . the railway will be completed to Agra early in 1862, and to Delhi by the end of the year. The report of the Buffalo and Lake Huron an nounces that the receipts in the half-year ending in January were £36,596, and the expenses £27,296, leaving a balance of £9,300, against £6,081 in Jan., 1860. The through business of all kinds, as com pared with 1859, has fallen off owing, it is alleged, to the policy of the Great West ern of Canada. An agreement, however, has now been respectively en tered into between the managers of the two com panies and of the Grand Trunk of Canada, At a meeting of the Belgian Eastern Junction, it was stated that'the receipts have been £14,995 and the expenditure £15,459. An increase has taken place in the former under the head of goods. An adjournment was ordered to enable the directors to report upon some negotiations now being carried on with the Government. At the Royal Swedish meeting it was mentioned that, notwith standing the wet summer and severe winter, the traffic of the past year has increased 11 per cent. The working expenses have been considerably augmented by the badness of the weather. Every charge, however, has been met out of revenue. In the first quarter of the present year the traffic has increased 50 per cent. A sum of £3OO was voted to the directors who have given their services gratui tously for the past five years. With regard to the London and North - Western line and its connexion to the Colne Valley, a correspondence has been pub lished between Mr. 11. R. Price and Admiral Moor sore, the chairman of the North-Western, whence it is to be inferred that certain recent statements of the North Western Company, that they had no intention to support the Colne line, were in some degree disingenuous. THE NA Y.Y. • NEW SHIPS ORDERED TO BE BUILT AT CHATHAM. —Five screw steamships are ordered to be built in Chatham Dockyard, in addition to those now on the slips building—viz., Pactolus, 22, corvette; Diligence, 17; Boadicea, 51; Salamis, 4; and Al batross, 4. Those now on the stocks are—Royal Oak, 91; Bulwark, 91; Belvidere, 51 ; Menai, 21; and Reindeer, 17. Great progress has been made in the completion of the screw corvette Rattlesnake, 22 guns, pre paring for launching at Chatham dockyard. The Rattlesnake is to be furnished with a pair of en gines, each of 200-horse power, by Messrs. Raven bill and Co., and a portion of the machinery con nected with the working of the screw has already been delivered at the dockyard, and is being put on board by the engineers employed by the contractors. The shaft for working the screw is a fine piece of metal, weighing 6 tons 12 cwt., and the weight of the " brush" for the sternpost 1 ton 13 cwt. She is a handsome ship, and her dimensions are-225 feet in length between her perpendiculars, 40 feet 8 inches extreme breadth, and 23 feet 11 inches depth in hold. She is 1623 40-94 tons burden. As soon as the Rattlesnake is launched the Salamis will be laid down. - Her length is to be 220 feet. The temporary covering erected over the line-of battle steamer Bombay, in the fourth dock at Chat ham, has been removed, preparatory to that vessel being floated out of dock. It is understood that the Bombay will be the last of the sailing ships which will undergo " conversion" to a screw steamer, the Lords of the. Admiralty having decided on not altering any other sailing vessels to screws. The Cressy, hired transport, was towed into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday and berthed along side the dockyard, where the detachment of the 2d Battalion Ist Royals, under the command of Col. Urquhart, disembarked from her. The detachment were paraded in the dockyard, and afterwards marched to the railway station, whence they pro ceeded by special train to Manchester, to join the head-quarters of the regiment. The Sampson, 6, paddle, Capt. G. S. Hand, C. 8., steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead on Saturday afternoon and berthed alongside the dock yard, to dismantle and return stores prior to being put out of commission. The Cruiser, 17, screw, Commander Bythesea, V.C., had her masts taken out by the dockyard sheers at Portsmouth on Saturday. She will be paid off to-day. The Inflexible 6, paddle, Command er B roo k er , was paid off at Portsmouth on Saturday, and after wards hauled off from alongside the dockyard to a berth in the harbour. The Victory, flagship of Vice-Admiral H. W. Bruce, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, has bten moved from her position on the Portsmouth side of the harbour to the moorings lately occupied by the Asia on the Gosport side, to afford sufficient space for all-sized men-of-war to go directly alongside the extensive jetty nearly completed, and which will be of essential service in coaling or storing. Two of our longest frigates or line-ot-battle ships can lie there at the same time. The Jasper, 16crew gunvessel, Lieut.-Commander W. H. Pym, steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead on Saturday. The Flying Fish, 6, screw gunvessel, Commander C. W. Hope, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour on Saturday, and joined Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine's division of the Channel-fleet, at anchor at Spithead. The Duncan, 101, screw, was taken out of the steam basin at Portsmouth on Saturday, and berthed alongside the Camperdown, coal depot, in the har bour, in readiness for her screw trials. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Rapid went down the river on Saturday from Woolwich on the engineers' first trial, and returned to Woolwich to be completed for service. Her engines, by Messrs. Scott and Co., of Greenock, are of 150 nominal and 650 indicated horse-power. The trial was highly satisfactory, the engines performing 100 revolutions per minute, and with a pressure of 221 b of steam, and giving the vessel a speed of 11 k no t s p er h our . Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamer Dee, having undergone some repairs in her machinery, has recommenced shipping, in Woolwich basin, a cargo of cylinders shafts, and other heavy portions of machinery, for the Black Prince, at Glasgow. In consequence of the Rhadamanthus and the Dee being engaged in the above -named service, the Industry, under orders to be paid off at Woolwich, has been hauled under the sheers and commenced taking in a cargo of steam gear, intended for the steam frigates Octavia and Glasgow, at Portsmouth. A hundred and twenty Ist and 2d class lads were on Saturday despatched from the flagship Fisgard, at Woolwich, to Portsmouth, for distribution in the fleet, and a similar number will lave Woolwich to-morrow for the same service. The newly-converted screw sham storeship Wye, commissioned by Master Commander Roberts, has been hauled out of basin at.Woolwich, and received her crew and stores on Saturday from the Hebe re ceiving hulk. She will forthwith be laden with naval stores and provisions from the victualling yard at Deptford for Rio and Ascension. The magazines of the screw steam frigate Con stance, 51, at Devonport, are to be fitted on a plan suggested by Captain Arthur W. Jerningham, of the gunnery ship Cambridge, in Hamoaze. The transports York, Bosphorus, Alfred, Indomi table, and Mars, with troops from China, are ex pected to touch at Plymouth. The following appointments were made on Satur day at the Admiralty :—Alfred Whitehouse, pay master, to the Colossus; Thomas Hockings, pay master, to the Donegal; and David Acheson, clerk, to the Diadem. Mr. W. Mitchell, acting foreman at Devonport, has been appointed to be acting foreman at Pem broke, vice Saunders, promoted to assistant (acting) to the master shipwright of Portsmouth Dockyard. TILE AEMY. On Friday afternoon- his ' Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief unexpectedly paid a vis it to Harwich for the purpose of inspecting the fortifi cations on that part of the eastern coast, which, it is understood, will shortly be considerably strengthened. The first intimation of the visit was received in the course of the morning, when the Black Eagle, Admiralty steamer, came into har bour for the purpose of conveying his Royal High ness to the opposite coast. By a rather singular coincidence the Hon. Col. Gordon, C. 8., commandant of the Colchester camp, and Col. Gibbons, R.A., Commandant of Royal Artillery for the eastern district, had arranged to visit Harwich on Friday morning for the purpose of witnessing the practice with shot and shell by the Ist Essex Volunteer Artillery Corps, and neither of them were aware of the Duke of Cambridge being in the train till their arrival at the Manningtree station, where the Commander-in-Chief left the main line for Har wich. They were met at the railway station at that port by Col. Haddon at the head of the Royal Engineers, and also by Capt. Clarke, R.E., Capt. Fisher, of the Pembroke, and the officers of the Black Eagle ; and the Commander-in-Chief im mediately embarked on board the Black Eagle, and proceeded to Walton-le-Felixstow, on the Suf folk side of the harbour, where he minutely in spected the fortification,* which has recently been strengthened by the arrival of two 24 'pounder guns from Colchester camp, which will be placed in posi tion for the use of a Suffolk Artillery Corps. From Watton he proceeded to Shotley, and thence to Landguard Fort. On his return he inspected the circular redoubt, on which the Volunteers, under the command of Major Bowness, were at the time assembled, and in the presence of his Royal High ness and the other officers the men of the corps practised with 32-pound round shot and eight-inch shells, which were thrown with such extraordinary precision that the signal flag was three times shot through. His Royal Highness was pleased to con vey to the officers of the co r p s hi s approval of the efficient state of the men, and of the precision and accuracy of firing, which could scarcely be exceeded by the most experienced Artillery corps in the Bri tish army. He returned to London by the 515 p.m. train from Harwich. There was a large con course of spectators. A cif cular has been issued from the 'War Depart ment, revising the whole of the existing arrange ments for the painting and repair of the gun car riages, waggons, and carts belonging to the Royal Artillery and Military Train, as well as for the painting and lacquering the various descriptions of ordnance and carriages in position, together w ith the platforms, shot, shell, and shot furnaces in charge of the Royal Artillery. Gun-carriages, waggons, and carts of the Royal Artillery and Military Train are each to receive annually one coat of paint. Guns in garrison and fortress are to be painted every two years; shot, B:c., the same. There are now upwards of 200 invalid soldiers in the Military Hospital at Great Yarmouth. A large proportion of the men served in India and the re cent war with China. Lieut.-Col. S. D. Broughton,of the Ist Brigade Gar rison Artillery (now stationed at Gibraltar), whose term of three months leave of absence from duty will TREMENDOUS FIRE AT OLD BROMPTON. The most extensive fire that has occurred near, the fashionable district now termed Belgravia hap pened yesterday morning, in the premises belong ing to Messrs. J. and C. W. Todd, builders and sawmill proprietors; carrying on business at Milner street, Old Brompton. The premises were of con siderable extent, the sawmills being nearly 80 feet in width, and over these was a range of workshops; they formed two stories in height, and were filled with goods of a most expensive character, including work for large buildings, some of which wa s finished, and some partially so. The fire was discovered by a police-officer of the B division, by noticing smoke issuing from the mill nearest the engine-house. He at once gave an alarm and sent off for the engines. In the course of a few minutes the escapes attended, as well as the engines of the Chelsea parish brigade, - ander Engineer Pigott, formerly of the London establish ment; and the engines of the brigade from Horse ferry-road, King-street, Golden-square, Chandos street, Baker-street, Farringdon-street, Waterloo road, Watling-street, and, nearly a dozen others, ar rived in a remarkably brief period considering the distance they had to travel. These machines were under the superinteudtace of, Mr. Braidwood, Mr. StaPles (the foreman of the C district), and engi neers Helps, Hamlin, Flynn, Paul Jerrard, Wilkin son and others. Before an engine, however, had time to reach the scene of conflagration a pitiable sight presented, itself, for men and women were /in ning about, bearing in their arms their children, the whole, with two or three exceptions, being in their night clothes ; and unfortunately for them, hut fortunately as far as the fire was concerned, a most abundant supply of the Chelsea Company's water was procured, which caused the poor creatures to have to wade ankle deep through it until some of the neighbours could be aroused to afford them shelter. Fortunately, owing to the supply of water, not a moment was lost in setting the engines into full play, but by that time a range of workshops, independent of the sawmills and the timber-yard, nearly 200 feet long, filled with lofty stacks of deals and other timbers, presented a sheet of flame, and it would be no exaggeration to say that- a larger or fiercer body of fire has not been seen in the same locality for many years. The mills and timber-yard with the stores ran between Princes-street and Ilalsey-street, and the flames commenced attacking with full vigour the houses in each street, and large pieces of wood in a thorough state of ignition rose some hundred feet into the air, and being drifted by the high wind which prevailed at the time, fell upon the tops of houses a long distance off, firing almost simultane ously upwards of a dozen houses in the streets before alluded to ; and the occupiers of many of a greater distance, in order to save their premises, were com pelled to pour buckets of-water u p on ieir habita tions to keep them from becoming ignited. Under the superintendence of Mr. Braid wood and the other officials present, the engines were placed round the immense area of fire, and were at once set to work from the most commanding positions, but so great was the force of water that after the engines had been used for a very brief period the stand-pipes of the machines were placed in the plugs, and sufficient water was obtained, that with out manual labour, although the flames were rising probably 200 feet over the surrounding houses, the pipes were enabled to throw some tons weight of the antagonistic element upon the conflagration, equal in quantity, according to what one of the fire men stated, to what could have been discharged by the improved new steam land-engine. Notwith standing the work of devastation continued, and although St. Paul's, the Monument on Fish-street hill, the Houses of Parliament, Lambeth Palace, Chelsea Hospital, and other buildings in the metropolis, were brought out in bold relief, the sight failed in drawing—which is seldom the case at a London fire—more than probably a couple of hundred spectators to the spot; conse quently the poli c e, w h o were under Mr. Superin tendent Gibbs, had for once a very light duty to perform, and the firemen were not at all incon venienced by a crowd. By three o'clock the con flagration might be said to have been at its height, and as the timbers fell in the yard, all placed under wooden sheds, they made a noise like the discharge of a volley of musketry or cannon, and the crackling noise occasioned by the splitting asunder of the windows of 12 or 14 houses added greatly to the terror existing amongst the neigh bours, not only of Princes-street, Halsey-street, and Milner-street, but of several streets a long dis tance off. The firemen, although exposed to the greatest danger, kept to their posts, but several hours elapsed before the least impression could be made upon the violence of the fire, and it was at least three hours before it showed any signs of succumbing beneath the great body of water thrown upon it, and not before the sawmills and workshops of Messrs. Todd, together with two thirds of the timber-yard, nearly 200 feet in length, were destroyed. The total loss must amount to several thousand pounds sterling. BOARD OF TRADE RETURN'S. The Board of Trade returns for March show the full rebound that was anticipated from the depres sion of the preceding two months. The declared value of our exportations presents an increase of £557,360, or more than 51 per cent., compared with the large total of the corresponding period of last year, the augmentation being caused by a revival of activity in the chief branches of manufacture— cottons, linens, woollens, and silks. Metals alone appear prominently on the unfavourable side. The exports during the first quarter of the year were £27,669,249, against £30,481,097, showing a decrease of £2,812,658, or 91 per cent. The changes have been as follows : Increase. Decrease. .. £1,021,796 2,348,222 January February .. . • . March .. £557,360 .. Compared with 1859, there is a falling off of £2,851,545, or 9Z- per cent. With regard to imported commodities, grain con tinues to constitute the leading feature. The arrivals of wheat and flour represented a value of about £2,350,000, against about £300,000 in March, 1860. In the consumption of other articles there has been a general and considerable falling off, sufficient to indicate the effect produced by the disorganisation of trade through the attempts of the operatives in various parts of the kingdom to strike for impossible wages, the constant receipt of bad accounts from America, the fear of a Continental war to occur in April, and the perplexities consequent upon the needless advance of the Bank rate of discount to 8 per cent. THE LATE BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MUR sqntauEintreide As by' AT being i s r jr N mo G ah ' r dn o e Npa. eß S iti a llo t , u yt r ha d le a rF y ers a eide ft e ernoon, upon in quiries :it Daniel n l t Hospital,house i r t g surgeon, that that Mary Ann Redkison is still improving n in health, although not yet free from danger. The wounds aro pro gressing satisfactorily, and her general condition is favour able. 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