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SIXTH DIVISION OF PROFITS. -- • CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 99, Great Russell•street, Bloomsbury, Loudon. SPECIAL NOTICE. All Persons who assure on the Participating Scale before June 110th, 1856, will be entitled to a share of the SIXTH BONUS, Which will be declared in the January following. Proposals should be forwarded to the ofneo before Jane let neat. The Thirty-first Annual Report (Just issued) can be obtained of the Society's Agents, or of GEO. H. PINCICARD, Besideat Secretary. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS FYENING, MARRIED FOR MONEY. 10 conlade with BEY RIDDLE DIDDLE t er, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Tinier the Management of Mr. Buckatone. THIS EVENING, THE EVIL GENIUS. Followed by THE LITTLE TREAURE. After which, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Alter which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THZ BUTTERFLY'S EXLL ANT) TIIE Glt 4.4 CHOPPER'S FEAST; er, harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PRINCE4W3 TREATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cumin KEAN. THIS EVENING. The Historical Play of LOUIS if. Louis (King of France), by Mr. Charles Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE M AID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Corma^k ; Clown, Mr. Hullne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paolo; and Colarnhine, Miss Caroline Adams. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. EXMQ.BE'S BENEFIT. _ consequence of the destruction of Covent Garden Theatre, Mr. FLEX WORE begs to inform his patron—the Public—that his Benefit will take place at the above Theatre THIS DAY, WEDNES DAY, March 12, and that cards of admission, price Is., 2 5 ., 35., 45., and as., may be had at 66, Hercules-Buildings, Lambeth. THEATRE ROYAL ADELTIII. Proprietor, Mr. R. Webster.—Dtrectress, bradawls Ueda. THIS EVENING. BETSY BAKER. To be followed by THAT BLESSBD BABY. To conclude with JkCIC AND THE BE kN STALK; or, flarlaqula and Mother aeoie at Home Again. In which Meson. J. Bland, P. Bedford, \'‘ladanse Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will ap)ear. ROYAL OLYI/PIC TTIEATRE. Lessee and Mans4er, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVrNING. STILL WATERS RIJN DEEP, After which will b produce - 1 a New na.l doubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled , THE DISC:REFIT PRI X . C.: ; e-, ths Throe Glass 918taffg. In which Messrs. Emory, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Haskell will appear. ROYAL SU'IREY TITZATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creawick. THIS EVENING JASPER LANGTON; or. A Duel to the Death. Followed by BRO HIER 11)B. To conclude with PARIS IN 1792. AIITLErs ftOYA.I. AMPLUTHEATIM. Lowe and Manager. Mr. Win. Cooke. TILLS EVENING, (The Last Week before Easter), THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND /US FAITIIFUL STEED. The horse, whose wonderful performance has been the nnlrersal topic of conversation. trained by Mr William Cooke. After which, the EQUESTRIAN SCENES in the CIRCLE. Also, the miracalons and incredible ascent of the Elephant from the ring to the stage. To ollaelado with a screaming Farce, called MR. AND MR3. Witt t'l. Box-oitee open from Eleven till Font. Stage Manager, Mr. W. Wen. Equestrian Director. M-. w. Cooke, Inn. EMMA STANLEY'S SEVEN ACES OF WOMAN. Prmounced by the unanimous voice of tne press, and by increasing patronage, to be the greatest artistical triumph of the day. Evenings at 8, and on Saturdays at three precisely. Stalls Chairs, 3s. ; Centre Seats, 2s. ; sack Seats, Is. SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. EMMA STANLEY'S BENEFIT. FRID.II" Evening next, the 14th instant, Misi Emma Stanley's Benefit. On SATURDAY, the 15th, a Day Performance (the last of her first brilliant season). The Seeend Season of the fashionable and popular Lyric Entertain ment, THE SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN. will commence on MON DAY, the 24th instant, at SAINT MARTIN'S HALL, Long-acre. No perrorrnanee during Passion Week, ➢tiss E. Stanley being engaged for four nights at Sadler's Wells Th►atre. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TOTH DAY—Mena. 34 min. aft. s—Evening 55 min. aft. 5 Tn-Afoßnow—Morn. 18 min. aft. 6 —Evening 42 min. aft. 6 THE IWEITHER—Star OFFICID, MARCH 13. THEIMORETOR, ITT Tll &UDE. - highest sinoo noon yesterday. 37 —lowest this morning and daring the night. 42 -this day at noon. BAROIETER, 30 . 03. WIND, Easterly.—Frash, with bitter, dry, cold weather and sunshine. z i t ) _ _ _ •F'"' jir r • S' " - LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MISCR 12, 1356. The armistice has been duly signed, and is to continue to the 31st instant ! But there are still doubts as to its nature and extent ! It seems not to be thoroughly understood whether it applies merely to the land, or is equally applicable to the maritime forces. The exception relating to the blockades established, or to be established, would seem to exclude the naval squadron. But while the Allied Powers would give the most liberal and generous interpretation of the clause, ther e seems to be considerable grounds for apprehend ing that Russia would arrive at the conclusion most favourable to her own interests. The na tion that celebrated a" Te Deana" for the mas sacre of Sinope cannot be actuated by very chivalrous or magnanimous feelings. If Russia can avail herself of any loophole or opportunity of wriggling out of her engagements she will do so, particularly if the benefit be great. She will have opportunities of knowing whether the Con ferences will end in smoke or otherwise. If the former, she may have it in her power to inflict a heavy blow on the Baltic Fleet, or rather a section thereof, before the remainder of the squadron have returned to the station ; the ves sels are only outposts at present, and they may be cut off at any moment after the ico has broken up. It is said that a special messenger was despatched to the Baltic last week, to announce that the ar mistice extended to that sea. The letter of the obligation may probably be observed, but not its spirit. Russia " will keep the word of promise to the ear, but break it to the hope." If care be not taken, the Ist of April, which might then appropriately be termed " All-Fools'- day," may witness a sanguinary attack by a supe rior over an inferior force. It is therefore in cumbent on the home authori ties not to relax their vigilance, or to tolerate for a moment any omission that may possibly lead to such a catas trophe. Commodore WATSON, with hi s flying squadron, is still to maintain the blockade How easily may a collision arise from the due an d fitti ng discharge of this duty ! We have heard through the calumniated Press th e only available source of information that m any Russian vessels have been enabled, through the extraordinary mildness of the weather, to weigh anchor, and to sport their blood-stained flag in the Baltic. Others may follow, and what would be the result? The British frigates and gun boats, which would never yield to any odds, would be destroyed or captured, and another Te Deuns, scarcely less appropriate than that relating to Sinope, might lie celebrated at St. Petersburg. It is of vital importance that these possible dangers should be guarded against—that measures should be taken to prevent the possibility of such a transaction. Let Commode re WATSON be properly supported before it is "to , o late." Let not that stereotyped phrase be again applicable to the Bri tish Government. We have already suffered enough from the effects of apathy and negligence. Such results must be avoided fox the future. We have been too seriously injured by the positive results of the Armistice to receive any consequential danger. The Sovereign assured the nation that no precaution would be relaxed, and that every preparation would be na ade for the vigorous maintenance of the War. Let that pledge be faithfully redeemed by Ministers. There are many points in which it must be attended to, but none of greater importance, or where the consequences might be 'more serious, than those relating to the Baltic riquadron, or a possibility of an attack thereon, by the Russian skulkers, who would gladly avail themselves of the ab sence of those who could prevent the possibility of their interference. We trust, then, that "My Lords" may be better informed as to the nature and extent of the armistice than the community at large. The secret of the proceedings at the Conferences has hitherto been well kept;. But nothing could ex cuse any negligence that would endanger any por tion of the British navy, or could give the enemy even the appearance of, or plausible pretext for, claiming a triumph where England has hitherto claimed to be invincible, and put forward the proud boast of "infallibility." We have had reverses by land. They have been submitted to; but let Sir CHARLES WOOD and his coadjutors take care that nothing can happen that may affect the honour of the " wooden walls," in which the nation has reposed so implicit, and hitherto, hap pily, well-founded reliance. What it may be precisely that Sir DE LACY EVANS has latterly been aiming at by his pro ceedings in the British House of Commons, it would be rather difficult, we conceive, for the most astute observer to conjecture. Is he the apologist of the rotten old system now fast crum bling away to nothingness at the Horse Guards ? Or is he, on the contrary, a Military Reformer, going heart and soul with the comprehensive pro jects of innovation set on foot, of late, by such thorough-going advocates of improvement as the hon. members for Sheffield and Aylesbury ? Is he the most arrant of courtiers ? Or is he, on the other hand, what many have believed him to be for a long time past, the out-and-out radical representative of the out and-out radical constituency of the City of Westminster ? Which ? Black or White ? Hot or cold ? " Pale or red ?" Blustering with BOBADIL after the true braggadocioso fashion " Twenty more—kill 'em ! Twenty more —kill 'em ! Twenty more—kill 'em !" Or chewing the leek with " mine ancient" PISTOL, with an eye askance at the half-drawn sword of Prave FLUEL • LEN ? How shall we have him—this gallant old soldier, with the heart of a BAYARD, and the face of a QUIXOTE, and the tongue of a shrew t His meaning wriggles out of our grasp like the slip pery-est of eels—the colours of his argument change as surprisingly, and unexpectedly, and bewilderingly, as—what shall we say? —as those of an expiring dolphin, or of a living chameleon, or of a shaken kaleidoscope. For example, there was that very masterly speech of his, delivered in the House of Commons, on the 29th of this last month of February—(a speech in every way worthy of signalising a rara dies like a 29th of February)— followed three nights afterwards, namely, on the 3d inst., by one that might be characterised as a " most tame and impotent conclusion l" Look at the two—compare them—place them side by side. They are absolutely, and without the smallest exaggeration, as different from ono another as black from white, as hot from cold, as pale from red, as light from darkness. And no wonder ! For Sir DE LACY EVANS, with an effrontery but seldom witnessed in the most callous browbeater at the bar, re tracted on Monday evening, March 3, verbatim, et literatim, et seriatim, word for word, every opinion, everi sentence, every syllable he had articulated, with such a flourish, and in tones so sonorous, on Friday evening, the 29th of February ! He not only most meekly chewed the leek but—what was much worse, because so much more rank in flavour than the most acrid specimen of the national emblem of Wales—ate his own words with their own natural sauce ! Assuredly, after all which, we must henceforth regard him as one endowed with the digestive powers of an ostrich—the bird of the de sert of whom DOUGLAS JERROLD has some where spoken, as indulging occasionally in the luxury of a tenpenny nail ! Wonderful, indeed, are the powers of deglutition of the honourable and gallant member for the City of Westminster. He cries Peccavi ! to everything. Mr. GLADSTONE reproves him as Mr. GLADSTONE can reprove when he so pleases—with the air of a hedge-schoolmaster, whose birch is no other than a bunch of nettles culled from the cool margin of the contiguous ditch. Smarting under his casti gation, Sir DE LACY EVANS avows himself " very sorry, and will never do so any more !" And so, with a wry face—a wryer face than usual !—he repudiates everything he has said but a very few hours previously in a crowded house and with such confident and ag gressive declamation ! On Friday he is very funny about a queer name abbreviated by the electric telegraph : asking, as LISTON might have asked yesterday, or as KEELEY might ask to-day— " What on earth is Down ? What in the name of fortune could taking care of Down ' mean ?" And more than hinting, while he said it, at some thing excessively like nepotism on the part of the Noble Lord the present Minister of War ! Well— two or three days pass by, and General EVANS rises in his place in the House of Commons, penitent almost to tears, still as ordinarily "the knight of the rueful countenance"—and laments his cruelty in regard to " Dowe"—says c DOWB " proves to be a very fine fellow after all " though he said it as shoulsia't"—declares " I am sorry I made any reference to him (Major DOWBIGGIN)"—adds, " I am extremely glad that he obtained the promotion, which I am convinced that he amply merited"— observes in conclusion, " I am so convinced of his merit that if I see his name in the Gazette again it will afford me great pleasure." Very handsome no doubt, as an apology, as an amende honorable—but, as a piece of inconsistency, rather gross of its kind, we take it par ticularly when followed up, as it was, immediately afterwards with such sugarplums for bolusses, such plasters for sore heads ! Par example, there was General SIMPSON—not a junior officer like poor "Down," we beg pardon, like the gallant and distinguished Major Dow- BIOGIN, but one who happened to be once upon a time no less important a personage than the C ommander-in-Chief. Well, on Friday the 29th ult., General SIMPSON, if not in himself an ex tremely witty man, is made the source of consi derable mirth and laughter in the House of Com mons by that very slashing joke-master, Sir DE LACY EVANS, who is particularly droll for the time in his reference to a message which he described as having rendered General SlmrsoN's mind more obtuse even "than it naturally was I" And 00 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH l2, 1856, forth. Monday, the 3d instant, arrives, how ever, in due course, and the joke-master is peni tent, oven to the depth of a maudlin and lugu brious panegyric. Speaking of General SIMPSON—the jeerer at his " obtuseness " of intellect on Friday night, declares in so many words .on Monday evening, " I have not the honour of his (General SlMP son's) acquaintance, but I never heard a syllable to his disadvantage 1" And so, too, with regard to Colonel GORDON—another of the many indivi duals fleered at, flouted, scouted, and ridiculed with so much licence of speech on the 29th ult. by the honourable and gallant member for West minster—and a few hours afterwards, on the 3d instant, in the same place and before the same audience, spoken of in terms of so much graceful and delicate consideration. As a crowning illustration of which monstrous, and wholesale, and most brazen-faced inconsistency— there is the little episode in each of these same notable harangues, where Sir DE LACY EVANS ventures to refer, now directly and now indirectly, to H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE On Friday he is particularly sar castic at what he designates Col. GORDON'S " judi cious and courtier-like exception" in favour of his Royal Highness. While on the Monday follow ing, he himself, not Colonel the Hon. ALEXANDER GORDON, but General Sir DE LACY EVENS, is so judiciously and even glaringly courtier-like in his allusions to his Royal .Highness, that he re minds us of nothing else more strongly than— POLONIUS gazing open-mouthed into cloudland, and OSRIC with his feathered cap fluttering off and on, according to the fancied changes of the atmosphere. " Sir, it was my lot during the campaign in the East to be generally either sup ported by, or co-operating with, his Royal High ness, and it is impossible for any man to be treated with greater kindness and condescension than I, &c., &c. Sir—Feeling for his Royal Highness so deep a respect, and, if I may be allowed to say so, so sincere a regard, it would afflict me much if anything, &c., &c." Paugh ! and this was General EVANS who, three nights before, had scornfully alluded, with a curling lip and a flash ing eye, to the "judicious and courtier-like, ex ception" made by Col. GORDON in favour of his Royal Highness ! This—the hero of the sth of November, who had hurried from his sick bed, startled like the war-horse at the sound of the trumpet, when the Russian guns were lumbering up through the fog among the ruins of In kerman, and the Russian infantry were crushing down in thousands and tens of thousands upon the pass of our Crimean Thermopylm ! It is [ difficult, in truth, to recognise the erect and chivalric front of the brave old soldier in the supple and obsequious advances of this exceed ingly " judicious and courtier-like" apologist who remembers so very gratefully the "condescension" of his Royal Highness. Again, we say, it is scarcely possible to recognise in this unaccustomed attitude of subserviency—the front, the form, the features, the identity, the individuality of the honourable, and gallant, and ultra-liberal representative of the citizens of Westminster. We close with what we commenced—that it is most certainly somewhat difficult to conjecture what on earth it may be that Sir DE LACY EVANS has latterly been driv ing at! LATEST NEWS. Petersburg► to rawlosk, where there is a very celebrated public dancing-ball. The armaments in the north and ' west are going on with great activity. The feet at Cronstadt has just been considerably increased, and the levies of sailors, recently made, have filled up all the blanks made by the war at Sebastopol. All the coast of Finland is covered with troops, and most of the reserves of the guard have been placed in garrison there. Gen. Barassoff, one of the aides-de-camp to the Emperor, has, in company with an inspector -general of the artillery and one of the engineers, visited ail the fortresses, and has gone 33 far as Helsingfors. The report made to the Emperor is very favourable, and it mentions among other points the good feelings of the inhabitants. The Invalide Russe of to-day completes the nomination of the officers of the militia, which now represent a force of 350,000 men. They are armed with muskets, hatchets, and pikes." FEARFUL MORTALITY AT ODESSA. VIENNA, TUESDAY EVBNING, MARCH 11. The Oest. Correspondenz has the following " The typhus is committing fearful ravages at Odessa. There is sad mortality among the physi- cians. " The longing for peace is general." KONIGSBERG, MARCH 11. Accounts from St. Petersburg state that the Government has just published a plan for the fresh organisation of the nee- frontier army of the Baskirs of Orenbourg. This army will be com posed of 12 regiments of cavalry and a brigade of horse artillery. BERLIN, MARCH 10. The Bourse Gazette has contradicted by autho rity the rumour of the departure of M. de Nessel rode. A Prussian courier left yesterday for St. Peters. burg. HAMBURG, MARCH 10. By order of the Admiralty, the Euryalus frigate has left Kiel in order to go and notify the state of blockade at all the Russian ports in the Baltic. Whatever ground for reasonable complaint may have been furnished the United States by British agents, it will hardly admit of question by this i time that ample amends have been offered, and were offered promptly and without reluctance, by the British Government on a complaint being pre ferred. No suggestion of false pride appears for a moment to have been listened to. The instant it was discovered that an error had been com mitted an apology was tendered, which ought to have been accepted frankly and deemed perfectly satisfactory. It is to be regretted this was not the case. The American Government were in need of political capital ; and spying, as they thought, an eligible opportunity to secure it, in sisted on such amends being made as the circum stances of the case did not authorise, and no British Minister could submit to offer. The re sult, as intended, was, the state of peaco happily existing between the two countries was seriously endangered, and the prospect of war between them became imminent. Fortunately the consent of Russia to treat for peace intervened, and the more sober and en lightened of the A merican people, for awhile overcome by the unscrupulous clamours of the fillibustering genus, were enabled to make head. Instead of having to contend with a country whose materiel and whose energies were more or less largely taxed in carrying on hostilities against a rival European power, it became palpable to the most short-sighted that, in case of war, the odds would be decidedly against America, and she would have to confront an unembarrassed foe, whose mighty fleets would sweep her navy from the seas, and ravage with impunity her coasts. A modification of tone was speedily noticeable, and at the present time there is every reason to believe the matter in question, with others in dispute, will before long be arranged to the satis faction of the wisest and best of the population of both countries. A more gratifying prospect it would be diffi cult to conceive. As Mr. Buchanan, the Ameri can Minister, who may fairly be taken to repre sent the intelligence and worth of the United States, remarked last night at the Mansion House, the occurrence of hostilities between this country and the United States would be "a dreadful misfortune to the human race," " an unfortunate blow to the cause of civilisation and human liberty," and a source of unqualified delight to " the despots of the earth." The value of a possession may to some extent be appreciated by the results of its loss, andbthat such would be the results of a war between the two countries is beyond dispute. England and America are the two greatest pioneers of civilisation, and it is of the last moment to its spread that both should pursue their course without interruption. To both also is committed the sacred cause of liberty, and in the track of each are to be found modifications of those great Anglo-Saxon institu tions by which it is best promoted and established. The grandest portion of our history and of our literature is theirs also, and bound together as we are by the ties of a common origin nothing more disastrous than hostilities between us can well be imagined. The struggle would, as Mr. BUCHANAN justly remarks, be "fratricidal." No expression of sober satisfaction can therefore be too strong at the prospect presented of " the cloud now hover ing over us being speedily dissipated, and the sunshine of peace and friendship becoming more bright between the two, countries, until all dis sensions pass away." The Lady Charlotte Montgomery gave birth to a daughter on Saturday last, at Grey Abbey. Her lady ship and the infant are progressing favourably. THE NEW Lout.—The next instalment (25 per cent.) on the New Loan 'falls due on Thursday, the 13th. On the last occasion many of the holders neglected it until the following day, and were required to pay a fine at the Bank. The accounts from the continent indicate a continu ance of the speculative mania in almost all the princip& cities, new banks being constantly introduced. The rates of exchange remain favourable for this country, and some further entail parcels of gold have arrived. IRELAND. DUBLIN, TUESDAY Momm.Net. THE BOROUGH OF SLIGO. The following notable passages - are extracted from the hustings address of the defeated candidate, Mr. Patrick Somers : " My party—the party to which I have given an uniform support for the last 19 years—are now in office. My fliends, lam proud—perhaps it is vanity in me to say so, but I amfproud to acknow ledge that I am honoured with the friendship of the greatest of living statesmen—the greatest man in Europe—Lord Palmerston. Ho is my bosom friend. I acknowledge that I am here as his candi date, I may say his nominee. I admit ; I will not disguise the fact; I will admit it. I had a claim upon his Government for my honourable support for 16 long years. I say I can be of more use to this town than the man who is too consistent a Conservative to ask a favour from that Govern ment. I can be of more service individually and collectively to the people of Sligo than Mr. Wynne can possibly be in his present position. Mr. Wynne could not ask a favour of the present Government. I know his high honour. I know he would not sacrifice principle to ask a favour. lamin a diffe rent position. lam placed in the position, not to ask, but to command favours from the Govern ment." What follows is still more remarkable. Mr. Somers is alluding to the two petitions presented against the return of the late John Sadleir, and here is the way one of them was attempted to be settled : " Mr. Henry Lyons, Mr. John Lyons, and Dr. Wood were base enough to accuse me of selling tkat petition. They accused the humble individual who repudiated the offer of 10,000/.—a sum, I tell you frankly, that would have been important to me. I repudiated the notion. I refused the offer ten times over. I was asked to write down what I would have, and I would have nothing. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Townley's agent, Mr. Coppock, said to me ' Write what sum you will have.' I did write, and said ' I will have the seat, the whole seat, and nothing but the seat.' (Cheers.) Here I am maligned, because I was fool enough —many of my friends said to me I was a fool—to refuse an offer of 10,0001. to sell you. (Continued cheering.)" MR. SMITH O'BRIEN. The following report of an interview between a deputation: of the Parliamentary friends of Mr. Smith - O'Brien and the Premier is condensed from a long account supplied to the Cork Axaminer, whOse proprietor took a leading part in the affair : "On Saturday -last, at 12 o'clock, the following members of the House of Commons had an inter view with Lord Palmerston, by appointment, at his lordship's private residence, Piccadilly, with a view to press upon his lordship the prayer of the memo rial presented during last session, which asked per mission for Mr. O'Brien to return to his own coun try:—Sir R. Ferguson, Londonderry; Mr. Chiches ter Fortescue, county of Louth; Mr. M' Evoy, county of Meath ; Mr. Bowyer, Dundalk • Capt. Bellew, county of Galway ; M. McCann, Drogheda ; Col. Greville, county of Westmeath ; Mr. de Vere, Limerick ; Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, county of West meath ; Sir J. Fitzgerald, county of Clare, and Mr. Maguire, Dungarvan. " Mr. Maguire said ho would recall to his lord ship's memory the fact that at rather au early period in the last session a memorial was presented to him on the part of nearly 150 members of the House of Commons, praying for permission to Mr. O'Brien to return to Ireland. The reception then given to the memorial was considered to be favourable, and this idea was strongly impressed on Mr. O'Brien's mind by the communications of his friends, who were led to hope for a successful issue to their application. Indeed it was almost said, in words, by those who were then supposed to speak his lordship's senti ments, that he was inclined to comply with its prayer, and that everything would be satisfactory. These assurances had been conveyed to Mr. O'Brien, who naturally awaited the result with intense anxiety, and whose hopes were consequently excited to the highest pitch of expectation. It was un necessary to remind his lordship how the hopes then held out were not realised ; and it would be quite impossible to describe the bitter disap pointmentfelt by Mr. O'Brien when that announce ment was conveyed to him by his friends. The answer then given by his Lordship was of such a nature as not to shut out the hope that the appli cation might not be acceded to at a future and not remote time ; and therefore his hon. friends and himself considered that it was their duty to bring the subject again before his Lordship's attention, in the hope that the still more favourable circum stances of the country would aid them in their pre sent appeal to his Lordship's sympathy. The country was never more profoundly tranquil, never more free from crime of a serious character ; and theipeople of all classes displayed, by the generous alacrity with which they supported her Majesty in the present war, a loyalty which was worthy of the best and kindest consideration of her Majesty's Go vernment. It was duo to Mr. Davidson, the hon. member for Belfast, to refer to his views, which he had his permissitin to explain. They were the more important as they were those entertained by a large and influential class in Ireland. Mr. Davidson authorised him to state that he thought there had been quite enough of punishment, that justice had been sufficiently vindicated, that further punish ment would he more in the nature of vengeance than justice, and that it was perfectly consistent with good sense and sound policy to allow Mr. O'Brien to return to his home and family. " Mr. De Vere followed, and urged upon his Lordship various reasons which would render com pliance with the request then made most accept able to all classes in Ireland, and especially his own constituents, whose feelings were quite unanimous with respect to the sound policy and wisdom of such a course. "Sir R. Ferguson said it was quite unnecessary, after the full explanation given by Mr. Maguire, and what had been said by Mr. De Vere, for him to trouble his Lordship with any lengthened re marks, but as he happened to be the only member then present from Ulster—owing to the fact that most other members had been compelled to leave for Ireland—he would simply say that he concurred in what had been expressed already ; and that he felt satisfied that if the permission sought for on the part of Mr. O'Brien were granted it would be received with gratitude, and that the Government would be fully justified in granting it by the cir cumstances of the country. "Sir J. Fitzgerald spoke to the unanimous wish of the people of Clare ; and Mr. Bowyer also strongly represented the favourable nature of the occasion, and the good effects which would follow from a ready compliance with the prayer of the memorial. "No other gentleman having thought it neces sary to add anything to what had been said, "Lord Palmerston assured the deputation that the subject should have his most anxious consider. ation, to which it was entitled, not only on account of its peculiar nature, but from the additional weight which it derived front the present influ ential deputation. They could not, of course, ex pect that he could then be prepared to give them a distinct answer. It was, indeed, impossible for him to give a reply at present. The subject was one to be considered, not by a single member of the Government, but by the Government at large, and he would submit it to their consideration as soon as possible, and announce their decision with out delay. "It having been finally arranged that his lord ship would communicate with Mr. Maguire shortly after Parliament met after the Easter holidays, the deputation thanked 113 lordship for his atten tion and courtesy and withdrew." MADAME ' GOLDSCHMIDT'S CONCERT FOR THE NIGHTINGALE FUND. This concert took place last night in Exeter Hall. It excited the greatest interest ; and notwithstanding the high price of admission—a guinea to every part of the hall—the vast space was completely filled, 4very seat being occupied. The receipts must have been of a mag nitude quite unprecedented ; and, what is more, every shilling of the amount is to go to the fund ; for Madame Goldschmidt, not content with giving her best exertions, Pays the whole expenses of the concert, amounting, as we are informed, to.above 6001.—a noble act of gene rosity, quite of a piece with the whole character of this illustrious lady. The concert was got up in a style of great magnificence. The programme included many standard works of the highest excellence, via , Mozart's symphony in G minor, Beethoven's "Choral Fantasia," land march from "The Ruins of Athens," Mendelssohn's hymn, "Hear my prayer, 0 God !" and Weber's "Con cert Stuck," besides such interesting novelties as Mr. Benedict's overture to "The Tempest," and a selection of sacred music from the pen of Otto Goldschmidt, per formed for the first time in England on this occasion. The chief vocalists were Madame Jenny Lind, Madame Weiss, Mr. Swift, and Signor F. Lablache ; the solo instrumentalists,• Kerr Goldschmidt, Mr. Lazarus, Mr. Rdmusat, and Mr. Sydney Pratten ; the conductor, Mr. Benedict. Mr. Mitchell's'arrangements for the comfort of the vast audience were perfect in every particular. THE PASHA OF EGYPT AND THE GREAT MALLEABLE IRON (Aux.—Within the last few days the Pasha of Egypt has, through his commercial agents in Alexandria and Liverpool, been making special inquiries relative to the quality of the metal and the various interesting pro. sasses connected with the forging of the great wrought iron gun in progress of manufacture at the Mersey Steel and Iron Works. With their usual courtesy Messrs. Horsiall, and their intelligent manager, Mr. Clay, afforded every information, and showed the agent of the Pasha the operation of boring and turning, now rapidly Approaching to completion. THE PEACE CONGRESS. The following is from the letter of the Times Paris correspondent, dated yesterday, 6 p.m : I have stated that the Conference of Saturday last was not quite so satisfactory as the preceding ones. The term satisfactory ought not to be un derstood as implying that any new or insurmount able obstacles had arisen, but only that the business got over was not equal to the anticipations of some of the Plenipotentiaries. The sitting of yesterday produced, I am told, no sensible progress in the negotiations, and was confined to discussions of too general a character. We - are now in the third week of the Conferences ; and it is complained that affairs have not made their way as they ought, or as they were expected. The Emperor is said to be of opinion that too much is said and too little done ' • that the work, in f ac t, b ears sma ll propor tion to the words, and that a change in the course of proceeding is desirable. The Plenipotentiaries did not meet to-day ; they may meet to morrow. If I may credit the information that has reached me, it would seem that at the next sitting it will be proposed to come to an understanding on the more important condi tions, to adopt them formally and irrevocably with a view to a definitive treaty of peace ; and to leave other points of secondary interest to the settled by a Commission. For instance, the prin ciple of the rectification of the Ottoman territory being admitted by Russia, it will be considered whether it is absolutely necessary to send much time in the fixing the particular line in Bess arabia which is to be the new frontier of Moldavia instead of the Pruth. Again, the principle of a change in the administration of the Prin cipalities being once established and acceded to by Russia, and, of course, by Austria, what necessity is there to occupy the time of the .Plenipotentiaries with long debates whe ther Prince Stirbey, or whoever else be chosen for Wallachia, shall be appointed for life or only fqr a term of years. On two great points we are informed Russia makes ample concession—namely, the neu tralisation of the Black Sea with all its conse quences, the dismantling of the fortresses, and the non-reconstruction of Boniarsund : but a Commis sion might quite as advantageously fix the limits between the Russian and Ottoman territory in Asia. In a word, it will be proposed to adopt with as little delay as possible the points the rejec tion of which involves a casus belli, aad to leave to future regulation by a Commission those which have not such a character. When the proceedings of the Congress are kept so secret it is hazardous to enter into particulars touching them, but the state of affairs I have just mentioned bears the impress of probability. The information is from a good source. It is k mini that typhus is among the French troops at Constantinople, and is cutting off numbers ; and though 25,000 men aro ready to sail at a moment's notice from Marseilles and Toulon, to fill up all va cancies, yet the sooner we are out of our uncertainty the better. There are other reasons too of a parti cular kind to which I had already alluded, and which make the Emperor of the French desirous of bringing the Conferences to an early conclusion. It is affirmed that Count Orloff and Count Buol continue to show marked coldness in their inter course with each ocher. At an official soiree last night they were not seen to speak, or even to bow as they met. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EYENING. It has been stated in some journals that the Em peror was not well. Such is not the case—the health of his Majesty is excellent. The state of the Empress is in every way satisfactory. The important event is looked forward to as likely to occur at any hour. A great number of members of the corps diplo matique, the Senate, the Legislative Body, and the Council of State inscribed their names yester day in the visiting-book of Prince Jerome. The following is the last bulletin issued during the day at the Palais Royal : "11th, 8 a.m.—The inflammation of the chest has increased, and the situation of the Prince has become worse. A fresh blister has been applied on the upper part of the chest." Some persons are inclined to think that it is the Queen-Dowager of Sweden who is to stand god mother to the Imperial infant of France, but that is not the case. The Queen-Dowager, the widow of Bernadotte, is not a relation of the Emperor Napoleon 111. She was only sister-in-law to Joseph Bonaparte, formerly King of Spain, who had married her sister, Mlle. Clary, about the same time as she herself became the wife of General Bernadotte. The reigning Queen, on the contrary, being the daughter of Eugene Beauharnais, bro ther to Queen Hortense, the Emperor's mother, is cousin-german to his Majesty. BOURSE, March 11.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. tr. e. 4i per Cents 93 75 3 per Cents 72 Now Loan 72 50 Bank Shares 3,450 Roman Cr6dit Mobilier 1,570 Austrian Belgian Fives .. 9G— Spanish Threes Piedmonteee (5) 9) 50 Home Debt .......... End of Month. —f. —O. 74 65 RAILWAYS-FOE CASH. ft. e. ft. e. Orleans 1,277 59 Western 875 Northern Lyons ... . 1,240 New Ditt o Bl5 Mediterranean 1,550 Grand Central 655 Lyons Geneva 757 50 Tests , — Cutts TSO Austrian Cora. 916 25 TURKEY. Accounts from Constantinople to the 3d state that Ismail Puha was preparing to start for Erze roum. A slight decline has taken place in the ex changes. The Presse d'Orient announces that the Minister of Finance is busily engaged in devising means for putting an end to the p er t ur b a ti on which exists in commercial affairs. The prohibition for the export of corn is maintained. Accounts from the Crimea to the Ist state that the health of the troops has improved. The weather has become milder. A line of neutral ground has been traced out between the allied and Russian armies, in exe cution of the armistice. This line is limited by the Tchernaya. The army is well supplied with fresh vegetables. RUSSIA. A letter from St. Petersburg of the Ist, in the Constitutionnel, says : " On account of its being leap year, the religious cere mony for the anniversary of the death of the Emperor Nicholas was celebrated to-day instead of the 2d, which was the d.sy en which he died. At an early hour in the morning, salvoes of artillery and the bells of all the churches announced the event to the inhabitants of the city. At ten o'clock carriages aid sledges began to move towards the Winter-Palace, where the members of the Corps Diplomatique, the Ministers, Senators, the Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses, Generals, Admirals, and all the highest functionaries of the State had to assem ble. Notwithstanding the severity of the weather, an immense crowd had assembled in th e neighbourhood of the palace, to witness the arrival of the persons invitad. All the functionaries were in full official dress and in mourning. At a general meeting just held of the share- holders of the first line of railway constructed in Russia, that from St Petersburg to Tearskee Selo, M. de Sabou roff, the director, stated that the number of persons conveyed during 1855 was 620,318. The members of the Imperial family travelled on the line 34 times. If peaoe be concluded, the company hope to derive some profit from the establishment of pleasura,trains Irons St ~,.~t.~ -.. - ' - .r i' SARDINIA. TURIN, March 7.—Yesterday the first regiment of the Anglo-Italian Legion, commanded by Lieut. Colonel Sir Coutts Lindsay, arrived at Genoa for embarkation. The regiment had been mustered at Chiavasso. At 4 a.m. the special train conveying the regiment left, and, passing by Novara and Alessandria, arrived at St. Pierdarena between 2 and 3 in the afternoon ; then the regiment left the carriages and marched to the Lighthouse Mole of Genoa Harbour, where the Great Britain lay ready to receive it. The work of embarkation was effected in about an hour by the aid of large barges, or rather of one large (which held 300 or 400 men) and several smaller, carrying nearly 100 each, so that by 5 o'clock they had all deposited their arms and accoutrements, and commenced studying the novelties of their temporary lodging. Nothing could have been more satisfactory or more success ful than the manner in which the embarkation took place. It is almost unnecessary to add that every possible disposition for the comfort of the troops was made by Captain Gray and his officers on board the Great Britain. The Great Britain was to take back as much water as possible, and consequently every tank was filled, and in addition she took on board some 30 or 40 oxen ; so that altogether, with upwards of 1,000 passengers, she was pretty deep in the water ; but she sailed this morning at 9 a.m. with a fair wind and a smooth sea, towering over every thing as she left the port, and in less than two hours was out of sight. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, of the 7th, in the Post Ampt Gazette, says :—" Prince Gortschakoff has given a farewell fete, at which were present Prince Alois de Lichtenstein, Count Zichy, and many other notabilities." A letter from Vienna, of the 7th, in the Bourse Gazette, states :—" The Emperor has ordered that more attention be paid to the improvement and development of the navy, and at this moment a very extensive plan concerning this subject has been sub mitted to his examination. Already, in consequence of former orders, three screw line-of-battle-ships are being constructed. It would appear that the mo netary conference proceeds very slowly. The concessions made by our Government have only solved a portion of the difficulties, as the problem still remains undecided how far it is advisable to approach the French system, which in theory is always recognised as the best, but which gives rise to a multitude of practical difficulties." ROME. A letter from Roble of the sth, in the Debats, says:— " Rumours are current that Cardinal Alfieri will go to Paris to represent the Pope as god father to the infant of the Emperor at the cere mony of the baptism, but others think it proba ble that there will not be any special envoy, the nuncio in Paris executing the mission. The funeral obsequies of Cardinal Bianchi took place here to-day, and the Pope was present at the Requiem,. The deceased was born at Cremona, and was an octogenarian. On Sunday last, being the fourth Sunday in Lent, the Pope gave his be nediction to the Golden Rose at the Sistine Chapel. It is said that it will be sent to the Empress of the French. It is a very ancient rite of the church that the Popo should, on the day just mentioned, bless a golden rose, which it is a custom to send to a Sovereign, to a celebrated church, or to some emi nent personage. If it be not presented to any one, it receives a second benediction the year following. This pious present was substituted for the gold and silver keys, and for the pieces cut with a tile from the chains, which are said to have bound the hands of St. Peter, which were formerly sent." The Journal de Constantinople contains tho rec tification of a statement originally made by itself to the effect that the late Hatti Ira,3 the cuusequenco of stipulations entered into with the great powers. It also contradicts a rumour which had been disse minated of a contingent of Turkish troops being about to be sent to India. The Journal de St. Pctersbourg, of the 2d, an nounces the signing of the armistice at Paris, and states that it was put into force in the Crimea on the 29th Feb. In announcing these facts, the Russian journal adds that the armistice, while it maintains the blockade, stipulates that no offensive operation shall be undertaken against the Rus!iau coasts. A letter from Hamburg states that some weeks back our representative there, Colonel Hodges, was led to make various representations to the Senate of the quantities of ammunition that left that neutral port for Russia. In tl:e course of the examination that these reclamations gave rizoe to, it turned out that these supplies had in most in stances b3en shipped thither from England for that purpose. For instance, two housesin England had shipped to Hamburg two cargoes of lead, three of saltpetre, and 11 of sulphur ; the parties implicated in the affair are described to me as standing very high in England, and among them a member of ParliaMent. COUNT ORLOFF AND COUNT BUOL. At the fele given on Saturday at the Tuileries, in honour of the Plenipotentiaries, after dinner a piece in two acts was performed, entitled, // n'y a pas de flurnee sans Feu. During the performance two of the specta tors were seen to retire to a distant part of the salon, and to all sppearance kept up a dialogue, which was perhaps less comic than what was spoken on the stage, but which was quite as interesting. These two were Count Orloff and Count Euel. A conversation ensued ; it was rather cold and calm at first ; by degrees it grew earnest, and as it advanced became most animated, if not angry. So far as could be judged from pantomime, Count Orloff was expressing in energetic terms his dis approval of something or some one, and at each phrase he uttered he raised his arm high, and then sent it down with force. His countenanc•-, never remarkable for the soft graces, was more expressive and stern than usual ; and his gesture was haughty and occasionally arrogant. Count Buol appeared entirely on the defensive ; he evi dently tried to make the best of what the other con sidered a poor case ; and when he could not answer sbruzged his shoulders piteously and hopelessly ; but the more vehement part in the dialogue was throughout that of the Russian. The tote-a tote lasted nearly till the play was over. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. Prince Victor of Hohenlobe returned to town from Frogitiore. and remains at Buckingham Palace on a visit to her Majesty. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Mr. Gibbs, ♦isited the works of the Chartered Gas Company, in the Horse ferry-road. Prince Leopold visited th• Duchess of Cambridge at her residence in St. James's Pa!ace. Mr. Jerry Barrett had the honour of submitting his picture to an inspection of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena and Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, honoured the Oiyrr pic Theatre with their presence in the evening. In atten dance were Lady Churchill, Lord Camoys, Msjor•Gene ral Buckley, and Capt. the Hon. D. de Ros. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Clarence-house, St. James's, yesterday morning, from Frogmore, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Glocester at Glocester-house. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, afterwards returned to Frogmore. A deputation—consisting of th• Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Malmesbury, Mr. Bankes, M.P., Mr. Sey mer, M.P., Mr. Compton, M.P., Sir J. Carnac, M P., Mr. Franklyn, M P., and Admiral Walcott, M.P.—had an interview with Lord Stanley of Alderley yesterday at the Board of Trade. A deputation on the subject of postal consmunication with Australia had an intervie N with Mr. Wilson yes terday at the Treasury. The deputation consisted of Col. Robe (former Governor of South Australia), Mr. C. R. Newenham (Sheriff of Adelaide), Mr. F. Tatton (of Adelaide), Mr. L. Elder, Mr. John M‘Laren, and Messrs. James Morrison and Co. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Baxter, M.P. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday morning, from Frogmore, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, at Glcucester House. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, after wards returned to Frogmore. His Serene Highness Prince Leopold visited the Duchess of Cambridge yesterday, at her residence in St. James's palace. Russian accounts from the Crimea state that Prince Gortsobakod is to have a marshal's baton. LITE RATURE. Madeline Clare ; or, the Important Secret. BI Colburn Mayne. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This is a romantic story, agreeably narrated, and well arranged. Though a great portion is of a melancholy cast, the general tenour of the style is sparkling and lively. The descriptions of the country are vividly described, and evidently with the genial spirit and 'enthusiastic energy of one who descants upon a theme that is kindred to bis nature and congenial to his taste. Th e h e ro, Philip Clarges, is a noble charact er , an d one w ho is deservin g of his prominent position. The ladies of the tale are not so attractive. Mabel does not appear much, on the scene ; thus, although the finest disposition of the two, she does not claim se large a share of- notice as the heroine Madeline Clare. There is something unsatisfying in her career ; she seems so bright and beautiful a charae' ter, until tried at last she fails. Yet it is probable that, though 'painful, it may be a real and likely occurrence, that one like her should approach hat not attain to the standard of perfection. She came trusting to the might of earth, not looking to the majesty of Heaven for support, and in her worship of the beautiful she did not pay homage to the sternershrine of duty and self-sacrifice. She was My patient and impetuous, and being greatly beset and troubled, she threwlaway her own peace of mind bf an impulse of rage and mortification. After her union with the treacherous Temple, she is lost to us for interest or excitement ; there is but one goal for her to travel to, where she must pass from tae stirring scenes of worldly excitements to the rest of the grave. A pure and spotless nature like here could not endure to exist with one like Herbert Temple, and hence she was worried and harassed by the unequal and unnatural strife. Her death was inevitable, but it was not beneath the skies of Italy that she passed away, as she had supposed. Stung with remorse, her deceiving husband put an end to his ill-starred career, and then the for lorn Madeline returned home to die. During her brief experience with the world, Madeline had suf' fered keenly, and had also enjoyed. with excess. Her temperament was one which is not often happg, and the description of her ideas and fancies when all seemed prosperous, reveals that such a nature expects too much from a perishing state like this , " Then every emotion of the inner reflects its owe beauty on the outer world. Earth has a bloom, and ocean a purple ; we look on the heavens that store no cloud, and the wilderness is brightened by the rose. The breezes as they pass us make melody as of the lute and viol, and the very wind!! of heaven sing r e j o i c i ng ly on our pat h.' Thus Madeline regarded her future course, and she was disappointed. Sh e did no t cultivate that better knowledge of the world around her and within her that sorrow and suffering could .have taught her. In her case, after a short struggle, she would have been f ree d from trouble, and eve' if not, how grand and glorious would have been the contest, instead of her precipitate retreat into the ambush made ready for her. There are enough rash and vacillating t e mp ers i n th e wor ld to, fall a prey, without the high and lofty natures adding to the awful list. With Madeline, however, the error was soon seen, and th e res t o f life becari! a purifying preparation for a better. She , hag passed through the ordeal which, fiery and consume ing, had left the best feelings of her heart incor' ruptible and immortal. They were preserved from the taint of sin and evil by her stedfast spirit and devotion to right. The mystery that hangs b over, the life of Philip Clarees is one of deep imp or t, and skilfully devised and worked out. The other per: sons who appear on the scene are calculated to add interest to its relation, and the descriptions of the circles of high life into which the heroine enters for a short time, diffuse a brilliancy over the narrative. Altogether, " Madeline Clare" cannotfail to please those who are charmed by romance, and interested by an attractive story. There is great variety in the different natures presented before us, and the intricacy of the plot possesses marvels to fascinate the lovers of mystery. The bright and sparkling character of its composition, the lovely scenery, picturesquely described, all combine to create for it an interest, and impart to it a merit. Audubon. By Mrs. Horace Sr. John. Longman) Brown, Green, and Longmans. A pleasing narrative of the adventures and dig' coveries of the great naturalist in the New World, dezived from his own works and from fragments published in the United States. A work that mg Ise placed with advantage in the hands of both young and old, and likely to be an acceptable pre' sent. POLISH NATIONALITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - - Sin, —The Sun ever strenuously maintains the rights of deserted Poland. But there is much rea' son to fear that the sun of heaven will not ever again shine on her as an independent nation. The land of the brave, the noble, the intelligent, there is much reason to fear, will still remain under the tyrannic sway of Russia. And why ? Plainly for the reason that you have so often and so forcibly given, that Germanism holds its sway over (whot she was wont to be) independent, ➢ZIGHTY England Let us refer to that enchanting work, Miss PorfeCts " Thaddeus of Warsaw," and particularly to its motto— " 0 ! bloodiest picture in the book of time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime ! " Also to a more recent period, when, in defiance of one of the articles of the Treaty of Vienna, guarair teed by both France and England, Russia was allowed again to 'subjugate Poland, without an attempt made by either to assist her. The two kJ' lowing lines written at the time were very appro• priate to that infamy-- " 0 ! shame to thee, Albion ! 0 ! shame to thee, Gaul, That Russia should triumph, that Warsaw should fall !" Yours obediently, AN OLD SOLDIER. 11th Mardi, 185 G. HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. We see that Mr. Hopley, to whose earnest ad vocacy of the cause of Health and Education we have frequently endeavoured to draw the attention of our metropolitan sanitary societies, has been de livering at Brighton a course of eight lectures, than which, as we gather from a Brighton contemporary, " a more intellectual, a more valuable, and a more eloquent course has never been delivered in the Brighton Town Hall ; " and which the Sussex Ex press characterises as " a brilliant course, listened to with the deepest attention by brilliant and fashionable audiences." In an after-lecture speech Mr. Hopley closed the proceedings with a well merited compliment to the medical profession. He said : " He would mention one other circumstance which had gratified him not a little. He thought his audience would agree with him, that if any one class of the community had a better excuse than any other for not attending these lectures, it was the medical faculty. The faculty could not expect to gain any physiological knowledge from him, they being more c apabl e o f i ns t ruc ti ng hi m i n physiological' facts than he of instructing them ; nor did these gentlemen want to be informed of the distressful condition of the labouring population, since their avocations naturally led them N hers sickness most abounded—namely, among the miserable, un drained, unwatered dwellings of the fever-stricken poor ; nor did medical gentlemen require to be informed of the large amount of preventable disease and preventable death under which the world is suffering, since few are better acqua i n t e d than themselves with these sad facts. When the audience con sidered all this, and considered further that after a hard day's toil these gentlemen are liable to he summoned, at any time of the night, to attend at the couch of the sick and dying, his audience would, he was sure, agree with him that the medical profession might have made for themselves a very tolerable ex cuse for resting quietly at home instead of spending their evens ins at these lectures. But what had been the case ? In three or four instances there had been members of the profession on the platform ; in three distinct instances a member of the medical profession had taken the chair; to-night he felt proud to see himself supported by the profession on his right hand and the profession on his left ; and he thought that he might venture to say that not a lecture of the series had been delivered without some of the most eminent of the medical faculty of Brighton taking thei r seats among the audience. Why had these gentlemen been present here? They had come forward—utter strangers to him—to set their seal, as it were, on the truths which it had been his duty to utter. With liberal minds and large hearts—hearts that felt for the misery on w'bich they were obliged day by day to look—(hear)—they had come forward to help him, a non-professional man, to expound those physiological laws the observance of which they (the faculty) knew would be of immense benefit to the human family. (Applause.) None were more fully aware than these gentlemen that if these laws were more generally understood and observed there would be less need of medical attendance —("Hear" from the platform) —less need to consult the physi cian, less need of medicines of every kind, and corsequently there would be a considerable diminution in the incomes of the medical faculty ; yet ho had always found—whether in London or in country towns, whether in places where he was known or places where he was a stranger—these gentlemen were ready to come forward and support the truth of the adage that "prevention was better than cure." (Much applause.) He did not think it right to omit this opportunity of saying these few words. He would rather have said them in the absence of these members of the faculty, whose kind courtesy he could not but say was the more gratifying to him, inasmuch as, before his visit to Brighton, they were—the majority of them—perfect strangers to him ; he had not possessed any introductions to them, nor did he know them even by name until they came volun tarily forward to aid him in his humble endeavours to benefit his fellows. (Hear and applause.) He would detain the audience no longer than to express his very sincere thanks for the kind and earnest attention which they had been so good as to bestow upon him during the whole of these din. courses.—The lecturer sat down amid loudly-expressed ap probation, and the meeting separated." We regret to announce the demise, at Nice, on S& turday last, of the Hon. Thornas Liddell, !second son of the late Lord Rayensworth. 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