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The Severn Salmon Season has commenced. WILLIAM JOHN 1. ILDE, Proprietor. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY GRAPHIC HALL. King Wiliam-street, Charing-cr oss,T O - NIGIIT, and EVERI EVENING (except Saturday), at Eight. Private boxes, £1 Is. ; Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. ,• amphitheatre, ls. A plan of the stalls may be seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box "dee, from 10 till 1 Morning Performance, Saturday, May i t . • A RGYLL ROOMS. GRAND MUSICAL ENTER TAINENT, Ncith the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, 31. Bouloourt.—Danciug at Nine o'clock—is. admission. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn.—This op and magnificent ap- Pointed Ball Room, decidedly p the ular most fashionable and best conducted entertainment in he world. The very excellent band, under the able direction of Mr. ?acker, is constantly i ntroducing the choicest and latest music of the day. The 'Wines supplied are of the very choicest quality. The refresh laellt rooms are elegant in the extreme, and replete with every comfort. Admission throughout, ls. CONTRACTS FOR RAISINS. PEPPER. MUSTARD SEED, TOBACCO, AND VINEGAR. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-house, 16th May, 1861. COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the - a- OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNIT RINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on • TUESDAY, the 28th inst., at half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONT RACT fbr sup plying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz. RAISINS ... 25 Tons. PEPPER 5 MUSTARD SEED „ (White).... f 30 Qrs. TOBACCO (8r0wn).... 1 30 „ 00 Tons. When to be delivered.—Half of each in Three Weeks, and the remainder in Three Weeks afterwards, or earlier if pre ferred by the party tendering. VINEGAR.... Half in One Month, and the remainder in One Month afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the articles. • Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. The Raisins, Pepper, and Tobacco to be exempted f rom th e arc'Customs duties, and parties tendering are to state where they rsi velrlying. SamPles dfllislituktard Seed (not lass than - TVto Quarts of taoh, of the Pepper, not less than Two Pounds, and of the Itaiains, not leas than Three Pounds), must be produced by the parties tendering. Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several Trade Marks and numbers, and the countries or places of its growth or produce, and a fresh drawn Dock sample of each cask or package must be produced by the parties tendering, and any cask or package that is found not be of the same mark, num ber, o r quality as the sample tendered and accepted, will be rejected by the officers Samples of the Vinegar (not less than a Quart) which the parties tendering may purpose to supply must accompany their Tenders, as the delivery will be required to be made in accordance with the samples which may be accepted, and the Vinegar tendered to be No. 20, Trade denomination. The Vinegar to be deli vered in good, sound, strong, and substantial casks, which are to be retained as long as re quired by the said Commissioners or their officers without payment therefor, bnt are to be taken back from the sa d Victualling Stores (when emptied), by and at the expense of the contractor. Ihe samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted, are requested to be taken away by them immedi ately after the contracts have been decided. forNo Tender will be received unless made on the printed m provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on pplication at the said office, or to the officer conducting the racket Service at Liverpool, or to the collector of Customs at 1311 0.01. Particular attention is called to the recent modification of Ile c onditions of the contr ac t s, wh i ch may be seen at the said ° wee, and at ► iverpool and Bristol. ttNo tender will be received a ft er h alf - past One o ' cloc k on th e treaty ; and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf, ghoul I attend at the °Mee on th e day of contract, as the result of the offer received octn posed sur hpiesperson will e . communicated to him and his pro- A .Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the ",Intralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words Tender for and must also be delivered at Somerset -house. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. DIRECTORS. Si r HENRY VIGNE, Esq., Chairm a n. MINTO T. FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Deputy Chairman Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Charles Wm. Curtis, Esq. John Martin, Esq. Charles F. Devas, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. H enry Norman, Esq. John Harvey, E sq Th Hankey, Esq., M.P. H enry R. Reynolds, Esq. . John G. Sir Godfrey J . Th omas, B a rt. John Labouchere Hubbard , Es, Esq., M.P. John Tho rn t on, Esq. q. James 'fulloch, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. 1 Henry Smith, Es Henry Sykes Th orn t on, E sq. Thomas John ry q. Cornelius Payne, j un ., E sq. Tallemach, Esq.. Secretary.—Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS OP AN ACT or PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In surers EIGHTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in Cash ...hie £680,000, which reprnsept aq...,,,va10nt Roversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing. Bonuses thereon, amounted to upwards of 41,730,000, the Income from the Life Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. - • INVALID LIVES assured at corresponding Extra Pre miums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their Values, if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by. the Company, and no charge for Policy Stamps. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. 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 me cal work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Methory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spermatorrhcea, Local Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &e., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directions 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 and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITR, M.D., 8, Burton crescent, Tavistock-square, London, W.C. Post free for four stamps, E LECTRICITY AND ITS WONDERS as a the Sexual health-givin Ge rat neg Agent, and Curative in all diseases of and Generative organs, with simple instructions for Self-treatment and Cure. Electricity, with other adjuncts, 'will also be found a m o s t p ower f u l and efficacious remedy for the cure of poverty of theblood and its sympathetic disorders of the liver, stomach, dm. ; also in diseases of the skin, para lysis, debility, lassitude, despondency, failure of memory, timidity, self-distrust, unfitness for study or business, and other disorders of the nervou s s y s t em. Issued gratis and prepaid on receipt of four stamps by Dr. WATSnN, F.R.A.S , No. 27, Alfred-place. Bedford-square, London, who continues to advise with patients daLy, and apply his new mode of treatment. Persons residing in the rountry may have Dr. Watson's candid opinion of their case gratis on sending a statement of their age, sex, symptoms, &c. &c. All letters to be addressed Dr. Watson, U.S., F.R.A.S., No. 27, Alfred-place, Bedford square, London. Also, sent with above, Flints on the Use of the ELECTRO MEDICATED BAWL, for the extraction of Mercury and other mineral poisons from the system, adopted according to the French mode. DR. BRIGHT'S THREE DAYS' CURE. The liIKDIC A TED SUGARED GLOBUL le.S, con taining the Quintessence of Copaiba, Cubebs, Buchu, and other invaluable ingredients, permanently eradicating the most inveterate cases of Gmorrhcea, obstinate Gleet, Stric ture. Urethral Discharges from whatever cause, Irritation of the Passages of the Bladder, Kidneys, Gravel, Sedimentary , Deposits, Lucorheea, Am. These Globules lubr'cate instan taneously the irritated mucous membrane of the urino-genital system. subduing every inflammatory action, and checking an morbid secretions. Possessing the 1.. the. ..: 1- ...0fa,0v. of being carried ant taken free from observation, detection, taste, or smell. Price 1l s., by post 12s. 6d. LONDON AGENTS :—Newbery, 45, St. Paul's Church-yard ; T. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Hannay, 53, Oxford-street ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, Lon don-bridge; Bowden, 7 5 , Gracechurch-st eet : Prout, 229, Strand, and of all chemists throughout the world. DR. BRIGHT'S MANUAL on SPER3IATORRH'EA, odi 'and the above Diseases (Proprietor of the Aphr is on, or Phosphorised Nervine Tonic, for Spermatorrhcea, Generative Debility, &c.) To be had of J. Allen, 20, Warwick-lane, Paternoster-row. Price ls. ; by post, 14 stamps; sealed, 20 stamps. "The temporary relief obtained by means of purgative medicines is purchased at the high price of the aggravation Jad d the perpetuating the disease."—HENltY, 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, PETERS. DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which, at a ew pence per day, eaves fifty times its cost in Medicine, and urea without purging or any of the uncertainties, annoy luxe, and ruinous expenses incurred by medicine, cod liver oil, or visits to distant climates. . Certificate No. 36,418.—We find it the safest remedy, An urew Ure, M.D. !and ; Dr. Camp' bell . . • ; PR S Dr. WcuereexNtr:..cti.anf,ew !put of 56,000 cures :- 4 8 1 1 ePsill- Cure l l ' ord Stuart de Decies of many years' agony from No.dyspepsia 49,832. Of fifty yea i indiscribable fiatulenc spasnisn,eBrivousness, asthma, cough, constipa tion,ess, and vomiting, Maria .loly, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure sickness , 4 7,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, cA extreme nervousness, Ind? gzsetion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. Cure Campbell, Syderstone R ec t nr ;, , ;„,M , 51 4 1. The Rev. James T. Fakenham, Norfolk of ndigesti"n and liver com p la ints. di l ar u r r , e No. 56,814. Mr. Samnel Laxton ,Leicester, of two years' Cure So. 180. Mr. W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of years' nervous ness, constipation, indigestion, and debility Cure Cure No. 4,028: ,1-ith cramps, Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, ing - ,thn Rec spasms, and nausea, Rev. John W. Flavel, Ki tory, Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' Ind . - ... 4 1-street, gestion, and general debility. James Porter, mil , " , !- Perth. Cure No. 58,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoro an near Liverpool, of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the' hgeacre, nervous irritability. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts,s or timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 ye ar , s , li b dise c lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Similar testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re ferred to. The Food is sold in canisters, 11b. 25. 94., 21b, 45. 6 d., 121 b. 1128 ., 241 b. 40s. ; super-refined quality, 51b. 225„ 101 b. 335. The 101 b., 121 b., and 241 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of !Nut -office order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent street Lsmclon ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly, Lonaon ; Abbis, 60, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 330 and 452, Strand ; 0 and c o , B ishopsgate-street ; Batty, 16, Finsbury-pnvenient ; Phillips and to.. tea dealers ; Petty, Wood, and Co., King Willi"n treekgity, andis7,kugn Ramp ) and all groom' N° 21,490. PUBLICATIONS. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE fully explained in J. GROSSMITIPS " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex - perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercised, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's "Government upon First Prin ciples." Kent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published. Bvo, in cloth, price 58. by post free, 58. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ; with the View to the Correction of wide-sprea. Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochron. iasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. fickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the non-medical reader. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other squally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrheea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the •brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street. OYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution -arnestly APPEAL to the public for PECUNIARY ASSIST ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on the limited funds of the Society. TTIOMA S RARZNt3, ClialrnLasn. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman. 14, John-street, Adelphi, Feb., 1861. Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co.; berries and Co. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—Her Majesty the QUEEN. President — His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. This Hospital relieves distress in its most helpless shape, that of disease azgravated by destitution. With more ade quate funds the Weekly Board could raske immediately avail able 500 beds for the relief of the large mass of suffering in this metropolis. Its present resources, supplied entirely by the Voluntary Contributions of the Public enable it to afford, in addition to its in-patients, effective Medical Assistance to an average exceeding 2,000 Out-patients weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward ➢ias terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisket and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; and at lobe Hospital, J. B. OWEN, M.A„ Chairman of the Weekly Board. lIMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF HORSES.-- After long experience, deep researches into chymistry, by the aid of costly machinery, I have discovered the means whereby oats, beans, and oilcake may be entrely dispensed with in the feeding of horses and cattle. I have now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian corn, linseed, &c., at £l6 per ton, which is equal in value to £24 worth of oats_ beans, or any other feeding material in the market. Two quarts of this compound meal, weighing 31bs., ,t the cost of Id.. mixed with a peck of chopped hay, is a feed tsr a draught horse, and superior in every respect to three quarterns of oats, costing 70. 14 barrels weigh net 1 ton 1 cwt., at 16s. per cwt., £l6 16s. net cash, free, delivered by my own waggons to any station in London. Nothing less than. 21 cwt. sold at the manufactory, and orders must be accom panied with cheque. crossed, made paygDle to the inventor, JOSE PH THO R LEY. Steam miiir Caledonian-road,' King's-cross, April 8, 1861. . . , Single barrels, weighing* 1 cwt., may be had for 305., at 77, Newgate-street, City, or of any of my accredited Agents in the country. THORLEY'S C ONDI ME NT AL FOOD --i- (mixed will crushed Oats, &c.) for My Horses.—Read Admiral Roue on the English Racehorse. 40s. per barrel, containing 448 feeds. THORLEY'S CONDIMENT for My Cows. -a- Increasing the quantity and enriching the quality of Milk. 40s. per barrel. THORLEY'S COMPOUND for MT Sheep. Sold in barrels, containing 443 feeds, with measure enclosed, and carriage paid to any railway station in the ingdom. THORLEY =for My pigs. 40s. per barrel. TFIORI EY'S GLEANER is Published every Monday in time for po4t, and contains forty Columns of valuable information, including Mark-lane Report, Agri- Pultural and Sporting Intelligence up to time of going; to press. Price One Penny. Order of any Newsvendor.-77, Nevvgate-street, City. IivHEATSTONE'S HARMONIUMS (English) in solid oak cases, manufactured by them expressly for Churches. Chapels, Schools, &c., have the full compass of keys, are of the best quality of tone, best workmanship and material, and do not require tuning. Guineas. New Patent, five octaves, from CC. double pedals 6 With one stop, oak case (reduced price) ... Piano Model, ,ne stop polished(unique wind indicator) 10 With two stops, one set and a half of vibrators, polished 12 With three stops, effective forte stops d0.... 12 With three stops, large size organ tones. d0.... 15 With five stops, two sets of' vibrat0r5........,. d 0.... 22 With eight stops. two sets of vibrators d0.... 24 With ten stops, three sets of vibrators d0.... 80 The best and most effective instrument made. Prize Medalist, 1351. An extensive assortmeWCOlFrench Harmoniums, by Alexandre, with alr the latest improvements, from 6 guineas ; also Messrs. W. and Co.'s new Plano-Har moniums. Wheatstone and Co., 20, Conduit-street, Regent-street, W. No. 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, BOND-STREET. ARTIFICIAL TEETH on a NEW and IM -LPROVED PRINCIPLE.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENTED INVENTION (protected by her Majesty's Royal Seal, July, '860), for adapting Artificial Teeth on Moveable Bases by Self-adhesion, are fixed without springs or any fastenings, without pain or extraction, restore perfect articulation and mastication, rendering detection impossible, and last a lit ,- time. "An admirable contrivance for remedying the defects of nature, without requiring new sets of teeth."—Sun, July 20. "Will doubtless be extensivdty patronised."—Court Cir cular, July 21. "Unrivalled for its utility and economy."— Morning . Post, July 20. Cossultations free.—Terms strictly moderate. 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street; Old Steyne, Brighton; Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. Just published, price 2s. 6d., by post 2s. 10d., SKIN DISEASES and their REMEDIES By ROBERT J. JORDAN, M.D., Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, dic., &O. Author of" Diseases of the Skin," price Is., by post 14 stamps, with Photographic Illustrations. By the same Author, with numerous illustrations, price is. 6d ; by post 4s. ; abridged edition, ]s.: by post, 14 stamps, sealed, 24, a new Medical Work, entitled LIVORTII LIVING FOR; treating on LIFE Man, Mind, and Matter, showing how nervous debility .nd premature decline is produced by disregard of nature's laws. Contents :—General ani acquired debility, from early inexperience, productive of diseases and disarrangement of 'he muscular system, resulEng in nervous and physical irritability, the cause of total or partial prostration. Hours of Consultation from 11 to 2, and 5 to 8 ; or by ap pointment. The above works to be had from the Author 29, George street, Hanover-square, London, W. For qualifications, see Medical Register. DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION, The Phosphorised Nervine Tonic. The Newly-Discovered and approved of CHEMICAL COMBINATION of PHOSPHATIC SALTS, Quinine. Iron, &c., innocent In its action and agreeable to the palate, for the immediate and permanent cure of Spermatorrheea, Gleet. Stricture, and Renal Pains, Diseases of the Kidneys and Dittaaer, Retention and Non-retention, and consequent de posits, Generative Incapacity Tor we , a,vh,, Total Prostration, Premature Decline of Manly Power, with many otheulistressing symptoms, caused in early life and maturity by incontinence. and youthful disrezard to future happiness. London Agents :—Newberry, 45, St. Paul's Church-yard ; J. Sanger, 0, Oxford-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Butler. 4, Chespside ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, Lon don-bridge ; How den, 78, Gracechurch-street ; Prout, 229, Strand, and of all Chemists throughout the world. Priccs 10s. 6d. per bo•tle, or five 10s. 6d. bottles in one, £2 2s. ; and in cases containing three £2 2s. bottles £5. ' DR. BRIGHT'S MANUAL, with Descriptio of Cases, illustrated with Drawings from Life, &c., Arc. Licentiate of the College of Physicians, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, &c., &C., sliewing, why the above diseases so often appear incurable, when in reality they can be effectually re moved by the most simple means. Sold by J. Allen, 20, War wick-lane. Price is. ; by 130E4,14 stamps ; sealed, 18.10 d. 4, GREAT MARLBORWYGH-STREET w and Ape f " ;11 1 : EA Ro ll yal DlloCgeUoLf V Sn E rg itT co WEH n E s, L PLAN l L eejt M i H at eE e m° 27 .e lk r ildwif dealr, hecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted ae bove, on all eases of Nervous Debility, Languor, in(only) oss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Verancgae3maceitli both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive ind n ul! cubes Has Just published, price 18. ; by post, is stamps; 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new OU anRSELVEd orioinal Work, entitled S. ,ynopsis The Physiology and Anatomy of onr Generation rue Origin of Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. so, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange cuts and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia Gonorrhcea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions. &C.! FEMALE. Physiolo,47 and Anatomy of Women- Functional kr , gularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage — heir Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and emoval of Sterility—The Theory and Symptoms of Gests on—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and indi g estiou. No. , 2. LOVE AND MARRIAGE : their Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments ; Love , nd other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off- Ming secured. No. S. THE CASE BOOK 100 Cases of SPERMATORRIBEA, tAeir Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confessions and by Cauterisations, Galvanism, &c. &c. &o. To be had of Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and tliAuthors. - Advice to the Woricini Classes fee Halt-a-Guinea. (SPECIAL NOTICE.) br. culverwell is the only legally qualified m edi cal practi "er AboPe).ifvingof that 314n1e, and can be consulted (only as THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1861. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Hamburg-American Company's screw steamer Bavaria, Captain E. Meier, arrived at Cowes at 5 a.m. from New York, with mails for England, France, and Germany. She brought 6 passengers for this port, 81 for Havre, and 277 for Hamburg. During the passage she experienced wet weather and dense fog, with light southerly winds and smooth water. She was hove to for nine hours on the morning of the 7th, to repair the feed-pipe of the engine. On the 12th the Bavaria spoke the British barque Devon, in lat. 48 32 N., long. 31 8 W. ; and on the 15th the American ship Ann E. Thompson, in lat. 49 36 N., long. 10 30 W. The President issued the following proclamation on the 3d inst., calling for 42,000 volunteers, 23,000 regulars, and 18,000 seamen : " Washington, May 3, 1861. " By the President of the United States : " Whereas existing exigencies demand immediate and aoequate measures for the protection of the national Constitution and the preservation of the national Union, by the suppression of the insurrec tionary combinations now existing in several States for opposing the laws of the Union and obstructing the execution thereof, to which end a military force, in addition to that called forth by my proclamation of 15th April in the present year, appears to be indispensably necessary ; now there fore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy thereof and of the militia of the several States when called into actual service, do hereby call into the service of the United States 42,034 volunteers, to serve for a period of three years unless sooner discharged, and to be mustered into service as in fantry and cavalry. The proportions of each arm and the details of enrolment and organisation will be made known through the Department of War ; and I also direct thattheregulararmy of the United States be increased by the addition of eight regi ments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of artillery, making altogether a maxi mum aggregate increase of 22,714 officers and en listed men, the details of which increase will also be made known through the Department of War. And I further direct the enlistment, for not less than one nor more than three years, of 18,000 seamen, in ad. tion to the present force, for the naval service of the United States. The details of the enlistment and organisation will be made known through the Department of the Navy. The call for volunteers hereby made, and the direction for the increase of the regular army and for the enlistment of seamen hereby given, together with the plan of organisa tion adopted for the volunteers and for the regular forces hereby authorised, will be submitted to Con gress as soon as assembled. In the meantime, (ear nestly invoke the co-operation of all good citizens in the measures hereby adopted for the effectual suppression of unlawful violence, for the impartial enforcement of constitutional laws, and for the speediest possible restoration of peace and order, and with those of happiness and prosperity through out the country. " In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. " Done at the city of Washington this 3d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1861, and of the in dependence of the United States the 85th. " ABRAHAM LINCOLN. " By the President, " Wm. H. SEwARD, Secretary of State." The New ork, Herald of the 4th gives the fol lowing sketch of the position of affairs relative to the war : " Intelligence from Washington last night was to the effect that the war would be vigorously opened in a few days by demonstrations upon Alexandria and Norfolk. A movement upon Havre de Grace was also ordered to take place yesterday from Perryville. Three or four companies of Col. Dare's command will cross the Susquehanna with a battery of artillery and occupy Havre de Grace. Troops will then be sent forward 20 miles to Bush river. The last movement may not be made till Sunday. On Monday a strong force of carpenters and builders will be sent forward to Bush river with timber and tools, and the bridge there will be re built. The bridges over the Big and Little Gun powder rivers will be rebuilt as soon as a sufficient military force is sent forward to protect the work men. The three bridges will be completed by Thursday next, and this road to Baltimore will then be open. Troops will be sent forward from Phila delphia to reinforce those at Perryville. " The position of the New York troops in and about Washington yesterday was as follows :—The 7th were in tents at Meridian-hill, George-town; Col. Corcoran, with a detachment of the 60th,arrived in Washington at 2 o'clock in the morning, and were quartered in the rear of Kirkwood-house; the Bth m w te e e: r dli e t) s w til e l re at oc A c n u n p apo ying lis t , and the l s A th ea ( d G e e m r y m . an regi aMy a , j Washington:o r andAnpd r e Ao r e s t e o be n do et p hd a ssteod placestAh Anna pol is w g p throu gh r e e r e e r ne y irvvoieludl route ewy for marked respect, and passed through the lines of troops with head uncovered. " Affairs remain quiet at. Baltimore. Fort Madi son, an earthwork fortification commanding the city and harbour, is in possession of Government troops. The steamer Maryland landed a force of the Massachusetts troops from Annapolis and large quantities of stores at Fort M'Henry yesterday, and afterwards steamed up to the city with the Stars and Stripes flying. " The intelligence from Richmond is important. Considerable alarm is said to exist there in conse quence of the activity of the United States Go vernment, and the expected unity of the North in supporting the Constitution and the flag dis honoured at Fort Sumter. It was believed in Richmond that Mr. Davis has just notified the Governors of the border States now acting in hos tility to the Government to assemble at Mont gomery, there to confer with the rebel Government upon the momentous issues before them. The Conservatiue portion of the people in Richmond are in favour of an armistice, in order that some peaceful settlement of the difficulty may be arrived at, and several leading men from Vir g i nia , Mary. land, Kentucky, and Tennessee, it is said, are actively exerting themselves to bring it about. The Virginia Legislature adjourned on the Ist instant until the 12th of June, by which time it o w n a s the expected a n t h e a e t o t f h e se r c e e t s u s r i n on s w of o t u h ld e popular e v v vote . The Government, meantime, is authorised to call the Legislature together at any time during the recess. "It was stated upon reliable authority in Washington yesterday that there are only 1,500 vir s ic..ns at. Harper's Ferry. and that they are not half armed, and very short of provisions. " A deputation of Kentucky gentlemen waited on the President yesterday, offering two volunteer regiments to the Government from the western part of that state, in despite of Governor Magoffin's refusal to furnish any troops. Some gentlemen from Baltimore are also in Washington for the purpose of tendering the service of one regiment from that city to de United States Government. " General Harney has prepared an address to the people of Missouri urging them to remain in the Union, and pointing out to them that to join the secession movement would be to bring destruc tion upon their State. "It has been decided by the War Department that no more troops, except volunteer regiments, are to be concentrated at Washington for the pre sent." The Herald of the 3d says : " The Navy Department at Washington has made arrangements to have 15 ships of war to sea at once for the purpose of effecting a complete blockade of all the Southern ports, and 40 more vessels will be i n rea di nes s f o r the same service within the next four weeks, so that in 60 days from this time every inlet on the Southern coast, from the mouth of James liver to the Rio Grande, will be effectually closed. The Administration do not anticipate any complication with foreign Govern ments arising out of this blockade, inasmuch as the ports closed are not foreign ports, and, moreover, as it is in tended to render the blockade effectual, which, according to the decision of the Convention at Paris in 1856, is to be recognised as an actual blockade. g , It appears that a vigorous blockade is already enforced by the Government transports in Norfolk Bay, no steamers from B a lti more b e i ng perm itt e d to pass beyond Old Point Comfort, where they are co mpelled to land mails and passengers. The blockade of the Mississippi river at Cairo is also well preserved, although one boat was, through some permitted to p ass down and land some 40( with 175,000 dollars' mCoislth'saprevolvers at Paducah, Kentucky. The steam boatmunitions of war, consisting of worth of arms and however, powder, cartridges C. E. Hillnaan, , anti lead, v21.014.5040t. Louis, and destined for Nashville, Tennessee, was seized by the Government troops at Cairo on the 26th ult. " The position of Maryland, in its adherence to the Union, is being daily strengthened by increased manifestations of public opinion, as evidenced by the meeting of merchants held at the Baltimore Corn-exchange yesterday, where resolutions in favour of the immediate reconstruction of the bridges recently destroyed were adopted, and a petition to the Legislature to this effect was numerously signed. Delaware has taken a still more decided stand on the Government side, Governor Burton having or dered the regiment of volunteers raised in response to the proclamation of the President to proceed to Washington for the defence of the capital as soon as they are equipped and ready to march. " A conferenee between the authorities of Ken tucky and Illinois resulted in the former s tate guaranteeing that it will maintain a neutral position, and will permit no troops to pass over its soil to make aggressions upon the North ; but at the same time it demands guarantees that no troops from Illinois shall attempt to pass through Kentucky, and enters a protest against the blockade of the river. It has been agreed upon that nothing but munitions of war shall be intercepted at Cairo. "The defence of Washington is amply provided for; a force of 24,300 men is now located in the capital and its vicinity, all within three hours' march of the city. But a still further reinforce ment is contemplated, and it is decided that within a few days there shall be an army of 40,000 men in and around Washington, to secure the control of the Potomac and the Chesapeake. At the same time a force of from 20,000 to 15,000 men will be concen trated at Cairo and the same number at St. Louis, to protect the Mississippi river and repel any attacks which may be made upon exposed points in Southern Illinois, and suppress secession movements in Missimri nnl Arkau.ss. A force of 20,000 troops is to be shipped in transports, under the convoy of men-of-war, at the earliest possible moment, to harass the rebel forces in the Gulf States, and ex. haust their energies by compelling them to move from point to point, and thus prevent their advance to the North. The war is thus evidently to be ' carried into Africa.' It is designed also to further reinforce Fort Pickens from this fleet." A letter from San Francisco, dated the sth ult., states that several officers of the United States army serving in California had resigned their commis sions. Great efforts were being made to break the Broderick will, and petitions have been put in, praying that it might be revoked. Munitions of war, including 5,000,000 percussion caps, were seized on the 3d by the United States Marshal—all directed to Savannah and Missouri. Several shipwrecks are reported in the following despatches : _ _ " Montreal, May 3. " There is nothing further concerning the wreck of the steamship United States. T wo s t eamers have left to render assistance. The last accounts state that she was on Bird Rocks, surging over, her flag of distress at half mast, her high sails loose, no person to be seen on board, mad the ship appa- rently going to pieces. " The brig Minnie Dawson is a total wreck, and one man is lost. " The ship Spartan is ashore on Sandy Beach. Crew saved. " The ship Marion is ashore, is hogged and thumping badly on the rocks. Her crew have left her. " The ship Powerful is among the rocks at Cook Point. She is at anchor, and her pumps have to be kept going. " The ship Salacca is hard on the rocks, twelve miles below Father Point, and thumping badly. " The roads in all directions are blocked up with snow, which has drifted badly. " The bodies of three men have been recovered. " The passengers by the'steamship United States have arrived at Quebec. Only one steerage pas senger is missing. " - Another ship is ashore at Sandy Bay, 30 miles below Father Point." PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES. THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. The select committee upon the diplomatic service resumed their inquiry on Thursday, Mr. Monckton Milnes in the chair. The other members of the committee present were—Mr. Layard, Mr. Fey mour Fitzgerald, Sir Min to Farquhar, Sir J. Acton, Mr. Grant Duff, Mr. Baillie Cochrane, and Mr. Headlam. The Earl of Malmesbury was called, and examined by the chairman. He stated that he had filled the office of Secretary of State for Foreign affairs for two years. In selecting persons for the diplomatic service he used in the first instance to ascertain from personal knowledge the character of the young men recommended, and having satis • fled himself that they were fit to enter the service, he kept a list of names, and as vacancies occurred he filled them up from that list. They were not selected with reference to their social position, but, practically, they all belonged to that class com monly called gentlemen, and were men of education so far as having been to some public school, or thoroughly educated at home. As they were not paid on entering the service he considered it neces sary that they should have some private fortune of their own. But if the labourer was worthy of his hire, he thought that either immediately, or as soon as he was fit for the profession, he ought to be re munerated for his services in the same way,as a c l e rk in the Foreign Office. He did not know upon what principle a man could be called upon to serve the Crown gratis. Re was favourable to the system of competitive examination, but there were instances in which it bust be departed from. It was absolutely essential that the French language should be thoroughly understood by every man entering the service, as that was the language of diplomacy, no other being. used. Great complaints had been made of the inadequacy of the salaries paid, which arose in some extent from the increased price of provisions in all quarters of the globe. He thought that a Minister or an attaché ought not to be called on to expendany portion of his private fortune in conducting the business of his office, but at the same time he ought to be careful not to allow the dignity of the Crown to suffer from any inadequacy of means to nitintain it. With regard to leave of absence, he strongly objected to the s s gpem y uxeep s irncn t ipeeo e i;os m datstielicinrran o soul f making deductions from the salaries while leave of absence was being enjoyed, always the aeh t bb h erhs a oece t ana dsct a eehwooo i f ufft a ghtpi the t eteh b rt cpw m hui ohann iwnoa changes etv r eis e i ers oeas fb fi ek irG x nev e ooa d twvnoe tnrf. change pro fess strong party views. The Chairman —But 'mild it be advisable 'to employ a Minister in carrying out a set of opi nions diametrically opposed to those which he had previously advocated ? The Earl of Malmesbur —lf the change of Go vernment led to the adopton of a completely diffe rent policy, I think it world be a mistake not to recal the Minister ; but would only do so in such a case. In such cas)s as China, Japan, and Siam, I think young mm should be sent out with the view of becoming thoroughly acquainted with the languages of tose countries, and of making the diplomatic service there a regular profession. They shouk also be well paid, or when they became ieally proficient they would be readily snapped ul by the mercantile firms established there. With retard to the small Ger man missions, I think it of treat advantage to the public service that they shotld be maintained. At present we have fewer minions of that sort than either France or Russia. By Mr. Layard—l think that an attache enter ing the service should have at least a salary of £2OO a year. He might undergo a probationary period of a year as an unpaid attach. I do not think that an attache ought to remain fcr four or five years at the same post, but he should remain long enough to learn the language aid the social and political condition of the country to which he is sent. An attache ought to be sent to the smaller courts in the first instance, and transferred to the larger courts by way of promotion. I think there ought to be a confidential clerk at each missbn, who should be there permanently as a sort of keeper of the archives, to whom each new minister conic refer for informa tion. He ought, of course, to hare access to all the public correspondence of the embassy. By Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald—.l do not think that a first-class university man, or a man who has taken a degree, ought to be required to undergo an ex amination in Latin, in the rudiments of geography, and in other matters of which be must have pos sessed an adequate knowledge, or he never would have obtained a degree. I The committee then adjourned. )0 Lord C. Paget, Sir F. Baring, Sir J. Pakington, Sir J. Elphinstone, Mr. Corry, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Beamish, Mr. Stansfeld, Mr. Clay, and Mr. Finlay. Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane was called and examined. In reply to questions by Admiral Dun combe, he said—l think it most extraordinary that the business of the Board of Admiralty should have been conducted in the manner in which it has been for so many years. Nothing can be worse than the present system. I consider the board as now con stituted, from its liability to constant change, not competent to manage our naval affairs. I never could understand why the Admiralty should be a political board at all. If it be necessary to have a Minister of Marine of a political character, let that be so. Whatever the construction of the board may be, the naval lords should be permanent, not changing with the administration of the day. I think the naval board should exercise the patronage exclusively. The 1• irst Lord might be allowed a veto. Under the present system the commander in-chief on the home station is a mere secretary. I have no doubt that many contradictory orders are issued to the outports. The great and crying evil is the eternal changes which aro taking place at the board. I have known five changes in eight years. Since I have been in the navy there have been twenty-two changes. . _ By Mr. lleamish—lF the First Lord had only the power of exercising a veto, the board would be responsible to the Government of the day. The First Lord may, in common parlance, be considered responsible to the House of Commons, but he is in reality responsible to his Sovereign. Should the board be made permanent, of course the Govern ment would retain the power of removal. I think the patronage would be best administered by a naval board, because naval authorities are the best judges of naval services. I have no doubt the First Lord always comes in with a determination to ad minister the patronage fairly, 1,114. t it is not in his power to do so. By Mr. Phillips —The Admiralty interfere very much with the admirals in command. They have got too much into habits of centralisation. I have known specific ships ordered here and there with out allowing the admiral in command to exercise his discretion: By Mr. Finlay—l should prefer seeing the Board of Admiralty altogether disconnected with the Go vernment, and in that case I should have n:) objec tion to see a civilian at the head of the Admiralty. I am rather inclined to prefer a. civilian. The navy is the only profession in which a man does not know how he is to get on, or when he is to get on. The principle of selection is carried further in the navy than in the army. If honestly carried out, it would be the best system,*the merits of the parties being known to the board. Simple seniority in the navy would not do. By Lord C. Paget—l believe that the system of distribution of patronage which I recommend would give great satisfaction to the navy. To show the 'effect of the system of change in old times, I may state that my father hal commend of a fleet of 120 vessels, in the West Indies, and that he received a letter from the Admiralty directing certain promo tions, which took place accordingly. Some time afterwards a fresh First Lord came in, and then a different list was sent out. By Sir J. Elphinstone—l think naval officers, possessing a permanent character, should be placed at the heads of the departments, particularly so far as regards the manning, discipline, control of the navy, and ship building. I think the service has lost in efficiency since the system of centralisation and interference has been carried to such a great extent. Sir J. Graham—You have referred to old times. May I ask what age you were when you were made commander P—Sixteen or seventeen. How long were you in command before you were made post captain ?—Five or six months. _ At what age were you in command of a frigate ? —At eighteen. Were these appointments made by your father or by the Admiralty P—The appointments of lieu tenant and commander were made by my father. Mr. Clay—Have you noticed that when the Whigs were in office they promoted more Whigs than Tories, and that when the Tories were in office they promoted more Tories than Whigs P—l certainly think so, and have not noticed any difference be tween the two in that respect. (A laugh.) Have such promotions been more frequent of late than they were formerly P—l think less so than formerly. At any rate they are not so glaring. (Laughter.) By the Chairman—When I was in command I think the Admiralty gave themselves a great deal of unnecessary trouble respecting small matters of detail, which might always be left to the discretiett of the commander-'.n chief. Admiral Sir George Seymour was the next wit ness examined. Admiral Duncombe—Has it ever struck you that there is any fault in the administration of our naval affairs, and that you could suggest an improve ment P—l do not see my way to a better system, on the whole, than that of a Board of Admiralty, pre sided over by a man competent to the task ; but I do consider that the Admiralty should be more of an administrative and less of an executive board in practice than it now is. I think it works too much in detail. _ _ You think it necessary to maintain a Board of Admiralty with a minister at its head P—l am not prepared to say that if there was a heaven-born admiral in the service competent to undertake both the political and professional task, that he might not be better than a Board of Admiralty. But, taking the world as it goes, I think we must be satisfied with the constitution of the board. Supposing such a desirable individual cannot be found, do you think the First Lord should be a civilian or a naval officer ?—I do not think that of much importance, provided the council be a real council. Otherwise there would be great objection to a civilian. He should have a professional board to guide him in all professional matters. Would you make the board permanent P—l think it desirable to prevent them going out with the Go vernment, and think they might be appointed for five years, but it would be difficult to lay down any fixed rule. I think they ought not to be subject to political change. I would leavethe patronage in the hands of the First Lord; but I think it would be advantageous for him to submit the names of the board in order that they might have the opportunity of pointing out anything objectionable in the appointments. The commiztee then adjourned. BOARD OF ADMIRALTY. The committee met again yesterday ;Mr. Henley in the chair. The other members present were Sir I. Graham, Sir M. Seymour, Admiral Dunoombei COLONIAL MILITARY EXPENDITURE. This committee resumed its inquiry on Thursday. The members present were—Mr. A. Mills (chair man), Mr. Ellice (Coventry), Sir G. Grey, Mr. Marsh, Lord Stanle) , Mr. Roebuck, Mr. S. Fitz gerald, Mr. Adderley, Mr. C. Fortescue, Lord R. Cecil, Mr. 'l'. G. Baring, and Mr. Baxter. The Duke of Newcastle was called, and his evi dence occupied the whole of the sitting. In reply to questions by the chairman his grace said—l think as a general rule a local colonial force is not so de sirable or emelent as one periodically relieved trom the home country—they become too much identified with the population, and lose their military cha racter and discipline. The Canadian Rifles are of a very different character; generally speaking they are the elite of the colonial corps, and there is hardly a man of them who has not three, four, or five medals for service in different parts of the world. When I was in Canada last year I asked several men in authority, of course non-officially, as to those rifles, and they all said they would like to see another regiment of them formed. By Mr. Marsh—With reference to volunteers, they would be a very bad force to put down riots ; it would be a very one-sided affair. Ido not look upon the connection between Canada and England as a question of dependence ; I regard it as a ques tion of the retention of our colonial empire, a mat , ter of great consideration which I cannot enter into before this committee. I believe the retention of our colonial empire is a matter of great importance to us. Chairman.—My course during this inquiry has been to avoid any discussion about retaining our colonies, and only to consider how we can best de fend them. The Duke, in reply to Mr. Adderley, said— The Canadian Rifles are so fine a body of men that I should like to see another regiment of them, but the colonists consider that they ought not to be saddled vk ith the cost. I speak of Canada in this respect as an exception. I do not wish to see a great extension of that kind of force, as I do not think it desirable either for the colonies or for this country. I think the garrisons in Quebec and Halifax could, in case of an attack from without, defend themselves for a considerable time till they got relieved, aided as they would be by a very con siderable volunteer force. I think it would be as hard upon Nova Scotia to ask her to meet the ex pense of keeping up the garrison of Halifax as it would be to inflict upon Hampshire the expense of keeping up Portsmouth. I look upon Halifax as an imprial post quite as much as Gibraltar. With regard to an opinion expressed by Sir A. Banner man, that if the fishery question between England and France were settled it would not be peCesnrY PRICE 4D . STAMPED, SD. b to retain a single British ship o f war on the Ame rican station, negotiations on o s n id t e h r a a t ble sub t j i e m c e t , have eG b v e oe e v n r eyr going gn wt o s n a sf o b e ro e n t a w e l e uv e de n er dyt aout this tim e l as t year,he English and French but the treaty hangs now at Paris, and I hope it will soon be ratified. The examination of his grace had not concluded when the committee rose at four o'clock. THE NAV Y The division of the Channel fleet which anchored in St. Helen's roads, from Portland, on Thursday evening, weighed anchor yesterday morning, the Donegal and Hcro proceeding under canvass to Spithead, where they achored, joining Rear - Admiral Erskine's division lying at that anchor age. The three remaining ships—the Conqueror, Aboukir, and Centurion, stood out to sea, also under canvass, bound for Plymouth Sound. By letters received at Woolwich from her Ma jesty's iron paddlewheel steamvessel Weser, Com mander Johnson, at Vigo, it appears that the Weser having fallen short of fuel under a dead calm in crossing the Bay of Biscay, it had become necessary to adopt the expedient of burning up her supple mentary floats, mess stools, tubs, and all the spare timber on board, by which means she was enabled to gain the port in safety. The letters add that she will merely coal at Vigo, and then proceed to Lis bon and Malta. The Khersonese, which arrived at Spithead on Thursday evening from China, sailed from Hong kong on the 7th of February, Singapore the 17th, and Anjeer the 21st, Cape of Good Hope, April 3, and gt. Vincent's, April 28.. /ler passenger-list com prises Lieut. W. F. Johnson, R.N., A.D.C. to Major- General Sir James Hope Grant, G.C.B. The officers of the Acorn, a vessel condemned in China, were yesterday transferred from the vessel to her Majesty's ship Victoria. She has on board nearly 1,000 tons of artillery stores, with which she is ordered to proceed round to Woolwich, at hich port the detachments of the 99th and 44th Regiments will disembark from her. She sailed from Spithead at 4 p.m. The Herald sailing frigate, Capt. Henry Mangles Denham, F.R.S., the arrival of which at Spithead was briefly announced in The Sun yesterday, has returned to England after nine years' surveying service in the South-Western Pacific. She sailed from England under Capt. Denham's command in 1852 for the purpose of exploring and surveying the ocean between our Australian colonies and South America. The principal estuaries of Western Aus tralia, New South Wales, Queensland, and Tasma nia having been surveyed, as also the prominent islands of the New Hebrides and Fegean groups, the Herald proceeded to Java to carry out investi gations with reference to electric cable communi cation between Australia and Singapore via Baly Strait. The results of this expedition are important, because by the use of the deep sea lead soundings have been made on an extensive scale. The posi tions of Trestan D'Acunha and St. Paul Islands have: been settled, and various clear passages for steamers have been marked out, free of cur rent, between Sidney and Torres Straits. The passage from the Australian ports to Singapor• or Point de Galle has been shortened, and the charts have been cleared of many supposed islands and reefs, while the position of others have been determined. One part of the duty of the Herald was to ascertain the fate of Mr. B. Boyd, who was entrapped from his yacht Wanderer at the Solomon Islands in 1851, and to punish his mur derers. A record of the Herald's proceedings during her ten years' commission has been for warded to the Lords Commissioners of the Admi ralty. Her natural history collections have been forwarded to England periodically and deposited in the national museums. What she has now on board is merely her last gleanings. Captain Denham has recently received the Good Service Pension from the First Lord of the Admiralty in acknowledgment of his very eminent services dur ing a long professional career. He has also re ceived the thanks of the Legislature of Queens land, through the Admiralty, for the services he has rendered to that colony by his surveying duties while commanding the Herald. The vessel fs ordered to proceed round from Spithead to Chatham to pay off. The War Department transport Henryrarrived at the Ordnance-wharf, Chatham, yesterday, with two of the 100-pounder Armstrong guns, with car riages and apparatus complete, from the factory at Woolwich, being the first deliveries of the 100- pounder Armstrongs received at Chatham. As soon as the guns were landed they were placed under cover, the utmost care being taken by the officials to prevent any persons not connected with the Go vernment from inspecting them. The 100-pounder guns are intended to be placed on board the screw corvette Challenger, 22, 400-horse power, Capt. J. J. Kennedy, C. 8., the two 95 cwt. 68-pounders six inch guns having been removed from that vessel, and landed at Chatham. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—James Legate, acting third class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, for the Monkey; Joseph Bamford, acting third class assist.-engineer, to the Asia, for the Euryalus ; Edward B. D'Arcy, acting second master, to the Victory, as supernu merary; Dr. P. Mansfield, assist.-surg., to the Wel lesley ; Edward F. Miles, assist.-surg., to the Donegal ; Edwin Jago, paymaster, to the Cumber land, in lieu of a clerk ; Alexander G: Young, assist.- paymaster, to the Imaum ; Edward Tisdall, assist.- paymaster, to the Nile for disposal ; W. K. Horne, assist.-paymaster in charge, to the Steady ; Henry M. Bernard, assist.-paymaster, to the Cygnet ; liralter B. Spence, J. E. Cooke, and Conrad L. W. La Grange, assist.-clerks, to the Nile, for disposal. Ti -E ARMY. Yesterday Major-General Eyre, commanding the troops of the Chatham district, made his yearly in spection of the corps of Royal and Indian Engineers, at head-quarters, Brompton. The entire force now at the Itoyal Engineers eolublishuieut N.“. itn wetl on the parade-ground at Brompton Barracks shortly after 9 o'clock, in eight divisions, including the 22d, 30th, 31st, 35th, 36th, 37th, and 38th com panies of Royal Engineers, and the detachment of Royal Indian Engineers, the whole under the com mand of Co!. T. B. Collinson. Previously to leav ing the Royal Engineer establishment, Major-Gen. Eyre expresed through the officer commanding his satisfaction at the result of his inspection. The following circular, dated the 15th inst., was issued from the Horse Guards yesterday by com mand of the Duke of Cambridge : " It appearing that the Commander-in-Chief in India has recently approved of a white tunic for the troops in India, 1 am directed to acquaint you that no further provision of Khakee suits for draughts is to be made, and that the ordinary sea kit canvass frock should be issued instead. In cases, however, where any Khakee suits remain in store, or have been ordered of the tradesmen, they must be sup plied to the men as part of their sea kit, and Sir Hugh Rose has been informed that the men on land ing in India are to be allowed to wear them o ut. - 1 t will also be desirable that they should be :ss"orn on board ship, instead of being retained fo r issue o n landing." byMessrs. Jeake s . 2 gar A di P n a g r l t i h a e m a e p n p t a a r r y a t r u e s t u fo r r n t w h e a s d issued yesterdayr..m recently t r l e v - L 56 e ; the numb er is 192, or 480 erected at Chatham Barracks es The cost, including erection , was w on of shirts that can be dri e d at in eight hours, and thereisnobeg partaidnditiona of theleonsuemstpa: tion of coals, th e dryin g room and raised to a high tempe ra t ure b y the s waste h e at from the wash-h ouse and laundry. The bli returnesta blishment, was issued on the motion of Col. North. Messrs. Westley Richards and Co., of Birming. h a m, have just completed an order from the Govern ment for some of their breech-loading rifled mus kets, with Whitworth barrels. They are to be played In the hands of a certain number of line EVy S iraents in ordeYthat a more extended tr given them, the Ordnance Select Co pu0.0,N 4: 1:„,,,. having satisfied themselves of the value of 116,1-771.--- , , , vention as a military weapon. These rifled m - have an accurate range of 1,200 or 1,300 yard c - % They are the same length as the Enfield rifle, and of equal precision with the Whitworth ; indeed, on 1 . referring to the report of the National Rifle Asso ciation recently published, it appears that the three prizes, the Prince Consort's, the Duke of Cam bridge's, and the Duke of Wellington's, each at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards, and open to all corners of all nations, were each won with Westley Richards' breach-loaders, the guns used having been made for the Government. This is sufficient to show the accuracy of the guns at long ranges, and their adaptation for military purposes. This firm has also large contracts on hand for breech loading cavalry carbines, rifled on the same prin ciple as the muskets. They are a light..an i d handy weapon, being only 61b. in weight, and having an accurate range of 1,000 yards. Some of these arms were sent to China for trial during the late war. The report sent home relative to them by Sir Hope Grant is most satisfactory in every respect. The ammunition is represented as being the strongest and best adapted for military purposes of any that has been served to the troops ; it is further added that a missfire is almost unknown. These breech loading weapons, from the rapid manner in which they can be loaded, have double and treble the effi ciency of weapons on the ordinary principle. They would be invaluable as an arm for the volunteers in the colonies. General Sir Richard Dacres, Commandant at Woolwich, and the Hon. I. R. Drummond, Commodore-Superintendent of the dockyard, ac companied *by other officers, yesterday weld down from Woolwich to Parfleet for the purpose of inspecting the detachment of Royal Artillery at that station, and also to carry out the annual sur vey of the powder stores and other Government establishments there. They proceeded to Graves end, and inspected the floating defences moored on either side of the •river. Returning to Woolwich, a modification of Mr. Clark's smoke-preventive apparatus adapted to war vessels became the subject of their inspection. It was found to act very well. The system is now oidered to be employed for two other vessels in the Royal navy now at Woolwich —namely, the Bustler and the Monkey. In answer to the appeal forwarded by General Sir Richard Dacres, Commandant at Woolwich, through her Majesty's Privy Purse, on behalf of the orphan children of the late unfortunate gunner of the Royal Artillery, Hugh Davis, an official reply has been received by the widow, informing her that no claims for further allowance can be entertained by the State. The widow and children (the youngest only a few months old) are, therefore, destitute, and but for the indulgence of General Dacres, who has compassionately allowed them a few days' grace, they would have been, some days ago, removed from the hut in which they are still living by sufferance. Lieut. John E. Toiler, Lieut. James Gore Booth, and Lieut. H. G. Pilleau have been transferred from the Royal Artillery to the Royal Engineers. Lieut. C. W. Townsend, of the 11th Brigade, is raised to increased pay therein, vice Campbell. The following officers of the Royal Artillery are placed as Colonels on the Staff of the army serving in Great Britain and Ireland so long as they shall be employed—Colonel Burke Cuppage, south-eastern ; Col. Franklin Dunlop, C. 8., south-western ; Col. A. A. Shuttleworth, western ; Col. I. W. Ormsby, Ireland ; and Col. J. W. Fitz mayer, C. 8., Aldershott. Col. Charles James Dalton is placed as a Colonel upon the Staff of the army serving at Gibraltar, while commanding the Royal Artillery at that fortress. The following transfers have been ordered :—Lieut. H. G. Hill, from No. 5 battery, 2d brigade, to No. 1 battery, 12th brigade, at Plymouth ; Lieut. W. M. Tollner, from the depot brigade to No. 1 battery, 12th bri gade, to do duty at the Cape of Good Hope. The following Lieutenants, who obtained their commis sions on the Ist ult., are to be posted as annexed : Lieut. H. L. Smith to 15th brigade, sth battery, Duncannon Fort; Lieut. John Keith, 13th brigade, Bth battery, Secunderabad; Lieut. Alex. Grubb, 15th brigade, Ist battery, Pembroke Dock ; Lieut. •E. D. Shafto, 2d brigade, 4th battery, Dover ; Lieut. James Wall, 7th brigade, 3d battery, Quebec ; Lieut. Samuel Pym, 2d brigade, sth battery, Dover; and Lieut. F. T. Bircham, 6th brigade, 7th battery, Corfu. The following exchanges have been. ap proved :—between Lieut. Strange, of No. 1 bat tery, and Lieut. Tremlett, of No. 2 battery, 13th brigade. The former has joined his battery at Se cunderabad, and the latter will return to this coun try with No. 1 battery. Lieut. Wells is transferred from No. 1 to No. 3 battery, 7th brigade, and will remain in Jamaica on the relief of the former by the latter from Canada. Orders have been issued to strengthen the fortifi cations of Portsmouth at the salient points of their sea face, and the approaches to Spithead, with 40 of the 100-pounder Armstrong guns. The sites se lected to receive them on the town lines com prise the pivot platforms of the three traversing 68-pounders guns of the St. James's-gate, the Sema phore 8-inch shell battery, and the King's Bastion. The auxiliary batteries of Southsea Castle and the new fort at Lumps will each be supplied with two of these weapons. Blockhouse Fort, Moncton Fort and auxiliary earthworks, and the Browndown batteries will receive their proportion. The re mainder will be distributed between Hurst Castle and the forts of Cliff-end and Victoria, near the Needles. The York sailing transport, Captain Redpath, sailed ut 11 a.m. yesterday from Spithead for Dub lin, with the detachment of the 87th (Royal Irish) FusileerA on board she brought home from China. DR. MARK, (From the Lancaster Gazette.) with I at publici : a t he in stitution We hasten to express our extreme regret that an erroneous statement should have originated in our columns of last week, respecting the liabilities of the above gentleman. They are not £40,000, as stated, but only about £2,000. We deeply deplore this mistake, the more so—since the report has already reached a wide circulation, and may have a prejudicial effect upon Dr. Mark. We could have no vindictive feelings in publishing so gross a mis take, had we not received information from a party pretending to know Dr. Mark's affairs. We have on the contrary and at all times expseur full “ 1 , p. eei taloa ~c (lit —iLwen L set view Sr..o Ni...J is ren dering to this country, not only by fostering a love and taste for music amongst the rising generation by his effective system of musical education, but . also for the spirit and energy he has displayed . in establishing single handed a National Institution in the midst of us, from which he intended to fosterom. branches in every locality in the . kl L his For the last three years he has maintained establishment at an . annu gut the l3ed expendi ture of £lO,OOO, having nothinf re ceipts of his concerts and thF.iusga -6 of his works to depend upon,. arnnedseheriuetsrnaovbdeliel exertions and we t l h eo a t t ur h e a s s to oc il e l a u s s i t o r n a e t d e num ber of boys giving co . ncerts r his plan practically in i . in sufficiency of 7 11 • should be crippled this temporary stop.r district. It r effi s efficient and annual h ... usic, likewise. an d when it will be more generally know has laboured for the last 15 year n s, t a h n a d t considerthe n rg i i e t aass a nodit great .ftesorwi tt.o p ohrt i ea y h wlyt Collegeahfonra u t e t ya n e s n o s d d o f e for means j al r d . ; Mark devoted. his honest earnings during that time, am ounting to upwards of £lOO,OOO in promoting his scheme, we con s id er D r. Mark's P r esent position a most painful and undeserved one. The public is greatly indebted to him for his services ; he is the originator of a g rea t nat i onal i dea , w hi c h h as a l rea dy advantageously developed itself in the organisation of numerous juvenile bands since "Dr. Mark and his little m en " have been known about the country; and we are glad to learn that as soon as Dr . Mark is at liberty he has fully determined to continue his labours, and we trust that the public will encourage him anew in his noble endeavours, and that he may receive sufficient aid from our wealthy frier ds, and eventually the reward he so justly merits, bo4th from her Majesty's Government and the people of Great Britain, as a national instructor and a great i nusical reformer. Letters from Toulon state that, owing to. recent e vents in the United States, the French Grover= latent is going to reinforce its squadron on the coasts of tilt It coun try. Rear-Admiral d'Herbinztew, it is said, II as been selected for the ocunand,