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"ty • Spirit of the Public Journey. 1 :* M 4 1 7. ; i s l / 4 , e :: , h . 1 1, ....M., 77" :' .Adtif tc:3N".":1; ROTT• •- • • • _. • . • 4 4 0 ttp ' • .• - • ••,- • • 8 14%4 hal •,„ '4;l. • ail ri , iltre t sae trOns: . . , n , „.- . • , iss 4 -- no veil . - LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN, MID LAND and MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, and LT N COLNSHIRB RAIL WAYS.— IMPROVED COMMUNICATION With the MIDLAND DISTRICTS and opening of the new through Toute between London (Euston Station) and Huddersfield, Brig house, &.c., via Sheffield, on and after the let of April. A NEW FAST TRAIN, First and Second Class, to (Leamington), Nottingham, Leeds, York, Bradford, fr.nd to Huddersfield, Halifax, and Brighouse (via Sheffield), will leave Euston at 11.45 a m. The train now leaving London for Derby and Nottingham at 4.0 p.m. will be despatched at 3.45 p m. The 5 15 p.m. Fast Train, from London, will be continued to Lei- Coster, Nottingham, Derby, and Sheffield. A new fast train, first and second class, vs ill leave York, Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax, Briahthouse and Huddersfield (via Sh, and Nottingham, reaching London at 5.45 p.m. The Midland up-train from York at 7.15 a.m., and Leeds at 8.40 a.m., will arrive in London at 4.0 p.m., instead of 4.30. The trains leaving London for the Midland District at 9.45 a m., and the up-Midland trains arriving in London at 4 0 p.m. and 10.20 p.m. will be discontinued. For full particulars see handbills, which may be had at any of the Stations on and after the 30th inst. By order, MARK HUISII. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, March, 1856. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 185 g. N o . 19,9061 [PRIOS 4D. STAMPED SD. the mer WAS best and PUBLICATIONS. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE DISTRUCTION OF COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. evidence azainet me in the burning of Covent-garden, that I bad already been the Occupant of five London theatie3 7 -the Strand, the Lyceum, the Adelphi, the St. Sitaies's, and Covent-garden itself, before my last and unfortunate tenancy of that building. I should wish them to remember that I have performed iu almort every theatre in the United Kingdom, that I have been the lessee, for a regular dramatic sea-on, of the Theatre Royal .Manchester. That I have performed in all the thecres of the United States of America, and in very nlany.of Germany,'S %widen, Denmatk, and Russia. If I were the fire-king enthroned on a tar-batrol" of ray detractor°, my theatre-burnings would be reckoned by hundreds, not units. _ 30; Po Us 0 51 NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "WOMEN'S DEVOTION." The gunboat flotilla weighed from Portland Roads yesterday morning, about 4 o'clock, and I.ft in divisions for.Spithead. The Colossus, 81, led the White and Red squadrons, comprising— NOn , ready at all the librarl2s, In 3 relit , ARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS, By the Author of •' Woman's Devotion." THE LONDON and EASTERN BANKING CORPORATION.—Estab7ished Ist January, 1854. Head Office-27, Cannon-street, City. Hyde-nark Branch-136, Westbourne-terrace. The Holt. JOHN CAI)WALLADER ERSKINE, Chairman. JOHN CARNAC MORRIS, Esq., F R S., Deputy-Chairman. Floating Accounts are opened in the usual manner with approved parties, two per cent interest bang allowed on the minimum monthly balance: Deposit Accounts.—The field for employment of money afforded by this Bank's Branches in India enables the Corporation to allow on deposits for lengthened Axed periods unusually favourable rates of Interest. Deposits are received for the fixed periods of one, three, or five years certain at five per -cent. per annum, paid half yearly ; for these dep - s to receipts are given, transferable with the permission of the Directors. Call Accounts.—For sums deposited at ten days call five per cent. Interest is allowed, this rate rising and falling with the discount rate of the Bank of England. JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS, Manager. " The Margaret of this interesting story is beauty, gentleness, goodness, afrection, and love, glorious'y typified. No story that occurs to our memory contains more interest than this for novel readers, particularly those of the tender s x, to whom it will be a very dear favourfte."—Observer. WHITE. Pelter, Lieut. Round. Thistle, Lieut. Spain. Saudiiy, Lieut. Nicholas. Plover, Lieut. Stewart. Louisa, Lieut. Pauli. Ruby, Lieut. Hall. Seagull, Lieut. O'Neilly. Bullfrog, Lieut. Martin. Herring, Lieut. Geneste. Griper, Lieut. Singer. Julia, Lieut. Clutterbuek. The Sanspi,rie!, 71, led ti comprising— BLUE. RED. Biter, Lieut. Anderson. Snapper, Lieut. Villiers. Bustard, Lieut Lord Gifford Dove, Lieut. Herbert. Beaver, Lieut. Hoskins. Hare, - ;ales t for Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Skylark, Lieut. Pym. Pincher, Lieut. Mareschaux. Charger, Lieut. E. Symemla. Grasshopper, LieUt. Ley. Whiting, Lieut. Nichol'. le Blue and. Light -divi.ions, ;13 44 and —on vn— Sir, I have done. I may havetrannressel the limit s which you may feel di s p ose d to assign to statements such as mine ; but in the press lies my only hope of eftt . ing myself right with the.pnblic. By some journals thave been :unjustifiably attacked ;"but I have no quar rel-with the press ; to it, in the aggregate, I am under very many and very deep obligations, and I now appeal to its sense of honour, and ite sense of justice, with a firm reliance on both to be alloWed to clear myself from the ruinous scandals that have been cast upon me.—l am, s:r, your übedient servant, - • Joint HENRY ANDERSON. LIGHT. Cheerful, Lieut. Rim. Fidget, - Pest, Lieut. Doughty. Flirt, - DR. VEHSE'S WORK ON THE COURT, &c , OF AUSTRIA. On Tuesday, April Bth, in 2 vols., post Bvo., 11411 . EMOIRS of the COURT, ARISTOCRACY, " and DIP LOSIAC Yof AUSTRIA. By Dr. E. - VELISE. Translated from the German by Franz Demtulsr. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. uire there ruled most site- METROPOLITA.N COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent• Street, Waterloo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. And many others of this division, whose names we could not make out in the distance. TIIVSTEES. Rt.Hn. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. Richard gpooner, E.g. M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. l E Vans Mart Neale, isq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.H.. The bonus declared at th , t last division of profits averaged $3 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Manager. RAILWAY INTET.LIGENCE. Od to Oat, Li Od. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, for APRIL, on the 3lst. Chapman and Hall, 193, Plecadrly. NEWCASTLE AND CARLISLE. MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE. THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION (Established 1840) offers to assurers of all classes in society every facility for Life Assurance on the Mutual Principle, M all its branches, combined with unquestionable security and a moderate scale of premiums. 5,1841 Policies have already been effected, assuring an aggregate amount of One Million Sterling. Clerks are earnestly invited to examine the advantazes conferred talf membership of the .venevolent Fund of this Institution. For - ItroaPectoset , , forms of , roposal, apply at the Chief Office, 15, Moor ...s-street, Lou: .t, or to the agents of the Association. By order of the Board. WILLIAM THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. a and sltinz 22st, I, 40J t otlea NATIONAL PROVIDENT INSTITUTION, , 48, Gracechurch-street, London. For Mutual Assurance on Lives, Annuities, &c. Chairman—SAMUEL Havuussr LUCAS, Esq. Deputy Chairman—CHAßLES LIISHINGTON, Esq. Abstract of the Report of the Directors for 1855: "The number of policies issued during the year • • 1,073 Assuring the sum of Annual premiums thereon .. Policies issued fl• an the commencement of the institution in December, 1835 ... Policies now in force ..... •••• .. • • ............ • 13,740 Annual Income —From Pre nsiums(afterdeducthig.£33,34B abatement allowed) .• • • ..£189,955 15 2 Ditto From Interest en in vested capital . ........ 49,807 18 3 Amount returned to members in abatement * £239,763 13 5 premiums .......... ........ . ....... 240,131 11 8 Amount of bonuses added to sums assured •.•• • . 126,564 0 0 Amount paid in claims by death from the com mencement of the Institution ... 525,851 19 11 Balance of receipts over the disbursements is the year .. Increasing the capital stock of the Institution to 1,211.049 17 4" At the last division of surplus profits made up to Nov. 20, 1852, the reductions varied from 6 to 89 per cent. on the original amount of premiums, according to the age of the member and the time the policy had been in force ; and the bonuses ranged in like manner from 50 to 75 per cent. on the amount of premiums received during the preceding five years. Members whose premiums fall due on the Ist of April are re minded that they must be paid within 30 days from that date. The Directors' Report for 1855 may now be obtained on applica tion. Ueda, I 20th March, 1856. JOSEPH MARSH, Secretary. Ariz eland Ertaitl r. 2 i fly r. 16. r. 16 ,Th. Sat ,r. 20 icedaill :hotmo z2O in ricedani trch 16 20 mo. icerten acertaig I;l6liia k 16 Mon . 11 • d mils (if shed et, ana "Atm 5 ti She.' —Nortig _s o uth 31 pit shares , rg CAgr GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London. DIRECTORS. fay and, on an ° Union' shire.) FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Chairman. HENRY lIULSE BERENS, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. John Dixon, Esq. kewart Marjoribanks, Esq. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. john Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. 'Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Jchn G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Levis Lloyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEP A.RTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par liament, this Company now offers to fliture insurers Four-fifths of the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when W participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year at Christmas, 1859, will be allowed to share in the Profits. At the five divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 . ]ant of )—Eas! di, 27i. mishit* —Bo' 813 -- At Christmas, 1854, the Assuranf•es in force amounted to upwards of 4,240,0001.; the Inconoe from the Life Branch in 1854 was more than 200,000/. i • and the Life Assu*ance Fund (independent of the Guarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001. FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the United states of America, have been materially reduced. INVALID LIVES.-- Persons who arc not in such sound health as would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums, may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have attained in each case a value not under 50/. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received said registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for volley Stamps. Notice is hereby given, that Fire Policies which expire at Lady day must be renewed with;n fiFteen days at this 1112 e, or with Mr. Sams, No. 1, St. James's-street, corner of Pall-mall; or with the Company's agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become Void. Losses caused by Ex losion of Gas are admitted by this Company ESTABLISHED 1837. 91fr c j r , 221 92/. 6i . in an d in and ricklow nithern T cent. paid) , • Paid), rd and B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict., cap. 9. P I RECTORS. Major-General ALEXANDER, Rlackheath Park, CHAIRMAN. Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch-street. George Bevlngton. Esq., Neckinger Mills. Bermondsey. F. P. Cockerill, Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. George Cohen, Esq., Shacklewell. Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. John Drewett, Esq., 50, Conthlll. Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq., I, Princes-street, Bank. T. S. Girdler, Esq , 7, Tokenh"use-yard. H. L. Smate, Esq., Doctors' Commons. STANDING COUNCIL.-11. Rellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-sqqare, Lincoln's Inn, FoLlClToß.s.—Messrs. M'Ler d and Stenning, t 6, London-street, Fenchurch•street, BANizas.—Messrs. Dimsdale. Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard, 50, Cornbill. Inoreasinz Rates of Premium ror securing Loans 01 Debts. Half Premiums, only, required during first seven years. Stun assured payable at Sixty or at death if occurring previously. Prevision, during minority, for Orphans. et, the York• -park, BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Profits divided annually. 'Premiums computed for every three months' difference of age. Ralf-credit policies—the unpaid half premiums liquidated out of the profits. (raorainTAaT.) I (MUTUAL.) Half Whole 1 Half Quar .43 premium premium First for Re- Age. Annual yearly telly premium Pre- Pre- Seven mainder Datum. mium. Years. of Life. X S. d X a. d. Years. 'Months! X a. d.l X S. d. £ a. d. 30 1 1 23 6 30 0 273'142, 0 12 3 40 1 9 2 213 4 3 1 2 7 6 1 4 4' 012 4 50 2 2 6 4 5 0, 6 1 2 7 10. 1 4 6 012 5 60 1 3 6 8 6 13 41 9 i a 8 2, 1 4 fl', 0 12 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. LEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to erfectly digest the food. The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe uard to health. " Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68. Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mor• chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of " LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. 1/FR. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet -171. street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or bgatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from ;he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastleation.-32, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. A.D. 1720. ROYAL, EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigrain, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., iub-Governor.. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DISECTOES. _ _ Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. Edmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. John Garrett Cattley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. Alexander Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Edward Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Peng, Bart. William Davidson. Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Alexander Druce. Esq. Abraham George Robarts, Esq Riversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Robert Amadeus Heath, Esq. William Soltau, Esq. William Tetlow lilbbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. James Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles Baring Young, Esq. • • MEDICAL ltgrEsEx—Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. Notice.—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre miums falling due at Lady-day will expire on the 9th April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Cor poration on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with participation in profits. or, at lower Premiums, withont such participation. The following table Ehows the large BONUSES declared up to the 31st December, 1855, on British Partit ipating Policies of fourteen years' standing, for the sum of 1,0001. each. Farther Per Cent. Per Cent. Age Addition Addition Total per annum on the when made in in Addition on the sum Premium Assured. 1848. 1855. Assured. paid. --- -- 4 X £ 30 102 112 214 1.53 59'3 35 106 115 221 1.58 54'3 40 113 121 234 1 67 50.5 45 121 123 249 I'7B 46•2 50 135 140 275 1'96 43 0 55 149 154 303 2'16 39'9 60 166 174 349 2 43 37'2 Equivalent redactions have been mule in the Premiums payable by those persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding 15,0001. may be Insured on one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilit:es of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties—with the guarantee of a large inv-steel Capital Stock. Use advantages of modern practice —with the seem ity of an Office whose resource' have been tested by the experience of laistly X Century and a-ha'f. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. - _ 41 - oiiN A. ILlGillk, Actuary and Secretary. lOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED t CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physician!, .uccessfully administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and icknowledgvd by them to ho the best remedy for a certain disorder. See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on spot oation —Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50 , 2s. 9d. To b e h a d of the inventor, CIA BRIEL JOZ EAU, French ch em i s t , 49 , H ayma rket, London, and ;11 the principal chemists. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The APLIL NU ABER will contain the Commencement of it New Tale of the Day, entitled THE JOINT STOCK BANKER, By DUDLEY COSTELLO. Loudon : Richard I entley, New Burlington-street. FRA SE R'S MAGAZINE, for -A.P_RIL, 1356, price 2s 6d., contains-- A Journey arong the Western Frontier of North Finland in the Sumner of 1355 . 1 ;.. The Table-Talk of Samuel Rogers. - The 18th December, 1855. On the Treatment of Love in Novels. Kate Coventry, an Autobiography. Edited by the Author of " Dieby Grand." Fart FV. Pinocchl. Shadows. Imaginary Conversations. By Walter Savage Landon Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Sketches on the North Coast. By a Naturalist. Ne. L—A Naturaliit at Home. Old Rings. Part 11. Poems by Edward Capern. Foreign and Domestic Politics. London : John W. Parker and Son, West Strand. T HE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE, No. CCLXXX., APRIL, 1856, price 2s. Gd. CONTENTS. I. K rs. 11. The Fortunes of Glencore, Chaps. XVI., XVIII. 111. Ancient Physic and Physici,na. IV. Fair Gurtha. By William Carleton. T. Readings from the Colloquies of Erasmus. VI . . A Bowl of Punch in the Captains' Room. VII. POET RY : —Burial of Moses. Sprlsg. VIII. Memoir of General Kilmaine IX. Love In Curl Papers.—(Concluded). X. memoirs of Mrs. Fitzherbert. XI. The Gentleman Soldier. Dublin: Hodges, smith, and Co., Grafton-street; Hurst and Blackett, London ; John Menzies, 61, Prince's-street, Edinburgh ; sold by all booksellers. The Third Edition. Just Published, price 55., by post, free, ss. 6d. N TRUE at FA LSE SPERMATORRIJAEA , lIJJ with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Curs. Translated from tae German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford 's known to Englist' readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first atm, he informs as, that ho has addressed himself to the noa-medi- Dal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall letect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his p Aver to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and. if this book oonld find its way Into the hands of those who suffer from the com plaint of which it treats, we aro satisfied that many hundreds would se saved much needless suffering of body and mint, and what is of .ese importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money...... This volume is we'd qualified to put an end to the empirical vat= of treating Spennatorrhcea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, likely to do much good." London: 11. Balliere. 219, Regent-street. MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE AIiISURANCE and LOAN AS-OCIATION, 77, King-street, Mancheste-. Assurances, Annuities, Endowments, and Loans effected °illiberal terms. CHARLES HENRY MINE HIN, Secretary. Agents IT anted. RGYLL ROOMS.-LA URENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Principal Cornet Piston, of Bouleourt.—Doors open at t Admission t oe tihiiline. 11. Laurent's new Varsoviana and St. Patriok Quadrille every night. 31 R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. Fifty Instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, slid Costume, ctn.:eluding with an itnor.rsonattn. or Dino. rtacuei, as Camille, in " Les dioraces," TO-li IGH r and every evening, at 8. Private toxos and stalls may be secured in advance, without extra charge. Polycraphie-h all, King William-street, Charing-cross. A Per ormance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8. ri 4 GYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly.—The marvellous MECHANICAL FIGURES, FOURTEEN IN NUMBER, life s:ze, possessing speaking powers, the emission of all the natural sounds, and the mobility of face and eye which created so deep a sensation at the GItEAT EXPOSITION IN PA , IS, and attracted the marked approbation of the most august personages of England and France, will be EXHIBITED DAILY, front and after Monday next, from II a.m. till 5 p.m. (in hourly sittings), and from 5 ,o 7 p.m. Detail is impossible. " ALIVE OR NOT ALIVE," was the question asked by the multiplied thousands who viewed them w th r.stontshment and delight during the eat re duration of the ,ND EXPO qTl[9l.c IN PARIS. The most extraordinary ea hlbi:ion in the world.— Stalls, Is. ; second seats, 25.; gallery, Is. Children haif-pt ice. RE -OPENED, with many important additions to the Scientific Department.--Dr. BRIAN begs to acquaint the ruble that his edebrat , d MUSEUM, which has been elegantly re-decorated and enriched by many interesting additional objects, 14 NOW OPEN (for Gentlemen only). Amonest the new features of high interest will be found a magnificent full-length Model of a VENUS, from one of the mc.st eminent of the ancient masters. The Most urn is open daily from It, tilt 10. Lecture, are delivered at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7, by Dr. SEXTON: and a new and highly interewit.g series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. Klux, at half-past 8 precisely. Every Even , ng —Admission, One Shilling. --No. 4, Covent:y-street, Leicester- square. 'FHE ONLY REMEDY for SECRET POISONING.--TAt it be declarel by the country, through Parliament, that all deadly poisons, such as strychnine, prussic acid, ar-enic, morphine, &c., &c., are autimedicinal, and therefore not to be used in medicine. (Signed) TH MEMBERS OF TILE BRITISH COLLEGE OF REA LTH, New-road London, for the Society of Hy,eista. March, 1855. NEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS' MACASSAR OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble the original as frequently ti deceive the unwary—they have em ployed those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who, at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded In producing from steel " A NEW LABEL," which cannat be forted. It is composed of a section of an engine-turned circle, repeated one hundred and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground, upon which is engraved in white letters, " ROWLANDS' MAC tSSAR OIL, FOR THE GROWTH, RESTORATION. AND FOR BEAUTIFYING THE HUMAN HAIR." Under which is the Signature of the Proprietors in Rel Ink " A. ROWLAND & SONS." Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. rffiRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, au injunction was granted by the Mlgh Court of Chancery, and on the I lth of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ficote do Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhoaa, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, &c., and its effects are effi cacious in youth, manhood, and old age ; and t those persons who are prevented entering the married state from the results of early errors it le invaluable. TItIESEMAB, No. 2, effeitually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirel ti eradicates all traces of those Disorders Which Cepa vi and Cubeb lave so long been thought an antidote for, to the sum of the healu of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whici unfortunately the English physiciau treats with Mercury, to the in Evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all th. sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRiESEMAR, Nes. 1, 2, and 3, arc alike devvid of taste or smelt soil of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet taisl. without their use bean suspected TILIESE MAR, Nes. 1, 2, and 3 are sold in tin cases, price I Is., or lour cases In one for 335., which saves I Is. ; and in 5/. eases, whereby there is a saving of 11. 125.; divide: Inv, s4,4rate doses, as adminis taco by Valpeau, Leilemand, Roca, &C. To be had Wholesale and Rtr.all in Londcn of Johnston, 61., Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Banger. ISO, Ox• ford-street ; R. 11. Ingham, druggist, 46, NI arket-street, Manchester : U. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin;; Winnai!, bookseller, High-street, Birininsham. Stork, Lieut. 3laloombe. Dapper, Lieut. Dyer. Gleaner, Lieut. Bogle. Magpie, Lieut. Pim. Redwing, Lieut. Forbes. Banterer, Lieut. Whitshed. Forward, Lieut. Nelson. Procris, Lieut. Irvine. Violet, Lieut. Woolcombe. Weasel, Lieut. Craigie. Jackdaw, Lieut. Swinburn. Hind, Lieut. Ward. Lark, Lieut. Cammin. Cockchafer, Lieut. Porteous. The whole force anchored at -the Motherbank by sun set last night, and will remain and he augmented consi derably for the inspection of her Majssty as before an nounced. 'DA, fleet now c.dlected at Spithead, in Ports mouth harbour, and at the Motherbank, exceeds-by far that of the whole Baltic fleet of 1354, and-by the 18th there are expected as many ships as would equal, if not exceed, the force of both the Black Bte. arid - Black fleets of the year before named. The Centaur, 6,-paddle-frigate, Capt. W. J. Clifford, C. 8., is ordered to hold herself in readiness to sail from Spithead. The Devastation, 6, paddle steam-sloop, Commander Marshall, and the Coquette, 4, steam gun-boat, went out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead, to await farther order=. The former shipped a mail for the Cape of Good Hope on Thursday evening, and only awaits despatches from the Government. The Transit naval steam-transport, Commander C.R. Johnson, bent sails ht Portsmouth yesterday, and with the Per,everance steam-transport, Commander Mc Danald, remains under orders, preparing for sea. The Brave, new gun-boat, was taken out of dock yes terday afternoon, and the Brazen and Blazer taken in - to be fitted. Her Wije , ,ty's paddle-wheel steam-sloop Sty; Com mander-j. M. Bruce, from Hong Kong, which landed mails at Falmouth on Thursday, was going up Channel yesterday afternoon, when she was signalled by Port Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, and entered Plymouth Sound. Her dates ale.—Straits of Sunda, December 23 ; Cape of Good Hope, February 10 ; St. Helena, February 21 ; Ascension, February 29 ; and Madeira, February 20. She has brought home 80 Russian prisoners, part of the crow of the frigate Diana ; and the ship's company of her Majesty's brig Rapid, 8. The Surprise gun-vessel has arrived at Chatham dock yard, for the purpose of being brought forward for sea with all possible despatch. She has been commissioned by Commander Bar.,ourtiVernon, and will have a crew of 80 men, exclusive of marines. The Assurance gun-boat, Commander W. Gore John son, is ordered to be taken to Chatham, to be made ready for sea. The Sparrowbawk, Commander Gurney Cresswell, in dock at Chatham, has a . large number of band s employed on board, in order to complete her fur sea by the com mencement of the ensuing month. A very considerable reduction is ordered to be made in the number of men employed at Chatham dockyard, and an order has been received from the Admiralty by the heads of departments at that establishment that 100 labourers, 20 sawyers, a number of riggers, and also the whole of the superannuated shipwrights' temporarily employed, are to be discharged this day, their services being no longer required. It is understood that another reduction will shortly be made at that establishment. The screw steam-sloop Rattler, homeward bound, passed the Straits of Sunda on the 23d Dee. All was quiet at the Cape of Good Hope. In Simon's Bay were the frigate Castor, 36 ; the paddlewheel steam-sloop ' Hydra, 6, Commander H. G. Morris ; the sloop Frolic, 16, Commander M. S. Nolloth ; and the sloop Grecian, 12, Commander G. Bland. At Ascension, Commodore Adams, in the paddlewheel steam-sloop Salamander, 6. The Styx has been 4 years and 9 months in commission. She experienced fine w eather until reaching Ushante. Mechanics employed on the London, 90, Capt. W. H. Jervis, at Devonport, are ordered to work extra hours to complete her fitting out by the 9th April. The crew of the Calcutta, 84, Capt. J.J. Stopford, at Dpennpart, got up lower yards and topmast. o.Thur,idAy. The screw steam rraneport Victoria, No. 72,f rem Ports mouth, arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. She is appointed to embark Land Transport Corps fur the Crimea, but sill not leave before the Ist of April. H. M. steamer GLyser am rived in the 'Mersey yesterday morning, with st fires and masts fur the gun-boats re cent'y built by Mr. J. Laird. She will leave in a few days with the 0 un .1, 0a , t ,„ Rainbow and Bulfineh, to be followed spe.dil7i by H.M. steamer Heels, with the Red breast and Raven. The gun boats Leveret and Mackerel were yesterday undocked .at Woolwich, and the deep Itch gun-bolt Roebuck replaced them in dock. Lie Traveller was also taken into No. 1 dock t, be coppered. Extraordinary diligence eontinues to pervade the dockyard labours at Woolwich. As a proof of the expe dition with which the variou4 departments are emu ducted, it may be stated that the average titre employed in ri4gihg and mastiog a gunboat rarely exceeds an hour and a•half. A Government contract has been entered into by Messrs. Lucas Brothers fur the erection of a new cannon foundry and boring mill, on the site between the two foundries alr , ady in pr3gren in the Arsenal grounds at Woolwich. The deign of the buildings having been produced by the newly appointed Government building engineer, Mr. l"z ray, and approved by Lord Rai more, the sae has been cleared, and the cornmence merit of digging the foundation lines will take place on Monday next. The facade of the foundry is to be built of various coloured bricks. The architecture will be somewhat in a modern Elizabethan s yle, formed by an innovation upon the stone cornice system of building by a substitution of coloured bricks. The extreme length of the frontage, which is to be flanked by two wings running north and south, will be 360 feet. In ad dition to the above-named works Messrs. Lucas are en gaged in raising some other very extensive buildings at Wot , lwich, all of which are in a progre4sive state. The paper factory is nearly complete. Portions of the ma• chiners to be employed there are daily arriving from the firm of Messrs. Fairbairn, of Leeds. Mackintosh's patent engine for the preparation of pulp bags used in the manu facture of cartridges has been likewise received. The shell foundry and laboratory saw mills are also proceeding rapidly towards completion. The whole line of wharfage fronting the storehouses is being renewed and consi derably strengthened with immense blocks of stone shipped from the Portland quarries, and which by means of the numerous cranes along the quay are landed with small amount of labour to the requisite spots. A number of supernumerary labourers, under 100, who were hired for some specific purpose, and whose engagements have terminated, are to be discharged from the Storekeeper's department at Woolwich Arsenal on Monday. This has led to the belief that a large num ber of hands was to be dismissed in the event of peace. Such, however, is not to be the case. Instructions have been forwarded to Woolwich from the War-office, inti mating that it will be necessary to keep up the number of labourers at present employed there, as the duties of the arsenal departments will in any case be increased. An official circular has been issued from the Horse Guards, dated March 26, stating that until further or ders no recruit is to be received for the infantry below the height of 5 feet 5 inches. Captain the Earl of Listowel, Scots Fusilier Guards, is about to retire from the regiment. His lordship en tered the service in May, 1853, as ensign and lieutenant in the above regiment. He embarked fur service with his battalion in 1854, was present at the battle of the Alma, where he was severely wounded, which compelled his return to England. He had, however, sufficiently recovered by the latter part of last winter to allow of his return to the Crimea, from which date he served upon the staff of Major General Windham, till his return to England, which was on the death of his father, the late Earl of Listowel. The depot of the 91st Regiment assembled on the pa rade ground at Chatham barracks, on Thursday after noon, a further supply of medals having been forwarded from the Horse Guards for distribution among those men who were engaged in the Caffre war. The depot having been formed into a square, Lieut.-Col. B. E. M, Gor don, the cmmanding officer, proceeded to distribute the medals to abut 160 non-commissioned officers and men who were engaged in the campaign in Southern Africa. A number of medals were also forwarded yesterday to those non-commissioned officers and men belonging to the 91st who are absent from the depot on recruiting service. Another supply of Caffre medals is expected the War office, to be distributed among th e men o f tfrmhoe9lst, which regiment took part in nearly ev e ry en gagement which occurred with the Caffres. " MI LITI A. The Somerset Militia and the Fermanagh Militia, in addition to the South Mayo and the Cumberland, as also the City of Dublin Artillery,-with the 75th Regi• ment, are held in readiness to proceed to the Curragb camp by the 10th of April, on which date all officers and men are supposed to be present with their c )rps. Tun ARMY.— It is understood that a new canteen, in vented by Lieut. Harris, of the Royal Mariner, is to be generally used for trial by the various arms of the ser vice. This canteen i s ex t r emely simple, applicable tun many uses, the articles n ow use d for coo ki n g purposes by the sol and, although str rnger , is still li g hter thar. dier. It also obviates the necessity fdr that cumbrous article the camp-kettle ; and, indeed, appears all that could be invented applicable to the purpose. The foilewing letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Tines : Sin—l have waited with patience the termination of the investigation into the ses of the late disastrous 11 fire at Coveetegarden Th e : re, and I have boree in silence the libellous assertions and more libellous irruen does unsparingly made against me by some portion of the press. I bad determined to "bide my time"—te allow the public to have their say, and all those petty calunmiatere who are always ready to pursue a man with envy when he is nreirpiroue, and with . detraction when they fancy he is 4el ~" to have theirs like-wise. I knew that I had an int 4 -• .1 tribunal to which to ap peal in the Times new ..-e..l' and deeming that the time had now arrived when a - o.r . :ment from me and a vindi cation of my conduct are deere both to the public and to myself, T respectfully bet confidently clSim to be Allowed to plead before the most influential. court Of public opinion in the woad—to hold up my blend in your dock—and to say badly, "Not Guilty" to all the chargee, direct and inditeck, preferred against me. It would be pu , iilanitrotil in me to shrink from direct, reference to the most current and most malignant eccu eatien against me. It maybe sneeringly objected, •that "Ire who excuses accuses-himself;" but the aepersions on mein the newspapere haveassurned far too definite a form for me to pass them over in silence, and the plain truth inust out—that I am either an incendiary or a deeply wronged and injured men. If I were the cause of the destruction of Covent-garden Theatre, it must either have been by an act of deliberate arson or through cul pable negligence. That 1 sun accused of either one or then other is palpable, I think, from the accompanying extian from lunch' : . "Of ties - Wiatrd of the North, " • Si nig the !Nese - aye niglit'e renown, " Whtin -he la the - -o,, r g, fo, , tii,. ::._:. _ "A ref burnt thenregyhoeib 'down" Now, this may, be, story deggrel. and only a specimen of the notorious waggeries of Mr. Punch. It may be mca tt "only in fun ;" but fun that in plain English accuses a man whore reputation is his bread of letting gas burst forth and so burning down a theatre is fun of the frog and boy specie —it is death to me. Humouroue or serious, there cannot be any mistake about the meaning endeavoured to be conveyed by the list two lines. The Punch, ,cribe migtt insinuate with equal jecoeeness that I murdered Elize Grimwood or stole the Royal nursery plate, ao that through any act of mino the theatre of which I was a tenant was destroyed. Nor can I aff eel to pass such a statement by with contempt. In an or dinary c mile publication I should look at it as a silly squib ; but Punch is an institution and an authority, and a flee in its columns has often more power for goad cr evil than a page elsewhere. I may be wanting in the etiquette of journalism in endeavouring to refute in the pages cf the Times attacks made upon me in other jeutnals. Bet what am Ito de? Will those papere which have so foully slandered me in sert my vinclicaticn ? And is it not better for me to ap. peal to one thoroughly impartial and disinterested on either side of the question ? What course of redress is open to me, for instance, against the Spectator, which, in its number for Saturday, March 8, coolly remarks : —" Covent Garden Theatre is burnt down, and the public, taught by experienee, at once suspects the in cendiary." Will the writer of that remark deny that the " experience" alluded to is but a reference to the calumny of the "two theatres burnt down under my management," and that I consequently am pointed at as the "incendiary" suspected 1 And yet, were Ito ap ply to the editor of the Spectator to open his columns to my denial, would it not be very probab'e that my only reward would be a centetnptuoae inquiry as to who had accused me by name, and a recommendation to wear the nap if it fitted me ? In the Examine,. again (I quote none but powerful journals), there has appeared a leader in which, in fervent language, my bal masque' is de nounced as a scene of the most rampant debauchery and abominable harlotry, and in which it is almost re gretted that the "orgie" was not brought to a termina tion by fire frem Heaven, instead of the material element; and by Mr. Douglas Jerrold I am described as " a fire king enthroned on a tarbarrel, whose reputation will be burnt into the memories of generations." I heve it net in contemplation fir one moment to at tempt to combat the suddenly virtuous indignation of the Press against bale masques in general. It is not for me to enter into the question of their morality or im - morality. Assuming them to b., scenes as depraved as the purist of the Examiner describes them to be, may I still be allowed to ask whether I invented or even re vived this cites of entertainment—whether I have been singular in giving bale masques? There have have such balls at her Majesty's Theatre, at Dairy-lane, and at that very Covenngarlen where mine took place, and under the auspices of the very manager with whom I am now s ) enfavou t ably con t ras t e d. I gave my bal masque with the concurrence of Mr. Gye, doing only what had been done on the same arena many times be fore, and with the sole and stedfast view of discharging my liabilities to my landlord by the only legitimate means in my posse sion. Ido not think 1 an at all overstating the case when I say that for all c4rninercial purposes the ball was Mr. Gye's, not mine. He had at first objected to its raking place ; but on my represent ing to his solicitor that I knew of no other process (owing to the heavy losses I had already incurred) whet eby to raise a sum sufficient to pay the balance of the rent out standing, and on toy executing a tomcat assignment of the proceeds of the entertainment to Mr. Gye, that fie ttletnan on being again conanuniceted with gave his consent, on the understanding stated above ; and in pet formance of my part of the contract the whole of the sum received, amountiog to 7001., and which had been lodged for safety, when the certflegtation broke out, at the police-stetion, Bow-street, by toy secre tary, Mr. Hingstoo, was, on my written order, handed over to Mr. Gye, and is now in his possession. Ail in cendiary, surely, would have played his cards better than thus. I can prove what I have stated by my witnesses and my documents ; at the same time I do not wish it in any manner to go forth that I an desirous of bring ingch trees against Mr. Gye. He had behaved previously most kindly and honourably to me ; he had consented to wave our original arrangement, which w as only for magic performances and paototninie. He allowed me to give, in addition, dramatic and operatic performances, and he lent me dresses from the wardrobe for the lat ter purpose. . . It has been publicly stated that the verd!ct of the c orenet's jury might have run thus :—" Dest, eyed by a ma,ked ball, produced by puffs of a most deleterious character.' Now, I will ask, supsosing that the bat masque had gone off without an accident, it any such scandalous remark would have been made ; or, again, supposing that the neighbouring theatre of Drur)-lane had been consumed during a similar entertainment, Mr. E. T. Smith would have been held up to public odium as I have been ? Tne disaster at Covent-garden might have occurred during the performance of the " Hu guenots," during an oratorio, a Free Trade bazaar, or a promenade concert ; and I think it is the grossest, the cruelest, t! e most crying injustice to attempt to fix the responsibiiity of this calamity, either directly or indi rectly, upon me, when there is not the shadow of evi dence to convict me even of negligence (tor the much talked of wires of my galvanic apparatus would just as soon—as any tyro in science will confirm—have set the Thames on fire as the theatre), and when by this con flagration I am a most serious loser in character, in purse, and in prospects. But I am a" juggler," and no lenity is to be shown to the "so-called Wizard," to the mountebank, to the showman. lam a juggler, and accept the balls and basin manfully. I have juggled for many years, with a great deal of success, and have made and lost a great deal of money. It is no idle boast, but a simple statement of the truth, to remind the contemners of the mountebank that I have juggled before most of the crowned heads in Europe, and that the showman has been summoned to Balmoral to juggle before her present Majesty. But there is one thing I have always endeavoured to be in addition to a juggler—viz., an honest man. _I wish to use no hackneyed sentiment, but I am here to assert my honesty and my manhood, and I will do so against all comers. The " noble lyric temple of Covent-gar den" was desecrated by the occupancy of the juggler. Why, when a moneyed tenant could not be found, was the juggler's money so eagerly accepted ? Why, so long as he was prosperous, was the juggler be praised and be-complimented ? Why, when fortune for the moment frowns upon him, is he looked upon as the lowest of the low, the vilest of the vile ? Who, when I left the Lyceum Theatre, after an almost un precede' tedly successful campaign, protested against my taking Covent-garden ? The press augured a splendid season for me ; but I am now unfortunate, and I am now a butt for every scribbler's sbatt—sneered at as a Merry- Andrew, or darkly denounced as a " Swing." My pantomime wag, commercially, a failure. I did my best with it, and I did my best afterwards to right myself by operas, by dramas, even by my much-abused Bal Masque. Success I did not achieve; but may Ibe permitted to ask my company, my tradesmen, and my brother managers few questions ? Have my actors or artisans ever gone on half salaries or found an empty treasury on Saturday? Have I ever pandered to aristo cratic vices by giving engagements in the ballet, in ex change for subscriptions for stalls and private boxes ? Have I ever allowed the vapid witlings of fashion—have I permitted even my own friends—to dangle behind my scenes ? Have I ever endeavoured to repudiate or to evade one just demand upon me? I kept Covent-garden open for nine weeks, I have wronged no man of one farthing, and I have toiled like a slave to please the oublic. But on the last night of my tenancy the theatre, ioy an accident, inevitable and unaccountable, but with which I have no more to do than the man in the moon, is burnt down ; and my reward is an accusation of con tractive arson, the most unmanly detraction, and the foulest abuse. My unqualified contradiction of public statements mad. by Mr. Surnam and Mr. Marcus Sharpe that two theatres —one in America, the other in Glasgow—had been burnt down while under my control, has already gone forth to the world ; that the statements themselves have done ;ne an incalculable amount of injury. Of the unfortu nate, and to me utterly ruinous, destruction of the ons theatre with which I was connected—the City Theatre, Glasgow have already offered explanations. But should like to remind those charitable persons Night, think the conflagration at Glasgow a prima facie case of The annual meeting of -this company was held on Thursday M Newcastle ; Mr. W. Wood presided. The rep -4-t, an-abstract-of-which has appeared in The Sun, was read by the chairman, who. commented upon the items therein. He Said that, notwithstanding the great in crease in the value of money, the directors had had difficulty in renewing the debentures at the rate of 41 per cent. Tire directors had reported that on taking the va'uation of the stores on the 31st of December - they find that a Cohsideiable discreintncy has arisen. He (the chairman) said, no doubt that clause had caused considerable remark, and he thought the directors were entitled t 3 take credit for introducing it into the report.. There was no railway company in the kingdim that could keep their ,tore accounts ; and no railwAy com pany bad intredUced into their reports any clause of this kind till it had been done by the Newcastle and Carlisle. They might have cevered the diicrepancy by adding a little to this item and a little to the other ; but the object of the directors and auditors of this company had been to put the plain fact before the meeting, not only that the shareholders might be informed of it, but also that their employes might understand that nothing would be covered and nothing blinked that would not bear the closest investigation. He (the chairman) had been ridi culed for introducing this clause. He had been told by railway authorities that it was a most unparalleled stretel of candour ; but notwithstanding it was a fact. After the reading of the report a discussion arose as to the propriety of confirming the appointment of Mr. Smiles, the manager, to the additional office of secretary, vacant by the decease of Mr. John Adamson. Mr. •WILSON said he considered the two offices were incompatible. He thought Mr. Smiles's time might be fully occupied indoors, attending to the accounts, and the company would do well to appoint a manager to take charge of the whole line, even it they pave - him 1,0001. a-year. It appeared from the accounts that there was a defalcation in the storekeeper's department of 1,4911. He could not see how that could have arisen if the man agement had been as efficient as it ought to be. The efreinneeT defended the course which the direc tors had pursued hitherto, and after some discussion, it was unanimously rtrolved, on the motion of Mr. ELLISON, seconded by Mr. CHALLONER, that Mr. Smiles be ap pointed secretary. His continuance in the office of manager rested with the directors. The Chairman ex plained that Mr. Smiles's salary as manager was 4001. a-year. The salary of the late secretary was 3001. and the fees ; and by uniting the two offices there would be a Paving to the company. The report was unanimously adopted, and a dividend declared at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Mr. Isaac Orawhall and Mr. J. F. Elliott were re elected directors, and Mr. Howard, of Corby Castle, was elected a director in place of Ms. George Dixon, who retires in consequence of his connexion with the Silloth Bay Company. Mr. Miller was re elected auditor. Mr. ELLISON moved that the amount of remuneration to the directors for their services be increased from 7501. to 1,000/. a-Year. Mr. M. BELL seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE. The half-yearly meeting of the Stirling and Dunfdrm line Railway Company was held at Eslinburgh on Thurs day ; Mr. J. Aostrutber in the chair. The directors report stated that on the 16th of Jan. last Mr. Miller,• the stautory auditor of the accounts of expenditure ir.cnrred in the construction of the line, made his report applicable to the 'portion of the railway situated between Dunfermline and Allen, whereby 371,8181. was fixed as the amount on which the rent of 4 per cent. was payable by the lessees (the Edinburgh and Glasgow) for that portion of the line. Tne action agairst the lessees was immediately enrolled in the Court of See-ion before the Lord Ordinary, for the porpose of obtainino decree for the rent due by them ; but the les- Fees !dated objections to the report with the view of liov ing the whole matter again opened up. The Lord Ordi nary had given decree in favour of this company, but the lessees bad reclaimed to the Second Division, before whom the case would come in May next. The report of the audi tors in regard to the traffic stated that the revenue for the half-year amounted to 15,1591., the expenses to 5,306/.. or 35 per cent., leaving 9,8531. towards the rent, which amounted on 520,0001. capital to 10,4001., showing a deficiency of only 5461. i n th e h a lf-y ear . The rapidly increa , ing traffic of the line, with the addition likely to be derived from the early opening of the Forth and Clyde Railway, afforJe I, said the auditors, a pros pect that the returns of the line would shortly not only meet the minimum guaranteed rent, but leave a surplus for division with the lessees. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,. expressed regret at the opposition the lessees had offered t ) the settlement of their claims, and said that nothing liirlher scold now be done till the re-assembling of the Court in May. By that time they had reason to expect that Mr. Miller's accounts for the remainder of the line would be completed. The biil for raising capital to pay off their outstanding debts had been presented to Par liament, and now RA aited the meeting of the committee. Mr. G. BERRY seconded the adoption of the report ; and, while expressing cordial approval of the conduct of the directors, also expressed astonishment and indigna tion at the conduct of the Edinburgh and Glasgow B The report was approved, the retiring directors and auditors re-elected, and the meeting then separated. SOUTH WALES MINERAL. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the Craven Hotel, Strand ; Viscount Villiers in the chair. Toe secretary read the report, which statod that, at an extraordinary meeting of the company held on the 4th of January last, it was unanimously resolved to lease the line to the Glyncorwg Coal Company for a term of 99 years, at such annual rent as would entitle the share holders to receive a dividend at the rate of per cent. upon the amount of capital from time to time paid up during the term of the lease. The directors are of opi nion that there is reason for congratulation on having made such an eligible arrangement. The lease has bean executed, and takes effect from and after the 4th of Jan., 1853. The directors have extended the contract of the contractors to comprise not only the tunnel, but about a mile and a quarter of the railway, and they are happy to state that the works were commenced on Tuesday, the 25th instant. The CuAinslior, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the favourable posi tion of the company in respect of the arrangement en tered into with the Glyacorwg Coal Company, which he had no doubt would prove aqually advantageous to both oompanies. The report wag unanimously adopted, and the pro ceedings terminated with a veto of thanks to the chairman and directors. SEVERN VALLEY. Yesterday a very large and influential meeting of landowners, residents in the district, and others, was held at Bridgnorth, to hear from Sir Samuel Morton Peto, Bart., chairman of the company, a statement of the present position and prospects of the line. The mayor of the borough, Mr. J. B. GRIERSON, pre sided. His worship briefly explained the object of the meeting, and stated that he had received a letter from Mr. Henry Whitmore, one of the members for the borough, regretting his inability to attend, in conse quence of the illness of his brother. Sir S. M. PETO said he had great pleasure in attending that day, to give a candid exposition of the prospects of the railway of which he was chairman. As many present were perfectly aware, he did not in the first instance hold that partition, bat he in connection with other friends of his own became a large subscriber to the share HA, feeling assured that by so doing he was materially advancing his interests as a shareholder in the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company. But find ing that this company was in a position to need all the aid he could give it, and at the earnest request of the directors, he assumed the chairmanship. On look ing into the project minutely, and after going over the district carefully, he felt that his original anticipations were far more than realised in the prospects that pre sented themselves to him, and that he had not only entered into what would be valuable in improving his interest in the Oxford and Worcester line, but that would also in itself be a paying investment. He found that certain things bad been omitted and certain errors corn. mitted in the orignal laying out of the line, which, if to meiied, would not only affect the cost of the under taking, but also materially improve it as an enterprise. The time that had elapsed from his taking the chair had not been lost time, because they had economised upon , he total value of the undertaking at least 120,000/. It was now not only a well considered line, and everything they could desire as to the character of its works, but the total cost of construction, including the purchme of I lan I and all other expenses, had been brought down'to 15,000'. per mile. Taking the cost at 15,0001. per mile, and assuming that the brie between Shrewsbury and Hartlobury afforded traffic equal to that portion of the Oxiord, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line, and allow ing 50 per cent. for working expense 3, the receipts of that line applied to this would pay 6,i per cent. on the outlay. Taking it in carnparißon with the Shrewsbury. and Hereford they would' have rather over 5' per.cent. In looking through the returns of the different lines of railway, he did " not .find any lower in its receipts than the Shrewsbury and •Heretord, and, with the ex ception of the Aberdeen Railway, none so low. In the eastern counties- of England the average weekly receipts of the different railways were 281. per mile ;, and, as suming that this line received only 261. per ,mile per week, they would have five per cent. on the outlay; Before the line , could be carried out 150,600/. must be raised-in shares. He, as the chairman of the com pany, would never sanction the commencement of the line until he saw that they were in a position honest'y to pay for the whole of the undertaking, and to carry it out in its entirety. Within the last fortnight he had been instrumental in obtaining sub.eriptions for shares to the extent of 28,000:. ; and if Bridgnortb, Bewdley, and the other towns along the line, came forward liberally, the directors would be en abled to start the undertaking this bummer, and the line between Shrew s b ur y an d B r id gnorth might be com pleted in fifteen months from the time of its colomence meat, and the whole line in two years and a quarter. By completing the Shrewsbury end of the line first, they would have twenty miles opened, which would be earn ing as much at least as would pay the interest on the debentures. In conclusion, the,hon, gentleman said he wished to correct a statement that had gone abroad to the effect that the directors intended only to carry out the line to Itoublidge ; the directors were determined to make the whole line. Mr. J. Parronann, spike at some le ngth in supportof the undertaking been at , once-ifirted into effect, and to aid the directors in doing so he seggested tLat a committee be formed to canvass the town and district. He was himself prepared to support it. Mr. FowLEH (engineer to the line) explained that if the landowners could be induced to take the value of their land in shares, a less sum than that named by Sir S. M. Peto (150,0001.) would be sufficient, _and not necessary that the whole of that sum ishotild be lo cally raised. If one half was .subscribed by parties re sident in the neighbourhood, the other half would no doubt be.previded by capitalists. A di-cus3bn of some considerable length ensued, and ultimately a resolution was adopted to the effect that the statement of Sir S. M. Peto was satisfactory to the meeting; and a committee of gentlemen was appointed to cavase the town and neighbourhood for shares. Votes of thanks were accorded to Sir S. M. Pete and the Mayor, and the mee.tingtheu separated. TRIFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK, Miles i Receipts. opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. 1816. 1866. 1855. BRITISH. £ £ 115 Aberdeen ................ •• -••• •• 3,350 2,8;•9 37 3 4 Belfast and Ballymena • • ••.• •• •••• •• 921 705 17 Belfast and County Down.. •• .• ...... - - 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire - - 26 '4 Bolton,l3lackburn, and West York •• .. - - 11 7 Bristol and Exeter ••• • .. s'l7_ 3 5,'"91 10.775 10,635 1 914 Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 941 4 Chester and liolyhead..... • • ........ 4 , 58 .4 1.6 3 4 ,3 5 4 6 % Cork, Blackrock, and Passage •• •• •• 16 ",16 2 0 Cork and Bandon 224 ..- - 61 939 5 6 Dublin awl Belfast f unction .... •• - 1,1 9 94 1,174 63 Dublin and Drogheda...... .•• •• •• - 7 Dublin and Kingstown .......... •• - 865 579 163 Dundee and Arbroath .............. 529 430 31 Dundee. Perth, and Aberdeen Jnnctiox• 911 800 36 Dundalk and Enniskillen........ •• - 358 211 67 East Anglian.... •• •• •• •,•• •• ........ 8. 78 4,65995 778 93 East Lancashire •• ..............•... 5,a 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk •• •• 1 21,9'20 20,599 Eastern I.Inion•••••• •• •........... j 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow .- - • ........ 5,494 4,530 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee-- - 5,539 5,023 6 Exeter and Credi ton ... . - - 22 Furness Railway •• • ••..••-• • •• • • 183 51 Glasgow, and South-Western•• •••• • • 5,913 5,326 233 Great Northern •.. -20 N Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 6,058 5,543 361 Great Western ..................... 21,231 21,977 25 1 4 Irish South Eastern .• .. --..•• •• •• 208 239 90 Lancaster and Carlisle •• •• -..•••• •• 5,110 4,901 286 },i Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ 21,403 18,281 - Leeds Northern .................... - - 161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport • • - - 553 5 i London and North Western .•• • • .... 51,664 50,607 "34 London and Black' all ............•. 1,259 1,281 18:1% London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 12,464 10,834 267 London and South We5tern......... 13,642 11,34 :3 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ €4l 436 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &a. - - 173% Manchester, SheftlelCand Lincolnshire 8,605 8,005 9yi Manchester and South Junction•• •• .. 867 704 24 Maryport and Carlisle •• •• •......... 780 761 498% Midland .....- ...... •............ 29,078 26,392 12614 Uttliand Great Western (Irish) ...... 2,8 ,9 2,923 - - 7814 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• ........ •• - - 149 North British ....•................. 4,643 4,456 23:3 North Staffordshire •• •• .... •...... 6.355 6,016 47 North-Western .......• ........ •• .. 652 846 87 1 ,4 Scottish Central •• •• •• • • ...... •..... - - 82 Scottish Midland •• •• .• •• •... •• •• .. - - 294, Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 1,520 1,091 48 Shrewsbury and Chester ...... ...... 2,169 1,980 35 Shropshire Union .... •• •••• -•• ...• 637 653 b 7 li Routh Der0n....................... 2,074 2,265 289 South Ea5tern...................... 15,913 13,009 162% South Wales ...................... 5, , 82 4,623 97 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,947 1,767 39 Taff Vale ...............• •......... 2 ,710 2,892 - - 77 Waterford P. nd Limerick .- -- ....•• •• 777 760 -373,4 gent Cornvitals_ •• •• .1 '4. •• •4, • • ....•• CO G 1 1 ' ._ i 12 Whitehaven Junction ......... 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds.. • - - TOZEIGN. 89 Dutch Rhenish •••••• -...••• •• •• •• - - 323 Lyons and Mediterranean •• ... •• •• • • •-•• 63 Montereau and Troyes .... :... ••• - - - Namur and Liege .................. - - 497 Northern of France •• •• •• .....• •• •• - . - - Orleans and Central ............... - - 359 Paris and Lyons .... •• •• -•• .• - - 84 Paris and Rouen. - •................ - - 566 Paris and Strasburgh •• .. •••• •• - - -- I touen and Havre...,„„., •• ... .. .- - • - Western of France - SUFFOLK SHRIEVALTY ASSOCIATION. The following are the rules and regulations of this association, severally commented on by Chief Jesiee Jervis at Bury St. Edmunds, on the Norfolk Circuit - "Soveral meetings of the committee having been held for the purpose of forming a Shrievalty Association in the c.mrity and preparing rules for its management, and the gentlemen wh)se names are inserted in the annexed list having already signified their willingness to concur in the objects of the association, "It was resolved that a Suffolk Shrievalty Associa .• tion be formed, with a view t) effect a reducidon of t} e expenses of the office of high sheriff, without impairing the dignity of the office. " Resolved that the expenses of the shrievalty ought, by all practicable and reasonable means, to be reduced, and the ccinmittee therefore recommend that the follow ing be adopte,l as the rules of the association : " 1. That every gentleman becoming a member of this association shall make a donation of 101., and pay an annual life subscription of 21., which subscription ►nay be compounded for by any member, after having serve.] the office of sheriff, by the payment in one sum of 201. "2. That no person nominated to serve the office tf sheriff shall be entitled to become a member of this as except upon payment of a donation of 201., and a sum equivalent to an annual subscription of 21., from the time of the formation of this society. " 3. That any member wishing to withdraw his name, or who, having served the office, may be desirous of com rniting his future payments, shall send a written notice to the secretary. " 4. That the first annual subscription shall be paid immediately, and that the annual subscriptions shall be come due on the let of January in each year. "5. That donations be accepted from those gentle men who wish to support the object of the association, but who, from having already served the office, or being otherwise exempt frum the liability to serve, may nut wish to become annual subscribers. "6. That all donations be invested in the names of trustees as a permanent fund, and that the interest of such investment and the annual subscriptions be applied in aid of the sheriff's expenses, and the necessary ex penses of the association. "7. That from the present time the public dinners at the assizes be conducted, as heretofore, as ordinaries, at which the high sheriff shall, if he be pleased to do so, preside, and at which he will be requested to abstain from making any addition whatever. " 8. That no expenses should be incurred by the she riff in the discharge of his duty beyond those allowed in the Bill of Cravings, or imposed upon him by law, or under the recommendation of the Standing Shrievalty Committee, by whose authority the funds of the associa tion are to be managed and applied. 9. That the keeping order in the courts at the as sizes and sessions being essential to the due administra tion of justice and the proper conducting of the county bu , iness, an arrangement be made by which the county police be employed in lieu of javelin men, and be paid by the county for such extra duty. " 10. That only three bailiffs, with such assistants as may he necessary, be employed. " That - be treasurer of this association. " That (four names to be inserted) be the trustees of this association. "That Mr. J. Sparke, of Bury St. Edmund's, and Mr. G. Josselyn, of Ip sw i c h , b e joint secretaries of this association at an annual salary of 201. " That no alteration he made in the rules of this &sec elation, unless sanctioned at a general meeting of the subscribers, a ft er notice of the specific alteration, to be proposed a t th e recommendation of a majority of the committee. SURREY BACHELORS' BALL—On Thursday night the sixth annual reunion of the Surrey Bachelors' Ball took place, when the rooms of the Freemasons' Tavern pre sentA a brilliant appearance. Adams's band, Mr. Frampton, the master of the ceremonies, Mr. Toole, the treasurer, with Mr. Cartmell, the honorary secretary, all contributed to the apparent happiness and enjoyment of the ladies and gentlemen assembled (nearly 400). The result, we apprehend, will materially benefit the funds 0 the Tralwcrth Literary Institution. - . (From the Morning Herald of, tait.:4*-SW, '`'C . ,,,, When some future Macaulay sllielle liaielli - . ,\'' intoethe-secret—histar of the t sticiroMi 4ftt 4i a si last three ye ars — w h en the true mo 'area Wietch**** 4 - actuated the m em b ers o f her Majest ?s'GdieennaiitiliP i during that p er i o d s h a ll be uufoleleiefoi theiStittii& ':7 - - gazaof our descendants--do , W e o f th e 'preasenTellit eec imagine that wh e n con t rasted with those men *to formed the Admi n i s t rat i ons of the clays of William and Mary our statesmen will appear in a light at all .more respectable than they do ? We are said ti) live in_an age of progress. Have our - statesmen progressed ? If so, we may well inquiringly ask, have they progressed in basenese or in virtue ? It is true that no exiled Monarch now exists with whom they can keep up treasonable communica tions to bring about his restoration to his throne ; but the same principles--if principles they can be called—which produeed the :" base and wicked conduct" of the Russells and the Churchills of those -days, - have evidently been in full ope ration amongst the Russells, the Aberdeens, and the Palmerstons of these. " They have," as Mr. Macaulay shows _ that their. ancestors did—they have only done "after their kind. The times have been troubled. A thick cloud has hung over the future. The most sagacious politician could not see with any clearness three months before him. To a man of virtue and honour," says the indig nant historian, "this mattered little. His uncer tainty as to what the morrow might bring forth might make him anxious but could not make him perfidious. Though left in utter darkness as to what concerned his interests, he bad the sure guidance of hi i principles. But unhappily, men of virtue and honour were not numerous amongst the statesmen of that age." A future Macaulay, writing on present events, might state with truth that Downing-street. had during a quarter of a century " swarmed with low minded, double-dealing, self-seeking politicians. These politicians have acted as it was natural that men profoundly" profligate in political affairs " would act at a crisis of which none could pred;ot the issue. Some of them had a strong ' predilec tion' against the French - Emperor; some of them had a strong 'predilection' in favour of Russian power ; bat ,_ it __wt xi* lay-any sualkasredilectiffle - that i the ebnditctof any of th e b r eed was lidded.' If they had thought that the spirit of the nation would compel an alliance with the French Em peror, they would all have been fur Louis Na poleon : if they had thought that the nation would have tolerated Russian encroachment, they would ail have been for the Czar. " But what could they do when the chances were so nearly balanced ? The honest men of our party answered," resist Russia to the death in the attempt- to crush the liberties of the world. " The honest men of the other panty answered"—Russia is the great Conser vative power which uphold the despotio monarchies of the Continent. Let us not assail that Conser vative Colossus. But such consistency was unin telligible to the noble and the powerful ; their ob ject was to be safe "in office" in every event ; they, therefore, openly argued for going to war wine Russia, and secretly gave their assurance to Rusiia that they would avert such dire extremity. They denounced Louis Napoleon as a tyrant on the lea a ings ; but hastened to crouch to him when they wanted him as an ally. Such, with a few triflieg ad , pta lens to the altered circumstances, may well I e the contemptuous words of some future Macau lay, words which the present Macaulay has em ployed when describing the statesmen of the time of William and Mary. Who can deny their being strictly applicable to tLe stet smen of the time of Victoria ? To them the word "c, nsistency" is unintelligible. They can see no baseness in hold ing one language to the Czar, and another to the British nation. They can see no baseness in pro mising the nation to conduct the war with the ut most vigour, yet nevertheless so conducting it as to spare the foe whom they undertook to conquer. When the language of the late Czar comes to be accurately ascertained, and the exact nature of it set forth by some future historian, will it not be found that it was full of complaint against the English Ministers for having betrayed him into the war ? They beguiled him into the belief that they would not fight, Dead then consented to be the agents for carrying on the fight against him. They sought a balm for their con,cience in afresh treason. They N p v ijo th mi t s h e i e d u t t h m e 0 stv i Britishgou vigour, people t ey to c h a a rr ve y to conduct it as to do th e l eas t p oss ibl e i n j ury t o co o n n t t r il iv e ed wa so r the country which they assailed. Their state of mind was this—if our armies are triumphant, well and good ; we shall reap the glory. If they are defeated, well and good ; excuses can'be formed, and Russia is saved from being humbled. They failed in both. Our army, triumphant in battle, was destroyed by shameless neglect. England was dishonoured; but Russia, nevertheless, was humbled. . The Russell of William's days led his old master, King James, to believe that he would deliver up to him the English fleet, over the command of which his confiding new master, King William, had placed him. And when King James, relying on his assur ances, acted in full conviction of their fulfilment, Russell, with characteristic faithlessness, crushed James's hopes for ever by the decisive victory of La Hogue. Tile Russell of these days first openly approved of the Papal aggro *lion, then secretly connived At le then fanned the flame of_vm4htiad. indignation which had sprung up against it, by fiercely denouncing it ; and then when, by these means, he had regained the confidence of the public, he betrayed that confidence by bringing in a mea• sure which confirmed rather than repelled the ag gression. Allowing for the difference of circum gtzuces, what is there to choose between the Rmsell and the Nottingham of William's time, and the Russell and the Aberdeen - of Victoria's ? Are they not the Fame motives by which " the conduct of the breed is guided ?" We ask then, in this age of progress, if our statesmen have pro gressed, have they progressed in baseness or in• virtue ? IRONMASTERS' MEETING. _ BIRMINGHAM, March 28. The usual assemblage of the ironmat•iers of South Staffordshire and East Worcestershire, preliminary to the spring quarterly meetings of the trade was held at Dee's Hotel this afternoon. Mr. Philip Williams occu pied the chair ; and the attendance, although not un usually numerous, was bighly influential. The late questionable state of the iron trads necessarily occupied the attention of the meeting, but comparatively little discussion ensued. It was admitted on all hands that, so late as three weeks back, considerable depression ex isted in the iron districts, and that great doubts were entertained as to the possibility of maintaining existing Witi.in the last fortnight, however, a marked improvement has occurred, and there are now prospects of renewed prosperity. The expectations which we ventured to express a few weeks ago with respect to the deafnads of railway companies have in a degree been realised, and further contracts are anticipated. Within the last fortnight orders have been received for not less than 20,000 tons of Staffordshire rails, and another large demand for a similar description of iron is daily expected. Besides these requirements there have been good orders received from the East Indies, and these comprise not only rail, but various descriptions of foundry work used in the formation, maintenance, and working of railways. The fact that underselling has of late been carried on to a great extent is not denied, but it is stated that it has been altogether confined to inferior makers, and not prevalent in the slightest degree amongst the manufac turers of best "brands." Taking all these matters into consideration, the mett ing of to-day resolved unanimously, subjec.l. to the ap probation of the ensuing quarterly meetings, that the prices fixed in January should be the prices exacted during the ensuing quarter ; and there is little donbt, whatever may be the condition of the trade generally during ithat period, that the first firms of the district have sufficient contracts or orders in hand to keep their works in full employ at those rates. Prices, therefore, uow stand as follows :—Bars, 9/. per ton ; sheets and boiler-plate=, 101. 10s. per ton ; and hoops, 101. per ton. It was stated that there is a better demand for pig iron, at improved prices ; best pigs are at least ss. higher than they were a fortnight ago. At the close of the proceedings it was remarked, by old members of the trade, that they were never present at any meeting at which greater unanimity prevailed, or a more decided convic tion expressed of the flattering prospects of the trade. The large firma of the district, who have been exten sive exporters of Staffordshire iron to the United States, do not a n ti cipate any lengthene d or ser i o us interruption of trade with that country, and they attribute the partial suspension of orders which has occurred during the pre sent year more to the severity of the winter in America, ' and the frozen state of its rivers, than to any fear of a rupture with Great Britain. No doubt present diffe rences demand e has sb inducedeenthecaution, consequence ; bu considerable tt o s cks areslackness known in to be extremely low in North America, and should the dispute in hand be speedily settled, a great additional impetus will be given to the South Stafford. shire ironmasters. TICE PROPOSED `VAR•OFFICE, PALL MALL.—This mat ter does not stand now exactly as our corresponeent of lase' week put it. Professor Cockerell was at first re garded as desiring to quit the profession, and so was not included in the list of invited competitors. Ulti mately, however, ho was applied to, and accepted the invitation. Mr. Tits has declined, and Mr. George Mair has been added to the list, which now stands thus : Sir C. Barry, Mr. Cockerell, Mr. P. C. Hardwick, Mr Mair, Mr. Pennethorno, Mr. Shaw, and Mr. Smirke. The designs are to be sent in six werks after the instruc tions have bee❑ issued. The selected competitor will carry out his design and receive 5 per cent. commission, and each of the other candidates will receive 100 guineas —all the designs remaining the property of the Govern ment. The idea originated, we believe, with Sir Ben jamin Hall, who deserves credit for desiring to render such new buildings as may be required by the Govern. went worthy of the country, —The Builder. ' -.9a • :Now ready at all the libraries, is 3 vols., 0 'UR OWN STORY. By SELINA BUNBURY. "This is - a story of that meritorious class which, entering the world with the view of improving and amusing It, effectively accom- Wishes both purposes. It abounds with deep thought and brilliant imagination, and displays in ( qual proportions, humour, invention, and acute observe , ion. The vitality and versatility of original genius are apparent in every chapter."—Morning Post. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Bestl' ridge► s Gal- Rev. erine► Bon of g'otte, I Ito' Wil- Lon- Esq., rates, Ann, zliter flog, , St' I Re- Do' bon, igest ..... __--- 'NO 112, ty of