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I t o 11001 i rlice ol! st61: 01 ! 1 u►nl &IA 0° the In I etwateh in thier.,,b ll fictions ' , ranee oF ° a,6lhsd icashire 20g 0 5 Rhenish, Ditto, DP' to-aA1 ,014 0 ?.9,t Stour f • CoolPs°,4 ]ghaul lire 84 sots, gle New Thrl Bth Ar ' iO - Darioitin pub St e rn. s 6, 7 Pre f " Eastern, io—W ikf at 'f c i• )1., 4J int. ---2 r 4 nta A 0c 11 , 1 : 1C, .o- 11 le, I lll it s co at,, ) , 03 , 01 0 17 yr livdebi llt o / c , v s of . o bt 3ps 01 4- Da Pi' w. etre r Coooty of Doili C o unte, ;ring h t 07,1 rabies F° ° d s ' etas be and were " an clr fl46s BarrY,, n, a nd 01 : 1 , 60, Gra' i s, paid° cross ; v" It• rAt"'' Ref. 'l'3. be wit s °I dho3, ill° CIAP 11511” eII to 'CloP l3ll°‘ A. 10 513. 4 40) 1 °6 en bl• P o j/ .i: dov 11-01 1011' ingest eo 11. Brifit3e— r delsr l ' ,„; An o id Scot t, sook Lai, 3e .Bal elan , be a of fie , Orict V/ 114 ::; f•• onntY o. ARGYLL ROOMS.---L A URENT'S CASINO api sto • NOW OPEN for the winter season. Prinlpal Cornet n,M. Boulcourt.—Doors onen.n , R. Admlcalon 'ne "Ming ....._"arent's new Varsoviana and St. Patrick Quadrille every night. RR• W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. n Flay instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voi!".e, Character, o m nstutne, coaclucling with an imnersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as " Les Horaces," GIL ad every evening, at 8 - hoxe%s and stalls may be secured in n s vance, without extra P° l 3'zraphic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. A r rillance every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 2 4 , , fra Morning Performance TO-MORROW (Easter Wednesday), o'clock. . ROYAL PANOPTICON.-EASTER GDL 11 01. ID AY , ;.—Glimpmei of Italy. by Mr. Leirkster :, frustrated by dioramas of Vet ona, 'Venice, an 1 Pompeii, at 9 .15 ; Ileinke's Diving Apparatus and Sui)aqueous Light ; 4114 m .) rgalit ; Coemoramas of the Paris xhilition, St. Petiersburgh, 1 1147 ° !cow Lectnres on Chomistry by Mr. Ansel], and Natural 1 , le tt h i. i)3' Mr. Malcolm ; Luminous. and Chromatic Fountain, 101 B!l.th. &0., &c. The celebrated Rpanish Minstrels every evening Admission Is ; schools and children lee. Kt -OPENED, with many important additions tb , D.s. _to the Scientific Department.—Dr. Kit tN . begs to acquaint v, rated that his celebrated USZUM, which has been elegantly Is v,ritted and enriched by many Interastin, additional objects. 1,7,W OPEN (for Gentlemen only). Amongst the new te ttures interest will be found a magnltioent full-length Model ef a 14', 4A. from on o of the most eminent of the ancient masters. Inter, is open daily from it till 10. Lectures are delivered Int er : 2 2, 4, and half-past 7. by Dr. SzXTON ; and a new and highly. Y4, -B "rig series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by Dr. kignra at half-past 8 precisely, Every Evening. — Admission, One u g--No. 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. 11 GLAND to the CRIMEA, GREAT GLOBE, TOD ] , Leicester-square, on EASTER MONDAY. —A DIEIRAMIG BLACKWALL to B AL AIC.C.AVA, through the principal Tie n - :" 1 Zarope—Hamburg; Berlin, Dresden, Pragne, Ratishon, Sta r ,:gt Peath. And Buda, the River Danube, the Iron Gate. Con a ° We, Balaklava Harbour and Encampment at Balaklava. konttdrlatic, Rome, V. nice, Lags MaggiorP , across the Alp.. by I ,4elip„ Rosa, the Galleries of Iselin and (londo, the Simp , on, Inter 144cf", the Jungfrau. Geneva, and up the Rhine to Cologne and Eng -110l Cron I a.m., 3 p.m.. and 8 p.m.—Models of the Siege of Sevttsto km. ,stadt, the Baltic, Sweaborg, and Helsingfers. The lane k i C i i of the Earth. with lectures and illustrations. A collection of 41 ' arms, pictures, and trophies. Military gallery of the Armies b me i l l i rope.—Open from 10Admission to the whole 41 One Shitliug. Children and sclK•ols half-prce. ItOYA.L POLV . TECHNIC.-PATROII El . ,' PIeII;TC ALIAR T. —E AA TER BUM D AY:4";-- vie e t l e ttilre and Experiments by .1. 11. PEPPER, Esq., wlth Three tttelik' e Lights and Three Enormous Concave Mirrors , showing tipo Wifitical and Ca'orific Effects, on Tuesday and 1 hursday,at 3 st original Entertainment by Mr. Matthews, entitled a PEE lllp e eIENT and MODKRN MAGIC, with novel and surprising I,n oo c.ations. daily (except Tuesday and Thursday), at 3 and 8. Ns, ' M odels and Works of Art on view, with a good coPection of 03,'ul Tr() , hies, and a Russien Carr!age brought from Bal . aklava 511/tt, Barclay, in the Mohawk, as the identical Carriage ot tki„,hlkoff, cap t ure d at the Battle of the Alml. The new Prince enter tqelit. of KENH,wORIII, and the ItIORAMIC PICTURE: of Q I'AL DEi RUCTION of COVI , NT-GA.RDEN TiIEATRF„ 12 14 6 Admission Is • children and schools half - price. Open from and from 7 till 10. ALLIANCE (FR AN CE and ENGL AND) 'Trot , BANK. - L's nEIiF.BY f; EVEN- that the PROVISIONAL PHARE of 11 .Iyr, GATES will be ready to , delivery on and after the 31st reh next. and that the Statutes of the Ccimpany, translated tlt4•Nlish.-and printed, 1, ill be distributed at the same time to tlem‘_""'eholderS, at the offices of the London Agency, 31, Thread q. Ktreitt, London.—By order of the Oqinell. are h 1 4, 1856. EDWARD GE A.CLI, Secretary. Is' ANK OF LONDON, c H ,„ Threadneedle-street, and Charing-cross. n+Max —Sir JOHN VILLIErN SHELLEY, Bart., M.P. tiv .u. reE-C11.4.n MAN—JO 11 N GRIFFITH FRITH, Esry tr rre .;„"t Aeccunts are received, and interest allowed on B-dances. Wlyv"r cent. Interest is at present aliowed on df-pnslts, with 10 n° tice of withdrawal on sums of 10, -and upwards. By order. MA I'TII W MARSHA LI, Jun., Manager. BIaN.TAMIN SCOTT, Secretary. et, March 2'`, 1856. Thr -eadneedle-st: 4311 AVICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOrIETY.—EST.A.I3INIIED 1797. Total amount Insured, 63.000.0001, ances may be effected with this Company upon more favour gad(.lhisrms ihan with other ()Moo. let Oaken - Surrey•strect. Norwich ; and 6, Crescent, New a- street, Blackfrlats, London. ti 4tTROPOLIT A.N COUNTIES and rt.„ GENERAL LIFE ASSUR k ENC SIETY, 27, Regent. 'lYaterloo-place, London. Capital, 100 OC ,0001. TRIISTEES. coPii.:'.:ltenrer IT. Walpole, m.r. Richard epooner, Ecq., M.P. T eter Fuller, Flsq. I E Vansittart Neale, nsq. ^ v iiiirance business transacted in all its branches. "lie; Th bonus declared at tits last division of profits averaged "LII e . on all the premiums paid. F. FERGiU-ON CAMROUX, Manager. S tr N LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. 131 -. 1',„" effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN m r ",; . ' IFTTIS or 80 per cent, or the Net Profits of the Society, T h 'ine to the ' condit tons contained to the Society's Prospectus. 4 rei ls remiums required by this Societe for insuring Young Lives 1 14 ';'*er than in many (Alin obl-established otii3es, and Insurers 4(l oltrY Protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in r req, i ,, li to the accut..ulated funds derived from the investments of Net tea" stamps paid by the Office. krketuses mabe obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street, ° O, or of any of the Agents of thC Society. CHARLES HENRY !ADD ERDALE, Actuary. 14 1 TROPOL ITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Nto. 3, Princes-street, Bank. Os 4n - Di rectors hereby give notice to Members whose Premium . fall 'hi " the sth of Aorit next, that the same must be PAID within „Tim d ays from that date. tism are paid Yearly alf-yearly, or fArterly, on " b itite 6 ,.,, of January hth of April, sth of July, and hth of October, which several da ys constitutes the commencement of the : I, tyT Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So• N teMbers on the et of April thathould appear or lodge Tb,"roDosals at the offi on or before day. 1 101:.ociety, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates h the or to_ its profits to the benefit of parties a , ssii . ring,t eir own lives rt term of lite as Members of the Society. h o Year ending the sth of April, 185 , i. an abatement of 51 per "far a ;' ss been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five min44ll3dlng and upwards. ITENRY mAxsuAr., Actuary. street, Bank, 4th March, 1856. t reyi . " - Resolved, this- 19th September. Mi. That during the Fe r War every person assured or to be assured as a memb , r, or 1 4 4 , ' 1 11 e• not a . mariner by procession , may proceed to any part of Obi' where there are no hostilities, without a licenco from the or Directors, and without paying any additional premium. 1 . It. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- P 'greet, has introduced an entirely new description of Alai t!'rPol!:: resemble the nstural teeth as not to be dtsiinguished from lill, *ay 41)( 1 will beal by the tound very superior to closest oi,seryer; they will any teeth eyet never n befo o r ce c e lo usedur or. tt l er;4moetnhOd does not require the extraction of rots, or any painful ar 4n and wilt support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is ftlm€ l , te ed to re s tor e articu'ation and mastication. Decayed teeth n`44 sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At ten till live. tiIVIR DESTROYER, 1, Little Queen-street, . • e t , , gu Holborn —ALEX. ROA DE ft EL A.TOR Y, for rem w -41,'ettially Stioerfluous Bair from the Face, Neck, Arms, and 11, It'L w , it hout the slightest injury to the skin. A. It. will warrant .1 1 th ' fl I th . mallest degre , ., and the hair to be ‘l'lc)iar d estro;ed e —Zd i i n n bo e t.l s es,at . 3s 6d. ss. id , and 10s. 6,1 ; t, v i t e d at the flair-dyeing Establishment, ' as ' above. Fo warded "Ps, tree by post, eight extra. kIuzEAU'S COPAIENE, or SACICHA RATED !nt tes af Nu LF,S, approved of by the erench College of Physiciani, sa t ,,,,'.Y administered In the l'aris and London Hospitals, and tt e dgQd by them to be the best remedy :or a certain ,li:iorder:. Ztl on 'aneet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on apnb okillii—L.,l,riec per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, Is. 9d. To be had of the Inventor, Zt.l l , JOZEAU ' French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and cheenlsts. IiIN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. b 4\:I:B EIVIAR.-0n the 29th of May, 1855, an I. lllll nction was granted by the Fligh Court of Chancery, and ,ratA tt 'Lb of June followingmade perpetual, against Joseph : 4 114 " 11 and others, to restrain thorn, under a penalty of one thou aft 11,4Winds,,from imitating this Medicine, which is protected it° I% ~ r t iers Patent of England, and secured by the Seals or tin te4 43% "` Ph trmacle de Paris, and the Imperial Collexe of Medicine. I% TRIESEMAR, No. 1. '6 411Z 416( 1Y for Relaxation, Snerroatorrheea. and all the distressiny, ._te e ;e,tices arisin from earl abuse, &c., and its effects are et -7,.°14;: l 0 " H i Youth manhood, and old age ; and t. , persons who entering the married state from the results of early in ei a te,l valuable: e; 44 4 TRIESEMAR, No. 2 , g 4t ,„..11 the short space of thee days, completely and entirei. a "Va all traces of those Disor r ders which Capaivi and Cubeb ,rm,'°lli been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the heart' th Porti on of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, 11 %,,rt e qtr,•,(!,a,t Englishy for that class of Disorders, in i t .„ -, abh,, - ..`elY thegl physician treats with Mercury, to thf. in ' 1 4 14 ; 4 ., ostruction of the patient's constitution, and which al. th• in the world cannot remove. tir t4 or 4i - I' M A% Nos. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or snael i , , nauseating-qualities. They may lie on the toilet W.. Tlit t 4rle4r use being suspected l'h4l. gaOra s, 1 " 1 ..k1i, Nos. 12, and 3 are uld in tin cases, price 1 O r hi -e. ih one for 335 , , which saves l Is. ; and in 5/. eases, .whereby . biV a lying of 11. 125.; mew tot.. s ~,arate doses, as &Jannis be, Laileinand, Roux, &s.. &c. hi. 4(1 Wholesale rind in London of Johnston, f; l ', 1/ 4 1 1 tire A . 4 ""TilaY and Co., 63, Oxford-street: and Sanger- tn. O. t irem;` , lngham, druggist,arket-strect, Mancheste r ' ; urY, bookseller, Deansate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 42, 4h11,,.;"?, Liverpool; Powell,bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-stree t 1,,„ — . 3 .. bookseller. High.st req. ,kir nit, uhani T4l O, ofile,4itET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY • Published, brine Is idustrated with eases and numerous engravines free by poet ter 14 stamps, ' v OS .DEBILITY; w 4to ,_ c an _ „ eto s any Cttre .— An Essay on Spar ese,. ‘rhp °Yin. m ' • safer and more a i 7eeset ti cs with Practical Observations i ern, °b i ds of treatment of the diseases of the Generativt , ey e tainea by the use of the Microscope in detecting ant i f" , B, by urinary examin, the real cause and effect o - se %riet rising from solitary habits, 0 „ eas e ., of complaint. wh eth er a tsto,,yeetdent, or climate followed by practical retntrks, founded 1.,! r t'55,,.,/ Years' ex exp erien c e in the treatment of Impnissance. sta‘ - siebility, Lo g Weakness, Spermatorrhesa, &c. To which any 441011' Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre otlerY hints on the evils emanating from empirical pre once, ae rs . taint 'fi e uns remedies advocated by various writeis on , ", „. fLA.MUEL LAWERT .or 111,,tbrORD.SQUA LONDON , r n Mi ne, Matriculated Member of the University o. L T he iC elti °n° rarY ' Member of the London Hospital Medias( lonic. .„,,to Of Apothecaries' Han, London, B ‘e., "'lee —*Utile object of this treatise . Is to point out the fearful coo. iee ne te tang from certain habits, irregularities, and exce h rea. 0. 'is and • Prodeced more misery in Youth, degradation in an. „,--• maturePre decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, au) rt: -411:1 fdisease gnomon to modern pathologists. Its perusal 1, , I cU larly r „Ilihyol,,,• e eilanrnended to pepcns entertaining secret doubts or et t eeliditi d whc are conscious of haring hazardoe .it z.t taiappines, on an , an privileges to which every humeri being is F ;1 1 ,a necessary that all man should know, that there are t Persona/ management which cannot be violated withers "e el. " Penalties, end when wisdom and regret succeed of I (*wild r to self-indulgence how these penalties h "'" how be - Zgateti n how the sting of their bitte rness ' may be removed I tlO 4 , e t thee e — , e . evil ' and its consequences .r4 maybe avoided, and above all, T - eree "ce reelY any degree of physical infirmity or functiona• a A ht , Ut to which the tinsel); aid of science cannot apply a cure Prt '-r hat for n aged in an extensive t h , Lee a series of years been r r,Ztitin4telyltreatment of these delicate complaints, whi . ch hav , i k lth rC4 . who ee! ' too generally c onfided to the care ~ o . 'a th o i n rtflict great ry on those as ~o ara induced to p ae• „,00kilvotriertensiona kJ and e b t liILITY may be had price Is, of fitessrs. Sher eise.l 9 e •• 28, Paterauster.row • flannay, 63, Oxford-street ' 'eleest forci,llpti t o er-tietiare; Vann, 39, Cornhill; free tiy pest for oast „ anY address from the , thther's resider 37 . o 3cia. At • ....... • - 4 11.1 "le -ray -- O healtatton y from eleven till two, and from six H 20 N O . 19,9021 PUBLICATIONS. Now Really , in 1 vol., with 1,500 Enzravings of Arms, T HE PEERAGE and BA.RONETAG for 1856. _ . Ty Sir BERNARD BURKE, Ulster King of Arms. New Edition, Correc' ed to March, 11456, from the personal Commu nications of the Nobility, &c. Hurst ant Blackett, Publishers, successors to Ilenty Colburn. 1111 E ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH : Was it I VE rED by PROFEISOII KM: AT i ? A Reply to Mr. Wheatstone's Answer. By WILLIAM FOTIIERGILL COOKS, Esq Price Is. W. 11. Smith and Son, Strand. The Third Edition. Just Published, prico 55., by post, tree, ss. 6d. ON TRUE FALSE SPERMA'PORRth_EA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatinent and Cure. Translated from Inc k-ierman of Dr. t'ICKFORD. " Dr. Picitford •ts known to English readers by his frequent practi. ;al e.ontrlbutions to German medical literature. This is the flit he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nos-molt reader. We trust this may not bo the last. if he shall !cunt any equally flagrant eri) which it may be in his p sorer to cor rect."—London Ni ilea) Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' end ' Medical rrisnils,' are mercilessly exposed ; arid if this boot 3•Jtild find its way - into the hands of those who saffsr from the corn tiaint of which it treats, we aretiatistled that many Mindreds would ,avod much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of :est Importance, 'though it is that which the quacks moat prize— noels money --This volume Is well qualified to put an end to th, Arolrlcal vstem of treating Spermatorrham, and to place the treat• went upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefor.dk.4y to do much gooil," •nation : H. Kalll re. 119, Relen•.-Mtreet ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN _RA RAILWAY. OR Ili A.m PTONT RACES. SPRING M O.—A SPECIAL TRAIN will leave the Euston Station en WEDNEAD 26th irch, at 8.31 a.m , returning from Northainiy , n at a Quarter east Six o'clock on the evening of Thursday, March 27. FARES TO NORTHAMPTON AND BACK. _ _ _ First clsss lBs. Od. I Covered carriszes.— 13 , !. 64, •- nt the-Intefoleatate* The. Iteturn i , rickets to he avali.ble by any of theltit( Trains. By order. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, March, 18.5".1. Return I ickct , for Northimpton at express fares-235. first claiv, and igs. seeond class will also be issued on the 26th and 27th w March, t.v the 9.15 a.m, down express train at Easton, available to return on either day. ONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN R AILW AY. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING First and Second Class ordinary DAY TICKET 4 will be Issued at the En-ton Station, to Doncaster, by any Train excep!lng the 9. • 5 a.m. Expres.. en , 'ON DAY a. d TUESDAY, the 31st March and Ist April, AVAIL ABLE to BETU.cts: by the Ordinary Trilns Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 31st March and Ist and 2 I April. In ad lition to the above, First Clms Express Day Tickets will he Issued on .Sionday and Tuesday, 31st of March/ and Ist of April, by the 9.15 a.m..Expre.s Trains, Available to Return by the Express • r any Train on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 31st March an Ist and 2a April. ' By Order. General Manager's Office, Easton Station, March, 1856. FOR SALE, by Auction, at th© War Depart ment la the Tower, on TiIIJR%DAY, 27th, and FRIDAY. 28th Altreh, nt 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the following Stores, viz.,—Great Co its, Clothing, Boots, Saltpetre Bags, Fire Engi •es and Hose, Accoutrements, Iron Bedsteads, Furnace Fronts and Bars, Tools of sorts, and miscellaneous *snicks ; also, the Ord nance State Barre and Shallop. . _ Nay to viewed from tin till four o'el , elc, 3 days previous to the sale. Catalogues may he hat at the War Department, Tower. For the Director-G. neral Contracts. W. 0. MANDALL. War Department, Pall-mall, 24th March, 1856. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery. made 'in the matter of the Estate of Daniel Moore, late of Lincoln's-inn, is the county of Middlesex, solicitor, deceased and in a cause, Augustus Booth and another against Joseph Eaton Hale And another, the Creditors - of D.ANIKL 510011 E, late of Lin coln's-Inn, in the county of Middlesex. solicitor, who die I in or about the month of January, 1828, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the Eleventh day of April, 1856, to come in and prove their debts, at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, No. 3, Stone• buildings, Lincoln's inn, Middlesex ; or, in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Saiurday, the 12th day of April, 1856, at Three o'clock in the after noon, at the said Chamber+, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. , Dated this 10th day of Starch, 1855. CHAS. PU(1 1 1, Chief Clerk. LAKE and WALKER, Lincoln's-inn, plaintiff's sol!citor. Valuable Freehold Estates and Ground Rents —Bern:lendsly and Croydon. TO BE SOLD by Auction, pursuant to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, in a cans., Maltby and others v. Grey and others, with the approbation of Vice-Chancellor sir Richard I Kindersley. the Judge to whose Court the said cause is attached, by Mr. Thomas John Barnes. the auctioneer appointed for the purpose, at the Auction Mart, Bartholomew•lane. near the flank 01 England on WEDNESDAY, the Itth day of April, I/456, in 6 Lots, the following emits' FRP:EMMA) PROPER- Tt E , . chiefly let at Ground Rents, viz. :—s Freehold Ground Rent of 1201. a rear. secured upon and arising from an extensive Freehold Estate, Great Russell street, Bermondsey, comprising a large site of ground, nor which are built upwards of 40 Dwelling-houses, stacks of Warehouses, Manufactories, and other Business Premises and yards, of the presumed value of 1,4001. per annum. A freehold lt,ntal of 35/. a-year, front 3 houses. 47, 44. and 49, in Great Rursill str.tot, and ground in the rear. A Freehold Residence and extensive range of Worksho s, Warehouses, and other Business Prenrses, ` os 45 and 46. Crest Russell street, let to and occunisd by Mr. Paxton, on lease, at the rent of 95/. a-year A commodious Family Residence end Offices, with large Ga•den, situate .•t North End, , roydon, near he Railway Station, let to Mr. Dunkin; also, the two adioint g house , and premi-es, occupied by Mr. Doughney and Mrs. Pens ,n. e whole f echobt and capable of improvement. The premise, may be viewed by permission of the tenants. Printed p,rticulars and conditions of sale may be °h-:lined of %lessieurs Symes, Teesdal , •, and .landilands, solicitors, 3:3, Fenchureh-street ; Messieurs Garrard wc t James, 13, Suffolk•stroet, ; at Blue Anchor, Russell. street, Bermondsey ; and at the Greyhound, Croydon ; and of the Auctioneer, Mr. 'l'. J. 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MON used 143 , Eirilosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 25 1856. Spirit of the Public Journals. elusion against' his 'measure, forgetting that pre cisely the same reasoning would warrant a conclu sion against, all pnnishnien-ts in the case- of any offence, no matter what: Since you grant, they say, that your new penal process cannot eradicate the evil dispositions which are the cause of the crime, • and since you also grant that it is better to prevent it than to punish it, why not prevent it at once ? In the name of philanthropy, why not ? Let it be done. No punishment ever yet in use among men has been able to uproot the badness which caused the act it punished.; and, what is more, neither have any other means yet succeeded in quite re moving from the face of . the earth the moral seeds out of which offences spring. But two truths re main truths for all this; first, the existence of a punishing machinery - for crimes actually 'perpe trated, does not prevent the simultaneous existence of reformatory processes for their prevention to the greatest extent possible, .nor the introduction of as many new agencies of . the kind as you please, nor their indefinite Multiplication afterwards and per petually. Every instrument to its properyvork ; and, though the work of one may be far better than the work of another, yet the instruments are not, if interchanged. theaecond place,' pnnisburent does act, in - its sphere, fur the prevention of some crimes, and especially on , the part -of him who is under the penal restraie.t, whatever it may be. Those who urge the Most appropriate chastise ment of offences have, of course, in their mind only offences already perpetrated and done. If none be perpetrated, it little matters what the punishment reserved , for such acts-that punishment cannot apply. Prevent them altogether, and their punish ment will neveecome iiktoforce. Meantime, per mit us to speak of whoetnest,elyarilLclaims attention—Ne mean the occurrence of positive actual facts contrary to law. We engage to occupy ourselves with peual-enactments only until there be nothing to punish—not one moment- longer. Therefore, by all means, prevent crime. It is a most excellent work. So it is to prevent a fire in your house far better than to extinguish a fire in it. But because the precautions whiCh keep your premises from igniting are much more valuable than any processes for subduing their conflagra tion, would you forbid these last ? Cannot both be attended to without incompatibility ? He who keeps a valuable dog from goitrg, mad does a better thing than he who shoots him when mad, but the last will continue to be a prudent measure until dogs cease altogether to be' liable to rabid frenzy. Not one of the various chastisements awarded for murder (or for any other offence) ever yet deli vered the community where they were in fcrce from the occasional occurrence of the deed. There fore, such deeds, we suppose; must not be punished at all. What the penalties do not hinder malefac tors from'venturing we behold ; what the penal ties deter them from doing we can but calculate— surely calculate in the gross average, but never with precision in the positive number of cases, for the nature of these is not to come to light. This is the very advantage gained, and it is forgotten by our mawkish sentimentalists, and by the whole tribe of these philosophic progress-preachers who disdain lucidity of argument, and everything like' carefulness in their reasonings. As to the " degradation" of a whipping for child beaters and wife-beaters, we advise Mr. Dillwyn to say plainly that degrading it is, and that this is precisely one of the reasons why he recommends its adoption. A person is powerfully restrained from doing, or incurring, what is deemed, in his own circle, a degradation. To strike to the earth a preg nant wife, to kick her, to jump on her, to drag her by the hair of the head around her garret, alt this is not'considered by the persons in question to de grade them ; but to be whipped for it, we are now told, will be so considered by them. Then whip them for it. It will " hurt their conscience' to treat them tiles ; then hurt their conscience. The very argument most used and pressed against the proposal is an unspeakably powerful argument in its favour. Meantime, " moralist?' these persons as much as you please. If you moralise these men sufficiently, there will bo none to whip. Let it be remembered that no one asks punishment for the crimes that are, but only fur those that still unhap pily may continue not to be "prevented." (From the Times of this day.) It has always been . considered a sign of the.ap proaching • downfall . of Governments or political 'systems when scandal after scandal has come to light among those highest placed in a country, and men have seen with astonishment and something like terror the corruption of those who rule their destinies. The fall of the Roman commonwealth was presaged by portents far more significant than comets or showers of blood, and within the last few years adynasty of France seemed fore-doomed to destruction in the terrible histories which cast a gloom over its latter days. Recent events in Berlin may well cause observers of political times and changes to reflect. Seldom have a few clays brought into view so much that is foul s strange, and unna tural. Men had scarcely recovered from the sur prise- occasioned by the death of Hinkeldey, the Minister of Police, when it was announced that Herr von Canitz, another well-known member of Berlin society, had committed suicide. The report 'prevailed for two or three days when it was an nounced that he too had lost hit life in-a duel of mysterious origin. Scarcely are these two men in thegrave, scarcely has the indecent address of the President of the Upper House in the case of Herr von Roehow been uttered, • than a new and larger scandal appears. The circumstances, as far as they are known, were detailed in our Prussian corre spondence a day or two ago. It can well be imagined that even in the midst -of spiels and alleged suicides, even when Peace Conferences are - at their crisis, and Frederick Williamis accrediting a representative to them, such an incident as the' theft of important --aod oomptomit6trex 4-icon - rents from the portfolios'of two men high in Court favour must move the world of Berlin. The facts are as follows :—ln the course of last summer two men, one in the service of the Finns Private Secretary, Niebuhr, and the other of General Gerlach, were arrested on suspicion of having betrayed the corre spondence of their masters to several persons both at home and abroad. It appears that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg fancied that certain communica tions made to the Court of Berlin had 'become known to the French Embassy, and even that the operations of the allies in the Crimea had been in fluenced by revelations surreptitiously made. The . matter appears to have been little inquired into at the finie, but subsequently it was found that a much larger mass of correspondence had been pur loined, and, from what has escaped into notoriety, it szkeins evident that two sets of men high in the Stale have been intriguing, against each other, and that one has had recourse to the most dishonourable means to learn the secrets and to baffle the plans of the other: The relation of the King to his Ministers is singular. The responsible instruments of his ad ministration are by no means those in closest connection with him. Behind, and almost above the Ministry, is a small knot of men who, under the names of Chamberlains and Adjutants, report on the measures of the ac6redited advisers, have sight of all documents, and are said to sway the Royal purpose according to their owls views. Among thus() are M.M. Niebuhr and Gerlach, whose correspondence has been lately purloined. Though much that is asserted may be incorrect, we yet must give the accusation as we find it. It is said that one of the King's Ministers has had some share in employing or rewarding the men who liave violated the sanctity of their mas- ters' correspondence. Last autumn a man named Techen was arrested as an abettor of the men ser vants in robbing their masters. This person, an old man, was - formerly a police spy, and well he seems to have understood his nefarious craft. Having been for some unemployed and penniless, he was accustomed to solicit alms of a gentleman occupy ing a high office under the Minister of Finance at Potd im, but who had been himself a '' confiden tial official of secret police," and as so connected in old times with Techen. At last he began to he less importunate for money, and confessed that be we:s regularly engaged at a fair salary in a most delicate service. To prove his words he showed papers of high importance, which it was eviden t could only have been obtained in some improper way. His benefactor was staggered, but was too much a man . of the world to make a noise about it. Old Techen was well paid, and had managed to get hold of important documents. It must therefore be evident, thought the finance official, that he was acting under high authority. He behaved, therefore, as a good Prussian official ought, and contented himself with intimating the fact "in a high quarter." One of the papers was especially interesting. It was the copy of a i eport sent to General Gerlach by a spy who had been employed to observe and record -" all the Prince of Prussia's sayings and doings while on a tour of military inspection, and was full of the most odious incriminations of his Royal Highness." There were also private communica tions from Count Munster, at St. Petersburg, to General Gorlach, and it was probably these on Which the Czar's Government founded its repre sentations. Some time after Techen disappears, and on returning deposits papers and money with his friend. Tho money he afterwards asks for by letter, and the answer he allows to be discovered in his own house, thus making it appear to the world that his old friend had employed him in his scandalous proceedings and sent him money for his trouble. This is the transaction as understood at present in Berlin, and in which it is whispered that one of the Ministers has borne a principal part. If it be correct, it appears that some of the King's advisers have thought right to employ the vilest of mankind in discovering the secrets of persons who may in some sense be called their colleagues. The whole of this strange story throws a strong light on the mysteries of Prussian official life, and helps us to understand a story which was current sonic time since—that thl King, conscious of the system of espionage under which he lived, when on a visit to the Rhine last year had the greatest difficulty in communicating confidentially with an ex-Minister, who was at the same time one of his Majesty's oldest and dearest friends, and at last thought it necessary to appoint a meeting at a railway station, where the two could converse with out fear of intrusion on their privacy. But what is most interesting to Englishmen is to find that DEATH OR TB l; RIGHT IRON. SIR H. POT \ GER, 0.0.13. the spy system on the continent is no exaggeration of Liberal orators, no dream of popular suscepti bility, no usage of the past which is gone, never to return. In Prussia, educated, enlightened, and artistic, we see men of the highest rank accused on no slight grounds of p►actices not only unknown to this country, but abhorrent to the feelings of every man among us. When we consider that no official of even the lowe i st rank in England would dare to be concerned in such enormities, it gives us some notion of the difference between our own country and the continent to find that statesmen and nobles can look on such things as the legiti mate means of political success. (From the Morning Post of this day.) With respect to wife-beating, we have heard it asked whether the punishment of whipping (which Mr. Dill wyti, immediately after the re-assembly of Parliament, will propose to place it in the dis cretionary power of magistrates to inflict), whether this punishment would not " degrade" the brutes who should suffer it ? We have seen this question, and several like it, put in various respectable organs of opinion, and answered by them affirmatively, and then made the basis of vehement objections to the experimental alteration proposed. We wish our readers to, examine with us what this reasoning really means, and what it is worth. The few words we shall have to say about it will necessarily cast some incidental light, as we pass, on certain other equally valuable, equally profound, equally philo sophic, and thought-evincing inquiries continually h ear d in the discussion of this subject, such as— would it (whipping) " go to the root of the mat ' ter ?" Would it change our ruffian class into orna ments of society ? Would it " reform" their bar barous hearts and their degrading habits—would it turn child-kickers and wife-beaters intofond parents and gentle husbands ? All such queries, in cases like the one under consideration, constitute that rub bish of argument —that pretence of reasoning—that embarrassing heap of extraneous, irrelevant twad dle, with which every proposition of importance— the instant it becomes the theme of wide-spread.. and miscellaneous debate—is certain to be overlaid. These solemn admonitory appeals are the well known product of strong but vague wishes, in per sons of a weak understanding, highly cultivated — persons who do the largest habitual quantity of meditation with the smallest proportional quan tity of thought. Persons of that kind ask —would this particular species of , punishment eradicate the vicious p ro p ens iti es and bad disposi tions from which has pr ocee d e d the delinquency punished ? Well, we think not. They next ask— which- is better, to punish a delinquency, or to pre vent it ? No one can hesitate how to answer this : to prevent the crime is better. Obtaining these • "concessions," the objectors to Mr. Dillwyn's pro posed experiment, and, inieed, to every similar suggestion, proceed to draw their triumphant cou be ascribed to the :kill and forethought of Sir Henry Vottinger. As s,on as the news of this treaty reached .England Sir Henry was rewarded for his services with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ; he was sub sequently appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the is'and of Hong-kong, which post he held from April, 1843, to the spring of the following year, when lie returned to England. In May, 1814, he was sworn . a member of the Privy Council, and a pension of 1,600/. n-year was settled upon him by a vote of the House of Commons. 'ln September, 1846, he was again chosen ler active service, being appointed to the Governorship of the Cape of Good Hope, in succession to Sir Peregrine MP.itland, and discharged that office with great address and energy through a very troubled period, until Sep tember, 1847, when he was relieved by the present Gen. -Sir Harry G. W. G.O B. In 1847-he went again to India, the scene of his -early services, 'and held the post of Governor and .Commander-in-Chief of the Presidency of Madras until the year 1854, when he finally returned 'to -England. In Nov., 1851, he was promoted to the local rank of Lieutenant-Genera! in India. In every relation of publiC and private hid the name of Sir Henty.Pottinger has long commanded the respect and esteem of all who have been brooght into Connection with him. His administration of public affairs in India, China, and Africa has been uniformly excellent, and- we only re-echo public opinion when we say that we seldom have had occasion to regret an offi cer who has rendered greater service to the Crown and the country. , . THE EASTER BARQUET AT THE MANSION-I-LOUSE. Yesterday evening, pursuant to annual custom, the Right lion. the Lord Mayer entertained a large and 'distinguished paitY at dinner in the Egyptian where covers were laid for 200. The fact that' not a single Cabinet Minister was pre sent was a subject of general conversation amongst the gueats. Oh the removal of the cloth, The LORD MAYOR gave in succession " The Queen," " Prince Albert," &c., and then proceeded to the toast of `4 The other Members of the Royal Family," in giving which ho congratulated himself on the presence of so distinguished a member of the Royal family as his Royal highness the Linke of Cambridge, who sat upon his right hand. His lordship concluded by giving "The Health of the Duke of Cambridge and the other Mem bers of the Royal Family." (Cheers.) The Duke of CAMBRIDGE returned thanks. The LORD MAYOR gave, with an appropriate eulo gium, "The Army and Navy." (Toe Eirl of Lucan's name was placed opposite to this toast in the list, but the duty of responding to it was ultimately allotted to the'Duke of Cambridge.) The Duke of CAMBRIDG!, in returning thanks, ex pressed his conviction that no man could speak with greater sincerity or greater knowledge of the merits of the army than the individual who then had the honour of addressing them. AS a soldier he felt that he owed everything to the army of which he was a member, and that no words of his could do that army justice. What ever might be the difference of public opinion as to cer tain points in the conduct of the war, he believed there was no difference as to the merits of the soldiers and sailors concerned. He hoped and trusted and believed —although on that matter he knew as much, and no more, than the company around him—perhaps less than some of them—but, speaking without any authority, he hoped and trusted that they were on the eve, he might say, of peace, and if that peace should arrive, and be satisfactory, it would he to our soldiers and sailors we should owe the advantage. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR said that the next toast he bad to propose involved a compliment to the Government which had been called to office for the purpose of carrying out the altaost unanimous wish of the people. The Govern went had carried on the war vigorously, and with vigour would demand proper conditions of peace. He had, therefore, great pleasure in proposing the healths of her Majesty's 111 iiiisters. (Cheers.) Lord WpmmousE returned thanks, and apologised for the absence of the Earl of Clarendon—absent upon the most responsible of public duties ; f,,r if the responsibi lity of going to war was great, the responsibility of con eluding a peace was not less so. He trusted that the Paris negotiations would have such a result as should win the approbation of the country. The next toast was " The House of Lords." Lord MONTEAGLE returned thanks. Sir J. PAKINGTON gave the health of the Lord Mayor, w►th a warm compliment upon the manner in which his lordship discharged the duties of his office. The LORD mAton, in returning thanks, observed that he could hardly complain of reform, being himself, as it were, t:,e very emblem of innovation. In the corpora tion they did not dread nor oppose the reform of proved abuses, an 3 while he held office he should endeavour to render its functions as efficient and pure as possible. After one or two further observations his lordship con ended by giving " Mr. Gladstone and the House of Commons." Mr. GLADSTONE said that his lordship bad done him an honour of which ho was not worthy in selecting him to return thanks for the toast which had just been pro posed ; for in his opinion, it was an honour in which any man, however eminent, might take delight to be called on in such an assemblage a , he saw around him, to return thanks for such an institution as the House of Commons. (Hear.) Whatever faults or whatever virtues that house• might have they were pre-eminently English, and repre sented the greatnesses and defects of the national charac ter, while at the same time they wera inseparably coil nected with the strength and progress of the country. During the last two years the House of Commons had to discharge a painful function in adding to the burthens of the country ; but he trusted that the people were of opinion that the house had been jastified in voting fr:ely and liberally the large sums for a war undertaken for no purpose of agjandisement, but solely in the cause ,f honesty, humanity, and justice. The health of the Lady Mayoress followed ; and after one or two other toasts, the company returned to the leree portion of our readers, especially those who are connected with he Eaerby personal or profeesienal ties, will learn with regret the news of the death of so experienced teed able a servant of the Crown as S;r Henry Pottirrrer, van eaent which occurred at Malta' early on the morning of the 18th lust., in the 67th year of his age. Sir Henry, who was born about the year 1739, represented, like the Dake of Weliineton, an an cient English family which bad been settted fur Bowe generations in Ireland. So aecieut, indeed, is the stock of ;vhich he came, that according to the records of the Herald's College, the deceased baronet is sal I to have been 31:4 in decent from Eggert, the first Saxon King of Eng'ancl, and grendfaeler of Alfred. Be this, o as it may, one brerch of the fernily has been settled in Berkshire -ince th conga-est, :tea during tee 17th century sent several of its rneeitelre to repreeent the good town of Readingi 11 Parliament. Tile other branch, iron which the late S:r ILeory wee descended, settled in Ireland about the reidWe of t'As 16th century, aied in 1661 we find one Thomas Pettinekr. of Mount Pottingtr, county of Down, elected.hetire "Sovereign" or Mayor of Belfast, on theincarporation of that town by lii,,sonerniveyed King Willie in 111. to Ireland but was !ost at sea in an attempt to intercept a convoy ot French vessels 1 iden, as was . euppeseel e with supplies for Ring James's army. Fourth in descent from the above Thomas was the father of the subject of our memoir, Eldred Curwen Pottinger, E , q., of Mount Pottinger, who married, in 1779, Anne, daughter of the late Rut*t. Gordon, Eeq., of Florida, county of Down, and died in 1814, leaving three daughters- and eight sone. Nearly all the sons who survived infancy devoted themselves to the service of their country, either in the navy, the army. or in the East India C mipstny's army. The filth Foe, Henry, the subject of our present remarks, went to India as a cadet in 1801, and at an early age attracted the attention of the civil and military authorities there by his energy, information, and ready administrative powers. During his long sojeuro in that country he was employed in almost every branch of the public service. He was for more than - seven years Judge and Collector at Ahmednugger, in the Demme and for 15 years more he filled the post of Political Resident at Cutch and Sciede ; dining part of the latter period he Was also President of the Regency in the former province. So high was the opinion at that time formed of his talents by Lord Auckland, the Governor-General of India, that when that nobleman was raised to the EalLiom, and General Keane to a Barony, in D 3. cember, 1839, after the Affghanistan campaign, Major-General Pottinger was raised to the Biro netige, as a token of the appreciation felt in Baghdad of the services which he had nucleus I in the discharge of his difficult duties. Sir H. Pottinger returned to England in 1840, having established a deserve sly high reputation ; and it cannot be a matter of surprise that be found no difficulty in obtaining further employment. In the year 1840, as is generally known, differences-con nected for the most part with the opium trade broke out between this country and the Emperor of Cniva. Accerdingly, early in 1841 Sir Henry was selected by her Majesty's Goveinm.ant to discharge the office of a mediator, and was ordered to proceed to China as En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, for the purpose of adjusting the matters iu dispute. He joined Admiral Sir William Parker at Bombay about the cad of June in that year, immediately after the surrender of the city of Canton to the British forces uedee General, now lend Gough, supported by the feet under the late Sir H. de Fleming &itwits° and Sir Gordon Bremer ; and Le arrived off Canton in the Sesostris towards the end of the following month. At the came time he was gazetted Superintendent of the British Trade in China. Whatever may be the opinion entertained as to the policy of our war with China, it is certain that China became the field on which the diplomatic abiiity of the late Sir Henry Pottinger was most fully and fairly exhibited. On his arrival at Macao, August 12, be issued a spirited proclamation, notifying that while he would do his best to consult the wishes and prosperity of all her Majesty's subjects and other foreigners resident in Chira, "at the same time it became his first duty disttnct'y to intimate that it was his intention to devote his undivided energies and thoughts 'to the • primary object of setliOng a speedy and satisfactory close of the war, and that s theref ire be could allow err consideration of mercantile or other interests to interfere with the strong measures which he might it necessary to authorise and adopt towards the Government and subs jects of China in order to compel an honourable and lasting peace." At the same time, with great wisdom, be warned the British residents on no account to rely upon the existing truce, but - to stand upon their guard against the perfidy and bad faith of the Chinese officials. The sequel of our war with China is too well known to ST. PANCRAS.—Yeat?rday the vestry of St. Pancras need recording here ;it is enough to' say that the milt- assembled at - the Vestry-hall, Camden Town, for the tary a n d nava l operations of the British forces at Amc y, purpose of electing churchwardens and directors of the which was ceptured in the same month, were well su p- poor for the year ensuing. ported by the arts of diplomacy, and that the genie's ST. ANNE, WESTILINSTER.—Yesterday forenoon, at and far-seglitedne:Es of Sir Henry Pottinger contribute ten o'clock, a meeting of the vestry took pace, when in no slight degree to bring to a successful issue ou.'• Mr. W. Addis and Mr. C. Jeffreys were elected without protracted hostilities with the -crafty Chinese. The re‘- opposition. snit of these operations, as all our readers are aware, ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS. —Mr. Latchford having was to throw open a co m m er ce with 330,000,000 na- been elected by a show of hands, the friends of Mr. tives, and the terms of the treaty with which the war Rose demanded a poll, which will commence this morn was concluded in 1842 " were such as to give uni- ing. versa' satisfaction, :Jot merely on account of the palpable S. ANDREW, HOLBORN.—Mr. Alfred Sweeting, was and self evident benefits arising from free trade with appointed churchwarden for the year ensuing. such an extended popu!atidn, but also !rein the strong. . ST. -MARY, WHITECHAPEL.—Mr. IT. Strand, Mr. J. precetitions that have been taken , to -prevent uhuses.' Powell, and Mr. J. Perkins, were chosen churchwardens It is not too much to say that, if the " benefits". under - ter the ensuing year. - • the fernier category are mainly due to Lord Gough and MILE-END OLD TOWN.--Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Sir W. Parker, those under the latter are principally to —4 Kners were re-elected churchwardens. drawl rg-room. THE BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC. On the 14 , h inst. the steam-frigate Sampson, 6, Capt. Brock, left Faro Sound with despatches for the senior Ale r (Capt. Watson, C. 8., of her Msjesty'a ship Ito psrieuse, 51) and letters from the aivanced squadron, and at 2 p.m. of the next day the Imperieuse and Py lades, 21, Capt. D'Eyncourt, got under way for a cruise in the Gulf of Finland. The das was beautifully fine, with a gentle breeze from the north-west ; thermometer at 26 deg. Fahrenheit. Faro Sound was completely fr z-n over, but the two vessels made their wee throu sh it without any difficulty. On getting outside they found the sea perfectly smooth and the weather most agree able, but towards sunset it became very cold ; sail was shortened and furled, and the two ships went on towards the old cruising ground, where one of them had weathered so many storms during this war. About 9 a.m. detached pieces of ice were seen floating about, and two or three large floes passed (furl, g the night.. The main body of the ice was not, however, fallen in with until about 5.30 a.m. of Sueday, when from that time to 10 a.m. the ships passed through about 30 miles of it ; the morning was ushered in by a magnificent sunrise. To one look ing from the island of Dago perhaps the most interesting part of the scene would have been the solitary ships moving through a sea of ice, and spurning the obstacles which came in their way. At 7 a.tn. the Imperieuse encountered two small vessels from Lubeck so imbedded in ice that it was impossible for them to proceed to their destination or return whence they came. The history of their move ments for the previous six weeks is somewhat curious, and proves that, instead of a brisk trade having been car ried on between Russia and other countries (as was so confidently asserted in England), the Russian ports have positively been inaccessible.to auy sort of vessel what ever. These brigs left Lubeck on the Ist of February, and on the 18th, when 15 miles from Port Baltic, were compelled to return in consequemce of a firm barrier of ice, through which it was impossible for them to pene trate. On the 7th of March they again started, but, in stead of getting within 15 miles of their poet, they are now frozen in at least 170 miles from it, with no pros pect of getting liberated for the next three weeks. After communicating wtti these vessels a light breeze sprang up from the N.W., and, taking advantage of the channel which the Imperieuse and Pylades had made in the ice, the Lubeckers followed in their wake, vainly hoping for a way to be made for them out of their "fix ;" but they had not gone many miles when, from the firm and com pact state of the ice, and not being able from the mast head to see any open water, the senior officer most judi ciously determined on not penetrating further, which the brigs perceiving, rounded to again, and in all pro bability will have to wait till a general break up takes place. Sail was now made, and, passing Dago at about eight miles' distance, the Imperieuse stood down the Baltic, passed Oesel about sunset, and was off the coast of Courland at 8 a.m. on Monday, the 17th inst.; passed within 10 miles of Windau, and, sailing along parallel to the coast, was off Libau at sunset and arrived at Dantzic at 11.30 p.m. of the 18th, and left for Faro alter corn sleting coal. TEE EASTER VESTRIES. [ PRICE 4D. STAMPED 513. PAUSSIA AND TUE CONEAPENCES. The Nord, of Saturday, has tlie following article : " The participation of Prussia in the Paris Congress is a fact of great political- impurtance and a high moral result (d'une haute moralite). It assures and guaran tees the re-establishment of peace, indicates once again the rank to which that Power is entitled in the council of nations, and sanctions the honourable and straight forward policy it has followed since the origin of the re grettable conflict which now approaches its termination. " When one or more individuals cone to blows to settle a quarrel it is not an uncommon thing to see them fall upon him who refeses to throw a new element of dis cord between them, and who confines him. elf to addres sing them in words of peace, and to exhort them to make mutual concessions. Bat when the i ree . enciliation does take place distrust and prejudice vanish, and make place in their minds for a just appreciation of their rights and of their, reciprocal duties. They then thank him for his moderation, and they only esteem him the more if he can prove to them that it was not without diffio'ilty or danger that he - wais enabled to maintain to. the end a strict impartiality and equal good-wil to e4ch. Such is, we believe, the feeling with which PriisSia is now admitted tathe Paris Conferences. " Since the commencement of the war the Prussian Government found itself placed in a most difficult and delicate position. On the one hand it had to resist the current of public opinion, the entreaties of France, and the treats of England ; and, on the otter hand, it had to avoid the reefs which a skilful policy continually put in its way in the German Confederation. It had, finally, to resist the opposed tendencies .of its own parties, one of which urged it to act against Russia, and another against the Westein Powers. The Prus sian Government only succeeded in surmounting al l , these obsticles by the greatest frankness And straight-4 r TerNiarrinese. It did net promise to any party what it never intended to fulfil, but it fulfilled towards each more than it ever promised. Its action was not noisy, but effective, and despite the insults heaped upon it daily by the English press, it laboured with as much dignity as perseverance towards the work which is now being ac complished at Paris. As long as the chances of war still hovered over this work the exclusion of Prussia, so peremptorily demanded by England, was in some degree natural and logical, but from the moment the chapter of the blessings of peace was to be discussed her place at the Congress was marked out. " Russia was the first to ask that she should be in vited to join, and it appears that it was in the most flattering terms for Prussia, and for the Minister who' knew so well how to execute the orders of his sagacious Sovereign, that Count Walewaki sent the invitation to Baron von Manteuffel in the name of the Congress. We never doubted the result, but still it is satisfactory to be able to state it. France and Russia, who had shown themselves the most powerful, as they were the most noble champions on the battle-field, could not evidently shake hands after the struggle except on one gionnd— thi,t of good faith, on which ground they necessarily met Prussia, who, as we have seen, had thereon main tained herself since the commencement of hostilities with unshaken firmness. "This, we repeat it, is a most highly moral result, as it proves that States, like individuals, never lose by suit leg the action to the word, and that in our days a true policy consists less in turning more or legs skilful or ready means, honest or not, to advantage, than by speak ing out one's thoughts honestly and frankly. " In its superannuated traditions diplomacy is but the faithful reflection of the epoch which gave it birth. Hos tility being then the normal state of the relations of na tions with each other, as well as of individuals, every man, sure to find in his neighbour an enemy or a rival, neces sarily placed between his thoughts and his words the dis tance which separates falsehood from truth, and waaso distrustful that he never let his left band know what his right hand did. But, in our days, when men and nations live in a community of interest , , of ideas, and of sentiments, Heaven be praised, such principles are Do longer possible. Diplomacy was then a weapon ;it is now a means. It was formerly used to conquer an enemy ; henceforth it will be used to increase the flute her of ono's friends. New wants have created new prin ciples, but if the ace; has proclaimed them, no public act has as yet given them that moral sanction, that power of a decided question, which roust render its application universal among all civilised nations, and which the Congress of Paris is perhaps called upon to give them. " What is most satisfactory, therefore, in this result which Prus - sia has just obtained, and which mu-t gladden every honest heart, is that it proves that a straightfor ward and sincere policy is net only the most honour able, but also the most profitable. In fact, Prussia has just achieved two great successes with one blow, of which one is the complement of the other. She has proved to Europe that her strength as a European Power is derived chiefly from her being essen tially a German Power ; and Germany must be con vinced that the interests which Prussia represents abroad are - esae , %tially Gerznatk interestA,. and. that, as well on acc,;us.t of her armed power as by her upright and energetic policy, shades more capable than any other of shielding and defending them as well in the moments of crisis and general perturbation as in the pacific councils of Europe. Prussia has obtain( d this result without offending Russia, without quarrelling with France and England, and this simply by following an honest and disinterested policy. Taus, when, after the conclusion of peace, international relations will have resumed their natural course, her friendship will be eagerly sought fur, because her word can be trusted. % " Prussia has not, therefore, whatever may have been said to the contrary, fallen from her estate as a great Power." The following letter has been addressed to a contem porary Sir,—l have no right, and, in truth, but little hope, to expect that I may induce you to advocate the caui-e of Kossuth. Politically, I know you are ad. verse to him ; morally, lam confident you ate not. I now appeal to your candour, impartiality, and genero sity. It is only this morning I hear that the illustr loon exile is in straightened circumstances. Trusted by all the highest, braves, most virtuous of his countrymen, appoint', them to the first station, and holding their wealth at his disposal, 'he lived among them, and de paned from them, poo r . Th e j e wels of the Ilungarian crown lay at his feet ; he spurned them, as be spume f the usurper and perjurer who had worn them. Military trea son necessitated his flight ; the valour of Bern and Guyon was insufficient against the enemy. The repre sentative of Maliomet saved the follower of Christ from the se igeance of the Apostolic ; the Caliph ca-t his mantle over the wood led, and defied the uplifted sword. Kossuth at last took retuge in England. Here he was .wel ;crled in every city by the magistrates and the people, and even by those of ttro nobility who were not Germanised by the Court. A mong us there are some reasainin , r who-ie affections are not torpified nor chilled by conduct with adversity. Let us s e e h ow many there are of them. I will not close my eyes until I make this appeal to you, declaring most so emoly that I nava had no conver=ation or correspondence on the subject with the exile of Hungary ; I have not asked, directly or indirectly, bis t ermission to make the appeal, and I tear I may want his coun tenance; hu t . wont lam now doing I feel is to be a duty. Let me hope, however, and trust that the mos , . eloquent of SI tatemnen since Demosthenes will not reftse that public tribute which another of much ce lebrity accepted. Mr. Fox had squandered a large for tune in tire most pernicious of vices—in gambling. Kos suth had no riches and no vices ; he left a lucrative and honourable profession to rescue his outraged country. Mr. Fox committed an act of treason, or very similar, ter sending an agent to the Empress Katharine, assuring her that she might safely take possession of Noetka Sound, against the just claims of England. The speeches of Mr. Fox never - elevated the soul, never enlarged the intellect, never touched the heart. He upheld the cause of France against England throughout the war, even while her best citizens were bleeding on the scaffold. Kossuth upheld the cause of Hungary, not only throughout the war, but throughout years more disastrous. Only one orator and statesman ever acted with so much ability, consistency; and energy ; he, too, was an exile. Demesithenes, a victim crowned with imperishable glory, walked calmly forth from the temple of Poseidon and shook hands with Death, sparing hie enemy the guilt of his murder. May we Englishmen be exempted from a guilt almost as heinous —the guilt of seeing die among us, without onr sympathy and without our help, a man as virtuous, as ardent an orator, and as pure a patriot— the one Pan-Hellenic, the other Pan-European. WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. P.S.—I forgot to say that my subscription of 101. is ready. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gem tlemen, bsving undergone the necessary examination. for the, diploma, were admitted members of the College at the meeting of tee Court of Examiners ( n the 24th inst. : Messrs. .Tames Dalton Prythereli, army ; Ed mund William Valentine, Somerton, Somersetshire ; James Black, Holbeach, Lincolnshire ; Thomas Pickop, Blackburn, Lane,tsbire ; Jelin Wilcox Elliott, Theber ton-street, Isiingtan ; Hannibal Henry Sheppard, Guernsey ; E lain Charles Langford, Liskelrd, Corn wall ; Charles Robert \Vimond Bentley, Calcutta ; G. Webb, Birmingham , ; and John S. Roberto, Sheffield. APOTHECARIE.S HALL —The following a 1..: tl e names of gentlemen vi ho passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, en Thursday, March 20 :-- 7 James Sedgwick, Baroughbridge, York ; Charles Jekin Elwin, Dover, Kent ; John Cooke, Stamford ; Samuel Daniel Hine, Nottingham ; and R. D. Harris, Stroud water. ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM THE SOUTEIAMP3N NEW GAOL —oo Mod day last a man named Andersen, one of the prisoners confined in the new .gaol, made a daring awl successful attempt to escape by means almost rival ling those recorded of Caleb Williams. Anderson, who arpearea to be a travelling thief, was about two months since committed for trial at the quarter nessions for pick ing pockets. Since his confinement he has been suffering from rheumatism, which renders his a:cape the more ex traordinary. it :top :ears that the prisoner succeeded about neon on M )nday in opening the cell door means of the plate used to denote his gaol number, hav ing previously by some clever method prevented the, lock from catching, various marks on the door bearing witness to the violent exertions which he must have used. Gaining access to the corridor, he we.. enabled unobserved to pass through the door leading iqt ) the yard used for the exorcise of the prisoners. Here a num ber of werkmen had been employed in the erection of a building intended t ) contain a treadmill and crank wheel for the prisoners sentenced to hard labour, and the pri• sneer was lucky enough to arrive here just as the whole of there had gone to dinner. Having procured from this building a shovel, he heaped up a quantity of earth, and having placed upon it a mortar-board to secure a good foundation, he placed upon it a scaffold board, which, when in nearly an upright position, reached to within a few feet of the top of the wall. A. short ladder enabled him without difficulty to ascend to a distance of about two-thirds of the scaffold board, the remainder of which he climbed in an exceedingly clever manner, balancing himself with the greatest skill until he reached a suffi• cient height to enable him to gain the top of the wall, having attained which, he dropped himself down on the other side asd escaped. The time occupied in all the.e operations was exceedingly short, and the prisorrer could not have been at any great distance when his exertion has been used to disoovenhis whereabouts, not the slightest trace of him has yet been discovered.—Barapshere Inde pendent. SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION AS THE CAUSE OF FIRE AT COVENT•GARDEN THEATR E. --ft was stated by Mr. Thomas Grieve, the scene p ainter, that he had always considered the little property-room a clangorous place. Oil was used by the property-men. It was not so much used by scene-painters. He once returned to Covent garden Theatre, after a long absence, and found in on e spot a heap of rubbish, chiefly of sweepings from the painting-room. When the property-man war, about to rem ove it, it began to smoulder and em it heat. Had such rubbish been allowed to lie in any part of the "shop," it would be quite sufficient to lead to the fire, under the c i r cumstances which hail been detail e d. T o understand u ld as de t i o na a n e d u a ri l o o u n s g s s u t b a j t e e e m t e w n t hi o c f h m r a eq u the importance of this theory of th e cause o f th e fi re . factswu yuiwreeslle-aysecnerfutaritnheedr investigation. Incendiarism is too diabolical an act to be credited as the cause of fires in every instance ; and enough may be stated in a few words here to show the importance of the general question, and its application to the present case. Cotton waste, oily rags, tow, and saw-dust may all be placed in such positions, or near such other substances as may cause them to ignite. The result dots not occur invariably, as ill the better known instances of chemical action ; but it occurs positively, in certain cases, which are the source of greater danger because of the uncertainty. Tow is constantly used in theatres for stuffing figures and various other purpoies, especially about the pantomime season. Saw-dust, Mr. Braidwood states that he has seen catch fire from the' . breakage of one of the flasks of Florence oil in the ,packages used, just ,at the time when the sun was shining in that direction. It is worth remarking, though perhaps net applying to the present case, that a carpenters' shop is lighted by sky lights.-27t4 Builder. IVICHOLAIEFF. A letter from Nicholaieff, in the lifoniteur de la, Flotte, gives some details of what is going on at present at that place, which seems not to allow any doubt to be entertained of the intentions of the Russian government respecting that port " Two days back a commission, composed of five per sons, and presided over by one of the heads of the Board of Admiralty, arrived here from St. Petersburg, charged with the task of taking an inventory of ail that the dockyards and arsenal contained. It was received in due form by Captain Schigir, of the Russian Navy, for merly secretary to the Board of Admiralty of the Back Sea, now dissolved, and at once commenced its opera tions The Grand Duke Constantine is, it is said, to arrive here in a few days to inspect the proceedings Of the commission. Tee materiel lying in this esta. bishment considered capable of being turned to ac count is to be transperted to the Baltic, after having been classified and duly marked down in the books of the commission. Already, all the utensils for tna nu'acturing gunpowder and the mat irials front the artillery depot have been loaded ou carts belonging to the military baggage-train, and are to set out without delay. The navy school for the sons of the nobility ; the school of maritime engineers ; and that of the naval artillery aro already evacuated. Similar measures aro to be applied to Khersun. That port, though shorn of its former splendour, it'll contains some fne establish ments belonging to the imperial navy, which are how—to cease to exist. The commission has received orders 'to proceed there, and to include that placa in its labours, In addition, in order to correspond with all these inea sure., the def.nces and arsenals of Otchakoff, Ovidlopol, Tera,pol, and Vosnesensk, and other fortified pelt is of that zme established to co-operate with the jibe in virtue of which Sebastopol and Nicolaieff were created, are about to be notably distinguished. No one can pre • cisely say what Nicolaieff will bee one after being Otis abandoi , e Iby the war•establishments. It is saint that, in spite of the representations of Odessa, it will be declar.ii a free pea', in order to attract there the trade of all nations. It is also said that a univeisii yls to be establidied there for the young min of Om iich iautilies of the Taurida. Already, the Academy o owes of St. Petersburg has proposei to establish there an astro nomical observatory of 01,1 second class, and a rn Imoro logical one of the first, the country being exc ngly faVourable for such establishments.' CEN,S I URE ON BUSSLIN GENERALS. A. letter from St. Petersburg of the 15th says : " The Invalide Russe aenounces to day that the Emperor,, having been informed that the battalions which were sent from the divisi ,, n of the depot of the 6th corps d'arm63 in 18.5;, to complete the troops in the Crimea. were not properly armed, and were unfit to continue their march, published an er.ler of the day on the subject on the 12th. In that document the Emperor severely censures, let, Gen. Marine, who commands the dept, for having neglected to superintend the pr ,per execution of the orders given by his supe- riors, by which negligence the troops were impeded in their march ; and 2.11 y, Gen. Iron Brine, the chief of the staff of all the reserver and depots, for having only in epected the said battalions in a very superficial manner, previously to their departure from Moscow. The Tri bunal of War, after having decided the degree of cut. [Ability and participa'ion in the defective equipment of the said Lattalionist of the persons in command of the depot division of the Gqi corpe•d'armee, wi 1 sentence them to the punishment prescribed by the law. This announcement has prQduced a considerable sensation in this city. For some time past remarkable changes have been going on is the Russian army. Not only will the uncomfortable helmets make way for the French kepi, but the coats will be supplanted by the poloukattan, a sort of frock imitated from the French. The war has occasioned great changes in the arms as in the general regulations. Toe ltussian soldier will still preserve the long grey greatcat, wh:ch is a comfortable dress, an protects him well ' against the se verity of the climate ; a, , ,d the Russian army is at present being ganised alter the plan of that of Naplieon I." DEPARTMENT OF THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF CoM. MONS —Tile sa'ary of the ckrk of th',4 hou , e 2,0)0/. ; that of the clerk assistant, 1,7501. ; that of the B.c , ttri clerk assistant, 1 , 2501 There are four priocipatclerli at average salari6s ot 9501.; six senior clerics, at avrrago salaries of 897/. ; 12 assistant c!erks..at average salaiies of 4741. ; 12 junior e!crks, at average salaries nt 162/. ; and two accountants, at average salaries of 6051.—Civil Service Gazette. A NICE PAROCHIAL QUESTION. —In a north-country question of parochial liability under the poor law, a problem arises for Solution. A man and woman, con cerned in the matter, were at the altar, and a clergyman was making them one fl esh ; when having uttered tie words—= With this ring I thee wed, the demon of rhyme seized hold of the bridegroom, and prompted him to add the line With this fist I'll break thy bead ! is reverence turned away in disgust ; and Landp, went their way, and lived together as man wife. But are they man and wife? Parish officers are divided on the point, and the lawyers hope to be " called in." —Gateshead Observer. TRH EMPRESS AND HER ACCOUCHICUR.—If I am well informed, the Empress s state of health is, upon the whale, as favourable as the case admits of. She rema i ns exceedingly_ weak, but is gradually recovering from the sufferings of' her confinement. It is rumoured that M. Dubois is to receive 500;0001, not only for his services hut to compensate him for the fearful anxiety of mind h; underwent when it became inevitable that violent means must be resorted to to b r i ng a b out t h e birth. The poor Empress for hours believed that every moment would be her last, and never ceased recommending her soul to the in• tercession of the saints; and this conviction upon his Im perial patient's part, of course doubled the responsibili ties and the nervousness of M. Dubois; consequently itie held that 20,0001. (the relative dearness of the two epochs well considered, too), is no more than the equivaleet in 1856, for the 10,0001. awarded in 1811 to his lather, for his attendance upon the Epress Marie Louise. at the birth of thejliing of Rome m .—Paris Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian. THE EIGHTEEN INCH MORTAR.-14TVERP00L, March 24.—About eleven o'clock this forenoon considerable sensation was created in Castle-street, in front of the , Town-hall, by the appearance of a very unusual proces sion. This consisted of a ponderous truck, drawn by 11 horses, on which was placed. a huge cast-iron mortar. The dimensions of this gigantic piece of ordnance are of unusual magnitude. It is of 18-inch bore, and is 7 feet . 6 inches in lengtb. The diameter of the mortar externally is three feet nine inches, and across the trunnions at the breech it measures six feet seven inches, and in its finished state weighs 14: 1 2 tens ; when cast, and before it was turned or bored, it wei2lied 25 tons. This enormous projectile engine is a beautiful casting, and in the opinion of competent judges it reflects great credit ou the re sources and skill of Mes.rs. Foster and Co., of the Vaux hall Foundry. The truck containing the mortar was fol lovved by two large fist waggons, each drawn by 'two horses and containing 20 shells cast for the 'Defter. These are ponderous missiles, each 18 inches in diameter, .and three inches thick at the hole for the fusee. The mortar with. its 40 modicums of iron food were being c ouveyed from the foundry to the Wapping Station of,. the Lon 0J Railway •to -- tny trans: ferred to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. The metal of I which the mortar has been cast is that known as charcoal iroie.aud was made at the Acidiao Iron Works, Nova Scotia. Y_ _ ! - -44 'APril I