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.444* , 0 ~, _ ,:,___ \ _ ..:!,,. 1. -- ---::i/ . j , - 10 - IFIC STEAM-SIR" ,01% A 47 Naw Irons, March 21.—We learn from Captain 4;75 , Gedney, of the steam-tug Achilles, that the Areti; - Captain Hartstein, arrived off the Highlands yertordai S morning, and after making some inquiries, and forward: ing some letters to the city,. kept off and proceeded to sea again. She has been cruising between Sable Island, '~filch wee thoroughly examined for recent vrrecks, and the lati•nde of 37, along the edge of the Gulf, and has not seen any vestige of the Pacific or ant other wreck. The Arctic has been under canvass most of the time, her propeller being - almost useless in the very heavy weather which she has experienced. Captain H. intends to cruise until after the usual time of the line or equi noctial gale. She has been short of water, and on an allowance of it for some days, but has since made a sum. cienoy by steam and other ways. All well on board. The Arctic was also spoke by Captain Hazzard, of the steam-tug Leviathan, 25 miles E.s.j . o f the High. lands. This was about eleven o'clock a.m. Captain Hartstein reported that all were well on board. The Arctic would not have put into port were it not for the purpose of putting Van Rensselaer Hall, the. boatswain on shore, as his health was delicate and he feared a serious illness would ensue were he to remain on board. Mr. Hall, it is understood, brought a de. spatch to the Government and Mr. E. K. Collins re specting the result of his search for the Pacific, and also his opinion respecting the probability of her being afloat. Captain Hartstein purposes to remain at sea until the let of April, as he has c eel for 12 days' voyage and plenty of provisions on board. Thi Arctic will sail in the Gu'f Stream until she returns to this port. I 1 II . • , ..... t .._... ... • ____..„... . . * ? ... i t 6.4.. >"..- ti . 1. 'V . '''''. . . . 4 '" A N-7-' - ~.„,t , ~_:-------, , 1 1, 14:i. 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Notice is hereby g i v en, that all Articles found in t he Car es or the {'rem sea of the Company. up to December 31st. 1855, dat g e OLD by PObEc Auction, if not claimed within one month of order.By addin CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary. •—., Almil 4th: 1856. N o . 19,9131 PUBLICATIONS. °1 , 1)0 N and NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAYS.—CROXTON PARK RACES, kitt r i s t OWandWEDNESDAY, the Ith and 9th April.—DAY d Ittn, t4 .i.ssued at the Easton Station, f_x MtHon, on the Bth an The 6 i IW.I be avallablq to return on tither of those days. TL I 12. m. Train from London Will arrive at Melton at 10 a.rn. Ihnim' Pam Train from London arrivt s at Melton at 3 27 p.m: Ab — ' 3 " will leave Melton for Croxton Park on the arrival of It urti ‘'e Train. from London, and Hi leave the Croxton Park on teal T , n gin time Tor a Train from Melton at 7 p.m. , jAn in g the Ex 'll at Rugby, arriving at the Euston Station at 10.45 p.m. Itt o By order. 11-Station April , Now ready, in 2 vols., 21#., bound, JOURNAL OF ADVENTURES with the BRITISH ARMY , from the Commencement of the War to the Fall of Sebea- The ng DII g no topol. By GEORGE CAVENDISH TAYLOR, late 95th Regiment. " The evidence these voluthes contain is exceedingly valuable. The real state of thins is here exhibited in true colours."— John Bull. Hurst and Blickett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. 88 3 4 D., 01 Co Si PEPYS' DIARY.-NEW CHEAP STANDARD EDITIONS of this popular Work, with all the recent Notes and Emendations, are now ready at all the Booksellers. 'I he small octavo, in 4 vols., uniform with EN , elyn'e Diary, price 6s. each, bound, and the LIBRARY EDITION, in 4 vole. demy octavo, uniform with Murrsy's C , assies, price 78. 6d. each, bound. Hurst and 'Beckett, Publishers, suocessors to Henry Colburn. [4 O N TA D:oN and NORTH-WEST ERN, MlD and MANCHESTER, 9BEFFIEf.D, and LI N N - Ith th e RAILWAYS —IMPROVED COM NIINIC ATIO. 1 : , - t '" 1)1 .AND DISTRICTS and opening of the ne v through Nth wen n Lotdow(Fuston Station) and fiuddersfield, Raiff ,x, °Use • g ce . • It t sheffield, on and after the Ist of April. atth ieh „,YAST TRAIN, first and Second Clasi to (Leamington), 41 1111 - r,. York, Bradford, :tnd to Huddersfir•ld, Ilalifax, ThWill e ,;.°(rae (via Sheffield), will leave Euston at 11.45 a m. now leaving London for Derby and Nottingham at 4.0 The 4. 1 , deaPMehed at 145 p` m. Ater, D' l n• Fast Train, from London, will be continued to Lei- Nottin I A new g min. Derby, and Sheffield. Ire t tr ord at train, first and second class, will leave York, Leeds, id) nav e ,' and Halifax, Brighthouse and ltuddersfleld (via Sh ffia Them . ram, reaching London at 5.45 p in. n.. wig lan d lan•trainfrom York at 7.15 a.m., and Leeds at. 8.40 The t rei a r r i„ ,ve in London at 4.0 p.m., instead of 4.30. 'ad the t i"" a Ming le•ndon for the Midland Distr ict at 9.45 am., 1.41. wi - e • A:Midland - trains arriving in London at 4 0 p .m. and 10.20 For Z,l'e dlacobtlnued. Asti o Z l ! Partletrtni see handbills, which may be had at any of the on arid after the 30th inst. Gen e ,. , • By order, MARE FIUISH. Alauw ger , Office, Eustou Statio n, March, 1856. D 490 6s P l :there each. e. 61 1 160 n , lb. ;cliration of Peace. A much more cheerful tone per ides all classes, and I have little doubt of being able e long to report a revival of many of those branches industry which have been depressed during the war. Orders have been given out already for some of those COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The demand for money was not active, but rates were t firm, The disbursement of $1,000,000 by the Sub- - Treasury on account of the Mexican indemnity was ex pected to increase the specie fund of, the Bank at least one million, while the actual increasecompared with last week was only $324,000, although loans bad not been further extended. Fancy stocks dropped, but western securities were firm, with an upward tendency. State stocks had been sold to the amount of $31,000 at last price. The transactions in railroad bonds bad been ex tremely limited. Foreign exchange was steady, there being a better supply of second class bills offering, but with a good demand, rates were unchanged—on Lon don, 109 i to 1091 ; Paris, 5 20 to 5 171. The feeling in the cotton-market was quiet. The de mand for flour was gt od, and_prices were firm—common t) good br trois of State flour at $6 ; Western mixed, $6 561 c. to $6 871 c. ; Southern, $7 50c. to $3. There was nothing doing in wheat. Sales of pork were moderato, at $l5 811 c. for mess and $l5 for foreign prime. Bacon was comparatively scarce, and prices were well sup ported. Lard and tallow were declining. Scotch pig iron. was held firmly at $36 to 337 at six months. Naval stores were quiet. There was no change of importance #eight. • • ;-; • LATEST BY TELEGRAPH, VIA. HALIFAX, NEW ORLEANS, March 26, Evening. Sales of cotton to-day 13,000 bales. Sales in three days 49,000. Market firm at cent. advance ; middling quoted at 91 cents to 91 cents. NEW YORK, March 27, Evening. Later European ne vs nas bean published per steamer Emeu, arrived at Boston. Our cotton-market con• tinues firm, with an active export demand. Sales during the past three days (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thurs• day), 13,000 bales. Flour and corn are quoted a trifle lower. Wheat firm and upwards. 1,250,000 dollars in gold have been received here since Tuesday. EASTERN HOSPITALS and ENGLISH ti CI RS ES : The Narrative of Twelve Months' Experience in the Hospitals of Koul all and Scutari. By a LADY VOLUNTEER. in 2 vols., 215., is ready this day. and those who desire early copies should give their orders immediately to their Booksellers. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. (From the New York Courier and inquirer of Mettle 22.) Our belief in the safety of the missing steam-ship Pacific has become extin t. Fifty-nine da3s have now elapsed since she left the Mersey, and no tidings have yet been received. Two steamers despatched specially •o make search have returned, reporting their errand a fruit less one. Intelligence from the Western Islands has been received down to the 13th of Feb., but it makes no men tion of the object of our solicitude. With reluctance and pain, we are at last compelled to admit to our mind the conviction that the Pacific is now drifting in the cavern ous depths of the ocean, a shattered, shapeless wreck. Four weeks ago we wrote hopefully, giving reasons for the hope that was in us ; and we now feel it incumbent to assign the causes which have blanched the ruddy fea tures of Hope into the paleness of Despair. The winter has been one of extraordinary severity, both on sea and land. Tempests have desolated the ocean in latitudes most frequented by European traders, while the frigidity of the temperature has at the same time impaired the the mariner so to manage his barque am ,orm ; but winds and waves had before —eir power upon the good ship Pacific, and by her panting engines dashed scornfully from her lofty and massive sides the foaming seas. It was not by these that she perished. In the month of January a vast portion of the Atlantic Ocean, always open to navigation at that season of the year, was taken possession of by an icy continent, with its mountains and plains. We believe that against this icy barrier, in fancied security, the Pacific dashed wits impetuous speed, and that destruction was the ald mesa, I iris wadi MR. LAURENCE OLIPHANT'S NEW WORK. This day is Published, in post Svo., price 103 6d. cloth, with Map and Illustrations, from drawings taken on the spot by' Omar Pacha's artist, THE TRANSCAITCASIAN CAMPAIGN of the TUItKISH AR ‘1")C under OMAR PACIIA. A Personal Narrativ, By LAIIIIENCE OMNI kNT, author of" Minnesota," " tke Russian -hores of the Black Sea," Sec. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. To be had of all Books elle: s. LONDON and EASTERN BANKING COs PORATlOST.—Established Ist January, 1854. Head Office-27, Cannon-street, City. Th e r i n yde - bark Branch-136, Westbourne-terrace. JOHN CADWALADER ERSKINE, Chairman. _kRNAC MORRIS Esq., F R S., Deputy-Chairman. Th al" Pallinrirh r a 'nr DRAWING 'ACCOUNTS are opened in the usual `.., llll nitee„, PrTsved parties, two per cent. interest being ailowedon ?Be utPOsi i ,'" ra ,°atilir balane,e. r e„...'„+CCOUNTS —The field for employment of mon* "'"Urttbilies oithis tlankiiiindla,enablostheCo r p oration I f [Mer e ; l e rotitts for lengthened Itzettperiod*Ver3'remostr 4 th l e rsteg free or t i'„ Deposits are received for the sta ted periods of one, asrly • .a Years - certain at five per cent. per annum. paid _ ll- #4ra11,.; 'or the ft dep 'sits receipts are given, trAnsterable Mt tithe Cmr l a r the ni t „ tor , res Cse t ,• °llltriCallTS.—Fo'r sums deposited at ten days call five er " ate Of . th e Bank owed, this rate rising and fall ng with the discount of England. JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS, Mar. ager. 91) e. 18 0 17 ?, 15 7 17 I 18 n 3 w 17 16 0 17 6 CONTINUATION OF ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE, from the Fall of Napoleon to the Accession Of Louis Napoleon. Vols. I. to V. are published. demy Eivo., uniform with the Library Edition of the" History of Europe." Price MS. William Brookwood and ,ons. Edinburgh and London. SIR ARCIIITtALD .ALISON'S H_lg Telt -OF E 17" R from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Battle of Waterloo. I.IBILAIIT EDITION, in 14 vola. deny Bvo., with Fortralts, ,£lO 10. 0 Crown Bvo., 20 volt •• • • ...... •• • ...... • • ....... •• • • 6 0 6 PEOPLE'S EDITION, 12 vols., closely printed in double columns, £2Bs., and Index Volume, 3a. • " The perusal of Alison's Works, indeed, is an education of itself; and it is one so intimately connected with present times, with the ideas and events now influencing the world, that without it all others would be imperfect To the young statesman, the soldier, the 'student, as well as to the great mass, whom instinct and interest alike lead to a contemplation of the age in which they live, we would unhesi tatingly name Alisln's History as the most indispensable of books." —Blackwood's Magaz:ne. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. Sold by all Booksellers. 17 5 90 '44 TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES, Life Are 32, Ludgate-hill, London. ete,, isstitrance. Fire Assurance, Annuity, and Endowment Poll ed by these Companies. 11. B. SHERIDAN, Managing Director. 43% 31% 31%, 53% E- GLASS INSURANCE. Riotous to fkiy t , ago of Windorrs —The TIMES AS , ITRANCE CM- Ludgate-hill London. Every d e scription of plate- Jess tun at this office. bYthi s a m g ° done by the riotous proceedings of mobs can be covered PotuZ in ,PanY's policies. : , ................2vvosaissent t by post. 11' ) VIIITY to EMPLOYERS.—To Secretaries T ro g Public Institutions Clerk.; St*tion Masters, Railway Clerks, ilLeigate'lli,,Colle 'tors, and others .-- The TIMES COMPANY, 32, 6 "slee rti r. aff . ords a guarantee to persons requiring the same, at Possible rates. if . I 119 loca/ iced dl6 o no 16 in 4! 1 , CC, qu iet 14i .. ei. . 1 " 18' !Tort! 8 8'. ' Nor th stoc k Q r" I OW' nine ). Ditto , !spt.; 41 lore" 1.0 93 (V " Aid i t/ Po jell, d 6l• o f 43 , lola of.' , Esq.. Chairman. S Esq., Deputy-Chairman. fgtewart Marjoribanks, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. 'Rowland Mitchell, Esq. James Morris, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. James Tulloch, Esq. Henry Ylgue, Esq. ,TORS. . 4 .3 Y, Robarts, Esq. ' Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. ' , awls Lloyd, jun., Esq. i John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Egg. Esq. Esq. AUDI! _ . • Lira Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par 111.mM, this Company now offers to fhture insarers Four-fifths of Ri t th Pr 2 f its, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium 4,,"`d , Participation of Profits. sai - Ze next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1860, when at participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year At t : ti na B s'igs9. will be allowed to share in the Profits. rever a t_ e f ly . ° divisions of Profits made by this Company, the total At Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913.000 . Of 4.2 T 0 1858, th e Assurances in force amounted to upwards than the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more Ott aran `ri) l /. and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the Poß E 7..,CaPital exceeded ,700,0001. ‘s:S RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East Uniteq " ,; !t id ies, the rttitish Conies, and the northern parts of the l';ies of America, have been materially reduced. woma ID LIVEB.--Persons who are not in such sound p l r t e ealt u h m a s s stay !nvable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular ml , A n„ .. s . their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. Ni t t, i ' . N granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro att4:l Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have A ss l a ! each case a value not under 501. t ' 43I ENTS OF POLICIES.—Written otices of, received k t e ltiaiered. biad e b irs I CAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge will be liotir is P ° ll ey stamp s . it eer given, that Fire Policies which e x p ire at Lady t renewed within fifteen days at this ofti.e, or with Mr. torag i t• 1 , St. Jam es ' s - s t ree t, corner of Pal-mall ;or with the 'talk - 9' If agents throughout the kingdom, otherwise they become ow. eallsel by Ex;dosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. irt 1 T .A- EBTABLISIIED 1837. NNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Znk 1 , Princes-street, Bank, Lond on. PoWered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9. DIRECTORS. Willi —"al ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park, Caitastaw. o.„ Rardgett, Esq., 149. Fenchurch-street. jge ilevington. Esq., Neckinger Mills. Bermondsey. 44' Cockerill, Esq., Shadwell and Twickenham. /111 li Cohen. Esi., Sh acklewell. 3 Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street. Ti''Z i arewett, Esq„ 50, Cornhill. 8 " Robert Foster, Esq., 1, Princes-street, Bank. R. L . Esq , 7, Tokenh , use-yard. STA N 2aIe, Esq., Doctors' Commons. "'ne Bellenden Ker, Esq., 8, Old-squill, B OLIoI Lincoln's Inn. M'Le(d and Stenning, 16, London-street, Atrir„„. Fenchurch-street. -- '•"-Aressrs.Dinasdale, Drewett, Fowlers and Barnard, sri tiet 50, CornhilL rre Uggi " I T Rateii of Premium for securing Loans of Debts. Rtno Maims, only, required during first seven years. l'rfoiri ed anr Payble at Sixty or at death if occurring previously °n, dri minority, for Orphans. RRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. ht ro t . empowered by her Majesty's Royal Letters Pa tent. Pit m t t e u 4 l'lded annually. computed for every three months' difference of age. t= t o n es Wicks—the-unpaid half premiums liquidated out of (tlork iliT . (TuAL.) ........„. 2:2 1 Ntr _ n ..alf 1 Whole Half QUM , iPrttatu t t In Premium Age. ren mainder I 1 Annual ' Yearly telly . irst for Re- ',premium Pre- mium. mium. Pre s•ear of Life. 1 ... ft .l ---........i_... --.-- 7 ---- -.... g o - 4Ld. z s. d. l Years. Months , Xs.d.A3. d. z ds. . 46. 1 , 1 9 2 3 6 30 0 1 2 7 3 1 4 20 12 3 Sp : 9 i 2 18 4 3 1 2 7 6' 1 4 4. 0 12 4 60 1 2 6 4 5 0 6 1 2 7 10' 1 4 6 1 012 5 ....„..1 ... :_ 6•8 6 13 4 1 9 1 S 2, 1 4 S, 012 6 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ♦NDILEW FRANCIS, Secretory. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (te CORPORATION, teblished by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor. lien DIZECTORS. kd ni r l Bainbridge , Esq. Charles John Manning, Esq. Joh, ~..,n d S. P. Calvert, Esq. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. -.. .. Ale,- N e tt C attley, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. th7nder Colvin, Esq. Edward Howley Palmer. Esq. Wiil " Maxwell Daniel, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly, Bart. Al tiz arn Davidson, Esq. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. 111,, r ' s n c i t er Deuce. Esq. Abraham George Robarta, Esq. Robe .d ate 41 e 'Win. Grenfell, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq. Wa ii •_. Amadeus Heath, Esq. 'William Soltau, Esq. " s tn Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. I,_e Stewart Hodgson, Esq. William Wallace, Esq. "edot Holl and, Esq. Charles Baring young, Esq. A . MEDICAL REFEREV—SamneI Sony, Esq., F.R.S. tit:: ( e•—The usual fifteen days allowed for payment of Fire Pre -1,1. 4 ailiag clue at Lady-day will expire on the 9th April. Cor poration and LIFE ASSUR A NCES may be effected with this 41 nta advantageous terms. - 14 i „.,.e Life atem assurances are granted with participation fi l 7ta. or, lower Premiums, without such participation. alst . 4 ' ll i:swing table shows the large BONUSES declared up to the Vgtr. ."" r nner, 1855, on British Participating Policies of fourteen standing, for the sum of 1,0001. each. ---..._ . • 4, 1 1 61 Addition , A E r t iti h o er n Total per Per annum C eat. Per on Cent. 4' ' !"l"lr etl , ma lB d 4 e B7 in Addition on the sum Premium 1855. Assured. paid. ."--....--,...._ ---. —. Z A A 3° 5 102 112 214 1 ' 53 59 ' 3 40 • 106 115 221 I ' sB 54 ' 3 45 113 121 234 1 ' 67 50 ' 5 121 128 249 I ' 7B 46 ' 2 60 55 135 140 275 1'96 43 0 149 154 303 2'16 39'9 ' " 166 174 349 2 43 37'2 y `talent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable Persons who pre f e rred that form of Bonus. toe future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding 15,0001. may be insured o n one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits —with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A. rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie tlei—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice—with 'the security of an ice whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. , , ROYAL Excustma, LONDON. VOILIi A. Actustri And Beccotary. NEW WORK ON CONSUMPTION. Just published, second edition, with Plates, 55., by post, free, ss. ad., CONSUMPTION : its Causes, Prevention, and Cure. By THOMAS BARTLETT, M.D. " The treatment recommended by the author is founded upon gene ral principles, which appear to us to be correct."—Medical Times and Gazette. "We can sagely recommend-it, as containing sound views, anti consonant with the knowledge of the day."--Dublin Medical l'ress. " A sterling work." Sun. "No family ever visited by consumption ought to be without the book."— Standard: " Good sense and scientific knowledge are the chief characteristics." — Globe. " Dr. Barttlett is entitled to our thanks."—Press. " We remark in every portion of the book sound practical sense and great medical knowledge."—Belt's Weekly Messenger. "Dr. Bartlett's volume has interested us very much."— Economist. "The volume will be found of much service." Morning Ad, ertiser. "We confidently recom mend a careful consideration of its details "—Morning Chronicle. "A valuable contribution to medical literature." —Morning Post. " Not unlikely to effect a considerable revolution in the medical treatment of consumption."— Morning Herald. H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London. PRACTICAL GEOLOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, London.—Proffts r TENNANT, F.G.S , will commence a Course of TWELVE LECTURES on GEOLOGY, bay ing especial reference to the application of the Science to Engineer ing, Mining. Architecture, and Agriculture. The Lectures will commence on WEDNESDAY MORNING, April 9, at Nine o'clock. Fee, 11. I Is. CAL E. W. JELF, D.D., Principal. tr It. ALBERT SMITR'S MONT BLAND, TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), A 8 'cock, and Tuesday, rhursday, and - aturday Mornings at -tails, 38. ; area, 2 s. ; gallery, le.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. RGYLL ROOMS.-LA URENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter season. Pritripal Cornet 1 Piston, M. Boulcourt.—Doors open at R. Admission Shilling. 11. Laurent's new Varsoviana and St. Patxielt Quadrille every night. H E ROYAL PANOPTICON , MGNDAY EVENING CONCERTS.---This day. April 7th, 1856, ACIS and GALATEA. Principal Singers - Mrs. Henri Dray ton, Mr. George l'crren, Mr. Wyndham Winn ; and 'a selected chorus. Mr. E. T. CHI PP will presi.le at the Grand Organ. Lumi nous and Chromatic Fountain at 9.55. Adm'ssion, la.; reserved seas, Is. extra. Children and schools, ha'f ..tice. (,T R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES. IL Fifty instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, nd Costume, emicluding with an impersonation of Mlle. Rachel, as Camille, in '•Les Horaces," TO-NIGHT and every evening, at 8. Private box's and stalls may be secured in advance, without extra charge. Polp!raphic-liall, King William. street. Charing-cross. A Per or every Saturday Morning at 2 o'clock, and night at 8. DR. KAHN begs to announce to the Medidal froiession and the public that his celebrated ANATOMICAL MUSEUM has been enriched by a largo . numbtr of original objects and models of interest, including a magnificent full-length figure of a Venus, from one of the in ,, st renowned of the old masters. The new series of sue -amens and models embrace some most curious and important featilreS, illustrative of the anatomy of the human struc ture, and rendering the collection wholly unrivalled in the world. The Must um has-been re-decorated, and ar , angements have been made to promote the comfort and accommodation of the Visitors. The Museum is open daily from It till 10 (for Gentlemen only). Lectures are delivered at 12, 2,4, and half-past 7. by I)r. SEXTON ; and a new and htghlylnteresting series of Lectures is now in course of delivery by I)r. EARN, at halt-past 8 every cyclist; Admission, One Shilling. -4, Covent , y-street, Leicester-square. CONTRACT FOR LAMP OIL FOR THE ROYAL MARINE BARRACKS AND INFIRMARIES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset -place, sth April, 1856. rrIIE Commissioners for Executin g the Office of I Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain nd Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the 15th instant, at one o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying, for It mont h. certain, and further until the expiration of 3 months' warning, the respective Royal Marine Barracks and Intlrmaries at Woolwich. Portsmouth, and Plymouth, an d Barracks at Forton, with LAMP OIL, COTTON, and TOW. The conditions of the revised contract may be seen at the said ofllee. Ro tender will be receired after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed for p for the purpose, and which may be obtaintd on application rovided at the aid oflice. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the for Lamp 011 Admiralty. and bear in the left-hand corner the words," Tender I Cotton, and Tow," and must also be delivered at Somerset -place. TOZEAU'S COPAHINE, or SA COHARATED to , CA PSU L ES, approved of by the erench College of Phys and icians, ,uccessfully administered in the Pa ris and London llospitals, .ckn9wledg.d by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder. .Sea Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appli cation.—Price per 100, 48.6 d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL JOZ EAU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. IritIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an injunction was granted by the Migh Court of Chancery, and on the 11th of June following was made perpetual, against Joseph Cranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of ono thou sand pounds, from imitatimf this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the seals of the Ecole de Ph trmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, It a remedy for Relaxation. Snermatorrheea, 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 is invaluable. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effe:tuallin the short space ot three days, completely and entirely 3 adic.ates y g all traces 01 those Disorders which Capalvi and Cubebs a .ve so tong been thought an antidote for, .to the ruin of the health a vast portion of the population TRIESEMAR, No. 8, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the In vitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which an the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAIt, Ncs. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, act of all nauseating qualities. They may Ile on the toilet Wile -About their use being suspected TRIEt.EMAII, Nos. 1,2, and 3 arc sold in tin cases, price lie., or (our cases in one for 335., which saves I Is. ; and in Si. eases, whereby here is a saving of 11. 125.; olvidec s sparate doses, as adminis tered by Valpeau, Lane:nand, Roos, & ;., &c. To be had Wholesale and lis.atl in London of Johnston, 611, Cornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Banger, 150, Ox ord-street ; t 3. IL Ingham, druggist, 46, M arket-street, Manchester ; R. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton ; J. Priestly, chemist, 52, Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street, Dublin ; Winos% bookseller , High-street, Birmingham. CROSSED CHECKS.—Great gratification was expressed a few days back at the fact of Mr. PeB&W& bill in rela tion to crossed checks having passed its second reading. It is now asserted that the Government intend to prop°, • an amendment which will lender it totally useless. They profess, it is said, to recognise the principle ; but think that it cannot be carried further than to require that a crossed check, whether bearing the name of an individual banker or simply the words "and company," should be passed through some banker. No bill was needed to attain this, the judges having already distinctly any flounced, although at some sacrifice of logic, that whiie a special crossing cannot be recognised, a general one, such as "and company," may be considered a valid direction. The- evil complained of is, that there is no safety short of a special crossing, because, owing to the facilities afforded by joint-stock banks, every one an now have a banking account by paying a trifling fee, and a person inclined to misappropriate checks, the pro- perty of his employers or others, has nothing to do but to scratch out the name of his employers' banker and to pay them into his own. That the time of the Legislature should be wasted by their being called upon to pass a measure merely to perpetuate the existing state of the case seems almost incredibl e. If the Chakcellor of the Exchequer should seek to justify it by contending that any check made special should be subjected to the stamp law, it must be borne in mind that when it was proposed to put a penny stamp en all checks he thought that it was not desirable to offer any impediments to banking facilities. As three fourths, or perhaps seven-eighths, of the checks drawn are believed to pass through betaken', the blow inflicted upon banking conveniences by refusing to legalise special crossings would be far greater than any that could result from the resort to a universal penny stamp, while it would be without compensation in the shape of an increase to the revenue. —Times City Articlo. i 1 u _We have three States, the Edin New ' York on th( On Friday night, during which sh out of her usual Hermann, which Royal mail stean on the 25th ult. The Hermann freight of $50,000 usual cargo. The Arabia has brought $125,000 on freig The Persia, hence, arrived at New York on the 20th, and the Quaker City, hence, on the 21st ult. A.ll hopes in reference to the safety of the Pacific had , gradually disappeared, and the return of the Arctic without having seen any vestige of the ill fated vessel materially assisted this conclusion. In the Senate Mr. Clayton had concluded his speech on Central American affairs. He stated : "'On the authority of Vanderbilt, the President of the Transit Company, that there never was any act on the part of that company which in any manner encouraged Walker's invasion of Nicaragua. He referred to Waler'a seizure of the company's property, amounting to nearly $1,000,000, and read letters from Mr. Vanderbilt to Se cretary Marcy, in which the former asks for the interpor sition of the United States' Government for redress, ,Iffbe seizure was made on the ground that the company was indebted to Nicaragua. He (Mr. Vanderbilt) denied sue!) indebtedness, and refused to submit to the award of arbitrators—as the charges were utterly false. With re gard to the settlement of our differences with England three propositions had been made. Arbitration could not be countenanced because the passage of the Isthmus was necessary for us, and not for Great Britain, and because wit an impartiatniiipire Our case would be clear. Abro gition _of the treaty would give a chance to Great Britain to get poesieesions where aho could annoy us , and, et 1.0 I giving noticifto Great Britain to vacate the prewises,it' was not proper to do so at present. He proposed to con tinue the negotiation with the hope of bringing Great Britain to reason by argument. Meanwhile, we should arm in our defence, protect our coast, build fortifications and increase our navy ; not, however, to make our coun try rival Great Britain. We should take time to elo this. It was our right to do so, war or no war. This was the worst time we could engage in a war with Great Britain. She was armed cap a-pie, capable of throwing 40,000 troops from the Crimea on our coast and with the greate,t naval equipment ever known in the history of the world, while we are almost defenceless. If Great Britain should see we were resolved to enfore our rights by pursuing the doc trine laid down by Washington—' in time of peace pre pare for war'--should see we were bull ing up our for tifications and naval power, the poople of England would compel their Government to yield its positions. Since the publication of the correspondence between Lord Clarendon and Mr. Buchanan, public opinion in Eng land had been rapidly tending towards an acknowledg ment of the justice of our construction of the treaty. He (kfr. Clayton) had received on this point such informa tion as left no doubt of the fact that our appeal must be from the British Ministry to the British people, who wished to engage in no unjust war with us. At any rate, be the consequences what they may, if we were driven to the alternative—disgraoeful submission or war—we must fight. He could not, however, believe there was any real danger of war. If sena ors and representatives stood firm and presented an undivided front—if we all agreed on our rights, and manifested a determination to enforce them, they would be respected. Tae British pe-)ple would turn any Ministry out rather than fight with such a nation as ours." In the House of Representatives the debates on the Kansas election case had been brought to a close, after a discussion of ten days' duration, by the adoption of Mr. Dunn's motion, to appoint a committee of three to proceed to Kansas and in vestigate all the facts, charges, and statements con nected with the return of the rival candidates. The Naval Appropriation Bill and the bill autho rising the construction of 10 s lo) p s of war were re ported.' A bill providing for the reduction a the tariff on imports had been introduced by Mr. James, of Rhode Island. This bill the Washington correspondent of the Boston Daily Advertiser states will. be thrown out of the Senate. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald reports that Judge Lecompte, of Kansas, had caused the indictment of the members of the Free State Legislature which assembled at Topeka on the 4th ult., several of them had been arrested, and others had left the territory. A bill has been reported in the New York Sen ate to incorporate the Transatlantic Telegraph Company, with a capital of 11;000,000 dols. It is stated to be the purpose of the company to esta blish telegraph communication between the conti nents of Europe and_America, with liberty to con struct any other line or lines between the points where the main trunk across the Atlantic shall touch North America, or any other point in the United States that may be determined on by the company. . The works upon the Adriatic, the new steamer for the Collins line, were rapidly advancing to wards completion. It was expected she would be ready for launching on the sth inst. In the Maritime Court at New York, in a suit brought against the British Consul to recover 500 dols. alleged to be due to the plaintiffs for the ser vices rendered and moneys expended under a con tract to procure men for enlistment in the British army, the Consul, through his counsel, pleaded the privileges of his official position, and the Judge, sustaining the objection, dismissed the case. A fearful catastrophe had occurred to the ship John Rutledge by running irt ) an iceberg while on her passage from Liverpool to New York. This vessel left Liverpool for New York on the 16th of Jan. with 119 passengers. On the 18th of Feb., in lat. 45 34, long. 46 56 W., she fell in with the ice ; on the 19th she entered a field of ice but cleared it. Soon afterwards, however, on she same day, d e s r h e de d awm a aa n s ga i e c cd e obhme her to et w to ehsi such wreck, h stove d ae extentviholed en thattil ny sheerl a l t 6 eb o n7c c wo l o u c an k nt sinking. Nothing remained but for those on board to abandon the wreck as best they could. Five boats were lowered, four of which took loads and left. In the fifth boat, which was the one found by the Germania, the mate of the John Rutledge, Mr. Atkinson, and several others were just en tering, when it broke adrift with the 13 already in it, leaving the mate and those with him to go down with the wreck. Those in the boat now pulled it through the water and ice as well as they were able ; but soon their compass was broken, and amid the snowing and cloudy weather which fol lowed they knew not which way they went. Days pa ssed on, and one by one of the 13 in the boat sank in death, from the combined effects of cold and starvation, and were thrown overboard, until on the 28th of February Mr. Nye, with the four latest dead --among whom was Mrs. Atkinson, the wife of the mate—was picked up by the Germania, from Havre from New York. Late accounts from Florida state that an attack had been made by the Indians on the settlers on the Alafia, about 30 miles east of Tampa. Four men, one woman, and three children were killed and scalped, their houses burnt, and all the outrages and barbarities that savages could invent com mitted. Several persons had been injured on the Troy and Greenbush Railway by the breaking of a for ward wheel of the engine, by which it and a lug gage-car were thrown off the track. From Havannah we have advices to the 12th el March. The absence of the Captain-General had been taken advantage of by the slave dealers to affect the landing of a cargo of negroes at Sierra Morena the previous week. A Dominican friar named Huelves died on the 9th at Guanabacoa at the age of 117. The Archbishop of Cuba had entirely recovered from the effects of the wound recently inflicted upon him by the hand of a cowardly assassin. The President of the Spanish Bank of Havannah had published a call, requiring 25 per cent. of the amount of shares subscribed to be paid in within 15 days of the date of such order. The business of the week showed a tendency downward in the prices of staple sugar, and before it closed it was expected that the reduction would amount to nearly 1 dol. per quintal. The American steamer- Ericsson has been char tered for the Collins line to replace the Pacific, and was to leave New York for Liverpool on the 29th ult. Further Savannah dates had en receive to the 16th ult. Ther e is no polica be l or commercial news. The English fleet still remained in port, and there was nothing said of the reported descent upon Nicaragua. The Potomac and Cyane were at Havannah. News from Texas to the 13th ult. states that Indian depredations continued. Great fears are entertained at New Orleans of an overflow of the Mississippi river. Intelligence from Porto Cabello to the 9th ult. state that trade was active, the supply of coffee large, and the country very quiet. Coffee com manded high prices. The Legislature had autho rised the President to negotiate with New Granada , and Ecuador for the re-establishmeut of Colombia. 1 A letter from the Mormon settlement Ka that .perintenuent UI tee eo,a e-- de ig slips at the moment of the exp losion, with Mr. Wood's tie clerk of the works. The admiral went directly to T' he spot, sending at the mom ent a workman, named er of daqsbridge, to the surgery, to ensure the prompt attend sncz of the medical officars of the yard. The necessity t for their assistance was proved t o be too g reat, for on bv, Admiral Martin having set a number of men to work to extricate the injured from the debris of the building, three men; were taken out quite dead, and six others dreadfully ( wounded, one of whom has since died, while five or six others are more or less seriously injure 1 . The deceased were taken to the dead-house, whilst the wounded were fi conveyed to the infirmary, and thence to Hallam Hospital, 0 receiving every possible attention at each establishment. The names already obtained of the sufferers, who were all employed in the patent condenser making establish- ment, are— Wm. Pearman, Robt. Wright, John Wil liams, Riche. Parrot (the preceding are those deal), Field, John Field, Wtn. Rodgers, Geo. Morley, James Sharp, James Lee, Robt. Sims, H. Daish, W. Stacey, and'Geo. Jugging. Toe wounds these poor fellows re ceived were of the mot frightful description. The boiler that has produced this calamity was what is known to engineers as a circular boiler with semicir cular ends, and no flues. It was high pressure, about 22 feet long. 41 feet diameter, and was working at a pressure of 601bs. The metal was half an inch in thick ness, and the boiler, ore of the strongest ever made, was c3nstructed at the steam factory in this dockyard about three years since. To show the extraordinary violence of the explosion, we may mention that the greater portion of the boiler was hurled from its position against the corner of the condenser factory, in a slanting direction, a distance of 100 feet, and rebounded from where it struck to a further similar distance towards the building slips. The boiler was also rent in two, the second and smaller part of it being thrown a distance of some 200 feet. The corner of the condenser factory is seriously injured, and persons were warned against remaining near it. Such was the injury, that the tank of water in case of fire, on the top of the factory, had to be emptied, as the weight of the water wa deemed too great for the shattered building to bear. The lofty chimney of the engine-house, which was be fore damaged, is now split from bottom to top, and fears aro entertained that it will fall. It can hardly do so without tumbling upon the steam fact ry, the new smithery, or some other of the buildings by which it is closely surrounded, thus causing further ruin and de struction. Ev,rything is however being done by Admi ral Martin, Mr. Woods, and other officers, to avert at y further mischance. As to the cause of the calamity, from the appearance of the boiler, it would seem that it had, before bursting, become red-hot. The man in charge, we hear, is not seri,,tply injured ; he appears to have seen the impend• ing accident, and rushed out of the engine room be'ore it occurred. LAUNCHES AT MESSRS. MARES, BLACg WALL. On Saturday five vessels were launched at one tide from the extensive yard of Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwell. The vessels were the Genova, built for the Genoese Transatlantic Company ; the Havre, constructed for the Southern Railway Company ; and three mortar boat=, forming a portion of a contract of twenty built for Government. Many hundreds of spectators were present. The three iron mortar•boats were first launched, and almost immediately afterwards the Havre, an iron paddle_ steamer. The greatest amount of interest was, however, centred in the launch of the Genova. This splendid iron screw-steamer is the third of a fleet built for a company established at Genoa, for the purpose of carrying on a direct steam corn munication between North and South America and Sardinia. This company has recently been formed under the most favourable auspices. The whole of its capital has been subscribed in Sardinia. Victor Emmanuel, the King of Sardinia, has, from the first, taken a warm interest in the proceedings of the company, and is one of the largest shareholders in it. A sister vessel to the Genova, the Torino, is now on the stocks for the same company, and will be completed a ithin a month from the present time. The Genova is of 2,000 ti ns burden, and 300-horse power, and is undoubtedly one of the finest models of nasal architecture afloat, both with respect to her finish and mould. She has been constructed upon lines laid down by Mr. Ash. A numerous company, consisting principally of merchants of the city of London connected with the Italian trade, was admitted by tickets to the platform at the bow of the ♦essel, where the usual pro cess of " christening" was to take place. When the signal was given, Miss Walter, of Broadstairs, with chisel' and mallet in hand, proceeded to cut the tiny cord which held the nicely ba'anced weights, and while cries of " She moves" rose from all sides, Miss Ford broke the baptismal bottle of wine on the bows of the receding vessel, and gave to it the name of the Genova. The vast hull of the steamer glided easily down the slides, and entered the water without accident or hind rance. The dimensions of the Genova are —length, 263 feet ; breadth of beam, 33 feet ; depth of hold, 26 ft. 6 in. The engines of ZOO horse power are to be supplied by Maudslay, and the cost of the vessel, exclusive of her engines, will be 43,0001. The Havre, iron paddle-steamer, for the South-Western Railway, intended to run between Southampton and Havre, is 600 tons burden ; her length is 185 feet ; breadth of beam, 23ft. 10in. ; depth of hold, 15ft. Bin. ; engines, 225-horse power, int course of construction by Messrs. Seaward. Miss Johnson had the honour of naming the Havre. The unwieldy-looking mortar-boats received no atten tions of a similar kind from the fair hands of any god mothers. They are 60 feet in length, 20 in breadth, and, with their complement of mortar, ammunition, and crow, will, it is estimated, draw only 2 ft. 9 in. of water. At the conclusion of the launches a numerous com pany accepted the invitation of Messrs. Draper and Pietroni, the agents of the Genoese company, to a de jeuner, provided by Messrs. Lovegrove. Among the toasts proposed were the " Queen and Royal Family," "The King of Sardinia," "The Genova," " The Misses Johnson and Ford," "The Ladies," &c. Since the bankruptcy of Messr , . Mare and Co., the business has been carried on under the direction of Mr. Lee, the official assignee, and the superintendence of Messrs. Westwood and Baillie, who have been for many years connected with the firm. Fifteen vessels yet re main to be completed, in Messrs. Mare's yard, under the inspection of the official assignee. They consist of the Torino ; two modern despatch vessels, Reward and Fox hound, of 700 tons ; two wooden gun boats, the Wolf and the Savage, of 400 tons burden ; and ten more iron mortars. Some idea of the extent of the business done by the late firm may be formed from the statement that the vessels built by them, during the past 12 mouths, made an aggregate tonnage of 28,100 tons. The num ber of men at present employed in the works is 3,500, and the amount paid in weekly wages considerably over 5,0001. It appears doubtful whether Messrs. Mare and Co. will again carry on their business on these premises, and it is rumoured that a joint-stock company now forming in Paris are in negotiation for the purchase of the entire work. ENGLISH AND FRENC.H ICES FIRE INSUR ANCE OFF. The followng note, which appeared in the Times, relates to the question of competition between the English and French fire insurance offices " Sir,—As the agent in this country (j )intly with M. Bangereau) of Ls France Fire Insurance Company, per mit me to correct an inaccuracy in the statement which appeared in your article on Thursday last respecting the terms upon which that company effects insuranc upon property from loss or damage by fire. " I find it there stated,—' While Esiglish offices charge 4s. 6d. per cent. (namely, ls. 61. premium and 3s. duty), policies may be effected at the office of La France at 2s. 6d. per cent., the French office, even upon these terms, getting ls. per cent. more than the English , for its risk, and the assurers at the sa me time savin g 2s. " Now the truth is, air, that the office of La France g , ants policies upon property at the rate of 23. per cent. ; an I therefore the assurer effects a saving of not less than 2s. 6d. pe r cent. by insuring in that office. Hence the secret of the success which the company has alrea,ly achieved. " I do not presume to ban , ly law with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but I agree with you that any at• tempt to prevent the operation of foreign insurance companies by force will be ineffectual. Nethieg ca a n be more plainly illogical than to a ttem p t to impress po• licy effected in an office in France with the character of a transaction subject to the English Stamp Ac l ts. As well make a cheque drawn upon a Paris bank able to the penny stamp. " If the Chancellor of the Exchequer sees fit to libe rate the English insurance co mpanies from tbe burdens i m p os ed upon them, and p ut them on a footing with foreign offices, he will onl y be doing them justice. Evert thn I hould not fear competition for La France. There is e room s for all ; and a well -managed company is sure to succeed. " At present the English offices are like racers over weighted in the race. Let me advis, , the Chancellor of the Exchequer to try bis band at a little handicapping, instead of cokrcion , f or the one he can do, but the other he cannot.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, W. TEALS BELLINGUAII. " La France, Fi re . o ffice, 35, Bridge-street, Blaclifriars." AUSTRALIA. We have been favoured with a copy of the Mel bourne Herald of the 26th January, being nearly one month's later intelligence than that brought by the Lightning. The present arrival is that of the Fiery Cross, which sailed from Port Philip heads ou the 27th January, and arrived off Point de Galle on the 29th February, the quickest passage on record. The Fiery Cross sailed from Liverpool on the 9th October, three days after the Schomberg, and ar rived off Port Philip heads on the 29th December, three days after the Schomberg was lost, thus estab lishing her character as one of the fastest ships afloat. We extract the following from the Melbourne Herald of Saturday, Jan. 26 : COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MELBOURNE, Jan. 25.—We have no alteration to note in the gold market. Th, entries for shipment at the Custornbou.e to-day consisted of 1,140 oz. 6 civets. for Sydney, 24 oz. for Liverpool, G oz. for Mauritius, and 2 oz. for Valparaiso. Ade 'e flour is coming to hand freely, and, with our own incoming harvest, must soon realise the price to 251., which was the rate anticipated for the end of Ja nuary by well-informed dea era. The Customs Bill of Entry for the week ended on Sa turday last shows imports to the value of 404,3731. and exports to the amount 325,4281. The quantity of gold. dust exported was 67,4770 x., of which the banks shipped 48,383 oz. The imports include 20,000 sovereigns drawn .rom New South Wales by the Orien:al B ink, and 3951. imported by the Union Bank from England. The ira ports of breadstufk and other food (exclusive of groceries) were of the value of 57,483/., and of cattle provender, 15,3491. Among the exports is the novel item of " De bentures, 10,000/."—a curious addition to our local pro duce for exportation ! The official return of the immigration and emigration of this colony for the month of December gives the fol lowing results : ARRIVALS. At Melbourne. Gselong. Other p - rto From New South Wales 736 2 1 „ S )uth and West Ans Iralia „ Van Diemen's Land 329 16 30 „ New Zealand, &c 8 „ United Kingdom „ Foreign ports 159 6 16 _ 4 Totals 3041 24 57 Of the above, 1,771 were adult males, 2.35 male chil dren under 14, and 34 male infants ; the adult femal s number 871, female children 186, and female infants 22. DEPARTURES. Flom Melbourne. Geelong. Other ports For New South Wales 678 3 „ South and West Aus tralia ~ Van Diemen's Land 342 „ New Zra!and, &C. „ United Ring,doin „ Foreign ports - _ 2 5 -- -- rß,tals lB9B 5 5 Of the above, 1,500 were adult males, 87 male chil dren under 14, and 10 male infants ; the adult females uumbtr 252, female children 56, M an male infant es 3. lee. Femal. Total arrivals Do. departures Balance in favour of the colony 446 765 GOVERNMENT ESCORTS. The escorts from Mount Alexander and Billarat ar rived at the gold-office yesterday at the appointed hour, and brought the following returns, viz. Quantity. Number of Name of gold-field. Gold. Cash. Last receipt. Ozs. dwts. £ Castlemaine 13,191 0 32,961 0 16,579 Sandhurst Ballarat Avoca Creswick Creek 2,721 0 1,468 Amherst ..... ... 1,132 10 424 Marlborough ... 3,186 10 23,263 0 3,013 Bathurst ---- -- Total DOWNING STREET GLEANINGS.—The sentence of death passed upon Hans Hansen, who was convicted at the last Cornwall Assizes of the murder of one of his comrades, belt aging to aGerman battalion quartered at Plymouth, has been commuted to transportation for life. The offence was committed when both the prisoner and the deceased, who had previously been on friendly terms, were in a state of drunkenness, and there is good reason to believe that there was an absence of that premeditation on the part of the prisoner which is necessary to constitute the crime of inurder. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex have sent in their report to the Secretary of State, in reference to the un happy circumstances attending the execution of the mur derer Bousfield, at the Old Bailey, on Monday last. The sheriffs report that Calcraft, the executioner, was un nerved by a threatening letter which he had received from a party of "roughs," threatening his life on the ecaffola, and that the un ha pj y circumstances of the exe cution were aggravated by the physical prostration of the wretched victim when brought up for execution. The Earl of Caithness has been appointed Lord-ir -Waiting, in the room of Lord Listowel, deceased. Mr. G. M. Dowdeswell, of the Oxford Circuit, has been appointed Recor.ler of Newbury, in the place of Mr. H. S. Selfe, a ppointed one of the metro who has resigned, on being plitan magistrates of police. Mr. J. T. Kinnersly, of the Common Law bar, is appointed police magistrate for Birmingham. Major Hermann, now her Majesty's Cot cut of Tripoli, is appointed Consul-General to that State. The Queen has appointed the Rev. R. S. Horne t ) the parish of Llamanan, in the presbytery of Linlithgow the Rev. C. Maclean to the parish of Ullapool, in the presbytery of Lochcarron ; and the Rev. David Landall to the united parishes of Auchtergaven and Logiehride. The Queen has presented the Rev. Emilius Bayley, rec tor of Woburn, to the vicarage of St. George's, Blooms• bury, on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor. Sir Win. A'Beckett is appointed judge of the Vice-Ad miralty Court of the colony of Victoria. Mr. J. D. Pin flock is appointed registrar of the Vice-Admiralty Court of the colony of Victoria. Mr. Eaton Edevaine, Mr. H. R. Barrow, and Mr. F. S. Tanner, are appointed third class clerks at the Admiralty, Somerset-house. Mr. J. D. Miller is appointed third.clase clerk in Deptford dockyard ; Mr. W. J. Taylor, third.elass clerk in Chat ham dockyard ; and Mr. E. A. Lang, thirdmlaee clerk in Sheerness dockyard. Mr. R. M. Jones is appointed to be Admiralty storekeeper and agent victualler at Trincomalee.— Observer. THE AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN MAILS.—LIVER- Fool, Saturday.—The royal mail ship James Bainmi, M'Donnell, commander, sails to-morrow forenoon for Melbourne, with the Australian mails, 477 passengers, and a full cargo of valuable merchandise on freight. The British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, Captain Neil Shannon, Failed from the Mersey at 11 a.m., for New York, with the usual mails for the United States and British North American provinces, 89 passengers, and a full cargo on freight. sign markets, which have been closed, and I dare say !fore many weeks elapse we shall find some of the large which have been engaged in casting cannon, shot, shell to blow d Sebastopol, will be employed in inn and manufacturing articles of a far different de ;ription for the Czar and his subjects. Before the war se certainly made a great deal of valuable machinery for Russia, and there were some lucrative orders in com es ' execution when they were suspended by hostilities. a the copper and hemp trades of Russia this district s c*siderably interested, and a change of prices in these articles of general utility may speedily be anticipated. The iron masters, as I apprised you in my last letter, resolved, on the 27th, to uphold the quotations of last quarter ; and, as you may suppose, the recent important event has not caused theta to alter their decision. On the contrary, they are more sanguine than before, and additional orders for the home market are reported. It has been stated this evening that the demand for iron during the week has been increased, and that there will be no difficulty whatever in maintaining the prices at the forthcoming ineetitg. Indeed, there cannot be any doubt upon that point, even if the Eastern question had main• tained the Beau 200, as it would have been impossible to reduce the price of made iron; and uphold the price of pigs and wages at their present stands , d. The iran trade of South Staffordshire may, theref ire, on the whole, be reported in a sound state, and likely to furnish ample employment t iroughout the summer' to the numerous hands depending on it. Before the war our manufac- turers were in the habit of sending out a great quantity of plates to Prussia and Rus-ii, ; and, if I am correctly informed, the merchants formerly engaged in trade with St. Petersburg, are already in the market inst;tuting, in quiries relative to prices, &c. A few weeks, and we shall find a decided change for the better, but no permanent improvement can take place until the Bank screw is loosened. It is filly to ex pect we can carry on trade with such rates of discount as we now pay, and the sooner the gentlemen in Thread needle-street look to it the better. It we are to prep:ire for the foreign markets, and enter upon a fair competi tion with the French and German makers, it is not wits, such mi,erabls limited accommodation as our bankers now give, and at such ruinous rates of intere t, that it can be d , ne ; m .re money on easier terms we must have, if the machinery of this immense hive is to be kept in motion. In the general hardware trade there is also an improve meat reported, and prices rather advancing. The April lists sent in from the manufacturers to the merchants do not show any giving way, nor can there be any material reduction made so long as the raw material maintains its present price. By some it is thought that the impor tation of Russian copper will lead to an alteration in the price of that article, and it is not without reason that this opinion is formed. When we ceased importing it, two years ago, our..own mine-owners and others directed their best energies to make np for the deficiency, and many new mines were set to work at vast expense, and with improved machinery. A large supply was the result, and it is not unreasonable to suppose that importation to any considerable extent, with such increased means of sup ply at home, will soon lead to large stocks, and reduced prices. If such be the result, most welcome will the change be to the manufacturers who have long suffered from the monopoly of the smelters. To the small makers, the enormous high price of copper has been ruinous, and deprived many of the means of continuing their shops. The same applies but with too much truth to the article of tin. It also stands in need of a reduction before any ease can be afforded to the immense number of poor people depending on the trade. The jewellery trade is still dull, and holds out no encouragemeant to the hands employed in it elsewhere to come to armingham. Superior chasers are not numerous, but of ordinary hands there are sufficient in the town to execute the orders. At the works of the large coach and waggon builders there is increased activity fir executing foreign and home orders, and owing to the return of peace, strong hopes are held out to the men in these branches, , that they may not unreasonably look forward to con siderable animation in their trade during the . warner.— , Morning .Adrertiser. COURT OF ALDERMEN. On Saturday a special Court was held for the purpose of swearing in Mr. Prendergast, Q C., who was elected judge of the Sheriffs' Court, by the Court of Common Council, on Thursday last. As soon as the minutes of the last court had been read and confirmed, Alderman SIDNEY rose and sa'd—My Lord Mayor, seing that we are summated for the purpose of sweating in the newly-elected judge of the S;ieriff,' Court, and f it no other business, I wish to ask your lordship whether the court is not master of its own proceedings I This is the first court that has been called since a bill has been introduced into Parliament by the Secretary for the Home Department for the reform of the Corporation of London. The LORD MAYOR (interrupting Alderman Sidney)— No doubt the court are masters of their own proceed ings, and they can act upon their own rules. If they determine to pr,c,,,ed to other bu:dness of course I cannot I help it ; but at the same trne, in sending out a very \short notice, as it was i m p erativel y necessary that the judge of the Sheriffs' Court should be sworn in to-day, I \thought, it convenient to suggest that no other busities , than that should be taken. I therefore suggested that 1 some member should move that no other business be taken. Alderman SIDNEY— I trust your lordship, in common courte-y and kindness to me, will allow ale t i propose a motion that a certain bill should be referred to a com- mittee. The LORD MAYOR —Mr. Prendergast will be at once sworn. Immediately on the completion of this ceremony a the members rose for the purpose of breaking up the Court, and the L.ifd Mayor was about to vacate the chair, when Alderman SIDNEY said—l perceive an intimation that your lordship is requested to leave the chair, and I, therefore, wish to ask whether your lordship will set the example, which is quite foreign to your usual liberality et character, whether you will deny a member of the Court the privilege accorded to him by his position ? I wish to make a metion. I wish it to be distinctly un derstood that Ido not ask any favour whatever. I de mand a right. (Hear.) The LORD MAYOR (with some warmth)—l am on my legs now. When lamon my legs upon a point of order, and a gentleman will not sit down, then I think I ought to leave the chair. I called this Court for a special purpose. Alderman SIDNEY—Then I hope it will go forth to the world that we are a divided Court. The LORD necessary that Court should by e s orn in to-day. I called this Court at a late hour yerday afternoon for that, and for no other purpose. Is it the opinion of the Court that any other business should be proceeded with ! (Cries of " No.") Alderman SIDNEY—If that is the way in which the business of this Court is to be conducted, the sooner it is done away with the better. The Court then broke up. A summons has been issued to the members of the Common Council for a meeting of a committee of the whole Court, which includes the aldermen, fcr to-day, and it is understood that a vigorous effort will be made to exclude the public from all knowledge of their pro ceedings while measures are concerted for the purpose of opposing the bill introduced into Parliament for thb cos reform of the Corporation. PALMER'S Homo!! AT RUGELEY.—During Easter week a vast number of persons visited Rugeley from all parts of the country to inspect the house of William Palmer. We are informed on credible authority that the late re sidence of Palmer is about to be opened as an inn, with the sign of the " Strychnine Arms. —Birmingham Mer cury. SUICIDES IN PARlS.—Several suicides (says Galignani) have taken place within the last two days at Paris. One was that of a young man of twenty-two, a clerk in a shop in the Palais Royal, who, having become some what dissipated of l a t e in his habits, received notice on Monday from his employer to seek another situation. Ye,terday morning he was found dead in his room, hav ing terminated his existence with the fumes of lighted charcoal. Another case of suicide, by means of char coal, was that of a hirer-out of carriages, residing in the Rue Bayard, who, after making great sacrifices for his son, an ill-conducted young man, and finding that an additional sum of money was required from him to pay fresh debts of his, paid the amount, and then committed 1 suicide. An elderly woman, afflicted with an incurable disease, threw herself, on Monday morning, from the window of her room on the thud floor in the Rue des St. Peres, and was killed on the spot. She left behind her a paper containing these words :—" I i enture to hope that God will pardon me, for I have suffered so greatly and prayed so fervently." Lastly, two cases occurred of suicide by banging on Monday, one being that of a mason named Goodin, of Auteuil, aged 32, whose mind family annoyances bad affected ; and the other, of a marchand de yin of La Villette, named Smi ler, who terminated his existence because a young wo man, to whom he was paying his addresses, had em ulated to marry another. result. We cannot resist the conclusion that the cabin wreck seen by the Edinburgh was all that will ever be seem of the missing steam-ship. The Pacific sailed from Liver pool on the 23d of January, before any ice bad been re. ported, and with the winds that then prevailed she would have reached in due course lat. 47 deg. lon. 46 deg. on about the 2Sth of January, and would then moat cer tainly have encountered the ice. The Persia sailed three days after the Pacific, and running probably a degree further south struck the ice on the 31st of January in lat. 46 deg. lon. 46 deg. That encounter was not without peril. The steamship Edinburgh reported that "on the 7th February, in lat. 46.37, lon. 45.43, at four p.m., passed two oak doors, the knobs of which appeared to be white ; also two windows with Venetian blinds and a work box ; and at the same time saw seve ral pieces of wrecked stuff." Bearing in mind that the. Pacific would have steered for a point of latitude wed longitude not more than 30 or 40 miles distant !rem she place in which this wreck was seen, and that she pro bably reached that desired point 10 days prior to, the 7th of February, that she then certainly and unexpect edly encountered masses of ice, end it leaves scarcely a doubt that the Pacific was lost on or about the 28th of January, between the parallels of 46 atn4 47 of lati tude, and 45 and 46 of longitude. The fate of the ship ' may not, necessarily, have become the fate of her pas sengers and crew. We have not the heart to dissipate the hope which still lingers in many a stricken brea't. With life-boats more than sufficient to accommodate every soul on board there are chances that some, or many, or all may have been rescued by a passing vessel. Whether living or dead we cast no word of reproach against Captain Asa Eldredge, the commander of the Pacific. If, in a spirit of emulation, he exposed his step and his life to hazard, he only did as they have done Nilo in his profession are everywhere regarded as patterns I prod, ace and ability. Captain Judkins, of the Persia, escaped narrowly. Captain Lines, of the Arago, struck heavily on ice. Captain Stone, of the Arabia, was ex posed to imminent peril from contact with ice, while Captain Comstock, of the Baltic, and Captain \Vest, of the Atlantic, were in positions which caused them the gravest apprehensions. The money value of the Pacific and her cargo was about two millions of dollers, and the loss will fall heavily on the underwriters. It would seem to be proper that they should now assume control over the routes which steamers may take between the months of January and August. The owners of the Pacific have decided to keep their steamers below 42 deg. of latitude until they reach 46 deg. of longitude. The log of the Persia, on her last voyage out, shows that her cowman ler fol owed a 'southern, and con-equently safe route. But it is not unreasonable that the underwriters should establish a rule which none may be at liberty to violate. The time which may be saved by pursuing the northern and hazardoni route does not exceed fr,)m four to eight hours. This trifling difference is not only effected at a positive and tretnerrious risk of Fie and property, but in almost every case the winter steamers taking that route have lost from a day and a half to three days' hindrance from ice—a loss on one voyage for each sh p equal to the en tire loss of tune on her voyages for a year by a more southerly route. THE BIRMINGHAM CHAMBER OF COM- AiLtICE AND THE INUOME-PAX. The following petitio❑ Lai been agreed to by the Chamber of Commerce at Birmingham, and forwaried for presentation to the House of Commons : The humble Petition of th 6 Council of the Chamber of Commerce fur Birmingham and the Midland diAtriet, Sheweth,—That while your petitioners have no objection to allege to the principle of direct taxation, if equitably alses=ed, yet that the present system of assessing all de scriptions of income at the same rate per cent. is very un justespecially injurious in its operation to the iml nuistrlirin ous er c i la i s e s ' es, and thus prejudicial to the commercial progress of the nation. That although your petitioners fully admit the necessity of efficient regelations for the protection of the public revenue, they believe that the arbitrary and irresponsible inquisitorial powers as at present exercised by the Com. missioncrs of Property and Income Tax are unnecesviry and ineffective for the protection of the revenue, 'while they are most oppressive in their operation to those ea gaged in commerce, and at the same time offer powerftU inducement to fraud. That. although it may be admitted to be insvracticable to define with strict accuracy the just assessment of each individual case, your petitioners submit that no practical difficulty would be found in classifying all taxable incomes under a few general heads at different rates of duty, by hich (with the aid of some simple and authenticated tables) the duties on property and income may be assessed in a manner sufficiently accurate for all fiscal purposes, equitable in its operation to all classes of the community, and at the same time productive of a larger revenue than at present. Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray your honour able house to take the present oppressive , system of levy ing duties on property and income into your early consi duration, with a view to remedying the evils complained of, and especially That income derived from the profits of trade, from the practice of professions, or from salaries or wages, be as• timed at a lower rate per cent. t han that derived from re alised property. That terminable and life annuities be assessed in such proportion only to incense derived from realised p roperty, as the value of such annuity (estimated according to some well authenticated table) bears to the value of a permanent annuity of like amount. That on appeal (in cases relating to income derived from professions or from the profits of trade) a statement, sup ported by the solemn declaration of the taxpayer, that no o th e r than certain legally defined and specified deductions from gross profits have been made in his return, yet that his profits do not exceed the sum so returned by him, . should be final ; and that much more stringent measures r than at present be adopted to enforce the strictest privacy as to all returns when made to the Government officers. And your petitioners, &c. (Signed) SAMPSON S. LLOTD, Vice-Ps esident. Birmingham, April 2, 1856. The Kate Carnie (Rodger), 549 tons burden, arrived on Saturday morning from Shanghai in 90 days, sup. posed to be the shortest passage on record. The Brilliant has arrived from Port Phillip with 15,426 ounces of gold, valued at 61,6041. The Vimiers, from Sydney, and the Alecto, from Morton-bay, are also re ported, but are not stated to have brought any gold. mEssßs. Sults, WALKER, AND CO.'s SUSPENSION. — Messrs. Syers, Walker, and Co., East India and general merchants, whose suspension was announced on Friday, have issued the following circular. It t appears hat their unco vered liabilities are likely to prove larger than was at first supposed. They are stated to owe 260,000/., while the unsold produce they bole., and which cost more than 220,0001., can be realised only at a heavy deprecia tion :—" Allba lows-chambers, Lornbard-steet, April 5. —From the disappointment that we experienced by the non receipt of expected remittances by the last India mail, added to the almost unprecedented depreciation on the large amount of produce which we have still unsold, we have felt it our duty to suspend our payment ; aLd, in order that the position of our affairs niay be tainted as as speedily as possible, we have placed the same in the bands of Mr. Coleman, the accountant, with a request that he will use his best exertions to place the results of his inquiries before you as early as possible. In the meantime we respectfully solicit your forbearance, and beg to as sure y ou that whatever p ro p erty may eenle to h an d will be held specially to the purposes for which it is advised, and also that the funds belonging to the estate will be protected in like manner for your genera interests. —We are yours faithfully, STIRS, VSTALS-I 2 an d CO.", NO 11WICEI UNION LIFE INSURANCE P k r ,„ SOCIETY. a-- -tivr.--Lleut.-Gen. Sir R. J. HARVEY, C.B. ,:,;This SECRETAIT —Sir SAMUEL BIGNOLD , M . P. n °c leiY in 47 years has issued 29 , 344 I ire Policies ' rins i es .. ` 4l als upwards of 4,431,0 441 . , and assi g ned 1,934,3421. in to premiums now amount to nearly 2,200,0001. l'iont a r "litilris are lower than those of most companies', and all the , ‘or R r e divided among the assured. mt.*. ° sPectuses apply to Surrey-street, Norwich, and 6, Crescent, - .-............_ge - street.l3lackfriars, London. rT -ARDIAN FIRE AND LIF E ASSURANCE COMPANY, Igo. 11, Lombard-street, London. 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