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IN) Ur the y SEAT I of LL WAR on U theEa DA N JUST ADDED nd In to the BALTIC. the VIEWS ; ha BALTIC FLEET in the DOWNS, CASTLE of KRONBERG, Forty ALEXANDER and PETER, at KRONSTAI)T, CROWN QUAY, ST. PETERSBUROH, KALAFAT, WIDDIN , SEBAS 'jy4 i, ,r O L, entrance to the BLACK SEA, BATTLE of SIIOPE, and TBUCTION of the TURKISH FLEET, &c. &c. tt D AILY by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq . on the CHEMISTRY of our lAILy BREAD, in special relation to that made by the NEW ;,. It OCESS, on Tuesday and Thursday, at Two o'clock; and in tee Evenings on the DECORATION of PAPER. •e L uRE by Da. BACNISOFFNER on ELECTRICITY, and the ECTRIC ;?Pe, rt Mornings and Evenings. Admission, ls. ; Schools and - ‘ 4 Qr ell under Ten years of age, Half-price. ailed gal 0 , the svAs our 'X drift ice sassed the one, .P 3ll barnacl e. Livfr l i ° o l . rk in No. 19,263.] LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1854. [PRIOESD. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. money that was sent for the Baron de Bode. He be lieved that the baron's case was a most just one. Mr. WILSON explained that the whole of the fund received by the English Government from the French Government had been exhausted in the legitimate objects for which it had been paid, and therefore this was really a question whether new taxation should be imposed to liquidate this claim. Mr. SPOONER had come down to the house be lieving in the baron's claim, but had been converted to the reverse opinion by the debate. Mr. DUNLOP avowed a similar conversion. Mr. MALINS entered into an argument in support of the resolution. -Mr. M. CHAMBERS replied, and after upward of six hours of discussion, the house divided. The num- For Mr. Chambers resolution 67 Against it 82_15 It being now half-past 12 o'clock, Mr. BASS moved the adjournment of the house, as te was sure it had sat too long for members to perform their duties in a proper manner. Lord J. RUSSELL suggested !,hat the unopposed motions should be allowed to be disposed of, all others being postponed, aund upon this understanding, Mr. BASS withdrew his motion. On the motion of Sir E. FILMER, a select committee was appointed to inquire into the, sanitary and agricul tural state of the marshes on the: sides of the Thames, the means for their improvement, the existing legal powers for the purpose, and the necessity for further legislation thereon. Sir W. MOLESWORTH obtained leave to intro duce a bill to confirm provisional orders of the General Board of Health applying the Public Health Act to the districts of Plymouth, Hanley, Haworth, Much Wool ton, Aberdare, Bishop AucyAnd, Willenhall, and Over D en. The house adjourned at twenty-five minutes before 1 o'clock. THE WAR. HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL. Now ready, In 2 cols , with rine Portraits engraved by HEATH, price 21s. bound, TEE LIFE of MARGUERITE Li' ANGOU- L I.:ME, Queen of Navarre, Sister of Francis I. From nume rous unpublished sources, including M.S. Docurnents in the Biblio thique Imperialc, and the Ai chives du Royatime de France, and the Private Correscoudence of Queen Slarguerite with Fraucis By Miss FREER. - - Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princesses Helena and Louisa, took a drive in an open landau and four yesterday afternoon. - The Equerries in Waiting attended on horseback. The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday. Prince Albert, the King of Portugal, and the Duke of Oporto, with the Viscount de Carreira, Baron de Sarmento, Chevalier de Mello, Lord de Tabley, and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, left Buckingham Palace in two carriages and four, soon after o'clock yesterday morning, for the Crystal Palace at Sydenhaw. The royal party returned at ten minutes before `2 o'clock. HOUSE' OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) WRECK AND SALVAGE BILL. The various clauses were agreed to after some dis cussion, and the bill passed through committee, after which the house resumed. TOWNS IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL. The house again went into committee on this bill. Mr. BOWYER moved an amendment on clause 7 to limit the rent of persons rateable under the bill to 51. instead of Si., as proposed by the bill. A division took place, when the numbers were— For the amendment 22 Against it 9l-69 So the amendment was lost, and the clause was agreed LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.— To CONTRACTOR and BUILDERS. blhe Directors of the London and North- Weocrn Railway Corn -177 are desirous of reed , ing TENDERS for the EXECUIION of bITIONAL WORKS at CAMDEN STATIO itLarties desirous of tendering are ren iested to attend at the En t, Office, Euston Station at 12 o'clock on MONDAY, July 3, th:Dimint it person to take out the quantities on their behalf; and .tirawings and specifications may be seen on the same day. t eenders addressed to the Seer.tary, at this office, to be sent In •1' ' before Monday, July 10, at 10 o'clock. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Celburn, 13, Great Marlborough street. 6'2 Vr•„i Ist. 45 '1 NEW EDITION OF BURKE'S PEERAGE. Now Ready, in 1 Vol , with 1,500 Engravings of Arms, THE PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE FOR 1854. chi/ ifs/ By Sir BERNARD BURKE, Liter King of Arms. )tis, Jon° Dg. 2 , ,, 9 on 9WV " , 3111 New Edition, Revised and Corrected to the Present Time, from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &c. bers were— i tust, By order. C HAS. E. STEWART, Secretary. -Al Station June 19, 1854. LONDON ,(,; NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. To CONTRACTORS and BUILDERS. Th e • I) , Directors of the London and North-Western Railway Corn -411; ere desirous of receiving TENDERS for the ERECTION of AT ITIONALION WORKSHOPS and SHEDS at WOLVERTON • h ee ,. p arties desirous of tendering are requested to attend at the Eng:- ite, s°thee, Euston Station, at 12 o'clock on TUESDAY, the 27th 111141 1 1 4) aPpolnt a - person to tate out the quantities on their behalf, e drawings and specifications may be seen on the same day. h t lenders, addressed to the , ecretary, at this office, to be sent in on ' 4 fore Wednesday, July 12, at 10 o'clock.—By order, CHAS. E. STEWART, Sec. In this comprehrmsive and authentic record of the titled classes, the memoirs of the various noble families, traced through all the vicissitudes of English history, throw much light on our annals, and are all important to the historical reader. Every fact illustrative of a family's rise, every achievement shedding lu.tre on the race, every d, tail tending to the full development of the genealogical narrative, are here combined. No descendant is omitted however ,remotely connected, his ancestry may here he traced. Published for H. Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. Vi r • O VI 1014 . . ng ICOOP [ay 1► Ise. ID, Mare!' New Part- , Song appropriate to the present time. THE BRITON'S ADDRESS to the NAVY : for Four Voices, with Additional Verses The Words by CuARLEs DIBDIN. The Mu,ic by J. TILLEARD. Price Gd. London : Novello. 69, Dean-street, Soho, and 24, Poultry. 37, lat' Easton Station, June 19, 1854. NEW .NOVEL. This Day, at a I the Libraries, 2 vols. post B vo., T ILBURY NOGO ; or, Passages in the Life of an Unsuccessful Man. LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN and 111 MIDLAND, R kILWAYS.—EXCURSIONS to the SEASIDE. ",e Public ‘sre informed that, until further notice, FAMILY k at i , , ,ETS Neill be issued from London to HARROWGATE, SCAR artiyUGII, WHITBY, FILET, or BRIDLINGTON, and Back, to o!' not less than Four Persons ; thus affording families an thr e Ilnnity of visiting these wateting-places at the following Re- Pares s(for each passenger), with the option ef returning, to uer or singly, on any day, not exceeding twenty-eight days from I .:late of issue, by any through train except the express : _ By the Author of " Digby Grand." London: Chapman anti Hall, 193, Piecaollly. NEW NOVEL. This Day, at all the Libraries, 2 vols. post Bvo., JERNINGH AM: A Story. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. d wag )f no. o c t old 641 w 'VI 541 grim ' T3B; oats . 70 to 4 4 96 ' , tick, 1° to 4i sngui At .celY r tO 839; . o; Pe** recei lei orts, fro :I 44) I. --- I . - -- 5 -- , 2 0 3 .11' m oacit oats °°'— ld i' t ,y oo Beau„ .4 °. na v vs ild Os , 0 OS v' Od• ..... -0 ... 7 .2-20 " " '' g 0 " '''' 18 18 ''''' 18 . t ; s cost 00 testi- Cure ipationt 3 ,1 grew' relieve, s rerton• ousnesg, re bee n a vo: , ~ tectol , live 01% )18 fond . re No. ;pepsin, bUienCY, IVO WTI 6 JOll9 , 3 9 0 a -- , gene'' c scellent are with Euston Station, London, to -Ist Class. 2d Class. Sc ar C 7 gate and Back, for each Passenger.. •• 40s Od 30s Od h k rough and Bock, for each Passenger ... 50s Od 35s Od "Y and Back, for each Passenger• •..•• • • • • 505 °d 35s 1)11 A r g and Back - , for each Passenger ••• • • • ... 43s Od 32s 6d 'lllgton and Rack, for each Passenger:..... 40s Od 30s Od Thesel icket4 are not transferable e neral Manager's Office, June 14, 1854. By order. AMPTON RACES.-SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. DNESDAY 21st, and THURSDAY 22nd, June, 1854. 13tat i Zlal Trains will run from Waterloo Station to Hampton Court to„ commencing at 8 o'clock a.m., and returning from Hamp `-ourt till 11 p m. each day. FARES. First Class. Second Class • . 121,4, L e, Journey 2s. Od. Single Journ. y .. •• • • • • Is. 6d. - " t e Journey •••3s. 01. Double Journey ••. • .. 2s. Od. 20Double Journey Tickets may be obtained on and after Tuesday, b instant, at the Universal Office, Regent Circus, 53, Kinr aP'street, Cit y , an d at the Blossoms Inn, Lawrence-lane, Cheap en: Tickets for Seated Open Carriages will not be issued on the Day s. ARCHD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager. Wate rloo -station, June, 1854. BRIGIITON ESTATES EAST SUSSEX. URE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.— (s ee° The ALLOTMENT of the valuable Round 11111 Park Estate litrj, cl Portion), will take place at the offices, 33, Norfolk-street, v ors. ,,, London, on Wednesday, the sth of July, between 11 and 4 40V: There are Seveaty-four Plots to be allotted, of which one is altlot, one 1001. do., one 751., fifty-eight 501. lots, and thirteen bp c i ip• do. The present pic , uresque portion is situated on the ka ki : ng In g•road, and is admirably adapted for villa real ences, corn splendid views of the Sea, the Tewn, the Race-course, the lby p u, and surrounding country. Plans, price 6d., or 10d. if sent "ti and Prospectuses may be had of CIIARLE 4 LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Sec. PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of Cr made in a cause, TRUEM A N again.t HORN .YrLE, the Creditors of THOMAS CHESTER, late of the Haven ea: 4 l: in the Parish of Fi r b e k, in t-e Count s of York, farmer, de tliThrt. Who died In or about the month of October, 1-51, are, by rlicitors, on or before the Twentieth day ofJub 1854, to come 81r b. Prove their debts at the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor ae,-..chard Torin Kindersley, 15, Old Square, Lincoln's inn, Middle the'ar In default thereof' they will be peremptorily excluded from )4 tient of the said Order. the ,?„, 44 aY, the 24th day of July, 1854, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the "'ud Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjaclicaiing upon clai ms Dated this 19th day of June, 1854. CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk. to ud "• GALLAND, 2, Coleman-street•buildings, Moorgate - street, . agent for W. E. SMITH, Doncaster, Plaintiff's Solicitor. ALBERT LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. tu. Established /838. Eastern Branch, 7, Finsbury-square. 4 8 ,,,,,`Z1TS granted in connection with Lite Assurance on Freehold, — "° l,l , and Personal Security. N. S. VARDY, Manager, tTROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. The 1: 1 No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. du o Irectors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall Il irt en the sth of july next, that the same must be PAID within days from that date. th e Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on ititt i :th of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, yearof which several days constitutes the commencement of the clet 3 ,% e Menabers. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So „as Members on the sth of July next, should appear or lodge th e i r hp r oPosals at the o ffi ce on or before that day. Ith o r s Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the tbp •f its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives e Whole term of life as Members of the Society. of the Year ending the sth of April, 1855, an abatement 51 per t...,Llias been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five standing and upwards. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. l'rbi ets-street, Bank, Juno 3, 1854. TFIE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA, tt, August 4, 854.—The magnificent screw steam •ship " CAL- Dei' 1,800 tons, Captain J. GOODALL, another of the fine fleet 1 :14 -4 ging to the General Screw Steam Shipping Comp iny will be 14.4Patehed with her Majesty'+ Mails for Adelaide, Port-Philip, .and Ite, s il !Y , on the 4th August next. This floe vessel has maintained al ah ,.lgh reputation for rapid sa and punctuality, and is a sister A" t° the " Argo," which has made the quickest v yage to and from iotralla up to this time. The Calcutta has been from carrying IZMails to and from Eneland and Calcutta, and her superior tp:;_ag and steaming qualities, it Passage faiy assumed that she will p i ,"`_ .e the run in 60 days. Rates offrom 30 to 100 guineas. c ln e Will be followed, on the 4th of October, by the CRCESUS, of 2,500 k,L, Full particulars as to Freight and Passage Money at the Com -.I a Officer, Cannon-street, City.- TEAM TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. - 0 1 compliance with numerous applications from persons de gen!C t o Proceed to the Cape of Good Hope, the Directors of the Sp E4 ', r al Screw Steam Shipping Company have determined to de- It o c,o their Steam ship " CAVE OF GOOD 110rE" to TABLE 4 , 4 2 . _ on the 7th of July next. The " Cape of Good Hope," H. is. lo„,: u N. Commander, has just returned from a most successful t o iinCo to Constantinople with passengers and general cargo, is 700 p t ipUrthen, and 100 horse-pow«r Built by M essrs. Mare & Co., bm % 4 ekWall, and an extremely fast ship. Her accommodations for ke it en igr's are little if at all inferior to this Company's first-class of pa—,,m ships so well known oa the Cape and Calcutta line. The rates ti k5 ..,.. 41, t0 m 5 oney are,—First Class s , hi 6o and 65 Guineas each ; See , nd ' , O to 4 Guineas each. The p will load and sail from South lip4,7,l. As her capacity for passengers and freight is limited , early tu,';' , Ation should be made to the Company's Offices , 27, Cannon - At. City. R MECHI having had the honour of supply evA• ing the Crystal Palace Company with Table Knives of a th e '. and pleasing form, begs to state that in future he will name them 4:CRYSTAL PALACE TABLE KNIVES," and supply them to the 0"e, of a similar quality, in fine ivory, 30s. pFr dozen ; transparent 14 1.7 „ 42 3. per dozen. Mr. Mechi charges the same prices for his )11."ilfaetnres when disposed of at the Crystal Palace, as he does at 4 , ei stablishm ' ent in Leadenhall-strect. 1 1 .1" . virners of merchant-steamers, Intel-keepers, and all public estab :finents, will Bud these knives far more economical and durable 0 the usual sort, being on an entirely new construction, and not ted by immersion in hot water. Leadenhall-street. TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters h arm Patent of England, and secured by the Se als of the Ecole de acie de Paris, arid the Imperial College IA Medicine, Vienna. . . _ is . TRIESEMAR, No. 1, Ate M for Relaxation, Sperniatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the medy fr e TRIESEMAR, No. 2, etually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely Eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs of 50 long been thought an antidote for, to tilt rain of the health e vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, Pe great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which fortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in -lable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the . 7t i Darilla hi the world cannot remove. , a „ttEIESEmAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of ta3te or smell, I,;'i i ,of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table their use being suspected. a jold In tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided Into / t l4.. ate doses, as admin. istered by Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux, t 1 me.—To belied Wholesale and Retail in London of Robert John -141 68 , Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, _ Oxford-sreet. R i EPRESENTATION of the CITY of LON to , DON.—The representatives of the City are genera ll y e x pe ct ed 5,,,"e acquaited with its condition and institutions, to be willing to ;_e a share n the business of the Legislature, and anxious to ad -I.l"te the interests of the country and its colonies. But who have Ong represented the city, country, and colonies in their business in rests and resources ? E. Mosx s and SON ! Who have studied tsvt i r commerce and have gratified the wishes of all classes ? ,s , O are always returned by overwhelming majorities ? E. MOSES ;.'",_cl Sox. It is their only ambition to represent, in the most efficient Z 4l lller, the various stations in society by the most suitable, artistic, ;7 1 seasonable attire. To do that with the greatest care, despatch, „,'' , l economy, they have engaged in enterprises which have no pa ialiel. The taste and the claims of the world's constituency they 411 Y understand, .and ho amount of business wearies their energies, i'r relaxes their activity. Whatever professions they make they are ~_e 843 7 on all cccasions to fulfil. Their attire for the summer season Z libits a very unusual degree of variety in materials, talent, design, b 4 superiority of workmanship ; and to order or ready made may obtained at their City or West-end establishments, at the most t c trlornical prices. 4 0 . I )ress for juveniles and young gentlemen coming home for the boll -1:11 is best obtained at E. MOSES and SON'S. it has the advantage es. ut ing more fashionable, comfortable, elegant, and durable than any cered elsewhere. Hosiery goods, the richest and most useful—Hats ni Caps, the newest styles and most comfortable wear—Boots and 'guoes, - which cannot beequalled—may be procured at E. Mons acid° ;!'s at considerably lower charges than arc customarily made. 11 , 1 he largest wholesale Clotting. Shirt, and Boot and andepart elat in the world Is at the establishment of E. MOSES SoN. ~ C AUTIW.T.-:-E. MOAES end SON regret having to guard the iltlic against Imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like t tseh .33 of " Being connected with their Establishment," or ' It's e same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, anu for rth "'Vous reasons, they. hog to state that they have . 0 CONStaxioN WITII ANT OTHER DOME IN 08. OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : Ler %, , aim City Establishment, 154, 155. 6 and 157, ,Minories, 84, '',.. and Si;, Aldgate, oprosito the Church. a 15 11 , communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, and 3, ll4rt-street, all commuicating. B radford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. P lbellield Branch, 36, Fargate. Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia. Shoe Tailo:s. Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Q uue Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. I MPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction , it will be !chariged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned ;s hout hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest Price, trona which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunse t , on Fridays to sunset On Saturdays, whets business is resumed till 12 o'clock. 1 new Book, with illustrations, entitled" The Echo of Pub l ic Opi nion," containing, lull lists, of prices, our system of self-mea.sure eats gte., &C., may be had on application, or post-free. 4 , . , ei _ r on Parle Francala- Qui 51 parka Italian°. 81St PPllOlzt man Dcataciz. Aqua la habla &paw. NERVOUS AFFECTIONS. Just published, price 25., post-free 2s. 6d., AN ESSAY on SPERMATORRHCEA ; Its Nature and Treatment, with an exposition of the Frauds that are practised by persons who advertise the speedy, safe, and effectual cure of Nervous Derangement. By a MEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of PHYSICIANS, London London : Aylott and Co., 8, Paternoster-row. On Saturday, July Ist. will be published , price 2d., N o 1 of THE EPITOMIST, a Weekly Journal of Lite rature, Criticism, Art, Science, and Manufactures ; com prising Fiction of the highest class, Reviews of new werks, all the ocientiffc Intelligence of the Week, a list of Patents with a •stracts of Specifications, 'a Domestic Miscerany, and Correspondence; 32 pages, Bvo. Office, 49, King, William. street (City), London. Order of all Booksellers, and Newsvendors, in the Kingdom. CRYST.IL PAL tCE, 1854 Now ready, THE OFFICIAL GUIDE and HANDBOOKS, illustrative of the CONTENTS of the EXHIBETION. To be had at the Palace and at all Booksellers and Railway Sta tions, and of Bradbury and Evans, Printers and Publishers to the Crystal Palace Company, 11, Bouverie-street. TO ADVERTISERS of SCHOOL BOOKS: ADVERTISEMENT.; for insertion in the CATALOGUE of the EDITCA.IIO , AL EXHIBITION' of the SOCIETY for the en couragement of ART 4, MANUFACTURES, and COMMERCE, are requested to be forwarded to Messrs. LONGMAN and Co., 39, Pater noArr-rovv, London, by Tuesday next, the 27th inst. r the MEMBERS of BOTH HOUSES of PARLIAMENT. MY Loans AND GENTLEMEN.—Before passing any more laws which affect the medical liberty of the subject, we earnestly call upon you to peruse Mr. John Fraser's public lecture on that important ques tion, a copy of which will forthwith be delivered to you —We have the honour to be, my Lords and Gentlemen, your most obedient servants, THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New-road, London, for and on behalf of the Society of Hygeists. June 14, 1854. . TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS.-A RETIRED CLERGYMAN Miring been restored to health in a few days, alter many years of great nervous suffering, is anxious to make known to others the means of cure. He will, therefore, send free, on receiving a stamped envelope, properly addressed, a copy of the pre scription used. Direct the Rev. E. Douglass, 18, Holland-street, Brixton, London. LAIJRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Full run-road), —The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR TIIE SEASON. and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S CELEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadril'e, Sultan Polka, Fair Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; also, by IL Laurent , the following Waltzes - La belle Frangaise, Leonora, Villi kins and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8. Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11. A RE YOU GOING TO THE HIGHLANDS THIS SEASON ? If so, you must visit the TARTAN and TWEED WAREHOUSE, 12, High-street, Inverness, where you will find the splendid speci mens of Highland Manufacture which eained the Prize Medal in the Great Exhibition in lxsl, and the INDUS and PRODUCTIONS of the HIGHLANDS of SCOTLAND, and CL".THING of every kind for DEER-ST ‘LKING, GROUSE- IIOOTING, and for Ladies and Gentlemen TOLTIZI,TS' Wear, with an unrivalled selection of Plaids, Shawls, and Ladies' Tartans, Tweeds, and Linsey Woolseys, &c , &c. D. MACDOUGALL. Inverness. M'l). and all Patterns may be seen at 19A, Golden-square, London, from 2 to G o'clock, until Ist July. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED LUSER!ES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPE 3. THE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the - Establishment, -. 35. 6d. in stamps, THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive iotion, fol towed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By It. and L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster row, and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; Batter, 4, Cheapside ; R. Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treat tof the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive Organs, and is illnstrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. . . 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Piper, Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Mann, 39, Canahill ; or free by post for thirty stamps, to any address rom the Author's residence, 37, Bedford-square. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. MEDICAL NEWS FROM THE BALTIC.—The surgeons of the ships have had plenty to do in the Baltic, although no great action has yet taken place. Raw bands falling from aloft, and the influence of the weather on first ap proaching northern latiiudes, have kept the sick-lists full. About 100 men have been already invalided and sent back to England. Two men were killed in the Ar rogant by the conical bullets of the Mini 6 rifle. The bullets are smaller than those used by us. The man first hit fell as in a faint, and, when carried below, was found to be quite dead. The second man lingered forty hours. One man in the Dragon was wounded by a ball which struck a heavy iron clamp on a gun carriage, and then split in two. One half struck the left thigh on its outer side and broke the bone near its middle, almost dissecting the muscles. The surgeon, Dr. Davidson, al lowed time to pass for rallying, placed the man under the influence of chloroform, and amputated. The man had lost a large quantity of blood before he could reach the surgeon, and gradually sank after the ampu tation. A suggestion has been made—and it is a very good one—that, when some ships only are engaged in action and others unemployed, that additional medical officers should be sent into the ships engaged. This would be doubly useful in the present very inadequate supply of medical officers to the fleet.—Medical Times and Gm*. to. Clauses up to 22 were agreed to, when the Chairman reported progress, and the house resumed. CONVICT PRISONS (IRELAND) BILL. Sir J. YOUNG moved the second reading of this bill. Mr. M'CARTNEY thought the bill ought not to be read a second time till its provisions were more fully explained. The further consideration of the bill was adjourned to Thursday next. Mr. BOUVERIE then brought up the report of the committee of supply, which was agreed to. The sitting was suspended at 4 o'clock. The house resumed at six o'clock, and was Petitions were presented by Mr. NEwDEGATE, from inhabitants of Coventry, Nuneaton, Brandon, Toleshill, Kenilworth, and from workpeople in the employ of Messrs. Peake, Ballard, Hart, Spencer and Horafall, Fulwell, Hood, and Ware, and numerous others, in favour of the factory bill introduced by Mr. Cobbett by Mr. BUCKLEY HUGHES, frcm the factory workers of Messrs. Charles Pooley and Son, James Watkins, and Scott and Heiden, of Manchester, in factory of a Ten Hours Factory Bill ; by Sir J. WALMSLEY, from the Oldham and district workpeople ; John Morris and Sons, John Ley and Sons, E. Moss, Joseph Lees, John Ogden, and inhabitants of Waterheadmill, in favour of the Thir teen Hours Bill ; by Mr. FLOYER, from Todmorden and other places in Dorsetshire, in favour of a Ten Hours Bill ; by Mr. SANDARS, in favour of a Ten Hours Bill, from the inhabitants of Wakefield, Barnsley, Parsbo rough, Gainsborough, Monc Britton, Ardsley, and from numerous factory workpeople ; by Mr. H.W.WICKHAM, from Bradford and district, in favour of a Ten Hours Factory Bill, from the inhabitants of Bradford, Shipley, Thornton, Rudsey, and from the workpeople of Messrs. Leech and Co., and several others ; by Mr. W. J. Fox, twenty-four, from Rayton and Oldham, in favour of the Ten Hours Bill, from the inhabitants of Rayton, and from the Literary, Temperance, and Mutual Improvement Institution ; sixteen from hands in various factories ; by Mr. CORRY, from the surveyors and other attendants of twenty-three of the county infirmaries in Ireland, against the Hospital and Infirmaries Bill, praying that in any such bill that may be proposed a clause may be inserted securing to the petitioners that fair compensation, which it is the custom of Parliament to allow to other officers whose places it has been deemed expedient to abolish, also one to the same effect, from the surgeons, &c., of the Carlow county infirmary ; by Mr. ROBARTES, from cer tain inhabitants of St. Austle and its vicinity, in favour of the entire abolition of church rates; by Sir J. SHELLEY signed by 576 of the inhabitants of various parishes of the city of Westminster, for inquiry as respects the con joint pledge given by the New River and East London Water Companies in 1852, to take their supplies free from the sewerage of the towns in the Lee valley ; by Mr. COBBETT, from inhabitants of Thornham, Crompton, Chadderton, Oldham, Saddleworth, York, and the Short Time Committee of Stockford, all in favour of an efficient Ten Hours Bill ; by Mr. JAMES MACGREGOR, from the mayor, aldermen, burgesses of Deal, against the Police Bill ; by Mr. COWAN, from the southern districts of the city of Edinburgh, for amendments in the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill; by the Magistrates of Canongate, for amendments; by the Edinburgh Presbytery, praying this house to resist the appointment of Popish chaplains in gaols, to repeal the Emancipation Act, the Maynooth Endowment, suppress the monastic resolutions, and pre vent the assumption of ecclesiastical titles ; from the Scottish Alliance of Edinburgh, against the proposal of Mr. Hume to open the British Museum and National Gallery upon the Lord's day ' • by Mr. T. DUNCOMBE, in favour of the Ten Hours Bill ; from Cragge Vale, Tod morden, Ainsworth, Ashworth, Hebdenbridge, Milnrow, Rochdale, Preston, and Elton; against church rates, from Salem Chapel, New North-road, Islington; against uni versity tests, from a public meeting of inhabitants of Islington ; by Mr. DUNLOP, from the faculty of physi cians and surgeons of Glasgow, against the Medical Graduates Bill ; by Mr. OLIVEIRA, signed by 120 of the inhabitants of Pontefract, against church rates. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Lord D. STUART rose to ask the noble lord the President of the Council whether any information had been received of the intention of Austria to march troops into Servia ; and whether he (Lord J. Russell) would have any objection to lay on the table the following do cuments :—The protest addressed by the Servian Go vernment against the occupation of that principality by Austria ; the convention between Austria and the Porte respecting the occupation of Albania by Austrian troops ; and the convention lately signed between Austria and Prussia ? Lord J. RUSSELL—In answer to my noble friend, I have to state that we have received no late informa tion from the Austrian Government of any intention whatever to march troops into Servia. Some time ago I stated that the Austrian Government had declared that if it would be of use to the Sultan that they should march troops into Servia, they were ready to do so ; but that without a request on the part of the Turkish Go vernment they should adopt such a course only in one of two cases—either in case of the march ofßussian troops into Servia, when they would oppose that army; or in case of an insurrection in Servia, which would, in all probability, be an insurrection in favour of Russia, and against Turkey. With regard to the papers that the noble lord had asked for, the protest addressed by the Servian Government to the Porte against the occupation of the principality by the forces of Austria has been received by the Government, and there can be no objection to its presentation if the noble lord will move for it. With regard to a convention between Austria and the Porte respecting the occupation of Albania by Austrian troops the Government liave no knowledge of any such conven tion, and I do not believe that such a convention is in existence. The Austrian Government proposed to the Porte that in case it should be thought desirable, Aus tria should assist in suppressing the insurrection in Albania ; but the pachas on the frontier declined any assistance from the Austrian troops, and the Austrian commander did not pass out of his own province. The substance of the convention lately si g ned between Austria and Prussia has been communicateato thehouse; but there in an additional article which is in the posses sion of the Government. and can be presented if toy noble friend thinks proper to move for NEWSPAPER RETURN. Sir J. SHELLEY inquired of the hon. gentleman the Secretary of the Treasury, when a return respecting newspapers, which was moved for on the 19th of May, was likely to be laid on the table of the house ? Mr. J. WILSON stated that, so far as regarded news papers in England, this return was ready, but that the Board of Inland Revenue were waiting for the returns for Ireland and Scotland. So soon as these were re ceived, the return would be presented to the house. THE BARON DE BODE. Mr. M. CHAMBERS called attention to the case of the Baron de Bode, and moved a resolution :—" That the national good faith requires that the just claims of the Baron de Bode, established after protracted inves tigation, should be satisfied." Upon a point involving the honour of their country Mr. Chambers hoped he would not appeal to the Commons of England in vain. Mr, DRUMMOND seconded the motion. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL declared emphatically that if he believed the claims of the Baron de Bode were just and well-founded, lie would not stand up and dis grace himself by adopting the unworthy course assumed so stwßi recklessly rtaoe sdao tenfyuwt.olwas sympathise Tysaharn by Mr. Dm te British afigrtieuhtdieissshtethi . oawsiutii brtwtujhheaectshtmc case did not nf otth h ce a o d every Bmaerownilhbut s t p hh o ee n;not e whether o n the s ß w a rhoent whether he was so within the meaning of the treaty. The At torney-General believed he was not a British subject in that sense, and proceeded to maintain his views by re ference to the terms of the treaty, and to the special claims of the Baron. The property was not confiscated because the Baron was a British subject, but because he was a French subject. Mr. BOWYER supported the resolution. Mr. WILKINSON opposed the resolution. Sir F. THESIGER entered into a prolonged argu ment to show the futility of the claim advanced by the promoters of the resolution. Mr. T. CHAMBERS took the opposite view of the case. Mr. WALPOLE supported the resolution, and in an elaborate argument urged that the baron was a British subject, and had clearly made out his title to compen sation. He examined and condemned the various forms of opposition by which the claim had been from time to time baffled, and expressed his conviction that it was the amount of the demand, and not the merits of the case, that had caused the denial of justice. lie thought that the honour of the country, of Parliament, and of the Crown, was involved in the decision of the question. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER re marked upon the circumstance that the House of Com mons was called upon to settle by a peremptory deci sion one of the most intricate and complex cases ever brought before a court of law. He declared that the amount of the claim had nothing to do with the resists ante made to it, which was made upon principle. After addressing himself to a prolonged refutation of the ar guments of Mr. Walpole, he said that far more of legal ingenuity—he would not say of chicane, though the word had been used by his opponents—had been em ployed in endeavouring to make out the case than in resisting it. He remonstrated with Mr. Drummond upon the abusive character of his oratory, and con cluded by expressing his conviction that the Baron de Bode was not entitled to the pecuniary consideration of the house. Mr. MIINTZ simply wanted to know who WA the PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. HOUSE OF COMMONS-Jurrz 20. BARON DE BODE. Motion made, and question put, ".That the national good faith requires that the just claims of Baron de Bode, estab lished after protracted investigation, should be satisfied." The house divided ; ayes 67, noes 82. AYES-67. Ball, E. Frewen C. O'Connell, J., Baldock, E. Greenall, Gilbert Otway, A. Bankes, Rt. Hon. G. Greene, Capt. John PelLitt, A. Bateson, Capt. T. Hawkins, W. Bolt, P. Beamish, F. Higgins, G. 0. Scholefield, W, Bell, J. Hudson, G. Seymour. Mr, Bentinck, G. Hughes, W. Shee, Serjt. W. Blair, Lieut,-Col. J. ii. Ingham, E. Somerset, Capt. E. Brady, J. Joiliffe. Sir W. Stanley, Lord Bright, J. Keating, It Stephenson, R. Bruce, H. A. Kendall, N. Sturt, H. Butt, r. Kennedy, T. Swift, R. Carley, E. S. Laslett, W. Tollemache, J. Chambers, T. Lennox, Lord H. G. Tyler, Sir G. Child, Smith Lovaine, Lord Walpole. S. Christy, Samuel Lucas, F. West, F. Cobbett, J. M. MacMahon, P. Wickham, H. Cobbuld, J. C. Malins, R. Wynne, W. Craufurd, E. H.J. 31 andeville, Viscount Duncan, G. Meux, .-ir El. Dunne, Lt.-Col F. Muntz, G. . Esmonde, J. Murrough, J. Ferrer. J. Norreys, Sir D. Minder, Sir E. O'Connell, D. NOES-8 2. Anderson, Sir J. Graham, Sir J. Patten, J. Barnes, T. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Perry, Sir E. Barrow, W. Grey, R. Phill more, R. J. Bass, M. Hadfield, George Pilkington, 3. Bland, L. 11. Hastie, Alex. Pollard-Urquhart W Brotherton, J. Headiam, T. Russell, Lord J. Cheetham, John Heathcote, Sir G. Sandars, G. Coekb an, Sir A. J. E. Hervey, Lord A, Sawle, C. Crook, J. Keogh, W. Scobell. Capt. G. Crossley, F. Kershaw, J. Smith, J. B. Cubitt. W. Kirk, W. Spooner, R. Davie. Sir 11. B.F. Knatchbull, W. Tbesiger, Sir. F. Drumlanrig, Vie. Laing, S. Thorni.son, G. Duff, G. Lee, W. Vane. Lord A. Dunlop, A. Lindsay Lt.-Col. J. Yyvyan, Sir It: Elcho, Lord Loveden, P. Walmsley, Sir J. Evelyn, W. Lowe, It. Whitbread, S. Feilden, M. Mackie, J. Wilkinson, W. Fergus. J. M'Cann, 3. Williams, M. Ferguson, Sir R. MacGregorJas. Williams, W. Floyer, J. Maguire, J. F. Wilson, J. Forster J. Masterman, J. Wise, A. Fortescue. C. iiiioheil, Dr. W. Wood, Sir C. Fox, R. Moffatt, G. Young, Sir J. Fox, W. Moleeworth, Sir W. George, J. North, F Gladstone, W. Paget, Lord A. Glyn, G. Palmerston, Viscount Hayter, W. Goddard, A. Parker, R. Berkeley, G. TELLZAS. Chambers, M. Bowyer, G. TELLERS. TOWNS IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL. Clause seven, line 13.—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " eight," in order to insert the word " five." Question put, " That the word eight' stand part of the clause. The committee divided ; ayes 91, noes 22. AYES-91. Alexander, J. Ge. , rg,e. J. Packe, C Ball, E. Gilpin, Col. H. Patten, J. Bateson, Capt T. Gore, W. . Pugh, I). Iteamish, F. Greenall. G. Russell, F. C. Bell, J. Gregson, S. sacileir, James Berkeley, G. Grogan, E. Sass - le, C. Ito• narci, Vie. llankcy, T. Scatty, F. Bla'r, Col. J. H. liardinge, lion. C. Sca:ly, V. Bland, L. EL Heathcoat, Sir G. Shirley, E. truce, Lord E. Ileathcote, G. Smith, R. Butler, C. II ervey, Lord A. Stephenson. R. Butt, U. Ilotham, Lord -Taylor, Lt.-Col. J. Butt, I. Jolliffe, Sir W. Thickne.se, It. Cairns, H. Jones, Capt. T. Thornely, T. Caulf-ild. Lt.-Col. J. Keating, H. Thornhill, W. Cavendish, G. Keogh, W. Tollemache, J. Conolly, T. Kirk, W. Vance, J. Coote, Sir'. 11. Knox, W. S. Vane, Lord A. Corry, H. T. L. Lang ton, 11. G. Walcott, Admiral Davie, Sir IL K. F. Laslett, W. Walpole, S. Davison, It. Lee, W. Whatman. J. Denison, J. E. Lockhart, A. E. Whitbreal, S. • Drummond, H. Macartney, G. Wickham, 11. W. Duncan G. Monck, Viscount Willcox, B. Duncombe,Hon. G. Morris, D. Winnington, Sir T. Dunlop, A. Mostyn, E. Wyndham, W Dunne, Col. Mowbray. J. Young, Sir J. Elcho, Lord Mundy,. W. Elliot, J. Naas, Lord TELLERS. Farrel*, J. Napier, J. Ferguson, Sir B. Oliveira, B. Ilayter, W. Fortes cue, C. Ossulston, Lord Mulgrave, Earl of NOES-23. Brady, J. Lucas, F. Peßatt, A. Cogan, W. H. F. Weann, J. Pilklngton, J. Crook, J. MacMahon, P. Walmsley, Sir J. Crossley, F, Norreys, Sir D. Whiteside. J. French F. O'Brien, Sir T. - Williams, W. Greene, J O'Brien, C. Higgins, G. 0. O'Connell, D. TELLERS. Kennedy T. O'Connell, J. - Bowyer, G. Kershaw, J. Pechell, Sir G. • Macguire, J. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JUNE 20. In the Convocation to be holden on Thursday next, at 10 o'clock, it will be proposed to confer the degree of Doctor in Music on Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, B. Mus., Professor of Music in this University. The following class-list has been issued by the Exa miners in the School of Mathematical and Physical Science : Cuss I. Birch, George, Oriel College Cotton, Arthur 8., Christ Church. Norton, David E., Oriel College. CLASS 11. Byrth, Henry S., Brasenose College. Green, George it., Lincoln College. *Kekewich, Arthur, Baliol College. *Martin, Arthur, Christ Church. Otter, Francis, Corpus Christi College. CLASS 111. Tipping, George L., Brasenose College. CLASS IV. Brook, James, Worcester College. Whitaker, William, Lincoln College. Those marked with an asterisk obtained first classes in literis humanioribus. The Denyer Theological prizes have been awarded to the Rev. B. C. Caffin, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Wor cester College, and the Rev. A. S. Farrar, M.A., Michel, Fellow of Queen's College. It is in contemplation, we understand, to propose to Convocation an alteration in the examination before Moderators. All those hitherto engaged in conducting the examination have, we believe, without exception, expressed their dissatisfaction with the present system. It will probably be proposed to substitute three classes for 'the candidates for honours, in the place of the two classes which the statute at present recognises. THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY. -A public meie► ing of the inhabitants of Guildford was held at the White Hart Hotel on Monday evening, when a deputation from the executive committee of the Conservative Land So ciety, consisting of Viscount Ingestre, Mr, R. N. Fowler, Mr. C. E. Lewis Mr. G. Morgan , and Mr . Gruneisen, attended to explain the mode of allotment of the Wey bridge estate, West Surrey, and the general plan of the society. The meeting was numerously attended, and amongst those present we observed Mr. Charles Evelyn, of Wotton, Mr. -- Hart, &c. A letter from Mr. Evelyn, M.P., apologising for non-attendance in conse quence of Parliamentary duties, was read. Viscount Ingestre presided, and after briefly touching on the im portant social, commercial, and political points and ad vantages of the movement, remarked, with respect to the Weybridge estate, that its proximity to the railway station, the easy communication with town, the pleasant neighbourhood, and the value of the land itself, were great attractions to persons desirous of becoming free holders for that division of the county of Surrey. Mr. Fowler, in an excellent speech, dwelt on the general social advantages of the freehold land movement, and specially pointed out those connected with the Conserva tive Land Society. The freehold movement was one of the most important things in connection with the social improvements of the present day. It had hitherto been an evil that the possession of land bad been inaccessible to the humbler classes, but this was obviated by the machinery of a freehold land society. By clubbing to gether and purchasing an estate at the wholesale price, a portion of land would be placed within the reach of every industrious man at the lowest possible cost. The first estate of this society which had been allotted was at Ealing, and premiums of 20 guineas each had been ob tained. On Putney premiums of 150/. had been obtained, or 300 per cent. He was not so conversant with other societies, but should doubt whether any such profitable investment could be found as that in which a person in a few months could gain 300 per cent. Mr. Lewis, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Gruneisen, and other gentlemen sub sequently addressed the meeting, and a considerable addition was made to tho members of the wad _ NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Yesterday advices were received at the Admiralty, under date Malta, June the 12th, that the lonian vessel Leotade bad been brought into that port a prize, in charge of Mr. Challis, R.N., having been captured off Kertch by her Majesty's steamer Firebrand ; as also the San Spiridione, in charge of Mr. Dundas, captured off the mouth of the Danube by her Majesty's steamer Fury, to be condemned by the Court of Admiralty. Intelligence was also received yesterday that on the 2d inst. her Majesty's steamers Sidon and. Inflexible towed into the port of Baltshik six Russian and Dutch ships, which they had captured conveying articles con traband of war for the use of the Russians. These ves sels are estimated to be worth 12,0001., which will have to be divided between the officers and crews of the Sidon and Inflexible. The Tyne store-ship, Master-Commander James B. Tucker, arrived at the Nore on Monday, at 6 a.m., from Sir Charles Napier's squadron in the Baltic, and has brought a very heavy mail of 49 bags, which were sorted at the post-office at Sheerness, and left at 8 p.m. for their different destinations. Admiral Corry's squadron, con sisting of 11 sail-of-the-line, besides several frigates and smaller vessels of war, was cruising off Gottska Sandoe. The Tyne has' brought home-invalids from the fleet and prisoners ; the former remain on board, and she pro ceeded for Woolwich at 3 p.m., assisted by the Admiral's steam-tender Wildfire. The prisoners are F. Erasmus, master of the Carl Magnus, of Pernau ' a brigantine of 118 tons, laden with salt ; A. Meyerhoff, mate of the brig John, of Riga, with 180 tons of salt, as ballast ; and C. H. Kahler, mate of the barque Catherine Charlotte, of Riga, in ballast. The mate of this ship reports that the master, Daniel Kalleng, who was part owner of the Catherine Charlotte, on the 25th of eight days after being taken, jumped overboard and drowned himself. All three vessels were prizes to the Conflict screw steam-ship, and were taken between Memel and Libau on the 17th of April last. These pri soners are sent on board the Waterloo, 120, flagship, Captain Lord Frederick A. Kerr, and have a commodious cabin in the after cockpit, - and the range of the ship for exercise. The Devonshire is being prepared with all possible expedition to receive Russian prisoners of war. The prisoners referred to are anxiously waiting the orders of the Admiralty, as they confidently anticipate being released on the same terms as other merchant masters, mates, and seamen and crews—namely, not to take any part in the present war against the allied Powers. t morning night orni from ng she t s h a e l t w e d e s t t h w e a g r d a , r r i a s n o d n fi n ! g B , w o h ' o l h o c h k a yesterday n A Danish corvette arrived at Spithead on Monday returned by the battery on the King's Ravelin, she then saluted the Port Admiral,, which the flagship Victory re turned. After this the captain landed, and, under the escort of the Consul, paid his respects to the naval and military authorities. • The Esk, 21, screw steam-ship, recently launched at John Scott Russell and Co.'s establishment at Millwall, with her engines and screw propeller on board, went down the river on Monday afternoon from Deptford as far as Erith, to ascertain the working capabilities of the engines, and returned to Woolwich, where she is to be completed for sea. The .Industry, screw steam store-ship, Master-Com mander Bradley, has gone down from Blackwall to Woolwich, to be made ready for sea at that port. She is still about 20 able seamen short of her complement. The blocks have been laid down for the keels of two screw steam-ships of war, the Hero, 91, and the Chesa peake, 50, to be built in Chatham dockyard. The fine frigate-built ship Blenheim (pierced for 48 guns) Capt. John J. Atkinson, has passsod Portsmouth for London from the East Indies. The Blenheim left the Sandheads on the 28th of February, and St. Helena, May 7, and arrived off the Land's-end on Sunday. Cap tain Atkinson having heard of the declaration of war at St. Helena, and having numerous passengers on board, besides an extraordinarily valuable cargo from the East Indies, made every preparation for defence in case of falling in with any privateer or other suspicious craft. We learn by electric telegraph from Portsmouth that the Trafalgar Indiaman has 'arrived in the Channel from Madras (which she left on the 27th of February), with the head-quarter division of the 15th (King's) Hussars, consisting of four troops—viz , 10 officers, 383 non commissioned officers, rank and file, 23 women, and 52 children ; four Hussars and four children died, and three children were born during the voyage. Captain-Superintendent John J. Tucker, of Sheerness Yard, has proceeded on 14 days' leave of absence. Cap tain Lord Frederick A. Kerr is doing Captain-Superin tendent's duty during his absence. Commanders R. D. White, A. J. Burton. and Wm. Burdon, who were examined last week at Woolwich, after having gone through a course of steam at the fac tory, have passed and received their certificates. On Friday last 27 young men passed out of the Fis gard, flagship at Woolwich, to proceed for service in the Baltic fleet. They will obtain a passage in the Al giers, 91, screw steam-ship. The men were much cheered when they left the Fisgard to join the Algiers in the Downs. Since Commodore John Shepherd hoisted his pendant on board the Fisgard 105 young men have been instructed and passed out for distribution among the ships,of the Royal Navy, principally those of the Baltic fleet. Yesterday being the anniversary of the Queen's acces sion to the throne, the ships at Portsmouth dressed in colours, and at noon fired a Royal salute. A Royal salute was also fired from the Mortar and Howitzer Battery, at Woolwich. Yesterday the Lords of the Admiralty took up ships for the conveyance of 890 tons of provisions to Malta for the use of her Majesty's forces in the East. Vessels were also taken up for the conveyance of 250 tons of ordnance stores to Sydney, New South Wales, Hobart- Town, Van Diemen's Ltsnd, and Auckland, New Zealand, in order to provide for the defence of those colonies. The Lords of the Admiralty also gave notice that ships were required to convey 379 tons of ordnance stores, powder, and combustibles to the British colonies in Africa, and to Adelaide, Western Australia. The authorities of Chatham Dockyard placed a num ber of the workmen on SatUrday to clear away the ruins of the fire on the previous day at the sawmills. A great quantity of the ironwork is in course of being separated from the burnt timber, and will answer again for the purposes for which the saws and other articles had been formerly employed. The whole of the fieldworks erected for practice by the Royal Sappers and Miners at Chatham are nearly completed, and it has been decided to have a grand at tack in July. Lieutenant-Colonel Fox Strangways, commanding the Royal Horse Artillery of the British army in the East, has proceeded with the Ist division, under General Sir George Brown, to the camp at Devna, situated between Varna. and Shumla. He embarked rom the camp at Coolalie, near Scutari, with the Horse Artillery under his command, and disembarked at Varna on the 31st. Intelligence has since been received that the division marched at once in the direction of Shumla, and that it is now encamped at Devna. Major-General Mansel, K.H., commanding the Cork district, has just completed his first inspection of the provisional battalion at Fermoy, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Passy. The Major-General was three days engaged in a minute examination of all the details connected with this large body of men ; and, although the battalion has been but recently formed, it is expected that 600 men, fully equipped and fit for service, will be enabled to proceed to Turkey on or about the Ist of July. THE MILITIA. The South Durham Militia is at present assembled in Barnardcastle for drill. The regiment musters between 600 and 700 men, who are under the command of the Duke of Cleveland. They are exercised daily on the " Mains," and are making very creditable progress. Their conduct is quarters is most satisfactory. It is supposed that this regiment will be called out for perma nent duty. If that should be the case, the men will do credit to the north country. There was a grand field day yesterday afternoon in Hyde-park of the Essex Rifles under Lord Jocelyn. The regiment performed its manoeuvres with Wondelful pre cision, and called forth the greatest encomiums from a number of distinguished officers who were present. There was a large assemblage of spectators, and the park presented an animated scene ; the firing was very regular and good. As the regiment passed Buck ingham Palace the Queen came forward to inspect them from the balcony. THE WATER IN THE BALTIC. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln your paper of Friday, the 16th inst., under the head "The Baltic Fleet" (from a correspondent), the following sentence struck me as implying a curious phenomenon ; —" The large ships with Grant's galley distil water to fill up the other ships, so that the squad ron is not weakened by sending the m awa y for water. Surely something has happened to the Baltic Sea, for, though the water was brackish only off Copenhagen when I was there 20 years since, I found nothing but sweet water off Helsingfors, Lovisa, and Wyborg, in the Gulf of Finland ; and while crossing the Gulf of Bothnia, from Stockholm to Ab o, I won a wager, just midway, by guessing a bucket we let over the side for the purpose would bring up perfectly fresh water. So it proved, and deliciously clear and drinkable. I ob served at. the beginning of the expedition that the Ad miralty made a great fuss about tanks to hold an im mense supply of fresh water, and remembered that in former years vast ,expense was incurred to supply our ships in the American freshwater lakes with the same article—nobody having thought of throwing a bucket over the ships' side. A continuance of westerly gales would, of course, carry the German Ocean salt some l way up the Baltic, but hardly so far as where our fleet now cruise ; and our prizes, laden with salt chiefly, imply that they cannot manufacture the article out of 1 Baltic water. What is it, then, has made this large reservoir only at the beginning of summer, so im potable I,Your obedient servant, 'ha 19. LarDionau. The Princesses Helena and Lonica visited the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's park in the forenoon. A deputation from the bleachers, dyers, mid finishers of England and Scotland, consisting of Mr. Crook, M.P. for Bolton ; Messrs. Richard Partingtoo and George Cham bers, from the Amalgamated Committee at Bolton ; Messrs. A. King and J. McCulloch , of Gla s gow , with Mr. Sturgeon, barrister, had an interview with Viscount Pahnerston yes terday for the Home-office. Viscount Canning had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. A deputation from the Visiting Committee of the Corn wall County Lunatic Asylum, consisting of Mr. Nicholson Kendall and Mr. T. A. Robartes, the members of Parlia ment for East Cornwall, had yesterday an interview with Viscount Palmerston. A deputation consisting of Sir P. Egerton, M.P., Mr. Tollemache, M.P., Mr. C. Leigh, M.P., and Mr. Tatton Egerton, M.P., had an interview with Viscount Palmer ston at the Home-office, yesterday. Despatches from the Governors of the North American Provinces were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Queen gave a state ball last evening at Buckingham Palace. The guests were unusually numerous, the invita tions exceeding 2,000. The state rooms were brillitmtly illuminated and were decorated with a largo quantity of the most brilliant flowers. The space between the balus trade of the grand staircase and the wall (about 3 feet) was rendered solid by being entirely filled in with the most beautiful blossoms, from the midst of which rose massive bronze candelabra, supporting globes of light springing from a bed of crystal. _ At each corner of the staircase were bronze caryatid the size of life, supporting a number of lamps rising from a mass of crystal, and branches and leaves of crystal, in termixed with and twining about the globular lights. Round the walls of the staircase were hung whole length portraits of WilliamlV.,.Queell Adelaide, the Duke of - _ Sussex, the Duke and Duchess of Kent, George 111, and Queen Charlotte, the King of the Belgians and the Princess Charlotte, and the present King of Hanover, by Lawrance, Wilkie, Gainsborough, Beechey, Hayter, Shee, and Dawe. In the ante-room to the suite of state apartments were Gibson's classical statues of the Queen and Prince Albert, in the costume of heroic art with a slight and delicate in troduction of colour in the draperies and adjuncts of the figure. The floral display was continued throughout the Green Drawing Room, the Throne Room, the Picture Gallery, the White Drawing Room, the Saloon, the Ball Room , an d the Supper Room. Each , fire place was completely filled, the flowers rising apparently from a bed of moss, and in cor ners, alcoves and vases, at every turn the eyes rested on the most brilliant hues of the parterre. In the Picture Gallery, from the cool and delicate neutral colour of the walls and the pure white marble of its architecture, the effect was particularly striking. In addition to the display in the other apartments, the projecting bay of white marble at the end leadirr , to the Queen's private apartments was crowned with :dome of flowers. Flowers were also introduced as a back ground to the haut pas, on which the chairs of state were placed for the Queen, the Prince, and the King of Portugal in the Throne and Ball-rooms. The haut pas had canopies and draperies en suite with the funiture of the apartments. The orchestra in the Throne-room in front of the throne was raised a few feet only above the ordinary level, so that the superstructure of the throne itself was visible from be hind, and to make it in accordance with th e general mag nificence of the room, the front of the orchestra was hung with draperies of crimson velvet embroidered in gold. The State Dinner-room, appropriated to supper, dis played the usual magnificence. A lofty buffet filled the back ground of a deep square alcove at the end of the apartment (opposite to the entrance) about 18 feet in width, and starting at about five feet from the ground to the height of 12 feet, it was one mass of the most beauti ful specimens of gold plate. In the centre was averylarge flacon-shaped urn, a trophy taken from the flag-ship of the Spanish armada, and above it a noble salver, about three feet in diameter, having the rising sun (Apollo in his chariot) finely wrought in basso relievo in the middle. There were a number of other salvers of nearly equal di mensions, and large oval trays the borders of which were beau tiful specimens of goldsmith's work. Among the tankards and cups were specimens of every style, from the simplest form with no ornamentation at'all to the most elaborate spe cimens and the most exquisite designs of ancient and mo dern art. Some of the more elegant cups had medallions of sculptured ivory introduced, and others the body en tirely of ivory set in gold. There were numerous copies of the Warwick vase in gold plate on the tables, containing flowers, and some of the gold candelabra were executed from the designs of Flaxman and other distinguished artists. The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the Grand Hall and Staircase, under the command of the Exon in Waiting. A Guard of Honour of the Foot Guards was on duty during the night, with the Band of the Regiment, in front of the Palace. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, arrived at half-past nine o'clock. Th 9 Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary were attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Major Home Purves. Their Royal Highnesses were received by the Maids of Honour in Waiting, Sir Edward Bowater, and Colonel Wylde, the Groom in Waiting to the Queen and the Prince, and Major General Buckley and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, the Equerries in Waiting to her Majesty and his Royal Highness. . The general company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock, and assembled in the Picture Gallery. At a quarter before ten o'clock her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert were conducted from the White Draw ing Room (where the royal guests had assembled) by the Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., the Lord Chamberlain, and Lord Ernest Bruce , the Vice - Chamb erlain, through the Saloon into the Ball-room. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by the King of Portugal, the Duke of Oporto, the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary. The Queen was attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes ; the Duchess of Atholl, Lady in Waiting ; the Maids of Honour in Waiting ; Earl. Spencer, K.G., Lord Steward : the Earl of , Mulgrave, Treasurer of the Household ; Lord Waterpark, Lord in Waiting ; the Groom in Waiting, and the Equerry in Waiting. Prince Albert was attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G., Groom of the Stole, the Lord in Waiting, the Groom in Waiting, and the Equerry in Waiting. The King of Portugal was attended by the noblemen and gentlemen of his suite. The Queen wore a dress of green tulle over green silk, trimmed with flounces of figured green gauze ribbon and white blonde, and damask roses with green leaves, orna mented with diamonds. Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of a wreath of damask roses and green leaves ornamented with diamonds. The Duchess of Kent wore a dress of white satin (of British manufacture), trimmed with white tulle and white and goldblondo, the stomacher ornamented with diamonds. Her Royal Highness's head -dress was composed of white and gold blonde and feathets, with diamond ornaments. The Duchess of Cambridge wore a dress of white point lace over grey silk, trimmed with silver riband and mara bout feathers, the stomacher ornamented with pearls and diamonds. Her Royal Highness wore on her head a pearl tiara and feathers. The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a dress of white tulle, trimmed with satin riband garlands of pink roses, and also ornamented with rows of pearls. The stomacher was adorned with turquoise and diamonds. The princess wore round her head a wreath of pink rosebuds, with diamond stars. The general company followed her Majesty and the royal circle into the Ball Room. The Queen opened the ball with the King of Portugal, in a quadrille, at ten minutes before 10 o'clock, the oppo site couple being Prince Albert and the Princess Mary of Cambridge. Quadrille Bands were stationed in the Ball Room and the Throne Room, and the following music was played by them during the evening : QUADRILLES. Le Bon Vivant Partant Pour is Syrie Les Filles de Marbro La Dame aux Camelias L'Etoile du Nord Breadalbane 4 ' Glasgow WALTZES. ▪ Linnotte. Ln.urent. • Bousquet. • Riviero. Musard. Bosisio. Wellington I Guernsey. Bruit du Soir Lillo Blooming of the Rose Stars of the West .......... Leonora ........................ Schneeehlochlen ........... Georgette ........... Solon Spriiehe ..... Villi kins ............ Strauss. Strauss. Labitzky. Montague. Laurent. Strauss. D'Albert. Strauss. Laurent. POLKAS. L'Etoile du Nord Sultan Fillo do Marbre Foto Cocatte L'Etoilo de Salons Laurent. D'Albert. Schubert. Wallerstein. Bosisio. GALors. Star of the North Royal Prussian .. Browne. Langen. QUARTZ ROCK GOLD MINING- COMPANY.—A meeting of the Quartz Rock Gold Mining Company took place yesterday, when it was agreed to raise about 7,5001. to relieve the property from a mortgage charge under which it has been placed by the managers in California, and to appoint a committee to advise with the directors as to future proceedings. It appears that t'ie capital expended is about 45,0001., and that the working of the mines has been conducted o n an e xt ra vagant scale. Although the reports sent home have been of the most encouraglieg, nature, the results have failed to confirm theidnecNev,hi the owing to the absence of proper superintendence, miners and others have neglected their ad d e u critical position a request has been supply of capital and additional machinery. the tors, however, still believing that d able, propose to despatch a qualifie p its character, and to call in, if c_ of Mr. Phillips, employed by pany. When these arrangements pleted, it will remain for the In this The direc for. a further property is valu erson to investigate essary, the assistance the Nouveau Monde Com th shall have been corn areholdiers to . decl . de upon & diaglutiou or Goatiallagoe of t . lll, 9- I *- 1 - -- - DEPUTATION TO THE C C HEQUER . HANELLOR OF THE EXC A deputation of gentlemen, from an assoeiastion lately formed for the purpose of promoting a decimal system of coinage, waited upon the Chancellor of the Exedse. quer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downine street, to urge upon her Majesty's Government the pro• priety of adopting that system. The deputation cots sieted of L or d M onteag l e , L or d Stanley, M.P., th e H on . H. Liddell, M.P., the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Sir Joshua Walmsley, M.P., Sir G. Strickland, M.P.,. Sir Charles Paisley, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Sir George Goodman, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Thickness:, M.P., Mr. Dundas, M.P . , M.P., Mr.W. Patten, Mr. H. W. Wickham, M.P., Mr. H. Brown, M,P., Air. Oliveira, M.P., Mr. Wood, Mr Feilden, M.P., Mr. Greene, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. G. Duncan, M.P., Mr. Dunlop, M.P., Mr. Hastie, MX:, Mr. Ingham, M.P., Mr. Dunbar, M.P., Mr. M'Gregor, M.P., Mr. Whatnian, M.P., Mr. 'Greenall, M.P., Mr. Lindsay, M.P., Mr. Headbero, M.P., Mr. Barnes, M.P., Dr. Michell, mai , Mr. Bass, M.P., Mr. Jackson, M.P., Colonel Freestun, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P the Lord Mayor of York, Mr. Drysdale, the Mayor of Blackburn, Mr. Workman, Mr. J. Dillon, Mr. Bennoch, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Morgan, Mr. Barton, Mr. Cheshire, secretary- to the Institute of Actuaries ; Mr. Hey wood, & c . Mr. W. BROWN, 'M.P., in opening the business to the Chancell or o f the Exchequer, said the right' hon. gentle. man was aware of what ha d t a k en place with re f erence to the q uest i on of time. unanimous e ly uu re m pulori decimal coinage up to the present Th t t e d e o o n f t t h h e e a H d v e i n s a s e b i o li f t y C o o t m a d m a o p n t b h g aving i d n it i o m o al system of c o parts, numberoinag a e f , m b y e dividing rahe r a of e e H pound s e t f e c r g ni !nto o;ig and others had formed themselves into an association called the Decimal Coinage Association, first meeting at the London Tavern solutwioinths, the ee which held it* Chancellor f might quer, fewwhichinterview in order that the deputation tunity of explaining their views upon the au v l!' aiL°P7f,i urging upon his attention the great importance they at tach to the proposed system of coinage. If the depu ty: tion was important, it was not less so now that th e gh; hon. gentleman had been pleased to favour him with communications, in which he stated that, though he was willing to lay before the Cabinet the subject of a decimal coinage, he did not think the Government were pre pared to go the full length of introducing that system, nor could he believe that the country was prepared for it. When Mr. Brown had introduced his resolutions into the House of Commons, he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had examined them, and suggested the mils• aeon of that portion of them which had reference to weight and measures, on the ground that they were not neces sarily connected with the question of the decimal curren cy. The hon. gentleman then proceeded to explain the progress which had been made in furtherance of the question, and went on to say that the committee of the House of Commons having recommended that the ponint sterling should be the unit of account, the Decimal Ass*. ciation had been expressly framed on that basis, and was intended to carry into practical effect that resolu tion. The decimal system was in fact a labour-saving machine, and they all knew that it was the introduction of labour-saving machines that had made this country what it was. With respect to the unit of account, there was a difference of opinion. Mr. Thompson had read a paper before the Institute of Actuaries in which he re commended that the penny should be the unit. The right honourable gentleman must be aware that in an abstract question of this kind it was quite impossible to raise popular enthusiasm, whatever be its practical its. portauce, and until they had some way of convincing the people of the advantages of such a system, by showing them some material substance in the shape of coins, it was quite impossible that any important step could be taken in promoting the immediate establishment of a decimal currency. At the same time he was bound to say that as far as the petitions which had been laid before the Legislature represented publie opinion, it was decidedly in favour of the change. These petitions had emanated from corporate bodies, from mechanics' institutes, from private companies, and municipal corporations. Some apprehension bad bee* felt that great difficulty would arise from the change, but he thought these apprehensions were exagge rated, because in Ireland the change from 13d. to 12d. for the shilling had been effected without the least in convenience, and ho believed without any dissatisfaction. NVhat they were anxious to see accomplished was an issue of coins under the new system, by means of which the public would be able to familiarise themselves with the system and be prepared for its general adoption when it should be put in force by the Government. As to the basis of the new system, the committee of the House of Commons was decidedly in favour of a pound sterling as the unit of account, and he hoped therefore that the Government would carry out the recommenda tion of a committee appointed by themselves. Mr, Miller, cashier of the Bank of England, would tell the right hon. gentleman that the great majority of the mercantile and commercial houses were decidedly in favour of the change. It was to be borne in mind that there would be no alteration in the value of the money, but the system proposed would merely involve the adop tion of a new and different scale ; and it would . be im possible fur the association to popularise the subject without the assistance of the Government. At the same time he might. say that all the evidence before the pub lic was decidedly in favour of the pound, and they hoped that the right hon. gentleman would adopt it, and en:. able them at once to proceed by issuing certain small coins, which would show the people the practical mean ing of decimals. In all the following countries the deci mal system of coinage was either in existence or was in course of adoption :—Sweden, Holland, Belgium, Lorn• barc:.y, the Zollverein, Poland, Switzerland, France, Rome, Sardiriia, Greece, Madeira, Spain, Portugal, South America, the United States of America, Canada, Bermuda, China, Japan, and Russia. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the hen. gentleman had not mentioned the Two Sicilies, where they had a decimal system of account, but a system which was not decimal in the actual transactions of life. Mr. BROWN was understood to say that he was not aware of this fact. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said they would find it most difficult to point to a clear case' of a country which had a uniformity of collage having altered that coinage in order to adopt a decimal system. Mr. BROWN said that, considering that the countries he had mentioned adopted a decimal system, it did ap- pear to him extraordinary.that this, the most commercial country in the world, should be alinUt the last to folio . * that system. He trusted that the Government would pass a resolution upon the subject in the course of the present session, declaring their intention to adopt some measure, and bring in a bill nex t session to carry ou t that resolution. said that Th e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER with reference to the proposal to iss ue new coins, it wa s necessary that the Government s hould p reviousl y have made up its mind not only as to the p ro p riet y of introducing a decimal system, but also that a pound should be the unit of account. With regard to a question of this kind he might observe that the main use of a deputation of this character was not to be JO dressed to him, but was a sort of public demonstra tion, by which the attention of the country was to be awakened to the subject. Although they had had various commissions and committees upon the subject of a decimal coinage, it had not yet gone through anything near that process of sifting amongst all classes of the community interested in the question that would make it safe for the Government to take any decisive steps. There could not be a doubt that the decimal system of account would be of immense advantage ; but if there were a doubt, the high authority in favour of it would be resistless ; but with regard to a decimal system of coinage, they had not yet received sufficient evidence — he did not say abstract evidence—as to the sense andn feeling of the commercial classes of the country, a n d therefore it was very plain that that class who aq. really paid great attention to the subject, the commercial principle popu lation, were certainly favourable to the general but of a decimal coin a g e, with a pound as the unit ; there were numerous mas ses of people who knew nothing of decimals, and wh o carried out their business on a dd. ferent s y s t e m of account, wi th different divisions, offer • ing some peculiar facilities, -the omission of which would be lost if they adopted a decimal system. It was re markablo how the mixed decimal and duodecimal system bad lived. It was impossible not to be struck with this, and also with the fact that it was bound up with the habits of the people, the system being one of dividing decimally into .20,-and duodecimally .into .12: But in his opinion this was a question on which the mere judgment of the Government was of no im portance. There were some questions which were carried on the recommendation of Government, and others by the convictions of the country, and t in ,: by a mixture of b o th. N ow, t hi s was on e an ' the feeling o f th e peop l e must d ec ide the meanswlll—olB question. H e f ran kl y owne d t h at h e was b 9 b ut he convinced that they could get rid of the penny mon made this admission to them, that nothing o c r c:r man in unimportant than the opinion of himself, question was office, upon a subject of this n aturt they p re aced for —What did the country think? Were which they could not this measure ? It was a mitttr on it bad undergone that take any decisive steps until sifting and scrutiny which were n ecessary to enable the it Patience was a bad text masses to well understand . fur a sermon at a n y tim e, and was not a very popular have patience until matter was one ; but they must There were great t differences of further discussed.,,ub.ect ; and the views propounded by ()pillion upon the: j th e various portions o f the p ress were b y no means n in favour of an y p articular s y stem, so far as the unani c i• o isc• u discussion had gone. He hoped , therefore, that those gentlemen who were engaged in this interesting questson—for it was an interesting and important ques tion—would pen;evere in their laudable efforts to sift this matter, and lie had no doubt that future discussion, with the means happily afforded for such a purpose, would bring them before long to some practical result ; but the feeling of the Government was that they were not ripe for decisive measures, and tha opinion of Parlia ment ought not to be invoked until they were ripe. Sir John Herschel, a favourable witness, had said that it would take 20 years to carry out an object of this nature. He was far from committing himself to such an opinion as this, but he quite agreed in the statement of Ur. Brown, that the system proposed would be a labour saving machine, and it was by labour-saving machines that the power and greatness of this country had been achieved. After a few words from Mr. Moore, the deputsice witidreir. et •1 ..a. s. lei ful ul theY every r o of he is to