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ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Bth April, 1863. QEALED TENDERS will b e ree .i ve d at th i s Q office, until noon on WEDNESDAY, the 6th May, 1863, from persons who may be willing to ente r i n t o C ontracts to supply FOUR AND in such qu an titi es as L may be required, from the let June to 30th November, 1863, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Separate Tenders are required for Fl ur and f, r Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and sinned, and delivered at this office(under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies'), and no tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot. Bth April, 1863. QEALED TENDERS will be received et t hi s / office, until noon on WEDNESDAY, the 6th May, 1863, Irom persona who may be widing to enter into Contract to supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist June to 10 th November, 1c•63, for the use of her Majesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp. and within the command. Forms of Tender and Conditions of' Contract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and four o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up end Maned, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside "Tender for Flour for Hospital Bread"), and no tender will be noticed unless made on forms obtlined from this office, and delivered by the hour ap pointed. IVERPOOL MEETTNTr i ti SECOND DAY. TUESDAY, JULY 14.—Th e .. T POOL CUP, in specie, value 2'o soya. given by the -4- added to a handicap Sweep takes of 25 soya each, 154 L t: : - " s wa 6 only if declar , d on a day hereafter to be named, to Weatherby, London ; or to M . . W. Topha^e, Clerk o f 41 Course, Chester; the winner of any sweepstakes, cup, cup stakes, or plate, of the clear value of 500 sov- alter the weights appear Sib, two of such races 101 b extra, but this in an ,- case to be the extreme penalty; the winner of the Manchester Union or Trades Cup, Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, or Cumberland Plate, 101 b extra ; or of any other handicap race of the value of 200 sous clear 51b, of 400 71b, or of any two of such last mentioned handicaps Sib extra ; the winner to pay 30 soya to the jud , e, and 20 sous towards expenses of the course ; second to save his stake; two miles. Weights to be published in due time. PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS Lord Annesley Mr. J. Bennett Lord Canterbury !qtr. R. Bignell Lord Harlington Mr. W. G. Craven Lord Sefton Mr. D , wson Lor dWestmoreland Mr. Dims Sir L. Newman Mr. Frail Col. F orester Mr. F. Hall Col. C. P. Leslie Mr. Hargreaves Ca pt. Christie 1 Mr. Hart Catad• White Mr. 0.. Angell Mr. I' oilman AI r. Barb er , Mr. T. Hughes ---•- • ------- - , If the hicthest weigh' Air. T. Hughes raised to that The MER, accepting be under Sst 12M, it will be two the others in proportiot. added, for t wo STARES of '5 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 sovs second ti ,ay e a ea m r t `Vs ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Ps t 71b ; more Rlb extra, 112, 4 ut —a '‘ e ; winners of 100 sovs clear 51b, 200 or race; T.Y.C. not to be accumulative; 8 subs or no THIRD DAY.—"Nv mT STARES Of 15 sow; each, 5 I RSDAY, JULY 15.—The STANLEY three year olds year of with 50 Rove added, for two and geldings allowed 21b ; Iv i n tiers .is 707 41b,131at plates roere sweepstakesAst ; fillies ani in the present year amountin to 100 move clear to carry 51h, 200 or more 81b extra, handicaps excepted the winner to pay 10 sovs to the fund; T.Y.C. PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS. Lord Annesley, I Mr. W. G . Craven * I Mr. G. Payne. In all races, at Liverpool, where fewer than th ree h orses start, th e a dd e d money w ill b e v ithheld. The Stanley Stales closes on Tuesday, the 17th of March, land names the evening, preceding the race: and the Cup and ii,T,,rsey Stakes also close and name on Tuesday, the 17th of • T arch, being the Tuesday following the Liverpool Spring Meeting. R, Johnson, received by Messrs. Weatherby, London • Mr -,,, St. Mary's, York; and Mr. E. W. Topham, Chester, ' . Mr. Jackson Mr. W. Lynn Mr. J. Merry Mr. W. Owen Mr. Payne _ Mr. W. It gbh Mr. R. 'Riddell Mr. R. Mr. Saxon Mr. J. Scott Mr. F. Swiniell BERWICKSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES, at Kimmerghame-Al a i ns within tilt ee miles of liunse and twelve of Berwick , on Wednesday, April 29th, 1863. I. THE SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE of 100 sovs, added to a Free Handicap of 5 soya each (in case of acre: tance); the winner of any handicap steeple chase of the value of 50 sovs after the weights are published to carry 71b extra; the winner to pay 20 sovs towards expense, and the second to save his stake ; five horses to start, or the added money will, not be given wits. out the consent of the Stewards ; about three miles and a half over a good hunting country; 2 sovs entrance, to go to the fund, which must be remitted with the entries, otherwise they will not be received. To close and name with the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before 31st of q arc' , , 1863. Top weight, 12st 71b. Handicapper, Mr. R. Johnson, York. ll,—The HUNT STEEPLE CHASE of 60 sore., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, open to all orses that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, and with the Earl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northntnberland ; second horse to save his stakes : tour yr olds llst 41b, five yr olds 12st 21b, six and aged 12st 71b ; previous winners of any steeple chase or hurdle race value 50 soya 71b extra ; the winner to pay g sovs towards expenses ; about three miles and a half ; gentlemen riders : professionals, trainers, grooms, or any one who has ridden for pay 71b extra. lll.—The TALLYHO HUNT STEEPLE CHASE of 25 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 2 Boys each, 1 forfeit to the fund, for horses that have never won any steeple chase or hurdle race, nor paid race horse duty previous to 1863 ; open to all horses that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, or with the Earl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland ; second horse to save his st a k e; a bo u t three miles and a half ; weights and riders same No. 2. IV.—The HUNTERS' SELLING STEEPLE CHASE of 2 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, with 20 soya added ; the second to save his stake ; four year olds, list 41b ; five year olds, 12st 21b ; six and aged, 12st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 60 soya: if entered to be sold for 50 soya allowed 71b, if for 40 sovs 141 b, if for 30 soya 211 b, and if for 20 sovs 281 b ; the winner to be sold immediately after the race, and the surplus to go to the race fund; three horses to start, or the added money will not be given : about three miles and a half. Nos. '1 and 3 being intended for bona fide hunters only, cer tificates from the respective masters of hounds must be pro duced before starting, if required, that they have not only been regularly hunted, but ridden to hounds, and must not have been in a public training stable in 1563. Entries for Nos. 2 and 3to be made to the Clerk of the Course, Dense, on or before the 21st April, and objections to qualification of hones to be made to him in writing not later than Monday, 27th April. Colours to be declared at time of entry for each race. Sir G. H. BOSWALL, Bart, Sir DAVID BAIRD, Bart , Stewards . Major INNES, Major L'AMY, J. B. KELLIE, Clerk of the Course. ANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. — Incorporated by Royal Charter. iOTICE IS 11E1114:BY GIVEN, That there is a vacancy the 1 irection of this Bank, occasioned by the retirement Thomas Henry Milner, Fsq., which will be filled up at the wing Annual General Meeting. the terms of the Deed of Settlement it is required as mvs : That every proprietor intending to become a candidate, to propose some other proprietor as a candidate, for the cc of Director, must, within ten dAys from the time when advertisement shall have been inserted, signify by some tang, under his or her hand, to be left within the same ten '5, et the office of the Corporation, either his intention to ome a candidate or the name and place of abode of the didate intended to be proposed by him or her." 'amen of candidates cannot, therefore, be received after 24th inst. By order of the Court. C. M`NAB, Secretary. 7, St. Helen's-place, .ondon, 14th April, 1863. iLERICAT., MEDICAL, & GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 13, St. James's-square. London, S.W. Established 1821. FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE SOCIETY'S OPERATIONS. e Annual Income exceeds e Insurance Fund safely inv , sted is over .£1,130.000 w Annual Premiums for the last year...... £io,ol7 nus added to Policies at the l tst Division .X 275,077 tal Claims by death paid £1,731,779 Me following are among the distinctive features of the riety `redit System.—On Policies for the whole of life, one-half the Annual Premiums during the first five years may re dit on credit, and may either continue as a debt on the Rey, or be paid off at any time. Low Rates of Premium for Young Lives, s ith early parti ation in Prcfits. invalid Lives may be assured at Premiums proportioned the increased risk Prompt Settlement of Claims.—Claims paid THIRTY days Cr proof of death. --- The Accounts and Balance Sheets are at all times open to e inspection of the Assured, or of persons proposing to Sure. ables of Rates and Forms of Proposal can be obtained from Of the Society's Agents, or of GEORGE CIITCLIFFE, Actuary and Secretary. 13, St. James's-square, London, S.W. The Reversionery Bonus at the Quinquennial Division in 6> averaged 48 per Cent., and the Cash Bonus 2,8 per Cent.. L the Premiums paid in the five years. The next Division of Profits will take place in January, 374 tt. - • _ kIAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Mo ,, k Turtle. Mideline. FISH. Soles a la Genoise. Fried Brill. ENTR lutton Cutlets a la Poirrade. VoI EE au Vents a la Reine. JOINTS. Roast Saddles of Mutton. Roast Sirloins of Beef. SWEETS. Victoria Pudding. Lemon Jelly. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, HENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex ressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. kir R. AND MRS. GERMAN REED, with VA_ MR. HN JOARRY—TO-NGT, at 8 o'clock, in reir NEW ENTERPTAINMENT.IROHYAL GALLERY F ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street —Admission, Is., ; Stalls, 35.; Stall Chairs, ss. -IANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. OTICE.—ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Carignan Theatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. RAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. 'rincipal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. 'he celebrated UNSWORTITS NEW ST UMP SPEECH*, The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ►RTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is. 1 1 HE X F O R D, 6, OXFORD STREET. THIS EVENING, Auber's Grand Opera, MASANIELLO. Also, the New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNE THE 1117NTER," supnorted by Miss Russell, Miss Oesten, Miss Townley, &C.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Finish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmens. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the mat vellous A RTH ^ R and BERTRAND. " These appsarisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling; to rently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their origin,l gambols. They elicit shouts )f laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. M • JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Gre it Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Continued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a- Piston ! Plays Nightly, ► at Nine and Ten o'cloc•k, one of his admirrd Solos, also at Eleven, Variations, " The Carnival de Venice." Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Solos by Tyler, Ring, Horton, M'Ele- ey, &c. C ava ti na, ' Di Nabuco, ' on the Euphonium r y L. Mosca. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Admission, is. Manager, Mons. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. containing the Wonders of Nature and Art. shown by I nnumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparations, M alformations, vonstrosities, &c. ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open Ldaily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One ondon . gyp, Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, R egent-street, Illustrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address the Secretary, as above. O S T E O EI D ON: Patent, March 1. 1862, No. 560. G ABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE IIAL TEEM and FLEXIBLE 'GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. O ne se t l as t s a l ifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and A RTICITLATIO v . , even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual , ost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, ITARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQTJARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Cons altatipns free. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, Th a t a SECOND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEET ING of the BRITISH NATION LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION will be held at the Chief Offices of the Asso ciation, 316, Regent-street, London, on WEDNEsnAY,the 22d day of April, 1863, at Twelve o'Clock at noon precisely, at which a Resolution will be proposed for approving, adopting, and confirming the Resolutions passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting, of the Association held en Saturday, the 11th day of April instant, the purport and object of which Resolutions were the repeal or amendment of the 137th, 138th, 139th, 140th, 142 d, 143 d, 144th, 1 6th, 147th, to 154th, both inclusive, and the 159th clauses of the Deed e! Settlement, relating to the calculation and manner of distribution of the quinquennial division of profits, and the substitution of amended pi °visions in lieu thereot. Dated this 13th day of April, 1863. By order of the Board. HENRY LAKE, Manager. Chief Offices, 316, Regent-street, London. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus at King's-cross. The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. PRACTICAL GEOLOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, London —Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on WEDNESDAY, April 15, at 9 a.m., having - ecial reference to the application of Geo logy to ENGINEERING, MINING, ARCHITECTURE, and AGRICULTURE.—The Lectures will be continued on each succeeding Friday and Wednesday at the same hour. Fee, LI lls. 6d. _ _ _ _ R. W. JELF, D.D., Primip THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. E.'s wigs, £1 10s. MOORE BROTHERS' TEAS, Choice SOITCHONG, recommended 3s. 9d. per lb. suitable for superior purposes, full rich Souchong flavour. Mixed ASSAM, bighly recommended 4s. Od. per it,. of very choice quality, and the cheapest Tea sold. ld per lb. deduction on 20Th. Bags and 45th. Chests. Prospectus free. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXIIIBITED IN THE GREAT rxIIIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of II EItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Nioc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir lumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. ed. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White:Poet office, Piccadilly. No. 22,087. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215,, LIFE AMONG CONVICTS. 1 y the Rev. CHARLES B. GIBSON, M.R.1.A., Chapl lin in the Convict Service. Hurst and B'ackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Nov ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE DSERTED HOUSE Or HAWKSWORTH. "This is a novel of high class character and of unexcep tionable talent. It is not only full of incident of the must striking interest, but it is natural in construction, easy in style, and en'irely consistent with good taste and judg ment."—Mesi:enger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, GI eat Mariborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., Svo., 305., bound, HISTORY OF ENGLAND. from the Accession of JAMES I. to the Disg - race of Chief- Justice COKE. By SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER. "We thank Mr. Gardiner much for his able, intelligent, and interesting book. We will not do him the injustice to say it is the best history of the period which it covers—it is the only history."—Spectator. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. AT ODDS.—The New Novel, by the Author of "The Initials " and "Quits," 2 vols., post Bvo., will be ready at all the Libraries on the 16th inst. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c, for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on lik - e an ordinary stocking. Price 48. 6d., 7s. 6d., 108., to 16s. eaoh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228, Piccadilly. BISHOP COLENSO. " Moro bishop, more bishop, they cried." —Old drinking song. There's living one Bishop Colenso, Who used his arithmetic pen so, lV a h i s i c Ringh they doubts f called Vas writt en by Moses at all, th P e e b n o t o aucb, k te Since he tells of his own burial, That he's moved all the clerical men so. Then together the bishops all din'd, At least all that were that way inclin'd ; And after they'd modestly win'd, To "dear Natal" a round robin sign'd, With a pleasant inviter To give up his mitre, And with it also His stipend to forego, Which Coleus() (they knew) would not mind. You'd hardly think Brother Colensq Would treat these soft clerical then so ; But knowing full well They'd no power to compel, He resolved all the tighter To stick to the mitre, And his brothers he wrote there and then so. Now the bishops meet daily in state all, Determin'd to do something fatal; Tho' what to do next They are sadly perplex'd ; And if bishops e'er swore They would curse o'er and o'er He e'er had a birth-day—or Natal,—H. G. IL Mental shock or great anxiety changes the blackest hair white. This colour, however, is to be restored with certainty by Herring's magnetic brushes, &c. Dr. Ha,sall says— " I regard them as the most perfect brushes hitherto made, as respects their mechanical construction and their magnetical action." They are the remedy for grey hair, neuralgia, rheumatism, &c. N.B.—Counterfeits are being made. Offices, 32, Basinghall-street, London. -- --- Ze...--e ./,/ , ..c.- -- ,,.. ,__ .--..._.„, _- ,,, „_,•,..a..„„k (2 ,1 k:A, - ,i - Vz r- - -- . 4.kcy z i ai_-4..; §l4 _ 0 v :- 5t4. - -: • - • 4 i : " /,,0 ...... ~...„:„. .., ROMAN AFFAIRS. , . _ .- - .T>':;./;. - ,-.. A l i k, ; " 4 -- "411 4 11111 • •-1 - q, , ' . „FF. - 4.. 1/ • . 4 II I_lll, , . i . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . ~ ,1 4111111° ••••• .. .''- --" %'''". • •• , .- v• 1-/ b it , ' , •••--- . *v -,. i , • .7,, -, , _ A letter from Rome, dated April 7, says :—We \IV) c„ ' 0-i Ak- , ' ' - /. ---''' wigs.-*,' . have got through our Easter solemnities with great :::1• :-. ':- I TI I : \ ‘‘-- 19 , 7 ffir - '% , •, : ,f,..,-.... i i11ikA, 441 : 6 ‘41 ,,z,z, - , R•4 ,- , ll builim m u-__ 44" ( , 4 lI 11 ,11 „.%-,,, - .=. 4, , . ~......7(.4. ''.", -41E.. - 40, 4 ' $. ' 111 W, AN, c .,.,,,... 1 .,,,,, , _ ,• .. -- —. .. :,.--:,....;. '...,'...- linzi t ,o :,... . il i ~,, \\, , 4. 5 ,,,.....„ 4 , - eclat. The crowds of spectators at St. Peters on \'.......---"/ . • . Sunday morning were unprecedented; and it will _ '-' I E c .,, , • ,,,t.m1 6 ,.. .1 7 ,, , ; 703 ,- 0 , 16P ~ . ..A . ~.,'' - DRorr. `"\ ' 4N . ' - ,--- suffice to give you some idea of the numbers of ap - plicants for his Holiness's benediction if I state that PRICE..... ...4d. STAMPED ....6d. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 14, 1863. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. VALETTA, April 7.—Her Majesty's paddlewheel frigate Magicienne, 16, Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, returned on Tuesday last from conveying Prince Alfred to Toulon. The Magicienne called at Naples on the way back to Malta, and communicated with the Meeanee, 60, Capt. G. Wodehouse. The Prince and Princess of Leiningen left by the mail steamship Ellora this morning for Southampton, where the Prince takes command of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. During their two years' stay in Malta they ac quired universal popularity and respect from their affability and courtesy, and their departure will be much felt in the circle in which they moved. Her Majesty's surveying ship Firefly, 5, Commander A. L. Mansell, left on Friday last for Corfu, taking as passengers Lord and Lady Fortescue, who had been staying the winter here. The Firefly is to examine the coast surveys, and where necessary re-survey and correct the soundings and charts. Although this object is, doubtless, a desirable one, still the trade of that neighbourhood is not to be compared in importance with that passing through the Malta Channel, which, if report speaks correctly, is quite as much in need of examination as the estuary of Corfu. Her Majesty's screw steam corvette Icarus, 11, Commander N. Salmon, V.C., returned on Tues• day last from Naples, and is at present lying in Sheina Creek. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar (bearing the flag of the Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief, Sir W. F. Martin, K.C.8.) is still in Malta harbour, awaiting the return from a cruise to the lonian Islands of the Marlborough, 131, Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., which is hourly expected, having left Syracuse yesterday for Malta. Oa her return she will resume the Commander-in-Chief's flag, and the Queen will proceed to the Piraeus. The screw line-of-battle ship St. George, 86, and despatch ves sel Caradoc are also here, the latter undergoing alterations and improvements, on the completion of which she will leave for Corfu. Letters received here flora the Admiralty state that the screw line-of-battle ship Edgar, 71, at present bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8,, Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, is to go home at the end of April, and that Admirals Smart, Austin, and Yelverton will leave England about the 20th inst. for the Mediterranean, to assumetheir commands. Her Ma jesty's screw gunboat Alacrity, 4, Commander J. Baird, has been ordered to Malta from Beyrout, when a Court of Inquiry will be held on the com mander and officers tor getting that vessel ashore. His Excellency the Governor is shortly to visit England. The 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers, which regiment has been suffering from opthalmia,marched out to Pembroke Barracks last week, in order to afford the opportunity of their barracks in Fort St. Elmo being thoroughly cleansed. On the comple tion of this necessary operation the regiment will resume its former quarters. There is still a talk of the 15th Regiment and the 4th battalion of the Rifle Brigade being relieved in the course of the summer, both having now served the full period of five years in the island ; but until the settlement of the Greek question, which may release the garrison of the lonian Islands, it is probable no change will be effected. Several officers and men who were saved from the wreck of her Majesty' ship Orpheus, on the coast of New Zealand, arrived this morning in the mail packet Mora, on their way to England. They are Lieut. Hill, Lieut. Yonge, Paymaster Amphlett, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Fielding, and Mr Barkly, midshipmen ; Mr. Mason and Mr. Beer, petty officers, and nine seamen. The screw steam gun vessel Sparrow, 5, Commander Ernest, G. L. Coch rane, was taken outside the breakwater, Ply mouth, on Saturday last, to test her engines and machinery, preparatory to her departure for her station on the West Coast of Africa. is of 430 tons burden, is built of wood, and, being fully equipped for sea, draws lift. 13i. aft, and 10ft. 6in. forward. The maximum speed attained with full boiler•power was 10.2 knots ; the average, 9.817 knots ; with half boiler-power, 7.041 knots. This result is considered highly satisfactory, and will bear comparison with that of any other ship of the same class. It is especially satisfactory, as the steam got down during the half boiler-power trial to a pressure of 151 b. only, the ordinary pressure on Saturday being 201 b. The number of revolutions per minu►e was 105. The helm in still water can be put over to 31 deg. ; but when the rudder is in vigorous action the force of the sea upon the steering tackle reduces it to 27 deg. A circle was performed under full speed in 4min. 13sec. ; with half boiler power, 2min. 201 sec. The engines possess 60 horses' power, and are from the manu factory of Messrs. Napier. She has a complement of 65 officers and men. The screw gunboat Louisa, 60 horse power, is being fitted for the first division of the Chatham Steam Reserve, in place of the Carnation, which latter is ordered to be broken up, the survey re cently held on her by the dockyard officials having led to the discovery of her exceedingly rotten con dition. She Mr. F. Martin, one of the assistant master-ship wrights at Sheerness dockyard, having submitted to the Admiralty an invention for steering vessels of war by steam power, in lieu of manual labour, directions have been received from the Admiralty for a model of the invention to be prepared and forwarded for their lordships' inspection, previous to its being tested by actual experiment. Capt. J. C. Caffin, C. 8., has been appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, vice Capt. Sey mour, promoted to be a Rear-Admiral ; Capt. Sir W. Hoste has been appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, vice Capt. Wellesley, C. 8., promoted to be a Rear-Admiral ; Capt. T. P. Thompson has been selected to receive the good service pension vacant by the promotion of Capt. Hutton tobe a Rear-Admiral; Capt. R. Harris is to receive the good service pension placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty by the promotion of Capt. W. H. Hall, C. 8., to be a Rear-Admiral. The following appointments and promotions were made on Saturday at the Admiralty :—Captain J. Bythesea, V.C., to the Archer ; Commander S. B. Piers promoted to the rank of captain ; Henry J . Stanley promoted to the rank of master; Richard Williamson, chief engineer, to the Valorous; James Ross, engineer, to the Valorous ; John Dyson, in the Harrier, promoted to acting first-class assistant engineer; William Russell and F. S. Turner, assist engineers, to the Valorous ; James Henderson, mas ter's assistant, to the Jaseur ; Francis Haslewood and Henry W. Badger, master's assistants, to the Rattlesnake; George Wood and Charles E. Drake, master's assistants, to the Valorous; and Francis G. Cooke, master's assistant, to the Narcissus. will be 16ft. by about 14ft., and will he fitted up in the most complete and comfortable manner. There is also a fifth range of buildings intended for wash houses, laundry, &c. The buildings are from plans prepared by Mr. Evans, GE., and the contract for their erection has been obtained by Messrs. Cozens, builders, of Canterbury, The headquarters of the 2d (or Queen's) Regi ment, under Col. Addison, C. 8., left Aldershott Camp on Saturday for Plymouth. They were in spected on the previous afternoon by Lieut.-Gen. Sir S. Pennefather, who complimented both officers and men on the conduct of the regiment during its stay at Aldershott. _ _ The headquarters and five companies of the 87th (Royal Irish Fusileers), under the command of Col. Murray, arrived at Farnborough station on Friday from the Curragh. Here they were met by Captain Taynam, Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, and conducted to their temporary quarters in P and Q lines, South Camp. They will shortly remove to the centre block, permanent barracks, and be attached to the 2d brigade. The strength of the five companies is 13 officers, 20 sergeants, 15 drummers, and 325 rank and file. Yesterday the 7th company of the Royal Engi neers, under the command of Capt. F. E. B. Beau mont, underwent an inspection at headquarters, Chatham, by Col. H. D. Harness, C. 8., director of the Royal Engineer establishment, prior to its de parture for Dover, to which station it proceeds to ay. Since the 7th company has returned from colonial service at Halifax, Nova Scotia, where it was stationed a number of years, it has been aug mented to its proper home establishment, and will leave the garrison to-day upwards of 100 strong. Contrary to the usual practice of forwarding the men to their destination by rail, an order has been received from the Horse Guards directing the 7th company to proceed by route marches to Dover, the march thus occupying four days. The baggage and stores belonging to the company, together with the books and official records, were despatched from Brompton barracks yesterday. Yesterday the preliminary steps were taken for the removal of the whole of the convicts hitherto employed in the heavy duties incidental to the land • ing, stowage, and shipment of the guns, shot, shell, and other naval and military stores at the Ordnance establishment, Chatham, by the entry of a number of hired labourers for employment at the gun-wharf, in conformity with an order to that effect received from the War Department. By the withdrawal of the convicts from all duties connected with the Ord nance Stores establishment an additional number of hands will be at the disposal of the authorities for employment on the works connected with the en largement and extension of Chatham dockyard and harbour. The works at St. Mary's Island, the site of the new docks, basins, and quays, already absorb upwards of 1,000 convicts—the entire number at tached to the establishment at Chatham. For some time past the whole of the convicts have been with drawn from Chatham dockyard, and their places supplied with hired labourers, and a similar ar rangement will henceforward be adopted at the Ordnance-wharf. road. Her engines were immediately reversed, and orders were given by Capt. Smith for the men to fire with all possible rapidity, as their safety depended upon keeping the enemy from their guns. The men responded with alacrity, and in the short space of 35 minutes they fired 250 shots. During this time Engineer Rutherford made every exertion to get the ship afloat, but without success. Captain Smith, finding it impossible to save his vessel, gave orders to make instant preparations to destroy the ship and save the crew. Orders were also given to the Chief Engineer to destroy the engines and cut the outw ird connecting pipes. This being done, the water flowed rapidly into the ship, The sick and wounded were conveyed on board the iron clad ram Essex, and the remainder of the crew were conveyed to the right bank cf the river, which had been cleared by the gunboats of rebel sharpshooters. Before the crew left the ship every preparation was made to destroy her by collecting combustibles in the forward and after parts of the ship. Unfortunately she was fired forward before the order was given. This becoming known to the crew, and their being but three small boats which they could use, many jumped over board, and it is feared were drowned in attempting to escape. Some others, seven in all, including Marine Capt. Fontene, Assistant Engineer Brown, and master's mate Francis, fell into the hands of the enemy. Just before the order was given to abandon the ship, a shot from the enemy entered forward of the wheel, killing Acting Master Kelly, com manding second division, also killing and wounding all but four men at one of his guns. After seeing that the survivors of his crew were fairly clear of the ship, and every preparation made to ensure her destruction, Commander Smith, ac companied by Lieut. Dewey, his executive officer, Ensign Bachelder, and First Assistant-Engineer Tower left the ship and abandoned her to the flames, after having with his own hands spiked most of the guns. As an evidence of the coolness which Capt. Smith displayed on this occasion, it is related that in the midst of the death and destruction which surrounded him, while coolly lighting his cigar with steel and flint, he remarked to Lieut. Dewey 'lt is not likely that we shall escape, and we must make every preparation to ensure the de struction of the ship.' As soon as Capt. Caldwell, of the Essex, discovered the flames bursting from the Mississippi, notwithstanding she was 500 yards of the principal rebel batteries, he steamed up the river and succeeded in taking off fzom the shore many of the men who had escaped, and in saving many who were still struggling with the current for their lives. The fire having full possession of the ship raged through her for an hour, greatly light ening her, while the water flowing aft settled her stern, and she gradually slid off into the current. By a seeming act of Providence, the ship was swung round by the force of the current and headed down stream. The guns of her port battery, which had not been fired, lbecoming heated, the venerable old frigate paid a parting salute to the rebels at the same time that she fired the minute guns over her own grave. Had the ship floated down stream stern foremost it is impossible to conjecture what would have been result, inasmuch as her guns would have been discharged on her own crew on the neighbour ing bank. She floated down the stream, her guns discharging, and shells on deck exploding in every direction, until at half-past 5 o'clock when, having reached a point near which the rebel ram Arkansas was destroyed, she blew up with a concussion which shook the country for miles around. Fragments of the ship drifted past Baton Rouge, and one of the wheel-houses was taken ashore at that point. It is estimated that only 65 officers and men belonging to the Mississippi were killed, wounded, and taken prisoners. The officers and crew lost everything, except what they stood in. They saved nothing, and left nothing in the hands of the rebels." The Picayune of the 22d says : " The Monongahela, the machinery of which was uninjured during the fight of last Saturday night, has repaired the damage done to her woodwork, and is now in good order again. She is now in the hands of Capt. Melancthon Smith, and Executive officer Lieut. Dewey, late of the Mississippi. On Friday she steamed up the river to a point near the lower batteries, and threw several shells from her 2001 b. rifled Parrott. This she could do with perfect safety to herself, firing the gun at a distance of two and a half or three miles, and then changing her position so as to destroy the range of the guns in the bat teries. She can throw her shells into the earthworks at every discharge, and yet present but a small and constantly shifting target. Of course there are no means at present of estimating the amount of damage she has done. The latest reports say that the pre sent position of the Hartford and the Albatross is five miles above Port Hudson, out of range of all the guns on share, and that a considerable force has been landed on the right bank, opposite the bat teries. The width of the water at this point destroys a current story that sentinels are holding conversa tions ' across the river.' We are inclined to believe that Capt. Smith's 200-pound Parrott is the only thing that can speak' so as to be heard at that distance." THE ARMY. The men forming the depot of the Royal Horse Artillery have taken possession of their new quar ters at the Canterbury barracks. The dismounted portion of the depot, consisting of 160 men, arrived there on Thursday; the No. 1 Battery, comprising six guns and 130 men, on Friday ; and the No. 2 Battery, comprising six guns and 130 men, on Saturday. The depot is under the command of . Colonel E. Priee, C. 8., and among the officers are Capts. Ring and Rotton ; Lieuts. Vibert, Sandham, Thomas, liszolrigg, Williams, and Philpott ; Surg. Webb, Capt. and Adjt. Everett, and Paymaster Hunt. Considerable improvements and additions are being mad e to the barracks at Canterbury. A new riding school has been erected to meet the require ments of the depot of the Royal Horse Artillery, now stationed there. The b . v u ae i t l e d i oe i :gb in,e i which ro i s tf it n o. n o l w . 0 nr Four y yr l n e t ended formarried soldiers' for use, is a very lar e ge i c n o ga u sn rse of erection. Eb sboerangesfttw. q uarterswo iso ar e d t te o b euwyiiilsndt with high, those on will the second storey having verandahs. Each room GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. At a meeting of the fellows of this society at Bur. lington House last evening, Sir R. Murchison in the chair, Dr. Shaw read a paper by Mr. Hall, on the "Frobisher Straits and the relics recovered from that expedition." Amongst those present were Mr. Crawford, Sir G. Everest, Sir A. Waugh, Sir G. Back, Sir T. Fremantle, Sir A. Shiel, Admiral Col linson, General Fox, Colonel Lefroy, Capt. Sherard Osborn, Sir E. Belcher, Dr. Rae, Mr. Osborn Smith, &c. The paper gave an account of the difficulties Mr. Hall had to encounter when undertaking a voyage the object of which was to discover some traces of the Franklin expedition. By the great assistance rendered him by Mr. Henry Grinnell, of America, he was enabled to proceed, that gentleman having expended on similar expeditions an amount exceeding £20,000. It then referred to small inci dents with the Esquimaux, and mentioned that several of that race of people had informed him that what had up to the present time been termed Fro bisher's Straits, was, in fact, a bay, and that, upon examination by him, this turned out to be the case, The relics produced were iron, and a rather lengthy account was given of some coal discovered there, which was said to have been left there by Sir Mar tin Frobisher in 1576. The time occupied in the expedition was two years and three months, during which time 1,000 miles of coast had been explored. Captain Sherard Osborn spoke warmly of the as sistance which Mr. Henry Grinnell had rendered to the Arctic explorations : and with respect to the alleged error of Sir Martin Frobisher, he said errors were often attributed where there were none, and that that fine old navigator could scarcely be ac cused of error when he had only marked down the points and headlands: He would give Mr. Hall due credit for his discovery, provided he gave the m the latitude and longitude of it, and concluded by stating that where the coal was found, ofetlianks to the W ee known to be a great coal region. A vote chairman closed the proceedings• TO t i le Editor of the C URIOUS DISCOVERY. -- Sir —1 have lately dhcovered, Melbourne Argus.— , f r om Castlemaine, the bodies of in a st,my creek 1 5 mi les three aboriginals, quite whole, and not wanting in the smallest details, but which are petrified into solid marble, When I last saw them I thought they were actually alive, un til on going cl oser I noticed the eyes. The y are in a sit ting posture, and the veins, muscles, &c., can be distinctly traced through what is now a group of stony blocks; they are in a splendid state of preservation, even the finger nails, teeth, & 0 ,, are as perfect as they we re 500 years ago , O ne of them has a stone axe by his side without any haft. The group altogether is the strangest concern I ever witnessed. Now, Sir, I beg to ask you it I have power to take the lot with a view to its exhibition ; or will I be liable to lose them altogether ? Do they belong to the finder, or to Go vernment, or to whom ? Respectfully soliciting your opinion, I am, Sir, yours truly, INVESTIGATOR.—Mia Mia Creek, Jan, 4. some of my friends, who ordered their carriages at half-past ten a.m., with the idea of getting down to the Piazza di San Pietro comfortably at least half an hour before tho blessing, never got there at all, although the blessing took place a quarter after 12 nstead of punctually at noon. No one would have imagined that Rome contained so many carriages and horses as turned out on the occasion; and, as to foot passengers, those who abandoned the Via deli' O: so for the Coronari and other side streets, in hope of a quieter progress, found them quite as crowded as the main thoroughfares. The equipages of the cardinals, Roman princes, and foreign ambassadors were most gorgeous, and, amongst the latter the place was assignal by the Marshal Duke The liveries of the Amb )ya_ Highness the f e olt r i e S r m i l o a l g d s e t a s n ahte ,the h d o is p h o a s d ai t o h f e h cri honour. placing his talgie2l.most decided Italian tricolour, on the part of the crowded spectators. As has diwu°lfiraitnebt,9e'rioendfg„Paoanfrdt g reen, excited a great deal of atten tionbecome the fashion now on every public appear ance of the Supreme Pontiff, a very decided political demonstration was made so soon as his Holiness presented himself at the balcony above the portico of St. Peter's. Cheers, waving of white handkerchiefs, and vivas for the Pope King obliged Pio Nono to wait some time before h e im p arted his comprehensive blessing, urbi et orb i, and threw down his signed and sealed indulge nces to the scrambling and struggling crowd below. Sunday evening being as magnificent wea ther as the preceding part of the day , the illu mination of the cupola of St. Peter's attracted many thou sands of spectators. A strong detachment of Anglo-Saxon sight-seers got into the meadows beyond the Castle of St. Angelo, passing the Tiber by the ferry-boat from the port of Ripetta, and had an admirable view of the illumination and its subse q uent chan g e from white to red lights. But their revocare gra dum was disastrous, for when the y retraced their steps to the banks of the Tiber in ex p ectation of regaining left it, by the ferry-boat, no boat w as to be had, the central part of the city as the y had it being contrary to the police regulations for that mode of aquatic transit to be continued a fter dark. In vain our disconsolate countrymen; shouted " and a boat, a boat unto the ferry !" and they wer e ulti mately obliged to trudge round by the Porta An gelica, promenade ing yesterday continuing fth y r e e s emiles before reaching their hotels or lodgings. h e same splendid perform weather rday the girandola, or discharge of fireworks from the Pincian Hill, was performed very successfully in the presence of the King of Naples, the Counts of Trapani, Caserta, and Girgenti, and Donna Maria Isabella, Infanta of Portugal, who were received by the Senator of Rome, Marquis Antici Mattei, in the royal boxes erected for the purpose. An immense but perfectly orderly crowd filled the Piazza del Popolo, and enjoyed the pyrotechnic display, which was designed by the Government architect, Count Vespienani, and represented the temples of Peace and Abundance. We are now in the hurry-scurry of departures. Everybody seems seized with a fever of locomotion, and post-horses, steamers, and diligences are en gaged for some time to come. Only those travel lers destined for Naples can get off without let or hindrance, thanks to the accommodating capacities of railway trains. Excursions by day to Frescati or Tivoli, and moonlight promenades to the Colos seum, appease the impatience of such travellers as are obliged to stay in Rome for a few days longer. A telegraphic despatch received from Viterbo this morning announces that yesterday afternoon three Papal gendarmes, patrolling in the neigh bourhood of Mugnano, were attacked by nine indi viduals, who had come across from the Italian frontier. In the combat which ensued one of the gendarmes was killed, and the other two wounded. Of the assailants one was left on the ground, whilst the others recrossed the Tiber, which there divides the Patrimony of St. Peter from the dcminions of Victor Emmanuel. The Royal Procession through the City. Sir G. Grey has laid before the House of Com mons the report of the Court of Aldermen on the police arrangements for the city of London on the 7th of March. The report mentions that the Cor poration were informed that her Majesty had most graciously intimated that any attention which the City could show to the Princess Alexandra would be most grateful to her Majesty's feelings, and it proceeds to detail the arrangements made for a " ceremonial which should be worthy of the great city to which the illustrious stranger was to be pub licly welcomed." The aldermen attribute the delay in the passage of the Royal procession and the ob struction opposite the Mansion-house to six several causes. One is the enthusiasm and eagerness of the people ; but, as this must have been anticipated, it is no excuse for inadequate preparations. Another point, upon which great stress is laid, is the pressure to see the procession within the City, because there alone would it include the civic authorities ; but this also was expected, and the report states that the corporation had represented that " the effect of this arrangement would be to throw a very undue proportion of the multitude upon the narrow streets of the city." A third point is the death of Mr. Commissioner Harvey ; and this was doubt less a serious disadvantage, and such a loss would be more difficult to supply in proportion to the small ness of the force and its staff. The substitution of mounted artillery for the household troops can hardly be deemed a very substantial idea. Neither can very much be made of the passage of vans filled with metropolitan police while carriages we re pro , - cee ding to Guildhall and to t he seats in St. Paula Churchyard, because the acting Commissioo oPoliceut City y nu of declares L oo n complaint is from says th ethat, route e n 0 f fact,the all pr 0 c vehicles t:a: le e r time 1 earrb:d. know what the really that the city police did to do. The last rea as c aused by the want of a com articularly with the ob and the police. The brigade forems o e n t r a t O s h p s e i O g l h i n tla u d n r house,Guildhall-yard 12 clock, and between mwoerree g the I t C positively that plete understs!i Volunteer Brigs . satorsueinctbioinedopi:oB6 li i t tu e w though the commanding officer was warned by the City Commissioner of Police that unless they were quickly at their post in front of the barrier at the Mansion-house their ground would inevitably be occupied by the crowd, from Guildhall for yet when they moved off the Mansion-house they took the eccentric routeof N esvgate-street, Farringdon street, Ludgate 11'11 - i , and Cheapside, and conse quently arrivedat th • their post too late. Capt. Hodg son, the acting Commissioner of " On proceeding to the front of the Mansion-house I found that this volunteer corps was not at its sta tion, and that the ten troopers who were to have aided the police in keeping an open line for the pro cession to pass were not in the position assigned to them in front of the Mansion-house. 1 applied to di 3fieocixali e d i lt c e: de: . for its adrr.divano. t one of the officers of the Horse Artillery to collect some of his na?n for the purpose of clearing the why, but the crowd had become so dense, from the near approach of the Royal carriages, that that object could then be but partially effected; a nd thus arose the confusion a nd inconvenience which have ithe have been the subject of so much complaint; I have i I arrangements had been implicitly carrie soon, venience or have passed without theslightest in nsefrom an a ppen disturbance of its order." It appej%r, on duty in con no hetitation in stating that the proocrlei would dix that the whole number o was but 497, bar, nf le P - t°h e from London -bridge to T d ena i Pfront of the Mansion.. and only 44 were poste military w as declined by nection with the procession i house. The aid of the the 3d, 1 city of London, accepted by the Lo r d Capt. Hodgson " brit so late as the morning of th e Mayor t e Mayor on the 4th, _. os edings the number day before the prO had not been arranged. _ ___,---=_—___ i Tea without colour o n th e l ea f pre noff inferior lea ves as i n the usual kind ,. Horniman's Tea is u nco l oured, therefore, always ,good a lik e , S o ld i n p ac k e t s by 2,280 agents. nTe r Chinesetlg IRONCLADS IN The correspondents of the New York papers give accounts of attacks made on Confederate works in the Yazoo. On the 11th ult. one writes, dating 10 miles above Greenwood : —" To-day two rec nnaisances were started out. One was made down the river by the gunboat Chillicothe, Lieute nant-Comm►nder Foster commanding. She ran down to within about a quarter of a mile of the rebel battery, ex changing several shots with it. The Chillicothe was struck four times in this affair, once in her square hull and twice in her massive turret, in each case the ball making a deep indentation in her 3,-inch iron, plainly marking the unmistakeable stamp of s eel •pointed 64 pounder shot pro pelled from rifled pieces, '1 he Chillicothe returned from the reconnaisauce without having sustained the slightest injury. In the afternoon the Chillicothe was ag,in ordered down to engage the rebel battery. She moved down promptly, and soon her heavy 11-inch guns were heard, to which the enemy made a brisk response. The Cnillicothe fired but seven rounds, during which she dropped three shells directly into the enemy's works with good effect. At this juncture she met with a most unfor tunate and disastrous accident. Her men were just loading her port gun, the charger being engaged at the moment in cutting the fuse of the shell, which had already been placed in the muzzle of the gun, when a 64-pound shell from the rebels struck directly in her half open port, throwing apart and unshipping the heavy iron port shutters, one of which was thrown overboard, and, lighting directly upon the muzzle of the gun, exploded simultaneously with the shell that was being put in the piece. The casualties by this double explosion were 14 in all—four killed and 10 wounded ; but the latter will probably survive. The Chillicothe was brought out of action without further damage. On the 13th another attack was made on the fortification. The Chillicothe and De Kalb had both been covered with cotton bales, to make sure that they should not be hurt. The Chillicothe was under fire an hour and a half. She was not withdrawn until long after the enemy had ceased firing, and then only because her store of ammunition was about expended, requiring a replenish. ment of her magazine. The rebels singled her out as their principal target, and they peppered her well. She was struck to-day 34 times. Her storm-roof and wheelhouses t w o e p re ie r ce id s d . ls H d earnednbgiandelywcaustfuoup H r. times s r launch shott w hrou a g s h a , ll and sto h v e e r pennant was shot away. Her massive iron plating was in dented all over her front where balls had struck her. Yet she withstood the terrible ordeal, and is to-night as good for a fight as she was this morning. But two men were injured on her. The De Kalb was the unlucky vessel to day, and, considering the length of time she was engaged, she got off very lightly. After the Chillicothe withdrew the De Kalb was ordered to remain and continue firing until dark. She did so, firing once every 20 minutes, but getting no response after the main engagement closed. She re ceived about a dozen shots during the action, at least three of which were very severe blows. One passed obliquely through her starboard casement, just forward of the first porthole, and roked through the mainleck, finally lodging in the wardroom of the extreme after part of the vessel. The shot penetrated through a section of her casemates whichwas not covered with iron. In its course it struck a gun against which one of the ship's quartermasters was leaning, and, glancing, mortally wounded him. A shell exploded directly in her wheelhouse, which damaged one or two buckets and splintered the bulkhead a little, but did no further mischief. Still another lodged in the forward casemate, under the heavy iron plating. Shells striking on the outside of the vessel frequently set on fire the cotton with which she was covered, but no danger resulted therefrom. Two men were killed and four wounded. The Chillicothe is a light •draught ironclad, having one stationary turret, in which are two 11-inch Dahlgren shellguns ; the Baron de Kalb is an iron ... clad casemated steamer, carrying 13 guns of a heavy calibre, We shall give the rebels another trail to-morrow, when hope to be able to report more satisfactory results. I have already said the position is a formidable one. It is more than that, it is an unapproachable one. We can't get at them. If we could we should have been able half-a-dozen times to-day to drive them out by storm; but infantry can do nothing in the water, and this fortification is completely surrounded by water." Another correspondent writes on the 27th :—" Since my last communication we have made but a single effort at the enemy, and that, like its predeces sors, resulted in nothing. On Monday last, at noon, the bombardment was resumed. The gunboats Chillicothe and De Kalb, with one mortar boat, were brought into action, assisted by Battery Wilson, which at that time had been enlarged and extended so as to carry three guns—two 301 b. Parrots and an 8-inch Dahlgren. The Chillicothe. as on former occasions, was the main target of the enemy. She took her old position, about 800 yards from the rebel works, at the point where the fort first comes into view. Her com mander begged hard to go down the river, but was refused. The action lasted bat about 20 minutes, diving which time only 14 shots were fired at the Chillicothe, eight of which, however, hit her full in the face. The effect of this severe pounding was to cause the speedy termination of the engage ment. Both her bow portholes were closed up. These port holes are covered with * ponderous ii on shutters, that are drawn together when the gun is drawn in for loading. The enemy's heavy missiles, falling upon these when closed, had so indented and jammed the shutters that they could not be slid open. The vessel was therefore temporarily disabled and had to be abandoned. At this stage in the operations we began to receive tangible evidence that the enemy could reinforce more rapidly than we. His battery had been reinforced by the addition of guns of greater calibre, reaching to 10 inch columbiads. His magazines had been bountifully replenished, and his garrison was receiving accessions daily. Immediately preparations for the withdrawal were set on foot. Battery Wilson was dis mantled, and its guns returned to the boats to which they belonged. Orders were issued for the direction of the fleet on its return voyage. Everything was in readiness for the withdrawal, which was to have been consummated on Thursday morning, when, late on Wednesday night, the programme was suddenly changed. Why withdraw? We must take Fort Greenwood sooner or later. The force is at hand now that is able to take it. The only trou ble is this land force cannot move, owing to the over flow of the land between them and the rebel works. Now, it is very plain that at if us we They can'tmay make the t get at the enemy, ne ither can the enemy get . a tempt by boats—the only practical way ; but we have every advantage of them there; having confidence that our fine fleet of gunboats is more than a match for any temporary war vessel they may fit up. We are safe from attack at Shell Mound-place—the locality of our camp—and it is bet ter to remain there." According to a telegram they after wards commenced a retreat, but met reinforcements coming down to them. THE ALE-KINGS AT WORCESTER, April 1. There have been great festivities in this neighbour hood during the past few days, consequent on the eldest son of Mr. Allsopp, of Hindlip hall, near this city, having attained his majority on Wednesday last. On the morn ing of that day there was a meet of the Worcestershire foxhounds at Hindlip, where a field of about 300 gentle men partook of breakfast at the hall, and after a capital run killed a fox near Alcester. In the evening a ball took place, at which a large number of the elite of the county were present, including Lord Lyttelton (Lord- Lieutenant of Worcestershire), the Earl of Dudley, Lord and Lady Raglan, Mr. and Lady Diana Pakington, Mr. and Lady Georgina Vernon, Mr. and Lady Catherine Berkeley, Hon. Mrs. Coventry, &c. The b all took place in a magnificent pavilion erected on the garden front of d this mansion, with which it communicated by . a c overed corridor leading from the reception saloon. This .d was two hundred feet long by forty feet w! ri P e; a ii v an in t e 4 throughout with crimson and white drapery, lighted. The ball was opened at 10 o'clocktiloi.t_hrradii'nogf Coote and Tinney's orchestra, Mr. A1150pp,...1 n't° r d Lieutenant and w ith the J4ein the house. At off with Lady Raglan, who, other distinguished guests, was ern eats, after which the fees msqiudanrieg,hwtaashpanardtaskomene ofsu ptpyerte,hpsi company staying at the hall with great spirit until tivities were renewed and bre th g e unt Steeplechases at C I ruvpd byg.Clunter, of Berkeley e rifle volunteers from Burto-on- . row e, h w o as lds a commission, to dine at the principal fete day, Mr, near ll a e y nB b to r pt e op a k tu au . n bi vr,:hoeissott Thursdaytader yesterday a n tthe near the city. _ pinawfther.a. review in the park. A special train con e regiment from Burton, a distance of 50 miles, in vu T e r yin e e n dd t fith at the e half-pastcom m an l d l o o fa ' ecaaktji. Bass,Th e y two hours, and landed them at Fearnhall-heath station, r about s w P ho ae m kw et o h od i; companyass, R a a t t t c h l i e ff r , G withAiiso Allsopp, station,°la , nd and marched with it to the hall. The Westwood troopof the Queen's Own - Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, uner the command of C a pt, P a ki ngton, came out i n h onour of the day, and met the rifle volunteers at Hindlip, where they joined in the evolutions which took place during the after noon. At 4 o'clock the whole party, numbering nearly 600, sat down to a banquet furnished by Gunter in the ball pavi lion. Mr. Allsopp presided, and was supported respectively by Major Bass and Capt. Pakington. The usual loyal toasts having been proposed, that of the army was acknowledged by Major Tennant, Capt. Pakington responding for the yeomanry, and Major Bass for the volunteers. The health of Mr. Allsopp, jun., having been prop osed by Mr. Friend, of Abbey-wood, was enthusiastically received by the com pany, and duly acknowledged. The party broke up at 7 o'clock, in order to enable th e volunteers to return to loners. ton, where they arrived at 10 o'clock. To-day the em es, p ha y ve of Mr. Allsopp's firm, nu mbering nearly 1,200 mtat been liberally regaled at Burton. it un derstoodi s that • es Samuel C. Allsopp, in whose honour the above bsine fes m ivi v l i took place, will hereafte r j oin the house of u which his family name is associated. THE ATTACK ON PORT HUDSON. Thr New Orleans Era of March 13 gives the fol lowing account of the naval attack on Port Hudson : " The fleet of Admiral Farragut was composed of ,he following ships:—The Hartford (flagship), Captain Palmer ; Richmond, Commander Alden ; Mississippi, Commander Smith ; Monongahela, Captain M'Kinstry ; Genesee, Captain Macomb ; Albatros, Lieutenant-Commander Hart ; Kinio, Lieutenant-Commander Waters. These vessels were designed to attack the batteries in the order enume rated below :—The Hartford, with the Albatros made fast to her port side ; the Richmond, with the Genesee on her port side; the Monongahela, with the Kinio on her port side; the Mississippi being alone. The mortar fleet, which consisted of six schooners, the iron-clad Essex, and the gunboat Sachem, the whole under Commander Caldwell, of the Essex, proceeded on Friday evening to within shelling distance of the rebel batteries, where they remainmd at last accounts. At a quarter past nine o'clock on the night of the 14th, every preparation having been made for an advance, a signal was made from the flagship for the fleet to get under way, the fleet at this time being at anchor off the head of Profit Island, within three miles of the enemy's works. The enemy was duly apprised of the intentions of the fleet by rockets, which were sent up as fromthe Hartford tneshore oppositeeamewithin range of the Port Hudson. As batteries they opened a brisk fire upon her. She returned the fire by a whole broadside, and continued pouring shot a nd shell into the enemy's works until she had succeeded in passing the batteries. When last seen, the Hartford was steaming up the river in gallant style. The Rich mond, the next ship in line of battle, followed the motions of the flagship, passed the principal bat tpearsi s e e s d , and thr e h u a g d h just her chest,th the temporarily dis abling point, when a shot her, and compelling Commander Alden to Commander A. B. Cummings, was standing on the drop down stream. Her executive officer, Lieut.- bridge, encouraging and cheering the men, when a shot from the rebel batteries struck his left leg be low the knee, severing it from his body and knock ing him from his post. Comma nder Alden, w ho was standing beside him, wa s knocked from the bridge by a hammock, displaced by the same shot which wounded Mr. Cummings, but fortunately sustained no injury. The loss on the Richmond was three killed and 10 wounded. A boatswain's mate, who had both his legs, his right arm, and lel hand cut off by the explosion of a shell, as he fe to the deck, with his last breath exclaimed, in lan guage worthy of a Lawrence, `Don't give up the ship, lads.' The only casualty among the officers of the Richmond was that of Lieut.-Commander Cummings. The ship received several shots in her hull, but was only temporarily disabled. The Genesee, which was alongside of the Richmond, being unable to stem the current with her in tow, was obliged to drop down stream with her. She had three men slightly wounded. The Monon gahela and the Kinio were next in the line of battle. Captain M'Kinstry was struck from the bridge early in the action, and was carried below. The command of the vessel devolving upon Lieu tenant Thomas, a young and gallant officer, he es sayed to follow the flagship; but from the dense smoke which enveloped the ship the pilots were unable to keep the chan nel, and the ship g rounded directly under fire of the principal batteries, where she remained backing her engines for 25 minutes. She finally succeeded in getting off, through the exertions of the Kinio, which was handled in a most admirable manner, although her rudder was jammed by a shot between the rudder and stern-post, ren dering the vessel almost unmanageable. Having succeeded in gaining deep water, the Monongahela steamed up the river, when her crank pin becoming heated she was unable to proceed, and dropped down to the position of the mortar fleet. The loss on the Monongahela was six killed and 20 wounded, in cluding several officers. No loss has been reported on the Kinio. The Mississippi, in obedience to the order of Admiral Farragut, brought up the rear. She had reached the point directly opposite the town, and her officer s were congratulat in g them selves upon having passed through the greater danger, the ship up to this time not having sustained a single casualty. The Monongahela not being in sight orders were given to increase the speed, in order to close up the space between the ships. The atmosphere being humid, the smoke hanging close to the surface of the river, nothing being discernible but the flashes of our own and the enemy's pieces, the ship, which had acquired rapid headway, grounded on the right bank of the river, opposite the terminus of the Port Hudson and Clinton Rail- BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOKOFB E A U T Y. By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 2s. 6d.