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:414": • h .- \\\ 470 frlyo A-- -42 tM I ;,6 14 1241111k , /7. 1 40 1.4 P " DROIT. NEWSP _ i' u- ~C~- THE CARLOGGAS TIN MINING COMPANY (Limited). Registered under the Companies' Act, 1 6?, whereby the liability of each Shareholder is limited to the amount of his Shares. k i C if( id7Pi; 6 :. \ ..:.“ • Hov ital, as at present. Fort linteir accommodate about 300 patients, which is y in excess of the number who will occup time. This arrangement will place at th of the authorities the present garrison Capital £15,000, in 3,000 Shares of £5 each. Deposit 10s. on Application and £1 on allotment. DIRECTORS. flans James Hamilton, Esq., Rose Bank, nanwell, Middle sex. _ John Kirkham, Esq., C.E., 109, Euston-read, N.W. James Pearce, Esq , 29, Threadneedle-street, and Wimborne, Dorset. Theodore Richard Schweitzer, Eeq. (R. T. Schweitzer and Co. , 2R, Throgmorton-street, E.C. Captain Benjamin %Vr ght, Heath Lodge, Clapham. commodious building at the back of Cbs racks, which, according to presc arra will be converted into barrack rooms fat N°. 22,098. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1863 PRICE..... -....4d. STAMPED ....sd. of the Line. The casemated barracks at AMERICA. NEW NOVEL BY THE HON, C. S. SAVILE. On Wednesday, Apra 29, in 3 vols., CE CIL BEAUMON By the lion. C. STUART SAVILE. Also now ready, in 3 vols., TRUE AS STEEL. By WALTER THORNBUItY. Hurst and Blae%ett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. from Mobile, dated April 11, which states that an officer from a British man• of-war, then lying off the harbour, had reported the capture of Mexico by the French. in the District Attorney's-office at New York as soon as possible. Naval and Military Intelligence. will also be set apart for the same purpose in all probability be reserved for regiments from India. By this arrangement additic rack accommodation will be provided at I for about 2,000 men beyond the present quartered at that station. The importance viding separate quarters for the married no missioned officers and men, as at other gar. which has frequently been adverted to in 7'/( has attracted the attention of the authorities . War-office. It has now been decided to erect , The Prize Commissioners hold the mail bag of the Peterhoff, and have invited the British Consul at New York to be present when it is opened. They also cffered him the privilege of opening it, but he declined. The Government afterwards telegraphed that the mail bag was not to be opened until fur ther instructions. Lord Lyons demands the return of the mail bag unopened. The riots between the white and black labourers in this city have been resumed without result. TilE NAVY. B ENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The MAY NUMBER contains CARDINAL POLE. OR, THE DAYS OF PRIM' AND MARY. An Historical Romance. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTII. Book lll.—Char s. 111. to VI. 11. Mr. Gr:mshaw's Little VII. Modern Marriages a la Love Altair. By Dud- Mod Part IX. ley Costello. VIII. A Revolutionary Epi 111. The Duchess of Ports- sode. mouth. IX. Cities of Refuge. . By IV. The Signal Fag. By a Monkshood. Member of the Signal X. The Bois de Bologne. Corps, Norfh Carolina. XI. The Bride of England. V. The Invasion of the XII. f alse Hair. By Frede- Crimea. By a Crimean rick Marshall. Officer. XIII. A Reminiscence of VI. Old Scents. By Edgar Ceylon. A. Bowring, C.B. London Chapman an able buildings in the vicinity of the infantry The steamer Leopard has been burnt by the blockading squadron off Charleston. The crew escaped. The steamers Emma and Anna hive arrived at Charleston. It is currently reported in Havannah that Admira Wilkes was held as a paroled prisoner there unti he could explain why the Vanderbilt had fired a shoe a a Spanish coasting steamer. A Hall, 191, Piccadilly. The Bremen has arrived out. BANKERS. The Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limited), 75, Corn hilt, E.C. SOLICITOR. James Bourdilion, Esq., 30, Great Winchester-Areet. SECRETARY-3lr. W. Battye. OFFICES. o, Great Winchester street, E.C. P ROSPECTUS. This Company is formed fo r the purchase and wor ki ng o f the Carloggas 'fin Mines, situated in the Parish of St. Stephens, St. Amite), in the County of Cornwall, a district well known among mineralogists as being r;ch in Tin Mineral deposits. The sett is very extensive, and held under lease from Lady Grenville, for a term of twenty-one years, at a royalty of one. fifteenth. The promising character of the Mines to be worked by the present Company fully warrants the expe,tal ion that large returns will be realised ; five Tin l odes are known to pass through the sett, and on one of which operations have been c irried on to some considerable extent by the former workers. The Mine is situated on the junct•on of Granite and Killas, so favourable for the production of metallic miner as, parti cularly 'l'm. The ancient excavations on the backs of the lodes give evi d,nce that fast quantities of Tin have been raised on the property, and recent explorations demonstrate this sett to be of no ordinary kind, it being merely a question of capital for a fuller development to bring it into a dividend state. The reports annexed are from men of lone - practical ex- ' perenee in the oistrict ; their testimony as to the highly , promising eharac-er of the property, and the great local ad vantages by which it is surrounded, wi 1 be r , ad with inte rest, and leaving no . hing to be urged by the Directors, ex cept an assurance of their strong c nfidenee as to its value; and that ere long it will bear comparison with a yof the rich Mines opened in the district. A contract has been entered into for the purchase of the property on most favoura , le terms—viz., for £6,000 (.£2,500 n cash, and £3,500 in paid-up Shares). The capital of the Company is fixed at £15,000, in 3,00 Shares of £5 each ; it ir, however, estimated that .C.). per share be ample for all purpe ses, to place the Min? in a profit able state, as imme . ."iate returns of Tin can be m ids. The Company having peen registered with limited liability, no Shareholder can, under any circumstances w h a t ever, b e made responsible fora greater amount than that of the shares to which he sub cribes. A considerable portion of the capital has already been sub scribed. The Directors propose to commence operations when they consider a sufficient number of shares have been subscribed for. Applications for Shares to be made in the subjoined form. The deposit money of lOs. per share to be paid to the Company's Bankers, for which receipts will be g i ven. If no allotment be made, the deposit money will be returned in full, and if a less number be al'ott,d than is applied for the anrplus will be used towards the payment on alLtment. Prospectus s and forms of application for Share., and all further information, may be obtained at the Offices of the I Company. T HE EQUITABLE FURNISHING COMPANY (Limited). Incorporated under the Joint-stcck Companies Act, 1862. Capital £50,000, in 20,000 Shares of £2 t Os. each ; 10s. payable upon application, and £1 upon allotment. No further call to be made without a notice of three months. DIRECTORS. Edward Bell, Esq., 35, Kensington -square. J. W. Cark, Fsq., 55, Long-acre ; High-street, Clapham ; and The Acacias, Larkhall-lane. Sir J. A. Douglas, R.N., Doddington-grove, Kennington park. Charles Pierce, Esq , The Boundaries, Balham, Surrey. JohnHaylett Royston, Esq., 1, G rea t Cheyne-row, Chelsea. Till, Esq., Park-road, Hornsey. Mr. Thomas Offen Clark, The Pavement, Clapham-Common, Clapham Old Town, Managing Director. BANKERS. L ondon and County Joint-stock Bank, Lombar 1-street, and BROKER— Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Fredk. ltverett, S OLICITOR —Alexander Warrand, Esq., 61, Cheapside. nge. SE CRETARY-111r. William Carpenter, 8, Brunswick-square. AUDITORS —One to be chosen by the Shareholders. Temporary Offices—No. 6, Salisbury-street, Strand. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company has been formed to meet a long recognised Want. It will enable persons to furnish their apartments or houses with the money they would otherwise have to pay as rent. A married couple, occupying furnished apartments at a weekly rental of 305., or £7B per annum, might have similar apartments, unfurnished, at £3O per annum. The use of fur niture, therefore, costs them £4B a year, whereas tue cost of furnishing would not exceed £loo—which, being provided, a saving of £ ;8 per annum would be effected. The Equitable Furnishing Company will effelt this saving by s upplying the furnit ure, the best of its kind, at ready money prices. th e party mating his election to purchase at the end of a year and a half, two years, or three years. In the meantime, the furniture will be taken on hire, the hire being periodically paid. The whole of the payments will be allowed in the event of purcha e, and thus the money which would have gone as rent will have bought the furniture. The charge made by the Company will be 7i per cent. per annum on the price of the goods, if purchased at the end of 18 months ; of 81 percent., if at the end of two years ; and of 10 per cent., if at the end of three years. The Company will retain the ownership of all furniture until it has been paid for, 80 that any appropriation ot it Would constitute a criminal offence. Se zure for rent is the only adverse contingency to which the Company will be ex posed ; but as the deposit payable will always cover the first rent due, that risk will be small, and it is allowed for in the estimate of profits. The Directors have secured an established and first rate furniture business, returning net profits of more than 20 per cent , with unusually commod , ous and admirably adapted premises, in one of the best situations at the West-end 't the town, and a large stock of wel,seascr d Furniture, exhibited hi suites of apartments, in various styles. This will consti tute a very advantageous bast- for the oompsey's own busi ness. and justifies the Directors in anticipating for the Share holders, after liberally providing for al possible contingen cies, interest at the rate o at least 90 per cent per annum. The following certificate will be satisfactory on this point : " Western Life Office, Parliament-street. "I have gone through the several estimates and c lcula tions upon which the statements in the prospectus of the Fquitable Furnishing company are based, and I find th , t, atter allowing considerable margin for contingencies, the probable profits as therein stated are faithfully represented. Prospectuses (Signed) had"CIIALEB P.S.S " may be ,ad Tl the art of associaion and detailed estimates be seen, n at the offices cles of the Compa t ny, and at the Broker's. Application for shares to be made in the usual f_arm, accom panied by the Bankers' receipt for the deposit of It s. per share, which will be returned in full on all shares not allotted. THE BANK OF 0 TAG 0 (LIMITED). NEW ZEALAND. I ncorporated under " The Companies' Act, li-62." which limits the Shareholder's liability to the amount of his shares. Capital, £501,000, in 5,000 Shares of £lOO each (with power t o i ncrease.) D elsit £1 per Share on Application, and a further pay- Calls ment of £4 p er Sh are on Allotment. not to exceed £5 per £lOO Share, nor to be made at less intervals than three months. It is not intended to call up more than £5O per Share. Power is taken in the Articles of Assoc'ation to reduce the nominal amount of the shares to such amount as may hereafter be deemed advisable. DIRECTORS. G. H. Donaldson, Esq. (Messrs. Donaldson, Lambert, and Co.), Director of the Agra and United Service Bank Limited. Alexander Lang Elder, Esq., Fenchuroh Buildin;:s (Director of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank.) S. B. Edenborough, Esq., (Messrs. S. B. Edenborough & Co.), Director of the Impe, ial Bank Limited. John Harbottle, Esq., Alderman's Walk. Alexander Morrison, Fact, Pengelly House, Cheshunt, for merly of Messrs. John Gladstone and Co. Joseph R. Morrison, Esq., late of Messrs. James Morri son and Co., Director of the Chartered Bank of India, Aus tralia, and China. J. D. Thomson, Esq., St. Peter's Chambers, Cornhill, late Director of the Cape of Good Hope Bank. BANKERS IN LONDON. The Imperial Bank Limited : No. 6, Lothbury. BANKERS IN SCOTLAND. The British Linen Company. The BANKERS IN SY DNEY AND MELBOURNE. English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank. The B ANKERS IN AD ELAIDE. South Australian Banking Company. Messrs Mu gues SoLICITOR S . , Mastermiin, and Hughes. Messrs. BROKER S . P. Cazenove and Co. SECRETARY, pro, tern. William Greig, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICER : 17, Bucklesbury. ened in 1 861, gave New Zea- The Gold Fields of Otago, or land an impulse, which bids fair to place it amongst the fore most of the British Colonies. For the year 1855, the total. Exports and Imports of New Zealand were... For the y ear 1861 .. .. For the y ear 1861 . . 21 For the th ree quarters ending 30th Sept., 1862 ,864,0% ... 5,,11,411 The value of G OLD exported from OTAGO alone w2as— In 1861 .................... 4727,318 In 1862 .................... 1.580.708 The latest acc ounts show that the same ratio of increase is being maintained. 't he following is an extract from the Melbourne correspondent of " The Times," published in that nmer on the , 13th April. 1863 : l'he weekly pro iuction (of Gold) in the province of Otago ranges from 12,000 to 15,000 uunces, and new fields are opening out in all directions." The rapid increase In the exp,rt of WOOL from NEW ZEAL AND i s remarkable : In n 1 1 8 8 :8 5 , it was. ........................ 1 ,417,200 lbs. In 1861, . ....... .. .................. 3 A7; 8 ° l i b ; . In 1862„', .................... 8,508,a60 la . Not withstanding- hese facts thereis but one 13ank est .blished for New t Zealand (having I s Bead especiallyOf&ceatAi land), with a pa .d up capital of £250,000 ; and the only other banking facilities are derived from mere Branches and Agen. c:es of Institutions whose chief business is in Australia, where their capital is mostly em loyed. The Bank of New Zealand (established in 1861) declared, in the first year of its existence a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. ; but its actual net profit for the year was much larger. In these circumstances the Directors believe that by estab lishing the BANK OF OTAGO LIMITED, they will supply sentititnate want of the Col on y, an d a t th e same ti me pre a lucrative and safe investment to Shareholders. DUNEThe Read Office will be in London, the Chief Branch at DIN (OTAGO), slid Branches or Agencies w 11 be 11 8 ed at su:n other settlements as the oir_etors may "1",,l11 time t..) time deem advisable. the Bank wi 1 r•ey on deli' sit in London and e wive RIO I\T C, W Z eats , d, repayable at long and a ort d.tt , :s, 0 - en draw- a -t . sewn •in the Colony, issue notes, discount bills, con dut exch ,-,. for an,e operations, receive dividends, interest, &C., for hemlners, effect purchases Ind sales in funds, stoc,r, (to., The.,:,tlad transact all other : legitimate Banking business. I s n n en t I,"4tectors are confident that under prudent manage eteikriu.kisx or OTAGO LImITED . will , proye eminently 7 exhilibeirmress of the existing Colonial Banks is ed in the following* table:— -.,tm i n a_ 'mi .....' `--.. ,,, ig lAncutiaz Immo is the owing table:— ConsultatiDllS free. Na —.Lc GI , ______rr, flan k Paid up Paid up Present Frio; A NEVER FAILING Australasi --------___ ....._L aPital. per s h are. l per share. A . Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and L a. V,ctora . :" - ... . x -----' £ £ 'cote, of Bromley, Kent, will be found i Ne V S outh W . :I ''''' ''''' :• . 9 , 0,000 1 - ni al of Ativir v.' ... •' '°0.0(0 40 72 uffer from bilious and liver complaints London- 4 ` ,4 ... 7.0 000 21 33 .pasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eye Chartered.... i 0 ' 20 50 ostiveness, as a family aperient medici Au i t •51id..... of , 03,0,6 23 53 of the blood, they are truly excellent; i New %calm' 1 ......... 1,00 0 _I2LL ...... ~.,,0 3 0 „, tion and ffrateful to the stomach, they ( 1,000,000 •• i 250,0c0 I • Th ‘ whole of the prelimi , ...____ Meta of Shares, including the y t4. s e t naea up to the llot .tion and Incol)ora tion of the Comp guaranteede, to-medvertisements, Law Charges, (to. are gnot upon the nominal capital of the Cornpaceed One per Ceut. A Deposit of Li per Share must be paid to the Company's Bankers on application for Shares, and a Intt her Payment of X 1 per Share on allotment. In the event of a sofficient number of Shares not bet a pplied for to justify the Directors in proceeding to allot: Meat, the deposits will be returned to the applicants in full. , Prospectuses, and Form; of Applicafion for Shares. ( , may ;,3e obtained from the Brokers, or at the Temporary (moo of ' le C91211)4121-, 2) 5 T HE ANTIQUITY 0 - F MAN. Tom Huckaback on Public Schools. Pnand, Sleswick Holstein, &c., ke. In SATURDAY NIGHT, No. 57. ONE PENNY. FO, Fleet-street. ST. JAM E S' HOTEL, Corner of BERKELEY-STREET, Piccadilly. This HOTEL will be OPENED to the public on SATUR DAY, the 2d of May next. Manager—M. FRANCATELLI. By order, G. T. OLDFIELD, Secretary. Dated April 17, 1863. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. eaoh Person. SOUPS. Mock Tartle. Claremont. FISH. Soles a l'Hollandaise. Fried Fillets of Whitings. ENTREES. Croquettes ala Reine. Mutton Cutlets a l'ltalienne. JOINTS. Roast Sirloins of Beef. Roast Saddles of Mutton. SWEETS. Tapioca Pudding. Strawberry Tartlets. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENIsn, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET -STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.- ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Carignan l heatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Chili of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Mis s Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Sixnor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated UNSWOR I lI'S NEW S i MVP SPEECH*, The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Miss SAUNDERS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, Is. T H 0 X F OR D , 0, OXFORD STREET. THIS EVENING, Auber's Grand Opera, MASANIELLO. Also, the New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNE HE iiIINTER," Snprorted by Miss RusselL T Miss Oesten, ISiiR9 Townley, lizc fr ; Messrs. Albert, G reen, Bernardi, finish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghm*ns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSIVORTII, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutcherson, and the mat venous ARTH It and BERTRAND. " These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their origin.] gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Continued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a- Piston ! Every Evening a Grand Op,ratic Selection from Verdi's Opera, IL TROVATORE—SoIos, Cornet - a -piston, by Mr. J. Levy—Messrs. Horton, Tyler, King, Snelling, and Moses. Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Der Freischutz, Masaniello, L'Etoile du Nord, etc. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager, Mons. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malfounations, Monstrosities, kc. ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zonave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One Shilling. Entrance---44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. Illustrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address the Secretary, as above. T HE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are these made by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street. They are neither F 0 low in price aq ti necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media via tutiasimus ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. piPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented k.> Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the includinz Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary re ief to weak, din, and detective ♦ision.—S. and B. SOLOMON'S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. PHEASANT REARING AND BREEDING. tic ' 'uer. reaves and Cacar Excelsior,—Aroma panish the only roper food for re p aring G and feeding Ga y me and Poultry, sold only by JAMES CMA.MBERLIN, who will send free, on appl cat , on, a Book Pontaining the most valu able inflrmation, with Remarks of G ame k eepers and Po,ltry Rearers—Setting, Hatching, Feeding, dm. Address, MR. JAMES CHAMBERLIN, Foreign Wine Merehant, Norwich. 04 TF, 0 ETD() N Patent, March 1, 1862, N o . 580. R G AL TEE ABR I EL'S S e l f-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE sp etim M and FLEXIBLE GUMSalates, rings e, , or wires, and wi thout operation. , One without set p l aasts lif and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and RTICULATIOs, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at halt the usual eo s t . Messrs. GAIIRIF.L, the old-established Dentists, 27, HA R 34, L - STREET, L CAVENDISII-SQUARE ; DGATE-HILL, LONDON; 85, NEW-STREET, BIRD IINGBAM; and 134, DUK E-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 gUineRS. One Practical T r atis only e required from country p atients, Gabriel's A NEVER FAILING REmEI - j v a Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, Dr, ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe s pi-1 ) - r ' , cote, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all whi; utTer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. -palms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, dtc. For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most druggists, in boxes, ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. 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 Is. 6d., ss. 6d., 10g. 6 C 1 ., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower Mot floor), 51, k enohuroh-street. T. E.'s Wigs, £1 10s. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. Edited by W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. Contents for MAY. No. DIX. I. The Negroes of the &nth. 11. Tic Shadow of Ashlydyat. By the Author of " East Lynne." Part XX. 111. Sundown. By Ast ey 11. Baldwin. IV. Dionysius the Elder. By Sir Nathaniel. V. Recent Progress in British Columbia and Vancouver Island. VI. Ascent of Monte Rosa in 1862. VII Lord Stanhope's Miscellanies. VIII. Granville de Vigne. A Tale of the Day. Part XXVII IX. The lonian Islands. X. Early at the Dawnng - . By Mrs. Acton Tindal. XI. A curious Coincidence. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly, FRASER'S MAGA Price Cox The Future of the National Church. Late Laurels. A Tale. Chap ters The Pi inciples of Currency. By Bonamy Price. Terra Rediviva. By Astley H. Baldwin. A Day at Athens. By Frances Power Cabe. Translation of Count Platen's Lines, Das Ende Polens.' By the Right Hon. Sir Ed mund Head, Bart. London: Parker, Son, an ZINE FOR MAY, 2s. 6d. INTEL Negotiations with Spain in the Fifteenth Century. Lawrence Bloomfield in Ire land. Part VlL—Bally tullagh. A Ch ,pter on Superstition. Dante and Beatrice. A Fortnight in Ireland in the Lent of 1863. La Marguerite, By T. Steele. Sir George Cornewall Lewis. —ln Memoriam. Bourn, West Strand, W.C. PRETTY POLEY, Come back to his lovi ng Father—Lord Clarence Edward Paret, M.P.—The Teetotal Charger, &0., etc., in " FUN " this week. One Fenny. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA. ROCHE'S POINT, April 25 (Midnight). The Canada has brought advises from New York to the 14th inst. The Federal attack on Charleston has proved a more decided failure than was anticipated. Admiral Dupont's official report, which is in the hands of the Government, has been withheld for reasons not stated, The accounts of the correspondents of the New York papers not only cot flrm those previously received from Confederate sources but admit the re pulse of the ironclads to have been complete, and that no renewal of the attempt need be looked for. Of the nine Monitors that participated in the en gegen:tent, one, the Keokuk, was sunk, and has proved a total loss; another, the Passaic, received a shot that bent in her turret and disabled her 11-inch guns; three others, the Patapsco, Nantucket, and Nahant, were all more or less injured and rendered unfit for service. This condition of his fleet deter mined Admiral Dupont to abandon the idea of re newing the conflict. At the date of the last advic(s two of the Monitors had sailed for Port Royal, whither the reminder were shortly to follow. The Federal loss was 20 officers and men wounded, one of whom has since died. The Federals report that several breaches were made in the walls of Fort Sumter. The engagement, when fairly commenced, only lasted 30 minutes according to one account, and two hours according to another. The result has caused great discouragement in New York, and revived the popular clamour for a change in the Administration. The violent outcry against Great Britain is con tinued in the Republican journals; it is declared that a war against England would effectually unite all parties in the North. The Solicitor-General and Lord Palmerston are vehemently denounced for their recent speeches on the depredations of the Alabama and Florida. The indications are that the anti-English spirit is stimulated by the Government to distract public attention from the disheartening repulse before Charleston. Advices from Moorhead city, North Carolina, to the 11th inst., state that up to that date all attempts to relieve General Foster at Washington had been unsuccessful. A detachment of 7, 000 men, which had been despatched to his assistance, was driven back by the Confederates, with a loss to the Fede rale of 60 men. No communication had been re ceived from General Foster subsequent to the Bth inst., and it is alleged that he had only provisions for one day. He has refused to receive any more flags of truce, or to send away the women and chil dren and other non-combatants. All the expeditions for the purpose of reaching the rear of Vicksburg via the several passes leading from the Mississippi have been abandoned. During the retreat of the Federals from Fort Pemberton and Yazoo Pass they were frequently fired upon by guerillas, and had 30 men killed and many wounded. The correspondent of the Ne:v York Times, writ ing from New Orleans under date of April 5, states that the attitude of the Confederates at Port Hud son, Jackson, Mobile, and on the Atchafalaya jus tify the apprehension of an attack upon New Or leans, which the troops under General Banks are in no condition successfully to resist. The Con federate forces at the points named number nearly 65,000 men, and would be concentrated at New Orleans in 12 hours, while General Banks has less than 20,000 men. A grand mass meeting was called by the insti gators of the Loyal National League to meet at Union square on Saturday afternoon, the anniver sary of the fall of Fort Sumter. About 5,000 per sons assembled, who were addressed by Generals Fremont and Sigel and the Postmaster-General, Mr. Montgomery Blair. The latter denounced the English aristocracy for fitting out the pirates Ala bama and Florida, and advocated the vigorous pro teeution of the war. The disturbances between the white and coloured labourers in this city continue to be of frequent occurrence. Yesterday, in two instances, the negroes were driven from their work on the wharves by Irish and other labourers. One of the negroes fired a pistol into the crowd, wounding one of his assailants, and it was with great difficulty that the police prevented his being lynched on the spot. There is no further news from Charleston, except that the Confederate steamer Stonewall Jackson, formerly the Leopard, being closely pursued while attempting to run the blockade on the night of the 11th, was beached and burnt by the captain of the vessel. The mail was safely landed in small boats, together with crew and passengers. It is believed that the remnant of the ironclads, so signally de feated on the 7tb, will, as soon as repaired, be sent to New Orleans to make an attempt upon Port Hudson. The Tribune reports from Washington that Lord Lyons has requested thet the mail found on board the English steamer Peterhoff be returned to him unopened, and that the Department of State is in clined to comply with his demand. The Navy De partment, on the contrary, objects to do so on the ground that the letters and papers it contains may furnish sufficient proofs to condemn the vessel and cargo. On the 14th there was some slight skirmishing near Suffolk, Virginia, brought on by an advance of a Confederate force for the purpose of occupying the attention of Gen. Peck, and of preventing reinforce ments being sent to Gen. Foster. The casualties on either side were trifling. A deserter who Lame into the Federal lines at Suffolk on the 13th inst. reported that Gen. Foster, with his whole garrison, had surrendered to the Con federates. The latest Federal accounts direct from Gen. Foster are to the 11th, at which date he believed he could hold out for three weeks. In compliance with the request of the Confede rate Congress, President Davis, on the 10th inst., issued an address to the people of the Confederate States upon the present condition and future prospects of their country. He says, in this ad dress, that, alone and unaided, the Confederacy had defeated the most formidable military and naval combinations of its enemies, and, at the end of two years of war, could look back with pride upon all it had accomplished. Referring to the discomfiture of the Federals at Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Charleston, he said that the forces of the Confede racy were never so numerous or efficient as at the present moment. He concluded by exhorting the people to be prepared for the continuance of war, and to cultivate the crops for the sustenance of their armies rather than cotton and tobacco. th N oef E p W tr ceeYoC adverseßgKoi d , A y ernsßet news sd a l fy 4 r 0. tom COMMERCI AL INTELLIGENCE. f h T a r h l e e s t confirmsentation 1581 ; to-day it has fluctuated between l a e lO n 4 tr e een n .nominally 10b. aalnlyd 155-1, and close s a t 1 551. es it Railway, e asury 7 17 3 0 0 . N U o n t i e t s e , d 11;4117' NSeixwes,yolrBkBlC, 11311; Erie,[7Ba; Illinois Central, 89. Cotton, 70c. Flour, s c . to 10c. per bushel lower. APRIL 16. with downwa r d ten d enc Gold 54. Exchange 166. Stocks gene ra ll y dull, y. United States' Treasury notes declined 1 per cent. since tel ' yes er ay s quota tions. New York •1 Central Ralwa ; 72 ; Illi no i s C entral 88, y, 1131 Eric, Cotton, 68. Breadstuffe unchan Provisions qu i et ; sugars, 9 d in prices. ge96to 10c. 1....,............... MEXICO.' No attack upon Puebla had taken place up to th e 23d ult ~ the date of l ast advises. Several encoun ters between the Fr enc h and Mexican troops are reported from Mexican sources, in which the ad vantage is claimed for the l a t ter. The Canada takes 20,901 dols, in specie. Richmond papers of the 13th p u b lish a despatch NEW YORK, APRIL 14, AFTERNOON. The efforts made to reinforce General Foster at Washington, North Carolina, have been unsuccess ful. It is supposed that he will be compelled to surrender for want of provisions. The Confederates are reported to he 27,000 strong between Ncwbern and Washington, and an attack upon the former place is expected. The Confederates aro alto said to be between Williamstown and Yorktown, and to be threaten ing Suffolk; in order to prevent reinforcements reaching General Foster. The entire Yazoo Pass expedition has returned to Helena, having abandoned the attack upon Fort Pemberton. Five Federal ironclads were preparing to run the Vicksburg blockade, Southern reports state that Admiral Farragut was near the Red River, between two batteries, unable to pass either of them. Rumours are current at New Orleans that the Federals intended to make a forward movement by way of the Red River, and that operations in the Atchafalaya River would shortly commence. A corps of 15,000 Confederates, under Van Dein, has attacked Franklin, Tennessee, and is reported to have been repulsed with a loss of 300 men. The New York, Herald says, " It is rumoured General M.Clellan has resigned his commission." A riot has occurred at New York between white and coloured labourers, but order has been restored by the police. The public meeting held at New York on Satur day last (11th) was not so numerously attended as the previous meeting. Resolutions were passed declaring a determination to preserve the Union against Southern traitors, their northern eiders, and their piratical allies ; also, that, in view of England having permitted piratical ve sse l s to b e built and manned in British ports, it was prop er t o reca ll to the British Government the contrast between such violation of international neutrality and the honour able fidelity and promptness uniformly observed towards England by the Ame r i can G overnment. The .New York Hera'd says th e a l lus i on to Eng land m received ast e r Ge with ne yellsral and groans. The B made a speech devoted mainly to denouncin g th e British T were Pos t aris tocracy, who, he declared, aid the rebels in every way short of declared war. Public apprehensions of war with England are increasing. The New York. Times says the Government speeches in the British Parliament concerning the Alabama forbid all further doubt that there is deliberate purpose and settled plan on the part of the British Cabinet to violate its neutral obligations to America. Americans should apprehend this distinctly, and the Federal Government should take effective measures against it, taking the ground that the fitting out o : vessels against a neutral Power is essentially illega under the law of nations. The New York 7rzbune says that the wrongs heaped upon the Americans by the British ruling classes are treasured up against the day of rockon ing, which must surely come. The New York World thinks that the Adminis tration and its organs seem determined to inflame to the utmost the natural popular resentment towards England, their object being to gain credit with the Irish population here. The World is con fident that the Administration does not mean war with England, and that, therefore, to put on bully ing airs was disgraceful. It urges President Lin coln earnestly to consider whether the Americans will stand the humiliation of another Trent affair, and says, " If President Lincoln fans the popular passions to a dangerous pitch they may pass beyond his control." Gen. Burnside has proclaimed the penalty of death upon all persons aiding the Confederates. The steamer Marion, from New York for New Orleans, was wrecked upon Eoubleheaci-shot Key. The City of New York has arrived out. April 14, Evening. Northern accounts direct from Charleston state that nine ironclads crosse d Char l es t on b ar i n single file on the 7th and m ove d up the harbour t owards Forts Sumter and Moultrie to attack those forts, which vigorously returned the fire of the fleet. In their passage up the harbour the fleet disco vered a network o f o b structions stretching across the channel from S umter to M ou ltrie, from Sumt er to Cumming's Point, an d from Fort Ripley to F or t Manson. It was i mpossible to pass th ese obstruc -stioon,cel,oackndianfttehreanafetenrgnaogoenmoehne fleet returned f rom t, lasting from 3 till the harbour with fi ve out o f th e n i ne i ronclads damaged, and on e o f them, the Keokuk, sa n k the following morning from the injuries she received. During the last 30 m i nutes o f th e engagement the Federal fleet recei ve d a concen tric fire f rom the Confederate batt er i es, which i s described t o h ave been so terrific as to render it impossible f or any vessel to remain l ong under it. No explicit ac counts are given of what damage was inflicted upon the Confederate forts. A correspondent of the N e w York Tribune say s that the north-east face of Fort Sumter was marked with 11 holes, visible at a distance of three miles. Some gups were three feet wide, and two embra sures seemed knocked into one. The New York Times' correspondent writes— " The fleet has only f e lt t h e outposts of the enem y, as it was never able t o pl a ce itself where it Was designed to begin operations—Viz.,upon the north west face of Fort Sumt er . it was due solely t o th e skill of the commanders that the entire fleet was not destroyed. During part of the engagement the steamer Ironsides refused to obey her rudder, and became unmanageable. The Federal commanders unanimously decided that it was useless to renew the attack. No land force co-operated in the attack. General Hunter stated that he could only s p are 7,000 men t Stone witht ln he let, 12 fleet, and thi s f orce on l y proceeded oco-operateee miles from Cha r l es t on . cded t o Admiral Dupont's whole available f orce t o h o ld the forte, Krts,eiofkuk, he captured had two tu rrets, rece i ved 90ed them, was 1,100 men . shots, and was horribly riddled. One Whitworth steel-pointed shot remained still sticking in the wall of the turret. The 'Weehawken wee struck 59 times, and her .urret worked with difficulty. The Passaic was struck 58 times, and h er t urre t Oofffeontshievrevessels were power. so pilothousesTbehnettuasnteotedeapnrdiveher of all damaged. The Confederates are said to have had some very effective Whitworth guns. APRIL 16, Evening. General Grant has moved his forces away from Vicksburg. It is supposed he will re i n f orce G en. Itosencrans, or make a movement inland into Mis sissi?pi. General Foster is reported to have supplies suffi• cient at Washington to hold out against the Confe derate attack for three weeks. The New Orleans correspondent of the N ew Y or k ot i f e edte s e a r s a ser s.ts that that place is thr ea t ene d b y the Preparations are making at Mobile to capture Ship Island. Southern advicee report Admiral Farragut to be still blockading the Red River. The Few York Tribune states— " It is reported that Mr. Seward has forwarded a despatch to Mr. Adams, dated the 13th inst., going so far as to intimate that if the British Government permit the Confederates to build and despatch piratical cruisers from England., it ought justly to be held responsible." The Prize Commissioners. take all testimony in the case of the reterhoff 4 And the case will be tried INDIA AND CHINA. By tho arrival of the Calcutta and China mails we have advices from Calcutta to March 23 ; Madras, March 28; Ceylon, March 30; and Hong Kong, March 14. INDIA. There is but little general news by the presen mail. The IlurAaru says : The most important fact, and almost the only ono worthy of note, is that the Four per Cents, are at par, having thus at length recovered the 30 to 35 per cent, discount to which they fell during the times of trouble and distrust. Al though the rise in value of theEe securities may, in a slight degree, be owing to a vague but unfounded rumour of an intention on the part of the Government to pay them off, it is really and truly the indication and result of an abund ance of money in the market. Such a rumour, however, is the best testimony to the public faith in the genuineness of the cash balances, and in the extrication of the Government from its financial difficulties. The existence of a consider- able surplus is likewise accepted as an undoubted fact, though no one appears to possess Sir C. Trevelyan's confi dence unless it be Sir Charles himself—at least, no ono has yet betrayed it. The withdrawal of the odious and little productive income tax would be the most popular use he could possibly derive from his embarras des riehesses, though very few anticipate any such agreeable announcement in the forthcoming budget. Mr. Laing's able and well written essay on " England's Mission in the East" has been very favourably received by the Calcutta public, and divides the table-talk of the "polite end" of the town with Mr. Kinglake's " War in the Crimea." Never, perhaps, has the true bearing of all the most important questions of the day relating to India and China teen placed before the people and Parliament of Eng land in such a strong and clear light. There cannot be two opinions as to either the perfe3t soundness of his premises, or of the generous and statesmanlike conclusions founded upon them_ _ _ The Colombo Observer says that the prospects of the coming coffee crop in Ceylon are exceedingly good; blossoms have come and gone very satisfac torily; and with the present high prices, and the low exports likely to be afforded by Brazil and Java, the planters are expecting a continued run of pro sperity. The pearl fishery is likely to fall short of expec tations. The sum of Madras contributions to the Lan cashire Relief Fund has now amounted to Rs. 74,394-2-2. The viceroy and the commander-in-chief are still pursuing their respective political and military pro gresses in the north-west. It seems (says the _Madras Athaneum) that the unfortunate disturbances created by the hill people on the north-western frontier, which have demanded mention for so many months past, are at length in a fair way of approaching their conclusion ; the energetic measures lately taken having produced their due effect on the insurgents. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Englishman of March 23.) _ . rroduco Market.—Thfs market continues firm in the face of limited supplie.., and presents no feature requiring especial attention. Although the exports still show well, they chiefly refer to parcels settled for some time since. Import Market.—The active demand noticed in our last report continues, and prices have again advanced consider ably. Joint. stock shares command full rates, and there has been a considerable business done in favourite stock since our last. Government Securities.—We have no change to report in this market. The abundance of money serves to maintain rates, and the unlucky persons who have to complete their time bargains at this time are suffering serious less; some of the keenest speculators, and even one or more of the banks, are said to have Buffeted from the eudden advance during the last few weeks. Money Market.— The only change to note as regards money is that the Bank of Bengal have reduced their mar gins for loans on Government securities, leaving their rates as before; bettor terms can, however, be obtained outside upon first-class securities. In exchange sates are 1-16th lower. Freights have had a downward tendency since the closing of the last mail. CHINA. The China Hail of March 14 says : The rebel victory at Tai-tsan, on the 15th ult., recorded in our last issue, has been succeeded by another victory at Shaou-hing (more properly Shaou-hsing), 00 miles from Ningbo, which took place on Feb. 20. This is unfortunately the second repulse which the Imperial disciplined troops have met with before Shaou•heing ; in the first attempt to take the city, General Lebrethon, it will be remembered, was killed by the bursting of a gun, and the troops under his command became disheartened in consequence. On this occasion General Tardiff, his successor, was also killed by the fire of his own men as ho was leading the assault. For a second time, too, the assault was impeded by the want of proper means for crossing a moat that surrounded the city, the first time being at Pai-tsan. Such blunders are beginning to prove expensive. It continues to be noticed that the rebels seem well supplied with European arms of the newest pattern, if we may judgo by the bullets that have proved so fatal in the Imperial ranks. Captain Dew and Lieutenant Tinling, from her Majesty's ship Encounter, were present at the second attack upon Shaou hsing, in the capacity, it is said, of spectators. Lieutenant Tinling received a wound in the head, which has since proved fatal ; ho died in Ningpo a day or two after receiv ing it. Captain Daw and he were both undoubtedly absent from duty on the unhappy occasion, and the event will likely put an end to British officers travelling beyond a radius of 30 miles. After the defeat at Tai-tsan, General Staveley took a force to Kanding, and scoured the adjacent country. All was quiet. Captain Gordon, IL.E., has been appointed by Prince Kung to the command of Ward's force. He was recommended for the post by General Staveley an d Sir F. Bruce. The news from Japan is scanty. Nothing has happened to alter the alarming aspects that affairs are there assuming. All reports speak of increased vigour on the part of the Japanese Government in military matters ; the matter is being brought to a high state of effectiveness. Admiral Kuper has gon to Japan but his object has not transpired. He is said to have gone to demand a fine of £125,000 for Mr. Rlchardson's murder. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The London mails to the 26th January reached this on the night of the 10th, per steamer Malta. In the import market very little business is doing. Holders continue firm for an advance on cottons. In exports, a fair business in teas for the time of the year has been done, but in silk the only transactions are some 900 bales at Shanghae. Shanghae, March 7.—Not much doing in imports, trans actions in shirtings being under 5,000 pieces for the fort night, and of T cloths only 500. In tea 400 cbests black had been taken, but in greens the market has been bris k. k. In silk 000 bales had found buyers, leav in g 2,500 instoc Exchange on London : Bank, 6s. 21d. to 6s. 21d.; Credit,a 6s. 21d. to 69, 21d. Freights : To L ondon, Li for tea ; and £3 15s. to Liverpool. Ships Loading—For London, Fer o zepore, Leichardt, and Martaban ; for Liverpool, Caldera, Carlotta, and Cyclone; for New Yerk, Ariel. CANTON.—Businoss shows signs of improvement, and 16,600 grey and 2,000 white ehirtins have been take. Rico has also advanced. 1u teas 17 c g hop; a c„, au „ , 14,00 n 0 boxes Ec - st cd orange Pekoe, 3,000 caper, 2,000 boxes Can_ ton made, and 2,700 pkgs. country greens, are the transac tions. In stock 35 chops Congou and 17,000 k gs. country greens . Nothing doing inklk. Freights to London £1; t New Yora, 15 do ls . nominal. S h i ps loading for Lond on : L a udeldale and Peterborough, with Margaret Mitchell on the berth. _ - 11oNG KONG.—Very little doing is imports generally, and 6,000 pieces grey, 3,000 white, and 750 spotted shirt inge, 7,000 T cloths, 1,500 brocades, 750 American drills, 800 camlets, 1,000 long ells, and 600 lastings, comprise the sales of manufactures. In rice a good business has been doing. Exchange on London, 4s 81d t) 4s 811; credit, 4s 81d to 4s 9d. Vessels for the rice and coasting trades still in good demand, A letter from Valetta, dated April 22, says : " Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Edgar 89, Capt. the Hon. F. A. Foley, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8., which came in from Corfu on Thursday last, continued her voyage to England yesterday, where Admiral Dacres will tike the command of the Channel Fleet. The fol lowing supernumeraries proceeded by the Edgar tssist.-Sarg. Clarke, 22d Regiment, Lieut.W. C'. Shnckhurgb, 11 N., Lieut. R. H. Harris, R.N., Lieut. A. P. M. Lake, R.N , Mr. W. Pratt, Mr. T. W. Hancon, Mr. Derrick, 50 invalids, five tine-ex perienced soldiers, and 1 woman. The Shannon, 35, Capt. 0. J, Jones, also arrived on the 10th inst. from Corfu, and is still in port with the St. George, 86, Commander E. H. L. Ray (temporarily com manding in the absence of Capt. the Hon. F. Eger ton, on leave), the Magicienne, 16, Lieut. White (temporary); the Icarus, 11, Commander N. Sal mon, V.C. ; the Medina, 4, Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, C.B. ; and the Hibernia, (receiving-ship bear ing the flag of Rear-Admiral A. J. Cod rington, C. 8.); and her tenders Boxer and Growler. The St. George will leave in a day or two for Na ples to relieve the Meeanee, and send her to Malta to refit. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle sht Queen, 74, Capt. C. F. Hillyar, left Malta on the 16th for the Piraeus; and the despatch vessel Cara doe, 2, Lieut. E. Wilkinson, left the same day for Corfu. Rear-Admiral H. T. Austin, C. 8., is expected out here by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Poona, on the 29th inst., from Southampton, to relieve Rear-Admiral H. I. Codrington, C. 8., in the superintendence of the Naval Arsenal. The let ler with his Staff will proceed home in the Poona, on her return voyage from Alexandria, about the 7th proximo. A letter from Athens of the 17th, re ceived to-day, says that the Pelican, Commander P. Brook, had gone to Suda Bay, and was expected back shortly. The Liffey, 39, Capt. G, Parker, and the Foxhound gunboat, were at the Piraeus. The Liffey, on being relieved by the Queen, was to pro ceed to Corfu, and take the place of the Trafalgar, 72, Capt. the Hon. T. Bailie, which would then re turn to Malta. Capt. the Hon. A. Hobart, of the Foxhound, had left for England, via Constantinople and the Danube. On the 21st inst., at 2 p.m., tele graphic communication was established between the Commander-in-Chief's office at Valetta and the office of the Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard, by means of a subterranean cable across the Great Har bour and a submarine line passing through Strada Levante, Strada Mercanti, and Strada Mezzodi. A letter from Corfu of the 13th April says that the Trafalgar and Shannon shifted the Ist battalion, 9th Foot, to the Southern Islands on the 11th inst., and brought up the 2d battalion, 4th, which was imme diately marched into the citadel. The embarkation and disembarkation of the troops were conducted by the navy, under the eye of Rear-Admiral Dacres, and reflected the greatest credit on all concerned." Orders have been received at Devonport to put into commission, with a complement of 450 officers and men, the screw steam frigate Liverpool, 39, now in the first-class steam reserve fully rigged, and further orders are expected for placing in com mission other ships of inferior rating. There has been a rumour at Portsmouth during the past week that the iron-clad squadron at pre sent in commission is about to be despatched to Bermuda to strengthen the squadron under the command of Vice-Admiral Milne. There appear, however, to be several reasons why this course should not be adopted. Rear-Admiral Robert Spencer Robinson, Con troller of the Navy, inspected the ships in progress of building in Devonport dockyard on Friday. The old sailing ship Thunderer, 84, was towed on Saturday from her moorings in Hamoaze into the basin of the Devonport dockyard, where she will be cleared out and prepared for a target ship in . place of the Powerful at Portsmouth. Her Majesty's steam corvette Archer,Capt.By the sea, V.C., returned from her trial trip on Friday to Greenhithe to adjust compasses, and is ordered to sail this morning for her station on the West Coast of Africa, calling on her way down Channel at Portsmouth to disembark a number of second class lads from the flagship at Woolwich. Her crew consists of 195 meu and boys ; her engines are of 202-horse power, and her burden is 973 tons. She has an armament of 13 guns on the quarter-deck— namely, eight 32-pounder smooth bores, four 20- pounder and one 110-pounder Armstrong, and two field-guns, eonsistirg of one 12-pounder Armstrong, with field carriage and limber, and one 6-pounder brass smooth bore, for short practice, with elevating carriage. She has been thoroughly renovated a Woolwich. The Orlando, 40, 1,000-horse power, Capt. G. G. Randolph, arrived at the Nore on Saturday from the North American station, and saluted the flag of Vice- Admiral Sir W. J. H. Johnstone, comman der-in-chief. She is to be docked at Chatham, to undergo a thorough overhaul and repair. The Orlando being the largest frigate in the service, and her draught of water very great, it will be neces sary for her to unship her guus, powder, coals, and other heavy stores, before arriving in Chatham har bour. _____ The subscriptions to the Orpheus Fund at Ports mouth already amounts to considerably upwards of £4OO, of which about £6O was subscribed at the meeting of the inhab:tants, presided over by the Mayor, on Thursday evening. The committee have issued a notice at once to pay all the allotments for the present month. Printed forms to be filled up by the applicants are obtainable on application to the secretary of the fund, Mr. Kirkham, Royal Naval College, Portsmouth. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty:—C. Bawden, master in command, to the Supply; W. L. Wright, paymaster, to the Leander ; W. E. P. Saer, assist.-paymaster, to the Warrior; H. H. Wyatt, assist.-paymaster, to the Curaeoa ; Derisley Martin, assist.-paymaster, to the Leander; W. E. Boxer, clerk, to the Curacoa, as supernumerary; W. A. Stevens, clerk, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernumerary; and H. Williams, clerk, to the Leander; Capt. R. Lambert, to the Liverpool; Commander C. I. Bullook, to the Fisgar t d o ; Lieut. H. St. John de Robeck to be Flag Lieut. to Rear-Admiral Yelverten, C. 8.; Lieut. n to the Blenheim ; Lieut. - wd e n ga g a r d r u :s f 0 r the Trin I E t o d t i h n e Colossus ; J. P. P. WarrGen. Marl burgh ; H. A. Moriarty, a N s e s g is u t. s . ' e,e:eal 3.ogßg i sHannesi :en: surgeon , e; d:r. to the Victory .F. borough ;W. P. Braund H. C. Aitchisont,o the Cut . trberland, as supernume to mthiedsihwiPP:leaamecnia:nraGstrb'enis.sritiselltetossritt-:toeejhritohagCptjteio.tnatil:lhsteatLiieeYe.eetira:Brnie:nf:rlllo3:tmri racy; the Leander; assist.-clerk, Whiddon, assist.-clerk, eu 0 ; Chas. additional, t EFt F hda e ogr n wna t ore Revenge, D W vi to 'as th si e Est E d. additional, to the Narcissus; Gerald De C. P. Morris, assist nt the Curc(!oa ; Lewis Je J. Potter ,a, .o. ittioonal, to the Rattlesnake; and 11. a c s l e s ri assist.-clerk, ~ _ e cr k additional, , a d d C. W. Gibson, assist.-clerk, to the Victory. The Aluppra scr T ew liE tro A cp it sh l i Y p : Commander Mad den . ,arrived at P or t smout h on S aturday w i th a de tachment of the 73d Regiment on board, from Th i b.. lin. The troops wcro landed and sent on by special train from the dockyard to Farnborough station, whence they marched into camp at Alder shott and joined headquarters. The Army Sanitary Commissioners on the occa sion of their visit to the hospitals, barracks, and other Government buildings at Chatham, a fow days since, approved of the proposal for the conversion of the buildings at Fort Pitt into a hospital for the whole of the troops of the garrison, including the Royal Artillery, the Royal Engineer ns,ianvds d al t i li depots battalions ofinfantry . The Melville the Royal Marines will co ntinue to occupye t f h r o r eme racks for the married troops, and thus do at with the reproach which has ro long attached Chatham of being almost the only important gar) son town at which a separate building was not pr. vided for them. At present there is no separat, building provided for the married non-commis. sioned officers and men of the Royal Marines, but it is probable that the Admiralty will see the neces sity of erecting suitable quarters of the kind now that the Government has decided upon bestowing that boon on the troops of the Line. The order issued some days ago for the discharge of a number of mechanics and labourers from the carriage department of Woolwich Arsenal was on Saturday cancelled, when the men received notice that they would be retained on the usual conditions. A similar order, it was stated, had also been re ceived at the Royal gun factories and the other branches of the Arsenal, with a probability that the numbers would shortly be augmented. The following promotions and appointments, dated the 23d inst., were on Saturday announced at - Woolwich to have taken place in the Royal Marino Corps :—First Lieut. John F. Sanders, of the Ports mouth division, to be Capt. at the Plymouth division, vice W. C. P. Elliot, retired ; Second Lieut. Francis M. Shairp, of the Plymouth division, to bo First Lieut. at the Portsmouth division, vice Sanders, promoted ; First Lieut. and Adjt. James P. Murray, of the Portsmouth division, to bo Capt. at the Ply mouth ; Second Lieut. Erskine Tudor Risk, of the Plymouth division, to be First Lieut. at a division to be hereafter named. THE POLISH QUESTION. PARIS, Saturday Evening. In the Corps Legislatif on Friday M. Emile 011ivier took the opportunity of the vote on the section of the budget which relates to the salaries of agents abroad to question the Government in the following terms : The attitude of France relative to two very serious foreign questions, viz , the Mexican and the Polish, were the special ' pre-occupation of the public. He did not, however, think it either reasonable or practicable to provoke a debate on either of them at that moment. I will, therefore, said the hon. member, confine myself to asking a few questions. At what point have we arrived in the Mexican business P Where is ourarmy ? Is it:attacking.Puebla ? Is it marching on the city of Mexico? The enemy is a long way off, and there is no fear that any indiscreet language pronounced in this place to-day should compromise our soldiers. Respecting Poland negotiations teem to be in progress; but we have a succes sion of contradictory reports. One day we are told that France is acting alone, then that she is acting in concert with England and Austria; at one moment Austria is leaning towards us, and at another she is making advances to Russia. Undoubtedly, if the Government gave no ali ment to these rumours, we should have no right to call on it to break silence; if we were told "France negotiates, do not mar the efforts of diplomacy by your curiosity," we should only have to acquiesce. But the Government is unfortunately only represented not only by the Ministers and privy councillors here present., but also by its journals. One of them is the Pays. 'We know that this paper is in the hands of the Minister of the Interior, who dismissed ono editor to have another of a more docile cha racter. I mention this to show that we have a right to at tach some importance to the language and revelations of that journal. Now, a few days, the Pays indicated the sense of a despatch of M. Drouyn de Lhuys to M. de Montebello, destined to be submitted to Pritce Gortschakaff. First of all, I will put this qustion—These incomplete publications, acting upon and troubling public opinion, why are they authorised ? Then I ask—ls the idea given of the de spat oh exact? and lastly, I request the Government to com municate to U 9 the despatch, and to give the Chamber all the information that the Minister may think it ought to possess. I hope that the reply will be satisfactory, M. Billault replied as follows : The hon. member is right in presuming that the Govern ment would touch with extreme brevity on ono of the queo lions at issue, and with a perfect discroti al on the other. (Applause) My reply respecting Mexico will be brief, because serious official intelligence only arrives twice a month, and is then instantly published in the Monitor. We expect news at the end of the month, and hope that these, or the very next after, will announce the first triumph of our arms. The facts will bo published when officially affirmed. With respect to Poland, if ever discretion were necessary in a case of public interest it is, as all will admit, necessary in this. (Assent,) The Government will give no explanation after the solemn debate which recently took place in another assembly, Words would be either vague or detrimental to the success of the negotiations now going on. We are all animated with cordial sentiments towards the unfortunate Polish nation : we are convinced that it is a European question, and that the sentiments of all Europe ought to aid in its solution. (Applause.) As to the inter pellation relative to non-official communications, this is my reply:—The Government has only two organs, the Montteur for written communications and the government conitnia sinners for the business of the chamber. The government cannot take on itself the responsibility of either true or false intelligence which may be found in the journals. I regret only that in a country as noble and generous as our own people should so easily accept the most extravagant asser tions—the most contradictory allegations. The government avoids both extremes. Let the country suffer itself to be a little less deluded by reports ; let it show itself less acces sible to the rumours of the press, to the illusions of the Bourse. (Great applause.) Let us have confidence in him who, holding in his hands such vast interests, has a full sense of their importance. (Applause.) The above ministerial reply amounts it will be seen to just nothing, and the Government it must be admitted is not necessarily blameworthy on that account. English Ministers are often and of neces sity quite as impervious to questions as M. B i llault i . But the stereotyped official fiction t hat the Frenc h Ministry has no organ in the pr ess bat the : L o it deceives no one, however often and solemnly ymay be repeated. apprehended I : ; t n in Thursdayti n g t hae mn lua n S t . he arrival in It r. Ser geantat Newport, TliEGSiaTß . 8 1; G . f°ofint:oeSu'eSt h s a ikr h cji i 1 j r ei ff it , pp ° : ElI-e, suspicion aptoerithoteendeffenectt S ch to a c t kd in a f l o e rin ha a d tior appears darer of the unfortunate woman at St. Gile o s f ' intimation from in that city from the Irish constabulary had bawl received Cork from London of a man who given of the supposed murderer, answered the description Bristolthat Bris tol by steamer, and that inquiries that he left Cork for proved that he had left by a made at the latter place for Cardiff. The Cardiff small vessel in the coal trade scribed, and found that e soon traced the person de had gone on foot to ! after pledgin g a pair of boots, he crime the man made Newport. th When charged with the —That he had gone to e following remarkable statement: execution in that Cork to act as hangman in the re centhis expenses ; that he city, for which he received £6 and the 1 3 e h w i as there 10 days; that he went on spree and lost all Gaol gave him a suit ofßcinlaney ;that the governor of Cork and that he then left and came to Newport, via Bristol, to go on tramp to London. orhase accusedalready stated, intending was conveyed to Cardiff to be examined before the magistrates. EXECUTION OF THE RIBCHESTER MURDERERS. —Duncan M'Phail and George Woods, the mur derers of Mrs. Walne, at Ribchcster, near Blackburn, suf fered death at noon on Saturday, in front of Kirkdalo Gaol. The atrocious character of the Ribchester murder created general indignation in the disti id, while a great deal of in terest was also crowded into the case, from the fact that one of the murderers died on the morning of the trial and an other turned approver. Carr, the prig ner who died, ap pears to have taken the prominen t pad in the outroge. The deceased Mrs. Walne, it nittY be remembered, lived': a lonely place and in an isolate,' house, of which F h lie so : the only inmate. M'Phail, from big business OR a 1 % 8,4 , had becomeliar with the prcuases, nal as th u e j i_e .n i, d her sold beer, farm V , he had frequtnt opratuultits ulfl by habits and mode of living. It bad haen ascerta in ed NlThail that the clansdy had roccivGd .£lB horn the sale of ono of her COWP, that she intended to devot e this sum t of her rent, and accordivgly Wph a ii , to the paymen t ) loge. , then with the other prisoners, went to her hoots at r e id. night on the 11th of November for the purpose of so robbing her. The deceased whilst in bed was ti e d down, au d - viol ent l y beaten abou t the hea d that when discovered she was quite dead. The executioner was Calcraft, Upwards of 20, 000 per sons were p resen t , Both s h are in the murder. Wood:. died men denied p ersona l Al‘Fhail struggled much. 0 it., instaLtaneously, brit