The Sun. — London, England, 1863-04-28 00:00:00

IMPERIAL OTTOMAN LOAN OF 1862. 4, BANK BUILDINGS, LOTIIIIURY. holders of Scrip who have not exchanged the same for the definitive Bonds are hereby requested to do so with the least possible delay, rs the First Driwing of the Bonds for Re demption at par will take place in MAY this year. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUARANTEE ARE ACCEPTED RV THE TREASURY, CUS - TOMS, INLAND REVENUE, CENTRAL POST-OFFICE, WAR, ADMIRALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMESTS. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS IN LONDON. :henry Wickham Wickham, Esq., M.P., Chalrma - . aolin Chee ham, Esq , Stalybridge. John s ield, Esq., l'l r arnfoed.court, City. Charles For.ter, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq., Bath. Henry IL Harrison, Esq., liamiton-placc St. John's -wood. Tho w; C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and John Hedging, Esq., Cavendish Club. Jam(s Edward APConnrll. Esq., Wolverton. C. W. Reynolds, Esq., Eaton -place, Belgravia. Richar.i Spooner, Esq, late her Majesty's Commissioner of Customs, Bombay, H. Wickham Wickhaln Esq., 111 fer Bradford. Thomas Winkwor h, Esq • Gresham Club, and Canonbury. J. P. Brown•Westlicad, Esq., M.P. for York. DIRECTORS IN S COTLAND. AleXandcdt Al.en, I.:sq.. of James rorrnan, ;m Advote, Edinburgh. ta m e s Hunter, Esq , Manager of the Agra and Uni'ed Ser vice Bank- Edi, bur:l h. Pr essor Layeock, M.D., F.R.C.P., Univ. rally o f Edi n b urgh. T homas Sprot, E q., W.S., Edinburgh. Donald Cuthbyrt , on, Esq., Accountant, Glasgow. Itobertt enter, Esq., :11.1)., Glasgow. Alex,dader Strathern, Esq., Sher.ff-Substitute of Lanark shire, John S t ewart, Esq., of Craigie Buckler, Aberdeen. William Gordon, Esq , Treasurer for the City of A berdeen. Thomas Couper Esq., Manager of the Dundee Shipping Compa n y James Yemen, Esq., Craigie `lily, Dund ee. B.e,:atrity is provide in approved cases for officers of Bank and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, Mu nicipal Corp ora ti ons, and for other pieces of trust. tag Life Ass urance maybe combi ne d w i t h Guarantee on advan eous terms. Prospectuses, Farms of Proposal, and every informa ion may he obtained from the Chief Offices, 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, and c 9, George-street, r dinburgh. T" RO YAL SARDINIAN RAILWAY PAN Y. Sootete Gu aranteed by the ltalian Government. Auonyme ; the Liability of Shareholders Limited to the Amount of their Shares. Share Capital, £1,000,0 0 sterliflg, or 25.000,000 f., in 50,0'0 Share of £2O, or 50 , 1., each, to bearer. With power to issue 0,000 N om i nal Capital, in Obligations or Debentures. The Shares to be redeem Estates, at par, out of the pro ceeds of Freehold Landed granted to the Company ; to hear Interest at 6 percent. per annum during construction, and subsequently an estimated minimum annual dividend of Thirty-two Shillings (equal to eight per cent.) per share, based upon the Government Guanntee, and payable during the whole term of 93 years, on all shares, whether redeemed or not. Debentures or Obligations £2o, or 500 f. each ; To bear interest at 3 per cent. per annum, repayable by an nual drawings within 41 years, at par ; to be issued at .£ I, tar 4 75 f. each. Every subscriber for Shares to have a pre ferential option of claiming . two Obligations or Debentures for each Snare allotted to him. The security f r the Capital and interest is a grant to th Company in perpetuity of F reehold Landed Estates of thee Crown in the Island of Sardinia, comprising 00,000 hectares, or 480,600 English acres, and a distinct State Guarantee of a het annual revenue, or subvention, of 9,0(0 lire for each kilo het term of i 99 yee of ralway, aersqual to £5BO sterling per English mile, for Further Pa Deposit £1 per Sh are on application. yments, on Allotment, £2 per Share, and £1 per Arrangements wi O bl ll igation or D e b entur be made resect to further calls Which will enabl e Shareholders to with have p the op ion of paying; up a proportio t of their Shares and Obl gations or Deben tures is full. COUNCIL OF ADMINISTRATION IN ITALY. 'Honorary P resident —General Count Alberto Della liclarmora. Marquis Gustavo di Cavour. irquis Boyl di Villaflor. Si2nor Guise' pe Sann a -S anna, Deputy of the Italian Parliame nt ThIRECTORS TN ENGLA ND . and omas Barnes,B Esq., M.P. (Di rector of the Lancashire Yorkshire Railway). Charles Bell, Esq. (Messr s . J . Thomson, T. Bonar, and Co.), London. It Sons) London renfell, Esq., M.P. (Messrs. Pascoe, G ren f ell, and • 1. LeORIRO, Esq. (Messrs. I. Leonino and Co ). London. Chester Pender, Esq., P. (Messrs. J. Pe n d er and Co.), Man . AI 1' BANKERS. Messrs, Glyn, Mills, and Co., London. Messrs. Arthur Heywood, Sons, and Co., Liverpool. The Consolidafed Bank (Limited), Manchester. Sigri. Pratelll Bolmida, Turin. Sign Fratelli Leonino di D., Genoa, M BROKERS. London Messrs P. C , E.C. don, R.c Co. , az e nove and 5 2, Threadneedle -street, Mr. Geo. E. Seymo, 38, Throgmorton-street, Lon- , Ur Mesrrs. Hors all and Addison, Liverpool, Messrs. Shore and Kirk, Manchester. Me a ss rs. Birchar n SOLICITORS. , D lrymple, Drak e , an d Ward, London. Messrs. Littledale Ridley, and Bardswell, Liverpzol. M ENGINEER. Dir. Benjami n Piercy, C. E., 28, Great George-street, West minster. INTErtim SECRETARY Temporary O Mr. J. J. Ridley, Offices-8 Coptha'l-court, London, E.C. The Government of Italy, desiring, to deve'op the resources Ditt) Island of Sardinia by the introduction of foreign capi tal in the construction + f railways, have, by virtue of an Act bearing the Royal confirmation under date of the 4th of "January last, conferred the f o ll ow i ng valuable concessions, which have been purchased for this Company : First, The ex c l usive privilege of constructing raitways in the Island of Sardinia. second. A truarantee or se vention for the lines now pro posed of 9, , 00 lire for each k'lometre of railway, or £5BO ster !i(ng per Ergltsh mile, per annum, net revenue, for a period of veers, payable as each section is opened for traffic; and, Third. An immediate g• ant to the Comp4ny, in perpetuity and absolutely, of freehold landed estates, belmiging to the Crown, in the Island of Sardinia, containing 200,000 he or 480,000 English acres, tie present value of which is offi cially returned at £5OOOOO, but wh i ch it is manifest will be la rgely increas e d b y the completion of the railways. The £5BO per mi'e net guaranteed income, together with the comparatively low rentals now proceeding from the lande I estates, and amounting, according. tothe Governm, nt returns, to £24 000 p r annum, are equivalent to an annual d vidend of at least 8 per cent. upon the total estimated cost of t' e railways. Thi s w il l be seen from the following calcu lation : Annual Income-- Guarantee 1 Net it.venue £5BO per mile for 240 miles .Et 39.200 Pre.'3ent rent from the lands (sum pt ble of increase) 21,0 0 Total .......................... £163,200 Interest payable o, £2,000,000 Obligations or Debentures at £3 per cent ........... .. .£6 ),0.10 Estimated Dividend' on £l,OO ~OJO ghire Capital at £8 per cent ....................... 80.000 Sur Deplus incomet applicable to th e re d emption of . . t23,2e0 The special feature of this undertaking is, that while the Shareholders will receive an annual interest of 6 per cent. during the construction of the line, and a dividend of at 1 eis t 8 per cent the,cafter on thei r cap i tal, they will, at no dis tant date, hav e th eir capital repaid to them out of the pro ceeds of the C rown lands granted to the Company, and con the tinue, nevert - .eless, in th e en j oyment of the dividends during whole period of i 9 years. The order in which shares will be Paid off in this manner will be determined by ballot. Tne estates are s tuated in various pi.rts of the Island, and wall j of, n great measure be int ersected by. or in the neighb nr hood the several lines of railway now p - ojected, and also the Peveral new roads about to b 2 constructc i by the Govern taint, lor which purpose they have voted One Million Pounds St 1 ling. Some portions of the estA,s are under tillage ; a considsrable extent consists of pasturage, and the remaining or tions contain f orests of oak and other valuable timber. From these forests the do kyarda of England, Prance, and. Italy have for many years past derived and are now driving their supplies of the finest oak. 8 ardit is is extremety rich in minerals, particularly silver /ea t, copper, and ironstone, the latter of the highest quality. Besides thee . minerals, the Island contains extensive coal fields, which will be developed by means of the intended railways. ings The lines n - n , projected will b e single (with requisite and passing- pl aces ), and will be about 210 mil length ; six years are allowed for their completion. They will be pro ccened With in the five following sections:— . 1. Prom Cagliari to Iglesias, the centre of the mining dis trict irld co ,1 fields. 2. Prom Ca 'Hari to the city of Oristano. 3. Prorn Oristano to Ozieri. 4. Prom Ozteri, through the city of Sal earl, to Porto Torres. ti. Prom Ozleri to Terra Nova. Thus, throughout the whole length of the Island, will be established a compete isystem of railways, bringing into closer connexion the respective shores of the Mediterranean. The Most eminent contractors , n this country have care fully examined the detailed surveys and sections of the pro jected lines, prepared by the Company's Engineer, and have offer,M to contract for their construction at a sum which, after making provision for all preliminary and contingent ex p'nses, id fall within the A rat unt of capital no w proposed to be rats , The working. expenses of railways in Italy and Prance rarely ave - age 42 per cant. of the grose receipts. This Com pany has stipulated for an allowance of 5 ) pcnt., to be in creased to 63 2-3 per cent. during the first goes years, in case the gross receipts do not exceed 10.000 lire per kilometre. On the other hand, the Government have reserved the op tion of purchasing the railways, at any time after the expi ry tion of 30 years, upon payment to the Cr mparty of the va'ue of the rolling stock, &e., and an annuity for the remainder of the term of 99 years ; such annuity to be not less than the average net income of the five most productive of the last seven years, and not less than the net income of the last year preceding such purchas '. The interest will be payable hall -yearly in London, Paris, Turin, and Gen , a. Translated copies of the Act of the Italian Parliament, with maps of the 'Aland of • ardinia, showing the course of the in tended railways, can be imp cted at the offices of Messrs. 11l rent al, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward 4', Parliament-street, S.W. ; a* d of M.essrs. Little' 'ale, Ridley and Bards well, Brown's-bnildincrs.Exchsn,,ze, fiverpool. ' Forms of application fir shares may be obt a i ned from the Brokers, and a's a at the Tempor ,ry Offices of the Company. In cases where no allotments are made the deposit will be returned without deduction. TIIE ROYAL SARDINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. 1 , 0!:3I OF APPLICA I'ION POft SHARES. To the Directors in England of the Royal Sardinian Railway Company. •-..--£140,000 Gentlemen, Haying paid to your Bankers the sum of .£ , I hereb y I \'quest that you will a ll o t me Shares " and obit- P - .tions" of £2O ea h " respectively " i• the Royal Sardin,an Railway Company, and I hereby agree to script the said Snares 4 4 and Oligations," or any small r number that may be allotted to me, u-on the terms of the statutes, to be agreed !loon by you with the Italian Government, and to pay the farther deposit of £2 per Share upon the Shares," and £1 per anliption upon th e O li gations " allotted to me, at such time c 1 In such a manner as you m ly appoint. I am, Gentlemen, • Name in full Address in full • Profess'on or business (If' and ). Place of business it any) , Antillea Date 'irlaiit,,,Mg faes only, will strike out tne words ' 111 th e Tu x above form of app' ication. ItOYAL SA ItDINTIA.N RAILW BANI kERS' REGEIPf.AY COMPANY. Reccivedm , 1563. of the blreei; the sum of on avount Company. r 8 in England of the Royal Sardinian Railway X : The above i r,... must, upon tha°-17,;"3; after being filled up by the applicant, pre , ented entire to tZ len t of the deposit of £1 per ~ h are, be ic , ceipt arts return it (),sailkers, who will sign and detach the The s,rn specified i n tl,h,e scan as may be nceef,aary, will:11re receipt or wich portion of it account of the the full depc,,,et %gained by the Directors oa of Shares and ;El per obil• atio °' X 3 per Share on the number tions Alilch may be allo.i m t x o ' I]z the nuns of Obliga e applicant, and will be 11 ible to forfeiture by the birecto depos!t of .£' 3 and £1 respectively tors if the residu e of such not Paid at the lime to be stated in the notice of allotment. wepioluabtaeh es, and if uxuRTANT waisßEfts, Au the use of NA Eyebrows produced in a few ties 'ELLIO FT'S 'PONIC LOTION, the stirdala,rtitiraparaokoz of Which are unfailing in their operation. invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they m a 4-i tott Vince(' of its iafallible power. Price 3s. ad., tis. nd.3,710e.c7- and •zls. Forwarded on receipt of posta E,,e stainps.—ThOina" Xliiot t hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street T. E. ' : . Wi gs, il 10s. N°. 22,099, THE BANK OF 0 !AGO (LIMITED). NEW ZEALAND. Incorporated under " The Companies' Act, 1 , 62," which limits the Shareholder's liability to the amount of his shares. Capital, £50,000, in 5,C00 Shares of £lOO each (with power to increase.) Dep-sit, Ll per Share on Application, and a further pay ment of C.,4 per Share on Allotment. Calls not to exceed £5 per £lOO Share, nor to be made at less intervals than three months. It is not intencbd to cal tt: , more than £5O per Share. Power is taken in the Articles of Asscc ation to reduce the nominal amount of the shares to such amount as may hereafter be deemed advisab:e. DIRECTORS. G. H. Donaldson, Esq. (Messrs. Dona'd4rn, Lambert, and 'O.), Director of the Agne and Un ted Service Bank Limited. Alexander Lang* Elder, Esq., rchurc'l Buildi s (Director of the English, Scottish and Austitt'ian Chartered Bank.) S. B. Edeebor,u2h, Esq., (Messrs. S. B. lidenborough it Co.), Dire •tor of th , Impe ial Bank Limited. John 11. rbottle, Esq., A lthrman's Walk. Alexander Morrison, esq , Pengelly House, Cheshunt, for merly of Messrs. John Glads r ne and Co. Jo , eph R. Morrison, Esq., late of Messrs. James Morri son and Co., Director of the Chartered Bank of India, Aus tralis, and China. J. D. Thom.on, Esq., St. Peter's Chambers, Cornhill, late Director of the Cape of Goed Hope Bank. BANKERS IN LOND N. The Imperial Bank Limited: o. 6, Lothbury. BANKERS IN SCOTLAND. The Linen Company. BANKERS IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE. The English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered Bank. BANKERS IN ADELAIDE. The South Australian Banking Company. SoLicrrons. Messrs. Hughes, 3lasterma , , and Hughes. BROKERS. Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co. SECRETARY, pro. tem. William Greig, Esq. TEMPORARY OrricErs : 17, Bucklesbury. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. The Gold Fields of Otago, of ened in 1861, gave New Zea land an impulse. which bids fair to place it among: t the fore most of the British Colonies. For the year 185.5. the total Exports and Imports of New Zealand were.... For the year 186"/ ..... ... .................. For the year 1861 2.137 286 3,861,05 For the three q uar t ers ending 30th Sept., 1862 In 1811 £72',318 In 1862 1,510.708 The latest accounts show that the same ratio of increase is being maintained. 'I ho following is an extract from the Melbourne correspondent of " The Times," published in that psver on the 13th April, 1863 :—The weekly pro :notion (of Gold) in the province of Otago ranges from 12,000 to 15,000 mnces, and new fields are opening out in all directions " The rapid increase in the export of WOOL from NEW ZEALAND is remarkable:— In 1855. it was 1,417,200 lbs. In 1858, „ In 1861, „ In 1862, Notwithstanding these facts thereis but one Bank especially est , blished for New Zealand (having i s Head Office at Auck land), with a pa'd up capital of £250,000; and the only other banking facilities are derived from mere Branches and Agen cies of Institutions whose chief business is in Australia, where their capital is mostly em 'toyed. The Bank of New Ze eland (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 wan much larger. The Bead Office will be in London, the Chief Branch at DUNEDIN (OTAGO), and Branches or Agencies w.ll be est& Its ed at stun other settlements as the oir.ctors may from lime t.) time deem advisable. The progress of the exi exhibited in the following [sting Colonial Banks is strikingly table : Name of Bank. Paid up t apital. Paid up 'Present Price per share. I per share. Australasia Victoria New south Wales Union o! Australia London Chartered of Australia New Zealand !0,000 500:0(0 nO,OOO 1,00D,0.0 1,000,000 250,000 Prospectuses, and Form of App] be obtained Irom the Brokers, or at the Company. [cation for Sharea. may the Temporary Offices of ST. JAM E S' HOTEL Comer of BERKELEY- STREE r, Piccadilly. This HOTEL will be OPENED to the public on SATUR. DAY, the 2d of May next. Manager—M. PRANCATELLI. By order, Dated April 17, 1863. G. T. OLDFIELD , Secretary. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FO1? THIS DAY. At 2s. ed. ea& Person. SOUPS. Ala Regent. Spring. Soles a l'ltalienne. Fried Fillets of Whitings. Roulards of Beef and proms.Mu Stewed Kidneys. JOINTS. Boned Beef. Roast Mutton. SS. Albert PuddingWs. EE S T andwich Pastry. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, aItENISII, MOS LLE, and other WINES, imported ex preeely for the London Dinner. THE LONDON. 191, FLEET -STREET. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY, at the Bazaar, Baker-street —A BRIDAL ORD UP, corsisting ut ff. Itlf. the l'r;nce of Wales and the Princess Alexandra. Also His Grace the Archbishop of Cant-rbury is now added. The spacious rooms have been decorated with flowers for the festive occasion. Open from 11 morning till 10 at night. Admission, Is. ; extra room, 6d. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the Carignan '1 heatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Child of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS frcm OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Mi ss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated UNSWORTH'S NEW SUMP SPEECH, The only Negro Orator of the day. EUGENE and DULEY, with new Eccentricities. ARTHUR LLOYD, Mica SA UNDE RS, and Mr. HILTON, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Magician, EVERY EVENING. Admission—Hall, ed. ; stalls and balcony, Is. T HE 0X F ORD, r, OXFORD STREET. THIS EVENING, Auber's Grand Opera, MA SANIEL LO. Also, the New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNIA TIIE t 1 TINTER," Suprorted by Miss Russell, Miss Oesten, Miss Townley, &c ; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, &,3. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghm , ns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTII, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Ilutehenson, and the mat velLus A TRAND. (CP and R " These two Parisian clowns BE 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 '1 gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause "—Times, April 7, 1863. MJULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. • At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Gre Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Continued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a• Piston ! Eve,y h'ventne• a G and Op,ratio Selection from Verdi's Opera, IL TROVATORE—SoIos, Cornet.a-piaton, by Mr. J. Levy—Messrs. Horton, Tyler, King, Snelling, and Mosca. Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M, Jullien. Der Freiszhutz, Masaniello, L'Etoile du Nord, Ice, Doors open at Eight o'clock. Admission, ls. Manager, Mons. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing the Wonders of Nature and Art shown by innumerable Models, il l ustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Preparations, Malfoi mations, Monstrosities, fie,; also the Moving Ana. tomical Dying Zonare, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One Minting. Entrunee-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. llinstrated Catalogue, free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address the Secretary, as above. OST E 0 Patent, March 1, MINE GA BRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible palates, 18 E 62, N i o. 56 1) 0. ° N r II A L TEEM and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without lasts a spring or wires, and without operation. One seto_ , lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATI N : AHT ICULATION even when all - others fail. Purest m terittls only, at half 'the usual oat. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old - established Thlatists, 27, RA RLFIYSTREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34 LUDGATE-RILL, LONDON ; tus, NEW-STREE bI INGRA111; and 134, DUK E STREET, LIVERPOOL. complete Sets, 1 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only gratis.required from country patients. Gabriel's l'ractieal Treati" Consultations free. Tut GREAT li UPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS i . ---- ; - --- ) I , ll3 is lT a E i n iow r Nei : l b t W HITE'S MOO-MAIN LEv p ' AIT NT. 1 1,3 . x 62' TRUSS (PERFECTED AND ;.XIIIDITIONS OF 1851 AND Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the g o u N pveard s of nvention in the curative treatment of rr }lir/rave I The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful I n i ts effe t ; s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round rh - j body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the lioc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much e ase , Ind c!osencss that it cannot he detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 26e. 6d., and 31e. 6d. Postage, 18. t. Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. Ad. Postage, 18 Bd, An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 52e. 6d. Postage, is. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John Whitt,' POft. Aloe, NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &0., for Varicose Veins and all, oases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. `they Are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive , an d are drawn on 'fire an ordinary stocking. Prioe 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 101 L, 18t Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, ittundacturer, 228, Florraditly4 yo'zz g. Z 9 " (2-- ;_2 \ • 4- • I . 4 " . 6,4 .:4-Ak 'e? , . al3l • Ar 4. , . ay T EIAL'OrT 114, -4^ • s ._ killfri - t.- - 4. DiEc 110, PRICE. .... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. men who send cargoes of food to the starving poor of England, while the aristocrats of that country turn piratical vessels loose upon our commerce." And again the cheers descended as lustily as if their had been a scintilla of truth in the assertioo, and as if it were the noblest thing in the world to accept credit on false pretences. and bring slanderous accu satiots against our neighbours. The Wor.'d of this morning, in animadverting upon Mr. Blair's ill-tem pered oration, asks, What is the Administration driving at in these appeals to popular panic ? Ills it been seized with a new madness, of is it attempting to prepare the country for war with England ? Has it counted the costs and the hazards of arch a war, especially when it has already on its hands one of the greatest wars of modern times—a war which demands all the courage, vigour, and resources of the country ?" To this it may be replied that the Government does not desire a war with England ; that it has well calculated the cost and risk; that it knows such a war would speedily produce the re cognition and independence of the South, and that it would probably lead to a new secession in the North, but that, like a desperado, it plays with he in a powder magazine, trusting that no explosion will take place, and that the glitter and glare of the hazardous pyrotechny will distract people's atten tion from their m:serable failures and mistakes. But, as Lord Palmerston has reminded them, it is a dangerous game to play, and every American who has a drop of British blood in his veins, an idea in his head, or a hundred dollars in his pocket, is both disgusted and alarmed that the destinies of the North must yet be entrusted for two years in hands like these, with no remedy, except such as may be snatched out of a street revolution or a military coup d'etat. In a recent letter some mention was made of the many extraordinary pranks of Msj , r-General Schenk and his Provost-Marshal at Baltimore. Among others was recorded the story of a Mrs. Pairs, who was sentenced to banishment for her sympathies with the South and for the additional crime of writing disrespectfully of the commanding General of a city under martial law. The sequel deserves to he told. General Schenk was obdurate in requiring her to leave Baltimore, and transfer herself to the society of her Southern friends within the stipulated 24 hours which he gra ciously allowed. Her children accompanied her, hut her husband not being able to leave his business without ruin to his prospects, preferred to remain behind, and pray for the happy time when war might cease and husbands and w ives be permitted to live together without the interference of General Schenck, or any other big Bashaw whatsoever. Mrs. Pairs's luggage, and that of her children, was overhauled and inspected before her departure, lest she should convey treasonable documents, or other aid and comfort to the enemy in her trunks or band boxes. A quantity of quinine and other medicine was discovered, and, as it was pronounced to be far too much for the lady's own use, and evidently intended to be employed in the cure of sick rebels, it was solemnly confiscated to the Federal Government, with the exception of such minimum quantity as the Provost-Marshal adjudged to be fairly good for the lady herself to take. It might be thought that the force of petty tyranny could go no further. But Gen. Schenck and his agents could beat even this. The American ladies and children are, unfortunately for their health and the soundness of their teeth, great eaters of sweetmeats, and the " candy" shops, which they frequent, are only to be equalled in splendour and variety by similar establishments in Paris. It has been the fashion in Baltimore to en wrap these dainties daintily in coloured paper, so that fair or juvenile fingers might not be brought too unpleasantly into contact with candy or lollipop. Lately these variegated wrappings have, as if by the universal consent of the dealers and manufac turers, assumed the well known colours of the Confederate 3, "red and white." Such lollipop, in General Schenck's estimation, was clearly rebel lious; and the Provost-Marshal was duly instructed [o make seizure of it wherever found, and compel !he traitorous dealers to take an oath of allegiance the United States! But the ladies, though deprived of the usual adornment of their sweat meats, were not to be utterly defeated, even by a great General, and their next move was to encase the legs and feet of their little ones in socks of the prohibited colours. What can General Schenck do, except give up the unequal fight ? The great Napoleon could fear a military reverse wish more equanimity than he could bear ridicule ; and Gen Schenck should. profit by his example, and with draw himself with all convenient strategy from a positim which makes people laugh at him. DVS RIPE R t o\ -- ' : -f ,-,;(,. Ar • ~.\ -^,' ---- ii - z.k;---; -,-, • • ...,.., ~ Tv/ Another trial, of a highly intere ! sting 4arr.F4er to naval men and artillerists, took pace on Satur day between the, Nore and MOILSO lightships. The Hebe is the third vessel on this principle which has been built and engined by 111 - essrE. Dudgeon, of the Isle of Dogs. The performmeices of the first two--the Flora and the Kate—have been already noticed, and the advantages of the system over that of the single screw were again atrikirgly manifested during a series of mar oeuvres which were made after the trial of sliced between the lightsbies. The Ilebe is an iron vessel of 470 tons, 165 ft. long, 22ft. Gin. beam, 1311 . Gin. GC( having a deck house 7ft. high extending shout three-fourths of her length, fitted up with cabin and saloons. Draught of water at time of trial, sft. forward and 9tt aft. Being without dead to g ive her sufficient immersion, the veszei was under considerab:e disadvantages, especially as there was a strong wind blowing, which matcrihfiv retardtd these evolutions which formed the priucip a l feature of interest to mo , ,t pres! nt. Tl,e set we were three bladed, 7ft. Gin. in diameter, with 15ft. pitch, worked by two separate end ind e p en d ent erg iner, having each two cylinders 21in. in diameter, 26-inch strokeof pistons, and 120 collective nominal horse power. The revolutions at the time of trial between the lightships were 110. Tee time Occu pied _ between the Mouse and Nore lightships was 83 min. 15sec,, the distance being 8 statute miles. Among the evolutions performed for the satisfaction of the scientific gentlemen present were the follow ing :-1, Fall speed ahead, both screws, helm hard astarboard ; circle completed in 4 min. 2. Full speed ahead, both screws, helm hard aport; 3min. 40sec. 3. Helm astarboard, with port screw stopped ; circle completed in 3min. 9see. 4. Circle made the reverse way by putting the helm aport and with starboard screw stopped, in 32ain. 383ec. 5. Helm hard sport, the screws being turned in opposite directions, the vessel pivotted on her centre in 3min. 52sec. 6. A second experiment the reverse way was made in 4min. 10sec., the mean time of these lest two revolutions being 4min. lsce. 7. Helm amidship, the screws working in opposite directions; the circle was completed in 4min, 68 L , :ec . The engines varied alternately in these trials from 90 to 103 revolutions per minute. As befuretmen : tioned, during these experiments a fresh wind pee veiled, which materially retarded the turning; thi)..: vessel being light, and consequently exposing a large area to the wind. , The engines worked ad. mirably throughout, the boilers giving an abundance, of steam, and the whole of ,the arrangements were excellent, reflecting great:credit on the builders. Among the numeraue silintlfie gentlemen present . were Sir J. D. FlpliWeine, M.P., Admiral Sir - Edward Belcher, C. 11.; Sir J j Lawrence, Captains Jones and Howes, R.N., Commander T. E. Sy-. monds, RE..;:tolonel Paradie, Imperial Austrian service, Messrs. W. Ellice, E. Gellatly, F. Sewell, Abbots, Thinbar, - 0. Dingier, Imperial Austrian service, W. Smith, C.E., Zerah Colburn, C.E., Kits* C.E.,and a large p ar t y o f sc i ent i f i c and commercial gentlemen connected with the com mercial marine, who were unanimous in their ex pressions of satisfaction at the admirable perfor mances they had witnessed. 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The Five-shilling Tickets should be at once bought. F IVE SHILLING TICKETS for ATHALIE THIS DAY and TO-MORROW only. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, Ng., a new instrumen% by Negretti and Zambra, wi l cor rectly indicate whether the Ba - ometer falls fbr Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosinz stamp.-1, liatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMBRICA, (From Correspondent of the limes.) New YORK, April 14, The North has suffered the most grievous disap pointment of the war. It had made up its mind to two things—first, that the Won-clads, on which it has been expending so much care, ingenuity, and money, were irresistible ; snit secondly, that it had only to attack Charleston to capture and destroy it. In both of these calculations it has been lamentably deceived. Admiral Dupont may hare had his mis givings that his nine iron -clads, even with the aid of a co-operating army, were not sufficient for the task he bad to perform. But Mr, Lincoln had no doubts; Mr. Seward had no doubts; General Halleck had no doubts; Mr. Stanton had no doubts ; the Secretary of the Navy had no doubts ; and there was scarcely a newspaper published between Portland and Wasltington that was not quite positive that the gallant Admiral would achieve an easy victory, cover himself with glory, level Charlest on w i th the ground, b rea k the stiff backbone of th e R e b ellion and the war, an d b e for the remainder of his life the biggest man in the na tion. Goaded by the Government, which hungered and thirsted, and still hungers and thirsts, for a great military or naval triumph, he was told that he had the finest fl ee t in the world, and that he must "go in and win." He went in and suffered in the short space of 30 minutes--some accounts say two hours—the most humiliating repulse that the Federal arms have sustained since the outbreak of the war. But even so late as Sunday morning, when it was known on undeniable authority that the Keokuk had been sunk, and that three, if not four, other iron-clads had been seriously damaged, the hopeful people were taught to believe that the attack was simply a reconnoissance to draw the enemy's fire, to feel his position, and to ascertain the real nature of the defences of Charleston and the invulnerability of the iron -clads, prepara tory to a still more vigorous bombardment on the following day. Even this morning, when every one with a grain of common sense must see that the iron-clad Monitors and floating batteries have failed to realise a tithe of the anticipations that were formed of them, and that no renewal of the attack is advis able—even if Admiral Dupont had 50 Monitors at his disposal, instead of seven —the silly optimists at Washington persist in affirming that all things are for the best in this bsst of all possible worlds; and that had it not been for torpedoes and other plaguey obstructions in the channel the Monitors Nt mild have steamed unharmed past the bristling fortress which guard Charleston, and solved the great war problem of our age. The "if" in this case is a monstrous one. " " there had been a wide channel, suffi cient to allow all the Monitors to pass through abreast, and "if" there had been no such inventions as torpedoes or such constructions as chain-bars, it is possible and probable that not more than one or two Monitors would have been destroyed in the attempt to pass Forts Sumter and Moultrie, and that the remaineder—" tf " there had been no other forts of which to run the gauntlet, and no other torpedoes and chains to endanger or block the way —might have got near enough to Charleston to batter it to the ground. But Mr. Lincoln and his Government are both sanguinary and sanguine. A semi-official despatch from Washington informs the gaping public that '' the Navy Department does not regard the result of this preliminary bombardment as decisive, or as essentially discouraging; that the ability of the Monitors to withstand the unparalleled concentrated fire of the batteries in Charleston har bour is considered to have been demonstrated, as, notwithstanding the time they were under fire, they were not materially injured ; and that on the whole the department, after a careful consideration of the published accounts and the official reports received, is of a cheerful and hopeful state of mind." European readers may, perhaps, consider that some waggish opponent, some ironical D'mocratic editor, is endeavouring to turn the imbecile Admi nistration into ridicule. But not so. The announce ment appears in a friendly journal, and is simply end gravely made. Whatever may be the effect in kemote rural districts, N e w York is not to be de ceived. It accepts the repulse as a serious defeat which virtually relieves Charleston as well as Sa vannah and Mobile from the danger of any future assault on the part o f t h e i ronc l a d s . I t acknow ledges at the sam e ti me that these much v aunted vessels have fallen lamentably short of the ariticipa lions even of those who were least sanguine of their success; that it would be folly and sure destruction to attempt, after such bitter experience, to dri ve them past Fort Sumter ; and that all that now re mains to do is to repair es speedily as possible the damages they have received, and devote them to the duty of blockading at, safe distances from th e enemy's guns the city which they were unable either co capture or approach. The details of th e s h ort an d s h ar p, an d i n every way remarkabl e , s t ruggle will be read in Engl and with universal int erest, prov i ng as th e y d o, in the most conclusive manner, that the Federals can eon struct no ironclad ships which English artillery of the newest principl e and cons t ruc tion cannot p i erce through all thei r coat i ng, h oweve r thi c k. They prove also, that th e mac hi nery o f the revol v i ng tur rets is easily di sarranged, an d that the se vessels may be rendered u se l ess f or o ffensive purpose s b y shots that are not sufficiently heavy or continuous to destroy them. In consequence o f th e u ncertainty atte n d ant upon the Charle s t on attac k t h e great " mass" meet lug which was held in Union-square on Saturday afternoon last, under the auspices of Mr. Opdyke, the Mayor of New York, and the council of "twenty-five" merchants, con•ractors, and lawyers of this city, who have taken it upon themselves to organise public opinion in support of the war and the Administration, was somewhat of a failure. The day was the anniversary of the fall of Fort Sumter, two years ago, an event which a stranger to Ameri can passion might think was more worthy of Southern than of Northern commemoration. In the eipectation, however, that while the meeting was in - progress the Government might have it in its power to announce that the Stars and Stripes once more waved over the rebellious fort, and that Charleston itself, as over-ardent patriots pray, had been sub jected to the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah, every arrangement was made to make the meeting one of the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in the city. But the fragmentary and incomplete news that arrived from Charleston in the morning threw a (limper upon people's spirits. The enthusiasm , was not to be excited to which might have boiled over if Fort Sumter had f b e e v e e n r however delicately and carefully worded, that only one of the iron clads had been destroyed. There was a presenti ment that the whole truth had not been told ; that the expedition from which so much was expected was a failure, and that Charleston was still entitled to call herself " invieta." The meeting was adver tised to commence at four o'clock. Six stands were erected—three on each side of the square. Each appointed s p ea k ers , strike up "Yankee s e t e a vi nd ei h i s a d a e its b e in h d air o m f a m n, o o s r io it t s e Doodle," or the "Star spangled Banner" whenever any superabundant prosiness had been exhibited by the orators of the day. General Sigel was advertised to speak at one stand, General Fremont at another ; and Mr. Montgomery Blair, Mr. Lincoln's Post master-General, at a third. At five o'clock there were about 4,000 people in the equare. A caleula tw as calcula tion of the number of audito rs round the stand w speaki ng s h owe d l ess thanher where 4 General of the st an d s was more crowded than that the rea l audiences o f eon, and n l d Fremont as mon none the several meetings numbered at that time less than 3,000, the other thousand beiog composed of ambulatory spectators who went from stand to stand as curiosity dictated or as the superior importance 'of a speaker might attract them. 'he usual traffic of the street was in no way disturbed or interfered with. The horse railway cars made their accus tomed journeys, and the police stationed at every corner to preserve order had a sinecure. At a later hour it was computed that about 7,000 pemp:e had gathered together, and although soma of the papers of the following moining estimated the number at 31,000, no one accustomed to the sight of large masses of people, no officer or corporal of the army, could have allowed, by any stretch of liberality in reckoning, that a third of that number was present. The wide of the proceedings were dull and tame to a degree qoite unusual in American out of door meetings. There was nothing that could he called enthusiasm. The shadow of the new repulse at Fort Sumter lay dark upon the souls of the speak ers, and even the pleasant and prosperous Mr. Op lyke and his Council of Twenty-five must have admitted they had miscalculated both the time of their celebration and the temper of the people. If the pains and interests engendered and fostered by this cruel and illogical war had Got blinded the eyes of the Americans to the dangers to which their liberties are exposed by its continuance, they might have seen by the multiplicity of banners and pla cards bearing the words " Unconditional Loyalty," how low they had fallen from their once high estate. That a free people, justly jealous of their liberty, should allow such banners to be flaunted in their faces without indignantly tearing them down, or that they should accept the doctrine of uncondi tional loyalty without scornful repudiation of the political slavery and degradation implied, shows bow much real freedom and independence of mind the war has already destroyed. Unconditional loyalty is more than the Russians give to their Czar or the Turks to their Sultan, and has never been yielded to King or Government by any people speak ing the English language since the days of Henry VIII. Is it not strange as well as humiliating that such a doctrine should be first heard of in the Eng Hall language in a Republic founded by Englishmen? And should it not lead modern Americans to inquire whether it really had its origin among men of Bri tish blood and lineage, or whether it is due to the Celtic, Teutonic, or other alien races that have adopted the English language without adopting the English liberty of thought that should accompany it ? Whatever may be the reason, it is not creditable that a doctrine so long ago buried and forgotten in civilised Europe should be exhumed in America, under the leadership of fanatics upon the one hand, and of selfish traders making unholy fortunes out of the war on the other. The fact remains, however, that the liberty of the Americans is rapidly slipping out of their grasp; and while they avow a sentiment so slavish, not to a King or Emperor claiming to rule by Divine right, but to a fetish of their own making such as Mr. Lincoln, it is scarcely surprising that military men should be ready to take them at their word, and to prepare means for their final subjuga tion and reduction to that state of thraldom to which they Would subject their brothers of the South. At this very meeting in Union-square a letter was read from Gen. lialleck which excited no notice from any one, but which ought to have made the heart of every freeman in the North throb with indignation at the insolent tyranny which it foreshadowed. " Our armies," said the General, " are still ad vancing. They will before long crush the rebellion in the South, and then place their heels upon the heads of sneaking traitors in the North." In other words, the subjugation of the South will be fol lowed by the subjugation of the North, and the army, having no further military work to do, will be maintained as an aid to the civil power to crush out all free opinion and silence all opposition to the Go vernment. No other construction can be put upon the minions words. But, strong as they are, they are not so strong as those of Gen. Milroy, another Federal officer in command in the new and illega State of Western Virginia, and high in the confi denee of Mr. Lincoln and his Administration. "1 loin with my fellow soldiers of the Union every where," says this officer, "in warning these traitors at home that when we havo crushed armed treason at the South and restored the sovereignty of our Government over these misguided Srates , under Got;, we shall surely do), we will, upon our return, while our hands are in, also exterminate treason at the North, by arms if need be, and seal by the blood of traitors, NI Lerever found, the peace of our country and the perpetuity of ' free' govern ment to all future generations." If for the word "free" in the concluding phrase the word "despotic' were substituted the logic of tLis military tyran would be complete. Wall may the World, in com meriting upon this too eignificant threat, exclaim that " the cruelest despotism that ever cursed the earth would be Elysium compared to a Government such as that pictured by this human tiger. It is the curse of war that it will at times bring such people to the surface, There need, however, be but little fear of either Butlers or Milroys in this country. This is not Asia, nor are the American people likely to submit to what even the Turks have found intoler able." The TVorld is too sanguine; Butler is the most popular man in the North—the cynosure of . _ ail eyes—the favourite of the ladies, and will be, f the war lasts, the most formidable candidate for he Presidency. Of Milroy little or nothing is known ; but if the American people will honour such men as Butler and Schenk, confide in the wisdom of Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward, and avow their determination to be " unconditionally loyal, come what may, and happen what will," Milroy and such as he will make themselves better known in due time, and thousands of imitators will gather around to support and strengthen them, till nothing is left of American liberty but the sad remembrance that Washington lived in vain. Nor will the re membrance be nninstruetive if it teach other nations hat a warlike Democracy is incompatible with free dom, and that a military despotism grows as surely from such a root as an - oak from an acorn. Per- haps, however, the warnings of Generals Halleck Batler, and Milroy will not be utterly wasted upon chat portion of the thinking people of America who are not led away by preachers and exterminators, or interested in war contracts. The light may dawn upon their minds that the South is battling for the freedom of the North ; and that the utter subjuga tion of the Southern people would be the greatest calamity which could befal those Northern people who are still so disloyal as to love constitutional liberty better than they love their Government, and so rebellious as to think that it would have been better for America if Mr. Lincoln, General Halleck, General Milroy, and men of such opinions as they attempt to carry into action, had never been born. The clamour against Great Britain has not sub sided. The repulse at Charleston is so damaging to the Administration that orders have been given to keep up the anti-English outcry with unabated strength, in order to distract public attention from the imbecility, or, at ail events, the ill success Of the Government. The unanswerable speech of the Solicitor-General on the question of the Alabama and the Florida, and the warning speech of Lord Palmerston on the danger of inflaming international animosities for the purpose of creating " political capital" have excited a furore of unfa vourable com ment in the Republican press, in which invective takes the place of argument, and every p.ossi form of the suppressio veri a nd the sugg.es,t io falsi is unscrupulously employed . At the Union-square meeting on Saturday a number of the speakers dwelt particularly upon the alleged enmity of Grat Br tain to the Republican Government of the United States, but none so violently as the Hon. Montgo mery Blair, the Postmaster-General. British aris tocracy is the " favourite aversion," or bete-noire, of the most ignorant of the many ignorant stump orators of this country, and when Mr. Blair, who f r om his position ought to have known better, de clared " that the proud aristocracy of England were arming the slave drivers of Richmond with iror - clad ships to strike down the freedom of the North," he touched a sympathising chord in the hearts of his ignorant, or prejudiced audience,and elicited tumul tuous cheers, " We," he said, are the real noble- William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. FRET 1Y POLEY, Come back to hie loving Father—Lord Clarence E 'ward Paget, M.P.—The Teetotal Charger, &0., &e., in " FUN " this week. One Penny. J[OORE BROTHERS' TEAS Choice SOUCTIONG, recommended 38. Ad. per lb. suitable for superior purposes, full rich Souchongflavour. 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Sep rite Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be mee for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as sepa rately grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between tho hours of ten and four o'clo k. Tenders on the printed forms mu t r e propel ly filled up and signed, and no 'fender will he noticed un ess relivered at tip , undermentioned Office. und. r clo-ed envelope (marked on the outside, "Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), before Noon on the sth MAY next. W. IT. MATURIN. Deputy Commissary-General. Deputy Commissary-General's Office, 5, New-street, Spring-gardens, London, 8.1 7 7., ioth April, 1863. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Bth April, 1863. EALED TENDERS will be received et this office, until noon on WEDNESDAY, the 6th May,1863, rem persons who may be Aiding to enter into Contract to supply ___ FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist June to 30th November, 1 , 63, for the use of her 51ajesty'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 Iminted forms must be properly filled up and Maned, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside render for Flour for Hospital Bread"), and no tender will be noticed unless made on forms obt , inod from this office, and delivered by the hour ap pointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Bth April, 1863. QEALED TENDERS will be ree-ived at this office, until noon on WEDNESDAY, the oth May, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to auPP FLOUR AND MEAT in such quantities as may be required, from the let June to 30th November, 1863, for the use of her Illaje ty's Forces stationed st Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Separate Tenders are required for Fl ur and t r Meat. Forms or Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained en 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 signed, and delivered at this office(under closed envelope, mark d on the outside " fender for Commissariat Supplies"), and no tender will be n , iced unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terrninug, at King's-cross: Patron —The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer —Edward Masterman, Esq. This was the first hospital to introduce the principle of free and instant admission to the destitute sick, without the for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to desti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is accom panied by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow -creatures. Moreover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly hoard feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to b dmit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions arc received by the, Treasurer, Edward Dias erman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Contts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne. and Co. Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; D en i son and Co. ; Mains, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs, J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH . , Secretary. The town of Zug (Switzerland) was visited last week b y a violent thunderstorm, accompanied by a heavy fall o f h ail, riar. J ust as the fury of the storm was beginning to sub mrst unusual there a t thi s season o f t h e side, the lightning struck the tower called the Zeilthurm, standing in the middle of the town, and the roof was im • mediately i n a blaze. Apprehensions were at first enter tained that the conflagration would extend to the neigh bouring edifices ; but, thanks to the efforts of the firemen, the damage was limited to the roof of the tower. Advises from Venice state that the authorities have done everything in their power to secure the opening of the Grand Fenice Theatre. The shareholders met a f ew days since to take the subject into consideration ; but, i n spite of warm addresses irom the authorities, and among others from M. Calvi, representing the Prefecture of Fi once, the motion was rejsctod by 45 votes to 9, ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES The A4ministration sent one of its members to this city last week to make a speech which, from beginning to end, consisted of little else than a violent invective against the Government and the ruling classes of Great Britain, It seems deter mined to iLflime to the utmost the natural resent ment towards that country aroused by the escape from its ports of vessels built for the rebels to prey upon our commerce. All the Administration press chime in with the Administration orators in such a manner as to indicate a concerted attempt to kindle popular feeling on this subject, in respect to which it is so sensitive. But what is the Adminis tration driving at in these appeals to popular pas sion Hs it been seized with a new madness, and is it attempting to prepare the country for war with England? Has it counted the cost and the hazards of such a war, undertaken at a time when it has already on its hands one of the greatest wars of modern times—a war which demands all the vigour, courage, and resources of the country ? It is not possible that the Administration can be so de mented as to undertake two wars while it is doubt- fulw doesheth t e i r , i t t he h n a , s m a s b a i n lit h y y t t h o is succeedin industrious fan ning of dangerous passions ? The object is per fectly transparent ; it is to crutch its feeblepo o p n u e What I la r r is it h y p o n n pul t a h t e inn st . ron l g t w an ii t l i- fi A n n d g i l t ic se a i n f feeenitiinrge-y Our of m o i n s r taken in the effect of its demagogue ePpeal l to sec Irish fellow-citizens are too intelligent not en an at through the trick. In fact m th b e y y t h h a e y ; ain se e parties,i tempt to play a similar atonodcon ra tlly. No eoU t r h a e g r e f d oa ted,wants fresh their for them remembrance to i:.:)7t:tvheee that - humiliatingb is dwriet,7Bwittar toward a b'cri made us England than ever than th ex e l e li p b u it t r h i: o u r Ys native or American citizen, wn? tha disgra ce w rho Trent affair. The boldly bearded the si t at o kt eu s , e rn e lee a tadrue us. our Liead °: all hangthen sme Adrnin is t t i r i t ' b t e i S ge n to show his teeth, when British lion,. tail like a whipped spaniel. For God's ta have no more of that ! It does nut be and proud Government to vapour and come a g " t t ter idle menaces. That Mr. Lincoln's halls . Government will ever do anything more than vapour an d bully toward Great Britain is what nobody be lieves. The idea that it can win any cheap popu larity among our gallant Irish population or any other class of citizens by assuming a high tone to ward a nation before - whom it so lately cowered is simply preposterous. Its recourse to such arts be tokens conscious weakness with the people. The President cannot declare war even if he were so disposed, and he has no right to complicate our re lations with a foreign Power, and thereby bring on hostilities without the approbation of Congress. Congress is clothed with the war-making power, and we are confident President Lincoln has no in tention to usurp the functions of that body in this respect, unless he has made up his mind that he will never succeed in subduing the Soutb, and wants a foreign war as an excuse for backing out. But we do not believe this of him, nor can we believe him blind to the fact that a war with Great Britain would insure the independence of the South.--Fetp York , IVorld. THE FRENCH MARKETS. The accounts received from the provincial corn markets state that the fall in the price of corn is making further progress. The weather is favour able to the growing crops, and they promise such an abundant harvest that speculators are every day becoming more cautious. The suppy of farmers' wheat in the Paris market last week was about the same as during the week preceding. Farmers who attended the market refused to make any reduction in price except for samples of inferior quality. Choice samples of white wheat found buyers at from 34f to 35f the sack of 120 kilogrammes. Choice samples of red wheat, 341 to 341 25c; first qua lily, 331 to 33F 25c; ordinary, 31f to 31f 50c.; in ferior, 301 to 30f 50c. Merchants attended the mar ket with wheat from the banks of the Loire, but the millers bought very little. Some very fine whe;:t from the neighbourhood of Saumur was sold at 33f 25c the sack. Milers from St. Denis bought wheat from Montereau at 33f 50c, being a fall of 50c since the preceding week. Wheat fr Jra Chartres of the first quality was sold at 331 the sack, and ordinary at 32r. Rye was more offered than de manded. Some lots were sold at 20: the 150 kilo grammer, delivered at the Northern Railway termi- 1111 F. Olts were cffered at a reduction of 25c the sack without finding buyers. There was scarcely any bakers, flour sold i❑ the Paris market last week. Cnoice sample were offered at 62f the sack of 137 kilogrammes; good quality, GOf to 61f ; ordinary, 57f to 59f. Tae millers from the Beauce refused to make any reduction in their prices. Flour of the six marks was difficult of sale. It was offerrd at 61f 75c the sack for delivery during the present month, 6/1 for May, 62f 25c for June, and 62f 50c July and August. The official quotations on Saturday after noon are, for delivery, 61f 50c ; May, Glf 50c ; June, July, and August, 62f 50e. The factors de clared on Saturday 543 sacks of flour, of which 268 of first quality sold for delivery within 30 days at 56f to 61f 25c the sack. The flour in the market stores amount to 9,988 quintals, being an increase of 101 quintals within the week. The animation which was observed in the Marseilles corn market 15 days since has subsided, and business has be come very dull, with a tendency to a fall in prices. Some American red wheat arrived at Havre last week which was disposed. of at 56f the 200 kilogrammes. Native wheat having fallen in Normandy, factors find a difficulty indisposing of foreign corn. Nothing can be duller' inn the corn markets of Bordeaux and Nantes. Wheat is quoted at Bordeaux at from 20f 50c to 22f the sack of 80 kilogrammes, and flour at from 36f to 40f the 100 kilogrammes. There is a strong tendency to a de cline of prices in the Nantes corn market. to which farmers offer a determined resistance. It is, how ever, more sensibly perceived in the flour market. Wheat was sold at Nantes on Friday at from 19f to a fall of 20f 75c. the hectolitre, and flour at from 64f to 691 g ra d nfcii s o ld of d i e n s e : Niort at n f f dr a oPtbnarbakers kefront2 c c 6r B s . f the sack of 157 kilogrammes. The market of Niort and all the corn markets in the centre of France hectolitre io g r a m m e ''' at being Flans 071 Fri tiowo ni h last c e y t ma rket i a slight fall at di2 s li h af4. r y o f h w t e l om Wheat s t 2 a ths w . ef m a asi t a t a oi r fcee k rl sold t e leh d hoen a o n t t el e to t n st h oh, d e iewk e NMI quoted at markette2 81 w o e f th it e o l u o e o n . and firm f2r70fm50503 it.h toe 100 661 t kilogram m es,h e sack. avchk flour at to 27f to 58f the sack. There w as a --r at Wheat mar ket® in the northern de The corn mar ftrhoem last 24l gradually. `Wheat of France are de cliningthe hectolitre at. Lille. eat is worth from 181 to 231 dispose of bakers' Millers find it difficult to Wheat is offered at flour Al at 37f the 100 kilogrammes. 100 kilogrammes, Th ere at from 27f to 271 25c the ..ogre anmee. is t no change in prices at the Strasbourg corn m lere k ar 29 e t. the eat maintains its price of from 27f 50c to 100 kilogrammes. The - price of wheat at Lyons varies from 27f 50c to 29f the 100 kilogrammes, and flour from 451 to 50f 1 the sack of 125 kilogrammes.' STRONG GALE AND EXTRAORDINARY Low WATER IN TIIE THAMES.—A. heavy gale from due west troke over the metropolis yesterday morning, and continued to b`ow with great vidence during the day. On the ebb .tide the up-treflie on the river was considerably impeded, owing to the velocity of the current, aided by the gale that blew m the same direction, and the river steamers could scarcely make headway against the wind and ebb. At low water the banks in the fairway of the river were left high and dry, and the narrow channels between those below Westminster-bridge were so shallow that it was with great difficulty the small steamers could be navigated through th. m. LI the StNtc of Ohio there is every prospect of an immense fruit crop. [ADVEt , TISEMENT.]--liolloway's Ointment and Pills,-- Indisputable remedies for old wounds, sor th es e , andeitt. Uoll,Cee:i.n,_ellnfat i,sed acco' ding to directions given with them, there is no wound, ulcerous sore, or bad breast, however obstinate Or long standing, but will yield to their healing. a n d curative properties. Numbers of persons who have been Pestients • several of the large hospitals, and und er urgeons, without deriving the slightest benefit, h- v ,. b„,., thoroughly cured b i : Hthoel lwoivrat:is,oorinnltsmoefncitiseado.,pdilelps.:nd}:,: glandular swellings, tumours, and scurvy, and the skin there is no medicine that er 'b Y, and di" 3"8 of an effect ILL fact., an .; used With so good upon the condition of the b‘ kiaibel, ° oil tiltEe medicines are irre.