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RACTICAL GEOLOGY.-KING'S COLLEGE, London —Professor T ENN A NT, F.G.S., will commence a COURSE of LECTURES on WEDNESDAY. April 15, at a.m.. having es eciil reference to the application of Geo loy to ENGINEERING, MINING, A it CH ITECT IT R E, and AGRICULTURE.—The Lectures will be continued on each succeeding Friday and Wednesday at the same hour. Fee, X 1 Ils, 6d. It W. ,TELF, D.D., Prin:dp 1. pPSOM RACES.-THE WELLINGTON, St. James's-street.— During - the Season a Set Dinner will be served at Rye Shillings each, including Dessert and attendance. Dinners front the " Cat te," and the Three Shilling set Dinner served as usual. -- • • - WILLIAM COX, Supeiintendent. The Wellington, '4. • ames's-street. Entrance, 10, N.B—On THURSDAY, the lath, and FRIDAY, the 17th, the Dining Room will be kept OPEN until Ten o'clock p.m. SAWYER'S FA MOUS LONDON DINNER FOI: THIS DAY. At 2s. &I. cacti Person. SOUPS. Coburg. Brunolse. FISH Halibut and Lobster Sauce. Fried Soles. ENTREE~. Stewed Kidneys. Sweetbreads ala Bellevue. JOINTS. Boiled Mutton. Roast Beef. SWEETS. Plum Puddings. Cheese Cakes. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISE-1, NIOSKI.LE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.- ENTIEE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT LES FRERES ATHOS. From the CarEman l heatre, Turin. Master EDWIN SAUNDERS, the Chili of Song. THE NEAPOLITAN MINSTRELS. GRAND SELECTIONS -- from OPERAS, GLEES, and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated UNSWOR I lI'S NEW STUMP 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. Adm'ssion—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. T" oxF ORD, e, OXFORD STREET. THIS EVENING, Auber's Grand Opera, MASANIELI.O. Also, the New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, " HERNE TIME HUNTER," Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Oesten, Miss Townley, &C. ; Messrs. Albert, Green. Bernardi, Finish, Kimberley, &c. with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghm'ns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSIVORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutch enson, and the mat velhus ARTH R 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 '1 gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause "—Time=, April 7, 1863. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. • At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Gre it Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Cortinued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a- Piston Plays Nightly, at Nine and Ten o'clock, one of his arlmivel Solos, also at Eleven, Variations, " The Carnival de Venise." Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Solos by Tyler, Icing, Horton, M'Ele ey, &c. Cavatina, `Di Nabuco," on the Euphonium. ry L. Mosca. Doors open at Eight o'clock. Admission, is. Manager, Mons. GRENET. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing the Wonders of Nature and Art, shown by innumerable Models, illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; together with a variety of Natural Prepara'ions, Malformations, Monstrosities, &e. ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, 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. OST E 0 EID 0N! Patent, March 1. 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEE rrr and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual • ost. Messrs. GA ER TEL, the old-established DPI 27, lIAR LEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, PIRMINGDAM ; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients. Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Cons al tati ore. free. RHEUMATISM, CHILBLAINS, &c. VOLES'S ALGA MARINA i s t h e only really N.-) CONCENTRATED ofSea-weed. is daily inereasincreasing-in celebrity as Essence forremedy all kinds of lt Rheuma tism, whether A cu t e or Ch ronic, immediately relieving- the pg- and sp'edily curing. the diseaße. It is the best remed for Spinal Anections, Contractions, Weakness of the Limb.,y Scrofulous' inns, and all those affections for which the sea -side is recommended, and is also AN ADMIRABLE APPLI CATION FOR CHILBLAINS. The public should be careful to obtain the original prepara tion by asking for " COLES'S ALGA MARINA," each bottle of which is enveloped in a Pamphlet containing nume rous CARCS and T( stimonials, without which none is genuine. Sold in bottles. 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.. and lls, each, by T. K EATING , 79, St. P au l' s Churchyard, London ; and by all Chemis a. Observe in the GENUINE ALGA MARINA the name of "JAMES COLES " is ene - raven on the label. NOTICE TO BEST C;ITNNTAKERS. THE SECRETARY of STATE for WAR desires to call the attention of best Gu , naakers to a qconsider able quantity of best quality GUN STOCKS. suable for first-class Sporting Guns, which it is intended to SELL by TENDER. These Stocks have accumulated in the Government Stores in recent years, and are thoroughly seasoned and fit for im mediate use. The Stocks are lotted in small parcel., and are to be viewed at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield, on any day of the Week excer t Saturday, on application to the Superintendent, for fourteen days from this date. Forms of tender are to be obtained on application to the Di ector of Contracts, War-office, Pall-mall, or to the Super intendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory. Enfield and at— to be del vered at the War-office, Pall-mall, on or before the 14th April, 1863, addressed to the 'Linde , . Secretary of State for War, and marked on the outside " Tender for Gun Stocks." The Secretary of State reserves the right of rej:cting any or all of the tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. War-office, March 30, 1801. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Bth April, 1863. QEALED TENDYRS will h e reeP i ved at this S office, until neon on WEDNESDAY, the 6th May, 1863, from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to supply FLOUR AND MEAT in such quantities as may be required, from the let June to 3 0th November, ISM, for the use of her Majeqy's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Separate Tenders are required for Fl ur and f 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 " Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), and no tender will be m ticed unless made on forms obtained from this office, and delivered by the hour appointed. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Bth April, 1863. QEALED TENDERS will b. rPCnived at t hi s kri, office, until noon on WEDNESDAY, the 6th May,1863, I rom persons who may be v, 1 ling to enter into Contract to Supply FLOUR FOR HOSPITAL BREAD in such quantities as may be required, from the Ist ;Tune to :30th November, 1'63, for the use of her 31"ajesty's Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Con+ract may be ob tained on application at this office, by letter or in person, be tween the hours of ten and fnur o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms mist be properly filled up end sinned, and delivered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside •Tender for Flour for Hospital Bread"), and no tender will be noticed un'ess made on forms obt dned from this office, and delivered by the hour ap pointed. so ..L, L IVER P 0 0 L JULY 1; vv'T‘Tivr takes oyfsiven by the Less'ee, SEC,OND DAY. — TUESDAY,. Ie2O -..— -Vl:2LTVel,TairGr.—R seonVS each 15 it, and roof; CUP, in specie, v each, Messrs. added to a Handicap , NveeE W. Tophaa,rne 5 only if declared on a day ereatter to b Weatherby, London ; or to 11t, Ceurse, Chester ; the winner of any me epst,ziret lerk of the stakes, or plate, oft e clear value of 500 soy. after tileevv"' cup appear 51b, two of such races 101 b extra, but this in antights caseto be the extreme penalty; the wi nner of th e Manchester Union or Trades Cup, Ascot Stakes , Northumberlan d Plat e : or Cumberland Plate, 101 b extra ; or of any other handicap race of the value of 200 sovs clear 51b, of 4 0 0 71b, or of any two of such last mentioned handicaps Sib extra ; the winner to pay 30 sovs to the jude - e, and 20 soya towards expenses of the course; second to save his stake; two miles. Weights to be published in due time. PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS Lord Annesley Mr..T. Bennett Lord Canterbury Mr. R. Bignell Lord Hartine,ton Mr. W. G. Craven Lord Sefton Mr. D•wson L ordWestmoreland Mr. Picas Sir L. Newman Mr. Frail Col. Forester Mr. F. Hall Col. C. P. Leslie Mr. Hargreaves Capt. Christie Mr. Hart Capt. White ' Mr. I , ed. - man Mr. G. Ariz ' A ir. Barbere 11 ' Mr. T. Hughes . Mr. T. Tfughe3 If th e h i , raised to ti hest weigh` accepting be untie Sat 121 b, it will be Tho mt lat, and the others in propora. added, f , R t 4}, Y STARES of '5 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 Revs second t c , sa Zo Year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies more 811) T.I.C. stake : winners of 100 ors clear 51b, 200 or race T.Y.O , but not to be accumulative ; 8 subs or no THIRD DAY _, STARES fi s g ;, 4 ~" P it:WEST) Y, JULY 15.—The STANLEY three yr olds?, - ty ',.aou, 5 ft, with 50 sous added, for two and fgeldin,9,•s allowed 211(3' year olds 7st 41b, three 9st ; fillies and the present year amoilW.lnners of plates or sweepstakes in or more 81b extra, h im alrltr to 100 SOVS clear to carry 51b, 200 So to the fund; T. PRESENT excepted ; the winner to pay 10 W. 6scRIBERs. PRESENT gu ll Lord Annesley, 1 M r , , where 1 Mr. G. Payne. In all races, at Liverpool start, the added money will be w 4 fewer than three horses The Stanley Stales closes on Tuehelily. ond names the evening preceding t he race • the 17th ot March, Mersey Stakes also close and name onrsl'e; and the Cup and uesday, the 17th of March, befit.' the Tuesday following the Liverpool Spring Meeting. ' „„..No_minations received by Messrs. Mreatherby I ondon ; Mr. -:-!'. Johnson, St. Mary's, York ; and Mr. E: W' . Topharn, Chester. Mr. Jackson Mr. W. Lynn Mr. J. Merry Mr. W. Owen Mr. Payne Mr. IV. R Mr. R. Riddell Mr. R. Riddell Mr. Saxon Mr. •T. Scott Mr. F. Swiniell l ing Nottingham hefor lowing remarkajell: a man LORD BYRON. e S th O e N OF Raynor said about magistrates i m eir , b eu en m e s h ta o n f ces —Yesterday (Friday) named William Byron was taken circumstances:--Din. . s r. under sup er Superintendent t t e h n e d f e o n l - t s rights.wßademtahiet Byronet Lan no W qscruadei h :dsß e at n hyinoora t no h hnhh e a , ; as pauee..taorelock on Thursday night a cabman drove to the gaged him with the prisoner, and said that rix:Ttrodrive him to Newstead-abbey the latter had en (the seat of the late Lord Byron, and had come to den7a)nzredlfnhai: Prisoner said he was Lord ho to a arrived at Newstead he was "Lo7d had to drive him back to Nportitsionngelarau:sra:idd no money to pay his cab fare. (M r.Raynor) put to him, son—his only son. Wimess said, son, and be has been dead many years!, had no Prisoner said " Oh, no, Lord Byron is alive yet, and fightin g fo r his c untry. I saw him three weeks ago in Warwiekehirle-', On being remanded p risoner said, "Oh, 1 can tell you al about it nor, and about his rdship, I could show y ou an order upon a bank, to be paid lo here or at his lordship's resi dence in London." The prisoner was then removed. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Pills—Noxious Air.— The effects of impure air on the human body are so duid, ele terious that all exposed to it become uneasy and lang with headalhe, difficulty of breathing, oppression at the heart, and general debility. Holloway's Pills are the best known remedies for these symptoms —they discharge from the blood all the impurities which had gained a d m ission into it from foul air in its pass a g e throu g h the lungs ; they strengthen the powers of the heart and regulate the eircu• lation. At the same time they rouse the depressed nervous system by expelling all poisonous matters from the springs of life, and'refreshing every ergan with a pure vital stream, ` without incurring any great expense or entailing any shock ou the constitution. N'). 22,086. Now ready, at all the LibrarleiJ, in 3 vole., DAVID EI,GIIsTBROD. By GEORGE MACDONALD, M.A. Prom the Times :—" David Elginbrod is a novel which is the work of a man of true genius, and displays an original vein of reflection. There is much in his three volumes be sides a plot ; the , e is good wilt ng - , the, eis good thought, and there is some characterisation. All through his work there is a strong religious feeling, which will attract the highest class of readers." Ilurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NOTICE. AT ODDS.—The New Novel, by the Author of "The Initials " and "Quits," 2 v.. 15., will be ready at every Library on the 16th inst. Richard Bentley, New Burlington• street. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 50•., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. UXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and A 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 iaffillible power. Price 3s. 6d., Is. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street. T. F.'s wigs, X 1 10s. MOORE BROTHERS' TEAS. Choice SOTICHONG, recommended Is. Id. per lb. suitable for superior purposes, full rich Souchong flavour. Mixed ASSAM, 1 ighly recommended 4s. Od. per 115. of very choice quality, and the cheapest Tea sold. id per lb. deduction on 201. Bags and 451 b. Chests. Prospectus free. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. THE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media via tutissimus Ibis." ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR, PARKER'S PATENT TWO-WHEELED CARRIAGES. The Exhibition " CAMBRIDGE CART," 45 guineas. The Sporting " CAMBRIDGE CART," 38 guineas. The Tradesman's " CAMBRIDGE CART," 30 guineas. The Lady's "CAMBRIDGE CART," 25 guineas. These vehicles, cmstructed on an entirely new principle, surpass all other two-wheeled carriages, for ease and freedom from knee motion, combined with lightness. Prospectus, with drawings and " opinions of the press," free by post, on application to the Inventor and Patentee, Frederick Parker, Carriage Builder, Cambridge. R.H. THE PRINCE AND H.R.H. THE H• . PRINCESS OF WALES, the Nobility, and the Gentry are respectfully recommended to use OLDRIDG E'S BALM of COLUMBIA, established upwards of forty years. It is acknowledged to be the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for preserving, strengthening, beautifying, or restoring the hair, whiskers, or moustaches, and prevent ing them from turning grey. Price 35. 6d., 65., and I ls. C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For children it is in valuable. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS. pre ,:ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe ot Dr. :cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and fiver complaints, indigestion, wind, Qpasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c. For habitual costiveness, 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. UPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOC-M AIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of HERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, .s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the iloc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease ind closeness that It cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had; and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir 3umference of the body, two inches below the hips, being .ent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. A Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, 18 Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on litre an ordinary stocking. Prim 4s. (5d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16s. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 22g. Piccadilly. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, at Ring'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 pcnied 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 Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued support, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing cases that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas'erman, Esq., Nicholas -lane; also by Messrs. Coutts 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. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams,Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co., Liverpool and at the Hospital. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary, BERWICKSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES, at Kimmerghame-Mains, within three miles of Dunbe and twelve of Berwick, on Wednesday, April 29th. 1863. I. THE SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE of 100 soya, added to a Free Handicap of 6 sovs each (in case of accei , tance); the winner of any handicap at eple chase of the value of 50 sovs after the weights are published to carry 71b extra; the winner to pay 20 soya towards expense, and the second to save his stake ; five horses to start, or the added money will not be given wits out the consent of the Stewards ; about three miles and a half over a good hunting country; 2 soya entrance, to go to the fund, which must be remitted with the entries, otherwise they will not be received. To close and name with the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before 31st of varch, 1863. Top weight, 12st 71b. Handicapper, Mr. R. Johnson, York. 11. —The BUNT STEEPLE CHASE Of 50 SO - s., aided to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, 1 forfeit to the fund, open to all orses that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, and with the Earl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland ; second bor• e to save his stakes : tour yr olds 11st 41b, five yr olds 12st 21b, six and a'ed I.2st 71b ; previous winners of any steeple chase or hurdle race value 50 sovs 71b extra ; the winner to pay I sovs towards expenses : about three miles and a half ; gentlemen riders : professionals, trainers, grooms, or any one who has ridden for pay 71b extra. lll.—The TALLYHO FIIINT STEEPLE CHASE Of 25 sovs., aided to a sweepstakes of 2 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, for horses that have never won any steeple chase or hurdle race, nor paid race horse duty previous to 1863 ; open to all horses that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, or with the Earl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland ; second horse to save his stake; about three miles and a half ; weights and riders same No. 2. IV.—The HUNTERS' SELLING STEEPLE CHASE of 2 Soya each, 1 forfeit to the fund, with 20 SOPS added ; the second to save his stake; four year olds, list 41b ; five year olds, 12st 21b ; six and aged, 12st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs: if entered t) be sold for 50 soya allowed 71b, if for 40 sovs 141 b, if for 31 sovs 211 b. and if for 20 soya 281 b ; the winner to be sold immediately after the race, and the surplus to go to the race fund; three horses to start, or the added money Will not be given : about three miles and a half. Nos. 2 and 3 being intended for bona fide hunters only, cer tificates from the respective masters of hounds must be pro duced before starting, if required, that they have not only been regularly hunted, but ridden to hounds, and must not have been in a public training stable in 163. Entries for Nos. 2 and 3to be made to the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before the 21st April, and objections to qualifi ation of hones to be made to him in writing nor later than Monday, 27th April. Colours to be declared at time of entry for each race. Sir G. H. BOSWALL, Part, Sir DAVID BAIRD, Bart, Stewards. Major INNES, Major L'AMY, J. B. KELLIE, Clerk of the Course. ,--- ./ r t ,„-t . C ,.#T.wr,.. ; ..., t t.., 4 , ..., ___.. e . ) 1 ' ' -- __) N. .3. S 40 ;,..'al - ._ ,%: ke. • 2 ,4 0 - "Alo- _ bold for 17,203 I.s9.—average per acre, 13 36. 10d. ,k 4 = , ~ 4 , . , i.a. 074 `1•4 1 , t, , ~,, - -1,..k. ' . o.iii • AT, ~ ' i --- : 14 : 1 ,,,' ": 4, ''.:„.i. , .. ,_ Arrivals—The St. Dunstan and Liberator, from , ,\ 7 - 'l.v. , A ' ii)10 1 .<,.. --- '< , :,k ,.*q; ( • 1,4 .. ..;,..,.. 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The Sydney Herald howitzers, and four mortars; and this was con tinued for four or five hours. The 32-pounders ' were placed on the open ground, about 200 yards from the walls, and this exposed the men who served them to a deadly fire from the rifles of the besieged ; the placing of the guns so near, when they would have been effective at a much longer range, proved to be a costly blunder. Cap. Hol• land then ordered the assault, and the disasters of the Imperial troops began. On the information of others, he had believed that there was only a dry ditch running round the city, instead of which it was found that there was a deep unfordable moat. This proved the one rotten link in the plans for the city's capture. A breach had been made in the walls, and Captain Graham, with 20 men, volun teered to plant ladders for a storming party. The volunteers picked up their ladders with a cheer, which unfortunately was taken up by the rifles in front and the Ist battalion behind, neither of whom knew exactly what was going on, but rushed past their officers to join in what they im agined to be the assault. Arrived at the moat, which had been reported dry, the whole party stood huddled together, exposed to a deadly fire from the wall. A ladder was thrown across the moat, and a few men with several officers got upon it; but it gave way, and no further attempt was made. It was here that a Chinaman (a sergeant-major of the Rifles), rushed forward with Ward's flag, and stood for several minutes amid a fire, calling on his men to come on; his clothes were cut in six places by rifle bullets, but he escaped unharmed. A few men who had managed to cross the moat attempted the breach, but were shot down ; the rest seeing it im possible, for want of proper appliances, to cross the moat, and becoming tired of being shot down like sheep, retreated under the protection afforded by the two guns, which again began to throw shell into the breach. Captain Holland now ordered a re treat, and directed the guns to be brought to the rear. Without waiting to see his directions carried out, he embarked in his chop ; the other boats fol lowed, and the retreat became general, the man darin troops falling into confusion. Major Cooke, of the Rifles, is reported to have kept his men toge ther, and fought for about two hours longer, trying to save the guns ; and the other regiments of disci plined Chinese are said to have supported them. In spite of every effort to save the guns, it was found impossible to do so, as they were deeply imbedded in the mud. The enemy made a sortie, and were repulsed ; they fired from a six-pounder with better effect, and at last the guns were abandoned. A correspondent of the North China Herald, upon whose narrative the above account is based, gives the following additional particulars of the occur- says :-- Parliament not being in session, there is little to engage the attention of the public on political matters. Most of the questions that were till lately the subject Of popular agita tion have been settled by legislation ; and although doubts exist as to the soundness of the measures which were avowedly passed in deference to popular clamour, the dis continuance of the perpetual excitement which those ques tions produced is a very happy consummation. The Intercolonial Conference on the tariff question is to take place at Melbourne towards the end of next month. The Colonial Secretaty is about to visit Queensland to pro pose terms for the settlement of the border customs dif ficulty. Mr. Hoskins, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. Lewis, late members of the Assembly, have received Government ap pointments. WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, Saturday. The royal mail steamship Athenian, Captain R . F. Loury, arrived here this morning from the West Coast of Africa, with 880 ounces gold dust, £1,500 in specie, 33 passengers, and a full cargo. Notwithstanding the Athenian experienced strong N.E. gales for three days after leaving Madeira, she has made a capital run home, Her dates are— Benin, February 28 ; Fernando Po, 28; Cameroon, March 2; Old Calabar, 3; Brass River, Nun, and Bonny, 7 ; Lagos, 10 ; Accra, 12 ; Cape Coast Castle, 14; Cape Palmas, 16; Sierra Leone, 21; Bathurst, 25 ; Teneriffe, 31 ; Madeira, April 2. rence :-- The rebels fought admirably, and were all well armed with European muskets. A mistake was made in placing the guns so close to the walls ; the artillerymen were shot down as they stood beside them, as there was no cover. I doubt whether their fire did much execution among the garrison, as it was all concentrated on one point of the wall, which of course they took good care to avoid. When the troops advanced to the assault, however, they stood gallantly in the breach and fired point blank at them. The loss of the Soonkiong force cannot yet be correctly ascertained, as stragglers will pro bably drop in for some days to come. At the pre sent time it consists of about 600 killed, wounded, and missing. Twenty casualties occurred among the Europeans. Captains Maunder, Macarthy, Macleod, and Bosworth killed, and twelve other officers, besides four marines, wounded. Among the former are Captains Graham, Murray, Tapp, Silver ton, and Dunn. The latter is shot through the groin, and it is feared will not recover. The retreat, it appears, was orderly, and only a portion of the mandarin's troops fell into confusion. Major Brennan has made an attempt against a city called Fooshan, which was unsuccessful for want of boats. The troops behaved very gallantly, it is said, but lost ten killed and ten wounded. This is the third expedition against the rebels in the course of a few weeks which has been un successful. The latest intelligence to hand eays, briefly, that Captain Gordon, RE., is to command the disci plined Chinese, in place of " Captain Holland." From Ningpo, we learn that General Lebrethon has been succeeded in command of the disciplined Chinese force by General Tardif, and that the troops were, at the date of our advices (Feb. 19) under the walls of Shaou-hing ready for the assault. Breaching guns of heavy metal had been brought down from Shanghae by Captain Dew, and a note received at Ningpo on the 18th inst. stated that the city would be attacked on the first or second day following. The taking of Shaou hing will be a great event, as it will open up the whole of the silk and cotton districts, and greatly improve the commercial prospects of Ningpo. Should Shaou-hing be taken, Hang-chow will be made for at once. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, i 863, THE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S. -•~-- On Saturday evening Dr. Lankester, the coroner for the western division of Middlesex, opened the inquest at Turn hsm',.; Oporto Stores, corner of Broad-street and Endell street, _Bloomsbury, on Emma Jackson, the murdered woman. The event has created a very great sensation, as might naturally be expected in such a neighbourhood, abutting on and forming part, as it does, of what was formerly known as the old St. Giles's " Rookery," which is inhabited by costermongers and the very poorest class of Irish. The in quest room was not only crowded to excess, but the tavern in which it was held was surrounded by hundreds of per • sans while the inquiry was being proceeded with. The coroner arrived shortly before six o'clock, having:pre viously made, with the police, a personal inspection of the body and of the room in which the deceased lay. The panel having been sworn, The Curtner said they had been called together to inves • tigate the death of a young woman named Emma Jackson, some account of which they had no doubt heard. Ho had felt it his duty to call them together that evening,although he by no means anticipated they could at present go very far into the inquiry, in order that they might see the body just as it was discovered in the apartment where it now was lying, No. 4, George-street. He had, the moment the notice of the death was received by him, directed that the body should not be moved, so that the jury might form a judgment as far as possible, and so might arrive at a just conclusion as to the cause of death. In order to do this he was sure he need not impress upon them the advisability of minutely examining the apartment in which the body lay, and the various utensils therein, but he had also to request that they would as minutely examine the room adjoining that in which the murder took place. Having done this, on their return he proposed to have evidence as to the identity of the body, and that of the medical gentle man who was called in, and who would, so far as he could do so at present, describe what he saw. He thought it would then be necessary to adjourn the inquiry. It was understood that the remarks of the coroner in re ference to the adjoining room arose out of the astounding fact that during Thursday morning, when the murder must have been committed, the room adjoining, which is only separated from that in which the body lies by a door, was occupied by two young women, who slept therein at the time the deceased and the man alleged to have gone into the house with her were there. The jury then proceeded to view the mangled remains of the deceased, which lay on the bed in the miserable apart ment where she was discovered, and presented a shocking sight. It was ascertained that the front and back rooms were divided by a slender plaster partition, with a door in the centre of so slight a character that on being put to the test, a person speaking moderately low could be distinctly heard. It is therefore astonishing, if there had been any words or any conversation whatever between the deceased and her murderer, or any struggling, as appearances indi cate, that nothing should have been heard by the two young women referred to. They have, however, both been sub pcenaed to give evidence. On the return of the jury, John Jackson was examined, and said—l reside at 5, West-street, Seven-dials. The deceased woman was my sis ter. She was 28 years of age, and was a single woman. She lived at 10, Berwick- street, Soho. She worked at shirt mak ing with her mother, with whom she resided. I last saw her alive on Sunday evening at the Fox, in Wardour-street, where I hold a situation. She was with some other person, and had been drinking a little. She was not in the habit of drinking habitually that I am aware of. She was with male companions when I saw her on the Sunday. I know notning of where she was on the Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday last. I have no doubt that the body viewed by the jury at 4, Goerge-street, is that of my sister. I have seen it, and identify it as such. By the Jury—l have seen the men she was with on Sun• day since that time, and I have seen one of them to-day. Martha Curley, a respectable -looking girl about 18 years of sge, was next examined—l reside at 4 George-street, St. Giles's, and get my living by being in service there. lam servant to Mr. George, who keeps the house. It is alod ging house. We take in people at all hours of the night. We do not make any inquiries as to the characters of the people we take in. Others attend the door besides myself. I have a young woman to assist me at times. Her name is Catherine Mulind. I recollect admitting the deceased into the house on Thursday morning last, at seven o'clock. I was not up when she came, The street door was shut, and I was made acquainted with the dcooased and a man coming in by a young woman and a man who were at the time going out. They called me and I got up, and found deceased and a man with her in the passage and coming up the stairs. The man looked to me a man of middle height, but I could not tell his age. He had black clothes on, but 1. did not observe whether he had on a cap or a hat. The young woman asked for a bed for two hours, and I showed them both into the room on the first fluor back—the same room in which the body of the deceased was found. They said nothing more to me after I admitted them into the room. The man paid me a shilling, but did not speak. I did not hear him speak. I then put the hasp in their room door, and went again to bed. There were two young women sleeping in the room adjoining that in which the deceased and the man had entered. There is a door leading from the back room to the front, so that any thing transpiring in the back room I should think might be heard by those in the front. I did not get up again till almost half-past 11 o'clock, when Mulind came and called me. When deceased and the man went into the room I placed the hasp in the staple. It is our practice to do so to prevent robberies. By the Coroner—The first I heard of this happening was my sending Mulind up to the first floor back to see why these parties had not come down. Mulind came running down into my room and saying there had been a woman murdered in the first floor back. This was about a quarter before five on Thursday afternoon. I ran upstairs with Mulind, and then saw the deceased lying half across the bed with her feet on the floor. Her head was at the foot of the bed, and she was lying on her back across the bed. I think her arms lay over her chest, and she was covered with blood. When I saw her I came downstairs and told Mr. George, who sent to the station-house for the police. The body was not moved or touched to my knowledge before the police arrived. I believe the police saw it just in the state in which I had pre viously seen it. When I went into the room after the disco very I found the back room window wide open, but it was closed down when I let them into the room. The back door was not fastened, and if the man had dropped from the win dow into the back yard he could have let himself in at the back door, and could get out by the front door. Mr. John Weekes examined—l reside at No. 4, High: st red, Bloomsbury, and am a surgeon. I was called by the police on Thursday, about half-past five in the evening. I am quite certain as to the time. I went to No. 4, George street, and proceeded to the first-floor back room. I there found a woman lying dead on her back, and her feet touch ing the floor, and her legs fixed, Her head was resting on the bed, with the face upwards. One arm was across the chest, the other across the abdomen. She had on her che mise, and it was low down below the breast. Some portion of the bed clothes appeared to be saturated with blood. This was the upper part of the clothes. The neck and back of deceased were one mass of coagulated blood. The arms and hands had very little blood upon them, but I did not notice which arm had the most upon it. One was slightly smeared. Coroner—There is blood upon the arms now. Witness—l washed the face and neck, and then examined the body superficially. I found one wound on the neck, on the right side of the trachea. I found five wounds alto gether. On the right side of the neck there were two wounds, one a little above the other. They were both in cised wounds. The first, which is the largest, extended in an oblique direction, and severed the windpipe. The second, although of less size, had laid open the internal jugular. The third and fourth wounds were both at the back of the head, and extended into the bone of the spinal column. Coroner—Do you think that either of the wounds you have described would have caused death? Witness—Wound No. 1 or No. 2 would have done so, Nos. 4 and 5 might not. The wounds are of that character that I think it impossible any person could have inflicted such on themselves ; indeed, I am am sure they could not. Coroner—Did you find any instrument by which it was likely such wounds could be inflicted? Witness—We did not, although we made strict search for any instrument. lam quite positive, judging from the oblique character of such wounds, that it was utterly im possible for deceased to have inflicted the wounds on herself. By the Jury—l think, supposing that the wound which severed the windpipe to have been inflicted first, that it would have been almost impossible for the deceased to have screamed or cried out. Whereas, on the contrary, if either of the wounds at the back of the neck had been inflicted first she could have cried out, I believe deceased had been dead some five or six hours when I saw her. The witness here said that he could not give a minute description as to the extent and internal character of the woundswithout a post-mortem txamination. The Corone r o b serve ! that h e h a d di rec t e d a p os t- mor t em that s e xamination of the body t o b e ma d e , as it m i g ht t urn ou t . ?me of th e o th er woun d s b es id es thatwhich had severe d the windpipe had c ause d d ea th. M oreover, t h ey did no t that therefo re , e p r o e i f s o o r n e might proposedno not to be adjourn detected the t i h n o in inquiry s t m r y a , c h in order to ena bl e the . Ho no w , ' police, who had the matter in hand, to trace out any evidence which might elucidate the circum • stances under which the deceased met her death, and he would suggest th at they vestigation on the afternoo should hold their adjourned in n of Friday nex t, th e 17 t h i ns t. The jury acquiesced, and the inquest was adjourned ac cordingly. LATEST PARTICULARS. After the dose of the inquest on Saturday e ven i ng , th er e wa s considerable disappointment felt that the coroner,having the two young women present, a 8 also the other servant girl, Mulind, in attendance, did not examine them to complete the chain of evidence so far it goes, of her who first dis covered the body after the murder, and of the two females who were in the adjoining room at the time, and remained there some time after the deceased and her murderer were admitted. The point would then have been ascertained as to whether, when Mulind went up to the room, she found the hasp which the witness Curley had turned had been re moved, or if the door was still fastened on the outside. There is also a padlock on the door which the police state when they arrived they found fastened. It has not transpired whether the man and woman who were coming out when the victim and her murderer were ad mitted, and who called the servant, are known, and have been traced. It must have been broad daylight at the time, and they may be enabled to give a much more minute de scription of the supposed murderer than the half-sleepy girl who had just risen from her bed, from which, in all probability, kho had been dragged some half-dozen or dozen times during the night in this disgraceful den. Their evi dence would be of paramount importance; and it is to be hoped in such a case as this no false delicacy will prevent them coming forward if they can give the faintest descrip tion of the paramour of the murdered woman. The medical man called in expressed an opinion that when he saw the body deceased had been dead some five or six hours. In that case the murder must have been per petrated about mid-day; if so, it is astonishing that nothing should have been heard, and that if the murderer had dropped from the window into the back yard he should not have been seen by some one. SUNDAY NIGHT, Eleven o'Clock. In consequence of information which reached the police, to the effect that a man who was known to be acquainted with Emma Jackson had been seen on Wednesday about the neighbourhood where she resided, Sergeant Thomson, of the Detective Police, and Sergeant Lambert, of the E division, proceeded to• day to Aldershot, and brought to town with them a private of the 18th Hussars, named Langdel], who, it appears, on being questioned, admitted that he was acquainted with the deceased, but said that although he had come to London on the evening prior to the murder without leave he had returned the same night at nine o'clock. On being taken to the George-street police station last night, and the persons who had seen the deceased and a man on the morning of the murder, being sent for, they were not able to identify him as the man they had seen, and he was liberated by Inspector Garforth. The police are making the most diligent search for the murderer. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The total number of workmen now employed upon the Royal Sovereign turret ship at Portsmouth we are glad to ob is e r n v e e rl y having 3 00, b a e d e d n i t placedi on a l h upon s , few days. Her plating is now being carried on rapidly, and the cylinder or hollow pivot of her foremost turntable and turret is in its place. Ac cording to the official returns the ship's tonnage will now be 3,963 tons, and her seagoing draught of water will be 23ft 9in. Her horse power is 800 nominal; her length is 240 ft and breadth 62ft lin. Her sides will consist of 3ft of solid timber plated with 52-inch rolled armour plates (by Brown, of Sheffield). The upper deck will be formed with 1- inch iron plating laid on the beams, the latter being alternately of iron and wood, and strengthened with double rows of stringer plates. Over this iron plating will be laid 8-inch wooden planking. She will carry seven days' coal at full speed, which is estimate at 12.25 knots. The time named for her completion is September next, but it will tax the utmost energies of the officials in Portsmouth yard to complete her by that time, even if they are allowed to employ an unlimited number of hands upon her. The Royal Alfred, in the same yard, is a 34 broad side gunship, of 4,045 tons, 800 horse power. She is 273 ft in length, 68ft 6in in breadth, and her esti mated speed is to be 11i knots. Her date of launch ing was fixed for February last, but as she is as yet without armour plating it is impossible tosay when she will be launched. Both the Royal Sovereign and Royal Alfred, it is almost needless to repeat here, are wooden vessel, iron-cased. The armour plating of the Royal Alfred is 41in. It is important to notice the difference in the estimated speed of the two ships. At the same time the official re turns do not express whether this "estimated" rate of speed is calculated for the measured mile or at sea, and we must presume therefore that it is meant for the former. The work in both ships is being executed in the best possible manner, whether as relates to wood or iron. The paddlewheel steam storeship Rhadamanthus, from Woolwich, with engine gear and supernu meraries arrived at Plymcuth on Friday evening. The screw steam frigate Orlando, 50, from the North American station, is expected in Plymouth. especially the deployments, were well performed. The division afterwards paraded in marching order, by batteries, formed at wheeling distances, when the clothing and kits of the non-commissioned offi cers and men were minutely inspected. At the close of the day's inspection Col. Nedham expressed him self much pleased with the undeviating steadiness of the brigade under arms, which betokened a high state of efficiency, and reflected considerable credit on Col. Talbot. The inspection will terminate to day with an examination of the books, accounts, and official records of the depot brigade. The detachment of surveyors, draughtsmen, and photographers, selected from the companies of Royal Engineers at headquarters, Chatham, for service in New Zealand, took their departure from Brompton-barracks on Saturday. Prior to leaving Chatham the non-commissioned officers and men were inspected by Col. H. D. Harness, C. 8., Direc tor of the Royal Engineer establishment, who after wards addressed them. He reminded them of the important and highly responsible nature of the duties they would be called on to perform, and en joined them to maintain a consistent course of con duct and an undeviating attention to their duty. The non-commissioned officers and Sappers com posing the detachment have been specially selected for this service from the companies now at the home stations, and the whole have gone through the com plete course of instruction at the various schools at Chatham, They will be absent from England for several years, and during the time they are employed in New Zealand they will receive a high rate of pay. The nature of the duties on which they will be employed will be chiefly on the Government sur vey of the islands compcsing the colony, and the designing and superintending the erection of vari ous public buildings, as well as the formation of public roads, bridges, &c., and, generally, on the various description of engineering works. Should their services be required they will also be employed in the colonial Mint. They will embark at Ports mouth on board the Australian ship Norwood. A general field-day of the whole of the troops quartered in and around Chatham took place on the Great Lines on Saturday afternoon, when all the available forces of the garrison were assembled for brigading by Major-General li. Eyre, com manding the Chatham district. The troops on the Lines comprised the mounted D battery of the 9th Brigade, Royal Artillery, with their Armstrong field guns, ammunition and ambulance waggcns, &c., the companies of Royal Engineers at head quarters, the three depot battalions of infantry, consisting of the depot companiea of 21 regiments, and the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry, the whole numbering a force of between 4,000 and 5,000 men, with about 100 officers. The troops were formed on the Lines at 2 30 p.m., with the Royal Artillery on the right, and the Royal Marines occu pying the left. At the termination of the ma noeuvres, which were extended until an advanced hour of the afternoon, General Eyre assembled the whole of the commanding officers, whom he briefly addressed, remarking on the manner in which the several corps under their command had acquitted themselves. The entire force afterwards marched off the ground to their respective quarters. The Megrera screw troopship will embark to-day at Portsmouth the right wing of the 2d Queen's, who will arrive there by South-Western Railway from Farnborough and Aldershott, for conveyance to Plymouth. On the 2d disembarking from the Megvera at Plymouth, the left wing of the 32d Regi ment will embark in her, for conveyance to Dublin, whence she finally returns to Portsmouth with the remainder of the 87th Regiment for Aldershott. THE OVERLAND MAIL. By the arrival of the overland mail we have ad ♦ices from Calcutta to March 8 ; Madras, March 15; Ceylon, March 17; Hong Kong, Feb. 28; Melbourne, Feb. 23; Sydney, Feb. 21; and Ade laide, Feb, 21. INDIA. No fresh intelligence has come to hand regarding the Iynteah and Cossyah rebelling, but we are told that the services of the 28th Regiment Punjab Native Infantry are no longer required in the hill districts of Cossyah. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Calcutta Englishman of March 7.) Money Market—Money continues very easy, which assists stock speculation. There is, however, a fair demand for business purposes at current rates. Exchange—A very limited business has been done in exchange for this opportunity, and that chiefly in bank bills and credits ; the rates on London are for bank bills, 2s, 011-16 d. to 2s. Oad.; for credits, 2s. 011.16 d. to 2s. Old. ; and 2s. Oid. for docu mentary. Freights.—After the closing of last mail our freight market continued brisk, but is closing dull. CHINA. The principal intelligence of the fortnight refers to the defeat sustained by a combined force of Ward and Imperial troops before the city of Tai-tsan. It will be remembered that the Ward force of drilled Chinese recently passed into the command of Cap tain Holland, of the R.M.L.1., on the removal of General Burgevine by the native authorities at Shanghae. The following account of the engage ment in which Captain Holland has been defeated is from the China Mail of the 28th F‘)bruary " It appears that the Sunkiang troops (Ward's) left Shanghae for Tai-tsan on the morning of the 10th February at daybreak. The expedition was larger than usual, and much better equipped ; it consisted of 2,500 men, with 22 pieces of cannon and abundance of ammunition. The force of artillery• men amounted to 700. Owing to the number of broken bridges, several delays took place in the pro gress of the troops to Tai-tsan, and they were not within sight of the city until the afternoon of the 13th February. On their way they had been joined by a force of Imperialist troops, which rendered the expedition so complete, that there need have been no anticipation of a repulse. The country already passed through was held by Imperial troops, who had fortified themselves in numerous stockades. Tai-tsan is beyond the radius of thirty miles, the defence of which had been undertaken by the British force stationed at Shanghae; but as Captain Hol land had been lent to the native authorities, he was not under any restriction as to the distance of his his operations. On the afternoon of the 14th, when the expedition was near the city, a rebel stockade on one side of a creek was found to be occupied by a force, but of what strength was not ascertained. Instead of taking means to inform himself of the force to be here attacked, Captain Holland brought up the guns and opened fire, which was kept up for two hours. As the rebels showed no signs of leav ing it, the captain embarked 200 men to storm the stockade ; but as it was ascertained that the dis tance, though half-a-mile by land; was nearly four miles by water, the design was anticipated by seven : Europeans, who crossed the creek in a boat et ; , _ on soon as they appeared approaching in the dirreecried of the stockade, the rebels, about 100 strongos, p ted out upon Tai-tsan ; they had evidently been a s a corps of observation. This showed that a mis take had been made in firing at the place for two hours without having first ascertained its actual s t re ngth. Rows of sta kes had been driven into the c reek, and some mo re delay was caused by their h a ving to be pulled up before the boats could pro teed. It being then 5 p.m. the whole force halted for the night. The guns were landed and got into Position during the night, and a sortie made by the rebels was repulsed, after which shells were fired at intervals to show that the besiegers were on the alert. On the following morning (Feb. 15), at day break, the rebels received large reinforcements from Soochow ; these were received with immense cheer ing by their friends in the city. Fire was now opened from two 32-pounders, eight 12-pound JAPAN. In Japan another outrage has been committed on the British minister, not in his person, fortunately, but in the destruction of the new Legation building at Yedo, a portion of which was completed. It ap pears that of late the strongest desire has existed among the Japanese authorities at Yedo to have the place demolished. They proposed to give Col. Neale any other place he might choose from a number at their disposal, and to bear all the expense of remov ing the building from the Goten-yama (the Hyde park of Yedo) to the place Col. Neale should select. The latter did not like to act in the matter after the site had been deliberately conceded to Sir R. Alcock and approved by him. In the meantime those hos tile to its remaining on the Goten-yama had it set fire to on the Ist inst. The hostility of the Japa nese seems to be on the increase, and they are gra dually preparing for the worst. From the S7tanghae Recorder we quote the following " Orders of the Mikado to the Tycoon with respect to Foreigners :" —"For a long time the plan of expelling the bar barians has been thought upon by us, and although it has been put off up to the present time, the im perial will cannot change. Whilst, in the depart ment of the Tycoon, changes have been gradually made in every way in the carrying out of the new system, we have remarked the respect enter o ta f i th a e of the commander- Quickly and for our will. But if now the sure expulsiot: of the barbarians does not take place, the Tycoon or o ngun s b hrr il a et state sorrow do all in his t p o eo t p h l e e i w m i p ll er n ia o l t h b o e s u om ni . ted L ; et t the barbarians ; power to ensure the exptibleS given to all the Dai and orders must speedily mios. Moreover, it is the T yeo in-chief of the army (the to carry out the e the mpleto . whole res o l ve ; make with haste cocer tain what has tam been deliberated upon fo P to the present, and determine Ti o the precise time when com munications with the ugly barbarians shall cease. You will present a report to us on this matter." step of this scheme, dutyht.ill: le colli 1:51:8° SOUTH AUS MALTA. (From the South Australian Register.) ADELAIDE, Feb. The Decemb er ma il from England arrived . n 5 the 12th February. The weather during most of the month has been tolerably cool, but lately there have been some hot days followed by rain. There were several bush fires in the early part of February. The Morning Star has arrived from Liverpool with 431 government immigrants. Twenty-four of the emigrants who left Liverpool died on board, chiefly from measles and scarlet fever. By this mail £250 is remitted for the Lancashire Relief Fund, making a total from South Australia of £3,850. The Moonta Mine has declared a second dividend of £lO per share. Gold has been found in small quantities at the Meadows, and several per sons are testing the value of the rascovery. At the two land sales held since the last mail 6,040 acres i BIGHTS OF BIAFRA. The trade in the rivers was very dull, but a good season was expected. Yellow fever had entirely left them, and they were, comparatively speaking, in a healthy state. LAGOS. In consequence of internal wars scarcely any trade was being carried on. Hostilities still continued between the Egbas and the Ibadanes ; whilst Da homey and his army on the 7th of March were re ported to be within nine boars' march of Abeokuta, so that the attack upon the town may take place at any time. The Egbas, more especially the inhabitants of Abeokuta, havo been behaving so badly of late, by murdering and kidnapping the people of Lagos, as well as plundering the goods of English merchants, that Governor Freeman has considered it necessary to issue a proclamation ordering all British subjects to leave Abeokuta, and at the same time to establish 'ahlockade,in order to prevent the natives obtaining supplies from the coast, and although the force he has at his command is totally inadequate to the requirements of the colony, still he has, by judicious measures, so inconvenienced the Egbas that there is every reason to believe that they will be brought to reason in the course of a short time. There has lately been some sharp fighting at Epe, in the Zebu Ode country, about 30 miles from Lagos. It appears that one Popoo, a refractory chief of the Kosokas, established himself at Epe, when the ex-king and his chiefs returned to Lagos, and lately he has been attempting to levy duties on trade within British territory. Complaints of this nature having been made to Governor Freeman, he went on the 14th March, down to Epe in her Ma jesty's ship Investigator, Major Leveson, the colo nial secretary, having preceded him, via Palona, with 40 armed Houpas (a warlike tribe of Mosul men from the interior). After three days' fruitless negotiation, during which Popoo, ill-advised by certain foreign traders, refused to hold any com munication with the goverhor. Accordingly on the morning of the 17th February, Major Leveson and Commander Lefroy, of the Investigator, received in structions to deliver him an ultimatum, as it had been reported that Popoo was prepar ing to fight, and that a large force had been collected during the night. Commander Lefroy took with him three officers and eleven blue jackets, armed with rifles and revolvers, whilst Major Leveson was accompanied by his Houpas. Fearing treachery, the Houpas, who showed that they were well accustomed to bush fighting, felt their way, creeping stealthily through some thick bush that lay to the right, lest the party might fall into an ambuscade, and whilst thus ad vancing a heavy fire of musketry was suddenly opened on Commander Lefroy's party from a patch of bush about 200 yards in the front, by which a marine was slightly wounded in the throat. This volley was promptly returned by the blue jackets, who steadily held the ground, and with good effect. In the meantime Major Leveson and his party, ad vancing unseen through the bush, came upon some 300 of the enemy, collected in an open space, and poured in a volley, taking them completely by sur prise. Eighteen of Lefroy's force were drawn into an ambuscade and killed, several were wounded, and the rest, panic stricken, took to the adjacent bush. Some desultory skirmishing then took place, in which the enemy brought two iron guns loaded with rivets to bear, but after a few ill directed shots which hurt no one, they ceased firing, and retired howling further into the bush. Major Leveson, although severely wounded, was still able to keep the field, but his wound was nearly proving fatal. An iron bullet entered the head below the right ear, within half an inch of the carotid artery, frac turing the jaw and remaining embedded in the bone. On the return of the boats to the Investiga tor, the wounded were sent on to Lagos in a canoe, the governor giving orders to bombard and burn the town, which was done effectually. Commodore Wilmot and Captain Luce, R.N., met with a very kind reception from the King of Daho mey. He told them he should be obliged to attac k and try to take Abeokuta , havin g sworn to ho e father (before he died) to do so, consequently til would not break his word, but having done hem . is, taken the city—he would g ive it back t o t Government; ACCRA• At Accra the blockade of the Creboe country is still strictly maintained, and with every satisfactory redress, ir o tw debt has been collected., and there is every reason to o e f x . a t ni he ples that have bel:eve that the rema i ning portion will . . be paid in the course of a few weeks. sot mor e a da g thantl t e one severe halfer ee lately been made in th e Ca detachment of that corps employedP Coast Artillery, the country have again in the Croboe been ' muti nous. Captain Holt' i y insubordinate and several times . Captain 8 ife ,, has been threatened portion of the' Knox, commanding a 2d West been obliged India Regiment, has to threaten they would to fire into them before go to their duty. CAPE COAST CASTLE. A serious misunderstanding has arisen between Quacoonda, King of Ashantee, and the British Go vernment, and the merchants of the place are appre hensive that the Ashantees may ravage that portion of the country under British protection. At Grand Bussam fever was raging fearfully, 22 out of 25 white people had died. SIERRA LEONE. This part of the coast is quiet, and trade steady, On the 19th March his Excellency Governor Black all, accompanied by his son, left in her M.jesty'ri steamer Rattlesnake, to v isit the President of Liberia. Her Majesty's steamer Lee was at Fernando Po on the 28th February ; her Alaje s ty's steamer Ad ' 'venture at Lagos on t he 10th 31arch; her Majes t y s steamer Ranger a t Accra on the 12th; and he r Majesty's ship Pekin at Madeira on air the 2d t pril. Th e mail steamer Macgregor Ld lef A Sierra Le one on the 15th March, and the mail steamer Armenian was spoken off Teneriffe, at noon, On the Ist April. Importing colour on th e leaf pre- en epassing off inferior l eaves as in thkt usual kinds. , alwa ys H or nimnn's Tea is uncolou re d, therefore /• Ys g ood alike , Sold in packets by 2 .280 agents. v T t P :o r C t ihnignes Taa THE ARMY• A general order was issued by direction of Field- Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge on the conclusion of his inspection of Portsmouth and the South-west district, in which he says, "He could not leave the South-west dist r i c t without expressing to Major-General Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., his entire satisfaction with the officers and men of the several corps under his command, and with the general state of the defences in this important district. his inspection," he adds, " bad been most minute and searching, and the result was such as to enable him to congratulate the Major- General on the efficiency of every branch of service under his control." The remainder of the 2d battalion 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday from Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, and embarked on board the hired sailing transport Norwood, along side the dockyard, in the following strength :—Col. G. J. Carey, in command; Capt. W. Kemp, Lieut. E. A. Marsland, Assist.-Surg. Spenci r , 8 sergeants, 4 drummers, 6 corporals, 106 privates, 27 women, and 32 children. In addition there also embarked for the same destination Capt. Brooke, 1 bugler, and 13 men of the Royal Engineers; and Mr. T. Matravers, 2 women and 2 children of the Pur veyor's Department. The Norwood was towed out of Portsmouth harbour at 2 p.m. yesterday, and out to sea clear of the Nab Light ship by a Government tug, and on the tug casting off made sail down Channel for New Zealand, with a fine, fair wind from the south-east. She is a ship of 849 tons, Sunderland built, has a height between decks of Eft. 7in. in her poop cabins, and 7ft. lin. on her main troop deck. She carries Dauk's patent blower ventilators, and stows 200 tons of water for the use of her crew and the troops. The B battery, 9th Brigade Royal Artillery, marched into Woolwich garrison on Saturday from Shorncliffe, consisting of Major Milman, Capt. Whinyates, Second Capt. Sadleir, Lieuts. Blacker and Brodie, 190 men, and 98 horses, the number of horses required for the Armstrong batteries being much below the number used for the old field guns. An exceedingly elegant monumental cross is being erected by the officers and men o f th e I st b a tt a li on , Bth (King's Own) Regiment, on th e G ran d P ara d e , Portsmouth, to the memory of the officers and men belonging to the regiment who died or were killed in India during the regiment's last period of service there. The shaft of the cross is enriched with a series of figures, in compartments, beautifully exe cuted in basso relievo, the whole surmounted by a figure, also in relievo, of our Saviour rising from the tomb. The cross is of the purest white marble, and stands on a pedestal of coloured marbles and granite. On Saturday Col. W. R. Nedham, commanding the Royal Artillery in the Chatham district, and commandant of Sheerness garrison, terminated his Royal Artill er y, com depot b r i ga d e , un d er five t b i () a n t t , e a r n ' e d s, half-yearly p rising th e first inspection division f e t f h t e h e the command of Lieut. - Col_ Talbot. Th e b r i ga d e , paraded in review on the arrival of the e w r h d i e c r h in c o t n h s e i s e t e e d n t o r f e inspecting officer gave the usual salute. Col. Ned ham then instituted a minute examination of the arms and accoutrements of the officers, non-com missioned officers and men, which w ere f oun d t o b e in unexceptionable condition. The line afterwards broke into open column, right in front, and marched past in open and close columns of division in slow and quick time, this movement being executed with creditable precision. Several battalion movements, I