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Another ironclad Monitor arrived there on the 14th. The Confederates have made a raid upon Draines vine, Virginia, and captured 25 cavalry. An Union Democratic convention of all parties has been held at Louisville, Kentucky. Resolutions were adopted to devote all the State resources to crush the rebellion, and requesting the Government and State authorities to take steps to defend Kentucky against invasion. It is reported that the rumur of a foreign loan of 100,000,000 dols. having been offered to the Secretary of the Treasury was not true. The Richmond papers of the 18th assert that tt despatch from Port Hudeon was read in the Con federate Senate, which caused a lively sensation, and the Richmond IVhig of the same date mourns over tevcves in the south-West. The N,w Yolk press consider these circumstances indicative of the Confeder,tcs having received news unfavourable to their cause. Marcel 21, MORNING. CHEAP FXCURSIONTO THE SEte-StHE. On SATURDAY, April 4, an kIcUR .- lON TRAm win leave Pa ddinp:ton at 2.25_p.m. for WEXMOUTH,Doreliester, tridport, and Maiden blewt.n, - 12s aud L Bs ; Yeovil, "Castle Carey, and Bruton, is and 7s ; !Prove, 'Westbury, Itrow bridge, Melksham, and Cbippenham, 106 and tis -returning from Weymouth at 7.30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 8. GREAT WESTERi I / 4 T RAINWAY. EASTER 11041 DAYS. CHEAP EXCURSION TOMATII AND-BRISTOL. On SATURDAY, the 4th April, an EXCURSION TRAIN 'will leave Paddington at 6.10p.m.40r Bath, 12a.and• Cis; and. Bristol, 1413 and 7s—returning, on Tuesday, April. 7, from Bristol at 8.15 a.m. • - N°. 22,076. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1863 PRICE' ..... ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. AMERICA. J Ist ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., T . IFE AMONG CO N VICT S . lA7 y the Rev. CHARLES B. GIBSON, Chaplain in the Convict Service. Hurst and B'ackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. THE REVENUE FOR THE YEAR AND QUARTER ENDING MARCH 31, 1863. . • B RITISH NATION • LIFE Y A ggurRANcE OFFICE. 816, Regent-street ANNUAL INCOME, UPWARDS OF £150,000. COIIIPARATIVE PROGRESS Ot the last three yens, and-of the eurrentlear (e timated by the months Whip laave alra.4dy..sotret/ Illemeir.business of this Company, indSpendent - Or, stands thus:— kia,a,eoessiuns by transfer, - . Policies•Tssued. .New Annual boccie. 71`9-60 1860-61 1861-62 1662-63 ' 2,4 5 .1 , 19,760 Total new business in ) ~,, 57i , ~ .. £51,752 lour years , -. 5 ' (REUTER'S TELEGRAM,) (Per City of Baltimore.) NEW YORK, March 20 (Morning). The Southern journals report that St. Helena, 25 miles in the rear of Port Hudson, was attacked on the 9th by the Federals, and that heavy firing was heard there on the 13th inst. Orders received by all Booksellers. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., 215.. HEROES, PHILOSOPHERS, and COURTIERS of the TIMES of LOUIS XVI. By the Author of "The Secret History of the Court of France under Louis XV." • Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough s treet. No. I.—An Abstract of the Gross Produce of the Revenue of the United Kingdom, in the undermentioned Periods, ended March 31, 1863, compared • • with the Corresponding Periods of the Preceding Year. ' % QUARTERS' ENDED YEAR QUAR TERS E N D E D Y EAR .--- • - June 3Q, Eept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, March 31, March 31, • 1862 - - 1862 1862 1861 1863. 1861 1861 1861 1862 1862 . . . £ • £ X £ £ £ £ £ £ £ CUSTOMS 4. .. 5,701,008 • • 6,201,000 6,320,000 5,722,000 ' 24,034,000 5,821,0( 0 5,982,000 6,147,000 5,724,000 23,674,000 CUSTOMS. EXCISE STAMPS 4 2,253,000 • 2,180,000 2,187,000 . I 2,374, 00 8,991,000 2,186,000 2,013,000 2,098,000 2,293,945 8,590,916 STAMPS. TAXES PROPERTY TAX - 2,771,000 974,000 2,931,000 3,890,000 10,567,0( 0 2,588,000 991,000 2,3.59,000 4,127,000 10,365,000 PROPERTY TAX. POST OFFICE— ... ..... CROWN LANDS . 68,000. 67,000 a 86,090 7 79,000 300,000 67,000 66,479 81,000 71,521 295,000 CROWN LANDS. MISCELLANEOUS ~, 432,904 '513,983 634,48, 1,771,746 2,753,561 i 377,594 297, 53 292,039 780,118 1,747,534 MISCELLANEOUS. TOTALS 18,409,904 14,600,983- 18,378,(J28 19,213,746 70,903,561 18,398,594 14,601,232 17,068,039 19,616,614 69,674,479 TOTALS. ' - ' This attack in the rear of Port Hudson is sup posed to have been simultaneous with an attack in front from the Mississippi River. The Caakderates havc erected formi , lable batte ries at Gilveston, mounted with guns captured from the Federal steamers Harriet Lane and West field. Three batteries are erected on the island where the city is located, and Pelican Island is fortified with equal strength. _ _ SPECIAL 'ADVANTAGES. Policies become payable during the lifetime of the.aseured, 'without any increase of premium.— Life policies are Indisputable, anti "tiot liable to forfeiture by inability to continue the premiiros. Life Policies in full force during the daya.cd aux). . Annuities are granted on very liberal terms. Full particulars of these valuable and popular teittuAs will be found in the prospectus. MR. JEAFFRESON'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., SECOND EDITION of LIVE IT DOWN. By J. C. JI43AFFRE' ON. From the Athenaeum.—" This story will satisfy most readers; it is lull, well cons,dered, end well worked out. The phst is broad. and the interest goes on increasing to the last page. - It is by far the beat work of fiction Mr. Jeafi'reson has yet written. The episode of • Little Fan,' the phybician' s daughter, may take its place beside little Dombey for its pathos." Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. It has been found necessary to send a military ex. pedition into one of the counties of Ohio to arrest deserters. It was supposed that there would be organised resistance on the part of the inhabitants, and that bloodshed would ensue. Refugees from Richmond report that the Con. , federate authorities recognise the possibility of a transfer of the seat of war below Virginia. HENRY LAKE, Manager. No. ll.—lnerease and Decrease in the Periods Ended Marc the Precedi DINNERS. -T HE WELLINGT-ON St. James's -street.—During ng the Season a Set Dinner will be served at Five Shillis each, including Dessert , * and attendance. Dinners from the "Carte," and the Three Shilling set Dinner served as usuql. WILLIAM COX, Superintendent. The Wellington, 't. ames's-street. Entrance, ll!O, Piccadilly. ;II 31, 1863, as compared with the Corresponding Periods of ing Year. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE INITIALS" AND "QUITS." On the 14th inst., in 2 vols., T 0 D D S. A NOVEL. By the Author of "The Initia's" and " Quits." Richard Bentley, New Burlington street. SAWyER'S I :4MOUS T ONDON DINNER `r Folt TTITS DAY, At 2s. Fd. each I 'erson. SOUPS. Mock Turtle Madeline, Soles, Maitre d'H o teI. FISH Fried Whitings. ENTREES. Stewed Kidneys. Noix de Veau aux Epinards. Roast Sirloins of Beet JOINTS Roast Saddles of Mutton. SWF'ETS. Plum Puddings. Apple Fritters. Cheese an d An extensive a n d carefully selected stock of FRENCH, 1111 EN IS'', MO- FLLE, and other WINES, i mported ex pressly for The London Pinner. THE LONDON, 19', FLEET -STREET. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS and CANTATAS. Principal Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Messrs. Raynor, Green, and . Sly nor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmaus. The celebrated Unsworth, the only Negro Orator, together with Euzene and Duley, forming a most pleasing Comic Trio ; also Arthur Lloyd, Frank Hall, and Miss Laura San ders. Mr. Hilton, the Comic Ventriloquist and Modern Ma gician, very evening. NOTICE.- Les Quatre Freres Athos, from Cadman Thea tre, will appear en Monday next (first time in England). T R e, OXFORD STREET. "TH E ROSE OF DENMARK, " Sung every Evening by Miss Ru , sell and the entire Company, also The New Ca n t ata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNE THE HUNTER," ALCESTE, ERNANI, N A BUCO, and other Operatic Selections, SuPported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, and Miss °eaten, Mr. Green, Mr. Bernardi, Mr. J, B. Huish, and Mr. Albert, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghm.ns. Drew Dean's Flute Solos. Ballads by Master Edwin Sanders, the juvenile vocalist, aged 9 years. George Hodson's Irish, Miscellaneous, and Ventriloquial Entertainment UnsWorth's great Stump Speech, "Or any other man." Eugene's burlesque Scenes and Dances. W Randall's New Comicalities. Miss Caroline Parkes' Vocal and Terpsichorean Sketches, and other varied attractions. T HIS EVENING, ARTHUR and BERTRAND will make their first appearance. Hall, 6 d.—Balcony and Stalls, ls.—Private Boxes, lOs. 6d. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY, at the BAZAAR, Baker -street.—A BRIDAL G ROUP, consisting* etthe Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra ; also his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, 4., now added. The spacious Rooms have been decorated w ith fl owers for the festive occa sion. Open from eleven till dusk, and from seven till ten. Admission, ls.; Extra Rooms, 6d. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. • At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Continued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a- P lays ;g•htly, at Nine and Ten o'clocone of his admire d Solos, also at Eleven, Variations, " Th Carnival de Venice." Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Solos by Tyler, King, Horton, M'Ele .ey, &c. Cavatina, "Di Nabuco, on the I- uphonium. 'IT L. Moses. Doors open at ElAt o'clock. Admission, Is. Manager, Mona. GRENET. TAT LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, cont.ining the Wonders of Nature and Art shown by intiumFrable Models, inustrating every part of the Human Frame; together with a variety of Natural Prepara inns, Maifo, mations, m onstrosities, &c. ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Ad m i ss i on , O ne Nhill ing. Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent-street, London, W. Explan at Cat Illustrated alogue, free by p os t f or 12 stamps, sealed 20. ions throughout the day. L ec t ure a t 4 . Add ress the Secretary, as above. TEETH.-Ry MR. F.SKELL'S INVENTION (Royal Seal granted 17th July, 1560), Sets or partial Sets of Teeth, exquisitely enamelled to nature, are made and fitted in a few hours by means of his patented soft elastic and imperishable base of the colour of the gum, to which it ad heres with wonderful tenacity, dispensing with springs or unsightly fastenings, and defying detection by toe closest observer. The peculiar attribute of Mr. Eskell's invention is, the readiness with which these teeth can be re-adapted to any change of the mouth (even by the wearer); and as they act independently of all disturbing causes which affect teeth of ordinary construction, they are guaranteed ti last a life time, as well as for mastication and articulation. Mr. E Ii ELL'S TREATISE, which fully explains his invention, poet free for seven stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con sultations free. Terms strictly moderate. --,R, Grosvenor street, Bond-street, London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir minkham. OST E 0 EIDO N: Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEEM 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 cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, PIRMINGH AM ; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients. Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. COUGHS, ASTHMA, AND INCIPIENT CONSUMPTION ARE EFFECTUALLY CURED BY KEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES, daily recommended by the Faculty—Testimonials from the most of whom may be inspected - as the most effectual, safe, speedy, and convenient remedy for Cough and all Disorders of the Lungs, Chest, and Throat. Sold in Boxes Is. 14d. ; Tins 2s. Pd.. 45. 6d., and lip, each.—THOMAS REAT(NG, Pharmaceutical Chemist. 79, St. Paul's Churchyard, London. Copy of a letter from the late Colonel Hawker (the well known Author on " Guns and Shooting.") Long,parish House, near Whitchurch, Hants. Sir , ---I cannot resist informincr you ot the extraordinary effect I have experienced by taking only a few of your Lozenges. I had a cough for several weeks that defied all that had been prescribed for me; and yet I go' completely rid of it by taking about half a small box of your Lozenges, which I find are the only ones that relieve the cough without deranging the stomach or digestive organs. —I am, sir, your humble servant, P. HAWICER. To Mr. Keati ng , 79, St. Paul's Churchyard. LIVERPOOL JUL)7----------- - TU ES 2 D O A . Ir oy , J . Litt' EETING.— T lt.—The Livzh lj ', E TONI) DAY. root Cur, in specie, value added to a ndicap • weep takes °PO. ;yeti by the Lessee, 5 only it declar d on a lay hereafter t , bZ n v a " each, 15 ft, and We«therbv, London ; or to M . W. Topharu, edzito Messrs. C wee, Ch , ster; the winner of any .w. epeti;kte.erk of the stakes, or plate, of the clear value of 500 soy , after th e e M VP appear s'b, two of such races 1 0 1 b extra , but this in an, case to be the extreme penalty; the winner of the Blanchester Union or Trades Cup, Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, or Cumberland Plate, 1..1b extra ; or of any other handicap race , t the vane of 200 soya clear 51b, of 4 0 0 71b, or of any two of such last mentioned handicaps 81b extra : the winner to pay 30 scvs to the judge, 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. J. Bennett Lord Canterbury ',kir. B. Bingen Lord Hartint;ton Mr. W. G. Craven Lord Sefton Mr. D wQon LordWestmoreland Mr. DIMS Sir L. Newman Mr. Frail Co!. Forester Mr. V Hall Col. C. P. Leslie Mr. Flargreaves Capt. Christie Mr. Hart Capt. White Mr. odgman Mr. G. Angell , Mr. T. Hughes Mr. Barber ' Mr. T. Hughes If the highest weigh' accepting be under Sst 121 b, it will be raisei to that, and the others in proportioi. The MERSEY STAKES of 1 5 sovs each, 5 ft. with 50 sovs added for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Fe 71b ; second to , are his stake ; winners of 100 soya clear 51b, 200 or more 81b extra, but hot to be accumulative ; 8 subs or no race;_ T.Y.C. THIRD DA Y. — WEDNESDAY, JULY 15.—The STANLEY STAKES of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 50 cove added, for two and three year olds ; two year olds 7st 41b, three 9st ; fillies and geldings allowed 21b; winners of plates or sweepstakes in the present year amounting to 100 soya cl ea r to carry 51h, 200 or more 8!b extra, handicaps excepted ; the winner to pay 10 sovs to the fund; T.Y.C . PRESENT SUBSCRIBERS, Lord Annesley, I Mr. W. G. Craven, I Mr. G. Payne. In all races, at Liverpool, where fewer than three horses start, the added money will be withheld. The Stanley Stares closes on Tuesday, the 17th of March, and names the evening preceding the race; and the Cup and Mersey Stakes also close and name on Tuesday, the 17th of March, being the Tuesday following the Liverpool Spring Meeting. Nominations received by Messrs. Weatherby, London ; Mr. Chester. R. Johnson, St. Mary's, Y or k ; and Mr. E. W. Topham, Mr. Jackson Mr. W. I.ynn Mr. J. Merry Mr. W. Owen Mr. Payne Mr. W; R 411,11 Mr. R. Riddell Mr. R. Riddell Mr. Saxon Mr. Scott Mr. F. Swill-fell ,r =:. y~ THE THIRD EDITION of Vole. I. and IL of • MR. KINOLAKE'S VASItoi HIS !`ORY 'OF THE N OF THE CRIMEA. Is now published, and may be h , d of all Booksellers, price 325. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. aOD BLESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.— 'The PRINCE 3S Op WALES.—An additional stanza, appropriate to the Royal I ;ride, may be had without act - 11- *ms' charge. Mr. SI IS REEVES will sing this new Na tional Anthem at the Crystal Pulse. on G 001) FRIDAY Price of the Anthem, with Chorus, ad lib., 35.; .our-part song, 2d. ; piano solo (illustrated with Royal group), 4s. ; piano duet, is. London: Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. TRULY EFFICACIOUS AND MILD.- Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre- Ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ' 4 cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who .uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind. spasms, 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. TRATFORD-ON-AVON STEEPLE CHASES L , will take p'ace over the Borden Hill Ground, on Wed nesday, April 8, 1863. The STRATFORD-ON-AVON OPEN STEEPLE CHASE (Han dicap) of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, and 2 only if declared on or before Thursday, April 2, 1863, with 60 sovs added, over about four mil, s of fair hunting country ; the winner of any handicap steeple chase, after the weights are declared, to carry 'lb extra ; the winner to pay 10 SOT towards expenses, and the se7,ond horse to save his stake. To close and name to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, on or before Mon day, March 23, 1863 ; weights to appear in" Bell's Life," on the 29th day of March ; the S soya ft, name of horse, and colours of rider to be enclosed together, or the nomination will not be received ; three horses to start or the public money will not be added. The HUNTERS' STAKES of 5 cove each, 3 forfeit, with 30 cove added, over about four miles of fair hunting country, for horses that have been regularly hunted with any established pack of foxhounds in the season 1862-63 ; four years 12st, five years 12st 71b, six and aged 13st ; winners 7lb extra ; profess onal riders 7lb extra ; the winner to pay 5 sovs to wards expenses. To close and name to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, on or before March 23 1863; the 3 sovs ft, name of horse, and colours of rider to be en closed together, or the nomination will not be received ; three horses to start, or the public money will not be added. The WELTER Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 cove eac ; 13st 71b ; about three miles ; a winner of 100 sovs to carry 71b extra, and of 2uo sovs 141 b extra ; gentlemen riders : nomi nation, with entrance-money, name of horse, and colours of rider, to be sent to Capt. Hamilton, on or before Wednesday, April 1.1863. he FARMERS' AND TRADESMEN'S STARES of 2 Bove each, with '5 cove added, for horses bona fide and unt onditionally the property of farmers or tradesmen residing within fifteen miles of Stratford-on-Avon, and that have not been in a train 'no stable for six months from date of entry ; 12st each ; to be rid en by farmers, tradesmen, or their sons ; winners of any steep echase or hurdle 'ace 101 b extra. To close and name (with entrance money) to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery, S ratford-on-Avon. on or before Wednesday, April 1 ; about three miles ; three horses to start, tr the public money will not be added. Sir t HARLES MORDATTNT, Bart., M.P., Sir RoBERT HA 11ILTON, Bart., Capt. PEA' 'TT. Stewards Hon. W. TT. NORTH, Lord CONYERS, F. W. HAMILTON, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, Ho Secretary and Ti easurer. THE ISLE OF WIGHT STEEPLE CHASES will take place at Gatcombe, near Newport, on Tues day, 24th of NI arch, 1863. at 1 o'clock precisely. The GATCOMBE MANOR STARES, an Open Steeple Chase, of 5 soya each, 2 soya ft. with 50 sous added ; list each ; thorourzh bred horses 71b extra; winners of any steeplechase or hurdle race once 71b, twice or more, 101 b extra ; three horses the property of different owners to start or the pub lic money will not be given ; the second horse to save his stake. The ISLE OF WIGTIT HUNT STEEPLE CTIASF, 3 POPS each, 1 soy ft, with 35 soya adden, for horses fairly hunted in the island, season, '62-'6l. 11st 71b each ; thorough bred horses 711) extra ; winners of any steeple chase or hurdle race once 71b, twice or mire 101 b extra; three horses the property of different owners to start or the public money will not be given; gentlemen riders ; professionals 71b extra; the second horse to save his stake; a certificate from the master of hounds must be produced at the time of entry. A GARRISON STEEPLE CHASE, for officers of the Army, Navy, Militia, Volunteers, of 3 sovs each, 2 soya ft, with 20 sovs adde 1. for horses bona fide the property of Officers of the Army, Navy, Malitia, or Volunteers, in the South Western District, and to be ridden by officers in either services ; weights, 12st each ; winners of any steeple chase or hurdle race 101 b extra ; three horses the property of different owners to start or the public money will not be given; the second horse to save his stake. The FARMERS' STARES, for horses bred in or having been in the Isle of Wight for six months immediately preceding the day of starting, and for beaten horses during the meet ing. 2 soya each, with 15 added ; post entry ; 12st each ; the winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race for 60 soya, the surplus, if any, to go to the fund • if entered to be sold for 50 sovs allowed 71b, if for 40 soya 141 h, 30 soya 211 b, 20 soya 2slb ; three horses the property of different owners to start or the public money will not be given : the second horse to save his stake. The above races to be over about three miles of fair hunt ing country. The SCURRY STARES, for horses that have been in the island three months immediately preceding the day of start ing, 1 soy each, with 10 soya added : post entry; list each ; once round; three horsey the property of different owners to start or the public money will not be given. Entries to be made at the Bugle Inn, on Saturday, the 21st day of March, between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m.. and the cards will be published immediately afterwards. Colours to be de clared at the time of entry, and any jockey riding in different colours to forfeit 1 soy. I'o nomination will be received un less the forfeit is sent at the same time. The riders will be shown over the course at 11 o'clock on the morning of the meeting. The horses to be saddled in front of the stand. The new steeple chase rules will be strictly observed, and all disputes decided by the stewards or whom they may appoint. Any particulars may be known on application to Mr. E. Watts, the lion. Secretary. Sir J. SiTiEbN, Bart. General Sir J. CITEAPE, K.C.B. 1 Captain CAMPBELL, 30th Regt. ' G. REVDALL, Esq. ?• Stewards: H. D. CALDECOTT, Esq. 1 "11. WELSH-THORNTON, Esq. J Newport, Isle of Wight, Jan. 24, 1801. BERWICKSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES, at Kimmershame-Mains, within thi eemiles of . , unee and twelve of Berwick, on Wednesday, April 29th, 1561. I. THE SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHASE of 100 sovs, added to A Free Handicap of 5 sovs each 'in case of aooe Uwe); the winner of any handicap at eple chase of t the second theto save minhnie:stotake ; pay 11 20 ve so h v o a rs t e o s w to a e s ;111:e extra; value ef 50 soya after the we i g ht s are 1 ü bli s h e d to carry towards expense or expe t n h s e e added money will not about thre e be given wit' out the conse n t o f th e St ewar d s ; ee mil s and q half over sows entrance, to a cod hunting country; 2 the entriesC . Coso to the fund, which must be remitted with name with the otherwise they will not be received. To close and of . ar. ~. ..,_: e Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before 31st Johns on, i r -V: Top weight, 12st 71b. Handicapper, Mr. R. 1 I. —Th e BU NT ,., s weepske. BUNT 'DEPLE CHASE of 50 so re ., a id e d t o a orses tat have tm,va each, 1 forfeit to the fund, open to all the Earl of Wemy.„T regularly hunted in Scotland, and with bore to save his sts;:ea Hounds in Northumberland ; second 21h, six and shed 12st 71b1.0ur yr old-11st 41b, five yr olds 12st chase or hurdle race value freavi°us winners of any steeple pay a Eovs towards expenses a y o s u 'i t lb extra ; the winner to ~e ntlemen riders : professionals, trai three miles and a half ; who has ridden for pay 71b extra,. ners, grooms, or any one lll.—The TALLYHO HUNT STEEPL E c added to a sweepstakes of 2 soya each, 1 forfeit to the f un d, HARE of 25 goys., for horses that have never won any steeple chase or hurdl e race, nor paid race hor s e dut y p revio us to 1863 ; horses that have been regularly hunted in Scotiaaen to all the F'arl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland or with ; second horse to save his stake; about three mil es and a h all; weights and riders same No. 2. IV.—The HUNTERS' SELLING STEEPLE CHASE of 2 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, with 20 sovs added ; the second to ,• save his stake ; four year olds , list 41b five year sold for 60 olds , 1. I 2. 21b ; six and acted, 12st 71b ; the winner to be sovs : it entered t) be sold for 5 0 soya allowe d 71b, if for 40 soya 141 b, if for 30 soya 211 b, and it for 20 sovs 281 b ; the winner to be sold immediately after the race, and the surplus to go to the race fund ; three horses to start, or the added money will not be given : about three miles and a half. Nos. ? and 3 being intended for bona fide hunters only, must be cer tificates from the respective masters of hound s _ pro duced before starting, if required, that they hav e not onl y been regularly hunted, but ridden to hounds, and must not have been in a public training stable in 1t63. Entries for ros. 2 and 3 to be made to the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before the 21st April, and objections to qualifl^ation of hones to be made to him in writing no! later than Monday, 27th April. Colours to be declared at time of entry for each race. Sir G. IT. BOSWALL, Bart, Sir DAVID BAIRD, Bart, Stewards, Major INNES, Major L'AMY, J. B. lI.ELLIE, Clerk of the Course. Quarter endedWarch 31,-1863. Year ended March 31, 1863. .. __ Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. . -•—• X X X • CUSTOMS 2, X 000 £ £ • 379,000 • • 360,000 CUSTOMS. EXCISE . • • .. 403,055 1,177,000 EXCISE. STAMPS B .d , •ons ' STAMPS. TAXES -• 2,000 PROPERTY TAX 5 3 7,000 • • • • •• 16:000 TAXES. .. • • 202,000 • ' PROPERTY TAX. POST OFFICE CROWN LANDS • • MISCELLANEOUS 391,598 .. • • • • 5,0 0 0 • • CROWN LANDS. • • • • 1,006,027 • • MISCELLANEOUS. TOTALS 525,132 918,00, .. • • 2,116,082 1 1,187,000 TOTALS. ... . _ . Net Decrease ....X392,868 Net Increase'.. Net Inereaie. .XP29,082 No. lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter end e d M arc h 31, 1863 ; th e A pp li ca ti on o f th e same ; an d th e Ch arge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon such Charge. Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1862, viz. : Great Britain .... Ireland 924,490 Income received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1863, as shown in Account I 19,213,746 Amount raised per Act 23-24 Viet., eap.loo, on account of Fortifications, 5ze..... 200,000 Amount received in the Quarter ended March 31, 1863, in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c. £20,638,028 Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. Several trials have taken place during the past week at the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard with Mr. Grant's patent oven, ordered by the Lords of the Admiralty to be fitted on board the Hannibal screw line-of-battle ship, depot ship for seamen of the Royal Navy, at Portsmouth. This oven was de- signed by Mr. Grant as a supplementary aid to the - - cooking galleys at present in use on board her Ma jesty's ships, with a view of giving the seamen, when in harbour or anchored in a roadstead, a change of diet, by enabling them to have a baked dinner alter nately with a boiled one, in lieu of the soup and bouilli with which they have hitherto been exclu sively fed when on fresh meat allowance. The oven which has been on trial, and which will be at once transferred $o the Hannibal, is about 6ft. in height, the same in breadth, and 2ft. 4in. in depth. A very small fire furnishes the necessary heat for the jacket which encircles the oven, and ventilators and dampers are fitted for regulating the heat. The fire space is, however, so well proportioned to the space to be heated that there is abso:utely no occasion for the use of any regulating power, and the maximum amount of heat required being attained, a few hand file of fuel maintain the temperature afterwards as long as may be necessary. In appearance the patent oven resembles somewhat a small wardrobe, and its great simplicity, economy of working, and cleanli ness render it peculiarly suitable for use on board her Majesty's ships. The oven, which is made of iron excmively, is capable of baking at one time ,bout 500!b, of meat or 3001 b. of soft bread. The trials carried out with bread and meat have been most satisfactory. All parts of the oven have been sound to possess a uniform temperature. When the meat has been served up in dishes from the oven it has been found cooked in a manner superior even to meat roasted carefully in front of a fire, the juices of the meat being more perfectly retained, and the wastain weight being very much less than with meat roasted. The st-inch French armour-plate which was tested at Portsmouth on the 20th ult., in company with a 44-inch French plate and some English plates, and which stood the trial in so succesEful a manner, afterwards becoming the subject of a correspondence in the newspapers of the 27th and 30th of March, has been unbolted from the side of the Powerful target-ship, where it was tested, and removed to the erecting-shop of the steam factory in the dockyard. There a portion of the plate is being cut off by ma chinery by order of the Admiralty, which will be forwarded to town for inspection by the members of the Special Committee, now sitting on iron armour. Now that both sides of the plate can be seen, the damage inflicted is found to be much more serious than had been supposed. The peculiarly soft, spreading appearance which the metal of this plate had when struck by the shot on its obverse side, did not raise any apprehensions of serious injury to its reverse, beyond the ordinary and inevitable bulging of the metal. An inspection of the plate now, however, reveals the full extent of the damage the plate has received, and the rupture and separa tion of the metal is much greater than has been the ease with some of the best English plates which have been tested at Portsmouth, the latter being, it is true, selected from some hundreds of trials, but then, as has been before observed, the history of these French plates is not yet known. It will be remembered that in our report of the trials in 71i9 Sun of the 23d inst. we stated " That the 52-inch plate had five shots planted in a space of 17 inches by 12, but no through penetration was made, nor were there any cracks of consequence." On now examining the reverse, or back of the plate, how ever, there is found behind these five shot marks an irregular oval figure, 18 inches wide and 25 inches in length, where the metal has entirely broken away from the body of the plate to an average depth of 2 inches, large cross fissures at the same time extending across the plates, bulging right through to where the shots struck, the apparent damage to the plate being, no doubt, considerably lessened by the spread of the metal before referred to. At the fracture of the metal upon the plate's reverse there is a peculiarly bright, soft, or lead-like appear ance; but the layers of metal (the plate is a rolled one) are very much opened. Oa the upper edge the plate was struck by a single shot, the whole circum ference of the blow being ou the plate's surface and clear of the edge, but on a bolthole. Here the back of the plate in the immediate vicinity of the blow is entirely broken up and rendered useless for all de fensive purposes. Tile body of the plate on the edge has opened up, the welding being, as stated in the report of the trial, very imperfect, and a semi-circu lar fracture extends from the edge 9iin. in depth, t he chord of the arc being nearly 2ft. In cutting the piece out of this plate yesterday for the Special Com mittee the iron was found to be unusually hard, taking off the edge of the cutting tool in a manner that surprised the workmen engaged upon the work. It must be borne i❑ mind that this 54 --inch plate was imperfectly welded in its manufacture, and that the 4i-inch apparently stood the best, compara tively, in the trial. The sum of £10,260 has been taken in the votes this year for the purchase of new machinery for Chatham dockyard. Among the new machinery intended to be purchased are 12 overhead travellers, to lift from 10 to 15 tons each ; one 80cwt. steam hammer, one 15owt. ditto, two 12ft. bed lathes,tw Amount applied out of the Income for the Quarter ended March 31, 1863, in redemption of Exchequer (Deficiency) Bills, for the Quarter ended Dec. 31, 186 e Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Services, in the Quarter ended March 31, 1863 Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended March 31, 1863, viz. : Interest of the Permanent Debt £5,715,487 Terminable Debt 690,080 Principal of Exchequer Bills 6,300 Interest of Exchequer Bills Interest of Deficiency Bills The Civil List Other Charges on Consolidated Fund Advances for Public Works, &c. 7,384,612 Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund, for the Quarter ended March 31, 1863, viz. : Great Britain Ireland £20,638,028 Bft. ditto, two drilling machines, two planing ma chines, one punching and shearing lever, one set of rollers for bending plates, besides other descriptions of machinery. The estimated cost for labour and materials for the repair of the above is £2,940. Her Majesty's ship Firebrand,Commander Shute B. Piers, from the Mediterranean, was yesterday , warped into the fitting basin at Woolwich,and com menced dismantling and returning stores, in readi ness to pay off on Wednesday, the Bth inst. Com mander Piers's commission in his present rank bears date May 10, 1856. He has been decorated with a number of foreign orders,and according to seniority will shortly be promoted to post rank. The paddle steamer Vivid was yesterday admitted into the basin at Woolwich, to be surveyed and fitted with new boilers. The steam storeship Wye, from the West Coast of Africa, yesterday left the basin at Woolwich for Sheerness, to be placed in the hands of the ship wright department of that yard, on account of the crowded state of the basins at Woolwich. The steam storeship Fox, laden with 350 tons of machinery for the iron-cased ship Ocean, at Devon port, still remains under the shears in basin at Woolwich, awaiting the spring tide to taae her departure. She is expected to sail about Tuesday next, when the Rhadamanthus will take her place and ship the boilers and the remainder of the Ocean's gear, after which the basin will be cleared and dredged. The e.tisson will then be removed and the lower shelf or coping of the entrance be reduced, to admit of a greater draught of water, in preparation to receive the Caledonia, where she will be fitted with her boilers, ten in number, the weight of which will amount to about 300 tons. After this she will be despatched to Sheerness to be completed for ser vice. A large number of mechanics and labourers, amounting to about 800 men, were yesterday cis charged from the department of Woolwich Arsenal, it being the close of the financial year of 1862-63. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Commander M. R. Pechell to the Geyser, v ice Campbell, promoted ; Lieut. W. G. England to the Meeanee ; Lieut. Francis M. Om manney to the Sparrow ; Sub-Lieut. the Hon. E. S. Dawson to the Marlborough ; Sub-Lieut. W. E. Mitchell and Sub-Lieut. W. B. Bridges to the Archer ; Adolpus Fitz George, midshipman, to the Edgar; M, C. C. Roberts, W. M. Annesley, W. F. P. Popham, and J. E. Greenhow, midshipmen, to the Archer; WTm. H. Haswell, assist.-paymaster in charge, to the Rhadamanthus ; John A. P. Williams, assist.-paymaster, to the Dauntless ; Wc:. Blackney, assist.-paymaster, to the Sutlej, as supernumerary ; Charles Love, second-master, to the Squirrel ; Wm. H. Panter, second-master, to the Revenge ; John M. Lloyd, Edward K. Barnes, and John W. Morris, second-masters, to the Euryalus, as supernumeraries; John H. Smith and Wm. Couzens, master's-assis tants, to the Archer ; Harry Williams, chief engi neer, to the Archer; Geo. Lynch, engineer, to the Archer ; Thos. Baldwin, first-class assist.-engineer, to the Fisgard, as supernumerary ; Henry White (a) and John Dingwall, assist.-engineers, to the Archer. Mr. Glaisher's Scientific Balloon Ascents. The first of the second series of four high ascents in Mr. Coxwell's large balloon, for which the Bri tish Association voted £2OO at the Cambridge meeting, took place yesterday afternoon from the grounds of the Crystal Palace. The ascent has been in contemplation for several days, and on Sa turday the balloon was partially inflated, but the wind was too high, and in a wrong direction, and it had to be postponed from day to day. Mr. Glaisher took possession of his half of the car at four o'clock, with Mr. Coxwell for his sole vis a-vzs. His instruments were arranged on a bench before him, from which they bristled up in such a close array as nearly to hide him from sight. With two exceptions they were constructed for these expedi tions by Messrs. Negretti and Zambra, the instru ment makers to Greenwich Observatory. The foi lowing list of them will show how carefully the observations have been planned, and how much more complete the second series of ascents will be in this particular than the first :-1. Ozone box, with twelve tests, for determining the quantity of ozone at different heights. 2. Spectrum apparatus for observing Franenhofer's lines in the solar spec trum (the identical instrument used by Piezzi Smith at Teneriffe). 3. Solar radiation thermo meter. 4. Minimum ditto. 5. Dry and wet bulb ditto. 6. Ditto ditto under in fluence of artificial current. 7. Reynalt's hygr ometer. 8. Daniel's ditto. 9. Aneroid. 10 . Adie's mercurial bare- meter. 11. Compass. A few minutes after four, Dr. Lee, the venerable President of the Astronomi cal Society, handed Mr. Glaisher the mercurial barometer, and after waiting for a favourable mo ment, at 4.17 the balloon started, and sailed easily off right in the eye of the declining sun. The wind was fresh and sharp from the east. The balloon passed close to the North Water Tower, and for a few minutes obeyed the direction impressed upon it at starting, but it soon entered another current, which stopped its onward course and brought it back towards the 'starting point. The course was then slowly upward, with little horizontal motion. A stiller ascent, and therefore a finer one for the purpose, could hardly be imagined. The Federal fleet of Galveston consists of the steam frigate Brooklyn and four gunboats. The fleet approaches within a mile and half of the town, where the vessels anchor and occasionally throw shells into the town and forts, but they cannot bring their broadsides to bear, and have to operate exclusively with their rifled pivot guns. The Brooklyn sent a few shells into the town, setting it on fire in three different places, but the fire was soon extinguished. The Brooklyn was compelled to withdraw, as the forts began to send shot from their 15-inch rifled guns, one of which cut the rigging. The Harriet Lane is up the river some 70 miles, where she is being iron-clad. The Confederates are said to be constructing five gunboats at Selma, on the Alabama river. Two of them are on their way to Mobile to receive their guns and are all to be ready by the Ist of April. Two are built for rams and three for sea steamers. Deserters from Savannah report that the Confe derates have three iron-clad floating batteries at Savannah, two of which are completed, and the third is nearly ready. Large numbers of troops have left Savannah for Charleston, and large camps are organised at Grahamville, Hardenville, Coosawatchie, and Pota taligo to resist any advance in those directions, and to have the troops so that they can easily be thrown towards Savannah or Charleston, as one or other of those cities is attacked. The Peace resolutions passed by the New Jersey Legislature protest against war waged for uncon stitutional or partisan purposes, or for the subjuga tion of States with a view to their reduction to a territorial condition; against military law and the domination of military over civil law in States not in insurrection ; against arbitrary arrests and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act ; against the admission of new States into the Union by the divi sion of existing ones; against the Emancipation Proclamation, and the expenditure of public money. The New Jersey Legislature believes that the appointment of Federal Commissioners to meet Commissioners from the insurgent States to consider if any plan may be adopted, consistent with the honour and dignity of the National Government, by which the present civil war may be brought to a close, is not inconsistent with the integrity, honour, and dignity of the Federal Government, but as an indication of the spirit which animates the adhering States would, in any event, tend to strengthen America in the opinion of other nations. Hoping that the Southern States would recipro cate the peaceful indication thus evinced, and be lieving that great benefits would arise from such conference, the New Jersey Legislature recommends the subject to the Federal Government, and requests its co-operation therein. The resolutions will be forwarded to the Federal Government and to the Governors and Legislatures of the other States, requesting them to give the subject immediate attention. A steamer arrived at Port Royal from Fernan dina, Florida, reports that the force of 1,000 negroes which ascended St. Mary's River on the 9th of Match, has met with a most severe reverse, and probably been captured. This negro force carried with it several thousand muskets to supply all which could b 3 incited to insurrection. If the re• port of their capture proves true, it is supposed that Colonel Higginson and all the white officers who commanded them have been shot, in accordance with Jefferson Davis's proclamation. The New York World says it is understood that the New York shipbuilders decline taking contracts to build 8,000-ton iron-clad vessels wanted by Go vernment, for fear of loss from the depreciation of the currency. The contractors require the Govern ment to build by day-work, to which the Navy Department will not consent. The vessels required are designed to surpass the largest class of English and French iron-clads. Mr. Seward has given a State dinner to the Haytian Minister at Washington, at which the British, Russian, French, and Prussian Ministers were present. The New York Tribune learns from Havannah that private advises were received there that ar rangements had been made for the steamers Harriet Lane, Alabama, and Florida meeting at a designated point, with a view to an attack upon the California steamer from Aspinwall. General Burnside has received his final instruc tions, and will leave for his own department imme diately. It is not publicly announced where he will proceed to. The appointment of Colonel Fry as Provost- Marshal is said to be the prelude to the appoint ment of various Provost-Marshals throughout the country preparatory to enrolment under the Con scription Act, which it is supposed will commence on the Ist of April. Colonel Fry is understood to be a man of character and discretion. It is stated that Government will sustain Federal justice in Utah. The arrest of Brigham Young by Judge Kinney is said to have been an arrangement agreed upon between the two to test the constitu tionality of the anti-poligamy law, and to create the impression that there is no resistance to judicial process in Utah. In South Carolina, General Hunter, nine days after his proclamation announcing the commence ment of the advance, had made no movement. On the contrary, one of his positions has been threat ened by a dash from the Confederate lines. It is stated that the Confederates have cut the levees, and compelled one consider able cor e ps em . of General Grant's army before Vick sbur g to current r r r k e n a and d t hretreat whole p the expeditionriver, dis on the point a report is also serious movement o f of abandoning Vicksburg. This, if confirm e d, would point directly to a General e o e r el J l o o h e e n e s r t a o ei n Middle Tennes see , and lendn w h o le Confederate force aga i nst G some colour to the fears of a Confederate invasion of Kentucky. Mr. Chase's financial trip to New York has not as yet borne visible fruits. His confidential adviser, Mr. Walker, returned to Washington yesterday, con fident that th e policy of a d omes ti c or f ore i gn loan would very soon be publicly adopted. Mr. Cyrus Field has addressed a large meeting at the New York Produce and Stock Exchange upon the subject of the Atlantic cable. Resolutions declaring confidence in the success of the under taking, and appointing committees to raise the re maining capital necessary, were unanimously passed. The news which arrived this morning by way of Fort Monroe from the South of the entry of the French into Mexico is not considered improbab e by those best informed of the pr: vious progress of affairs. The Mexican forces at Puebla were the only real defence of the capital. The dissensions known to exist between Generals Comonfort and Ortega may well have resulted in breaking up the Mexican army at that point. Late previous intelligence from Vera Cruz had indicated General Forey's intention of turning Puebla, and pushing directly for the capital. Either of these contingencies may have deter mined the fall of the city. MARCH 20, Afternoon. The Federal army still occupies its old quarters ALLOCUTION OF THE POPE. At the Secret Consistory, held by our Holy Father Pope Pius IX., on March 16, in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, his Holiness delivered the following allocution : " VENERABLE BRETHREN,—It is known and notorious to all, Venerable Brethren, how, in these wrethed times, unhappy Italy in particular, and almost the whole world is convulsed and tormented by the violence of a deplorable rebellion, to the exceedingly great and never sufficiently to be lamented injury of the Catholic Church, and to the in credible grief of ourselves, of you, and of all good men. This most grievous revolution hath so struck the Republic of Mexico, that our moat holy religion has been lamentably afflicted and prostrated there. We, therefore, keenly anxious and solicitous for the safety of the universal flock of the Lord, divinely entrusted to us by Christ, the Lord himself, apply all our thoughts and care to repair the spiritual ruins of the faithful there, and more and more to procure their good. And, Venerable Brethren, since almost all the bishops of the Republic of Mexico, torn from their own flocks and cast into exile, have gathered together in this our fair city, and have represented to us that a new circumscription of those most extensive dioceses was quite necessary, we have determined cheerfully to comply with the just wishes and requestsof these our venerable brethren. Wherefore, we announce to )ou that the cathedral churches _ of Mechoacan and Guadalajara have been raised by us to the archiepiscopal dignity, and that seven new dioceses have been erected in Mexico. "Two of these, Tulancingo and Queretaro, have been formed in territory severed from the Archiepiscopal Church of Mexico ; two other dioceses, viz., Vera Cruz and Chi laps, in territory severed from the diocese of Puebla de los Angelos; two, viz., Zamura and Legios, in territory taken from the diocese of Mechoacan; and one, namely, the dio cese of Zacateco, in territory severed trom the see of Gua dalaxara. Therefore, to the metr , •politan church of Mexico will be subject as suffragans the dioceses of Puebla, Chiapa, Oaxaco, Yucatan, Vera Cruz, Chilapa, and Tulancingo. To the Archiepiscopal Church of Mechoacan will be subject as suffragans the dioceses of St. Luiz de Potosi, of Quere taro, Legion, and Zamora. To the Archiepiscopal Church of Guadalaxara will be subject as suffragans the dioceses of Durango, Linares, Sonora, and Zacateco. We have ordered that letters apostolic shall be issued, in which are pre scribed the new limits which the dioceses of Mexico are to have in future, the number of which, as yeu see, is increased considerably. Thus while the Revolutions endeavour ut terly to destroy all religion in those regions, we strive to apply timely remedies to the many and great misfortunes of those populations byfounding new dioceses, and zealously to provide for the ecclesiastical affairs of that republic. " We trust that God, plenteous in mercy, will bless these our efforts and grant them a joyful and gratifying success. And as we know well the religious and episcopal zeal by which all those are distinguished wham we have promoted to the government of those dioceses, we doubt not that they, corresponding with our wish. will endeavour sedulously to fulfil all the duties of their most important office, to take every care of the spiritual good of their faithful, and to lend us all their help in arranging the ecclesiastical affairs of that republic. " The present deplorable condition of Poland has also more and more excited our pontifical solicitude with which we have always watched that Catholic kingdom; so that among other things we have resolved on providing for the widowed state of several dioceses of that kingdom, some of which, to our great grief, had long been deprived of their pastors. Wherefore, as you have heard, we have announced and appointed the Bishops of Plock, of Augustowo, and of Chelm (the last of whom is of the Ruthenian Rite), and suf fragan bishops of the churches of Warsaw and Chelm that they, together with their other venerable brethren, bishops of that kingdom, inflamed with sacerdotal zeal, and sedu lously seeking the things which are of Jesus Christ, may apply all care, diligence, labour, counsel, and study, so that the divine and saving religion and doctrine of Christ, re maining stable and unshaken in that kingdom, may daily strengthen and flourish more and more, and so that all these evils and misfortunes may be removed from which the Catholic Church in those regions long suffers. May the most clement Father of Mercies and God of all consolation deign propitiously to grant our most humble and fervent prayers, which day and night we cease not to pour forth to Him for the triumph and peace of the Holy Church over the whole world, and for the true prosperity and peace of all nations. " Moreover, we announce to you, with no small joy, venerable brethren, that treaties have been made by us with the Republic of San Salvador and of Nicaragua, on the model of these treaties which have been made by this Apos tolic See with other governments of Central America. By these treaties we have resolved and determined that it should be provided in the first place, among other things, that both in the Republic of San Salvador, and in the Re public of Nicaragua, our most holy religion must be domi nant, and must be, absolutely, as it were, the peculiar reli gion of both Republics. It bas also been fixed that the venerable rights of the Catholic Church are to be preserved entire and inviolate—that the bishops are to be absolutely free In the discharge of their sacred offices--that the accu rate education, especially of the younger clergy, is to be most diligently provided for—that seminaries are to be founded —that a suitable endowment is to be given to the priests— that other religious families are to be able to exist there be sides those which exist there at pr-sent,and that the bishops of both republics and all the faithful are to be able to com. municate freely with this Apostolic See. " We have ordered that these treaties, already ratified by us and by the presidents of both republics aforesaid,should be laid before you, together with the letters apostolic con firming them, in order that you may be more fully and more accurately acquanted with them. " Moreover,we have determined that your most illustrious order is to be this day increased by a new number of Car dinals, by our summoning into it distinguished men, who, being conspicuous for singular fidelity towards us and this Apostolic See, and excelling in t alent, probity, piety, and learning, have discharged excellently well the duties with which they have been entrusted, and by whose help and yours, we trust that we shall be helped in the Government of the church in these most cruel times." A story is afloat of the honour paid by Prince Alfred's brother middies to their royal messmate, apropos of his election as King of Greece. Hearing a great row in the young gentlemen's berth, on board the Royal Gs:orge, the captain, on inquiring the cause, found the mess had determined to crown the Prince. So they b a d got the ship's carpenter, or armourer, to make a tin crown with which the Prinoe was solemnly ingested, a purser's dip being first stuck on each point of the circlet, and lighted. THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS• BERLIN, Mark In to•day's sitting of the Chamber of Deputies Herr von Bismark laid before the House three Con ventions concluded with Belgium on the 28th inst. The Conventions comprise a navigation treaty, an agreement with reference to literary and artistic copyright, and a protocol declaring the adhesion of Prussia in principle to the redemption of the Scheidt dues on condition of her being placed by Belgium upon the same footing as England. Herr von Bismark pointed out that these Conven tions marked further progress in the direction en tered upon by the French commercial treaty. He also stated that Prussia had promised to co-operate in procuring the redemption of the Scheldt dues for a certain maximum. A debate took place on the Polish question: Herr von Bismark-Schonhausen repelled the doubts expressed relative to the accuracy of his former statements. He repeated that all state ments contrary to his own which had been made by foreign Governments or Ministers were based on error. Foreign Ministers, he said, had themselves acknowledged that they had not been correctly in formed on the subject. The Minister continued—. "The Polish question was not originated by the Convention, but has existed since 1830. It has repeatedly exercised a great influence on Prussian interests. The Government has nothing to add to its former declarations in reference to the existence and contents of the Convention. Agents of the Polish revolution have sent telegrams from Cracow to the French papers in order to influence the French public." Herr Waldeck stated that the Government had merely yielded to the pressure of former Govern• ments. Herr von Bismark-Schonhausen replied that this assertion had not the least foundation, and that the Government had not yielded at all. Herr von Sybel considered that the Government had shown great hesitation, such as might be felt by one who, engaged in an unsuccessful enterprise, feels the ground slipping from beneath his feet. Herr von Sybel added— " All Europe was then in error if we are to bed lieve Herr von Bismark-Schonhausen. But, consi dering the declarations of the English and French Ministers, enough remains of the Convention to make Europe uneasy and to compromise Prussia." Herr von Bismark-Schonhausen replied,-that ho did not deny thu existence of certain arrangements with Russia, and that he had never denied this. The contents and bearing of this treaty were not, however, he said, known to the public. The Minis ter continued— " One will be surprised in the end, after all the false statements in reference to the Convention, to learn what are its real contents. Is it positively false that, according to the Convention, the Russians are allowed to pursue the insurgents on Prussian territory until they meet with a number of Prussian soldiers sufficient to disarm the insurgents ?" Several members then recalled the first declara tions made by the Ministers of the Western Powers and the communications of the Prussian Ambassa dors on this subject. Herr von Bismark said that the Western Powers had been sufficiently enlightened respecting the in accuracy of the suppositions they had formed at that time. He defended the Prussian Ambassadors in Paris and London, and intimated that they had been misunderstood. The Polish members then asked what the Go vernment intended to do with the refugees from. Russian Poland who had been sent into the in- terion Count Eulenberg stated in reply that the inten tions of the Government were base on clemency in the majority of cases, especially with reference to those persons who had been drawn into the move ment against their will. On the other hand, how ever, the Government was obliged to fulfil tI.Q obligations it had contracted with Russia. HEALTH OF LONDON. (From the Registrar General's Report.) A high rate of mortality has prevailed in London during the last three weeks of Marc h. In the second and third weeks the deaths w ere respectively 1,561. and 1,624 ; in the week that ended last Saturday they were 1,594. The mea n temperature the air fell to 38 . 1 deg. in the s econd wee k of the month; a l in the following week it w as 41 deg., and last week it wrs 48 deg. The average number of deaths ten years is 3 deathsinweeks co 2 r: i o s : swPi°t d a correcti o n i ngwithlast week, for increase of p o p u l a ti on, 1 , 564 . There were last week thirty d ea th s more t h an t h e number that would have occurred if the rate of mortality had not exceeded the average. There were thirty-four deaths from small-pox in the week, twelve of which occurred in the Small pox Hospital. This disease rages in the sub-district of Poplar, where no fewer than seven deaths oc curred from it. Of these seven, three were the deaths of adults, namely, a Trinity lightsman, aged fifty-seven, at 24, Thomas-street ; a master builder, aged thirty-nine, at 7, Ellerthorpe-terrace ; and a sawyer, aged fifty-six, in North-street Infirmary. The deaths from measles rose to fifty-seven, of which 1 four were in the north-west sub-district of Chelsea, twelve in the district of Westminster, and four in the sub-district of Whitecross-street. Phthisis was fatal in the week in 171 cases, the corrected average being 175 ; bronchitis was fatal in 176 cases, against an average of 168 ; and pneu monia in ninety-two cases, the average being 110. Six nonagenarians were returned, the oldest of whom were two men, aged ninety•three and ninety five. A farrier e.nd I,is wife died of typhus in the St. Giles Workhouse on the same day. They had been brought from Chapel-yard, Coram-street. At 26, President-street East, City-roads the daughter of a shoemaker, aged five, was found dead died from ix di, :d of typhu s i n A single wcrnan, rtged fifty-eight, h av in bed on the 11th of March, f r ol" f s r l o a m rva d t i i s o e n a of t i h ng e ibleeeanet.raAmwpolemdaonnaigneda crowd, St. Luke's Workhouse. The disease is said to have been induced by crushing in the crowd on the 10th of March, between the Mansion House and Bow Church. L as t week the births of 1,085 boys a n d 1,073 girls, in all 2,158 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1853-62 the average number (corrected) was 2,134. BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOKOFB E A U T Y. 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