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isoTreF, TS HEREBY GIVEN , T hat an EXTR AORDINA RY GENERAL MEETING of the BRITISH N lON LIFE A,SUHANCE ASSOCIATION Wit , be held at the chief °Mess ol the Ass . ciavon, 316 Regent-street. London, on SATURDAY, the 11:h day of April in , tant, at ['twelve o'Clo k at Noon prec'sely, at which Meeting Resolutions will he proposed for repealing or other wise altering the proyisOns of the 131411 and othe' claus.s < f the De-d of Settlement, relating tq the calculation and manner of ,'l , trilyition of the quinquennial division of pro fits between the Fends -.herein specified, and the apPropria tion of such Fut,ds when formed, and for making new and amended provis ons in lieu of aid ill addition to the provi sions above referred to. D qed this 2d day of April. I€63' By order el the Board. HENRY L kRE, Manager. Chief Offiles, 316, Regent-strcet, London. BRITISH NATION LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE. 81g, Regent-strect, ANNUAL INCOME, UPWARDS OF £150,000. COMPARATIVE PROGRESS 01 the last three years, and of the current year (e timated by the months which have all early expired, the new business of this 4 . ompany, in rependent of its accessions by transfer, stands thus:— Policies Tssurql. New Annual Income. 18'19-60 1860-01 1861-62 2,451 Total new business in 7,57 i four years SPECIAL ADVANTAGES, Policies become payable during the lifetime of the assured, 'without any increase of premium. Life policies are Indisputable, and not liable to forfeiture by inability to continue the premiums. Life Policies in full force during the days of grace. Annuities are granted on very liberal terms. Full particulars of these valuable and popular features will found in the prospe,uus. HEN RY LA KE, Manager. STAR LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 10, Moor,gate-street, London. DIEECTORS. Chairman—CHAßLES HARWOOD, Esq., F.S.A., Judge of the County Court of Kent, and Recorder of Shrewsbury. Deputy-Chairman—JOHN CEITTRCHILL, Esq. Extracts from the Report of the Directors preented at the Annual Meeting held at the Society's House, March 2, 1863 : The Directors of the Star Life Assurance Society have much pleasure in presenting to the members their Nineteenth Annual Report. During the year 1862, 1,108 proposals for assurance were submitted to the consideration of the Directors, and 1,007 policies were issued for the assurance of £375,197, yielding in annual premiums £12,562 7s. 9d. ; 80 were declined, and 13 stood over for completion at the end of the ye.r. By the Audit. r's report, the odety's income on the 31st December last amounted to £114,56? 12s. 7d.; and its accumu lated fund, irrespective of the capital stock, at that date was £481,976 14s. ; showing an increase of .£, 0,745 Es. 3d. during the ye.r. The following table will best illustrate the progress of the Society during the last seven years : Total Year. No. of New Sums Annual Accumulations Policies Assured Premiums_ . from . issued. thereby. therefrom. all Sources. Sums Assured thereby. • 18 5 6 603 1857 • 572 1858 658 :1E59 812 1860 902 1861 1,115 1861 1, , 07 £204,451. 221,122 235,350 291,495 336,290 361,960 375,197 £6,597 18 3 £202,110 7 2 7,735 9 5 238,055 1 7 8,582 0 9 2'4,79715 4 10,17! 19 6 ' 309,444 5 2 11,312 15 9 360,530 3 0 12,868 311 414,231 5 9 12,562 7 9 *484,976 14 0 By o: der of the Board, JESSE HOBSON, Secretary. * Since this report was closed the accumulated fund has so increased as to )aise it r bove £5 o,eoo. T HE PANO N I A LEATHER CLOTH COM PANT' (Limited). Registered under "The Companies Act. 1862," whereby the liability of Shareholders is limited to the amount of their Subscription. Capital, £lOO,OOO. First Issue £50,000, in 5,1:r 0 Shares of £lO each. £1 to be paid on Application, and £t on Allotment. No call to exceed £1 per Share, nor to be made at any in terval of less than Three Months. DIRECTORS. Charles Bazin, Esq. (Messrs. Mechi and Bazin), Leadenhall street, A. Elliot, Esq., New Bridge-street, Vauxhall. D. Fraser. M. 8., 15, Ha? rington-square, N.W. Charles Mouat, Esq., Dacre House, Lee, Kent, C. W. Poole, Esq., 110, Wood-street, Cheapside. George Ritchie, Esq., Malvern-villa, Hounslow. 9 homas Vaughan, Esq., 10, Addiscombe-villas, Croydon. N. C. szerelmey, Esq., Crescent-lodge, Clapham common (Director ex officio). _ BANNERS. Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, Limited, 75, Cornhill. BROKERS. Messrs. Crosley Brothers, 30, Cornhill. SOLICITORS. F. W. Snell, A. 1, George-street, Mansion House. lles , rs. C. A and A. Jenkinson, 7, Clements-lane, E.C. SECRETARY (pro tem.). L. B. Martin, Esq. AUDITORS. C. F. Kemp, E sq. (M essrs. Kemp, Ford, and Co.), Publio Ac countant=, Gresham -street. Cornelius Waltord, Esq., F.S.S., 27, Great George-street, Westminster. Temporary Offices-30, Cornhill. Leather Cloth, or American Cloth, has been manufactured with considerable success for some years past, and adapted to rr any purposes for which leather had formerly been exclu sively employed. Mr. N. C. Szerelmey, the well-known chemist, who for a considerable period has been engaged by the British Govern molt in indurating the exterior of the H mses of Parliament, has made very important improvements in the above -named article, and has erected works near London, for the purpose Of more fully developing his improved process. There is already a considerable and rapidly increasing de mand for the improved production termed " Panonia " Leather Cloth, and the object of the Company is to provide sufficient capital to extend the works so that the demand may be met. The "Panonia" Leather Cloth, exhibited in the Great In ternational Exhibition of 1862, Class 27, was very favourably commented on by several of the leading Journals ; and the following is an extract from "The Times" of the 27th Octo ber, 1862 ; "During the last few weeks Mr. Szerelmy, so well known for his labours in connexion with his new process for pre serving the stone of the Houses of Parliament from decay, has sent in several specimens of a new kind of Leather Cloth. which is just now exciting a good deal of attention, and is 1 kely to prove a valuable discovery. By the application of a comp sition known only to the inventor, calico, linen, or alpaca, when coa ed with it. assumes many of the most valuab'e properties of ordinary leather, the fabric itself re taining all its flexibility, though perfectly waterproof, and possessing all the strength of common leather, though in finitely lighter and less than half the cost. The process is capable of application to all the materials for which hides are now used, so that if the material only realises in practic - an one of the many savings its use is said to effect. it will be one of the most valuable new im aterials the Exhibition has brought forth." Specimens of the "Panonia" Leather Cloth may be seen, and every information obtained, at the Temporary Offices of' the Company. Applications for shares must be addressed to the Bankers of the t ompany, with a deposit of £1 per share. Prospe"tuses may be had of the Brokers of the Company, 3ressrs. Crossley Brothers, 30, Cornhill. HR.H. THE PRINCE AND H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES, the Nobility, and the Gentry are respectfully recommended to use OLDRIDGE'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 he hair, whiskers, or mustaches , and prevent ing thvm fro m t urn i ng grey. Price 3s. 6d., fis., and 119. C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For children it is in valuable. TRATFORD-ON-AVON STEEPLE CHASES will take pace over the Borden Hia Ground, on Wed nesday, April 8, 18 ,1 3. The STRATFORD-ON-AVON OPEN STEEPLE CHASE (Han dicap) of 10 soya each, 5 ft, and 2 only if declared on or bef"re Thursday, April ), 186 1 , with ( 1 0 sovs added, over about four mil a 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 s _vs towards expenses, and the se xmd horse t save his stake. To close and nam. to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avcn, on or before Mon day, March 21, 1 , .63 ; weights to app ear i n " s Life," on the 29th day of March ; the 5 soya ft, name of horse, and colours of rider to be enclosed to , ether, or the nomination will not be received • three horses to start or the public money will not be added. The HUNTERS' ' , TARES of 5 sovs each, 3 forreit, with 30 soya 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 71b extra ; profess onal riders 71b extra ; the winner to pay 5 soya to wards expenses. To close and name to Capt. Hamilton, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon, on or before March 23 1863; the 3 soya 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 Cu;', added to a Sweerlstakes of 10 soya eftel ; 13st 71b ; about three miles ; a winner of 100 Hors to carry 71b extra, and of 200 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. 'I he FARMERS' AND TRADESMEN'S STARES of 2 soya each, with '5 soya added, for horses bona fide and unconditionally the property of farmers or tradesmen residing within fifteen miles of Stratford-on-Avon, and that have not been in a train in; 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 race 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 sta r t, or th e pu bli c money will not be add e d. Sir cIIARLF,S MOIMATINT, Bart., M.P. Sir ROBERT HAMILTON, Bart KC B Capt. PEAt'li, lion. W. TT. NOR TH, Stewards Lori CONYERS, F. W. HAMILTON, Shottery, Stratford-on-Avon Ho Secretary and T reasurer. , BERWICKSHIRE STEEPLE CHASES Hi m meroilame-Mains, withinthte ot e 2 mi l l i e i s 4f and ,t t unbe at twelve of Berwick, on Wednesday, April I. THE SCOTTISH GRAND NATIONAL STEEP LE e nAa ., of 100 sovs, added to a Free Handicap of 5 sovs each (in c ase of acne tance) ; the winner of any handicap at eple chase o f the value of 50 soya after the weights are üblished to e a ,— 7th extra; the winner to pay 20 sovs towards expens e., an the second to save his stake ; five horses to start, or _ a dded money will not be given wits out the consent of the Stewards , about three mil s and a half over a eood hunting coun try; 2 soya entrance, to go to the fund, which must be remitt ed with the entries, otherwise they will not be received. To close and u name with the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before 3 of arc\ 1853. Top weight, 12st 71b. Handicapper, Mr. R. Johnson, York. 11. —The HUNT STEEPLE CHASE of 50 so s., aided to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 1 forfeit to the fund, open to all orses that have been regularly hunted in Scotland, and with the Earl of Wemyss's Hounds in Northumberland second hor eto save his stakes four yr olds llst411), five yr olds 12st 21h, six and it ed 12st 71b ; previous winners of any steeple chase or hurdle race value 50 soya 71b extra ; the winner to pay 3 sovs towards expenses : about three miles and a half ; gentlemen riders : professionals, trainers, grooms, or any one Who has ridden for pay 71b extra. lll—The TALLYHO HUNT STEEPLE CHASE Of 25 SOM. added to a sweepstakes of 2 soya each, 1 forfeit to the fund, for horses that have never won any steeple chase or herdic , race, nor paid race horse duty previous to 1883 ; open to all horses that have been re , _mlarly hunted in Scotland, or with the Earl of Wemvss's Hounds in Northumberland ; second horse to save his stake; about three miles and a half; avelehta and rid , ra same No. 2. IV.—Te U NTERS' SELLINGSTEEPLE CHASE of 2 ROVS eac h, 1 fo r fe it to the fund, with added ; the second to save his stake ; four year olds, list 41b ; five year olds, 12st 21b ; six and seed, 12st 7th; the winner to be sold for 60 sovs: if entered t ) be Sold for 5n sovs allowed 71b, if for 40 sovs 141 b, If for 30 soya 21 lb, and if fo r 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 ihree miles an d a half. Nos. I and 3 being intended for bona fide hunters only, cer tificates from the res p ec i tiv r e e m cin v e T t o n t at ho tn n e n y ds ha m v u e st nn b t e npnroly duced before starting, f been regularly hunted, but ridden to hounds, and must not have been in a public training stable i n 1p 63. Entries for Nos. 2 and 3 to be made to the Clerk of the Course, Dunse, on or before the 21st April, and objections to qualifi-ation of horses to be made to him in writing not later than Monday, 27th April Colour to be declared at time of entry for eael race. . . NEW NOVEL BY THE A UTIIOR OF "THE INITIALS" AND " QUITS." On the 14th inst., in 2 vols., AT 0D D F.I. A NovEL By the Author of "The Irtitia's" and "Quits." Richard Bentley, New Burlington- street. POEMS, DESCRIPTIVE AND LYRICAL. Now ready at all the Libraries, crown Svo., price 65., ILLUSTRATIONS of the BEAUTIES of TROPICAL SCENERY, and Sketches of Objects of Interest ; with Notes, Historical and Explanatory. By the Author of" The Nuptials of Barcelona." _ _ . "His illustrations are always happy, and often striking. . . His work contains many beauties."—Morning Post. " The author has a poetic temperament, great felicity of versification, and a keen, zestful admiration of the beauties of nature ; and so spirited, graceful, ant warm is the verse in which he sings of tropical glories, that he rouses the en thusiasm of the reader, and bears him triumphantly through his volume. We propose to give our readers a few examples of the author's vivid paintings."—Lloyd's, Edited by Blan-hard Jerro d. "He has a fine poetical taste "—The Era. London : Robert Hardvvicke, 19'2, Piccadaly. DINNERS. -THE WELLINGTON, St. James's-street.—During tie Season a Set Dinner will be served at F.ve Shillings each, including Dessert and attendance. Dinners from the " Carte," and the Three Shilling set Dinner served as usual. WILLIAM COX, Superintendent. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, itO, P.ccadilly. N.B.—The Establishment will be entirely CLOSED on GOOD FRIDAY. It will re-open on SATURDAY, the 4th April, at Five o'clock. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER FOR THIS DAY. At 2s. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Green Pea. Macaroni. FISH. Stewed Eels. Fried Soh s. ENTREES. Mutton Cutlets, sauce Tomas. Minced Beet and Poached Egs. JOI g NTS. Saddles of Mutton. Sirloins of Beef. SWEETS. Tapioca Pudding Cheese Cakes. Cheese and Salad. To-Morrow (GOOD FRIDAY), THE LONDON DINNER. At 2s. ed. each Person. SOUPS. Ox Tail. Printaniere. FISH Salt Cod and Egg Sauce. Fried Whitings. ENTREES. Veal Cutlets, Fines Herbes. Rissoles aux Salpicons. JOINTS. Roast Saddles of Mutton. SWEETS. Sir Watkin Puddings, and Orange Fritters. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSitLLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. Boiled Beef. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. GRAND SELECTIONS from OPERAS and CANTATAS. Principll Artistes —Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Messrs. Raynor, Green, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. The celebrated Unsworth, the only Negro Orator, together with Eugene 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, tvery evening. NOTICE.- Les Quatre Freres Athos, from Carignan Thea tre, Turin, will appear cn Monday next (first time in Eng land). THE OXFORD R, OXFORD STREET. "THE ROSE OF DENMARK," Sung every Evening by Miss Ru , sell and the entire Company, also The New Cantata, by Herr Meyer Lutz, "HERNE THE OUNTER," ALCESTE, ERNANI, N A BUCO, and other Operatic Selections, Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, and Miss Oesten, Mr. Green, Mr. Bernardi, Mr. J, B. Huish, and Mr. Albert, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos. Ballads by Master Edwin Sanders, thejuvenile vocalist, aged a 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. Monday Evening next, ARTHUR and BERTRAND will make their first appearance. Hall, 6d.—Balcony and Stalls, is.—Private Boxes, lOs. 6d. 3.I.. TTIT.I.TEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. At the ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Continued success of J. LEVY, the celebrated Cornet-a- Piston ! Plays Nightly, at Nine and Ten o'clock, one of his admit' d Solos, also at Eleven, Variations, " The Carnival de Venice." Revival of the Scotch Fantasia and Irish Quadrille, by M. Jullien. Solos by Tyler, King, Horton, M'Ele - ey, &c. Cavatina , Nabuco,"Di on the Euphonium. ty L. Mona. 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 Preparati o n s, Malformations, Monstrosities, &c. ; also the Moving Ana tomical Dying Zouave, and other life-size figures. Open daily from 11 to 10, for Gentlemen only. Admission, One t _ Illustrated Shilling. Entrance-44 A, Maddox-street, Regent - street , London, W. Explanations throughout the day. Lecture at 4. Address h Secretary, C a a s ta ab l o o gu y ee., free by post for 12 stamps, sealed 20. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negrettl and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls fbr Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden ; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. O S E EID ON! 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 A R TICULATIO N, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at half the usual .ost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM ; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. One visit only required from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Cons altar' ors free. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WRITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT I, xninrriotv s OF 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of 11 ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, .8 here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the hody, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Vroc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting* with so much ease ,nd closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn 4 .uring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir mmference of the body, two inches below the hips, being Rent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6(1., and 31s. 6d. Postage, ls. k Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd. tin Umbilical Truss, 425. ands2s. ed. Postage, is. led. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post -nee, NEW PATENT F,ILASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all oases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpe ns i v e, a nd a re d raw n on lire an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 165. each. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer. 228, Piccadilly. T_IVERPOOL JULY MEETING.- SECOND DAY.—TUESDAY, JULY 11.—The LIVER- Poor. Cur, in specie, value 2'o sovs. given by the Lessee, added to a handicap S. weep •takes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declar,d on a day hereafter to be named, to Messrs. Weatherby, London; or to W. Topham, Clerk of the Course, Chester; the winner of any sweepstakes, cup, cup stakes, or plate, of the clear value of 500 sovs after the weights appear 5 1 b, two of such races'lolb extra, but this in any case to be the extreme penalty; the winner of the Manchester Union or Trades Cup, Ascot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, or Cu mberland Plate, 101 b extra ; or of any other handicap r e cours e ° . two of the value of 200 s ovs c l ear 51b , o f 400 71b , or o f any to n of Ruch last menti one d h an di caps S ib extra ; the w i nner th vs to the judge, and 20 sovs towards expenses of be publish; d s econd to save his s t a k e; t wo m il es. W e i g ht s t o in due time. Lord Annesley Im Es m t r x:r F a ie tt;CßlllEUS Lord Canterbury Mr. J. Bennett Lord Harlin:Jon Lord Sefton 3,1 r• ._:lt Biznell r. w. Mr. ‘,. uraven LordWestmoreland i Ar r r l tiwson Sir L. Newman , Col. Forester tie others TlTT e lf p :4 7 lll 7:i a b ia: c leeeB4 ll ß nder Set 121 b, it will be 3Tr. N. Ilan Col. C. P. Leslie Capt. Christie Mr. Hart v Capt. White Mr. G. Angell Mr. l Barber Ivo • raise 1 to that. and the others in proportio i. The MERSEY STARES of '5 sovs each, 5 it. with 50 ;ovs added, for two year olds ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Pat second to t , ave his stake ; winners of 10 0 soya clear 51b, 200 or more 81b extra, but not to be accumulative ; 8 subs or no race; T.Y.C. TIIIIID DAY.—WEDNESDAY, JULY 15.—The STANLEY STARES of 15 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 sovs added, for two and three 3, ar olds ; two year olds 7st 41b, three Ost fillies and geldings allowed 21b; winners of plates or sweepstakes 20)in the present year amounting to 1 00 sovs cle ar to carry 51b, or more 81b extra, handicaps excepted ; the winner to pay 10 soya to the fund; T.Y.C. Mr. Jackson Mr. W. Lynn Mr. J. Merry Mr. W. Owen Mr. Payne Mr. W. R.alnh Mr. R. Riddell Mr. R. Riddell Mr. Saxon Mr. .T. Scott Mr. P. Swinie: 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 Stales 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. R. Johnson, St. Mary's, York ; and Mr. E. W. Topham, MOW. No. 22,077 TEETH. -By MR. ESKELL'S INVENTION (Royal Seal granted 17th July, 1860), 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 tc, last a life time, as well as for mastication and articulation. Mr. ESK ELL'S TREATISE, which fully explains his invention, post free for seven stamps.—lnspection of specimens and Con sultations free. Terms strictly moderate.-8, Grosvenor street, Bond-street,'London ; and 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. (/-------_,,-----"_ -6' .0 .7- . z ,___, z --_,.,.c___e‹...._.-z__.e__,-- ~ - -c ( L. 7 z iG - ~, (._. C_____e: (_,-C_____.ll_ _ c _, ~v______. ... . ...... - ... I . 3. . ... 0,1 a• .. IR - - 7 -- , t 4 • - ..i . f.4 - - z 5 , .'47.,, . . _ . -- 4:.FAtt e : ;,.. .„..., ~, THE THAMES EMBANKM*It. 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Bazsigette, engineer:— "The first point to which my attention has been directed in preparing the designs for the Thames Embankment is the depth and character of the . • _ rICICE ..... -..4d. STAMPED ....sd. requisite foundations, and the mode of constructing them and the embankment wall. In order to deter mine these points borings were made in the bed of the river, along the line of the face of the embank ment, down to the London clay; the result of which I herewith submit for the cdnsideration of the Board, additional paymaster to the corps of Royal Engi neers and the re-adjustment of the duties connected with that department took effect yesterday, in ac cordance with orders to that effect received at Chatham. Instead of the paymasters being all attached to headquarters, as has hitherto been the rule, the pay masters' staff will form three separate departments, at Chatham, Aldershot, and South ampton. The headquarters of the 2d battalion of the 18th 18th Regiment (Royal Irish), under the command of Lieut.-Col. A. A. Chapman, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday in the Lucifer and Cumet steam tenders from Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, and immediately embarked on board the hired sailing transport Elizabeth Ann Bright, lying alongside the dock yard, for conveyance to New Zealand. It was ex pected that the ship would sail for her destination this afternoon. The second division of the regiment follow in the hired sailing transport Norwood. The deaths of the following officers have been re ported at the War-office since the Ist March : Gen. T. Evans, C. 8., colonel of the 81st Regiment ; Major-Gen. P. Young, K.H., colonel of the 59th Regiment. Cols.—The Earl of Harrington, C.B. ; W. Sadlier, 4th King's Own; and J. M. Wemyss, C.B. Lieut.-Cols.--J, Williams and G. H. Cory ton, Royal Marines. Majors—J. L. 0. Mansergh, 44th Regiment ; and R. Searle, Royal Marines. Capts.—G. C. H. Waters, Land Transport Corps; F. M. S. Taylor ; B. H. Vernon ; R. Harrington, 37th Regiment ; and T. B. Hornbrook, Royal Ma rines. Lieuts.—C. Brockman, 4th King's Own ; R. Statham, 33d Regiment; J. R. Kildahl, 72d Highlanders ; H. Cartei, 104th Bengal Fusiliers ; E. D. Hay, St. Helena Regiment; J. A. Wilkinson, 24th Regiment ; E. Stopford, 72d Regiment ; L. C. D'Anforsy, Royal Artillery ; W. Fowler, W. Magin, H. Grape, W. Bond, P. M'lntyre, W. White, G. L. Burlton, and F. Long, Royal Marines. Ensigns—A. Clarke, 55th Regiment ; S. H. Carrell, 82d Regi ment ; and H. L. Baldwin, 2d West India Regi ment. Assist.-Surg.—J. G. Cuppage. The ship Hotspur, 1,050 tons register, Capt. H. Toynbee, P.R. A.S., belonging to Messrs. J. and W. Smith, from Calcutta for London, was off Port land on Tuesday afternoon, beating up Channel against a strong E.S.E. wind. She had a full and valuable cargo of indigo, rice, saltpetre, seeds, cas ter-oil, and brings 122 men, 6 women, and 9 children, invalids from various regiments in the East Indies, under command of Capt. Fitzgerald, her Majesty's 60th Regiment. Among her passen gers are Major-Gen. Sir Sydney Cotton, Capt. and Mrs. Cotton (97th), and family, Mrs. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Davis, Capt. and Mrs. Mitford and child,Capt. and Mrs. Carlisle, Mrs. Anderson and family, Lieuts. Spragge, Alderson (7th), Trotman, Pope, Glasscock ; Lieut. and Mrs. Mould, Drs. Grogarty and Sharkey, Capt. and Mrs. Orchard and family, and Mr. Adams. There were two births during the passage—viz., December 28, Mrs. Cotton and March 1, Mrs. Alderson, both daughters ; and three deaths—December 30. W. Owens, a distressed sea man ; January 27, Sergeant Kennedy, Royal Artil lery, and, March 4, Private Johnson, 99th Regiment. The Hotspur left the Sand Heads December 25, a t N .B o nt o u hdr c , in h ei ra e ao d tns a 4e4 t d24 t 9td h ha s e ey sll Cape oinneg o from y March fri3Geh Adelaide, Hope d d tehsfehoßer iArs Febru ary British oinskdheoan : ei and pbn Fe bruary dju oat 12, John bark Bayswater, 70 days from Moulmein for Lon don, which had experienced very severe weather off the Mauritius ; 10th, off Cape Lagulhas, the ship Hermione, 19 days from Mauritius for Cork; March 4th, lat 147 N, long 20 41 W, the French brig Fraternite, 35 days from Nantes for Mayotta Island ; 6th, lat 2 45 N, long 21 45 W, the American bark Lucy A. Nichols, 27 days from New York for Valparaiso; 7th lat 3 5 N, long 22 52 W, the Olden burg bark Falcon, from London for Bahia; 20th, lat 37 43 N, long 43 23 W, the British ship Rowena, 85 days from Calcutta for Liverpool, with main topgallant mast gone; 28th, lat 46 36 N, long 10 9 W, the British schooner Thall, five days from South ampton for Shanghai, and 29th, lat. 48 07 N, long 702 W, the British ship Clifton, 143 days from Calcutta for London. On the 24th March, in lat 37 48 N, long 34 23 W. the Hotspur was chased for three hours by an American steamer, which tacked and stood to the southward when the British ensign was hoisted by the Hotspur. and from thrtle a longitudinal section of the B ut - - stratum of the river under the proposed embkink ment wall has been formed. From this section it appears, with some exceptions, indicated upon the section, the river mud and sand averages about 7 feet in depth, and that below it is a bed of gravel, varying in coarseness and character, over laying the London clay, and averaging from about 15ft. to 25ft. in thickness ; and that the London clay is reached at a depth of about 42ft. below Trinity high-water math. lam of opinion that a sufficient and solid foundation for the embankment can be obtained upon the lower portion of this bed of gravel at a depth of about 14ft, below low-water mark,and 10ft. above the London clay, or about the depth of the bottom of the deep-water channel of the river in the mid-stream. In order to get in the founda tions to this depth I propose, by excavating within them, to sink a connected line of iron caiss As, and to fill them with Portland cement concrete to within Oft, of low water; at this dpth, a nd upon the con crete, will be built the brick granite f aced embank ment wall. The caissons will be so co nstructed as to form a full tide dam, and the work w ill be carried on in short lengths, so that the upper p ortion of the dam above low water can be removed, as each sec tion is completed, and employed in the formation of the adjoining length. Thus the ironwork used as a dam between high and low water will not be wasted, but will become available for other purposes after the whole work is completed. This, therefore, will be a safe, rapid, and economical mode of ope ration. Behind the embankment wall, and under neath the roadway, it is proposed to construct the subway and sewers, an arrangement which will add much to the stability of the embankment wall. " The total length of the embankment is about 7,000 ft., but it is completely divided by the bridges into three sections, each of which will be viewed by itself, and the line of vision will not ordinarily be continned from one section to the other. The first section is from Westminster to Hungerford-bridge , the second from Hungerford-bridge to Waterloo, and the third from Waterloo to Blackfriars-bridge. "A continuous line of embankment wall would not in itself be productive of much architectural effect, the present landing places for steamboats are exceedingly ugly, and there would be much diffi culty in connecting the river wall with the exist ing bridges, so as to produce an effective and con sistent design. " At each of the bridges there are, and must be, landing-places for steamers, and midway between the bridges there are landing-places of some descrip tion, which will have to be maintained. " To meet these requirements it is proposed to treat each length of embankment from bridge to bridge as a complete design, and to make the steamboat piers and landing-places prominent and effective, as well as useful and necessary features. "At Westminster-bridge the roadway, which rises at an inclination of 1 in 80 to the level of the bridge, is set back some 30 or 40 from the face of the em bankment wall, and the intervening space would be reserved as a promenade and steamboat pies, having access from the bridge by a wide and imposing flight of steps opposite the Houses of Parlia ment. This will terminate without abruptness the varying styles of architecture at this point. Be tween Westminster and Hungerford bridges would be landing-stairs for smaller craft, and here it is proposed to introduce the beautiful water-gate now situate at the end of Buckingham-street, and erected after a design by Inigo Jones. On either side of Hungerford and Waterloo bridges would be steam boat landing-places, the dummies for which would be partly concealed within recesses formed by pro jecting into the river, in front of the general line of embankment, massive granite piers with moulded pedestals rising about 30ft. above the roadway, and hereafter to be enriched with bas reliefs and sur mounted with groups of statuary. " Half-way between Hungerford and Waterloo bridges it is proposed to construct a flight of land ing steps 60ft. wide, projecting into the river, and flanked:at each end with massive piers, rising to the level of a few feet above the roadway, and here after to be surmounted with colossal figures of river deities, or other appropriate groups. It is proposed to form an approach for foot passengers from the high level roadway to the river by a second flight of steps, descending to the level of the lower or em bankment roadway, which would add much to the effect of this central feature as viewed from the river. On the other side of this approach a line of shops could be erected on the land side of the em bankment roadway, the backs of which would form a retaining wall to the ornamental crescent and promenade above them. " Between Waterloo and Blackfriars bridges, and in front of Arundel-street, a steamboat pier would be constructed, in lieu of the present Essex-street pier, designed upon the same principle as those ad joining the bridges. " The embankment wall itself has been enriched with mouldings of a simple character down to tho level of h:gh-water mark, the continuous line of moalding being broken by the introduction, at in tervals, of massive blocks of granite to carry orna mental lamps, and by occasional recesses for pro menade seats. " It is proposed in the first instance to construct the embankment wall and fill in behind it to the to com p let e for exhibition at the level of 4ft. above Trinity high-water mark, and afterwards to arrange for the laying out of the area reclaimed. I propose to divide the work into twa contracts, the first, from Westminster to Waterloo ansysisnhbeeetion of the Board thereto, so as to desired a o t f o M rlo a o y to early before August Blackfriars-bridge, which may bearridlygei,nwjhainceh;maanyd bteheletananbnonudbt et from e nd next. nowe° submi tted em the ro d r ra c w on in tr g a s e t t o , athude to o o s a u r b d . Good Friday), and in order to i ( n n e idngstate than I could have Royal Academy for the information of those f obtainaxtleystrshiedfi o the public who take ae interest in this subject. " J. W. BAZALGETTE, Engineer." meniaboltheamovere A PROBLEM FOR NATURALISTS.—James Watt, labourer, was the other day digging a pump Well for Mr. Harvey, farmer, in one of his parks at Backburn, Gartly, and when about 12 feet down, a live frog came out. from a crevice in the rock. How came the frog to be there? and how did it manage to live ?-13anj shire Journal. HINTS FOR BATHERS.—The venomous cyancea, though a harmless-looking creature, is, in truth, one of the few inhabitants of the sea that are to be feared by bathers on our favoured shores; but its presence is so much to be dreaded that no one who has once suffered from the lash of its envenomed filaments will venture to bathe without keeping a careful watch on the surrounding water. At its first infliction, the pain is not-unlike that caused by the common stinging nettle, but rather sharper, and with more of a tingling sensation. Presently, however, it in creases in violence, and then seems to attack the whole . ul t e h e e r r s , nervous system, occasionally causing a severe pain to dash through the body as if a rifle bullet had passed in at one side and out at the other. Both the heart and lungs suffer spasmodically, and the victim occasionally feels as if ire could not survive another minute. These sydruptvoras after several days the very contact of the clothes is pai skin,—Boutledge's Natural IfistorY• for 10 or 12 hours before they fairly abate, an t ent and Pills.— [ADVERTISEMENT.I -- H olloway sinful to the if used according to directio! Indisputable remedies for old whoou?jen.snt breasts, however ' a obsti is no wound, ulcerous sore, or bbd to tn • theirhealing and nate, or long standing, but will yie ldf p erson s curative properties. Numbers o who have been Holloway's Ointment patients in several of the larg i e i hospita ls, and PI a 8, and under the care of eminent surgeons, wit out deriving the slightest g l a ndular swellings, tumours, scurvy, and diseases of the skin, there is no medicine that can be used. with SO good an effect. In fact, in the worst forms of disease, dependent upon the condition of the blood, these medicines are irresistible , anbendepfitillshevepboreen entirely cured by THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1863, SALE OF SAWDUST' AND SHAVINGS, &c. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SECRETARY of STATE far WAR is prepared to receive TENDERS for the REMOVAL of the CHIPS, S oft.WDUST. SHAVINGS, &a, which may accumulate at the Royal Carriage Derarrment, Woolwich, during a period of three years from the at April, 1863. Tenders must be made upon the proper printed form, wit may be obtained on application to the Director of Contracts, War-office, Pall-mall; or to the Superintendent of tae Royal Carria,e Department, Woolwich; and are to d-livered at the War-office, on or before the 9th April, 1833, addressed to the Under Secretary of State for war, and marked on the outside, "Tender for Removal of Chips, " The Secretary of State reserves the right of rejecting any or all cf the Tenders. THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts. War-office, March 31, 1863. TIMES. --The commercial world has recently been startled by the capture of a British vessel under circumstances not apparently calculated to lend even a colour to the proeeeding. The Peterhoff, a British screw steamer, trading between this country and Matamoras, in Mexico, has been made prize by the Federal squadron under the command of Admiral Wilkes. The report of the case informs us that the vessel left Falmouth in January last with a cargo, not contraband of war, for Matamoras, and that she arrived in due course at St. Thomas's, into which port she put for the purpose of coaling. In those waters she was boarded by an officer from the Fe deral cruiser Alabama, who examined her papers and passed thein, declining to endorse them with the notification of his search, but allowing the vessel to proceed. During her stay, however, at St. Thomas's Admiral 'Wilkes entered the harbour in his flag ship, and is alleged to have declared at once that the Peterhoff should have been seized. Matamoras is undoubtedly a Mexican port, but it is on the frontier of Texas, and Texas is one of the Confederate States. From Mexico to Arkansas and Missouri is a long and painful journey, but it is a journey which may be accomplished with the neces sary perseverance, and there seems to be little doubt but that the Confederates have obtained some sup plies by this overland route. Admiral Wilkes, there fore, looked probably on the Peterhoff's cargo as a cargo which, though consigned to a Mexican pert, would find its way ultimately to a Southern market, and he stopped it on its way. It is even probable that he bad received direct instructions to act in this manner, and to seize the Peterhoff wherever he found her, pretty much as he might seize the Oreta or the Alabama. The Federal Government, Mr. Laird has assured us, has its spies all over England. " I believe," he said, " there are spies in my son's works at Birkenhead, and in all the great este blish ments in the country. A friend of mine had detec tives regularly on his track in consequence of some circumstances connected with his vessels." It seems that some "circumstances connected" with the Peterhoff brought the Federal Admiral on her track with special orders. Tht ship was one of a regular line of steamers advertised to run between this coun try and Matamoras, but the line was not advertised till recently, or since the outbreak of the American War. Whether the American Minister at our Court thoup-ht this advertisement suspiciously timed, or whether he had any more particular reason for mis trust, we cannot say, but it appears that in com municating to Lord Russell a list of " suspected vessels "he included the Peterhoff by name. Now, as these suspicions were, doubtless, communicated by Mr. Adams to his own Government as well as to ours, and as the officers of Federal cruisers have made no secret of their orders to capture certain vessels wherever they were found, we shall pro bably be not far wrong in assuming that the Peterhoff was on the black list, and that Ad " Aral Wilkes made prize of her accordingly as soon as he ascertained her name and destination. But a very grave question has thus arisen. As far as regards the Peterhoff herself, it is antici pated that she will be restored to her owners, since the Magicienne, a vessel captured under similar circumstances, and taken also into Key IV est as prize, has been just now released. But what is to be said of the practice, and of the principles on which the capture was hazarded ? Assuming, for the sake of argument, that the necessities of the Southern States do actually create a demand in Mexico, and by those means in this country, is the trade between this country and Mexico therefore liable to interruption? The new doctrine appears to be that any cargo consigned not merely to a bel ligerent port, but to a port from which it may after wards reach a belligerent port, is exposed to cap— ture. On these principles, for example, all trade with the Prussian ports in the Baltic might have been forbidden during the Crimean war, as well as all trade with the Russian ports, for a land journey would have sufficed to carry the goods from Dantsic to St. Petersburg, just as goods might be carried from Matamoras to Vicksburg. It was one of the arguments recently urged against the right of blockade that railway communication had rendered it ineffectual, since all that was now necessary was to run to the nearest neutral port, and thence de spatch the cargo overland to its destination. But the pretensions of the Federal Government would upset this argument, for a blockading squadron might seize a cargo, whithersover consigned, on the mere calculation that, sooner or later, it would find its way to belligerent hands. We have no doubt, in short, that Admiral Wilkes carried precise in structions to capture the Peterhoff. We believe, also, that she may be released after more or less de tention, and compensation perhaps paid on demand. The Fs derals will find their own recompense in the command acquired over the commerce /if the seas, and the alarm communicated to traders, but it can hardly be denied that such proceedings call for serious attention on the part of our own Government. POST.—It is rarely that any subject, however in teresting, is thoroughly ventilated in the Upper HouseofPrliament. The nominal time for the hour,tiht protractedadjournment uctontshae cineud va nif ttt oel speech yr f i at t a hhffseeowe handsH rlhdd i o eac u dlnh s o afooiattnfdtheLeermeoddfroiodarntsi Monday aoao s yti great r e tawe f t a o oe dtre7eeks o'clock. debate dinner Lpltoeroci rksi dae. peraemvpedbell inaugurated what he hoped might have f h o o r w F e o v r e e r i , g onf Recognition,a deba e t e e l y o e n lie t i h te e d q a u r e e sAo y n fre o m f thethe Secretary A th el ff ol -i n t s e a r F e e l M . his seat the fatal h rs o . ur had an When Earl harrived.ouse , R tl u we s od s e ec l p l aeu r es e de s se u e m tl e y d was the absence of the nob i l n e g earl ; t h e ; i l n y t t e o re c e u t Ftail d w h hat must T other wisecon- tributed have provedvery leads he one r Majesty's Opposition and the other the rather sin gulare entreaty with which Earl Russell terminated his speech. He begged his brother peers not to pro- long the discussion, and as the request chimed with the observances of the house, it met with ready ac quiescence. As, however, the question of recognis ing the Southern Confederacy cannot be shelved, though it may be thus temporarily evaded by one of the branohes of the Legislature, it will not be considered out of place to review dispassionately the grounds on which the claims of the infant Sta to are based, and the principles which should govern the conduct of neutral Powers. We do not see what good purpose it can serve to endeavour as it were to hush up a subject which is ever present before our mieds, and to attempt to postpone indefinitely the solution of a problem which sooner or later we will most undoubtedly be called upon to solve. We therefore sincerely regret, when Lord Campbell sub mitted to the House o Lords the advisability of ac knowledging the independence of the Southern Con. federacy, that nothing was evoked beyond a minis terial reply. It is notorious that the majority of persons in England consider that the Southern States have achieved their independence, and that the efforts made by the North to effect a reconquest arc entirely hopeless. There are many in the Houee of Lords who hold this opinion ; mad it is therefore to be regretted, when Earl Russell assumed that the enterprise in which the. Northern States are engaged might still be crowned with suc cess, that some were not found to point out the groundlessness of such an assumption. If it be conceded that the Southern Confederacy must ulti mately succeed in establishing its independence, then the obligation of recognising becomes a matter for the consideration of neutral States. A refusal to accord the required recognition must consequently be founded either upon the conviction that' the ultimate success of the Confederates is problemati cal, or that, for political reasons, it is more expedi ent to defer for a time an official declaration that the object with which the Southern States have taken up arms has been, in fact, attained. Let us briefly consider these several grounds. As regards the supposed invincibility of the South, it is of course impossible to prove a negative and demon strate that it cannot be subdued. In matters of this kind, however, certainty is not essential ; and the first authorities on international law, including Vattel, DeMartens, and Wheaton, concur in declar ing that an infant State is entitled to demand the recognition of its independence so soon as it can satisfy neutral States that in all probability it can maintain itself against foreign aggression. The Southern Confederacy has sprung from what to other nations must be regarded as a revolution, be cause, even admitting the right of the Southern States to secede from the American Union, still they formed part, and diplomatically considered, continue to form part of a republic still officially recognised by the rest of the world. It is therefore right shat the neutral States should attach the greatest weight to the fact that the war to which the secession of the Southern states gave rise still continues, and that the established Government has not desisted from its attempts to reduce to sub mission those which it still terms its revolted pro vinces. But no expounder of international law, if we except Sir George Lewis, has ever enunciated the proposition that until a war between the esta blished Government and those who set its autho rity at defiance has been brought to a close, the in dependence of the revolutionists cannot be recog nised. It is sufficient if those who constitute them selves into a new State establish, to the satisfaction of the world, that, regarded as a matter of proba bility, their efforts will in all likelihood prove. successfal. Now, judgiug from the position of affairs in America at the md of the second year of the civil war, it is impossible for any unprejudiced person not to feel that the re-establishment of the American Union is the vainest of chimeras. The circumstance that the Federal Government have been unable to penetrate into the interior of the contiguous State of Virginia would in itself prove that the subjugation of the entire Confederacy is not within the bounds of possibility. We can do no more than point to facts, and ir, notwithstanding the experience of the last two years, there are those who still believe in the possibility of the Federal Government vindicating its authority in the Southern States, why, we must decline undertak ing the useless task of attempting to alter their con viction. But admitting that the Southern Confede racy has established its independence, it is suggested that at the present juncture, it is inexpedient to recognise that fact. By so doing, it is urged that annfdthe may give serious United States. we shall not materially alter t h e relations of the belligerents umbrage te theto each oth other, Government That we would be regarded by the Government at Washington as having done an unfriendly act is anowledg the ing relations thei n . probable enough; but we do n ot think tha t such a cons ideration should prevent us discharging such an act of duty. It is, however, nd with scarcely th ep or c se o is r tti r oeon for rt the re t e but b w e e entitled w ou l would be say that, by recognising the independence of the South, we should not sensibl of the belligerents inter se a world. We would not, by a y modify dependence of the Southern Confederacy,geh to interpose e a much between the mo rbee favourableli setting on foot negotiations with a view to the restoration of peace. Nor is it nreasonabie to suppose tsehvaetrteigheeatdy of missitohnebysetihitehEerue Con federacy wou ld European Powers of the exercise considerable influence in det ermining the course of the Federal Government. At prese n t th e Government at Washington arednicseintcblieneEdutroopceoann fess that they are without hopeof re-establishing their authority iu the South, si Powers, by their refusal to recognise the new Con federacy, in effect admit that t he North m ay yet bring the war in which it is en gaged to a success ful issue. But if E:: rope aut horitatively pronounced the American Union to be finally dissolved, th e Federal Government would be forced b y circum stances to concur in that decisi on. If the bellige rents are entirely ignored by the neutral Pow ers , there seems every prospect oft a p great rotracte time but d e imwar ; but if, without intervention, Powers of Europe were to decla re Souther n inde pendence to be an accomplished fact, an openi ng would be afforded for negotiati ons which would in all probability speedily lead to a conclusion of the war. America ma HERALD.—Every mail from y now be expected to bring us more and more important news. Like the last act of stirring tragedy, the great drama that is bein g play ed out in the Western World gathers force and thr illin g interest as it nears the closing scene ; and await with almost breathless interest the upshot which may make or mar the history of half a con tinent. For whatever may be the issue of the shock of battle now about to be delivered, it will be as re gards the result of the war conclusive. Never again will the North be able to resume the conflict with greater odds ; and believing, as we do, that this, its last effort, will fail as disastrously as those which have preceded it, we confidently expect that the conviction of the hopelessness of its efforts will at length dawn upon the Northern mind, and enable the voice of reason once again to make itself heard in Northern councils. There is not a single gleam of hope to the Federal cause East, West, or South. The failure of the attempt on Port Hudson has vir tually settled the question of the freedom of the Mississippi. Admiral Farragut cannot be in a position to resume the attack this season. The utmost his damaged flotilla is capable of is the pro tection of the Federal garrisons at Baton Rouge and New Orleans, and the blockade of the Missis sippi and Galveston. And there is even less chance of reducing Vicksburg. The inundations which were to starve out the defenders of this position have, according to the latest accounts, compelled the Federals to leave their camps, if not to abandon the siege altogether. The " cut-off" is a failure. The route by Lake Providence and Tenses River is impracticable for so large an armament as the North would have to despatch down the river for the assault upon Port Hudson. There seems to be nothing for General Grant to do but to risk another assault immediately, against all reasonable hope or to lead back his enfeebled and demoralished army to Memphis. Even Rosencranz is brought to a stand-still in Tennessee. At Knoxville and Tulla homa there are large armies in his front. South of the Duck River, and threatening at any moment to outflank his right, is General Van Dorn, with a considerable force. Along the banks of the Ten nessee River there are hordes of guerillas, and in Western Tennessee a Confederate army is muster ing for another inroad into Kentucky. Chatta nooga is safer than Nashville, and Rosencranz, instead of penetrating into Georgia, has to content himself with fortifying Murfreesborough and covering the capital of Tennessee. At Charles ton the bombardment is still only threatened ; the great army that General Foster landed at Hilton Head is demoralised by perpetual squabbles about the status of the negro • whilst the Confederates are employing all their time in maturing their plans of defence for holding Charleston to the last against the fire of the iron clads, and preventing a repetition of the catastrope of New Orleans. In Florida Vie first attempt of the Federals to excite a servile insurrection has signally failed. A regiment or brigade of negroes, bearing arms to place in the hands of insurgent slaves, has been surrounded and captured, and we fear there will be short shrift for the white officers who led them upon the rash and criminal enterprise. The proclamation of President Davis leaves these men no loophole of escape. They have been taken in the act of inciting servile rebellion—the most heinous crime that could be committed against the Southern Confederacy. But we would fain hope that they will be spared the fate they have so well deserved, and that the commencement of a series of reprisals which would outdo even the present horrors of this terrible war will not lie with the Confederates. In a military aspect there is little that is important in the last American mail, but we are evidently on the eve of great events. Naval and Military Intelligence. THE NAVY. The Lords Commissioners composing the effective Board of Admiralty yesterday paid an official visit to Woolwich dockyard. They first inspected the hydraulic machinery employed in bending and pre paring the armour plates of the iron cased ship Caledonia, and afterwards went on board the ship. Their Lordships—viz., the Duke of Somerset and his secretary, Captain Ryder, Admirals Sir Fredk. Grey, K.C.8., and Charles Eden, C. 8., Captain Drummond, Admiral Robinson, Controller of the Navy, entered the dockyard at 3 p.m., and left at 4. After leaving the Caledonia they inspected the operations of Bray's traction engine, purchased by Government for the general work of the yard, and made a short visit to the inner basin. Mr. Thornton, assistant master shipwright of Woolwich dockyard, having completed his inspec tion of the Galway packet, on behalf of Govern ment, yesterday returned to Woolwich from Liverpool, The Royal Oak, 34, 800 horse power, having completed coaling, got up steam yesterday morning alongside the Ocean coal depot, in the Medway, and proceeded up the river to Chatham harbour, taking up her moorings at Folly Point, where she is to be completed for sea. The paddlewheel steamer Adder, and other steamers were in attendance on the Royal Oak, in order to render any assistance which might be required. There is still a great deal remaining to be done on board, and fully six weeks or two months will elapse before the Royal Oak can be ready to proceed to sea. The Hector, iron frigate, has been undocked from the large double dock at Portsmouth, in order to render the dock available for the Black Prince, iron frigate, Capt. J. F. B. Wainwright, now refitting for further sea service it the steam basin. A few men are about the Hector's decks marking every part of her metal fittings, whether of brass or iron, with the Government broad arrow, and greatly to the disfigurement of some of the work, such as the brass tubing, stanchions, and hand rails over the engine-room. No other men are yet em ployed upon the ship's outfit from the shipwright department, nor will there be until the outfit of the Esk and Curacoa, wooden corvettes, is completed. The Defence, 18, iron frigate, Capt. A. Philli more, is lying alongside the dockyard •at Ports mouth, with sails unbent, &c. She awaits orders. It is expected that her officers and crew will be turned to the Hector, and that she will then be placed in the steam reserve of the first class. The Pandora, 4, screw gunvessel, Commander Ruston, has been swung in Portsmouth harbour, to ascertain the deviation of her compass, and is ex pected to go out of harbour to Spithead to-day be fore sailing for her destination. The Dutch screw corvette Sorembing, 8 guns Commander J. N. Slegt, anchored at Spithead shortly before sunset yesterday evening, from Batavia, bound for Flushing. She will resume her voyage homewards after taking in a supply of coals and provisions. The deaths of the following officers have been officially reported at the Admiralty since Jan. 1 : Admirals F. Temple and C. G. R. Phillips ; Vice- Admiral A. T. E. Vidal; Rear-Admirals C. Wyvill, J. J. F. Newell, D. Marsh, and D. Cox; Capts. J. J. M'Cleverty, C.B„ F. Liardet, W. A. Willis, C. Knight, K.H., J. Roche, J. Shepherd, W. - S: Ad dington, G, Palmer, and J. N. Gladstone ; Coro menders A. C. May, J. A. Pritchard, It. Reid, It. Ward, J. White, J. Dalrymple, J. Jones, J. Athill, J. M'Killop, T. Akers, J. Heyland, W. Leslie, the Hon. C. St. Clair, C. Seaver, S. H. Pickard, A. Cooper, H. G. Veitch, and J. Higgs ; Lieuts. B. W. Clark, G. IL Barnard, T. F. Studdert, T. M. Wright, F. Bickerstaff, J. G. Seton, G. Lyall, and J. Sander- eon ; Masters J. W. Smith, F. R. Child, E. Colburne, C. Chown, W. Yeames, J. Brown, T. B. Codnor, and J, Bowler; Surgeons J Coulter, M.D., W. H. Woods, F. Logan, G. H. Jones, M.D., N. W. Roche, M.D., J. dimpbell, M.D., and W. Doak ; Assist.- Surgs. R. Ratliffe and W. Dickson ; Chief Engineer W. Lowther; Paymasters G. Teait, R. H. Hire, T. Darby, F. W. Pike, J. Walter, J. Mason, and G. Starr ; Assist.-Paymaster D. L. Rhind. Royal Marines—Major•Gen. H. E vans ; Lieut.-Col. G. H. Coryton ; Capts. E. T. T. Jones and R. Searle; Lieuts. W. S. Bond, P. M'lntyre, and S. H, Browne. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Capt. his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, to the Victoria and Albert Royal yacht, vice Seymour, promoted to be Rear- Admiral ; Capt. W. Armytage to the Magicienne, vice the Prince of Leiningen; Capt. J. Seccombe, to the Hannibal, commissioned; Lieut. P. Sharpe, to command the Investigator, vice Lefroy, pro moted ; Thomas Potter, master, to the Hannibal ; W. H. Harris, master, to the Canopus ; Sub-Lieut. Augustus B. C. Booth, to the Defence ; Daniel Finnicane and Horace H. Smith, surgeons ad ditional, to the Meander; James B. Hay, paymaster, to the Canopus; Charles A. Thorne, paymaster, to the Hannibal; and W. P. Guyer, in the Narcissus, promoted to acting engineer. THE ARMY. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, General Commanding in Chief, will commence his annual inspection of the troops and fortifications at and around Portsmouth, and in the south-west mili tary district, in the early part of next week. Yesterday a detachment of the Ist division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery, numbering 100 non commission officers and gunners, proceeded from head-quarters to Shoeburyness, where they will go through a course of instruction at the School of Gunnery, preparatory to embarking for India during the ensuing summer. By direction of the Duke of Cambridge a number of non-commissioned officers are to be selected from the battalions at Chatham garrison in order that they may undergo a special course of training to qualify them as instructors at the military gymna sium which is about being established at Chatham. The new gymnasium, the erection of which has been commenced, will be placed in an appropriate spot within the inner line of fortifications, and within a convenient distance from the several barracks in Chatham garrison. The building will be one of the most commodious establishments of the kind yet erected, and will be adapted in a complete manner for carrying on the physical education and training school of of the officers and troops according to the ses gee pared soft floor, of together with a se bectlaorsye ti osa Commissioners.n d The main s of b.l ul gu A d w r e m ial y i upon 200 ft. in length, and as i ill bnestrsuucrtmoorsu'natneddobtyhear a h s o w le el w i exactly the same dimensions. Communicating with paramrastelOgOyfmt.nlaosnigumby, swoiftth. waipder,e the two larger rooms will be an officers' fencing room 50ft. by 25ft.,together with dressing and other rooms handsome square tower, 70ft. in height. The builder i s Mr. A. Matthews, of Dover, and the plans and drawings were prepared at the Royal Engineer esta blishment, Chatham. The estimated cost is £6OOO. Th e whole is to be completed and taken posses • sion of by the Government ei in • ght months from the contract being signed. The new regulations for the appointment of an METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A special meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday at the office, Spring gardens—Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. The financial statement was presented, which showed the following cash balances in the hands of the treasurer :—Current accounts, £53,124 18s. 9d. ; deposit accounts, £46,500 ; total, £99,624 18s. 9d; Government securities, £76,732 13s. 11d. Pay ments were ordered to the amount of £51,620 178. lid. THE PROGRESS OF THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS. Mr. Bazalgette, the chief engineer, produced the following report on the progress of the main drainage works -- " Chief Engineer's Office, March 31, 1863. "The several sections of the main drainage works con tinue, upon the whole, to progress satisfactorily. Messrs. Brassey and Co. have completed rather more than 8i miles of sewers in connection with the Middle Level line, at an estimated cost of about £226,000, being £7,000 in excess of my last monthly report. Mr. Moxon has constructed about 3,177 feet of the Western Sewers at a probable cost of £9,000, making £2,000 due to the past month. On the Northern Outfall nearly the whole of the brickwork of the sewers forming the line between the River Lee and Barking-creek is now complete, and the concrete embank ment over it is being rapidly proceeded with. The iron work of the numerous bridges, &0., is also fairly progres sing. The special construction of the outlet works into the Thames is being carried on cautiously and safely. The total value of the works now executed by Mr. Furness under this contract amounts to about £547,000, being £lO,OOO in excess of last month. Mr. Furness has commenced the works of the Northern Outfall Reservoir, the excavation for three of the side walls being in hand, as well as for the pier foundations. Altogether about 2,500 cube yards of earth have been removed, and the concrete is being filled in. The dam at the side of the reed shore next the Thames is also being driven. The cost of these works is estimated at about £7,000. At the Southern Outfall Works, Crosness, the engine and boiler houses, reservoir, eastern outlet, and culverts are all rapidly progressing under Mr. Webster's contract. Upwards of 90,000 cube yards of excavationboanudt 34,000 yards of concrete have been executed, . and a _ last report. £76,000, or £lB,OOO more than at the. dateit o we manufacture ff cube 4 1 , 3 0 , 0 0 000 fe feet t .n a u9g r se7p d ts,seo 0 o s tmra a o tooni f d ß n T.:011.1r pumps prus m :osmsr l sT e sshpani y h. aivdbr-reel Yorkshire iwepsl until eovnot a oanhygl e ly oeb D arsafacei l e nvhlp r t egiho b ntr y behet seerehesdy been with o r tau e hcat tt s aoctho lthhtnoee_ Messrs. u . rntinfi e pree . uxryhicsphanrit aboutrteagesgi Dept and :Birmingham works. connexion with the building f o r . r n soo d mn s e y ht haes branch fruers np se o ht f ievde t the lhoew districts lmevoeorlet totalmess Messrs. Watt of a t t t h a e u w d o c rk o. done epsurpeeauttdeodtaihnnegd presentsobn havetim e y T e C t P o l u d eted coa of their . work under t gasotn the contract is now a an B sewer, at a n estimated cost of £25,500, £6,500 being the alwaofMAeobfnovorieldrredt h i sdk l i sfl t i3area6 s tubs z e nt wneldnuBn9epegtlsgriSao, Slaughter Son's the s c . the o .twh m ro r el3ar p i gnk r l completed n t ee r l e Clrsi d m e obac a . Norwood and Clapham to Deptford, and it is now available for the drainage of the several localities through which it passes. Its entire length is about 10 miles, and its coat i e n a . rl than three miles of the extension line of this sewer through Dulwich and Norwood at a probable cost of £16,500, of which £2,000 is due to the progress made last month. In my next month's report I hope to be enabled to state that this contract has been completed. Hitherto the work has been somewhat retarded by causes not under Mr. Pearsoa's control. The total length of the Effra diversion sewer now completed at Brixton is about 1 mile 720 feet, the value of which is about £12,000, or £l,OOO more than was reported last month. Mr. Webster would probably have finished the work by this time had it been possible to have diverted the upper waters of the Effra earlier. This, by the completion of the Southern high level sewer, can now be done, and the work will therefore at one be proceeded with without fur ther delay. The contract for the completion of the new street, subway, and sewers from London -bridge to Stamford street, Blackfriars-bridge-road, has been let to Mr. Pearson since my last report, and is now commenced. " J. W. EAZA.LWITTE, Engineer." The report was adopted, and ordered to be printed. Some uninteresting routine matters were disposed of, and the Board adjourned. NOTICE TO BEST GUNMAKERS. THE SECRETARY of STATE for WAR desires to call the attention of best Gunmakers to a consider able quantity of best quality GUN STOCKS, suitable for first-class Sporting Guns, which it is intended to SELL by TEN DE R. These Stocks have accumulated in the Government Stores in recent years, and are thoroughly seasoned and fit for im mediate use. The Stocks arc lotted in small parcels, and are to be viewed at the Royal Small Arms Factors, Enfield, on any day of the week f xcel t Saturday, on application to the Superintendent, for fourteen days from this date. Forms of tender are t be obtained on application to the Director of Contracts, War-office, Pall-mall, or to the Super intendent of the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield ; and ar to be davered at the War-office, Pall-mall, on or before the 14th April, 1883, addressed to the Under Secretary of State for War, and marked on the outside " Tender for Gun Stocks." 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