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'''Zt4-TE, ' leal*Ng :' , . 1 ' - '--•* "V : ? bA • ' \ ' , ..,, ;;4; , ,- -. OJT: ~ - .7_,, - , EAST INDIA HOUSE, 16th March, 1853. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY do Hereby Give Notice, hat a Proprietor of Last India stock has given notice that, at the Quarterly General Court of the said Company, appointed to be held At their House in Leadenball-street, on 'WEDNESDAY, the 23d instant, he will submit a motion— That it is expedient, at the Annual Election of Directors, that the Court of Directors withhold their support (by advertise ment) from the Directors who have gone oat by rotation. JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1853. THE CEYLON LAND AND MINING COMPANY. . 11 011cie Is HEREBY GIVEN, That no further APPLICATIONS for day in this Company wilt, be received after TUESDAY, the 22d ;_aY of March instant, except in country cases, which will be received "Qausive of WEDNESDAY, the 23d inst. :bated this 111th day of March, 1853. By order. No. 18,874.] [PRICE SD. MISS MITFORD, AUTHOR OF " OUR VILLAGE." On Thursday next, in 2 vols., post Bvo., 215 , The Second and Cheaper Ed,tion of ECOLLECTIONS of the LITERARY LIFE AUSTRALIA. Parties about to proceed to Australia can be assured In the PROFESSIONAL LIFE AS SURANCE COMPANY, 76, Cheapside, London, without payment of extra premium for voyage to or residence there. EDWARD BAYLIS, Resident Manager and Actuary. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Spiteful steam-sloop is to be juryrigged and sent to Woolwich, where she will receive new boilers. W. GALIRAITH, Secretary. Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Admiralty, held a levee at Whitehall to-day, and . it was attended by the following officers : Admiral Sir Samuel Pym, Rear-Admiral David Price, and Rear-Admiral Sir John Hill, Kt. The crew of the steam-frigate Valorous, 16, Captain C. M. Buckle, were inspected on Wednesday by the Commander-in• Chief, and were paid wages to-day. The ship is ready for sea. Strong winds from the eastward have prevailed for some days past. On Thursday morning, at 11 o'clock, the brig Madonna, of Liverpool, Captain Boase, with sugar, from Bahia for Gothenburg, was caught in a squall off Portland, and dismasted. Twenty miles south-south-east of the Start she was fallen in with by two French fishing boats, which brought her safely into the Sound. On Friday, at 3 a.m., the barque Jessie, Captain Bird, of North Shields, from the Mediterranean with linseed, for Hull, was run into off the Start by a trawl sloop, which carried away five of her stancheons, bulwarks, rail, &c. The Jessie came to this port. The sloop was seen after the colli sion. SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELE - V GRAPH COMPANIES INSTA N TAN I , OUS COMMU 'ICATI 0 N with PARIS.—REDUCTION of TARIFF. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Wires of these '" l l)anies have been connected with the Telegraph of the French i-everament ; and on and after this date, MESSAGES will be r l a zU'mitted instantaneously between London and Paris. thus avoid jag the delays that have hitherto occurred at Calais. - Notice is a so given, that a REDUCTION has been made in the Rate of CHARGES' between London and the Continent, particu lars of which can bo obtained on application at the offices. No Message that is unintelligible can be transmitted to the Con tinent in consequence of the regulations of the French Government. All Dispatches containing more than one Message will be charged as if sent separately. These C meanies reserve to themselves the right of refusing all those Dispatches which, in their opinion, are U nint. , 2lUgible or contain more than one Message. of MARY RUSSELL MITFORD. Author of " Our Village." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That on GOOD FRIDAY the Trains will run as on Sundays, with the addition of the Day Mail, from Paddington to Bristol, at 10.15 a.m., ; and from Bristol to Pad- Giqgton at a. 35 a m., c Xing at the usual stations. Return Tickets issued on Thursday. the 24th March, and on Good Friday, will be available for the return journey on either of those days, or on the 26th, 27th, or 28th inst. For further particulars see handbills, which may be obtained at the stations, or at any of tile offices of the Company. Paddington Station, 16th March, 1853. Captains—George William Conway Courtenay (1828), Robert Lambert Baynes (1828), Henry J. Codrington, C.B. (1836), Julius James Farmer Newell (1838), Francis Price Blackwood (1838), George Elliot (1840); Thomas Hender son (1840), John Robb (1841), Harry Eyres ,(1841), John Coghlan Fitzgerald (1841), H as ti ngs R. Yelverton (1843), Sir George Graham Otway (1846), Edward John Carpenter (1846), Charles Edmunds (1848), John Moore (1848), Richard Douglas (1851), George Sumner Hand (1852), and John Hills (1853). _ HE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION of 1853. (in Connexion with the Royal Dublin Society.) In consequence of Thursday, the sth of May, being Ascension Day, 1 Opening of the Exhibition will be Postponed until THURSDAY, li4 12th of May next. eason Tic kets can be procured at the Fxhib tion Office, No. 3, Uplper Merrion-street, on and after Monday, the 21st instant, be twben the hours of Eleven and Four. IGentlemen's Tickets Ladies' Ticket5.............................1 1 0 • By order of the General Committee, C. P. RONEY, Secretary. Offices - 3, Upper Merrlon street, Dubin, March •2, 1853. TUFETROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. _ _ Commanders—Grove George Wodehonse (1844), Arthur Davies (1846), and. William G. Luard (18.50). Lieutenants—Richard E. Bullen (1833), Thomas B. Christopher (1841), John J. Kennedy (1841), Francis J. Diggins (1842), Alexander Anderson (1842), Hon. 0. W. Lambart (1844), George W. Towsey {1846), and John Hill. The Right Hon. Sir J. Graham, First Lord, and Mr. Bernal Osborne, First Secretary, now occupy their official residences at Whitehall.. . By order of the Directors, f 4. L. PARROTT, Secretary 30, Cornhill, London, March 14, NOTICE. TO INVENTORS, ARTIST., VD OTHERS. THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION is now CLOSED until EISTILIR MONDAY, for. the Purpose of ERECTING spac,ous NEW ROOMS for a PHOTO , .RAPHIC SCH 'OL, Ste, 814- ,_ I 4ODELS of MA , !HIN ERY, which will be described to Vie Visi rrs, WORKS of AR I', &c., are RECEIVED for EXHIBITION, ( rite of expense to the Depositors. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Lessee, CH ARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during the week, " The Thistle," " Shamrock," "Rose," and "Amin..." 1 4 r altzes,. the "Napoleon" Galep, "Le Cirque' Quadrille; "La Valerie" "Juno," and "Steeplechase" Polkas .— Admission, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight; to commence at Nine o'clock, and terminate at Half-past Eleven. THE FEATHER RIVER LAND and GOLD MINING COMPANY, Nevada District, California. Established in France as a Societe en Commandite, by which the responsibility of Shareholders is expressly limited to the amount of their subscriptions. . 'For the p urc h ase of a valua bl e f ree h o ld aur if ero us landed estate, 21 .600 acres in extent. Capital, 3110,000/., in 150,000 Shares of 21 each. To be increased to 500,0001. so soon as dividends to the amount of twenty per cent. have been paid en the present capital, which is an ticipated from the first twelve months' octal]. operations Seventy-five thousand of the above shares will be issued at once, of Which twenty-five thousand have been subscribed for, in New Tork ; and the remainder are reserved to be issued when the property his been Inspected and reported upon by a surveyor, and approved of by the Board of Supervision, or sooner, should a general meeting of the sh areholders so determine—no payment beyond a deposit of five per cent, upon the first moiety of the purchase money to be made to the l'endOrs until the property be thus approved. BOARD OF SUPERVISION. 14 Paris—Monsieur Drouil'ard, linker and Director of the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway. s, Monsieur Monternault, Director of the Paris and Orleans Railway Company. In London—John Bagshaw, Esq. R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq. „ H. W. Schneider, Esq. - „ John Stewart, Esq. „ Charles Trueman, Esq. „ Capt. Leicester Vernon, R.E. GanarlT IN Paws—Mons. Ennemond Bagary. BROKERS. Messrs. G. Burnaud & Co. Cornhill. Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, Old Broad-street. BANKERS IN LONDON. Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co. - The London and. Westminster Bank. BANKERS IN PARIS.—MCSSTS. P. Gil and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouse-yard. SECRETART.—Mr. William Bray. Ofitees:i=ln London :-64, Old Broad-street ; in Paris, 79, Rue Richelieu. Com . Piny has been enabled . to secure, in the celebrated Ne -4,• ult Distant; California; the right to purchase the large property of hos 0. Larkin. Esq., reported upon, as after mentioned, to contain a_ 6oo acres in extent, and to possess extensive gold - bearing quartz v r'uz and auriferous deposits, and, gold washings, and to be well "It Pted for agricultural purposes. ii, 4,1 2 property is described as being situated on the west bank of Fe then River, which is a tributary of the Great Sacramento A ver, and. to be at a distance of about i 95 miles by water communi )Tion from San Francio. The Sacramento is at all times naviga ,,ll for steamers ; and iris stated that, during a greater portion of Th Year, vessels tan navigate the Feather River up to the property. estate ,is freehold, and the vendors guarantee an Indisputable "'Lei free from incumbrances. ' ijhe mineral importance and value of the property will be best iced of by the following extract from the report of the Surveyor, 'tholas Gray, gag., who, in September, I 852, surveyed it as an officer rder orders from the United States Government. fter giving a .etailed description of each lot, he sums up his report as follows : b " I class the whole estate. containing 21,656 70-100 acres, as mi %end land. Gold is found from the bottom of the smallest gully to e summit of the highest mountain op the land, in the soil as in the b ath -west rock. Some indications of iron are to be observed at the - "gth-west corner of the Table Mountain. Quicksilver has been die , ' °Y ered in the same vicinity, and I have b een informed by men of ve racity that a few diamonds have also been dug from the slope of t he l „ same mountain. The whole livid of the estate on Feather irey itt about 24 miles. taking its meanders, and I believe the gold e„,,4llng.quartz rock is to be found all along the bank of that stream, 147 extending hack generally two or three miles. By reference to the map you have all the principal points laid down of quartz „l e, rich diggings, &c." .brth ef important details will be found in the accompanying Ment and map of the property; and other particulars of an in k', ting nature respectig this extensive territory may be inspected e office of the Company. wilfr. Gray states in his Reports that specimens of the quartz veins f _ er e taken by him from the estate. These Mr. Larkio forwarded to L'l be lldon for anal3sis, and the result of that analysis, as given in the e 7 pitid l i t. w s e t zs that with careful manag2ment a large return for the be reasonably expected from the Company's Inning operation s . The working rapifal or 100,00 )1., leaving the remamder for pur these money, will, it is anticipated, be amply sufficient to conduct WI the operations o: the Company; nd it is intended to expend the same c hiefly in erecting ex•cnsive eentra . mitts for grinding the ~1 14 11, t riferous quartz on the p roperty. and f..r reducing and extracting (I,g)lci mo m its matrices whether sands, earths, or q uartz. in the toest 'compl e te, perfect, and e conomleal manner; and also in en suilfaging-farmers to settle upon the property, whose rents ....old tie te tnniensurate with its valne and location, and who would in no tta Interfere with the extraction of its mineral riches. w hich venders have agree d to sell the property at a price one-half of is included in the present capital. and the remaining half t ?, be paid when the capit al is increased to £500,000, and when di vidends to the amount of 20 per cent. have been p aid to ti e ea reholders as before mentioned. 'I h entire price to be thue v s , Paid in moities is probably Wit one-hundredth part of the mere tti -t i l_e of the gold to be extracted from the . lands, independentlbyavoef r fitness and eligibility for cultiva ion and the company beenCe met with the greatest fairness by the vendors, who don w ot o s i e e e t k y of Paid for the estate, except a deposit of sthe per cent on one ed by t he purchase money, until an English surveyor, rominat 000 n k oard of Supervision, shall have examined the estate, reported Dr end dlared it to in at bordaoce with the prospectus. The ie tt Per acre on the portion of pu rchase.money payable out of the p h sent capital is less than 10/. !tear the Company may find it oesirable that a to wn shall be erected ths junction of the Feather-River with the north fork of that 1 ; and as great facilities and advantages wilt be offered to the particular lands to be set apart for this city, looking land known rapidity with which American cities are create gypled, may probably, in a few years, realise prices sufficient to re - to-the Shareholders the entire purchase money. l u b tn organised system of granting leases of mines on the estate is s „, incontemplation, which will yield large return s to this Com n','_'3'; and the Board of Supervision desire to call the attention of Z tu er individuals and companies contemplating the pu rchase of farm rij lands, alluvial diggings, cr quartz mining locatio ns, to their vast ' Z e ta of territory. The Board will be prepared to make sales and, ...tilt leases of portions of the Feather River Estate. ration Board.of supervision believe that they indulge in no ezagge when expressing their conviction that the estate Wily put to ~„irk to its full capabilities will, for many years, annually yield as div idend—what may reasonably be expected from all succes ful gold 0 1 Panies—at least 10 per cent. on. the entire capital besides ttuses. The investment in the shares must, therefore, be equa l to 'tat offered by any other company, either in Australia or California. t Ihe Board of Supervision will iuive the power of carrying out the p?.litract with the vendors. and of settling the s' tut of the come p er, under which all its affairs will be regulated. The deposit will „ i i• Per share, thus paying up the shares in lull at the time of a:lot m:tits and all deposits . applicable to the purchase money received shares sold w ill beheld in like manner as the shares would have 77 1 1 if not sold—viz., until the surveyor's report has been received, ;wet possession given, and a good title exhibited, and a proper con e executed. the for share's to be addressed to the Secretary, and to Brokershe of the Company ; and no application can receive atten "lt unless references be given to Bankers or Stockbrokers. . . APPENDIX. otAcT OF ♦ LETTER FROM NICHOLAS GRAT. U.S., Surveyor to the lion. T. 0. LARKIN. Dated Hamil'on, June I I th, 1852. With this you will receive a small box of specimens of gold ring. quartz. The specimens here sent are not selected specimens, use ItO wished to inform you corrretly, or 'thin the truth, so as bear halve examination. I saw much richer specimens. ..`` This was dug sat of a hole about 1% miles from Pocenlx Mill as the Bloomingdale ledge or le ad. It is Stated by Mr. Larkin's agent in this country that the box wad 714 unopened fl•orn San Francisco to London, and assayed by John t7li and Matthey, and that in the specimens no gold was visible to John be naked eye. The report of M essrs. Johnson and Matthey is as ""' ; " Assay-office, 79, Hatton-garden, London, August 25, 1852. The box of gold quartz had half of each piece taken off, and the ,^ltole crushed together very fine, giving grains of gold, which would r_ot pass through the sieve, equal to Sta. 10 dwt. of line gold to the " 1 , 4 of 20 cwt. The fine powder pr od uced , by assa y , g old e q ual to ' I 'M. 10 dwts. of fine gold to the ton of 20 cwt. dwt. • "JOHNSON and MATTKEY." ' 8 10 11 10 20 oat the present pric e of fine gold—viz., 84s. per oz.— ar e; a value of about 841. to the ton of 20 cwt. 11.' 6 Is intended that the rnachinery to be erected by the Feather er Company shs'i be capable of crushing and reducing the same 7,ntlty at ofld ore per annum as is minded and crushed by celebiated least J uan St. del Rey C o mpany of Brazil. viz., about t tt i n o 2 tons per annum. The averav produce of gold per ton, ob. Of ir t by that company, as per their published reports, gives a value ti!,,.• his. per ton, of ore only as contrasted with the above extraor f "'l' produce of 841. per ton. 'An average produce per ton of ore 14 c'te-tenth'only of this sum—say Si. p er ton—must yield profits t e :Leh larger than the 20 per cent. dividend anticipated by the direc . , IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by 11. BaiMere, 219, Regent-street, Londow No I. In cloth, price is. by post free, 58 . 6d " ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORREICEA , read Errors with the View to the Correction of wide- 8 P , I ;lrelation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from D e bility of the mi neral:Pre System, or Sexual Bypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. FICRFORD Pickford ts known to English readers by his freQuent P racti . th. r . contributions to German medical literature. This is the thlit 0. he lintel= us, that be has addressed himself to the nor medi- stall r et reader . We trust this may not be the last, if —e, 11 0 :et any other equally flagrant evil which it may be 01 ..er to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851 . 5 bromised in a former number that we should recur to this ly , ? t • in order to exhibit its aim triore clearly. The author lashes 04 1 : treat severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preY lo 3, k nd b . f. credulity of the public. The tribe of l ' Quiet Symathisers. 014 Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed ; and if this book N al d and its way into the hands of those who suffer from th com s rtt of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hindreds would 4 .4 ;a.ved much needless suffering 01 body and mind, and what is of it ku ,P l Portance, though it is that which the quacks - most prize— yrioney .. This volume is well qualified to put an end to the r ne ,Tcal system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat uPon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, • to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. evo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45., IR"CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princl- " once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate 'PPerently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Suri,cons of England. he Prooi of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given a s : tustory of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad ka l l Y Which Mr. Syme adduced, and on whi ch he had operated. beri, ci a ro cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No, ix. had resisted, for a tein ov Of welve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally is 4,41 is as many weeks. But cases xviii. and sox. appear, both tra," on, seven ty,.and complication of symptoms, of a more ag ;:s character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet th 3 heat adopted by Mr. Coartenay proved eminently successful." '""vx Linz§ on the Treatment of Stricture. PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, admitting, on equal terms, persons of every class and degree to ail its advantages. Offices, 76, Cheapside, London. /Cotice is 'Hereby Given, that the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Corporation will be holden at the Offices of the Company, 76, Cheapside, on Wednesday, the 2:td day of March instant, at 12 for 1 o'clock precisely, for the reception of the Annual Report of the Directors of the said Company; for the declaration of a Dividend ; the ele,tion and reelection of Directors and Auditors of the' said Company; and for any other general business usually tran sacted at an Annual General Meeting of tne said Company. EDWARD BAYLIS, March 11th, 1853. Resident Manager and Actuary. • All Policies issued by this Company are indisputable. No charge male for Poliey Stamps to the assured. Capital, £250,000, guaran teed by nearly 1,400 Shareholders. JUVENILE. ATTIRE for EASTER.—At Easter Juveniles expect New Attire ; the best quality, the aevirest fashions, and the most economical charges, are subjects of consideration. The Juveniles have their opinion, but their parents must have theirs Yet there are not two opinions respecting the Establishment where v.aster dre s should be purchased. E. MOSES al SON have always offered the e arliest and most a pp roved fas ions for such occasions, and this year by their usual business ' activity they have again secured the first selection of new materials from every celebrated manufactory. British and Foreign, and the design and workmanshin, displayed in hundrals of novel styles for Jut!enile Attire and Clotting for Children. even surpass the produc tions of all previous seasons. Distinguished artists 'being employed on this description of dress, secures novelty, grace, and comfort in the, Juvenile Attire made by E. MOSES and Sox, and, though great entees have taken place on materia s and workmanship. the quality is much superior, and the charges considerably lower than at any other house. Special attention is invited t t a resplendent display of richly em bredered Vests, .n new materials, suited to the seasons. Paletots, Wrappers, Overcoats, &c., exhibiting novelties lately in troduced by E. Moms and Sox. A splendid display of Hats and Caps for Easter, suitable for Juveniles and Adults, combining all recent improvements in style and finish, cheaper than they can be had elsewhere. Hosiery for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Children at the most econo mical prices. Boots and Shoes the best and cheapest. Emigration to Aus t ralia's the high road to wealth for small capi talists and every description of la'aourers. Clothing procured at the gigantic wholesale department of E. MOSER and SON's establish ment is the most profitable investment which can be made. Compe tition in this does not exist in Australia. E. Moms & Sox's manu facture there meets with ,an instantaneous and lucrative sale. All Emigrants preparing for the nolo - I;es as "Diggers," Mechanics, or Farmers, are outfitted by E. MOSES & SON with the greatest dispatch, and, at wholesale prices. The goods are all o:gurranteed suitability, and are riepared ibr, clasies or Emigrants. Ladle*, Gentlemen, and Children,—a separate department is kept for outfitting, and full lists of outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, with ship calling informa tion may be had on application, or post free to any part of the king don}. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the game concern," has been resot led to in many instances, and for obvious reasons. they beg to state that they have - No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER HOUSE IN VI OUT OF I.ONDON, except their own Establishments, ES fellows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83, 34, 85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. I SIPOR CANT.—Should any article not giro satisfaction, it will b exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. A new Book, entitled "The World's Pharos,' containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions tor self-mea surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingdom. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose PREMIUMS fall due on the sth of April next, that the same must be PAID within thirty days from that date. The premiums are pad yearly, half•yearly, or quarterly, on the sth of January, sth of April, ith of July, and sth of October; either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to members. Persons, therefore, desirous or entering the society as members, on the sth of April next, should appear or lode their pro posals at the office on or before that day. This society, for mutual and general assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives forwhole term of life, as members of the society. For the year ending the sth of April, 1853, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the premiums of all members of five years' standing and upwards. - RICHARD HEITHFIELD, Supeentendent. Princes•street, Bank, March 4, 1853. HANWELL L'UNATIO ASYLUM.. JILL Persons Ming to . TENDER for SUPPLYING the above named Institution, which contains about 1,100 Inmates, with Meat, Fleur, Malt, Hops, Oatmeal, Peas, Hay, Straw, Oats, Butter, Cheese, and Bacon, for Six Calendar Months, from the let April neat, are requested to deliver sealed tenders addressed "To the Com mittee of Visitors," to the. Storekeeper, at the Asylum, at Haswell, by Half past Eleven o'clock on Thursday, the 24th instant, and be in attendance there at Twelve o'clock. Blank forms in which the Tenders must be made may be obtained, and the form of Contract may be seen, either by application here, or at the Asylum. The Committee wlll.not bind themselves to accept the lowest er any of the Tenders. Dated this 12th of March, 1353. CHARLES WRIGHT, Clark to the niltors. Sessions-house, ClerkenwelL- A handsome Almanac for the year ending 103 can be had gratis, on application. Ici Pon parle Francais. Hier as richt man Deur 4i Qui si parla Italian. Aqua se habla Espanol BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. The following testimonial is another proof of the great effi cacy of this medicine : .157, New Bond-street, London, Octoher 12, 1850. " Sir,—ln icquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex perienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly affected. "About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout in my hands and feet. I had nrevionsly been subjected to every va riety of climate, having served in Canada In the 19th Dragoons, and n Spain. under Sir John Moore. In the 18th Hussars. I always pro. , ured the best 111,1iCal all, without obtaining any essential relief, and my sufferings can be appreciated only by th se who know some• , hing of this disease. '• It was during one or those paroxysm., between twelve and thir teen years ego, that I was reco nmended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I loci no time In procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity he pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect health. " From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoms of the dis ease approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to ale is so valuable, tha' were it not that the days of manic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. 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Proper purgation by vegetables is the only effectual mode ,of eradicating diselse. 15. The discovery of a vegetable compound, capable of being di gested, and mixing with the blood, so as to impart to it that energy requisite for ridding the body of all impurities, was a desideratum. 16. This discovery was made by JAMES MORISON, the Hygeist, in the composition of the VF,GETABLE UNIVERSAL MEDICINE k Morison's Ms), of the British College of Health, Hamilton-place, New-road, London. SPIRIT OF THIS PUBLIC JOURNALS. (From, the Times.) Some inconvenience is naturally attached to the use of the marvellous instrument which enables the purveyors of public intelligence to conquer and annihilate space and time, and to convey the infor mation which has just reached the confines of Europe, at Trieste or Marseilles, to the breakfast table of every citizen of London, Paris, and Berlin, for it is not always possible, when these flashes of news are first seen en the horizon, to pronounce with certainty on the accuracy of such intelligence. In these days assertion flies ahnig the telegraphic wire, while proof still travels in the post-bag, or by far less nimble messengers. An instance of this kind has just occurred. On Thursday evening last a telegraphic message was circulated through Europe to the effect that Prince Mentschikoff had at once presented his ultimatum to the Porte • that the Minister of War had been dismissed to ; appease the wrath of the Russian Envoy, but in vain ; and that on the entreaty of the Turkish Go vernment the British Charge d'Affaires had dis patched the steamer Caradoc to Malta, in order to summon the British fleet to the Dardanelles, while the fleet at Sebastopol was ready to start for the Bosphorus. This message produced a considerable effect last Friday on the Bourse at Paris ; but, al though it was not unknown to us, we thought it too vague and improbable to deserve publicity here, and we may now state with confidence that nothing is known in this country to warrant the belief that our fleet can have sailed from Malta at all. This message, however, has been followed by one of a more positive character, proceeding, not from Tou lon or Marseilles, but from Paris, and stating in official terms that " the French fleet is ordered to the Greer. waters." The authority of the Moniteur does not allow us to doubt the truth of this asser tion, but it is unquestionably one of a most extra ordinary character. If it be indeed true that the French fleet is ordered to the Greek Seas, that de termination has been abruptly taken by Louis Na poleon on his own responsibility, and it is entirely unconnected with the policy that may be pursued by this country. Yet for several weeks past the attention of all Europe has been directed to the state of the Turkish empire. Amicable communi cations have passed on the subject between the French and English Cabinets, insomuch that our Ambassador at Constantinople has commenced his mission by a somewhat protracted visit to Paris. .The Austrian mission of Count Leiningen has been begun, carried on, and terminated, while that of Prince Mentschikoff proceeded from St. Petersburg , to Constantinople in the slowest and most delibe rate manner. The progress might be traced as re gularly as the hands upon a dial, and at the ap • pointed time it reached its destination. It was therefore perfectly easy for ,the Governments of Weitern Europe to determine beforehand the course they intended to pursue, separately or jointly, in the event of their assistance being in voked, by the Porte to enable it to resist the de mands of the Russian Envoy. Yet we are per suaded that no such understanding as one of our contemporaries had alluded to is in existence. In point of fact, the views taken by the French and English Governments on the question of the Holy Places in Palestine, which is the principal subject of Prince Mentschikoff's mission, have no thing in common. The late French Ambassador at Constantinople, had unfortunately, committed himself to a rash and impracticable line of policy, -involving topics nearly affecting the religious and popular feelings of a great community. He has been recalled, and the French Government have since shown a great desire to settle the dispute by a fair and moderato arrangement. The English Government has only interposed in the affair to recommend the maintenance of peace and charity, espec i a lly in a Matter which derives its interest from the m ost sacred local associations of Chris- Nor can there be the slightest ground or part to • t byassls any the pretensions of France on behalf . of the means the East—pretensions which are Latin Church in equ tmiaontiivty; for interference on our A m- indefensible on grounds of right and on 0 po licy. The responsibility of those pro cannot suppose that the grounds of ceeding and we certainlyeicusively with the French Govern ment,is prepared to order a hos tile of the Tuilenes such an occasion withouteven tile expedition on . of a communication to the the previous formality At present, however, if other States of Europe rfests all the French fleet sails at we shall doubtless be an attitude of told that it is ordered to assume _ _ ob servation. The rest depends on the character and effects of Prince Mentschikoff's t the on. There is considerable reason to h tha * ion has been overbearing nature of the Russian miss. exaggerated. Prince Mentschikoffarrived at Con stantinople on the 28th of February , with a suite the fleet of twelve person s , in c luding an Admiral of in the Black Sea and a General. of Division. H e the whole received with great solemnity, not only by e whole Russian Legation in full uniform, but by a long procession of the Greek clergy, heading the Greek population of the suburbs of Constantinople and the villages on the Bosphorus. On the follow ing day he received the visits of the great Turkish officers of State, and on the 2d of March he called On the Grand Vizier. But he seems to have been expressly precluded by his instructions from return ing the visit of Fuad Effendi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the ground that Fuad had deceived the Emperor in some of his communications with re ference to the Holy Places. We further learn, on the authority of a private letter, which we believe to be correct, that Prince Mentschikoff and all his suite have since been received with the usual for malities by the Sultan, and that the messages he was charged to deliver at this audience were of Vi very friendly character. There, is, in fait, no ground whatever for believing that this mission has any other definite object besides the restora tion of the privileges of the Greek Church in the Holy Land to the state they were in before M. de Lavalette took it into his head to meddle with them ; and this question 'interests and affects Turkey only in so far as she has allowed herself to be alternately and inconsistently swayed by the rival influence of France and Russia on be half of their respective churches. The possessions which the Greek Church in the East has held from time immemorial, involve rights which it is impos sible for the Emperor of Russia to surrender to the Latin Church and to France, and he is bound by the public opinion of his empire, as well as by the fanaticism of his clergy, to maintain that ancient position, But he has already signified that he does not seek to render those rights exclusive, and it is impossible to suppose that the Russian Govern ment would seize this subject, of all others, to fasten a fresh degradation on Turkey, to pick a quarrel with France, and t o run the risk of posi tive hostilities between t wo of the great Powers. It is true that M. de Lavalette put forward exor bitant pretensions, and strained his influence to such an excess, that he contributed to bring about the reaction in the Turkish Government which has already proved so calamitous to the empire. But M, de Lavalette is recalled, and, with all the zeal professed for the Ottoman Empire by some of the French and English Ministers, neither of those countries is efficiently represented. at Constanti nople at the present crisis, although its approach has long been distinctly foreseen. The real evil against which both France and Russia would do well to guard themselves and their agents is the attempt to interfere single-handed in these affairs, which have never been conducted with temper and disinterestedness except when they have been regulated by the collective action of the great Powers. If one State interferes in de fence of its peculiar claims, another opposes them ; and a very insignificant dispute sets fleets and armies in motion. That is the chief danger in what is termed " The Eastern question," and we are persuaded that nothing which can happen to the Ottoman Empire with the cognizance of all the principal Governments of Europe is so dangerous to the general peace as any isolated attempt to wring concessions from its weakness, or even to support by extraneous force its declining authority. Although therefore we should rejoice to see this country exert its usual temperate influence in the general consideration of these arduous questions, we hope that it will be no party to hasty expedi tions, the consequences and results of which it is impossible to foresee. Our policy is, at present, to abstain. (From the Morning Post.) The Eastern question has once more assumed, as we had anticipated that it must, an appearance most important to our political relations with the great Powers, if not imminently threatening to the peace of Europe. The menacing circumstances which we have already described as having arisen at Constantinople out of the vindictive aggression against the Porte of her formidable neighbours have placed the sense of right and justice—perfectly con current, as it happily is—of this country and of France in direct opposition to the apparent objects and actual proceedings of Russia, with whieh ' the intentions and ends of the Viennese Cabinet are, of course, intimately connected. The ultimatum with which Prince Menschikoff has followed up the enforced resignation of the Turkish Minister has driven even the sufferance of the Turk to appeal to the protection of England and France—a protection which, under inviolable guarantees, that Power has an undoubted right to demand, and which this ,country and France are under an undoubted obligation not to withhold. The immediate effect of this appeal our readers havebeen already informed was a summons from the Queen's representative at Constantinople to the British fleet inthe Mediterranean. AdmiralDundas, however, ac cording to the last ath:ces, hadnot left Malta; but, on:the other hand, the French fleet at Toulon was under ordbrs ; and so complete anti cordial is known to be the understanding on this question between ourselves and France, that there can be no doubt that whatever course may be taken will be pursued in perfect unison by the two Powers. It is clear, therefore, from the manifest tendency and open acts of Russia, coupled with the equally manifest resolution of our own Government and that of our ally to maintain the balance of power and the integrity of treaties, that the immense re sponbility of maintaining tranquillity rests at this moment on the moderation and sagacity of that remarkable man to whom it cannot be denied that Europe has on former occasions been deeply in debted for the preservation of peace and order. It is important at such a moment to remember, that the Emperor Nicholas has hitherto, displayed, in the management of that gigantic power with which he, is charged, an appreciation so profound and so just of his duties and of the rights of other Powers, that it is difficult to conceive his deliberately per sisting in the course on which he has unhappily been provoked or tempted to enter against a State of which -he is bound, in common with ourselves and the other parties to the Convention of 1841, to respect the integrity and honour. The importance, politically and commercially, of maintaining the just rights of the Porte has lately been fully discussed in this journal, and can scarcely need further proof. But of the aggressive and am bitious policy of the northern powers, we regret to observe that every movement on their part brings some additional evidence. The course of the Aus trian Cabinet in the matter of Montenegro, and the threatening proceedings with which it gave weight to Count von Leiningen's mission, were subjects of regret and uneasiness, which the subse quent measures of Russia have raised to a crisis of real and well-founded alarm. It is, indeed, impossible to disguise the fact that, unless the Emperor Nicholas be content to modify the terms which he has demanded of the Porte, or to renounce the hostile means by which he has threatened to enforce them, the most serious con sequences may be apprehended. The main hope that he will do so rests on the firm good sense and temper which have hitherto guided his councils. On the other hand are to be considered the strong temptation which the brilliant prize of Constanti nople has always presented to Russia, , combine-I with the extreme soreness well known to have been excited by the serious checks lately sustained by Russian influence at the Porte on the questions of the refugees within the Turkish frontier, and of the guardianship of the Holy Pl aces . iAs regards the, policy of Vienna, and the influ ence which that Court may possibly exercise on the question we have less warrant for. ex p ec ti n g, a fair and moderate course, and have unfortunately been . called on to notice strong symptoms not only in the East, but in other quarters of Europe, of a most aggravated injustice of principle. The treat ment of the unhappy Ticinese, though not a matte for direct interference on our part,, is one which no country, guided by the common .principles of hu manity, can observe with indifference. It is surely monstrous that this mass of industrious people, long settled as they have been in Lombardy, should be forcibly , expelled, and. driven to ruin and starva tion, for no alleged offence but that of b e l ong i ng t o a State, which, without having exhibit e d the slightest hostility to Austria, has offended that Powerab psorleusteerveantdheedxipclutyve.o.fthe swss frontiermierelyb and they daring to rights of Switzerland as a refuge. Among the Italian States the short-sighted tyranny and bigotted influence of Austria, have produced results which force themselves continually upon our obseriation, and excite unceasing appre hension for the tranquillity of that most unhappy and ill-used land. To Sardinia, the hope and stronghold of constitutional Government among Italians, and therefore the dread and horror of Zienna, the conduct of the latter Power has been of a nature to call forth a warm and earnest re monstrance from this country. We trust that the effects of that remonstrance may be not less bene ficial than Lord John Russell permits himself to expect ; but the fact of its having been necessary adds one to the many proofs that the councils of the Austrian Empire are directed by an influence of a most fatal and dangerous blindness. One great lesson and one good result we think it certain must be drawn from the present juncture in our foreiin relations, whatever may' be its issue, and that is the paramount importance of maintain ing our cordial alliance with France, and the true and absolute identity of the interests of the two countries (the best security for national friendship), as opposed to the league of the Northern Powers. CLERGY RESERVES (CANANDA).—According to a return to the House of Commons, obtained by Sir W. Molesworth (printed on Friday), th e 848850 p : aym 44: e ll n 9o9o ts 0 11 u 88138 t .. 0 66 f dd t .. h e revenue of the United Kingdom to religious sects in Canada since 1840 were 48,191/. 2s. The amount voted was : In 1841, £4,340 18s. 6d. In 1847, £4,190 18s. 6d. 1842, 4,340 18s. 6d. 1843, 4,190 18s. Gd. 1849, 4,190 18 s . 6d. 1851, 2,990 18s. 6d. 1844,845 4,1904190 18s.18 661: 1846, 4,190 18s. Gd. 1852, 2,990 18s. 6d. making the Km etated-48,1911, 25, , . REINFORCEMENT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET. We stated some days since that the Mediterranean fleet would most likely be reinforced, and we expected, from an order given last week, that none of the men be longing to the steam squadron at Spithead should be allowed leave on shore, that before this some of the ships would have taken their departure for Malta. It appears, however, that on Saturday orders were received at Portsmouth for Rear-Admiral Corry's baggage to be landed from the Prinee Regent, 90, and on that day, our correspondent states, "the Prince Regent, 90, CaP tain Frederick Hutton. and Leopard, 16 (paddle-frigate), Captain George Gifford, fired a signal-gun at 1.30 p.m., and hoisted the blue peter 'at the fore; and it was supposed that' sudden orders had come down for them to put to sea, and their destination the Mediter ranean. They unmoored, and awaited further orders. Yesterday, our oorrespondent says, writing at four p.m., " London, 90, Captain M un dy, h as j ust f i red a signal-gun, and hoisted the blue peter at the fore. 4.20 p.m., Sidon, 22, Captain Goldsmith, has just hoisted the blue peter at the fore. Prince Regent and Leopard are quiet." At all events, the ships are on the qui vive, and, with the exception of the London, which ship is still above 150 short, are fully manned, and ready for any service. We have intelligence from Malta to the 14th inst. The Wasp, 14, screw-ship, Commander Lord John Rey, had arrived with dispatches from Constantinople, to the effect, it was believed; that the nearer Admiral Dun das's fleet was to the Dardanelles the more satisfactory it would be to the Turks, and the more advantageous to the preservation of the peace of Europe. ' The gallant admiral's fleet was in the highest state of excellence, and perhaps there never was a small force so united and so effective for any service it might be called upon to perform. The detail of the British force in the Mediterranean is nearly-as follows SHIPS OF THE LINE. Guns. Men. Britannia 120 1000 Capt. Carter (flag-ship) Trafalgar 120 - 960 Capt. Greville. Albion 9O 820 Capt. Lushington. Rodney 92 820 Capt. Graham, C.B. Bellerophon 7B 650 Capt. Lord G. Paulett. Arethusa. Modesto l6 145 Com. Lord Compton. , ; ' .STEAM-VESSELS. Guns. Het. h.p. • Retribution...2B 300 4W Capt. Drummond. Tiger 14 220 400 Capt. Giffard. Furious 10 220 400 Capt. Loring. Fury 6 160 515 Com. Tatham. Wasp (screw)l4 170 100 Com. Lord J. Hay. Niger (screw)l4 170 400 Com. Heath. Caradoc 2 ' 63 350 Lieut.-Com. Derriman. Triton 3 65 260 Lient.-Com. Lloyd. Shearwater 3 54 160 Lieut.-Com. Gordon. , Thus making a force of five sail of the line, a heavy frigate, and a sloop, three steam-frigates, three steam sloops,-and three other steamers. Total, 16 ships, 666 guns, 6319 men, and 2980-horse power in steamers. In addition to the above, there is a steamer, the Antelope, at Gibraltar ; the depot ship Ceylon, at Malta, and a steam-sloop at Lisbon, the Inflexible, 6 guns, 160 men. —Herald.• . PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 20. In accordance with the Admiralty circular recently re ceived in this dockyard, orders were yesterday issued to all the departmental officers, announcing that all boys, in addition to the apprentices, may attend the Mathe matical School after working hours, and those who wish may attend three times a week. A large number have already availed themselves of this opportunity in order to fit themselves for apprentices when vacancies may offer. The Fairy, Royal yacht, Master-Commander Welch, went out on Friday to try another of Griffiths' patent screws, under the direction of Captain Crispin. The trials we lately reported of the screws on this principle were three-bladed screws, but as the rule of the service is to have all screws so constructed or fitted that they can be raised to the deck through a well or shaft cut ex pressly for that purpose, and through which only a two bladed screw with the blade in a vertical position can Pass, a doubt existed as to whether the same results could be achieved with a propeller of two blades as was realised with that of three. The results of the trials of Friday, as furnished us by one •of the patentees of Griffiths' screw, are reported as follow the pitch of the screw at 8 feet 6 inches, 12.242 knots per hour ; 10 feet pitch, 11.742 knots ; and with a 12 feet pitch, 11.092 knots. The Duke of Wellington, screw, 131, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., has now nearly 400 men on her books ; this number ' however, includes office rs , mar i nes , an d stokers. Of able seamen she has not entered many. The shaft had - the last piece fitted to it yesterday after noon ; it is altogether 100 feet in length. Captain War den and other officers of the steam department of the Admiralty visited this ship yesterday. There does not appear much probability of her being ready to get steam up' by the 'lSt proximo, as originally intended. Nearly 500 men of different classes are at work upon her, and every possible dispatch is being employed in fitting her for sea, but there is yet much to do to her. Her model propeller, of cast iron, seven tons' weight, was cast in this dockyard foundry on Thursday, in the presence of a large concourse of officers. The Hastings, 72, Captain Austen, was to sail from Simon's Bay for England on the 6th to be paid off. Captain Erskine, of the Royal Marines, of the Winches ter, 50, died on board the Hastings at sea on the Ist of December from the exhausting effects of the cliinate of Burmah. It is rumoured that Rear-Admiral Corry will give up the command of the Channel squadron for the office of Superintendent of Malta dockyard ; that Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C.B. M.P., will leave the Ad m i ra lt y t o t a k e the command of the Channel squadron ; and that Rear- Admiral Housto g n Stewart, C. 8., will succeed Rear- Admiral Berkeley at the Admiralty. The quarterly muster of the artisans of this dockyard was made yesterday by Rear-Admiral Superintendent Fanshawe, C.B. The Megmra troop steam•ship, Commander Johnston, at Spithead, will embark detachments of the 36th, 67th, and 6th Regiments at this port on the 26th inst. for the West Indies, to join the head-quarters of their re spective corps. - The Illustrious, old 72, fitting here as a block-ship for Spithead, has been undocked after partial recoppering, &c. She is to have an armament of 39 broadside guns and one pivot, so that she will be enabled to fight 20 guns on each. side. Government, after , the various specimens they have had of contract meats, have at length, we are informed, wisely decided to supply henceforth from their own re sources, instead of by contractors, as hitherto, salt beef for the navy, in order that implicit reliance may be placed on the good quality of this article of consumption. Thirty bullocks have for the last four or five weeks been slaughtered weekly at the Royal Clarence Victualling yard, Gosport, and the beef there carefully cured under the vigilant and zealous superintendence of Mr. John Davies, RN., the master attendant of that establish ment. An order for the supply required for the vessels about to proceed to the arctic regions was completed at this , yard on Thursday, the beef being of prime order, and far superior both in quality and curing to that here tofore obtained. It is believed this new and considerate arrangement will afford very great satisfaction. The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Hutton, and the Leopard paddle-frigate, 12, Captain George Giffard, were ordered yesterday to prepare for see. They ac cordingly unmoored in the afternoon, and hoisted the blue peter, for all persons to repair on board. It is re ported they sail for the Mediterranean, the Leopard to tow the line-of-battle ship in light winds or calms. They start to-morrow. - - - The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master Com mander Belam, arrive to-day from Chatham with stores, and came into harbour to unload. The Tyne, 6, store-ship, Mr. Peter Wellington, master, R.N., commanding, arrived at Spithead this afternoon from Deptford, en route to the Coast of Africa and the Brazils. _ _ SHIPS IN THE SOUND.—Queen, 116, Captain F. T. Mitchell ; Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Rus sell ; Magicienne (steam -frigate), 16, Captain T. Fisher ; Leander, 50, Captain G. St. Vincent King • Arrogant (screw steam-frigate), 47, Captain S. G. ireemantle ; Argus (steam -sloop), 6, Commander Richard Purvis ; Valorous (steam -frigate), 16, Captain C. H. M. Buckle. Irr ILitioAzt.—lmpregnable, 78, Captain Arthur Lowe ; St.. George, 120, Captain Joseph Nias, C.B. ; din et ; isTsatueatimlu-sr Sylph,nnery Desperate (screw steam-frigate), 8, Captain W. W. Chambers ; Sans Pareil (screw steam-ship), 70, Capt a i n R. S. bu H rg e h wl (screw S. C. Dacres; Hogue (screw steam-guard-ship), 60, Cap tain Avon, ship, W sc l n B o , llCfi a a n p t e Ramsay‘neln ; , Pike, and Diligence—transport. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 19. Her Majesty's ship Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, was towed yesterday from Hamoaze into the Sound by the Avon and Amphion steamers, Tha emigrant ship Albemarle, 704, tons, Captain I. F. Trivett, belonging to Scarborough, with 21 cabin and 178 intermediate passengers from London, and 544 in termediate from Plymouth, sail e d yesterday with a fair wind for Port Philip and, Sydney. She took with her 111 bags of newspapers, originally placed on board the steam-ship Australian. The mails landed on Wednesday from the Royal Aus tralian Mail Company's steam-ship Sydney consisted of 146 packages and boxes, and weighed 4 tons 15 cwt. 51b. The dimensions of her Majesty s screw steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre, of 101 guns, and 600-horse power, to be launched on Wednesday next, are— Ft. in Length from fore part of figure to after part of taffrail 273 0 Depth from upper part of figure to lower part of false keel ... Ditto Length for tonnage ... Breadth, extreme Ditto, for tonnage Ditto, for moulded Depth in hold Burden in tons Ditto tath.ail .. 52 0 56 6 . 202 5 ... 55 4 ... 54 6 ... 53 8 ... 24 5 • Tons. (old measurement ) 3200 (new measurement) 2084 Mr. Charles Besley, chief clerk in the storekeeper's office in this yard, has been this day superannuated on a pension of 3301. per annum, that being his present rate of salary. Mr. Besley has been above 50 years as clerk in the dockyard. The Spiteful, steam-sloop, is ordered to Woolwich for repair of her boilers. NEW ELECTRIC FLOATING LIGHT.—In our journal of the 3d inst. we noticed the principle of this new and valuable patent, of so much importance to mariners. On that occasion the gutta-percha tubing was not suffi ciently strong to bear the pressure• bf the gas ; since that period some larger and stronger tubing has been made, and the scientific inventor, Captain Sherringham, as sisted by the talented Lieutenant Julius Roberts, of the Royal Marine Artillery, have brought it most success fully to bear. The light has been shown off Hollings worth Rooms, South Beach, the last two nights, and proved beyond all doubt that, whether for 2 or 20 miles, it is equally effective, and can be lighted and extinguished at pleasure. WOOLWICH, BIARca 19. APPOINTMENTS. Master Joseph Chegwyn (1838) to the Queen, 116, at Devonport. Clerks.—Edward J. Giles (1850) to the Edinburgh, 58, screw steam-ship, at Devonport ; F. F. Miller to the Victory flag-ship, at Portsmouth. The Tyne storeship, Master-Commander Peter Wel lington left Woolwich at an early h our thi s morn i ng f or the islands of Ascension and Rio. A casting took place to-day at 2 p.m., at the foundry at Woolwich dockyard, of a brass screw propeller for the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. The quantity of metal required for the casting was about 11 tons, and the time occupied in running it first into an iron pot made for the purpose, and subsequently into the screw propeller mould, was' about 20 minutes. The iron pot was expressly made for being used when large castings -- take place, and is so constructed that there is very little chance of serious accidents occuring, as has been the case in some foundries, through some of the boiling metal falling on the men. Lieutenant-Colonel M'Adam, ,Lieutenant-Colonel Bury, and several of the officers 'of Royal Marines, Dr. Burns, Mr. Ath er t on , chief engineer, Mr. Macdonal, master attendant, Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer, and several of the' officers of the yard, were present to witness the cast ing, and were much gratified by the excellent manner in which the men were enabled, by the working gear, to gradually turn up the iron pot, containing 11 tons of fluid metal, and pour it into the mould, while the pot was suspended by a powerful crane, without the slightest apprehension of danger should any of the men, with draw from the gear, as it would remain safely in the position in which it was left until they again proceeded with the operation. The screw was cast 18 feet in dia meter, but it will be reduced when finished to about 1G feet, and the weight to about eight tons. MALTA, MARCH 14, 7 A.M. At the early hour of three o'clock this morning the Wasp steam-frigate arrived very unexpectedly from Con stantinople, bearing dispatches of primary importance. They are said to have reference to the visit of Prince Mentschikoff, late from the Russian Court, and his non reception by the Sultan to an audience. Tile out - ward Indian mails from Southampton, per Indus, arrived at three p.m. yesterday, and those by the Euxine, from Marseilles, at one o'clock a.m. this morn ing. They will be forwarded to Alexandria at 10 to-day, and mails to Corfu also at 10, by the Triton. The Caradoc is ordered to Marseilles with dispatches from Constantinople for the Foreign Minister. She will sail as soon as her steam is up. COMMUTATION OF THE SENTENCE ON STAPLETON.-It will be rememberd that a court-martial was held on board H.M.S. Impregnable, guard-ship at this port, on the 3d inst. fo r th e t r i a l o f Francis Stapleton, boatswain's mate of H.M. steam-ship Vulture, on a charge of con temptuous conduct towards Lieut. Mansell of that ship, and for having also knocked down John Ashpole, a sentry on board the same ship. The defendant, who it seemed was in a state of intoxication at the time he com mitted these very serious offences, admitted his guilt and threw himself on the mercy of the court, who sentenced him to be disrated, to receive thirty-six lashes with a cat-o'-nine tails, to be imprisoned in the county gaol at Exeter for twelve calendar months, and then to be discharged in disgrace from her Majesty's service. The press has been almost unanimous in condemning the sentence as being much too severe for the offences taking the circumstances under which they were committed into consideration, in which opinion the Lords of the Admi ralty appear fully to concur, for on perusing the evidence given at the trial they ordered that the sentence should be mitigated by a reduction in the period of imprison ment to three months, at the end of which time Staple ton is to be discharged but not with disgrace. Had the sentence been carried out, he would have been prevented ever again entering the service, and have lost all his ser vitude. On the expiration of his imprisonment he will, however, now be received into her Majesty's employ ment on board ship should he desire it, and his servitude will count as before.—Devonport Independent. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND. The anniversary festival of the Artists' Benevolent Fund was held on Saturday at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street. It was announced that the chair would be taken by the Earl of Yarborough, but his lordship was obliged to leave town on business of im portance, and at the last moment Mr. Rowland G. Al ston, late M.P. for Hertfordshire, undertook the duties of chairman. The Artists' Benevolent Fund was established in 1810, and obtained a royal charter of incorporation in 1827. It consists of two separate and distinct branches—the Artists' Annuity Fund and the Artisis' Benevolent Fund, the latter of which extends relief to the widows and orphans of artists. During the past year a sum of 7231. 15s. has been paid to forty-nine widows of artists, and a further sum of 1471. 10s. to thirty-one orphans. The total receipts for the past year, arising from subscriptions, donations, and the dividend upon 21,0001. stock, amounted to 1,4381. 17s. 3d., and after all disbursements a balance of about 2501. remained in the hands of the bankers. The company present comprised Sir W. C. Ross, R.A. ; Messrs. David Ro berts, • Richard H. olly, F.R.S. ; George Dodd, M.P. ; E. R.A.W. Cooke, A.R.A. ; Henry Weekes, A1t...1L; J. F. illmore, A.R.A. ; Captain S. H. Lee • Messrs. circumstance W. F. Beadon, J. Henderson, J. H. Mann, John Dick enson, John Auldjo, H. Twining ; - Dr. Thompson, Dr. Rowland, &c., and about 80 aagn o e th op e f r ati i aa t r li i e nlltm . h T iesri h t: e e odu n n t at e .ri r iyis - d tainment and wines appeared to give general satisfaction. Prince Consort, Mr.o s j Ort ij , .for li'or i n n c o Hat ton, gave zest and variety to the festive assemblage, and A musical party, under t ormt h n e to the duties of toastmaster were, as usual, efficiently dia. charged by Mr. Harker. In proposing the usual intro ductorydirethectli:' and was induced to augur well from' this jhuadpipcii ioyu. judicious toasts, iam neadii compliment 1 ip C ma hi rn i for the future prosperity and encouragement of talent. The Chairman then g ave th e toast of th native ing, "Prosperity to the Artists' Be nevo l ent F e even believed there was no in s tit u ti on of the met Fund believed H e peculiarly deserving of th e patronage metropolis more and lovers of art than that w hi ch he had now support of a ll th . lai e honour of advocating. Indep en d ent l y of the their support, it w as we ll known e MEI Of artists upon studied the history of the worldf by all th ose who had back, that the mo re the artsor three thous an d y ea rs the more the people were ' were prom o t e d and fostere d P civilized, and humanized, and elevated, and the more the interests of society in general the list of contributionsecretary, Mr. .Thistletou, read which, including h .received during the evening, .. her M a ,, est , donation of iuu guineas, amounted J y s annual , to the BUM Of 3501 Some other toasts were after -- ' • and the wards given from the chair , company separated about eleven o'clock. THE c ER 2 k TIFICATE DIITY.—On Satur da y the bill "No. to repeal the certificate duty of attorneys, &c., was P rin ted. It is proposed to have a reg istr y of attorne y s, and for gi v i ng a false address or acting without a certi filAte to fine an offender 601. WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING. Late last night a fire of the most alarming character broke out in Windsor Castle, the residence, at this mo ment, of her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and the royal children, which . at one time threatened to involve in one common ruin the whole of that ancient and majestic edifice and its vast and varied interior appointments and decorations, all of them of singular interest and magnificence, and which, as it is, has resulted in the partial destruction of a valuable por tion of it. The pait of the structure destroyed forms the north ! eastern angle of the castle, and is known as the Prince of Wales's Tower, which commands an extensive view for-many miles round of the richly diversified landscape, extending beyond and including the Home Park, the Slopes, and the terrace; gardens, and pleasure grounds to the east, in which the Royal Family are wont to take daily exercise and recreation during their residence here. This tower consists of a low basement story, and im mediately above that the royal dining-room, an apart ment of elegant and lofty proportions, and decorated in a style of unusual magnificence. This room is flanked on the one hand by an apartment of an octagonal form - constituting the principal part of the Brunswick Tower —and on the other by the Red Drawing-room, all on the same floor. Immediately over the royal dining-room a small suite of apartments, consisting of a sitting and two bed rooms, which have b een hithervo occupied by Mr. Norton, the clerk of the kitchen, and one of his as sistants, and it was in the vicinity of one of these rooms if not in one of them, that th e fi re fi rst manifested itself. ' The Queen, His Royal Highness PrinCe Albert, ac companied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and Prince Arthur, and their suite, left Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, about half-past three o'clock, for Windsor Castle, which they reached within an hour afterwards, travelling by the Great Western Railway. .The Duchess of Welling ton, Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Eleanor Stan ley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Lord Camoys, Colonel Grey, Major-General Berkeley Drummond, Colonel Bouverie, the Hon. Captain de Ros, and Mr. Gibbs, composed the royal suite on the occasion. About half-past nine o'clock, Colonel Biddulph, the Master of the Household, and some of the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, who had dined in the octagonal room in the Brunswick Tower, observed smoke issuing from the walls in the vicinity of the fire-place, accom panied by a peculiar crackling noise. An alarm was in stantly given, and Mr. Turnbull, the clerk of the works, and several officers and servants of the household, im mediately summoned to the spot. On proceeding to the floor over the dining-room they observed masses of smoke issuingfrom the floor andskirting-boards of one of the bed rooms occupied by Mr. Norton, which in a few moments more'became so intolerably dense and suffocating that they were unable to remain. They then retired into a large square lobby, on the same floor, and immediately contiguous, from whence also they were soon driven by the immense volume of smoke which now poured out of the rooms leading into it, and circulated through all the adjacent apartments. It ought to be here stated that a series of fire-pipes, constantly charged with a plentiful supply of water, are stationed at frequent intervals, all round the various lobbies and stair cases throughout the interior of the Castle. The water for this service is derived exclusively from a large tank or reservoir, capable of holding a million gallons, whi c h was erected for this special purpose a few years ago on the top of Cranburne-hill, about four miles from the Castle, and is kept constantly supplied by means of a large steam engine, which raises the water from the Thames at a place called Datchet-lane. The next step taken was to connect the hose with the various fire pipes in and about the Prince of Wales' Tower, which was promptly done, and a volume of water was poured into the rooms from which the smoke was seen to issue. On ascending to the floor immediately over that occupied by Mr. Norton, and which consisted of a series of small rooms, also used as dormitories by some of the servants of the household, all access to the several apartments was wholly impossible, so completely were they enveloped in the thick cloud of smoke which had found its way from below. Up to this time no flame had been observed; but shortly afterwards a small volume was seen issuing from a short narrow passage leading from the smaller of the bedrooms occupied by Mr. Norton, and which for a long time maintained a complete mastery over all the efforts made to subdue it. The officers and soldiers of the second Life Guards, and of the first battalion of Scotch Fusiliers, stationed Wind sor, now appeared, and with the whole available force of the Windsor police, under the direction of Mr. Superinten dent Eager, and the local fire brigade, lent the most valu able assistance in subduing the conflagration which threa tened destruction to all around. His Royal Highness Prince Albert had been early apprised of the catastrophe, and was immediately in attendance consulting with Col. Biddulph, Col. Phipps, and other officers of the house hold; 'as to the best means of averting the impending de struction. Finding that the interior and exterior appli ances for mastering the fire were wholly unequal to the task, it was deemed advisable to dispatch a telegraphic message to Mr. Braidwood, of the London Fire Brigade to command his immediate attendance with a number of engines and men proportioned to the emergency. Im mediately on the arrival of this communication, that active and experienced officer started for the Waterloo terminus of the South-Western Railway with two pow erful engines, one from the Watling-street, and the other from the Farringdon-street stations, with ten men, five to each engine, selected from the London Fire Brigade. There they found that a serious delay would arise before the necessary arrangements could be made for dispatch ing a train with them t o Wi n d sor , an d th e y p us h e d on to the Nine Elms station, whence after sonic little' time, they were conveyed by a pilot engine at t!e greatest possible speed to their destination, which they reached about two o'clock. By this tune, the fir' which had been rapidly circulating through the various floors in each of the stories from the dining-rooms upwards, had reached the ceiling immediately Wow the roof; and was blazing out of some of the windows in the adjoining rooms. It had also communicated with the splendid • ceiling of the royal dining-room from the floor above, of which it was making appalling havoc. By a dexterous movement on the part of the London fire brigade, and immediately on their arrival, the burning ceiling of the upper story was effectually cut away, by which means the roof was wholly preserved, and the flames kept within the walls. The windows in many places were now broken by stones purposely thrown from without to admit the hose of the engines, which had been drawn up outside, and by dint of exertions on the part of the metropolitan and local firemen, and an abundant supply of water, the flames were gra dually got under, but not before a considerable portion of the ceiling of the dining room, and the floors, ceiling, and furniture of the apartments above had been destroyed. All communication with the adjacent parts of the Castle was also effectually cut off, by tearing up the floors and removing the furniture, a service in which the officers and soldiers of the Life Guards and Fusiliers engaged with the most praiseworthy_ zeal and effect, and by this means the conflagration was strictly confined to a comparatively narrow circle in the extreme corner of the building in which it originated. It has been said that shortly after the discovery of the fire her Majesty left the Castle and proceeded to Frogmore, her . ' Majesty, however, did not leave the Castle. On the contrary, she remained there during the whole of the night, and, though she could not but feel considerable alarm on such occasion, it is stated that she evinced throughout the same remarkable presence of mind and courage which she has more than once shown in the presence of danger. The origin of tile disaster is as yet wholly matter of conjecture ; but it is most generally assigned, by those competent to form a judgment in such a case, from their gold, wood extinguishingand has fallen i trace soetteftaxh i n ro : foantfinhatdehm conflagrationel i e e fl s s : a o h r: ,3 a beneath, pe c oleti continued mass which das experience and professional pursuits, to the overheating of a flue. At all events, that it had its rise in accident raged tfthe percolatingwcharredawithint r is undoubted. At present it would be idle to attempt to form anything like an accurate estimate of the damage done. It may be sufficient to state that it will amount to i n n o t thi he n n g e l w ik s e p b a et pe w rs ee o n f B to o - , d o a o y o . /. T an h d e stated w it l o e o o o f l. t , h t e h ma. e ca sum dii e li u r n t son looking at that part d removedayshowers without it s he duringo o u v t ert magnificent furniture in the royal dining-room injury ; but a large taepra p iortan o r rt w ic eaun n tss of oaf t b h ot e vh c ee el fo n wr g etr o h, f eh t op h wu a e t r, apart ment,pveors,eroef. which consisted of oak elaborately decorated with extreme corner the accident originated in an through the tl r remainder m intact,aci tnudrer from md t h aw e niyt c h e po i hours during the previous night. of the stately edifice. Had it been other pouredti r e tr tHil ene d ai a goopp y hfrpe . tr i int n lfhyoe t° T ,ce wasg to i must have been melancholy and • wise, the result extreme.diastrous in the ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDI NAR Y , n the beautiful and Miss Fanny Battye, aged 22, last an elopement of a somewhat remarkable character acc rY. Battye, Esq., J.p , of 'accomplished daughter o f B. N. R story. It appears. that Fenay Lodge, is the heroine of the shire domesticated Miss Fanny, who is a real York sicliallY went to g as well as accomplished lady, occa these occasions, uddersfield a shopping. On one of happened to towards the e'ose of last summer, she seller and visit the shop of Mr. Joseph Brook, book by a stationer in lik estgate, where she was served I(evThYnoung ahopman whose name is Charles Edward • 1-- " i lr• Being leap year, rumour states that she availed herself of the traditional privilege of her sex, and cast a " sheep's eye " at our Adonis, which was followed by th e e , accidental " s queezing of his hand as he gave her a packet of enve_ 1 opes. Young Chai'les immediately detect e d, an d as promptly reciprocated these telegraphic indications of love. Miss Fanny's visits at the shop from thence became more frequent until at length suspi cions were 'entertained by the other shopmen, which were embodied in whispers that ultimately reached the c o unc ils at Fenay Lodge, and the result was that young Keymour was removed to a shop in London. Time rolled on, and it was thought that the intimacy , which appeared'to have been riperirg into love, had been finally broken off. On Sunday evening last, there being no evening service in Almondbury parish church, Miss Fanny proceeded as usual on foot to her devotions at the workhouse, where the vicar holds an evening sa-- v i ce . After service was over she returned by a rather Fen ay Bridge, route homewards. On arriving at Bridge, a cab was standing, a mysterious-lo o ki ng opened the door, Miss Fanny bounded int o the person vehicle, the door was closed, and the party drove off to the Hu dersfield Railway Station, where young awaiting her arrival. The party then proceeded Charles was to Leeds, and from thence by th e 2.30 Monday by tr a i n onday morning n train on the Midland line t o L on d o ar r i v i ng o 2 the metropolis they proc ee d e d to St. PancrasOn in where a clergyman was i n a tt en d ance Church, - United them together for " better , who immediat e ly r and for worse," 1 On Thursday next, in 2 vols., post Bvo., 21s , The Second and Cheaper Edition of ECOLL ECTIONS of the LITERARY LIFI of MARY RUSSELL MITFORD. Author of " Our Village." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Pr ice 25., OBDEN AND HIS PAMPHLET CON. SIDERED, IN A LETTER TO RICHARD COBDEN, Esq. 31.1 e. ' Peace is the By ALFRED B. RICHARD?, Esq. dream of the wise ; War is the history of man." ondon : Bally Brothers, Royal Exchange-buildings, Cornhill. THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION of 1853. !.*