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STEWART, Secretary. 4, Adam's Court, Old Broad-street, 28th Feb,, 1853. - • WI (From the Times. ) METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose PREMIUMS fall due on the b - th of April next, that the same must be PAID Within thirty days from that date. The premiums are paid yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly, on the stk of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October; either of Which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the society as members, on the sth of April next. should appear or lodge 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 .ssuring their own lives for whole term of life, as members of the society. For the year ending the ste of Ap. il, 1853, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the premiums of all members of live Years' standing and upwards. RICRA ZD BE.kTIIFIELD, Superintendent. Princes -street, Bank, March 4. 1853. CONTRACT FOR HALF 800 t'S AND BLACKING, Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, sth March, 1853. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, 24th instant, at ONE o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and de. livering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEP (FORD the undermentioned Articles for the use of the Royal Marine!, viz.:— HALF BOOTS, BLACKING, under Contracts for 12 Months certain; mid farther until the expira tion of 3 months' warning. The Conditions of the revised Contract, to which particular atten tien is called, may be seen at the said Office, and patterns of the articles at the Marine office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of 10 and 2. No Tender will be received alter One o'Clock, On the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a Letter signed by a responsible Person, engaging to become bound 'with the Person tendering, in the Sum of 2001. for be due performance of the Contract for Half Boots, and in the sum f 1001. for the Blacking. CONTRACT FOR ELM TIMBER. Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Somerset-place, sth March, 1853. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland DO HEUER Y GIVE NOTICE, that on TUESDAY, the sth April" next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons is, may be willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with 2,240 Loads of ENGLISH ELM TIMBER, and 10 ELM THE N S fer PUMPS, felled between the middle of November and the end of February last, andto be delivered at prices (including all carriage and other expenses), by the 31st December next. Tenders may ,be made for the supply of any one or more of the Yards or for the whole of them. A Distribution and a Form of the Tender may be obtained at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor wi , i any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Elm Timber," and must also be delivered at Somerset •place, accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons, engag in to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of 11. Per load for the due performance of the Contract. T HE ATLANTIC and PACIFIC JUNCTION RAILWAY. • Navigation through the Isthmus of Darien, without Locks. Provisionally Registered, and to be Incorporated by Royal Charter or Act of Parliament, limiting the liability of shareholders. Preliminary deposit, 75,0001., or 10s. per share. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. Lord Wbarncliffe. Deputy.Chairman—John Pemberton Heywood, Esq. S. Brownrigg, Esq., Governor of the Australian Agricultural Company. Charles Brownell, Esq., Liverpool. Thomas R. Crampton, Esq., 2, Kensington-square. Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool. J. C. Ewart, Esq., Liverpool. •. Eight Hon. _Thomas Milner Gibson, M.P., 49, Wilton-crescent. G. D'Olier Gowan, Esq , Copthall-court. • W. J. Hamilton, Esq., Cheshani-place. Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., Highgate. T. H. Hope, Esq., Piccadilly. Hugh Hornby, Esq., Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Liver pool. Admiral C. R. Moorsom, Hightleld, Birmingham. Captain 'Mackinnon, R.M., 4, Hyde-park-place A. Montoya, Esq., Consul General for New Grenada. I r rancisco de Riveiro, Minister from the Government of Peru in Paris. Ezequril Rogas, Minister of New Grenada. Ifelvil Wilson, Esq., Albemarle-street. Alexander Wilson, Esq., 34, Bryanstone-square, Director of the Bank of Australasia. (With power to add to their number.) Bankers—Messrs Heywood, Kennard', and Co. Solicitors—Messrs. J. C. and 11. Freshlield. Official Auditor—J. E. Coleman, Esq. Secretary—Dr. Black. Conaniung Engineer—Sir . Wm. Cubltt, 6, Great George-street, West minster. Engineer-in-Chief—Lionel Gisborne, C.E. B b)ckbreker—Mr. Edward Haslewood, 15, Angel-court, Tkrogmor ton-street. Temporary Offices, 36, Moorgate-street. The object of the Company, in the first instance, is, by raising a I nut of 75,0001.- 1. To secure the concession granted by the State of New Grenada "200,000 acres of land, together with the right to open a navigation and communications through or over the Isthmus of Darien. 2 . To make an exact and accurate detailed survey between Port Pewees, on the Atlantic, and the deep water in the Gulf of San ,▪ .. a. To obtain an Act of Parliament or Charter of Incorporation. 4. To make such arrangements with the Governments of Great 3 ritain and the United States, and other nations, as are necessary to carry out the undertaking satisfactorily and profitably. No subscriber, signing the subscribers' agreement, will be liable beyond the deposit of 10s. The holder of each scrip certificate will be entitled to a share in the Company when completely formed. Rut all shares, the scrip certificates for which shall not be produced for tdregistration,onnewspapers within a month alter th e pu bli ca ti on two daily Lo ceed with esPapers of the resolution s o f a G enera l M ee ti ng to the pro. undertaking, will be absolutely forfeited. undertaking The outlay on the being dependeet on the mode of Construction, and the cont ingent on the outlay, and these measures being the necessary urns with the GovrninseunbtjsTnteorfeT e atu i r i e , investigation and deliberation would be premature, at the present momen t t, d to state th m un o d r e e r tt k an in f.l;al tis not proposed to enter upon the execution of the works until ar angements have been made to ensure a satisfactory return for the apital expended. Applications for shares may be be addressed to the Directors, ac cording to the subjoined form ; and prospectuses and forms of letters of application may be had at the Company's offices, and of Mr. Ed ward HasieWOod, 15, Angel-court, London. Form of Application for Shares. To the Provisional Directors of the Atlantic and Pacific Junction Company. _ G en tlemen,—l request that you• will allot.to me—shares of 1001. each, in the above Company; and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may allot to me, and to pay the de- Posit of 10s. per share thereon, and to sign the subscribers' agreement When required. Dated this day of Name in fu11...... Place of business.• .. • • ............ • • Residence Business or profession • • . ......... • • • • • • Signature • • ..... • ... ••• • • • • • • Name, residence, and pro- ] fession of reference CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—What a chang e ! since the days of Chaucer and the Canterbury pilgrims; then the trading metropolis of the universe had but few Business Houses, and a small amount of trade. Look now at the increased popula dos, the intelligence and importance of all classes, which have claims in business before unknown. The purposes for which the gigantic Establishments of E MOSES and SON were built have been hilly explained, and the manner in which business is there trans acted has proved " City improvements" highly satisfactory. These Improvements E. MOSES and SON have carried beyond the boundaries of the City, the same principles of business being pursued at their isranch, NEW OEVORD.ITREEI, corner of NAET.STREET. The money saved by individuals and families by Patronising each Branch of 11 . Mons and SON'S business has been regarded as the greatest im provement of all. The telegraphic wires, which will soon connec each part of the City, is an improvement in the way of dispatch, and is illustrative of the speed and correctness manifested in all corn- Mands given 'to E. MosEs and Sow—whether these are for Attire, to measure or ready made—for Waterproof Clothing or the easiest and most fashionable Sporting Dress—for Overcoats, Wrappers, or Ettl etots—for Juvenile Clothing, in the newest styles —for Hosiery, Bats and Caps, or Boots and Shoes—the superior quality and econo mlcal charges at E. Mom and Sore's is the greatest " City improve ment," for Ladies, Gentlemen, and Families. EMIGRATION. Emigrants from every part of the United Kingdom are meeting in London, to sail with the (nearly one hundred) vessels bound for the Land of Gold" during the present month. For every Emigrant of these vast numbers a first-rate Oatfit is provided by E. MOSES and 40 N. The quality, suitability, and very low price of all articles re quired Emigrants insures to E. MOSES and Sox the first position 1 !! Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen, Merchants, Tradesmen, echanies, Farmers, or Gold-diggings. A separate department is .npt for Outfitting ; and full lists of Outfits for ladies and gentlemen, :nth Ship sailing infoimation, - May be had on application, or post 'Lee, to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret haying to guard the Mlle against imposition, havin7 learned that the untradesman - like ;Vie -toed of " Being connected with their Establishment , " or " It's !lame concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for 'reviews reasons, they beg to state that they hays N• CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHEE HOUSE IN OE OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155 , 156, a nd 157, Mineries, 83, a 4,8 5, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2, .... a, Hart-street, all communicating. zradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch. 36, Fargate. Jilerehant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters , Hosier s, Furriers, Boot and "'" Makers, arid General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. I MPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be eXehanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned w ithout hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest '". l ne, from which no abatement can be made. a_ 4 , 10 Establishments are closed from su nset Frida y to sunset on n'ilardays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. Emigre new Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the , p ,nt's Assistant, full list of prices, and direclions for self-mea 4_'rement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part of the kingd om handsome Almanac for t'ae year ending 1853 can be had gratis, a PPlication. Id Pon parte Francais. Qui si parla Italiano. flier BPricht man Deutsch. Aqua se habla Espanol IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS, Just published, by H. Bat Mere, 219, Regent-street, London. No I. Eve., in cloth, price ss. by post free, 55. 6 cL, ON TRUE do FALSE SPERMA Errors TORRHCEA, with the Views o the Correction of wide-sp read the relation tO the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility o f Gener ative SYsieni • or Sexual Hypochondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD "Dr. Pickford Is known to English readers by 1',% 1 contributions to Gel man medical literature. This is the firs his frequent practi cal i, ' - Th i e, he informs us, that he has addressed himself to the not-medi de er• We trust this may not be the last, if he, 811 , 111 2 . o — `"any other equally flagrant evil which it may be In ur 4. er to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30 , 1851 . We ronised in a former number that we should recur to this ‘..;3„11 r-c. in ord er t o exh ibi t its aim 'more clearly. The author lashes 2 1 . great severity the impo s t o rs w h o make a livelihood by preying on the credulity of th e p u bli c . The tribe of • Quiet Symathisers , ' ` l ki ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book find its way i n t o t h e b an d s o f those who suffer from t h com e' in t of which it treats, we are satisfied that many h indreds would Z'e!a.red much needl ess su ff er i ng 01 b ody and mind, and what i s o f !_ lm Portance, though it is that whi c h th e quac k s mos t prize— ..ll money „This volume is well qualified to put an end to the r ical system of treating Bpermatorrhrea, and to place the treat ment upon a mo re rat i onal an d phys i ological basis. It is, therefore, I to do much good."—Medical Circular, June 16, 1852. No. 11. in cloth, price 3s. 6d by post free, 45., CURE OF STRICTURE OF ., THE URETHRA, on Princi r`r. St once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate aPParently Intractable Forms. BY F. B. 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Court Lett . 2 2 0 Daughter of a Sailor who fought under Nel ••.. 0 5 0 son Charles T. Maud . . 5 0 0 Sir John Warrender . 1 1 0 The Queen's Advocate . 5 0 0 Sir J. S. Hippesley, Bart. 5 0 0 Wrn. Hunter Baillie,Esq. 5 0 0 Lt. Gen. Sir G. n'Aguilar 5 0 0 Thomas Brette I, Esq. . 1 1 0 Miss Florentin Wood . 2 10 0 Major Darcy.. • . 1 0 0 MaimAtkinson,Bo Brown 3 10 0 Col. Peter Hawker . 5 0 0 Sir Wm. A. Ingilby,Bart. 10 0 0 Robert Crawiurd, Esq. . 2 2 0 Rev. Harcourt Skiver . 1 1 0 Jesse Hartley, Esq. . 1 1 0 G. M. Hicks, Esq. . . 1 0 0 E. Edwards, 10, Queen Anne•street . . 1 1 0 ES. • . . . 1 0 0 Major Moore • .1 0 0 J. M. Laur ie • .1 0 0 E. S. . . . 1 1 0 E. B. . • . . 1 1 0 A Friend,per H. Lancaster 1 0 0 Vice-Admiral E. C. Strode 5 0 0 Ind-, Coope, and Co. . 10 0 0 E. V. Ind, Esq. (addtnl.) 1 1 0 Corn. Thos. D. Stewart 1 0 o F.C. Hely , Esq . . . 1 1 0 Friend, per ditto, . 1 1 0 R. W. TamPlin, Esq. • 2 2 0 Conrad Wilkinson, Esq. 5 5 Norman Wilkinson, Esq. 10 10 0 RevT.B dgw . s S e mith ic i Professor 2 0 2 0 0 Sir W. Jones, Bart. . 2 0 0 L H a e d n y Jones Au e i a d jO.. Esq.. • • 3 1 0 0 0 0 Rev. J. Carr, Brattleby . 2 10 0 I Ralph Carr, Esq. . . 210 0 A Friend, per Capt. J. Lyons, R.N. • • 1 0 0 J.Newton,Esq.,Cheadle ' heath 1 • 1 1 0 T. O. Wigham, Esq., Oporto . 1 1 0 An Englishman . 5 0 0 1 Mr. J. Hurst, Chapel- bar, Nottingham, imd 43 friends . . . 5 15 „ Chas. J. Heath, Esq. . 5 5 0 R. Prance, Esq., Stock Exchange . • 10 10 0 H. Griswood, Esq., ditto 10 10 0 J. Foster, Esq., ditto . 10 10 0 J. Meeson Parsons, ditto 5 5 0 Jas. Hutchinson, Esq., ditto (2d sub) . $ 5 0 F. Sowes, Esq. . . 5 5 0 R. M. Burgess, Esq. . 5 0 0 Mat. Uzielli, Esq.. . 10 10 0 Robert Barnett, Esq., Steck Exchange . 12 10 0 G. Peckett, Esq., ditto 5 0 0 A F. Slade, Esq , ditto 5 b H. Towgocd, Esq., ditto 5 5 0 Geo. Parsons, Esq., St. James's-square . . 1 1 0 Lady . . . 1 0 0 Horatio Prater, Esq. . 1 0 0 Thos. J. Laing, Esq. . 1 1 0 Henry Pigeon, Esq. . 1 1 0 Contributions will be received by the following Bankers : Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-street. Messrs. Coutts, Strand. Messrs. Sir S. Scott and Co., Cavendish-square. The National Provincial Bank of England. Dover. The National Ban of Scotland, Edinburgh. The City of Glasgow Bank, Glasgow. The Union Bank of Scotland, Glasgow. The Union Bank of Manchester, Manchester. The Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. The Borough Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. The York Union Bank, York. Messrs. Swan, Clough, and Co., York. West of England and South-West District Bank, Bridgewater. Messrs. Hall, Borer, and West, Brighton. Messrs. Gurneys', Norwich. Youell, and Co., Yarmouth. Messrs. Lacons , M es srs. Grant, Gillman, and Long, Portsmouth. Messrs. Hodge and Co., DeVOnpOrt. Messrs. Harris and Co., Plymouth. Messrs. Taylor and Lloyd's, Birmingham. Messrs. La Touche Whitfield, Dublin. Messrs. Molyneux, and Co., Lewes and Tonbridge Wells. Messrs. liaMMOlld, Can WM. on uld Coq Pridailorb rablishers LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1853. THE NEW NOVELS. Now ready at all the;Libraries, in 3 vols., H A R R Y MUIR. By the Author of " Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland," " Adam Graeme," &c. 2. THE DEAN'S DAUGHTER; or, THE DAYS WE LIVE IN. By Mrs. GORE. 3 vols. 3. THE FIRST LIEUTENANT'S STORY. By LADY CATHE RINE LONG. 3 vols. 4. CASTLE AVON. By the Author of " Esnelia Wyndham," &c. 3 vols. 5. BROOMHILL ; or, THE COUNTY BEAUTIES. 3 vols. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE FIRST LORD'S LEVEE.—The following officers attended the levee of Sir James Graham, at Whitehall, on Saturday : — Rear-Admiral Lysaght. Captains. E. Ommaney, J. C. D. Hay, F. Liardet, G. G. Mac donald, W. R. Mends, C. 0. Hayes, J, J. Stopford, F. Patten, J. M'Dougall, W: T. Clifford, H. J. Douglas. Commanders.---T. M. Langtry, E. Dixon, H. A. Kerr, E. Chappell, M. S. Nolloth, H. Beddoes, J. Stoddert, G.,Hancock. Lieutenants.—G. Cleveland, C. G. Craw ley, B. G. Waterhouse, J. W. Whyte. Commander Reynell C. Mitchell (1843), whose last service was in command of the Sappho, 12, in the West Indies, has been appointed inspecting commander in the coast guard. _ Also, list ready, in 3 vols. THE LONGWOODS OF THE ORANGE. By the Author of "Adelaide Lindsay." Hurst and 11;ack4tt, Publishers, Successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. M A R C H E D I T I 0 N. - POST - OFFICE LOKDON DIRECTORY for 1853. For th's edition, now published, the Official, Na well as the Parlia mentary and Postal divis'ons, have been entirely recompiled and corrected to the time of publication. Kelly and Co., 19 and 20, Old Doswell-cout;:, and all booksellers. Lieutenant M. Smithett (1852) has been appointed to the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 5. The Cruiser, 16, screw-sloop, Commander the Hon. G. H. Douglas ; Basilisk, 6, steam-sloop, Commander the Hou. F. Egerton ; and Firebrand, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Hyde Parker, received advanced wages this day. Basilisk will leave here for Leith to pick up men. Cruiser, Firebrand, and L eopard, 16, Captain Giffard, are under sailing orders, on dit for the - Meditetranean, and in all probability will leave Spithead to-morrow. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Henry Byam Martin, C. 8., has her topmasts on end, will complete her rigging and get up steam at the end of this month. , • Now ready, Bvo , 12.., CRIME : its Amount, Causes, and Remedies, By FREDERIC HILL, Esq., late Inspector of Prisons, John Murray, Albemarle-street. Now ready, with Woodcuts, 2 vols , post Bvo, •8s , yrY HOME IN TASMANIA, during a Residence of Nine Years. By Mrs. MEREDITH, author of "Notes and Sketches of New South Wales." John Murray, Albemarle-street. The Agamemnon, 91$ Maitland, has nearly complet e d h er fum i gat i on. W e regret to state that fresh cases h ave b ro k en out amongst screw, Captain Sir Thomas the crew berthed in the Camperdown, receiving hulk. We think it almost a pity that those vireo--are saved should not be instantly removed to another receiving hulk. Why subject the healthy to the infection ? The Pitt, old 72, converted to a coal depot for Spit head, has had her strong protective wooden fenders made fast to her sides, and will soon be available for such excellent service. She.will contain at least 2,000 tons of coal. The "moorings" opposite the dockyard building sheds are to be taken up, and relaid with heavier ground tackle. It has been found that, owing to the increased tonnage of our line-of-battle ships, much heavier moor ings are required. We are glad to see this step taken in time, before mischief occurs owing to any sudden gale catching them unprepared, and which would be attended with great expense, and probably loss of life. MURRAY'S RAILWAY READING. Fcap. Bvo., is. THE FALL OF JERUSALEM. By the Very Rev. H. 11. MIL %lAN, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's. Forming the new volume of " Murray's Railway Reading." Volumes already published— Joan of Arc. By Lord Mahon. Ha'iam's Literary Essays and Characters. Life of Theodore Hook. The Emigrant. By Sir F. B. Head. Lord V'evnere's Discourse on Wellington. Music and Dress. By a Lady. Layard's Popular Account of Nineveh. Bees and Flowers. Lord Mahon's " Forty-Five." Essays from "The Times." Gifford's Deeds of Naval Daring. The Art of Dining. Oliphant's Journey to Nepaul. To be followed by— Lockhm L's Spanish Ballads. Life of Lord Bacon. By Lord Campbell. Beauties of Byron—Poetry and Prose. John Murray, Albemarle-street; . to be obtained at all Booksellers and Railway Stations. MARCH 6. The Furious, 16, steam-frigate, 'Captain Loring, and Antelope, 3, steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander West, were at Gibraltar, on the 26th ult. The Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Barnard, was at Lisbon, on the Ist inst. The Avon, channel service steam-tender, Master Commander Veitch, came into harbour this morning from Plymouth, with supernumeraries. 4.30 heavy fog has just set in. An hour ago we caught sight of the Basilisk getting u p s t eam — we cannot now see two ships' lengths. What little air there may be comes from the southward. The Northumberland, American liner, had not left St. Helen's Roads this morning. LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during the week, " The Thistle,"" Shamrock," "Carillonneur," and" Wind sor-castle" Waltzes, the " Champagne Galep," and "Marco Spada," "Le Cirque," and " Faridondaine" Quadrilles. Admission, Is. Doors open at Half-past Eight ; dancing to commence at Nine o'clock, and to terminate at Half-past Eleven. PLYMOUTH, IVlAlica 5. The Magicienne, steam-frigate, Captain Fisher, having coaled, returned to the Sound to-day. The Sanspareil, 81, screw, Captain Sydn e y D acres, came into harbour yesterday afternoon, to have the masts and yards of a 50-gun frigate. The Avon, steam-tender, sailed for Portsmouth yes terday with men belonging to the Prince Regent and supernumeraries. The Valorous, 16, steam-frigate, Captain Buckle, has moved from alongside the Dockyard jetty to the sailing moorings in Hamoaze, and will go into the Sound on the 9th inst. NOTICE. TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHERS. THE ROYAL POLYTE CHNIC INSTITU TION will be CLOSED after the sth of Meilen until EASTER MONDAY, for the purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW ROOMS for a PHOTO(4RAPHIC SCHOOL, &c. MODELS of MACHINERY, which will be described to the Visi tors, WORKS of ART, &c., will be RECEIVED for EXHIBITION, free of expense to the Depositors, until the 21st of MARCH. ADIES of delicate complexion, who suffer from _KJ ezposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWLANDS' KALY DOR. It allays all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and renders it 'oft, smooth, and pleasant ; removes cutaneous disfigurements, freckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance. Gentlemen, after shaving, will And it allay the irritability and smart ing pain, and render the skin smooth and pleasant. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL is a delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, premature greyness, and tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application. ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or near, DENTIFHIFICE, preset ves and beautifies the Teeth, strengthens the Gums, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gardens, London ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. [ PRICE SD. Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., C. 8., to be vice-admiral of the A BIT OF PARISIAN GOSSIP. red. .e. t h e c orrespon d ent of the Morning Ch ron i c l e.) To be Rear-Admiral of th e Bl ue . --C aptain Edward (From Boxer, C.B. (June 23, 1823), vice E. Collier, C. 8., to F or th e l as t f ew d ays a very extraordinary case be rear-admiral of the w hit e , vice the Hon. G. A. Crof- o f f am il y hi story h as occup i ed the attention of the ton, to be rear-admiral o f th e red. courts of law in Paris, and been of course the sub- To be Vice-Admiral on the Reserved Half-pay List.— ject of conversation eierywhere. The story is sim- Rear-Admiral Charles Gordon, C.B. without increase of pay, bei ng sen i or t o th e o ffi cer o f h i s grade promoted ply this :—For the last four years one o f th e most on the active list. ± remarkable persons in Paris society has been the To be Rear-Admiral on the Retired List.—Captain Countess of Solms. She is an exceedingly beautiful Thomas Ball Clowes (May 16, 1823), without increase person, and, though married in 1849, s carce ly ex of pay, being senior to th e officer of his grade p romo t e d ceeds twenty years of age at the present day. She on the active list. : is the daughter of Madame Bonaparte Wyse and By the death and consequent promotion, a flag officer's Sir Thomas Wyse, the English minister at Athens, good-service pension of 3001. per annu m , an d a capta i n ' s an d is consequently granddaughter of Lucien Bo good-service pension of 1501. per annum, revert to the naparte, grand niece of the Emperor Napoleon patronage of the First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord (the Great), niece of the Prince de Canino, and William Fitzroy, K.C.8., is now the senior vice-admiral ; cousin of the pres en t Emperor. For some time Past the conduct of this young lady Henry Hope, C. 8., is the seni or rear - a d m i ra l f or promo - p eror. ha given con thestion ; and Captai n G. F. Ri c h, th e super i n t en d ent of -- hospital and victualli ng , Ply mou th, i s th e sen i or i siderable umbrage n high quarte rs . Sh e h as ma d e captain on the active list. Si r Th omas S. P al l ey , B art., herself conspicuou s i n p u bli c p l aces, w h ere she i s moves up to the senio r ca pt a i ns ' li s t ;an d C ap t a i n J . L . usually accompanied by a numerous t ra i n o f a d - Massie c omes within the 12s. 6d. half-pay list. ! Pikers,. and she is accused of having,made use of her high lineage to obtain credit from tradesmen to an extent not at all warranted by the fortune of her husband. For a considerable time past it has been rumoured froni time to time that the irregu larities of this lady, and the scandal created by her 1 importunities for money at the Tuileries, had given so muchoffencethat she has beenthreatened with ex pulsion from France ; but althoughthe power of the Emperor is nearly unlimited in such cases as the ex pulsion of political personages, however high their position, or however eminent their services, when IR* expulsion is motive, or the convenient plea of surete publique, there is always some deference to public opinion, even in the highest places, where the person to be expelled is a member of the im r perial family, and moreover a female, who has nothing to do with politics. This feeling seems to Ihave influenced the authorities for a considerable time with respect to the Countess de Solms ; but at length they seem to have made up their minds that the lady must be sent out of Paris coute que coute. On the 19th of the present month the Minister of Police sent an order to the Countess de Solms and to her brother, Mr. Thomas Wyse (the eldest son of Sir T. Wyse), expelling them from the territory of France as foreigners. The order was that they should leave Paris in five days, and that they should forthwith apply to the chef de cabinet of' the prefect of police for their passports. She re ased to obey on the ground that they were French subjects, and entitled therefore to remain in France, and the lady contended moreover that, even sup posing that she were a foreigner by birth, her hus band being, a Frenchman, she was entitled to all the privileges of a Frenchwoman, and could not be expelled as a foreigner. Her husband it appears is absent, and Madame de Solms alleges that she does not know his address. She accordingly pre -1 sented a petition on the 23d inst. to the civil tri bunal of the Seine, in which she states that, having received an order from the Minister of the Police which expelled her from the French territory as a foreigner, she prayed that, in the absence of her husband, the Court .taould grant her authority to remain in Paris, in order to give her an opportu nity, of legally proving (contrary to the assertion of the Minister of Police) that she was a French woman, and that the Minister of Police should afterwards giye her a declaration to that effect. The public prosecutor submitted that the expulsion of the applicant had been ordered as an adminis trative measure, and that the tribunal could not interfere with it. M. Berryer produced Madame de Solms' certificate of marriage, which proved her husband to be a Frenchman, and contended that she could not fall under the operation of a law which was applicable to foreigners only. - The tri bunal decided as follows " Considering that the Countess of Solms demands to be authorised to summon the Minister of Police to de clare that she has the quality of a Frenchwoman ; con sidering that a married woman has no other nationality but that of her husband, that the Countess of Solms cannot be declared French but by having it declared and recognised that her husband is invested with the quality of a Frenchman ; considering that the demand made by the Countess de Solms would evidently lead to a judg ment on a question of position ; that that question essentially interests her husband ; and that, on account of the insufficiency of the documents produced, it is impossible that the latter should be brought into the case in his own name, and according to the ordinary forms ; that it follows that Madame de Solms should call at the time her husband and the Minister of Police, and that, not having done so, her mode of proceeding is irregular ; the tribunal dismisses her petition, and con demns her to the expenses." It is evident that the above decision was not on the merits of the case. But there was an evident determination to get rid of the lady. On the very day that the above decision was given the order of the Minister of Police was carried into effect, and Mme. de Solms, with her brother, Mr. Wyse, were carried to the - frontier by agents of the police and expelled from France. In these circumstances the case was yesterday brought once more before the civil tribunal of the Seine, by M. Berryer. Thus it will be seen that Mme. de Solmsfhas been unceremoniously sent upon hertravels in foreign parts, while the French courtsare settling whether, as a Frenchwoman, she has a right to remain in France or not. It is not four years since the marriage of this young lady made a great noise in Pans. It took place with great promp at Boulogne-sur-Seine. It was the first family event that took place after the election of Louis Napoleon as President of the Republic. It was attended by all the uncles of the young lady, the Princes Pierre and Louis Lucien, and by all the other members of the Bonaparte family, with the exception of the President himself, who sent his aides-de-camp to represent him. The lienage of the bridegroom was trumpetted forth by the Bonapartist papers as the highest—worthy, in fact, of the imperial origin of the bride. Though there can be no more doubt that Madame de Solms is the granddaughter of Lucien Bonaparte, then that Louis Napoleon is the grandson of Josephine, the following are the terms in which the semi-official Patric, in its number of last night, speaks of the affair : MOST CRUEL AND EXCESSIVH PUNISHMENT.—We understand that the boatswain's mate of the Vulture, 6, steam-frigate, who was tried by court-martial for con tempt of Lieut. Mansel's orders and for knocking down the, sentry, and sentenced to the outrageously heavy punishment—first, of being disrated from the rank of first-class petty officer ; second, of receiving three dozen lashes ; third, of twelve months' imprisonment ; -and, fourth, of losing all pay and time, and to be dismissed the service with disgrace—this man, who committed this act of contempt and - violence in a mad fit of drunkenness, had served honourably and faithfully for more than 17 years, without a blot or reflection on his character, and had " very good" certificates from some of the best men in the navy. It is a disgrace to civilisation and to com mon humanity, that a body of officers are empowered by naval law to inflict so heavy a punishment for compa ratively so small an offence. Would that a Mrs. Beecher Stowe could come forward in this country, and hold up to the shame and scorn of the world the out rageous enormities of British naval law in the same forcible and truthful language as the distinguished lady has treated the villanies of the slave law in America.— Morning Herald. It is now reported that Rear-Admiral Corry resigns the command of the Channel fleet to Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C.B. ; and that Rear-Admiral Corry succeeds Rear-Admiral Harvey, as superintendent of Malta Dock yard. Captain Charles Eden, late private secretary to the Admiralty, it is said, will be flag-captain to Admiral Berkeley.—Plymoua Mail. PROMOTIONS TO THE RESERVED LISTS.—WO have entered upon the month of March without having had the pleasure of chronicling the promotion of fire lieuten ants and five commanders to the reserved commanders and captains' lists. Those promotions were due last month, but like the Royal mails, we suppose we must not look for their arrival until they have been over-due three or four weeks.—United Service Gazette. It is with much satisfaction we notice the recent pro motion of Lieutenant George Henry Rice, R.N., son of our worthy member, E. R. Rice, Esq., to the rank of commander, and we ardently wish the pleasure was un alloyed, but we understand he is now lying dangerously ill at his father's mansion at Dane Court, with very faint hopes of his recovery. The advancement of this gallant young officer to his present rank, is the well-merited re ward of his bravery and skill in successfully leading two storming parties during the advance of the British forces up the Irawaddy. On the last occasion he received a severe wound, and was subsequently attacked by a dis ease incidental to the malignant climate of Burroah. He has returned home as the only chance of recruiting his shattered constitution ; and we earnestly hope he may yet be restored to health, and his life spared to his coun try and his friends for many future years.—Dover Chronicle. PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK. On Thursday a meeting of the general committee of the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, was held at the offices, John-street, Adelphi. The chair was occupied by the Duke of Nor thumberland, K.G. We also observed present—Col. Blanshard, R.E., C. 8., Captain Davies, R.N., Admiral Sir T. Herbert, M.P., Captain W.ll. Hall, R.N., Cap tain Halsted, R.N., Mr. Edward Hurry, Captain Ingle field, R.N., Captain Jerningham, R.N., Capt. M'Hardy, R.N., Mr. W. S. Marshall, Captain Ommanney, R.N., Major Palmer, Mr. Jam+ s Peake, Captain Perrott, Mr. J. D. Powles, Captain Washingfon, R.N., and Captain Ward, R,N. Mr. Lewis, the secretary, having read the minutes of the previous meeting, Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P., was unanimously elected chairman of the society, in the room of the late Mr. Thomas Wilson, of Jeffreys-square, who had occu pied that office for nearly 30 years, and had been one of the founders of this noble institution. The Duke of Northumberland afterwards formally handed over to the society the several life-boats he had recently placed on the coast of Northumberland—an act of great liberality on the part of his grace in the cause of humanity, and which the meeting suitably acknow ledged. The committee then proceeded to vote the gold medal lion of the society, and a small gold boat appended thereto, to Mr. George Palmer, of Nazing Park, in ad miration of the invaluable services the life-boats on his plan, built by this institution during the last 25 years, had rendered to the cause of humanity, the lives of some hundreds of shipwrecked persons having been saved b y them on various parts of the coasts of the United Ki ng dom during that period. . . . . The silver medal of the institution was voted to Mr. John Coßisen, master of the William and Mary, of Stonehaven, in consideration of his gallant conduct on the occasion of the wreck of the schooner Christiana, near that place in November last. The silver medal was also presented to Richard Sin nott, coast-guard ceief boatman, of Mullaghmore station; and four sovereigns to his crew of four men, in consi deration of their noble and humane services to a portion of the crew of the Dutch galliot, Ida Gizena. The wreck having been observed about 13 miles distant, the gallant men launched their boat and proceeded through a heavy surf to the scene of the disaster, and arrived just in time to rescue seven poor fellows from an inevi table death, the master and one man having perished before succour arrived. Having got the poor fellows into their boat, each coast guardsman stripped himself of almost everything to cover them, and they brought them on shore after a heavy pull of nearly 30 miles, having the satisfaction that they had saved seven of their fellow-creatures, who must have perished in a few hours but for their gallant exertions. The thanks of the committee, on vellum, were pre sented to Mr. P. O'Sullivan, of Berahaven, and 3/. to a boat's crew, for their praiseworthy services to the crew of the Lady of the Lake, of Bideford, wrecked near that place during a heavy gale on 10th January last. The wreck having sunk the crew succeeded in reaching an isolated rock, which was most difficult of approach with a boat. After repeated attempts for nearly seven hours to rescue the crew a boat at • last succeeded in taking them off the rock, and bringing them safely on shore. A reward of 10s. was granted to a coast guardsman, of Greenway station, Sussex, for rushing into the surf to rescue the master of the wreck Mary and Sarah, of Southampton, on the 20th of January. A reward of 51. was granted to the crews of the smacks Emperor and Traveller, for their valuable as sistance to the crew of the barque William and Mary, of London, on the 27th of December, when she was wrecked during the memorable hurricane of that day, on the Goodwin Sands. The crew had been clinging to the rigging for nearly 24 hours, when they were rescued from their perilous position. . _ The medal of the institution was voted to Mr. Wm. Parker, and his brother Mr. John Parker, master and mate of the schooner Pearl, of Exeter, who seeing a flag of distress lying o ff Flamborough lead, from the brigantine Maria, of Exeter, during the late hurricane, immediately lowered their boat and proceeded to the rescue of the poor fellows, which they happily accom plished. Captain Parker would not entrust his boat to his crew for fear his humane purpose might be thwarted. A grant of 54/. having been sanctioned to be paid for repairing the Filey life-boat, the meeting separated. It was reported that during the past year about 1,100 wrecks had taken place on the coasts of the United Kingdom, with the fearful loss of nearly 900 lives. It was, however, satisfactory to find that, through the in strumentality of the life-boats of the institution and other means, upwards of 700 lives of shipwrecked per sons had been saved during the same period, and for rescuing whom it had granted rewards. We regretted to observe that, on account of the very limited income of the society, a portion of its already small funded capital was directed to be sold. " A decision of the Minister of Police ordered the expulsion :from the French territory of Mme. Solms, calling herself the Countess de Solms, and of Mr. Wyse, both foreigners. These two persons assumed, without any right, the name of Bonaparte, and far from respect ing the illttstrious name which they usurped, they on the contrary made use of it ,to indulge in scandalous disorders, and to abuse more easily the credulity of per sons who came near to them. Mme. Solms, in order to oppose this measure, appealed to her quality of French woman, and brought the case before the Tribunal of the Seine, which declared the plea invalid. The decision of the Minister of Police has been carried into execution, and Mme. Soims and Mr. Wyse have quitted France." It is rumoured to-day that Mr. Wyse, Madame de Soim's brother has, as a British subject, applied to Lord Cowley for protection, and that his Excel lency has made representations on the subject to the French government. I am, however, not able to say to what extent the report is correct. RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN THE GRAMPIANS.—The Aberdeen Railway crosses the Grampian chain of moun tains by a deep cutting through the granite of its eastern limb. During the present storm the trains have been greatly impeded in their progress northwards from the village of Laurencekirk, about 30 miles south of the granite city, and as many as six engines, with trains, were snowed up there in one day last week ; but the storm of Friday appears to have been the most formi dable, and one of the morning trains had a narrow escape from destruction. The train left Aberdeen at 8.15, instead of 6 . 6 a.m., with two engines and four carriages, the last carrying her Majesty's mail. When the train entered the cutting about two miles from Aberdeen one of the lines was completely snowed up, and the icicles firmed by the freezing of the snow water as it ran down the angles of the rocks were hanging in great hdrned masses, some, of them measuring from 10 to 15 feet in length, and tapering to a point. The cutting on the flat surfaces was also frozen over, and the traveller, when passing through, could not but feel as if he were in chasm of the Alps. When the engines had plougheda their way into the open country about Stonehiaven the line was found to be pretty clear, but scarcelythnaorodutghhelyy got out of ,the glens about Dunnotter when the inow nn e s ha e d re t p o t d r ift. on the high lands great etrunmumlitbehire of f o ri a ng it while the engi n e s blocked e ke p t u e p on t s t n li t n ly e t c h ie a a t along, holding tenaciously every foot of ground thus deep valley, which abnedinbrided over, gained. In this locality there is a the height from 0 f r o m t 4oto 50 feet. As the has te b w e a en ter em of ba ße nk rv ed ie engines ploughed their wag of the cutting from which the embankment is formed, all u at once they found them selves at liberty, and, increasing their speed, the mail g un an ar t d o jump, fthe t line.carri ag il e b e e and was suddenly thrown off the the accident, put on his brain, George Wyllie, observing drivers, who fortunat e ly reak and called to the engin; engines as the carriage bridge,was about to dash on " s l o p pe d, Here the !-, was but not until the vaail train passengers guard, with the other embankment for had be en draggedalong of t a distance of 150 the top the half of that yards, the wheels for f the incline. distance being within a foot of the edge °f R seems well For such accidents the working °f th s i to pped than they prepared, for no sooner was the trai:lanks, and wedges, I got out their archimedian screw' off a gain as coolly as and in less than half-an -hour were if nothing had haPPeuel A NIGRO SERMON.—The discourse from which the annexed passage is taken was actually preached in the town of Zanesville, Ohio, some years ago :—" My dear frens and bredren," said the preacher, "do soul of de brack man is dear to the Lord as de soul ob de white man. Now you all see Judge Harper, a sittin dah leanin' on his gold-headed cane ; you all know the judge, niggers, and bery fine man he is, too. Well, now, I'se gwine to make a little comparishment. Supposin' de judge some fine mornin' put his basket on his arm, and goes to market to buy a piece ob meat. He soon finds I a nice fat piece ob mutton, and trots off wid it. Do I you s'pose de judge would stop to 'quire wedder dat ' mutton was ob a white sheep or a black sheep ? No, nuffin ob de kind ; if de mutton was nice and fat, it would be all de same to de judge. He would not stop to ax wedder de sheep had white wool or brack wool. Well, jest so it it, my frens, wid our Hebenly Marster. He does not stop to ax wedder a soul 'longs to a white man or a brack man ; wedder his head is kivvered wid a straight har, or kivvered wid wool. D e quest i on he re will ax w ill b e , 'l s di e a goo d sou l ?' an ' if so, de Mter will say, Enter into de joy o b our Lord, an' set do wn on de same bench wid de wh man feet' quality,'" nc —American p aper. ;Yo se Pll on a per- THE WEST INDIES. We have news from Port Royal, Jamaica, to the 130th January. It was stated that the Cumberland, 70, bear ing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, would leave Port Royal forty-eight hours after the arrival of the steamer with the mails now overdue. We regret to state that a serious accident, which resulted in loss of life, occurred on board the flag-ship Cumberland a few days before. A petty officer on board that vessel bad ascended the mainyard-arm, and unfortunately fell from thence to the deck, dislocating his neck, which, of course, .caused instant death. ' The term of service of the Persian, 12, Commander Mitchell, having expired, that vessel has been ordered to proceed to England immediately, to be paid off. THE PACIFIC. The commander-in-chief, Rear-Admiral Thoresby, C.B. , had hoisted his flag on board the Nereus, store-ship, at Valparaiso. Her Majesty's frigate, Portland, 50, flag-ship, Cap tain Chads, having gone to Cape St. Lucas with provi sions for the Thetis, was expected there in February, from Queen Charlotte's Island. The Daedalus, 19, Captain Wellesley, was at Mal zatlan. The Amphitrite, 26, Captain Frederick, was hourly expected at Panama on the 19th January with a large freight from the coast of Mexico. The Trincomalee, 24, Captain W.l Houston, was at Valparaiso. The Virago, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Prevost, left Callao on the sth January, taking the new consul to the Island Raicatea: The Cockatrice, tender, Master Commander Dalton, was on the west coast of Mexico. The Peruvian frigate Amazonian arrived at Callao on he 7th January. DEATH OF ADMIRAL THE HON. SIR T. B. CAPEL, G.C.B. The death of that gallant, distinguished, and venerable flag officer Admiral of the Red the Hon. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, G.C.8., has been reported, at the ad vanced age of 77 years. In the course of his career (O'Byrne's epitome, of which we extract) he served actively for 31 years :- " The Hon. Sir Thomas Bladen Capel, born Aug. 25, 1776, was the youngest son of William, fourth Earl of Essex, by his second wife, Har r i e t, daughterl of Colonel Thomas Bladen ' • brother of Lieutenant-General Hon. Thomas Edward Capel ; and uncle of the present Earl of Essex, and of Commander A. H. C. Capel, R. N. " This officer entered the navy March 22, 1782, as cap tain's servant, on board the Phaeton, 38, Captain Walde grave, on the books of which ship he was borne until April, 1783. He ultimately embarked, April 12, 1792, on board the Assistance, 50, Captain Mansfield, stationed off Newfoundland. There became midshipman, March 1, 1793, of the Syren, 33, Captain John Manley ; and in the Apollo, 28; and with Lord Hugh Seymour, in the Leviathan, 74, and Sans Pareil, 80, of which latter ship after participating, July 23, 1795, in Lord Bridport's action, he was appointed, May 16, 1796, an acting lieutenant. On April 5, 1797, we find Mr. Capel, offi cially promoted into the Cambrian, 40, Captain Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, employed, similarly with the three ships last named, on the home station ; and next ap pointed, April 12, 1798, to the Vanguard, 74, flag-ship of Sir Horatio Nelson, by whom, in acknowledgment of his services as signal lieutenant at the battle of the Nile, he was advanced, Aug. 4, and sent home in charge of a duplicate of the dispatches, and of the sword of M. Blanquet, the senior French officer surviving.* His com mission was confirmed by the Admiralty Oct. 20 follow ing, and his elevation to post rank effected, while in command of the Alecto, sloop, at Spithead, Dec. 27, in the same year. Captain Capel's ensuing' appointments until October, 1814, appear to have been, Jan. 5, 1799, to the Arab, 22, on the West India sta tion ; July 19, 1800, to the Meleager, 32, in which he had the misfortune to be wrecked on the Triangle Rocks, in the Gulf of Mexico, June 9, 1801 ; May 21, 1802, to the Revolutionnaire, 38, lying at Spithead ; August 24, 1802, to the Phoebe, 36, on the Mediterranean station, where, during Nelson's pursuit of the combi ne d fl ee t s t o n fi d y t e he route to Egypt, frigates and t w o sent to land i n th ose t fbr h oo e mm W b sa e nt s yo t o l to n rv d or e s p ss , a h trh e dai w tn a s i am lgse might o t ti l w yb i , et :and places, after which [service he shared in th e b att l e o f Trafalgar, and at its close saved from destruction, by his extraordinary exertions, the prize - ship of the ine Swiftsure ; Dec. 27, 1805, to the Endyinion, 40, in which he conveyed the British ambassador to and from Constantinople, arid lost, during the hostile operations carried on at the Dardanelles, where he acted a con spicuous part, and distinguished himself by his zealous attention and assiduity, 3 men killed and 10 wounded ; and Dec. 14, 1811, to La Hogue, 74, stationed latterly find him in blockadi ng th e enemy ' s c o o n m t m he ami nort o h f a co s a m st al o l f sg Ale r r o ic i a i i . where w e frigates in New London, and sharing!generally in the war fare with the United States. On Dec. 15, 1821, Captain Capel, who had been nominated a C.B. June 4, 1815, assumed command of the Royal George yacht, in which and in the Apollo, another Royal yacht, he remained until advanced, May 27, 1825, to the rank of: rear admiral. He was constituted 4 K.C.B. Feb. 20, 1832 ,• and from May 30, 1834,, until' June 1837, commanded in chief on the East India station, with his flag in the Winchester, 50 ; the rank of vibe-admiral was conferred on him Jan. 10, 1837 ; admiral April, 1847, since which he served three years as commander-in -chief at Ports- mouth. " Sir T. B. Capel was one of the officers who sat on the court-martial appointed in December, 1805, to try Sir R. Calder for his conduct on 22d of the previous July. H e married May 10, 1816, Harriet C a th er i ne, on l y daughter of F. G. Smyth , Es q." By the decease of Sir Bladen Capel, the following pro motions and changes take place : To be Admiral of the Blue.—Vice-Admiral the Hon. G. Elliot, C. 8., vice James Carthew, to be admiral of the white, vice the Marquis of Thomond, to be admiral Vice Admiral of the Blue.—Rear-Admiral Sir W. . h H. Dillon, K.C.H., vice the H on . Si r A. Ma i t l an d, r c .8., K.C.M.G., to be vice -admiral of th e w hit e , vice o Tot e b ree * In his dispatch to the Admiralty announcing the Vic tory o f the Nile, Nelson alludes to Captain Capel as a "most excellent officer," and recommends him to -their lordships' ziotioe. MR. LAYARD'S NEW WOR K. This day, with nearly 400 Illustrations, Bvo., 215., FRESH DISCOVERIES in. the RUINS of NINEVEH and BABYLON; with Travels in Armenia, Kur distan, and the Desert; being the result of it Second Expedition to Assyria, undertaken for the Trustees of the British Museum. 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WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, "That three score years and ten oar course raay ra n." of ner- A popular review of almost every fo (c) the Ye-mg.ly-debilitated besets the ea m lth an of vous h and enfeebd constiteon that harasses pleasurlee, business or study, and em bitters old age ; with tables aid rulesfor the diet and physical regu• cation 01 every-day life. IT. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the nassions. Chastity and its infringement. T he casualties ofllcentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations , graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that is the question." ritooßearma:—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. 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In reply to a deputa tion last Friday the Postmaster-General stated that, as soon as the colonial assents could be obtained and the proper arrangements made, it was intended to reduce the postage of letters for every part of the British dominions abroad to the uniform rate of sixpence the half -ounce. The present average Postage of colonial letters is not less than fourteen pence. What will be gained is the IoW rate, and and the uniformity, which experience has shown to be scarcely less appreciated than cheapness. Very shortly, therefore, it will be in the power of any of our readers to drop a letter into the box of the next cottage or in the next street, to his friend on the slopes of the Himalaya, or at Mount Alexander, or at Vancouv er ' s Island, or at Toronto, with the certainty, as far as the whole power of Govern ment can secure it, of having an answer back at the cost, for the postage of the two letters, of one shilling. The answer froni across the Atlantic will probably be within a month, that from Simla or Lahore within three months, and th a t f rom t h e Antipodes within half a year. A party o f em i grants sailing this week may hope to arrive at Geelong or Adelaide soon after Midsummer, and about Michaelmas their friends at home, supposing the arrangement com pleted, may hope to receive full accounts of their voyage and safe arrival at the moderate cost of six pence. Let people talk as they please of the sun never setting on our dominions, and of the British flag waving over every sea and every shore, nothing brings before our mind so forcibly the fact that we are everywhere, and that everywhere we represent the spirit of progress, as this little type of universal power—this letter given to the village postman in March, with an answer from mid A s i a in June. There is something grand and showy enough in the return that appear from time to time in our mili tary and naval journals, giving the stations of our ships and of our soldiers in every part of the world ; but the grandeur of the idea is qualified by many painful considerations, for the whole is merely an ill remedy for a still worse evil. But there is no such alloy in the thought that any member of the British Empire, comprehending an eighth of the human species, will be able to com mun i ca t e w ith any other within a space of time and at a cost in credible to our forefathers, and even hitherto unat tainable. Considering how much there is that is questionable in our dominion, in its mea ns an d i n its results, it is satisfact or y t o : find one means and one result of undoubted advantage to the whole human race, viz., that we draw mankind together, and bring the whole world, so to speak, within hearing distance. The numerous interests of society and commerce concerned in this measure h ave been so well repre sented in the 'deputation to Lord Canning, that little more is to be done than simply recount them. The merchant, with his budget of letters by every colonial mail ; the colonial company, with its agents and its labourers at work in Australia ; our assur ance companies, with a correspondence all over the world • our hundreds of thousa n d s o f em i gran t s , who aye broken the dearest ties to seek indepen dence in the colonies, and whose souls still cleave I to those they have left at home ; the great mass of the British public, deeply interested as they are in our colonies and dependencies--such are the inte rests on whom the benefit is conferred, and the bare examination of them will prove that it is not par tial benefit at the cost of the whole community. In this respect the argument is the same as with regard to our inland postage. It is not every man who can write a letter—and many poor creatures scarcely ever receive one—but there is not one of them with out an interest in the spread of information, in the quickening of the whole system, and in the progress of the nation. J us t now the whole population of these isles, more particularly the working classes, are immensely benefitted by the prosperity of our colonies, by their new sources of wealth, by the stream of emigia,tion that has set in to them, and the consequently increased demand for labour at home. The first claimant on our consideration is the colonist himself, who, with much denial and some risk, has followed fortune to the end of the earth thereby giving up his own immediate share in the great stock and enterprise—the joint inter est and mutual good will of these isles—and leaving the competition less severe for those that remain. From a hungry competitor he has become a wel come customer. He even sends over the means of transporting to the colonies still more of our over crowded labour. Surely those of our fellow coun trymen who have done this service to their country —a service that many of us could hardly do our selves—deserve every return in our power, and the best, indeed, almost the only return, we can give is to diminish the distance and lessen the separa tion as much as possible. The distance we are diminishing by steam, by the electric telegraph, and all the means in our power ; and the other evil of absence, infrequent c ommun i ca ti on, we are now about to lessen by cheapening the means. The two classes best able to value that cheapness are mer chants, in whose expenses postage forms a consid erable item, and the poorer sort with friends, as most of them have, in the colonies. T o th e la bourer receiving only 9s. or 10s. a week a postage of even Is. is a great drawback from the pleasure of a letter, though it be from a child in Canada or Australia and the news be agreeable. In fact, his children, knowing his poverty, do not write as often they would, and are apt to get out of the way of writing altogether. It is quite 411viden s t that so great a change requir ing the co-operation of many establishments and the consent of many authorities could not be effected at once, or oven with as much ra pidit y as our great postal: revolution at home. Things can only be put in train for the change, as they will be done immediately. What, therefore, Lord Cannin g stated to the deputati on on Friday was pretty much as follows :—Government will invite the Legislatures of those colonies which have the con trol of their own postal affairs (among which are Canada and Australia) to say whether they will agree to a reduction of postage on the following terms :--The rate upon all letters to be 6d. the oz.—this rate to include all charges, i. e., inland postage in the United Kingdom, sea transit, and inland postage in the colony—prepayment to be optional ; in the case of letters carried by packets supported (as now) by the mother country, the proceeds of postage to be divided in the proportion of sd. to the mother country (id. for inland, and 4d. for sea carriage), and ld. to the colony ; in the event of the Colonial Govern ment supporting the packet, this proportion to be reversed ; in the case of ship letters, the rate to be divided equally between the mother country and the colony (3d. to each), as no expense of sea transit will attach to either ; the rate upon all news- papers to be ld. The Government expect that before an answer is received from the colonies in question, the examination and revision of the Packet Service Estimate, announced by Sir James Graham in proposing the Navy Estiniates on the 18th ult., will be concluded, and that should the answer be favourable they will be ready to act upon it. The colonies whose postal affairs are under con trol of the General Post-office, and with whom, therefore, no negotiation is necessary, will not be dealt with until the terms with the other colonies are settled, nor will India be dealt with till that settlement is no longer doubtful ; though it is' intended that the arrangement with Inds _ - sh ra a 1 l tt eh b e oi their po e .f their th T e he deputationminds more t o s a a e u xp g u pressede nnu ;_ o — f - e precisely and dn th md e s ad o s r e uthe p p u os b t li age ha t disappointment freely on this head. against this objection that the p plt Was urged be a considerable reduction on th - ro- °Bed rate will that that uniformity Will be obtirkec(l)s now enstiu— present varying and inconsiste t 111 place of the from Bd. from Heligoland t n scale (which ranges that there will b e cert. :. nearly 3s. from Ceylon); charge will cover the inty, inasmuch as one ter ; that probably who le conveyance of the let check, will b e pu - t a stop, certainly a very great now so prevalent ; been t aken which will and uxo t n h the evasion of postage, ve make ita first ta step willtiveiy ha ve to carry reduction further ma if e this e should ° appear de sirable. There is of course a vast difference be tween an inland and a colonial penny postage, at all events we must feel our way po e. th . F e latter. Such, we believe was the puerPrt can only express given to the deputation, and' it iv except on one point our hearty concurrence wl it seems, are that affects ourselves. Newspapers, sr efree unless when to pay Id. At present the y sent by private ship, and be lieve that it is i env, reduction upon theccon u an entirely new _ It certailuY I w ould do . / d Nve are unwilling to d w hile making so great a eyance of letters, to impose , u pon that of newspapers. nq aml we humbly think iblic a lso, a very great injury if one the British lYi gnu() to clear the post. With did not con staalP we beg to congratulate the new .ngle reserve. first this sing its great feat of "Adminis- Governme nt onl native ability:' a,YELLING IN ENGLAND IN THE SIXTEENTH CPs. „ T" B e fore the revolution the ordinary days jou rney - f - flying coach was about fifty miles in summer ; but i n th e of little more than thirty. The Chester coachthe York and the Exeter coach generally reached L ondon in four number, hriatinaS were not Ull a days during the fine season ; but at e s th ea e ted sixtt n dm passengers, ca Th rri e a gefo r were so that it six in accidents, frequent 'would have been most perilous to mount the root The ordinary fare was about 2id • a e inil • in somewhat more in w 3/ CGCC4U iinter.— ay. mauler, and