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market BEANO. 7,!, Od 34s ad 32s Od 09 sold r.. 28 sold .',26 sold [O9 sold cy. 0 stone• :re , . 19 c 2,269, 7s Od ; tb irde 811 3d , er cwt 55 Ocl verago ;tram , !s Od 7d to , 9d. W i —boef, t rtouna' to OW Pinks , lm, t. Calf ton.'" 12/. P° Ear do , , rod, —Sops , Guauo, A-00 Rrheri lue rived ril 21 ril.4 ril I rch 3(7 , ril n,16 nil 2 ) , of Ow" rl.l ,f310,P, ELTIf tit rA 2 6 Iceda l/f 16 1 1 1 16 12 .11 10 r 11 26 of Or ril 1! , ril err"' 11/ 11 16 11 16 ' 11 26 111 2 2 .11 1 •11 16 VRALLIS, Mayor.—An ESPECIAL COURT of ISISOR and ALDERMEN, held in the Inner Chamber of the Galidb f the City of London, on Saturday, the 9th day of 1853 , and in the 16th year of the reign of Victoria, of the United Kingdom'of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, &c., Resolved unanimously, That an humble, loyal, and dutiful address as presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, upon her safe an d happy delivery, and the birth of a Prince. MEREWETHER. GUILDHALL, April 5, 1853.—The Committee for Letting the City's Lands will MEET at Guildhall on Wednesday, the 13th day of April iniitant, at One o'Clock precisely, to re ceive TENDERS for LETTING on Lease, for Fourteen and a half Years (less three dayb), from Midinunmer next, a HOUSE, No. 21, on the north side of Hill-street, Fin,bary. Further particulars and p 1... v„ . may be seen, and forms of tender obtained, at the Archt "" °nice, Guildhall. THOS. SAUNDFRS, Comptroller. J [ OUNT CARBON CHARTERED COAL Notice t And IRON COMPANY. a SR A Rigsby Given, that NO MORE APPLICATIONS for ES In this COMPANY can possibly be RECEIVED. The Allotment to present applicants will be proceeded with at once. By Order of the Board, W. A. 110EBEt i Sec. 30, Bu c kl ersbury, April 9. BRLGRAVE SQUARE.-.Mr.. HENRY for „ o w., Fra has received instructions to Let F SISLIED, either rior 4 1 40 . ni or by the Year, upon advantages ternis, vi ry supe aceory,,flON, elegantly furnished through° it, and conta nine eve' y in t ivuation for a famil parts distinction. Stahl lig for six hors, s street rear. For terms andculars apply at his offices, Grosvenor-square. TO AGENTS.—Life Assurance A g ents in any /nit , Part of England may with advantage become Agents for Fire bi,'... ra nce, and thereby greatly extend their Life usiness. The i„ e tors of th e UNITY FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIA T ION T ap I.7l,,h tuti on established °anew and important principles, and possess- Z ir u published with the Prospectus —are ready to receive applications for Agencies, accompanied by references. By looking ~,??' the List of Shareholders, applicants will probably iind several to they are known. For terms, prospectuse., &c. apply to thief O THOMAS H. B IYLIS, General Manager and Secretary. o ffices, 40, Pall Mall, Londou. . is. OR,TH OF SPAIN RAILWAY. I ~/ tr, It 'Yonne, Iran, St. Sebastian, Tolosa, Bilboa, Vitoria, Miranda, c.„,m t esea. Burgos. Palencia, Valladolid, Avila, L'Escurial, 31 B":_tetal 29 ,925,000 piastres. 315,000 shares of 95 Plaslr" each for h i lm, P P OO francs for F rance . er 201. for England. Deposit 19 each e e aLain, 100 f rancs in France, or 41. In England. One flftho l f the n i s,,y`uu'llas been subscribed in Spain, two-fifths in France, and two . --"?' retnaia for appropriation in England. President —The Duke De Riansares. b...„- • - Beakers in Paris—Messrs. Rothschild, Paris. erli in London —Messrs. 31asterman, Peters, and Co. ; the , . . . London and County Bank. .46.,..._ Rankers in Bordeaux — Messrs , Ezpeleta et Fils. - =`"-e 111 Lond on — Messrs C. Devaux and Co., 62, King William . The tr N ee o t rt C h it o Y i sp to ain vih om . appllcati for shares may be made. . nel uding the branch lon g ; Railway is about oni 685 kilometres, or 427 miles The projeztors h to the port of Bilboa. of the Spani s h ave al ready obtained the concession for 99 years, or 406 miles. They have portion, whichpaidAroaverses a distance of 650 kilometres, money, and they are in act • piastres , for the eection from Ea . Which is only 35 kilometres, or 2 reath ' ernment 000(157 0001.) the caution ' • the length of e tY s w pan itl i t sh th f e ro F nt r i e e n r c , h Gov The Spanish Government guarali llittra capital of 30,000, 00 interest ft 7 Per cent,,piastrea ( 6 , 3 15,7891.), a minimum ra treeea lles io the Company, on a maxi „,. including 1 per cent. to be applied to a sinking fund. the provinces and camtr tines traversed by this railway, as well it a h s ;, 1 ! contiguous provinces * 'ad communes, have agreed to share w the the responsibility of this guarantee. rati a r Spanish Government, perceiving the great advantage which . Iviiilileirillt.tO the public revent• by the encouragement of railway: • adh,rjevelop the various sources of national wealth, have faith Full cOrtipi;,,to the guarantees they have given ; and even in cas e e i l te where t Cloye ril ,f B have not been able to perform their engagem v , h i. ferej a ., 'Tun has returned to such companies, whether native o x a. 0 , the entire sums paid as cautionary deposit. Ally n r i der to secure to the shareholders in the North of Spain Rail- I tttikir,%. ll itl value of the guarantee of 6 per cent., and 1 per cent. Chas. ' ` U nd. a general contract has been already made for the pur. stock 01 the land, the construction of the whole line, and for rolling zlaiteia:lano_,ooo.B?..c" according to the requirements of the Government, eited7„" within the guaranteed capital. The contractor has depo- Piastres or 105,2631., as a guarantee for the due fulfil in th e i l l .1e c ontract, and is to leave 5 per cent..out of each certificate Vim s ,„ ali d,of the directors as a further security - , until such reserves etia,,,,..ount to the stun deposited. erwe contract ~.... Price covers all expenses incurred in surveys and Cent. of ~.,,"P to the present time, and leaves a fund of about 10 per elt '"' e eaPltal in the hands of the directors, to meet the general c ent ~... of the undertaking, and to pay interest at the rate of 5 per tio r i . .' , .. annum to the shareholders during the course of construe- T he North ‘. dal chi ef v .°. Spain Railway connects Madrid with several pt - ovin. are also ~--- latch a s ri .t.o - e,_ , torn:ling points of convergence of various high roads, rta, where seven meet. Burgos, Valladolid, and Avila, district R.,, rt11 .2 f Spain Railway The -N.owle centres of similar streams of traffic. traverses most important industrial l'nns 8 1, 8 0 ' C re ' - '" as th in fß' Guipuzcoa, and Alava. It e prov ces o 'scan . Drod ti o nn , ugh dis tricts rich in wools, wines, and corn-districts exp or -96 Muchmore than they can either consume, or at present, Wikee4lll . ; arid which to gain access to the home and foreign markets, °WY those facilities of economical transport which this railway ~. Provide. , r . l he North of Spain Railway will estabiTsh a thorough communi -41°,1 between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Starting ir om „ ~- . .ayonne and Biboa it will proceed through Irun, St. Sebastian, 1,, - 7 0 sit, and Vitoila to Miranda. At Miranda it reaches the river s ',,, u roi which is now being canalised down to the port of Alfaques, C t ile shores of the aiechtepanean. At Madrid also it will be placed e - co mmunication with the great line of railway now in course of -onstruction between the capital (aid Valencia. vaulter• • tent feature or this great undertaking is that very tunic, at adolid it will reach the river Douro, which runs to Oporto; d ad last lY. at Madrid, it will be brought into connexion with the , tll l s: ' ,, ill ez Railway, which will be continued first to Badajoz to mee Beni:Ml:mese line to Lisbon, next to Cordova, and thence to 1 . 0 . ,.. 4 . e a Cadiz. sf e„, - idulate the advantages which such data promise to the North Prehohn Railway, the distinction between Spanial, English, and , P irst, r4 „,, il waYs must be kept in view. ,7, e ause 1,,'11e cost of construction is greater in England or yrance, - ,,,varer h i „ c t is of a higher value than in Spain. Labour is much t ent ll 's bca7. ; l and and in France thin in Spain. Rails also and a o - .lQll.en c ; In Prance a mice somewhat extravagantly high, in - ' e s ,"" they-,Z,the Protection given to home industry, whilst into 1,4°1°10%11y, __.,filltinerted from England - free of duty.. _ nezt;lveeardw,e,,rtetpunireanttroiniii railways in i a n in En b g e l c a a t u id se or in ir t a h n e ce are of former inon l i t s t ile4 triea a n ' s s o l p`re to co a na n pet , " , wth already existing and long The retain f eir openT h n-v eYance, whilst in Spain railways, from the SP4'n, y, s are 1, -4 . absorb the wheee of the tra9l . updtpic c ause they -4 P r eUtable in England and I , ranee than in 1 14 s t , e tariffs Of the be secured only 'by incessant reductions rally, `" Spain th,, . e. numerous competing - means of transport; „„._ e , i n ce ~,._y . tsztrfs will, to a certainty , - be largely retritine -17 trit. abov, :e can reasonably be fixed at 50, 100, and even 209 n „ ch cheape r ~t „ h e ,Eugl WI ant French tariffs, and still remain a ,V r eolatea ' - ' 44 .. I , ll e OW ' means of transport, and be accordingly illes • the ,2 d utincti o ,. . th "-en th e 'a C Well foun led. and have received confirms e R athre .. results of all the existing rrelways in Spain ; hence after a fej„, C°m Parly from Val ncia to Alcira has teen compelled, .._beentlareesot,linia"tertl: trait d th fficient traffic several doa yeses. e doable th rolling stock, which ha Upon the line from 4101Zetre and as, *Asturias, the exoruitant tariff of 20 cent m in e m a s n pe o r ttrantDorti,_ ~Per ten sufficed to put down all compe o ing .on; a s nd f , iiily , tb e li ' ll e oat of the basin of Satins to the port f GU lsiig. 1 " Wh' k '1 " f rotn Madrid to Aranjuez, only 41 kilometres _e .... first 185 2 th e lc " r uns to no c-ntre of production or commerce, had s. 4 ear of Its working,w a traffic of 300,000 p tin.,.!110,011V tons of mere .bos "- iltat expected from this line have , -4 f ran , [H ates of the receipts to b 1,08 ,fhil ti ne of Biscay, and establish upon . ...Conswa..-4,ed under the special superintendenceo 01 the provincial, ale 4 ,,`.. anti municipal corpora a cent, for working ex- g traffic an immediate return of 5,150,000 piastres; or ~ p en . i-• 0/.. which, after deducting 45 1... t. Per o .leaves a ne • 41, net profit upon the capital of the Company of 10 0 ,,1'11t This estimate, however, La wholly irresPeetive cf the in cr--,° ' u : hich improved means of transport invariably ensures. c o - Ze Boardof Direction will be nominated In the statutes of the i E - 0 1 :',AYand will consist of eight Spanish, four French, and three 'fl. --3 ° , ` Directors. Three French Directors have been appointed, M. Arden b !nicer, Paris, M. De Gliam!di, Paris, and Lonaon AP Be E Bs3 zneleta, Pads and Bordeaux. ril 9, 1.. FORDS OF APPLICATION FOR SIX RES. north of Spain Railway Company. t 4eritl e „ e To Messrs. C. Devaux and Ca. 1,,..,trtak4'.---I request y o u t o a ll o t me shares i n t h e a b ove ntueb er . WI I hereby agree to accept the said shares, or any shar e a llottel° 4 lefty allot me, an to pay the sum of 41. on each ftt the time to be Specified in your letter of allotment. 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Lice -SQUARE LOADON D o Q•tor of MediVne, and Matric•ilated Member of the University of .uv disorders Edinburgh Licentiate Member of the London Hospital Medic re ll sultin A g stages of life, than tYrombel u:te of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., Scc. consulted ersonally, or by letter, on the various tit.° decay at an certain i ir p e e d of the nervous and generative system, duced m ore is,Jueentie irregu'aritics, and excesses, which have pro in the treatment of hesis: rY in Youth, degradation in manhood, and prema lsologists. and practical experience cases known to modern exi,tenee, traceable to cer euce secret causes of self-ac Beales haB perhaps any other class of proveddis that there are in ext,t rnmicisioerniseshaanbditds,isatoppwohlintcedh Nervous s ou in s Debility, various forms of lnal ages. Impotency, Local and' i(iiiotY, Unhappy and Unfrultfhl Marri endless modifications owe their that n n t.itutional Weakness, and their It is absolutely necessary that an o in st entire origin. principles of personal management ` m en ihshould know that there are incurring grievous penalties, and when w isdom be violated without the heyday of inconsiderate self - indulgence, and regret succeed may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitte'rnbe°swmthese penalties and how the evil and itscon-equences may be avoided , and be removed, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity , and above all, derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot or functional DOCTOR LAWERT has for a long series of year,, h a e P e P l Y a cure. in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicaeng:grned plaints, and s the only legally qualified rhysician who, re,, te n---- of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-m•Klest, has I I c s n--- - of the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of so c i ety Is tree. 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As Lord John Russell remarked, a bit terness very unusual under such circumstances, was exhibited in the criticisms to which the Reso lutions were subjected; and yet the success of the Financei)riseaat the Minister rislc declaration . objections which were urged would only have de prived the Treasury of a definite advantage, which certainly, whether large or small, involves no cor respondingiklM had r. ever ef IvDisraeliir.E proposednie expressedEllice, an d thati tt hi his es tnsrueuwre , project was one of the most important which any that Mr. Gladstone, on the other hand, had pru dently protested against any exaggerated expec tations which might be formed t' the results mg results of his plan. There is, however, no incon sistency between the views put forward •by the author of the scheme, and those of his able and ' experienced supporter. As an experimental and gradual measure, the creation of the new Stocks ' will effect but a moderate reduction in the public burdens—it is only when its,success shall have been:obstablished that the prospect of a reduction in the total interest of the Debt will become dis tinct. Mr. ELLICE himself has long considered the expediency. of placing the Suitors'. Fund on a securer basis, and at the same time providing the nucleus 'of a Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, which may prepare the way for the ultimate con version of the Three per Cents, It is not sur prising, therefore, that he should appreciate the utility of a plan which renders possible the great improvements which he desired to see effected. Mr. GLADSTONE'S anticipations of the ultimate re sults of his own policy may probably not be less sanguine ; but at present he judiciously takes credit_only for the good which he is enabled to re alise, knowing that experience will ; .best develope . the future possibilities of public advantage. The objections which are urged against the plan are partly conjectural. Sir Fitzroy Kelly's argument was intended to show that, of three proposed securities, only one would be selected by capitalists. And if so, what then ? Investments in the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. would produce a clear profit to the public, even if a sinking fund were set aside to absorb the future increase in the nominal capital of the Debt; The Chancellor of the Exchequer is of course pre pared to satisfy a demand for any class of the New Securities which he offers, though it should be exclusively preferred. Sir Fitzroy Kelly wastes a good deal of energy and ingenuity in proving that the Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock will be a more desirable purchase than either Three-and-a-Half per Cents. or Exchequer Bonds. The calculation is irrelevant to the question which Parliament has to decide, and it assumes throughout the Treasury will be bound in 1894 to pay off the new stock at par. From the beginning of the discussion to the end, all the opponents of the measure seemed to forget that the Government can buy up its own securities in the market, instead of dealing directly with the whole body of creditors. If Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are, under the pro posed scheme, cheaper than Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, capitalists in general will of course prefer them ; and there is little doubt that such will, in fact, be the case as to the majority of investments. But the objection to a threefold al ternative of conversion involves the erroneous as sumption that all p urc h asers requ i re precisely' the same commodity. Sound policy suggested the prudence of making the new experiment as varied and exhaustive as circumstan ces wou ld allow ; and Mr. Glad'stone's measure is intended no t merely to test certain very important facts and probabilities in finance, but also to satisfy the different wants of classes placed in the most dissimilar positions. A man may sell shoes and boots in the same shop, without subjecting himself to the reproach of caprice or inconsistency. Sir Fitzroy Kelly may persuade himself that the dealer makes a somewhat larger profit on the boots ; but his inference that those who require shoes will not buy what they want, is, to say the least, somewhat hasty. Mer chants and bankers have frequently occasion for a portable security which can be deposited or passed from hand to hand as often as convenience may suggest. Trustees and persons living on fixed in comes require investments of a totally different character ; but according to the ex-Solicitor- General, both classes ought ,to fgego their re spective habits and interest 3, if they can save 61 per cent. by the operation. Mr. Gladstone has ascertained that the portable character of foreign securitiesjidds some shillings in the pound to their value ; bfft Sir Fitzroy Kelly altogether disregards any facts of this kind, in the ardour of his investi gations into the deferred value of 101. forty years hence, which the State, as it happens, will not even be liable to pay. The experience of a few hours after th e p ass i ng o f t h e ' act will supersede ' all speculation as to the demand for Exchequer Bonds. The money dealers in the City are, it is believed, prepared to take them, notwithstanding the demonstration which has been tendered that they ought to prefer the Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, for which they may have no occasion. If the Bonds cannot be sold, neither good nor harm will have been done. If the Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock hangs on hand, its nominal creation will have cost nothing. The greater part of the South Sea Annuities can be conveniently paid off in cash ; and the most zealous adversaries of the whole project declare that the Two-and-a-Half per Cents. will only be too good a bargain for the fund holder. The Leander, 50, Captain King, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from Leith. She is ordered to pro ceed to Plymouth to join the Channel squadron under Rear-Admiral Corry. No critic of the Government measure, in or out of Parliament, has undertaken the responsibility of suggesting a plausible alternative. It will hardly be asserted that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer would have done well to abstain from deal ing with the Debt, if lie saw a probability of re ducing the public burdens ; nor will any man of business pretend that it was practicable to follow the example of former Ministers by effecting a compulsory reduction in a sum of five hundred mil lions. If, therefore, it was impossible to pay off the debt, the next resource was to create some new species of security. By raising the nominal rate of interest, the Government might have provided for the future reduction of the prinpipal ' • but it must be remembered th a t, i n a voluntary transac tion, the views of both parties must be consulted. The Three per Cents. might at this moment be con verted into a Five per Cent. or a Ten per Cent. Stock, if proportionate advantages were offered to the holders ; but such an operation would only amount to a round-about device for paying off a portion of the debt. It would be cheaper to effect the same object directly, if the country had not de termined that, for the present, it is more expedient to apply the surplus revenue to the redu c ti on o f taxation. If Si r Fitzroy Kelly is right in his cal culation that the terms offered to purchasers in the Three-and-a-Half per Cents, are not sufficiently liberal, it follows that the creation of a Stock of that denomination, on a basis advantageous to the Government, is, under existing circumstances, im practicable. There can be no doubt, however, that the objection is overstated, and that even the trifling additional interest of 2s. 9d. will attract a certain portion of the capital which will be dis placed. It was quite right to try an experiment which could do no harm if it failed, while its suc cess would confer a considerable advantage on the Treasury. _ The real problem evidently was, to create a se curity, which, bearing a nominal interest of 24 per cent., might serve as a pivot for further financial operations. For commercial investment a new cir culation is provided with a reasonable certainty that the convenience of its form will procure it a preference in the market. All the arguments which were urged against this part of the measure, as being unnecessarily liberal, were, to a great ex tent, founded on an oversight. The first appli cants among the South Sea holders will receive Bonds paying, for the present, 2 1 per cent. ; but should the securities be quoted the next day at any considerable premium, the Treasury can take advantage of the rise by selling new Bonds at the market price. When it is asked how Exchequer Bonds, at two-and-three-quarters per cent., can circulate by the side of Exchequer Bills at a lower rate of interest, it is forgotten that both classes of securities will return a profit, not on their nomi nal amount, but on the price at which they may have been bought. If general expectation is n r e il a u l !s ll ed , which willb on l edasv pur c s i h m o s r e tl r y s a c n o mad in m t er n es t ao fless - than 2 per cent. on their outlay ; and, as it was properly suggested in the course of the debate, the annual convertibility of Exchequer Bills constitutes a la necessarily giv e th e o ld er securities which will uritiesa incdsisfreorfenpreferenceidred that l certainforlewa s ridiculing theM M r. in D is i t s e r ri ae a l l i secheonsee when he described it as a kind of financial model farm. Yet no statesman need be a s h ame d of trying a at the sa me ti me an instalment of e definite wahnidchacis tual gain. Unlike model farms in general, the new scheme of fi nance will, from the first, return a profit to the owner ; and if, according to Mr. Elice's well-grounded, expectations, the improve ment eventually extends to th e whole estate, Mr. Gladstone will have no reason to be ashamed of I the policy which he has inaugurated. ~..~.-~ y ~- -, We perceive by the French papers that the Minister of Marine has issued an order, re-establishing the per manent levy of seamen between the age of twenty and forty years who have not served on board the state navy. The object of this levy appears to be to fill up the va cancies left bythe seamen in the fleet who have already or nearly served their time. A letter from Toulon of the 4th inst. also announces that the steam-frigite Montezuma had sailed on the 2d to join the fleet. The frigate Itranie sailed the same day. Yet, with all these facts before their eyes, and Sir James Graham's taunts and insults to the Emperor, the First Lord of the Ad miralty has not added a single man-of-war to the Mediterranean force, so infirm as it confessedly is in numbers of ships and men to the French fleet. A weekly contemporary announces that it is contemplated to add to: the qualifications of naval instructors a know ledge of the steam-engine. We believe it is now about two years since that we published an Admiralty circular, making it imperative on naval instructors so to qualify themselves. Last week our contemporary stated that there were no " ward-room warrant officers." We arc sorry to contradict our professional contemporary by re peating to the service the superfluous information that the naval instrucr is a " ward-room warrant ofticer."— Morning Herald. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 10. The Scorpion surveying schooner, Lieutenant Com manding Richard H. Grant, arrived at Spithead last night from the West India station. She sailed from St. Croix on the 26th of February, and Bermuda the 21st of March, from which last-named placo'she brings the latest mails. The Cumberland, 72, Vice-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, K.C.8., was lying at Bermuda. The Vestal, 26, Captain C. B. Hamilton, sailed from Ber muda for the coast of Cuba on the 12th of March. She had captured three empty slave prizes shortly before her arrival at Bermuda. Dr. Rogers, R.N., superintendent surgeon, who went out in charge of convicts to Ber muda, has returned in the Scorpion, also Mrs. Law rence (widow of the late commander of the Scorpion) and four children. The Scorpion has lost during her commission three lieutenants, one mate, one master's assistant, and three seamen. She is ordered to Ply mouth to be paid off. The Odin; 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain Francis Scott, is, we regret to say, sickly in crew, 23 of whom have been se n t t o Haslar Hospital with influenza, T which, he istidisenex,p2e2, paddle-wheel cted steam - frigate, Captain, w ill go through th e vesse l. 'Goldsmith; has met with another accident. Her main shaft has been discovered sprun g at the starboard end, but when or how it gave out is not known. Her pas sage from Spithead to Plymouth and back was a very fine one ; all worked admirably, and no defect was ap prehended. The flaw seems to be the material and make—it is a mass of welded iron of about 8 tons. Cap tain Henderson, C. 8., of the steam squadron, went on board on Friday evening, accompanied by Mr. Murray, chief engineer of the dockyard, and examined the shaft, which it , will occupy about a nionth to replace. The Sidon has displayed first-rate qualities as a sea-going war steamer, and every one—officer and men—who has served in her gives her a most excellent character. All regret this strange defect, which clearly arises from mal construction. WOOLWICH, APRIL 9. The Rifleman,' screw steam-ship [gun-vessel, Lieute nant Commander Richard H. Dalton, was paid off at this port to-day. Previous to separating, the ship's com pany presented a testimonial to Mr. William Henry Do Carteret, clerk in charge of the vessel since she was put in commission on October 18, 1848. The testimonial is a large massive silver snuff-box, on which is engraved, " Presented to William Henry De Carteret, Esq., R.N., by the Ship's Company of the Rifleman, as a testimonial of their gratitude for his truly gentlemanly demeanour and exemplary character during the long and eventful period of the ship's commission. W oo l w i c h , A pr il 9 , 1853." The 'ships company at the same time presented to Mr. Carteret an address drawn up by one of the sea men, and printed on white satin ; and the following shows how strongly they can express their sentiments when separating from those in authority over them when they have been kindly treated by their officers : "„Dear Sir,—The long-wished-for period arrives thatNwe must separate ; and, after a period of more than four years, we feel that we should be unworthy the name of men if we witnessed your departure in silence. The devoted attach ment of the British seamen to their officers is one of the good and remarkable traits in their character of our coun trymen ; but seldom has it happened, as in your case, that this attachment has been secured by such a rare combina tion of qualities, eminently calculated to win the esteem and affection of all on board. We are not more at a loss to find language to express our gratitude for your truly gentlemanly demeanour th an t o spea k a d equately of the zeal, ability, and efficiency with which you discharged the onerous duties intrusted to you whilst amongst us. In our bidding you farewell we feel we have parted with the leni ent officer, the courteous gentleman, and the sincere friend. Though convinced that no lasting testimonial is required to keep alive and foster that cordial affection which has for so long a period existed between you and us, yet you will confer on us a favour, ne ver t o b e forgotten,by accepting the accompanying gift, as a slight and very inadequate token of our esteem. Dear sir, in bidding yon an affectionate farewell, we sincerely hope that the 'same zeal, prudence, and manly beariag which charalteriserl your conduct in the Rifleman during the long and eventful period of our com mission, may continue to mark your career until your earthly labours are cr3wned with glorious immortality." LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1853. JOZEAU'S COPAHINE-MEGE, or Saccharatta C SSPULES, approved by the French College of Physicians, and successfully administered in. the Paris and London Hospitals, and acknoWledged by them to be the best remedy for ,the cure of Gonorrohcea, Glect, and Lencorrhceal Discharges, on art average of six days (see " Lancet " of 6th Nov., 1852, an extract from vk hich will be forwarded immedittely Ott application).—Prepared and sold by G. Jozean, sole French chemist, 49, Ilaynwket, London ; and Jozean, Phannacien, 161, Rue 51 ontnutrtre, Pail ; and Ihe principal chemists of France. England, and the Colonies. Price of bottle of 100 capsules, 4s. 6d.; 50 do., 2s 91., with dirc:. ions, and stamp with the nama of Gabriel Jozzau printed thereon. NELSON M E MORIAL FUND, FOR HIS DAUGHTEI% IMAM. `ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERT HAN WILL DO IDS DUTY." ITTEZ. The Right Ilon. Earl Nelson. The Right lion. Earl Londesborou3h. Admiral Sir T. B. Capel, IC C.B. Rear-Admiral Sir W H. Dillon, K.C.H. Sir \Vm. Burnett, M.D., fi.C.II , F.R.S. *Rear-Adm. dohn Pasco, Stonehouse. *Sir Geo. Magratli, .D ; F &c., Plymouth. *Capt. G. L. Browne, R.N., Bridgewater. *Capt. J. Lyons, R N., Farehsm *Corn John Carelake. R.N , Stimoivh. *Com. Henry Lancaster, Connaught square. *Lieut. L. B. Reeves, Douglas. *Capt- W. Poore, R.N., Andover. Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P. Colonel Sir Duncan Mcdougall. Sir John M`Neil, Dublin, LL.D., F.R.S. T. Thomson, Esq., M.D., Inspector-General of Hospitals. Rev. W: S. H. Meadows, M.A., Canterbury. Rev. J. White, M.A., Canterbury. J. Walker, Lsq., LL,D., F.R.S., &c. T. J. retuigrew. Esq.. F.U.S., F.S.A. Captain 11. Nelson, rinity-house. B. Richards, Esq., Tunbridge-wells, B. Blundell, Esq., F.S.X., Temple. J. A. llordon, Esq., University Club. Rev. John Boole ' M.A. W. H. Robinson, Esq. Norman Wilkinson, Esq.. Stock Exchange. Charles Attwood, Esq., Tow-law (*) Surviving Officers of the Victory. TREASURER. Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P. w an es d twardof thiSs°tuoTwlin W are AL b E e s R ingp Al r L o W se A c Y ut . — ed Th vi e w goro o u rk sl s y landed on the banks of the Towy, and another cargo has satisfac torily. A cargo of rails for the permanent way has been been disembarked at St. Clears, where operations for laying the rails will, it is anticipated, be commenced in a few drys. The embankment from the Ystrad property to the edge of the river Towy, on the Rhydygors side, has been all but finally completed, and the works at the bridge are being pushed forward as rapidly as circum stances will allow. There seems to be no lack of energy or activity on the part of the officials to secure the open ing of the line into Pembrokeshire at an early period. In connexion with this important national undertaking, we may mention that Mr. Brunel passed through this town on Wednesday last en-route for Milford Haven, to complete his inspection of the site of the proposed rail way terminus and docks, the bill for promoting which is now before Parliament, and will most probably pass this session. The time, therefore, is not far distant when Pembrokeshire will become as important a county as any in the kingdom, and probably as prominent a feature in the geography of the world as even Australia itself. — Welshman. YIELD OF GoLD.—The Melbourne .Argus estimates that the total yield of all th e go ld f i elds from Octo b er 1, 1851, to the end of December, 1852, amounted to nearly sixteen millions sterling ! NATIONAL DEBT REDEMPTION ACT. ( From the Times. ) The Chancellor of the Exchequer very aptly compares the National Debt to a first-class fortress, which is not to be approached without the greatest circumspection. He cannot walk over it at once, as Wellington took some cities in Spain, hardly stopping in his march for the purpose. So he attacks, or rather menaces, the debt :on three sides, leaving time to show which demonstration is the feint, and where the actual assault is to be made. At this moment it is a matter of doubt whether the 500,000,090/. 3 per Cents. aro to be cut to pieces with a stock of greater interest, and less capital, or undermined by a stock with greater nominal capital but less interest, or flooded by in undations of Exchequer bonds, so issued as not to recoil on their authors. We must be pardoned if we lament the necessity of operations so opposed to the simplicity and boldness of modern strategy.' Had a Chancellor of the Exchequer come forward - . and said, " Here are thirty millions of 31, per Cents. with certain peculiar conditions, said an equal number of 2i per Cents., and about the same number of bonds of a hybrid character, partly stock, and partly bills,—l propose to reduce. them all to one common form, and then we shall know how to deal with them," we are not quite sure that the very simplicity of the proposal would not have carried the public approbation. Simplicity, of course, is often a mistake. Thirty years ago sim plicity was the rage. As in architecture, so in poli tics, all was Doric, harmoniou s a n d grand. That fashion is gone, and we have lapse 4 into more com posite, as well as more convenient ddlerr3. Certainly the present is an example of the newer taste, and only happens to be too like its anthill% Were that gentle man a highwayman, he would not be content withpro pounding the two alternatives usually addressed to the traveller. He would bewilder his victim with a third or a fourth, so nicely balanced as to invite comparison even under those trying circumstances. So, when Mr. Gladstone offers the fundholder, in return for his 3 per Cents., money, or 3i per Cents., or 2i per Cents., or something neither money, nor bills, nor stocks, but a little of all three, and partly 2 1 per Cents., partly 24 per Cents., it is impossible not to trace the paternity of the scheme, though we have not disputed, nor do we dispute, that the measure may be the very one suited to the emer gency, and Mr. Gladstone,' consequently, the very man to meet it. Very great men have not always been clear either in their objects, or in their means, or in their ex pression. Cromwell and Castlereagh were equally past understanding. To come home to finance, Bexley's speeches and measures were both enig matical. Now, what is the object of Mr. Glad stone's present scheme ? He says it is to lay the 'foundation of an irredeemable 24 per cent.—that is, we presume, eventually to reduce the interest of the whole debt from 3 to 2i. But, singularly enough, the only alternative under no immediate limitation is that which raises the interest, to 34, with a decrease of the capital, the fdrmer being a reality, as Mr. Gladstone takes pains show— the latter only a name. Then , itis dto fficult to see the use of diminishing the interest, except i with a view to diminising the debt, and it inlay well be asked what is the use of making a debt redeemablehence, if that remote b raising the figure at which by e rs made from 100 to 110 ? oohis redemption be a t p u z a r e must se y td e b a If we are to go on p a ying interest for ever, then it matters not :whether the nominal capital be increased or diminished ; for were all the 500,000,0001. 3 per Cents. changed into Mr. Glad stone's new 24 per Cents., even on the increased capital we should pay a less aggregate of interest than we do now. But we hope not .to go on paying interest for ever. We hope to make the fund holder take his money and be gone. That must be the ultimate end of all these operations ; and, on the supposition we have just mentioned, we should certainly have to pay him 550,000,0001. This does not look like keeping the great end in view, and, while we are laying a good foundation for an intermediate object, we seem to he sacrificing the great object for which all our foundations and intermediates are intended. It is true we are re minded that if we only put our annual savings of interest into a box, and open the box in 1894, we shall find the - 50,000,0001. to a-farthing. Ay, but what if we spend our annual savings in war steamers, and harbours of refuge, and. Mediter ranean fleets, and in fortifications at Alderney and Corfu,—where shall we find our 50,000,0001. ? Happily, as we think, this potentiality of mis chief is obviated. The " foundation "is to be small and experimental, —a mere 30,000,0001., in volving only a possible addition of 3,000,0001. to the debt. But the inconsistency of the measure and its professed object are hereby much increased, for while the 24- per Cent. Annuities and 24 per Cent. Bonds are both limited to 30,000,0001. each, the only form of commutation to which there is no limit whatever, and which is permitted to the whole extent of the 500,000,000 i., is that of the 31- per Cent. Annuities. What becomes, then, of the great foundation of 'a per cent. stock, whicli . Mr. Gladstone describes as the great aim of Government and the very key of his resolutions ? Notwithstanding this complexity of means and indistinctness of purpose, the resolutions, as they now . stand, have many recommendations. The only unlimited alternative is one that would give us immediately a respectable saving in the interest Of our debt, and a very great saving in the capital to be redeemed forty years hence. The other al ternatives are limited to safe amounts, and only to be extended if found to a nswer . Wi t h 20,000,0001. commuted into the 3i per Cents., against 30,000, 0001 . into the 2 per Cents., we should still diminish the capital. The Exchequer bonds are at least a safe measure. They would effect a great saving at once, to be doubled shortly, and would be alto gether redeemable at the end of 40 years. On each side, however, there is a drawback. If the new Ex cheqner bonds are found to answer the same purpose as Exchequer-bills—and therein principally stands the expectation of their finding favour with the public—will they not compel a higher rate of in terest on Exchequer-bills to get the latter into circulation Y On the other hand, these Exchequer bonds and these coupons are to be as transferable as a Bank of England note. Of Bourse, they will be just as liable to be stolen, and just as easily ne gotiated and cashed by the wrongful possessor. This, however, is the holder's risk, and perhaps we need not talk about it ; but when we are told that these bonds a re t o f orm the material for provincial Stock-Exchan ges , t o superse d e l arge balances at the country a n d L on d on b an k ers ', t o enter into speculation at the continental Bourses, and to be carried like circular notes by careless tourists from city to city, in pockets and portemonaccies, we can not help fearing that a good many will find their way into bad hands. Another danger, of course, is the holder's risk. The new Exchequer bonds can hardly fail to fluctuate in value quite as much as Consols. Convertible only forty, years hence, they will almost fulfil the idea, so much desiderated in some quarters, of an inconvertible paper cur rency. How much will they occasionally fall in value when even Exchequer bills payable on de mand a few months hence have been at 31. or 41. discount ! That, h oweve r, is the holder's risk, and, in spite of these drawbacks, we have little doubt that the new bonds will be a favourite sse curity, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer will soon find himself invoked to issu e a nother batch. (From the Morning Herald.) The resolutions proposed by. Mr. Gladstone on Friday night are intended to be the foundation of a financial operation which it is not at first easy to understand. The plan suggested is one not en tirely consistent with the professed object of the Finance Minister, and very far, indeed, from being consistent with itself. The only recommendation, indeed, which was strongly urged by its author, was, that while it was an experiment in every con ceivable direction, in none could it carry the ex periment so far as to produce any serious amount either of evil or good. Let us say in the outset, that we entirely object, even uponia limited icale, to experiments upon such a subject. Public credit depends upon public opinion. Public opinion, it is avowed, is intended to be diverted by these experiments. It is said that one great object of the measure is to fami liarise the public mind to a Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock. This argument is, in fact, an ad mission, that, whether for evil or . good, it is utterly impossible to deal with the public securities, even to a limited extent, without seriously affecting that opinion upon which public credit depends. The national funded debt of this country con sists, not of sums of principal money, which the nation has undertaken to repay ; it consists entirely of annuities chargeable upon the revenue of the nation—annuities of which the' nation can only get rid by paying the principal sum which they repre sent. Every person who holds 1001. in the Three per ,Cent. Consols is entitled to receive from the nation a perpetual annuity of V.-a year until the nation may be in a position to extinguish that an nuity by paying him 100(. But the payment of this 1001. can never be enforced by the holder of stock. All he can insist on is,! that until the country pays him 1001. they shall pay him each and every year 31. If, therefore, the nation can obtain from any one else 1001. by the grant of an annuity . of 21. 10s. or 21. 155., instead of 31.; • it is plainly the interest of the nation to obtain thelool. on those terms, and get rid of its present annui tant by the paythent of the 1001. In this way, and in this way only, it is that the charges whibli are called the interest on the national debt can be reduced. The country has a perfect right to say to the holder of 1001. stock, now receiv ing 31. annuity, " Unless you agree to take less than 31. we will pay off your 1001." In the present state of the finances of England it is quite plain that we can only offer this when we can find some one else to, give us 1001. on cheaper terms. In this manner we have several times effected a reduction of the charge of the national debt. The last ope ration of this nature was performed. by Mr. Goul burn in 1844, when he succeeded in reducing the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at once to Three-and a-Quarter, and ultimately to Three. With a very small proportion of the debt, amounting to about 10,000,000/., Mr. Gladstone proposes to deal in the same way—that is, he pro poses to its holders to pay them off unless they agree to his terms. This power is, in fact, a mere incident in, or rather extraneous to, his plan. That plan is to be considered as . it proposes to attempt to make an impression or an experiment upon an annual charge of 15,000,0001. due each year from the nation to the holders of 500;000,0001. of Three per Cent. Stock. --If the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed to compel the holders Of this . stock -to Accept of any terms different from their present conditions, he could only do it by offering them the alternative of repayißent of the principal. That the time has come when a perpetual annuity of 3/. charged upon the revenues of the nation is worth a little more than 1001. seems evident enough ; that such an annuity will every day rise in value is reasonably to be expected ; and men conversant with the sub ject have for some time entertained the belief that before long the nation would be in a position to propose to the holders of these annuities either to accept of a lower amount or else to offer them the principal money, which would, in the event of their refusal, be obtained elsewhere on more favourable terms. It must be distinctly understood that neither this, nor anything like this, is attempted by Mr. Gladstone. He states, in the first place, that the sum to be dealt with, 500 millions, - is so enormous that no minister could take upon himself the re- sponsibility of offering to pay it off—assuming, we think very unfairly, that the nation is not at per fect liberty to deal with it in detail. Incovenience, no doubt, there might be, and a suspicion of un fairness, in selecting particular holders of stock to be paid off ; but there is no obligation of national faith which would prevent us from paying off any one holder of this stock, even although we were unable to deal with all. A more serious objection lies in the fact that we have bound ourselves to every holder of this stock not to pay him off without a year's notice. Mr. Gladstone refuses to undertake to produce the money at the end of the year. The possibility of his being able to obtain it at the end of that period, without great loss to the nation, would depend upon the then price of stocks. He would be a bold man who would answer what that may be in twelve months. Delivered, therefore, as he conceives himself, from any attempt to deal with these funds upon the old principle of offering the holders the option of accepting new terms or being paid off, we might, perhaps, have expected that Mr. Gladstone would have left them alone. Not so. He adopts the novel, and, we cannot help thinking, rather ques tionable, course of offering to the national cre ditor a new bargain, which he may either accept or remain exactly in his present position entirely at his own option. By what considerations will that option be determined ? Solely by those of his own interest. If new terms place him in a more favourable position than the old, he will accept them ; if not, he will reject them, and remain as he is. The transfer into the proposed new stock can only take place when the fundholder believes that by taking it he drives a harder bar gain with the nation. No man will part with what he has for something which you propose to give him unless you persuade him that what you offr is something better than that which you ask him to give up. Unless, therefore, Mr. Gladstone's pro posal enriches the fundholder, it falls to the ground utterly abortive. He either offers the owner of stock something worth more than his annuity of three per cent. or lie does not. If he does, the nation is the loser ; if he does not, the stockholder will reject his terms, and the debt remains exactly as it is. • Pointing out, then, the wide difference between a proposal like that made by Mr. Goulburn, which you enforce by the alternative of paying off the principal, and that now made by Mr. Gladstone, which will only be accepted on the ground that it puts the fundholder in a better position, let us state what are the terms which Mr. Gladstone offers as an inducement to the fundholder to give up his 3 per cent. He offers him his choice of three se curities. First, he offers him for each hundred pounds of stock, producing an annuity of three pounds, a sum of ' 821. 10s., paying an annuity at the rate of 3i per cent., and with a guarantee that it shall not be redeemed for a period of forty years. Secondly, he offers him for each 1001. a sum of 1101. in a stock that is t o , pay 2i per cent., and a guarantee that it is not to be paid off until 1894. That is, the holder of every 1001. of present stock may choose either to have an annuity of 21. 17s. 9d., liable to be redeemed after forty years by a pay ment of 821. 10s. ; or an annuity of 21. 155., liable to be redeemed after the same period by a payment of 1101. The fundholder may select whichever of these proposals he shall think most disadvantageous to the nation, or he may retain his present annuity of 31., redeemable by 1001., the Chancellor of the Exchequer having kindly assured him that it is impossible it ever can be redeemed. It must not be forgotten that at the very last moment Mr. Gladstone wholly altered his original plan by limiting the new Two and-a-Half per Cent. Stock to thirty millions. We do not now pause to inquire what confidence can be placed in the Fi nance Minister who actually submits to Parliament so vitally-important a scheme, and at the last mo ment alters it in so essential a part. It would not be difficult to show that had the original plan been. adopted, the only effect would have been that the whole of our debt would have been converted into unredeemable annuities, and so far as the national liabilities are concerned, the producing classes and the agricultural interest would have been robbed of all the benefits which are accruing from the recent discoveries of gold. We will not say that this was the object, but most assuredly this would have been the effect of the plan. One other alternative, however, he still offers to the public creditor, subject to a similar limitation of the issue t o thirty millions. The holder of 1001. stock may, if he pleases, receive an Exchequer Bond for 1001. bearing interest at 21. 155., and likewise irredeemable for 40 years. The conditions of these latter securities are to be named to' a great degree at the discretion of the right hon. gentleman himself. For these "coupons" the right hon. gentleman seemed to claim the m er it o f or i g i na lity o f concep tion, expatiating largely on the advantages that attend every security bearing interest, and at the same time transferable by mere manual delivery. Whether the system of representing the national liabilities by such documents be right or wrong, it had been previously tried, and deliberately aban doned. A very large proportion of the Irish debt was represented by debentures, or, in other words, by these Exchequer Bonds. An act of Parliament was passed to convert, or enable the holders to convert them all into the ordinary stock. We have endeavoured to put our readers fully in possession of the nature of this mischievous, and at the same time peddling plan. We will demon strate when next we advert to it that the transfer of any portion of our present liabilities into any ono of the proposed substitutes would be attended win the most serious injury to the nation. At present we can only point attention to the one un precedented feature, which is sufficient to con demn the plan. The change of security is to be at the option of the fundholder, and, if effected at all, can only be effected in consequence of his persua sion that it benefits him at the national expense. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The success of the financial scheme which the Chancellor of the Exchequer brought forward on Friday night is a matter of great public im portance, while the tactics of Parliamentary fac tion excite at present but a limited interest. It may; however; be ineide'ntally - remarked- that the members of the late Government display a charac teristic want of judgment in treating a project for TIIIISTBES. James Walker, Esq., LL.D., F.R.13 , Sac., 22, Great George street. Commander H. Lancaster, R.N. Rev. John 'Zoo e, M.A., 40, Mecklenburg-square. RON. SECRETARIES (PRO Tax.) Commander H. Lancaster, R.N., 16e, Connaught-square. SUBSCRIPTIONS ALREADY RECEIVED. NCR ALBERT • • .. •• £25 His Royal Highness Pal s. d the Duke ofCant- bridge . . . 10 0 0 Duke of Buccleach . 23 0 0 Earl Nelson . . .100 0 0 Adml. Sir E. Codrington 25 0 0 Miss Codrington . . 1 0 0 Miss E. C. Codrington . 1 0 0 Lord Londeeborough . 5 0 0 Lady Arden . . .1010 0 James Walker, Esq. .25 0 0 Henry Johnson, Esq. . 50 0 0 A Friend, per ditto .1010 0 Sir Duncan Macdougall b 0 0 Capt.theEarl of Egmont, R.N. • • . . 10 0 0 Rev.J.White,Canterbury 50 0 0 J. A. Gordon, Esq. . 30 0 0 Baron de Goldsmid . 10 10 0 Lady Goldsmid . .1010 0 J. Sheppard, Esq., late Chairman of H.E.I.C. 5 5 0 Huson Morris, Esq. .10 0 0 W. Winthrop, Esq. . 29 0 0 R. Vyner, Esq. . .10 0 0 Mrs. Ullock . . . 5 0 0 Cora. H. Lancaster, R.N. 5 5 0 Rev. T. W. Lancaster . 5 5 0 W. P. Barrow, Esq. . 2 2 0 Bingham Richards, Esq. 5 0 0 Friend, per ditto . . 2 0 0 R. B. Crowder, Esq., M.P. 5 5 0 J. C., Eeq., . . . 5 0 0 G. A. Crowder, Esq. . 5 5 0 Ald. Sir•J. Duke, Bart. 2 2 0 J. P. Muspratt, Esq. . 1 1 0 Tugwell, Esq. . . 5 0 0 F. V. Ind, Eiq. . . 010 0 Lieut -Col. Connop . 1 1 0 Rev. J. Connop . . 1 0 0 Woodman Connop, Esq. 1 0 0 Sir William Burnett . 2 2 0 Mrs. Dorman • . . •5 0 0 Lord Northwlck . 10 0 0 Adm. Hon. D.P.Bouverie 5 0 0 Adm. Sir G. E. Ha mond, Bt., K.C.B. . 5 0 0 Mrs.GrahamHamond . 5 0 0 Henry Green, Esq. . 5 0 0 Capt. Howard, R.N. . 2 0 0 John Drinkald, Esq. .1010 0 Rev. J. Hoole, M.A. . 5 5 0 Rev. W. S. H. Meadows 2 0 0 A Friend, per ditto . 5 0 0 A Friend, per ditto . 1 0 0 A Widow's Mite . . 2 10 0 Mrs. Croughton, Ten- _ _ _ Miss Webb Law . . . . 25 0 0 C. Ha3 - ,Esq.,Lighterman 5 5 0 Col. C. M. Johnson, Por to, h.p. . . . 2 0 0 C. Poppleton, Esq., Ord. Train, h.p. . . 1 1 0 J. Gt. Winn, Esq. . . 2 2 0 Master W. Nelson Winn 2 2 0 Rev. Dr.Wreford, Bristol 1 1 0 W. Simpson, Jun., Esq.. 1 1 0 James Tullock, Esq. . 5 5 0 James Taylor, Esq. . 1 1 0 Sir Fitzroy Kelly . . 5 0 0 Ralph Lindsey, Esq. . 1 1 0 J. Briggs, Esq. . . 1 1 0 Earl Powis, 2d donation 25 0 0 R.Hichens,Esq..Thread- terden . . . 5 0 0 W. P. Croughton, Esq. 5 0 0 Geo. Wille, Esq. . . 5 0 0 J. Hutchinson, Esq. . 5 0 0 Mrs. Butts . . . 5 0 0 Messrs. Green, Black wall, free passage of needle street . C. Smith, Esq., Hart- .5 5 e Cadet Ward to Madras Lady W. IY.Eresby . 5 0 0 Au Australian . 10 0 0 A ditto . . . . 5 0 0 Tribute from an English- street . 1 10 John Wisbart, Esq. . 2 0-0 James Ford, Esq.. . 1 0 0 William MIcL In, Esq. . 1 1 0 Mr.Thos Stokes,Thames Tunnel . . . 1 0 0 woman . . Fisk. Esq. , J. H. Gurney, Esq. . 10 0 0 . 10 00 . 5 0 0 Mr Shcon Hawks . o to 0 vr. J. Seale . . . 0 5 0 Mr. J. G. Bailey . . 0 5 0 Mr. W. Arnold . . 0 5 0 .3lrs. J. Court Lett . 2 2 0 Daughter of a Sailor who fought under Icel. ron . . . . 0 5 0 Chatl , aT. 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 Win. Hunter liadile,Esq. 5 0 0 Lt. Gen. Sir G. 1 .'Aguilar 5 0 0 Thomas Brette 1, Esq. . 1 1 0 Miss Eloretitin Wood . 2 10 0 Major Darcy . . . 1 0 I MainAtkinson,&Brown 3 10 0 Col. Peter Hawker . 5 0 0 Sir Wm. A. lagilby,Bart. 10 0 0 Robert Crawl urd, Esq. . 2 2 0 Rev. Harcourt Shiner . 1 1 0 Jesse Hartley, Esq. . 1 1 0 G. M. Hicks, Esq.. . 1 0 0 E. Edwards, 10, Queen Anne•strect . . 1 10 E S. . . . . 1 0 0 Major Moore . . 1 0 0 J. M. Laurie . . 1 0 0 E. S. li. . . . 1 1 0 E. B. . . . . 1 i 9 T. Wood . 1 0 0 Capt,in Pearde, R.N. . 1 0 0 Theoph. Richards, Esq. 1 1 0 111 gram Iliehards, Esq. 1 1 0 Airs. 11. Richards . . 1 1 0 A. V. S. • . 1 1 0 Charles Keisall . . 5 0 0 Amor Patriat . . 0 10 0 0 10 0 Anonymous . . . 0 2 6 C. E. Lefroy, Eiq. . 2 2 0 Corn. A. Boyle, R.N. . 2 2 0 Corn. Briggs, R.N. . 2 0 0 W. Smythe, Esq. . . 2 2 0 C. Heaton Ellis, Esq. . 10 0 0 J. A. Burfleld . 0 10 6 Sir G. Smart . . 1 1 0 T. I'. Cooke, Esq., , . 1 1 0 G. J. Gallop, Esq.. . 1 1 0 J. Ashley Warre, Esq. . 2 0 0 Eales White, Esq. . 1 1 0 A Friend . . . 1 0 0 AFriend,by Mr. Walker 2 2 0 R. W. Lumley, Esq. . 2 2 0 J. L. Mallett, Esq. . 2 2 0 Wm. Walum, Esq. . 1 1 0 C. It. Turner,-Esq. . 1 1 0 J. S. Brickwood, Esq. . 3 3 0 Misr Cotton . . . 1 0 0 Capt. J. Lyons, R.N. . 1 1 0 Josh. Allen, Esq. . . 1 1 0 Com. A. M athews, R.N. 1 1 0 Capt. Crozier, R.N. . 1 0 0 Corn. W. P.Crozier,R.N. 0 10 0 J. C. Hall, Esq. . . 2 2 0 C. Oakes, Esq . . 1 1 0 Lieut. Pilch, R.N. . 2 0 0 Miss Strong . . 1 0 01 J. DOWSOII, Esq. . . 1 1 0 John Young, Esq. . 1 1 0 Miss E. Young . . 1 1 0 Rev. J. Harrington . 1 1 0 A. S. Thorndike, Esq. . 1 1 Is B. Blundell, Esq. . 1 1 0 Friends, by Mr. Walker, 2 2 0 G.W. Hemmans, Esq. 1 0 0 P. Wilmot, Esq. . . 0 10 6 Mrs. Charles Dashwood 1 0 0 A Sailor's Daughter . 1 0 0 George Game Day, Esq. 2 2 0 B. Richards, Esq. . . 1 0 0 Mrs. Richards. . . 1 0 0 Re,. J. J. Saint . . 0 10 0 Dr. Thomson , 1 0 0 T. J. Pettigrew, Esq. . 3 3 0 Admiral Sir W. H. Dillon 2 2 0 Sir J. Emerson Tennent 3 0 0 Hanimry and Co. . . 5 5 0 A. Friend,per 11. Lancaster 1 0 0 Vice-A dmiral E. C. Strode 5 0 0 Ind, Coope, and Co. . 10 0 0 E. V. Ind, Esq. (addtnl.) 1 1 0 Com. Thos. D. Stewart 1 0 0 F. C. Etely, Esq. . . 1 1 0 A.. Friend, per ditto, . 1 1 0 R. W. Tampiln, r.sq. . 2 2 0 Conrad Wilkinson, Esq. 5 5 0 Norman Wilkinson, Esq. 10 10 0 Rev. T. S. Smith . . 1 0 0 Professor Fedgw►ck . 2 2 0 Sir W. Jones, Bert. . 2 0 0 _ _ Lady Jones . . 1 0 0 Henry Auldjo. Esq. . 3 0 0 Rev. J. Carr, Brattleby . 2 10 0 Ralph Carr, Esq. . . 210 0 A Friend, per Capt. J. Lyons, R.N. . . 1 0 0 J. Newton, Esq., Cheadle heath I _ . . 1 1 0 T. C. Ifigham, Esq., Oporto . . . 1 1 0 An Englishman . . 5 0 0 Mr. J. Hurst, Chapel bar, Nottingham, and 43 friends . • . 5 1 0 Chas. J. Heath, Esq. . 5 b 0 R. Prance, .Esq., Stock E x change . • . 10 10 0 H. Griswood, Esq., ditto 10 10 0 J. Foster,Esq., ditto . 10 10 0 J. lifeeson Parsons, ditto 5 5 0 Jas. Hutchinson, EM., ditto (2d sub) • . 5 5 0 F. Sowos, Esq. • . 5 5 0 R. M. Burgess, Esq. . 5 0 0 Mat. Uzielli, Esq. . . 10 10 0 Robert Barnett, Esq., Stock Exchange . 12 10 • G. Peckett, Esq., ditto 5 0 0 A F. Slade, Faq , ditto 5 5 0 Towgovd, Esq., ditto 5 5 0 Geo. Parsons, Esq.,. St. James's-square . 1 1 0 A Lady . • . . 1 0 • Horatio Prater, Esq. . 1 0 0 Thos. J. Laing, Esq. . 1 1 0 Henry Pigeon, Esq. . 1 1 0 P. W .1 - ones . . 30 0 Capt.Thornborough,R.N. 1 1 0 Mrs. Thornborough . 1 1 0 A. Vigne, Esq. . . 0 2 6 T. W., Esq., per 11. Lan ouster . • 010 0 Mark Woodhouse, Erq. 1 1 0 J. P. Woodlouse, Esq. 1 1 0 C. M. Woodhouse, Esq. • 1 1 0 R. Selby, Esq. . . 1 0 0 Capt. J. W. Cole, R.N. . 1 0 H. Somers, Esq. • . 1 . 1 0 Mrs. H. Somers . . 1 1 0 Earl of Dartmouth .1010 0 Earl of Fowls • . 5 5 0 Thomas Baldcock, Esq. 5 0 0 W. M. . • . . 2 0 0 N. Saunders, Esq.. . 2 20 S. Platt, Esq. . . 1 0 0 Josh. Hudson, Esq. 1 0 0 Contributions will be received by the following Bankers t•—, s. Alderman Farneombe . 5 5 0 W. Goldsmith, Esq. . 1 0 0 Com, John Carslake, _ _ _ R.N. . . . . 1 1 0 Captain T. Pickering _ _ Clarke,, R.N. . 1 1 0 J. M. Case, Esq. . . 1 1 0 Alfred R. C. . . . 0 10 0 W. H. Robinson, Esq. . 1 1 0 Rev. H. D. Yule . . 0 5 0 Captain ti itchins . . 1 0 0 Adm. Sir W. fi. Gage . 10 0 0 leapt. G. L. Browne, R.N. 5 0 0 Win. Browne, Esq. . 1 0 0 John Browne, Esq. . 1 0 0 S. W. Browne, Esq. . 1 0 0 Chris. Thompson, Esq.. 1 0 0 Mrs. B. Richards . . 2 10 0 L. Stride, Esq., Dover . 1 1.0 Captain Baldock, R.N. B 0 0 Admiral John Pasco . 1 1 0 Sir George Magrath . 2 0 0 Captain Poore. R.N. . 1 1 0 M. Hilton, Esq. . . 10 0 0 Mrs. Hilton . . . 10 0 0 Simmons, Esq. . 1 1 0 Briggs, Esq. . . 1 1 0 . _ _ _ _ M. A.liOrthviick, Esq. 1 1 0 1 00 Alex. Maeddugall. Esq. 2 2 0 Edward Wore. Esq. . 1 1 0 Clement, Esq. . 10 0 0 A Friend . . . 0 5 0 Captain Castle . . 0 5 0 Miss Hill . . . 0 2 6 J. Bruce. Esq. . . 1 0 0 1 Friends, per 11. Johnson, Esq. . . . . 10 0 0 W. Lindley, Esq. . .5 5 0 H. Finer, Esq, . . 1 1 0 J. H. E. Ridley, Esq. . 1 1 0 Charles Barker, Esq. . 1 1 0 Sir R. C. Glyn and Co. . 45 5 0 C. Attwood, Esq., Tow- Messrs. Glyn and Co., Lombard-Street. . Messrs. Coats, Strand. Messrs. Sir S. Scott and Co., Cavendlsh-square. The National Provincial Bank of England. Dover. The National Banc 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 .*.ouch-West District Bank, Bridgelrates Messrs. Hall, Borer, and West, Brighton. Messrs. Gurneys', Norwich. Messrs. Lacons, Youell, and Co., Yarmouth. Messrs. Grant, Gillman, and Long, Portsmouth. Messrs. llodge and Co., Devonport. Messrs. Harris and Co., Plymouth. Messrs. Taylor and Lloyd's, Birmingham. Messrs. La Touche and Co., Dublin. Messrs. Molyneux, Whitfield, and Co., Lowey and Tonbrtdge Wells. Messrs. Hammond, Canterbury. APPOINTMENTS. Assistant-Surgeons—Richard P. Chapman (1843), re• cently serving in the Melina, MeAiterraman mail steam packet, to the Victory, flag-ship, at Portsmouth ; Andrew Clark (1843), to the Victory. Clerk Henry G. Barlow (1851), to the Duke of Wel lington, 131, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. Clerk's-Assistant Frederick Parker to the •Edinburgb, 58, screw steam-ship, at Plymouth. NEW REGULATIONS AS TO CAPTAINS' SEA-TIME. By her Majesty's order in Council, dated March 11, 1853, it is enjoined that the only exceptions to the pro visions contained in Art. 2, chap. 2, page 8, of the Queen's regulations shall in future consist as follows, viz.:— 1. That a capt a i n s h a ll b e allowed to reckon as time served at sea the period during which he may have been employed afloat on surveying or other duties ; provided that during such period he shall actually have had charge in command of some surveying -ship or other sea-going vessel ; and provided also that he shall have been borne for such service at additional captain on the books of one of her Majesty's rated ships. 2. That a captain superintendent of one of her Ma jesty's dockyards shall be allowed to reckon as timo served at sea the period which he may have been so employed ; but time served by an officer as superintend ent of one of her Majesty's victualling-yards or hospitals will, for the future, be no longer allowed to reckon as equivalent to time served at sea. D, MARCH The Sanspar e il, 71 (screw)E VONPORT , Captain Dacres, bent ails yesterday, and will go out of harbour to-morrow or the next day. She has been new masted and supplied with lighter spars, which, with forty tons of more ballast aft; it is hoped will improve her stability. She is at present very deep by the stern, which destroys much of her graceful appearance. In consequence of some defects in her cooking and distilling apparatus, the Sanspareil w ill be compelled to go t o Portsmouth' before she will bo ready for sea. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell, fired a gun yesterday and hoisted blue peter. It was said she was to go to sea - others, that the signal was only to bring her men, numbers of whom were ashore, on board. The Rhadamanthus, steamer, Belam, master, a n d Camel, light er , B on d acting master, sailed on Friday morning with stores for Pembroke. The Hamoaze, lighter, Wood, master, sailed on Friday morning with stores for Queenstown. DOCKYARD PROMOTIONS.-Mr. Jemmett, to he first class clerk, vice Besley, superannuated ; Mr. Stokes; third class, to be second vice Jemmett, promoted.; Mr. Walker, third class, to be second, vice Scott, su perannuated. Seventeen shipwright apprentices, whose term expires on Thursday next, are to be entered on the establishment according to Admiralty orders. The Melampus has been taken alongside Penn's fac tory, at Deptford, and is shipping the boilersand enginqa for the St. Jean d'Acre, 90, screw-ship, at this port. sand colonists, oris TRANSPORTATION QuEsTroN.--:The monster grievance of the Australian Colonies is still unredressed. 9r6 curse of Australia, and the scandal of Britain—the de testable convict system—is still maintained, despite th e earnest and reiterated appeailcskeodfne thea monstrous unanimous decision of the various local legislatures, the powerful remonstrances of the Times and th e English pre ss generally, and the innate wickedness folly of the system. It is impossible to speak of thi subject in temperate langua ge . The infatuation of the 8 English people, who permit the • continuance of the evil, is only excelled. by the baseness and falsehood of those who persist in ton, deaf to ever up holdin g it. Sir Joh n Paking y re monstrance, petition, a n d warning, a n d rec k less of th e true welfare of the colonies, still continues to send out ship loads of con victed Selons to Van Diem e n's Land. These felons easily find means to escape to Victoria • and mingling with the scattered thousands at the gold fields they carryon their customary atrociti es a l most w i th impunity. Hence the crime that abounds is almost wholly referable to this source. The vast majority of our convicted criminals are escaped convicts. Had it not been for this intolerable evil of proximity to - a convict colony, there would have been very little crime in Victoria ; and the resources of the colony would not need to be lavished upon police, gaols, and military.—Melbourne Argus. 1 PARIS FASHIONS. —Whatever may be said of the so cial and political nature of the French Court, the en- I couragement afforded to decorative art is liberal, and the revival of significance in costume well directed. It is true we do not recognise the brilliancy of the Court of Louis XIV., nor the peculiarities of the older Empire, i but there exists those characteristics which serve to dis tinguish birth and fortune. We were somewhat dazzled the other day by the sudden revival of gold and silver ornaments on dress, and coming as it did so immediately after the quaintness which has so long prevailed, we were doubtful of its surcess. We have but now seen some specimens of this fashion at Messrs. Jay's, in Re gent-street, and are almost disposed to become admirers of the change. This firm is not, however, sanguine o f its being the vogue with their patrons, but they hav nevertheless adopted and modified a few of the most _ex quisite of these conceits to silver and grey i ()Wryer. CI do. 3 do. - do. cwt. ril 13 its stye thi° ;step a nd Fiftb . boo' aea, orY b NO :, O '' i d ''id