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~- .., NEAVSPAPER . . - Ar.'i tZtirp....., •-,,\:,,.,, . .-,- • • • . • . .. iii'i ,;.' .'l ll -1 - - ..-' '4 -I . r• 4. "..• q 7 ~/ ~..1 1"' •• • ' • . + y y l A •. ,, r., - 1, 1.'7'1' ~. ~ , k i . ... :.,..?), tea . i o k 4 j :544,- *, ..,, ' .. 1 • 411111'1.4 0`t . . ----- . /....._..................., .: ' .A,l'oroiritf's.'l- 4 1j1 , • L' ,211:4 ' ; e l . ,, 'ln , A''' ' ' . ,'! . ... ~ • A , 0 • • • • •• I ~. - 7 ~,,---- -'' '., \ ,:" 4 "i . P li ti b l, -°-..A ., 1.7'...1 1 - 4 . ~,:: 1" ,. • .. ~. . , a 1 ... - • 1 ... la • Q.' 1 ffif s t, , , ~,, Ilk, ~, 42 : , , . •,.' ' - ' . ' , ?N - V... - - ol4:1C"A ''' ` %: - ':. - --'ti-. , 0, •"---- It + , .. • A ;. ... , 6S in ti.) v Mu, -, ' ike,, 10 , ' :. - - - ORoTT- '' ' ' . k. , ,-,.... , , . fr y ~ ..., . CRYS TA L PALACE.--SEASON 1857-8. PROGRAMME. • The Directors beg to announce that they have made the following arrangements far the ensuing season : LONDON, TUESVAY EVENING-, APRIL 21, 1857. (N . 20,230.) [P R ICE 4D. STAMPED 5D London and Brighton Railway Company will leave Lander bridge Station every half-hour, and during busy days every quarter of an hour, from 9 o'clock a.m, till dusk, returning from the Palace at the same intervals throughout the day. (For exact times of starting, see the Railway Company's time tables.) PUBLIC ATIO ALIERICA. ing the relatives of John Parker; who al o lost hie life, and in reference to the rest of the b •atmen, who shared the same danger and evinced the stifle intrepid spirit in the performance of their duty, with a view to tendering them a becoming acknowledgment ou the part of he Majesty's Glvernniekt. "I,have the honour to be, Si'r, your most obedien humble servant. " The Hon. Lewis Caw., &c.'" GRIM E' IN FR.:I.IIOE. THIRTEENTH EDITION. Just ready, in 1 vol., with 15 Illustrations, Gs , bound, TEE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS. By ELIOT WARBURrN. Hurst and Tilackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colhurn, 13, Great Mariborough•street. A NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION OF "NarxEn, 2tll 2tk 1 tor Od Od Od. 01 IA 01 ,101 , 3 6.1 61 61 • 01 01 >l2l !a 2d 1)i ) 2id ~ 7J o 32s rind• 018 s 17s l per ily a ,but 1(1 in fre owe- mote their eye not nevi, is;ble a the oieea efto ly a leca• 104 s to 0 et to• earer )n in t no Log a South 1113— Jorth htto, 3 fol tho v y : uke; Has. dish, Eloo. pftus, C C' 3 t,cr, Of •, . 1 10 iodi Igos t OX' or ailc ° ;3q., 01 01 ctor of ...., , ro• No , ,„t1 ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA CONCERTS. • • The SEASON will COMMENCE on FRIDAY, the Ist of May, with a Grand Morning Concert by the artistes of the Royal Italian Opera. These Concerts having been honoured last year by such general approbation, the Directors have en. tered into arrangements with Mr. Gye to give a similar Series of Twelve Concerts during the present season. These Concerts will be supported by the following cele brated artistes :—Madame Grisi, Mademoiselle Rosa Devries, Madenioiselle Marai, Mademoiselle D:diee, Mademoiselle, Parepa, and Madame Bosio ; Si gnor M ar i o , Si gn o r R oncon i, Signor Neri-Baraldi, Signor Gardoni, Hgnor Graziauii Herr Formes, Signor Taggiafico; Monsieur Zegler, Signor Polonini, and "Signor Lablache. The Grand Orchestra of the Royal Italian Opera, with ad ditional performers, and also the celebrated Chorus, are en gaged for the whole series. The musical direction of the whole is in the hands of Mr. Costa, who will himself conduct a portion of the Concerts. With the above assemblage of artistes, it is hardly neces sary for the Directors to state that the performances will be of the highest class, and capable-of very great variety. The Concerts will take place on the following Fridays, viz: —May 1,8, 15, 22, and 29 ; June 5 and 26 ; July 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31. The space allotted to the Concert Room last year (extensive as it was) having been found inadequate to accommodate the audiences, the Directors have this season determined to give the Concerts in the Great Transept. The Two Guinea Season Tickets will also be available for these Concerts. Transferable tickets will also be issued for each Concert at 7s. 6d. each ; which tickets can be obtained at the Company's offices, or of any of the agents. In compliance with a desire which was universally expressed List season, a limited number of reserved stalls will be set apart, which may be taken for the series of 12 concerts at one guinea each stall, or at half-a-crown each for a single concert. 11. CONCERT OF THE COLOGNE CHORAL UNION. The Directors have made arrangements with the Cologne Choral Union (Coiner Mapner Gesang Verein), whose perfor /flumes on their former visit attracted enthusiastic admira tion, for a Concert in the Centro Transept of the Palace, on Saturday, the 6th of June. N.B.—BothClasses of Season Tickets will be available for this Concert. 111. GRAND WATERWORKS. The Displays of the vast System of Fountains, Cascades, and Jets d'Eaux will be resumed and continued during the whole season. The upper system will play daily as heretofore; lind , the Entire Display, .embracing the Fountains of thb Grand Basins, the Water Temples, the Cascades, and the whole of the Upper Fountains, on occasions to be from time to time announced. IV. FLOWER SHOWS There will be Two Grand Horticultural and Floricultural Fetes during the present season : The First on Saturday, the 30th of May ; and The Second on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 9th, 10th, and 11th September. V. POULTRY SHOWS. There will be two Shows in the course of the coming season. The Summer Show will take place on the 7th, Bth, 10th, 1 1th, and 12th of August. The Winter Show on the 9th, 1 1th, 12th, and 13th of January, 1858. 17 1. GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS OF THE BUILDING. EXHIBITIONS OF PICTURES.—The. Picture Gallery, formed during the past year in the North Wing of the Palace, has proved so successful in its capabilities for the effective dis play of paintings, that it is the intention of th e Di rec t ors to, hold therein, during the present season, Two Exhibitions of the' Works of Living Painters of all Schools. The first of these Exhibitions will open in May, and con thiue open during the Summer. The Second will be a Winter Exhibition. Exhibitions of Photographs will also be held in the upper Portion of the Picture Gallery from time to time during the flesaon. enema COURT.—The Directors are desirous to take the present opportunity of expressing their acknowledgments for the kind and ready maner in which their requests for loans for the Ceramic Court were responded to by the owners of Collee ions of Porcelain and Pottery of the most rare, fragile. and valuable descriptions. It is very gratifying to the Directors ,to be able to say that the further aid offered them is such as will enable them to Continue the Ceramid Court, for the present season, with a number of additional specimens, exemplifying the capabilities of the art in its most elaborate branches. The Collection will be, as before, under the superintendence Of Mr. Thomas Battam, F. S.A. INDIAN COURT AND GALLERY OF ENGINEERING MODELS.--11l each of these departments the Directors ha4e to acknowledge assistance of the same gratifying nature as that in the Cera reit Court. By public companies and institutions, as well as by private individuals, the Directors have been entrusted with the most valuable and beautiful models, with costly carvings and works in ivory and bronze fabrics and works of art, granted with a liberality and readiness for which they cannot sufficiently express their obligations. They have thus been enabled materially to improve the Indian Court, and also to form a collection of models of engineering works, illus trating in a very complete manner that great branch of tish skill and enterprise, surpassing any other now accessible to the public. It will give the Directors great pleasure to receive any further contributions with which they may be favoured. Tux NAVAL Museum. —The Exhibition under this denomina tion in the First and Second Galleries of the North Transept, fronting the Garden, now contains about 300 models of ships, boats, and vessels of all descriptions, affording an illustra tion of the progressive improvement in British naval architec ture and navigation during a period of 340 years. It also contains specimens of new inventions connected with the im provement of nsvigation. ' The Directors beg here also to acknowledge the ready and extensive assistance which they have received from shipown ers, shipbuilders, engineers, and shipping companies, in form ing this very interesting and national collection, and at the Woo time solicit the further aid of all parties who may have the means of extending it. WATER TOWERS. —The Great Towers are now completed, and arrangements have been made by which, for a small charge, visitors to the Palace can ascend them, and enjoy the e xtensive view from the balconies, where powerful telescopes are about to be placed. XAMMOTH TREE.—An object of great interest has lately been added to the contents of the Palace, which will remain on ex hibition during the whole of the coming season. The object alluded to is a portion of the trunk of the Wellingtonia Gi gontea, or Mammoth Tree, being the largest of the group of those trees discovered in California. The portion erected in the Tropical Transept, opposite the Abu Simbel figures, is no less than 103 feet in height, and 32 feet in diameter at the bas e , EXHIBITING DEPARTMENT.—Amongst the branches of indus try which new find important illustration in this department May be mentioned the manufacture of gold and silver work. And electro-plate, both domestic and artistic ; vulcanite and India rubber generally ; colour printing and typography ; Papier mache, ornamental iron, fancy goods, and other pro ductions of Birmingham ; domestic furniture, church furni ture ; in atone, wood, metal, and fabric; hardware gene rally and especially th e p ro d uc ti ons of Sheffield, in the Court by the manufacturers of that important centre of industry. CANADIAN COURT.—The arrangements announced on a for mer occasion with the Government of Canada are now, the Directors are happy to report, Complete. The Government of Canada have undertaken to form and maintain in the Palace a collection which shall completely set forth the condition of the manufactures and other industry and resources of that important colony. The collection will be placed in the• large Court lying be tween the News Room and the Stationery Court, immediately adjoining both the Nave and Centre Transept, and at present occupied by the sculpture of the German school. RAW PRODUCE COLLECTION, AND TRADE MUSEUM.--The Tech nological portion of this department is rapidly approaching. completion. It will comprise illustrations of all the chief manufactures of the United Kingdom, and specimens of the products animal, vegetable, and mineral, of Great Britain And the Colonies, as well as of other countries. It is believed that it will be open to the public in the course of the present summer. The department is situated in the Second Gallery on the Garden side of the Grand Transept. MACHINERY IN Movrox.—The Machinery will be in action during the season at such times as will be announced in the detailed advertisements. The Machinery now in the depart ment comprises a complete set of machinery for spinning, c arding, warping, sizing, weaving, and all the other processes for the manufacture of cotton goods from the bale to the thread, and from the thread to the finished piece; and a great Variety of other machines. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. —The Department of Agricul tural Machinery and Implements has been considerably im proved during the past year. Specimens will . he found there of the portable steam •engines and all the other new machines of the chief manufacturers, and purchases can be made at the same prices as at the warehouses of the makers. READING Room.—The Company's Reading and News Room is situated close to the Centre Transept, between it and the German Sculpture Court ; it contains all the morning jour nals, the weekly papers, metropolitan and provincial, and all the periodicals and magazines, In addition to this, advertisements and copies of new , works, both British and foreign, are displayed immediately after publication. FANCY FAIRS.—The Directors are prepared to afford accom modation to benevolent and other societies for holding Fancy Fairs in the Palace during the season. CRICKET, ARCHERY, AND THE GROUNDS GENERALLY. —lt giv es the Directors great pleasure to announce that the Cricket Ground is now complete, and that it will be thoroughly in order for the approaching summer. Great care has been taken in the formati nof the ground, and they believe that it will be feund fully equal in extent and excellence to any other in the neighbourhood of London, The Archery Ground will be continued, as before, in the NoWing. rthern portion of the groun d s, b e hi n d t h e Picture Gallery VII SE ASO. The Directors have . determined upon continuing the price °f Season Tickets of admission at the following rates, viz. : I . SEASON TICKETS, AVAILABLE FROM IST MAY, 1857, TO 30TH APRIL, 1858, Two GUINEAS :EACH. These tickets will admit the holde r on every occas i on be tween May 1, 1857, and April 30, 1858, on which the Palace is ° Pen : the fo ur d ays o f the Handel Festival, viz., the 13th, 15th, 17th and 19th June only e x ce pt e d. I. S EASON TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM I ST MAY, 1857, TO 30TH APRIL, 1858, ONE GUINEA EACH. • h Th ese tickets admit the holder on all occasions named o v e, excepting th e O pera Concerts, and the other Fridays ou gbout the year, an d th e 13 th, 15th, 17th, and 19th June, bein g te da of the Handel val. The Tickets h will four be issued on and after the Festi 20th inst. ; and Il e lay be obtained at the Crystal Palace ; at the 'Offices of the .„ ° ,, ln PanY, 79, Lombard -street ; at the Offices of the London 74, Brighton Railwu Company, London-bridge, and Regent- Piccadilly; Central Handel Festival Ticket Office, Exe ruall, and of the Company's agents. Remittances for Season Tickets to be by post-office orders payable to George Grove. VIII. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL. It gi • ves the Directors great gratification to he able to an saee that they have entered i n t o arrangements with the ' ;lan m a te d Harm on i c S oc i ety for a Grand Series of Three Peden ces of Handel's Orat or i os, to take place in the Centre r ausept of the Palace in the month of June. I,":3Her M ajesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert Lave been grad 1Y Pleased t o ex t en d t h e i r especial patronage to te festi ', and h ave expressed their intention of honouring h it with eir ti%tupr,.. esence• For further particulars see sp ec i a l adver e„ • RATES OF ADMISSION, RAILWAY ARRANGE MENTS, &c. °}II?rNARY * RATES or ADMISSION.—These remai n as b efore, 0n :O s, and F r idayn Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, ad aY s Saturd ays Half-a-Crown. Children under 12 years of age, Half-price TuThe palace will be opened on Mondays at 9 a.m. ; on esd ays ' Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 10; ex g on the days of the Concerts by the Opera Company, ° I I . which ily el o i days, and on S a t urdays, it will bo opened at 12 ; - D s da abouffmnset. RAZ WAT---Dtuing the &Igen; the trains of the THEATRE ROYAL, ST. JAMES'S. On the 27th, 28th, and 29 h lest , will be produc• d a GRAND ILLUSTR ATED CONCERT, under the title of CBI MEAN RELIC , , the entire profit.; of which will he appropriated to the benefit of the following Military Charities, viz. :—" The Nightingale Fund," t a. tron , her Majesty ; " The - °idlers' Daughters' Home," Patron. her Majesty; and " The Pensioners' Protection society," approved of by the Queen, and under the especial patronage of Prince Albert. The following celebr4tt•d powerful vocalists are engaged : Principal so prani— Madame Caradori Mdlle Desprez, Miss Galton Pyne, Miss Somerville, Miss Mo•e Braham, Miss A. Poole. Tenori—Mr. G. Perren, Mr. Dare, Mr. Miranda. Barytone. —Mr. Metcalfe Rosen thal. Bass—Mr Hamilton Braham. Ist Gower, Mr. Cooper, id Gower, Mr. Fitz James. The chorus, under the direction Mr. Smythson, will comprise 50 voices. The band, inclusive of orchestra and stage, 50 instruments. Leaders—Mr. Viotti Collins and Mr. C. Hall. Musical director aid conductor—Mr. Leigh Smith. Stage manager - M►. J. Martin. , Acting manager— Mr. Davidson. Prices of admission :—Stalls, 11. Is. ; dress circle, 103. 6d.; pit, Its. cd ; amphitheatre stalls, 55.; hithestre, 2s. 6d; private boxes, 41. 45., 3L 3s , and 21. 2,. Treasurer, Mr. E. Lawrence. Box (ace open from 11 to 5. SCOTTISH NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Edinburgh, 22, St. Andrew's-square. SEVENTH DIVISI .2c of PROFITS. Propo3als made before 15th Maypart!cipate. Moderate rates of premium. JOHN M. MTANDLISII, Manager. Once in London, 69, Lombard-street. BANK OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to exxmine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms tor Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. PETER monßr%orr, Afanaqlng Director. B ANK OF LONDON, Threadneedle -street, and 450, West Strand. CIRCULAR NOTE and LETTERS of CREDIT, free ofexnonse, are issued by this Bank, payable uy its Correspindents in a'l the principal Cities and Towns on the Continent of Europe, in the British Colonies end Dependencies, and in Foreign Parts. DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.—The Rank of England having raised the discount rate to .£654 per cent , this Bank now aPowft .£5.4 percent. interest on sums dep 'sited with three days' notice of withdrawal. CURREN r ACCOUNTS are teceired with allowance of interest to customers, and every description of legitimate banking business auder,aken. By order. M k TTEIE vir MARSHALL, Jan., Manager. • BENJAMIN SCOrT, Secretary. Threadneedle street, April 6, 1857. ,CONTRACT /OR TFl' DOCK AN!) VICTUALLING YARDS, &c. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, • Somerset-place, 17th April, 1857. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral the Kingdom of Britain Ind Ireland, DO HEREBY of GlVE United NOTICE, that on TU Great SDAY, the sth May next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with tech venous as may be willing to contract for supplying her Majesty's Dock and Victualling Yards, Naval Hospitals, Royal Ma rise Barracks end Infirmaries, and the Admiralty, Marine, and Coast-guard offices with Coals. A distribut•on of the coals and a form of the tender may be ob tained at the gild office. No tender will be received atter Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will 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 Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for Coals," And must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter sinned by two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, to the's= of 420 per 100 ions, for the due performance of the contract. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and W es t B rompton.—secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu ion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Oat-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Esta'ilishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each Tear. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, sufferin ,under every form of this dr..adfnl malady, h ave received the benefits of this g Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application t , the Secretary. Contributions to euabi the Committee to continue Viis treat work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, E•q., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn•flelds ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at th e S ecre t ary ' s offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL Secretary, 11 OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. 11l Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re past month the following number received the benefits co limendation is required. During the of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application : Week ending 7th February Ditto 14th February Ditto 21st February .... •• 2,851 Ditto 28th February in Februy •• .. • 9,986 of which 3,379 were new cases, h e remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. ezvY expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, Yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. n M The Hospital i s net endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributi ons and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Joh and Co ast erman, Esq., ; Drummond and Col; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; M.P , Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, l'ayne, and Co.; Glyn And Co. ; Jones Loyd and Barclay and Co ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and C o . Co.;; Overend, Gurney, a . nd Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber neersi-ostrepat ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. g for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN. M.A., Chairman. NO MORE PILLS NOR FOB CONSTIPATIoN, INDcoircoEusT, NY OTHER MEDICINE ~ lON, ASTHMA CONSUMPTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERV OUS A , ND D BILIOUS, EBIL 1 T T A AND LIVER CoMpLAINTS, 1 - 1 13 BARRY'S deli cious 11 EALTE-RESTOR- . cost c r a N he a r R re E m V ed AL ie E s, K a r nd d. cAorßeAsittreAa7f:arcosmaynieasinfltsftyantiameths their sion, icidity, heartburn, palpitation of theenltt consequences, such as hemorrhoidal ions, Cattilency, disten theshou shoul ders , erysipelas, erup hysteria, neuralgia, deafness, noi ses in ie n s au n s n e d a and sickness during pregnancy, the h ead nervous headaches, the pit of the stomach and between l ead and ears, pains at kln,im g p o u u ri t t , poverty of the blood, scrofula, erup tions rheumatism,the s after eating, or at sea; low spirits, spas m' general debility, inquietude, sleeplessn ess, i e p il eptic flis, spleen, nvoluntary blushing, paralysis, tretners, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me mory, delusion., vertigo, blood to the head, eat ' •holy, groundless fear, wretchedness. It ig taustion, melan reover, the best fcod for infants and invalids general; in° y, as it never :urns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interfe res zood liberal diet, but impartis a healthy relish for luech and with a . and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and museulardetnner to the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the cele n b e rat ed Professor of Chemistry Dr Andrew Ure, Dr. Shorland, Dr.II ar vey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzel*. Dr. I ngram, Lerd - Stuart de Decies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 other well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopesof recovery abandoned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure M.D., F.R.S., &c., &c. " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square. " I hereby certify, that having examined Du Barry's Ilevalent Arabica I tied it to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole some, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges tion), constipation, and their nervous consequences. ANDREW ÜBE, M.D., F.A.S., &c., Analytical chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1847. The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. harry, Du Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his Majesty the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Minister of the Imperial Palace. Suitably pac,,ted for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, Ilb 2s 9d ; 21b 4s 6u ; 51b lls , 121 b 22s ; super refined quality, lib 6s : 21b 118; 51b Vs ; 101 b 335. The 101 b and 121 b cants o•ra are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street. London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. purveyo rs t o h er M a j esty, 182, Piccadilly , also at 60, Gracechurch•street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4,. Cheaps eid ; 6§, Cornhill ; 49, BLsh opsgate-atreet ; 55, Charing-croaskEs4, 171)2e: Baker-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street. The Third Edition. Just Published; price ss. by post, free, 55. 6d, ON TRUE J 1 FALSE SPER4ATORRIEEA, with the View of di s ti ngu i sh i ng the Imaginary from the Real Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Curo. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, Olathe has addressed himself to the non-medi sal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if be shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may b e I n hi s power to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet ilympathisers,' and ' Medical Friands,' are mercilessly exposed; and If this book .onld find its way into the hands of those who suffer from the coat is:tit of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— much money ...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhoaa, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, ikely to do touch good."—Medical Circular. London: H. Ralltere, 219„ Regent-street. PRACTICAL GEOLOGY. --Kim's College, London.—Professor TENNANT, F.G.S., will give a Course of TWELVE LECTURES on GEOLOGY, having especial reference to the application of the Science to Engineering, Vf.ning, Architec ture. and Agriculture. The Lecteres will commence on FRIDAY MORNING, - April 24, at Nine o'clock. -Fee, €1 its. 6d. R. W. 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Just published, price Is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, SELF - PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on. the cure of Nervous . and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical Passage from youth to anhiod, with practical observations on the Physiology of Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added rtniarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing 'the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life,' and it^ advantages in detecting, by urinary examination. the cause and effect of every variety of these complaint•, with numerous engravings and canes. BY KAMUEL L VMERT, ➢f.D , 37, BsIDFOIM SQUARE, LONDON". , Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Mem'er of the London Husnital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apolheervies' Hall London, &c , &c. he essential object of thin treatise is to point nut the fearful con sermences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, pe'rhaps, any other class of dis age known to modorn pathologists. Its perusal is particularly rtcommendel to persons entertaining secret doubts of their phys crl ecndition, and who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated with out incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc ceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and, above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physictl infirmity or functional derangement to whirls the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-l.ne, Paternoster-row, and may he had of Mann, 39, Cornhtll ; Horne, 19, Leicester-square ; Gcrdon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford•egnare, London. The work may be had in Tndia, of Mr. Von Lltzky, Loll Bazaar ; Calcuttß—Messrs. C. and ,T. 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Inspector Tomlinson stated that, about half-past 1 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, he went into the defendant's house, and on going up stairs he found one of the rooms crowded by about 100 persons assembled round a "cock-pit" built of sods, and two combatants already engaged. On his entering the room the spectators made a rush down stairs, and the officer captured the two contending birds, and five others which were in full trim, ready for other en counters. Mr. Daggers, attorney, defended Clarke, contending that he was justified in what he had done by the time-honoured custom of cock-fights in Easter, and that the humbler classes had as much right to prosecute ther games and pastimes as those in more favoured walks of life. This argument diet not influence the bench, who fined the defendant 51. and costs. The game-cocks remain in the possession of Mr. Superin tendent Clough, who will not give them up until the owners claim them. —Liverpool Albion. 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Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, afterall other means of cure had failed. For further particulars respect ing this invaluable food our readers are referred toDu Barry's advertisement in another part of this paper. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 20. The Royal mail steamship Europa, Captain Leitch, . has arrived with advices from New York 'by telegraph, via Halifax, to'the 9th inst. She has brought on freight $5,000, 3001. in silver, and $l,OOO worth of diamonds. Yesterday evening she: passed the Royal mail steamship Africa off Cork. "The Asia . arrived at New York on the 6th. The Circassian arrived at Halifax on the 6th, after a rapid passage. The Canadian arrived at Portland on the 7th. The screw steamer Clyde. sailed from New York for G!asgow on the 7th. • The Washington correspondent of the New York Courier and Enquirer states tha the q Ties ion Of the reinforcement of the United States' squadron in the East was still under consideration by the Cabi net, an I it was believed that a very, imposing fleet will soin. be gathered there. It was probable that, in addition to several large steamers and sailing vessels, all the sloops-of -war available from their light draught for that srvice had already been or -dered to the coast of China. It w.is likely that Commodore Perry would be appointed to the, general command. In another communication the correspondent of the same journal says :—" It is understood that the Government has settled upon a line of p Aicy to be pursued in regard to China affa'rs,,, and that in very recent conferences between the Secretary .of State and the British Ministrr latter" has expressed his entire satisfaction with the course which is to be pursued. The American merchants, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Appleton, and o:hsrs interested in the China trade, have also, after receiving expla nations from the Government, become convinced that it is neither politic nor necessary that we should co-operate with. the Western Powers in their proposed crusade against China, and their joint efforts to extinguish or limit Russian ascendancy in that quarter ; but that the Government will se cure every important or desirable end by taking measures for the protes;tion of the persons arid pro perty: of our citizens, and for the enforcement of the privileges which are secured to us by the existing treaty, acting independently of any alliance with Powers engaged in hostilities against China. The Government will aug ment the naval force in the China Seas, and send as an Envoy to China some man of high political.stand. ing and character, who will be instructed to rever to the aid of the naval force, in case of hostile pro ceedings against our citizens. The Envoy will also be instructed to procure some modifications of the treaty and an improvement of our commercial ra . _ __. . latious with China. It will be obserVed that the United States is at peace with the Chinese empire, and that we have no motive for waging war against it, eitl.er single-handed or in alliance with England and France." The accounts from Nicaragua received by the Arago at Southampton do not appear to be reliable, those by the present mail tending to show that Walker was in greatdanger. The New York Tri bune gives credence to the following statement : " On Saturday we had an interview with a gen tleman who came as a passenger in the steamer Texas, and from whom we obtained the latest in telligence from the seat of war in Nicaragua. Our informant is an intelligent native of Nicaragua, who owns a large hacienda near Rivas. He was among the first to espouse Walker's cause, to which he remained true until he discovered that Walker, instead of being a Liberator, was but a potty chief at the head of a banditti. On the 18th of March, our informant left Virgin Bay in the steamer San Carlos, and crossed the lake to Fort San Carlos, at the head of the San Juan River, which point was held by a strong force of Costa Ricans. At Fort San Carlos be was joined by a,Costa Rican priest and a soldier, and there embarked in a canoe for GreytOwn. To pass Castillo they were compelled to carry their canoe by the road around the rapids, to avoid the danger of crossing the rapids. Castillo they passed without difficulty, they being known to the Costa Rican forces • and they flo ited to a point above Sarapiq u i, which is held by the Fillibusters under Lockridge, about dusk. Here tney tilled the canoe nearly full of water, to give it the appearance of a log of wood, and throwing themselves in the river on the side of the canoe opposite the fort, were enabled to float by undiscover,id. They reached Glaeyt.)wn in time to take passage in the Texas for Aspinwall, where the priest and soldier left for Costa Rica: Our in formant had been in General Canas's camp, at Virgin Barand St. George, several days previous' to his departure on the 18th. At that time it was not known where Walker and his men were. A few days previously, finding themselves in a starv-: ing condition, being cut off horn. obtaining supplies! by the scouting parties of the Costa Ricans, Walker had evacuated Rivas, with the intention of forcing his way, if possible, to Rosario—a point about seven miles from Sau Juan del Sur, where he hoped at least to find food for his men. This movement was observed by the Costa Rican scouts, who fell back upon the main body of the allied forces. The allies at once marched to intercept Walker, who,. hearing that they were advancing, made an ineffec-' tual attempt to reach Riv as . ill the meantime a' guerilla party of Costa Ricans-10 of whom are con stantly moving along the transit road to fire upon the small parties of Walker's men who are sent out to obtain supplies, and to intercept the recruits from California-I—having discovered that Walker had left Rivas, entered the town, and, either by ac-. cident or design, the remaining part of the city was set on fire. The opinion of the allies at Virgin Bay when our informant left was that the Fdlibus ters were making a desperate struggle to reach the coast to provide for the safety of Walker, by send ing him out of the country. A correspondence had taken place betwel•n Walker and Gen. Canas, which fact has been tortured into a foundation for the statement that °alma was ready to acknowledge Walker's rule. The facts of this correspondence our informant states to be that Walker had opened a correspondence with Gen. Callas, in which the Fil libustera proposed to surrender, provided they would be permitted to leave the country. General Canas stated that he would accept their surrender, and give passports to the whole force, with the excep tion of Walker himself, whom ho intended to deli ver up to the authorities of Costa Rica. This offer Walker's adherents refused to accept, and their efforts to reach the coast are undoubtedly with the view of providing for the safety of their leader. Should he reach San Juan del Sur, he would prob ably leave the country in the little schooner which Captain Fayssoux abandoned, unless Gen. Bosquet should arrive with the forCe of 1,000 Costs Ricans, which our Panama correspondent sated was ex pected to reach that port on the 21st of March. The officers'of the American vessel of war at San. Juan del Sur interested themselves in favour of Walker and his men with Gen. Canas, who replied that he would pay the expenses of the whole force to the United States, except Walker him=elf, who must be delivered up. The reported battle aed victory on thel6th our informant states to be entirely without foundation in truth," The _Rome Sentinel states that on the 2d the ferry-boat between Cape Vincent and Kingston (Canada) was partially capsized by arush of passen gers to the bow, and out of 15 or 20 only two per sons escaped. The rest were droWned. The Baltimore Repuulican gives an account of an extraordinary and fatal duel which occurred at Winston (Maryland). The parties were fastened down by their trousers to a two inch oak plank, and fought with bowie-knives. " They fought," says the liepublican, " until Drain was mortally wounded. Young Pendleton was cut' nearly in pieces, and now lies in a critical positi on . P ar t o f Pendleton's knife is still in Drain's head. There . is no hope of his recovery. The doctors think they will both die. Drain was 22, and Pendleton 19." On the 6th snow fell at Buffalo, Cincinnati, Louisville, end Nashville. The Washington Union publishes the following correspondence between Lord Napier and Mr. Cass, the Secretary of iState, respeelin g the loss of the British-American barque Tasso, at New Jersey,. in Dec. last, wheu the crew of the American lifeboat there displayed great courage and humanity : ._ " LORD NATURE TO MR. CASF. " Her Britannic Majesty's Legation, Washington, March 14. " Sir,—l have the honour to place in your bands a copy of a despatch addressed to me by the Earl of Cla rendon, in which his lordship expreeses his high sense of the humane and devoted conduct manifested by the crew of an American lifeboat in the rescue of the British bark Tasso, of St. John's, Newfoundland. On this occasion it is to be deeply lamented that two of the boatmen perished, as well as four seamen belonging to the ship. "Mr. Fowler, acting British Vice• Consul at New York, has been authorised to convey to the widow of John Jones, one of the American sufferers, a pecuniary donation of 501., as a mark of the Sympathy of her Ma jesty's Government, and a subscription having been set afoot, which has resulted in the collection of a sum of money sufficient to purchase a small house and farm, it is hoped the widow may find, in a mere material point of view, some compensation for the loss of that support which she derived from the labour of her deceased husband. "Mr, Fowler in ova jed in making inquiries respect. "TEE, EARL OF CLARENDON TO LORD NAPIER, " Foreign-office, February IG. _ " My Lord,—Her Majesty's Government have re ceived from Mr. Fowler, the gentleman who is tempo rarily performicq the duties of the British consulate at New York; a report of the circumstances under which the greater part of the crew of the British ressi I Tasso, •f St. 'John's, Newfoundfand;- which iNas wrecked at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, on the 20th Deoember la-t, were rescued from-a position of the most imminent dattlzer by the boatmen of an adjacent life-boat wation, who; in the midst of a furious tempest, immediately put off to their assistance. Her Majesty's Government deeply rt gret to learn that by the upsetting of the lifeboat• while alongside the wreck two of the American boatmen and four of the crew of the Tasso lost their "I hate to instruct your lordship to express to the Secretary of State of the United States, in the warmest terms, the thanks of her Majesty's Government for the timely and valuable assistance thus rendered to the Bri tish crew, and their admiration of the courage and devo tion displayed:by the American boatmen. " Her Majesty's Government are informed, that one of the boatmen who unfortunately perished, named John Jones, left a largeramily ; and they have instructed Mr. Fowlerto make a pecuniary donation to his widow, as a mark of the sympathy of the British- Government, and of their approbation of her husband's conduct. The other boatman who was drowned, John Parker, is understood to have left no family ; but her Majesty's Government have l i written for :Luther particulars respecting the crew who manned the boat, in order to be able t) determine what mark of acknowledgment it would be proper to iffer to them for their services. "I am, Bte., " CLARENDON." " MR. CASS TO LORD NAPIER. " Department of State, Washington, "March 20. "My Lord,—l have bad the honour to receive your lordship's note of the 14th inst., transmitting the copy of a despatch of the 16th ult., addressed to you by the Earl of Clarendon, expressive of the high sense enter tained by her Britannic Majesty's Government' of the conduct of the crew of an American life-hoeton the occa sion of the rescue of the British bark Tasso, of St. John's, Newfoundland, at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, in Dec. last, and stating that Mr. Fowler, the acting British Vice-Consul at New York, has been authorised to convey to the widow of John Jones, one of the two American boatmen who lost their lives on the occasion-referred to, a donation of 501., as a mark of the sympathy of her Majesty's Government, and that a sum of money had been collected sufficient to pUrchase a small house and farm for her. You also state that Mr. Fowler is en gaged in making inquiries respecting the relatives of John Parker, the other boatman who lost his life, and the rest of the boatmen who shared the same danger in the performance of their duty, with a view of tendering to them a becoming acknowledgment on the part, of her Majesty's Government. "It is always a source of gratification to this Govern ment when citizens of the United States are instrumenta' in rescuing individuals, especially citizens or subjects of foreign countries, from the perils of the sea, and the ma nifestation of sympathy and gratitude on the part of her Majesty's Government in this instance is justly appre ciated by the President. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, with high con eideration, your obedient servant, "Lord Napier, &c." "LEWIS CASS. Advices from Havannah to the 3d inst. state that General Concha had issued a decree revoking the certificates. of protection ordered to be issued to slaves as being insufficient in cu r t a ili ng the traffic. Two New York vessels had been sold as slavers. There was a sufficient number of vessels in the port to carry away the whole of the sugar crop. The stock of sugar at Havannah and 11 was 210,000 boxes, and the market remained firm at last quotations. Two Dutch ships, with 700 coolies on board, had arrived at Havannah. There had been copious rains throughout the On the evening of the 6th the New York Stock Market was heavy, notwithstanding the increased facilities for roans through the banks. The rates for money at the note brokers were 9 per cent. for prime endorsed paper, 10 to 12 per cent. for well known single names. The bank statement fur the eveek showed an increased movement in leans and deposits. Foreign exchange was firm at 108 a to 1081 for good, to prime bills on London, most drawers asking 109 ; 5 231 to 5 21.-1 fur Paris. The advices by the Asia respecting cotton created disappointment among speculators, but the market was firm, although less active. Mr. W. P Wright, in his circular, says : " Our domestic consumers have operatO most libe rally during the week ending yesterday, and very ex treme prices have been paid for suitable parcels. Ex porters have also participated, and the total sales I esti mate at 8,000 bales. The export-for the week has been— to Liverpool, 3,395; Bremen, 675 ; Hamburg, 1,022 ; Riga, 421 ; Antwerp, 428 ; total, 5,641 bale-t. Cotton in transits has been in fair demand at the quotations of last week. The quantity on sale is very much reduced and holders are very firm in demanaing outside rates. The southern markets continua to advance, with a fair amount of business in each. The quantity of cotton for sale,in Savannah and Charleston is so much reduced that the business may be considered as closed. In Mo bile and New Orleans the season is drawing rapidly to an end, and the buyers are preparing to leave at an . early day. The accounts from the S o uth rece i ve d d ur i ng the past week fully confirm the conclusion that the crop will result in lees than 3,000,000 bales, and this e.ti mate is now fully established here and in the South. We have been visited with a few days'cold weather, and it has extended some distance in the South, but whether it has been sufficiently severe to make replanting necessary we have yet to learn. On the 17th of March a frost oc curred in Texas, which checked vegetation. The public mind is very sensitive just now on the subject of the coming crop. Receipts at the ports c eatinue to fall off rapidly, and are during the week under review less ,than half as compared with the corresponding week -of: last year. By telegraph we learn that a further reduction will be shown next week. The total deficit is now 289,000 bales, and next week it will probably exceed 330,000 bales." Flour was firm and in moderate demand for. the home. trade. HolderS did not press sales. Good wheat was not abundant, and was held firmly. Pork was quiet ; beef firm. Freights generally were dull. On the everting of the 7th stocks were lower at New York. Sterling exchange advanced to 108:1 to 108 i ; bankers closed at 109. Money closed tight, and at the second board there was almost a panic in some stocks. Ashes and tobacco firm ; flour and lead firmer ; wheat firm ; pork lower ; iron steady ; tallow heavy ; freights to Liverpool heavy ; cotton, 5-32 d. ; flour, Is. 9d. ; grain, 44d. to 5.1 d. (L &TEST BY TELEGRAPH, VIA HALIFAX.) NEW YORK, APRIL 9, EVENING. The ship New Hampshire, from Glasgow, was wrecked at sea. Cotton unchanged. ' Breadstuffs generally dull. Money today was active, but with equal supply. Sterling exchan9.,e, 109. NEW ORLEANS, Amur; 8. The news from Europe per Canadian is received. Cotton remains firm ; sales today, 4,000 ; prices unchanged. We have accounts from various points of damage by frost. Return fares, including admission to the Palace -Ist Clas. 2d Class, 3d Class. On Shilling Days On Half-Crown Days 4s, Od. 3s. 6,1. ... 3a. 3d. Children under 12 years of age, Half-price. WEST-END RAILWAY.—The opening of this line to the Wands worth Station has already been attended with great convenience to visitors to the Palace, and it is with much pleasure that the Directors anticipate the completion of the whole line to the Sloane-street Station, as well as thejunction with the main line of the South-Western Railway at theelapham-common Station, in the course of the coming season. An access will thus be opened for the residents in Hyde-park, Belgravia, and Bromp ton, and the other West-End Districts, as well as for the ne ghbourhoods of Richmond, Windsor, and Hampton Court, by which great economy of time will• be effected, and still further convenience afforded to the public MID-KENT RAILWAY.—The portion of this line from the Sta tion of the South-Eastern Railway at London-bridge to Beck enham has been opene 1, and the extension to the Crystal Palace Station will be shortly completed, whereby an easy access will, be afforded to the residents in the Lewisham and Blackheath districts. EXCURSlONS.—Arrangements have been made by which be nevolent societies, schools, and other large bodies may visit the Palace at the following reduced fares—applying only to shilling days and third-class carriages : For a number of excursion ists over 250 and under ls. 3d. per head,instead of Is, 6d. 500 Exceeding 500 and under 750 ls. Is. 6d. 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Mr. Layard, in his farewell address to his late consti tuents at Aylesbury, having referred to the severance of a political connect on of nearly five years, rays :—" It naturally grieves me to find that a majority of the elec tors have pronounced me no longer worthy to represent them. I should grieve still more had I reason to think that their confidence had been withdrawn on account of any neglect on my part of their interests, or of any vote of mine in the House of Commons. I may assume with out presumption that the result of the recent election is to be attributed to other and far different causes, and that it affords no index of the true feel:ngs of a majority of the constituency. Together w ith many other men, ' known as the ablest, the most independent, and the most truly Liberal representatives of the people, I have been deprived of my seat in Parliament. It behoves the Liberals of Aylesbury, as it behoves many other Liberal constituencies, to reflect calmly, now that the excite ment consequent upon the dissolution is passed, and to inquire whether too much has not been sacrificed to a Minister who has been invariably opposed to every mea sure of true reform, however moderate, and has ever failed to justify the confidence of those nations which have trusted in him for the support and defence of their liberties. Respondi n g t o th e a pp ea l ma d e t o them by Lor , Palmerston, the constituencies of England have removed from the roll of the House of Commons many of those his toric names which will be as landmarks in the annals of our country. To effect this result every mea ns that the influence of Gove rnmen t cou ld coy:misted .have been brought to bear. It is no disbononr to suffer with Cob- den, Bright, Gibson, Clay, Cardwell, Otway, and a host of others, who have, ever been found on the side of the people, and have been intimately associated with almost every recent measure for enlarging their liberties or con tributing to their welfare. I cannot believe tha t this state of things will long contin ue, and I feel conv i nce d that, when the country has recovered from the delusion into which it has been betrayed, the very exclusioa of these men will lead to important results, will mainly contribute to the auccess of the cattio of progress And reform." At a moment when the provisions of our criminsl law - are under Stich anxious consideration it may con duce to the edification of the public if we exhibit some particulars of the con lition and treatment cf crime in France. This we are enabled to do very circumstantially by the aid of a report. recently emanating front the Ministry of Justice in that country ; indeed, the statistics of our neighbours are so marvellously elaborated, and the accounts of their various tribunals are kept and digested with such ex reme care, that the results bscome occasfonally bewildering by their very minute ness, and it will be necessary to throw them into Stapler and mere general forms to render them popularly intelligible. On tlas other side of the Channel there are three broad graduations of offences—the first and most serious class being brought before the Courts of Assize ; the second .before the " Correctional" Tribunals; and the third before the tribunals of simple police. It will at once show the relationship in which these classes 4tand to eacti other if we state that the number of persons implicated under the three ca t,g Ties respectively were 6,480, 234,363, and 510,873. Our neighbours return in these matters the numbers not only of the offenders, but of the cases ; so that a robbery, for instance, in which half-a-dozen burglars had been concerned wcu'd figure in one c dumn as a single example only. We shall, not, however, refer to the latter figures, but. confine ourselves to the personal sterist cs exclu sively. The returns, it must be understood, are for the yen. 1855 throughout. The firet thing that strikes us after the-gradua tion of offences is the classification of punishments. The sentences pronounced by the Courts of Aesize upon those (4,857) of the 6,480 prisoners who were found guilty comprise Penalties divided into two distinct kinds, one importing afflic tive or degrading punishments, the other cor rectional puniehments. Under the former head are reckoned death, transportation, hard Ilbour, either for life or for shorter periods (travaux forces), and imprisonment when accompanied with labour or inflicted in a fortress. Of the whole number convicted more than half (2,500) incurred penalties of this description, but it is a remarkable illustra tion of the difference between the French system and our own that whereas 61 were sentenced to death (though only 28 were actually executed) no more than 20 received sentence of transportation. Of the rest 1,358 were condemned to hard labour (228 for life), and 1,061 to imprisonment, of whom 21 were sent to fortresses. As a general deduction, it is observed that th e amoun t of crime under this head had considerably d dined in. Comparison with the returns of former years, but forgeries and frau dulent bankruptcies were more numerous than in 1354. Altogether offences against property more than doubled those against persons. Undet the succeeding category of correctional offences the statistics are very curious. Here the numbers, as might be expected, increase in propor tion as the gravity of the delinquencies declines. It will probably surprise our readers to learn that' no fewer than 28,650 persons were apprehended in France during the year 1855 upon charges of poaching and shooting without a licence ; and -to these cases were added 4,443 for violations of the fishery laws, and 60,473 for violation of the forest laws, though in the latter instance the proceedings probably co ncern edstb e preservation of vented rather than of game. On the other hand, the offences (we are here computing \charges, not, convic tions) against the laws, and regulations on Customs, indirect taxes, and octrois, were only 3,086 in number, while those arising from the adulteration of goods and the employment of false weights and measures were as many as 10,698. Distinctions again appear drawn not only from the nature of the crimes themselves, but from the persons against whom they are committed.. Thus, outrages and violence to public functionaries are separated from ordinary cases of that kind, and " offences against religion and outrages of ministers of religion" cienstitute a class of themselves. The numbers in the former case are 7,150; in the latter 274. Tfie general lightness, however, of the offences proved under this head is shown by the sentences recorded. As many as 122,438 were dismissed with fine only, and 76,765 were imprisoned for termsshort of a twelvemonth. The highest penalty inflicted by the Correctional Courts seems to be incarceration for a year or upwards, and it is remarked that the number sentenced to this punishment (11,661), though not a very large proportion out of 234,363, is somewhat in excess of former years. In only two specific offences, however, is the number of offenders returned as greater than in 1854, and these are the adulteration of goods and the employ ment of postage stamps previously used and de faced. Of the third class of delinquencies brought within the cog,n;sance of simple police-courts very little need be said. The persons implicated were, of course, very many—no fewer than 510,873, but in 419,484 of the cases the ends of justice were thought to be attained by the infliction of a fine. In proceeding to the generalities of these statis tics we shall discover some remarkab'e results, especially in comparing the sentences of imprison ment with those of transportation. The whole number of the former in the year 1855 was not much short of 100,000 (93,152), including those of hard labour. Twenty criminals only, as we have said, wore left for transportation, and the returns of the previous year were more singular still, for in that period one offender only was ordered to be transported, though 79 received sentence of death. • Moreover, although upwards of half of those sentenced to death in 1855 re ceived a commutation of punishment, it was in every case to hard labour or imprisonment for life, and not to transportation; so that under the French code incarceration with labour represents the next penalty to the guillotine. It is observed that Capital punishments, though fewer in 1855 than in 1854, when they were 42 in number, show an in crease over the years 1851 and 1853, when they were only 11 and 12 respectively. In 1852 they were 26. Of the 23 who suffered in 1855 as many al 19 had committed murder simply as a prelude to robbery. With respect to the degree of education discernible in the higher class of of fenders it is said that •of the 6,480, persons charged under the first category 306 had. received superior instruction, 880 could read and write well, 2,486 had been imperfectly taught in these respects, and 2,808 were completely illiterate.. In the second class of offences it is remarked that the criminality of women Lad increased, and had shown a similar tendency in preceding years—an explana tion of which fact is tendered in a remark that women are now mere frequently prosecuted for commercial frauds than formerly, and are, more over, impelled to mendicity (one of the delinquen cies pertaining to this category) as well as robbery by the excessive prices of fcod. In the case of very youne• prisoners extenuation is admitted, for in the first class of 'offenders 45, and in the second, 4,068, " being children of less than 16, were acquitted as having acted without discernment," though in the former instance all, and in the latter more than half, were sent to penitentiaries or houses of cor rection. How far this policy was followed by per manent amendment we do not learn, but of the whole number of persons (240,843) tried before the two higher Courts we are told that 38,771 had been e previously convicted, and—what is more—that number of such cases was increasing. Upon the whole, however, the aspect of . these affa irs in France is considered bosh satisfactory and promis ing, and our readers will probably be able to make an interesting application of such clear statistics to the questions before us at home. Mr. La uou • NEw BISHOPRIC Fox NEW ZEALAND.— chere, the Secretary o f State for the Colonies, has given his consent for the immediate creation of another bishopric in New Zealand, to include the provinces of Wellington and Nelson. The right hon. gentleman has nominated the Venerable Archdeacon Hadfield to the new bishopric. THE CASE OF BACON AND HIS WIFE.--it is understood tbat the two prisoners will be jointly tried for the mu d". of their children, and that in such case the state ment of the wife that her husband committed the murder ma y be used as evidence against herself. It is expe&ed. that a joint defence will be made, and that this defence will be that the act of murder was committed by Mrs. Bacon while in an unsound state of mind, and that she is consequently not criminally responsible, and that the husband had nothing whatever to do with the same. If this defence should be successful, and Bacon should be acquitted, he will then be removed to the country to take his trial at the summer assizes for the murder of his mother. It appears that since the committal of the prisoners they have both been in a very low desponding way, x articularly Bacon himself, and they are never left alone, six additional turnkeys being employed, three women and three men to watch them, two during the night, and one during the day. [ADVERTISEMEKT].—kidneys Bladdcr , and Prostrate Glands —:.heir complications, Diabetes Albuminuria, or Brights Disease, &e.—their connekion with the Stomach, Liver, &c., and intimate association with the Ganglionic, or great cen tral or solar plexus of nerves, by Dr. Denis Cronin, price 2s " To a sound theoretical knowledge of the painful and dis• tressing diseases on which ho writes, Dr. Cronin adds the gm perience derived from a large and successful practice."-- " News." Smith and eon, 52, Long Acre, DUBLIN, MONDAY. THE IRISH CHIEF SECRETARYSHIP. Speculating upon the prabability of Mr. Bernal Osborne being the successor of. Mr. Horan:Pal in t the office of Irish Secretary, the Northern Whig observes:—. "If Mr. Bernal Osborne is to be Secretary for Ireland the change will be an unmixed blessing. • Mr. Osborne is not an Irishman—and, perhaps, Secretaries for Ire land ought to be foreigners—but he married into a • Irish family, and in charaeier he is peculiarly fitted air political success in this country. Mr. Osborne is bold and frank, and in all respects the reverse of Mr. Hors man, whose,diplornaticcautiousness was something in ri than offensive, inasmuch as it is said to have deterrea a Areat number of gentlemen from business.' Mr. Os borne, not only as_ proprietor of large estatss in Tip. perary, but as familiar with Irish question. in his capes city of aide-de-camp to a Lard Lieutenant—a positian, which be long filled, we believe, to the great ad vautaze of Dublin society—would n ake an admirable Irish Se cretary. He is a Liberal of the most genuine charact .r. We believe that he would at once make the effort to settle the tenant-right quest on ; and his opinions about the Irish Church establishment are wel known." Meanwhile it appears that speculation in the case has been at fault, and the DUblin journals now say that the report of Mr. 13,rsman's resignation is at least precise-fair?. • The Freeina2l, of this morning, however, insists that the resignation of the Chief Secretaryship was actually tendered to Lord Pal. merston, and that for a short time the office was vacint. Here is the story of the affair : "• We believe the difference between Lord Palmerston and the member for. Stroud has, for the present, been` arranged, and that the public will have the benefit of Mr. Horsman's continuance in office. The cause of the discontent, we have heard, was the protracted absence of the Chief Secretary during a very critical period, whin' his direction of the Irish' elections was even more nectar- Barg to the Government than the discharge of his ordi nary duties Among the very first members returned for England was Mr. Horsman. kwas reasonably ex pected that his mind, relieved from the troubles incident to hie_v;vri tleatron, 'would be arsersetedtalreland, where '-Yiirketras greatly.:wanted.' But York retired_to Scots • land to look after his own affairs, leaving Irish o*udidat a and Irish elections to - take care of, themselves. Para.; graphs in the London journals to the effect that the Irish elections had been mismanaged ruffled the usually good temper of Lord Palmerston, and Mr. foreman wa is.sked for au explanation. What may have transpired we know not ; but the upshot was a determination on the part of Mr. Horemaa to vacate his office. This resolution first appeared in the Scotsman, and our London corres. pondent confirmed the resignation, with the additional fic: that Mr. Bernal Osborne was to be his suc cessor. However, for the present, Mr. Horsman re. tains the office. We are not aware that his presence could have contributed more than his absence to render the result of the Irish elections very different. Go. vernment was very well though quietly served by an Irish nobleman and gentleman, both skilled in dee tioneering practices. We .may, in justice to Lord Carlisle, remark that the zeal attributed to him by the Irish Tory party was far less fervent than they describe. He was not insensible to the necessity of seeking addi.' tional support for his Government, but he did not play the frantic tricks which Tory imagination has conjured up in the shape of 'Viceregal canvassers thronging the courts of justice, the public-offices, and ball-rooms,' and ' 200 barristers, at the very least,' issuing forth on a grand scurry through the alleys of Dublin." THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION A2VD LOSS OP. FIVE LIVES AT STOCKPORT. The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances which led to the explosion of the fire damp in the Bredbury New Pit, near this town, took place on Monday morning; at the Rising Sun Inn, Bredbury. The mirm were at work as usual on Thursday, the 9th instant, and when they left they noticed nothing that induced them to sup pose that the air in the pit was bad. The follow ing day being Good Friday they did not work, but . they resumed at th e usua l h our on S a t ur d ay morn ing, the 11th instant. At six o'clock on that morn ing they assembled at the mouth of the pit and' were let down in the "cage?," and it appears th a t Santuel Platt proceeded with his work in No. 7 level with an exposed candle. The statements on this point differed Some of the colliers who were in the pit asserted that he was working with naked candle, without any lamp whatever. Platt's own s'atement is that he had a lamp; but that after, he had about half-filled his first waggon-load of coal, he removed the top of it, and th tt the explosion immediately took place. It appeared that the men had been down in the pit from half to three quar ters of an hour, making it nearly 7 o'clock, when they were startled by a terrific explosion in the No. 7 level. The report way also heard for some dis tance outside the pit, and brought many persons to the spot. Heathcote, one of the county constabu lary force, who lives about 100 yards from the mouth of the shaft, was awoke by the report and by the shock; the noise being like that produced by an extensive blast. The colliers in the pit knew at once what had occurred, and they im wed iat ely com menced groping their way to the mouth of the shaft. Platt, being in the level where the explosion oz.- curred, was frightfully burnt by the ignited air, which was wafted along the various workings. Nevertheles., he contrived to reach the mouth of the shaft. The dense sulphurous vapours which fol lowed upon the explosion so filled the pit, that the operations of the men who were engaged in res cuing the sufferers were stopped. The apparatus for the ventilation of the pit had been blown down. by the explosion ; and the air had to'be purified, an operation which occupied more than two hours. At the expiraion of that time, about half-past 10 o'clock, the bodies of Howarth and his sons were brought to the surface. The father ht . :embed once afterwards, but the sons were quit e d ea d. Th e former with one of his sons appeared to have been suffocated by the sulphurous vapour, but the second sou was frightfully knocked about and disfigured. 'The jury returned the following verdict : •' We are of opinion that the five deceased met with their deaths by accident ; but we wish, through the, coroner, to call the attention of the proprietors to the ventilation, which we consider defective, an I we hope that in future it will be better attended to." THE RUSSIAN RAILWAY ROBBERY SCHEME. The introduction of the Russian Railway scheme has been attended by some revelations which perhaps will not surprise the public, except in so far as they show a want of that adroit management expected from the well-practised continental financiers and speculators who have committed themselves to its success. That every effort would s he made to drive the shares to a premium before the date of allotment was scarcely to be doubted, but, looking at the extraordinary facilities afforded by a combination which includes most of the prin cipal operators on the European Bourses, it w4s considered improbable that the opinion onthis point would ever be allowed to assume any form beyond that of a general inference. It appears, however, that facts have already transpired which among prudent minds will impart to the matter much of the force of certainty. Of course, it is always pos sible for the concoctors of companies, by seeking to buy shares in anticipation of the allotment, to send, them to a premium sufficient to render them at tractive to the public, and to induce a flood of applications, and the process becomes more easy in as the electric tel egrap h proportion to the number of European markets i o t d c e omtu tling u s n i ica n them, s to all the eff ec t pro d uced em, upon any one. Under these circumstances most o f i !s e t n an f t o l r y the respectable dealers in the London. Stock Ex change have resolved to exercise great caution with respect to the present scheme, and to refuse to enter into transactions previously to the regular : issue of the shares. How far this resolution is ne cessary may be judged by the following facts : A.' respectable stockbroker's firm having received an order from a Protestant clergyman at Brussels to, invest 20,0001. in Russian J' ..all way shares, deemed. it expedient to make inquiry, and found that their' clieut the clergyman was not the principal in the transaction, but had sent the order in his own name to oblige a very rich and influential friend in that capital. A further developement remains. Having mentioned the circumstance to a friend, they ascer tained that another order for the purchase of 20,0001. : had been transmitted by a clergyman through a mercantile house. Their first impression was that it must have been the same individual in each case.. On inquiry, however, they gathered 'het in this in stance it was an English clergyman, although the resemblance was still p-rfect, since that gentlen:an also has since admitted that he was acting merely as an agent. Thus the matter stands. The in quiries for the shares consequent, apparently, on these devices has had the effect of tempting som e few of the dealers to make a price for them t 0... day of I to 1 premium. -It will be for the pub. lie to judge the value of such quotations. The whole story seems almost incredible, but in case any denial of it should be hazarded, those from. whom it proceeds will, it is said, be found ready to substaufate it in every particular.—Tames'' City Article. THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES CONVENTION.— Our readers need not be told that we condemned the New • foundland Fishery Treaty as an act of gross , njustico to our eal.nist , ', and of gratuitous surrender of their lac. re -t to the Frilncb. We are happy t 19- able t‘ , an. rtounce tbat the treaty has been abandoned by the Colo vial-office. Whether this resolution has been taken in consequence of its rejection at St. J. or from the representations of ifs vireets made at home, it is not, perbape, for us to say. Toe fact is 1-o, and we congratulate all those interested in this important branch. of colonial industry upon Mr. Labouchere's determinab tion.—Shifitrg Gazette. MI