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STAMPED 5D •1 (No. 20,261.) s. s. .21- 30 .41 44 .39 47 .39 46 .37 40 35 40 ;39 98 .34 3 7 ~34 38 received ts, ilem - 100 30 410 h had a it week's e former Lhe same )3 to 683; ; bea.os, :3 ; peas, 10 prices advance. all sorts Beans. Os 04 Os Od Os ~day, but --North 'ire, 1004 —London Ukburn, 6 —London is -Dutch 22t hut with )in prices. ,colnshire, restern of qncashire, t Eastern, re, 100 i relay, and Western, i—Ditto, rmingham tCIIIT.-A Saturday the rnem )vation to down to >arty VMS irney, and ,ant Sbee, reception hed guest that one respected e been ap he now The third Prisons in amodation the lMt of number in (is one, and a gross .1 in 1856. I vie tA has itry being vantages , whicb, it ,h the men the direr re tangible if earnings tion. At the last y of Anti .lexcursion e believed, m allowed planned by • was to sail ffected at gormandy. er Wace of ; and the ided down awes Matil- 'ECTACLES, PERSPECTIVS is. 39, Mho- York -aluable and "ul and bril- Perspective ,pes possess -half Inches, ter's moons, ne t , leseopo tlf mile • dis o wai•tcoat h inc easing 1 —A vain ,coat Pocket can be seen n wer avert' era Houses. to 14 miles. r, yachting, fists. Oper n. h wonderful 'sea ur the age derived leeomes pre are enabled ceupation-T -f-ving power e , to the t Person; rld by send a letter, and ,mall print pectacles by r.—T ,e Or nal newly' ent from an een, or pro- Le col our ae sons to hear unl,leasant Ly y emo Jed, be desirei. mposite the ~- •square, the w ifo of gr. )f elms. NC' )urg•aqUare , Paddington , trrey, Esq . ' eldest say .0 S. a i m fora tio y, youngest 7 suddenl! f or Carnisr -E3q., C°lll rtlker, Esq•' 3onjarain C. d 64. Henley -on ,h n Troers' klbiou-road , lvbnced fife. hire, Loll id Yourige- ) YOUN G ' Otlice, I 010 count' ~~ -~ OYAL COLOSSEUM. - OPEN DAILY. . 11 - 16 Morning, from 12 to 5. Evening, 7to 11. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Colosseum of Science and Art Company (Limited). Admission One Shilling*, RUSSIAN LIFE AND SCENERY.;---GREAT or.oBE, Leicester-square New diorama, at 3 and S. Dio rama of INDT t N LIFE and SCENERY, at 12 a.m., and 6 p m.— Admission to the whole building, Is. NiR. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of O DDITIES, with New Costumes and v rions Novelties, Vocal and Cha rseteristic. EVERY EVENING (Saturday excepted) at Eight A Morning Performance every Saturday, at Three. Private Boxes nd Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Kinor William-street, Charing-cross. Tickets to e hal at the principal Musicsellcrs. ROYAL ARGYLL ROOMS. - LAIIRENT'S C kSINO, Great Windmill-street, rtaymarket.—Great szc eess of the Roman , ff Waltz and the Lancers, every evenine, with Laurent's Grand Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London. Principal Cornet-a -piston, M. Gnu'court. Gonre open at half 1,0 eight, commence et nine. The Lanc-rs will be danced at half•pa,t ten. Admis don One s hillinc. DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM, 4, Coventry-street, Leicester-square. Programme:—Lectures be Or. KArm, daily, at 3 o'clock, on highly interesting and instructive Topics; and Dr. sEXTON, F.R.O.S, F as follows : At half-past I—The C Phenomena, uriosities, and Philosophy of the sense of Sight At 4 —The Great Tobacco Controversy. At half-past 7 —The Foed we Fat; its Uses, creparation, Adulteration, and Digestion. The Museum conthina 1,000 Models and Preparations, and is wholly Unrivalled in the world. Open daily, for Gentlemen on.v, trout 10 till to. Admission, One -Milling. Catalogues, containing Dr. Kahn's Lectures, gratis to visitors. ROYAL SURREY GARDENS.- JULIA EN'S CONCERTS, and engagement o the popular and talented Voc +list, Miss Vinning.—THlS EVENTING, and during the Week, a Grand Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT, conducted by M. "Men. several favourite songs by Miss Vinning ; an entirely new and original mod-lied Picture, by Danson, entitled, "Fable Lando:" and a most brilliant Pyrotechnic Display by Southby. Mr. W. Cooke will introduce his tale, ted troupe of Equestrians and beauti ful Stud o f H orses . .A n effective Bra,s Band will perform during the afternoon; and various novel amusements are dispersed through out the ground!, including the Stalactite Caverns, Dioramic Views,' Ph otographic Gallery, Rte.—Doors open at 4. Admission One Shill ing. Reserved seats, stalls, and private boxes may b e secured at n's, R egen t- s t ree t ; an d K e ith, PrOWSe, and Co.'s Cbeapside. Omnibuses in attendance at the c'ose of the performances to all Darts. The only authorised Programme to be bad in the Gardens, price 0 ne Penny. IENNEM AN and CO., Photographers to the : 1 Queen. have DISCONTI NUED the Business at Kansal green, Mr. Henneman finding it necessary to devote all his personal attention to 122, Regent-street. The patent having expired, prices are proportionably reduced. DINNERS A LA CARTE, ill the COFFEE ROOMS of the ORIENTAL HOTEL, Vere-street, DAILY, With a succession of Joints, from 6 till 9 o'clock. Oriental Dishes at ten minutes notice. Numerous Private Dining Booms, and the Cooking unsurpassed. THE LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK issues CIRCULAR NATES of 10/. each, payable at every imporant place in Europe. Deposits of 10!. and upwards are re ceived upon Interest at the Bank or any of its Branches. Those of 500/. and upwards are at present allowed 5i per cent. J. W. GILBART, General Manager. L ONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION, 81, King William-street. The Directors of this Association hereby inform the Members that the PREMIUMS falling due on the Ist July next of those Members Rho have been assured for seven or more entire years will be RE DUCED at the rate of 80 per cent., leaving 20 per cent. only to be Paid. EDWARD DOCKFR, Sec. ETR 0P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterlco-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. • TausrEms. lt lt.lin.Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. H enry u Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.R. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged `. Per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CA.MROUX, Manager. SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND AND LIFE ASSITRANCE SOCIETY. Established A D 1815. has arisen Invested Fund new in possetrionsof this Institution, and which arisen entirely from the accumulation of the Premiums. ar.d be , ` O 4ll exclusively to the Assured or Members, amounts to about THREE MILIJONS STERLING. The takes -ea. SEPTENNIAL INVESTIGATION int o • the Societ y 's affairs b_ft-8M es glace on the 31st December, 1859 ; a n d in the allot ,tion of may be made at that time, a , l Parti c ipa tin g Assurances which V a 3. be e ff ected daring the course of 1 8 5 7 will be entit led to rank as .oracits of THREE YEARS' STANDING. HEAD OFFICE—No. 5. St. Andrew -square, Edinburgh. LONDON and the SUBURBS. ° Royal - Exchange-buildings. Wild Ag en t I HUGH W HEAN, 4, Cornhdl. Major It. S. RIDGE, 49, Pall-mall, Agent for the West End District. District Agents BE TON SEELEY, 'lslington-green, Agent for Islington District. JAMES HARRIS, 38, St. George's-square, Bel grave-road, Pimlico. PARIS. -37, Bo nlevart des Capncines .—The compActmE, LyoNivAisE is decidedly the most im portant as will as mo=t fashionable Establish merit' in Paris for no velties of the first rank. All the elegant Fancy Eissues Lace, ready made mantles. Visites, Sorties des Eel, awl French Sha is are of their own manufacture. Their house in I dia despatches regularly twice a month the finest C • chemires. These advantages enable the Proprietors to supply ladies at manufacturers' prices. . N.B. Ladies are at full liberty to visit the Warereoms without being required to purcbase. Compagnie Lyonnaise, 37, Boulevart des Capucines. • I NVESTME NTS in BRITISH MINES. Full particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive Mines will be found in the Fourth Edition of BRITI-H MINES CONSIDERED as an INVESTMEN T, recently published by J. H. MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.S., F.S.S. Price 3s. 6d., by post, 4s. Mr. Murchison also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of lIRITISH MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines at the end of each quarter, the Dividends paid, &c, &c. The REVIEW for the Quarter ending 31st of MARCH. 1857, is 21 OW READY, with a Map of the Alfred and Rosewarne mining districts, price Is. " The book will be found extremely valuable."—Observer. " A valuable little book.".—Olobe, " A valuable guide to Investors."—Herapath. "A useful little volume."—Morning Herald. "Of great value to capitaPsts."—Sunderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no 'M• ier and safer instructor th in Mr. Murchison."—Leeds Times. . 1 One of the most val able mining publications which has come ilaer our notice, and contains more information than any other on t he subject of which it trests."—Derby Telegraph. " To tho.e who wish to invest capital in British mines this work 15 of the first importance "—Welshman. This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles it is, in truth, an excellent guide." Plymouth Journal. Copies of the above.publications can be obtained at Mr. Mnrchi °Mew, 117, Bishopsgate-street Within, London; and reliable °filiation and advice will at any time be given to those who may require it NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE IrOY C ONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. I) U BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR ING ING REVALENTA AR ABIC A FOOD saves fi fty times its e "" in other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their cans.. Awn - -Jfences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten b "kitty, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, isteria. neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains at the Pit of the stomach and between the shoullers, erysipelas, erup °n' at the skin, impurities, and poverty' of the blood, scrofula, dropsy rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness daring pregnancy, after eating, or at sea; low spirits, spasms, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, ; ar alYals, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me -;°l7. delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melan - Zay, , groundless fear, wretchedness. It is, moreover, the food * for infants and invalids generally, as it never ._ lllB acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a IJoo_d liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and the faculty of digestion and nervoassnd muscular energy ed e most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebrat ed Professor of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure , Dr. Shorland, Dr .11ar laY, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, Lard 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 hopes arecovery abaxLioned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure F.R.S., &c., &e. .` London, 24, Bloomsbury-square I h ere b y certify, that having ex am i ned Du Barry ' s Revalenta Arabica I find It to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole some, easily digestible, likely to prom o t e a healthy action of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges- V 011), COnStipatlon, and their nervous consequences. ANDREW ÜBE, M.D., r.T3.A., &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. Barry, Du Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his Majesty the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to the M inister of the Imperial Palace, Suitably packed for all climates, and with fall instructions. In canisters, Ilb 2s 9d ; 21b 4s 6d ; 51b lis , 12Ib 22s ; super refined quality, Ilb 6s 21b lls ; 51b 225 ; 101 b 335. The 101 1 , and 121 b canis ters are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street. London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. purveyor sto her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly , also at 60 ,.Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Rishopsgate-street ; 55 , Charing-cross ; 54, Upper Baker -street; 63 and 150 Oxford-street. PUBLICATIOii S. ' This Day, Fifth Edition, 3s. 6d., COMPANIONS OF MY SOLITUDE. London : John W. Parker and son, West Strand. Now ready, price Bd., or 10d. if by post, VACATION THOUGHTS on CAPITAL PUNISH KENT. By CHARLES PHILLIPS, LE., One of her Majesty's Commissioners of the Court for the Relief of . _ Insolvent Debtors in London. Ten Thousand. London : W. and F. G. Cash, 5, Bishopsgate-without; and J. Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly. A NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. -- - Patent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmacle Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TEIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form o f a lozenge, d evoid of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. Hold in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered b by 'alpeau, Lallemand, Roux, RiCorii, Sac , te. I RIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, SPERMATORRHCEA, and an the distressing qu " sonseences arising from early abuse, indiscriminateexcesses, or I long residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual strength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals wh o are „ om in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and rshatever may be the cause f o r DISQITALIFICATIONS for MAR • Ili kOE, they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. U., e - rtee tnallY, in the short space of three days, Tradicates all traces of Gonorrhcea, both in its mild and aggravated completely and entirelY irn, a, Oleets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Non-retexition of ,r'ae, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which ''Paivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIKAEMAR No. 111., Is th e great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary SymP '. ma. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, andel! iiutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup t.ons and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration Inn-bush the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a 4,!ver-falling remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately _ English Physician treats with Mercury, to tbe inevitable dastruc. the tutl Of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in world cannot restore. Price I ls., or four cases in one for 335., Toich saves ils., and in 5/. c sees, whereby there i s a saving of IL 12s. "- be had wholesale and retail in London, of Derby and Gordon, ;40, L eadenhall-street ; Front, 229, Strand; Hannay and C o., 63, Ox.- m treet ; Sanger, 150, Oxford .street; Barclay and S on, 97, Far. Ch urchyard. I ! n g do n - s , reet ; Butlsr and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Ed wards, St. ranl's 110 HAN FRAILTY ; a Popular M e di ca l work, Price Is., post free, beautitully illustrated with 100 engravings, !nd containing the opinions of V alpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, , alt gives copious instructions for the perfect restoraticn of those ~a ' r e Prevented by impediments from entering into the married _exiaerminadon of the s , n( 1. 0 , also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and Permstoza, by the author's newly-constructed one ° p with powerful • lenses.—Sold by J. Allen, 20, Warwick maws a ternoster-row ; and from all wen n; for the flee of "Trine.- ( 11 ,1 ALT and Co.'s EAST INDIA PALE and 1..3 BURTON ALES. BREWERY—BURTON-ON-TRENT. SToass : LONDON . LIVERPOOL .. 72, Henry-street. MANCHESTER .. 37, Brown-street. SHEFFIELD l2, George-street. BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL.. .. .. 1.1, Small-street. DUBLIN .. 11, Teinple-lane. EDINBURGH .. Porthopetoun Warehouse. GLASGOW St. Vincent-place. These Ales, in Casks of Eighteen Gallons and upwards, and in Bottle, obtained from all respectable Bottlers. CI AN CER HOSPITAL, London and West Brom p t on. — Pecretary's Office, 167 , Piccadilly.—This Institu ion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, f or one mon th, and for a longer period If recommend e d b y the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last throe years abo u t 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this crest work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Es-.. 4 , the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order. W.J. COCIERILL Secretary. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required. flaring the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients. on their personal application:— Week ending 7th February 2,095 Ditto 14th February • • 2,351 Dittc 31st February .. .• • • 2,650 Ditto 28th February ; 2,890 Total in February • • • • • 9,986 of which 3,379 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to th e patients. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten, sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of he 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 isazeld every Thursday, a. 4 o'clock (Bev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at 'II times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent On volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, a P c rs e e r c s o tL t r t, yeg G td r en ote dee , and co. Co.; a ' i S ay m John RI asterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. : Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Payne, o;ni D e an s d on n C a o. ith and c Deacon, and co. ; Overend; ti e r , Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and. Co., Bel'. e rman nd p e a o tien ;and will be thauy received. at theH an os i p ital. Clothing for M as forth t .: destitute By order. ° Co ly . l ; l W an il d li C arn o. S! Jones B. OPEN , 31.A.,ChtdiMP.ri. GREAT -WESTERN RAILWAY.-NOTICE. On MONDAY, June Ist, the Branch Line between TIYY FORD and HENLEY will be Opened for Public Traille.—For par ticulars of Trains, &c., see the Company's time bills. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. RETURN TICKETS to all Stations taken ou SATURDAY, May 30th, and intermediate days, will be availa'Jle up to and in cluding Tuesday, June 2d. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- WHITSUNTIDE ROLlDAYS.—Excursion to Liverpool, Birkenhead, Chester, Llangollen Road, Shrewsbury, Wellington, 'Wolverhampton, Bilston, Wednesbury, West, Bromwich, !and Bir mingham. —A Train will leave Paddington, on Saturday, May 30th, at 12.30 Noon, returning on Wednesday, June 2d, from Liverpool (Landing stage), at 7.30 a.m., and intermediate stations as per hand bills. Fares —Birmingham, 12s. and 7s. ; West Bromwich, Wednes bury, and Bilston, Its. 6d. and 7s: ed. ; Wolverhampton, 13s. and Ss. Od. • Shrewsbury and Wellington, I7s and 10s. • Llangollen road and Chester, 18s. 6d. and I Is. ; Birkenhead and Liverpool, 21s. and 12s. 6d. A single package only allowed to each passenger. Tickets not transferable, and only available for, the Excursion Train. Trains to the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition run both from Chester and Liverpool. THE OTTOMAN RAILWAY from SMYRNA to Capital 1,200,00Q/t Divided int* 60,000 Shares of 201., or 2,500 piastres each. ♦ minimum dividend of 61. per cent. per annum guaranteed by the Sublime Porte. Deposit 11. per sharp. Calls of not more than 2'. each, at intervals of not less than three months. No liability what ever incurred beyond the amount actually paid on deposit and on galls as made. Shares to bearer. DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN.—Sir MACDONALD STEPHENSON, 115, Glou cester-terrace, Hyde-park. DEPUTT-CHAIRMAN.—Captain DANIEL WARREN, 17, Por chester-terrace North, Hyde-park. Philip B. Blyth, Esq , 53. Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square. William Gordon Thompson, 'Esq., 83, Gloucester-terrace, - Eryde.Trark;, Eric Carrington Smith, Esq., 1, Lombard-street. Maj or-General Tremenhere, t 33, Somerset-street, Portman square. SOLICITORS,--Messrs.-Risen, Son, and Antoti. ENGINEER. —George Meredith, Esq., .M.I.C.E. BANKERS IN Lol4DON.—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, Lombard-street. BANKERS IN TURKEY.--Messrs. Hanson and Co., Smyrna and Constantinople. SECRETARY. —J. L. Elkin, Esq, SHAREBROSIERS.—Messrs. Mullens, Marshall, and Daniell, 3, Lombard-street. OFFICIAL Aunrroa--Hem7 Lloyd Morgan, Esq. Offices-38, Cannon-street, E.C. PROSPECTUS. This Railway, about 70 miles in length, will connect Smyrna, the most important seaport in the Levant, with Guzel Hissar or Aidin the great entrepot of the internal t ra d e of Asia Minor. It will bring the two places within three hours of each other, instead of four days as at present. Smyrna contains a population of 160,000, possesses one of the finest harbours in the world, and takes the highest rank among the trading ports of the Mediterranean. The aggregate value of her imports and exports in 1856, taken from the most reliable sources of information, amounted to 5,000,0001. sterling, and the tonnage inwards and out wards to 869,380 tons. The extraordinary fertility and resources of Asia Minor maintain Smyrna in her position as a trading emporium, not withstanding all the disadvantages she has had to contend with from the total absence of even the most ordinary roads, and which has from time immemorial rendered imperative the exclusive use of camels and. mules. When the goods are packed at Aidin, the deterioration now caused, particularly in delicate products, by the frequent lading and unlading consequent upon the nightly rest of the camels, will be avoided. The loss of damage arising from the death of animals and from numerous other casualties, which frequently occur during the conveyance from Aidin to the port of ship ment, Smyrna, will all be obviated by the proposed Railway. The physical features of the neighbourhood of Smyrna, which is surrounded by mountains, force the traffic along two principal routes—one to the north, skirting the sea coast, and leading, by a circuitous path, to Magnesia and Cassaba, and from thence to the northern and north-eastern parts of Asia Minor—the second to the south-east, opening upon the celebrated province of Aidin. The varied elevations of this part of the country, the genial temperature of the climate, and the alluvial nature of the soil, enable it to grow produce of all kinds from the rarest to the coarsest qualities. Tobacco, the fig, the vine, the olive, the poppy, the cotton plant and mulbery tree are indigenous products, whilst wheat, maize, barley, beans, flax, hemp, and a variety of pulse and oleagin ous seeds are raised in large quantities. Valonia, yellow berries, wool, goat's hair, dyestuffs, drugs, skins, honey, wax, dro., likewise abound. Guzel Hisser, more commonly called Aidin, is a thriving city, having about 60,000 inhabitants, and is the point of concourse for persons from all parts of the interior, who re sort to that market for the disposal of produce in small par cels to the resident dealers trading with Smyrna, and for the purchase of foreign goods. According to a low average of the various estimates made by a Special Commissioner sent out for the purpose, whose report has been confirmed by all the principal resident mer chants of Smyrna, the goods traffic from Aidin to Smyrna employs 10,000 camels and 500 mules, at the cost of over 400,0007. per annum. Independent of the 10,000 camels which are constantly employed to carry the traffic between Smyrna and Aidin, there are at least 20,000 employed on va rious routes in conveying produce from the interior to the sea. When this Railway is completed tp Aidin the traffic conveyed by at least 10,000 of these 20,000 camels will Nome to the line, thus at once considerably increasing the existing amount of traffic k.bween the two places. It is evident, from the above data, that the present goods traffic will give a dividend of 12 per cent, per annum, after deducting one-half of the receipts for working expenses, and the division of profits with Government over 7 per cent. With regard to passenger traffic, no accurate estimate can be at present formed. Looking, however, to the result of the •pening of the Railways in Egypt and India, and to the ab sence of any passport system, a large revenue is certain to be derived from this source, The Turkish Government guarantees a minimum dividend of 6 per cent, per annum on the expenditure not exceeding 1,200,0001., and contractors of eminence and responsibility have offered to undertake the construction of the Railway with ample rolling stock within this amount ; but the pre sent extraordinary traffic along the route it will traverse, un equalled by that of any railway ever offered to the public, is the best guarantee of its success. The Turkish Government, by the terms of the concession, reserve 15,000 shares, or 300,0001., for local subcription. The applications for these shares, headed by his Imperial Ma jesty the Sultan, the Grand Vizier, and several influential capitalists of Constantinople, have considerably exceeded this amount. The concession, which has been granted and confirmed by au Imperiaal firman, accords the most valuable privileges. The following is an outline of the principal clauses ;- 1. It is perpetual, subject to the right of purchase by the Ottoman Government upon agreed and equitable terms at the end of 50, 75, 95, and every subsequent 20 years. 2. A guarantee of dividend of 6 per cent. per annum as above mentioned for 50 years. The line to be opened in sec tions, and the guarantee to come into operation as each sec tion is opened. The profits over 7 per cent, to be divided with Government. 3. All Government land and materials to be taken and made use of by the Company gratuitously. 4. All the materials for constructing, working, and renew ing the Railway to be imported duty free. 5. The power of working all coal mines within 30 miles of any part of the line, on payment of a fixed royalty. 6. The privilege of erecting warehouses with a Custom house attached on the Company's premisec at Smyrna. 7. The engagement of Government not to grant a conces sion to any competing line. 8. The unrestricted power of management. The Directors having a due regard to the present unfavour able time for launching a new undertaking, have deferred, and Would still defer, bringing forward the enterprise were it not that the conditions of the Imperial firman limit the date at which operations must be commenced. They have, how ever, determined that the first section of the line only shall receive their immediate attention, so as to obviate the neces sity of making heavy calls during the existing stringency of the money market. The Concessionaries who have deposited at their own risk the caution money, amounting to 24,0007., and who have also defrayed all the exp-nses since the first negotiations were opened with the Porte, including the cost of detailed plans, sections, and surveys, engineering, travelling, and other ex penses, have agree to accept for their interest in the conces sion, and for all preliminary expenses, 33 per cent, upon the capital, which they will take in shares or otherwise as may be deemed most advisable for the interests of the Company; and they have also, to show their confidence in the undertaking, subscribed to the capital of the Company to the extent of 90,0001. in addition. The first and most important section of 46 miles from Smyrna, which it is calculated will yield a most satisfactory return upon the outlay, may be opened in time to bring down the produce of the harvest of 1858. Carefully prepared plans, sections, and estimates of the cost of the line, show that the capital on which the guarantee is given is sufficient for its entire construction, the supply of rolling stock, and the erection of stations, warehouses, and water-side premises. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum will be allowed on payments either for, or in anticipation of, calls during the construction of the line. Provision for this item of expenditure has been made in estimating the required capital at 1,200,0007. upon which the guarantee of the Turkish Government has been secured, Applications for shares, with the bankers' receipt for the deposit, to be addressed to Messrs. Mullens and Co., 3, Lombard-street ; or to the Secretary of the Company, 38, Cannon-street, City, where forms can be obtained. 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Naval and Military inteiligetvx. The Royal Commission for inquiring into pur= chase in the army met yesterday at No. 1, White hall-yard. The Duke of Somerset presided. The other commissioners present were—the Right Hon. S. Herbert, Lord Stanley, Gen. Sir De Lacy Evans, Gen. Sir H. Bentinck, the Right Hon. E. Ellice, Gen. Wynyard, and Mr. G. Carr Glynn. HiS Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended before the commission. Admiral Sir G. Seymour, K C. 8., Commander in-Chief at Portsmouth, was expected to return from leave yesterday evening before sunset ; and, having in the interim been promoted from Vice- Admiral of the Red to be Admiral of the Blue Squadron of her Majesty's Fleet, to hoist that flag on board the Victory, where it would be duly saluted by the second in command (Rear-Admiral Martin), and all the ships on the station (except those under the " ordinary" flag) would change their ensigns and pendants from red to blue ac cordingly. The Admiralty State yacht Osborne, Master- Commander Bower, K. C. H., steamed out of Ports mouth harbour yesterday, at 1 15 p.m., for Cher bourg, to receive his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, and bring him to Os borne, where he is expected,to arrive about 3 p.m. on Friday next. The Hastings, 60, screw blockship, Captain G. 8.-Mands, - C.8.; K: L. Ir.; got up steam on Moti day evening alongside the dockyard at Portsmouth to test her engines. She will drop out td Spithead it is expected, to-morrow. The Melville, 72, hospital ship, Commander Trollope, will leave the dock to day at Portsmouth and probably drop out to Spithead to-morrow. The Princess Charlotte three-decker barrack ship, Captain King, C. 8., will not be out of the dock yard hands at Portsmouth until the 20th proximo. The Volcano steam factory vessel, for China, Master-Commander Hockley, went out of harbour and anchored at Spithead. yesterday. The merchant steam freight ship Cleopatra has been taken up by the Admiralty fol. the convey ance of a part of the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers from Portsmouth to China. The Mauritius steam freight ship has been taken up to ,convey a portion of the . 93d. Highlanders from Portsmouth to China; the remainder of the regiment go out in her Majesty's ship Belleisle, 72, now at Plymouth. A letter from her Majesty's screw sloop Cruizer, Commander C. Fellowes, on her passage from Eng land to China, dated "At Sea, March 23, 1857, in lat. 18 56 S., long. 103 28 E" gives the following : " We have made a long and tedious passage of it. On the 20th of this month we shall have been six months from Falmouth ! We are now 700 miles from the Straits of Sunda, and we hope to be at Singapore in another week. At present we are rattling along at 11 and 12 knots, with a strong trade wind (S.E.) Coming out we touched at Tene rife, sighted Pernambuco, and were thus detained five weeks at Rio, repairing the damages which we sustained from a collision outside there a few hours before we reached that port. On the 18th of Jan. we reached the Cape, gunboats in company ; we towed them nearly the whole way from England. On the 23d, having refitted and provisioned, we again made a start, but a very unfortunate one, as we lost sight of two of the gunboats a few hours after we had left. We then proceeded to the ren dezvous in the hopes of picking them up, but after a week's knocking about we were still doomed to disappointment. A fortnight ago, finding our re mainiug gunboat a great drawback to our progress, we parted company with her also. They are all very fine seaboats, and have had ample means of proving it." "Singapore, Sunday, April s.—We reached this yesterday, and have orders to go to Hong Kong without delay." The Agamemnon arrived at Sheerness yesterday at 3.30 p.m., and proceeded to Saltpan-reach. She steamed round from the river Thames, and came into harbour over a strong ebb tide in first-rate style. TR ANSPORT ATION AND PRISO-17 DIS- CIPLINE. The third adjourned meeting was held at the Mansion-house at 1 o'clock yesterday, the Lord Mayor presiding. The attendance, although a little more numerous than at the last sitting, filled only a small portion of the Egyptian Hall and the dis cussion, although perhaps somewhat less desultory than that which occurred on the 18th inst., entirely lacked the interest derivable from a succession of new speakers. Mr. GREER; M. P. , again gave in his adhesion to Mr. C. Pearson's plan of prison discipline, while .' Mr. LAMAITRE propounded a scheme of his own, by which the profits of the convict's labour should be divided into throe equal portions, the first of which should go to support the gaol in which he is confined, the second be applied to his own suste nance, and the third be given as a restitution to the victims of his fraud or theft. To check the gigantic railway and banking defalcations, by which so many unhappy shareholders have recently suffered, Mr. Lemaitre also suggested the establishment of a board of public censors with power to make delin quent managers and directors disgorge their ill gotten wealth. The counter-project was at first treated by the chairman and the meeting as being rather a supplement than a rival of Mr. Pearson's plan ; but it was ultimately got rid of by a promise that it should be considered in committee. _ Mr: W. K. BALL, vtCoTatelY7eturned from a sojourn of 17 years in the colonies , gave it as his decided opinion, that so great is the demand for labour in New South Wales its inhabitants would gladly receive a large number of our convicts after they had undergone a proper probationary training. Sir. T. TANCRED reiterated his vieWS respecting the separation of reformation from punishment, and accused Mr. Pearson of omitting the punitive element from his prison system. The hon. baronet also remarked, that having a plan of his own on this subject, he and Mr. Pearson might be regarded as "two of a trade," but he did not go on to quote that part of the proverb which defines the relations usually subsisting between persons so situated. The speaker was proceeding to enforce the principle that as a preliminary to the process of his own reclamation the offender should undergo a definite punishment pronounced by the sentence of a judge when the impatience of the meeting compelled him to desist. After a few words from Mr. Row; Mr. C. PEARSON rose to reply, promising to con fine himself within the limits of one hour. He sketched the details and estimates incident to his scheme as submitted to the committee of the House of Commons six or seven years ago. Plans and specifications of his proposed prisons had, he said, been laid before that committee by Mr. Stephens, the eminent architect, and endorsed by Mr. Tite, M.P. He computed that the total cost of erecting, by free labour, a prison for 1,000 prisoners, accord ing to his system, including land p urc h ase , build ings and enclosing wall, would not exceed 80,0001., or 801. per prisoner : whereas the cost of Pentonville Prison was 1701. per prisoner ; that of Reading gaol, 2001. per prisoner ; Milbank, 5121. per prisoner : and York Prison even as high as 1,2001. per prisoner. Col. Jebb, Inspector-Gene ral of Prisons, had admitted the accuracy of this calculation, while Col. Chesterton, who had been governor of Coldbath-fields Prison for 25 years, also bore strong testimony to the merits of the scheme. Moreover, one of the first contractors of the day was prepared, on his own responsibility, to buy the laud, construct the wall and building, and also to manage the prison, subject to Government discipline, on condition that he received 61. per annum for each of the prisoners, in addition to the profits accruing from their labour. Mr. Pearson estimated the annual charge of food and clothing for 1,000 prisoners at 9,5501., while a further sum of 4,000/. would provide for the salaries of 100 officers to watch over them. The earnings of 1,000 prisoners would average about 16,0001. per annum. Having dilated upon the salutary influence of labour sentences in making con victs the voluntary instruments of their own maintenance, reformation, and release, and avowed his belief that our various colonies would actually cor.npete with each other for a class of can gt ants who had undergone such an ordeal, Mr. rearson concluded by moving a resolution affirm iaig that the Secretary of State for the Home De partment should be empowered to substitute, in certain cases, a proportionate number of hours of work, instead of fixed periods of imprisonment and transportation. This and other propositions embodying.- Mr. Pearson's views were unanimously adopted, and a commitee appointed to take measures for subject ing them to the test of experiment. A vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor ultimately brought these protracted deliberations to a OA% 400 PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. THE ILLUSTRATED NEWS of the WORLD. A New First Class Illustrated Family Newspaper, Stamped Gd , Unstamped sd. 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Norfolk-street, Strand, London, W.C. pi7R,SITANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, mane in the matter of the a-nate of SUSAN ST A NHOPE, formerly SUSAN ROBINSON, spinster, of No. 1, Mel ton-street, Euston-square, in the county of 151 - ml.le-ex, deceased, in a cause„ Robinson again't Groeme„ the Creditors of the said Susan Robinson (who died in the month of February, 1845, are by their solicitors, on or before the 15th day of June, 1t57, to come in and prove their debts and claims at the chambers of the Vice- Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Klndersley, at No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof they will be peremp torily excluded from the benefit of the said Order. Thursday, the 18th day of June, 1857, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed far hearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this 9th day of May, 1857. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. CROFT and WOOD, 12, Copthall•court, Throgmorton street, London, Plaintiffs' Solid ors. GEORGE ROBINSON, late a Private in the 96th Regiment of Foot. pIIRSIJANT to an Order of the High Court of Chancery, made in the matter of the estate of SUSAN T formerly SUSAN ROBINSON, spinster, of No.l, Mel ton-street,SAll°P L ' ston-square, in the county of Middlesex, deceased, and in a cause, Robinson against Groeme, George vrebinson, it living. or his personal representative, if dead, is, by his solicitor, on or before the 15th day of June, 1857, to come in and prove his relationship to the said Susan Stanhope, and the representation to the said' George Robinson, if dead, at the Chambers of the Vice• Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, at Ifo. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's inn, Middlesex, or in default thereof he will be peremptorily ex cluded from the benefit of the said Order. Thesaid George Robinson was formerly a private soldier in her Majesty's 96th Regiment of Foot, and was stationed at Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, in and previous to the year 1848, •and left Aus tralia in that year, and arrived in London, by the ship Rattler, Cap tain Goldsmith, in the month of June, 1848, and from Jane, 1848, and thenceforth up to the month of November in that year, resided at the Coach and Horses Inn, Aldersgate•street, in the city of Lon don, and from November, 1848, and thenceforth and up to the month of May, 18.50, resided at a beer house, called the Bridge House, at shaiwell Pier, in the parish of Saint Paul, gladwell, in the said county of Middlesex, and from the month of May, 1850, has not since been heard of. Thursday, the 18th day of June, 1857, at twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claim. Dated this 9th day of May, 1857. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. 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" Wednesday next," said the genial Viscount last week, with that- elastic gaiety which a -weii4h t of seventy years has not repressed, and which has done - so much to make him a generallavourite with his countrymen—" Wednesday next is the day of our Isthmian Games." . The Pindaric anniversary , has ariiVed = the great carnival of the great Metro polis—the one occasion on which London forgets itself---,the universal holiday of the niillioned-peo pled city, when, with one, accord, the bu-iest popu lation in the world shakes itse'f .loose from the trammels of business--Lgive4 o Ver for a brief breath= ing-space the hungry hunt for gold, and swarming forth from its close pent hive of toil and. accumnla. tion, spreads it,elf - tinder the open eye of heaven over the broad slopeS of the Surrey Downs. The tradesman shuts his shop, the merchant closes his ledger, Westminster Hall misses its accustomed wigs, Capel-court is a solitude, and Cl•eipside a de solation. The Legislative Wisdom of the country condescends, of course for this day only, to cold. chicken and champagne. Statesmep. allow Europe, the Empire, and her Majesty's Opposition, for 24 hours to take care of themselves. Even the Jour nalist (that most unrelieved. of toilers) drops his hand for awhile from that never resting plough which, working by night as well as by day, turns up each morning the motly crop of facts and spe culations, missing which the modern world would be as forlorn as Charles Lamb deemed the old ope must have been, without the fumes of the great Virginian weed—the breakfast table left to more tea and toast—the dinner table bankrupt of topics, and the diner out reduced to the short commons-of his own wit. Let "Rigour and Advice with scrupulous head," —let "Old Age and sour Severity" say what t'iey •will, it is impossible for any one who has risen into the atmosphere of a wider and more genial wisdom not to feel that there is much positive good in this sudden breaking up, for one day in the long re spectable year, of the dissevering decorums and conventionalisms that hedge off class from class and man from man. It is somethin g , in such a stereo typed, gas-lighted, well-drained, highly-policed capital as this, to have one occasion which fuses all :ranks, from the Duke to the Dustman, in the pur suit of a common recreation. Depend upon it there was more wisdom than the graver kind of writers are willing to allow, in that strange license of the Roman Saturnalia hich for a time levelled master and slave on the one broad plati,rm of .a common humanity. The Derby is the London Saturnalia. _ _ _ Of coarse we are not now talking of the thing in a sporting point of view. The race itself is, after all, rather the business than the pleasure of the day. Our prophetic friends Meteor and Argus have done their best to supply all whom it may concern with the best available information as to the prospects of the great contest. They aro ex posed to an ordeal which the more cautious kind of vatisinators take good care to avoid ; a few hours from the moment at which we are writing must decide absolutely the truth or falsehood of their predictions. It is as though Dr. Cumming had pledged his reputation to the drying up of the Euphrates before the next vigil of St. Bartholo- mew, or to the emptying of the seventh vial on the proximate morrow of All Souls. For ourselves, we confess with shame that we know little and care less about the "great event" so soon to be decided. We have literally at this moment no clear concep tion of the latest state of the odds. It affects us little to know that "Saunterer and Sprig of Sl4- lelagh," on one occasion, "shuffled forwards in a most mysterious manner ;" that "Skirmisher," on another, "was not supported ;" that there has " been an opposition wind to Lay Hawthorn and Zuyder Zee, which for a long time kept them at a low price in the market." A natural regard for our distinguished correspondent, Meteor, may give us some slight interest in the information that so long ago as January last he "he stood on Blink Bonny', Loyola, and Tournament, recom mending Zuyder Zee and Commotion as the best outsiders, and Saunterer and Lambourn for hedging and placing." It is comfortable also to be assured that " the knocking about of different horses has still left him a very good leg to stand on in Tournament ;" but we very much fear that when all these admis sions are made we must still plead a very dense state of ignorance as to the chances and even the names of that "list of high bred running horses" in whose performances so many thousands are to-day feeling an all-absorbing interest. For us the Derby day, not the Derby race, is the point of interest and attraction. We cannot agree with those more fastidious critics who think the spectacle on Epsom downs has become less striking in proportion as the attendance has.become less ex clusive. Vastness and multitude are the great elements of the great sight. In the world there is nothing equal to it. That bold broad sweep of down land massed as far as the eye can reach with living multitudes—the movement and the anima tion—the bright colours and the happy faces—the intense breathlessness of concentrated interest, as, straining every nerve- for victory, some half-dozen possible winners of the Derby sweep along a living whirlwind of horseflesh, some thirty seconds' dis tance from the winning-post—and then the rush, and the roar, and the excitement—and the sudden hunger and thirst, and the joyous greetings, and the miles upoa miles of pit-nit parties, and the scramble to the rail and the revels of the road, make a total to which the boasted revelries of the Roman, Venetian, and Paris Carnivals are mere faded shams of merriment, not worthy to show beside the sports of a people as exuberant in their hilarity as they are concentrated in their earnest , . ness. We have left ourselves no room for moral ising, and perhaps there is no great loss iu that. Of course there is a wrong side to the tapestry in this as in all other shows., and there is no danger of its not being found out. For the moment we are more disposed to congratulate our fellow-toilers of the great Babylon on the recurrence of their an nual holiday, and to express a hope that Favonius will be on his best behaviour, throughout the day-; that the may bear on his wings no showers that a parasol may not turn with ease ; that the dust may be as moderate and the sun as bright as could be wished ; that the race may prove a good one ' • and —to conclude with Horace as we began with Piu dar—that Meteor, proved a true prophet, may " strike the stars with his sublime head.—Daily News. THE UNITED KINGDOM ALLIANCE. The annual metropolitan meeting of this alliance was held last evening at Exeter Hall. The Hon. Judge Marshall (of Nova Scotia), in the chair, who in open. ing the proceedings, said it had been his privilege, hon our, and happiness to have been associated with the total-abstinence movement many years, which he consi dered the only means by which all social evils were to be remedied. The Rev. J. Burns then proposed a resolution, which cordially welcomed the Hon. Neale Dow (the originator of the Maine liquor law) ; which having been seconded by T. Beggs, Esq., and supported by the Earl Of Hat• rington, was put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. Upon the rising of the " lion" of the evening, the Hon. Neale Dow, the crowded hall became a scene of the wildest enthusiasm, which did not subside for some minutes. Having alluded to the entente cordiale at pre sent existing between us and our Transatlantic brethren, the hon. gentleman proceeded to observe that the annihi lation of the traffic in intoxicating drinks was a moral, political, and social question, and he believed this mat ter was more important to the State than all otber ques tions of the day. Objection had been raised against a prohibitory system that it would interfere with the legislative rights of the subject ; but the movement, he contended, neither involved nor interfered with the rights of the subject at all, for this reason, that the subject had no right which was inconsistent with the general public good —salus populi suprema lex. They talked about personal liberty in Great Britain, and yet the most magnificent buildings which he had ever seen in this kingdom were the offshoots of beer-shops and gro g-shops—the prisons, wherein her Majesty's subjects we re restrained of their liberty, because their liberty was inconsistent with th e general public weal. With re gard to the Maineslaw ha Great Britain, they had 39- 40ths of it already ; for :1-40th part only of the popula tion was licensed to sell strong drinks, and consequently the other 39 parts were really under the Maine law. This law had proved of incalculable advantage in the province of Maine, for 'by its enactment was effected the almost entire disappearance of intemperance, and the gaols were almost empty., He then proceeded to re view the effects which the Maine law had worked in Portland, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and other places, in all of which it had proved of the greatest benefit to the general populate. In a peroration of some force the hon. gentleman concluded by saying that he was sure that if her Most Gracious IVlisjc sty would lend her in fluence to this great movement, i t would be said that no person bad ever lived who had co nferred so much . _ benefit upon her subjects ; and he felt s of view s e d , a ssured that if h she con sidered this subject from all p a i ar „, l her nt then all men and Id rise, and call woul all give her sanction to its cause , nations, with one acclathation, wo, " blessed." (The hon. gentleman. sa t down amid enthu siastic cheering.) addrossea the meeting, the Other speakers having usual vote of thanks to the chair man oonchtded the pro ceedings THE QUEEN'S EIBTIIDAY. MINISTERIAL BANQUETS. The Queen's birthday was yesterday the occasion of full-dress banquets given by her Majesty's Mi nisters and the Great Officers of State. The fol lowing is a record of the principal entertain ments : THE PREMIER. • Viscount Palmerston, K. G., First Lord of the Troasury,-gave a state dinner in celebration of her Majesty's birthday last evening, at his residence in Piccadilly, to a party of Peers, consisting of the Duke of Newcast!e, Marquis of Ldthian, - Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Burlingt3n, Marquis of Clanri- . carde; Earl of Chichester, Earl of Lichfield, Earl of Portsmouth, Earl of Roseberv, Earl of Sefton, Earl of Shaftesbury, Viscount Eversley, Viscount Massareene, Earl of Abingdon, Lords Aveland, Belper, Broughton, Carew, Glenelg, Hatherton, Kiunaird, Polsimore, and Ward ; Mr. Ashley, Mr. Clifford, and Mr. Barrington. - TEDI HOME SECRETARY. Sir G. Grey, Secretary of State for the Home Department, gave a state banquet in honour of the day, at Grillion's Hotel, to the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Speaker, the Lord Chief Baron, Vice-Chancellor Kindersley, Vice-Chancellor Stuart, Vice -Chancellor P. Wood, .Mr. Justice Witthtman, Mr. Justice Erie, Mr. Justice Cressvvell, Mr. Justice Crowder, Mr. Jus tice Willes, Mr. R. W. Grey (Secretary - -to the Poor-lasv Boa. d), Baron Martin, Baron Bramwell, Baron Channel', the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Dr. Lushingtun, Sir J. Dodson, the Secretary for Ireland, the L- rd A - Tvocate, the Attorney-General for Ireland, Sir J. Duke, Baron Rothschild, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Sheriff Mechi, Mr. Sheriff Keats, Mr. Waddington, Mr. Massey, and Mr. Ellice. THE FOREIGN SECRETARY. The E tri of Clarendon, as Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, gave a grand banquet, to celebrate she Queen's bir hday, last evening, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury,. in Downing-street. Covers were laid for 32 guests. The circle consisted of his Excellency the Count Persigny, his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, his Excellency the Belgian Minister, his Excellency the 'Hanoverian Minister, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, his Excellency the Austrian Minister, Hs Excellency the Russian Minister, his Excellency the Prussian Minister, his Excellency she Saxon Minister, his Excellency the Greek Minister, his Excellency the Mexican Minister, his Excellency the Brazilian Minister, his Ex cellency the Swedish Minister his Excellency the Hanse T.,wns Minister, his Excellency the Netherlands Minister, his Excellency the Ame rican Minister, the Spanish Charge d'Affaires, the Portuguese Chargé d'Affaires, the Danish Charge d'Affaires, Sir J. Milbanke, Sir J. Shei], Mr. Buchanan, the Right Hon. H. W. Addington, Mr. P. Doyle, the Earl of Shelburne, Mr. Ham mond, Mr. S. Ponsonby, and Mr. F. Cavendish. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY. The Right Hon. H. Labouchere, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, gave a State dinner in celebration of the Queen's birthday, at his residence in Belgrave-square. The company were—Mr. Ball, Mr. Merivale, Mr. Murdoch, Sir F. Rogers, Mr. C. Fortescue; Lord Sandon, Mr. Grey, Governor Stevenson, Governor Darling, Governor Eyre, the Bishop of Antigua, the Bishop of Victoria (Hong Kong), Chief Justice Draper, Justice Cooper, Sir C. Nicholson, and Lord R. Grosvenor. THE WAR SECRETARY. Lord Pamnure, Secretary of State for War, gave a•State dinner, at his residence in Chesham-place, to celebrate the day. The company invited were — H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, Sir C. Yorke, Sir R. Airey, Dr. A. Smith, Sir G. Weatherall, Major- General Cater, Sir J. Burgoyne; Sir B. Hawes, Sir J. Ramsden, Mr. J. R. Godley, Sir H. Storks, Captain Caffin, Col. Clifton (Gentleman in Wait ing to the Duke of Cambridge), Sir Colin Camp bell, Sir H. Ross, Mr. H. R. Grenfell, the Earl of Cardigan, Lord Rokeby, and Sir W. F. Williams. Ti FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTL Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty, gave a State dinner to celebrate the day at the Admiralty. The company consisted of Admirals Sir C. Ogle and Sir J. Gordon ; Vice-Admirals Sir T. Cochrane, Sir G. Sartorius, and Sir Maurice Berkeley ; Rear-Admirals Sir W. Carroll, A. Fan shawe, Sir G. Pechell, H. Eden, and P. Richards; Captains Austin, Sir B. Walker. Milne, C. Eden, Washington; Commodores Shepherd, Hon. James Drummond, and Lord J. Hay ; Colonels Wesley and Tatton Brown ; Messrs. J. Tierney, B. Os borne, Romayne, Atherton, Robson, the Account ant-General, the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, and the Comptroller-General. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a State dinner at his residence, Kent House, Knights bridge, in honour of the day. The company con sisted of Lord Monteagle, Lord Monck, Lord Dun can, Hon. W. B. W. Brand, Mr. Wilson, the Right Hon. W. G. Hay ter, Sir C. E. Trevelyan, Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, Hon. C. Gore, Hon. J. Howard, Duke of Argyll, Mr. R. Hill, Right Hon. Sir T. Fremantle, Hou. J. E. Spring Rice, Right Hon. Sir E. Ryan, Sir J. S. Lefevre, Mr. Pressley, Mr. Reales, Mr. E. Romilly, Mr. Graham, Sir A. Spearman, the Queen's Remembrancer, Right Hon. R. Lowe, Mr. Weguelin, Mr. J. G. Hub bard, Mr. J. L. Ricardo, Mr. Maurice Drummond, and Mr. Villiers Lister. THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. The Right II(;n. R. V. Smith, M.P., President of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, entertained the following noblemen and gen tlemen at dinner yesterday, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, at his house iniSavile-row : The Lord Privy Seal, the Eat:l of Gifford, M.P., Viscount Falkland, G. C.H. Mr. R. D. Mangles , M.P. (Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company), Sir F. Currie (Deputy Chair man), Sir G. Clarke, K. C. 8., Sir H. Rawlinson, K.C. 8., Major-Gen. Sir S. Steel, K. C. 8., Major- Gen. Sir R. Vivian K.C. 8., Col. Tait, C. 8., Sir J. Weir Hogg, Bart., Sir R. Hamilton, Bart., Sir E. Colebrooke, Bart., M.P., Right Hon. Sir Law rence Peel, Mr. M. Smith, M.P., Colonel Sykes, M.P., F. R.S., Mr. D. Seymour, M.P., (Secretary to the India Board), Mr. H. Astell, Mr. J. P. Willoughby, M.P., Mr. A. Ayrton, M.P., and Mr. F. Vernon (Private Secretary). THE MASTER OF THE HORSE. The Duke of Wellington, as Master of the Horse gave a magnificent banquet in honour of the day at Apsley House. The guests of his Grace included the Marchioness of Tweeddale and Lady Julia Hay, the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess of Clanwilliam, the Earl and Countess of Bessborough, Viscount Combermere, Lord and Lady Raglan, Lady Bloomfield, Lady S. Ramsay, Lord C. Fitzroy, Baron Lionel de Roths child, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord A. Paget, Capt. the Hon. Dudley De Ros and Lady E. De Ros, Sir R. and Lady E. Peel, Count Streliski, Baron Knesebeck, Major H. Purves, Mr. Greville, and Col. F. Seymour. The exterior of Apsley-house was brilliantly lighted with gas, a colossal inscrip tion bearing the words " Long live the Queen," extending across the whole facade of the mansion. During the evening there was a grand musical per formance by the members of the Cologne Choral THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN. The Marquis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Cham berlain of the Queen's Household, gave a te state dinner at his residence in Park-lane, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. The comp anynsie of the Vice-Chamberlain (Lo rd E. Bruce), the Cap tain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Viscount Syd ney), Lord Camoys, Lord Rivers, Lord Waterpark, Lord de Tabley, Lord Byron, Earl o f Caithness, Hon. F. Byng, the Hon. M. S. West , Col. Master, Mr. C. Heneage, Major-General Sir F. Smith, Sir W. Martins, Mr. N. Macdonald, Mr. A. Black wood, Captain Greeo, Major-General Diggle, Mr. A. Montgomery, Mr. W. Taylor, Lieut.-Colonel H. S. Stephens, Colonel C. Bacot (the field officer in brigade waiting) ; Colonel Ridley, the Duke of Roxburgbe, the Marquis of Londonderry, the Mar quis of Donegal, Sir James Clarke, Major-General the lion. A. Spencer, Sir Roderick Murchison, Mr. Panizzi, Capt. Baillie and. Admiral M'Dougall. THE LORD STEWARD. Earl Spencer, K.G., Lord Steward of her Ma jesty's Household, , gave a state dinner 3 esterday eve ning, at Spencer House, to celebrate her Ma jesty's birthday. The company consisted of Rear- Admiral the Marquis Townshend, the Earl of Mul grave, Viscount Castlerosse, Rear-Admiral Lord Frederick Gordon Hallyburton, G-.C.H., Commo dore Lord Edward Cecil, Captain Lord Clarence Paget, R.N., C. 8., Colonel the Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood, Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard S. Dundas, K. C.B. , Hon. Spencer Lyttleton, Rear- Admiral the Hon. Thomas Best, Vice-Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., C. 8., Captain Sir Bald win Walker, Bart., K C. 8., Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stovin, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral 1 Sir Henry Byam Martin, K.C.8., Rear .- Admiral a l Sir Stephen Lushington, K.C.,8., Rear - Admiral Sir Charles Howe Fremantle, K.C.8., Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Grant, General Sir Edward Bowater, - 4- * K CH., Rear Admiral S Director-General Sir John ',ll . (ddia,4C - ::B; 4 11i, Admiral Codrin6ton, C. 8.; :A./4).`irtgn . - lev Drummond, Ilea , - AdmiraNLVAil tain R. R. (2,lin, R. N., Cap! am K B eh SOYMOUr, R.N., Lieut CoLiael- W. B. Frederick Cavendish, Captain Cavendish - Boyle, Mr. William Hampshire, and Mt. Edward Browell. THE ARCHRIATIOP , OF •YORK. The Archbishop of York gave his annual dinner yesterday, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bish.Op of Lon don' the Bishop .of Durham, the Bishop of Win chester, the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Bishop of Carlisle, the Bishop of Chinhegter ' the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Llandafe, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of St. .Asaph, the Bishop of St. David's, the Bishop of Worcester, the Bishop of Kilmore. The Bishops of Chester, Ely, Exeter, Gloucester and Bristol, Lincoln, Manchester, Norwich, Peterborough, Ripon, and Salisbury, were unable t o b e present owing to official engagamcn.ts in . _their dio ceses. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. Sir Richard Bethell, her Majesty's Attorney. General, gave a grand dinner last evening to the Queen's Counsel ane leading members of the bar. The . banquet was given at the Albion, Aldergate street, the ex.erior of which was brilliantly illumi nated in honour of the day. Covers were laid for 80, and among the company were—The Queen's Ancient Sergeant, the Queen's Advocate, Mr. C. Temple, Q.C., Sir F. Kelly, M.P., Mr. B. An drews, Q.C., Mr. J. Evans, Q.C., Mr. J. Whit marsh Q.C., Mr. C. P. Cooper, Q.C., Mr. R. B. Armstrong, Q.C., Mr. W. Whitely, Q.C., Mr. C. J. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. J. H. Koe, Q.C., Mr. J. Walker, Q.C., Mr. K. S. Parker, Q.C., Mr. R. P. Roupell, Q.C., Mr. L. Wigram, M.P., Q.C., Mr. C. H. Whitehurst, Q.C., Mr. W. J. Alexander. Q.C., Mr. W. Lee, Q.C., Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Mr. G. M. Butt, Q.C., Mr. J. Bacon, Q. 0., Mr. J. Rolt, M.P., Q.O , Mr. J. Greenwood, Q.C., Mr. R. Malins, M.P., Q C., Mr. R. S. Keating, M. P., Q. C., Mr. Hope Scott, Q. 0., Mr. M. Pren dergast, Q.C., Mr. H. Bliss, Q.C., Mr. C. A. Hog gins,- Q.C., Mr. Ethris-James, Q.C., , Mr. K. Niacqulay, M.P., Q.C., 'Mr. R. Ingham, Q.C., Mr. W. Elmsley, Q.C., Mr. W. Coulson, Q.C., Mr. W. T. S. Daniel, Q.C.. Mr. F. W. Slade, Q.C., Mr. J. G. Phillimore, Q C., Mr. B. S. Follett, Q.C., Mr. W. B. Glasse, Q.C., Mr. R. D. Craig, Q.C., Mr. S. Warren, M.P., Q.C., Mr. R. Pashley, Q.C., Mr. J. Anderson, Q.C., Mr. H. Hill, Q.C., Mr. W. M. James, Q.C., Mr. H. A. Merewether, Q.C., Mr. S. Temple, Q. a, Mr. W. R. Grove, Q.C., Mr. T. Phinn, Q,C., Mr. R. P, Collier, M.P., Q.C., Air. H. R. Bagshawe, Q.C., Mr. C. S. Whitmore, Q.C., Mr. W. Overend, Q.C., Mr. P. A. Picker ing, Q.C., Mr. J. W. Wilde, Q.C., Mr. W. Bovill, M.P., Q.C., Mr. C. J. Selwyn, Q.C., Mr. James Whiteside, M.P., Q.C.; Mr. Sergeant H. Storks, Mr. Sergeant W. Shee, Mr. Sergeant F. S. Murphy, Mr. Sergeant J. B. Byles, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, M.P., the Common Sergeant, Mr. H. R Reynolds, Mr, W. H. Bodkin, Mr. W. H. Terrell, Mr. J. Wickens, Mr. C. Beavan, Mr. H. Willes, Mr. S. Bethell, Mr. J. P. Fearon, Mr. F. J. Hamel, and. Mr. J. Gardiner. The residences of nearly all the Ministers and. officers of State were brilliantly illuminated 'in honour of the day. Her Majesty's Body Guard. of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms had a full-dress dinner yester day, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday. INSPECTION OF HOUSEHOLD TROOPS. The annual inspection of Household Troops, com prising the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Fusilier Guards, and a detachment of Life Guards, took place yesii;rday in honour of her Majesty's birthday on the parade-ground at the back of the Horse Guards, St. James's-park. The men arrived shortly after nine o'clock, the band of each regiment playing several national and martial airs, under the direction of their respective commanding officers. His Royal Highness Field-Marshal the Duke of Cambridge, Commander-in-Chief, arrived at ten o'clock, accompanied by a brilliant staff of officers. They were received by the whole of the troops „ presenting arms, and the bands of the several regi ments playing the National Anthem. The infantry commenced evolutions by opening into single and double columns and marching in quick and slow time round the parade ground, the united bands of the several regiments playing the " Grenadiers' March" and " Home, sweet home." • Having taken up their original position opposite the Horse Guards, his Royal Highness commenced inspecting the various companies. The cavalry, after marching round the ground _with its band playing, took up its position to the left of the parade ground ;' after which they were formed into line, when his Royal Highness, having complimented the officers for their strict attention to that most important branch of the service, quitted the parade ground, the troops presenting arms, and the bands playing the National Anthem. The troops were then formed into columns and marched off to their respective quarters. The annual muster of the Hon. Artillery Com pany took place yesterday, in honour of her Ma jesty's birthday, an their grounds at the back of the New Militia Barracks now in course of erection. THE ILLUMINATIONS. The illuminations in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, though chiefly confined to that portion of the metropolis lying westward. of Temple-bar, were upon a scale of magnificence fully equalling those of any former year. The night was peculiarly favourable for the display, and large numbers of persons crowded the streets up to a late hour. The club-houses and theatres, as usual, presented the chief attraction for the multitude. They dif fered in no important particular from the displays which have been often described in this journal, and it is therefore unnecessary to repeat their pecu liarities. The houses of the leading royal tradesmen in several instances were brilliantly illuminated. Among others may be mentioned the displays made by— Mitchell's Royal Library, which exhibited a large Brunswick star, with the initials of her Majesty, and. the motto, " God bless the Queen," all in jets of gas. Mr. C. F. Hancock, of Bruton-street, silversmith and jeweller, who displayed a very large and bril liant crown, with the royal initials in gas jets. St. James's Theatre, which displayed the initials " V.R." and a star. Messrs. Robert Cocks and Co., of New Burling ton-street, who exhibited a star of glory, with " V.R." in the centre, all in gas. New Burlington-street West, No. 6, her Ma jesty's music publishers—A star of glory, with V. R. in the centre, all in gas. Mr. Ackermann, of Regent-street, who displayed a large brilliant Brunswick star, with " V.R." in gas, surmo unted with the royal standard. Nlr. Emanuel, of Hanover-square, on the front of whose residence was a brilliant gas star. Co.,Braham and Co., l Piccadilly,locksmith , to her Majesty and the Royal Family, a very large gas star, with V. R." in the centre. Samuel Mart, purveyor of fruit to her Majesty —the Royal initials, an imperial crown, and wreaths of laurel in gas, surrounded by a colossal radiating star in coloured lamps. Robson and Jones, decorators to the Queen and f t u h i e R eff o e y e a t l b F y a t m he ily e , of exhibition of a complete garter bPitiicconadily, produced a taste. star, with the royal monogram, surmounted by the national banners. Piesse and Lubin, perfumers, of New in Bond street, exhibite d an ex q uisite design crystal lam ps, colours rose , violet, h y acinth, and lav ender, the words " Victoria" and Helena idnisdPloalYibillegline letters, each three feet high. Mr. Robert Drake, furrier, of Piccadilly, dis played a large star, and the royal monogram in gas jets. Mr. Heath, hatter to the Queen, of St. George's place, exhibited a very grand display made up of the royal, arms, the national standard, and a pros fusion of gas Sets. The royal tradesmen celebrated her Majesty's birthday yesterday, by dining together at the Free masons' Tavern. Her Majesty presented the asso , elation, as usual, with two fine bucks. CHATHAlC—Yesterday morning, shortly after 11 o'clock, the whole of the troops at this garrison, to the number of upwards of 5,000 o f and men, including the depots of the Indian. regiments, the Royal Marines, the Royal Engineers, and the local pensioners, under the comm and of Majo e thr R. Jen kins, were marched to th e lines, where y took up their position review order, the troops of the Provisional Battalion being in the centre. At 12 o'clock a feu -de-joie was fired by the whole mass of troops. Colonel Eden, the commandant, then. called for three c heers for the Queen which were heartily given by the troops, after which they pre sented arms and marched past in review order. At 12 o'clock a royal salute was fired from the saluting battery, and the Wellesley, ordi nary, "dressed. " 72, guardship of d The day was observed as a close holiday at the dockyard and all the Government offices, the royal standard being. hoisted on all the public offices in this. garrison. LlVERPOOL.—Yesterday being o bserved as her Majesty's birthday, the town presented a very ani mated appearance. The royal standard floated from the Town-hall and several of the public build. inga, COMPLETION OF "LITTLE DORRIT." On the 30th inst will be published, price 25., Numbers 19 and 2 0 , completing: LIT TL E DORR I T. By CHARLES DICKENS. A New Serial Story, uniform with " Bleak House," "David Copprrfield," " Dombey and Son." With Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne. 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