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Creed Rams- , vicar sq., of ;del ick ;ed 79. iquare, Donald 1 J. S. )olonel UNG, ,„ No. ;ototy 1E At A 3' F a T SEA.SON 1851. TIERATRE. In announcing the arrangements for another season, the Director of her Majesty's Theatre cannot but refer, with sin cere gratitude, to the success which attended his efforts, un der very trying circumstances, in the season of 1556. Dramatic Opera, which in every foreign State is fostered by Government aid, is, in this country, denied the support which is extended to other departments of art; and it is to the patronage of the upper classes, who have rallied round the establishment, tha':, the country owes the prosperity of a noble lyrical institution, which no unsupported individual efforts could maintain in a manner worthy of its old renown. In acknowledging the munificent assistance which enabled him to conquer the unprecedented difficulties of last. year, the Director cannot sufficiently express his grateful appreciation of the delicacy with which ii, was bestowed. Support was freely and nobly accorded for the sole purpose of insuring the prosperity of the institution, and the counsel which added to its value was never accompanied by 'a word to Shackle 'the discretion or impair the authority of the direction. To this the success of the past season is greatly owing ; and from the generous confidence w_th which the subscribers have renewed their subscriptions for the present year, without awaiting the publication of the annual programme, the Director derives the assurance that he has not altogether disappointed the Patrons of the theatre, and that he may rely on the continu ance of the cordial encouragement by which be has been hitherto upheld, and under which it is hoped still higher triumphs may be achieve(' than were immediately attainable on the restoration of the est tblishment. The enthusiasm which welcomed the re-opening of her Ma lesty's Theatre was not confined to the subscribers. Tho hearty interest and genuine appreciation displayed by: the audi ences who thronged the house from the first night to the closing farewell demand the warmest thanks of the Director, Which he will endeavour practically to express by renewed efforts-in the service of the public. The Director is most anxious to acknowledge how much he IS indebted to Meddle. Piccolomini and all the artistes whose talents contributed to the success of last year, not merely f3r thoie efforts of genius which won the sympathy and admira tion of the subscribers and the public, but for that high artistic feeling and honourable fidelity which secured the audience from disappointment, and enabled the Direction to produce the entertainments promised for each evening with out a single change of performance—a fact without precedent In Operatic history. The advantages peculiar to her Majesty's Theatre—its cen tral position, and associations now more thau a century old —give to it natural pre-eminence of which no occasional circumstances can ever permanently deprive it. These ad vantages will be turned to account by a Company combining the prestige of acknowledged genius with the attraction of new candidates for the highest rank of their profession. Those Who last, year wou favour at the hands of strangers will re appear to claim the cordial recognition which an English audience never refuses to established favourites ; and the direction has been further strengthened by au accession of new aspirants of the highest order, whose merits are already acknowledged on the stages of Italy, and who only await the verdict of the subscribers and frequenters of her Majesty's Theatre to confirm their fame. Although, iu an Establishment especially devoted to Italian Opera, the compositions of Italy will naturally predominate, the gems of other schools will not be neglected. Ballet will continue to bo supported by the most famous of • established Artistes and the most promising of those who are ambitions of the same distinction. It is hoped that the organisation of every department will Prove completely worthy of that - state of renewed prosperity to which her Majesty's Theatre has now attained. The following are the arrangements already completed : OPERA. Madame ALBONI, Mdle. MARIA SPEZIA Mdle. BAILLOU, Madame FRANCHI, Mdle. BERTI, Mdle. POMA, (Of La Scala, Milan ; La Fenice, Venice; San Carlos, Lisbon, drc.--ber first ap- Pearanee). Mdle. ANGIOLA ORTOLANI (Of La Scala, Milan ; L'Ori eute, Madrid, 30„--her first appearance), Mdle. TRENETA RAMOS (Of the Teatro Regio, Turin . ,—her first appearance), AND Mdle. PICCOLOMINI. Sig. ANTONIO MOUNT, (Of La Scala, Milan; Carlo Felice, Genoa ; San Carlos, &o•—his first appearance), - Sig. JACOPI, Si;.MERCURIALI, Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa, &C.—his first appearance), Sig. BELLETTI, Sig. BENEVENTANO, Sig. NAPOLEONE ROSSI, Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI t Director of the Music and Sous-Directeur and Maitre d Suggeritorc—Si (Of La Scala, Milan, and Italian Opera, Parris, &T. his first appearance), Sig. BAILLOU , Sig. DE SOROS, Sig. GARIBOLDI, AND - Sig. FILIPPO VIALETTI (Of La Sca'a, Milan ; La Fe nice, Venice ; L'Oriente, Madrid, &c. —his first ap pearance). Jondnctor—Sig. BONETTI. In Chant—Sig. VASCHETTI. ig. FONTANA. BALLET. ELISA SALVION (Of La Scala, Milan--her first appearance), Mdle. GIUSEPPINA MORLACCHI (Of the Teatro Regio, Turin— her first appearance), Mdle. ISABELLA KAR LISKI (Of the Academie Imperiale, Paris—her first appearance), Mdle. CAROLINA PAS QUALI (Of the Imperial Theatres of Vienna and Milan her first appearance), 'And Madame ROSATI. Mdle. CAROLINA POCCIIINI (Of the Karnther Thor. Vi mina ; La Scala, Milan ; San Carlo; Naples ; Carlo Felice, Genoa, &c.—her first appearance). Mdle. MARIE TAGLIONI, Mdle. BOSCIIETTI, Mdle. KATRINE, Mdle. TERESA ROLLA (Of La Fenice, Venice—her first appearance). Mdle. LIJIGIA BRUNETTI (Of the Carlo Felice, Genoa— her first appearance), M. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig. RONZANI, M. CHARLES, .M. PIERRE MASSOT (Of the Oriente, Madrid--his first appearance), Sig. FILIPO BARATTI (His first appearance), Sig. CASARE CHECCHETTI (His.first appearance). Signori RAFFAELLE GAM BAR DELLA, LUIGI VA RINI. LUIGI TURBINO, and PIETRO BUZZIO (of the Teatro Regio, Turin, and Carlo Felice, Genoa— their first appearance). Maitres de Balkt— M. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig. RONZANI, and M. MASSOT. Regisseur de la Danse—M. PETIT. Master of the School of Instruction—M. MASSOT. Madlle. PICCOLOMINI Will arrive early iu April, and, in addition to the character which last season she made her own, will appear in a varied and attractive repertoire. Madlle. SPEZIA Will have the honour to appear for the First Time at the Opening of the Season in Donizetti's Opera of LA. FAVORITA. Immediately after Madlle. ORTOLANI Will make leer first appearance asElvira, in Eellini's Operao; I PURITANI. Elvira Madlle. ORTOLANI. Arturo Madame ALBONI Will arrive before the Ist of May, and will make her first ap- Pearaneo this Season as Azucena, in Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. The Union of Three of these distinguished Primo Donne, Madlle, SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLANI, and Madlle. PIC COLOMINI, Will be effected in Mozart's Opera of IL DON GIOVANNI, Which will be produced with the perfection of ensemble and details necessary to realise the intentions of its great author. All the great Artistes of the Establishment will join in aiding the efforts of the Director to do honour to the noble work of the Shakspeare of music. Signor GIUGLINI. This charming Tenor will have the honour of inaugurating the opening of the Theatre, and will make his first appear enc.) as Fernando, in the Opera of LA FAVORITA. The distinguished Basso Profondo, gnor VILETTI, Will also make his Si first appea A rance at the opening of the Theatre. The admired Tenor, Signor BOTARDI, Will mako his first appearane3 early in the season. Besides the principal executants of last year, the Orchestra has been strengthened by the engagement of, amongst others, Signor PEZZE, First Violoncello of La Scala, and • signor GIRALDONI, First Contrebasso of Bergamo, La Scala, dre. The Chorus will be numerous and effective. In addition to the union of operatic talent at the opening of the season, the inauguration of the Ballet portion will be made by the fascinating Artiste, Madlle. POCCHINI. Tho most successful Ballot, LA ESMERALDA, Will be revived expressly for her debut. Early in the season, Madlle. BOSCIIETTI and Mad lle. KATRINE will appear. • Madlle. MARIE TAGLIONI Will arrive early in May, and will shortly afterwards appear in a New Ballet, composed expressly for her by M. Paul Taglioni. Madame ROSATI Will appear n a Ballet Divertissement from Auber and Scribe's New Ballet of MARCO SPADA, Nov preparing for her at the Acalemie Imperials, Paris. Principal Artist to the Establishment — Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL. The Costume Department under the sole direction of Mme. COPERE. Executed by M. LAUREYS and Mrs. MASTERMAN. Principal Machinist-• Mr. D. SLOMAN. Head of the Property Department—Mr. BRADWELL. The Subscription will consist of Thirty Nights, and the terms will be as follow : Pit Boxes .. Grand Tier One Pair Two Pair . Pit Stalls . 150 guineas. • 201 „ 150 „ ▪ 100 „ 25 „ The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAY, April 14, when will be presented Don'zetti's Opera of LA FAVORITA. Leonora Baldassare Fernando Signor GIUGLINI. To be followed (first time these 10 yens) by the favourite Ballet of LA ESMERALDA. Founded on Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame do Paris." La Esmeralda Madlle, POCCHINI. Claude Frollo Signor RONZANI. AND Pierre Gringoire M. MASSOT. All the Boxes and Stalls having been disposed of for the Subscription or Opening Night, the same Opera and Ballet will be Repeated on THURSDAY, April 16 (it being an extra night not included in tire subscription). A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each. The doors will open at half-past seven ; the Opera ma ineuceS at eight. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.--flecretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu tion 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, for one month, and for a 'onger 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 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 great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Riocadilly. ' By (voter. W. J. COCKERILL Secretary. TTIE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. Just published, price Is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamp., ELF-PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise ei on to cure of Nervous and Generative Debility, resulting Physiology passage from vicious ha bits acquired during the critical to manhood, with pra ctical observations on the Mar riage in its social, moral, and physical relation, and remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of a' life within life,'' an d its utility in urinary examination in detecting the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with nume rous engravings and ca'e g • BY S. 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It is'absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated with oat incurring grievous penalties, and when wlsdoM and re suc ceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-i n d u lgence, bow those petalties may be mitigated, how the sting el their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its conscqucnces mu he avoided, and, above all, that there is scavely any degree of physics! imirmit.y or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot appek maybe so P ar ub e l ) i ; sh G e d c Sherwood r b d y l4 6,Lm bad of Hannay and Co., 63, Oi„-street;-street ; Horny, 19, Leicester "ldenbC:ll2s2t3reePt:tennir t o .r s o t m er t . rhoew Author,, may be consulted ditty, from 11 till 2, and from I? ;44 ~,,, t 0 rest \ deuce, 37, Bedford. square, Loam. - d li o ' The work may be had in India., of Mr. on Litzky, Loll Bazaar ; Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. Hormnsjee, Apollo-street; Bombay— • Circulator Oftlae i Madras—Mefussilite Office ; Agra—Dodsworth Coiontho, Ceylon; ang. At p.ll 13ooksellers.throughout the Colonies. (N o . 20,218) ROYAL ITInI A. I2 - N 0 1 P 8 4RA, LYCEUM, Mr. GYE begs most respectfully to announce that the Royal Italian Opera will, during the Season of 1857, be given at the Theatre Royal Lyceum. The opening will take place on TUESDAY, APRIL 14th. It was the intention this year that the performance of the Opera should take place at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, chiefly with a view to afford, accommodation to those, large classes of the musical public who, for so long, have been the constant supporters of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Gar den, but unforeseen circumstances have prevented this-inten tion being fulfilled. -Mr. GYE has in consequence again taken the Lyceum Theatre, and while he much regrets the exclu sion of a great portion of the general public from the per formances of the present season, he has at the same time the satisfaction of being able, by judicious alterations in ale building, to accommodate a very considerable number of the regular Subscribers. . It is also a source of gratification to know that an almost universal approval was expressed at the, perfection of the per formances at the Lyceum lastseason, many Subscribers indeed even preferring the smaller theatre on account of the facility in seeing and hearing the entertainments, as well as ler the elegance and exclusiveness of the audiences. GYE trusts, however, that for the Season 1858 he will be able to restore to the Royal Italian Opera a home equal, if not superior, to that of which it has been deprived ; in the meantime he begs most respectfully to entreat the continuance of that warm and generous support which has so long been accorded to him, and without which he would scarcely have had the fortitude to battle with the consequences of. the ca:a mity of last year. " It will be seen by the following outline that there has been no relaxation in the endeavour to render the, arrangements of the present season as complete as possible ; that the great attiste3 are engaged—artistes, whether as sopranos, tenors, baritones, or bas>es, are as yet without riva's; that tho cele brated Orchestra, and its most accomplished Conductor, as well as the Grand Chorus, still form part of the establishment; and, in fact, that an extraordinary combination - of talent, such as has procured for the Royal Italian Opera an European reputation, is again assembled. In addition to the Operas performed last season arrange ments have been entered into with Monsieur Scribe and Mon sieur Auber, the Author and Composer of FRA DIAVOLO, to adapt that beautiful Opera for the Italian Stage, tnd it will be produced with entirely New Recitatives and additional Poetry and Music, written expressly for the Royal Italic's Opera. Herold's Romantic Opera of ZAMPA, With new arrangements and aLerations, will be performed for the First Time at the Royal Italian Opera. Cimarosa's IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO will be revived. Also Mozart's Opera, LE NOZZE DI FIGARO. DON PASQUALE Will be performed for the rentree of Signor LAILACTIE. Mereadante's Opera, IL GIURAMENTO Will be performed for the First lime at the Royal Italian Opera. Verdi's Opera, LA TRAVIATA, Will be produced early in the season. The principal charac ters by Signor MARIO, Signor GRA ZIANI, AND Madame BOSIO. With such a list of artistes as the following, it need scarcely be said that the castes of these operas must he powerful. The Engagements for the present Season are— Madame GRIST and Madame BOSIO. Madame ROSA DEVRIES, Madame TAGLIAFICO, Mademoiselle MARAI, Mademoiselle DIDIEE. ALSO Mademoiselle PAREPA, ;From the Royal Theatre at Lisbon, her first appearance in England), AND Mademoiselle VICTOIRE BALFE, (Her first appearance on the stage). TENORI. Signor bIARIO, Signor NERI BAR ALDI, Signor SOLDI, and Signor GARDONI An engagement' will be offered to. Signor TAMBERLIK on his arrival from the Brazils. . BASSI BARITONI. Signor RONCONI. Signor GRAZIANI. BASSI PROFIINDI. Signor LABLACHE, Signor POLONINI, His first appearance these I Monsieur 2ELGER, two years), AND Signor TAGLIAFICO, Herr FORMES. The Orchestra and Chorus will be as last year. Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Mr. COSTA. Maestro al Piano and Composer }Signor PANIZZA, of the Ballet Music Chorus Master M. SMYTHSON. Prompter Sig. MONTERA SI. Poet Sig. MAGGIONI. The engagements for the Ballet are : • Mademoiselle CERITO. Mademoiselle DELECHAUX, (Her first appearance) AND j‘lademoiselle PLUNKETT. Mademoiselle ESPER and Mademoiselle EATTALTNI. Mademoiselle LEBLOND, Mademoiselle EMMA, Mademoiselle MARIE and Mademoiselle ELISE. Maitre de Ballet Monsieur DESPLACES. Stage Manager Mr. A. HARRIS. Scenic Artiste Mr. W. BEVERLEY. Leader of the Ballet Mr. A. MELLON. Machinist Mr. SLOMAN. The appointMcnts by Mr. PRESCOTT. Artistes Costumiers............Madame MARZI9, Monsieur GUSTAVE and Mr. COOI4IBS. The Subscription will be for Forty Nights, commencing On TUESDAY, APRIL 14ru. Applications for Boxes and Stalls to be made to Lir. Parsons, at the Box-office of the Theatre inWellington-street. MADAME RIVORI.-LYCEUM THEATRE. R. GYE- begs most respectfully to announce LN.L. that he has entered into an engagement with the celebrated Italian Tragedienne, Madame RISTORI, together with her ITALIAN DRAMATIC COMPANY. Madame RISTORI will give FIFTEEN Performances in Lon don, commencing the First Week in June. Full particulars will be duly announced. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL AT ,THE CRYSTAL PALACE. Under the especial patronage of Her Majesty the QUEEN and H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. Notice is given, that applications for tickets for places, reserved andnumbereci as stated, are ono guinea each for each performance, or at two guineas and a ha:f for one place for the series of three performances, can now, be re ceived, and the places secured in numerical order, at the Crystal Palace, or by letter addressed to the Secretary there ; at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 79, Lombarell street ; and at the Central Ticket Office, No. 2, Exeter-hall. The seats which are at present disposable consist of four blocks of 500 places, each in the most eligible position in the centre of the great Transept, the front row being about 40 feet, and the back 140 feet from the conductor's seat. These . 2,000 seats are all equally good, and no cue place has any ad vantage over any other. Parties applying at present can secure their seats being within these four blocks, but until the arrangements are more perfectly matured it is impossible definitely to particularise position. In allotting seats to those who shall have applied beforo the 20th of April, pre ference must be given to those who tate sets of seats for the three performances. N.B.—No application can bo attended to unless accompanied by a remittance for the price of the places applied for. It is requested that Post-office orders be made payable to George Grove; at the General Post-office, and that cheques be made payable to the Company, and crossed Union Bank of London. Subscribers for annual eeason tickets for the Crystal Palace are respectfully informed that such tickets will not be available for these performances. The THREE PERFORMANCES are now definitively fixed to take place as follows, viz.—MONDAY, June 15. " MES SIAH ; " WEDNESDAY, June 17, " JUDAS MACCA- BiEUS ; " and FRIDAY, Juno 19, " ISRAEL IN EGYPT." At these performances the orchestra will consist of nearly 2,500 performers, viz.-2,000 chorus, and 300 stringed and a due proportion f wind instruments. The entire musical arrangements are undertaken by the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter Hall. Conductor, Mr. Costa. By Order. GEORGE GROVE, Secretary. Crystal Palace, March 21, 1857. / r .-7 ~~ ~ _~ ~ /JJ ~i'~ ; ~'Zt~' j~~.~-z _)Z~ G isV c ' r -/ • 2 .p!k tin" .., A 4 • • tiqtiniAzifir , p AP .tY 4,, ~ , •.; •4*,•, ; ,i tt A v Aleie • • ' t tt" - , • . 4 . S 7 1 L z , • • . . , r • - ' , - Air *A24‘4 ,16 tri Vt ' I J) ; - " • • ; Y" - 1 , - , 0 43 DIJA) , . A` • Nv--,e•=--. m if p NV s • ) 49:m6i (l'u'gs liar Thin%) This moining our readers another glimpse into the arts, _ dotes of Witchcraft, as believed, _ _ in England in the year of grace 187. Fot the authority of the communication we can entirely vouch, and its interest is considerable, not merely as authenticating the nature of the delusions still current in the country, but more especially as exhi biting the phase which these persuasions assume in the case of respectable persons and well-regulated parishes. The truth is, we fear, that much of the material out of which the follies and barbarities of the 17th century were constructed exists to the present day, and if the results are less deplorable it is owing rather to better administration than superior enlightenment. The example now given is supplied by the evidence and arguments of a yeoman farmer—well-conducted, pretty well to do, and possessed of at least as much religious and ge neral knowledge as falls usually to the lot of his class. His wife being ill, he betakes himself to a neighbouring magistrate, relates his affliction at tributes it to the machinations of a certain witch, and applies for the magistrate's warrant to have her " proved," according to the use and practice of our f or J fathers. The mention of the case in the neigh bourhood bring s out other allusi ons , anecdotes, and confession until at length it becomes plain enough that the app (nut's opinions on this subject repro .% private creed of the whole i%! sent pretty neaf.ly the parish. Mr. Disraeli was cetainly wrong in saying that the Desert was the only' place for purity of tradi tion. No Egyptian necroeeancers could have pre served their mysteries more faithfully than the in habitants of this British county. The principles and maxims disclosed are of the real genuine stamp, unimpeachable iu their 'antiquity, unimpaired in their proportions, unadulterated in their folly. The " proving" of the witch is the true old trial, without cross or blemish—a real Devil's ordeal. Innocence of ordinary crimes used to be tested in. early days by appeals to the immeeliate agency of Providence, so that fire was expected not to burn, or blows to hurt, in the case of a person unjustly accused. But innocence of witchcraft was. proved by-an inversion of the test. The agency here pro voked was that of the Devil, and if impunity ensued. the verdict was that of conviction, not of acquittal, since the Prince of Darkness was held to have be trayed his sympathies in the protection of his own. The unfortunate consequence of these assumptions was that the incriminated party had no chance of escape either way. In the common ordeal, or appeal to Heaven, safety in the experiment brought safety altogether ' • but in the proof of witchcraft safety in the trial brought destruction afterwards, and acquittal was only established by death in the process. A reputed witch was thrown into the water. As a human being in such case would usually sink and perish, it was held as evidence of diabolical support if the accused was found to 'swim, and the stake awaited her accordingly '. • if no such aid was forthcoming she went to the bottom in the odour of innocence, and . there re mained. The reader will discern in the stories now set before him with what remarkable fidelity this theory has been preserved. It is only in the touches of humanity and public order that the ideas of the 19th century peep out. The farmer still desires to have the witch "swum," but he applies first for a magistrates's sanction, and would do it tenderly and with precautions, so as "not to hurt her." Another notable persuasion of the good old times was to the effect that these pre sumed dealers with the Devil were in the habit of suckling young imps at certain abnormal teats, presenting the appearance of moles on the skin. The method of diagnosis on these occasions consisted in probing the moles to the quick with sharp pointed bradawls ; and the famous Hopkins, the Witchfinder, was renowned for the peculiar dex terity of his manipulation. We suspect that the vitality of this tradition also may be detected in one of the requests preferred by the farmer to the magistrate. There is little novelty in any of the symptoms detailed as evincing the agency in question. As are the witches, so is their work—the veritable repro duction of ages long past. It would be almost a startling piece of testimony to find some entirely new feature or apparition, but, unlu icily, nobody ever sees or hears anything except what tradition represents as being seen or heard under such cir cumstances. The most curious part of the state ments now published consists, we think, in the evidence of the counterpart traditions-traditions containing antidotes to witchery, which are hoarded and handed down like family recpes. In intro ducing one of these to the magistrate's notice the farmer observed, in a phil. sophic tone, "These, you see, sir, are little schemes which go from one generation to another. There is always something to be learned out of the weakest and ignorantest." The "little scheme" produced on the present oc casion from this repository of lore consisted in taking some hairs from the "noddle " of the be witched woman's neck, some parings of her nails, - and some nails from a horseshoe, and putting the whole together in a bottle on the fire. When the bottle bursts the experimenters look out of window, and there the guilty witch or wizard will be seen standing before them. Nor was this the only counter spell available. When the evil disposed person had been thus identified there were means of getting rid of her very simply in deed. The impulse of the Devil would drive her to the house she was afflicting, and it was only necessary to refuse all speech of her to .send her back to her own home to die. Oue case, it will be seen, was related in which the actual employment of this method with a full and due result was said to have occurred. In point of fact, if a household was but in posse , sion of the proper knowledge, and re solute in' applying it, it seems to us as if witches would get a good deal the worst of the game. One highly natural but exceedingly striking fea ture in the discourse here put before us is the clashing and discord of ideas produced in the con flict between delusions of the 17th century and realities of the 19th. It is hard to say which ap pears the strongest—faith in spells or belief in parochial government. Witches are spoken of one minute as if they were born children of the Devil, and the next as if they were poachers or tramps. The farmer had argued with the magistrate about the Witch of Eudor and about Jewish demoniacs, but when it came to the push, and as a last resort, he asks whether a man who " has to pay the rates and taxes, hard and fast," ought to be bothered in this kind of way ? Satan might bo roaring and ramping about, but he couldn't be stronger than the Squire. " Sir, if our Squire knew that there was any such bad things as witchcraft about, he would have it altered.' Even in the ease of the very witch believed to be at work the final appeal shows the ratepayer triumphant over the victim of superstition. He had been pleading very hard for the swimming and the proving—for the pond and the rope ; but at last he says, "Couldn't you have her hitched off to the Union? That might be a benefit 1" We shouldn't wonder if it proved as hard a trial as any. It is horrifying to think of the cruelties which in former times were practised under the influence of persuasions like these, when poor unhappy creatures, almost always aged and helpless, wero liable to treatment of the most barbarous descrip tion on charges which could always be made and could hardly be disproved. In the present case our informant tells us that the accused woman is harmless, respect able, and too infirm to stir much labouring under aberration of mind. Y et this, we dare say, is the type of from bewitched, her cottage, o i t s t aegveidwhile the woman, tho ug ht to beently ma ny a case attended in days gone by with atro cities too terrible to be thought of. In this de partment, however, of the subject matters stand on a pretty good footing ; nor is there much danger that witchcraft can involve anything worse than fraud or folly so long as men of charity and intelli gence, like our correspondent and his colleagues, can temper the superstition of their neighbourhoods by advice and superintendence. For a more radi cal cure we must look to education, and such ex amples as we have recently given ought to teach us more strongly than any arguments how urgently progress is required. [PRICE 4D• rEAMPED 51; Monarch, 84, Rear-Adm. H. W: Bruce, Capt. G. E. Patey, S , - Pacific. 7.lonkey, st.-tug, Sec. ,11.1a5..G. Syudercombe (act.), Wool- wich. Myrmidon, 4, st.-v., Lient.-Com. E. W. Shaw, 1852, Coast of Africa. Naiad, 42, store•ship, bias, Com. W. W. Dillon, 1843, Callao. Nankin, 50, Capt. the Hon. K. Stewart, 1842, East Inches. Nautilus, 6, Lieut.-Com. W. B. Grant, 1852, apprentice ship, Davenport. Nereus, 42, store-depot, Mae.' Corn. J. C. Harlow, 1825, Valparaiso. Niger, 14, en., Capt. the Hon. A. A. Cochrane, 1854, East Nile, 91, screw, Capt. G. R. Mundy, 1837, N. America and W. Indies. Nimrod, 6,.screw, Cora. R. Dew, 1854, Portsmouth. Oberon, 3, st.-v., Jackson,lB46,Woolwich. Opossum, 2, se. gun-boat, Lt.-Com. C. A. Campbell, 1852, E. Indies. Orion, 91, sc., Capt. J. E. Erskine, 1828, W. Indies and N. America. Osprey, 4, sc., Com. H. J. Blomfield,lBss,Mediteeranean. Otter, 3, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. C. H. Simpson, 1848, part. service. Pearl, 20, se.. Capt. E. S. Sotheby, 1852, E. Indies. Pembroke, 60, Capt. J. Fraser, C. 8., 1841, Coast Guard service. _ . Penelope, 16, st.-v., Capt. Sir W. S. Wiseman, Bart., 1854, Coast of Africa. Perseverance, 2, tr.-ship, Com. J. W. D. M'Donald, part. ser. •- - • Pigmy, 3, st., Lieut--Com. --, particular service. Pi neer, 6, se., Com. G. P. Mends, 1854. West Indies. Pique, 40, Capt. Sir F. W. E. Nicolson, Bart., 1846, East Indies. Plover, 2, se. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. K. Stewart, 1855, East Indies. Plumper, 9, screw, Capt. G. H. Richards, 1854, part. ser. Pluto, 4, st.-v.,.Lieut.-Com. W. Swipburn, 1848, Devonpt. Porcupine, 3, st.-v., Capt. H. C. Otter, 1854, surveying. President, 50, Capt. C. Frederic, 1842 , Pacific. Princess Royal, 91, screw, Capt. G. Giffard, C. 8., 1845, particular service. Prometheus, 5, st.-v., Com. C. W. Hope, 1854, Coast of Africa. Racehorse, 14, Cora. E. K. Barnard, 1852, East Indies. Raleigh, 50, Capt. the Hon. H. Keppel, CM., 1837, East Indies. Recruit, 6, st. vessel, Corn. H. F. M‘Killopp, 1855, Mediter. Retribution, 28, et. vessel, Capt. C. Barker, MO, South America. Rhadamanthus, 4, st.-vessel, Master-Com. W. L. Browne, 1831, part. ser. Rifleman, 8, screw, Lieut.-Com. H. Christian, 1849, South east Coast of Africa. Rolla, 6, Lieut.-Ciim.'o. C. Nelson, 1854, Portsmouth. Royal Albert, 121, screw, Rear-Admiral Edmund Lord Lyons, G.O 8., K.C.H., Capt. W. R. Mends, C. 8., 1852, Mediterranean. Royal William, 120, Rear-Admiral Sir J. H. Plumridge, K. C. 8., Capt. F. Hutton, 1844, Devonport. • St. Vizicent, 102, Rear-Admiral W. F. Martin, Capt. G. A. Elliott, 1838, Portsmouth. Sampson, 6, st -v., Captain G. S. Hand, 1852, East Indies. Sanspareil, 71, screw, Capt. A. C. Key, C. 8., 1850, China. Sappho, 12, Capt. F. Moresby, 1854, Coast f Africa. Saracen, 4, Master-Com. J. Richards, 1837, East Indies. Satellite, sc., 21, Capt. J. C. Prevost, 1856. Pacific. Saturn, 72, Capt.-Sup. R. Smart, K.H., 1837, Pembroke. Scorpion, 6, Master-Com. I. Parsons, 1854, West Indies. Scourge, 6, st. -v. , Commod. J. Adams, 1854, Coast of Africa. Shannon, 51, screw, Capt. W. Peel, C. 8., 1849, China. Simoom, 8, sc., Coin. J. M. Cooke, 1852, particular service. Siren, 16, Cora. J. H. Selwyn, 1851, South America. Snake, 6, sc., Com. J. E. Commerell, 1855, Mediterranean. Southampton, 50, Captain E. P. Charlewood, 1855, Coast Guard Service. Spartan, 26, Capt. Sir W. Hoste, Bart., 1848, Fast Indies. Sphinx, 6, st.-v., Capt. A. P. E. Wilmot, C .8., Mediterran. Spiteful. 6, st.-v., Coin. E. H. Shortt, 1854, Mediterranean. Spy, 3, Lieut.-Cora. A. Luckraft, 1846, South America. Starling, sc. gun-b 4 Lieut.-Com. A. J. Villiers, 1855, E.lnd. Staunch, 2, sc. gun-b., Lieut.-Com. L. Wildman, 1854, E. In. Supply, 2, store's:, Com. W. H. Balleston ' 1845, Mediterran. Surprise, 4, sc., Com. S. G. Creswell, 1854, Devoupprt. Swallow, 8, se., Com. C L. Waddilove. 1855, Mediterran. Sybille, 40, Commod. the Hon C. G. J.B. Elliot, 1841, E. In. Tartar, 20, se., Capt. H. Dunlop, 1850, W. Ind. & N. Amer. Tartarus, 4, st., Com. A; L. Mansell, 1855, Mediterranean. Teazer, 3, se., Liut. -Com. W. H. White, 1849, Coast of Africa Termagant, 24, st. -v. , Commod. H. Kellett, C. 8., W. Indies Tortoise, 12, store-s., Capt. G. A. Seymour, 1854, Ascension Transit, se. store-s , Com. E. Chambers, 1854, Portsmouth. Tribune, 30, sc., Capt. H. E. Edgell, C 8., 1846, E. Indies. Trident, 6, sc,-v., Corn. F. A. Close, 1854: Coast of Africa. Trincomalee, 24Capt. W. Houston, 1847, Pacific. Tyne, 4, storeship, Mast.-Com. J. S. Hill, 1845, Woolwich. Urgent, Sc, storeship, Corn. C. G. Phillips, 1848, particular service. Victor, 6, sc., Com. A. F. IL de Horsey, 1853, North America and West Indies. Victoria and Albert, 2, steam-yacht, Capt. the Hon. J. Denman, 1841, Portsmouth. Victory. 101, Vice-Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, K.C.8., G.C.H.; Capt. G. H. Seymour, C. 8., 1844, Portsmouth. Vigilant, 4, sc., Cora. W. Armytage, 1855, Mediterranean. Viper, 6, sc., Mediterranean. Virago. 6, st.-v.; H. V. Haggard, 1855, South-east Coast of America. . Vixen, 6, st. -v., Com. G.T.3,1 echam, Volcano, 3, st.-v., Master-Com. Portsmouth. , 1854, particular service. J. M. Hockley, 1855, Vulcan,6, sc. tr.-ship, Cora. J. H. Furneaux, 1856, parti cular service. Vulture, 6;st.-v., Capt.F. A. Campbell, 1854, Mediterran. Wanderer, 4, se., Com. J. P. Luce, 1854, Mediterranean. Wk,sp, :3, sc., Com. F. It. Stirling, 1854, South America. Watchful, sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. J. H. Whitshed, 1854. Waterloo, 120, Vice-Admiral Hon. W. Gordon, Capt. Lord F. H Kerr, 1852, Sheerness. Wellesley, 72, Captain Sup. G. Goldsmith, C.D., 1842, Chatham. Weser, st. gun-boat, Com. C. A. Wise, 1855, Mediterra• nean. Winebester, 50, Capt. T. Wilson, 1853, East Indies. Woodcock, screw gun-boat, Lieut.• Com. 11, J. Pollard, 1855. Wrangler, sc. gun-vessel, Lieut.-Com. J. H. Marryat, 1855, Mediterranean. Wye, st. tank-vessel, Mast.-Com. G. Moore, 1843, Ports. mouth. STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY. (From " Colburn's United Service Magazine.") [Where two places aro mentio which the Depot of the ned, the last-named is that al Regiment is stationed.] 44th Do.—Shcliffe. ; Walmer 45th Da—C. G.H.; Co!ches. 46th Do.—Corfu; Mulliugar 47th Do. - -Malta ; Fermoy 48th Da—Ditto ; ditto 49th Do.—Barbados ; Wainer 50th Do.—Belfast ; Colchester 51st Do.—Curragh; Pembke 52d. Da—Bengal ; Chatham 53d Do.—Bengal ; Chatham 54th Do. —Devtipt.; Winchsr. 55th Do.—Gibraltr;Parkhrst. 56th Do.—Curragh ; Pembke. 57th Da—Malta ; Fermoy 58th Da—New Zealand;Tem plemore 59th Do.—Hong Bong ; Ath lone 60th Do. [lst bat.] —Bengal ; Chatham Do. [2d bat.]—Cape of Good Hope ; Jersey Do. [3d bat.]—Dubin ; Jet's. 61st Do.—Bengal ; Chatham 62d Do. —N. Scotia; Birr 63d Do.—Ditto ; ditto 64th Da—Bombay ; Chatham 65th Do. —NewZealand; Tem plemore 66th Do. —Aldrsht. ; Wind's. 67th Do.—Plymouth; Athlne. 68th Do.—Cephalonia ; Mul lingar 69th Do. —Barbadoes ; Wey mouth (ordered home) 70th Do.—Bengal; Chatham 71st Da—Malta ; Ft. George 172 d Do. —Guernsey, for Ports mouth; Ft. George 72d Do. Cape of Good Hope; Colchester 74th Da—Madras ; Chatham 75th Do.—Bengal ; Chatham 76th Do. —N w Brunsik ; Birr 77th Do. —Dublin ;Colchester 78th Do.—Bombay; Chatham 79th Do.—Canterby.; Stirling 80th Do.—Cape; Colchester 81st Da—Bengal ; Chatham 82d Do. —Portsm. for China 83d Do.—Bombay; Chatham 84th Da—Madras ; Chatham 85th Do.—C. of G. H. ; NOW" castle-on-Tyno 86th Da —Bombay ; Chatham 87th Do. —Bengal; Chatham 88th Da—Aldersht: Temple more —Cape for New Zea landColchester 9 8 0 9 t t h h Dboo ; ortsm. for China . .. r 91st Da—Corfu ; Preston 92d Do. —Gibraltar ; Ft. Geo. 93d Do.—Dover for China 94th Do.— Curragh ; Pembrk. 95th Do.—Dublin • Fermoy 96th Do. —Gibralt. ; Parkhrst. 97th Do. Aldershot; Chi chester 98th Do.—Sheffield; Aldersh. 99th Do.—Cork Rifle Brigade (Ist bat.)—Al dershot • Winchester Do. (2d bat. )!--Do.; do. Do. (3d bat.)—Alder. for C. of G. H.; Winchester Ist W. India Regt.— Jamaica 2d Do.—Demerara 3d Do.—Jamaica Ceylon Rifle Regt.—Ceylon Cape M. Rifles—C. of G. H. Royal Canadian Rifle Regt.— Canada St. Helena Regt.—St. Helena Royal Newfoundland Corps— Newfoundland Royal Malta Fencibles—Malta Gold Cst. Corps—Cape C. Cstl. Military Train (Ist bat.)—Ald. Do. (2d bat.) Curragh for China Do. (3d bat.)—Aldershot Do. (4th bat.) Bristol for Curragh Do. (sth bat.)—Aldershot Do. (6th bat.)—York Ist Life Guards—Windsor 2d Do.--Regent's-park ill. Horse Grds.---Hyde-park Ist Dragoon Guards—Exeter 2d Do.—Dublin For Can -3d Do.—Dnbliu s terbury. 4th Du.—Sheffield sth Do.—Piershill 6th Do. —Bengal; Maidstone 7th Do.—Manchester Ist Dragoons—Dublin 2d Do.—Dublin 3d Do.—liouuslow, for Newb. 4th Do.—Brighton 6th Do.—Shorucliffe • 7th Hussars—Aldershot Bth Do.—Dundalk 9th Lancers --Bpi : Maidst. 10th Hussars—Birmingham 11th Hussars—Hounslow 12th Lancers—Mdrs: Maidst. 13th Light Dragoons—Cahir 14th Do.—Bombay: Maidst. 15th Hussars --Dorchester 16th Lancers—Kilkenny 17th Do.—Dublin Grenadier Guards [lst hat.]--- Portman Barracks Do. [2d bat.]—Dublin Do. [3d bat. }—Windsor Coldstream Guards [lst bat.] —Aldershot Do. [2d bat.] —Wellington B. Scots Fusilier Gds. [lst bat.] —St.. George's Bks, Do. [2d bat.]—Tower Ist Foot [lst bat. ]—Curragh Glasgow Do. [2d Usti—Malta, for Gib.: Glasgow 2d Do.—Cape of Good Hope; Colchester 3d Do.—Cdrfu ; Mullingar 4th Do.—Dublin; Colchester sth Do.—Mauritius, foe-Hong Kong ; Preston 6th Do.—Cape ofGood Hope, Col 7th Do.—Aldershot; Pem. Bth Do.—Bengal ; Chatham 9th Do,—Canada; Limerick 10th Do. Bengal ; Chatham 11th Do.—N.S.W. ; Butte vant (ordered home) 12th Do.—[lst bat ] Tas mania ; Colchester Do. [2d bat.] —Cage of Good Hope ; Colchester 13th Do. —Cape of Good Hope; Colchester 14th Do.—Malta ; Fermoy 15th Do.—Gibraltar; Park hurst (ordered home) 16th Do.—Canada; Limerick 17th Do.—Canada • Limerick 18th Do.—Curragli; Birr 19th Do.—Aldershot ; Parkst th Do.—Aldershot ; Chich 21st Do.—Malta ; Glasgow 2 2 3 2 d d p 3)00 . _Aplodretis•smhootut h C , hi c hf for China 24th Do. —Bengal ; Chatham 25th Do.—Manches.; Preston 26th Da—Bermuda; Chatm. 27th Da—Bengal ; diitto 28th Do.—Malta; Fermoy 31st Do.—Gib. ; Ptn forrGrsib ; 29th ; a C rihu h Chatham 30th . 32d Do.—Bengal ; Chatham 33d Do.—Mauritius; Colches. 34th Do.—Edinburg; Pakrst. 35th Do.—Bengal ; Chatham 36th Da—Jamaica; Cork (or dered home) 37th Do. —Ceylon ; Chatham 38th Do.—Curragh ; Fermoy 39th Do. —Canada ; Buttev. 40th Do.—N. S. W. ; Temple more 41st Do.— Shcliffe. ; Walmer 42d Do.—Dover ; Stirling 43d Do.—Madras ; Chatham The payment of tea duties under the reduced scale have already been extremely heavy. At the London. Customhouse alone the ameuut has been 320,9001. THE RATE OF DISCOUNT.—The Bank of England, which during the recent shutting of the transfer books has made its usual quarterly advances on stock at 6i per cent., gave notice yesterday afternoon that the rate for such advances will now be 7 per cent., and that they will be limited to seven days. This movement was not generally known until after business hours, when it caused Consols to be sold at a further decline. It is, however, precisely similar in character to that adopted at the approach of the dividend payments in January last. The rate of discount was then 6 per cent., and the charge for loans on Government securities was put up to 6i. The step might therefore have been antici pated. Within the last five weeks the aggregate amount taken from the Bank on these securities has been ez tremely large, and now that the ostensible r e ason for which the assistance was granted no longer exists, it is right that they should be brought within a compass not to interfere with the supplies available for regular com mercial operations. The Bank is not bound, either by precedent or in any other way, to make these advances after payment of the dividends on any terms whatever, and supposing an anticipation to have been entertained of the necessity of increasing the stringency of the Fs.. Fent discount arrangements, it may be presumed they would have been withheld altogether. Whether this will ultimately be adopted may depend probably upou the gold movements of the present week.—Telnat. The Orwell has arrived from Melbourne with 49,384 ounces of gold, valued at 197,5361., and the Derwent with 16,263 ounces, valued at 65,0521. ~~~ LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APitli, 7, 1857. 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Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy, Himeriet- place. 11th April, 1857. TilE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do Hereby Give 'Notice. that on TUESDAY, the 21st inst., at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyard at Woolwich with Surveyor of the Navy, and is Constructed with a spar-deck, differing in this respect from the Cad mus, 21, and the'Charybdis, 21, corvettes, built at Chatham. The following are the proportions of the Racoon :—Length between perpendiculars, 200 ft. ; length for tonnage, 'l7lft. gin. ; extreme breadth, 40ft. 4in. ; breadth for tonnage, 40ft. ; breadth moulded, 39ft. 4in. ; depth iu hold, 22ft. Bin. ; burden, 1,462 • tons. She is to be launched on the 25thinstant. STATIONS OF THE .ROYAL NAVY IN co ArMISSION. (From " Colburn's United Service Magazine.") (Corrected to March 27.) With the 'date's of Commissiqn of the Officers in Command. Acorn, 12; Com. A. W. A. Hood, 1854, East Indies. Actroon, 26, Com. W. T. Bate, 1848, East Indies, Ajax, 60, screw, Capt. R. S. Robinson, 1840, Devonport. Alarm, 26, Captain D. Curry, 1846, Pacific. Alban, 4, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander the Hon. W. B. De Blaquire, 1844, particular service. Alecto, 5, st.-vessel, Com. J. Hunt, 1854, Coast of Africa. Algerine, screw gun-boat, Lieutenant Commander C. T. Forbes, 1848, Woolwich. Amethyst, 26, Captain S. Grenfell, 1850, East Indies. Amphitrite, 24, Captain E; Tatham, 1854, Coast Guard. Antelope, 3, steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander J. W. Pike, 1848, Coast of Africa. Arab, 12, Commander, R. B. Pearse, 1856, North America and West Indies. Arachne, 18, Com. V. 0. Inglefield, 1848, N. America and W. Indies. Archer, 14, se., Captain E. Heathcote, 1852, W. Indies and N. A merica. Ariel, 9, scr., Corn. F. A. Manse, 1855, Mediterranean. Army>, 4, scr. gun-vessel, Corn. S. H. Henderson, 1855, Mediterranean. Atalanta, 16, Com, T. M. S. Pasley, 1855, N. America and W; Indies. Atholl, 4, store-ship, Lieut.-Com. G. S. Boys, 1845, parti cular service. Bann, st.-v., Lieut.-Col. 3. S. Hudson, 1854, Woolwich. Banterer, se. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. B. C. T. Pim, 1850, Devonport. • Barracouta, 6, st.-sloop, Com. T. D. A. Fortescue, 1854, East Indies. Basilisk, 6,'st.-ves., Com. G. A Phayra, 1854, N. America and W. Indies. Beagld 4 sc. gun-vessel, Lieut.-Com. W. N. W. Hewett, 1854, Mediterranean. Belleisle, hosp.-s., C9m. J. R. Redd, 1851; Devonport. • Bittern, 12, Com., East Indies. Black Eagle, st..yac., Mast. -Com. J. E. Pettey, 1844, Woolw Blenheim, 60, screw, Capt. Hon. F. T. Pelham, C. 8., 1840, Portsmouth. Bloodhound, 3, Lieut.-Commander C. R. Robson, 1851, Coast, of Africa. Boscowen, 70, Rear-Admiral A. Fanshawe, C. 8., Captain W. F. Glanville, 1846, N. American and West Indies. Brilliant, 20, Captain J. A. Paynter, 1854, North America and West Indies. Brisk, 14, screw, Com. A. J. Courtis, 1852, Pacific. Brune, screw gun-boat, Lieutenant-Commander A. 11, Hoskins, 1849, Woolwich. Brunswick, 90, sc., Capt. H. Broadhead, 1846, Mediter ranean. Bustard, 2, sc. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. T, B. Collinsou, 1850, East Indies. Calcutta, 84, Rear Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.8., Cap tain W. K 4 Hall, C. 8., 1853, East Indies. , Cambridge, 78, Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., 1850, Devon port. Camilla, 16, Com. G. T. Colville, 1855, East Indies. Caradoc, 2, steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander H. A. Cla vering, 1847, Mediterranean. Castor, 36, Commod. H. D. Trotter, Cape of Good Hope. Centaur, 6, st.-v., Capt. W. J. C. Clifford, C. 8., 1847, Mediterranean. Centurion, 80, sc., Capt. E. G. Fanshawe, 1845, Medi termnean. Chilpers, 12, Com. V. G. Hickley, 1850, Coast of Africa. Clown, se. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. W. F. Lee, 1855, Devon port. Colossus, 80, Captain T. S. Thomson, 1846, Lisbon. Columbia, 6, steam surveying vessel, Com. P. F. Short land,.lB4B, North America, and West Indies. Comus, 14, Com. R 1853, East Indies. Conflict, 8, screw, Coin. T. Cochran, 1851, Devonport. Conqueror, 100, se., Capt. H. R. Yelvertou, C.B. 1843, Mediterranean. Coquette, 4, sc. Com. -11. C. Gly, 1855, Mediterranean. Cormorant, 4 9 se. Com. J. Saumarez, 1854, Portsmouth. Cornwallis, 60, Capt. R. A. Powell, C. 8., 1855, Coast Guard service. Cossack, 20, screw, Capt. J. H. Cockburn, 1850, North America and West Indies. Cressy, 80, sc., Capt. R. L, Warren, 1839, Mediterranean. Crocodile, 8, rec. sh., Corn. W. Greet, 1854, off the Tower. Cruiser, 17, se.' ' Com. C. Fellowes, 1855, East Indies. Cuckoo, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. A. G. E. Murray, 1841, Sheer. ness. • Curacoa, 30, screw, Capt. the Hon. G. F. Hastings, 1845, Mediterranean. Curlew, 8, screw, Corn. W. Horton, 1855, Mediterranean. Dasher, 2, Cong. E. G. Hore, 1854, Channel Islands. Dee, 4, tr.-sh, Mast.-Coin. T. C. Pullen, 1844, particular service. • Desperate, 8, screw, Corn. G. M. Jackson, 1855, Mediter ranean. Devastation, 6, at.-v., Com. E. Marshall, 1852, particular service. Drake, sc. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. W. Arthur, 1854, Ports mouth. Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8., 1853, Portsmouth. Eagle, 50, Capt. H. A. Story, 1855, Coasi i Guard Service. Edinburgh, 58, se., Capt. E. P. Halsted, 1842, Sheerness. Electra, 14, Com. W. Morris (b), 1546, Chatham. Elk, 12, Com. J. F. C. Hamilton, 1854, East Indies. Encounter, 14, sc., Capt. G. W. D. O'Callaghan, 1846, East Indies. Esk, 20, sc., Capt. Sir R. J. Le M. M'Clure, 1850, East Indies. • Euryalus, 50, sc., Capt. G. Ramsay, C. 8., 1843, N. Ame rica and West Indies. Eurydice, 26, Capt. J. W. Tarleton, C. 8., 1852, N. Ame rica and West Indies. Excellent, 46, gunnery ship, Capt. Sir T. Maitland, C. 8., 1837, Portsmouth. Exmouth, 91, sc. Capt. H. Eyres, C. 8., 1841, Devonport. Fairy, screw yacht, tender to Victoria and Albert yacht, Portsmouth. Falcon, 17, sc., Corn. H. Campion, 1855, North America and West Indies, Firefly, 4, Com. G. F. Day, 1855, Coast of Africa. Firm, sc. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. B. G. W. Nicolas, 1849, Portsmouth. Fisgard, 42, Commodore J. Shepherd, 1840, 'Woolwich. Forester, 2, sc. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. A. J. lunes, 1853, East Indies. Formidable, 84, Captain J. J. Tucker, 1838, Sheerness. Frolic, 16, Com. L. W. Peyton (acting), Cape of Good Hope. Furious, 16, st.-ves. ' Capt. S. Osburu,, Capt. S. Osborn, C. 8., 1855, Portsmouth. Fury, 6, st.-v., Com. C. T. Leckie, 1854, East Indies. Geyser, 6, st.-v., Com. A. Tower, 1854, Cape of Good Hope. Gladiator, 4, st.-v., Capt. C. F. Hillyar, 1852, Medi terranean. Gorgon, 6, st.-v., Com; G. W. Towsey, 1855, Meditr ranean. Harpy, 1, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. G. A; Brine, 1845, Mediter ranean. Harrier, 16, screw, Corn. S. H. Deniman, 1854, South America. Haughty, 2, sc. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. R. V. Hamilton, 1851, East Indies, Havannah, 19, Capt T. Harvey, 1848, Pacific. • Hawke, 60, Sc., Capt. J. Wilcox, C. 8., 1850, Coast Guard Service. • Hecate, 6, st.-v., Com. G. F. Burgess, 1854, Coast of Africa. Hecla, 6, A.-v., Com. E. D'O. D'A. Aplin, 1653, Coast of Africa. _ Herald, 8, sur.-T., Capt. H. M. Denham, 1846, South Seas. Hermes, 6, st..v., Coin. W. E. A. Gordon , 1854, Coast of Africa. Hesper, sc. store-ship, Master-Com. Hill, Woolwich. Hibernia, rec.-ship,Rear-Admiral the lion. Sir M. Stopford, K.C.8., Com. E. K. H. Hallett, 1851, Malta. Highflyer, 21, sc., Captain C. F. A. Shadwell, C. 8., 1853, East Indies. Himalaya, sc. store-ship, Corn. W. H. Haswell, 1850, Portsmouth. Hogue, 60, Rear-Admiral Sir H. D. Chads, K.C.8., Capt. J. Pafford, 1848, Queenstown. Hornet, 17, screw, Com. C. C. Forsyth,lB49, East Indies. Illustrious, 72, Capt. R Harris, 1849, Portsmouth. Imaum, 72, Com. S. Morrish, 1851, rec.-sh., Jamaica.. Implacable, 72, Capt. A. Lowe, 1845, Devonport. Impregnable, 104, Adm. Sir W. Parker, Bart., G.C.8., Capt. C. Wise, 1847, Devonport. indefatigable, 50, Rear-Admiral W. I. H. Johnstone, Capt. T. Hope, 1852, South America. Indus, 78, Rear-Admiral Sir H. Stewart, K.C.B , Capt. W. H. Stewart, C. 8., 1854 (acting), North America and West Indies. Industry, 2, sc., store-ship, Mast.-Com. G. J. Hodges, 1841, part. ser. Inflexible, 6, steam vessel, Com. K. Corbet, 1841, East Indies. Intrepid, 6, Com. W. Wood, 1854, North America and West Indies. Iris, 26, Capt. W. Loring, C. 8., 1848, Devonport. Jackal, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. C. T. W. G. Cerjat, 1846, par ticular service. James Watt, 91, sc., Captain T. V. Anson, 1841, particu lar service. Janus, sc. gunboat, Lieut.-Com. W. 11. Jones, 1853, Ports mouth. Juno, 26, Capt. S. G. Fremantle, 1842, Australia. Kestrel, sc. gun-boat, Lieut.-Com. W. IL Rasou, 1855, Devonport. Lee, se. gan-boat, Lieut.-Com. W. Graham, 1849, Wool wich. Locust, 3, st.-v., Lieut.-Com. J. B. Field, 1846, Sheerness. Lynx, 4, sc. gun-vessel, Com. R. B. Oldficld, 1855, Medi terranean. Madagascar, rec.-ship, Com. E. M. Leycester, 1856, Rio Janeiro. Mwander, 44, Capt. the lion. J. R. Drummond, C. 8., 1846, Coast Guard Service. Magicienne, 16, at.-v., Capt. N. Vansittart, 1854, Medi terranean. Majestic, 91, sc., Capt. J. Hope, 1838, Mediterranean. Malacca, 17, st.-v., Capt. A. Farquhar, 1849, Moditer rancan. Mariner, 12, Com. W. R. G. Palliser, 1855, West Indies. Medina, 4, st.-v., Capt. T. A. B. Spratt, 1855, Me ditermnean, Medusa, 4, st.-v., Com. W. Bowden, 1854, Coast of Africa. Megmra, 6, se., Com. G. T. M. Purvis (b), 1852, particu lar service. Melampus, 42, Capt. L. G, Heath, C. 8., 1854, Coast Guard service. Melville, 72, Com. H. Trollope, 1852, Portsmouth. Merlin, 4, st.-v., Com. C. W. Buckley, 1856, Coast of Africa. Minden, store-ship, Xas.-Com. H. T. Ellis, 1848, Hong Kong. Minx, 3, screw, Lieut.-Com. R. H. Roe, 1853, Coast of Africa. Miranda, 14, so,, Captain R. Hall, 1855, Mediterranean. EASTERN' RUSSIA. 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Lieut.-General the Hon. T. Ashburnham, C. 8., appointed to the command of the military force about to be despatched to the seat of war in China, left town, accompanied by several Military officers, on Saturday evening for Alexandria, on his way to Hong Kong, to assume his command. Lieut.-Ca J. L. Simmons, C. 8., of the Royal En g ineers, who was the Queen's Commissioner at thhead-quarters of the Turkish' army under Omar Pasha, and who has received the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the Third Class for his distinguished services during the late war, left town on Friday evening for Marseilles, on his way to Constanti nople, accompanied by his staff. The gallant offi cer is now British Commissioner for the regulation of the Turco-Persian boundary. Mr. W. T. Doyne, C.E. late Chief Superinten dent of the Army Works Corps in the Crimea, has been engaged by Col. Sandham, RE., C. 8., to deliver a course of lectures on the principles and -practice of civil engineering to the Engineer Oadets under his charge. H. M. steam troopship Transit, Commander Chambers; embarked yesterday at Portsmouth 193 of the medical staff corps, 30 of the Royal Engi neers under Lieut. Campbell,' 286 of the 90th Foot, and 119 of the 59th Regt., for China. She sails this morning. S . r Airey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, together with Major-General Breton, commanding the south-west district, 04)1. Wright, Assistant-Quartermaster-General, and Brigade Major Nelson, minutely inspected the Transit on the troops embarking ; they also inspected the Himalaya, which will embark the head-quarters of the 90th about the end of the week for the same destination. We have already given the.names of the, officers of the 90th who go out in the' Transit, and Himalaya. Those of the 594 h are Captains Montmorency and Kean, Lieutenants Hacket,. Lawson, Drage, Cuckell, and Crosse ; Ensigns. Shaw, M‘Mullin, Bowen, and Telford. Yesterday troops selected from the depots at the' provisional battalion, Chatham, consisting of 130 non-commissioned officers and men, in charge or eight officers, proceede 1 to the fortifications near Prince Henry's Bastion, for the purpose of going through a course of escalading, in conjunction with the troops of the Royal Engineers under Major F. C. Hassard, R.E. Second Class Staff-Surgeon E. Menzies, in me dical charge of the troops stationed at Tilbury Fort, has been ordered_ to embark forthwith for China, and Second Class Surgeon Mildmay has been removed from Chatham to relieve Surgeon Menzies at Gravesend. R , ar-Admiral W. P. Wallis, appointed Com , mander-in-Chief on the south-east coast of Amer rice. station, hoisted his flag yesterday mornine , 021 board the Excellent, gun ner y -shi p , at P ortsmouth, and exchanged the usual salutes with the Own,- mander-in-ehief, Sir G. Seymour. Mr. J. W. Andrews, paymaster, R.N., is appointed secretary to Admiral Wallis on board the Cumberland, 70, fitting out at Chatham. The Charity, steam-transport, is being laden with stores- from the Clarence Victualling-yard, Gosport. It is reported she will take out Rear- Admiral the Hon. Sir F. W. Grey, K.C.8., to the Cape of Good Hope, to relieve Rear-Adiniral Trotter, in command of the squadron on that sta tion. The steam-ship Dee, 4, Master-Commander T. Pullen, with shipwrights from Milford, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday. The gun-boats Kestrel and Charon, having been supplied with false keels, will be taken out of dock at Devonport to-day. The Scorpion, 6, surveying sloop, John P. Dillon, master commanding, arrived at the Big Nore early this morning, and was this afternoon towed to the Little Nore by the paddle steamer Otter, Lieut.- Commander Simpson, preparatory to being in spected by Captain Lord Frederick H. Kerr, after which, she will proceed direct to Chatham to dis mantle and pay off. The Terrible, 21, paddle frigate, in charge of Mr. Andrew Douglas, chief engineer at Chatham, :re ceived orders this morning to hasten her fitments, &c. The belief here is that she will be one, of the vessels employed to lay down the telegraphic wire between Ireland and Newfoundland. The Cumberland, 72, Captain John Dickson, is in No. 3 dry dock. She is caulked and painted, and will be coppered this week, and ready to haul out and get in her masts in about 10 days more. Admiral Wallis has not yet hoisted his flag. The Janus, 2, screw gtinboat, Lieut.-Commander William K. Jones, will haul out of No. 6 dry dock to-morrow ; and the Drake, 2, screw gunboat, Lieut.-Commander William Arthur, will haul in to have an additional false keel. Royal Sovereign, 131, length between perpendi culars, 240 ft. 6in. ; breadth, extreme, 60ft. ; breadth, moulded, 80ft. 4in. ; depth in engine room (or hold) 24ft. Bin. ; burden, in tons, 3,758, is to be launched on the 25th inst. The Nimrod, 6, screw despatch vessel, Commander Dew, arrived at Devonport on Sunday morning from Portsmouth en route to China. The Greenwich out-pension, vacant by the pro motion of Captain Hillyar to flag rank, has been conferred upon Capt. Wm. Turner. Mr. James Rusden, master, RN., who was dis missed summarily from her ajesty's ship Electra and the service on the arrival of that vessel from the Australian station, at Spithead, .has been re stored to his position in the Navy List, upon his own representation. The screw steam-ship James Watt, 91, Captain T. V. Anson, discharged her powder in Plymouth Sound on Saturday, preparatory to going into har bour. The freight-ships Mary Harrison and Coral Queen are loading provisions in the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, for China. The mail steam-ship Candace, Commander Rolt, left Plymouth on Friday afternoon for Madeira, Sierra Leone, and the West Coast of Africa. In the account given yesterday of the experi ments at Woolwich, the sample plates of sheet-iion were erroneously stated as being -" three-quarters., of an inch in thickness," whereas it should have been "three inches and a quarter in thickness." The screw steam troopship Dutchman has shipped a cargo of Ordnance stores from Woolwich Arsenal, and is to sail to-day from the London Docks for Malta, whence she is under orders to embark troops for Gibraltar. The freight-ship Samuel Gaderley, in the London Docks, is embarking Ordnance stores from Wool: wich Arsenal for St. Helena ; the Alice freight-ship is shipping a similar cargo for Demerara ; and the Annie Morice for Newfoundland. The steam store-ship Rhadamanthus, Master- Commander Browne, arrived at Woolwich on Sun day evening from Portsmouth. The Fawn, 17, screw steamsloop; at Sheerness, is ordered to be prepared for being commissioned forthwith. Instructions have been received at Woolwich from the Commander-in-Chief, ordering a still further diminution to be progressively made in the numbers of the artillery regiments by reducing 172 serjeants, 2,400 rank and file, and 1,000 horses. Pig companies thus reduced are to be continued as supernumeraries in reserve until absorbed by the corps. All recruiting for the service is, conse quently, to be suspended for the present. - The 'Racoon, 21, steam screw corvette, now just completed at Chathani Dockyard, has been built from the designs of . Sir Baldwin Walker, )