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FILIPPO VIALETTI (Of La Sca'a, Milan ; La Fe nice. Venice ; L'Oriento, Madrid, &c.—his first ap pearance). Sig. JACOBI, Sig MERCURIALI, Sig. LUIGI BOTTARDI (Of the. Carlo Felice, Genoa, dtc.—his first appearance), BELLETTI, Sig. BENEVENTANO, Sig. NAPOLEONE ROSSI, Sig. GIOVANNI CORSI Director of the Music and Conductor—Sig. BONETTI. Sous-Directeur and Maitre du Chant—Sig. VASCHETTI Suggeritore—Sig. FONTANA. BALLET. Mdle. ELISA SALITIONE (Of La Scala. Milan—her first appearance), Mdle. GIUSEPPINA MORLACCHI (Of the Teatro Regio, Turin — her first appearance), Mdle. ISABFLLA KAR LISKI PMle. CAROLINA POCCHINI (Of the Karnther Thor. Vi enna La Scala, Milan ; San Carlos, Naples ; Carlo Felice, Genoa, &c.—her first appearance). Mdle. MARIE TAGLIONI, Mdle. BOSCHETTI, Mdle. KATRINE. Mdle. TERESA ROLLA (Of La Fenice, Venice—her first appearance). Mdle. LUIGIA BRUNETTI (Of the Carlo Felice, Geaoa— her first appearance), (Of the Academie Imperialc, Paris—her first appearance), Mdle. CAROLINA. PAS QUALI . . (Of the Imperial Theatres of Vienna and Milan her first appearance) And Madame ROSATI. S;g. CASARE CHECCHETTI (His first appearance). Signori RAFFAELLE GAM BARDELLA, LUIGI VA RINI, LUIGI TURBINO, and PIETRO BUZZIO Tof the Teatro Rogio, Turin, and Carlo Felice, Genoa-- their Sret appearance), Maitres de Ballet — M. PAUL TAGLIONI, Sig. RONZANI, and M. MASSOT. Regissenr de la Danse—M. PETIT. Master of the School of Instruction—M. MASSOT. M. PAUL TAGLTONI, RONZANI, M. CHARLES, M. PIERRE MASSOT (Of the Oriente, Madrid—his first appearance), FILIPO SARA TTI (His first appearance), Madlie. PICCOLOMINI Will arrive early in April, and, in addition to the characters which last season she made her own, will appe* in a varied ndattractive repertoire. • rMadlle. SPEZIA Will hay e honour to appear for tho First Time at the ning of the Season in Donizetti's Opera of LA. FAVORITA. Immediately after Madlle. ORTOLANI WI1.), make her first appearance as Elvira, in Bellini's Opera o I PURITANI. Flvim Madlle. ORTOLANI. Arturo Madame ALBONI Will arrive before the Ist of May, and will make her first ap• pearance this Season as Azueena, in Verdi's Opera of IL TROVATORE. The Union of Three of these distinguished Prime Donne, Madlle. SPEZIA, Madlle. ORTOLAN', 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 Sbakspeare of music. Sign or GIUOLINI. This charming Tenor will have the honour of inaugurating the opening of the Theatre, and will make his first appear ance as Fernando, in the Opera of LA FAVORITA. The distinguished Basso Profondo, Signor VIALETTI, Will also make his first appearance at the opening of the Theatre. The admired Tenor, Signor BOTARDI, Will make his first appearance early in the season. Besides the principal executants of last year, the Or chestra 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, dm 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. POCC FUN'. The most successful Ballet, LA ESMERALDA, Will be revived expressly for her debut. Early in the season, Madlle. EOSCHETTI and Madlle. KATRINE will appear MARIE TAGLIONI Will arrive early in May, and will shortly afterwards appear i n a New Ballot, composed expressly, for her by M. Paul Taglioni. Madame ROSATI Will ap pear in a Ballet Divertissement from Auber and Scribe's New Ballet of MARCO SPADA, Now preparing for her at the Acalemie Imperialo Paris. Principal Artist to the Establishment Mr. CHARLES MARSHALL. The'Costume DepaTent rnder 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 follo w; _ Pit Boxes ................ ..... : ........ ...... .... 150 guineas. Grand Tier ........ . .. 20 „ ................. One Pair ................. . .................. 150 ~ Two Pair .................................... 100 •• Pit Stalls .................................... 25 •• `! i The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAY, April 14, when will be presented Donizetti's Opera of LA FAVORITA. • Leonora SPEZIA Baldassare Fernando Si gnor GIUGLINI. To be followed (first time these 10 yelro by the favourite Ballet of LA ESMERALDA. Founded on Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame de Paris." • La Esmeralda Madlle. POCCRINI. Claude 1:rollo S'gnor RONZANI. AND Pierre Gringoire M. MASSOT, Applications for Boxes and Stalls to be made at the Op era Box-eice, Colonnade, Haymarket. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. - diaj - 15 EXTRA NIGHT.—THURSDAY, Aprill6, SPEZIA,. GIUGLINI, VIALETTI, BENEVENTANO, POCCHINI. Opera—LA FAVORITA. Ballet—LA ESMERALDA. (For particulars see bills.) 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 be opened at half-past seven ; the Opera commences at eight. In announcing the arrangements for another season, the Director of her Majesty's Theatre cannot but refer, w ith sin cere gratitude, to the success which, attended his efforts, L un der very trying circumstances, in the season of 1856. 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, that 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 D:rector cannot sufficiently 'express his grateful appreciation of the delicacy with which it 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 dis •retion 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 achieved than were immediately attainable on the restoration of the establishment. • The enthusiasm which welcmilled the re-opening of her Md jesty's Theatre was not confined to the subscribers. The hearty interest and genuine appreciation displayed by the audiences 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 fir those 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 I n Operatic history. The advantages peculiar to her Majesty's Theatre—its cen tral position, and associations now more than a century old —giye to it a natural pre-eminence of which no occasional circumstances can ever permanently deprive it. These ad vantages will be turned to account by a COmpany combininc• the prestige cf acknowledged genius with the attraction of new candidates for the highest rank of their profession. Those who last year won favour at the bands of strangers will re appear to claim the cordial recognition which an English audience never refases to established favourites ; and the direction has been further strengthened by an 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 he: Majesty's Theatre to confirm their fame. Although, in 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 be supported by the most famous of established Artistes and the most promising of those who are ambitious 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 arrangethents already completed : OPERA. 20,211.) ,/FONT BLANC IS OPEN TO-NIGHT. 'WEI - P.. W. S. WOODIITS OLIO. of ODDITIES,‘ 14 with New Costumes and v irious Novelties, Focal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except Saturday) at Eight A MORN [ _NO PERFORMANCE every SA TURD AY, at Three. Private Boxes itd Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-oflice, 4 013 , 4:reptile-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has een entirely redecorated. GENERAL TOM THUMB performs Daily at PRINCE OF WALES BAZAAR, 209, Regent-street. from 11 , f-paqt Twelve to Two, Half-past Three to Five, and half-past Seven to Nine o'clock, introducing, among numerous New Songs, Dances, and Imitations," Villikins" and "Bobbin Around." lie has appeared Three Times before her Majesty. Admission, Is. and 2s. ORDON CUMMING,. the LION HUNTER, will give his new and popular ENTERTAINMENT, descrip . tive of his EXPLOIT , . and ADVENTURES in SOUTH AFRICA every evening, e:ccept Saturday, at 8. MORNING REPRESKNT,A TION every SATURDAY, at 3 o'clock. - Thy Lion Hunter's Bush People, from the great Kalahari Desert, will appear incidental to the Entertainment. Piano by Mr. Harries Wilson. Area, ls. • reserved seats, 25.; stalls (which may be taken daily between eleven and four, at the Museum),.3s.-232, Piccadilly. LIIIL RGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. James's.— The above elegant Rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that: this r shionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the recess.. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis alon One %IRE GREAT TOPACCO CONTROVERSY. Dr. sEXTON will LECTURE on this important topic daily at 3 and h'alf-past 7 p.m , at Dr. KAHN'S MUSEUM, No. 4, Coven try street, Leicester-square. Tho Mnseutb., which now stands wholly unrivalled in the woad, and the rarity and completeness of whose contents have already acquired for it an European reputation, and obtained the warm commendation of the press in this and other coon tries,_is Open slaid, for Oentlem,,n m e [row_ 10_ to 10. A new - Lecture IS de firer, by Or:RAU - is at hiTt=paSt mission, One -billing. Descriptive Catalogues of the Museum, con taining Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan, gratis to the visitors. pp OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- tut lIENRY RUSSELL, Monday, April 6th, and during Pass'on Week, will g've his Entertainment, entitled "THE FAR WEST," or Eve] y-day Life in America, in' which he wlll relate his Anecdote.; descriptive of Ameiican Life and Manners, and sing the 'following compositions, "The Gambler's Wife," "The Maniac," " The Ship on Fire," "Cheer, Boys, Cheer," "Up for the Ri.tht," "The Ivy Green," &e. The second part, entitled" Negro Life " Mr. Bussed will accmpany himself on one of Collard and Collard's magrificent Bi-chord Pianofortes, made exprcstly for hini by that eminent firm. Tickets and places may be secured o: Mr. Massiogham, at the Box-office, from 11 to 4. Doors open at lief-past 7, to commence at 8. • ECURE INVESTMENTS.—Messrs. R. 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GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, N0..11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. DIRECTORS. FRANCIS HART•DYKE, Esq.; Chairman. HENRY HULSE ItERENS, Esq., deputy-Chairman. • John Dixon, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P. Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Walter It. Farquhar, Brt. sines Morris, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. enry Norman, Esq. John Harvey, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. Jehu G. Hubbard, Esq. Sir Godfrey J. Thomas, Bart. khri ‘ l i. ,abo , uVrzo, Esq. _ :,/.2 „ ll . 24.trig e r . .At - Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq Henry Vlgne, Esq. AUDITORS. A. W. Roberts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq. Lewis Lloyd, Jun., Esq. 1 John Henry Smith, Esq. George Keys, Esq., Secretary. Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary. LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par tament, this Company now offers to future insisters Four-fifths of he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. 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"We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture to have equalled, if it has not exceeded; that of any of his contemporaries ; whilst a e most certainly know of no man to whose care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe case of stile ture."—Di edical Circular. CI ENERAL ELECTION.—PRINTING with 3i Economy and Despatch for Pamphlets, Addresses, Circulars, and Posting Bills, either Letterpress or Lithographic.—VAßTY, 27, Camomile-street, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. PHE LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTI NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. (Limited,) capital 100,000/., in 10,0 C) Shares of 101. each, with power to increase. 21. per share payable on allotment. Incorporated under the Act 19 and 20 Vic., chap. 47, by which the liability of the Proprietors is limited to the amount of their shares. Offices, 44, Moorg - Ae-street, City, Ref The Allotment of Shares in the above Company will be post. polled till TUESDAY, the 31st inst., in consequence of the change of Banker. • Prospectuses and forms of application may be obtained of Messrs. Hugh Tassie and Sons, 135, Buchanan-street, Glas gow; H. C. Belo; Esq., 18, Brunswick-street, Liverpool; 0. J. Williams, Esq., Lloyd's agent and Vice Consul of the Netherlands, Harwich, Essex; and at the offices of the Company. Rixxias.—Unity Joint-Stock Bank, 10, Cannon•street, City, E.C., London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited), 44, Moorgate-street, City. Gentlemen,—l enclose you a receipt for £ • paid to the Unity Joint-Stock Bank, and I hereby request you will allot me shares in the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited); and I hereby agree to accept such shares or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the calls thereon, and to execute the neccsary deeds of the Company. I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Occupation Date BANKERS' RECEIPT. Received the day of 1857, the sum of on account of the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limitrd), London. By Order. HUME GREENFIELD, Secretary. ONDON, HARWICH, and CONTINENTAL wi 4 STEAM PACKET COMPANY (Limited.) LONDON to ROTTERDAM in 12 Hours. The Steamers of this Comnany will commence running be tween Harwich and Rotterdam, with Goods and Passengers, on SATURDAY, 25th April. For further particulars as to freight, Are., apply at the Company's Offices, 44, Moorgate street, E.C., or of H. P. Maples, Shipping Agent to the Company, 4, Arthur-street, East, E.C. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary'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, eiccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each 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. 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No. 4, Thrcadneedlc-stret, London March 14, 1857. The Court of Directors Hereby Give Nitice, that a II A LF-Y EARLY DIVIDEND of 248. per share, being* the rate of 6 rer ceat. per annum on the capital stock of the Ccrpration, and also a Bonus as additional interest of 565. per share, miking together 4/. per share, or 20 per cent. per annum, will be pat to the proprietors, free of income tax, at this office, on and aftir Tuesday, the 14th of April next, between the hours of 10 and 3 o'thck. The Transfey Books will be Closedm Monday, the 30th March, and continue so until the eividend andlonits become payable. By Order of the WILL 1,01 MILLIKEN, Secretary. LORD P.,9 LMERSTON AT TIVERTON. GREAT WESTERIr RAILWAY. EASTER . Cheap Excursion to Cirences ter, StPud, HOtEDAY4 Gloucester, and Chelten ham..-..A T, ain will leave raddingtla at 7.30 a.m. on Sunday, April 12, returning the same evening from Cheltenham at G•3O ; Gloucester, G5O ; Stroud, 7.20 ; and (ire:wester at 7.30. Fares : Cirencester and Stroud, Gloucester It.d Cheltenham, lOs. and tis. No luggage allowed, Tickets not traiifersble. GREAT' WESTERN - RAILWAY. - • EASTER FIOADAYS. Cheap Excursion to Chlppenham, Itith, and Brlstrl.—On Satur day, April 11, a Train will leave Paqngton at 6.30 p.m., returnin T on the following Tuesday from Briato at 7.30 a in., Bath 8 a.m., and Chippenham at 8.30 a.tn. Fares—Bistol, ►os. and 6s. ;'Bath and Chippenham, 95. and ss. A small if ' only allowed. Tickets not transferable. GREAT - WESTE,IN RAILWAY. EASTER HOLIDAYS. RETURN TICKETS issued on TIURSDAY, the 9,th April, and inrei mediate days; will' lie alraflablf .up to rid including Tuesday, the Ilth. On the Bristol and Exeter and Setth Devon Railways tickets are not available on Sundays, , On (food Friday.the trains'wlllrui as on Sundays, w:th the addi tion of the 10 rt,m. Down Day Mill from Paddington, and the In a.m. Up Day Mail from Briitol, waol will run as usual, except the Branch Trains between Maidenherfl and Wycombe; heading and Basingstoke; bettveen Chippenlmtn, Salisbury, and Weymouth, otwooeitr and -Tloroford I and urOth.c....atio.th W nlca 1 4 irte,_ 1T REAT W ESTERN RAILWAY. a. EASER Cheap Excursion to Oxford, BanbHOLIDAYS.ury, Leamington, Warwick, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednestinry, Bilston, and Wolver hampton. —A Train will leave Paddington on Sunday, April 12th, at 7'4's a.m., returning the _samo evening at 6'30 p m. from Wolver hampton, and intermediate Stations as per band bills. Fares Oxford, Gs. 6d. and. 45.; Banbury, Bs. and. 55.; Leamington end Warwick, 10s. 6d. and Cs. ; Birmingham, 12s. and 78.; Handswortb, West Bromwich, edriesbury, and Bilston, 12s. Gd. :IA 7s. 6d.; and Wolverhampton, 139. and Bs. No luggage ellovved. Tickets not transferable. G REAT WESTERN, RAILWAY..-- EAsTR 110J.IDAYS. An Excursion Train will l e ave Paddington on Monday, April 13th, at 8 a.m. for Leamington, Warwick, Birmingham, West Bromwich, Wednesbury, Bilston, Wolverhampton, Wellington, Shrewsbury, Chester, Birkenhead, and Liverpool, returning on satuday the 18th from Liverpool (Landing Btar - ,e) at 8 a and intermediate Stations as per hand bills. Fares :—Leonairigton and v% arwick, 18s. and 81.; Birmingham, 208. and 9s. 6d.; West B romwich, Wednesbury, and Bilston, 21s. 6d. and lOs ; Wolverhampton, 225. Cd. ; and Wellington and Shrewslanry, 275. 6d. and 133.. Chester, 335. and 15s. ; Birkenhead and Liverpool, 375. and 17s ' Children under 12, half price. T;ckets not tansierable, and only available for the Excursion Train. R T-UNI 0 N OP LONDON. SUBSCR IPTION CLOSES TP-11ORROW, 31st Inst. Prizeholdera select from the public exhibltiols. Every Subscriber of ONE GUINEA will have, besides the chance of a Prize, TWO PRINTS—" THE CLEMENCY of CCEUR-DE-LION," by H. C. Shenton, from the Histo•ical Pleura by John Cross, which gained the Government premium of 3001. ; and " THE PIPER," by E. Goodall, after F. Goodall, A ILA. GEORGE GODWIN,t honorary LEWIS , POCOCY, j - Secretaries. 444, West Strand. T o the ELECTORS of MARYLEBONE.-- E GENTLEMEN,-o_l behalf of my brother, Lord Ebrlngton, I beg ' ) thank you for the great honor^ you have conferred upon him in aga'n electing him. He will receive this day by telegraph the beatifying assurance tbat those who supported him on a former oocasion have not de serted him now, awl that tiro e who differed ~•arn him feel so much sympathy for his sufferings that they have reCzained from taking any advantage of his unavoida)le ahsence. I am sure that as soon as he receir - -1 the gratifying intelligence of his re-election he will immediately write to express his ovl.l thanks for the honour you have done him. I have the honour to be, • Gentlemen, tour obedient hu Able servant. • JOHN WILLIAM FOETESCUE. 17, Grosvenor-squ are , March 27, 1857. B ETTS'S PATENT tRANDY has ever since its Introduction o the public been reconiied, th by sietific men and the tr d ade, as t the best article 'ever manu b fa o ctured c in n tpts c nintry. Its claims to such pre-eminence are based upon its unri valled purity, and its el^ser assimilation than any other to the flavour of the finest Champagne Brandy. There has been no Brandy made from wine in France, either in the present year or in the preceding one. Owing to the successive failures of their vintages, the French wine grower gets a higher price for his wine, cmsumed as such, than ho can realise by{ts being distilled HWY Brandy ; and forasmuch as the foreign Brandy of recent impel*- , tations is but the product of British grain and beetroot spirits, the preVige hitherto exclusively enjoyedtby French Brandy as having been distille I from a particular French wine no longer exists, and is no longer worthily assignable to it now that it is bunglingly made from other materials. The supply of wine for distillation into Brandy having failerl,rthe French distdler is conStrainei to recur to a manu facture In which he needs the Quarter of a century's experience which has bee" ~...-er,teed upon that of liE TAN" PA TENT BRANDY, to render his ammo not had it. Under these circumstances the Messrs. Betts challenge that their PATENT BRANDY Is superior to any now made abroad. It is to the interest of the public' and the Messrs Betts that these facts should be widely sprad, for recent importations are of a quality so inferior as to di grace the name they bear, and are twice the price of BETTS'S PA LENT BRANDY, which is supplied by the trade, in capsuled bottles, to private families in any quan tity, down to the single, bottle. Excise regulations prevent i•-i sale rom the Distillery, 7, Smithtield-bars, St. John-street, in any lens quantity than two gallons. 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. ()urine' the past month the following number received the benefits ,f this Charity, eith er as out or in-door pat i ents, on their personal ppl icati on : Week ending 7th February Ditto 14th February .. •• • • 2,351 Ditto 21st February .... • • 2,650 Ditto 28th February :• • in ••• • • • 9,986 of whilh 3,379 were new Total case Februar s, the r emainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted precious]!. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. lie.:Ny expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exton• sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid o the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annuel mend Meeting in January, A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chaittnan), to conduct the bustnens, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at ill times desirous of receiving suggestions or giVing explanation. , N The Hospital is no t endowed, but is w h o ll y d ependent on volun• tesrY contributions and legaciu-. which fire received by the 1 reas urer , lohn Masterma n , E sq., M.p icholas.lane; also by Messrs. Coutt s and Co. ; Drum mon d and Co.: nerries and Co.; Ranso n and Co;; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Mastorman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. 3. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. On Friday evening, after the election, Lord Pal merston attended. a banquet to celebrate the re opening of the Athenmum. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. F. Hole) proposed "The Health- of her Majesty's Ministers," which was drunk with enthusiasm. Lord PALMERSTON, on rising fo respond to the toast, was greeted with loud cheers. His lordship said—Mr. Hole and gentlemen—l beg for myself and colleagues to return you our heartfelt thanks for the honour you have done us in drinking our healthe, and for the en'husiastic manner in which it has been received. For my colleagues 1 return thanks for the way in which they, as public men, • are thanked bycommunities with which theyare not personally acquainted, but who please to approve of the public conduct we have jointly pureued. For myself, gentlemen, I really, without any affectation, must say that it is impossible for me adequately to express the thankfulness, the gratification, and the pride which I feel at the reception which I have met with at your hands. (Cheers.) I haVe had the honour now for, I believe, rather more than 20 years to represent this town in Parliament, and in that period I may justly hope and flatter myself that I have made not only acquaintances . and friends, but that there a re many o f th o s e whom I have the honour of addressing on the present occasion who entertain for me those feelings of friendship and regard which I am proud to say I feel for them. (Cheer.%) At all tames, therefore, it must be highly gratifying to me to visit the town from which I have received so many marks of good-will, and to return to it reotieing renewed proofs of confidence in the public course which it has been my fortune' to. pursue ; but, gentlemen, this is a most pecu liar moment, an appeal having been made to the country on a question of - great national import ance. I look upon the reception - you have been kind enough to give me, not only as a proof of your personal feeling towards myself and colleagues, but as your appreciation of that expression of na tional feeling—(cheers) —which has passed over the whole surface of the laud, from north, to south and from east to west, upon the question on which the ,people of this country have felt that the national interests, the national rights, and the national dig nity were concerned. (Cheers.) There are many people--some few at home, and a great many abroad —who totally misunderstand the character of the British nation. (Hear.) They think party diffe rences are carried to all possible extremities, and especially in foreign countaies they imagine that those who differ on internal questions, that those who rank themselves in opposing parties, will also differ when questions arise which involve matters cf difference between England as a country and any other foreign State. Now, I should think that what has happened in the last two years ought to undeceive them on that point. The spectacle which this country exhibited on the breaking out of the war wilt Russia was, indeed, calculated to make every Englishman still more proud of his country ; all party differences were laid aside ; men of all shades of opinion —I say of all shades of opi nion, though there are a small party which I must except—(laughter and ironical cheers)—but that was an opinion very much in the shade, and when I nay that I really don't mean to dispute the honesty and sincerity of those respectable gentlemen who were few in numbers, and whose opinions were confined very much to their own family circles—(laughter)— but I say, with these exceptions, the whole British nation united as one man, and supported the Govern ment charged with the conduct of the war, for every man felt that quarrel was his own, and that his per sonal as well as the national interests of the country were concerned. Well, that spectacle struck deep into the minds of foreign countries, and had a powerful effect in bringing that war to a speedy and successful conclusion; and not only that war, but in bringing the treatyresultingfrom it toacompleteacdsuccessful execution, for when foreign governments saw the expression of public opinion which the people of this country pursued throughout-PiTlfe,nl had occasion to allude in a passing and tranAentrmanner in what I had to address to the Terilile oMauchester and the people of London—when they saw the great commercial communities of this country, who might be supposed to be deeply interested in the mainten ance of peace, and in putting an end to the mean 4 by whi , .h inight be supposed to be endangered —.r say when foreign governments saw these men standing up in defence of the national rights and to obtain the execution of the stipulations contracted for, depend upon it that spectacle had the most powerful influence inputting an end to the difficul ties which threatened for a time to put an end to the exertions we had made for the conclusion of that treaty of peace. I say, gentlemen, upon the present occasion the British nation has exhibited as honourable a spectacle as on the occasion to which I have already referred —for I am ad dressing men who, perhaps, have entertained a difference of opinion upon many questions, but. from one end of the land to the other the common feeling has marched in common with that feeling for our country which belongs to us all. I have had the honour of receivingaddresses in great num bers from many of the largest cities and commer cial communities—addressee which I have not the vanity to take to myself, but which were the ex pression of the national feeling upon subjects in which they felt the national interest and the na tional honour were Concerned ; but the other day, gentlemen, I had the honour to receive a deputa tion from Bristol, a similar one from Liverpool, and from Manchester, expressing regret and sur prise at what had happened in the House of Com mons to the Governnasnt, and of their determination to support it. One of these gentlemen said lam a Liberal, but my friend who comes with me is a Conservative, and • this address from Bristol has received 2,000 signatures, and •includes every class of society and every shade of po litical opinions. (Cheers.) The same happened in Liverpool, and those who were. kind enough to bring me an address said it was exhibited only for two or three hours, but it contained 940 signatures, including all those largely concerned in the cam mercial and trading interests of the town, and who have the greatest interest in avoiding what is cal culated to interrupt the peaceful relations of the country. I say these things make one more proud than ever of the country in which it is our lot to be born, and these things teach an instructive lesson to public men, because they show that where there is a rightful cause, and where the nation is called upon to vindicate its rights and assert its dignity, the Government is sure to have the support of the people ; but also it is a warning that these feelings and this enthusiasm and noble spirit are not to be trifled with ; and that if the Government were to involve the country needlessly in hostilities the Government would undoubtedly suffer the penalty of its folly. (Cheers.) It was my good or ill fortune, while I held the department of the Foreign-office, to have many difficult things to deal with. I have been accused of being the firebrand of Europe, and one statesman of Europe even said that I was a European calamity. (Laughter and cheers.) I was accused of exciting revolution everywhere, and dis turbing the peaceful state of Europe. Now, gentle men, what I did, and what the Government of which I was the organ did, was to encourage and suppOrt, as far as we could_with propriety, those nations who endeavoured to improve their institu tions---(cheers)--and to obtain for themselves the blessings of that Parliamentary government which we in England have so long enjoyed. I did'nt in cite the people or encourage the nations to seek for internal changes which could not be reasonably ac complished ; but when they were possible "of - ac complishment then we said, " Here is our hand ; vie will lead you, and trust you may reach the goal which you are honourably striving to obtain." We had a great deal to do with the inde pendence of Belgium, in which we were opposed by a distinguished member of the House of Commons, who was adverse to what we were about, and who characterised it as an experiment of the "noble lord"—meaning me. (Laughter.) But, gentlemen, this independent monarchy, unlike many experimental farms which we witness— (laughter)—turned out a very successful undertak ing, and that people have now a Ki ng o f th e i r own choice, and enjoy a degree of political liberty and happiness which few of the nations on the conti nent have had an opportunity to share. Well, then again in Spain we took part with the people against the pretender, who had inscribed despotism on his banner, and supported the Queen, who had freedom and the constitution inscribed on her flag, and though we succeeded, and though Spain has not carried into practice those great principles, yet still she has a Parliament, and where the forms of free dom exist depend upon it, gentlemen, sooner or later the substance will follow. (Cheers.) Well, then, in Portugal we supported the Queen against her usurping uncle, who had the support of manyin this country who ought not to have supported his cause, and Portugal, lam happy to say, is in a greater degree enjoying the practical application of Parlia mentary government. Well, then, gentlemen, all these things being accomplished without engaging this country in war, yet those who contributed in this country to these happy results are by some gentlemen called the firebrands—the great calami- LORDS MALMESBIIRY AND PALMER- STON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —I am desired by Lord Palmerston to re quest that you wall be good enough,toinsert in The bun the enclosed reply to Lord Malmesbury's lei ;ter of the 25th inst. I remain, sir, your obedient servant ; C. G. BARRINGTONr. Downing-street, March 25. " "My dear Lo r d Malmesbur, 94, Piccadilly, M arch 24 5. • y,—l have r ece i ve d this evening your lett er o f this day. I have neither te Apr inclination t o renew the China debate. I 'ti m e used a right which I do not deem myself deprived 0 1 by my official position, to express publicly m 9 °P i Laill the conduct of publ c men on an occasion of n o -.Mil t I :r &,, public importance, and I have nothing to retract qualify.—Yours faithfully, "The Earl of Malmeabury." " PALUERSTO N. , -------------- ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL PADDINGTO N . —Miss brig.htin - gale visited thi s institution on Saturday, the 211 t inst. , and after inspecting the various department 3 very minutely expressed herself in the highest t;erms of the superiority of the arrangements, its good or( ter and cleanliness, and especially of the great attention . paid to the domestic comfort of the patients. Naval and iviiiitaiy LAUNCH OP THE RENOWN, 91.—CiATHAm, March 29. —The launch of the large screw steamer Renown, 91 guns, took place yesterday afternoon in the presence of several thousand speetators. A large gallery had been erected extending round the bows and sides of the vessrl for the accommodation of the Lords of the Admiralty, the officers of the army and nary. and other visitors. Owing, however, to the elections taking place yesterday none of the members of lithe Admiralty were present. An application had bean made to allow the launch to be postponed, in consequence of the workmen employed in the dockyard having been granted a holiday for the pur pose of 'recording their votc-. It was, however, not considered ezpedient to po , tpono the launch. The Renown is the largest vessel of her class ever constructed in this dockyard, being several feet longer than the Orion, 91, which was launched from the same slip. She is a two decker, and is considered the finest sr .:cimen of naval architecture in the service. She was construct- I under the generd. direction of Mr. P. J. Laire, ma: ter shipwright, from the designs of Si r B a ld w i n W alker, v fo l lovving are he r prin cipaly, and was com mence d K latter .o inß a thert ~ dimensions :- B p . , a s r u t r o v i ey l o B r s o 4 f . t . h eTnhae • , . Feet, In. Length between per pendiculars....... 244- 9 Ditto for tonnage ........... ... . 2lO 0 Breadth, extreme 55 4 Ditto for tonnage ..... 54 6 Ditto moulded Height forward 53 0 Ditto aft 5B 6 Depth of hold Burthen 3,317 78-94 tons The ceremony of " christening" was erformed by Mrs. Goldsmith, the wife of the Captain 1 uperintendent of the yard ; and on the signal being given she glided into Marine antelbyad playing " R u l e Britaa fter wards towed by two t n h ia e ., M , e s d h W e ay w , a t s he im M m steamers to Sheerness, where she is to.be fitted with her machinery and made ready for sea. The next vessel 21, which is just completed. which will be launched from this dock Ya rd i s the .Racoon, The Electra, 15, Commander W. Morris (1852), was paid off on Saturday, having been in co mm i ss io n up wards of fouryears, during which time elle has been solely employed on the Australian station, cruising between New Zealand and Sydney. Her crew were remarkably healthy, only one man, having died. On the morning of the 20th Nov. 1856, whilst the v esse l was on her voyage from Auckland to Sydney, and when in lat. 32 deg. 4 min. S , long. 168 deg. 12 min. E., she was struck by a powerful whirlwind, which caused her to begin to fill. After great efforts the mainsheet was cut away and the vessel lighted. She brought home abort 14,000 ounces of gold on freight, which was landed at Portsmouth. On the vessel being paid off two medals and gratuities' were given away—one to Peter Francis, quartermaster, and the other to William Boyne, captain's coxswain, for good conduct ; Edward Rourke, able seaman, also re ceived a gratuity of 151. for gcod and Meritorious con duct. Col. H. Jervis, commanding the provisional battalion, assembled the whole of the troops belonging to the seve ral depots on the Lines on Friday afternoon, where they were inspected for field exercise. The number of troops belonging to the provisional battalion is bow 4,000 men of all ranks. 13 EN TLE Y'S MISCELLANY, Price Half•a-Crown, rot . .APRIL, contains—The Miaionnalre of Mincing-lane. By Dedley Costello.—Anecdotes of the Opera.—Cromwell and his Cor rPapendents.—Scoring the King.—A Fisherman's Letter to hii Chum In Indla.—Mrs. Jordan.—Robert Hunter's Ghost.—Malherbe. By Monkshood, &c., &c. • London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington.street. • COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE For APRIL on the 31st. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. [PRIOR 4D. STAMPED 59 ties of Europe. And therefore, when lam told my policy is turbulent and aggressive, why then, gen tlemen, I appeal to the past, and evidence is not wanted in regard to these accusations when applied to the future. The present dispute is one of far greater importance in principle . than per4ons may imagine. It is a mistake to suppose that we are at war with China. As yettbe collision hasbeen purely local, and the Emperor of China may yet disavow the barbarian who caused it, but at the same time I don't expect. that when Lord Elgin reaches China that will have actually happened. lam inclined to think he will find things much in the same state as when the last accounts left, and that the Empe ror has trusted to the chapter of accidents. (Hear, hear.) But then it was said that Sir J. Bowrin:r and Sir M. Seymour made a second de mand which the officers in China had been forbid den to make in despatches sent out some 8 or 10 years ago ; and a noble friend of mine, with whom I was talking before the division in the House of Lords, said he should vote againstthe Government, and that his reaQon for doing so was a 'despatch I had written in 1847. I said don't attach import ance to what any gentleman wrote in 1847, but look to the circumstances of the present case. Now. the case at th e p resent is different. We said, in 1847, don't you be on unfriendly terms with the Chinese Government at Canton, but trade in the usual_ course ; don't you commence hostilities to oh tam the fulfilment of our rights according to the treaty of Nankin, which gives the British subjects a right to trade in every one of the five towns, of which Canton was one. True, we thi uk there would be advan tage in it- r a manifestad vantage there would be if the British merchant out of the town and the Chine , e merchant in the town cordite hold direct °amain, nication instead of through agents, broken, and people of that sort, for the British merchant at Canton is at the mercy of this class of people ; he cannot carry on his business advantageously as in the other four towns ; therefore there there is a real value in the thing. Besides, in order to keep the English out of Canton the Chinese Commiss - oner ordered the people to insult them, while the people outside treat the English respectfully. Sir John Eowring himself, accompanied by two or three gentlemen and two English ladies, walked round the suburbs of Canton, and he says that he found the Chinese themselves a trading people ; that they are not a cruel or insulting race as the mandarins are, and if left to themselves would treat our people with the same civility and good will as out side Canton, or as they are treated at Shanghai ; and that everywhere else . where the Chinese and English- are associated everything went on on the most friendly and comfortable footing. There fore, I say, the obstacle was artfully created, and its removal would be attended with commar cial advantage to the merchants at Hong Kong and Canton. But we said don't interrupt peaceful re lations for the sake of this advantage, but it was interrupted on other grounds, and then it was ob vious the personal intercourse betty en our officers and Chinese officers would and right probably tend to settle difficulties on the occasion, and if continued in the future toprevent future misunder standing also. Well, that which Sir J. Bowring told Sir M. Seymour to ask for was not for permis sion which I and my colleagues had desired the Superintendent and Plenipotentiary not to acquire by force of arms—it was not to enter Canton—it was the right to have personal intercourse between our authorities at Canton and the authorities within the town—it was for a freer communication, and not for the indiscriminate entrance of all British subjects. I say it was a proper demand, propeely demanded, and there could be no pretence to re fuse, and the obvious effect of it would have been to prevent future mistakes and to heal the present differences ; and supposing Commissioner Yeh didn't mean to bring about a rupture, I will undertake 'to say if we had had direct communication at the time the Arrow was boarded and her crew carried away —I say if it had been possible for Sir J. Bowring or Sir M. Seymour to explain the nature of the question, ' and to argue the question in a frieirdly manner with the Chinese authorities—the result which has since taken place would have been pre vented. Well, gentlemen, great injustice has been aone to Sir J. Bo wring. Sir J. BOwrin.g was chosen by me to go as consul to Canton, and when a va cancy in the government at Canton occurred he was transf-rred to it by Lord Clarendon. Bizt what is Sir 5. Bowring, and what was he ? It has been said to be the fashion to place in responsible situations none but members of the aristocracy—it has ' been the fashion to say these appoirtments go by favour, and not by merit. lie was not a member of the aristocracy ; he had not a poweil'ul influence to protect and support him; he was.a man like many others in this country, and as many others will, I Lope, continue to be—he raised him self by his own ability and exertions—by his in dustry, his talents, and his attainments he raised himself to the high position in which he is now placed. Was he a man of wild temper—a firebrand? Why he was formerly secretary of the Peace Society —(cheers)—a man of the quietest, most kindly, and benevolent disposition —a man, I believe, who never had a• quarrel with mortal man, who loved peace, whose life had been devoted to questions connected with the social intercourse of nations, with commerce, with trade, with the removal of all impediments which checked and confined the inter course of nations—he had, been employed in con junction with Lord Clarendon to arrange a better tariff of duties between England and France, and by him also employed to induce the Government of Austria to liberalise their tariff with a view of increas ing the commercial relations between Austria and England, and he WP.S therefore peculiarly adapted to the office, which consisted mainly in guarding the commercial interests of this countryin ourcommer cial relations with a nation like China, and he was therefore one of the last men to misuse his power or to plunge the country into difficulties and war. And therefore it would have been the greatest baseness for the sake of a few votes to try to re verse the adverse verdict of the House of Commons by throwing over an agent who performed his duty to the best of his ability, and whose conduct in our hearts we approied. We felt that every English man with a British heart in his bosom would have done exactly the same thing under similar circum stances. (Cheers.) I will venture to say I could name some gentlemen who are the organs of the peace party who would not have been less vigorous thanfiir J. Bowring. It w as no di sparagemen t t o Sir Bowring in appointing Lord Elgin to go out to settle this difficulty. When special difficulties arise special men are sent out to settle them. Lord Elgin has thus gone out without superseding Sir J. Bowring, who will continue to be what he is, trusted and confided in by the English Government. Lord Elgin's mission is for a special purpose, and when it is finished, as I hope it will be in a twelvemonth or a little more, he will return and leave Sir John Bowring in exactly the same position in which he is now. Well, gentlemen, I have taken advantage of your kindness. (Cries of "Go on 1") I have made what is a great deal more than an after-din ner speech ought to be, but lam sure you feel a great interest in the events passing, and I felt it my duty to give these explanations, such as they are, for I am satisfied the more these matters are looked into, the more they are understood, and the more the details are looked into by the people of this country, tins more the nation will be confirmed in the choice of representativea, the more we shall feel that we stand upon sere ground, and that this week; and the next week, and the week ac er will give opportunity of showing us the sentiments of the electors of everypart of the country. 1 beg to thank you on the part of myself and colleagues, and I assure you the moments which official duties enable me to spare among my friends in this town are among the most agreeable and happy. (Loud and long-continued cheering.) AryvapApErt DISGRACEFUL R DERMIN /4•4 rt4l 4. ' <es paCcr.l - J- Z The cont es t i n Kidderminster been has ass re one between the Right Hon. R. Lowe, the late member, and the Conservative candidate, Mr. W. Boycott, a local solicitor. On Saturday _last —the polling day—the electors were allowed to exercise their privilege in a comparatively quiet manner up to 2 o'clock in the afternodia, nothing beyond a little senseless groaning occurring at either of the polling booths. The various carpet mills ( closed on Saturday at 2 o'clock, and shortly after that hour the liberated workmen hastened towards the south polling, boot": : • tetoedon Blakeway-green, and by about 3 o' c l oc k th ere cou l d not have been less than 5,000 or 6,000 men and women of the lower orders assembled upon this large open space. This va s t congregation of Boycott's supporters soon dispersed the respectable persons who had attended at the booth during themorning, and a scene ensued of the most abominable and barbarous character. Every one who was thought to be in favour of Mr. Lowe was hissed, groaned, and vilely treated. Forty special constables, and one or two regular policemen, under the superintendence of the chef constable, Mr. Merrifield, contrived to preserve a space for voters to pass through the crowd to the booth, but whenever an elector gave in his vote for Mr. Lowe the mob assailed him with groans and execrations, spat upon him, kicked and cuffed him, and subjected him to the most dastardly ill usage. The cars in the service of the unpopularcandidate were stoned and broken, but those of Mr. Boycott were allowed to pass along smhartned.. Mr. Lowe remained in the south booth front o'clock in the day until after the closing of the poll, and Mr. Boy cott visited the 'place occasionally, amid the up roarious cheers of his admirers. Between 3 and 4 o'clock, when the mob ascertained that their mkn was lisely to lose, stones were hurled into the booth at intervals. Mr. J. Holmes, Mr. J. Par doe, and Mr. G. Hoornan, friends of Mr. Lowe, wet e wounded by the missiles. Oahe close of tie poll, at 4 o'clock, Mr. J. Kiteley, the mayor, an nounced the numbers of votes recorded.. This as surance of Mr. Boycott's defeat seemed greatly to-exasperate the. mob, and several senseless and malicious individuals were obsei ;sea 'inciting the people to atack the right hon. gentleman and his friends, who had triumphed. Stones were thrown into the booth. Loud imprecations were uttered. against Mr. Lowe and Mr. James Pardoe, and nu merous Tory adh eren t s prepared themselves with Manifest premeditation to attack Mr. Lowe audit's supporters. Loud calls were made for Jl4 Boy cott to "come out, and let us kill the --," and with a desire to quell the rising fury of the multi tude Mr. Bsycott and one of his friends, Mr. Best, mounted the hustings and requested the people quietly to disperse. The ruffians did not heed the advice given, and threw a volley of stones into the booth, injuring most of those inside it ; upon which Mr. Boycott and his friends retired and proceeded towards the town, the mob making way • for them and cheering them as they passed. Their depar ture was a signal to the cowards surrounding the booth, and instantly missiles of every description, stones, brickbats, palings, and even pennypieces, were thrown at Mr. Lowe and his friends, accom panied by oaths of the most fearful character. Mr. Superintendent Merrifield, by the direction of the Mayor, then proceeded to form his policeman ; and Mr. Lowe, with Mr. James Pardoe and Mr. Holmes and others, walked up the lane, preserved here by the special constables. By this means the right hon. member got in front of the mob, although stoned all the way, and waited with the Mayor fur a few moments while the constables formed them selves into an escort. Before, however, Mr. Mer rifield's men could arrange themselve s in order, - showers Of missiles literally rained upon Mr. Lowe, his supporters, and the officers. Mr. Lowe was bleeding copiously from a wound in the head, and nearly every person around him was cut on the face and head. Under these circumstances a retreat became necessary, and the right hon. member and his friends retired towards Mr. Shepherd's school, some 300 yards distant, hotly pursued by the infuriated mob, who stoned them with re volting brutality. Luckily the peirsued gentlemen gained refuge iu Mr. Shepherd's house, which stands back from the road, and is protected by high iron gates and a seven-feet wall. The mob eudt a voured to force an entrance into the place, and tried to wrench the locks off thegates ; the attempts were unsuccessful, but they did considerable da mage. I,,ltmdreds prowled about the spot for several hours, swearing that they would kill both Mr. Lowe and Mr. Pardoe, and it is pretty certain that they would have carried out their murderous intent had an opportunity offered. Mr. Lowe was so seriously injured and weakened from kiss of blood that it was found necessary to secure the services of Mr. Stret , ion, surgeon, forthwith. The mob allowed the medical man to pass through them into the house, and directed him to inform his patient that they were determined " to do for him" before be left Kidderminster. Mr. Stretton discovered that Mr. Lowe had sustaiiied a fracture of the right parietal bone of the skull, in addition to a lacerated scalp wound and two severe contusions on the side of the head. Mr. Pardoe hid suffered contusions ou the head and body. Mr. Holmes received an incised wound on the scalp, from which blood flow.d freely. Before the surgeon had attended to the gentlemen named Police-con-table Jukes was carried into the house in a state of insensibility, coveredavith blood. The poor fellow had been struck nearly all over with stones. One missile had fractured two bones of his nose in a frightful manner, and. another had caused a large lacerated wound of the skull. It appears that part of the mob, on being foiled from further injuring their higher victims, commenced stoning, beating, and kicking the policemen ; they very soon scattered the specials, every one of whom exhibits marks of the fray, and it is almost miracu lous that Mr. Merrifield and his nine regular officers (all there are in the town) escaped comparatively unhurt, notwithstanding that they were struck re peatedly on their heads and bodies with stones. Having pelted the police as long as they pleased, and imagining that Mr. Lowe had escaped from Mr. Shepherd's by the back way to the Albert Inn, in Be wdly-Areet, kept by Mr. Potter, the mobsmasbed every window in front of the building. Mr. Merri field and what few of his men were not yet disabled made a bold stand against the crowd while they were . committing this outrage, but of course seven or eight persons were powerless against hundreds. Tne crowd then defiled into the town, amusing themselves by the way with occasionally smashing windows, insulting every well-dressed person they met, and lustily yelling "Boycott for ever." For several hours hundrsda of the populace paraded the thoroughfares, shouting and screaming. I n order to vary the entertainment, the throng also engaged themselves in.pulling down the shutters of establishments kept by unpopular persons, and iu bonueting all who dared to remonstrate with them. About 12 o'clock symptoms of a row were mani fested by the mob collected in High-street, the preparatory tokens of hostilities being the breakage of windows in the Lion Hotel. At this juncture, however, the clatter of arms and horses' hoofs an nounced the arrival of a troop of 50 Hussars from Birmingham, which had been telegraphed for shortly after 4 o'clock, and the fear of cold steel had quickly a quieting effect upon the r i o t ers . The Mayor and magistracy, whoh a d b een s itti ng en permanence , made their appearan ce un d er th e protection of the military, and his worship at once reat the Riot Act, orders were given to clear the streets, and the soldiers and the police effected this operation in the course of two hours. The Hussars remained on duty until 4 o'clock in the morning, . and will stay in the town for one or two days, as it is feared another outbreak may occur on Monday. The police managed to apprehend four of the ruffians engaged in the riot, and will summon be fore magistrates a number of th e local mobocracywho are known to have taken an active part in the melee. Mr. Lowe was removed from Kidderminster be tween .10 and 11 o'clock at night. In addition to the gentlemen we have named Mr. Green, tax collector,' Dr. Ronald, and. Mr. Stockdale, of the Swan Inn, have been Wounded. Hundreds of the people wer e cu t an d bruised about the head and face, for whe n t h e r i ot was at its height th e mo b attacked both friend and foe. NAVAL REVrzww.—The naval reviews to take place at Toulon on the occasion of the Grand Duke Constantine, about the 21st of April, are to rival the e Saturdays famous ts eFv t eu x nsw b iil i nei b erg i er . tiors at Portsmouth. GC — R ol : A C : a :o r : 8 1:o s : s n y lwe e , t s rd ;Nl i ttdelhaopelinh l o ed n f e oto , r ; nwt l y : T i . g e vA y iev , nenSnoenybgnmy Lieutenant-Colonels , comp a Walker, n N y evilts, Hon . w. Scarlett, Hon. It. Charteris ; General Knollys ; Captains Farquharson, White, Moore, Viscount Kirk. wa n , now, Hay, Lambton, Wheatley.; Majors Lindsay, F r aser, Astley,Gipps, Gage. .Two BOYS DROWNED.—Yesterday afternoon four boys saving surreptitiously unfastened a small skiff from iti moorings near Dockhead were borne along by the tide ag ainst a tier of colliers and upset. Two of the bey; contrived t 3 take hold of the mooring-chains of the cot- !kers and were saved ; but the others, named Alfred Harris and Charles Hatch, living in Long-lane, Ber. mondsey, were drowned. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Lord Cowley, her Ma. jesty's Ambassador at Paris, is to be immediately raised to an earldom, by the style and title of Earl Cowley, in consideration of his eminent public services. Mr. Donald M'Laohlan is appointed her Majesty's Consul at Sourabaya, in Java. Mr. William Lawiese is appointed her Majesty's Consul at Guadaloupe. Mr. G. F. Cros. thwaite is appointed her Majesty's ConSul at Cologne. ---04erver.