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CRY S T.A L PALA CE.--SE XSON 1857-8. PROGRAMME. "- The Directors beg to announce that they have ma le tL following arrangements for the ensuing season : ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA CONCERI S. The SEASON will COMMENCE on ~..1.1.11.)AY, the Ist of May, with a Grand Morning Concert by the artistes of the Royal Italian Opera. These Concerts hiving been horoar(d last year by such general approbation, the Directors have er. tered into arrangements with Mr. Gye to give a sim lar &Irks of Twelve Concerts during the present season. These Concerts will be supported by the following cele brated artistes :—Madame Grisi, Mademoiselle Rosa Devries, Mademoiselle Marai, Mademoiselle Didide, Mademoiselle Parepa ' and Madame Bosio; Signor Mario, Sign or Ro n coni, Signor Neri-Baraldi, Signor Gard.ni. 14ignor Graziani, Herr Formes, Signor Tagliafico, Monsieur Zogler, Signor Poloniui, and Signor Lablache. The Grand Orchestra of the Royal Italian Opera, with ad ditional performers, and also the celebrated Chorus, are en gaged for the whole series. The musical direction of the whole is in the hands of Mr. Costa, who will himself conduct a portion of the Concerts. With the above assemblage of artistes, it is hardly neces sary for the Directors to state that the performances will be of the highest &ass, and capable of very great variety. The Concerts will take place on the following Fridays, viz: —May 1,8, 15, 22, and 29 ; June 5 and 26; July 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31. The space allotted to the Concert Room last year (extensive as it was) having been found inadequate to accommodate the audiences, the Directors have this season determined to give the Concerts in the Great Transept. The Two Guinea Season Tickets will also be available for these Concerts. Transferable tickets will also be issued for each Concert at 7s. 6d. each ; which tickets can - be obtained at the Company's offices, or of any of tho agents. In compliance with a desire which was universally expressed last season, a limited number of reserved stalls will be set 'apart, which may be taken for the series of 12 concerts at one guinea each stall, or at half-a-crown cash for a single concert. 11. CONCERT OF THE COLOGNE CHORAL UNION. The Directors have made arrangements with the Cologne Choral Union (Coiner Manner Gesang Verein), whose perfor maaces on their former visit attracted enthusiastic admira tion, for a Concert in the Centre Transept of the Palace, on Saturday, the 6th of June. N.B.—Both Classes of Season Tickets will be available for this Concert. 111. GRAND WATERWORKS. The Displays of the vast System of Fountains, Cascades, • and Jets d'Eaux will be re s um e d an d continued aerial; the whole season. The upper system will play daily as heretofore; and the Entire Display, embracing the Fountains of the Grand Basins, the Water Temples, the Cascades, and the whole of the Upper Fountains, on occasions to be from timo to time announced. IV. FLOWER SHOWS There will be Two Grand Horticultural and Floricultural Fetes during the present season : The First on Saturday, the 30th of May ; and The Second on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 9th, 10th, and 11th September. V. POULTRY SHOWS. There will be two Shows in the course of the coming season. The Summer Show will take place on the 7th, Bth, 10th, 11th, and 12th of August. The Winter Show on the 9th, llth, 12th, and 13th of January, 1858. VI. GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS OF THE BUILDING. EXIIIBITIONS or PICTUREL—The Picture Gallery, formed during the past year in the North Wing of the Palace, has proved so successful in its capabilities for the effective„dis- Play of paintings, that it is the intention of the Directots to hold therein, during the present season, Two Exhibitions of the Works of Living Painters of all Schools. The first of these Exhibitions will open in May, and con ,Atalle open during the Summer. 'The Second will be a Winter Exhibition. Exhibitions of Photographs will also be held in the upper Portion of the Picture Gallery from time to time during the ihavon. Csamec COURT.—The Directors are desirous to take the present opportunity of expressing their acknowledgments for the kind and ready maner in which their requests for loans 11x the Ceramic Court were re s p on d e d t o b y t h e owners of %%Wee ions of Porcelain and Pottery of the most rare, fragile. Itrid valuable descriptions. It is very gratifying to the Directors to be able to say that the further aid offered them is such as will enable them to oontinue the Ceramic Court, for the present season, with a number sof additional specimens, exemplifying the capabilities of the art in its most elaborate branches. The Collection will be, as before, under the superintendence of Mr. Thomas Batten], F. S.A. INDIAN COURT AND GALLERY OF ENGINEERING MODELS.--In each of these departments the Directors have to acknowledge assistance of the same gratifying nature as that in the Cera mic Court. By public companies and institutions, as well as by'private individuals, 'the Directors have been entrusted With the most valuable and beautiful models, with costly IViarvings and works in ivory and bronze fabrics and works of , granted with a liberality and readiness for which they nnot sufficiently express their obligations. They have thus peen enabled materially to improve the Indian Court, and . Ithso to form a collection of models of engineering works, illus trating in a very complete manner that great branch of Bri tish skill and enterprise, surpassing any other now accessible "to the public. It will give the Directors great pleasure to receive any further c ontributions with which they may be favoured. Tna Wm:Tu.—he Exhibition under this denomina tion in the First and Second Galleries of the North Transept fronting the Garden, now contains about 300 models of ships, ' boats, and vessels of all tion of the pro d escriptions, affording an illustra gressive improvement in British naval architec ture and navigation during a period of 340 years. It also contains specimens of new inventions connected with the im provement of naviga tion. The Directors beg here also to acknowledge the ready and extensive assistance which they have received from shipown ers, shipbuilders, engineer's, and shipping companies, in form ing this very interesting and national collection, and at the Same time solicit the further aid of al/ parties who Amy have 'The ifteans of extending it. "Warm Toiveas.—The Great Towers are now completed, and arrangements have been made by which, for a small Charge visitors to the Palac e can ascend them, and enjoy the extensive view from the balconies, where powerful telescopes are about to be placed. . - MAXIMS TREE. —An object of grea t i n t erest has lately been added to the contents of the Palace, which will remain on ex hibition • during the whole of the coming season. The object alluded to is a portion of the trunk of the Wellingtonia Gi gantea, or Mammoth Tree, being the largest of the group of those trees discovered in California. The portion erected in the Tropical Transept, opposite the Abu Simbel figures, is no less .than 103 feet in height, and 32 feet in diameter at th e ase. Vaittorrixo DEPARTMENT.—Amongst the branches of indus try Which now find important illustration in this department May be mentioned the manufacture of gold and silver work and electro-plate ; both domestic and artistic ; vulcanite and India rubber generally ; colour printing and typography ; papier macho, ornamental iron, fancy goods, and other pro ductions of Birmingham ; domestic furniture, church furni ture ; in stone, wood, metal, and fabric ; hardware gene rally ; and especially the productions of Sheffield, in the Court filled by the manufacturers of that important centre of industry- Casantax COURT.—The arrangements announced on a for mer occasion with the Government of Canada are now, the Directors are happy to report, complete. The Government of Canada have undertaken to form and maintain in the Palace a collection which shall completely set forth the condition of the manufactures and other industry and resources of that important colony. The collection will be placed in the large Court lying be tween the News Room and the Stationery Court, immediately adjoining both the Nave and Centre Transept, and at present occupied by the sculpture of the German school, Raw PRODTJCE COLLECTION, AND TRADE MUSEIIM.—The Tech nological portion of this department is rapidly approaching completion. It will comprise illustrations of all the chief manufactures of the United Kingdom, and specimens of the products, animal, vegetable, and mineral, of Great Britain and the Colonies, as well as of other countries. It is believed that it will be open to the public in the course of the present !Warner. The department is situated in the Second Gallery on the Garden side of the Grand Transept. IfACIIINERY MOTH/N.—The Machinery will be in action dui4ing the season at - such times as will be announced in the detailed advertisements. The Machinery now in the depart ment comprises a complete set of machinery for spinning, carding, warping, sizing, weaving, and all the other processes for the manufacture of cotton goods from the bale to the thread, and from the thread to the finished piece; and a great variety of other machines. A GRICULTURAL MACHINERY.—TiIe Department of Agricul tural Machinery and Implements has been considerably im proved during the past year. S pec i mens will ' be found there of the portable steam engines and all the other new machines of the chief manufacturers, and purchases can be made at the Barre Prices as at the warehouses of the makers. qa Rum/fa Rom—The Company's Reading and News Room aituated close to the Centre Transept, between it and the uernian Sculpture Court ; it contains all the morning jour t_ tho weekly papers, metropolitan and provinci a l, an d all Periodic a l s and magazines. ....°,411 addition to this, advertisements an d cop i es of new 4 . l 'ke both British and foreign, are di s pl aye d i mmed i ately after publication. 13ANCY FAIRE,—The Directors are prepared to afford accom ?.dation to benevolent and other societie s f or h o ldi ng Fancy Fairs in the Palace during the season. the CRICKET, ARCHERY, AND THE GROUNDS GENERALLY,—It gives Directors great pleasure to announce that the Cricket Gr ound is now complete, and that it 'will be thoroughly in ikonSkenorder for the approaching summer. Great care has been in th e f ormatLn of the ground, and they b el i eve that oth~ll 13e found fully equal in extent and excellence to any er in the neighbourhood of London. The a aichery Ground will be continued, as before, in the tr.'"uern portion of the grounds, behind the Picture Gallery log. VII. SEASON TICKETS. ZfSThe Directors have determined upon continuing the price eason Tickets of admission at the-following rates, viz. : SEASOS TICKETS, AVAILABLE FROM IST MAY, 1857, TO 30TII APRIL 1858, Two GouczeslE.4.m. 15th These tickets will ' admit the holder on every occasion be n May 1, 1857 , and April 30, 1858, on which the Palace open ; the four days o f th e H an d e l F est i val, v i z., the 1 3 t h , I. 17th and 19th June only excepted. SEASON TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM IST MAY, 1857, TO 30TII APRIL, 1858, ONE GUINEA EACH. ~,T h ese tickets a d m it the holder on all occasions named 7"e excepting the Opera Concerts, And the other Fridays Turoughout the year, and the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th "no, being the four days of the Handel Festival. The Tickets will be issued on and after the 20th inst. ; and may be obt a in ed at the Crystal Palace ; at the 7 0ffices of the c"PanY, 79 , - Lombard -street ; at the Offices of the London alld Brighton Railway Company, London-bridge,and Regent- Circus. Piccadilly ; Central Handel Festival Ticket Office, Exe ter Rail, an d of the Company's agents. Remittances for Season Tickets to be by post-office orders Payable to George Grove. VIII. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL. It gives th e Directors great gratification to be able to an nounce that they have entered into arrangements with the 112 Sacred Harmonic Society for a Grand Series of Three Perfor ances of Handel's Oratorios, m to take plache Centre , T ransept of the Palace i n the month of Junee in t . Her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert have been graci 171ously pleased to extend their especial patronage to the festi , alid have express e d th e i r i ntention of honouring it with L tie it presence. For further particulars see special adver tisement. I R RATES OF ADMISSION, RAILWAY ARRANGE MENTS, dm. ;ORDINARY RATES OF ADMISSION.—These remain as before, , Iz . Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, nursdays, and Fridays Oo Saturdays • Half-a-Cro wn. Children under 12 y e a r s o f age , H a lf-price _ The Palace will be opened on Mondays at 9 a.m.. on eepting on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, ex., the days of the Concerts by the Opera Company, which days, and On Saturdays, it will be opened at 12 ; closing daily about sunset. Baleinezi RAILWAY,--Ding the moo on e ; Szaiae of the )nm waq ndon for )er• dis- wrossed ,ed, and, Wag in ant him, sy some hevalier at price through- Linst St. )up, and ) 20 %Pit ern, and 1. Much 3 close 7 Isttnents 1 ; 600 ke , l for iOO tols .1 Lean!- ! against [ld 2,500 )is event Were as nst Dul- illy came ao 2,400 booked )g to go comprise ►n ietted 3 against red) iad off.) London enpenee, Meeting► BaturdAy ie. Sent avoy-hill, -day con?' It to quit alto! atioa receiYei frollA 7 I 13 ) 6 70 ----- the tract' over me lting pe.s are ;6i to 640; beaLor 4s ; pease rloy, O a 9. S3lcs Beans , os 0 d Os 0a n. Ltd 1,-- 360 500 at lowe r ing North orw Lincoln' _s o uth —Grand i•—EAIS" doing ♦ ruler Pt id19,11d6 , 101 i I ;!),I ichehte' ()DIY tb at th e ;,saran . _South rrowe' tbo p ablith , 5.r0 36 t , third ' gag v u 011 lia''' tb° bii, 1, ) Sera of tl'es 1. 11,3Y' ,icha .aca wor th, :or the tro t' J. r t-rod' L ible99 ,-.- JSO, (N . 20,230.) London and Brighton Railway Company will leave London bridge Station every half-hour, and during busy days every quarter of an hour, from 9 o'clock a.m. till dusk, returning from the Palace at the same intervals throughout the day.— (For exact times of starting, see the Railway Company's time tables.) Return fares, including admission to the Palice -Ist Class. 2d Class. 3d Class. On Shilling Days On Half-Crown Days 4s. Od. 3s. 6.1. 3s. 3d. ' Children under 12 years of age, Half-price. WEST-END RAILWAY. —The opening of this line to the Wands worth Station has already been attorided with great convenience to visitors to the Palace, and it is with much pleasure that the Directors anticipate the completion of the whole line to the Sloane-di-cot Station, as well as the junction with the main line of the South-Western Railway at the Clapham-common Station, in the course of the coming season. An access will thus be opened for the residents in Hyde-park, Belgravia, end Bromp ton, and the other West-End Districts, as well as for the neghbourhoods of Richmond, Windsor, and Hampton Court, by which great economy of time will be effected ? and still further convenience afforded to the public MID-KENT RAILWAY.—The portion of this line from the Sta tion of the South-Eastern Railway at Louden-bridge to Beck enham has been opened, and the extension to the Crystal Palace Station will be shortly completed, whereby an easy access will be afforded to the residents in the Lewisham and Blackheath districts. EXCURSlONS. —Arrangements have been mule by which be nevolent societies, schools, and other large bodies may visit the Palace at the following reduced fares—applying only to shilling days and third-class carriages : Fora number of excursion ists over 250 and under Is. 3d, per head, instead of is, 6d, 500 Exceeding 500 and under 750 is. 2d. Exceeding7soandunder 1000 ld, Exceeding 1000 is. Od. „ „ 15„ 6d, „ ls. 6d, 6d, Children, Half-price. (Signed) ARTHUR ANDERSON, Chairman. JAMES FERGUSSON, General Manages/. MONT BLANC IS O PEN TO-NIGHT. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v irious Novelties, Focal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A MORN ING PERFORMANCE every SA CURDA.Y, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Polygraphic-half, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. R OYAL ARGYLL ROOMS.-LATJRNT'S C 4SINO, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—Great suc cess of the Romanoff Waltz and the Lanceni, every evening, with Laurent's Grand Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Roulcourt. Doors open sr half -east eight, commence at nine. The Lancirs will be danced at half•past ten. Admission One chilling. THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY. Dr. SEXTON will LECTURv: en this important topic daily at 3 and half-past 7 p.m ,at Dr. K &TIN'S 311.7-lEUM, No. s, Coven try street, Leicester-square. The Museum, which now stands wholly unrivalled in the world, 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 coun tries, is Open daily, for Gentlemen ras r, from 10 to 10. A new Lecture is de ive, ed by Or. KAHN at half-past 8 p.m. precisely. Ad mission, One -.billing. Descriptive Catalogues of the Museum, con taining Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan, gratis to the visitors. THEATRE ROYAL, ST. JAMES'S. On the 27th,2811], and 29th last., be uced a GRAND ILLUSTRATE D CONCERT, under the title will of C pr ßl %S d EAN RELIC-, the entire profits of which will be appropriated to the benefit of the following Military Charities, viz. :—" The Nightingale Fund," /- a trim, her Majesty • " The -oldiers' Daughters' Hom e ," P atron , h er Majesty; and " The Pensioners' Protection Society," approved of by the Queen, and under the especial patronage of Prince Albert. The following celebrated powerful vocalists are engaged :• Principal so prani—Madame Caradori Mdlle. Desprez, Miss Galton Pyne, Miss Somerville, Miss Rose Braham, Miss A. Poole. Tenori—Mr. O. Perren, Mr. Dare, Mr. Miranda. Itarytone —Mr. Metcalfe Rosen thal. Bass—Mr Hamilton 13raham. Ist Gower, Mr. Cooper, 2d Gower, Mr. Fitz James. The chorus, under. the direction of Mr. Smythson, will comprise 50 voices. • The band, inclusive of orchestra and stage, 50 instruments. Leaders—Mr. Viotti Collins and Mr. C. Hall. Musical director arid conductor—Mr. Leigh Smith.' Stage manager -M. J. Martin. Actin{ manager- Mr. Davidson. Prices of admission : —Stalls, U. ls. ; dress circle, 10s. 6d.; pit, 10s. cd ; amphitheatre stalls, ss. ;• am bitheatre, ,2s. Gd ; .private boxes, 41. 45., 31.3 s , and 21. 2s. Treasurer, Mr. E. Lawrence. Boz o/lice open from 11 to 5. SCOTTIS II NATIONAL INSU DANCE_ COMPANY, Edinburgh, 22, St. Andrew's-square. SEVENTH DIVISI IN of PROFITS. Proposals made before 15th May participate. Moderate rates of premium.- JOHN M. MICANDLISH, Manager. Office in London, 69, Lombard-street. • BANS 'OF DEPOSIT, No. 3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON. Established A.D. 1844. Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit. Prospectuses and Forms tor Opening Accounts sent free on appli cation. PETER MORRIRON, Managing Director. LCONTRACT FOR THe DOCK AND VICTUALLING YARDS, &c. Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy, Somerset-place, 17th April, 1857. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kigdom of and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICEn, that on Grea Tilt t SDAY Britain , the sth May neat, at Two o'chick, they will be ready to treat with -uch persons as may be willing to contract for supplying,her Majesty's Dock and Victualling Yards, Neva' Hospitals, Royal Ma rise Barracks and Infirmaries, and the Admiralty, Marine, and Coast-guard offices with Coals. • • A distribution of the coals and a form of the tender may be ob tained at the said office. No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for Coals," 'nd must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter stoned by two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum of £2O per 100 tons, for the due performance of the contracts CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Bro rnpton.—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, Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted at the Brompton Estiolishment, 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 185 I, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful rsaaindy, 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 Loahana Farrar, E , q., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By oroler. W. .T. COCKERILL Secretary. 11) 0 Y AL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.--Founded 182 g. The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required. During the past month the following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal application:— Week ending 7th February 2,095 Ditto 14th Februaiy Ditto 21st February .... • • 2,659 Ditto 28th February Total in February •• .• . 9,986 of which 3,379 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Bevy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten. sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, If So disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; lierries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, l'ayne, and Co. ; Gly n an d C o . Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Mastennan and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. By order. J. B. OWEN. M.A., Chairman. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE rox LIVER CONSTIPATION, INDIGES TION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND LIEBILITY. D U BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR- ING REVALENTA ARABICA. FOOD saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their consequences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten h sion, Jcidity, heartburn, palpitation o f the heart, nervous headaches, ysteria, neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, erup tions of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scroftila, dropsy, rheumatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, after eating, or at sea; low spirits, -spasms, epileptic fits, spleen, general debility, inquietude, sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, paralysis, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me mory, uo ug l u a% vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melan holy, groundless rear, wretchedness It is, m oreover, the best food for Infants and invalids g e nerally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a good liberal diet, but impart% a healthy relish for lunch and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebrat ed Professor of Chemistry Dr Andrew tire, Dr. Shoriand, .Har vey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingrain, Lard Stuart de Decies, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 other well-known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried in vain for many years, and all hopes of recovery abandoned. --- Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Dee M.D., F.R.S., &c., Bfe. " London, 24, Bloomsbury-square. " I hereby certify, that having examined Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica I find It to be a pure vegetable Farina, perfectly whole some, easily digestible, likely to promote a healthy action of the stomach and bowels, and thereby to counteract dyspepsia (Indiges tion), constipation, and their nervous consequences. Atinauw TAIE, 51.1)., F.R.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." 'Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1847. The Consul-General has be en or d ered to inform M es srs:Barry, Du Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his Majesty the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Minister of the Imperial Palace. Suitably packed for all climates, and with fall Instructions. In canisters, Ilb .2s 9d ; 21b 4a 6d ; 51b lls , 12Ib 22s ; super refined quality, Ilb Ge ; '211) lls ; 51b 228 ; 101 b 333. The 1010 and 121 b cards- Lers are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office; order. Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street. London; F 413111110 Mason, and Co.. purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly , also at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Straml ; 4, Cheapside Corn= ; 49, Bislaopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-crossAs4, Upper Baker:street ; 63 and 150, Word-street. , 7'4 „ . f-4 • / 9 • " 0 "c 4 t • - -*c7l/1 . „ , - • - P4r 44 . ; ?fi oit • IREL AN sr. ibt , • 4. 40 40 , , $. - sc , tv Apott7/1. 0 _ • DUBLIN, MoNDAY. THE IRISH CHIEF SECRETAIIySHIP. , . Speculating he pr ilmbiiity of Mr. Bernal Osborne bent.; the success 1' of Mr. ElOratis4n the office of Irish Secretary, the '.Zl'a rthern Whig observes:— "If Mr. Bernal Osbornels to be Secretary for Irelao4 the change will be an unmixed blessing. Mr; Osbort n is not an Irishman—and, perhape, Secrete/tick lex Iv e. land ought to be foreigners—but he marriect Into a Irish family, and in character he is peculiarly fitted for political success in this country. Mr. Osborne is .bold and frank, and in all respects the reverse of Mr. Hors ! man, whose diplomatic cautiousness was something ttir re than offensive, inasmuch as it is said to 1 4 ave deterred a great number of gentlemen from business.' Mr. Os berne, not only as proprietor of large :estates in Tip. perary, but as familiar with Irish questions in his cape. city of aide-de-camp to a Lord Lieutenant—a position which he long filled, we believe, to the great advantage of Dublin society—would make an adtnirab,le Irish See cretary. He is a Liberal of the most genuine character. We believe that he would at once make the effort to settle the tenant-right quest on ; and his opinions about the Irish Church establishment are well known." Meanwhile it appears that speculation in the case has been at fault, and the Dublin journals now say that the report of Mr. B.,,rsman's restnation is at least prematur.‘. The Freeman, of this morning, however, insists that the resignation of the Chief Secretaryship was actually tendered' to Lord Pal merston, and that for a short time the office was vacant. Hare is the story of the affair;:— " We believe the difference between Laid Palmerston and the member for Stroud has, fur the present, been arranged, and that the public w;11 : have the benefit of Mr. Horstnan's continuance in office. The. cause of discontent, we have heard, was the protracted absence of the Chief Secretary during a very critical period, when his direction of the Irish elections was eyed more neces sary to the Government than the Jischarge of his ordi nary duties. Among the. very first members returned for Enelsnd was Mr. Horstnao. It was reasonably ex- pected that his mind, relieved from the troubles incident to his own election, would beettractedte Iceland, where York was greatly wanted.' But York retired to Scot land to look after his own affairs, leaving Irish candidat, and Irish elections to take care of themselves. Para graphs in the London journals to the effect that the Irish elections had been mismanaged ruffled the usually good temper of Lord Palmerston, and Mr. Horsman wa a .eked fOr an explanation. What may have transpired we know not; but the upshot was a determination on the part of Mr. Horsmaa to vacate his office. This resolution first appeared in the Scotsman, and our London corres pondent confirmed the resignation, with the additional fic; that Mr. Bernal 03borne was to be his suc cessor. However, for the present, Mr. Horsman re tains the office. We are not aware that his presence could have contributed more than his absence to render the result of the Irish elections very different. Go vernment was very well though quietly served by an Irish nobleman and gentleman, both skilled in elec tioneering practices. We may, in justice to Lord Carlisle, remark that the zeal attributed to him by the Irish Tory party was far less fervent than they describe. He was not insensible to the necessity of seeking addi tional support for his Government, but he did not play the frantic tricks which Tory imagination has conjured up in the shape of 'Viceregal canvassers thronging the courts of justice, the public-offices, and ball-rooms,' and 200 barristers, at the very least,' issuing 'forth on a grand scurry through the alleys of Dublin." ' [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 51) GRIME IN IRAK CE. At a moment when the provisions of our criminal laware under snch anxious consideration it may con duce to, the edification of the public if we exhibit some part'culars of the con iition and treatment.ef crime in France. This we are enabled to do_ very ciroumstantirilly by the aid of a repd•rt recently emanating from the Ministry of Justice in that, country'; indeed, the statistics of our neighbours are so marvellously elaborated, and the accounts or their various, tribunals are kept and digested with such extreme care, that the results. b , Cerite occasionally bewildering by their very minute ness; - and :it will he necessary to throw them into s'mplec and More' general forms to render there popularly intelligible. On the other side of the • Channel - there are three broad' graduations of offences—the-first and most serious class, being brought before the Courts of Assize ; the second before the " Correctional" Tribunals ; and the third before the tribunals of simple police. It will at once show the relationship in which these classes stand to ea h. other if we state that the number of persons implicated under the three ca t-geries respr , ctively were - 6,480, 24363," and 510,873. Our neighbours return in these matters the numbers not only of the offenders, but of the cases; fie . that a robbery, for inst ance , i n y:hioh . half-a-dolen teirglar3 had boen concerned - Yitu'd figare in one column as a single example only. We shall, not, however, refer to the latter figures, but confine ourselves to the personal staristms exclu sively. The returns, it must be understood, are for the year 1855 throughout. The first thing that strikes us after the.gradua tion of offences is the classification of punishments. 'T,he sentences pronounced by the Courts of Aisize upon those (4,857'1 of the 6,480 prisoners who were found guilty comprise penalties diYided into two di s ti nc t kinds, one importing afflic tive or degrading punishments, the other . cor rectional punidiments. Under the former head are reckoned death, transportation, hard labour, either for life or for shorter periods (travauo6foi6es), and imprisonment when accompanieil with 'labour or inflicted in a fortress. Of the whole number convicted more than half (2,soo)incurredpenalti; of this description, but it is a remarkable illustra tion of the difference between the French system and our own that yvhereas 61 were sentenced to death (though only 28 were actually executed) no more than 20 received sentence. of transportation. Of the rest 1,358 were condemned to hard labour (228 for life), end 1,061 to imprisonment, of whom 21 were sent to fortresses. As a general deduction, it is observed that the amount of crime under this head had considerably d -dined in comparison with the returns of former years, but forgeries and frau dulent bankruptcies were more numerous than in 1854. Altogether offences against property more than doubled those against persons. Under the succeeding category of correctional offences the sttttistics are very curious. Here the numbers, as might be expected, increase in propor tion. as the gravity of the delinquencies declines. It will probably surprise our readers to learn that' no fewer than 28,650 persons, were apprehended in France during the year 1855 upon charges of poaching and shooting without a licence ; and to theSe ewes were added 4,443 fog violations of the fishery laws, and 60,473 for violation of the forest laws, though in the latter instance 'the proceedings probably concerned the preservation, of wood rather than of game. On the other hand, the offences (we are here computing charges, not convic tiens) against the laws and regulations on Customs, indirect taxes, and octrots, were only 3,086 'in number, while those arising from the adulteration of goods and the employment of false weights and measures were as- many as 10,698. Distinctions again appear drawn not only from the nature of the crimes themselves, but from the persons against whom they are committed. Thus, outrages and violence to public functionaries are .separated from ordinary cases of that kind, and " offences against religion and outrages of monsters of religion" constitute a class of themselves. The numbers in the former case are 7;150; in the latter 274. The general lightnes4, however, of the offences proved tinder this head is shown. by the sentences recorded. As many as 122,438 were dismissed with fine only, and 76,765 were imprisoned for termsshort of a twelvemonth. The highest penalty inflicted by the Correctional Courts seems to be incarceration for a year or upwards, and it IS remarked that the number sentenced to this punishment (11,661), though not a very large proportion out of 234,363, is somewhat in excess of former years. In only two specific offences, however, is the number of offenders returned as greater than in 1854, an d these are the adulteration of goods and the employ ment of postage' stamps previously used and de faced. Of the third class of delinqnencierbrought within the cog,nisance of simple police courts very little need be said. The persons implicated were, of course, very many—no fewer than 510,873, but in. 449,484 of the cases the ends of justice were thought to be attained by the infliction of a fine. In proceeding to the , generalities of these statis tics we Shalt discover some remarkable results, especially in comparing the sentences of imprison ; ment with those of transportation. The whole number of the former in the year 1855 was not much short of 100,000 (93,152), including those of hard labour. Twenty criminals only, as we have said, were left for transportation, and the returns of the previous year were more singular still, for in • that period one 'offender only was ordered to be transported, though 79 received sentence of death. Moreover, although upwards of half of those sentenced to death in 1855 re ceived a 'commutation of punishment, it was in every case to hard labour or imprisonment for life, and not to transportation ; so that under the. French code incarceration with labour represents the next penalty to the guillotine. It is observed that capital punishments, though fewer in 1855 than in 1854, when they were 42 in number, show an in crease over the years 1851 and 1853, when they were only 11 and 12 respectively. In 1852 they were 26. Of the 28 who suffered in 1855 as many as 19 had committed murder sipsply as a prelude to robbery. With respect to the degree of education discernible in the higher class of of fenders it is said that of the 6,480 persons chat ged under the first category 306 had received superior instruction, 880 could read and write well, 2,486 had been imperfectly taught in these respects, and 2,808 were completely illiterate. In the second class of offences it is remarked that the criminality of women had increased, and bad shown a similar tendency in prece ding, years—an explaua- THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION: AND LOSS OP FIVE LIVES AT STOCKPORT. The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances which led to the explosion of the fire damp in the Bradbury New Pit, near this town, took place on Monday morning, at the Rising Sun Inn, Bredbury.' The men were at work as usual on Thursday,: the 9th instant, and when they left they noticed nothing that induced them to sup pose that the air in the pit was bad. The follow ing day being Good Friday they did not work, but they resume i at the usual hour on Saturday morn iug, the 11th instant. At six o'clock on that morn ing they assembled at the mouth of the pit and. were let down in the "cage 4 " and it appe ars th a t Samuel Platt proceeded with his work in No. level with an exposed candle. The statements on. this point differed. Some of the colliers who were in the pit asserted that he was working with a naked candle, without any lamp whatever. Platt's own s•aternent is that he had a lamp; but that after he had about half-filled his first waggon-load of coal, he removed the top of it, and th tt the explosion immediately took place. 'lt appeared. that the men had been down in the pit from half to three quar ters of an hour, making it nearly 7 o'clock, when they were startled by a terrific explosion in the No, 7 level. The report was also beard for some dis tance outside the pit, and brought many - persons to the spot. 'Heathcote, oue of the cbunty constabu lary force, who lives about 100 yards from the Mouth of the shaft, was awoke by the report and by the shock, the.noise being like that produced by an extensive blast. The colliers ill the pit knew at once what had occurred, and they immediately corn menced groping their way to the mouth of the shaft. Platt, being in the level where the explosion oc curred, was frightfully burnt by the ignited air, which was wafted along the various workings. NeverthelesQ, he contrived to reach the month of the shaft. The dense sulphurous vapours which fol lowed upon the exeks'on so filled the pit, that the operations of the' men who were engaged in res cuing the sufferers were stopped. Toe apparatus for the ventilation of the pit had been blown down by the explosion ; and the air had to be purified, an operation which occupied more than two hours. At the expiration. of that time, about' half-past 10 o'clock, the bodies of Howarth and his sons were brought to the surface. The father breathed once afterward; but the sons were quite dead. The former with one of his sons appeared to have been suffocated by the sulphurous vapour, but the second son was frightfully knocked about and disfigured. The jury returned the following verdict ::"W are of opinion that the five deceased met with their deaths by accident; but we wish, tbrough the coroner, to call the attention of the proprietors to.: the ventilation, which we consider defective, an 1 we hope that in future it will be better attended to." • THE .RUSSIAN RAI tWAY ROBBERY SCHEME. The introduction of the Russian Railway scheme has been attended by some revelations which perhaps will not surpri'e the public, except in so far as they show a want of that adroit management expected from the well-practised contiuentel financiers and speculators who have committed themselves to its success. That every effort would be made to drive the shares to a premium, before the date of allotment was scarcely to be doubted, but, looking at the extraordinary facilities afforded, by a combination which includes most of the prin cipal operators on the European Bourses, it was considered improbable that the opinion onthis point would ever be allowed to assume any form beyond that of a general inference. It appears, however, that facts have already transpired which among prudent minds will impart to the matter miich of the force of certainty. Of course, it is always pos sible for the concoctors of companies, by seeking to buy shares in anticipation of the allotment, to send them to a premium sufficieet to render them at tractive to the public, and to induce a flood of applications, and the process becomes more easy in proportion to the number of European markets open for de dings in them, as the electric telegraph ihstantly communicates to all the effect produced upon any one. Under these circumstances most of the respectable dealers in the London Stock Ex change have resolved to exercise great caution with respect to the present scheme, and to refuse to en ter into transactions previously to the rvgular issue of the shares. How far this resolution is ne cessary may be judged by the following facts' :—A respectable stockbroker's firm having received an order from a Protestant clergyman at Brtissels to invest 20,0001. in Russian Railway shares, deemed it expedient to make impfiry, and found that'their client the clergyman was not the principal in the transaction, but had sent the order in his own name to oblige a very rich and influential friend in that capital. A further developement remains. Having mentioned the circumstance to a friend, they ascer tained that another order for the purchase of 20,000/. had been transmitted by a clergyman through a mercantile house. Their first impression was that it must have been the same individual in each 'Cale. On inquiry, however, they gathered that in this in stance it was an English clergyman, although the resemblance was Will perfect, since that gentleman . also has since admitted that he was acting merely as an agent. Thus the matter stands. The in. quiries for the shares consequent, apparently, on these devices has had the effect of tempting rime few of the dealers to make a price for them to day of I F to 1 premium. It will be for the pub lic to judge the value of such quotations. The whole story seems almost incredible, but in case any denial of it should be hazarded, those from whom it proceeds will, it is said, be found ready partioular.—Tintea to City it in every tion of which fact is tendere - cf in a remark that women are now more frequently prosecuted for commercial frauds than formerly, and are, more over, impelled to mendicity (one of the delinquen cies pertaining to this category) as well as robbery by the excesAive prices of food. In the case of very young prisoners extenuation is admitted, for in the first class of offenders 45, and in the second, 4,068, " being children of less than 16, were acquitted as having acted without discernment," though in the former instance all, and in the latter more than half, were sent to penitentiaries or houses of cor rection. How far this policy was followed by per manent amendment we do not learn, but of the whole number of persons (240,843) tried before the two high r Courts we are toldtbat 38,771 had been previously convicted, and—what is more—that the number of such cases was increasing. Upon the whole, however, Vie aspect of these affairs in France is considered both satisfactory and promis ing,-and our readers will probably be able to make an interesting application of such clear statistics to the questions before us at home.—Times. NEW BISHO.PRIO FOE NEW Z the Colonies, agbivoeun chere, the Secretary of State for Colonies, h his consent for th e immediate creation of another bishopric in N e w Zealand, to include the provi nces o f Wellington and Nelson. The right hon. gentleman has nominated the Venerable Archdeacon Hadfield to the new bishopric. THE CASE OF BACON AND HIS WIFE.—It is understood that the two prisoners will be jointly tried for the mur der of their children, and that in such case the state ment of the wife that her husband committed the murder may be used as evidence against herself. It is expected that a joint defence will be made, and that this defence will be that the act of murder was committed by Mrs. Bacon while in an unsound state of mind, and that she is consequently not criminally responsible, and that the husband had nothing whatever to do with the same. If this defence should be successful, and Bacon should be acquitted, he will then be removed to the country to take his trial at the summer assizes for the murder of his mother. It appears that since the committal of the prisoners they have both been in a very low desponding way, I articularly Bacon himself, and they are never left alone, six additional turnkeys being employed, three women and three men to watch them, two during the night, and one during the day. [ADVERTISEMENT]. —Kidneys, Bladder, and Prostrate Glands —their complications, Diabetes Albuminuria, or Brights Disease, &c.—their connexion with the Stomach, Liver, &e., and intimate association with 'the Ganglionic, or groat cen tral or solar plexus of nerves, by Dr. Denis Cronin, price 2s " To a sound theoretical knowledge of the painful and die• tressiug diseases on which he writes, Dr. Cronin adds the ex , perieuce derived from a large and successful practice." " News." Smith and Son, 52, Long Acre. 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The Washington correspon,dent of the New York Courier and Enquirer states tha• the q ues.ion of the reinforcement of the United Stites' squadron in the East,was still under consideration by the Cabi net, anl it was believed that a very . imposing fleet will soon be gathered there. It was probable that, in addition to several large steamers and sailing vessels, all' the sloops-of -war available from their light draught for that service had already been or dered Lo the coast of China. It wAs likely that Commodore Perry - world be appointed to the general command. In another communication the correspondent of the same journal says It is understood that the Government:has-settled-upon - a line of -trilicye to be pursued in regard to China affars, and that in very recent conferences between the Secretary of State and the British Minister the latter has expressed his entire satisfaction with the course which is to be pursued. The American merchants, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Appleton, and others interested in the China trade, have also, after receiving expla nations from the Government, become convinced that it is neither politic nor necessary that we should co-operate with the Western Powers in their proposed crusade against China ' and their joint efforts to extinguish or limit Russian ascendancy in that quarter ; but that the Government will se 'cure every important or desirable end by taking measures for the protection of the persons and pro perty of our citizens, and for the enforcement of the privileges which are secured to us by the existing treaty, acting independently of any alliance with Powers engaged in hostilities against China. The Government will aug ment the naval force in the China - Seas, and send as an Envoy to China some man of high political stand ing and character, who will be instructed to revert to the aid of the naval force, in case of hostile pro ceedings against our citizens. The Envoy will also be instructed to procure some modifications of the treaty and an improvement of our commercial re: latious with China. It will be observed that the. United States is at peace with the Chinese empire; and that we have no motive for waging war against 'it, either single-handed or in alliance with England and France." The accounts from Nicaraguh received by the Arago at Southampton do not appear to be reliable, those by the present mail tending to show that Walker was in great danger. The New York Tri bune gives credence to the following statement : "On Saturday we had an interview with a gen tleman who came as a passenger in the steamer Texas, and'from whom we obtained the latest, in telligence from the seat' of war in Nicaragua. Our informant is an intelligent native of Nicaragua, who owns a large hacienda near Rivas. He was among the first to espouse Walker's cause, to which he remained true until he discovered that Walker, instead of being a Liberator, was but a petty chief at the head of a banditti. On the 18th of March, our informant left Virgin Bay in the steamer San Carlos, and crossed the lake to Fort San Carlos, at the head of the San Juan , River, which point was held by a strong force of Costa Ricans. At Fort San Carlos he was joined by a Costa Rican priest and ' a soldier, and there embarked in a canoe for Greytown. To pass Castillo they were compelled to carry their canoe by the road around the rapids, to avoid the danger of crossing the rapids. ' Castillo they passed without difficulty, they being known to the Costa-Rican forces • and they floated to a point above S ara pi qu i, which is held by the- FillibusVrs under Lockridge, about dusk. 'Here tney filled the canoe nearly full of water, to give it the appearance of a log of wood, and throwing themselves in the river ou the side of the canoe opposite the fort, were enabled to float by undiscovered. They reacoed Greytown in time to take passage in the Texas for Aspinwall, where the priest and soldier left for Costa Rica. Our in formant had been in' General Canaa's camp, ,at Virgin Bay and St. George, several days previous to his departure on the 18th. At that time it was not known where Walker and his men were. A few days previously, finding themselves in a starv ing condition, being cut off from obtaining supplies by the scouting parties of the Costa Ricans ' Walker had evacuated Riv a s, w ith t h e i ntent i on of forcing his way, if,, possible, to Rosario—a point about seven miles from Sau Juan del Sur, where he hoped at least to find food for his men. This movement was observed by the Costa Rican scouts, whO fell back upon the main body of the allied forces. , The allies at once marched to intercept :Walker, who, hearing that they were advancine., made an ineffec tual attempt to reach Rivas. In the meantime a guerilla party of Costa Ricans-10 of whom are con stantly moving along the transit road to fire upon the small parties of Walker's men who are sent out to obtain supplies, and - to intercept the recruits from California—having discoveted that Walker had left Rivas, entered the town, and, either by ac cident or design, the. remaining part of the city was set on fire. The opinion of the allies at Virgin Bay when our informant left was that the Fillibus tere were making a desperate struggle to reach the coast to provide for the safety of Walker, by send ing him out of the country. A correspondence had taken place between Walker and Geu. Canas, Which fact has been tortured into a foundation for the statement that Canas was ready to acknowledge Walker's rule. The facts of this correspondence oar inforMant states to be that Walker had opened a correspondence with Gen. Canes, in which the Fil libusters proposed to surrender, provided-they would be permitted to leave the country. General Canas stated that_ he would accept their surrender, and give passports to the whole force, with the excep tion of Walker himself, whom he intended to deli ver up to the authorities of Costa Rica. This offer Walker's adherents -refused to accept, and their efforts to reach the coast are undoubtedly with the view of providing for the safety of their leader, Should he reach San Juan del Sur, he would prob ably leave the country in the little schooner which Captain FayssouX abandoned, unless Gee. Bosquet should arrive with the force of 1,000 Costa rticans, which our Panama correspondent a ated was ex pected to reach that port on the 21st of March. The officers of the AmeriCan vessel of war at San Juan del Sur interested th emse l ves i n favour of Walker and his men with Gen. Canes, who replied that he would pay the expenses of the whole force to the United States, except Walker himself, who must be delivered up. Tbe reported battle and victory on thel6th our informant states to be entirely without foundation in truth."- The .Rome Sentinel states that on the 2d the ferry-boat between Cape Vincent and Kingston (Canada) was partially capsized by arush of passen gers to the bow, and out of 15 or'2o only two per sons escaped. The rest were drowned. The Baltimore Repunlican gives an account of an extraordinary and fatal duel which occurred at Winston (Maryland). The parties were fastened , down by their trousers to a two inch oak plank, and fought with bowie-knives. " They fought," says the itepublican, "until D ra i n was mortally wounded. Young Pendleton was cut nearly in pieces and now lies in a critical p os iti on. P art of Pendleton's knife is still in Drain's head. There is no hope of his recovery. The doctors think they will both die. Drain was 22, and Pendleton 19," 'On the 6th snow fell at Buffalo, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Nashville. The Washington Union publishes the following correspondence between Lord Napier and Mr. Cass, the Secretary of State, respecting the loss of the British-American barque Tasso, at New Jersey, in Dec. last, when the crew of the American lifeboat there displayed great courage and humanity : " LORD NAPIER TO bIR. CASS. " Her Britannic Majesty's Legation, Washington, March 14. " Sir,—l have the honour to place in your hands a copy of a despatch addressed to me by the Earl of Cla rendon, in which his lordship expresses his high sense of the humane and devoted conduct manifested by the crew of an American lifeboat in the rescue of the British bark Tasso, of St. John's, Newfoundland. O n t hi s occasion it is to be deeply lamented that two of the boatmen perished, as well as four seamen belonging to the ship. " Mr. Fowler, acting British Vice• Consul at Now York, bas been authorised to convey to the widow of John Jones, one of the American sufferers, a pecuniary donation of 501., as a mark of the sympathy of her Ma je9ty'9 Government, and a subscription bavirg been set afoot, which has resulted in the collection of a sum of money sufficient to purchase a small house and farm, it is hoped the widow may find, in a mere material point of view, some compensation for the loss of that support which she derived from the labour of her deceased husband. "Mr. Fowler is ergived in making inquiriee respect. ing the ralatives of John Parker, wbo al•o lost his We, and in reference to the rest of the boatmen, who shared the same danger and evinced the same intrepid apitit in the performance of their duty, with a view to tendering them a becoming aCknorledgmeut on the part of her Majesty's Government. "I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedien humble servant. " The Hon, Lewis Cage, &c." " NAPIER, TgE EARL OF CLARENDON TO LORD NAPrER "Foreign-office, February 16. • " My Lord,—Her Majety's Government have re ceived from Mr. 'Fowler, the gentleman who is tempo rarily performing the duties of the Pritish consulate at New York, a report of the circumstances under which the greater part of the crew of the BritiAa vessel TORSO, ittf-St. John's, Newfoundland, which was wrecked at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey; on the 20th December last, were rescued from a position of the most imminent danger by the boat Men of an adjacent life-boat station, who, in the midst of a furious tempest, immediately put off to their assistance. Her Majesty's Government deeply re gret to learn - that by the upwtting of the lifeboat while alongside the wreck two of the American boatmen and ° four of the crew of the Tasso lost their lives', ...... . "I have to low/nt "yonr lordship to express to the Secretary of State of the United States, in the warmest terms, the thanks of her Majesty? Government for the timely and Valuable assistsnce thus rendered to the Br, tish crew, and their admiration of the courage and devo tion displAyeft by the Amerjca4.boatmen.„_:, ' " Her Majesty's Government are informed that one of the boatmen who unfortunately perished, named John Jones, hit a large family ; and they have instructed Mr. Fowler to make a pecuniary donation to his widow, as a mark of the syMpathy of the British . Government, and of their approbation of her husband's conduct. The other boatman who wasdrowned; John Parker, is understood to have left no family ; but her Majesty's Government have written for further particulars respecting Vie crew who manned the boat, in order to be able to determine what mark of acknowledgment it would be proper to offer to them fcr their services. "I SD, &c ., " CLARENDON." " MR. CASS TO LORD NAPIER. " Department of State, Washington, "March 20. "My Lord,—l have had the honour to receive your ordship's note of the 14th inst., transmitting the copy of a despatch of the 16th ult., addressed to you by the Earl of Clarendon, expressive of the high sense enter tained by her Britannic Majesty's Government of the conduct of the crew of an American life-boat on the occa sion of the rescue of the British bark Twist), of St. John's, Newfoundland, at Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, in Dec. ►ast, and stating that Mr. Fowler, the acting British Vice-Consul at New York, has been authorised to convey to the widow of John Jones, one of the two American boatmen who lost their lives on the ec..iasion referral to, a donation of 50/., as a mark of the sympathy of her Majesty's Government, and that a sum of money had been collected sufficient to purchase a small house and farm for her. You also state that Mr. Fowler is en gaged in making inquiries respecting the relatives of John Parker, the other boatman who lost his life, and the rest of the boatmen who shared the same danger in the performance of their duty, with a view of tendering to them a becoming acknowledgment on the part of her Majesty's Government. " It is always a source of gratification to this Govern ment when citizens of the United States are instrumental in rescuing individuals, especially citizens or subjects of foreign countries, from the perils of the sea, and the ma nifestation of sympathy and gratitude on the part of her Majesty's Government in this instance is justly appre ciated by the President. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, with high con sideration, your obedient servant, "Lord Napier, &c." if LEWIS CAse. Advices from Havannah to the 3d inst. state that General Concha had issued a decree revoking the certificates of protectio❑ ordered to be issued to slaves, as being insufficient i❑ curtailing the traffic. Two New York vessels had been sold as slavers. There was a sufficient number of vessels in the port to carry away the whole of the sugar crop. The stock of sugar at Havannah and Matanzas was 210,000 boxes, and the market remained firm at last quotations. Two Dutch ships, with 700 coolies on board, had arrived at Havannah. There bad been copious rains throughout the island. On the evening of the 6th the New. York Stock Market was heavy, notwithstanding the increased facilities for loans through the banks. The rates for money at the note brokers were 9 per cent. for prime endorsed - paper, 10 to 12 per cent. for well known single names. The bank statement for the week showed an increased movement in Laos and deposits. Foreign exchange was firm at 108 i to 1081 for good to prime bills on London, most drawers asking 109 ; 5 23/ to 5 214 for Paris. The advices by the Asia respecting cotton created disappointment among speculators, but the market was firm, although less active. Mr. W. P Wright, in his circular, 'says : "Our domestic consumers have operated most libe rally during the .week ending yesterday, and very ex treme prices have been paid ter suitable parcels. Ex porters have also participated, and the total sales I esti mate at 8,000 bales!. The export for the week has been to Liverpool, 3,395; Bremen, 675 ; Hamburg, 1.022 ; Riga, 421 ; Aritwerp, 428 ; total, 5,611 bales. Cotton ie transits has been M fair demand at the quotations of last week. The quantity on . sale is very much reduced and holders are very firm in demanding outside rates. The southern markets continue to advance, with a fair amount of business in each. The quantity of cotton for sale in Savannah and Charleston is so much reduced that the business may be considered as closed. In Mo bile and New Orleans the season is drawing rapidly to an end, and the buyers are. preparing to leave at an early day. The accounts from the South received during the past week fully confirm the conclusion that the crop wilt result in less than 3,000,000 hales, and this e-ti .mate is now fully established here and in the South. We have been visited with a few dare cold weather, and it has extended some distance in the South, but whether it has been sufficiently severe to make replanting necessary we have yet to, learn. On the 17th of March a frost oc curred in Texas, which checked vegetation. The public mind is very sensitive just now on the subject oi the coming crop. Receipts. at the ports continue to fall off rapidly, and are during the week under review less than half as compared with the corresponding week of last year. By telegraph we learn that a further reduction will be shown next week. The total deficit is now 289,000 bales, and next week it will probably exceed 330,000 bales." Flour was firm and in moderate demand for the home trade. Holders did not press sales. Good wheat was not abundant, and was held firmly. Pork was quiet ; beef firm. Fi eights generally were dull. On the evening of the 7th stocks were lower at New York. Sterling exchange advanced to 1081- to 1081 ; bankers closed at 109. Money closed tight, and at the second board there was almost a panic in some stocks. Ashes and tobacco firm ; flour and lead firmer; wheat firm ; pork lower ; iron steady ; tallow heavy ; freights to Liverpool heavy ; cotton, 5-321 ; flour, is. 9d. ; grain, 47,d. to 54d. . (LATEST EY TELEGRAPH, VIA HALIFAX.) NEW YORK, APRIL 9, EVENING. The ship New Hampshire, from Glasgow, was wrecked at sea. Cotton unchanged. Breadstuffs generally dull. Money to day was a-.,.tiVe, but with equal supply. Sterling exchange, 109. NEW ORLEANS, APRIL 8. The news from Europe per Canadian is received. Cotton remains firm ; sales today, 4,000 ; prices unchanged. We have accounts from various points of damage by frost. MR. LAYARb'S FAREWELL ADDRESS. Mr. Layard, in his farewell address to his late consti tuents at Aylesbury, having referred to the severance of a political connect.on of nearly five years, says :—" It naturally grieves me to find that A majority of the elec tors have pronounced me no longer worthy to represent them. I should grieve still more had I reason to think that their confidence bad been withdrawn on account of any neglect on my part of their interests, or of any vote of mine in the House of Commons. I may assume with out presumption that the result of the recent election is to be attributed to other and far different causes, and that it affords no index of the true feelings of a majority of the constituency. Together with many other men, known as the ablest, the mcst independent, and the most truly Liberal representatives of the people, I have been deprived of my seat in Parliament. It behoves the Liberals of Aylesbury, as it behoves many other Liberal constituencies, to reflect calmly, now that the excite ment consequent upon the dissolution is passed, and to inquire whether too much has not been sacrificed to a Minister who has been invariably opposed to every mea sure of true reform, however moderate, and has ever failed to justify the confidence of those nations which have trusted in him for the support and .defence of their liberties. Responding to the appeal made to tbem by Lord Palmerston, the constituencies of England have removed from the roll of the House of Commons, many his toric names which will b e as l an d mar k s in the annals of means that the our country. To effect thi s resu lt every o f those influence of Government could command have been brought to bear. It is no dishonour to suffer with Cob den, Bright, Gibson, Clay, Cardwell, Otway, and a host of others, who have ever been found on the side of the people, and have been intimately associated with al most every recent measure for enlarging their libertiee or con tributing to their welfare. I cannot believe that this state of things will long continue, and I feel convinced that, when the country has recovered from the delusion into which it has been betrayed, the very exclusion of these men will lead to important results, and will mlinly contribute to the success of the cause of progress and reform." The Third Edition. Just Published, mice 55., by post, free, ss. 6d, ON TRUE & FALSE SPERIVLA.TORRMEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the Rea/ Einfferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from •he German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr. Pickford is known to English re a d ers b y his frequent practi cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be In his power to cor rect.”—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,' snd "Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book 'nuld find Its way into the hands of those wise safer from the com laint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would bo rtved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize— mucb money...". This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhoea, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, ikely to do much good;"—Medical Circular. London: H. 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