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~, /~ <-7) _ . • • • • , . O.XII. • It, tt 4 4, " • 4 • •,t4 A IVI R e po ;, tiv f o, t 4 if / f _ I J ' OOO, cwa " • -I , -.• • • 4- • - ( s k r* •4' tv DROIT. , 'l5 f;;ic. tw 4: s 40 :7 t f ltitare, to t of de ow, 1/roNT BLANC IS OPEN _oti • TO-NIGHT. RAND VERDI FESTIVAL a t EXETER . H ILT.-T -eh, ans im :e ly .0 REAT GLOBE, LEICESTER-SQUARE.- - 711 DTORA MAS or the CITIES and RIVERS of EUROPE, the ALP-1 MONT BLANC, the RHINE, and SWI ZERLAND, CRIMEA, and of RUSgI 4 N LIFE and SCENERY, at 12, 3, G, And 8. Admission to the whole building, One Shilling. R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costumes and v 'rious Novelties, Vocal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except Saturday) at Eteht. A MORN ING P RUMOR M NC E every S TURD kY. at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Polygraphic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. ORDON CUMMING will give his p Tular ir Pictorial and Musicil ENTERTAINMENT illustrative of his ADVE \TURES in SOOT II AFRICA every evenfmr, (except Elatu•day) at 8. A MORNING REPRESENTATION on S ‘TUR DAY, at 3 o'clock. The Lion • Hunter's Bush People will appear in their Native Dances. Piano. by Mr. Harries Wilson. Admission, Is, and 28.; Stalls, 35.-232, Piccadilly. ROYAL ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, Haymarket.—Great suc cess of the Itemawlf Waltz and the Lancers, every evening. with Lturent's Grand Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London.. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. floor. open at half-Pant Sighs, commence at nine. The Lanc rs will be danced at half-pa- t ten. Admission One , OVAL GARDENS, CREMORNE. —Thi s Evening (Monday) the.° extens ve, and without parallel, him beautiful grounds in the Metropolis, will be thrown open to the pubic at Three o'clock, from which hour until the cl 'se, a con stant succession of enlivening enttirtainments will be produced. gelectigns by the Military Band, Fre , ••co Amusements, Vocal ami Instrumental Con erti, New Ballet, clotted the " ystlc loran h," Negro 3 lelodists, Drawing•room Entertainments, new Cosmoramic Views, Policing on the Illuminated Platform to Bosisio's Band, F ireworks by Mortram, Soc., &c. Admission, Is. THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY. Dr. SEXTON will LECTURE an this important topic daily at 3 and half-past 7 p.m ,at Dr. K MAN'S MUSEUM, No. 4. 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 commendationof the pressin this and other coun tries, is Open daily, for Gentlemen (n y, i-osn 10 to 10. A new Lecture is delvered by Our. K Arm at half-past 8 p.m. precisely. Ad _Mon. One -billing. Descriptive Cat a lo gues o f th e M u cum, con lifting Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan, gratis to the visitors. rC O (NE CH{YRAL UNION.- DER K;;LNER 11e4NNEP..GESANG VEREIN (80 Men Voices) HANOTER-SQUARE ROOMS. Mr. MITCHELL, respect fully announces, in reply to numerous and continual inquiries, it Is at length arranged that the abOve guished Society will main Visit London, and win have the honour of giving aTH IRA 4 ERIES Of CONCH t TS, under the direction of Herr FRANZ WEBER, corn- Pencing at the Hanover-square G ems, on *Monday, Agerneen, May 25, from half-past 3 to 5 o'clock. It N also reseectailly an nounced, that owing to'the positive necefsity for their return to Ce legne, nn or before the Bth of June. the Concerts to be given by the Society in tins c,untry cannot possibly be prolonged beyond a °fortnight. Subscription-,•will be received as formerly—Reserved Sx Conmrts, 2 guineas ; Sin: 4 le Reserved Seats, unrese f rv , ll l seats. ss. ; which may be obtaned at Mr. MIT- E LL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Many of the Pieces sung by the Society, by Metier and other PoPut..r Composers, are in coons of publication. METR 0P 0 LITAN COUNTIES an d GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent street, Waterlco-pl we, London. Capital, 100,0001. TRUSTEES. it tlin.Spencer IT. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance bcsiness transacted in ott its branches. N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged 2 3 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager. STATE FIRE INSURANCE, No. 3, Pall-mall East, London, S.W. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. Capital 50C,0001.. with power to increase to 2,000.000!. Every description of Fire Insurance accepted at moderate rates Existing Policies falling due at the ;ast Quarter Day may be transferred to this Company tree of charge, beyond the premium and htY eittlpts settled with promptitude and 1 be'ality. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director hANIC OF LONDON, Threadneedlc-street, and 450, West Qtrand. CIRC ULAR NOTE and LETTERS of CREDIT, free ofexpense, rare Issued by this Bank, payable y its .Correspondents in all the _ i .nciPal 'Cities an d T owns on the Continent of Europe, in the British o WWI and Dependencies, and in Foreign Parts. • uRPOSIT ACCOUNTS.—The Bank of En7laud having raised the nco r unt rate to EN per cent , this it mk now allows £5 1 .4 per cent. interest on sums dep wited with three days' notice of withdrawal t It "NT ACCOUNTS are received with allowance of interest customers, and every description of leoltimate banking business kniler takei. P By order. M TT HE IV MARSJIALL, Jan., Manager. Thr ead needle-street ß , AEpNrjilk6M, 1 8 N ; SCOTT, Secretary. C A NCER HOSPITAL, London and West n rompton.—Secretarv's Office, 167. Piccadilly.—This Institu tion has been established ' eiclusively for the treatment of the poor ;filleted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, l ead illY on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted the Brompten Eita l dishment, for one month , and for a longer Derio4 if r ecommended by the medical officers. The number of per ;olne tinder treatment ess in or out-door patients have averaged for !this _e last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foun4ation Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persona, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa -lltion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application :, t he Secretary. C on t r ib u ti ons to enable the Committee to continue s treat work of benevolence are urgently solicited. and may be paid to William Loaham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's -0 1 2 ,11 -flelds ; Messrs- Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's ffiees, 167, Plecedilly. By order. W. J. COCKERILL Secretary. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron —The QUEEN.— Founded 1828. The sick poor Are admitted . on' their own application alone; no re elmmendation is required. During the past mouth the following number received the benefits Of this Charity, either as oat or in-door patients, on their personal 1.. Week ending 7th February ..... 2,095 - Ditto 14th February .... • • 2,351 Ditto 21st February ...... 2,650 Ditto 28th February : 7Total in February of which 3,379 were new cases, the reiro'nder (still under treat teem) having been admitted previously. Tile Patients clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the tollerc.7 expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such axten relief The Comnaittee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of e Public. 'p i le management of the Hospital i s i n th e h an d s o f 30 Governors, ae rly elected fr om th e genera l li s t o f su b scr ib ers, at the Annual 4 eil tral Meeting in January. A Board is h e ld ever y Th urs d a y, a t !) clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, 1 7p 1 . 1 any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at 'limes desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. tam Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun :l,2ntributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, and Co.; Drummond and Co.: , }ferries and Co. ; Ransom and Cot; Vseett, Grote, and Barclay Smith, Payne, and Co.; Gl and I j i 'es Loyd and Co.; and Co.; Denison and Coy ; ac oll. and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber 'l"es-street ; Afasterman and Co. ; and at the Hospital. ieth,off for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. Br order. • J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. p,,,, NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUR. BILIOUS, AND ~T , V * EI ( COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, AND DEBILITY. JO O . BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR tost MG REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD saves fifty times its In other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their ;'''n:„nselliences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, Eatclency, disten ;"4, 'cldity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, neuralgia, deafness, noises in the head and ears, pains at t `, Dlt of the stom ' ach and between the shoulders, erysipelas, crop dr'lns of the skin, impurities and poverty of the blood, scrofilla, af",•l'sY. rbeannatism, gout, nausea and sickness during pregnancy, , e ' fr eating, or at sea ; low spirits, spasms, epileptic fits, spleen, p er al debility, i nqu i e t u d e , sleeplessness, involuntary blushing, a " ni' ral3 ' , ls, tremors, dislike to society, unfitness for study, loss of me th!ri, del us i ons, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, raelan- IZY. groundless f ear , wre t c h e d ness . I t i s, moreover, th e tip. food for infants a n d i nva lid s genera ll y , as it never t c :: s acid on the weakest stomach, nor interferes with a liberal diet, but imparts a, healthy relish for luoch and dinner, i7 3 :2 restores the faculty of digestion and nervous and muscular energy — t ne Most enfeebled. Supported by testimonials from the celebrat- P rofessor of Chemistry Or Andrew Ure Dr. Shoriand, Dr.Har- T eY, Dr. Campbell , Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurr.e ' r, Dr. 'ngram, Lerd R;.ilart do Decie.s, the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart, and 50,000 2.41er wel l -known individuals, whose health has been restored by this useful and economical diet, after all other means had been tried I n vain for many years, and all hopes ofrecevery abandoned. Analysis by the celebrated Professor of Chemistry Andrew Ure &c., &c. " " London, 24, Bloomsbury. square I hereby certify, ttkat having examined Da Barry's Revalenta A'abica 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- I:on), constipation, and their nervous consequences. ANDREw UltE, M.D., F.lt.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. Russian Consulate General, London, Dec. 2,1847. The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry, 'ln Barry and Co that the Revidenta Arabica they had sent to his Iraiesty the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to the Minister of the Imperial Palace. Suitably packed r all climates, and With fall instructions. In canisters, lib Od fo ; 21b 48 Gd ; blb 118 121 b 22s ; super refined llb 68 21b 118; 51b 29. s ; 101 b 33s The lei and 121 b cants rrs are forw ar d e d carr i age f ree . on rec eipt of Post-office order. M arry 1M Barry an d C o .. 77, Regent-street. London;. FOrtnum, M ason, and Co.. purveyors to her Alaiesty, 182, Piccadilly also at 10, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68, C ornhill; 49, Bishopseate-str.et ; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper S alter -street; 63 and 150, Or ord-strcet. 11 Viv AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE. ratent Office Seal of Great Britain. Diplome d'Ecole de Pharmaele P harmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. `ESE MAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, a° of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. I d In tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by vrltei au, Lallemand Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. , RIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE con LAX ATTON, SPERMATORRTICEA, and all the distressing r " . se quences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too f°tr g residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual h:llgth and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are y r ,' In the enieyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and Iti A nt r , ev _er may he the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR• they are effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., f leet e.„ „ in the short space of three days, completely and entirely ems,l‘'"cates all traces of Gonorrhcoa, Loth in As mild and aggravated fc Meets Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder. Non-retention of 6 1 " r 'e, Pains ' of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which N i D r 4 tVl and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the of the health of a vast portion of the it la th TRIEs'EMAR No. 111., t r „, great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp .t.also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all tl'a'taneons Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup t, na and impurities from the vital stream , as altogether to eradicate virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration ti,,i.on7h the medium of the Per es , o f t h e skin and urine, and is a (I,l,ver.falling remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately tt:,,ENilish Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable destruc '?" tho patient's constitution. and which all the Farsaparilla in Avorld cannot reste,re. l'rice I Is., or four cases in one for 335,, T o u ' is ell Saves lls., and in 51. e yes, whereby there is saying of 11.125. t~"e had wholesale and retail in London, ot Derby and Gordon, • j Le adenhall-street; Pront, 229, Strand; Hannay and Co., C 3, Ox rim-street ; Sanger, I Al, Oxford -street ; Barclay and S on, 97, Far. egdon Churchyard wor .„-UMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medical Roux, Ricord. aller' Pri ce is., post free, beautifully illustrated apt 100 engravings, elitiataining the opinions of dipeau, sl a te :1 gives copious instructions for the enteringa of those slate re Prevented by i n from into the married s ki :tis? showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhma, tu ,?ilshilis, and the heNefits arising .Irom the chemical tests and r a f er Leadon of the sperm“toza, by the author's newly-constructed laoe: ater :!:- O Pe, with powerful lenses.—Sold by J. Allen, 20, Wa.rwick tor.,rnOster-row valid from all agents for the 3410 Of "I'riese• , the is in- Half ra re per- ;hing cally , and come .tious mil still I un- COM- .fished r now. your ars to tnt of )efore ,de in n the ys by conti coin. an a there- ; as a A ex n our ants mar- It our value place nage, rer in re see from 1 not evil at would 7 4rds, id its Bank equer Eng ) that with rat of to than )rnind me 3 dition es and , 7s to Id per r. G. hter den. (IN . 20,-22;3.) PUBLICATIOS. Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols., LEGACY A GITER I TE'S 'y Mrs. T. F. STEWARD. " Mrs. Steward's novel, of Marguerite's Legacy,' is a eever And skilful composition— a well-constructed and well-told tale."—Spec tator. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors t) Henry Colburn. • A FIELD OFFICER'S ACCOUNT OF BERMUDA. Just published, in I vol. 8v0.., with aliiap and 8 Illustrations in Llthotint, price I2s. 6d., cloth, J ERMITDA, a COLONY, a FORTRESS, and a PRISON; or, Eighteen Months hi the Somers Islands. By a FIELD OFFICER. " The Field Officer' has turned an eighteen months' residence in Bermuda to a very good purpose. In an agreeable and lively sketch of these islands, wh'ch constitute one of' the oldest of Brihsh Colo the ,he conveys a large amount of authentic information. The details resrec'ing the convict system will be read with Interest"— Morning Post. London : Longman, Brown, Green, Longman, and Roberts. Complete in one volume, price 4s. Gd., THE BUTTERFLIES and STOUT-BODIED MOTHS: form'ng the first volume of A MANUAL OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIE S AND MOTHS: By H. T. STAINTON, Autho'r of "June: a Book for the Conntry in Summer Time." London: John Van Voorst, 1, Paternos:er-row, B.C. Just published, price 2d., Part 11. of FEIST'S RACING RECORD, containing a complete CALENDAR of SPORT. from the Ist of January to the day of publication. Edited by ALBERT FEIST, Editor of the Turf Department of the" gunday Times," and Reporter of Sporting Intelligence to the London daily papers, &c. Parts I. and li, may be obtained, neatly bound in cloth, price 6d., or stitched in a neat wrapper, price 4d. Printed and pub lehed, on the let of each month, by William Wright. Sporting Printer and Publisher, Fulwood-rents, Holborn. Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMA Cif, LIVE Ft, NERVES, LIING9, &c., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, Inconve nience, and expense, by an easy, natural, pleasant, r-id infallible remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of cure. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professor of Che mistry, Dr. Andrew ITre ; Dr. Shorland ; Dt. Harvey; Dv Camp: bell; Dr. Gattlker; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord "Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle-Stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whoA health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had feilcd. Londoa : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street. Jost inblisbed, pidee"sB., by post free, ss. 6d., O N STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA : its PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT. Illus trated by numerous Cases_ selected from. the Records of upwards of Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice, and which embrace every variety of Urethral Contraction, together With appropriate Means of Cure. By F. B. COURTENAY, Member of the Royal College of Surgeobs of England. H. HaiWere, 219, Regent-street. "We believe 3lr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture to have equalled, if It has not exceeded, that of any of his contemporaries ; whilst we most certainly know of no man to whose care we would snoner Intrust the treatment of a severe case of stric ture."—Medical Circular. T ONDON INSTITIITION, April Bth, 1857. —Notice is hereby given hat the CON VERSAZ(ONE an nounced to take place on the evening of Wednesday, April 15th, has hen postponed to Wednesday the 22d inst., when ROBERT WAR RINGTON, Esq., F.C.S., will deliver a lecture on the AQUA RIUM. By order. F. E. GREENIWA.Y, Assistant Secretary. E URE INVESTMENTS.—Messrs. R. 1,3 HURLEY and Co.. 49,,Threadneedle- street, sworn Stock, Share, and Mining Brokers, will be happy to forwards list of carefully selected Securities, paying good di vidend.,to those who may favour them wit h their business, and to advise them on the safest mode of investing their capital. Business transacted in the Ena'ish Funds at 1-16th per cent., and in all Stocks, Railway and Mining Shares, on the most reasonable terms. A selected list of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20 per cent.) and progressive mines to be had personally or per letter. L ONDON, HARWICH, and CONTINENTA STEAM PACKET COMPANY (Limited). LONDON to ROTTERDAM in TWELVE' HOURS by the NEW ROUTE to the Continent, forming the connecting link between the Dutch Rhenish and the Eastern Counties Railways. The S'e , rners of this Company will commence running between lIARWICH and ROTTERDAM, with passengers and goods, on SATURDAY, April 915. For further particulars as to freight, Sec., apply at the Company's offices. 44, Moorgate-street (E.C.) ; of Oliver John W:lliains, Esq., Harwich ; and of H. P. Maples, shipping agent to the Company, 4, Arthur-street East (8.C.) CONTRACT FOR LIGHTERAGE IN THE RIVER THAMES. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset-place, 9th April, 1837. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of 11 Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain end Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, he 23d instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Contract for perfoi ming, for 12 months cprtaln, from the 25th May next, and afterwards until the expiratioa of 3 months warning, all such LIGHTERAGE, between Woolwich and Nine Elms Railway Station. above Vauxhall bridge (both inclusive) as shall from time to time be required by the Superintendent of her Majesty's Victua lling Yard at Deptford. The condii ions of the revised contract - may be seen at the said office. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said office. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty. ind bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Lighterage," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place. ETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has ever since its introduction to the public been recognised, both by scientific men and the trade, as the best article ever manufactured in this c tuntry. Its claims 'o such pre-eminence are based upon its unri valled purity, and Its cl'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, consumed as Such, than ho can realise by Its being distilled into Brandy; and forasmuch as the foreign Brandy of recent Impor tations is but the product of British grain and beetroot spirits, the prestige hitherto exclusively enjoyed by French Brandy as having been distille I from a particular French wine no longer exists, end Is no longer worthily assignable to it now that it bunglingly made from other materials. The supply of wine for distillation into Brandy having failed, the French distiller is constrained to recur to a manu facture in which he needs the quarter of a century's experience which has been exercised upon that of BEI TS'S PATENT BRANDY, to render his article respectably competitive, and he has not had it. Under these circumstances the Messrs. Betts challenge that their PATENT BRANDY is superior to stay now made abroad. It is to the Interest of the public and the Messrs. Betts that these facts should be widely sprt ad, for recent importations are of a quality so inferior as to di grace the name they hear, and are twice the price of BETTS'S PA I ENT BRANDY, which is supplied by the trade, in capsuled bottles, to private familie• in any quan tity, down to the single bottle. Excise regulations prevent its sale rem the Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street, in any less quantity than two gallons. y Authority of the French Consul-Geheral.—Notice is hereby given, that the following SALE of PrtESERVED BEEF will be the last on account of the French Government. SALE of FRENCH COMMISSARIAT SURPLUS STORES, consisting of PRESERVED ROILED BEEF. of English, Scotch, and Irish manufacture, in tin canisters of about 6 lb. each, and packed in wooden boxes containing 14 tins.— Mr. A LEXR. COCK E has been honoured with instructiois to Sell by Auctirn, at the L , ndon Commercial Sale Rooms. vlincing-lane, on en early date in April next, of which due notice will be given, several Force's of the above description of Provisions, composed of the manu facture of the following celebrated firms, viz , Messrs. Henry Powell and Sons, London; Messrs. John M`Call and Co., London ; Messrs. John Moir and Son, Aberdeen ; Messrs. D. Hogarth and Co., Aberdeen; and Messrs. John Dillon and Co , Leith. All the boxes for sale are being opened and carefully examined for damaced canisters, the whole of which will be selected and replaced by sound ones ; the facto the beef having been originally mann ctured in this country under strict inspection, expressly for the use or the troops In the Crimea, where it gave the highest satisfaction, added to Its being perfectly free from defective tins, will give every assurance to buyers of its excellent quality and fitness either for home consumption or exportation. Packages included in the pur chase. The several parcels of beef for sale are now on view at Beal's wharf. Mill-lane, Tooley-street, where purchasers may satisfy them selves that every care Is being taken in removing from the boxes all canisters unfit for use. Any further information required can he obtained at the office of Mr. Coeke, 2, Old Trinity House, Water-lane, Tower-street, where catalogues may be had six days previous to the sale, at the following places, • • viz *— Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane; • Corn Exchange, Garraway's, Baltic, and } Coffeehouses; also at the news rooms of the principal inland towns and outports The salewill commence punctually at the time stated. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. BrEA and PERRIN S ' W ORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, ind all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game. Soup. Curries, and Salad, and:by its tonic and -m— -in...v./rating properties enables the stomach to pilectly digest the food, The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe uard to health. Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay rid Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer halos, London ; and by the principal dealers in sauce. N.B.— T o guard against imitatioxs, see that the names of " LEA a nd PERR INS are upon the lab e l and pat ent cap of the bottle. " THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OFloYalnUEATnHvmelAoepNDde,iefoaM,llA3TreTsrtlaßamltTrissY,e. d Generative Debility, resulting Just poutibltihsheecdu, cute e ri o ce f Is., ice rv Po o s us t ire:, SELF-PRESERVATION. y mysteries r ~Aolafraf rom vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to manh^od, with practical observations on the Physiologymrlage in its social, moral, and physical relation, and ronarks on the 'wonder, of the Microscope in revealing the hidden life within life,' and it utility in urinary examination in detecting the cause and effect of every variety of these complahnts, With nume rous engravings and cases. BY a. LA'MERT , M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUA.UE, LONDON, Matriculated Member of the Universi t y of Edinbur gh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall. London, &c., &c. I he essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Men. hood, and premature tle - Oay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any other class of die age known to modern patho ogists its perusal is particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their phys c. I c Widen, end who are conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled' . _ . .. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot "be violated with out incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc ceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, • and, above all, that there is sea cely any degree of plbstc..l infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Publish. d by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster.row and may be had of Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Horne, 19, Leicester square ; Gcrdon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted dally„ from 11 till 2, and from 5 till 8, at his resi dence, s 7, Bedford equare, London. The work may be bad in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar ; Calcutta— lessrs. C. and .r. Hormusjee, Apollo-street; Bombay— Circulator Office; Madras—Menissilite Office; Agra—Dodsworth ; Colombo, Ceylon ; and of all Booksellers throughout the Colonies. LON DON, MuND 'IL EVENING, APE IL 13, 711 E ROY4I, PQLYTECHNIO INSTITUTION. On Saturday evening a private view took place of the novelties intended for exhibition at this institution during the Easter holidays. From 'the programme gone through there is every reason to believe that the institution will upon this occasion lose nothing of •the large amount of public patronage which has hitherto _always been be stowed upon it during the holiday season of the year. Mr. Pepper has been indefatigable in his 'exertions to retnedel•the whole of hie entertainments, adding to those whichare retained from last season new features of in ' rerest, and supplying the places of others with new sub: Picts,' which, apart from the score of novelty, cannot fait to be attractive on their own merits. Foremost among these is a new feature of daily conceits, which Will in future be given in the institution every morning and evening by the celebrated flunearian band, as sis:.:ed in the vocal depart m e n t by Ad iss'Leffler and Miss Hemming. Mr. .Pepper's new lectures upon applied chemistry embrace several interesting subjects, more especially one upon the use and abuse of the fire annihilator, in which the chemical principles involved in th a t useful though much abused and misunderstood instrument are explained and i'lustrated by a, series of int e resti ng experiments,. Another lecture is devoted to the ex planation of Mr. Rose's (of Glasgow) newly invented optical delusion, called the kalotrepe. The inStru: ment exhibited a number of very curious optical delusions, 'obtained by taking advantage of the well known fact that an impression produced upon the retina of the eye is retained there for a certain period after the of itself has passed away. This fact may be observed by any person who swings round a piece of lighted char coal, when it will not appear like a single piece rotat ing, but will assume the aspect of a circle of fire, the impression produced from every succeeding portion of the circlo being retained by the eye at the same time. Advantage wa s t a k en o f thi s ph en omenon by Mr Rose, who contrived' a series of rapidly-rotating wheels, pro vided with a number of different devices. By the rapid resolution of these many curious and interesting optical effects are produced. :Two new' and very interesting series of dissolving views are also added to the entertain ments. One illustrating China and the localities of the present war, 'which are accompanied by a lucid and interesting lecture on the manners of the Chinese, by A. E. Spencer, Eeq. The lecture derives additional interest' from the fact that it clears up many obscure points relative to the civilisation of'the Chinese people, which have afforded matter for considerable discussion lately. The second series illustrates Egypt In the time of the Pharaoh, comprising a series of pictures of the mariners and customs of the Egyptians and the Jews at the time of the captivity. 'Art interesting original .description of the pictures, by Mr. Leicester Buck ingham, accompanies. the series. The whole of the views are executed by Mr. Hine in the most artistic style, some of them being works of considerable merit, the perepective in some cases being so perfect as to give them almost a stereoscopic appearance. A dioramic effect of the Temple of Itarnac, gradually growing out of its ruined state into 'a perfect restoration, is really very cleverly managed. The room in the building which was formally occupied by the ornithological col lection is now devoted to the exhibition of Steven's luminous chromatic transparencies of China and various Leeds of Europe. The scenes are very cleverly executed, and are undoubtedly a great addition to the attractions of the place. They were exhibited at the Paris Exhibi tion of 18e5. 'Among the recent • novelties may be also noticed Loysel's patent machine for making coffee, which has just been erected in the refre'hment depart meet.. It has 'Ong been used both at the Crystal Palace and in Paris, arid it is, therefore, unnecessary to give a particular description of it. Suffice it to say that an almost incredible quantity of either tea or coffee of a very superior quality and flavour can be made in a few minutes. In the case of tea the operation is much facili tated and ithe flavour improved by grinding it. This apparatus is used in all the military hospitals of the French army, as it is equally applicable and useful in making decoctions of medicinal herbs, as in making the more homely beverage above mentioned. Altogether the Easter novelties at the Polytechnic this year are of a more diver e and attractive nature than has hitherto been attempted at this institution, and they will not only afford. aneusement and instruction during one but many visits. CONVICTION OF AAKPRS FOR USING ALUM. Oa Saturday last; C. Parks, S. Marlin g,`3 . Gra ham, and R. Pitlake,. bakers, all of Croydon, ap appeared on summons before the magistrates ps .serabled in petty sessions—viz., T.' Byron; Eq. (chairnaau), J. W. Sutherland, Esq., and J.. Gu rney, Esq., M.P. for Falmouth, charged with sell jog adu4tTated bread. . Mr. Dart, inspector of 'weights and measures, his son, and Sergeant Julian, deposed.thatthey purcliased bread of the defendants, and c mveyecl it to Dr. Nor ehia,ndy, analytical chemise. Dr. Normandy sated that he had analysed the bread produced in all tbe cases, and that he had found it to contain a large quantity of alum ; he . described the process by which lie discovered. traces of a'in-, rind stated it to be decidedly injurious to the constaption, and also alrOrded means to bakers of defrauding the public, as by its aid, it having the property of absorbing water, it increased the 'weight of bread, added to which it also enabled the baker to use's, commoner flour, giving it the appearance of bread of the first quality, and considerably deteriorated its nutritious properties. • - ` l The Bench fined all the defendants upwards of 101. each, including costs. Notice. of appeal was given in all the cases. Mr. Byron, the :chairman, on behalf of the ma gistrates, said they would persevere in, their endea vours to discover who were the adulterators of beer and other articles of food in Croydon. In his-report as medical officer of heidth to the Holborn district, Dr. S. Gibbon gives the follow- ing particulars to enable the purifiaser to distil]- guish 'atoakhat - does not - contain alum froth one which dee• :—" Alum increases the •whiteness and firmness of the bread made from inferior flour, and thereby cause it to resemble bread made from the very best flour. The qualities which alum imparts 'to a loaf .are very unimportant, having reference merely to the appearance,- lightness,' neatness, of shape, Jsc. The chemical action of alum 'on mois tened flour is - analogous to tanning, and destroys in 'a considerable degree its nutritiveness. It Converts the gluten (the most nutritious portion) of the flour into a kind of tough tenacious wash. leather,' which is, difficult of digestion. This' gives the dough a tenacity and firmness, 'enabling it to retain the thousind of little air bubbles (given off by the . yeast) which constitutes t e 'lightness,' or spongy porous character, of the bread. Hence flour that will hot `rise' may be made to do so by means of alum. Another object in the use of alum is that it preserves the upright form of- the loaves and pre vents them fioin adhering firmly together, thereby enabling the baker to separate them mote readily on titer removal fog the oven—the batch parts clean,' as the expression is, without tearing. An unalumed loaf is, with a little,practice, distinguish able from an alumed one by its appearance alone ; 'it is Wanting in all those peculiarities which I have mentioned as the effects of alum, it is not so bulky, nor so symmetrical in its shape, its sides are rough ened and torn in being separated from the batch. Unalumed bread 'bites short,' alumed. bread 'bites tough,' and the rough, sour taste of alum is slightly perceptible in it. The moat marked contrast, how ever, is apparent in ' crumbling,' when a day or two old ; unalumed bread crumbles with the greatest facility by rubbing it between the hands, whereaa alumed bread, however old, crumbles' with diffi culty. In the same way alum renders the new loaf less liable to crumble when cut. These, then, are 'the qualities and appearances in a loaf which I re commend the purchaser to disregard. I am not prepared to say that these points can be fully relied on as tests for the presenceof alum ; chemical tests alone can justify one in declaring positively that a loaf of bread contains alum." ITCHCRAFT. A belief in the black art is more common than most people suppose. A Surrey magistrate gives the following sample of what occurred lately in his parish : A. labour, r living in called upon me and said, that I had better look aft the rough music they were giving M--, or some mischief would come of it. I inquired, " What is it all about I" —" Oh, you bad better see into it yourself, for I don't like to have any thing to do with such things." I accordingly walked up to M—'s house, and asked him if he had anything to complain of I—" Yes, a pretty deal ; and I'll be bloomed if I don't do for some on 'em." "Don't take the law into your own hands, but trust to me and you shall be protected. But what is it all about ?"—" Oh, some nonsense they talks on about Rife." " What lave you been doing to E-'s wife ?" Why, nothing at all ; I hav'at seen the woman this ,welvemonth." " Have you had any dispute with her husband " "Oh, there was a few words about a little job I did for him—mending his dungspit, but that's all right." " What do they do to you now ?"—" Oh, they makes a noise and clatter with bones and cleavers and hammers and ail manner, "and neither I nor my neighbours can sleep." "Do you know any of their names ?"—" Oh yea, but what's the use of that It's E— sets them on." I returned home and sent for and told him that M-- was much annoyed by people making a noise, and that he said that he E- set them on. " Sarve him right, too." "Why ?"—" Why? Why, because there he comes every night to my house and, whirls my wife out of bed, takes her clean through the window, keeps her till four o'clock in the morning, and then brings her home." "Are you not ashamed, an old man like you, to talk such nonsense ?"—" Ah, but he does, though.", "The last time I passed your way you told me your wife was very ill ; is she well now ?"—" Ay, and so she wag very ill, and all on account of that villain M—; but shoot 'on next time he comes." " You must do no such thing ; tell me what he does, and I will see him punished if iu the wrong ; but if you fire at him and kill him you'll be hanged."—" Oh, bless you, there's no fear of that ; you can't kill them kind of people ; they've nine lives, like a cat." " Do you see him take your wife away I" you,. I'm asleep." - " Can't she awake you '1"—" No, he flies off so quick with her." • "No, bless "Had you not better tie her arm 0 yours, so that she cannot go without awaking you ?"—"That's no use with them people." "Did your wife tell you it is M•—who takes her ?" —"No, she don't know who it is, and when she comes back, poor thing, she's a'l in a pucker, like." "Then, what ground have you for saying that M— talies her away ?"—"Ab, because that blessed man showed him to me.' " WI at blessed man !"—" Why, him as cured her, after Mr. D- 0 and Mr. L—, and ad the doctors had tried and I bad spent my last shilling on 'em." "How did. he show you?"--" Well now I'll tell you. We took a horseshoe and made it red hot; then he shut the shutter, then he put the shoe into some dirty water, and asked me whose face it was I saw in the smoke, and I'll be blowed if it warn't M—'s." " Did you pay this man anything for showing you M—'s face ?"—"No ; I paid him a pound for curing my wife." " What is his name I"—" Well, I don't know rightly, but you knows him well enough ; I've seen him your way gathering simples." " Dui he ever cure anybody else, and , show them wbo it was that made them ill 4"—" Oh, yes, H—'s wife, N—'s shepherd." " Well, now go home, and tell your wife if M— eyer takes her out of bed again to come to me directly, and I will see after him." It may be needless to add that I heard no more of this matter. I sent, however, for the shepherd's wife and she told me she bad been very ill fora long time, and that she never got better till the blessed man came and showed her ,'ll 's face in the dirty water. The witch-finder is a simple gatherer for the London market, travelling generally from Y- to D-, and plays upon the credulity of many foolish peasants, as I have told you. X.Y.Z. DETERMINED SUICIDE AT SHEFFIELD. —On Saturday morning, Mr. George Schofield, of Sheffield, table knife manufacturer, committed suicide by hanging himself in his house. It appears that, for some time past, Mr. Schofield had, been d►inking to excess, and which is sup posed to have caused the rash act. On Saturday morning he went out and purchased a rope, with which he re turned home. He - then proceeded up stairs, and hung himself from a rail at the top of the garret stairs, and after hiinging about two hours, as it is supposed, he was discovered by his little granddaughter, who gave au alarm, and the body was cut down. Deceased was brother to Mr. Isaac Schofield, the town councillor. He leaves a wife and foul- children. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills Astounding Remedies for Bad Legs.—Extract of a letter frow Mr. Charles Sacre, of Church—treet, Woolwich : —" To Professor Holloway.—Sir,—l beg to offer you my sincere thanks for the miraculous cure which your invaluable ointment and pills have effected on my leg. For four months I was in a London Ilospitsl, and turned out afterwards as incurable, with very little hopes of Fa v ng. my leg ; but lam happy to .say that your remedies have effected a sound and perfect cure." —Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Constantinop! e • A. Guidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, - Malta. ' • THE APPREHENDED MURRAIN. As much alarm prevails on the subject of the spread to this country of a murrain said to be pre valent on the continent at this time, the following communication, made to the General Board of Health by Pr. Greenhow, who has been employed by that department to inquire into the subject, may be of use in allaying exaggerated apprehensions.. 'The communication is to be regarded as preliminary 'to Dr. Greenhow's detaled report, now in prepa ration : "To THE RIGHT HON. W. MONSELL, M.P., PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH, &C. " Sir,—As great misapprehension and much unne cessary alarm have arisen from the repoited existence of a very fatal and contagious murrain among the horned cattle of those continental States from which cattle are chiefly imported into this country, it is desirable that the real facts should be Understood. The divase at pre sent or recently prevailing in Holstein, and the adjoin ing countries is the pulmonary murrain,' and is iden tical with the'' lung disease' that has proved so destruc tive among the herds and dairies of Great Britain and :Ireland during the last 15 or 16 years. " Although possessed of infectious properties in a moderate deiree,' the lung disease' is known to arise spontaneously under certain ill-understood conditions of food and sea , on; and is not usually believed to Eave been, imported hither from abroad, L. is almost universally diffUsed`threughout this country, having from time to time broken out in an epidemic form in particular localities, and again disappea,red, without any very obvious cause. Being already quits as prevalent here as on tee Conti nent, no danger exists to our cattle from the importation. Of foreign cattle suffering from the disease. " Notwithstanding this, all animals suffering from this or any other serious disease that arrive from abroad are detained by the professional inspectors of the Board of Customs, and, if-necessary, immediately s'aughtered, their bodies being effectually destroyed, if found, to be unfit for human food, or, if otherwise, then delivered to the owner. The lung disease* is the only epidemic dis ease at present prey- fling among the cattle in countries from which horned cattle are 'imported' into Great Bri-, tain. "There is, however, another much more contagious and fatal disease, called in Germany the Rinder-pest,' or Steppe murrain, which appears to have been con founded with the lung disease, but which, with one or two trivial exceptions, does net at present exist in any part of Germany or the west of continental Europe. This 'Steppe murrain' is a totally different disease from the pulmonary murrain, and is spontaneously developed only in Bessarabia, .Podolia, and other. countries of Southern Russia, from which it is never absent, and whence it frequently spreads by contagion into Poland, and sometimes into Prussia and Austria. "The most stringent measures are employed by the Russo-Polish authorities, and by the Governments of Austria and Prussia, to exclude this form of murrain from their respective territories. A regulation was pub lished in Poland on the 9th of May, 1856, ordering the indiscriminate slaughter of all beasts that should exhibit any symptoms of the disease, under which, according to a recent return, 20,000 animals have already been slaughtered. " Independent of these measures in the interior of the country, quarantine stations have been established on the Russo-Polish frontier, where beasts coming from the East are detained for three weeks. Similar measures for.• the exclusion and extirpation of the disease, should it show itself within those countries, have long been in force on the frontier of Austria and Prussia. In Aus tria the infected cattle are immediately killed•as soon as they show any appearance of the murrain, their compa nions beinz kept in quarantine ; and regulations still more stringent are enforced in Prussia, for both the dis eased animals and all .other beasts that have been in con tact with them are there killed and buried eight feet under ground, quicklime being thrown into the pits. "These regulations have been most sternly enforced, and not only has the importation of cattle from Poland, where the murrain is at present believed to exist, been prohibited, but rage, hides, hoofs, hay, Wood, and simi lar articles likely to have been in any way connected with cattle, and all persons suspected of having trans actions with cattle, have been forbidden to cross the frontier. To enforce thege regulations detachments of troops have been stationed along the frontier at all the points of egress from Poland below Thorn. "Notwithstanding these precaution s the murrain occasionally passes into Austria and Prussia, and intel ligence has been received by our Government that it his recently been imported into both these monarchies. It has been conveyed into Silwia, in the neighbourhood of Breslau and Oppeln, by means of diseased cattle said to have been purchased in Galicia, but has not spread into any other Prussian province, and has, in fact, thus far been confined to the oxen of the infected herd. Most effective measures have been taken to arrest the disown, `and, judging from the experience-of last year, there is every, reason .to hope that its propagati on will be pre vented,-and-its extinction secured.' , "As soon as the murrain was known by her Majesty's Government to have reached Kowno, Tauroggan, and other places in the vicinity of the Prussian 'frontier, an order in Council was issued forbidding the importation of cattle, and of, hides, horns, hoofs, fodder, or other articles liielpto be vehicles for conveying the contagion into this county, from any port in the Baltic east of: Denmark, thus preventing all possible danger of the im portation of this disease, so long as it shall be confined to the eastern frontier districts of Prussia. In addition, however, to this precaution, the greatest watchfulness over the importation ofZ cattle is mai n t a i ne d b y th e veterinary, inspectors of the Board of Customs, both at London and the other ports of importation.--I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, "E. HEADLAM GREENHOW, M.D., Lecturer on Public Health at St. Thotnas's Hospital, "London, April 11.", THE ONEIDA. The sileriCe ofthe telegraph from Trieste respect ing the. Oneida, ,while announcing the arrival of the Indian mail in Egypt, shows that. the ni'ssincr, Aus tralian mail packet had not arrived at Point de Galle ou the 17th ult., nor at Aden on the 28th ult., nor at Suez ou the sth inst., and she is therefore 29 days Overdue at all thoSe plac:is. As there is only a monthly communication with the Mauritius," we shad not have any, news from thence by mail packet until the 26th ofthis month or, the Ist or. NI ay, Many naval men 'are of opinion that the OnAda I , as broken down, and put back to A us - ra li a . It mt us lie "remembered that, only 13 days •plapsed between the. departure ,of .the Oneida and Simla from Aus.- tralia. Suppose '"the former - ,broke dow;i" 1,030 miles at sea, it is not at all improbable that Captain Hyde, might. consider that he could get back to Melbourne quicker than he could get to the Mauri tius or‘Galle, and yet' might have been unable to reach the first port until just after the departure of the Simla. Great anxiety will therefore be felt for the arrival of the European with the next overland Australian mail, due at Suez on' the 4cl of this month, and theniews of which will reach England by telegraph from Marseilles about theist proximo. It is fully expebted that the European will be punctual to "her tithe: The mails on 13 , :ard the Oneida consisted of 861 boxes for Englan.d . from Mel bourne alone, containing 25,000 letters 41'1434,000 newspapers "; above 1,700 of the letters were registered ones. She also had nearly 1,000 letters for India, ,some of them valuable and registered ones ; and, a very large mail for Eug land from the other Australasian colonies„ besides.the one from Melbourne. Altog-ther, per haps, her mail for England cblitained not less than 50,000 letters, many of them of great va.!ue, and 60,000 newspapers. In answer to many inquiries with respect to the passengers on board the Oneida, the Australian and 1s ew Zealand Gazette supplies the following 'list :—From Sydney : Lady Dowling and s:!rvant, Mr.. and M.S. Russell, Mrs. and Miss Wilson, Mr. Moss; Messrs. D. P. M'Ewan, F. C. Ede; Lawson, E. Norman Bremner, M‘Michael, R. L. Garland, O. F. Logan Campbell, Assistant-Surgeon Popple well.. From Melbourne : Mr. J. and Miss Cum ming, Mr. J. and. Mrs. Nicholson, and family, Agnes, Euphemia, and Lucy Dawson, Mrs. Taylor and servant, Mr. David and Mrs: Carman, Mr. Walter, Mrs. and Miss Laura - Powell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wood and child, Mr. Alexander Wood, Dr. Rankin, Miss Richardson, Mrs. Reynolds s Messrs. A. and H. Hallows, F. Wolk, A. M. Lachlan, Callum, C. M'Donald, Francis Clerk, James Makin, Peter Martin, H. Vantres, George Mason, J. 3. Rearden, James Shepherd, Henry Moore, James Laing, Abbot Adelman, R. H. JeWin, A. Matheuson, George Bartlett, William Gray, Murray Powell; P. M. Bachellor. HANDEL FESTIVAL, CRYSTAL PALACE This important undettaking gradually ad vances, and promises a result which, if the festival of 1857 is to be simply a preliminary essay, to test the poSsibility of still greater things in 1859 (the centenary anniversary of Handel's death), will lead to expectations with respect to the latter by no means easy to realise. - During the last few, weeks material progress has been made. The metropolitan division of the chorus, appointed under the direction of sub-com mittees for each vocal part—these Sub-commiitees receiving aid•and counsel from competeot profea- • sional advisers—has terminated in the selection of 1,100 picked voices. Each applicant for a place in the chords, before being admitted, has been tried at the pianoforte, the compass' and quality of voices, proficiency ,at sight-reading, and other essential. gifts being registered, so as to guarantee the ulti mate choice of the most efficient. The ‘-‘1,100" have already passed the ordeal of two rehearsals at Exeter-hall, under the superintendence of Mr. Costa, in choruses of " Israel in Egypt" and : "The Mes siah" respectively and on Wednesday evening the third oratorio, "Judas Maccaba3us," will be sub mitted to a similar experiment. The effect produced in the first-mentioned oratorios was pronounced by all present to be more than satisfactory. The provincial branches of the chorus are funning in the principal , cities and towns of Great Britain under the guidance of professors and amateurs of acknoWledged ability.' The numbers and distribution of the orchestra are already determined on. There will be 76 first violins, 74 second violins, 50 violas, 50 violoncellos, and 50 double-basses (in all 300 stringed instru ments) ; 9 flutes, 9 oboes, 9 clarionets, 9 bassoons, 12 horng, 12 trumpet and cornets, 9 trombones, 3 ophicleides; 9 serpents and bass-horns, 3 drums, and 6 side-drums (90 wirid.instrunienfs)—a force hitherto unprecedented. . The organ, constructed expressly for the occasion by Messrs. Gray and Davison, will be one of great power and on an appropriately g4l,an.tic scale. The instrument being nearly in a state of completion, the swell and great organs were recently tried in the, manufactory ; but, as there was not space enough even in the very extensive premises of the makers to put up the pedal organ, it could not be heard on that occasion. What was tented, howeVer, was unanimously approved by the connoisseurs present. The orrin will occupy. a platform in the Crystal Pulses of 40 feet wide by 24 deep, which will not only afford sufficient room 'for the pipes to "speak, but ample pas Sage between each division, so that any depart ment of the immense 'harmonious structure can be approached without difficulty and at an instant's ncitioe.• The employment of "pueutnadc" action will insure immediate responSe to' the touch, and thus materially assist the exertions of -the per formance. The erection of the organ at the Crystal Palace is to begin on Wednesday morning. The weight of the new instrument will be somewhere' about 20 tons, which, as it is to remain a fixture, will demand a platform of the most solid and durable nature. 'A list of the stops, &c., may probably inte rest the vast number of our readers who are either l players upon the organ, or admirers of it, as the chief instrumental representative of sacred music. We therefore append the following resume, premis ing that it has. four rows of keys—CC to A in alt. Groat Organ—Double open diapasou, 16 feet, double ditleiana 16 feet, open diapason 8 fret, flute a PariPon 8, claribel flute 8, flute harmonique 8, flute octaviante4, twelfth 3, super-octave 2, flageolet harmonique 2. Mix ture, four racks—Furniture 3, cymbal 5 ; 'contra-trom bone .16, posanne' 8, trumpet 'harmonique 8, clarion 4, octavo-clarion 2. Pedal Organ—Contra-hass 32 fret, open diapason (wood) 16, open diapason `(meta') 16, violin 16, octave 8, twelfth 6, super-octave A. Mixture, four racks—Contra- bombards 32, bombarde 16, trumpet 8, clarion 4. Choir Organ—Bourdon 16 feet, gamba 8, salcional 8, voix celeste 8, clarionet 8, gems horn 4, claribel flute 4, spitz flute 2, piccolo 2. Mixture, three ranks—Con Ang lais and bassoon 8, trumpet 8. Swell Organ—Bourdon 16 feet, open diapason 8, vox humans 8, kdraulophon 8, concert lute 8, octave 4, flute octavianto 4, twelfth 3, super octave 2. Mixture, four ranks—Furniture 3; piccolo harmonique 2, contra-fa gotte 16, cornopean 8,, oboe 8, clarion 4, echo-troutha 8. Trernulante. Solo-Organ.—Flute• harmonique, 8 feet, flute octavi auto 4. Mixture—two ranks. Corno di bassaito, 8 ; grand tromba ' 8. Couplers. Swells to great manual and to choir. Super-octave and sub-octave—swells to great manual. Choir, octave, and solo, to great manual. Solo, great choir, and swell manuals to'pedals. The above will give to those initiated on the sub ject some notion of the extent and variety of this newitgreat work from the manufactory of Messrs. , Gray and Davison. Of its absolute quality we must take another occasion to speak, 'since that cats only, be adjudged by oral experience in the locale for which it is destined. Tbe'orchestra, already completed, occupies a space of 168 feet in width (just 38 feet wider than Exeter hall), and 90 feet in depth. The seats for the per formers are gradually raised, one above another, so that every instrumentalist and vocalist can have a , full view of their conductor. The band will be in front, the chorus at the back. The aspect presented by this gigantic superstructure, crowded from roof to base With singers and players, can hardly fail to be one of the most imposing description. The whole is contrived on the most improved principles for the insuring strength and resistance. The teams of timber, screwed and bolted together (there arc no nails), with their stage and struts and bearings, present the appearance of a complete forest of woodwork. The two upper rows, allotted to the , instrumental department of the orchestra, will le! consigned to the double-basses, &c. Between then e and the seats intended for the' chorus that-cis a broad avenue for passage to and fro. In short, the accommodation is so judiciously arranged that every Singer and player will be thoroughly at ease, and thus better able •to give to the ensern6/c the benefit a his talents, under favourableand cot n .. fortable cireum=tances, A photograph. of the orchestra, by Messrs. "Nogretti, is on view, and affords a capital notion of its appearance and pro portions. ,Up to this moment :we are informed that public curiosity has been excited to an unusual extent, and that the dispool of vouchers, entitling pea- [PRIGR 4D. STAMPED 5D sessors to a preference' in the choice of plmes when the . regular tickets are issued, .has been far greater than was even anticipated. We sha7l fur ther report progress as occasion offers. THE RUSSIAN ARMY. (Front a Coprespondent of the Times.) BERLIN, APRIL B.—The six armee corps,. as the six infantry corps are now called, were mentioned in a preceding 1, tter as composing the "First Army ; ' there is, however, no longer any " Second Army," and all bodies .of troops not directly a'- , tithed to this first main army are designated as " - separate corps." The former terms, "Active," "Central," " West," 'and "South Army," have ceased - to have any significance or application, since all have been united with the name of First Army, under the Command-in-chief of Prince Michael DmitriewitSch Gortschakoff 1., Adjutant-beneral, General of Ar illery, and. Stadtholder of Poland. The propriety of. superseding the designation of infantry corps with that of armee !corps semi to have been induced by the circumstance of the additional brigade of dragoons having been at tached to it, by which alteration the propor tion of cavalry to infantry in a regillar armee corps--=-viz., six regiments of horse, to 12 regiments of foot—has' been attained. ' 'The union of the Guard and of the Grenadier corps under one common commander has also been done away with ; and each of these bodies of troops firms now a "separate corps." The higher charges in the army altogether, and more particularly the enormous staffs with which they were accompanied have been very much simplified. The post of com mander of brigade, whether of infantry or of cavalry, has been abelilhed throughout the army, with the e Kception •of the separate corps in the Caucasus, where they are .still filled by major generals. The generals of brigade have been at tached to the generals of armee corps and divisions as assistant-generals (PomoschtSchik), and subor dinated to them. There is at least one such Po moschtschik attached to every division of infantry, and to every division of light cavalry two, a senior and junior Pomoschtschik. In addition to the sim plification of the routine of business thus attained the retrenchment of expense mustalso be very con siderable, for there are about 80 posts of Brigadier- Generals thin swept away, together with their bureaux, adjutants, orderlies, rations, &c. In addition to the Assistant-Generals, each divi sion of infantry and cavalry has'a 'chef of the staff, under whose control the staff of the division with the usual personnpl stands ; on the other hand, the very numerous staffs that were formerly attached to each armee corps, have been abolished, and thus the Commander of Division has become much more independent. Throughout all the changes in this branch of the service the intention is apparent— by the staffs ; while, on the other hand, the try command is exercised much more directly, and is not so liable to be weakened by intervening in stances. There have also been changes effected in the separate Caucasian corps ; the Brigade of Caucasian Grenadiers of the Reserve las been extended into a division.of Caucasian Grenadiers ; the former con si,ted of a regiment of Grenadiers and one of Cara bineers, but the latter consisted of four regiments of Grenadiers. The two regiments here added have been forme] out of the 41st and 42d regiments of infantry, which composed the 2d Brigade of the 21st Division of Infantry ; and in the places of these latter the two new regitnents " Crimea" and "Se bastopol" have been raised. The total number of re giments of infantry thus remains unchanged—viz., 61 With regard to the frontier battalions attached to this corps (Grusian, Black Sea, and Caucasian), it is to be noticed that the 16 battalions Black Sea have been reduced to six ; but whether this has been occasioned by losses during the war or by draughting thp men off into the two newregiments, Crimea and Sebastopol, is not clear. The reserve, which has been throw* into abeyance throughout the rest of the army, is still tin full force in this " separate corps." It consists of a reserve brigade of Grenadiers, a reserve brigade of infantry for each of the 19th, 20th, and 21st Divisions of Infan try, and a half-brigade for the ri frontier batta- lions. The existence - of the reserve battalion of Rifles in the separate Caucasian corps has already been mentioned. While speaking of the frontier battalions, it may be mentioned that of late two Cronstadt frontier battalions have been raised and attached to the Guard ; but there still exist, as before, 10 batta lions Orenburg, 12 Siberian, and 4 East Siberian— all attached to the respective separate corps. On the other hand, the former 22 Finland battalions have been reduced to 10. In all these frontier bat talions the hitherto existing organisation of brigade has been retained. On the whole; although a considerable number of new regiments have been formed, it does not appear that any material increase has taken place in the Russian standing army ; on the other hand, the reserve and supplementary bodies of troops which had been raised for the term of the war have all )een disbanded, and of this whole reserve force there exists now in conne-tion with each arme• corps only the cadre, or skeleton," of a division of reserve infantry under the command of a lieutenant general, with a major-general as his deputy or assis tant. The sole exception to this is formed by the .divisions of Artillery, which still retain their re serve brigades extant and. active. The 12 reserve regiments of the Infantry of the Guard, 12 ditto 'Grenadiers, each consisting of three battalions, together with the 84 reserve regiments of infantry (FirAt Army), each consisting of two reserve and two supplementary battalions, making altogether 408 battalions, have all been disbanded. To these latter must be added the reserves of the different kinds of cavalry and the whole militia of the empire. But, although the troops of the reserve have been dit banded, the system of the reserve organisation has not been abandoned, but, on the contrary, retained, and every care is being bestowed on it to bring it, if possible,, to perfection. On the whole this system is Considered in Russia to have worked well ; such imperfections as have shown themselves are not looked on as outweighing tile many great advan tages it offers—such, for instance, as the facilities it gives for forming new battalions for the Active Army. One of my informants,' to whom I am indeVed for the above particulars of the changes that have taken plaze of late in the external organisation of the Russian army, assures me further that a no less remarkable chanle has taken place in the morale of the army. The intellectual activity of the military, in common with the general spirit of the whole nation, is des.iihed as in a state of rapid develop ment, and the army is said to have already arrived at a consciousness of its having entered uilbn a new phase of its history. DEADENING WALLS AND CEILINGS. Men of ingenuity, lend us your ears. There is no greater nuisance in modern houses than that of the transmission of sound through parti-walls. Any practical, inexpensive, and efficient means of deadening sound will be a great boon. Solid walls and solid floors transmit sound in the highest de gree. The Metropolitan Building Act provides that all parti-walls shall be solid, and of a certain thickness in proportion to height and length. How is the evil to be overcome ? "For eight years," writes a -studious friend to us, "I have occupied a house in London ; and, during the whole of this time, there have been neighbours having young families.. They are musical, and, I must confess, labour most industriously at the scales : morning, noon, and night one or other child howls and strums, apparently without m aking any pro gress." There is - no objection to . neighbours' children learning music and singing : quite the reverse ; but it is most objectionable that walls should so readily transmit sound, and render the young ladies' efforts so -widely known. Some persons always take a corner hous e , so as to be free from such nuisance on one side at least. Is there no remedy The late Mr. Cubitt had some trouble at Balmoral with certain floors, and remembered that in taking down an old palace floor (many years before), v as t quant iti es o f cockle shells fell out from betwixt the joists. These bad b ee n used in plugging. The idea was acted upon. Cockles were, dredged, and brought : the shells were cleaned, dried, and used, with beneficial effect. The cell u l ar s p aces th us producedi absorbed sound. Some highly cellular texture may be ap plied to walls, ceilhigg, and floors, which shall resist fire and ordinary decay, allow of finish, and yet deaden sound. Who is to invent and introduce such materials? They may patent the invention and make a fortune, if. they will only abate the existing nuisance, and enable us to have solid parti walls and fireproof floors without being compelled to hear what is going on up stairs and in the next house.—The Builder. An extraordinary general meeting of the European and American Steam Shipping Company (limited) is callsd for the 22d inst. It is proposed to increase the capital, by inning preference shares. LIVE The Roy el Mail steamship 4 non,, has arrived with advices the Ist inst., and $345,000. The Arage the Europa, the Uluy _ the New York, and the Clyde had arrived. out. It is stated that Lord Napier had been in com munication wit' , the United States' Government upon the Chit. van,. with the design of effect ing a tripartite a,. rigiaa.e - and the United States for tbe . praection of mutual in teres's, and the extension of commerce and civilisa tion in that quarter. In New ,Mexico the Indians were committing murders and depredations. An American judge, named Hoopin, had been killed. The Albany Arge:s states Mr M. Schoumaker, controller of the Central Railway, was a defaulter to the extent of nearly $50,000. . The Illinois had arrived at New York with the California mails of the sth ult., and $1,350,000. The Supreme Court of California had reiterated its former opinion in regard to the uuconstitutioa ality of all the State debt over 300,000, and land - further declared that the Legislature possessed no power to impose taxes for the payment of the in- • terest. The feeling of the people wa s s t rong l y against repudiation. The Legislature had passed a concurrent resolution, almost unanimously de claring that the debt should be paid in good faith, and that immediate provigon for the repayment ought to be made. The miners were doing well. Money was tight. The ad vices from Central America state that Srial Salvador was making vig rous efforts to strengthen her forces, both naval and military, and put her' coast line in a state of defence. General Belloso hal been superseded in his command of the troops of that republic, and General Cabanas, ex-President of Honduras, appointed in his place. It was said that Walker had lost 300 men since the Ist Febru ary. The Sierra Nevada had brought down a quantity of provisions for his army. The allied . officers were much divided in council, and bad also lost many men. The Costa Ricans had shipped a number of Walker's deserters to the United States. These men.had published an address lo the soldiers still serving with the Filibusters, advising them to give up the cause in Nicaragua. . From 11-kor; there is no reliable news. The New York Times says : " Our advices from Central America state that a wholesale desertion of 126 men from General Walker's camp has taken place: From their statements it appears that the Filibuster chief is in a most desperate strait—hopeless beyond redemption. He is still at Rivas, with a reduced force of from 300 to 400 men, while thesallies, reinforced to the extent of some 5,000 men, bad surrounded. him, to complete his destruc tion. We further receive the very important in formation that a partition of Nicaragua has been arranged by a convention at a session at San Mi guel, in the Republic of San Salvador ; and it has been determined to divide the State between 00S 4 :14 Rica, Honduras, and San Salvador. The Nicar g-nans consent to the arrangement. Their dismeni-' bered country will be garrisoned by troops fro:n the neighbouring States to preserve order, and after a specified time it will be reunited, and placed once more in a position of an independent Republic:. We learn a fact now for the first time made public, that on the 22d Dec. last the national Nicaragua:a Government issued a decree revoking all the acts c f the Walker Government from the 4th Nov., 1855, to the 12th June, 1856, including the decree re voking the charter of the old accessory Transit Company. A t-legraphic despatch from New Orleans, dated the 31st ult., says:— " It is stated upon good authority that, instead of the purchases of Lower California and Sonora, our Government will conciliate the South by pay ing the designated sum of $15,000,000 for the Isth mus of Tehuantepec. It is also rumoured that Se nator Benjamin has been offered an appointment for the purpose of accomplishing this purchase." Another despatch says : " It is rumoured that an expedition is fitting out here for some point in Central America. It is supposed to be the intention to make the first de monstration on Veragua, a province of New Gra nada, between Costa Rica and Panama. The ex pedition is said to be friendly to General Walker, and that it is to act in concert with him. It is also reported that a Provisional Government has been formed, and that there are considerable funds raised." A carriage-road is reported to have been opened across the Isthmus of. Tehuantepec. At Havanuah on the 25thult. sugar had advanced in price; the stock at Matanzas and Havann&a amounted to 185,000 boxes. More than 90 vessel had arrived at Havannah during the'four days prt - ceding, and consequently freights had declined. The Government, in consideration 'of the scarcity caused by the drought during the past season, had reduced the duty on corn one-bird. With a full supply of the article on hand prices had declined. The Spanish ships of warwere being overhauled and taking in provisions preparatory to setting .out for Vera Cruz. • Many can© fields had been burnt. The guano islands on the Keys, south of Havannah, had proved, on analysis, to be destitute of ammonia. At New York trade was dull. Money was active at 7 per cent, on call, and 8 to 10 per cent. for first-glass paper. The Bank returns for the fortnight showed a decrease in loans of $366,964, and an in crease of $248,000 in specie. For State stocks pricer' were generally steady. There had been large trans actions in Missouri Sixes at 84i to 83k, and a moderate business in Virginia Sixes at 911 to 92 ; North Carolina Sixes, at 911 to 93 ; Tennessee, 87 ; Indiana Fives, at 84 to 83 ; Illinois Interest Stock, at 86 to 90 ; in railroad bonds the market has been without activity, and prices were slightly lower. In exchange a large business has been done fox the Africa, and prices in general left off firm. Ex change on cr London, 8 to 84. • The cotton market, under an increased demand for home spinning, - and a fair inquiry for exporr, has slightly hardened, and prices may be quoted kth better. There were very few samples of cotton on sale, and the market closed buoyant ; • the stock moderate, and consists chiefly of qualities below middling, for which there is not much demand. The continued discouraging European itdvices had further aff , cted the market for flour, and with fair receipts, which had. been offered freely, prices had declined 15 to 25 cents. Tobacco was inactive. Iron was in demand and prices rising ; freighis were easier. At New Orleans on the 31st cotton was quiet. SHIPPING. The Don Diego (iron ship) made an extraordl nary passage from this portto Valparaiso in 61 days. The brig Cuba arrived in Valparaiso from Shields in 151 days. Reported that the Lord John Beit tilick, from Shields for San Francisco, had been lost. Of the crew, 16 men were saved by the Cuba and taken to the Malvinas Islands. _ The Pocahontas, Cotter, Carlyle, Simpson, and Charlotte Smile, hence, arrived at New Orleans. The Majestic, hence, has arrived at Boston. The America, Clarissa, Bird, Lady Franklin, American Union, Albion, and Rattler have ar rived at New York. TZAOIIING Ens GBANDMOSHER.—" You see, grai.d mother, 'we perforate an aperture in the apes, and a corresponding aperture in the base, and, by applying the egg to the lips, and forcibly inhaling the breath, the s h e ll is entirely di , charged of its contents." "Bl ess my soul," cried the old lady, " what wond er f u l improve.. ruen to they make ! Now, in my young days, they just made a hole i n bot h en d s and sucked." TIIIINDERSTORMS.—On the evening of Good Frieay about half-past seven o'clock, a thunderstorm burst over' Wakefield and the surrounding townships. The thunder claps were accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning and heavy rain. The rain for the last week or two has been so incessant as to cause the rivers and streams to over flow their banks. On Westgate-sommon, the lower portion of Wak e fi e ld, th e ground Moors of the hou.tes were inundated, driving the inhabitants to the upper storeys. About 50 or 60 yards of a strong brick wall in front of Messrs. Marriott's mill was completely 'swept away, and articles of household furniture wore floating about in the stream. A severe thunderstorm broke over the southern coast of Northumberland on the afternoon of Good Friday. The lightning was vory vivid. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS II THI CIVIL SERTICE.—The Admiralty.—A. vacancy has been created in the Storekeeper-General's Department by the retirement, on pension, of Mr. J. B. Kingdom. Mr. R. D. Brown, Third-class Clerk in the Storekeeper. General's Office, has been promoted to the Second Class, vice Easthope, appointed Store Receiver at WooLai& Yard. Mr. WI! 90D, late Extra Clerk in the .A ecountant, General's Department, has been nominated Third-cla m Clerk, vice Brown. The Board of Trade.—Mr. J o h n Lindsay, Principal Coast Officer of Customs at the pub. port of Islay, has been appointed to act as Receiver of - Wreck under the Collector of Customs at the port of Campbeltown. Inland Revenue Department (Stamps MiAdam has and Taxes Branch). —Mr. James Kilh y been appointed a s u pernumerary Su rveyor o f T axes . Mr. Edward Fewson Small has been s Supernume: ary Surveyor of Taxes. East Indies.—M r . J. Christie has been appointed Accountant, and Mr. W. J. Raynor Civil Auditor of the Punjab ; Captain C. Holroyd boa been appointed to officiate as First-class Principal As. sistant to the Commissioner of Assain'; Lieut. T. Lr.rob has been appointed to - officiate as Second-class Principal Astistant to the Commissioner of Assam ; Mr. H. Stain forth has been appointed a member of the Board of Re venue ; Mr. A. Grote has been appointed Commissioner of Revenue and Circuit of the Nuddea Division ; Mr. E. T. Trevor has beenappointed Secretary' to the Beard of Rue nue.— Civil Service Gazette. diE- the h it on for ad- This 3rest ;hese ilver 1 the such. one s re gold it to nt of from ;es it the is to the the` forty not will r, at .ency pur and but 3 . s per 13c1 to 3 with each ; ier of 3,300, ,:) Gd; 7Act. ; :shire Tho slow. was head, ianco ocert csent .ation ortor ;o of ; tho con r lots )SOU, tho wices ;her; cora- it. =II [. 4 wife tries a of , to 1, of .rk. tho tor , D aty