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CRYS TA L PAL ACE.-SEASON 1857-8. PROGRAMME. The Directors beg to announce that they have.made the ollowing arrangements for the ensuing season ROYAL ITA LUN OPERA CONCERI S. The SEASON will COMMENCE on FRIDAY, the Ist of May, with a.Vrand Morning Concert by the artistes of the Royal Italian Opera. These Concerts having been honoured last year by such general approbation, the Directors have en tered into arrangements witli.Mr. Gye to give a similar Series 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 Didiee, Mademoiselle Parepa, and Madame Bosio ; Signor Mario, Signor Rouconi, Signor Neri-Baraldi, Signor Gard-ni. l"ignor.Graziani, Herr Formes, Signor Tagliafico, Monsieur Zegler, Signor Polonini, and Signor Lablache. . Tho Grand Orchestra of the Royal Italian Opera, with ad ditional performers, and also the celebrated Chorus, are en gaged for the whole series. Tho 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 class, 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 the 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 each 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 mances 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.8.---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'Eau x w ill b e resume d an d continued during the whole season. The upper system will play daily se heretofore: . and the Entire Display, embracing the Fountains of the Grand Basins, the Water Temples,, the Cascades, and the whole of the Upper Fuuntains, on occasions to be from time to time announced. IV. FLOWER SHOWS. There will be Two Grabd 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, 11th, 12th, and 13th of January, 1858. VI. GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS OF THE BUILDING. EXHIBITIONS OF Picroacs.—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 Directors to hold therein, during the present season, Two Exhibiti ons o f the Works of Living Painters of all Schools. The first of these Exhibitions will open in May, and con tinue 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 season. CERAMIC 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 for the Ceramic Court were responded to by the owners of • Collec ions of Porcelain and Pottery of the most rare, fragile, and 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 continue the Ceramic Court, for the present season, with a - number of 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 Bottom ' 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 br private individuals, the Directors have been entrusted with the most valuable and beautiful models, with costly carvings and works in ivory and bronze fabrics and works of art, granted, with a liberality and readiness for which they cannot sufficiently express their obligations. They have thus been P.o%iabled, materially to improve the.lndian Court, and also to form a collection of models of engineering works, illus trating in a very complete` manner that great branch of Bri ' tish find enterprise, surpassing any other now accessible • to the public. It will give the Directors great pleasure to . receive any further contributions with which they may be favoured. THs NAVAL Muszum. —The 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 descriptions, affording an illustra tion of the progressive 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 navigation. The Directors beg here also to acknOwledge the ready and extensive assistance which they have received from shipown ers, shipbuilders, engineers, and shipping companies, in form. lug this very interesting and national collection, and at the same time solicit the further aid of all parties who may have the means of extending it. W.trsa TOWERS. —The Great Towers are now completed, and arrangements have been made by which, for a small Charge, visitors to the Palace can ascend them, and enjoy the extensive view from the balconies, where powerful telescopes are about to be placed. MANimmi Tasi.—An object of great interest 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 erees discovered in California. The portion erected in the Tropical. Transept, opposite the Abu Simbel figures, is no leas than 103 feet in height, and 32 feet in diameter at the EXHIBITING 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 maChe 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 espec i a lll y t h e productions of ' Sheffield, in the Court filled by the manufacturers of that important centre of industry. CANADIAN COURT.-The arrangements announced on a for liter 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 PRODUCE COLLECTION, AND TRADE MUSEUM.-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 Summer. The department is situated in the Second Gallery on the Garden side of the Grand Transept. MACHINERY LY MortoN.—The Machinery will be in action during 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. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY. —The Department of Agricul tural Machinery and Implements has been considerably im proved during the past year. Specimens 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 same prices as at the warehouses of the makers. READING Room.—The Company's Reading and News Room is situated close to the Centre Transept, between it and the German Sculpture Court ; it contains all the 'morning jour nals, the weekly papers, metropolitan and provincial, and all the periodicals and magazhies. In addition to this, advertisements and copies of new works, both British and foreign ; are displayed immediately after publication. FANCY ?ATM.—The Directors are prepared to afford accom modation to benevolent and other societies for holding Fancy Fairs in the Palace during the season. CRICKET, ARCHERY, AND THE GROUNDS GENERALLY.—It giv es the Directors great pleasure to announce that the Cricket Ground is now complete, and that it will be thoroughly i n order for the approaching summer. Great care has been taken in the formation of the ground, and they believe tbat it will be found fully equal in extent and excellence to any other in the neighbourhood of London. The Archery Ground will be continued, as before, in the Northern portion of the grounds, behind the Picture Gallery Wing. VII. SEASON TICKETS. The Directors have determined upon continuing the price of Season Tickets of admission at the following rates, viz. : IL, SEASON TICKETS, AVAILABLE FROM IST MAY, 1857, TO 30TH APRIL, 1858, Two GunfEaslEtcn. These tickets will admit the holder on every occasion be tween May 1, 1857, and April 30, 1858, on which the Palace is Open ; the four days of the Handel Festival, viz., the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th June only excepted. 11. SEASON TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM IST MAY, 1857, TO 30TH APRIL, 1858, On GUINEA EACH. These tickets ad m it , th e h o ld er on a ll occas i ons named 41)0 7e, excepting the Opera Concerts, and the other Fridays throughout the year, and the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th June, being the four days of the Handel Festival. The Tickets will he issued on and after the 20th inst. ; and Tay be obt a i ne d at the Crystal Palace ; at the " Offices of the Com pany, 79, Lombard-street; at the Offices of the London and Brighton Railway Company, London-bridge,and Regent ti'eus, Piccadilly ; Cent ra l H an d e l F es ti va l Ti c k et Off i ce, Exe er Ball, and of the Company's agents. R emittances for Season Tickets to be by post-office orders payable to George Grove. VIII. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL. It gives the Directors great gratification to be able to an nounce that they have entered into ar rangemen t s w ith th e Sacred Harmonic Society for a Grand Series of Three Fedor rnanees of Handel's Oratorios, to take place in the Centre Tra nsept of the Palace in th e month of June. s'li „ llor Majesty and H.R.H. P r i nce Albert have been graci yslY pleased to extend ,their especial patronage to the festi ?.l, and have expressed their intention of honouring it with t h eir pr • esence For further particul ars see special adver ,etnetit. IX. RATES OF ADMISSION, RAILWAY ARRANGE MENTS, dm. PRZINARS RATES OF ADMISSION.—These remain as before, :— On Mondays, nursdays and Fridays Tuesdays, Wednesdays, One Shilling. Saturdays Half-a Crown. Children under 12 years of age, Half-price. 1‘ The Palace will be opened on Mondays on uesdaYe, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 10 ; x cepting on the days of the Concerts by the Opera Company, ' w hich days, an d on Saturdays, it will ho opene d at 12 ; e osing daily about sunset. li nzE o lTeli RArLwAt ,—D uring the fieagon, the trains of the (No. 20,227.) . , LOndon and •Rrightou Railway Company will leav, London bridge S. ation 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•tbe same intervals throughout the day.— (For exact times of starting, see the Railway Company's time tables.) Return fires, including admission to the Palace -Ist Class. 2d Class. 3d Class 2s. &I. 2s. Od. ... Is. 6d. 4s. Od. 3s, 6d. ... 3s. 3d. On Milling Days On Half-Crown Days Children under 12 years of age, Half-price. WEST-END RAILWAY.—The opening of this line to the Wands worth Station has already been attended with great convenience to visit(r3 to the Palace, and it is with much pleasure Ciat the Directors, anticipate the completion of the whole line to the Sloane-street 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, and Bromp ton, and the other West-End Districts, as well as for the ne ghbourhoods of Richmond, Windsor, and Hampton Court, by which great economy of time will be effected, and still; further convenience afforded to t.ie public. MID-KENT RAILWAY.—The portion of this line from the Sta tion of the South-Eastern Railway at London-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. ExcuastoNs,Arrangements have been made 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 : For a number of excursion . ists own: 250 and under ls. 3d. per head, instead of Is, Gd. 500 . Exceeding 500 and under7so is. 2d. „ „ Is. 6d. Exceeding7soandunder 1000 is. id. „ „ ls. 6d. Exceeding 1000 Children, Half-price. (Signed) -ARTHUR ANDERSON, Chairman. • JAMES FERGUSSON, General Manager. Alf 01\TT BLANC IS OPEN TX TO-NIGHT. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL.—Conductor, Mr. COSTA. THIS EVENING, April 17, will be performed HANDEL'S JUDAS MACCABEIIS. Vocalists =Madame Clara Novello, Ma. dame Ruders, Miss Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Montem Smith, and nir. Thomas, with orchestra of seven hunched pert ormers.— Tickets 3s , reserved 55., and stallt 10s. 6d. each, at the Society's office, No. 6, in Exeter Hall. Post-office orders to be made payab'e to ROBERT BOWLEY, at the Charing-cross Office. The Concerts now commence at Eight o'clock. VER. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, .1.Y.8 with New Costumes and v irious Novelties, Yocal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except gaturday) at Eight- A MORN ING PERFORMANCE every SATURDAY, at Three. Private Boxes and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Polyzraphic.hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has ,een entirely redecorated. ROYAL ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill -street, Haymarket. —Great suc cess of the Romannlf Waltz and the Lancers, every •evening, with Laurent's Grand Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. iloalcourt. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. The Lancers will be danced at half•paat ten. Admission One :hilling. GENERAL TOM THUMB WILT; SHORTLY CLOSE at PRINCE OF WALES BAZAAR, 209, Regent street. Three Levees daily from half•past 12 to 2, half-past 3to 5, and half-past 7 to 9. This world-renowned American Man in Minia ture (the smallest man alive) has appeared three t mes tricot) her Majesty, and is liberally datronised by the nobility, a entry, and public. He appear,' in a great variety of interesting performances, Costumes, Songs, Dances, Statues. Imitations, &c. His engagements at St. John's-wood, Islington, Poplar, Croydon, Hackney, and elsewhere, do not interfere with his three daily performances at 209, Regent street. His miniature chariot and ponies, attended by eltln coach man and footmau, in livery, promenade the streets. Admission, Is. and 2s. THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY. Dr. SEXTON will LECTURE on this important topic daily at 3 and half-past 7 p.m., at Dr. K AIM'S MUrIEUM, No. 4, Coven try street,Ceicester-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 press in this and other coun tries, is Open daily, for Gentlemen en v, trom 10 to 41. A new Lecture Is delveted by, Dr. RAirn at half-past & p.m. precisely. Ae mission, One •hilling. Descriptive Catalogues of the Museum, con taining Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan, gratis to the visitors, , r 1 OLOGNE CHORAL UNION.- DER KUNER MANNER GESAITG VEREIN (80 Meu Voices) HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS. Mr. mlrcriELL respect fully announces, in reply to numerous' and continual inquiries, it Is at length arranged that the above dist' , gnished Society will again visit London, and will have the honour of giving a THIRD -I ERIES of ('ONCE ITS, under the direction of Herr FRANZ WEBER, com htncing at the Hanover-square R' oms, on' Monday, Alernoen, May 25, from half-past 3to 5 o'clock. It is also resoectiblly an nounced, that owing to the positive necessity for their return to Cologne, on or before the Bth of June. the Concerts to be given by the Society in th S c nmtry cannot possibly be prolonged beyond a fortnight. Subscription. will be received as form3rly—Reserved Seat., for Six Cone. rts, 2 guineas ; Single Reserved Seats, 10s. 6d. ; Unrese-v'd , eats. 58 ; which may be obtained at Mr. MIT- C H 5 1LL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Many of the Pieces sung by the Society, by Sllcher and other popul .r Composers, are in course of publication. CONTRACT FOR WINE. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House. 13th April, 1857. rrtHE Commissioners for Executing the Office of A Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain , nd Ireland do hereby give notice, that on MONDAY, he 27th instant, at One o'clock. they will be ready to treat with -uch persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, When to be delivered. Gallons. Half in 3 weeks and the remainder WINE (White)Marsala 2,000 in 3 weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Wine. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting Tor any, and also an unlimited power ofaelection. The Wine to be exempted from the customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where it is lying. Samples of the Wine, in pints from each cask, must be produced by parties tr ndering, and not s imples only for each import mark. The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con tract has been decided. No tender will he received unless made on the printed farm pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtai ne d on a ppli ca ti on a t the said o ffi ce, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten tion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. • No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressedto the Secretary of the Admiralty, ind bear in the left-band corner the words "Tender ibr and must also be delivered at Somerset House. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Bro mpton.—Secretary's Office, 107, Piccadilly.—This Institu ion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted cancerous diseases. Out-door sto attend at 167, Fiw-adillYt with on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-doopr patients are admitted at the Brompton Esta, dishment, for one month. and for a longer period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per -ons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every torm of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informs don 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 Loaham Farrar. Esq., the Treasurer, 66. Lincoln's fun-fields; Messrs. Coutta and Co., Strand; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By order, W.J. COCKERILL Secretary. OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUEEN.—Fouuded 1828. 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 February ..•••• 2,351 Ditto 21st February ...... 2,650 Ditto 28th February .... 2,890 in Februa •• • • • 9,986 4 which 3,379 were new cases, the ry remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. si ve r ewy expenses are inevitably !marred in affording such exten- elief. the public. The Committee, therefore, earn es tl y en t rea t t h e a i d of The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, Yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual •teneral 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 59 disposed, the Board being at 41 times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed. but is wholly dependent on volun tarynnMnastlbnnutioanns, t azd . !egacies, which are received by the Treasurer, iohn M.P., Nicholas - lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co Prescott, Grote, and Co. Smith, P and Co.; Glyn and Cu . Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and o ; Denison and Co. ; Williams. Deacon, and Co. ; Overencl, Gurney, Co* and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Waterman and Co and at the Hosital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfullylreceived.ti By order. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF 'YOUTH AND MATURITY . Just published, price Is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, QUF-PRESERVATION. --A Medical Treatise )„ ... 7 on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, anti on the cure of Nervous and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage rrom youth to manhood, with practical observation s on the Physiology of Mar riage age e init o s f te social,i m icr o o r s a cop l, and in physical relation, and remarks on the revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life,' and itr advantages in detecting, by urinary examm a _ numeronS engravings and cages Mil, the cause and effect of every variety of t h ese complaint!, with BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON, _ . .. Me. Honorary Matrimberculatedof M the meber of the University of Edinburgh London Hospital Medical Societ r ry y, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall. London, &c., &c. 1 he essential object of this treatise is to point oat the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, thati, perhaps, an other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its p erusal i s particularly , recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their phys c5l c. ndition, 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, bow 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 scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick-l i ne, P atemoster . r ow, and may be bad of Mann, 39, C o r n hill ; Horne, 19, Leicester-square ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who may be consulted daily, from 11 till 2, and from 6 till 8, at his residence, 37, Bedford , aquare, London. The work It - I,y be had in India, of Mr. Von LitZkY, Loll Bazaar ; Calcutta—Messr. C. anti J. 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"We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of stricture to have equalled, if it has not exceeded, that of any of his contemporaries ; whilst we most certainly know of no man to whose care we would s'oner intrust the treatment of a severe case of stric ture."—Medical Circular. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES an d GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent treat, Waterleo-place, London. Capital, 100,000/. TRUSTEES. Rt. lin. SpenefTH. Walpole,M.p. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.B. The bonus declared 2t the last division of profits averaged 33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROITX, Manager. L ONDON, HARWICH, and CONTINENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY (Limited). LONDON to ROTTERDAM in TWELVE HOURS by the NEW ROUTE to the Continent, forming the connecting link between the Dutch RheniQt and the East , rn Counties Railways. The S , e.mers of this Company will commence running between HARWICH and ROTTERDAM, with passengers and goods, on SATURDAY, April ?5. For fn•ther particulars as to freight, &c , apply at the Company's offices. 44, Mooreate-street (8.C.) ; of Oliver John Williams, En, Harwich ; and of H. P. Maples, shipping agent to the Company, 4, Arthur-street East (E.C.) By Authority of the French Consul-General.—Notice is hereby given, that the following SALE of PRESERVED BEEF will be the last on account of the French Government. ALE 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 woode n b oxes con t a i n i ng 14 tins.— Mr. A I.EXR. COCK E has been honoured with instructions to Sell by Auction. at the Lindon Commercial Sale Rooms, mincing-lane, on MONDAY, April 2n, at 12 o'clock. several parcels of the above description of Provisions, composed of the manufacture of the following eminent 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 Gillon and Co., Leith. The examination of the boxes for sale is now completed. The whole or the damaced canisters have been carefully selected and re placed by sound ones, added to which the fact or the beef having been originally manufactured in this country under strict inspection, expressly for the use of the troops in the Crimea, where it gave the highest satisfaction, also its present good condition, 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 Infotmation required can be obtained at the office of Mr. Cooke, 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, Garrawavt‘ '' .Coffeehouses; Baltic, and Jerusalem also at the news rooms of the principal inland towns and outports The sale will commence punctually at the time stated. NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE POR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, DYSPEPSIA, NERVOUS,. BILIOUS, AND DLIVER COMPLAINTS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION , A ND DEBILITY , U BARRY'S delicious HEALTH-RESTOR ING REVALEKTA AR ARICA FOOD saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and cures the above complaints and their consequences, such as hemorrhoidal affections, flatulency, disten sion, acidity, heartburn, palpitation of the heart, nervous headaches, hysteria. '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, scrofula, 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, delusions, vertigo, blood to the head, exhaustion, melan choly, groundless fear, wretchedness.. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids generally, as it never `urns 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. Shorland, Dr Jiar vey, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Gattiker, Dr. Wurzer, Dr. Ingram, Lard Stuart do Decies, the Dowager Countess of Casticstuart, 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 Ure F.R.S., &c., Re. .• 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. ANDREW ITRE, M.D., F.It.S., &c., Analytical Chemist." Ukase by the Emperor of Russia. Russian Consulate General, London, Dee. 2,1847. The Consul-General has been ordered to inform Messrs. Barry, Do Barry and Co., that the Revalenta Arabica they had sent to his Majesty the Emperor, has, by imperial permission, been forwarded to the M inister of the Imperial Palace. Suitably pacsed for all climates, and with full instructions. In canisters, lib 2s 9d ; 21b 49 6d; 51b lls , 121 b 225; super refined quality. lib 6s 21b 11s ; 51b 22s ; 10lb 335. The 101 b and 121 b canlS ors are forwarded carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. • Barry Du Barry and Co.. 77, Regent-street. London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co.. purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly , also at FO, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 4, Cheapside ; 68 , Cornhill ; 49, libthopsgate-street ; 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street. A NEW AND IM'ORTANT DISCOVERY IN THE SCIENCE OF MEDE. - atent Office Seal of Great Britain.lClN Diploma d'Ecole de Pharmacia Pharmacien de Paris. Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR No. 1,2, and 3, prepared in the form of a lozenge, levold of taste or smell, and can be carried in the waistcoat pocket. =old in tin cases, divided into separate doses, as administered by ValpeanLallemand, Roux, Ricord, &c., &c. AiIRIESEMAR No. 1 is a Remedy for RE LAXATION, S PERMATORRH(EA, and all the distressing consequences arising from early abuse, indiscriminate excesses, or too tong residence in hot climates. It has restored bodily and sexual trength and vigour to thousands of debilitated individuals who are now in the enjoyment of health and the Functions of Manhood; and whatever may be the cause for DISQUALIFICATIONS for MAR WAGE, they aro effectually subdued by this Wonderful Discovery. TRIESEMAR No. 11., effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely eradicates all traces of Gonorrhoea, both in its mild and aggravated Corms, (Beets, Strictures, Irritation of the Bladder, Won-retention of Urine, Pains of the Loins and Kidneys, and those disorders which C)paivi and Cubobs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR No. 111., is the great Continental Remedy for Syphilis and Secondary Symp. toms. It also constitutes a certain cure for Scurvy, Scrofula, and all Cutaneous Eruptions, removing and expelling in its course all corrup tions and impurities from the vital stream, as altogether to eradicate the virus of disease, and expel it with the insensible perspiration through the medium of the pores of the skin and urine, and is a never-fixing remedy for that class of disorders which unfortunately lie English Physician treats with Mercury, to the inevitable destruc tion of the patient's constitution, and which all the earsaparilla in the worl cermet restore. Price 11 s., or tour cases in one for 33.., which saves 118., and in 51. cases, whereby there is a saving of 12s, To be had w h o l esa l e and rei ail in London, of Derby and Gordon, 14e, Le a d enha ll- street; Prout, 229, Strand ; Hannay and Co., 53, O x . f ird-street ; Sanger, 150, Oxforthstreet ; Barclay and Son, 97, Far. ringdon-street; Butler and Harding, 4, Cheapside ; Edwards, St, Paul's Churchyard a' -OMAN FRAILTY ; a Popular Medcal work, price ls., post fr ee , beautifully illustrated with 100 engrav i ngs, &c. It and containing the opini ons o f V alpeau, Lallemand, Roux, Ricord, who are gives copious instructions for th e p er f ec t restorati on of those prevented by impediments from entering into the married state, 'also showing the dreadful results from early abuse, gonorrhoea, nd syphilis, and the benefits arising from the chemical tests and microscope, with powerful lenses.--sold by examinadon of the sperrnatoza, by the author's newly - constrticted lane, J. Allen, 20, Warwick- PaternOster-row and from ell..egents for the salo of 'Triorie mar."_ • ~~ _' r-~ ~2 Q G -e7 ~~~ -~% [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D PERPLEXITIES oF THE MuNEY MARKET. (Front. the limes' City Article.) The perplexities of the money market seem great, r than ever. . For many months persons have b2en lookiog to the present period as that at which some turn in the tia favourable course of our bullion balances miglit be expected, and instead we have the Bank rcvertinr to almost its highest rate of dis count, 'while its stock of gold is reduced to a point lower than at any time in the last 10. years. The question is, can this sudden increase of pressure be at,tributed to temp traoy cause, or is it only a regu l'r stage of a condition which has Already existed for two or three years, and must now be considered per manent ? Ou the favourable side we have the fact tha , , looking at the course of a great number of years, the r a e ofdiscount in England averages about 4 per cent., and that consequently anyadyance be tween this point has always hitherto been followed by a proportionate reaction; next, that the trade Of the country has for the last 27 months been of unprecedented , magnitude and health in nearly every department ; next that, notwithstanding the profits thus made, there has been an unusual ab stinence from speculative commitments either at home or abroad ; and, finally, that the agricul tural.returns of the kingdom have for the last two years, to say the least, been perfectly satisfactory. With a profitable export business, an economical expenditure, and a good yield of home produce, the circumstance that the balance of cash pay ments between ourselves and the rest of the world is uninterruptedly against us seems an extra ordinary anomaly. Last year the conviction that our positron in these respects could lead only to a rapid improvement in our money market was so strong that the most persevering warnings were necessary to prevent the public from at once running wildly into every description of foreign ad venture, and their surprise, therefore, may well be great, when, after 11 months' continuance of such prosperity, they, find themselves increasingly in debt to other nations. The chief explanation of fered is that the great commercial development con sequent upon the-gold discoveries and other causes ha; created a demand for capital beyond all former experience. This, however, is little better than a superficial assumption. There has been no un expected addition to the population of the world. nor any conversion of nations from barbarism to civilisation to warrant the belief that our mer cantile transactions have been suddenly forced to such magnitude that our entire yearly gains are in sufficient to supply the extra capital requisite for carrying them on. The Australian discoveries are now six years old, the population of those colonies is still instnidcant; a large portion of them continue their old avocations of producing wool and tallow, and the occupation of the remainder who are engaged in gold-finding can have no material effect either in increasing or.diminishing the wealth of the world, or in leading to an alteration of the rate of interest, how ever extraordinary may be its influence on the other relations of property. It is true that our exports last year were 20,000,000/. above auy recent average, and that an augmentation is still taking place, but com mercial men know with what a slight increase of actual money an improved trade to this extent may, in times when credit is perfectly sound, be carried on. A large part of the addition, moreover, is merely consequent upon higher prices, and, although these involves, proportionate increase in the movements of capital, their effects are in most cases balanced in the course of a few months ; since if we haVe to pay more for our raw material we have also more to receive for our manufactured goods, and the ulti mate bullion balances in settlement can therefore in no way be affected. Hence the doctrine that the spread of commerce will account for the phenomena now in progress must be discarded as unsatisfactory, or, at all . events, insufficient. Further reasons must be sought, and they will probably be found much more in consonance with the ordinary course of affairs. A failure of crops in some part of the world is generally at the bottom of all monetary disturb ances, and in the present instance this solution is one among others. The loss of silk last year in Italy and France, the vine blight, the deficient yield of wheat in France, the Peuinsull and many parts of Germany, the destruction of the zorn.c.r.op-in United States in 1855, and the transfer consequent upon the war of part of our Russian trade to India seem enough. The official efforts on the continent to conceal from the people their real position in times of disaster have prevented the extent of im poverishment sustained by Fiance and other countries during the past year from becoming accurately known ;_ but no one doubts that it has been such as would explain a very severe re vulsion. Indeed the surprise has been that, while the grounds for distress in that country have been perfectly apparent, she has es caped with a degree of monetary pressure not greater than that witnessed in England. Has not this result, however, been solely consequent upon the extent to which she has drawn upon English capital ? It is believed that the fall in her Govern ment funds and railway securities has been arrested solely by investments from this side. Political order being maintained, while the extent of her agricul tural lo=ss have been as timbals possible concealed, the confid.enCe of English capitalists in her securities has not been shaken, and with every fresh decline London investors have been disposed to increase their stake. In this way we have mitigated the pressure, and taken it in a great degree on our own shoulders. At the same time, the fact of a most importint portion of European trade being diverted to China and India has caused a temp )- rary lock-up both of money and of produce, since probably at no time throughout the pa-t year has there been at sea le-s than 1,500,0001. of specie, and an equal value in silk, tea, hemp, &c., beyond what would otherwise have been so situated. Along with these circumstances there have also been many . _ minor ones , . The conviction that with the prevail- ing prosperity of the country it was impossible that the pressure for money could continue has been so perseveringly held that investments— usually too large and incautious—in Ameri can stocks have been continued to a much heavier extent than has been supposed, in order to se cure the advantage of low prices in New York. The gradual absorption of bullion by the Austrian Bank in preparation for a resumption of specie payments in January next has likewise had an in fluence, as well as the search for silver to supi , ly the China market, which has kept a large quantity of gold in, traitsitu throughout Europe and South America. Lately, the Persian and Chinese wars have added to the demand, while for a long. period the calls have been steady for the Grand. Trunk Railway of Canada, and also for the Indian lines. These considerations appear ample to account for our present position without a resort to any particular theories, and they are all of a character to encourage a belief that affairs will afer some time resume their ordinary channel. Good crops, however, can alone be the foundation of any pernianent change. At present the silk harvest promises well, but it is too early to form any conclusive opinion. The season appears also to have been generally favourable for grain, but that must be an anxious question for several months. thader no circumstances, however, can a return to cheap money be anticipated for several years. While the commercial pressure has been going on a multitude of claims for useful public works in our colonies and elseaYllere, with large guarantee=, have been held in abey-aDee, and these will offer oppor tunities to cause all persons to congratulate them selves if they have kept their capital available. Theat any ono will be found under such e krcum. stances now willing to commit:: himself to 7 an indefi nite outlay on Russian r ailways wi]flthany p 4F, p ossibilities r ossibili t ties his utmost prospect, an d with to interfere even with that, is a contingency that can hardly be entertained. Cutztous v ,_,_ is CovE ny,—A curious discovery was mad e a short time since by some workmen employed i n dig ging a cella r in the cattle market at Me n t z (L ower Rhine ). At the depth of about 12 feet they came on a composed of a conglomeration of vege layer of turf, ac., in which were found soles of shoes, tables, bark, large pieces of leather, and of woollen and linen cloth, Roman knives, lance heads, &c. The leather, which is i n a perfect state of preservation, is of Roman origin, for the soles of shoes discovered are those of sandals, similar to those which were found in the bed of the Thames. Tho Wiesbaden Antiquarian Society purchased this first lot; after which ti • Me rtz Society made a further search, and dug to a depth of 30 feet, where the layer of turf terminated. They found skins sown together, and large enough to make entire garments, as well as other san dals very skilfully worked, and the soles studded with small conical nails. What is extraordinary is the state of preservation of all the objects thus found. There was also discovered a part of a coat of mail, which differs en tirely from those of the middle ages. 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"We are happy to find that the delightful volume, Pen and Pen cil Pictures,' has reached a second edition, and that the reception of the younger Thomas Hood by the public has been worthy of the name he bears The work is considerably augmented by passages of in • creased maturity and vi4our, such as will contrihute still further to its popularity among the reading classes of the public."—Literary Gazette. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Mar Thorough-street. This day is published; in crown Bvo., price 55., THE HIGHER ARITHMETIC . By EDWARD SANG, F.lt S.E. Being a Sequel to " Elementary Arithmetic." Lately published by the SAM Author, ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC. In crown Bvo., price ss. This Treatise is intended to supply the great desideratum of an intellectual instead of a routine course of lastruction in Arithmetic. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. 'LIVING CELEBRITIES : a Series of &A PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, by MAULL and POLTBLANIC, The nutiber for April contains • ROWLAND HILL, Esq., with Memoir. Maull and Polyblank, 55, Ciraceehurch-street ; and all book and printeellers. THE ART TREASURE EXHIBITION.- ) By permission of Her Majesty, and under the sanction of the Committee, PAUL and DOMINIC COLNAGHI and Co., 13, and 14, PAI-rnal East, publishers to her Majesty, on the let of May next, will publish Fart I. of a' work entitled "GEMS OF THE ART TREASURE EXHIBITION," photographed by P. H. DELAMCTTE, Esq., F.S.A., and CALDER and ltioNTEcent, from the most interesting specimens of the various specimens of Art contained in the Art Trea sure Exhibition. The work will consist of 100 plates, printed on Paper size 22 by 15 inches in Four Parts—each Part (containing 25 Plate ) price Five Guiaeas. just pablighed, 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 " Sunday Times," and Reporter of Sporting Intelligence to the London daily papers. &c. Parts T. and 11. may be obtained, neatly bound in cloth, price 6d., or stitched in a neat wrapper, price 4d. Printed and published, on the Ist of each month, by William Wright, Sporting Printer and Publisher, Fulwood-rents, Holborn. Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 1024 Edition o f THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMACH, L (VCR, NERVES, LUNGS, &c., without Medicine, Gatvanist, Electricity, inconve nience, and expense, by an easy, natural, pleasant, end 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 Tire ; Dr. Shoriand ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Camp bell; Dr. Gattiker; Dr. Wurzer; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de Decles ; the Dowager Co u nt ess o fC as tl e-Stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. London : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street- Intealigeuub. The following is extracted from a Plymouth paper :—" The 66th Regiment has this weel been re roved from this garrison to Aldershott by train. We underetand'that the 54th will very shortly fol low them, a (nigh it is not aecertained if to the same destination ; but such a contingency is very pro bable, if we are to refer to the fact that for some reason or oilier these two regiments have for many yens been associated in thee me quarters, both at home . and abroad.: We underetand very inte resting ceremony took place in the messroorn of the 54th ion . Frid-Ly week, when a sumptuous silver salver, and an elegant cigar -b - bx, in the shape of a mortar, were presented to their late colonel, nr,w Major General W. Yorke Moore, who was especially invierd front London by his brother officers to re ceive this appropriate mark of their regard for their old colonel. We understand that the subject was. kept private among the officers and their friends, of whom 38 at down to dinter,—all old acquaint ances of Gen ref Moore. The plate was presented, in the name of all present, by Colonel Moffat, in a touching address, which Was reTonded to by the Major-General with much feeling. We find 'that. Major-Generallioore was much esteemed while in the regiment, and we regret our inability to give a more detailed account of what took plaee, as we think that too much publicity cannot be given to transactions of this kind, happening as they do so rarely, and manifesting that esprit' de corps and good fellowship which it is gratifying to witness in the British army.' The iron steam troopship Himalaya left Spithead at 1 p.m. yesterday for China under steam. . She. passed the Bocawen t.) the westward of the Nab at a quarter before 2, thus accomplishing, by the aid of :steam, in an hour and a quarter, the same, distance which it took a fast-sailing new two-decker eight hours to do, beating to windward. ... The Himalaya was last seen with her topgallantmasts down and yards pointed to the wind steering f Ist down Channel, wind, S.W. Captain Milne, the Transport Lord of the' Admiralty, inspected her before leaving Portsmouth harbour, 'as did Major-General Breton. Yesterday a further discharge of troops, to the number of 107 non-commissioned officers and men of various cavalry and infantry regiments, took place at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham. The troops. dischaiged were selected froth the following regi ments :-sth Dragoon Guards, 7th Dragoon Guards, 15th Hussars, 4th King's Own, 6th, 10th, 13th Light Infantry, 19th, 23d Fusiliers, 26th Camero nians, 42d HighlanderA, 50th Queen's Own, 51st Light Infantry, 53d, 54th, 60th Rifles, 64th, 66th, 72d and 79th Highlanders, 85th, 98th, and the Rifle Brigade. The following officers have taken up their com missions at Sheerness and joined the Cumberland : —Commander M. B. Dunn, Lieut. B. S. Pickard, Dr. A. Mackay, Staff-Surgeon, Dr. H. M'Clure, Assistant-Surgeon the Rev. J. P. Oliver; 8.A., Chaplain; and Mr. Mould, Master's Assistant. Rear-Admiral of the Red, P. W. P. Wallis, paid a visit bf inspection to kis ship on Wednesday. H.R. H. the General Commanding-in-Chief visited Portsmouth and Gosport yesterday, and, attended by Col. Forster, C. 8., Commanding Royal Engi neer in the South-West District, made a private in ,spection of the fortifications and other Ordnance works, returning to town in the evening. The Royal Sovereign, 131, will be launched from Portsmouth Dockyard on the 25th inst.; according to present orders, and preparations are being Made for the event. She is larger than the Marlborough. Theirseveral principal dimensions are as follow : Royal Sovereign. Marlborough. Ft. In. Ft. In. Length 279 10 Breadth . Depth of Hold. Burden in Tons. The Boseawen, 70, got underway yesterday morn. ing at a quarter before 8 o'clock, for Plymouth, and worked out of Spithead under all plain sail with a moderate breeze from the S.S. W. She was not out of sight, behind the Isle of Wight, until 4 in the afternoon, standing down Channel under courses, topsails, and topgallantsails. She will be paid off all standing.--'- The Diadem 31, screw, new class steam-frigate, fitted with 800-horse power engines, by Maudslay and Co., lit fires yesterday morning for a trial of her powers. It can scarcely be termed a proof trial, because the screw propeller was not sufficiently im mersed, consequently the engines could not work out their strength. As far as regards the action and performance of the engines nothing could be more perfect. The Diadem will now go into dock and be coppered, after which she will proceed to the measured mile at Stokes Bay to test her speed. Yesterday morning the squadron of Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Cu!. Wood, and the whole of the batteries under the command of Colonel Teesdale, after forming, in parade columns, were drawn up ou Woolwich-common in order to perform some evolutions in the presence of Lord Bloomfield, her Majesty's Envoy at the Court of Prussia. His Excellency, accompanied by Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, Commandant at Woolwich, Colonel Bloomfield, Second Commandant, and the ordinary garrison staff, ih undress udform, proceeded to the ground at half-past 12, and, having taken up their station at the flagstaff, the troops commenced marching past, and then retired to the distance of 800 or 900 yards, ' facing the flagstaff, where they halted and loaded their guns. A precipitate charge was then made in advance and a volley fired. The guns were being reloaded, when a gunner of the 0 troop, named Mark Sharp, who was in the act of ramming home the charge, was seriously injured by the premature explosion of the piece. The sufferer was conveyed to the hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate the thumb of his right band, the first joint having been carried away by the dis charge of the ramrod. The left side of his face and eye likewise suffered severely. The evo:u . tions were shortly afterwards discontinued, the troops defiling and returning to quartets. The ground was kept by the battalions of Foot Artillery, in command of Col. Riddell—in short, preparations were ordered for a field day's inspection, but the unfavourable state of the weather drew the proceedings to an early termination. His Lordship then repaired to the residence of General Williams, whero ho par took of luncheon, and afterwards visited the de partments of the Royal. Arsenal. A number of the principal inhabitants of Wool wich taking into consideration the distressing con dition of the unemployed, who are desirous of emi grating to Canada, have most humanely promised to bead a subscription fund which it is proposed to raise, so as to enable some 300 or 400 to emigrate five of the Government bounty. It is understood to be in. contemplation to freight a couple of line of-batt'e ships in. Which to convey the bulk .of the necessitous to the home of their adoption. Each person employed in the Royal Arsenal has con sented to contribute a half d ay ' s pay ; an d th e heads of departments have promised their support towards the above-named fund. A public meeting is to be convened on Wednesday next, 'at the Town hall, at which Gen, Sir W. Codrington will be in vited to preside, hi order to further the object of the fund. are sealed up and sent to the clerk of the Legisht. tive Council or Assembly, by whom they are kept two years before being destroyed. By these means it is hoped td evade the 'heavy objection to the ballot, that with it there can be no scrutiny, and the candidates must be wholly in the hawk of titi returning officers. If a return be disputed, the validity of every vote can be examined into by the identification of the voter through the numberin(Y of the papers.—Manchester Guardian. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--April 16. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. ROUX V. WISEMAN. -ACTION AGAINST CARDINAL WIS,RMAN. In this action, which was brought by the Abbe Roux against Cardinal Wiseman acrd tried at the, last assizes at Gloucester, before Mr. ,Tus.tice Crow der, a verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 5001. Mr. Keating, on the part of the def.ndant, now moved to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the evi dence and the damages excos4ve. The whole o f the plaintiff's case rested on the evidence of the Abbe Roux,-who was a French priest, and who was examined at the trial through an interpreter. His story was that, being in Paris in 1845, and hear that Princess Letitia Bonaparte, the wife of Mr. Wise, the"Eoglish Minister at the court of Athens, was there in distress, he determined to assist.her, and he accordingly engaged lod;ings for her, lent her considerable sums of money, and performed various acts of kindness to her, which he men tioned. He continued to make these advances from 1845 until 1847, when he wrote out an ac count of what she owed him, and submitted it to her, and she went over it in the presence of a lady who was living, as governess with her, but whom he said he had been unable to procure as a witness. By this account it appeared that Madame Wise was indebted to the abbe to the extent of 25,000 f., and on the same occasion she signed a document which was the subject of the present action. It was origi nally written in French, but had been translated in these words : "I, the undersigned, the wife of Mr. Wise, and born Princess Letitia Bonaparte, acknow ledge to have received from•the Abbe Roux a sum of 25,000 E, which he lent me at a time of great misfortune,—that is, B,ooof. in 1845, 12,000 f. iu 1846, and 5,000 f. in 1847. r wish this money to bear interest at 5 per cent., and I conjure such of my children as may become the heir to the fortune of his father, in the event of my dying before I shall have paid the amount, not to forget that this is a sacred debt, and that it is to take prect2dence of all others." This document, he said, was signed by Madame Wise, and de'ivered to himself., The learned counsel then detailed the other circum stances which were deposed to by ►he plaintiff, and have already been brought to the knowledge of the public. They were briefly to this efftct, that being desirous to bring about a reconciliation between Madame Wise and her huband, who had been separated for a considerable time, he came over to England in November, 1847, and had an interview with Cardinal Wiseman, to whom" he delivered the document in question, on the undetstanding that it was not to be given up•to Mr. Wise or any other person until the money had been paid, and he posi tively swore that from that time until 1855 he never heard of its having passed out of the hands of the Cardinal into those of Mr. Wise, but it was quite clear that for 7 years he nevertook any steps whatever with regard to it. In 1854 the plaintiff saw Cardinal Wiseman in Paris, and told him that he understood he could get payment of the money from the Em peror, and he asked the Cardinal fur the document, in order to show the genuineness of the claim. The Cardinal said he would look for it aud send it over, but it never came, and the plaintiff then returned to England and saw the Cardinal repeitedly on the. subject, and requested him to write a letter to the Emperor Napoleon for the payment of the money, as he (the Cardinal) bad seen the document which had been signed by'Madame Wise. At first Car dinal Wiseman intended to do so, bat ultimately declined for reasons which he then gave. It seemed that the Abbe Roux bad, at his own re quest, obtained from Cardinal Wiseman employ mart atra-priestrat-Oheleee r but at the end of 1855 complaints were made of his conduct, and an in quiry having been instituted he was suspended, and a few months afterwards he instituted this action against Cardinal Wiseman. - Upon these statements it of course became material to know, first, whether the Abbe Roux ever knew of the document having been in the hands of Mr. Wise ; and, next, if he did, what steps he took in the matter. At- the trial, he most solemnly denied that he ever heard, up to 1854, that it was in the possession of that gentleman ; but a le ter which he had written to Mr. Wise's so'icitor was put into his hands, dated 9th March, 1848, and asking for an ianowledg ment.from Mr. Wise of his having received the ' document, and adding that if the lady knew the security had gone out of his own hands, she was quite capable of saying she owed him nothing. The last explanation which the plaintiff gave of this letter was wholly unsatisfactory. Lord Campbell7-If the document was handed over to Mr. Wise with the concurrence of the plaintiff, the action is not maintainable. Mr. Keating said the letter did not contain a word of complaint about the document being in Mr. Wise's possession ; nor did the plaintiff, during the following seven years, make the 'slightest re monstrance on the subject. • Cardinal Wiseman, in the course of his evidence, admitted that he had seen the document, but he denied that it had ever' been placed in his custody, or that.he had ever agreed not to deliver it up tm it the money was paid. ; • Lord Campbell—How do you suppose it got into the hands of Madame Wise's husb , nd ? Mr. Keating—,l3y the Aboe Roux delivering it to Mr. Wise himself. The evidence of Madame Wise ivk s taken by commission, and it substautially denied all the statements of the plaint if. She did not deny that she signed the docurueLt, but she said it was prepared, by the Abbe Roux, and her signature oblaiiied to it on his representing that be wanted it to show the Archbishop of Paris, to ac- count for his frequent visits to her :house. She added that she thought he burnt the document when he visited her on a subsequent occasion. Lord Campbell—And for that purpose she called this a sacred debt. _ Mr. Keating said Madame Wise admitted that she had received some advances from the plaintiff, but she repaid these, and as the accounts now stood, instead of being in his debt, he owed her a small sum. Lord Campbell—Did it appearstbat be made any reconciliation between the husband and wife y Mr. Keating—There has been no reconciliation whatever. Mr. Wise positively refused to reeog- nise his intervention in the matter. Lord Oampbell said the jury seemed to have be ieved the Abbe Roux, and so far as his evidence supported the action, there would be a difficulty in disturbing the verdict. Mr. Keating read the plaintiff's letter of the 9th of March, 1848. . Lord Campbell said the letter was certainly strong evidence to show that the plaintiff knew where the document was, and that-he had no com plaint about its remaining in the custody of Mr. Wise. As to the damages there would be great difficulty in ascertaining what their amount should be. It might be supposed that his Imperial Ma jesty would, in his bounty, have paid the whole amount on seeing the original document and finding it to be genuine. Mr. Keating said the French Emperor had acted very generously in paying the debts of his relations, but it would be au excess of benevolence on his part to pay a debt which was denied by the relation whose debt it was pretended to be. Lord Campbell—Take a rule on both points. We will, of course, hear both sides before we make up our minds. Rule nisi. _ . ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGNONB.—The following gentle men, having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Omit of Examiners on the 13th inst.:— Messrs. John James Chappell, Axmonth, Devon ; James Gale Barford, Wokingham, Berkshire ; Walter Basnett Ramsbottom, Amwell-street, Claremont-square ; John Alcock, Cobridge, Stafford,-hire ; William Hodges, Bre con, South Wales ; Alfred James Bannister, Traftlgar square, Chelsea ; Charles William Marriott, Leaming ton, Warwickshire ; Francis Hunt Richardson, High gate ; Edward Brock, Canterbury; and George Hen ry ilentziob, Haveretock hill, Hampstead. follow ing members of the college, having undergone the . neces sary examinations, were admitted fiontiates in mid wifery at a meeting of the Board oa the 15th ta insnt .-- Mcs,rs. John George BLickall, Horton ; orysb(!rn! Noble, Linton, son, Bas;ngharn, Newark, Notts ; Herefordshire ; William Hamilton, Exeimr ; William Podmore Jones, Marlborough -place, Old Nent-road ; William Theophilus Girdleatone, Wnrdsley, Stafford shire ; Thomas Denne, Sitt i ng bourne, Kent ; A, Evans, Llantyssil, Cardiganshire ; John Thomas, C av o g an ; Henry Knaggs Huddersfield ; Jose p h Hetherirgton, Lamplugh-hall, ; Wm. Langworthy Baker, Newton Abbot, Devon ; Francis J. Davy, Knightqn, Devon; and William ,udd r Hadleigh Suffolk. VOTE BY BALLOT IN AUSTRALIA, .The combination of present secrecy in the act of voting with facilities for disclosure should it be atany time desirable, is the object 'of the plan which has been devised by the Legislature of Victoria. The new electoral law for that colony which has been forwarded to England for the Royal assent has been presented to the House ( f Commons in compliance. with an address r e quiring it; arid the provisions relating to the ballot form a curious commentary on the abuses to which that system in its purity is felt to be liable. The following are the ptincipal features of the scheme :—At each polling-booth there are to be provided pen and ink, and a locked box with a slit in the lid capable of receiving the ballot-paper. Into the booth the voters are to enter singly, and no one else, except the returning officer or his deputy and the scrutineers may be to the number o f onie for each candidate at each polling place, and they are sworn not to attempt to ascertain for whom any one may vote, or to aid in the discovery of the same, unless legally required so to do. Tho return ing officer has a number of printed papers, bearing the names of all the candidates, and suffi cient in number for all the electors who may be expected to record their votes. H e g i ves one of these papers to each voter after having satisfied himself as to his title to vote ; and the voter, re tiring, as we understand, behind a screen, crosses out the nameaof all the candidates f or w h om h e rides not' intend t o vote, and then folding up the paper so as to conceal its contents drops it into the box. But a very important precaution has first been taken. The officer writes on the outside of the paper the number which stands opposite to the name of the voter on the register, at the same time checking off the name of the elector on the register itself, which lies before him. The votes, being counted in the presence of the scrutineers - 1,- - ; / „ • / -- -- e . l - te --- C. 2' - / • ' -''''"( 14- .4. 44, 7 , TN„ 'PENINSULA , . - oF.- .4. -----.0-1,4;4: A.,,:11;6\,.:•, SOUTHAM Niii:;,..l4 , The Peninsular and Orients Ctiii t tatgl ;.. ....... ..,... l, ship Tagus, Captain Christian Naiii - 4:;:, , i,. , :t ::iii . Z., \ Plymouth with a dismasted vessel ikkkow.l iris ts 4. ported in The Sun of to-dai-), arrived here-about half-past 9 this morning, bringing the Sou , hampton portion of the mails, the remainder having been landed at Plymouth, together with solve of the passengers. Gibraltar dates are to the 6th inst. Forchangp 3 on the 4th were quo t e d as un d er :—London, 00 days' date, 51[ to 514 ; Paris, ditto, sf. 36c. ; Marseilles, ditto, bf. 37c. ; Genoa, ditto, n 39c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, 1# dis. ; Cadiz, ditto, Is dis. ; Malaga, ditto, -4 die. ; Seville, ditto, i'dis:; Alicante, ditto, i dis. ; Valencia, ditto, idis. ; Bar.. celona, ditto, / dis. Spanish pillared dollars, '4 per cent. prem. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 4th says :—..-" We understand that the Ist Royals (2d Battalion), 31tt. ' and 47th Regiments, now forming the brigade under Major-General W. F. Williams at Malta, are to come to Gibraltar. These rTitnetats Will re lieve the 15th and 96th, which are to proceed to England." An easterly breeze sprang up early on the morn. ing of the 4th, which was taken advantage of by a great number of the wind-bound vessels (amounting to between 400 and 500), detained for some time in the Bay, Algeciras Roadstead, and at the back oZ the Rock, and they got under way for the west-- ward ; but the wind did not last long enough to enable the whole of them to clear the Straits, and on the 6th there were s till n ear ly 100 sail at the back of the Rock. The Bremen ship Ann Lange, which had been for a long time in the Bay under average repairs, was towed through the Straits during the night of the 3d by the steam tug Orient. The master (Samuel Webb) and crew of the American bark Ellen S. Parsons, totally wr ec k e d off Cape Palos, had arrived at ibraltar from the coast, on their way to the United States. The Vessel was laden with fruit, bound to Boston from Palermo. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 3d publishes the following shipping news, received on the previous day from Malaga by the French steamer Danube : " The American barque Virginia Ann (of Charleston), Captain Wiley, which left Gibraltar Bay a few days ago for the westward, was driven by the current to the east ward of the Rock in her attempt to pass the Straits, when she unfortunately came into collision with an unknown ship, and in consequence was obliged to put into Malaga with loss of bowsprit, stanchions, bows stove in, &c. "The British ship Royal Sovereign (of Belfast), Captain Teare, reported cruising at the back of the Rock, had likewise been in collision with an unknown ♦essel, losing her bowsprit and suffering other damage. " The British brigantine William Milne (of London), Goodwin master, was run down off Malaga by the Ame rican barque Marion ; crew happily saved, and con veyed into that port by the barque. "The Norwegian barque Augusta put into the same port in distress, baying been in collision with an no known vessel. A Sardinian brig and a barque, as well ae a British brig, ail in distress, had also put into Malaga, for the purpose of repairing damages suffered on their voyage." The British barque Queen of Commerce, Ralph Hillary, master, laden with corn, from Sunderland for Alexandria, stranded a mile south of Cape Spartel at about 2 a.m. oa the 2d inst. ; weather thick and foggy. The master and crew had arrived at Tangier for assistance, and reported that the vessel was making no water when they left her. It was, however, doubtful, from herexposed position, whether she cou'd be got off. Her Majesty's steam hip Cressy, Captain R. Warren, 19 days from Malta ; the steamer Sphynx, Captain Wilmot, 11 days from Malta ; and the steam frigate Magicienne, Captain N. Yansittart, eight days from Malta and five and a half front Cagliari, arrived at Gibraltar on the 4th. Her Majesty's steam line-of-battle ship Majestic, with invalids to England, was towed towards the Straits early on the morning of the Gth by her Ma jesty's steam tug Redpole, and then set sail for England, the Redpole returning to her moorings. The Royal Yacht Squadron schooner Eugenio sailed from Gibraltar on the 4th for Vigo and Cowes, and the Royal Yacht Club schooner Minx left at 8 o'clock on the same morning for the West. The Cadiz Contribuycnte of the 3d states that the Spanish sloop of war Villa de Bilbao, 30 guns, Captain J. Polo de Barnabe, and the schooner Cataguera, six guns, sailed from Cadiz on the 2d. inst. for Buenos Ati res. The Tagus steam-packet left her Majesty's ships Eirmoutb,,,i'rtllcPss 4P , A134 3 4/4.9,901Us at Liabbn on th steamer e 9th. The iteaer Plumndi h a is left the previous day. The Lisbon exchanges for bills at three months are noted this mail at 53/ on London, with money over and a scarcity of paper ; Paris, 533, in demand ; Hamburg, 471 to in demand ; Amsterdam, 41f nominal ; and Genoa, 535, also nominal. The demand for Government stock had decreased and the market left off dull ; for Three per Cent.. registered, 47 to 471; Coupons, 46 to ; Deferred, 27i to / ; Bank of Portugal shares, 517 to 521) milreis each ; and the Oporto Commercial Bank, 20 to 21 per cent. premium. 77 7 SOUTH AMERICA. LISBON, APRIL 9. The steamer Genova, from the Brazils, put in here yesterday for coals, and leaves again to-day for Genoa, at the same hour as the Tagus packet fur Southampton. She left Rio de Janeiro eight days after the Tamar, whose news was reported in V • Times of the 25th of March. Her dates are :—Ria de. Janeiro, March 5 • Bahia, March 10 . ; Pernam buco, March 14 ; St. Vincent, March 28 ; Madeira, April 5. The Royal mail packet Medway, with the out ward mails from Southampton, had arrived at Per on the sth of March, and was expected at Rio in time to leave again for Europe on the 17th, so that she may be expected to arrive at South ampton about the same time as the Tagus, which takes this report. The Genova being under quarantine, I have had no opportunity of collecting any political news from Rio de Janeiro, and, my commercial 'letters from that port having miscarried, I can only say generally that the markets are reported by a mer chant here in the trade to have remained in the same state as when the Tamar left. Pernambuco advices respecting sugars note a con firmed active demand, and an advance in browns of 100 reis per arroba. The last quotations are--ordi nary, 2,900, or 275. 7d. per cwt., free on board ; superior, 3,350, or 31a. sd. per cwt. free ou board. Whites were at 3,600 to 5,000, or 345. 11d. to 47s . per cwt., free on board. Cotton, 7,400 to 7,500, or 70. to 71d. per lb., free on board. Freights con tinued dull, the last charter being at 355. and 5 per cent, for united kingdom, with usual extras for con tinental ports. Exchange 27/d., at which money offered freely. The yellow fever had quite disap peared; and left the province of Pernambuco once more in a healthy state. Bahia letters state that sugars continued in active demand ; 3,200 reis for good browns, and 4,000 rein for whites, which are equal to 28s. 11d. and 353. 11d. per cwt. free on board ; while ordinary browns could be bad at 3,100 reis, or 28s. ld. per cwt. N o cotton remained on hand at Bahia, and at Maeeio it was selling at 7,200 reis to 7,400 reis. Freights to London, 40s. ; Liverpool, 30s. ; and to Ch anne l , 455. In the exchange on London 25,000/, had been done on the Government account at 28d., and the rate closed at 28,1 d. for 60 days' sight. TFIE LdTE THUNDERSTORM IN FRANCE. The storm which prevadled l o . n Friday last in re veral of the departments was attended with melan choly consequences in certain parts of the Oise. At Chevieres a young man who was at work with his parents in a potato field was knocked down by the lightning and killed on the spot. His cap was burnt, his boots ripped up, and a part of the chain of his watch melted. At Sauqueuse St. Lucien, aa two men named Carroll and Geffrey were passing a windmill, the miller requested' their assistance to turn round the sails, as he feared a storm was com ing on. Scarcely had they completed their task, when the rain began to fall in torrents, and they ran for shelter, Carron into a stable, and Gelfroy and the miller into the mill. When the storm, which lasted for some time, was over, Carron came out of his biding-place, and called for his companion, but, not receiving any answer, commenced a search for him, and found him near the shaft of the mill, quite dead. Th e lightning had perforated a small hole at the back of his neck, and severa l similar holes were f ound in different parts of the body. His clothes rem a i ne d. uninjured. Carron states that, from the place in which he stood in the stable he saw the lightning fall five different times, but no injury p have been done to `the building. During appears epa on r sth toe m the storm the electric fluid fell, on the wires of the telegraph between the stations di Bueil and Boisset (Euro), and melted the metal for a distance of about half-a-mile, overturning at the same time four or five of the wooden supporters. It finally e ntered the ground on the iron-way, tearing up Ri vera! of the s?eepers, and leaving a large hole, which would most probably have caused an accident Itact it not been perceived in time. Z/. ut to he ho 4d: per i OM aid -9 ; 478 378