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' t . ) 9" . ...- ) Nurkams - ;6. ,mpany's steam _ gll., pi, ,Liris hose arrival at Plymouth with a clismastvd vessel in tow wus re- The Directors beg to announce that they have made the .ollowing arrangements for the ensnino• season : ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA7CONCE R 1 S. The SEASON will COMMENCE on FRIDAY, the Ist of May, with a Grand Morning Concert by the artistes of the Royal Italian Opera. These Concerts having been honoured last year by such general•aperobation, the Directors have en. tered into arrangements with 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 Didide, Mademoiselle Parepa, and Madame Bosio; Si gnor M ar i o , Signor Roneoni, Signor Neri-Baraldi, Signor Gardeni. Hgner Graziani, Herr Formes, Signor Tagliafico, Monsieur Zegler, Signor Polonini, and Signor Lablache. The Grand Orchestra of the Royal Italian Opera, with ad ditional performers, and also the celebrated Chorus, are en gaged for the whole series. The musical direction of the whole is in the hands of Mr. Costa, who will himself conduct a portion of the Concerts. With the above assemblage of artistes, it is hardly neces sary for the Directors to state that the performances will be of the highest class, and capable of very great variety. The Concerts will take p!ace 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. 6cl. each ; which tickets can be obtained at the Company's offices,.or of any of the agents. Ideompliance 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 tioncert. 11. CONCERT OF THE COLOGNE CHORAL UlCifON. The-Directors have made arrangements with the Cologne Choral Union (Coiner Manner Gtssang Verein), whose perfor mances on their former visit attracted enthusiastic admira tion, far a Concert in the Centre Transept of the Palace, on Saturday, the 6th of June. N.B.—Both Classes of Season Tickets will be available for this Concert. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1857. . 20,-2270 [PRICE 4D. 5TA16...4L 5D I ported in The Sun of to-day), arrived here lab, ut • , - . 1, this morning, bringing the Soul hamptc n lz: ;i,,,,,i the mails, the remainder having been 4,, , .h. Plymouth, togeth er w ith some of the ....... 1 lant t, London and Brighton Railway Co parry will leave' London bridge Station ev er y h a lf-h our, : - - during busy days every quarter of an hour, f rom 9 o'cl a.m. till dusk, returnin g fro the Palace at the same i n t erva l s th roug h ou t th e d ay. - - l i (For exact times of starting, see the Railway Company's time tables.) Return fares, including admission to the Palace -Ist Class. 2d Class. 3d Class. 2s. 6d.... 2s. Od, ... ls. Gd. 4s. Od. .. 3s. Gd. ... li. 3d. PUBLICATIOIJS. Od ca (d iN a val fiblitary liltetligence. are sealed up and sent to'the clerk Of the Legisla tive Council or Assembly, by whom they are kept. two years before being destroyed. By these monis it is hoped to evade the heavy objection to the ballot, that with it there can be no scrutiny, and' the candidates must be wholly.in the hands of the returning officers. If a return be disputed, the validity of every vote can be examined into by the identification of the .voter through the numbering of the. papers.--Manchester Guardian. PERPtEXITIES OF pIE MONEY MARKET. SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS. Now realy, in 1 vol., with Illustrations, Os. Gd , bound. (Front- the Times' City . Article.) On Shilling Days On Half-Crown Days • pEN AND PENCIL PICTURES. By THOMAS HOOD. " We are happy to find that the delightful volume, ' Pen and Pen cil Pictures,' hos reached a second edition, and that the reception of the yoanger Thomas Hood be the public has hcen worthy of the name he bears. The work is considerably a:Liza - tented by pa.sages of in• crelsed maturity and A.:our, such as will contrhute still further to its popularity among the reading classes Of the puyie."=Ltterary Gazette. Children under 12 years of age, Half-price. WEST-ENDRAILWAY. —The opening of this line t o the W an d s . worth Station has already been attanded with greatconvenience to visit( rs to the Nlice, and it is with much pleasure Cult 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 coon° Di the coming season. AU access will thus be opened for theiesidents in Hyde-park, Belgravia, and Bromp ton, and the other West-End Districts, as well as for the ne ghbourlioods of Richmond, Windsor, and Hampton Court, by which great economy of time will be effected, and still further convelience afforded to Vie public Min-KENT RAILWAY.—The portion of this line from the Sta- 3ls ind 18s 17s per Hurst and Mackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. LAW INTELLIGENCH.-April 16. This day is published, in crown Byo., price 55., T HE HIGHER ARITHMETIC By EDWARD SkS(l, F.R S E. Being a Sequel to" E'ementary Arithmetic." ' COURT Ol' QUEEN'S BENCH: ROUX V. WISEMAN.--ACTION AGA INST . , CARDINAL WISEMAN. In this action, which was brought by the ibbc Boux against Oardinal Wiseman, and tried at the last assizes at Gloucester, before Mr. Justice Orow der, a - verdict was found for the plaintiff, damages 5061. Lately pnblishei by the same Anther, . ELEMENTARY ARITHMETIC. In crown Bvo., price ss. , This Treatiqi is intended to supply the great desideratum of an atellectusl instead of a routine course of instruction in Arithmetic. William Ma , kwo d and Sons, Edinburgh and London. (lost has ough ocks tho 'al. tiou of the South-Eastern Railway at London-bridge to •Beck enham his been, opeuel, and the. extension to the Crystal Palace Station will be shortly completed, whereby an easy access will be afforded to the residents in .thekLewisliarn and Blackheath districts . - If .IVING ' CELEBRITIES : a Series of ICJ PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, by MULL and PoLTBLANE, The number fore pril contains RJR LAND HILL; Esq., .. with Menrir. Maul' and Polyblank, 55, Gracecharch-street ;-. and all book and printscilera. 111. GRAND WATERWORKS. d, ,o•day, Lowing 105— tto, 34. I.Rtern, North 1014 A ippear. )r next Lagtern 81B — North lanads, to-day's rates. N. le. nghani fflo 0 g I 5 2 15 0 5 8 94 3 9 2 311 3 -Tralne 3 0 0 0 0 for the ) 0 a l 13 urn fot 5 0 7 0 0 ; 0 0 4ffic TO' ) 4 6 18 6 )r weelC I 6 1 10 for the 5 7 ° filo r 0; 14 6 bat the h inst., )pe11) 0 'y cal°. recor3 o o'clock nq for e froo? 8 - o - utla e craw r Cony The ;cot in off his yard haudg nbure MIIP' . ickirar is halfs E3ritigh l bluer )cwa ' un ~,gof f on, ° xforut Alic e ndi oll. waitei Dux of 4 1 Tit' Iri de nelo c i ~,,, j i.lo, o' The Displays of the vast System of Fountains, Cascades, and Jets d'Eaux will be resumed and continued during the whole season. The upper system will play daily as heretofore; and the Entire Display, embracing the Fountains of the Grand Basins, the Water Temples, the Cascades, and the whole of the Upper Fuuntaius, on occasions to be from time to time announced. IV, FLOWER SHOWS. Th?re will be Two GI:v;(1 Horticultural and Floricultural Petes 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, llth, and 12th of" August. The Winter Show on the 9th, llth, 12th, and 13th of January, 1858. VI. GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS OF THE BUILDING. Exinamoxs oa Picruaas.—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 a 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 dtiring the season. CERAMIC COURT.—The * Directors are desirous to take the present opportunity of expressing their acknowledgments for the kind and ready manor 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'valhable 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 tho 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 Battam,_F S.A. INDIAN COURT AND GALLERY OF ENGINEERING MODEM-4n each of these departments. the Directors have to acknowledge assistance of the same gratifying nature as that in the Cera raic Court. By public companies and institutions, as well as by private individuals, the Directors have b een en t rus t e d 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 :enabled materially to improve the Indian 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 skill and 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. TILE NAVAL MUSEUM.—The Exhibition under this denomina tion in the First and Second Galleries of the North Transept, f ronting the Garden, now contains about 300 models of ships, boats, and vessels of all descriptions, affording . an illustrat ton 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 ing 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. WATER TOWERS. —The Great Towers are now completed, and arrangements have been made by which, far 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. MAMMOTH Taim.—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 trees discovered in California, The portion erected in the Tropical Transept, opposite the Abu Simbel figures, is no less than 103 feet in height, and 32 feet in diameter at the base. Exurarrnio 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 electroplate both domestic and artistic ; vulcanite and India rubber generally ; colour printing and typography ; Rapier rnacke ornamental iron, fancy goods, an d o th er pro ductions of Birmingham ; domestic furniture, church furni ture ; in stone, wood, metal, and fabric ; hardware gene trally • and especially the productions of Sheffield, in the enir filled by the manufacturers of that important centre of industry, Caztentex COURT.—The arrangements announced on a fer nier 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 mantifactures and other industry and resources of that I mportant colony. The collection will be placed in the large Court lying be tween the News Room and the Stationery Cou r t, i mme di a t e l y adjoining both the Nave and Centre Transept, and at present "cuPied by the sculpture of the German school. ... 'n'AIV PRODUCE COLLECTION, AND TRADE MUSEUM. —The Tech "logical portion of this department is rapidly approaching co mpletion. It will comprise illustrations of all the chief m anufactures of the United Kingdom, and specimens of the Products animal, vegetable, and mineral, of Great Britain and the Colenies, as well as of other countries, It is believed that it will be open to the public in the course of the present "turner. Tho department is situated in the Second Gallery on the Garden side of the Grand Transept. MACITINERY IN MOTION.—The Machinery will be in action d uring the season at such times as will bo announced in the detailed advertisements. The Machinery now in the depart ment comprises a complete set of machinery for spinning, , e arding warping, sizing, weaving, and all th e o th er p rocesses 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 lbe found there of the portable steam engines . and all the other new machines otthe chief manufacturers, and purchases can be made at the s ame 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 magazines. In addition to this, advertisements' and copies of new works, both British and foreign, are displayed immediately after publication. FANCY FAIRS.—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 gives the Directors great pleasure to announce that the Cricket Ground is now complete, and that it will be thoroughly in order for the approaching summer.' Great care has been taken in the fermatiun of the ground, and they believe that 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 Season Tickets of admission at the following rates, viz. : SeAsmi TICKETS, AVAILABLE FROM IST MAY, 1857, TO 30TH APRIL, 1858, Two GUINEASIEACII. These tickets will admit the holder on every occasion be t Ween May 1, 1857, and April 30, 1858, on which the Palace 18 bPen the foul; days of the Handel Festival, v i z., th e 13 t h , 15th2 17th, and 19th June only excepted. 41 - IIiBASON TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM IST MA; 1857, TO 30TH APRIL, 1858, ONE GUINEA EACH. These tickets admit the holder on all occasions named above, excepting the Opera Concerts, and the other Fridays t„.hroughout the year, and the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th June, being the four days of the Handel Festival. The Tickets will be issued on and after the 20th inst. ; and hay be obt a i ne d a t th e C rysta l Palace ; at the ' Off i ces of the ri An d Brighton 79, Lombard-street ; a t th e Offi ces o f th e L on d on Brighton Railway Company, London-bridge,and Regent terlis Piccadilly ; Central Handel Festival Ti c k e t Offi ce , E xe - Hall, and of the Company's agents. Remittances for Seaso n Tickets to be by post-office orders vaYable to George Grove. VIII. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL. n ot gives the Directors grea t grat i f i cation to be a b le to au tuce that they have entered into arrangements with the Sacred Harmonic Society for a Grand Series of Three Perfor ;lances of. Handel's Oratorios, to take place in the Centre ransept of the Palace in the month of June. pHer Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert have been grad ajlY pleased to extend their especi a l patronage to the festi t, and have expressed their intentio n o f h onouring it with heir presence. For further Particulars see special adver tisement. —• RATES OF ADMISSION, RAILWAY ARRANGE: MENTS, drc. • .°RDINAKY R ATES OF ADMISSION.--,These remai n as b efore, One Sg. 1 1 4 * :- . -- On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, lirsdays, and Fridays n Saturdays Half-a hillin Crown. Children under 12 years of age, Half-price. The Palace w days, opened on Mondayson Tuesdays, Wedne Thursdays, and Fridays, at 10 ; can CC on the days of the CoUcerts by the Opera Company, ,„ which days, and on Saturdays, it ;sill be opened at 12 ; " ) ,,, , ing gaily about sunset: 34111QatiAl RAILWAY,—During the season a lhe trains of the EXCURSIONS. —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 clays and third-class carriages : For a number of excursion ists over 250 and under ls. 3d. per head, instead of ls, 6d 500 Exceeding 500 and under 750 ls. 2d. Exceeding 750 and under 10001 s. Id P, ~ Is. Gd , Is. 61 „ ls. Gd, X/ ), Exccedini• 1000 .. , • Children, Half-price. , (Signed).- ARTHUR ANDERSON, Chairman. JAMES FERGIISSON, atneral Manager 71,F N T BLANC TO-NIGEIT. IS OPEN KACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL—Conductor, Mr. COSTA. THIS EVENING, April 17, will be performed lIANDEtR JUDAS MACCABEUS. Vocalists—Madame Clara Novello, 111 a. da iie Raders, Miss Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Montem Smith, aid Mr. Thomas, with orchestra of seven hand, ed pariormers.— Tickets 3s , reserved 55., and stalls 10s. 6d. each, at the Society's office, No. C, In Exeter Hall. Post-office orders to be made payab'e to ROBERT BOWL KY, at the Charing•cross Office. The Concerts now c3mmence at Eight o'clock. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITID..-1 , with New Costumes and • irious Novelties, Vocal and Cha racteristic, every evening (except s'attirday) at Eight. A MORN ING PERFORMANCE every SA TURDAY, 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 'ieen entirely redecorated. ROYAL ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, Ilaymarket.—Great suc cess of the Itornanoff Waltz and the Lancers, every evening, with Laurent's Grand Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open nt half-past eight, commence at nine. The Lancers will be danced at half-put ten. Admission One ,hilling. GENERAL TOM THUMB WILL SHORTLY CLOSE at PRI 4CE OF WALES BAZAAR, 20 5 ; Regent.. street. Three Levees daily from half•past 12 to 2, half-past 3to 5, and half-Past 7to 9. This world-renowned American Man in Minia ture (the smallest man alive) has appeared three t mes before her Majesty, and is liberally .atronised by the nobility, gentry, and public. He appear+ in a wrest variety of interesting performances, Costumes, Songs, Dances, Statues. Imitations, &c. His engagements at St. John's-wood, Islington, Poplar, Croyd-n Hackney, and elsewhere, do not interfere with his three daily performances at 209, Regent street. His miniature chariot and ponies, attended by elgn coach man and footman; in livery, promenade the streets. Admission, Is. and 22. THE . GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY. Dr. sEXI ON will LECTURE en this important topic daily at 3 and half-past 7 p.m , at Dr. KAHN'S MUSEUM, No. s, Coven t-y street. Leicester-square. - The Museum, which now stands wholly unrivalled in the world, and the rarity and completeness of whose contents have already acquired for it an European reputation, and obtained the warm commendation of the press in this and other coun tries, is Open daily, for Gentlemen ill k, , rom 'lO to 10. A new Lecture is delve•ed by - or. KAHN at half-past 8 p.m. precisely. Re mission, One -billing. • Descriptive Catalogues of the Mu•eum, con taining Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan, gratis to the visitors. COLOGNE CHORAL UNION.- DER KoLNER MANNER GESAWG VEREIN (80 Men Voices) HANOVER-SQUARE, ROOMS. Mr. MI ITHELL respect fully announces, in reply to numerous and continual inquiries, it is at length arranged that the above dist'. guishcd Society will a,airt visit Lotrion, and will have the honour of giving a THIRD 'ERIES of I 'ONCE FITS, under the direction of Herr FRANZ WEBER, com mencing at the Hanover-square It' on,, on Monday, A ternoen, May 25, from t , alf-past 3 to 5 o'clock. It is also respectfully an nounced, that owinl to the positive nec:t sity for their return to Cologne, on or be:ore the Bth of June. the Concerts to be given by the Society in th s c (miry cannot possibly be prolonged beyond a fortnight. Subscription. will be r• ceived as formerly—Reserved Seat., for Six Cone, rts..2 guineas ; Single Reserved Seats, 10s. 6d. ; IThrererv-d -eats. 5s ; which may be obtained at Mr. MIT -C HELL'S Rey& Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Many of the Pieces sting by the Society, by Silcher and other popul .r Composers, are in course of publication. CONTRACT FOR WINE. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, Somerset House, 13th April, 1857. • r if l HE Commissioners for Executi ng th e Offi ce o f I 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 he 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 f'or a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. 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 f, om each cask, must be produced by parties tendering, and not s imples only fur 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 be received unless made on the printed farm pro vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool : or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol. The conditions of the reviscd t contract, tonhich 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 bo 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, and bear in the left•band corner the words "Tender for Wine,' and must also be delivered at Somerset House. CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167, Piccadilly.—This Institu ion has been eitablished exclusively for the treatment of the poor afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167, Piceadlily,son Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patiente 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 •orm of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this rharity. A Weekly Board manage Its affairs, and every informs ion connected with the Institution may be obtalned on.application t the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue Vas great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be p lid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer, 66. Lincoln's inn-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadilly. By miler. , W. J. COCKERTLL Secretary. 12) OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn- roa d. 4 ` Patron—The QUEEN.—Founded 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-deor patients, on their personal APPlication:— Week ending 7th February Ditto 14th February .... •• 2,3 5 1 Ditto 21st February 2,650 Ditto 28th February in Febru .... • 9,986 ,t which 3,379 were new cases, th ar eremainder (still under treat ment) baying been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the bands of 30 Governors, yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Animal general Meeting in January. A Board Is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board being at 11 time.; desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, ohn Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and CO. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and, Co.; Glyn and Co. ; (ones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Denison add Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber ners-street ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfullyireceived.l By order. J. B. OWEN. M.A., Chairman. THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY Just published, price Is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps, QELF-PRESERVATION,—A Medical Treatise on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System, and on the cure of Nervotts and Physical Debility, resulting from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth to manhood, with practical observations on the Physiology of Mar riage in Its social, moral, and physical relation, and remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of Life within Life,' and it. advantages in detecting, by urinary examina tion, the cause and effect of every variety of these complaint., 'with numerous engravings and cases. 37, BY RE S D A F M O R U D E L SQUARE,iA' M E L T 9 , N 11_1. 13 DO.N, Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Ho norary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. 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The following is extracted from a Plymouth papOr :—" The 66th Regiment has this week beep re coved from this garrison to Aldershott by tram. We understaed that the 54th will very'shortly fol low them, thouglt it is not a certained if to the same destination ; but - such' a contingency is very pro- bible, if we are to refer to the•fact that for some reason or other these two regiments hive for many ye trs been assec'ated in the a 1119 quarters, bet') at home and abroad. We und. 'eland a very .inte resting ceremony took place in the me:43room of the 54th ion Friel iy week, when a sumptuous silver salver, and an elegant cigar -b - or, in the shape of a Mortar, were preseoted to their late colonel, now Major General W. Yorke Me - ore, whiewas especially invieed from London by his brother officers to re ceive this appropriate utark of their regard fOr ther old colonel. We understand that the subject was kept private among the officers .and their friends, ofwhom 38 set down to dint e acquaint apce§ of Gn rd Moore. The plite was presented, in the name of all present, by Colonel Moffat, in a touching address, which. was responded to by the Major-General with much feeling. We find that Major-General 'Moore, was much estreneed while in the regiment, and we regret our inability to give a mor e detailed.. account of what took place, as we think that too much publicity cinnot 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 Brit'sh army.',' _ The iron steam trtlopship Himalaya left Spithead at 1 p.m. yesterday for China under steam. She passed the Bcecawen ,te the westward of the Nab at a quarter before 2, thus accomplishing, by the aid of steam, in an hour and a quart e r, the same distance which it took a fist-sailing new two-decker eight hours to do, beating to 'windward. The Himalaya was last sewn with her topgallantmasts down and yards' pointed'to the'erind steering figt down Channel,. wind, S.W.Captain Milue, R.N., 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 infant r y reg i men t s,' t oo k place at St. blary's Barracks, - Chatham. The troops discharged were selected from the following regi ments :-sth Dragoon Guards, 7th Dragoon Guards, 15th Hussars, 4th King's - Own, Gth, 10th, 13th Light Infantry, 19th, 23d. Fusiliers, 26th Camero nians, 42d •Highlanders, 50th Queen's Own, 51st Light Infantry, 53d, 54th, 60th Rifles, Glth, 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'Qlure, 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 of inspection to his ship on Wednesday. , MR. H. the General Conimanding-in-Chief visited Portsmouth and Go3pOrt yesterday, and, attended by Col. Forster, C. 8., Commanding Royal Engi neer in the South-West Di s t r ict, mad a private in spection of the fortifications and other Ordnance works, returning. o- 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. Tbeirseveral principal dimensions are as follow : Royal Sovereign. Marlborough. . Ft. In. Ft. In. . Length - 279 10 Breadth Depth of Hold Burden in ....... 3,785 The Boscawen; 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 topgallantseils. She will be'paid off a!1 standing. The Diadem, 31, screw, new class steam-frigate, fitted with 800-_horse power engines, by Maudslay and Co., lit fires ye,terday morning for a trial of her powers. It can sc trcely be termed a proof trial, because the screw propeller was not sufficiently im mersed, correquently 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 tes.., h'r speed. Yesterday morning the squadron of Royal Horse Artillery, under the COMMtlld of Col. Wood, and the whole of the batteries under the command of Colonel Teesdale, after forming in parade columns, were drawn up o' 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, in undress uriform, proceeded to the ground at half-past 12, and, having - Liken 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 C 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 necessaty to amputate the thumb of his right hand, 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 evolutions 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. fiis Lordship then repaired to the residence of General Williams, where he par to4 of luncheon, and afterwards visited the de partments of the Royal Arsenal. A number of the principal inhabitant; of Wool wich taking into consideration the distressing con ditien of the unemployed, who are desirous of emi grating to Canada, have most humanely promised to head a subscription fund which it is proposed to raise, so as to enab'e some NO or 400 to emigrate free of the Government bounty. It is understood to be in contemplation to freight a conple of line of-battle 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 s, nted to contribute a half day's pay ; and the holds 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, in order to further the object of the fund. VOTE BY BALLOT IN AUSTRALIA. The combination of present secrecy in the act of voting w ith facili ties for disclosure should it be at any 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 ihadlouse f Commons in compliance with an address requiring it ; and 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 principal 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 of one 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. The return ing officer has a number of printed papers, bear;ng the names of all the candidates, and suffi cient in number for all the electors who may be expected to record their votes. He gives 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 names of all the candidates for whom ho does not intend to 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 mutineers Mr. Keating, on the part, of the, def rid•int, now roved to set aside the verdict, aid fora new trial .on "the ground that the verdict was agairst the evi dence, and the damages excossive. The whole of 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, biing in Paris in 1845, and hear that Princess Letitia Bonaparte, the wife of Mr. Wise, the English minister at the court of Athens, was there in distress, be determined to assist her, and he accordingly engaged lodAngs for her, lent her considerable sums, of money, and performfd various acts of kindness to her, which he men tioned. He c miinued 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 pi es , nce of a lady who was living as governess with her, but whom be said he 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 re‘ieived from the Abbe Roux a sum of 25,009 f., which he lent me at a time of great misfortune,—that is, B,ooof. in 1845, 12,000 E. in 1846, and 5,000 f. in 1847. I 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 precedence of all others." This clacument, 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 the plaintiff; and have already been brought to the knowledge of the public. They were briefly to this effect, that being desirous, to bring about .a reconciliation between Madame Wise and her husband, who. had been separated for a considetable time, he came over to England in Noveniber, 1847, and had an interview with Cardinal Wiseman, to whim lie delivered the document in question, on the understanding that it was not to be given up to Mr. Wise or any other .person .until the money had been paid, land 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 neyertook any steps whatever with regard to it. In 1854 the plaintiff saw Cardinal. Wiseinan in Paris, and told liim that he understood he could get payment of th e money from the Em peror, and he asked .the Cardinal for the document, in order to show the genuineness of the claim. The Cardinal said he would look for it and send it over, but it never came, and the plaintiff then 'returned to England and saw the Cardinal repeatedly on the subject, and requested him to write a letter to the Emperor Napoleon for the payment of the money, as be (the Cardinal) bad seen the document which bad been signed by Madame Wise. At first Car dinal. Wiseman intended to do so, but 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 ment as a priest at Chelsea, 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 stattineNts it of course became material to know, first, whether the Abbe Roux ever knew, of the document havi ng been in the hand s o f Mr. Wise ; and, next, if be 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 soicitor was pit into his hands, dated 9th March, 1848, and. asking for' an a±nowledg 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 Campbell—lf 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 b e i ng i n Mr. ise's possession ; nor did the plaintiff, during the following seven years, Make tne slightest re monstrance on the subject. Cardinal Wiseman, in the course of his evidence, admitted that ho 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 until 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 Abbe Roux delivering it to Mr. Wise himself. The evidence of Ma lame Wise w taken by,commission, and it substantially denied all the statements of the plaint fl. She did not deny that she signed the document, but she said it was prepared by the Abbe Roux, and her signature obtained to it on his representing that he 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 bad 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 appear that he made any reconciliation between the husband and wife ? Mr. Keating—There has been no reconciliagon whatever. Mr. Wise positiv e ly r e f use d t o z etg nise his intervention in the matter. Lord Campbell said the jury seemed to have, be lieved the Abbe Roux, and so far as his evidence supported the action, there would be a Meaty 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 .tom plaint about its remaining in the custody of Mr. Wise. As to the damages there would be gi;eat difficulty in ascertaining what their amount should be. It might be supposed that his Imperial T da jesty would, in his bounty, have paid the whole amount on seeing the original document and find ing it to be genuine. Mr. Keating said the French Emperor had aoted very generously in paying the debts of his relati ens, 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 SURGEONS.—The following g 3 ntle men, having undergone the necessary examinatior cv for the diploma, were admitted members of the college tt the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 13th ins : Messrs. John James Chappell,,Axmouth, Devon ; 3 :awes Gale Barford, Wokingham, Berkshire ; Walter B; tsnett Ramsbottom, Amwell-street, Chrentont4.quare ; John Alcock, Cobridge, Staffordshire ; William Hodges, Bre con, South Wales ; Alfred James Bannister, Trail) .Igar square, Chelsea ; Charles William Marriott, Lea ving• ton, Warwickshire ; Francis Hunt Richardson, l Ugh' gate ; Edward Brock, Canterbury ; and George E [,eery Rsntzscb, Haverstook hill, Hampstead. The folio wing members of the college, having undergone the r VeCes sary examinations, were admitted. licentiates in mid wifery at a meeting of the Board on the 15th instal i t n t:— n, Messrs. John George Blackall, Hoxton ; Osborn e !obn son, Basingham,Newark, Notts ; Noble, L to Herefordshire ; William Hamilton, Exeter.; %% ttlliam Podmore Jones, Marlborough-place , Old Kent .traad ; William Theophilus Girdlestone, W ordsle y , St liffoird -shire ; Thomas Donne, sittingbourne, Kent ; A.: Evans, Llantyssil, Cardiganshire; John T ho maS , Car ttigan ; Henry Knaggs, Huddersfield ; Joseph Hetbet ingeon, Lamplugh-hall, Cumberland ; Wm. Langworthy • B a k er , Newton Abbot, Devorl ; Francis J. Davy, IC-niAtor, Devon ; and William Mudd, Hadleigh, SuffoN, The perplexities of the money market seem greatPr than ever. For many months persons have beenlooking to the present period as that at which some turn in the unfavourable course of our bullion balances might be expected, and instead we have the Bank reverting to almost I s hfghest rate of dis count, white its stock of golds redired to a point lower than at any time in the last 10 years. The question is, can this sudden increase of pressure be attiibuted to temporwy 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 ? On the favourable side we have the fact that, looking at the couree of a great number of years, the ra :e of di4coun t in England averages about 4 per cont., and that consequently anyadvance he tween this point has always hitherto been followed hy a proportionate reaction ; next, that the trade of the country has for the last 27 months been of unprecedented magnitude and heal=h in nearly every department ' • next that, not w ith s t an di ng t h e profits thus mad=., there has 'wen an unusual ab slinence 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 rirofitabli, export business; an economical expenditure,- and a good yield of home produce, the circumstance that the balatice of cash pay ments between ourselves and thti rest of the world is uninterruptedly against us seems. an extra ordinary anomaly. Last year the conviction' that our position 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 welt be great s 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 developthent con sequent upon the gold discoveries and other causes hai created a demand for capital beyond all former experience. This, however, is little beqer 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 maguitudo that our entire yearly gains are in sufficient to supply the extra capital requisite fur carrying them on. The Australian discoveries are now six years old; the population of those colonies is still ins gni dcant, 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 tree that our exports last year were 20,000,000/. above any 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. Alarge part of the addition, moreover, is merely consequent upon higher prices, and, although these involve a proportionate increase in the movements of capital, their effects are in most cases balanced in the course ofa 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 prbgress must be discarded as unsatisfactory, or, at all-events, insufficient-'Mother 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. Tee loss of silk last year in Itsly and'France, the vine blight, the deficient yield of wheat in France, the Peninsula, and many parts of Germany, the destruction of the corn crop in the 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 doubt s th a t it h as 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 clpital? 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 losses have been as 'lnches possible concealed, the confidence 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 takenit in a great degree on our own shoulders. At the same time, the fact of a most important 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 thje been at sea less than 1,500,0001 . of speci e , 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 bean supposed, in order to se cure the advantage f 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 suptly the China market, which has kept a large quantity of gold in transitu throughout Europe and South America. Lately, the Persian and Chinese wars have added to the demand, while for a long period the calls have bee' 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 after some time resume their ordinary channel. Good crops, however, can alone be the foundation of any permanent 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 qiiestion for several months. Under 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 elsewhere, with large guarantee., have been held in abeyance, and these will offer oppor tunities to cause all persons to congratulate them selves if they have kept their capital available. Theat any one will be found under such circum 4 t stances now wiling to commit himself to an indefi nite outlay on Russian railways with g per as his utmost prospect, and with many possibilities to interfere even with that, is a contingency th a t can hardly be entertained. CURIOUS DISOOVERY.—A curious discovery was made a short time sioce by some workmen employed in dig ging a cellar in the cattle market at Mentz (Lower Rhine). • At the depth of about 12 feet they came on a layer of turf, composed of a conglomeration of vege tables, bark, &c., in which were found soles of shoes, large pieces of leather, and of woo ll en an d linen clotb, Roman knives , lance heads, &c. The leather, which is in 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 a Mentz 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 , diacovered a part of a coat of mail, which differs en tirely from those of the middle ages. [AnyzaTtszmENT].:—Kidneys, Bladder, and Prostrate Glands —their complications, Diabetes Albuminuria, or Brights Disease, &c.—their connexion with the Stomach, Liver, &c., and intimate association with the Ganglionic, or great cen tral or solar plexus of nerves, by Dr. Denis Cronin, price 2s " To a sound theoretical knowledge of the painful and dis tressing diseases on which he writes, Dr. Cronin adds the ex perience derived from a large and successful practice."— " News.""Smith and Seri, 52, Long Attn. passengers. Gibraltar dates are to the 6th inst. Exchanges on the 4th were quoted as under :—.Loridon, 00 days' date, 511 to 514- ; Paris, ditto, sf. ,36c. ; Marseilles, ditto, Of. 37c. ; Genoa, ditto, Of. 39c. ; Madrid, eight days' sight, 1g dis. ; Cadiz,; ditto, dis. ; Malaga, ditto, dis. ; Seville, ditto, dis. ; Alicante, ditto, dis.'; Valencia, ditto, ; 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), 31st and 47th Regiment; now forming the brigade under Major-General W. F. Williams at Malta, are to come to Gibraltar. These rTiments will re lieve the 15th and 960, which ar o to proceed to England." An easterly breeze sprang up early on the moin ing of the 4th, which was taken advantage of by a great number of the wind-bound vessels (amounting to between 400 and 500), det tined for some time in the Bay, Algeciras Roadstead, and at the back of 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 c!ear the Straits, and on the 6th there were stdl nearly 100 sail at the back of the Rock. • The Bremen ship Ann Lange, which had bean for a long time in the Bay under average repairs, was towed through the Straits during the niBlit of the 3d by the steam tug Orient. The master (Samuel Webb) and crew of the American bark Ellen S. Parsons totally wrecked off Cape Palos, had' arriv e d a t Gibraltar 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 pub!ishes 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 galaga 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 likeviise been in collision with an Unknown vessel, losing her bowsprit and suffering other do age. "The British brigantine William Milne (of London), Goodwin master, was run down off Malaga by th e Ame rican barque arion ; cFew happily saved, and con veyed into that port by the barque. . "The Norwegian barque Augusta put into the same port in distress, having been in collision with•an un known vessel. A Sardinian brig and a barque, as well as a British brig, all in distress, had also put into Malaga, for the purpose of repairing damages suffered on their voyage." _ 1 Ilia 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. on the 2d inst. ; weather thick and foggy. The master and craw had arrived at Tangier for assistance, and reported that the vessel was making no water when they left' her. It was, however, doubtful, from her exposed positio n, whether she cou'd be got off. Her Majesty's steamship Cressy, Captain R. Warren, 19 days from Malta ; the steamer Sphynx, Captain Wilmot - , 11 days from Malta ; and the steam frigate Magicienne, Captain N. V'ansittart, eight days from Malta and five and a hale from Cagliari, arrived at Gibraltar on the 4th. Her Majesty's steam line -of-battle ship Majesti c , 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 'Eugenie sailed from Gibraltar on the 4th for Vigo and Cowes, and the Royal Yacht Club schooner Mina left at 8 o'clock on the same morning for the West. The Cadiz Contribuyente of the 3d states th tt the Spanish sloop of war Villa . de Bilban, 30 guns, Captain J. Polo de Barnabe, and the schooner Cataguera, six guns,. sailed from Cadiz on the 2d inst. for Buenos Ayres: The Tagus steam-packet left her Majesty's ships Exmouth, Princess Royal, and Colossus at Lisbon on the 9th. The steamer Plumper had coaled and. left the previous day. The Lisbon exchanges for bills at three months are noted this mail at 534 on London, with money over and a scarcity of paper; Paris, 533, in demand; Hamburg, 471 to g, in demand ; Amsterdam, 411 nominal; and Gen0a,,535, also nominal. The demand for Government stock had decreas and the market left off dull ; for Three per Cents. registered, 47 to 471 ; Coupons, 4G to ; Deferred, 27k to • ; Bank of Portugal shares, 517 to 520 milreis each; and the Oporto Commercial Bank, 20 to 21 per cent. premium. 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 for Southampton. She left Rio de Janeiru eight days after the Tamar, whose news was repOrted in Vie Times of the '2sth of March.' Her dates are :—Rio 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 anived'at Per nambuco 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 enerally that the markets are reported by a mer chant here in the trade to have remained in the same state its when the Tamar left. Pernambuco advices respecting sugars note a con tinued 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 31s. sd. per cwt. free on boa-d. Whites were at 3,600 to 5,000, or 345.. Ild. to 475. per cwt., free on board. Cotton, 7,400 to 7,500, or lid. 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 272 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 godbrowns, and 4,000 rein for whites, which ara equal to 28s. 11d. and 35 8 . 11d. per cwt. free on board ; while ordinary browns could be had at 3,100 reis, or 28s. ld. per cwt. N o cotton remained on hand at Bahia, and at Mandl it was selling at 7,200 reis to 7,400 rais. Freights to London, 40s. ; Liverpool, 30s. ; and to Channel, 455. Iu the exchange on London 2 5,000/..had been done on the Government account at 28d., and the rate closed at 28d. for 60 days' sight. THE LATE THUNDERSTORM' IN FRANCE. The storm which prevailed on Friday last in se 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, as two men named Carron 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 ram began to fall in torrents, and they ran for shelter, Carron into a stable, and GeffrOy and the miller into the mill. When the storm, which lasted for some time, was over, Carron came out of his hiding-place, a n d 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. The lightning had perforated a small hole at the back of his neck, and several similar holes were found in different parts of the body. His clothes remained uninjured. Carlon states that, from the place in which he stood in the stable he saw the lightning fall on the mill five different times; but no injury appears to have been done to the building. During the storm the electric fluid fell on the wires of the telegraph between the stations of Bueil and Boiaset (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 entered the ground on the iron-way, tearing up se veral of the sleepers, and leaVing a large hole, which would most probably have caused an accident had it not been perceived in time.