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London, England, 1857-04-18

APRIL 18, 1857.

week were 13,984 tons. Spatter is very dull, at 291 per ton on
the spot. No change in the value of copper or lead. Tin is
dull, at 146 s to 1475 for Banes. Tin plates are rather drooping.
SALTPETRE—We continue to have a dull inquiry for this
article, at barely the late decline in value.
SILK—The inquiry for this article is limited. In prices very
little change has taken place.
HOPS—Good and fine qualities move off steadily, at full
quotations; but inferior parcels are dull. Mid and East
K ent pockets, 31 100 to Si 12s; Weald of Kents, 31 5s to
31 18s; Sussex, 31 to 31125; yearlings, 1110 s to 31 per cwt.
POTATOES—The supplies are limited, and the demand is
steady, at from 85s to 130 s per ton.
OlLS—Linseed oil is dull, at 381 Ls per ton on the spot.
Pale rape moves off slowly, at 541; brown, 511 per ton. Cocoa-
nut is quoted at 491 to 501; fine palm, 451 to 451 10s; and
sperm, 971 to 1001. Turpentine is dull and drooping. Spirits,
38s 8d to 39a Gd; rough, 10s 3d per cwt.
TALLOW—As the ice in the Neva is broken up, our market
is heavy, at drooping prices. P. Y. C., on the spot, 53s 3d to
b3s 61 ; for all the year, 525 93 to 53s per cwt. The imports
are trifling.
COALS—Hasting's Hartley, 17s 93; Eden Main, 17s; (los-
forth, 15s; Hilda, 14s 63; Haswell, lAs Gd; Hetton, IRs 6d;
South Hetton, 18s 3d ; Stewart's, 188 6d ; Cassop, 17s 6d ;
Heugh Hall, 17s; South Kelloe, 17s ; Tees, 18a Gd; Evenvood,
15s 63 per ton.
METROPOLITAN CATTLE The supplies of fat stock
on offer this week have been limited, and the trade gene-
rally has ruled active, on higher terms. Beef, from 3s 43
to bs 2d ; mutton, in the wool, 4s ad to Gs 23; lamb, 6s to 79 ;
veal, 4s id to 5s tict; pork, 3s Gd Ito bo per 81b8 to sink the
offal.
NEWGATF. AND LEADENHALL—AII kinds of meat have
sold briskly, as follows :—Beef, from 3s to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 4d
to 4s 103; lamb, 5s 10d to 6s 83; veal, 3s 103 to ss; pork, 3s 6d
to 54 23 per Ribs by the carcase.
London, England, 1857-04-18

V. POULTRY SHOWS.

There will be Two Showa 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 19th of January, I8;x4.
The schedules of the prizes, and copies of the regulations at
both the Flower and Poultry Shows, are now ready, and may be
had ou application.
London, England, 1857-04-18

"cIENTLF, pressure" from without has caused
U the Chancellor, though reluctantly, to take the War Tax
off Tea. The EAST INDIA TEA COM _ANY have accord-
ingly lowered all their prices 4d. per lb., and the 61bs. bag of
,Ceugou may now be had at 2s. 6d. per lb., and Coffee in the
berry at 13d.
Warehouses: 0, Great St. Ire:lea's Churchyard, Blshopsgate-
street.
London, England, 1857-04-18

1857.

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was to be found in the genuine English peasant. Perhaps
they were better here in Lincolnshire, but he thought he
might safely say that those of Sussex had not their
equal. In more southern countries they were quick to
catch ideas, quick to exercise their faculties ; nature made
up for the deficiencies of man. And if we went to those
who were called par excellence " savages," why the very
necessity of their position, the necessity of providing for
themselves daily food by their own skill and cunning,
made them ten times as quick and bright as the English
labourer, for whom everything was provided. He had
travelled among, and had had intercourse with natives of
New Zealand, and marked the difference between them
and the English labourer ; and, though we were in the
habit of speaking of the former as a " poor benighted
savage," and pleading for him at our missionary meetings,
he was in intellect and in the quickness of his faculties
far superior to our own countrymen. Therefore he
thought we ought to give to this matter of education our
most earnest attention. It affected our interests and it
affected our duty; it was the thing for which we lived upon
earth. The great object was the propagation of the reli-
gion which had been intrusted to us ; and if we did not do
something to stem this tide of ignorance which our fathers
had allowed to grow to this height—and we must remem-
ber that we had to deal with the arrears as well as to dis-
charge our own present duty—if we did not do this, all
that we valued most highly, all the benefits of civilisation
and religion would be swept away.
London, England, 1857-04-18

CELEBRATED HAIR PREPARATIONS.
ALEX. ROSS'S LIQUID HAIR DYE, easily applied,
being the best in the world ; sold from 3a. Gd. ; sent free for 54
stamps.—ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DESTROYER, or Depilatory,
for removing superfluous hair from the face, neck, arms, and
bands, 3s. Gd. per bottle ; sent for stamps, free by post, eight
extra.—Also, ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, or .Pernodore,
from Is. the packet; free, fourteen stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 1,
Little Queen•street, High Holborn. Wholesale Agent, BARCLAY,
Far' ingdon-street.
London, England, 1857-04-18

AMERICA.

Intelligence from New York to the 2nd inst. states
that the American Cabinet have the present Chinese
dispute under their most serious consideration :
One thing (remarks the Herald) is certain, our Govern.
went will enter into no tripartite alliance with England
and France; and if the Administration have not already
informed Lord Napier and Count Sartiges of the fact they
will shortly do so.

In Central America it appears tbat Walker WWI
upon the point of being reduced to submission.
The Nicaraguan Government had published a decree
revoking all the acts of Walker's Government.
_ _

A despatch from New Orleans observes :
It is stated upon good authority that, instead of the
purchases of Lower California and Sonora, our Government
will conciliate the South by paying the designated sum of
15,000,000 dole. for the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. It is
also rumoured that Senator Benjamin has been offered an
appointment for the purpose of accomplishing this purchase.
Another despatch says :

It is rumoured that an expedition is fitting ont here for
some point in Central America. It is supposed to be the
intention to make the first demonstration on Veragua, a
province of New Granada, between Costa Rica and Panama.
The expedition is said to be friendly to General Walker,
and that it is to act in concert with him. It is also
reported that a Provisional Government has been formed,
and that there are considerable funds raised.
London, England, 1857-04-18

NEWMARKET RACES.

THE race for the Port Stakes, which has excited S 3
much attention and such heavy betting in the
sporting world with respect to the relative merits of
the two horses—Fazzoletto, owned by the Earl of
Derby, and Brother to Bird on-the-Wing, owned by
yesterday. The following is the return :

PORT STASES.

Fazzoletto

Vandermeuliu

Brother to Bird•on•the•Wiug

A CORRESPONDENCE upon the subject of appointing
only Welsh bishops in Wales, between the Rev. R.
W. Morgan of Middleton, the Earl of Derby, and
Lord John Russell, has been published. The noble
earl and the noble lord, in reply to Mr. Morgan, both
admit the desirability of the bishops in Wales
beinr, acquainted with the Welsh language. The
Earl of Derby observes :
I do not think that the present state of affairs is such
as to render it necessary or desirable that I should give
any pledge as to the advice, which, if differently situated,
I might tender to the Sovereign on the subject to which
you refer. But I can have no hesitation in expressing my
opinion that a knowledge of the Welsh language is a very
important, if not an absolutely essential, qualification for
the due discharge of the episcopal functions in those
dioceses in which it is extensively spoken.

AN EMIGRANT'S FIRST TASTE (:)}' SALT WATER IS Dot
always agreeable. Four hundred and ninety eightemi-
grants left Liverpool on the 9th in the good ship Mar-
tin Luther, 1,241 tons for Quebec. Last Sunday, whilst
in the chops of the Channel, the ship was caught in
that heavy "nor•wester." At eight p.m., says the
account, when under double reefed topsails and
reefed foresail, the maintop-gallantmast was carried
away. At five a.m. on Monday, when under close-
reefed maintopsail only, the fore and maintop masts
were carried away close to the caps, taking with them
the boatswain, John Westwood, of Dunfermline, Peter
Branagan, and three other seamen, who were on the
weather foretopsail yardarm endeavouring to secure
the foretopsail which had broken adrift. They were all
unfortunately drowned. In order to clear the wreck
the officers and crew cut away the mainmast, which
dragged the mizeurnast with it, and the ship thus
became completely unmanageable. On Tuesday
morning she was fast drifting to leeward before a
heavy sea and north-west wind, and was only eighteen
miles from Ushant, when she was providentially
sighted by the Peninsular packet Tagus, which,
after considerable danger to herself and damage to
the lifeboat, succeeded about noon in rescuing her.
The hull of the Martin Luther is in good condition,
but in consequence of the heavy weather most of the
berths were broken and knocked down, and the pas-
sengers have suffered severely. The ship is at
present in Plymouth, waiting repairs.
London, England, 1857-04-18

RUSSIA.

The following is the text of the late Imperial
or ler regulating the Baltic quarantine :-
1. In future neither receipts for the payment of Sound
dies nor Danish quarantine certificates are to be required
or vessels as indispensable to their admission into our
natio ports.
2. It is to be made incumbent on all captains of vessels
entering the said ports with cargoes to provide them.
selves at the port where they take in their cargoes with
certificates attested by our consular agents as to the satis-
factory sanitary state of the neighbourhood whence they
come, or else prepare for themselves quarantine certifi-
cates in such French, English, Dutch, or Norwegian
ports as they may be obliged to put into; with the proviso
London, England, 1857-04-18

THE PILGRIM OF THE CROSS.

Thou art weary, fellow pilgrim, and thine eyes are dull
with cure ;
Is thy daily cross too heavy for thy feebleness to bear ?
Thou art weary, fellow pilgrim, and thy step is sad and
slow.
I cannot sin; along the road, whilst thou art full of woe.
Look straight upon the sunshine, turn thy back upon the
cloud,
Heed not the ceaseless murmuring of yonder busy crowd.
Two strangers in a distant land, two vessels tar at sea,
We'll speak of that dear haven, where our spirits lung to be.
Art thinking of the friends, who once were walking at thy
side?
The sharers of thy inmost thoughts, thy comfort and thy
pride ;
Who cheered thee in the wilderness, and led thee up the
hill ;
Weep not, thou lonely wayfarer, their hearts are with thee
still.
They are with thee, pilgrim of the cross, and doubly they
are thine,
They are with thee in the spirit, but their love is more
divine ;
Nought but their earthliness is dead, and not the inward

ray,
And when their luve is perfected, how can it pass away !
Art thinking of thiue onward road, with heart•depressing
tears ?
The gate of heaven is far beyond the shadowy vale of

tears;
But the flash of God's own love breaks forth, to lighten up
the scene,
And gilds with joy and happiness the path that lies
between.
There is falsehood in the city, there is sorrow on the
plain,
There is darkness in the wilderness, and danger on the

main ;
The world is loud and frivolous, but Christian, thou ean'at

and

A temple in thy glowing heart, a heaven in thy mind !
Be deathless in thy friendship, and eternal in thy lova,
Butt let them never draw thy soul from fellowship above ;
Be watchful and b~ guarded, in thy brightest, holiest hours,
For grace is sometimes choked by thorns, but oftener still
by tlow'rs !
Hope on in loving trust and faith, by promise made

secure,
Hope on through Him, who counted it most glorious to

endure ;
Then inay'st thou tell thine angel, when he whispers holy
things,
" I have thine own great heart of love, and soon shall have
thy wings!"
London, England, 1857-04-18

PIIE PRESS.

Cultural and floricultural fetes during the present
season—one in May, and the other, which will extend
over three days, in September. There will also be
two poultry shows in the course of the season—viz.,
in August and January. 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 di-
rectors further announce that they have entered into
arrangements with the Sacred Harmonic Society for
a grand series of three performances of Handel's
oratorios, to take place in the centre transept of the
Palace in the month of June. Her Majesty and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert have been gra-
cioth,ly pleased to extend their especial patronage to
the festival, and have expressed their intention of
honouring it with their presence. The performances
on this great occasion will be on the most gigantic
scale, far exceeding anything of a similar nature
hitherto proposed or carried out in this or any other
country. Mr. Costa has accepted the office of con-
ductor. The festival will form the subject of an
entirely separate subscription.
. .

EASTER ENTERTAINMENTS.—In addition to the
usual attractions of the stage, the other evening
entertainments of the town seek to obtain their
share of patronage at Easter. "Mont Blanc," by
Mr. Albert Smith ; " Lion Hunting in Africa,"
with descriptions of the countries passed through
by Dr. Livingston, by Gordon Cumming; Bur-
l'ord's Panorama, with the beautiful View of
Moscow ; the Colosseum, with its new series of
dissolving views from Nash's well-known work,
" Mansions of the English Nobility ;" the Poly-
technic, with its series of dissolving views of Inker-
mann, and Egypt before the Pharoahs ; and " Tom
Thumb," that illustrious little great pan, are
among the most popular and attractive exhibitions
of the day. To these varied sources of amuse-
ment must be added Wyld's Great Globe in
Leicester square, which now contains a museum of
Crimean trophies, and a series of dioramic views of
Europe and Russia; and the Monday Evening Con-
certs at St. Martin's-hall, in which Mr. H. S. Carle-
ton gives some capital impersonations of Buckstone,
Keeley, Phelps, and Robson. Other exhibitions of
scientific interest, such as Dr. Kahn's Museum,
continue justly to attract numerous visitors ; while
Cremorne Gardens once again throws open its beau-
tiful grounds, and on the 11th May next commences
its legitimate season with a grand
London, England, 1857-04-18

TO INVALIDS. - Mr. JAMES STEVENS,
1. Surgeon, 26, BLOOMSBURY SQUARE (W.C.), formerly
Resident Surgeon to the London Hospital, having during a re-
sidence in India, and in the aguieh part of Essex, had great ex-
perience in affections of the STOMACH and LIVER, conenues
tube consulted daily, between eleven and two and from four
until six, on Indigestion and derangements of those organs and
their consequences, as Ooutotc. Patients in the country writing,
fully describing their cases, are promptly advised as to treatment
London, England, 1857-04-18

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA CONCERTS.

......_ _ _
The SEASON will commence on FRIDAY, the let of May,
1857, with a GRAND MORNING CONCERT, by the artistes
of the Royal Italian Opera. These concerts having been
honoured last year by such general approbation, the Directors
have entered 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 celebrated
artistes:—Madame Grisi, Mademoiselle Rosa Devries. Made-
moiselle Mani, Mademoiselle Didiee, Mademoiselle Parepa,
and Madame Bosio; Signor Mario, Signor Ronconi, Signor
Neri•Baraldi, Signor Gardoni, Signor Graziani, Herr Formes,
Signor Tagliaftco, Monsieur Zelger, Signor Polonini, and Sig-
nor Lablache.
The grand orchestra of the Royal Italian Opera, with addi-
tional performers, and also the celebrated chorus, are engaged
for the whole series.

The musical direction of the whole is in the hands of ➢lr.
Costa, who will himself conduct a portion of the concerts.
With the above assemblage of artistes, it. is hardly necessary
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 Ist, Bth, 13th, 22nd, 29th; Juue sth, 26th ; July 3rd, 10th,
17th, 24th, 31st.
The space allotted to the concert•rooin last year (extensive as
it was) having been found quite 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 be available for these con-
certs. Transferable tickets will also be issued for each concert
at 7s. Gd. 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 Twelve Concerts at One
Guinea each stall, or at half-a-crown each for a single concert.
IL CONCERT of the COLOGNE CHORAL UNION.

The Directors have made arrangements with Mr. Mitchell for
the services of the Cologne Choral Union (Coiner M inner Ge•
sangverein), whose performances on their former visit have
attracted enthusiastic aJmiration, fur a Concert in the Centre
Transept of the Palace, on Saturday, tho 6th of June.
N.B. Both classes of tumult tickets will be available for this
concert.

Iff. GRAND WATERWORKS.
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
fountains, on occasions to be from time to lime announced.

IV. FLOWER SHOWS.

There will be two grand horticultural and floricultural fetes
during the present season:—
The first on Saturday, the 30th of May; and
The second on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 9th,
10th, and 11th of September.
The prize list for the latter occasion includes special prizes
to amateurs.
London, England, 1857-04-18

THE PRESS.

THE JACOBITE ON TOWER HILL.
He tripp'd up the steps with a bow and a smile,
Offering snuff to the chaplain the while,
A rose at his buttonhole that afternoon—
' lwas the tenth of the mouth, and the month it wag June.
Then shrugging his shoulders he look'd at the man
With the mask and the axe, and a murmuring ran
Through the crowd, who, below, were all pushing to see
The gaoler kneel down, and receiving his fee.
He look'd at the mob, as they roared with a stare,
And took snuff again with a cynical air.
l'm happy to give but a moment's delight
To the flower of my country agog for a sight."
Then he look'd at the block, and with scented cravat
Dusted room for his neck, gaily doffing his hat,
Kiss'd his hand to a lady, bent low to the crowd,
Then smiling, turn'd round to the headsman and bow'd.
" God save King James !" he cried bravely and shrill,
And the cry reacli'd the houses at foot of the hill,
" My friend, with the axe, d mitre service," he said ;
And ran his white thumb 'long the edge of the blade.
When the multitude hissed he stood firm as a rock ;
Then kneeling, laid down his gay head on the block,
He kiss'd a white rose, iu a moment 'twas red
With the life of the bravest of any that bled.
The above is the only piece of strict criticism
we feel disposed to offer. The subject which
Mr. Thorubury has chosen is almost sufficient
of itself to make a poet He has not shown
himself unworthy of being the minstrel of so
beautiful and touching a history. We regret
our space forbids further examples of his style,
but we would recommend to all our readers
" The Fountain Beaulieu," " Wigan's Retreat,"
" The Three Troopers," " The White Rose
over the Water," and "Dick o' the Diamond."

2. This is a volume of very graceful poetry ;
pious, but quite practical in tone ; harmonious
in versification, but neither cloying to the ear
nor barren to the intellect. We have seldom
read more sweetly musical verses than some
of the following :
London, England, 1857-04-18

THE PRESS.

always that these documents be attested by our consular
agents ; and that
3. These regulations are to remain in force only frir
the term of this year, should the state of the public health
during that period remain as satisfactory as it is at
present.

Advices from St. Petersburg state that the Grand
Duke Constantine will prolong his stay abroad until
the Emperor commences his trip to his western pro-
vinces and to Warsaw. There is no mention any-
where of the Grand Duke visiting England. The
expectation that the Grand Duke Michael will,
immediately after his marriage, take the Stadt-
holdership of Poland gains strength and con-
sistency.
London, England, 1857-04-18

TO YOUNG AUTHORS AND INEXPERIENCED WRITERS.

New Edition, price 2a. 6d. cloth gilt, post free,
THE AUTHOR'S PRINTING AND
PUBLISHING ASSISTANT: a Guide to the Printing,
Correcting, and Publishing New Works.
Every one wh a has written. or who may write, for the press,
should p this book."—Hrtropolitait.
SAUNDERS and OTLEY, Conduit-street.
London, England, 1857-04-18

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
It is impossible to acknowle Igo the mass of letters we receive
Their insertion is often delayed owing to a press of matter,
and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite lode•
pendent of the merits of the communication.
We cannot undertake to return communications of which we do
not avail ourselves.
Communications should always be legibly written, and on one
side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of
finding apace for them.
Whatever is intended for insertion mustbe authenticated by the
name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publics-

tiou, but as a guarantee of his good faith.
Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a
remittance or a reference for payment in town.
London, England, 1857-04-18

OSLEWS CRYSTAL GLASS CHANDE-
LIERS for GAS and CANDLES.—A great variety of the
newest and richest designs always on view ; also a large assort-
ment of glass lustres, decanters, wine glasses, dessert services
and every description of table glass at very moderate prices.
ORNAMENTAL GLASS of the newest and most beautiful de-
scripiion. Export and furnishing 9rders executed with despatch
—44, Oxford-street. Manufactory, Broad-street, Birmingham
Established 1807.
London, England, 1857-04-18

THE SEASON OF NOVELTIES.
SOWERBY, TATTON, and CO. respectfully invite atten-
tion to their beautiful STOCK, in Silks, Muntles, Shawls,
Muirlins, liardges, Textile Fabrics, in dresses of every descrip-
tion, with Ribbons and Ribbon Trimmings, hi endless variety,
which present unusual advantages to purchasers, combining
novelty and utility with economy.
SOWERBY, TAT EON, and CO., Regent-circus, Oxford-street.
London, England, 1857-04-18

][R. MILES and the 16s. TROWSERS.—
The new Spring patterns for these world-famed Trowsers
(originated by him) are forwarded to all parts of the country,
with directions for self-measurement, Ppon the receipt of six
postage stamps. which will be credited to any order that may
follow, accompanied by a Post-Wilco order, payable to Alfred
Webb Miles, 62, New Bond-street.
London, England, 1857-04-18

THE PRESS.

BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE; COMPANY,
32, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, ItLACKFRIARS.
EXTRACTS FROM THE TENTH ANNUAL REPORT.
There were received during the year—
s. d.
1,199 Proposals to Assure
And there were Issued-
-1,113 Policies, Assuring
43 Proposals were declined, for 10,7:5 0 0
41 Ditto were under consideration, for 6,308 0 0
8 Immediate Annuities were granted, for 255 13 4
The Annual Income is now 51,389 14 7
The Claims arising from Deaths during the Year,
including Bonuses, amount to 3,018 13 11
The Total Amount paid to the Widows or other
Representatives of Members Deceased since
the Commencement is
The Accumulated Fund, after deducting the Cash
Bonus paid on the last Division of Profits,
amounts to
The appropriation of the 018,000 profits, declared at the last
division, has been completed during the year, as follows :
s. d.
Cash Bonus (274 per cent. on premiums paid) 9,105 6
Applied in Reduction of Premiums
Ditto in Reversionary Bonuses

13,000 0 0
Progress of the Company from its Commencement :
Policies Issued. Amount.
From Jan., 1847, to end of 1851 .. 3,150 .... 551,303
From Jan., 1e52, to end of 1854 .. 3,257 .... 679,351
From Jan., 18.:5, to end of /850 .. 2,605 .... 679,011

Ten Years
6,968 Policies are now iu force, assuring 81,411,868.
JAMES INGLIS, Secretary.

IMPERIAL LIFEASSURANCE COMPANY,
1, OLD 13HOAA•STBEET, LONDON.

Inbtiutted I H'2o:

T. GEORGE 11AitCiaY, keel., Chairman.
MARTIN I'. SMITH, Esq., Wl'., Deputy Chairman.
One•thlyd of the Premium on Insurances of WI. and upwards,
for the whole term of life, may remain as a debt upon the Policy,
to be paid off at convenience, or the Directors will lend sums of
WI. and upwards on the security of Policies effected with this
Company for the whole term of life, when they have acquired
an adequate value.
Four-fifths, or 80 per cent. of the profits are assigned to Poli-
cies every fifth year. and may be applied to increase the sum
assured, to an immediate payment in cash, or to the reduction
and ultimate extinction of future Premiums.

At the fifth appropriation of profits ii,7the five years termi-
nating January 31, 1656, a reversionary bonus was declared of
11. lug. per cent on the sums insured, and subsisting additions
for every premium paid during the rive years. This bonus, on
policies of the longeet duration, exceeds ss. per cent. per
annum on the original sums insured, and increases a policy of
1,0001. to 1,63d1.

Proposals for Insurances may be made at the Chief Offices, as
above; at the Branch Office, 10, Pall.tnall, London; or to any
of the Agents throughout the kingdom.
BONUS TABLE,
Showing the Additions made to Policies of 81,000 each.
London, England, 1857-04-18

VATURAL MINERAL WATERS of VICHY.
1.1 The Vichy Waters Company having the grant from the
French Government fur the exclusive right of sale of these
Waters, bottle them at the Springs, and consign them direct, in
their genuine state, to their English Depot, 27, Margaret•street,
Cavendish•square. The efficacy of these Waters in Stomach,
Liver, and Renal Diseases, Gout, Rheumatism. Diabetes,ctc ,

are too well known to need comment. The PASTILLES or
LOZENGES, which are an celebrated for promoting digestion,
prepared from the saline constituents of the 'esters at the Vichy
Laboratory, and the SALTS for drinking, or for a bath. are also
kept at the London Depot, 27, MARGARET STREET, Caven-
dish-square.
London, England, 1857-04-18

A FIELD OFFICERS ACCOUNT OF BERMUDA.

Just published, in one vol. Svo., with a Map anal Eight Illus-
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London, England, 1857-04-18

Coat ant lastion.

ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE QUEEN.—BIRTH
OF A PRINCESS.
At seven minutes before two o'clock on Tuesday
afternoon the Queen was safely delivered of a
Princess.
There were present on the occasion, in her
Majesty's room, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
Dr. Locock, Dr. Snow, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly
nurse. In the adjoining apartments, besides the
other medical attendants (Sir James Clark and Dr.
Ferguson), were the Mistress of the Robes, the Lady
in Waiting on the Queen, and the following Officers
of State and Lords of the Privy Council—viz., his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Lord
Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, Sir George Grey,
the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere,
Lord Panmure, Sir Charles Wood, the Bishop of
London, and the Marquis of Breadalbane.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went about four
o'clock to the Privy Council-office, and was present
at a Committee of Privy Council, the other Lords
present being the Lord Chancellor, Viscount
Palmerston, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George
Grey, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure,
the Bishop of London, Sir Charles Wood, the
Right Hon. M. T. Baines, and the Marquis of
Breadalbane.
At the Council a Prayer and Thanksgiving was
ordered for the safe delivery of the Queen, to be
used next Sunday during Divine service.
The foreign ambassadors and the nobility and
gentry in town have called daily to pay their re-
spects and inquire after her Majesty's health, which,
with that of the Royal Princess, continues in the
most satisfactory state.
Her Majesty and the infant Princess continue
to progress most satisfactorily.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, with the
Prince of Wales and the I'rincess Royal, has taken
daily rides.
The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and their youthful son,
are expected to arrive in this country in the course
of next month, on a visit to the Duchess of Cam-
bridge. The Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duchess will stay about two months in London.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the
Countess Persigny left town on Thursday for Paris.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely are ex-
pected in town on Monday next from the south of
France, where they have been staying for some
months past.
The Earl of Eglinton is at present staying at
Brighton.
Lady Willoughby Gordon and Miss Gordon have
left town for a short excursion on the Continent.
London, England, 1857-04-18

DRESSING CASES. -At Mr. MECHI'S
ESTABLISHMENTS, 112, Regent-street, No. 4,Leaden-
hall•street, and Crystal Palace, are exhibited the finest speci•
mans of British manufacture in DRESSING CASES, Work-
boxes, Writing Cases, Dressing Baas, and other articles of
utility or luxury, suitable for presentation. A separate Depart-
ment for Papier Mea"- Manufactures and Bagatelle Tables,
Table Cutlery, Razors, Scissors, Penknives, Strops, Paste, &c,
Shipping orders executed. Same prices charged at all the
Establishments.
London, England, 1857-04-18

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has ever since
its introduction to the public been recognised, both by
scientific men and the trade, as the best article ever manu-
factured in this country. Its claims to such pre-eminence are
based upon its unrivalled purity, and its closer assimilation than
any other to the flavour of the lineal Champagne Brandy.
There has been no Brandy made from wine in France, either
in the present year or in the preceding one. Owing to the suc-
cessive failures in their vintages, the French wine-grower gets
a higher price for his wine, consumed as such, than he can
realise by its being distilled into Brandy; and forasmuch as the
foreign Brandy of recent importations is but the product of
British grain and beetroot spirits, the prestige hitherto ex-
clusively enjoyed by French Brandy as having been distilled
from a particular French wine no longer exists, and is no longer
worthily assignable to it now that it is bunglingly made from
other materials. The supply of wine for distillation into
Brandy having failed, the French distiller is constrained to
recur to a manufacture in which he needs the quarter of a
century's experience which has been exercised upon that of
BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. to render his article respectably
competitive, and he has not had it. Under these circumstances
the Messrs. Betts challenge that their PATENT BRANDY is
superior to any now made abroad.

It is to the interest of the public and the Messrs. Betts that
these facts should be widely spread, for recent importations are
of a quality so inferior as to disgrace the same they bear, and
are twice the price of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, which is
supplied in capsuled bottles by the trade to private famine-, in
any quantity down to the single bottle. Excise regulations
Prevent its sale from the DISTILLERY, 7, SMITHFIELD-
BARS, ST. JOHN-STREET, Itu any less quantity than two
gallons.
London, England, 1857-04-18

SPAIN.

The elections have taken place in Galicia, amidst
the greatest tranquillity. The Conservative party
has triumphed; these elections produce forty-one
more votes in its favour.

Marshal Espartero has published a manifesto
addressed to the electors of Barcelona, justifying his
conduct in 1850 by saying that he could not remain
at the head of the Government because the Queen
would not let him dismiss O'Donnell, though that
person had compromised his Cabinet ; and that when
the insurrection against O'Donnell broke out, he
could not place himself at the headof the insurgents,
because, it he had done so, the triumph of the revo-
lutionary party would have caused the destruction of
the Throne, or their defeat the definitive ruin of
liberty.
Lord Howden and M. de Turgot are making every
effort to arrange the Meziaan question. The Courier
of Madrid observes:—

Spain, satisfied as to her dignity, interests, and honour,
has no desire to prolong a lamentable strife between
nations so united by the ties of nature. France and
England, recognising our rights, will contribute their
influence to obtain for us complete satisfaction.

The Mexican Government, in a note addressed to
the Spanish Cabinet, showed a disposition to give
satisfaction to Spain, and stated that, in addition to
the four men shot for the assassination of Spaniards,
a functionary of the republic named Abarcal, who
had been convicted of complicity therein, hal also
been put to death. _ _

The- Madrid Gazette of the 9th contains a royal
decree, granting "an ample and general amnesty
to all those who, in any manner whatsoever, have
taken part in the Carlist insurrections and conspira-
cies of the last two years."
M. Lafragua, the Mexican Envoy at Paris, is about
to leave for Madrid to negotiate a settlement of the
differences between Spain and Mexico.
London, England, 1857-04-18

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HISTORICAL and MILITARY ACCOUNT
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MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of
CHARLES JAMES FOX. Edited by the Right Hon. LORD
JOHN RUSSELL, M.P. Vol. IV., and Concluding Volume,
Am, 141. [Just ready.

THE SECOND VOLUME OF HORACE
WALPOLE'S ENTIRE CORRESPONDENCE. Edited by
PETER CUNNINGHAM, F.S.A. /Pro., with Portraits, 10e.
To be completed in Eight Volumes. Just ren dy.

This day is published, price lx. Bd.,
WHAT IS LORD ELGIN TO DO ? The
Canton Dispute and our Relations with Chiva Considered.
By JOSEPH BEAUMONT, Esq.
London: LONGMANB and Co., Paternoster•row.

Shortly will be poblishe4. in 2 vole. Bvo.,
THE STATE POLICY OF MODERN
EUROPE.
_ _ _ . _

London: LONGMAN, BRowx, and Co.
London, England, 1857-04-18

OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA,
acknowledged for the last thirty years to be the most effec•
tual remedy produced for restoring the hair and promoting the
growth of whiskers and moustaches, is continually receiving the
most distinguished testimonials, proving its superiority over all
other specitics of the same nature. In bottles, 3s. Gd., Gs., and
Ils. Sold wholesale and retail, 13, Wellington•street North
Strand.
London, England, 1857-04-18

JW. BENSON'S WATCH, CLOCK, and
CHRONOMETER MANUFACTORY, 33 and 94, LUD-
GATE HILL, London. Established 1749.
J. W. BENSON, Manufacturer of GOLD and SILVER
WATCHES of every description, construction, and pattern
invites attention to his magnificent and unprecedented dis
play of Watches, which is admitted to be the largest and
best selected Stock in London. It consists of Chronometer,
Duplex, Patent, Detached Lever, Horizontal, and Vertical
Movements, jewelled, &c., with all the latest, improvements,
mounted in superbly-finished engine-turned and engraved Gold
and Silver Cases. rhe designs engraved upon many of the cases
are by eminent artists, and can only be obtained at this Manu•
factory. If the important requisites, super iority of finish, com-
bined with accuracy of performance, elegance, durability, and
reasonableness of price, are wished for, the intending Purchaser
should visit this Manufactory, or send for the ILLUSTRATED
PAM PIILET, published by J. W. BENSON (and sent post
free on application), which contains sketches, prices, and direc-
tions as to what Watch to buy, where to buy it, and how to use it
Several hundred letters have been received from persons who
have bought Watches at this Manufactory, bearing testimony to
the correct performances of the same.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
From the 3forning Post, Oct. SO, 1856.—" Exhibits exquisite
artistic feeling in ornamentation, and perfection of mechanism
in structure."

rom the Morning Chronicle, Oct. 30.—" Excellence of design
and perfection In workmanship."
From the Morning Advertiser, Nov. I.—" The high repute
which Mr. }Jenson has obtained fur the qualities of his menu•
facture stands second to none."
From the Morning Herald, Nov. 3.—" The high standing of
Mr. Benson as a London manufacturer must secure for him a
large amount of public patronage."
From the Globe, Nov. 3.--" All that can be desired in finish,
taste, and design."
GOLD WATCHES, Horizontal Movements, Jewelled, tte.
accurate time-keepers, 31 15s, 41 15s, 5? 15s, to 151 lbs each. Gold
Lever Watches, jewelled and highly-finished movements, 61 Os,
81 Bs, 101 10s, :21 12e. 141 14s, 161 16s, to 40 guineas.
SILVER WATCHES, Horizontal Movements, Jewelled, itc.,
exact time-keepers, 21 2s, 21 153, 51 15s, to 51 Is each. Silver
Lever Watches, highly finished, jewelled movements, 31 10s,
4110 s, Si 10s, 7110 e, 81 109. 101 10s, to 20 guineas.
A Two Years' Warranty giveu with every Watch, and sent,
carriage paid, to Scotland, Ireland, Wales, or any part of the
kingd,im, upon receipt of Post-ortice or Bankers' order, made
payable to J. W. BENSON, 33 and 34, Ladgste•hill, London.
Merchants, Shippers, and Watch Clubs supplied. Old
Watches taken in exchange.
London, England, 1857-04-18

SPECIAL AGENCY.—The CONSTITUTION
LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION issues Policies upon
the principle of SUSTENTATION, by which the Assured are
by right entitled to an absolute provision, under circumstances
of inability to continue the payment of their premiums, against
the prevention of their Policies from lapse or forfeiture.
Applications from persons of respectability and active busi-
ness habits fur Agencies in Town or Country are requested to
be made at the Office.
FRANCIS NORTON FRITH, Manager.
7, New Coventry-street, Leicester-square, London, W.C.
London, England, 1857-04-18

DEAFNESS.—The only medal awarded at
the Great Exhibition of 1851 ( for Acoustic Instrumenta)
was to F. C. REIN, for his new ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS
forth° DEAF. They are made of different power. to suit ex
treme and every degree of Deafness. To bo procured only ofthe
tole inventor and maker, F. C. Rein ,108 , Strand, nearly opposite
,xeter-hall, where the Instrument can be tried and numerous
testimonials seen, amongst many one from the Right Hon. Sir
John Patteson, one of her Majesty's PrivyCouncillors.
London, England, 1857-04-18

VENTING'S PALE NEWFOUNDLAND
11 COD-LIVER OIL, perfectly pura, nearly tasteless, and
free from adulteration of any kind ; having been analysed, re-
ported on and recommended by Professors Taylor rnd Thom-
son, of Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, who, in the words of
the late Dr. Pereira, say that " the finest oil is that most devoid
of coLoua, ODOUR, and FLAVOUR," characters this will be found
to possess in a high degree. Half-pints, :s. 6d.; Pints, 2s. 6d.;
Quarts, 4s. 6d. and Five-pint Bottles, les 6d., Imperial Mea-
sure. 7', St. Paul's Churchyard, London.
London, England, 1857-04-18

ON DR. DE JONGR'S

LIGHT BROWN COD LIVER OIL.

" Much of the Pale 011 sold in the market is found to be
nothing more than Skate 011—a fact which will account for the
failures which have so frequently attended the use of the so-
called Cod Liver Oil. The utmost reliance may be placed upon
the experimental researches of Dr. de Jongh, who is one of the
most eminent of European chemists; the Oil procured by him
enjoys also the additional sanction of the opinion of Baron
Liebeg and the late Dr. Pereira in favour of its genuineness and
efficacy. Our own experience practically confirms their judg-
ment, and WE UNHESITATINGLY RECOMMEND DR. DE Jottott's
LIGHT-BROWN COD LIVER OIL Ad THE BEST FOR MEDICINAL
PURPOSES, AND WELL DESERVING THE CONFIDENCE OF THE
PROFESSION."
London, England, 1857-04-18

DR. DE JONGH'S COD LIVER OIL

Has now, in consequence of its marked superiority over every
other variety, secured the entire confidence and almost universal
preference of the most eminent Medical Practitioners as the
moat speedy and effectual remedy for CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS,
ASTHMA, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, SCIATICA, DIABETES, DISEASES
OF THE SKIN, NEURALGIA, RICKETS, INFANTILE WASTING,
GENERAL DEBILITY, AND ALL SCROFULOUS AFFECTIONS.

Sold ONLY in Imewnikr. Half•pinth, 28. 6d.; Pints, 4e. 9d.;
Quarts, 95.; capsuled and labelled with Dr. DE Jotion's stamp
and signature. WITHOUT WHICH NONE ARE OENUINE, by many
respectable Chemists throughout the United Kingdom.

. _
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEPOT,
ANSAR, HARFORD, sod CO., 77, STRAND, LONDON, W. C.

DR. DR JONGII'S SOLE BRITISH CONSIGNERS,

By whom the 01lis daily forwarded to all parts of the Metropolis.
London, England, 1857-04-18

lntitstments, &t.

THE DIRECTORS OF THE CRYSTAL. PALACE have
issued their programme for the ensuing season,
which will commence on the Ist of May. The sea-
son will be opened by a grand morning concert, by
the artistes of the Royal Italian Opera ; and, in con-
sequence of the approbation they met with last year,
arrangements have been entered into for a similar
series of twelve concerts during the cresent season,
supported by the principal artistes of the Royal Ita-
lian Opera. The two-guinea season tickets will be
available for these concerts. Transferable tickets
will also be issued for each concert at 7s. ad. each.
The directors have also made arrangements with the
Cologne Choral Union (Colner Manner Gesang-
Verein) for a concert in the centre transept of the
Palace on Saturday, the 6th June, and both classes
of season tickets will be available for it. The dis-
plays of the whole system of fountains, cascades, and
jets d'eaua will be resumed, and continued during
the whole season. There will be two grand horti-
London, England, 1857-04-18

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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1857.

POSTSCRIPT.

(By Electric Telegraph).

PArets, April 17,
Monsieur Mocgnard, Secretary to the Emperor,
has addressed from the Tuileries a letter to the
journals characterising the assertion in the Times of
the refusal of Prince Napoleon to proceed to 'Coulon
to receive his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke
Constantine, as "purely inventive."
London, England, 1857-04-18

TWENTY SHILLINGS PER DOZEN.

DENMAN'S SOUTH AFRICAN PORT
DENMAN'S SOUTH AFRICAN SHERRY.

" Flaying tasted these Wines, we say to those who like
wine possessing richness without sweetness, dryness with-
out acidity, and body without brandy, by all means give them a
trial."—Vide Bell's Weekly Messenger, January 17, 1857.
Bottles included. Packages allowed for when returned.
Delivered free to any of the railway termini in London
Terms cash.

A Sample Bottle for Twenty-four Stamps.
Country orders must contain a remittance Cheques to be
crossed " Bank of London."

J. 1.. DENMAN, Wine and Spirit Importer, 85, FEN.
CHURCH-STREET, London. Counting-house entrance, first
door on the left up Railway-place.

RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED
WITHOUT A TRUSS.— DR. BARKER'S celebrated
REMEDY is protected by three patents, of England, France,
and Vienna; and from its great success in private practice Is
now made known as a public duty through the medium of the
press. In every case of single or double rupture, in either sex,
of any age, however bad or long standing, it is equally appli-
cable. effecting a cure in a few days, without inconveniehce,
and will be hailed as a boon by all who have been tortured with
trusses. Sent roost free to any part of the world, with instruc-
time for use, on receipt of 108. Bd. by post-office order, or stamps,
by CHARLES BARKER, M.D., 10, Broak-street, Holborn.
London.—Any infringement of this triple patent will be pro-
ceeded against, and restrained by injunction of the Lord High
Chancellor.

"THE MEDICAL CIRCULAR"
London, England, 1857-04-18

WEATING'S COUGH LOZENGES.
"A SLIGHT COLD," if its first symptoms are not ar-
rested, too often lays the foundation of a variety of Pulmonary
Complaints, including Winter Cough. Asthma, and other con-
stitutiunal derangements. The evil consequences of these dis-
orders may be easily averted or subdued by keeping at hand a
supply of the above celebrated Lozenges, which have now stood
the teat of public experience fur upwards of half a century.
The testimonials to their efficacy have been voluntarily given
by the most eminent of the faculty, as well as by all classes of
private individuals. Containing neither opialeb nor any injurious
anodyne, they may be safely taken by the youngest child or the
most delicate female.
Prepared and sold in boxes, 1} 1., and Tins, 2s. 9d., 4s. fid.,
and lOs. 6d. each, by Thomas Keating, Chemist, &c., 79, St.
I'aul's Churchyard, London. Retail by all Druggists and
Patent Medicine Vendors in the World.