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Treatise on the Physiology. of Marriage, and On thea
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quired at an early period
andenfeeble the natural feelings, and ex-
Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually ac.
Manhood;
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their structures, uses, and functions, and
are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses,
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M. T D.,
ONDON•
87, BEDFORD-SQUARE, "
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University
hospital Medical Society, of Edin-
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IN SIX LANGUAGES-FORTIETH EDITION.

CONTAINING TIIE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE.

Liustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Eugravings•
3N PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA

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THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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WAY.—THE INQUEST.--Yesterday the coroner's inquiry into
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shopstoke before John Henry Todd, Esq., at the Junction
Hotel, adjoining the railway. The details of the melancholy
occurrence having been given in evidence, Mr. J. H. Beattie,
the superintendent of the locomotive and carriage department,
was examined respecting the immediate cause of the accident.
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The following are the •tarns of the gross re-
NORTHERN.—From 1 0 March 3 : Passengers,
aailways :
cle9iBp,tls7 osfl.
;thgeoopdrsin, c2i6p1a,12;
~•:,1, 459,448 f.
HOUEN.—From Feb.
, March 6 : Passengers,
61,532 E.; goods, 87,5601
,149,092 f.
HAVRE.—Frota Feb. March 6 : Passengers,
20,7961.; goods, 38,3071. ,59,1031.
o,March 7: Passengers,
71,3511. ; goods, 146,99.1 tal, 218,3411.
BOoßnLnrANS.—From Ma*
BORDEAUX. —From Fe
a March 1: Passengers,
40,6991.; goods, 70,9431. , 111,6421.
VIERZON.—From Mar ' a March 7: Passengers,
30,956 f.; goods, 54,3791.;
_i, 85,335 E
NANTES.—From Feb. 26. to March 3 : Passengers,
25,0981.; goods, 27,7331.; total, 52,831 f.
STAMM:MG.—From Feb. 26 to March 3: Passengers,
90,018 f.; goods, 122,0521.; total, 212,070 f.
MONTEREAU.—From Feb. 26 to March 3: Passengers.
8,4911.; goods, 16,668 f.; tOtf4l, 25,159 E
LYONS.—From Feb. 22 to Feb. 23 :
it
166,230 f.; goods, 96,9661.; tn4a1,103,196f.
CRAD.TREs.—From March 1 to larch 7: Passengers,
20,2721.; goods, 26,1281.; tot i, 46,400 f.

Passengero,

• _
THE AMAZON;n FUND.
SOUTHA3IPTON, MARCH e aggregate
of subscriptions to the Amain fund for the relief of the
sufferers by that distressin
catastrophe
is
between
11,000/. and 12,0001. It is fokily expected that the latter
g
sum will be reached when", ;;the whole of the foreign
subscriptions shall , have bleu received. Pending the
report of a • sub-committMsii• appeinted to investigate
into _and report to the :!eral committee upon the
exact position of each suffe " Po rary relief has been
Attitainist3r4.lo -theA " 'll,l easee_such 112
widows and orphans, who haveaigit moans
of support by the loss of their relatives. In this way a
small amount of good has been done. The general
committee will shortly meet in
Southampton to
receive a report from the sub-committee, when
it is expected a scheme will be presented for dis-
posing of the funds, and for distributing the subscrip-
tions so as to secure the best and most permanent me-
thod of relief for the numerous persons who have been
cast into such deep affliction and distress by this
calamitous event. The London committee will amal-
gamate with the Southampton committee for the
consideration of these measures. It is in contem-
plation to relieve several of the sufferers by granting
them sums in full, amounting to from
51. to 2001. each.
To the Rev. Mr. Blood and Miss Smith •it is pro-
posed to present the latter amount. The Rev, Mr. Blood
has recently received the presentation of a living, while
Miss Smith has received from 2001. to 3001. by
private
Subscriptions, totally irrespective of the Amazon fund
proper. It is probable that the widows will be divided
into three classes, to receive annuities of 204 15/, and
121. a year respectively, and the children will be
allowed similar sums in the shape of annuities, with
which to place them at school, apprentice them, &c.
A good number of the children will be placed in orphan
asylums. Trustees will be appointed in the usual form
to receive the income derived from the funds, and to pay
the annuities and allowances, under due restrictions for
their proper application. It is stated that the sub-
committee are prepared to recommend that the crew
of the first boat which is supposed to have left the
Amazon, and which landed at Plymouth, should be
excluded from all benefit from the subscriptions,
for first deserting the vessel. If this be the case, we
trust that the general committee will not sanction such
an invidious distribution of the funds which a generous
public has placed in their hands. By assuming to them-
selves the right of adjudicating upon the various degrees
of merit or blame which may or may not attach to the
different crews, the sub-committee has clearly over.
stepped its functions. The patient and protracted in-
vestigations undertaken by the Royal Mail Steam-
packet Company, and by the Board of Trade,
have not resulted in affixing any censure upon
this particular boatload of unfortunate human
beings, and why the sub-committee should seek
to force any opinions upon the matter appears to
be in the last degree incomprehensible and super-
fluous. It is impossible for any body of men to form a
correct and positive equitable judgment upon the
conduct of those affrighted men who, driven from the
burning ship, and in the absence of discipline and con-
trol, sought the first means of providing for their safety
when all human hope of mastering the flames had been
given up. All the evidence heretofore given serves to
prove that from the time the first boat was lowered
the scene on board the Amazon amounted to a pure
and simple scramble for; life; and where is the man
who will blame another for saving his existence
under such circumstances? Any project, therefore,
for depriving the unfortunate occupants of the
first boat of any material assistance from the funds now
collected will be a manifest cruelty to the poor sailors
and firemen composing the majority of the crew of that
boat, and NAB be gr4i3otitraventicur of the intentions of
the great body or the public, who have nobly come for-
ward to subscribe for the benefit of the sufferers by the
loss of the Amazon. It is, at all events, to be hoped
that the general committee will.recognize the principle
that, where there is the slightest doubt in a case of this
sort, the scale should be turned by mercy and charitable
feeling, which is always ready to cover a multitude of
faults.

EXTRA ORDINARy IMPOSITION.
A very singular case of swindling, accompanied by a
" bold stroke for a husband" on the part of a young
girl in humble life, has for some time past occupied
the good people of Chartres; and it came to a denoue-
ment four days ago by the trial of the heroine and her
mother, as swindlers, by the aribunal of Correc-
tional Police of that city. The facts were these:
—Leonie Lehoux, daughter of the driver of the dili-
gence which plies between Chartres and Dreux, con-
ceived in November last the ambition to become a
heroine of romance, though she possesses none of
the beauty or graces which are generally supposed to
be necessary for the part. In execution of the
design which she had formed, she borrowed a sum of
100 f. from a fishwoman named Vire, for, she said, a
lady of high rank named Raymond, who had taken
her under her protection. The money not having
been paid, Madame Vire went to Leonie's mother. At
first the mother did not know what
was meant, but
Leonie produced a letter purporting to come from
the Bishop of Chartres, and stating that he intended
to marry Leonie to a young man of good family, to give
her father and mother 20,050 f. a year, and to give Leonie
herself a fortune of 100,000 f. All this the mother appeared
devoutly to believe, and she made her husband believe it
too. The latter accordingly made no hesitation in paying
Mme.Vire the 100 f. The bishop, in his letter, recommended
that his benevolent intentions to the girl should be kept
a secret for the present. But the father, in the pride of
his heart, could not refrain from talking of it to some
rather
farmers named Brunet where he
was
sihte
accustomed to stop to horses. Bur-
net's son, a young man, thought that a fortune
of 100,000 f. was a very tempting thing, and he
t wealthy
change
asked whether Leonie was really to be married to the
bishop's protege—hinting that if she were not he would
have no objection in taking her himself. But the father,
though willing enough to accept him as a son-in-law,
assured him that there was no hope. He showed the
young man the bishop's letter;
and the latter could not
help remarking that it was couched in rather strange
language,oh
as it began " Dear Madam,—l, the Lord
of Chartres, Monseigneur Clausal de Montals
w
B
you r.o produce an effect on your
heart," and as moreover there were sundry faults of
spellings.ir
But the father Bagel—
Ptese few lines to
y answered, that when a
he was at liberty to write
strangely and to spell badly; and this profound obser-
was eighty years of age
bishopvation removed all the scruples of the young man.
About a month later another letter arrived from the
bishop; it told the Lehoux that they should live
with him in his palace after the [marriage of his
beloved Leonie, and that he had already received the
first year's rente of 20,000 francs for them, though
he could not seed it for a few days, as he was short of
money. He directed that a new bonnet and a muff
should be bought for Leonie, and
a cravat for
himself. His intention was, ho said, to spend 90,000
franca for wedding garments and jewels for her, and
to increse her intended fortune from 100,000 francs to
400,000 francs. Ho also promised than when }leery V.
should be restored to the throne, he would make her
"Regent of the Court," and would confer titles on
her parents. Dazzled by his approaching good for-
tune, Lehoux, the father, resigned the post of dili-
gence driver; and he took special delight in talking
to tradesmen and neighbours of his own and his
daughter's future greatness. It
was not without
great envy that the humble friends and acquaint-
ances of the family heard of their extraordinary for-
tune; and when the tradespeople heard of it, too,
they were naturally disposed to give credit. mdllo.
Leonie and her mother went to Dreux, where they
not only purchased the bonnet, the
employed a man servant to wait 011 them, and
and costly articles, for none of which. they paid.
muff,
!tandthe
cravat for the bishop, but a quantity O dresses
They
for her had at-
purchased him a fine gold laced hat; and Mdlle.
Leonie indulged herself with a maid.
pcletermined that
After a while
It set forth
he should not have her, and he charged her parents
made to young
anotherthattem pteesd
theto letter
,shusbandarrivedassi
na t
ohae fromh
hi:ao
d,u the.ndestined
who would make
her happy. this overtures were
them,
Brunet and ho eagerly accepted
conetrina. t The courtship
was carried on, the
marriage
and thecdrawn up, the
wedding greases purchased,to
Brunet, the fhappye day fi x eict,le.
All at once it occurredhis
lawyer
to select themselvesoe
on the sulaejectr.' thatHe did
might as well consulthe
Bishops letters. The 'of
so, and produced t
immediately declared that they must be forgeries,
impossible for a prelate to
es it was utterly
sec or write
cerned in such a tran in such an
application was made to t
extraordinary way. Ada be at once declared the letters
prelate's secretary, an
Bishop knew nothing forgeries, and that the
ads the young whatever
r
of Mdlle. Leonie. One As to the father,lady and h
mother were arrested.
last
chrge
o was from first te•t
arose against him, us
ho
amount out of the
ueof his own credulity.
was which
When
diffe-
rent shopkeepers were cheatedv
___;„r_iconsiderable.d
called on for her defence) Xovinv Ingli4 Y admitted That

The following letter is from a pci:aon in California,
who gives his name accompanied by a business curd,
which seems to indicate that he may possess considerable
practical experience of the general results of quartz
mining in that country. His views, however, iu the ab-
sence of direct means of verification, must be estimated
simply by such internal evidence of correctness as shall
be considered to belong to them. Whether the allega-
tion that "no person in California regards Co-
lonel Fremont es being the owner of any gold veins" be
correct or otherwise, it shows that the danger of con-
stant disputes and vexatious counter-claims, pointed out
by the Times when the California mining companies
were first introduced, will continue to be one of the chief
considerations that should excite caution. It is also to
be borne in mind that the extent of this danger will be
precisely measured by the temptations which the produc-
tiveness of any given mine may present to the cupidity
of less successful neighbours. The statements of the
writer are in other respects by no means unfavourable, al-
though they are calculated to moderate some of the dreams
which have been entertained. Any logs that may be in-
curred by the shareholders of existing or future com-
panies wiltbe sentirely‘ from:their own fault. It is retires
important to the people who posses mines either in Cali-
fornia or Australia, to got them worked by a proper out-
lay of capital than it is to the English capitalist to be
allowed to employ his money in that method. Anything
more absurd, therefore, than the payment of large
sums for the privilege of entering into such an arrange-
ment can scarcely be conceived, nor doss the fact of the
payment being made in shares mitigate it in the slightest
degree. The true system would be, not to permit them
to be transferred until the mine had been fairly brought
into operation, and then only with the condition that
they should not entitle the holder to a participation in
any profits except such as might accrue after 5 per cent.
had been paid upon the capital invested:—
" Vulcan Ironworks, San Francisco, Jan. 15.
" Sir,—ln the Times advertisements of the Bth of No-
vember last I find a lengthened announcement of a mining
company organizing to work gold mince in California.
" Being myself professionally and personally interested
in the encouragement of foreign investments in our
mines, I was glad to see such an evidence of a feeling
that way among English and French capitalists. But
permit mo to inform the gentlemen composing some of
these companies that they aro appending their names to
statements which, to practical men in California, are so
utterly preposterous as to cause grave doubts of the
honesty and good faith of those who put them forth.
" By another mail I intend to furnish the Times with
a detail, authenticated by practical working, and de-
rived from every day experience, of the value of the
Californian gold veins, and the nature of the titles
thereto. In the meantime, to prevent the spread of in-
sane expectations, let me present the following plain

facts:—
" The mines denoted by the Nouveau Monde and the
Mariposa companies are about as good as the average of
California gold-bearing quartz mines, probably neither
better nor worse. The Mariposa vein, from which they
say such enormous riches are being extracted,' is not
now worked, the company having lost some 20,000 dol-
lars through small and ineffective machinery. Probably
it will pay when good and massive machinery shall be
erected. In the meantime it is discontinued.
" Though isolated specimens of California quartz may
be collected which will assay as largo a value as that
published by the Nouveau Monde Company; yet, let
me assure your readers, that such specimens are quite
as great curiosities in California as in London. One
would suppose from reading the prospectus of the
Nouveau Monde Company that their' poor ';quartz is
worth 1,8471. sterling per ton,' and their rich quartz
24,0001. per ton,—a value perfectly astounding to us re-
sidents in the mines.
" What are the facts? Of the 120 to 150 veins opened
in California at present, the average working value is
not more than 121. sterling per ton. Of the 45 mills
now !lb Work none are gaining more than that amount,
and in many cases 61. to 8/. per ton is all that these
quartz will yield.
" Quartz that will yield 101. per ton will return from
100 to 200 per cent, per annum on a judicious invest-
ment in suitable machinery, works, &c.
" The investments which pay best are generally from

10,000/. to 12,000/. in one location. Laiiie investments
have generally been squandered, and either lost or yield
a miserable per centage.
" Why have the Nouveau Monde Company expended
47,0001. in the purchase of leases of Colonel Fremont?
No person in California regards Colonel Fremont as
being the owner of any gold veins. Lie has some claims
(very much questioned) to large tracts of land, but
that he will ever exercise ownership over the minerals
is more then doubtful. Tho Nouveau Monde Company
will find any veins that are worth anything on the nla-
riposa in possession of other parties who have discovered
them.

" Judicious investments in California will pay. The
quartz veins are abundant all over the country, and
capitalists wishing to embark in the business of gold
mining will find no difficulty in obtaining excellent
investments. But before investing, let a personal exa-
mination be made. In no country on earth, probably,
can a capital be lost so rapidly as in California. In no
country is personal inspection so absolutely necessary;
and nowhere is attention, caution, and enterprise so
abundantly rewarded.
" By another mail I will endeavour to give you, if you
deem the subject possesses sufficient public interest, an
account of the value, titles, and mode of working of the
California gold-bearing quartz veins.
" Your obedient servant,
" A MINING ENGINEER AND AN OLD CALIZORNIANI

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General Post-office port die- When
London: patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)NMarch 19 .. .. Liverpool .. March 15
America (by U.S. pkt.) N3larch 23 .. • • Liverpool March 17
America (by U.S. pkt.) M March 31 .. Southampt. March 12
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth April 8
Alexandria* . ..... N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. March 18
Belgium .. N Daily .. .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. Ml9th of the month Southampt. April 16
Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month Southampt. April 16
California(viaChagrer) dd2d & 17th of month Southampt. March 5
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. April 3
Constantinople .... N, 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. March 20
Central America .. Ml2d & 17th of mon. Sonthampt. March 5
Channel Isles N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th. Sat
Chili .. M 17th of the month Southampt. March 20
France M& N Twice daily .. .. Dover • • Twicedaily
Greece* N 7thl7th27th of mo Dover March 20
Hamburgh • • .. N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. Sat.
Holland .. • • .. M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon. Thur
Honduras . N 17th of the month Southampt. March 20
Ireland .. N Twice daily Holyhead.. Twicedally
India(via Southamp.) M 20th of the monthlSoutharapt. March 21
India (via Marseilles) N 6th& 24th efmonth Dover .. March 17
Mediterranean (via
Sonthairnfon) •• 11120th of the month Sonthampt. March 21
Mediten anean (via
Marseilles) .. N 6th& 24th ofmonth Dover .. March 17
Mexico 12d of the month.. Southampt. March 5
Madeira •• • • .• M 9th of the month Southampt. April 16
Malta* Il7lll3lo7thho'lf9mtho'n27te Dever March 18
Naples* N sth loth 25th of me Dover •. March 22
Papal States* .. N 15th 25th of mo Dover .. March 22
Peninsular.. • • .. M,7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. !March 16
Peru 31,17 th of the month Southampt. March 20
Tuscany* N,sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • March 22
West Indies .. 3d 17th of the month Southampt.,March 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) M2d of the month .. ,Sonthampt. March 5
0 The snails to those c ountries thus marked (*) are conveyed by
French packet via Marseilles.
CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from California, ria the United States
are now despatched and due by every American Packtl

IMPORTANT THEATRICAL CASE.—The director of
the Italian Theatre, Mr. Lumley, having engaged M. Mon-
temerli at Paris as prima basso cantante, with the condition
that he should not refuse any other part that migh be
offered him, Mr. Lumley required him to sing a part in the
opera of Fidelio not belonging to a prima basso, but N.
Montemerli refused, on the ground that, by the usages of
the profession, he was entitled first of all to make his debt2t
as a primp basso, to enable the public to judge of his
talents. In consequence of this, Mr. Lumley refused to pay
his salary, or the expenses of his journey frofn London to
Paris. M. Montemerli accordingly brought an action be-
fore the Tribunal of Commerce, and it was argued two days
ago. The tribunal decided that Mr. Lumley was not justi-
fied in requiring Montemerli to sing a secondary part before
he had appeared as prima basso, as, otherwse, "the existence
and reputation of an artiste would be completely at the
discretion of a director," and ordered the payment of the
salary due and be
journey from London. Montemerli is
also to have an opportunity of appearing in a principal role.
The plaintiff likewise demanded damages, but these were
refused by the court.
c
A LUCKLESS TAILOR.--A country tailor having
lately had to travel to some distance with a new suit for a
customer, was favoured with a loan of a horse and gig for the
journey, in which he seated himself and dashed off. Matters
for some miles went pleasantly enough, until a point was
reached whence a bye-road diverged, leading to a large horse
pond, towards which the animal galloped with gig, tailor,
t
and all, notwithstanding his utmost efforts to prevent
When the middle of the pond was reached, the horse stopped,
r ou fulo ba s
et ianr ae ef
uyl asnudrvdeey-,
and neither lashes nor remonstrances would induce It to
ersonificationls,
move. The pair stood, P
spair, until a bright idea occurred.
the tailor thought that, by creeping to the point
he could pitch his bundle ashore, and might al of the shaft,
a desperate spring, to reach terra firnta himself, so manage, by
but the wicked horse, as if anticipating his • =self, dryshod ;
aside the instant the package was thrown,intentions, swerved
fall into the water. The sudden jerk and caused it to
and in a moment he was likewise
overbalanced the tailor,
while the animal wheeled round floundering in the pond,
gig and tackle unharmed, but minus and gallopped home with
informed how the tailor concluded the driver. We are not
The Dean of Manchester had is journey.—Perth Courier.
of Derby yesterday, at his an interview with the Earl
street. Mr. F. Elliott had official residence in Downing-
Earl. also an interview with the Noble

The following is the text for the conversion of the
Five per Cents., as published in the Moniteur of
yesterday (Sunday) morning :
" Louis Natooleoe, President of the French Republic,
on the report of the Minister of Finance, decrees:—
" Art. 1. The Minister .of Finance is authorized to
effect the reimbursement a the,rentes Five per Cent., in-
scribed on the great book of the Public Debt, at the rate
of 100 f. for every sf. rente, or to 'effect their conversion into
ne*- rentes 4 per Cent. Every holder of rentes, whO
shall not have demanded the reimbursement within The
space hereafter fixed, shall receive in exchange of his
debenture another debenture at the rate of 41. 50e. of the
new stock, for every sf. rente of the former stcck. The
exercise of the right of reimbursing this new 4i per
cent, stock is stispznded during 10 years, that is, Until
the 221 AErch, 1862. The rentes converted shall bear
interest at 5 per cent. until the 22d March instant.
" Art. 2. The demand of reimbursement shall be
made within the space of 20 days from the date of the
present decree. That delay shall be extended to two
months for the holders residing out of France, but in
Europe or Algeria, and to one year for those residing,
out of Europe or Algeria; that exception, however, shall
cause no prolongation of the periods fixed in the two last
paragraphs of the first article.
" Art. 3. The reimbursements demanded may be
effected by series.
" Art. 4. As respects the holders of rentes, who have
not the free and complete administration a their pro-
perty, the acceptance of the conversion shall be assimi-
lated to an act of simple administration, and no Special
fluthorintion or other judiciary formality shall be re-
quired.
Art. 5. As regards the rentes which are charged with
mortgages, the demand of reimbursement must be made
by the proprietor and the person receiving the interest
jointly. II made by only one of them, the Treasury
'Will kl
b 6 , ititih-7 exiawated—by dzpcsiting the
i
Caisse des Consignations the capital' of the ten
the deposit be effected at the demand of the person re-
ceiving the life interest, the latter shall only be entitled
to the interest which the said Caisse is in the habit of
paying. If it should teke place at the request of the
proprietor, the latter shall make up the difference be-
tween the interest paid and that of 4i per cent. Never-
theless, any private stipulations regulating the rights of
the proprietor and the person entitled to the life in-
terest are not to be thereby impaired.
" Art. 6. As respects rentes applied to entails, should
the reimbursement be demanded by the titular, the capi-
tal thereof shall be deposited in the Caisse des Consig-
nations, to be disposed of according to the special legis-
lation relative to entails.

" Art. 7. The Minister of Finance is authorized, in
order to effect the reimbursement of tha relates Five per
Cent., which may be demanded:-Ist, to negotiate Trea-
sury bonds; 2, to cause to be inscribed, if necessary, on
the great book of the Public Debt, rentes of which the
negotiation shall take place with publicity and compe-

talon.
" Art. 8. The portion of the Sinking Fund allocated
to the rentes Five per Cent., which may be converted or
reimbursed shall b) transferred to the rentes 41 per Cent.
substituted to them.
"Art. 9. All the debentures or documents to be sup-
plied for the reimbursement or conversion of the Five
per Cent. Stock, inasmuch as they shall only serve for
the operations rendered necessary by said decree, shall
be legalised and registered without cost.
Art. 10. The Minister of Finance is charged with the
execution of the present decree.
(Signed) " Loins ICAP3LEON.
" The Minister of Finance, BINEAU.
"Palace of the Tuileries, March 14, 1852."