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TO TIIE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK..
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THE ELECTION of SIX DIRECTORS of
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the East India Company behag appointed for WEDNESDAY, *63 ?t5" > • • "
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the 14th April next, the favour of your Vote and Interest is re- , ' - . >'~ • • %op;
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quested for the following Gentlemen, viz. :
WILI BUTHERWORTII BAYLEY, Esq.
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RUSSELL ELLIC, Esq.
Sir RICIIIRD JENKINS, G.C.B. "tn.-- • . ct,. -,Orn of gold, tak,n. fr n's

ROSS DONNELLY MANGLES, Esq., ni.r.
JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P.
Major JOHN ARTHUR MOORE,
Which will much oblige,

C. Mills
J. Fetty Muspratt
J. Oliphant
W. 11. C. Plowden
IL T. Prinsep
H. Shank
John Shepherd
M. T. Smith
W. H. Sykes
John C. Whiteman
W. W igram
Henry Willoek

Ladles and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servants,
Hy. Alexander
J. H. Astell
Robert Campbell
J. Caulfield
John Cotton
Wm. Dent
Win. J. Eastwick
J. W. Hogg
John Loch
J. L. Lushington
E. Macnaghten
W. L. Melvil,e.
lug by proxy, may o'Atain a Letter
Le Treasury in this House.

*,,* Proprietors deslrou3 of von
of Attorney for that purpose at thi

EAST INDIA HOUSE, MARCII 31, 1852.
TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
HAVING the honotir of being recommended to
you by the Directors of the East India Company, as Candi-
dates for the Direction, to be cho.en tbis year, we take the liberty
of requesting the favour of your Vote on the day O. f Election, Wer,
NESDAY, the 14th April next.
We are,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient and most humble Servants,
W. B. BAYLEY
RUSSELL ELLICE
RD. JENKINS
ROSS D. MANGLES
JOHN MASTERMAN
J. A. MOORE.
ose Proprietors desirous of Voting by Proxy, may obtain a Letter
of Attorney for that purpose, at the Treasury in this House.

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK (Incorporated
ly Charter), besides transacting all ordinary Banking business,
Continues to allow,
On DEPOSITS for six months, 3 per cent. per annum ; and on
•ams for shorter periods and at Call, interest varying with the
mount allu Rvil;
And Grants
CASH CREDITS for indefinite periods, on Surna...l. ...rarities at
1 per cent. commission half-yearly on the amount of the credit, kuu
8 per cad. per annum interest on the balance only at debit ; and
LOANS for short periods on marketable securities, at rates vary-
t with the circumstances.
Every additional information and f3rms for opening accounts, IC.,
wlli be supplied at the Bank and its Branches, or sent by post on ap-
Pitgation.

By order of the Court of Directors,
HUGH INNER CAMERON, General Manager
16, Tokenhoase-yard, Lothbury, London.

LONDON and SOUTH-WESTERN
RAIL WAY.
RESIDENTIAL .
In order to encourage the erection ofTICKETS Houses at moderate rents,
'LT.. from 20/. to 501. per annum, adapted to the wants of Clerks,
1111 d of similar Classes of Society, on the Suburban Lines of this
Company, which traverse the most healthy and attractive portion
01 the neighbourhood of London, the Directors are prepared to ar-
irge terms for the issue, at a reduced rate and for a given number
L7ears, of Residential Tickets (Ist or 2d Class) with persons erect-
ran
Ptrent'Y Rouses or more, of the class referred to, on specified
railes.°ns, for the use of the occupiers of such houses and their fa-
' A. late
April, lrain will run on the Windsor line daily on and after the Ist
prin . leaving Waterloo Station at Eleven P.M., and calling at the
intermediate stations, and will continue to ran permanently
Suntraer and Winter.
By order of the Court of Directors,
YOrk-road Offices, March 2W7,Y1N85D21.1AM HARDING, Secretary.

THE ROYAL HOTEL, SLOUGH STATION.
The superior Furniture, noble Glasses, Gilt Pier Tables, the re-
maining stock (about 800 dozen) of the most rare Wines, Plate and
Plated Articles, and the valuable Appendages throughout this
splendid Establishment, including the whole of the Tenant's most
siensive Fixtures and Fittings.
ESSKS. ROBINS are instructed by Mr.
DOPESIO, the Proprietor, who has opened
1.4 t the Railway Station at Hull, that unless a suitable offer be made
the great Hotel
I 1).! the whole by Private Contract before the sth inst., the) will
BE
by AUCTION, on the Premises, lots, in commencing on the
Star next, the entire valuable CONTENTS of the
ROYAL HOTEL AT SLOUGH,
Presenting an ensemble quite perfect, comprising the much-admired
veri
and excellent English and French Furniture and Carpets, the
table magnificent Royal Bedstead and Tapestry, once the pro-
Perty of Marie Antoinette, with Louis XIV. clocks, and some of the
Undoubted Furniture, of the Emperor Napoleon, 30 noble Looking-
glases of large s;ze, and Consoles in splendid carved and gilt frames,
Illraerous sets of truly excellent sitting-room, dining and coffee-room
Chairs and Tables, the valuable assemblage of elegant Plate, plated
d
1,
, gilt Dinner, Dessert, Tea and Breakfast Services, by Messrs.
BUnt and Roskell; an extensive Wardrobe of Table and Bed Linen,
m nearly new services of handsome China and Cat-glass in great
ZarJeety, Matchless beautifully pencilled French China Dessert
'laws, and Ornaments for the Drawing-rooms ; the suites of well
!lManufacturnd modern Furniture and Bedding of the numerous
ed-chambers, b, Dawes, of Soho-square; the complete grand
Hatterie de Cuisne, Larders, and Confectionary Utensils in the most
Perfect order, by Ravey, of Conduit. street.
11rThe rare and choice stock of universally praised Wines, most 11-
BallY and judiciously seleeted by the Proprietor, comprising about
n dozen, consisting of very curious and favourite old dry Ports,
rgruidies, and Rhenish Wines, first class Chateau Margaux,
uapitte. Larose, and St. Julien Clarets, a great variety of re-
herche French and Spanish Wines of extraordinary quality, a few
t'Mailer bins of the rare vintages 1834, 1836, 1840,- and 1841, &c. ;
8o tile Fixtures and Fittings-up, comprising the excellent Stoves,
~,,,tch_en and Steam Apparatus', and Engine, Gas Fittings, Bells, and
'veamnsr Conductors, Dressers, Counters, large Mahogany Glass
Cases, Window Blinds, Slate Shelves, and a variety of useful
Materials.
more detailed advertisement will be shortly anneunced, in-
clg the 11,,rses, Carriages, Harness, Stabling, Farm-yard, and
Garden Implements.
Further information may be obtained at the Offices in Covent-
garden.

N ICOL L' S REGISTERED PALETOT.
Many have assumed the use of the word Paletot, but the
Patentees of the design and material used in this inexpensive and
gentlernantly article of dress are Messrs. NICOLL, Merchant
Clothiers, Paletot Patentees, and Manufacturers of Cloth, who have
agents in every principal town in the United Kingdom and its Co-
lonies. Their London Address being as follows :
No. 114. Regent-street, for.ns a Department for Paletots, &c.
No. 116 (the next house), is devoted for Military and Diplomatic
uniforms.
No. 118, for Robes and every novel or established article of cos-
tume.
No. 120,1 s exclusive for Boys' and Youths' Clothing, Servants'
Liveries, &c., of unusual excellence ; and at 22, Cornhill.
Specimens of all may ba seen.
In each Department skilful and intelligent Assistants attend, and
the admitted fact, "That an article to be really cheap should be
?tally good,t,
practically sustained.
IL J. Conditand D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-street, and 22,

" Divide about the broad bride cake,
wßound about the bride's stake."—Ben jonson.
EDDING BREAKFAST provided entire,
in Town or Country, by Messrs. PIIRSSELL, t'B,
Fear Cornhill,
othe Exchange, including wines of the rarest vintages, and the
hire f plate, china, servants, and carriages. Bills of fare, with
terms, lent by post for any number required. A magnificent display
of Bride Cakes for selection. Ball Suppers furnished complete, in-
eluding lights and music. Experienced cooks and table decorators
Sent to any part of the country tor the management of entertain-
41ents- Soups, made dishes, Ices, &c., carefully packed for country
ordera.-31essrs. Purssell's, 78, Cornhlll.

vjgENER A L ELECTION.
dt3oIptA.4IIAIBLDCGI,NGTeOct7,4I thseoliciwtseiti-hkenoawunenti
on o of
EANDIDAT ES to his depot of FLAGS BANNERS, with de-
Zasuld mottos suitable for Electioneering purposes. Also Tents
notiee.arquees of any size for Public Meetings, and at the shortest
oAlers Per post addressed No. 2, Duke-street, Southwark.
.011'in .%
Prifece. second-hand Marquees of large dimensions at a rea-
w

talGßATlON.—Thousands are now leaving
Old
these Old „,....England for various countries and other climates—to all
Irrrs Th",7,g as SON confidently recommend their complete OUT-
this depart umber of yeti's E. MOSES and SON have attended to
the, and their
requisite for perfect acquaintance with every article
a reason why %Passage out, and for every climate in the world, is
Establishment. eY sage
oAtfits better and cheaper than any other
... - Every Emigrant
Rye
~ E. MOSES and ssohould therefore provide himself with an Outfit
and experience of th N'S, every article being Universeith the care
On an Outfit re d e largest Outfitters in the
--English make n ered precious to the Emigrant by twofold claims
Veld for it at E. ni‘diodsaily use -a value is put far above the price
tr ES and SON'S, their charges being so ex-
ernelY low for the valuable goods comprising their unequalled
Outfits.
The Eixig.ra
distant lands,
wtit, looking at these when in his hut or house in far
to take out hie
ti)11 wisely think how fortunate he had not neglected
have done vrithouTit from E. MOSES and SON'S. What could he
have paid elsevrlier it, and how trifling their charge to what he must
flndered him, by h What a variety of valuabl ' it hart
forts, and how enti:ci°lning a constant accessionYaa toe sirsvidcaei
al
coin-
lain any goods like iiYosinaPossible would it be in many places to °b-
ead SON. They supply ethe°mprised in the Outfits from E. MOSES
wards. A detailed list can
To for 3/. 155., 6/. 155., 111. I Is., and up-
free, to any Part of 4'e Xingdoril
ad on application, or forwarded, post
B Itsr,
• -.....,5ES AzT„,
London City Establishment, 1, 1-, SON.
4, 155
$4, us, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the , , 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
.4ondon West-end Branch, 506, souk,5 all communicating.
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating. .New Oxford-street, 1,2,
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 18 Sheffield Branch, 36, Fargate. . grid; 0..ay.-..,,
Merchant rallore, Clothiers, Rate..
w"
ate Coos nakers,and General Outnttei;V:eid ere. Farriers, Boit
The Establishments are closed from sunset Fri,....._and Gentlemen.
lister lays ~ben business is roamed tin Twelve 0,n7.....t0 sun." on
RANTED—A Young Lady to attend in the Mean a•
Clothing Department. None need apply except tbe.,, Z'•_e and U
enndpreer-
, ue`re be-
lionsly in the business.
The Universal Guide, a newspaper containing daily e.„0...
full list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can a' tee ~
kingdom
gratis, on application, er forwarded, post-free, to any
pert or amide
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis,
Si application.
Ici l'on parle Francais. I Qui si parla Italiano.
Mier spricht man Deutsch. Ages se habla Espanol.
.....-__

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APRIL 1, 1852.
N°.18,573.] LONDON, THURSDAY ‘ 4 ft •
S N,

PUBLICATIONS.

THE PER THILSE NEW NOVEL,
of FASHION,
Is now ready, in 3 vols.
" We question if ever the perils of fashionable life were more vividly
exhibited than in the charming romance before us. The fashionable
life here depicted 13 not that false ideal one stereotyped in ordinary
nevels—it is the life drawn from ectual being by one experienced
in its changeful aspect, and who possesses a hand skilled in the lim-
ner's art. The characters are sketched with more than usual bold-
ness, and are evident portraits from originals. The music mad
Lord Brandiston and the scheming Italian songstress, 31r. Leigh,
the clergyman, and Sir W. Avison, the diplomatist, are not difficult
to be recognised. On the whole, Ths Perils of Fashion' is a most
exciting novel, which we think will become very popular."
Coburn and Co., Pablisheis, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE SILENT FRIEND.
IN SIX LANGUAGES—FORTIETH EDITION.
CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION a DISEASE'
1-111:111trated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured
EngraVillgs•
01X PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
A New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d. by post, frOm
the Establishment, as. Gd. in stamps.
SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
THE
xhaastion and physical decay of the system, produced by
licessive Indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of
Mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol-
lowed by observations en Marriage, and the disqualifications which
prevent it. illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and L.
PERRY and CO , Consulting Surgeons, 19, Serners-street, Oxford-
Street, Lonion. ' Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster-
rew, aid sold by lunnay, 83, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Gor-
en, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10,
Bow Church-yard; W. Edwards, 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ;
Butler, 4, Cheapside ; n. Johnson, 68, Cornhill.
organs,
1.4.11 T
and I. trea u
is
of t
rheated b anatorny and physiology of the re-;irodtiCtive
is illsty 28 Coloured Engravings,
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from %xeessive in-
dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing
auntie and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
Incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illastrated by 62 Coloured Env av-
Inge,
PART IT. contains a Elmody for the Prevention of Dieease by a
simple applioation, by which the danger of Infection is obviated.
PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its du-
tlas. The Causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the
Whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
TN!! Coanuit Balm op SYRIAOIIM is exclusively employed in
folding nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11e, and 335.
per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood In cases of infection, secondary
Symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, I is. and 333. per
DOM*. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d-, 4s. 6d., and I Is.
par box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and
alarm's inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter,
11. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi-
tion in 'Way. 111. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Esta-
liblishmes, nt onlyin at, by
te which the fee, 11., la saved. Messrs. Perry,
argar are ndance, dilly, at 19, Rerners-street, Oxford-
efereet. London, from Melvin till Two. d
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MURRA Y' S . RAILWAY READING.
Containing Works of Sound Information and Innocent
Amusement, prir.ted in large Readable Type, suited for all Classes of
Readers.

Already published,

-
MUSIC and DRESS. is.
LITERARY ESSAYS. From " The Times." 4s.
NIMROD on the CHACE. Is.
LAYARD'S ACCOUNT of NINEVEH. 55.
LIFE of THEODORE HOOK. Is.
MAHON'S HISTOXY of the " FORTY-FIVE." 3s,
NIMROD on the ROAD. Is.

JA IiES'S FABLES of "ESOP. 100 Woodcuts. 28.6 d.
The FLOWER GARDEN. Is.
DEEDS of NAVAL DARING. 2s. 6d.
The HONEY BEE. Is.
NIMROD on the TURF. Is. 6d.
Shortly,

A JOURNEY to KATMANDIIII(CapitaI of Nepaul), and the
Camp of Jung Bahader ; including a Sketch of the Nepauleso Am-
bassador at Home. By Laurence Oliphant.
" A series of cheap and healthy pullications."—Athenrcum.
" The mixed character of the series is a good feature, and carried
vieour and discernment."--Christian Remembrancer.
" A new series, n...,n.ft to oxupy a very distingushed position."
—The Sun.

" Mr. Murray has deserved well of the traveinux .r,mmunity."—
Observer.
" Books at once cheap and good."—Economist,
" We heartily wish this new undertaking success."—Mornlng
Herald.

John Murray, Albermarle-street ; and to be obtained at alf Bo9k;,
sellers and Railway Stations.

MIDDLESEX LAND-TAX COMMISSION.
A general meeting of the commissioners of land-tax,
for that part of the county of Middlesex which is de-
scribed in the 38th Geo. 111. as the " rest" of the said
county, was held yesterday, at the Sessions-house,
Cletkenwell, pursuant to notice, " to put in execution so
much of the said Act as is thereby committed to their
care and charge for the year ensuing."
On the motion of Mr. WOODWARD, seconded by Mr.
OFFER, Mr. J. Hargreave Mann, chairman of the
Holborn Division, was called to the chair.
The CnArnmAN said it would not be necessary at all
for him to enter into any statement of the objects or pur-
poses for which the meeting was called, as they were
well-known to every commissioner, and had been the
subject of much discussion on previous occasions.
After some preliminaries,
Mr. COPPOCK said they had met on that occasion for
the third time only, fur the purpose of putting into
execution th'st which the Act of Parliament under
which they were proceeding directed should be done
every year—for the third time only he said lied they
met to do this in a period of twenty-eight years; and
without their holding , their annual meetings no warrant
could be legally enforced, and no assessment for land.
tax made, yet the injustice of the present system had
been going on the whole of that time, and because
it had so gone on it was now to be said that it was
one that could not be looked at. The Learned Gentle-
man then briefly mentioned the proceedings before the
Commissioners of the Holborn Division, in 1850, which
led to the question of the equalization of the land-tax
being brought prominently before the public, and said
that last year the commissioners, at their general meet-
ing, passed a resolution that the amounts assessed on a
division should be raised by an equal pound-rate through-
out such division, but they were stopped from carrying
that resolution into effect by a letter from Mr. Keogh,
of tho Board uf Inland Revenue, and thus they were pre-
vented, as it were, on the very threshold of success,
from doing their duty and doing justice to -the-public,
which thg could do without wrong to any individual

sucau Lug:, 154U311113.
tion of the unredeemed portion of the tsx, or even its
entire repeal, could not be attended .with any injustice
to those who had redeemed the tax on their property;
and in comparing the rate of St. George's and St. An-
drew's, Holborn (ono shilling in the pound), with that
of Marylebone (one farthing in the pound), men-
tioned that at least one good result of these proceed-
ings, and one for which he thought he ought to re-
ceive the thanks of the inhabitants of Marylebone,
was the discovery by one of the commissioners that one
of the Marylebone collectors had been making charges
for land- tax and putting the money he received
into his pocket. He then cited the various Acts of
Parliament, from that of William and Mary, down to the
present reign, having reference to the subject, and
contended that the commissioners had the full right and
power to raise the amount contributable by each division
by an equal pound rate. They bad, he said, reason to
hope for a better state of things now than existed when
they appealed from Mr. John Wood of the Inland Re-
venue, to Sir Charles Wood of the Exchequer, although
they then acted on the evidence given by Mr. Wood
himself before a Committee of the House of Lords,
which was published in the Lords' papers, and which
he would read to the commissioners. But they now had
another Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he (Ur. Cop-
pock) held in his hands the recorded opinions of that
Right Honourable Gentleman on this subject, and he
found that at Aylesbury, in 1849, in the course of a pub-
lic speech, he said:—

This day is published, Part IL, price ss„
THE BOOK OF THE GARDEN.
By CHARLES DI'INTOSH,

Author of the "Practical Gardener," &c. &c.

CONTENTS:-

Cum.. IL—Garden Walls—continued.
Cam,. lll.—Hothouse Building.
CHAP. IV.—Heating as applied to Horticultural Erections.
ILLUSTRATIONS.

have hitherto been assessed within the several divisions
of the country, that the quotas to be assessed within the
several divisions of the country be the same sums as were
assessed thereon respectively for the last year.
Mr. RAMSDEN seconded the amendment, on the un-
derstanding that it was to be followed by the motion to
go to Parliament. lie trusted that good would arise
from their proceedings, but if they passed the original
resolution they would be without the means of enforcing
it—they would have no funds to contest their right to
enforce it; and though he fully admitted the gross in-
juslice of the present operation of the tax, he thought an
application to Parliament was the only thing they could
adopt to remedy the evil.
having shortly Epok6n,
Mr. Danaldson, Mr. Ncatc, Arr. Woodward, and other
the justice of his case, and he was clearly of 00'
commmr.isscioonpeptosc,
brig
fly
replied. He said all bad ad-
mittednion that he had the law with him. Ho did not propose
to interfere with division and division, but as to parishes
within a division. And as to the letter of the Board of
Inland Revenue, a more unauthorised or unwarantable
letter never was written; and the threat that the board
would defend the commissioners out of the public money,
should they bo proceeded against, was, in effect, setting
the authority of that board against that of the Qaeen's
Bench, and, if he mistook not, that letter would be heard
of in the House of Commons.
The resolution, as amended by Mr. Payne, was car-
ried, on a show of hands, by 32 against 18.
After some discussion, Mr. Payne abandoned his
resolution for making an application to Parliament, and,
on the motion ofMr. oppock, it was resolved that it
be referred to the committee appointed last year to
wait on the Right Honourable the Chancellor of the
_
u
Exchequer upon the subject, with the view of urging
upon him the necessity of bringing thr4aubject before
Parliament.
The CHAIRMAN said the Lord-Lieutenant, the Mar-
quis of Salisbury, bad taken the matter up, and had
i
moved for returns on the subject.
-lids:-Camas said they had the Arat advantage of
jetiowbg beffs - • elpini.onsAlte
present Chancellor of the Exchequer on this subject;
they never could find out what the opinions of the late
one were.—(A laugh.)
Masters W. Brougham Sir George Rose, and Ferrer,
were present as commissioners for the Liberty of the
Rolls, and they were added to the committee to wait on
the hancellor of the Exchequer.
The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to
the Chairman.

Villa Garden—Villa Garden Improved—Ground Plan of Palm-
Stove and Part of Garden at Kew—and 113 Engravings on Wood
by Branston.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.

master, having been windbound for several days, have at
length tailed for Newcastle.
The Countess of Morley, Clapp, master, from Leg_
horn for London, was run into while lying at anchor
off Deal, on Sunday, by the Lady Dundas, of Lyming-
ton. She lost her jibboom and cathoad, and sustained
other damages, and proceeded for the river in tow of a
steam tug vessel.

The Vivid, from Demerara, came in contact with the
Albion, Adams, master, from Sunderland, bound to
Aden. Too former carried away her bowsprit, had her
bows stove, and was obliged to be towed for the river
by a steam tug. The latter lost her jibboom and cut-
water, and received other damage. She proceeded to
Falmouth for repairs.
WOOLWICII, MARCH 31.—The Valorous steam. sloop
will leave Woolwich for Greenwich on Friday morning
next to have her compasses adjusted, and will then pro-
ceed round to Devonport in charge of Lieut. Robertson,
and she will remain at that station as an advanced war
steamer.

THE BOOKCASE, Vol. II , this day, price Is. 6d. in boards, with
enamelled cover, containing
KOHL'S PANORAMA of St. PETERS-
BURGH.
Also, just published, Vol. I. of the Series, price Is. 6d.,
ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, from New York to Cali-
fornia. By WM. KELLY, Esq.
Simms and APlntyre, 13, Paternoster-row, London and Belfast.
Sold at all the Railway Stations.

MALTA, MARCH 26.—The Medu3a, with the India
mail, reached the island during the night.
Iteschid Pasha has once more been called to the Vi-
Zierat.

SPERMATORRHCSA AND STRICTURE.
Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 45.,
A TREATISE on the CURE of STRICTURE
.7A. of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons why that
Disease so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules
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In Athens the Ray. Mr. King has been sentenced to
fifteen days' imprisonment, and also to be banished from
Greece fir proselytizing young Greeks, Mr. King, who,
as an American missionary, has been before the puplio
on other occasions, has appealed against the sentence of
banishment, but we have not heard the result in Malta.
Tho scourge steam frigate, having parted company
with the Queen, Hercules, and Spiteful, with a fair wind
for Gibraltar. ran to the Graham's shoal, and found
little or no difference since the survey in April lastyear.
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His Royal Highness the Count d'Alquila, brother of
his Alejesty the King of the Two Sicilies, and the
Countess d'Aquila, accompanied by his Excellency the
Prince di Carini, Sicilian Minister, had an audience of
her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses were introduced
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Royal Highness afterwards joined her Majesty at the
Haymarket Theatre.
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F- P ES E R VAT ION; a
rs,, Medical Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the
Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity, usually ac-
mired at an early period of life, which destroy the physical and
mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex-
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Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining
their structures, uses, and functions, and the various injuries that
are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and infection.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunterian
Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c.
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tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and of their relative
conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the
highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo-
nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical man
who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the
treatment of these complaints. He may be consulted with advan-
tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated
arl:rtfgbilsieeccirheyt practices acquired in youth, or by the excesses of
11", Years, whereby the pleasures of life are marred, the objects of
tuannagi trated, and existence itself rendered a term of iinceas-
sery and regret.
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" I am certain that there ought to be an equal adjust-
ment of local taxation, or rather what is called local,
though it is in reality. national taxation, and if that were
obtained, as in all justice it ought to be obtained,
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double the poor-rates paid by other classes, and public
opinion has already given a verdict that that should not
be allowed, so that before long a settlement of that ques-
tion may be expected, which will do justice to the agri-
cultural body. I am now, however, anxious to call
your attention to a tax the arrangement of which is
most unjust. No doubt every gentleman present has
heard and many pay the land-tax. . ......
This tax is so levied that the county of Buckingham pays
Is. sd. iu the pound on the rental of the land, while
other counties infinitely more populous and infinitely
more rich pay 2J. in the pound. You are, therefore,
called upon to pay an undue amount of the land-tax.
Mind, I am not speaking of that portion of land-tax
which has been redeemed, because that is always brought
forward by our opponents to perplex the question, be.
cause in nothing that I propose do I wish to disturb any
public compact which has been entered into. Oue-third
of the land-tax has been redeemed, and therefore no
longer presses on the soil; but two-thirds remain to be
paid, and produces more than 1,000,000/. annually.
Now, it produces Is. sd. iu the pound in the county
of Buckingham, and only 2d. in Lancashire, and ls. 4d.
in Liverpool. I ask you, then, where is the equality of
chat taxation? The inequality, however, is not peculiar to
Buckinghamshire; for I was speaking to a gentleman from
Hertfordshire on the subject before I entered the room,
and I find that in his county they pay 18. 6d. in the pound.
I have alluded to Hertfordshire, because I do not wish
to confine the consideration of the subject to Bucking-
hamshire. I will also take a border county, that of Bed-
ford, where I find the tax is ls. 6d. in the pound, while
in Northampton, another border county, it is more than
le.—in Berkshire, a sister county, it is Is. 3d. Then,
again, the remaining twenty agricultural counties, in-
cluding Somersetshire, Kent, Devonshire, and even Es-
sex—from which a petition signed by 25,000 persons in
favour of equal taxation was sent to Parliament, that pe-
tition being given to me to present by their own county
Members because I had originally brought the question
forward—in these twenty agricultural counties the ave-
rage of the land-tax is but little under Is. in the pound.
Having given you these facts, which I have drawn from
official documents, I will put before you the conclusions
to which I have come. If the land-tax were levied
throughout the country as in Buckinghamshire, and that
is not so high as in Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire, in-
stead of realising 1,000,000/. it would realise 5,000,0001.
Mind I am not proposing any new tax opposed to the
spirit of the age, but only the equalization of a tax
cshich already exists, and in this I have a right
to anticipate the support of those who have declared
themselves in favour of equal taxation and financial re-
form, for out of thy own mouth will I judge thee.'
All that I ask is, that the tax on land, which has
been already sanctioned by Parliament by an ancient
Act, shall be levied throughout the conntry in the same
proportion as in Buckinghamshire; for, though the tax
presses heavily on the agricultural districts, it does not
press on Manchester, Liverpool, or Brighton. Gentle-
men, suppose we had this equalization of the land-tax,
and the consequent 5,000,0001., the question arises what
shall we do with it ? We have with this money the
means, in my opinion, of raising the agriculture of Eng-
land from its depression, so that the landed interest
should find itself in that position in which, as long as
I live, I will labour to place it."
He (Mr. Coppock) found the person who uttered these
sentiments was now the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
and the hope he entertained of their being assisted by
him in equalising this tax was fortified by the opinions
of the present Attorney ar.d Solicitor-Generals—Sir F.
Thesiger and Sir F. Kelly. The subject was divisible
into three parts : first, the inequality of parish with
parish in a division; then division as with division; and
then county with county. Ho proposed only to deal
with the first, and the iniquity and injustice of the pre-
sent mode of levying the tax would be apparent when it
was considered that on one side of Oxford-street it was
6d. in the pound, whilst on the other it was but a id.
They were not to exclude common sense from the appli-
cation of this Act of Parliament, and the commissioners
were bound to equalise parish with parish in one divi-
sion. He was or opinion that they bad the power to re-
arrange the divisions of the county, but that had better
be dealt with by Parliament. So long as the Board of
Inland Revenue got the 'quota assessed on the county,
they did not care how it was raised or where it came
from, but it was the duty of the commissioners to see that
there was a fair and equal pound rate on the divisions.
The ruling of Lord Campbell, and the other judges of
the Court of Queen's Bench, in the case of Bradley
Haverstoe, was clear and conclusive. Justice, law, and
common sense were on his side, and he was confident
the good sense of his brother commissioners would lead
them to the same conclusions. He then moved—

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A deputation, consisting of Mr. Hindley, M.P.. Mr.
Hilton, Mr. Birley, and Mr. Bailey, had an interview
with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office.
Admiral Hornby had an interview with the Earl of
Derby yesterday at his official residence in Downing-
street.

The Word University Commission had a meeting
yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of
the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present—the Bishop
of Norwrich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pem-
broke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, Mr. J. L. Dampier, the
Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. JohnsOn, and
the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary).
Sir John Duckworth and Mr. Robert Neilson bad an
interview with Sir John Pakington yesterday at the Co-
lonial-office.

at this theatre. The heroine has had the mishap to
be seduced by a villain of a gay Parisian, named De-
ment, who, having abandoned her, she swears a wicked
oath of vengeance against all of the ocean of Dumont.
A young lady of that unlucky name falls into the
clutches of this demon, who incontinently commences a
series of persecutions against her, such as are only to be
round at the Ambigu Cozniquo, wieding up by poisoning
her mallieurcuse victims. By an interference of Providence,
never at fault at this theatre, the poisoner ultimately meets
with condign puniAinene This terrible example of the
(Nees of libettinkro is nightly r(c,iived by di lighted
crowds, and, jedging from the applause, virtue and mo-
rality are decidedly in the siicendiant just now on the
Boulevard du Temple. Thu piece is well enough acted,
particularly by Mule. Naptsul Arnault, an actress worthy
a place at a mach higher theatre than the Ambigu.
THEATRE NATIONAL —A grand military spectacle,
Gentv.eve, la Patronnec de Paris founded on the legend
of the patron saint of Paris, and the siege of the city
by the lions under the terrible Attila, has been pro-
&lei-2d here with the utmost success. It is splendidly got
up, and the strange costumes and mode of warfare of
the barbarians and Parisians of the fifth century, are
represented with the greatest possible accuracy.
The last concert of the Socieie Ste. C6aile derived un-
wonted éclat from the presence of Mademoiselle Falconi.
This eminent vocalist sang the " Sicilienne" of
Pergolese, and the celebrated cavatina from Semi-
ramide, " Bel raggio," showing herself equally great
in the classic and florid styles. With a splendid
soprano, the lower register of her voice comprises the
notes of the richest contralto, which she uses with
transcendent effect. Mdlle. Falconi is on her way to
London, being engaged by Mr. Bunn to meet the for-
midable rivalry of the opera season about to commence.
Madlle. Marie Ducrest, a young artist of great talent,
gave a concert a few days since at the Salle Pleyel,
which was numerously attended: Madlle. Ducret pos-
sesses a good clear soprano voice, and considerable
taste and execution—qualities which were displayed to
great advantage: in an air from Auher's L'Estocq, and
in another from Donizetti's Buondel Monte.

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SPringP• The first was valued at 160 dolls. The gold has
neslafiemu.nd-Msorm. Vivian
jewellery, and in the midst of it is embedded a beautiful
clear crystal. The other lump, which is smaller, is
quite peculiar, for the formation of the quartz as well
as for the intermixture of the gold. The quartz is gra-
nu'atel, and the gold is in little stars or specks, about
the size of a pin's head, scattered all through the granu-
Liragn learns that a
lations. Lest week a lump of pure gold,. weighing
Sonora Creek. The miners of San Joaqiiin district com-
plain grea!lr of a scarcity of water for gold-washing
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gentleman who has for some time put been engaged in
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wining has undertaken the task of supplying the miners
in the neighbourhood of Robinson's Ferry with water for
washing. He has purchased a team-engine of largo
capacity, with the power of which he will throw
the water of the Stanislaus over the bank into a canal,
which has been cut from the river's side into the gulch.
Agriculture has received a large share of attention
during the last fortnight. Immense crops of barley,
onions, potatoes, and all kinds of vegetables, will be
raised this yeir in all ports of the state. Indeed, it is
expected that we shall be able to produce as much as will
bo required for home consumption."

LORD DERBY.
(From the Times.)
Lord Derby has a character for frankness and fair
dealing to lose, and we fear he is in a fair way to lose
it. The more anxious we .have been to secure for him
fair play and courteous treatment in a situation of the
utmost difficulty and embarrassment,—the more strenuous
wo have been compelled to be in resisting the onslaught
of the three Oppositions on the scarcely-organized Mi-
nistry, the more Imperatively do we feel called upon to
reprobate the disingenuousness of the proceeding by
which the majority of the House of Commons has been
lulled into what would seem to be a false security.
We never disputed the constitutional doctrine, that,
as the Prime Minister of this country ought to
possess the confidence of the majority of the
.House
of Commons, and as Lord Derby, by his own admission,
strengthened by that of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, does not
possess that confidence, he is placed in an abnormal and
exceptional position, which ought not to be continued
one moment longer than the necessities of the publics
service absolutely demand. We have hitherto been un-
der the impression that Lord Derby himself held the
same opinion, and that he was as willing as his antago-
nists to put an end to an interregnum neither gratifying
to his pride nor calculated to contribute to the lustre of
his reputation. We thought that he would not endure
a moment longer than duty compelled him the presence
of a Parliament of which he was the nominal leader, but
not the actual master. We thought that, whatever
might be the impatience with which the men of Man-
chester burn to enter the lists, our fiery Premier would
be as eager for the confict as they. It seems, however,
that we were mistaken. To hold the responsibility of
office without its powers, to be Prime Minister under a
hostile Opposition, to be confined to" humble and useful"
duties, to resign the advccacy in words and the per-
tormance in deeds of those things which fur six years he
has solemnly declared to be indispensable,—these things,
so grievous to ordinary mortals, could not, we thought,
be light and easy of endurance to the proud heir of the
house of Stanley.
On the 19th of last month, in answer to a question by
the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Derby spoke as fol-
lows:—" I will go a step further, and say that I think
the next autumn ought not to be allowed to pass over,
not only without the country having had the opportunity
of coming to a decision, but without Parliament having
had the opportunity of pronouncing definitively and
finally its opinion and its judgment on the course of
policy that ought to be adopted on the part of the Go-
vernment. I will give no pledge as to time, whether in
April, in May, or in June, that an appeal shall be made
to the country, but I admit that an appeal ought is
be made to the country before the ordinary time of
commencing the next session of Parliament, and that
the great question in issue should be decided and adjus
dicated upon by Parliament at an earlier period, so that
the ordinary and current business of the next session
should not be interfered with by a protracted discussion
on the commercial and financial position of the country."
Lord Aberdeen, on behalf of the Conservative, and Lord
GreY, on the part of the Whig Opposition, professed
themselves satisfied with this promise; and well they
might, for, without attempting to weigh words and
syllables, or to deal with the declaration of a high-
spirited nobleman by the rules of special pleading and
minute verbal oriticism, any man of plain sense reading
this passage would understand,—first, that Lord Derby
contemplated the probability of a dissolution unless
some extraordinary circumstance intervened ; and,
secondly, that ho proposed in the course of the
autumn, and before its close, to submit to Parliament
the question of what policy the Government ought to
pursue. Mr. Disraeli was not so explicit in his expla•
nations, and the result was, that while in the House of
Commons the Ministerial explanations gave rise to a
long and angry debate, in the House of Lords the expla-
nation was treated as quite satisfactory. On the follow-
ing Monday, however, Lord John liusssell, stating the
construction which he put on Lord Derby's answer,
which was exactly what we have said would be the con-
struction of any person of common sense, announced his
intention, on the faith of the promise, to facilitate as
much es possible the progress of public business. This
was done in the presence of the Ministry; and if Lord
Derby had been misreported, or if the construction
placed by Lord John 1435501 on his words was forced or
erroneous, it was their duty to contradict an interpreta-
tion which, by their silence and acquiescence, they
rendered their owe. On the struegth of this
interpretation the estimates were passed unquestioned,
and no doubt was thrown on the intentions of
the Government till Lord Derby's declaration
of Tuesday last. " Nothing," be then said, "has ever
fallen from my lips which could lead any one to suppose
that the present would be a session of unusually short
justify
such I never said anything which could
such a conclusion;" and afterwards Lord Derby added,
interrupting the Duke of Newcastle for the purpose,
that he never mentioned the months (.4. April, May, or
June, a statement in which he was directly and most
justly contradicted by the Duke.
Ofolicre ?_sourpsea:nowiees,arto
say whether Lord Derbyare
unable to account for these startling
instance, outuqntially misled
.the
House in the first or whether he sine.
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changed his mind, and now seeks toretra_ctthe pledge
unadvisedly given. But In either point of view the
currence is greatly to be regretted. In the first place,
it tends net indirectly to lower that unhesitating and
eager confidence which everyone placed in the assurance
of Lord Derby, itsunderstood inof
aordinaryny fin
ess e sense,or am-
biguityand of largusge•
without the slightest
apprehension
second plac©, such a depar-
ture from former declarations must give fresh bitterness
to the Opposition, and tan into a flame those passions
the violence of which we had hoped to have been
allayed, After One. party has been, to use the mildest
ognally mistaken in the meaning of the other,
so
term,
and has, through that mistake, conceded a great advan-
tage, it will be very difficult to' bring them again to a
mutual understanding. If the session be, as everybody
except the Ministers seems to think
most desirable,
destined to be brought to a speedy close, this end will
now probably be obtained, not through mutual agree-
ment and compromise, but by making the minority feel
in the fullest extent that it is the minority, and that
.Go-
vernment, in this Parliament at least, exercises its funo-
tons merely on sufferance.
_ We have no wish to rank among the counsellors of
Lord Derby, but, as having been uniformly anxious to
obtain for him the fullest hearing and the fairest trial,
we beg to point out how little will be gained by pro-
tracting the session at the expense of so much character
and public confidence. The position of a Ministry in a
minority is neither dignified nor popular. It forbids a
Government to advance, and for a Government not to
advance is to recede. Every week that Lord Derby's
helpless situation continues is sapping the foundation
of that party for whose support he looks at the
coming election. Uncertain of the intentions of
the Government, constituencies are taking the mat-
ter into their own hands, and are in many in-
-stances displacing adherents of the present Ministry
to make room for candidates possessing little else
that is definite except an adhesion to the doctrines of
free trade. The cry on that side is certain and popular;
on the other the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, and
who shall prepare himself for battle? Wavering be-
tween Protective yearnings and Free Trade realities,
without any avowed policy, without any clearly defined
intentions, the Ministry seems to live on from day to
day impatient of Its present anomalous state, and yet
afraid to exchange it sooner than it is absolutely com-
pelled for its future condition, whatever that may be.
Such policy is too refined and artful for the blunt and
downright English nation. Let Ministers propound
their principles, and it will accept or reject them; but
in this free country we do not submit, except provi-
sionally, and then with much impatience, to the govern-
ment of a minority, and are not in the habit of being
consulted as to what principles our rulers ought to adopt.

Baron Bentinck, tho Netherlands Minister, transacted
business with tho Earl of Malnaesbury at the Foreign-
office on Monday.

PARIS THEATRICALS.

" That to raise the sum of 107,6021. 1 ls. 7d., the
quota laid on the rest' of the county of Middlesex in
and by the 38th Geo. 111., c. 5, for the service of the
year 1852, the proportions to be raised by each division
to be as follows:—(Here were inserted the figures of last
year.) And that the same be raised by an equal pound
rate on each division."

Mr. OFFER (of the Tower Hamlets division) seconded
the resolution. He instanced the inequalities existing
between some of the parishes of that division, in some
of which the tax was as much as 2e. in tho pound, with
Marylebone, and said if they could not get justice with-
out going to Parliament, let them go to Parliament and
obtain a general equalization.
Mr. W. PAYNE (the Coronor) said the question was
twofold, what it would be advisable to do, and what
they had the power to do. Ho conceived that justice and
common sense were with his friend Mr. Coppock in the
v w
that
islelaLdtotohka
lianwthvlisitmhahttimer:abnudt
thhoeycowuelrde notbnunadgretne
carry on_t(!he law. The Learned Gentleman quoted, as
beroi.o,
supportlol'f-Lgus thority of Lords Mansfield and Kenyon in
vied at preZ,'n.view, that the tax could not be legally le-
ouYghatdmitted the injustice of the present
years. ne fufi except in the mode adopted for so many
mode, but 01
_ they had not the power to alter it. He should reeve
spowreeSrOlUttcl,Ortlerned,,g,.l
were carried, would pith
and afterwards, if it
jo'ith Mr. Coppock's permission,
to Parliament and ask
amendment that the cotLnall,°_.evil- He moved as an
the county of Middlosex, 1,,, "
vir:oners of Land-Tax for
tion the several Acts of Parliamegn.taken into considera-
fsuurbrathito
regardin the assess-
ment of land-tax, and having also considered the several
decisions of the courts of law on the ,b•o
as-
sessments, and the opinion of the Board Gof t
lout;
as:deb R
regarding the same, are of opinion that thet
Dot possess the-power by law to vary the cigotaa which-v

LAMBETH WATERWORKS.
The potential influence of public opinion has already
begun to tell upon the metropolitan water companies,
and Tuesday furnished one of its most unmistakeable
proofs. The Lambeth Water Company has, ever since
the year 1785, supplied the chief portion of southern
London with water drawn from the Thames, in the im-
mediate neighbourhood of Hungerford-bridge. The
purity of the beverage daring the last century must have
been questionable; what it has been for many years
back it would be amost painful to describe. A better
era has, however, dawned. A special train on the South-
Western Railway on Tuesday conveyed the directors
and a party of 350 friends to the Kingston station, to
witness the opening of the new works, constructed by
the company at Ditton, on the banks of the Thames.
A large extent of ground has been enclosed at the
spot known as Seething-wells, opposite to Hampton-
park. At this point of the river, 23 miles above
London-bridge' three miles above the tidal range,
and above 4'eddington-lock, the water is drawn from
the river through gratings and wire strainers into
several enormous filtering reservoirs, each of which is
constructed to hold several hundred thousand gallons. '
The bed of these tanks is formed of layers of shale,
pounded shells, and fine and coarse gravel, through
which the fluid must pass to be pumped up the steam-
engines, and transferred by the aqueduct pipes to the
reservoirs at Brixton-rise and Streatham-hill. Profiting
byth
aegnudidMr. Phipps,
anceofM h
rSimpson
and Mr. Pole, secretary,engi-
neers, the visitors in-
spected the processes of filtration, the sluices haying been
opened for the purpose, and then examined, the boiler-
, house and steam-engines. Four engines of 600-horse
power collectively, of superior construction, furnish
adequate power for the supply of 10,000,000 gallons of
water per day—a quantity which it is estimated may
be increased three or even fourfold, if requisite. After
duly inspecting the whole of the works, and witnessing
the commencement of active operations, the company
adjourned to a large marquee, where a very excellen t
collation did much credit to Mr. Richard Gunter, the
purveyor. Mr. James C. Peache, the chairman of the
company, was supported by Sir James Duke, M.P.,
Major Oliphant, Mr. Geach, M.P., Mr. Dakin, Mr.
Pepper, mayor of Kingston, Lieutenant-General Sir
John Wilson, &o. After various toasts and speeches.
which were all well received, the company dispersed, to
re-assemble at the railway-station, about half a mile die-
tant, where the special train conveyed the party back to
town before night arrived.

ITALIAN OPERA.—M. aizzini, the groat Italian
violinist, made his appearance on Saturday night. He
was announced to perform three morccaux of his own
composition, each entirely different in style and cha-
racter, and he bad not played a dozan bars before he
proved himself not only a complete master of his instru-
ment, but a true musician by nature, feeling, and
genius, delighting and revelling in all the passionate
beauty and poetry of his art. M. Bazzini first played an
elegant and brilliant study on Donizetti's Anna
Bolena—exquisitely performed, and followed by im-
mense applause. His next theme was the celebrated
finale from Lucia, into which he threw a soul and ex-
pression not to be surpassed by that greatest of all in-
struments—the human voice. In his hands the
violin absolutely sings this beautiful air with all
the pathos, tenderness, and passion of a Rubini.
The largo was executed entirely upon the fourth
chord, and was given by Bazzini with a power and
grandeur worthy of Paganini himself, of whom he re-
minded every musician present who had had the gratifi-
cation of hearing that groat master. This marvellous
performance concluded with a scherzo, " La Ronde
des Lutins," one of those fantastic dresms of
fairyland in which the imagination of the com-
poser and player is allowed full scope, and
hich considered alone as an exhibition of executive
skill, is one of the most extraordinary feats ever
heard on this instrument. His passages of tenths, dou-
ble notes, and daring leaps of bow and hand, preserving
unerring truth of intonation, even in the wildest
velocity of delivery, exhibited a mastery over every
conceivable intricacy and difficulty impossible to sur-
pass. This wondrous display, at first fri coently in-
terrupted by expressions of delight, as it proceeded gra.
dually excited a perfect furore ou the part of the public,
who, after a tempest of applause, insisted on a repetition
of the entire morceau, a demand which, notwithstanding
its unreasonableness, was complied with by M. Bazztni
with unimpaired energy; and ho concluded amid re-
newed acclamations on the part of the entire assembly.
Among the many claimants to the succession of the great
Pas,ranini, M. Bazzini must be set down as the most ideal
and poetic that has yet been heard in Paris.
ODEoN.—M. Leon Gozian has produced Les Cinq
Minutes du Commandeur, a drama in five acts, founded
on an excellent novel of the author's. The transplanta-
tion and adaptation to the stage has been effected so inju-
diciously that the plot, to those who are unacquainted with
the romance, is perfectly incomprehensible. Under these
circumstances, it is not to be wondered at that Lea
Cinq Minutes du Commandeur should have been a
failure. Since the first representation it would appear
that some changes had been effected in the drams, as it
has kept its ground on the alfiche, where, however, it
seems impossible that its sojourn can be permanent.
OPERA COMIQUE.—The last novelty here, Le Far-
fadet, partakes of the unsubstantial nature of the fan-
tastic being denoted by its title, both as regards the
music and the libretto. It is an old story, but
arranged in a new form, and gaily narrated by M.
do Planard. A clumsy miller is about to marry
the pretty Laurette, under the compulsion of one
of those traditional uncles fast disappearing from
the stage, while he is in reality attached to a cer-
tain Mdlle. Babet. Laurette,'.in,her turn, still regrets
a former lover, one Marcellin, a baatman, supposed
to have been drowned. An evil spirit (a furfadet)
appears, however, to have bewitched the mill, for as
the day fixed for Laurette's nuptials approaches, the
machinery gets out of order, sacks of flour are
tossed about, and a thousand pranks aro played the
miller, by the mischievous elf, who turns out, at
length, to be no other than Mons. Marcellin the missing
boatman. Laurette marries her lover, Babot becomes
the wife of her miller, and everybody is satisfied, eve'?
the public. The music, by M. Adam, is pretty, hn
contains nothing meriting note or special mention. It
was extremely well sung by Mdlles. Lerner and ra.
Talmon, and MM. Bussino and Jourdan, t
Farfadet was received with marks of unequivocal satis-
faction. out
GYMNASE.—Trio novelties have been b:eanuagrh. t
The
here, both of which were received with t:act affair,
first, Le Marquis de la L?reteche.,,ims
Etildat cav 'e
la Mar-
in which the artful designs of Madame
husband are prettily
Mar-
quise" to win the affections of herand
Carmouche, the
described by MM. Wilesville
condeLeended to re-
authors. The Marquis having a marriage with a
pair his shattered fortunes big
is
so ashamed at thus
very rich and pretty g
chateauys
siege it no
that on the first day aftcl. his
having encanaille
and fliteismet,ohhoisla
marriage he leaves h
Britanny, where by
girl, in who
wi'aywlot killing
peasant whom he notices a
the virtue of a pretty
strong resemblance w to with his wife; as matters proceed
however, he is amazedfind that the little oise
l
is no other than " Madame mLulu's°,, herself,
who
has resorted to this method of making the conquest
of
her husband; this atrategom brings about a better un-
derAanding between the sposi, between whom the
greatest harmony prevails at the fall
of
the curtain.
This sprightly affair is acted with great spirit by Mdlle.
Luther and MM. Numa and Lafontaine. The other no-
velty, Le Piano de Berthe, is a mere bluette to display the
talents of Mmes. Rose and Anna Cheri,
and M. Bressant.
It is written in imitation of the style of M. Alfred de
Musset in Un Caprice, and, though far from equalling
the original, it is not destitute of merit. The authors
are MM. Barriere and Morin.
Astusutr.—A lugubrious melodrama, Sarah la Creole,
exhibiting the terrible rancune of a certain damsel in
Martinique, has been received with trusports of applause

FRAGMENTS FROM THE
T
•JAAII,T,
Vol. I. TWO Vols.
VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SEETCII
Vol. 11. 1)1111/1/11C411, &c,
TIIE LAKES OF KILL IRN EY ; REMINItse.„„,
of
DUBLIN, &c.
111.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
" That three score years and ten our course may ran,.
A popular review of almost every form (cause and core) of
vou.iy-debilitated health and eafecbled constitution, that harasser
the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and ern_
bitters old age ; with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
lation of every-day life.

IV.
THE PASSIONS.
"What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SUBJECT *—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old ago. The ad-
vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringements. The casual-
ties of licentiousness and di,sipation, with illustrations graphic, nar-
rative, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.
V.

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the present arm they
now use being very uncertain in caus-
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yards. The Minie, or any other light rifle having a good
range, would be of great advantage to the Royal Sappers
and Miners for their protection while engaged in raiging Atli
Tforks or con,tructing fortifications.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
"To be or not to be, that is the question."
PROGRAMME :—Lawm and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring. with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c.
BY R. J. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
(1824). Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
matters. Reception hours daily till rive.il Evenings, Seven till
Lite,~F{~ll..pllcat frost,