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PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

THIRD EnITION

THE NA V 1

_,lrely dependent upon charity, a
generous souvenir of his visit. At the college, his
royal highness bad an interview with ArchbiSliop
Cullen, who attended the Prince to the door upon
his departure.

WAR-OFFICE, Mem' 25.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for
the appointment of Colonel Joshua Jebb, Surveyor-
General of Prisons, Inspector-General of Military Prisons,
and Chairman of the Directors of Convict Prisons, to be an
Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class,
or Knights Commanders, of the Most Honourable Order
of the Bath; and of Major Robert Lewis Taylor, of the
18th Regiment of Bombay Native Infantry, and Sir Wil-
liam George Armstrong, Tint., Engineer. to the War De-
partment' for Rifled Ordnance, to be Ordinary Members of
the Civil Division of the Third Class, or Companions, of the
said Most Honourable Order.
WHITEHALL, MARCH 25.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Donald
Macdonald to the church of Trumisgarry, in the parish of
North Uist, in the presbytery and island of Uist, vacant by
the transportation of the Rev. John Alexander Macrae to
the church and parish of North Gist.
The Queen has also been pleased to present the Rev.
Archibald Hamilton Charteris to the church and parish of
New Abbey, in the presbytery of Dumfries and stewartry
of Kirkcudbright, vacant by the death of the Rev. James
Hamilton.

SUN ak'FICE, Six o'clock,

A court dinner of this ancient and worshipful
company was held last evening, at which the
Prime Warden, T. Boddington, Esq., presided ;
and amongst the guests were the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor, Vice-Chancellor Sir R. T. Kindersley,
Major-General Sir J. Burgoyne, Bart., Admiral Sir
H. Keppel, Mr. W. M. Thackeray, Major Teesdale,
Mr Sheriff Conder, Sir S. M. Peto, Colonel French,
M.P., Sir R. Ferguson, M.P., Mr. Commissioner
Murphy,. Mr. J. Steel, M.P., Mr. S. M. Greer,
M.P., Mr. I. Boyd, M.P., Mr. J. Clark, M.P., and
other gentlemen. The banquet and the wines
were, as usual, of an exquisite choice and quality.
After the loyal toasts, that of " The Army and
Navy" was proposed, in reply to which
General Sir J. BURGOYNE said it was his firm
conviction that the British army was the finest in
Europe, that its officers were by natural tempera-.
ment and previous habits well adapted: for their
profession, and that if, as had been stated, it was
the most expensive army in the world, the common
accounts of its mismanagement and extravagance
were greatly exaggerated ; but the liberal pay, the
punctuality with which it was issued, the excel-
lence of all the appointments, and the care taken of •
the soldier, all of which were causes of considerable
expense, were also causes of the perfection of our
army, which would otherwise lose its prestige and
fall into the same degraded state as was seen in
some other countries.
Admiral Sir H. KEPPEL, in replying for tha
navy,said he was sure that all who were there
present 'must approve of the energetic measures
which had lately been taken to render the British
fleet what it ought to be, and to provide for the
manning of The ships and for the improvement of
the condition of the seamen, who would always be
found, he was sure, made of the same good stuff as
in former days. The want of a naval commander-
in-Chief, however, was greatly felt, whose duty it
should be to select and appoint among the officers
those who were fittest for appointments and pro-
motion, instead of their being left to a civilian, a -
political first Lord of the Admiralty. In saying
this he did not allude to the present energetic First
Lord ; but in general the want of a naval comman-
der-in-chief to superintend the patronage of, the
navy was greatly felt.
The PRIME WARDEN then proposed the toast of
"The House of Commons," with which he Coupled
the name of Sir It. Ferguson, and referred to the
measure of parliamentary reform now before that
house. He remarked that whatever might be the
denominations of parties now, whether they were
occupied"
the in
franchise, t he
the consideration
extension
otf .
called Whigs or Tories, it was evident that, with a
view to the great social interests of the country,
distributiontey were
eaof all
l
suffrage, and the more equal representation of pub-
lic opinion in the House of Commons; and a most
creditable scene was displayed, when all sides and
•
parties were thus listening with so much courtesy,
self-denialconsideration, and self-denial to the discussion of -
this bill. the

FISHMONGERS' COMPANY.

THE LONDON.—S AW YE R'S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two • soups, two
fish, two entrees joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, M.), is served from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from-thejoint, with vegetables,
cheese, and salad, Is. CA. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
trées, &c., a la carte, are served frc.m One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and Di; ling Saloons. Spacious and
well-ventilated Wine, Coffee, and_ Smoking saloon.
An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo-
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four till Nine.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 101, Fleet-street.

AUSTRIA.

A letter dated Vienna, March 23, says :—Dur-
ing Lord Cowley's sojourn in Vienna Count Buol
would not hear of a Congress, but when Russia
seconded England and Prussia, the Imperial
Government became more docile. It is suspected
here that France, Russia, and Sardinia are playing
a concerted game, but it appears to me that
the St. Petersburg Cabinet is acting in strict con-
currence with the Berlin and London Govern-
ments. Yesterday evening there were two strange
and somewhat alarming reports in circulation, ,
Which were probably purposely spread by the spe-
culators ala Laisse. One of them was, that the
Ilospodar Couza had "altogether disappeared," and
the other, that the Emperor had left for Italy.
The truth is, that the Hospodar has gone down the
Danube to Braila and Galatz, instead of returning
by land from Bucharest to Jassy. lam not aware
that the Emperor left Vienna last night, but if he
did, it was probably to shoot capercailzie in the
neighbourhood of the Semmering.
The war preparations are almost complete in
Italy, but there is still much to be done in Dalmatia
and Istria, which, in the event of a war, would
doubtless receive a visit from a French squadron.

THE PATRICIAN. This Establishmeht is
now Open for the PATRICIAN DINNER, at 28. 6d.,
consisting of Soups, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Pastry, Sic. In
the Private Apartments, at ss. Dinner from Joint, Is. ;
Ditto with Soup, Fish, or Pastry, ls. 6d. In the Refresh-
ment Department, ground floor, Soups, Entrées, Cutlets,
Coffee, &c., a la carte.
Orders, addressed S. Holmes and Co., THE PATRICIAN,
New Coventry-street, will have the best attention.

OINOPOLION TAVERN AND HOTEL
FOR GENTLEMEN,
Nos. 1, and 2, Broxvtilow-street, High-Holborn.
The Best Served Dinner in London for ls. 6d.
A Succession of Joints, &c., from One till Seyen o'Clock.
Henekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s Wines and Spirits.
Private and Smoking Rooms.

14 R. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA TO-NIGHT,
MARCH 26, at EIGHT o'Clock.

Just published, price 6d., " TO CHINA AND BACK." By
ALBERT SMITH. Forwarded from the Egyptian Hall, Pic-
cadilly, for 7 stamps. ,

LONDON CRYSTAL PALACE, REGENT•
CIRCUS, OXFORD-STREET and GREAT PORT.
LAND-STREET,

This magnificent building is NOW OPEN to the public, for
the SALE of all kinds of USEFUL and FANCY ARTICLES.

The Photographic Establishment, Avis7y, Conservatory.
General Refreshment Room, and Ladies' Private Refresh-
ment Room, with Retiring Room attached, are replete in their
several departments.

ARGYLL-ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
These popular and celebrated rooms are open every
evening, with R. R. Bignell's Grand Orchestra, conducted by
that great composer, Mons. Antony Lamotte, of Paris.
Leader, Charles Hall. Mons. Boulcourt, the celebrated cornet-
a-piston player, performs nightly, with other talented
artistes. Selections from Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La Tray iata,
Huguenots, Robert le Diable, and the new opera Martha.
Manager, It. R. Bignell. Doors open at half-past 8, close
ten minutes before 12. Admission, Is. to Promenade.
N.B.—All applications for the above band for Concerts and
Balls, to be made to Mr. 'William Price, treasurer, at the
Rooms.

SPORTING ZNTELLIGENCB.

LATEST CITY BETTING.—FRIDAY.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
100 to 15 agst Little Agnes (offered)
7to 1 agst Gladiolus (offered)
Bto 1 agst Newcastle (offered)
100 to 7 agst Harraton (taken freely)
100 to 6 agst Blue Jacket (taken)
100 to 6 agst Bevis (20 to 1 taken freely)
100 to 6 agst Beacon (20 to 1 taken freely)
100 to 6 agst Mutineer (taken)
18 to 1 agst Stapleton
20 to 1 agst Precious Stone
25 to 1 agst Pan
25 to 1 agst Baldfaced Stag

HOWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT
UNITED STATES CIRCUS, ALHAMBRA
PALACE.—RE-ENGAGEMENT of THE CALIFORNIAN
PERFORMERS.—POSITIVELY the LAST TWO WEEKS
of the COMPANY in LONDON, previous to their departure
for the PROVINCES, and the only opportunity the Public
will have of witnessing the extraordinary performances of
the ROCKY MOUNTAIN WONDERS. The sensation pro-
duced by these artistes has been of the most extraordinary
nature ; the entire Press, the public, and the profession have
awarded the strongest praise in favour of the Californian
Troupe.—Will be produced next week, the greatest novelty
of the Season, a SPANISH BULL-FIGHT, which has been
in preparation for the last five months, and in which the
Californian performers will take the leading parts ; killing
the bull, and other wonderful exploits, as performed by them
in Peru. During the present week the celebrated Delavanti
Family, the Horse Cruiser, the Sprites of the Silver Shower,
the Comic Mules, and the Californian Troupe, will all appear
at each performance, giving such an entertainment as has
never before been witnessed in the annals of equestrianism,
the proprietors being determined to leave the same favour-
able impression on the minds of the public which they created
in the metropolis on their first appearance one year ago.
Pit, ls.; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls, 55.; Private
Boxes, £2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price.
Gallery, 6d.
Two Performances Daily at two and quarter before Eight
p.m.

EARL SPENCER'S-PLATE.
6to 1 agst King-at-Atms
10 to 1 agst Acta3on. (taken)
100 to 6 agst Zitella. (taken)
100 to 6 agst Tight Fit (taken )
20 to 1 agst Accurate (taken)
20 to 1 agst Coitus

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY NIGHT.
NO RTIL.4.IIIPTONSHIRE STAKES.
11 to 2 ugst Gladiolus (taken)
6to 7. agst Little Agnes (offered)
9to 1 agst NewcaStle (offered)
16 to 1 agst Blue Jacket (taken)
16 to 1 agst Precious Stone (taken)
16 to 1 agst Harraton (taken)
20 to 1 agst Beacon (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bevis (taken)
20 to 1 agst Stapleton (taken)
50 to 1 agst Shafto (offered)
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
10 to 1 agst Hesperithusa (taken)
10 to 1 agst Actmon (taken)
18 to 1 agst Tight Fit (taken)
20 to 1 agst Bellona (taken)
20 to 1 agst Ancient Briton (taken)
20 to 1 agst Romsey (taken)
20 to 1 agst Polly Johnson (taken)

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-

METROPOLITAN, COUNTIES, AND
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,

27, Regent-street, Waterloo-place, London, S.W.
Life Assurance, Annuities, and Endowment&
Loans on real and personal security.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

,PPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homoeopathic chemist,
London.—This• excellent preparation, originally pro-
duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having
been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the
principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps,
homoeopathic chemist, London.

MENTS.
March 18, Jealousy, out of all her engagements at Bir-
mingham, Coventry, and Shrewsbury.
March 18, Tease, out of all his engagements at Bir-
mingham and Shrewsbury.
March 21, at 4 p.m., New Brighton, out of all hie en-
gagements.

March 22, at 11 a in., Emblem, out of the Spencer Plate
at Northampton.

RICK CLOTHS, with POLES, PULLEYS, and
LINES complete, both New and Second-hand. Net-
ting, Bunting, Scrims, and Tiffany, for the protection of fruit
trees and tender plants, shades for greenhouses, kc. Early
application should be made for Second-hand Rick Cloths. A
great variety of Tents may be seen erected on the Premises.
A quantity of Second-hand Marquees and Tents from the
Crimea.—Address, BENJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-
street, London-bridge, S.E. West-end Establishment, 32,
Charing-cross. An Illustrated Catalogue sent free per post.

Tease and Jealousy, out of all their engagements at La
Marche.
March 25, Margery Daw, out of the Northamptonshire
Stakes.

TRIS DAYS MARKETS.

COVENT

GARDEN.

Our market continues to

almost all kinds of produce,
ness is doing, at full prices

be moderately supplied with
iu which a full average busi-

s. d. s. d.
Pine apples, peril) 6 0 to 10 0
Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0
Grapes, per lb 8 0 to 10 0
Foreign do 2 0 to 0
Melons, each
Peaches, perdoz 0 0 to 0 0
Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0
Apples, per bush. 5 0 to 10 0
Pears, per doz 4 0 to 8 0
Oranges, per 100 5 0 to 10 0
Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0
Apricots, per doz 0 0 to 0 0

s. d. s. d
Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0
Filberts, per lb 0 6to 0 9
Cobnuts. per lb 010 to 1 0
Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0
Strawberries pr oz 2 oto 0 0
Gooseberries, sv. 0 oto 0 0
Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Plums, per do.
Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0
Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 0
LBLEN.

Yesterday Capt. Norton paid a visit to Chatham
Garrison for the purpose of executing some experi-
ments with a new description of projeotile he has
jwit invented, for piercing the sides of vessels
coated with iron, and for penetrating the iron plates
of floating batteries. This projectile consists of an
iron bolt, which may be constructed to any size ac-
cording to the calibre of the gun from which it is fired,
the length being exactly three times the diameter.
The missile is then coated with thin tough paper to
about the sixteenth of an inch in thickness, in order
that the impressions of the rifle may not pierce
beyond the coating. The gun used yester-
day for firing this projectile was Warry's new
breech-loading cannon, which, in addition to its
firing at nearly double the range of all other guns
of the same size, constructed on the old plan, can be
levelled at an object with the accuracy of the rifle.
On the iron bolt being fired at a stoat plank of
timber the missile in every instance penetrated the
plank, which it struck point foremost, the advan-
tage of constructing the bolt, in order to ensure its
striking the object in this way, having been
ob-
tained by Captain Norton only after repeated ex-
periments. Captain Norton expresses his belief
that a similar shot, made of tempered steel, will
penetrate a plate of forged iron one-half of an inch
in thickness. Captain Norton afterwards pro-
ceeded to test the effects of his liquid fire rifle
shells when fired from a smooth-bore pistol. For
this purpose a leaden shell, containing the liquid
fire, was placed in a 10-bore pistol, and fired at a
piece of canvas suspended at the end of the range
to represent the sails of a shlp. In loading with
this shell Captain Norton explained that no ram-
rod was required, the shell sliding down on the
cartridge by its own gravity. On the shell striking
the canvas the liquid fire was thrown in all diree•
tions, and in less than five seconds aftewards the
canvas was on fire. After it had burnt for some
time Captain Norton directed that it should be ex-

tinguislied, which, with some difficulty, was accom-
plished, and no fire was to be seen. In a few
minutes afterwards, however, the canvas again
burst out into flame, the liquid fire having pene-
trated into every part of the substance, and proving
that the effects of the liquid fire-shell are as ter•
rible as they are extraordinary.
No. 3 dock at Chatham dockyard having been
lengthened 60 feet in order to adm7t vessels of war
of a large class for repairs, the sailing frigate
Severn, 50 guns, has been docked for the purpose
of being lengthened and converted into a screw
steamer.

GREY HAIR RESTORED TO ITS.
NATURAL COLOUR. Neuralgia, Nervous
Headache, Rheumatism, and Stiff Joints Cured by F. M.
HERRING'S PATENT MAGNETIC BRUSHES, 10s. and
15s.' Grey Hair and Baldness PREVENTED by F. M. H.'s
Patent Preventive Brush. Price 9s. and ss. Offices, 32,
Basinghall-street, London, where may be had, gratis, the
Illustrated Pamphlet, "Why Hair becomes Grey, and its
Remedy." Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers of repute.

VEGET.
Greens, cla bunch 2 6to 2 91
Cabbages, pr do. 0 10 to 1 2 i
Savoy do., pr do. 1 oto 1 4'
Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0
Brocoli, per bli Bto 1 6
Old potatoes,p tonSO oto 100 0
New ditto, per punl oto 1 3
Peas, per 4 sieve 0 oto 0 0
Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 0
Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6
Cucumbers 1 oto 4 0
Garlic, per lb
Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0
Spinath,hf.-sv 0 9to 1 0
Brus. sprouts, h.s 1 3to 1 6
Old onions, dz bun 1 3to 1 6
New do., doz bun 0 9to 1 6
French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0
Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 3

BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILJ,B.
Price is. lid. and 2s. 9d. per box.
This preparation is one of the benefits which the, science of
modern chemistry has conferred upon mankinil ; for, during
the first twenty years of the present centii7y-
to speak of a
cure for the Gout was considered a roniance; but now the
efficacy and safety of this medicine is so fully demonstrated,
by unsolicited testimonials from persons in every rank of life,
that public opinion proclaims this as one of the most im-
portant discoveries of the present age.
These Pills require no restraint
,of diet or confinement
during their use, and are certain to prevent the disease
attacking any vital part.
Sold by all medicine vendors. Observe " Thomas Prout,
229, Strand, London," on the Government stamp.

Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8
Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 3 0
Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4
Celery, per ditto 0 9to 1 6
Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0
Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0
Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 3
Mushrooms,p potl 0 9to 1 3
Artichokes, pr dz 3 oto 6 0
Cabbage letts,psc 0 oto 0 0
Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6
Radishes, dz hnds A 9to 1 6
Tomatoes, pr hsv 0 oto 0 0
Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0
Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0
Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0
Rhubarb, per bun 0 3to 0 6
Asparagus, pr do. 3 6to 7 0
Sea kall, per pun. 0 9 to 1 3

Vice-Admiral t'Hooft, commanding his Nether-
lands Majesty's squadron in Plymouth Sound, visited
the Devonport dockyard, and the Key ham steam
yard on Tuesday, and took luncheon on board the
flagship Impregnable, 104, Capt. Wm. H. Stewart.
In the evening he dined with Major-General Eden,
and on Thursday with Admiral Superintendent Sir
Thomas Paisley.

NENITGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ;
geese, 4s Od to 6s Od ; goslings, 5s Od to 8s Od ; ducklings,
3s Od to 5s Od; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 8d
to is 2d • pigeons, 8d to is 2d each; large Surrey fowls,
6s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, 6s Od to 9s Od ; barn-door fowls,
3s 6d to 7s Od ; capons, 4s 6d ; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ;
grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os Od to Os Od ;
ptarmigan, 2s 6d to 3s6d ; woodcocks, 3s Od to4s ; snipes, is
9d to 2s Od ; teal, is Od to Os Od; wild ducks, 2s 6d to 3s 6d;
widgeons, is 6d to 2s Od ' • plovers, Os 9d to Os is 6d each ;
guinea fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od
each; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d; English, is 2d
to is 6d per lb ; English eggs, 7s Od to 7s Ad ; French do.,
6s Gd to 7s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 2s 6d each.

SELF-CURE—AMERICAN TREATMENT.
TO THE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED,
CHARLES WATSON, F.R.A.S., Member of the Re-
formed Medical College, U.S. ; the Society of Medicine,
Rouen ; the National Academy of Sciences, Paris ; also Fel-
low and Honorary Vice-President of the Imperial African
Institute of France, 27, Alfred-place, Bedrord-square, Lon-
don, continues to issue, on receipt of six stamps, " THE
GUIDE TO SELF-CURE." _ _

" Those about entering the Marriage State should peruse
Dr. Watson's invaluable little work, as the advice he gives on
health and disease reflects much credit upon him as a sound
medical philosopher."—Critic.
" The true Guide to those who desire a speedy and private
cure."—University Magazine.
"The 'NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' demonstrates
the absurdity of the English mode of treating such com-
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and easily regain pristine health by adopting the means pre-
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For Qualific...tion, vide " Diplomas," and the " London
Medical Directory."

ROW GOES THE _DEBATE?

The house stands adjourned till Monday, and
in the present complete confusion of parties no one
can say either how long the debate will last, or
what will be the immediate consequences of the
almost inevitable Ministerial defeat. Mr. White-
side disposes very readily of Lord Palmerston's
advice to the Government to accept the resolution
and carry it out, and undertake 2 to answer for Go-
vernment that they will not drive the coach with
so ill-matched a pair as the resolution and their
own bill. Whether he is better informed as to the
intentions of the Government than Sir S. North-
i cote does not appear. Meanwhile there has inter-
vened another incident of an almost ludicrous
character. Acting on the inspiration of his own
independent spirit, and anxious, apparently, to do
some deed of high emprise, Mr. Owen Stanley has
given notice of a motion of "No confidence," in
the event of Ministers attempting to accept the
resolution, and proceed with the bill in
the new sense compelled by the house. The
only possible significance of this awkward step is,
it is said, that, according to Parliamentary etiquette,
Ministers will not be able to resign without waiting
to resist such a vote. They will have to fix a day
when they will stand on their own defence and go
into the general history of their Administration, as
well as the whole question of Reform. Of course,
they have every reason to wish this. It would give
them time, if not opportunities, and they would at
least have a wider range for their defence. It is
scarcely conceivable that the great interests of the
Empire should be so much at the mercy of one
man's indiscretion ; and surely the House of Com-
mons, if it wishes—as it must wish in this case—
may repudiate the responsibilities of Mr. Owen
Stanley's notice. But Government may possibly
take another view of the respite thus offered them,
and we must not complain if they elect to take their
trial on this new issue.—Tmes.

The screw ;team frigate Liffey, 50, Capt. George
W. Preedy, was coaled in Plymouth on Tuesday.
The screw steamship Doris, 32, Capt. Heathcote,
went from Hamoaze outside Plymouth Sound on
Thursday to try her engines.
The gunboat Skipjack, Lieutenant and Com-
mander John Murray, was towed on Wednesday
from Hamoaze to Barnpool.
Steam was got up on Wednesday on board the
screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. Arthur P. E. Wil-
mot, in Keyham basin, for the purpose of testing
her boilers.
The gunboat Grappler was undocked in Keyham,
and the
.screw steamship Nile, 90, docked on Thurs-
day.
Topmasts were got on end on board the London,
90, in Devonport, on Tuesday. Great exertions
are made in lbrwarding her and the screw steam
frigate Topaze, 51.
Mr. Paul, Assistant Master-Attendant in Devon-
port, sailed with a party of riggers on Thursday in
the lighter Hamoaze for Pembroke, with jury gear
for the screw steamship Revenge, 91. Mr. Paul
will then proceed to Queenstown to overhaul, and
add an arm to the moorings of the Nile.
The Stork, 2, gunboat (tender to the Excellent
gunnery ship, at Portsmouth), was yesterday-moved
out of No. 2 dock, having completed her repairs.
The Comet paddlewheel steamvessel was after-
wards taken into the same dock.

The Perseverance screw steam transport, Com-
mander Power, in No. 8, dock at Portsmouth, is
having some repairs carried out to her outer stern

post. -It will be 12 or 14 days before she Ivill-be
ready for sea.

Tile Mersey, 40, screw steam frigate, Capt. H.
Caldwell, C. 8., fitting at Portsmouth, is entering
her men rather slowly. She is still very short o
petty officers. There is evidently at the present time
a great scarcity of good seamen in Portsmouth
available for the naval service. •

Sir R. FERGUSON briefly acknowledged the toast.
The health of the Lord Mayor, the health of Mr.
Sheriff Conder, and the health of the Prime War-
den himself, were successively proposed and re-
sponded to ; after which,
The PRIME WARDEN proposed the " Health of
the Members of the Legal Profession."
Vice-Chancellor Sir R. KINDERSLEY, in replying,
remarked that in the Court of Chancery, which
had got an ill name for its delays, matters had been
so much improved that now there were no delays,
and last week one of the judges was obliged to ab-
stain from sitting on one day because there was no
case to be heard. He observed that the spirit of
independence which characterised the bench and
the bar of England was found, more or less, in the
bench and the bar everywhere, and even, as ho was
informed, in that remote country which might be
regarded as the foot of Europe, and where liberty
had to suffer the most cruel oppression.
Mr. Commissioner MURPHY also responded to the
toast.

The PRIME WARDEN then proposed the toast of
" The English Literature of the Present Day," in
connexion with the health of Mr. W. M. Thackeray
—a novelist, philosopher, and humorist—whose
works were familiarly known and universally ad-
mired.

Mr. THACKERAY acknowledged the toast, re-
marking that some of his fellow-labourers in the
same field of literature were better able to speak
than he was ; and for example, the author of " The
Cantons," who was also the right hon. member for
Hertfordshire, and Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies, had made a good speech two days ago, and
another novelist, who was the right hon. member
for Buckinghamshire, was likely to make a good
speech very shortly. For his own part, he felt that
one of the highest rewards of literary labour was the
gratification of finding what friendly feeling existed
towards him in the minds of people IN ho had
never known him, except by what he had written.
Aq instance of this occurred to him the other day
at .Brighton, where a wounded Indian officer, an
entire stranger to him, came up to him in the street
and told him that the hours of pain had been soothed
by reading something which he (Mr. Thackeray)
had written ; and when he was in America the
other day a great Arctic traveller, the late Dr.
Kane, told him how, during the endless night of a
drdadful winter in the regions of eternal ice, one of
a party on board ship had been appointed to amuse
the rest by reading aloud to them one of his humble
stories. To him (Mr. Thackeray), who was not an
unkind man at heart, in spite of what had lately
been said in certain papers to the contrary, these
assurances, that he had been able to give any plea-
sure to his fellow-creatures were the best recom-
pense he could obtain. _ _

The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—A. C. Adams, mate, to the
Doris ; E. J. Jermain, mate, to the James Watt ;
James W. Lisliman, acting paymaster, to the
Medina ; C. W.Ring, assistant clerk, to the Perse-

verance ; and EdwarilP. Pillans, assistant clerk, to
the James Watt.

The PRIME WARDEN next proposed the health of
a member of the House of Commons, Mr. William
Stirling, not only as an author whose admirable

biographical and artistic works placed him in the
first ranks of our literature, but as a member of a

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commttee which had been formed fbr an object
which reflected the greatest credit upon this coun-
try, the relief of the destitute Neapolitan exiles
Settembrini, Poerio, and their fellow-sufferers, who
had taken refuge. on our shores. They all w ell
knew that in 1848 all Europe was seized with a
universal wish for liberal and free institutions.

The government of Naples put forth a reform, and
several of these men were enlisted in the good work.
The ebullition, however, subsided ; the King re-
sumed his despotic sway, and turned against those
who had supported him when his throne was in dan-
ger. They were consigned to dungeons, where for 10
long years they were incarcerated to expiate their
only crime—a too ardent aspiration for eonstitu-,
tional liberty. At length their imprisonment was
changed to exile to America. They had now landed
on our shores ; they had been received as became a
free country, and the first men of the land had
come forward to assist them. With a good taste,
that did the committee and themselves great credit,
they had refused any public demonstration in their
favour. In their absence, therefore, he might be
permitted to offer on behalf of the Fishmongers'
Company the expression of their sympathy in con-
nection with Mr. Stirling, one of their kind sup-
porters.
Mr. STIRLING, in answering the toast, said that
these Neapolitan gentlemen were sixty-seven in
number; they were many of them old men and in-
valids, and nearly all had suffered severely. Their
crime was, that, at the invitation of their sovereign,
they had joined him in an attempt to assimilate the
institutions of their country to those of England,
and for this they had been consigned to that ten
years' imprisonment which Mr. Gladstone had •
described and made known to all Europe. They
had, as soon as they arrived upon our shores, ex-
pressed a desire that their presence here should not
be used for the purpose of agitation, or to create
any popular excitement with which they could
foreign
no sympathy, or to render our relations with
ign countries more delicate and difficult than
they were. He was sure these gentlemen were
well deserving of our sympathies, and he trusted •
the appeal now made for their relief would be gene-
rously answered.

The entertainment, which included a selection of
good music, then terminated.

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EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.-
Emigrants for Algoa Bay were embarked on Tuesday at
Plymouth, on board the slip New Great Britain, consisting
of 275 souls, equal to 221 f statute adults, sent out by the
Hon. Mr. Field. They comprise agricultural labourers and
domestic servants • also labourers and .mechanics for the
harbour works at 'Port Elizabeth ; and likewise several
fishermen for the fisheries on that coast.
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