The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-13 00:00:00

GRAND VERDI
T, FESTIVAL at,

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eIREAP GLOBE, LEICESTER-SQUARE.-
• MORA 3IAS ot the CITIEA awl RIVERA ot EUROPE, the
ALFA. MONT BLANC, the RHINE, and ,WI ZERLA.NI),
CRIMEA. Fce., and of RUSSIA N LIFE and S.'ENERY, un 12, 1,6,
and 8. Admiss lon to the whole building, One Shining.

R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES,
with tew Costumes and v irious Novelties, Tocal and Chi,
racterisile. eve) y evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A NtORN-
ING PERFOR KANCE every SA.TURDAY, at Three. Private Boxes
and Stalls may • be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office,
Polygraphic-ha 11, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has
,been entirely rc decorated.

ORDO N CUMMING will give his popular
Pictori at and Musical ENTERTAINMENT illustrative of
his ADVENTL tRES in SOUTH AFRICA every evening (except
Saturday) at F . A MORNING REPRESPiNTa TION on 5.4 TUR-
DAY, at 3 O'( lock. The Lion Hunter's Bush People will appear
in their Native. Dances. Piano, by Mr. Harries Wilson. Admission,
Is. and 2s. ; Si ails, 35.-232, Piccadilly.

OYAL ARGYLL ROOMS. -LAIIRE NT'S
C AMR), Great Windmill-street, Haymarket—Great suc-
cess of the Ron taneff Waltz and the Lancers, every evening, with
Laurent's Gra ad Orchestra of Forty of the first artistes of London.
Principal Con tet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. I)norq ODPII at half-past
eight, eommen :e at nine. The Lancers will be danced at half-pa,t
ten. Admissic p One :billing.

ROYAL GARDEIS, CREMORNE.—This
Evening' (Monday) the extens've, and without parallel,
mcst beautiful grounds in the Metropolis, will be thrown open to
the pubic at Tbree o'clock, from which hour until the close, a con-
stant succession of enlivening entertainments will be produced.
Selections by the Military Band, Al Fresco Amusements, Vocal and
Instrumental eon'erts, New' Ballet, entitled the " ystic Branch,"
Negro Melodlits, Drawing-room Entertainments, new eosmoramic
Views, Dancing on the Illuminated Platform to Bostsio's Baud,
Fireworks by Mortram, &c., &c. Admission, Is.

THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY.
Dr. SEXTON will LECTURE en this Important topic daily
at 3
and half-past 7 p.m., at Dr. KAHN'S MUSEUM, No. 4. Coven-
try street, Leicester-square. The Museum, which now stands wholly
unrivaled in the world, arid the jarity and completeness of whose
e,onterts have already acquired ffSr it an European reputation, and
•btaited the warm commendation of the p,ress in this and other coun-
tries, is Open daily, for Gentlemen rn v, ream 10 to 10. A new
Lectare is delivered by Dr. it AHN at half-past 8 p.m. precisely. Ad-
mission, One ',billing. Descriptive Catalogues of the Museum, con-
taining Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan, gratis to the visitors.

QLOGNE -CHORAL UNION.—
••
DER RoLNER 3,1 A 11,11,:11 GESANG VEREIN (80 Men
'Voices) HANOTER-SQUARE ROOMS. Mr. mIrcHELL respect-
ffiUy in reply to numerous and continual inquiries, it is
at length arranged that the above distb,guished Society will again
visit London, and will have the honour of giving a THIRD .FRIES
of CONCE itTS, under the direction of Herr FRANZ WEBER, com-
mencing at the Hanover-square licom, on Monday, A fterncen,
May 25, from half-past .3 to p o'clock. It is also res,'eefully an-
mounced, that owing to the positive necessity for their return to
Cologne, on or before the Sth of June. the Concerts to be given by
the Society in th.s country cannot possibly be prolonged beyond a
fortnight. Subscriptions will' be received as formerly—Reserved
Seats, for Six Concerts, 2 guineas ; Single Reserved Seats, 10s, 6d. ;
Unreserved Seats, ss. ; which may be obtained at Mr. MIT-
CHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Rond-street.
Many of the Pieces sung by the Society, by Silcher and other
popular Composers, are in course of publication. -

METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-
atreet, Waterleo-place, London. Capital, 100,0001.

TII.I7BTEES.
Bt. Tin. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M P.
Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq.
Life Assurance brainess transacted in all its branches.
N.B. The bonus declared ‘.,t the last division of profits averaged
23 per cent. on all the premiums paid.
F: FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

S TATE FIRE INSURANCE,
No. 3, Pall-mall East, London, S.W.
Incorporated by Act of Parliament.
Capital 500,0001., with power to increase to 2,000.0001.
Every description of Fire Insurance accepted at moderate rates.
Existing Policies falling due at the last Quarter Day may be
trausferred to this Company tree of charge, beyond the premium, and
duty.
Claims settled with promptitude and bbe-ality.
PETER MORRISON, managing Director

BANK OF LONDON,
Threadneedle-street, and 450, West Strand.

CIRCULAR NOTE and LETTERS of CREDIT, free of expanse,
are issued by this Bank, payable y its Correspondents in ail the
Principal Cities and Towns on the Continent of Europe, in the British
Colonies and Dependencies, and in Foreign Parts.
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.—The Bank of England having raised the
discount rate to £N per cent , this Bonk now allows £5 i per cent.
Interest on sums dep,sited with three days' notics of withdrawal
CURRENT ACCOUNTS are received with allowance of interest
to customers, and every description of legitimate banking business
undertaken.

By order.
MATTHEW MARSHALL. Jan., Manager.
BENJAMIN SCOTT, Secretary.
Threadaeedle-street, April 6, 1857.

CANCER HOSPITAL, London and West
Brompton.—Secretary's Office, 167. Piccadilly..-This Institu-
tion has been established exclusively for the treatment of the poor
afflicted with cancerous diseases. Out-door patients to attend at 167,
Piccadilly, on Tuesdays, at 2 o'clock. In-door patients are admitted
at the Brompton Establishment, for one month, and for a longer
Period if recommended by the medical officers. The number of per-
sons under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for
the last three.years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation
of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every
form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this
Charlty. A Weekly Board manage its affairs, and every informa-
tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application
to the Secretary.. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue
this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and Tnziy
Paid to William Loxham Farrar, Esq., the Treasurer. 66, Lincoln's-
Inn-fields ; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; and at the Secretary's
Offices, 167, Piccadilly. _ _

By onier,

W. J. COCKER= Secretary.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
Patron—The QUEEN.— Founded 1525.
The sick poor are admitted on their own application alone; no re-
Commendation is required.
During the past month the following number received the benefits
of this Charity. either as out or in-door patients, on their personal
anolicationt—
mm Week ending 7th February 2,095
Ditto 14th February
Ditto 21st February 2,650
Ditto 28th February ;
c-

.'Total in February •... • 9,986
if which 3,379 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat-
ment) having been admitted previously.
The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the
patients.

Heavy expenses are inevitably incurred in affording such exten-
sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of
the public.

The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors,
yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annum'
tieneral Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at
4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business,
when any subscriber may attend, if so disposed, the Board tieing at
all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation.
The ITospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun-
tary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer,
John Masterman, Esq., M.P., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts
and Co. ; Drummond and Co.; Berries and Co.; Ramon) and Co. ;
Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Glyn and Cu. ;
Jones Loyd and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Denison and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber-
ners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; and at the Hospital.
Clothing for the destitute patients will be thankfully received.
By order. J. B. OWEN, M.A., Chairman.

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PUBLICATIONS.

Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols.,

VrARGUERITE'S
fi Py MIS. V. F. STEWARD.

LEGACY.

" Mrs. Steward's nave', of Marguerite's Legacy,' is a eeyer and
skilful composition— a well-constructed and well-told tale."—Spec-
tator.

Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors t) Henry Colburn.

A FIELD OFFICER'S ACCOUNT OF BERMUDA.

Just published, in I vol. Bvo., with a ➢fap and 8 Illustrations in

Lithotint, price 12s. Gd., cloth,

BERMUDA, a COLONY, a FORTRESS, and a
PRISON; or, Eighteen Months ix the Somers Islands.

By a FIELD OFFICER

" The ' Field Officer' has turned an eighteen months' residence in
Bermuia to a very good purpose. In an agreeable and lively sketch
of these islands, which constitute ono of the oldest of British Colo-
nic-, he conveys a large amount of authentic information. The
details respecting the convict system will be. read with interest."—
Morning Post.

Just published, ilrlee 2d., Part 11. of

FEIST'S RACING RECORD, containing a
complete CALENDAR of SPORT, from the Ist of January
to the day of publication.
Edited by ALBERT FEIST-

Editor of the Turf Department of the "Sunday Times," and Reporter
of Sporting Intelligence to the Lotulon daily papers, &c.
Parts I. and If. may be obtained, neatly boned in cloth, price ed.,
or stitched in a neat wrapper, price 4d.
Printe I and published, on the Ist of each month. by William
Wright; sportier Printer and fublisher, Fulwood- rents, llolborn.

Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of

THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the
DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMACH, LIV Mt. NERVES;
LUNGS, &c., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve-
nience, and expense, by an easy, natural, 'pleasant, and infallible
remedy,..whichsaies fifty times its cost in other means of cure.
Supported by testimonials from the celebrate .1 Professor of Che-
mistry, Dr. Andrew Tire ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr,. Harvey; Dr. Camp-
bell; Dr. Gattilser ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord .Stuart de
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King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been,
restored by it, after all other means of cure had failtd.

Londou : Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street.

Just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d.,

ON STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA :
Its PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT. Illus-
trated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwards of
Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice, and which embrace
every variety of Urethral Contraction, together with appropriate
Means of Cure.

By F. B. COURTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
H. Bailllere, 219, Regent-street.
_

"We believe Mr. CourtenOy's experience in the treatment of
stricture to have equalled, if It has not exceeded, that of any of his
contemporaries; whilst we most certainly know of no man to whose
care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe case of stric-
ture."—Medical Circular.

ONDON INSTITUTION, April Bth,• 1857.
A —Notice is hereby given that the CON VERSAZIONE ae-
nounced to take place on the evening of Wednesday, April 15th, has
been pogponed to Wednesday the 22d inst., when ROBERT WAR-
RINGTON, Esq., F.C.S., will deliver a lectUre on the AQUA-
RIUM.

By order.

F. E. GREE:sTAViTAT,
Assistant Secetary,

KJECIJRE INVESTMENTS.—Messrs. R.
HURLEY and Co., 4R, Threadneedle- street, sworn Stock, Share,
and Mining Brokers, wi li be happy to forward a list of carefully selected
Securities, paying good dividends, to those who may favour them with
their tautness, and to advise them on the safest mode of Investing
their capital. Business transacted in the Engash Funds at 1-16th
per cent., and in all Stocks, Railway and Mining Shares, on the most
reasonable terms. A selected list of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20
per cent.) and progressive mines to be had personally or per letter.

LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTINENTAL
STEAM PACKET COMPANY (Limited).

LONDON to ROTTERDAM in TWELVE HOURS by the NEW
ROUTE to the Continent, forming the connecting lilik betwuen the
Dutch Rhenish and the Eastern Counties Railways.

The St-e.mers of this Company will commence running- between
HARWICH and ROTTERDAM, with passenger, and goods, on
SATURDAY, April rb. '
For ((tither particulars as to freight, &c , apply at the Company's
offices, 44, Mooreate-street (E.C.); of Ohver John W'lliams, Esq.,
Harwich; and of H. P. Maples,lhipping agent to the Company, 4,
Arthur-street East (E.C.)

CONTRACT FOR LIGHTERAGE IN THE RIVER THAMES.
Department of the Coniptroller for Victualling,
Somerset-place, 9th April, 1857.
r PRE Commissioners for Executing the Office of

Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
,nd Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 23d
instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons
as may he willing to Contract for performing, for 12 months certain,
from the 25th May next, and afterwards until the expiration of 3
months warning, all such

LTGrITER AGE,
between Woolwich and Nine Elms Railway Station. above Vauxhall-
bridge (both inclusive) as shall from time to time be required by the
Superintendent of her Majesty's Victualling Yard at Deptford
The conditions of the revis‘d contrast may be seen at the said
office. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for
the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said

Every tender must be addressedto the Secretary of the Admiralty.
and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Lighterage,"
and must also be delivered at Somerset-place.

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has ever since
its Inttod action to the public been recognised, both by scientific
men and the trade, as the best article ever manufactured in this
c mntry. Its claims 'o such pre-eminence are based upon its unri-
valled purity, and its cicser assimilation than any other to the
flavour of the finest Champagne Brandy.
There has been no Brandy made from 'wine in France, either in the
present year or in the preceding one. Owing to the successive failures
of their vintages, the French wine grower gets a higher price for his
wane. cimsnmed as such, than he can realise by its being distilled
Into Brandy ; and forasmuch as the foreign Brandy of recent impor-
tations is but the product of British grain and beetroot spirits, the
prestige hitherto exclusively enjoyed by French Brandy as having
been distille t from a particular French wine no longer exists, end is
no longer worthily assignable to it now that it i. bunglingly made
from other materials. The supply of wine for distillation into Brandy
having failed, the French distiller is constrained to recur to a manu-
facture In which he needs the quarter of a century's experience
which has been exercised upon that of BE ITS'S PATENT
BRANDY, to,render his article r. spectably competitive, and he has
not had it. Under these circumstances the Messrs. Betts challenge
that their PATENT BRANDY is superior to any now Made abroad.
It is to the interest of the public and the Messrs. Betts that
these facts should be widely sprrad, for recent importations are of
a quality so inferior as to di grace the name they bear, and are
twice the price of BETTS'S PA !ENT BRANDY, which is supplied
by the trade, in capsuled bottles, to private familie• In any quan-
tity, down to the single bottle. Excise regutations prevent its
sale rom the Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street, in
any less quantity than two gallons.

y Authority of the French Consul-Cleneral.—Notice Is hereby given,
that the following SALE of PRESERVED BEEF will be the last
on account of the French Government.

SALE of FRENCH COMMISSARIAT
► SURPLUS STORES, conshlting of PRESERVED BOILED
BEEF, of English, Scotch, and Irish marufacture, in tin canisters of
about 6 lb. each, and packed in wooden boxes containing I / tins.—
Mr. ALEXE. COCK E has been honoured with instructions to Sell by
Auction, at the L mdon Commercial Sale Rooms, mincing-lane, on an
early date In April next, of which due notice will be given, several
parcels of the above description of Prneisions, composed of the manu-
facture of the following celebrated firms, viz ,
Messrs. Henry Powell and Sons, London;
Messrs. John M'Call and Co,, London ;
Messrs. John Moir and Son,Aberdeen
Messrs. D. Hogarth and Co., Aberdeen; and
Messrs. John Gillon and Co , Leith.
ste rs,tht he efawcht
tohfewbheiecfhhwavillin
gb ebseeelne cotreidg
lannal,
yr emplaancend.
All the boxes for sale are being opened and carefully examined for
o
damaced canisters,d
fbayctusroeudndin ones; the
under strict inspection, expressly for the use
of the troops in the Crimea, where it gave the highest satisfaction,
added to its being perfectly free from defective tins, will give every
assurance to buyers of its excellent quality and fitness either for
home consumption or exportation. Packages included in the pur-
chase. The several parcels of beef for sale are now cn view at Beal's
wharf, Mill-lane, Teoley-street, where purchasers may satisfs- them-
selves that everycare is being taken in removing from the boxes all
canisters unlit for use. Any further information required can be
obtained at the office of Mr. Cooke, 2, Old Trinity House, Water-lane,
Tower-street, where catalogues may be had six days previous to the
sale, at the following places, viz.:—
Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane;
Cern Exchange,
Garraway's, Coffeehouses;
Baltic, and
Jerusalem
Also at the news rooms of the principal inland towns and outports
The sale will commence punctually at the time stated.

TUE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
Just published, price Is., post free, in an Envelope, for 13 stamps,
SELF-PRESERVATION.—A Medical. Treatise
on the cure of Nervows and Generative Debility, resulting
from vicious habits acquired during the critical passage nom youth
to practical observations on the Physiology of Mar-
riage in
seciitahl, moral, and physical relation, and remarks on the
wonder. of the Microscope in revealing the hidden mysteries "of a
life within life,' and it' utility in urinary examination in detecting
the cause and effect of every variety of these complaints, with nume-
rous engravinw
gs and cases:.

I— —,_
lIE BY g. LART, ALDI
37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LO DON,
to point out t,he fe.arful Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh,Honorary
•Member of the London Hospital medical Society,
hcloit,r&eicit.i,:; Licentiate of
Al
hpeotehsescetritieas;
con-
sequences resulting from-certain habits, irregularities
which have produced more misery in Youth,
ollbjallect. Log
degradation in Man-
hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps,
other class of dis use known to modern patho'ogists. its perossalniys
particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of
their phys c4l c-ndition, end who are conscious of having hazarded
the health, happiness, and privileges to'which every human
being is
entitled . .
It is absolutely-necessary that all men should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated 'with-
out incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc-
ceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
and how the evil and its consequences may be:avoided, and, above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of -phj steal infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure.
Published by Sherwood and Co. 23, Paternoster•row and may be
bad of Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Mine, 19, Leicester-
square ; Gcrdon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who
may be consulted daily, from 11 ti 11.2, and from 5 tillB, at his resi-
dence, 37, Bedford square, London.
The work may be had in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar ;
Calcutta—Messrs. C. and J. Hormusjee, Apo'io-street ; Bombay—
Circulator Office ; Madras—Merussilite Office ; Agra—Dodsworth ;
1 Colombo, Ceylon; and of all Dookselfers.throughout the Colonies.

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The Royal Mail steamship.
Pion, has arrived with advices
the Ist iust., and $345,000.
The Arago; the Europa, the C.
the New York, and the Clyde bad al.
It is stated that Lord Napier had been in com-
munication with the United States' Government
upon the China question, with the design of effect-
ing a tripartite alliance of England, France, and
the United States for the protection of mutual in-
terests, and the extension of commerce and. civilisa-
tion in that quarter.
In New Mexico the Indians were committing
murders and depredations. An American judge,
named Hoopin, had been killed.
The Albany Argus states Mr M. Schoemaker,
controller of the Central Railway, was a defaulter
to the extent of nearly $50,090.
The Illinois had arrived at New York with the
California mails of the sth ult., and $1,350,000.
The Supreme Court of California had reiterated
its former opinion in regard to the unconstitution-
ality of all the State debt over 300,000, and had
further declared that the Legislature possessed no
power to impose taxes for the payment of the in-
terest. The feeling of the people• was strongly '
against repudiation. The 'Legislature had passed
a concurrent resolution, almost unanimously de-
claring that the debt should be paid in good faith,
and that immediate provision for the repayment
ought to be made. The miners were doing well.
Money was tight.
The advices from Central America state that San
Salvador was making vigorous efforts to strengthen
her forces, both naval and military, and put her
coast line in a state of defence. General Belloso
had been superseded in his command of the troops
of that republic, and General Cabanas, ex-President
of Honduras, appointed in his place. It was said
that Walker had lost 300 men since the Ist Febru-
ary. The Sierra Nevada bad brought down a
quantity of provisions for his army. The allied
officers were much divided in council, and bad also
lost many men. The Costa Ricans had shipped a
number of Walker's deserters to the United States.
These men had published an address to the soldiers
still serving with the Filibusters, advising them to
give up the cause in Nicaragua. From Walker
there is no reliable news.
The New York Times says :
" Our advices from Central America state that
a wholesale desertion of 126 men from General
Walker's camp has taken place. From their
statements it appears that the Filibuster chief
is in a most desperate strait—hopeless beyond
redemption. He is still at Rivas, with a
reduced force of from 300 to 400 men, while
the allies, reinforced to the extent of some 5,000
men, had surrounded him, to complete his destruc-
tion. We further receive the very important in-
formation that a partition of Nicaragua has been
arranged by a convention at a session at San Mi-
guel, in the Republic of San Salvador ; and it has
been determined to divide the State between Costa
Rica, Honduras, and San Salvador. The Nicara-
guans consent to the arrangement. Their dismem-
ered country will be garrisoned by troops from
the neighbouring States to preserve order, and after
a specified time it will be reunited, and placed once
more in a position of an independent Republic.
We learn a fact now for the first time made public,
that on the 22d Dec. last the national Nicaraguan
Government issued a decree revoking all the acts of
the Walker Government from the 4th Nov., 1855,
to the 12th June 1856, including the decree re-
voking the charter of the old accessory Transit
Company.
A telegraphic despatch from New Orleans, dated
the 31st ult., says :
" It is stited upon good authority that, instead
of the purchases of Lower California and Sonora,
our Government will conciliate the South by pay-
ing the designated sum of $15,000,000 for the Isth-
mus of Tehuantepec. It is also rumoured that Se-
nator Benjamin has been offered an appointment
fur the purpose of accomplishing this purchase."
Another despatch says
"It is rumoured that an expedition is fitting out
here for some point in Central America. It is
supposed to be the intention to make the first de-
monstration on Veragua, a province of New Gra-
nada, between Costa Rica and Panama. The ,ex-
apne
dd ttihoant isi t said
at oe
tbi en friendlyt
wt t
hGeneral
ItWalkis alesro,
reported that a Provisional Government has been
formed, and that there are considerable funds
raised."

sessors to a preference 4n the choice of places
when the regular tickets are issued, has been far
greater than was even anticipated. We shall fur-
ther report progress as occasion offers.

THE RUSSIAN ARMY.

(Frok'a Correspondent .of the Times.)

BBILLIN, APRIL B.—The six armee corps, as the
six infantry corps are now ealled,, ware mentioned
in a preceding letter as composing the "First
Army -; ' there is, however, no longer any "Second
Army," and all bodies of troops not directly at-
tached to this first main army are designated as
" separate corps." The former terms, "Active,"
"Central," "West," and "South Army," have
ceased to have any significance or application, since
all have been .united with the name of First Army,
under the- command-in-chief of Prince Michael
Dmitriewitsch Gortschakoff 1., Adjutant-General,
General of Ar.illery, and Stadtholder of Poland.
The propriety of superseding the designation of
infantry corps with that of armee ;corps seems to
have been induced by the cirgonmstance of the
additional brigade of dragoons having been at-
tached to it, by which alteration the propor-
tion of cavalry to infantry in a regular armee
corps—viz., six regiments of horse, to 12, regiments
of foot—has been attained.
The union of the Guard and of the Grenadier
corps under one common commander has also been
done away with ; and each of these bodies of troops
forms now a " separate corps." The higher charges
in the army altogether, and more particularly the
enormous.staffs with which they were accompanied
have been.very muOh eimplified. The post of com-
mander of brigades, whether of infantry or of
cavalry, has been abolished throughout the army,
with the exception of the separate corps in the
Caucasus, where they are still filled by major-
generals. . The generals of brigade have been at-
tached to the generals of armee corps and divisions
as assistant-generals (Pomoschtschik), and subor-
dinated to them. There is at least one such Po-
moschtscbik attached to every division of infantry,
and to every division of light cavalry two, a senior
and junior Pomoschtschik. In addition to the sim-
plification of the routine of business thus attained
the retrenchment of expense must also be very con-
siderable, for there are about 80 posts of Brigadier-
Generals thus swept' away, together with their
bureaux, adjutants, orderlies, rations, &c.
In addition to the Assistant-Generals, each divi-
sion'of infantry and cavalry has a chef of the staff,
under whose control the staff of the division with
the usual personnel stands ; on the other hand, the
very numerous staffs that were formerly attached to
each armee corps, have been abolished, and thus
the Commauder of Division has become much more
independent. Throughout all the changes in this
branch of the service the intention is apparent—
by the staffs ; while, on the other hand, the m;li-
t try command is exercised much more directly, and
is not so liable to be weakened by intervening in-
stances.
There have also been changes effected in the
separate Caucasian corps ; the Brigade of Caucasian
Grenadiers of the Reserve has been extended into a
division of Caucasian Grenadiers ; the former con-
si.ted of a regiment of Grenadiers and one of Cara-
bine3rs, but the latter consisted of four regiments
of Grenadiers. The two regiments here added have
been formed out of the 41st and 42d regiments of
infantry, whiCh composed the 2d Brigade of the 2 lst
Division of Infantry ; and in the places of these
latter the two new regiments " Crimea" and "Se-
bastopol" have been raised. The total number of re-
giments of infantry thus remains unchanged—viz.,
84. With regard to the frontier battalions attached
to this corp 3 (Grusiani Black Sea, and Caucasian),
it is to be noticed that 'the 16 , battalions Black Sea
have been reduced to six; but whether this has
been occasioned by losses during the war or by
draughting the men off into the two newregiments,
Crimea and Sebastopol, is not clear. The reserve,
which has been thrown into abeyance throughout
the rest of the army, is still kin full force in this
" separate corps." It consists of a reserve brigade
of Grenadiers, a reserve brigade of infantry for
each of the 19th, 20th, and 21st Divisions of Infan-
try, and a half-brigade for the VT frontier batta-
lions. The existence of the reserve battalion of
Rifles in the separate Caucasian corps has already
boen mentionel

A carriage-road is reported to have been opened
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
At Havanuah on the 25th ult. sugarhad advanced
in price; the stock at Matanzas and Havannah
amounted to 185,000 boxes. More than 90 vessels
had arrived at Havannah during the four days pre-
ceding, and consequently freights had declined.
The Government, in consideration of the scarcity
caused by the drought during the past season, had
reduced the duty on corn one-third. With a full
supply of the article on hand prices had declined.
The Spanish ships of war were being overhauled and
taking in provisions preparatory to setting out for
Vera Cruz.

While speaking of the frontier battalions, it may
be mentioned that of late two Cronstadt frontier
battalions have been raised and attached to the
Guard ; hut there still exist, as before, 10 batta-
lions Orenburg, 12 Siberian, and 4 East Siberian—
all attached to the respective separate corps. On
the other hand, the former 22 Finland battalions
have been reduced to 10. In all these frontier bat-
talions the hitherto existing organisation of brigade
has been retained..
On the whole, although a considerable number
of new regiments have been formed, it does not
appear that any material increase has taken place in
the Rus.dan standing army ; on the other hand, the
reserve and supplementary bodies of troops which
had been rased for the term of the war have all
peen disbanded, and of this whole reserve force
there exists now in conne tion with each armee
corps only the cadre, or skeleton, of a division of
reserve infantry under the command of a lieutenant-
general, with a major-general as his deputy or assis-
tant. The sole exception to this is formed by the ,
divisions of Artillery, which still retain their re-
serve brigades extant and active. The 12 reserve
regiments of the Infantry of the Guard, .12 ditto
Grenadiers, each consisting of three battalions,
together with the 84 reserve regiments of infantry
(First Army), each consisting of two reserve and two
supplementary battalions, making altogether 408
battalions, have all been disbanded. To these latter
must be added the reserves of the different kinds of
cavalry and the whole militia of the empire. But,
although the troops of the reserve have been dis-
banded, the system of the reserve organisation has
not been abandoned, but, on the contrary, retained,
and every care is being bestowed on it to bring it,
if possible, to perfection. On the whole this system
is considered in Russia to have worked well ; such
imperfections as have shown themselves are not
looked on as outweighing the many great advan-
tages it offers—such, for instance, as the facilities it
gives for forming new battalions for the Active
Army. _ .

Many cane fields had been burnt; The guano
islands on the Keys, south of Havannah, had
proved, on analysis, to be destitute of ammonia.
At New York trade was dull. Money was active
at 7 per cent. on call, and 8 to 10 per cent. for
first-class paper. The Bank returns for the fortnight
showed a decrease in loans of $366,964, and an in-
crease of $248,000 in specie. For State stocks prices
were generally steady. There had been large trans-
actions in Missouri Sixes at 84i to 83/, and a
moderate business in Virginia Sixes at 911 to 92 ;
North Carolina Sixes, at 911 to 93 ; Tennessee, 87 ;
Indiana Fives, at 84 to 83 ; Illinois Interest Stock,
at 86 to 90 ; in railroad bonds the market has been
without activity, and prices were slightly lower.
In exchange a large business has been done for
the Africa, and prices in general left off firm. Ex-
change on London, 8 to 81.
The cotton market, under an ificreasel demand
for home spinning, and a fair inquiry for export,
has slightly hardened, and prices may be quoted
ith better. There were very few samples of cotton
on sale, and the market closed buoyant ; the stock
moderate, and consists chi,fly of qualities below
middling, for which there is not much demand.
The continued discouraging European &dykes
had further affected the market for flour, and with
fair receipts, which had been offered freely, prices
had declined 15 to 25 cents.
Tobacco was inactive.
Iron was in demand and prices rising ; freights
were easier.

At New Orleans on the 31st cotton was quiet.

SHIPPING.

0!-ie of my informants, to whom I am indebted
for the above particulars of the changes that have
taken place of late in the external organisation of
the Russian army, assures me further that a no less
remarkable change has taken place in the morale of
the army. The intellectual activity of the military,
in common with the general spirit of the whole
nation, is desaihed as in a state of rapid develop-
ment, and the army is said to have already arrived
at a consciousness of its having entered upon a new
phase of its history.

The Don Diego (iron ship) made an extraordi-
nary passage from this port to Valparaiso in 64 days.
The brig Cuba arrived in Valparaiso from Shields
in 151 days. Reported that the Lord John Ben-
tinck, from Shields for San Francisco, had been
lost. Of the crew, 16 men were saved by the Cuba
and taken. to the Malvinas Islands.

The Pocahontas, Cotter, Carlyle, Simpson, and
Charlotte Soule, hence, arrived at New Orleans.
The Majestic, hence, has arrived at Boston.
The America, Clarissa, Bird, Lady Franklin,
American Union, Albion, and Rattler have ar-
rived at New York.

TEACHING lIIS GEANDMOTHEII.—" Yon see, grand
mother, we perforate an aperture in the aper, and a
corresponding aperture in the base, and, by applying the
egg to the lips, and forcibly inhaling
the breath, the
shell is entirely discharged of its contents." "Bless my
soul," cried the old lady, "what wonderful improve.
ments they do make t Now, in my young days, they
just made a hole in both ends and sucked."
ftl'aurinsaaromits.—On the evening of Good Friday
about half-past seven o'clock, a thunderstorm burst over
Wakefield and the surrounding townships. The thunder
claps were accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning and
heavy rain. The rain for the last week or two has been
so incessant as to cause the rivers and streams to over
flow their banks. Oa Westgate-common, the lower
portion of Wakefield, the ground floors of the houses
wereinundated, driving the inhabitants to the ripper
storeys. About 50 or 60 yards of a strong brick wall in
front of Messrs. Marriott's mill was completely
swept away, and articles of household furniture were
floating about in the stream. A severe thunderstorm
broke over the southern coast of Northumberland on
the afternoon of Good Friday. The lightning was very
vivid.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IM
THE CIVIL SERTIOE.—The Admiralty.—A. vacancy has
been created in the Storekeeper-General's Department
by the retirement, on Pension, of Mr. J. B. Kingdom.
Mr. R. D. Brown, Third-class Clerk in thuStorekeeper.
General's Office, has been promoted, to the Second Class,
vice Easthope, appointed Store Receiver -at Woolwich
Yard. Mr. Wilson, late Extra Clerk in tfhp A ccountant,
General's Department, has been nominate, Third-class
Clerk, vice Brown. The Board of Trade.—Mr. John
Lindsay, Principal Coast Officer of Customs at the sub-
port of Islay, has been appointed to act as Receiver of
Wreck under the Collector of Customs at the port of
Catnpbeltown. Inland Revenue Department (Stamps
and Taxes Branch).—Mr. James Rilby M'Adam has •
been appointed a Supernumerary Surveyor of Taxes.
Mr. Edward Feweou Small has been a Supernumerary
Surveyor. of Taxes. East Indies.—Mr. J. Christie bas
been appointed Accountant,. and Mr. W. J. Rafkr
Civil Auditor of the Punjab ; Captain C. Holieyrbali
been appointed to officiate as First-class Prin.
Blatant to the Commissioner of Assam ; Lieut,
has been appointed to officiate as Second-class'
Assistant to the Commissioner of Assam ; Mr. : . -taw
forth has been appointed a member of the Board of RO•
venue ; Mr. A. Grote has been appointed Commiseioner
of Revenue and Circuit of the Nuddea Division ; Mr.
E. T. Trevor has been appointed Secretary to the Board
of Revenue,—Civil !Service Gazette:

E R A.j ES T Y'S THEATRE.
SEA.SON 1857.
SPEZIA, GIUGLINI, VIALETTI, and POCCHINI.
OPENING NIGHT, TO-MOll :I,OW (TUESDAY), April 14,
Opera—LA FAVORITA„
The Opera will be succeeded by the National Anthem.
Ballet—LA ES'3IERALDA.
The same OPERA and BALLET will be REPEATED on
THURSDAY, April 16 '(it being an extra night not included
in the subscription).
A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have
been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap-
plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay-
market. Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each,
The doors will open at seven ; the Opera commences at
half-past seven,
Madlle. PICCOLOMINI has arrived.
given of her first appearance.

Due notice will be

ILf ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
GRAND EXTRA -NIGHT, THURSDAY, April 16.
SPEZIA, GIUGLIvt, VIALETTI, BENEVENTANO, and
POCCHINI.
Opera—LA FAVORITA.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.
For particulars, see bills.
. - -

A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and may be had on applca-
tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket.
Price one guinea and one guinea and a half.
The doors will open at 7, the Opera commences at half-
past 7 o'clock.

THEA T R E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
DRAMATIC FESTIVALS for th© EASTER HOLIDAYS.

Immense -Attr;ticti'Ter Positively Six Nights only.—
Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES DILLON, who will
appear THIS EVENING and Every Evening during the
week, supported by Miss WOOLGAR and the principal
members of tho Drury-lane and Lyceum Companies. Grand
Combination of the Lyceum Burlesque of CONRAD AND
MEDORA, with the Drury-lane Pantomime of SEE, SAW,
MARGERY DAW, with Beverley's magnificent scenery,
" Holiday's Mistletoe Home," &c., and Fenton's unequalled
Transformation Scene.
THIS EVENING will be presented Slaalopere's Tragedy
ot,OTHELLO : Othello, Mr. C. Dillon ; lago, Mr. J. Stuart;
Desdemona, Mrs. C. Dillon ; Emilia, Mrs. Weston. To
conclude with the celebrated Lyceum Burlesque of CONRAD
and MEDORA, combined with the world-renowned Drury-
lane Pantomime, SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW, introducing
Beverley's magnificent scenery, and Fenton's Lyceum Trans-
formation Climax : characters in the Burlesque by Mrs. C.
Dillon, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. B. White, Miss Howard, Messrs.
Barrett, Shore, Montague, &c.
On TUESDAY, RICHELIEU : Richelieu, Mr. C. Dillon ;
Julie de Mortimer, Mrs. C. Dillon. On Wednesday, a Play
in which Mr. and Mrs. Dillon will perform. On Thursday,
HAMLET : Hamlet, Mr. C. Dillon. Concluding each even-
ing, with the Grand Combination of Lyceum Burlesque of
CONRAD and MEDORA, and the Drury-lane Pantomime of
"SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW. In c-nsequence of the sup-
pression of Greenwich Fair, a MORNING PERFORMANCE
of the Burlesque and Pantomime will he given at 2 o'clock
THIS DAY. The Box-office is open daily, under the
superintendence of Mr. E. Chatterton, from 11 tills. Private
boxes, 2/. 25., 1/. lls. 6d., 1/. Is., and to hold two persons,
10s. 6d. ; stalls, ss. ; dress circle, 4s. ; first circle, 2s. 6d. ;
upper circle, ls. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; first gallery, Is. ; second
gallery, 6d. half price to all parts, except stalls and upper
gallery, at 9 o'clock.

I)pOY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, will be performed
Shakespere's tngecly of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS.

THEATRE ROYAL, FT YMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Bu-kston..

NEW ARRANGEMENT. OP PRICES OF EMISSION.

THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new
Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Bnekstone' Comp-
ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn-
ter, Fitzwilliani,
After which, for the first time, a Classical Love Story, un-
der the Apple-lation of ATAL ‘_NTA ; or, The Three Golden
Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M.
Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Ternan, her
first appearance in London.

Concluding with GRIIISIHAW, BACSEIAW, AND
BRADSHAW. Mr. Buckstone.
In future the prices will be :
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), Gs. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d, Second price. s. d.
Dress Boxes L 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ....... 3 0 Upper 80xe5......
Pit . .
Lower Gallery — 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 t. No half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will bo performed the new and
original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE
STRANGER. Mr. Wr;g•ht, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c.

Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will
make her first appearance
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.

TRAND T XT Tlll—MAnazer, M:. T.
• Pavrio.—THlS EVENING will be performed
RUTH OAKLEY.
After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdame 3
Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, SomerB,
To conclude with a Farce.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls, ;
Callery, 6d.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE,
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING, the new drama of THE IRON ARM.
After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with sonv,s, Miss Poole.
To concluda with THE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS
MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore.

R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Leßspe, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, will be performed a new drama, called
DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, kc.
The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLFS CLOTHING.
To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F.
Robson, G, Vining, &c.
Commence at half-!ast Seven.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP RITE' A.TRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING (First week), a New and Gran-1 Mili-
t&ry Spectacle, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's admired Stud of
trained. Horses, ke., called THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS ;
or, The Battle of Constantine.
After which, a novel Series EQUMTRIAN ACTS in
the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear.
Appearance of M. Croneste. the inimitable Clown, and of
Signor Corelli and Family.
To conclude with THE TAILOR OF TAMWORTH.
Commet.co at seven o'clock. Dress hoses, 4s. ; Upper
"loxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; tipper Gallery, fid.
?ox.oflice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr, W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CA ANTERTMRY TINTA, Westminster-road.—
..) OPEN EVERY EVENING.--The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., via. : Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunch, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr P. Jonglimans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M.
ale Solla, and E. L. Him° ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and
Corn i ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianoforte. Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre.
cisely. Suppers, ote., until twelve o'clock.

1.7,1.041 WATER AT LONDON RRTDGE.

THIS DAT—Morn. 2 min. aft. 4—Evening 18 min. aft. 4
TO-Mositow—Morn. 33 min. aft. 4—Evening 47 min.aft. 4

THE WEATHER-SUN OPPIOE, APRIL 12.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
52—highest Rinse noon yesterday.
41—lowest this morning and during the night.
48 —this day at noon.

BAROMICTES, 29'47.
WrisTD, W.N.W. to S.W.—Rather fresh, with fine sun-
shiny weather, and slight shower at noon. Some heavy
showers dining the evening. The barometer falling
rapidly,

APRIL 13.
Fs—highest since noon yesterday.
39 —'ewest this morning and during the night.
45 —thin day at noon.
Baßowcrle,R.
tines Baturday. down to 28'95—now 20. A great fall
WIND, W. to N.W.—Fresh and squally, with dirty,
cold, rainy weather. A miserable day for Easter Monday.
Two O'CLOClL—Weather looking up rather—wind more
northerly and fresh.

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