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LONDON, SATURDAY ENENING, APRIL 18, 1857.

PUBLICATICUTS.

NEW ROMANCE BY MR. BESTE.
Now ready at all the libraries, in 3 vols..
A LCAZAR; or, the • Dark Age;
By J. B. Iir:STE. Rqi.,

Author of "Modern !4ociety In home," &c.
Hurst and Blacke't, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great Marlborough-street. ,

Dedicated by peril-Olsten to H. IL H. Prinee.A.P,ert. Now ready, in
I large vol., with Map and Plate. MI.,

DR. ARMSTRONG'S PERSONAL
NAM!. ITIVt. of the DISCOVERY of the NORTH. WEST
PASSAGE by ll.llt S INVE4TIOATOR ; with nnmerons Incidents
of Travel and Adventure durine nearly Five Years' continuous Ser-
vice the Arctic Regions, while In search of the Expedition under
Sir Jo'iri Franklin.

Hurst and Blackctt, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

NEW NOVEL BY CHARLES LEVER,
Next Week, In 3 vol.. post Bvo.,
THE FORTUNES OF GLENCORE,
By CHARLES LEVER,
Author of" Harry Lorrequer," &c.
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LEVER'S WORKS.—CHEAP EDITION..
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A
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TNVESTRIENTS in BRITISH MINES.
Full particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive
AIiTWA w:11 be found in the Fourth Edition of MUTE-II MINES
CONAIDE RED as an I N VE4TMEN r;'recently published by J. IL
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Mr. Murchison also publidtes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of
BRITISH MiNINO, giv:ng the position and prospects of the Mines
at the end of each quarter, the Dividends paid, &c. &c.
The REVIE N' for the Quarter ending Met of MARCH, 1857, is
NOW READY, with a Map of the Alfred and Rosefrarne mining
districts, pric; Is. '
" The book will be found extremely valuab:e."—Observer.
" A valuable little took. globe,
"A valuable guide to Investors."—Herapath.
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"Parties requiting information on mining hives:meats will and no
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" On •• of themck.; rah able mining publications which ha; come
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it is, in truth, an excellent guide."—Plymouth Journal.
Copies of the' above pubications tan he obtained at Mr. Murchi-'
son's Offices, 117, Bisbopsgate-street Within, London; end reliable,
information and advice will at any time be given to those will may
require it.
London, England, 1857-04-18

EXETER HALL.

The Sacred Harmonic Society last night per-
formed the "Judas Maccaboeus." A more than
usual degree of interest attached to the perform-
ance, on the ground of its being one of the oratorios
selected for the forthcoming festival at the Crystal
Palace. The Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,
the Princess Hohenlohe Langenburg, and the
Princess Feodore, attended by Lady Caroline Bar-
rington, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Hon. Emily
Cathcart, Lord Cremorne, Lord George Lennox,
General Wylde, Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain
du Plat, also honoured the performance with their
presence. The vocalists were Mdme. Clara No-
velle, Mdme. Rudersdorff, Miss Dolby, Mr. Sims
Reeves, Mr. M. Smith, and Mr. Thomas. The fine
airs and choruses of this very fine oratorio were
admirably sung. Among others, "From Mighty
Kings" and "O Liberty," by Mine. Novello, the
violiucello obligato being by Mr. Lucas. The
duet, "Oh never bow we down," by Mine. Novelle
and Miss Dolby, and the following responsive
chorus, "We never will bow down," were magni-
ficently given. The trio and chorus, "See the
Conquering Hero," was a perfect triumph of con-
certed music, and we never heard Mr. Sims Reeves
to better effect than in the spirited air, "Sound an
alarm." Frequent as have been the performances
of this oratorio by the Sacred Harmonic Society,
it has never been more succes4-illy given than by
the society last night. Advantage has been taken
of the perbrinance of the oratorio to have a full
rehearsal for the Handel Festival, and the effect
was such as to fully justify the most sanguine ex-
pectations of Mr. Costa as to the centenary festival
at the Crystal Palace.
London, England, 1857-04-18

The Third Edition. Just Published, nrice 55., by post, free, ss. 6d,
ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRMEA,
with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the
Heal Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wide-spread
Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure.

Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. -
"Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent Met.
cal contributions to German medical literature. This is
.the first
time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi-
cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall detect any
)there equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to cor-
Net.—London Medical Gazette. " The tribe of Quiet Sympathisers,'
and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book
:ould find its way into the bands of those who softer from the com-
daint of which It treats, wo are satisfied that many hundreds would
he saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of
less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize—
much m0ney...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the
empirical' system of treating Spormatorrhcea, and to place tho treat-
ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore,
'lkely to do much rood."—Medical Circular.
London: 11. Balllere, 219, Regent-street.

BANKERS and MONEY DEALERS.
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(Late Coils, Thompson, and Harris, Established 1832),
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street, Covent-garden, London.
APPROVED COMMERCIAL BILLS Discounted at the current
rates of the day for Parties properly introduced.
DEPOSITS received at interest, at seven days' notice of with-
drawal, and for periods to be agreed upon.
FINANCIAL AGENCY BUSINESS of every description tran-
sacted for Commercial Houses in the Provinces.

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

LONDON to ROTTERDAM in TWELVE 'HOURS by the NEW
ROUTE to the Continent, forming the connecting link between the
Dutch Rhenish and the Eastern Counties Railways.
The Ste4mers of this Company will commence running between
HARWICH and ROTTERDAM, with passenger; anl goods, on
SATURDAY, April 25.

For further prtrticulars as to freight, &c , apply at the Company's
offices. 44, Moorcate-street (E.C.) ; of Oliver !John Williams, Esq.,
Harwich ; and ofl-1. P. Maples, shipping agent to the Company, 4,
Arthur-street East (E.C.)
London, England, 1857-04-18

NOTICE IS lIEREBY GIVEN, That
JOHN SHIPHAM, of Gainstorough, in the county of Lincoln,
Miner and Corn Factor, and WILLIAM WILKINSON, of the same
place, Miller and Corn Factor (both carrying on business at Gains-
borough aforesaid, as millers and corn factors, under the style or
firm of" Shipitam and Company"), have by indenture, bearing date
the 15th day of April, 1857, and made between the said John Ship-
ham and WllliamWilkinson. of the fi st part, George Mears (Gentle-
man), and Thomas Adwick Farmer (Iron Merchant). both of Gains-
borough aforesaid of the second part, and the several other persons
whose names and seals are thereunto subscribei mud set, tieing re-
spectively creditors of the said John Shipham and William Wilkin-
son, of the third part—released and as'lgned all their real and per-
sonal estves and effects unto the sa'd George Mears and Thomas
Adwick Farmer, in trust for the equal ben, fit of all the creditors of
the said John Shipham and William Wilkinson ; and that the .-aid
indenture was executed by the said John Shipham, William Wilkin-
son, George Mears, and Thomas Adwick Fanner. on the day of the
date thereof, and -the execution thereof by them was atte,ted by
William Plaskitt, of Gainsborough, aforesaii, Attorney-at-Law.
WILL, PLASKITT, Solicitor.
Gahtsborough, 15th kril, 1857.
London, England, 1857-04-18

THE STATE RECEPTION ROOM.

This room (to the right of the grand entrance) is en-
tered from a passage 81c. bin, wide to the north of the
general entrance from the factde. The room is not
large, being 23ft. by 21ft.; bet it is to be decorated and
fitted in the heat possible style. There are two retiring
rooms adjoining the reception room ; and a doorway
from the la. ter into the great ball, The decoration is
not sufficiently advanced to allow of description.
iTIMEHNIENT ROOMS, &O.
The first-class refreshment room is near the north-west
angle of the Palace, and it is approached by passing out
of the north trans-pt and along an open colonnade sur-
rounding a court 104 ft, long by 100%. wide. The.room
is 96ft. by 72ft., but at the south-east corner a space
3Sft. by 241 t. is partitioned off for retiring rooms, &CI
The second-class refreshment room is at the south-ealt
corner of the Palace, adjoining the main building and
the railway corridor—it being entered through several
doorways from the latter. The extreme dimensions are
132 ft. by 72ft., but 24ft. of the width is cut off and de-
voted to retiring loom 3, &c., of which the supply is
abundant.

A word may be said here as to the cooking arrange-
ments new being completed by Mr. William Donald,
the contractor for the refreshments. The kitchen ad-
joins, aod is at the west end of the first-class refresh-
ment room. It is 50ft. long, and 25ft. wide. One side
is occupied by the cooking range, for roasting and boil-
ing ; the opposite side will be devoted to the pastry de-
partment and general preliminaries for cooking ; and the
end next the Botanical Gardens is filled by a hot and
cold water trough, above which extends a huge plate-
rack. There are three general ovens, each Oft, high and
31t wide ; and eight confectionery evens, each 2ft. Gin.
rgeare. Ad are heated by gas ; they have a number of
shelves, and, as a sample of their power', we are told
that each of the large ovens is capable of dressing 300
fowls per hour. For boiling or steaming, there are
eight of Bamberee's large steam.kettles ; and we also
find in this capacious yet compact and effective kitchen
two steam-boilers, each of three herpes' power, and a
hot-water tank (circulating) of 700 gallons. Hot
cosets, hot plates, and the most modern and
approved conveniencfs are here. Mr. Donald, the
contractor, thinks he ins quite within the mark when
he tr,dertakes to cook victuals enough to content
100,000 persons ttaily. Mr. Donald has not yet com-
pleted the "laying in" of his stock of wines, ales, por-
ter, &c. ; but he has in his cellars the following quanti-
ties :•—Champagne, 300 dozen bottles ; Moselle, 100
dozen ; French and German wines, 200 dozen each ;
various, 300 dozen. Bottles of ale and porter, 20,000
dozen ; ale, 1,000 barrels ; London porter, 900 butts.
London, England, 1857-04-18

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1857.

The Chinese War we are surely able to conduct,
if we so please, quite vigorously enough by our-
selves. Englishmen engaged in a quarrel of that
kind don't care very much for active assistance.
Nominal assistance only encumbers them. Even
so-operation of a physical kind is but too fre-
quently the source of absolute embarrassment.
We all remember, vividly and painfully enough
at this moment, the miserable influence exercised
by a divided command over the Allied Councils
before Sebastopol. "Between two stools"—we all
know the rest of the old axiom. It might apply
• equally, in the generality of instances, to two
armies—between which, an enemy but too often
escapes in a manner scatheless, or at any rate merely
"scotched" instead of being entirely vanquished.
As was actually the case, only a couple of years
ago, with those of our Muscovite antagonists who
ensconced themselves in the Northern Forts
of Sebastopol Forts which remained, up to
the very last, altogether in their undis-
puted possession The evil, in fact, of
which we speak, admits not of the shadow of a
doubt as to its realty, any more than as b the
disastrous nature of its almost invariable conse-
quences. Its wilful accdptance or volunt try
adoption cannot, therefore, we conceive, be in
any way palliated under any ordinary conjuncture
of circumstances.

Beginning again with what we said at the be-
ginning—we would here once more insist that, as
to the Chinese War, we are most assuredly capa-
ble of conducting it with energy, exclusively by
ourselves. Extraneous help is not in any way
requisite. It. is not even desir.ible. England has
fleets and armies, and gold, and valour, in every
respect adequate for the purposes of this or of any
similar emergency. Although the seat of war is
at the opposits extremity of the habitable globe;
and although the empire against which our forces
are called upon to do battle, has an aggregate
population of some 400,000,000 ! There is 1 o
boastfulness in the uttarance of any such opinion.
There can be no bragging, no vanity, no arrogance
in the putting forward of any such statement.

It is simply the enucciaqoa of a truth, the
ii •cl;ration of a fact —A fAct as wholly undeniable
London, England, 1857-04-18

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London, England, 1857-04-18

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London, England, 1857-04-18

THEATRE .ROYAL, EDINBURGH.

"Janet Pride," a piece which created a good deal of
interest during a long run which it had when first pro-
duced in Loudon, has been brought out at this house,
for the purpose of introducing Mr. B. Webster in the
character of Richard Pride. Of the story we rated say
no mora than that it portrays the many-featured career
of crime into which Richard Pride plunges, tempted to
his first fall by his love of pleasure and dissipation. To
all the phases of the character he sustains Mr. Webster
gives an interpretation powerful and vivid in every point,
bit free from all "stageyness" or clap-trap. Easy and
natural throughout, by turns brimming with rich
humour, and intense with passion and feeling, he depicts
the character of Richard Pride w:th a force and reality
which could be matched by no other actor. A piece of
acting so varied in its features, yet in every respect so
exquisitely true and is rarely to be enjoyed.
At one moment you are convulsed w►th the ludicrous
aspect of the muddled toper, and the next you are
thrilled with the terrible reality of the picture of agony
and remorse he sets before you. Mrs. Wyndham's
Janet Pride (mother and daughter, for she is tho one in
the prologue, and the other in the drama) was well
worthy of a place beside Mr. Webster's striking crea-
tion.—Eclinburgh, Daily Express,
London, England, 1857-04-18

juilgment, was the best that could be made in
the interest of the contending parties. They offer
it for th'eir `acceptance, but they have neither the
int.lntion nor the power to force them to accept it,
though they strongly recommend them to do so.
It; however, the refusal to accept these propositions
should be. followed by any u:terior measures bear-
ing a hostile ch4racter, the fohr Powers will do
their best to prevent hostilities breaking out be-
tween the tWo n.at'ons. •

BOURSE, April 17.—The following were the last
quotations
Cash. fr. c.
it per Cents
3 per ennts 69 70
Bank Shares 4,350
Uredit 'tip oilier 1,392 50 Roman
Do. Account 1,397 50 Austrian
Belgian
Piedmontese (5) 9o6— Home Debt

End of Month.
92fr. 50
69 85
London, England, 1857-04-18

BANK OF E
An Account pursuant to the Act 7,
the Week ending on Saturday

ISSUE DEP.
Notes leaned •......• 22,793,165

£22,796,165

Dated the IGth day of April, I

BANKING DE
Proprietors'capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ................ 3,237,639
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 5,116,350
Other deposits ...... 10,481,057
seven Day and other
8i115........ * 717,287

X 34,105,333 £34,105,333
M. MARSHALL, Chief Caskier.
Dated the 16th day of April, 1857.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Apri-
-14, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid of
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Grear
Britain : s. d.t
From the British Possessions in America 39 101
Muscovado, the produce of the
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 37 ',l!
Average of the above descriptions.
London, England, 1857-04-18

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, '2110:3 to 4/ Os • clover do.,
3/ 101 to 61 03; and straw, 11 4s to 11 81 per load.
A moderate supply and a heavy demand.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 108 to 4/ 4s ; clover
do., 31 1(41 to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load.
Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations.
WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os : clover
do., 3/ 10s to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load.
Supply good, and trade rather dull.

CASEY AND THE QUEEN'S ACCOUCHEURS.—It was
known on Monday night at the palace that labour was
approaching, yet when the Queen, in her extremity, sent
for Dr. Loom* and Dr. Snow, a common cab from the
nearest stand was the only vehicle procurable, and a
very shaky specimen indeed first went to Hertford-
street for Dr. Locock, took him to the PalaCe, aad then
drove off to Sackville—treet fur Dr. Snow. The public
have a vague idea that Masters of the Horse, and
Grooms-in-waiting, and Equerries, and Gold Sticks, and
Silver Sticks, and a hundred other people about the
Royal person must be of some use, but it seems that
when they are wanted, No. 2,011 from the cab-stand is
as necessary for Queen Victoria as for Mrs. Earbnet the
wife of the Pimlico haberdasher.—Medical fillies and
Gazette.
THE DURHAM ADVERTISER DEFENCE FUND—A sub-
scription has been commenced for the purposeof defray-
ing the costs of the defendants, in the late aeton Davi-
son v. DuLcan. A meeting of newspaper ploprietors
was recently held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at which
resolutions were passed thanking the proprietcts of the
Durham Advertiser "for their manly and sprited de-
fence," and inviting the press and the public lo give a
substantial expression of their grateful acknowl3dgment
of services thereby rendered, not only to Britiel journa-
lists generally, but to the whole community. Several
of the leading journals of the kingdom have alre.,dy con-
tributed to this object, and the lion. Secretary and
Treasurer (Mr. G. Bradley, of the Newcastle GLardian)
has received from the proprietors of Vt,e Tinto tit liberal
Ilium of 251. towards the fund.
London, England, 1857-04-18

THE BRAZILS AND RIVER PLATE•

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY MORNfI
The Royal Mail steamer Medway, Captain
ker, has just arrived with the Brazilian and Rivet
Plate mails.

Her dates are—Buenos Ayres, March 4 ; 314°1;1°
Video, March 10 ; Rio Janeiro, March 17 ; 8313%.'
March 21 ; Pernambuco, March 24 ; St. Yincetlel
April 3 ; Teneriffe, April 8 ; Madeira, April I°'
and Lisbon, April 13. -
She brings 84 passengers, specie value 2161.
Pernambuco, and 6001. from other ports ; tvi
monds, value 61,0001., 358 barrels of tapioca, °•"„
325 serons of cochineal. She spoke the ASIIItZ,
March 28, all well. The Teviot was going iilrj
Lisbon as the Medway came out. The outOof
African mail steamer left Madeira on the 9LII„ 0.
April. Yel.ow fever still prevailed at the Plio
zilian ports, and had proved very fatal among I
merchant shipping.
The Royal mail steamer Prince was not alleiffci
e,
to land her passengers at Buenos Ayres in c()11,1(.
quence of fever at Rio, and they were brought ~
to Monte Video and placed on board a 5100 p..% to
Prince was detained five days coaling at -N-L°l-of
"Video in quarantine. She brought no

papers.
At Pernambuco a large business had been do°
in sugar during the month.
Cotton had advanced iu price.

Exchan a
ge on London
, 21i
leri°'
At Bah ia there was brisk inquiry for a
qualities of brown sugars ; white neglected.

No sales in cottons.
In coffee no vales of importauce transpired.

_
Less inquiry for hides.
Freights looking better. Afej.
Exchange flatter since the receipt of the
way's lette from Rio. ld• '
Exchange at Rio :—London, 27.45-d. to 2,pr
France, 345 to 348 ; Hamburg, 655. frotli
The Alhambra steamer, with the mailg
Southampton, had arrived at Lisbon on the 1
anThed left the same day for Gibraltar.
AnglescA steamer, from Liverpool to ocloss°'
lrql put in for coals at Lisbon on the 12th.

PLYMOUTH' SATIIRThrr.III
The Celt steamer, from Bahia lest from -1-A-b
arrived here this morning. Her dates are ,°0
April 12. Her news is anticipated by the 0
191)011
of the Melway at Southampton, which left 1'
on the 13th of April.
•••• A••••••••a•rsr•nem.....o.
af'
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The Spanish Cortes are to be open on the Ist 01,g u ' 0
The present Government will be strongly supporte
Inge majority.
London, England, 1857-04-18

THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY.
Dr. SEXI ON will LECTURE en this important topic daily
at 3 and half-past 7 p.m.; at Dr. K MIN'S MUREUM, No. 4, Coven-
try street, Leicester-aquare. The Museum, which now stands wholly
unrivalled in the world, and the rarity and complettnese of whose
contents have already acquired for it an European reputation, and
•stained the warm commendationot the pressin tnis and other coun-
tries, is Open daily,. for Gentlemen on 3, ,rom 10 lo 10. A new
Lecture is delvered by ilr. KAHN 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.
London, England, 1857-04-18

HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

The following bulletin of the health of her
Majesty was issued this morning :
" Buckingham Palace, .kpril 18, 1857,
Ning a.m.
" Her Majesty's recovery goes on favourabli.—
" The Infant Princess continues well.
" JAMES CLARK, M.D.
" CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D.
" ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D.
" The next bulletin will be issued on Monday
morning."

SECRET OF THE GRAND DUKE CON.
STANTINJ'S VISIT.

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While astronomers are looking out for the
coming of an expected comet, statesmen and cour-
tiers are on the qui vive in anticipation of a pro-
mised meteor. The fiery Grand Duke Constantine
Nicolaeiwitcb, Grand Admiral of Russia, is, it is
said, about to honour us with an Imperial visit.
Having seen and examined the "lions" of Paris,
and feasted with the Gallic Eagle to his heart's
content, his Imperial Highness is to favour us with
his company, is to condescend to inspect our little
curiosity shops, and to take a luncheon and perhaps
a dinner with the British lion. A pious pilgrimage
to the old haunts of his illustrious progenitor,
Peter the Great—to Deptford, where he lodged,
to the dockyard where he laboured, and to the lo-
calities where he received lessons in surgery, mathe-
matics, navigation, and shipbuilding some hundred
and sixty years ago—and a professional tour of in-
spection of our arsenals, naval yards, and maga-
zines are indicated as the probable objects of the
Grand Duke's visit. Although the Court journals
are silent on the subject, we can add that his
Imperial Highness comes especially to thank Sir
Charles Napier for his extreme politeness in treat-
ing Cronstadt with the profoundest respect, and
that he brings with him General Todtleben, charged
to say all sorts of civil things to our old fogies at
the Horse Guards for having abstained from taking
Sebastopol as long as they could. We can also
delicately insinuate that the Grand Duke comes
expressly to sup with Sir Robert Peel, and to have
a jolly carouse, after the manner of his ancestor,
with the eccentric and rollicking Lord of the
Admiralty. —Civil Service Gazette.
London, England, 1857-04-18

EXETER HALL.

The Sacred Harmonic Society last night per-
formed the "Judas Maccabwus." A more than
usual degree of interest attached to the perform-
ance, on the ground of its being one of the oratorios
selected for the forthcoming festival at the Crystal
Palace. The Princess Royal, the Princess Alice,
the Princess Hohenlohe Langenburg, and the
Princess Feodore, attended by Lady Caroline Bar-
rington, the, Hon. Beatrice Byng, the Hon. Emily
Cathcart, Lord Cremorne, Lord George Lennox,
General Wylde, Lord Alfred Paget, and Captain
du Play, also honoured" the performance with their
presence. The vocalists were •Mdme. Clara No-
velle, Mime. Rudersdorff, Miss Dolby, Mr. Sims
Reeves, Mr. M. Smith, and Mr. Thomas. The fine
airs and choruses of this very fine oratorio were
admirably sung. Among others, "From Mighty
Kings" and " 0 Liberty," by Mine. Novello, the
violincello obligato being by Mr. Lucas. The
duet, " Oh never bow we down,". by Mme. Novelle
and Miss Dolby, and the following responsive
chorus, "We never will bow down," were magni-
ficently given. The trio and chorus, " See the
Conquering Hero," was a perfect triumph of con-
' certed music, and we never heard Mr. Sims Reeves
to better effect than in the spirited air, " Sound an
alarm." Frequent as have been the performances
of this oratorio by the Sacred Harmonic Society,
it has never been more succesiftally given than by
the society last night. Advantage has been taken
of the performance of the oratorio to have a full
rehearsal for the Handel Festival, and the effect
was such as to fully justify the most sanguine ex-
pectations of Mr. Costa as to the centenary festival
at the Crystal Palace.

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THEATRE ROYAL, EDINBURGH.

"Janet Pride," a piece which created a rod deal of
interest during a long run which it had when first pro-
duced in London, has been brought out at this house,
for the purpose of introducing Mr. B. Webster in the
character of Richard Pride. Of the story we need say
no more than that it portrays the many-featured career
of crime into which Richard Pride plunges, tempted to
hii flr.t fell by big love ot pleasure and disslpatinn, Tv
all the phases of the character he sustains Mr. Webster
gives an interpretation poweiful and vivid in every point,
but free from all "stageyness" or clap-trap. Easy and
natural throughout, by turns brimming with rich
humour, and intense with passion aiAl feeling, he depicts
the character of Richard Pride with a force and reality
which. could be matched by no other actor. A. piece of
acting so varied in its features, yet in every respect so
exquisitely true and consistent, is rarely to be enjoyed.
At one moment you are convulsed with the ludicrous
aspect of the muddled toper, and the next you are
thrilled with the terrible reality of the picture of agony
and remorse he sets before you. Mrs. Wyndham's
Janet Pride (mother and daughter, for she is the one in
the prologue, and the other in the drama) was well
worthy of a place beside Mr. Webster's striking crea-
tion.—Edinburgh Daily Ecpress.
London, England, 1857-04-18

ENTRANCES AND EXITS.

There will baseven entrances into the building, and,
when necessary, all of them, will be used as means of
exit ; but one doorway will be reserved exclusively for
the latter purpose. The entrances are as follow :

1,2, 3, and 4, within the lino of the great arch of the
façade ; each entrance being 3't. 9in. wide. Through
these the general public will pass into the palace.
5. A doorway to the right of the above, to be re3erved
for the passage in and out of season-ticket holders.

6. The corridor from the ra'lway platform ; this cor-
ridor is 24ft. wide, and it will be available for all classes,
either entering or having.
7. The north transept. This will, of course, be for
the use of ticket-holders who approach the, Palace from
the Botanical Gardens, or who wish, after• leaving the
Palace, tq enter the gardens. _
A door to the right of the great arch (on the north or
Botanical Gardens side, and corresponding with the en-
trance for season•ticket holders on the south) will be for
exit only.
The south transept will not be used as a means of en-
trance or exit.
London, England, 1857-04-18

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1857.

The Chinese War we are surely able to conduct,
if we so please, quite vigorously enough by our-
selves. Englishmen engaged in a quarrel of that
kind don't care very much for active assisfEance.
Nominal assistance only encumbers them. Even
co-operation of a physical kind is but too fre-
quently the source of absolute embarrassment.
We all remember, vividly and painfully enough
at this moment, the miserable influence exercised
by a divided command over the Allied Councils
before Sebastopol. " Between two stools"—we all
know the rest of the old axiom. It might apply
equally,; in the generality of instances, to two
armies—between which, an enemy but too often
escapes in a manner scatheless, or at any rate merely
"scotched" instead of being entirely vanquished.
As was actually the case, only a couple of years
ago, with those of our Muscovite antagonists who
ensconced themselves in the Northern Forts
of Sebastopol I Forts which remained, up to
the very last, altogether in their undis-
puted possession I The evil, in fact, of
which we speak, admits not of the shadow of a
doubt as to its realty, any more than as to the
disastrous nature of its almost invariable comic-
queue's& Its wilful acceptance (kr volunt try
adoption cannot, therefore, we conceive, be in
any way palliated under any ordinary conjuncture
of circumstances.

again with what we said at the be.
Beginning
ginning—we would here once more insist that, as
to the Chinese War, we are most assuredly capa-
ble of conducting it with energy, exclusively by
ourselves. Extraneous help is not in auy way
requisite. It is not even desirable. England has
fleets, and armies, and gold, and valour, in every
respect adequate for the purposes of this or of any
similar emergency. Although the seat of war is
at the opposite extremity of the habitable globe ;
and although the empire against which our forces
are called upon to do battle, has an aggregate
population of some 400,000,000 ! There is 1 o
boastfulness• in the utterance of any such opinion.
There can be no bragging, no vanity, no arrogance
in the putting forward or: any such statmicut.
It is simply the enunciation of a truth, the j
d xlvation of a fact--'1 fact as wholly undeniable
London, England, 1857-04-18

CONTRACT FOR WINE.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling;
Somerset Hoase, 13th April, 1857.
rFIFIE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
j Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
snd Ireland do hereby give notice, that on MONDAY, ihe 27th
instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons
as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her
Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford,

When to be delivered.
Gallons. Half in 3 weeks and the remainder
WINE (White) Marsala 2,000 in 3 weeks afterwards, or earlier
if preferred by the party tendering.
_ .

Tenders may be.made for the whole or any portion of the Wine.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten-
.lers are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part
thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of not
contracting for nny, and also an unlimited power of selection.

The Wine to be exempted from the eustolbs' duties, and parties
tendering are to state where it lying.

Samples of the Wine, in pints f, om each cask, must be produced by
parties tendering, and not s imples only for each import mark.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted
Ire requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con-
tract has been decided.

No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
tke said office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service
at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
The conditions of the revised contract, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and
Bristol.

No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty,
and it will not be required that the party tendering or an agent on
his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the
result of the offer received from each person will be communicated
to him and his proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
snd bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Wine,"
and must also be delivered at Somerset house.
London, England, 1857-04-18

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fully announces, in reply to numerous and continual inquiries, it is
at length arranged that the above distinguished Society will swain
visit London. and will have the honour of giving a THIRD -4ERIES
of CONCE (TS, under the direction of Herr FRANZ WEBER, com-
mencing at the Hanover-square Rcoms, on Monday, Afternoon,
May 25, from half-past 3to 5 o'clock.• It is also respectfully an-
nounced, that owing to the positive necessity, for their return to
Cologne, on or before the Bth of June, the Concerts to be giien by
the Society in th s country cannot possibly be prolonged beyond a
fortnight. Subscription . will be received as formerly—Reserved
Seats, for Six Conct rts, 2 guineas; Single Reserved Seats, I Os. 6d. ;
Unreserved Feats. hs ; which may be obtained at Mr. MIT-
CHELL' S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.
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Many of the Pleces sung by' the Society, by Siloher and other
populAr Composers, arc in coarse of publication.
London, England, 1857-04-18

AUSTRIA AND SARDINIA.

The Austrian press (says a letter from Turin,
Aprill4) is said to have received instructions to
abstain from all attacks on Sardinia (a pretty clear
proof. Abet the Austrian Government can sup-
press offensive articles if it pleases, and a tolerable
evidence of what " freedom of the press" in
Austria really means), but there is still a little
nibbling now and then which is not distasteful to
those in authority probably. The Verona Gazette,
received here yesterday, has a s'range article on
the renewed close alliance of Austria and England,
which may, or may not, be complimentary to the
latter, but which certainly is intended to institute
an odious comparison with Sardinia. After stating
that this renewed friendship was the natural conse-
quence of the position of the two countries after
the Peace of Paris, it explains why Austria feels
highly satisfied at the result of the recent general
election, and then goes on to show that this is not
a proof of Austria having changed her policy, but
of England having altered hers. It says :
" Has Austria, in extending her hand to Pal-
merston, and in expre3sing her satisfaction at his
recent triumph over the Oppo3ition that wished to
ruin him, changed her policy, contradicted herself,
or given proof of instability, of undecided policy ?
No : Austria has always pursued the same path,
and will always do so courageously.
" The transfiguration has taken place in the
English Government, and more particularly in the
conduct of the Prime Minister. It is Palmerston
who has repented, and not Austr:,, that has changed
in policy and seeks allies and protectors. Austria
is glad to renew that friendly intercourse which
appeared to become more and more distant; but for
her the new alliance is an argument of mere moral
satisfaction ; she saw before that even animosity
could hurt her very little ; for the revolutionary
party, on the contrary, the loss is irreparable. It
is repudiated by all the Cabinets of the European
Powers,,with one single exception ; and the ex-
ception, precisely because isolated, cannot last,
although a repentance like that of Palmerston's
cannot be hoped for ; for such a regeneration it is
necessary to have the lofty genius and frank cha-
racter of Palmerston."
London, England, 1857-04-18

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CRO WN-OFFICE, APRIL 15.

These are the names of the sixteen Peers elected and
chosen to sit and vote in the House of Peers in the Parlia-
ment of the United liirgclom of Great Britain and Ireland,
summoned to be holden at Westminster, the 30th day of
April instant :
The Marquis Tweeddale.
The Eall of Morton.
The Earl of Home.
The Earl of Strathmore.
The Earl of Airlie.
The Earl of Leven and Melville.
The Earl of Selkirk.
The Earl of Orkney.
The Earl of Seafield.
The Viscount Strathallan.
The Lord Gray.
The Lord Sinclair.
The Lord Elphinstore.
The Lord Colville of Culross.
The Lord Blantyre.
The Lord Polwarth.
BO .RD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Aram 16.
London, England, 1857-04-18

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MEXICO AND SPAIN.

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The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition) says : -

"I do not yet despair of seeing the difference be-
tween the Mexican and Spanish GrA,ernments paci-
fically settled, though it will require great tact and
much forbearance to do so. Marshal Serrano had
an interview with Count Walewski on Wednesday,
and with Lord Cowley yesterday, on the subject.
He was also to have seen, and I believe has seen,
M. Lafragua, the Mexican Envoy, this afternoon.
Whether it be the supposition that England has no
greet desire to have another quarrel with the
United States, in case that an attempt by the Fili-
busters on Cuba would require her interference,
and that France would shape her conduct after
that of England, or whether it, is from real un-
willingness to go to war with its ancient depen-
dency, it is certain that the Spanimh Government
are still reasonable and moderate in their demands,
more moderate perhaps than in strict justice they
might be.

THE GRAND DUKE CONSTANTINE.
The Patric publishes the following letter :
" Monsieur le Redacteur ea Chef,"—The Times,
on the faith of its Paris correspondent, and, after
the Times, other English journals, announce the
obstinate refusal of his Imperial Highness Prince
Napoleon to proceed to Toulon to receive there the
Grand Duke Constantine. That is a pure inven-
tion. It has no more foundation than the pretended
journey of Admiral Hanielin with the same object.
" Please, Sir, to insert this contradiction in the
next number of the Patrie, and accept the assur-
ranee of my very distinguished consideration.
" The Secretary of the Emperor,
" Chief of the Cabinet,
MOCQUARD.
" Palace of the Tuileries, April 17."

M. Mocquard is, as he describes himself, the
Private Secretary of the Emperor—Phomme aux
petits secrets. The qualification of the statement
about the Prince declining to go to Toulon as a
" pure invention " is quite characteristic of the
Cabinet. The Chef has only written as dictated
to him, and I consequently attach little credit to
the denial of a person who is no authority. If the
superiors of the said Chef du Cabinet addressed a
similar denial to the papers, one might know what
importance to give it. As it is, lam still disposed
to attach at least as much credit to the original
statement as to M. Mocquard's denial.—Times'
second edition.
London, England, 1857-04-18

MONTENEGRO.

A letter froni7Vi;;;;,intlittgsburg Gazette,
contains the following intelligence connected with
Montenegro :—" George Petrowitch, on hearing of
the arrest of his relations, left this capital, with
Mecadowitch, for Cattalo ; his partisans had
threatened to rise agairnt Mirco, the President or
the Senate, in the event of his (George's) net re'
turning at once. George, previously to his depar-
ture, had an interview. with Count de Buol, Who
recommended patience and moderation, and also
with the ambassadors of France and Russia•
Count de Buol assured him that the affairs of Mon-
tenegro would be regulated by the great powers
to the satisfaction of all parties. A nepheNc
of George Petrowitch, lieutenant in the Austrian
service, bas thrown up his commission and d.epart4
for Constantinople ; this step is connected, it i!
said, with the part taken by Austria in the affair el
Lucas Rado witch."
London, England, 1857-04-18

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London, England, 1857-04-18

HAY M AItKETS.

SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 03 • clover do.,
31 lOs to 5/ Os; and straw, 11 4s to 11 gs per load.
A moderate supply and a heavy demand.
CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 4s ; clover
do., 31 Its to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load.
Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations,
WHITECTIAPICL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4t Os ; clover
do., 31 103 to 51 Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 Os per lead.
Supply good, and trade rather dull.

CABBY AND THE QUEEN'S ACHOUCHEURS.—It was
known on Monday night at the palace that labour was
approaching, yet when the Queen, in her extremity, sent
for Dr. Loco.* and Dr. Snow, a common cab from the
nearest stand was the only vehicle procurable, and a
very shaky specimen indeed first went to Hertford-
street for Dr. Locock, took him to the Palace. avid then
drove off to Sackville-Areet for Dr. Snow. The public
have a vague idea that Masters of the Horse, and
Grooms-in-waiting, and Equerries, and Gold Sticks, and
Silver Sticks, and a hundred other people about the
Royal person must be of some use, but it seems that
when they are wanted, No. 2,011 from the cab-stand is
as necessary for Queen Victoria as for Mrs. Serstiet the
wife of the Pimlico. haberdasher,—Medical Times and
Gazette.

THE DURHAM ADVERTISER. DEFENCE FUND.—A sub-
scription has been commenced for the purpose of defray-
ing the costs of the defendants, in the late action Davi-
son v. Duncan. A meeting of newspaper proprietors
was recently held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at which
resolutions were passed thanking the proprietors of the
Durham, Advertiser " for their manly and spirited de-
fence," and inviting the press and the public to give a
substantial expression of their grateful acknowledgment
of services thereby rendered, not only to British journa-
lists generally, but to the whole community. Several
of the leading journals of the kingdom have already con-
tributed to this object, and the Hon. Secretary and
Treasurer (Mr. G. Bradley, of the Newcastle Guardian)
has received from the proprietors of T/ee Times the liberal
sum of 25/, towards the fund,