Montreal herald and daily commercial gazette, 30 mars 1864, mercredi 30 mars 1864

[" POST OFFICE Montreal, March 28,18&4.jLrriTfils and Separturos of Z^ails at Montreal- MAILS.Une bee by Kaiiroad.North Shore Land Route, Sorel, Three Rivers, &c.Canada West Day Train.[1] Canada West Nignt Train.[2] Laprairie.St.Johns, C.E., Napierville and ) Clarenceville.) N.York, Boston, Buffalo, Troy, I &c.j St.Hyacinthe, Melbourne, and ) Island Pond.[31 ) Portland.[43 Cliateau^nay, Beauhamois and) Huntingdon.f Lachine.> St.Remi, Hcnimingford&Plattsbure Chambly,.J- Longueuil and Contrecœur.[¦ St.Laurent, St.Eustache, St.) Scholastique &c.f Ste.Rose, Ste.Therese & St.Jerome Rigaud.Carillon, Grenville, and #ay Offices to Ottawa.Terrebonne, New Glasgow \u2014 St, Johns.N.B., Halifax, & P.E.) Island, via Portland, every V Wednesday and Saturday_____) Ditto fortnightly from Boston.DUE.7.00\tam 8.00\tam 12.15 am 10.45 a m 9.30 a m 9.30 am 9.30\tam 11.00 pm 7.1.0\tam 2.45 pm 7.00\tam 6.30pm 9.15\tam 6.15\tpm 10.45 am 11.00am 10.30\tam 6.30 a 2.00\tpm 12.15 am 5.00\tpm 7.00\ta m CLOSE.7.00\tpm 2.30\tpm 6.45\tam 5.30\tpm 2.00\tpm 7 00 am 2.00 pm 2.00\tpm 7.00\tam 2.15 pm 2.15 p m 6.00\tam 6.00\ta m 2 00pm 2.00\tpm 7.00\tam 2 15 pm 7.30\ta m 2.45\tp m 7.00\tam 7.00\ta 'o 6.4 > a m 7.00\tam 2.15 pm 6.00\ta m Conductor\u2019s Bag open till 7.25 a.m.do\tdo\t6.10\tp.m.do\tdo\t7.40 a.m.&\t2.55 p.m.do\tdo\t2.55\tp.m.Registered Letters must be posted 16 minutes before he closii of each Mail.All the cbove Mails are daily, except Sunday.mmt mi TBMJy&TLB.THE undersigned have received instructions from the MOLSONS BANK to invite Tenders on the following dates for the several erd respective works required in the erection of the \u201cNEW BANKING HOUSE\u201d on the corner of Great St.James and St.Peter Streets, in this city, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared and to be seen, on and after the i4th instant, at their Offices, 132 Craig Street, viz,: Masciis\u2019, Bricklayers\u2019, aad \u20ac«î-Stene Works, oa the 28th March instant.Carpenters\u2019 and Joiners\u2019 Works, on ike If*t!i Ijml nest.Founders\u2019 and Smiths\u2019 Works, on the 22,ud April nest.Finishers\u2019 and SasÊüers\u2019 Works, oa the 29th April next, Plasterers\u2019 Works, on ike 6th Say next, Painters\u2019 and Uiazlers\u2019 Works, on the 18th ttfay next.The lowest Tender will not necessarily be accepted, and none but responsible parties will be treated with.GEORGE BROWNE, J Architectg.JOHN JAMES BROWNE, March 4.54 10 16 BUSINESS NüTiüJBS.ANT) DAILY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE.VOLUME LYI.MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 30 1864.NUMBER 76 HOUSES, (fee., TO BE LET, OR EOR SALE.FOR SALE OR TO LET, A first-class HOUSE, containing Two Dwellings, and a large Lot of Ground attached thereto.Several BUILDING LOTS of Tarions widths, by 200 feet deep.The whole on Fullum Street, near the Church and City Railroad Track.Apply to\tP.G.LEMOINE, Latour Street ; Or to C.F.PAPINEAU, Notary Public.26 Little St.James Street; March 17.\t.,\t65 TO BE LET.SHOP, DWELLING and TWO BACK 2b) WURK-SHOPS, being No.1 Victoria B 6 a' Block, next Bonaventure Hall.Possession 1st of May next.Apply to At WILSON, Herald Office.March 7.\t56 TO LET.A TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE \u2019.in Monteith Terrace, with a Garden, &c.Rent £40 ner annum.March 7.STANLEY 0.BAGG, Fairmount Villa.56 TO BE LET The large, and convenient STORE, No.202 St.Paul Street, occupied by Mr.Alexander Bryson.Apply to ______\tJOHN ROUND\" & SON, Union Buildings, Francois Xavier Street.February 11.35 HOUSES, &c\u201e TO BE LET, OR FOR SALE.Sons.mmm soil nf'ENDERS IN DUPLICATE (marked on the envelope \u201c Tenders for Military Stores\u201d) will be received by the SENIOR COMMISSARIAT OFFICER at Montreal, till NOON on THURSDAY, 31st MARCH, 1864, for the supply of the undermentioned STORES, viz.: \u2014 Clioppiug Blocks 16 Mm t Patterns to he seen at the Military Store Office, St.Gabriel Street, Montreal, where Forms of Tender can be obtained.The above artic-les to be paid for by the Barrack Master, and delivered at the Barrack Office.No Tender will be noticed unless the party tendering attend personally, or send some person duly authorized on his behalf to the Commissariat Office, at the hour named for opening Tenders, for any reference that may be necessary.Commissariat Canada, Î Montreal, 24th March, 1864.j\te 72\t- WATCHES! WATCHES! WATCHES! The Largest Slack in the City to select from.A Sterling Silver Open faced Cylinder Watch for.^ A Sterling Silver Hunting Cylinder Watch for.9 A Sterling Silver Hunting Detached Lever Watch for.A Sterling Silver open-faced English Patent Lever Watch for.A Heavy Sterling Silver Hunting English Patent Lever\tWatch for.22 A Fine Gold Open Cylinder Watch for.16 A Fine Gold Hunting Detached Lever Watch for.30 A Fine Gold Open English Patent Lever Watch for.45 A Fine Gold Hunting English Patent Lever Watch for.60 A nice assortment of Ladies Enamelled and Diamond Jet Watches, Magic Watches, Ac,, at equally low prices.A guarantee\tgiven\tfor\tone year wi'b all Watches sold and tha Cases warranted t\" i; \u2022 as guaranteed, 18 karat Gold and Sterling Surer.\u2014AMO,\u2014 A large assortment of new patterns in Gold Guard and Vest Chaios, at ®16 per oz., exclusive of fashion.WATCH REPAIRS promptly attended to.An experienced Watchmaker always on the premises.R.SHARPLEY, Crystal Block, Notre Dame Street.March 24.\t71 STORE TO LET.TO LET, from 1st May next, those Premises in St.Sacrament Street lately occupied by the late T.C, Panton, Esq.Apply to WALTER BENNY.January 14.\t11 TO LET, With Immediate Possession, THAT good OUT STONE OFFICE and STORE, No.60 Commissioner Street, near the Cnstom House, at present occupied by Messrs.J.Redpath & Apply to JOHN TH03.MOLSON, Next Door, Or at 260 St.Mary Stree January 28.\t2S TO LET.HOUSE TO LET, on Philips\u2019 Square' Beaver Hall Apply to JOHN PARSLOW, 252 St.Paul Street.March 1.\thi OFFICE TO LET, A LARGE self-contained OFFICE No.26 Lemoine Street.March 8.TO LET.That handsome and spaeious Residence No.1 MOLSON TERRACE, recently occupied by the late Thos.Molson, Esq.Apply to JNO.THOS.MOLSON.March 5.\t55 TO LET.From 1st of May next, The COTTAGE now occupied by Eugene Bruneau, Esq., Advocate, with a Garden containing Fruit and Shade Trees, situated in front of the quare at Sorel.Royal \u2014ALSO,\u2014 A COTTAGE, Garden and Premises in King Street, Sorel, now occupied by Thos.A.Begly, Esq.For particulars, apply to February 24.d.& j.McCarthy & co., Sorel.46 ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS.SINGLE and Double OFFICES in the Court, having access both from Commissioners Street and the River ______ side ; heated with steam, and furnish- ed with Wash Basins, &c., complete, to be let on application to H.L.EOUTH.February 9.\tS3 TO LET.THE SHOP 93 Wellington Street.Inquire of EDW.GOFF PENNY, Herald Office.March 1.\t51 TO LET.A first-class Three-Story CUT STONE > STORE in Great St.James Street, in this City, next door to Jas.Raylis, Beq, with a small Back Store.\u2014 ALSO,\u2014 A DWELLING HOUSE and Small Store ad-joining, situate in St.Jean Baptiste Street \u2014 and,\u2014 A TENEMENT with seven apartments in a Cottage, corner of Guy and St, Joseph Streets.Enquire of E.GUY.March 9.\tmwf 68 TO LET\\ ^ That Eligible WHOLESALE WARE\u2014 r HOUSE, Recollet Street, now occupied by N.S.Whitney, Esq.The [, Premises bave ail the latest improvements.Possession in March If required.Apply to MOSS & BRO, 303 St.Paul Street.Vebimaiy 10.\tmwf 42 S i ORETO LET.The Corner of Sacrament and John Streets, occupied by Mitchell & Gear.No.1 St, Mary Street, with Dwelling above.H.JOSEPH & 00.February 24.\tuawf 46 WANTED TO RENT, A comfortably FURNISHED HOUSE, containing nine or ten Rooms.Required to be situated in _______ a healthy locality, within ten or fifteen minutes walk of the Post Office.Immediate possession can be taken.Address, Office of this paper.March 24.\t71 TO LET.The first-elass CUT STONE HOUSE in St.Denis Street, recently erected by the Hon.O.Wilson, fined up with i Water Closets, Bath-Room, and all modern improvements.A most desirable residence.Apply to WILSON, COUILLARD & CO.March 24.\t71 TO LET, The TWO UPPER FLATS and CEL LAR of those commodious STORES, Young's Buildings, situated on McGill and Grey Nun Streets, lately occupied by McDonald & Co.Apply to JOHN SHEDDEN, No, 7 St.Helen Street.March 23.\t10 TO LET.FOUR COTTAGES at St.Lambert, pleasantly situated for summer residences, almost opposite St.Helen\u2019s , Island, with a board walk from the Ferry,- To be let either for the summer months or for the year.Apply to MR.WM.MYLER, St.Lambert.March 3.\t53 m ni loi, EX STORE, 860 tons C01HSE PMÎ&IS6 SILT Of excellent quality.Clean and large grained.David E.Maclean & Go., February 20.3 ST.NICHOLAS STREET.43 Jill Pinson ACCOUMTAMT.PLACE D\u2019ARMES, Montreal.OFFICE\u2014Over Scottish Provincial Assurance Company, 2nd floor, 5Cf-Books in Arrear brought u\t.rupt Estates settled.September 26.\t6m 230 mm- (xennod\u2019s {5FaBst\u201d Valse, - - 75e.(fOimod\u2019s \u201cFaust\u201d Quadrille, 75c.AND Great Expectations Galop,- - SOcs Just Received and for Sale by March 12.H.PRINCE, 145 Notre Dame Street 61 0 0ENI0ES,____COKMICES.AND PICTURE RODS.Builders â General Hardware, TABS & THOMPSON.N.B.\u2014Our CORNICES, just imported, are of excellent quality and elegant design.The stock is large and varied, and will be offered at prices which will be found as low as those of any other house in the trade.March 8.\t57 LÂBAÏT BROS.Brewers, PRESCOTT, C.W J.W; Berwick, Agent.STORE :\u2014 St.Peter & Notre Dame Street®, MONTREAL January 13.\tly 10 A LIST 0» ARTICLES PREPARED AND SOLD BY JOHN GARDNER CHEMIST & DRUGGIST, 295 West End [Notre Dame .Street, (NÏÏAH H'aiLL STREET,) MONTREAL.50 TO LET.That large first-class HOUSE, No.434 Chateauguay Place, fronting St Patrick\u2019s Onurcb, (at present occupied by Dr.Wheeler) with all modern improvements.February 15.DUNCAN MACDONALD.38 FOR SALE Or Lease from.1st May next, The firet-elass COTTAGE DWELLING, mo.47 Durocher Street, fit- let! up witu every xuopinion, the most pa-atable as well as the nost wholesome Sauce that is made.notice of Go-Paitnersliip, WE, the undersigned, have admitted, from the 1st of January, Mr.ALDERIO DES-CHAMPS as Partner, and the business of the Firm will be carried on as before, under the name of F.& J.LECLAIRE & CO.F.& J.LECLAIRE & CO.March 4 du mwf 54 MICE.To House-keepers desirous of residing out of the City during the Summer.TO LET, and possession given 'about the 1st of October next, a first-class STONE ROpSE, situated at the ex-treme West end of Lagaacbetiere Street, adjoining the property and residence of Mr.A.Wilson.The House will be commenced fp early Spring, and will he three Stories high, with a .dophie Cellar, and will contain fourteen or fifteen aparuneu^j.For further particulars, apply tp the undersigned, where the plans of the House may b.e seen.A.B.TAFT, No.7 Tecumseth Terrace, Bleury Street.February 18.\t41 TY OF DISH.CAUTION.jLJOA &.FERRÏRÎS Beg to caution the Public against spurious imitations of their celebrated WOHOB3TSSSHÏHS SAUCE.L.& P.have discovered that several ot the foreign markets have been supplied with spurious imitations, the labels closely resemblling those of the genuine Sauce, and in one or more instances the names of L.& P.forsed.L.& P.will proceed againsf anyone who may manufacture or vend such imitations, and have instructed their correspondents in the various parts of the world to advise them of any infringement of the ir rights.Ask for Lea & Perfius\u2019 Sauce.Sold Wholes lie and for Export by the Proprietors, Worcester; Me: srs.CROSSE & BLACK-WELL; Messrs, lUnoi.AY & Sons, Loudon, &c.and by Grocers and Oilirien universally.February 24.\tly-w-46 OPHERSON\u2019S COUGH LOZENGES\u2014McPherson\u2019s Cough Lozenges, McPherson\u2019s Cough Lozenges.WINTER FLUID\u2014The most elegant and effectual remedy for Chapped Hands, Lips, and all roughness of the Skin Price 25c per bottle.HORSFORD\u2019S AMERICAN YEAST POW-DER\u2014This celebrated article still continues to increase in popularity, and is admitted by all who have given it a trial to be the right thing in the right place.For sale by the principal 1 Grocers in town at 25c per Tin.COOPER'S VEGETABLE WORM LOZENGES\u2014 If you have children troubled with Worms give them a trial ; they very seldom fail to effect a cure.Price 25c per Box.ST.LEON MINERAL WATER Kerosene Oil at 3s 6d per Gal.Coal Oil, 2s and 2s 6d per Gallon.GLASGOW DRUG HALL, 268 Notre Dame Street.March 12.\t61 IMPROVED PK00F SAFES.CONCENTRATED COMPOUND DECOCTION DR, Fluid Extract of Ecu Jamaica Sarsaparilla* One ounce is equal to half a pint of the best made Decoction, as ordered by the Loudon College of Physicians.It is used as an alterative in bcrcfula, Scurvy, and olher Cutaneous Diseases, and as a remedy to counteract the injurious effects of mercury.This preparation will be found in every way preferable to the Decoction as usually prepared ; it is better adapted for keeping, in consequence of the concentrated state in which it is prepared, and is more portable and convenient for traveliers.In bottles at $1.00 each.None genuine unless the name \u201c Gardner, Montreal,\u201d is blown in the glass of each bottle.Superior Toilet Preparations.DELECTABLE DENTIFRICE, OR ANGLO-CANADIaN TOOTH FOWEBH AST3 PASTE.Truly scientific compounds; containing solvents for neutralizing acids and eradicating tartar formed around the Teeth ; astringents for bracing the Teeth and Gums; aromas for sweetening the breath ; and nothing in the least degree pernicious.They impart a lovely cherry color to the Lips and Gums, and a pearly whiteness to the Teeth.Lavender Water Of the most exquisite fraganoe, eqjal to, and cheaper than, any English or French prapara-tion.TONIO SOLUTION, Which certainly prevents the hair from falling off, and stimulates the roots to a healthy action.In Bottles 2s.6d.each.CRYSTALLINE POMADEJ A most superb article, superior to anything else for dressing and imparting a beautiful silky gloss to the hair.Ursina or Bears\u2019 Grease, Rosemary Hair Wash, Oastorine, Perfumed Oil of Almonds, Hair Dyes (Black and oBrown), Paima Ohrisli Oil, Eau Lustral Hair Tonic.FINEST TURKEY SPONGE\" TOILET POWDK.t; FUFF BOXES,; Camphor Ball and Winter Cream for Chapped Hands, Camphorated Dentifrice, Vegetable Tooth Powder, Superior Cold Cream, Superior Lip Salve, Eau de Oologue, Toilet Soaps, Sc., &c.\u2014also,\u2014 A large and select assortment of flair Brushes, Tooth Brushes, Nail Brushes, SHELL AND INDIA RUBBER COMBS, &c., &c WE beg lo inform our customers and friends that the business hitherto carried on by us a WHO jES tLE CLOTHIERS, &c., for the last twenty-eight years, has been transferred to our Sons, whose Card is annexed.While returning our sincere thanks to our friends and customers for the very general support extended towards us during so long a peiiod, we would bespeak for our successors a coatinuance of those favors so continually from year to year granted us , they will be in a position to execute all orders coming into their hands under the most favorable terms.MOSS & BROS., 303 St.Paul Street.Montreal, 21st March, 1864.1m mwf 72 WITH reference to the above, we hereby give notice that we have this day enter ed into CO-PARTNERSHIP under the name and style of S.H.& J.MOSS, as WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS and IMPORTERS of all classes ot WOOLLEN GOODS, TRIMMINGS, &c.Our facilities for doing this particular branch of trade are unprecedented by any House in the line, and we solicit a continuance of the favor so universally granted to the old firm.S.H.& J.MOSS, 303 St.Paul Street.Samuel Moss.Htam Moss.Jacob Moss Montreal, 21st March, 1864.1m mwf 72 FIRE March 24.DUFRESNE & McGARITY, 152 Notre Dama Street.71 9*RAfSSS fi SAPES 4 KEGS MALAGA GRAPES.For ha'e by ALEX.McGIBBON.MtBïclrr\t6.9 30 Sale, oa Easy Terms, T0aT FIRST-CLASS HOUSE, No.12 University Streef, fitted up in Jhe best style with all modem conveniences.\u2019£&: Furniture, which is nearly new, to be taken at a valuation.Apply only at WM.BENJAMIN & GO\u2019S., Recollet Street, March 5.\t55 TO PARENTS.THE PRINCIPAL of the GYMNASIUM, Oxford, wishes to receive into his family two or three children, to bring up aud educate witn his own.His residenc-, standing in its own grounds, is about two miles from Oxford, in ap extremely healthy locality, and a portion of every summer is spent at some desirable spot on the sea coast.The children would receive the most careful physical and mental training, and their health and happiness would be promoted by every possiblemeaps.Their education would be systematically carried on under the imtpediate direction of the Principal\u2019s wife, assisted by a a most kind and careful Nursery Governess of many years experience, and boys would be efficiently prepared for public and other gchoolg.Children requiring special care fiom delicate health would here receive peculiar advantages.Address A.MaoLaken, Esq., Summertown, Oxford, England.February 17.\tr w 40 BANK VAULTS, Combined IRON AND STEEL SPECIE CHESTS, Steel-lined VAULT DOORS, Wrought-Iron DEED BOXES, Patent Combination BANK LOCKS, Powder-proof SAFE LOOKS, &c., &c.A Urge \u2018stock of FIRE-PROOF SAFES, of all sizes, constantly on band, including several second-hand Safes, by different makers, to be sold cheap.One-half the price of Fire Proof Safes taken in AMERICAN MONEY AT PAR.RERSHAW & EDWARDS, Successors to R.Kersflaw A Co,, 82 and 84 St.Francois Xavier Street, March 12.\t61 18ÎIÜ.THE Undersigned having RESIGNED the NOTARIAL PROFESSION, and given up all business thereto relating, begs to inform the Public, that the whole of his Notarial Deeds, Minutes, Records, and Documents, have been handed over to the Joint Prothonotary of the Court of Queen\u2019s Bench for the District of Montreal, who is, by Law, the legal custodian thereof ; therefore, any person desiring communication or copies of any of such Deeds, &c,, will please call upon the said Joint Prothonotary for the same, and all persons indebted to the undersigned are requested to pay forthwith, and those to whom he may be indebted, if any, are requested to call upon him for settlement.E.GUY, N.P.Montreal, Feb, 22, 1864.\t3m mwf 45 Columbian Marine Insurance Co, OF EEW YORK.STATEMENT OF THE AFFAmS OF TH$ COM PANT for THE SIXTH fiscal YEAR ENHINQ 31st RRCEMBER.1803.Total Amount of Premiums for the year.$ Losses and expenses paid during the y-~ar.$1,225,778 Reserved for Estimate unadjusted Claims.441,200 J,252,356 -$1,606,984 PiliÜiB.Blasting, F-F, FFF Bannister, of various grades, in |-ib & I-fb.üanadian Rifle Duck Shooting, Manufactured by the HAMILTON POWDER COMPANY, and warranted equal to any imported, THOMASIW.RAPHAEL, Agent; .12 St.Sacrament Street.February 26.\t6m 48 COAL OIL, PORTLAND KEROSENE, OLIVE OIo, BURN-IMG FLUID, COAL OIL LAMPS.Gardner\u2019s German Baking Powder, Unrivalled for Purity and Cheapness.In 1 lb Packets, is.3fl.each.Basberry Vinegar & Syrups of alllkinds \u2014ALSO,\u2014 ENGLISH PEPPERMINT AND OTHER LOZENGES.PATENT MEDICINES, SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, LEECHES, ELASTIC STOCKINGS, MEDICINE CHESTS, FARINA\u2019S COLOGNE, LUfilN\u2019S PERFUMES, BROWN\u2019S TROCHES, Ac., Ac.WHOLESALE ANli RETAIL.J.GABDHEE, Nstbu Dame Street.January 4.ÏPIN AN BADDIES 1 tUSTAN HADDIES !!\u2014 1 Fresh Finan Baddies received every day.Also, Fresh Oysters in Kegs, Half-Kegs, and tins, at bruneau, nadeau, a go\u2019s., 16\t46 Notre Dame and Bonsecour Streets.HAMS H A M s ! !\u2014Fresh Sugar-Cured Hams, Sugar-Cured Tongues, Sugar-Oured Bacon, Spiced Beef, and Spiced Bacon, at BRUNEAU, NADEAU, A GO\u2019S.January 20.\t16 For Sale, CASKS OAUSTIO and SaL SOPA BAGS BLACK PEPPER BAGS PIMENTO PHILLIPS A CO.\u2019 March 22.\t69 For Sale* BALES COTTON YARN BALES COTTON BATTING PHILLIPS March 22.A OO.69 O EALED TENDERS, addressed to Hie under-^ signed will he received at this Office until the FIRST day of MAY next, at NOON, for furnishing TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PANS to place under Stoves ; to be cast iron of the best quality, 4j feet long by 26 inches wide inside of mouldings, and 5-16tH of an inch thick, weight of each about 146 lbs.The pattern to be approved of by the Department.These Pans are to be delivered on or before the 1st September, at the following District Jails and Court Houses, in about equal numbers at each, viz.:\u2014 SCHOLASTIQUE, INDUSTRIE, SOREL, MALBAIE, RIMOUSKI, MONTMAGNY BEAUOE, ARTHABASKA, NRLSONVILLE ST.HYACINTHE, ST.JOHN\u2019S, BEUHAR-NOIS, CHICOUTIMI, RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC, and MONTREAL.They must be approved of by an Officer of this Department, and payment will be made on proof of delivery.Separate Tenders will also be received stating the terms on which the above mentioned Pans will be furnished, if delimred at the Foundry By order, F.BRAUN, Secretary.Department of Public Works, 7 Quebec, 17th March, 1864.J tl IstM 68 iaL:B3 citï mmm iivii (OîIPAiW.\\TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the SHARE-.-x HOLDERS of this COMPANY, in accordance with a Resolution of the Board of Direc tors, at their Meeting held on the 16th instant, that Nine Oalls, of TEN PER CENT EACH, on the NEW SUBSCRIBED STOCK, will become DUE and PAYABLE, at MOLSONS BANK, in Montreal, as follows :\u2014 2nd Call parable on the 16th day of February next.3rd Call payable on the 16th day of March next.4th Call payable on the 16th day of *pril next.5th Call payable on the 16th day of M-y next.6th Call payable on tho 16th day of June next 7th Call payable on the 16 h day of July next.8th Call payable on the 16th day of August next 9th Call payable on the 16th day of September next.10th Call payable on the 17th day of October next.By Order.WM.H.HOPPER, Secretary.Montreal City Passenger ) Railway Company, > 18 ih January, 1864.\t1\tmwf 14 _ _________________________________ 1 For Coughs, Colds and Consumption | ¦HE VEGETABLE PULMONARY BALSAM is the moet highly approved medicine ever discovered.It has stood the best of ail tests, Time, having an unprecedented sale of nearly forty years.It is recommended by our bea physicians, our most eminent citizens, the Prep-., the Trada, in fact by ail who know it.For certificates, which can be given to almost any extent, see wrappers to each bottle.The Proprietors will cheerfully refund the money if not entirely satisfactory.Price 50 cents and $1 ; the large bottles much the cheapest.Be careful to get the genuine, which is prepared only by REED, CUTLER & CO., Wholesale Druggists, Boston.Sold in Montreal by Lymans, Clare à Go.December 9.\t6m mwf 293 ÜEHlCilIL NOTICE IS HEKEBY; El VEN THAT Ills latei will be Drawn Off FROM THE LACHINE CAMAL AS SOON as THE WEATHER WILL PERMIT In April next, And will be AGAIN LET IN when the necessary Repairs shall bare been effected, which will be oa or before the FIRST of MAY next.By Order.F.DRATW, Secretary Dkpartment Public Works, ; 'Quebec, 17th March, 1864 S\tdu 68 Spotliecaiies to H.E.H.The Prince Wales.W.H.SMITH Manufacturers' & Commission Agent, 10 ST.NICHOLAS STREET, REPRESENTING BRITISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN MANUFACTURERS, AND IMPORTER OF White Granite, Common, Printed, and Decorated Earthenware China, White, Gilt and Decorated Parian Statuary, Vases and Ornaments Glassware, Moulded, Out and Engraved Egyptian, Blackware, Lustre, Figures and\u2019Toys Encaustic Flooring Tiles White Glazed Bath Tiles Soaps rHE Subscribers have received, per S.S.\u201c Nova Scotian,\u201d, a very large assortment of PERFUMERY, from \u201c ROBERT HENDRIE,\u201d the famous London Perfumer, amongst which ate the foil.wing :\u2014 Heudrie\u2019s Bouquets for the Handkerchief\u201414 varieties Hendrie\u2019s Brown Windsor Soap Bendrie\u2019s Petroline Soap Hendrie\u2019s Glycerine, Almond, Honey and Hendrie\u2019s New Court Soap Hendrie\u2019s Oreme D\u2019Amaides Hendrie\u2019s Fountain Perfumes Hendrie\u2019s Si\u2019k and Paper Sachets Hendrie\u2019s Milk of Roses Hendrie\u2019s Smelling Salts Hendrie\u2019s Peau d\u2019Espagne Hendrie\u2019s Lip Salee Hendrie\u2019s Toilet Powders Henlrie\u2019s Moelline for the Hair Hendrie\u2019s Lime Cream Hendrie\u2019s Marrow Oil Hendrie\u2019s Vegetab\u2019e Cream Hendrie\u2019s Face Powder Hendrie\u2019s Toilet Vinegar Hendrie\u2019s Cosmetics Hendrie\u2019s New Court Bouquet Bendrie\u2019s Bloom of English Flowers &e.,\t&c.,\t&o.70\tKENNETH CAMPBELL & OO., \u2014 Also, just received.\u2014 GENTLEMEN\u2019S DRESSING CASES, of the best London manufacture, ot first-rate quality, and moderate prices.For sale at the Medical Hall, by Kenneth Campbell & co., 70 Apothecaries to H.R.H.the Prince of Wales.A TLÀNTIC SEA SALT, for the immediate A production of Salt Water Baths.For sale, at reduced prices, by KENNETH CAMPBELL à CO., March 23.\t7o Cut Glass Chandeliers, Lustres & Gas Brackets Iron Stable Fittings, Mangers, &c Iron Cow-house Fittings, Dog Kennels, &c Patent Combustion Stoves, Kitchen Ranges, Ac Papier Mache, Japanned and Tin Ware Electro-Plate and Britannia Meta} Corkscrews and Steel Toys Assets with the Company.United States, New York City, and other Stock.$330,375 Gold at Market Value and other Securities.714,992 Cash in Bank and Loans on demand 651,517 Bills Receivahje and Premium Notes\t.'.1,413,070 Balances due from Agents, &c., &c.\t80,374 \u2022\t-\t-$:|.110,93U On xhp After, 1st Febbuabt, 1804, Dealers with this Company will he allowed the option (to be signified at the time of application for insurance) of receiving in lieu of scrip, at the end of each year, Returns in Cash (guaranteed by certificate), of premiums paid and earned during the year, whether loss accrues or not, upon all new Risks under the New York form of Policy, as follows '\u2014¦ 1st.Upon all voyage Risks upon Cakgo, a return of Twenty-Five Feu Cent.2d Upon voyage Risks upon Freight, a return o Twenty Per Cent, 3d.Upon Tisie Risks upon Freight, and upon voyage and Time Risks upon Hulls, a return of Ten Per Cent.Such privilege, however, being confined to persons and firms, the aggregate of whose premiums upon such Policies earned and paid during the year, shall amount to the sum of ope hundred dollars.B.C.M ORRfS, President.THOS.LORD, Vice-President Wm.M.Whitney, 2d Vice-Pres\u2019t and Secretary.Application for Insurances can be made through Theodore Hart.Montreal, March 4.\t\u2018Immwf54 Bohemian and Bavarian Colored and Enamelled Glass Vases, &c., &c THE MM.AKD DEPOT IH CANADA FOE SALK OF LIDDLE, ELLIOT & SONS\u2019 Plumbers\u2019 Ware, Closet Pana and Urinals Plug Basins, Marble, Printed and Decorated Sink Stones and Washing Troughs Closet, Machine, Door, Shutter and Drawer Handles Door Grips and Knobs Door Finger ?iates, White, Jet, Marble, Gilt, &c Table Top, Plug Basins, Marble, and Colored, and Gilt Photographists! Baths, Trays, &c Chemists\u2019 Mortars and Pestles, Gaily Pots, &c WHOLESALE AGEHT YOB Adshead\u2019s Derby Polish, for Cleaning Gold Do\tdo.\tPaste, for Brass, Copper, Tin, &c Do.\tdc.\tCream, for Furniture, Oil Cloth, âc Do.\tdo.\tCement, for Repairing Glass, China.Parian, and Alabaster Marble A.ROBERTSON & OO., Importers and Manüfactubers, have removed to the! new Premises, 278 St.Paul and 105 Oommie sioner Streets.February 1.\t3m mwf 26 Cash Advances.\u2022T^HE SUBSCRIBERS continue to make LIBE-X RAL CASH ADVANCES, and accept DRAFTS against PRODUCE consigned to them for sale in this Market.DAVID E.MACLEAN & CO M0NTI1EA December 4.\t289 WAREHOUSE AND SAMPLE ROOMS, 10 St.Hioiioias Street.Slontreal November 16.\t273 In Store, 600 hf-chests Fine and Extra Fine Young Hyson Teas 2C0 do Colored and Uncolored Japan Tea chests and hf-chests Extra Fine Souchong and Congou Teas 25 bris New Crop Zante Currants 10 chests Madras IndigQ 250 bags Prime Arraeah Rice hhds and qr-casks Hennessy\u2019s, Martell\u2019s and Otard Dupuy & Go\u2019s 1880-\u201962 Pals Brandies hhds DeKuyper\u2019s Geneva puns Fine Old Jamaica Rum For Sale by HUGH FRASER & 00., 30 St.Sacrament Street.February 10.\t34 ZYLOBALSA^UM, T&e great unequalled Preparations for îtestoring, Invigorating, Beautifying, and Dressing tlie Hair, Rendering it soft, silky, and glossy, and disposing it to remain in afty desired position; quickly cleansing the scalp, arresting the fall, and impartipg a Wealthy and natural color to the Uufo It NEVER f AILS to restore GRAY HAIR to its Original Youthful Color.IT IS NOT A DYE.But acts directly upon the roots of the Hair, giving them the natural nourishment required, producing tlie same vitality and luxurious quantity as in youth.Rev.M.THAOHER, of New York, in a letter says: \u201cMy age is sixty.One year ago, my hair was very gray, and falling.I pa$d Mrs.8- A.Allen's World's Hair Restqrsr according to directions, and now my hair is restored to its natural color, and has ceased to fall.\u201cThe Zylobalsamum I have found the best and most agreeable hafodreasing I have ever used.1' FOR IxADIES AND CHILDREN Whose Hair requires frequent dressing, the Zylobalsamum has no equal.No lady\u2019s toilet is complete without it.Sold by Druggists throughout the World.PRINCIPAL SALES OFFICE, 198 & 200 Greenwich Street, New York City.Certificate from L.J.Kacine, rsq., of the Bdiaarve.o m-\t^ \u201e Montreal, L.C.Oct.20 1858 S.W.Fowle & Co., Boston.\u2014G ntlemcn,\u2014EaviD plication, when it assumes a beautiful silky lustre, and has the most natural and life like appearance.5th.T is the most permanent and natural Hair Dye everin vented, and neither washing, nor the effects of the Sur or weather destroys its color.Proprietor, W BOGLE, Boston, U S., anri for sali by all respect,able Chemists and Perfumer- throughnn the Wor'd Holloway s Pills and Ointment ¦\u2022re th1 surest at'd safe41 medicines yet offered to the puh'ic They have effected more real blessings in the nursery, pick chamber and hospital than the combined action of 11 toe Apot ecaries\u2019 drugs.For the cure, of smlds, Bu^ns, Bruises and skin diseases, the Ointment is unrivalled, while the Pills are a sure antidote to dyspepsia.&c.If the reader of this \u201c notice\u201d cannot get a box of Pills_ or Ointment from the Drug Store in hb place, let him write to me, enclosing he amount, and I will mail a box free of expense.Man- < ealers will not keep my medicines on baud, because V-ey oa?not mak as much profit as on other persons\u2019 make.March 28\trDW74 iiliipM?1 th.s question is frequently asked, we will simply say that she is a lady who, for upwards of thirty years, has untiringly devoted her time and talents a a Female physician and nu\u201cse, principally among children She has especially studied the constitution and wants of this numerous class, and, as a result of this effort, and practical knowledge, obtained in a life time as nurse and physician, she has compounded a SOOTHING SYRUP FOR Children Teethittg.It operates like magic\u2014giving rest and health, and s ,moreover, sure to regulate the bowels.In conse quence of this article, Mrs.Winslow is becomin world-renowned as a benefactor of her race : children certainly do rise jp and bless her; especially is this the case in 1 his city.Vast quantities of the Soothing Syrup are daily sold and used here.We think Mrs.Winslow has immortalized her name by this invaluable article, and we sincerely believe thousands o children have been saved from an early grave by its timely use, and that millions yet unborn will share its bepofits, and unite in calling her blessed.No mother has discharged her duty to her suffering little one, in our opinion, until she has given it the benefit of Mrs.Winslow\u2019s Soothing Syrnp.Try it, mothers\u2014try i now.\u2014\u201cLadies\u2019 Visitor,\u201d New York City.25 Cents per Bottle.Januar 29.\t24 IN THE YEAH 1845 Mr.Matthews first prepared the VENETIAN HAIR DYE, since that time itlii been used by thousands, and in no instance has it failed to give perfect satisfaction.The VENETIAN DYE is the cheapest in tne world Its price is only Fifty Cents, and each bottle contains double the quantity of Dye contained in tiaose usually sold for $1.The VENETIAN DYE is the safest composition of its class.It is warranted not to injure the hair or the scalp in the slightest degree.The VENETIAN DYE works with rapidity and certainty, the hair requiring no preparation whatever.The VENETIAN DYTE produces any shade that may be desired,\u2014one that will not fade, crock, nor was' out ; one ^-1\u2014-\t'\t- 50 cents, by A.I, MATHEWS General Agent, 16 Cedar Street, Niew York _Mav n___________________ v 113 BALDNESS AND GREY~HAIR.The Hyperion Fluid is an article in whi h a cleansing and purifying wash is beautifully blended with a most delicate, silky, apd glossy mouture for the hair, never before attained, yet free from animal grease or essential oils, It clears the pores of the skin, causes a healthy action in the bfood-ves.-els, nerves, &c., Whi^h feed the hair, thereby preventing- bal in ess and grey hair\u2014entirely frees the skin from sen-f, dandmf, and other cutaneous diseases - disposes the bar to curl, and keeps it so\u2014will positive! v change the harshest hair into the most s ft, healthy, and «dos-y state also imparts to it a darker color\u2014and the free use of it will keep both the skin - and the i air in a, wealthy and luxuriant state until the latest period in life._ Ladies will find tho Hyperion a great addition to tho toilet, both on account of its delicate and atrreeav le perfume, and the gieat facilities it affords n dressino-the Mr, Which, When moist with the Fluid, can be dressed in any required form so as to preserve its phiCe, whether plain or in curls.When used on children\u2019s heads, it lays the foundation of a good head of hair.March 2.8.\tr DW 74 one that is as permanent as the hair itself Price For sale by all Druggists.Prepared only m.LMmQs 97 COMMISSIONER STREET, HAS FOR SALE: 1800 Choice Chicago Sugar-Cured HamSjSmosed 1000 Pieces Green bhouiders 200 Brls and Hf-brls Ijçof tard 800 Bags Stropg Daley\u2019s Flour \u2014also,\u2014 200 Tubs Canada Dairy Butter, Choice \u2018 Dupee\u2019s Sugar Cured Dried Beef, smoked Do\tdo ,do Beef Tongues, do February 13,\tGm 37 Tortures of the Head \u2014Imperfect digestion with its invariable concomitants, a s> mpathet c disturbance of the liver and bowels, is the exoitn g cause of sickaiid nervous he daches Why endure their excruciating agony when a course, and, in some cases, one dose, of RRISTOL\u2019S SUOAR-C:oATEI> PILLS, will remove cause and consequent e together ?\u2022 Chronic headache, of the most obstinât- type inevitably and quickly yield» .o this mildest and most efficacious ot all cathaitic and anf^oiMous medicines_ which no disease proceeding from a di-ord-red stomach, a morbid sMe p.f the liver, irregularity or constipation of the hqyvels, or the difficulties i cident to the weaker 8Ç3f, ean long withstand In all cases where the Uver is seriously affec ed, Bni-tok\u2019s hAr-sadaeila.themosr.potent puriiier^f the ani^ al fluids the world has ever known, w ill gyea ly faci itate a cure.The Pills are put up in glass vials, and will keep ill any climate.Both medicines are kept by loading druggists everywhere.March 28.r DS W *74 CilllHifl 1111 ALL the VARIETIES of the above and PORE WINES as follows :\u2014 AUgiica, Muscatel.Poit, Hock.Alisa, For Sale by ^ Wiue Bittua f« SeyiBfior, ^\t.\tCanada A gems December 22,\t304 MONTREAL HEEALD AND DALLY COMMERCIAL GAZETTE; WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1864.THS SONG OPJTKE SUGARING* BY JOHN FRASER.The aim has arisen, and crimsons the snow On the top of the mountains and valleys below, From hia throne in the azure he smiles out with glee, And is bidding the Irozeu up brooklets be free.He peeps through the woodlands, all leafless and still, And kisses with gladness tne brow of the hill ; And the life blood is coursing, both rapid and free, Through the bountiful veins of our own Maple Tree.Grim winter\u2019s receding, and joy-giving spring Sends red-oreasted robin again on the wing.Then up ! to the labor give in your adhesion, 0\t! \u2019tis charming to reap the first fruits of the season.Hie away to the forest ! to sugaring away ! The time has arrived for the yearly foray ; We wound with intent, but no malice have we.We love, prize and cherish our bountiful tree.The blo^d of the Maple this day shall escape, 01\tit\u2019s dearer to us than the blood of the grape ; In our homes it can ne\u2019er be the mother of sorrow, Nor cheer us to-day while it pets us to-morrow.Dear Maple of spring-tide the harbinger green, Of summer the glory, of autumn the queen, Enshrined in our homes it is meet thou should\u2019st be Of out country the emblem, O beautiful tree.The'- urge on the team, the work has begun, The forest spreads out its rude limbs to the sun ; The woodpecker\u2019s tapping both eager and fast, For insects to furnish his early repast.We gather the sap amid sunshine and snow, And while tailing and bailing our hearts overflow, To think that we\u2019re free from vile slavery\u2019s stain, And drain from the Maple instead of the cane.Our wives and our children shall join in the sport.And our young men and maidens attend Cupid\u2019s court In ihe grove where the youthful affections shall glow, While the young ones make candy on top of the snow.Then let our rejoicings reach Heaven\u2019s high throne, Wno gave us to nap where we never have sown ; And though God in his infinite mercy doth reign, We here are the lords of the forest and plain.Unless the ministry be completed by to-morrow, quire much sagacity to know the political a debate may be expected on the motion of Mr.'dangers which attend such a course, for the Mckenzie, of Lambton, for an address to His Ex- ' cadency, asking him to take measures to secure ma33e5 are Prover J' \u2018 -\t\u2019 the formation of a strong government with as are as proverbially active.We all cry out little delay as possible, it is understood that the against extravaganca in government, yet we are Ottawa men met to-day and come to rareiy indisposed to svmpathizs with those the final determination that none of them should ,\t.\t, \u2019\tj _________ cuter the Government.\twh°3e Phonal interests aro irjured by economy.Latkb.\u2014I learn that the story of Mr Came- Nevertheless, with this truth clearly before rou being asked to take Mr.Oampbell\u2019s place is their eyes, the late Ministry have made upon the likely to prove correct.It is not known, how- course of public events a mark which it will not ever, if he agrees to do so.\t,\t-u- u Erratum.\u2014 In telegraph in Monday\u2019s paper, be ea^ t0 obllterate- We 8ar nothlnS about Hon.S.Read should have Joeen Hon.Mr.individual offisers tf government, who have been Skead.\ttaught for the first time during many years that (BY TELEGRAPH ) GUM PMSPmiS, Arrival of the \u201cCiTf OF MAN-CHËSTEli,\u201d j-ylK MO ft WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1864.gee First Page Let, &£» for Mo liges to PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS THIS BAY Performance in the Theatre Royal, this evening, at Eight o\u2019clock.Dr.Kahn\u2019s Museum of Wonders, Anatomy and Science, at the Mechanics\u2019 Hall, from 10 A.M.till 10 P.M.AUCTION SALES THIS BAY.2Y JOHN J.AENTON.Household Furniture.&c., at his rooms, at Ten o\u2019clock.BY CL McGREGOR Prints, at the stores of Messrs, Stevenson, Sutherland & Co., at.Two o\u2019cloeh.Bï BENNINU & BARSALOU.Dry Goods, &c., at their own stores, at Two o\u2019clock.THE TEMPSi&ATCraE YESTEEDAY fttate of the Thermometer (in the shade) at the door of Mr.McPherson, watchmaker ant}, jeweller, corner of St.Francois Xavier and Notre Dame Streets:\u2014 March 29.\u20149 A.M.26 above zero.2 P M.41 \u201c\t\u201c 5 P-M.3?\u201c\t\u201c second degree in murder, not guilty] John Taylor Standring, obtaining goods under false pretences.Üdile Gagnon, larceny, noi guilty.Marie Dionne, receiving stolen goods, not guilty.Thomas Conway, Michael Conway, and Bernard McGuire, conspiracy.IGNORED.^William Boyd Pcrste and Homer Hoisted, for stealing from a post letter ; no evidence.Frederick Fuuchcff, larceny ; no evidence.The Grand Jury having finished the business submitted to them, presented the following document which was read by Mr.Carter, Q.C., Clerk of the Crown.(by telegraph.) PRQV1H0ÏAL PARLIAMENT.LEGI3LATIVH ASSEMBLY, Quebec March 29.The Speaker took the Chair at three o\u2019clock.Mr M^Kellar moved that the General Oom-mittee on Elections have leave to withdraw their report presented yesterday naming the Essex Election Committee.He explained that this motion was necessary, on account of a alight irregularity in the report.Carried.Hoa Mr.Holton laid on the table the Trade and Navigation Re urns for 1863.Attorney-General McDonald haying asked ¦explanations with regard to the progress made da the formation of a new Ministry, Hon Mr.Cartier sta ed that he was unable to fulfil the expectation to which his remarks yesterday had given rise\u2014that the new Administra-lion would be announce 1 to-ijay \u2014in conse-«juence of the non-arrival of a gentleman whose .aid was expected to be obtained for the formation of the Government.After some dlscuesion, on motion of Atty.Gen MacDonald, second :d by Hon.Mr Car-tier, the house at ten minutes to 4 adjourned «till to-monow.New York, March 29.The City of Manchester from Liverpool on the 16th, and Queenstown of the llih, arrived at 8 o\u2019clock, this morning markets.Liverpool, March 17th \u2014Cotton: sales for two days, 22,000 bales ; market buoyant, with an advance on\u2019all qualities, closing quiet but steady.Breadstuffs quiet and steady.Provisions steady.Produce steady.London, March 17th.\u2014Consols 91J to 91|, for money.American stocks : 111.Central, 15j to 14J discount.Erie: 67 to 68.Liverpool, March l7ih.\u2014The ship Ellora took fire, off Newport, and was scuttled.The King also desired liberty of action for all eventualities, and an authorization to employ the regular army and navy in aid of Denmark if found necessary.(Jopeniiagen, March 16.\u2014All the superior officials and mayors in that portion of Jutland, occupied by the Allies, have been conveyed to the Head Quarters to receive requisitions for supplies intended to be enforced upon the inhabitants.The enemy yesterday kept up a heavy fire, one battery was directed against our left, and the ships before Sonderberg.Christiana, March 15.\u2014The King announced a Bill for an extraordinary credit of 1.500,000 rigsdalers to enable ihe Government to give material aid to Denmark in certain emergencies.Latest by the City of Manchester.The Cork Herald of the 17th contains the following Accounts from Sheffield state that one hundred and seventy-eighty bodies have been recovered, but 258 persons are returned as dead or missing, and consequently there are 80 bodies which have not been washed down and will not be recovered until after many days.Yesterday P.M.the pump at Spettlewell Ironstone Pits, near Chesterfield, broke and before Ihe men could be extricated at least 14 wtre drowned.There were about 7t men and boys employed in the pit.Berlin, March, 16\u2014The Prussian men-of-war at anchor in Brest have been ordered, under command of the Austrian Admiral, to act in concert with the Austrian squadron.The Prussians completed three batteries at Gamme-bark on Saturday.The Danes immediately opened fire from Duppel.Vienna, March 16th\u2014The Oesterischi.sch ZeL tung of to-day publishes a telegram that Denmark is disposed to accept the armistice and conference in their essential points, out only to accept part of the conditions attached.The Post\u2019s Paris Correspondent says it is evidently the intention of the sovereigns of Austria and Prussia to occupy, eventually, Copenhagen, where they will probably dictate a peace.March 5th.\u2014At half-past five o\u2019clock this morning the Island of Femene was occupied by the Prussians who were ferried across from Hiligenh iffen during the stormy sscatjjer.The whole Danish force consisting of 100 men with the commander of a gunboat were taken prisoners.Francs.\u2014Paris, 16, 3 30 p.tn.\u2014The Bourse has been very firm.Rentes closed at 66f 20c ex coup, or 2f)c higher than yesterday.Rome, March 13tli \u2014The conflicts between the Papal and French troops coqdinçe.Tim populace sinô with the former.The Pope\u2019s illness continues.Berne, March 16th.\u2014The embassy at Yakoha-ma have officially informed the Federal Conned that the Japanese Government will s-nd fresh ambassadors to Europe, for the purpose of determining the powers to npdify the trealies.5t.Petersburg, March 15th\u2014?Tbe Journal de St.Petersburgh refutes the rumor of a revival of the Holy Alliance, to destroy the liberties of the people or of a coalition of Europe against one great power.misconduct will sooner or later briug upon itself an appropriate punishment.We refer more especially to matters of larger moment.For the first time the demands of the Grand Trunk Company have been resolut-ly opposed.The York Roads affair, which was a j ,b to Mr.John A.Macdonald in opposition, but ceased to be so when he came into power, has been set right in the interests of the public, though at the expense of losing the support of an influential newspaper.The Upper Canada Bank, which, by its own confession, as recorded in the papers sent down to Parliament, could not with safety repay promptly the deposits ol the Government, has ceased to be the Government banker, with the applause even of tho;e who were opposed to the Ministry which took that step Fifty thousand a year has been saved in ihe steamship subsidy.One-third of the principal of the Quebec Fire Loan of 41100,000 has been collected, though for twenty years pre vtously the net average annual collections of principal and interest did not reach one-twelfth part of the interest alone.The municipalities, which owe so large an amount to the public cheat, and whose default greatly embarrass it, have also been compelled to put themselves in the way of discharging their obligations.To these things we may add a considerable saving in the annual expenditure of the departments, the effect of which cannot be lessened by showing, if that can be shown, that there were special means of payment by the realization of assets.These are incontestible facts, against which the friends of the late Ministry may well admit some shortcomings, the chief of which was, perhaps, a hesitating po.icy with respect to the volunteers.We say nothing about the awful disclosures, beginning with those respecting the Grand Trunk, which no one has dared to assume the responsibility of bringing before a Committee, and ending with reports of friendly conversations, made in variorum editions, months after the insulting propositions were said to have been received, without being resented.The fact is that, though there were evidently many persons willing to be bribed, no case of bribery actually accomplished\u2014no example of a wasteful expenditure of the public funds for the gratification ofjudividuals actually consummated has even been alleged.We believe that some of the reforms effected by the late Ministry will be felt by their predecessors to be a great advantage to themselves.We know well that they found themselves greatly embarrassed by abuses which, when not in office, they had been the loudest to denounce ; but which, in office, they have permitted to continue, either because they lacked the necessary resolution, or were too much hampered by party ties.Let Mr.Galt's avowed opinions upon the Municipal Loan Fund and the Upper Canada Bank account, before he sought repose on the Treasury benches, testify to the truth of $'hat we say.We can only hope that, should he and his late colleagues return to office, they will avail themselves of a clearanec effected at the cost of others, and, if they once more have charge of the public property for any length of time, will not permit the same or like weeds to grow afresh, Spacial Parliamentary Telegram.Quebec, March 29.When the House met, Hon.Sanfield Macdonald lead the Hon.Mr.Cartier's remarks of the previous day respecting the formation of the new Ministry, and said he saw the honorable member for Montreal East, and others likely to enter the Administration still in their places in the House.It was, therefore, to be taken for granted that the formation of the Government had not been completed He thought that, after all the tinkering of the gentlemen opposite, which had been productive of no result the time had arrived for explanations.The bon.gentleman had promised that a Government would be announced to-day which would command the confidence of the House.He isaid good reason should be shown why that promise had not been fulfilled Hon.Mr.Carder thought the hon.gentleman should have calmly questioned him as 10 the statement he made yesterday.The report of his remarks was not quite correct.He said he expected he would to-day be in a position to announce the formation of a Government, and mot that he would be in that position.The mon-arrival of a gentleman, whose assistance was expected, prevented him from announcing mow to the House the final arrangement.Hon.sandfield Macdonald thought the House had a right to know what offers had been made to this gentleman, and whether they had been accepted.He might refuse, and thé Hqnse kept from day to day without a Government being formed Hon.John A.Macdonald said that the delay ¦was unavoidable, and might occur in the formation of any Government.Hon.Mr Dorion thought the statement yesterday was not reconcilable with the facts, $.nd what remains now to be known was, were they any further advanced than yesterday 7 Hon.Mr.Holton thought it was evident, from the statements of the Hoa, Mr.Cartier yesterday and to-daf) thaf gentleman was trifling with \u2022the House and 'viih the Crown He bad told the House yesterday that merely the distribution ¦of offices in the Govei't?ment remained to be -done, and that the announcement ot that distribution would be made to-day.Jt was manifest ihe (Air.Cartier) was not able to make good that [pledge After a crisis, which had now reached (over nine days, that gentleman had pursued a course which this couutry would not regard as becoming to a gentleman occupying his position.He would ask the member for Montreal East this question\u2014had not overtures been made to-day and since the announcement yesterday to a gentleman not then included in the proposed arrangement 7 H'pn John A.Macdondd said it was not usual to give explanations until arrangements were completed.\t.\t\u201e Hon Mr CanN md it His Excellency had not kindly relieved .\"tm M the duty of forming an Administration, the questions qfhon.gentlemen oppo.-ite might be correCÎ- ThesequegtionB could only be proper y put to Sir E.F¦ lach® W the other House.Hon.Sandlield Macdonald said that after thé ret usai of Hou.Mr.Cartier to answer and his feigned ignorance of the negotiations carried on by Sir K.P.Tache, his side of the House were not disposed to push the enquiries, but this kind ot thing could not last He hoped the family difficulties which existed on the other side would be ar-itanged by to-morrow, and that an announcement ought the» to he made.On his motion, seconded by Hon.Mr Cartier, the House adjourned at a quarter to 4.Special IVÏid night Parliamentary Repor t Quebec, March 29th.,Notwithstanding Hon.Mr Cartier's declaration e countries set aside annually large sums of jnoney for their establishment ano maintenance.At the time of the visit of H.R H.the Prince of Wales, the Doctor remarked, an attempt was made by the Government and the Board of Arts to get up such a museum, as a memento of the occasion.The project, however, failed to attract public attention at the time, and the fuuds which were relied on to carry out the scheme were dissipated on public festivities.The only result was the erection of the well-known Exhibition Building, as it is commonly termed, so that the whole scheme might be looked upon as a failure.The Doctor urged the importance of carrying out the original design, and suggested that the Natural History Society should endeavour to influence the Board of Arts and Manufactures, the Board of Agriculture, and.the Government, as well as public opinion, inifavour of a plan to unite an industrial exhibiirun and free library with the Fine Arts Association, the Literary Club, the Horticultural Society, and other kindred bodies.It was proposed by W.H.A.Davies, Esq , seconded by N.S.Whitney, Esq, : \u201c That the Council of the Natural History Society communicate with the Board of Arts, to ascertain whether any steps can be taken to form an In-dusiriai Museum.\u201d J.F.Whiteaves, F.G.S., &c., Rec.Sec., N.H.8.Police Intelligence.\u2014-In the Police Court yesterday Michael McDonell was tried on three additional charges against him connected with the desertion of the soldiers of the 60th Rifles.The evidence reported in the first case was re feated without important changes.The case was tried before Louis Beaudry, Esq., J.P., Damase Masson, Esq., J.P.,and S.O.Bagg, Bsq,J.P.Judgment reserve until Wednesday morning.In the Recorder\u2019s Court there were seventeen cases.Michael Kean, carter, furious driving, $2 15 days.Nicholas Hart, a beer driver for cruelty to his horse was fined ljj>4 or 15 days.Phillip McKeon, a carter, drunk, and assaulitng the police, $5 or one month.When Southey wrote for Blackwood, she was a regular contributor to its pages.She has outlived\u2014and she dwelt on this fact with solemn mournfulness\u2014many of the literary eelebiities of her time.Among them she enumerated Gifford, Lamb, Sir Walter Scott, Mrs.Jameson, and Caroline Bowles (Southey\u2019s second wife ) She showed me a vast collection of the letters of the Laureate, whom Byron so mercilessly reviled in his mock dedication to Don Juan.From the appearance of the faded words, one could almost form an estimate of Southey\u2019s character.In the delicately formed, irregular letters, and in the regular disposition of the compact sentences, one could almost paroeive his refinement, method, and great industry.He was an indefatigable worker, and maintained a large establishment by the labors of his pen.Mrs.Bray informed me that it was not an uncommon occurrence for him to receive one hundred pounds for a review.Every one is famil ar, no doubt, with the history of his latter years, when his over-worked brain gave way, when the mighty intellect was prostrate, never again to recover its majesty and strength.It is a sad story.We do not like to think of great minds growing imbecile.He was lucky to have that type of pure womanhood, Caroline Bowles, to minister to his wants and soothe his dying moments with undying constancy.His mind grew perfectly childish ; her affections were warm and strong to the last days.With tears in h^r eyes, Mrs.Bray related a touching circumstance concerning herself, not mentioned in his published life.It seems that this lady\u2014not wishing to allude to his afflictions \u2014 had neglected to write to tne helpless poet, who felt the neglect bitterly and keenly ; whereupon hit wife begged Airs.Bray to pen a letter as usual.She did so, never hinting at his illness, and the missive gladdened Southey, who always carried it with him ; but, conscious of his inability to answer it, he kept continually saying, \u201c When I get better I will reply to it.\u201d He never got better, but preserved the letter\u2014never answered on earth\u2014near his heart till his dying day.Can we not fancy the childish poet reading and re-reading the dear sentences, that still possessed a meaning to him, and fondly clasping a letter, of more value because better understood, than any intellectual book?We can al-wsys understand the book of the heart, when affection traces the thoughts, and Death itself cannot make them unintelligible.ISIDORE.Paris Correspondence of the Herald.\u201d \u2018Montreal London Correspondence of the tres.1 Herald.\u201d Mon- JOTTINGS Itf LONDON.London, March 11th, 1864.In my last I gave you a few brief impressions of my visit to Albury House.I received a delightful note from Mr.Tupper to-day, in which he enclosed the poem referred to in my first letter.The poetry-loving readers ot the Montreal Herald, and I hope their name is legion, will I am sure appreciate them to tbeir full extent :\u2014 LIGHTHOUSE MU8INGS.Down, down, into the roaring waves, The red suit sinks and dies : Those waves that like huge mountains rise, Or yawn iu deep black graves.I hear them war, I see them foam, From my lighthouse tower ou high.Standing alone, mid sea aud sky, Ip my rock boitud, sloriu-washed home.Oh, on they come, with Croats of snow, Unchecked, resistless, free, The wild war-horses of the sea, Galloping to and tro 1 Like living things they rush along, Beneath the dark\u2019ning sky, They scream and roar, they moan and sigh, A surging, reckless throng, emption by flue.\t.«aino* mim- We could next allude to the incre^.^ ber of drinking saloons, which of late have in, fected the city.With much sorrow has it come under the knowledge of this jury that the morals of a large proportion of o;4r rising generation are poisoned in these dens by their vile associates and depraved women, that those vicious places are supported l?y young men whose tender ages render them more susceptible to the allurements of their indecent exhibitions ; aud; as the summer will bring with it new diversipns, we would recommend a total extinction of these nefaripus places, which has already been done by the authorities of New York, as being the means of reducing the number of murders committed through jealous motives, and as being the principal avenues for the fall of women.The Grand Jury with much pleasure testify to the good order, cleanliness, aud good management iu which they find the gaol.' We beg before closing to testify to the atten-tion received from Mr.DeBeaumont and Mr.Rousseau.\tC.Mo ô REE Y Y, For self and fellow Grand Jurors.The Judge thanked the Grand Jury for their manly presentment* ; coming from them it was of the greatest importance.His honor spoke at considerable length on the subjects treated of by tbe Grand Jury.He also addressed the J ury in thé French language to the same tenor, and then discharged them from further atten-dence upon the Court, there being ip pther business to lay before them.The Court adjourned until ten o\u2019clock on Wednesday pjornipg And round me now on every side.They gather thick and fast, And leap into the raging blast, In all their strength and pride ! O clasp me with yonr tawny arms, T\u2019wiiie them-round my towdr, I love tb feel your gritsp oi power, With all its strange wiki charms ! Round me they fling themselves, high, Up to my watoh-tQwer light ^ That, looKtng out info the night, With calm and steadfast eye, Over that raging ocean dark, A radiant path way throws, Which, like a guardian angel goes, To guidé each storm-tossed bark.And round me all night long I hear Those waves unceasing roar ; Yet\u2014falls mere sound and nothing more Upon nay jieterjins ^ar ; .No ! for those willing waters raise A glad hosannah shout ; Nature\u2019s grand orgau pealing out The great Creator\u2019s praise ! And so around me all night long, Those solemn anthems rod, r And wake the echoes of niy soul, To1!add its praiseful song., The seh is calm\u2014the scqrrn is dp-gp, Brightly the day-da vu breaks, The resurrection life awakes, The glorious morning sun.Margaret E.Tupper, Albury House, Guilford, Judging from this, however, among the first tbe(authoress ever wrote, sfie gives rich protnise of supporting ilia reputation achieved by her father.In this matter of fact age, it is singular to note how its poetry sometimes touches its practical side.When Mr.Tapper was in America, he wrote a sonnet on the telegraph, which word for word was telegraphed to Mr.Morse,the first poem probably that had ever been published to the world on veritable wings of lightening.Perchance, in tbe time to be, when that much abused New Zealander is enjoying himself over the ruins of London, and when tfle electric telegraph is a forgotten science, this sonnet may be itso'ly living record.You may say that I have no right to indite snch a curious fancy in a daily paper ; and yet, nowadays, when so many glories of former ages are only a wrack and ruin, it is poetry alone which verifies them and makes them imperishable.Where is the Palace of Caligula and the city of Queen Dido 7 and yet' who will dare assert that Turner's picture, or Virgil\u2019s poem can ever pass away ?and so the language of the painter and the poet, may be hereafter the only living memorials of what have b:;en.\u201cYou have just come (oo/aid to see Thackeray,\" said a geni'eman to me, to have graspod tLo Laud\tthe ' voice of the greatest of our modern novelists would have provei} to me, as it would have done no doubt to any one-a joy\u2014Drier'in itself, and yet lasting in its memory.To hold a parley with men, whose words are treasured by mankind, must be gratifying to any one.We may pretend to treat lightly the desire of holding personal converse with genius, and yet 1 presume, the desire is natural, and would be often indulged in, if possible.A book has appeared by a Mr Taylor, (not Tom Taylor) which professes to give incidents and anecdotes of Thackeray\u2019s life, but I understard it is an unworthy compendium, written ip haste, for the purpose of commanding a great sale.At prespnt every body takes a peculiar interest in everything concerning (his greqt tqan, now no more.It is impossible even to procure his books There is a positive rush for them.I Paris, March 10,1864.The future sovereigns of Mexico will carry away with them a tolerable lively sense of tbe hospitable possibilities of tbe Tuille'Hes.On their arrival at the station on Saturday last, they found Admit al Julien do la Graviere, aide-de-camp to the Emperor, and Countess de la Poeze, Lady of the Palace, waiting to receive them, with several Court-carriages, aud were driven swiftly along the Boulevards and the splendid new rue de Rivoli to the Tailleries, where apartments had been prepared for them in the Pavillion de Marsan.On reaching the grand entrance of the Tuilleries, their \u201cHighnesses\" were received by Gen, Rollin, master of the Palace, Gen.Fleury, First aide-de-camp, and all the officers of the Military Household, the Emperor, standing at the head of the great marble staircase which he descended as lar as the sixth step, where he affectionately kissed the Archduke, and shook hands with the Archduchess.That his Imperial Majesty would very willingly have reversed this little programme may be shrewdly suspected, the future Empress of Mexico being excessively pretty ; out, however this may be, the imperial host content d hmtse.f with the less demonstrative style of salutation just recorded, although it is a matter of history that he imprinted an audible kiss on the august cheek of Queen Victoria, when, in 1853, he went on board the Royal yacht to welcome the Royal couple to the shores of France.The Empress came to the top of the stairs to meet the illustrious travellers, kis.ed the Archduchess and gave her hand to the Archduke ; after which tbe Emperor gave his arm to the fair Charlotte, the Archduke gave his to the Empress, and the party, followed by the officers of the household, and the suite of the tra-vellers, proceeded to ths Empress\u2019s boudoir, where the usual presentations took place.The suite consists of Count Lichy, Grand Master ; Countess Liehy-Metternieh, Grand Mistress ; Countess Kallonics, Lady of Honour; Councillor to the Ministry of the Imperial Household, Baron du Pout; and three Chamberlains, Marquis Corio, Count de Lutzow, and Chevalier Scherzenlechner.In the evening, after a grand dinner, at whieh the Austrian Ambassador and Princess Metternich, and the principal members of the Belgian Legation were among the guests, the imperial family took their visitors to the Gymnase to witness the first appearance of \u201c The f.iend of women,\u201d from the fertile pen of Alexandre Dumas, jun.On Monday evening there was a magnificent concert at the Tuileries, on Tuesday another grand dinner, followed by an evening parly in the Empress\u2019s apartments.On Wednesday there was a brilliant dramatic performance at the Tuileries, Tko\tox-uatod V>^v *L.o loillo of tHo ex-tndn-mUliner, Mr.Worth, as chronicled iu my last, is very far from having subsided.It seems that Worth, finding it impossible to get money from his aristocratic clients, has contrived to slip off, probably to the foggy isle of itis birth, putting his affairs into energetic legal hands for liquidation.' Hence the shower of bills that has produced such general consternation here.These bills, however, are so monstrously out of proportion with the'worth of the \u201citems\u201d of which tney aré composed; that lèverai of the victims, after the first paroxysms of maiital fury anc| wifely tears, have determined to \"take the law\" on thé spoiler.The F reach law allows any party, who ounsiders himself to be called upon to pay an unfair charge of this kind, to submit both bill and goods to a Court of Arbitration; the Court examining both, with the aid of sworn appraisers and enforcing payment, if the chaige be approved, or cut ing down the bill if the latter ba regarded as extoitionate.Prince Metternich, who has since refused to pay over the fo.rty tboqsand fraqcs fo wlti\u2019ch \u201cWorth\u2019s agents had'reduced the original claim for his wifes finery, has t et the example of an appeal to the law against the exorbitant charges of the exdictator of the world of fashion.We ahail no doubt bave sotffp highly piquant details in the course of thèse chrious investigations.The latter portion of the Englishman's reign appears fo hayq hepn eqibitte rad, apt only by .a,, i\t*\u2022«\"\t\u201c but off to find his master\u2019s valet, and put Mme.Mogat under the wing of that personage, to be, by him, conducted to the Marquis\u2019s room.M.de Gaitfet, who is rough, ill-bred, violent, and addicted to beating his beautiful wife to mark his displeasure at the somewhat numerous flirtations in which she is apt to indulge, has but just returned from Mexico, to which field of glory he was summarily dispatched, a few months ago by the Emperor, to whom the fair marquise had appealed in person, after undergoing a more than usually vigorous beating from her lord and master.He was not only in bed, but sound asleep, when the dressmaker was ushered into his bedroom by the valet, who wakeoed him by the announcement of \u201ca lady, who demands to see Monsieur le Marquis on important business !\u201d \u201cA lady\u2014important business 1\u201d\u2014cried the Marquis wonderingly, as he lifted his head from his pillow, rubbing his eyes, and staring at his visitor.Curtseying and smiling, the latter approached the bed, volubly, meanwhile, setting forth the occasion of her visit, and winding up her statement with an entreaty that the marquis would then and there, write for her a letter, stating that she had made a beautiful dress for his wife.\"And is it possible, Madame,\u201d cried the irascible Marquis in anything but amiable tones, \u2018that you would intrude into a gentleman's bedroom, and actually wake him out ot his sleep, to bother him with your absurd dressmaking jealousies ?\u201d \"Monsieur le Marquis, I beg ten thousand millions of pardons !\u2019 cried the visitor, clasping her hands, \u201clet Monsieur le Marquis only think of the immense importance of the affair, and I am quite sute he will forgive me I Ah, Monsieur le Marquis I the honour of my name, the reputation of my establishment are at stake! A word from M.le Marquis will save them all I One word, just one single line, signed by you.M.le Marquis, and that f, too, can publish in the journals, to bring down the pride of this insolent Englishman!\u201d Seeing that there was really no chance of getting rid of his importunate visitor on any other terms, the Marquis, at last, ordered his valet to bring him a writing case aud a sheet of paper, raised himself on one elbow, ssrawled over one page, added a few lines on the next, signed the paper, folded i :, placed it an envelope, and held it out to the dressmaker, who took possession of the precious document with every mamtestatioa of joy and satisfaction, overwhelming the Marquis with thanks and protestations.\u201c There, there, tnat'll do 1 \u201d cried the latter, sinking down again among his pillows, \u201c I only hope I may be able to get another nap, Jean show the lady downstairs I \u201d The valet had no difficulty in doing as he was bidden.Madame Mogat, enraptured by the success of her move, was impatient to get her letter into print, an t Hipped dowc-ttuirs with rapid step.Springing into her coupe, she ordered her servant to drive at onea to the office of one of the fashionable journals, some of whose staff are among her patrons.She entered tüe editorial sanctum with rapid step, and placed the letter in the hand of M.de -, exclaiming, \"Print it in to-day\u2019s number \u2019Tis from M.de Galifet.I shall sleep more quietly when that Worth has seen that he is not to have the monopoly of praise on which he is now pluming himself ! \u2019 M.de-meantime had opened the letter, and was glancing over its contents.\u2018 1 should be enchanted Madame, to gratify you in this matter ; but\u2014permit me to ask\u2014 have you read this letter ?\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d returned the dressmaker, \u201cI have not.I have this moment obtained it from M.de Gali-fet, who wrote it for me while I waited for it.And I\u2019ve came straight with it to yon, fearing to lose a moment.\u201d \u2018Read it, Madame I\u201d said the Editor, returning the letter to the dressmaker, who could hardly believe herc-yes as she saw that the missive ran as follows : \u201cParis,-.\u201cI hereby certify, at the request of Madame Mogat, that she is the moat detestable woman alive.She forces her way not only into your house, but into your bedroom, and wakens you out of your slumbers at preposterously unreasonable hours.She is one-of those unbearable people who never take \u2018no\u2019 for an answer, especially if she have taken it into her head (by no means a pretty one !) to rouse yon ont of your sleep in order to make you write something or other, of which she imagines herself to be in urgent need.This invasion of the sanctities of your domicile, she effects, on a pretext of \u201c important business ; \u201d armed with which plea, she converts your servants into the instruments wherewith she contributes to accomplish the invasions.Her clients should therefore warn their servants against the tactics in question,if they would be allowed to finish their morning slumbers in peace.For the rest, Madame Mogat has made a most charming dress for my wife.\u201d The unfortunate milliner, in the exasperation of her anger, did not wait to finish the letter, but, having perused the first few lines, tore it, then and there, into strips, and then tearing the strips into bits.Had she read on to the end, she would have been consoled by its concluding ackno.wiedgeiaent ; which she would have published, as the eccentric writer probably intended Mistakes in Matrimony.\u2014I was married for my money.That was ten years ego, and they have been ten years of purgatory.My husband-and I have scarcely one taste in common He wishes to live in the country, which I hate.I like the thermometer at 75 degiees, which he hates.I tike music, and wish to go to concerts, which he hates.He likes roast pork, which I hate ; amt I like minced veal, which he hates.There is but one thing which we both like, and which we cannot both have, though we are always trying for it\u2014the last word.Said an Irish lad of seven summers, who had taken refuge in a tree from a dog; \u201c if you don\\ take that dog away I\u2019ll cat up all yonr apples., SPECIAL NOTICES.For Throat diseases and Coughs, use \u201cBrown's Bronchial Troches,\u201d which are sold by all druggists.\tc 76 Theatre Royal.\u2014Upon the occasion of Miss Fisher's first appearance at this house on Monday evening, the largest audience ever assembled within its walls was present there not being even standing room in any part ; last night, there was another crowded house, and the enthusiastic applause testified to the fact that Miss Fisher\u2019s merits are fully appreciated.The same pieces were rep\u201cated and with, if possible, increased attractiveness.To-night the celebrated play of \u201cThe Three Fast Men,\u201d will be presented, introducing the unowned minstrel scene in which Miss Fisher sustains we are almost afraid to say how many characters, for the list is a long one.This and Mazeppa are attractions enough for any ordinary amusement seeken.$6 80 to $6,90 for Extra State; $6 95 to 7,15 for choice do ; $6 55 to 6,70 for Superfine Western ; $6 90 to 7,10 for common to medium extra Western ; $7,20 to 7,30 for c- mmon to good shipping brands extra round hoop Ohio.Canadian Flour dull and 5 to 10c lower; sales of 400 barrels ; $6,90 to $7,05 for common $7,10 to 8,00 lor good to choice Extra.Bye flour steady at $5,50 to 6,25 Wheat\u2014Receipts tla7 bus; market dull and nominally 1 to 2 cents lower; $1,63 to 1,65 for Chicago Spring and Milwaukee Club; $1,66 to 1,67 for Amber Milwaukee; $1,67 to $1,70 for Winter Red Western ;\t$1,71 to 1,72 for Amber Michigan.Rye firm ; sties 8000 bush North River to arrive.Barley quiet and unchanged.Corn\u2014Receipts 19735 bosh ; ma-ket quiet.Sales of 21,000; *1,33 forUld Mixed Western.Cats less active and scarcely so firmy 89 to 91c for Canada ; 89J to 90 Jc for State ; 90 to 90 jc for Western.Uoik quiet and steady; sales of 550 bb!s; $22,50 to 22,56 for Mess; $22,12! to 23,50 for old do, 23,75 to 24,00 for new do.Hopes Rbalixsd.\u2014Rev.E.Evans, Delhi, OhiOjWrites : \u201c I have used Mrs.S.A.Allen\u2019s World\u2019s Hair Restorer and Z^obalsamum.They have changed my hair to its natural color, and stopped its falling off.\u201d Could anything more be said in favour of any article ?Sold by druggists everywhere.Depot, 198 Greenwich street, New York.March 28.\tr DSW 74 TRADE AND COMMERCE.DECADENCE UF AMERICAN SHIPPING, The British Board of Trade returns for 1883, which have just come to hand, indicate with unerring certainty, the extent to which commerce has been driven frum our fltg, by the ravages committed by the so called Confederate cruisers.It is humiliating to our pride, t acknowledge that an American ship is no longer protected on the ocean by its na-ionali'y, and that the carrying trade of the Atlantic, which, only a few years ago, was'largely controlled by the United States, is gradually slipping from our grasp, with the possibility of being assigned a thirl or fourth place at no viry remote period, in the maritime rank of nations The following are the entries and clearances at the ports of Great Britain for the past three years :\u2014 entered inwards.\u201e .\t1861.\t1662.\t1863.British vessels.tons6 3i)l,099 6,590,149 7,299.417 United.States\t.\t.\t1,647.076\t1,179,280\t692,237 Other Countries.\t2 653,304 2,9:0,661 3,146,102 Total.10,602 569 10,070,090 11,137,916 CLEARED OUTWARDS 1861.\t1862.\t1863 British vessels.tones,841,031\t7,499,621\t7,951,797 United States.\t1 369.237\t1,052,238\t64 i 463 Othir Countries.\t3,107.825\t3,257,303\t3,287.087 Total.11,818 093 11,709 162 11,886.347 9 26 13 21 her to do.suppressing the portion iu whieh the Marquis had revenged himself for her disturbance of his Sleep.As it was, she lost the glorious opportunity of \u201ctaking the wind out of the sails\u201d of her dial ; a disappointment which fairly drove the poor woman ill with vexation, but for which the downfall of the t stabjishment in the rue de la Paix will no doubt afford her a certain modicum of consolation.THE TIMES ON TRE CHRISTENING.suppose every one uJJ Dickens and Tl'oUo-pe\u2019s brief tributes to his worth, in .lie Uornhill.They are written with feeling, but lacking completeness.The best poem puhis death, was the one in Pqqgl), composed by Tom Taylor, T read the impossibilRy of getting -his feills paid, by (fie, rising glofierof a~ jiyal j tt esrtai\" -dame Mogat, who haa h»»-\t¦\u201c,\u2018\u201ca' ex-autn-*' ,\t-u snuggling with the -WAJ.U ior the sceptre ol fashion, and who is now triumphantly enthroned on the ruins of his greatness.This artiste \\7h0se \u201cout\u201d is sail to be \u201c.pertection,\u201d and whose taste and fertility of invention are considered by her admirers as \u201cillimitable,\u201d may now be considered as Dressmaker-in Chief of this particular planet, and as holding in her hands, for the present at least, the destinies of the makers and.wearers of crinolines, petticoats, gowng, head-dresses, and fancy costutpes ; to say nothing of the power she will wield, indirectly, over the minds and hearts of that portion of thesterner sex whieh, is destined to be smitten by the charms she so cunningly enhances, and over the tempers and purses of the husbands who are destined to pay for them.It has been already mentioned in these letters, for' the edification of trans-4tlantic readers, that there are four ladies who have obtained, in a special degree, the sunshine of the Empress favour, and are considered as being the\tprincipal ornaments of\tthe court circle.These favored dames are the Baroness de Poqttales, tfle Marchioness de Galiiet, the Duchess de Persigny, and Piincess Metterich.The two former are famous for their uncommon beauty ; the third seems to amuse by her audacious ecentricities ; the last, who is as ugly as an ape, and as clever as ugly, by her witty sayings, and merry inventions.A.11 lour dtooo in.tUo in ont olog.xn t lAud oplonoliel style, without the slightest regard to the cost of their magnificent toilets.All fosr have largely patronized Worth ; or, it would' perhaps be more correct to say, have procured from him an amazing quantity of things, of which a good many have not been ppid tor, and never will be.When Mme Mogat first conceived the ambitious project of dethroning \u201c that Englishman,\u201d she set herself to win the favour of Madame de Galifet, whose lovely English-Hke face, with its golden hair, great, soft blue eyes, and charming features, arp not mprp becoming to an elegant toilette than her exquisite complexion and graceful figure.To her great delight the beautiful young marquise consented to \u201ctry\u201d her; arid Madame Mogat made for her a dress so vapour-ous,' so elegant, so uncommon, tflat the Empress and the whole Court were in admiration.Madame de Pourtales wore, on the same evening, a very beautiful dress from Worth\u2019s; a dress which also created a \u201c sensation \u201d at Court, and which was so becoming to its handsome wearer that M de Pourtales, enchanted with his wife\u2019s some where, an excellent apeeflote, illustrative I appearancea^atterinS uote to ^orl-bi of Thackeray\u2019s happy power of correcting bad I of which he authorized that personage, to 771 \u2014 \u2014l ; -, P.\tTv «a o-v ^ .ii.4.A 1 ^ f\ta\u2014 «rnob-a ti-.ivr 77 do fViafr.was .tbeir dutv Jo effect tbem.It does not re- bills : Élie Reauyais, fpr being principal in the Drill Association, Viotoria Hall.\u2014The piewbera of this Association will meet this evening (Wednesday), at 8 o\u2019clock^ the Victoria Hail, Haymarket Square, anti snll conijnu.e to meet on Wednesdays and Saturdays, at the same time and place, till fuither orders, English.It appears that Albert Smith wrote the following lines in an album : \"Mount Blanc is the monarch of mountains, They crowned him lone ago.But /eh) they got to put on it,1 Nobody seems to know.\u201d When ths author of thg \u201cNewcombea\u201d wrote underneath in reply.\u201cI know that Albert wrote in ahnrry, To criticise I scarcely presume, And yet methinks that Liudley Murray, Instead of who.had -written whom.No doubt in time, the world will be favored with a true biography of this satirist of the manners of thé igth century.How we shall all pore over the volumes when they appegr.It will take some one who is perfectly acquainted with his words as well as his life\u2014some one who can appreciate, as well as understand the worth of the foimer, to be able to give us a perfect biography, it js a favourite idea of mine, that genius alone can truly estimate genius.This is why Carlyie\u2019a life of Schiller is such a faithful record of the poets life and works.We require then a life of Thackeray, written by some dee, who can do similar justice to the task.I .have enjoyeti several pleasant interviews with a Mrs.Bray\u2014a novelist\u2014though not u modern sensational one \u2014 and qne of the Bpflfc Southey\u2019s dearest friends.I do not suppose that the novejs of this lady have geen Canadian daylight.' f only know that in their day they had a wide circulation, and were highly reviewed in the \u201c Quarterly.\u201d make auy use that he might think proper.Worth, of course, instantly got this letter printed at full length, in one of the most w\u2019dely-read of the Paris journals.The sight \"of this letter threw Mme.Mogat almost into a state of frenzy.\u201cHas that odious Englishman managed to obtain so flattering a letter from M.de Pourtales, and shajl I, who have created so ravishing a toilette for Mme.de QftUfet, get ijo complimentary letter from her husband ?Such aa indignity is not to be endured.Quick I order isy carriage 1 I must gee the Marquis de Galifet this very morning, or I shall choke with mortification and despair ! After ^relieving herself by the uj,teraa?e of this tirade, the furious dressmaker got into b.er ooupt6t and was rapidly driven to the Hotel Galifet, \u201cI must see Monsieur le Marquis immediately 1\u201d said the dressmaker to the powdered lacquey, who had opened the door to her.\u201cimpossible ! madam, Monsieur le Marquis has been out all night, and is how sound agleap \u201d \u201cIt is past ten o'clock, Monsieur,\u201d returned the dressmaker decidedly, \u201cMonsieur le Marquis tpay be in bed at tbis hour, but he cannot be asleep, ft is absolutely necessary for me to see him at once.If he be\u2019 not yet but of bed, I will see him in his room.He need not disturb himself.Tell him that a lady wishes to see him on very important business.\u201d The lacquey supposing that the lady would not insist so strongly, unless that business with the Marquis were really important, then went Yesterday witnessed a ceremony most inter, eating to the Royal family, and especially to the youthful pair who are at present its most conspicuous members.The Christening of the infant Prince took place on the first anniversary of his parents\u2019 auspicious marriage.In ordinary life a Christening is associated with cheer-fuln-ss, congratulations and hopes for the future almost as much as the wedding day.TriS cheerfulness is a littls more sober, '\"beflts so solemn a ceremony ; but for those who have the genial belief tüht the joys of life outweigh the sorrows, it is imprssibie to look forward to the career of a young child, happy in its birth, and in its hopes, without feeling that tjjçj may fitly rejoice in the prospect,.if this be the case with the qfliid tjf ordmary station, how much more when the infant is a descendant of a line of Kings, and destined to fill the h\u2019gheat poi sition in the most isiportant arid complicated government op eaith f ' ! J-'bcre is something solemn - the contempUtion tet sue\tcareer.Tnat the little infant steeping unconsciously in its nurse's arms should, be called to the government of a,u emphe-\u2014that he must one day be maTing war and peace, con-concluding treaties, summoning or dismissing the Ministeis of a Highly nation, inquiring into their policy, examining or suggesting their communications with fore-gn Powers, convoking the Legislature, assenting to measures, or insuring their abandonment by his disapproval, are considerations whieh one can hardly dwell upon without a kind of wonder.Though accustomed to it from our earliest years, the ratioqale of hereditary monarchy always comes like a surprise.But whatever Government may be most theoretically fitting, suited to new communities beyond the influence of European traditions, it is proved by experience that in these islands ihe institutions we actually possess are congenial to the spirit of the people, and are deeply beloved.It is but a year tnat every little town, almost every village, was decorated with flags and banners iu honor of a Prince and Princess whom not one in a thousand of the inhabitants had ever seen What did this mean ?It indicated the general con tentment of the people, which at certain seasons vents itself in demonstrations that surprise by their energy aqd simplicity.It also showed the extraordinary attachment of all classes to the present Royal Family, and was one of those tributes of admiration and sympathy of which the present reign has won so many.But its most imprtrt-nnt lYraliunal hftArinor vvafl u.H a renawttfl da duration of the nation\u2019s adherence to the institutions under which it lives As much as any plebiscite voted by a Continental population, it was the reaewnal to tbe Royal House, in the person of the Prince of Wajes, of that allegiance which had been last pledged almost a geneiation before at the times of the Queen\u2019s accession and marriage.No one can reflect on these tilings without feeling that ihe fortunes of England are bound up with those of the reigning House, and that our hereditary constitutional Monarchy will be handed down to suecteding generations.Albert Victor is destined to wield a.I the legal authority aud great social it,fluence of his predecessors.The national power, prosperity, morality, taste and habits are certain to be affected by this innocent cfiild.The Sovereign has aj.wavs taken an active part in affairs of State, and at times has mainly determined the Couise of polities.Should this young child grow up with a stong will, a clear bead, active habits, popular tastes and manners, he will be a power in the country, and in the long run there will be few who will be able to stand against him.It is only public opinion that can control even the Constitutional Sovereign of the United Kingdom, and a gifted monarch can often carry public ppinion with him to his own and the nation s fletriftient,' ¦ How necessary, then, that a young prince should receive those wise instructions which will enable him to fulfil the duties of his high station in the midst of a fake changing world I We do net speak only of moral education, nor shall wè hold up (yeortre 1Y.âs the classic example\u2019of what '' heirs^sPPUTCUP aught no) \" tq he.We, who Ijve in a more correct and refined time, of the doings of George Prinçe of Wales, and contrast them in astonishment with what is customary for gentlemen in these days.Satirists therefore find him an easy butt, forgetting what the dukes and earls, the baionets and cojouels, ns.y, the statesmen, the lawyers, the very clergymen, qf his lime wepe, fheie is little fear that any Prince of the present age will plunge into the excesses which were thought fashionable before the French Revolution.- gut still there is great room for a wise teaching, which will make this young child a blessing to the world when we shall be no more.Who can look forward to the England Which he is to'rule, or pretend to say what will bg its position among nations, or the position of its neighbours withlespect to each other ?\u2019 But amid the changés of events principles remain fixed, and those which have guided the Royal House of England in late years are the soundest by which the mind of a Prince can be formed.Montreal, March 29, 1864.The weather still continues very mild, and the snow is rapidly disappearing.Business remains dull, nor need we look for any present revival.We give to-day\u2019s receipts of produce by railroad :\u2014 Ashes.bris 19 Flour.\u201c\t1746 wheat.bus\t1750 Pork.brls\t113 Butter.kegs Oats.;.bus Tobacco, .oses 10, cadi\u2019s 208, hhds High wines.puns Business on the Corn Exchange was very quiet, and only sales of flour for local consumption.Sales of Extra $4,75 ; Fancy, $4,55 ; Su-pe.flne No.1 $4,15 to $4,17} ; Fine $3,55 to ï-3,60 ; bag a shade under $2,30.Wheat\u2014U.C.Spring sold at 95 to 95}c, ex cars.Latest Western Advices.\u2014The following are the latest Western advices received by telegraph: Milwaukie, March 28\u2014Wheat $l,16j in store, Receipts 18,000 bushels.Flour $5,30 to 5,40 Pork $21,60.Chicago, March 28\u2014Wheat $1,15 in stoie.Whatever may be our action as regards enlarging or improving our canal mode of communication with the Great West, we see that our New York friends (or rather friendly antagonists in drawing supplies from that important section oi the States) are continually urging ' on the New York State Legislature the necessity of improving the great water highways.The Canal Board have adop ed a memorial' to the State Legislature recommending the speedy enlargement of one tier of the locks of the Erie and Uswego Canals to a size sufficient to pass boats two hundred and ten feet long ana twenty five feet wide, wherever double locks already exist ; and to construct new locks of like dimensions, by the side of the oU single locks.This will giye double locks along the whole length of the Canal between Buffalo and Albany, and between Oswego and Syracuse ; one tier of whieh will be of the proposed enlarged dimensions, and the other of the present size.The following change in the rate of tolls for the ensuing season was adopted :\u2014On bituminous coal reaching tide-water one-half mill per ton was added ; on staves undressed the toll was increased three-tenths of a mill, and on dressed staves reduced one-half mill ; on domestic salt one mill ; and on sawed lumber two mills First Ships vor Montreal.\u2014We notice that three vessels have sailed from Calcutta, Woos ung and Marseilles for Montreal.Several have \u201c entered out\u201d at Liverpool for Quebec and, Mon, treal.Financial\u2014 Sterling Exchange remains unchanged, say Bank 8J to 9} per cent premium,.Bank drafts on New York unsettled and but small sales 384 to 39 per cent dis being about the closing rate.American Bank hills buying 394 selling 38J per cent dis.Silver buying 3( selling 2-j percent dis.By telegram from New York gold 165} to I65Î ; Silver 5, per cent less.Sales on the Gold Exchange :\u2014 5,000 Gold, buyer! 30.,,, 67, 10,0,00, do do do.653.Respecting the general trade in New York we quote from the Shipping List of 26th inst.The movement in general trade has been irregular.Imported articles have for the most part been tolerably active, and, in some kinds, an active and speculative business has transpired at a considerable advance in priqes.All kinds are held with increased firmness, owing to the further large advance iq Gold and Foreign Exchange\u2014and the, markets are generally buoyant.Qn \u2019Çqaagé there has been considerable activity in Four, Grain, Provisions aud Wniskey \u2014all of which have advanced.The observance of \u201c Good Friday\u2019 by seme oi the business men, served to restrict trade tç.gome extent\u2014but inasmuch as the observance was in no wise gen-a good business was transacted yesterday, as well as on the preceding two