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The Supplementary Gazette of April 14th contains two proclamations; the first commands that the 26th of April shall be observed throughout England and Ireland as a day of humiliation and prayer; "that so both we and our people may humble ourselves before Almighty God, in order to obtain pardon of our sins, and in the most devout and solemn manner send up our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty, for im- ploring His blessing and assistance on our arms for the restoration of peace to us and our dominions" ; and directs the Archbishops and Bishops of England and Ireland to prepare a form of prayer suitable to the occa- sion, to be read in all churches, chapels, and places of public worship.. The second proclamation commands that the same day be observed in Scotland as a day of humiliation and prayer ; and orders that the pro-

clamation needful.

Theat the market-cross of Edinburgh, and all other places The Gazette of the 14th and 18th contained three Orders in Council relating to the conduct of the war.

The Brat, dated April 11th, defines the conditions and limits within which arms, ammunition, &o., may be exported. It is of the following tenour- " The Lords of the Council having taken into consideration certain appli- cations for leave to export arms, ammunition, military and naval stores, &D., being articles of which the exportation is prohibited by her Majesty's pu?- ciamation of February 18, 1854, their Lordships are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that permission should be granted by the Lords Commie-

goners of her Majesty's Treasury to export the articles so prohibited to be tarried coastwise to ports in the United Kingdom, and likewise to all places in North and South America, except the Russian possessions in North Ame- rica ; to the coast of Africa, West of the Straits of Gibraltar, and round the South and East coast of Africa ; to the whole coast of Asia not within the Mediterranean Sea or the Persian Gulf, and not being part of the Russian territories ; to the whole of Australia, and to all British Colonies within the limits aforesaid, upon taking a bond from the persons exporting such prohibited articles that they shall be landed and entered at the port of des- tination : and that all further permission to export such articles to other parts of the world be only granted upon application to the Lords of the Council at this Board. C. C. Gnsvittis."

The second, dated April 15th, regulates the rights of neutrals and friendly flags. After reciting the declaration of March 28th, which ac- companied the declaration of war, her Majesty issues the following order.

"That all vessels under a neutral or friendly flag, being neutral or friendly property, shall be permitted to import into any port or place in her Majesty's dominions all goods and merchandise whatsoever, to whomsoever the same may belong ; and to export from any port or place in her Majesty's dominions to any port not blockaded, any cargo or goods, not being contraband of war, or not requiring a special permission, to whomsoever the same may belong." And further, " that, save and except only as aforesaid, all the subjects of her Majesty, and the subjects or citizens of any neutral or friendly state, shall and may, during and notwithstanding the present hostilities with Russia, freely trade with all porta and places, wheresoever situate, which shall not be in a state of blockade ; save and except that no British vessel shall under any circumstances whatsoever, either under or by virtue of this order, or other- wise, be permitted or empowered to enter or communicate with any port or place which shall belong to or be in the possession or occupation of her Ma- jesty's enemies."

The third order, dated on the same day, recites the order of the 28th March relating to Russian merchant-ships, and alters and extends that order as follows- " That is to say, that any Russian merchant-vessel which prior to the 15th day of May 1854 shall have sailed from any port of Russia, situated either in or upon the shores or coasts of the Baltic Sea or of the White Sea, bound for any port or place in her Majesty's dominions, shall be permitted to enter such last-mentioned port or place, and to discharge her cargo, and afterwards forthwith to depart without molestation ; and that any such ves- sel, if met at sea by any of her Majesty's ships, shall be permitted to con- tinue her voyage to any port not blockaded." But in all other respects the Order in Council of March 29th remains in full force, effect, and operation.

The Hanse Towns have prohibited the exportation of arms, ammuni- tion, and all articles contraband of war, to the countries now at war. The same course has been adopted by Holland; which, determined to preserve the strictest neutrality, forbids all privateering, and closes its ports against all privateers.

It is currently reported in respectable circles in Manchester, that the Greek mercantile houses there, and in London and Liverpool, have sub- scribed largely to promote the insurrection in Turkey. The Manchester fund alone is said to have reached 10,000/, [" A Greek Merchant," writing to the Times, contradicts this statement ; while he avows that the Greeks in England feel the strongest sympathy with the insurgents.]

The Board of Admiralty, at the request of Mr. Pitcher of Northfleet, has exonerated that gentleman from all blame in reference to the war- steamers built by him for the Russian Government. Mr. Osborne, answering an appeal by Mr. Pitcher, says-

" On inquiry being made by officers from the department of the Surveyor of the Navy as to the circumstances under which the two vessels in question were being built by you, you behaved in the moat candid manner, and af- forded every information, stating that they were being constructed for the Russian Government ; and in subsequent communications with you on the subject of the transfer of these vessels, and their equipment for the purpose of being fitted and adapted for her Majesty's service, you have afforded every information and faoility. Their Lordships command me to add, that so far from having reason to complain, they are of opinion that throughout this transaction you have behaved with perfect candour and honour."

Sir James Graham has received the appointment of " Ordinary Mem- ber of the Civil Division of the first class or Knights Grand Cross " of the Order of the Bath.

The Gazette contains the appointments of Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton to the Colonelcy of the Thirty-second Foot, of Major- General Sir William Herries to the Sixty-eighth Foot, and Major-General Lindsay Darling to the Ninety-eighth Foot.

Colonel Perronet Thompson has been again placed in the list of Colonels, from which he was excluded in 1846. It is not, however, stated whether he will be restored to his proper place—" at the head of all the Colonels of the 9th November 1846."

Mr. Henry Unwin Addington has resigned his office as Under-Secre- tary of State for Foreign Affairs ; which poet he had held since March 1842. Mr. Addington had been for many years in the diplomatic service. He is succeeded by Mr. Edmond Hammond, who entered the Foreign Office in 1824, and has been a clerk of the first class since 1841. Mr. Addington has been appointed a Privy Councillor.

Letters for officers, seamen, and marines, serving in the Assistance, Resolute, Intrepid, Pioneer, North Star, Enterprise, and Investigator, now in the Arctic Seas, will be in time to be forwarded if sent to the Ad- miralty on or before the 26th of this month.

Lord Elgin returns immediately to the government of Canada.

Lord Stanley, the eldest son of the Earl of Derby, is about to marry Lady Margaret Ann De Burgh, fourth daughter of the Marquis of Clanricarde.

The Right Honourable Henry Ilobhouse, whose decease was recorded last week, was cousin to Lord Broughton. He was Under-Secretary for the Home Department from 1817 to 1827, and enjoyed a pension of 10001.

Dr. Kitto has been afflicted by a paralytic stroke, which has entirely un- fitted him for literary labour. An appeal has been made to the public for aid for his family.

Mr. Holford, a rich American merohant who resided in the Regent's Park, and who died recently, has left his large fortune to the Prince of Wales !

A Caen paper, L'Ordre et la Liberte, has the following anecdote of Lord John Russell. " Lord John Russell is of Norman origin, and his family possessed, previous to the conquest of England, the seigniory of Rosel. The parish-priest of the district wrote last year to his Lordship to request him to participate in a subscription for the purpose of purchasing a bell for his church. M. de Caumont, director of the Society for the Preservation of French Monuments, forwarded the letter to London, with a few lines of re- commendation. Lord John Russell lost no time in replying, and informed the curd that he would be too happy to place at his disposal the sum neces- sary to purchase the bell, which is to weigh 12001b." [The British Tice- Consul at Caen states that the Duke of Bedford, not Lord John Russell, is to be the donor of the bell.]

Result of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last.

Ten Weeks

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Week of 1864.

Symotic Diseases 1,981 .... 234 Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat .

466

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46 Tubercular Diseases 1,999 .... 209 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels

1,235

332

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llt Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 1,917 .... 179 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 49

Dise-sex of the Kidneys ac... 103 .... 12 Chili 1irth, diseases of the Uterus, &c. 91 .... 11 Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, &c. 70

10 Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, &c. 17 ....

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Malformations, 30 • • • . 2 Premature Birth 214 • • • • 32 Atrophy 208 .... 48 Age 494 . • • • 49 Sudden 72

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Violence,PrivatIon, Cold, and Intemperance 212 • • • • 9

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Total (including unspecified causes) 10,130

1,087

A discovery of three very valuable and extensive beds of oolite, of the purest description, has just been made in the immediate vicinity of Dundry, near Bristol. They extend over a surface of nearly ten acres, and consist of blocks fully thirty feet thick. The quality of the stone is so superior, that the architects who have examined it pronounce it far before the Portland, and invaluable for Gothic architecture and sculpture, from its hardness and close- ness of grain, it being entirely without veins and not fraying.—Sherborne Mercury.

Before Provis was tried at Gloucester, he made over his interest in the Ashton Court estates to his eldest son !

Santa Anna has sent Signor Rafael, Mexican Consul at New York, on a mission to Germany, to endeavour to establish a large emigration to Mexico.

Since July last upwards of two thousand houses have been erected in Buenos Ayres.

No fewer than twenty sugar-plantations in Cuba have been ravaged by fire, caused by sparks from locomotive engines falling upon the dry canes.

There is an extensive movement in New York among artisans to obtain an increase of wages. Ship-carpenters, caulkers, spar-makers, boiler-makers, plasterers, bricklayers, and dock cartmen, are all out on strike. Other trades are to follow in their wake if they do not receive more pay.

Great speculation in Russian articles has taken place in New York, In consequence of the war : one merchant has bought up "all the Russia leather he could lay hands on," to the dismay of the bookbinders.