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The Supplement of the Gazette of Friday contained an Order it Coun- cil, dated the 24th April, removing the prohibition from the export of all articles usually deemed contraband of war2 except " gunpowder, saltpetre, brimstone, arms, ammunition, marine engines and boilers, and the compo- nent parts thereof." It is further ordered, "that such last-named ar- ticles be prohibited from export only when destined to any place in En- rope North of Dunkirk, or to any place in the Mediterranean Sea East of Malta ; and that the officers of her Majesty's Customs do permit the ex- port of the said enumerated articles to any other part of the world, upon taking from the persons exporting the same a bond that they shall be landed and entered at the port of destination."

The war-preparations of the week present no facts of importance. Vessels have departed with detachments of infantry and cavalry; but it no great numbers. But there has not been the least cessation in active preparation. The Baltic fleet, when last heard of, was said to be stationed in three divisions near Gothiand. The number of prizes reported is now said to exceed thirty.

Captain Foote of the Conflict, after capturing prizes, and thus success- fully opening the campaign, lost his life by accident, at Memel, on the 19th. He had been on shore with the surgeon and four men ; in returns ing, a heavy surf on the bar capsized his gig, and the surgeon and one man only escaped. Captain Foote's loss is much regretted.

The Gefion, 48, a Prussian frigate, and the Merkur, 6, have arrived at Portsmouth. Off the Lizard, the Gefion was mistaken for a Russian man-of-war, by a small paddle-wheel steamer of 6 guns, probably the Centaur, Commander Harvey. The little fellow had mistaken the Pros= Bien eagle ; had let down his ports, and had borne down upon the Pram- :dm, which cleared for action to receive him, when the wind blew 04

the ensign, and the mistake was discovered in time to prevent serious consequences. The officers of the Gefion express great admiration of the pluck of their small antagonist. Had they come to action, they would have found that the six heavy guns could hit hard.

The number of Russian prizes which bad been captured in the Chan- nel up to Thursday amounts to six. They are the Froya, the Livonia, cap- tured by the Argus, Commander Grandy, near Beachey Head ; the Vesta, captured by the Mermaid, Lieutenant Stokes; off the Isle of Wight ; the Carlos, captured by the Avon, Commander Veitch, fifty miles from the Start ; and a fine bark, name unreported, caught by the Fanny, Flag- Lieutenant Hankey ; and the Fame, seized by the Peterel.

Two other prizes, the Am and the Nadeschda, seized by the Alban, 4, in the Cattegat, have been brought up to the London Docks.

We understand that Count Bernstof, now Prussian Minister at the Court of Naples, and previously employed at the Court of Vienna, is ap- pointed to the post of Minister of the King of Prussia in this country, upon the resignation of Chevalier Bunsen, for political causes to which we have previously adverted with great regret—Times,

Mr. Stewart, the Secretary of the North-Western Railway, acting on the instructions of the Directors, has issued a circular to the shareholders calling their attention to Mr. Cardwell's bill for " Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation." Extracts from the bill are annexed to the circular. Mr. Stewart is directed to state, that, "as advised by counsel, the bill gives to the Court of Chancery, on complaint by any company or person, and on reports to be called for from the Board of Trade, power to reduce, if the Court shall think fit, the tolls, rates, and charges, which the companies are authorized to demand under their acts, and on the faith of which their capital has been expended. Further, the bill gives power to the same tribunal to make arrangements and regulations for conducting the traffic,' and 'with respect to the times of starting, stopping, or arrival of any trains,' and to make such orders and direct such acts to be done thereon as they shall think fit."

This communication is made in order that the shareholders may urge their representatives in Parliament to examine the measure, and to be in their places on the 27th instant, when clauses in certain private bills, similar in their effect, will be considered; the passing of which clauses cannot fail to affect the discussion of the general bill on the 1st of May.

The health of the Metropolis last week was not satisfactory. The number of deaths, 1193, was nearly 100 above the ;calculated average, 1100 ; and there were two deaths from cholera.

Result of the Registrar-General's return of mortality in the Metropolis for the week ending on Saturday last. Ten Weeks Week of 1844-'53. of 1854.

SyMotIc Diseases 1,970 .... 298

Dropsy, Cancer, and other diseases of uncertain or variable seat 504 Tubercular Diseases 1,984 212 Diseases of the Brain, Spinal Marrow, Nerves, and Senses 1,181 131 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 367 .... 34

Diseases of the Lungs, and of the other Organs of Respiration 1,730 202

Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion 566 82

Messes of the Kidneys, &c. .... 14

Chilibirth, diseases of the Uterus, Ste. .... 5

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1,193 The Emperor and Empress of the French will take up their residence at St. Cloud early in May. A herd of roe-deer has been placed in the private park, and another of gazelles is shortly to grace it. The Grand Duchess Stephanie left Paris for Baden on Saturday.

Mr. John Gibson Lockhart has returned from Italy, much improved in health by his brief residence in that country.

Two American singers have met with much success in Italian operas at Naples,—Mrs. Escott, at the Teatro Nuevo; and Mr. Squires, at the San Ferdinando.

Abbas Pasha, the Viceroy of Egypt, has ordered the construction of a branch railroad to Abbaseeyeh, his residence, on the road to Suez, about four miles from Cairo ; and it is believed that he will eventually extend the line to his second palace in the Desert, at Dar-el-Beyda, which is half-way to Suez. Meanwhile, the railway between the /ilahmoudieh Canal and the Nile is in active operation, and the passengers to and from India are con- veyed by its means.

Don David Pacifico, whose claims on the Greek Government once occupied so much of the public attention, died recently in London, at an advanced age. He was buried in a Jewish cemetery.

It is expected that at no very distant period Balmoral will be placed in communication with London by means of the electric telegraph. A railway is to be made from Aberdeen to Banchory ; the latter place is only thirty miles from Balmoral, and wires could be laid for that distance at no very large expense.

The arrivals of gold last week amounted to 600,0001.: the exports were no less than 700,0001.

Last year the issues of the Religious Tract Society were 29,000,000. Since the foundation of the Society, they have reached the enormous number of 630,000,000.

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have added an- other ship to their noble fleet—the screw-steamer Simla. She is 335 feet long, (a few feet shorter than the Himalaya,) 39 feet 6 inches broad, and 28 feet in depth. The Simla is an iron vessel, and was built at Glasgow. She will leave Southampton with the Indian mail of the 4th May.

A very large and handsome clock-tower—the "Wellington Clock-Tower" —is in eourae of construction at the entrance to the railway termini by Lon- don Bridge. It will be seventy feet high, and the clock will exhibit four faces, to be illuminated at night.

The Liverpool Courier mentions a "literary dog" in that city : he goes the round of the newspaper-offices daily, making a considerable stay at the door of each, and eyeing those who enter. It is conjectured;that he belonged to knewsman now dead.

The Municipal Commission of Paris have resolved that the Bridge of Aus- terlitz shall be reconstructed in cut stone, of greater width than the present Rheumatism, diseases of the Bones, Joints, 6te. Diseases of the Skin, Cellular Tissue, &e. Malformations. Premature Birth 256 Atrophy 184 Age 477 Sudden 67 TIolence,Privation,Cold, and Intemperance 259 10,001 Total (including unspecified causes) 105 91 14 27 27 49 20 .... 18 2 2 10 35

one. They have also voted ground for a new Nat...office, opposite the Hotel de Ville.

-The trade of Paris has considerably improved within the last week or two and numerous operatives who were idle are now in full work again. A recent flower-show at Paris, in the Champs Elyaeea, occupied twice the space required on former occasions. There is quite a rage for flowers and. gardens at present in Paris, and the nurserymen can hardly meet the de- mands on them.

Upsal in Sweden has been visited by a fierce hurricane, which destroyed. many buildings and caused'a considerable loss of human life.

No less an extent than 400 acres of the forest of Friesaoker has been burnt down by a fire which originated from a live coal emitted by a locomotive en- gine on the Berlin and Hamburg line of railway.

A forest on Mount Calauda, in the Grisons, has been destroyed by fire, caused by negligence. The spectacle was magnificent.

The church of St. Martin at Salamanca has been burnt down.

Six hundred houses and warehouses have been swept away by a fire at Salonika, attributed to the malevolence of the Greeks.

The village of Oberberikon, in the Canton of Argau in Switzerland, has been destroyed by fire. Eight persons lost their lives. The fire is attributed, to an incendiary.